Vermont
Made in Vermont: Gemini Genuine
HYDE PARK, Vt. (WCAX) – There are two sides to this Hyde Park enterprise; cute in a cup, and cute in a can. Irrespective of the vessel, these candles are all made by hand.
“It’s actually a dream come true,” mentioned enterprise proprietor Lindsay Toye.
She opened her enterprise in November 2020 after shedding her job in hospitality. Thankfully, this entrepreneur knew to search for the sunshine within the state of affairs.
“I sort of knew I by no means needed to work for anybody else however myself,” she defined. “Registered an LLC, not essentially certain what I used to be going to do with it.”
After making candles for Christmas a number of years again, she determined to go that route and named her enterprise Gemini Real. A Gemini herself, Toye named it after the duality of pursuits that the zodiac signal is alleged to have, in line with astrology.
“It additionally sort of touches on totally different components of my enterprise, like a beer can candle is rather a lot totally different than my teacup succulent gardens,” Toye laughed.
One factor the entire candles have in widespread? Every of the vessels is a second-hand container.
“I’m completely a thrift addict, and simply falling in love with vessels, teacups, I discover myself accumulating them for no obvious purpose and realized they wanted a perform,” Toye mentioned.
With regards to the teacup succulent gardens, Toye makes the molds for the succulent tops herself. She pours the wax and creates little gardens in a cup. Each is exclusive, relying on the dimensions and form of the container.
Her different can-dles are fairly persistently 16 ounces.
“I additionally related with the truth that Vermonters don’t love something greater than their beer,” laughed Toye. From Heady Topper to Sip of Sunshine, Toye has a candle for each beer or cider drinker. She says the colourful cans are generally consumed in-house, however for essentially the most half, they’re donated.
“As soon as individuals discovered I used to be doing this, they had been so excited to begin donating to me,” she mentioned.
Yow will discover the teacups and the cans on Etsy, at native retailers like Homeport, and this summer season, at farmers markets throughout northern Vermont. Irrespective of the place you discover her, Toye says the help for her creations has been higher than she might have dreamed of.
“Every teacup is totally different from one other, every backyard is totally different from one other, however the group has actually accepted it,” she mentioned.
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Vermont
Missing NH woman found
ROYALTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Police say a missing New Hampshire woman has been found and is safe.
Vermont State Police were working with the Hillsboro Police Department in New Hampshire to locate 74-year-old Cathy Reny, who was last seen in Royalton.
Police Friday morning said Reny has been located in central Vermont and is safe.
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Vermont
Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi receives tobacco education funding
SWANTON, Vt. (WCAX) – New efforts by Vermont’s Abenaki Nation aim to tackle tobacco addiction.
The Department of Health just awarded nearly $800,000 in grants to curb tobacco use.
An Indigenous group in Swanton is using their funds to teach their youngest members cultural uses of the plant.
“Tobacco is sacred to our people,” said Chief Brenda Gagne of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi.
The smell of tobacco wafts through Chief Brenda Gagne’s earliest memories. Like generations of Abenaki, her tribe uses the leaves for peace offerings, as medicine, and as gifts.
“It wasn’t meant to be smoked, like European tradition does. It was more of ceremonial purposes and traditions,” said Gagne.
But over the years, Gagne has watched tribal members fall into tobacco addiction with the rest of the world. It’s touched members of all ages.
“I hear the younger kids are doing it sooner and younger also,” she said.
Tobacco addiction is a statewide issue. According to the Department of Health, almost a quarter of adults use tobacco products, and vaping rates doubled since 2016.
Gagne is eager to be part of the solution. She and her daughter run tobacco education programs for Swanton youth through the education organization Abenaki Circle of Courage.
“The amazing part is kids if you get them before the third grade, they have memories like a sponge. They just absorb it like there’s no tomorrow,” she said.
Gagne leads a summer program, while her daughter uses art therapy to teach middle and high schoolers about addiction and other issues.
“It’s a universal language. So kids will be able to explore things without even realizing at first, the things that we’re discussing, how important they are because it’s through a creative process,” said Felicia Cota of Circle of Courage.
Gagne says the programming helps kids connect with Abenaki heritage while understanding the dangers of smoking.
Some have even convinced their parents to quit.
“It actually worked into adults also, it’s not just for the youth. So I think bringing that to life a little bit more is going to be crucial,” said Gagne.
A new grant from the Vermont Department of Health will strengthen their work.
Abenaki Circle of Courage just received $60,500 per year over the next two years to keep the education going.
“When I got the grant I was actually beside myself because I didn’t think there was a chance that Indigenous groups would get monies, you know, to be able to do what we do on a normal basis,” said Gagne.
It’s the largest grant they’ve ever received from the state.
Gagne views the support as a step in the right direction, given Vermont’s history of eugenics and displacement of Indigenous people.
“Getting funding from the state of Vermont means they’re still with us and they’re still backing us which is really important for us,” said Gagne.
Other grant recipients are using funds for everything from tobacco prevention to treatment services for pregnant smokers.
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Vermont
Vt. GOP waives rule about supporting convicted felons to back Trump
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) – The Vermont GOP will officially back former president Donald Trump despite him being a convicted felon.
The party has several criteria on who they can support, and those rules exclude people convicted of felonies.
Trump– the party’s standard-bearer– was convicted of 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records to cover up payments to an adult film star.
So the Vermont GOP’s executive committee recently voted to waive its rule and will now support Trump.
“We just felt that the process hasn’t played out completely and because he’s our presidential nominee, people on the executive committee felt it was important to address,” Vermont Republican Party Chair Paul Dame said.
Democratic Party leaders call the decision to waive the rule morally bankrupt and call the former president a threat to democracy.
At next month’s national convention, nine of Vermont’s 17 delegates will go for Ambassador Nikki Haley and eight for former president Trump.
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