Lovell wins freestyle at StrattonSnow might be scarce else-

where, but Stratton has plenty of

the white stuff to fuel Presidents

Week competitions. Recently, on

Sunday, Feb. 12, local skier Dillon

Lovell took first place at the

Freestyle A Meet. Dillon skis with

Stratton’s Allegro Freestyle A

Team.

On Saturday, Feb. 25, the Pro

and Am contest series will show-

case creativity in technical flat-

land trickery. Registration for the

jam session format is $10 for Am

and $20 for Pro, and takes place

from 10 a.m. to noon. Practice will

be from noon to 1 p.m. The Am

qualifying jam takes place from 1

to 2 p.m., while the Pro qualifying

jam will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Finals

take place from 3 to 4 p.m.

Upcoming on the mountain on

March 3 is the Village Block Party,

which takes place starting at 3 p.m.

S t r a t t o n

Village will

be lined with

food and

drink ven-

dors, includ-

ing an ice

bar where

adventurous

souls can

take a shot

off the luge.

There’ll be

live music,

beads, and

more.

For more

information,

visit www.

stratton.com

or call

800-stratton.

thefreepressFriday, February 24, 2012Vol. 22, Issue 7800.354.4232

Geology HikeThe latest in a series of natural history programs by the Equinox Preservation Trust (EPT),

a Mt. Equinox Landslide Geology Hike, will take place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 3.

Dave De Simone of De Simone Geoscience Investigations will lead the hike to the Upper Spring and the

base of the Mt. Equinox landslide to explore the geology of Mt. Equinox and the underlying hydrology.

To take part in the hike, meet at the West Union Street Red Gate parking lot at 9 a.m.

This presentation is co-sponsored by the Mountain Goat. For more information, call Equinox Trail

Steward Rick Ladue at 366-1400 or email at rick@equinoxpreservationtrust.org.

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Parents in the Dorset area who are concerned about

their children texting and driving won’t want to miss a

special program at the Long Trail School next week. At

7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, Long Trail School will host

representatives from the Remember Alex Brown

Foundation at a community night, so that parents and

other adults in surrounding towns can hear this poten-

tially life-saving message, and make the pledge to stay

aware and focused while driving.

The foundation is a distracted driver awareness

campaign run entirely by the parents of a teenage girl

who lost control of her vehicle while texting and driv-

ing and was killed. Since that day, they have been com-

mitted to spreading awareness of the dangers of dis-

tracted driving to as many communities as possible.

Recently, the Long Trail Student Council presented

this program to the entire school during an assembly.

A clip from the program can be found at http://remem-

beralexbrownfoundation.org.

With a new cell tower now active in Dorset, school

officials believe that this is an important program for

both students and parents. For more information, con-

tact Dean of Students Justin Bendall at (802) 867-5717

ext. 107.

Long Trail School students took a pledge not to text and drive with the Alex Brown Foundation.

Stratton athlete Dillon Lovell took first place at the Freestyle A Meet on Feb. 12 at Stratton Mountain.

“Remember Alex Brown” at Long Trail School

Photo by Hubert Schriebl

The history of the Bennington Opera House

will come alive at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26,

when the Bennington Historical Society pres-

ents Ted Bird at the Ada Paresky Educational

Center in the Bennington Museum. The pro-

gram is free and open to the public.

Bird’s talk will be illustrated with images of

the interior and exterior of the building known

as the Harte Block, as well as pictures of pro-

grams, posters and newspaper articles. He will

discuss the history of the opera house, which

was built in 1892 and destroyed by fire in 1959.

After two false starts, the Bennington

Opera House was finally built by wealthy

Bennington resident Henry W. Putnam.

Putnam used $50,000 of his own funds to

build the structure, after the town failed to

complete the project and Putnam could not

find other investors.

A three story brick building with 40 foot

ceilings, the Bennington Opera House was

the largest theater in Vermont with 1,040

seats. Its ceiling had a dome with a large

chandelier equipped with electric lights, and

it was adorned with marble and granite

stairs, brass rails and frescoed walls.

The opera house opened on Dec. 10, 1892

with a production of Macbeth featuring

Madame Janauschek and Edmund K. Collier.

A special train from Bennington to North

Bennington was arranged to accommodate

out-of-town attendees.

In its early years, the Bennington Opera

House was financially shaky, and ten wealthy

Benningtonians came forward to provide

funding so that shows could continue at the

theater. The opera house continued through

the years, and ended up operating as the

General Stark Theater until Feb. 10, 1959,

when it was destroyed by fire.

For more information, call (802) 447-1571

or visit www.benningtonmuseum.org.

Bennington Opera House talk at museum

The interior of the old Bennington Opera House, as seen from the stage.

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Join renowned New

England artist Stapleton

Kearns for his first work-

shop at the Southern

Vermont Arts Center,

“Winter Plein Air with

Stapleton Kearns:

Design and Color for

Outdoor Painting,” from

9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on

Thursday, March 1

through Saturday, March

3.

A master craftsman,

Stapleton Kearns is a

firmly established con-

temporary American art-

ist whose painting are

dynamic and imbued

with rich, poetic emo-

tion. He is an elected

member of the Guild of

Boston Artists, has

served as president of the

Rockport Art Association for five

years, and has shown in the

Biannual Show at the National

Academy of Design in NYC.

Stapleton will lead an out-

door plein air class that empha-

sizes how to create better com-

positions in your paintings. He

will do a morning demo,

explaining the methods he has

learned in his 30 years of paint-

ing outside. During the after-

noon, students will create their

own paintings while individual

instruction is given to each par-

ticipant. Techniques of the

great master landscape paint-

ers will be discussed, and spe-

cial emphasis will be placed on

working effectively outside in

the winter.

This class is open to any level

of expertise. To register, con-

tact Sarah Warren at (802) 362-

1405 ext. 10. SVAC is located off

West Road at 930 SVA Drive in

Manchester. The Battenkill Valley

Supervisory Union, along with

the Bennington-Rutland

Supervisory Union and

Arlington Area Childcare, is

offering a free play-based child

development screening for

infants and young children ages

zero to five from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

on Thursday, March 8 at Happy

Days Preschool on East

Arlington Road in Arlington.

All Arlington, Sandgate and

Sunderland families with chil-

dren in that age group are

encouraged to take part in the

screening regardless of poten-

tial eligibility for early educa-

tion services. This session will

provide parents with a screen-

ing of their child’s developmen-

tal strengths and needs, as well

as provide information about

services available to children

and families in the area.

To schedule an appointment,

call Happy Days Preschool at

(802) 375-6039.

The Battenkill Valley

Supervisory Union is required

by the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act and

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act to locate, evaluate and iden-

tify persons with disabilities

from birth through age 21, who

may be in need of special educa-

tion, related services or accom-

modations in order to access a

free appropriate public educa-

tion; and to provide such need-

ed services for those ages three

through 21.

If you know of a child resid-

ing in the towns of Arlington or

Sandgate who may have such

needs but is not receiving ser-

vices, contact the Special

Education office of the BVSU at

(802) 375-1570. All information

will remain confidential.

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GNAT launches

trivia showGNAT-TV has announced

that it will inaugurate live

broadcasting at its new facili-

ties in Sunderland starting on

Feb. 29.

At 7 p.m. on Feb. 29, the sta-

tion will broadcast the Green

Mountain Challenge on

Channel 15. Host and producer

Sam Liss returns to GNAT-TV,

and invites the audience to

answer questions based upon

the program’s theme. Correct

answers can win prizes donated

by area businesses.

The show’s panel will include

attorney, actor, singer and director

Kevin O’Toole and cultural icon,

actor and singer Bob Fry. The

theme will be musical theater.

Call (802) 362-3254 to partici-

pate on Feb. 29. For more informa-

tion, contact Sam Liss at (802)

375-9510 or GNAT at (802) 362-7070.

The fascinating story of the

history of Bennington’s grave-

stones is currently on display at

the Bennington Museum in

“Memento Mori: The Art and

Commerce of Gravestones in

Bennington.”

“Memento Mori” is a Latin

phrase seen on many early

American gravestones that

means “remember your mortal-

ity.” Stage one of the exhibit,

photographs of gravestones by

Daniel Farber

(1906-1998) is now

on display.

Farber, a self-

taught photogra-

pher whose work

is in the collec-

t ions the

M e t r o p o l i t a n

Museum of Art

and the Boston

Museum of Fine

Art, began photo-

graphing grave-

stones around

1970. Seventeen of

his photographs

were taken in the

Bennington Center

Cemetery next to

the Old First

Church. They doc-

ument the tradi-

tions and evolution

of the first 30 years

of gravestone carv-

ing in Bennington.

On March 10,

phase II of the

exhibit opens with

some actual stones

created by local

stone carvers.

Featured will be a

replica of the marker that memo-

rialized Bennington’s first minis-

ter, Rev. Jedidiah Dewey (1714-

1778). The original stone tumbled

to the ground in 2008. Charles

Dewey, a descendent of Jedidiah,

had an exact replica carved,

which he donated to the museum.

“Memento Mori: will be on

display until May 22. For more

information, visit www.ben-

ningtonmuseum.org.Pianist JJ Beck at

Bennington CollegePianist JJ Beck will present a concert at the Bennington

College Carriage Barn at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. The concert

will include a performance by Trevor Wilson, and the evening’s

selections will be comprised of arrangements Beck wrote while

in residence at Salem Art Works.

Drawing from a diverse line of influences, JJ Beck’s solo

piano compositions blend classical, jazz and contemporary

instrumental genres. While at Bennington College, he developed

a distinct approach to composition studying under Milford

Graves, Allen Shawn and Kitty Brazelton. His fellowship at

Salem Art Works brought to fruition a collection of work he first

premiered in the Brooklyn Emerging Artist Series and in the

Jarvis Concert Series in Montpelier, VT. This performance at

Bennington College will be the culmination of this body of work.

Try your hand at Whist, the

four-player card game often

referred to as “Bridge Light,” at

7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at

the Mark Skinner Library.

The game of Whist, while

deceptively simple, is actually a

very strategic game of winning

“tricks” (individual rounds of

Whist), and can lead to some

friendly competition back and

forth. The main difference

between Whist and Bridge is

that in Whist there is no bid-

ding.

Love playing cards but don’t

know the rules of Whist? Check

out www.playcardgames.org/

whist to get started.

Call the library at (802 )362-

2607 or email cwaters@mark-

skinnerlibrary.org to pre-regis-

ter for this event. Mark Skinner

Library is located at 48 West

Road in Manchester.

A replica of the gravestone of Rev. Jedidiah Dewey will be on display in “Memento Mori” starting March 10 at the Bennington Museum.

Soldiers animal benefitA benefit for the Soldiers

Animal Companions Fund will

be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday,

Feb. 25 at the grand opening of

The Grateful Dog Training and

Daycare in the Manchester

Business Park.

The event will feature a special

Freestyle Performance by partici-

pants in trainer Lesli Hyland’s Red

Dog Dancers Freestyle Club. One

of the dogs performing, BG, was

shipped to the United States by

local soldier Mark Dailey of

Wallingford. BG was basically

untrained, and Dailey’s girlfriend

Stephanie Rost worked to accli-

mate the dog to her new surround-

ings while he was deployed in

Afghanistan. Stephanie and BG

will be part of the performance.

Donations will be accepted at

the event to benefit the Soldiers

Animal Companion Fund, which

helps soldiers financially to

transport their dogs back home,

and for Nowzad Dogs, a charity

formed to provide relief and

shelter for homeless and neglect-

ed animals in Afghanistan.

For more information or to

make a donation, contact

Caroline Albert at (802) 362-

9122.

Equinox Village

eventsEquinox Village, located on

Maple Street in Manchester, has

listed the following upcoming

events.

On Thursdays at 10 a.m.,

Rich Marantz of Green

Mountain Tai Chi will lead “Tai

Chi for Seniors. For more infor-

mation, call Rich at (802) 645-

1960.

Instructor Ali Wassick will

conduct “Chair Yoga” at 2 p.m.

on Fridays. For more informa-

tion call Ali at (802) 558-7764.

On Friday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m.

AARP’s Vermont State Director

Greg Marchildon will present a

supplemental insurance talk.

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP by calling Jeannie at (802)

951-1301.

Southwestern Vermont

Medical Center’s Dr. Daniel

Fodor will discuss the center’s

new 64-slice CT scanner at 5

p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29. To

RSVP, contact Kylee at (802) 362-

4061.

Andrea Malinowski will lead

a Zumba Gold dance fitness

class at Equinox Village start-

ing on Friday, March 2 at 9 a.m.

The class is designed to meet

the needs of the active older

participant. To register, call

Kylee at (802) 362-4061.

Family caregiving

sessionCaregiving for a loved one

can be difficult. Bennington

Project Independence, Adult

Day Serivce, is partnering with

families to share information

and problem-solve to make care-

giving for a loved one easier.

Families Together meets at

BPI on the last Tuesday of the

month, with the next meeting

slated for 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb.

28 in the Dr. Richard A. Sleeman

building at 614 Harwood Hill in

Bennington. The meeting is free

and open to the public.

For more information about

BPI services, call (802) 442-8136,

email info@bpiads.org or visit

www.bpiads.org. Card of ThanksA heartfelt and HUGE

thank you to friends and fam-

ily who came out to support

the Basket Raffle and

Spaghetti Dinner for Pam and

Marty Coleman! And an even

BIGGER salute to the local

merchants who were so

INCREDIBLY generous with

their donations!

Lastly, to those who were

responsible for the creation,

organization, implementa-

tion, and all the HOURS of

hard work involved, I am at a

loss for words ... . You have

taken a truly difficult time

and made it possible to see the

light at the end of the tunnel.

You have absolutely restored

our faith in human kindness,

and given us some sorely

needed HOPE and optimism

for the future!

We will do our best to thank

each of you individually for

your tireless efforts. You all

gave up precious time with

loved ones, took time off from

work, and generally gave of

yourselves in more ways than

we can count ... . Again,

THANK YOU so very much!!

Pam and Marty Coleman

Memento Mori at museum

Try your hand at Whist

Jewish Film Festival at ICMTwo documentaries will be

featured at the Israel

Congregation of Manchester’s

ongoing Jewish Film Festival at

4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26.

In the film “In the Fiddler’s

House,” join world renowned vio-

linist Itzhak Perlman as he

explores the world of klezmer

music. From the Big Apple to

Krakow, several well-known kel-

zmer bands including Kapelye,

the Klezmer Conservatory Band,

and the Klezmatics perform

while maestro Perlman traces

the history of the musical genre

as an amalgam of several Eastern

European cultural identities.

The second documentary

takes us into the heart of

Uganda. “Delicious Peace Grows

in a Ugandan Coffee Bean” tells

the story of the Delicious Peace

Coffee Cooperative, visionary

peacemakers who successfully

built harmonious relationships,

fostered economic development

and ensured fair wages in

Uganda in the wake of Idi

Amin’s reign of terror.

“Delicious Peace” was an offi-

cial selection of the United

Nations Association Film

Festival, as well as festivals held

in 2011 in Vail, Sedona, Santa

Barbara and Breckenridge.

Admission is by free-will

offering. Refreshments will be

served. Israel Congregation is

located on Route 7A north at

6025 Main Street in Manchester

Center. For more information,

call (802)297-0167.

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SALEM Registrations are being accepted for a Hunter Safety Education Course that will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, and a Bow Course from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at the Salem Coon and Cat Club on Quarry Road. Pre-registration is mandatory with John Bowe at 854-3369 and participants must pick up a home study work book and manual before the start of class.

WELLS The Wells United Methodist Church off the green in Wells will host a Family Movie Night featuring “Polyanna” at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. Pizza and popcorn will be available and everyone will be welcome.

SALEM Salem Youth Sports will hold registration for baseball and softball for children in grades kin-dergarten through 6 at Proudfit Hall in Salem as follows: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25; 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2, and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 3. All boys and girls who will be age 5 as of May 1, 2012, and have not turned age 13 by May 1, 2012, are eligible. Information: Jon Braymer at 854-7227 days and 854-7591 evenings for minors and majors, or Justin Rushinski at 854-3507 for T-ball, pony and softball.

WELLS The Lake St. Catherine Conservation Fund will hold a pub-lic forum on the future of the lake at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Wells Village School. For more information, please see www.lake-matters.org.

MANCHESTER The American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester will continue its series of fly tying lessons from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. This session will be for advanced-level fly tiers and supplies will be provided. Cost: $5. Preregistration is requested with Kim Murphy at 802-362-3300, or email kmur-phy@amff.com.

MANCHESTER BG, a dog sent to the United States by Wallingford’s Mark Dailey while he served in Afghanistan, will present a Freestyle Performance at 3 p.m. during the Saturday, Feb. 25, grand opening of The Grateful Dog Training and Daycare in Manchester Business Park. Donations will be accepted to ben-efit the Soldiers Animal Companions Fund and Nowzad Dogs, a charity that shelters home-less animals in Afghanistan. Information/to donate: Caroline Albert at 802-362-9122.

CAMBRIDGE Music from Salem will host a listening club with Peter Subers at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St. in Cambridge. Information: 518-677-2495, or www.hubbardhall.org.

BENNINGTON Ted Bird will trace the history of the Bennington Opera House, later known as the General Stark Theater, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Ada Paresky Education Center on the second floor of the Bennington

Museum, 75 Main Street, Route 9. Free and open to all. Information: 802-447-1571, or www.benning-tonmuseum.org.

MANCHESTER Israel Congregation in Manchester invites everyone to its Jewish film festival at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26. Renowned maestro and violin-ist Itzhak Perlman will explore klezmer music through the docu-mentary, “In the Fiddler’s House.” Another documentary, “Delicious Peace Grows in a Ugandan Coffee Bean,” tells how Christians, Muslims and Jews came together in Uganda to form the Delicious Peace Coffee Cooperative. Refreshments will be served. Cost: Free-will donation. Information: Doris Bass at 802-297-0167.

MANCHESTER The Hot Chocolate Society will host an Oscar party at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, at The Wilburton Inn in Manchester. The Academy Awards will be broad-cast on multiple screens while guests enjoy food creations by local chefs and specialty cocktails, and participate in an Oscar pool. Cost: $45 online at http://theho-tchocolatesociety.com, $55 at the door, or call Michael and Carolina Ellenbogen at 802-768-8498. Proceeds to benefit Meals on Wheels of Bennington County.

DORSET The Long Trail School off Route 30 in Dorset will host a pre-sentation by the Remember Alex Brown Foundation at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27. This foundation is conducting a distracted driver awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of texting while driv-ing. Parents and other adults are encouraged to attend. Information: Justin Bendall at 802-867-5717, Ext. 107.

CAMBRIDGE A Garden Forum, “Getting Started with Grapes,” with Ralph Pagano, will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main Street in Cambridge. Information: 518-677-2495, or www.hubbardhall.org.

RUTLAND The Vermont Small Business Development Center will offer a “Starting Your Own Small Business” class from noon to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Rutland Economic Development Corp., 112 Quality Lane in Rutland. Business planning, where to find market information, and how to write a business plan will be cov-ered, along with other relevant topics. Cost: $40, including a plan-ning workbook and access to five online workshops. Information/reg-istration: 802-773-9147, or www.vtsmdc.org.

MANCHESTER Dr. Daniel Fodor from the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center will discuss the center’s new 64-slice CT scanner, and the differences between CT scanners and other diagnostic imaging options, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29. You’ll find this event at Equinox Village on Maple Street in Manchester. Reservations are requested with Kylee at 802-362-4061.

MANCHESTER A Whist Party, featuring a four-player card game

often referred to as “bridge light,” will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the Mark Skinner Library, 48 West Road in Manchester. For whist rules, visit www.playcardgames.org/whist. Pre-registration is requested for this free activity at 802-362-2607, or email cwaters@markskinnerli-brary.org.

MANCHESTER The Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester will offer a winter plein air work-shop, “Snow Painting with Stapleton Kearns: Design and Color for Outdoor Painting,” from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 1 to 3. Information/registration: 802-362-1405, Ext. 10, or www.svac.org.

MANCHESTER The following classes will be offered at Equinox Village in Manchester: Tai Chi for Seniors, 10 a.m. Thursdays, call Rich at 802-645-1960, or email rich@greenmountaintaichi.com; Chair Yoga, 2 p.m. Fridays, call Ali at 802-558-7764; and Zumba Gold at 9 a.m. Friday, March 2, call Kylee at 802-362-4061, or www.zumbafitness-andrea.com.

DORSET The Dorset Theatre Festival is sponsoring its First Annual Jean E. Miller Young Playwrights Competition for middle and high school students in the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union. Nationally renowned play-wrights will serve as judges, win-ners will be announced in September, and professional actors will perform the original works the third week in September. Interested students, educators and parents may call Faith Griffiths at 802-867-2223, or email faith@dorsettheatrefestival.org, for infor-mation.

MANCHESTER The Equinox Preservation Trust and the Mountain Goat store will offer a hike to explore the geology of Mt. Equinox and its underlying hydrol-ogy with Dave DeSimone of De Simone Goescience Investigations on Saturday, March 3. Meet at 9 a.m. at the West Union Street red gate parking lot in Manchester. Free and open to all. Information: Rick LaDue at 366-1400, or email rick@equinoxpreservationtrust.org.

GREENWICH Ron Renoni will lead the Battenkill Conservancy’s 2012 Eagle Watch Excursion from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 3. Adults and children will meet Ron at 10 a.m. at the Kmart parking lot in Greenwich and look for eagles in the Battenkill Valley, near the Hudson River. Dress in warn, non-cotton layers, bring bin-oculars or scopes if you have them, and non-alcoholic beverag-es. Cost: Free, donations welcome. Information: 518-677-2545, or email bc@battenkillconservancy.org.

STRATTON MOUNTAIN “Marchdi Gras,” a Village Block Party, will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, at Stratton Village. Food and drink vendors, live music, and more will be featured. Information: 1-800-STRATTON, or www.Stratton.com.

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CALENDAR ITEMS DEADLINEFriday at 10 a.m. is the deadline to submit items for the free calendar in the following

week’s newspaper. Whenever possible, items should be submitted a week or more earlier

than that to ensure timely publication.

ALWAYS IN STOCK209 Riverside Heights, Manchester Center, VT

802-362-2344

D. DORR SEPTIC SERVICE• Septic Tank Pumping • Portable Toilet Rentals

• High Pressure Line Jetting

• New Septic Systems Installed

• Repairs to Old Systems

112 Dekalb Road, Granville, NY 12832 • Monday-Friday 8-5, Saturday 8-12(518) 642-3063 or 642-3036

UNWANTED VEHICLES & SCRAP METALTITLE NOT NEEDED

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ON SITE SCRAP METAL DISMANTLING & REMOVAL