Dear 017‘ M ,

I am very pleased once again to be
able to make a donation to your wonder-
ful newsletter. Please accept this check as
a simple monetary gesture of my appre-
ciation for your work celebrating and
supporting gay and lesbian Vermonters.

As always, my wishes are with you
and I still get chills from the articles
about the M.O.W. Thanks to you, we’re
working.

With sincerity and love,

Pat Fontaine

Dear Pat,
Thank you for your generous donation
and your kind words!
——The stafi’ at OIT M

  
 
 
 
 
    
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

Church, 7:00pm

International ‘Women's Week

March 2 — Kpyrwte speaker Diane flaiser. Burlington City Hall 7:30pm
‘Images qf ‘Women and ‘Work’ Photography by Joan Knight,
Burlington City Hall, 6:30pm
March 3 - film §Te5ti1/af. Methodist Church, 7:00pm
March 4 - ‘Women’: Open {Poetry Rpazfing. Burlington College, 7:30pm
March 5 - "Women's ‘Work-‘Women’: Lir/es, "workshops, speakout, rally, parade.
Burlington City Hall, 11—5:30
LI9’£LI9\[£ all-woman rock band. Memorial Auditorium, 8:00pm
March 7 - Jwfitfi Mack, feminist storyteller. College St. Congregational

March 8 - acwmgzzz am{Mfll‘1'RIx music, drumming and sing along.

Burlington City Hall, 7:30pm J
March 9 - ‘Women and ‘Wor&1’aneIQ)1'scussion. City Hall, 7:00pm
March 11 - ‘Z1111: ‘W/’1.$9{I9\[Q‘1'09‘£5LS‘I"£iR5, gospel, a capella funk, jazz and pop
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Dear Friends:

I was touched to receive the 2nd anni-
versary issue of OIT M , and to see how
wonderful the paper looked. The quality of
work that went into each article, graphic,
and design caused me to reflect on the
paper’s beginning.

Having been one of the individuals
that was with the paper from its birth, I
began thinking about how far the paper has
come. I remember one of our first layout
meetings on a cold day in January in a
I-Iinesburg farmhouse. There were at least
a dozen of us cutting funny clip art, meas-
uring lines and using an exacto knife. Most
of us didn’t have a clue as to how to design
a newspaper but we did have a great deal of
energy and determination to see it happen.
All one has to do is take a look at some of
our early issues to really see how far we’ve
come!

Over the years we have had some en-
joyable and trying times. Sometimes we
wondered whether OITM was going to
make it financially and commitment-wise
from the gay and lesbian community.

 

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Out in the Mountains

Letters to the Editor

 
  

Many hard working people have come an
gone, myself included. Somehow I stj
feel very close to the ties I made in in
“coming out” years in Burlington. Beir
involved with the paper helped me to mot
from feelings of real isolation to a sense
community. I know OIT M is alive at
strong but the energy comes and got
sometimes like wind!

With OIT M kicking off its annualfm
raising drive, I encourage every readeri
Vermont and through out the New Engla1
area to make a contribution. Your letw
mm;, and support are so appreciated.
I miss you all, Brian