Chairman of the board

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The way in which young man, Jake Burton Carpenter changed winter sports forever is presented. The founder of Burton Snowboards, Jake had long spied the opportunity where others saw only obstacles and he pioneered the sport, Snowboarding, that has now risen from the back of his station wagon to center stage at the Winter Olympics.

United States, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Sporting and athletic goods, not elsewhere classified, Management, Officials and employees, Company business management, Sporting goods industry, Snowboards and snowboarding, Snowboarding, Burton Corp. Burton Snowboards, Carpenter, Jake Burton

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Secrets of the valley

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Details about the Mad River Valley in Vermont, which is home to the towns of Waitsfield, Warren, and Fayston, and is a proudly iconoclastic place are presented. The valley is a place where people find space and time to be creative, further, description about the valleys' beauty is outlined.

Vermont, Description and travel, Valleys, Mad River, Vermont

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Rural rescue: there's more to providing first aid in a small town than just fiddling with high-tech rescue gear

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A man who moved to Waterbury, Vt, describes volunteering as a medical technician with the Waterbury Ambulance Service. He found that emergency services in a small town are personal operations. On one occasion the town's snow plows arrived to help the ambulance reach an elderly patient.

Social aspects, Personal narratives, Country life, Rural life, Emergency medical technicians, Waterbury, Vermont

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