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Black Magenta EVEN ODD B2 The Rutland Daily Herald Obituaries Friday, September 25, 2009 rection of Tossing Funeral Home in Rutland. In Brief Mary P. Norris PROCTOR Mary P. "Trish" Norris, 64, died Sept. 24, 2009, at Rutland Regional Medical Center, with cancer.

The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, tor of St. Thomas Grace Episcopal Churches, officiated. Military honors were accorded by Brandon American Legion Post 55.

Taps were sounded by Burt Reynolds and Chaplain Richard Brosse presented the American flag to the widow. A reception followed at Kin-haven Music School in Weston. Arrangements were under the direction of the Miller Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon. Thomas W. Patch Sr.

BETHEL Thomas W. Patch 67, died Sept. 23, 2009, at his home. A full obituary will be published in a future edition of the Rutland Herald. Arrangements are under the di Greg G.

Gerhardt Greg G. Gerhardt, 57, of Rutland, died Sept. 1, 2009, in Africa. He was the husband of Marie "Miki" (Maniery) Gerhardt. The memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 25, at St. Peter Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Clifford Funeral Home. View the guest book at www.rat-landherald.com obits.

Earl W. Blackmer Rites The graveside service with military honors for Earl Winslow Blackmer, 78, of Rutland, who died Sept. 18, 2009, was held Thursday, Sept. 24, in Pine Hill Cemetery. The Rev.

Margaret Fletcher, rec Susan K. Brande Rites CORNWALL The memorial service in celebration of the life of Susan Kennedy Brande, 83, who died July 1, 2009, was held Wednesday, Sept. 23, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Middlebury. The Rev.

Brian O'Donnell, associate pastor, was the celebrant. Organist and soloist was Dr. Kevin Parizo. Readers included sons, Justin Brande and Frederick Brande, and daughter, Angela Wyatt. A daughter, Dorothea Pratt, delivered the eulogy.

Arrangements were under the direction of the Miller Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon. at St. Dominic's Church. Friends may call from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

27, at the Clifford Funeral Home. Memorial contributions, in lieu of flowers, may be made to Community Cancer Center, in care of Rutland Regional Medical Center, Allen Street, Rutland, VT 05701. A full obituary will be published in a future edition of the Rutland Herald. wireless employees join union summer without management inference, allowing employees to form unions "using a majority sign up process." "The CWA, my union, has a card check agreement with that's part of our contract with CWA Vermont spokesman Ralph Monte-fusco said Wednesday. He said 63 of the 81 workers signed union authorization cards.

The card check agreement evolved out of Cin-gular Wireless, which was a joint venture between and Bell South. spokeswoman Alexa Kaufman said the pires in 2013. He said the contract gives employees in Vermont specified pay raises based on years of service, vacation and other benefits. There are 85 wireless workers in Maine and New Hampshire who are members of Local 1400. The union also represents more than 1,500 telecom workers throughout New England at Verizon and FairPoint Communications.

There are nearly 200 CWA members in Vermont, including the new wireless employees. brace. edwardsrutland herald.com card check provision has become a model for the wireless end of the company's business. "We've always had a longstanding positive relationship with the union," said Kaufman, director of corporate communications for the Northeast. "We believe this is a decision the employees should go ahead and make." The card check system is at the heart of a debate in Congress over the proposed Employee Free Choice Act.

Under the legislation, workers could join a union if a simple majority of workers sign union authorization cards. Under present law, if more than 30 percent of workers sign cards, the National Labor Relations Board schedules a secret-ballot election. The card check system is opposed by many employers. Union representation at the stores follows the company's acquisition in January of Unicel's cellular phone business in Vermont, including 11 retail stores. The Vermont wireless workers are covered by the existing contract between and CWA wireless phone employees in Maine and New Hampshire.

Montefusco said the current four-year contract ex By BRUCE EDWARDS STAFF WRITER wireless employees in Vermont have unionized, using a controversial card check system to join Local 1400 of the Communications Workers of America. The union represents 81 Mobility workers at 1 1 Vermont stores. The American Arbitration Association on Monday certified that a majority of the 81 workers signed union cards seeking membership in Local 1400. According to the Communications Workers of America, the union organizing effort took place this Police search near missing woman's car MONTGOMERY The Vermont State Police and game wardens are searching a section of Montgomery looking for clues into the 2004 disappearance of 17-year-old Brianna Maitland. Police say there's a strong possibility that Maitland was a victim of foul play.

The Sheldon teenager disappeared after leaving her job at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery. Her car was found about a mile away, backed into a building. Officials Thursday were planning an extensive search of the fields and wooded area near where the car was found. Suspect in burglaries still remains at large FAIRFIELD Police continue to search for a third suspect in a series of burglaries in Franklin County. WPTZ-TV is reporting that police have arrested 21-year-old Melissa Labounty of Fairfield and 24-year-old Kyle Gagner of St.

Albans, who turned himself in. The trio is wanted in connection with at least nine home burglaries, in which tens of thousands of dollars of merchandise was stolen. Police say they may also be linked to a burglary in Addison County. Sibling reunites with 2 brothers, sister AUGUSTA, Maine Two men and a woman who reunited after discovering they were separated as youngsters and later found another long-lost sibling hope to celebrate Thanksgiving together this year, one of the brothers said Thursday. Randy Joubert learned this summer that he and co-worker Gary Nisbet were brothers.

The two, who worked together at a furniture store in Waldoboro, had been given up for adoption as babies about 35 years ago. After their story was publicized, half-sister Joanne Campbell showed up. While appearing with her brothers on the "Today" show on Tuesday, Campbell said a long-lost sister was still unaccounted for. Kathleen Cooper called NBC after watching the show from her home in Sarasota, and appeared on the show Wednesday for a surprise reunion with her siblings. The four have the same mother but ended up in foster care and later with adoptive families.

They have plans to get together again soon and will likely share a Thanksgiving meal, Joubert said. Joubert said he's grateful to have a grasp on his family's medical background. Staff reports PITTSFIELD RECORDS RELOCATED WTO STARINSKAS RUTLAND HERALD Electricity is hooked up to a temporary vault (left) at the Pittsfield Town Hall on Wednesday as town officials and employees moved maps and records into the structure. Pittsfield officials were forced to move out of the nearby town clerk's office and treasurer's office because it was deemed uninhabitable because of hazardous mold. The newly installed vault allows the records to be kept under lock and key.

High enrollment, donations help Norwich stay on track he says. "No one's going to bail out Norwich. We can't look to the state and we can't look to the federal government." What Norwich will do, Schneider says, is continue with a slate of scheduled capital improvements that he says will cement the school's brand and identity. "Since the financial crisis hit, we haven't changed a bit with our plan," he says. "Everywhere I look, this plan is working." inn, so to speak," McGrath says.

"I think we were all very concerned what the impact of the economic downturn last fall would be on new students and returning students In fact we've exceeded out enrollment goals." As a private institution, she says, a major portion of overall school revenue is driven by tuition. And the 121 freshmen attending on full ROTC scholarships have lightened demands for financial assistance. "It doesn't take as much financial aid to attract a high-end student if they're on a four-year scholarship," McGrath says. Deep-pocketed donors, meanwhile, have tempered Norwich's exposure to tough market conditions. University officials won't release the final tally on its capital campaign until next weekend but say the school well exceeded the $55 million goal.

The money has funded major capital improvements, including a $16 million modern campus center, $6 million museum and a $5 million athletic-complex upgrade now under construction. 'This campaign has enabled us to upgrade our facilities, add to our endowment, make funds available for kids to travel overseas," says Dave Whaley, vice president of development and alumni relations. "It's a chance for us to give students better experiences while they're here." Schneider says the tens of millions of dollars in new construction projects have been awarded to regionally based companies. "I think we're keeping local contractors alive in central Vermont and I'm proud of that," Schneider says. Schneider says he'll maintain an ambitious but prudent course as the university proceeds on a strategic plan that will carry the school through 2019.

While Norwich has found other positions and vacancies to re-employ some of the personnel it laid off last year, Schneider says he won't will the 27 positions eliminated as part of last year's cutbacks. "I have to be prudent with my institution. This is not the time to be making mistakes," ademic year in which a mar-ket-pummeled endowment and general economic malaise opened up a $3.6 million hole in the university's operating budget. The deficit forced 27 job cuts, including 12 layoffs. Schneider warns that the school, a major regional employer, "isn't out of the woods yet." "Our greatest risk still are parents losing their jobs," Schneider says.

"The market is recovering, but we still have way too many people out of work." Still, freshman enrollment, up 9 percent over last year, has generated needed revenue. A $24 million, 283-bed dormitory is already filled to capacity. Enrollment figures are so robust, according to vice-president of enrollment Karen Mc-Grath, the university has placed some students in temporary housing. "There's no room at the By PETER HIRSCHFELD VERMONT PRESS BUREAU NORTHFIELD Officials at Norwich University say the nation's oldest private military institution will have plenty to celebrate when alumni flock to the Northfield campus for homecoming festivities next weekend. Record enrollment numbers and high-dollar bequests have helped the university roughed up last year by the economic downturn right the financial ship.

"I'm pretty bullish on the state of our school," says Norwich President Richard Schneider. This year's incoming freshman class of 732 students is the largest in 30 years. And a five-year capital campaign to raise $55 million has been cut short, officials say, after the university "wildly exceeded" the target a year ahead of schedule. this after a 2008-2009 ac Obituary Policy The Rutland Herald prints obituaries and hosts them online as a public service. The Herald charges $15 for a basic obituary, which is completed according to the newspaper's guidelines.

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