EVERY MONDAY.. WE'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS OUR REGION. WITH A FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE... WHO LOVE TO CALL THIS PLACE HOME. THIS WEEK...WE HOPPED TO JERICHO, VERMONT FOR A JULY 4TH SPECIAL. WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING... <NATS 9:13:16:01 - 9:13:18:00 AT TRAINING SITE> BY MEETING ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO WORKS...BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE CAMP ETHAN ALLEN TRAINING SITE. BUT WITHOUT MEN...LIKE CHAD...THE TRAINING WOULD LIKELY NOT BE AS SMOOTH. <CHAD BLASCH / MILITARY MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST, STATE OF VERMONT MILITARY DEPARTMENT 9:19:07:02 "THESE INDIVIDUALS THINGS ARE CALLED TARGET LIFTERS." 9:19:09:07 (3 SEC)> HE'S RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP THE RANGES UP AND RUNNING... <CHAD BLASCH 9:19:11:11 "YOU PUT A TARGET IN IT..IT GOES UP WHEN YOU WANT IT TO GO UP AND WHEN ITS HIT...IT DETECTS THE HIT, IT WILL GO DOWN." 9:19:17:20 (6 SECS)> HE WEARS MANY HATS. ASIDE FROM BEING THE MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST...HE'S ALSO A HUSBAND AND A DAD. HIS WIFE, LINDA... AND THEIR DAUGHTER JUNIPER...ALL LOVE TO CALL JERICHO HOME. <LINDA BLASCH SOT 9:42:01:28 "I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CHOICES WE COULD HAVE MADE WITH OUR FAMILY." (5 SEC)> ...ESPECIALLY WITH CONVENIENCE OF BEING 3 MILES AWAY FROM HIS JOB. BACK ON BASE... INSPIRED BY HER HUSBAND.. <SGT. MARLENE MILLER / ARMY MOUNTAIN WARFARE SCHOOL 10:17:09:25 "HE PICKED UP A POSITION WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD." 10:17:12:13 (3 SEC) > SGT. MARLENE MILLER... RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A 9-MONTH DEPLOYMENT FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA. AFTER SERVING... SHE LANDED A JOB SUPPORTING THE ARMY MOUNTAIN WARFARE SCHOOL ....WHERE THEY RUN MOUNTAINEERING COURSES...LIKE ROPING IN THE WOODS...OR SCALING AN ICE WALL IN THE WINTER. THESE COURSES ARE DESIGNED TO PUT THE SOLDIERS TO THE TEST. <SGT. MARLENE MILLER / ARMY MOUNTAIN WARFARE SCHOOL 10:16:35:28 "I JUST ENJOY SERVING THE SOLDIERS OF THE VERMONT ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. ITS BEEN VERY REWARDING." 10:16: 41:04> SPEAKING OF SERVING....BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY... OF COURSE. <KAYLEY ST. AMOUR / JERICHO 8:28:48:22 "THEY KEEP US IN BUSINESS." (2 SECS)> 18-YEAR-OLD KAYLEY....IS TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO WORK AT THE TRAINING SITE... GIVING THEM A NOD FOR SERVING THE COUNTRY...AND THE COMMUNITY. SHE'S BEEN BEHIND THE COUNTER AT THE JERICHO CENTER COUNTRY STORE....FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN REMEMBER. SHE CAN THANK HER PARENTS FOR LEARNING THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE AT AN EARLY AGE. <SHOW CHILD PICTURE> THAT'S 6-YEAR- OLD KAYLEY.... ALREADY LEARNING THE ROPES OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS. <KAYLEY ST. AMOUR / JERICHO 8:27:41:01 "IT TAKES DEDICATION BUT YEAH, IT MAKES ME PROUD." (5 SEC)> THAT DEDICATION AND WORK ETHIC CAN BE FELT WHEREVER YOU GO IN JERICHO.. NO MATTER WHICH ROLE YOU PLAY...YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THIS SMALL TOWN. <REACT TO PKG> COMING UP NEXT WEEK, OUR FIRST WARNING METEORLOGIST BEN FRECHETTE.