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September 11, 2008

Bethel Vet Wins Silver and Bronze

By Sandy Vondrasek. About the same time the 2008 Summer Olympics were winding down in Beijing, a 63-year-old Bethel man was heading into five days of competition. Reginald Rogers brought home a silver and a bronze medal—for nine-ball billiards and horseshoes, respectively—from his second trip to the National Veterans Golden Age Games, held this year August 20-24 in Indianapolis, Ind. A Navy veteran of the Vietnam era, Rogers earned two of the five medals awarded to the "Green Mountain Boys" team, all of them veterans receiving treatment at the Veterans Center Hospital in White River Junction. Rogers told The Herald this week that he missed the gold for billiards by just one game, having won 35 games in 11 matches before losing the final game. Read more at the Herald of Randolph website at: http://www.rherald.com/News/2008/0911/People/p01.html

August 28, 2008

Aloha!… From Bethel

By Robin Palmer. On Tuesday, participants in the Gifford Adult Day Program in Bethel celebrated with a Hawaiian luau. The festive décor and meal that included barbecued pineapple, non-alcoholic piña coladas, and upside down cakes, was thanks to in part to a suggestion from Rochester’s Rosanna Carlos. The 83-year-old adult day participant told Director Judy Santamore that, if she could go anywhere, Hawaii would be it. "Her face just beamed when she said it," recalled Santamore Tuesday. In leis and grass skirts, the staff, including Santamore, put together the luau in honor of Carlos’s request and in celebration of Hawaii becoming a state in August of 1959. Read more at the Herald of Randolph website at: http://www.rherald.com/News/2008/0828/Community_News/com05.html

August 7, 2008

Vermont Castings is back in business

By M. D. Drysdale Vermont Castings, with a hot-metal foundry in Randolph and an assembly and enameling plant in Bethel, has been acquired by a fast-growing Kentucky manufacturer of fireplaces and hearth places. The new owner is Monessen Hearth Systems Co. of Paris, Ky. According to published reports, Monessen’s parent company, The Riverside Co. acquired CFM’s assets for $42.5 million. Read the whole story at the Herald of Randolph's website: http://www.rherald.com/News/2008/0807/Front_page/f02.html

July 17, 2008

Bethel White Polar Cubs Frolic

Bethel White Polar Cubs Frolic, But Their Mom Looks Worried....A 2.5-ton hunk of Bethel white granite, the piece was commissioned by the trustees of Memorial Library in Andover, Mass. Entitled "Vigilance," it depicts a mother polar bear, standing watch over her three playful cubs. More about this story at the Herald of Randolph's website: http://www.rherald.com/News/2008/0717/Arts/a01.html

June 20, 2008

Question the Message

Question the Message is a website developed by the Vermont Department of Health to increase alcohol awareness to youth, specifically how the advertising industry targets youth with "alcopops," and the warm and fuzzy imagery Anheuser-Bush has used to embed its brand (who can think of a Clydesdale horse without thinking of Budweiser?). The website teaches kids to "question the message" of advertising and the media, and uses a kid-friendly website with all kinds of contests, games, text-messages, downloadable phone rings, 3-D glasses that allow viewers to "decode" hidden messages (just like the hidden messages of advertising), and has grand prizes of Wii Station and an iPod Nano, among other things. If you're 13-17, you can win prizes, and engage in this fun and informative and highly media-literate website. The Quintown Prevention Partnership is hosting several events, including an Ice Cream Social in Bethel (stay tuned--coming soon!) to "start the conversation" about underage drinking, and spreading the word. For further info, go to http://www.QuestionTheMessage.com More information can also be found at http://quintown-rochester.blogspot.com

June 5, 2008

Cockadoodle Pizza Cafe Expands

By Mary Anderson. The pizza business is nothing new for Jim Fisher of Bethel’s Cockadoodle Pizza Café. He started working in one when he was 14 or 15 years old. Apparently he has learned a lot in those years, because he has made the restaurant into such a successful pizza establishment that he has been able to expand within just one year of taking ownership. Read more at the Herald of Randolph website: http://www.rherald.com/News/2008/0605/Community_News/com02.html

June 5, 2008

Lady Hornets’ Have 2 Big Wins

. Lady Hornets’ Season Ends with 2 Big Wins By Laurie-Jean B. Gauthier. The Whitcomb Lady Hornets were hot last Thursday when they faced Blue Mountain in their only regular season contest and they stung their hosts, 15-3. It took a while for Whitcomb to get started, but once they did, there was no stopping them. Read all about it on the Herald of Randolph website: http://www.rherald.com/News/2008/0605/Sports/s01.html

June 1, 2008

Bethel Courier June Edition

The latest edition of the Bethel Courier is now available here.

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May 29, 2008

Postcard Fair ‘Creates Community Pride

Historical Society’s Postcard Fair ‘Creates Community Pride’ By Mary Anderson. For the second year in a row, the Bethel Historical Society sponsored a successful Postcard and History Fair, this one held May 24 at the Whitcomb High School gym. Nick Nikolaidis, coordinator of the event, said that in addition to being a fundraiser for the Bethel Historical Society, the event "creates community pride and brings the community together." He noted that most of the 14 vendors were repeats from the year before, which showed that they, too, enjoyed the show. Read all about it on the Herald of Randolph website: http://www.rherald.com/News/2008/0529/Arts/a03.html

May 20, 2008

Bethel Historical Society Newsletter

Here is our May issue of the BHS newsletter. We hope you enjoy it. Members of the Bethel Historical Society get the newsletter mailed to them. Membership is still only $5 a year. If you are not already a member, we'd love to have you join us.

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