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Berkshires Beat: Adams Alert Hose Brings Home Awards
11:09AM / Friday, August 26, 2016
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The Alert Hose Co #1 of Adams won three awards in the Bennington Battle Day Parade.

Trio of honors: The Alert Hose Co #1 of Adams attended the Bennington Battle Days parade on Aug. 14, in which members pulled their infamous parade cart, which was built in 1885.  

The department is well known for wearing their Prince Albert- style buff and white uniforms. This rare uniform style has been preserved by the company as a memorial to its predecessors and is worn proudly with distinction by the alerts today.
 
The Alerts proudly took home three new trophies: the Vermont State Firefighters Association's "Best Appearing Antique Hand Drawn Equipment-Out of State," the Vermont State Firefighters Association's "Best Appearing Marching Unit, With or Without Antique Apparatus-Out of State" and lastly the Bennington Battle Day 2016 "Oldest Hand-Drawn Antique Equipment, Fire-Related."  


Learn to swim: The Dalton Community Recreation Association has begun registration for Fall/Winter Session I Swimming Lessons. Lessons run from Sept. 6-Nov. 12 (10 weeks). A current CRA Jr. Membership ($40) is required and everyone must wear a swim cap.

The Dalton CRA offers a full range of swimming lessons including: Parent-Toddler (6 months to 3 years, parent needs to be in the pool with toddler); Pre-School (3-5 years, not in Kindergarten); Beginners (5 years and up); Beginners Deep End (5 years and up - no bubble); Advanced Beginners, Intermediate Swimmer and Advanced Swimmer. Cost for lessons is $60 plus Membership, Monday classes are nine weeks at $54 plus membership. Parent Toddler lessons are $30 (plus membership). Adult Learn-to-Swim class is also offered. Cost is $6 per class and a CRA Membership is not required.

Register at the Dalton CRA. For more information and class schedule, call the CRA at 684-0260 or go online.


Rural outreach grant: The VT-NH Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Southwestern Vermont Health Care Foundation for support of the Breast Health Rural Outreach Program. The program is a cooperation between the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center and the Women’s Imaging Center at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and supports early detection by offering free or reduced-price screening or diagnostic mammograms for those without insurance or with high deductibles, especially those who do not qualify for other assistance programs.

Screening mammograms detect cancer when it is most treatable, up to two years before a patient or physician can feel a lump. Early detection relates to greater cure rates. American College of Radiology recommends annual screening mammography beginning at age 40. Those interested in learning more about their eligibility to receive grant funding for their mammogram should contact Rebecca Hewson-Steller at 802-440-4244.


STEM selection: The Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires has been selected by Boys & Girls Clubs of America to receive materials and resources to participate in the DIY STEM program. DIY STEM is a hands-on, activity-based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) curriculum which connects youth to science themes they encounter in everyday life. Special attention is paid to teaching participants the connections between scientific theory and the practical application of scientific principles.

DIY STEM currently includes five modules: Energy and Electricity, Engineering Design, Food Chemistry, Aeronautics, and Robotics. Programming will consist of at least six 60-minute sessions and will serve a minimum of 60 club members.

The club will receive a DIY STEM materials kit, which includes resources for conducting experiments, guides for facilitators, and tutorial videos. After completing the programming and participating in the evaluation, the club will be entered into a drawing to win a LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robotics kit to begin a STEM experience.



The winners are: The Berkshire Athenaeum’s Children’s Library has announced the winners of the annual Short Story Writing Contest. Stories were judged on their originality, appeal and writing style. Contest judges Marilyn Manning and Bea DaSilva were teachers in the Pittsfield Schools and Sandy Gero was a nurse at BMC.

Winning entries, honorable mentions and works of merit will be bound and added to the collection of the Berkshire Athenaeum, so that community members may read and enjoy them!

The winners and categories for 2016 are as follows:

* Ages 5-6: First Place, Reese Rathbun; Second Place, Lukas Mazzeo

* Ages 7-8: First Place, Gabryela Y. Ortíz-Ramírez; Second Place, Natalie Hines; Honorable Mention, Lisa Chen

* Ages 9-10: First Place, Willow Papina Barboza; Second Place, Leora Cook-Dublin; Honorable Mention, Katelyn McCormack

* Ages 11-14: First Place, Ben Prescott; Secnd Place, Elliot Krantz; Honorable Mention, Hannah Stroud

* Ages 15-18: First Place, Emma Lezberg; Second Place, Trudy Fadding; Honorable Mention, Jenna Crosier.

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