Seven Days, November 15, 1995

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William Greer: football folk hero or the biggest drug kingpin in Vermont? p

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o the United States Government, 46- scene — and a generous tipyear-old William Greer of South per at Burlington watering Burlington is the mastermind behind holes. Greer says he's had an international drug smuggling opera- several ventures of his own tion that's been thriving in the Green over the years, including £ car-cleaning Mountains for at least 1 5 business called years. But to Ellen Classy Chassis.

Raymond, he's a living Today, he's mar legend. Raymond is the ried, has two kids, defendant advocate for and is unemVermont Vocals, an ployed. And he's activist group supporting free on a $ 1 milthe decriminalization and lion bail — legalization of marijuana. secured by proper"He's a folk hero, the ty put up by his father-inepitome of the real law, M. Keith Wright, Vermonter," she says. "I owner of Skateland have yet to meet someone WILLIAM GREER Williston — pending who doesn't like Billy Intramural Batfcetbai! 9, 10, 11) C.Y.O. 9, 10; Football 9, 11, 12; trial on federal drug Greer."

Hockay 12; Spanish Club 9, 10; Stunt Nlte 9, 10, 11, 12; Varsity charges.

Along with Greer is a hometown Club 11, 12 eight alleged co-conboy remembered by many for his exploits on the gridiron as a star spirators, Greer is charged with contailback for Rice High School in the spiracy to import and distribute 1960s. Senior year he was voted "best- hashish, money laundering and forlooking." His family is known through- eign travel in aid of a racketeering out the county for their dry-cleaning and enterprise. If convicted, he faces 20 laundry businesses. During the '70s and years in a federal prison.

80s Greer was a fixture in the nightlife continued on page 7

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ODD, STRANGE, CURIOUS AND WEIRD BUT TRUE NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE Fruits eft Research People on the East Coast have different dreams from people on the West Coast, according to Stanley Krippner, a leading authority on dream research and a professor of psychology at the Saybrook lnstirute Graduate School of Research in San Francisco. Krippner reported in August that rhe dreams of people in the east tend to focus on time, activity and streets. California dreamers favor architectural themes.

cious. Williams was arrested and ittjail.

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In Los Angeles, Jocelino Joun quit his job as a clerk at the city Department of Water and Power (DWP) to work for the city personnel department. While on probation for his new position, DWP announced a $25,000 severance offer to employees who

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Accountant Anthony Williams, 55, stole $8.5 million from London's Scotland Yard police headquarters over an eight-year period, but the agency that prides itself on having the world's finest detectives never even noticed. Williams started by stealing small from the police welfare fund. Then his trusting supervisors put him in charge of a secret $11.5 million undercover operations fund. He quietly funneled all but $3 million of the money into his own accounts and began a five-year spending spree, buying a big house in London, a villa in Spain and luxury cars. In the Scottish village of Tomintoul, he also bought a hotel, restaurant, bar and fire station. Only when he bought a manor house, complete with the title Lord Williams, did detectives finally become suspi-

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iiiF quit. Since city policy gives probationary workers the option of returning to their old jobs, Joun went back to DWP for a day and qualified for the buyout. After collecting his $25,000, Joun accepted a promotion to management assistant with the city's Department of Aging.

School

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Nearly 70 people were injured in Bangladesh in July when police clashed with students demanding the right to cheat on college finals. Education officials reported students used home-made bombs, field hockey sticks and stones to

attack police and examination monitors at dozens of exam centers. One teacher was hacked to death in Narail district after he tried to stop cheating. More than 8000 students were expelled for cheating and attacking monitors during just the first week of the month-long testing.

• After 20,000 Romanian students demonstrated outside government headquarters in Bucharest, authorities canceled plans to charge students who foil exams. The charges ranged from about $20 for unacceptable term papers to as - much as $1400 for end-of-the-year x exams.

• In Muroran, Japan, noisy 11-year-olds drove a teacher to slash her wrists in front of the class. "I told them again and again, but they still would not calm down," the unidentified pedagogue said, "so I thought I'd make them quiet by cutting my wrist. I didn't intend to die."

First Things

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Plans to have Pope John Paul II become the first pope to appear before a joint session of Congress during his October visit to the United States were scuttled when church officials said the only date the pope was available was October 9, the federal holiday of Columbus Day. "If there is one thing members of Congress can count on — and there may be

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only one thing — i t is that we will not be in session on federal holidays," Tony Blankley, a ; spokesperson for House Speaker Newt Gingrich, told The Baltimore Sun. "I can t imagine anything, short of war, that could cause us to change that."

Meanwhile, hours before the pope arrived for evening service at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark, New Jersey, 80 elderly parishioners boarded buses for the .Atlantic City casinos. Church officials said the Atlantic City trip had been planned months before the papal visit.

Out off Season At Wilma Baxter's shoplifting trial in Contra Costa County, California in May, a crucial piece of prosecution evidence was a photo supposedly taken by a grocery store security guard last November when the incident occurred. It showed a shopping cart containing liquor botdes covered by a newspaper. Prosecutors said that by covering the botdes, Baxter had intended to steal them. Three hours into deliberation, a juror looking at the paper in the photo spotted a grocery store ad for strawberries at 69 cents a pound. Thinking that was a low price for strawberries in November, she realized she had seen the same ad the day before the trial started. After the discrepancy was brought to the courts attention, defense attorney Theresa Marks said, "The district

attorney turned five shades of pale. He ran upstairs and got his orders, came down and dismissed the case/4

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When police in Fremont, California responded to a call that a man was threatening suicide, Mark Draper, 38, charged from his apartment wearing chain mail and waving a three-and-a-halffoot medieval sword. He also carried a three-foot battle hammer.

Police responded by knocking Draper to the ground with a "bean-bag gun," which only '' bruised him. He explained that he was trying to provoke police " into shooting him.

Why They Call It Dope Drug addicts in southern India are paying to be bitten on the tongue by snakes. Drug therapist Prakhas Chandran of a therapy center in Paloarivattom warned that a bite from the unidentified snake could be deadly, but he noted that the venom is strong enough to give a bitten addict a high lasting up to 16 hours.

Sand

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Residents of the United Arab Emirates have finally figured out how to enjoy their sand. Many are taking up surfing by sliding down the desert dunes on a board resembling a snowboard. In one popular area of Abu Dhabi, the dunes reach 900 feet high. Q

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REEL DISAPPOINTED As an avid filmgoer and

What do we civilized, well-educated type

lover of film criticism, I think

folk do when someone gives away the end of a

it was downright irresponsible

movie? We beat them, of course!

j of you to print Megan Harlan's

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REEL DISAPPOINTED — THE SEQUEL

I therefore humbly request that the Seven

piece, "Geek meets Greek in

Days editorial staff, on behalf of your Woody

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the not so mighty Aphrodite."

Allen-viewing readership, give Megan Harlan a

William Greer: football folk hero or the biggest drug kingpin in

This was not a film review, but

big ol' whop upside the head.

rather a synopsis worthy of a

Vermont?

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Peter

Freyne

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7th grade report. A film review

facility with the English language (a gift with

gives an idea of the basic plot

which not all reviewers are blessed), and her

and the acting, the originality

attempt to throw some contextual light on the

and execution of the film. Ms.

body of Allen's work as a whole, I thought she

Harlan, instead, outlined the

was just supposed to use highlights from the

entire plot, not forgetting to

film to pique our interest or back her more

NOT BY BREAD ALONE A new dance-theater performance in a former North End bakery raises issues of housing and history By

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include the best lines in the

pointed comments — not tell us the entire plot

film, and the ending. I can only

of Mighty Aphrodite and give away all the best

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lines!

reporting what Stephen Rea

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D R U M M I N G UP B U S I N E S S No need to go to Africa for a djembe. Vermont's drummers make their own

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the blame, though. And so, dear editors, when

Deborah Lubar plays it Jewish and Italian in a new one-woman

said upon finding out his girl-

her ears stop ringing, I respectfully request that-

show

friend had a penis.

she be allowed to pummel you. Ever your

Fortunately I saw Mighty

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read Ms. Harlan's "review." I am certain that I would have enjoyed it much

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Aphrodite last night, before I

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But there are a couple things the publisher can't do. The first is to mess with or license the use of Beades recordings. Jackson agreed to license the words and music of "Revolution" to Nike ^ for a 1987 shoe commercial, but he had to persuade Capitol Records, owner of die tunes North American recording rights, to allow the actual recording to be used. Most likely he'd have to do the same to overdub said recording with his own voice, diough he might get away with including a snippet in a musical collage — which even John Lennon did — something that's become impossible to control.

Another thing the publisher can't do (in the U.S. at least) is prevent somebody from recording a cover version of a song the publisher owns. Usually the would-be cover artist and the publisher work out a deal on royalties. However, if negotiations fail, U.S. law allows the cover artist to make and market the recording anyway, provided he pays a stipulated (and fairly stiff) royalty to the publisher.

The point is, being a publisher doesn't give you all that much control over the songs you own; mainly it gives you the right to the profits they earn. You don't even get to keep all of that; typically you have to give 50 percent to each song's composer(s) — one reason not to feel too sorry for Paul McCartney and the estate of John Lennon. Another reason is that McCartney, despite having got skunked out of his own songs, somehow contrived to buy the rights to 3000 others, including the Buddy Holly catalog, and reportedly is worth $600 million. Not that he's happy, of course. He's mad at Jackson not merely because he lost control of the Beades library, but also because Jackson won't discuss giving McCartney a higher composer's royalty for the old tunes.

The last reason not to feel sorry for Paul is that if he got skunked its his own fault. To avoid confiscatory British taxes in the late '60s, he and Lennon turned their publishing rights over to newly organized Northern Songs, a publicly held company in which they owned sizable but apparently not controlling blocks of stock. In 1969 music mogul Lew Grade launched a takeover bid for Northern Songs, offering seven times the stocks original offering price. Lennon and McCartney, feuding as usual, were unable to organize an effective defense, and die company was sold out from under them.

This made them even more fabulously wealthy than they already were, since their stock was now worth seven times as much. However, they were still pissed on account of, you know, the principle of the thing. T h e teeming millions can surely sympathize.

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(Editor s note: this week Michael Jackson sold die Beades catalog to Sony.)

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You think an overdubbed Beatles tune could be any weirder than a new Beades song with John Lennon? Then again, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" overdubbed by a guy with his hand on his crotch and his hair on fire would be pretty hard to top. But don't worry, it wont happen, or anyway it w o n t happen as a result of Jackson owning the Beatles library.

What Michael Jackson bought for $47.5 million in 1985 was the publishing rights to 159 or 251 Beatles songs, depending on who's counting. To maybe oversimplify an unbelievably complicated business, publishing rights are basically the sheet-music rights. When Paul McCartney wanted to print the lyrics to "Eleanor Rigby" and other Beatles classics in the program for his 1989 world tour, he discovered he'd have to pay Jackson a fee.

The owner of the publishing rights (hereinafter the publisher) also gets a royalty when someone plays a Beatles song on a jukebox or the radio or does a cover version of a Fab Four tune. This can earn the publisher some serious cash, particularly in the case of elevator music — to which, lets be frank, a lot of Beatles tunes are well suited.

Their performances are known to be warm, polished, never less than technically dazzling, and always marked by a lively, entertaining dialogue with the audience.

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Fresh Native Thanksgiving

Dear Cecil, My understanding is that Michael Jackson styfy acquired the copyrights to the entire Beatles library, much to the dismay of his ex-friend Paul McCartney, I also hear that despite much pleading, he refuses to sell any of them back. Does this mean that he can overdub the masters with his own voice? Are we liable to see copies of Abbey Road with five people crossing the street and mysterious falsettos throughout?

-Saddened fan from Oregon

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Ho-Ho Come Home

The charmed reign of Governor Howard Dean sustained a lot more than a bump in the political road Saturday as insurgent forces from the left got their act together enough to defeat HoHo's choice for chair of the state Democratic Party. It was gut-check time for Vermont's Democrats. Despite Dean's endorsement, that of Patrick Leahy and the much publicized support of Bill Clinton, Maida Townsend still couldn't get enough votes on the Democratic State Committee to turn back the challenge of Steve Howard of Rutland. As members of the governor's staff sat long-faced in the back of the room, L'il Stevie Wonder handed Ho-Ho a rare political defeat, beating the governor's horse 23-16.

Quoting both John F. Kennedy and Madeleine Kunin, L'il Stevie Wonder billed his candidacy as a choice between the establishment (a.k.a. Howard Dean) and the grassroots. The grassroots won, and the victory was a sharp rebuke to Dean who's been walking the Republican walk and talking the Republican talk since the day Dick Snelling died. Funny what being the big cheese will do to a person.

In her nominating speech, State Sen. Cheryl Rivers led the

charge against the Army of HoHo by declaring Democratic activists "have been marginalized not by Republicans, but by fellow Democrats." To those in the room who stood by Dr. Dean because they believed the governor has the right to pick his own party chair, Rivers said the race was really about "the sharing of power rather than the concentration of power."

Former State Sen. Peter Welch, the last Democratic candidate for governor to have broad support in the party, popped out of the woodwork to second the nomination with a reminder of "the two bedrock commitments" that bind Democrats together: fairness and economic justice. Given the climate of Ho-Ho's cuts in state assistance for the disabled, and single mothers and their kids, and his adamant refusal to consider a return to the days of Dick Snelling's progressive income tax as one way to fill the gaps in federal programs, Welch's words struck a chord.

L'il Stevie's victory, said State Sen. Elizabeth Ready of Addison County, "is a clear message to the governor he'd better come home." Referring to the old Howard Dean — the liberal House member and lieutenant governor — Ready noted that Ho-Ho is a guy who "used to be with us. We need him back."

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Those sentiments were echoed by State Auditor Ed Flanagan. "I hope the governor is with us and on the team."

Don't hold your breath.

Dean explained his defeat Tuesday, telling Inside Track, "People wanted a young, fresh approach and they got one."

Will Ho-Ho come home? Did he get the message?

"I've heard their message before," said Dean, "raise taxes and spend money."

The fact is, Howard Dean is not on the team. Not on the bus. Not on the train. There's the Democratic Party and then there's Howard Dean. St. Patrick showed up at the Ramada Saturday after the vote to make the pitch for unity. Ho-Ho was a no-show. He's a solo flier with a sharp mind, riding the glow of his charming, boy-next-doorwith-a-stethoscope personality.

But now he's finally tasted defeat as his opponents get a taste of victory — a taste they'll come back for again and again.

Time for Reflection — Pat Leahy had plenty of time to

reflect on the future of the Vermont Democratic Party Saturday afternoon when he and his top aide, Luke Albee, got stuck in the elevator leaving Leahy's office in Courthouse Plaza on Main Street.

According to Albee, Vermont's senior senator was "calm, cool and totally in charge" during the 25-minute power outage. He told Inside Track that a couple caught in the adjacent elevator "showed quite a bit less interest in being rescued than we did." Hmmm.

The Glamour Ticket — The Vermont G.O.P. is about to formally unveil their ticket for 1996. Soon to announce their candidacies are Barbara Snelling for Governor, John Carroll for Lieutenant Governor and Susan Sweetser for Congress. UVM political pundit Garrison Nelson gave Inside Track his early prognostications: Snelling vs. Dean — "The contest local television stations have been dreaming about." Nelson predicts it'll be the highest

spending race in Vermont history, even though everybody knows who these people are."

It'll sound like a race between accountants, as each of them try to show they care the most about a balanced budget.

Sweetser vs. Sanders — "Bernie can't beat up on her like he can on others," said Nelson in an apparent gender reference.

"Susan's made a career out of overwhelming those who underestimated her," he pointed out. On the other hand, Bernie is "The Terminator." Garrison noted that "no one who's ever lost to Bernie Sanders ever won an election again.

Carroll vs. Racine — Garrison predicts a victory for Doug Racine. "Doug is a lot more likable," he said. Really?

When he's not playing with his crystal ball these days, Garrison is hard at work on a biography of the former Speaker of the U.S. House John W. McCormack, "the architect of the New Deal and the Great Society. It'll be called Promises Kept. •

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P i a y i n t h e biggest s t u d y lounge on campus. "So many " " of the images here are of white men," library director Rebecca Martin says. 'We wanted to

college also wanted to honor doctor-activist-musician Larry McCrorey — one of the first faculty members to make an issue of cultural diversity in lily-white Vermont. "He was thinking more along the lines of a memorial many many years from now," Martin says. "Then we came u p with this" — a permanent and collection of art in the main reading room of the library "that would expose students to these images in their regular daily lives." Art in your face, in other words. Seventeen pieces have already been purchased for the gallery with $65,000 — of $100,000 — raised for the project.

She and McCrorey did the buying, with acquisitions advice from art prof Stephen Carter, local importer Lydia Clemmons and Fleming curator Janie Cohen. 'We were looking for work dealing with racism and social justice from artists of color in New England," Martin explains. Too bad none hails from Vermont.

CHAMP DOWN: Must be a ratings period for local radio. How else to explain the surprise C h a m p attack on the Wizard in the Burlington Free Press last week. C h a m p 101 dissed the rocker with a print ad that "bagged" its morning drive team. T h e station went to great pains to find three stand-ins for Steve Cormier, Lana Wilder and Coach Brennan, then photographed them with grocery bags over their heads. Paper, not plastic. T h e image is certainly stronger than the tag line: "Too bad everyone listening to Imus in the Morning can't admit it." Huh? "Its the first time I have placed an ad where people call in saying, 'That is great,"' says C h a m p General Manager Ken Barlow. Definitely marks a new spirit of competition on the air waves. "We're just radio guys having a little fun," Barlow assures. "It's not brain surgery."

NO TONE: After a year on

Church Street, Tones Burlington is tuning out. Owner Jeff Angione, who owns a sister store in Johnson and is a faithful purveyor of local and obscure music, will close down the independent record shop by the end of the month. Angione says he is selling just as well in the boonies for a fraction of the cost. "Given the time and energy spent on that store, its not worth it," Angione says. It may be, however, to soon-to-be-former-manager Brad Searles, who is determined to keep it going with Paul Jaffe. With his drive, and business management degree, Searles may actually pull it off. T h e plan is to lease inventory from Angione through the Christmas season, then start fresh after the first of the year. Tones clones? N o way.

Searles wants to call the new store Nowhere Records, he says, "so when your mom asks you where you are going, you can tell her 'nowhere.'"

MOVING PICTURES:

Looks like C e n t u r y Plaza is not going to see the next one. Owner Peter Judge recently got permission from the South Burlington Planning Commission to raze the sweetest cinema in town — to make room for a new 37,000-square-foot multi-story Barnes and Noble. T h e folks at Hoyts were in on the decision. Apparently, there is a S • ^ direct correlation between screens and viewers, and Burlington was overstretched.

Or, as Hoyts President Roger Eaton put it, "there was opportunity to rationalize." As for the funky films — w h a t he calls "art house, up-market and intellectual product" — they will be heading for the Nickelodeon.

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BILLY THE KID Attorney] Anderson and end of Johnson's confession asked, "Was this made voluntar- [Special Agent] Rick Carter, then that's a violation of misBut Greer has already done ily without any menaces or conduct, because they withheld time behind bars. On August threats on your life?" Greer it from my counsel in court 13 he was released from a claims Johnson was forced to down here." Greer says his Quebec prison where he had sign "yes." lawyer, Robert Kalina, intends served four years of an eightJohnson did not return to to subpoena Pacht. and-a-half-year sentence for Vermont to testify at the extra"They probably will," Pacht importation of 54 tons of dition hearing, but Pierre says.

But he points out that he hashish — the largest drug LeBeau, the police officer who cannot discuss the matter withseizure in Canadian history. arrestecihim, did. And, says out Johnson's permission, and Upon his release, he was escortGreer, LeBeau testified that he doesn't know the whereed to the U.S. border at Johnson's statement was truthabouts of Greer's former partner Highgate, Vermont, right into ful. in crime. Johnson is in the fedthe waiting handcuffs of agents Eight months later, when eral witness-protection profrom the Drug Enforcement Johnson was signing his deal gram, though he's on the witAdministration. Out of a with the U.S. and Canada, ness list for Greer's trial. So are Canadian frying pan into a Greer explains, "Michael says, several other co-defendants U.S. fire, Greer was arrested on 'listen, you want me to tell the from the Canadian bust who an eight-count grand jury truth? They say absolutely. " have made deals with the govindictment.

Johnson told the cops, says According to Assistant U.S. Greer, that "he had the shit beat ernment. They are expected to testify against Greer and Attorney Tom Anderson, Greer out of him by Officer LeBeau Hutchins. "has basically done nothing and was forced to sign a confeswith his life other than deal Interestingly, Officer Pierre sion." According to two handdrugs." Greer begs to differ: "If LeBeau is not ont of the 19 written statements Johnson this is all I've done, where's my Canadian law enforcement offimade to Quebec police officials mansion on the hill? Where's cials on the government's witon August 26 and 27, 1992, he ness list. my Lamborghini?" Greer claims had been threatened and hit by he's "in hock up to his ears" LeBeau. "Both threats," wrote "If they say they believe and, in addition to medical bills Johnson, "were made before Johnson," says Greer, "they have for his young son's surgery, he being choked and hit on the to charge this guy [LeBeau] owes the Internal Revenue left side of my head." Johnson with perjury. That's why they Service $7000. remembers LeBeau saying, "If didn't put him on the witness you don't talk to us, there are list. If we get him down here It's extraordinary for a oncetwo even bigger guys waiting under oath, the cop is going to convicted drug smuggler under outside this room that you will say, 'I didn't do it. Johnson's a federal indictment on new have to answer to, and they liar.' Well, what position is the charges to speak openly to a government going to take?" reporter about his exploits, scoffs Greer. 'Oh, well, our about the case against him, and informer is a liar?' What's the about his prosecutors. But then, jury going to say?"

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"As a citizen fighting for my life, for my family, I want to get the word out there what [the U.S. Attorney's office] is doing," he charges. "They're playing dirty pool."

Greer is referring to the claim that in July 1991 one of his colleagues, Michael Johnson, had a confession beaten out of him when he was captured by police at Greer's remote camp in northern Quebec along the St. Lawrence River. His arrest followed the discovery — by a marine biologist studying whales — of hundreds of barrels of hashish floating in the river. Johnson's "confession" led to the arrest and extradition to Canada of Greer, Stephen Hutchins of Milton, and six others. Greer and Hutchins were identified as the masterminds of the operation that brought 54 tons of Pakistani hashish across the ocean. Law officers estimated the street value of the shipment at $700 million.

Hutchins declined to be interviewed for this story. Greer, however, is adamant that U.S. officials knew of the beating and have covered it up. He notes that a statement at the

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ore to the point, will Johnson's beating — and the alleged official coverup — get Billy Greer off the hook? The government paints him as a drug kingpin who's been in business for his entire adult life. According to the indictment, the 54-ton 1991 hashish shipment was not BEST L O O K I N G the first major drug operation Bill Greer for Greer and his pals. The government claims that Greer and Hutchins had established several routes along remote sections From the Rice High of the Vermont-Quebec border, School Yearbook, 1967 where their operation thrived: According to sources close won't go as easy on you as us." to the case, Hutchins had first Johnson then wrote that operated the enterprise that LeBeau said, "How would you smuggled hashish into Canada. like to go to prison and get The drug was exchanged for fucked in the ass?" When bundles of "Benjies" — tightlyJohnson said no thanks, the packed bundles of $100 bills officer threatened, "If you don't bearing Benjamin Franklin's start talking, I'll make sure you go to a place where there's plen- portrait — which were brought back into Vermont. Apparently ty of that." the enterprise went undetected Greer claims that Johnson for at least a decade. The govinformed John Pacht, his ernment indictment alleges that Burlington attorney, of the a successful 50-ton shipment threats and beating. "We've tried to get Pacht to tell us if he had been off-loaded in the St. told the U.S. government of the Lawrence River in 1989. Greer says with a chuckle that he beatings," Greer says. "If Pacht "can't comment on that." did tell [Assistant U.S.

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Billy Greer savors his time outside the court.

Special Agent Rick Carter is, like Greer, a native of South Burlington. Though several years younger, Carter says he had heard of Greer's exploits at Rice High School when he was growing up — and his classmate, Sharon Wright, later married Greer. Carter, a bearded longhair with the physique of a middle linebacker, worked as an undercover drug investigator for the Vermont State Police before joining the DEA in 1990. "The Case of the Swaggering Smuggler," a Reader's Digest article written by Vermont freelancers Richard and Joyce Wolkomir in May 1994,

"He's a good guy, but he chose a lifestyle 2 0 years ago. He made his bed and now he's got to sleep in it."

-Special Agent Rick Carter, D E A detailed Carter's longtime relationship with Greer.

"For seven years [Carter] watched Billy Greer's house, tracing a spider web with Greer at the center," the article stated.

Carter would lay out in the snow, no matter how frigid the night, peering into the Greer residence through binoculars. In the mid-'80s, Carter finally got Greer on a misdemeanor—

cultivating 150 pot plants. The punishment: a $500 fine. But when the 54-ton hash deal went down in 1991, Carter was clueless.

• "I like the guy," Carter says about Greer. "He's a good guy, but he chose a lifestyle 20 years ago. He made his bed and now he's got to sleep in it."

"In Reader's Digest," says Greer, "Carter said he laid outside of my house for seven years.

He's never seen me hand anybody any drugs. He's never seen me hand anybody any money. If he followed me for seven years and I was a drug kingpin, then why wasn't I arrested? Why wasn't I indicted?"

According to Carter, two groups were involved in the Canadian hash deal. One group worked for Hutchins, the other for Greer. Carter says the former were "more mature people." He also confirms that until Greer became affiliated with the operation, the hashish went in one direction — north into Canada — and afterwards began flowing into the U.S. as well. Carter asserts that Greer and Hutchins dealt cocaine in addition to hashish and marijuana. But Greer denies it: "That's absolutely not true at all."

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Guitarist/vocalist Glen Schweitzer's the pen behind most of these seven tunes. Only cover is the opener, a rip-snortin' rock 'n' roller called "Ain't Doin' Too Bad" that generates the heat these guys are known to muster onstage. After that, the Bros, lay back with classic, pretty balladry. The live "Takes My Place," though, can't help itself— its middle bursts into a spirited jam — and "In a Song" would do the Allmans proud. "Green Mt. Rag" bookends the album with a N'awlins-ish toetapper featuring farm animal noises and Dave Nerbak on 'bone. Tim Renehan on drums and Thom Carvey on bass hold up steady, standard rhythms, while beauty and soul flow from Chuck Setzer's hands — on piano, synth or organ, he provides the atmosphere this material needs. Produced by the band and Martin Guigui at Duck Tape and Eclipse — except for the two from Nectar's — Growing is aptly named. But the direction of growth this time is more soft and sensitive than hot and spicy. The JBros. celebrate at Blarney Stone Wednesday, November 15, and play Nectar's later this month.

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"The entire neighborhood has felt the weight of an abandoned building," she says. "I feel like in a way we're preparing [it] for what its future purpose will be."

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new dance-theater performance in a former North End bakery raises issues of housing and history "Walking around this beautiful building, I felt it has a kind of magical quality, and I thought about her."

Indeed, Dennison is no stranger to history-based work — her "Mill Project" earlier this year explored immigrant life and labor conditions at the Winooski Woolen Mill. As she researched the Rose Bakery, visions of bread, work, hearth and home coalesced into dance.

Unlike her lengthy, highly involved piece in the Mill, this one has come together in three short months — it had to take place before construction begins. "We've only had eight rehearsals together," she notes, "and one of them was the dress rehearsal."

Consequently, some of the choreography in the bakery has a spontaneous feel to it, even though it's not exactly improv.

Under cavernous, 14-foot ceilings, the dancers go into action — or inaction— in one room,

then rush out to enact another tableau elsewhere. There is little talking, with two exceptions: one room upstairs finds three elderly gentlemen who actually worked at the JJ bakery — Joe McGrath, Joseph Tessier and Curt Echo — reminiscing to a huddle of dancers. Their listeners will include the audience at the performance. Down the hall, several women sit at a table talking bread, while another — Rose Street resident Cherry Clark — will actually bake it. The latter will also be the only source of heat in this damp, bone-chilling building.

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But while some viewers may metaphor for the obfuscation of be challenged by the ambiguity memory over time.

A dance that attempts to both — or the inconvenience of chill acknowledge history — which and dust — they will also have is, after all, the story of an unusual, rich opportunity to people — and to step into the crevice of an historprovide an engag- ical metamorphosis. And if the ing performance peeling walls, shards of debris, in present tense, and blackboards still scribbled is an ambitious with bread recipes evoke the biteffort. Dennison's tersweet nostalgia of past human Mill Project was so activity, it is the energy of the thoroughly studied, dancers, the "shrine" installarehearsed and abetted tions, and the expectations of a with historical photos neighborhood that welcome and and texts that it virtu- consecrate the future. The Rose ally led viewers by the Street Bakery Project is an hand. At the bakery opportunity to witness. • site, fewer of those visual and human aids Anyone interested in applying will be present, and for housing in the Rose Street they'll be obliged to Artists' Cooperative can call the wander from room to Champlain Valley Mutual room on their own, Housing Federation, 862-5430. taking in each tableau Non-artists can also apply. as one would at a museum. "It's asking a lot of an audience," Dennison concedes. "They usually sit in a chair and receive."

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CONTACT IMPROV: Gravity plays a crucial role in a kinetic free-for-all.

Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. $1. Info, 860-3674.

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DOG DINNER: The Humane Socicty benefits when bestselling author Elizabeth Marshall talks pet psychology over a vegetarian meal. Perry's Restaurant, S. Burlington, 6 p.m. $30.

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ALZHEIMER'S ANNUAL MEETING: Janis Peyser offers a keynote address entitled, "Behavior Changes in Alzheimer's."

Hampton Inn, Colchester,' 5:30 p.m. $20. Register, 800-698-1022.

ASTRONOMY PROGRAM: The Springfield Telescope Makers expand your horizons with slides and, weather permitting, a glimpse of the real thing.

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REPTILE PROGRAM: "Skins of Scales" teaches adults and kids about Vermont reptiles. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Woodstock, 3-4 p.m. $4.

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BILL MCK3BBEN: The bestselling author of The End of Nature reads from his latest, more positive work, Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-0774.

POETRY READING: Montana poet Jan Dunbar reads from her verse at Cover-toCover Bookstore, Randolph, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 728-4206.

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T H E SPIRITUAL IN ART': A slide lecture by art historian Roger Dell looks at the mythic, the sacred and the ecstatic.

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8 p.m.

Free. Register, 635-2727.

DRAWING SESSION: Artists get inspiration from a live model at this weekly drawing session. Artspace, Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 862-2898.

k i d s PRESCHOOL SCIENCE PROGRAM: Turn your hands into turkeys and make Native-American-style jewelry. Discovery Museum, Essex Junction, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. $4.25. Register, 878-8687.

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MemGraAuditorium, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-22. Info, 863-5966.

KATHERINE QUINN: The Burlington-based singer and guitarist plays to support the Burlington-Puerto Cabezas work brigade. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 9 p.m. $4. Info, 865-4074.

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Sheraton-Burlington, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. $2. Info, 223-2636.

CONSULTANTS NETWORK: Professional consultants get together for a monthly meeting at Quality Suites, S.

Burlington, 7:30 a.m. $10. Info, 3510285.

MUMIA TEACH-IN: Longtime activist Ramona Africa speaks about the celebrated death-row inmate many believe was framed. Billings Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-0571.

'JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VOICES': Rabbi James Glazier and Reverend Rebecca Strader tell personal stories of community-building and social change. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Register, 863-2345.

H O M E HEALTH MEETING: Home healthcare workers strategize on upgrading the profession. Discuss the difficulties and the opportunities in the field.

Conference Room 2, Burlington City Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7200.

COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE: Chat with advisors, students and faculty about money, degrees and details. Burlington College, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800862-9616.

T H E HOLISTIC MODEL': Nurse Jane Birnn and Bryn Perkins discuss a comprehensive view of health and disease.

Community Center in Jericho, 7:30 p.m. $4. Info, 985-4113.

O U T R I G H T MEN'S GROUP: Gay and bisexual men under 23 talk about their issues. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-9677.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: People dealing with cancer get support based on the work of the National Wellness Communities. Cancer Wellness Center, Chace Mill, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

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MODERN MANDOLIN QUARTET: The foursome goes from baroque to bluegrass on mandolin, mandola and mandocello. The Lane Series hosts at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 656-4455.

BAROQUE TRUMPET: The Vermont Mozart Festival presents Scott Thornburg and the New York Chamber Soloists playing Telemann, Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. First Congregational Church, Burlington. Pre-concert talk, 7 p.m.

Music, 8 p.m. $17. Info, 862-7352.

JIM INFINITO: The "twisted" Bostonian poet-singer performs at the Wiiliston Coffeehouse, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 872-8086.

GARNET RODGERS: Richard Ruane and Sallie Mack open for the baritone singer-songwriter — one of Canada's finest. Knights of Columbus Hall, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $14. Info, 388-0216.

SQUEEZE: The pop songsters play "Tempted by the Fruit of Another" and other tunes at Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. $18. Info, 863-5966.

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dance WEST AFRICAN DRUM CONFERENCE: Master teachers from across New England teach music and moves from West Africa. Burlington City Hall, 5:30 p.m. $20 per class. Register, 862-6727.

DORFMAN WORKSHOP-AUDITION: Bring someone from your family and audition as a pair. New York choreographer David Dorfman recruits for a performance at Wheeler School, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 8638778.

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' T H E MENAECHIMI': See November 16, $8.50.

T H E MUSIC MAN': See November 16.

T O M STOPPARD ONE-ACTS: See November 16.

A STORY'S A STORY': Actress Deborah Lubar performs her latest onewoman show about two wild old lady immigrants on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. See story, tM* issue.

Unitarian Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 453-2888.

'KAMIKAZE COMEDY': Former and current Off the Cuff members improvise comedy, solo performances and other freaky behavior. Take something with you to help create the scene. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 8 p.m. $4. Info, 862-4260.

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ART LECTURE: Nationally-exhibited Vermont painter Janet Fish lectures at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8 p.m. Free. Register, 635-2727.

kids SOLAR SYSTEM SLEEPOVER: Ages eight to 12 explore the universe with a variety of hands-on activities. Discovery Museum, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. - 10 a.m. $12. Register, 878-8687.

WEST AFRICAN DRUM CONFERENCE: See N o # -, 878-$687.

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'BABES IN JOYLAND': Audience parthe Small Gym at ticipation, an updated script and multiBurlington, 8:30 p.m. $ \ media presentation distinguish this musi' T H E ROSE — cal story. Chandler Hannah 728-9878.

Randolph, 2 p.m. dance-theater piece is in an unheated, H unfinished industrial buiMigg. Bring a •ill'io sweater. See story, this issue. 78 Rose St., .; CRAFT SHOW: Burlington, 10 a.m.'~ 3 p.m. Donations. a .m. - 6 p.m.

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W ' ACTIVIST SPEAkS: 1 DAVID DORFMAN: Members of McAlister Berrigan talks about her new Ohavi Zedek and Temple Sinai perform book about waging peace, co-authored a short work in progress. Ohavi Zedek with her husband Philip Berrigan.

Synagogue, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. Free.

McAuley Fine Arts Center, Trinity Info, 863-8778.

College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: 658-0337 x 297.

No partner or experience is needed to DOWSERS MEETING: Gordon learn simple meditative dances celebratBarton discusses the connection between ing world unity. Tai Chi Studio, Chace dowsing and spiritualism at Hauke Mill, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5Info, 658-2447.

CONTRA DANCE: Dan Ji^ O'Connell calls for 2Tones, jlif C. Bluhm and S. Jannsen.

Capitol City Grange, 8 p.m. ®§§i $5. Info, 426-3734. V ;

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Toots are tops at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. $5. A master class with Roy Schaberg and Keith Polk costs $25. Register, 862-7801.

BROADWAY FAVORITES: Tenor John Thade sings Broadway favorites at the Unitarian Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 800-559-7070.

TEREZIN PROJECT: Robert De Cormier conducts two operas created by musicians at Terezin - a Nazi concentration camp that incarcerated many intellectuals and artists. Auditorium, Lyndon Institute, 8 p.m. $16.50. Info, 800-8055559.

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WOMEN'S DRUMMING CIRCLE: Women's night is now on Mondays. Commune at the Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 6587454.

OPEN REHEARSAL: Women bring their vocal chords to a harmonious rehearsal of the Champlain Echoes. Knights of Columbus Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6703.

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3 # ABU-BOO: MumiaAbu Jamal was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer with a bullet that did not match his. gun. Now on death row, the former radio journalist is the source of controversy. Cop killer or political prisoner? Get one view of the story Thursday at Billings Thearre.

CRAFT SHOW: See November 16, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

MEDITATION FOR BOSNIA: Walk for global peace from the Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, 11 a.m. Donations.

Info, 658-7454.

AIDS QUILTING BEE: Have you lost a loved one to AIDS? Quilt out your memories to add to the Names Project. Materials are provided at the costume shop, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 15 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535.

PFLAG MEETING: Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays hold a regular meeting.

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CANINE CONSCIOUS: Do old dogs dream of new tricks? What does your cat really think of you?

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas picks up where Pavlov left off at a gourmet vegetarian dinner to benefit the Humane Society of Greater Burlington. The author of two books on the subject talks pet psychology Wednesday at Perry's.

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COOKBOOK SIGNING: Joanne Lamb Hayes, food and wine editor of Country Living, signs her latest. Romancing the Vine, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-7242.

STUDIO SALE & PARTY: "Two Hot Spots" is three local award-winning artists in two studios. Georgia Myer and Janet Fredericks show off at 127 College St. Linda Jones at 147 Main St., Burlington, noon - 4 p.m. Info, 4254169.

1 * AS T H E W O R L D EATS: You could luck out at the World Table. Or end up with a tasteless blob of cassava paste for dinner. Servers dole it out like it is — none too fairly — Wednesday at the Hunger Banquet. Proceeds from your first, second or third world portion will help fill empty bellies here in Vermont.

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Info, 656-3040.

' T H E MENAECHIMI': See November 16, $8.50. ' T H E MUSIC MAN': See November 16, 2 & 8:00 p.m.

T O M STOPPARD ONEACTS: See November 16, 3 & 8 p.m.

KAMIKAZE COMEDY': See November 17.

AUDITION: Vermont Stage Company pays Equity and non-Equity performers for a winter production of Sleuth.

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kids 'RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP': Learn about the Humane Society and meet a. Socks look-alike. S. Burlington Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9010.

SCIENCE PROGRAM: Design your own spaceship at the Discovery Museum, Essex Junction, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $1.

Register, 878-8687.

STORY TIME: Listen at Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.

STORY H O U R : Kids between three and five engage in artful educational activities. Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.

etc BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: People who have recently lost a loved one share support. Visiting Nurse Association, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free.

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TAKE TWO : Middlebury College students perform two one-act plays by Tom Stoppard, Thursday through Sunday at the Center for the Arts. substance abuse are addressed through movement by an international troupe.

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GALWAY KINNELL: The acclaimed Vermont poet reads his work. Kellogg Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 223-3338.

kids 'ALADDIN & HIS W O N D E R F U L LAMP': The international award-winning National Marionette Theater entertains with a classic story, then offers a behind-the-scenes look at puppetry.

Barre Opera House, 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. $3.50. Info, 229-9408.

STORYTIMES: Three-and-a-half- to five-year-olds hear stories at the South Burlington Library at 9:30 a.m. Those four through six listen up at 3:30 p.m.

Free. Register, 658-9010.

etc P H O T O CLUB W O R K S H O P : Learn about double exposure, rear projection

and models. Room 201, Delehanty Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 864-6485.

SKI WAXING CLINIC: Professional waxing technicians show you how to prepare your boards. Skirack, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

ADAPTED SWIM: Disabled folks are invited to swim with one-on-one instruction at Ross Sports Center, St. Michaels College, Colchester, 6:45-7:30 p.m. Free.

Register, 654-2674.

TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually-related problems.

Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Pregnancy testing is free. Info, 8636326.

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etc SENIOR GATHERING: Elders meet for coffee and conversation. Wheeler School, Burlington, 8:15-10:15 a.m.

Free. Info, 865-0360.

The calendar is written by Clove Tsindle.

Submissions for calendar, clubs and art listings are due in writing on the Thursday before publication.

S E V E N D A Y S edits for space and style.

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PIANOFORTE: Philip Ambrose plays for the brown-bag lunch crowd. St. Paul s Cathedral, noon. Free. Info, 864-0471.

D A R T M O U T H W I N D SYMPHONY: This concert features alumni who've made it big, The Carnival of Venice and two world premieres. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 8 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Room A-404, Burlington High School. $6. Info, 864-4705. Hannah Dennison and the Working Ground dance-theater company invite the community to join in their classes.

INTERDYNAMIC D R U M & DANCE: Wednesdays, PanAshe Cultural Center, Montpelier. 6-8 p.m. $8. Info, 223-9560. Explore the relationship between dance and drumming.

'KIDS O N T H E MOVE': Wednesdays, PanAshe Cultural Center, Montpelier.

Thursdays, Wheeler School, Burlington.

3-3:45 p.m. $8. Info, 223-9560.

Camomilla teaches dance and drumming.

CHILDREN'S BASIC T E C H N I Q U E : Saturdays. Ages 4-9, 12:15-1 p.m. Ages 10-14, 1:15-2:15 p.m. Olympiad, S. Burlington, $9. Register, 865-7884.

Dance for fun with Patti and Deb Tursi.

AFRO-CUBAN DANCE: Thursdays 10 a.m. - noon. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier. $8. Info, 985-3665. Carla Kevorkian teaches traditional dances of Cuba, Haiti and Brazil.

AFRICAN DANCE: Mondays 6C Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $8. Info, 862-6727. Padma Cordon teaches the moves with help from the Jeh Kulu Drum Ensemble.

MODERN-JAZZ DANCE: Slow/intermediate adults, Tuesdays 7-8:30 p.m."

Intermediate/advanced adults, Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. Olympiad, S. Burlington, $9. Info, 985-5216. Jane Selzer leads an ongoing class.

FLAG MAKING: Wednesday, November 15, 7-9 p.m. Above Daily Bread, Richmond. $15. Register, 4346395. Make a banner for your house or summer festivals.

BASKET MAKING: Saturday, November 18, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Frog Hollow, Burlington. $89. Register, 6565800. Create your own half-bushel basket.

ORIGAMI BOXES: Saturday, November 18, 1-4 p.m. Frog Hollow, Middlebury. $36. Register, 388-3177.

Fold boxes with lids.

STAINED GLASS LAMPMAKING: Saturday, November 18, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Frog Hollow, Burlington, $66. Register, 863-6458. Learn the basics.

S N O W S H O E BUILDING: Monday, November 20, 6:30-9:30 p.m. & Saturday December 2, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Green Mountain Nature Center, Huntington. $95. Register, 434-3068.

Make your own bear paws, with bindings, from a kit.

BUSINESS PATENTS & TRADEMARKS: Friday November 17, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Radisson, Burlington. $30. Register, 655-1418.

Continuing legal education credits are available, but creators will appreciate the discussion, too.

SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS: Tuesday November 21, 3-5 p.m. Days Inn, Barre.

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CARIBBEAN STEELDRUMS: Saturdays 10:30 a.m. - noon. PanAshe Cultural Center, Montpelier. $12. Info, 223-9560. Share in community musicmaking with Camomilla.

BASIC SPREADSHEET: Wednesday, November 15, 5-7 p.m. Department of Training & Employment, Burlington.

Free to Old North End residents.

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INTERMEDIATE W O R D PROCESSING: Thursday, November 16, 7:20 p.m. Burlington College. Free to Old North End residents. Register, 8604057.

INTERNET: Saturday, November 18, noon - 2 p.m. Old North End Community Technology Center. Free to Old North End residents. Register, 8604057. Learn to cruise on the World Wide Web.

SPIRIT MEDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 658-6795. Non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist practices are taught.

'COURSE IN MIRACLES': Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. 129 Franklin St., Winooski.

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Shortening the drum even slightly has made it go out of round. She hopes to force the wood back into a circle by attaching the new skin, which will be held by two iron rings around the top and tightened and tuned by lacing attached to another iron ring at the base.

Then again, the effect might be just the opposite.

Paton brings out a small goatskin with the hair still on it — white with a black spot about the size of a human palm.

They'll put the skin on first, lace it tight, then scrape the hair off with a doubleedged razor blade. The skin has already been defatted and airdried, but it's otherwise unprocessed: Although R U L E OF D R U M : Jay Catalano wrestles an smooth, precut, processed skins ashiko into shape. with the hair chemically ing and making drums as "a removed are available from necessary response" to his playwholesalers, many drummers ing and teaching. Taiko drums think that the less the skins are from Japan are very expensive, treated, the longer they last. But so six years ago the group whether they sound better or decided to make its own. T h e worse is debatable. members have since made all "There are so many varitheir drums and "have gotten ables, " says Jay Catalano of better at the process over the New Nile Orchestra, who years," Paton says. Sometimes makes ashikos with the help of that involves a little adaptation an apprentice from the to local conditions: T h e fiveUniversity of Vermont. "No foot d r u m the group made for First Night last year should have two skins are really alike."

Standing next to his workbench been five feet deep as well, but in the basement of what was they made it three feet, says once the Philo Records studioPaton, "so we could get it barn, he shows off an already through doorways." glued-up ashiko shell. Elegant As he talks, Paton helps forcone-shaped drums that average mer student Louise Brynne put about 27 inches in height and a new skin on her djembe, a 12 inches in top diameter, his West African d r u m made of a <

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Starting with half- or threequarter-inch boards, he rips the slats and bevels them with a table saw, then lines them up on a couple of strips of — what else?— duct tape. That way he can run the hide clue into the channels formed by the bevels, then lift the whole thing up and bring the ends of the tape together to close his circle.

That holds the shell together while he's wrapping it with web clamps to set. After letting the hide glue dry for a day or so, he'll use a belt sander to smooth down the edges of those 18 facets. They might be nice to look at, but are rough on a drummer's hands. Then come several coats of polyurethane, inside and out, and finally the playing surface.

Gordon Stone unleashes his singular banjo talents on this Ashikos, like djembes, are sinnew release that fuses bluegrass and jazz with welcome gle-head drums, and the princiresults! Featuring all original material including a piece ple of attaching and tuning the entitled Fraction co-written with Mike Gordon of Phish, skin is the same: metal rings at and an original composition from Jamie Masefield of the the top and near the base, an Jazz Mandolin Project entitled Ballad for Cordon. elaborate diamond-pattern weave connecting the two sets.

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Forbes claims to be just "a hyper guy who needs to carve wood to calm down," but it's obvious there's a deep and abiding connection between the maker, the material and the music. And if drum making involves what he laughingly calls "pitting yourself against the randomness of nature," then playing it just may get you back in the rhythm. •

BEATING IT Vermont meets West Africa this weekend at the first annual dance and drum conference in Burlington City Hall, sponsored by the Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater. Seven master drummers, dancers and griots from West Africa will teach classes -Friday evening through * ^ttnday afternoon. The weekend also includes a poduck dinner, dance and drum jam and "African marketplace."

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t's 1957. Ten-year-old Deborah Lubar and her White Plains pals are squirming around her best friend's kitchen table. Lunch is served — creamed mushrooms — and a predictable protest ensues. Until, that is, The Mom silences the lot of them with one sentence: "Let me tell you about eating what's in front of you As the woman continues in a thick Polish accent, Lubar's carefree middle-class foundations start to crack.

Now 48, Lubar remembers the day she heard the tale of her neighbor's two-and-a-half years in Auschwitz as the moment "the world split in two. I was a suburban kid trying to sort out how there can be suffering in one place and not in another

A Story's a Story, explores the friendship of two Lower East Side immigrants — Italian Catholic Luigina Ponzoni, and "another shopping-bag mystic," Rose Solomon, a Polish Jew. Like Lubar's 1982 quick-change portrayal of six Palestinians and Israelis, Blood and Stones, the play presents its message simply.

With minimal props and sets, the tale is delivered by women telling their own stories. The resulting effect is as intimate and immediate as a story shared, say, across a kitchen table over creamed mushrooms.

"Times of crisis and transformation in women's lives really draw me," Lubar says. "There's this flame inside them. It can be very inspiring."

A Story's a Story was born two years ago, from tales Lubar longed to share of shtetlYife.

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SIGNALS, From Inside and Out, new work by Linda Jones.

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ART FURNITURE. honors thesis show by Jed Crystal. Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, 656-2014. Through November 21.

SEASON'S FLEETINGS, hand-pulled relief prints and monoprints showing seasonal changes in Vermont, by Roy Newton. Red Onion, Burlington, 865-2563. Through December.

OPEN STUDIO, a small group of Burlington artists show their stuff.

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BEGINNING AGAIN, monotypes by Terry Racich. Unitarian Universalis! Church, Burlington, 658-3564. Through December.

THE STORY OF A RELATIONSHIP, narrative paintings by Dug Nap, Studio, Burlington, 658-5123. Call for appointment.

WATER ON WATER, recent watercolors from the waterfront by Benjamin Stein. Wing Building, Burlington, 863-4105. Starts November 22.

ABOUT COLOR Cultural diversity at AUTOBIOGRAPHY THROUGH THE SELF-PORTRAIT, student works.

McAuley Dining Room, Trinity College, Burlington, 658-0337. the University of Vermont has found an artftdforum in the H. Lawrence Through December 8.

BEHIND THE SECRET WINDOW, paintings by Nelly Toll during the McCrory Gallery of Multicultural Holocaust. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 863-3403. Through Arf> openm, fa Bailey/Hoive at December 10 THE ANIMIST'S BOOK OF TREES, a series of paintings on muslin Ubmry November 15.

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NEW PAINTINGS, by Janet Fredericks. Merrill Lynch, Courthouse Plaza, Burlington, 660-1000. Through December.

RECENT PAINTINGS, by Robert Klein. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848.Through November 25.

REMEMBRANCES, mixed media exhibit by Anne Adoian Nalbandian Bemis. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 8633360. Through November 20.

PEOPLE OF THE DAWN, Contemporary Native American Crafts by 15 Abenaki artists and crafters. Burlington College Community Room, Burlington, 862-9616. Through November 20.

RELIEF WORKS, wood blocks and prints by Bonnie Baxter. McAuley Fine Arts Center, Trinity College, Burlington, 658-0337. Through January 5GILA MONSTER ART COLLECTIVE, oil paintings and photographs by six local artists. Java Love, Burlington, 864-3414. Through January 1.

COLLECTIVE HISTORIES , Installations by Suzanne Bocanegra and Michael Oatman focusing on collecting and eugenics. Also MARK WASKOW'S COLLECTION, 19th- and 20th-century objects from the eccentric collections of Vermonter Mark Waskow. Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, 656-0750. Through December 15.

HERE COMES THE BRIDE, 19th-century wedding dresses from the permanent collection. Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington. Through October 1996.

PICASSO: MULTIPLE STATE PRINTS, exhibition of lithographs by Pablo Picasso from the Ludwig Collection. Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, 656-0750. Through December 10.

PAINTINGS IN PROGRESS by Karen Dawson, Lakeside Gallery and Art Studio, Burlington, 865-1208.

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INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS, work of prisoners and other self-taught artists, Webb &: Parsons, Burlington, 658-5123. Through December 15, private showings only.

HOLDING THE CIRCLE, mandala drawings by Alison Granucci. Muddy Waters, Burlington, 862-5630.

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IMPRESSIONISTIC MONOTYPES , by Elizabeth Iliff. McAuley Arts Center, Trinity College, Burlington, 6580337. Through November.

BIG DOG HEADS/MACRO BOTANICALS, paintings by Nancy Anisfield and Wayne Staples. Green Mountain Power Corp., S. Burlington, 864-1557. Through January 3.

PERMANENT EXHIBIT, showing the prints of Mel Hunter and ceramic sculptures of Susan Smith-Hunter only.

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PAINTINGS, CONSTRUCTIONS AND DRAWINGS by Eli Rowe. Red Mill Gallery, Johnson Studio Center, Johnson, 635-2727. November 16-30.

HOT5>EATS Jed Crystal has arrived at that ultra-slick, space-age bachelor pad where modern art and industrial design meet, and found all the lights on. The University of Vermont senior expands the possibilities of the post-modern interior with "Art Furniture," his honors thesis exhibition at the Colburn Gallery. Crystal presents fully functional, recognizable home furnishings twisted out of the most engaging materials. Cold hard steel meets cheesy particle board in "Dual Level High Tension Raised Surface" — a round table outfitted with an industrial-sized machine cog as its weighty base.

Much of Crystals work is concerned with the aesthetics of utility and vice versa. Case in point: "Multi-Level Fully Adjustable Storage Unit," in which a huge, threaded steel rod supports a moveable orbit of palette-shaped shelves. Characteristically, this

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Similarly striking is "Pleasure <M Bench," an angular and businesslike polished-steel seat upholstered in a sumptous, deep-shag faux fur — it might furnish a 'a futurist incarnation of Elvis' Jungle Room. "All Terrain Bed," is a functional, black aluminum£ tube bed frame with four knobby tires; "Table with Jacket" a zoomorphic steel end table with a shiny red vinyl jacket fitted to its spidery legs. Crystal's concoctions use common materials in insightfully unexpected ways, catalyzing his skewed fascination with utility and visual fun. Melding art, design, industrial materials and a healthy dose of the bizarre, this young artist has seen the future — and it is absurd.

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As her characters took shape, Lubar was mindful of her belief that "nobody needs their eyes opened" by an evening at the theater. Steering clear of plays that are "too bludgeony, that tell you what to think," she aims to create drama to "give us some courage and joy with humor that isn't superficial."

Raised by a writer mother and a theater-loving father who put "his creative juices into advertising," Lubar grew to become the very picture of the classic Western academic — until seven years ago. A tenured member of the Smith College drama faculty, her credentials included a masters in fine arts from Rutgers, training from the American Conservatory Theatre and 15 years as a drama teacher. But Lubar's acting techniques were starting to reflect a growing interest: drama as healing art. The interest turned into a course of study — six years' worth —

including "healing the human energy field" and Resonant Kinesiology — "healing with the human voice."

Lubar's approach to theater, and to her life, began to transform. In 1992, she took a leave from Smith, "breaking with being part of an institution."

Within the year, she moved to Lincoln, Vermont, joined the staff at the Awakening Center in Shelburne and started designing healing-focused acting workshops. She's now writing a book on "forms of performance which, in and of themselves, are acts of spiritual healing for both audience and performer."

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'People came up to me who were in Polish sbtetls and said, 'We felt so at home,' she says smiling. "They said, 'You got it.

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Bolstered by such favorable reception, Lubar plans to expand her tour circuit beyond its current New England territory — a goal aided by the new show's consciously portable two-suitcase" design and her decision to hire a booking agent for the first time.

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fronted Carter face-to-face on the issue of Michael Johnsons confession.

"He and I have a relationship," says Greer. "We're friends. Listen, I don't hate the guy. We've known each other for many, many years and he's got an ego as big as a barn."

As for Greer's candor with the press — and recent appearances on the Cannabis Cable Network on television arguing his case — Carter says Greer is "just trying to get his point of view out to influence anyone who will listen."

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illy Greer doesn't claim to be an altar boy. He freely acknowledges the crime he committed in Canada. "I did the time for it," he says. And what was it like spending four years in a Canadian prison?

"It was fantastic," Greer replies. "Where I was, there were four tennis courts and an in-ground swimming pool. I could order fresh fruit and vegetables in from the outside each week. My wife and children could come up and stay on the

compound with me every 12 weeks. We could order restaurant food in from the outside."

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describes as "a real tough joint.

Greer, "that Carr's a rat. I have "I saw three people get no problem with that. He ratkilled," he recalls. "There were ted." a lot of riots. They don't segreFew federal drug cases ever gate...people by their crimes. reach a jury. Most are settled They put them all in through plea bargaining. But there together. It was a nailing Greer and Hutchins violent place, but I didn't would be like trophies on the have any problems." wall for the feds. For starters, Greer adds that being they'd like to know where the involved the largest money came from to Finance hashish seizure in those enormous shipments of Canadian history actually hashish. They've got questions earned him and his colthey believe Billy Greer can leagues a sort of hero sta- answer. But Greer swears he'll tus in the prison. "We never tell. were treated with "I couldn't live with myself," respect," he says. he says. "I couldn't let my chilMichael Johnson, dren or family look at me if I however, was not one of was a rat or an informer. I them. He had to be procouldn't cooperate against anytected, Greer notes, othbody," he insists. erwise "someone would have killed him in jail. reer supporter Ellen It's not like it is here in Raymond is circulating a the U.S. — they don't petition to draw attention FAMILY MAN Billy Greer, Ellen put up with rats up to the case. In two weeks, hunRaymond and Sharon Greer with the there." dreds of Vermonters have Greer children at a kick-off of the endorsed the statement: "We Just last week, yet petition drive in support of Greer another of his co-conspir- the people of the great state of Vermont beseech our governators, Bill Carr of tence served in Laval. Prior to ment to hear our petition Hinesburg, struck a deal with that he and his fellow Vermont regarding the eight-count the feds. Carr was one of the drug smugglers were locked up indictment for Billy Greer and original eight arrested in in a prison in Cowansville, Steve Hutchins. With our sigCanada and served time with Quebec — a place Greer Greer. "You can quote me," says natures we show our interest

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Meanwhile, Greer remains free on bail pending trial. Three times each week he reports to the probation office in Burlington's federal building.

He is required to submit to random urine tests.

Greer knows the noose is tightening as his fellow defendants strike deals with the government. And he realizes, he says, that federal prosecutors will be "livid" that he's talking to Seven Days about the case, and that he's accusing them of misconduct.

"I'm looking at 20 years of my life," says Greer. "I've got to Fight back. What am I going to do? Cower in the corner like all the other defendants? Just take the blows as they come and do a plea bargain for 15 years of my life? I'm not going to do that. I'm going to come out swinging."

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I T TAKES TWO A cuddly comedy about adorable young twins. Kirstie Alley stars. Why do I doubt this ones going to double my pleasure? , BLUE I N THE FACE Wayne Wang and Co. had so much fun making Smoke, they decided to stick around for five more days and shoot this largely improvised follow-up set in Harvey Keitels fictional tobacco shop.

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And I suspect that grinding out sequels to Ace Ventura, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber is going A F R I C A N D W E E B Carrey does too much monkey business. to drive atomic comic Jim Carrey to the verge of meltdown as well. The moneys too good to refuse, though. What would you do if someone offered you 15 million dollars to repeat everything you said and did in the summer of '93? It would be tedious. It would be dull.

But you'd do it in a heartbeat, and yawn all the way to the bank.

So here we are once again in the company of the pompadoured pet detective and, while we do not exactly yawn all the way to Africa — where his work takes him in search of a tribes missing ritual bat — we don't have quite as much fun as we hoped to, either. Carrey gives it everything he's got, but even his vast talent and good intentions are insufficient to keep this human cartoon surreal for another hour and a half. There are isolated moments of brilliance, certainly — they're called the trailer — but in the final analysis, the picture comes off as a forgettable succession of skits engineered to replicate the first film's biggest laughs (the "Peaceable Kingdom" parody shot, the talking butt, etc.).

Which is why sequels are made, of course. And why they are rarely real fun. What you usually wind up with are the best gags that weren't quite good enough to make the cut for the first film. If another sequel is made, the leftovers are even less fresh. I don't think we'll have to worry about that here.

- Having exhausted the comic possibilities where Ace is concerned, Carrey is facing the obligation of more sequel work and scanning the horizon for a place to make a Tom Hanks-style escape into serious roles. He's smart enough to know what you do after taking the money: run.

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the impact." And that's how poetry helped save my ass, ladies and gendemen. Why am I bringing this up? Sometimes the quest for beauty has a very practical value — especially for you right now.

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ARIZS (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) Your lucky colors of the week: pomegranate and beet. Favorable numbers: 15, 51, 115,151, 155, 511,515, 551. Pest source for personal omens: other peoples dreams about you. Auspicious hair-care product: mud from an unpolluted river. Fairy tale you should read: The Little Engine That Could. Home decorating tip: Remove from your wall any picture that evokes a feeling you're sick and tired of.

Black magic you should avoid like the plague: commercials for cold and flu medicine. How often you should make love: twice as much as usual.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): I know a performance artist who has built his recent shows around a confrontation with his own unconscious racism. His creative artistry seems to thrive as he strips away the shame he feels about it all. In working on my book, I've also found it exciting and wildly productive to delve into everything about which I feel ashamed, embarrassed and guilty. In fact, I highly recommend this project to you, whether or not youre an artist. You're entering an astrological phase when uncovering hidden agendas and deep dark secrets will yield the psychological equivalent of rocket fuel.

6 € MINI (May 21-June 20): Congratulations on your smashing victory over the make-it-up-as-you-go-along approach to life. It's driven you stark raving sane and earned you the right to skip several nauseating lessons in the art of chaos. So what are you gonna do for an encore? May I suggest a second stunning triumph over the make-it up-as-you-go-along-style? Only this time, don't do it to impress anyone. Act as if the only person you have to prove anything to is yourself.

CANCCR (June 21-July 22): Did I ever tell you about the time I was shot in the butt by a shotgun-wielding assailant on the campus of Duke University? I was walking to the Greyhound station to catch a bus to Philadelphia at the time.

By some stroke of prescience, I had spent the hours before I left my dorm writing a 22-page poem called "Beauty Is My Drug." I'd folded the sheaf into four and put the resulting wad in my back pocket Ten minutes later this wad became a buffer for a spray of buckshot. At the hospital, the doctor said, "Lucky you had all that paper in there — it absorbed some of

L£0 (July 23-Aug. 22): For Halloween I was Daddy Witch.

Every time someone asked me who I was supposed to be, I offered to shower them with five minutes of tender, loving, pagan fathering. I couldn't believe all the people who confessed how weak their relationship with their real fathers was and how big a hole they had in their soul because of it. It made me think I should explore the possibility of becoming a full-time fatherfigure.In general, you Leos are no more deprived than any other sign, but right now happens to be a time when your lack of powerful daddy energy could be particularly debilitating. I urge you to do all you can this week to make up for it.

Call your pop or the best substitute ««« VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The next few days would be a wonderful time to indulge in regular milk-and-cookies breaks and see how long you can go without getting out of your pajamas. It would not be such a good time, though, to sulk and mope and feel sorry for yourself. Your purpose in vegging out around the old homestead should be to recharge your battery, not drain it. So you have my blessing if you want to waste time and look dumpy and act boring — as long as you do it with gusto and pride.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The astrological truth of the matter? You should now be homing in on a key to making bigger bucks by doing more of what you love to do. The ugly feet of the matter? You live in a culture whose prevailing myths say that's an absurdly unrealistic goal. What to do? A good way to purge your deep psyche of that evil programming is to fight economic injustice, even if just symbolically. For instance, you could write a letter to the editor in which you point out the following: On the same day the U.S. Senate slashed billions from welfare programs for the poor, it voted to folly fond welfare programs for giant corporations.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Of all the emotions in the human repertoire, there's one I'm most prejudiced against: the desire for revenge. I've always regarded it as unconditionally and unforgivably idiotic. Yet a Scorpio friend recendy explained to me how he once created a masterpiece — a fine and successful book— that was motivated by his urge to seek revenge against a confounding shock he'd experienced at the hands of a vicious bureaucracy. And because of his story — as

am suspending my bias. 1 hereby authorize you to wreak glorious revenge against an event that alienated you from your own life. But mate surc I r i S u f a of fat S ^ i g e are u J * gorgeous and uplifting.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This is it. The last week before the new worldbegins. Tfie&ial fbreplay leading up to Day One of the Year Zero. You could compare it to the dark pregnant hush right before snow-laden thunderclouds burst, or as the almost unbearably pleasurable build-up of erotic tension in the moments before orgasm. My advice is to imagine in lush detail what you'd like to do on the night of December 31, 1999, and do it this week instead.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorns mature quickly — sometimes too quickly Capricorns are the first kids on the block to expose the Santa Claus myth. They're the teenagers with investment portfolios and the 38-year-old menopausal women. Yet there come times in every Capricorn's cycle when it's healthy to revert to earlier stages of growth. The Santa debunker suddenly needs to sleep with his baby blanket The adolescent entrepreneur gets hooked on Saturday-morning cartoons, and the prematurely menopausal woman finds a younger lover. Ring any bells for you? It should. The zodiacal forces are pressuring you to subtract at least five years from your age this week Remember all the fresh and innocent stuff you Knew before your on-so-mature wisdom overwhelmed it?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of the characters on the TV science fiction show "Babylon 5 " just happened, to my chagrin, to utter the very words I was planning to offer you. I hope that doesn't discredit the advice in your eyes, because it's one of the most important things I've told you in months.

Here it is: If you do die right thing for the wrong reasons, the work becomes corrupted. In conclusion, Aquarius, examine your motivations very thoroughly this week.

PISCtS (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): There has rarely been a more auspicious moment for you to discover the psychic judo that would allow you to transmute your paranoia into pronoia.

Pronoia, as I hope you know by now, is the suspicion that the entire world is conspiring to commit wonderful and benevolent acts in your behalf 1 say to you in all sincerity that 1 believe this to be a more apt model of how the cosmos works than the version described by paranoia. And the weird thing is, pronoia becomes objectively truer and truer the more you believe it's true, n \

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lassif ieds help wanted A R C H I V I S T - Young Burlington-based company seeks creative and focused individual to develop and run its extensive archive of documents, photographs and artwork. Experience wiht computers and organizational systems a must. Solid interpersonal skills critical.

Salary and benefit package based on experience. Please fax cover letter and resume to Karen at 651-4004 or send a resume to ARCHIVIST, P O Box 4400, Burlington, V T 05406.

AVON $ SALES Earn X-mas Cash 1-800-662-2292

PT BOOKEEPER, experienced in month-end reports and reconciliation.

Computer experience necessary. Send Resume to: Magic Hat Brewing Co., 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT, 05401.

beach, bike path, .busline; in quiet neighborhood. $320+.

Steve, 864-6885.

A W E S O M E P E R S O N wanted to join one man, one woman in cooperative household.

Beautiful, sunny, organized 3bedroom apartment with garden space, parking and W / D . N/S, drug-free. Vegetarian preferred. $335+, 862-6727.

PROFESSIONAL, O P E N M I N D E D FEMALE to share house in Milton. O w n bedroom and bath, pool, shared kitchen.

Must love dogs. $350 incl. all.

893-8148.

B U R L I N G T O N N S prof/grad.

Large room in house, great neighborhood. Wood floors, gas heat, yard, parking, walk to U V M . $325 + 1/3 util. 8644140.

volunteer V O L U N T E E R IN AFRICA: One-year posts in health, environment, refugees, democratization, human rights, etc. Call (202) 625-7402.

art instruction J O I N 3 GUYS, CAT, B A N D in cool, calm, clean, non-smoking downtown apt. $280 incl. heat.

Andrew, 865-2122.

B U R L I N G T O N : N / S , NEAT, M / F to share a modern 3bedroom house off North Avenue, away from town. Near

YALE G R A D U A T E OFFERING ART I N S T R U C T I O N . All ages; no experience needed. Teaching tailored to students' interests and strengths. Whitney Kitch, 654-7805.

music BASS LESSONS: Berklee grad accepting students. All abilities, acoustic or electric. John Lilja (Science Fixion, Jenni Johnson, etc.) 655-3259.

D R U M LESSONS: learn from 25 yrs. experience: N-Zones, XRays, H o o D o o Revue etc. Call Bruce McKenzie, 658-5924.

brown hair, plus-sized, fun. You: 40-50, tall outgoing, affectionate, smoker. Box P-7.

WORLDLY, D A R K - H A I R E D SWF, 40s, with a brain, heart & spirit, eclectic interests. You: 4555; likewise N/S, curious, creative, educated, playful, sensitive, emotionally secure.

Open to sharing. Box P-2.

PASSIONATE W O M A N : 40s, non-smoker, progressive, healthy, honest, secure, cultured, smart and interesting.

Loves music, dance, books and nature, looking for a vibrant, loving, sensitive man. (40s-50s) for deep friendship, romance. oxP-10.

YABBA DABBA D O O : Dinosaur seeks same. Days of fins, flash, chrome, barn dances, drive-ins. Share new memories.

Dina: 48, blonde/blue, armful.

Dino: 40-55, fun, nice, interesting. Box P-4.

N O R T H C O U N T R Y LIVING, like it just fine; seeking fella who'd like to be mine. Long

SWF, mid-20s, college grad, earthy, high-maintenance, Irish and outgoing, seeks honest, educated and open-minded male in mid to late 20s. Must enjoy good sense of humor, spontaneity, and the great outdoors. If this sounds like you, contact Box P-9.

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" M I L D T O W I L D " DJ SERVICE! 500 CDs — ALL STYLES T O A D D P I Z Z A Z Z T O YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY! 2 HRS./$150, 3 HRS/$200, 4 HRS/$225. W O W ! 660-1982.

ANDE6 MOUNTAIN MU6IC Guitar Instruction for all ages

MUSIC INSTRUCTION: Piano, Steeldrum, Percussion, Bass, Banjo, Music Theory.

Individualized approach to meet your needs. References available.

Call Camomilla (PanAshe, Steelband), 223-9560.

•Fok, country, bluegrass & other styles •Absolute beginners and restarters welcome •Over fifteen years professional experience •Lowest prices, full references

ANDREW

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PO Box 8343 Burf VT 05402 802/863-3762

KEYBOARD LESSONS: R&B-Funk. Studio musician/ seasoned pro. Brian Bull (Tough Judges). Affordable. Call 6581531 or 865-3930.

P I A N O LESSONS: Children and adults, all levels. Conveniently located studio in downtown Burlington. Call Julie Sohn. 865-9869.

KEYBOARD Brand New Yamaha Keyoard, $250.

Call Kim at '253-5089 GUITAR: Epiphone Emperor, ES-335 style. O n e year old. Lik new. Hard Case. $400. 4824544.

REHEARSAL SPACE coming soon. Burlington/S. Burlington

Person women seeking men

location, living-room-like atmosphere. Rent by hour/week/ month. For more info., call Lee at 860-8440. Leave message.

real estate C O H O U S I N G IS S H A R I N G RESOURCES A N D CREATING C O M M U N I T Y .

It is happening in the Burlington area. Interested? Call Barbara or Don, 862-1289 days; 658-4857 eves.

stuff to buy KING-SIZE WATERBED: Sealy Posturelux, soft-side, Sealy's finest, pristine condition, three years old, no leaks. Was $950 new, asking $450 or best offer. 658-1270, ext. 201, weekdays.

N A K A M I C H I CR1A home cassette decks, used and in

excellent shape. Were $400 new.

Rebuilt with new head, belts, etc., 90-day warranty, $269. O r as-is, 30-day warranty, $199. A great deck ar these prices. White Crow Audio, 658-1270, please call first.

SKIS A N D B I N D I N G S : Salamon 9 Equipe, 2S-PW7.

2 0 0 C M . Never mounted, $395.

In the box Driver 977 Equipe, $185. 660-4876.

B R E W Y O U R O W N BEER! Homemade wine and soft drinks, too. With equiptment, recipes, and friendly advice from Vermont Homebrew Supply.

Now at our new location next to the Beverage Warehouse, E. Allen Street, Winooski. 6552070.

G R A T E F U L D E A D SKIS dark star limited edition, olin dxt., new, shrink-wrapped, awesome graphics. Collectors only. $l,000/pr. 802 660-9075.

condo for rent W I N O O S K I — 2 bedroom, split-level condo, W / D plus many extras. Great river views. $675 + dep. & util. Call 6 5 5 3983 eves., 862-9530 days.

business for sale H A I R SALON — Moving.

Must sell. Small full-service Burlington salon, 7 years in business, turn-key operation, low rent & util. Call 655-3983

weight loss ARE Y O U T I R E D ?

O V E R W E I G H T ? Doctor approved, all-natural method can help you lose fast and energize. Call 1-800-311-5984.

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house for rent H O U S E F O R R E N T : Essex/ Jericho area. Rustic cabin, 1 bedroom, wood heat. Ideal for independent, self-reliant type.

References required. $575/ month. 899-4207 in evenings.

martial arts MARTIAL ARTS F O R W O M E N . Self-defense and fitness training for women only.

Group and private lessons.

879-2554.

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SILVER FOX: Lonely the problem? Solution at hand, pretty classy lady, good dance band. Dinner, movie, options galore, he a non-smoker to continue the score (58-65). Box P-8.

Winter Fun Playmate Wanted: Tall, 47-59, nonsmoker. Let's explore snow, slopes, skiing &C snowshoeing, followed by hot drinks & a warm, toasty fireplace. Downhill/crosscountry, your choice! Box P-15.

men seeking women E D U C A T E D MAN D W M 35, very attractive, educated, professional, published writer,

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poet, linguist. Humorous, sincere, sensitive, athletic, good conversationalist, romantic. ISO pretty, intelligent woman for LTR. Box P - l .

SINCERE, S P I R I T E D N S N D / NA 3 0 Y O / S W M ; homeowner, advocate, writer, photographer, w/no kids (yet), and no STD's.

Seeks passionate, caring woman for friendship, companionship, and possibly an LTR. Box P-3.

W S M 30-YEAR-OLD W I D O W E R , have good job, good-looking, respectful, likes movies, bicycling, going out to eat. Seeking good-looking woman around same age, respectable, nice, down-to-earth individual interested in dating and friendship. Box P-6.

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ALL YOU N E E D IS LOVE, D W M . I'm 44, 5'8", 145 lbs., open-minded, attractive. Fond of music, walking, talking, hiking, movies, sports, sunsets and possibly you. Box P - l 3 .

TRUST FUND H O M E S T E A D E R , 40, heroic hipster/dufus, lover of books, bad weather, adventure, romance...ha-cha-cha-cha! Box P-l 6.

ARE Y O U : Attractive, slender, healthy and fit? D o you run, bike,.hike and love winter? Me too. Thirties to 40s female.

Please write and I'll call. Box P-l 8.

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I SPY W I T H MY L I T T L E EYE a M who's sexy, sweet, caring, hairless, a morning person, huggable, has a fetish for cows and is keepable. Box P - l 4 .

M A R T I N ' S , Dorset Street, Sunday 11/5, < 3 p.m. Ran out of aisles. Want to meet somewhere else? Box P - l 7 .

men seeking men F R I E N D IN D E E D !

Handsome, spirited, spiritual G M (37) seeks a comrade for intimacy. Also an "angel" who can assist me to access alternative medicines for living with HIV. Box P - l 2 .

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Astrology Chart / Written Report Relationship Charts/Report 1 Yr. Astrology Forecast 6 Mo. Astrology Forecast

Recently back from the Faculty of Astrological Studies Summer School in England, John offers natal, relationship, transit and progression consultations.

Send BERTH DATE, BIRTH TIME, BIRTH PLACE with Payment, Name, Address and Telephone N u m b e r Tb N E W M O O N A S T R O L O G Y , P O B o x 95 Huntington, Vt. 05462-0095 ^ 4.4.4.4. A Great Gift Ideal 4>++4>

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adults 6C adolescents choosing to recover from anxiety, depression, substance abuse, sexual abuse, low self-esteem.

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HELPING YOU RECOVER F R O M LIFE'S STRESSES

Therapy

Becky Lansky Therapeutic Massage P S I111

(802) 343-0494 (a Burlington area, local cellular call)

N o w Offering Stress Defiision Sessions S p e c i a l Introductory Rate - $30 for 1 1/2 h o u i

Between intention and goal t h e r e is often a loss of m o m e n t u m . H y p n o s i s c a n b e t h e voice of e n c o u r a g e m e n t for: • smoking cessation • weight gain/loss • sleep disturbances • stress reduction I n d i v i d u a l s e s s i o n s in a safe, professional setting.

At your convenience: Evenings, weekends, house calls.

Life Skills

Stephanie Buck, M.A., L.C.M.H.C.

E f f e c t i v e L i v i n g Is A L e a r n e d S k i l l Learn To Live Well • Academics & Arts • Coupling & Parenting Skills • Own Studies & Mentoring • Mediation & Conciliation • Business & Career • Direction & Meaning A , Practical How-To Programs. Individual Sessions Only. fl| All Ages, Abilities, Most Situations.

4ML Evergreen Educational Programs, HJtr' Consultations, and Mediation Life Skills For A Lifetime

(802) 863-4333

Psychotherapy Montpelier, VT

862"6674

Jack R. Alvord, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist 41 Timberlane South Burlington, VT

802-223-7173

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Cooperatively-Owned © Over 400 bulk organic & wildcrafted botanicals from all over the world © A complete line of fine essential oils, extracts, supplements, incense & books. © Mail order catalogue available Organic Juice Bar 112 Main St. © Montpelier, V T 05602 © 223-0888

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A graduate of the Boulder School of Massage Therapy in 1991, Cynthea specializes in Swedish Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy and Sports Massage.

As an active Martial Artist and Alternate to the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team in the sport of Luge, she has special insight into the care of athletes of all ages and abilities.

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By appointment. Gift Certificates available.

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