Top Stories for Tuesday February 25, 2014

VUES Community Group Read-a-Thon Starts Off March Literacy

We all at some time experienced the joy and wonder of reading through the pages of our favorite books as children. While some of us toured the 100 Acre Woods with a silly old bear named Pooh or rhymed our way through Green Eggs and Ham with Dr. Seuss others went Where the Wild Things Are and some of the brave souls took a ride on a magic carpet or in a magic school bus.  [ more ]

Big Pike Lure Vacation Fisherman To Lake Champlain
By Cookie Steponaitis
Phil Goodwin was at home in Massachusetts in 1973 when a friend showed up with a magazine and an idea. “It was one of those outdoor magazines,” recalled Phil. “I don’t recall which one but the title of the main article was Northern Pike in Lake Champlain and there was a great photograph of a trophy Northern Pike on the cover. My friend and I decided to make the trip and rented an ice auger in Massachusetts and hit the Champlain Valley. We didn’t know where to stay, where to fish, where to buy bait or even really quite how the ice fishing scene all went.”
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