Top Stories for Tuesday August 16, 2011

Brianna, Sarah, Gracie and Courtney Make A Big Splash At State Meet
By Tammy White

Brianna Foley, Sarah Snider, 50 yard Backstroke State Champion Gracie Weinburg, and Courtney White competed together in the Women 15-19 Free Relay. This was Sarah’s last swim meet for Middlebury. She graduated this year and will be attending college in Virginia this fall.

State DAR Meeting Honors Local Teen Writing Winners And Posts A Top Three In The Nation Finish For The Second Consecutive Year
By Cookie Steponaitis
The Daughters of the American Revolution, in addition to being one of the world’s leading genealogical groups, has since 1890 had the same goals linked to American History. They strive “ to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence; - to carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, "to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge, thus developing an enlightened public opinion…"; and - to cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty.”   [ more ]

Middlebury Family Health at Porter First in EHR Incentive Program In Vermont

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy D Vt. and Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc under the direction of VITL President and CEO Dr. David Cochran M.D., and Joshua J.Seidman, PhD, Director, Meaningful Use-Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a joint press conference on Friday morning August 12th 2011 at Middlebury Family Health at Porter Hospital in Middlebury to announce the first Vermont physician practice to successfully participate in the federal electronic health records incentive program and to discuss the improvements in patient care it has created.  [ more ]