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SISTERHOOD IS POWERFUL I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know how much I enjoyed Cathy Resmer’s cover story of “The Babes of Beaver Pond” [February 8]. As someone who was around when the Sisters LeMay and their entourage first started performing, it is such a pleasure to see how far they have come and what an asset they are to the entertainment scene in the “Queen City” of Burlington, Vermont. Although I have relocated to the SoHo (South of Houston) region of Texas, I still like to keep in touch with what is happening in my old stomping ground. Nobody covers it better than you guys at Seven Days. Keep up the good work. Miss Cherie Tartt, a.k.a. Steven West
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Editor’s note: Our story about Vermont Vows magazine did mention the declining number of civil unions in Vermont. CHILD PLAY In Paula Routly’s “State of the Arts” column entitled “U Be Quiet” [February 8], there seemed to be a question raised as to whether the Vermont Youth Orchestra Association is a “kidfriendly operation.” This was due to the fact that, at the January 29 Flynn concert, a woman and her two children were relocated by an usher to a different part of the theater following complaints from audience members that they were
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causing a disturbance. The VYOA is, in fact, a very kid-friendly operation. A large part of being such is respecting the tremendous efforts of all those kids on stage. Art DeQuasie BURLINGTON
CANDIDATE COVERAGE Ken Picard’s article on Kevin Curley [February 15] was very welcome, and well done. I hope he follows it up with the other mayoral candidates. As Curley says, we tend to vote the person here, not the party. A discursive look at how a candidate thinks and feels tells more about him/her than a set of formal replies to posed questions. Probably the Burlington Free Press can’t afford to give this much time and space to just a mayoral campaign, but that’s what is needed; all politics is local. Frankly, I like candidates who don’t fit smoothly into categories, and I have to give Curley more consideration now than I was doing. Fred G. Hill BURLINGTON
WAGE WATCH As we begin the earliest campaign season I can recall, signaled by the bombardment of TV ads starting in January, I find it disturbing to hear of candidate Tarrant’s humble beginnings knowing that he opposes increasing the minimum wage. As someone who claims to have lived through the desperate
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times of not earning a livable wage, one would think he would encourage our business community to ensure the daily needs of all our citizens are met — not just those of the elite few. We have seen a rapid decline in the real value of earnings for those working in minimum-wage positions. If we look at the money earned in 2001 dollars, in 1969 a minimum-wage earner would have made $7.08 — not terrible. But if we look at what that same individ-
ual would be earning today, it would a paltry $4.82. Who among us could say with a straight face that this is a livable wage or “I could manage with that salary?” Or worse yet, who could afford to buy a home — the foundation of most families’ retirement? If only our elected officials actually listened to our needs. In a recent poll, 86 percent of our population supported an increase in our minimum wage. Congress has voted themselves seven pay raises
since 1997. In that same time they have not voted for a single increase in the minimum wage — a trend I suspect would continue with Richie Tarrant in office. If you earned the federal minimum wage of $5.15 and worked 52 weeks a year, 40 hours a week, you would still fall $5000 below the poverty line. This is exactly why I support Bernie Sanders for the U.S. Senate. He is the only candidate that will fight to ensure your hard work and time will be
justly compensated. He will stand up for the middle class and all of those who rely on the minimum wage to be a livable wage. After we have suffered through 11 months of commercials that define who Richie is, remember what Bernie has already done. Todd Bailey HINESBURG
SMOOCH FOR MAYOR Before Bob Kiss stepped up to run for mayor we had what was really a pretty awful choice between a Conservative Republican and a Conservative Republican Lite, both of whom are ill-suited to run the City of Burlington. Frankly, the most notable thing about Hinda Miller seems to be that she made millions of dollars selling her company by selling out her 200 employees who all got laid off in the process. Great, and why would we want her to be our mayor? I’ve respected Bob Kiss for a number of years, and found him to be thoughtful, intelligent and a man of high moral character. The thing that impresses me the most about him is that he’s the rare exception of a politician. Most politicians seem to crave power to fulfill their super egos. Bob Kiss is truly a public servant who works hard to help
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KEEP YOUR PANTS ON It’s great to see The Pants back in action. I was privileged to have been on stage as a camera operator for their performance during one of our Good Citizen magazine events back in the summer of 1995. Producer Karen McGregor selected my footage of them featured on “The Good Citizen Video.” What surprises me, however, is that you are using an image of The Pants for a full-page ad that was first published in issue 4 of Good Citizen in the fall of 1995 without crediting this publication. Yes, Matt Thorsen was — and is — the photographer, and he owns the copyright. However, if you are going to use this as your poster or for further promotion, it might be cool to indicate where the image was first published. Thanks. Patricia Braine BURLINGTON
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t’s standing-room-only in the social hall at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, and Hinda Miller has the home-court advantage. More than 100 attendees take their seats or line the walls for the first of three scheduled debates among the Burlington mayoral candidates. Miller, a Democratic state senator from Chittenden County, hugs and shakes hands with her fellow congregants and supporters, many of whom are wearing greenand-white “Hinda for Mayor” stickers. Not all five mayoral candidates were invited to participate — Independent Louie “The Cowman” Beaudin claims he had to “twist some arms” for a seat at the table. But once the debate begins, its inclusiveness works to Miller’s advantage. The candidates speak in the order in which they’re seated, and Miller is sandwiched between Beaudin and Independent candidate Loyal Ploof. While Ploof rambles on about eliminating downtown parking meters, and Beaudin tosses out oddball remarks about how education is “ruining our society,” Miller hammers away at the themes that have defined her candidacy: innovation, collaboration, creativity and vision. She riffs effortlessly about promoting the creative economy, encourag-
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Kunin, Phil Hoff and Howard Dean, Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, Mayor Peter Clavelle and City Council President Ian Carleton are all on board. Her supporters, from a broad crosssection of Burlington, include a number of prominent Republicans and members of the wealthy business elite. “It’s easy to say that the big money is backing Hinda,” says Yves Bradley, a moderate Republican who owns the Body Shop on Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace. “My answer to that is, ‘It’s not the money, it’s the intelligence that’s backing Hinda.’ We need somebody who can look at this city like the business that it is.” More interesting is who’s not on the list of endorsers: City Councilor Montroll, who lost to Miller in the recent Democratic mayoral caucus; State Representative John Tracy, a staunch Burlington Democrat who also considered a run for mayor; former senate colleague Janet Munt and Republican Vince Illuzzi, who serves with Miller on the Economic Development Committee. Miller’s former business partner, Lisa Lindahl, went on the record for this story saying she doesn’t believe Miller has the qualifications for Burlington’s top job. Some Miller detractors are uneasy about her coziness with the business establishment, and
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room. She recently pulled a back muscle, she explains, so during our interview she stretches out yogastyle or sprawls on the couch with her legs up and shoes off. Her manner jives with the common perception of Miller as someone who is casual and comfortable around people. Much of Miller’s life is an open book. She was born Hinda Schreiber on April 18, 1950, in Montréal, the oldest of four children. Her grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern
Miller and Lindahl sold Jogbra to Playtex for a price Miller still won’t reveal. Playtex turned around and sold to Sara Lee. Miller stayed on as president of the division until 1995, and another two years as corporate spokesperson. When Jogbra finally left Essex Junction in 2002, 110 jobs went with it to North Carolina. “I believe that it was my stability that allowed the company to stay here until 2002,” Miller says. “I managed that transition from entrepreneurial company into cor-
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efforts to pigeonhole her politically or ideologically. She’s a vegetarian and a yoga instructor. Becoming a millionaire at 40 didn’t stop her from going into women’s prisons to teach. “I’m not an easy person to put a label on, and I find in this process that everyone projects the labels on me that they feel they have to in order to understand me,” Miller explains. “But they’re only looking at a part of me.” Seven Days met up with Miller recently at her house on Deforest Heights — 2005 assessed value: $611,700 — in the leafiest section of Burlington’s Hill Section. Her husband, Joel, a local psychologist and business consultant, also owns 11 rental units in five properties, assessed at about $1.3 million. A big, black poodle, Lucy, keeps watch in a large bay window overlooking a steeply sloping front yard. It’s a bright, warm and spacious home with an impressive view of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. Miller’s kitchen doubles as her campaign headquarters. “Dean for America” and “Kerry/Edwards” posters hang on one wall near a bulletin board packed with family photos. An artsy Chanukah menorah sits on top of a bookshelf, not far from a brass and pewter Buddha statue. A human-sized totemic wood carving from Indonesia stands in a corner of the living room; a framed Tibetan Wheel of Life hangs in the foyer. Seated at the kitchen table is Christine Salembier, Miller’s camˇ paign manager, and Dzeneta Karabegovic, an 18-year-old intern from UVM. The Bosnian émigré moved to the United States in 1998 and volunteered on Miller’s 2002 state senate race. This year, Miller has the young woman handling all of her scheduling. We settle down for our interview in the den, which is decorated in dark wood, green leather chairs, wall-to-wall bookshelves and Joel’s numerous degrees. I take a seat but Miller asks whether I mind if she stands and paces the
Europe, and her grandfather was a self-made man who started a fur business in Montréal, then later dabbled in real estate. Miller’s father was also an entrepreneur and real estate investor. After World War II he opened a discount store in Montréal, managed several hotels, and later worked on the 1967 World’s Fair. Miller was always close to her father and says he had a major influence on her life. “My father was an experiential guy,” she says. “He always encouraged me to experience the world. He would say, ‘Circulate and participate. If you’re afraid of something, go do it.’” The Millers were avid skiers. After a ski trip to Stowe — Hinda’s first taste of Vermont; she didn’t become a U.S. citizen until 2002 — the family started making regular visits to the resort. Years later, Miller would meet her husband at a leadership conference there. Miller attended McGill University for one year, then transferred to the Parsons School of Design and later, New York University. She describes herself as “a child of the ’60s” who protested the Vietnam War and had a voracious appetite for knowledge and new adventures. “I’m an Aries,” she says, “so I have that pioneer spirit and curiosity and ability to absorb and enjoy change.” Miller moved to Burlington in the summer of 1977 to work at UVM’s Lake Champlain Shakespeare Festival. It was in the Royall Tyler Theater that she met her future business partner, Lisa Lindahl, and helped invent the first women’s sports bra by sewing two jockstraps together. The original prototype is now on display in the Smithsonian. Much has been written about the meteoric rise of Jogbra. The company grew at a steady rate — as much as 30 percent per year — and went on to become an international brand with more than 175 employees and annual sales in excess of $75 million. In 1990,
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porate setting.” Less stable was the relationship between Miller and Lindahl. The two never got along. “We were complete opposites,” Miller recalls. “I would be someone who runs off a cliff head-first and she would be the one holding the reins. It was a struggle.” Lindahl confirms Miller’s assessment of their differing styles in a recent phone interview. “I would say, ‘Well, OK, if we jump off that cliff, where are we going to land and what is it likely going to cost us?’” Lindahl says. “Hinda’s management style was to get it done, cross it off her list and deal with the consequences later.” Lindahl presents a critical view of Miller’s leadership abilities, and sounds unconvinced that she has what it takes to be mayor. Perhaps reflective of their abysmal personal relationship — the two women haven’t spoken for more than 15 years — Lindahl takes credit for inventing the Jogbra herself, and claims she was more the brains behind the business. Miller’s initial role, Lindahl asserts, was to put up >> 12A
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cites brownfields legislation that encourages the redevelopment of former industrial sites. She also mentions a bill she sponsored with Senator Matt Dunne (D–Windsor) that promotes Vermont’s creative economy, and another that provides start-up money for small-business incubators. Miller’s voting record on bills important to the business com-
Miller’s former business partner, Lisa Lindahl, went on the record for this story saying she doesn’t believe Miller has the qualifications for Burlington’s top job. created. That was huge.” Lindahl now lives in Colchester, where she runs her own business and isn’t involved in politics. Asked if she would endorse Miller for mayor, she says, “No. I would need evidence of what skill sets she brings that would enable her to run the city, given the problems the city is facing . . . That’s my big question.” When Seven Days followed up with Miller about Lindahl’s remarks, she seemed exasperated but not surprised. “We were not friends when we started and we weren’t friends when we ended. It was like a bad divorce,” she says. But Miller contradicts Lindahl’s assessment of her role in the business, pointing out that theirs was a collaborative effort from day one, with each woman contributing equally to the company’s success. “I respect Lisa for the work we did together, and we created a very successful company,” she says. Miller’s pro-business platform, combined with her past flirtations with the Republican Party, have led critics to accuse her of not being a “true Democrat.” It’s a charge she’s quick to refute. Miller asserts that her initial interest in the GOP didn’t reflect shared values with the Republican Party, but was more due to her political naiveté, combined with the assumption that being pro-business automatically made her a Republican. “I don’t have a political philosophy. I have a sense of the whole and I believe that there’s got to be an economic engine that supports healthy communities,” Miller explains. “But my deep, core values are that I’m pro-choice, pro-women, pro-worker, and for taking care of the environment.” On environmental issues, Miller’s voting record in the Senate has been that of a moderate Democrat. On its 2003-04 “Legislative Scorecard,” the Vermont Alliance of Conservation Voters gave Miller a 75 percent approval rating, the same as former Chittenden Senator Janet Munt. Miller scored higher than Chittenden Democratic Senator Jim Leddy (58 percent) but lower than Senate Dems Jim Condos (83 percent) and Ginny Lyons (92 percent). Miller’s Progressive mayoral opponent, Representative Bob Kiss, scored a 92 percent from the environmental coalition. Asked to name her biggest achievements in the senate, Miller
munity has also been mixed. In its 2003-04 “Legislative Report Card,” the Vermont Chamber of Commerce gave Miller a 56 percent approval rating, the second highest score for any Senate Democrat, but lower than all the Republican senators. In contrast, Chittenden Democratic Senators Condos and Leddy both scored a 33 percent; Munt, 44. The Chamber gave Kiss a 10 percent approval rating. Miller was the first woman to chair the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and is fluent in corporate-speak. At the Ohavi Zedek debate, for example, she talks about maintaining a 5 percent fund balance for the city’s bond rating and about “streamlining the back end to support all customer service areas.” Asked later to clarify, Miller laughs and admits, “No one understood what I was talking about.” She explains that it simply means consolidating similar business functions from various departments — payroll, human resources, accounts payable, etc. — into one office to save resources. Does she have the experience to address Burlington’s pensionfunding crisis? Miller claims a strong record on labor issues, citing her role in raising the statewide minimum wage and linking it to regular cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs. She also sponsored a bill that provided whistleblower protection to health-care workers and another that made it easier for injured employees to collect workers’ compensation. Another Miller initiative, signed into law last year, allows survivors of domestic violence to collect unemployment insurance if they quit their jobs and relocate in order to protect themselves from their batterers. But several Statehouse observers claim that Miller hasn’t always been a reliable labor vote. Former Democratic Senator Janet Munt says she “likes Hinda very much,” but doesn’t think she’s liberal enough on issues such as the livable wage and raising the minimum wage for tipped employees. Munt, a Democrat, says she’s endorsing Kiss. She’s not alone. Although most statewide unions such as the Vermont State Employees Association aren’t issuing endorsements in the mayoral race and won’t comment on Miller’s record in the senate, the Champlain Valley Labor Council, an umbrella coalition of 17 labor unions in Chittenden, Franklin
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epublican congressional hopeful Martha Rainville officially kicked off her campaign last week and quickly tried to distance herself from the Republican administration that’s been leading the nation into bankruptcy, decay and endless war. Smart move, eh? Actually, it’s the only intelligent move for National Guard Adjutant General Rainville. Marvelous Martha, the prized recruit of GOP Gov. Jim Douglas, didn’t hesitate to make it clear she does not want President Bush, our fabricator-in-chief, to come to Vermont to campaign for her! Unfortunately, while publicly distancing herself from Mr. Bush, Rainville has privately hired the Alexandria, Virginia, political ad firm that produced the most controversial, negative (and effective) TV ads of the 2004 presidential campaign. We’re referring to the infamous pro-Bush Swift Boat Veterans attack ads that vilified the Vietnam war record of Democratic candidate John Kerry. They were produced by Stevens Reed Cursio and Pothalm. Check out their website — http://srcpmedia.com — and watch the ads again. SRCP’s work will soon be on Vermont TV screens. SRCP is an ad firm that’s popular with Republicans besides the Bush-Cheney team, including Sen. Bill Frist, who’s under investigation for insider trading, and ex-House Speaker Tom DeLay, who’s under indictment. Top-shelf. Award-winning. Why shouldn’t Vermont’s Marvelous Martha hire the best? SRCP “can spin a tale that can emotionally engage people,” said Bobby Muller, chairman of the board at the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation. “Those ads, make no mistake about it,” said Muller, “cost Kerry the presidency. Had the Swift-Boaters not been in play, Kerry would be president.” Muller was a Marine Corps lieutenant in Vietnam in 1969. His spinal cord was severed by an enemy bullet, and he’s been paralyzed from the waist down ever since. Mr. Muller’s currently working with Iraq War vets, and he told us a frightening tale of one Marine officer wounded by bomb shrapnel in October 2004. “He wrote a letter to his superiors asking that he not be awarded a Purple Heart,” Muller told “Inside Track.” The soldier thinks the injury “was not serious enough,” said Muller. He was also worried if he should have a “public life” in his future he could “run the risk of having his integrity denigrated over getting his Purple Heart for a wound that didn’t meet some kind of adequate standard.” Shocking! To think an American soldier in combat could question his or her sacrifice and service to this nation! “We need to be mindful of the divisiveness of what the Swift-Boaters so clearly represented,” said the Vietnam Veterans leader. “Not only was it shameless, but also damaging, particularly when this country is involved in a war.” Rainville may have voted for Bush, but she didn’t make the Swift Boat ads. Nonetheless, said Muller, her choice of the firm that produced them is a reflection of her judgement.
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She Said It! - Democratic House Speaker Gaye Symington has never been accused of being flashy. She’s a policy-wonk type, not a political spinmeister. That’s one reason why it’s been tough at times to sit through the Speaker’s regular Friday “Bag Lunch� with Statehouse reporters. No lunches are ever actually visible, and the sessions are utilized by Symington to inform the press of upcoming issues of importance. To explain things, much like a professor to her students, as opposed to a pol with a roomful of potential weapons. Unlike a “normal� politician, there appears no intention by the Speaker to plant a particular story or raise a serious question about Gov. Jim Douglas’ policy. Last Friday, however, Speaker Gaye jumped out of character for a brief moment. She was being “Inside Track� is a weekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com. To reach Peter Freyne, email freyne@sevendaysvt.com.
pressed about the fact Vermonters voted overwhelmingly in November 2004 for health-care reform. It was the number-one promise of Democratic candidates, and they swept back into control of the Vermont House and Senate. The Dems passed a reform package last year as promised. Gov. Douglas vetoed it, and there are just enough Republicans in the House to sustain it. Stalemate. Symington has politely moved forward, accepting Douglas’ staunch and critical opposition, and has tried to work around the fringes of the overall reform Vermonters wanted to see happen. Until last Friday. “The fact is,� said Symington with a rare flash of testiness and clarity, “if you want significant health-care reform, you need a different governor. That’s the fact!� Finally! An honest and straightforward assessment of where health-care reform in Vermont is really at. “And that’s what will be the discussion throughout September, October and November,� she added. Damn. She’s so leader-like when she gets a little mad! Life on the Rocks? — We imagined quite a few American TV viewers rising from their armchairs and couches Sunday evening to head for their freezers. Out came the ice trays, the alcohol of choice and the glass to contain it all. Down the hatch time. The reason? The last segment on CBS’ “60 Minutes� provided an eyewitness account of something absolutely chilling; something normally kept hidden in the folder marked “Things We Do Not Want to Know.� And what “it� is, exactly, is the increasingly rapid melting of Greenland’s ice cap. Readers subject to depression should skip to the next article because this tale of Tomorrow Land involves much more than simply the end of the Vermont ski industry, the Vermont maplesugar industry and all snowmobiling and cross-country skiing as we once knew it in the Green Mountains. CBS’ Scott Pelley reported the hard-to-swallow news that scientists consider the Arctic a “canary in a coal mine.� What’s happening there today is a frightening warning of things to come around the entire planet as the Earth’s temperature rises. Without the enormous ice cap to reflect the sun’s light, the sea warms faster and melts even more ice. The melting raises sea levels worldwide. The water has to go somewhere. Bye-Bye South Florida, New Orleans, Bangladesh and low-lying coastal communities everywhere. Shoreline real estate, including the Florida coastal hacienda of Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Richard Tarrant, is about to get real cheap. At the current rate, the oceans will rise three feet in the next century. American Bob Corell, reported “60 Minutes,� led 300 scien-
tists from eight nations in producing the “Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.� It found the temperatures at the top of the world rising twice as fast as anywhere else. Since 1986, more than 105 million acres of the 10-story Greenland ice cap has turned to seawater. That’s 164,000 square miles, an area 17 times larger than the state of Vermont. And the melting rate is accelerating. The melting ice cap also changes ocean temperature and the currents that create what we think of as “normal� weather patterns. Ireland, for example, without the benefit of the warming Gulf Stream current, will turn from the Emerald Isle to the Igloo Isle. It’s a man-made crisis, yet the current man in power, George W. Bush, refuses to acknowledge it. Is this really where “civilization� has led us? Our children and their children and theirs will not have the luxury of ignoring it. It’s not the end of the world because the world, this planet we call Earth, will be around long after we are extinct. But must it happen so soon? There are rays of hope. In fact, members of one Burlington, Vermont law firm are hard at work. Ron Shems of Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders is the lead attorney in the landmark environmental court battle of the day. On behalf of four California cities and two environmental groups, Shems filed suit to force the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Export-Import Bank to abide by U.S. environmental law, specifically the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Both institutions are responsible for funneling billions of dollars to China and other countries to finance the development of oil fields and the construction of pipelines and coal-burning power plants. The emissions from those plants will affect everyone on this rock. Last week Shems filed documents with the court that included a February 13 letter to Robert Mosbacher Jr., president of OPIC, from House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi. OPIC’s lawyers had argued Pelosi and other congressional leaders were long aware that OPIC claimed it was “exempt� from U.S. environmental laws and had “acquiesced.� In her letter, obtained by “Inside Track,� Rep. Pelosi refuted OPIC’s assertion. Rather than acquiescing, Pelosi wrote, her earlier correspondence “indicates my concern that the agency which was revising its environmental handbook, was proposing environmental policies that fell short of legal requirements.� A little ray of hope, eh? And we’ll need more like it because, mes amis, as Scott Pelley puts in an interview posted on the “60 Minutes� website, “One of the most interesting things we found out was that if we stopped all greenhouse gas emissions tomorrow, every car, SUV, coal burning power plant, there’s already so much in the air the Earth would continue to warm for another 100 years.� More ice, bartender! m
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theborowitz report BY ANDY BOROWITZ Halliburton Wins Contract to Reconstruct Cheney’s Reputation The Halliburton Company announced today that it won a $42 billion no-bid contract from the U.S. government to reconstruct the reputation of Vice President Dick Cheney. While Halliburton has been known for massive reconstruction projects in such war-torn nations as Iraq, the $42 billion contract represents the first time that the company has been employed to put its reconstruction expertise to work on one embattled human being. At the White House, spokesman Scott McClellan defended the $42 billion price tag for the reconstruction effort, telling reporters, “Given how much work Dick Cheney’s reputation is going to take to rebuild, at the end of the day that $42 billion contract is going to look like a bargain.” Mr. McClellan likened the state of Mr. Cheney’s reputation to conditions on the ground in Iraq, “only worse.” But even as Halliburton began gearing up for the daunting task of reconstructing the vice president’s reputation, an unlikely critic of the plan, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., questioned the wisdom of even attempting to rebuild Dick Cheney. Rep. Hastert said that based on what he had seen of Dick Cheney’s reputation in recent days, it reminded him of the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, making him wonder whether the vice president could be rebuilt at all. “It looks like a lot of Dick Cheney could be bulldozed,” Rep. Hastert said. Elsewhere, breaking with a longstanding tradition set by his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his first economic report to Congress in English. >
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teed to obscure the larger criminality of the Bush regime — “Plamegate,� Scooter Libby, Jack Abramoff, the Katrina disaster, the “war on terror,� the war in Iraq, the war on civil liberties, the war on children and the poor and disabled — well, you get my drift. I’d swear that the White House had arranged the whole thing, only my state-of-the-art snooping software doesn’t “exactly� confirm that Cheney is a lying pig. I need my intuition for that. Yes, I know, the Cheney story is officially closed. It was just an accident, you see — as if that was the point, instead of the untruths, half-truths and no-truths our modern-day Bismarck has deigned to divulge. His task is made easier by the befuddled, fawning, forelock-tugging sanction of his victim, Texas moneybags and major Republican donor Harry Whittington. Battered, bruised and blamed though he was, Whittington still found room in his (literally) broken heart to forgive po’ widdle Dick. “My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this past week,� Whittington “rasped� from his WHERE wheelchair when the hospital sent him EXPERIENCE home. “This past weekend encompassed all of us in a cloud of misfortune and sad& INTEGRITY ness that is not easy to explain . . . FIND A HOME Accidents do and will happen.� Simultaneously, according to the AP, “more than 20 people, including an 2x6-Smuggs012506 1/23/06 12:40 PM Page 1 American soldier,� were blown to pieces in ?2@612;A6.9 36;.;06;4 ‘ 0.99 :2 A<1.F' % %!# !#!# ‘ 86:;24?<; 0<: Iraq on Saturday. Nothing to do with Cheney, of course. Now, in the wake of Comrade 2x4(kim)-negrongray011106.indd 1 1/9/06 10:44:20 AM Whittington’s “gracious� acceptance of fate, even the media that hyped Ž “Quailgate� to the skies are knuckling under and backing off, knowing, if they don’t, that Cheney and his ilk will lump them together with what columnist Tim Rutten calls “conspiracy-minded bloggers� and The New York Times dismisses as “armchair yammerers.� We don’t want any yammering from the fourth estate, VERMONTER DAYS now do we? Why, it would completely Every Friday! destroy the American people’s tremendous Vermont residents faith in the integrity of journalists, just receive 50% OFF when the latter have begun to wake up lift tickets, group and ask all those “hardball� questions. lessons and “No, sirree!� as they say in Texas (and, I equipment rentals! should think, anywhere in Cheney’s presence). Better for everyone if the press just goes back to sleep. Dupes. True, as of Sunday, The Houston Chronicle was audacious enough to run a Adventures! headline saying, “Questions still surround Expanded Glades 3 Big Mountains accounts of Cheney shooting accident,� Offering terrain for 78 Trails adding specifically that details of “the all ability levels 2,610’ Vertical hunters’ positions and their spacing� had Multiple Terrain Parks Over 60% snowmaking been “vague,� at best. But this kind of thing Including “The Zone� coverage and Smuggs Superpipe will become the exception rather than the rule, I predict, as the story “loses its legs.� The BEST of With or without a tap on your phone, smuggs.com the Veep and his varmints bag their bird No Bull Snow Report every time. m Discounted lift ticket locations
My state-of-the-art snooping software doesn’t “exactlyâ€? confirm that Cheney is a lying pig. I need my intuition for that. bed and eating seaweed and sawdust in exchange for a few months of life — if I’m lucky, that is, and don’t go hunting with Dick Cheney. It just isn’t worth it, and I wanted to tell you why. Failing that, I planned to draw your attention to a new line of computer and telephone technology that helps you find out if your lover, partner, fiancĂŠ or spouse has been “cheatingâ€? on you. Surveillance is all the rage, as you know, and there’s no reason to leave it entirely in the hands of government. Indeed, it would be unpatriotic to do so, which explains why such cutting-edge programs as “Love Detector,â€? “CheckMateâ€? and “TruTestâ€? are enjoying a big vogue at the moment, both here and abroad. “The ‘Love Detector’ exploits voiceanalysis technology used by police and fraud agencies to help you discover what your partner’s voice is telling you that their words aren’t,â€? says London’s Independent. “Use it now to confirm your doubts and it could save you the cost of dinner.â€? It could also get you killed, unfortunately, thereby obviating the need for longevity tests. Because, while “Love Detectorâ€? can secretly tap your sweetie’s phone and analyze “how interested they were in what you were saying, and how much hesitation and passion there was in their voiceâ€? when you called, writes the Guardian, “it doesn’t exactly tell you ‘This man is a lying pig’ or ‘She’s sleeping with your brother.’â€? It isn’t “exactlyâ€? reliable, in other words, and one of you, sooner or later, is bound to go off half-cocked. Know what I mean? Good, because Cheney’s little caper on that quail shoot in Texas, combined with his post-peppering excuses for what happened and didn’t, shattered my plans for punditry this week like a blast of some birdbrain’s buckshot. Trust me: If there was ever a story that could grab what’s left of this nation’s attention, “Quailgateâ€? was it. If there was ever a story that better reveals Dick Cheney’s true nature, I can’t imagine what it is. And if there was ever a story guaran-
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Curses, Foiled Again Police in Springfield, Ore., arrested Clayton Everett Teman, 22, after they said that he held up a diner, then returned two days later to rob the same diner and the same cashier again. This time, he shot himself in the foot. “He was a little upset due to the amount of money he got the first time, so he went back hoping to get more,” Detective Tom Rappe said, adding that the robber was fleeing when he inexplicably fired several rounds from a handgun. One hit him, ending his getaway. Irony Illustrated After DNA evidence proved that Steven Avery, 43, was
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wrongly convicted of sexual assault, he was released from the Wisconsin prison where he had served 18 years and became a spokesperson for how the criminal-justice system could harm an innocent man. Last November, two years after his release, authorities in Manitowoc County charged Avery in the death of a 25-year-old photographer. They cited DNA evidence linking him to the killing. Share and Share Alike To reduce overcrowding in Idaho’s prisons, State Sen. Robert Geddes proposed that inmates share beds by sleeping in shifts. “Why does every inmate need his or her own bed?” the Republican lawmaker asked, declaring that taxpayers should not have to pay to transfer prisoners out of state. “The costs are tremendous.”
he had lost the key, he spent 12 hours hopping 5 miles through the desert north of Baker, Calif., to a gas station. Reporting that rescuers needed bolt cutters to free Corneliusien, who suffered bruised ankles, sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Ford added that the drawing “was a pretty good depiction of how a chain would look wrapped around your legs.” • A woman told sheriff’s deputies in Greenville County, S.C., that she was approached in a Wal-Mart parking lot by another woman who said that she had $8000 in cash but didn’t like the serial numbers and wanted to exchange it. She offered to let the woman have the money for $6000. The woman withdrew that amount from her bank and gave it to the other woman and a man, who took the woman’s money and left anything. without giving her 2x2-kimspetcare113005
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read and Puppet Theater has spent decades rallying around political and environmental issues, but last summer Mother Nature handed them a new cause: themselves. That is, the 1863 barn that houses the Glover troupe’s museum of papier-maché personifications and other agitprop artifacts. Photographers documenting the collection noticed that some posts were hanging from the beams they were supposed to be supporting. Further investigation revealed serious
“It’s a dreadful time of year, we know, to ask for money,” the typewritten pitch apologizes, “for you’ve probably given much more already to causes more worthy than the rescue of an ailing old New England barn.” structural sinking and sagging caused by years of water run-off. The repair estimate: at least $40,000. Work began immediately, but could only go as far as the $30 grand the group had on hand. To bridge the gap, cofounders Elka and Peter Schumann they did something they’ve never done before: They sent out a fundraising letter. “It’s a dreadful time of year, we know, to ask for money,” the typewritten pitch apologizes, “for you’ve probably given much more already to causes more worthy than the rescue of an ailing old New England barn.” “I’m not used to writing that kind of letter at all,” Elka Schumann concedes in a phone call from Glover. “When it came to writing to personal friends, I felt really shy.” In the past, Bread and Puppet has spared itself the embarrassment of begging. Rejecting all government grants, it has survived through performance fees, selling merch, and passing the hat. Plus Yankee frugality: Last year’s materials budget came to $3000. The Schumanns have only resorted to fundraising for special needs: an ill puppeteer’s medical expenses, a trip to Russia. For the first time ever, the group is applying for historic preservation grants. This monetary maneuvering may be unfamiliar, but the response so far has been heartening. That letter went out to 500 folks, 74 of whom sent in donations ranging from $10 to $1000, Schumann says. Now she’s sending out thank-you notes. You can get yours by writing a check to Bread & Puppet Theater and sending it to Museum/Barn Fund c/o Linda Elbow, 700 Andersonville Road, West Glover, VT 05875.
The elements have also troubled the Champlain Valley Festival. Although last summer’s weather was spectacular, the previous year was a rained-out bust that left the fest $16,000 in debt. That’s a lot of do-re-mi for an organization run by volunteers “whose eyes do not light up with glee when fundraising comes up,” says Artistic Director John Patterson. “They’re not the heavy hitters of the community. They love folk music.” Luckily, two anonymous deep pockets also love the CVF. In a special drive this winter, donors matched challenge grants totaling $5000. Its bad-weather debt met, the fest is now looking towards August — and hoping for sun. The wet summer of ’04 could have meant a finale for the Vermont Mozart Festival. But the board orchestrated an encore by sharpening its fiscal focus. The VMF suspended its winter series, probably until 2007-’08, to concentrate on its three-week summer season. And it hired the thirtysomething-year-old organization’s first director of development. About a year into the job, Timothy Riddle says the VMF is spending around 12 percent of its revenue on fundraising. Rather than writing grant applications — the pay-off is too low, he says — he’s going after major gifts. In the past, a $500 gift was considered “mightily substantial,” and the largest donation the organization had ever received was 5K. Since October, they’ve nailed $107,000 from individuals, with some donors giving as much as $25,000, $20,000 and $15,000. In another first, last summer’s audiences heard direct pitches from the stage, explaining that ticket purchases only covers half the cost of a concert. “Some people say it’s gauche to ask,” Riddle says, “but you have to ask.” Even the relatively flush Flynn Center has to work to keep cash liquid. The Burlington performing-arts organization, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, is coming off a successful $6 million endowment drive. It’s every arts organization’s dream: a permanent pot of money that generates interest for ongoing operations. But keeping cash flowing through annual giving remains an issue, suggests Executive Director Andrea Rogers. The Flynn has 2000 “members” — not a lot, when you consider that the MainStage auditorium seats 1500. Are local patrons stingy? Rogers thinks not. But the state doesn’t have a lot of major donors or foundations, and its government spending on the arts is also relatively low. “Vermont has a remarkably rich cultural life, but a disproportionate amount is on the backs of business and individual donors,” Rogers observes. “When you look at it that way, we have a very generous community.” m
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iven the remote location, it’s not surprising the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum draws fewer than 10,000 visitors a year. But the 135year-old library and art gallery contains enough world-class masterworks and lovably tacky curios to warrant much greater attendance. The building, an understated example of the Second Empire Baroque style, is itself worth a trek to a city better known for “Eye on the Sky” weather forecasts than hosting one of Vermont’s bestkept cultural secrets. A recently published catalogue of its art collection may help the Athenaeum emerge from relative obscurity. In addition to reproductions and capsule descriptions of the roughly 120 paintings and sculptures on view, the soft-cover handbook includes a scholarly essay on the Athenaeum’s history by art historian Mark Mitchell. There’s also a guide for teachers who may want to lead a tour of the Northeast Kingdom’s treasure trove. Albert Bierstadt’s 10-by-15-foot painting “The Domes of the Yosemite” is literally the collection’s centerpiece — it dominates the wall that faces viewers entering the gallery. This iconic landscape was purchased at an auction in 1867 by Athenaeum founder Horace Fairbanks, who went on to buy nearly all the other items now exhibited in the gallery from dealers and artists he met at New York City’s Century Club, a gathering place for America’s 19th-century industrial barons. Fairbanks (1820-1888) was the inheritor of a multinational company resulting from his uncle Thaddeus’ invention of the platform scale in 1830 — brother Erastus, Horace’s father, managed the business and established the family’s patronage in St. Johnsbury. The Fairbanks family had first prospered as hemp cultivators and would become “one of the richest families in
America,” according to Athenaeum library director Lisa von Kann. Just down the street, the natural history museum and planetarium also bears the Fairbanks name, and Erastus and his two brothers founded the St. Johnsbury Academy, today the town’s high school. Horace Fairbanks frequented the company’s offices in European capitals as well as in Manhattan. And it was in those cultural centers that the self-taught connoisseur acquired a taste for the landscapes, genre paintings and Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces. His preferences colored the Athenaeum’s collection. Besides the Bierstadt, notable pieces include Sanford Gifford’s “View from South Mountain in the Catskills” (1873), a fine example of the Hudson River School’s luminist compositions and a painting that “may actually be worth more than ‘The Domes,’” observes von Kann. George Cochran Lambdin’s “Girl Reading” (1872), featured as the frontispiece in the new catalogue, has an appealingly contemplative quality heightened by the artist’s sure handling of the sunlight washing over his sitter. One Vermont artist represented in the collection is Thomas Waterman Wood. His 1874 genre painting, “The Argument,” presents a clichéd scene of three Yankee old-timers lounging and debating around a woodstove. The setting is local: Williamstown’s Ainsworth General Store. Like all the other paintings, the Wood is displayed in “the old-fashioned way,” von Kann says. It’s hung close to other works, many of which are stacked and packed in tight formations that contemporary curators would regard as cluttered and distracting. “The display method has never been altered, and it never will be,” von Kann declares.
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seven days Despite the grand, soaring ceilings punctuated by four skylights, the art gallery is actually an annex constructed two years after the main Athenaeum building, which opened in 1871. Horace Fairbanks’ original structure, designed by New York architect John Davis Hatch III, served as an extraordinarily well-endowed town library that included 9000 leather-bound volumes selected with the assistance of George Poole, creator of the first index of periodical literature. The Athenaeum still functions as St. Johnsbury’s main lending library. The surviving original volumes have been stored in the basement, and a typical selection of novels and nonfiction is now shelved on the main floor and on balconies accessible by wooden spiral staircases. The library has also become a 21st-century electronic resource center, complete with a bank of computers tucked away in the rear of the Athenaeum’s upstairs lecture hall. A children’s reading room added in 1924 features a fine set of murals commissioned by Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration and painted by Margery Eva Lang
understood the economic advantages to be gained by improving the town’s cultural literacy. “By making distinguished examples of fine art available for study, the museum founders believed that they would enhance the nation’s products and better compete for international markets,” the catalogue points out. There is no denying the Fairbanks clan’s far-sightedness, however, in funding public education and edification as an end in itself. The Athenaeum was opened a full 25 years before Andrew Carnegie began seeding public libraries around the country, and Horace Fairbanks’ art gallery was established around the same time as the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It’s an especially impressive pioneering venture in a community of 4000 inhabitants. The family continued to fund the Athenaeum for many years, but its fortunes declined along with St. Johnsbury’s in the era of mid-20th-century American deindustrialization. The Athenaeum’s caretakers decided at one point to lower the ceilings and truncate correspondingly tall windows in an effort to reduce heating bills.
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A recently published catalogue of its art collection may help the Athenaeum emerge from relative obscurity. Hamilton, a graduate of the St. Johnsbury Academy. The entire complex stands as a testament to Horace Fairbanks’ civic-mindedness and high ambitions for his hometown. “Fairbanks believed that there was no reason why St. Johnsbury should not become a crossroads of the world both literarily and intellectually,” Mitchell writes in the catalogue. At the same time, the Fairbanks family “recognized the cultural limitations of living in a rural area and sought to offset them by bringing a premier collection of literature (through the library) and art (through the gallery) to their community.” Fairbanks sought out copies of Old Masters — an undertaking that would be regarded as entirely tacky today — because he realized, Mitchell writes, that “most residents of the St. Johnsbury area would never see a foreign country firsthand,” and he believed it was preferable to see a copy of a great work of art than to never see the original. But the Athenaeum was not created solely to celebrate the value of art, or as a temple devoted to the aesthetics of the written word. The Fairbanks men were cultivated and held lofty ideals, but they were also capitalists who
The building was never in danger of falling into dilapidation, but maintenance had become a concern by the time a fundraising drive was launched in the 1990s for an overdue restoration. Federal aid and a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation enabled the building to be returned to its original splendor in 1996. Keeping Athenaeum operations proceeding smoothly is a “tricky proposition,” von Kann says. “It’s not a rich town,” she notes, and so librarians and curators find themselves cast into the role of fundraisers. St. Johnsbury’s taxpayers supply only about onequarter of the Athenaeum’s $450,000 annual budget, and state and federal contributions are dwindling, von Kann notes. “Librarians don’t expect to spend a lot of their time raising funds, but increasingly, that’s what we have to do.” The gallery and library show no signs of being shortchanged, however. The carved walnut and ash woodwork looks wonderfully well tempered, as befits a building that was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996. “There’s a patina of age on everything here now,” says von Kann. “The place looks as good as it ever has.” m
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Alberts’ romance with a Russian man — and with Russia itself — is complicated not just by politics but by deeper cultural differences, including ingrained Russian anti-Semitism. Program, she takes us back to those years just before the Cold War froze itself out. Twenty-nine-year-old Alberts arrived in Moscow in 1982 to teach English under the aegis of the American Field Service. In the book, she depicts herself as a figure exotic and fascinating to Russians, constantly bombarded with questions about the U.S. On her first day, after Alberts gives a biographical sketch of herself, a Soviet teacher who speaks perfect British English asks, “You lived in many different cities. Was it difficult to get permission?� A student inquires, “Miss Laurie, is it true American students shoot their teachers?� As the title intimates, the memoir involves a romance across the Iron Curtain, but it’s no “Nikita,� in which the
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ow fortunate are Vermonters. Who else gets their own television series that’s short and to the point, and for their eyes only? You can see it — you can hardly avoid seeing it — almost every evening on most Vermont stations, particularly just before the local news. To the sound of a haunting, vaguely Appalachian-style fiddle — inspired, perhaps, by the music in the Ken Burns PBS “Civil War” series — the screen quickly flashes on a red barn, and a green meadow with woodland behind it. Then we see, from behind, a tall man walking down a softly lit corridor. In a voiceover, a narrator explains that there is a U.S. Senate race this year, and that one of the candidates — who but our hero? — is tall. In the second “episode” (that’s the word the series uses), the hero’s brother lets us know they were not born rich; that, indeed, the hero once stocked soda bottles to help put himself through school. Here the screen shows some young arms lifting a case
of soda bottles. Then the brother says the tall hero came to Vermont to play basketball. We see a few seconds of dribbling and shooting, and then the written message: “Stay tuned, as Rich becomes an all-American.” We don’t have to bear the suspense until the next episode, however: The hero’s identity is no mystery. As required by law, he appears at the end of both 30-second segments, grown up and in business attire, saying, “I’m Rich Tarrant and I approve this message.” The “hero” is Richard E. Tarrant, the 63-year-old founder of IDX Systems, Inc., a medical software enterprise that was sold to General Electric last year for $1.2 billion. Some $100 million of that supposedly went to Tarrant, enough to finance a big new house in Florida and a campaign for senator from Vermont. Hence our television series, which can be expected to continue off and on through Election Day, November 7. By that night Rich Tarrant, whether or not he is senator-elect, will have transformed Vermont politics, probably forever. Like the rest of the country, we’re going Hollywood.
How the Tarrant campaign is changing politics in Vermont story: jon margolis images: andy duback
Hollywood, as it happens, is home to the company that produces Tarrant’s commercials. It’s called Strategic Perception, Inc., and is headed by Fred Davis III, a second-generation public relations consultant who in 1985 moved his firm from Oklahoma to California. There he prospered through “the use of motion pictures as a tool of corporate communications.” Until 1994, Davis says, he didn’t do political campaigns. Now, they’re his primary bread and butter. And no wonder. For creators of television commercials, there’s a lot of money in political campaigns. That’s because political campaigns are increasingly dominated by television advertising, which is expensive. So political campaigns are also increasingly dominated by money. If races are won or lost on the basis of the TV ads, then, all other things being equal, the side that can produce the best ads and buy the most airtime will win. Rich Tarrant is buying the most time — more than $100,000 worth already for the first two “episodes,” and that’s just to buy the time.
Producing the commercials is the really expensive part. No one doubts that Tarrant will far outspend his Republican primary opponent, pilot Greg Parke. Assuming, as most do, that Tarrant beats Parke in the September 12 primary, he will outspend Rep. Bernie Sanders roughly two-to-one in the general election. Because all other things are not equal, Tarrant’s financial edge does not guarantee victory. Sanders has won eight straight statewide elections as Vermont’s independent congressman. He is not only popular; he is something of a political legend, and right now he is far ahead in the polls. But the race might well become closer. For one thing, Tarrant seems, on the surface, an appealing fellow with an appealing story, and a potentially interesting political argument. But without the money to buy all those TV ads, he wouldn’t stand a chance. And unlike most candidates, he doesn’t have to raise it. He just has to write another check. The law restricts how much everyone else can contribute to a candidate. But thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court (Buckley
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nique he brings to the Green Mountain State. His campaign also created and financed what it called a “grassroots effort� to battle property-tax increases. The newly created “organization� seems to have no name yet, but it plans a mass mailing and has printed up yard signs reading, “Put a roof on property taxes.� There is clearly nothing “grassroots� about this; the effort did not emerge spontaneously from the citizenry. It is a gim-
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Davis says his company may have been chosen in part because he had worked in the past with the Washington-based polling firm Public Opinion Strategies. Even with this connection, Davis notes, landing the Tarrant contract was not easy. “It was a big, laborious process,� Davis recalls. “I went to Washington once and Vermont twice. Three trips is more than it usually takes. I think they started off with 18 firms, narrowed it to five on
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Can the American voter be bought? Are people so flighty that their votes can be influenced by the trickeries — often the outright lies — of political commercials? Greg Parke bought some TV time in December. If Tarrant wins or even comes close, he will have weakened, if not destroyed, Vermont’s sense of being politically unique. Vermonters like to think their state is different from all others, which only proves how similar it is. Texans, Iowans, Arizonans, Pennsylvanians — all Americans, probably — like to think the same of their states. And they’re right; every state has its little political peculiarities. But in none of them are voters immune to persuasion by expensive television ads. Thanks to town meetings, active local party clubs and the relative civility of debate, Vermonters like to think that politics here is more intimate and better able to resist the impersonal, manipulative realities of modern campaigns — television commercials, niche-marketed direct mail, fraudulent “grassroots� organizations or shriekers on talk radio. But for at least a decade, all those forces have steadily infiltrated the state, and Tarrant’s self-financed, multi-million-dollar campaign should end the delusion that Vermont has escaped the horrors of modern politics. As if to prove the point, Tarrant showed last week that Hollywood-crafted commercials would not be the only new tech-
mick invented by the professionals in Tarrant’s campaign. And that’s the real lesson Tarrant is teaching — that politics in Vermont is now as professional as it is anywhere else. It isn’t that the pros haven’t been here before. Both Democratic and Republican campaigns have used some of the best known, and most expensive, polling firms, direct-mail houses and advertising consultants in the past. But in almost every case, homegrown political operatives were involved from the start and made some of the key decisions. Perhaps to give the impression that his campaign will not be an exception, Tarrant recently signed up a Vermonter and a Democrat, former Howard Dean aide Kate O’Connor, as a campaign advisor. But campaign manager Tim Lennon is an outof-state pro who has worked for politicians from New Hampshire to California. “I didn’t know him from before,� Tarrant says of Lennon. “I called Republicans in Washington and asked for some names. I didn’t know anyone around here.� Tarrant explains that Lennon “runs the day-to-day campaign,� and hired most of the rest of the nine-person staff. “He found them,� Tarrant says. “He brought in a bunch of people.� As for Strategic Perception,
next cut, and then to two finalists.� Davis says he was excited about the Tarrant campaign both because of his admiration for the candidate and because of the challenge. “He’s got a great story to tell,� Davis claims of Tarrant. “How do you tell that story without boring people to death, because it’s going to take a long time, and not give the impression that he’s trying to buy your vote, which is not what he’s trying to do.� His solution, Davis says, was a series of commercials that “looks nothing like a typical political campaign ad. Tell one story over a long period of time, make it sufficiently interesting, tell little bits of it in a pleasing, well-photographed manner. If you have ads of integrity, you show that the man behind them has integrity.� Not surprisingly, some Sanders supporters contend that buying the election is precisely what Tarrant is trying to do. It’s even less surprising that Tarrant and his supporters have a different take. “Self-financed candidates never put it that way,� says Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the head of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania and author of several books on campaigns. >> 34A
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The presence of a self-financing millionaire candidate introduces the possibility, rarely mentioned in public, that the candidate could be getting filched. Call it the Forbes effect. After Steve Forbes’ failure in 1996, it was obvious that he could never win the presidency. It wasn’t just that his policy positions were unpopular. He simply was not a competent candidate. He was boring. He lacked anything approaching the common touch. But he ran again and spent millions, with the help of pollsters, strategists and advertising consultants who no doubt happily took his money. Some of them must have assured him early in the process that his campaign could succeed. “Some of these consultants really blow smoke at rich candidates,” confirms Doug Bailey, a veteran Republican political consultant who is now writing a book about the influence of money and television
“You don’t have to murder somebody,” Davis says. “You turn off as many voters as you gain. It’s not unlike selling a Ford truck or a Chevy truck. You contrast the two. Over a period of 11 months, I think people are going to look at the story, the character, the person of Rich Tarrant and say, that’s the kind of person I want to be my senator. We don’t have to have an unholy blood-letting.” But experience shows that candidates who are behind after Labor Day attack their opponents. “That’s what they do if they want to win,” said Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Tarrant’s problem will be that there seems to be no grounds for attacking Sanders over the ethical, financial or personal indiscretions that often bring candidates down. And so far, the Republican strategy of assailing Sanders as “extreme and extremely ineffective,” has failed, probably because it’s inaccurate. For a
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on campaigns. “The candidates like to think they can do it, and the consultants know they like to think that.” Bailey says there is little doubt that wealthy candidates willing to finance their own campaigns are sometimes taken advantage of by political professionals who don’t object to profiting from a lost cause. “The fact is, lots of them are recruited as candidates by the consultants,” Bailey says, “just as the Senate campaign committees of both parties are aggressive in seeking people who come ready to spend their own money.” Though Tarrant is obviously ready to spend his own money, there is no reason at this point to conclude he is being played the fool, or that his consultants and campaign aides are unscrupulous. Public Opinion Strategies is a respected polling firm, and Strategic Perception’s Fred Davis hardly seems a mercenary who would sell his services to anyone. He has worked only with Republicans, and his commercials have not been among the many accused of hitting below the political belt.
minority congressman, Sanders has been reasonably effective in the House of Representatives, and while his policy preferences are clearly left of center, they are not out of the mainstream. He still calls himself a socialist, but he isn’t. Neither Bernie Sanders nor anyone outside of Cuba, North Korea and the cultural anthropology departments of a few universities believes in an economic system in which most goods and services are produced by publicly owned enterprises. Tarrant, or Davis, has come up with a potentially more effective tactic: contrasting Tarrant, who says he will be “a voice of moderation” and who has “no ideological agenda,” with Sanders and his reputation for strict — and sometimes grouchy — adherence to liberal positions. But this tactic can be potentially dangerous, too. Sanders can go from grouchy to charming in no time at all, defusing attacks on him as a harsh ideologue.
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Tarrant insists he will run an issues-oriented campaign, and his primary issue will be health care, which he called “the biggest issue on people’s minds around the state.� Tarrant thinks his business experience — IDX provides computer systems for doctors, hospitals and medical schools — gives him the cred to convince Congress to “get the uninsured covered.� There is some irony here. Health care is generally considered a Democratic issue. Furthermore, the centerpiece of Tarrant’s plan — allowing the uninsured to be covered by Medicare — is not that different from Bernie Sanders’ health-care preference. Sanders has long been a proponent of a “singlepayer,� government-financed system. That’s what Medicare is, for everyone over 65. Tarrant would extend it to the uninsured, a step in the Sanders direction. Whether running a healthindustry computer company — Greg Parke calls it, “being a computer geek�— qualifies one as a health-care expert is something the candidates may
debate. Parke also thinks Tarrant is wrong about health care being the issue people care most about. “National security is,� he says, “and the safety of our children.� Parke argues that his four years in the Middle East as a military diplomat and three years in the Pentagon as a policy analyst give him the credentials on that issue. Parke has raised a fair amount of money himself — more than $600,000 — but he has also spent a lot. As of last week he had no more than $30,000 in the bank. Neither he nor Sanders will have nearly as much money as Tarrant, and both can be expected to keep suggesting — if not asserting outright — that Tarrant is trying to buy the election. Of course, Tarrant will counter-punch here. “I’m raising money from individuals in Vermont only,� he says. He is seeking just $35 dollars a person. Tarrant insists he is not taking “any national Republican money,� and will discourage out-of-state conservative organizations from campaigning on his behalf in Vermont. He will con-
trast this with Sanders’ reliance on out-of-state contributions. The introductory installment of Tarrant’s TV series has a few more weeks to run. Even without a peek at the script, one can predict the contents of the episodes to come: The hero becomes a basketball star at St. Michael’s, starts IDX on the clichÊd shoe-string, prospers, becomes a boss beloved of his employees, gives generously to charity. None of this has much to do with being a senator. But at this point, Fred Davis is not even asking Vermonters to vote for Tarrant, just to know who he is. In another few weeks, rare indeed will be the Vermonter who does not know that Rich Tarrant is the tall, self-made millionaire who approved those messages. Money can buy fame. But can it buy a seat in the U.S. Senate? Especially against a popular independent with Democratic Party support, in a state where the Republican President’s approval rating is barely north of zero? As they say in show biz, stay tuned. m
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hat makes a hero has changed since the beginnings of this country, and not for the better. That’s the underlying message of the photographs in Joshua Reiman’s “Washington Series,” the STORY larger part of his current exhibit, entiPAMELA tled “Thug League,” at the Firehouse POLSTON Gallery in Burlington. At first glance the 13, 30-inch-square color prints are Joshua Reiman, amusing. Five Caucasian guys in glossy “Thug League,” white basketball uniforms, gold chains photographs. and — huh? — 18th-century powdered Firehouse Gallery, wigs act out stereotypic pro-athlete sceBurlington. narios: chest-thumping before the Through game, tussling with a referee, leaping March 5. Air Jordan-style for a slam dunk, riding in a white Hummer limousine. But there’s an historic twist that explains the wigs and gives these quirky narratives a satiric punch. The series loosely references events in the life of George Washington, Revolutionary War general and president number-one of the United States. “I’m interested in history, and in Washington as the first American hero, an icon of where we came from,” explains Reiman, a 33-year-old Greensboro-based artist, carpenter and contractor. “I did this series in May 2001. Heroes then were sports stars and rap artists. After 9/11, for a time our heroes were firefighters, police, etc., but now we seem to be reverting back to sports and rap.” Reiman believes “blending all these things together . . . can say something pretty powerful if you can figure it out.” The titles help. “Cannot Tell a Lie” — a close-up of modern-day George against a cherry-tree background — is based on the apocryphal story that every American schoolchild learns. In exterior and interior views of “Crossing the Delaware,” the teammates hang in their limo, which is driving over an actual bridge that crosses the Delaware River. In “Outside the Battle of Trenton,” the five faux players — Reiman and four of his buds — appear to be psyching themselves up for a big game; the photo’s title, of course, refers to Washington’s pivotal rout in the fight for independence from the British. Prior to their own “battle,” Reiman’s blinged-out warriors are “crossing the Delaware in style, without a worry,” he suggests. “Today we’re just kind of floating through like we’re on top of the world, with all the jewels and cars; we’re living in this society and it’s so great, but at the same time we’re not aware of all these other things going on. I wonder,” he muses, “what our forefathers would think if they could see the way we live now?” Reiman is Washington in these photographs, but his customized, humanhair wig is braided into cornrows and his mouth displays a “grill,” a.k.a. 14carat gold caps on his teeth. He confesses the dental work — part of his costume — set him back a grand. Such rigorous detail shows up elsewhere as well, elevating Reiman’s artwork above the sea of ironic statements about pop culture that washes over much contemporary art. The frames are beautifully handcrafted — in cherry wood, natch — and along their bottom edges Washington’s signature is inlaid in rhinestones; the basketball uniforms
are custom-made; the floor of the Firehouse is taped to resemble the lines on a basketball court, with a large vinyl laminate of the team’s logo — a pair of cherries — at center court. The doublecherries, while a sly reference back to George’s tree, are also a recent pop-culture symbol and unavoidably resemble the other kind of balls. Those innocentlooking fruit, in other words, are code for testosterone, which seems to play a suspiciously large role in hero worship regardless of century, race or class. In pulling “Thugs” together, Reiman relied on a team of friends: to pose in the pictures, and to handle makeup, costumes, lights and, well, the camera. That’s right, Reiman himself is not the photographer; he earned a degree in sculpture at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1995. To be sure, the images and everything within them are his ideas, but he is performing in the photographs, not taking them. In this way his work is more akin to film, with Reiman in the roles of director, set designer and actor. “Washington Series” is clever and cynical but not, ultimately, moralizing; viewers see what they will in the
Today we’re just kind of floating through like we’re on top of the world, with all the jewels and cars . . . I wonder what our forefathers would think if they could see the way we live now? JOSHUA REIMAN
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<music> BACK TO THE FUTURE :: Philadelphiabased quartet
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fuse modern rock with exploratory electronica. Trance and drum ’n’ bass meet pop hooks in a shimmering blend of musical styles. Live, BP favor hypnotic improvisations that spiral out like sonic fractals; it’s a sound both jam fans and moody rockers have embraced. Hear them this Friday at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge as part of Seven Days’ Hot Ticket series. Electro experimenters Lymbyc System warm up.
<music> Club listings & spotlights are written by Casey Rea. Spotlights are at the discretion of the editor. Send listings by Friday at noon, including info phone number, to clubs@sevendaysvt.com.
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BY CASEY REA
BRING ON THE BEADS
Burlington’s not the only burg with great music this weekend. On February 24, Montpelier’s Positive Pie II hosts the I Grade Family Tour, featuring roots-reggae acts Niyorah, Army, Abja and the Blackfoot Band. This Virgin Islands crew has already made inroads in the Green Mountains; Goddard College’s WGDR has had ’em in rotation for nearly a year. Hope they bring some of that island weather along. Just down the road, the Barre Opera House hosts two performances from Vermont sensations Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. The Thursday and Friday night concerts are the band’s first ARTHUR ADAMS local appearances since inking their deal with Hollywood Records. Good luck getting in if you don’t already have tickets; both shows are completely sold out. There’ll be plenty of activity in BTown on Saturday, including the annual parade, which winds its way through town at 3 p.m. I won’t reveal the theme of this year’s Seven Days float, but I can confirm that Central Vermont’s Maddub will be grooving on it. After the procession, check out lowend lynchpin Aram Bedrosian’s Outer Bass Project at Miguel’s Stowe Away at 4 p.m. The funk/fusion trio also features Deep Soda’s Tim Sharbaugh and Advance Music Guitar Summit champion Mark LaPierre. There’s also a ton of music lined up at Nectar’s and Club Metronome. Japhy Ryder, Absinthe Minded Love, Indefinite Article, Mudfunk and Ordinary K play funk, jam and hip-hop downstairs, while the ever-popular Retronome gets a Mardis Gras makeover one level up. The costume-inclined should check out the Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball with DJ Robbie J. and Nastee at Second Floor Nightclub on lower Church St. If you need extra incentive, prizes will be awarded for the best get-ups. So head out there and have a good time. And set aside Sunday to sleep it off.
February in Vermont always tests the resolve. But don’t get too depressed; we’ve got mud and frost-heave season to look forward to! In the meantime, there’s always Mardi Gras to cheer you up. What better way to let winter know that you won’t be beaten? Although Burlington’s official Block Party takes place on Saturday, February 25, there’s plenty to do the night before. If you’re in the
mood for some spicy jazz, swing by Parima on Friday at 8 p.m. Pianist Joe Davidian continues his tribute series with a raucous run through Dixieland standards. He’s assembled quite a band — Jamie Masefield, Will Patton, P.J. Davidian, Kate Paradise, Dan Silverman, Tom Stanziola and Brian Boyes will deliver daredevil improv with a New Orleans flair. If you’re in the mood for rock, head over to Club Metronome for a set from “Australian” wildmen Led Loco. The band’s decadent vibe captures the spirit, if not the sound, of Bourbon Street. And let’s face it: nothing says “party” like classic rock from potty-mouthed men in capes and wigs. There are two separate shows taking place at Higher Ground in South Burlington on Friday. Seven Days presents electronic-rock adventurers Brothers Past in the Showcase Lounge, while Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra kick out the jams, Fela Kuti-style, over in the Ballroom. 1x6-2ndfloor022206 2/20/06 1:54 PM Page 1
NEW BANDS & OLD PALS I got to hear some local (and ex-local) favorites perform at 135 Pearl last Friday. Arthur Adams, a.k.a. Blammos, a.k.a. The Lazy Songwriter, made the long trek from San Francisco to play a benefit show for Burlington arts collective Box. Joining him were The Free Damned, Soft Spot, Sweet Ass Pussy and songwriter Neil Cleary, who assembled an all-star band for the occasion. Unfortunately I missed The Free Damned. It’s always tough to gauge when to arrive at these multiple-band shows. I did manage to catch Soft Spot, however. They’ve improved mightily since their debut
a couple of weeks ago. Then, the trio was plagued by equipment problems and a dearth of originals. Now they’re a feisty, dance-rock machine with a confident attitude and tunes to boot. Co-fronted by Max Schwartz, Herb Van der Poll of The Jazz Guys as well as rock anomaly Jason Cooley, the band comes across like Kraftwerk minus the cold, Teutonic vibe. Who says analog synths and bionic beats can’t be fun? The highlight of their set came when fellow Jazz Guy Maarten Van der Poll joined ’em for a freestyle rap battle. He’s the “quiet one” in his regular outfit, so it was fun to see him let loose. But the victor was obvious: Cooley trounced Van der Poll with a barrage of hilarious (and surprisingly technical) raps. Guess all those years listening to the Beastie Boys finally paid off. Sweet Ass Pussy were great, but unfortunately beset with feedback. Still, it’s refreshing to see Amanda Gustafson and Eric Olsen stepping away from the mood music for some garishly ribald rock ’n’ roll. Cleary was backed up by an enthusiastic pick-up band including drummer Frank Zamiello, bassist Jason Pepe and guitarist Ryan Ober. Following some friendly asides, they tore through a set’s worth of toothy pop-rock tunes. It remains to be seen if there’ll be a repeat performance from this lineup. “No one’s wearing rings, but I did have a good time, so we’ll see,” Cleary says. Blammos were straight up fantastic. Adams has really come into his own since he split for the West Coast. Taking the stage in an undersized cardigan sweater, he delivered one memorable tune after another. In the past, Adams’ keen melodies and clever wordplay occasionally bordered on precocious. These days, his music sounds savvy, but never eggheaded. Wish he’d come around more often.
BACK IN THE DAY Not long ago, I received an email from Will Shade, the man behind the excellent Heart So Cold: The North Country ’60s Scene compilation, as well as Mike & The Ravens’ career overview, Nevermore. Shade was excited to tell me about a whole new batch of vintage rock ’n’ roll, entitled Cry of Atlantis: The North Country Scene ’58’67 — Volume II. According to Shade, this set is “more Burlington-oriented.” Look for cuts from bygone local stars such as The Vistas, Mott’s Men, The Kon-Taks, The Chosen Few, and Freddie & the Freeloaders. The album, which drops in May, boasts a healthy mix of rockabilly, garage rock, ballads, frat anthems and proto-psychedelia. Hmm, not much has changed, after all. Can’t wait to hear it. m
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WED.22 :: burlington area CHRIS O’BRIEN (singer-songwriter), Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC, followed by IRISH SESSIONS, 9 p.m. NC. PINE STREET JAZZ WITH SUSAN SQUIER, Parima, 7 p.m. NC. TOP HAT KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. NC. PAUL ASBELL & CLYDE STATS (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. ATAVISTIC ENSEMBLE (jazz), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY WITH FATTIE B. (’80s ’90s jams), 11 p.m. NC. LOWELL THOMPSON (alt-country, rock singer-songwriter), 1/2 Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. BILLY CALDWELL (acoustic rock), Nectar’s, 7 p.m. NC, followed by AMITY FRONT, POSSUMHAW (rock, Americana, bluegrass), 9 p.m. NC. ABSINTHE MINDED LOVE, PRIMARY OTHERS (funk, rock), Club Metronome, 7 p.m. $5/NC. 18+. OPEN MIKE WITH ANDY LUGO & DJ TRANSPLANTE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. CELTIC PARTY NIGHT JAM SESSION, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 8 p.m. NC.
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TOM LESHINSKI (solo guitar), Chow! Bella, 6 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. REV. NATHAN BRADY CRAIN (dirty solo acoustic), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. DAVE GRIPPO FUNK BAND, Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. $5.
:: central BILLY CALDWELL (acoustic rock), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH CAPTAIN DAN, Langdon St. Café, 7 p.m. NC. ROB WILLIAMS & FRIENDS (folk-rock), Purple Moon Pub, 8:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH JIM MCHUGH, Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $3.
:: northern TOM LESHINSKI (solo guitar), Chow! Bella, 6 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. DAVID GILLIGAN & HEIDI WILSON (singer-songwriters), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.
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CHRIS YANG, HOUSEHOLDS, RICHARD LAVIOLETTE (indie-folk), Radio Bean, 4:30 p.m. NC; SHANE HARDIMAN TRIO (jazz), 7 p.m. NC; GUARANA (Brazilian), 9 p.m. NC; ANTHONY SANTOR TRIO (jazz), 10 p.m. NC. :: central ’80S NIGHT WITH DJ CHIA, 135 Pearl, REV. NATHAN BRADY CRAIN (dirty solo 10 p.m. NC. acoustic), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. SIESTA BEATS, Miguel’s Stowe Away, BLUES JAM, Langdon St. Café, 7 p.m. NC. 10 p.m. NC. ROB WILLIAMS & FRIENDS (folk-rock), FRIENDS OF JOE WITH WILL PATTON Purple Moon Pub, 8:30 p.m. NC. (jazz, blues), Halvorson’s, 8 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH JIM MCHUGH, ELLEN 2x3-byron111704 11/15/04 10:16 AM POWELL Page &1 JOHN MCKENNA Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $3. (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC.
:: champlain valley LORI JACOBS (singer-songwriter), Buono’s, 6:30 p.m. NC.
:: central MIKE PELKEY (rock singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC.
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DAVID MURPHEY (American roots), Langdon St. Café, 8:30 p.m. Donations. DJ ELLIS (hip-hop), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 8:30 p.m. $3-5. THE JEREMY & DOMINIQUE PROJECT (jazz), Purple Moon Pub, 8:30 p.m. NC. OLD SCHOOL FREIGHT TRAIN (newgrass), Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $25. GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS, MAD MOUNTAIN SCRAMBLERS (rock, soul, r&b, bluegrass), Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $25/28. AA. Sold out.
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KARAOKE WITH TIM RUSSELLE, Overtime Saloon, 7:30 p.m. NC. MARK ABAIR & THE METROS (classic rock), Sami’s Harmony Pub, 9 p.m. NC. LADIES’ NIGHT WITH DJS ROBBY ROB & SKIPPY (hip-hop, r&b), Tabu Café & Nightclub, 9 p.m. NC. EL DUCE (rock), Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. DOWN TO THE WIRE (Celtic groove), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. MIGHTY BLUES WORKSHOP, Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. NC. FOUNDATION (classic rock), Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC. LUCY VINCENT (acoustic groove-rock), Bolton Valley Resort, 8 p.m. NC.
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Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St, Burlington, 864-6044. Mes Amis, 311 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8512. Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 222-4748. Miguel’s Stowe Away, 68 Church St., Burlington, 651-5298. The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222. Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. Music Club, 110 Business Center Rd., Williamstown, 443-6106. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200 Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. 1/2, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343. Old Lantern, Greenbush Rd., Charlotte, 425-2120. Olde Yankee Restaurant, Rt. 15, Jericho, 899-1116. Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884. Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570. Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917. Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015. Peabody’s Pub, Plattsburgh, 518-561-0158. Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. Phoenix Bar, Sugarbush Village, Warren, 583-2003. Pitcher Inn, 275 Main Street, Warren, 496-6350. Positive Pie, 69 Main St., Plainfield, 454-0133. Positive Pie II, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Red Mill Restaurant, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 475-2311. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Rhapsody Café, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-6112. Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse, UVM, Burlington, 656-4211. Riley Rink, Rt. 7A North, Manchester, 362-0150. Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782. Rí Rá Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. River Run Restaurant, 65 Main St., Plainfield, 454-1246. Riverwalk Records & The Howard Bean Café, 30 State St., Montpelier, 223-3334. Roque’s Restaurante Mexicano & Cantina, 3 Main St., Burlington, 657-3377. Rosita’s Mexican Restaurant, 7 Fayette Drive, S. Burlington, 862-8809. Rozzi’s Lakeshore Tavern, 1072 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Sami’s Harmony Pub, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 893-7267. Season’s Bistro at the Wyndham Hotel, 60 Battery Street, Burlington, 859-5013. Second Floor, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. Smugglers’ Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6607. St. John’s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778. Starry Night Café, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Stowehof Inn, Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722. Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800. Tabu Café & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-566-0666. T. Bones Restaurant & Bar, 38 Lower Mountain View Drive, Colchester, 654-8008. 38 Main Street Pub, 38 Main St., Winooski, 655-0072. Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Toscano Café & Bistro, 27 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-3148. Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542. Three Mountain Lodge Restaurant, Smugglers’ Notch Road, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-5736. Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002. 242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244. Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585. Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910. Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500. Village Tavern at Smugglers’ Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Jeffersonville, 644-6607. Waterbury Wings, 1 South Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. Waterfront Theatre, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 862-7469. Wine Bar at Wine Works, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463. Zoe’s Tack Room & Café, 3825 Rt. 7, Charlotte, 425-5867.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS, CARING IS KNOWING: A COMPILATION TO FIGHT AIDS IN SUPPORT OF VERMONT CARES
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(Wyld Stallion Records, CD) Burlington has seen its fair share of compilation CDs over the years, and more than a few have been made for charitable causes. The tradition continues with Caring Is Knowing, a collection of tunes from a wide variety of local performers. The disc, which benefits local AIDS education and prevention organization Vermont CARES, is enjoyable, if a somewhat uneven collection of music. If you were at the release party at 135 Pearl a couple weeks ago, you’ve probably already given this CD a spin. Those of you who missed the show can still pick it up at local retailers. Caring Is Knowing kicks off with “Sean O’Malley,” a quirky pop number from Boston-by-way-of-Burlington rockers Pretty & Nice. Featuring strummed guitars and a wonderfully foppish vocal performance, the tune is wicked fun. Blackthorne Wilderness follow it up with “Carmeline,” a woodsy folk song with some particularly haunting harmonies. Local reggae-pop groovesters The Casual Fiasco serve up the slow-burning “Mint Condition,” which sounds a bit like Sublime on Bacardi Breezers. Gregory Douglass steals the spotlight with his passionate “Sail the Sea.” His voice and melodic phrasing are stunning as usual. Madcap rock melodicists The Jazz Guys take things up a notch with “The Saddest Man in Showbiz,” a tune already familiar to their loyal fans. “Simple Sonic Waves,” by Aquadora, drifts along in an indie-rock haze, while From The Ground Up’s “No More Hurt” is an old-school hardcore anthem. One highlight is the country-pop ditty “Sun Always Shines” by the Middle Eight. Damn, I miss that band. Fire the Cannons donate the extraordinarily catchy “Nowhere Feels Like Home,” which combines edgy indierock with melodic pop. Later, Jugtown Pirates of Lake Champlain drop by with “Haunted Hippie Mansion Halloween,” in which Charlie Manson, Frankenstein and Paula Jones all make appearances. My favorite cut is “Crumb(ling) Plates (short)” by Nest Material, which unfolds, specter-like, from a gurgle of tones ’n’ drones. Antara’s “Jolly Friends” is a sprightly acoustic rocker, while Video Pigeon’s “Your Downtown Aperture” is a narcotic delight. The high-and-lonesome “Come Back,” by Will, is a fine addition, as is album closer “Soft Fireworks” by Swale, which affects an otherworldly glow. Congrats to organizer/producer Bridget Burns for rallying so many musicians to such an important cause. modhh-WIZNbobtom011106cmyk
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New England’s cultural (and paved) highways seem to converge in Boston, Massachusetts. The city certainly offers more musical opportunities than Justin Levinson’s hometown of Vergennes. The young songwriter is currently attending Beantown’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, and will graduate this spring. He gives us a glimpse of his abilities with his debut disc, 1175 Boylston. Ex-Pavement honcho Stephen Malkmus once wrote, “A voice coach taught me to sing — he couldn’t teach me how to love.” The statement surely applies here. Levinson’s songs are finely sculpted, with horns, vibraphone, background vocals, organs and ukuleles dancing around the songwriter’s bouncy piano and pitchperfect vocals. This well-tossed musical salad tells tales of Levinson’s life in Vermont and Boston. Unfortunately, the album skimps on an all-important detail: passion. Opener “Sunny Day” is particularly well put together, but lacks zest. With its glossy trumpets and smooth vibraphone, the tune sounds like a modern take on ’70s soft-rockers Chicago. Apparently, it came in fifth place at this year’s Berklee Songwriters Showcase. Regardless of the accolades, it fails to convey much in the way of real emotion. In it, Levinson sings about the contention that stems from a lover’s inability to find happiness. Making such feelings resonate with listeners, however, is not something that can be taught. This clinical approach continues throughout the record. Still, a few tunes leave an impression. “If We Get Lost,” which recollects a chance encounter on a public bus, boasts a warm, infectious melody. In “City With Two Street Lights,” Levinson collaborates with childhood friend and fellow Berklee student Adam Popick. The song features rambling piano, abundant hooks and staccato vocals reminiscent of Texas songwriter Ben Zweller. In addition to Popick’s contributions, Levinson gets some help from his multi-instrumentalist father. The senior Levinson is a well-known music teacher in the Champlain Valley who once played in pop-rock mastermind Todd Rundgren’s band. Overall, 1175 Boylston is a good display of Levinson’s songwriting skills. Let’s just hope that on future releases he matches craftsmanship with spirit.
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<clubdates> DJS PRECIOUS, DLAV (dance, house), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $5. ARAM BEDROSIAN’S OUTER BASS PROJECT (funk, fusion), Miguel’s Stowe Away, 4 p.m. NC. AA. LIVE MUSIC, Rà Rå Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DJ STICKYFINGER (’80s, electro DJ), Red Square, 1 p.m. NC, followed by DJ BIG DOG (eclectic), 4 p.m., NC, followed by FURLEY (funk), 8 p.m. $3, followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), 11 p.m. $3. KIP MEAKER (blues), 1/2 Lounge, 7 p.m. NC. MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION WITH JAPHY RYDER, ABSINTHE MINDED LOVE, INDEFINITE ARTICLE, MUDFUNK, ORDINARY K (funk, jazz, jam, hip-hop), Nectar’s, noon. NC/AA until 8 p.m. $5 after 8. MARDI GRAS RETRONOME (’80s dance party), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. MASSIVE (DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. $3. MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE BALL WITH DJ ROBBIE J. & NASTEE (hiphop), Second Floor, 5 p.m. NC. 18+. $3/10. $5 with student ID. DJ RUGGER (hip-hop, r&b), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE (rock, hiphop) Higher Ground Ballroom, 9 p.m. $22/25. 18+. CHAD HOLLISTER BAND, AARON FLINN (pop-rock singer-songwriters), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 8 p.m. $7/10. 18+. KITE STORM (eclectic), Monkey House, 10 p.m. NC. SMOKIN’ GUN (rock), Park Place Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. A.K.A. T-BONE (rock), Banana Winds CafÊ, 9 p.m. NC. HIGH ROLLERS (rock), Lincoln Inn Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. SIDESHOW BOB (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. KARAOKE WITH REX, Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC.
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:: northern CHRIS CERNAK (rock), Overtime Saloon, 7:30 p.m. NC. ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH DJ TOXIC (hip-hop, top 40, house, reggae), Tabu CafÊ & Nightclub, 5 p.m. – 4 a.m. NC. 18+. MOUNTAIN MOJO AUTHORITY (reggae), Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. DEJA NOUS (French cafÊ music), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. MASS CONFUSION (funk, dance), Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. $5. THE X-RAYS (rock), Bolton Valley Resort, 9 p.m. NC. MARDIS GRAS PARTY WITH MANGO JAM (New Orleans funk, zydeco), Matterhorn, 9 p.m. NC.
PARKER SHPER TRIO (jazz), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 8 p.m. Donations. DOMINIQUE GAGNE (jazz), Purple Moon Pub, 8:30 p.m. NC.
:: northern EMILY LANGSTER (solo piano), Bee’s Knees, 1:30 p.m. NC, followed by SNAKE MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS (bluegrass), 7:30 p.m. NC.
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TUE.28 :: burlington area GUA GUA (psychotropical), 8 p.m. NC, followed by HONKY-TONK SESSIONS, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN TURNTABLES, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. NC. JULIET MCVICKER, JOHN RIVERS, JOE DAVIDIAN (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. BASHMENT WITH DJS DEMUS & SUPER K (reggae, dancehall), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. MELANGE (alt-country, indie-rock), 1/2 Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. MARKO THE MAGICIAN, Rosita’s, 5:30 p.m. NC. BLUESDAY WITH THE NERBAKS, Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. DJS BRIAN L., L-TRAIN (urban grooves), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. TEEN NITE WITH BIG RYE (hip-hop), 8 p.m. $8. Ages 13-17. ACOUSTIC SHOWCASE WITH JAMES HARVEY (jazz), Monkey House, 8 p.m. NC. BLUEGRASS NIGHT WITH STONE, COANE & SACHER, Lincoln Inn, 7 p.m. NC.
:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 7:30 p.m. NC.
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:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. CHAD HOLLISTER (pop-rock singersongwriter), T Bones, 7:30 p.m. NC. PAT DONOHUE (folk guitar), Good Times CafÊ, 8 p.m. $20.
:: central PAUL DOUSE & JET JAGUAR (rock), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Langdon St. CafÊ, 7 p.m. NC. ROB WILLIAMS & FRIENDS (folk-rock), Purple Moon Pub, 8:30 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH JIM MCHUGH, Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $3.
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CALL TO ARTISTS STUDIO PLACE ARTS is seeking artists for an April exhibit called the "Fine Art of Craft," featuring original, nonproduction crafts. $10 application fee for non-SPA members. Deadline: March 24. Info, 479-7069. THE GREATER BARRE AREA is participating in the Palettes of Vermont, a statewide project conceived by the Vermont Arts Council and artist Warren Kimble. Wooden artist palettes are available free to Barre-area residents and groups who wish to participate. Info, 476-0267 or barpart@ barrecity.org. THE RESTORE in Montpelier is seeking hangable art using recycled/ reused materials for its Back Wall Gallery. Contact 229-1930 or info@therestore.org. THE BELLWETHER SCHOOL is looking for painters to interpret the Bach Suites for Violin, creating a piece of art to reflect the music. Also seeking artists who would like to create a painting during the concert March 18 to be auctioned that evening. More info, contact Lisa.Lillibridge@ verizon.net or 863-4306.
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PHOTO Marc Awodey
here’s not much snow in downtown Stowe this year, but the ski-resort hot spot maintains a favorable artistic climate year round. The current exhibit at Stowe Town Hall, matter-of-factly entitled “Winter Show,” was curated by Stowe Studio Arts. The grassroots community-arts organization has about 50 artist members, according to its website. The largest paintings in the show are two abstractions by Harold Drury, father of Stowe Studio Arts Executive Director Carole Drury. His works illustrate the famous words, from 1943, of first-generation Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko: “There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.” Color and movement are the subjects of Drury’s tall, vertical canvasses, which are labeled simply “#1” and “#2.” Both paintings have crimson backgrounds populated by floating pale-violet and black shapes. Drury keeps his harmonies simple and colors flat. Healy O’Sullivan’s pastels are each layered from a welter of lines, creating abstract landscapes rich with visual textures. O’Sullivan draws with almost slashing strokes directly onto gessoed canvasses. “Some Trees” is a vertical, 12-by-25-inch work with a central, horizontal band of chartreuse scribbles, and staccato sienna lines indicat-
ing budding branches. Below the foliage are naïvely drawn tree trunks, described in thin ribbons of color; above is a sky crafted in white on white. In the 24-by-36-inch “Spring Rushes” — also a vertical composition — O’Sullivan divided the picture plane into four unequal fields, delineated by scrawled lines in differing directions. Gray, orange and palegreen horizontal strokes lie near the lower right corner. The same hues, blended with more white, are stacked along the left edge of the canvas. The right central area presents the “rushes,” indicated with tangled sienna strokes, angled toward the upper right corner. The highest third of the painting is all pale yellow and white sky. O’Sullivan seems to resist the pastel convention, which is to use the side of the crayon to create broad areas of color. Instead there is a cacophony of fine lines. The only lines in Greg Tighe’s lighthearted piece “Paper Bag, Baby!” are those cast by jagged shadows. The 36-by-24-inch, wall-mounted construction is made entirely of crumpled brown-paper bags. It’s a fresh image, alive with ephemeral wrinkles, valleys and monochromatic ridges of raw paper. The effect is like an aerial photo of a desert. Anne Sessions Barber is an astute
acrylic painter who takes advantage of the medium’s quick-drying properties: She scumbles layers rather than blends them. “Earliest Spring” portrays a 24by-18-inch copse of birch trees, which appears to have been primarily painted with a palette knife. The forest floor has bright-green shoots of fern peeking above a decadent mire of ruddy, muddy browns. Barber’s 20-by-16-inch canvas “Visions” takes a different technical approach. Abstract shapes have been stenciled, relief-printed and painted onto an ethereal matrix of rectangles and squares. A lively chromatic harmony of lime green, alizarin crimson and steely gray supports the complicated, repeating floral patterns broken into small geometric shapes. Stowe Studio Arts has developed a healthy village-arts partnership, including the use of Town Hall for one of its main exhibition venues. The organization sponsors open-studio events and an outdoor artistic corollary to the Stowe Farmers’ Market known as “Easels on the Green.” In the works are plans for “Easels and Balloons” at the Stowe Balloon Festival, and “Easels on the Mountain” at the Stowe Mountain Resort’s Cliff House — a gondola ride that ascends to an art show. Lofty ideas.m
DANILO GONZALEZ: Recent acrylic paintings on canvas and paper. Shelburne Art Center, 985-8438. Reception February 23, 5-8 p.m. Through April 1. 10TH ANNUAL CREATIVE RE-USE SHOWCASE: A recycled art contest organized by the Chittenden Solid Waste District features artwork made from used, found or surplus materials by area high school students. Frog Hollow, Burlington, 863-6458. Closing reception February 23, 5:30-7 p.m. HEIDI JEFFERSON: Carved furniture, pottery, soft sculpture, photography and paintings. Walker-Maclure Library, Pittsford, 483-2972. Reception February 23, 6:30-8 p.m. Through March 18. INVITATIONAL PRINT SHOW: Northlight Digital photo imaging and printing center celebrates its third anniversary with an exhibit of artwork by its clients. Tip Top Media Arts Building, White River Junction, 2801888. Reception February 24, 5-7 p.m. Through May 24. KEVIN WILLSEY & GUS FINK: Illustrations and paintings of interpersonal expression by the artists from Burlington and Atlanta, respectively. Studio STK, Burlington, 657-3333. Reception February 24, 6-9 p.m. Through March 23.
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POWER TRIO At the West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe, figuration is the theme of the current three-person exhibition, entitled “Body Image.” Painter Craig Mooney and photographer/mixed-media artist Don Hanson are familiar names in the Vermont arts community, but Susan Hoffman may not be. Her background includes studies at the venerable Art Students League in
‘CONTEMPORARY ART IN ASIA: THE ASIA-PACIFIC TRIENNIEL’: Director Brian Kennedy gives a lecture in conjunction with a current exhibit. Arthur Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. February 22, 5:30 p.m. ‘THE SLEEP OF REASON: GOYA IN CONTEXT’: A lunchtime gallery talk by associate professor of Spanish Gayle Nunley, in conjunction with a current exhibit. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. February 22, 12:15 p.m. ‘L’INFERNO’: The first full-length Italian film ever made, by Giuseppe de Liguoro, with a new soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 6560750. February 26, 3 p.m. ROSALYN DRISCOLL: The sculptor gives a talk entitled "Whole Body Seeing: Sense of Touch in the Visual Arts," in conjunction with a current exhibit. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. February 28, 4 p.m. ‘ART TOWN MEETING’: A free, public forum on Burlington's visual art scene with panelists Ric Kasini Kadour, author of Vermont Art Guide, artist and Seven Days art critic Marc Awodey, artist and studio owner Sage Tucker-Ketcham, and curator/art collector Mark Waskow. Club Metronome, Burlington, 264-4839. February 28, 7 p.m.
New York City, and her exquisite, fluid paintings are steeped in traditional realism. Pictured: Hoffman’s “Abstract Thoughts II.”
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GROUP SHOW: Paintings by Ruth Kaldor, Carol L. Norton and Jason Osterhout, and monoprints by Marian Willmott. Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, 563-2273. Through April. MARGARET LAMPE-KANNESTINE: Acrylic paintings, Skyway Corridor; and NAOMI BOSSOM: Woodcut prints, Gates 1 & 2. Burlington International 1x6-blueplate022206 2/20/06 Airport, 865-7166. Through May 1.
‘FRANCISCO GOYA: LOS CAPRICHOS’: Eighty celebrated black-and-white prints made by the Spanish artist satirizing the foibles of 18th-century Spain; and MICHAEL MAZUR: "The Inferno of Dante," 41 black-and-white prints by the contemporary printmaker illustrating the most famous section of "The Divine Comedy." Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. Through May 14. ‘THE IDENTITY PROJECT’: Photographs by local youth experiencing homelessness, sponsored by the Pearl Street Clinic of the Community Health Center. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 999-2559. Through February. JASON RYAN OSTERHOUT: Acrylic paintings on canvas. Club Metronome, Burlington, 858-3090. Through March 15. ROBIN LAHUE: Fanciful watercolors and drawings. Starbucks, Maple Tree Place, Williston, 485-5241. February 16 March 2. GREG GIORDANO: "Flameape: Uncut," sketches and paintings. 1/2 Lounge, Burlington, flameape.studio@ gmail.com. Through March 8. CHARLIE HUNTER: "Where I Live Now," post-pastoral, post-industrial portraits of Vermont. Pine Street Artworks, Burlington, 863-8100. Through April 13. ‘MOMENTS IN TIME: SAMOS, GREECE’: A group exhibit of site-specific installation and photographs. Flynndog, Burlington, 863-2227. Through March 3. JOSHUA REIMAN: "Thug League," photographs exploring themes of race, class, pop culture and heroism, including the Washington and Blackbeard series. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Through March 5. MAGGIE STANDLEY: "Reclamation," mixed-media paintings and found objects that investigate themes of struggle, misuse of power and survival, Mezzanine Gallery; and NEIL E. CALLAHAN: "East Selma, Alabama: Forgotten America," black-and-white photographs, Pickering Room. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Through 1:52 PM February Page 125. DREW MATOTT: "Politics, Paper and Pulp,"
sculptural books using handmade paper and alternative bookbinding, Lower Level Gallery, through April 28; and MICHAEL STRAUSS: "Visual Expression & Expansion," rural and urban watercolor scenes, 3rd Floor Gallery, through March 17; and MARC AWODEY: mixedmedia paintings, through February 27. Community College of Vermont, Burlington, 951-1252. ELIZABETH CLEARY: Landscape oil paintings, Dining Room; and JENNI MARONEY: "Third World Expressions," photography, Bar; and PHEBE MOTT: "The Wedding," acrylic paintings on canvas, Solarium. Daily Planet, Burlington, dailyplanet15@ verizon.net. Through February. ‘LIFE CONSTRUCTIONS’: Jane Horner, June Campbell, Sharon Webster and Horner/MacGregor/Smereka create art out of everyday objects, including a mailbox, mop head, CD cases and hair. VCAM Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 651-0736. Through March 8. MELANIE PHELPS: "Small Works," acrylic paintings. Terra Linda Market, Shelburne, 985-1088. Through March. EDWIN EARLE: Paintings of the Hopi Katsinas by the late artist and writer. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, 8993211. Through March 5. ‘ARTISTS’ BOOKS’: These selections from UVM's Special Collections include handmade testaments to the book medium. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. Through June 4. BRUCE PENDLETON: Photography. Main Branch, Chittenden Bank, Burlington, 849-6185. Through February. CAROL BOUCHER: "Images from the Road," new oil pastels. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 660-2032. Through February. ‘THE FLYNN, VERMONT’S WONDER THEATRE’: A special exhibit commemorating the theater's 75 years shows its development from a movie palace to a premier performing-arts center. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 652-4500. Through April 15. GROUP SHOW: Artworks in multiple media by Janet Biehl, Kit Donnelly, Mary Johnson, Sara Katz, Lynda
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GOING WITH THE FLOW Lincoln painter Janet Fredericks has interpreted the hues and rhythms of a rushing stream in her two, 10-foot-long “Water Scrolls” (pictured), which are highlights of her current “Language of Water” solo show of works on paper at the Helen Day Art Center. Everybody likes — and needs — water, but Fredericks seems to revere the stuff, honoring its crucial contribution to life on Earth.
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GILLIAN KLEIN: "Ephemeral Cityscapes," oil paintings. Starry Night Cafe, North Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Through March. LINDA CANNON-HUFFMAN & RONDA STOLL: "Return of the Spring," 32 Chinese paintings on paper. Ilsley Library, Middlebury, 388-8229. Through February. ‘ART FROM THE HEART’: A mixed-media group show to benefit local charities. Carol's Hungry Mind, Middlebury, 3880101. Through February. ‘ART AMONG US’: This 2nd annual exhibit showcases works in multiple media by area students. Brandon Artists Guild, 247-4956. Through February. JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS: Works from the 18th through the 20th century, curated by Sally Pleet. Gallery inthe-Field, Brandon, 247-0125. Through March. ‘SCREENED AND SELECTED: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO ACQUISITIONS 1999-2005’: Works by 20 contemporary artists chosen by college majors in art, architecture, film and media culture; and TONY OURSLER: "Time Stop," a video installation and sculpture in the series "Art Now." Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-2240. Through June 4. DUKER BOWER: Contemporary paintings, sculpture and photography; also ROD PETERSON & EVA CINCOTTA: Paintings. Mt. Philo Gallery, Inn at Charlotte B&B, 425-2934. Through March 20.
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:: central JEFFREY BRAXTON: "Recent Works," regional photographs of buildings and landscapes. William Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain College, Poultney, 2878000. Through March 3. ‘OPENING THE VAULT’: Works from the permanent collection, Main Gallery and Wood Room; and ART SCHALLER: "Dissected Magic," collages and Cprints, South Gallery. T.W. Wood
Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through March 12. ABIGAIL RUBENSTEIN: Selected drawings. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College, 468-1266. February 27 March 31. DEIDRE SCHERER: Figurative work in fabric and thread. Gallery North Star, Grafton, 843-2465. Through March 5. BOB RASMUSSEN: Photographic images of Vermont. Axel's Gallery & Frameshop, Waterbury, 244-7801. Through March 1. REBECCA ARMELL: "Have a Chair: Visits with Vermonters," photographs of elders from the Northeast Kingdom and central Vermont. Governor's Office, Pavilion Office Building, Montpelier, 828-0749. Through April 1. AXEL STOHLBERG: "Barns and Houses," abstracted architecture. Axel's Frame Shop & Gallery, Waterbury, 244-7801. Through February. ECLECTIC RECONSTRUCTIONS: Objects made by staff from scrap, surplus and recycled materials. ReStore, Montpelier, 229-1930. Through February. LISA LILLIBRIDGE: "Snapshots of Life," photography; and DAVID THURSTON: Oil on paper and wood. Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, 223-4910. Through February. RACHEL GROSS: "A Piece of Wall," drawings and prints. Chaplin Hall Gallery, Norwich University, Northfield, 4852620. Through February. KARI MEYER: Recent acrylic landscape and abstract paintings. La Brioche, Montpelier, 272-4763. Through February. SARAH MUNRO: "Streams of Consciousness," acrylic collage paintings. Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 223-5454. Through February. ‘GIVE US A HAND’: A group show in multiple media featuring hands, Main Floor Gallery; "PAINTING FROM THE SOURCE WITHIN": Process paintings
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by members of the Creative Source Painting Studio in Marshfield, Second Floor Gallery; and GINNY JOYNER: "Cabinet of Curiosities," mixed media. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. Through March 4. ‘SEW SEW ART: GREAT WORKS WITH FABRIC’: Janet Van Fleet, Timothy Fisher, Bettie Barnes Kasaguma, Eve Jacobs-Carnahan and Mary Jo Krolewski show playful works in quilting, sculpture and collage. The Lazy Pear Gallery, Montpelier, 223-7680. Through March 5. MAGGIE NEALE: Oil paintings. Montpelier City Hall Art Space, 2299446. Through February. JENNIFER PERELLIE: "Brilliant Hues of Summer," watercolor and pastel with tissue paper. Sweet Wood Grill & Bar, Warren, 496-7147. Through April. DAVID SMITH: New paintings by the Marshfield artist. Supreme Court Lobby, Montpelier, 828-4784. Through March 3. PHILLIP ROBERTSON & ALEX BOTTINELLI: Collage paintings and prints. Barre Opera House, www.barreopera house.org. Through February. DOUG DESJARDINS: "Art From the Heart," playful paintings on recycled wood and canvas. The Cheshire Cat Art & Artwear, Montpelier, 223-1981. Through March. SEVEN VERMONT SCULPTORS: New works by Willard Boepple, Chris Curtis, Patricia de Gogorza, Nancy Diefenbach, Lynn Newcomb, Tari Swenson and Judith Wrend. Sculpture Garden, Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier, 8285422. Through May 2007.
:: northern VICTORIA PATRICK ZOLNOSKI: "Twenty Years of Beauty," photographs. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1469. February 27March 18.
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Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 3621405. Through March 5. ‘IT’S NOT YOUR GRANNY’S AFGHAN ANYMORE’: Woven and fiber adornments, quilts, baskets, paintings on silk and more by nine Vermont artists. Gallery at the Vault, Springfield, 8857111. Through March 4.
:: regional ‘THE BRITISH ARE COMING’: A collection of images by Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney and more, curated by prof David Powell to show the expression of British cultural attitudes in the 1960s-70s. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, SUNY Plattsburgh, 518-564-2474. Through April 9. ‘CATHERINE THE GREAT: ART FOR THE EMPIRE’: Masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, 514-790-1245. Through May 7. KERRY O. FURLANI: "The Artist Hand: Slate in Bas Relief," 19 hand carvings. Slate Valley Museum, Granville, N.Y., 518-642-1417. Through May. ‘PAST IN REVERSE: CONTEMPORARY ART OF EAST ASIA’: Contemporary works by more than 20 established and up-and-coming artists in multiple media, from the San Diego Museum of Art. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2426. Through March 12. ‘SENSE OF THE CITY’: A multimedia exhibition about urban phenomena and perceptions, through September; and "EMPIRE": A visual essay by photographer John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power, Octagonal Gallery, through March 12. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 514-939-7000. m
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PREVIEWS AMERICAN FARM: James Spione directs this documentary about conditions contributing to the disappearance of the traditional family farm. DOOGAL: Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon and Whoopi Goldberg are among the voice cast for this animated adventure about four doggy friends who team up to save the world from an evil sorcerer. Directed by Frank Passingham, Dave Borthwick and Jean Duval. (79 min, G) IMAGINE ME & YOU: An old formula gets a new twist in this romantic comedy, in which a bride falls in love with the woman doing the flowers at her wedding. Starring Piper Perabo and Matthew (Match Point) Goode. (93 min, R) RUNNING SCARED: Paul Walker stars in this crime drama from director Wayne (The Cooler) Kramer, the story of a lowlevel mobster racing against the clock to recover a gun before his bosses or the cops can find it. Chazz Palminteri and Cameron Bright costar. (119 min, R) THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN: Anthony (Silence of the Lambs) Hopkins stars in this action-adventure based on the story of a New Zealand man’s love affair with his vintage motorcycle. (127 min, PG-13) TOM THUMB: Peter Sellers and Terry Thomas are teamed in George Pal’s innovatively crafted 1958 fantasy about a 5 1/2-inch fellow forced to assist a gang of thieves. (G)
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angerous Housewife” Felicity Huffman steps out of the suburbs and into the year’s most unusual road movie. She plays a man who’s about to complete his hard-won transformation into a woman when destiny quite literally calls. Sabrina — Bree for short — lives in Los Angeles, dresses like an Avon lady, and works two jobs to finance his final surgery which, as the movie opens, is only a week away. While working as a telemarketer out of his home one evening, he receives a call for Stanley. “He doesn’t live here anymore,” Bree informs the police officer, who’s telephoning from New York to inform him that his 17-yearold son has been arrested and is in need of bailing out. Like Bill Murray’s character in Broken Flowers, Huffman’s did not suspect he had a son. Bree is hesitant to make the trip because missing his appointment would mean waiting another year and because, well, how exactly do you explain to a troubled teen that the father he’s reached out to uses the ladies’ room? The issue is decided by Bree’s therapist, played by Elizabeth Pena. She won’t sign the consent form for the surgery unless Bree meets face to face with his son and comes to terms with their connection. As Bree understands the boy’s situation, his mother has died but is survived by the boy’s stepfather, who’s living in Kentucky. So, when the two first meet, Bree allows Toby (Kevin Zegers) to believe that he is a female Christian caseworker whose mission is to return strayed sheep to the flock. He offers the kid a ride to L.A., but what he secretly plans to do is return him on the way to what’s left of his family. What Zegers’ character wants, however, is a ride all the way to Hollywood. He has survived by becoming a male prostitute, and dreams of bettering himself by getting into gay porn. He believes his real father “has a mansion there with a pool,” and will no doubt possess the necessary show-business connections. The film’s considerable poignancy and wry humor proceed from the irony that, as the two make their cross-country drive, the father Toby thinks is thousands of miles away is sitting right beside him. Then there’s the way Bree instinctively mothers the
SHORTS boy. From the moment they meet, he can’t help himself. He morphs into June Cleaver, insisting the kid wear his seatbelt, forcing him to eat his vegetables and disapproving sternly when he snorts a bag of smack. Their odyssey consists of a series of small, off-kilter moments, which range in tone from the lightly comic to the tragic. First-time writer-director Duncan Tucker is interested in the transgender experience somewhat less than the human experience; what we really have here is the story of two people discovering their importance to each other against a backdrop of hormone pills, electrolysis, sexual hustling and drug abuse. It’s what you might wind up with if John Waters directed an episode of “Growing Pains.” Among the low points in their journey: the reunion between the boy and his stepfather — a reunion he resisted for excellent reasons, as it turns out; it’s a sad, sleazy sequence. The high point has to be the chance encounter with a good soul played by Graham Greene, who gives them a ride after their car is stolen, offers them a place to spend the night, and falls head over cowboy-boot heels for Bree. It may not quite be Brokeback Mountain — only one half of the couple wears a Stetson — but it’s among the more extraordinary movie love connections in recent memory. Will Bree make it back to the West Coast in time for his operation? Once the young man learns the truth about his father, will he still want to forge a relationship? If Zegers does make a gay porn film, will it have a really bad pun in the title? From the film’s opening frame to its last, Tucker and company create such enormously likable characters, and take them on such a charmingly offbeat journey of self discovery, the trip’s over way too soon. This is a remarkably deft debut for the director, and the most remarkable thing in it — Huffman’s restrained, detailed and dignified performance — is richly deserving of the Oscar for which it has been nominated. If you see just one movie about an underage prostitute and a man in women’s outfits crossing the nation this year, make it Transamerica. m
BROKEBACK MOUNTAINHHHH1/2 Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal do some of the finest work of their careers in Ang Lee’s affecting adaptation of Annie Proulx’s short story about a pair of ranch hands who fall in love. Also starring Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway. (134 min, R) CAPOTEHHHH1/2 Philip Seymour Hoffman disappears into the role of writer-socialite Truman Capote in this biopic, which focuses on the years when the author wrote In Cold Blood. Catherine Keener costars. Bennett Miller directs. (98 min, R) CURIOUS GEORGEHHH Director Matthew O’Callaghan brings the beloved children’s series to the big screen with a little help from Will Ferrell, Joan Plowright, David Cross and Eugene Levy. (87 min, G) DATE MOVIEH From the writers of the horror-parody Scary Movie comes this parody of romantic comedies featuring Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard and Allyson Hannigan. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer direct. (80 min, PG-13) EIGHT BELOWHHH1/2 In this actionadventure inspired by a true story, three scientists on an expedition to Antarctica must leave their team of sled dogs to survive alone for more
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ILLEGAL ALIENS
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BY SUSAN GREEN
SHORT TAKES ON THE REEL WORLD
There’s Something About Anna bounced around Edgewood for years, originally with male characters rather than three Charlie’s Angels-type women,” Giancola says of his saga about intergalactic “super-hot babes” saving the planet from bad guys. Smith’s reason for promoting it on the heels of her encounter with the Supremes, he adds, is that “Anna wants to let people know that she really is an actress.” A former stripper and 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year, the zaftig blonde has navigated a rocky road to pop-culture fame. It winds through some bizarre television appearances, most notably when she seemed sloppily drunk at the 2004 American Music Awards. But one of her Aliens costars inhabits a far edgier domain: the bulked-up Joanie Laurer, whose nom de guerre as a professional wrestler was Chyna. Her off-the-mat exploits have included hardcore porn, competing on TV’s “The Surreal Life,” judging The World’s Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant, and interviews on Howard Stern’s radio show that reportedly shocked even the notorious shock jock. Nonetheless, both actresses apparently were delightful on the set last year, albeit a bit high-maintenance in terms of canine control. Smith arrived in Vermont with her four tiny dogs, one of them called Sugar Pie; Lauer had a Chihuahua. “The makeup trailer,” Giancola recalls, “was like a hair salon-slash-kennel.”
The University of Vermont’s Culture Jam Film Festival, sponsored by SPARC (Student Political Awareness and Responsibility Collective), focuses on topical issues. Senior Paul Bedrosian, the 22-yearold anthropology major coordinating the series, says the goal is to offer motion pictures that provide inspiration. They’re presented Tuesdays in Billings Student Center, except when holidays or campus events intervene. On February 28 at 8 p.m., the selection is Venezuela Bolivariana: The People and the Battle of World War IV, which explores the current sociopolitical situation in that South American country. Coming on as-yet-unspecified dates: The Corporation, The Yes Men and The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, also set in Venezuela. Call 1-401-391-1564 for more information. Anthony Hopkins noshed on fellow humans as Hannibal the Cannibal in Silence of the Lambs, but many people find the Welsh actor, himself, an acquired taste. In The
World’s Fastest Indian, a biopic opening this weekend at the Roxy in Burlington, he portrays an elderly New Zealand mechanic named Burt Munro who tinkers obsessively with a jerry-rigged 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle. Munro’s dream is to race at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, which he accomplishes in 1967. But the character’s self-absorption proves annoying. Hopkins only digs deep enough to make him a sort of automotive Chauncey Gardiner, less passive than the lucky fool in Being There, but equally detached. Director Roger Donaldson (Dante’s Peak), who did a 1971 documentary about Munro, has crafted a slow and sentimental feature. As the episodic road movie meanders across America, Munro meets an array of oddballs — among them, cast members Diane Ladd and Paul Rodriguez. Although we’re meant to be as charmed by the old codger as they are, his narcissistic pursuit keeps him from actually connecting with anyone on screen or in the audience. A nice Chianti might help. m
“Flick Chick” is a weekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com. To reach Susan Green, email flickchick@sevendaysvt.com.
fickle fannie BY DAVID DIEFENDORF
READ THIS FIRST: This week, as always, the things Fannie likes (shown in CAPITAL letters) all follow a secret rule. Can you figure out what it is? NOTE: Fickle Fannie likes words. But each week she likes something different about them — how they’re spelled, how they sound, how they look, what they mean, or what’s inside them. Soya loaf and bee pollen go well with TEA. French artists don’t usually wear the fighting-man’s BERET. Very few giant sequoias are grown in a HOUSE. Jailed pot-growers have a dormant THUMB. Audrey Hepburn pranced around the jungle of MANSIONS. Hoarse-voiced Rochester was Gabriel in PASTURES. The immortal Bruce Lee was Kato in The HORNET Euro-bachelorettes may want an American spouse and a CARD. A project can’t get off the ground until it gets the LIGHT. Before they go on, talk-show guests hang out in a ROOM.
E me with your Qs or comments (dd44art@aol.com). Difficulty rating for this puzzle: EASY AS ENVY. If you’re stuck, see the HINT on this page. If you cave, see the ANSWER on page 59A. So much for Fickle Fannie’s tastes this week. Next week she’ll have a whole new set of likes and dislikes.
FICKLE FANNIE HINT: Half a dollar will get you the answer.
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he U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in Anna Nicole Smith’s lawsuit seeking $474 million bequeathed to her by the nonagenarian Texas oilman she married more than a decade ago at age 26. On the following evening, March 1, the widow is slated to grace a Manhattan sneak preview of clips from Illegal Aliens, a sci-fi comedy shot in Rutland by native son David Giancola. He’ll show 15 minutes of his work-in-progress, in which Smith plays a scantily clad creature from outer space, for potential distributors, celebrities and press at Tribeca Cinemas. Why the big splash for an unfinished project? “Of all the movies we’ve made over the years, this could be the first real breakout title,” explains Giancola, 36, whose Edgewood Studios boasts a plethora of releases in the action-adventure genre. “We’re screening it the day after her court case to take advantage of the media fervor.” Smith is a co-producer of the film, which is the first Giancola has had time to direct in seven years. To wrap Aliens’ post-production in three months, he and 15 colleagues are feverishly correcting the color, mixing the sound and creating special effects — such as the holograph that depicts Syntax, a “mentor” to the extraterrestrials. “The story is in the spirit of There’s Something About Mary, with outrageous humor. It’s an idea that
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MUNICHHHHHH Eric Bana, Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush star in Steven Spielberg’s historical thriller about the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. (R) NANNY MCPHEEHHH Emma Thompson stars in director Kirk Jones’ supernatural babysitter saga based on Christianna Brand’s bestselling “Nurse Matilda” series and Thompson’s own screenplay. With Colin Firth and Kelly MacDonald. (98 min, PG) THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIAHHHH Andrew (Shrek) Adamson adapts C.S. Lewis’ classic Christian allegory, in which four children walk through a magical wardrobe to enter a kingdom where animals talk. Starring Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy and Jim Broadbent. (132 min, PG) THE PINK PANTHERHH Steve Martin stars in this resurrection of the Inspector Clouseau franchise. This time around, the eponymous diamond is in a ring which has been stolen from a famous soccer coach who’s just been murdered. Beyonce Knowles and Kevin Kline costar. Shawn Levy directs. (92 min, PG) THE WHITE COUNTESSHHH In James Ivory and Ismail Merchant’s final collaboration, Todd Jackson is a jaded American diplomat in 1930s Shanghai keeping sordid company with a refugee Russian countess (Natasha Richardson) who’s been reduced to prostitution. Kazuo Ishigur (Remains of the Day) wrote the original screenplay. (138 min, PG-13) TRANSAMERICAHHHH “Desperate Housewife” Felicity Huffman plays a conservative transsexual woman who’s forced to face her past when a son she never knew she fathered (Kevin Zegers) winds up in jail. (103 min, R) WALK THE LINEHHH James (Girl, Interrupted) Mangold brings the life story of the late Johnny Cash to the big screen with help from Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. (135 min, PG-13) WHEN A STRANGER CALLSH1/2 Camilla Belle stars in this remake of the 1979 horror hit in which a babysitter survives an attack by a
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killer only to find herself pursued by him years later. Brian Geraghty costars. Simon West directs. (PG-13) WHY WE FIGHTHHHH Eugene Jarecki won the Grand Jury Prize at last year’s Sundance for this illuminating look at America’s military-industrial complex and the process whereby the government keeps finding new reasons to fight. (98 min, NR)
NEW ON DVD/VHS DOMINOHH Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke and Lucy Liu star in this biopic about Domino Harvey, the daughter of the great actor Laurence Harvey and a one-time model who made the curious career change to bounty hunter. Tony Scott directs. (120 min, R) NORTH COUNTRYHHHH Niki (Whale Rider) Caro directs and Charlize Theron stars in this fact-based drama about a female iron miner whose efforts to stop mistreatment at the hands of male coworkers resulted in the nation’s first class-action lawsuit for sexual harassment. With Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson. (126 min, R) RENTHH1/2 Based on Puccini’s timeless opera La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s musical follows a group of young New Yorkers struggling to survive in the East Village. Starring Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs and Jesse L. Martin. Directed by Chris Columbus. (135 min, PG-13) SEPARATE LIESHHH1/2 Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson are teamed in firsttime director Julian Fellowes’ drama about an upper-crust English lawyer who learns the driver in a hit-and-run death is his wife’s lover. (87 min, R) THE WEATHER MANHHHH1/2 Gore (Pirates of the Caribbean) Verbinski brings us this dramady about a popular Chicago forecaster whose career is looking more successful by the minute while his personal life verges on total disaster. Starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine and Hope Davis. (102 min, R) m
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< filmclips> than six months. With Paul Walker and Jason Briggs. (PG) FINAL DESTINATION 3HH Set six years after the original film, this sequel centers around a high school student who has a premonition of a fatal roller coaster accident. Featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman and Harris Allan. Directed by James Wong. (92 min, R) FIREWALLHH1/2 Harrison Ford and Virginia Madsen are paired in Richard Loncraine’s thriller about a bank-security expert forced to bypass his own computer-security systems when kidnappers take his family hostage. Vince Vieluf and Paul Bettany costar. (105 min, PG-13) FREEDOMLANDHH Samuel Jackson and Julianne Moore star in Richard (Sea of Love) Price’s adaptation of his own novel concerning the interracial tensions surrounding a kidnapping and murder. Edie Falco costars. (112 min, R) GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCKHHHH David Strathairn stars in George Clooney’s account of the mid-century clash between CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and professional witchhunter Joseph McCarthy. With Robert Downey, Jr. (90 min, PG) HOODWINKEDHH1/2 Glenn Close, Jim Belushi and Anne Hathaway are among the voice cast in this animated, tongue-in-cheek retelling of the Red Riding Hood tale. Corey and Todd Edwards direct. (80 min, PG) MATCH POINTHHHHH Woody Allen serves up his finest film in more than a decade with this philosophical thriller about a former tennis pro who winds up with everything a socially ambitious young Londoner could ever want — except a conscience. With Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Scarlett Johansson and Emily Mortimer. (124 min, R) MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTSHHH Judi Dench stars in Stephen Frears’ fact-based period piece about a widowed English socialite who opens a burlesque theater during World War II. Bob Hoskins plays her feisty stage manager. Also featuring Christopher Guest. (103 min, R)
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wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Eight Below 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20. Date Movie 12:20, 2:20, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35. Freedomland 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:30. The Pink Panther 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25. Curious George 12:40, 2:45, 4:50, 6:55, 9. Firewall 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15. Final Destination 3 1:15, 4:10, 7:20, 9:40. Brokeback Mountain 12:25, 3:20, 6:20, 9:10. When a Stranger Calls 2:35, 4:35, 7, 9:05. The Chronicles of Narnia 12:30, 8:25. Nanny McPhee 3:30, 6:15. Hoodwinked 12:30.
wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Eight Below 10:30 (Thu), 1, 4, 6:40, 9:10. Freedomland 10:30 (Thu), 1:10, 3:50, 6:55, 9:30. Brokeback Mountain 12:45, 3:40, 6:25, 9:10. Date Movie 12:35, 2:40, 2x4-TinyThai022206 2/15/06 1:23 PM RESTAURANT Page 1 HOME OF ALEX’S 4:40, 7:10, 9:25. Good Night and 1636 Williston Road, S. Burlington • 862-5678 Good Luck 1:25, 6:35. Firewall 1:05, 3:30, 6:50, 9:20. Curious George 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 2/20/06 8:30. The Chronicles of Narnia 2x3-vtsoup022206.indd 1 1:30. Munich 4:30, 8. The Pink Panther 12:40, 2:45, 4:50, 7:05, Gaeng Som $7.50 9:05. Walk the Line 3:35, 8:45. Yellow curry with tuna. A spicy fish curry, very aromatic and a bit sour.
wednesday 22 — thursday 23 The Pink Panther 7. Eight Below 6:40. Final Destination 3 7:10. Date Movie 6:50. friday 24 — thursday 2 Nanny McPhee 1:05 & 3:35 (Sat & Sun). When a Stranger Calls 7:10, 9 (Fri & Sat). Eight Below 1 & 3:45 (Sat & Sun), 6:40, 9 (Fri & Sat). Date Movie 1:15 & 3:50 (Sat & Sun), 6:50, 9 (Fri & Sat). The Pink Panther 1:10 & 3:40 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9 (Fri & Sat). Matinees Saturday & Sunday, second evening show Friday & Saturday. Times subject to change.
ESSEX CINEMA Essex Outlet Fair, Rt. 15 & 289, Essex Junction, 879-6543 wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Brokeback Mountain 6:45, 9:25. Curious George 12:40, 2:45, 4:50, 7, 9. Date Movie 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:20. Eight Below 1:15, 4:15, 7, 9:25. Final Destination 3 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:30. Firewall 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:35. Nanny McPhee 12:30, 2:35, 4:40. The Pink Panther 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:15, 9:20. When a Stranger Calls 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:30. friday 24 — thursday 2 *Doogal 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Brokeback Mountain 9. Curious George 12:40, 2:45, 4:50, 7. Date Movie 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:20. Eight Below 1:15, 4:15, 7, 9:25. Final Destination 3 9:30. Firewall 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:35. Nanny McPhee 12:30, 2:35, 4:40, 7. The Pink Panther 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:15, 9:20. When a Stranger Calls 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 9:30.
friday 24 — thursday 2 *Doogal 12:40, 2:35, 4:35, 6:30, 8:30. *Running Scared 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:25. Eight Below 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20. Date Movie 12:25, 2:25, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35. Freedomland 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:30. Final Destination 3 1:15, 4:10, 7:20, 9:40. The Pink Panther 12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25. Brokeback Mountain 6:20, 9:10. Curious George 12:15, 2:15, 4:15. Firewall 4:30, 6:55, 9:15. Hoodwinked 12:30, 2:30. Nanny McPhee 3:30, 6:15. The Chronicles of Narnia 12:30, 8:25. Times subject to change. See http://www.majestic10.com.
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MARQUIS THEATER Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Eight Below 6:30, 8:45. Brokeback Mountain 6, 8:30. friday 24 — thursday 3 Capote 6:15, 8:15. Nanny McPhee 2 (Fri-Sun). Eight Below 1:30 (FriSun), 6, 8:10. Times subject to change.
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wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Brokeback Mountain 1, 4, 7. friday 24 — thursday 2 *Tom Thumb 11 (Sat). *American Farm 4 (Sat & Sun). Mrs. Henderson Presents 1:30, 6:30, 8:40.
STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Eight Below 7:30. The Pink Panther 7:30. Date Movie 7:30.
MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA ETHAN ALLEN CINEMAS Ethan Allen Shopping Center, North Ave., Burlington, 863-6040. wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Eight Below 7. Date Movie 7:10. Final Destination 7:25. The Pink Panther 7:20. friday 24 — thursday 2 *Doogal 1:10, 3:15 & 5 (Sat-Thu), 6:45, 8:20 (Fri-Sun). Eight Below 1 & 3:20 (Sat-Thu), 7, 9:10 (Fri-Sun). The Pink Panther 1:20 & 3:30 (Sat-Thu), 7:20, 9:20 (Fri-Sun). Date Movie 1:30 & 3:10 (Sat-Thu), 7:10, 9:15 (Fri-Sun). Times subject to change. See www.merrilltheatres.net.
College Street, Burlington, 864-3456 wednesday 22 — thursday 23 Why We Fight 1, 4, 6:45, 9:20. Transamerica 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:35. Match Point 1:10, 3:50, 6:55, 9:30. White Countess 12:55, 8:45. Mrs. Henderson Presents 1:20, 3:30, 7:05, 9:15. Brokeback Mountain 1:05, 3:45, 6:40, 9:25. Capote 3:35, 6:30.
friday 24 — thursday 2 Eight Below 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat & Sun), 4:30 (Mon-Thu), 7 & 9:10 (Fri & Sat), 7:30 (Sun-Thu). The Pink Panther 2:30 & 4:30 (Sat & Sun), 4:30 (Mon-Thu), 7 & 9 (Fri & Sat), 7:30 (Sun-Thu). Date Movie 2:30 & 4:30 (Sat & Sun), 4:30 (Mon-Thu), 7 & 9 (Fri & Sat), 7:30 (Sun-Thu).
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Schedule unavailable at press time. friday 24 — thursday 2 *The World’s Fastest Indian 1:20, 4:05, 6:40, 9:25. Why We Fight 1, 4, 6:45, 9:20. Transamerica 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:35. Match Point 1:10, 3:50, 6:55, 9:30. Brokeback Mountain 3:20, 8:30. Mrs. Henderson Presents 1:20, 3:30, 7:05, 9:15. Capote 1:05, 6:15. Times subject to change. See http://www.merrilltheatres.net.
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Winter seems to have gotten a late start this year, but anyone seeking comfort in the cold can sample the season’s festive side at Middlebury College’s 83rd annual Winter Carnival. The town-gown figure-skating club hosts triple-looping Katrina Hacker of New York State and 15-year-old U.S. National Intermediate champ Ross Miner of Williston in an ice show titled “Warning: Keep Frozen.” Middlebury’s Japanese Club keeps cool with a snow festival offering calligraphy demos and tasty cold-weather treats, followed by a cultural gala featuring flamenco, juggling and fire-, belly- and break-dancing. Top regional collegiate skiers compete in nordic and alpine races at two separate locations on Friday and Saturday, and Bread and Puppet Theater wraps up the weekend with its signature medley of masked characters.
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WED.22 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. 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. FELLOWSHIP CONCERT: Dartmouth senior and psych major A.J. Bascom plays acoustic and electric guitar at a show stemming from his research on singer-songwriters. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.
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. $10. Info, 598-1077.
BOOK SIGNING: UVM professor Tony Magistrale talks about the most significant horror films of the 20th century as an intro to his book, Abject Terrors, which surveys the genre. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.
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‘USHPIZIN’: This film looks at the trials of being an Orthodox Jew in modern-day Israel. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. ‘THE PASSENGER’: Jack Nicholson plays a washedout writer who assumes the life of a dead man and then plummets into the seedy world of international arms dealing. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?’: This documentary-esque film probes quantum physics and neurological processes to ask whether spirituality and science point to the same universal truths. Shelburne Town Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8901.
‘SEEDSTARTING FOR LESS’: Gardeners dig into springtime with help from organic expert Ron Krupp. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘SPRIGHTLY STEPS’: Musician and local historian help from the animal-care staff at the ECHO Adam Boyce talks about Vermont’s contra and Center, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 & 3 p.m. square-dancing traditions. Willey Building, Cabot, $6-9. Info, 864-1848. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Readings of family 7 p.m. Free. Info, 563-2486. MEDIA LITERACY TALK: UVM professor and faves provide morning fun for toddlers at Barnes Burlington artist Katherine Marmor discusses the & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, vibrant relationship between media art and femi864-8001. nism. Channel 17, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: Picture books Info, 862-3966, ext. 16. and puppets engage growing readers aged 3-5. FORESTRY TALK: Thom McEvoy, a UVM forestry proBrownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. fessor and expert on woodland estate planning, Free. Info, 878-6956. WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: Children gather for explains how best to make room for trees as games, songs and stories at the Westford Library, Vermont changes. Bryan Memorial Art Gallery, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. Jeffersonville, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2478. ‘THE KARAKORAN HIGHWAY & THE SILK ROAD’: PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tots take in their favorite Globetrotter Preb Stritter shares images from her tales at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. adventures in the former Soviet Union. Village Free. Info, 985-5124. Lodge, Smugglers’ Notch, 2 p.m. Free. Info, HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: Youngsters let loose in 644-1293. a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere. Hinesburg Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-3038. ESPIONAGE TALK: Shelburne author Hervie Haufler WATERBURY STORYTIME: Little ones ages 2 and discusses his latest nonfiction work chronicling under get hooked on books at the Waterbury Nazi spies who were double agents. Brownell Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, ‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-year-olds boogie 878-6955. WEIGHT LOSS RESISTANCE: Dr. Sam Russo explains down to rock ’n’ roll and world-beat music. how metabolic dysfunction affects people pushing Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. to shed pounds. Vermont Naturopathic Clinic, Info, 865-7216. Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 859-0000. ‘A DAY AT THE FARM’: Students on break help feed Jerseys, churn butter and bake cookies. Billings TOWN MEETING PANEL: Professor Peter Teachout, Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. local political-process author Susan Clark, and South Royalton selectboard member Peg Trombly $35. Registration and info, 457-2355. explain the history of Vermont’s town governance 2x3-libbys020106 2/20/06 10:36 AM Page 1
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PLAY READING GROUP: Theatre on a Shoestring convenes thespians for a fun, non-competitive evening of reading roles in different dramas. Call for Burlington-area meeting location, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-212-5884.
Also, see exhibitions in Section A. ‘GOYA IN CONTEXT’: Spanish professor Gayle Nunley frames the artwork of the famous 18thcentury painter and engraver in a gallery talk. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $5. Info, 656-0750.
DROP-IN IMPROV: Actors create characters and hone storytelling skills in a fun stage workshop. Waterfront Theatre, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, 862-0999. ‘THE UNDERPANTS’: Dartmouth students stage Steve Martin’s adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s 1910 comedy, in which missing panties set off a GOGOL GROUP: At a weekly get-together, creative tongue-in-cheek burlesque. Moore Theater, types reincarnate theatrical projects inspired by Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, Dead Souls, a novel by Russian lit luminary N.H., 8 p.m. $12. Info, 603-646-2422. Nikolai Gogol. Cardboard Technical Institute, ‘DREADFUL SORRY GUYS’: This theater-and-music Montpelier, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0854. piece by piano professor Claudia Stevens docuPOETRY OPEN MIKE: Bards take turns so everyone ments reactions to the California hate-crime doucan read at a Boho evening of free verse. Euro ble-murder of two gay men in 1999. McCullough Gourmet Market & Café, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Social Space, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. 2/6/06 12:20 PM Page 1Free. Info, 859-3467. 2x4-Marys020806
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sport SENIOR EXERCISE: The 60-plus set benefits from stretches and strength training. Senior Community Center, The Pines, South Burlington, 2:30 p.m. $2. Info, 658-7477.
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. INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS: Marx-minded activists strategize about the labor, feminist and antiwar movements. Room 102, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Child care and info, 318-3453. MERGER TASK FORCE: Residents and officials from Essex and Essex Junction work on a plan to combine the two towns. Lincoln Hall, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-1341. MAYORAL DEBATE: The three candidates for Burlington’s top municipal job discuss each other’s plans for the future of the city. See “Local Matters,” this issue. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.
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‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: Take a journey through the eyes of an injured bird, from rescue and rehab to eventual release. VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 11 a.m. $8. Info, 359-5000. ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: Nature lovers get a look at live birds on tours of the VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 2:30 p.m. $8. Info, 359-5000. 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 GROUP: Non-native speakers learn English at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. 2x6-HomesteadDesign022206 2/20/06 11:23 AM Free. Info, 865-7211.
THU.23 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS: Vermont’s rising roots-rock stars pause for two local shows on successive nights. Barre Opera House, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 652-0777.
dance DANCE TRIBE: Boogie down to recorded tunes in a safe, friendly environment. No shoes are required at Shelburne Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. $2. Info, 476-6139.
drama ‘THE UNDERPANTS’: See February 22. ‘MATT & BEN’: In this satire written by two recent Dartmouth grads, two women don backwards baseball caps to poke fun at the celebrity writeractors of Good Will Hunting. Waterfront Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 862-7469. ‘WARNING: KEEP FROZEN’: Talented skaters glide on ice in a musical show inaugurating the college’s Winter Carnival. See calendar spotlight. Kenyon Arena, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 443-3100. AFRICAN FOLKTALES: Three dramatic retellings of stories from Kenya, North Africa and West Africa accompany dances and drumming. The Schoolhouse, South Burlington, 6 pm. Donations. Info, 864-4702.
film ‘USHPIZIN’: See February 22. ‘FAMILY PLOTS’: A Jewish filmmaker accompanies her husband’s family on their yearly trek to visit relatives’ graves. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 864-0218. ‘KAL HO NAA HO’: In this Bollywood film, a serious girl falls for a handsome, charismatic guy — before discovering his dark secret. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘FREE VERMONT!’: A talk by Rob Williams of Vermont Commons follows a screening of this film advocating secession from the U.S. Simpson Hall, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 586-7711, ext. 150.
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Also, see exhibitions in Section A. PHOTOGRAPHY TALK: Pawlet-based oral historian and archivist Susanne Rappaport introduces the
town-centered folk-study book she compiled from work by her late photographer husband, Neil Rappaport. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: Shutterbugs develop film and print pictures at the Center for Photographic Studies, Barre, 6-9 p.m. $8 per hour. Info, 479-4127.
talks ‘COST-EFFECTIVE MARKETING’: Artists and bootstrappers learn how to get the most bang for their buck at a panel discussion sponsored by the South End Arts & Business Association. Kelliher, Samets and Volk, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, 859-9222. ‘SKIING PATAGONIA’: A pair of adventurous photographers offers insights on backcountry Andean slopes. See calendar spotlight. Eclipse Theater, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $5 includes raffle ticket. Info, 496-5434. MALAWIAN POLITICS: Lisa Gilman of the University of Oregon talks about gender parity in an African country with a multiparty system of government. Commons 216, UVM Living/Learning Center, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4200. ‘EXILED FROM THE WORLD’: UVM English prof emeritus Michael Stanton reviews a Vermont Civil War vet’s three years in the Union Army. Memorial Lounge, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389. WORLD SOCIAL FORUM PANEL: Vermont activists Laurie Lyon and Peter Lackowski describe the prounion organizing and grassroots political participation they witnessed recently in Venezuela. Langdon Street Café, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 225-8906. CYBER-BULLYING PREVENTION: The father of an Essex teen who committed suicide after years of online intimidation describes how parents can keep kids safe. Colchester Meeting House, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. VERMONT’S BATTLEFIELDS: Historian Howard Coffin offers an overview of the Champlain Valley’s Revolutionary War skirmish sites. Milton Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4644. AFRICAN PHOTO JOURNEY: Local shutterbug Fred Kent shares images of giraffes, lions, zebras, elephants and hippos on a retrospective of his Tanzania trip. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See February 22. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters ages 3 to 5 get together for easy listening at the South Burlington Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.
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WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts at the Westford Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639. DADS’ PLAYGROUP: Fathers and their offspring bond through fun and games. Family Center, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8765. 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 in the garden to hear tales about plants, flowers and bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. BABY TIME: Little ones up to age 2 meet each other at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Future readers aged 2-4 take in tales at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. WINTER WANDERINGS: Outdoor explorers in grades 1-4 experience snowshoes and hot cocoa on a wildlife trek. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 10 a.m. - noon. $30. Registration and info, 649-2200. BAKING SCIENCE: Indoor types in grades 1-3 observe food chemistry by mixing baking soda and other ingredients. Montshire Museum, Norwich, 10 a.m. - noon. $30. Registration and info, 649-2200. ‘WINTER WARMTH’: Students ages 6-8 visit livestock barns, hear stories by the fire, and dip candles to take home. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. $25. Registration and info, 457-2355.
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activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See February 22. RICHMOND PEACE VIGIL: Concerned citizens support U.S. troops while expressing hope for an end to Middle Eastern deployments. Bring a candle to the Congregational Church, Richmond, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2053. DRINKING LIBERALLY: Bottoms-up democracy fuels discussion at a meeting of political progressives. American Flatbread, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 267-237-7488.
etc ‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See February 22. ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See February 22.
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THU.23 << 07B CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See February 22. CHARITY BINGO: See February 22. MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See February 22. VERMONT CHESS CLUB: Pawn pushers plan moves to better their game. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0198. COOKING WORKSHOP: Budding gourmets learn how to combine pasta, chickpeas and other savories into a simple Tuscan meal. Bethany Church Kitchen, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Donations. Registration and info, 223-8004, ext. 202. FOOD DEMOS: Allison Hooper of Vermont Butter and Cheese tapes a cooking show in front of a live studio audience. Video Vision, Barre, 6 p.m. $15. Info, 476-0267. HINESBURG COMMUNITY POTLUCK: Burlington resident Robin Lloyd talks about her experience protesting the School of the Americas, over food. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 6-8:30 p.m. Free, bring a dish and a beverage to share. Info, 482-2689.
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dance ZYDECO DANCE PARTY: Accordion master Geno Delafose leads his band French Rockin’ Boogie — and everyone else —in stompin’ Creole style. See calendar spotlight. American Legion Hall, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $28. Info, 603448-0400. BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207. Also at the Ballet School and Dance Arts Studio, St. Albans, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 598-6757. ARGENTINEAN TANGO: Shoulders back, and chin up! Partners or no, dancers at all levels strut to accordion riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.
drama ‘THE UNDERPANTS’: See February 22. ‘MATT & BEN’: See February 23, $16. ‘WARNING: KEEP FROZEN’: See February 23. ‘THE DINING ROOM’: Four male and four female actors conjure 57 characters in a montage of family scenes from early 20th-century, upper-middleclass America. See calendar spotlight. ART Theater, Patricia Hannaford Career Center, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 382-9222. ‘THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940’: The Valley Players stage John Bishop’s witty mystery about a slasher who offs chorus girls after a Broadway play flops. Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 583-1674. ‘BAREFOOT IN THE PARK’: The Essex Players present Neil Simon’s comedy about post-honeymoon newlyweds learning to live with each other. Memorial Hall, Essex, 8 p.m. $13. Info, 878-9109. ‘GODSPELL’: A visiting youth choir from Caldwell, New Jersey, pipes up with selections from the popular musical. Richmond Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 434-2053. ‘MAME’: A madcap flapper inspires her orphaned nephew through years of fantastic and funny adventures in this Broadway classic. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $35-45. Info, 775-0903. ‘THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE’ AUDITION ORIENTATION: Actors who aspire to be “the very model of a modern Major General” get info about an upcoming St. Michael’s Playhouse production of this Gilbert-and-Sullivan musical. McCarthy Arts Center. St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2281.
Also, see clubdates in Section A. GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS: See February 23. PIANO RECITAL: Russian pianist Alexander Kobrin, the gold medalist at the latest Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, concertizes at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 863-5966. DARTMOUTH CHAMBER SINGERS: The Dartmouth Women’s Choir lines up to accompany this ensemble on Renaissance-era songs of libation and love. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $14. Info, 603-646-2422. MICHELLE FAY BAND: Expect traditional and original folk and swing from harmonizers at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. JOSH DODE: The New York City-based pop-rock songwriter and keyboardist pumps up the piano. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536. VERMONT JAZZ ENSEMBLE: This 17-member big band plays jazz, Latin and pop at the Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 728-6464. KARA MCGRAW: The local pianist and singer-songwriter lets loose with modern folk and jazz numbers. Borders, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8846. ‘BALLETS RUSSES’: This award-winning documentary captures the grace and splendor of the 2x6-MagicHat021506 2/13/06 11:16 AM Page 1 revered Russian ballet troupe. Catamount Arts
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Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. ‘SEPARATE LIES’: This sophisticated English drama by award-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes navigates the moral ambiguity of an illicit affair. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 518-523-2512.
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WINTER CARNIVAL SKIING: Cross-country and downhill athletes slide and schuss in two locations. See calendar spotlight. Alpine races at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, Hancock, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Nordic races at Rikert Ski Touring Center, Ripton, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3100. THE POINT SKI & RIDE: Button- and coupon-holders hit the slopes for half-price, then warm up at an après-ski party. Dartmouth Skiway, Lyme, N.H., all day. $20. Info, 223-2396.
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‘THE EASTERN COYOTE’: Naturalist Christine Schadler describes this wild predator’s presence and success in densely settled New England. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 229-6206. TAX SEMINAR: Business or commercial property owners in Burlington’s Renewal Community hear tips from tax attorney Bob Gensburg and Chris Cochran of the Vermont Designated Downtown Program. Room 12, Burlington City Hall, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7144. ‘VERMONT BY DESIGN’: Governor Jim Douglas joins legal experts on land use to consider how town planning affects the state. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. $25 includes lunch. Registration and info, 831-1217. ‘TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LIVING’: Jim Merkel, sustainability coordinator for Dartmouth College and author of the book Radical Simplicity, advocates changing energy-consuming habits. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 660-7192.
BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See February 22. STATEHOUSE DAY: Cyclists and pedestrians talk to their legislators about the importance of statewide support for walking and biking. Statehouse, Montpelier, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 652-2453. FORUM ON FLUORIDATION: Dr. Paul Connett advocates turning off the fluoride tap to Burlington’s municipal water supply. A Q & A session follows at Burlington City Hall Auditorium7 p.m. Free. Info, 355-0999.
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CATAMOUNT TRAIL ASSOCIATION PARTY: Skiers participating in a week-long tour from Ripton to Morrisville kick back and join trail supporters at a silent auction fundraiser. Vermont Ski Museum, Stowe, 6-8 p.m. $10 includes food and drink. Info, 864-5794. VERMONT FLOWER SHOW: Artful gardeners display thousands of colorful, blooming bulbs, trees and shrubs — indoors. Hear horticultural speakers and get your hands dirty at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m . - 6 p.m. $10. Info, 878-5545. AFRICA NIGHT 2006: The Sudanese Men’s Choir joins Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater to support rebuilding schools in post-war Sudan. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Donations. Reservations and info, 878-4014.
SAT.25 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. PARIS PIANO TRIO: Violinist RÊgis Pasquier, cellist Roland Pidoux and pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier first toured together when Pennetier was 13. The three professors at Paris’s National Conservatory of Music perform works by Haydn, Ravel and Brahms at the Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $10-26. Info, 476-8188. HOUGHTON COLLEGE CHOIR: This 70-member ensemble kicks off a week-long tour through New England, ending with a debut at New York City’s Lincoln Center. North Avenue Alliance Church, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 864-0501. TOP CATS: UVM’s all-male a cappella group sings songs from their current repetoire and selections from the past 25 years at an anniversary show. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 888-458-8691. DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Flutist Hisaki Kobayashi solos on C.P.E. Bach’s Flute Concerto in D Minor. Mahler’s Fourth Symphony follows. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $18. Info, 603-646-2422.
ROOM WITH A VIEW
Class mobility is central to the American Dream, but it wasn’t very long ago that WASPs ruled the upper-income brackets. Enter A.R. Gurney. The prolific playwright is best known for gently poking fun at the fall of the white American bourgeoisie, to which his own family belonged. First produced in 1982, his comedy The Dining Room features 57 characters from all ages and stages of life. Multiple generations move through a universal dining room in a seamless sequence as time gradually passes, underscoring cultural shifts. Sparkling dinner parties and childhood etiquette lessons segue to Thanksgiving feasts and a romantic, sub-table tète-a-tète between teenagers. The Middlebury Community Players serve up the funny and touching social commentary in a two-week run.
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SAT.25 << 09B FAMILY CONTRA DANCE: Cuckoo’s Nest moves dancers of all ages wearing clean, soft-soled shoes. Caller Peter Amidon leads the fun at Tracy Hall, Norwich, family dance 7 p.m., contra dance 8 p.m. $8, kids free. Info, 785-4607. SWING DANCE: Beginners learn to twirl and curl into their partners’ elbows at the Champlain Club, Burlington, 8:30-11 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382. WORLD GROOVE DANCE JAM: Drums and didgeridoos put some dance in your pants at this familyfriendly fiesta. Bridge School, Middlebury, 7-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 545-2223. OTTER CREEK CONTRAS: Caller Chip Hedler keeps dancers moving to traditional tunes by Geordie Lynd and Karen Sutherland. Holley Hall, Bristol, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 877-3698.
drama ‘THE UNDERPANTS’: See February 22, 2 p.m. ‘MATT & BEN’: See February 23, 2 & 8 p.m. $16. ‘THE DINING ROOM’: See February 24. ‘THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940’: See February 24. ‘BAREFOOT IN THE PARK’: See February 24, 2 & 8 p.m. ‘THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE’ AUDITIONS: “Information vegetable, animal, and mineral?� Good diction is a must for demanding vocal parts at the McCarthy Arts Center. St. Michael’s College, Colchester, call for appointment between 10 a.m. & 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2281. ‘STREETS OF GOLD’ AUDITIONS: Lost Nation Theater casts roles for Mary Sue Price’s drama with music by folk songwriting duo Robin and Linda Williams. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, call for appointment between 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0492. TRYOUTS FOR ‘STEEL MAGNOLIAS’: Female actors shoot for six sweet-but-tough roles with Southern accents. Hyde Park Opera House, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 888-2396. ‘DEARLY EARNED’: The Pontine Theater Company of Portsmouth, N.H. presents this play about New England mill workers, drawn from historical letters. Cambridge Elementary School Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 644-2570. ‘CAPITOL STEPS’: Former congressional staffers turned political satirists lampoon liberals and conservatives alike with silly songs and sketches. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $22-26. Info, 863-5966.
film ‘BALLETS RUSSES’: See February 24. ‘BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS’: Love blossoms in the midst of oppression as two young men, forced into a Maoist reeducation camp, fall in love with a beautiful village girl. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:15 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: Folklorists teach tips and techniques for taking images to accompany oral histories. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call for cost. Registration and info, 388-4964. LIFE DRAWING: Artists sketch a live model in various poses using a medium of their choice. Studio STK, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. $10. Info, 657-3333. PORTRAIT DRAWING: Artist Karen Winslow puts likenesses on paper, in pastels. Artists’ Mediums, Williston, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-1236.
talks BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION: Activist Robin Lloyd talks about Haiti’s political past, Patrick Brown-Beckford sums up Rastafarian culture in the Caribbean, and Lawrence McCrorey offers an overview of the history of jazz. Community Room, Burlington College, noon - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616. HERBAL PET CARE: Practicing herbalist Kelley Robie explains how to make your animals more comfortable, without chemicals. Funds from a raffle and 10-minute massages benefit a local humane society. Moonlight Gifts, Milton, 10 a.m. - noon. Talk is free, massages are $10. Info, 893-9966. PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE: Anthony Princiotti, conductor of the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, explores the work of late-1700s composer Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, the most famous of J.S. Bach’s four musician sons. Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See February 22. ‘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. CHILDREN’S STORYTIME: Youngsters take in their favorite tales at the Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 872-2627. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Kids ages 4 and up settle down for stories at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. VICTORIAN TEA DOLL PARTY: Babe-toting tots hear a story and make a fan at this snack-andbeverage-enhanced craft meet-up. South Burlington Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. ‘GET SEUSSICAL’ STORYTELLING: The Cat in the Hat? Gertrude McFuzz? Members of Lyric Theater bring Dr. Seuss characters to life at a meet-andgreet for young readers. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 864-8001.
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State Park, Milton, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 951-2586. KAYAK & CANOE ROLLS: Paddlers practice getting dumped in the drink, in order to right themselves again. UVM Pool, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 793-3244.
Caller Chris Levey uses his leverage at Tracy Hall, Norwich, 3-6 p.m. $7. Info, 785-4121. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE: Circle moves are the focus of this accordion-augmented dance session. Leave your street shoes outside. Plainfield Town Hall, 6-8 p.m. $6. Info, 633-3226.
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‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See February 22. ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See February 22. CHARITY BINGO: See February 22. MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See February 22. VERMONT FLOWER SHOW: See February 24. ‘NATURALIST’S CHOICE’: An on-site outdoor guide talks about the environmental impact of any one of these Vermont fauna: coyotes, bats, bears, loons, turkeys and moose. VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 12:30 p.m. $8. Info, 359-5000. MARDI GRAS PARADE: Bead-catchers snag booty and boogie to music from festive floats. See calendar spotlight. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, pre-party 1 p.m., parade 3 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2739. ‘1890 FAMILY DAY’: Visitors experience a 19th-century farm, complete with chores, horse-drawn sleigh rides and sledding, then help cook and eat a hearty meal in a woodstove-powered kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. $45-65. Info, 457-2355. TEXAS HOLD ’EM NIGHT: Put on your poker face to benefit the North Country Animal League. Joe’s 4Play Tavern, Cambridge, 5 p.m. $50 includes food. Info, 644-8766. SLEIGH RIDES: Weather permitting, jingling horses trot visitors over the snow on a wintry tour of Shelburne Farms. Rides depart every half-hour from the Welcome Center, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. $5-7. Info, 985-8442. ELECTRONICS SHOW & HAMFEST: Radio buffs rub elbows at satellite seminars and a flea market for electronic parts. Milton High School, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. $5. Info, 879-6589.
‘THE DINING ROOM’: See February 24, 2 p.m. ‘THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940’: See February 24. ‘BAREFOOT IN THE PARK’: See February 24, 2 p.m. TRYOUTS FOR ‘STEEL MAGNOLIAS’: See February 25. BREAD AND PUPPET: The Glover troupe’s “National Circus & Passion Play of the Correct Momentâ€? prompts political engagement with giant papiermâchĂŠ pageantry at Middlebury’s Winter Carnival. See calendar spotlight. Nelson Arena, Middlebury College, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3100.
film ‘BALLETS RUSSES’: See February 24. ‘BEIJING BICYCLE’: In this Chinese film, two desperate young men fight over ownership of a twowheeled ticket to freedom. Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 863-4475. ‘L’INFERNO’: Shot in 1911, the first full-length Italian feature film takes a fantastic journey through Dante’s Inferno, set to a new soundtrack by German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 3 p.m. $5. Info, 656-0750. ‘THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER’: Robert Mitchum is chilling as a con man who poses as a preacher, then marries a widow to get to her children’s inheritance. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. ‘ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS’: Jeanne Moreau stars as a woman caught between her deadly lover and her arms-dealing husband in this French thriller. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8:50 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.
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Also, see clubdates in Section A. VOICE RECITAL: Mezzo-soprano and senior music student Chelsie Henderson makes notes at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. SENIOR RECITAL: Jazz trumpeter Alexander Toth toots his own horn at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. KIRTAN SINGING: Yoga students stretch their vocal cords with chants in Sanskrit. Yoga Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 598-7711.
LET’S GET PHYSICAL: Author Pat Samples discusses her memoir Body Odyssey: Lessons From the Bones and Belly. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. INDEPENDENCE STUDIES: Special guests periodically drop in on this open, weekly discussion of political freedom. Cardboard Technical Institute, Montpelier, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0854.
dance ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: The band Trip to Norwich gives a lift to dancers in clean, soft-soled shoes.
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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See February 22. JEFF SNOW: The acoustic musician and family entertainer plays the autoharp, bouzouki and a sixstring banjo to accompany his lively stories. South Burlington Library, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.
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SNOWBOARDING KITESTORM FESTIVAL: See February 25. CROSS-COUNTRY SKI: Pole pushers shift and glide from glade to glade at the Highland Lodge Touring Center, Greensboro, call for meeting location, time and trail fee. Info, 229-0153. MT. MANSFIELD SNOWSHOE: Only seasoned winter hikers should try to climb the “forehead� of the state’s highest peak on this 5-plus-mile route. Call for meeting location, 8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3375. MOUNT ABE SNOWSHOE: A 6-mile trek up this Green Mountain may require crampons, depending on conditions. Call for meeting location and time. Free. Info, 858-4045.
activism VETERANS FOR PEACE: Retired soldiers organize to ensure that today’s troops aren’t risking their lives in vain. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 3.
etc ‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See February 22. ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See February 22. CHARITY BINGO: See February 22, 2 & 7 p.m. MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS FESTIVAL: See February 22. VERMONT FLOWER SHOW: See February 24, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. ‘NATURALIST’S CHOICE’: See February 25. SLEIGH RIDES: See February 25. BURLINGTON AREA SCRABBLE CLUB: Letter wranglers make every word count in a tournamentstyle competition. Bring your board to Allenwood, 90 Allen Road, South Burlington, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 862-7558. VERMONT STATE NINE-BALL TOURNAMENT: Billiards buffs triangulate for a cash prize. Van Phan Sports, South Burlington, 11 a.m. $80 to enter, free to watch. Info, 651-0111.
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Also, see clubdates in Section A. HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR: Select singers from various African-American churches in Harlem comprise this world-class chorus. Glenbrook Gym, Castleton State College, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 468-1119. SAMBATUCADA! REHEARSAL: Percussive people pound out carnival rhythms at an open meeting of this Brazilian-style community drumming troupe. Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-0532. AMATEUR MUSICIANS ORCHESTRA: Community players of all abilities and levels of experience practice pieces and welcome new members. South Burlington High School, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6. Info, 985-9750.
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THEATER DISCUSSION: Drama fans giggle at a live reading of Urinetown: The Musical, which previews the Weston Playhouse’s summer production. Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 824-8167, ext. 101.
CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See February 22. SOCRATES CAFÉ: Philosophers discuss life’s big questions at the Waterbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. HEALTH CAREER WORKSHOP: Adult learners consider returning to college for a nursing certificate or medical degree. Hannaford Career Center, Middlebury, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 800-642-3177.
film ‘BALLETS RUSSES’: See February 24. ‘INTOLERANCE’: D. W. Griffith’s masterpiece examines bigotry, discrimination and religious persecution in ancient Babylon, Biblical Judea, the French Renaissance and 20th-century America. Howe Library, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-643-4120. CABIN FEVER FILM FEST: Six shorts from various genres make a great selection of eye candy for midwinter watchers. Blue Seal Restaurant, Richmond, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 434-7447.
art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: See February 23. LIFE DRAWING SESSION: Creative types try a hand at sketching. Wolfe Kahn Building, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 6-8 p.m. $7. Info, 635-1769.
talks ‘KEY MOMENTS IN HELL’: UVM English professor emeritus Bill Stephany explores the church corruption described in Canto 19 of Dante’s Inferno. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 660-7192.
kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See February 22. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See February 22, for children ages 3-5. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See February 23, for babies and toddlers up to age 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. Also at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. 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. 26. NATURE CRAFTS: Kids on school vacation make beaded necklaces, ceremonial rain-sticks and Navajo sand paintings during a virtual world tour. VINS North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. $45. Info, 229-6206.
sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See February 22, 10 a.m.
activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See February 22.
CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM: Shawn Collins of the University of Montréal discusses the finer points of molecule shapes. Room B112, Angell Building, UVM, Burlington, 11 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 656-2594. TRAVEL TALK: Dancer Penny Campbell shares sights and sounds from a recent trip to study the connection between movement styles and national identity in the Dominican Republic. Dance Theatre, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.
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TUE.28 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. PLATTSBURGH STATE GOSPEL CHOIR: Singers belt spirituals and civil rights songs, a cappella. Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 12:30 p.m. $1. Info, 518-564-5078. 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.
dance LINE DANCING: Show off your fancy footwork at the Harvest Moon Banquet Room, Essex Junction, beginners 6 p.m., dancing 7-9:30 p.m. $9.50. Info, 434-2891. SWING DANCING: Quick-footed folks learn and practice hep-cat rock steps at the Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $3. Info, 860-7501.
film ‘BALLETS RUSSES’: See February 24. ‘PEACE ONE DAY’: Filmmaker Jeremy Gilley persuades the United Nations to officially sanction a global ceasefire day. Middle Earth Music Hall, Brandon, 7:25 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4748.
art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. ART TOWN MEETING: Burlington visual artists discuss how to make the city a better place to make and sell their creations. See “State of the Arts,” this issue. Club Metronome, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 264-4839. ‘TOUCH & THE VISUAL ARTS’: Artist Rosalyn Driscoll presents a slide lecture about “seeing” with all of the senses. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 479-7069.
words BURLINGTON WRITERS’ GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Daily Planet, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 758-2287.
ANIMAL FEEDING: See February 22. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See February 22. Toddlers take their turns with tales first, 9:10-9:30 a.m. SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See February 23, for babies and toddlers up to age 3. TODDLER-AND-UNDER STORYTIME: Wee ones up to age 3 open their ears to songs and stories. South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $6-9. Info, 864-1848. SURVIVAL SKILLS: Kids learn how to make a fire without matches, build a snow shelter and bake brownies in a reflective oven during a mock wilderness-survival scenario. VINS North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. $45. Info, 229-6206. BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP: Origami folders learn how to construct a star-shaped volume out of paper. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3:30 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 865-7216. ‘READ TO FROSTY’: Canine-loving kids in grades K-5 gain confidence by voicing stories to a therapy dog. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Registration and info, 878-4918.
activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See February 22. ‘MEET THE CANDIDATES’: Lincoln residents get to know — and question — their potential legislators. Lincoln Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2665. FLORIDATION DEBATE: Citizens see a 30-minute film titled “The Fluoride Deception,” then consider whether to continue municipal water fluoridation. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, film 6:30 p.m., debate 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-1890.
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WED.01 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: See February 22. DRESDEN DOLLS: The Boston-based punk cabaret duo sing retro-style musical-theater numbers in an homage to performance art. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 635-1476. FARMERS’ NIGHT CONCERT: High school senior Tatiana Trono solos on Telemann’s Viola Concerto in G Major at a Vermont Youth Orchestra performance featuring works by Purcell and Gustav Holst, among other composers. Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-5030. CAMBRIDGE COFFEEHOUSE: Singer-songwriter Jon Gailmor plays family-friendly songs on his guitar. Jeffersonville Pizza Department, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 644-6632.
dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: See February 22.
drama DROP-IN IMPROV: See February 22. ‘RING ROUND THE MOON’: UVM Theatre translates Jean Anouilh’s French farce set in a lush winter garden. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $17. Info, 656-2094. ‘THE SYRINGA TREE’: Vermont Stage Company offers playwright Pamela Gien’s semi-autobiographical, one-woman show about South Africa under apartheid. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $23-27.50. Info, 863-5966.
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ITALIAN NIGHT: Researchers interested in exploring their Italian cultural heritage inaugurate discussion about forming a regular group for language lessons. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. ‘LUNCH & LEARN’: Library patrons hear how to access more than 3000 online periodicals over brown bag lunches. South Burlington Library, noon. Free. Info, 652-7080. GENEALOGY QUEST: Family researchers sleuth their roots after hearing a talk about the history of the American flag. Waterbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER: Hot griddle cakes come with sausage, bacon, juice and coffee at a pre-Lent meal of “Anglican soul food.” St. Paul’s Cathedral, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. $6. Info, 864-0741. VBSR OPEN HOUSE: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility hosts community leaders and the general public at the organization’s new headquarters. Lake & College Building, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Reservations and info, 862-8347.
CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See February 22. CHARITY BINGO: See February 22. PAUSE CAFÉ: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346. VERMONT LARGE FARM DAIRY CONFERENCE: Milk managers convene for business networking and seminars at a two-day trade show. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $40-60. Info, 866-260-5561, ext. 11. ‘BALLETS RUSSES’: See February 24. GLUTEN-FREE WORKSHOP: Wheat-allergic folks explore ways to work around dietary challenges. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 223-8004, ext. 202. 2x4-FAHC012104 5/30/05 10:32 AM Page 1
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SENIOR EXERCISE: See February 22. UVM WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Hoop shooters square off in a game with the University of New Hampshire. Patrick Gymnasium, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $8. Info, 656-4410.
words GOGOL GROUP: See February 22. POETRY OPEN MIKE: See February 22. EMILY DICKINSON READING & CONCERT: The Bartholdy Ensemble performs Vermont composer Gwyneth Walker’s “Letters to the World,” a piano quartet inspired by five Dickinson poems. Scholar Francette Cerulli offers reading and commentary. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.
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talks ‘THE QUESTION OF IRAN’: Mansour Farhang, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1979-1980, discusses the country’s nuclear program and current U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. ‘IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS’ GARDENS’: UVM professor Mary Lou Kete considers how creativity passes between generations of women. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. ‘FINDING VOICES’: Documentary filmmaker Bess O’Brien talks about her recent work with teens to create social change. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. ‘OIL WARS’: UVM ecoomics prof emeritus Abbas Alnasrawi considers how energy issues fuel the conflict in Iraq. Community Room, Burlington College, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616. THE PAINTED CURTAIN PROJECT: Director Chris Hadsel describes ongoing restoration of stage screens from Vermont town halls, community theaters and opera houses. South Burlington Community Library, noon. Free. Info, 652-7080. GROUP MEETING: Blood cancer patients, survivors, family members and friends learn how to access reliable health information when researching an illness. UVM Health Science Research Facility, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Reservations and info, 847-4848. SWEET STUFF: The factory tour manager for Ben & Jerry’s scoops out answers to ice cream production questions. Village Lodge, Smugglers’ Notch, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 644-1293.
‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See February 22. ‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See February 22. CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See February 22. ESL GROUP: See February 22. CHESS GROUP: See February 22. KNITTING POSSE: See February 22. VETERANS JOB NETWORKING: See February 22. CHARITY BINGO: See February 22. CABLE-ACCESS LAB: See February 22. VERMONT LARGE FARM DAIRY CONFERENCE: See February 28. CAREER CHOICE WORKSHOP: Adults entering college consider which jobs would work for them. Community College of Vermont, Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 800642-3177. m
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ANIMAL FEEDING: See February 22. BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See February 22. BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See February 22. WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See February 22. PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See February 22. HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: See February 22. WATERBURY STORYTIME: See February 22. WORCESTER RANGE HIKE: Kids ages 8-12 search winter woods on snowshoes for signs of moose, bear and other wildlife. VINS North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $50, snowshoes and transportation provided. Info, 229-6206.
ZYDECO DANCE PARTY Friday, February 24, American Legion Hall, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $28. Info, 603-448-0400. http://www.lebanonoperahouse.org
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Dear Cecil, It’s not often that I stumble into anything on the Net that scares me, but this does. A large number of sites declare that we’re about to hit, or have hit, peak oil production and that our civilization is essentially on the clock and poised to implode in the next 40 to 60 years. Are these accurate assessments, or are they taking the worst-case scenario to extremes? Scott Lumley, via email Sit down, Scott. What you’re describing isn’t the worst case; arguably it’s the best case. While it’s not clear when oil production will peak, or whether the peak is already past, no one doubts oil production is bound to decline — the only questions are how soon and how fast. Opinions vary (boy, do they), but my feeling is, 40 to 60 years? We should be so lucky. Background: The concept most associated with looming oil shortages is that of the “Hubbert curve,” named after the late geophysicist M. King Hubbert. In a prescient 1956 paper, Hubbert drew on more than a century’s worth of data to suggest that fossil fuel production followed a characteristic bell-shaped curve, ramping up sharply in the early going, peaking once practical limits were reached, then declining. If you could accurately estimate fossil fuel reserves, Hubbert argued, you could predict when peak oil production would occur. Compiling such an estimate for U.S. oil reserves, Hubbert projected that U.S. oil production would peak between 1965 and 1970. In the event, it peaked in 1971. Hubbert estimated world oil production would peak in 2000. It didn’t, but that hardly invalidates his theory. World oil-reserve estimates are inherently fuzzier than those for the U.S.; the oil shortages of the 1970s and resulting conservation may have briefly postponed the inevitable; and anyway it’s only 2006 now. Some think that, if we haven’t passed the peak already, we’re pretty damn close — and I mean by the end of this decade. Optimists say 2020 or
later, but the exact date isn’t important. The point is, the extraordinary growth of the industrialized nations since 1900 has been disproportionately fueled by a nonrenewable resource that’s now roughly one-half to one-quarter gone and that will cease to be a commercially practical energy source within the lifetime of many already born. You’re thinking: We stand at the abyss. Not necessarily. Fact is, the U.S. has been here before and we got through it OK. During the 19th century the chief U.S. fuel source was wood extracted from the country’s vast forests, which were logged off at a rate that takes one’s breath away even now. As early as the Civil War, conservationists warned of a coming “timber famine.” The crisis never materialized. Total U.S. wood consumption peaked in 1907 and declined steadily thereafter, yet the economy hummed on. What replaced wood? Why, fossil fuels, mainly coal. (Coal, incidentally, remains relatively plentiful — Hubbert thought peak production might occur in 2150.) But Cecil, you object, how is this thought supposed to be comforting? Today we don’t have any comparable alternative fuel waiting in the wings. I can only reply: Sure we do. What’s more, it was waiting in Hubbert’s day. The title of his 1956 paper was “Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels.” His purpose in writing had been to point out that, in contrast to oil, the U.S. had sufficient reserves of fissionable fuels, chiefly uranium, to last hundreds and likely thousands of years. We all know what happened to the nuclear-power industry. Yet Hubbert’s argument has lost none of its force: the uranium in little more than 3 square miles of Chattanooga shale contains as much energy as all the U.S. oil reserves known in his day. What’s more, his theory offers promise that the shift from oil to something else needn’t be the catastrophe some fear. The curve is, after all, a curve. Oil production won’t suddenly stop; it’ll drift downward as oil fields dry up. Once we’ve shifted from a buyer’s to a seller’s market, of course, the cost of petroleum will spike, making today’s gas prices look cheap. That won’t be pleasant; one recalls the sour ’70s. But it will promote, in a way that no amount of hand-wringing up to this point has done, a search for less costly alternatives. Petroleum sources heretofore considered marginal or uneconomic, such as oil shale and oil sands, will look a lot better. But even they won’t last long. The pessimists think we’ve got a trillion barrels of oil left, the optimists 3 trillion. At present consumption rates, the world will burn through 3 trillion barrels in 105 years — 70 years if consumption increases 50 percent as predicted. After that we’re left with wind, solar, biofuels and yes, nukes. To be sure, people fear nukes and will resist till the last. But they’ll come around when it becomes clear, as it will, that the alternative is to freeze in the dark. CECIL ADAMS
Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil Adams can deliver the Straight Dope on any topic. Write Cecil Adams at the Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, or email him at cecil@chireader.com.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The supple
willow tree does not contend against the storm.” So says the Shaolin monk advising his young pupil in the old TV show, Kung Fu. Let that be your watchword, Aries. There will be other times when your best interests will be served by digging in, steeling your will, and launching a fierce counteroffensive. But this is not one of those occasions. If you’re as supple as the willow, no harm will come to you. In fact, you’ll probably end up feeling like you’ve gotten a very deep, long massage.
TAURUS
(April 20-May 20): The greatest gift you can give right now might be the gift that you yourself were never given. The most valuable service you have to offer your fellow humans may be the service you have always wished were performed for you. An experience that wounded you could and should move you to help people who’ve been similarly wounded. You now have the power to heal yourself by healing others.
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(May 21-June 20): Welcome to your crash course at Happiness School, Gemini. To begin your first lesson, say the following aloud: “In the next 20 days, I will rigorously test the hypothesis that it’s possible for me to become far more skilled at creating happiness for myself. During that time, I will do everything within my power to make myself feel good.” Now take a piece of paper and write a list of ten familiar experiences that you really enjoy and ten untried experiences that would fill you with well-being if you summoned the courage and initiative to actually attempt them. Finally, Gemini, do at least one of those 20 experiences every day for the next 20 days.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22): As of this week, I have written 1500 astrology columns. Some have been better written and more useful than others, but I’ve given my utmost effort to every single one. My style has mutated over the years; the horoscopes I penned in, say, 1994, are so unlike those I write now that they almost seem to be the product of a different author. But then I myself have transformed radically since then, so it makes sense that my work has, too. In fact, my
personal development has been fueled by my growth as a writer. I urge you to do what I’ve just done, fellow Cancerian. Take an inventory of the big tasks you’ve been doing for years. Evaluate the way they’ve evolved and how they’ve shaped your destiny. It’s time for an expansive look at the labors of love that have made you who you are.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22): Japanese farmers have perfected a way to grow square watermelons. At the market the fruit can be stacked with more ease and efficiency, and at home it fits better in the refrigerator. I suggest that you make the square watermelon your metaphor of the week, Leo. What can you do to retrain nature so that it better serves your practical goals? How might you engineer your unruly instinctual urges so as to further your civilized needs?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her book Gender Shock, Phyllis Burke notes that as recently as 70 years ago, pink was regarded as a strong, masculine color, and blue as delicate and feminine. This is one of many pieces of evidence she cites to support her argument that definitions of gender arise more from transitory cultural biases rather than biological axioms. If you’d like to align yourself with cosmic rhythms, Virgo, you’ll experiment with her hypothesis. Are there ways you’ve cut yourself off from potential powers because you wrongly assume they’re a specialty of the other gender? For instance, if you’re a woman, have you been timid about developing your will? If you’re a man, have you crippled your ability to be receptive?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you have been experiencing some form of injustice, it’s an excellent time to stage a protest, strike, or boycott. The astrological omens don’t necessarily guarantee you’ll get all your demands met, but they do make it likely you’ll be able to harness your anger with maximum lucidity. For best results, don’t just fight for your own rights, but for the rights of others as well. You should also make sure that in fighting the disrespect you’ve suffered that you yourself don’t disrespect anyone.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “You
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There
can’t wait for inspiration,” proclaimed writer Jack London. “You have to go after it with a club.” That sounds too violent to me, though I agree in principle that aggressiveness is the best policy in one’s relationship with inspiration — especially for you in the coming weeks. Here’s my modified version of London’s advice: “Don’t wait for inspiration. Go after it with a butterfly net, fishing rod, specimen jars, petri dishes, leashes, sweet treats, juicy bait, persuasive arguments, and sincere flattery.” And whatever you do, Scorpio, don’t fall into the trap of thinking that inspiration is a rare stroke of luck you’re powerless to summon.
was an indignant uproar after revelations that James Frey’s best-selling memoir A Million Little Pieces contains fabrications. Hearing about it prompted me to ruminate on whether there’s any such thing as a completely accurate account of any person’s life. My conclusion: no. In every autobiography and biography ever written, the author imaginatively strings together selectively chosen details to conjure up artificially coherent narratives rather than depict the crazy-quilt ambiguity that actually characterizes everyone’s journey. If you and nine writers set out to tell your life story, you’d produce ten wildly different tales, each rife with subjective interpretation, misplaced emphasis, unintentional distortions, and exorbitant extrapolations from insufficient data. Your assignment this week, Aquarius, is to celebrate the malleability of reality. Regale listeners with stories about the time you worked as a pirate in the Indian Ocean, or rode the rails through Kansas as a hobo, or gave Donald Trump sage advice in an elevator.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Earth is a school and daily life is our classroom,” asserts Dan Millman in his book Living on Purpose. Our teachers aren’t always experts and authorities, he says, but often appear in the guise of strangers, acquaintances, children, animals, and unexpected circumstances. The lessons we’re asked to master come to us first as simple, straightforward challenges. If we refuse to work at solving them, they take on progressively more difficult and painful forms. Among the most basic of our assignments is the mandate to take good care of our bodies. In my opinion, Sagittarius, that’s the most important homework you have in the coming weeks. I hope you’ll make dramatic strides in your understanding of what helps your body thrive.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The language we use has a tremendous power to shape our experience. This is especially true for you right now. The words you choose to describe your feelings and adventures will tip the balance of your energy toward delight and vigor or else toward discouragement and apathy. The fewer negative perspectives you formulate, the better your health will be. To spur yourself in the right direction, make frequent use of beautiful words like the following (or create your own list): mellifluous, thrive, melody, luminous, undulate, freshening, reverence, primordial, shimmer.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Biologist Rupert Sheldrake regularly riles up the scientific establishment with his theories about telepathy and other taboo subjects. After he published his book A New Science of Life, the editor of the prestigious British journal Nature denounced it, saying, “This infuriating tract is the best candidate for burning there has been for many years.” The same editor later attacked Sheldrake for “heresy,” advocating that he be “condemned in exactly the same language that the Pope used to condemn Galileo.” I propose that if you’re doing your job correctly in the coming weeks, Pisces, you will attract similar protests from the status quo. Fulfilling your mission will require you to wander into territory that’s regarded as off-limits by the guardians of the way things have always been done.
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COMPUTER WORKSHOPS DESIGNED FOR BEGINNING USERS: February 4 – April 1, Fletcher Free Library. Preregistration is required; $3 suggested donation per workshop. Info, visit the library, call the Reference Desk 802865-7217 or visit the Computer Center page on our website www.fletcherfree. org. Microsoft Word, Internet Exploration, Email Basics with Yahoo! Mail, and Protect Your Computer (Anti-Virus/Spyware Class). Free Wednesday Open Labs, too. HANDS-ON COMPUTER CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: MS Word Basics, 4 Tuesdays beginning April 11, 6-7:15 p.m. $45. MS Word: Cards and Letters, 2 Wednesdays, March 22 and 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $25. MS Excel Basics, 4 Tuesdays beginning May 8, 7:30-8:45 p.m. $45. Web Site Design, 4 Wednesdays beginning March 15 using MS Front Page, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $55. Computer Use Tutorial, 3-5 Tuesdays beginning Tuesday, March 14, 4-5:15 p.m. $15-$25. Organizing My Computer, 1 Monday or 1 Wednesday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. or May 17, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $15 each. MS Publisher Applications, 2 Thursdays beginning April 13, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $25. Making My PC Work Better and Do More, 3 Tuesdays beginning May 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $45. Microsoft Office Sampler, 3 Wednesdays beginning April 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $40. Internet Skills, 3 Thursdays beginning March 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $35. Also available; Powerpoint, Blogging, Inspiration: Visual Organization Plans, and Kidspiration: A Visual Classroom Organizer. Check these out online. Info, call 802-482-7194 or access classes at www.cvuhs.org . Access classes start week of March 13. Limited class sizes and designed to be hands-on. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpoolers. Ten minutes from Exit 12.
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ART CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Basic Drawing with Christine Cole, 5 Mondays beginning March 13, 5:30-7 p.m. $65 includes all supplies. Drawing The Next Steps with Christine Cole, 5 Mondays beginning March 13, 7:05-8:35 p.m. $65 includes all supplies. Still Life Drawing with Christine Cole, 5 Tuesdays beginning March 14, 6:30-8 p.m. $65 includes all materials. Watercolor for Beginners, 8 Wednesdays beginning March 15, 6:30-8 p.m. $105 includes all quality materials. Photographic Skills, 5 Thursdays beginning March 16, 6:30-8:15 p.m. $75. Pottery with Jen Labie, 8 Mondays or 8 Wednesdays beginning March 13 or 15, 3:30-5:30 p.m. or 5:45-7:45 p.m. $115 includes all supplies. B&W Darkroom Studio Use, Tuesdays or Thursdays beginning March 14 or 16, 6-8:30 p.m. $85. Fused Glass Sun Catcher, 2 Mondays beginning March 27, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $75 with all materials included. Cake Decorating I (Wilton), 4 Thursdays beginning March 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Cake Decorating II beginning April 20. $70 each, limit :12. Culinary Arts: One-night classes including; Dim Sum, Dim Sum Fusion, Pan-Asian Bistro, Nuevo Latino Bistro, Greek Mediterranean, Italian Easter Desserts, $35 each. Go online to check menus and details. Info, call 802-482-7194 or www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Access classes start week of March 13. Limited class sizes and designed to be hands-on. Or find full descriptions for all 125 Spring/Summer and click on Access to CVU. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpoolers. Ten minutes from Exit 12. FIREHOUSE EDUCATION SUMMER CAMPS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS: Weekly camps start June 19 - August 18, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts and Studio 250, the Clay and Craft Studio and Print Studio 250. Info, 802-8657166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts. com. Firehouse Education summer camps aim to inspire and nurture the creativity within. Exciting full and half day camps available for kids ages 6-14, in the visual arts, photography, printmaking, clay, craft and writing.
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dance AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM CUBA AND HAITI: Weekly classes: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Capitol City Grange, Montpelier. Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. Info, 985-3665. Dance to the rhythms of Cuban and Haitian music. Dance class led by Carla Kevorkian. Live drumming led by Stuart Paton. Monthly master classes with visiting instructors. Beginners welcome! BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES WITH FIRST STEP DANCE: Tuesday evenings, Saint Albans, Thursday evenings, Burlington. $40. Info, 802-598-6757, email Kevin@FirstStepDance.com or visit www. FirstStepDance.com. Classes begin the first week of each month and run for four weeks. No partner required for classes, so come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance. We also offer beginning lessons before our monthly dances in both Burlington and St. Albans! DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: Nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Mondays, Wednesdays (walk-in on Wednesdays only at 6 p.m.) and Saturdays (children’s lessons, pre-registration required). Argentine Tango every Friday, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. Social dancing with DJ Raul, once a month, call for date. Monthly membership, $35 or $55, $10 for individual classes, $5 for socials. 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info, contact Victoria, 598-1077 or info@salsalina.com. No dance experience or partner necessary, just the desire to have fun! You can drop in at any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! SWING DANCE LESSONS: Six weeks, two nights, three levels. Tuesdays, February 21 - March 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Swing 1/Lindy Hop Basics, Beginning level, no experience required, includes free Vermont Swings practice session immediately following. Wednesdays, February 22 - March 29, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Swing 2C/Lots ‘O Swing Outs. Level 2: Must have mastered Swing 1 or by permission. 7:45-8:45 p.m., Elements of Lead and Follow: Tips and techniques for dancing beautifully with anyone. Level 3: Must have taken Swing 2: A,B,C, and D or by permission. Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. $50 for six-week series, $40 for students and seniors. Info, 8607501 or www.lindyvermont.com. We focus on having fun and learning technique that will allow you to dance with anyone, anywhere. Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.
drumming BURLINGTON TAIKO CLASSES: Kids’ Beginning Class, Tuesdays, 4:30-5:20 p.m. Six-week session beginning March 14. $46. Kids’ Advanced Beginners Class, Mondays, 3:15-4 p.m. Six-week session beginning March 6. $46. Adult Beginning Class, Tuesdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m. Six-week session beginning March 14. $52. Adult Advanced Beginners Class, Mondays, 5:30-7 p.m. Six-week session beginning March 6. $52. Adult Intermediate Class, Mondays, 7-8:20 p.m. Six-week session beginning March 6. $52. Info, 658-0658, email classes@ burlingtontaiko.org or visit www.burling tontaiko.org. Walk-ins are welcome. Gift certificates available. HAND DRUMMING: March 15, free conga-drumming workshop, 5:30, followed by a demonstration of Cuban and Haitian music, 6:30 by Guayoyo. Beginners Conga Class, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. Two week session begins April 5. $20. Four week session begins May 3. $40. Beginners Djembe Class, Wednesdays, 78:50 p.m. Two week session begins April 5. $20. Four week session begins May 3. $40. Info, Stuart Paton, 658-0658, email classes@burlingtontaiko.org. Walk-ins are welcome. Gift certificates are available. RICHMOND TAIKO CLASSES: Thursdays, five-week session beins May 4, schedule to be announced. Info, 802658-0658, email classes@burlington taiko.org or visit www.burlingtontaiko. org. Pre-registration is required and there
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FREE GRAD SCHOOL PRACTICE TESTS: Saturday, February 25. Various times. Lafayette Hall at UVM. Free. Info, 802651-4088 or visit http://www.kaptest. com/practice. Seats are limited. Registration required. Free practice test event! Take a GMAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT or NCLEX practice test and learn all about the exam—even strategies to score higher!
FOUNDATIONS OF HERBALISM: Seven months, May - November. One weekend per month. Vermont School of Herbal Studies. $975. Info, call 802-249-3114, email info@vermontherbalschool.com or visit http:vermontherbalschool.com. Founded, 1991, accredited by the State of Vermont, we offer a simple, folkloric approach through hands-on medicine making. This apprenticeship gives a sensual understanding of herbs, encouraging instinct and intuition with a holistic approach. HERBAL HELP FOR THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH SIMON FRISHKOFF, ND: Thursdays, February 23, 6:30-8:30. $10. Info, 865-4372. Whether you’re down with the flu, dealing with chronic immune deficiency and allergies, or want to avoid getting sick after running the marathon, this class will give you important information you can put to use right away. Simon is in practice in Shelburne. HONORING HERBAL TRADITIONS: Eight-month Herbal Apprenticeship program, held on a horse farm, Milton, one Saturday a month, beginning in April. $800 includes all materials, reference book and membership to United Plant Savers. Info, call 802-893-0521 or 802-563-3185. Preregistration required. We will be covering herbal therapies and nutritional support, with an emphasis on the body systems. Learn hands on instruction for home medicine making. Plant identification will take place in fields, forests, and wetlands. Eat wild foods and learn about plant sustainability. Taught by Kelley Robie and Sarah Zettelmeyer, certified herbalists and herbal educators. VSAC grants accepted. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Wisdom of the Herbs, An Experiential Journey Through the Seasons. Eightmonth Herbal Certification Program. One weekend a month, April to November, 2006. Foundations of Herbalism: A three-month Herbal Program. May 6-7, June 3-4 and July 1-2, 2006. Taught by herbalist Annie McCleary with naturalist George Lisi. Lincoln, Vermont. Info, 802-453-6764, email anniemc@gmavt. net or visit www.WisdomOfTheHerbsSchool.com. VSAC grants available to qualifying participants, please apply early. Weave knowledge and wisdom in a transformational journey with wild plants. Plant identification, plant-spirit communication, wild edibles, herbal remedies, herb walks and nature adventures.
empowerment CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Mah Jongg for Beginners, 4 Wednesdays beginning March 22, 5:307 p.m. $40. American Foreign Policy with Bill Mares, 5 Thursdays beginning March 16, 6:30-8 p.m. $50. Guitar for Beginners, 8 Thursdays, 3:45-5 p.m. $95. Baby Sitting Class by Red Cross instructor, Tuesday, March 28 and Thursday, March 30, 3:30-6:30 p.m. $50. Interior Design and Professional Organizing with Annette Besaw, 3 Wednesdays beginning March 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $45. Under the Microscope, 3 Mondays beginning May 1, 4:30-6 p.m. $60. Applying Makeup 101 with Lori Barlow and Deb Clark, 2 Thursdays beginning May 4. $35. Backyard Astronomy, 2 Wednesdays, May 3 and 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $15. Complete Financial Management Workshop, 4 Wednesdays beginning March 15, 6-7:30 p.m. $50. Writers’ Workshop with Mark Aiken, 4 Mondays beginning March 27, 6-7:30 p.m. $40. Is Race Real? From Colorblindness to “Colortalk� with Denise Dunbar, 3 Wednesdays beginning March 22, 6-8:30 p.m. Donation requested. Info, call 802482-7194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Access classes start week of March 13. Limited class sizes and designed to be hands-on. Senior discount 65+ and free gift to carpoolers. Ten minutes from Exit 12. HAVING DIFFICULTY MAKING DECISIONS? Wednesday, March 15, 6 p.m. 231 Maple St., Burlington. Free. Info, 802-985-5883. Introduction to new women’s group: “The Nature of Decisions�, Marian Feldman, psychotherapist and outdoors woman has developed a 6-week series that merges therapy, spirit and nature. The series focuses on decision making; creating the “ground� from which to make decisions, letting go of “second guessing� and building self-trust. Group begins March 25.
family PEKING ACROBATS FAMILY PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP: Friday, March 10, 6-7 p.m. Tracy Martin, Flynn Center Studio. $10 for one child with accompanying parent or caregiver. Info, call 802652-4548, email flynnarts@flynncenter. org or visit www.flynncenter.org. Ages 6-9. Enrich and enliven your child’s experience of live family performances at the Flynn this spring! Parents and children join FlynnArts faculty to act and explore together, playing with the ideas and art forms you will see on stage. MainStage performance begins at 8 p.m.; workshop fee does not include show tickets, which are sold separately through the FlynnTix Regional Box Office by calling 802-8635966 or visiting www.flynncenter.org. Limit: 10.
fine arts CHILDREN’S CLASSES AT SHELBURNE ART CENTER: Family Art Break—drop-in Saturdays, February 25, March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2-6-year-olds, 10-11:30 a.m. and 7-12-year-olds, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. $12 per Saturday for parent and child, $10 for unaccompanied child. Young Rembrandts After-school Drawing Class, Tuesdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m., Session II: March 14 - April 18. $60/session. Young Rembrandts Drawing Class for 4-6-yearolds, Wednesdays, 3:15-4:15 p.m., Session II: March 15 - April 19. $60/session. Young Rembrandts Cartooning Class, Saturdays, 10-11 a.m., Session II:
kids BON VOYAGE! AFRICAN AND INDIAN DANCE AND ARTS VACATION CAMP WITH FIREHOUSE EDUCATION’S CLAY AND CRAFT STUDIO: Grades 3–5, Monday-Friday, February 27 - March 3, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Flynn Center Studio and Firehouse Education’s Clay and Craft Studio. $200. Info, call 802-652-4548, ext. 4, email flynnarts@flynncenter.org or visit www.flynncenter.org. Explore the dances, customs, cultural traditions, and crafts of Africa and India. Children learn traditional dances to the sound of live drumming, try their hands at keeping the beat, and explore clay, batik, painting, and other indigenous craft techniques. Family and friends are invited to a performance and exhibit on Friday. Camp is suitable for all levels of dance and art experience. LIP BALMS: A WORKSHOP FOR KIDS WITH ANGELA TALBERT: Monday, February 27, 6-7 p.m. $5. Info, 865-4372. Kids are wonderfully receptive learning new things and when the project is as exciting as making flavorful lip balms, it’s a perfect match! Join with Angela, Purple Shutter Herbs’ premier product-maker, in a one-hour class where together you’ll make all-natural lip balms. Each child will take home their own creations! This workshop is intended for children ages nine and up. Parents encouraged to attend.
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language 123SPANISHNOW.COM: Hola! Bonjour! and Bom Dia! Spanish, French and Portuguese classes for adults and for kids! Located in Waitsfield, Montpelier and Burlington. 8 weeks starting in March. $130. Info, www.123spanishnow. com, email constanciag@123spanishnow. com, 917-364-3123. Join us for language classes with native speakers. Classes are designed for beginner through advanced levels. Students will learn basic grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation in a really fun and positive learning environment. Handouts and study materials provided. JAPAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF VERMONT SPRING LANGUAGE CLASSES: Beginner and intermediate classes, beginning February 23, Thursday, 6-8 p.m. Saint Michael’s College. $75. Info, Vince Guy, 802-863-7754. LANGUAGE CLASSES AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESBURG: Italian for Travelers, 8 Wednesdays beginning March 15, 6-7:30 p.m. $85. Spanish for Travelers, 8 Wednesdays beginning March 15, 5:30-7 p.m. $95. French de Quebec-Language and Culture, 6 Wednesdays beginning March 15, 6:30-8 p.m. $75. Intermediate Spanish, 7 Tuesdays beginning March 14, 7-8:15 p.m. $80. Spanish for 4-5 year olds, 7 Tuesdays beginning March 14, 3:30-4:20 p.m. $65. Portuguese for Travelers, 8 Mondays beginning March 13, 6-7:30 p.m. $75. Introduction to Slavic Languages and Culture with Yurij Bihun, 8 Thursdays beginning April 6. $95. A Taste of American Sign Language with David Krueger, 4 Tuesdays beginning March 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $45. Baby Sign Language Introduction, 4 nights to choose from: March 27 or April 7 or April 12 or April 20, 7-8:30 p.m. $30. Info, call 802-4827194 or visit www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Access classes start week of March 13. Limited class sizes and designed to be hands-on. Senior Discount 65+ and free gift to carpoolers. Ten minutes from Exit 12. LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION: Evenings, 6 p.m. or later. Home setting in Milton. $15 per hour. Info, Don at 802-893-0398. Former European-based Berlitz language instructor offers private French/English conversation lessons all levels - home setting - for travelers, students, business people. LOVE TO SPEAK FRENCH OR SPANISH? LEARN FROM THE BEST! EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTORS AND NATIVE SPEAKERS: Adult and children classes. Thirteen week classes, Saturdays, beginning March 4. Stowe. $390. Info, Leah at 802-225-8913 or email LS916@nyu.edu. Adult classes are 90 min. and are designed for beginner through advanced skill levels. Students will learn the basic grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation with the goal of becoming moderately conversational and literate. Children’s classes are one hour long and are designed for children with little or no experience, ages 5-12.
martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin on Tuesday, March 7, 5:30 p.m. Adult classes seven days a week. Children’s classes, ages 7-12, meet on Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido (the traditional art of sword drawing), Thursdays, 7:45-9 p.m. Zazen, Tuesdays, 8-8:45 p.m. Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington. Info, 802-951-8900 or www. aikidovt.org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements and pinning and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome to watch aikido classes. Gift certificates available. We now have a children’s play space for training parents. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 5th degree black belt and Burlington’s only fully certified (shidoin) aikido instructor. BLUE WAVE TAEKWONDO: The benefits of a traditional martial art, with the excitement of a modern sport. Adult, family and children’s classes available, Monday through Thursday evenings and Saturdays for beginners, advanced and competitive students. 182 Main St., Burlington, next to Muddy Waters. Student and family dis-
counts available, all new students receive a free uniform. Info, 658-3359 or email info@bluewavetkd.com or visit www. bluewavetkd.com. Sixth Degree Black Belt and former national team member Gordon White puts over 20 years of experience to use teaching the exciting martial art and Olympic sport of Taekwondo. Proper body mechanics and Taekwondo technique are emphasized during plyometric, technical and cardio training sessions to improve flexibility, strength and overall fitness. MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons. Colchester. Free introductory class. Info, 893-8893. Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. One minute off I-89 at Exit 17. VERMONT AIKIDO: INTRO COURSE (ADULT): Tuesdays, March 21 - May 2, 6-7:15 p.m. Vermont Aikido, 274 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington. $45. Info, 802-862-9785 or visit http://www.ver montaikido.org. Four weeks introduction to Aikido basics followed by four weeks mixed-level practice with senior students. Vermont Aikido regular practice Tuesdays - Friday 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday 9:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday 10-11:30 a.m. Visitors are always welcome! VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Monday through Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. The “Punch Line” Boxing Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 4 Howard St., A-8, Burlington. First class free. Info, 660-4072 or visit www.bjjusa.com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial arts system based on leverage (provides a greater advantage and effect on a much larger opponent) and technique (fundamentals of dominant body position to use the technique to overcome size and strength). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 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 (all levels), Boxing and NHB programs available. Brazilian Head Instructor with over 30 years of experience (5-Time Brazilian Champion - Rio de Janeiro), certified under Carlson Gracie. Positive and safe environment. Effective and easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life. Accept no imitations.
massage MASTER CLASSES FOR BODYWORKERS WITH STEPHEN O’DWYER: Four-week classes begin Thursday, March 16, 6-9 p.m. Pain Mechanisms of the ShoulderLevel 1, March 16 - April 6. Pain Mechanisms of the Neck-Level 1, April 13 - May 4. $225 per class, includes workbook. Class package discount: $575 register and pay for all three classes by February 16th. Info, Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset Street, So. Burlington, 658-7715 to register or online at www.touchstonehealingarts.com. These classes are designed for therapists and body workers who desire to increase their hands-on and evaluative skills toward the goal of being able to treat more complex chronic pain problems.
meditation MINDFULNESS WEEKEND RESIDENTIAL MEDITATION RETREAT: March 10-12, at the beautiful Pierce’s Inn, in rural Etna, NH. Sponsored by Valley Insight. $155 plus teacher Dana. Info, please email susanmg@kingcon.com or call 603-675-2812. SHAMBHALA BUDDHIST MEDITATION: Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, 6-7 p.m., and 9 a.m - noon on Sundays. Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 South Winooski. Free. Info, 802-658-6795 or visit http://www.burlingtonshambhalactr. org. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. “With an untrained mind, we live most of our days at the mercy of our moods. There is a different approach to our lives. We can wake up to our enlightened qualities: unconditional love and compassion; uninhibited, total ease with ourselves; and a clear and sharp mind.” -SMR. The Shambhala Café
meets the first Saturday of each month, March 4, for meditation and discussion, 9-11:30 a.m.
metal/stained glass FIREHOUSE EDUCATION CLAY AND CRAFT STUDIO MIXED-LEVEL STAINED GLASS (Copper foil): Wednesdays, March 1 - April 5, 6-8:30 p.m. Clay and Craft Studio, 250 Main Street. Info, call 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts. com. In this class, beginning students will become acquainted with the method of stained glass popularized in the late 19th century by Louis C. Tiffany and John Lafarge. Project possibilities include traditional panels and sun catchers. Intermediate students may choose to tackle more advanced projects such as boxes or other three-dimensional objects. The entire stained glass process will be covered, and each student can expect to complete at least one project. ONE DAY COPPERSMITHING WORKSHOP, INSTRUCTED BY PILAR NETZEL: Saturday, March 4, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Shelburne Art Center. Members $79, nonmembers $90. Info, 985-3648 or www. shelburneartcenter.org. Students will acquire basic metalsmithing skills, while completing a utilitarian or decorative object to take home. Demonstrations will include; annealing, forming, planishing, sawing, sanding, filing, tapering, and soldering. All levels welcome.
music BLUEGRASS 101: Saturdays, March 4-25, 1-3 p.m. South Burlington. $100. Info, 802-658-2462 or guitboy75@hotmail. com. Do you play bluegrass but don’t know how all of the parts of a band “fit”? Join us for a fun, step-by-step workshop covering ensemble construction, lead and harmony singing, instrumental breaks and much more! Andy Greene has performed with such acclaimed groups as Breakaway and the Bluegrass Gospel Project and teaches guitar, banjo, voice, and songwriting. GUITAR CLASSES AT THE FLYNN CENTER WITH JAMES O’HALLORAN: Beginning Guitar I, grade 11-adult, Wednesdays, March 15 - May 31, 7:45-8:45 p.m. This class covers basic finger-picking and strumming techniques, reading chord charts, playing out of a song book, tuning, technique, and tone. Beginning Guitar II: Lunchtime Songs, grade 11adult, Thursdays, March 16 - June 1, 12-1 p.m. Class covers some of the greatest guitar tunes of all time in a fun group setting. Take your skills to the next level by refining your finger-picking and strumming techniques and challenging yourself with more advanced concepts, including improvisation. Guitar II: Flamenco, adult, Wednesdays, March 15 - May 31, 6-7:30 p.m. Class focuses on three Flamenco styles, or Palos—the Solea, the Alegrias, and the Bulerias. Participants will learn and continue to polish right-hand techniques such as Temelo, Picado, Alzapua, and Rasqueado. Info, call 802-652-4548, email flynnarts@flynncenter.org or visit www.flynncenter.org. MUSIC AND DANCE RHYTHMS OF VERACRUZ WITH SON DE MADERA AND LOS COJOLITES: Friday, March 24, FlynnSpace, Burlington, following the MainStage performance of Son de Madera & Los Cojolites. Adult: Thursday, March 23, 7-9 p.m. Son de Madera & Los Cojolites; $25. Info, call 802-652-4548, email flynnarts@flynncenter.org or visit www. flynncenter.org. Limit: 20. Learn the musical rhythms of son jarocho—a spicy mix of music and dance borne of Mexico’s colonial roots—performed most widely on variousstringed guitars, harp, tambourine, the traditional quijada (donkey jawbone), and in the percussive dance form zapateado, danced by couples on wooden platforms called tarimas. Open to musicians and dancers with knowledge of various cultural rhythms. Bring your own percussive and stringed instruments. Participants can try out their new knowledge at the Fandango (son jarocho-style jam).
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TWO-DAY BACK-COUNTRY EXPEDITION: Saturday and Sunday, March 25-26. $249, includes all technical equipment. Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School. Info, visit www.petracliffs.com or call 802-657-3872. Learn fundamentals of winter camping, back-country survival and construction of snow caves and get in some back-country turns! Must have at least Level 7 ski/board mastery.
BOOK ARTS FIREHOUSE EDUCATION PRINT STUDIO 250 NON-TOXIC PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP: Saturday, March 18, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Print Studio 250, 250 Main St. Info, 802-865-7166 or visit www. BurlingtonCityArts.com. This workshop examines several methods for producing intaglio prints without toxic substances. Students will explore drypoint mark-making processes on copper and plexiglass plates as well as stencil and masking techniques for color. Using exclusively water-based inks, this workshop is ideal for students seeking striking printing techniques without exposure to unpleasant chemicals. This workshop is especially for students who are chemically sensitive or who want to learn diverse methods for intaglio printmaking.
painting FIREHOUSE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG ARTISTS VACATION CAMPS: PAINTING, PAINTING, PAINTING: February 27-March 3, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Ages 6-9. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Main Street. Info, call 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. Come spend a week in the joyful exploration of painting! Students will have fun experimenting with color mixing, painting techniques and various paint mediums while working on individual painting projects. Finished paintings will be celebrations of personal expression and be ready to frame.
photography DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL SOFTWARE AT CVUHS IN HINESBURG: Digital Cameras for Non-Digital Folks, 3 Wednesdays beginning March 15, 5:30-7 p.m. $50. Use a Digital Camera, 2 Mondays Beginning April 17, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $40. Enhance Digital Photographs, 2 Wednesdays beginning May 3, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $40. Create Digital Compositions, 2 Mondays beginning March 13, 5:30-7 p.m. or 2 Thursdays beginning May 11 at 7:15-8:45 p.m. $40. Digital Presentation Series, 6 Thursdays beginning March 16, 5:30-7 p.m. $100. Adobe Photoshop Elements Basics, 4 Mondays beginning March 13 from 7:15-8:45 p.m. or 4 Wednesdays beginning April 12, 5:30-7:00 p.m. $75. Intermediate Elements, 5 Tuesdays beginning May 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $50. Check on line for Digital Slide Shows and Digital Scrapbook classes also. Info, call 802482-7194 or visit at www.cvuhs.org and click on Access to CVU. Access classes start week of March 13. Limited class sizes and designed to be hands-on.Senior Discount 65+ and free gift to carpoolers. Ten minutes from Exit 12.
pilates PILATES SPACE, A SPACE FOR INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT: Come experience our beautiful, light-filled studio, expert teachers and welcoming atmosphere. We offer Pilates, Anusara-inspired Yoga, Physical Therapy and Gyrotonic® to people of all ages and levels of fitness who want to look good, feel good and experience the freedom of a healthy body. Conveniently located in Burlington at 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park). Want to learn more about Pilates? Call to sign up for a free introduction. We offer intro sessions Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. or we can arrange a time to fit your schedule. Info, 802-863-9900 or visit www.pilatesspace.net. Member of the Pilates Method Alliance, an organization dedicated to establishing certification requirements and continuing education standards for Pilates professionals. PILATES VERMONT AT THE SHELBURNE ATHLETIC CLUB: A wide variety of Pilates Mat and Reformer bed classes. Over 25 classes per week with 6 certified instructors. Free intros available. Info, call the Shelburne Athletic Club, 802-9854425 or visit www.shelburneathleticclub. com. Using methods that are anatomically based at Pilates Vermont means benefits for the athlete, the amateur and the beginner. Experience the Pilates Promise: 10 classes – you’ll feel a difference; 20 classes – you’ll see a difference; 30 classes – you’ll have a whole new body. Pilates Vermont offers quality and variety. From classes for Seniors to our newest class “40/40 Spin/Pilates”-40 minutes of spinning and 40 minutes of Mat Pilates!
reiki REIKI: Reiki day-long classes: Reiki level one, February 25 and March 25. $175. Reiki level two, May 13. $195. Reiki level three, practitioner’s level, April 8. $225. Info, Chris Hanna, Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., Burlington, 802-8781711 or email chris@risingsunhealing. com. Learn this powerful hands-on healing art with Reiki Master Chris Hanna. WINTER REIKI CLASSES: Reiki Level I, Saturday, March 4. Reiki Level II, Saturday, March 18. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Healing in Common in Shelburne. Reiki Level I, $150. Reiki Level II, $200. Info, call Cindy Fulton at 802-482-7206. Learn this powerful, hands-on energy work technique in a small group setting. This ancient healing art can lower stress, decrease pain, enhance the immune system, and speed up recovery time. Give yourself and those you love the gift of Reiki.
religion HEBREW READING CRASH COURSE: Wednesdays, March 8 - April 5, 4-5 p.m. Free. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, 188 North Prospect Street, Burlington. Info, 802864-0218 or visit www.ohavizedek.com. Always wanted to be able to read Hebrew and be able to follow along with a Passover Seder? In this five week crash course, the Hebrew alphabet will be taught in a clear and easy to follow manner. This beginners course will focus on basic reading skills and assumes no prior knowledge of Hebrew. JEWISH SABBATH PRAYER SERVICES: Mondays, February 13, March 20, 27, 7:30-9 p.m. At the Ohavi Zedek Synagogue. Free. Info, 802-864-0218 or visit www.ohavizedek.com. Instructed by Rabbi Joshua Chasan, a senior rabbi at the Ohavi Zedek Synagogue. Want to enter a synagogue, but don’t really know what is going on? This class is a hands-on study of the services: What’s going on in each part, how to follow along, why the services are structured the way they are. No prior experience with Judaism required.
scuba SCUBA CERTIFICATION CLASS: Beginning Tuesday, February 28, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-10 p.m. Waterfront Diving Center. $245, $50 extra for spring open-water dives. Info, 802-865-2771. Complete your open-water dives during your tropical vacation this winter, or with us in Lake Champlain in the spring.
skiing SKI/SNOWBOARD MOUNTAINEERING: Varying dates, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School. $100-$199. Info, www.petracliffs.com or call 802-657-3872. Locations like Mt. Mansfield, Smuggler’s Notch, Mt. Washington, and more! Find secret powder in the backcountry! Participants must have mastery of Level 7 skiing/ snowboarding ability, must be comfortable in ungroomed and gladed terrain.
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women WOMEN IN IRAQ: LUNCH AND LEARN SERIES: Thursday, February 23. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, 188 North Prospect St., Burlington. Free. Info, 802-864-0218 or visit www.ohavizedek.com. Presenters: Barakat Jaseem and Luma Ateya, the first Iraqis to come to the United States under Fulbright scholarships in 14 years. Barakat Jaseem is working on a Master’s degree in English literature at Dartmouth College and is a Kurd who is interested in the Holocaust and has written about the Jews of Iraq. Luma Ateya is also at Dartmouth, working on her Master’s degree in the MALS program. She worked as a journalist in Iraq. She is writing her thesis on women’s rights in Islamic countries. WOMEN’S STORY CIRCLE: March 9 April 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church, Burlington. $150. Info, 802-655-6845 or email vantagepoint coaching@mac.com. In this workshop you will write and/or tell the stories of your life. Telling your stories and hearing the stories of other women is a powerful and empowering act; it connects you to your own uniqueness and reminds you that women have common stories. At the conclusion of the workshop you will have a record of your stories, and you will have the tools to continue the process. You can also use these tools to gather the stories of your mother, aunt, grandmother. Sharon Snow is a certified professional coach and a Story Circle Network facilitator.
writing COPYEDITING SKILLS FOR BOOK PUBLISHING: Saturday, April 1, Saturday, April 8, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Best Western
Windjammer Conference Center. $225. Info, 802-899-2238 or visit http://www. wordcraftpubservices.com. A two-day intensive course on the essential points the freelance or in-house copyeditor needs to know to work in book publishing. We cover style, grammar, text edits, queries, and resources. Includes tips and shortcuts for onscreen editing. FIREHOUSE EDUCATION THE WRITE PLACE, FROM WRITTEN WORD TO SILVER SCREEN WITH NORA JACOBSEN: Sundays, February 26 - March 19, 1-5 p.m. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, 135 Church Street. Call 865-7166 or visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com. In this four-week workshop, students will explore the transformation of the written word into a feature film. Each class will focus on a particular film and the screenplay from which it was produced. Students will explore how the film relates to the screenplay or deviates from it, and will examine how all of the creative participants in production - director, actors, production designer, composer, etc. - have put their stamps on the film. THE BUSINESS OF FREELANCE EDITING AND PROOFREADING: Wednesday, March 29, 7-8:30 p.m. Best Western Windjammer Conference Center. $20. Info, 802-8992238 or visit http://www.wordcraftpub services.com. A seminar featuring book, magazine, and journal editors discussing the ins and outs of freelance editorial work. Learn from experienced publishing professionals what it takes to be a freelancer, how to get started, resources, and more. WRITING AND PUBLISHING INTENSIVES: Ongoing, various times. $125 per six-week session. Info, 802-951-2464. Vermont author and Life Coach, Annie Downey, assists writers in developing their craft and sending out their work for publication. Classes are held in the Main Street Landing/Wing Building on the Waterfront in Burlington. Writers of all levels and genres are welcome. WRITING WORKSHOP: TELL IT LIKE IT IS: WRITING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE: Thursdays, March 9 - April 13, 6-8 p.m. South Burlington. Info 802658-2462, email info@marciatrahan.com, visit www.marciatrahan.com. Now in its third year. Private manuscript editing/critique, ongoing mentorships also available. Marcia Trahan holds an MFA in writing and
literature from Bennington College. She is currently completing a book-length collection of personal essays.
BRISTOL YOGA: Daily Astanga Yoga classes for all levels. Special workshops and classes for beginners, intermediate, series and meditation. Private individual and group classes available by appointment. Old High School, Bristol. $12 dropin, $100 for ten classes, or $100 monthly pass. Info, 482-5547 or www.bristolyoga. com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul. EMBODYOGA WITH ANNELIES SMITH: Wednesdays, 7:15-8:30 a.m. Fridays, 6:45-8 a.m. and 9-10:30 a.m. Living Yoga, 35 King Street. $12 drop in or discount for a series. Info, call 802-860-2814, ext. 3. A deep yoga practice that promotes clear intention and relaxed vitality so yoga truly becomes a path of transformation. Annelies is a trained somatic movement therapist and certified Embodyoga instructor. SPIRIT OF YOGA RETREAT WITH LORI FLAMMER: April 7-9, morning, afternoon and evening sessions, Sky Meadow Retreat Center. $250 for lodging, food and classes. Info, 802-324-1737 or visit http://www.sattvayoga.net. As Spring emerges, this is an excellent time to renew your vital energy with deep yoga practice in a beautiful country setting. Restorative Yoga, Meditation, Kirtan and Massage. YOGA VERMONT: Daily classes, open to all levels. Astanga, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Kripalu, Prenatal, Kids and Senior Classes. Register for our six-week Toddler Yoga sessions, Monday mornings, March 6-April 10. Six week Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga, Mondays, March 6-April 10, 7:30 p.m. Six week Introduction to Kripalu Session, Mondays, March 13-April 17, 7:30 p.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. $13 drop-in, 10 classes/$100. Month pass $120. Info, 660-9718 or visit www.yogavermont.com. Explore a variety of yoga styles with experienced and passionate instructors in three beautiful, spacious studios on the Winooski River. Classes seven days a week, open to all levels. >
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feng shui FENG SHUI VERMONT: Consultations for homes, businesses, schools. Space clearing, personal clearing, presentations, workshops. Certified Feng Shui Practitioner Carol C. Wheelock, M.Ed. 802-496-2306, cwheelock@fengshuivermont.com, www.fengshuivermont.com.
massage CALMING THE BODY, mind and spirit with therapeutic Swedish/Deep Tissue massage. Discounts for firsttime customers and gift certificates. Renzo, 922-1276.
MASSAGE THERAPY: 1 or 1 1/2hour sessions for relaxation, pain relief and restorative healing. Gift certificates, weekend and evening appointments also available. Jessica Griffin, NCTMB. Williston, 802-6584500. MASSAGE THERAPY FOR WELLNESS and relaxation. Deep tissue, hot stone, pregnancy and Swedish. Downtown location. Thembie, CMT, 802-355-9798. MASSAGE: “We come to you.” Swedish, deep tissue, sports, Japanese nurturing massage healing hands. 1-866-802-2237. Masseuses wanted. The spa comes to you. METTA TOUCH: Are you stressedout or sore from working out? Treat yourself to a wonderful Thai massage, customized just for you! Call today for an appointment, 862-2212. Blythe Kent, CMT. Located at 182 Main St., Burlington, 2nd-floor. RANDY FLEISHER MASSAGE, Deep Tissue, Therapeutic, Raynor and Aromatherapy tailored to each patient’s needs. Located at Kintner Chiropractic Center, 397 Rt. 15, Jericho/Underhill. 802-899-5400.
psychotherapy SALLIE WEST, M.A., M.F.T. Individuals and couples counseling. Specializing in relationships and spiritual/personal growth, depression, anxiety and life transitions. Burlington and Waitsfield. 496-7135.
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20 GB iPOD in fantastic condition. All-inclusive Best Buy service plan until 2/2008. 5000 songs. Original packaging w/all original accessories. $200/OBO. 802-598-9567. 20” RCA COLOR TV. Works great w/satellite or cable. $20. Eric. jage2245@verizon.net. 2006 BURTON DOMINANT 159 snowboard. Brand new, never used, still in plastic bag. $300/OBO. Call 802-310-6800. 25” COLOR TV. Works great w/satellite or cable, but not w/bunny ears. Works w/DVD and VCR. $30. Eric, evenings, 802864-7480.
50 + HIP-HOP RECORDS, best offer. 2 Yamaha speakers, 500 watt continuous, 1000 peak, $450. Amplifier, Crate SPA 1400, $250. Sony MDR V-500 headphones, $40. Foldaway DJ stand, $60. Ortofone concord pro black needles w/4 backup stili, $60. Call Charlie at 802-345-8634. 6-PIECE BEDROOM SET. Butternut, 9-drawer dresser w/twin mirrors, 4-drawer chest, two night stands. Queen or fullsize headboard option. $750. Excellent condition. 802899-2305. APPLE IBOOK laptop, white, 2002 incl. all accessories, computer bag and software. Barely used. Paid $1400, asking $700. Willing to neg. 802-862-1268. APPROX. 100 LP vinyl albums: 60s and 70s rock, folk, country, classical and just plain odd. Partial list available by email dalep@pshift.com. Resale opportunity. $25/all. 802388-3320. ART SUPPLIES: Canvas, lots of stretcher bars, stretchers 48” x 48”, all materials for encaustics (wax, brushes, hot plates etc.). All $200. 802-999-2867. ASKO WASHER/DRYER, super efficient (under 5 gallons used/load). Has internal heater. Great for washing diapers. New in 2001, $1800. Now $950/OBO. 802-233-0508. BEAUTIFUL 1ct. tw 14 K yellow gold diamond engagement ring and wedding band. Worth $2000, sacrifice for $600/OBO. Please call! 802-893-1744. BEAUTIFUL “NEW” diamond/ white gold engagement ring and wedding band set. Great Valentine’s surprise. Will sacrifice for $700/OBO. 802-229-1896 or nchartier84@hotmail.com. BEDROOM SET: Light oak veneer. Queen size headboard w/built-in mirror, lights, drawers and cabinets. 2 dressers, 1 w/mirror. Good condition. $750. 802-658-4506. BROWN LEATHER COUCH. Very good condition. We’re moving and it won’t be making the trip. A steal at $250/OBO. 802999-8303. BUFFET: Solid maple. A Cushman colonial crafted in Benningtonm Vermont. Beautiful piece of furniture. Not a scratch on it. $500. 802-863-9207. BURTON FEELGOOD SNOWBOARD, originally $500. Only $200 incl. bindings! Burton snowboarding boots, Women’s 7 1/2, $75. 802-655-2238. CAT CARRIER, deluxe, green, 20”Lx13”Hx13”W, excellent condition, $25. 802-862-8758. COMIC BOOKS: Old and new, contact Jon at 802-922-1728. COMPAQ COMPUTER: 3 1/2 months ago. The PC, monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard from Staples. The price was $579. Selling for $400. betsyrose46@ hotmail.com. DELL INSPIRON 6000, Win XP Pro, carrying case, 30 gb swappable drive, Dell AIO 942 color printer/scanner, $1000. Call for specs. 802-238-4076.
DIGITAL CAMERAS: Sony Cybershot, 4.1 mega pixels, zoom, video option, $180. Canon Power Shot G2, 4 mp, zoom, video options, case, tripod, remote, computer cords, $300. Casio Exilim S500, 5mp, zoom, like new, $300. 802-999-1043. DINING ROOM HUTCH. Lightcolored wood. Sliding glass front, sliding doors below. 60”Hx58”Wx22”D. Photos available. $250. paulugalde@veri zon.net. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 1988. Complete 50-volume set w/all add-ons to year 2000. $200/firm. Must sell. 802-3555034. Beautiful hardcover, valued over $1000. ENTERTAINMENT CENTER: 5.3’ long, 5’ high, 20.5” wide. TV space 40” x 35.5”. Light color wood veneer. Can provide truck and delivery help if needed. $100/OBO. 802-229-6963. ETHAN ALLEN queen sleeper sofa. 83” longX37”wide. Loose pillow back style. Excellent condition. Asking $1450. Call 802864-3380. EXERCISE EQUIPMENT: “The Firm” Body Sculpting System. Incl. VHS 3-pack. More details http://www.asontv.com/products/1057684045.html. Sells for $59.99. Asking $25. 802-2296963. FISHER CROSS COUNTRY skis w/wax base. 180 cm. Excellent condition. Asking $60. Call 802864-3380. FURNITURE: Pine farmhouse dining set $650; Cherry dining set $750; Floral needlepoint rug $400; Handmade barn wood bed (full) w/stained glass headboard $200. Call 802-863-0283. GAS DRYER: Fridgedaire, stackable or stand alone. Energy star, retails over $500, only year old, asking $300. 802-264-9823. GAZELLE EXERCISE MACHINE: As made famous by Tony Little! Folds flat for easy storage. Zero impact makes this safe and fun. Excellent condition. $60. 802864-2630. GAZELLE FREESTYLE Cross trainer, excellent cond., fitness computer, comes w/all DVDs and manuals. Asking $150. Must pick up. Call 802-244-1401, leave message. GE PROFILE washing machine, 27” top-loader, $200. 802655-2238. GOLF HOGAN, complete irons and woods, $25/all. Dynastar skis, boots, $80. Computer monitor, $9. CCM hockey skates, $35. X-country skis w/new bindings and boots, size 9, $80. Mountain bike, $5. 802-878-1071, diamond chute@yahoo.com. GRATEFUL DEAD/PHISH analog tape collection. 1000 Maxwell XLII tapes, all live music. $100. Call 802-660-0811. GREAT BABY STUFF! Kolcraft Mini-Maestro adjustable swing/highchair $50; Graco infant car seat/carrier $20; Diaper Genie $10; Fisher Price monitor w/star projector $15. Cheryl 802-860-7527. HANDMADE AFGHANS by disabled person. 802-324-7576. HON LEGAL SIZE 5-drawer file cabinet. Best offer. Call 802238-5718.
IMAC GRAPHITE, 500 mghz OS X CD/DVD. Lots of software. $500/OBO. 802-310-7002 or moleseye@yahoo.com. IPOD NANO, 4G, w/headphones, plug-in electrical adapter, $200. Two Nokia phones w/cases, $50/each. Beautiful green ceramic fountain, $50. Call 802-999-1043 or momen tum903@earthlink.net. KAYAK: Riot Disco. $350. Paddle, $45. Skirt, $45. Dry top, $50. 345-8634. KITCHEN MAPLE CABINETS for 9’ kitchen, $585. GE electric cook top (30”), $100. Stainless steel sink and Moen single-lever faucet, $80. All excellent condition. 802-899-2305. KITCHEN/DINING TABLE, 60”x35”. Antique wood top w/some minor splits and imperfections. Made in England. $250. Call 802-658-2055 before 8 p.m. LIGHT BOX, full spectrum light, recommended by researchers, will fit on your desk or table. $60. Please call 802-862-8758. LITE SPEED SABER tri bike. Ultegra 9-speed comp. group. Photo and specs at www.lite speed.com/bikes/saber.aspx#. Excellent condition. $1200/OBO. 802-865-2145. LOOM FOR SALE: Robin and Russ, 48”, 4-Harness, Jack-type, w/sectional beam. Beautiful cherry wood. Excellent condition. $1500/OBO. 802-453-5664. MATTRESS: Chemical-free, 100% organic rubber latex. Organic wool/cotton covering. Full size, medium-firm. New, by Lifekind Products. The best! W/box spring $1500, w/o box spring $1100 or best offer. 802862-3061. MEN’S ROSSINGNOL cross country skis, ski boots, size 10.5, and poles. Brand new, never used. Moving South. $100 takes all. 802-863-9207. MOUNTAIN BIKE. KHS rigid one. Very solid steel frame meant for jumping or trail riding. Marzuchi Bomber front suspension. $400/OBO. 802324-1372. MOVING MUST SELL. Couch, chairs, desk, lawn mower, lights, dresser, and other miscellaneous items. Call 802-598-7667. PELLET STOVE, Cheap Charlie Edison Sr. 300 lb. hopper, 50,000 BTU’s. Only used 1 month. Original price $1800. Sell for $1500/OBO. Pellets and piping avail. at a good price. Julie, 802-862-3496. PHOTOS ON blankets, pillows and clothing. Blankets come in 3 sizes. Military, sweetheart and baby. Please email betsy rose46@hotmail.com or call 802-310-0500. POGUES TICKETS! Two pairs, front-row balcony, show is 3/15 in Boston. $75/each or $145/pair. Call now, Sunshine 802-324-0475. POKER TABLE, custom built table top. 7x4 w/maroon felt, black padded arm pads surround octagon shape. Seats 8, looks and feels awesome. Only $250. 802-310-3117.
PRO FORM 330 TREADMILL: Automatic incline, cushion support, shock support, space saver, folds away. Like new, excellent condition. $250/OBO, paid $569. 802-864-8377. ROCKER: Maple, $60. Chest of drawers, $40. 32”x60” table w/12” leaf, $40. Carpet, 9’x15’ burgundy nylon, $75. Storage cabinet, $25. All clean, very good condition. 802-899-2305. SAFETY 1ST STROLLER and Costco stroller, $50/each. Incl. attachment that will work w/Costco and Safety 1st infant car seats. May also have cover for Costco car seat to match stroller. 802-893-4744. SANTA CRUZ BULLIT, 2003: Rock Shox Boxxer, 5mm thru axel, Romic crown, 5th element shock, XT discs, XTR derailer. HOT bike, little use $1600. 802586-9667. SMALL FREEZER: Upright model. White, Kenmore. Excellent condition. 51”Hx24”Wx27”D. Photos available. $75. paulugalde@veri zon.net. SNOW BLOWER: YardMan by MTD. 9 hp, 28” path, power steering, 6 forward, 2 reverse speeds, electric start, heated handles, toggle chute rotation, halogen headlight, great condition, must sell. $550/OBO. 802899-3278. THULE ROOF RACK w/bike attachments. $85. Call 802864-3380. TREADMILL: SportsArt 1200N. Electronic console w/programs, 20”x58” belt, 0.5-10 mph, 012% elevation. Very solid machine. $400/OBO. 802863-0473. TREADMILL: Vitamaster (Pro 2.5.) Incline and speed sets. $90. Will deliver w/in Chittenden County. For images/questions riverleaper@yahoo.com or 802-238-3252. TWO NEARLY NEW red microfiber chaises. Both rightarmed for facing each other. Highly washable fabric and comfortable! $1800/new. Now $400/OBO. 802-864-7022. TWO NIKKON magnetic bed pads, full size, $200/each. Sleep in comfort. 802-863-3614. ULTRASONIC CLEANER, 2 transducers, 3 quart w/access. Used twice. Paid $300, asking $225/OBO. 802-660-0811. UNIQUE PIECE! Brazier coffee table, black stone top, wood base, octagonal shape, 40” across. Photos available. $75. paulugalde@verizon.net. WEIDER CROSSBOW MACHINE: Similar to Bowflex. Incl. Lat tower and leg attachment. 240 lbs. resistance. Excellent condition. Cost $600, accept $250. 802-864-2630. WHIRLPOOL washer and dryer. 1 year old. $500/OBO. 802-9995829. WOMEN’S SKI PARKA made by Descant. Navy blue w/red trim. Size med./large. $50. 802863-9207. WOMEN’S SOLOMON ski boots. Size 7-8. Hardly used. Moving South. $40. 802-863-9207.
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7D CLASSIFIEDSLISTING WORKOUT DVDS: “Power 90� workout program for weight loss. Cardio and sculpting DVDs. Learn more at www.power90.com. Sells for $60 +. Asking $25. 802229-6963.
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CHILD CARE NEEDED in my home for my toddler three hours in the afternoon. Must have own transportation and references. NS. If interested please call 802236-5026.
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AMBITIOUS MOP: Commercial and residential cleaning. Young company with years of experience and references upon request. Gift certificates, senior and student rates available. Please call 802-310-7986. CLEANING JOBS WANTED. Residential only. Honest, dependable and good work done. Call Nancy at 802-372-5930. HOUSE CLEANING: Essex Jct. and surrounding areas. Organizing, spring cleaning, misc. Call Cindy, 802-578-2056. HOUSE CLEANING When it comes to house cleaning, we push up our sleeves and get down to it. Call Diane and Monica at 658-7458.
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IMAC G4! 800 MHz, 256 mb, 60 gig harddrive, CD/DVD player loaded w/software for only $500! 802-324-4126.
4 entertainment
SOLID GOLD exotic dancers. Adult entertainment for birthday, bachelor and fun-on-one shows or any time good friends get together. #1 for fun. 802-6581464. New talent welcome.
4 financial
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4 lost & found
DON’T LOSE your music! White mp3 player found 2/16, corner of Greene and Pearl in Burlington. Call 802-861-6002 to describe and claim. LOST: Black purse. Taken from my office in the downtown mall. Much sentimental value. Please call 802-324-3768 if found. Reward. LOST on Valentine’s Day, Verizon blue, LG cell phone. Karmic reward. Call David, 802-660-4930. LOST: Orange and white cat w/red collar and tags. Around Hyde Street on 2/18. Please call David at 802-373-9244. LOST: Tall, skinny notebook w/red cover. Reward. Call 802425-2854. WHILE SHOPPING 2/05 at UMall, EMS and Adidas, 11 YO lost a Nano Ipod she saved all year for. If found please call 802-878-5866. Thank you.
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ANALOG RECORDING GEAR: Mackie board, Sony DAT, Fostex B-16, E-max sampling keyboard, Alesis EQ, Alesis sequencer, DOD compressor, RCA cords, etc. Best offer on any/all. 802-864-7740. BARITONE GUITAR: Danelectro, red, mint condition, about 4 years old. Incl. deluxe gig bag and 2 sets of strings. $300. 802734-5035. CARVIN 100-50 watt, 2-12� guitar amp, (mts3200). Almost new, $500. Mesa boogie DC3, 50 watts, 1-12� $450. 802-5988736. DRUM KIT: Pearl Export series, black 5-piece kit w/instructional video, tuning key, sticks. Bass, floor tom, mounted tom, snare, crash symbol. $450/OBO. 8029/23/05 9:38 AM Page 1 355-3672. FENDER BASSMAN: 100 Bass amp. Needs a little work, call for details. $150. Leave message, 802-660-0525. FENDER BLUES junior amp. Great condition. 15 watt, all tube. Works great. Selling to afford new amp. $250. Call Matt, 508-801-4770. FENDER JAZZ BASS. I think it was made around 2000. Black, like-new condition! $350. 802318-8106. FENDER TWIN AMP, 100 watt; Reverb; Manufactured in 2001. Very gently used. Great for giging or simply practicing, has that sweet Fender tone! $650. 802-310-3698. GUITAR CASE FOR Les Paul style guitar. Asking $50. Mackie mixing board dfx6 $100. 802598-8736. GUITAR DISTORTION/OVERDRIVE PEDALS. Rat vintage reissue, warm overdrive to all out fuzz assault, $60/OBO. Real tube, bluesy tube overdrive w/preamp tube, $70/OBO. Both are solid and in good condition. 802-310-0927. MUSIC EQUIPMENT. Ibanez RG 270 elec. guitar. $50. Digitech RP3 effects processor w/expression pedal and new power supply. $40. Both good cond. Eric, 802-864-7480. OLD 70S KEYBOARDS: Crumar Organ, Multivox Organ/Synth, Univox Piano, E-Max Digital Synth. Some really cool sounds! Best offer on any/all. 802-8647740. PIANO: Baldwin, dark oak, spinet, w/bench. Great condition. $550/OBO. 802-425-5556. PIANO: Upright cabinet grand by H.C. Wilson and Sons. Good sound and keys. Finish worn. Excellent for beginners. $250/OBO. 802-899-3067. ROLAND VS2400. Digital 24 track. Great condition! Records up to 16 tracks at once! 20 hours of hard drive recording. All manuals and case incl. $1600/OBO. 802-310-0927.
VINTAGE HAMMOND organ RT3, like B3 w/extra pedals. Comes w/Leslie 900 100 w speaker. $1200. 802-864-7740. WORKINGMAN 15� combo bass amp. I’m selling my combo amp to upgrade to a stack. Located in Burlington. $350. 802318-8106. WURLITZER ELECTRIC piano $600. Leslie speaker w/pre amp $800. Roland VK1000 73 note drawbar organ $150. Yamaha SPX 90 $100. 802-862-9570. YAMAHA P-60 electric piano. Full size, weighted keys. New condition, barely used. Comes w/pedals and stand. 802734-3095.
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BASS GUITAR LESSONS w/Aram Bedrosian. All levels welcome! Years of teaching experience. Gordon Stone band, Concentric, former Advance Guitar Summit winner. Convenient Pine St. location. 802-598-8861, www.arambedrosian.com. CLAW HAMMER BANJO: Learn Appalachian-style pickin’ and strummin’. Emphasis on rhythm, musicality and technique. $25/hour. Call Mara, 862-3581. DRUM SET LESSONS FOR ALL AGES/STYLES/LEVELS. Focusing on technique, musical diversity, improvisation and fun. Caleb Bronz (Mighty Sam McClain, Gordon Stone, Voice, etc.) 802-238-1137 or visit www.calebbronz.com. GUITAR: Berklee graduate with classical background offers lessons in guitar, theory and ear training. Individualized, step-bystep approach. I enjoy teaching all ages/styles/levels. Call Rick Belford, 864-7195. GUITAR INSTRUCTION: All styles/levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, Sneakers Jazz Band, etc.), 8627696, www.paulasbell.com.
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COSMIC HILL project recording studio. 30-years experience. $40/hour. Moretown. 496-3166. PA SYSTEM AND SOUND MAN available for bands and events. Have over 25 years experience running PAs for my own bands. Also have the very hottest keyboards available for the big gig and I can fill in for you if you need keyboards to round out your sound. Call Bob, 802-3186874, email bberman@ttiglob al.com for more information. WHICH STUDIO? The one with huge rooms, Pro Tools HD3, Yamaha Grand Piano and tons more! The professional studio. Egan Media Studios. www.egan media.com.
4 musicians wanted ’60S/’70S ROCK GROUP looking for bassist and guitarist, preferably with vocal. Attitude and straightforward style important. Call Bob at 802-863-1570. ATTENTION ORIGINAL BANDS: Submissions now being accepted for the sixth annual Block Island Music Festival. Check www.blockislandmusic.com for details. LEAD GUITAR PLAYER with some vocals wanted. YPR is an established band with drums, bass, keyboard/rhythm guitar. We play rock, reggae and lots of originals. Call Howard at 802578-3218. LOOKING FOR someone to sing/scream for heavier rock band. Demos posted on myspace.com/dentatamare. Call John, 802-985-8397. MULTITALENTED MUSICIAN looking for other musicians for creative get-togethers. Have place to play, equipment, etc. Call Chris, 527-0068, St. Albans. NEW BAND? Looking for a place to play out? Call The Backstage, Essex Junction, 802-878-5494.
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FERRET: Social, friendly, growing owner has less time to play. Good home with time to let him spend roaming. Comes with cage etc. $75. 802-878-5866. WANTED: Fish tank. We have inherited some fish, but their 25-gallon tank is too small. If you have a larger tank collecting dust, please call 802-999-8303.
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MODELS WANTED: Looking for a few aspiring female models interested in the commercial/ fashion industry. Must be between 15 and 30 and have a very good complexion. Unique opportunity for free portfolio, experience and help breaking into the industry. Contact David Russell Photography, 802-3731912, email rusldp@juno.com, web http://www.rusldp.com.
4 professional svcs. AFFORDABLE AUTO REPAIR: Rust, accidents, painting, exhaust, brakes, cooling systems, tune-ups. Free estimates. $35/hour. Call Paul, 338-2834. CAREGIVER/PERSONAL ASSISTANT: Experienced, educated, pleasant and trustworthy. Driving, meal prep., errands, paperwork, personal care, etc. Call to discuss your individual needs. Excellent references. Laurie, 802-865-8087. GENERAL CONTRACTOR, HANDYMAN SERVICE. 20 years experience. Fences, outbuildings, additions, remodeling, bathrooms, kitchens, carpentry, plumbing, masonry, wiring, renewable energy systems. Fully insured. Extensive references. 518-425-0094. OLD-FASHIONED COOK. I’ll meal plan, grocery shop and prepare 3-7 freezer-ready meals in your home. Greater Burlington area. Call Sally, 802-878-5866. PET SITTER/WALKER: Essex Jct. area. Call Cindy, 802578-2056. PROFESSIONAL HOUSEKEEPING: 18 + years experience. If interested, please call Betsy at 802-310-0500 or email betsy rose46@hotmail.com.
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PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR WANTED. Amateur photographer looking for mentor. Use Canon Rebel 35 mm and Canon Digital Rebel cameras. 802-578-2056.
4 stuff wanted
NEEDED: Dresser and/or lingerie chest, light, natural maple, not stained or painted. 802-862-8758.
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ANTIQUES: Furniture, postcards, pottery, cameras, toys, medical tools, lab glass, photographs, slide rules, license plates and silver. Anything unusual or unique. Cash paid. Call Dave at 802-859-8966. NEEDED: King-size waterbed or king-size water bed frame. 802238-0101. QUALITY USED FURNITURE or antiques. 1 item or will clean out entire house. 878-1719 or 238-0258.
4 legals NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION FOR UNKNOWN CLAIMS NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION Of CROTHERS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC. Notice is hereby given that Articles of Dissolution for CROTHERS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC. have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State for the State of Vermont. Notice is hereby given that all unknown creditors of and claimants against the Corporation and its members are required to present their claims within five years of publication of this notice. The claim will be barred unless a proceeding to
enforce the claim is commenced within five years of this notice. Notice is further given that all claimants with contingent claims or claims contingent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event or otherwise conditional or unmatured, against the Corporation and its members are required to present their respective claims in writing to the address below within five years of this notice. Any such claim will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years of this notice. Within 90 days of receiving any claim pursuant to this notice, the dissolved Corporation shall offer the claimant, by certified mail, security as the Corporation or successor entity determines is sufficient to pay the claim if it matures. If the claimant does not reject the offer of security within 90 days, the claimant will be deemed to have accepted such security as the sole source from which to satisfy its claim against the dissolved Corporation. Notice is further given that all claims must be in writing and sent to the following address: CROTHERS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC. c/o R. Chris Crothers P.O. Box 393 Hardwick, Vermont 05843 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS to the SOUTH BURLINGTON OFFICIAL ZONING MAP and LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the South Burlington Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 21st at 7:30 PM in the City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT to consider the following amendments to the South Burlington Official Zoning Map and Land Development Regulations: 1. Allow mini-storage in C2 district 2. Zoning map change from R4 to Mixed Industrial-Commercial for property at 4 Shunpike Road 3. Zoning map change from R1Lakeshore to Lakeshore Neighborhood in area of Bartlett Bay Road & Lakeview Road 4. Allow outdoor lighting of recreation fields within the municipal district Copies of the proposed text and map amendments are available for inspection at the Department of Planning & Zoning, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday. February 15, 2006 Randall Kay, Chairman STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. DOCKET NO. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation, Plaintiff v. Alexander Pankratov, Ilona Pankratova, Burlington Realty And Occupants residing at 201 Park Street, Burlington, Vermont Defendants DefendantsMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: Alexander Pankratov You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Joshua B. Lobe, Esq., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 4493, 35 King Street, Burlington, Vermont 05406, an Answer to plaintiff’s Complaint in the above entitled action within forty-one (41) days after the date of the first publication of this Summons, which is February 8, 2006. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Your Answer must also be filed with the Court. Unless otherwise provided in Rule 13(a). Your Answer must state as a Counterclaim any related claim which you may have against the plaintiff, or you will thereafter be barred from making such claim in any other action. YOUR ANSWER MUST
STATE SUCH A COUNTERCLAIM WHETHER OR NOT THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT IS FOR DAMAGE COVERED BY A LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY UNDER WHICH THE INSURER HAS THE RIGHT OR OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT THE DEFENSE. If you believe that the plaintiff is not entitled to all or part of the claim set forth in the Complaint, or if you believe that you have a Counterclaim against the plaintiff, you may wish to consult an attorney. If you feel that you cannot afford to pay an attorney’s fee, you may ask the clerk of the Court for information about places where you may seek legal assistance. Plaintiff’s action is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated April 10, 2004. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the City of Burlington at Volume 866, Page 488. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Chittenden, State of Vermont. It appearing from Affidavit duly filed in the above entitled action that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods prescribed in V.R.C.P. 4(d) through (f) inclusive, it is hereby ORDERED that service of the above process shall be made upon defendant, Alexander Pankratov, by publication pursuant to V.R.C.P. 4(g). This Order shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks on February 8, 2006, February 15, 2006 and February 22, 2006 in the Seven Days. A copy of this Order shall be mailed to defendants at their address if their address is known. Dated at Burlington, Vermont this 2nd day of February, 2006. /s/ Ben W. Joseph______ Hon. Ben W.Joseph PresidingJudge Chittenden Superior Court STATE OF VERMONT, CHITTENDEN COUNTY, Docket No. 008706 Cnc Robert Bicknell v. Mitchel Richardson To the above-named Defendant Mitchel Richardson: You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Thomas M. Higgins, Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 253 South Union Street, Burlington, Vermont, an answer to Plantiff’s Complaint in the above-entitled action within 41 days after the date of the first publication of this summons, which is February 15, 2006. If you fail to do so, judgement must be filed with the Court. Unless the relief demanded in the Complaint is for damage covered by a liability insurance policy under which the insurer has the right or obligation to conduct the defense, or unless otherwise provided in Rule 13 (a), your Answer must state as a counterclaim any related claim which you may have against the Plantiff, or you will thereafter be barred from making such claim in any other action. Plantiff’s action is a Complaint for negligence brought by Plantiff against Defendant, in which Plantiff alleges that Defendant is responsible for the automobile accident which occurred in South Burlington, Vermont. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this Court, Chittenden County Courthouse, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401.
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7D LEGALS/SUPPORTGROUPS If appearing from the affidavit duly filed in the above-entitled action that service cannont be made with due diligence by any of the methods prescribed in V.R.C.P 4(d) through (f) inclusive, it is hereby ORDERED that service of the above process shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the Seven Days and The Islander, newspapers of general circulation in Chittenden County and Grand Isle County, and a copy of this order shall be mailed to the Defendant. STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY IN RE A.B., A.B., Y.B. Vermont Family Court, Chittenden County, Docket No. 10/11/12-1-06 CnJv ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION Based upon the motion filed by the State’s Attorney’s Office dated February 7, 2006, and the accompanying Affidavit, the Court finds that service of process cannot, with due diligence, be made upon Prananda N. Lual other than by publication. It is therefore, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that notice of a merits hearing on the parental fitness of Prananda N. Lual, mother of A.B., A.B., and Y.B., to be held on March 8, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. at the Family Court of Vermont, Costello Courthouse, 32 Cherry St, Burlington, Vermont, shall be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in Seven Days, a newspaper of general circulation reasonably calculated to give notice to Prananda N. Lual. A copy of this order shall be mailed to Prananda N. Lual if her address can ever be determined. Hon. Brian J. Grearson Family Court Judge Date 2/7/06 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTIES, SS. IN RE: A.B., A.B., Y.B. Vermont Family Court Chittenden County Docket No. 10/11/12-1-0-6 CnJv NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Prananda N. Lual, mother of A.B., A.B., Y.B. You are hereby notified that a hearing to consider you parental fitness to parent A.B., A.B. and Y.B. will be held on March 8, 2006 at 10:00 AM at the Family Court of Vermont, Chittenden County, 32 Cherry Street, Burlington, Vemont. You are notified to appear in the connection with this case.
Hon. Brian J. Grearson Family Court Judge Date 2/7/06 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, S.S. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S 1324-05 Cnc Mortgage Electronic Registration’s Systems, Inc. (MERS) as nominee for Household Mortgage Funding Corporation, Plaintiff v. Bruce A. Wolffing, Mary R. Wolffing, the Wolffing Family trust through its Trustees D. Scott Heineman and Kurt F. Johnson, and the State of Vermont Department of Taxes, Defendants SECOND REVISED SUMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Grant C. Rees, Esq., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 403, 156 Battery Street, Burlington, Vermont 05402, an Answer to Complaint in the above entitled action within forty-one (41) days of the first publication of this Summons, which is 2/15/06. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Your Answer must also be filled with the Court. Unless the relief demanded in the Complaint is for damage covered by a liability insurance policy under which the insurer has the right or obligation to conduct the defense or unless otherwise provided in Rule 13(a). Your answer must state as a Counterclaim any related claim which you may have against the plaintiff’s Complaint, or you will be barred from making such claim in any other action. Plaintiff’s action is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated June 6, 2002, which was subsequently assigned to Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the Town of Hinesburg at Volume 143, Page 197-213. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Chittenden, State of Vermont.
It appearing from Affidavit duly filled in the above action that services cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods prescribed in V.R.C.P 4(d) through (f) inclusive, it is hereby ORDERED that service of the above process shall be made upon defendants, Bruce A. and Mary R. Wolffing by publication pursuant to V.R.C.P 4(g). This Order shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks on 2/15/06, 2/22/06 and 3/1/06, in the Seven Days Newspaper. A copy of this Order shall be mailed to defendants at their address if their address is known. DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 9 day of February, 2006. Presiding Judge Chittenden Superior Court
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DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs? Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Ways of Vermont. Within Vermont, dial 2-1-1 or 866-6524636 (toll-free) or from outside of Vermont, 802-652-4636. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. SAVINGS SUPPORT GROUP for all low to moderate-income Vermonters who wish to have support around saving, budgeting, managing or investing money. Call Diane at 802-8601417 x104 for information. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Big book text, Mondays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Overeaters Anonymous, Tuesdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Suvivors of Incest Anonymous, Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m. AlAnon Family Group, Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. “I Love Me”, an educational support group on self care for suvivors of domestic and/or sexual violence. Mondays, 5:30-7 p.m. Call AWARE, 802472-6463, 88 High Street, Hardwick. 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.Autism SupportDaily.com for more info. ARE YOU A CLOSET SINGER? Do you have a good voice (haven’t made the dogs howl) but are afraid of fainting in public while performing? Join a group to support, sing and perform in an intimate setting. 802-893-1819.
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Call helpline at 1-877-856-1772. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: Montpelier evening support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St. suite 7 in conference room #2 from 6-8 p.m. Call our helpline at 1-877856-1772. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: St. Albans evening support group meets the second Monday of each month at Northwestern Medical Center, 133 Fairfield Street from 6:308:30 p.m. Call our helpline at 1877-856-1772. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: Bennington day support group meets the first Friday of the month at Second Congregational Church, Hillside Street from 1-2 p.m. Call helpline at 1-877-856-1772. SOCIAL SKILLS GROUP: Girls 912 years old needing help with social skills/friendship. Please call RiverValley Associates for more information, 802-6517520. 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. NW VT GAY AND LESBIAN Foster and Adoptive Parent Support Group: 6-8 p.m. The third Thursday of each month, starting October 20 through May, 2006. Casey Family Services, 46 Main St., Winooski. 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. BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP open to new members. Meets downtown. Our goal is to become healthy and happy. For info, call Gerhard at 951-2543.
SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE SURVIVED CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: The Women’s Rape Crisis Center in conjunction with Family Connection Center offers a free, confidential, ten-week support group, beginning on October 25. Info, 802-864-0555. PARTNERS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVORS. Meet 4th Monday of month. R.U.1.2? Center, 34 Elmwood Ave., 6:30-8 p.m. Call Timberly, 310-3889 or email missmor pheus1@yahoo.com for more info. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and Dementia support group. Held the last Tuesday of every month at Birchwood Terrace, Burlington. Info, contact Stefanie Catella, 863-6384. WEEKLY SMOKING CESSATION support group: Small groups. Caring atmosphere. Stop smoking in just 21 days using natural, proven, safe methods. No unhealthy drugs. Call 264-1924. WEEKLY WEIGHT-LOSS support group: Small groups. Caring atmosphere. Get great results using natural, proven, safe methods. No unhealthy dieting. Call 264-1924. 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. MALE SUPPORT GROUP: For men who have survived sexual violence. This group will provide a safe, encouraging space for survivors of sexual assault to share their stories with other men. Offered by the Women’s Rape Crisis Center. Info, 802864-0555 or the 24-hour hotline, 802-863-1236. PARENTING GROUP: 6-week group for people parenting children of all ages now forming. Please call RiverValley Associates for more information. 651-7520. 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_ttmout reach@yahoo.com.
DEPERSONALIZATION AND DEREALIZATION: If you suffer from either of these trance states, please call Todd, 8644285. 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, 482-5319. The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause. HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP for those who have H-C, their family members and friends. Wednesday, November 9, 6:307:30 p.m. McClure MultiGenerational Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave. Burlington. Info, 802-3558936. 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. CHADD is a support organization for children and adults with AD/HD. Every second Wednesday of the month. Champlain College, Global Technology Building, Maple St., Room 217, Burlington, VT. MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP: Every Monday, 4:30-6 p.m. Pastor United Church. Info, contact Lorraine, 485-4934. 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. Cofacilitated by supportive peers and mental-health 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?.
LIBRARY ASSISTANT in Youth Services. PT. Some nights and weekends. Work with youth, parents and teachers at circulation desk. Associate’s degree and experience with youth, preferably in library setting. Computer literate. Application at Essex Jct. Village Office or Brownell Library. 802-878-6956. Position open until filled. EOE NURSING STUDENTS! Private duty nursing assistant position per diem. Evenings 3:30 11:30, can preschedule open dates. Great pay. For male UVM graduate student with a C1/C2 spinal cord injury. Position to assist in activities of daily living. Will train. Must be able to drive. Nice Shelburne location. You will have time to study. Please contact 802-985-3925. OFFICE ASSISTANT: 24-30 hours per week. Good computer/people skills. Box 935 Shelburne, VT 05482. PART-TIME DATA ENTRY. Excel background and QuickBooks experience. Oakwood Farms, ask for Glenn, 802-764-5822. Essex Junction. PORTRAIT/ARTIST MODEL. All types. $12-$16/hour. PT/FT. Ideal for student. Studio 802293-5080.
SHELBURNE HEALTH AND FITNESS is seeking full-time and/or part-time front desk help for nights and weekends. Customer service and computer skills a must. 802-985-3141 or www. shelburnehealthandfitness.com. SIRLOIN SALOON has full-time and part-time positions open for line cooks, dishwashers, hosts, and servers. Please apply at the Sirloin Saloon on 2545 Shelburne Rd. TEACH ENGLISH ABROAD! Train in Prague. 4-week internationally recognized TEFL certificate course. Job assistance worldwide. Courses monthly. Tuition: 1200 Euros. info@teflworldwideprague.com www.teflworldwideprague.com (AAN CAN) TUTORS: Seeking high school level tutors, all subjects, flexible hours. BABS required. Starting rate $15 per hour. Interested candidates send resumes to kme590@msn.com.
7D EMPLOYMENT LISTING ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT for insurance company in Williston, VT. Environment is fast-paced, professional office. Duties include A/R and A/P processing, data entry, business letter composition, mail operations, filing, and telephone customer service. Candidate must be very detailoriented, able to multitask, with working knowledge of Microsoft Office. High school diploma required. Prior work and accounting experience preferred. Email resume and cover letter to jbond@firstcardinal.com. Fax: 802-857-1010. Mail: PO Box 926, Burlington, VT 05402. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Boutique research institute/consulting firm seeks administrative assistant. Require: ability to work independently and collaboratively; exceptional communication skills; strong aptitude for software (Microsoft, ACT!); talent for travel arrangements/ scheduling for active group. Part time - potential for full-time. Located in Stowe/Waterbury. Send resume and cover letter to info@trustinworkplace.com. AVON/MARK LIMITED OPENINGS. Earn up to 50%. Call today for your free gift. Carla, district manager, 888-299-9806 or email carla.romeotrombly @avon.com.
CARPENTERS AND ROOFERS: Seeking experienced and hardworking individuals for custom residential. Year-round work and competitive wages. Please call 309-1117. COMPANION FOR 80-year-old, intelligent, personable woman who likes to shop. Car necessary. Call Blanche 802-878-2332 (days) or 802-244-8026 (nights). COMPUTER SCANNER OPERATOR and clerical support for South Burlington law firm. $9/hr. Email resume to: fpeet@peetlaw.com. DANCERS: Full and part-time. M/F. Pure Gold, 802-865-3933. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Fulltime, Vermont Center for Independent Living, Montpelier office. Statewide disability rights and service organization seeks dynamic and organized individual to provide administrative support to the Board of Directors and Executive Director. Excellent administrative, communication and record-keeping skills required and familiarity with nonprofit administration and Vermont human service and disability programs preferred. Experience with MAC computers and Word, Excel, File Maker and In Design software also helpful. Excellent health benefits. Salary
range: $13.50 - $14.75 per hour: $26,300 - $28,700 annually. Send resume, salary requirements and cover letter by 5:00 p.m. February. 28th to the Executive Director, Vermont Center for Independent Living, 11 East State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. VCIL is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We provide reasonable accommodations in the recruitment and employment of persons with disabilities. FAST-GROWING South Burlington Environmental Services Co. seeks Asbestos Abatement Workers, Supervisors and Environmental Field Techs for full-time employment. Will train the right candidates. Call 802-863-5300. FRONT DESK HELP NEEDED for Burlington waterfront men’s salon. Part-time hours. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11-7. Every other Saturday, 11-4. Please call 598-4378. FULL-TIME bookkeeping position. Must be proficient in QuickBooks and have understanding of A/P, A/R, payroll. Pay commensurate with experience. Resumes only to Bookkeeping Department, PO Box 936, Waitsfield, VT 05673.
FULL/PART-TIME RETAIL. Vitamins, herbs, nutrition. Help others, help yourself. Call Kyle 802-878-0355 for appointment. HARDWORKING PROFESSIONAL who knows how to have customer service, must be polite, friendly, outgoing and willing to keep up with a fast-paced environment. Duties include food prep, sandwich making, customer service, cashing out and cleaning. Must be available for weekdays and weekends. Please call 802-878-1042 ask for Brian. INTERVIEWING NOW for early spring hire; Construction Superintendents, Foreman, Equipment Operators, Truck Drivers, Mechanics and Laborers for large project in Warren, VT, Kingsbury Const. Co. Call 802496-2205, fax 802-496-2212 or email sherwin@kingsburycon struction.com. INVENTORY/PURCHASING AGENT: Full-time with fastgrowing organic soap manufacturer. $10/hour training wage with regular reviews. Send resume or call Vermont Soap, 616 Exchange St., Middlebury, VT. 802-388-4302.
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4 automotive $500 POLICE IMPOUNDS, cars from $500! Tax repos, US Marshall and IRS sales! Cars, trucks, SUVs, Toyotas, Hondas, Chevys, more! For listings call 1800-298-4150 xC107. (AAN CAN) ACURA, RSX, 2004: 1 owner, fully loaded, auto, 10 K, leather, always Acura service, still under factory warranty. $17,500/OBO. 802-598-5348. AUDI, 1994: 100cs Quattro wagon, loaded, CD/mp3 player, Thule rack, new all-season tires, extra set of snows on rims. Well maintained, runs great. $4900. 802-865-2145. AUDI QUATTRO, 1996: Wagon 2.8L auto, 123 K, beautiful, excellent condition, navy blue/light tan leather heated seats, all options, recently painted, detailed. John, 802-3166933, jcn037@adelphia.net. BMW 318i, 1997: 102 K, leather, 5-speed, traction control, sun roof, CD, garaged, very clean. $7695. Call Angela, 802310-6719. BMW, 325 XI, 2001: Sport wagon, pewter, AWD, premium package. Librarian owned/adult driven. Tenacious grip and optimum traction. 34 K. Let it snow, let it rain, car is like new. Must see and drive. $24,500/OBO. 802-863-4366. CHEVROLET PRIZM, 2001: Great car. 54,500 miles. Fully loaded, AC, car starter. No accidents, great shape. No problems, great on gas! $7500/OBO! Call Ashley, 802-578-6371. CHEVROLET TRACKER LT SPORT UTILITY, 2003: 4-door, red, V6, 2.5 L, auto, 4WD, AC/CD/AM/FM, cruise, ABS, roof rack, privacy glass, towing pkg., alloy wheels. 34,370 miles. Best price, $12,988. Call Shearer, 802658-1212. FORD ESCORT LX WAGON, 1995: 5-speed, 154 K, runs great, inspected thru 2/06. $900/OBO. 802-878-5514, leave message. FORD ESCORT WAGON, 1996: Runs. $175. Call 802-999-4333. HONDA ACCORD, 1992: Sedan, 206 K, white exterior, 4-door, 5speed, A/C. Some body rust but otherwise good condition. Great gas mileage. $1500/OBO. Call Beth, 802-734-8614. HONDA ACCORD DX, 1995: 5speed, 4-door, great condition, clean, 170 K, AC, AM/FM/CASS. $2425/OBO. 802-879-1615. HONDA CIVIC, DX 1992: 120 K, AC, 5-speed, runs great, very reliable, 40 MPG! Some rust near rear wheels otherwise paint in great condition. $1170. 802769-8287. HONDA CIVIC, EX 2000: 4door, auto, 79 K, A/C, CD, power sun roof/doors/locks, new tires and exhaust. Great car! $8300/OBO. Call 802-658-2170, evenings. HYUNDAI ELANTRA, 1999: GLS, 94 K, fully loaded, metallic charcoal brown, alloy wheels, CD, auto. $2899/OBO. Call Stan at 802-233-5564.
7D ONTHEROADVEHICLES LINCOLN TOWN CAR, 2000: Carriage top, leather, excellent condition, best offer, must sell. 802-899-4950. MERCEDES BENZ, E430 4 MATIC, 2001: AWD, fully loaded, one owner, heated leather seats, CD changer, sun roof, 17” rims, 1x2-Shearer042005 5/3/05 all service through Automaster. 30 K. Like new. $26,900/OBO. 802-598-5348.
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SUBARU OUTBACK WAGON, JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, 1997: 1 owner, AWD, airbags, 1993: High miles, runs well. heated seats, air, keyless entry, $800. 802-238-9208. Make sure you listen to this phone, CD/cass, winter package. JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, FREE Consumer Help Line New: tires, head gasket. 2004: Silver, auto, 4WD, 2 sets Before you purchase your next used car! PW/doors, more. $4900. 802of tires, 28K, w/factory warranty, 899-4180. $16,000. Call 802-223-9580. Find out the questions you should SUBARU WAGON, 1997: White, JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREask every private owner or car dealer AWD, no rust, 75 K, all-season DO, 1990: 165 K, 4WD, white, radials. 802-985-3911. auto, some rust, strong engine. before you go to look at the car! SUZUKI GRAND VITARA, 1999: $1400/neg. 802-399-8604. Call the Toll Free 24hr. Help Line at: 1-owner, meticulous maintenance JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREand records. 83 K, 4X4, 4-door, DO, 1993: 4WD, auto, 181 K, 1-866-838-3345 V6, auto, PW, mirrors, sun roof, new brakes and exhaust, needs or go online: keyless entry, remote starter, door repair, strong engine, runs www.usedcarexperts.net cruise, CD, privacy glass, Thule great, good tires, nice stereo. Pontiac u Cadillac roof rack, summer alloys, winter $1400/neg. 802-425-4240. DODGE DAKOTA, 2000: V6 rims and tires. Recent inspecLAND ROVER DISCOVERY, Hummer Magnum, 60 K. 4x4, cap, sprayed 1x2-autocraftsman.indd 1 12/2/05 11:42:13 AM1999: Clean inside/out, low tion, brakes, belts, tune up. bed liner, towing, new snow tires, www. shearerpontiac.com Mechanically perfect. Excellent miles, dark blue, dual sun roofs, air bags, etc. Very good condicondition inside/out. Must sell. auto, rear hitch, leather. 802Local: 802-658-1212 tion. Blue book $8735. Asking $5500/OBO. 802-879-1809. 879-0815. Toll-free: 800-545-8907 $8000/OBO. 802-472-9612. THOMAS BOOKMOBILE, 1991: TOYOTA, RAV4: Excellent condiFORD F-150 XLT, 1994: Perfect Model M90 w/3028 Cat engine/ tion, 4X4, 4-door. $6400 (book condition. Arizona truck. 110 K, 1030 Shelburne Rd. MT 643 Allinson transmission by value $7900), 75 K, auto, air, CD, power everything, white, sealed bid. See legal notices satellite ready radio/CD. Won’t So. Burlington runs excellent. Blue Book is section of this paper. last long. Call 802-878-1071 or $7767, asking $7000. Come take MERCEDES, C320: Black w/gray VOLKSWAGEN JETTA, 1998: 84 diamondchute@yahoo.com. a look. 401-258-2841. interior, pristine condition, FL K, PS, PB, moon roof. Extra set TRAILBLAZER, 2004: 4WD, 4GMC S15, 1985: Ext. cab, black, car, 34 K, transferable warranty, of mounted snows well maindoor, LT equipment package, 4x4, auto, rebuilt 2.8L, V6 w/12 all options including sun roof. tained. $4300. 802-769-6836. indigo blue, sun roof, OnStar, K, great on gas, ladder rack also $27,000. Call 802-355-3385. brand new tires, exquisite condiavail. Needs e-brake for inspecMERCURY SABLE, 1998: Needs tion, Bose stereo, 24 K. tion. $1200/OBO. 802-558-4766. some loving but would be a $23,000/OBO. 802-355-2266. TOYOTA TACOMA, 2004: Silver, Looking for a SAAB? great project or parts car. Call 4X4, extended cab, manual, for more details. Asking AM/FM/CASS/CD, PW, PL, 11 K. click on $375/OBO. Seth 324-8215 or Excellent condition. Asking 238-8401. 4 POWERFULLY BUILT and $21,495. Call 802-527-9801. MITSUBISHI GALANT LS, sporty winter tires with chrome 2003: FWD, 39 K, fully loaded, rims. Reputable brand. 16”, or visit us on Barre-Montpelier Rd • 800.639.4095 • 802.2239580 A/A wheels and Hakkapeliittas, 225/60. $250/OBO. 802-363leather. Great gas mileage. NADA 0716. DODGE CARAVAN, 2000: 58 K. average retail price VOLVO 240 DL, 1990: Auto, SAAB 9-5, 2001: 53 K, ALL TERRAIN: P245-65R17, Under warranty for two years or $13,825/OBO! 802-318-4324, 2x1-crossways110905.indd high miles, new snows, muffler, gray/black leather,1 4-door, they have more than half the 11/7/05 1:31:13 PM 80 K. Snow tires incl., very calogera924@hotmail.com. brakes, body in good condition, loaded, moon roof, heated seats, original tread left. $100/pair. clean, basically new. NISSAN MAXIMA GXE, 1994: may need transmission/front CD, new snow tires. Excellent 802-355-2266. $11,000/OBO. Ask for Will, 802Great shape, major service comend/electrical work, $500/as is. condition. $12,995/OBO. Call BF GOODRICH winter Slalom, 324-1372. pleted (timing belt, water pump, Call Jon, 802-310-7075. 802-316-2466, Burlington. P185/70R14. Used for only one FORD MOVING VAN, 2000: 16’ tune-up), Carfax certified, books VOLVO V70 XC: 92 K, blue, Pictures on cars.com. season and do not fit new car. box, loading ramp, excellent for $3200, sell for $2500. Tom, leather, sun roof, 2 sets of tires, SAAB 9-5, 2002: Aero wagon, In great shape, barely 1000 condition, best offer, must sell. cell 802-370-1174. great condition, must sell fast. black, auto, leather, sun roof, 63 miles. $60 for set. 802-734802-899-4950. NISSAN SENTRA, 1993: 5Only $10,995. 802-860-9966. K. $17,900. Call 802-223-9580. 7426. PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER speed, tinted windows, cruise VW JETTA GL, 2004: 8400 SAAB 900 SE, 1997: 124 K. THULE FRONTIER rooftop cargo LE, 1991: 180 K, rebuilt tranny, control, AC. $650/OBO. Needs miles! Like new. 4 cylinder stanAuto, runs great, new brakes, 6box. Brand new, passenger side 1x2-Shearer042005 5/3/05 8:46 AM brakes, Page starter, 1 fuel pump, new alternator, many new parts; dard black, CD. 2 sets of new CD changer. 4 snows, 4-all seaopening, 88.5” long x 21” wide x exhaust, shocks, etc. Minimal clutch, routers, break pads and tires. Asking $15,000. Books for sons, 8 rims. Service records. 16” high, fits 5-6 pairs of skis. rust. Great minivan! $1200. 802custom exhaust. 802-598-9927. $16,000. 802-951-2400. $3900. 802-734-3846. $175. Call 802-999-9687. 864-7740. PONTIAC G6, 2005: Sedan, 4SAAB 900S, 1995: 4-door, 5door, silver, auto, FWD, V6, 3.5 speed, 130 K, 6 CD, cassette, L, 27,324 miles, AC, power sun/moon roof, power everyeverything, cruise, AM/FM/CD, thing, heated seats, ABS, new CHEVY PRIZM, 2001: Great on FORD EXPLORER XLS, 2001: ABS, sliding sun roof, alloy muffler/brakes. $2900. Call Scott gas. 77K. AC, car starter. 1 Auto, 65 K, 4WD, all power, 2 wheels. Best price $15,998. Call 802-989-8468. Pontiac u Cadillac owner. No accidents. Comes with sets tires, CD, roof rack, running Shearer at 658-1212. SATURN, 1992: 4-door, sedan, 4 snows (used 1 season). $5350. Hummer boards, fog lights. $9999. 802PONTIAC GRAND AM SE 160 K, AM/FM/Cass., 5-speed, 802 734-3846. 238-2008. SEDAN, 2005: 4-door, silver, standard, 4 new snow tires, just PONTIAC MONTANA EXTENDwww. shearerpontiac.com FORD EXPLORER XLT, 2000: auto, V6, 3.4 L, FWD, AC, inspected. Immaculate body and ED, 2003: 4 door, blue, V6, 3/4 Local: 802-658-1212 Green, gray cloth interior, excelCD/AM/FM, rear spoiler, 16,606 undercarriage. $850. 802-338L, FWD, 25,973 miles, 7 passenlent condition, lots of extras, and Toll-free: 800-545-8907 miles. Best price $12,897. Call 2834. ger seating, AC, power steer4 mounted snows to get you Shearer, 658-1212. SATURN SL1, 1995: 4-door, 87 ing/windows/locks. AM/FM/CD. through the drifts. 72 K. Runs PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, 2005: K, well maintained, good tires. Two-tone paint. Alloy wheels, 1030 Shelburne Rd. like a top! $8000. 802-482-4612. 4 door, silver, V6, 3.8 L, auto, $1500. 802-658-5532. roof rack. Best price $14,967. So. Burlington JEEP CHEROKEE, 1992: White, FWD, 13,078 miles, AC, power SUBARU FORESTER, 1998: Call Shearer, 658-1212. auto, beautiful body, no rust! steering/windows/locks, cruise, Power locks, windows, AC, CD, PONTIAC SUNFIRE SV6, 2006: 220 K, snow tires. Drive away AM/FM/CD, power seat, rear AWD. 165K $3800/OBO. 6094-door, silver, V6, 3/5 L, FWD, today. $600. Please call Jess, spoiler. Best price $15,985. Call 273-1708. 15,319 miles, 7 passenger, AC, 802-355-5265. Shearer, 658-1212. SUBARU OUTBACK LTD, 2001: CHEVY SILVERADO, 2004: 2500 power everything, cruise, JEEP CHEROKEE, 2001: 70 K, PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GTP, Great shape, no rust. 4 new HD Duramax diesel. 112 K, highAM/FM/CD/DVD, roof rack, ABS, brakes. new Auto, $9000/OBO. 2005: Sedan, 4-door, silver, V6, Hakkapeliitas, 4 new brakes, new way travel, very little towing privacy glass, wide tires. Best pics on autotrader.com. Only 2nd 3/8 L, supercharged, auto, FWD, alternator and battery. Sun/roof use. Crew cab, 4WD, loaded, price $20,497. Call Shearer at 802-598-5620. VT winter. 13,211 miles, AC, power steerrack. $12,500. Gina 802-388black, clean. $27,500/OBO. 989658-1212. JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT, 2000: ing/windows/locks, AM/FM/CD, 0101 or thmc@sover.net. 429-9804. Great condition. Forest Green, OnStar, ABS, traction control, DODGE DAKOTA, 1998: Black A/C, CD, PW, PDL, 6cyl, 37 K on power seat, sliding sun roof, rear ext. cab. 116 K, manual, V8, ps, new engine. New tires and spoiler, alloy wheels. Best price pl, pw, tow package. $5900/OBO. brakes. Thule rack. 165 K. $17,953. Call Shearer, 658-1212. 201-213-6792. $5500/OBO. 802-598-9539.
PONTIAC SUNFIRE COUPE, 2005: 2-door, white, auto, FWD, 12,530 miles, AC, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, AM/ FM/CD, rear spoiler. Best price $10,924. Call Shearer, 658-1212. PONTIAC VIBE SPORT WAGON, 2005: red, 41 cyl, 1/8 L, 8:46 4-door, AM Page FWD, 5-speed manual, 8697 miles, AC/AM/FM/CD, roof rack, power steering, tilt wheel, dual front air bags. Best price, $12,997. Call Shearer, 658-1212. PT CRUISER LIMITED EDITION, 2002: Cranberry, 33,000 original miles, auto, air, sun roof, heated leather seats, cruise, CD, chrome, lifetime rust proofing. Bluebook, $9800, asking $9000/neg. Call 802-878-0995. SAAB 9-3, 2001: Hatchback, 4door, green, auto, leather, sun roof, 73 K. $8500, call 802223-9580. SAAB 9-3, 2003: Linear sedan, steel gray, manual, leather, sun roof, 47 K. $16,800. Call 802223-9580. SAAB 9-3, 2004: Linear 4-door sedan, polar white, auto, leather, sun roof, 63 K. $15,500. Call 802-223-9580.
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CHITTENDEN COUNTY Jasper Mine Road, Colchester to Stowe, Carpool Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun 8:30am-6pm Ref # 4117 Niquette Bay Road, Colchester to IBM, (D2 Team) Carpool. Ref #41177 Burlington to Richmond (Smartwood)Established carpool seeking new riders to join. Work Hours 9am-5pm, Ref #41076 Burlington to Berlin, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Carpool Work Hours 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri, carpool, Ref # 1176 Essex Junction (Pearl Street) to IBM (Essex Junction) Work Hours 8am-4:30pm, Ride Needed, Ref # 41197 Essex Junction, Wildwood Drive to FAHC Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm, carpool, Ref # 41075 Hinesburg to Waterbury, Carpool Monday-Friday 7:30am-5:00pm. Ref # 41037
Huntington to Price Chopper, Shelburne Road, S. Burlington,Thursdays (ride needed to grocery shop), Ref # 40757 Jericho to Swift Street, South Burlington, Carpool Work Hours 8am-5pm, Mon-Fri Ref # 40154 Jericho to VNA, Colchester Work Hours Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm, Ref # 41124 Richmond to Burlington (Main St) Work Hours Mon-Fri 7:30am-4pm, Carpool Ref # 40516 Richmond to Ben & Jerry’s, Waterbury Work Hours 8:30am4:30pm, Carpool Ref #40148 Richmond to Montpelier, Carpool Mon-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Ref #41175 FRANKLIN COUNTY Highgate to UVM, Burling-ton, Carpool Work Hours 8am-4:30pm, Ref # 91394 Enosburg Falls to INS, St. Albans Work Hours 8am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri Ref # 90716 Fairfax to IBM, Essex Junction Work Hours 8am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri, Ref # 91559
Richford (Provence Street) to St. Albans (North Main St) Ride needed once or twice a week Mon-Fri between 11am&1pm to St. Albans and return ride needed to Richford after 4:30pm. Ref # 91563 St. Albans to INS, Williston Work Hours 8am-4:30pm, Mon-Fri Ref # 90382 Swanton/St. Albans to Williston Looking for riders to join established carpool will pick up in Swanton or St. Albans Mon-Friday, 8am-4:30pm Ref # 90382 Enosburg/St. Albans to Willis-ton Looking for riders to join a carpool will pick up in Enosburg or St. Albans MonFriday, 7am-3:30pm Ref # 90432 GRAND ISLE COUNTY Alburg to Burlington, FAHC, Carpool Work Hours 8:00am-4:30pm, M-F. Ref # 91524 Niquette Bay Road, Colchester to IBM, (D2 Team) Looking to Carpool. Ref # 41177 Plattsburg or Grand Isle/ South Hero to Colchester, Systems & Software, Carpool Work Hours 8am5pm, M-F, Carpool, Ref # 91527
Grand Isle to Waterbury State Complex, Carpool Work hours 7:00am to 4pm M-F. Ref # 91471 Grand Isle to UVM, Burlington, Carpool Work Hours 7:00am-3:30pm MF # 91537 Isle La Motte to Burlington, UVM, Carpool Work hours 7:30am to 4pm MF. Ref #91465 ADDISON COUNTY Bristol to South Burlington: Carpool needed M-F 8-5. Ref # 11144 Middlebury to Montpelier: M-F 83:30. Ref # 11145 Middlebury to Williston: M-F 8:305. Ref # 11146 Starksboro to Bristol: M-F 8:30-5. Ref # 11148 Vergennes to IBM: M-F 8-4:30. Ref # 11149 Vergennes to Waterbury: M-F 84:30 Ref # 11154 Bristol to Waitsfield: M-F 8:305p.m. Ref # 11160 Bristol or Middlebury to IBM: 7pm7am WTHFSat. Ref # 10046 Ferrisburgh to Burlington, M-F, 8:30am-3pm. Ref # 10617 New Haven to UVM, M-F, 7am3:30pm Ref # 10621
Starksboro to Burlington: M-F, 3-9. Ref # 10622 Middlebury to Burlington: M-F, 7-5. Ref # 10623 Jericho to UVM: M-F, 8am-4:30pm Ref # 10625 South Starksboro or Waitsfield to Berlin/Barre, M Th F, 8am-5pm. Ref # 10620 WASHINGTON COUNTY Barre to Burlington: M-F 7:45-4:30. Ref # 142906 Cabot/Plainfield to Montpelier: M-F, 7:30-4. Ref # 140584 E Montpelier or Woodbury to Waterbury: M-F 7:45-4:15. Ref # 142163 Waterbury Center to Mt Mansfield in Stowe: Wed-Sun 6:45am-4:30pm. Ref # 142889 Montpelier/Middlesex to Taft Corners in Williston, M-F, 8am-4:30pm. Ref # 142296 Montpelier to Williston M-F 8-4:30 Ref # 142315 Northfield to Burlington, M-F, 7am3:30pm. Ref # 142808 Montpelier to Waitsfield: M-F 9-5 Ref # 142896
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Delightful 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Townhouse with a 1 car attached garage. Conveniently located near amenities. 1st floor laundry, gas fireplace. Fully applianced kitchen with maple cabinets and granite counter tops. Bright and open.$259,900
This well cared for Townhouse located at Overlook East offers 2 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, detached one car garage. Unit backs up to common land.Tile and newer carpeting throughout. A must see unit! $193,900
Enjoy this four bedroom, two bath home located within easy walking distance to Shelburne Village. New hardwood floors, a three season porch with skylights and a fireplace are just some of the amenities this home has to offer! $299,900
Call Michelle Gray Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty 802-846-9536
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High ceilings & windows add extra panache to this one of a kind loft style Condo. Originally built as a school, this unit retains some of the original doors, closets, & cupboards. Maple floors & slate entry. Coin-op laundry, & full basketball court.$169,900 Call Chris von Trapp Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman Realty 802-846-9525
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3 year old contemporary on 1.5 acres. 2800+ sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, 1st floor master suite.Maple floors, kitchen with cherry cabinets, decks, porches, views of Camel’s Hump. 2-car garage and enormous finished walk-out basement. $379,000
Cape on 5+ acres-1726 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 baths. New kitchen with maple cabinets, Silestone counters and cherry floors. Large living room, 1st floor master suite, mudroom, oversized garage. New windows. $284,000
Large home currently set up as a duplex. 2240 sq. ft., 6 bedrooms, 3 baths, master suite on first floor. Can easily be converted back to a single family home with an in-law apartment. New windows and flooring. $269,000
Classic Deck House overlooking Lake Iroquois. 2, 168 sq. ft 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, open floor plan, hardwood, fireplace, 1st floor suite w/private deck.Walk-out lower level, w/den & family room. Carport & detached 2 car garage. $425,000
Call Bill & Phyllis Martin Greentree Real Estate 802-482-5232
Call Bill & Phyllis Martin Greentree Real Estate 802-482-5232
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Call Bill & Phyllis Martin Greentree Real Estate 802-482-5232
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Only 10 minutes from Burlington, Fox Brook condominiums in Colchester include such standard features as Central AC, 9’ Ceilings, Secure Underground Parking and Fully Applianced including Washer/Dryer. Special financing packages available with zero down payment required. From $176,900
Solomon house is a 19th century residence that’s been completely renovated into three modern condo apartments in the Old North End. One Bedroom.......$126,900 One Bedroom.......$147,900 Three Bedroom.....$197,900 - Under Contract
Newly renovated 3 bedroom, 1-3/4 bath. Large kitchen, dining, cathedral ceiling family room. All new appliances. Hardwood floors. Dry concrete basement: washer/dryer hookup, storage and workshop space. Detached garage. Near schools, IBM. Motivated seller! $245,900
Homestead Design/HDI Real Estate 802-878-3303 ext. 208 homestead-design.com
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4 for sale BURLINGTON: Two condos; 1 and 2 bedroom, both are first floor, gas heat, walk to everything, Church St., waterfront mins. away. Priced to sell, $95,000 and $99,500. Call 802-238-9803. MORETOWN: 2-bedroom, 1bath, sunny eat-in kitchen, low fees, cheap to heat, pet friendly, near Sugarbush and 89! $135,000. 802-496-5759. SAINT GEORGE VILLA: 1990 Astro mobile home. 14 X 70, 3-bedroom, 1-bath. Contact 603-494-0268. WALDEN: Limited time: 85acre, Christmas tree farm. 35acres planted, 50-wooded, rolling hills, pond, gorgeous views. Parcels (12-25 acres) $48-$95 K, incl. shared ownership, pond, farm. $240,000/ all. 802-563-3161.
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BURLINGTON: 2 adult roommates needing a third. Offstreet parking, laundry, motorcycle garage, no pets. $300/mo. + utils. 5 blocks from downtown. 802-860-6403. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, 2floor, 1.5-bath apt. Lease ends 9/1. Close to everything. Parking. Coin-op W/D. $500/mo. includes all. Security deposit req. 318-6657.
BURLINGTON: Act now! This offer won’t last! Laid-back creative types wanted for funky, downtown apt. Musicians, painters, writers, philosophers, freaks, etc. Large room avail. 3/01. $450/mo. + dep. 802355-8689. BURLINGTON: Housemate to share 2-bedroom house in New North End. $550/mo. + utils. Must be canine and study friendly. W/D. Avail. 3/01. Safe space. 802-318-8392. BURLINGTON: Housemate wanted, age 20-28; avail. 3/01. $400/mo. incl. heat and more. First and last, lease neg. Student/downtown neighborhood, room in great 3-bedroom apt. Relaxed, friendly environment; have cat and dog, no more pets. N/S. 802863-9088. BURLINGTON: Room avail. downtown in 4-bedroom apt. $412.50/mo. + utils. Parking avail. W/D. Call 865-9086. COLCHESTER: Malletts Bay. For single, prof., full basement w/large room, private bathroom, parking, appliances. Access tool shop, art room. Extra storage. Available 2/01. $600/mo. Call 802-865-9257. ESSEX JCT.: Charming country farmhouse. Medium-sized room avail. 3/01. New paint. Tidy individual, please. NS/dogs. $425/mo., first 3 months $400/mo. Elec./gas incl. 3438073, leave message.
ESSEX JUNCTION: Share nice home and location. NS/pets. All utils. as well as ample parking, cable and Internet use incl. Avail. now. $500/mo. 802-879-4226. ESSEX JUNCTION: Single, responsible, dependable, professional, NS/ND/pets. $125/weekly, incl. all. 802879-1246. ESSEX: Large 3-level house, large yard w/private setting, W/D, Internet, full house stereo, 10 miles to downtown. Share w/1 prof. NS/ND/pets. $500/mo. + 1/2 elec. 802879-1809. ESSEX: Seeking prof. to rent bedroom, shared office space in large house, 3000 sq. ft. $520/mo. incl. heat, elec., water, trash pickup, snow removal and lawn care. Share w/three housemates and two dogs. NS and no more pets. 802-363-3695. MONKTON: Housemate wanted to share 3-bedroom house. Male or female prof., NS/pets. Private bath. $500/mo. 802598-3752. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Looking for a responsible housemate to share home off Shelburne Rd. W/D, pool, hot tub, storage, parking, yard. Avail. now. $450/mo. + utils. 802-865-9627.
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SOUTH BURLINGTON: Looking for roommate until 6/01. Nice home in convenient location. $400/mo. + utils. Call Tim at 802-310-6727.
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SOUTH STARKSBORO: Beautiful country home, 25 acres. NS/pets/kids. $500/mo. incl. utils. + dep. 802453-5409. WATERVILLE: Roommate wanted to share country home. Lots of hiking trails and mountain views. Please call 802324-3441, leave message.
4 housing for rent BOLTON: Ski resort, activities, almost new, 2-bedroom, 1-bath, fireplace, fully furnished, ski in and out by the lift, 2 parking spots, beautiful view. $875/mo. + utils. + dep. NS/ pets. Avail. 4/01. 802-893-1502. BOLTON: Ski resort, brand new, 3-bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2car garage, basement, deck. Ski in, ski out above quad lift. Beautiful views. $2000/mo. + dep. and utils. 802-434-7627.
Impeccably restored 4,000 sq. ft. brick 1812 Georgianstyle former tavern. 4 fireplaces, 4 + bedrooms 3.5 stories. All historic detailing perfectly reproduced & updated utilities. A separate, newer 2-story garage plus a 1 BR & loft cottage. 32 manicured rolling acres, pond & gardens. Foulsham Farms Real Estate 861-7537 www.foulshamfarms.com
foulsham.indd BURLINGTON: 1, 2 1and 3bedrooms avail. 6/01. 46 N. Willard St. Excellent location. $800, $1100, $1700, incl. heat. No pets. Call 802-8628925 before 8 p.m. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom and huge 2-bedroom apartment (w/dining room or second living room) in gorgeous building on S. Union St., just renovated, parking, laundry, lake views. $825 and $1700/mo., avail. now. www.keys2burling ton.com. 802-652-4800. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom apt. in a beautiful downtown Victorian house. Original woodwork, stained glass. Spacious, carpets throughout. Incl. appliances, heat, offstreet parking, storage space and free access to W/D. Walk to UVM/Fletcher Allen/Church St. Pets neg. Visit www.myburlap.com for pics, floor plan and contact info. $1180/mo. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom avail. 4/01. Parking, yard, garden, porch, storage, W/D, hdwd, quiet street, full bath. $685/mo. + utils. 802598-1327. BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, great layout, close to downtown, parking, a must see. $825/mo. Heat incl. Pets maybe. Avail. 4/01. 802655-6371.
1/24/06 10:29:40 AM BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, new paint and flooring. $725/mo. + utils. Avail. 4/01. 802-658-0621. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom apt. $800/mo. incl. heat and hot water. 1-year lease. No pets. Call 802-373-1360. BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, full-bath townhouse. NS/pets. Water/rubbish incl. 1-year lease + sec. dep. req. $775$875/mo. Avail. immediately. Call 802-865-2372. BURLINGTON: 204 S. Union. The finest 1-bedroom in Burlington. Lake views, CAC, central vac, granite counters, parking. $1400/mo. + utils. 879-4369. BURLINGTON: 260 College St., #10. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, fully furnished, utils. incl., laundry onsite. Month-tomonth rental. $1525/mo. Avail. now. Call Lakewood and Two Properties, 802-658-9697. BURLINGTON: 260 College St., #11. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, fully furnished, utils. incl., laundry onsite. Month-tomonth rental. $1700. Avail. now. Call Lakewood and Two Properties, 802-658-9697. BURLINGTON: 260 College St., #3. 1-bedroom, 1-bath, fully furnished, utils. incl. laundry onsite. Avail. 4/12. $1225/mo. Call Lakewood and Two Properties, 802-658-9697.
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SPACEFINDER BURLINGTON: 295 Maple St., #1. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, heat/hot water incl. Off-street parking, laundry onsite, new kitchen/paint, picture fireplace, close to colleges/downtown. Avail. 3/01. $1050/mo. Lakewood and Two Properties, 802-658-9697. BURLINGTON: 299 South Union, exceptional 1-bedroom apt. 3rd floor of beautiful Victorian. Spectacular lake views, huge porch, large closets, laundry, D/W, garage. $1150/mo. 802-863-2619. BURLINGTON: 3 and 4-bedroom, avail. now, newly renovated, spacious, lots of character, NS. 3-bedroom $975/ mo. incl. water and trash. 4bedroom $1295/mo. yard w/garden, parking, W/D hookups, incl. water and trash. 802-660-8716 BURLINGTON: 3 and 4-bedroom avail. now and 6/01. Gas heat, parking, W/D, porches, central location, near colleges, hdwd. $850-$2400/mo. 802860-1443. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom, 2bath, in new North End. Nice yard, pool, great neighborhood, near bike path. No dogs. $1500/mo. + utils. Avail. 5/01. One-year lease. 802859-0711. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom house, hdwd, big kitchen. $1300/mo. 802-363-3120. BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom, South End, huge townhouse style, gleaming hdwd throughout, gas heat, laundry, parking. Lease. No dogs. $1300/ mo. + utils. 802-453-8491. BURLINGTON: 4-bedroom apt., 1 3/4-bath, some offstreet parking, NS. $1200/mo. + dep. + refs. 802-864-1707. BURLINGTON: 6-bedroom house, W/D, close to UVM, offstreet parking, NS/pets. $3000/mo. + Avail. 6/1. 233-4317. BURLINGTON: A furnished studio apt. in New North End. NS/pets. Lease. W/D use. $650/ mo. incl. utils. 862-2551. BURLINGTON:All shapes, all sizes. Great locations, parking. Avail. 6/01. Please call Rick, 802-864-3430. BURLINGTON: Avail. now huge, 3-bedroom, full bath, laundry, basement, incl. heat/hot water. $1300/mo. Large 3-bedroom, basement, gas, parking, hookups, $1000/mo. Medium 2-bedroom, hdwd, laundry. Avail. now. $900/mo. Medium 1-bedroom, full bath, $700/mo. No dogs. 802-862-7467.
BURLINGTON: Avail. now, School St., recently renovated, spacious, sunny and bright. 2bedroom w/office, balcony, screened-in porch, parking, pets OK. Lease. NS. $1175/mo. + utils. 802-658-4184.
BURLINGTON: Buell St. Avail. 7/01. 2-bedroom, 1st Floor. $895/mo. incl. heat and hot water. Laundry. No pets. Neville Companies, Inc., 802660-3481 x 1021www.neville co.com/residence. BURLINGTON: Catherine St. duplex, quiet South End neighborhood, 2-bedroom, 2-level, large yard, gas heat. $1100/mo., lease, ref., dep. No dogs. 802-660-8957. BURLINGTON: Charming 2bedroom, second floor in duplex, hdwd and tile, convenient to downtown, University and FAHC. Avail. now. $1025/mo. 802-318-2860. BURLINGTON: Chase St., avail. 6/01, near FAHC, 2, 3bedroom apts. Parking, no dogs. $875, $925, $1300/mo. + utils. 802-862-4007. BURLINGTON: Church St. Marketplace. Studio apt. Clean, heated. Great location. 802862-2680. 802.846.4646 BURLINGTON: Close to downwww.KimNegron.com town, unfurnished, nice 2-bedroom apt., quiet, parking. BURLINGTON: Avail. now $850/mo. Avail. immed. 802thru 7/01. 1, 2 and 3-bedroom 238-5125. apts. Neville Companies, Inc. BURLINGTON: Colchester Ave. 802-660-3481 x 1021. Avail. 5/01. 1-bedroom www.nevilleco.com/residence. $725/mo. incl. elect. BURLINGTON: Bright 1-bedAcross from hospital. Parking, room, 3-season porch, offlaundry. No pets. Neville street parking for one, yard, Companies, Inc., lease, sec. NS/pets. Avail. 802-660-3481, x 1021. 3/01. $700/mo. + utils. 802www.nevilleco.com/residence. 865-7621. BURLINGTON: Cute 3-bedBURLINGTON: Bright 2-bedroom or large sunny 4-bedroom, 2nd floor, $725/mo., room apt. w/deck, yard, offfurnished, quiet, deck, elec. street parking, W/D. Avail. and cable incl. No pets, easy 6/01. $1200-$1700/mo. + 2x2-homeshare021506 8:52 AM Page 1 access to Burlington. Avail. 2/14/06 utils. 802-324-3500. immed. 802-864-0838 or 2336043 Bruce or Paula.
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BURLINGTON: Bright, sunny, 2-bedroom apt. spacious, clean, private parking, gas heat. Just a walk to downtown and waterfront. Avail. 3/01. $875/mo. + utils. NS/pets. 802-863-5397. BURLINGTON: Buell St. Avail. 5/01. Room only. 1st floor. $330/mo. incl. utils. No pets. Laundry. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x 1021. www.nevilleco.com/residence.
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BURLINGTON: For consultants and others needing multiple month, exceptional quality, extended stay housing. Enjoy your private king or queen bedroom plus the company of other professionals in an elegantly furnished and fully equipped Spear St. residence w/majestic Adirondack/lake views. Magnificently appointed living, dining and other common room w/oriental rugs, antiques, DSL, wireless Internet and satellite TV. 3 acres, outdoor patio, gardens, health club access, fully equipped kitchen and more. 802-864-3330 or www.rickhub bard.org/ExtendedStays.
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BURLINGTON: Freshly renovated two + bedroom apt. W/D, eat-in kitchen, yard, offstreet parking. Walking distance to UVM/hospital/ Intervale. New floors, counters, paint. Pets neg. w/interview + dep. $1100/mo. + utils. Avail. immed. Anna, 802985-5378 BURLINGTON: Great location, small 1-bedroom, porch, hdwd, incl. heat and water. $750/mo. 802-657-0399. BURLINGTON: House for rent. 6-bedroom. Walk to UVM. Avail. June. Utils. incl. Call Jason 860-3923. BURLINGTON: Large 1-bedroom. North Ave. Enclosed porch, parking, lake view. Second floor, building owner occupied. NS/dogs. $700/mo. + utils. + dep. 802-863-6253. BURLINGTON: Large 2-bedroom, 1st floor, front and back porches, off-street parking, free laundry, hdwd, pets OK. $925/mo. + utils. 802233-1207. BURLINGTON: Large firstfloor apt., hdwd, new kitchen, W/D, pets considered. Walk to lake and town. $1300/mo. + heat/electric. 802-734-1668. BURLINGTON: Mill St. Avail. 6/01. 3-bedroom house. $1275/mo. Dog OK w/ref. W/D hookup. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x 1021. www.nevilleco.com/residence. BURLINGTON: Mill St. Avail. now. 3-bedroom. $1050/mo. incl. hot water. Dog OK w/ref, WD hookups. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481, ext. 1021. www.nevilleco. com/residence.
BURLINGTON: Nice 2-3 bedroom, off-street parking for two, yard, storage, W/D hookups. Lease, sec. NS/pets. Avail. 4/01. $1000/mo. + utils. 802-865-7621. BURLINGTON: North and Willard. 2-bedroom. Upstairs. W/D, parking. No pets. $850/ mo. + utils. 802-372-4890. BURLINGTON: North Ave. Avail 3/01. 2-bedroom house. $875/mo. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x 1021. www.nevilleco.com/residence. BURLINGTON: North Winooski Ave. Two rooms plus complete bathroom, second floor, efficient gas heat, quiet building, near downtown, storage, new paint, appliances. NS/dogs. $465/mo. + utils. Lease. 802862-3719. BURLINGTON: Shelburne St. Avail. 6/01. 1-bedroom, 3rd floor. $730/mo. incl., heat and hot water. Parking. No pets. Neville Companies, Inc. 802660-3481 x 1021. www.nevilleco.com/residence.
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BURLINGTON: Shelburne St. Avail. 6/01. 3-bedroom, 2nd and 3rd floor. $1095/mo. Parking, no dogs. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-6603481, x 1021. www.nevilleco. com/residence. BURLINGTON: Spacious downtown 3-bedroom apt. Nice layout, large eat-in kitchen w/pantry. 1 very large and 2 large bedrooms. New W/D, windows, insulation, gas heat and gas hot water. Offstreet parking. Friendly, responsible landlord. $1500/ mo. + Avail. 6/01. NS/dogs. 802-598-7193. BURLINGTON: Spacious, sunny, 2-bedroom, first floor, great location, D/W, laundry, storage, parking. No pets. First mo. + sec. req. $1100/mo. Avail. now. 802-434-5757.
BURLINGTON: Studio, 3 and 4 bedrooms avail. 6/01. Great locations, porches, yard. Pets neg. Reasonable rents. Call 802-864-4838. BURLINGTON: Unfurnished 2bedroom, newly renovated, off-street parking. 265 N. Winooski Ave. NS/pets. Avail. 3/01. $800/mo. + utils. + dep. Marc or Robyn, 355-1011, 655-1406. BURLINGTON: Ward St., first floor, 3-bedroom, newly renovated, energy efficient, parking, laundry hookups, close to downtown. Avail. 3/01. $1100/mo. 872-0353 or 598-6407. CHARLOTTE: Furnished or unfurnished apts. at the Mt. Philo Inn. Spectacular views. Spacious, comfortable, unique 2-bedroom, 2-bath, laundry, pet friendly. Flexible lease. $1400-$1800, incls. all. www.mtphiloinn.com or call 802-425-3335. COLCHESTER: 3-bedroom, on lake, yard, garage, newly renovated, dock and mooring. $2200/mo. Avail. 4/15. 802655-6371. COLCHESTER: Duplex, 2-bedroom, gas heat, near bike path/park, quiet, w/garage, W/D hook ups, deck. No pets. Avail. now. $800/mo. Dep. req. 802-863-5775. ESSEX JUNCTION: 2-bedroom condo. Spacious and clean. 2 off-street parking spots. Carport, pool, tennis, W/D, water, garbage removal included. $975/mo. + utils. Call 802598-3750. ESSEX JUNCTION: Clean 1bedroom, full bath, 2 offstreet parking spaces, water, trash, storage incl. $650/mo. + utils. 802-863-3011. ESSEX JUNCTION: Clean 2bedroom, full bath, partial heat, 2 off-street parking spaces, water, trash, storage incl. $750/mo. + utils. 802863-3011. ESSEX JUNCTION: House for rent. Avail. now. 3-bedroom, 2-full baths. New paint and carpet. W/D. Great kitchen. $1465/mo. + utils. 878-1719 or 238-0258. FAIRFAX VILLAGE: Charming 3-bedroom duplex. Hdwd, gas fireplace, W/D hookup. $1350/mo. Heat, water/sewer, trash/snow removal incl. 25 miles from Burlington. Pets neg. 802-922-2961 or 802598-5680. GRAND ISLE: Lake front, 300 ft., exquisite, executive home. 2-bedroom, 3-bath, fireplace w/brick oven, office space. Small pet OK. $2000/mo. Lease. 802-372-5938 or 802372-3275.
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7D SPACEFINDER HINESBURG: Route 116. Avail. now, large 2-bedroom. $810/mo. incl. heat and hot water. Parking, no dogs. Neville Companies, Inc. 802660-3481, ext. 1021 or www.nevilleco.com/residence. HUNTINGTON: 2-bedroom house, bright, spacious, quiet country setting. $1100/mo. + utils. + dep. NS/pets. 802434-3463. HUNTINGTON: Large apt. in farmhouse duplex, 2-bedroom, 2-car garage, private entry, enclosed porch, remodeled bath, W/D, D/W, no dogs. $900/mo. 802-999-8192. JERICHO: Newer 4-bedroom cape on 15 acres w/barn. Horses and pets welcome. Near Richmond and I-89. Lease-toown option avail. Starting at $1600/mo. Details at 802899-4167. MORRISVILLE: House, 2-bedroom, 1-bath. NS/pets. $900/ mo. w/sec. 802-888-6610. ORWELL: 4-bedroom, 1 acre, above-ground pool, 2 pets w/fencing, 30 min. to Rutland, 60 min. to Burlington. NS. 802-310-1753. RICHMOND: 3-bedroom apt. in recently renovated house. Deck, propane fireplace, stainless appliances, flower and vegetable gardens, master bedroom w/bath and more! $1400/mo. incl. heat, hot water, rubbish removal, and plowing. Avail. 4/01. 802233-2933. SAINT ALBANS: 2-bedroom, $700/mo. + utils. 802635-1738. SHELBURNE: Senior (55+) condo rental The Terraces. Independent living, bright charming 1-bedroom condo. Convenient location, laundry, shuttle bus, daily meal plan avail., many senior amenities. $815/mo. + utils, lease, dep. 802-879-4737. SOUTH BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, avail. March, duplex, parking, pool, laundry, NS. $650/mo. incl. Dish Network, snow, trash. 802-660-8716. SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, W/D, gas heat, carport, D/W. NS/pets. Avail. 3/01. $900/mo. + utils. 802862-1571. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Nice 2bedroom, hdwd floors, gas heat, W/D hookups, 10 min. to hospital/downtown. NS/pets. $1050/mo. + utils. 802862-9575. SOUTH BURLINGTON: Spacious 2-bedroom apt. w/1 bath, full basement. W/D hookup. Off-street parking for two cars. NS/dog. 1-year lease. Avail. 3/01. $900/mo. + utils. 802-862-8664.
WINOOSKI: 2-bedroom, 2nd floor, dogs neg. Very clean, quiet duplex, new windows, 2 porches, hdwd, claw-foot tub/shower, new appliances. Off-street parking for 2, NS. Avail. 2/01. $850/mo. 802233-1556. northernproperty 2x2-Libertyquest080305 @together.net.
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WINOOSKI: Spacious and sunny, 1-bedroom apt. avail. now. Quiet, charming, in Winooski hill section. Off-street parking. $625/mo. + utils. Please call 802-598-3265. WINOOSKI: Unfurnished, 1bedroom, heat and hot water, off-street parking, no dogs. $700/mo. + dep. 802893-4489.
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BURLINGTON: 3/01 or sooner, month to month. $400/mo. incl.. utils, large walk-in closet, storage, W/D, parking. Clean, quiet, walk to town. 401-499-3864, Rebecca. BURLINGTON: Rooms for rent. Behind Waterman Hall, UVM. $475/mo. incl. all utils. and parking. Hdwd and incredible location. Sedate environment! cjcc@vt18.com. WEEKLY AND NIGHTLY LODGING: European-style and equipped. Kitchen use, cable TV, great ambiance, on bus route. $175-$225/weekly. Maggie’s Inn, 324-7388, 3243291, or ivanland@aol.com.
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BURLINGTON: Subletter needed for April and May. Beautiful 1 room avail. in 2-bedroom apt. $550/mo. utils. incl. Located downtown, Buell St. 214-460-8854. BURLINGTON: Subletter needed for June/July/August. Rent neg. 41 N. Willard, upstairs. Clean, funky place. 802247-8344. BURLINGTON: Summer subletter wanted. 6/15-8/31, flexible. Spacious 2-bedroom apt. Flynn Ave. $800/mo. incl. utils. +$350 dep. 508237-4012.
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FOR RENT/FOR SALE: Time share at the Season’s Resort. Sleeps 6, onsite hot tub, free shuttle to the slopes, RCI affiliated resort. Avail. 3/10-3/17. $900/week neg. For sale $8500/OBO. 802-878-7559. NOVA SCOTIA, ocean-front cottage. 2-bedroom, fully furnished, beautiful views, incredible hiking at nearby wilderness park. $800/weekly. Responsible, mature people only. Call Jim at 802-8635922.
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BURLINGTON: 260 North St., + 1000 sq. ft. Call 802343-5495. COMMERCIAL SPACE: Yoga/Pilates (completely mirrored, carpeted, temp controls, etc.), or physical therapy business would be perfect! 802-316-2489 or sgalaxy2001 @aol.com. WATERFRONT: Burlington, office space, 1350 sq. ft. in renovated warehouse w/fulltime receptionist. New cubicle fixturing avail. or you design. 802-734-1185.
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BURLINGTON: Beautiful downtown office w/waiting room for part time sublet/share. 41 Main St., free parking. Perfect for healing arts, small groups. 802-3556233, Gail. BURLINGTON: Desk/office rentals. Single and double office space avail., utils. and secretarial services avail. Free use of conference rooms. 802658-9697. BURLINGTON: Office in beautiful solar building. 12-22 North. Burlington’s Green Business Community, www.vermontgreenoffices.com. Near waterfront, on bus line and bike path. $400-$550/ mo. incl. utils, Internet and use of conference room. Call AJ or Karen, 802-865-3866. BURLINGTON: Prof. office (small) avail. in well-established interdisciplinary practice. Full or part time. Contact Michelle at 802-658-5300. BURLINGTON: Prof. office space, South Union St., 1800 sq. ft., 3-4 offices, off-street parking, 5 min. walk to Church St. Call 802-238-4885. BURLINGTON: Waterfront. Distinctive and unique office/retail space. Environmentally friendly and affordable. Main Street Landing, Melinda Moulton, 802-8647999. www.mainstreetland ing.com.
BURLINGTON: Waterfront office space avail. Adirondack views. Incls. parking. Call Ken at 865-3450. RICHMOND: Office or retail space. 1000 + sq. ft. Sunny and hdwd, ample parking, full bath and kitchen. 802-4345299 (John’s Shoe Shop North). WILLISTON: Office available on S. Brownell Rd. 152 sq. ft. Office incl. reception area, kitchen, deck, cable access and ample parking. Three other professional tenants in building. Great location. Call 860-2211 or 865-6233. WINOOSKI: Part-time office sublet for mental health clinician in suite within Woolen Mill. Large, bright, attractive office. Adjoining playroom, waiting room and parking available. 802-651-7520. WINOOSKI: Small space in professional suite in Woolen Mill. Part-time. Windows, high ceilings, lovely old brick walls. Quiet waiting room. Parking lot. Very reasonable $. Perfect for therapist or such. Susan 802-238-0195 or suznfay @gmail.com.
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OFFICE/ARTIST STUDIO, or small retail. New spaces for rent. Choose from three units. As low as $300/mo. incl.. all utils. Located on New Shelburne Road. 802-3637557, Manny or 802-7340289, Andy. STUDIO SPACE for rent at Great Falls Fine Arts Center, in Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury. Ample space and light. Coffee and tea on the house. $100/mo. 802-388-0239.
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QUIET 19 YO VEGETARIAN. SWF SEEKING honest SM who is good-natured, kindhearted to play/cuddle/smile/converse/ wake up to bed head with. I’m 5’7, brunette, athletic, love everything outdoors. Looking for someone for a potential LTR in Burlington. 1965
RAINBOW REDNECK WHO LOVES THE MUD because it’s the earth. Seeking someone with humor and adventure to muck around with. 1863 KIND, PLAYFUL, INTELLIGENT, HEALTHY, open-minded and attractive SW, VT woman, 28 YO. ISO SWM between 30-38 YO with similar characteristics for laughter, good conversation, adventure and possible LTR. Must enjoy the senses, nature, pets and simplicity. 1859
A BIT OUT THERE....VISITING BURLINGton for long weekend. Like to meet with local fellow, keep it casual, like to walk/hike, try tasty meal at joint of your choice. All tour guides welcome. Singles only. NS/ND. 1958
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SUPER-COOL GIRL. JUST TURNED 30, BUT baby-faced. Sweet, juicy, cynical, wellscrubbed dreadie seeks bad-boy looks with tender heart. I am veggie, NS, but do not try to convert. Looking for drinks, Roxy, PlayStation, etc., 24-45 YO. 1798 SWPF, 118 LBS. 5’3. PHYSICALLY AND emotionally fit. Appreciates good communication and conversation. Interests are biking, movies, plays, travel, dining out or relaxing at home. Hoping to share w/a 48-58 YO M w/the same interests. 1794 UPBEAT, ATTRACTIVE, FIT SF SEEKING SM with similar qualities. I’m 52 YO, unpretentious and very curious about the world around me. I would love my match to want to travel and discover new places along with me. Give me a call, I look forward to chatting with you. 1792 46 YO DWF, BURLINGTON AREA, HAPPY, creative, loving, petite, attractive, seeking SWM, 40-53 YO, NA/NS, employed, grateful, honest with healthy body/mind for fun, friendship, LTR. Let’s share gardens, hikes, boating, fishing, camping, skating, sunsets, art. 1790 SF 48 YO GRACEFULLY AGING, POLITICALly left, musically moved, mildly wild yet reasonably responsible, certainly sexy, actively dreaming of warmer venues. Seeking man of wit, wisdom, warmth and worldliness. 1789
DWF EARLY 50S, ATTRACTIVE, EDUCATED, fun-loving and somewhat sophisticated, enjoys gardening, travel, music, books and biking. Looking for a man with similar interests, a sense of humor and integrity who is emotionally and financially stable. 1788 55 YO DWF RETIRED SMOKER. WOULD like to meet some friends and companions to enjoy life with. Reader, sports fan. I don’t have a very exciting life, maybe I can meet someone to change that. 1771 YOU: HIGH IQ, STABLE, ENTERTAINING, nice but not too nice. Me: 23 YO curlyhaired SWF, loves dogs, turned on by nerdy conversation, merry but responsible, a girl who’s always got her towel. Looking to get back into the dating scene. Help! 1767 SWF 50 YO SEARCHING FOR FRIENDSHIP and/or relationship. Enjoy dancing, dining, beach and gardening. Male between the ages of 45 and 55 YO. 1758 I’M LOOKING FOR THE MAN OF MY dreams! I’m a 26 YO SWF who’s into live music, Volkswagens, movies, and NASCAR. I love animals and the outdoors. Let’s make this happen. 1755 THIS CULTURAL DUCK IS OUT OF WATER in Rutland County. Looking to swim northward where men might be more inclined towards the arts. If this might be you, contact this vivacious, 50 something, full-bodied, well-aged woman for exploration. 1754
ISO THE RIGHT MAN TO JOIN IN MY adventure and making it ours. You: fun, gentle, loving, honest, sincere, and love pets. Me: spunky, adventurous, gentle, for simple times together. BLD, blue, 5’1, 56 YO, WI, NS, D/D free. LTR. 1834
MAWF, 46 YO, BEAUTIFUL, FINANCIALLY secure. Husband handicaped, wheelchairbound. Looking for SWM, NS, ND, NS. Financially and mentally stable, cleancut, serious only for physical and mental support. I need to change life partners. 1951
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26 YO SWF FROM BURLINGTON AREA, ISO outgoing, intelligent, humorous, passionate SWM. Must be 6’1 or taller and 27-37 YO, emotionally fit and financially secure. For casual dating, fun times, maybe more. Interested? 1753
VERY YOUNG, ATTRACTIVE 50’S PF WITH a wide variety of interests, ready for sharing thoughts over dinners, trips and more. Looking for P gentleman who’s looking to balance his life. LTR possible with the right person. 1498
CEREBRAL/PLAYFUL, MODERATELY unconventional, irreverent, progressive iconoclast, finely aged, NS. Would like to meet bluegrass to baroque muse-ical guy w/grassroots social conscience, shared values, and compatible pheromones, 50s, finely aged, NS. Green Earl Gray, hot? 1740
SWPF, NS, 48 YO, BROWN/GRAY, FF ISO NS, SWPM, 40-55 YO. Nice lady, laughterloving. Any intelligent, secure, reading, TV/movie watching, quiet Sunday a.m. with coffee/paper, food-loving, winedrinking, cat-liking gentleman in this area? Hope so, call soon. 1490
ARE YOU BETWEEN 45-52 YO, IN SHAPE and comfortable in jeans or a tux? Does an attractive, in-shape, politically liberal lady with shoulder-length hair and green eyes sound like your idea of bliss? I bet we have a lot more in common. NS,ND. 1738 SWF, BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, PROGRESSIVE, passionate, looking for the quintessential guy. Kind, compassionate, educated, liberal, adorable, good-looking, soft-spoken, spiritual, open-minded, self-assured, sexy, 25-40 YO, SWM, 4:20-friendly. 1610 28 YO F, 5’5, BLUE EYES, DIRTY BLONDE, FF. Enjoys reading, long walks, quiet nights at home, hugging, holding hands. I’m caring, honest, loving, faithful, looking for WM, 23-37 YO, caring, honest, loving, faithful for LTR. 1604 SEEKING COMPANION WITH INTEGRITY, honesty, good sense of humor, spirituality and intelligence to share nature outings, theater, movies, music and time getting to know each other. ND, NS, NA. 1603 TRUE, I’M A PROFESSOR. BUT I’M ALSO down-to-earth, outdoorsy, funny, and adventurous. 39 YO SWF with kayak, skis, snowshoes, backpack, Subaru, golden dog, hazel eyes, and New Yorker subscription seeks SM, 35-45 YO, for cup of coffee, possible true love 1588 IMAGINE JOY! LET’S LIVE IT. IMAGINE love! Let’s be it. Creative, intuitive, youthful, fit, attractive, NS, vegetarian, SWF, following her own heart-song seeks divine connection with NS, SM, 50s-60s age range for heavenly bliss and downto-earth companionship. 1586 49 YO, SWF, PETITE, SLIM, BRUNETTE, chocolate-chip-brown eyes, attractive, hardworking, educated, N/D, N/S, social drinker, sharp sense of humor. Likes reading, movies, nature, traveling, theater, doing things around the house. Looking for SWPM, 42-65 YO, financially, emotionally secure w/a good sense of humor, caring. 1504 LAMOILLE COUNTY-AREA SWF, 35 YO, ISO SWM between 27-43 YO who enjoys most anything. I work part-time, I have no children living with me at this time. 1501
EXCEPTIONALLY SPIRITED, VERY PRETTY, creative business proprietress, 40ish, seeks a single gentleman to share all, explore more and build together an evolving masterpiece. Classy yet simple, focused yet dreaming and open to unlimiting possibilities. 1488 MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: SPEND more time with men who are smart, funny, confident, interested and interesting. I am all of the above, as well as optimistic and creative. 37 YO SWPF with sparkly smile, agile mind, and great dog. 1485
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WOOF! MY DOG PLACED THIS AD. “MY owner: Late 30’s, great shape from taking me hiking, XC skiing, backpacking. Observes nature, especially birds and flowers. Gardens, reads, cooks, movies. Leaves me home for swing dancing, live music. He’s also cute!” 1971 33 YO WEEKEND FATHER, 6’3, BROWN hair, blue eyes seeks woman who has self-confidence, good sense of humor and is an outdoorsy kind of lady. Must like kids. If this is you, call me. 1969
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SEPARATED WM, 52 YO, IN SHAPE, working, dreamer, doer, forever young. Love kids, nature, mom and God. Seeking WF for friendship, walks, talks. Please be honest, open, adventurous. 2034
SWM, 45 YO, WOW! DID I JUST WRITE that? Youthful spirit, attractive, educated leftist, out of the box doer. Have hair, jeans, teeth, dreams and tears. Love motorcycling, fishing and travel. Great sense of humor. You: attractive, real. 1949
MIXED LUGE. SLIDE WITH ME. HOT, 53 YO, 5’10, 155 lbs, SWM, financially secure, humor, passionate, travel, sports, music, theater, beaches, kindness, parties. You: Very attractive, 38-53 YO, sexy, witty, ready to be pampered and loved. 2029 47 YO FUN M. ENJOY LIFE AND LOOKING for an LTR. Can be wild and lots of fun. Will you join me? Be my best friend, I’ll be yours. 2011
SWM, 53 YO, 6’, 175 LBS. PROGRESSIVE politics, 420, NA. Spirituality (normal member), smoker but need to stop in Spring. Love outdoors, fishing, camping, reading, travel (no Cal., Montana), pleasantly haunted by music. Seeks SF for friendship leading to magic/LTR. 1945 ATTRACTIVE, PHYSICALLY FIT, SKI FREAK. DPNSM 35 YO, extreme thrill seeker enjoys ice climbing, motor/cycling, tree skiing to get my ya-ya’s out. Other outlets include hiking, golf, homebrewing, drummer, snowdecking, kayaking. ISO honesty, humor, passion for life. No TV. 1928
19 YO M, BURLINGTON, LEAVING FOR THE service soon. Looking to have a good time before I leave. Parting is a must. Drug-free. 1895 WM, 29 YO, GOOD-LOOKING, RICH. Looking for a super-sexy girl who knows how to have a good time. I’m not into chicks who are stuck on themselves. Confidence is cool, but so is modesty. Give a holler. 1893 AVERAGE 55 YO, 5’11, HONEST, HARDworking, NS, SD, caring, funny, tender guy looking to meet slender SWF, 40-55 YO, wants to be herself, to start relationship with in Montpelier, Burlington area. 1886 23 YO SWEET, THOUGHTFUL SWM SEEKS quick-witted, self-assured foil to explore intellectual and emotional territory. I’m eclectic, offbeat, pragmatic, insightful, reverent. Like Tchaikovsky and Ween? Enjoy both ends of the spectrum in one individual! 1883 SWM, 40 YO, BL/BR, DECENT SHAPE AND looks, kind, adventurous, attentive. ISO sensual and sultry SW/AF, 24-44 YO for clean and discreet excitement. Open? Explore? Partners in passion we could be! Discretion assured! Let’s try! 1882 SEEKING ATTRACTIVE OLDER WOMAN. Tall, handsome, WM, 48 YO, seeks sexy woman looking for romance. Slim or fullfigured not an issue as long as you are passionate. Discretion if needed. 1879 ALLITERATION, OH VALENTINE! FLEXIBLE, frolicsome, faithful, forthright fellow fancies fit, fetching, friendly, forties female for festive, fruitful forays. (Now can you say it out loud quickly three times in a row?) 1878 SWM, HANDSOME 5’9, 205 LBS., 45 YO, long, curly, brown hair, mustache. Carpenter, musician, painter, gardener, solar home, love nature, sports, cats, kids. Hate ignorance, intolerance, cruelty. ISO healthy, affectionate F to share. 1864 SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE FOR LIFE, LOVE and outdoors. Mountaineer, skier, climber. SWPM seeks fit 25-35 YO F for friendship. LTR possible if wild, kinky, sharing, caring, active, sexy and sane enough for each other. Honesty, communication, trust important. How about you? 1856 IN THE WOODS IS PERPETUAL YOUTHEmerson. Mid-aged man, 5’9, 150 lbs., NS, beautiful spirit, beautiful man, great attitude, long-distance runner, artist, writer, hoping to find easygoing, kind, free spirit for wonderful, open, loving relationship. It can happen. 1855
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RETIRED DWM, COUNTRY BOY ISO 50 something ( + or -) lady. Active, fit and adventurous. I am financially and emotionally stable. Love to dance, travel, Harley rider. Plattsburgh. 1842 KIND, STEADY, 51 YO, WP LOOKING FOR companion to laugh myself silly with while we chase lobsters around the kitchen floor. Live outside the city, but I would certainly like a reason for coming here every weekend and then some. 1835 54 YO WM, LOOKING FOR ATTRACTIVE F for fun, romance. Smoker and light drinker here. Must like kids. 1833 HOPELESS ROMANTIC, SWM 29 YO, SEEKing a SWF 21-35 YO who wants to be treated like a princess. 1807 HOPELESS LOSER. SWM, 46 YO, 5’8, can’t find a date if my life depended on it. Complete basket case. Looking for slim, attractive lady with lots of time and patience for companionship. 1805 49 YO M ISO F, 35-45 YO, AVERAGE looks and build who has a big heart, as I do. Let’s get together for coffee. 1804 STOP LOOKING. HANDSOME, LONGhaired, politically incorrect, flat broke, beer swilling, wise-guy carpenter seeks attractive woman, 35-45 YO, with whom to garden, hike, and love. Pretty toes and dark humor a must. No flags or ribbons. Central Vt. 1802 SWM 53 YO LOOKING FOR WOMEN 45-53 YO for friends or more. I like women who like to treated as an equal with no head games. 1782 24 YO STUDENT LOOKING FOR MELLOW girl to share sunny days outside. I love painting, snowshoeing, reggae, Tolkien, animals. I am a vegetarian...and cute. 420 a +. 1775 WANTED: SWF RUNNER, UNDER 39 YO, for occasional evening runs in Burlington area, or Montpelier. 2-10 miles, easy hard 5k. Marathon training! 1764 BALANCED M INTO SEXY CROSS-DRESSing seeks very open-minded F for fun and fantasy. I’m cute male or female and can be your ultimate man or your sexy girl. Pictures available, so let’s talk, meet and see. 1762 SWM 44 YO, KIND, COMMUNICATIVE, playful, cuddly, strong, intuitive, musical, attractive, intellectually and physically active. Seeking interdependent LTR with an open-hearted, happy woman without full-time children near Burlington. 1739 SHOW ME A GOOD TIME. SWM SEEKING current, ex or wannabe stripper. Are you young, beautiful, sexy, playful? If so, let’s have some fun together. No strings. Possible LTR. 1611
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>> PLACE ONE FOR FREE DESPERATELY SEEKING YOU! HEALTHconscious M who enjoys workouts, organic foods, theater, movies, country/classical music, Formula 1 racing and country living, seeks a beautiful soul mate who is easygoing, warm, sensual, classy, maybe a little naughty .... 40-50ish. 1608 50 YO M SEEKS F FOR FUN AND FRIENDship. Our object is to relive the ‘60’s and ‘70’s music. Prefer ND-NS-NA. But will be considerate. Activity to involve excursions, companionship and non-alcoholic partying. 1606 36 YEARS YOUNG AND A BLAST! GOODlooking, honest, fun, intelligent, sweet or naughty, charismatic and spontaneous teddy bear with passion and sexy. ISO cute, please have mind of your own, used to self-confident woman. Fun in the snow! 1595 SWM, 41 YO, LOOKING FOR F, 25-40 YO love to go to movies, dinner, casual dates, keep each other warm on those cold nights. 1594 35 YO SINGLE FATHER THAT ENJOYS THE outdoors and sports and has a great sense of humor. Looking for a 28-38 YO to enjoy them with. 1591 DWM, EMOTIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY secure. Looking for a woman to share good time with. Me: In great shape and romantic, dinner with candles and movies. You: No head games. Looking for LTR. 25-35 YO, race not important. 1583 I’M SWM, 6’2, 25 YO LOOKING FOR A respectful WF, honest and ready to be in love. I’m not a picky person but I like her to be fit, physically and emotionally. 1581 CUTE AND FUN. LAID-BACK, ATTENTIVE, spontaneous, charming, enjoys flirting with woman who enjoy the outdoors, passion, simple life. Lots of fun, financially secure. Looking for cute playmate. I work alone. Outgoing, normally date a woman who is ‘real outgoing’. 1574 ONE CALL AWAY. DWM, YOUNG 42. Aged-well, smoker, seeks slender to average woman, 32-50 YO, who likes to laugh, enjoys classic rock, dancing, good food and drink, jacuzzi, romance, passion and is affectionate. Much more, call. 1496 SWM, 27 YO VEGETARIAN. LOVE TO snowshoe, hike, skateboard and would like someone who can share with me their experiences. L8ter sk8ter. Movies, board games, video games, Internet, work, tea. SP. 1493
S, 34 YO, HANDSOME, FIT, BLACK, BLUE. Fun, creative, happy. Have place in the country. I am well-built and endowed. ISO girls. College girls, women, for oral pleasure. I will please you. I give great massages. 1491 MAWM ISO NSF 30-50 YO. HAPPILY married handsome, fit, outdoorsy, creative professional seeks fit, attractive woman for love and play. (It’s fine with my wife.) Let’s talk. Discretion, please. D/D free. 1420
60 + SWM, RETIRED GENT, 6’1, 175 LB. W & B seeking F companion for downhill skiing, road biking, sailing, dinners in Montreal, travel plus your choice. Must be available and trim. 1946 GENEROUS, FIT, ATTRACTIVE, SENSUAL and whimsical gentleman seeking F, 40 +, for travel, wining and dining companion. Hopefully you would have similar traits. Let’s chat. 1487
women > women 27 YO FEMME, BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND out. ISO soft butch for down-to-earth fun, including snuggling, watching movies, massage and laughter. Let’s talk and meet and see where it leads! 2031 I AM A SINGLE MOM. LOOKING FOR some one to share my life with. Must like kids, cuz my two girls come first. 1964 SOUND LIKE YOU? I’M ISO A CUTE, short woman. Smoker, meat-eater okay. Must be a Cancer, love boating, walking, Church Street popcorn, concerts, and treating your dog like an angel. Ready to bring your a-game? Call me. 1937 SWEET, SEXY, FEMME, 30 YO, SEEKS sweet, sexy butch for down-to-earth fun, cuddling, and laughter. Looking for somebody who is warm, honest and tender to celebrate life with. No long-term commitment necessary, but no players, please. 1800 36 YO GF ISO SGW 25-45 YO WHO WANT to join our dating club. Call to find out more about Vermont’s first lesbian dating club. 1795
men > men 59 YO, GWM SEEKING GM FOR LTR. AGE, looks not important. Looking for roomie to move in w/and share expenses and bed. I’m 5’9, 200 lbs., clean, discreet. If this is what you are looking for, let’s talk. 2041 GWM, 33 YO SEEKING MARRIED OR BIcurious guys in need of fun, safe encounters on the “down low.” You must be clean, attractive and masculine; firsttimers welcome. I’ll host day or night, and I am very discreet. 2010 40S SGWM ATTRACTIVE, YOUNG-LOOKING, 5’9, 150 lbs., br/bl. ISO guys, young guys a +, who like to receive great oral and top this hot bottom. Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle. 1865 ALONE, GWM 52 YO MASCULINE SEEKS younger GWM of slender, smooth build for fun on weekend in St. Albans area. Be honest, D/D-free. 1772 FFDGATSCU SEEKS DGLJFFNS FOR TLC, KFC, TCBY and possible LTR. BYOB ASAP. 1612 TALL, MUSCULAR, 38 YO WM ISO WELLhung men who like to be serviced. Very hungry, aggressive mouth, masculine. Daytimes. Let’s get hot! 1601 32 YO BIWM 5’10, 170 LBS. ATTRACTIVE, clean-cut, in shape and very discreet. Looking to meet young 18-32 YO guy that’s in shape, cute, into back rubs and more. Boys will be boys. Call me, we’ll go from there. 1600
bi seeking ? LOOKING FOR A HOT WOMAN WHO wants to strap it on for me so I’ll get the same as she did. Fulfill my dream! I’ve been so bad. 2046 ARE YOU A HEALTHY BIM OR EXPERImenting straight guy who would like to find some discreet relief in a rural setting? Call me. If it feels right, I am at your service. Brandon-Middlebury area. 2038 50 YO BI BURLINGTON MAN LOOKING for hot fun and friends. Good-looking, younger-looking, fun guy, 190 lbs., 5’6, smooth body. FF is OK, CU w/bi guy is great. Well-hung, Burlington area. 1961 I AM A 41 YO, WELL-EDUCATED, VERY good-looking African-American M P, ISO a well-educated P M, F, or trans, 35 to 45 YO for friendship and/or more. Person must enjoy laughter and like to communicate. 1933
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ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE SEEKS someone with a freaking dremel who doesn’t drive by the map, but sees where the road leads. Open windows a must. 1860 28 YO SEXY, ADVENTUROUS, SPUNKY and outgoing Latina woman looking for 25-40 YO woman. Must be slim to average build, sexy, confident, outgoing with big breasts a +! Call if you’d like to meet this hot tamale! 1840 BIWM LOOKING FOR GUYS FOR HOT, wild sex and a guy who likes to go out to dinner and the bars. Be D/D-free and ready for good time. Love to please orally. All calls answered. Serious inquiries only. 1778 ARE YOU HAPPY AT HOME, BUT COULD really use a good-looking, well-hung buddy with his own place between Burlington and Middlebury? Be straightacting, hairy-chested, hot and discreet. 1486
just friends SPF, 51 YO, SLIM, FIT, REDHEAD. NS, healthy lifestyle. Warm, vivacious, intelligent, sophisticated, fun, likes the finer things in life. Wanna be a writer. Likes movies, dinners, traveling, conversation, dancing. Looking for like-minded friends, happy, positive, successful. 2040 MAW GENTLEMAN, 50 YO, GREAT SENSE of humor, easygoing, loves the great outdoors, rides a nice Harley, works early midnights, seeking MA, attractive F friend to share calm, easygoing days at the beach, clothes optional. No serious commitments. 1872 W SEEKS W FRIENDSHIP. 59 YO EXhealth care/massage therapist. NS/ND, not athletic anymore, but still like nature. Enjoy road trips, hour-days, trains, too. Creative varied interests. Christian/ Catholic. Recent loss 30-year LP. 1838 MY MOM NEEDS A FRIEND. RECENTLY widowed, middle-age, disabled mom needs someone to hang out with, drink coffee or beer and chat. Must be kind, patient and smoke-tolerant. I’m leaving and don’t want to leave her lonely. 1785 SPRING IS COMING. SAILING CREW needed for 38’ sailboat. Will train you. Inexperience no problem. Male, female. Nice boat, hot shower. Nice kitchen with fridge. Docked at Malletts Bay. Let’s talk. 1774
couples seeking... SINGLES OR COUPLES: COME ONE, COME all! A 35 YO NE Kingdom Bi F needs an all gender birthday bang. The more the merrier. Be adult, D/D free, not shy and fully functional. 2022 25/26 YO MA/BI/CU ISO BI M/F OR CU for casual gatherings. We encourage all interested to respond. No restrictions on weight/color. Age less than 40 YO. 1896 BI-CURIOUS WCU 34/36 YO ISO M TO meet with. Open to most anything. Give us a call, we’ll see what happens. 1891 32/55 YO CU LOOKING TO MEET SOME fun friends w/benefits. 420-friendly, light drink, looking for long term, not one night. She is an exhibitionist, he likes to watch. Burlington area. 1763 YOUNG MACU, 28 YO M, 26 YO F, LOOKing for BiF for our first time. We are active and energetic, please be the same. 1605 KINKY PLAYMATE WANTED: ISO MEN 18-35 YO, Barre area, for kinky fun. I want to watch my boyfriend give oral to a man so I can punish him for being naughty. Can host. 1598
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41 YO MAWM, ATTRACTIVE, FIT, ENDOWed. Orally talented. Absolutely love to give yet rarely allowed. ISO a F friend, 40-55 YO, seeking to receive prolonged oral. Reciprocation optional. Smoker, light drinker OK. Disease-free. Discretion a must. 2033 BIM ISO WELL-ENDOWED MEN TO SERvice. I’m single, slim and discreet. Free on weekends, very submissive, will do as I am told. Just be in shape, will meet with you wherever I am told. I’m ready and willing. 2032 BONDAGE ANYONE? 35 YO EXPERIENCed, skilled dominant in Burlington looking for F partner (no men/cd/tv, please). LTR preferred but play partners considered. Fun, active and attractive. Loving, but with sadistic streak. Limits tested but respected. Let’s enjoy each other. 2028 EXPERIENCED, SEXY, LOVING, CARING M, 36 YO. Looking for wild times w/younger F into sharing in consensual bondage games. Require adventurous spirit, discretion, no STDs, ND. Bring fantasies, desires. So much life, trust, respect to share w/lovely vixen. 2027 FAT MAN LOOKING FOR OTHER FAT MEN for fun. 1974 I AM A 55 YO WMAM. I WANT TO BE A slave to a CU or F. I am D/D-free. I live in Milton. I will please you. 1960 MA, SWPM, 6’2, 195 LBS., BROWN HAIR, hazel eyes, with some means and a sharp wit, seeks slender, pretty, intelligent, young woman for a “moderately perverted affair,” not necessarily leading to anything in particular. 1950 CUTE 25 YO SWM, 5’9, BROWN, SPIKY black hair, open-minded, kinky. Seeking female or females for mutual masturbation or to watch me. If you like watching, I’m definitely for you. 1887 SWM SEEKING SF INTO MUSIC, READING, astrology, movies, conversation and tea. Me: 32 YO, 5’5, 150 lbs., br/br and hard to understand. You: 5’5 or under, kind, lovable, huggable and leggy? Don’t remain alone. 1854 WANTED: ASIAN QUEEN BETWEEN 30-44 YO. In return very attractive, very younglooking, SWM 39 YO, lots of morals, fun, dresses well, financially well. Enjoy dinners out, movies, concerts, good conversations, romance, much more. 1793 MBIWM, 35 YO, LOOKING FOR TVS, TS, and select M to please. Loves oral, plenty of free time, looking for regular hook-up. Call, you won’t be disappointed 1575 M VOYEUR LOOKING FOR F/CU EXHIBItionists for fun and good times. Let’s talk. 1413
i spy BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, 2/10, ROXY, 1 o’clock showing. You sat on aisle left, shaved head. All black clothing and stylish black glasses. You are the most beautiful man in the world. 2050 I SPY A NAKED SKIER IN PLAINFIELD. You are so special to me. I wouldn’t trade the time we spent together for anything in the world. Let’s try it again sometime when we’re both ready. I love you. 2047 I SPY YOU, TAL,L DARK-HAIRED HANDsome Ski Rack XC skier. Your bold facial hair expressions have captivated me for so long. I must find out more about the mysterious man underneath. 2045 FROM THE FIRST ‘GET IN MY LIFE’, TO the last side of tofu, you have both zazzed and blazzed our hearts and groins. We love you! Signed, your ladies. 2044 NECTAR’S, 2/11. YOU: BLACK TEE AND hat, glasses with beard, named Scott. You told me it was my “lucky day,” but vanished before we could exchange info. Would love to chat with you again about guano and scary things. BTW, I’m also afraid of spiders. 2035 TO THE BLONDE BARTENDER AT AKE’S Place. I love watching you make Bloody Marys. Maybe you could teach me how to shake my pepper like you shake yours. 2026
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WEEKEND OF JANUARY 13-14: I SPY Molly. Supple, at Charlie O’s, playing pool. We shared a moment or two. Where have you gone? Thinking of you lately... rematch! Fire and water! 2025
SINGLES PARTY AT THE NAIL: YOU: THE sexy mortgage girl. Me: The car guy. I would love to eat chocolate and rock out to Young M.C. again! You know where to find me! 1968
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, HEAVENLY. You are the most eggstraordinary carpenter, musician, man that I know. How about some Rummy, tea and possibilities? 1926
TO THE ‘DOVE’ GIRL LINDSEY AT COSTCO last week. I invited you to a party and you mentioned you have a birthday coming up. Let me take you out to celebrate it? 1841
I SPY MY BEST FRIEND, MY DOGGY, MY love. This has been the best year, getting better every day. We are a good team and the hottest twins since... well, you know. Happy V-day/birthday to Bear. Always, Kitten. 2024
WAITRESS AT THE SHED: YOU KNOW MY friends well and always treat us great. I am the fifth wheel of the group, bearded w/blue eyes. We always come after skiing. Can I buy you a drink sometime? 1963
I SPY THE MAN I WANT. IT WAS Valentine’s Day 1988. I would do it all over again. I did. I do. I love you. 1925
TOM THE ENGINEER ON 1/31. MAD RIVER Glen chair lift. You: Orange scream skis. Kristin the nurse is bored in Burlington. We should hang out. ? 1839
I SPY THE SNAKE IN MY SHOWER, “MY kitchen,” my bed... What’s a fuzzy mammal to do? You’ve coiled your way around my heart, now I’m stuck purring and salsaing my way through endless pbj&d sandwiches. ~M 2023
HOT, TALL, SHAGGY BLONDE GUY WITH rosy cheeks. JP’s Saturday and then saw you driving your big green 4xrunner. I can never forget your face. I want to be the guy who makes you smile. 1957
VALENTINE’S DAY, PAPA FRANK’S, YOU caught my eye a couple of times. Felt adventurous and wrote down number, but you were leaving and I never gave it to you. I like your eyes. Meet again? 2021 DEAR ROSE, MAY I IMPOSE THE POSSIbility of persuasion upon thee? Your Pure Pop smile used to make me virile, now I’m Java beholden to thee. You may be unavailable but I am unassailable. Respond if you please. Skinny Jim. 2020 THE WOMAN NAMED JOEY FROM Montpelier, we danced at the singles party at the Rusty Nail. I never got your number. Would like to get together if you would like. 2018 TO THE GORGEOUS, BLUE-EYED GUY AT Quiznos Williston Rd, you handed me my soup. It was hot like you. Wanna have lunch? 2017 STOWE, 2/04, PARKING LOT BELOW QUAD. You: Throwing football. Me: Brunette, in bright snowboard pants, changing shirts, told you how the snow was. I know you from somewhere. Do you work around town? We should shred sometime. 2016 I SPIED A BEAUTY IN JERICHO WITH shoulder-length brown hair. Have you been working out? You look very fit. Sometimes can be seen at the Village Cup. 2015 WE TALKED TOWARDS END AT HIGHER Ground on 2/11. You: From Morrisville with friend from Richford. You went to Doubletree to spend the night. Missed you later. Would love to meet again. 2014
MONTPELIER CUMBIES, WEDNESDAY 2/08, 9 p.m., your black Tercel almost as beautiful as you. You: blue jeans, winter boots, vision in motion. Me: older guy filling up next to you. Meet for coffee/tea sometime? 1954
VSO WALTZ NIGHT: I DIDN’T CATCH YOUR name but I know I caught your eye. You: the trumpet player lingering at dinner. I was in a purple gown organizing the event. I waited for you to talk to me…Drinks sometime? 1924 I SPY THE HOTTIE HEALTHY LIVING CLERK who is heading to India for far too long. Will you be my Valentine from the other side of the world? xxoo 1923 IRA OF THE ALPINE SHOP. YOU FIT MY boots, can you fit my glass slipper? I would love to find out. Martinis at Bangkok this Saturday? 1922
SWEET RR, I HEAR YOU WHISPERING MY name through the tall pines and white birches surrounding the cottage by the brook. Happy Valentine’s Day from your HPS. 1953
I SAW YOU ACROSS THE TABLE AT Premiere Rue on St. Paul. You are still as beautiful as the day I met you! I hope we can have another close encounter! I love you! SMM 1899
TO A VIOLENT GIRL WHO’S NOT SCARED of anything, heard you have a birthday coming up. Let us know how you’d like to spend it! 1952
KATIE THE TEACHER, WE MET AT OP, Sat. Missed you after paid my tab. Would really like to see you again. Please call and leave message if you want to. 1892
I SPY MY LOVELY BLUE-EYED MAIDEN crossing the covered bridge in Cambridge Junction. Will you be my Valentine? 1948
SUNDAY, 2/05, VTBC, BLUE SWEATSHIRT and red Guard hat sitting near window, I have a crush on you! 1890
RED-HEADED WOMAN AT DMV ON NORTH Ave. Friday 2/03, that waved and smiled as I walked through your path. Wanna DMV? (Date my Valentine?) 1947 I SPY A MISS A NAY NAY AND HER Shadow. I see you every day but want you to know how much you mean to me. I couldn’t ask for a better friend. A Hay Hay!! 1943 2/08 AT THE NAIL. BRUNETTE W/ WONderful eyes. Nickel Creek vs. Nickelback? Too funny!!! Take Creek. I’m not rude and wouldn’t interrupt the other guy. Come back to Stowe sometime. Please!!? Would love to meet up again. 1942 YOU SAID YOU WERE INTO MOLECULAR genetics and tae kwon do when we chatted in Sociology class. Let’s have a “Family Guy” marathon followed by a sexual study session. 1941
2/05 SHAWS, BERLIN DELI LINE AT NOON. You: Short dark hair, stunning eyes, warm smile and an amazing rapport with your son (getting sweet potatoes) Me: black leather long coat and a rare loss for words. Chat over coffee? 1889 TO THE AMAZING WOMAN WHO FOUND my wallet and turned it in to the Burlington Police station on 1/23. I thank you so much. It’s nice to know that there are still honest people in the world. 1888 STOWE, SATURDAY, 2/4. WE TALKED AT the top of Sunrise. You were trying out red barons and asked if my teles were demos. Then you skied away. Perfectly. Wanna make some turns together? 1884
YOU: THE GIRL AT MOVIES. ME: THE GUY in Korea. The message: I miss you. 1940
THIS GHOST MUST BE REALLY BROKEN. “Not that I can blame anyone else for my life’s strange turns of events.” Is that really you? I would say that our song is: You can leave your hat on, by Joe Cocker. 1880
DEB, DMV, MONTPELIER: MY TIMING IS off. I’ll keep the channel open. Hopefully the line is still active. I’d really like to show my gratitude. There has to be a way to communicate. Your turn. D 2012
I SPY THE TRUE LOVE OF MY LIFE WORKing at the Matterhorn sushi bar. Dark brown hair, and sexy green eyes, yummy! FGL you once again know who I am, remember I am always here for you. XOXOXO 1939
YOU: CONFIDENT, BEAUTIFUL, BLUE-EYED, burlesque dancer from New Year’s Eve. We chatted at Ferrick show, I let you know how much I enjoyed your performance. Me: speechless, too shy to ask you out. Meet for coffee sometime? 1861
JILL, SO GLAD I GOT TO SPEND MY ninth life with you. If I had more, they’d be yours, too. You know my love by heart, keep it safe somewhere inside you. I miss your warmth. I’m yours. Michael 1977
B: ARE YOU THE ONE TO STEAL MY HEART completely? Are you the one that I have waited for? Let´s make a date for the 14th. L 1938
FRIDAY, 1/27. KYLE, I ENJOYED TALKING with you at Metronome. Wished I had asked for your number. Wanna exchange? 1858
B&J’S, CHURCH ST. YOU ASKED IF I wanted a bag. I said no. If anything was melting, it was me. Frankly, I don’t know what to do. 2013
2/12 IRISH SESSIONS AT LANGDON ST. I came in at the tail end, wishing I had caught more of your mandolin playing. I sat up front with my laptop and my roommate. Join me for a beer or a ski? 1976 FUNNY BEAR, I KNOW YOU’LL FIND IT there and I’m here always loving you. The sun may shiver and the moon may shake, let’s get to know each other, your Manta Ray. 1975 I SPY AT GARDEN OF EATIN’: CUTE GIRL with great hat on 2/08. You ordered Hayley’s Basil, heated. I was waiting for my food. Wanted to say hi but missed my chance. Care to meet for lunch? 1973 I SPY THE FRIEND I USE TO SING TO. IT seems like ages since I sent you and your sister flowers for Valentine’s. I miss you like crazy. It’s been over a year. Call me? A traveling soldier. 1972 WE HAD OUR ROMANCE IN THE AIRPLANE of my dreams. Tall, slender, lightly tanned, freckled, dark red hair. Witty. Gorgeous. Intense. Sensual. Loving. You once lived in Portland, OR. Are you out there, or was my dream mere fantasy? 1970
DANIELA, WE MET AT THE 99 AND WENT for a motorcycle ride. That was nice. Almost 3 years now and planning our third trip to Italy! Wanted you to know you make me very happy! Chow, your belesemo! 1935 I SPY COASTAL SOUL IN WARREN, VT. Enjoyed reading about you online and would like to hear more about you, your kids, remodeling, etc. My quirky humor credentials include Seinfeld, Sedaris and Chappelle. 1932 TO THE KIND MAN AND HIS SON WHO literally went out of their way for a stranger’s emergency: My sister and I reached our destination; you couldn’t have been more helpful! Cheers to you! 1931 I DIDN’T SPY A THIEF. YOU TOOK MY bag out of my office and I’d like it back. I know you’ll keep some things, but the bag, pen and pins/patches are very sentimental. No questions asked, just bring it back. 1930 MR. Z, HANDSOME BARTENDER IN ESSEX. You make me smile more and more each day. Thank you. Sweet M. 1929 TAG. YOU’RE IT! MEET ME IN OUR FLYinfested house for more games—and you can tag me. 143. 1927
1/27, I SPY A CUTE GUY AT DICK’S. YOU were checking out steppers and I was looking at bikes. I asked you if the bike I was on was loud. Would love to get together for coffee sometime. 1836 CUTE GIRL AT SHELBURNE RD. KFC Friday, 1/27. You took my order and told me you had been late for work after having found your cat. Are you single? How about a movie? 1738 WERE YOU LOOKING for Jake in Vermont? I replied to your ad on the phone, but have not heard from you. Did you get my message? If you are still interested let me know, because I am. 1806 DEAR ABBY: We met at StrangeFolk and I can’t stop thinking about you. I should have asked for your number. You stole my heart...I stole your red lighter. That night was more than a coincidence. 1801 THE WOMAN who is beauty itself. Additionally, she’s honest, sexy, smart, funny, loves bacon and chicken butt eggs. Just some of the things I should have wrote down sooner. Maybe I’d still be with you. Miss you tons. 1791 MISSED CONNECTION: You: giving out candy. Me: vampire face paint and cape. You gave me old lady candy. Would you like to meet up and exchange your sugar-free lozenge for something edible? Do you eat toothpaste for dinner? Call me! 1780 KNIFER/STABBY McGEE...My space in my heart swings ‘round and round in lust. Will it fill in with you? Could we wake to...happy bed head...? 1765 STONE SOUP, Friday 1/20: My playfulness got the best of me when the words “you look better than my friend” tumbled out of my mouth. Interested in friendship? 1761 12/20 YOU witnessed my accident. I thought you were really sweet and cute. Want to grab a beer sometime? 1757 RJ’S 1/19, YOU: Blond hair, captivating blue eyes, bright smile, trying to convince me to drink BL. Me: Blue shirt, orange hat, loving every second of the conversation. You ran off too fast and I was too chicken to get your number. Want to grab some ML sometime? 1756 I SPY A HOT bouncer at Metronome, 1/20. You: stalky/muscular, tan skin. I told my friend in her ear you were hot, pretty sure you heard me, you wished me a happy birthday. It made my night, call if interested. 1746
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VT National Country Club is seeking an experienced accounting assistant to join our team. FT summer/PT winter with competitive wage and benefits package. Send cover, resume and salary requirements to: VT National Country Club Attn: Accounting Manager 1227 Dorset Street, So. Burlington, VT 05403 or Fax (802) 863-1795
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ACCTS RECEIVABLE/GRANTS SPECIALIST PPNNE’s mission is to provide, promote and protect voluntary choices about reproductive health for all. Immediate opening for a full-time Accounts Receivable/Grants Specialist (37.50 hours weekly) in our Williston office, with main emphasis on budget preparation, tracking and billing for diverse federal, state, and foundation grants. Other duties include accounts receivable/cash receipts responsibilities, balance sheet account reconciliation, and some support to accounts payable. Requires an Associate’s degree in accounting and 1-2 years relevant experience (or the equivalent), plus thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office products and computer data entry, familiarity with basic accounting principles and methods, excellent communication and organizational skills, and commitment to outstanding customer service. Competitive benefit package available including health, dental, life, retirement, and PPNNE health care services. To apply for this challenging, thought-provoking position in our customerfocused, continual learning environment, please respond with cover letter, resume and salary requirements by March 3rd to:
PPNNE, Senior Accountant 183 Talcott Road, Suite 101, Williston, VT 05495 or email hresources@ppnne.org EOE
DIRECTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS The College seeks an experienced and successful recruitment professional to direct, coordinate and administer undergraduate admissions activities. Reporting to the Vice President for Student Services, the Director must work with appropriate offices to plan, develop and facilitate effective recruitment strategies to support the implementation of the College’s enrollment plan. Responsibilities: achieve quantity, quality and distribution goals for student enrollment of first-time and transfer students; train, mentor and provide professional development opportunities for staff; participate in institutional strategic planning; utilize appropriate technological and market research tools; provide leadership to ensure cooperation and collaboration with academic and administrative departments; and monitor a comprehensive assessment plan to ensure continuous improvement in effectiveness, efficiency and quality of services. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree and proven track record of achieving enrollment goals preferred; substantial record of successful experiences with high school and/or college students and working knowledge of Datatel system desirable. The ideal candidate will convey a firm commitment to diversity and excellent communication, presentation, analytical, and leadership skills.
Submit cover letters, resume and references by 3/15/06 to: Human Resources, Champlain College PO Box 670, Burlington, VT 05402-0670 or fax 802-860-2772 or email hr@champlain.edu EOE
Looking for compassionate, self-directed people to provide on-site support and household management for adults considered to have major mental illness and some physical health problems in a community care home in Burlington. Looking to hire for all three shifts and especially the awake overnight shift. Students are welcome to apply. Individuals with some nurse’s aid training or mental health background are appreciated. Hours are flexible. Send resumes to Debra Clemmer by March 1, 2006 at the HCHS, 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT 05401 or email DebraC@howardcenter.org.
AWAKE OVERNIGHT RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS Individuals needed for residential programs for adults who have major mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Excellent benefits. BA/BS in related field required. Familiarity with behavioral treatment plans preferred. Send resumes to Lis Mickenberg at HCHS 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT 05401 or LisM@howardcenter.org. THREE POSITIONS AVAILABLE
RESIDENTIAL COUNSELOR Needed for intensive residential treatment facility for adults who are considered to have mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Part-time day position with excellent benefits. BA/BS in related field required. Familiarity with behavioral treatment plans preferred. Send resumes to Lis Mickenberg at HCHS 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT 05401or LisM@howardcenter.org. www.howardcenter.org Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EEO/TTY
Join our growing team of software professionals in Montpelier, who are developing and installing a dynamic new software product for life science laboratories.
Entry-Level Software Tester Experience in testing software, can create and execute test plans. Technical experience in configuring test servers. Maintain focus, document findings, and provide meticulous, verbal and written detail in active work environment. Can-do attitude. MS Suite knowledge.
Software Engineer Degree in computer programming with minimum two years experience in software design and development. Ability to understand complex applications. Excellent understanding of programming principles and data structures. Familiar with C++, HTML, XML, XSL, Java, Javascript and VB. Familiar with Oracle or SQL server. Good written and verbal skills.
Administrative Assistant Provide high quality and efficient administrative support to the Business Manager. Duties include reception, handling incoming telephone inquiries, photocopying, maintaining files, preparing document shipments, coordinating and scheduling travel, processing expense accounts, arranging facility for meetings, and other general requests for support. Requires excellent communication, attention to detail, multitasking, and organizational skills. Experience in office administration. Associate’s degree. MS Suite knowledge. Tech-savvy. Can-do attitude.
Technical Writer/Trainer Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills. College degree. As Technical Writer understand and interpret complex technical applications to formulate documents. Previous experience in technical writing required. As Technical Trainer – develop comprehensive curricula and associated training materials to deliver software to clients. Laboratory or life science background preferred.
Laboratory Sales Representative Innovative and experienced sales representative with a proven track record selling enterprise laboratory software. Must excel at cold calling, prospecting and territory development, closing deals (including proposal development and budgeting), and have experience selling to major accounts, including large pharmaceutical companies. Ideal for the right candidate looking to grow and lead sales for a new product line. Minimum two years of laboratory software sales experience. Perform well in a challenging and fast-paced market with intense competition. Must be able to work with remote teams. Please email resume and cover letter to our HR department at:
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Are you looking for a job where you can be home before your kids? Have weekends, holidays, and summers off? Do you have a nurturing personality? Do you like being around other caring people? “If You Answered Yes, We Have a Great Job for You!� Please call Scott at The Abbey Food Service Group, 933-4205 x26 for openings at the Winooski School.
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Development/Administrative Associate: Research and prepare grant applications and other fundraising correspondence, manage program admin. duties esp. database updates and meeting coordination, coordinate volunteers, plan events. Qualifications: Strong communication skills, detail-oriented, committed to a high level of quality control and record-keeping, min. one year fundraising and admin./database mgmt. experience, friendly, team player, committed to farming. Up to 30 hours/week.
Seeking a Pharmacy Billing Specialist for pharmacy transaction billing, claims processing, and quality customer service in our Williston administrative office. The ideal candidate will have an Associate’s degree plus 1-2 years (or the equivalent) experience working in a pharmacy setting. Strong computer, organizational and oral communication skills are required, in addition to the ability to handle multiple tasks with accuracy. This is a full-time position, 37.50 hours weekly, with great benefits!
The Intervale offers a creative work environment and competitive wages/benefits. Send cover letter and resume to:
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Kit Perkins kit@intervale.org Executive Director, Intervale Foundation 180 Intervale Road, Burlington, VT 05401 www.intervale.org
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EMPLOYMENT MSW Adult Home Care The VNA has a benefited, 22.5 hour per week position for an experienced Social Worker! The ideal candidate will have strong counseling skills, as well as knowledge of community resources for elders, adults with disabilities and their families. Most interventions are short-term, with the goal of crisis prevention and elimination of barriers to home health care management. VT licensure or eligibility for licensure is needed — licensure supervision is provided. The ability to independently manage a caseload while working as part of a dynamic, interdisciplinary team is also required. Interested candidates can send resume with cover letter referencing this position to:
VNA, Attn: HR 1110 Prim Rd Colchester, VT 05446 or apply online at www.vna-vermont.org.
RETAIL SALES STAFF Are you interested in working at Vermont’s best paddlesports shop? Canoe Imports is looking for full-time retail staff for the spring and summer seasons. Help our customers choose the right paddling gear and share your enthusiasm for the outdoors. We’re looking for someone who can handle life in a fast-paced shop and still have fun. Paddling experience a plus but not required. If this interests you, send your resume to: Canoe Imports 370 Dorset St. So. Burlington VT 05403 Attn: Ethan
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To request an application packet, call 802-428-2096 or email to hinesburgtown@gmavt.net For more information regarding the position or the Hinesburg Community Police, contact Chief Chris Morrell at 802-482-3397. Applications accepted until the position is filled. EOE.
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Buildings & Grounds: Groundskeepers, Housekeepers Education: Exhibit Guides, Family Activity Center Coordinator Visitor Services: Information Specialist, Cashier/Rental Specialist, Jitney Drivers Protective Services: Seasonal and Full-time Officers Please call 985-3348 x *3562.
Deputy Police Chief The Town of Hinesburg, Vermont, is accepting applications for a full-time Deputy Police Chief. The successful candidate should be certified as a full-time police officer, possess supervisory skills and have leadership potential. The Hinesburg Community Police Department consists of three full-time (including the Police Chief) and four part-time officers and provides 108 hours of coverage/week to the Town of Hinesburg, population approximately 5000, located in southern Chittenden County. The position offers a competitive salary (hiring range $42,000-$45,000, based upon qualifications and experience), excellent benefits and growth potential.
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F31CB7D3 7@31B=@ North Country Animal League, a “limited access” humane society is seeking an Executive Director with a proven track record in fundraising, donor stewardship, operational management experience, strategic planning, financial oversight, and public speaking. This 6000 square foot, state-of-the-art animal shelter in Lamoille County, Vermont requires a dynamic leader of a yearly adoption rate of 800 plus companion animals, exceptional team-oriented staff and annual operational budget of $450,000. Applicants with an animal welfare background and/or non profit organizations including broad management experience preferred. Benefits package included and salary is negotiable with experience. Send, via email or mail, a cover letter, resume and names/addresses of three references to: North Country Animal League Attn: Sallie Scott 3524 Laporte Rd., Morrisville, Vermont 05661 or adopt@ncal.com, www.ncal.com
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Committed to providing outstanding patient care? Join the team at the Timberlane Dental Group, a multi specialty dental practice. Incumbent is responsible for front office supervision of our reception and scheduling staff across multiple locations. Eligible candidates must possess previous supervisory experience in a dental/medical setting. Demonstrated initiative, problem solving and time management skills a must. Established quality improvement and customer service skills essential. Competitive salary and benefits package. Interested candidates should submit resume, salary requirements to:
Teach critical reading and thinking skills, goal setting, time management, career development, learning styles, online research, and electronic portfolio development to first-year Multimedia and Graphic Design students. Master’s degree required; college undergraduate teaching experience and familiarity with computers preferred. Must be flexible, enthusiastic, and enjoy working in a collaborative atmosphere. Training provided.
Dottie Watson Practice Administrator Timberlane Dental Group 60 Timber Lane South Burlington, VT 05403 dwatson@timberlanedental.com www.timberlanedental.com
Human Resources, Champlain College PO Box 670, Burlington, VT 05402-0670 or fax 802-860-2772 or email hr@champlain.edu EOE
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DR® Power Equipment, manufacturer and marketer of the DR® and NEUTON® brands of outdoor power equipment, is looking for High-Quality Customer-Oriented TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS to staff our busy inbound call center. Do you have experience working with small engines and outdoor power equipment? Are you generally mechanically inclined? Do you have a professional telephone manner, enjoy talking with the public, and have solid computer skills? If so, then WE WANT YOU! Our Seasonal Technical Specialists provide technical assistance to our customers worldwide while earning $11 per hour! We provide paid training, holidays and sick time, and profit sharing. This position is seasonal and our next training class starts soon! Please apply in person at our Factory Store on Meigs Road in Vergennes, or send, email or fax your resume and letter of interest to: DR® POWER EQUIPMENT PO Box 240, HR Dept. SD326, Vergennes, VT 05491 Fax 802-877-1229 • Job Hotline 802-877-1235 jobs@DRpower.com DR® Power Equipment is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Our Family Focus Program is an innovative program that is a collaborative effort between Rutland Mental Health Services and Vermont Achievement Center. It provides crisis intervention, short-term family stabilization services and initial triage for all new clients. The following positions are full-time (37.5 hours) and provide competitive salary and benefits including health/dental insurance and 401K.
FAMILY FOCUS PROGRAM COORDINATOR
We are seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented individual with strong leadership qualities, excellent communication skills and previous clinical supervisory experience to lead an interdisciplinary team of 12-14 staff. Responsibilities include administrative and clinical supervision, budgeting, some direct service serving as a resource for families and the community and participation in larger agency management functions. Must be a team player and demonstrate a commitment to interagency collaboration. Master’s degree and license required. Three to five years supervisory experience preferred. Please send resume to:
Rutland Mental Health Services Human Resources PO Box 222 Rutland, VT 05702 EOE
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Seasonal American Food Celebrating the Farms of the Northeast
We are accepting applications at Stowe’s only preferred Hotel & Resort.
SALON MANAGER As Manager of Salon, will insure that operations, service and quality standards are achieved and improved upon daily. Works as a manager of salon to insure that all responsibilities are accomplished in a positive fashion and that co-managers work as a team. The manager will have a defined list of responsibilities to include ordering product, completing monthly inventory standards, scheduling of staff, and introducing new product lines in cooperation with the Retail Manager. Must be licensed Cosmetologist with previous Salon Management experience of 2 years or more. Please email Lisa Malady at:
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DINING ROOM MANAGER Central Vermont Restaurant serving high-end, seasonal American food. Close to Stowe and Mad River Valley. Beautiful, historic location; intimate dining room.
Now hiring for Kitchen and Waitstaff positions. Some start immediately, others not until spring or summer. Apply at Ice House Restaurant, Battery Street, Burlington, after 11:30am.
Currently looking for an experienced dining room manager. Must have a passion for food, wine and the restaurant business.
Call 802-522-9402 or fax resume to 802-244-5800
COOK Mountain Greens Natural Foods Market in Bristol is currently seeking a full-time cook for our deli. Must be creative and experienced in vegetarian as well as nonvegetarian cooking. Fun but productive work environment. Mail or drop off resume to:
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Topnotch Resort and Spa, Vermont’s only Preferred Hotel and Resort, has immediate openings for the following positions: • Retail Agents • Assistant Dining Room Manager • Servers
VERMONT NETWORK LEGAL ISSUES COORDINATOR A part-time salaried position at a statewide domestic and sexual violence coalition. Coordinates advocacy projects, provides technical assistance and serves as a trainer on issues related to domestic and sexual violence and legal systems, including civil/criminal courts, corrections and batterers intervention. Requires knowledge and experience in domestic or sexual violence issues, community organizing or systems advocacy and legal issues, as well as the ability to interact and coordinate successfully with groups and individuals, and strong writing and verbal skills. Will require regular statewide travel. Respond by March 13 with cover letter and resume to:
Hiring Committee, Vermont Network, PO Box 405, Montpelier, VT 05601
You become successful the moment you start moving towards a worthwhile goal. CVS is seeking dynamic and energetic people to provide inclusion supports to a variety of individuals with developmental disabilities. Work with a team of professionals assisting individuals to reach goals and realize dreams. This is a daytime position of 32 hours per week which includes full benefits and the possibility of additional substitute hours. Experience in the field of human services is preferred. If you are interested in joining our diverse team, please submit a letter of interest and resume to:
Champlain Vocational Services 512 Troy Avenue, Colchester, VT 05446 E.O.E.
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Topnotch offers competitive wages, duty meals, health and life insurance options, health-club access, discounted ski passes, and tuition reimbursement. Please contact the HR department at 802-253-6420 or visit our website at www.topnotchresort.com.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in public health, nursing, health education, nutrition, maternal and child health, health administration or related field, plus 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience. 40 hrs/wk, full year. Annual salary $39,200. Send resume, cover letter, and 3 work references to: pbehrman@cvoeo.org. For more details: www.cvoeo.org.
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Morning Sun PublicationS We are currently seeking a select group of high achievers who want to run their own marketing business as an independent contractor. Key sales skills include the ability to build longlasting client relationships, willingness to learn about customer needs and belief in the value of customer service. We offer base pay salary, competitive commission plan and mileage reimbursement.
Qualified candidateS PleaSe call 802.453.2080.
HAIRSTYLIST NEEDED EMPLOYMENT
EASY STREET CAFE & RESTAURANT Busy Mad River Valley cafe/restaurant has an opening for a talented breakfast & lunch cook. Strong line skills and all around kitchen experience required. Full or part-time, mornings and weekends a must. Competitive pay. Come join a great team. Easy Street Cafe & Purple Moon Pub Route 100, Waitsfield, Vermont 802-496-3422., ask for Karen.
Come join a fun, men’s salon. You will be busy right away and have the chance to build your own clientele quickly! We offer excellent compensation and a fun working environment. Full- or part-time positions available. Call Lucy or Jennifer today for a confidential interview at 863-5511.
HOWARD CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES
Center for Technology, Essex
TEMPORARY COMMUNITY SUPPORT CLINICIAN:
Full-time position available to support persons with psychiatric disabilities in Chittenden County. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing creative problem solving, advocacy, resource development, case management, counseling and crisis support. Direct services to clients, families and the community. BA or Master’s degree in human services field and experience with persons with serious and persistent mental disorders preferred. This is not an entry-level position. SEE HCHS WEBSITE FOR DETAILS: http://www.howardcenter.org/Jobs Please submit resumes to: Terrence Hayden, LICSW Howard Center for Human Services 300 Flynn Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EEO/TTY
SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES - CLINICAL SUPERVISOR 40-hour position - Master’s degree Provide clinical supervision for countywide team of school-based service providers (Clinicians, Case Managers and Behavioral Interventionists). Responsibilities include both direct service as well as administrative and clinical supervision. Must be a team player and demonstrate a commitment to interagency collaboration. Supervisory experience and license required. SCHOOL-BASED CLINICIAN 40-hour position - Master’s degree Self-motivated individual who works well with children, families and school professionals. Provides individual and family counseling to students (K-8) in a rural, school-based setting. Clinical experience in school, home and community-based settings preferred.
Rutland Mental Health Services Human Resources PO Box 222Coordinator 2/20/06 2x4-022206 Rutland, VT 05702 EOE
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COMPUTER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
Classroom Teaching Assistant
Our Center for Technology, Essex, is seeking a full-time computer systems tech teaching assistant for the remainder of the 2005-06 school year. Experience repairing, installing and networking computers preferred. Qualified candidate will have good technical skills. Minimum of an Associate’s degree or 48 credit hours required. Pays $10.88/hour, 5.5 hours/day. Excellent benefits package available.
For additional information and application requirements, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Job Opportunities). Applications only accepted electronically on schoolspring.com. Job ID 8586 EOE
Event Coordinator Vermont Tent Company, Vermont’s largest event rental company, is looking for an experienced & enthusiastic individual to join our team working as an Event Coordinator. In this role you will be responsible for helping clients determine their event rental needs, entering orders & helping with all aspects of event design & planning. Qualified applicants must possess prior experience/understanding of the rental and event planning industry and excellent customer service and computer skills. Send resume, cover letter and salary requirements to:
jobs@vttent.com or fax to 802-863-6735. Visit our website for a complete job description at www.vttent.com. Vermont Tent is an EOE employer. 2x5-021506 Multiple
Spherion Staffing, a leading nationwide recruiting and staffing firm, is accepting resumes for the following positions with our clients in Chitt. & Washington counties. Competitive wage plus benefits on all assignments.
Administrative Assistants
Long-term temp. positions at UVM and other various clients. Great customer service, MS-Office and organizational skills required.
Accountants
Temp. Staff Accountant and A/P Clerk positions w/ local retail clothing manufacturer/distributor. 3-5 yrs. exp. in like industry helpful.
Receptionist/Admin Asst.
Temp to hire position open with a local wiring/cable company. Min. 2-3 yrs. exp. Great computer/customer service skills required. Please call for additional details.
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Part-time Administrative Assistant to provide high quality and efficient administrative support as well as perform computerized accounting duties in friendly, comfortable Williston office. Candidates must be detail-oriented with the ability to organize multiple projects, maintain high level of confidentiality and work independently as well as in team environment. MS Office, written and verbal communication skills also required. Work hours 25-30 per week with start/end time flexibility. Qualified candidates should email their resume and cover letter and salary requirements to officeassistant06@yahoo.com.
Painter Staff painter needed for local construction company. Year-round employment with benefits. Experience and transportation required. Call Northeast Construction, 862-8497.
Carpenter 802-864-5900 Apply online at: www.spherioncareers.com Enter order code 100407546
Experienced carpenter needed for established local company. Tools and transportation necessary. Year round employment with benefits. Call Northeast Construction 862-8497.
Cathedral Square Corporation, a leader in providing housing and services to seniors throughout Vermont is seeking a
Custodian Part-time (20 hours per week) to clean resident apartments and common areas. Must possess a H.S. diploma or equivalent, prior cleaning experience and good communication skills. Monday – Friday day shift available. We offer a competitive salary and a great working environment. Submit resume to:
Cathedral Square Corporation Human Resources 308 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401 or fax to 863-6661 or email to jobs@cathedralsquare.org www.CathedralSquare.org. EOE
42B | february 22-march 01, 2006 | SEVEN DAYS | employment@sevendaysvt.com
7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT ExpEriEncEd dEsignEr position in Colchester. Skill set should include: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. Looking for someone who enjoys developing concepts, as well as someone who enjoys thinking outside the box. Web work a part of the job. Strong salary, benefits. Email resume to: emerson@samessenger.com or mail to Emerson Lynn, P.O. Box 1250 St. Albans, VT 05478
The Adams Center for Mind and Body is expanding its practice to accommodate its client growth. We have two immediate openings for a registered dietician and a licensed psychotherapist. We would prefer individuals with some experience working with eating disorders and an interest in working on a treatment team. Please send resume to: Suzanne N. Adams, MA The Adams Center for Mind and Body 1233 Shelburne Road, Pierson House D-2 South Burlington, VT 05403.
PRINTING BINDERY OPERATOR Bring your experience to work with a great company in a clean and adult working environment. New equipment & excellent pay. Benefits include: 2 weeks vacation, 2 personal days, health, dental & life insurance, 401K, and more. For more info go to www.pawprints.com/companyinfo, call, or stop by.
Paw Print & Mail 12 Gregory Drive So. Burlington, VT 05403 Phone: 802-865-2872 Fax: 802-862-5508
The Adams Center for Mind and Body is an outpatient psychotherapy practice specializing in traditional and alternative therapies. www.theadamscenter.com Phone: 802-859-1577 • Fax: 802-859-1571
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FIELD SALES REPRESENTATIVE/ LOSS PREVENTION AUDITOR Need dependable, reliable, honest, people-skilled Vermont subcontractors to perform independent field sales and outdoor auditing services. Incentivebased pay. Vehicle and insurance required. Specialty tools, equipment and training provided. Former telecommunications or satellite TV experience helpful. Send resume with contact information to Jerry at:
Allenbrook Homes for Youth is seeking applicants for two positions in community-based group homes for teens.
PT or FT Alternative Teaching Parents to teach youth social and living skills. (Evenings and weekends)
PT Awake Overnight Staff to monitor residents from 10pm to 6am.
Both positions require references and a criminal record check. Please send resumes to:
Allenbrook Homes for Youth, attn: LuCinda 102 Allen Road, South Burlington, VT 05403 or call 802-658-1433
op tor H a t n Ar rdi oo C Experience with project management or large-scale event planning required. Potential to turn into year-round position following the Need 2006 Hop. Email your resume and statement to: arpalmer@seaba.com EOE
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SEABA seeks candidates for the Art Hop Coordinator position. In its 14th year, the Art Hop is one of Burlington’s premier fall events.This six month position runs May - October, 3 months parttime, 3 months full-time.
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Vermont Earth Institute, a statewide nonprofit that encourages Vermonters to live more simply and sustainably, seeks experienced .3 FTE staff member. Qualified individual will be responsible for fundraising and public relations. Candidate must be organized, have good writing skills, be able to work independently, and work well with staff, board and volunteers. $20-25/hr. Send resume to:
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The Vermont Respite House in Williston has a per diem (approx. 15 hr/wk) opening for a cook to oversee the menu andemployment food ordering for the Call House.Michelle Prepare Brow Need to planning place an ad? e m5 evening a i l meals m ai week, c h prepare e l lin eadvance @ s the e weekend v e n d a y dinners and supplemental components, as well as maintain the sanitary conditions of the kitchen. Experience in the food service industry necessary. Please send resume with cover letter referencing this position to: Call Michelle B Need to place an ad?
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HOWARD CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES COMMUNITY SUPPORT CLINICIAN:
Full-time position available to support persons with psychiatric disabilities in Chittenden County. Work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing creative problem solving, advocacy, resource development, case management, counseling and crisis support. Direct services to clients, families and the community. BA or Master’s degree in human services field and experience with persons with serious and persistent mental disorders preferred. This is not an entrylevel position.
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Interested in opening your home to an innovative care program? Do you have most weekends available? We are looking for a couple to provide both scheduled and occasional emergent care to individuals with disabilities. Ideal couple will have background in the field, and at least one, preferably two, available bedrooms. Medical/nursing experience a plus. Compensation, training, handicap alterations to the home, and ongoing supervision is provided. Interested parties should send a letter of interest and/or resume to:
Randy Sightler c/o Champlain Vocational Services 512 Troy Avenue, Colchester, VT 05446
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2x2-022206-Am Flat Bread
STERLING AREA SERVICES has the following job opportunity available:
Patient and caring person needed immediately (20-30 hours per week) to provide educational support to an active and engaging youth with autism. Student requires assistance with communication, personal care, social behavior and vocational activities. Experience preferred but not required. Extensive training and team support provided. Please call 802-888-7010 or send to erwalters@adelphia.net.
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Join our team of enthusiastic people making great food! American Flatbread at the Marble Works in Middlebury has the following full-time positions available: Restaurant Manager - Middlebury Bakery Supervisor – Evening shift Check out our website for full details: www.americanflatbread.com EOE
EMPLOYMENT Toscano Café/Bistro Restaurant
Need extra $? Lunch wait shifts available. Some experience necessary but willing to train the right person. Call Jon, 434-3148 or stop by Toscano Café/Bistro Richmond
LAMOILLE AMBULANCE SERVICE Burlington operations
CAREGIVER/ LNA
Family Support and Resources Services department seeks individuals for the following positions: Substitute Child-Care Teacher: to collaborate with other teachers in a team environment to enrich the days of children ages 2 weeks to 3 years.
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EMTs to fill both full and part-time openings, all shifts.
Substitute After-School Program Assistant Teacher: available at Bolton and Huntington elementary schools to assist with developmentally appropriate activities for children ages 5-10.
Clean driving record, motivated and team-oriented individuals encouraged to apply.
Please submit resumes to:
Jamie Tourangeau, Human Resources Lund Family Center 76 Glen Road, Burlington, VT 05401 Fax: 802-861-6460
Licensed Nurse’s Aide or LPN- 2 four-hour evening shifts a week, occasional hours on a weekend. Excellent pay.
Call Kathy, 802-864-4103.
Minutes-taker
Pay will be based on level of experience. $10.75/HR.
Call 800-639-2082.
for Charlotte Planning
Converse Home
To take minutes at meetings on 1st and 3rd Thursdays 7-10p.m.
Would you like to work in an elegant retirement home in downtown Burlington?
Letter of interest to:
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EXPERIENCED TELEMARKETING SUPERVISOR
To manage inbound/outbound calls in an active phone room. Some clerical duties involved. Computer knowledge a must, including Excel. Top pay plus bonuses and some benefits. Please stop in:
SMG 4049 WILLISTON RD. SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05401 OR CALL US @ 802-862-0623
Westford School District
COACHING VACANCY Lacrosse Coach – Position available for the Spring 2006 season at Westford School. Position pays $1253 for the season. Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest to Kurt Sherman, A.D.,Westford Elementary School, 146 Brookside Road, Westford, VT 05494 or email: ksherman@ejhs.k12.vt.us. For additional information, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Job Opportunities). EOE
If interested, contact Donna at 862-0401.
Special 14-year-old girl in need of experienced, dependable caregiver to supplement private nursing staff. Competitive pay proportionate to experience. 15-25 hours/week. Day/evening shifts – some weekends. 25 mins. north of Burlington
Contact Ratana at 893-6368 or email: nursingad38@aol.com
Hard Copy is looking for part-time help. Challenging, fastpaced position which requires good organizational skills coupled with a desire to produce highquality work. Good driving record required. Apply at our 30 Main Street store Burlington, VT 05401
Help Wanted
Now accepting applications for all positions. Apply within: 3 miles south of University Mall So. Burlington. Contact Bob or Donna at 862-4602.
Not just another desk job. Montpelier real estate office looking for individual to manage and rent apartments and commercial property. Must be organized, detailed, perceptive, multitasked, and committed. Computer and communication skills as well as problem solving abilities required. Real Estate experience helpful but will train qualified individual. Send resume to:
David Slay c/o Montpelier Property Management 70 Main St., Montpelier, VT 05602. 223-3166
CVS is seeking a dynamic home provider for an engaging young man who is looking to relocate to the Burlington area. Strong communication and interpersonal skills will be an asset to this situation. Accessible home with first-floor bedroom required; CVS can assist in funding modifications. Generous tax-free stipend and paid vacation. Please contact Al Frugoli: afrugoli@cvsvt.org.
Champlain Vocational Services 512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1, Colchester, VT 05446 (802) 655-0511, ext. 108
Preschool Program Coordinator King Street Youth Center seeks an Early Childhood Professional for the coordination of our diverse NAEYC accredited preschool program. Degree in Early Childhood Education and Vermont State licensure preferred. Familiarity with NAEYC, ADM, Head Start and Child Care Subsidy helpful but not required. 32 hours per week, includes benefits. Send resume, 3 references and cover letter to:
Nina Mazuzan, KSYC PO BOX 1615 Burlington, Vermont 05402
Customer Service Representative YMCA Membership Department seeks part-time CSR. The ideal candidate will be friendly, outgoing, have previous customer service experience, and able to work in a fast-paced environment. Competitive pay, free Y membership. Must be able to work nights and weekends. Apply in person, or send cover letter, resume, and three references to: Bethany Eisel, Dir. of Member Services, GBYMCA, 266 College St., Burlington. No phone calls, please. EOE.
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