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Mi Sport season is here and so are sport 1 related injuries. Remedies available at JJ SPORTS Hammer nails GM Twin Valley southpaw stymies Chieftains PAGE 13 TOWNS Keep it local Brattleboro group explores plan for homegrown currency AGE 9 Pharmaasa Fmnlc Mary Giamanmo Jira Gudfre 20 Elliot Brattleboro, VT 05301 802-254-2303 24 Hour PfMcrlption HotHnri 1-800-449-2303 wwv.linttlrx.cnm 50 cents Friday, May 5, 2006 Brattleboro, Vermont www.reformer.com 20 pages Volume 94, No. 55 2006 New England Newspaper Inc. Pre-IC funding goes unclaimed Brattleboro Nursery School students flock to the statue at the Brattleboro Town Common, while on their spring walk, Thursday. The program, called the Early Education Initiative, is designed to provide early education services to young children at risk of school failure.

But now school districts are leanung the money is available to all preschoolers enrolled in an accredited program. By BOB AUDETTE Reformer Staff BRATTLEBORO Money available for preschool education may evaporate soon if school districts don't take advantage of it. The state education fund has set aside between $2,250 to $2,500 for every 3 to 5-year-old enrolled in an accredited preschool in Vermont. The program, called the Early Education Initiative, is designed to provide early education services to young children at risk of school failure. But now school districts are learning the money is available to all preschoolers enrolled in an accredited program.

"Some districts are looking at using the pre school money to contract with eligible preschools," said Ron Stahley, superintendent of Windham Southeast Supervisory Union, at a meeting at Academy School, Wednesday. "It allows more accessibility and affordability for families and allows us to include student counts in the average daily enrollment, which in turn creates more state aid for the district," he said. Cynthia Tarail, director of the Early Childhood Council of Windham County, talked about how to get the money and urged the board to apply for the funds. See FUNDING, Page 6 Kimberly Hatch Reformer Yankee Face to face Douglas set to ink VY bill OK'd for iBnalhike Ii Pa I I 1 1 7 By ANDY ROSEN Rrformcr Staff VERNON Vermont Yankee is again in the clear to complete the final stage of its uprate, and the plant may increase its power as soon as this morning. On Thursday, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Agency gave the plant a green light to finish its power ascension, and move to 120 percent of its original output The pl.int has been holding at 1 17.5 percent since last Friday, when engineers detected possible signs of trouble with the plant's 'Anyone who hclievrn that gingerlv increasing the reactor (to 120 jMTcent) proiIc any uuraii( that it ran run that way day in and day out ilcluiling ihetHM-New." Uij Mui.li.

N' FhI.iIhI njllll.MI steam dryer. The steam dryer removes liquid water front steam before it reaches the plant's lur-bines, uhich spin to generate power That component has been problematic at other plants thai have increased their output taM Friday, gauges at Vermont Yankee picked up noe in its steam lines, which could indicate tram on the dryer AIo. engineers identified an increased amount of water trashing the plant's turbines The had already In preparation for this weekend's Brattleboro Fcst, Penny Whipple, 20. makes a papier mache mask using Kristen Podsicdlik, 17, as a model, Thursday. The masks are to be used in a "monsters versus robots" battle, one of the many events happening in the Harmony Lot.

Teens plan weekend event By ANDY ROSEN Reformer Stiff BRATTLEBORO The Vermont Legislature will likely review Vermont Yankee's license renewal, as a bill that would require the plant to bring an application before lawmakers could become law today. The Senate approved a final version of the bill on Thursday, and it was sent to Gov. James Douglas in the late afternoon. Jason Gibbs, spokesman for the governor's office, said Douglas would sign the bill. "The administration has reviewed it, and we are comfortable with it," Gibbs said.

"Gov. Douglas is looking forward to signing it into law." The bill would give the Legisla-ture until July 2008 to decide whether the state's Public Service Board should approve a rclicensing application for Vermont Yankee, whose current license expires in 2012. It would also allow the Legislature to decide, with public input, whether it believes nuclear power should be a part of the state's energy mix in the future. That decision process would involve studies by both regulators and legislators, including at Icait three public meetings in different parts of the state Gibbs called the bill "a well-thoughl out piece of legislation that aJJrrm everyone's concerns The bill had been pated back and forth N-iwet-n the Home of Representatives and the Senate in recent days. a lejislator Worked out me lM minute details related to the M-p-aratwo of power between the and the Impart-mm! of IMic Vnc Rep V.rve l)rrw.

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