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Weekly Newsletter February 17th, 2016
In This Issue
Renewed Membership
YOUR Membership Listing on our Website.
Advertise in The Hills...
Print Master.
Survive the Drive- Behind the Wheel..
Jumpfest Winterfestival...
Winterfest Photo Shows at Trinity Church.
Roaring Oaks-NEW location.
Noble Notes...
Be a Sponsor of the Taste of the Tri-State.
Events at Noble Horizons.
New B & B - Sassafras Bed and Breakfast.
Multi-Media Friday Issue XLIII,
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Renewed Membership
 

Renewed Members

Mizza's Pizza Restaurant 
Edi Canie
6 Ethan Allen St.
Lakeville, CT 06039
(860) 435-6266

Mountainside
Matthew Eakin
Route 7
Canaan, CT 06018
(860) 824-1397

Prindle Insurance Agency, LLC
Barclay Prindle
22 West Main St.
Sharon, CT 06069
(860) 364-5000

Thank you for your continued support!

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Reminder to our members, as I continue to update and
 add pictures to our website.  I ask that you please take 
a few minutes to look at YOUR listing and please let me
 know if you would like to add, delete or make any other 
changes.  AND remember, you can add up to six (6) pictures, 
please send pictures as a jpeg file. 

Click here to view the complete list of members and click 
on YOUR listing and let me know of any changes.

If you have any questions please respond to this email or 
you can always give me a phone call at (860) 393-9171, 
my direct line at Litchfield Bancorp.
Advertise in The Hills
Print Master
Survive the Drive- Behind the Wheel



Jumpfest Winterfestival   
                                                    
Visit the website for up to date information-
www.awinterfestival.com


Winterfest Photo Shows at Trinity Church

 
Roaring Oaks-NEW location

52 main
Feb info for 52 Main

52 Main in Millerton, NY 
welcomes you experience our Spanish Tapas made 
with an American Flair...small paltes of savory mouthfuls
 meant to be enjoyed with others. Stop in and let your 
senses linger at 52 Main is where can eat, drink, engage in 
lively conversation, friendship and hospitality.  Don't forget 
our Live Music show Saturday's @ 9pm!  
Call for your reservation today (518) 789-0252. 
Live Music Line-Up:
2/20    The Biocentrics
2/27    Paul Pesco


Noble Notes
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Hotchkiss Colloquium Poster
On Saturday, February 20 at 2:00 pm,tHotchkiss School Humanities Instructor Amanda McClure will discuss "Africa's Economic Transformation" and on  Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 pm, Humanities Instructor Jared Hall will present "China's Rise in Historical Context".  
Ms. McClure, who holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Chicago, will explore the importance of informal economic activity in Africa, as well as the influence of Chinese investment.  
Mr. Hall is a former resident of China and holds advanced degrees in Chinese History.  He will explore the historical context for China's profound social and economic transformation over the last forty years.  
Registration for the free programs is at www.noblehorizons.org
old Salisbury
Free Film Screening: Salisbury: 1800-1870: A Town in Transition
On February 22 at 3:30 pm, Noble Horizons hosts a free  screening of Salisbury: 1800-1870: A Town in Transition, which focuses on the town's work, worship, education and domestic life between 1800-1870.  The film is a cooperative project of The Hotchkiss School, The Connecticut Humanities Fund, the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area and the Salisbury Historical Society.  The film's director and narrator/writer will be available for a Q and A following the film.  Registration for the free screening is at www.noblehorizons.org
 or 860-435-9851 ext. 190


 SVNA wellness clinic's schedule

 

Litchfield Bancorp




Art Auction to benefit Prime Time House
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Friday, April 1, 2016
Nancy Marine Theatre Lobby at the Warner Theatre
6:00 - 8 pm

Live & Silent Auction
Open bar & hors d'Oeuvres

Tickets:
$25 in advance
$30 at the door

 

Founders in New York


 

I hope you enjoy this weeks newsletter, with information and offers from our members.  
Click here to view our Website with more information. 
 

Reminder-as part of your annual membership dues advertising in the newsletter is one
of the many benefits we offer for FREE. The same information is also included on our website.
Please send all information to be included in the newsletter no later than Monday evening to be
included in the following Wednesday morning newsletter. Also, please send your information in
either a jpeg or pdf file, unless its a press release then a word doc. is fine.

 

If anyone has any questions, suggestions or comments please do not hesitate to contact me.
I can be reached at  sdickinson@tristatechamber.com or call me at (860) 393-9171 M-F my
direct line at Litchfield Bancorp.

If you are receiving this newsletter and are not yet members AND would like to advertise with us
FREE with membership, it's easy to join and for a very low reasonable annual fee. Please contact 
us for more information or respond to this email.  Check out our website at www.tristatechamber.com.

        TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO Be a
                                the 
Taste of the Tri-State
         
           CALL TODAY to be included in ALL advertising!


The Tri-State Chamber's "Taste of Tri-State" Festival offers
you four great 
ways to promote YOUR business to more than 
60,000 people. 
We rely on our sponsors to help us keep our 
costs low, thereby keeping booth cost
  affordable each year 
for our local businesses
                                   

 
GOLD SPONSORS | $1000.00 | Benefits include:
Internet Advertising * Newspaper & Radio Advertising
Radio Interviews * Listing in Newspaper inserts
(20,000 print run) * Press Release
Name on Promotional banners
DAY OF FESTIVAL: FREE 8' booth ($200 value)
Listing in Festival Directory
Sponsor boards & booth sign
SILVER SPONSORS | $500.00 | Benefits Include:
Internet Advertising * Newspaper & Radio Advertising
Listing in Newspaper inserts (20,000 print run)
Press Release
DAY OF FESTIVAL: Discount on 8' booth ($100 value)
Listing in Festival Directory
Sponsor boards & booth sign

BRONZE SPONSORS | $250.00 | Benefits Include:
Internet Advertising * Newspaper & Radio Advertising
DAY OF FESTIVAL: Listing in Festival Directory
Sponsor boards & booth sign
FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS | $25.00 - $200.00
Receive Listing in Festival Directory



NOTE: Payment and form must be received on or before
February 18th, 2016 to included in ALL advertising!
 
For more information, please call Susan Dickinson at (860) 393-9171
or email:  sdickinson@tristatechamber.com

Sign UP TODAY to be a Vendor  ( Food or Trade ) at this years 
Taste of the Tri-State
Notice: Change in location this event will be held back at the 
Hotchkiss School Mars Athletic Center
    
Click  here to view and 
 
 
download the Trade vendor application!

Click here to view and download the Food Vendor application.
 Business After Hours  
 
Thank you to the Exchange Club of Canaan 
  for co-hosting our event last night, what a great turnout and wonderful dinner!
Geer Village
77 South Canaan Rd
Canaan, CT 06018

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*If you are interested in hosting one of our wonderful business after hours 
events please contact Susan Dickinson at (860) 393-9171
or email sdickinson@tristatechamber.com.  
We are booked for 2016, so call now to schedule an event for next year.

Winter Mingle at the Interlaken Inn- TONIGHT



Support the Women's Support Services


Trade Secrets Rare Plant & Garden Antiques sale 
Saturday, May 14, 2016

Location: Sharon, Connecticut

Title: Trade Secrets: Rare Plant and Garden
 Antique Sale

Description: Featuring nearly 60 of the finest      plant and antique vendors in the northeast region.

Date: Saturday May 14, 2016

Hours: Early buying 8-10am $125 (breakfast included)

Regular admission 10am-3pm $40

Venue: LionRock Farm

Address: Route 41 & Hosier Road Sharon,
                CT 06069

Phone: 860-364-1080

Website: TradesSecretsCT.com

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Trade Secrets Rare Plant & Garden Antiques sale
Saturday, May 14, 2016


Location: Sharon, Connecticut

Title: Trade Secrets: Rare Plant and Garden Antique Sale

Description: Featuring nearly 60 of the finest plant and antique vendors in the northeast region.

Date: Saturday May 14, 2016

Hours: Early buying 8-10am $125 (breakfast included)

Regular admission 10am-3pm $40

Venue: LionRock Farm

Address: Route 41 & Hosier Road Sharon, CT 06069

Phone: 860-364-1080

 
Crescendo presents "Ars Perfecta": The Perfect Art of Renaissance Polyphony


On March 18, 19 and 20 Connecticut's award-winning music organization, Crescendo, performs three concerts featuring motets and other sacred music by Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, one of the greatest composers of all time, and his contemporaries, Orlando di Lasso, Giovanni Maria Nanino, Ruggiero Giovannelli, Felice Anerio, and Gregorio Allegri.
Crescendo's Vocal Ensemble will perform. Crescendo's founder and artistic director, Christine Gevert will conduct. Tickets are $30, $50 for premium seating, $10 for under 18. You can purchase tickets at the door or by going to worldclassmusic.org/buy-tickets/

This program will be repeated at the following churches.
--Friday, March 18, 6pm, First Congregational Church, 251 Main St., Great Barrington, MA
--Saturday, March 19, 5pm, St. John's Church, 12 Main St., Salisbury, CT
--Sunday, March 20, 4pm, St. Michael's Church, 25 South St., Litchfield, CT.

Crescendo invites you to hear Christine Gevert give a free talk about the life and work of the composer Palestrina at Salisbury Town Hall, 27 Main St., March 6 at 4pm. Her talk is sponsored by the Scoville Library. She will give the talk also in Great Barrington, MA at the Mason Library, 231 Main St., Saturday, March 5 at 11:30am.
Crescendo's concerts are Take Part Culture Card events of the Northwest Connecticut Arts Council.



Salisbury Rotary Club
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Today's luncheon speaker 2-9-16, Mike Mangini, Director of Outpatient Therapy  at Geer Nursing &Rehab Center, 
spoke about the services offered by his department and, more specifically, about Trigger Point Dry Needling.  

This is a treatment technique that utilizesthin, solid filament needles to deactivate & desensitize trigger points in muscles
and has very different aims that distinguishes it from acupuncture.




Club VP Michele Gorat conducted the 2/16 luncheon meeting and club member Jim Britt gave a most interesting presentation on "connecting" without the Internet based on solar power charging a device known as Rachel Pi. Members participated on their own devices and questions and discussion centered on the application in remote areas without Internet access.



Miles of Smiles Directional Company
Scoville Events February 2016

Weekly Programs

Story Time with Miss Molly

Wednesdays at 10:30 am (February 17th and 24th) and Saturdays at 11:00 am
(February  20th, and 27th)

Twice a week our 45-minute story time for toddlers and preschool aged children focuses on a different theme through stories, singing and crafting fun! The five early literacy practices
are playing, talking, singing, reading and writing (scribble/draw) -- and we will be rocking them all! Bring your own snacks.

NOTE: Meets at Salisbury Congregational Church in the parish hall 30 Main St, Salisbury, CT

Monthly Programs

Saturday February 20, 4:00 p.m.
The Era of Elegance: Ladies, Legends, and Lakeside Dwellings: Alfredo Taylor in Norfolk, CT presented by Dr. Ann Havemeyer. A collaboration of the Scoville Memorial Library and the Civic Committee of the Salisbury AssociationA century ago, motorists driving to the village of Norfolk along Litchfield Road would have enjoyed a winding country lane dotted
 with a collection of impressive stone and timber houses. Proudly lining the road or dramatically perched on the hills above, many of these houses bear the signature of Alfredo Taylor, the Beaux-Arts architect whose work has come to define the look and style
 of this small town. Taylor came to Norfolk in the first years of the last century, and his distinctive hand is to be seen everywhere, as he and his clients, many of them female, put their imaginative mark on the landscape.

Ann Havemeyer is the Director of the Norfolk Library and Curator of the Norfolk Historical Museum. She has written several books on Norfolk history and architecture. She holds a doctorate from Yale University in the History of Art and has lectured extensively.

Meets at Salisbury Town Hall

Thursday, February 25
7:00 p.m.
Seeds of Longevity: Preserving Plants for Our Future. Presented by Robin Zitter, horticulturist and Lawrence Davis-Hollander, ethnobotanist. A collaboration of Plantin' Seeds and Scoville 
Memorial Library. Short film followed by presentation, discussion, and seed distribution. Seed diversity is fundamental to preserving biological diversity in gardens and native habitats. As part of the initial effort to establish seed libraries and a living seed bank in northwest Connecticut, Robin and Lawrence will introduce the rationale and need for locally based seed saving. Seeds will be available to committed participants. Followed in March by a seed 
planting workshop.

Meets at Plantin' Seeds, Main Street, Canaan, CT

Scoville Events 
Lawrence Davis-Hollander
Adult Program Coordinator

Scoville Memorial Library  38 Main Street  Salisbury, CT 06068
860.435.2838 / 413.229.8316 (home office)


Upcoming Events at Noble Horizons 

 
New B & B - Sassafras Bed and Breakfast 


  








Visit their website for more pictures and information!  www.sassafrasbedandbreakfast.com

Multi-Media Friday Issue XLIII, February 12, 2016
Lime Rock Park's wintertime once-per-week interweb heads-up for all you Automotive 
Ethernauts out there. It's not rocket surgery...
Why You Need to Know about Opposite Lock
You know that driver training axiom, "Steer into the skid"? Well, here's video evidence of its corollary,
 "Stare into the crash..." (Watch the front tires. Guy never makes a correction. We're stunned.)
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If Picasso Painted Cars
Ok, MMF is not going to take a position on the whole Common Core Math thing - if that's still a 
thing - but you gotta admit, this is funny...

Click this image
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SPECIAL FEBRUARY MMF SUPPLEMENT: TRUCK YOU!

It'd be even better with a lift kit, though
According to TruckYeah.com, the best off-road truck in the world is made in Russia. It's even 
affordable. After watching this video, you hard-core four-wheelers out there are probably going to agree.

Click to play
Click here for story and pix

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What's More Exciting: An Epic Fail or a Nearly Fail?

Click for video
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Mmm, Mmm, Good!
What happens when you mix two of our favorite things, tractor-trailers and Formula 1?
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Of Course We Have Valentine's Day Links for You!
You could call this the Love [Lady] Bug, right?

Click for great story and videos

This one isn't a car thing.
It's just a good thing.
(Hearts to MMF reader Renea Dayton, who turned us on to this History Channel
 Valentine's Day stuff.)

Click on image for stories & vids
 
Until next Friday, we remain...
Lime Rock's Automotive Ethernauts
     
P.S.: If you're into American short track racing and NASCAR, here's a blog that we
 just found out about. MMF knows Lou Modestino, a long-admired motorsports scribe...