Gifford Board
Kept Informed
     A letter to the editor in last week’s Herald suggested that Gifford Medical Center’s Board of Trustees may not be fully aware of recent changes involving the hospital’s Birthing Center.
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Our Impact On Ecosystem
     I realize that everyone has their own rationale for justifying their intolerance toward ‘invasive" species. That is one of the points I tried to make in my previous letter (6/14/06).
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Responds To Charge By Pelligrini
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German Youth
Band Plays Tonite
     Thank you for making note of the various area concerts by the Jugendkapelle Prutz, or, in English, the youth band from Prutz, Austria which is touring the central Vermont & Upper Valley area this week.
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New Midwives
Are on the Way
     For 29 years, the staff of the Birthing Center at Gifford Medical Center has provided families with a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment in which to labor and birth their babies.
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Brightened Day For Bus Driver
     On page A-4 (6/24/06) I noticed "Nifty, Nifty Ray Pray is Fifty."
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Al-Zarqawi Facts
Are Disputed
     I generally look forward to reading Mr. Haviland Smith's ruminations, recognizing that he has worked in counter-terrorism in the CIA, but I got a sour feeling when I read his June 15th screed.
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Bernie Needs No
Training Wheels
     During a rally in Pittsfield, Rich Tarrant, the Republican candidate for the U.S Senate, reassured the few in attendance that his 35 years as a C.E.O. in a software company (IDX) qualified him to represent Vermont in the senate.
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'Chervilistas'
Called to Action
     I have loved reading all the great letters about invasives in The Herald. Jon Binhammer is right about garlic mustard, except for one thing. It is not just in the Champlain Valley and portions of southern Vermont, it is here.
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Flower Theft
In Brookfield
     Every spring many of us wait, with much anticipation,the blooming of the flowers in our gardens.
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