Rainy Chester Rotary-Alumni golf tourney raises $3,500;
Old BRAM radiators removed

Despite the rain, 62 avid golfers played in the sixth annual Chester Rotary-Green Mountain Union High Alumni golf tournament held at Tater Hill on Sunday, June 5, raising about $3,500 for Rotary charities.

This year’s tournament featured four hole-in-one prizes donated and sponsored by Keene Subaru. Although there was much discussion about winning a 2016 Impreza, Kindle e-reader, a $500 gift card and a new set of golf clubs, no one was able to sink a hole-in-one and walk away with a prize. Dixon Golf also ran a number of contests on the course and donated the proceeds to Chester Rotary.

After a lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers, golfers started their rounds and continued through the afternoon. In spite of a valiant effort by team Rotary, the alumni association was able to take home the trophy for overall performance on the links. Money raised by Rotary through fees, support by businesses in the form of raffle items and sponsorship of holes, helps to support numerous community projects.

Ludlow town workers remove old radiators from BRAM

The original 125-year-old-plus radiators in the Black River Academy Museum building in Ludlow are being replaced after continued deterioration.

While BRAM did not have the manpower to remove them from the building, members from the Ludlow Town Crew came to the rescue.  Ron Tarbell, Bill Davis, Tim Olesky, Ray Wood and Chris Barlow, pictured right, powered them out the door, down the steps and into a front-end loader to be taken away.

The museum is located at 14 High St. It is opened noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday during the summer months.  For more information call 802-228-5050, email glbrehm@tds.net  or visit bramvt.org.