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ERALD WWW.RUTLANDHERALD.COM VOLUME 157 NUMBER 140 TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2017 High 88 Low mm PHOTO BY JON OLENDER Erin Robinson of West Rutland and her 9-year-old son, Miles, take a selfie with their safety glasses on while awaiting the solar eclipse at Castleton Universiity on Monday. Green Mountain Astronomers hosted community members who wanted to safely watch the eclipse, which was total in other parts of the country. In the moon's shadow Hundreds gather at Castleton University to view solar eclipse Jonathan Kemp made a series of images of Monday's solar eclipse at the Middlebury College observatory, using a 4-inch refracting telescope and a hydrogen-alpha filter. The shots were taken, from left, at 1 :35, 2:05, 2:41 3:05 and 3:40 p.m. National coverage, A1 0.

$1.00 by the moon. CU professor Helen Mango said it was not her first eclipse. "When I was quite young there was one that went right over New York City," she said. "I wish I could remember what the date was." She does remember the sky going dark. "I understand it more now," she said.

Mango and others said the "party atmosphere" of the viewing made the event See Eclipse, Page A3 city's Finance Committee in a unanimous vote by the board. Mayor David Allaire said the city was waiting for a response from the state on See Deficit, Page A3 feet overhead "bounced" out of his mouth and another launched more than 350 feet by a contraption built by three co-workers did the same. "Ijust couldn't hang on," he said two days after being peppered by grapes traveling at terminal velocity. "The ones that hit me turned to jelly," he said, noting those that hit the See Grapes, Page A3 look in it Where'd it go? There it is!" Indeed, there it was through a pinhole in the foil, an image of the sun was projected onto the bottom of the box. "It's shaped like a crescent moon, but it's a crescent sun," she said.

"It's really great." Ella was part of a crowd that was estimated in the hundreds gathered outside the Castleton University observatory Monday Out in the sticks Tom Haley previews the local high school field hockey season. A7 Life connections Former Rutland County resident has found her calling as an "intuitive medium." B1 Modern milking A Vermont farmer is able to juggle responsibilities by milking her cows with robots. B2 Today Rutland Young Professionals August Mix will be at the Rutland City Fire Tour the station and fire trucks, learn about fire safety from Fire Chief Lovett and enjoy a BBQ from the firefighters. Door prizes 104 Center Rutland Talking Art Participants in last weekend's Art in the Park discuss the creative process with Street Talk. See the video at bit.ly 0819Streettalk.

AUG. 21, 2017, DRAWS Midday: 4-7-9 and 2-2-6-8 Evening: 5-8-2 and 3-0-1-2 New York State: 3-2-3 LS8 and 9-8-5-8 LS30 SUBSCRIBE: www.RutlandHerald.com 800-498-4296 NEWS TIPS: newsrutlandherald.com 802-747-6133 By GORDON DRITSCHILO STAFF WRITER Ella Kitts didn't look like she was watching the eclipse. To a casual observer, the 7-year-old from Rutland looked like she was staring into a Rice Krispies box pointed at the ground. The box which, upon closer inspection, had a sheet of foil covering a corner was a pinhole camera she had built with the help of her father and brother. "It works really well," Ella said, demonstrating.

"I saw the sun when you Instead By SUSAN SMALLHEER STAFF WRITER City Treasurer Wendy Wilton had some bad news for the Board of Aldermen on Monday night: Where once there was a projected modest surplus of $90,000 Officials: of surplus, city has slight deficit aldermen. Also, she said the downtown parking deck and transit center was a drain on the city's finances, and it "owed" the city more than $282,000. "I'm very concerned," Wilton said, calling it "a runoff efforts work MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE PHOTO afternoon to watch the partial eclipse of the sun. While the eclipse was total for people in a roughly 60-mile-wide band running across the country, Vermont saw roughly two-thirds of the sun obscured pretty big number." Without the downtown parking deck finances, "we'd have a slight surplus. This makes all the difference." The transit center financial issue was referred to the Guinness World Records one that he set last year and had hoped to pad and another that he still covets.

Both involved catching grapes in his mouth and, despite a couple of excruciatingly close calls, Fraser came up empty on Saturday. "I was so close," he said Monday. The Barre native could have added he "could taste it" because a grape dropped from a hot air balloon 200 for the year that ended in June, there is now a $153,000 deficit. On top of that, the city's fund balance has shrunk to $1.6 million. Wilton's financial update drew little response from Vt.

farm Monday that a recent analysis using modeling indicates a reduction in phosphorous making its way into Lake Champlain as a result of the conservation efforts. Vicky Drew, a conservationist with Natural Resources Conservation, said the improvements will help meet the EPA's mandates in Vermont. "This data is really a reflection of the hard work and dedication of the farmers in the basin," Drew said. Phosphorus is a nutrient found in agricultural fertilizers, manure, sewage and some household cleaning products. It is a benefit in agriculture because it aids plant growth.

But while it can increase crop production, it also harms waterways because it accelerates plant and algae growth in water and consumes oxygen, creating so-called dead zones. Fish and other aquatic life can die because of the lack of oxygen. Natural Resources See Efforts, Page A3 PROVIDED PHOTO Mouth open, Brent Fraser looks for the falling grape in his attempt to set a new world record in Quechee. He fell short in his quest but vows to try again another day. So close he 'could taste it' By NEAL P.

G0SWAMI VERMONT PRESS BUREAU MONTPELIER Federal officials say Vermont farmers are making progress in their effort to reduce the amount of phosphorous making its way into the state's waterways. The update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service comes as Gov. Phil Scott and other state officials highlight Clean Water Week in Vermont. Vermont has been under the gun to reduce phosphorous levels in Lake Cham-plain since the federal Environmental Protection Agency established a Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, for Vermont.

That set new limits last year on how much phosphorus can enter the lake. The USDA has been working with farmers around the state since then to implement conservation practices that protect and improve soil and water and reduce phosphorous runoff into waterways. The department reported Weather A2 Editorial A4 Obituaries A5 Sports A7 Scoreboard A8 Events B3 Advice B4 Comics B4 Horoscope B4 Marketplace B5 Television B7 B8 By DAVID DELC0RE STAFF WRITER QUECHEE What do you get when you drop grapes from 200 feet? While it is tempting to say "purple rain," Brent Fraser will tell you the correct answer in Quechee on Saturday was 'jelly." Fraser knows of what he speaks because he was the one wiping purple muck off his face after failing to break two grape-related 54006 05701.