So I am reading to kids, dressed up as a ghost, at Molly Stark Elementary School in Bennington VT. Excited to be back. I’m reading my newest book in Lady Lucy series: Lady Lucy’s Ghost Quest. Apt to release it on Halloween!!! But, there are real ghosts that haunt me over SVC’s closure, the location of the Lady Lucy Ghost Quest because there really are ghosts in the Everett Mansion. I think that lies/ bad acts circle round to haunt those who generated them — like ghosts. Even faraway travel isn’t an eraser. I had to threaten one former leader with a lawsuit for lying! There was blindness of those in power to the realities of the college’s true state and inability to develop timely creative solutions — not just throwing $$. I get that college’s fail. Some shouldn’t ... SVC needed quality folks in power who reached out for quality help early. They had to share the situation and issues with guarantors, lenders and prior leaders; could have saved SVC. So, as I look at the book I wrote, stunningly illustrated by Dianne Sunda, I smile at the children’s tale but have more than a twinge of sadness/anger. The book serves as SVC’s obituary. Truth and ghosts do prevail in due time. Yes, there are profound messages here for other businesses in trouble. Tell the truth! …see more