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Gas Station Review

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Ariana, Michelle, Tara, Emily

Have you ever found yourself driving around looking for a gas station? For most people the answer is yes, but why is it that we pick a particular gas station? For this project we decided to review a number of local gas stations to see why someone might pick one over another.
In order to keep it relevant to those around here we picked four gas stations that are all right in Lyndonville. What with the recent gas crisis, and prices once again on the rise, the first things we looked at of course was price. Of the four stations we looked at, Nick’s Gas N GO, Irving, and Fordham’s Mobil all had the same price, $1.94 a gallon for regular. The only station that varied slightly was Cumberland Farms (a Gulf station) which came in two cents higher at $1.96 a gallon. So, if price is really your only concern than we would advise you to avoid Cumberland Farms.
The next thing we looked at was the cleanliness of both the bathrooms, and the gas stations overall. In many cases this is irrelevant due to the convenience of pay at the pump, you don’t actually have to go inside the gas station. If this is a convenience you’re looking for the only station you will want to avoid is Nick’s Gas N Go, since they don’t offer a pay at the pump feature. Back to the bathrooms, if you’re looking for the cleanest restrooms when choosing a gas station we would suggest the Irving station, which we gave a nine on a scale of one to ten. We would also suggest that you avoid Cumberland Farms since they only received a six. Overall scores for cleanliness were similar but Nick’s received the highest score with 8.5, which is good since you have to go inside if you want to buy gas there.
There are always other things you might be looking for at a gas station and each one offers a variety of options in their convenience store. Fordham’s has a Dunkin Donuts, while Nick’s offers free air for your tires. Irving has an ATM and Cumberland Farms is open 24 hours.
For those of you concerned about the planet there is one other thing to note, according to a web site called better world handbook, the worst gas company for environment friendliness is Exxon-Mobile, the gas provider for Fordham’s. They received an “F” from the handbook. Among the list of faults were things such as refusing to take responsibility for oil spills, Clean Air Act violations, toxic dumping suits, and human rights violations. Unfortunately the other gas companies we looked at were not on their list, but if this is your biggest concern, their only “A” company is Sunoco, which is just a short drive out of town on Rt. 5.

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Recruiting is the Name of the Game

"Recruiting is selling," says LSC Sports Information Director Bill Johnson, but how do you sell with a limited budget? Despite the fact that resources are limited for a small school, it is the other aspects of being small that can be enticing to student athletes.


In order form a great college sports team, coaches need to recruit the right players. "Recruiting is the life's blood of your program." says Bill Johnson, Director of Sports Information at Lyndon State College.

Most coaches agree that recruiting starts with networking, but while some coaches will travel New England, or even the Nation, Johnson tends to stick to a 100 mile radius. 

Because LSC is a division three school they don't have the luxury of offering scholarships to their players.  Instead coaches will often look at summer camp programs to help find potential recruits. 

"Recruiting is selling" according to Johnson, so the coaches need to sell the school and entice athletes with small things they can't get at other schools.  Small class sizes, outdoor activities, and the beautiful scenery are all great aspects of a smaller school.

Though it's hard for coaches to get to high school events during their own playing season, they acknowledge the importance of doing so. That combined with communication and campus visits are the best tools for recruiting new players.

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Five Die in Plane Crash

Five Die in Plane Crash

Five people were killed Thursday when an airliner crashed shortly after take-off from New York's La Guardia Airport.

Among the 45 passengers on board the flight were two professors from Lyndon State College. Professor John Dumont, and Professor George Johnson were flying back to LSC after attending a conference that week in New York.

Both were uninjured in the crash and intent to resume their classes as scheduled on their return. This news was received with dismay by their students.

The names of those killed in the crash have not been released but authorities are in the process of notifying their families.


(This story has been completely fabricated)

Tuition Increase

St. J Academy's Tuition Rising

Tuition at St. Johnsbury Academy is going to increase for day students next year, by about 3.8 percent. This will raise tuition from it's current $12,980 to $13,470 per student.

In order to keep the increase at this level the employees at the Academy have taken a pay freeze, and the school has decided not to build the new dormitory that is had been planning on.

The school districts that send students to the Academy are pleased with the proposed increase. Most of the districts were expecting a larger increase in tuition.

Because most of the districts budgeted for a higher increase in Academy tuition, they are now able to lower their overall school budgets. This is good news since a higher increase would require money to be taken from the K-eight programs in these districts.

Districts sending students to St. Johnsbury Academy include St. Johnsbury, Caledonia Central Supervisory Union and Essex-Caledonia Supervisory Union.

(Caledonian Record 2/4/09)

So this is a blog..

well, so far this is harder than I thought it would be. I was hoping for a little more creativity but my techno-know-how hasn't caught up to my creative imagination. I did manage to get a few pictures on so I wasn't an entire failure. I definitely intend to allow myself a little more time for these projects in the future. After finally getting some pictures uploaded to flickr I tried for quite a long time to add a slide show of them but was unsuccessful. Apparently I'll have to wait for guidance. I was also intrigued by trying video, but from what I read you need to upgrade for that, not ready for that yet. Overall this was a fun experience, it definitely made me want to learn how to do more, and recognize how little I know how to do at the moment.