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| 2 | | - | 2025 |
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| 4 | | - | VT LEG #382069 v.1 |
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| 5 | | - | No. R-45. House concurrent resolution honoring Charlotte Board of Civil Authority |
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| 6 | | - | Chair, and Ski and Ride Program Coordinator Michael Krasnow. |
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| 7 | | - | (H.C.R.36) |
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| 8 | | - | Offered by Representatives Waters Evans of Charlotte and Krasnow of South |
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| 9 | | - | Burlington |
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| 10 | | - | Whereas, for 27 years, Michael Krasnow has served the Town of Charlotte with |
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| 11 | | - | distinction, as a member of the municipality’s Board of Civil Authority (BCA), which |
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| 12 | | - | provides the town with tax adjudication and electoral administration support, and his |
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| 13 | | - | fellow panel members have elected him as the BCA’s chair, and |
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| 14 | | - | Whereas, in a different context, as the Charlotte Ski and Ride Program Coordinator, |
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| 15 | | - | Michael Krasnow has brought great joy to countless youngsters, and |
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| 16 | | - | Whereas, the genesis of this passion for introducing young persons to the slopes, |
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| 17 | | - | especially those who might never otherwise participate in skiing or snowboarding, began |
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| 18 | | - | at four years of age with family ski trips from his Long Island, New York, home to |
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| 19 | | - | Vermont, and |
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| 20 | | - | Whereas, during his earlier career as a public school teacher in the Boston, |
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| 21 | | - | Massachusetts, area, Michael Krasnow was an advisor for student noncompetitive skiing |
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| 22 | | - | activities that eventually involved 1,000 students, and |
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| 23 | | - | Whereas, in 1989, Michael Krasnow relocated his family to Vermont and volunteered |
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| 24 | | - | to assist the Ski and Ride Program at the Charlotte Central School, which brings students |
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| 25 | | - | to night skiing sessions at Bolton Valley Resort (Bolton), and within a year he was the |
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| 26 | | - | program’s leader, and |
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| 27 | | - | Whereas, during a five-week span starting in mid-February, he oversees the |
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| 28 | | - | participation of nearly 150 students traveling to Bolton, including approximately 20–25 |
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| 29 | | - | new youngsters each winter, and for most of the students, the social experience is of |
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| 30 | | - | foremost importance, and |
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| 31 | | - | Whereas, associated with his ski and ride leadership role, Michael Krasnow has |
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| 32 | | - | overseen a ski and snowboard fitting and equipment distribution project, drawing on his |
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| 33 | | - | vast collection of primarily donated gear, that provides the essential elements of the sport |
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| 34 | | - | to area youngsters, and |
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| 35 | | - | Whereas, for over three decades, Michael Krasnow has enthusiastically introduced |
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| 36 | | - | countless youngsters in Charlotte to the joys of Vermont’s wintry slopes, now |
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| 37 | | - | therefore be it |
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| 1 | + | StateofVermont |
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| 2 | + | HouseofRepresentatives |
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| 3 | + | Montpelier,Vermont |
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| 4 | + | ConcurrentHouseResolution |
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| 5 | + | H.C.R.36 |
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| 6 | + | OfferedbyRepresentativesWatersEvansofCharlotteandKrasnowofSouthBurlington |
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| 7 | + | HouseconcurrentresolutionhonoringCharlotteBoardofCivilAuthorityChair,andSkiandRideProgram |
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| 8 | + | CoordinatorMichaelKrasnow |
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| 9 | + | Whereas,for27years,MichaelKrasnowhasservedtheTownofCharlottewithdistinction,asamemberof |
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| 10 | + | themunicipality’sBoardofCivilAuthority(BCA),whichprovidesthetownwithtaxadjudicationandelectoral |
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| 11 | + | administrationsupport,andhisfellowpanelmembershaveelectedhimastheBCA’schair, and |
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| 12 | + | Whereas,inadifferentcontext,astheCharlotteSkiandRideProgramCoordinator,MichaelKrasnowhas |
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| 13 | + | broughtgreatjoytocountlessyoungsters, and |
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| 14 | + | Whereas,thegenesisofthispassionforintroducingyoungpersonstotheslopes,especiallythosewhomight |
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| 15 | + | neverotherwiseparticipateinskiingorsnowboarding,beganatfouryearsofagewithfamilyskitripsfromhis |
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| 16 | + | LongIsland,NewYork,hometoVermont, and |
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| 17 | + | Whereas,duringhisearliercareerasapublicschoolteacherintheBoston,Massachusetts,area,Michael |
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| 18 | + | Krasnowwasanadvisorforstudentnoncompetitiveskiingactivitiesthateventuallyinvolved1,000 |
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| 19 | + | students, and |
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| 20 | + | Whereas,in1989,MichaelKrasnowrelocatedhisfamilytoVermontandvolunteeredtoassisttheSkiand |
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| 21 | + | RideProgramattheCharlotteCentralSchool,whichbringsstudentstonightskiingsessionsatBoltonValley |
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| 22 | + | Resort(Bolton),andwithinayearhewastheprogram’sleader, and |
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| 23 | + | Whereas,duringafive-weekspanstartinginmid-February,heoverseestheparticipationofnearly150 |
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| 24 | + | studentstravelingtoBolton,includingapproximately20–25newyoungsterseachwinter,andformostofthe |
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| 25 | + | students,thesocialexperienceisofforemostimportance, and |
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| 26 | + | Whereas,associatedwithhisskiandrideleadershiprole,MichaelKrasnowhasoverseenaskiand |
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| 27 | + | snowboardfittingandequipmentdistributionproject,drawingonhisvastcollectionofprimarilydonatedgear, |
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| 28 | + | thatprovidestheessentialelementsofthesporttoareayoungsters, and |
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| 29 | + | Whereas,foroverthreedecades,MichaelKrasnowhasenthusiasticallyintroducedcountlessyoungstersin |
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| 30 | + | CharlottetothejoysofVermont’swintryslopes,nowtherefore be it |
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