Lyndonville, VT Gas Station Overview

View Larger Map

Map of Local Restaurants

Check out the location of some local restaurants and their health score:
View Larger Map

Division Three College Recruiting

Division Three College Recruiting is an important aspect of gathering players for a college sports team. Recruiting is a valuable tool in finding players with specific skill sets.

Full Story:

Lyndon State College likes to recruit for most of their sports teams. The women's and men's coaches for basketball found it useful to recruit players onto the team. With recruiting, these coaches, Vincent Maloney and Joe Krupinski are able to travel to different schools to assess different players at the high school level.

It is important to be able to see the players in action, the only way to do so is to travel! Because LSC is a Division three college most of the coaches stay within a 100 mile radius. Other larger colleges with more funding can search high schools, prep school, and junior colleges for potential players.

LSC is not allowed to give scholarships for incoming players because it is a division three school. At larger universities and colleges scholarships can be given to players who will demonstrate great skill and academic promise.

Sports teams tend to be stronger and have better averages with appropriate recruiting. As Lyndon's sport information director, Bill Johnson reminds us that "recruiting is selling". College coaches need to ba able to "sell" their school and make it appealing to athletes applying to schools.

Recruitng is a process that needs to be repeated year after year. It is something that takes a lot of work. Coaches and directors want to find top-notch athletes for their team!

(Story from Sam Monroe LSC Feb 2009)

To see other articles related to school recruitng visit here

Plane crash upon take-off from LaGuadia Airport

A plane goes down on Thursday February 5, 2009 from LaGuardia Airport out of New York. 5 people were lost in the crash.

Full Story:

A plane traveling out of LaGuardia Airport crashes abruptly soon after take-off. The engines malfunctioned and quickly led the plane to a severe and traumatizing hault. There were two Vermonters on board that risked their lives to save as many people as they could.

Professor John Dumont and George Johnson of Lyndon State College used their man-power to rip open the back of the plane and direct fellow passengers to safety. They were able to help 40 of the 45 passengers make it out alive. Included in the causalties were both the pilot and co-pilot.

Because these men took matters into their own hands they were able to save many lives. The families and friends of the passengers are very grateful to these two professors.

Scammers Calling Northeast Kingdom Homes

Unknown scammers are targeting innocent people by way of phone scams. Scammers are calling residents exclaiming they are in desperate need of money, and fast!

Full Story:

Lynne Johnson of St. Johnsbury, VT received a skeptical phone call. A fraudulent individual attempted to pose as her grandson needing money in Canada. He told her that he was in trouble with the law and needed $4,200 so he wouldn’t go to jail. This fictional story in itself tipped Johnson off.

She knew this must be a scam because she had young grandchildren that didn’t live in Canada. She had granddaughters that have boyfriends, but were not in Canada at the time either. By asking numerous questions to the caller, Johnson was able to conclude this was a scam.

These kinds of scams are happening all of the time, especially in the Northeast Kingdom. If the scammer gets some of the facts straight, innocent people on the phone line could be swindled out of their money!

Scammers are not only targeting people in the Northeast. An elderly assisted living unit in Shelburne, VT, Wake Robin, also has been marked. A pattern of targeting elders has been noted.

Trickery does not stop at just phone scams with deceptive individuals. Counterfeit checks and lotteries have been noted with scams. People should be wary of Craig’s List, E-Bay, and newspaper ads. Check into these resources fully before committing to them, fraudulent acts are increasing, in part due to the poor economic climate.

If you think you are being scammed do not hesitate to call the Vermont Attorney General’s office’s consumer assistance program at 800-649-2424.

(From the Caledonian-Record - 2/5/09)

For a related story go to: http://fightthesmears.com/articles/14/sermononthemount

Check it out!

If you like watching videos, music and otherwise, check out my favorite artist, Eric Hutchinson.
Go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHPfUtRdc

Initial Post

This is the first time I have ever created a blog~ I didn't know what to expect; I learned how to add gadgets as I went! I decided I wanted to add a few different "gadgets" including a few polls, pictures, a map, a health fact/day, and fill in the "About Me" section. I added the pictures I did to give viewers a good idea of what I'm into and what my interests are. After adding the background it was easy to add different gadgets to "pimp" my blog! I look forward to adding more to this blog over time and am open to suggestions to better utilize this space!