Montpelier Recreation Department employees Phil Tomasi, left and Rob Morissette prepare the Montpelier pool to be re-painted prior to opening this season. Tuesday, April 24, 2012

L-R Ben Kelley, 6 sticks his tongue out at his sister Erin Kelley, 10 while swinging during winter break Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 at Union Elementary School in Montpelier.

l-r Kyle Corbeil, Sam Bordeaux, and James Bordeaux work on re-shaping a jump's take-off ramp. The Dig Team is a small, dedicated, group of volunteer riders who spend a few days a week throughout the summer caring for the Waterbury Bike Park. Located on River Rd. within view of the Waterbury Ice Center, the Waterbury Bike Park is in its fourth year, after being destroyed by Tropical Storm Irene it was wiped flat and completely re-designed last summer.. Head Developer and Coordinator James Bordeaux says "In the early, early spring we try to come down and clean everything up." Then, throughout the summer The Dig Team "does some maintenance, makes sure things are safe, put it all together, and make it fun for everybody." For more information visit waterburybikepark.webs.com

Lucas Howe jumps into the river at Big Rocks in Moretown Vt. on Thursday, June 21, 2012. The popular swimming hole was crowded mid-day as temperatures soared in central Vermont for the second day in a row.

Chip Darmstadt, director of the north branch nature center blows away the feathers on the underbelly of a bird to check for fat.

r-l Miles Launderville and Maya Fried watch Larry Clarfeld, Youth Birding Program Coordinator for the North Branch Nature Center, as he, takes a male American Redstart out of a collection net and places him in a bag for the short walk back to the banding station. The banding station can't be too close to any of the nets because the risk of catching the same birds over and over again would be too high.

Linnea Colwell, 7, looks at the moon through a refracting telescope at the Kellogg-Hubbard library in Montpelier on Friday night. Bobby Farlice-Rubio, Science Educator at the Fairbanks Museum hosted the Night Sky Telescope Party in conjunction with the children's library offering families a chance to learn about space's wonders.

From left, Eli French of Calais, and Isaac Padberg of Montpelier race towards a milk-crate goal while playing family ice hockey at the Berlin skating rink on Dec. 30, 2010. The L-shaped ice rink, located next to the Berlin Town Office on Shed Road, is open for the 2010-2011 season and equipped with lights for night skating.

Vivian Winham pushes her daughters Catalina Winham, 18 Months old at left, and Jasmine Winham, 4 years old at right, at Charlie's Playground 2012 in Barre Vermont on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 12, 2013.

Raymond Smith of Glassworks in Waterbury uses a foam gun while preparing to install new windows in a house at the intersection of Route 2 and 100B in Middlesex on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Glassworks is installing 12 new, better insulated, windows in the building.

John (Jac) Cattier Jr., 5, sits in the driver seat of the Froggy 100.9 #46 race car at the Thunder Road Car Show on Main Street in Barre, Vermont on Saturday, April 27, 2013.

Oct. 14, 2011 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Opening ceremonies of the 2011 Pan American Games held at the Omnilife Stadium in Guadalajara.

Kai White and Stacia Melick of Bolton gather trash. Cleaning up a little early in Waterbury. While Greenup day might not be until next weekend a group of volunteers gathered along Rout 2 in Waterbury just east of the Cider House restaraunt to gather tires and other debris left behind after Tropical Storm Irene. Despite the spitting snow flurries and freezing temperatures overnight the group started work around 9:00am on Saturday and within an hour had already removed and stacked hundreds of tires as well as piles of other debris washed downriver by the storm.

Dave Rapaport walks past a pile of doors and windows that the volunteers recovered during their morning clean-up. Cleaning up a little early in Waterbury. While Greenup day might not be until next weekend a group of volunteers gathered along Rout 2 in Waterbury just east of the Cider House restaraunt to gather tires and other debris left behind after Tropical Storm Irene. Despite the spitting snow flurries and freezing temperatures overnight the group started work around 9:00am on Saturday and within an hour had already removed and stacked hundreds of tires as well as piles of other debris washed downriver by the storm.

Cars pass through standing water caused by a broken fire hydrant near the Ventura Pier on Harbor Boulevard in Ventura, Calif., on Dec. 16, 2009.

Julie Shamblin, left, gives her daughter Brooklyn Jazz Shamblin a high-five as Brooklyn rounds the track at Carpinteria Middle School during the 1 mile kids run for fun on March 20, 2010 in Carpinteria, Calif.

Carpinteria Elementary fifth grader Erick Espinoza smiles during the applause following the first song from the elementary school band at MusicFest 2011 at Carpinteria High School in Carpinteria Calif., on Friday, April 8, 2011. The annual event brings together all of the music students from Carpinteria Unified School District for one concert.

A Carpinteria Elementary student stands inside a giant bubble during the annual Science night at the school on Thursday, April 21, 2011 in Carpinteria, Calif.

Oct. 14, 2011 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Opening ceremonies of the 2011 Pan American Games held at the Omnilife Stadium in Guadalajara.

Jaroslaw Marciniak and Dariusz Wronski of Duo Design perform their hand-balancing act during half time of the Los Angeles Clippers game against the Memphis Grizzlies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Calif., on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.

Oct. 30, 2011 - Guadalajara, Mexico - Canada presents a cultural dance performance after accepting the 2015 Pan American Games during the closing ceremonies of the 2011 Pan American Games hosted by Guadalajara Mexico.

Tara Carpenter chops vegetables including beats and green cabbage that will be used to create her Purple Potion in the kitchen of her Barre home on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013.

Positive Pie in Plainfield, Vt., just opened their new bar and dining room pictured here on April 26, 2013

Local Spinach salad served with Sunny Meadow spinach, poached pear, radish, Bailey Hazen blue cheese, ouse-cured NEFF porkbelly crisps, and balsamic viniagrette. Photographed as served at Positive Pie in Plainfield Vermont on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Flour-less chocolate cake with a raspberry-rum sauce Photographed as served at Positive Pie in Plainfield Vermont on Wednesday, April 25, 2012