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<contents> DECEMBER 10-17, 2008 VOL.14 NO.17

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10A Vermont Workers’ Center Takes on a New Mission Vermont’s Solar Sector Scores in Bailout Bill Burlington Mayor Challeges Champlain College on Proposed Building Acquisition

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18A Puppets Go for Grand Opera with Butterfly Local Business Gives New Meaning to “Present” Burlington Photographer Captures Obama Euphoria in Voter Portraits Maggie Neale’s Ornamental Art Goes to Washington Vignette

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Tim Newcomb draws cartoon conclusions about Vermont political history

Exiles on North Street REFUGEES Vermont’s newly arrived Iraqi refugees struggle to rebuild their shattered lives BY KEN PICARD

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Goods to Go CULTURE It’s easy to give and receive in the “free world” BY ALICE LEVITT

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working people; passage of the Employees’ Free Choice Act, which would make union votes public rather than secret; an immediate stop to foreclosures to keep people in their homes; and an emergency action to keep people from losing their health care. One of the Burlington conference’s keynote speakers will be U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is advocating for an economic stimulus package of at least $500 billion — largely targeted to get people working on the country’s infrastructure and alternative energy projects. “If Congress can fork over $700 billion to rescue the Wall Street fat cats from their reckless gambles,� asked Sanders, “why can’t we put millions of Americans to work rebuilding our country as we address the severe economic crisis we face?� In tough times, even the mighty labor unions are making concessions. The United Auto Workers reduced the amount of money and benefits the Big Three automakers have to pay to retirees and other employees who have left the active workforce. Such sacrifices may be

And that, increasingly, is the aim of the Vermont Workers’ Center. VWC Director James Haslam said his group has been broadening its mission in recent years to help non-union workers and residents organize in their communities around key concerns: schools, housing and health care. In the Queen City, these efforts are collectively carried out by the Burlington Livable Cities Coalition. One example: Two years ago, the Burlington School District targeted an elementary school for closure in the Old North End. The VWC worked with residents, some of them union members at UVM and other local employers, to fight back. In the end, residents won. “We started with a workers’rights mission and that quickly led us to help workers organize on the job and form unions and collectively bargain contracts,� said Haslam. “But we’ve come to realize that, in talking with our members, many of the issues that people care most deeply about transcend the workplace.� Guros said VWC would not accomplish much if it didn’t ad-

dress these key local concerns, given that its mission is to help the disaffected gain strength in numbers. The organization’s current leadpaint campaign is a perfect example. As part of its Healthy Homes Initiative, the VWC is working with tenants and parents in Burlington’s Old North End to update the city’s lead laws. The aim is to increase enforcement of existing rules, and to add another one: If a child age 6 or younger is in a rental unit, any lead in the building should be abated. Guros pointed out that many members of his union at HowardCenter are renters, and tenants are a lot like non-unionized workers — that is, not given a seat at the table. “We started to look at ways where we could give more power to the tenants,� he said, “and we’ve realized that the landlords around here are very well organized.� To manage its additional tasks, the VWC has grown — funded by member unions. Last May, Haslam was the sole staffer; since then, two full-time organizers have been hired — one focused on the healthcare campaign and the other on the livable-cities coalition. Two new part-time AmeriCorps workers came on board last month. Despite its new tasks, though, the VWC remains dedicated to helping workers organize unions, and to supporting existing unions during contract negotiations. “As we’ve learned and grown, we’ve realized that there’s no reason to limit ourselves,� said Haslam. “We don’t have the luxury of just worrying about workers’ rights when there are so many other issues affecting our communities.� Denise Foote, an outreach worker at Barnes Elementary, recently joined VWC’s health-care campaign after taking part in the Healthy Homes Initiative. “They are focusing on issues that are not limited to class,� she said of the organization, “issues without boundaries — everyone can be affected by lead poisoning or a lack of health care . . . The education they do on these issues is almost as important as the organizing,� added Foote. > The Ella Baker Human Rights Conference is Saturday, December 13, at the UVM Davis Center in Burlington from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

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n October 3, Congress irked millions of taxpayers by promising $700 billion to Wall Street. But HR.1424 — the “bailout bill� — directly benefits another sector of the economy whose stock is rising: the solarpower industry. The bill, which takes effect in January, will impact the U.S. solar industry in three ways. It extends an existing 30 percent federal investment tax credit to businesses that invest in solar projects, and gives utilities the same deal — for the next eight years. Homeowners, too, can take advantage of the 30 percent incentive, but without being limited by a prior $2000 monetary maximum on residential solar-panel installations. The new federal incentives could be a “game changer� for Vermont residents, according to Ron French of Solar Works, a New England-wide company with an office in Montpelier. By lifting the $2000 cap, he explains, the feds allow homeowners to earn a $12,000 tax credit on a $40,000 domestic solar array. The price of solar-powergenerating equipment had been dropping, even before the recent federal boost. Panels are cheaper than they once were, notes French, whose company recently installed the state’s largest array atop the National Life building in Montpelier. He’s more concerned about how the economy will impact solar investment. “The question is, will people still have enough money to spend on it?� he asks rhetorically. Jim Grundy, owner and founder of Elemental Energy in East Montpelier, isn’t worried. Orders have been increasing at his solar firm since 2003, when the state established its Solar & Small Wind Incentive Program. If anything, Grundy predicts, the new residential incentive will prompt homeowners to purchase larger panels. Cheryl Jenkins of the Vermont

Energy Investment Corporation confirms Grundy’s observations. Jenkins, who administers the Solar & Small Wind Incentive Program, says applications for her program have risen by up to 50 percent each of the last three years. The biggest obstacle facing Vermont’s solar sector, she says, is a lack of contractors. Vermont’s green-collar workforce is growing to accommodate that demand. Industry pros say a slumping housing market frees up electricians and plumbers to install solar-panel and hot-water systems. And thanks to $110,00 in grants from the Vermont Department of Labor and Entergy Nuclear, the

Solar & Small Wind Program it finances, doesn’t have any special incentives for schools or nonprofits, according to Jenkins of VEIC. Vermont’s 18 percent small-solar incentive rate is the lowest in the nation. And because the CEDF distributes money on an annual basis, she explains, solar contractors are wary of committing to long-term installations. The CEDF will allocate roughly a third of its $11 million 2009 budget toward solar projects. However, since roughly $6 million of that annual budget comes from Vermont Yankee, it’s unclear what will happen when the aging Vernon plant’s license expires in 2012.

The new federal incentives for solar could be a “game changer� for Vermont residents. Louisiana company that owns the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, a local electricians’ union is offering a 10-week training course in South Burlington for aspiring solar technicians. Vermont solar-industry reps and program administrators say local businesses, utilities and homeowners expect the state to benefit from the new federal tax incentives. But they also note that Vermont must change its state funding priorities to ensure its solar sector grows in a healthy way. The good news is that Gov. James Douglas is more “accepting� of solar energy than he is of wind power, notes Jeff Wolfe, CEO of groSolar, a solar installation and distribution company based in White River Junction. The bad news is, the state’s $11 million Clean Energy Development Fund, and the

Last week, the Department of Public Service was taking public comments about the 2-year-old fund. After conferring with experts such as David Hill, an energy planner with VEIC, department administrators will issue legislative recommendations about how to restructure it for the next fiscal cycle. Hill wishes the state would do more. Sure, he says, Vermont already gets a good “bang for its buck� on its statewide incentives. But if the state established the same kind of stable, longterm funding structures for solar as it has for energy efficiency, he predicts, residents could take advantage of federal credits to make significant investments — which would, in turn, go a long way to building up the local solar industry. >

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anyone else. “There’s a question whether that particular type of bid was kosher,� said Pomerleau. Presented with that charge, David Provost said he would not comment on the bidding process until the sale is finalized. Meanwhile, Champlain’s lawyers are conferring with Peter Brownell. A former Ward 6 city councilor who served as mayor from 1993 to 1995, Brownell told Seven Days he doesn’t remember the specifics of the 1994 MOU, but that its “objective� was to prohibit Champlain from “buying residential units.� For that reason, Brownell said, Champlain doesn’t need council approval before purchasing the

the “real public forum� for discussing what Champlain plans to do with its properties. Progressive Burlington City Councilor Jane Knodell lives in the same ward as the Ethan Allen Club and chairs the council’s Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization Committee. She presided over a preliminary April 30 public forum about Champlain’s purchase of the Eagles Club and says she is looking forward to Wednesday’s. As for interpreting the 1994 Memorandum of Understanding, she falls somewhere between Kiss and Provost. On one hand, she echoed the mayor by noting that the document was drafted so Champlain

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hen Mayor Bob Kiss picked up the November 6 Burlington Free Press, one headline — “Champlain College to Buy Ethan Allen Club� — took him by surprise, he says. Kiss knows the college is attempting to house all 2000 of its students in Burlington by 2016, and that Champlain has been eyeing the College Street club for years. But he didn’t think Champlain would purchase the twostory building without conferring with the Burlington City Council. Now, as Champlain prepares to buy the club by December 16, Kiss insists the college can’t do so without council approval. Champlain disagrees, but won’t say whether it would disobey a nay vote. Meanwhile, a local developer who tried to purchase the property for the Greater Burlington YMCA charges that Champlain’s bid was unethical. Purchasing the Ethan Allen Club would be the latest in a series of strategic moves on the part of the growing downtown college. In 2005, Champlain signed a year-toyear lease for a 40-bed fraternity house on South Prospect Street. This summer, it purchased the Eagles Club on St. Paul Street, which it plans to demolish and replace with apartments for 200 students by 2013. The prospect of housing students at the Ethan Allen Club site appeals to officials at Champlain, where enrollment has hovered between 1800 and 2000 students for the last decade. About 1000 Champlain students live in off-campus Burlington apartments, and the college temporarily houses 272 students at Spinner Place, a Winooski apartment building. At issue is whether the purchase of the Ethan Allen Club is consistent with a 1994 Memorandum of Understanding between Champlain and the city. The nine-page document, which was approved by the Burlington City Council and expires in 2014, maps out zoning and real-estate guidelines under which the two entities could “co-exist in the most advantageous manner possible.� According to David Provost, vice president of finance and administration for the college, the MOU was intended to prohibit Champlain from buying residential property outside its core, Hill Section campus. Since the Ethan Allen Club isn’t a residence, Provost said, Champlain is not required to secure city council approval prior to purchasing it. Champlain wasn’t the only party with designs on the Ethan Allen Club. The Greater Burlington YMCA had hoped to convert it into a childcare facility. Since the Y couldn’t afford the $2.4 million minimum bid, local developer Tony Pomerleau agreed to put up the money. Pomerleau had placed a $2.2 million bid on the club on Champlain’s behalf in 2002, but this time around, he thought the YMCA deserved the space, in part because the nonprofit is losing key childcare space at nearby Edmunds Elementary. In October, Pomerleau’s $2.6 million bid was rejected. Why? At a meeting with Ethan Allen Club officials, he learned that Champlain had already bid on the club, emphasizing it would pay $25,000 more than

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Champlain wasn’t the only party with designs on the Ethan Allen Club. Local developer Tony Pomerleau agreed to put up the money for the YMCA. Ethan Allen Club. Mayor Bob Kiss disagrees. In a November 20 letter to Champlain, he said the MOU was designed with the goal of “protecting neighborhoods,� and that Champlain is only exempted from council approval when purchasing buildings outside its core campus where proposed uses are consistent with previous ones — for example, a fraternity house. Since the Ethan Allen Club is a “membership club� and not a frat house, Kiss concluded, Champlain must seek council approval. Kiss is also disappointed that Champlain hasn’t been as transparent as it was when purchasing the Eagles Club — a deal that generated significant neighborhood opposition. In that case, Champlain went public to explain how its proposed acquisition would benefit the city. “I think that’s what we expect,� Kiss said. At the city’s request, Champlain has agreed to present its Ethan Allen agenda in an open forum at Burlington City Hall this Wednesday. David Provost countered that Champlain has been as transparent as possible about its plans for the Ethan Allen Club — considering it only received a purchase agreement in mid-October. Provost said the college included the club in its 2007 Master Plan and provided additional information at two open houses last month. Besides, Provost asserted, the city’s Development Review Board and other municipal bodies offer

wouldn’t “bleed� into neighborhoods. But she said the agreement was also designed — as Champlain contends — to prevent the college from purchasing private homes. According to Knodell, the city council itself is torn on the Ethan Allen Club question. The council hopes to vote on Champlain’s plan at its December 15 meeting, she explained, but may need to wait until January to make a final decision. Mayor Bob Kiss stressed that neither he nor the council is opposed to the purchase per se, provided Champlain submits to the council’s authority before signing paperwork. Provost said Champlain has not decided whether it would purchase the club without council approval. In a phone interview Friday, Ethan Allen Club vice president (and Seven Days’ legal counsel) Tom Little said Champlain’s purchase could be delayed a few days beyond the current deadline. But Little also assumes “everything in terms of approvals and governance that needs to be done has been done.� What if the city council rejects Champlain’s plan? “The college,� Little said, “has not presented that to us as something that would present a problem with closing.� > Champlain College will take public comments about the Ethan Allen Club purchase on Wednesday, December 10 in Burlington City Hall’s Conference Room 12. The 6 p.m. forum is free and open to the public.

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Read the Free Press and you’d think Cate was the victim — not city taxpayers whose money he “borrowed,� or the coworkers whose privacy he violated. ers. He also instructed an employee to hide $2300 in cash, which sparked an embezzlement investigation. Cate’s boss, Wayne Gross, fired him in October. Then, last month, the city’s Parks Commission voted to overturn Gross’ decision and reinstate Cate. Read the Free Press and you’d think Cate was the victim — not city taxpayers whose money he “borrowed,� or the coworkers whose privacy he violated. The Free Press wants us to believe that Cate was the subject of a witch hunt by Mayor Bob Kiss and his iron-fisted apparatchik Jonathan Leopold. Just look at what happened when Public Works Director Steve Goodkind cried foul at the commission’s decision to reinstate Cate. He was vilified. Goodkind sent a terse letter to the parks commission pointing out that its decision to give Cate a pass will make it harder for the city to reprimand managers in the future. The city’s “ethical bar� is now so low, Goodkind wrote, that “dishonest managers don’t even have to slither under it, they can just slide over.� Good line.

Special A la Carte, Prix Fixe and Children’s Menus. The Freeps didn’t like it. They questioned Goodkind’s motives, claiming he was just a tool for his shadowy bosses Leopold and Kiss. The Freeps Sunday editorial read, “Mayor Kiss wouldn’t have let loose such an attack, but he said Goodkind is entitled to talk to the commission. That’s nonsense. Goodkind’s sputtering vituperation was an embarrassment. This looks like nothing less than a case of hard-knuckled politics waged by a surrogate amid a big shut-up.â€? Fightin’ words. Goodkind told “Fair Gameâ€? that neither Kiss nor Leopold pre-approved his letter. Aside from what the Freeps doesn’t know, or doesn’t want to know, there’s evidence to suggest the newspaper has more information, and isn’t sharing it, from 630 emails from City Hall and the police report that details the embezzlement investigation. Seven Days had a chance to review the same materials and learned that nearly $500,000 flows through the Boathouse each summer — from docking and other fees — and the accounting system currently in place is not secure. Register tapes can be altered, for example. The system was so shoddy, in fact, that police couldn’t determine whether Cate had stolen money. The police report confirms, too, that Cate demonstrated what would be described as a cavalier attitude about the money stored in the city’s boathouse safe. Out of a $2300 stash of cash, he loaned $400 to an employee as an advance, and then used $150 to reactivate his personal cellphone. Cate told police he was only borrowing the money and had planned to pay it back in three days, when he got paid. It’s water under the bridge now. Cate is back at the Boathouse, surrounded by records, computers, files and the safe. In a recent interview, Parks Director Gross said he is trying to “move forwardâ€? from the fracas. He’s also planning to change the way money is handled at the Boathouse. Ya think? Queen City Quartet — Republican City Councilor Kurt Wright will make it oďŹƒcial Thursday: He’s running for mayor. Wright’s entry into the race guarantees that Burlington’s next mayor will once again be selected using instant runo voting. The system, in which voters rank their choices, was employed in 2006 to elect Progressive Bob Kiss. Kiss, who is categorically considered to be “a nice guy,â€? snagged enough second-place votes to emerge victorious, besting both the Democrat and Republican contenders. “I don’t think anyone will get 50 percent with four of us in the race, which means that second-place votes are going >> 16A

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SEVEN DAYS | december 10-17, 2008 | fair game 17A New News Guy — With Vermont’s media ranks dwindling, a longtime journalist has decided to step up and be counted. On Monday, Barton’s Jon Margolis launched the Vermont News Guy blog to provide “Real News for Real Vermonters.â€? Margolis mourns the loss of good journalism in the state. “I kept telling anyone who would listen, ‘Someone should do something about this.’ A lot of people would turn to me and say, ‘Why don’t you?’â€? Margolis knows a thing or two about topnotch reportage, as the former national political correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and contributor to such pubs as the New York Times Magazine, American Prospect, The New Republic and Mother Jones. He says Vermont journalism is too often superficial and shallow, barely informing the reader. “Meaning that it injures the public it is supposed to serve,â€? sayeth Jon. Tough love. We need that, and then some. Ballot Bingo — The mood at Chittenden Superior Court is sober, and not just because jurors are hearing yet another pedophile priest trial. Since December 3, two to three dozen “volunteersâ€? have been earning $30 a day recounting votes in the Chittenden County Senate race. By Friday, they had tallied 8800 ballots — just under half of Burlington’s 19,000 and 10 percent of the 80,000 cast countywide. Democrat Denise Begins Barnard asked for the recount, after finishing just 417 votes behind sixth-place finisher Progressive/Democrat Tim Ashe. Here’s how it works: One person reads o the candidate names while another watches. Two people take down the results and then compare notes. When each batch of 50 is completed, the results are entered into a computer. Another quartet of volunteers is deployed to work on a dierent task. Two people watch a ballot counter reading the results, and the other two watch a full-time court employee typing in the results. I wish it were as exciting as it sounds. Supervising it all is County Clerk Diane Lavallee, who said they have been getting through close to 3000 ballots a day when she has enough volunteers. That wasn’t the case Friday. The group barely completed one city ward in Burlington. At this rate, the recount could spill into the legislative session and cost at least $30,000 — more than any state senate candidate spent getting elected. But, hey, it’s all worth it, right? >

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Puppets Go for Grand Opera with Butterfly BY ELISABETH CREAN

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iacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly has become a warhorse of the operatic repertoire in the century since its 1904 Milan premiere. American companies stage the tragic love story more frequently than any other opera, so it becomes challenging to put an original stamp on a new production. This weekend, Burlington’s Viva Voce Puppet Opera presents the tale afresh with its signature blend of wisecracking, often ribald, puppets and topnotch live singers. Another twist: A woman sings the male romantic lead. Director Trish Denton, who has recently taken over leadership of Viva Voce from founder Roxanne Vought, explains that the production’s saucy spirit starts with the highly irreverent script. “Mark Pekar has no shame, and he absolutely tears apart the original libretto,� she says. “But I love it, because I feel like using humor and gall, and obscenity highlights how ridiculous our divisions are.� Colonialism and gender inequality play major roles in the storyline, complicating the relationship between American naval officer Pinkerton and his young Japanese bride, Butterfly. Playfulness, which is “intrinsic� to puppetry, also helps “augment accessibility for the people we’re trying to reach,� Denton argues. “We’re really trying to bring it to an audience that has no prior appreciation for opera.� Denton included herself in this group until recently. She admits with a laugh that during her working-class Detroit childhood, listening to the CD of Phantom of the Opera was the closest she came to the “high art� of opera. Though she’s a fairly recent convert to puppetry, too, Denton has now become a bit of a puppet evangelist. She also uses a technique she calls “performing objects� — “animating or bringing to life something that you usually think of as inanimate,� she explains. “Doing puppetry and performing objects is so portable and cheap, and it’s easy to get the resources. And I really like the melding of visual arts with performing arts . . . It’s so juicy to take some-

thing that we think of as being inanimate and just breathing and putting life into it and giving it a soul.� In performance, puppeteers animate the characters, but active audience involvement brings them to life, Denton believes. “You’re not just being handed these characters, and they’re not just coming to life for you. You have to put your imagination to work,� she notes. The process requires “more engagement of your mental faculties . . . It’s like the difference between seeing a film and reading a book.� At the same time, “the kitschiness and the novelty are really fun for people, because they don’t feel like they’re in over their heads . . . It definitely calls on the kid in you.� The puppets for Madame Butterfly are in the toy-theater style, which is two-dimensional, making it possible for one puppet to embody a whole group of characters. Denton points out that audience members used to be able to buy paper toy-theater opera sets to take home after seeing a show. “I really love that,� she says. “Before we had TV, people were sitting around their living rooms re-enacting the operas they just saw!� Viva Voce’s puppets enact the speaking parts of the libretto on

their own stage, and the singers step out in front of that stage to sing. Casting Pinkerton as a “pants role� — a woman playing a man — was initially dictated by practical considerations. A good tenor proved hard to find, so soprano Sarah Mell sings the role an octave higher, dressed “as a dude.� The cognitive dissonance has its comic aspects, but Denton also sees a deeper message in the crossgender casting. “In this piece I thought it would be particularly poignant, because I think Pinkerton’s maleness is demonized. He’s given the power,� Denton explains, and then perceived as a jerk who “screws Butterfly over.� The director wanted to shift this perspective. “We don’t need to put it all on the male. By continually doing that, how are we going to rise to power as women and take equal responsibility? That’s how I justified that we couldn’t find a tenor. It really will get people thinking about redefining that character.� > Madame Butterfly, Viva Voce Puppet Opera, directed by Trish Denton. December 13 & 14 at FlynnSpace, Burlington, at 8 p.m. $13 in advance, $15 day of show. Tickets available at www. flynntix.org or 863-5966.

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come-hither dĂŠcor is accompanied by “gift tagsâ€? announcing a 25- to 50-percent discount sale — “in honor of the economy,â€? Conant says. It’s a good time, he explains cheerfully, to increase cash flow and reduce inventory. The approach has been effective. Last Saturday, the store — illuminated by hundreds of new and refurbished antique lamps — was hopping with light-seeking holiday shoppers. Another critter protrudes from Conant’s creative façade; though it resembles a bull’s head, it is actually the original, unadulterated grille and headlights of a 1937 Hudson Terraplane. The complex housing Conant and other businesses sports a colorful paint job,

and not long ago a bottle-shaped sign popped up to label the whole place the “Soda Plant.� Conant says he won’t repeat the “wrapped� idea next year. But he’s delighted to have found another red-ribbon mission: Annie Bourdon, executive director of the new Carshare Vermont program, needs big bows for the eight vehicles that will be on display outside City Hall next Monday, December 15. “What a great opportunity to use up the remaining material on the roll,� Conant declares in an email, adding drolly, “Of course, in a moment of weakness, I offered to make them for free. Hey, who knows, maybe big-bow making could augment lagging lighting sales in a slow economy . . .� >

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o question about it, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign — and, of course, his election — inspired millions across the globe. It has also generated a frenzy of Obama-mania merchandising, producing everything from action figures of the prez-elect to White House-worthy puppies. Burlington photographer Evan Dempsey isn’t trying to capitalize on the victory so much as document it, taking his cue from Obama’s campaign slogan, “Yes we can.” Dempsey, 27, took it upon himself to make a “Yes we did” sign, and then find Obama voters in Burlington who would hold it up and pose for his camera. “The day of the election, I drove up and down Vermont, going to polling stations and documenting history,” he says. “After the election, I wanted to show how this election was different. After [Obama’s acceptance] speech, ‘Yes we did’ seemed like a well-rounded response.”

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EVAN DEMPSEY of software on a self-publishing site called Blurb.com. His cost to produce each book is $24.95 — a price few are likely to shell out, no matter how moved by the message. But Dempsey, a New Jersey native who graduated from Johnson State College, is determined to find a way to get his book published more affordably. One local book packager recommended augmenting the photos with more editorial content, he

would shoot portraits of Obama voters all across the country, further diversifying the faces in the book. He acknowledges that postelection fervor may give him only a “brief window” to sell the project. “But in the same respect,” he says, “I feel it will hold historic value.” Meanwhile, he’s shopping the book around to local retail outlets. For more info, call Evan Dempsey at 922-5858. >

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called in October and said, ‘Where is your ornament?’ “I didn’t want Vermont not to be represented,” Neale continues. So she got to it, opting for collaged text — cut from newspapers and magazines — and layers of tissue paper partially obscuring the words. Obliged to use a patriotic color scheme (this year’s theme is “A Red, White and Blue Christmas”), Neale included red voting-booth curtains on the 6-inch-diameter orb; letters spelling “Vermont” also form an image of the Green Mountains. Normally, she notes, her work employs earthier hues. The ornaments — 369 of them, solicited from artists in all 50 states — decorate the towering tree, which Laura Bush unveiled to media last Wednesday. Though Neale received an invitation to the event, she opted to stay home and tend to Artisans Hand Craft Gallery in Montpelier, where she works. “For $1000 I could have made the trip,” Neale says, “but these are

tough times.” Her work on the ornament was gratis. >

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VIGNETTE Speaking of creative holiday ideas, the Lund Family Center has hit on an unusual fundraising scheme that, er, targets a particular stripe of donor. This Saturday, December 13, the Lund will take a rented bus full of shoppers to the new Target in Plattsburgh, leaving UPS in Williston at 7:30 a.m. and reboarding for home at 1:30 p.m. The round-trip excursion, which costs $35 per passenger, includes hot bevvies and scones on the bus, and UPS reps at the store to pack and send purchases. Which explains the name of this venture: the Sit Sip Shop Ship Event. Reservations at 861-2585 or pamc@lundfami lycenter.org. More info at www. lundfamilycenter.org. PAMELA POLSTON

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School Daze Thirty-three-year-old Wendy Brown enrolled at Ashwaubenon (Wis.) High School by posing as her 15-year-old daughter. Police, who charged Brown with identity theft, said she was trying to relive her high school years. She attended cheerleading practice and a party at the cheerleading coach’s house, was given a cheerleader locker, and paid for her uniform with a check that later bounced. Noting the student appeared older but acted like a teenager, school oďŹƒcials discovered Brown’s true identity because she stopped attending school after the first day, prompting a truancy investigation. “In school, you see a lot of children who look older and dress older,â€? liaison oďŹƒcer Don Penza told the Bay Express Gazette. “At what point do you say, ‘You’re lying’?â€?

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Touch but Don’t Look South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld a national law permitting only people registered as visually impaired to work as licensed masseurs. South Korea’s estimated 200,000 sighted, unlicensed masseurs had asked that the law be changed, insisting it denied them a right to make a living. The Korean Association of Masseurs, which has about 7100 blind members, objected to any change by staging noisy protests in Seoul that included jumping o bridges into the Han River. “Massage is in eect the only occupation available for the visually handicapped,â€? the court decreed, “and there is little alternative to guarantee earnings for those persons.â€? Housing Woes Landlord Daniel

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Unwitting Accomplices A man who pulled o an armored car robbery in Monroe, Wash., may have been the one who placed an ad on the website craigslist. org oering $28.50 an hour to anyone who showed up at a Bank of America branch at the prescribed time wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt, yellow safety vest, eye protection and ventilator mask. Suspecting the oddly attired people who responded were decoys, police said a similarly dressed man accosted the armored truck guard with pepper spray, grabbed a bag of money, and eluded pursuers by entering a nearby creek and escaping on a yellow inner tube. “The Craigslist thing is very weird,â€? police oďŹƒcial Debbie Willis told ABC News. Attack of the Sand Snatchers

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apital City cartoonist Tim Newcomb has a confession to make: A lifelong liberal, he admits he’s “secretly happy” that Gov. Jim Douglas won re-election. Not because he agrees with the governor’s politics, but because “he’s been absolutely my favorite person to caricature; I love drawing Douglas. He’s just kind of a fun character to have in a cartoon.” Sporting his signature hiked-up pants and big round glasses, Douglas figures prominently in the first, selfpublished collection from Vermont’s only regular working political cartoonist. Richard Snelling, Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin also get the graphic treatment in A Gaggle of Governors, which is culled from cartoons published in Seven Days, the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and, more recently, the Waterbury Record. Still wondering about the evolution of Howard Dean, from scowling conservative Democratic governor to guitar-playing presidential candidate? It’s all documented right here, in chronologically ordered historical cartoons that date from 1983 to 2008. It’s no wonder the Dean campaign asked to see all of Newcomb’s Dean depictions when the former Vermont governor had his eye on the White House. But Gaggle isn’t limited to gubernatorial subjects. For every big name that appears, Newcomb resurrects four or five that have gone the way of yesterday’s headline news: Remember John Easton? Didn’t think so. Michael Bernhardt? A flash in the political pan.

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Newcomb welcomes the pressure of having to come up with an idea every week, on deadline. “There were cartoons that I pulled out and thought, Who the heck are these people? What was this issue?” Newcomb says, describing the process of choosing from his collection of almost 1500 panels. Some of them were too obscure for inclusion. Others demanded a short, clarifying caption: Fred Tuttle’s victory over Jack McMullen in the 1998 Republican primary; Leahy getting

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1: 1985, KILLINGTON There was a bill going through the legislature to allow the ski areas to spray treated sewage through their snowmaking machines, which was a way around an Act 250 clause. When Killington saw this cartoon, they just totally hit the roof. They sued the Times Argus for running it. I had an art show at the time, a cartoon exhibit with Ed Koren and Jeff Danziger, that was traveling around the state. As it turned out, the next stop was the Moon Brook Art Gallery in Rutland, and they called and specifically asked that I hang the cartoon in the show. I got it framed up and put it in the show. So Killington turned around and sued me personally. There was no way I could afford a lawsuit against anybody at the time, much less a big corporation. So I went to the ACLU, and they jumped all over it. They just did a fabulous job. It became this big news story that was picked up all over the country. It was the first cartoon ever to appear in The Wall Street Journal. That was kind of cool. Meanwhile, Will Hunter, a legislator from down south, realized the implications of the lawsuit: Even if Killington lost, the cost to a small publication would be devastating. He wrote what was called the “Times Argus Bill,” saying if a corporation brought a lawsuit that was deemed frivolous and without merit, that the person bringing the suit was to not only pay their own legal bills, but those of the defendant as well. It was a pretty important bill for Vermont journalism.

cozy with the chemical companies that made bovine growth hormone; George H.W. Bush’s harassment of Jim Jeffords years before he became an independent with a capital “I.” Newcomb admits there are advantages to being a sole practitioner. “Nobody else is really drawing these people, which makes it challenging,” he says. The only competition comes from syndicated cartoonist

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Jeff Danziger, who used to live in Vermont and still contributes to the Times Argus on Sunday. Newcomb makes sure he sees Danziger’s cartoon before he heads out to the studio, “armed with coffee and chocolate,” to draw his own weekly piece. And he sits down knowing that nobody else on Earth is going to be documenting Shap Smith’s new Speaker of the House job, or the latest Vermont Yankee mishap. Working on such a local level limits Newcomb’s marketability. It’s also lonely. “One of my ongoing disappointments is that I couldn’t make a living doing this, that I couldn’t just be in the newsroom, being part of the whole crowd,” Newcomb laments. His successful graphic-design business has subsidized his cartooning. Newcomb welcomes the pressure of having to come up with an idea every week, on deadline. And he’s still got a Republican to kick around. Newcomb says that of all the politicians he’s drawn, the Rs have it for good nature, and Douglas in particular has been the “most gracious.” Other Green Mountain governors have demonstrated less of a sense of humor. “Kunin always got really pissed off if I did something critical, even though nine out of 10 cartoons were supportive,” Newcomb recalls. “Dean just always seemed so grumpy. He almost punched me out the last time I saw him.” There’s a story behind every picture. Newcomb inks in a few of his faves. >

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House Speaker Ralph Wright was such a bizarre character, a Massachusetts politician. His hardball style really hadn’t been seen in Vermont. There was some kind of legislative convention that was going on in Nashville, and Sara Gear, who was the Republican House Majority Leader, had been planning on going. She canceled at the last minute. Then he canceled his own reservation and tried to get under hers. He figured he’d save a few hundred bucks. He really pressed the issue to get a room. It was such a bizarre thing to do. I just liked the image of Ralph Wright in drag. It’s my all-time favorite.

3: 1991, CHANGING OF THE GUARD When Madeleine Kunin became the first female governor of Vermont, she brought so many women into the administration. It was such a big deal . . . Then, after all the work that Kunin did, bringing women into government, when she left office, that was it. Snelling came back in with his guys. He couldn’t wait to wipe out what she had done.

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My office is right in downtown, and my building was pretty severely flooded. My poor landlord had just set up an electronic equipment repair shop in the basement. He lost everything, and he wasn’t insured. It was horrible. In the meantime, the politicians got word of this, and it became this excuse to show off. Ralph Wright actually went through town standing in the bucket loader like that; he actually did that. That’s Jeb Spaulding and Bill Doyle in the back of the truck, waving to the crowd. There was no reason for it. You could see what was happening with the flood. You didn’t need to be in a boat. But they acted like it was a parade, going in and out of the streets, making themselves visible. The whole thing backfired.

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Date of birth: 12/1/07 Place of birth: Behind the furnace Build: Medium Sex: Male Scars & Marks: Black tail

Date of birth: 11/1/08 Weight: 1 lb Weight Place of birth: Underneath a dumpster Occupation Occupation:: Eating, sleeping, playing Fur: Grey, black & white Eyes: Green Build: Tiny Sex: Male Scars & Marks: White spot on nose Breed: Domestic Short Hair Remarks: Fluffy came to our shelter simply because his owners neglected to spay or neuter his mother. Though he did not ask to be born, he is here now and must be cared for and adopted into a loving home.

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Remarks: Ranger lives in the moment. His emotions are apparent in everything he does. The innocence we observe both entertains and inspires, but that abundance of energy and delight he displayed during simple things like greetings, play or exercise overwhelmed his owner. If only they had gone through a basic obedience class, things could have been different.

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Venus Crime: Did

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selves. She did not realize that inviting a different species to live in your home requires a certain amount of understanding. All relationships depend on good communication and, when that does not exist, misunderstandings occur. Soiling, chewing, barking, clawing, etc. are all natural animal behaviors that simply need redirecting. Unfortunately for Brooke, she was never taught English.

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Millie

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They brought him home with no eye to the future. When Abe turned into an adolescent, however, his owner’s attitude changed. He did not expect Abe to grow to that size nor did he anticipate the time or money an animal would require. Instead of living up to the commitment he made, he just changed his mind about owning a companion animal.

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efore U.S. forces invaded Iraq in March 2003, Saad Hamid was a prosperous Baghdad businessman. He and his family lived in a comfortable house, with a nice garden and a thriving furniture business — that is, until he refused to stop selling goods to the U.S. military and Al Qaeda militants firebombed his store. Hamid barely escaped with his life. The assassins followed him home, but he jumped a fence into his neighbors’ yard and escaped. His eldest son, Farqad, wasn’t as lucky. The militants captured him, put a Kalashnikov rifle to his belly and shot him at pointblank range. The 16-year-old survived the attack — the bullet passed through his body — but he still suffers pain from his injuries. When Farqad’s 9-year-old brother, Ali, started crying, the militants broke his teeth with the butt of a rifle. Hamid fled 70 miles north to the city of Samara, where he hid out for several months. Then, on November 27, 2005, he left Iraq for good. Within weeks, he sent for his family from neighboring Syria, where they joined the estimated 1.4 million other Iraqis living there in exile.

In all, Hamid and his family left behind more than a half-million dollars in property and real estate. But those losses don’t compare with the devastating personal toll on his family: More than 10 of Hamid’s relatives were killed in the sectarian violence. They include his 25-year-old nephew, whose execution-style murder — a bullet to his head and two in the back — was videotaped and sold on the streets of his neighborhood as a warning to others not to cooperate with the Americans. After he’d waited more than a year, Hamid’s application to relocate his family to the United States was approved. In July, just days before their departure, the family was told that a field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants would set them up in a small city in northwestern Vermont. The family had never heard of Burlington. Standing recently in GlobalMartVT.com, a small ethnic market in the Old North End, Hamid, 49, already looks like a Vermonter. Dressed in a Carhartt coat and wool cap, he’s tall and muscular, with a thick mustache and dark, penetrating eyes. And, though he speaks almost no English, his animated hand gestures convey the deep emotions behind his quick bursts of Arabic. But on the day we meet, Hamid isn’t venting about the militants who tortured and killed his relatives, or the U.S. occupation of his homeland, which he describes only as “incorrect.” Instead, his frustration and anger are directed at, as he puts it, “the refugee center,” which he claims promised him and his family good housing, a decent job and financial support until they got on their feet again. Like the other three Iraqis hanging out at the market that day, Hamid says he feels abandoned and betrayed. “Ever since we got here, we didn’t get any of what we were promised,” Hamid says through an interpreter. “The means provided to us are not enough.” This is the face of the other Iraq surge — the small but growing population of Iraqi refugees who now call Vermont home. In the last year, about 50 Iraqis have been resettled in the Burlington area, and their numbers are growing. After years of delays and complaints from national refugee-assistance groups, the U.S. government finally upped the number of Iraqi nationals allowed into the United States, from a paltry 1600 in fiscal

Areef Areef was a successful businessman who owned a house, four cars and two supermarkets in Baghdad. But in Vermont, he’s barely getting by and blames the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program for letting him down.

year 2006 to nearly 13,000 this year. And, while the feds have pledged to accept another 17,000 in 2009, those numbers represent a minuscule fraction of the more than 4 million Iraqis believed to be living in exile worldwide, not including the estimated 2.2 million displaced internally in Iraq. Starting a new life in a foreign land with an alien language is never easy, and each new immigrant group faces its own unique challenges. Still, national refugee advocates say it’s been particularly hard for the Iraqis who’ve resettled in the United States. In part, that’s because their losses are so new and so extreme, and they’ve had very little time to grieve and process. Even compared with other displaced peoples, the Iraqi refugees suffer from unusually high rates of trauma. Many were wounded, were violently interrogated, or saw friends and relatives tortured or killed in front of them. Not surprisingly, many of these refugees blame the U.S. government for their suffering and expect their lives to be made whole again. As a result, they can harbor unrealistic expectations, often fueled by what they’ve been told before their arrival. Then, once they encounter the harsh realities of refugee life in the United States, their fears and frustrations can turn to anger — particularly after their relatives report how much better things are for them in countries such as Canada, Sweden, Germany and Australia. It’s a chilly November afternoon as five Iraqi men huddle in the first-floor apartment of Waleed Abdul Kader, his wife, Halah, and their three children: Basmallah, 8, Jomana, 5, and Mustafah, 22 months. It’s a weekday, but most of the men aren’t working, or have just finished seasonal jobs. Since few speak English, I’ve brought along an interpreter from the Arabic School at Middlebury College. Kader’s two-bedroom apartment on North Street, where he’s been for two months, is roomy but in desperate need of a good cleaning, if not a complete overhaul. The kitchen walls literally drip with layers of grease accumulated over years of cooking. The linoleum floor is grimy and brown; the dingy carpet looks hopelessly uncleanable. The apartment’s few window blinds are caked brown; the other windows are covered with sheets or blankets to keep out the light and cold. According to Kader, the bathroom toilet often overflows. “The smell, really dirty. And cockroaches,” Kader says in broken English. Then, via the translator, “It would be better living outside than in this house. It’s cleaner out there.” The paneled walls are bare except >> XXA

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for a few hand-drawn Iraqi flags house was no good for children, he says. scrawled by a child’s hand on sheets of The steps were too small and steep. note paper. One of those flags is tacked Just then, the door opens and eight above the children’s bed, just below more men stream into the apartment a smoke detector and exchange greetings in that beeps periodiArabic. Only one is not cally. When I urge Iraqi: Ashraf Mohamed is an Kader to replace the Egyptian who’s been living battery, he says he’s in the United States for 12 already done so, and years. He speaks English well it still makes that and is studying to be a physinoise. cal therapist in Burlington. As the men crowd Mohamed has become onto a stained sofa the Iraqis’ unoďŹƒcial guide to in Kader’s living life in Vermont. He explains room, lit by a lamp to them how to cash checks without a shade, at the local supermarkets, Halah serves us brings them to doctors’ cocoa. Then the men appointments, shows them begin telling their where to catch the CCTA A CHILD’S HAND-DRAWN buses, and helps them stories in Arabic. Though I don’t speak IRAQI FLAG DECORATES find halal foods that meet their language, the their Muslim dietary ABDUL KADER’S pleading in their needs. Not surprisingly, CHILDREN’S BEDROOM voices conveys GlobalMartVT.com, an unmistakable which is owned by an discontent. Arabic-speaking Palestinian American, Among the more vocal in the group has become their daily hangout. is Areef Areef, a round, husky man with “In Iraq, these people were all thick hands. He’s been in Vermont just wealthy,â€? Mohamed explains. “They over a year, longer than the others, and owned their own homes, their own cars, speaks a few words of English. Areef their own businesses.â€? Here, he says, was also a successful businessman in they can do very little for themselves Baghdad. His family owned a 10-room and often complain that no one is house, four cars and two supermarkets. helping them. Several of the men have “One store very big, one store small,â€? pregnant wives and fear they’ll be he says in English. “Very famous, like unable to provide for them. Price Chopper.â€? Mohamed, who has an easier time Areef was forced to flee Iraq after his understanding the Iraqi dialect than life was threatened — in his case, by does my interpreter, introduces the Shia militants from Muqtada al-Sadr’s other men and translates my questions. Mahdi Army. Areef, a Sunni, left Iraq Salah Ali, 38, came to Burlington with his wife and two children for seven months ago. He’s from a family Amman, Jordan, in July 2006. After of barbers in Mosul and worked in the more than a year, they were resettled trade for nearly 25 years. in a cramped, second-floor apartment “I took him to one place downin Winooski that cost them $850 a town to test [his skills], and the guy month. Only recently did they move couldn’t believe how well he was into better quarters. doing,â€? Mohamed recalls. Ali shaved “It’s good. New house,â€? Areef Mohamed’s face with a straight razor; says in English. “Before our house this, the shave lasted him more than a very bad.â€? week. Still, Ali complains he cannot Areef recounts, in Arabic, how his find work. 4-and-a-half-year-old son tumbled Haithem has a wife and three down the stairs of the first apartment; children, with a fourth on the way. when his wife tried to He arrived eight months ago. He too grab the boy, she complains that he can’t find work, and fell, too. The that the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program (VRRP) won’t support him anymore. He claims he applied for Section 8 housing assistance four months ago but never heard back. Now he’s behind on his rent and is having trouble with his landlord. He fears his whole family will be thrown out on the street.

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I ask Areef what’s been the hardest part of adjustment to life in Vermont. The lack of work? The weather? Learning English? Areef shakes his head. “Refugee center,” he says in English, referring to the VRRP. Areef claims he never got a check he signed for, and no one ever investigated his complaint. Why? According to Areef, the Iraqis’ caseworker doesn’t speak Arabic. Several other men nod in agreement. In fact, three men in the room complain that they had to sign documents without anyone to explain to them, in Arabic, what they were signing. Salim, 24, worked as a bodyguard for the U.S. Army but fled Baghdad when militants threatened his life. He complains that he was “forced” by the VRRP to share a three-room house with another family. According to Salim, six people share one bathroom. “We’re treated like ordinary refugees,” he says, “instead of Iraqi refugees.” Make no mistake. The Iraqis aren’t ungrateful for the assistance they’ve received. To a person, they all emphasize that Vermonters have been very nice, helpful and generous. But, as Mohamed says, summing up the sentiments of many of the men in the room, “It’s not the Americans they dislike. It’s the system.”

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? Improving the lives of resettled refugees, whether they’re Iraqis, Bhutanese, Somalis or any other recent immigrants, doesn’t require a major commitment of time or money. Here are a few ways you can help: 1. Consider hiring a refugee. The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program has interpreters available who can help employers beyond the initial job screening and training processes. In the past, employers who’ve hired refugees report that they were a good investment, as most are highly motivated and loyal to their employers, and arrive with skills and a strong work ethic. For more info, contact Kristen McCaskey at kmccaskey@uscrivt.org or 338-4625.

Judy Scott, director of the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, understands and sympathizes with the Iraqis’ frustrations. When asked if their feelings are typical of new arrivals, she recounts a recent experience that’s stuck with her. In May, the VRRP learned that a Burmese family of seven was due to arrive soon and needed a place to live. Since the Colchester nonprofit group often gets no more than a week or two of advance notice of a new arrival, Scott scrambled to find housing. A landlord in Winooski was reluctant to let seven people rent his three-bedroom apartment, but finally agreed. When the apartment was furnished — exclusively from donated items, since the VRRP has no money for home furnishings — the family was given a tour of their new home. Scott admits the bedrooms were pretty tight, but says the living room and kitchen were larger. “I stood in the apartment and asked [the family] if they had any questions about it,” she recalls. “The dad had a question for me that was interpreted to us, which was, ‘Which part of this is for us?’” Scott says it took her a moment to realize what he was saying. He assumed other families would live there, too. “In many different circumstances, as I move through my life, those words echo back to me,” Scott says. “‘What part of this is for us?’” Scott isn’t suggesting that the Iraqis are ungrateful. The VRRP’s mission is to serve refugees who’ve been here for up to five years, with its “intensive focus” on those who’ve spent less than a year in Vermont. But the nonprofit, with a paid staff of only 19 people, has seen its caseload double in the past year from 150 new refugees in 2007 to 300. This year, the VRRP began resettling three new groups in the Burlington area. The largest, the Bhutanese, number about 150; the Burmese, about 100. The 50 Iraqis compose the smallest group. The Iraqis have legitimate reasons for voicing more dissatisfaction than do other refugees. As Scott explains, their circumstances differ markedly from, say, those of the Bhutanese and Burmese, most of whom lived in refugee camps for a long time, sometimes 15 years or more. The younger adults have known no life outside. “For them, this is a very long-awaited opportunity to get their lives under control again, to be able to work and support their families,” Scott says. “It’s their dream.” The Iraqis, however, were torn from their homeland just recently. They’ve experienced a sudden loss not only of wealth and social status, but of identity. “To a refugee [from Iraq], it

2. Donate your used clothing, furniture and other housewares to VRRP. For large items, such as beds, desks and sofas, pickups can be arranged. For more info, contact Marcia Stone at mstone@uscrivt.org or 338-4627. 3. Become a VRRP volunteer. You don’t need to speak a foreign language. Even donating a few hours each week to help new immigrants run errands or drive them to appointments makes a world of difference. For more info, contact Marcia Stone at mstone@uscrivt.org or 338-4627.

seems as though this has to be a brief aberration, and surely if you’re going to the richest country in the world, you’ll immediately be able to return to some semblance of your former life,” Scott says. “The adjustments that have to be made are particularly tough if you’re still grieving for everything you’ve lost.”

elsewhere in the United States. Kathleen Newland is director of the refugee policy program at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C. Newland also serves on the Commission on Iraqi Refugees on behalf of the International Rescue Committee

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The VRRP’s goal, she continues, is “early self-sufficiency.” This means that all refugees, regardless of their nation of origin, get the same opportunities and must meet the same obligations. First and foremost, those requirements include learning English and getting a job, often doing work they’re overqualified for. For many, that comes as a real shock. “Somebody who was a doctor in their home country isn’t going to arrive and be able to practice medicine here,” Scott says. “In fact, the most important thing is getting a first job and developing a work history.” Since the VRRP is largely federally funded, it has limited resources and cannot offer indefinite support to its clients. And, because the Iraqis are the smallest of the new immigrant communities in Vermont, the VRRP doesn’t yet have the funds to hire an Arabicspeaking caseworker. That said, the VRRP runs an interpretation service with more than 60 interpreters who speak 29 languages, including six paid Arabic-language speakers. And, contrary to the Iraqis’ claims, Scott maintains that refugees are not allowed to sign documents without an interpreter present. “We counsel clients not to sign anything unless they understand it,” she adds. Still, Scott readily acknowledges that some of the Iraqis may have been woefully misinformed before they arrived here. A possible source of that confusion could be the orientation classes that refugees take before their journey — classes that, Scott has discovered, don’t always paint an accurate portrait of refugee life in America. And evidence from elsewhere suggests that a sense of disillusionment is felt not just in Vermont, but among Iraqis who’ve resettled

(IRC), one of the world’s largest refugee resettlement agencies. Newland says the complaints from Burlington’s Iraqi community are not markedly different from what she’s heard elsewhere in the country. By talking to refugees and advocates, both here and abroad, she’s learned that the orientation programs Iraqi refugees receive overseas can vary widely. Some still promote a “streets-are-paved-with-gold mentality” about life in America. Moreover, once the refugees arrive and fan out across the United States, the social services for which they’re eligible can differ markedly from state to state and from program to program. For example, refugees in Vermont may have heard from relatives in Michigan or California that they’re getting public assistance not available here. As Newland puts it, “It’s a very confusing picture, and it’s hard for people to understand that.” The confusion doesn’t just derive from the language barrier. “R.” is a well-educated Iraqi woman now living in the Burlington area. (She asked not to be identified because she fears retaliation against her or her family.) R., who speaks English, French and Arabic, is a college graduate who spent six years as a computer programmer in Baghdad, where she and her family lived very well. They had cars, chauffeurs and a spacious house. But when dead bodies began showing up in her yard and threats were made on their lives, the family fled to neighboring Jordan for several years. Unlike other Iraqi refugees in Burlington, R. says she got a fairly accurate description of how life would be in Vermont. Still, her first house was, in her words, “disgusting.” “If you see the furniture they gave us, ugh!” she says. “It was so dirty!” R., who has extensive

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rodents are beloved by her and her family, the woman says, “I am not opposed to them being utilized as food . . . in a sense I would not have to worry that they were spending the rest of their lives in horrible conditions.â€? Some people need to unload pets. Others want to help you unload pests. Matthew Barnes recently started advertising his free beaver removal service on Craigslist — he’s been doing it for 15 years, he says, often using newspaper classifieds. From October to March, Barnes and his father and brother are full-time trappers. He says clearing out dam builders is a mutually beneficial deal: “Many trappers out there would charge for this, but we are looking for places to trap, and like to see beavers utilized and not wasted. We skin the beavers we catch and sell the hides. It works out pretty fair — property owners get what, to them, is a nuisance removed, and we get to do what we enjoy.â€? Ali Douglas’ free-stu story is a rare tale of joy. An occupational therapist who works in the public school system, Douglas had always been the picture of health. When she became pregnant with her first child, Jason (now 3 and a half ), “I got really big, and diet and exercise didn’t help,â€? she says. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. The condition cleared up after Jason’s birth, and Douglas gave away the testing supplies on Craigslist. “I got crazy emails,â€? she recalls. “One lady wanted to use it to test her cat. I ended up giving it to a guy who had recently been diagnosed and wanted an extra for work.â€? All was well until Douglas was once again blessed with a pregnancy — and insulin issues. After Becca was born last year, the 33-year-old was ready to give away her second set of testing supplies. A nurse quickly answered her ad. Her child is a student at Douglas’ school, making it, Douglas says, “the easiest pass-o ever!â€? At its best, the free-stu marketplace can help one person’s desperation become another’s inspiration. De Haas has gained a new hobby from his fondness for free goods: refurbishing antique pipe organs. His home currently holds three, which he says he’s learning to play. A church organ, which he discovered on oer while driving to Johnson, fills his kitchen. A Hammond organ found on Craigslist is nearly ready to take up residence at a local music studio. At a time when some shoppers are literally trampling others to death in their eagerness for a bargain, it’s nice to be reminded that, yes, some of the coolest stu is free. >

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TALKS & EVENTS KATIE FLINDALL & MARY HILL ART SALE: Prints, paintings and cards at discount prices for the holidays. Friday, December 12, 4-8 p.m., Moon House Art Gallery, Waterbury. Info, 882-1079. DAVID KEARNS: The new Burlington City Arts Artist-in-Residence invites the public to see his works in progress during the city’s First Friday Art Walk and every Saturday afternoon in December. Saturday, December 13, 12-5 p.m., Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington. Info, 865-7166. JUDE BOND: “Yours Till Niagara Falls: Brides and Grooms and Honeymoons,” silver gelatin prints with Niagara Falls as a backdrop, a celebration of love, marriage and attractions. December 12 through January 4 at 215 College Artists’ Cooperative in Burlington. Informal gallery talk: Monday, December 15, 5:15-6:30 p.m. Info, 863-3662.

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urchgott Sourdiffe Gallery’s winter exhibition highlights the monotypes of Vermont artist Carolyn Shattuck and presents diverse works by 15 additional artists affiliated with the venue. The lively show of prints and paintings ranges from expressive landscapes to nonobjective abstractions. On her website, Shattuck says of her recent work: “The monotypes become a vehicle for my experience of looking into the water as I kayaked, observing the depth of layering and seeing complexity and chaos in random harmony.” Her 27-by-32-inch prints with collage elements are graphically bold and chromatically complex. “Sawyer Key,” titled after one of the Florida Keys, includes rich organic patterning. Melding harmoniously in the print are a black-on-yellow flower, a jewel-like herringbone design at upper right, vertical lines and diagonal stripes. Shattuck’s “Walkabout 1” includes a line drawing of a light-blue bird in profile on a black background, and translucent layers of light and dark arranged like standing stalks of bamboo. Various involuted motifs of geometric lines of different weights enrich the image. Jeri Lynn Eisenburg’s 33-by-35-inch “Sugar Maple Floaters” also looks into water. The abstract photograph is printed on three 11-inch hanging strips of waxed vellum. The elegant piece presents the blurred image of raw-sienna maple leaves floating on a white background. Another printmaker in the show, Matt Brown, created the vertical, 16-by-8-inch “Along Franconia Ridge.” The image describes a pathway receding into the picture plane, which opens onto a dramatic view of the rolling mountains under an orange and gray sky. Brown writes: “My printing approach follows the traditional moku hanga method of woodblock printing developed in Japan in the 18th century.” If he is technically influenced by Ukiyo-e artists, Brown is also aesthetically indebted to masters of the Late Edo period, such as

Hokusai and Hiroshige. “Pemaquid from Little Thrumcat” is a horizontally oriented, 8-by-16-inch Maine coastal print of frothy waves breaking onto a rocky shore. Brown captures distant mists behind the long, swooping diagonals of the foreground. While the prints are strong, paintings dominate this exhibition. Julian Sheres’ 30-by-36-inch “Morning Mist Rising” draws attention to a tenebrous stand of green deciduous trees with their leafy crowns supported by thin, twisted trunks. Behind them are rolling Vermont hills. Sheres’ “Fields of the Old Barn,” a 12-by-18-inch oil, contemplates the geometry of farm fields. Golden hills, bisected by a strong diagonal axis and flanked by the earth tones of indistinct rural architecture, glow under the gray sky of an impending summer storm. Bonnie Acker’s pastel abstracted landscapes are less geometric and more ethereal. “Autumn Mountains” and “October Horizon” are each centered on splashes of vermilion in a vista’s distant reaches. Acker’s horizons are lower than Sheres’, opening broader skies above the otherwise muted hues of her autumnal meadows. While Acker’s pastels describe the tonalities of fall, her 18-by-30-inch oil-on-linen “Trapp’s Meadow” is a glimpse of winter. White snow has artful accents of blue and lavender beneath the horizon of an indistinct sky; it’s a portrait of cold itself, yet also of the subtleties of winter light. It’s classy that Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery doesn’t get overtly commercial by calling its 16th annual winter show a “holiday” event, but no one should overlook the gifting potential of fine art. Since it’s doubtful the current economic crisis will lead to another Roosevelt-type WPA arts initiative, shopping this season at galleries and studios is likely to be the only jolt of economic stimulus Vermont’s creative economy can expect for a while. MARC AWODEY

RECEPTIONS “ME, MYSELF AND I”: An exploration of self-portraiture by mid- and late-career artists. Through December 20 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Reception: Wednesday, December 10, 3-5 p.m. Info, 635-1469. KYLE THOMPSON: “Lock & Load,” the artist also known as rapper Fattie B shows his newest collection of acrylics on canvas. December 10 through January 10 at 1/2 Lounge in Burlington. Reception with music by DJ A-Dog: Wednesday, December 10, 9-11 p.m. Info, 238-2460. CAL WILLIAMS & LYN ADAMS: Nature-oriented photographs and jewelry in sterling and enamel, respectively. December 12 through 31 at Art on Main in Bristol. Reception: Friday, December 12, 5-7 p.m. Info, 453-4032. JUDE BOND: “Yours Till Niagara Falls: Brides and Grooms and Honeymoons,” silver gelatin prints with Niagara Falls as a backdrop, a celebration of love, marriage and attractions. December 12 through January 4 at 215 College Artists’ Cooperative in Burlington. Reception: Friday, December 12, 5-8 p.m. Info, 863-3662. BURLINGTON COLLEGE STUDENT EXHIBITION: Acrylic paintings guest-curated by Marc Awodey at CCV Burlington Cherry Street Gallery in Burlington. Reception: Friday, December 12, 5:30-7 p.m. Info, 652-2081.

‘LANDSCAPES’: Metaphorical, abstract and realistic works in various media by Ann Young, Kathy Stark, Elizabeth Nelson, Marie LaPre Grabon, Antello Devereaux, Dorian McGowan and Ellie Barksdale. Through December 28 at Maple Ridge Gallery in Newark. Reception: Saturday, December 13, 5-7 p.m. Info, 467-8400. ROLAND ROCHETTE: Twenty-four works on loan from friends, family and private collections showcase the work of the late self-taught artist and retired farmer, who died in 1986 at the age of 98. Through January 8 at GRACE in Hardwick. Reception: Saturday, December 13, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Info, 472-6857. ‘MODERN TREASURES FOR THE HOLIDAYS’: The end-of-year show features an assortment of art, craft and designed objets in all media. Through January 31 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Reception: Saturday, December 13, 4-6 p.m. Info, 767-9670. HOLIDAY ART SHOW: Local artists show and sell original art, reproductions, cards, furniture and more, in conjunction with the Winooski Winter Market. Saturday, December 13, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Champlain Mill in Winooski.

ONGOING :: burlington area ANN CLAYTON BARLOW: “From Here to There: Reflections on Contemporary Landscapes,” silver gelatin prints of environments that evoke contemplation. Through December 13 at Firehouse Center Community Darkroom in Burlington. Info, 865-7166. ANNE STREET BAILEY: Paintings, landscapes and botanicals, Gates 1 & 2; JOSEPH B. ROQUE: Abstract paintings, Skyway; and GRAZIELLA WEBER GRASSI: Acrylic paintings, Escalator. Through December 31 at Burlington Airport in South Burlington. Info, 865-7166. ‘ARCHITECTURAL IMPROV-ISATION: A HISTORY OF VERMONT’S DESIGN/BUILD MOVEMENT 1964-1977’: Guest-curated by Norwich University architecture professor Danny Sagan, this exhibit of photographs, drawings and other artifacts illustrates the radical, Vermont-based movement characterized by organic forms and improvisation. Through December 19 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

PLEASE NOTE: Exhibitions are written by Pamela Polston; spotlights written by Marc Awodey. Listings are restricted to exhibits in truly public places; exceptions may be made at the discretion of the editor. Submit art exhibitions at www.sevendaysvt.com/art or send via email by Thursday at 5 p.m., including info phone number, to galleries@sevendaysvt.com.

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With online degrees, so do we. ‘BAROQUE HOUSE OF FUR’: Sixteen students from Tom Brennan’s advanced photography course present their best work of the semester. Through December 17 at Colburn Gallery in Burlington. Info, 656-2014. BRIAN MOHR & EMILY JOHNSON: “Winter,” a selection of black-and-white images from the couple’s “Wild People, Wild Places” series captured outdoors in Vermont and beyond. Ten percent of sales benefit conservation work in the state, and in the Andes and Arctic. Through December 31 at City Market in Burlington. Info, 496-5434. ‘BUDDHA IN PARADISE: TIBETAN ART FROM THE RUBIN MUSEUM’: Thangka paintings and sculptures that explore the multiple conceptualizations of paradise. Through December 19 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. CAROLYN SHATTUCK: The Vermont painter is highlighted at the gallery’s 16th annual winter exhibition, which also features works by 15 other regional artists. Through January 31 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-3848. ‘CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS’: New oil paintings of landscape and architecture by Carolyn Walton, Deborah Lamden and Mitzi Valentine, along with jewelry by Tineke Russell. Through December 30 at Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne. Info, 985-8223. CIARAN BRENNAN: “Photographic Suburbia,” color photographs by the Essex Junction artist about reliving and retelling the stories of our lives. Through December 31 at Kasini House in Burlington. Info, 264-4839. DELIA ROBINSON: “The Illustrated Nose,” paintings and black-and-white illustrations created for Vermont author Marc Estrin’s The Annotated Nose. Through January 3 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. Info, 652-4500. DINA SENESAC: “Cold Front,” a variety of reasonably priced artworks. Through December 28 at Rose Street Artists’ Co-op in Burlington. Info, 343-0703. “EXPOSURE: STUDIO SHOW II”: New work from selected ceramicists, printmakers and photographers in the Burlington City Arts Member Studios, focusing on the intermingling of art, craft and design. Through December 13 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington. Info, 865-7165. FALL/WINTER AT THE MALTEX: A group show on all four floors presents paintings, photographs and steel sculpture by nine local artists. Through February 28 at The Maltex Building in Burlington. Info, 865-7166.

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‘STOOKS, STACKS, AND SHEAVES’: Agricultural landscapes in America, 1850 to the present, that explore the artistic, cultural and literary responses to changing representations of the genre; from the museum’s permanent collection, the university’s special collections and private lenders. Through December 19 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750.

“THE GENUINE MEN PROJECT�: Photographic and autobiographical portraits of men by Nancy Bruno, who is spearheading a movement to address the need for positive male role models in society. Through December 12 at Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall. Info, 865-7165. VIOLETA HINOJOSA: “Abstract World,� paintings. Through December 31 at Red Square in Burlington. Info, 318-2438.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Novelists and actors make a living by using their imaginations to create fictional stories. In recent years there has emerged a new group of workers whose pretending skills also earn them money. They make imaginary weapons, armor, potions and other computer-generated gear to sell to people who play online role-playing games like World of Warcraft. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you’re in a favorable phase to put your imagination to work in practical ways that increase your prosperity and security. As soon as you’re finished reading this horoscope, start brainstorming about specific things you could do to convert fantasies into real-world wealth. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’m pleased to be able

to offer you a Zen riddle that will prepare you well for the immediate future. Study it, meditate on it, and refer back to it often when dealing with upcoming challenges. Question: What did the big chimney say to the little chimney? Answer: Nothing. Chimneys can’t talk. I don’t want to explain all the nuances of this helpful conundrum, Gemini, because it’ll serve you better if you come to your own conclusions. But I’ll get you started with this hint: Be vigilant for trick questions, and don’t let those trick questions frame the debates you engage in. Do you know what red herrings and straw men are? Don’t get distracted by them.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve got three related

questions for you, Cancerian. 1. Are there any roles you play in which your selfish and unselfish tendencies overlap? 2. What situations allow you to be most completely yourself as you provide a fine service to others? 3. Which of your skills generate the most blessings and gifts? The next 12 months will be a favorable time for you to identify these roles, situations and skills, and cultivate them to the max. You’ll have prime opportunities to express your special genius while doing good deeds.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): After meditating

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I was walking down the street agonizing over what to do about a particularly troublesome person in my life,� writes Tai Moses in her blog (aerophant.com), “when I saw a playing card laying facedown on the sidewalk. I turned it over.� It was a joker. Her thoughts immediately turned to the words of the philosopher Alan Watts: “When you get the message, hang up the phone.� I hope you’ll be inspired by Moses’ experience, Libra. For now, the best approach to take with your knotty dilemmas is to welcome them as wild cards and X-factors that will bring you interesting experiences and valuable lessons — and just stop worrying about them.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are

300,000 surveillance cameras set up all over the city of Beijing, spying constantly on its citizens. London, a supposed bastion of democracy, has 500,000 such cameras. I highly recommend you don’t visit either place in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s crucial for you to avoid influences that make you feel self-conscious or guilty. You’ve got to hang out in spots where you’re not being watched, scrutinized, and evaluated. While you’re at it, you might also want to tell your Inner Critic to shut the hell up. You need wide-open, judgment-free spaces, both without and within.

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Synecdoche, New York HHHHH

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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN Hoffman plays a theater director whose life’s work is a facsimile of his life.

wo predictions: First, you won’t see a motion picture this year better, more brilliant or more ambitious than this one. And second, it won’t win the Oscar (or any other major award) for Best Picture. In one sense, this is a shame. In another, it’s probably as it should be. Can you imagine a world where everybody is on the same wavelength as Charlie Kaufman? Synecdoche, New York marks the directorial debut of the famously mind-bending scribe behind Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation. He wrote the script for this film as well, and I do not consider it a stretch to call it his most wonderfully audacious to date. Writing something of this caliber and scope requires artistic vision of the highest order. Directing it on top of that is practically proof of superpowers. Philip Seymour Hoffman is superb in the role of Caden Cotard, a director of regional theater living upstate with his 4-year-old daughter Olive and his wife Adele, an aspiring painter played by Catherine Keener. The early scenes have an “Ozzie-and-Harriet”-meets-Eraserhead feel to them. Both parents are too self-absorbed, for example, to take much notice when the little girl’s bowel movement glows a radioactive green one morning. Later, in couples therapy, Adele admits to fantasizing about her husband’s dying and thereby allowing her a fresh start. “Caden, does that make you feel awful?” inquires the psychiatrist (Hope Davis). “Yes.” “Good.” Life is one perplexing surprise after another for Caden. He believes that he and his family are about to spend a couple of restorative months in Berlin, where his wife is having an exhibition of her meticulously crafted, postagestamp-sized work. Instead, he learns over breakfast that Adele believes it would be a good idea for her and Olive to make the trip alone. The next thing he knows, they’re out of his life. Meanwhile, a number of developments on the home front: Caden catches glimpses of himself on TV in cartoons and pharmaceutical spots. He contracts a baffling array of

health problems — facial pustules, tremors, seizures and finally the failure of his autonomic nervous system, necessitating biofeedback treatments to teach him techniques for salivation and swallowing. At one point, he breaks down and weeps over the loss of his little girl with the aid of eye-drops that substitute for the tears he can no longer produce. Kaufman has taken Woody Allen’s long-running hypochondria joke and morphed it into surreal and moving art. And then, the most unexpected development of all: Caden is awarded a $500,000 MacArthur “Genius” Grant. Asked by his therapist how he intends to use the windfall, he replies, “I’m afraid I’m going to die. I want to do something important while I’m still here.” “Yes,” Davis concurs, “that would be the time to do it.” The movie then goes meta in a way and on a scale beyond anything ever seen on screen. The director moves to New York City determined to stage a “massive theater piece of uncompromising honesty . . . something big and true and tough” into which he can finally put his “real self.” The only drawback? He hasn’t the faintest clue who that is or what he’s doing. He rents an unimaginably vast old warehouse, hires thousands of actors, and builds a replica of the city just

outside the warehouse doors. The goal? Caden wants art not merely to imitate life but to become it, and thus to unlock its central mystery. “That’s what I want to explore,” he explains to his cast. “We’re all hurtling toward death, yet here we are for the moment alive, each of us knowing we’re going to die and each of us believing we won’t.” For the next three or four decades, Caden rehearses, rewrites, and rehearses some more. The monumental undertaking is by definition impossible for him to complete, since it loops most of its material from his own life. He works alongside the people closest to him and then casts actors to play them, living out scenarios they have already lived together. For instance, Caden hires an actor (Tom Noonan) to play the role of Caden — and then, since he is effectively the director, Noonan hires a third Caden. You might think the wormhole couldn’t get a whole lot deeper, but Kaufman has more up his wizard’s sleeve. Before the credits roll, Dianne Wiest has taken on the Caden role and is directing the real Caden’s every move through an earpiece. It’s tough to put the brakes on a review of a picture this staggeringly good. There are so many more things I’d like to tell you about — understated displays of imagination as flipped out as anything ever put on film, glimpses into the human heart as true and moving. Kaufman swings for the bleachers and succeeds in creating a head trip that’s both profound and timeless, though never at the expense of a good time. Countless touches are as darkly comic as anything I’ve seen this year. Take the scene where a character looks at homes with the help of a realtor who plays down the fact that the smoky place she’s showing is permanently on fire. “The sellers are very motivated,” she deadpans. In the same way Caden’s masterpiece can never contain everything he means it to encompass, no review of Kaufman’s can possibly suggest the full measure of its triumph. Fortunately for you, you get to discover that for yourself. RICK KISONAK

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GRIME AND PUNISHMENT Bodies and implausibilities fly in Lexi Alexander’s action flick.

ome movies aren’t meant to be seen in Vermont. For the full experience, they should be viewed in a theater in preGiuliani Manhattan — say, Loews 84th Street — with gum stuck to the floor and patrons who laugh and cheer whenever someone bites it. Punisher: War Zone is such a movie. The third film to be based on the long-running Marvel Comics character, it’s somewhat less classy than its most recent predecessor, The Punisher (2004), in which Thomas Jane played pitiless urban vigilante Frank Castle. Like a sequel, this Punisher fills us in on the character’s backstory in a perfunctory manner. (Thugs killed his family, so he got mad and even.) Unlike a sequel, it features a new star (Ray Stevenson) and a change of setting, not to mention dropping that namby-pamby the from its title. The 2004 movie made some rudimentary attempts to explore how a law-abiding citizen becomes a killer. War Zone doesn’t bother with that stuff, though Stevenson occasionally stops to clench his jaw and look tormented. The star of HBO’s “Rome” can act and then some, but here he’s used mainly for his hulking presence. None of this, however, explains what distinguishes Punisher: War Zone from any of the year’s unmemorably bad action movies, such as Max Payne or Bangkok Dangerous. To explain why it sucks in Vermont but might soar in a less family-friendly milieu, I submit the following list of Memorably Bad B-Movie must-haves:

(1) Over-the-top violence. Sure, it’s in every comicbook movie. But how often do you see a hero without superpowers smash his fist through a bad guy’s face with a single blow, or take out a whole table of people with dining implements and then shoot two guns at once while swinging upside-down from a chandelier? (2) Way too “colorful” dialogue. The Punisher’s nerdy henchman (Wayne Knight, a.k.a. Newman from “Seinfeld”) describes his mission by saying, “You’re fighting a war against the assholes who slip between the raindrops.” When a priest innocently says, “God be with you,” our hero gnashes his teeth and replies, “Sometimes I wish I could get my hands on God.” But probably the biggest grindhouse theater ovation would go to Dash Mihok’s Samuel L. Jackson moment, when his FBI agent character addresses a roomful of cops as “you Krispy Kreme muthafuckas.” (3) A villain with a messed-up face and attitude. Dominic West, renowned for his work on “The Wire,” goes way downmarket as a mobster who becomes the hideously deformed “Jigsaw” after the Punisher tosses him in a glass compactor. Though this English actor’s fake Corleone accent is painful to hear, he does have his moments, as when he assembles an army to kill the Punisher using the time-honored recruiting tactics of Uncle Sam. (4) Julie Benz. The actress from TV’s “Dexter” appears to have become the go-to girl when a B-movie requires a

shivering damsel in distress. So far this year, she’s played a scared missionary in Rambo and a scared real-estate developer in Saw V; here, she’s the scared FBI widow who exists solely to make the Punisher look more like a protector and less like a psychopath. (5) Incessant violence used as justification for a kneejerk pessimism about human nature, which in turn justifies further violence. To be fair, that also describes The Dark Knight. But while better films inspire actual debate on the subject of man’s inhumanity to man, Punisher is about the thrills an audience can get from vicarious, unrealistic, guiltfree brutality. Plain and simple. Which is all well and good — the Romans had their coliseums, and we have our B-movies. Just once, though, it would be nice to see a cinematic tough guy take a regular punch and fall down. MARGOT HARRISON

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smoking paraphernalia for their livelihood. That’s worked out just fine for the Whisky Café, which has maintained a successful presence in one of the more remote and industrial stretches of the north-south, city-spanning boulevard Saint-Laurent since 1989. A year away from the café’s 20th anniversary, business is booming. Any bar-restaurant that manages to survive nearly two decades must have something remarkable to offer. But as this reporter’s walk north from the Old Port stretches into its third mile, location doesn’t appear to be Whisky Café’s biggest asset. Even along a boulevard as wildly diverse as Saint-Laurent — with its tony shops and bistros on one block and deserted parking lots and shuttered warehouses on the next — the café’s corner on Bernard seems particularly unlikely for one of the most sought-after watering holes in the city. Even during the day, the neighborhood is slightly spooky, and the elevated highway a few hundred yards to the south has the strange distinction of shielding light while amplifying traffic noise. On this early evening visit, rain and shadows make the setting resemble an

undiscovered Edward Hopper painting, and it’s a relief to close the café door on the fall chill. Once we’re inside, the polished-wood interior — with its dimpled black-leather seating, dark-red walls and substantiallooking, louvered window shutters — generates a welcome sense of clubby civility. An inverted L-shape, the café’s space begins with a lounge consisting of a half-dozen or so small tables and four large banquettes

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not just behind the bar but also in lighted cabinets around the room. “We have over 500 dierent kinds of alcohol,â€? says a cheerful-looking man behind the bar as he portions drops of milk into an espresso. “Gotta put ’em somewhere.â€? He introduces himself as Simon Beaulieu, the Whisky CafÊ’s evocatively titled conseiller (in English, advisor or counselor). Beaulieu has been working here since the day the doors opened, and he’s watched as a then-brash experiment in food-meets-cigars-meets-lounge became something of a city institution. “When Alexandre [Wolosianski] and Nicole [Lemelin] opened the place, this neighborhood was . . . well, there was nothing here,â€? Beaulieu explains, smiling. “But that was the idea. They imagined that a luxurious lounge deliberately away from the hustle of downtown was going to draw people who wanted to be away from Saint-Catherine Street craziness. They wanted to build a destination. We get businesspeople, sure, but also couples on a date who want a dark corner, celebrities who prefer shadows . . . the gamut.â€? Beaulieu hands over the food-and-drink menu: page after page of American, Irish and Scotch whiskys, ports, sherries, grappas, beer and wine selections. Among that expansive array are no fewer than 150 single-malt Scotch whiskys. The “singleâ€? in single malt means two things: It’s the product of just one distillery (as opposed to multi-distillery blends such as Dewar’s and Bell’s), and only malted barley is used as the grain ingredient. Meeting these requirements doesn’t necessarily make single malts superior to their blended cousins, but it is usually a reliable indicator of quality. Here, absurdly wonderful and rarely seen varieties festoon the back bar, including a 1978 Benrinnes (a.k.a. “The Benâ€?) from Scotland’s rugged Moray region; a 1973 Auchentoshan, produced by one of the few single-malt lowland Scotch distilleries; and a relatively youthful (10-year-old) BenRiach Curiositas, a notoriously peaty but smooth and sparsely produced gem from the fabled maker in the Speyside region. Single malts vary in price from $11 for 10-year-old Aberlour to $250 for 37-yearold Bowmore, but most can be had for about $20. Discreetly tucked at the back of the menu are 11 food selections, all served cold in appetizer portions. Beaulieu points out that each was chosen as an accompaniment to a particular type of drink, and recommends the smoked salmon listing as an example.

“You’ve got to try this,� he says, and returns in a few minutes with a simple white plate holding a deck-of-cards-sized collection of beautiful, pink smoked-fillet slices. Served with baked baguette, chopped onion, lemon wedges and capers, the salmon is butter-soft and refreshingly undersmoked. A moment later, a small stemmed glass with two fingers of Ardbeg Scotch appears. “Here’s your smoke,� Beaulieu says as he wipes the glass.

noteworthy exception of the caviar/champagne ($150). With a 15-year-old Glenfarclas single malt in hand, we strolled into the cigar lounge. City law requires it to be a separate area, and Whisky CafÊ’s smoking parlor is a small, 10table anteroom that features a slightly lighter-red color scheme, the same black-leather seating and a discreet display case. In contrast to the masters-of-theuniverse aesthetic that prevails in many cigar lounges — comPHOTO: KATE HUTCHINSON

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Peat fire can impart a special flavor to Scotch, and those who love it often wax poetic about the glories of varieties such as Laphroaig. But the remote distillery of Ardbeg produces a single malt that — while unquestionably superb — is smoky to the point of being overpowering. Unless, that is, you temper it with food, and this stir of whisky and salmon manages to make both taste even better. Next comes a plate of roasted magret duck breast wrapped around a walnut-sized center of foie gras and served with a confit of onions and the same sliced baguette. The recommended accompaniment is a Domaine Valcros Banyuls, a fortified red dessert wine made with 100 percent grenache grapes. The duck, like the salmon, seems to have been subdued by the chef, with little of the usual game-bird flavor. The foie gras contributes texture, but its taste doesn’t overwhelm, either. It’s all perfectly acceptable, but would be a disappointment if not for the Banyuls. The wine’s balance of sweet, tart and acid notes makes the duck warmer and more complex on the palate, and creates a hint of unexpected, almost-grilled-steak flavor in the foie gras. The other food items on the menu also come paired with drinks: cheese plate with Cruz LGB Port; chocolates with Warre’s Tawny Port; foie gras with Paul Goerg champagne; cantucinni (Italian biscuits) with Frescobaldi Pomino Vin Santo rosÊ wine; and caviar with, of course, champagne (taster’s choice). Dish and drink pairings average about $25, with the

plete with turkey-platter-sized ashtrays, hunting club paintings and rows of private cigar lockers — this one is modest, comfortable and airy. One glance at the case is a happy reminder that the Cuban trade embargo that has infuriated U.S. cigar lovers for 48 years is powerless here. Though many cigar pundits attribute the appeal of Cuban varieties to the mere fact of their being forbidden in the States, the consensus among most aficionados — including this one — is that the island’s (mostly) lovingly preserved terroir produces varieties with a sweeter, richer flavor, and often higher nicotine content, to boot. Monte Cristo #4 ($35), Hoyo de Monterey ($35), Cohiba Esplendido ($95) and Rafael Gonzalez ($14), along with eight other Cuban smokes, reside there . . . willing and legal. Thirteen others from the Dominican Republic, Brazil, the EU and elsewhere are available as well, but this visit just has to end with a Rafael Gonzalez. Beautifully made but reasonably priced, this brand deteriorates very quickly if not well stored, so the choice is, in part, a spot humidor test. This thinnish panatela (a long, slender cigar) turns out to have the classic Cuban bite so sadly lacking in its Honduran-made cousin, but also features the latter’s wonderful peanut-and-vanilla flavor. It’s remained perfectly textured in storage. As the ash end grows and the Scotch glass empties to dregs, living unhealthfully in sin city strikes this reviewer as the perfect antidote to U.S. stress — and as a reminder that the urge to splurge abides, tough times or no. >

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Barre experienced an encouraging explosion of eateries in 2007, but the town’s oversaturated food scene was in for tough times in ’08. Both the newly opened Firehouse Roasting Company & CafĂŠ and old standby Sean & Nora’s closed their doors. In a more recent blow, the newly renovated All Fired Up Tavern got, well, all fired up this past October when it burned to the ground. When former AFU staffers started applying for jobs at the nearby Stonecutters Brewhouse, co-owners Bud and Jason Stevens realized that they could help fill two gaps: feed local folks and employ them. It didn’t hurt that the brothers could commiserate with an unexpected disaster. Bud recalls: “We suffered a fire almost a year before [All Fired Up did], but ours wasn’t nearly that bad.â€? Deciding to transform his business from a “bar with entertainment to a restaurantâ€? wasn’t easy, Bud Stevens says. But after seeing “how goodâ€? the cooks were, he quickly realized it was just the upgrade the brothers needed. In all, the Stevenses hired five of All Fired Up’s displaced staffers, including front- and back-ofthe-house folks. Running the kitchen is the former chef of Sean & Nora’s, who moved to AFU after the former resto’s demise. The owners are keeping the new staffers busy with a sizable menu. “We kept our burgers and pizza on, but definitely stepped up the dinner portion,â€? Bud relates. In addition to the requisite pub grub, there’s home-style fare such as shepherd’s pie and bangers ’n’ mash, and slightly more upscale options, including honey-mojito grilled chicken and a prime rib au jus. In the future, Bud says, the menu will grow to include suggestions for pairing the brewery’s beers — including its ultra-popular maple wheat and new high-test IPA — with every entrĂŠe. “We’re just hoping we can fill some shoes and give people another dining option,â€? he says.

Change at Chicken Charlie’s LOCAL BEER TEAMS UP WITH THE WINGS ’N’ THINGS

It’s best known for fresh rotisserie chicken, but Chicken Charlie’s on South Burlington’s Williston Road has a new claim to fame. A recently acquired beer and wine license allows owner Taso Konstantonis to offer up his favorite quaffs, priced to move.

Konstantonis boasts that, save for the inevitable Bud Light, all of the beers he has on tap are local “craft beers,� which he pours for $2.95 per pint, including tax. Wine will go for $4.50 a glass. Currently, he’s offering Harpoon, Long Trail and Switchback. An IPA from Otter Creek Brewery and an organic selection from Wolaver’s are on the horizon. “I have room for eight. We’ll see if we’re busy enough to warrant it,� Konstantonis says. Given his pricing, it wouldn’t be surprising. “My goal is not just to sell the beer, but to increase the type of food sales that will come with the type of clientele who likes to go out and have a glass of wine or beer with dinner,� Konstantonis explains. “If I’m going to dinner with my wife and my children, I enjoy having a glass of Switchback, and my wife likes to have a glass of wine.� He hopes the value-priced food and beverages will draw crowds during a rough season, adding, “In the tough economic times, I feel like we’re well positioned price-wise to attract people.� To go along with his new beverages, sports fan

Konstantonis is doing a little redecoration. He plans to add a flat-screen TV and jazz up bare walls with his collection of local athletic memorabilia. “UVM gave me a game jersey, which was really nice of them,� he says. A jersey from St. Mike’s is in the works. Next, Konstantonis wants to collect photos of high-school and community-based teams. Could Chicken Charlie’s have a future as . . . a sports bar? Konstantonis doesn’t plan to lose his family focus: He says he hopes his hometown team spirit will “make the kids smile.�

Backdoor Bakery MENKE’S TREATS ARE A REAL COTTAGE ENTERPRISE

If you think the “community-supported� business model has run its course, think again. Most folks are already familiar with CSAs (agriculture) and CSRs (restaurants). Now the little town of Huntington, best known for its deadly gorge, has a CSB: a community-supported bakery. For the last year, Dean Menke — an engineer who’s also a “culinary chef and a pastry chef� — has been whipping up baked goods twice a week and selling them from the back porch of his house at 315 Bridge Street. That’s why he and his wife Patti dubbed their business The Backdoor Bakery (backdoorbakeryvt.com). The CSB was a recent brainstorm. Starting this fall, 10 area families paid up front for six weeks’ worth of Menke’s sweet treats. In January, Menke will start a similar share lasting eight weeks. He’s also pioneering a “dessert share� for the same period, which will offer lucky participants four scrumptious desserts, including cheesecake, layer cake and a tart. What can back-porch visitors expect? “My specialties are croissants of various kinds: cheese, almond, chocolate, berry, depending on the season,� Menke says. Other tempting-sounding items include triple-ginger scones, pineapple turnovers, pretzels and brioche.

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When you eat a really good dumpling, warns Shelburne-based author and cook Linda Furiya, you should expect a gush of flavorful liquid to trickle down your chin. In the show-don’t-tell vein, Furiya is now whipping up batches of her own pork and veggie pockets — she can make 350 in three hours — and delivering them to customers who order in advance. “They’re a little bit Hong Kong, a little bit Shanghai and Beijing,â€? she says of her dumplings, which include water chestnuts for some crunch, as well as cabbage, shiitake mushrooms and ginger. She also makes traditional Japanese dessert buns. Dumpling lovers must order at least 24, while the sweet treats are available by the dozen. Because her startup business is a one-woman show, Furiya can’t manage to deliver whenever, wherever. She says people who want to order should email her at linda@lindafuriya.com to get the scoop on the details. The busy mom also has other irons in the fire: She teaches cooking classes and stirs up soup for Shelburne’s Open Arms CafĂŠ each Friday. Her second memoir, How to Cook a Dragon: Living, Loving and Eating in China, will be released next month.

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cook. My love of food started with them. In the summer, most meals were from the garden, whether it was corn we picked and shucked and immediately dropped in the water or potatoes done the same way. We’re all avid carnivores, but we loved our garden vegetarian meals. Back then, were there any foods you just detested? LA: Butter beans. Everyone outside of the South calls them lima beans. I love them now, isn’t that funny? [Otherwise] I loved it all! SA: I really didn’t like cooked carrots or cooked peas, but I liked all of the stu that kids don’t usually like: broccoli, lima beans, okra — all those strange vegetables. There are very few foods that I don’t love now, but I do

them a little dierently than [they were done when] I was a youngster — roasted carrots versus squishy boiled carrots. Name three foods that make life worth living. LA: Bacon; a really perfectly roasted chicken; pâtĂŠ in some form, a chicken liver or a country pâtĂŠ. SA: Can I name bacon twice? Bacon is right up there at the top of the list. Braised short ribs, beef cheeks and lamb shanks. This may be a bit of a cop-out, but potatoes: mashed potatoes and fried potatoes, both fries and chips. What’s the weirdest dish you’ve tried? LA: At The Flying Saucer in San Francisco, everything on their menu was kooky. Usually I detest things like that, but this

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SA: On a trip to France I ordered eggs with fruits de mer for breakfast — what I thought would be eggs and scallops or something. It was very softly scrambled eggs topped with a mountain of fresh, out-of-theshell uni — sea urchin — and it was oozing black juice all over the eggs. It was not at all what I was looking for or expecting at that hour of the morning. When you have time to cook at home, what do you make? LA: It’s very homey: I don’t sauce stu. [My son] Gabe and I love pork chops; pasta with sausage; roasted vegetables or fresh vegetables. Roasted chicken is a big thing. Luckily I have a child who loves everything. SA: Lara and I rarely have the day o together, so I usually have the stove to myself. I’ll get a big chuck roast — something I need to cook for six hours — so when Lara and Gabe arrive home, the house is full of aromas and they know good stu is in store for them. What foods are always in your pantry? LA: Cornichons and Dijon mustard, pastas of various shapes and sizes, capers, olives of all sorts, peanut butter — I do have a 7-year-old, after all. SA: We like our crispy, salty snacks: pretzels, potato chips, Fritos. And wine. Imagine you have an allexpenses-paid trip to any country you want to eat in. Where do you go? Both: France. You can cook for anybody, alive or dead. Whom do you choose, and what would you make? LA: My parents. They dig food, and no matter what we cook, they get so excited about it. We would start with champagne, olives and cheese, she-crab soup, a little salad course; we’d have to have filet; coee ice cream with chocolate sauce — that’s my daddy’s favorite thing in the world. SA: It would definitely be my wife and my boy. I love the luxury of my nights with them. It would be either lamb chops or a braised lamb shank. I’d make ricotta gnocchi for Lara because she doesn’t eat potatoes, and potato gnocchi for Gabe.

SA: The biggest disaster we’ve had at The Kitchen Table Bistro was a miscommunication with a big party. We had it down as a party of 19 on the 19th. They showed up in a bus on the 12th. We were o that day, but luckily we still lived in the apartment above the restauraunt. We’d created a very special menu for them, and on the fly, we had to do something approximating that menu. We were thoroughly embarrassed with the miscommunication, but they were thrilled with the results in the end. Which two cookbooks should every home cook own? LA: The Silver Palate Cookbook [by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins]: magnificent, love it. The other one is called Rosie’s [Bakery All-Butter, Fresh Cream, Sugar-Packed] No-HoldsBarred Baking Book [by Judy Rosenberg]. I love that book. Every single thing I’ve ever made out of there has worked and was just delicious. SA: Molly Stevens’ All About Braising. Aside from the recipes being fantastic, she’s an amazing teacher. Beyond that, it would probably be one of the staples that I don’t have, like The Joy of Cooking [by Irma S. Rombauer] or How to Cook Everything [by Mark Bittman]. If you weren’t a chef, what would your job be? LA: I’d probably be a doctor, a surgeon like my dad. SA: A food critic. Most of what I do is eat and cook, and talk about eating and cooking. Name a local restaurant that you patronize. LA: Our favorite would be Trattoria Delia; we’d eat there every night if we could. We live very near the Paisley Hippo sandwich shop in Hinesburg. Shelburne Farms in season. SA: The Paisley Hippo is walking distance, it’s fantastic. [Lara’s answers] really cover the bases. Name a few local products you eat at home. LA: Misty Knoll chicken; we are very lucky to be able to get

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What is something that every restaurant patron should know but doesn’t? LA: We want people to know that we call ourselves a “yes kitchen.â€? We want to be accommodating to anybody’s dietary restrictions, so ask! I think people don’t realize that we gladly do take-out. SA: It’s pretty easy to make substitutions. It might throw us o on a busy night, because it’s routine to make it in a certain way, but it’s silly to come out and pay for a meal and not try to ask for something that’s the way you want it, like putting dierent cheese on the salad. That would be a big step for a lot of diners.

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So, have you seen Death tribute band Rough Francis yet? In a word: “whoa.” To my recollection, there hasn’t been this kind of buzz about a local band since . . . um, well, I’m not even sure, really. But judging by the fact that I had to wait in line for almost half an hour to see them at The Monkey House last Saturday, it is safe to say it’s been awhile. If you’re just joining us and have no idea who or what I’m talking about, check out last week’s column and come back when you’re up to speed. We’ll wait . . . OK, is everybody on board? Let’s do this. Composed of vocalist Bobby Hackney Jr., Jewels and Urian Hackney on guitar and drums, respectively, My First Days on Junk mastermind Steven Hazen Williams on bass and lead guitarist Dylan Giambattista, Rough Francis simply rawks. There’s just no other way to say it. But given their source material — and pedigree — that shouldn’t come as a shock. The real surprise is how vital and relevant Death’s music sounds in the hands of musicians who weren’t even a gleam in their fathers’ eyes when this stuff was forged in a Detroit garage some 30-plus years ago. Were the scant eight tunes faithfully and passionately recreated at The Monkey that night — and the previous night at 242 Main — originals, we’d likely be talking about the hottest new retro-punk band this side of Brooklyn or beyond. But as far as the capacity crowd was concerned, Rough Francis might as well have been playing new tunes. Save for a couple of MP3s making the rounds in the blogosphere, most of us had never heard this stuff. How could we? The original master tapes had been gathering dust in a closet since 1976. And that’s the bitch of it all. Not just that Death went largely overlooked until now. Or that the band’s leader and primary inspirator, David Hackney, didn’t live to see his own prophecy come true. (According to Bobby Hackney Sr., his brother David always knew that Death would live again . . . good call, sir.) It’s that the eight tunes released together for the first time this February are all there will ever be. There will never be a new Death song. But there will be new Rough Francis tunes. According to Bobby Jr., Rough Francis won’t be just a one-trick pony — but, oh, what a trick it is so far! The band is writing new material to play alongside the original eight Death songs, the idea being to keep the spirit of the defunct band intact and to bear the torch David lit three decades ago. Of course, whether they can do so remains to be seen. But were I a betting man, I’d put the over-under at “hell, yes.” If only there were another chance to see them live this week . . .

This just in: There is another chance to see Rough Francis — and a slew of other excellent local acts — live this week! Here’s hoping you pick up this paper the day it comes out. If not, missing this show will be your penance. That oughta learn ya. Wednesday, December 10, at Club Metronome, the fine folks from Tick Tick are throwing together one hell of a local rawk extravaganza, entitled “White Wind . . . A Happening.” Slated to appear are — THE ERICKSONS in order — The Fatal Flaws, James Kochalka Superstar, The Persian Claws, The Vacant Lots, Rough Francis and Nose Bleed Island. In addition to the wonderfully high-octane, lo-fi lineup, this show merits note because of the way it will be presented. Rather than the tired “band on stage, crowd on the floor” thing that’s been so in vogue over the last several centuries of music performance, each band will set up in various locations inside the club, blurring the line between artist and audience. When one band finishes, the next one will start immediately from an entirely different “stage.” It’s kind of like a songwriter-in-the-round show, minus the acoustic guitars and sappy love songs.

widely hailed as one of the more ferocious MCs in hardcore hip-hop. And the latter’s anthem, “Kill Bill O’Reilly,” should be a staple of patriotic Americans everywhere. Burlington’s own Burnt MD, ever the busy microphone doctor, has been making numerous house calls around the Northeast since dropping his excellent album Burnt MD & Tha Professor earlier this year. He will join the hardcore heavyweights on Friday. Also on the bill are New Hampshire’s Apeshit and Boston’s Ritehook. DJ A-Dog opens the show. Fans of delectable indie-folk would do well to catch Brooklyn duo The Ericksons, who are making three Vermont stops this week: Friday at the Skinny Pancake, Saturday at Radio Bean and Sunday afternoon at the Langdon Street Café. Saturday will be your last chance to catch Burlington ska-punk outfit Husbands AKA, who, following an early show at The Monkey House with Boston’s Have Nots and our old friends The Static Age, will be hibernating for the winter and working on new material. In the meantime, their debut album is reportedly in the final mixing stages and should be released shortly after the New Year. Christmas comes early — if somewhat disturbingly — Wednesday, December 17, as The Dirty Blondes host their annual XXX-Mas Pageant with Sean Altrui and Caroline O’Connor, Blowtorch and The Wards at Club Metronome. Expect a live recreation of the birth of Christ. Really. The Mad River Unplugged Music Series wraps up its fall schedule — can you believe it is still technically fall? — this Sunday with Canadian contemporary folk favorite Garnet Rogers. Local songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons opens the show at the Valley Players Theater. Congrats on another great season! Finally, there’s a new alt-venue in the capital city. Dubbed “Lamb Abbey,” the performance space is akin to Burlington’s own not-sobest-kept secret, The Bakery. This Friday, Lamb Abbey hosts a trio of talented songwriters: Vermont indie-folk impresario Kris Gruen, Will Johnson of South San Gabriel and Centromatic renown, and Chris Brokaw, drummer for The New Year. Because it’s an alt-venue, I can’t really tell you where it is, exactly. But Montpeculiar is a small town, so I imagine a clever “pioneer“ could find the right “street.” Ahem.

KILLIN’ IT While we’re talking Metronome, this Thursday night will see a true rising star in electronic music swing through town, as Nexus Artists presents NYC’s Kill the Noise. Though the project is barely a year old, KTN has already stirred up quite a storm in electro-dance circles for boundary-smashing innovation, combining gritty synth distortion and hooky, melodic funk. If hyped-up IDM is your thing, this show is for you. Personally, I’ve never been much of a dancer. But I still might swing by just to check out the four-way tag-team DJ set from local wheel-spinners Tricky Pat, Justin REM, DJ Haitian and Chris Pattison.

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DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS Last week’s review of Jay Ekis’ Touched By War incorrectly referred to keyboardist Ron Rost as “Ron Yost.” My apologies for the goof.

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CLUB METRONOME: Tick Tick Presents White Wind . . . A Happening (rock), 9 p.m., $6/10. 18+. JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LEUNIG’S: Paul Asbell & Clyde Stats (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Eagle Country Rockadilly (country), 7 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Villanelles, The Howlies, The King Left (indie), 9 p.m., $3. NECTAR’S: An Evening with W.E.S.T. (jazz), 5 p.m., Free. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Leno & Young (rock), 7 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: Grippo/Sklar Quintet (funk-jazz), 8 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: Superstar Karaoke with Robbie J, 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

1/2 LOUNGE: Jah Red (Latin soul), 8 p.m., Free. Old School vs. Nu Skool with DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. 242 MAIN: Lieia, A Loss For Words, Johnny Booth, Ghosting, Wreck, Young Denver, Pandas Eat Pandas (rock), 7 p.m., $7. AA. BACKSTAGE PUB: Blues Night with Bob Stannard & Friends, 7 p.m., Free. CLUB METRONOME: Kill The Noise, Tricky Pat, Justin REM, DJ Haitian, Chris Pattison, Echonomic (electronica), 9 p.m., $8/12. 18+. Battle for Burlington: Drunken Go Nuts! (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. FRANNY O’S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. GREEN ROOM: DJ Russell (mash up), 9 p.m., Free. HALVORSON’S UPSTREET CAFÉ: Friends of Joe with Paul Asbell & Larry McCrorey (blues), 7 p.m., Free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Ray Davies, Locksley (rock), 8 p.m., $45/50. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Mac Lethal, Grieves, Soulcrate Music (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $8/10. AA. HOOTERS: Hooters Karaoke Extravaganza, 7:30 p.m., Free. LEUNIG’S: Ellen Powell & Ira Friedman (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: WCLX Blues Night with Nobby Reed Project, 7 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Cush, Cave Bees (rock), 9 p.m., $6. NECTAR’S: Top Hat Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Free. Greensky Bluegrass, 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free.

:: central CHARLIE O’S: Mark Legrand (country), 10 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Cahleen David Morrison (folk), 8 p.m., Donations. Jay Ekis (singersongwriter), 9 p.m., Donations.

:: champlain valley CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Open Bluegrass Session, 7:30 p.m., Free.

:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Colin McCaffrey (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

:: regional MONOPOLE: Open Mike, 9 p.m., Free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Beyond Guitar Hero, 8 p.m., Free.

RADIO BEAN: Jazz Sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Group (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Anthony Santor Trio (jazz), 11 p.m., $3. RASPUTIN’S: Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: A-Dog Presents (hiphop), 10 p.m., Free. R� Rà IRISH PUB: Kaila Band (rock), 10 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: Wildout! (DJ), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

:: central CHARLIE O’S: Wes Hamilton (singersongwriter), 10 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Town Wide Yard Sale (indie-folk), 8 p.m., Donations. STONECUTTERS BREWHOUSE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., Free.

:: champlain valley 51 MAIN: Lili Weckler & Ellie Moore (folk), 9 p.m., Free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Open Mike, 7:30 p.m., Free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Jam Man (Top 40), 10 p.m., Free.

:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Rough Sawn Timber (roots), 7:30 p.m., Donations. OLDE YANKEE RESTAURANT: Tim Foley (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

:: regional MONOPOLE: Dubtide (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Open Mike with Mike Pederson, 9 p.m., Free. Naked Thursdays with 95 TripleX (DJ), 10 p.m., Free. Tag Team DJs (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. TABU CAFÉ AND NIGHTCLUB: Karaoke Night with Sassy Entertainment, 5 p.m., Free.

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BIG MAC :: Bawdy and impossibly smooth on the mike, lowbrow intellectual, Kansas City-based emcee Mac Lethal has built a sterling reputation in underground circles as one of hip-hop’s most engaging live performers. A freestyle wizard, Rolling Stone once proclaimed him a “contemporary cross between a folk singer and a stand-up comic.” This Thursday, the Rhymesayers Entertainment artist brings his “Drunk & Charming” tour to the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge with support from Grieves and Soulcrate Music. Word.

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:: burlington area 1/2 LOUNGE: Quiet Songs with Myra Flynn (neo-soul), 7 p.m., Free. Black: Dimensions in House with DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., Free. BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Steve, 9 p.m., Free. BANANA WINDS CAFÉ & PUB: T-Bone (rock), 7:30 p.m., Free. CHAMPLAIN LANES FAMILY FUN CENTER: U Be the Star Karaoke with Michaellea Longe, 9 p.m., Free. CLUB METRONOME: No Diggity: Return to the ’90s (’90s dance party), 9 p.m., Free. GREEN ROOM: DJ Francise (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Necro, Esoteric, Burnt MD, Apeshit, Ritehook, DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $18/20. AA. JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Sturcrazie, The Growlers (rock), 7:30 p.m., Free. MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: Ian Kovac (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Movement of the People; A Tribute to Fela Kuti (World), 9 p.m., $5. NECTAR’S: Andy Schlatter (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., Free. Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., Free. Gordon Stone Band, Oneside (bluegrass), 9 p.m., $3. NIGHTCRAWLERS: Sideshow Bob (rock), 9 p.m., Free.

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PARIMA ACOUSTIC LOUNGE: Amber Delaurentis (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Mary Provenzano (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. John Holland (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free. Jetsetters (rock), 9 p.m., Free. We Landed On the Moon (indie), 10 p.m., Free. The Sepia Tones (funk), 11 p.m., Free. Scrambler/Sequill (experimental), 11:45 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN’S: Top Hat Danceteria (DJ), 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: Me & You with Brett Hughes and Marie Claire (cosmorural), 6 p.m., Free. Grippo Funk Band, 9 p.m., $3. Nastee (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB: Supersounds DJ, 10 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: Voodoo with DJ Robbie J. (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $3/10. SKINNY PANCAKE: The Ericksons (folk), 9 p.m., $5 Donation.

:: central BLACK DOOR BAR & BISTRO: 2 Adam 12 (funk), 9:30 p.m., $3-5. CHARLIE O’S: John Lackard Band (blues), 10 p.m., Free. GUSTO’S: Jam on Toast (rock), 9 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark Legrand (country), 6 p.m., Donations. Women in Jazz Showcase, 8 p.m., Donations. Gua Gua (psychotropical), 9:30 p.m., Donations. SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: Tim Foley (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free.

:: champlain valley 51 MAIN: The Trusion Project (World), 8:30 p.m., Free. CITY LIMITS: Exit Only (rock), 9 p.m., Free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Levison & Hoskins (jazz), 7 p.m., Donations. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: DJ Dizzle (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

:: northern BAYSIDE PAVILION: Live Music, 9 p.m., Free. BEE’S KNEES: Tammy Fletcher (gospel), 7:30 p.m., Donations. JD’S PUB: Live Music, 9:30 p.m., $3. MATTERHORN: Casper & the House of David (reggae), 9 p.m., $5. RUSTY NAIL: Lotus Entertainment Presents DJ Russell (mash up), 10 p.m., $5.

:: regional KRAZY HORSE SALOON: Full Circle (country-rock), 10 p.m., Free. MONOPOLE: Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

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:: burlington area 1/2 LOUNGE: Kip Meaker (blues), 7 p.m., Free. Styx & Stones (rock), 10 p.m., Free. 242 MAIN: A Little White Vein, Practico, Totem, A Breath Beyond Broken (hardcore), 7 p.m., $7. AA. AVENUE BISTRO: Jenni Johnson & Friends (jazz), 8 p.m., Free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Mansfield Project (rock), 9 p.m., Free. BANANA WINDS CAFÉ & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. CLUB METRONOME: Retronome (DJ), 10 p.m., $5. FRANNY O’S: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free. GREEN ROOM: DJ ShaR4 (electrodance), 10 p.m., Free. JP’S PUB: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: House on Fire, The Growlers (rock), 7:30 p.m., Free. MARRIOTT HARBOR LOUNGE: Queen City Quartet (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Bear Cub Presents The Static Age, Have Nots, Husbands AKA (rock), 6 p.m., $5. Scrambler/Sequill, The Le Duo, The Xander Naylor Trio (experimental), 9 p.m., $5. NECTAR’S: Live Music, 9 p.m., Free. NIGHTCRAWLERS: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., Free. PARIMA MAIN STAGE: Mellow Yellow, Ragged Glory (Neil Young tribute), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN: The Medicinals (bluegrass), 6 p.m., Free. The Ericksons (folk), 8 p.m., Free. The Beautiful Ride (rock), 9 p.m., Free. The Callen Sisters (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Maga (experimental), 11:45 p.m., Free. RASPUTIN’S: Massive (DJ), 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: Jason Cann (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Revision (funk), 9 p.m., $3. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3. R� Rà IRISH PUB: The X-Rays (rock), 10 p.m., Free. SECOND FLOOR: DÊjà Vu Ladies’ Night (DJ), 9 p.m., $3/10. SKINNY PANCAKE: Muddy Boots (Irish), 9 p.m., $5 Donation.

:: central BLACK DOOR BAR & BISTRO: Naquele Tempo (Latin), 9:30 p.m., $3-5. CHARLIE O’S: Medina Sod (rock), 10 p.m., Free.

GUSTO’S: Cocktail (rock), 9 p.m., Free. LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Mike O’Brien (folk), 8 p.m., Donations. Angela Desveaux (indie-folk), 9 p.m., Donations. POSITIVE PIE 2: Movement of the People; A Tribute to Fela Kuti (World), 10 p.m., $12. SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN: Bruce Sklar (jazz), 9 p.m., Free.

:: champlain valley 51 MAIN: Anthony Santor Quartet (jazz), 9 p.m., Free. CITY LIMITS: Dance Party with DJ Earl (DJ), 9 p.m., Free. ON THE RISE BAKERY: Positive Reggae (DJ), 7:30 p.m., Donations. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: The Johnny Devil Band (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Terry Diers (soul), 7:30 p.m., Donations. MATTERHORN: The Sugardaddies (rock), 9 p.m., $5. PIECASSO: Karaoke Championship with John Wilson & Danger Dave, 9:30 p.m., Free. RUSTY NAIL: Last Kid Picked (rock), 10 p.m., $5.

:: regional KRAZY HORSE SALOON: Square Pegs (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. MONOPOLE: Lucid (rock), 10 p.m., Free. TABU CAFÉ AND NIGHTCLUB: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (DJ), 5 p.m., Free.

SUN.14 :: burlington area

1/2 LOUNGE: FunkWagon (funk), 10 p.m., Free. BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Pete, 9 p.m., Free. CLUB METRONOME: Family Night Open Jam, 10 p.m., Free (18+).

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LANGDON STREET CAFÉ: Winter Concert Series: The Ericksons (folk), 3 p.m., Donations. VALLEY PLAYERS THEATER: Mad River Unplugged Music Series with Garnet Rogers, Patrick Fitzsimmons (singersongwriters), 7:30 p.m., $15/17. AA.

:: northern BEE’S KNEES: Josh Gould & Dan Haley (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Donations. THE HUB PIZZERIA & PUB: Jazz on Tap (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free.

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MON.15 :: burlington area

1/2 LOUNGE: Heal-In Sessions with Briandeye & Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free. LINCOLN INN TAVERN: Ed Devarney & The New Faces of Music (singersongwriters), 7 p.m., Free. RADIO BEAN: Open Mike, 8 p.m., Free. RED SQUARE: FunkWagon (funk), 9 p.m., Free.

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TUE.16 :: burlington area

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(Self-released, CD) Come winter, many of us lament the chill that crawls over our cherished landscape. To poets, however, this is yet another rich layer, a deeper shade of blue in Vermont’s spectrum. Meg Devlin Irish understands. Sure, the seasoned songstress prefers milder months. But her breezy style carries warmth year round. Sprinkled with folksy cheer, lovelorn melancholy and nostalgia, her latest album, Deeper Shade of Blue, feels a bit like Christmas on the lake. With her fourth release, the native chanteuse weaves memoirs of hope and heartbreak. The collection has a familiar, timeless quality, from the charming opener, “My Baby Loves Meâ€? — backed by Jim Pitman’s weeping dobro — and throughout the album’s 10 tracks. In fact, many of the originals sound plucked from a Patsy Cline playlist. But they’re all Irish. With Martin acoustic in hand, she hits her stride on understated compositions such as the striking “Deep Bay.â€? Here, the freckled muse quietly plucks her six-string through a ballad that’s sure to keep listeners rapt. Irish’s evocative imagery and motherly storytelling soothe like a cool cloth to the forehead. Awash in romance and spirituality, Blue’s upbeat, dulcet tones would please ears in cafĂŠs and churches alike. Few can resist the folksy classic “Red River Valley/You Are My Sunshine,â€? Depression-era chestnuts reincarnated by banjoist Steve Lottspeich. Anyone alive can appreciate the old line, “Please don’t take my sunshine away,â€? whether literal or metaphorical. With shades of Neko Case — minus the frosty wit — Irish shows soulful range on “Never Tasted Love Like This.â€? The paean features smoky electric guitar by longtime collaborator Colin McCaffrey, who brings fiddle, mandolin and sharp production to Irish’s work. Only the mid-tempo cover “I Can’t Help Falling in Love With Youâ€? misses the mark. Roy Cutler’s shuffling snare is distracting, and Irish’s sweet croon crosses into corniness. Conversely, the title cut is one of Blue’s strongest. Gordon Stone lays his veteran pedal steel alongside Irish’s best Loretta Lynn impression, as she mourns a lover’s wandering baby-blue eyes. It’s a sleepy, vulnerable slow dance in the wait. Closing with the ukulele-driven “Take Me A-Sailing Home,â€? Irish clearly would rather paint pastels than deep shades. She pens songs that brush the surface, like feet dangling off a dock. Even in December, it’s easy to imagine mainsails flapping overhead, the Adirondack sunset just beyond. Age has refined this redheaded beauty. And while Blue might not hasten spring, its earthy portraits are sure to warm hearts over the holidays. JARRETT BERMAN

There’s certainly something to be said for experience. Carol Hausner, a Montpelier-by-way-of-Takoma Park, Maryland songstress, has been captivating audiences with her soulful brand of bluegrass for 20-plus years. Her debut solo effort, Still Hear Your Voice, is a harmony-laden affair with many of the friends and peers Hausner has crossed paths with in her extensive East Coast travels. Together they pick and fiddle their way from traditional bluegrass to country to roots-infused folk and back again, all the while highlighting one of the local scene’s purest and most passionate voices. Hausner’s professed love of duet singing figures prominently on the album. Three former singing partners, Karen Collins (Carol and Karen Country), Eleanor Ellis (Reunion Road) and Ed Schaeffer (Honeysuckle), as well as fellow local bluegrass dynamo Patti Casey, all take a turn backing Hausner’s bright, clear melodies. The guest appearances, while numerous, are never overbearing. When Casey and Hausner take on Robbie Robertson’s “It Makes No Difference,� Hausner handles most of the lyrical load, while Casey’s harmony adds a haunting tone to the choruses. There’s a distinct ease in Hausner’s earnest delivery. The sentiments conveyed in her frequently emotive lyrics never feel forced or contrived. Instead, they seem to flow genuinely, conveying the album’s overriding theme of lost love and heartache without the all-too-common tinge of banality — and with just the right amount of twang. Her style recalls early-’70s-era Tammy Wynette, especially on countryflavored tracks such as “Nothing But the Wheel� and “Slipping Through My Hands.� The traditional configuration of bass, banjo, fiddle and mandolin — along with Hausner’s acoustic guitar — highlights, rather than distracts from, the layered harmonies. In the Celtic-inspired standout “Rambling Heart,� Hausner takes the vocal high road over Ellis’ low harmony; intertwining fiddle and mandolin fade in and out between verses. Topnotch production, multiple backing instruments and an additional vocal tone come courtesy of all-around studio whiz Colin McCaffrey. Even after so many years in the making, Still Hear Your Voice is worth the wait. Hausner’s debut deserves a place on the growing list of great bluegrass records to come out of central Vermont. DAREK FANTON

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(Self-released, CD) “Now understand, this is pretty much the only real hip-hop shit comin’ out of Vermont right now.� While some — The Aztext, GTD, et al. — might (rightly) quibble with that introductory statement from Boston’s Statik Selektah, the host of VT Union’s latest effort The Return could be forgiven if he’s surprised at — or, perhaps, unaware of — the wealth and quality of hip-hop in the 802. Hell, I was. In fact, Dakota, Nastee, Manus, B-Free and DJ A-Dog essentially taught my personal crash course in Green Mountain hip-hop with their 2007 debut Tha Mixtape. But if that album was the survey course, The Return is the thesis. Class is in session. Produced almost entirely by VTU honcho Nastee — the multitalented emcee scores an assist from Hot 97’s Bobby Konders on “On My Grind� — the 22-track epic covers a strikingly wide range of stylistic terrain. It’s clear VT Union have their sights set on bringing national recognition to hip-hop “at the top of the map.� With that in mind, unscrupulous critics could accuse them of pandering to mass appeal — i.e., the “throw enough shit against the wall� theory. The problem with that notion is, while they dabble in more commercially viable fare than on Tha Mixtape, they do it well and with trademark wit and charm. “Handz on It� serves up more than enough sinister bounce to satisfy the club-banger set. Meanwhile, “Feelz Good� checks in with a skillfully funkdafied radio single — that is, if Vermont had hip-hop radio. Underground purists might turn up their noses at the track. But they don’t have to wait long to find a cut to fit their fancies. While each member of VT Union boasts unique style and flow, the disc hits its stride when the extended family drops in. Nowhere is this more evident than on “Eat,� which features a fiery back and forth between Nastee and noted Burlington MC Burnt MD of GTD. The former’s gruff, blunt delivery complements the latter’s smooth aggression, resulting in one of the album’s finer cuts. The lengthy guest list includes an impressive roster of national luminaries. But Vermont talents — S.I.N & Lee, Mecca, N.Y.T. and The Mighty Konflik, among many others — make some impressive cameos and hold their own alongside heavy hitters such as Craig G. & Silent Majority, R.A. The Rugged Man and Re-Up Gang’s Ab Liva. So, Statik Selektah — did I spell that right? — VT Union aren’t the only real hip-hop artists in Vermont. But as The Return proves, they are among the best. Class dismissed. DAN BOLLES

Ours is an age that reduces amateur vocalists to fanatical reality-television contestants. So it’s comforting to discover that there are still singers like Hillary Capps in the studio, honing their talents the time-honored way. A Perfect Dozen is the twentysomething jazz songstress and Underhill native’s solid debut release, a sturdy collection of 12 classic jazz vocal standards. Despite her youth, Capps is already a veteran, and her savvy is obvious to the listener straight away, a capacity fashioned by an interesting combination of talent and pedigree. Since the age of 16, she has been performing with her father, a noted Vermont jazz artist, educator and studio engineer. He ably backs her on the record with the ensemble that bears his name, The Joe Capps Group. Even veterans of the jazz stage will have to respect the younger Capps’ fearless song selections. Tom Jobin’s “One Note Samba� and Etta James’ “At Last� aren’t exactly campfire tunes. And they are certainly not for hobbyists, given their technical and emotional requirements. But Hillary Capps manages this challenge with impressive command of these and other classic selections. Her remarkably clean voice prevails delightfully over the skillful backing musicianship found throughout A Perfect Dozen. In the hands of lesser talents, standards such as “East of the Sun� and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me� are often bumbled by over-singing or extravagant instrumentalism. But Capps and her fellow musicians avoid such pitfalls here. Her vocal accents are crafted with dexterity, and the band’s improvisations are rooted in a careful consideration of each tune’s composition. “You Don’t Know Me� is a particularly touching illustration of the singer’s skilled phrasing and tonal range. This interpretation of the Cindy Walker classic becomes a superb dialogue between Tom Cleary’s nimble piano work and Capps’ lissome intonation. What is most impressive about this album — and Hillary Capps — is the particular soulfulness the singer shows at such a tender age. A Perfect Dozen inspires anticipation of future works from this natural talent. Meanwhile, her debut collection is a welcome infusion of youth in a genre that can be stuffy. JOHN PRITCHARD

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CHORAL WREATH In the lyrical conventions of Elizabethan England, a green gown implies that a lady and her swain have recently, er, rolled in the grass. That’s the subtext of the late-16th-century folk song “Greensleeves,” in which the ditty’s narrator fondly remembers spring frolics while bemoaning his beloved’s now-wintry heart. But it wasn’t until 1865 that the love ballad became caroling fare, when British hymn writer William Chatterton Dix set his Christmas carol “What Child Is This?” to its tune. The centuries-old melody comes full circle in performances by Vermont’s 12-member vocal ensemble Counterpoint (pictured), along with Franz Xaver Biebl’s “Ave Maria,” Randall Thompson’s “Alleluia” and seasonal songs from all over the world. For those who can’t catch Counterpoint’s three live concerts, Vermont Public Radio airs multiple recorded broadcasts on December 24 and 25. ‘A VERMONT CHRISTMAS WITH COUNTERPOINT’

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As gemstones, garnets purportedly bring luck, repel enemies, and prevent discord. Singer-songwriter Garnet Rogers lives up to his namesake by creating purposeful music in which his listeners find courage, comfort, history and hope. Born in Ontario to parents of Nova Scotian descent, Rogers grew up immersed in maritime Canadian fiddle tunes and Grand Ol’ Opry radio broadcasts. By age 18, he was on the road as a full-time producer and arranger for his older brother Stan Rogers, helping to form one of the most influential duos in the history of North American folk. After Stan died tragically in a 1983 plane crash, Garnet went solo, adding elements of blues, rock, bluegrass and country to create his own deep-voiced aesthetic. Catch him at a Mad River Unplugged Music series show, for which Bristol-based singersongwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons opens. GARNET ROGERS

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‘FARM WORKERS IN ADDISON COUNTY’: The Addison County Farm Workers Coalition presents a panel discussion on whether the situation of local agricultural employees is getting better or worse. Congregational Church of Middlebury, Middlebury, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4964. ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869. KNIT AND CROCHET NIGHT: Yarn marms share their talents and company. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with help from the animal-care staff. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. BABY TIME: Tots who can’t walk yet are invited for a morning of playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. DIALOGUE NIGHT: BHS students share the scoop on important issues in their lives, at a dinner followed by small- and large-group discussions and a door-prize drawing. Burlington High School, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-2148. ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-year-olds boogie down to rock ’n’ roll and world-beat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

movies Also, see movie theater showtimes in Section A. ‘KING CREOLE’: Elvis Presley plays a young delinquent who becomes a dishwasher at a nightclub — until his musical talents thrust him into the New Orleans underworld. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, Johnson, 9 p.m. $5. Info, 635-1476. ‘LIFE IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY’: The documentary by Bill Doyle blends interviews with more than 300 photos from life in Vermont in the first half of the 20th century. Essex Cinemas, Essex, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 371-7898. ‘NORTH COUNTRY’: In this fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, a female miner in Minnesota takes her sleazy supervisors to court. Room 427, UVM Waterman Building, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4322.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. JSC ENSEMBLES: Collegiate instrumentalists showcase jazz, Latin and contemporary musical styles. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476. ST. ANDREW’S PIPES AND DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335, jerdelyi@vhfa. org. UVM PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE: Hand-drumming students collaborate in a concert that samples rhythms from West African, Afro-Cuban and Japanese Taiko traditions. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

‘DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS’: Tanzanian investigative journalist Evans Rubara describes the ecologically and socially devastating gold-mining methods practiced by international corporations in his home country. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ‘MAKING SENSE OF SCENT MARKINGS’: Naturalist Sue Morse shows would-be woodspeople how to find and decode the unique “notices� that deer, moose, bear and other wildlife use to communicate. Vergennes Union High School, Vergennes, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-4377.

theater ‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’: A Foley artist creates live sound effects to accompany this “radio playâ€? version of the holiday staple. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10-15, one child 6-11 per accompanying adult is free. Info, 229-0492. ‘LES MISÉRABLES’: The Paris student rebellion of 1832 comes alive in this sung-through mega-musical based on Victor Hugo’s mega-sized novel. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $15-56. Info, 296-7000.

words BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of Bill McKibben’s book Deep Economy consider the merits of interconnected yet self-supporting communities. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘DIGNITY & JUSTICE FOR ALL’: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom hosts an open-mike evening examining the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Black Sheep Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free, bring a short reading to share. Info, 225-8906. ‘YOU COME, TOO’: Vermont Humanities Council Executive Director Peter Gilbert, who’s also the executor of poet Robert Frost’s estate, leads a group reading and examination of three or more seasonally themed Frost verses. Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2626, ext. 307.

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holidays CHANDLER HOLIDAY GIFT BAZAAR: Fine arts, housewares, food items and clothing accompany live demos and musical acts at this benefit market set up like a Vermont general store. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Free. Info, 728-9878.

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holidays CHANDLER HOLIDAY GIFT BAZAAR: See THU.11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.10, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. DROP-IN STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers enjoy stories from picture books accompanied by finger plays and action rhymes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956, brownell_library@yahoo.com. ‘PINT-SIZED SCIENCE’: Laboratory learners ages 2 to 7 experiment with stories and hands-on activities. ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. TEEN MOVIE NIGHT: High-schoolers munch free popcorn and soda while enjoying the animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel Persepolis. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955, brownell_library@yahoo. com. TODDLER TIME: Little ones ages 1-3 register ahead to get social with songs, rhymes and books. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

music Also, see clubdates in Section B. ‘A SLAMBOVIAN SOLSTICE’: Santa’s a wizard? The New York-based band Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams covers seasonal songs and other musical goodies in an all-ages holiday concert tribute to the recently closed Middle Earth Music Hall. Bradford Academy, Bradford, 8 p.m. $10-22. Info, 212-868-4444. ‘A VERMONT CHRISTMAS WITH COUNTERPOINT’: Carols such as “Greensleeves� shake hands with classical compositions in this pro vocal ensemble’s three-night holiday concert tour. See calendar spotlight. Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $12-18. Info, 863-5966. BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO: See THU.11, First Congregational Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $27.50. Info, 862-7352, emily@vtmozart. org . FIERY FAITH & FIDDLE CELTIC CHRISTMAS: The Gospel goes to Ireland in this high-energy concert featuring step-dancing, skits and fiddle music by the Sky Family of Prince Edward Island. Hunger Mountain Christian Assembly, Waterbury Center, 7 p.m. $8-12. Info, 244-5921. JSC BAND & CHOIR: Performing-arts students blend vocal and instrumental skills in a choral performance. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, Johnson, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476. MUSIC FOR ADVENT & CHRISTMAS: Organist Richard Brown accompanies alto Lori Routhier in a program of seasonal faves from “O Holy Night� to “Gesu Bambino.� Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-0846. ‘SWINGIN’ HOLIDAY CONCERT’: Now in its 31st year, the 19-piece swing band plays Christmas songs and standards. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 748-8150 , stjjazz@ sover.net. ‘TURN THE WORLD AROUND’: The Vermont Youth Concert Chorale sings a set of traditional folk tunes and seasonal carols, and the Vermont Youth Orchestra Chorus pipes up with selections from Bach’s Magnificat. St. Mary’s Church, St. Albans, 8 p.m. $2-5. Info, 655-5030. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The VSO Chorus chimes in on a holiday pops concert program featuring Randolph-area composer Gwyneth Walker’s “Rejoice!� and seasonal arrangements by Robert De Cormier. Barre Opera House, Barre, 7:30 p.m. $9-26. Info, 476-8188.

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SAT.13 activism HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE: The Vermont Workers Center facilitates 16 participatory workshops supporting fundamental, positive change in local communities, and Senator Bernie Sanders and other guest speakers take the podium. Preregistration required. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free; includes lunch. Info, 861-2877, info@workerscenter.org.

dance ‘JEWELS & INCENSE’: Big Apple-based belly dancer Sarah Skinner and other guest artists join the Masouda Dance Ensemble in a smoldering ode to Middle Eastern moves. Stafford Theater, Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 518-561-0075.

etc. APPLIQUÉ NATION!: Intermediate stitchers fashion unique clothes by applying fabric swatches in nifty colors, patterns and shapes. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $40 includes instruction and vintage materials. Info, 862-7417, rachel@thebobbin. com. CRAFTAPALOOZA: Local do-it-yourself creators show homemade items of all descriptions in between artists’ demos and Santa photo sessions. L.A.C.E., Barre, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4276. ‘INTERMEDIATE EXCEL’: Data manipulators with some experience learn how to plot, format, and enter formulas to create a loan-payment schedule. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $3, call to register. Info, 865-7217. ONLINE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION: Newbies to web-based media learn simple ways to share moving messages via social networking sites like YouTube, Ustream, Facebook and Twitter. Call ahead to preregister. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

food & drink CANDY-CANE-MAKING DEMO: See WED.10, 11 a.m. FAIR TRADE COFFEE SAMPLING: Sip java brewed from beans whose growers were paid a sustainable wage. Peace and Justice Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648. FESTIVE RECIPES: Food writer Melissa Pasanen and chef Rick Gencarelli, co-authors of Cooking with Shelburne Farms, demo dishes suitable for holiday feasts. Phoenix Books, Essex, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

FUDGE & CANDY MAKING: Watch kettle-stirrers create holiday confections, then score some samples. Lake Champlain Chocolates, Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648. INDOOR FARMERS’ MARKET: Growers sell bunched greens, winter squash, goat meat and root veggies among vendors of pies, handmade soap and knitwear. Hinesburg Town Hall, Hinesburg, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 318-0918. MIDDLEBURY WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET: Eighteen area growers, cheese makers, bakers and craftspeople collaborate to offer year-round “eat local” options. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 388-6601. RUTLAND WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET: Shoppers seeking locally raised edibles pick up root vegetables, cheeses, pickles and other lavish provender. Rutland Natural Food Market, Rutland, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 438-9803. WILLISTON OFF-SEASON FARMERS’ MARKET: Shoppers peruse fresh local produce, specialty prepared foods and unique one-of-a kind gifts in a once-monthly winter mart. National Guard Armory, Williston, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7728. WINOOSKI HOLIDAY MARKET: Foodies sip free coffee or hot chocolate, while perusing local handicrafts and prepared delicacies. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext. 21 .

health & fitness HERBAL SKIN CARE: Thrifty types save dough on spa treatments by making homemade face masques to combat seasonal stress and dry skin. City Market, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free, please call to register. Info, 861-9700. ZUMBA BURLINGTON: See FRI.12, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

holidays ‘A TOUCH OF VERMONT’: Tangible results of the endeavors of more than 40 in-state artists, craftspeople and entrepreneurs are highlighted at this hands-on holiday market. Montpelier City Hall, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Info, 223-9604. ‘A VICTORIAN HOLIDAY’: Strollers sample period holiday activities as part of a townwide walking fair, followed by a tree-lighting ceremony and, weather permitting, outdoor public ice skating. Various locations, St. Johnsbury, 9:45 a.m. - 10 p.m. Free. Info, 748-7121. ‘A WINTER’S EVE’: Hot cider, tall tales and candlelit tours illuminate holiday history at the dwelling of one of Vermont’s colonial-era founders. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $3-5. Info, 863-5403. CHANDLER HOLIDAY GIFT BAZAAR: See THU.11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE: Decked out for the season, the former president’s homestead offers visitors old-time music, craft demonstrations and wagon/sleigh rides, with related exhibits at the nearby Aldrich House, Plymouth Cheese Factory and 1924 Summer White House office. Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $2-20, kids under 6 free. Info, 672-3773 , Coolidge@HistoricVermont.org. CHRISTMAS AT THE FARM: Families celebrate like it’s 1899 with the traditional musical stylings of Will Danforth. Billings Farm and Museum, Woodstock, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $3-11. Info, 457-2355. HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR: Woodstock residents open historic homes as part of a festive wassail celebration. Various locations, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $25. Info, 457-3981. ‘HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR’: For-sale wreaths and Christmas trees deck the hall with balsam scents, a huge book sale tempts winter readers, and a pancake breakfast and bake sale ensure full bellies. Christ the King School, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6696.

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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See WED.10, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. BEBOP PLAYGROUP: Adults indulge in coffee and bagels while kids up to age 3 meet their peers. Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 860-6842. HOLIDAY KIDS’ CORNER: Young ones over 5 make holiday-themed art projects and gifts and enjoy light refreshments while Mom and Dad shop Shelburne Village. Shelburne Art Center, Shelburne, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3648. HORSE & BUGGY RIDES: Pint-sized equestrians get a leg up on tiny pony carts. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648. ORNAMENT MAKING: Small hands work with recycled materials to create festive baubles from bobbles. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $5 per parent-accompanied child. Info, 862-7417, rachel@thebobbin.com. ‘SATURDAY STORIES’: Librarians read from popular picture books. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. WOODCARVING WORKSHOP: Little shavers ages 7 to 12 learn how to fit square pegs in round holes at a joinery workshop offered by the Vermont Historical Society. Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. $8 per child, free for accompanying parents. Info, 828-2180.

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CHAMBER TRIO RECITAL: Pianist Xiudan Lin, clarinetist Wesley Christensen and violinist Allison Pike play classical compositions. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. FIERY FAITH & FIDDLE CELTIC CHRISTMAS: See FRI.12, 7 p.m. HOLIDAY BENEFIT CONCERT: The Waterbury Community Band plays concert medleys and holiday faves to raise funds for the town’s food shelf. Waterbury Congregational Church, Waterbury, 3-4 p.m. Donations. Info, 888-9327. HOLIDAY CAROLING: Various area performance groups spread cheerful sounds. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648. HOLIDAY MUSIC: Members of the Colchester High School Chamber Ensemble wear finger warmers to play seasonal tunes en plein air. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 12 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648. ‘IMAGINE CHRISTMAS’: A 30-member choir, instrumentalists and soloists perform traditional and contemporary holiday tunes, complete with a kids’ pageant. North Avenue Alliance Church, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0501. THE STRANGELINGS: This folk supergroup featuring Maura and Pete Kennedy, Chris Thompson, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson pairs originals with new slants on “hoary old stuff.” Tunbridge Town Hall, Tunbridge, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 431-3433, folkbloke@hotmail.com. ‘TURN THE WORLD AROUND’: The Vermont Youth Concert Chorale sings a set of traditional folk tunes and seasonal carols, and the Vermont Youth Orchestra Chorus pipes up with selections from Bach’s Magnificat. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $5-10. Info, 863-5966. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The VSO Chorus chimes in on a holiday pops concert program featuring Randolph-area composer Gwyneth Walker’s “Rejoice!” and seasonal arrangements by Robert De Cormier. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $9-52. Info, 863-5966.

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‘AIN’T THAT GOOD NEWS’: See THU.11, 8 p.m. ‘HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAY$?’: Theatergoers who’ve made their peace with Santa can catch G. Richard Ames’ quirky musical commentary on the season’s overcommercialization. Waterfront Theatre, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. $8; bring a nonperishable donation for the Chittenden County Food Shelf. Info, 863-5966, catalyst@gmavt.net. ‘LES MISÉRABLES’: See WED.10, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘MADAMA BUTTERFLY’: Classically trained singers share stage time with more, er, two-dimensional characters in Viva La Voce Puppet Opera’s miniaturized makeover of Puccini’s masterpiece. See “State fo the Arts,” this issue. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966. ‘MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING’ AUDITIONS: See FRI.12, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. ‘NEVER BEFORE SEEN’: See THU.11, 7:30 p.m. ‘PLEASE COME HOME: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY’: See FRI.12, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. ‘THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER’ (BURLINGTON): See THU.11, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘THE REVENGE OF THE REINDEER’: Members of the Big-Apple-based improv-comedy troupe Chicago City Limits offer a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Santa’s sleigh pullers. See calendar spotlight. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, 457-3981. ‘THE WIZARD OF OZ’: See THU.11, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.

words BOOK SIGNING: Lucinda Poole Cockrell autographs her book A Victorian Christmas: Sentiments and Sounds of a Bygone Era. Lincoln Library, Lincoln, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665. ‘RHETORIC FOR RADICALS’: Community organizer and author Jason Del Gandio offers an interactive presentation of his how-to guide subtitled A Handbook for 21st-Century Activists. Burlington Infoshop, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, info@ crashcollective.org.

SUN.14 dance RUMI POETRY & SUFI DANCE: Participants in this ode to mystic Persian words and movement learn circle dances in clean soft-soled shoes. Shambhala Meditation Center, Montpelier, 4-7 p.m. $10. Info, 658-2447. STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE: Small-group dances take center stage at a semester review of student work. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 656-3040.

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holidays CHANDLER HOLIDAY GIFT BAZAAR: See THU.11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. ‘HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR’: See SAT.13, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. PET NIGHT WITH SANTA: Fluffy and Fido sit for photos with the jolly gentleman in red, and leashes are a must. Burlington Town Center Mall, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Cost of portrait. Info, 863-1648.

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music Also, see clubdates in Section B. ‘A VERMONT CHRISTMAS WITH COUNTERPOINT’: See FRI.12, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. $12-18. Info, 863-5966. ADVENT CHOIR SERVICE: A candle-lit liturgy of old and new musical sources accompanies composer Healey Willan’s setting of the “Great O Antiphons.” St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471. CATAMOUNT SINGERS CONCERT: UVM student soloists and small ensembles celebrate the many moods of winter with vigorous vocals. Waterbury Congregational Church, Waterbury, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 656-3040. CHRISTMAS CONCERT: Collegiate choristers and community members share carols. Tuttle Hall Theater. College of St. Joseph, Rutland, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-5900, ext. 3290. FULL CIRCLE HOLIDAY CONCERT: The recorder and dulcimer ensemble airs seasonal music from around the world, then leads a sing-along. Jericho Community Center, Jericho, 4 p.m. $5. Info, 899-4327. GARNET ROGERS: The Canadian baritone builds charismatic folk songs at a Mad River Unplugged Music Series concert. See calendar spotlight. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $15-17; nonperishable food-shelf donations also welcome. Info, 496-8910. GREEN MOUNTAIN YOUTH SYMPHONY: Nearly 100 elementaryschool- to high-school-aged musicians from more than 25 area towns join forces for Tchaikovsky’s second symphony and the world premiere of “Autumn Dig” by Vermont composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz. Barre Opera House, Barre, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 476-8188. ‘IMAGINE CHRISTMAS’: See SAT.13, 6 p.m.

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IN MESSIAH COMMUNITY SING: Shower singers and pros alike raise their voices in the “Hallelujah Chorus” and other portions of Handel’s classic work. Our Lady of the Snows, Woodstock, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981. ‘THE CHRISTMAS CYCLE’: Soloist Victoria Fraser tells the story of the Swedish St. Lucia in song, with help from the trio Aurora Ancient Music. Christ Church Presbyterian, Burlington, 3 p.m. $15. Info, 862-1898, secretary@ christchurchburlington.org. THE RECORDER UNDERGROUND: Seasonal music from this subversive wind ensemble entertains attendees at an arts-and-crafts exhibition. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 479-7069. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: See SAT.13, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 3 p.m. $9-29. Info, 775-0903.

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words ‘A CHRISTMAS MEMORY’: At this hors d’oeuvre-enhanced benefit for Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, Larry Yarbrough lends his southern accent to a reading of Truman Capote’s poignant short story about the holidays. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 3:30-6 p.m. $25. Info, 382-9222.

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ADULT DODGEBALL: Coed teams relive recess in pickup-style games with regulation soft spheres. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 8-9 p.m. $3-15. Info, 223-5141.

words APPLIED STORY SHARING: Recille Hamrell encourages folks to use storytelling and active listening to help them work better together in their daily lives. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. ‘UNDERSTANDING POST-COLONIAL AFRICA’: Readers share their takes on Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter, by J. Nozipo Maraire, as part of a book discussion series exploring the issues behind the headlines. South Hero Community Library, South Hero, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6209.

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etc. ECO-SEW MESSENGER BAGS: Needle workers fashion strapped containers from recycled denim. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. $40 includes materials. Info, 862-7417, rachel@thebobbin.com. ‘GIFT OR NO GIFT’: There may not be a bevy of “suitcase girls,” but randomly chosen shoppers over 18 can compete for up to $500. In the J.C. Penney Seating Area. University Mall, South Burlington, 6 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. KNIT & NURSE: Mamas bring their babies to chat and work on projects. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7417, rachel@thebobbin. com. PAUSE CAFÉ: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346.

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SWEET, SILLY, FUNLOVING, LOVER, FRIEND My hurt is in the past and my heart is in the future. I NEED someone who’s self-efficient. A girl who wants to be loved. I’m looking for a girlie girl. NO BUTCH! If I wanted a dude, I’d date one. Not necessarily prissy... but girlie. I love off-roading but I put on my makeup to play in the mud! Chixgotskillz, 26, l, #112071 NOT THAT KIND OF DOCTOR... I’m a busy professor looking for someone who already loves something (her work, a hobby, a cause). My friends tell me that I’m hilarious, and they might be right. You could find out by meeting me. We could hit the beach, drink coffee, or stay home and just hang out. If gas prices drop, we could take long drives. dykotomy, 30, l, #112065 KILLER GARDENER I am a country gal who loves to have her hands in the dirt. I love plants, animals as well as good times, sledding, skating, a picnic. Future partner or a friend to hang out with, catch a movie or just burn one & chat about our day. If “Muddyknees” is still out there & single, I would love to chat. Organicgoddess, 46, l, #111960 INDEPENDENT, KIND, OPEN-MINDED GAL Looking for somebody with similar selfless attributes to join me in discovering what life has to offer. Somebody who is independent, enjoys dancing and hanging out with friends. I am slender, brown hair, hazel eyes, college grad professional. You are kind and beautiful. catsmeow, 31, l, #111890 MUST LOVE FUN!! Fun, flirty & frankly, fabulous! Cute, adventurous and outgoing! Enjoy movies, different kinds of music, food & wine. Am a Euro, so appreciating other cultures and enjoying traveling a big plus. mfe77, 31, l, #111881 CHARMING, OUTGOING, SPITFIRE GIRL I believe everything happens for a reason and “what does not kill you makes you stronger.” I know I am beautiful! I fully love life and enjoy its craziness, & believe everything has both its good and bad sides! Every single negative event in my life has, in some way or another, proven itself positive in the long run. UGH!! Drea, 27, l, #111875 SHUT UP AND SKI I can talk for hours on end with good company and conversation. But I also need to get out side and move. Make the best of the cold weather, embrace 15 degrees and snowing. ski, snow shoe, watch the snow flakes :):). Rose2009, 42, l, #111792

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MUSIC NERD I’m quirky and shy. I don’t judge, or rather, I give everyone a chance. I’ll welcome you. I like meaningless conversations that are accompanied by laughter that hurts the stomach. Sometimes I prefer deep conversations. I LOVE music. I adore thesauruses. I like walks in the park, cold air and no sleep. I’m willing to answer questions. Hit me up! KekoaT, 20, l, #112103

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SEEKS MUSE Seeking a wholesome woman: creative, strong, pure, considerate, stunning...someone unafraid of themselves...someone who has high moral standards and desires a traditional home with a man. Revelations, 32, l, #112122

NOT LOOKING TO IMPRESS Looking to have fun without any ties. Not looking for a serious relationship, mostly friends with benefits. Like the outdoors (enjoy a wide variety of outdoor activities), reading, watching movies/TV and listening to music. Enjoy relaxing in front of the fire drinking wine, reflecting on many of life’s experiences. Enjoy the explosiveness of passionate lovemaking. Love receiving and giving massages. 1justvisiting, 49, #111999 INTELLIGENT, FUN, FIT AND HONEST I am a professional who is seeking an emotionally responsible woman who is ready to live life! I am chivalrous, but not condescending. I am a gentleman, but edgy when the time is right. I want to learn what makes you happy from YOU - not my ego. I am excited about your goals, too. realvtguy, 34, l, #112050 SMART, HANDSOME, CHARMING I have goals and dreams, I am looking for a partner to share life experiences with - the good and bad. Being able to have a relationship that will be open and honest, intimate, sharing all of life’s pleasures together - fine dining, movies, hiking. scooby34341, 39, l, #112048 OPEN TO THE NEW I am interested in openness and desire to explore intimacy with healthy boundaries. I want to have fun with sex, relationships and women...learning how to skillfully and joyfully dance on the fine line between individuality and unity. If you love nature and my lines create a spark of interest, let me know. There is a world of fun out there. beingisfun, 49, u, l, #112032

MEN seeking MEN CUTE, CLEANCUT PROFESSIONAL SEARCHING FOR... Associations, friendships and relationships! I’m 5’8”, 165 lbs., in shape, with blue eyes and brown hair. Seeking someone cute, educated and active for any of the above. What’s to lose? matt1123, 30, l, #112093 KIND AND FUN VIDEO GAMER I’m a bigger video gamer and techy. I love to play on all kinds of games! I’m a member of the furry fandom, I’m a red fox named Acton. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about I’ll explain it to you.) Instead of going out I love to sit in with a friend and watch a movie. ActonRedFox, 18, l, #112064 HONEST, FUN, ATHLETIC FOR SAME! Upbeat, positive guy. Love hiking and photography. Not a lazy guy here. I’m looking for someone who is willing to try and do anything at least once. I’m an honest guy looking for friends, lovers and eventually try the boyfriend thing. I’m a college grad with a pretty good job. I work and live in the Burlington area. huck7171, 37, l, #111515 FUNNY, LOVABLE PHILOSPHER I am looking for someone between 18-23. I am artistic and I love to draw and write music. I play guitar and sing in a band. I am currently attending Johnson State. I love to laugh. I love open-minded people and I tend to think from a sociological perspective so I give everyone a chance. I like to philosophize. I love a sense of humor. MPT, 18, l, #111934 FUN GUY, LOVE SEX Happy guy looking for happy people who share the same interests as I. I like to have sex a lot but not too much. Looking for someone who likes sex. gregman81, 27, #111894

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OTHERS seeking‌ NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT I’m lonely- had thoughts, now bring them to reality. Need good teacher - will you be that one? wantit, 21, #112091 COUPLE FOR COUPLE We are a couple, he’s 49 and she’s 33. She’s bicurious. We love watching and being watched. She likes restraint. ISO another like-minded couple for same-room play, for starters. looking08, 49, l, #112046 SEXY, EXPERIMENTAL COUPLE We are an average couple looking for fun couples/women/or men. We are both under 30, looking for someone similar in age and height/weight prop. We have pics to exchange for yours to make sure both parties are interested. Piercings are a big plus. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you might be interested!! Hope to hear from you soon. jands2328, 23, #111920 CUTE, OPEN COUPLE SEEKS FUN We are a youngish couple seeking the same. We have an open marriage and play together or separately, and we are interested in similar-aged couples, guys and girls for fun. He is straight and she is BI. adkcutecpl, 32, #111801 YOUNG, ATTRACTIVE COUPLE Couple looking to have some fun with another girl or couple with same interest and NSA. Must be mature, clean, equally attractive. Laid-back and just love having a good time. Somewhat new to this but have some experience. We are kinky, love trying new things. He is 27, 5’10, 150 lbs. I’m 5’3, 120 lbs. blindedbylust, 20, #111698 SEXY 3SOME We are a hot, 25 y.o. couple looking to have some NSA fun w/a hot girly girl, not into butch. I’m 5’5, 128; he’s 6’0, 180. Very attractive CPL: I’m tan, black hair, exotic looking; he’s muscular, sexy, w/brown hair. Hit us up if you’re interested in DD-free kinky fun ;). jandp8, 25, u, l, #111600 HOT, HORNY COUPLE Interested in trying something new, as a couple or individually. Me: WELL HUNG! Her: VERY HOT! Utmost discretion required. availableplaymates, 31, l, #111021 HOW CREATIVE ARE YOU? We are a professional couple (38 & 40) looking to find the right person(s) to explore and play with. We enjoy the thrill of female domination in our private lives. We are looking for people who are fun and attractive and like sports and the outdoors. How much fun can you have when he is COMPLETELY under your control? :). wellkept, 38, l, #105924 EXCITING, FUN COUPLE Hardworking couple and homebodies. Like to entertain around pool, hot tub, cookouts. Enjoy friends with benefits. Very easygoing and laid-back. Couples or third party welcome. Him: straight. Her: very bi-curious. Open to all replies. Do not have account as of yet, trying site since we are new to this. vermontfriends, 42, l, #110564

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Vermont’s Rally Royalty L ance Smith is the president of Vermont SportsCar in Colchester. He translated a love of rallying into a hugely successful business venture that keeps him right where he wants to be: in the heart of rally racing in America. Vermont SportsCar runs Subaru Rally Team USA, which has won the last three Rally America National Championships. Last week, Smith slowed down enough to share the ride.

BOB KILPATRICK: How long has Vermont SportsCar been around, and when did the focus turn to rally?

LANCE SMITH: We started in 1988 and our focus was restoring exotic sports cars. Though my background and education was with exotic sports cars, my passion was with rally. I always had a rally car and did my first rally school in ’79. I was 18.

BK: So, it’s been a lifelong passion?

LS: Yep . . . The collector car market slowed in 1990. I purchased what was left of the original company and carried on. Each of my former partners wanted to try rally. They said, “Jeez, we’d like to give that a go.” And I got to build their rally cars. I slowly changed the focus to be more rally oriented. We still do restorations now, but we do about one a year. It used to be 95 percent restorations and 5 percent rally, and now it’s totally the other way.

BK: Your specialty on the course is as a co-driver. Tell me about that experience. LS: I used to be upset that I was born on the wrong side of the water [Atlantic Ocean]. There was no real rallying in the United States. You couldn’t get any funding. So I spent years frustrated with

that. Then I went for a ride with John Buffum in his Audi Quattro when it was first delivered. Cuttingedge, state-of-the-art stuff, and here’s a guy in Vermont who had one! As soon as that happened, I could never change my focus again. I knew what I was going to do for the rest of my life: I wanted to be a rally driver. But I loved the sport of rallying even more than my desire to be a rally driver. So building the cars and co-driving was a really good way for me to stay involved. I was onboard for any issues. I co-drove for Dick Corley in town here for three or four years, and we were running at a high level in the national championship. That was really good. We were fighting with the big boys from a team that started with nothing. Then, riding with Carl Merrill, we actually won the North American Rally Cup. That was my highest achievement as a co-driver.

BK: What makes Vermont SportsCar unique? LS: When I started looking at rally, I thought I could make a name for us there. I tried to bring the fit and finish of a restoration project into the world of rally in the United States. At the time, the fit and finish of rally vehicles was not very high. Our cars presented very well and performed well. Our attention

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BK: How big was getting rally into the X Games?

LS: A huge move, monumental. The story goes that when Travis was leaving the X Games in 2005, after he won a Gold Medal in Freestyle, he said, “Well, it’s too bad I’m not going to be back next year. You guys don’t have rally in the X Games and I’m going rallying next year.” The guys running the X Games stopped and took the time to find out “what is rally?” And because of that, it opened a whole bunch of eyes. ESPN was looking for some form of motorsport to transition the X Games, to get to a slightly older audience and get more eyeballs, and Travis gave it to them on a plate. They took a big chance with rally and it worked. Our team of drivers is unbelievable. We’ve been given a real gift. Between [sponsors] Subaru of America, BFGoodrich Tires, Red Bull, Monster Energy Drink . . . and then we get three spokesmen [Pastrana, Block, Mirra] who are all enthusiastic. Each one of them is different. They’re all experts in their own field and they’ve decided to converge on rally at one time? And with us? It’s crazy. >

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Counseling AFFORDABLE PSYCHOTHERAPY Want help, but worried about the cost? Low-cost psychotherapy options incl. group psychotherapy, trauma skills/support classes, group CRASH counseling, psychotherapy via telephone & hypnotherapy. Info: Private Practice, Scott Earisman, 802-658-9257, scot t .ear isman @ ver izon.net, vermontcounselor.com. BERT MUNGER, MA LADC LCMHC Licensed to help w/ substance use & emotional problems. “I match my approach to your situation and preferences.� DWI, court diversion. 802-865-3450. Info: Robert Munger, 802-288-1087.

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Education HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Fast, affordable & accredited. FREE brochure. Call NOW! (AAN CAN) Info: 888-583-2101, www.continentalacademy.com.

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Health/ Wellness BALD MOUNTAIN RETREAT, NEK Idyllic, secluded, inspiring, rustic, spectacular, delicious food, spirit, natural healing, naturopathic doctor, affordable. Lake Willoughby National Recreation Area. “Most people have never seen such beauty.� Info: 802-6594347, birch@baldm.com, www. baldm.com. D. MALLIK, ACUPUNCTURIST Specializing in Classical Five-Element Acupuncture for balance and health in body, mind & spirit. Licensed acupuncturist since 1990. Free phone consultation. Info: 802-864-9344, www.burlingtonvermont-acupuncture.com.

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FULL BODY MASSAGE FOR MEN By athletic Chinese-American male. Rejuvenate both your body & mind. Special attention to head, feet & lower back. Info: 802-3103905, 802-233-5037. Info: Jay.

BUSINESS HELP FOR YOU Business coach certified. Listening to you & helping you focus on what’s important. Efficiency through effectiveness. Accounting setups, virtual assistance services, bookkeeping help also avail. Independent contractor. Pay only for what you need. One time or ongoing. Flexible hours & ideas! Info: BEYOND the BOOKS, 802-372-6745, Angela@BEYONDtheBOOKS.biz, BEYONDtheBOOKS.biz.

GREEN TRADE SHOW IN B-TOWN “New Ways for the New Day� Green Trade Show, Feb. 21/22, seeking exhibitors! Check website for more information. Be a part of the solution! Info: The Whole Picture Show, Donna Ellery, 802-6332336, thewholepictureshow@ gmail.com, www.thewholepictureshow.com.

Massages performed au naturel w/ aromatherapy/Reiki. Info: 802-355-5247, www.moonlightmassage.com. PSYCHIC COUNSELING & channeling w/ Bernice Kelman of Underhill. 30+ yrs. experience. Also energy healing, chakra balancing, Reiki, rebirthing, other lives, classes & more. Info: Bernice Kelman, 802-899-3542, kelman_b@ yahoo.com.

TOP-RATED MALE MASSEUR Back in town, 3 days only! Offering the best in man-to-man touch. Enjoy full-body massage that’s deep, healing, stimulating. Now taking appointments for Tues.-Thurs., Dec. 16-18. Info: Joseph Dalton, 518-391-0243. TUSCON MASSAGE THERAPY 17 yrs. exp. Specializing in deep tissue, steam towels, hot packs. 1 hr./$65, 90 min./$90. Barre area. Info: Peter, 802-476-5408, pscompedge@aol.com.

Home/Garden A+ HANDYMAN SERVICES “No Job Too Odd.� Willing & capable to do just about anything. In business for over 2 years, have excellent refs. Snowplowing, too! Call Ric. Info: A+ Handyman Services, 802309-1477, handyman05401@comcast.net.

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PICTURESQUE HOME

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No. Ferrisburg. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, luxurious master suite, 2 car garage, full basement. Easy access to lake Champlain & Rte 7. Pastoral & mountain views on ten acres. $430,000. Info: 802-238-5669.

Cute ranch style home with 3-BR, 1-BA and numerous improvements. Spacious corner lot in a nice quiet neighborhood. Partially finished basement, great for family room. $240,000. 802-899-5424.

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A green space is a healthy space! Clean Spaces is your eco-friendly cleaning service. We use only natural, biobased products that are safe for people, pets & the environment. Call for free estimate. Info: Clean Spaces, 802-734-2269, denise@ cleanspacesvt.com, www.cleanspacesvt.com. GREEN TRADE SHOW IN B-TOWN Burlington, VT, Feb. 21/22, seeking exhibitors for the new local event! Are you part of the future? Check website for more details. Info: The Whole Picture Show, Donna Ellery, 802-633-2336, thewholepictureshow@gmail.com, www.thewholepictureshow.com. ODD JOBS YOU BETCHA Pressure washing, interior/exterior painting, fences & decks, doors, windows, baseboard casing, general carpentry & roofing, gutter repair & cleaning. Info: 802-373-2444. STAY WARM THIS WINTER! Do you need a more efficient furnace? Licensed & insured master plumber avail. for new construction, renovations, service & repairs. Reduced labor rate for seniors. Info: Donovan Plumbing and Heating, 802-318-7253.

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Appliances/ Tools/Parts

ALMOST-NEW TIRES Bridgestone Insignia SE 200 all seasons. Set of 4. Less than 10 miles on them! P205 65 R15 $300/OBO. Info: 802-482-2610. HAKKAPELIITTA SNOW TIRES 175/70 R14 84T, brand new, in great condition, barely used, sold my car. Asking $200/OBO. Info: 802-540-0183. LEER TRUCK CAP Fits 2004 Dodge short box. Purchased 8 mos. ago for $1784, selling for $1000. Excellent condition. Call Fred at 802-875-3167. NEW ELKAY STAINLESS SINK Contemporary Gourmet:self-rimming, 18-gauge w/ a double-bowl and double-hole faucet drilling; satin finish, 33 x 22 inches. Asking $375/OBO. Info: 802-865-3012.

Clothing/ Jewelry PAISLEY’S - WOMEN’S RESALE Sassy, classy resale shop has moved from Colchester to the 5 Corners (34 Park St.), Essex Jct. Open 7 days. Come on in. Happy Holidays.

Electronics

Antiques/ Collectibles

55” PROJ. TV $350 Great, bought 2001, used w/ VCR, DVD, video games, digital camera. Smokefree home. Picture-in-picture, w/ surround sound. Email akong@ sonicvista.com for details. Pickup only (S. Duxbury).

DISNEY X-MAS ORNAMENTS NIB I have a collection of 22 Disney ornaments from Grolier. They are all from 1992 & 1993, never out of the boxes. Info: 802-233-0289.

A NEW COMPUTER NOW! Brand name. Bad or no credit - no problem. Smallest weekly payments avail. Call NOW. (AAN CAN) Info: 800-816-2232.

LONGABERGER COLLECTION Collectors. All baskets are warm brown stain, in excellent condition, from nonsmoking home. See online ad for items. Prices firm. Info: 802-318-2060.

GET A NEW COMPUTER Brandname laptops & desktops. Bad or no credit - no problem. Smallest weekly payments available. It’s yours now. (AAN CAN) Info: 800803-8819.

VINTAGE KANGAROO RUG 9 x 12. Patchwork design. Made in Australia. Beautiful condition. Info: 802-879-6851.

MINOLTA FLASHMETER IV F Lightmeter, little-used, excellent condition. Measures ambient & fl ash, incident & reflected light. Averages multiple readings. $175. Info: glennvermont@gmail.com.

VINYL/BOOK S/ART/ANTIQUES We have a great collection of vinyl records! Thousands of titles, good condition, fair prices. Books, antiques, art, paperweights, more. Record player repair, too! Info: Speaking Volumes, 802-540-0107, www.speakingvolumesvt.com.

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Entertainment/ Tickets DRIVERS W/ LATE-MODEL vehicles possessing entertainment and MC qualities wanted to host shows w/ exotic dancers. Info: 802-658-1464. SMUGGLERS YOUTH SKI PASS 2008/2009 season. $350. Info: Rollin Brown, 802-863-3011.

Exotic dancers. Adult entertainment for birthday, bachelor, bachelorette, deer camp or any time good friends get together. #1 for fun. New talent welcome. Info: 802658-1464.

Free Stuff IS YOUR HOUSE HAUNTED? Let us check it out for free. The Vermont Spirit Detective Agency: “The Private Eye For Those Who’ve Died.” Contact: vermontspirits@gmail. com. Info: Matthew Borden, 802881-1171, bigbigdeal3@aol.com. VEGETABLE OIL Have used vegetable oil that can be used for diesel fuel. Come and take it. Have a lot of it! Info: Global Markets, 802-863-9460.

Furniture 7.5’ PRELIT CHRISTMAS TREE Purchased 2 yrs ago at Home Depot for $250. Doesn’t fit in my new smaller home. Asking $75. Info: 802-233-0289. BURLINGTON FUTON w/ frame & mattress cover, full size. Nonsmoking, cat-free home. Excellent condition. Asking $350. Info: Bob Dipaolo, 802-862-5588, redipaolo@verizon.net. CROWN MING CHINA In the Harmony pattern. Beautiful set, blue & pink flowers w/ silver linings on ea. piece. 5-piece settings for 8. Must sell, make an offer. Info: 802-233-0289. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Set of interior French louvered doors w/ hinges, solid pine. Fit 28” opening. $40. Info: 802-862-5588, redipaolo@verizon.net. SLEEPER SOFA Benchcraft, 4 years old. Sage green color. Nice piece for only $350. If interested, call Diana: 802-862-4820.

Garage/Estate Sales COME CHECK US OUT Red Barn Sales. A little bit of everything. Some real neat stuff. Come check us out. Rte 7, Georgia /Milton line. MOVING SALE Furniture, stereos. TV’s, aquariums, books and much more. Some stuff is free-you haul away.

Kid Stuff SPORTCRAFT FOOSBALL TABLE 1 year old, $150/OBO. Info: 802482-2610.

Pets

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2 PAIR GERBILS Super friendly. 1st pair: black males, 8 & 10 months old. 2nd pair: 5 months, female, 1 black, 1 silver. W/out cages, $10/per. Info: Sarah G, 802-922-8476. HIMALAYAN KITTENS Blue eyes, sealpoint & bluepoint, M & F, very friendly. CFA registered, shots. Ready to go. $300. Give us a call. Info: 802-457-4039. PR UKC BLUE NOSE PITBULLS Born 9/28. UTD on shots & deworming. Great temperament! Delivery avail. 5 males left, blues, blue brindles, & 1 champagne boy! Full of energy. Info: 518358-3186, www.myspace.com/ northernbullykennels.

Sports Equipment 2003 ATOMIC SX-11 Supercross 180cm A GS race ski w/ a bigger sidecut. These skis like big turns & big speed. Bindings brand new last season. Meticulously maintained. $275. BURTON T6 ‘07-08 162, instructor owned, excellent condition. $400. Info: 802-583-3127. ORVIS FISHING WADERS Great xmas gift for the fisherman on your list. Neoprene Men’s XL stockingfoot. Never used, still in original box. New, $150. Asking $50. Info: 802-878-5576. REMINGTON 1187 12 GAUGE Semi-automatic shotgun, turkey edition. $500. Info: 802-8885331. SALOMON SNOWBOARD BINDINGS Women’s size S/M. “Poison,” top-of-the-line, pro bindings. Brand new in the box, all accessories incl. $75. Call Pat. Info: 802-598-8134.

Want to Buy ANTIQUES Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates, silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid. Info: Dave, 802-859-8966. POKEMON ITEMS WANTED Looking for gently used Pokemon toys for my son. Stuffed animals, figures, cards, anything. Please let me know what you have for sale! Info: 802-233-0289.

Bands/ Musicians A CAPELLA SINGERS WANTED Love singing? Burlington-based Root 7 is auditioning altos and basses for its 7-member contemporary a cappella band. Contact Ben Russel, bigben@rt-7.com, for details. Info: Root 7, www.rt-7. com. BASS PLAYER - COLCHESTER Looking for guitar player(s) & drummer to join or form rock band for playing gigs & fun. Info: Kurt Anthony, 802-865-9916. I WANT TO SING W/ A BAND Bari w/ 4-octave range & experince singing the above looking for established band or new group w/ high aspirations. Serious inquiries only. Info: 802-434-7468. LEAD PLAYER BLUES ROCK If anyone is looking for a lead player, I’d love try it out. I’m looking to just get out & play. Info: studiocat89@yahoo.com. MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHER avail. for your next press-release/press-kits shoot. Have worked w/ various successful musicians. Feel free to check out some of my work. Info: Evan Dempsey Photography, Evan Dempsey, 802-922-5858, www. evandempsey.com.

For Sale COMSTOCK, CHENEY & CO. Built upright piano. Good tone, needs tuning. Antique finish. $450/OBO. Info: 802-865-0357. GUILD ACOUSTIC GUITAR D4-NT, mahogany back/sides, arched back, spruce top, rosewood fretboard/bridge, nice playing/ sounding, good condition, hardshell case, made in Waverly, RI. $450. Info: 802-355-2443. PIANO Quarter-grand, Chickering, 1904, fully refurbished, beautiful light mahogany. Excellent condition. $7500, may negotiate. Info: 802-985-9718.

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BASS GUITAR LESSONS For all levels/styles. Beginners welcome! Learn technique, theory, songs, ear-training & slap-bass in a fun, professional setting. Years of teaching/playing experience. Convenient Pine St. studio. Info: Bass Lessons with Aram, Aram Bedrosian, 802-598-8861, info@arambedrosian.com, www. arambedrosian.com. DRUM LESSONS Have fun while achieving your goals as a drummer! Experienced, professional & active drummer seeks students of all ages, styles & abilities for private instruction. Study at your convenience in my Burlington studio, or in your own practice space. I offer a custom curriculum, flexible scheduling & the best rates around. Info: steve@ stevehadeka.com. GUITAR INSTRUCTION Berklee grad. w/25 years teaching experience offers lessons in guitar, music theory & ear training. Individualized, step-by-step approach. All ages/styles/levels. Info: Belford Guitar Studio, Rick Belford, 802-864-7195, rickbelf@verizon. net, www.rickbelford.com. GUITAR SCHOOL OF VERMONT “Not your usual music instruction.” Attention from multiple teachers, fundamentals, theory, technique, composition. Teaching Guitarist’s Growing Musicians. 802-655-5800, www.guitarschoolofvermont.com. GUITAR INSTRUCTION All styles/ levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, UVM & Middlebury College Faculty). Info: 802-8627696, www.paulasbell.com. MUSIC LESSONS Piano, guitar, voice, theory, composition, songwriting. All ages, levels, styles. 20 yrs. exp. Friendly, individualized lessons in S. Burlington. Info: 802-864-7740, eromail13@ gmail.com. TROMBONE, TRUMPET LESSONS Eastman School of Music graduate, trumpet, trombone, barihorn, tuba, piano, composition. “Music is a brain train.” See website; click the link for Musical Gifts, too! Info: Octavemode, Stuart Carter, 802-660-8524, www.octavemode.net.

RAD VINTGE DX7II SYNTH FS Moving, can’t afford to bring this sweet old microtonal FM synth w/ me. Selling fast & cheap for $200 (a few broken keys). Info: Monroe Ellenbogen, 415-317-1008. YAMAHA ELECTRIC DXPLORER Drum set. Complete set. Speakers, amp., headphones, stool, music stand. Less than 20 hrs. use. Pristine condition. $800. Info: 802879-2883. YOUNG CHANG PIANO Upright model in excellent condition. Adult owned. Tuned every year. Can email pictures if needed. Asking $1200. Info: 802-899-2037.

Auditions/ Casting WANTED: MALE &/OR FEMALE Model 30-50-yrs. old for 3 hr. photo session. $60/piece + photo provided for your portfolio. Info: 802-373-1928.

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Has your pet passed? Honor his/her life with a public memorial right here. Unabridged pet memorials online at 7dspot.com [click on pet memorials]. Contact Ashley 864-5684, ashley@sevendaysvt.com for more info.

Beloved Companion

YUKON December 1992 - October 2007

ukon, you were my boy. I miss your super-soft fur and soulful, intelligent eyes. Your quirks and neuroses made you all the more lovable. The day you left us was a sad day indeed. You will always be remembered.

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burlington city arts BOOK ARTS GUILD: First Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Burlington. Cost: $5 , suggested donation. Info: 802-8657166, BurlingtonCityArts.com. The Book Arts Guild, organized in January 2005, seeks to encourage and educate its members and the public through workshops, exhibits, fieldtrips and guest speakers. Membership is open to anyone with enthusiasm for the book arts. To sign up for the Book Arts Guild “MailBAG” contact Nancy Stone at nstonevt@aol.com. DROP IN: ADULT LIFE DRAWING: Jan. 12 - May. 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m., weekly on Monday. Burlington. Cost: $8 , session. Info: 802-8657166, BurlingtonCityArts.com. This drop-in class is open to all levels and facilitated by a BCA staff member and professional model. Please bring your own drawing materials and paper. No registration necessary. *Purchase a Life Drawing class card for $40 and get the 6th visit for free! *PAIR with Figure Drawing Basics! DROP IN: TADPOLE PRESCHOOL: Jan. 13 - May. 15, 9:30-11:30 a.m., weekly on Tuesdays & Fridays. Burlington. Cost: $6 , per parent/ child pair, $3/per additional sibling. Ages 1-5 yrs. Info: 802-8657166, BurlingtonCityArts.com. This popular drop-in program introduces young children to artistic explorations in a multi-media environment that is both creative and social. Participants will work with homemade play dough, paint, yarn, ribbon, paper and more! Parents must accompany their children. All materials provided. No registration necessary.

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START UP: Location 346 Shelburne Rd./Burlington. Cost: $1595 , 15-week course, scholarships available. Info: Mercy Connections, Lorna Lyons, 802-8467338, llyons@mercyconnections. org, www.wsbp.org. Time for a job change? WSBP can help! Create a job for yourself doing what you love. It’s time to take that next step toward business ownership. Call now for application and interview times. Learn valuable business skills as you write a bankready business plan.

dance BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: First Step Dance offers Ballroom Dance classes in Burlington & Shelburne on Monday & Tuesday and holds Ballroom practice sessions in Burlington on Thursday. Ballroom Dance Social on the 2nd Friday of each month. Info: 802-598-6757, www.FirstStepDance.com. Beginning classes repeat each month, and intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and dance! DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Burlington. Cost: $12, class. Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-on-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walkins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

dreams INTRODUCTION TO DREAMWORK: Jan. 11 - Feb. 1, 2-4 p.m., Weekly on Sunday. Waterbury. Cost: $60. Info: Sue , 802-244-7909. Get a basic orientation to an essential practice of the spiritual journey; learn over a dozen techniques in this workshop that is more experiential than intellectual. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

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BURLINGTON TAIKO CLASSES: Location 208 Flynn Ave./Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802999-4255, classes@burlington4:21:12 PM taiko.org, www.burlingtontaiko. com. Beginning classes Tuesdays Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $47/6 weeks. Adults 5:30-6:20 p.m., $53/6

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begins 10/28. Advanced Beginner/Ensemble class meets weekly on Mondays at 5:306:50 p.m., $48/6 weeks, beginning 10/27. Gift certificates are available! For a full schedule of classes or more info, go online or email.

gardening 2009 VT MASTER GARDENER COURSE: Feb. 3 - Apr. 28, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday in White River Junction. The class in Chittenden County is full. Info: 802-6569562, master.gardener@uvm.edu, www.uvm.edu/mastergardener. Learn the fundamentals of plant and soil science and home gardening application. Classes focus on a variety of horticultural topics such as vegetable and flower gardening, botany, soils, plant diseases, entomology, invasive plants and more. Taught by UVM faculty and experts from Vermont horticultural agencies, class fills quickly! STONE WALL WORKSHOPS: Location 2408 Shelburne Falls Rd./ Hinesburg. Cost: $100, 1-day workshop. Info: Queen City Soil & Stone, 802-318-2411, www.queencitysoilandstone.com. Learn the basic techniques for building drylaid stone walls, with a special focus on stone native to Vermont. Hands-on workshops are held inside warm greenhouses in Hinesburg. $100 for one-day workshops on selected Saturdays in January and February 2009. Space is limited; call or email for registration information.

healing INTUITIVE TOOLS FOR MOMS: Jan. 11 - Feb. 15, 4-5:30 p.m., Weekly on Sunday. Location Rte. 7 & Ballard Rd./Georgia. Cost: $150, for 6-week class (preregistration required due to limited class size). Info: Gwyneth Flack, 802-7823696. Our intuition is an essential tool to access our most authentic, powerful and creative self. Hone your “Mother’s Intuition” through simple healing tools to make more dynamic choices. Learn to quickly and effectively let go of stress from your surroundings, increase energy levels, and strengthen intuitive connections with your children.

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WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Open house, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1-4 p.m., Rhapsody Cafe, 28 Main St. (next to the Savoy Theater), Montpelier. Wild Edible Intensive 2009: Enhancing Local Food Security. Class meets for two terms, three Sundays each term, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Spring term: 5/24, 6/14 & 7/12, 2009. Summer Term: 8/9, 9/20 & 10/4, 2009. Tuition $480 both terms or $240 each term. $50 nonrefundable deposit each term. VSAC non-degree grants avail. Wisdom of the Herbs 2009, 8 weekends: May 16-17, June 6-7, June 27-28, July 18-19, Aug. 1516, Sept. 12-13, Oct. 10-11, Nov. 7-8. Tuition $1750. Nonrefundable deposit $250. Discounted tuition for early registration paid in full one month before class begins. VSAC non-degree grants available. South Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, director, 802-456-8122, annie@wisdomoftheherbsschool. com, www.WisdomOfTheHerbsSchool.com. Unique experiential programs embracing wild plants, holistic health and sustainable living skills, valuable tools for living on the Earth in these changing times. Learn through herb walks and nature adventures, communion with nature, hands-on wild harvesting and preparation of wild edibles and herbal home remedies, with intention and gratitude.

holistic health NUTRITION RESPONSE TESTING: Dec. 16, 5:30 p.m. Location 431 Pine Street Suite G01/Burlington. One-Hour Health Seminar. Info: Cedar Wood Chiropractic, Dr. Suzy Harris, 802-863-5828, cwchiro@ surfglobal.net, www.cedarwoodchiropractic.com. FREE Health Seminar: If you could look inside your body and see what is going on, would you? Nutrition Response Testing is a systematic analysis used to determine which nutrients you may need to help restore and renew energy levels and focus. Healthy snacks provided! Limited space, so RSVP TODAY!

language BONJOUR! FRENCH LESSONS: Location 4 Howard Street - 3rd Floor/Burlington. Info: Wingspan Studio, Maggie Standley, 802-2337676, maggiestandley@yahoo.

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www.maggiestandley.com. Private French lessons given by experienced & encouraging instructor in Burlington. Tailored for your specific needs/interests. Maggie has lived, worked and studied in Paris, France & francophone Africa and has 20 years teaching experience. Small adult & kids’ classes forming now, as well as for all schedules! A bientot! PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS?: Mad River Valley, Stowe, Montpelier. Info: 802-496-7859. Communication and vocabulary enrichment, some grammar review. Fun and useful. Taught by Yves Compere, French native.

martial arts AIKIDO: Adult introductory classes begin on the first Tuesday of the month. Location 257 Pine Street/Burlington. Info: 802-9518900, aikidovt.org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome. Gift certificates are available. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CTR: Colchester. Introductory class. Info: 802-893-8893. Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Location 55 Leroy Road/Williston. Info: 802-6604072, www.bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial-arts system; it enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardiorespiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense classes, Boxing, Muay-Thai Kickboxing and MMA for all levels. Head instructor is five-time Brazilian Champion Rio de Janeiro, certified 6th Degree Black Belt under Carlson Gracie. Classes for men, women and children. First class is free. VERMONT AIKIDO: Location 274 North Winooski Ave/Burlington. Info: 802-862-9785, vermontaikido.org. Practice the graceful martial art of Aikido in a safe, supportive environment. Aikido training teaches body and spirit together, promoting physical flexibility and flowing movement, martial awareness with compassionate connection, respect for others and confidence in oneself. Visitors are always welcome in the dojo! Class hours are at our homepage.

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meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location 187 So. Winooski Ave./Burlington. Info: 802-658-6795, www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org. Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom.

pilates ABSOLUTE PILATES: Affordable, invigorating group mat classes and 1-on-1 sessions that rock your body, not your wallet. Location 12 Gregory Drive, Suite 1/ South Burlington. Info: 802-3102614, www.absolutepilatesvt. com. Tone, stretch and strengthen with certified classical Pilates & Polestar Pilates instructor Lynne Martens. Sculpt a great new body in fun group mat classes or private lessons on reformer, Wunda chair and tower unit in an attractive, welcoming locale. In the works: floor mat to standing movement to challenge stamina, coordination and balance. Visit our website for pricing, class times and specials. NATURAL BODIES PILATES: Enjoy Pilates Mat and Reformer, Ballet Barre, and Integrative Movement classes - or combine all three in our Studio class. Private sessions, class cards and per-class rates available. Free group introductions, and special rates on private introductions by appointment. Location 49 Heineberg Dr./ Colchester. Info: Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates.com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. Shape your whole body while relieving stress and improving your health. Enjoy expert instruction in a supportive environment. Benefit from Lucille Dyer’s 20 years’ teaching expertise to develop your awareness, strength and ease of movement, all within a profes-

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« classes sionally equipped studio. Classes and private sessions are personalized, enlivening and fun! PILATES SPACE: Location 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park)/ Burlington. A division of ALL Wellness, LLC. Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Info: 802863-9900, www.pilatesspace.net. We invite all bodies, all ages and all abilities to experience our welcoming atmosphere, skillful, caring instructors and light-filled studio. We offer Pilates privates, semiprivates and group classes; physical therapy; holistic health counseling; craniosacral therapy; and Anusarainspired yoga. First mat class is free! Also, please join us for a free introduction to the reformer, the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 - just call to sign up.

pregnancy IT’S CONCEIVABLE/FERTILITY: Location 145 Pine Haven Shores/ Shelburne. Ongoing, for those experiencing infertility. Info: Champlain Hypnosis, 802-9996444, www.champlainhypnosis. com. Hypnofertility, a program that supports the entire fertility process (naturally or medically assisted) can help. Recent studies by Dr. Levitas in the Journal of Fertility and Sterility indicate that infertile women utilizing hypnosis techniques with IVF have double the conception rate as compared to IVF alone. Read more: www.champlainhypnosis.com.

reiki REIKI LEVEL ONE: Location 35 King St./Burlington. Cost: $175 , Sat., Nov. 20, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: Chris Hanna, 802-8811866, chris@risingsunhealing. com, www.risingsunhealing.com. Learn Reiki, a powerful healing art, and be able to give Reiki to yourself and others by the end of the class. Plenty of in-class practice

LIFE PURPOSE HAND READINGS: Dec. 20, 12:30-5:30 p.m. Location 122 S. Winooski Ave./Burlington. Cost: $35/30-minute consult. Info: HandTales, Janet Savage, 802-660-8060, janet@handtales. com, www.handtales.com. Join Janet, Master Hand Analyst, DEC 13 & 20 to discover the power and magic of your hands. Stuck in career, relationship, creative path? Your hands offer the most complete picture of your life. No predictions - discover your highest purpose and what is getting in your way. Call to schedule an appointment.

tai chi SNAKE STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location 100 Church Street/Burlington. Info: 802-8647902, www.iptaichi.org. The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill.

yoga BRISTOL YOGA AND AYURVEDA: Daily Ashtanga yoga classes for all levels. Special monthly workshops on yoga, Ayurveda, diet and nutrition, breathing and meditation. Private sessions for yoga or Ayurvedic consultations available by appointment. Bristol. Cost: $14/drop-in, $110/10 classes or $100/monthly pass. Info: 802482-5547, www.bristolyoga.com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul. Bristol Yoga is directed by Christine Hoar, who was blessed and authorized to teach by Sri K Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India, holder of the Ashtanga lineage.

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9 a.m. Kripalu - Vigorous. Check website or call for full descriptions, special events, updates & cancellations. COPPER CRANE YOGA: Beginner Series, Winter Solstice Yoga workshop, Kids Yoga. Location 179 Main St./Vergennes. Cost: $14/drop-in, $60/5-class card, $110/10-class card, $200/20-class card. Info: 802-877-3663, coppercraneyoga. com. Individual, group and custom yoga classes. Thai Yoga Bodywork and Zero Balancing sessions by appointment. Copper Crane provides wise and compassionate teaching to strengthen the body, uplift the heart and calm the mind. Be yourself here. Copper Crane is directed by Carolyn Conner, RYT, Advanced Certified Thai Yoga Bodywork practitioner. EVOLUTION YOGA: Mondays, 5:45 p.m. Class is sliding scale, $4-10. $5 Friday classes at 4:30 p.m. Location 20 Kilburn Street/Burlington. Check out our added location at Eastern View, 185 Tilley Drive, South Burlington. Cost: $14/ single class. $130/10-class card. $12/1-hr. class. $110/10-class card for 1 hr. classes. Community classes donation $5-$10. Info: 802-864-9642, www.evolutionvt. com. Vinyasa, Anusara-Inspired, Kripalu and Iyengar classes for all levels, plus babies and kids yoga. Prepare for birth and strengthen post-partum with pre/postnatal yoga. Reduced-price community classes offered 3 times a week. THE STUDIO AT THE FIELD HOUSE: Daily yoga & Pilates classes for all levels. Drop-ins welcome; no membership required. Shelburne. Cost: $15 , drop-in, $60/month (6 classes). Special Field House Athletic Club Memberships are also avail. Info: 802-985-4406, www. shelburneathleticclub.com. Vinyasa, Iyengar, Anusara, Yin, Vajra & Kripalu classes as well as reformer, mat & senior Pilates. YOGA VERMONT: Daily drop-in classes, plenty of choices, open to all levels, two locations. Burlington. Cost: $14/drop-in, $115/10 class card, $130/month pass. Info: 802-660-9718, www. yogavermont.com. Six-week Skiier and Rider class, six-week Intro to Ashtanga, Monthly Restorative, Adaptive Yoga, Yoga Instructor Training Course and more listed on website. Gift certificates available. For the latest, check out our blog: http://yogavermont.typepad.com.

BARRE YOGA AT FUSION STUDIO: Barre. Info: 802-272-8923, www. fusionstudio.org. Monday, 9 a.m. Kripalu - Gentle/Moderate. 4:45 p.m. Vinyasa - Moderate. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Kripalu - Moderate. Friday, 9 a.m. Vinyasa - Moderate. Noon Yoga/Pilates, all levels. 5 p.m. Vinyasa - Vigorous. Saturday,

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If you wish further information regarding participation in this hearing, please contact the District Coordinator at the address below before the date of the first hearing or prehearing. If you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify this office at least seven days prior to the above hearing date.

ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION AND HEARING #4C1212 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On November 14, 2008, George G. O’Brien and the Helen O’Brien Family Trust filed application #4C1212 for a project described as the creation of a 22-lot residential subdivision with two parcels of common land, 3,500 lf. of access road and associated infrastructure. The Project is located on Barstow Road in the Town of Shelburne. This project will be evaluated by the District 4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a). A public hearing is scheduled for December 29, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at the Essex Junction District Office of the Agency of Natural Resources, 111 West Street, Essex Junction, Vermont. A site visit will be held before the hearing at 8:00 a.m at the site. Directions to the site: Dorset Street south from Route 2, approximately 100 feet north of the Barstow Road intersection there is a pull off on the left (east) side, park there. The following people or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project: 1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission or regional planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies. 2. Adjoining property owners: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that the proposed project will have a direct effect on their properties under the ten criteria of Act 250 pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E). 3. Other persons: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that they have with a particularized interest protected by Act 250 that may be affected by an act or decision by the District Commission pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E).

Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the Shelburne Offices, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the District #4 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site: www.nrb.state.vt.us/lup by clicking on “District Commission Cases” and entering the case number above. Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 26th day of November, 2008. By: /s/Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802.879.5658 E/ peter.keibel@state.vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On November 26, 2008, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Inc., filed application #4C0506-11F for a project generally described as: the construction of a 23,133 sf. radiation oncology department plus additional 3,000 sf. mechanical room adjacent to east end of East Pavilion of FAHC. The project is located on Colchester Avenue and East Avenue in the City of Burlington, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Burlington Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and similar Vermont statutes which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, handicap, presence of minor children in the family or receipt of public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or a discrimination. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings, advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any home seeker who feels her or she has encountered discrimination should contact the:

HUD Office of Fair Housing, 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092 (617) 565-5309. OR Vermont Human Rights Commission, 135 State St., Drawer 33, Montpelier, VT 05633-6301. 800416-2010 Fax: 802-828-2480

No hearing will be held unless, on or before December 23, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by December 23, 2008. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 1st day of December 2008. By /s/Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state.vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On November 17, 2008, the City of Burlington, Burlington International Airport, filed application #4C0331-15C for a project generally described as: grading and use of the former quarry area for valet parking for up to 499 vehicles. The project is located on Aviation Avenue in the City of South Burlington, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the South Burlington Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above. The Applicant has requested, pursuant to Act 250 Rule 10(F), that the District Commission waive notice to landowners who do not directly abut the entrance to the parking area.

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sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Show and tell. View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. The District Commission has determined that the adjoining landowners whose notice has been waived, reasonably could not be affected by the proposed project with the proposed conditions and that serving notice on all the adjoining landowners constitutes a significant administrative burden without corresponding public benefit. The Chair and the District Commission have reviewed the proposal and have granted the waiver. No hearing will be held unless, on or before December 23, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by December 23, 2008. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 2nd day of December 2008. By /s/Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state.vt.us STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0168-08 CnC HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as Trustee, for Nomura Asset Acceptance Corporation Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR6, Plaintiff v. Heidi A. Martin, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Capital One Home Loans, LLC And Occupants residing at 4 Irene Avenue #13, Essex, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given Columbia Home Loans, LLC to Heidi A. Martin dated July 12, 2005 and recorded in Volume 656, Page 164 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 P.M. on January 7, 2009, at 4 Irene Avenue #13, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Scott J. Anderson and Virginia L. Anderson by Warranty Deed of Jeralynn B. Clark dated July 25, 2001 of record at Book 186, page 1004 of the City of Barre land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. as Trustee, By: Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0020-08 CnC Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff v. Vickie Morris, James Barbour And Occupants residing at 6 Victory Drive, South Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC to Vickie Morris dated July 25, 2007 and recorded in Volume 794, Page 355 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 P.M. on January 14, 2009, at 6 Victory Drive, South Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: All the same lands and premises conveyed to Jay Morris and Vickie Morris by Warranty Deed of James A. Thibault, Jr. and Jacqueline L. Thibault, Dated October, 12, 1990 and Recorded in Volume 298 at Pages 623-624 of the Land of Records of the City of South Burlington. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of South Burlington. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0366-08 CnC LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, Plaintiff v. John Workman, Essex Paint & Carpet, Inc. And Occupants residing at 57 Main Street, Essex Junction, Vermont, Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by First Franklin Financial Corp. to John Workman dated January 13, 2003 and recorded in Volume 521, Page 735 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex Junction, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:30 P.M. on January 7, 2009, at 57 Main Street, Essex Junction, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being a portion of lands and premises as conveyed to Allyn J. McDonald by Warranty Deed of Patricia M. Messier, Dated March 3, 1997 and recorded on March 24, 1997 in Volume 364 at Page 51 of the Town of Essex Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex Junction. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee

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Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee By: Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 Town of Williston Public Works Department Offers the following vehicles for sale to the highest bidder: (1) 2006 Ford Crown Victoria 4 dr. sedan: Auto, air, V-8 Mileage – 102,000 Minimum bid accepted - $2,500 (2) 2002 Chevrolet K-2500 HD Auto, air, 6.0 V-8 4 wheel drive, 8.5 foot Fisher V-snowplow Mileage – 38,000 Minimum bid accepted - $8,500 (3) 1998 S-10 Extended Cab Pickup Auto, 4.3 V6 Mileage 40,000 Minimum bid accepted $1,800 These vehicles are being sold in “as in condition” with no warranty expressed or implied. Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. EST Thursday, December 18, 2008 in the Public Works Office located at 7878 Williston Road, Williston, VT 05495. Inspection of the vehicles can be made by calling (802)878-1239.

By: Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0474-08 CnC Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., Plaintiff v. Sean P. McGrath And Occupants residing at 1676 Essex Road f/k/a 334 Essex Road, Williston, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. to Sean P. McGrath dated April 12, 2005 and recorded in Volume 390, Page 795 of the Land Records of the Town of Williston, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:30 P.M. on January 7, 2009, at 1676 Essex Road f/k/a 334 Essex Road, Williston, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Sean P. McGrath by Warranty Deed of Rodney S. Mayo dated April 12, 2005 and recorded April 14, 2005, in Volume 390 at Page 774 of the Town of Williston Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Williston.

Burlington Housing Authority Apartment Construction and Renovation Project Sealed bids from Construction Contractors for Apartment Construction and Renovation Work will be received by: Burlington Housing Authority 65 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401. Until 2:00 p.m. on January 6th, 2009 and then at said location publicly opened and read aloud. The scope of work consists of: constructing an addition consisting of 4 apartment units and the renovation of 2 apartment units in a historic building on East Allen Street in Winooski, VT. Information for Bidders, Bid and Contract Forms, Plans and Specifications and other contract documents can be examined at no cost and/or obtained for a fee of $50.00/ set on December 15th, 2008 at: Burlington Housing Authority 65 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401. A Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:00 a.m. on December 22nd, 2008. A bid bond of 5% of the bid amount is required at the bid opening. The successful bidder will be required to provide an assurance of completion in accordance with the requirements set forth in the contract documents. The owner reserves the right to waive informalities or to reject any or all bids. Bidders may not withdraw their bids within 30 days after the date of bid opening. All bidding processes shall be in accordance with State law. To request bidding information or obtain further information contact: John MacDonald Director of Asset Management Burlington Housing Authority (802) 864-0538 ext. 224 Minority owned, women owned and locally owned businesses are strongly encouraged to apply. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONY-

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DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs? Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Way of Vermont. Within Vermont, dial 2-1-1 or 866-652-4636 (tollfree) or from outside of Vermont, 802-652-4636. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. NEED A HUG? New support group starting. Would you like to explore personal intimacy in a safe environment? This is accomplished by using touch for expressing and receiving tenderness. This is platonic and personal boundaries are respected. Day, time, and location TBA. Jeff 310-4903 email iiyog@ aol.com. COED SINGLES GROUP Ages 5065, forming for friendship and fun. Chittenden County area. Activities to include weeknight/weekend dinner, bowling, hikes, snow shoeing, movies, etc. If interested email Myra at csbnc27609@aol. com. HOLIDAY GRIEF SUPPORT Grieving the loss of a loved one? Feeling uncertain about the holiday season? Holiday grief support: December 4, 11, 5:30-7 p.m. Sponsored by Hospice Volunteer Services. Please call 388-4111 for more info. and to register for this free program. WOMEN’S CLUB For all women ages 18+. Held at the Community Center (YMCA) in Winooski every Friday from 5-7 p.m. We will have a peer support session & social fun time to do a variety of things. Head leader: Jackie Konkol. Info: 802-861-2165, jackieakonkol@ yahoo.com.

Do you have problems with your relationships? Are you unable to leave an unhealthy romantic relationship? We can help. Call Valerie, 802-825-4643. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA’S SUPPORT GROUP Held monthly at The Arbors at Shelburne. For info. or to register, contact Nicole at 802985-8600. MENOPAUSE SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN Meets Sundays, 4-6 p.m. starting November 2nd & Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. starting November 6th. Cost: Pathways to Well Being, 168 Battery St., Burlington. Share knowledge, experience, stories & get support. This is a FREE support group that meets every other Sunday and Thursday. Call 862-8806 x5 for more info.

BERLIN WASHINGTON COUNTY 12/8/08 3:24:59 PM PARENTS OF CHALLENING CHILDREN: Support group for adoptive parents of children presenting serious emotional and behavioral challenges. First Wednesday of each month: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Easter Seals Vermont, 641 Comstock Road, Berlin, Vermont. Info: Kristi Lenart, 802-223-4744. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP: 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday. Please call or visit website for location information. 1-800-296-1445 voicemail, www. monkeyswithswings.com/vtcfids. html. WOMEN’S RAPE CRISES CENTER Will be starting a free, confidential 10-week support group for adult female survivors of sexual violence. Please call 864-555 ext. 19 for information.

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Preschool Teacher/Director Champlain Islands Parent Child Center – North

Immediate opening for a full-time Preschool Teacher to direct an educationally sound preschool program which includes nurturing and meeting the needs of individual children in a communitybased childcare center setting. The preschool teacher will be responsible for upholding all state and NAEYC regulations and assuring the safety and well being of the children at all times. He/she will be responsible for providing direct supervision to all teaching staff and aides regarding safety, procedures and responsibilities in coordination with the Education Program Director. The teacher will collaborate with EEE teachers/consultants, speech therapists, occupational therapists, etc. to design and implement specific programs for children with special needs. Additional responsibilities will include submitting weekly lesson plans, completing progress reports, maintaining materials, developing an interesting curriculum and carrying out the philosophy of the CIPCC. Qualified candidates must be energetic, enthusiastic, flexible, with a sense of humor and a love for children. Must hold license with an endorsement in early childhood education. Please send cover letters, resume and credentials to: CIPCC North, c/o Liz Lamphere , 22 Lake Street Alburgh, VT 05440

Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc. is a manufacturer of “Darn Tough� and other knit socks for men and women. Technician trainees are needed on second and third shifts and weekend shifts. Tech trainees are responsible for maintaining and replacing service parts as needed. They keep the machines clean and are responsible for quality control. Candidates will need some very basic knowledge of working with or around computerized machines. Manufacturing experience is a plus but we will train the right person. Wages will be commensurate with mechanical experience. An hourly shift differential is included for all of these shifts.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR MACHINE OPERATORS 2nd /3rd /Weekend/Shifts Responsible for operation of knitting machines to ensure they run at peak efficiency. The individual must be sure that socks are the correct color and size and assure that quality standards are maintained. We will train the right person. There is a shift differential added to the base rate of pay for all of the above shifts. All production jobs have the opportunity to make bonus based on meeting goals and exceeding production standards. Cabot Hosiery offers a competitive benefit package.

To apply call Rick Carey at 802-485-6066 x221 or email to rcarey@cabothosiery.com. Cabot Hosiery Mills is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Imagine working in a state-of-the-art laboratory completely lined with windows with views all around and on the top floor! CVPH Medical Center needs to hire a Histotechnician (full time). The lab offers fully accredited, comprehensive services with board-certified physicians and well-trained technologists and technicians committed to their work in a beautiful, brand new open-concept facility. Services include blood bank, blood donor program, chemistry, hematology, histology, microbiology, pathology, serology and urinalysis. Plattsburgh is nestled on the shores of Lake Champlain near the OlympicLake Placid Region of the Adirondack Mountains – 2 ½ hours from Albany and 1 hour from Montreal. Imagine living where others vacation! Where family living is easy! Where communities are safe and big-city amenities are easily accessible! With almost 2100 employees, we provide a broad range of services rarely found outside of a big city or university center. Visit the Careers Section of www.cvph.org Human Resources, Plattsburgh, NY, hr@cvph.org

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The Institute for Spiritual Development offers services and programs for people of all faiths to explore and deepen their spiritual life. Reporting to the Administrative Coordinator in Burlington, VT, the successful candidate for this newly-created part-time position will design and implement comprehensive outreach programs with an emphasis on marketing but with responsibility also for fund development and public relations. (S)he will be a highly motivated self-starter with a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two years relevant experience or transferable skills; marketing and writing expertise with examples to show; solid organizational and interpersonal skills; and superior computer skills. This individual will be adept at creating relationships with the media and those in positions to refer clients; comfortable soliciting support from individuals, foundations and the corporate community; and capable of dealing successfully in a wide range of situations. Salary will be commensurate with the successful candidate’s level of experience. Email résumé, cover letter and contact information for 3 professional references to InstituteforSpiritualDevelopment@hotmail.com

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Priority will be given to applications received prior to 12/20/2008 but applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.

Paid roommate sought for a pleasant and social 29-year-old man in South Burlington. Earn a $12,000 annual tax-free stipend and live rent free while providing consistent, independent living skills & coaching. Responsibilities would include assistance with grocery shopping, meal preparation several times a week, encouraging regular exercise and healthy food choices. Ideal candidate is a single male or female who would work cooperatively with the individual’s support team, have good communication skills, be willing to work compassionately with this individual and understand his abilities and challenges, while maintaining clear boundaries and expectations.

VENDING ROUTE DRIVERS We are looking for motivated, responsible individuals. Must be able to work independently, possess a positive attitude, be capable of lifting up to 50 lbs. and have a clean driving record. We offer a competitive wage along with excellent benefits. Apply in person or online at:

For more information, please call Marisa Hamilton: 802-488-6571. To learn more about HowardCenter, to view a full listing of open positions, to learn more about benefits, and to apply online, visit www.howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefit package to qualified employees.

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Admissions Counselor Goddard College seeks an Admissions Counselor to work with prospective students and represent the college/academic programs to the public. This position involves heavy computer and phone work, interviewing, as well as a commitment to progressive Higher Education. An ability to work a flexible schedule is a must as the position requires days, some evenings, occasional weekend work, and required travel to college fairs, special events and alumni meetings. Goddard students are creative, often eclectic, working adults. Imaginative, organized individuals who enjoy working in a busy, active and often stressful environment should apply. Requirements: ideal candidates will have an undergraduate degree, at least one year of recruiting (or related) experience, and excellent computer, communication and people skills. This is a Plainfield-based, full-time position (37.5 hours/week) that offers a generous benefits package. To apply electronically submit resume, cover letter, and three references to: hroffice@goddard.edu. Priority will be given to applications received by December 15, 2008. No calls, please; visit our website at: www.goddard.edu. Goddard College is committed to creating a college representative of a diverse global community and capable of creating change. To that end, we are actively seeking applications from qualified candidates from groups currently underrepresented in our institution for this position.

The CVOEO Fair Housing Project is hiring a qualified person for a management-level position with a wide range of responsibilities; the FHP director will work with other programs, agencies and organizations inside and outside of CVOEO with the goal of eliminating or mitigating housing discrimination in Vermont. This position focuses on eliminating both direct and systemic housing discrimination. Primary responsibilities include providing public advocacy on fair housing issues, direct supervision of FHP staff, grant reporting and administration, conducting and coordinating fair housing trainings across the state. Knowledge of fair housing law and legal issues is useful; knowledge of land use or planning issues helpful. Must have a BA in an appropriate field; JD or MA in related discipline is desirable. Must have 3-5 years experience or equivalent education and experience from which comparable skills and knowledge have been attained. Valid driver’s license and personal motor vehicle required. Must be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends. 40 hours per week, salaried position. Excellent benefits. Applications from people of color and diverse cultural groups encouraged. Please see the CVOEO website (cvoeo.org) for more information. No phone calls, please. Send cover letter, resume and names of three references, electronically, to FHP@cvoeo.org by December 15, 2008. EOE

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Looking for a job where you can really make a difference? Lund Family Center is the place for you. Lund Family Center, a multiservice nonprofit agency, is seeking motivated, flexible and dynamic individuals with a passion for working with children and families for the following positions. Great opportunity to work with a team of professionals with a common vision to provide quality services to young women in a work environment that offers opportunities for professional growth and excellent benefits. Nurse: Full-time. Day and Evening Nurses needed to serve pregnant and parenting young women and their children within residential treatment setting. Applicants should have a desire to work on a multidisciplinary team that is fast paced and challenging. Nurse staff will work in a nontraditional setting and provide leadership to the residential team on issues related to the health care of the young women and children including medication management, pre- and postnatal care, health assessment, medical case management and collaboration with the medical community. Lund Family Center provides holistic approaches to healthy living and embraces strengths- based perspective. Nursing credentials required. Substance Abuse Counselor: Part-time counselor needed to conduct comprehensive substance abuse assessment, treatment referral and coordination, and counseling within an outpatient program for pregnant and parenting women or colocated at the child welfare office to bridge agencies in an effort to provide immediate, holistic, family-centered services and increase the collaborative capability of the community to respond to substance abuse within family systems. Minimum of bachelor’s degree in a social work, counseling or huma-services-related field and substance abuse counselor certification or apprentice substance abuse counselor certificate. Experience working with families required. Substance Abuse Case Manager: Full-time Case Manager needed to provide substance abuse treatment referral, coordination, monitoring, and wrap-around services to young pregnant and parenting women. Minimum of bachelor’s degree in social work, counseling or humanservices-related field and apprentice substance abuse counselor certificate or the ability to test for certification within three months of hire date. Experience working with women and children, and knowledge of community resources, preferred. Shift Supervisor: Full-time Shift Supervisor needed for daytime hours within a residential treatment program serving pregnant and/ or parenting young women and their children. Responsibilities include supervision of staff and milieu management. The successful candidate will be able to provide life-skill and parenting support to young women who are receiving treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues. Leadership skills and experience working in a residential setting are desired. Minimum bachelor’s degree in human-services-related field and experience working with young women and children required. Supervisory skills, adaptability, ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, and strong communication skills preferred. Residential Counselor: Full-time counselor needed for evening and weekend shifts to provide parenting and life-skill support to pregnant and/or parenting women and their children in residential treatment setting and in independent living program. Minimum of bachelor’s degree in relevant field needed; experience working with adolescents and flexibility a must.

Many positions require a valid VT driver’s license.

Please send cover letter and resume to:

HR Manager Burlington, PO BoxJamie 4009, Tourangeau, VT 05406-4009 802-861-6460 (fax) Email: jamiet@lundfamilycenter.org No phone calls, please.

Call Phyllis 802-343-0331.

Front Des k Full-time and part-time, mornings and evenings. Flexible hours. Apply in person.

Gulliver’s Doggie Daycare 59 Industrial Ave., Williston

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Part-Time Communications Specialist WTSmed is a Montpelier, VT based medical herbal supplement company. We are seeking an experienced Communications Specialist to perform various writing, editing and design duties to include: writing, editing and designing/formatting business letters, health newsletters, email broadcasts, medical text and websites. The successful candidate will be experienced with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Dreamweaver and Print and Database management. Qualifications include strong writing and communication skills with experience in writing for the Web, good organizational and administrative skills. Pay based on experience and skill set. To apply, please send resumes to Michael Friedman at MFriedman@wtsmed.com.

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MIKE SACCO, MBA, SPHR Vice President of Operations Hickok & Boardman Financial Planning & Group Benefits

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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] FLYNN AVENUE SELF STORAGE

Director Wanted

Seeking dedicated candidate with skills in MS Word and Excel, organized and thorough work ethic, friendly disposition and strong customer service. Part-time weekend schedule: Sat., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sun., 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., with a possible weekday or two at every month’s end (flexible). Duties: account management, clerical work, customer service with some indoor/outdoor maintenance work required. Friendly employers, good working environment.

Rural Vermont is a small, nonprofit statewide advocacy group with a mission of economic justice for family farms. Candidates should have experience with legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, fundraising, and the ability to manage an annual budget of $200,000 and a small staff with interns. Director works with activist farmer board of directors and membership to define organizational priorities. Candidate must have a passion to free family farmers from corporate and government control so that a local, direct-to-consumer food system can flourish. Fair wages, good benefits.

Please send a cover letter with resume to flynnave@verizon.net.

Deadline for application is January 12, 2009. Please send a letter, resume and references to: Rural Vermont 15 Barre Street, Suite 2 Montpelier, VT 05602 ATTN: Hiring Committee.

Outreach Worker (.75 FTE)

For more information: www.ruralvermont.org. No email inquiries.

The Association of Africans Living in Vermont, Inc. (AALV), a small nonprofit organization serving the African refugee and immigrant community, seeks a hardworking individual who will: 1) provide referral case management; 2) conduct education home visits; and 3) work collaboratively with a variety of human service agency partners. Position open until filled.

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802-535-9270.

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TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (TEC) COORDINATOR The Craft Emergency Relief Fund is a national not-for-profit organization based in Montpelier, Vermont, whose mission is to strengthen and sustain the careers of professional craft artists. We seek a dynamic and passionate team player with strong technology management skills to coordinate and execute a variety of technology and electronic communications activities in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment. The successful candidate will be highly technologically savvy, detail-oriented, a creative thinker, able to work independently, and will demonstrate strong verbal and written communication. The TEC Coordinator will work closely with the staff to provide for the technology-related needs of this growing and forward-thinking organization, to build widespread awareness of and affinity for CERF’s programs and services and to analyze the results of those outreach efforts. In addition to supporting technology, fundraising and programs needs, the TEC Coordinator will be responsible for developing, maintaining and updating CERF’s website and robust database in Salesforce, and managing the organization’s digital assets (e.g., software and hardware maintenance and upgrades, troubleshooting and network administration, security, etc.). The ideal candidate will have demonstrated analytical and projectmanagement skills and knowledge of HTML, email marketing systems (such as Vertical Response), web-content management systems, basic graphic design skills, and web-based marketing/social marketing techniques along with experience using Microsoft Office applications and Salesforce and/or other similar software/database. Excellent salary and benefits package. Detailed job description available by request to info@craftemergency.org or 802-229-2306. The position will be open until filled. Please send cover letter; resume; the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references; and salary history/requirements to:

Executive Director Craft Emergency Relief Fund PO Box 838 Montpelier, VT 05601

Successful candidates will have keen organizational skills and fine-tuned abilities to communicate in person, on the phone and in writing. Flexibility, integrity and a sense of humor required. We’re a tight-knit team looking to add a strong player. Send cover letter, resume & salary expectations to: HSCC – Adoption Supervisor Search 142 Kindness Court South Burlington, VT 05403 or bestfriends@chittendenhumane.org

(subject line Adoption Supervisor Search) For more information and a complete job description, visit www.chittendenhumane.org.

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Director in the Department of Facilities Management Fletcher Allen Health Care, located in Burlington, Vermont, is seeking applications for a full-time Director in the Department of Facilities Management. Responsible for the leadership and direction of the operations of all FAHC physical plants, building support functions and environmental services. Organizes and directs biomedical services, contracted building support and repair services at all FAHC sites. The Director is responsible for the oversight of compliance activities of Equipment, Life Safety and Utilities Elements of the JCAHO Environment of Care. The Director is responsible for maintaining the FAHC Statement of Conditions (SOC). A bachelor’s degree in Facilities/Administrative Management or similar discipline and 5 years experience in comparable health care facilities management is required. Certified Healthcare Facilities Manager preferred. Fletcher Allen proudly offers a nonsmoking work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.

Please apply at www.fletcherallen.org by 12/30/08.

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RN Oversight

Asst. Store Manager and Store Clerk. These positions require customer service experience and cash handling knowledge. Please reply via email to

St. Joseph’s Level III Residential Care Home is seeking to hire an individual who can perform RN oversight for the home. The position is a critical role that necessitates a high level of communication, customer service, and organizational skills with a high level of compassion. The individual must promote the vision, mission and values of Vermont Catholic Charities, Inc. This position provides oversight responsibility in the area of nursing. These include but are not limited to developing care plans for residents; completing resident assessments; medication oversight and in-service training. The incumbent is under the general direction of the Administrator of the Home. This is a great opportunity to utilize your nursing expertise for approximately 40 residents in a great environment. The position hours are 24 hours a week, with Wednesday as a primary day. If interested, please submit resumes to: danderson@vermontcatholic.org.

Our residents and staff are wonderful to work with and provide a great working atmosphere!

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for a full job description and an application.

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Respiratory Therapy Opportunities Full-time Physical Therapist Dee Physical Therapy is seeking a highly motivated, mature and responsible licensed physical therapist. Duties will include patient care, supervision and development of clinical programs. Very competitive salary and compensation package.

Contact Mike Dee with resume at: mikedee@deept.com.

Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity where you would join an innovative Respiratory Therapy team? We may have just what you are looking for! CVMC is currently seeking qualified Respiratory Therapist candidates to fill our full- and part-time night shift needs. We are sure that you will find our recently upgraded RRT salary range of $21 - $32 per hour competitive!

$5000 sign-on bonus for full-time (Part-time bonus pro-rated)

These positions require a RRT (CRT considered), minimum of BLS and graduate of an AMA Respiratory Therapy program. Require skills with a variety of respiratory therapy modalities, diagnostic testing, mechanical ventilation, as well as patient and staff education. Include routine respiratory care, critical care and ABG lab. Experience in acute care or intensive care setting helpful.

Apply online at www.CentralToYourWellBeing.org or contact us at (802) 371-4493.

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Physical Therapy Assistants Are you looking for an exciting career, that gives you the opportunity to work with an award winning rehabilitation services team? We may have just what you are looking for! We are currently seeking qualified candidates to fill both Full time and Part time Physical Therapist and Licensed Physical Therapy Assitant positions at Central Vermont Hospital and Woodridge Nursing Home.

These positions require a BS in Physical Therapy, Certificate in PT or Master entry level degree in PT required. VT PT license or eligibility required, or VT Licensed PTA. Experience in long term care desired for the nursing home setting. Previous experience with outpatient/inpatient population required for the hospital setting.

$5,000 Sign-on Bonus for Full Time Physical Therapist

South Burlington School District 2009-2010 School Year

Night Shift Custodian:

South Burlington High School Qualified candidates will have a high school diploma or equivalent; demonstrated knowledge of current cleaning and building maintenance; demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment; and the ability to perform heavy lifting and other strenuous physical tasks.

French Teacher .83 FTE; one year only, 2009-2010: South Burlington H.S. Qualified Candidates must have a Vermont Teacher’s license, High School French Language endorsement. A Vermont Teachers license with High School German or Spanish Language endorsement is a plus. The candidate must have demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

(Part time position $2,500)

$3,000 Sign-on Bonus

for Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant COME SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER!!! Apply online at www.CentralToYourWellBeing.org or contact Human Resources at (802) 371-4191

These positions will remain open until filled. Candidates for the French Teacher position must apply on www.schoolspring.com. Candidates for the Night Shift position may forward their resume and three current references to: Diane Kinnon, Human Resource Department, South Burlington School District, 550 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT 05403 or apply at www.schoolspring.com. EOE

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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Childcare position available at The PlayCare Center of Richmond.

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We are looking for a special person with a sincere love of children. This special someone must also be mature, reliable and able to work a flexible schedule. Education and experience working in childcare settings preferred. For more information, please contact Crystal Bennett at 802-434-3891.

Fluent French Canadian

with excellent writing skills needed. Part-time, flexible hours. Email techtranslation2000@yahoo.com

or call cell 802-522-5606.

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needed with strong communication skills, knowledge of computers, good organization skills. 9-5 p.m. Call 802-372-8435 to set up interview.

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PURCHASING COORDINATOR/AGENT Bruegger’s Enterprises, a national bakery chain and franchising company, is seeking an organized, highly detailed individual with strong negotiation skills to join the purchasing department at our downtown Burlington offices.

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The Workforce Development Center is looking for an experienced, detailoriented individual to coordinate the implementation of short training programs. Duties include project planning and implementation, program coordination, logistics, executive sales, some budget management, and general duties related to delivering a high-quality program to working adults. Work hours are flexible and negotiable.

The qualified individual will be responsible for assisting in the purchasing and negotiation of packaging, ingredients, end products and equipment as well as preparing vendor quotations to determine the most desirable suppliers. This position is also responsible for coordinating, organizing & tracking multiple projects, monitoring departmental deadlines, drafting a variety of documents & performing other project-specific or administrative tasks as assigned.

A minimum of a bachelor’s degree and project planning, sales, budgeting, and management experience are required. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) and familiarity with the business community. Marketing and event-planning experience are preferred.

#ANDIDATE MUST POSSESS THE ABILITY TO WORK WELL BOTH INDEPENDENTLY AS A MEMBER OF A TEAM 0RIOR EXPERIENCE IN PURCHASING AND OR MANUFACTURING IS preferred. Bruegger’s Enterprise’s offers a comprehensive salary & benefits package.

To apply, submit a cover letter and resume/CV online at www.champlain.edu/hr. Champlain College values, supports, and encourages diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives of students, faculty and staff. ff ff. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

0LEASE MAIL OR FAX YOUR RESUME COVER LETTER WITH SALARY REQUIREMENTS TO Human Resources: Recruiting, Bruegger’s Enterprises P.O. Box 1082 Burlington, VT, T, 05402 T Fax 802-660-4034 Or via email to: recruit@brueggers.com Bruegger’s is an equal opportunity employer.

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“MyWebGrocer ran employment ads for two weeks with Seven Days. We ended up scheduling five interviews and finding them all qualified individuals. The great thing about it was the timeliness of the staff. We had our ad proof in less than a half hour! Seven Days newspaper enables MyWebGrocer to continue its growth rate. We’ve doubled in size from 2007 to present and plan on continuing this growth. Thanks Seven Days!” COURTNEY MUSELLA Public Relations Coordinator MyWebGrocer

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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Full-time Stylist Environmental Education Faculty Sterling College, a small experiential liberal arts college focusing on ecology and community, invites applications for one full-time position in agriculture and outdoor & environmental education in Craftsbury Common, VT. For detailed description go to www.sterlingcollege.edu/jobs. Submit electronic applications only to pcenkl@sterlingcollege.edu.

Executive Director/Event Organizer

Aras Salon is hiring for a full-time Stylist. Come work in a busy, intimate salon with a cutting-edge environment and clientele. Paid vacations, benefits, education compensation, competitive salary and retail bonuses.

Kelly Brush Foundation, local nonprofit, seeks part-time person. High energy, computer savvy, marketing and organizational skills a must. 9Wd oek cWa[ _j ^Wff[d55 Send resume to: KBF 7 Aspen Drive, Suite # 1 South Burlington, VT 05403

Please bring resume to: 188 Shelburne Rd. Burlington, VT

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Rental Sales Agent Do you currently have the earning potential of up to $40,000/ yr or more? Are you sales & customer-service oriented? Do you have a dynamic personality? Do you naturally smile? If so,Thrifty Car Rental offers you the opportunity to not just start a job, but a CAREER! If you want to work for a company that continues to grow within our industry, offers benefits and a career path based on your abilities. We have opportunities at our office that services the Burlington Airport.

Executive Director

Anticipated CAFETERIA/FOOD SERVICE

Vermont Democratic Party seeks Executive Director to oversee administrative, fundraising, communications, grassroots organizing and political operations of state committee. Ideal candidate will have background in one or more of these areas. Political experience a must. Salary commensurate with experience.

School-year position at Shelburne Community School

Do you want to work school hours, have school vacation plus summers off? Do you want to work in a friendly environment where your work is appreciated? Shelburne Community School is looking for YOU! Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Food Service experience is helpful. Benefits available. Position will remain open until appropriate candidate is found.

Email resumes to: richard.jones@dtag.com Thrifty Car Rental, 1700 Williston Rd., So. Burlington. 802-863-5500. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Email cover letter and resume to jobsvtdems@gmail.com. Deadline for applications: Friday, December 19.

Please send a resume to: Peggy Meunier, c/o Chittenden South Supervisory Union 5420 Shelburne Road, Suite 300 Shelburne, VT 05482 or apply online to www.schoolspring.com.

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Visit www.biotek.com to learn more about us! To apply, send resumes to hrresumes@biotek.com or mail them to: BioTek Instruments, Inc. Attn: Human Resources Box 998, Highland Park Winooski, VT 05404

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