WEBVTT 00:06.000 --> 00:07.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HI, I'M ERIC FORD FROM MADE 00:07.666 --> 00:07.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE. 00:07.866 --> 00:10.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VINCE FRANKE ALONG WITH NORTHERN 00:10.033 --> 00:12.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VERMONT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN 00:12.600 --> 00:13.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE VERMONT GOVERNMENT AND 00:13.633 --> 00:14.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HISTORY CLASS TEAMED UP TO 00:14.800 --> 00:17.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CREATE THE FILM, JOHNSON, 00:17.200 --> 00:18.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STORIES FROM THE COMMUNITY. 00:18.533 --> 00:20.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STUDENTS CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS 00:20.166 --> 00:22.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WITH TOWN RESIDENTS AND COLLEGE 00:22.333 --> 00:24.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ALUMNI AND CONTRIBUTED TO 00:24.566 --> 00:25.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EDITING REVIEW SESSIONS FOR A 00:25.733 --> 00:28.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FILM THAT IS PART STORY-TELLING 00:28.333 --> 00:29.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND PART HISTORICAL RECORD OF 00:29.600 --> 00:31.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE TOWN OF JOHNSON. 00:31.333 --> 00:33.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE FILM FEATURES OVER 200 LOCAL 00:33.966 --> 00:35.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS COMBINED 00:35.466 --> 00:37.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WITH ON-CAMERA INTERVIEWS. 00:37.133 --> 00:38.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU CAN WATCH THIS FILM AND 00:38.666 --> 00:45.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SEVERAL MORE FROMFILM-MAKER 00:45.733 --> 00:47.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VINCE FRANKE. 00:47.300 --> 00:49.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ENJOY THE FILM AND THANKS FOR 00:49.100 --> 01:07.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WATCHING. 01:07.100 --> 01:09.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> JOHNSON WAS A DESTINATION 01:09.566 --> 01:11.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEFORE THAT, THE PEOPLE IN THE 01:11.133 --> 01:12.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OUTLYING AREA WOULD COME IN ON 01:12.566 --> 01:13.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO GO SHOPPING. 01:13.533 --> 01:15.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WE BECAME A VERY ACCEPTING 01:15.133 --> 01:15.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMMUNITY. 01:15.400 --> 01:16.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE 01:16.666 --> 01:19.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THINGS ABOUT JOHNSON. 01:19.633 --> 01:20.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT'S A VERY ACCEPTING PLACE. 01:20.700 --> 01:23.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE'RE NOT JUDGMENTAL. 01:23.266 --> 01:24.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT 01:24.133 --> 01:25.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THINGS ABOUT THIS TOWN. 01:25.066 --> 01:26.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME, 01:26.233 --> 01:28.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND I GUESS I DON'T EVER FORESEE 01:28.866 --> 01:30.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEING ANYWHERE ELSE. 01:30.800 --> 01:33.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE WITHOUT 01:33.200 --> 01:33.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A DOUBT. 01:33.766 --> 01:37.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I HAVE TO SAY THAT THROUGH THE 01:37.766 --> 01:39.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YEARS, AND NOW, TOO, LOTS OF 01:39.100 --> 01:40.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET 01:40.900 --> 01:42.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE, AND HAVE DONE THINGS WITH 01:42.400 --> 01:51.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND HAVE JUST ENJOYED. 01:51.666 --> 01:53.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> SINCE BEING CHARTERED IN 01:53.633 --> 01:55.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 1792, JOHNSON HAS DEVELOPED INTO 01:55.066 --> 01:57.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A RESILIENT AND COMPASSIONATE 01:57.300 --> 01:57.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMMUNITY. 01:57.700 --> 01:59.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE STORIES AND MEMORIES SHARED 01:59.000 --> 02:01.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN THIS ORAL HISTORY PROVIDE A 02:01.100 --> 02:02.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PEEK INTO THE PAST AND OFFER AS 02:02.633 --> 02:04.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VIEW OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE FROM 02:04.800 --> 02:07.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BOTH A CENTURY AGO TO A FEW 02:07.000 --> 02:10.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YEARS AGO. 02:10.133 --> 02:11.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STUDENTS IN THIS GOVERNMENT AND 02:11.300 --> 02:12.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HISTORY CLASS AT JOHNSON STATE 02:12.466 --> 02:13.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COLLEGE SET OUT AND INTERVIEWED 02:13.933 --> 02:15.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MANY RESIDENTS TO CAPTURE THESE 02:15.933 --> 02:16.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STORIES. 02:16.366 --> 02:18.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE HOPE TO PROVIDE A GLIMPSE 02:18.066 --> 02:19.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INTO WHAT MAKES THE COMMUNITY SO 02:19.866 --> 02:22.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SPECIAL. 02:22.966 --> 02:25.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WE STARTED IN JOHNSON, AND SO 02:25.500 --> 02:27.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FAR MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN IN 02:27.066 --> 02:27.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON. 02:27.766 --> 02:30.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD WAS SPENT 02:30.766 --> 02:31.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WITH MAIN STREET AS MY 02:31.866 --> 02:33.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PLAYGROUND, AND EVERYBODY LIVED 02:33.766 --> 02:35.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE SAME WAY. 02:35.966 --> 02:37.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT BUT WE ALSO 02:37.466 --> 02:40.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE DID NOT 02:40.166 --> 02:44.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAVE, SO WE, WE JUST DIDN'T 02:44.666 --> 02:45.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WORRY ABOUT LIFE. 02:45.300 --> 02:46.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, 02:46.633 --> 02:50.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AT LEAST, WERE ALL EMPLOYED 02:50.433 --> 02:53.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EITHER AT THE TOP MILL OR MINE 02:53.200 --> 02:57.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN THAT INDUSTRY, OR OVER WHERE 02:57.233 --> 02:59.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY WERE MAKING FLOORING OVER 02:59.366 --> 03:00.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE INSTEAD OF SELLING 03:00.966 --> 03:02.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUILDING MATERIALS. 03:02.000 --> 03:04.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR FUN IT WAS MAKE YOUR OWN, 03:04.966 --> 03:11.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKE MOST KIDS, THERE WAS AN OLD 03:11.400 --> 03:12.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FIELD WHERE THE MARKET IS NOW. 03:12.300 --> 03:13.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND IT WAS PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT 03:13.800 --> 03:17.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT WAS A SORT OF A PUBLIC 03:17.800 --> 03:18.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PLAYGROUND OF ALL THE KIDS ON 03:18.766 --> 03:19.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MAIN STREET. 03:19.266 --> 03:21.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT BECAME OUR BALL DIAMOND, 03:21.200 --> 03:24.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND ALSO BECAME OUR TRACK FOR 03:24.100 --> 03:24.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RIDING BICYCLES. 03:24.833 --> 03:26.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WE GREW UP TO GO. 03:26.033 --> 03:26.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE PLAYED TOGETHER. 03:26.600 --> 03:29.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT FOR TOYS, 03:29.666 --> 03:31.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT YOU MADE DO WITH WHAT YOU 03:31.133 --> 03:31.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAD. 03:31.400 --> 03:33.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU PLAYED OUTDOORS AND HIDE AND 03:33.433 --> 03:34.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SEEK, AND YOU MIGHT RIDE ON THE 03:34.400 --> 03:36.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAY WAGON, YOU KNOW, OR ANYTHING 03:36.266 --> 03:38.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKE THAT. 03:38.700 --> 03:40.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> FOR WINTER FUN, IT WAS 03:40.933 --> 03:43.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SLEDDING AND SKATING AND THAT 03:43.366 --> 03:47.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SORT OF THING, BUT ALWAYS, ALL 03:47.366 --> 03:48.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OUR FUN ACTIVITIES WERE 03:48.533 --> 03:50.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OUTDOORS. 03:50.533 --> 03:52.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE WOULD GO TO THE TOP OF THE 03:52.333 --> 03:54.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HILL AND SLIDE RIGHT DOWN ON 03:54.366 --> 03:57.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ROUTE 15 AND MAKE THE TURN AND 03:57.766 --> 03:59.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GO UP TO THE BRIDGE, THERE WAS 03:59.433 --> 04:01.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NEVER ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE 04:01.333 --> 04:03.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE WERE VERY FEW CARS ON 04:03.400 --> 04:04.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ROUTE 15. 04:04.966 --> 04:06.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> AROUND 1955 MY FATHER BUILT 04:06.266 --> 04:08.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT, THE HOMEMADE ROPE TOE. 04:08.400 --> 04:10.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ALL THE KIDS FROM SCHOOL SKIED 04:10.666 --> 04:11.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE IN THE WINTERTIME. 04:11.766 --> 04:13.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A REAR-END 04:13.400 --> 04:17.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF A MODEL A FOR A DRIVE 04:17.200 --> 04:17.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MECHANISM. 04:17.466 --> 04:18.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND WE WOULD GET PULLED UP THE 04:18.833 --> 04:20.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HILL BEHIND THE HOUSE. 04:20.800 --> 04:23.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A PRETTY STEEP GRADE. 04:23.400 --> 04:24.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THERE ALWAYS WAS A GROUP OF 04:24.766 --> 04:27.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN 04:27.966 --> 04:29.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MAKING THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS 04:29.233 --> 04:31.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TOWN. 04:31.533 --> 04:35.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OVER THE YEARS, OF HUBERT BEARD, 04:35.466 --> 04:38.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHO HAD THE HARDWARE STORE, IT 04:38.033 --> 04:39.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS RENOWNED IN NORTHERN VERMONT 04:39.066 --> 04:40.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BECAUSE IF HE DID NOT HAVE IT, 04:40.566 --> 04:42.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NOBODY HAD IT. 04:42.600 --> 04:45.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND HE RAN MOVIES FOR KIDS AND 04:45.033 --> 04:46.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAD A BOWLING ALLEY GOING ON 04:46.600 --> 04:49.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DOWN WHERE THE ART SCHOOL IS. 04:49.933 --> 04:51.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> JOHNSON HAS NO SHORTAGE OF 04:51.533 --> 04:53.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% POWERFUL STORIES OF PEOPLE IN 04:53.500 --> 04:59.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE AREA WORKING SELF IT ISLY -G 04:59.166 --> 05:02.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SELFLESSLY IN THE COMMUNITY. 05:02.033 --> 05:03.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE HEARD STORIES FAR INTO 05:03.133 --> 05:03.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON'S PAST. 05:03.766 --> 05:05.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN AND SOME 05:05.866 --> 05:07.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HAVE 05:07.333 --> 05:10.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MADE THE TOWN STRONG 05:10.600 --> 05:12.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UNFORTUNATELY HAVE BEEN SOME OF 05:12.866 --> 05:16.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE STRUCK 05:16.133 --> 05:18.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE TOWN. 05:18.700 --> 05:20.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROBABLY THE MOST NOTED ONE, OF 05:20.733 --> 05:24.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COURSE, IS THE 1927 FLOOD. 05:24.666 --> 05:27.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKE MOST DISASTERS OF THAT 05:27.833 --> 05:30.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TYPE, ESPECIALLY IN VERMONT, 05:30.566 --> 05:33.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SEEMED TO BRING PEOPLE OF THE 05:33.700 --> 05:37.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AREA TOGETHER. 05:37.100 --> 05:41.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CERTAINLY, THE 1927 FLOOD DID 05:41.033 --> 05:41.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT. 05:41.233 --> 05:43.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIVES WERE LOST, PROPERTY WAS 05:43.733 --> 05:47.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOST, AND PUBLIC PROPERTIES LIKE 05:47.100 --> 05:50.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES AND POWER 05:50.700 --> 05:53.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STATIONS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF 05:53.366 --> 05:55.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WERE DESTROYED IN THE 1927 05:55.300 --> 05:55.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FLOOD. 05:55.500 --> 05:57.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT HAD TO BE REBUILT. 05:57.733 --> 05:59.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND IT WAS FROM NEIGHBORING -- 05:59.766 --> 06:02.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PEOPLE OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS AS 06:02.533 --> 06:04.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WELL AS THE RESIDENTS RECOVERING 06:04.966 --> 06:08.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FROM THE INITIAL DISASTER. 06:08.233 --> 06:09.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT REALLY MADE THE TOWN REALLY 06:09.966 --> 06:12.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STRONG. 06:12.566 --> 06:14.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE STRENGTH CREATED WAS LIVED 06:14.766 --> 06:16.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ON, AND DRAWN FROM, FOR A NUMBER 06:16.433 --> 06:18.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF YEARS AFTER THE FLOOD. 06:18.900 --> 06:21.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, I THINK, 06:21.466 --> 06:24.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MADE THE COMMUNITY EVERY TIME 06:24.166 --> 06:25.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STRONGER THAN IT HAD BEEN PRIOR 06:25.933 --> 06:27.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO THE EVENT. 06:27.466 --> 06:29.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN RESPONSE TO THE 1927 FLOOD 06:29.466 --> 06:31.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEFINES MANY COMMUNITIES IN 06:31.300 --> 06:31.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VERMONT. 06:31.766 --> 06:33.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE JOHNSON COMMUNITY HAS ROOTS 06:33.333 --> 06:37.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT GO BACK FARTHER THAN 1927. 06:37.366 --> 06:44.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THE MILL, OWNER, WAS NOT 06:44.566 --> 06:48.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INITIALLY STARTED TO PRODUCE 06:48.000 --> 06:49.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FABRIC. 06:49.233 --> 06:54.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHEN THE MILL STARTED IT WAS 06:54.066 --> 06:59.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STARTED TO, MOSTLY TO PRODUCE 06:59.133 --> 07:02.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS BECAUSE FOR A LOT OF THE 07:02.266 --> 07:03.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SHEEP THAT WERE AROUND, THERE 07:03.966 --> 07:07.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS A LARGE POPULATION OF SHEEP 07:07.366 --> 07:09.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN THE AREA, AND THE WORLD 07:09.300 --> 07:12.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NEEDED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE 07:12.133 --> 07:13.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SHEEP WOOL NEEDED TO BE CLEANED 07:13.366 --> 07:16.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND CART AND HAD TURNED INTO A 07:16.533 --> 07:19.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YARN THAT COULD BE USED. 07:19.200 --> 07:23.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT'S, REALLY, WHAT GENERATED 07:23.533 --> 07:26.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE START OF THE WOOL MILL. 07:26.466 --> 07:31.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN MY YEARS IN THE 1950s, THEY 07:31.666 --> 07:35.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WERE MOVING AND MAKING THEIR OWN 07:35.300 --> 07:39.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FABRIC WITH THE PLANT IN BACK OF 07:39.066 --> 07:42.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE SEWING PART OF THE JOHNSON 07:42.233 --> 07:44.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MILL FACTORY AND KNOWN ALL OVER, 07:44.366 --> 07:46.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF COURSE, FOR THEIR PANTS THAT 07:46.233 --> 07:47.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY MADE. 07:47.900 --> 07:49.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IF YOU TALKED TO A LOT OF THE 07:49.333 --> 07:51.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WOMEN THAT ENDED UP WORKING 07:51.000 --> 07:52.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE, THEY DIDN'T WORK AT THE 07:52.733 --> 07:55.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WOOLEN MILL, THEY WORK AT THE 07:55.200 --> 07:56.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PANTS FACTORY. 07:56.233 --> 07:58.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THIS WAS, BASICALLY, A 07:58.733 --> 08:04.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FARMING SOCIETY, AND WE HAD OUR 08:04.400 --> 08:04.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MILLS. 08:04.833 --> 08:09.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE SAW MILLS, LUMBER MILLS, 08:09.466 --> 08:10.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ASBESTOS MILL. 08:10.666 --> 08:13.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MILLS 08:13.000 --> 08:15.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ON THE RIVER. 08:15.366 --> 08:17.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A RAKE 08:17.233 --> 08:20.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SHOP UP IN EAST JOHNSON ON THE 08:20.100 --> 08:21.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RIVER USING A LOT OF THE POWER 08:21.733 --> 08:24.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF THE RIVER, THAT PRODUCED AS 08:24.133 --> 08:26.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MANY AS 50,000 A YEAR ALL MADE 08:26.533 --> 08:27.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BY HAND AND SHIPPED ALL OVER THE 08:27.966 --> 08:29.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COUNTRY. 08:29.366 --> 08:31.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT'S WHEN HAYING, A LOT OF IT 08:31.100 --> 08:32.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS DONE BY HAND. 08:32.000 --> 08:35.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO ME, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE 08:35.000 --> 08:38.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT MOST OF THOSE SMALL MILLS 08:38.733 --> 08:40.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WERE ON THE RIVER. 08:40.266 --> 08:42.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE WATER OF THE RIVER WAS 08:42.166 --> 08:44.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EASIER TO CONTROL THAN THE WATER 08:44.400 --> 08:48.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF THE LAMAR RIVER SO THE GUY 08:48.133 --> 08:50.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HUNT RIVER BECAME REALLY 08:50.700 --> 08:52.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IMPORTANT TO THE INDUSTRIAL 08:52.066 --> 08:54.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GROWTH OF THE WATER-POWERED 08:54.633 --> 08:56.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MILLS IN JOHNSON. 08:56.333 --> 09:00.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> YOU KNOW, THE SAW MILL OVER 09:00.100 --> 09:03.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE EARLY, 09:03.466 --> 09:08.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EARLY TEENS THROUGH 1950s WITH 09:08.533 --> 09:11.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE HARDWOOD FLOORING MILL, AND 09:11.866 --> 09:14.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY SHIPPED HARDWOOD FLOORING 09:14.700 --> 09:16.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ALL OVER THE WORLD. 09:16.166 --> 09:17.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE RAILROAD KEPT THIS TOWN 09:17.100 --> 09:20.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOING BACK IN THE 1920s AND 09:20.633 --> 09:21.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 1930s. 09:21.100 --> 09:23.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EVERYTHING WAS SHIPPED BY 09:23.466 --> 09:23.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RAILROAD. 09:23.733 --> 09:26.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> OUR MAIL CAME, ALL CAME BY 09:26.300 --> 09:27.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RAIL, AND AT THE TIME, AND IT 09:27.700 --> 09:28.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS PICKED UP ABOUT THREE TIMES 09:28.900 --> 09:31.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A DAY. 09:31.166 --> 09:36.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE MILL WAS A REAL ECONOMIC 09:36.000 --> 09:37.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DRIVER OF JOHNSON FOR A NUMBER 09:37.233 --> 09:39.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF YEARS. 09:39.100 --> 09:40.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> MY FATHER, HE WENT THERE TO 09:40.466 --> 09:44.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WORK FOR TWO WEEKS, TEMPORARY 09:44.933 --> 09:46.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HELP, AND HE RETIRED 45 YEARS 09:46.900 --> 09:49.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LATER AT THE END OF THE TWO 09:49.100 --> 09:51.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WEEKS. 09:51.266 --> 09:53.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUT, THAT WAS COMMON, AND ALL OF 09:53.133 --> 09:56.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY FRIENDS' PARENTS, MOST OF 09:56.466 --> 09:58.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEM WERE AT THE MILL. 09:58.233 --> 10:00.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE MILL, AT THAT TIME, BETWEEN 10:00.466 --> 10:03.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE MILL AND THE MINE, WERE 10:03.000 --> 10:08.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROBABLY EMPLOYING 75 TO 90 10:08.266 --> 10:12.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PEOPLE, AND WORKING, LONG BEFORE 10:12.200 --> 10:13.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY FATHER RETIRED, THEY WERE 10:13.800 --> 10:15.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WORKING THREE SHIFTS. 10:15.266 --> 10:16.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY. 10:16.866 --> 10:20.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AT LEAST FIVE TO SIX DAYS A 10:20.233 --> 10:20.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WEEK. 10:20.566 --> 10:22.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE 10:22.400 --> 10:24.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TOUT MILL WAS PRODUCING ENOUGH 10:24.766 --> 10:27.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MATERIAL THAT WAS VERY 10:27.266 --> 10:28.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SUPPORTIVE OF THE RAILROAD, SO 10:28.733 --> 10:32.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE RAILROAD WAS VERY ACTIVE 10:32.200 --> 10:34.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THANKS TO BOTH THE ASBESTOS MINE 10:34.366 --> 10:38.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THE ASBESTOS SHIPPING, AND 10:38.266 --> 10:40.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE TOUT MILL. 10:40.500 --> 10:43.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, AS 10:43.266 --> 10:45.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THOSE INDUSTRIES STARTED TO 10:45.300 --> 10:48.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CLOSE UP ALONG THE RAIL LINE, SO 10:48.633 --> 10:52.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DID THE RAIL. 10:52.033 --> 10:55.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON WENT THROUGH MANY PHASES 10:55.100 --> 10:56.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF CHANGE. 10:56.166 --> 10:57.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE COMMUNITY HATS STRUGGLED AT 10:57.833 --> 11:04.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TIMES, AND IT'S ALSO BEEN A VERY 11:04.266 --> 11:05.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROSPEROUS PLACE TO DO BUSINESS 11:05.433 --> 11:09.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THE WHOLE 11:09.766 --> 11:14.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CURRENT OF THE TOWN CHANGED FROM 11:14.900 --> 11:16.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AGRICULTURE TO THE INDUSTRIAL 11:16.266 --> 11:18.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TOWN TO WHAT'S NOW THE EDUCATION 11:18.866 --> 11:21.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND ARTS. 11:21.766 --> 11:23.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> WHEN CONSIDERING THE 11:23.300 --> 11:24.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INFLUENCES OF COMMUNITY AND 11:24.533 --> 11:26.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INDUSTRY ON THE VILLAGE OF 11:26.166 --> 11:28.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON, ONE CAN'T SEPARATE HOW 11:28.533 --> 11:30.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INTERTWINED AND INFLUENTIAL THE 11:30.633 --> 11:31.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE 11:31.400 --> 11:32.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEEN. 11:32.500 --> 11:34.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN 1928, THE NORMAL SCHOOL 11:34.333 --> 11:35.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OPENED FOCUSING ON TEACHER 11:35.833 --> 11:37.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TRAINING PROGRAMS AND QUICKLY 11:37.666 --> 11:39.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MODERNIZED BECOMING KNOWN AS THE 11:39.366 --> 11:43.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON TEACHER COLLEGE IN 1947. 11:43.666 --> 11:48.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE COLLEGE WAS MADE -- IT MADE 11:48.833 --> 11:50.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON WHAT IT IS TODAY. 11:50.533 --> 11:52.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE IS SOMETHING TO SAY FOR A 11:52.233 --> 11:56.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SMALL TOWN THAT HAS A COLLEGE 11:56.066 --> 11:59.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND WITH THE RELATIONSHIP, AND 11:59.333 --> 12:01.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE COLLEGES TRIED TO PROMOTE 12:01.100 --> 12:01.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT. 12:01.500 --> 12:03.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, 12:03.033 --> 12:04.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE HAS BEEN A 12:04.100 --> 12:04.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOOD ONE. 12:04.700 --> 12:08.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I CAME TO JOHNSON IN 1952 TO 12:08.033 --> 12:10.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BE A STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE. 12:10.566 --> 12:12.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I GREW UP IN WATERVILLE, 12:12.433 --> 12:14.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ACTUALLY, AND THAT WAS REALLY 12:14.933 --> 12:17.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% QUITE DIFFERENT THAN IT IS 12:17.900 --> 12:19.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TODAY. 12:19.033 --> 12:21.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE McCLELLAN BUILDING IS 12:21.533 --> 12:22.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHERE THE COLLEGE WAS. 12:22.766 --> 12:24.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ALL OF OUR CLASSES WERE IN 12:24.400 --> 12:26.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE. 12:26.566 --> 12:28.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND THE 12:28.200 --> 12:31.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DEED'S OFFICE, THE OFFICES WERE 12:31.433 --> 12:34.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE, AND WHEN WE HAD MEALS, WE 12:34.633 --> 12:37.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAD TO GO DOWN THE HILL AND OVER 12:37.800 --> 12:42.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO MAIN STREET HERE TO THE HALL, 12:42.333 --> 12:44.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT'S NOT THE HALL MORE, BUT IT 12:44.800 --> 12:47.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IS ALWAYS THAT TO ME, AND ONE OF 12:47.033 --> 12:50.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT 12:50.633 --> 12:51.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CHESS-A-MORE HALL, EATING THERE, 12:51.900 --> 12:53.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND AT EACH TABLE THERE WERE 12:53.433 --> 12:54.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SMALL TABLES AND AT EACH TABLE 12:54.800 --> 12:56.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE WAS A HOST AND HOSTESS, 12:56.233 --> 12:57.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND ONE OF THE HOUSEMOTHERS, 12:57.766 --> 13:00.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EACH SEMESTER, POSTED THIS 13:00.366 --> 13:01.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOVELY BIG POSTER THAT TOLD 13:01.733 --> 13:06.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHERE PEOPLE WERE TO SIT AND WHO 13:06.400 --> 13:08.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS HOST AND HOSTESS AT EACH 13:08.666 --> 13:09.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TABLE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN 13:09.866 --> 13:11.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN THE DINING 13:11.433 --> 13:12.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HALL NOW, RIGHT. 13:12.133 --> 13:14.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE COULD GO DOWN THE STREET, BUT 13:14.500 --> 13:16.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE HAD TO BE BACK IN THE DORM. 13:16.366 --> 13:17.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EVERYBODY HAD TO BE IN, 13:17.866 --> 13:19.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CERTAINLY, BY 10:00, I THINK, 13:19.300 --> 13:22.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU COULD GO DOWN FOR A PERIOD 13:22.200 --> 13:23.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF TIME BUT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO 13:23.166 --> 13:28.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BE STUDYING, SO. 13:28.866 --> 13:30.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I MET A PERSON FROM JOHNSON 13:30.233 --> 13:31.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STATE COLLEGE. 13:31.033 --> 13:34.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE DEAN, 13:34.066 --> 13:36.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INVITED, ASKED ME TO COME, AND I 13:36.100 --> 13:36.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ACCEPTED. 13:36.966 --> 13:40.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I CAME IN 1958, AND THERE WERE 13:40.300 --> 13:40.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 13 FACULTY MEMBERS. 13:40.933 --> 13:43.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE DID A LOT OF THINGS TOGETHER. 13:43.033 --> 13:44.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU COULDN'T HAVE A PARTY 13:44.833 --> 13:46.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ADMISSION, BUT INVITED EVERYONE. 13:46.733 --> 13:49.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY WIFE AND I DECIDED AFTER TWO 13:49.966 --> 13:51.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NIGHTS THAT WE WERE, WE WOULD 13:51.733 --> 13:53.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NEVER LEAVE VERMONT, SO THAT'S 13:53.700 --> 13:56.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE IMPRESSION THAT JOHN HAD ON 13:56.933 --> 13:57.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% US. 13:57.300 --> 14:00.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU REALLY FELT YOU WERE AN 14:00.133 --> 14:03.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IMPORTANT PART OF THE COLLEGE, 14:03.900 --> 14:04.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ITSELF. 14:04.200 --> 14:08.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT MEANT A LOT. 14:08.200 --> 14:10.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ANY FACULTY MEMBER OR STUDENT 14:10.500 --> 14:13.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT CAME, THE STUDENTS WOULD 14:13.466 --> 14:15.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OFTEN SAY THE JOHNSON STATE 14:15.100 --> 14:18.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COLLEGE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN 14:18.233 --> 14:18.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEM. 14:18.433 --> 14:20.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH 14:20.400 --> 14:22.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SCHOOL, MAYBE A JUNIOR IN HIGH 14:22.266 --> 14:25.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SCHOOL, LIKE 1954 WAS THE, WHERE 14:25.300 --> 14:28.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE COLLEGE STARTED TO GO UP ON 14:28.033 --> 14:29.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE HILL, THE MARTIN HALL BEING 14:29.100 --> 14:30.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE FIRST BUILDING THAT THEY 14:30.166 --> 14:33.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONSTRUCTED UP THERE ON THE FARM 14:33.733 --> 14:34.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROPERTY. 14:34.300 --> 14:36.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT WAS, AT THAT TIME, IT, AND 14:36.766 --> 14:39.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY PURCHASED IT AND STARTED 14:39.566 --> 14:41.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MOVING EVERYTHING UP ON THE 14:41.700 --> 14:41.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HILL. 14:41.900 --> 14:44.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A LOT OF FACTORIES STARTED 14:44.466 --> 14:47.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE G.I. 14:47.000 --> 14:49.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BILL TO GO ONTO GET FURTHER 14:49.733 --> 14:50.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EDUCATION. 14:50.133 --> 14:53.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A NUMBER OF THEM CAME TO 14:53.000 --> 14:54.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON, WHICH WAS THEN THE 14:54.533 --> 14:57.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON TEACHER'S COLLEGE AT 14:57.200 --> 14:59.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT TIME. 14:59.200 --> 15:04.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THEN A LOT OF THOSE STARTED 15:04.066 --> 15:06.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GETTING DOWNTOWN HOUSING, AND 15:06.200 --> 15:10.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT'S REALLY THE FIRST TIME 15:10.400 --> 15:12.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT THE STUDENTS STARTED LIVING 15:12.500 --> 15:13.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OFF THE CAMPUS. 15:13.066 --> 15:16.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I LIVED IN JOHNSON SINCE 15:16.500 --> 15:16.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 1966. 15:16.700 --> 15:19.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE, AT THE 15:19.866 --> 15:21.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FIRST ELECTION THAT I WENT TO, 15:21.266 --> 15:23.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO REGISTER AND SIGN IN TO GET A 15:23.833 --> 15:25.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BALLOT, THEY AUTOMATICALLY GAVE 15:25.066 --> 15:27.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ME A REPUBLICAN BALLOT. 15:27.633 --> 15:29.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WELL, I DREW BACK AND I STILL 15:29.633 --> 15:31.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REMEMBER THE MAN LAUGHING, AND I 15:31.300 --> 15:34.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SAID, I AM SORRY, MISTER, BUT I 15:34.066 --> 15:36.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NEED ANOTHER BALLOT, AND HE WAS 15:36.933 --> 15:40.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKE WHAT? 15:40.166 --> 15:42.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THERE WERE TWO YEARS OF MY 15:42.200 --> 15:42.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIFE HERE. 15:42.900 --> 15:46.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I HAD THE EARLY PART WHERE I HAD 15:46.633 --> 15:48.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY HUSBAND AND THE CHILDREN, AND 15:48.333 --> 15:51.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE HAD A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, 15:51.600 --> 15:54.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REALLY VERY, VERY FULL LIFE 15:54.433 --> 15:54.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEN. 15:54.633 --> 15:56.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK THAT THE LATE 1960s 15:56.066 --> 15:58.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THE 1970s WERE REALLY -- 15:58.966 --> 16:01.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT WAS WHEN THE COLLEGE WAS 16:01.700 --> 16:04.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GROWING AND EXCITING BECAUSE OF 16:04.766 --> 16:08.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE GROWTH AND SO FORTH. 16:08.266 --> 16:11.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 16:11.800 --> 16:13.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAPPENED DURING THOSE PERIODS, 16:13.066 --> 16:14.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WELL, THE GROWTH OF THE 16:14.233 --> 16:15.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH, THAT 16:15.133 --> 16:18.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TYPE OF THING, BUT STUDENTS, AS 16:18.400 --> 16:19.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WELL. 16:19.033 --> 16:21.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I LIVED IN WHAT WAS CALLED 16:21.266 --> 16:23.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE DOMES, AND THAT'S WHAT IT 16:23.600 --> 16:26.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LITERALLY WAS, WAS A CLOSET HUT, 16:26.600 --> 16:29.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND IT LOOKED LIKE AN IGLOO, BUT 16:29.066 --> 16:30.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE WERE BUILDINGS, GOVERNORS 16:30.433 --> 16:32.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND SENATORS AT THAT TIME, AND 16:32.366 --> 16:34.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKE I SAID, I WORKED AT THE 16:34.600 --> 16:38.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DINER WASHING DISHES, AND THE 16:38.166 --> 16:39.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CARPENTERS AND THE OTHERS 16:39.000 --> 16:42.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WORKING THERE, THE CONCRETE GUYS 16:42.133 --> 16:43.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WOULD COME DOWN, AND THEY WOULD 16:43.333 --> 16:48.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BE LINED UP BEHIND THE COUNTER 16:48.633 --> 16:49.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STOOLS, AND AS SOON AS SOMEONE 16:49.733 --> 16:51.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOT DONE EATING, THEY WERE GONE, 16:51.366 --> 16:52.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THEY SAT DOWN, AND SO THERE 16:52.800 --> 16:54.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS A BIG PUSH TO GET THE 16:54.733 --> 16:55.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COLLEGES DONE, AND THERE WERE A 16:55.666 --> 16:57.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOT OF PEOPLE HERE AT THAT TIME. 16:57.233 --> 16:58.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STANDS 16:58.133 --> 17:01.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OUT TO ME IS A LOT OF MY FRIENDS 17:01.533 --> 17:03.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT I STILL HAVE TODAY CAME TO 17:03.100 --> 17:08.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON TO SCHOOL, AND LIKE ME, 17:08.233 --> 17:11.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHEN WE GRADUATED, WE STAYED 17:11.733 --> 17:13.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES HERE, 17:13.400 --> 17:14.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GOOD JOBS. 17:14.533 --> 17:15.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LONG AND DIFFERENT 17:15.966 --> 17:17.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE THE 17:17.266 --> 17:19.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND A COUPLE 17:19.533 --> 17:21.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF DIFFERENT BOARDS OF THE 17:21.200 --> 17:23.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COLLEGE. 17:23.000 --> 17:24.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE FOOD 17:24.200 --> 17:25.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SHELF, AND I SEE FRIENDS ALL 17:25.433 --> 17:27.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OVER TOWN INVOLVED IN THINGS. 17:27.366 --> 17:28.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY HAS 17:28.966 --> 17:30.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SURFACED THROUGH MANY STORIES OF 17:30.833 --> 17:32.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIVING IN JOHNSON. 17:32.866 --> 17:34.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PERHAPS, THE ATMOSPHERE OF AN 17:34.633 --> 17:35.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN BE SEEN 17:35.800 --> 17:38.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THROUGH JUST ONE STORY. 17:38.100 --> 17:42.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY IN 17:42.333 --> 17:43.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 1982 -- 1983, RATHER. 17:43.233 --> 17:45.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HE HAD BRAIN CANCER. 17:45.033 --> 17:48.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE WHOLE TOWN CAME TOGETHER FOR 17:48.666 --> 17:48.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT. 17:48.866 --> 17:49.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HE WAS ILL IN HIS LIVING ROOM 17:49.966 --> 17:51.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR NINE MONTHS. 17:51.000 --> 17:54.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I HAD TO COOK SUPPER. 17:54.066 --> 17:55.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE CHURCH LADIES FROM ALL THE 17:55.733 --> 17:57.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CHURCHES DID IT, THE MINISTERS 17:57.566 --> 17:58.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FROM ALL THE CHURCHES CAME. 17:58.633 --> 17:59.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE WERE BURNING WOOD THEN. 17:59.866 --> 18:01.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I HAD SEVERAL WOOD STOVES, I HAD 18:01.466 --> 18:02.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AN OLD COOK STOVE IN THE 18:02.533 --> 18:04.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% KITCHEN, AND I HAD A WOOD STOVE 18:04.733 --> 18:04.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE. 18:04.933 --> 18:08.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND WE WERE BURNING WOOD, AND WE 18:08.200 --> 18:09.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WERE RUNNING LOW, AND I JUST 18:09.433 --> 18:10.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAPPENED TO MENTION TO A 18:10.966 --> 18:12.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NEIGHBOR, I GOT A LOOK AROUND. 18:12.300 --> 18:14.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DO YOU KNOW WHO IS SELLING WOOD? 18:14.466 --> 18:15.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I HAVE GOT TO GET SOME WOOD. 18:15.866 --> 18:17.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE NEXT THING ISSUE, ONE OF THE 18:17.900 --> 18:20.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STUDENTS THAT I HAD HAD IN 18:20.500 --> 18:21.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SCHOOL PULLED UP AND DROPPED OFF 18:21.833 --> 18:23.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WOOD ON MY PORCH. 18:23.700 --> 18:26.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT 18:26.733 --> 18:27.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT. 18:27.366 --> 18:28.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WELL, WHEN THE TIME CAME, THERE 18:28.633 --> 18:31.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS A DAY HENRY MANCHESTER FROM 18:31.600 --> 18:33.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE MANCHESTER LUMBER GAVE ALL 18:33.500 --> 18:37.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HIS EQUIPMENT AND HIS DRIVERS, 18:37.333 --> 18:39.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HOWARD FROM THE MILL CLEARED 18:39.200 --> 18:41.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LAND UP THERE, AND HAD LOGGERS 18:41.866 --> 18:42.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COME IN. 18:42.566 --> 18:45.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A LOT OF LOGGERS IN NORTHERN 18:45.766 --> 18:47.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VERMONT PROBABLY GOTTEN BY THE 18:47.133 --> 18:49.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MANCHESTER FAMILY, VOLUNTEERED, 18:49.466 --> 18:51.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EVERYBODY IN TOWN SHOWED UP. 18:51.733 --> 18:52.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE WERE PICKUP TRUCKS THAT 18:52.900 --> 18:55.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WENT A QUARTER OF A MILE DOWN 18:55.666 --> 18:57.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE ROAD, ALMOST A QUARTER OF A 18:57.400 --> 18:58.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MILE, I WOULD SAY. 18:58.166 --> 19:00.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY YARD WAS FULL OF THEM. 19:00.733 --> 19:04.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 88 PEOPLE SHOWED, AND WHEN THE 19:04.200 --> 19:08.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% END OF THE DAY HAPPENED THERE 19:08.000 --> 19:09.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WERE 28 CORDS OF WOOD TAPED IN 19:09.933 --> 19:10.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY BACKYARD. 19:10.666 --> 19:11.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE CHURCH LADIES MADE 19:11.933 --> 19:12.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SANDWICHES. 19:12.233 --> 19:13.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS WHAT I AM TELLING YOU 19:13.233 --> 19:14.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ABOUT JOHNSON. 19:14.066 --> 19:19.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT HAS A HEART. 19:19.833 --> 19:21.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAS 19:21.100 --> 19:22.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEEN A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP 19:22.500 --> 19:24.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND THE 19:24.400 --> 19:25.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMMUNITY WITH MANY PEOPLE 19:25.766 --> 19:27.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MOVING TO JOHNSON FOR AN 19:27.633 --> 19:29.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EDUCATION AND THEN STAYING AND 19:29.400 --> 19:31.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY. 19:31.333 --> 19:34.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I CAME TO JOHNSON AS A JUNIOR 19:34.833 --> 19:39.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR MY LAST TWO YEARS, IN 1973. 19:39.833 --> 19:43.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON, I ALWAYS HARKEN BACK TO 19:43.233 --> 19:45.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MY COLLEGE THERE, AND THE 19:45.633 --> 19:48.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FRIENDS THAT I MADE ARE LIFELONG 19:48.766 --> 19:49.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FRIENDS. 19:49.133 --> 19:50.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I STILL SEE THEM ALL THE TIME. 19:50.766 --> 19:52.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT I 19:52.766 --> 19:53.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CHERISH THE MOST, THE PEOPLE% 19:53.833 --> 19:55.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT I MET, THE TEACHERS THAT I 19:55.700 --> 19:57.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HAD THERE. 19:57.266 --> 19:59.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> MY CONNECTION TO THE TOWN AND 19:59.666 --> 20:02.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO JOHNSON STATE IS I WAS A 20:02.733 --> 20:05.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STUDENT HERE, ACTUALLY, IN 1978 20:05.066 --> 20:07.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO 1980, CAME HERE AS A VERY 20:07.400 --> 20:11.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LONG 17-YEAR-OLD, AND MY DESIRE 20:11.300 --> 20:13.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS TO MAKE THE FIELD HOCKEY 20:13.066 --> 20:14.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TEAM, AND CAME HERE MY FIRST 20:14.233 --> 20:16.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YEAR AND MADE THE FIELD HOCKEY 20:16.000 --> 20:17.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TEAM AND ENDED UP SEVENTH IN THE 20:17.933 --> 20:19.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NATION IN DIVISION THREE FIELD 20:19.766 --> 20:20.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HOCKEY. 20:20.000 --> 20:21.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I WAS A BUSINESS MANAGER MAJOR. 20:21.866 --> 20:23.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CAME BACK FROM THE PEACE CORPS 20:23.733 --> 20:25.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND LOOKED FOR A JOB, OPENED UP 20:25.700 --> 20:27.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND 20:27.900 --> 20:29.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SAW THE COORDINATOR AT JOHNSON 20:29.833 --> 20:30.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STATE. 20:30.033 --> 20:31.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS IS IN 1990, SO I APPLIED 20:31.933 --> 20:34.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR THAT POSITION, GOT THE 20:34.300 --> 20:35.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% POSITION, THOUGHT I WOULD STAY 20:35.133 --> 20:37.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE FOR A YEAR OR TWO. 20:37.366 --> 20:40.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NOW IT'S BEEN 26 YEARS AT 20:40.333 --> 20:43.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE. 20:43.666 --> 20:45.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF 20:45.533 --> 20:47.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WORKING WITH HUNDREDS AND 20:47.300 --> 20:49.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WHO WANT 20:49.933 --> 20:51.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER 20:51.166 --> 20:52.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PLACE. 20:52.466 --> 20:55.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT'S JUST BEEN A PURE JOY SO 20:55.033 --> 20:56.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 26 20:56.733 --> 20:57.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YEARS. 20:57.933 --> 20:58.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COLLEGE 20:58.633 --> 21:02.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND COMMUNITY, IT'S A VERY, IT'S 21:02.866 --> 21:06.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A RELATIONSHIP THAT PRODUCES A 21:06.700 --> 21:07.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOT OF ENERGY. 21:07.600 --> 21:08.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STUDENTS STRONGLY CONNECTED 21:08.966 --> 21:10.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% USING FAMILY SERVICES, WITH THE 21:10.733 --> 21:13.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON FOOD SHELF, THE FAMILY 21:13.300 --> 21:16.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CENTER, THE UNION BANK, THE 21:16.500 --> 21:18.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE LOCAL 21:18.733 --> 21:19.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SKI RESORTS. 21:19.033 --> 21:21.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK THE COLLEGE IS VERY 21:21.000 --> 21:24.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONNECTED IN THE TOWN OF JOHNSON 21:24.433 --> 21:25.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND THE STATE OF VERMONT AND 21:25.866 --> 21:28.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEYOND, IT'S VERY MUCH A 21:28.400 --> 21:31.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REGIONAL RELATIONSHIP. 21:31.033 --> 21:33.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR EXAMPLE, THE SERVE PROGRAM 21:33.200 --> 21:36.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONNECTS AND HELPS SUPPORT AND 21:36.233 --> 21:37.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE ORGANIZATIONS HELP TO 21:37.266 --> 21:40.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SUPPORT THE STUDENTS TO LEARN 21:40.566 --> 21:42.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VIS-A-VIS THE DOING, THE 21:42.600 --> 21:43.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. 21:43.433 --> 21:47.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE PROGRAM HAS DONE THINGS LIKE 21:47.333 --> 21:49.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WELL, THANKSGIVING BASKETS FOR 21:49.266 --> 21:51.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE, WELL, 21:51.533 --> 21:53.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ONE OF THE RECENT THINGS THAT I 21:53.200 --> 21:54.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HEAR, I HELPED TO PLANT TREES OR 21:54.933 --> 21:57.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO TAKE CARE OF THE TREES WITH 21:57.500 --> 21:59.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, 21:59.900 --> 22:01.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HELPED THE SENIORS AT DIFFERENT 22:01.566 --> 22:03.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TIMES, AND I THINK THAT HAS 22:03.300 --> 22:05.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROVIDED SOME CONNECTIONS TOO, 22:05.733 --> 22:08.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR PEOPLE, AND AGAIN, IT'S 22:08.100 --> 22:09.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER THAT 22:09.366 --> 22:11.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MAKES IT IMPORTANT. 22:11.266 --> 22:12.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I THINK THAT THE FIRST TIME 22:12.333 --> 22:15.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THAT I CAME TO VISIT THE CAMPUS, 22:15.700 --> 22:18.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I WAS SHOCKED THAT HOW PLEASANT 22:18.100 --> 22:19.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND PEACEFUL THINGS WERE AND HOW 22:19.933 --> 22:21.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% POLITE INDIVIDUALS WERE WHEN I 22:21.400 --> 22:25.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS HERE, SO IT WAS A GREAT 22:25.133 --> 22:25.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TIME. 22:25.333 --> 22:27.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT WAS A GREAT TIME WHEN I WAS 22:27.200 --> 22:28.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% HERE, AS A STUDENT ATHLETE. 22:28.166 --> 22:30.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I THINK THE BEST PART WAS THE 22:30.200 --> 22:32.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ABILITY TO DO MORE THAN JUST BE 22:32.666 --> 22:35.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A BASKETBALL PLAYER SO I WAS 22:35.700 --> 22:37.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INVOLVED IN THE STUDENT ATHLETIC 22:37.233 --> 22:39.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ADVISADVISORY COMMITTEE. 22:39.833 --> 22:42.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DURING THAT TIME WE HAD A COUPLE 22:42.133 --> 22:45.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF EVENTS THAT WE HOSTED, AND WE 22:45.466 --> 22:46.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONNECTED WITH NORWICH 22:46.800 --> 22:47.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UNIVERSITY IN DOING SOMETHING 22:47.600 --> 22:49.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CALLED A DROP AND SWAP THAT 22:49.866 --> 22:51.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STILL TAKE PLACE HERE AT JOHNSON 22:51.700 --> 22:54.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE 22:54.266 --> 22:55.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INDIVIDUALS BRING CLOTHES TO 22:55.933 --> 22:57.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON, PEOPLE FROM NORTHERN 22:57.566 --> 22:58.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VERMONT, DROPPED CLOTHES OFF AT 22:58.666 --> 23:00.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON, AND WE WERE WASHING AND 23:00.366 --> 23:01.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CLEANING THE CLOTHES, AND THEN 23:01.766 --> 23:03.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE WOULD GIVE THE CLOTHES AWAY 23:03.533 --> 23:04.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO ANYONE WHO NEEDED THEM THE IN 23:04.866 --> 23:05.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE CASE DAY. 23:05.733 --> 23:08.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SO, I THINK THAT MY SENIOR YEAR 23:08.900 --> 23:10.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD 23:10.466 --> 23:12.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AT JOHNSON STATE, AND IT WAS A 23:12.933 --> 23:15.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BIG EVENT, AND IT STILL IS TO 23:15.033 --> 23:16.100 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS DAY, SO I THINK THAT WAS 23:16.100 --> 23:20.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS. 23:20.933 --> 23:22.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> I'VE DEVELOPED A HIGHER LEVEL 23:22.033 --> 23:23.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF PASSION FOR THE GAME OF 23:23.133 --> 23:25.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BASKETBALL, AND ALL THE LESSONS 23:25.033 --> 23:26.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I TRY TO TEACH FROM BASKETBALL 23:26.500 --> 23:28.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CAME FROM MY DEGREE HERE, 23:28.633 --> 23:30.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BASICALLY, IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND 23:30.166 --> 23:30.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SOCIOLOGY. 23:30.633 --> 23:35.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME WHY NOT BE 23:35.766 --> 23:37.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AT JOHNSON, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT BE 23:37.633 --> 23:39.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AT A PLACE WHERE I CAN BRING 23:39.700 --> 23:42.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INDIVIDUALS FROM URBAN, SUBURBAN 23:42.033 --> 23:44.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% AND RURAL AREAS TOGETHER FOR A 23:44.200 --> 23:46.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMMON GOAL. 23:46.133 --> 23:48.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% YOU KNOW ONE, AND WE LANDED IN 23:48.833 --> 23:51.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS VERY DIFFERENT PLACE FROM 23:51.433 --> 23:53.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CHICAGO AND DETROIT, PLACES THAT 23:53.200 --> 23:58.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I HAD KNOWN GROWING UP, AND BUT, 23:58.466 --> 24:01.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHAT I DISCOVERED VERY QUICKLY 24:01.666 --> 24:06.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE. 24:06.400 --> 24:07.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT WHAT 24:07.266 --> 24:08.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAS GOING ON IN THE AREA, AND 24:08.700 --> 24:09.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT BUT 24:09.700 --> 24:11.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TALKING ABOUT HOW TO GET 24:11.666 --> 24:14.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INVOLVED AND CONNECTED, AND WHAT 24:14.166 --> 24:17.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% I HAVE SEEN IN JOHNSON IS THAT 24:17.033 --> 24:19.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY ARE ALWAYS -- THERE ALWAYS 24:19.233 --> 24:21.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SEEMS TO BE A FOCUS ON 24:21.200 --> 24:22.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EDUCATION, COLLEGE BEING AROUND 24:22.133 --> 24:25.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 24:25.300 --> 24:29.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO HAVE, YOU KNOW Y THE ART 24:29.500 --> 24:35.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% EDUCATION AND STUDIO CENTER, AND 24:35.033 --> 24:36.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BEING HERE ALMOST 50 YEARS, AND 24:36.833 --> 24:37.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LONG-TIME RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE 24:37.566 --> 24:38.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHO CAN TELL YOU HOW MANY 24:38.800 --> 24:39.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GENERATIONS THEY GO BACK LIVING 24:39.700 --> 24:41.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IN JOHNSON, IT'S ALSO A 24:41.733 --> 24:42.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMMUNITY THAT REALLY 24:42.400 --> 24:43.233 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% APPRECIATES AND VALUES PEOPLE 24:43.233 --> 24:45.666 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHO ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH, 24:45.666 --> 24:48.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STOPPING BY FOR A VISIT, SO THAT 24:48.266 --> 24:50.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ENERGY AND THE FACT THAT 24:50.733 --> 24:51.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OFTENTIMES IT COMES TOGETHER 24:51.600 --> 24:55.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RATHER THAN BEING SOMETHING THAT 24:55.500 --> 24:56.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BUTTS UP AGAINST EACH OTHER IT, 24:56.566 --> 24:57.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MAKES FOR A REALLY DYNAMIC AND 24:57.733 --> 24:59.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHAT I FIND EXCITING COMMUNITY 24:59.066 --> 25:01.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO BE A PART OF. 25:01.333 --> 25:02.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> THE CONNECTIONS WITH JOHNSON 25:02.833 --> 25:05.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STATE AND LARAWAY ARE MANY, AND 25:05.433 --> 25:07.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEY ARE DEEP AND STRONG. 25:07.433 --> 25:09.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MOST OF THEM, THERE IS NO 25:09.633 --> 25:09.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONTRACT. 25:09.900 --> 25:11.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE IS NO FORMAL 25:11.566 --> 25:12.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DOCUMENTATION, IT'S JUST 25:12.300 --> 25:14.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONNECTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE 25:14.000 --> 25:15.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MADE OVER THE YEARS. 25:15.033 --> 25:17.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED SHOOTER 25:17.200 --> 25:19.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR GOALS, AND WHAT THAT 25:19.000 --> 25:24.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BASICALLY IS, IS THAT IT ALLOWS 25:24.366 --> 25:26.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BASICALLY THE KIDS TO COME UP TO 25:26.733 --> 25:28.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE. 25:28.800 --> 25:30.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IT'S LIKE THREE OR FOUR 25:30.500 --> 25:32.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THURSDAYS GOING THE SPRING 25:32.333 --> 25:33.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SEMESTER WHERE THEY COME UP AND 25:33.800 --> 25:35.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS CONNECT 25:35.700 --> 25:36.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WITH THE STUDENTS THERE, AND 25:36.933 --> 25:39.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BASICALLY, THEY DO A LOT OF FUN 25:39.166 --> 25:40.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DRILLS AND SKILLS THINGS, AND 25:40.933 --> 25:42.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PLAY A COUPLE GAMES AND STUFF 25:42.200 --> 25:44.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY AN 25:44.733 --> 25:45.733 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE 25:45.733 --> 25:48.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 25:48.466 --> 25:49.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COMMUNICATION WITH GUYS THAT, TO 25:49.433 --> 25:50.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SOME DEGREE, THEY MIGHT LOOK UP 25:50.966 --> 25:53.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO, AND AT THE END OF THE 25:53.333 --> 25:54.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SEASON, THE COACHES BRING OUT 25:54.566 --> 25:57.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SOME OF THE OLD JERSEYS AND WE 25:57.266 --> 26:01.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% GO INTO THE VARSITY GYM AND HAVE 26:01.400 --> 26:03.533 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% A GAME BETWEEN A COUPLE OF 26:03.533 --> 26:05.133 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TEAMS, SCOREBOARD AND GET THE 26:05.133 --> 26:06.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% MUSIC GOING AND THE COACHES DO 26:06.333 --> 26:09.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SOME PLAY-BY-PLAY, AND IT'S A 26:09.900 --> 26:11.300 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REALLY EXCITING EVENT, AND WE 26:11.300 --> 26:13.200 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% ENCOURAGE THOSE CONNECTIONS 26:13.200 --> 26:14.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BECAUSE IT GIVES OUR YOUNG 26:14.333 --> 26:15.700 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PEOPLE A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT 26:15.700 --> 26:19.466 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHAT LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL 26:19.466 --> 26:21.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOOKED LIKE AND START IMAGINING 26:21.166 --> 26:22.366 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THEMSELVES MAKING THAT 26:22.366 --> 26:25.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CONNECTION UP THERE. 26:25.066 --> 26:26.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% >> IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE 26:26.900 --> 26:29.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STUDENT OPTIONS, IN JULY OF 26:29.033 --> 26:30.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% 2018, JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE 26:30.900 --> 26:31.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UNIFIED WITH LINDEN STATE 26:31.900 --> 26:35.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% COLLEGE TO FORM NORTHERN VERMONT 26:35.400 --> 26:35.766 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UNIVERSITY. 26:35.766 --> 26:37.966 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHILE NVU IS ONE UNIVERSITY, THE 26:37.966 --> 26:39.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% CAMPUSES STILL HAVE THEIR 26:39.500 --> 26:41.433 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% DISTINCT IDENTITIES ALLOWING 26:41.433 --> 26:42.600 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STUDENTS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES 26:42.600 --> 26:43.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING THE 26:43.800 --> 26:45.033 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STRONG BOND AND THE 26:45.033 --> 26:46.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE 26:46.333 --> 26:48.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATIONS, 26:48.566 --> 26:49.866 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% PROGRAMS, AND STUDENTS WITH THE 26:49.866 --> 26:51.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOCAL COMMUNITY. 26:51.266 --> 26:52.800 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY 26:52.800 --> 26:54.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% OF THE VILLAGE OF JOHNSON, AND 26:54.833 --> 26:56.333 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE CONNECTION TO ITS DIFFERENT 26:56.333 --> 26:58.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% SCHOOLS, THERE IS AN ONGOING 26:58.000 --> 26:59.633 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THREAD THAT SEEMS TO WEAVE ITS 26:59.633 --> 27:02.900 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% WAY INTO ALL THESE STORIES. 27:02.900 --> 27:04.166 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% REGARDLESS OF GOOD TIMES OR BAD, 27:04.166 --> 27:06.066 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THIS COMMUNITY HALLS ALWAYS BEEN 27:06.066 --> 27:08.000 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THERE FOR EACH OTHER AND SEEMS 27:08.000 --> 27:09.400 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% TO BE POISED TO KEEP THE STRONG 27:09.400 --> 27:11.500 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% BONDS AND TRADITIONS GOING INTO 27:11.500 --> 27:33.833 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% THE FUTURE. 27:33.833 --> 27:35.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% VERMONT PBS, PARTNERING WITH 27:35.933 --> 27:37.566 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% LOCAL FILM-MAKERS TO BRING YOU 27:37.566 --> 27:38.933 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% STORIES MADE HERE. 27:38.933 --> 27:43.266 align:left position:10% line:11% size:80% FOR MORE, VISIT VERMONTPBS.ORG.