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ECONOMY BY DOUG HOFFER

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Is Vermont Really on the Job? The numbers on the state’s economic development HACKIE BY JERNIGAN PONTIAC

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Je Me Souviens A cabbie’s rear view

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The Heal Deal HEALTH BY SARAH TUFF

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Thin and Bear It GOVERNMENT

LOCAL COMMERCE 15A

Hip Hula THEATER

Leading Lady BOOKS Book review: Pearls, Politics & Power by Madeleine Kunin BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

Lessons of History ART Art review: Danilo Gonzalez & Christopher Griffin at West Branch Gallery BY MARC AWODEY

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What’s Good in the ’Hood FOOD Burlington’s Old North End serves up everything from Americanos to pho tai BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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IN THE NEWS 15A

Facing the Facts

BY ELISABETH CREAN

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Former UN Weapons Inspector Speaks on Middle East Policy, Media Issues

Talking treatment with Dr. Bernie Siegel

Theater preview: Keo Woolford’s I Land

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The governor wants to cut 400 state jobs — but which ones, and at what cost?

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Taste Test FOOD Pho Hong BY SUZANNE PODHAIZER

From Spokane to Burlington, Texas Ad Company Leaves a Trail of Deceit BY BRIAN WALLSTIN TAXES 17A

In Vermont, War-Tax Resistance Dies Hard BY MIKE IVES

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Kung Fu Epic to Premiere at Majestic BY MARGOT HARRISON VIGNETTES 18A

Bella Voce; filming in Burlington; Queen City Review BY PAMELA POLSTON & MARGOT HARRISON ART 19A

Will an Art Intervention Save the “Lamentations” Ladies? BY PAMELA POLSTON

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VOTE YOUR HOPES As Peter Freyne suggested a few weeks ago [“Inside Track,” February 27], Bernie Sanders may be right that Ralph Nader’s impact on the presidential race will be minimal “unless he’s propped up by the Republicans.” And that’s the crux of the issue, because for Ralph to be in a race without some sort of preferential voting system in place is way off base and would only put egg on his face. The irony is that Nader would actually be my first choice. But I’m unable to express my preference, since instant-runoff voting (IRV) isn’t being used for federal elections. Thus, voting for Nader would only serve to damage the Democrats. The further irony is that the Vermont House has just passed an IRV bill, one that Gov. Douglas said he would veto. Why won’t the governor allow people to vote their hopes rather than their fears in statewide races with at least three candidates? For too long, IRV has been opposed because it would be the best way to gauge support for third parties. In other words, people won’t feel compelled to vote their second choice in order to keep

their third choice from winning if they are simply allowed to rank their candidates in order of preference. The spoiler factor disappears: case closed. So please call the governor and tell him that if he continues to scramble the issue and does not allow this sane bill to become law, he will end up with egg on his own face. Russell Weis FLETCHER

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»webpage » THE YOGURT PROJECT What’s the deal with all the different kinds of yogurt you can buy these days? Food Editor Suzanne Podhaizer asks that question this week on her blog, Omnivore. “Just a few years ago,” she writes, “fermented-dairy eaters had a choice between Dannon and Columbo. Now, I see customers standing dumbstruck before the yogurt shelf, not knowing whether to reach for full-fat sheeps’ milk, low-fat cows’ milk or even a soy. So, I figure, it’s time for a massive yogurt taste test.”

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“Overall, I can’t imagine many things I’d rather eat,” she writes. “Sorry for being a Liberté proselytizer, but this is the first yogurt that I’ve ever loved.” Read more from the Omnivore at www.sevendaysvt.com. » LOUTUBE NEWS In this week’s installment of “Loutube News,” Seven Days video correspondent Louis “Lou” Armistead investigates Vermont’s most addictive export.

Her favorite? The Liberté Méditerranée Plum & Walnut, an rBGHfree yogurt made in Canada with milk from the St. Albans Creamery Cooperative.

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If you have a special love for your bike, too, listen up. While reading the Babeland Blog this weekend, I learned about BikeSmut.com. The bike lovers there have put together 28 short films of BIKE PORN. Yep. Ninety minutes of bike porn, and they’re showing it across the U.S. at theaters and film festivals — selling out a good number of showings. With only a couple more shows scheduled in Tennessee and Utah, I was shocked to see Vermont had been overlooked for this tour. Tragic! Don’t worry, yours truly has already emailed the curator to request that Vermont be a stop on the next tour. Read more online... Posted March 31 by Mistress Maeve

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or workers. The alternative is to maximize the value of instate resources, i.e., our own people. Some of these Vermonters need training; some need more education but can’t afford it; and some need subsidized childcare. The state already spends a lot of money on these things, but clearly it’s not enough. A lot of Vermont residents are being left behind. Now, to the governor’s other explanation: that Vermont is the highest-taxed state in America and that it impedes job growth. Hogwash. If your family earns $80,000, your state income tax bill will be considerably lower in Vermont than it would be in a number of states, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon and Wisconsin, according to the Joint Fiscal Office Tax Study. The reason your income tax bill is lower has to do with Vermont’s graduated income tax. That’s a little complicated, but the bottom line is that the governor has been dissembling. And even though the Tax Study did not address property

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cott Ritter is not the man the Department of Defense hoped he would be. The former intelligence officer made international headlines in 1998 by resigning in protest as chief weapons inspector for the United Nations Special Commission. A year later, Ritter published Endgame: Solving the Iraq Problem — Once and for All, a critique of U.S. Iraq policy. The book, which encountered significant resistance from the Pentagon, prompted the Washington Post to call Ritter an “American rarity.” Ritter, now 47, has furthered his iconoclastic reputation with five subsequent books that challenge the U.S. government’s foreign policy. Target Iran: The Truth About the White House’s Plans for Regime Change, warned against what could be America’s next preemptive invasion of a sovereign nation. Ritter’s latest title, Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement, critiques the peace movement. Earlier this week, Seven Days spoke with Ritter by phone in advance of his upcoming series of lectures in Vermont. SEVEN DAYS: In 2002, you claimed to be “holding the mirror up” to elected officials. But these days, you seem to be holding their feet to the fire. Has your approach changed? SCOTT RITTER: The situation’s changed. In 2002, I was basically asking policy makers to do their job. Today, we have to look at this in a harsher light. Action was taken on an incomplete data set. And so now, it’s not just a matter of holding a mirror up to people, it’s a matter of pointing out that they failed to do their job. We are in a war: Over 4000 of our servicemen have died. And it’s not just Congress or the elected officials that failed to perform; it’s the entire nation collectively, from the president, the congress, the media and the people. So, yeah, I’m a little bit harsher in my critique, because I think the circumstances warrant it. SD: Speaking of the media, what role does it play today? SR: I think we need to recognize that when we speak of “the media” informing the general public, we’re really speaking about mainstream media. I think people need to recognize and understand that when you turn on TV [or] buy a newspaper, you cannot view this as a singular source of information upon which to base your own independent point of view — you’re getting propaganda. It’s not fatal to a society to have a biased media. Take a look at England, where they have a plethora of newspapers, all of which possess strong bias: All you need to do is put on your bias filter, and you can get to the kernels of fact. Here in the United States, we try to pretend that there isn’t a bias — you know, that it is “All the news that’s fit to print,” that it is “Fair and Balanced.” That’s

SCOTT RITTER garbage, and we need to understand that. The problem isn’t the media. The problem is in the consumer of its product, the people of the United States. The people are so lazy, so ignorant, that they delude themselves into believing that when they open up a newspaper, they are in fact getting unbiased reporting. And the end result is a malinformed public that cannot hold its elected officials to account. SD: What about investigative journalists like Dahr Jamail (Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq) and Jeremy Scahill (Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army)? What role do they play in shaping public consciousness of U.S. foreign policy? SR: I have the highest respect for Dahr Jamail, Jeremy Scahill and others. But they’re preaching to a choir — they’re not mainstream. I mean, Scahill wrote a book on Blackwater that had a brush with mainstream, but it’s gone now. He’s not a driving force in mainstream media. Dahr Jamail is not reporting for the New York Times, is not on “60 Minutes,” isn’t impacting mainstream America. SD: In December, you said that war with Iran was “inevitable.” Will it happen before the Bush administration cedes power? SR: People need to wake up: We are at war with Iran, as we speak, today. These are war-like policies. We need to understand that a war with Iran is a broad-brushed endeavor. What’s going on right now in Iraq — the attempt of the Iraqi government at the behest of the United States to nullify the Mahdi Army — is seen by several analysts, myself included, as a precursor to a larger conflict with Iran . . . I think there is a real risk of military action against Iran prior to the Bush administration leaving office.

SD: You’ve suggested that the next U.S. president should “divorce” him- or herself from a policy of “regime change” in Iran. What are the chances? SR: I think that, of the three candidates in the mainstream, only one has the potential. Barack Obama has stated that he will host a summit of Middle Eastern nations — and not just talk to them, but listen. In doing that, we’re headed down the path of responsible interaction. SD: What’s your critique of the peace movement, in a nutshell? SR: There is no peace movement. I mean, “peace movement” implies a nationally based, viable entity that has the ability to impact policy. We have a loose-umbrella organizational structure that has a whole host of grassroots movements plugging themselves in. But it’s not a viable movement . . . If there was a real antiwar movement — for instance, like something equivalent to the NRA, or the “Right to Life” movements — politicians would be loath to turn their backs. But there is not going to be political fallout from the Democratic Party turning its back on the antiwar movement, because the antiwar movement is incapable of genuine, political power projection. SD: Do you think George Bush will ever visit Vermont? SR: I don’t know [laughs]. Why would he? What’s in it for George Bush? > Scott Ritter will speak during “Media Silence on Iraq and Iran in an Election Year,” a Vermont tour organized by the Peace & Justice Center of Burlington. Wednesday, April 2, at the Robert A. Jones House at Middlebury College; and Thursday, April 3, at the McCarthy Arts Center at St. Michael’s College. Both at 7:30 p.m. More info, 8632345, ext. 3.

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serve to further entrench that denial. Jesse Bragg [Letters, March 19] echoes the current thinking of the Wall Street elite when he writes, “With people come opportunities, jobs and growth.” This mindset has shaped U.S. policy for decades, contributing to runaway sprawl, an acceleration of climate change due to increased use of fossil fuels and greater disparity between rich and poor. It’s a complicated issue, folks, and the VSP report is just one small piece. Rather than trade barbs in future letters to the editor, I respectfully challenge those who disagree with the report to a public debate about whether America’s unprecedented population growth is sustainable. Perhaps Seven Days could sponsor such an event. Mark Powell WORCESTER

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TOO MUCH LOU I found Loutube on Chelsea Clinton a sophomoric piece of garbage [“Loutube News,” March 5]. Little about Chelsea, lots about Lou, who seems afraid to speak to women. It’s all Lou, boy reporter, who goes to see Chelsea Clinton but mostly talks to a lot of boys who say a lot of uninformed at best, sexist at worst, things about Hillary. The fact that he asks Chelsea in the last part of the video about being president does not redeem him. There is far too much about Lou and far too little about his topic. This seems like stupid frat boy stuff. Surely Seven Days can do better than this. Peggy Luhrs BURLINGTON

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GIVE ’EM A BREAK Make sure readers understand that Burlington police and fire department employees pay close to 11 percent of their gross salaries to the retirement system [“Can Burlington Reform Its Employee Retirement System?” March 19]. Until two years ago, other city employees paid nothing.

Steve Goodkind’s fingerpointing at the police and fire department employees leaving early was spiteful and not correct. Police and fire employees meet contract obligations for retirement after completing 25 years of service and are 45 years old. This difference from other city employees is due to the job itself and because, statistically, police and fire employees live 10 years less than the average. It is a high-stress job, what you call a young man’s game. We shouldn’t be asking 60-year-old people to chase down bad guys or drag a hose into a burning building. These employees have served their communities and are not milking the system. The city having an above-average retirement system will help recruit new police officers and keep them. There will need to be some kind of change. Just don’t point the finger of blame on its employees. It’s not fair. C. Gilbert BURLINGTON

NO BREEZY NONSENSE Good thing Jon Margolis has it all worked out [“The Pollina Problem,” March 26]. I guess voters don’t need to bother showing up in November! Rather than presenting a problem, as Margolis’ breezy nonsense would have it, I think Anthony Pollina’s candidacy presents an interesting opportunity for Democratic and Progressive voters to choose collaboration rather than conflict. Life is too short to allow pundits and political party insiders to dictate the framework of an election. If there are grievances against Anthony’s positions, they’re fair game; let’s talk about them. If it’s about nothing more than a letter following a name, we’re all losers. Tim Ashe BURLINGTON

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ne summer day about 30 years ago, Janet Hicks was putting up tomato sauce in her kitchen when she heard a knock at the door. Outside stood a man wearing black shoes and an ID badge. “He said, ‘Are you Janet Hicks?’ “she recalls. “I said, ‘Yes.’ He said he was from the IRS. “And I said, ‘Oh, I’ve been expecting you for a few years. Come on in.’” The agent had come to collect the taxes that Hicks, in an act of civil disobedience, had decided she would no longer pay. Since the visit from the IRS, Hicks has taken care of some of her state and local fiscal obligations. But as of last week,

count and buy money orders from a gas station whenever he needed to pay bills. And Bob Bady, who lives in Brattleboro, stopped practicing as a registered nurse in the late 1980s after the IRS threatened to seize his wages. Still, the IRS had its way with Bady. In 1989, 19 years after he stopped filing tax returns, agents seized his Massachusetts home. “There have been consequences to being a war-tax resister,” Bady admits. “But then, supporting America’s military policy of exploitation also has consequences. I feel better for having decided to choose consequences that were in line with my belief.”

it’s nearly impossible to know how many garden-variety tax evaders are engaged in a form of protest against government policy. Brenda Vovakes, director of compliance at the Vermont Department of Taxes, says her agency began pursuing delinquent taxes more aggressively back in 2000. Since then, the state has recouped $20,000 or $30,000 annually in unpaid state taxes. As for war-tax resistors, “It’s really not a big movement here,” she says. “Or maybe I don’t know who they all are?” Five years into an unpopular war, war-tax resistance isn’t entirely dead, of course. Since 1972, the Religious Freedom Peace Tax

It’s nearly impossible to know how many garden-variety tax evaders are engaged in a form of protest against their government. the Burlington cook still hadn’t paid a cent of the federal income tax she owes. The daughter of a World War II veteran, Hicks will once again withhold a portion of her taxes this year to protest her country’s militaristic presence in the world. War-tax resistance in the United States dates back at least to the 1940s, when a group of Chicago pacifists called the Peacemakers created a Tax Refusal Committee. Since then, war-tax resistance has taken different forms. Some resisters refuse to file federal returns altogether, or opt to pay only their state taxes. Others avoid incurring a tax bill by living cheaply. Some deduct specific percentages in protest over military appropriations, while others withhold negligible sums in symbolic protest. However they practice it, tax resisters tend to operate outside of the traditional economic system. Hicks’ frugal lifestyle enables her to avoid paying income tax. Robert Riversong, of Warren, used to transfer his savings to a girlfriend’s ac-

Beyond the truly committed, this particular activism hardly rises to the level of a political movement. For one thing, it has never had an effect on foreign policy, and because the federal government doesn’t recognize arbitrary deductions by individual taxpayers, it has no impact on the Pentagon’s budget. In any event, with a federal budget of more than $2 trillion, it would be difficult to link the absence of a few tanks or an aircraft carrier to war-tax resistance. But for fiscal refuseniks such as Riversong, war-tax resistance holds philosophical, not just strategic, significance. Riversong was on his way to prison from an antinuclear protest in Connecticut in 1979 when he wrote an impromptu letter to the IRS. As he explained on a recent afternoon at the Warren Store, Riversong, a designer-builder and active participant in the Vermont secessionist movement, hasn’t paid his taxes since. While it’s hard to know how many people have ideological reasons for not paying their taxes,

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be a cultural inheritance,” Fusco says. For him, the prime example is Arthur Makaris of Essex’s Vermont Kung Fu Academy, where Fusco has studied for eight years: “He’s a Greek-American keeping alive Shaolin kung fu.” During the Cultural Revolution, Fusco explains, Chinese authorities downplayed the traditional spiritual aspects of kung fu. Many masters emigrated to the West — some to Boston’s Chinatown, where Makaris received his training. The acupuncturist and martial arts Sifu (teacher) opened his Vermont academy in 1987. On the Chinese set of The Forbidden Kingdom, Fusco says, fight

choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (The Matrix) noticed him practicing traditional techniques: “That’s the writer doing Shaolin Praying Mantis? Westerners don’t do that!” For Fusco, that authenticity justifies the slog from Lamoille County to Makaris’ school: “I tell people, ‘Well, it’s a 21-hour flight to China, and it’s a one-hour drive to get to the Shaolin Temple.’ In there is the repository of 3000 years of martial arts technique and philosophy.” Fusco arranged the Vermont premiere in large part to give his friends at the Academy a first glimpse at the movie. Also planning to attend is Benoit, 27, a former student who gave Fusco his first tour of the Academy in 1999. Since then, the young Vermonter has studied martial arts and Mandarin in Beijing and made a name for himself in the Chinese film industry. Back in Burlington, Benoit approached Fusco about playing “even a small role” in the upcoming Chan/Li film, Fusco recalls. Fusco recommended him to the producer and director, who decided Benoit was “too goodlooking and edgy” to play the insecure lead, but gave him the role of a villain. Based on the film’s trailer, some Internet commentators have criticized The Forbidden Kingdom for using a Western teen’s comingof-age story to explore ancient China. Fusco says it was sometimes “tough to bridge Eastern and Western ideologies,” but that Jet Li’s active collaboration was invaluable. In an interview with Malaysia’s The Star Online, Li calls Fusco a “superb screenwriter” who “has roughly put across in the film some of my basic understanding of martial arts and principles of Buddhism.” He also maintains they’ve “been sparring partners for the past three years.” So has he really taken on the Master? Fusco chooses his words carefully. “Jet and I have spent the last three — almost four — years spending time together in a creative relationship based on martial arts,” he says. “I have learned a lot from him, especially just sitting in the Gobi Desert together, exploring the deeper philosophical levels [of kung fu].” But, he concludes, “If Jet sparred with me in the traditional sense, I would be doing this interview at Fletcher Allen hospital — in traction.” >

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SARAH TUFF “The Art of Healing” with Bernie Siegel, MD. April 4, Sheraton Burlington Conference Center, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Admission is free but tickets are required; call 847-3919 or visit www.vermont cancer.org. More info, www.berniesiegel md.com.

hirty years ago, Bernie Siegel, a physician and assistant professor of surgery at Yale, began to explore the “care” in health care. His investigations led him to found Exceptional Cancer Patients, a form of individual and group therapy designed to help people heal themselves through behavioral changes. As a leader in the mind-body-medicine field, this Brooklyn-born Bernie also sought to redefine what it meant to be a doctor. “Intuitively, I felt there must be some way I could help the ‘hopeless’ cases by going beyond my role as mechanic, but it took years of difficult growth before I understood how to do so,” he writes in his 1986 book Love, Medicine & Miracles. A number of bestsellers later, Siegel is working on his 10th book. Since retiring from practice in 1989, Siegel has devoted his time to speaking and writing about patient empowerment, information he delivers with equal doses of humor, spirituality and down-to-earth earnestness. On Friday, April 4, he’s scheduled to speak on “The Art of Healing” at the Sheraton Burlington as part of the Vermont Cancer Center Juckett Distinguished Lecture Series. Seven Days dialed up the doctor at his Connecticut home in advance of his visit. SEVEN DAYS: What is the art of healing? BERNIE SIEGEL: I do a lot of work with people and patients’ dreams and drawings. It’s amazing — a much deeper level comes forth in the symbol from the unconscious and even from the body. People will draw their anatomy without knowing what they’re drawing. Something like a stream could be a blood vessel. The other aspect, which is much more important, is the psychological one. If you say, “Draw your treatment,” one person draws it as a gift from God and the other person draws it as hell. Guess who’s going to have more side effects and problems? Also, when I say the art of healing, it’s learning from survivors. If you go to a doctor’s office and they make a diagnosis, they don’t say, “OK, in order for you to do the best that you can, this is what you have to behave like and act like.” They give you a prescription and say goodbye. What I’ve learned is that there are survival behaviors, there’s an art to healing, and I try to teach people what those qualities are so that if something happens to them, they can still exceed expectations and maybe even get better when nobody gives them hope . . . You need to say to [patients], “What’s going on in your life?” It’s amazing what happens to their disease when they create a new life. SD: What about patients who are already living full, well-bal-

anced, happy lives? They get sick, too. BS: I’m laughing, because I always try to say to people, “Don’t try to not die.” The bitterest people in heaven are the vegetarian, meditating joggers. We’re not talking to you about not dying, we’re talking to you about living, and then you may get a benefit of a few extra years. SD: What do you see as the biggest challenge to healing today? BS: Parenting is what I call the number-one public-health issue in the world. If you grow up with self-worth and self-esteem, you care for yourself, and that helps keep you healthy. Kids who grow up with love and with touch turn out very differently. The planet would be very different if every child were loved. Look at the headlines. Those are rejected kids who are shooting people, killing people and committing suicide. We need to teach our kids how to take challenges, and we need to learn how to communicate with them, too. I try to get people to live in the moment, not with fear of the future. Doctors are not trained to do that. SD: Why is that? BS: In one way, it keeps your power: You tell people when they’re going to die. We’re not trained to deal with feelings, especially with loss. That’s part of what made me who I am today — I couldn’t take it. My parents brought me up to deal with feelings. At medical school, you don’t learn a damn thing about people; you learn about all kinds of diseases. My turmoil led me to listen to patients and begin to help them live. SD: What’s the reaction of some of your fellow physicians to this approach? BS: I am much more acceptable today than I was 30 years ago. I was called an explosion hazard for bringing in a tape recorder to play in the operating room. Thirty years ago, if I said, “A sense of humor will help you live longer,” [the response would be], “Where’d you read that? Did you do any research?” Now, there have been studies . . . [and] when the doctor has had cancer or their loved ones have had cancer, oh, boy. Suddenly, they’re living an experience, not a diagnosis. And it’s a gift when you wake up to your mortality and you begin to look at life differently. Death is not the worst outcome. SD: Getting a procedure or treatment can be terrifying, isolating. How can someone find a sense of humor in situations like that? BS: Well, I call it being childlike. It’s not offensive humor. A woman was in total panic over her opera-

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tion, and I spent so much time trying to calm her down, but nothing was working. So we wheeled her into the operating room, and she said, “Thank God all these wonderful people are going to take care of me.” I said, “I’ve worked with these people for years; they’re not wonderful.” She then busted out laughing and we became family. When you laugh, you can’t be afraid. It just changes your chemistry. Give your doctor a humorous birthday card. They won’t forget you. Decorate your hospital room so that you’ll be seen as an individual and not as “the patient” or “Room 405.” SD: I know that you have a lot of children and grandchildren. That must help you keep in touch with your childlike side. BS: Yeah, we’ve lived through all the things we’re talking about. A few months ago, my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. About 40 years ago, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and I know what a mess I was then. Now, I thought, “I’ve learned a lot from working with all the patients. I’m not in the future, I’m in the day. We think about sharing our love and having a nice day and not what’s going to happen.”

I haven’t stopped running support groups for 30 years, and I’ve learned to live the sermon. Truthfully, there’s more life in those groups than there is outside. There’s humor in the room, there’s joy in the room, and, yeah, there’s loss and death, but I’ve learned. The greatest gift is, I’m not afraid of a damn thing. I’ve been with people who’ve been through it all. SD: Does this tie into your new book project? BS: The one that we’re working on now is called Faith, Hope and Joy, and it’s filled with stories from people who’ve had cancer and then, at the end of each story, I put in my reflections. That will be published next year. SD: What’s it like to speak in the Burlington area? BS: I’ve been up there a lot. The smaller the community, the better the care and the survival statistics. In a smaller town like Burlington, you’re more likely to be known as a person. m Got a comment on this story or ideas for another one? Contact Sarah Tuff at tuff@sevendaysvt.com.

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Thin and Bear It The governor wants to cut 400 state jobs — but which ones, and at what cost? by Ken Picard

Larry Young has worked on Northeast Kingdom roads for 38 years, and in his experience, they’ve never been in worse condition.

The state of Vermont’s full-time workforce has grown 20.7 percent since 1998, according to David Herlihy, Vermont’s commissioner of human resources. Meanwhile, the state’s population has increased by only 5.1 percent. “I think that’s a pretty good indicator,” Herlihy reasoned, “that it’s time to step back and say, ‘Do we have the right size government workforce for what this population can afford?’” At the current rate, according to Linda McIntire, the state’s labor costs will double in just a few years’ time. With the largest bubble of baby-boomer employees approaching retirement age, Vermont now has what she calls a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to reduce the size of state government. But the governor’s “right-sizing” calculus doesn’t include any plan to reduce the roughly $132 million per year the state spends on temporary workers and private or “personal service” contractors. This “hidden workforce,” as Noonan of the VSEA calls it, is a serious bone of contention for state employees. In fact, Vermont’s temporary workforce has grown roughly 25 percent, to 1934 employees in 2007, since 1998, according to state figures. During the same time period, salaries for temporary workers more than doubled — from $5.9 million to $12.2 million. As Noonan told the House Government Operations committee last week, “If there’s a place for cutting classified state employees, then there’s also a place for applying the same shared pain for public service contracts and temps.” The state first began checking the growth of its temporary workforce in 1991, when the number of temps climbed to an all-time high of more than 3000. In response, the legislature passed a bill in 1993, signed by then-Gov. Howard Dean, setting out new standards for the employment of seasonal, emergency, part-time and contingent workers. As a result, the number of temporary workers fell to 1248 and remained steady for the next few years. As the size of its regular workforce stabilized, however, the state began to outsource more government functions to private contractors. According to state figures, spending on personal service contracts during the Douglas era has fluctuated, from a high of about $316 million in 2002 to a low of about $148 million in

2005. Last year, the number crept back up to about $221 million. But, as VSEA points out, it’s nearly impossible to calculate the state’s overall budget for personal service contracts: According to data VSEA obtained from the state via an open-records request, many of the contracts in the state’s database have a “maximum amount” of $999,999,999 — in effect, an open-ended placeholder that shrouds the actual cost budgeted for that contract. In 1998, a blue-ribbon commission created to examine the “inappropriate” use of private labor recommended restricting the number of temporary employees on the state payroll at any given time. The commission also recommended that the state track the number and amount of private contracts and provide the public with access to the information via a staterun website. Nearly a decade later, however, lawmakers are still having a difficult time getting accurate figures on the state’s contracting practices. At last week’s House Gov Ops Committee hearing, Herlihy couldn’t say how much Vermont spent last year on personal service contracts. Some contracts cover multiple years, he explained, while others don’t necessarily reflect the amount initially budgeted. Some contracts cover statu-

torily mandated expenses, such as financial fees paid on the state teacher’s retirement plan, and can’t be easily scaled back. “If it was as simple as waving a wand and saying, ‘We’re going to reduce that number by 4 percent,’ as the union suggests, we’d do that,” Herlihy said. “But I don’t think that’s realistic.” Herlihy, whose office is overseeing the job cuts, said the idea that the Douglas administration is using temporary workers and private contractors in a backdoor effort to eliminate state jobs “couldn’t be further from the truth.” Virtually all the work done by temps and contract labor is short-term or seasonal, the administration contends: road flaggers on summer construction projects, temporary staffers for Vermont’s state parks and food-service workers employed during the legislative session. Other contracts cover work that’s highly specialized, such as helicopter pilots for biological moose surveys and marketing firms that produce information for the public. Still others provide services the state must outsource — legal counsel and financial auditing, for example. Some of the state’s largest contracts are for >> 26A

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At a March 18 “speak-out” in the Statehouse cafeteria, the 61-year-old senior maintenance worker for the Agency of Transportation praised the dedication of his crew before several dozen lawmakers. Just last month, he noted, when storms dumped several feet of snow in the midst of a flu outbreak in their ranks, drivers showed up to plow the roads, even though many of them were sick. Still, Young said, it’s been hard lately for him and other VTrans workers to take much pride in their work. Some jobs just don’t get done, he said, because his district doesn’t have the people or the money to do them. “The people in maintenance are ashamed of the roads the people of Vermont are traveling. It’s an embarrassment to ’em!” Young said. “If they cut services more, our question to the legislature is, what roads don’t you want plowed?” The road ahead doesn’t look much smoother for Vermont’s state workers. Last November, Gov. Jim Douglas announced plans to eliminate 400 government jobs in the next two years, beginning with 150 cuts by the end of June. The administration now claims that all frontline, “24/7” jobs — that is, uniformed corrections officers, state police, social workers, state hospital employees and other public-safety personnel — will be protected. And, there are no plans to lay off current employees or invoke a hiring freeze. All the cuts — or “right-sizing,” as the administration calls it — will be accomplished by attrition; that is, by allowing the 700 or so government positions that are sure to become vacant through separation and retirement to remain that way. “We don’t want to lay anyone off,” Linda McIntire, the state’s deputy secretary of administration, maintains. “We just want to start bending the curve by strategically not filling vacated positions.” McIntire says the cuts can be absorbed through technological innovations, job consolidations and by streamlining government functions. Thus far, however, the administration’s strategy has identified only 13 of the 150 initial jobs to be eliminated, and none of the 250 positions that are headed for the chopping block next year. And, while McIntire insists there will be no direct impact on essential public services, neither she nor anyone else can say which state departments and agencies will be most affected. Indeed, a lack of essential details about Douglas’ proposal has left state lawmakers groping in the dark. And, the Vermont State Employees’ Association (VSEA), which represents the state’s 8000 employees, is pressing for a clearer picture. VSEA has already acquiesced on the initial 150 jobs, though it’s drawn a line in the sand on the remaining 250. Instead, the union has offered its own

plan for saving the state $2.9 million in the 2009 budget — a figure it says is roughly the value of the endangered jobs. But that offer was dead on arrival in the governor’s office. And, it’s left the union challenging Douglas’ motive for targeting a specific number of jobs instead of a savings in dollars. “This governor fundamentally wants to go into the November election with the Republican mantra of ‘I’ve created smaller government,’” asserts Annie Noonan, VSEA’s director. “This is, in essence, a body count.” And not just any body count, as several lawmakers have remarked, but a body count that exacts its greatest toll on VSEA, by replacing permanent union workers with non-union temps, private contractors and outsourcing arrangements. “I really do believe that there’s a systematic effort in this administration to undermine the union,” House Assistant Majority Leader Floyd Nease (D-Johnson) said last week in a hearing of the House Government Operations Committee, “and they go at it in all kinds of ways all the time.”

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services that would otherwise require a major expansion of state government, such as its contract with Corrections Corporation of America, which houses Vermont’s out-of-state inmate population, and Prison Health Services, which provides medical care. But VSEA members argue that some of the outsourcing is unnecessary, more expensive or both. Terry Lefebvre, a 36-year veteran of state government, is a financial resources consultant for the Vermont Department of Health. Her office, Children With Special Health Needs, has contracts with two private pediatricians, a nutritionist and a physical therapist. Based on her calculations using the state’s pay grades, Vermont could save taxpayers about a quarter-million dollars annually by hiring full-time state employees for those four positions alone. There are other perils associated with outsourcing, points out Dave Bellini, a community service team leader with the Vermont Department of Corrections who supervises road crews out of Burlington’s probation office. He notes that when a position similar to his own opened up recently in St. Albans, the state hired

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ANNIE NOONAN, DIRECTOR, VT STATE EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION someone outside of the department. “That position is going to be replaced with a temp with zero corrections experience. Nothing!” Bellini complained. “This guy is going to be a walking lawsuit.” Administration officials acknowledge that private contractors sometimes perform the same jobs as state employees, and are sometimes paid more for the same work. Sometimes it’s less: Sending an inmate out of state for a year costs Vermont taxpayers $23,000, or about half what it would to cost to house him in Vermont, noted Corrections Commissioner Robert Hofmann. Herlihy also offered several examples of jobs that were traditionally awarded to the lowest bidder, including certain custodial work and nurse case managers for workers’ compensation, that are now done by state employees. “We’re not feathering anyone’s nest,” Herlihy insisted.

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Each month, the State of Vermont spends between $5 million and $6 million on private contractors. From actuarial services to inmate haircuts to hazardous waste removal, the list of so-called “personal service contracts” is a mile long. Many people equate the term private contractor with “multinational defense firm,” as in Halliburton or Blackwater. In fact, a rumor that the Department for Children and Families was planning to outsource call-center jobs to aerospace giant Lockheed Martin grew legs at the Statehouse recently. DCF is indeed looking at modernizing its benefits eligibility system, which might include an outsourced call center. But DCF Commissioner Steve Dale says he has “no idea” where the name Lockheed Martin — which does handle immigration queries for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — came from. Still, a number of the state’s private contracts are noteworthy. Guilford Excavating, for instance, has a contract for $44,000 for “snow removal services” at the Brattleboro State Police barracks, the Brattleboro courthouse and the Brattleboro state office building. Apparently, the state doesn’t have the resources to plow its own parking lots. Some contracts, like the state’s $9.6 million deal with Prison Health Services, are noteworthy for their size. Others are merely interesting. Aquatic Control Technology earned $276,204 for “L. Champlain water chestnut harvesting,” for example, while Bat Conservation and Management, Inc. was paid $14,850 to “survey, capture and radio bats.” Another $62,000 went to Helicopter Applicators, Inc., for a “Moose Infrared Survey.” Then there are the contracts that offer little or no clue about the services provided. An outfit called Black Lab was paid $133,000 for “contractual services.” A certified water specialist was awarded a contract for “time travel,” although, to date, it hasn’t cost the state anything. And we can all hope that the $20,000 to Guidon Performance Solutions to “Rethink” was worth the money. By far the oddest contract listed in 2008 belongs to Daniel Macguire, who received $28,044 for “Murder PMT.” Now that’s a contract. K.P.

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of the House Government Operations Committee scratched their heads and wrestled with the numbers laid out before them, several representatives were clearly exasperated by the administration’s inability to paint a clearer picture on Vermont’s use of private contractors.

“I don’t mean to be a bulldog about this,” said Rep. Chris Pearson (P-Burlington). “I just want some information that makes sense! As the committee that oversees this it really does feel like there’s a willful attempt to keep us in the dark.” Rep. Ken Atkins (D-Winooski) said, “the cloudy, nebulous stuff ” the administration provided the committee made it difficult for him to make an informed decision about the proposed personnel cuts. “I’m worse off today than I was yesterday,” Atkins said as the hearing adjourned. Even the committee’s chair, Donna Sweaney (D-Windsor), couldn’t say whether Vermont’s use of temps and private contractors has increased or decreased in the last decade. “It’s been very difficult for us to get that information,” she admitted, “because of the way it’s tracked.” The Douglas camp says it’s agreed to review the executive branch’s use of temps and outside contracts — if the legislature and the judiciary will do the same. That proposal, the administration’s McIntire says, has gone nowhere in the Statehouse. She noted that the state could purchase an automated procurement system that tracks personal service contracts on a monthly or even weekly

basis — at an additional cost of $3 million. One thing the Douglas administration has not offered to do, Noonan and VSEA say, is back up its assertion that the state’s workforce needs all this “right-sizing.” Noonan points out that some of the recent job growth is due to the new prison that opened in Springfield, which put an additional 160 jobs on the corrections department’s payroll. Likewise, since 1998, the judiciary has created a number of courts to handle environmental, drug and mentalhealth cases — services that, according to VSEA, Vermonters believe are vital to protecting the interests of taxpayers while saving them money in the long run. The union is calling for a public dialogue to determine which services Vermonters are willing to live without before the governor proposes any more job reductions. As Noonan points out, a federal audit last year found that the Department for Children and Families wasn’t adequately serving the needs of its clients. Nevertheless, the administration’s plan is slashing 36 positions from DCF this year alone. “We’re talking about a pretty significant wipeout here,” Noonan says. “If that’s the case, this administration needs to stop saying that there will be no impact to public services. That’s just a lie.” �

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an easy class, an easy credit,â€? he recalls. â€œBut little did we know that it was more work. Because not only were you in class doing this, but you had homework, you had performances and practices outside of school. But we all loved it. It was a really grounding experience.â€? Later, as he lived and traveled around the world, Woolford encountered an ocean of ignorance about hula: misleading Hollywood clichĂŠs and raised eyebrows about men dancing hula. â€œThe way that it is misperceived or misrepresented was a really, really big thing for me,â€? he says. â€œI have to say that I am a hula dancer with a little chip on my shoulder. People start flapping their hands . . . â€˜Oh, you dance hula?â€? he mimics.

family represents Hawaiiâ€™s multicolored palette, with a haole father and brother and a hapa (mixed race) sister. â€œIâ€™m searching for my place,â€? he shares. â€œAnd like the story of the alchemist, where you go through all these different things, looking for your identity . . . Thereâ€™s that whole urge to want to fit in somewhere, but realizing that it was right in your backyard all the time.â€? Theatrically, I Land â€œmixes a bunch of different conventions,â€? Woolford notes, including hiphop numbers staged by Rockafella, poetry, singing and video projection, as well as hula. But all these supplement his principal technique: Hawaiian talk story, which Woolford describes as â€œvery animated and humorous, even though there are very dark

Hundreds of thousands of kamaâ€™aina have resettled across the mainland and around the globe. I Land explores the journey of self-discovery that unfolded for Woolford along the way. â€œIsnâ€™t that, like, a girlâ€™s thing, with a coconut bra?â€™â€? The need to confront such stereotypes is part of what led Woolford to put hula at the center of I Land. â€œIt has a deep, deep, long history, and itâ€™s very sacred as well. I felt like if I could entertain and educate a little bit, then thatâ€™s my goal,â€? he explains. â€œHula and Hawaii are such a big part of who I am, and I canâ€™t separate the two.â€? Over the course of the show, Woolford performs three dances from the kahiko (ancient) tradition, choreographed by his kumu hula (teacher), Robert Cazimero. Another important force in Woolfordâ€™s childhood was hip-hop culture. â€œI was really influenced by MTV and music videos and hiphop growing up,â€? he relates. Developing I Land helped him see how â€œthe unique combinationâ€? of hula and hip-hop â€œembodied who I was,â€? as he puts it. Director Roberta Uno spurred Woolford to pour his ideas out in an intensive writing process. â€œI resisted for such a long time,â€? he admits, and wondered, â€œWhoâ€™s really going to care what I have to say?â€? What emerged in the finished performance piece, Woolford explains, â€œis an autobiographical account of my life growing up in Hawaii, how I find my heritage through traditional hula, and how growing up in a time where contemporary, mainland hip-hop urban culture was a really popular influence in my life . . . Those two actually combined to make me who I am.â€? An additional twist to the coming-of-age story is that Woolford was adopted. His own

and serious issues that come up.â€? Talk story may sound like backyard shooting the breeze, but â€œit is part of our oral tradition,â€? Woolford emphasizes. â€œBecause our history was all oral history, we passed down stories, we passed down lessons, history, songs, poetry, etc., verbally.â€? Until the missionaries arrived in the early 19th century, the Hawaiian language had never been written down. The informality of talk story allows Woolford an easy rapport with theatergoers. â€œThereâ€™s a connection that happens immediately with the audience,â€? he says. â€œThatâ€™s one of the powerful things about this piece. Itâ€™s not talking at you . . . Itâ€™s like weâ€™re all sitting around a campfire down at Sandy Beach, waiting for the sun to rise, and somebodyâ€™s telling a story about what happened. So everybodyâ€™s involved with it.â€? As Woolford and I talk story, the Sandy Beach imagery sends out a crashing wave of homesickness. The famous bodysurfing spot was just a few miles from where I grew up. The far end was my favorite spot for a quiet swim and long read. Woolford laughs heartily when he finds out that I still live on an island, albeit surrounded by the oft-frozen waters of Lake Champlain. When he lived in New York City, he thought of Manhattan as an island. He now lives not too far from the Pacific Ocean in L.A. â€œYou can take the island from the person,â€? Woolford notes wryly. â€œBut you canâ€™t take the person from the island.â€? ďż˝

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nce, every suburban wife struggled alone with “the problem that has no name,” as Betty Friedan wrote in her pathbreaking 1963 book The Feminine Mystique. “As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured them to Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night — she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question: ‘Is this all?’” No, it doesn’t have to be all, Madeleine Kunin answered. Describing herself during a recent talk at Middlebury College as “one of the original superwomen,” Kunin, now 74, has proved it’s possible for women to do it all — to be wives, mothers and high-flying professionals. Kunin raised four children and still managed to construct a career that included work as a journalist, as well as several victories and a few defeats in races for elected offices in Vermont. She became the first woman to govern the state, serving three terms from 1985 until 1991. She was also appointed to the numbertwo post in the federal Department of Education and served as U.S. ambassador to Switzerland. And now she’s written a book — her third — Pearls, Politics & Power, that’s intended to inspire younger women to run for office while giving them advice on how to win.

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Kunin notes in this partial, unrevealing memoir that she herself was inspired by the women’s movement of the 1960s and ’70s, in which Friedan played a prominent role. Pearls, Politics & Power contains a brief profile of Friedan as well as similar sketches of a half-dozen other feminists throughout history, ranging from Abigail Adams (17441818) to Gloria Steinem (1934-). Kunin appears puzzled as to why so many younger American women do not identify more strongly with this powerful legacy. Most are “turned off by the word ‘feminism,’” she writes. “It is passé because the world has changed. The passions of feminism have faded, but its negative connotations have not.”

Many of these same women also take for granted that they can indeed do it all. Friedan’s silent question, quoted in Kunin’s book, never occurs to college-age women who look around and see that their gender now accounts for 56 percent of American undergraduates, as well as a majority of students in law and medical schools. In politics and in the business world, however, the glass ceiling remains very much intact, Kunin observes. She calls attention to the recurring figure of 16 percent. That’s the proportion of women in the U.S. Congress, as well as in the lower houses of national legislatures worldwide. Women also hold 16 percent of the top corporate posts in the United States. “I thought I’d be leading a parade,” Kunin told her roughly 100 listeners in Middlebury — about 90 of them female. But, she added, many women remain reluctant even to vie for elected office. And if women don’t play, women can’t win, she pointed out. We all need to get over the notion that “women are not supposed to want power, somewhat like sex,” Kunin suggests in her book. “It’s OK if they just receive it.” She adds in a rare admission, “So acculturated am I that it is not easy even now to say, ‘Yes, I wanted power.’” It’s not as though today’s girls are lacking political role models. Pearls, Politics & Power presents excerpts from interviews with several female elected leaders, including Vermonters such as Secretary of State Deb Markowitz and Burlington’s Rachel Weston, who, at 27, ranks as the youngest serving member of the Vermont House. Kunin’s book also profiles three women who are currently running countries: Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Chile’s Michelle Bachelet and Germany’s Angela Merkel. If anything, the book — written in a straightforward, journalistic style — devotes too much space to the views of these other women. Readers will yearn for a more textured account of the challenges and choices Kunin confronted in her own private life and career. They will also wait in vain for a critical assessment of the most prominent woman on today’s political scene: Hillary Clinton. “Yes, dear reader, I endorsed her for president,” Kunin writes preemptively. That clever riff on Charlotte Brontë’s conclusion to Jane Eyre cannot conceal Kunin’s failure to address fully a basic question that runs as an undercurrent through Pearls, Politics & Power: At what point, if any, does a feminist decide that a female politician’s objectionable stance on an issue supersedes her gender? Kunin has nothing substantive to say about Clinton’s colossal political misjudgment in voting to authorize President George W. Bush to invade Iraq. She doesn’t even mention Clinton’s subsequent vote in favor of Bush’s move to label Iran’s Republican Guard a terrorist organization — and thereby set up the framework for a potential invasion of Iran. Kunin grapples commendably with one key question she does raise in the book: Does anything important change for the better when women hold positions of power? She dances past the problematic example of Margaret Thatcher, the hardright British prime minister who led her country into war while shredding the social safety net woven by previous (male) leaders. Early in the book, Kunin writes, “The long

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Kunin is just as convincing in her contention that gender bias persists in American society despite the perception that “the bad old days are gone.” An array of laws now protect women from discrimination, she acknowledges, adding, “There is a culture of political correctness that constrains gender bias.” But the message that “women are inferior to men remains deeply imbedded in both men’s and women’s psyches,” Kunin notes. Why would centuries — millennia, really — of such social coding be broken in just a few decades? Ever the wise and gentle warrior on behalf of women’s rights, Kunin adds at a later point, “Gender stereotyping is not malicious; both men and women are prone to it because we have all grown up in the same culture where men are given the benefit of a doubt and women are given the burden of proof.” Women also need to learn “when to make an issue about sexism, when to ignore it, and when to have a good laugh,” Kunin further advises. Despite its limitations and omissions, Pearls, Politics & Power achieves its author’s large-scale ambition of “passing the torch to the next generation,” as she said at Middlebury. Young women and men who read Kunin’s book will better understand that, while feminism may have fallen out of fashion, it retains much of its relevance. �

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est Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe features two strong painters this month in an exhibit with the intriguing title “The Temperature of Color.” Canadian artist Christopher Griffin and Danilo Gonzalez of Burlington have shown internationally, and, though their works are quite different, they complement each other in this shared exhibit. Both use lively lines and a limited range of hues to interesting effect. In his artist’s statement, Gonzalez cites a particular interest in Picasso, and that seminal force is most evident in his series of expressively painted heads. “Head IX” is a 50-by-56-inch canvas filled with a large countenance. Gray and pale-brown earth tones within simple outlines describe the figure; illegible script runs along the lower area of the piece. The 42by-54-inch “Head X” is made up of

cerulean-blue negative space and patches of grayish skin tones. These line drawings do recall similar works by Picasso.

Other Gonzalez paintings are labeled “Interiors” or “Exteriors.” “Exterior 5” is a 48-inch-square acrylic populated by vertical shapes

Though their works are quite different, Griffin and Gonzalez complement each other in this shared exhibit. In addition to the large-scale pieces, Gonzalez includes six 11-by14-inch heads on paper that are pictorially more complex, with a broader range of mark making. Numbered I-VI, they are compositional and conceptual precursors to the large heads.

in a cubistic space of blue shades. Two green forms and an orange biomorphic element, sited more deeply in the picture plane, create a triadic harmony. Gonzalez plays with mass in the painting by letting fine lines dangle off the forms like drooping string.

“Interior 5” is a monochromatic, 50-by-40-inch vertical composition in red. Again, Gonzalez contrasts fine lines with dimensional objects — in this case, tall beams in vaguely twopoint perspective. But, as if to illustrate the show’s title, “Interior 5” is burning hot. The artist’s use of just a few shades of red heightens the intensity of that passionate hue. Animals are a prominent theme for Griffin; “they represent the pure, the innocent and the spiritual,” according to his artist’s statement. He is apparently also enamored of cave paintings — that prehistoric aesthetic is particularly discernible in Griffin’s 24-by-36-inch “Dusty Sky.” The oil-on-canvas painting is dominated by a large expanse of white-onwhite “sky,” while a herd of seven primitive bison trot along the bottom edge. This work seems influenced by the animal drawings in the Grotte de Niaux in the French Pyrénées. Griffin’s creatures are rendered in burnt umber and shrouded in an umber mist, as if sprayed with a Cro-Magnon atomizer. “Heading to the Front” uses cave painting as a point of departure. The 36-by-24-inch canvas presents a hulking bison in a more frontal pose than those usually seen in Upper Paleolithic art. Again, Griffin’s earthy hues lend an ancient sensibility to the piece. His use of line to create tensions within the animal’s form, however, is his own invention. Griffin’s palette brightens in “Green Land,” a 44-by-60-inch mystical vista of emerald greens, pale blues and translucent whites. A stick-figure deer appears at the right of the image, and abstract patterns of irregular dots and lines flatten the picture plane. Griffin also mentions children’s art as a visual resource, and certainly in “Green Land” he blends the art of childhood with primitivism in a provocative way. He may be implying that humanity’s earliest examples of visual art reflect a nascent cultural awareness similar to what children experience in any era. Gonzalez and Griffin both paint with an eye to history as they conjure contemporary figurative imagery. The spaces they create are neither shallow nor particularly deep. The same may be said of the paintings’ content, but there’s nothing wrong with beautiful simplicity. m

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ART IN THE ROUND BARN: The 18th annual juried show in Waitsfield invites artists to apply for entry. Deadline: May 9. Info, www.innattheround barn.com or 496-7722. WATERBURYâ€™S 7TH ANNUAL STOWE STREET ARTS FEST is seeking artists, craftspeople and other vendors for the July 19 event. Tented and other spaces available. For registration and info, contact Sandy at sershow@globalnetisp.net or 244-6648. BROWSE & POST STUDIO PLACE ARTS invites ADS 24/7 AT: artists to submit works made of paper for a summer exhibit entitled "Leave a Paper Trail." Deadline: April 25. Info, www.studioplacearts.com or 479-7069. SCULPTFEST08: The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center invites artists to submit proposals for the annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, September 13 8 sevendaysvt.com - October 26. This year's theme is "Human Interventions and the Industrial Landscape." 1x8-7dspot-generic.indd 1 6/20/06 12:15:02 PM Deadline: July 7. Info, www.carvingstudio.org or 438-2097.

OPENINGS APRIL FEATURED ARTISTS: Paintings by Tess Beemer, turned wood by Bob Fletcher, textiles by Nan Adriance and photographs by Gustav Verderber. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery, Enosburgh Falls, 933-6403. Reception April 3, 5-8 p.m. Through April. GREG MAMCZAK: New paintings by the local artist. Speaking Volumes, Burlington, 540-0107. Reception April 4, 4-8 p.m. Through May. â€˜THE POP ART SHOWâ€™: Youth from Burlington City Arts' Mentor Arts program display their works created in pairs. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Second Floor Gallery, Burlington, 865-7166. Reception April 4, 3-7 p.m. Through April 29.

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OPENINGS << 33A JOHN GONTER: "Neurotica," large acrylic paintings that display both galactic and emotional atmospheres; and TERESA DAVIS: Brilliantly hued paints spilled and splashed "Off the Edge" onto eight tabletops at the artist's studio; and BETHANY FARRELL: "Light Waves and Color," 14 new canvases of highly saturated color and simple forms. VCAM/RETN Space, Burlington,

media, representing several of the county's arts organizations. Art's Alive Gallery, Union Station, Burlington, 524-5700. Reception April 4, 7-9 p.m. Through April. FIVE TOWN AREA COMMUNITY ART SHOW: Fine art and craft from neighbors of all ages. Art on Main, Bristol, 453-4032. Reception April 4, 5-8 p.m. Through May 14. FACULTY SHOW: Seventeen printmaking teachers show how it's done in a group display of their own works. Two Rivers Print-

ALL HAIL THE KING If you thought there was nothing new to say about Elvis Presley, you ought to take in Salvatore Scaloraâ€™s â€œThe Veneration of the Dead Elvis,â€? an exhibit at the McCarthy Art Center Gallery at St. Michaelâ€™s College. Scalora, an art professor at the University of Connecticut, has a particular interest in iconic and mystical images. His 60 mixed-media reinterpretations of the Kingâ€™s beatific countenance are variations of the same youthful portrait. Each 10-by-12-inch image is no doubt a worshipful incarnation of the godhead. The â€œVenerationâ€? is on view through April 25.

651-9692. Reception April 4, 6-8 p.m. Through May 25. â€˜ARTWORKSHEREâ€™: Fifteen Vermont working artists in Burlington City Arts' Sales & Leasing Program show landscapes, contemporary abstraction, photography and sculpture. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 8657165. Reception April 4, 5-8 p.m. Through April 24. FRANKLIN COUNTY ARTISTS: Nearly 20 artists show works in a range of two-dimensional

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and other media. Dianne Shullenberger Gallery, Jericho, 899-4993. Reception April 6, 2-5 p.m. Through April, weekends or by appointment. JANICE SOLIK-TEFFT & KENNETH TEFFT: Pastels and watercolors. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, 899-3211. Reception April 6, 2-5 p.m. Through May 11. SHAWNA CROSS: "And It Was Glorious," large abstract oil paintings. Drink Lounge, Burlington, 782-1675. Reception April 8, 6 p.m. April 8 - June 3. ‘A DOG NAMED SPECTRUM’: Current work by members of L/L's Art of Photography program. L/L Gallery, Living/Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Reception April 9, 6:30 p.m. April 7-18.

TALKS/ EVENTS NOONTIME ART LECTURE: Dana Walrath, assistant professor at the UVM College of Medicine, gives a talk entitled "Mind-Body Meridians and Medicine" in conjunction with a current exhibit. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6560750. April 2, 12:15 p.m. FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK: More than 40 galleries and other art venues around town stay open late to welcome pedestrian viewers in this monthly event. Burlington, 264-4839. April 4, 5-8 p.m. EMIRY S. POTTER: "Totally Unpretentious Art Opening," a display of new paintings by the local artist, along with live music by Steve Sharon. Rose Street Artists' Co-op and Gallery, Burlington, rosestreetgallery@hotmail.com. April 4, 6-9 p.m.

ONGOING :: burlington area ‘THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT’: T-shirts designed by women who have been victimized by sexual assault, to demonstrate their healing and strength. Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, 8640555. Through April. SALVATORE SCALORA: "The Veneration of the Dead Elvis," pen-and-brush artworks informed by a fascination with the iconic star as well as mystical images from the Church. McCarthy Art Center Gallery, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 654-2536. Through April 25. STUDENT SHOW: Artworks by area elementary-schoolers. University Mall, South Burlington, 863-1066, ext. 11. Through April 4. RICHARD W. BROWN: Photographs of rural life, gardens and New England landscape. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 9853848. Through May 6. KARI MEYER: "The Magic of the Land," acrylic landscape paintings by the Vermont artist. Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Burlington, 272-4763. Through July 15. STEPHEN SCHAUB: THE LAST FIVE YEARS: An exhibition of photography that illustrates the Vermont artist's evolution in making and printing images over the last five years. Kasini House, Burlington, 264-4839. Through April 5. MAKING THE MARK: "Creative Wasteland: Self-portraits in Trash," a group show. L/L Gallery, Living/ Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Through April 4. ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE JR.: 3x2-mensroom040208 4/1/08 New acrylic figurative paintings.

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Allscripts Building, 25 Green Mountain Drive, Burlington, 8991106. Through April. MAGGIE SHERMAN: Photographs of eight multimedia community art projects by the Vermont artist. The Gallery at Burlington College, 8629616. Through April 7. MALTEX SHOW: The hallways of all four floors are filled with paintings by Valerie Ugro, Gregory Albright, Lee Arrington and Peter Williams; monoprints by Nori Lupfer and Carolyn Shattuck; photography by Jim Rathmell; and sculpture and shadowboxes by Aaron Stein. Maltex Building, Burlington, 865-7166. Through August. REBECCA BABBIT: "Toujours, France," photographs from a trip to that scenic country and its capital, Paris. Firehouse Center Community Darkroom, Burlington, 865-7166. Through April 27. LORRAINE MANLEY: "In Celebration of Landscape," impressionistic paintings of Vermont trees and vistas. Chittenden Bank, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 893-7860. Through April. GABRIELLE TSOUNIS: "Accepting Nudity," large canvases in monoprint style feature the human body and body-image issues. Club Metronome, Burlington, 860-4972 or 863-4259. Through April. HANNAH BEAN: "Subconscious Day Dreaming," bold acrylic paintings. The Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 279-5942. Through April 9. ROBERT RINALDI: Fine art photography exploring the human impact on the landscape and mixed media with vintage text and photographs, Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7200. 10:37 AM Page 1 Through April.

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GILLIAN KLEIN: Moody cityscape oil paintings. Opportunities Credit Union, Burlington, 264-4839. Through May 21. THREE COLLECTIONS OF PHOTOBASED WORK: ORIN LANGELLE: "Photographs of Global Resistance," photojournalism; and GERARD W. RINALDI: "Un Autre Ballet," photodrawings; and MICHAEL STRAUSS: "Worlds in Motion," molecular landscapes. Artpath Gallery, Burlington, 5632273. Through April. MARINA EPSTEIN: Oil paintings and prints, Gates 1 & 2; and PETER WILLIAMS: Oil paintings, Escalator; and CAMERON SCHMITZ: Pencil drawings and oil paintings, Skyway. Burlington Airport, 865-7166. Through May. ‘BETWEEN SOFT MACHINES AND HARD SCIENCE’: "The Interstitial Art of David Powell," an installation of digital prints and historic scientific instruments; and 'ACTORS AND EXORCISTS': "Masks of Sri Lanka," from the permanent collection; and MICHAEL LIGHT: "100 Suns," a collection of photographs of atomic explosions carried out by the U.S. in the 1950s and '60s over Nevada and the Pacific Ocean. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. Through June 8.

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:: central MELANIE PHELPS: "Color Your World," affordable paintings on canvas. Rhapsody, Montpelier, 229-6112. Through April. ROBIN LAHUE: Colorful oil paintings. Vermont Chocolatiers, Northfield, 485-7770. Through April 26. SUSAN OSMOND: Paintings. Blinking Light Gallery, Plainfield, 238-2001. April 3-27. ELIZABETH NELSON: Landscape paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media. Sean and Nora's, Barre, 476-7326. Through November. ‘ADDING DIMENSION’: Mixedmedia and collage works by Vermont artists Alexandra Bottinelli, Timothy Fisher and Maggie Neale. The Lazy Pear Gallery, Montpelier, 223-7690. Through May 18. SUZANNE REXFORD WINSTON: Monoprints. The Green Bean Gallery at Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, artwhirled23@ yahoo.com. Through April. ROSE O’NEILL-SUSPITSYA & NECOLE ZAYATZ: "Wanderlust: Neoplasia to Matroshka," giclée prints of paintings in the artist's "Chemical Battles Series"; and photographs from working-class life in the Stavropol region of Russia, respectively. Northlight Digital Gallery, White River Junction, 280-1888. Through May 9. ‘MARILYN PRESENTS . . . 10 YEARS OF ART IN THE SUPREME COURT’: Vermont Supreme Court Justice Marilyn Skoglund has been curating the lobby for a decade. This show is a microcosm of all those previous exhibits, with works in multiple media by 12 artists. Vermont Supreme Court Lobby, Montpelier, 828-5657. Through April 25. ‘MARCH MADNESS SHOW’: Nearly 20 artists from the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center show wall works in multiple media. The Brick Box Gallery, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 438-2097. Through April 6.

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DENYS WORTMAN: Original drawings by the celebrated cartoonist (1887-1958). Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, 295-3319. Through May 3. GAAL SHEPHERD: "La Mureille: an exhibition on the theme of a wall," 47 pieces in pastels, oils, photographs, mixed media and sculpture depicting an ancient stone barn in France. Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, 2958008. Through May 2. ART RESOURCE ASSOCIATION GROUP SHOW: Works in various media by more than 20 members of the ARA. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 279-6349. Through April 26. ELIZABETH MAYOR: Large animal woodcuts, Studio Gallery; and SHERI TOMEK: Black-and-white photographs of events from the past four years at TRPS, Hall Gallery. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, 295-5901. Through April 3. ‘THE BOAT SHOW’: A flotilla of artistic boats and ships, Main Floor Gallery; and silent-auction items to benefit SPA programs, Second Floor Gallery; and LARRY BOWLING: "Meditations and Daydreams." Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. Through April 12. AZARIAN FAMILY ART SHOW: Paintings, drawings and woodcuts by nine members of this artistic Vermont family in a shared exhibit. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through April 22.

:: northern ‘YOUNG PHILADELPHIA REALISTS’: Featuring works by 10 emerging artists from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1469. Through April 5. DANILO GONZALEZ & CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN: "The Temperature of Color," new paintings combining the colorful cultures of North and Latin America by the international artists, from the Dominican Republic and Canada, respectively. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park, Stowe, 253-8943. Through April. ‘OBJECTS OF DESIRE: STILL LIFE PAINTINGS’: A group exhibit featuring some of Vermont's finest artists in the genre, including Susan Abbott, Julie Y. Baker Albright, Tom Nicholas, Jody dePew McLean, Lucy Petrie and others, through May 11; and 'MY COUSIN HAS EIGHT LEGS': Original artworks by nationally known children's book illustrators Tomie dePaola, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Phoebe Stone, Jasper Tomkins and Vladimir Vagin, through May 14. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100.

:: southern ‘PAINTING THE BEAUTIFUL’: A major retrospective of American Impressionist paintings from the Michener Art Museum Collection. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. April 5 - August 11.

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VERMONT IDYLL Peacham-based photographer Richard W. Brown lovingly trained his lens on rural Vermont and its people to capture the color and black-and-white images in his current solo exhibition at Shelburne’s Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery. He noted in an artist’s statement, “When I photograph Vermont, I am drawn to the last remnants of hill farm life, and the hidden, still wild corners of the state.” Brown’s work has been published nationally; this beautiful collection, called “Obstinate Paradise,” is on view through May 6. Pictured: “Sheep Shearer.”

ed the two- and three-dimensional works in this exhibit from acquisitions over the last 30 years that reflect the university's aesthetic values. Burke Gallery, Plattsburgh State Art Museum. Through April 6. ‘CUBA! ART AND HISTORY FROM 1868 TO TODAY’: The major retrospective includes some 400 works from the Caribbean island in multiple media. The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 514-285-1600. Through June 8. m

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he first day of spring has come and gone, but Vermont is still capable of serving up cold weather and (gasp!) snow showers. It’s April, for cryin’ out loud! Longtime Vermonters may be used to this meteorological challenge, but how do college students deal? Personally, I usually just crawl into my bed and watch movies whilst damning the blizzards outside my window. For this icy inquiry, Seven Days headed over to Burlington College to ask students how they manage long Vermont winters . . .

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What’s your favorite way to get away from the Vermont cold? Elizabeth Rossano, 22, junior/senior film major “The one thing I do . . . is sit at home and watch movies. [I] hang out with the roommates and drink too much — it warms you up — and, you know, hibernate. [I watch] mostly foreign stuff — things to escape with.”

Alison Segar, 47, documentary film student “I just want to get the hell out of here. I’m done. I hate it. My favorite thing is to just go on the Internet and look at vacations and where I could be. Somewhere else [like] the Caribbean and St. Maarten. Right now, please. But I’m going to Disney World instead, with my children.”

Brian Kwarnieski, 21, sophomore film student “Just get out in it [and] go snowboarding. Stay warm, stay active. Bars are really warm, I’ve found out. [They] are a nice place to warm up [in]. I just take it on. I’m from Philadelphia, so when I moved to Vermont, I knew what I was getting into.”

Alex Perry, 26, junior transpersonal psychology student “Drinking warm beverages — coffee, tea — and reading books. [I read] a lot of fiction, also nonfiction and philosophy. I do a lot of the same stuff that I do in the summer.”

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Dan Van Ornum, 19, freshman film major “It would probably be sitting on my couch watching TV, preferably movies, and just doing some writing. I do like the cold, but when it goes on as long as it has now, you can get a little sick of it after a while.”

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resident George W. Bush confirmed today that his gutting of the Endangered Species Act is part of a broader plan to phase out the environment entirely by the time he leaves office in January 2009. “In addition to cutting taxes, it has been the goal of this administration to cut our wasteful, bloated environment,” Mr. Bush said in a speech before the Association of Indiscriminate Applauders in Washington, D.C. In his speech, Mr. Bush added that the EPA would henceforth be renamed the Environmental Prevention Agency. The president said that by removing endangered species from the protected list one by one, his administration has been able to phase out the environment gradually “so that hardly anyone will notice it’s missing.” But the president warned that “much work remains to be done” if the environment is to be completely phased out by the first quarter of next year and called for the accelerated extinction of all superfluous organisms by the end of fiscal 2008. “It is time for all Americans to take sides,” Mr. Bush said. “Are you with us, or

are you with the black-tailed prairie dog?” Mr. Bush’s plan also calls for a gradual reduction of air and water, with water most likely to get the axe. If it comes down to choosing between air and water, the president will probably scrap water,” said Environmental Prevention Agency chief Stephen L. Johnson. “After all, most Iraqis have been

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without water since 2003, and look how well they’re doing.” Elsewhere, after Pope Benedict XVI prayed for peace on Easter Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney requested equal time for war.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): In recent years LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I slept with faith there has been a rash of climbers shedding all their clothes on Mount Everest. A sherpa by the name of Lakpa Tharke claims the world’s record for high-altitude nudity, having stood skyclad for three minutes at the 29,035-foot summit. Some Nepali authorities are seeking a ban on such displays, believing that it defiles the revered mountain. “How would Westerners feel about people stripping in church?” they ask. Not meaning any disrespect to them, I urge you, Cancerian, to make “in the buff on the holy mountaintop” your power metaphor of the week. Blend sacredness and nakedness in any way that appeals to your imagination, especially if it’s in high places or makes you high.

and found a corpse in my arms on awakening,” wrote occult philosopher Aleister Crowley in his flowery neo-Victorian style. “I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning.” I think that formulation will serve you well in the coming days, Libra. There’s little to be gained from clinging compulsively to your hopes and fantasies about what’s true. Just the opposite: Momentous strength will rise up in you if you question everything you hold dear or assume to be fact.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In her book

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(July 23-Aug. 22): The feats you’re pulling off may not appear spectacular to a casual observer. But in my view, they are some of the most interesting accomplishments you’ve enjoyed in a while. Here’s a brief description of some of your subtly glorious breakthroughs: 1. You’ve made yourself less susceptible to being manipulated by guilt or pushed around by bullies or fooled by phonies. 2. You’re getting smarter about how you treat the people and things you love. 3. You’re at the peak of your ability to discern the difference between rash risks motivated by fear and smart gambles driven by authentic intuition.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Using a stop-

watch, a sports statistician once figured out that the average baseball game has about nine minutes of action. The proceedings may last three hours from beginning to end, but the ball is actually in play just five percent of the time. What happens during the remaining 95 percent? Mostly a lot of standing around. I believe it’ll be that kind of week for you, Virgo. The good news is that when the flurries of activity do erupt, they will be packed with drama and intrigue that you can really use.

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Waiting for God, French mystic and political activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) wrote a passage I’d love for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks: “When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen have this fine expression: ‘It is the trade entering his body.’ Each time that we have some pain to go through, we can say to ourselves quite truly that it is the order and beauty of the world that are entering our body.” I encourage you, Scorpio, to adopt this redemptive attitude about the suffering you have been experiencing.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In his memoir, radio talk-show host Michael Krasny notes that he is “the inverse of writer Saul Bellow, who said that he was a bird and not an ornithologist.” Even if you are usually more like Krasny, Sagittarius, I suggest that you be like Bellow in the coming weeks. In my astrological opinion, you need to be an embodiment of wild nature, not an observer and appreciator of wild nature. It’s time for you to be a geyser, not an architect who critiques fountains; a bonfire, not a candle-gazer; a horse, not a gambler who bets on the ponies.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Astrophysicist

Neil deGrasse Tyson told The Washington Post the following fun facts: “There are more molecules of water in a cup of water than cups of water in all the world’s oceans. This means that some molecules in every cup of water you drink passed through the kidneys of Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Abe Lincoln, or any other historical person of your choosing.” Your assignment this week, Pisces, is to choose three heroes you’d most like to be influenced and inspired by. Every time you drink water, be conscious of the fact that some of it was once inside the bodies of those exceptional people. Say a prayer that their mojo will become available to you.

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WHEELS OF FORTUNE A skateboarder harbors a terrible secret in the latest from Gus Van Sant.

n his latest youth-obsessed head trip, director Gus Van Sant addresses that age-old question: Would Crime and Punishment have been a better read with more skateboarding in it? Paranoid Park is based on a young-adult novel by Blake Nelson that offered a riff on Dostoevsky’s classic. Of course, I don’t for a moment mean to suggest this particular appeal to youth culture represents the full scope of the filmmaker’s contemplation. On the contrary, Van Sant seems committed to the proposition that lots of moody slo-mo interludes would have improved the classic story, too. Much of the movie’s cast of non-actors was recruited through MySpace. Among them is a wide-eyed, tousled cipher named Gabe Nevins. He plays Alex, a 17-year-old in Portland, Oregon, who has grown

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prematurely benumbed to existence. His parents are in the midst of a divorce. His cheerleader girlfriend is getting on his nerves. School is a dull grind he wanders through in a trance. Only once do we observe Alex in a state approximating happiness and engagement with his environment, and this is when he visits the eponymous skateboard park on a fateful Saturday night. As he explains in voice-over, the allure of the place has less to do with riding his board (his skills aren’t quite there yet) than with the affinity he feels for the “train hoppers, guitar punks, skate drunks and throwaway kids” who illegally built the graffiti-dappled amphitheater under the concrete belly of a bridge. It is not clear what attracts Alex to this milieu. His social circle is composed of bright, upper-middle-class, reasonably well-adjusted kids, and he comes off as far too hobbled by inertia to fancy a walk on the wild side. This is only the first of numerous paradoxes that Van Sant might help us solve, if only the filmmaker weren’t quite so preoccupied with his technique. In the course of Alex’s evening at Paranoid Park, a grisly accident results in the death of a railroad-yard watchman. The young man certainly did not mean to commit murder. At the same time, he undoubtedly initiated the sequence of events that led to the guard being bisected by a passing train. Ostensibly, the film’s primary focus is the moral wrestling match that follows — Alex’s struggle to come to terms with his actions. But I’ll be honest: I wasn’t convinced anything that meaningful or deep was going on here. When one of Alex’s friends mentions that simply writing about something you’ve done can make you feel better, the boy decides to put the whole terrible business down on paper. It’s not a confession, though — just a self-help exercise.

Stop-Loss HHHH

IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE Phillippe plays a soldier who doesn’t like his options in the new drama from Kimberly Peirce.

here’s a scene toward the beginning of Stop-Loss that encapsulates the movie. A band of Texas good ol’ boys is back from a tour of duty in Iraq, and their town is throwing them a parade. Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) has just been decorated for his bravery, so his lieutenant colonel asks him to get on the podium and give the crowd a “recruitment speech.” But King is still reeling from an ambush in Tikrit that caused the deaths of three men in his squad — and some Iraqi civilians. All he can do is mumble a few words about how happy he is to be back in Texas, where he can smell onion fields. As his superior’s expression darkens, Brandon’s bull-necked buddy Steve (Channing Tatum) steps up to bail him out. “We’re killin’ ’em over there in Iraq,” he yells, “so we don’t have to kill ’em here in Texas!” The crowd goes wild. Like that interrupted speech, Stop-Loss is sometimes a fumbling, earnest personal tale, sometimes more of a ham-handed simplification. True, it’s never a “recruitment speech” for the U.S. Army. Writer-director Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) and her co-writer Mark Richard focus on the vicissitudes of a committed soldier. Phillippe’s character never comes right out and denounces the war, but he has serious problems with the “stoploss” policy that allows the Army to call soldiers back to active duty after they’ve completed their contracted terms of service. When Brandon is stop-lossed, he decides he’d rather go AWOL than return to Iraq. Hoping for help from a friendly senator, he sets off for D.C., accompanied by Steve’s fiancée Michelle (Abbie Cornish), who’s disturbed by her boyfriend’s drunken violence and habit of digging foxholes on the lawn.

Anyone who’s seen a movie about soldiers returning from combat in Iraq or Vietnam will recognize plenty of clichés. Brandon and Steve both suffer from PTSD so extreme that a hand on their shoulder triggers a return to combat mode, while their friend Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who wants to go back to Iraq, can’t stay sober long enough to do his job. The thudding irony is that the soldier who’s smart enough to

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No, Crimes and Misdemeanors this isn’t. Van Sant is interested in morality infinitely less than in mood. He’s so busy fussing over dreamlike soundscapes and montages in which boarders hover above the Earth like baggy-jeaned angels that he leaves gaping plot holes in the story. For example, a homicide detective (Daniel Liu) visits with the school’s skaters to find out whether any of them were at the park on the night of the crime. He tells the kids police know someone struck the security guard with a skateboard before he died, then threw it into the river. The authorities have supposedly retrieved this board, which bears the deceased’s DNA. But, inexplicably, the detective doesn’t simply produce the board and ask the kids to name its owner. Half the students in the room would have recognized it as Alex’s. End of story. Instead: scene after scene of Nevins walking the high school hallways in slo mo. Instead: Alex penning his account — the movie’s framing device — and fracturing and flip-flopping the narrative as if he’s just taken a course in Alejandro González Iñárritu appreciation. Instead: a hypnotic soundtrack that strings together everything from Nino Rota and thrash metal to Elliott Smith and Beethoven. Instead: montage after montage of airborne skateboarders shot in both Super8 and 35-millimeter and at various film speeds. Larry Clark meets Warren Miller. Paranoid Park has been hailed as Van Sant’s finest film, and it certainly does have its knowing moments and nice touches. But it seems to me the chief triumph here is one of style over substance. The disaffected kids who shuffle through Van Sant’s universe have nothing to say, nothing to tell us. I’m not sure the movie has a whole lot more. RICK KISONAK

want out of this mess is the one the Army won’t let go. “You know that box in your head where you put all the bad stuff?” Brandon laments. “Well, mine’s full.” Stop-Loss has been conceived in simple enough terms that its core demographic — think MTV Films — can’t miss the message. But there’s also something genuine here, and it comes through in the film’s details. Peirce told The New York Times she was inspired by video footage her half-brother brought back from his own service in Iraq, montages in which soldiers found their own ways of dramatizing their stories. Some of those amateur war movies are reproduced in the film, along with the turbulent feelings they convey — intense loyalty to the group, doubts about authority, eagerness to “blow shit up.” As she did in Boys, Peirce recreates a world of young, redneck male bonding with what feels like real affection. The movie’s strength lies in little scenes like the one where the soldiers use their crack aim on a rattlesnake and fry it up for dinner, or where Michelle plays pool with a hospitalized vet who’s a triple amputee — but still a good shot. The actors rise to their challenges: Phillippe, often a lightweight, makes his bland, sweet-faced quality work for him as he moves into darker territory. Tatum gives depth to his even darker character, and Cornish has a husky-voiced presence reminiscent of the young Debra Winger. As a message movie, Stop-Loss belabors its single point and invites critique for going too far or not far enough: Critics on the right say it misrepresents the military, while some on the left have accused it of jingoism. But as a portrait of the soldiers as people — not symbols — it comes into its own. MARGOT HARRISON

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Chadwickâ€™s period drama chronicles the rivalry between two sisters torn apart by their desire to win the King of Englandâ€™s heart. Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson and Eric Bana star. (115 min, PG-13. Capitol, Marquis, Roxy) THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ Freaky Friday director Mark Waters brings us this big-screen version of the popular childrenâ€™s fantasy series by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. Starring Freddie Highmore and Mary-Louise Parker. (96 min, PG. Majestic) THERE WILL BE BLOODďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ Paul Thomas Andersonâ€™s epic about the rise of a ruthless American oil tycoon features an Academy Awardwinning performance from Daniel Day-Lewis. Based on an Upton Sinclair novel. With Paul Dano. (158 min, R. Palace) VANTAGE POINTďż˝1/2 Pete (The Jury) Travis directs this action thriller that examines an attempt on the life of a U.S. president from the points of view of eight strangers. With Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver. (90 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic) WAR/DANCEďż˝ďż˝ďż˝1/2 Sean and Andrea Nix Fine directed this documentary, which explores Ugandaâ€™s 20-year civil war from the standpoint of three children who have never known any other way of life. (105 min, NR. Palace) WHO'S YOUR MONKEYďż˝ďż˝1/2 A group of guy friends experience a night of unlikely misadventures in this comedy from former Vermonter Todd Breau. Jason London, Scott Grimes and Wayne Knight star. (91 min, R. Roxy)

NEW ON DVD/VHS ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKSďż˝ďż˝ He wrote the Spongebob movie. He directed the Garfield sequel. And now Tim Hill offers his big-screen take on the vintage cartoon series about a guy who lives with a trio of musical rodents. With Jason Lee, David Cross and Jane Lynch. (93 min, PG) RESURRECTING THE CHAMPďż˝ďż˝1/2 From Rod (The Contender) Lurie comes this inspirational saga that starts when a sports writer encounters a homeless man who turns out to be a one-time boxing champion. Starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson. (111 min, PG-13) SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREETďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ďż˝ Johnny Depp and Tim Burton are together again. This time around, they team up to bring Stephen Sondheimâ€™s award-winning musical to the silver screen. And quickly turn it blood red. With Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen. (117 min, R)

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wednesday 2 — thursday 3 21 6:30, 9. Drillbit Taylor 9. Shutter 6:30, 9. The Other Boleyn Girl 6:30. 10,000 B.C. 6:30, 9. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! 6:30, 9. friday 4 — thursday 10 *Leatherheads 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. *Nim’s Island 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. *The Ruins 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9. 21 1:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9.

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< food> What’s Good in the ‘Hood Burlington’s Old North End serves up everything from Americanos to pho tai PHOTO: ANDY DUBACK

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ow that the Greater Burlington area has branded itself as “the West Coast of New England,” it’s fitting that a slice of the Old North End should emerge as a Vermont version of Berkeley’s famous “Gourmet Ghetto.” The blocks around North Street and North Winooski Avenue have sprouted an eclectic collection of unchained fast-food joints, eateries specializing in various ethnic cuisines and immigrant-owned shops selling such items as fu-fu paste and mung beans. Besides the standard New England pizza parlor and creemee outlet, the seasonings in this global potpourri include an espresso house, a bakery, side-by-side Middle Eastern and African markets, and — coming soon — a vegan café. Not far away, foodies can find a Vietnamese restaurant, a Chinese takeout and a couple of pan-Asian grocery stores, one of which also carries African products. In Berkeley, bustling Shattuck Avenue is the Gourmet Ghetto’s central artery. Here it’s pokier North Winooski, where, just off Church Street, an older row of funky restaurants beckon curiosity seekers and adventurous tourists into the Old North End. On this initial strip, hungry hipsters can choose among Mexican, Indian and Caribbean fare, as well as Vermont-style sandwiches — all of which they can wash down with a soy latte at Radio Bean or a stronger brew at The Other Place. A Vietnamese nail salon offers manicures nearby. While the word “ghetto” applies only ironically to Berkeley’s pricey gourmet zone — which includes Alice Waters’ landmark restaurant Chez Panisse — the dining experience to be enjoyed along North Winooski is decidedly more downscale. It’s no ghetto, but superstar chef Thomas

Hungry hipsters can choose among Mexican, Indian and Caribbean fare, as well as Vermont-style sandwiches — all of which they can wash down with a soy latte at Radio Bean or a stronger brew at The Other Place. Keller wouldn’t recognize this area as a destination for gourmands, either. A stroll down the avenue from Pearl Street to Riverside is actually a much cheerier experience today than it was just a couple of years ago, although these mixed commercial-residential streets are still largely ungentrified and attract few outsiders. Food and drink generally come with few flourishes and fewer pretensions. They’re served, however, at prices just right for the students, longtime locals and refugee newcomers who account for

most of the restaurants’ and grocery stores’ customers. The area does have a certain Left Coast sensibility, says Megan MunsonWarnken, co-owner of Viva Espresso at 197 North Winooski Ave. The joint’s name comes from the battle cry “Viva la Revolución!” Munson-Warnken explains, noting, “Coffee shops are traditionally where revolutions germinate.” Getting rid of Republican-dominated government would constitute a revolutionary act, she maintains — and so, on a more local scale,

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“There were people who thought we were crazy to open up in this part of town,” Munson-Warnken acknowledges. But she and fellow entrepreneur Heather Bauman, also a West Coast émigré, “had a hunch there was a market here” for a community-conscious coffee house. Two years of profitable operation have validated their intuition. Viva’s regulars include locals of all ages who no longer have to schlep downtown for their joe, as well as commuters from the South End and the Burlington suburbs who make the trip for the organic espresso roasted by the Vermont Coffee Company. Viva’s mellow vibe is what draws Jeremiah Wright, a young South Ender who describes the espresso creations sold there as “the best in Burlington.” To make it so, Munson-Warnken sank more than $10,000 into the brand of espresso machine used in “international barista championships,” she says. But just as important is Viva’s investment in ambience. Some mornings, the place looks like a daycare center that happens to serve coffee. “I came here because of the mom thing,” says Gyllian Svensson, 35, a South Ender who recently opened The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge at the corner of North Winooski and Archibald Street. Svensson is one of several mothers who frequent Viva because they can chat and sip espressos while their young kids enjoy the café’s play area. Next door at Panadero Bakery, most customers are from the ’hood, with a sprinkling of “real die-hards from the farmers’ market” in City Hall Park, notes co-owner Lyndsay Klepper. That’s where she and her husband, David Cannizzaro, garnered an initial clientele for their breads and pastries before opening Panadero in 2005. Klepper says she and Cannizzaro wanted to situate their bakery in the neighborhood where they live. “We were looking to be localized,” she explains. “It was a serving-your-neighbors attitude.” The monthly rent for the storefront on North Winooski is also a bargain compared with what they would pay in Burlington’s main shopping precinct. “This isn’t a tourist area,” Klepper notes. “Very few people from out of town will walk even two blocks north of Church Street.” Chris Hathaway, co-owner of New World Tortilla at 10 North Winooski Ave., seconds that assessment. “We’ll never get the soccer-mom shoppers from Williston,” Hathaway says. “We’re a block away from the Church Street Marketplace, but we don’t ever get tourists coming in here.” That’s part of the funky

Christensen notes. “They’re all very entrepreneurial and have a great desire to maintain their cultures through food and activities.” Waell Murray, a Palestinian, recently moved his Middle Eastern café and provisions shop to 156 North Winooski from the former bus garage farther up the avenue. (That space now houses Pho Hong, a Vietnamese restaurant.) Now called Globalmartvt. com, the erstwhile Global Markets is situated alongside the African market established by Congolese merchants two years ago. Though the website at his PHOTO: ANDY DUBACK

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charm of places such as Panadero, where a cup of coffee still costs $1 — about half what Starbucks charges at the entrance to the Town Center shopping mall. If anything, Old North End food outlets are intensifying their local focus, though the mostly young entrepreneurs who started these businesses certainly aren’t averse to attracting customers from outside the immediate area. Dino’s, a pizza and sub spot at the intersection of North Winooski and North Street, plans to sponsor movie nights to

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draw more students and older residents of the neighborhood. “Instead of going downtown for a more expensive bite, people from the neighborhood can come here,” Dan Eckman, 24, says while prepping a chicken pizza at Dino’s. Sam Lai, owner of China Express on lower North Street, has a similar vision for New Ethic, the vegan café he and chef Owen Hoppe plan to open this summer in a newly renovated space across the street from Dino’s. Lai sees this unique combination of coffee house and raw-foods bar as a “hangout spot for the college market.” Students will come to “eat, sit and do their homework,” Lai predicts. No one planned the ongoing transformation of this part of the Old North End into a soulful alternative to the more sterile food scene downtown. “It just sort of happened,” says Cyndi Christensen of the city’s Community and Economic Development Office. But she’s not surprised by the influx of ethnic restaurants and grocery stores to the area. “There’s a lot of refugees and immigrants living around there,”

URL isn’t up yet, Murray plans to do brisk business on the Web. Outside cyberspace, he’ll make takeaway falafels and sell fresh produce in his new spot, but for now he’s simply offering specialty canned goods to Bosnians and Arabs who live nearby. “The people who shop in my store come here every week,” Murray says. “It’s the only place they can find these products.” Globalmartvt.com is designed for “people at or just above the poverty line,” he adds. His shop is helping make the intersection of North Winooski Avenue and North Street “the place to go when you want to buy something different — the sort of thing you can’t find at Price Chopper or Shaw’s,” Murray says. The addition of Globalmartvt.com, which opened in January, should strengthen the area’s new identity as a destination for intrepid foodies, he suggests: “I complete the picture here.” That picture doesn’t include the mile-long artisan cheese bars or yuppies pushing $5000 strollers you might see on the West Coast. But for local folks, the “gourmet ghetto” is a pretty tasty spread. >

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Junior’s Downtown, a Burlington-area extension of Colchester’s highly successful Italian restaurant, pizzeria and bakery, is slated to open this week in the old Dunkin’ Donuts location on Main Street. Reached on his cellphone, enthusiastic owner Franke Salese Jr. was too busy to chat, but did have this to say: “Real New York-style pizza is coming to downtown, Long Island-style, the real McCoy.” They’ll deliver, too. The eatery — with late-night hours on Friday and Saturday — will offer sandwiches and slices in many of Junior’s popular flavors, along with a few baked pasta dishes. Fans of the company’s baked goods, which are also sold at nearby City Market, will be able to pick up cookies and loaves to go after the co-op has closed. Bravissimo! People seeking primo pasta outside Chittenden County will soon have a new option: Doria’s Restaurant in Middlebury. The eatery will open May 1 in the space formerly occupied by Amigos Cantina: The Mexican joint closed its doors last week after more than 20 years of dishing up fajitas, fried ice cream and lots of not-so-Mexican chicken wings. Doria’s is named for its owners, Jim and Sharon Doria, who intend to offer a selection of steak and seafood dishes in addition to freshly made cuisine from “the boot.” Think lasagna and spaghetti and meatballs in a simple yet elegant marinara sauce. Jim notes that they plan to supply “quality product at an affordable price,” while putting “emphasis on the use of Vermont and locally grown products.” According to Jim, who has been a chef for 30 years — including a stint at Middlebury College and a 13-year run at a Reno, Nevada, casino — “We basically got tired of working for somebody else, and this opened up.” The couple’s also paving the way for the next generation: Their son, a NECI graduate who has worked as kitchen manager at nearby Tully & Marie’s, will be the resto’s head chef.

A Busy Chef CINDY MCKINSTRIE CHANGES CONCEPTS

Until recently, The Busy Chef in Essex strove to cater to the semi-homemade crowd. Folks who like to dabble in cooking, but lack the time or energy to pick up the groceries or suds up the dishes, could stop in and blend carefully prepped ingredients to make easy entrées such as turkey bread pudding and shepherd’s pie. Each seasonal recipe was broken into explicit steps by owner Cindy McKinstrie. But the sort-of-DIY concept failed to set the nation on fire, and Essex was no exception. Luckily for McKinstrie, she had a good thing going with another aspect of her biz: Customers were keen on picking up her pre-made meals to heat ’n’ serve. So she plans to phase out the get-your-hands-dirty part and keep making take-out dinners that folks can order in advance. In addition, McKinstrie will turn the front portion of her store into a small café. “I felt there were other ways I could service customers, and adding breakfast and lunch will generate more traffic,” she says. Apparently, good a.m. eats for busy commuters are hard to find. “People are tired of standing in lines, so I’m trying to create something that’s quick where the standards are quality,” McKinstrie explains. She’ll offer muffins, scones and coffee cakes from recipes created by Mary Russell, the original owner of the now-defunct 1820 Coffee House in Essex. Breakfast sandwiches will be served on puff pastry, and coffee will come from nearby Brown & Jenkins. At lunch, McKinstrie is going for comfort food: “I’m going to do our barbecued pulled-pork sandwiches, which are popular; I have meatballs that I think are kick-butt meatballs — by themselves or on a roll. We’ll have two soups every day, salads and quiches.” Because of wastewater permitting regulations, McKinstrie can’t serve on flatware, so the meals will come in take-out containers. But entrées can be heated to eat in-house or grabbed to go. “Everybody is in such a rush that fast food is taking a toll on a lot of people. I want to be fast, but I want to be better,” McKinstrie reflects.

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Though her farm’s address is in Lamoille County, Anne Tisbert, of Cambridge’s certified organic Valley Dream Farm, considers her business a multi-county affair. One hundred and 50 acres of the preserved farmland she owns with her husband lie in Chittenden County. After hearing about last year’s shortage of community-supported-agriculture shares in the Burlington area, Tisbert decided to stretch her distribution area into the big city. “We have a 200member CSA,” she reports. “We offer 30 different vegetables, and there are many different varieties of each.” She says her customers rave about her sweet corn and extra-flavorful strawberries. As of this week, Tisbert has about 100 shares remaining. Once she has a significant number of B-town clients, she’ll seek a mutually beneficial pick-up point. Like many farms, Valley Dream offers its customers the chance to include non-vegetable “add-ons” to enhance their produce offerings: goat cheese, local meat and organic bread can be had for an additional fee, as can the farm’s own eggs. Flowers, fresh herbs and weekly recipes come free of charge. “We purchased the farm in 1999 as a dairy, but we couldn’t survive [on] dairy farming,” Tisbert says. “We moved on to organic vegetables, and it all worked out.” She’s hoping her farm’s expansion into a new urban market will work out, too.

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She grew up out West and currently lives an hour outside of New York City, but in between, Cree LeFavour, author of The New Steak: Recipes for a Range of Cuts Plus Savory Sides, made her mark in the Green Mountains. After earning a B.A. in history from Middlebury College, LeFavour spent time working as a waitress at Sneakers Café and Bistro. She moved to New York to pursue a PhD in American Studies at NYU. LeFavour’s book, which comes out this week, is a love poem to animal products, though recipes for complementary sides accompany each carnivorous entry. The colorful soft-cover tome includes recipes for mouth-watering meals such as “porterhouse with herb butter, slow-roasted garlic and creamed spinach” and “lime-tequila marinated skirt steak, roasted sweet peppers and salsa cruda.” Why did the first-time cookbook author gravitate towards carne? It all started with a low-carb diet: “I was eating a lot of steak . . . and given the expense, we were eating a lot of skirt steak. It was kind of a revelation that it didn’t need to be marinated or have special treatment. That sort of got me going.” After her successes with skirt steaks, LeFavour suggests, “I started cooking a lot of other steaks I’d sort of overlooked before.” Beef lovers everywhere will be glad she did. — SUZANNE PODHAIZER

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pening a restaurant in a former bus terminal can present some design challenges — think super-high ceiling, harsh lighting and an industrial ambiance. But Pho Hong, which took over the convenient North Winooski spot previously occupied by Global Markets, has adapted to its unusual surroundings with grace. Exposed brick is painted a delicate salmon, and the walls — which hold a collection of paintings and Asian scrolls — are spring green. To complete the pastel palette, a pale-yellow, translucent cloth canopy hangs over the small dining room, creating a cozier space and shielding patrons from the fluorescent lights that hang above. In a brief flight of fancy, I imagined I was dining beneath a parachute, or in a hot-air balloon. Pho Hong, the Burlington area’s third Vietnamese restaurant and the only one within city limits, opened at the beginning of February and serves lunch and dinner every day of the week. The menu features a good number of vegetarian selections and stir-fries labeled “organic,” and the selections draw on the flavors of Vietnam and Thailand. On two recent visits, offerings from both Southeast Asian countries were colorful and flavorful, and portions were just the right size. But the service, though friendly and gracious, was consistent in its inconsistency. While complimentary pots of tea appeared on the table immediately, I had to request glasses of water. At lunch, the sole server often disappeared into the kitchen and was unavailable to answer questions or to bring the check when my dining companion and I were done eating. It took a full hour and a half to get our appetizers, entrées and the bill, and we were forced to order dessert-to-go so my dining companion could get back to work before his prolonged absence was noticed. During dinner, the same young woman was swamped with eight full tables and a bevy of takeout requests. On that occasion, three of us ended up staying at the restaurant for nearly two hours. Both times, our apps arrived on platters, without individual plates. Since dipping sauce is drippy by definition, having

The selections draw on the flavors of Vietnam and Thailand. one’s own dish is important. The second time this happened, I’d specifically requested big plates for each diner when I ordered, explaining that we planned to share. We were eventually given small saucers, but the big plates never materialized. This might have been a good thing, since the table was soon crammed in quick succession with our three appetizers and three entrées. Throughout the meal we were forced to juggle, rearrange and stack dishes as we tried to negotiate the items before they got cold. Luckily, the quality of the food partially compensated for the unusual pacing and organization. Fresh summer rolls — rice noodles, shrimp halves, thin strips of pork, lettuce and herbs, enclosed in a sticky rice-paper wrapper — were cool and refreshing and came with a rich dipping sauce. A few more mint or cilantro leaves would have made them even better.

The three other appetizer rolls on the menu were deep-fried. Hot, crisp Vietnamese egg rolls, stuffed with ground meat, cabbage, carrots and mushrooms, were the best of the bunch. Subtract the meat and you’ve got the spring rolls. The final variant, tiger rolls, lacked bite: Two of the four were mostly hollow, and even those that weren’t meager on the filling tasted mainly of cream cheese, rather than the promised crabmeat, scallions and red pepper. A generous bowl of pho, the French-influenced Vietnamese noodle soup, came with a side of bean sprouts, basil and a wedge of lime, to be added as desired. A canister on each table held colorful chopsticks, silverware and some additional condiments, such as fish sauce and bright-red sriracha chile sauce. The broth wasn’t quite as funky and flavorful as others I’ve tried, so I enriched it with a squirt of the hot stuff.

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Of the five â€œnoodle soupsâ€? on the menu, Iâ€™d gone for the version including â€œrare beef, well done beef and beef meat balls.â€? Lovers of tender, Italian-style meatballs, take note: These are dense, slightly gelatinous pucks of mild-flavored ground meat. Aside from the meatballs, the soup offered up strips of beef striated with fat â€” they may have been rare before they hit the hot broth â€” and a bunch of unrecognizable pale, cartilaginous bits. Well-done beef, perhaps? Less adventurous eaters may want to stick with the plainer pho tai, which comes with just â€œrare beef,â€? or the vegetarian version, pho chai. Then there was the â€œViet-

namese crĂŞpe,â€? or what an American would refer to as a filled omelette. The browned exterior enclosed a few tiny shrimp, along with pork, bean sprouts and onions. Though the dish wasnâ€™t highly seasoned, it was served with a slightly sweet and vinegary sauce, which added interest. A duo of stir-fries turned out to be the most enticing and well-prepared dishes on the menu. Each came with the customerâ€™s choice of protein: chicken, shrimp, beef, pork, squid or tofu. We selected pork to go with cashew nuts, vegetables and chunks of pineapple in a sweet and spicy sauce. Even better was the Sichuan eggplant:

a dish with a Chinese name featuring Japanese eggplant in a â€œThai-styleâ€? sauce. The spicy, just-salty-enough black-bean sauce was a great match for chicken, meltingly tender eggplant and vegetables with whole basil leaves interspersed. Hotter still was the panang curry, with crisp-tender yellow squash, peppers and red carrots in a deep pool of herb-scented coconut milk on which floated lots of chile oil. The piquant oil coated my mouth immediately, making it hard to taste the other elements in the dish. Perhaps thatâ€™s why, compared with the perfectly seasoned Sichuan eggplant, this sauce seemed less nuanced. We discovered bits of lemon leaf and coriander in the sauce, but that was the only time we could taste them. Luckily, we had drinks and white rice to cool off our smoldering mouths. I was disappointed to miss Pho Hongâ€™s special milkshake â€” it wasnâ€™t available that day â€” which features a choice of avocado or durian, a tropical fruit known for smelling like rotting flesh and tasting like heaven. I settled for a light and sweet lemonade, while my companions sampled the milky Thai iced tea and coconut juice. The lemonade and iced tea came in tall glasses with ice, while the juice was less ceremoniously served in a can with a straw. Pho Hong offers just one dessert â€” coconut sticky rice with mango â€” but it was caramelized and delicious. Once the management hires a couple more staffers and smoothes out wrinkles in the service, this restaurant will be a very good place to sample Vietnamese cuisine â€” as well as the spiffiest bus stop in town. >

MORE CSAS THAN EVER Locals may remember 2007 as the year community supported agriculture (CSA) really took off in Burlington â€” and created a mini-crisis. At the same time as the burgeoning â€œlocalvore movementâ€? multiplied the demand for shares from local farms, David Zuckerman and Rachel Nevitt of Full Moon Farm took a yearlong sabbatical, leaving their 180 loyal customers to seek out new sources of tomatoes, basil and corn on the cob. As the harvest drew closer, consumers scrambled to find farms that still had slots, and everybody realized there werenâ€™t enough shares to go around. Donâ€™t expect demand to outstrip supply this year. Not only is Full Moon Farm back and bigger than ever, but almost every Chittenden County CSA has increased capacity in hopes of selling shares to everyone who wants one. Zuckerman estimates that in 2007, around 1000 shares were available; this year, there are more than 1500. To help customers and farmers team up, Zuckerman took a break from farming and legislating to compile a list of independently owned Chittenden County farms offering CSA shares, along with the areas they serve. That list is reprinted below: Arcana Gardens & Greenhouses, Jericho, 899-5123 Boutin Family Farm, Williston/Richmond, 734-8406 Bloomfield Farm, Charlotte, 425-2256 Blueâ€™s Garden, Shelburne, 310-9273 Bread and Roses Farm, Milton/Westford/Essex, 922-6782 Farmstand at the Cobble, Hinesburg, 482-3848 Full Moon Farm, downtown Burlington/South Burlington (Route 7), 863-2199 Goose Creek Farm, St. George, 482-2540/482-3404 Intervale Community Farm, Burlington, 658-2919 Jericho Settlersâ€™ Farm, Jericho, 899-4000 Maple Wind Farm, Huntington/Richmond, 434-7257 Open Heart Farm, Burlington, 881-8125 Stony Loam Farm, Charlotte, 238-0255 Valley Dream Farm, Cambridge/Essex/Jericho/Williston/Burlington, 644-6598

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Exercise and rockinâ€™ are two disciplines that really should never be brought together except under the most extreme circumstances. For example, doing laps in a swimming pool whilst behind the wheel of a Rolls Royce, Ă la Keith Moon. Now thatâ€™s an exercise regimen. But for most of us â€” including, I would argue, the late Mr. Moon â€” athletics and live music are best experienced separately. That said, this Saturday, philanthropic health nuts will have a rare opportunity to indulge their inner rockers as Silent Mindâ€™s Jamie Bright entertains a group of exercise enthusiasts for the 2008 Ride For a Reason fundraiser at Burlingtonâ€™s Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center. The event consists of a â€œspinningâ€? marathon to benefit the Vermont chapter of the Special Olympics. At this point, youâ€™re likely saying to yourself, â€œGee, Dan, thatâ€™s a great cause. But what the hell is a spinning marathon?â€? Iâ€™m glad you asked. Essentially, a spinning marathon consists of riding a stationary bike. For six hours. In a row. While wearing bike shorts. For those who are less inclined to bust out skintight Spandex in early April but still want to lend a helping hand, the Sheraton will play host to another fundraiser the very same evening. Now in its sixth year, â€œCabin Fever Relieverâ€? has grown from a small folk concert in a local church to one of the biggest annual indoor concerts in the state. Opening the show is Rhode Islandâ€™s best (only?) Zydeco band, Slippery Sneakers. The group was well received at last yearâ€™s event and is reportedly excited to join the party again this time. Given the headlining act, who wouldnâ€™t be? Local rockabilly fans are no doubt familiar with the vintage stylings of The Starline Rhythm Boys. Led by ace crooner and allaround good guy Danny Coane, the travelinâ€™ trio has been delighting the ears of discerning country and swing fans the world over for years. But for this gig, theyâ€™ll be joined by a very special guest: guitarist Bill Kirchen. Kirchen was a member of noted country-rock outfit Commander Cody and His Lost Airmen. More recently, his collaboration with legendary British songwriter Nick Lowe, entitled Hammer of the HonkyTonk Gods, climbed to number 5 on national Americana charts in 2007. In short, heâ€™s the real deal, and one of the most respected guitarists in the country. The evening promises to be one hell of a hootenanny. All proceeds benefit Burlingtonâ€™s Cancer Patient Support Program.

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BY DAN BOLLES

MAMA MIA! Last spring, I had the pleasure of reviewing the self-titled debut release from local acoustic jazz trio MaMaVig, prior to their performance at Burlingtonâ€™s Discover Jazz Festival. As an aside, those reading this column the day Seven Days hits the street will be doing so while Iâ€™m attending the press conference for this yearâ€™s fest. Thatâ€™s a sure sign of spring if ever there was one. Anyway, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, mandolin maven Jamie Masefield and guitarist Frank Vignola are among the worldâ€™s most gifted and sought-after players. Combined, they form one of the hottest pickinâ€™ triumvirates youâ€™ll likely ever hear. Unfortunately, because they are so in-demand individually, opportunities to hear them together are few and far between. Masefield has been busying himself with his other virtuosic outfit, The Jazz Mandolin Project, which recently finished a run of regional dates. Meanwhile, Vignola has been touring the globe with some guy named, um, Grisham? Griswold? Oh, right. David effing Grisman. I hear heâ€™s pretty good. This Thursday the boys are getting the band back together for one night only at Higher Groundâ€™s Showcase Lounge. Obviously, thereâ€™s no shortage of jazzy acoustic music here in the Peopleâ€™s Republic of Jam Bands. But few, if any, of those acts perform with the degree of skill, fire and, most importantly, taste that MaMaVig displays. Do yourself a favor and check â€™em out.

DIG IT While weâ€™re talking about great discs recently reviewed in these here pages, letâ€™s recall Brooklynâ€™s The Dig. Their latest EP, Good Luck and Games just might be the least pretentious thing to come out of Williamsburg in a decade. The band delivers classic 1980s rock constructs with a keen ear towards garage-blues and Brit-pop, all without a shred of irony. Itâ€™s a neat trick. This weekend, the band makes two Vermont appearances, Thursday at The Monkey House with local rockers Lendway â€” who reportedly are putting the finishing touches on a new record slated for a spring release â€” and again on Friday at Radio Bean.

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL The University of Vermont has just announced that noted Latin-jazz trumpeter Ray Vega has joined the schoolâ€™s faculty. Vega is a world-renowned player and educator, having shared the stage and recorded with the likes of Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Mel TormĂŠ and Eddie Palmieri, to name but a few. His presence will increase national visibility for UVMâ€™s evolving Jazz Studies program, and will likely aid in the recruitment of even more high-caliber talent to the school. Maybe Groovy UV will get even groovier? The South Bronx native has served as artistin-residence for the Flynnâ€™s Latin jazz program for the last five summers and will join UVM this fall.

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IN THE ROUND

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by local singer-songwriter Andrew Parker-Renga and features different tunesmiths each week. Aprilâ€™s lineup is particularly strong, beginning this Thursday with folk songstress Rebecca Padula and The Griftâ€™s Pete Day. April 10, Springfieldâ€™s Daniel Harmon takes the stage, followed by Vergennes-based country rocker Josh Brooks on April 17. Closing out the month on April 24 is former Lucy Vincent front man Kelly Ravin, who has struck out on his own since the road-weary trio called it quits earlier this year. Iâ€™ve yet to catch him live, but the early returns suggest his sound has veered away from sunny jam-pop and towards rootsy Americana. That canâ€™t be a bad thing.

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I made a bit of a goof in last weekâ€™s column and would be remiss if I failed to set the record straight. I erroneously claimed that the performance by garage-rawk duo The Breaking In last Thursday at Club Metronome was the bandâ€™s first since an unfortunate incident at the venue this summer. It wasnâ€™t. It was their second. I also half-jokingly suggested there would be a porn piĂąata. Strike two. And I claimed there would be a lot of beer involved . . . no comment. In all seriousness, my apologies to the band and the club. And for those of you who didnâ€™t attend the show â€” which would be all but about 50 of you â€” you missed a good one.

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:: champlain valley OPEN POSITIVE MUSIC SESSION, On the Rise Bakery, 7:30 p.m. NC. TIM GRIMM (Americana), Good Times CafĂŠ, 8 p.m. $10. AA. KARAOKE, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. TRIVIA NIGHT, Two Brothers Tavern Upstairs, 7:30 p.m. NC.

:: central HONKY-TONK HUMP DAY WITH MARK LEGRAND & FRIENDS, Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 6 p.m. Donations, followed by THE DILLIONAIRES (folk), 8 p.m. Donations. OPEN MIKE, Middle Earth Music Hall, 8 p.m. NC.

:: northern OPEN MIKE, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. BEYOND GUITAR HERO, Olive Ridleyâ€™s, 8 p.m. NC. LAURA MEYER (folk), Beeâ€™s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

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KNOTTY PINE (folk), On the Rise Bakery, 7:30 p.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC, The Bobcat CafĂŠ & Brewery, 8 p.m. NC. DJ JAM MAN (Top 40), Two Brothers Tavern, 10 p.m. NC.

:: central TRANSCONTINENTAL REVIEW WITH ANAIS MITCHELL & NATHAN MOORE (singer-songwriters), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 8 p.m. Donations. OPEN MIKE WITH BRUCE JONES, The Purple Moon Pub, 7:30 p.m. NC.

:: northern SVEN KURTH (singer-songwriter), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. LUCID, TWIDDLE (rock), Olive Ridleyâ€™s, 9 p.m. $2/4. AA, followed by OPEN MIKE, 11 p.m. NC. KARAOKE NIGHT WITH SASSY ENTERTAINMENT, Tabu CafĂŠ & Nightclub, 5 p.m. NC. CAL STANTON (acoustic rock), The Hub Pizzeria & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. TERRY DIERS (R&B, gospel), Bee's Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

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venues 411 GREAT BROOK BLUES BAND, Cider House BBQ & Pub, 7 p.m. NC. BOW THAYER & THE PERFECT TRAIN WRECK (Americana), Middle Earth Music Hall, 8 p.m. $10. THE CHAD HOLLISTER BAND (rock), Pickle Barrel Nightclub, 8:30 p.m. NA.

:: northern LIVE MUSIC, JDâ€™s Pub, 9:30 p.m. $3. LIVE MUSIC, Bayside Pavilion, 9 p.m. NC. UNEXPLAINED BACON (rock), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. BOOTLEG (rock), Olive Ridleyâ€™s, 10 p.m. NC. LIVE MUSIC, Krazy Horse Saloon, 10 p.m. NC. TAMMY FLETCHER & THE DISCIPLES (gospel), The Matterhorn, 9 p.m. $5. REGGAE NIGHT WITH DJ PATRICK, The Hub Pizzeria & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. BREAD & BONES (folk), Bee's Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

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:: burlington area MEG WILLEY (singer-songwriter), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC; MICHELLE FAY (folk), 7 p.m. NC. ANTHONY VITO FIANDACA (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m. NC; ESTHEMA (world fusion), 9 p.m. NC; FOOFARAWK WITH THE FATAL FLAWS & TRAINWRECK KELLY (garage rawk), 10 p.m. NC; NATHAN MOORE (singer-songwriter), Parima Acoustic Lounge, 9 p.m. $5. GORDON STONE BAND (bluegrass), RĂ RĂĄ Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. MYRA FLYNN & SPARK (neo-soul), Red Square, 9 p.m. $3, followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), midnight. $3. CRIBWELL & GOODSPEED (eclectic), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. GONE BY DAYLIGHT, MUSICSPEAK, BROKEN WHITE RECORD, BEHAVIOR OF MOTHS, IN MEMORY OF PLUTO (punk, rock, indie), 242 Main, 7 p.m. $7. AA. RICHARD JULIAN, DEANNA MOORE (singer-songwriters), Nectarâ€™s, 6 p.m. NC, followed by MIDNIGHT SPAGHETTI (funk), 11 p.m. NC.

Akesâ€™ Place, 134 Church St., Burlington, 864-8111. All Fired Up, 9 Depot Sq., Barre, 479-9303. The Alley Coffee House, 15 Haydenberry Dr., Milton, 893-1571. American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999. Arielâ€™s Riverside CafĂŠ & Pub, 188 River St., Montpelier, 229-2295. Avenue Bistro, 1127 North Ave., Burlington, 652-9999. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400. Banana Winds CafĂŠ & Pub 1 Towne Marketplace, Essex Jct., 879-0752. Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188. Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Dr., Vergennes, 1-800-622-4000. Battery Park, Burlington, 865-7166. Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909. The Bearded Frog, 5247 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-9877. Beeâ€™s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. Big Fattyâ€™s BBQ, 55 Main St., Burlington, 864-5513. Big Moose Pub at the Fire & Ice Restaurant, 28 Seymour St., Middlebury, 388-0361. Big Picture Theater & CafĂŠ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428. Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. The Bobcat CafĂŠ, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311. Bolton Valley Resort, 4302 Bolton Access Rd., Bolton Valley, 434-3444. Bonz Smokehouse & Grill, 97 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-6283. Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711. Breakwater CafĂŠ, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292. Bundy Center for the Arts, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Buonoâ€™s Lounge, 3182 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2232. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 149 Church St., Burlington, 865-7166. Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800. Carolâ€™s Hungry Mind CafĂŠ, 24 Merchantâ€™s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576. Charlemont Restaurant, 116 Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-4242. Charlie Bâ€™s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355. Charlie Oâ€™s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405. Cider House BBQ & Pub, 1675 Rt. 2, Waterbury, 244-8400. City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. Coffee Hound, 97 Blakey Rd., Colchester, 651-8963. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Club TBA, 127 Porterâ€™s Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. Cuzzinâ€™s Nightclub, 230 North Main St., Barre, 479-4344. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4636. DobrĂĄ Tea, 80 Church Street St., Burlington, 951-2424. Drink, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463. Finniganâ€™s Pub, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209. Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966. Franny Oâ€™s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Giovanniâ€™s Trattoria, 15 Bridge St., Plattsburgh, 518-561-5856. Good Times CafĂŠ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. Great Falls Club, Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury, 388-0239. Green Door Studio, 18 Howard St., Burlington, 316-1124. Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. Ground Round Restaurant, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122. Gustoâ€™s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. Halvorsonâ€™s Upstreet CafĂŠ, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Harbor Lounge at Courtyard Marriott, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700. Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966. Harperâ€™s Restaurant at Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6363. Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. The Hub, Airport Dr., Bristol, 453-3678. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. Iron Lantern, Route 4A, Castleton, 468-5474. JDâ€™s Pub, 2879 Rt. 105, East Berkshire, 933-8924. JPâ€™s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. Jeffâ€™s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135. Koffee Kat, 104 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, NY, 518-566-8433. Krazy Horse Saloon, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, NY, 518-570-8888. La Brioche Bakery, 89 East Main St. Montpelier, 229-0443. Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667. Leunigâ€™s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759.

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:: champlain valley DAVE KELLER TRIO (blues), On the Rise Bakery, 7:30 p.m. NC. COOKIEâ€™S BIRTHDAY BASH, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. DJ JAM MAN (Top 40), Two Brothers Tavern, 10 p.m. NC.

:: central POLYESTER (70's dance), Charlie O's, 9:30 p.m. NC. CROSSING NORTH (folk), Langdon St. CafĂŠ. 9 p.m. $3.

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Because Seven Days is an â€œalt-weekly,â€? its writers are allowed to take certain creative liberties our straightlaced journalistic brethren simply canâ€™t. Like, for example, judicious use of the F-bomb, my personal favorite exception to the â€œrules.â€? My second favorite? The ability to employ specific, unconventional genre labels to artists in our club listings. To be sure, we still paint in broad strokes. A cursory glance of the listings will reveal no shortage of â€œrockâ€? and â€œindieâ€? bands gracing area venues in any given week. But look closely and youâ€™ll find certain local acts listed with unique descriptors, such as Barbacoa (surf noir), Brett Hughes (swampy-tonk) and Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana). The latter has just released their self-titled debut album, finally answering the age-old question: â€œSo, just what the hell is â€œcâ€™osmic Americana?â€™â€? As it turns out, cosmic Americana has absolutely nothing to do with space cowboys. Nothing against Steve Miller or his fans, but I believe thatâ€™s a collective sigh of relief youâ€™re now hearing. Rather, the genre â€” or Red Hot Jubaâ€™s take, anyway â€” is a sparkling blend of hot-house jazz and country swing, equal parts Django and Hank with just a pinch of Merle thrown in for good measure. The disc gets under way with the jaunty â€œLovers Lane.â€? Juba is a consummate ensemble, so leading off with the tune, which features solos from nearly everyone in the outfit, seems a natural decision. â€œHowâ€™s About You,â€? written by original bassist Brian Wichert, follows in similar, albeit risquĂŠ, feel and theme. My favorite track is the albumâ€™s lone instrumental, â€œAfter Dark,â€? penned by multi-instrumentalist D. Davis, who is one of the more underrated guitarists in Vermont. While his chops are always first-rate, the unassuming Davis delivers them with mesmerizing taste and restraint. Here, he applies the same approach to mandolin with equal effect. Each member of Red Hot Juba plays with similarly tactful authority. As the album meanders through various stylistic territories â€” from the roadhouse rumble of â€œGreen Mountain Bluesâ€? to the breezy â€œBubbles in My Brainâ€? and Dead-esque country groove on â€œShine, Listen, Learnâ€? â€” the band plays as a whole, never cluttering space, and allowing the music to breathe. It is the mark of seasoned pros. The band doesnâ€™t always connect â€” I could do without the cover of Tom Waitsâ€™ â€œJockey Full of Bourbon,â€? which loses something sinister in translation. But more often than not, Red Hot Juba delivers subtly nuanced â€œcosmic Americanaâ€? with unparalleled taste and aplomb. Catch â€™em this Saturday as the band unleashes its new disc at The Monkey House. DAN BOLLES

You like chocolate, right? And, assuming you eat meat, you probably like bacon, too. Why not put them together? This unlikely pairing is actually the recipe for a bizarre gustatory delicacy known as Choinklate, a classic case of oneplus-one equals three. The sum being greater than its parts is the basic premise on which many a genre-bending musical act crafts its sound â€” if you play funk and you like jazz, why not start a jazz-funk fusion band? Keeping with the theme, it would seem that Plattsburgh / Burlington outfit elephantbear are something of a musical Choinklate: sugary sweet party-rock on the outside, and salty, crispy jam-rock on the inside. Citing influences from Phish (shocker!) to The Meters, Miles Davis and The Foo Fighters, the band certainly dials in an eclectic mix on its debut album, Hide and Go Seek. Album opener, â€œEternally Incomplete,â€? a Sea and Cake-esque number, sets a quick tempo. The song abruptly switches gears to a catchy bit about unrequited love. Front man Mike Pedersen has a nice voice and, while songs about love are seldom novel, his lyrics are clever and funny without sounding forced. â€œBetween the Lines,â€? a subdued track about love in passing, sounds like an organic version of German rockers The Notwist, with semiotic minimalist strumming and low-key drums. The discâ€™s surprising highlight is â€œMake You Say Wow,â€? a playful, blues-joint jam. If this wasnâ€™t an impromptu session filler, then the band has me fooled. Lyrically, thereâ€™s not much here beyond the title, repeated over and over again. I wonder which came first, the title or the song or . . . whatever. Displaying ambition Iâ€™d usually shun like brother Hezekiah who broke the Ordnung, elephantbear have included â€œGhetto Barbieâ€? and a clean-edit counterpart. Itâ€™s a move that screams, â€œPlay us on the radio. Please!â€? But I have to admit, the song is funky and catchy as hell. Having listened to the album nearly 30 times this past week, the double dose of â€œGhetto Barbieâ€? is wreaking havoc on my mental faculties. With crystal-clear production, the tune may sound radio-ready. But that doesnâ€™t mean radio is ready for this. I guess when you layer chocolate on bacon, you canâ€™t expect everyone to love it. But that shouldnâ€™t stop you from selling it. Elephantbear plays Nectarâ€™s every Monday in April. JOSH WALDMAN

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For All the World Going global with Rupa & The April Fishes BY DAN BOLLES San Francisco’s Rupa & The April Fishes are causing quite a stir in both world and indiemusic circles, corraling myriad stylistic influences into a globetrotting aural mash-up that’s both comfortingly familiar and breathtakingly unique. Led by silk-throated vocalist Rupa — the daughter of Indian immigrants who was born in the U.S. and raised on three continents — the group comes by its duality honestly. In addition to her duties as the band’s primary songwriter and singer, Rupa is also a practicing physician, adding another unexpected wrinkle to the musical mystery embodied by the band’s forthcoming release, eXtraOrdinary rendition, their first for edgy Charlotte-based world-music label, Cumbancha Records. Seven Days recently caught up with Rupa via email, in advance of her upcoming Higher Ground performance. SEVEN DAYS: Do you see parallels between the duality of growing up both Indian and American and your seemingly dichotomous career paths? RUPA: Yes, I see most aspects of my life having an aspect of multiplicity — the folks I love, the passions I follow, the foods I eat, the clothes I wear. So much of what I do feels like a bringing together of seemingly disparate things. I think it’s because I believe these things exist in all of us. I was never a fan of Cartesian dualism — the mind vs. body, arts vs. sciences, Apollonian vs. Dionysian. I believe the spectrum of human experience lies in all of us. It’s often a question of what we allow ourselves to believe, experience or understand about ourselves that sets the limits.

SD: Obviously, your multicultural upbringing has informed your approach to music. Do you find that it, or perhaps your music itself, also influences your approach to medicine? RUPA: Interesting question! I was raised in a house where traditional allopathic medicine was seen with the same value as aryuvedic and homeopathic traditions from India. As a physician, I believe that both science and humanity must come together to treat the whole person (and often whole family) that comes to you. I believe we should pool the best from several traditions to find novel approaches to treating people. I think having grown up in several places and around several cultures taught me a certain reliance on my critical thinking, on my ability to use the best of what’s available to solve problems or gain insight into disease process or even how to communicate with a patient. My music — what I learn from sitting and really thinking about our human experience — helps me maintain my humanity at the bedside, I think. It helps me empathize and remember how we are all struggling at one point or another. SD: You write songs in a number of languages, and are able to elicit powerful emotions regardless of tongue. Do you think music might just be the universal language after all? RUPA: Yes! I think that emotion is the universal language — the molecules and experiences that we all have, regardless of where we were raised or what religion we follow. The human body, the study of it, shows me the true democracy. We are all born. We are all dying. And we have a moment to share with the people we spend our time with. I have had an

incredible sense of awareness of time since I was a child. It has shaped my sense of the precious and magical quality of life. It wakes me up and pushes me to write. SD: Who are some of your Western musical influences? RUPA: Chopin, John Lennon, Bob Marley, Dar Williams, Joe Strummer, Georges Brassens, Mozart and Arvo Part. Things other than music influence me big time to write music: Mark Rothko, Pablo Neruda, Hafiz, Krishnamurti, Le Petit Prince, The Thin Red Line, my father’s lamb curry, watching the light change over the Pacific Ocean. SD: Tell me something about yourself that I wouldn’t find in a press release. RUPA: I like my toenails painted sky blue. SD: In a perfect world, what do you see as America’s role in the global community? RUPA: Ah! In a perfect world, the U.S. would recognize and take account of its deep history of genocide and racism and realize its identity as a country of immigrants. It would welcome people from around the world openly, to pursue their dreams without fear. It would take care of all its people — with proper health care and an education system that would foster deep, critical thought and a curiosity about the entire world. It would serve as a force of

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betterment of others around the world, first by example and then through only nonviolent means — meaning supporting education, health care and social services. It would be a leading example of showing that responding to global warming isn’t just sexy or potentially lucrative. It’s necessary and vital. It would lead the call to wake up the world’s citizenry to create a new currency of social and environmental responsibility. It would fund scientists and thinkers from around the world to develop new models and new systems of transportation that will free us from our dependency on nonrenewable energy. It would be a giant meeting place for cultures, where people feel welcomed, fed by the force of the kindness and intelligence of its population, and overwhelmed by its leadership in creating a world that is optimistic and healthy, valuing human life, good and potential over economic profit. We need a paradigm shift. Now. SD: Americans are seemingly obsessed with labels. But your music certainly defies easy categorization, so, if pressed, what would you call it? RUPA: Global music. Music for the globe. � Rupa & The April Fishes perform at Higher Ground’s Showcase Lounge this Tuesday, April 8, as part of The Putumayo and Cumbancha World Music Series, 7:30 p.m. $12/15.

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Wednesday, April 9, Waterfront Theatre, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, workshop 6-6:45 p.m., poetry slam 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-2878188. www.ppne.org www.ourrighttoshoes.blogspot.com

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335. FARMERS’ NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: The crackerjack military musicians of the 40th Army Band play marches and concert arrangements of folk and Broadway tunes. House Chamber, Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2228.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: Work on your sensuous nightclub routines at this weekly Latin dance session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, nonmembers 6 p.m., members 7 p.m. $12. Info, 598-1077. BALLROOM DANCE: Wear comfy clothes and leather-soled shoes to protect the floorboards at this how-to session run by a professional teacher. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. $8 per person, $12 per couple; onsite childcare $5 per family. Info, 456-7400.

drama ‘THE ELEPHANT MAN’: Northern Stage offers this Tony-winning play based on the life of John Merrick, a man coping with physical deformity in Victorian England. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $17-48. Info, 296-7000. ‘THE PRODUCERS’: The comical Broadway stage show based on Mel Brooks’ 1968 film features two theater impresarios determined to create a money-losing musical. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $45-60. Info, 863-5966. ‘CLOSER THAN EVER’: Undergraduates stage a series of musical short stories exploring relationship decisions. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

film ‘THE SAVAGES’: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney play middle-aged siblings trying to move their emotionally abusive dad into a nursing home. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

‘8 1/2’: Federico Fellini’s reality-bending 1963 film turns one man’s artistic crisis into a grand cinematic epic. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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words LOCALVORE COOKING: Shelburne Farms chef Rick Gencarelli and food writer Melissa Pasanen, co-authors of Cooking with Shelburne Farms, describe how they researched its recipes, then offer samples. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. MAUDE BARLOW: The author of Blue Covenant signs copies of her groundbreaking book about groundwater rights. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

talks SCOTT RITTER: The former U.N. weapons inspector speaks out about the distortions that led the U.S. into the Iraq war. See “Local Matters,” this issue. Robert A. Jones House, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6. GLOBAL WARMING & JUSTICE: Brian Tokar, director of the Institute for Social Ecology, outlines the economic, political and social transformations needed to sustain the Earth’s ecological balances. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8156, ext. 204. ‘ADIRONDACK ARCHITECTURE’: Vermont State Curator David Schutz shows examples of camp-y constructions from northern New York, and tells colorful stories of the Gilded Age millionaires who summered in them. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. ‘THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR’: Dartmouth College English prof Peter Saccio considers Oscar Wilde’s comic genius, his historical influence and his status as a paradoxical figure in Victorian society. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. IKEBANA TALK: Master flower arranger Marcia Shibata offers an illustrated overview of the Japanese art form. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

SOCIAL CAPITAL & INNOVATION: UVM business professor Mark Youndt explains the role networks play in corporate breakthroughs. Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, 7:30-9 a.m. Free. Info, 656-4681. BIOTECH ETHICS: Christian ethics expert Gilbert Meilaender of Valparaiso University, a member of the U.S. President’s Council on Bioethics since its founding in 2002, asks “Embryo research — why not?” Room 220, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2017. NOONTIME CAFE: Research assistant Dana Walrath of UVM’s College of Medicine considers the artistic side of mind-body meridians. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $5. Info, 656-0750. ‘WORK & ART’ SERIES: Author Rickey Gard Diamond introduces her new oeuvre, The Eros Project. Community Room, Burlington College, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616, ext. 305.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with help from the animal-care staff at ECHO, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 & 3 p.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Readings of family faves provide morning fun for toddlers at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: Children gather for games, songs and stories at the Westford Library, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. HINESBURG PLAYGROUP: Youngsters let loose in a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere. Hinesburg Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-3038. WATERBURY STORYTIME: Little ones ages 2 and under get hooked on books at the Waterbury Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. CHESS CLUB: King defenders ages 6 to 16 practice castling and various opening gambits. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-1207.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: The 60-plus set benefits from stretches and strength training. Senior Community Center, The Pines, South Burlington, 1:30 p.m. $3. Info, 658-7477. WINTER WALKING: Seniors stretch their legs at a former munitions depot slated to become a community center. Gosse Court Armory, Burlington, 8:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3982.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345. VERGENNES CITY PLAN REWRITE: Residents of Vermont’s smallest city consider how to revamp their municipality’s guiding document. Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. Free. Info, www.vergennes.org or 877-3637. NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OF SUCCESS: Queen City residents honor civicminded volunteers at a kid-friendly celebration dinner. Burlington City Hall, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7547.

etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery see how it’s made at Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591. ESL GROUPS: Non-native speakers learn English at the South Burlington Community Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. Also at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. CHESS GROUP: Beginning and intermediate-level players cut corners to put each other’s kings in check. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. NOONTIME KNITTERS: Crafty types pause for patterns amid midday stitches. Waterbury Public Library, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. KNITTING POSSE: Needle-wielding crafters convene over good yarns. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. BURNHAM KNITTERS: Yarn unfurls into purls at a chat-and-craft session. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. KNITTING & RUG HOOKING: Point-pushers create scarves, hats and mats at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. VETERANS JOB NETWORKING: Ex-soldiers share labor-market tips, training info and employment leads. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 9:30-11 a.m., & American Legion Post, St. Albans, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-0339. BINGO: A winning card could net cash at the Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $11. Info, 863-3982. CHARITY BINGO: Players seek matches on numbered cards, then say the word. Broadacres Bingo Hall, Colchester, 7 p.m. $10 for 12 cards. Info, 860-1510.

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VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION: In 45-minute info sessions, neighborhood helpers hear about a program that coordinates friendly home visits and assistance for aging seniors. Champlain Valley Agency on Aging, Chace Mill, Burlington, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, www. cvaa.org or 865-0360. SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP: Habla español? Brown baggers eat lunch and devour new vocab. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘LUNCH & LEARN’ SERIES: Backyard renovators think spring by sketching landscape designs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. AMPHIBIAN RESCUE PROJECT TRAINING: Volunteers learn how to help wood frogs and spotted salamanders cross roads during the spring mating season. Richmond Free Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-6206. BACKYARD HABITAT: Bird feeders hear how to attract wild avians. Shelburne Farms, 7-9 p.m. $6. Info, 985-8442. ‘GIFTED KIDS’ DISCUSSION: Parents and educators of above-average learners consider how to support them when they also have dyslexia, ADHD or Asperger syndrome. Green Mountain Center for Gifted Education, 73 Prim Road, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, lucybogue@yahoo.com or 658-9941. AARP SAFE DRIVER COURSE: Steeringwheel turners aged 50 or older take a two-part, eight-hour road refresher that addresses changes in driving behavior that come with age. 241 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. $10 includes materials. Reservations and info, 658-3585. ECOSEW WORKSHOP: Vintage fabrics, yarns and notions combine to create super-cute stuffed animals. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $20 includes materials. Info, www.thebobbin.com or 999-6202. PEACE CORPS INFO MEETING: A recruiter explains the mission of the U.S.’ international volunteer network; then a panel of returnees describe their experiences. Chittenden Bank Room, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8269. BIODYNAMICS WORKSHOP: Sensitive planters learn to read living rhythms to prepare soil for spring. Greenhouse Student Living Center, University Heights, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $25. Info, http://burlingtonpermaculture. googlepages.com or 999-2768.

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The Sled Cats faced the Montréal Dragons last Sunday afternoon at Cairns Arena in South Burlington. The Sled Cats have only been a team for three years, and this was their third game this year. In fact, it was their third sled-hockey game ever. It was just like any other hockey game, with the same rules and time limits, except for one difference: These players sat on small sleds with one double-bladed skate, rather than navigating the rink with skates on their feet. Their legs were strapped in around their thighs and ankles, and in their hands they held two miniature hockey sticks with little metal picks on the ends of the handles. These helped the players maneuver on the ice and gain momentum. Most of the spectators seemed to be families: wives with their young children watching daddy play; parents of students in the league. Rick Davis was there to cheer on his son, Jordan Carroll, who had been injured in December ’06 in a snowboarding accident. “It’s so important that these guys go out here and do this,” said Davis. “My son gets off the ice and is always telling me, ‘I’m playing with my people, Dad.’” Sled hockey is only one of the many sports for individuals with injuries and disabilities like Jordan’s. The Northeast Disabled Athletic Association (NDAA) is a nonprofit organization that sponsors teams like the Sled Cats, as well as sports such as basketball, tennis, sailing, skiing and more. The organization was founded by Patrick Standen and his wife, Beth, and is run completely by volunteers. “Our first major sport for the NDAA was hockey. It’s been a great feeling to see the program grow,” said Standen, player #13 for the Sled Cats. “People are beaming when they’re done playing — they’re happy.” The final score of the game was undetermined because, at the end of the second quarter, the more experienced and athletic Dragons decided they would use some “international diplomacy,” as Standen put it, and mix the two teams for a final, more even third quarter. Although the Dragons still won the game, the joy in the Sled Cats’ eyes was evidence that it didn’t matter at all. DANIELLE FRAWLEY

‘NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OF SUCCESS’: Queen City residents hold court at a sit-down meal to honor local volunteers and talk about area news. Burlington City Hall, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-4230.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. HIGH SCHOOL A CAPPELLA FESTIVAL: Singers from three area schools join Maiden Vermont and the Middlebury College Choir for unaccompanied fun. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. BEGINNING GUITAR: String strummers learn basic chords and techniques with instructor Timothy Niemiec. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free; guitar provided if necessary. Registration and info, 865-7228.

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‘THE SAVAGES’: See April 2. ‘THE LISTENING PROJECT’: Footage shot on location in 14 countries was edited to form this documentary about world citizenship. In a post-film Q&A, the listeners do the talking. Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2060. ‘RAISING ARIZONA’: Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1987 comedy follows the escapades of a once-reformed crook who resorts to kidnapping. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

LELAND KINSEY: The Northeast Kingdom-based scribe reads selections from his new epic poem and story The Immigrant’s Contract. Phoenix Books, Essex, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: Shutterbugs develop film and print pictures at the Center for Photographic Studies, Barre, 6-9 p.m. $8 per hour. Reservations and info, 479-4127.

talks SCOTT RITTER: See April 2, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. ‘DOCUMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE’: Geology prof Jeffrey Munroe sums up the 130 years of data he helped to save by re-photographing 19th-century government surveys. Room 103, Hillcrest Environmental Center, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. ‘THE CARBON CYCLE & SOIL’: Followers of world politics and local food issues hear Malcolm Beck, author of The Secret Life of Compost, get down and dirty. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, www/gmgf.org or 496-2111.

‘THE ELEPHANT MAN’: See April 2, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘CLOSER THAN EVER’: See April 2.

‘PRISON RELIGION’: SUNY Buffalo law prof Winnifred Fallers Sullivan examines law and spirituality in a faith-based prison rehab program. Room 101, Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3080.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See April 2. RICHMOND PLAYGROUP: Parents meet their neighbors, while their kids enjoy structured fun and snacks. Community Room, Richmond Free Library, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 434-7775. WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts at the Westford Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. KIDS’ GARDEN TOUR: Young ones explore the world of plants on a walk around the Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. ‘LITTLE ROOTS’ STORYTIME: Kids gather to hear tales about plants, flowers and bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tots aged 3 to 5 enjoy stories, rhymes, songs and crafts at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

MUSIC TIME: Growing listeners under age 5 contemplate chords and bounce to rhythms. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. WINOOSKI PLAYGROUP: Babies up to age 2 socialize with each other and their caregivers at a session offering music, books and toys. Winooski Memorial Library, 11 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 655-6424. MORNING STORIES: Local tale tellers engage kids of all ages with a mix of nursery rhymes, fairytales, songs and games. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. BILINGUAL PLAYGROUP: ¡Hola, baby! A native Spanish-speaking mama leads gentle play and circle time at the Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $8. Info, 860-6842. ‘ITTY BITTY SKATING’: Pint-sized bladers take to the ice at Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $6. Info, 865-7558.

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WINTER WALKING: See April 2. ZUMBA FITNESS: Step-by-steppers try out Latin-dance-inspired exercises mixed with high-energy, international rhythms. Fitness Options, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $10, first time free. Info, 7343479. Olympiad Health & Racquet Club, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $10, first time free. Info, 310-6686. GREEN MOUNTAIN DERBY DAMES: Buff ladies practice rough roller skating for future matches with other regional roller-derby teams. Gosse Court Armory, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Info, greennmoun tainderbydames@gmail.com or 862-5621. FALL PREVENTION PROGRAM: Elders concerned about coordination learn exercises to help maintain their balance. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 9:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 847-2278.

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CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See April 2. CHARITY BINGO: See April 2. AMPHIBIAN RESCUE PROJECT TRAINING: See April 2, North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier. AARP SAFE DRIVER COURSE: See April 2. VERMONT CHESS CLUB: Pawn pushers strategize to better their games. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0198. BRIDGE CLUB: Partners shuffle cards and chat at the Godnick Senior Center, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 287-5756. QUEEN CITY BNI: Local members of Business Network International schmooze at a weekly breakfast meeting to help promote one another’s companies. Room 202, Vermont Tech, Blair Industrial Park, Williston, 8 a.m. First visit is free. Info, 985-9965. FRENCH CONVERSATION GROUP: Would-be Francophones exchange info during déjeuner. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. SENIOR BREAKFAST: Area elders enjoy eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, homefries, juice and bottomless cups of coffee at the Heineberg Senior Center, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $3. Info, 863-3982. SEASON KICK-OFF PARTY: Backwoods comedian Rusty DeWees entertains supporters of Lost Nation Theater at a 20thanniversary bash featuring door prizes, appetizers and music by the Vermont Yankee String Band. The Black Door, Montpelier, 5:30-8 p.m. $20. Reservations and info, 229-0492. ‘GIFTED KIDS’ DISCUSSION: Parents and educators of above-average learners cover topics from school advocacy to social and emotional development. Green Mountain Center for Gifted Education, 73 Prim Road, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, lucybogue@yahoo.com or 658-9941. ‘HEALING LEAVES’ WORKSHOP: Home apothecaries learn to make natural body-care products from easy-to-find ingredients. Azimuth Counseling, Suite 101, 8 Essex Way, Essex Junction, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 288-1001.

EMPTY BOWL DINNER: Hungry patrons support a nonprofit that serves local homeless youths, then take home a hand-crafted vessel or an auctioned item. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. $35. Info, www. spectrumvt.org or 864-7423. WESTFORD FARMERS’ MARKET MEETING: Cultivators prep for a summer season of veggie sales. Westford Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-7405.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. WYCLEF JEAN: The Haiti-born hip-hop king who co-founded The Fugees takes the mike for an oncampus show. Ross Sports Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $20-30. Info, 654-2304. OMAR SOSA AFREECANOS QUARTET: Latin jazz joins African and world music at a concert led by one of the genre’s top pianist-composers. See calendar spotlight. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $28. Info, 603-646-2422. THE JOEL HARRISON BAND: The jazz guitarist-composer generates country, blues, hymns and folk tunes with four other musicians in a concert titled “Free Country.” UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 863-5966. CHARLOTTE COFFEEHOUSE: Shelburne native, guitarist and songwriter Lowell Thompson entertains folks of all ages with a roster of musical friends at the Charlotte Senior Center, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 425-2910. BELLA VOCE: The Burlington-based women’s chorus premieres “Lessons from the Sea,” a new cantata by composer Gwyneth Walker based on a book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. See “State of the Arts,” this issue. Bethany United Church of Christ, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $12-15. Info, www.bellavocevt.org or 999-8881. THE WINDING ROAD: Bluegrass instrumentals form a familyfriendly concert at the Bristol Bakery & Café, 8-10 p.m. $5. Info, 453-3280.

dance BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207. ARGENTINEAN TANGO: Shoulders back, chin up! With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a selfguided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077. ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Lively music inspires movers to make rural rounds in clean, soft-soled shoes. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $7, free for beginners. Info, 899-2378.

drama ‘THE ELEPHANT MAN’: See April 2. ‘CLOSER THAN EVER’: See April 2. ANNE GALJOUR: The Louisiana-born performance artist airs samples of a work-in-progress about class and culture in Northern New England. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $18. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘I LAND’: Native Hawaiian Keo Woolford explores his cultural identity in a one-man show combining hula and hip-hop with a dose of disco. See story, this issue. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20-24. Info, 863-5966.

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LAMENTAL ANGUISH When it comes to legendary lovers involved in full-blown, messy affairs, Dido and Aeneas give Antony and Cleopatra a run for their money. The romantic portion of Virgil’s epic Aeneid features a hunky Trojan refugee who falls for the queen of Carthage, only to leave her to die lovesick so he can found Rome. The heartbreaking story has inspired plays and numerous paintings (seen here: Pierre-Narcisse Guérin’s depiction of the duo). It also prompted Henry Purcell to write the first English opera, circa 1689. Soprano Shyla Nelson and three other soloists vocalize the hour-long work in a Baroque concert featuring the Oriana Singers, period strings, and five dancers. Also on the program? Two symphony anthems by Purcell, one of which was performed at the coronation of King James II. ‘THE SAD TALE OF DIDO & AENEAS’

Saturday, April 5, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, pre-concert talk 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m. $15-17. Info, 8640471. www.cathedralarts.org

‘THE FULL MONTY’: This hit musical follows a group of unemployed steelworkers whose desperate plans require them to shed their fears, their nerves and their clothes. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 476-8188. ‘THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES’: The St. Johnsbury Players present this dark comedy about a songwriting zookeeper and his familial menagerie. St. Johnsbury School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $7. Info, 748-6510. ‘PIPPIN’: High school thespians tackle this Broadway musical about a young man prodded to sample life’s pleasures. Mount Mansfield High School Auditorium, Jericho, 7:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 899-4690.

film ‘TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE’: This 2007 documentary examines the facts about U.S. torture of detainees in the “war on terrorism.” Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL: Viewers tune in to The Moses Code to consider man’s power to destroy our environment and life on Earth. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 660-8126.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK: Burlington’s visual artists arrange visits to more than 40 galleries and studios in a social celebration of creativity. Various Burlington-area locations, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, www.artmapburling ton.com or 264-4839.

talks THE ARCTIC & CLIMATE CHANGE: Jackie Richter-Menge of the Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory offers a polar bear’s view of global warming. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10, kids attend free. Info, 229-6206. ‘IMMIGRANTS ON TIN PAN ALLEY’: Music professor Larry Hamberlin plinks out early-20th-century American popular tunes on the piano, then describes the attitudes they conveyed about folks fresh off the boat. Carr Hall, Middlebury College, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. VARIETY SERIES: “Green building” contractor Chuck Reiss considers steps toward sustainability in residential and commercial construction. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, www. eeevermont.org or 862-2531. HEALTH & WELLNESS SERIES: Lallie Mambourg, a food stamp outreach specialist, explains how to eat a balanced diet using her stock in trade. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498. ENDING GLOBAL POVERTY: Microcredit expert Sam Daley-Harris advocates making very small loans to help poor people found their own small businesses. Room 220, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-3851. ‘THE ART OF HEALING’: Dr. Bernie Siegel discusses facing the challenge of a chronic illness — whatever its cause or long-term effect. See story, this issue. Sheraton Conference Center, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Reservations and info, 847-3919.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See April 2. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See April 2, 9:30 a.m., for children ages 3-5.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters age 3 and older gather for easy listening at the South Burlington Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. LINCOLN LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters up to age 5 form good reading habits in a tale-centered song-and-craft session. Lincoln Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 453-2665. ‘PINT-SIZED SCIENCE’: Laboratory learners aged 2 to 7 experiment with stories and hands-on activities. ECHO, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. ‘HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL’ MOVIE MARATHON: Middle schoolers and older kids soak up four full hours of a Disney double feature. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

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etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See April 2. CHARITY BINGO: See April 2. SENIOR BREAKFAST: See April 3. TERTULIA LATINA: Latinoamericanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español at Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440. COMMUNITY DINNER: Local ingredients form the focus of a hearty winter meal at L.A.C.E., Barre, 5:30 p.m. $6-12.50. Info, www.lacevt.org or 476-4276. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Language learners buff up their vocab through casual chatting. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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<calendar > FRI.04 << 23B NORTHEAST WARS: Players of board, card, role-playing and video games geek out over interactive fun and collectibles. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 1-11 p.m. $20-25 day pass. Info, www. northeastwars.com or 863-3666. VERMONT WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION MEETING: Forestry experts put their heads together in workshops about maintaining and harvesting trees on public and private land. Old Dorm Building, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $30. Info, www.vermontwoodlands.org or 747-7989. ‘A DATE WITH HISTORY’: Preservation Burlington hosts a refreshmentenhanced silent auction focused on the Queen City’s industrial past and present. Pine Street Art Works, 404 Pine Street, 7 p.m. $15-20. Info, www.preservationburlington.org or 264-4820. ANARCHIST CRAFT CIRCLE: Creative types put their heads together over public art projects that dismantle hierarchies, one stitch at a time. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Donations. Info, www.thebobbin.com or 999-6202. AFRICA NIGHT: Performances by the Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater and a Sudanese men’s choir accompany a traditional Sudanese meal at this fundraiser for the New Sudan Education Initiative. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Donations. Reservations and info, stjamesafrica@ aol.com or 238-2677.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. BELLA VOCE: See April 4, North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. SOCIAL BAND: The mixed-gender a cappella chorus sings about work in a concert sharing the fruits of various Vermont composers’ labor. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, www.socialband.org or 863-5966. ‘THE SAD TALE OF DIDO & AENEAS’: Soprano Shyla Nelson joins the Oriana Singers for a concert featuring period string instruments and the first English opera. See calendar spotlight. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, pre-concert talk 7 p.m., concert 8 p.m. $15-17. Info, 864-0471. MUSIC DEPARTMENT CABARET: Middlebury theater and music majors host this annual presentation of audio-visual entertainments. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. VILLAGE HARMONY WORKSHOP: South African song and dance form the focus of this day-long music and movement session. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. $50. Registration and info, www.villageharmony.org. RIPTON COMMUNITY COFFEE HOUSE: New Haven native and singersongwriter Anaïs Mitchell airs samples of her craft at the Ripton Community House, following an open mike at 7:30 p.m. $3-7. Info, 388-9782. BEATLEMANIA AGAIN: The Fab Four retake Rutland in this musical stage-show survey of the original British Invasion band’s many incarnations. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $22-32. Info, 775-0903. VERMONT FIDDLE ORCHESTRA: Renowned bluegrass fiddler Neil Rossi takes a bow at this ensemble concert also featuring clogger Ann Whiting. Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 877-343-3531. THE GIBSON BROTHERS: Bluegrass-band siblings concertize on guitar and banjo at the Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 7 p.m. $10-18. Info, 518-564-2090.

‘LA BOHEME’: Aria aficionados see and hear a Metropolitan Opera production of Puccini’s ode to Bohemian living as part of a live satellite broadcast. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1:30 p.m. $25. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘SHARE CARE’ CONCERT: Area musicians Manley-Malzak and the Plumb Bobs, The Blues Birds, and the Josh Brooks Band gig out to support a heating-fuel assistance program. Holley Hall, Bristol, 7-11 p.m. Donations. Info, 453-3978.

dance BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: See April 4. CONTRA DANCE: Caller Rachel Nevitt gets steppers’ feet wet to tunes by Tidal Wave. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

drama ‘THE ELEPHANT MAN’: See April 2. ‘CLOSER THAN EVER’: See April 2. ANNE GALJOUR: See April 4. ‘I LAND’: See April 4. ‘THE FULL MONTY’: See April 4. ‘THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES’: See April 4. ‘PIPPIN’: See April 4. FOOLS’ FEST: Members of a middle school drama program benefit from a fun frolic filled with cabaret and dance music, live comedy, treats and revels featuring the “ladies” of local drag troupe The House of LeMay. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. - midnight. $20. Info, www.foolsfestvt.com or 660-9591.

film ‘TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE’: See April 4, 7 & 9 p.m. SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL: See April 4. A young boy with cancer seeks The Blue Butterfly at 2 p.m., followed by metaphysical flick What the Bleep Do We Know? at 7 p.m. ‘HOUSE OF SAND’: Two gypsy women struggle to survive in the Brazilian desert after their caravan abandons them. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. ‘MARGOT AT THE WEDDING’: Two sisters alternately love and loathe each other; Jack Black plays the man in the middle. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘STEEP’: Shot in high-definition, this big-mountain documentary highlights contemporary luminaries of extreme skiing. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 603-646-2422.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. MUD SEASON CLAY STUDIO: Creators of all ages get their hands into squishy, smooth earth at a playful drop-in session for adults or kids. Shelburne Art Center, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3648.

words ‘UNITE THE MIKE’: Teens in middle and high school vie for supremacy in a word-centric freestyle rap battle. Higher Ground, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $6, call to sign up. Info, 878-6981. KATE MESSNER: The local author reads from Spitfire, her middle-grade historical novel about a 12-year-old who sees battle action on Lake Champlain during the American Revolution. The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 985-3999. MADELEINE KUNIN: The former Vermont governor reads excerpts from her new book Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Can Win and Lead. See review, this issue. Phoenix Books, Essex, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

talks ‘TALKING ABOUT CLASS’: Felice Yeskel of the Massachusetts-based nonprofit Class Action examines how social status affects New Englanders’ interactions. Faculty Lounge, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 10 a.m. - noon. Free, but registration is required. Info, 603-646-2010. ‘JUST ONE MORE CHAPTER?’: Amy Cunningham, the executive director of Everybody Wins!, describes mentoring kids by volunteering to read to them. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free, bring a potluck dish to share. Info, 229-0782. ‘THE DYNAMICS OF RESISTANCE’: Human rights activist Nancy Murray draws parallels between the Israeli occupation of Palestine and South African apartheid. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073. LAW LECTURE: Professor Elizabeth Warren of the Harvard Law School discusses credit and economic stress at the Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-339-9834.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See April 2. WINOOSKI PLAYGROUP: See April 3, 10-11 a.m. ‘SATURDAY STORIES’: Librarians read from popular picture books at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. BORDERS STORYTIME: Little bookworms listen to stories at Borders, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Kids ages 4 and up settle down for stories at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. ‘MASKS OF SRI LANKA’: Kids and parents explore intricate face coverings on display, then make some of their own. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. $5. Info, 656-0750. KIDS’ TRIATHLON: Swimmers, bikers and runners ages 7 to 15 compete in three age categories, and everyone gets a medal. Greater Burlington YMCA, 11:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. $35. Info, 862-9622. KIDS’ CRAFT LAB: Small hands work with recycled materials to make new stuff. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $5 per child. Info, www.thebobbin.com or 999-6202.

sport ZUMBA FITNESS: See April 3, Fitness Options location only, 9:30 & 11 a.m. HALF-MARATHON UNPLUGGED: RunVermont hosts a low-key warm-up for striders training for the city-wide real deal in May. Starts at Airport Park, Colchester, 9 a.m. $25; no race-day registration. Registration and info, www.runvermont.org or 863-8412.

activism TOWN MEETING ON THE ECONOMY: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren host a discussion about U.S. employment, health care, savings rates, affordable education and the mortgage crisis. Montpelier High School, light lunch at noon, meeting 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-339-9834.

etc BINGO: See April 2. CHARITY BINGO: See April 2. NORTHEAST WARS: See April 4, 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. WINTER FARMERS’ MARKETS: Shoppers seeking locally raised edibles pick up root vegetables, cheeses, pickles and other lavish provender at the Old Strand Theater, Rutland, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 287-9311. Vermont College Gym, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 685-4360.

FRENCH ROUNDTABLE: Speakers at various skill levels order café during an open practice session. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. FRENCH HERITAGE FESTIVAL: Seekers of joie de vivre celebrate their roots with French-Canadian dance music after a barbecue dinner of chicken and spareribs. Knights of Columbus Hall, 242 South Main Street, St. Albans, cocktails 6 p.m., dinner 7 p.m., dancing until 11 p.m. $20. Info, 524-1492. ELIMINATION COMMUNICATION: Moms and dads find out how to read their little one’s body language to learn when he or she’s just gotta go. Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 1 p.m. Free. Reservations and info, 288-1002. BLOOD DRAWING: Donors roll up their sleeves at the Community Space, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 8631066, ext. 11. HONKY TONK & ZYDECO DANCE CONCERT: Guitarist Bill Kirchen joins the Starline Rhythm Boys and the Rhode Island-based zydeco band Slippery Sneakers at a benefit for a cancer-patient support program. Emerald Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966. BARN RAISING DANCE: Vermont-based soul diva Tammy Fletcher belts out inspiring numbers at a building-campaign benefit featuring a live auction. Browns River Middle School, Jericho, 6-10 p.m. $20 includes finger food. Info, 899-5219. THEME GARDENING: Dirt dabblers kick it up a notch by planning beds around color families or butterfly-attracting flowers. Gardener’s Supply, Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. $10. Registration and info, 660-3500. ‘SUGAR ON SNOW’ PARTY: Hardenedmaple-syrup edibles usher in spring at Palmer’s Sugarhouse, Shelburne, noon - 4 p.m. $4, free to watch. Info, 985-5054. AARP TAX FILING WORKSHOP: Volunteer experts help seniors and folks from low-income households get their financial affairs set for the IRS. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. SEWING MACHINE INTRO: Feed dogs? Zipper feet? First-timers learn the anatomy of sewing aids in a two-hour course, then take a test drive and plan an easy project. The Bobbin Sew Bar & Craft Lounge, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $30 includes one additional hour of open sewing time. Registration and info, www.thebobbin.com or 999-6202. VCAM ACCESS ORIENTATION: Would-be video producers get an overview of the facilities, policies and procedures at a local cable TV station. VCAM Channel 15 Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, www.vermontcam.org or 651-9692. CABIN FEVER AUCTION: Chili and other refreshments set off bidding on gift certificates, household goods, furniture and antiques. Barnet School, preview 5 p.m., live auction 6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-1485. CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL: Crafts and a silent auction augment this cocoa celebration featuring taste tests and the chance to create your own chocolate bar. Hyde Park Elementary School Gym, 1-4 p.m. $5-10 includes tasting coupons. Info, 888-4628. FESTIVAL OF CULTURES: Ethnic food, dance, art and music take center stage at a day-long showcase of diversity within Vermont. Burlington High School, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Donations. Info, www.saraholbrookcc.org or 862-6342. KIDS’ CLOTHING & BOOK GIVEAWAY: Families peruse and pick up gently-used duds and reading material to suit tykes. Hinesburg Town Hall, 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 482-3460.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. BELLA VOCE: See April 4, United Methodist Church, Shelburne, 3 p.m. SOCIAL BAND: See April 5, East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church, singing workshop 3-5 p.m., concert 6:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 586-7711, ext. 166. WIND & JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONCERT: Servings of strawberry shortcake and coffee accompany audible treats at this benefit for an outreach center in Burlington’s Old North End. Alliot Student Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 2 p.m. $15. Info, 654-2536. MEEHAN/PERKINS DUO: Percussionists Todd Meehan and Doug Perkins reveal rhythms at the East Coast premiere of Paul Lansky’s “Travel Diary.” Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. KIRTAN SINGING: Yoga students stretch their vocal cords with call-and-response chants in Sanskrit. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, 20 Kilburn Street, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9404. ‘FLAMBOYANTLY FRENCH’: Organist Lynnette Combs pulls out all the stops for special-effects-laden music by French composers of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Stowe Community Church, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 426-3850. ENCORE! COMEDY NIGHT: Members of the Broadway-themed vocal group sing to benefit the King Street Youth Center. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 863-5966.

drama ‘THE ELEPHANT MAN’: See April 2. ‘THE FULL MONTY’: See April 4, 2 p.m. ‘PIPPIN’: See April 4, 2 p.m. ‘SO . . . JEW LIVE IN VERMONT?’: Comedian and State Representative Jason Lorber interviews prominent Jewish Vermonters in a 90-minute stage show featuring standup and Klezmer music. Waterfront Theatre Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5 p.m. $22. Info, 863-5966.

film ‘TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE’: See April 4, 1:30 & 7 p.m. SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL: See April 4, 2 p.m. Universal life questions are answered by people of diverse faiths and backgrounds in One. ‘LOST HORIZON’: Frank Capra’s 1937 tale of travelers who crash land in Tibet’s Shangri-La contrasts modern civilization with an idyllic valley. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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words LOCALVORE COOKING: See April 2, Shelburne Farms Education Center, Farm Barn, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8442.

talks INTERFAITH LECTURE SERIES: UVM environmental sciences prof Saleem Ali considers Muslims’ reaction to global climate change as part of a multi-faith series pairing science and religion. Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 769-7395.

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Tuesday through Tuesday, April 8-15, Langdon Street Café, Montpelier, see calendar listings for various times. Donations. Info, 223-8667. www.langdonstreetcafe.com

sport ‘FRESH MEAT’ NIGHT: Roller derby queens with the Green Mountain Derby Dames coach newbies in basic quad-skating technique and practice drills at a monthly, hands-on intro. Gosse Court Armory, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, greenmountainderbydames@gmail.com or 862-5621. GREEN MOUNTAIN BICYCLE CLUB: Weather permitting, cyclists meet for an informal area ride — route and distance to be decided by attendees. Meet at Dorset Park, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 899-2908.

etc CHARITY BINGO: See April 2, 2 & 7 p.m. NORTHEAST WARS: See April 4, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. BLOOD DRAWING: See April 5. ‘SUGAR ON SNOW’ PARTY: See April 5. COMMUNITY BRUNCH: A live band serenades weekend breakfasters at a spread featuring fluffy pancakes. L.A.C.E., Barre, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. $6-12.50. Info, www.lacevt.org or 476-4276. FRENCH-ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP: Speakers of anglais swap syllables with native French speakers in a parlez session at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

POST-SECONDARY PLANNING FAIR: IEP or 504 plans? Parents of students with special learning needs hear about available educational opportunities after high school. South Burlington High School, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7000. FLEA MARKET: Bargain hunters hop between plentiful tables of gently used stuff. Hinesburg Senior and Community Center, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. $10. Info, 863-3982. PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Buttermilk flapjacks form syrup-drizzled stacks at this fundraiser also featuring scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and home fries. Robinson Elementary School, Starksboro, 8-11 a.m. $3-6. Info, 453-2639.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. SAMBATUCADA! REHEARSAL: Percussive people pound out carnival rhythms at an open meeting of this Brazilian-style community drumming troupe. New members are welcome at the Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 343-7107.

dance SWING DANCING: Put on your saddle shoes and head for an old-fashioned sock hop at The Black Door, Montpelier, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 223-1806.

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words ‘FROM PAGE TO SCREEN’: Readers of Isak Dinesen’s Out of Africa discuss whether the book is better than the Oscar-winning film it inspired. Wake Robin Retirement Community, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2922.

talks HUMANITIES SERIES: UVM art history prof William Mierse examines visual artists’ contributions to the creative and intellectual communities of the medieval period. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, www.eeevermont.org or 862-2531.

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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See April 2. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See April 2, for children ages 2-3. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See April 3. MUSIC TIME: See April 3. â€˜ITTY BITTY SKATINGâ€™: See April 3. FAMILY SING-ALONG: Parents and kids belt out fun, familiar favorites at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. DADSâ€™ GROUP: Fathers and fathersto-be bring offspring up to age 6 to a playgroup, meal and social hour. Winooski Family Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1422. BUBBIES, BABIES & BAGELS: A Jewish-themed playgroup for families of all backgrounds features intergenerational schmoozing and noshing. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0218, ext. 23. MONDAY MUSIC: Local musician Mia Adams tells stories and sings kid-friendly faves. J.C. Penney seating area, University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See April 2, 10 a.m. WINTER WALKING: See April 2. ZUMBA FITNESS: See April 3, Olympiad location only, 8:15 a.m.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See April 2. NATURAL RESOURCE VALUES FORUM: Citizens of the Mad River Valley put their heads together to quantify their areaâ€™s recreational, scenic and wildlife assets. Big Picture Theater & CafĂŠ, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2328.

etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See April 2. GRADUATE SCHOOL INFO SESSION: Potential grad students hear about degree programs in various disciplines. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michaelâ€™s College, Colchester, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2251. â€˜MEMORY MONDAYâ€™: Adults 55 and over take advantage of a free memory screening. Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, call for appointment. Free. Registration and info, 847-9488. ASTRONOMICAL PRODUCT REVIEWS: Local skywatchers sum up the pros and cons of particular binoculars, remote timers and star charts. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. â€˜A RUSH OF WINDâ€™: Organist Nicholas Fehr performs a selection of short and thematically varied works. St. Paulâ€™s Cathedral, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0471. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHORUS: Male music-makers rehearse barbershop singing and quartetting at St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-2949. VIOLIN CONCERT: Solo string player Veronica Kadlubkiewicz, a past concertmaster of the Polish Chamber Orchestra, performs three works by J.S. Bach. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 482-3010.

dance SWING DANCING: Open practice makes perfect for music-motivated swing dancers of all levels. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $3. Info, 860-7501. LINE DANCING: Boot scooters show off fancy footwork at the Harvest Moon Banquet Room, Essex Junction, beginnersâ€™ lesson 6-7 p.m., open dancing 7-9 p.m. $9.50. Info, 434-2891.

film â€˜TAXI TO THE DARK SIDEâ€™: See April 4.

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words BURLINGTON WRITERSâ€™ GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Acoustic Lounge, Parima, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 999-1664. BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of P.L. Gausâ€™ Blood of the Prodigal consider the narrativeâ€™s portrayal of American culture. Enosburg Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 933-2125. ALL-AGES POETRY SLAM: Kids have their say first, followed by teens and adults, at a performance poetry recital judged by three average audience members. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, kids 6:30 p.m., adults 7:30 p.m.; bring two original works to perform. Free. Info, 229-0774.

talks â€˜MENâ€™S WORKâ€™ & â€˜DIVERSITYâ€™: Social justice educator, activist and writer Paul Kivel offers a lecture about stopping male violence, followed by one addressing class, power and multiculturalism. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, noon - 1:30 p.m. & Room 100, Billings Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Reservations and info, 865-7254. â€˜CLIMATE WARâ€™: World-traveling journalist Christian Parenti discusses the violent geography of global warming as part of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. Silver Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2689. COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHOOL: Nutrition and food sciences expert Dr. Jean Harvey-Berino considers methods of weight loss maintenance that work. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 847-2886. CHILDHOOD NEURODEVELOPMENT: A panel of experts addresses how to foster healthy brains in kids through food, movement and family habits. On the Rise Bakery, Richmond, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 434-5437.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See April 2. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See April 4, for walkers up to age 3. ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7-9.50. Info, 864-1848. TODDLER STORYTIME: Tykes under age 3 enjoy stories, songs and a snack at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313. WINOOSKI STORYTIME: Preschoolers aged 2-and-a-half to 5 expend energy in finger play and song, then listen to tales. Winooski Memorial Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 655-6424. DARK KNIGHT COMICS CLUB: Pencil- and pen-holders draw on their inner resources to produce paneled narratives. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

ARTBOPS!: Messy art explorations are Ă la mode at this toddler-centric playtime to explore materials, textures and colors. Bebop Baby Shop, Essex Junction, 1-2 p.m. $6. Info, 288-1002.

sport WINTER WALKING: See April 2. ZUMBA FITNESS: See April 3, Fitness Options location, 5:30 p.m. Olympiad location, 7 p.m. GREEN MOUNTAIN DERBY DAMES: See April 3. COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: Beginner to intermediate stretchers strike poses for spine alignment. Healing in Common Lobby, Network Chiropractic of Vermont, Shelburne, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9850.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See April 2. WILPF MEETING: Members of the Burlington branch of the Womenâ€™s International League for Peace and Freedom debrief after engineering a local womenâ€™s history exhibit. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6117. ENVISION MONTPELIER: Forward thinkers discuss a civic index by which to measure how Vermontâ€™s capital city is faring. Noble Lounge, Vermont College, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9506. THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT: Individually produced T-shirts decry sexual and domestic violence, and celebrate survivorsâ€™ strength. Alliot Student Center, St. Michaelâ€™s College, Colchester, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0555.

etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See April 2. CHARITY BINGO: See April 2. SENIOR BREAKFAST: See April 3. PAUSE CAFE: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics â€” en franĂ§ais. Borders CafĂŠ, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346. ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Midday learners try lunch in a foreign language to sharpen communication skills. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. GEEK WEEK: Eight days of nerdy exploits pair vintage video games with hobby how-tos and music lineups. See calendar spotlight. Langdon Street CafĂŠ, Montpelier, video game design discussion, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 223-8667.

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dance â€˜SALSALINAâ€™ PRACTICE: See April 2. BALLROOM DANCE: See April 2.

drama â€˜THE ELEPHANT MANâ€™: See April 2. THOMAS JEFFERSON PORTRAYAL: Actor and historian Clay Jenkinson discusses U.S. democracy in character as the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. â€˜LYSISTRATAâ€™: Aristophanesâ€™ greatest antiwar comedy mixes fantasy and gender politics with bawdy jokes as Greek women hold a sex strike to enforce peace. Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

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PIANO MOJO Fans of the Buena Vista Social Club and Caribbean jazz in general know that Cuba turns out gifted pianists. Jazz composer Omar Sosa is one of them, but unlike many of his island-bound compatriots, he’s had a career trajectory including stints in Angola, the Congo, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and San Francisco. With his Afreecanos Quartet, Sosa combines Havana-style clave with the music of the African diaspora, in a liberating fusion that broadens the borders of both world music and Afro-Cuban jazz. European symphonic repertoire, hip-hop and gospel elements meld with traditional sounds from Senegal in a concert that also features drums, bass, vocals, m’bira and other African percussion instruments.

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film ‘TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE’: See April 4. ‘THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW’: This documentary profiles Cathy Crowley, a Maine-based gun control advocate who became politically active after her 18-year-old son bought a gun and committed suicide. Crowley leads a post-screening Q&A session. See “State of the Arts,” this issue. Livak Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2076. ‘HIDDEN FORTRESS’: Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 film portrays feudal Japanese fighters in a rebel-warfare setting that inspired George Lucas’ Star Wars. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

art See exhibitions in Section A.

words SLAM POETRY CONTEST: Vermont versifier Geof Hewitt emcees eclectic voices at an event hosted by Planned Parenthood of Burlington. See calendar spotlight. Waterfront Theatre, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, workshop 6-6:45 p.m., poetry slam 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-287-8188. BOOK CLUB: Readers of “gonzo journalist” Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas consider its relationship to an upcoming Flynn Center performance of music it inspired. Fletcher Free Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

talks ‘WORK & ART’ SERIES: Visionary business owner Bill Schubart chimes in with other speakers on public funding for creative projects. Community Room, Burlington College, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616, ext. 305.

SPORTING CHANCES: UVM history professor emeritus James Overfield reviews how big-time athletics programs became the mainstay of many American universities. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. ‘BEYOND THE BUSH YEARS’: New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert explores the challenges facing the U.S. after the first decade of the 21st century. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. 443-5743.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See April 2. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See April 2. WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See April 2. HINESBURG PLAYGROUP: See April 2. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See April 2. CHESS CLUB: See April 2.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See April 2. WINTER WALKING: See April 2.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See April 2. THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT: See April 8.

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HIGHLY PASSIONATE SWF, 39, looking for pleasure, love or lust. Would like to explore some kinky fantasies. A man willing to give me a try to please him. Clean and discreet, please. Possible relationship, too. CA2001, 40, u, #106992

MEN seeking… LOOKING FOR FUN AND EXCITMENT Looking for fun and excitement, up for almost anything fun. Have a high sex drive, always ready and willing. Love motorcycles and sports. Looking for someone that likes to ride with their own bike or on mine. GPZrider, 41, #109139 PASSIONATE, HOT, EXTREMELY ARROUSED, PLEASURE, SERVING. I’m looking to meet a woman interested in dominating, as well as being dominated. Kinky and nice clothes, I’m open-minded, single, and available to a woman, couple, or group that may already be attached, but looking for that extra playmate for discreet encounters. I can give great attention to the right person or persons. Clean and discreet,you must be same. passionplay, 44, #109128 HANDSOME HORNY GENTLEMAN Nice buy, nice body, handsome face, in great health, and a very strong libido! Recently dubbed “an expert on female sexual response”! I want to please my lover most of all. You believe that an honest, no-strings, passionate, tender, erotic relationship is possible, and can handle a man who takes a while. Be healthy, happy and horny. Anyone free weekdays? jinvermont, 39, l, #106895 LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE I’m an overworked and undersexed 22 y/o college student looking for someone similar to blow off steam with. What I lack in experience I make up for with passion. I’m creative, openminded, and have a nearly limitless sexual appetite. I love giving and receiving oral, and also would be interested in exploring some light kink. adventurous1, 22, #109071 A SMART & SEXY SLAVE A smart and sexy male seeks a lucky mistress (or 2??) for exotic pleasure and play. I would love to give my performance to a girl who knows how to enjoy herself and likes to be on top of her game. pleasurebound, 35, #109066 I NEED WOMEN I’m looking for a hot, adventurous woman for discreet times. Missing something in a marriage? Then I’m your man. 33-year-old nympho looking for aggressive, hot temptress with no-holds-barred attitude. Could have extra pounds and be anywhere from 18-45. Very discreet and very safe. I’m just addicted to erotic times. Leave your name and number, please. ineedwomen, 33, u, l, #109059 RESPECTFULLY NAUGHTY FRIEND Attached man who feels very lucky in life. Hoping to find an ongoing friendship with the right woman that could develop into a longterm romantic friendship. Not looking to leave my situation or disturb yours, but I wouldn’t mind making a real connection with the right woman and making some sparks together. GentlemanJim, 42, #109019 OPEN TO ANYTHING I am new to the online scene but am very openminded and love to try all sorts of new things. Let me know what you want we can have some fun. Teach me and I will learn. I have a lithe, toned build. I work out often and have a lot of stamina. Hit me up if interested. hard4u, 18, l, #109012

EXPLORATORY, ADVENTUROUS, KINKY MUSICIAN MAN Where is the woman who can fulfill my wildest fantasies? I’ve been searching with no luck. I am down-to-earth and funny and looking for an NSA encounter with a woman who is willing to explore her and my deepest fantasies - from 1x1-naughty081507 8/13/07 blindfolds to strap-ons, massages to biting. I hope to hear from you and see what happens. darkstarr, 26, l, #108983

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WARMTH, PASSION, FLIRT, TOUCH, PLAY Appetite for warmth, affection and passion. Let’s play on-the-edge, flirt, touch, oral all around, good food and wine. Safe, sane, respectful, gentle, healthy, into lascivious and all-out sexual adventures. DarrynDeeds, 52, l, #107010 WELCOME TO MY COURTROOM..... Looking for some nsa fun...Can you guess what’s under the “robe?” Playfuljudgepracticioner, 40, #108714 NICE, BIG GUY LOOKING I’m 330 lbs., 6’ 1’’, 39 years old, average hung. Wanna meet someone to have some fun with, am fairly normal sex-wise but am willing to try most anything, Size, race, age do not matter, just looking for some disease-free, clean, NSA sexual relations. Am very giving person, love to make out and foreplay. Let’s see what happens. harley, 39, #108661 ALL ARE WELCUMMED Adventures R Us. You want it and so do I. Try me and I will always respond. I am D/D-free and clean. You be the same and we can start as soon as you email or call. Looking forward to seeing you. 4fun, 43, #108644

OTHERS seeking… HONEY POT Hi. We are a young kinky couple looking for a woman or a couple to share an intimate experience with us. We are 25-year-old woman, voluptuous and free-spirited, and 27-year-old man, athletic and fully charged at any moment. We are always up for photo exchange and chat! jbomb, 27, #109150 COAST TO COAST FUN Hi. We are...Pam, an attractive bi-female...and Chris, an attractive straight athletic male. We are a fun and exciting couple who are highly sexual and love to spice things up. We are looking for similar women/couples who also enjoy a healthy sex life with a twist every now and then. We are open-minded and lots of fun and are active. coasttocoastexcitement, 37, #109133 FUN FOR BOTH OF US First time doing this but we want to spice up our sex life! Looking for someone to help spice it up, willing to try new things! We are a funlovin’ couple. We love to travel and to have fun all the time! ohana, 48, l, #109032 LOOKING FOR BI BOY-TOY We are bi (57M and 47F), in search of a tall slender bi M, 21-30, well hung and ready for some real adult fun. Must be able to spend the night at our abode. She is very orally talented; he hikes to help. No pain or anal. Think you have what it takes? Are you willing to learn? morning, 57, #108997 DOMINANT-SUBMISSIVE COUPLE SEEKS 2ND SUBMISSIVE Are you a bisexual F who would like to explore your submissive nature? We are a 24/7 masterslave couple, 38M and 23F. We are looking to be friends first. If it is meant to be, it will evolve into a committed polygamous relationship. Contact us. It will be most interesting. Masterandslave, 23, l, #108975

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i Spy... Dear Mistress, I’m in a relatively new relationship with a guy who loves it when I take charge. I’m used to that in the physical sense — I have no problem being the boss in bed. However, one thing that really turns him on is taking orders, and I have no idea how to give them. I’m not very vocal (as far as words go) and am seriously lacking some hot commands. I’m stuck on the “harder, better, faster, stronger” mantra, and it’s getting a little old. Any ideas on how I can spice things up verbally? I also like being talked to in bed — dirty talk is a huge turn-on for me. Is there such a thing as too much speech between the sheets? Thanks, Aurally Fixated

Dear A. F., Lucky you! If your man is willing to take commands, you’d best learn how to use your words. The good news is — you’re no shrinking violet. You’re already dominating him physically and doing some talking in bed, so your transition into a verbal vamp should be an easy one. Instead of just “harder, better, faster, stronger,” try verbalizing what you feel. “Oh, baby, it feels so good when you do it hard.” (And don’t be afraid to go into more graphic detail than I can get away with in print.) When you’re comfortable with that, try giving it a more commanding tone: “I want you to fuck me harder. Don’t stop until I say so.” If he obliges, you might reward him with a “Good boy.” If your guy likes being submissive, he may really enjoy asking your permission to orgasm. The next time you’re having sex, tell him he has to ask you nicely if he can climax. When you sense him getting close, remind him of his task. When he asks, make him say please a couple times before he releases — you’ll be giving him the ultimate command and satisfying your need to hear him talk, too. As long as both partners are into it, you can never have too much verbalizing in bed. Taking it a step further and giving commands only heightens the tawdry talk experience. But make sure you like it, too. Whatever talking you do in bed should turn you on as much as it does him.

Vocally yours, mm

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Leaving the Olde North Ender Easter evening, girl speaking frou and doing icecore parkour up North St. I am so happy you are staying here through the summer and am looking forward to all the fun times we will have! Love you! When: Sunday, March 23, 2008. Where: North St.. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903509 naked company Okay, you saw me getting out of the tanning bed, damn door!! Join me at Bolton Falls this summer??? It’s Sheri, right? Let’s throw our thongs away!! When: Friday, March 21, 2008. Where: Body le Bronze. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903508 I DO LOVE YOU..... Since the first moment I met you, but you are a taken man, thus my distance. It is a daily struggle. I love you so much, but I do not want to tear up lives because of it. When: Friday, March 28, 2008. Where: work. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903505 Chasidy From Yankee Lanes You caught my eye, pretty girl, with your blonde ponytail, black v-neck shirt and tight jeans. I don’t know who the fools are you were with, but I think you should come find me, girlie! If anyone knows this girl, please tell her that er lady is looking for her :) When: Saturday, March 29, 2008. Where: Yankee Lanes. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903504 The Hills are Alive You are sweeter than that sap you’re boiling in the hills, baby...let me hear that sexy growl of your deep voice soon! You’ve got it goin’ on up there in the woods, and I am grateful for the chance to get to know you...thanks for the dancing, the romancing, and the exquisite meals you’ve served me! When: Sunday, March 23, 2008. Where: Church St., Maple St., Northfield, Higher Ground. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903503 waba? Talented writer and tennis player spied. Eating pepperoncinis and Girl Scout cookies. Avid Red Sox fan and of lists of top ten. Perhaps the weather is warm, but I hear the company is cold. When: Friday, March 28, 2008. Where: in spandex on the treadmill. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903501 Red jacket crossing Main I’ve seen you in a few places over the past few months...RiRas for Trivia night in January (you were sitting eating with a friend), walking a beautiful yellow lab in the South End, today waiting to cross the street at Church and Main. I think maybe you’ve seen me too...? A drink sometime? When: Friday, March 28, 2008. Where: Crossing Main at Church St. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903500 I think I just did.... The plaid I saw you wearing for much of last week was full of ignatious energy. I can’t resist a Patagonia plaid combo - Maybe I can borrow it sometime? They have rejected me before, I’m hoping not this time... I think I might end up liking you, even more than I imagined. When: Friday, March 28, 2008. Where: the pride land. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903499 vickie, vickie, vickie I was pleased when you returned my call! I was in total AWE when we met, your way, your beauty, and after the kiss WOW! I havent heard from you!!! I know you’re very busy and the miles between Middlebury and you are a bit, but wanted you to know you are a Very Special Lady. When: Thursday, March 20, 2008. Where: Burlington, Vermont. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903498 Best roommate ever! You like boil-in-a-bag rice and do old lady workout videos in the living room. I may not be the cleanest person, but I make a damn good pot of coffee. It has been really great living with you and I’m going to miss you so much come June. When: Thursday, March 27, 2008. Where: our house. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903496 Stuffed Animals You: Large & Incharge Cashier @ Healthy Living. Me: Binkey the Bunny When: Always. I heard you had a thing for plush... that makes me blush... let’s get together & give our teddies some heady...that will be a rush! When: Thursday, March 27, 2008. Where: Healthy Living. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903495

hugless sad chicken Wearing your attractive hose and skirt, we hugged you. But only because we love you. Not going anywhere, just want to show affection for you. Don’t be scared and peck at us, we want you to feel welcome in the coop and show our appreciation for your efforts in the pecking order. When: Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Where: at work. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903494 Cute Guy with Penske Truck You were pushing a trolley in and out of Dick’s around 2pm. You had a b-e-autiful smile, dark hair, and glasses. I was wearing a blue sweater, jeans, glasses with short-brown hair. All i could say to you as I passed was “hi.” Coffee or lunch sometime? (I swear I never do this sort of thing but had to try.) When: Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Where: Dick’s Sporting Goods. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903493 SUPER SEXY SOUP LADY... You made my day warmer and brighter every time you happened to be working. Sadly, I have not seen you there in a long time. (Since Dec.) I thought I saw you the other day at Hannafords in Williston? Where have you gone? I miss your soup and sexy smile. The soup has not been the same since you left. When: Sunday, March 23, 2008. Where: Belle’s Cafe / Hannafords. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903491 Thomas Chittenden health Center I couldn’t help but notice your every move and acknowledged it with a smile. I jokingly said I’d be “going in next” to break the ice. I should have been braver and asked you out. Me: reading Popular Science, you: beautiful blonde. Be Brave. When: Monday, March 24, 2008. Where: doctor’s office. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903490 Brown-eyed beauty We talked for a short time at your son’s meet Sat. I wished it could have been longer. Maybe we can get together and get to know each other? When: Saturday, March 22, 2008. Where: Barre. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903489 Lovely singer at EAC I sat next to you at church on 3/16. I told you that you had a lovely singing voice. Then as fate would have it, you were at the Lincoln Inn on Thurs. Would love to see you again. When: Sunday, March 16, 2008. Where: Essex Alliance Church. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903488 spied your sevendays ad n myspace profile But I was too shy to send you a direct msg. The “join grp” request was just a feeble attempt to make contact with you, however we used to live in the same building, so it wasn’t completely unjustified. When: Monday, March 24, 2008. Where: online. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903487 Freshair4U, aka J. Swan Didn’t ya know I am single now? Remember when I asked you out, a little last minute, to go see music? Give me a call if you want to hang out. I didn’t hear back from you when I called about the birthday swimming party, so I thought you were mad or seeing someone. You’ve got my number, Jolly Roger! When: Sunday, March 23, 2008. Where: Two2Tango (you’re in Montpelier though). You: Man. Me: Woman. u #903486 me spy mongo Mongo make me lose IQ points till nothing left... Mongo sing me song, make me pretty, make me cry. Pull mongo’s ear and grunt silly things, make laugh till snort, but really it just gas. Boundaries, shmoundaries. Love Mongo. Why’dya haff ta be so cute??? When: Monday, March 24, 2008. Where: When Harry Met Sally. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903485 Pitstop at Maplefield’s in Stowe Super sunny Saturday in Stowe...You— white van, roof rack, all smiles! Me—XC ski gear and “heidi hairdo” spilling out of my ski cap. Your contagious energy was just the fuel I needed to play local tour guide to visiting New Yorker friends on vacation. Care to have a proper meeting? When: Saturday, March 22, 2008. Where: Stowe Maplefield’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903484

Town & Country Delivery Guy About a month ago, you sat in your truck at my place for over an hour waiting for me (sorry again). You said that you had never been “spied” and neither have I, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Hope this makes your day! If you can figure out who I am, come find me again in Stowe... When: Thursday, February 28, 2008. Where: Stowe. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903482 Jen, Price Chopper, Shelburne Rd. Hello Jen. Thank you so much for your help with the vitamin water and getting my brother’s credit card figured out. Are you single? I would love to get to know you better. Interested in going to dinner? When: Sunday, March 23, 2008. Where: Price Chopper, Shelburne Rd. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903481 Brett the Jet HAPPPPPPPPY BIRTHDAAYYYY! I already told you I’m I Spying you because I don’t have a filter - oops. Anyway, I hope you have a wonderful day because you deserve it. Things are looking up, I swear, and school is almost done - ahhh!!! (exclamation, exclamation, exclamation.) So live it up and try not to be a negative nancy. Happy, happy birthday, my friend. When: Friday, March 28, 2008. Where: the North Pole? Hyde Street?. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903480 Stowe Hottie at the Backyard Brown-eyed, cute brunette wearing a tight skirt and fur boots, hangin’ with two friends: We made eye contact in the mirror twice. As your friends left, you offered me your pint of Bud. I laughed and said I don’t drink beer you can see through. You said I was your kind of guy, then vanished. Well? What’s up, hon? When: Sunday, March 23, 2008. Where: Backyard Tavern in Stowe, 1:40 a.m. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903479 my mystery man You frequent Uncommon Grounds but I’ve seen you around at 3 Needs and elsewhere. We shared a table a few weeks ago (think: New York Times sports section) at UG, but you left before I could say more. Maybe finish our political debate over drinks or dinner sometime? I’ll even cook for you, chef! You remember me, right? When: Friday, March 14, 2008. Where: Uncommon Grounds. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903478 Katie, CHT homebuyer’s workshop, Mar. 22 Katie, the workshop was good and it prepared me to buy a home, but all the distracting eye contact with you prepared me more to buy you a martini or a cup of chai. Would have liked to ask you but thought your pop might not have approved. Do you? If so, it would be my pleasure. ;-) Cheers. -J. When: Saturday, March 22, 2008. Where: CHT homebuyer’s workshop. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #903474 High Priestess conjurs Tsunami Now that my toes have braced the thrilling chill of your rushing waters, they’ve found a will of their own. We’re long overdue for that religious experience, and these are the Holy Days. -XX. When: Monday, March 17, 2008. Where: my subconscious. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903471 Dear M You were spied in the women’s clothing department at Sears. I was the one trying on the tight, light green shirt. I saw the way you looked at me. Your beauty seared my eyes and my heart! Your look made my boat girl start rowing. Will you be my fashion consultant? Got wood? Happy Easter! 4 2 ATOYS. -A. When: Thursday, March 13, 2008. Where: Sears Women’s Clothing Department. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903470 donatella dixon III I saw you tonight and couldn’t help but wonder if you still read these things. I sometimes still think of spitting off bridges and the degree to which we once resembled ghost world. I’ve come to the conclusion that, for most of my life, I was a total toolbag, so let me know if you’re into awkward conversations. xo. -Tamarind Nefertiti. When: Friday, March 21, 2008. Where: big K. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903464 busy boutilier’s girl I saw you a couple days ago. The stress of life’s current confinements was ever so evident in the enticing stare of your brown eyes. It affected your organizational skills. I’m leaving soon; I only wish you’d realize what harmonic balance we’d discover within each other. Please find me, for you bring me colors in this town of gray. When: Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Where: Boutilier’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903463

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HOTTIE HIGHTOPS You were walking out of Muddy Waters as I was sitting down by the window on Wednesday morning. You were sitting in one of the comfy chairs before you left. I like your steez. Hightops and blue plaid jackets are my favorite. I was wearing a navy blue coat. Interested in grabbing a coffee or drink sometime? When: Thursday, March 20, 2008. Where: Muddy’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903460 YOU COVERED FOR ME TUESDAY I see you every now and again; you work next door. You assume I’m totally gay, I assume you’re with someone. Too bad I’m too socially awkward to actually say anything, nor do I really know how one should act when crushing on a co-worker. I miss our early mornings on the couch making fun of the news. When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Where: the living room. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903459 HORNY MARGARITA’S You were the sexy, witty, handsome man with the hypnotizing grin sitting on the stool next to me at Mexicali’s bar. We could always try pina coladas next time and try to getting caught in the rain. Whaddya say? When: Sunday, March 16, 2008. Where: Mexicali. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903458 LOVIN’ IN THE WILD I hear about the lady cat out on the prowl for fun. She takes prey while I hibernate and tend the lair. I love the way you roll and want to hear the dirty details. When: Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Where: everywhere. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903456 RE: WILLISTON WORKPLACE My name is Joe and I am an electrician. I don’t work for Robert’s but I did work in a Williston workplace. I am not sure you’re talking about me. Can you give me more info about our meeting? If it is me, don’t you already owe me a coffee? When: Thursday, February 28, 2008. Where: Williston workplace. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903455

BLUE-EYED BEAUTY AT BIRCHWOOD I’m going to have to get you a special NASA suit just to get through a day there. Sorry to hear about your close encounter of the #2 kind. And thank you for the laugh the other night. It was a nice change. Your former Christine Ct. roommate (ha ha!). Keep workin’ on you babe. When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Where: Birchwood Nursing Home. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903454 MOHAWK AT CHAMPLAIN (TUESDAYS/ FRIDAYS) You’re too cute, I love our conversations. I enjoy the fact that I have no idea if you know my name since you call me “lady.” You = wordsmith, I = number queen. This is why I haven’t been able to untie my tongue long enough to ask you out. We should get together. Tea, juice, water? NO COFFEE! When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Where: Champlain College, Spring 2008, in class. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903453 EARLY MORNING VISIONS It’s been months, but I still look up Church Street in the morning hoping to glimpse you. Like the mythical goddess of the hunt, your elusive morning presence startled me with your image of peace, grace and mature beauty. I was pleased, those months ago, when you introduced yourself on the street corner. I would like to see you again. When: Thursday, September 13, 2007. Where: corner of Church and Cherry. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903451 I SPY BOO-JENN ...not looking very happy. I miss the good times we’ve had, but I guess the laws of physics don’t allow two redheads to occupy the same space for too long. I’ll always love you, though. I have found my soulmate, and life is the happiest it’s ever been. PLEASE take care of yourself. You’re a beautiful woman. When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Where: Shaw’s. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903450

MAY HAVE MISSED OUT I winked at you on Match in September 2007. We emailed. You never told me your name. Looking for you now. You were form Monkton. Single dad, two kids, contractor in communications. You liked to bake bread. I think I missed out on a great opportunity. Please contact me. You were worth $1.39 at the Monkton general store. Remorseful, mother of twins. When: Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Where: online. You: Man. Me: Woman. u #903449

JOSSIE AT VIVA ESPRESSO Jossie, we met before the Vermont primary in Viva. You’re a Franklin County teacher moonlighting for Obama. Saw you at Viva today, would have said ‘Hey’ but you left without coffee. Your eyes sparkle, your smile’s great and you have a good head on your shoulders to support those features. Want to get coffee sometime? I know the best shop around. When: Monday, March 17, 2008. Where: Viva Espresso. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #903442

FIELD OF DREAM TOO I care about you but you never saw it. I hope we can come together again as friends. I am glad your life is going well but I still worry about you and think of you. I hope to hear from you. -Florida. When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Where: Williston. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903447

THE MONKEY, PERFECT SOLDER JOINT We talked about making jewelry and n64. I felt there was a good connection there but never asked if you would like to have dinner or lunch sometime. When: Saturday, March 15, 2008. Where: The Monkey. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903438

DDC HOTNESS I couldn’t help but notice the arsenal you carry around. Your gun show really stops me in my tracks. Maybe I could get a ticket for a private showing. ;-) When: Thursday, March 13, 2008. Where: hanging out. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903445 GOODBYE TO FUN ~ D Good times at the cottage, my turf, your place, Roques, Lincoln Inn, Half Lounge, Red Square, too many to mention. Thanks for always taking care of me. -Sweet M. When: Monday, March 17, 2008. Where: everywhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903444 WOMAN AND HER DOG You and your sweet dog were walking towards Cherry St. when you asked me directions to Outdoor Gear. When you thanked me, my mind went blank. Wish I could have thought of something to say besides “You’re welcome.” Need any other directions? Maybe I can be a bit more creative next time. When: Saturday, March 15, 2008. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #903443

MYSTERY WOMEN ON I SPY Yes, your dog is cute, and yes, that is a beautiful sunset, but we’re looking at your profile to see you! Take a chance and put up a pic of yourself. We (the lookers) will be thankful. When: Sunday, March 16, 2008. Where: the personals (but not really). You: Woman. Me: Man. #903437 BEAUTIFUL BLOND, MUDDY WATERS You: wearing the green and rockin’ the NY plates. Tea pot and rest for a spell, 5 to 6. Me: with my head up my ass. When: Saturday, March 15, 2008. Where: Muddy Waters. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903436 I’M OK, YOU’RE OK I was lost on Lake St. and you pointed me in the right direction. Thanks. I’ve reason to believe you’re crazy. You’ve reason to believe I’m crazy. I’ve no reason to be posting this and you’ve probably no reason to respond. I’m OK. You OK? When: Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Where: Lake St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903435

WELCOME HOME Walking up Mt. Philo has never been so much fun. I’m so lucky that our paths crossed and I miss you when you’re gone. You are incredible, full of surprises and such a cutie in your glasses driving at night. I can’t wait to explore the world with you and to give you the last piece of sushi. When: Saturday, March 15, 2008. Where: everywhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903434 VALERIE’S COOKIN’ UP A SMILE! You make work a “funner” place to be, and you definitely rock the Round. :-) Coffee sometime? No expectations, all possibilities. And, oh, by the way - “PLAAAAAATES!” When: Friday, March 14, 2008. Where: Ground Round kitchen. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #903433 WE’VE MET TWICE Lovely S, even while dealing with your keys locked in your car, you have the warmest smile. Not sure of the exact date, but I sure remember your greeting. If only I could find out your phone number! Would you join me for coffee? Tea? Wine? When: Friday, February 15, 2008. Where: Shelburne Citgo. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903431 DEVOID OF STELLA you’re quirky and funny and caring and wise as quick with your wit as you are with ispys the office without you is boring and bland in a way that i know only you understand. When: Friday, March 14, 2008. Where: at a bar drinking $2 drafts. You: Man. Me: Woman. #903430 LORAL THE GUITARIST We met on Church St. in February. I tossed $5 in your case before you started playing. I enjoyed our little chat. I hope we can continue it sometime. When: Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Where: Church St. You: Woman. Me: Man. #903429

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Habibi, www.geocities.com/habibi.bellydance. Learn to appreciate the dance form commonly known as “belly dance” or “Middle Eastern dance.” Through music and dance, travel across the globe and have fun with it. Learn from two enthusiastic teachers who have years of dance experience. Beginner and intermediate students are welcome! Dance Studio Salsalina: Cost: $12/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802598-1077, info@salsalina.com. Salsa classes Nightclub-style oneon-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

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Art for Women in Transition: Apr. 24 - May 8. Cost: $100/2.5hour class. Meets 4 times. Location: North End Studios, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Soul Expressions, Jennie Kristel, 802-860-6203. For women experiencing transitions from/related to relationships or jobs. Participants work with art materials to explore issues related to transitions. The artistic process (painting, drawing, clay, collage) with journaling is used as a way to listen to the deeper intuitive self and support personal understanding. No art experience necessary.

Soul Collage and Writing: Apr. 12, 9-5 a.m. Cost: $85/8-hr. class (incl. food & materials). Location: Howard Space Center, 12 Howard Street, Burlington. Info: Women Writing for (a) Change ~ Vermont, Sarah Bartlett, 802-8993772, sarah@womenwritingvt. com, www.womenwritingvt.com. Surrender to Spring! Spend a relaxing day exploring what is unfolding in you at this time in your life, at this season, through imagery and writing. Time for reflection, sharing, laughter, connection. All are welcome. No prior experience necessary, just openness and enthusiasm for discovery. Must like dark chocolate!

business INTUITIVE INVESTING: May 3-4, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost: $150/incl. course materials, lunches & snacks. Location: TBD, call for location. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. Most people live life, and invest their money, using half their brainpower. Bring at least 6 specific questions about which you want guidance to this weekend workshop that teaches you reliable techniques to harness the timeless wisdom of your intuitive mind. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher, author and intuitive investor.

craft Make it Take it Classes: Location: 57 Pumpkin Harbor Rd., Cambridge. Info: Martha Kinney, 802-644-2422. Classes in wall stenciling, polymer clay, beading, theorems, glass etching and cut/ pierce lampshades. Two-day classes on painted floorcloths or primitive landscapes. Six-week classes in beginner/intermediate tole painting.

dance Afro-Caribbean Dance: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Montpelier. Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m., Burlington. Cost: $11/class. Location: Capitol City Grange, Montpelier; Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. Info: Carla Kevorkian, 802-985-3665. Dance to the rhythms of Cuban and Haitian music. Live drumming led by Stuart Paton. Monthly master classes with visiting instructors. Beginners welcome! Ballroom Dancing: Mondays and Thursdays in Burlington, Tuesday and Sunday in Shelburne. Cost: $50/4 weeks (per person). Location: The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley Street; Shelburne Town Hall, 5420 Shelburne Road, Burlington and Shelburne. Info: First Step Dance, Kevin Laddison, 802598-6757, www.FirstStepDance. com. Level I classes for beginners, Level II and above for experienced dancers. We host dances (with lessons) on the second and fourth Friday of each month. No experience is necessary, just an interest in learning to dance. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Belly Dancing: Cost: $12/1hour class. Location: Private Dance Studio, Burlington. Info:

drumming Burlington Taiko Classes: Cost: $53/Adult Beginner Class. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-658-0658, class es@burlingtontaiko.org, www. burlingtontaiko.com. Beginning classes Tuesdays - Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m. $40/5-weeks. Adults 5:305:20 p.m. $53/6-weeks. Sessions begin 3/31, 5/13, 6/24, 9/9. Gift certificates are available! For a full schedule of classes or more info go online or email. Richmond Taiko Classes: Classes meet Thursday evenings. Cost: $5. Location: Richmond Free Library Community Room, Downtown Richmond. Info: 802-4342624, classes@burlingtontaiko. org. Paid pre-registration is due 1week before the session start dates and there is a 10-person minimum for each class. Pre-registrants will receive $5 off their session fee (the first price shown below). Gift certificates are available! For a full schedule of classes or more info go to website. Kids Class (Beginners) 6:00-6:50 p.m. $45/$50/5-weeks. Adult Class (Beginners) 7:00-7:50 p.m. $41/$46/6-weeks. Sessions begin 4/3, 5/15, 6/26, 9/11.

Info: Soul Expressions, Jen Kristel, 802-860-6203. It is spring, a time of renewal. Come find renewal within our own stories. Participants will be able to share personal stories, dreams and memories and find connection and strength through healing theatre methods, journaling and drawing. We will explore our own stories in a safe, fun and meaningful manner.

Info: University of Vermont, 802656-2085, learn.uvm.edu/vtrim/ fitness. Dedicate yourself to developing a fitness plan for life! Learn from UVM’s world-class instructors, Dr. Declan Connolly and Jean Harvey Berino, PhD. Amenities include massage, hotel accommodations and delicious meals.

tools to cope with your stress? These questions and more will be answered. Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of stress busting. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one. Light refreshments served.

Self-Esteem / Empowerment: Apr. 3, 6:30-8 p.m., weekly on Thursday. Cost: $95/5 sessions. Location: River Stories Life and Career Coach Office, Colchester, specific directions available to participants. Please pre-register. Info: River Stories Life and Career Coach, Melissa Lang, 802-3731049, meltesl@yahoo.com. Do you wish you had that old feeling back of being on top of the world? Are you feeling low energy? This workshop, led by a Life and Career Coach, is designed to help participants celebrate their individual strengths and reframe their selfdefeating thoughts! Through group discussion, reflection, journaling, and using new tools, participants can expect to feel more empowered and confident about themselves. Learn how to clarify and set goals, and move toward a better life within a supportive, encouraging, teaching environment. “If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living.” (Gail Sheehy)

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HONORING HERBAL TRADITION 2008: 1 Saturday/month for 8 months, Apr. - Nov., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost: $850/8 sessions. Location: Horsetail Herbs, 134 Manley Rd., Milton. Info: Horsetail Herbs, Kelley Robie, 802-893-0521, HTHerbs@together.net, Horsetailherbs.org. Eight-month Herbal Apprenticeship program, April to November, held on a horse farm! We will cover: herbal therapies, nutritional support, diet, detox, body systems, medicine-making, plant identification, tea-tasting, wild-food cooking, field trip, iridology, women’s, children’s, men’s and animal health. Textbook & United Plant Saver membership included!

family Adoption Workshop: Apr. 9, 6-8 p.m. 2-hour workshop. Location: Casey Family Services, 46 Main St., Winooski. Info: Vermont Children’s Aid Society, Connie, 802-655-0006, VTCAS.org. VCAS invites you to a program from China, Korea, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, Columbia and Peru presented by the staff of Children’s Home Society and Family Services of St. Paul, MN.

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Waterbury Summer Drumming Camp: Mon.-Fri., June 2327, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Classes will meet for 1-hour each. Start times vary depending on age. Location: Thatcher Brook Primary School music room, Waterbury. Info: 802-658-0658, taikobug@yahoo. com, www.burlingtontaiko.com. Start your summer off with a bang! Taiko (Japanese drumming) and djembe (West African drumming) camp for kids entering 1st grade and up, and adults of any age! Kids Taiko $50. Kids djembe $60. Adult Taiko $65. Adult djembe $75. Gift certificates available!

Landscape Essentials in Oils: Apr. 9 - May 28, 1-4 p.m., weekly on Wednesdays, 8-week class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 54 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www.shelburneartcenter.org. Get ready for painting outdoors by creating your own unique visions from photographs. Students will learn the principle of layered colors to suggest atmospheric perspective, as well as study the textural aspects of water, grass and foliage. Members $250, nonmembers $280. See all fine art classes and workshops online.

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Sacred Stories, Sacred theatre: Apr. 21 - May. 12. Cost: $100/2-hour class. Meets 4 times. Location: North End Studios, 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Women’s Fitness Program: Class runs July 13 - July 18. Cost: $1485/program + optional housing. Location: University of Vermont, UVM Campus, Burlington.

Becoming a Splendid Bridge: Apr. 24 - May 15, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $120/2-hour class. Location: Office of Michael Watson, 130 Church Street, Burlington. Info: Michael Watson, 802-860-6203. The elders say that being “different” often allows one to become a bridge over challenging times, guiding others into a better future. In this 4-week class participants will use creative journaling, ritual and guided imagination to explore the hidden potential of difference. HEALING THE HUMAN ENERGY FIELD: 8 weeks, Tuesdays, AprilJune, 6:30 p.m. Cost: $30/class. Location: Lightheart Sanctuary, New Haven. Info: Maureen Short, 802-453-4433, maureen@ lightheart.net, www.lightheart. net. Taught by experienced healer for beginning and intermediate students. Explore learning how to bring healing and balance to the body, mind, spirit. Help for the Journey: Apr. 21 - May 12, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $120/4 2hour classes. Location: downtown office, 130 Church St., Burlington. Info: Michael Watson, 802-8606203. Storytelling, ritual and creative expression are fundamental tools of traditional healing. In this four-week class, participants will work with teachers to awaken the healer within themselves and one another. Leader: Michael Watson, MA, PhD, whose work arises from the healing traditions of his NativeAmerican and European heritage. Priestess of Gaia Training: Jun. 18 - Mar. 18, weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $30/3-hour class. Location: Dreamland, 233 Downs Rd., Worcester. Info: Essential Nature, Fearn Lickfield, 802-505-8011. Join us to remember the Divine Feminine in ourselves. Align deeply to nature’s rhythms and cycles. Strengthen the power of yin. Learn tools to become divine agents of healing and transformation for the earth. Empower each other to become goddesses incarnate, creating beauty, power and connection with life!

health Stress Busters: Sat., April 12, 2:30-4 p.m. & Sat., April 26, 12:30 p.m. Stay tuned for a new workshop on Sat., May 10, 1-2:30 p.m. Cost: $5/1.5-hour workshop. Location: RiverSide Chiropractic, 136 Main St. (red brick carriage house behind 138 Main St.), Montpelier. Info: RiverSide Chiropractic, Jae Ehrich, 802-262-6097, JaeEhrich@gmail.com, www.RiverSideChiropracticVT.com. Did you ever wonder why stress makes us sick? Ever wish that you had more

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MEHENDI with Alison James: Apr. 6, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $25/2-hr. hands-on workshop. Location: Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 West Canal St., Winooski. Info: Purple Shutter Herbs, 802-865-4372, www. purpleshutter.com. In this handson class we’ll learn about brewing the tea, adding a mordant to bring out the color, sifting the henna, mixing in oils & design. Class participants will go home with a mehendi kit. Everyone who wishes will also leave with a henna design by Alison. Children welcome! Spring Tonics: Apr. 8, 6:308:30 p.m. Cost: $10/2-hour class. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Core Facility, 250 Main St., Suite 302, Montpelier. Info: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 802224-7100, info@vtherbcenter. org, www.vtherbcenter.org. Led by Betzy Bancroft. Before we had refrigeration, people lived primarily on stored food in the winter and revitalized themselves in spring with fresh wild and cultivated green plants. We’ll discuss herbs for the liver, kidneys and lymphatic systems. Students must pre-register. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Currently accepting applications for Wisdom of the Herbs 2008, Eight-Month Certification Program beginning mid-April and running through November. Cost: $1750. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, South Woodbury. Info: Annie McCleary, Director, 802-456-8122, annie@wisdomofthe herbsschool.com, www. Wisdom OfTheHerbsSchool.com. Learn local plants as edibles and medicinals, plant spirit communion, home remedies, and fire making with bow drill. Spring Wildflower Herb Walk, Tuesday, April 29, 5:30 to 7 p.m. $15. Wild Edible Feast Workshop, Saturday, May 10, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $80. Pre-registration requested. $10 non-refundable deposit holds your place.

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Chandelier Earring Making: Apr. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $30/2-hour class. Location: Spirit Dancer/Star Root, 125 So. Winooske Ave, Burlington. Info: Spirit Dancer/Star Root, Christa Giddinge, 802-660-8060. Learn basic techniques to create multi-strand chandelier and gypsy earrings. Join us as we continue to explore the art of intentional beading using crystals, stones, shells and beads made from natural materials to artfully express that which we desire to bring into our lives. Cost includes some supplies. Please preregister.

Parlez-vous francais?: Location: At your home or scheduled meeting place, Mad River Valley, Stowe, Montpelier. Info: 802-4966669. Communication and vocabulary enrichment, some grammar review. Fun and useful. Taught by Yves Compere, French native.

INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION: Apr. 6-27, 2-4 p.m., weekly on Sunday. Cost: $60. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. Get a basic orientation to an essential practice of the spiritual journey; learn over a dozen techniques in this workshop that is more experiential than intellectual. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author.

Decorative Painting/Plastering: Next 2-day workshop, April 6 (Sunday) and 7 (Monday), 9 am- 3 pm, or CREATE YOUR OWN DAYS AND TIMES. Cost: $450/includes all materials, 2-day class. Location: Village Faux Finishes, 188 South Main Street, White River Junction, VT. Info: Village Faux Finishes, Deb Caulo, 802-2336620, dcaulovt@comcast.net. Learn the art decorative painting and plastering using various mediums and tools. This class is suitable for anyone (architects, designers, contractors, homeowners) who wants to understand the process of decorative paint & plaster finishes, whether it’s for your own personal enjoyment or for your business. Hands-on.

Wheel-Throwing I: Apr. 14 - May 26, 6-8:30 p.m., weekly on Monday. Cost: $210/non-BCA members, $189/BCA members. Clay sold separately at $18/25 lb. bag. Glazes and firings included. Location: Firehouse Center & BCA Print & Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.com. This seven-week class is an introduction to clay, pottery and the ceramics studio. Work primarily on the potter’s wheel learning basic techniques. Projects may include vases, mugs, and bowls. Also experience various finishing techniques using slips and glazes. Register online. (CLASS CODE: 811510-2)

Soft Stone Carving: Apr. 10 - Jun. 12, 6-9 p.m., weekly on Thursdays. 10-week class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, w w w.shel bur near tcent er.org. Learn to carve a beautiful sculpture of your own design, or continue developing your sculpting skills with professional advice. Participants will work in soft stone and learn how to use a variety of sculpting tools. Members $280, nonmembers $310, materials $35. See complete listing of Art Center classes online.

Fused-Glass Jewelry: Apr. 8 May 20, 6-9 p.m., weekly on Tuesdays. Cost: $220/6-week class (no class Apr. 22). Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www.shel burneartcenter.org. Create beautiful jewelry with the rich colors of glass. Students will create earrings and neckpieces before exploring their own designs. Learn skills such as cutting glass, grinding edges, applying metallic powders and layering for fusing. Members $200, nonmembers $220, materials $30. More metal arts classes online at www.shelburneartcenter.org. Intermediate Jewelry: Apr. 15 - May 20, 6-8:30 p.m., weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $125/non-BCA members, $112/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802865-7166, burlingtoncityarts. com. This six-week class is for students who have some basic experience with jewelry making and wish to learn new skills. Learn a new technique each class, such as bezel making, stone setting, soldering multiple joints and more! Register online. (CLASS CODE: 811530-1)

kids Mask-Making with Clay (8-10): Apr. 14 - May 12, 3-5 p.m., weekly on Monday. Cost: $55/4-week class (no class Apr. 21). Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www.shel burneartcenter.org. Kids, ages 8-10, will learn about the significance of masks in different cultures and will develop their own mask designs and create them in clay. Acquire basic skills and a variety of techniques in working with clay slabs, carving and attaching decorations. More kids and teen classes online at www.shelbur neartcenter.org. Music Together: Free Demos: Middlebury, Apr. 4 & 5, 10 a.m. Vergennes, Apr. 2, 9 a.m. Bristol, Apr. 7, 10:30 a.m. Brandon, Apr. 9, 1 p.m. Lincoln, Apr. 11, 10:20 a.m. Semester of 10 classes starting Apr. 12. Middlebury, Hungry Mind Cafe. Class meets at 10 a.m. on Sat., Mon. & Fri. Vergennes, Copper Crane. Class meets at 9 a.m. on Wed. Bristol, First Baptist Church. Class meets at 10 a.m. on Thurs. Location: Multiple locations throughout Vermont, visit website for exact locations and to register for free demos. Info: Michael and Anne Bright, 802758-6880, cvmusictogether@ gmail.com, www.music together. com. Music Together is an internationally recognized program for children ages newborn to 4 years and their caregivers. It pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum emphasizing adult involvement. Developed at Princeton University as a collaboration between the Music Education and Childhood Development Departments, it also promotes language acquisition.

Cost: Spanish classes: $130/1.15 hour class Location: Spanish classes, 1609 Lincoln Gap Rd., Williston. Info: Constancia Gomez, 802-917-1776, www.123spanishnow.com. Spanish for Beginners. 9 full weeks, Thursdays, 6:05-7:15 p.m. Starts April 3. The class is taught in English and Spanish by Constancia, a native of Argentina. Materials and a book will be supplied, and working at home will move participants towards their goals faster.

martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Open house and demonstration Saturday, May 31 at 11 a.m. Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington. Info: 802-951-8900, aikidovt. org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements, and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome. Gift certificates are available. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 5thdegree black belt and Vermont’s only fully certified (shidoin) Aikido instructor. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CTR: Introductory Class. Location: One minute off I-89 at Exit 17, Colchester. Info: 802-8938893. Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Monday-Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Road, Williston. Info: 802-6604072, www.bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial-arts system; it enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardio-respiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense classes, Boxing, Muay-Thai Kickboxing and MMA for all levels. Head Instructor is 5-Time Brazilian Champion - Rio de Janeiro, certified 6th Degree Black Belt under Carlson Gracie. Classes for men, women and children. First class is free.

massage Thai Yoga Bodywork Intro Class: Sat., Apr. 12 in Waterbury. Register at www.bodhiwellnessstudio.com or 802-244-8722. Also Sat., May 3rd in Burlington. Register at touchstonehealin garts.com or 802-658-7715. Cost: $75. Location: Bodhi Wellness Studio, Waterbury, Touchstone Healing Arts, So. Burlington. Info: Learn a series of simple and effective massage and stretching techniques to increase flexibility and ease. Whether you are considering professional training or would like to bring bodywork home to family and friends, come enjoy a relaxing and rejuvenating day. Individuals and pairs welcome. Wear comfortable clothing.

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

metal/stained glass Metal Arts: Apr. 10 - Jun. 12, 6:30-9:30 p.m., weekly on Thursdays. 10-week class. Location: Shelburne Art Center, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Shelburne Art Center, 802-985-3648, www. shelburneartcenter.org. Students will focus on the acquisition of jewelry skills and techniques, while learning the art of fine craftsmanship. Complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable piece of jewelry. All skill abilities are welcome. Members $300, nonmembers $330, materials $35. All metal classes at www.shel burneartcenter.org.

movement Improvisation & Creativity: Apr. 26, 1-5 p.m. Cost: $45/4-hr. class. Location: Shelburne Town Hall, 5420 Shelburne Road, Shelburne. Info: Burlington Shambhala Center, Andrea Lawrence, 802-8785841, www.burlingtonshambhal actr.org. Whether beginner or longtime movement practitioner–this workshop is designed to develop & encourage your ability to listen to, recognize & deepen your potential & skill in the art of movement & sound improvisation. Guided exercises, open dialog & an atmosphere of joy & fearlessness will bring you “home” into your body, breath & voice–a state of presence from which anything can happen. Taught by Vicki Tansey.

nature Wilderness Survival Skills: Location: ROOTS School (Reclaiming Our Origins through Traditional Skills), East Calais. Info: ROOTS School, Brad Salon, 802-4561253, Info@RootsVT.com, RootsVT.com. Women’s Fire Class, Apr. 6 & 13. $150; Fire by Friction, Apr. 26-27. $150; Flint Knapping I, May 10-11, $150; Bow Building, May 2326, $450; Primitive Weapons, June 14-15, $150; Tracking and Awareness, July 10-11, $150; Advanced Tracking and Awareness Overnight, July 12-13, $175.

photography Intro to 35mm Film/Digital SLR: Apr. 9 - May 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m., weekly on Wednesdays. Cost: $135/non-BCA members, $121.50/BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.com. Explore the basic workings of the manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera to achieve the photographs you envision. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds and film exposure, learn the basics of composition, lens choices and film types and learn how to present your work. Register online. (CLASS CODE: 811210-2)

pilates 123 Pilates Studio: Location: 123 Pilates Studio, 49 Heineberg Dr., Colchester. Info: 123 Pilates, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, lucille@123pilates.com, 123Pi lates.com. Exercise your brain, heart and whole body. Join Ballet Conditioning, Integrative Movement and Pilates classes, or combine all three in the 123:Studio class to enliven core strength, coordination, memory function and creativity. Experience the difference of more than 20 years’ teaching experience. Small classes, private sessions, professional instruction and fun! ABSOLUTE PILATES: New! Zumpilates - A Pilates and areobic Latin dance mix. Plus ongoing Pilates mat classes. Location: Espire, 12 Gregory Drive, Suite One, South Burlington. Info: 802-310-2614, www.absolutepilatesvt.com. Tone, stretch, strengthen and shape up for summer with certified classical Pilates instructor Lynne Martens. Sculpt a great new body in group mat classes or private lessons on reformer, Wunda chair and tower unit in an attractive welcoming locale. Visit our website for pricing, class times and specials. Pilates Space: Call for current pricing. Location: Pilates Space, 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802863-9900, www.pilatesspace.net. Come experience our expert teachers, beautiful, light-filled studio, and welcoming atmosphere. We offer Pilates, Anusara-inspired Yoga, Physical Therapy and Gyrotonic to people of all ages and levels of fitness. Free intro to Pilates: Saturdays, 10:30 a.m., or call to arrange a time to fit your schedule. Pilates Method Alliance Member.

Wheel-Throwing II: Apr. 10 - May 22, 7-9:30 p.m., weekly on Thursday. Cost: $210/non-BCA members, $189/BCA members. Clay sold separately at $18/25 lb. bag. Location: Firehouse Center & BCA Print & Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 802-8657166, burlingtoncityarts.com. In this mixed-level class for advanced beginners and intermediate potters, learn individualized tips and challenges for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover advanced throwing, trimming, and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Register online. Prerequisite: Basic wheel experience. (CLASS CODE: 811511-2)

reflexology 200-hour Certification Course: Intro class Saturday & Sunday, Apr. 26 & 27, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost: $1375/full class; $250/ intro class. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset St., South Burlington. Info: Touchstone Healing Arts Massage & Bodywork Education, 802-658-7715, info@ touchstonehealingarts.com, www. touchstonehealingarts.com. Come to this lively and informative introduction to the art of Reflexology. You may well want to commit to the entire training but it’s not necessary. You will leave with some great reflexology treatment skills and a wealth of knowledge about this effective modality.

reiki Reiki Class - Level I: May 18, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Cost: $150/6hr. class. Location: Shelburne Village, Shelburne. Info: Cindy Fulton, M.A., NCTMB, 802-9859580, cindy@energymedicinevt. com, www.energymedicinevt. com. Learn this ancient healing art that facilitates health on all levels (body, mind & spirit). Many find Reiki to be a powerful tool for personal healing and transformation, as well. You will be attuned to Reiki and trained to use Reiki on yourself and others. Reiki II - 6/1.

scuba SCUBA CERTIFICATION COURSE: Apr. 1 - Apr. 22. Weekly on Tues. & Thurs., 5:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $275. Location: Waterfront Diving Center, 214 Battery St., Burlington. Info: Waterfront Diving Center, Jonathan Eddy, 802-865-2771, info@waterfrontdiving.com, waterfrontdiving.com. Add a new dimension to your tropical vacation. Explore the underwater world!

spirituality ARCHETYPES IN ASTROL. SYNASTRY: Apr. 5-26, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., weekly on Saturday. Cost: $60. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. Learn how to apply archetypal wisdom in chart comparisons, identify the karmic connections between people and develop a family matrix to understand family dynamics. Pre-requisite: Archetypal Astrology or an equivalent. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author. Emptiness & the Heart Sutra: Cost: $55/5 eves. & 1 Sat. (Apr. 21, 28; May 5, 10, 12, 19). Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 South Winooski Ave, Burlington. Info: Burlington Shambhala Center, Tracy Whitcomb, 802-9222602, www.burlingtonshambha lactr.org. When the teaching of the Heart Sutra first occurred, its proclamation of emptiness was so powerful that several highly realized disciples died of heart attacks. Yet today we can read it without missing a beat. In this course, we will study and contemplate the Sutra line by line and bring these teachings alive so that we too can take them to heart. INTRODUCTION TO ESOTERICA: Apr. 23 - May 14, 7-9 p.m., weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $60. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. Learn about the hidden wisdom in the world’s religious and spiritual traditions that provides a basis for the emerging global unity. Mahayana & the Bodhisattva Vow: Apr. 18-20. Cost: $55/ weekend. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 South Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Shambhala Center, Tracy Whitcomb, 802-922-2602, http://www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org. The bodhichitta practices for waking up our hearts are the core disciplines of the Mahayana journey. This weekend will focus on these practices we cultivate in our training as bodhisattva warriors. This weekend is open to all students and is a prerequisite to taking the bodhisattva vow. MEETING YOUR INNER PARTNER: Apr. 5-26, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $60. Location: 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. Discover the inner men and women living in your “inner city” who deeply influence your relationships and love life. Reconnecting w/ Our Wild Souls: Apr. 25-28, 6-2 p.m. Cost: $350/9 meals, 3 nights, full program. Location: Bishop Booth Conference Center - Rock Point, 20 Rock Point Circle, Burlington. Info: Soul Flares, Ann OShaughnessy, 802-922-3724, www. soulflares.org. Come join 15 other women to enjoy 100 acres on the Lake Champlain coast for 3 days of rest, ritual, healing, laughter, support and inspiration for women who are on a journey to rediscover and re-inspire their authentic selves.

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Near downtown, 2-BR, 2-BA + den on quiet one-way street. Lg. kitchen & living space. Natural historic woodwork. First floor den conversion to third bedroom possible. Walk up attic and full basement. Garage w/ additional off-street parking. Owner/broker. $239,500

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Burl. Large 4-BR apt. Renovated Victorian apt. on 2 floors, gas heat, HW. Close to downtown & UVM. Avail. Jun. 1. $2000/mo. + utils. Call David. Info: 802-425-2754, arcadiabrookfarm@hotmail.com. Burl. Large 5-BR House Two kitchens, 2-BA, HDWD, parking, insulated, gas heat & HW. Walk to campus. $2800/mo. + utils. Avail. Jun. 1. Call David. Info: 802-4252754, arcadiabrookfarm@hotmail.com. Burlington 1-BR small house, parking, private, lg. yard, porch, deck, W/D hookup. NS/pets. $995/mo. + utils., lease, dep. Avail. 5/1. Info: 802-658-6367.

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3x4c-wellsfargo022008.indd 1 Village Renovated Waterbury duplex. $11K income from 2-BR rental unit. Owner’s unit is large 3-BR with fireplace, full basement, & deck to beautiful yard. Walk to town. Minutes to 89. Move-in condition. $350,000. 802-244-7267.

2-BR, 1.5-BA Condo Private condo in Colchester. New carpet, HDWD. Central-vac, W/D, basement. This rental is only avail. for 3 mo. Rent below market value. $850.00/month Available April-1 Info: Eric Jarvis, 802-363-8776. 3BR Apt. Great apt. w/ easy access to Burlington and Williston. Spacious kitchen & LR! Brand new carpeting throughout the entire apt.! Info: Nick Parent, 802-999-7864, nick@sprucemortgage.com.

Burlington South 2/18/08 Meadow, 4:15:36 PM2BR w/ attached garage, spacious floor plan, great location, gas heat & electric not incl. NS/pets. $925/mo. + dep. Avail. 5/1. Call for showing times or more info. Burlington Avail. now. Church St. Lg. newly renovated efficiency, 3/4-BA. No pets. $750/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200 ext. 229.

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porters point colchester 2-BR + study, 2.5-BA, full basement, attached garage, Internet/sound wired, custom wood blinds, central vac., W/D (2nd floor). Like new. Tastefully finished. Buyer brokers welcome! Priced below appraisal. $220,000. 802-862-5190.

Bright, 2-BR, 1-1/2 BA, condo w/ 1200 sq.ft., maple HDWD floors, open wood staircase, DW, W/D, basement, patio, 1-car attached garage. Excellent location! Adjacent to bike path, beach close, flower gardens, in quiet development. Pets allowed. 802-373-0586.

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3/25/08 6:36:48 AM Motivated seller. Located on a private drive with a wooded backyard. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Recent updates include: carpet, dishwasher, range, refrigerator, washer/dryer. Carport with storage, pets allowed. $178,500. 802-598-5368.

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ÂŤ for rent BURLINGTON South Meadow, 3BR townhouse w/ garage, 1.5-BA, W/D hook-ups, very open floor plan, gas heat, NS/pets. $1250/ mo. + dep. Avail. 6/1. Call for showing times or more info. Info: 802-846-9966. BURLINGTON Avail. 6/1. 527 So. Union. Quiet, sunny 2-BR, laundry, storage, full BA, porch, parking. Heat & HW incl. No dogs. $1000/mo. Info: 802-862-7467. BURLINGTON 1-BR APT. Sunny, unfurnished apt. near Church St. Eat-in kitchen, bright LR, porch, corner of Maple & St. Paul St. Avail. immed. NS/pets. $850/mo. Heat incl. Info: 802-658-0900.

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BURLINGTON, 3-BR Delightful Victorian with gourmet kitchen and wood floors. Nice size yard and pets are negotiable depending on size and number. Off-road, 2-car parking. Easy walk to UVM, Fletcher Allen, etc. Redecorated in the English style, W/D, DW available, 3 upstairs BR, 1.5-BA, basement, eat-in kitchen, LR, DR/ office. Call for appt. $1700/mo. Info: 802-372-8491. BURLINGTON, 6 CHASE LANE Very nice 5-BR updated brick Victorian apt. for rent. Close to FAHC, UVM & Champlain College. W/D in basement. Clean & spacious. Plenty of off-street parking. Conveniently located. Utils. not incl. NS/pets. $2125/mo. Avail. 6/1. 802-2336313 or 802-578-7371. BURLINGTON, BUELL ST. Avail. 6/1. 1-BR. $775/mo. incl. heat & HW. NS/pets. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x 1021. www. nevilleco.com. BURLINGTON, COLCHESTER AVE 4-BR, parking, coin-op W/D. No dogs. $1175/mo. Avail. 6/1. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-6603481 x1021, www.nevilleco.com. BURLINGTON, COLCHESTER AVE Avail 6/1. 1-2-BR apts. $780/mo. Electricity incl. Parking. Laundry. No Dogs. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x1021, www.nevilleco.com. BURLINGTON, EAST AVE. 4-BR Avail. now. $1600/mo. Parking. No pets. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-660-3481 x1021. www.nevil leco.com. BURLINGTON, NORTH AVE. Avail. 6/1. Studio. 3rd floor. Parking. Updated kitchen. Cats OK. $560/ mo. 802-660-3481 x1021, www. nevilleco.com. Info:. BURLINGTON, SHELBURNE RD. Avail 6/1. 1 BR $780/month.

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Heat & H/W incl. Parking. Neville Companies, Inc. (802)660-3481 x 1021 www.nevilleco.com COLCHESTER: ON THE WATER Furnished custom home. Unsurpassed. 3-BR + office, 3-BA, cathedral ceilings, professionally designed kitchen, astonishing views. NS/pets. Avail. May 1. $2500/mo. Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty, Kaitlyn Dorey, 802-846-9568, rental s @hickokandboardman.com, www.HickokandBoardman.com. DOWNTOWN MONTPELIER East State St. 1-BR, 3-season porch, HDWD, DW, disposal, gas stove, W/D on premises, oil hot water heat. $775 + utils. Avail. Apr. 15 Info: 802-310-4205. ESSEX CONDO 2-BR, lg. LR, fresh paint, pool, tennis, carport, storage. No dogs. Avail. 3/1 or 4/1. $995/mo. Call 425-2678 or 802338-2335. Info: Arlette Ball. ESSEX JCT. 1-BR, 2-BA apt. Newly renovated throughout. Laundry onsite. Very private. On bus line. $725/mo. + utils. NS/pets. Info: 802-363-4052. JERICHO 1-BR efficiency apt. Neat & clean, nice yard. Avail. now. $730/mo. incl. utils. First, last, dep. NS. Info: 802-849-6807. JERICHO 3-BR HOUSE $1100 Avail. 4/15. Snow removal & lawn care incl. 1st, sec., 1-yr. lease. Wood pellet & HW heat. Info: Michael Rainville, 802-233-7774. JUNE 1ST APARTMENTS Avail. 6/1 - 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5-BR units. Info: Investment Property Managers, 802-658-3600. LOCAL AREA APARTMENTS 1-, 2-, 3- & 4-BR. Lakeside Cottages & camp avail. Handy Properties, 802-862-8553, ext. 201. MILTON: RESTORED COLONIAL Price reduced! Main St. Everything new! Beautiful, 4-BR, 2BA, 1700 sq.ft., amazing custom kitchen, cherry floors. Not furnished. Avail. now; 12-, 18-mo. lease. $1400/mo. Info: Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman, Kai-

tlyn Dorey, 802-846-9568, www. HickokandBoardman.com. REDROCKS TOWNHOUSE Redrocks, 4-BR, 3.5-BA townhouse/ condo. Lake views, great decks, newer construction. Storage, garage & off-street parking. DW, W/ D. Avail. 7/1/08. Info: Temm Ltd., 513-659-0097, tdavoran35@fuse. net, www.temmprops.com.

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Housemates ALL THIS FOR ONLY $500 Room to rent in 3-BR house. HS Internet, cable television, phone, W/D, parking & utils. incl. On bus line. Beaches, bike path, park & shopping right in neighborhood. $500/ mo. + sec. Info: 802-324-4839. BURLINGTON - NEW NORTH END Housemate wanted for wicked cute 4-BR home. Incl. W/D, Comcast cable and Verizon DSL. $685/ mo. + 1/2 of gas and electric.

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Housemate wanted Looking for female, 1 room in quiet 4-BR condo, private BA. Must love animals. Incl. cable & laundry area. $450/mo. Off-street parking. 802-578-0599/802-658-9656. Monkton Farm House Large rooms, W/D, dishwasher, inground pool, master bath, cathedral ceilings. 20 acres. 19 miles to Kennedy Drive. Barn, garden space, etc. More land in mtns. to hike, camp, etc. Amenities/ utils. included. $450/mo. Info: 802-453-3457. Paid Residential Advisor POSITION: Exciting opportunity to earn a TAX-FREE $20,000/year stipend, (meals included), acting as a Residential Advisor for 5 students attending UVM as part of HowardCenter, Developmental Services SUCCEED program. These high functioning students, 18 to 25 years old, with mild developmental disabilities live in a newly furnished, substance-free house within walking distance to campus. Ideal match is a peer-age graduate student wanting to become an integral part of innovative program providing problem- solving advice and minimal house oversight. Enjoy two weeks vacation each year (UVM’s Winter & Spring breaks) & 60 additional nights. Off & onsite parking available, RA must be in house 9 P.M. – 8:30 A.M., pay minimal rent and be willing to sign a yr-long contract beginning late summer 2008. Contact Jen Mitchell at 802-488-6542. Room Available in SB Condo Responsible student/prof. looking for female to share 2-BR condo until 8/31. $550/mo. + half of util. NS/Pets. Info: 802-399-9336. ROOM FOR RENT Lg. room, next to University, on-site parking. Sunny. 2 cats already, no more pets. $400/mo. + utils. Non-smoker. Info: 802-658-3138. Room for Rent in Essex Roommate to share 2-BR house, Internet, W/D, quiet neighborhood, driveway parking, must love dogs, cats & guinea pigs. Professional NS female preferred. $575/mo., incl. utils. Info: 802-238-6487.

Office/ Commercial Burlington Main Street Landing. Join our neighborhood of creative and friendly businesses in a healthy and beautiful environment, www.waterfronttheatre. org. Info: Melinda Moulton, 802864-7999, www.mainstreetlanding.com. Burlington Office Space Beautiful, downtown space with acupuncturist and Thai bodywork practitioner. Full or half days. Shared waiting room and kitchenette. $50-$250/mo includes utilities and wireless. Available immediately. 802-324-8165. Info: 802-324-8165. Middlebury - Retail Beautiful retail space. High traffic, windows on sidewalk, great visibility & parking. Middlebury upper village, next to Middlebury Co-op and Bagel Bakery, across from Shaw’s. Light, modern space recently renovated, efficient heat & utils. Info: 802-425-5000, tom@ madriver.com. So.Burlington Office Space Approx. 300 sq.ft. on ground floor of conveniently located Class A building. Well suited for 1-2 persons. Furnished. Professionals only. $450/mo. incl. parking & utils. Info: Bill, 802-264-6701.

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Roommate Wanted Month-to1998 Chevy Suburban 120K, month. Seeking 3/17/08 non-smoking 11:31:11 AMWaterfront office space auto, new tires, leather interior, female to share So. Burlington available. Adirondack views. CD, power everything. Great VT condo. Pleasant, wooded setting. Incls. parking. Info: Ken, car. Must sell. $5,000/OBO. Info: Pool, tennis, laundry, parking, 802-865-3450. 802-734-0775. utils. incl. No pets. $350/mo. Waterfront Suite Ideal for 1998 Honda Civic LX Sedan Info: joyinthetrees@comcast. small group practice, 1st floor, Very reliable, well-maintained, 4 net. 3 lg. spaces, fireplaces, 2 small- dr., 5-spd., CD/radio, 35-42 mpg., Roommate wanted, So. Burl. er waiting rooms, free parking, cruise, A/C, 194K hwy. miles, 2 Avail. 4/1 or 5/1. One sunny lots of amenities, 862-3373 x 2. sets tires, new battery & brakes. room in 2-BR condo, 3 mi. from $2000/mo. $3300. Info: 802-371-9492. UVM, FAHC. W/D, parking. Lg. room w/ big closet. NS/pets. $530/mo. Info: Emily Harwood, 802-999-5832. MY ENERGY DELIVERS!

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Entertainment/ Tickets Kirby Sentria-like new! We HATE to sell– still making payments, complete set, +shampooer, see manufacturer’s website for details. Please call for info. $1200/OBO. Info: 603-707-2232, Tahrion@aol.com. Stacked W/D Combo Frigidaire stacked W/D combo. Excellent condition. $400. Info: 802-865-7939.

« on the road Nissan Frontier 2002 4x4 XE King Cab. V6 3.3-L, 5-spd, ext. cab, alloy wheels. 83K. Asking $8300. Willing to negotiate. Info: Luke Bonang, 802-922-6056. Salvage 97 Subaru Outback Front-end collision but new tires, good exhaust, no rust, back hatch all in great shape. Make me an offer. Info: 802-238-2417.

TVs TOSHIBA 14” LCD TV/DVD excellent (orig. $600) $250. TOSHIBA 14” TV model 14AF41C (orig. $300) $75. Info: 802-373-3379.

Clothing/ Jewelry .73CERT ZALES DIAMOND RING Platinum ring, octagonal, 4-prong setting, 3.5DWT, clarity: SI1-SI2, color: H, size 7. Retail $6160, appraised by IGI in 2004. Excellent shape. Asking $3999. Info: 802-318-7479. Bronx Brown Leather Boots Worn 2 times, size 7, brown, leather Bronx boots. Sell for over $200. $125. Info: clgallo3@yahoo.com.

Antiques/ Collectibles Disney Cookie Jar 101 Dalmatians Cookie Jar, Disney, perfect shape, bought in 1994. $45. Info: 802-310-3213.

Appliances/ Tools/Parts Carrier Oil Furnace Hot Air, 100,000 BTU, 0.9gph, model 58HV100, type 601. Used as backup for wood heat. 30 years old, works well. $100/OBO. Info: Paul, 802-734-6321. Concession Trailer Custommade 4x6 trailer with large stainless steel top. Used 3 times, includes umbrella, sign, food warmers. Colorful, easy to move. Info: 541-646-2548.

Buy Bill’s Stuff VHS movies, massage at, inflatable mattress, wireless security system, portable TV. Must sell for medical expenses. Info: Bill, 802-861-2320. Drivers w/ late models vehicles possessing entertainment and MC qualities wanted to host shows with exotic dancers. Info: 802-658-1464. Night at The Inn at Essex Gift Certificate for One-Night Stay in a Designer Country Inn room at The Inn at Essex. Valued at $209. Will accept $175 or best offer. Info: 802-655-2111. Solid gold, Dancers Exotic dancers. Adult entertainment for birthday, bachelor, bachelorette, deer camp or anytime good friends get together. #1 for fun. New talent welcome. Info: 802-658-1464.

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www.mlgiftsplus.com Cat Yellow and white female fixed cat. One year old. Needs to be in home with no other cats. Info: Amanda Crickard, 802-525-4928.

Linn Tukan Bookshelf Spkrs Award winning Scottish loudspeakers. New $750; now $399. Audiophile quality in great condition, Black Ash Veneer. Info: Milo, 802-454-8383, MiloDewitt@wildblue.net.

Vegetable Oil Have used vegetable oil that can be used for diesel fuel. Come and take it. Have a lot of it! Info: Global Markets, 802-863-9460.

Optoma 739 Projector This projector has amazing HD clarity. Can have 120’’ picture. Perfect for sports, NASCAR, music vidoes, concerts, movies & everyday TV viewing. $500. Info: kevin belanger.

Furniture Antq. Empire Table $200 Worth more. Measures 29.5 tall by 44” by 26”. Dark mahogany in great shape. Has a drawer and stands on 2 pillars. Very elegant. Info: 802-310-3213. Art table and chair Adjustable art/drafting table with adustable chair. $125. 802-660-8070. hutch for sale 2-year-old antique/creme finish. Wainscoted doors. Can be used as an amoire

or as an entertainment center. Too big for my condo. Info: 803-985-5306. IKEA Bedroom & Study Lightcolored wood: Double bed $180, side table $45, bureau $75, desk $120, chair $110, filing cabinet $120. Call for info/viewing. Info: 802-373-3379. Massage Table Custom-made massage table w/ oak cabinet. Like brand new. $599. 802-8590077 ext. 1. Pine Bunk Bed Set Very sturdy bunk bed set with ladder and two clean twin mattresses. Asking $175. Call 802-355-5701. SOFA--Full-Size Gray-Green Durable textured fabric, comes with 2 extra matching pillows, almost new! Very good condition. Originally $450 - sell for $300! Info: 802-863-0158.

perament test, very well behaved, loves to walk/ride in car. AdopTherapy Complete! Couch no2x3c-GoTrading020608.indd 1 tion fee $50 made payable CCHU. longer needed! Very comfortable, Info: 802-355-9006. taupe w/ khaki piping. Very well CHINESE SHAR-PEI PUPS Beaukept. Moving to smaller home. tiful, wrinkled pups. AKC, all $100 firm (like the couch!). Info: shots. Very friendly & affection802-310-2385. ate. Ready to meet their new best friend, shots, $500. Email for pictures. Info: 802-457-4039, wrinklepups80@aol.com.

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Baby stuff great condition Baby Bjorn carrier ($15); Light & Music Mobile ($25); boppy pillow ($15); universal car seat stroller ($15); exersaucer ($5); maple changing table ($25). Pictures available. Info: 802-225-1322. PRINCE LIONHEART SEAT Lilac color, similar to Bumbo. Good condition. $10. Info: 802-862-5445. VT Teddy Bear A month and a half old, 15” genuine tan VT Teddy Bear Loverboy. It sells for $87 new. $45. Info: clgallo3@yahoo.com.

Pets 2 Adorable Rat Terriers 2and 3-year-old brother and sister need a warm and loving home. Wonderful dogs with colorful personalities! Contact 802-876-7049 if interested. Info: mlojwillis@ yahoo.com. 3 young adult dogs Treeing walker coonhound-1 year old (f), German shepherd mix- 2 years old (m), plotthound-2 years old (m). FULLY VETTED! SPAYED AND NEUTERED. $25/ea. Info: 802-872-1867, southerncomfortpups@yahoo.com.

free cat. Free long-haired black/ white. Got cat when I put down my cat. Doesn’t seem to fit here. Nice, would do better in single cat home. Info: Alex, 802-793-7945. Free Iditarod sled dogs to loving homes. Our dogs are well-socialized, friendly, and make great pets. See outdated website. We live in Alaska, but fly our dogs. Info: Bruce Linton, 907-252-7078, info@dogsledvt.com, www.dogsledvt.com. Puppies! American Bulldog, Yellow Hound, Golden Retreiver, many terriers - white/black/ brown. $200 a puppy. All rescued from a high kill shelter in the South. Info: 802-872-1867, south erncomfortpups@yahoo.com. Rooster Free Rooster (Araucana), handsome, skilled in fathering (verb), 10 months old. Info: 802-373-1555.

Want to Buy Antiques Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates and silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid. Info: Dave, 802-859-8966.

gallon enclosure 55 48x21x13: includes UV light, heat lamp, heat rock, heating pad, water bowl, climbing branch, fake plant, and two hiding enclosures. $250/OBO. Info: 802-373-8494. Am Staffordshire TerriEr 6year old rescued Amstaff. Neutered w/ all shots. Passed tem-

Singer seeks guitar player I’m a rock/pop singer looking for 2/5/08 8:40:56 AM a guitar player and others, preferably around my age, to possibly start a band. If interested, email me! Info: Caitlin M, madrigal sky@yahoo.com, www.myspace. com/caitielicious. WHO WANTS TO ROCK!? Skilled/ experienced guitarist looking to start electronic, effects/sampleladen, bass and drum, break beat world music! Create original flava, but also cover-song friendly! All musicians/DJs/wild peeps wanted! Info: 617-365-0767.

For Sale Boss Loop Station RC-20 Loop pedal. Great for practice, creating musical parts, working out songs. Asking $200. Email w/ questions. Info: mulzicus@gmail.com. Cajun Accordion Key of C Hohner Ariette. New style plus two beginner instructional VHS tapes with associated manuals. $250. Info: 802-872-0485. Free Organs Kimball Syntha Swinger 1000, 13 pedals w/ round stool w/ 4 glass ball feet. 1959 M3 organ w/ bench seat, 13 pedals. Avail. in Vergennes. Info: 802-877-2761. Lost Yamaha guitar, Help!! Lost Yamaha acoustic/electric guitar; model FGX-413 SC single cutaway, natural finish, hard case. Lost on 3/18 around 71 N. Winooski ave. Reward!! Info: Eric, 802-863-5007. Mahogany Concert Ukulele Beautiful mahogany concert size uke. Bought new in January! Selling because I upgraded to an electric/acoustic uke. Retail $130; selling for $100. Open to trades. Info: Michael Rimoin, 310-625-6379.

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Bands/ Musicians Bluegrass Gospel Project We seek 2 new members: female vocalist & upright bassist. The BGP performs throughout the Northeast. Email music samples & bio to Gene White, Jr., gwhitejr@verizon.net. Info: bluegrassgospelproject.com. Guitar player wanted Lead guitar player (vocals a plus). YPR is an established band w/ drums, bass, keyboard/rhythm guitar. We play rock & reggae, prefer originals. Colchester. Info: Howard Gieselman, 802-893-6992, howierd69@comcast.net, www.yankeepotroast.net.

Clawhammer Banjo Lessons Interested in learning clawhammer banjo? Well, drop me a line! I’ve been playing for nearly 20 years. You can hear some at www.hunterrobertson.com. Info: Hunter Robertson, 802-655-8929, www.hunterrobertson.com. Drum Set Instruction All levels & styles. Full studio. V-drum kit/acoustic drum kit/pecussion right here in Burlington or will travel up to 30 miles from Burlington. Info: Timothy Sharbaugh, www.myspace.com/tsharbaugh. Guitar Instruction Berklee grad. w/25 years teaching experience offers lessons in guitar, music theory and ear training. Individualized, step-by-step approach. All ages/styles/levels. Info: Belford Guitar Studio, Rick Belford, 802864-7195, rickbelf@verizon.net, www.rickbelford.com. Guitar instruction All styles/ levels. Emphasis on developing

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8sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Show and tell. View and post up to 6 photos per ad online. strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, UVM and Middlebury College Faculty). Info: 802-8627696, www.paulasbell.com.

$300-450 + utils. Info: 802-4966777, wexler@madriver.com.

MUSIC LESSONS Piano, guitar, voice, theory, composition, songwriting. All ages, levels, styles. 20 years’ experience. Friendly, individualized lessons in So. Burlington. Info: 802-864-7740, eromail13@gmail.com.

Studio/ Rehearsal EMP Recording Studio Our studio is unlike any other in the area. Full gear list and photos on website. $45/hr. after 6 p.m. weekdays. $55/hr. on weekends. Info: Egan Media Productions, Robert O’Dea, 802-655-1886, rob@ eganmedia.com, www.myspace. com/eganmedia.

Health/Wellness Deep Tissue Massage Swedish massage, massage for athletes and onsite chair massage. Certified Massage Therapist w/ reasonable rates. Info: 802-318-8432.

Counseling Good Listener, Counselor Re-opening practice. Genevieve’s approach to healing, dialogue and education is informed by many traditions, including dreamwork and astrology. Trustworthy, confidential assistance for individuals and groups. Info: Pathways to Well Being, Genevieve Jacobs, M.A., 802-658-3995. Julie Reville, MS NCC Counseling for anxiety, depression, parenting, communication disorders, stuttering (all ages), disabilities, LGBTQ, relationships, grief/loss. Weekday or Sat. appts. Optima, 2 Church St., Suite 4G, Burlington. 802-734-0777, jreville@burlingtontelecom.net. Info:.

Auditions/ Casting Get Discovered Today! We’re looking for you. “Open Calls” every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Could you be our next new face? Info: Fusion Management Group, Ltd., 802-865-2234, info@fusionmgmtgrp.com, www.fusionmgmtgrp. com. Male lead for student film Male lead needed for student short film shooting in April in Burlington area. 20-30 looking. Call Ben for screen test and specific dates & times. Info: Purple Duck Pictures, 802-522-3556, byoungbaer@burlington.edu.

Call to Artists CALL FOR VT AND NY ARTISTS Québec’s largest outdoor art festival seeks VT & NY painters for juried exhibition, Labor Day weekend. Apply by May 1, 2008 at www.festivart.org Info: Eden Muir, 450-298-1212, edenmuir@ yahoo.ca, FESTIVART.ORG. Call to artists First annual art auction/fundraiser to benefit our project “Les Enfants Du Soleil,” donate a piece of art to help open our orphanage in Nallageria, India! Info: HML/Les Enfants Du Soleil, 207-239-9126, Ozzuriocha@ gmail.com. Looking 4 Silk-Screen Guru Looking for a silk-screen mentor to ensure proper purchases and provide know-how. Willing to travel for extensive training during the summer. Got any connections? Discounts? Info: 802-238-0931.

CREDIT REPAIR! Erase bad credit legally Money back Warranty, FREE Consultation & Information. (AAN CAN) 866-410-7676, www.nationalcreditbuilders.com.

Motivation Hypnosis Maureen Finnerty Turner, RN, M.Ed, LCMHC, Hypnotherapist/Psychotherapist. Downtown Burlington w/free parking. Hypnosis helps: attention, anxiety, test taking, depression, focusing, phobias, PTSD, panic, pain, healing, performance, procrastination, sports, relationships, smoking, diet & exercise, child/ adolescent/adult. Insurance/credit cards accepted. Info: Maureen Turner, 802-658-2140, mturner@motivationhypnosis. com, http://www.motivationhypnosis.com.

Creative A Wedding Photographer Marcin Kro Photography- Professional Photographer specializing in Wedding/Event & Commercial Photography. Visit www.marcinkro.com, e-mail marcinkro@hotmail.com or call (802)658-2303. Contact: Marcin. Info: Marcin Kropiewnicki Photography, Marcin Kropiewnicki, 802-658-2303, marcinkro@hotmail.com, www. marcinkro.com.

Elder Care Exceptional Private Hire Primary caregiver avail. for full-time day position. Elder care preferred. Solid experience. Practical and academic education plus outstanding local references. Info: Erin, 802-734-6497.

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DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE Healing Currents Massage for Women provides manual therapy for treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Deep-tissue techniques, neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release. Shannon Dunlap, CMT. Chace Mill. Info: Healing Currents Massage for Women, Shannon Dunlap, 802-363-9787, www.healingcurrentsmassage.com. Feng Shui Vermont Improve your space, improve your life! Consultations for homes, businesses, schools. Integrated design services, clutter clearing, space clearing, real estate staging, color, renovations; presentations, workshops. Info: Feng Shui Vermont, Certified Feng Shui Consultant Carol C. Wheelock, M.Ed., 802-496-2306, cwheelock@ fengshuivermont.com, http:// www.fengshuivermont.com. Healing Hands Will Travel CMT. Remember Mother’s Day! Body/mind rejuvenation. My office or mobile. Swedish/Deep Tissue, table/chair, Reflexology. It’s Springtime, treat yourself, employees, after work-out or your next party! Book of 10 for $ of 8! Info: Healing Hands Will Travel, 802-233-1466, healinghandswilltravel@yahoo.com, www.healinghandswilltravel.bravehost.com. Look & Feel Better Now! Lose weight the Healthy Lifestyles way! Call today & ask about our 36- & 12-month program specials. Info: Healthy Lifestyles, Kathryn Evans, 802-658-6597, healthylifestylesvt@msn.com, www.healthylifestylesvt.com. Massage for Men By Jim Miracles of Touch. Experienced RN offering Swedish, sports & sensual massage, body hair trim/shave & hydrotherapy to men in northern/ central VT. Morning, afternoon, evening & weekend appts. Info: Jim, 802-310-8291, jhart1159@ comcast.net, www.miraclesoftouch.com. MASSAGE FOR MEN BY SERGIO Spring is here, come and rejuvenate. Call for an appointment and ask for Spring Specials. Info: 802-355-1664. Might be Pregnant? Need help? We offer friendship, help w/ exploring options, free pregnancy test and ongoing support and encouragement. Info: BIRTHRIGHT, Burlington, 802-865-0056. Natural Health Space Avail Natural Health Practitioners: Space available in Waitsfield, VT. Located between a very popular health food store and a well-established Chiropractor, this space is approx. 300 sq. ft. Rent the whole space or share 1-7 days/ week. Call 802-453-5654 or email for details. Info: sweetpea@ gmavt.net. PENIS ENLARGEMENT Gain 1-3’’ permanently. FDA approved medical vacuum pumps, Viagra, Cialis, Levitra & Testosterone. Free brochure. Se habla Espanol. Call 24/7. CODE: ALTERNATIVE. (AAN CAN) Info: 619-294-7777, www. getbiggertoday.com. Psychic Readings With GrandMother Singing Wolf Kashta Tua Tai Ma, Shaman & Mystic & Ariel Vivaine Merrow, Celtic Shaman & Mystic. Visit website to schedule a reading. Info: www.wolvessingingheyokah.com.

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Samadhi Cushions & Store Meditation cushions and benches handmade in Barnet, Vermont since 1976. Our store is open Mon.-Sat. Info: 800-331-7751, www.samadhicushions.com.

Home/Garden Clean Spaces, LLC Vermont’s Eco-Friendly Cleaning Service. Visit our website for 15% off your deep/spring clean. Info: Clean Spaces, 802-734-2269, denise@ cleanspacesvt.com, www.cleans pacesvt.com. ODD JOBS YOU BETCHA Git-RDone interior/exterior painting, doors, windows, baseboard casing, general carpentry. Info: 802-373-2444. Ornamental Plaster Repair Molding repair, matching of existing ornamentation; mold making & casting; flatwork & ceiling restoration work. Info: Ornamental Plaster of Vermont, 802-655-0458. Piana Brothers Painting Residential/Commercial Interior/ Exterior Fully Insured Free Estimates Info: Piana Brothers Painting, 802-881-1480. You can relax! I’ll clean! Eliminate one hassle from your life! I can make your home sparkle! $25/hr. Service offered in Burlington & surrounding areas. Info: Kim Lynch, 802-793-8585, dressagerider812@yahoo.com.

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No hearing will be held unless, on or before April 15, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 15, 2008. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 21st day of March, 2008.

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The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Colchester Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state. vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above.

/s/ Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state. vt.us ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On March 17, 2008, Newton’s Gas Service, Inc., filed application # 4C0777-6B for a project generally described as: The construction of a 72 s.f. storage shed, a canopy over the existing fuel tank fill valves, and an additional above-ground 60,000 gallon fuel storage tank (30,000 gallon storage and 30,000 gallon containment). The Project includes increases to previously permitted allocations (parking spaces, water/wastewater gpd, daily trip ends, and PM peak hour trips). The Project is located at Newton’s Gas facility on Lot 5 of Jasper Mine Landing off of Lee Court on the Town of Colchester, Vermont.

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On March 19, 2008, Champlain Valley Exposition, Inc., filed application #4C0773R-9 for a project generally described as: The installation of pole mounted lighting at Gate B/Pearl Street, and along the entrance road from Gate B to the Miller Expo Center. The Project is located in the Village of Essex Junction, Vermont.

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« legals The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Essex Junction Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 30 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database,” selecting “Entire Database,” and entering the case number above. No hearing will be held unless, on or before April 15, 2008, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 15, 2008. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners, other interested persons granted party status pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c). Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 21st day of March, 2008. By /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state. vt.us FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION – Installation and Maintenance That Chapter 13, Fire Protection and Prevention, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sec. 13-54 thereof to read as follows: Sec. 13-54. Installation and maintenance.

The cost of any connection to the municipal fire alarm system, as well as all other costs due to the installation of any master box, shall be borne by the party installing the system. All installation and maintenance work on a master box and/or alarm system shall be performed by state-licensed fire alarm installers and shall be subject to the approval of the fire marshal. An initial connection fee of $450 shall be paid to the City by the owner of the property upon which the master box or alarm system is installed for the computer programming and signal strength testing by the City’s alarm technician which is required to connect the Master Radio Call Box (MRCB) to the Burlington Emergency Communication Center (BECC). A reprogramming fee of $150 shall be paid by the owner for any modification to an existing MRCB that requires reprogramming and testing by the City’s alarm technician. Any additional work required on the MRCB system other than those specified in the City’s alarm technician’s MRCB programming guide shall be subject to a charge of $75/hr of the City’s alarm technician’s time. It shall be the property owner’s responsibility to maintain the master box on his premises in working condition and good repair at all times. *Material stricken out deleted. **Material underlined added. STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0179-07 CnC Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Plaintiff v. Stephen J. Morisseau, Amy L. Morisseau f/k/a Amy L. Demore, Beneficial Mortgage Co. of New Hampshire And Occupants residing at 77 Milton Falls Court, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to Stephen J. Morisseau dated December 23, 2003 and recorded in Volume 289, Page 27 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 A.M. on April 9, 2008, at 77 Milton Falls Court, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being Unit No. 4 along with 16.66 percent of undivided interest in the common areas and facilities of the Milton Falls II Condominium, so-called, situated on Lot No. 20 depicted on a survey entitled, Milton Falls Subdivision Phase I and II, Milton Vermont Property Plat, drawn by Leonard Lamoureux, Dated April 21, 1988 and Recorded in Map Slide #32-B of the Land Records of the Town of Milton. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Milton. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000.

By: Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0453-06 CnC Aurora Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff v. Robert L. Inselberg, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, Denis O’Brien, Isela O’Brien And Occupants residing at 77 Westall Drive Extension, Richmond, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB to Robert L. Inselberg dated January 10, 2005 and recorded in Volume 161, Page 371 of the Land Records of the Town of Richmond, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 A.M. on April 16, 2008, at 77 Westall Drive Extension, Richmond, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to the Mortgagor herein by Warranty Deed of Denis P. O’Brien and Isela M. O’Brien dated January 10, 2005, and recorded in Volume 161, Page 369 of the Town of Richmond Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Richmond. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Aurora Loan Services, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0808-07 CnC U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee, Plaintiff v. Lise M. Morrison, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for EquiFirst Corporation And Occupants residing at 53 Kim Lane, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by EquiFirst Corporation to Lise M. Morrison dated July 22, 2005 and recorded in Volume 318, Page 256 of the Land Records of the Town of Milton, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 8:00 A.M. on April 23, 2008, at 53 Kim Lane, Milton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Lise M. Morrison by Warranty Deed of Erica M. Brown dated July ___, 2005, and recorded in Volume ___, Page ___ of the Town of Milton Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Milton. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0363-07 CnC LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3, Plaintiff v. Richard C. Rearic, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for SouthStar Funding, LLC And Occupants residing at 125 Kennedy Drive, Unit 21, South Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by SouthStar Funding, LLC to Richard C. Rearic dated November 16, 2005 and recorded in Volume 735, Page 50 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:30 P.M. on April 9, 2008, at 125 Kennedy Drive, Unit 21, South Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all the same land and premises conveyed to Claire M. Schell, Trustee, for Claire M. Schell, U/T/A by deed of Ralph I. Schell and Claire M. Schell, dated October 11, 1991, and recorded on October 23, 1996 in Volume 399 at Page 725-726 of the South Burlington Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of South Burlington. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1429-06 CnC

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of October 1, 2004, GSAP Trust 2004-AH, Plaintiff v. Timothy Willette, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. And Occupants residing at 103 North Champlain Street, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. to Timothy Willette dated June 25, 2004 and recorded in Volume 878, Page 213 of the Land Records of the Town of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:15 P.M. on April 9, 2008, at 103 North Champlain Street, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Timothy Willette by Warranty Deed of Steven C. Roberge and Lisa J. Roberge of June 25, 2004, as recorded in Volume 878 at Page 211 of the City of Burlington Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Burlington. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee

To wit: Certain premises in the Town of Colchester in the County of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, described as follows, VIZ: Premises commonly known as 127 (fka 117) Williams Road, Colchester, Vermont. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Bruce E. Willette, Jr., and Melissa Willette, by Warranty Deed of Charles M. Scribner and Gloria Scribner dated May 30,1996 and recorded on May 31, 1996, in Book 260, at Page 549, in the Land Records of the Town of Colchester. Reference is hereby made to the above mentioned instruments and the records and references made therein to further aid of this description. The derivation of the same being: The same being property conveyed by deed executed by Bruce E. Willette, Jr., and Melissa A. Willette, husband and wife, on 12-21-2004, as recorded on 12-27-2004 at Book / Liber 512, and Page / Folio 77, in the Land Records of Chittenden County. Parcel Identification Number: 17-066003. Terms of Sale: Purchaser at the sale shall pay cash or certified funds, or produce a commitment letter from a bank or mortgage company or other lender licensed to do business in the State of Vermont at the time of the sale for the amount of the winning bid. In any case the winning bidder shall be required to produce $10,000.00 (ten-thousand dollars) cash or certified funds at the close of auction as the deposit against the sale. The sale will be subject to the Confirmation Order of the Chittenden Superior Court. In the event the auction terms are confirmed by the Superior Court aforesaid, and the winning bidder is unwilling or unable consummate the sale, the deposit shall be forfeit. In the event the sale in not confirmed the deposit will be returned without interest. The Mortgagors are entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees, Attorney, PO Box 108, Milton, Vermont 05468, 802-8937400.

STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. 91-06 Cnc

By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Mortgagee or Mortgagee’s Attorney

Eastern Savings Bank, FSB, Plaintiff v. Bruce E. Willette, Jr. and Melissa A. Willette, The Vermont State Dept. of Taxes, All Seasons Excavating and Landscaping and S.T. Griswold and Company, Inc., and LTS Homes, Inc., d/b/a Latham Homes, Inc., Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed given by Defendants, Bruce E. Willette, Jr. and Melissa A. Willette, dated April 27, 2005, to Eastern Savings Bank, FSB, from Bruce E. Willette, Jr. and Melissa A. Willette. Said Mortgage Deed was recorded on May 9, 2005, in Book 524, Pages 252-267, of the Colchester Town Land Records. The undersigned represents the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same which will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 o’clock AM, on the 18th day of April, A.D. 2008, at the subject premises, 127 (f/k/a 117) Williams Rd., Colchester, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage will be sold as a whole.

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ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous. Mondays, 7-8 p.m. First United Methodist Church, North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Contact Valerie at 760-9203. HIV SUPPORT GROUP This is a facilitated HIV/AIDS support group that aims to foster a greater sense of community, self acceptance and personal growth. We are a group of survivors and with all of our experience, will help you understand and enjoy what living positive has to offer. Friday @ 7 p.m. in the white building behind the Universal Unitarian Church. For more info call Alton @ 310-6094. PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT GROUP that focuses on building motivation, becoming more successful, and living with more passion. This group will also address issues such as the feelings of being stuck, unbalanced, stressed out, and lazy and then will discuss and work on learning and using new ideas and tools to create more supportive and positive habits. Call for more information 802-279-0231. MEN’S DROP-IN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome. 18 years of age and older. Open discussion format. Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, transitions, health, personal growth, grieving, healing, etc. Emotionally safe and confidential. Nonjudgmental, nonviolent. Groups led by trained cofacilitators. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations. Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Corner of Elmwood Ave. and Allen St. Entrance on Allen St. Burlington, Vt. Every Thursday, 7-9 PM. Please be prompt. Suggested donation $5 - but none will be turned away for lack of donation. For info call: 434-8180. Visit us at lcmrc. org. LYME DISEASE Are you interested in forming a group? Please call Susan at 899-2713. CENTRAL VERMONT SUPPORT GROUP FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS COPING WITH BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGESWill meet at the Easter Seals office in Berlin the first Wednesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. New Members Welcome. Facilitated by Kristi Lenart, BA. For more information, call Kristi at 802-223-4744. DISCUSS “WHAT THE BLEEP…”and “Down the Rabbit Hole” – the layman’s way toward understanding latest quantum physics discoveries linking science and spirituality. We’ll watch segments, talk about them, share experiences. Meeting place, Burlington area TBA. Call 802-861-6000 SHOPLIFTERS SUPPORT GROUP Self-help support group now forming in the Capital area for persons who would like to meet regularly for mutual support. This new group would meet biweekly at a time and place to be decided to discuss our issues, struggles, and ways of staying out of trouble. We’ll likely use some of Terry Shulman’s work as a focus for some of our discussions. Please call Tina at 802-763-8800 or email at Tmarie267201968@ cs.com PARENTING GROUP Parenting support and skill-building for people parenting kids of any age. New members welcome as space allows. Please call for more information. RiverValley Associates (802) 6517520.

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STARTING A WOMEN’S GROUP: Ages 45+, to meet weekly for lunch and other activities such as walking, book discussions, museum visits, matinees, and etc. Email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com. SUPPORT GROUP FOR MEN IN CRISIS: Divorce, custody, relationship type support for men. Weekly meetings. Mondays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at the Universalist Unitarian, top of Church St., Burlington. CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP: 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday. Burlington Police Station Community Room. One North Ave., South Entrance, next to Battery Park. VT CFIDS Assoc., Inc. 1-800-296-1445 voicemail, www.monkeyswithswings.com/vtcfidds.html. MAN-TO-MAN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER: Support group meets 5 p.m., 2nd Tuesday of each month in the board room of Fanny Allen Hospital, Colchester. 1-800ACS-2345. SQUEAKY WHEELS, RUSTY HINGES: Focus groups meets at the Branon’s Pool in St. Albans for socialization, maintaining, wellbeing, improving performance of daily activities by managing aches through sharing experiences and workout in the warm water. Meeting is free, one hour pool pass, swimsuit, required. 802-527-7957. MEN’S GROUP FORMING: To read and discuss Warrin Farrills groundbreaking best selling book “The Myth of Male Power”. 802-3430910. MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE/DYSAUTONOMIA: Group forming for information sharing purposes. Please call 863-3153. MEN’S GROUP FORMING: Based on the work of David Deida, Core Energetics, and other awareness practices. The intention of the group is to serve members into being the most extraordinary men that they can be. It is for men who are who are dying to penetrate every bit of the world with their courage, their presence, their unbridled passion and relentless love, and their deepest burning, bubbling, brilliant desire. The group will function as a means for men to support each other and serve the greater good. We will be working with spiritual practices, the mind and body, and taking on our lives with the utmost integrity, impeccability and openness. The group is not a new age group, nor is it a group dedicated to therapy. Info, email zach@ handelgroup.com or call 917-8871276. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (SOS): Have you experienced the impact of a loved one’s suicide? Please consider joining us. The Burlington support group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 6–7:30 p.m. at the The Holiday Inn, Oak Room, 1068 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT. This is not a therapy group; this is a support group. There is no fee. Please contact Linda Livendale, 802-479-9450, ljlivendale@yahoo.com. DEBTORS ANON: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with money and debt? We can help. Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Redstone Campus First Presbyterian Church, South Prospect St. Sat. 10-11:30 a.m. Contact Brenda, 802-4970522 or Cameron, 802-363-3747. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: A group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to be a member. The only requirement is a desire to stop using. For meeting info, call 802862-4516 or visit www.cvana.org.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier. Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 476-8345. BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP: Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area. Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749. CONCERNED UNITED BIRTHPARENTS: A group offering support if you have lost a child to adoption or are in reunion or have yet to begin your search. 802-849-2244. EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia. Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church, Rt. 15, Essex Center. We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents. More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554. HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP: Second Wednesday of the month from 6-7:30. Community Health Center, second floor, 617 Riverside Ave., Burlington 802-355-8936. AUTISM SUPPORT DAILY: Free support group for parents of children with autism. 600 Blair Park Road, Suite 240, Williston. 1st Monday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Call Lynn, 802-660-7240, or visit us at http://www.AutismSupportDaily. com for more info. OCD SUPPORT GROUP/THERAPY GROUP: Come share your experience, get support from those who have been there, learn about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and how to reduce its symptoms. Therapist facilitated. Weekly meetings, 802-343-8114. AUTISM: Free support group for parents and caregivers of children with ASD. Montpelier, 2nd Sunday of the month, 3-5 p.m. at the Family Center. Call Jessica, 249-7961 for child care inquires. More info, www.aaware.org. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington. Info, contact Stefanie Catella, 863-6384. FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT GROUP: If someone in your family or one of your friends is in an abusive relationship, this new support group is designed especially for you. Info, call Women Helping Battered Women 658-1996. HAIR PULLERS SUPPORT GROUP: The Vermont TTM Support Group is a new support group for adult pullers (18+) affected by trichotillomania (chronic hair pulling) as well as parents of pullers. This will be a supportive, safe, comfortable and confidential environment. Meets on the 4th Monday of every month, 6-7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Info, 453-3688 or vermont_ttmoutreach@yahoo.com. DEPERSONALIZATION AND DEREALIZATION: If you suffer from either of these trance states, please call Todd, 864-4285. THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EAST CHAPTER of the Compassionate Friends meets on the third Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at the Christ Church Presbyterian, 400 Redstone Campus, UVM. Info, 4825319. The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause.

DIABETES EDUCATION and Support Group of Chittenden County meets the third Thursday of every month at the Williston Federated Church, 6:30-8 p.m. We often have guest speakers. Info, 847-2278. WOMEN HELPING BATTERED WOMEN offers free, confidential educational support groups for women who have fled, are fleeing or are still living in a world where intimate partner violence is present. WHBW offers a variety of groups to meet the diverse needs of women and children in this community. Info, 658-1996. VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERGY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT TEAM: Info, contact MaryKay Hill, www. VTPFAC.com or call 802-373-0351. MIXED GENDER COMING OUT SUPPORT GROUP: Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Co-facilitated by supportive peers and mentalhealth professionals and open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning adults age 23 and up. Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2?. TRANS SOCIAL AND SUPPORT GROUP: First Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Looking for peer support among other transgendered folks? Need a safe space to relax and be yourself? Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2? TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 7-8 p.m. meeting. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 6553317 or Patricia, 658-6904. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516, or visit www.together.net/~cvana. Held in Burlington, South Burlington and Colchester. For more information, call 860-8388 or toll-free, 1-866-972-5266. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help. Sunday meetings, 7-8:30 p.m. Men call Sandy, 863-5708. Women call Valerie, 802-760-9203. SMOKING CESSATION GROUP: Willing to kick the habit? This free, five-week program helps quitters to follow through. Community Health Center of Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6309. DOES YOUR PARTNER/SPOUSE HAVE AD/HD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder)? Support group meets in Burlington to share experiences, challenges, laughs, resources. Want more information? Write addpartner@yahoo.com. WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE: A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Innerharmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds. DECLUTTER’S SUPPORT GROUP: Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each simplify. 453-3612.

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Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Seeks a part-time FINANCIAL COORDINATOR. The successful candidate will have solid computerized accounting experience including expertise working with QuickBooks and spreadsheet programming; will be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple deadlines; will possess excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills; and will be comfortable working as a member of a team in a grassroots, feminist organization committed to ending violence against women. Candidates with experience working in a multifunded nonprofit agency, preferably funded with government grants are encouraged to apply. Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent experience in financial management and bookkeeping. This 24 hrs/week position includes a competitive salary, paid time off and other benefits. Please send cover letter and resume to be received no later than April 9, 2008 to: The Vermont Network, P.O. Box 405, Montpelier VT 05601, ATTN: Finance Coordinator Search Committee or to karents@vtnetwork.org.

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The church is looking for an individual with good people skills and experience with computers to work in the office. The administrative assistant position begins June 1 and is currently 17 hours a week. Hours are negotiable. Training and a handbook will be provided. Deadline for applications is Friday, April 11. Please call the church office (802-434-2053) or email church@rccucc.org for more details if you are interested.

Exciting employment opportunities available at established agency with history of supporting strong, healthy families in an environment of teamwork, creativity and innovation. Lund Family Center is seeking motivated, flexible and dynamic individuals with a passion for working with children and families for the following positions with competitive salary and benefits. EOE/EE/AA Awake Overnight Residential Counselor: Full-time. Two positions available. Counselor needed for awake overnight shifts, including weekends, providing parenting and life skill support to pregnant and/or parenting women and their children. Minimum of Bachelorâ€™s degree in relevant field needed; experience working with adolescents and flexibility a must. Residential Counselor: Full-time. Two positions available. Counselor needed for evening shifts, including weekends, providing parenting and life skill support to pregnant and/or parenting women and their children. Minimum of Bachelorâ€™s degree in relevant field needed; experience working with adolescents and flexibility a must.

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STAFF ACCOUNTANT Chancellorâ€™s Office â€“ Waterbury, VT Perform daily central cash management for the VSC and assist with short- and intermediate-term investments. Perform central accounting and administrative support for all VSC capital projects and perform accounting functions for the VSC system office. Bachelorâ€™s degree in accounting or related field with 2 to 4 years of relevant accounting experience. Broad base of technical knowledge and skills. Ability to deal effectively with internal and external customers. Excellent communication skills and strong analytical skills. Excellent compensation package including tuition waiver at any of the Vermont State Colleges. Send letter of application, resume and names of 3 references to: Tom Robbins, Vice President and CFO Chancellorâ€™s Office, P O Box 359, Waterbury, VT 05676 OR tom.robbins@vsc.edu

Full-time Counselors: Needed to conduct comprehensive substance abuse assessment, treatment referral and coordination, and counseling within an outpatient program for pregnant and parenting women or co-located at the child welfare office to bridge agencies in an effort to provide immediate, holistic, family-centered services and increase the collaborative capability, of the community to respond to substance abuse within family systems. Minimum of Bachelors degree in a social work, counseling, or human services related field and Substance Abuse Counselor Certification or Apprentice Substance Abuse Counselor Certificate. Experience working with families required. Substance Abuse Case Manager: Full-time position available. Case Manager needed to screen families in need for potential substance abuse, referral to appropriate treatment, service coordination, monitoring, and wrap-around services in a new position to be co-located at the child welfare office. Minimum of Bachelorâ€™s degree in social work, counseling, or human services related field and Apprentice Substance Abuse Counselor Certificate or the ability to test for certification within three months of hire date. Experience working with families and knowledge of community resources preferred. Administrative Assistant: Full-time. Major responsibilities include scheduling, typing, file management, database management, research and project development, and general administration duties. Relevant office experience, strong organization, interpersonal skills and computer proficiency required. Please send cover letter and resume to:

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тАв Maintaining a pleasant, welcoming atmosphere тАв Performing circulation desk functions тАв Assisting patrons in the use of the automated catalog, databases and print collection and supporting students seeking reading material or information тАв Maintaining operation of the library when the librarian is occupied тАв Encouraging appropriate conduct of students using the library тАв Processing library materials тАв Maintaining privacy of patron records and information тАв Processing inter-library loan requests Minimum Qualifications: тАв Post-high school education with strong writing and communication skills тАв Proficiency in computer applicationsтАФemail, Microsoft Office, InternetтАФand ability to flourish in a technologically changing workplace тАв Affinity for direct work with adolescents and a desire to help people тАв Contributes to building a positive team spirit Available immediately. Please apply online to www.schoolspring.com. Questions? Please contact Jennifer Lucey at 802-482-7100.

Paid Residential Advisor Exciting opportunity to earn a TAX-FREE $20,000/year stipend (meals included), acting as a Residential Advisor for 5 students attending UVM as part of HowardCenter, Developmental ServicesтАЩ SUCCEED program. These high-functioning students, 18 to 25 years old with mild developmental disabilities, live in a newly furnished, substance-free house within walking distance campus. Ideal match is a peer-aged graduate student wanting to become an integral part of an innovative program that provides problem solving advice and minimal house oversight. Enjoy two weeks vacation each year (UVMтАЩs Winter & Spring breaks) & 60 additional nights. Off & on site parking available, RA must be in house 9 PM тАУ 8:30 AM, pay minimal rent and be willing to sign a yr-long contract beginning late summer 2008.

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Please contact Jen Mitchell at 802-488-6542 to learn more. To learn more about HowardCenter, to view a full listing of open positions, to learn more about benefits, and to apply online, visit www.howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.

ADJUTANT COMMANDANTтАЩS OFFICE This key staff position is responsible for several functions in the Student Affairs Division: University Housing Officer, Student Records Officer for non-academic records including housing and student discipline; Division budget preparation and expenditure reviews; mentoring cadet leaders; coordinating cadet performance records, disciplinary, and promotional procedures; reporting; and duty officer on a rotating basis. Please visit our website at www.norwich.edu for a complete job description. A BachelorтАЩs degree and experience in higher education are required. Knowledge of military training, customs and courtesies, policy development, mentoring and problem solving are essential. Specialized knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, Banner and Excel are necessary. A MasterтАЩs degree and service as a senior commissioned officer with personnel administration and management experience is preferred. Must be willing to work flexible schedule that includes some nights and weekends. Please send cover letter and resume to Adjutant Search, via email: jobs@norwich.edu. Norwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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PARKING MAINTENANCE WORKER Public Works Department CITY OF BURLINGTON Looking for a great job working for the City of Burlington? The Department of Public Works is looking for a Parking Maintenance Worker. The position is responsible for providing general and recurring indoor and outdoor custodial work at time using mechanical equipment. It is also responsible for performing routine and preventive maintenance and garage security. The ideal candidate needs two years experience in general facility maintenance work. Work schedule will be 6:00am to 2:00pm as conditions require. If interested, City of Burlington Application, by April 11th to: HR Dept, Rm 33 City Hall, Burlington, VT 05401. For more information, call 802-865-7145. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE

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Master Control operator Responsibilities include working knowledge and operation of computers, audio and video switching equipment, tape machines and satellite receivers, as well as monitoring VPT transmitters. Understanding of computer and web applications a plus. Must be able to work in a live, time-sensitive environment. Shift may include nights and weekends. Associateâ€™s degree in electronics preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, with the ability to learn and keep pace with changing technology. Send resume and cover letter by April 11th to:

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Senior Account MAnAger the Senior Account Manager is a full-time position responsible for generating new commercial customer revenue through defined sales activities. In addition, this position is required to achieve monthly net revenue sales quotas. Bachelorâ€™s degree in relevant field with two year professional sales experience required. Additional experience may be substituted for the educational requirements. Experience in the telecommunications industry is preferred. For a complete description, or to apply, visit our website at www.hrjobs. ci.burlington.vt.us or contact Human resources at 802-865-7145. If interested, send resume, cover letter and City of Burlington Application by February 13, 2008 to:

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MuseuM educator/ site interpreter The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum seeks three full-time, seasonal (April 15-October 31, 2008) Museum Educator/Site Interpreters at its Basin Harbor Site to guide and engage student groups and museum visitors, provide support for museum special events, and contribute to exhibit and general site enhancement and maintenance. Successful candidates will be knowledgeable or willing to learn Lake Champlain history and will be able to convey their knowledge and enthusiasm to visitors of all ages, walks of life, and learning styles. We will train the right energetic, engaging, safety-conscious, team-oriented individual. Must be available to work weekends and perform grounds work and light lifting.

this position is responsible for daily operation and maintenance of the water treatment facility 24/7. Shift work is required. HS diploma or equivalent and one year of water/ wastewater treatment plant operating experience required. Vermont State operator Classification, Grade 4C or equivalent, required, or the ability to obtain above certification within one and one-half (1.5) years of date of hire. Submit CItY oF BUrLInGton aPPLICatIon, cover letter and resume by April 18th, to

Human resources Department 131 Church Street, Burlington, Vt 05401.

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available in alternative formats for persons with disabilities. For disability access information, or to request an application, please visit our website at www.hrjobs. ci.burlington.vt.us or contact Human resources at 802-865-7145 or 865-7142 (ttY).

Email resume and cover letter to Susan Jones, Chief Financial Officer at susanj@lcmm.org.

WOMEN, MINORITIES, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. EOE.

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City of South Burlington, Vermont Director of Planning and Zoning The City of South Burlington, Vermont, is conducting a search for the position of Director of Planning and Zoning. South Burlington is a developing urban area in the core of the Burlington/Chittenden County area and seeking to balance growth with the maintenance of traditional open space and neighborhoods. The City has highly developed planning and zoning strategies and techniques. The Director coordinates, directs, budgets and manages a wide-array of planning-related studies, the development review function and grants; supervises the daily department operations of three employees; prepares and manages department budget. Frequent contact with developers, engineers and the general public. Attends and prepares agenda for Planning Commission. Salary range $57,052 - $76,841 DOQ. Excellent benefits. A Master’s degree in planning or related field and three years experience in local, regional or state planning required. Resumes and a cover letter to: City Manager Chuck Hafter 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT 05403 by April 22, 2008. EOE.

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Chief Webmaster - Site Administrator GetEducated.com seeks Web Developer - Site Administrator with 3+ years tech expertise plus managerial skills. You will be responsible for development of next generation site plus oversight of new design and daily maintenance. You’ll select and manage outside contractors and integrate systems as site evolves. Flexible telecommuting position. Work from home office with weekly meetings in Underhill, VT. Responsibilities: Oversee website redesign and contracts with outside tech specialists; database maintenance; ongoing redesign to accommodate user feedback and integration of new technologies; development of co-branded pages; SEO; analytics; advertising and affiliate tracking. Skills required: exceptional web tool set; sound leadership/people skills; project management, including managing resources, schedules, and budgets to ensure cost-effective development; user interface and workflow design. Requires: Can-do attitude; leadership; AS/BS or related; 3+ years; HTML, XML, Internet architectures, Networking, Windows; CMS; SEO; analytics; web 2.0; experience preferred with advertising-driven consumer sites. Hands-on position with amazing growth potential. Right candidate will have flair for cost-effective deployment of resources. Challenging position requires candidate who is at ease assuming full charge for site development in small business/ entrepreneurial environment. Offers: Competitive salary, health, IRA, performance bonuses; telecommuting virtual coworkers; flex time; opportunity to be a key contributor to socially responsible Vermont enterprise. Visit GetEducated.com. Tell us why you’d like to work with us. Detail three ways you would make us a better destination. Cover letter, resume, salary history to:

goldie@geteducated.com

Make your Mark. Fletcher Allen Health Care

Community Health Improvement Department seeks:

Employee and Family Assistance

Program Counselor

Part-time position. Must be a licensed Social Worker with a Master’s degree.

Find out more at

www.FletcherAllen.org

Major Gifts Position Audubon Vermont, a state program of the National Audubon Society, has an opening for a part-time major gifts position in Vermont. Primary Responsibilities: Working closely with Audubon Vermont’s Executive Director, board and other staff, the successful candidate will be a self-starter able to: take primary responsibility for developing and managing a variety of important relationships, close gifts and coordinate with staff, board and other key volunteers. The focus will be on individuals, including both current donors and new prospects. Reports to the Executive Director. Professional development experience, including prior major gift solicitation preferred; willingness to work from home office. Salary: Competitive, based on experience. Application Procedure: Please send cover letter and resume via email to jgilson@audubon.org or in writing to Jennifer Gilson, Office Manager, Audubon Vermont, 255 Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington, VT 05462. This is a new position. To view a complete job description, go to http://www.audubon.org/nas/hr/job/ majorGiftsOfficer-VT.html

Fletcher Allen proudly offers a non-smoking work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.

or call for more information.

434-3068

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Want to help grow viable farms, improve soil fertility, protect water quality, and educate young people about agriculture and healthy food? Join the team at the Intervale Center. ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant (FT) INTERVALE CONSERVATION NURSERY Seasonal Field Technician (7-month FT position, starting immediately) Planting Crew Members (10 positions available: 4 weeks FT/PT) HEALTHY CITY YOUTH FARM AmeriCorps Volunteer (900 hours starting in May, students eligible to apply) INTERVALE COMPOST

>>> We’re still selling compost! Buy Intervale Compost! <<< Heavy Equipment Operator – Excavator and Bucket Loader (FT) Dump Truck Driver (FT April through June) Seasonal Production Assistants (FT/PT positions available) The Intervale Center is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop farm- and land-based enterprises that generate social and economic well being while protecting natural resources. For more information go to www.intervale.org

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Finance & Operations Officer

PROMOTING ON-FARM COMPOSTING AND SOIL QUALITY

Vermont Center for Independent Living, a statewide disability rights organization, currently seeks an experienced, nonprofit financial management professional. Responsibilities include financial fund management and reporting, budgeting, contract negotiation, participation in strategic planning, and oversight of all business office functions, including HR and benefits administration. Nonprofit accounting experience essential and experience with MIP Fund Accounting software helpful.

ECOLOGY ~ INNOVATION ~ AGRICULTURE The Highﬁelds Institute is Growing! www.highﬁeldsinstitute.org Seeking an

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Please send cover letter and resume to:

Requirements: experience in organizational and budget management, and fundraising. Must be committed to Highfields’ mission of developing regenerative food systems through preservation and improvement of Vermont’s agricultural soils, watersheds, and agricultural economies through on-farm composting, organic materials recycling and soil health programs. Highfields is a nonprofit located in Hardwick, VT.

VCIL, 11 E. State St. Montpelier, VT 05602 by fax to 802-229-0503 or by email to nancyd@vcil.org.

Email resume and cover letter by April 11th to

VCIL is an EOE/affirmative action employer. We provide reasonable accommodations in the recruitment and employment of persons with disabilities.

highﬁeldsfw@vtlink.Net.

Help Vermonters pursue their education goals! CUSTOMER RELATIONS COUNSELOR

123 Pitkin Road, Plainfield, Vermont 05667

Join a team dedicated to providing outstanding customer service while helping Vermonters receive the necessary financial and informational resources to pursue their educational goals beyond high school. Requires a passion for providing excellent customer service, ability to multi-task and the capacity for staying current with evolving Federal and State regulations. You will assist students and parents calling for educational information, funding and loan repayment. This is a busy, fulfilling, entry level position with excellent opportunity for growth.

FACULTY

Part-time Openings Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, and Port Townsend, Washington has a national reputation for leadership in progressive education. Our students attend an eight-day, on-campus residency each semester during which they develop individualized study plans with faculty advisors. After the residency, faculty members provide mentorship through written exchange over a 15-week semester. We are currently inviting applications for anticipated part-time faculty openings in the following 2008/2009 academic year programs:

Full-time schedule includes one evening a week to 8:00 p.m. and one Saturday a month from 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. with generous shift differential. Requires customer service experience, excellent verbal communication skills, proficiency with relational databases, computers, and standard office software, reliability, accuracy, strong attention to detail, organizational skills, data entry or typing skills, facility with numbers, and ability to problem-solve. Bachelor’s degree and relevant financial aid experience preferred.

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Submit cover letter and resume by April 11, 2008, to Director of Human Resources via e-mail jobs@vsac.org, fax 654-3765 or mail.

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Goddard College is committed to creating a college representative of a diverse global community and capable of creating change. We are actively seeking applications from qualified candidates from groups currently underrepresented in our institution for these positions.

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LegaL assistant/ParaLegaL Bauer, gravel, Farnham, nuovo, Parker & Lang has an opening in their North Hero, Vermont office for a Legal Assistant. The position requires a self-motivated, computer-literate and detail-oriented person with common sense and persuasive negotiation ability. Legal experience or experience in debt collection is preferred, but will train the right person. The position is full-time with occasional evening/weekend work available. Compensation depending on experience, plus benefits including health, disability, 401(K) and more. Come to work with one of Vermont’s 10 largest law firms and join a great group of dedicated professionals. Visit www.vtlawoffices.com for more information about our firm. Forward resume and letter of interest to Marsha Davis, Office Manager, Bauer, gravel, Farnham, PO Box 607, Burlington, Vt 05402 or fax to: 802-864-7779.

AccountAnt Pine Ridge School has an immediate opening for a full-time Accountant. The Accountant is responsible for supervising the Business Office day-to-day activities and overseeing the billing, accounts receivable, cash, payroll, maintenance of the personnel files, flex plan paperwork, student bank, and month-end reconciliation. Excellent computer skills required with working knowledge of accounting software, double-entry accounting, tricky bank reconciliation, accounts payable, payroll processing, and financial statement preparation. Prefer knowledge with fund accounting, but willing to train bright and enthusiastic individual in nonprofit accounting principles. Full benefits package, vacation and sick time. Email or send cover letter, resume, salary requirements, and 3 references to:

Pam Blum, Business Manager Pine Ridge School

Help Vermonters pursue their education goals! ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO VP OF STUDENT SERVICES VSAC seeks an Administrative Assistant to provide high quality and efficient administrative support to the Vice President of Student Services by organizing and overseeing day-to-day activities. Duties include coordinating calendar schedules and travel arrangements; managing a variety of special projects; maintaining oversight of the budget; compiling Division goals and reports; handling multiple incoming issues and concerns; facilitating internal and external communications to the VP; recording meeting minutes; and providing and/or preparing related information and material. Requires excellent communication; attention to detail; interpersonal and organizational skills; expertise in all aspects of office administration; experience recording meeting minutes; and extreme sensitivity to confidential matters. Proficiency with MS Office Suite. Some overtime required. Associates Degree and five years of administrative assistance experience.’ Dynamic, professional environment with competitive compensation. VSAC benefits include: health and dental benefits, tuition reimbursement, interest-free repayment of most existing student loans,VSAC Retirement Plan, on-site fitness center, paid vacation time and much more... Submit cover letter and resume by April 11, 2008 to Director of Human Resources via e-mail jobs@vsac.org, fax 654-3765 or mail.

VERMONT STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORPORATION PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404 Equal Opportunity Employer www.vsac.org • VSAC Job Info Line: 654-3760

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At HowardCenter, we believe that everyone deserves support. We are the largest private, nonprofit community mental health agency in the state of Vermont, serving 14,000 people a year in child, youth and family services; developmental services; and mental health and substance abuse services

Adult Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Community Support outreaCh CliniCian

Seeking a full-time case manager to work in a unique program providing intensive services to break the cycle of homelessness for persons with mental illnesses. This position works as part of an interagency team with the Community Health Center. Direct experience serving persons with a major mental illness is highly desirable. This position works on the streets, in clients’ homes, as well as in the Safe Harbor Office. Bachelor’s degree required; driver’s license and reliable vehicle are musts.

employment CounSelor / Job Developer

Full-time position working in an evidence-based, supported employment program assisting individuals recovering from mental illness with their employment and educational goals. Responsibilities include community-based assessment, skill and comfort level developing a wide range of jobs in the community and a desire to work on a multidisciplinary team. Bachelor’s degree in human services, 2 years human service work experience, valid Vermont driver’s license, registered vehicle and knowledge of community resources required. Knowledge of the Burlington business community preferred.

life-SkillS eDuCator

We are seeking a full-time, life-skills educator to join our team. This individual will provide supportive counseling to individuals with major mental illness in areas including independent living skills, household management, social engagement, coping skills, financial management and resource connection. Applicants must have the ability to work compassionately and respectfully with individuals with major mental illnesses as well as the ability to understand and assess clients’ physical, emotional, financial and social needs. Bachelor’s degree in related area and experience working with individuals with a major mental illness are desired. Must possess valid Vermont driver’s license, registered vehicle and insurance that complies with Howard Center policy.

pSyChiatriC hoSpital DiverSion program CoorDinator

We are seeking a licensed or license-eligible mental-health professional with exceptional clinical and supervisory skills to direct a community-based psychiatric hospital diversion and crisis stabilization program in Chittenden County. We have been providing an alternative to inpatient treatment for seriously mentally ill adults for 20 years in the ASSIST Program, and are opening a second location. Previous management experience and organizational skills needed, as well as a solid clinical background in psychiatric crisis and behavioral treatment. Primary responsibilities include program development, fiscal management and clinical supervision of staff.

reSiDential programS CoorDinator

Are you a dynamic, detail-oriented individual with strong leadership qualities and excellent communication and organizational skills? If so, the state’s largest nonprofit social service agency is seeking you to clinically coordinate psychiatric residential/community housing programs for adults who are considered to have major mental illness and substance abuse disorders. Responsibilities include supervision of staff, intake assessment, budgeting, serving as a clinical resource for families and the community, and participation in larger Agency management and clinical issues. A Master’s degree and solid clinical assessment skills are required. Three to five years supervisory experience and clinical expertise with mental-health and substance-abuse issues preferred. A sense of humor and being a team player are musts! Full-time position with excellent benefits.

SubStanCe-abuSe CliniCian

The Chittenden Clinic, the methadone program in Chittenden County, is seeking a full-time substance-abuse clinician who will provide individual and group counseling to patients who are opioid-dependent. Position will require the candidate to establish and maintain clinic records, address treatment plans, progress in treatment, and coordinate care. Candidate must have a Master’s in counseling or social work and have (or be working towards) licensure in substance-abuse treatment.

SubStitute reSiDential CounSelorS

Get on-the-job training! If you are responsible and compassionate, we need you to work in our residential programs with adults who are considered to have mental illness and substance use disorders. Flexible shifts – day, evening, sleep and awake overnights.

Child, Youth and Family Services JobS program family CliniCian

Seeking a full-time Master’s preferred clinician for Family and Community Based Services Program serving both children with emotional/behavioral challenges and their families and transitional-aged youth seeking employment and independent living skills. Must be a strong advocate, comfortable with care coordination, working in the community, therapeutic interventions, family work, parenting education, vocational support and working with adolescents. Requires strong communication and organizational skills. Knowledge of resources a plus. Driver’s license and transportation required.

Developmental Services Senior manager, aDult ServiCeS

Sought to provide leadership, supervision, budget oversight, and risk assessment to a staff of Program Managers in all areas of service delivery for adults with developmental disabilities. This Management Team position advises the Executive Council on issues relating to programmatic direction, policy changes, and crisis response. Bachelor’s degree that meets the criteria to be a Qualified Developmental Disability Professional required, plus five years of experience in human services, three years specifically in developmental disability service provision or combination of education and experience. Full-time with a comprehensive benefits package.

program manager, aDult ServiCeS

Looking for dynamic individuals to be integral part of case management team that coordinates services for adults with developmental disabilities. Responsible for working with individuals and their support network to identify and develop supports necessary to maximize integration in the community. Candidates should be self-starting team players. Experience in community support, collaboration, advocacy, and dual diagnosis, (MI/MR) desirable. Behavior support background and DBT experience a plus. Bachelor’s degree in related field, plus two to three years experience preferred.

DireCt ServiCe Staff

Active and creative individuals sought for direct service positions working with children and adults with developmental disabilities in various Chittenden County communities. •

Excellent opportunity to work with males living in residential settings while receiving clinical supervision, participating in staff meetings, and working as part of dynamic and skilled teams. Hinesburg/Starksboro area. 15 weekend hours.

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14-year-old thrill-seeking young man is looking for 20 hours of support a week in his Richmond-area home and community. If you enjoy outside activities like swimming, baseball, climbing, and riding bikes, this might be a natural fit for you. Current schedule is Monday, Wednesday & Fridays from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., and again on Saturday from 11am to 4pm.

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20-something young woman just beginning to transition into a more independent living situation is looking for 20 hours of support and coaching in the Essex Jct./ Burlington areas. Schedule is in development, but the hours will be split between late afternoon/early evenings on the weekdays and on a weekend day. Assistance with cooking, budgeting and other household responsibilities, as well as building social skills.

Send reSume and cover letter to: Human resources/Jobs Howardcenter, 160 Flynn avenue, Burlington, vt 05401 or email to HrHelpdesk@howardcenter.org 802-488-6950 To learn more about HowardCenter, view a full listing of open positions, learn more about benefits, and apply online, visit www.howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.

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PrinciPal Search Williamstown high School, Williamstown, Vermont

Legal Administrative Assistant The National Life Group is seeking an individual to provide administrative support to lawyers and paralegals. Responsibilities may include some or all of the following: data management and entry, litigation reporting, document management, processing invoices, drafting and typing legal documents, arranging meetings and travel, filing, photocopying, scanning and faxing documents. The successful candidate will be an administrative assistant with a minimum of two years of relevant experience, preferably in a legal environment. He or she will have excellent computer, communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, a strong work ethic, and an ability and willingness to work collegially with others in a fast-paced environment. Excellent typing and grammar skills, attention to detail and proficiency with a variety of computer applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook also required.

National Life Group Human Resources One National Life Drive Montpelier, VT 05604 resumes@nationallife.com National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company and its affiliates. TC39366 (0108)

The successful candidate must be student-centered and demonstrate the following abilities and traits: Strong instructional leadership and management skills Excellent interpersonal communication and collaborative skills Commitment to a continuous improvement belief system Knowledge of the Vermont Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities and standards-based instruction • Committed to formative supervision and evaluation • • • •

The Williamstown High School serves 200 students, grades 9-12, with 30 faculty and staff members. The successful candidate must be certified or eligible for Vermont Principal certification. Send cover letter, resume, transcripts, certification documents and three letters of reference to:

Douglas r. Shiok Superintendent of Schools Orange north Supervisory Union 111b Brush hill road Williamstown, VT 05679 attn: WhS Principal Search Applications accepted until position filled. EOE

New England Federal Credit Union, Vermont’s largest Credit Union with 7 branch locations, is a growing organization committed to excellence in price, convenience, service, simplicity, and to sharing success. NEFCU offers a stable, supportive, high-standards work environment, where employees are treated as key stakeholders. Please visit our website – www.nefcu.com – to learn more about the great opportunities and benefits that exist at NEFCU.

Tellers Opportunity exists for full- and part-time tellers. Qualified candidates must project a friendly and personable demeanor, have effective communication skills, be detailed and knowledgeable with computers and be accurate. Cash handling and customer service experience required. Full-time hours: Monday-Friday, 10:15-7:15; or 8:15-5:15, both require one Saturday per month. Part-time hours: (2) Monday-Friday 3:15 - 7:15 p.m.

$12.00/hr.? responsible Job for your resume? sweeT!!! Interested in a great paying job, working for a local financial services firm with an excellent reputation for price, service and simplicity? Need a job that won’t interfere with your class schedule? We should talk. New England Federal Credit Union needs friendly, motivated people with good communication skills to work Saturdays for 6.5 hours from 8:45-3:15 p.m. at our main branch at Taft Corners in Williston. We will teach you to perform financial transactions for our 65,000 members while you learn about retail financial services at Vermont’s largest Credit Union. By making a regular Saturday commitment to work for us, you can qualify to earn still more money, if your schedule allows, by choosing to work vacations and/or evenings (3pm-7pm) in our drive-up teller window, or even Sundays from 10:30am-3:30pm. If you find that you enjoy the work and people (we know you will!) you might want to work for us full-time when school finishes in May. A $12.00/hr summer job will help you replenish that bank account you drained during the school year!! If you are interested, please send your resume and a brief letter of interest to HR@nefcu.com Be sure to specify your interest in the part-time Teller position. Have a great semester! If you believe you have the talent and skills to contribute to success at NEFCU and would like to be part of a dynamic team, please forward a brief statement of your interest in the position along with your resume in confidence to:

hr@nefcu.com or by mail to nefCu, human resources, p.o. box 527, williston, VT 05495-5027 eoe

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Director of International Marketing, Recruitment and Enrollment Saint Michael’s College invites applications for the position of Director of International Marketing, Recruitment and Enrollment. The Director is principally responsible for designing and implementing marketing and recruitment strategies to enroll international students in the undergraduate, graduate, and English language programs at Saint Michael’s College. Programs include Intensive English Language Program (IEP), Academic English Program (AEP), Study Abroad Program, Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL) and the Diploma Program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The candidate should have substantial experience and success in the marketing and recruitment of international students in a college/university setting. A comprehensive knowledge of data-management systems and exceptional communication and interpersonal skills are also required. The ideal candidate will hold a Master’s degree in an appropriate field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

VCLF, a non-profit financial organization providing equitable access to capital for affordable housing, community facilities and small business is searching for a Staff Accountant to support financial operations. The position will report to the Director of Finance and be located in our downtown Montpelier office. This position will be responsible for preparing general ledger entries, monthly financial statements, loan and investment portfolio reports, and account reconciliations. The successful candidate will have at least 2 years of general ledger accounting experience, a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business or equivalent, proficiency in computerized accounting systems and spreadsheets, an attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills. Nonprofit fund or loan accounting experience preferred.

A complete job description can be found at www.vclf.org. VCLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Send a cover letter, resume and salary requirements to:

Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate learning and be supportive of the mission of this Catholic, residential, liberal arts college.

Human Resources, VCLF, P.O. Box 827 Montpelier, VT 05601-0827

Saint Michael’s College is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering diversity in its faculty, staff and student body, and encourages applications from the entire spectrum of a diverse community.

or via email to:

Send applications to: Office of Human Resources, Saint Michael’s College, One Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439 or by email to smchr@smcvt. edu. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 9, 2008. A complete job description is available upon request.

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Join the team at Gardenerâ€™s Supply Company where weâ€™re proud of our commitment to working hard AND having fun! We are an employee-owned company and Americaâ€™s leading catalog and web-based gardening company!

Horticultural Research Technician Weâ€™re looking for an individual to join our Product Design and Development team who will provide valuable data on new/existing products through field trials and indoor/ outdoor growing. The major responsibilities include: prepare, plant and maintain test lab and test garden experiments; and develop testing protocols. Our ideal candidate will have a degree in plant & soil science or related science; experience in setting up protocols for horticultural testing; knowledge of statistics; advanced gardening skills; ability to use horticultural instrumentation; excellent project coordination and organizational skills; and Word/Excel/Access proficiency.

Product Quality Assurance Manager This person will join our merchandising team and be responsible to develop, manage and implement a quality-control program to ensure production & delivery of our high quality products; interface with external vendors, agents, factory and government agencies; establish and maintain minimum product performance standards and ensure vendor compliance with those product specifications. Weâ€™re looking for an individual who has a strong background in quality assurance & quality control; strong analytical, organizational and negotiation skills; and excellent computer skills â€“ at least an intermediate level of knowledge in Excel, Word, and Access.

E-Commerce Designer Weâ€™re looking for an E-Commerce Designer who will create unified site designs that help meet our companyâ€™s brand development goals, design page templates and dynamic content and interactive shopping tools, and ensure all online marketing initiatives are produced and executed on-time and error-free â€“ all performed with a positive customer service attitude & patience in a sometimes high-stress setting. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of full-time UI design experience in an e-commerce environment (preferably business to consumer); excellent graphic design skills including a strong understanding of layout, palette, stylebooks and typography; experience with Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady, Dreamweaver and web page production languages: HTML, DHTML, CSS, Flash and XML. Knowledge of web-specific development languages like Javascript, CFML, JSP and ASP a plus. We offer a team-oriented work environment, strong cultural values, competitive wages and excellent benefits (including a terrific product discount!). Interested? Please send your cover letter & resume to Gardenerâ€™s Supply Company, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington, VT 05401 or to jobs@gardeners.com

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Charlotte Children’s Center NAEYC accredited center seeks parttime Teacher for early mornings and late afternoons. Experience & education preferred. Substitutes are also needed. Call 802-425-3328 for more information.

The Green Mountain Audubon Center

seeks part-time office help 1 flexible day per week MS Word and Excel needed. Send resume to: jfitzgerald@audubon.org or Audubon Vermont, 255 Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington, VT 05462

Big Fatty needs counter staff! Join the “little piglets” at the best damn BBQ joint in Vermont. Fun place to work, great crew to work with. Being on time and having fun with customers a must. Please respond by email with a quick resume.

mhudak@uvm.com

See what Fletcher Allen has to offer

The Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS) provides emergency shelter, services, and housing for people who are without homes or who are marginally housed. COTS advocates for long-term solutions to end homelessness. We believe: … in the value and dignity of every human life. … that housing is a fundamental human right. … that emergency shelter is not the solution to homelessness.

Currently we are seeking two talented leaders with supervisory experience in the field of social services to join COTS.

Adult ServiceS coordinAtor Lead the adult services team who provide shelter and case management services to adults experiencing homelessness.

FAmily ServiceS coordinAtor Lead the family services team who provide shelter and case management services to families experiencing homelessness.

OR Opportunities for Nurses and Technicians • • • • •

Level I academic tertiary-care center 17 OR suites Flexible, full-time shifts available $6,000 bonus for experienced OR Nurses $3,000-$4,000 bonus for OR Techs, based on experience

Apply at www.ORinBurlington.com or contact Susan at (802) 847-3995. Fletcher Allen proudly offers a non-smoking work environment. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V. Fletcher Allen offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including relocation and temporary housing.

Both positions require a MSW or related discipline plus five to seven years of social services work experience. Knowledge of homelessness, mental illness, and substance abuse is required along with experience in providing clinical supervision, program planning and evaluation. Please check out our website - www.cotsonline.org - for more information. Send cover letter and resume to: mary Anne Kohn, Program director cotS, Po Box 1616 Burlington, vt 05402-1616 email: maryannek@cotsonline.org no phone calls accepted. eoe, tty relay 1-800-545-3323

Washington County Youth Service Bureau/Boys & Girls Club Make a difference in the lives of young people!

“You become successful the moment you start moving towards a worthwhile goal.”

Community Inclusion Facilitators CCS is seeking individuals to provide one-on-one support to people with developmental disabilities. The following positions are available:

29 hours per week, Monday through Friday 34.5 hours per week, Monday through Friday Dynamic and energetic people needed to provide supports to a variety of individuals so they can expand their horizons and attain their goals both socially and vocationally.

25.25 hours per week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday A supportive, goal oriented individual needed to support a variety of individuals in the workplace and in their local community in a one-on-one setting

20 hours per week, Tuesday through Friday Creative and collaborative person needed to assist an individual in increasing her independence at work and accessing her community.

Part-time AmeriCorps Positions CityScape After School Program, Barre (2 positions) -Plan and implement high-quality social, recreational, cultural and service programs for youth. Return House Vermont, Barre (2 positions) -Support the success of 18 – 22-year-old men as they re-enter their community after being incarcerated. Positions are part of Vermont Youth Development Corps AmeriCorps*State Program (VYDC). -Help youth build strong connections to their communities and develop assets they need to make healthy choices. -Create programs to foster youth leadership, promote community collaboration, and develop volunteer and other resources. Part-time/Summer Positions – AmeriCorps members serve 900 hours and receive a living allowance, training, and an education award of $2362.50. Rolling start date – service can start as early as April and must be completed by 30 September. More information and application available at www.americorps.gov. For more information about Return House contact:

All positions include the possibility of additional substitute hours. Benefits start at 17.5 hours and include health insurance, paid holidays and vacation time.

Kristen Ironside return_house_vermont@yahoo.com or 802-249-7672

Champlain Community Services 512 Troy Ave, Suite 1 Colchester, VT 05446 802-655-0511 – 802-655-5207 (Fax) Equal Opportunity Employer

For more information about CityScape contact:

PJ LaPerle pjlaperle@youthservicebureau.info or 802-229-9151

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042W 4VMZEXI (YX] Care for one patient and be appreciated for a job well done! Loving, 16-year-old girl in need of caring, dependable nurse. Private home is 25 minutes NW of Burlington. Job includes total assist with ADLs, g-tube feeds, respiratory management and participation in school and aquatherapy programs. Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $23.50 - $27/hour Send resume and references to: Privdutynurse08@surfglobal.net or call Ratana, 802-893-6368.

Washington County Mental health serviCes

Residential CounseloR Full-time w/ benefits. Seeking an individual to work one-on-one with an adult male client transitioning into an apartment; must be able to work independently as well as part of a team. Position will require transportation to and from community activities as well as to mental health and doctor’s appointments. Candidate will help support the development of social skills, behavioral skills, daily living skills. Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field required. Experience with severe, persistent mental health illness preferred. Valid driver’s license, excellent driving record and access to a safe, reliable and insured vehicle required. Send letters of interest/resumes to:

WCMHs, Personnel Po Box 647 Montpelier, Vt 05601 or email: Personnel@wcmhs.org or Fax: 802-223-8623.

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Technology SupporT SpecialiST The wonderful schools of Chittenden East Supervisory Union are looking for a Technology Support Specialist to join its dynamic team that is responsible for the maintenance and repair of information technology hardware and associated software; provides professional technology customer service to staff and students in schools and on a help desk; coordinates school technology purchasing and budgeting. The team serves schools in the towns of Bolton, Huntington, Jericho, Richmond and Underhill. Please visit www.cesu.k12.vt.us for an online job application link and job details, or contact Steve Jarrett at steve.jarrett@cesu.k12.vt.us or 802-858-1729.

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Positions available to care for 19th century Inn that is also a National Historic Landmark. Will learn to gently take care of original furnishings in guest rooms and public rooms. Mid-April through October, some weekends required. Previous experience helpful but not required.

Please email kpolihronakis@shelburnefarms.org or call 802-985-0403 for further information.

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Maintenance Mechanic/ Truck Driver Grade 9

Job Type: This is a full-time position at the Water Quality Department. Responsibilities include but are not limited to maintenance and operation of two wastewater treatment facilities and the city’s pumping stations. Qualifications: High school or GED, valid CDL driver’s license, ability to lift 100 lbs. Must be self-motivated and able to work independently, have the capability to troubleshoot and repair operational and maintenance issues, work and communicate within a team environment. To apply, submit application or resume to: Steven Crosby, Water Quality Superintendent City of South Burlington 575 Dorset Street South Burlington, VT 05403

Data ColleCtions assistant Natural resources research group looking for motivated individuals to assist with duties like data entry, telephone verification, processing mail, and filing related to a large fisheries research project. Accurate keyboarding and excellent verbal communication skills a must. $8.75/hour to start, possibly more based on experience. Background in biology or fisheries preferred but not necessary. Great experience for those with education/interest in marine biology! This is a temporary, 40-hour per week position anticipated to last through Dec. 2008. EOE/M/F/D/V. Reply with resume to jobvt@ macrointernational.com with “Data Research” in the subject line, or to:

HOUSEKEEPERS NEEDED

IFBE!DPPL0LJUDIFO!NBOBHFS Looking for the perfect person to plan our new menu, help set up & manage our new kitchen (to be opened early summer). This person: • loves to cook • is dedicated to purchasing local fresh ingredients (local meaning within 100 miles) • understands that good food doesn’t need to be fancy food • works fast & clean & supervises workers to be fast & clean • is self-motivated to always send out a delicious and beautiful-looking plate of food • is good tempered • understands & can manage food cost and menu development • can put all their best energy into everything they do • can think creatively both about food and about the role of a community cafe in a downtown • is open to recipe ideas from co-workers and community members If you are that person, please email your resume with a little note about yourself and interests. sharon@thebeesknees-vt.com

=K68 9:H><C:G$:C<>C::G Cx Associates is a rapidly growing consulting firm. We provide commissioning, energy efficiency, building modeling, LEED consulting, and carbon management services to help our clients improve comfort while reducing the environmental impacts of their facilities. Candidates must have 2-3 years of experience in commercial HVAC systems design. Required skills include attention to detail, knowledge of energy efficiency and strong written and verbal communication. Cx Associates offers excellent benefits including 30 annual vacation/sick/holidays for full time employees. Send resume and cover letter to

carrie@cx-assoc.com

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PT RESIDENTIAL RESPITE STAFF NEEDED

No Multitasking Allowed! Needed: P/T Office Manager â€˘ small non-profit retreat center â€˘ lovely views, hiking trails â€˘ small, friendly staff â€˘ meaningful, holistic work â€˘ paid vacation, flexible hours â€˘ 30min south of Burlington Send letter/resume to todo@together.net

Are you good at â€˘ organizing an office â€˘ MS Access Database â€˘ Quickbooks, MS Word â€˘Running an on-line bookstore â€˘ courteous support of our members

Landscapers:

Must have commercial mowing experience, and valid driverâ€™s license. Competitive pay.

Spectrum Youth and Family Services are seeking dynamic, dependable people to join our Respite team.Â Applicants should have a flexible schedule; and some experience working with adolescents.Â Provide assistance with crisis intervention, mental health and substance abuse issues and basic living skills. Hours are variable, must also be available to do days, evenings, week-ends.

802-338-9058, Colchester VT

We are looking specifically for people who can work awake overnight shifts in addition to other shifts.

Immediate opening for year-round, full-time positions.

Foreman:

Must have prior experience, strong leadership skills, valid driverâ€™s license and exceptional attention to detail.

Laborers:

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Bachelorâ€™s degree and/or high school degree or equivalent of one year experience with youth/ adolescents preferredÂ Please send cover letter and resume to:

Receptionist/Legal Assistant A great job for an experienced legal secretary. Mediumsized Burlington law firm with a friendly and fun work environment is seeking a full-time Receptionist/Legal Assistant. The ideal candidate will have secretarial experience. Excellent computer and organizational skills. Competitive salary, full benefits package and 401(K). Please send your resume to:

Vicki M. Gilwee, Office Manager, McNeil, Leddy & Sheahan 271 South Union Street Burlington, VT 05401 or via email tovgilwee@mcneilvt.com No phone calls, please.

Seeking a Shared Home Provider (Washington County Area) Looking for a kind and caring person to share your home with a 46-year-old woman with mild developmental disabilities. She is a very engaging, caring and humorous lady. Share your home while providing support to increase independent skills and attend to ongoing medical health needs. This is a great opportunity for someone already in the health care field. Female or couples without children preferred. No experience necessary, but experience preferred. Home must be free of pets. Montpelier area preferred. Training, support, and tax-free stipend included. Please contact: Becky Chadwick, Office Manager 802-229-6369 ext 221. Francis Foundation 16 Church St., Middlesex, VT 05602

Pastry Chef A.M. & P.M. Line Cooks A.M. Sous Chef Dishwashers

Send resume to rgencarelli@shelburnefarms.org or call 985-0407 for more information.

Childrenâ€™s serviCes Coordinator This position is responsible for coordinating services and programs pertaining to children and youth within the organization, including provision of supportive services to children and youth in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. BA in Human Services or Educational field or equivalent education and experience in related fields necessary. Knowledge of domestic and sexual violence issues preferred. Must have excellent presentation and communication skills with ability to relate to children and youth. Require valid driverâ€™s license and reliable transportation. Starting part time with benefits with possibility of becoming full-time. send cover letter and resume to voices against violence, P.o. Box 72, st. albans, vt 05478 by april 28, 2008. eoe.

Boys & Girls Club of Burlington c/o Shannon Dixon 62 Oak St., Burlington, VT 05401

MEDICAID CLERK WASHINGTON WEST SUPERVISORY UNION Washington West Supervisory Union is seeking a Medicaid Clerk for 20 hours per week, beginning July 1, 2008. This is a school-year schedule with minimal summer work. Responsibilities include maintaining files and data for the VT Department of Education and billing Medicaid claims. Knowledge of EDS billing system helpful. Strong organization, persistence, and communication skills necessary. At least one year of relevant experience preferred; high school diploma required.

If you want to have fun this summer and engage youth this is the position for you.

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19th Century historic inn and restaurant looking for experienced, dedicated staff to assist in preparation of local-grown food. Market garden on property.

0PHH@M <HK 0O<AA Responsibilities include supervising youth in grades 1-6 and helping to design and implement programs. Prior experience with youth is preferred and a passionate commitment to quality youth development services is a must. Incumbents must be First Aid, CPR and Lifeguard certified. E.O.E.

Spectrum Youth & Family Services Attn: B. Johnson 177 Pearl St. Burlington, VT 05401 &/or email: bjohnson@spectrumvt.org

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Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume and 3 letters of reference to: Donarae Cook, Director of Special Education Washington West Supervisory Union 1673 Main St., Suite A Waitsfield, VT 05673 Position open until filled.

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Now hiring full- and part-time positions. Some experience preferred but will train. Starting pay, $9/hour. Clean driving record required. 481 White Street, South Burlington, VT Apply in person, ask for Birdie.

Lead Carpenter/Foreman/ Working Supervisor Are you interested in joining a progressive construction company? Min. 5 years experience required. Experienced, long-term, full-time applicants. Benefits are available (pending successful trial period.) A positive, hardworking, can-do attitude is a must! Serious applicants please provide resume and references.

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Executive Director The Central Vermont Humane Society seeks a dynamic Executive Director with a proven track record in fundraising and financial oversight, operational management, strategic planning, and public relations. CVHS operates an â€œopen doorâ€? shelter serving Washington and Orange counties in Central Vermont, takes in 1700 animals per year, and has an annual budget of $400,000. Five years management experience in animal welfare and/or nonprofit sector required. Salary range of $45,000-$55,000, depending on experience. Health benefits Included. Send cover letter, resume, and names/addresses of three references to: Central Vermont Humane Society Attn: Search Committee P.O. Box 687 Montpelier, VT 05601-0687 or via email: edsearch@cvhumane.com (No phone calls, please.)

The Offset House is looking for a highly motivated individual to fill the following position:

Customer Service Rep. Must be able to multitask, take charge of client services, have computer skills and work in a fast-paced environment. Prior experience in customer service required, commercial printing experience preferred. The Offset House also has openings in the bindery and web press. Great benefits package that includes medical/dental, 401(K) plan, and paid vacations. Please send resumes to: 89 Sand Hill Road Essex, VT 05451 or email to employment@offsethouse.com

Email sindydgm@accessvt.com or call Sindy at 802-434-3992.

PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR The Sara Holbrook Community Center seeks a Preschool Director with early childhood or special ed. certification & minimum 1 year experience. Position requires planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum. 30 hours/wk following public school calendar. Excellent benefits. Resume, sample lesson plan & 3 letters of reference by 4/15/08. Leisa Pollander, Executive Director Sara Holbrook Community Center 66 North Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 Applications accepted until position is filled. EOE. No phone calls, please.

WINOOSKI SCHOOL DISTRICT

IMMEDIATE OPENING

CUSTODIAN - Full-time position with excellent benefits.

Hours are 3-11:30 p.m. shift when school is in session â€“ daytime when school is out. Cleaning experience required. Good communication skills. Stable work history. Send letter of application, resume and three references to:

Developmental Services NIGHT OWLS WANTED HowardCenter is seeking compassionate, creative, and dedicated people to provide AWAKE overnight coverage for a sweet 8year-old boy with developmental disabilities in his South Burlington home.

This is a benefits-eligible, 25hr/wk position earning $13.08 per hour.

Beautiful setting, wonderful people! We are a newly renovated residential care facility in downtown Burlington looking for caring individuals for the following openings: LPNs or RNs: Evening shifts 24-32 hrs/wk Dining Room Waitstaff: Part-time late afternoon and weekend shifts available

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positions, to learn more about benefits, and to apply online, visit www.howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.

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EOE/TTY Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply.

Sandy Metivier Winooski School District 60 Normand St. Winooski, VT 05404 802-655-0485

Call Joyce at 802-862-0401 or email to joyce@ conversehome.com

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Automotive DetAiler

20 hours/week for food production and general cleaning duties in our kitchen. Experience preferred but will train the right individual. Good work environment and competitive wages. Friday and Sunday work week. Apply online or in person at: Farrell Vending Services, Inc 405 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401 DennyJ@Farrellvending.com www.FarrellVending.com

Kelliher Samets Volk, a marketing group with ofďŹ ces in Burlington, New York and Boston, is looking to add an experienced accountant to its Burlington ofďŹ ce. Partnering with the controller, the staff accountant should possess the ability to manage numerous tasks. Our team approach offers the opportunity to grow and experience the broad field of accounting.

Applicants should have: â€˘ A minimum of 2â€“4 years full charge accounting experience â€˘ ProďŹ cient AP/AR knowledge â€˘ Cash ďŹ‚ow and forecasting experience â€˘ The ability to work independently and within a team Send your resume and salary requirements to jobs@ksvc.com. See the full job description online and learn more about Kelliher Samets Volk at www.ksvc.com. We will respond to qualiďŹ ed candidates.

www.ksvc.com | 212 Battery St., Burlington VT 05401

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Well established, local multisite P.T. clinic seeks energetic, responsible, organized, Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant. Experience in out-patient orthopedics preferred.

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Looking for full-/part-time for busy downtown bridal salon. If you have interest in working with wonderful brides and their families, good customer service skills and a positive attitude, we look forward to meeting you! Basic sewing skills are necessary. Please apply in person, 2 Church Street, Burlington, VT. 10-5 Tuesday-Saturday.

Sales Associate The Outdoor Gear Exchange is hiring a Sales Associate with extensive experience in telemark skiing, climbing or paddling. Strong customer service skills, attention to detail, knowledge of outdoor gear and a sense of humor are required. Weekend and evening hours may be required. This is a full-time position with benefits. Send a resume and cover letter letting us know why you would be perfect for the best damn gear shop.

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Seeking a dynamic, self-motivated GENERAL MANAGER to help run our small, family-owned restaurant in Shelburne Village. The ideal candidate will possess: Âˇ Minimum 2 years experience in dining room management Âˇ Excellent customer-making skills Âˇ Fun, professional, collaborative management style Âˇ Passion for food, wine and people Âˇ Positive problem-solving skills Âˇ Creativity and efficiency

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Seeking highly motivated and dependable individual with some knowledge of welding and fabricating. Candidate must have excellent measuring skills and attention to detail. We offer competitive wages and benefits and a positive work environment.

PG Adams 1215 Airport Parkway South Burlington, VT 05403 ashley@pgadams.com

Substance Abuse Counselors To conduct assessments, group therapy, and associated activities at various locations around Vermont. Program is conducted at Probation and Parole offices throughout the state.

Contemporary Marketing Team Representative If you are energetic, committed and are extremely flexible, can work in a fast-paced environment and are good with people, then this might be the job for you. We offer a competitive wage and benefit package, and only ask that you have a valid driverâ€™s license and are at least 21 years of age. Please forward all resumes and letters of interest to: Farrell Distributing, 5 Holmes Road South Burlington, Vermont 05403 Attn: Randy

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We have immediate part-time openings in the Barre, Burlington, and St. Albans P&P offices. Certification (LADC, CADC, or CADCA) is required. Applicants interested in working part- or full-time are invited to complete voluntary Applicant Self-ID form at: http://www.phoenixhouse.org/National/Careers/Opportunities.html.

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Richard Turner rturner@phoenixhouse.org or 802-672-2500

School Age Site Director The Greater Burlington YMCA is currently seeking a site director for our after-school program in Huntington. Degree in Education or a related field is required, as well as experience working with children ages 5-12. 26 hours per week.

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Enjoy ThE Good ThinGs in LifE? Cheese Traders and Wine Sellers 1186 Williston Road, South Burlington, offers FT position for motivated, high-energy, educated individual with neat appearance, and a natural affinity for fine foods and great wines. Four-day work week, shopping discount, fun work ambiance and generous benefits. Come say hello and pick up an application!

Contact Tricia Pawlik to inquire, 802-862-9622.

School Age Substitute Director The Greater Burlington YMCA is seeking an energetic individual to substitute daily in any of our 21 after school program. Guaranteed 20 hours per week working with children ages 5-12. Contact Tricia

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Development Review Planner The Town of Williston is seeking a Development Review Planner. The Development Review Planner staffs the Development Review Board and Historic/Architectural Advisory Committee. As part of a fast-paced, award-winning department, the Development Review Planner is responsible for reviewing permit applications, preparing cases for presentation to the DRB, enforcement of a progressive development code, managing a filing system, and preparing monthly and annual reports. The Development Review Planner must be able to work with the public in a pleasant, professional manner. Expect to attend at least four evening meetings each month. The job description is posted at: http://www.town.williston.vt.us/website/images/documents/employment/drplanner.pdf Williston is a scenic, friendly suburb and state-designated growth center with a busy but progressive planning department that offers opportunities to work in historic preservation, open-space protection and community design. Minimum qualifications for this position include an undergraduate degree in planning, landscape architecture, or a related discipline, plus two to four years relevant experience, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired. A graduate degree is preferred and may be substituted for part of the required experience. Experience in site planning or site plan review are also preferred. Current pay range is $32,968 to $47,403 per year based on a 40-hour work week. Benefits are excellent. There may be an opportunity for promotion. Submit a cover letter describing your interest in working in Williston, a resume, a writing sample of no more than five pages, a sample GIS map you have produced (in pdf form), and contact information for three references to: nellisl@willistontown.com before April 14, 2008. Only email submissions will be accepted. Please do not call with questions. You may email questions to nellisl@ willistontown.com.

Williston is an equal opportunity employer.

Ormsby’s Computer Systems, Inc. currently has an opening for an:

Accounts Receivable / Purchasing / Support Dispatch Administrator Successful candidates for this position will possess highly effective verbal and written communication skills. He/ She must be self-motivated, organized, detail-oriented and willing to work in a fast-paced environment. They should be proficient in Microsoft Office, QuickBooks and have at least 3 years of accounts receivable and general accounting experience. Ormsby’s, Inc. is a leading-edge company providing solutions in computer systems sales and networking services. We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefit and compensation package. Potential candidates should send a resume to:

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The work you do in a day…will last forever. The Nature Conservancy (TNC), founded in 1951 with a mission to save the Earth’s biodiversity, is the world’s largest conservation organization. TNC has helped to protect more than 116 million acres around the world. Today, TNC has 1,000,000+ members worldwide and manages 1400+ preserves, the largest system of private nature sanctuaries in the world. Safeguarding the diversity of Vermont’s plants, animals and natural habitats for nearly 50 years, TNC has conserved approx. 170,000 acres toward preserving the state’s unique natural environment. To fill the following openings based in Montpelier, VT, we seek enthusiastic team players committed to conservation and with excellent communication skills and attention to detail:

Invasive Species Coordinator – FT, 35.0-hr/wk, benefits, reports to the Dir. of Science & Stewardship (deadline extended: 04/04/08) Conservation Information Manager – FT, 35.0-hr/wk, benefits, reports to the Dir. of Conservation Programs (deadline: 04/04/08) Conservation Assistant – PT, 21.0-hr/wk (3-day), benefits, reports to the Dir. of Protection (deadline: 04/04/08) Complete details, job descriptions, and application requirements are available on the web at: http://www.nature.org/careers/ dynamic/search.html, and select “Vermont” in the state field list. Relocation assistance is not available for the above positions. The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No phone calls, please.

City Market is looking for full- and part-time Grocery Stockers to fully stock grocery/bulk displays, shelves, coolers and freezers and keep the Grocery department clean and organized. We’re also seeking a temporary Stocker for our HABA department to work approximately 16 hours per week. Applicants must be a team player, have the ability to lift 50 to 80 lbs frequently, have general knowledge of stocking, possess effective communication skills, have a flexible schedule and be able to operate hand trucks and other stocking equipment. If you have the previous skills and a great sense of humor, apply today! We offer fantastic benefits including medical, dental, life and vision, retirement plan, generous paid time off, store discount, mass transit reimbursement, health club discounts and much more! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fill out an application at Customer Service, print one out online at www.citymarket.coop, or send your resume via email or snail-mail to:

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