Top Stories for Tuesday July 22, 2014

Teens Take On The Challenge of RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership
By Cookie Steponaitis
The summer between their junior and senior year kicked off with a bang for local teenagers Aaron Gaines and Siobhan Haggett. The pair was selected to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp by the Vergennes Rotary “Mavericks” and had little background knowledge of what to expect and were wowed by the level of the experience.  [ more ]

ARCH “Family Center” Addition Planned For Helen Porter Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center (HPHRC)

Building upon a collaboration which has already resulted in the creation of three “home-like” end-of-life rooms for area residents, Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (HPHRC) and Addison Respite Care Home (ARCH) have agreed to move forward with another community service project—the construction of a new “Family Center” addition at Helen Porter. 
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Getting Ready For The Big Event Addison County Field Days Is A Coming!
By Cookie Steponaitis
There are certain events in the lives of Addison County residents that can be depended on as surely as the Maple Syrup running and the four seasons that follow one another in often rapid succession. Winter holidays call for family gatherings, baking and lots of treats, Memorial Day calls for parades and cookouts and July 4th heralds the arrival of fireworks, hayfields to cut and the fact that summer is fleeting.  [ more ]