Bill Allen’s big beat: Cambridge drum maker a hit with musicians
Leigh Robtoy
December 6, 2012
Bill Allen went from geophysicist and geologist to owner and operator of a small drum company out of Cambridge, Vermont mostly on a whim and a love of building drums. Green Mountain Drums was incorporated in 2007. Ever since, Allen has been quietly and effectively building drums for drummers all over...
Smuggs sinks big bucks in new snowmaking
By Don Eaton
December 6, 2012
Air is expensive. Compressed air that is, and the manager of snowmaking at Smugglers’ Notch Resort can show you the numbers to prove it. If you thought your fuel bill was high last winter, you should see his. Smugglers’ Notch Resort has invested just over $1 million in its snowmaking system this...
Clean, green, chemical hygiene machine: staff spotlight on Keith Kirchner
November 15, 2012
His title may seem vaguely sinister, oxymoronic, and just plain mysterious depending on how you feel about chemicals, but for Johnson State College Chemical Hygiene Officer Keith Kirchner, it’s all in a day’s work. His many responsibilities include handling the disposal of hazardous waste, maintaining...
Kings of Chaos, where beauty is skin-deep
November 1, 2012
As you enter through the glass doors to Johnson’s new tattoo parlor ‘Kings of Chaos’ a whiff of sanitizer hits your nose as you gaze upon the two red cubicles that decide your fate. While you wait for your name to be called, announcing your turn, or wait for your friend or family member to finish...
Documenting women’s oppression globally
November 1, 2012
“Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” is both a book and documentary that follows New York Times journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn through 10 countries alongside actresses America Fererra, Eva Mendes, Gabrielle Union, Meg Ryan, Olivia Wilde and Diane...
Vermont’s best burger… nice buns, too
September 23, 2012
The Burger Barn, fast becoming the worst kept secret in Lamoille County, is continuing the long and proud tradition of quirky, Vermont roadside snack stands with its top quality, gourmet hamburgers. Early reviewers, mostly headed east out of Burlington, seemed to get stuck on the Burger Barn’s rustic,...
Home sharing offers solutions for home owners and seekers
September 23, 2012
Finding a place to live is difficult, and this is especially true for graduating students in this economy. Home Share Now is an organization that might have the answer you are looking for, if you are looking to save some money, and perhaps make a new friend or two. As the name of the organization ...
New Edelweiss deli makes way for man’s best friend
September 21, 2012
After closing its doors briefly for remodeling, owners Ralf LaBelle and Ken Schlegel’s Edelweiss Bakery & Deli has returned with a new version of this long-established Johnson eatery. While Edelweiss offers the same sandwich and bakery items as before, they are offered as take-out only and now focu...
Painting the town
September 7, 2012
Once every two weeks for a year, JSC Professor of Fine Arts Ken Leslie drove to the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier, climbed the 201 steps to the narrow balustrade at Ceres’ toes, and completed a sketch on one page of a curiously folded, triangular booklet. Then, after descending into the barrel-shaped...
Hop heaven on East 7th Street
Whitney Nellé
September 5, 2012
The second I walked through the aged wooden doors of McSorley’s Old Ale House on East 7th Street in New York City, I knew I was among friends. The bartender, dressed all in white with short grey hair, greeted me and my travel companion with a joke and an aggressively amicable smile. His manner was...
In the hoofprints of history: saving the horses of the Conquistadors
Magen Farley
May 3, 2012
How often does a piece of history try to eat your notebook? Or knock you off your chair while attempting to get its backside scratched? This particular piece of history’s name is Augustine, a beautiful Spanish Mustang living at the Center for America’s First Horse. His lineage can be traced straight...
Mireault to be featured on PBS NOVA series
May 3, 2012
Research being conducted at Johnson State College will be showcased on the PBS television series, NOVA. Professor of Behavioral Sciences Dr. Gina Mireault’s ground-breaking investigations into infant humor have caught the attention of the award-winning show. “I got a call from one of the producers,”...
New York, New York
May 3, 2012
“Ah, smell those bus fumes!” Daddy Warbucks says as he takes Annie onto 5th Avenue. “There’s no air like the air of New York. Come on, you slow pokes! We gotta get to the Roxy before the prices change.” If you change the location from the Roxy to the MoMA, or the Museum of Modern Art, then...
A Survivor’s Guide to the Big Apple
May 3, 2012
If you’re planning on going to New York any time soon, and if you’ve never been, here are some tips that you should keep in mind. Most of them come from Mary, but there are a few from me thrown in there too. 1) Don’t look up and gape at every skyscraper you see. It’ll give you a sore neck...
Passion, instinct & diffusing nuclear devices
May 3, 2012
George Saunders is the author of five books of short stories, and one nonfiction book. He has been awarded both a MacArthur Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has appeared on “The Colbert Report” and “Late Night with David Letterman.” Saunders has also written a feature-length script...
Modes, obsessions and tastes: a relationship to poetry
Ben Algar and Olivia Lawrance
April 12, 2012
Gabriel Fried is a poet and an editor. He is the author of “Making the New Lamb Take.” He is the poetry editor at Persea Books, an independently owned company located in New York City, NY. Fried is on tour promoting his new book of poems, “The Children are Reading.” Fried visited Johnson State...
Green Mountain Girls: new-fashioned farming the old-fashioned way
Magen Farley
April 12, 2012
We live in a world where people do not always stop to consider what is going into their mouths. Most of the food we eat has been transported from thousands of miles away or from factories that don’t really care about their customer’s health. Mari Omland and Laura Olsen of Green Mountain Girls Farm...
The Skin Artist
Leigh Robtoy, Correspondent
March 22, 2012
As you walk through the door of Event Horizon Custom Tattoo in downtown Burlington, the smell of rubbing alcohol permeates the air, and the bright green walls are merely a backdrop to the many oil paintings that cover them. The paintings range from a rather ancient looking ‘war turtle’,...
Walking along Cannery Row with Steinbeck and Kerouac
Whitney Nellé, Correspondent
March 22, 2012
When I set out for California State University, Monterey Bay from Hyde Park, Vt., in August 2010 as part of a student exchange program, I hardly knew where I was going. The school’s website had surprisingly few photos of the campus. Instead it favored pictures of past trips to Yosemite National...
Darn Tough Socks: Loyal, local and lucrative
Donny Eaton, Staff Reporter, Copy Editor
March 22, 2012
Rick Cabot is a third-generation sock maker. Cabot, the owner of Darn Tough Vermont, visited JSC on Thursday, March 15, to speak about the brand which saved his family’s mill in Northfield, Vermont. About 70 people were seated in the auditorium in Bentley for the talk. Cabot began by describing...
Learning with Les Enfants de Dieu
Leisa Kelsey, Staff Reporter, Copy Editor
March 8, 2012
Health Science and Physical Education major Ally Battaille has learned many things since her January arrival at Les Enfants De Dieu in Kigali, Rwanda for the spring semester. Les Enfants De Dieu or ‘Children of God’ is an orphanage that is home for 120 boys who have been living on the street....
A dog’s best friend
Magen Farley
March 8, 2012
Walking into Edelweiss Bakery & Café, the customer first gets the impression of a cozy little bakery. A ceramic pig’s head, crowned in flowers and vines, hanging over the specials menu greets customers at the door. Baskets and tins of all shapes and sizes decorate the walls. Nearing...
Jay Peak puts the summer in winter
Anna Charette, Contributor
March 8, 2012
Eighty-six degrees, a slight breeze, sunlight warmth on your skin, a whiff of chlorine and French fries, a trickle of sweat down your back, and a splash of water. But don’t be fooled; this isn’t a day alongside an outdoor Florida pool. No, you’re at Jay Peak resort, and it’s the middle of the...
That good ole’ Vermont spirit
Donny Eaton, Staff Reporter, Copy Editor
February 16, 2012
At the northern outlet of an ancient smuggling route sits the aptly named Smugglers’ Notch Distillery. The building is inconspicuous, with dark wood siding and plenty of nooks and angles, and it fits seamlessly into the village where it is located, Jeffersonville, Vermont. The style of the facility...
JSC grads find occupational wellness
Leisa Kelsey, Staff Reporter, Copy Editor
February 2, 2012
Five graduates of Johnson State College met at Sweet Hollow Herbs in Johnson to celebrate the recent Johnson Holiday Jubilee. The store’s proprietor, Amy Kelly, invited Carly Harrison, herbal medicine practitioner; Eileen McKusick, sound therapist and wellness educator; Terrie Look, Reiki practitioner...
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