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DON’T GET YOUR PANTIES IN A BUNCH, IF YOU’RE WEARING ANY So I was watching the Sharapova/Dementieva match, when this naked guy ran onto the court. He jumped around and did a cartwheel. Then security guys took him away. The commentators remarked so calmly on it that I rewound and watched it again to make sure it really happened.

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Thank you for covering the 9/11 truth group [“Activists Protest Guantanamo and 9/11 Report,” June 28]. Our numbers are growing every day. We want answers . . . we want redress. We want them charged with treason. 9/11 was an inside job, no doubt about it.

Amy Sasser

I am concerned with several attacks that I have heard and read lately on Bernie Sanders’ campaign for the U.S. Senate. I am moved to write based on the asserted premise that Bernie has caved to corporate special interests now that he is in a very well-financed campaign. All projections say that Bernie’s opponent will spend a record amount in his bid for the Senate. We’ve also heard all the reports that it is his own personal fortune that will fund the bid. Let’s face it, this kind of challenge has forced Bernie to raise more funds.

It’s not that he chooses to spend huge dollars on a campaign.

And why do Mr. Tarrant’s supporters assume that evil corporate interests are funding Bernie’s campaign? Bernie has received thousands of contributions from the little guys, the citizens of Vermont, while his opponent is relying on what? His personal fortune. Rather than focusing on the fact that Bernie is raising needed campaign funds, we should be decrying a system that forces a candidate like Bernie to do so. Campaign-finance reform is way overdue — and not just in Vermont. We should not give up the fight because the Supreme Court shot us down.

Billionaires should not dictate the focus of our political system, even if they do spend their own money.

Peter J. LaBelle

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LOSING THE DRUG WAR Prosecutor Bobby Sand got it right when he characterized the abuse of drugs as a public health issue [“Inside Track,” June 28]. Imagine the impact if the funds used to arm the drug war were instead provided to public health agencies to address the causes of drug abuse and provide treatment.

The obsessive promotion to the public that legal drugs will cure our ills has created a culture of self-medication. For all the money, weapons, poisons, drug-task forces and jail sentences, we have done nothing more than create enemies in Latin America and the Mideast by our eradication programs, destroyed countless lives, and corrupted the police. We have certainly not accomplished a reduction in drug abuse.

The prosecutor also remarks on the criminalization of marijuana.

Sadly, our approach to this specific drug is all too emblematic of that old saying, “Denial is not just a river in Egypt.” Any thought I had 30 years ago that my country would have a sane drug policy has long since been abandoned.

Ginny McGrath

There doesn’t seem to be a Janet Jackson/Super Bowl uproar and backlash happening over this, and this was way worse than her wardrobe malfunction. I saw a completely naked man do a CARTWHEEL. I saw the dark side of the moon, people. Man parts that wouldn’t usually see the light of day even if he strolled outside in the nude.

And it was all flopping about, too.

People in the audience were laughing and cheering.

Dementieva was smirking. I could be wrong, but nobody appears to be suing ESPN or Wimbledon, saying that unsuspecting families were watching, children were traumatized. Because you know what really traumatizes the children? Their uptight parents making a big stink about it, reacting as if it is horrifying and shameful. So far everybody seems pretty easygoing about the whole thing. Yay for tennis fans.

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Charles Kafka BURLINGTON

TOO MUCH POO If it wasn’t for the time I’ve spent sitting in Burlington, eating tacos and reading Seven Days, I wouldn’t be in college for journalism. That being said, I have become pretty disappointed with the increasing amount of close-minded spittle your “alternative weekly” has been putting out. It stinks like rotten burritos. In your June 14th issue, Ken Picard interviews ex-Sanders employee David Sirota [“Vice Breaker”]. Ken asks, “Why aren’t there more politicians like Bernie Sanders and Brian Schweitzer, who speak honestly to their constituents?”

What the hell is that? In my book, when you’re doing an interview you don’t plug a candidate, especially in such an obvious way.

Bernie may have my vote in November, but I don’t believe for a second that he can be so honest.

He’s a politician, for Christ’s sake!

I’ve enjoyed Ken’s articles in the past, but this, among other Freynes, I mean things, is starting to make me pretty disenchanted with what was once my favorite newspaper. Can’t you give me and the rest of your liberal audience less poo throwing and something more . . . newsy?

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WATER RIGHTS & WRONGS About a year ago, I was one of a group of Bakersfield neighbors who filed an appeal with the Vermont Environmental Court. This was over our local zoning board’s decision to grant a conditional use permit for a commercial spring-water extraction operation on County Road, in a rural part of town, about 4 miles from a paved road.

The plan was for two 30,000gallon storage tanks for the water, and 10 truck round-trips a day to carry it away to some unknown destination. The source was to be an existing dug well that the appli-

cant did not own, but had deeded rights for residential use.

Local zoning officials scoffed at our concerns for the dirt roads, peace and quiet, local wetlands and possible drawdown of residential wells in the area, saying the state would certainly regulate such a largescale withdrawal of groundwater.

Well, we found out that the state had no regulations to limit or study the impact of such a project on the local aquifer or local wetlands [“Retaining Water,” July 5]. There were only regulations concerning the quality of the water to be supplied for public use. Act 250 would have

been triggered, but only because the parcel to be developed commercially was over 10 acres in size.

With the passage of Act 144 (H.294) this past legislative session, the situation has now changed. This act establishes a study committee to examine the possibilities for state regulation of large groundwater withdrawals in the state, with a report deadline of January 2008. In the meantime, new commercial groundwater withdrawals in excess of 50,000 gallons per day will be regulated by the state.

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by Maude Barlow, co-author of Blue Gold . . . She’s a tireless and enthusiastic supporter of local efforts worldwide that are working to counter the privatization of this essential resource.

Barlow has personally witnessed the ongoing struggle between corporate and local control and effortlessly brings the big picture into focus . . .

Judith Peach EAST FAIRFIELD

Barlow will speak at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, in the University of Vermont’s CC Theater.

REBUTTING 9/11 THEORIES Marc Estrin [“Letters,” July 5] seems to have swallowed uncritically the smorgasbord of 9/11 suspicions laid out in the film Loose Change Second Edition. . . [These] dwell on the World Trade Towers: Steel doesn’t melt at the combustion temperature of jet fuel, and only deliberately sapped buildings fall inward. An engineer might argue otherwise: (1) Steel is, after all, smelted by mere coal, and nowadays gas fires (heat can be concentrated). (2) Its strength fails long before it melts (steel buildings used to

fall under the heat of their burning furniture and flooring). And (3) the Towers were designed to sway (several feet) in the wind, so weren’t likely to topple (but, weakened by burning jet fuel, couldn’t continue to bear their thousands of tons of mass.

Again, despite “hermetically sealed” elevators (and stairwells), dozens of miles of HVAC ducts were wide open.

The film seems to assume that all of a plane’s fuel is in one tank (it’s in the two wings), and that it all goes up, Whoosh! as in a movie. Rather, it burns like anything else, at its interface with oxygen. In a closed space, with the oxygen exhausted, the fire draws from outside, so it burns for a while. During which, hundreds of gallons of fuel are sloshing around and no doubt draining into the ducts, falling to explode here and there down stairs and, more seriously, escaping through burst ducts to explode in the structural cores.

This is speculation and doesn’t address the rest of the film. But conspiranoia is speculation, anyway, and I think mine is reasonable enough to cast doubt on the film generally. It and Estrin’s rehash seem to be fueled by suspicion of the Bush administration. An irreverent observer, though, could wonder whether any federal administration, let alone Bush’s, could engineer so complex a set of events so precisely . . .

Fred G Hill BURLINGTON

CORRECTION: In last week’s story about the Pomerleau Pine Street Project [“Local Matters,” July 5], we misspelled the name of the EPA project manager. It is Karen Lumino, not Lupino. We apologize for the error.

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VERMONT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Labor unions representing more than 500 Vermont employees of Verizon Communications, Inc. are gearing up for a major battle in light of growing speculation, supported by published reports, that the company is considering the sale of its entire land-based telephone network in northern New England.

The possible sale of Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local-access lines in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine would be part of a larger strategy by the New York-based telecommunications giant to expand its holdings in the wireless and broadband arenas, while getting out of the traditional phone business, according to a May 10, 2006, story in The Wall Street Journal. The rumored deal, with an as-yetunnamed buyer, could be worth an estimated $8 billion, the Journal reports.

On July 5, Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three congressional representatives sent a letter to Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg expressing grave concerns over the â&#x20AC;&#x153;farreaching consequencesâ&#x20AC;? that such a deal would have on Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customers, employees and the economic future of rural Vermont.

Verizon is in the midst of a major expansion of its broadband service and has pledged to provide 80 percent of its Vermont customers with DSL capability by 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The possible sale of Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s access lines throughout Vermont raises serious questions about Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to bridging the digital divide found primarily in rural America â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and so evident in the most rural areas of our state,â&#x20AC;? the letter reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Highspeed Internet access is essential to the economic growth of rural Vermont, and is integral to our stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to build healthy Vermont businesses for the new century.â&#x20AC;?

Verizon would neither confirm nor deny published reports of an impending deal, except to say that

the company is â&#x20AC;&#x153;evaluating the sale of access lines, but certainly no decisions have been reached.â&#x20AC;?

As of press time, Senators Patrick Leahy and Jim Jeffords and

es. That contract was awarded to MicroDATA GIS, a 9-1-1 software company based in St. Johnsbury, according to David Serra, executive director of the Vermont

The ratepayers, through their bills for the last 100 years, paid for this network to be built, and these characters want to put it on the auction block, sell it to the highest bidder and walk off.

STEVE EARLY, CWA

Representative Bernie Sanders had not yet received a reply from Seidenberg. A similar letter, sent on June 16 to Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CEO by Maine Governor John Baldacci, had also gone unanswered, according to a press spokesperson for the governor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Verizon evaluates all of its assets and its properties to make sure that they strategically fit our business and their financial performance,â&#x20AC;? Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York spokesman John Bonomo told Seven Days last week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And frankly, many times weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re approached by others regarding possible deals. Sometimes those discussions lead to transactions, and other times they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no agreement to make any change in the New England region at this point.â&#x20AC;?

For more than 100 years, Verizon and its predecessor companies have built and maintained Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telephone network, which now totals more than 337,000 access lines. The company employs 650 people statewide, according to Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vermont spokesperson Beth Fastiggi, including about 250 in South Burlington alone.

Fastiggi wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment on news that Verizon recently lost its contract with the state of Vermont to provide emergency 9-1-1 servic-

Enhanced 9-1-1 Board.

Despite Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tight-lipped responses, the two unions representing the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employees in northern New England are talking. Both the Communication Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are vowing to fight the sale â&#x20AC;&#x153;tooth and nail,â&#x20AC;? not only to protect their own jobs but to look out for the interests of Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customers, especially in rural Vermont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In this state, being in touch means everything,â&#x20AC;? says Mike Spillane, business manager for IBEW Local 2326, which represents 450 Verizon technicians, operators and engineering people throughout Vermont. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like during the ice storm, we could bring hundreds of people to a little area, maximize the effort and restore service fast.

A lot of the smaller companies donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t staff the way we staff.â&#x20AC;?

Darlene Stone, who works in Verizonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business office in South Burlington, has been with the company for more than 27 years.

Though company management has said nothing, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard that the network may be sold to either CenturyTel, Inc. or Citizens Communications, Co., both of which are smaller telecom companies. Regardless of which company buys the network, Stone fears that

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Verizon’s departure from Vermont would have negative repercussions for local telephone users.

“Honestly, Verizon has the deep pockets,” she says. “I can’t see another company coming in here and being able to do what Verizon can do, which is provide broadband to 80 percent of the state.”

Stone is also chief steward for CWA Local 1400, which represents 127 business office employees. She says the sale could lead to major service delays for Verizon’s customers. Stone points to the recent sale of Verizon’s land line network in Hawaii to the Carlyle Group, which took effect a few months ago. According to recent press reports, customer-service calls there, which once took only one to two minutes to be answered, are now resulting in waits of more than 30 minutes.

“It’d be like leaving us in the lurch,” Stone adds. “It’s not fair to the consumer.”

The economic impact of Verizon’s departure from Vermont would also ripple through the state’s economy. Spillane, who’s been with Verizon for 22 years, says a sale of Vermont’s telephone network would cost the state some of its highest-paying jobs; for instance, some telephone operators earn as much as $900 per week.

“Our top guys are making 25 bucks an hour. Plus, with overtime, you’ve easily got guys busting 100 grand a year — and they’re earning it,” Spillane adds. “If we were to lose our jobs in Vermont, there’s no way to replace them.”

Spillane also notes that more than 700 independent contractors currently work for Verizon on a regular basis, from landscapers to electricians.

Based on reports in the business press, Verizon is looking to unload its traditional phone lines in order to help the company finance upgrades to its more profitable wireless network. Since “fiber-tothe-home” technology is less profitable, particularly in rural areas, critics of the sale have dubbed it “rural telecom redlining.”

“The ratepayers, through their bills for the last 100 years, paid for this network to be built,” says Steve Early, international representative for CWA in Woburn, Massachusetts, “and these characters want to put it on the auction block, sell it to the highest bidder and walk off.”

Early says the unions intend to ask lawmakers in all three states to push for legislation requiring each state’s utility review bodies, such as the Vermont Public Service Board, to conduct an economic impact study on what effects the sale would have on universal access and future economic development in the region. Early, whose union represents 3100 Verizon employees in three states, says that several years ago labor and consumer groups in New York helped scuttle a similar deal by Verizon to sell its landline telephone operations in upstate New York.

For his part, Spillane thinks the unions and the public could stop a sale here as well. As he puts it, “I think we have a good shot of beating this down in Vermont.” m

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BURLINGTON — Things are looking up for Outright Vermont: Last week, the formerly beleaguered queer youth advocacy organization won a $100,000 grant. The three-year award, from California-based Liberty Hill Foundations Queer Youth Fund, is the largest in Outright’s 17-year history.

Co-Executive Director Kate Jerman says Outright will use the money to hire a full-time education and outreach coordinator to conduct anti-bullying and anti-harassment workshops for Vermont organizations and schools; for the past two years, that’s been a part of her job. A recent grant from the Vermont Children’s Trust Fund will also enable Outright to fund a health

It’s exciting that we’re going to be able to hire all these people.

It’s going to mean that we’re capable of so much more.

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and wellness coordinator, and the organization is adding an AmeriCorps worker this summer as well. “It’s exciting that we’re going to be able to hire all these people,” says Jerman. “It’s going to mean that we’re capable of so much more.”

Jerman reports that demand for Outright’s presentations continues to increase, despite the controversy that erupted in Williston this spring.

Administrators at the Williston Central School cancelled an

Outright anti-bullying talk after some parents complained, then reinstated the presentation after other parents and community members protested. Carol Lee, a Liberty Hill program associate, says the incident didn’t influence Outright’s grant application; in fact, Jerman notes, it shows that the organization’s services are still very much needed.

The money comes at a pivotal time for the organization. A budget crunch almost shuttered Outright at the end of 2005.

Government grants to queer youth groups are drying up, and private funders are shifting their focus to fighting for samesex marriage.

“It’s happening all over the country,” says Jerman, noting that queer youth groups in Portland, Maine, Austin, Texas and Northhampton, Massachusetts, were recently forced to close.

“We’re really fortunate that didn’t happen to us.”

Jerman and Co-E.D. Lluvia Mulvaney-Stanak put out a desperate call for help last October, and their supporters rallied.

Donations increased, and more volunteers stepped forward to join Outright’s board of directors, which now has 12 members. Last month, this forward momentum allowed Outright to move into a larger office space at the McClure MultiGenerational Center.

Jerman won’t be around to enjoy Outright’s progress much longer — the 26-year-old Essex Junction native is scheduled to depart Vermont next month to begin work on a Master’s in public health at Columbia University. She says it will be hard to leave, but getting the Queer Youth Fund grant makes her feel the organization is secure. Declares Jerman, “I don’t think we’ve ever been in a better place.” m

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SOUTH BURLINGTON — For the last five years, Barbara Leslie has lived just a stone’s throw from the railroad crossing on Bartlett Bay Road. She was never bothered much by the freight trains and occasional passenger coaches that rumbled through several times each day — until this spring, when trains suddenly began blowing their whistles at all hours of the day and night.

“I can’t begin to tell you how bad it is,” Leslie says. “I get woken up at 3:30, 4 o’clock in the morning. I’m on the edge of waking up and then can’t get back to sleep, so I’m tired all day. It’s gone from ridiculous to absurd.”

Like many residents who live along the Burlington-to-Rutland spur of the Vermont Railway, Leslie sounded off to city hall and her state representatives about the train horns. For the last six years, this stretch of rail was considered a “quiet zone.” It was a concession the state made to residents of Burlington, South Burlington and Shelburne when it first started using the track to operate the Champlain Flyer commuter train.

Since 2000, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) has installed and maintained 13 so-called “silent crossings” between Burlington and Shelburne; they require more gates, flashing lights and electronics than traditional railroad crossings. But last year, after a series of accidents in other parts of the country, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) outlawed silent crossings on all public roadways, except for those that were specifically exempted.

A few months ago, an FRA inspector questioned why Vermont Railways trains were not blowing their horns at public grade crossings in Burlington and South Burlington, and instructed them to start doing so immediately. The FRA will allow the cities of Burlington and South Burlington to apply to have their quiet zones “grandfathered in,” but until then, the horns must sound at every crossing, day or night.

The federal change in policy was “a complete surprise to us,” wrote Dawn Terrill, the Vermont Secretary of Transportation, in an email to Senator Jim Condos (D–Chittenden). But it’s forced the state to look at another sticky issue: Who’s responsible for maintaining the crossings? Because the Champlain Flyer has been discontinued, it’s unclear whether VTrans intends to pay for the continued upkeep and insurance on the three silent crossings on public roads — at Flynn and Home Avenues in Burlington, and at Bartlett Bay Road in South Burlington — for a total cost of $215,000 per year.

“I question if it is prudent to spend in excess of $1,000,000 in state funds over the next five years to keep such a system in place for the few freight trains that currently operate daily through the communities,” Terrill writes.

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“I don’t want anyone to get the impression that at 4 a.m. seven days a week there’s a train rolling through there blowing its horn,”

already in place, and says that VTrans will assist local municipalities in applying for quiet-zone reinstatement. But when asked if the state also plans to foot the bill, Zicconi says, “We still have to figure that out.”

Condos says that answer is unacceptable.

“Frankly, that’s 1 cent of our property taxes that would have to be raised” to cover the $215,000

The Federal Railroad Administration will allow the cities of Burlington and South Burlington to apply to have their quiet zones “grandfathered in,” but until then, the horns must sound at every crossing, day or night.

Zicconi says. “Can it happen and does it happen? The answer is yes.

Is it an everyday occurrence? No.” But residents and city officials in South Burlington dispute the number and frequency of trains rolling through their community.

Moreover, they point out that the state signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the local municipalities several years ago to maintain the quiet zone, and now must live up to that commitment.

“I’m not buying the story that VTrans is portraying,” says Condos. “From my standpoint it’s irresponsible on VTrans’ part to make those kind of changes after they agreed to something in the beginning.”

Zicconi emphasizes that the state has no intention of removing the silent-crossing equipment

expense, he says. “As city council chair and state senator, I’ll be damned if I’m going to allow the state to walk all over a local community when they’ve made an agreement in the past.”

For her part, Leslie says the timing of the new train-whistle policy couldn’t be worse, as the city just reappraised all residential properties. Her own house, which she bought five years ago for $132,000, was just reassessed at $321,000. She says it would make it very difficult for her to sell her home if potential buyers found out they’re living 150 feet from a loud railroad crossing.

“They put all that money into upgrading that infrastructure and now they’re throwing it all away!” she says. “This is just a classic example of a bureaucratic screwup and double talk.” m

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ven the best-laid plans go astray sometimes!

Just hours after last week’s paper hit the street, with our column item on “Torti’s Two Hats,” Gov. Jim Douglas decided the next president of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce does not need to stay on the state payroll until the end of the year after all!

Late that afternoon, word came down from the governor’s office that things had changed. Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Tom Torti will not be staying on, as planned, until after the November election while he waits to assume his new duties as president of the pro-business, proshopping center, pro-Circ Highway, Burlington-based chamber.

And yours truly’s was not the only voice questioning the startling ethical blind spot on the Fifth Floor. That morning the Valley News over on Vermont’s eastern border echoed similar sentiments in a blistering editorial titled “The Long Goodbye.”

“Were [Torti] to be moving into retirement or taking a job in central Asia, the protracted departure wouldn’t mean a thing,” wrote the Valley News. “The problem is that Torti plans to be at the helm of an organization that is very much affected by decisions rendered by the agency he now heads.”

Oopsie!

As we noted, the Douglas administration did some serious damage control that very afternoon. The Fifth Floor suddenly announced Torti would be leaving his post at the end of this month, but will remain on the state payroll as a “consultant” through August.

Environmental groups such as VPIRG and the Conservation Law Foundation have rightly noted that Gov. Douglas appears to be afflicted with a severe case of gubernatorial memory loss. After all, back in September 2003, Gov. Scissorhands proudly decreed a strict “Code of Ethics” for members of the executive branch of Vermont state government. Read it yourself at www.vermont.gov/governor/. Click “Executive Orders.”

According to the Douglas Code, “An Appointee shall not take any action in any particular matter in which he or she has either a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest, until such time as the conflict is resolved.”

An “appearance of a conflict of interest” means “the impression that a reasonable person might have, after full disclosure of the facts, that an Appointee’s judgment might be significantly influenced by outside interests, even though there is no actual conflict of interest.”

“After reading the executive order,” said State Sen. Ginny Lyons (D-Chittenden), chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee, “it’s very clear that if there’s a perceived conflict of interest, a person would have to step down quickly.”

Lyons said that Gov. Douglas “should have been aware from the beginning that Torti had applied for the chamber position.”

We asked gubernatorial press secretary Jason Gibbs when Sec. Torti told the Guv he had applied for the LCRCC presidency, but have not received a reply.

In addition, CLF’s Chris Kilian formally filed a public-records request last Wednesday with Sec. Torti seeking “all records pertaining to steps taken by you and your staff to prevent conflicts or the appearance of conflicts in regard to the agency and your future employer.”

As we go to press this week, there’s still no response from Torti.

But in terms of reactions to Tortigate, or lack thereof, a few stand out.

For one thing, Gov. Douglas’ Democratic rival Scudder Parker has, surprisingly, not made an issue of it. Yes, Ol’ Scud was critical in last week’s “Inside Track,” but we had to call him for a comment. Candidate Parker has so far not issued a press release criticizing the brazen attempt by his November opponent to flout his own Code of Ethics!

Maybe Candidate Parker is suffering from Fourth of July “parade fever?”

Secondly, Vermont’s TV News station of record, WCAX, completely ignored the Torti controversy in its newscasts. We’re not making this up.

Ch. 3 did not inform its viewers that environmental groups were raising serious and significant conflict-of-interest complaints. Even though the story was hot news on VPR, the Associated Press wire, on radio and in the state’s top daily newspapers, WGOP-TV pretended it did not exist. Ch. 3 News reported that Torti got the Chamber presidency, and that was it.

Even last Wednesday’s announcement

by Gov. Douglas that Torti would leave sooner rather than later did not make Ch.3’s newscasts that evening.

Amazing!

We’ve long teased Ch. 3, referring to it as “WGOP” when its pro-Republican Party coverage demanded it, but the station’s total silence on Tortigate — Vermont’s top political story of the summer so far — indicates “Chamber of Commerce TV” might also be a worthy moniker.

On Monday we emailed News Director Marselis Parsons and Station Manager Peter Martin seeking some kind of explanation for Ch. 3’s news blackout of the Torti story.

Unfortunately, neither gentleman has replied.

We understand.

“Rainville” & “Bush” — You will never see those two names appear in the same sentence, or on the same web page, if Republican Congressional candidate Martha Rainville has her way.

In an interview this week, we asked Marvelous Martha if the absence of a photo or even a mention of her party’s leader, President George W. Bush, on her campaign website — www.martharainville. com — indicated she was “running away” from Mr. Bush? After all, many GOP candidates are, and Mr. Bush’s approval rating in Vermont is around 26 percent.

“I’m running on Vermont issues and that’s what I want to keep it about,” replied Rainville. “That’s what my focus is.”

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Was that a â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes,â&#x20AC;? we asked? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t honestly see myself as running away from anything as much as running for something.

And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m running for what Vermonters care about.â&#x20AC;?

OK. Well, do you think Mr. Bush is doing a good job as president? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that depends on what you are talking about,â&#x20AC;? replied Martha.

Well, do you think heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing a good job? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he does a good job on a lot of things,â&#x20AC;? answered Candidate Rainville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think he has made some mistakes on others, just like anybody else. I think that whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important, though, is we look at where we are and where we need to head.â&#x20AC;?

Take note â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she never even uttered the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name. Not once.

New subject. Has Marvelous Martha seen Al Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s globalwarming flick, An Inconvenient Truth? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, but I do plan to see it,â&#x20AC;? she told us.

No offense, but she desperately needs to see it soon. Why? Because Martha Rainville sounds like she still is in a state of conservative, pro-business denial when it comes to acknowledging that global warming is not just a theory but actual fact. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening now.

Is the global-warming crisis as critical to her as it appears to us? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critical,â&#x20AC;? replied Rainville, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is that we have to educate ourselves on it. There are obviously different opinions on global warming, but the overarching question is, what is global warming?

What is the extent of it? How much of it is influenced by man and the decisions that we make? And what ought we to be doing?â&#x20AC;?

Marthaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answer might have held water 10 years ago, five years ago, or even two years ago, but it simply doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold water in 2006.

Quite simply, Candidate Rainville ought to consider updating her global-warming position quickly. Though she told us she normally only sees movies on DVD, this one might be worth a trip to the theater.

P.S. As for getting into debates with Democrat Peter Welch, Martha told us she will wait until after the September Republican Primary before engaging the Democrat. That is, of course, assuming she wins the GOP primary. After all, her main GOP rival, State Sen. Mark Shepard of Bennington, is not afraid to mention the name of President Bush, either in public or on his website: www.shepardforcongress.org.

Surely most of the diehard Bush supporters left in Vermont will be casting ballots in the September 12 GOP primary?

Interesting.

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true to his pre-election reputation for laconism. He has yet to make a deep impression.â&#x20AC;?

Well said!

The new Progressive Mayor of Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest city is not one to seek the limelight, which is why many continue to wonder why he ran for mayor in the first place. For example, at every city council meeting, the mayor is allotted 10 minutes at the top of the agenda to speak on â&#x20AC;&#x153;general city affairs.â&#x20AC;? As usual, Mayor Laconic only needed two minutes Monday night for a few rather mundane â&#x20AC;&#x153;announcements.â&#x20AC;? No big deal.

By the way, we did not realize â&#x20AC;&#x153;laconicâ&#x20AC;? has its roots in the Latin laconicus, meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spartan.â&#x20AC;?

Apparently the Spartans, like the current mayor of Burlington, Vermont, enjoyed a reputation for â&#x20AC;&#x153;terseness of speech.â&#x20AC;? They were known for being concise to the extreme.

Sure sounds like Mayor Kiss, eh?

In fact, the few times Mayor Laconic verbally ventured into virgin political territory during his first 100 days cost him.

Take the remark the rookie mayor made to a May Day North Street rally supporting immigrantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights. Kiss was caught by Ch. 3 News saying he hoped Burlington â&#x20AC;&#x153;could move forward to become a sanctuary city.â&#x20AC;?

WCAX-TV jumped all over that little remark, and it became a raging battle for weeks. Republican City Councilor Kurt Wright introduced a resolution putting the council on record against a sanctuary city designation, even before one had been officially proposed. That resolution, also backed by Ward 5 Democrat Joan Shannon, was quietly withdrawn as cooler heads prevailed.

Mayor Kiss has apparently learned his lesson about off-thecuff political remarks. He appeared happy to let the sanctuary-city dustup quietly die down.

But the issue will not die down.

At Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s city council meeting, a half-dozen folks spoke up on the sanctuary issue. One of them was Ward 5 resident and UVM English Professor Nancy Welch.

Welch told â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Track,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a refugee resettlement city [which Burlington is], this issue is vitally important.â&#x20AC;? She noted â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone was in the streetsâ&#x20AC;? on May 1 at rallies coast to coast, and they were â&#x20AC;&#x153;saying the sleeping giant has awoken. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re workers, not criminals, and we deserve full rights in this country that we contribute so much to.â&#x20AC;?

Meanwhile, she said, the Bush White House and GOP-controlled Congress happily ignores the issues, such as the ongoing War in Iraq and health care, while engaging in â&#x20AC;&#x153;immigrant-bashing.â&#x20AC;?

Changing the subject, after all, has long been a winning political tactic.

The UVM prof said the issue will not go away, even if Mayor Laconic doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to talk about it right now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My feeling is, Mayor Kiss did the right thing,â&#x20AC;? said Welch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may not have been politic, but it was absolutely the right thing for

somebody to stand up and say. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like my city councilors to stand up and say the right thing, too, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not politic.â&#x20AC;?

Incidentally, there are about 60 sanctuary cities in the United States at present, including St. Paul, Minnesota, Berkeley, California, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chicago, Illinois.

Not exactly bad company, eh?

New Tactics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; WCAX-TV did not send a crew to U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; presser last Thursday in Burlap, where he got the endorsement of the Professional Firefighters of Vermont. They didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Tarrant Campaign sent its own crew!

Within hours, Campaign Manager Tim Lennon had a release out whacking Bernie for denying during that press conference that he has â&#x20AC;&#x153;accepted corporate PAC money.â&#x20AC;? Yours truly had asked the question.

The Tarrant Camp has focused on a single $500 contribution to Sanders from Florida Crystals.

Lennon wrote that Florida Crystals is owned by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fanjul family, described by Time magazine as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Family of Corporate Welfare.â&#x20AC;?

On Ch. 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;You Can Quote Meâ&#x20AC;?Sunday morning, Sanders bristled when Marselis Parsons asked him if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give the Fanjul money back.

Olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bernardo changed the subject. He denied being a â&#x20AC;&#x153;zillionaireâ&#x20AC;? like Mr. Tarrant. Candidate Sanders noted his campaign has so far received â&#x20AC;&#x153;more than 60,000 contributions, more than 5000 from individual Vermonters.â&#x20AC;?

Meanwhile, Tarrant, estimated to be worth $300 million, is personally paying all his own campaign bills.

Sanders insisted Fanjulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sugar operation was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;large farmâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;not a corporation,â&#x20AC;? and he changed the subject one more time, telling Ch. 3 viewers that Mr. Tarrant â&#x20AC;&#x153;owns stock in a Chinese communist-owned company!â&#x20AC;?

Red-baiting by Bernie Sanders?

Who would have imagined it?

P.S. Yes, confirmed Lennon, that was the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tarrant for Senateâ&#x20AC;? campaignâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office manager Layla Gray grilling Bernie about his sugar contribution at the spaghetti dinner Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; campaign held on Saturday in Swanton. Eyewitnesses say the Tarrant staffer did not tell the crowd who she worked for, and kept interrupting Sanders when he attempted to answer her question.

Lennon told â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Trackâ&#x20AC;?

Ms. Gray had every right to be there and ask questions as a private citizen.

Technically, yes. But it is in rather poor taste, Olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tim, for a campaign staffer. At least in Vermont. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember it ever happening before in the Green Mountains.

Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kosher in your native New Hampshire, but in Vermont, the paid-staff doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play â&#x20AC;&#x153;average citizenâ&#x20AC;? at an opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign event. m â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inside Trackâ&#x20AC;? is a weekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com.

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For those who don’t know phyto from fiduciary, a little theory: Phytoestrogens are chemicals found in plants that mimic the female sex hormone estrogen. Female sex hormones give rise to female secondary sex characteristics, e.g., the enlargement (sometimes to an impressive degree) of the milk-producing glands whence the class Mammalia derives its name. Ergo, some would reason, phytoestrogens = more hormones = bigger tits.

Elements of said reasoning are not entirely without basis in fact. For one thing, some plants undeniably yield significant amounts of phytoestrogens when eaten, notably soy, hops, flaxseed, alfalfa and red clover. Second, phytoestrogens do have a measurable impact on human biochemistry — one study showed that men given soy milk daily for two to four weeks experienced a 13 to 14 percent decrease in two key hormones. For those running a significant estrogen deficit, such as postmenopausal women or male-to-female transsexuals, it’s not impossible that phytoestrogens could increase estrogen levels.

But probably not by much. The main phytoestrogen in soybeans, genistein, for instance, is only 0.1 percent as strong as the human-produced variety. For women who do produce enough estrogen of their own, phytoestrogens actually decrease overall estrogen activity by competing with the homegrown estrogen for positions on estrogen receptor sites; when phytoestrogens latch onto these sites, they push aside the real estrogen and provide only a weaker version.

In fact, that could be their real benefit, some experts think — by lowering the body’s effective estrogen level, phytoestrogens may reduce a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer. But here’s the thing: If so, they’d likely make breasts smaller, not larger.

In short, whatever uses phytoestrogens may have, increasing breast size isn’t one of them. Many breastenlargement products contain only small amounts of phytoestrogens anyway, and none has been proven to work in double-blind laboratory tests.

So if they don’t work, why are people allowed to advertise them for breast enhancement? Because these products are sold as dietary supplements (like vitamins), not as medical treatments. As such, they don’t require Food and Drug Administration approval and thus aren’t subject to rigorous testing before hitting the shelves. The

government can still go after them, though. The Federal Trade Commission and state consumer protection agencies have acted on consumer complaints in several cases: The company that sold Herbal Breast Advantage was sued by the Washington State attorney general’s office for its breast-enhancement claims; the FTC sued Vital Dynamics over its Isis System (obtaining a $22 million settlement) and Wellquest International over its Bloussant breastenhancement product. (An Arizona company, C.P. Direct, was shut down for making claims about its various herbal products, which besides a breast enlarger included a penisgrowth pill called Longitude and something called Stature that was supposed to make you taller. And no, Impatient, these didn’t work either.)

Phytoestrogens aren’t the only plant product touted as a route to bigger boobs. Some natural breast-enlargement products claim to increase the body’s progesterone levels.

The logic here is slightly sounder than that for estrogen, since progesterone can increase breast size by stimulating the growth of milk-producing cells. (Whether a woman would actually want this is a separate question.) A few plants are said to boost progesterone, including chasteberry and Mexican yam. But don’t go believing they actually do. Mexican yam, for one, has no proven effect on progesterone levels; yes, it was one of the original sources for the progesterone used in early contraceptives, but only after the saponin chemicals in the yam had been processed industrially.

Why do people persist in taking these things?

Because they’re noninvasive and relatively cheap and breast-augmentation surgery isn’t, which by some lights (admittedly dim) may compensate for the fact that surgery produces results while nutritional supplements don’t. Selfdelusion no doubt is another big part of it. And let’s not lose sight of the larger fact: In the three-ring behavioral laboratory known as the United States, it’s been proven beyond a doubt that a tissue enlargement of no practical benefit from a child-rearing standpoint (small-breasted women lactate just fine) can nonetheless help ensure a woman’s reproductive success.

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Curses, Foiled Again After Dana Buckman pulled a gun at an auto parts store in Rochester, N.Y., the two clerks handed over the money but chased him when he fled. They caught him, took away his gun, beat him with a pipe and retrieved the money, according to Buckman himself, who followed his guilty plea with a lawsuit, charging that the clerks overreacted to the armed robbery.

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First & Second Amendment Follies Police responding to a call about a man firing a gun in Clarksville, Tenn., found Jonifer Jerome Jackson, 20, with a Bible in one hand and a 9mm pistol in the other. He told the officers that he believed shooting the pistol was his only way of getting people to listen to his preaching. They added that Jackson stripped to his boxer shorts after they arrived for no apparent reason.

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Losing Streak of the Week Hoping to persuade his girlfriend to marry him, a 28-year-old man in Ann Arbor, Mich., told her that taking risks is an important part of life. To prove his point, police said, the boyfriend hopped out of the window of his first-floor apartment and streaked naked across the street. Before he could return, he noticed a couple walking down the sidewalk, so he hid in some bushes. A 28-year-old man who was walking his friend home noticed the man, pulled a gun and ordered him out. According to the police report, the naked man ran, and the man with the gun chased him, yelling that he was an Army drill sergeant and threatening to shoot. He fired one round, whereupon the naked man hit the ground, causing minor injuries. About that time, police arrived, responding to a call of a naked man being chased by a man with a gun, and arrested the gunman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just when you thought you had heard everything,â&#x20AC;? Detective Sgt. Jim Stephenson said.

Prudent Jurisprudence A state appeals court set aside the conviction of a man who tricked three men into stripping by pretending to be a radio disc jockey. The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criminal confinement law is too vague to allow Richard C. Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2005 conviction. Brown, who

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osh, what a month it’s been for news!

Already. Here we are, not even in the middle of July, and I’ve had to start a flow chart just to keep track of all the things that have and haven’t happened.

On July 4th, the United States turned 230 — that definitely happened. Then, on the 6th, George Bush turned 60. That happened, too, although, as always, Bush tried to equate himself with the nation and celebrated the event two days early at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where the next crop of mutilated corpses and miss-

I’m more interested in the things that didn’t happen last week to spoil either America’s or Bush’s birthday parties. ing body parts — about 3500 soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division — gave him a birthday cake “decorated as a flag,” according to the Associated Press.

“On this day when we give thanks for our freedom,” said Bush, “we also give thanks to the men and women who make our freedom possible. You are serving our country at a time when our country needs you. And because of your courage, every day is Independence Day in America.”

Whether every day in America is also Bush’s birthday (it certainly seemed like it last week) remains a matter of tight security. So does the answer to his question at Fort Bragg when it came time to cut the cake: “Anyone got a knife?”

Well, let’s not go there. As Laura Bush remarks, “George is not an overly introspective person,” and if we talk about him in the same breath with knives we might find ourselves “extraordinarily rendered” and hanging naked by our heels in some chamber in Estonia, reading our Bibles upside down. Besides, I’m more interested in the things that didn’t happen last week to spoil either America’s or Bush’s birthday parties.

First, there was the space shuttle Discovery, which took off from Cape Canaveral and, despite having lost a few pieces of insulating foam, failed to explode in fiery horror, killing everyone on board. True, the shuttle isn’t down yet, and there may still be some thrills at the end of the road. But something tells me that Discovery’s current mission, which even NASA describes as being “rather pedestrian,” will be completely successful. It’s also the next-to-last time the damn thing is going to be sent anywhere but a museum, for which we can all be grateful. Amen.

Next, there was that new group of “Islamo-fascists,” eight wannabe terrorists tracked down in an Internet chatroom

while talking vaguely about blowing up the Holland Tunnel, which, thanks to the vigilance of our security forces, failed to explode in fiery horror, killing everyone on their way to and from New Jersey. Granted, as The New York Times reports, these terrorists have never met each other. They’ve “secured no financing, gathered no explosives,” made no plans and never even been to the United States. But why take a chance? “These are bad guys in Canada and a bad guy in Lebanon talking,” says an unnamed “counterterrorism expert” in Washington, “but it never advanced beyond that. Like most plots that you get before they develop, it doesn’t look that serious, but you never know.”

You sure don’t! Those “bad guys in Canada” are on a par with those bad guys in Florida last month, who also had no plans, no plot, no money and no explosives, but who apparently wanted to demolish the Sears Tower in Chicago, which failed to explode in fiery horror, etc., on the very day that my Aunt Claire was stuck at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on a layover from California, desperately wishing that some terrorist would light a fuse and blow her back to Vermont, because it would be faster than going through security.

Finally, last week there was that “Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA),” called “Apollo Asteroid 2004 XP14” by international astronomers, which came within 269,000 miles of Earth and sped right on by, failing “to wipe out a small country,” as London’s Daily Telegraph insisted it could if it ever hit the planet, which it didn’t. Indeed, there were so many warnings in the press about how this asteroid wasn’t going to hit us — almost as many as there were about Bush’s “Big 6-0” — that I began to get suspicious, especially when a scientist in Ireland remarked that there are “782 known PHAs” currently circling the Earth. “At least we knew about this asteroid,” he said. “We should be more worried about the unknown ones.”

“Hmm,” I thought. “What are they hiding?” Then Kenneth Lay died, fresh from his conviction in the Enron trial, but before his sentencing, and thus before the government could get its hands on his ill-gotten loot. Bush, who sort of knew Lay “pretty well” and sort of not at all, made a surprise birthday appearance on “Larry King Live” and said he hoped that Kenny Boy’s heart “was right with the Lord” when he died.

If he died, that is — a lot of people think he didn’t, and that the Bush administration or the Carlisle Group have whisked him back to Houston or the Cayman Islands, where he can live out his days in the style to which he’s accustomed.

Me, I’m not so conspiracy-minded.

But I do hope that asteroid, next time it comes around, hits a small country such as Texas and wipes it off the map. m

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And at Burlington’s Firehouse Gallery this month, you can get in on the act. Just bring your cellphone.

The three-member Seed Collective is one of a diverse group of artists in the current exhibition entitled “Human = Nature” (see review this issue, page 53A).

What the artists have in common is a sense of acting as agents for change in their communities — in this case, specifically environmental activism. Together the installations represent a fascinating, uh, branch of contemporary art that is interdisciplinary, collaborative and message-driven. That said, while each of the works here is thought provoking, most are meant to be passively observed. Not so with The Seed Collective’s contribution, called simply “SEED.”

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Installed on the third-floor landing, “SEED” doesn’t look like much — some kind of projector set-up, a screen on the stairwell wall, and a list of written instructions. Here’s where your cellphone comes in. Call the number shown on the screen, and a voice on the other end informs you that punching numbers on the keypad will allow you to “plant” a tree on the projected landscape. Hit 1, as many times as you want, and the tree grows; 2 shrinks it; 3 changes its color; and 4 changes the type of foliage. Through the magic of wireless and computer technology — voilà! — your tree becomes part of a virtual forest.

So how does this work, exactly, and what’s the point? “The number is going to an online phone system,” explains Firehouse Curator Ruth Erickson. “The number calls a website managed by a computer in Toronto.” While the technology is hard to comprehend, Erickson concedes,

what happens next is less so. The point of Seed Collective’s work remains to be seen, literally: The phoned-in trees are going to translate to 150 real ones being planted in Burlington next year, thanks to the largesse of Seventh Generation. “They liked the combination of technology and environment, how solutions are going to depend significantly on technology, so they sponsored the project in full, and agreed to donate money to Branch Out Burlington,” says Erickson. “The ultimate goal of The Seed Collective is to connect the project with businesses and nonprofits that work on reforestation issues.”

A paean to the social, communal, environmental and economic benefits of trees can be found at www.seedcollective.ca.

“Human = Nature” is at the Firehouse through July 30. Go ahead, plant one.

If your proclivity for interactive art is more about pent-up rage, this month’s “iron pour” might be just the thing. At least the part about smashing up old radiators. Metal fabricator John Marius, one of nearly a dozen artisans at Burlington’s Pine Street Studios, has organized a weeklong workshop for anyone interested in learning the art of casting iron. It begins July 22 and takes place at the 339 Pine Street shop. So far about 11 have signed up; Marius says he can take nine more. “I’m inviting people to come make their own molds,” he adds. “I don’t know that much about it myself, and I want to learn.”

The cost is fairly lightweight: a mere $67 for the class, and $3 per pound for the iron. The heavy part comes from those radiators, procured from Queen City Iron & Metal. The idea is to pound the iron to smithereens — 2- to 3-inch pieces, to be precise — and melt them down in a “cupola furnace.” This 4-foot-high tub is tough enough to heat heavy metal to 2800 degrees Fahrenheit. A pole running through its top allows the cupola to be tipped, pouring molten iron into artist-made molds.

“You have to wear sunglasses to look at it,” Marius cautions.

The tipping point, as it were, will be demonstrated by “the spectacular Elijah Sproles, all the way from New Orleans,” as Marius describes him. The master iron man, whom Marius met at a sculpture park in Minnesota, has been trying to dry out and salvage his foundry flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Talk about rage. “We’re paying for his gas money, but he’s not charging us anything,” reveals Marius, who invited Sproles to spend some time in “beautiful Vermont.”

Marius generally makes functional art from metal — one of his chairs is displayed at Pine Street Art Works. He just returned from Bonnaroo, a music festival in Tennessee, where he was the sole metalworker on the production crew. His latest creation? “I made a 24-foot-diameter chandelier that hung in one of the stage tents,” Marius explains. Unfortunately, Bonnaroo gets to keep it. m

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In an admirable effort to keep innovation alive within a staid and popular genre, â&#x20AC;&#x153;ROLâ&#x20AC;? works to advance the classic real-time strategygame model made popular by titles such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Warcraftâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Age of Empiresâ&#x20AC;? with an imaginative reinvention of the formula.

The original â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rise of Nationsâ&#x20AC;? game floated to the top of the stack by making nation-building fun and focusing on the details. To the casual bystander, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rise of Nationsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Age of Empiresâ&#x20AC;? were bookend games with little to distinguish them. But for fans of this frenetic and colorful war making, â&#x20AC;&#x153;RONâ&#x20AC;? rose on myriad little touches. From the improved 3-D graphics to the way that players bossed around serfs on the screen, â&#x20AC;&#x153;RONâ&#x20AC;? was the connoisseurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real-time strategy title. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rise of Legendsâ&#x20AC;? replaces the national forces of places such as Britain, Egypt and Korea with the warring states of Vinci, Alin and Cuotl, and the world of Aio. Each of these imaginary factions exists to contain individual groups squabbling for control and power. Vinci armies run on steam and clockwork, mechanical soldiers. The Alin use magic and nature as their weapons, while Cuotl thrives on mystery and spirit.

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In this way, playing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rise of Legendsâ&#x20AC;? is a lot like learning French.

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The reward for sticking with the game is a chance to play out well-worn approaches in a new place. Commanding an army of magic against hordes of mechanical atrocities provides a satisfying backstory to justify all the point-and-click carnage at your command. In single-player mode, following the baroque soap-opera story line of who killed whom, who deserves revenge and why this person just might be in love with that one helps make the levels of combat seem worthwhile.

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State of War? ne of the cultural markers of our state is that we keep debating, fretting and sometimes snarling over who is a “real Vermonter.” It’s strange when you think about it — people in Massachusetts never worry over who is a real Bay Stater, and as far as I know there are no admission requirements for New Hampshire or Rhode Island. But the realVermonter debate seems to get reactivated each time some difficult or divisive issue is on the table — civil unions, the Australian ballot, Act 250. Even the mock 1998 senatorial candidacy of Fred Tuttle came down to a legitimacy claim.

The debate runs the gamut from the sublime to the ridiculous, but its underpinnings have always been hard to analyze. A new book

by Paul Searls, Two Vermonts: Geography and Identity, 1865-1910, locates convincingly where and how the who-is-aVermonter conversation got started — and, perhaps more importantly, why it matters. In this dense but interesting offering, Searls outlines the social, economic and cultural displacements that gave birth to the real-Vermonter conflict.

He also builds a convincing catalogue of events and disagreements that seem to lay down the basic grammar of two very different impulses operating in Vermont culture.

Searls describes the development of what he calls “uphill” and “downhill” cultures that emerged after the Civil War, which in Vermont was a period of change, conflict and the disruption of traditional farming communities as people moved either down to the valleys — for access to the railroad and the growing villages down there — or away altogether, to seek their fortunes off the farm. This was a time when people were on the move, both culturally and geographically, all over the United States, but in Vermont these demographic migrations played out in an especially troubling and divisive way.

The downhill culture — progressive, reform-minded and often bursting with civic do-goodism — tended to undermine, criticize and misunderstand the complex and interdependent rural culture that persisted in the hills. Yet uphill culture, which was conservative, introverted

and not very welcoming toward outside interference, held the political power in Montpelier and could deflect the downhill agitation for industrialization, centralization and cultural change. It’s a complicated but compelling story, and Searls describes in detail how it resonated across 19th-century Vermont.

For example, he unwinds the story of the establishment of the University of Vermont as the State Agricultural College, and it isn’t pretty. Justin Morrill, who was the great guiding light behind the landgrant system, was also on the UVM board of trustees. Probably because of this affiliation, he got the idea that the Vermont Agricultural College should be integrated into that institution, even though this put Vermont out of step with the other New England states, which all started their land-grant colleges from scratch. The university was widely understood to be a thoroughly downhill institution. “Uphill voices expressed their reservations about the plan as early as 1863,” Searls says, and it’s clear from events that their doubts had merit. For years, not much happened; the putative ag school had no faculty and no students; by the early 1870s the uphill feeling was that their school was “languishing in downhill hands.”

The Grange and the State Board of Agriculture proved to be venues where farmers could air their suspicions and grievances: “One historian of the

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in the downhill scenario, were “ambitious, progressive, entrepreneurial, cosmopolitan, yet tempered, informed, and powered by ancient virtues.” Uphill Vermont answered this stack of adjectives with the quiet mantra of “small farms, well tilled.”

This uphill motto pointed to agrarian values that rural people felt formed the basis of realVermont society.

The controversy dragged along until the late 1880s, resisting closure for more than two decades. But the ag school knot is part of a larger struggle, Searls argues, for primacy of vision for the future of the state.

This disagreement is just one among many that he dissects; the book ranges broadly over the status of social services, education, immigration, emigration, the temperance movement and institutions such as the Historical Society and Old Home Week. This makes for a precise and at times engaging discussion of our endless family quarrel over values, community and authenticity.

Searls also disputes the idea that Vermonters are from pure Yankee stock, pointing out that the state was a mix of nationalities right from the beginning.

But the increased in-migration

of French, Irish and Italian workers during the 19th century represented both a boon to downhill industry and a threat to downhill ideas about membership in the tribe. These new residents were mostly skilled laborers, and they actually kept the state’s population stable during a time when many of the supposedly real Vermonters — those born here — were climbing aboard the new railroads and migrating away.

So these new, presumably unreal Vermonters were sorely needed but not really welcome.

Not only were there a lot of them — in 1870, 45 percent of Burlington residents were foreign-born; in Winooski, it was more than half — but they had an irritating habit of forming labor unions. So Searls’ chapter called “Defining the Community of Vermonters” is mostly about exclusion; talk about who was a real Vermonter was predominantly about “class, race, public policy and morality,” and was used to fence off the very same workers that downhill industry depended on for their real-Vermonter vigor, industry and economic progress. Uphill, where in>> 29A

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migration was much lower, these new residents were apparently assimilated without much friction or even comment, and were probably welcomed as the uphill population continued to decline.

Two Vermonts addresses these issues and more, and is a rewarding, even amusing, book for the patient reader. For example, we learn that one thing uphill and downhill cul-

It also bugged me that he says nothing about the political and social trauma that came with the 1965 reapportionment, since it was this seismic shift that ended the one-townone-vote House of Representatives that had long allowed the uphill agenda to prevail in Montpelier. Over the course of Two Vermonts, Searls talks about the dominance of small towns over large ones and

Searls also disputes the idea that Vermonters are from pure Yankee stock, pointing out that the state was a mix of nationalities right from the beginning. tures could firmly agree on was that oleomargarine, that threat to the dairy industry, should be dyed pink before being offered for sale. This may be just an interesting little factoid, but it’s one worth hoarding. But be warned: The book itself is ugly.

When you see it in the bookstore you will not want to buy it, since it is burdened with a dark, mystifying cover, dense type, no maps or pictures and more than a hundred pages of appendices and notes.

I hasten to add that the way a book looks is not the author’s fault — publishers sometimes do things and there is just no stopping them. Authors generally do get to negotiate the cover, though, and Searls probably should have tried harder to get something other than a poorly drawn Rowland Evans Robinson illustration of two men with strange facial hair who appear to be playing Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Another difficulty with Two Vermonts is that, for such a careful and detailed book, it’s curiously incomplete. It bothered me, for example, that Searls went into many particulars about the conflict surrounding the founding of the land-grant College of Agriculture at UVM, but left out how the Vermont School of Agriculture was founded in 1910 by the legislature as an alternative to UVM. In Randolph Center, the VSA — now Vermont Technical College — offered a straightforward, two-year course in modern farming methods, was relatively inexpensive, and was more palatable to many uphillers than was the big, downhill school in Burlington.

The chartering of VSA deserves mention because it was that rare, useful thing — a workable compromise — and is as much a part of the Vermont agschool story as the huffing and puffing over the College of Agriculture in Burlington. If you begin a tale, you have a duty to end it, and 1910 is clearly within the time span Searls considers here.

the downhill exasperation with this imbalance of power and population. I concede that 1965 is probably 55 years too late for legitimate inclusion in the text, but this is what conclusions are for, and, in his, Searls jumps ahead all the way to 1925. Why not give the reader a paragraph on an event that not only shook Vermont to its skivvies but also bears on one of the book’s key themes?

A final minor quibble is that the book is chock-full of downhill texts, transcribed speeches, newspaper articles and other proclamations. The uphill voices, in comparison, seem small and muted. Again, I doubt this is the author’s fault: When you write about history, you have to work with the sources available, and downhill institutions — newspapers, civic associations, benevolent and fraternal organizations — were probably far more numerous in the towns and large villages than they were up in the hills.

These minor flaws aside, Two Vermonts is not only a much better book than it appears on first inspection, it is also a very good book, period.

It’s valuable because it frames our differences, and Vermont’s endless debate over who is real and who isn’t, in a serious and muscular way. It shows us, among other things, that we bicker in a spirit that’s in keeping with the weight of history; these are old divisions, and grounded in a past we would do well to understand. Many of the state’s perennial preoccupations — immigration, emigration, failing farmers — still show up in today’s headlines.

Two Vermonts also teaches us that any claims we make to Yankee purity are at best tenuous, and that the overwhelming whiteness of Vermont does not necessarily indicate a closed society. Perhaps most hopeful of all is that, if widely read, Two Vermonts might even promote some new, mid-hill thinking — or at least show us where the middle of the hill could someday be. m

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EAT HERE NOW Vermonters rise to the challenge of total local consumption

BY KEN PICARD

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ILLUSTRATION: JO SCOTT

very parent has employed the old trick of feeding a child with an imaginary incoming airplane. “Open wide, here it comes!” they’ll say, as the spoon heads toward the mouth. For troublesome toddlers, it can take a whole morning of “arrivals” just to get through a serving of applesauce.

This is a fitting metaphor for the age of global food consumption, in which multiple flights — burning thousands of gallons of petroleum products — might be involved in any one of our meals. By one estimate, the average American meal now travels 1500 miles, for seven to 14 days, to get from the farm to the plate; 2800 calories of fossil fuel are consumed to produce a typical 400-calorie breakfast. When you factor in growing public concerns about food security, bioterrorism, GMOs, factory farming, chemical pesticide residues, obesity and the disappearance of the family farm, it’s easy to see why the typical American diet is no longer considered sustainable.

Enter the Vermont “localvore” movement. Just as carnivores eat meat and herbivores eat fruits and vegetables, localvores eat local. This summer hundreds of Vermonters will pledge to only eat foods that were grown or raised in Vermont, or within a 100-mile radius of their homes.

At least five localvore groups in

Vermont — in the Champlain Valley, central Vermont, Middlebury, Brattleboro and the Upper Valley — have sprung up and are sponsoring “localvore challenges” during the months of August and September. The eating endeavors range in commitment from a single Vermont-raised meal to a full month of local-only chow.

The idea isn’t to be the “food police,” but to challenge you to eat as many locally grown foods as possible,” says Nicole Carpenter of the Champlain Valley Localvores — “to get Vermonters thinking about where their food comes from and who grows it.”

The definition of “local” varies slightly from group to group. Some localvore challenges allow participants to consume locally produced foods even if they don’t contain 100 percent indigenous ingredients, such as Vermont-brewed beers and Vermontroasted coffees. Others allow “wild card” exemptions for harder-to-find items, such as cooking oils and certain grains.

The Champlain Valley Localvores, whose challenge runs throughout the month of August, are taking a more hard-core approach. They’ve agreed only to a “modern Marco Polo” exception, which permits any spices the 13th-century explorer would have had on hand, such as salt and pepper, as well as modern leavening agents, such

as baking powder, baking soda and yeast.

They borrowed the idea for the Marco Polo exemption — and its name — from Ripton-based author and scholar Bill McKibben, who went for seven months eating all-Vermont fare, then wrote about the experience for Gourmet magazine. His month-to-

month account not only details his diet — of meat, cheese, cider, syrup, and, after some serious searching, Québec oats — but introduces a variety of interesting home-grown ag endeavors.

Ben Gleason’s grain farm in Bridport, for example, appears to be the only wheat source in Vermont. From Gleason’s organic hard red winter

THIS SUMMER HUNDREDS OF VERMONTERS WILL PLEDGE TO ONLY EAT FOODS THAT WERE GROWN OR RAISED WITHIN A 100-MILE RADIUS OF THEIR HOMES. wheat came McKibben’s crucial carbs: bread, pancakes — and beer.

“We were driving to Thanksgiving and chatting and said, ‘We could do that!’” Carpenter recalls her reaction to a story about McKibben’s local-eating adventure that appeared last fall in Seven Days. “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be more fun if we got more people to do it with us?’” Carpenter adds. As of last week, 72 people had pledged to participate in the Champlain Valley Localvore challenge.

One hundred people showed up for the April 29 inaugural meeting of the Mad River Valley Localvores, which are sponsoring a weeklong challenge from September 11 to 17. Founding member Robin McDermott of Waitsfield says

VEGETABLES FROM CLAY BROOK FARM AT THE BURLINGTON FARMERS’ MARKET »

Soon-to-be “localvores” dish up the foods they’ll miss the most COMPILED BY ERIK ESCKILSEN

NAME: Sheryl Graves TOWN: Winooski AGE: 43 OCCUPATION: Energy manager and engineer WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “The main thing was being aware of how much food is shipped over great distances and how energy-intensive that is . . . just being a lot more aware of my food is another piece of it.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Chocolate. I don’t drink coffee, so I’m not too worried, but chocolate is going to be the big thing for me . . . I’m not giving it up forever, absolutely not, no way. I’m not that committed.”

NAME: Russell T. Herrin TOWN: Essex Junction AGE: 37 OCCUPATION: Engineer WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “To promote locally grown food as a more environmentally friendly alternative to food grown outside the region. To me, the primary advantage of local food is the reduction in energy required for transportation to the consumer.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “I will miss chocolate the most.”

NAME: Stefan Steingrimur Hermannsson TOWN: Burlington AGE: 21 OCCUPATION: AmeriCorps volunteer, UVM student, Draker Solar Design intern WHY DOING LOCALVORE: I am engaging in the challenge because I want to teach myself a lesson. It will be fun. Besides, I almost eat totally local. I want to eat totally local — now I will.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “I will miss salt. And my rye berries from New York.”

NAME: Jason Parker TOWN: South Burlington AGE: 27 OCCUPATION: Designer WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “Because it’s a good way to force myself to eat natural foods.” [Three people in Parker’s house are taking the challenge along with seven of his neighbors.]

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Coffee would be the super-hard one.

I need coffee to get my engine rolling . . . The system that my house worked out is, we’re going to give us five ‘get out of jail free’ cards . . . For us, the whole point is for us to do more than we’re doing.”

NAME: Sophie Quest TOWN: South Burlington AGE: 72 OCCUPATION: State park volunteer WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “Well, for one thing, it’s very good practice for when we don’t have any oil and we’ll only be able to eat local. For another thing, it’s just fantastic to know your farmers . . . When you go to farmers’ markets, you discover new treats that you can attach yourself to.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Turkish dried apricots. That’s what I have for breakfast every morning on my oatmeal.

Oatmeal will be a problem, but not a big problem.”

NAME: Melinda Moulton TOWN: Huntington AGE: 56 OCCUPATION: CEO/Redeveloper, Main Street Landing; Board chair, Intervale Center WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “If we can get a bunch of people to actually commit to buying local . . . it’s going to save us all money, it’s going to be better food, a lot of it’s going to be organic, and we’re supporting our Vermont farmers. We should be buying local.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Tea and my spices . . . I love nuts, so I’m going to have to not eat nut butter.”

NAME: Larry Hamilton (along with wife Linda) TOWN: Charlotte AGE: 81 OCCUPATION: Retired university professor WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “We have been inspired by the Earth Institute discussion groups that we’ve been participating in for three years.

We have a Charlotte sustainable-living network here that has been promoting “eat local.” Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and I guess Bill McKibben started it, too. A lot of things have come together.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Orange juice is going to be a hard one, or cranberry juice, both of which we drink a lot of.”

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FOR MORE INFO ON LOCALVORE CHALLENGES: n Champlain Valley Localvores: www.eatlocalvt.org n Mad River Valley Localvores: www.vermontlocalvore.org n Upper Valley Localvores: www.vitalcommunities.org/ agriculture/localvore/localvorehome.htm n Brattleboro Localvores: www.postoilsolutions.org/localvore n Middlebury Localvores: Ginger Nickerson, 897-5448

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NAME: Deirdre Holmes TOWN: Charlotte AGE: 37 OCCUPATION: Holistic health counselor WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “Numerous reasons, really. For the human health benefit, I think local is the freshest and the healthiest you can eat. I also think it’s the healthiest for the local economy and healthiest for the environment near and far.”

Deirdre and her kids just moved to Vermont from Brooklyn, New York, and notes that her family is “also enjoying this as a theme for the month of August to get to know our new home better.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “A couple of things. Black tea I will certainly miss, as well as tropical fruits — lemons, bananas — and olives and olive oil . . .What I’m looking for is an organic dairy farmer I can buy milk from directly.”

NAME: Laura J. Schutz TOWN: Essex Junction AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: Engineer WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “Because I think that supporting local agriculture is good for the environment and local economy. By taking the challenge for the month of August, I’m hoping that it will force me to explore the local food sources in more detail and will create some lasting habits.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Chocolate. I’m also going to need to be very prepared so that I have plenty of local food with me at work, so I can avoid the afternoon munchies and vending machines. I’ve also decided that I’m still going to use Gatorade and Gu gels while I’m exercising, since I’m training for some distance runs this fall and am a little hesitant to experiment with other means of replenishing fuel and electrolytes midworkout.”

NAME: Angela McGregor TOWN: Burlington AGE: 27 OCCUPATION: Educator with Shelburne Farms Sustainable Schools Project WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “Having access to local food is essentially why I moved to Vermont [from California].

I’m taking a month to really push this relationship I’ve already been developing for the past few years . . .The idea of really being connected to seasons is the first thing, and to be connected to those who grow my food.

There’s something about it that’s hard to describe, exactly, but it just feels good. It makes me probably happier than anything else I can think of.”

HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Sugar and chocolate. That’s all I’ve been talking about. I don’t know what kind of person I’m going to be around others if I’m not eating chocolate.”

NAME: Mandy Fischer TOWN: Burlington AGE: 29 OCCUPATION: Works at the Intervale Center WHY DOING LOCALVORE: “I’ve been interested in the politics of food production and moved to Vermont [from Chicago] to work in sustainable agriculture. I . . . try to eat as locally as possible just in my everyday life, and feel very lucky to live in a place where it’s possible to have a diet that’s 95 percent local. I see [the eat-local challenge] as a celebration of that . . . or just a celebration of local food, and the bounty of the harvest we have in Vermont,” HARDEST TO GIVE UP: “Sugar.

It’s just in a lot of things, and even if you don’t intentionally eat it, you do. It’s going to be hard not to have a piece of chocolate. That’s really what it is. It’s chocolate.”

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Got Local Milk?

A free-ranging dairy discussion with ag expert Anthony Pollina

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

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he biggest irony in Vermont’s growing localvore movement: Milk, the state’s best known food, is rarely “local.” Gone are the days when you could buy a fresh quart from the farmer down the road. Bottling plants are also on the endangered list. Almost every drop of Vermont milk, including organic, is pasteurized, homogenized and shipped to points south before it is mingled, packaged and brought back to the state in gasguzzling trucks.

Some ag observers believe the system — which also dictates the price farmers receive for their milk — is hastening dairy’s demise. Anthony Pollina is one of them. Long before the current crisis brought fresh, gubernatorial attention to the industry, Pollina founded Dairy Farmers of Vermont, which now draws its 300 farmer members from every county in the state. The Montpelier-based DFA is working to establish an instate processing plant that would collect, bottle and market Vermont-brand milk.

Pollina has been an activist and expert on agricultural issues for more than two decades; in the early 1980s, he launched the family-farm-friendly Rural Vermont, an organization that has consistently challenged state ag policies on issues ranging from genetically modified seeds to the dearth of local slaughterhouses. Like dairy farmers, many local meat producers often have no choice but to “process” their animals out of state, a bottom-dollar proposition. Meanwhile, Vermont restaurants can’t get enough homegrown beef, chicken and lamb.

When he’s not fundraising, Pollina talks about Vermont agriculture on “Equal Time,” a four-times-a-week radio show on WDEV, and serves as acting chair of the Vermont Progressive Party. He has twice run unsuccessfully for statewide office as a Progressive, for governor in 2000 and lieutenant governor in 2002.

more than 100 plants in the United States, Spain, Portugal and Britain. The company is the leading U.S. manufacturer of soy milk as well as organic milk, following its acquisition of Horizon Organic Dairy Corp. two years ago.] Dean Foods controls 70 percent of the milk sold in our region.

AP: Monument Farms is one of the very few dairies left in the state that enables Vermonters to say they’re drinking truly local milk. There’s also Thomas Dairy [in Rutland] and Strafford [Organic Creamery], but these are small operations that can supply only a small percentage of Vermonters.

A lot of people think Booth Brothers sells only Vermont milk, but it’s actually been owned by Hood for some time, so its milk gets mingled with other states’.

STATE OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PUBLICLY CONFRONTED WITH THE TASK OF TRYING TO BUY LOCAL MILK, AND THEY’D THEN BE EMBARRASSED WHEN VERMONTERS SAW HOW DIFFICULT IT REALLY IS.

SEVEN DAYS: Governor Douglas has been airing public-service spots on radio stations urging us all to take Vermont vacations and buy locally raised food. Is it that easy?

ANTHONY POLLINA: Consuming locally produced milk isn’t as simple as it might seem, or as the governor would like us to believe. The governor should address the factors that prevent Vermonters from buying truly local products. I’d tell Douglas, “If eating local is as simple as you suggest, then you should start by making the state do it and ensure that others can.”

The issue with milk is that, over the past several years, there’s been an incredible degree of consolidation in the dairy industry. That’s led to Vermont farmers losing control of their markets. They have very limited options as to where they can sell their milk and what they get paid for it.

The national and regional consolidation has resulted in the shutting down of locally owned dairy processing plants. As early as 2000, [U.S. Senator] Pat Leahy pointed out that expanding dairy conglomerate Suiza Foods had a strategy of buying up dairy processing plants for the purpose of closing them.

Suiza merged with [Dallas-based] Dean Foods in 2001. [Dean Foods operates

They don’t care about Vermont or the state’s dairy farmers.

Hood, which is based in the Boston area, controls 15 percent of the milk in our region. So, together you’ve got two big corporations with an 85 percent market share of the milk sold around here. What does that tell you about how easy it is for Vermonters to buy local milk?

SD: You’re saying it’s almost impossible for a large proportion of Vermonters to do the localvore thing when it comes to milk?

AP: It is impossible. And the situation won’t change until Vermont rebuilds its dairy infrastructure.

The way it goes now, these conglomerates have the aim of producing as much milk as possible, as cheaply as possible. The industry doesn’t care about farmers; it cares about milk. There’s a big difference between the two.

Dean Foods would actually prefer to buy milk from one giant farm. It’d be cheaper for them, and that’s all that matters.

SD: What about Monument Farms in Weybridge? They process their own milk.

SD: How about Cabot?

Isn’t its milk from local sources?

AP: When you’re buying from Cabot, you’re buying products made with milk from Vermont and from other states in the region. Cabot is owned by Agri-Mark [which is based in Massachusetts].

SD: But Cabot has the image of being a locally owned co-operative.

Are you saying Vermont dairy co-ops are complicit in making it hard for Vermonters to buy milk produced in the state?

AP: The St. Albans Co-op is another case like Cabot. Co-ops in Vermont have been swept up — or blindly allowed themselves to be swept up — in the wave of consolidation in the dairy industry. They’ve bought into the industry model of milk as merely a commodity. That’s not the Vermont model, or at least it’s not what most Vermonters would want the state model to be.

We need to escape from that way of thinking. Milk can be made into more than a commodity by adding value to it.

The Vermont name alone is a highly effective way of adding value. We’ve seen it happen with maple syrup, teddy bears and even coffee.

We know consumers in this state and in many other states will reach for, and pay

more for, products they know are made in Vermont. Throughout this region, consumers see Vermont farmers as being their local farmers.

SD: So a certified, made-in-Vermont label would make a big difference?

AP: Absolutely. And we can do it by segregating Vermont milk from that of other states. Having a certified Vermont label would suggest to consumers that it’s a higher-quality product — that it’s going to be BGH-free, for example. [Bovine growth hormone is a genetically engineered stimulant to cows’ milk production. It is used by many large and mid-size dairy farms, including some in Vermont.]

SD: You said Douglas could make it simple for Vermonters to buy genuinely local milk. What steps should he and the legislature take?

AP: The first would be for the State of Vermont to support its dairy farmers by buying their milk. The state refuses to do that now. They claim it’s too complicated to find a sufficient supply of local milk; they’re right about that.

State officials should be called on this.

They should be publicly confronted with the task of trying to buy local milk, and they’d then be embarrassed when Vermonters saw how difficult it really is.

If the State of Vermont wanted to have a real impact on the dairy crisis, they could make it possible to buy 100 percent Vermont milk for state institutions such as schools and prisons. They could also use political and financial leverage to get semipublic institutions like Fletcher Allen and UVM to buy milk. Big private employers like IBM and National Life could be urged to do the same thing. Vermont institutions and companies could also agree to pay farmers a steady and fair price for their milk. The money would then stay in our own communities instead of going to some faceless corporation in who knows where. >> 36A

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SD: That’s what three food co-ops — in Burlington, Middlebury and Montpelier — have just started doing with Monument Farms.

They’re selling Vermont-produced milk with its own label and have made a deal with Monument Farms so that the producer is guaranteed a fair price.

AP: Yes, the co-ops’ milk initiative shows it can be done at some scale. It’s not going to be possible to make their milk available to large numbers of Vermonters, but it’s a good start.

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SD: What about the farmers themselves? Dairy may be a dying industry in Vermont, but farmers are still a major political constituency. Why don’t the farmers get engaged with this infrastructure proposal you’re pushing?

AP: I know a lot of dairy farmers in Vermont, and I don’t think there’s a single one of them who’d say this isn’t an idea worth trying. There needs to be better leadership in the dairy community. Right now, farmers are hurting so much it’s hard for them to come up with any kind of capital investment.

The average farm in Vermont that’s milking 100 cows is expecting to see a $60,000 reduction in income this year, along with an added $20,000 in fuel and fertilizer costs. That’s overwhelming.

Farmers can only focus on somehow making it through the immediate future.

HAVING A CERTIFIED VERMONT LABEL WOULD SUGGEST TO CONSUMERS THAT IT’S A HIGHER-QUALITY PRODUCT — THAT IT’S GOING TO BE BGH-FREE, FOR EXAMPLE.

SD: What would it take to enable most Vermonters to buy milk produced entirely by farmers in the state?

AP: If there was a sizable dairy processing plant in the state committed to doing business only with Vermont farmers and paying them a reasonable price, then we’d be on the way to having it happen.

It’s not possible now, though, because, again, we’ve lost the infrastructure.

SD: Is that what your own organization is trying to achieve — to help rebuild the dairy infrastructure in Vermont?

AP: Yes, we’d like to see Vermont get to the point where one or more processing plants were operating in the state and producing only certified Vermont milk.

SD: Have you tried to get the Douglas administration to see the situation from your perspective?

AP: Many times. But they’re not seeing it. They react to a crisis like the one facing farmers now by coming up with short-term fixes like providing a temporary price subsidy. They’re also approaching the marketing issue in a really inappropriate way.

Vermont is talking with New York and Pennsylvania about jointly promoting milk from the three states. But we don’t help market maple syrup from New York. So why should we help sell milk from states that are much bigger producers?

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the milk sold in Vermont to be entirely from Vermont farms, but they also face the obstacle of having no access to processing plants in Vermont.

SD: Does everything you’re saying apply to organic as well as conventional milk?

There’s a view that organic milk is somehow associated with Vermont.

AP: The organic dairy industry has actually consolidated more quickly than what’s happened in the conventional industry.

Organic Cow of Vermont is now owned by Dean Foods — same as Horizon. Organic Cow actually had to drop the “Vermont” part of its name. It now presents itself as any other national organic dairy.

Organic Valley [a Wisconsinbased cooperative of organic dairy farmers] is trying hard to do the right thing. They’d like

Organic milk from Vermont goes to New York or Connecticut to be bottled and is brought back to Vermont after being mingled with organic milk from other states.

SD: Given Vermont’s size and the political power of the dairy industry — and with two companies controlling 85 percent of milk sold in Vermont — isn’t this idea of building an in-state processing infrastructure pretty utopian? There’s no way Dean Foods is going to allow its market share to be cut, right?

AP: It’s not utopian. We’re talking about coming up with about $5 million. That would be enough to make consumption of truly local milk possible on a significant scale. You could open one or two bottling plants in Vermont with that kind of money.

I think Vermonters would get behind such an investment. Look at how much the state wants to spend on the Circ Highway.

Look at the size of subsidies it gives companies like Husky for locating in Vermont. Look at the money the state puts into promoting the ski industry and tourism in general.

We also directly spend taxpayers’ dollars on land conservation.

There’s nothing wrong with that, but the state could also spend money on a dairy infrastructure that would allow Vermont farmers to stay in business and conserve their own land.

SD: What do state officials say when you make this case to them? How come they don’t adopt your logic?

AP: I recently told people from the Ag Department that if they’re interested, I could present the Dairy Task Force with engineering plans, floor plans, construction plans, whatever kind of plans they want for a dairy processing plant.

They said, “Well, that idea has come up, but it’s not a priority.”

The Ag Department doesn’t know how to think creatively.

Like it or not, they’re part of the whole system that’s destabilizing agriculture in Vermont. To do what we’re talking about would mean moving outside the industrialization paradigm for agriculture. And that would mean having to confront the industry’s leaders. They’d have to take on

SD: Why has the price of milk paid to Vermont farmers fallen so much?

AP: The dairy industry will say it’s because production is up in other parts of the country and that’s driving down prices. I say it’s because of monopolization of the market resulting from the consolidation I spoke of earlier.

SD: The state is going to provide $8.5 million in emergency assistance to dairy farmers because of low prices and the bad weather.

That should make a difference, right?

AP: The state doesn’t have an effective response at all to what’s happening. Why does the state government stand by and expect it’s OK for farmers to sell milk at prices below their production costs?

How can politicians have the chutzpah to praise farmers for all their hard work and perseverance after the politicians have given their own selves raises?

We’re loving Vermont farmers, all right — loving them to death. All this stuff about how great farmers are doesn’t put a penny in their pockets. Sending them subsidy checks is a nice thing to do, but it’s not very empowering. If anything, it creates reliance on the way things are done now.

And who’s going to stand up and say the dairy industry in Vermont is doing really well with the way things are now?

SD: Say more about why state politicians and officials don’t see it your way.

AP: They’ve got a very conservative, pro-business, pro-globalization view of agriculture. And it’s clearly the wrong view. It’s the view that’s gotten Vermont dairy farmers to the point of collapse.

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AP: It’s possible they could, but in UVM’s case it would mean confronting Sodexho [the Maryland-based corporation that services its dining halls; it ranks as the largest food and facilitiesmanagement operation in the country]. UVM can negotiate with Sodexho about what it buys for the dining halls. UVM could tell Sodexho it won’t renew its contract unless Sodexho agrees to buy certain products — like Vermont milk.

Other universities are doing this sort of thing. Dartmouth, for example, is supporting local agriculture more effectively than UVM. SD: But then we come back to the point about there not being a dairy infrastructure in Vermont.

AP: Right. But UVM and others could certainly invest in it, could certainly help raise the needed money. It wouldn’t take long to get the infrastructure in place.

Vermont milk would be available to UVM next spring or the year after if they invested in it now.

SD: It sounds like you’re suggesting that buying local milk isn’t only politically correct but essential to the survival of the dairy industry in Vermont. There are only about 1200 dairy farms left in the state.

AP: Yeah, and 30 or 40 have gone out so far this year. The state is either going to admit and correct a huge mistake — which was allowing the infrastructure to be lost — or it’s going to say good-bye to the Vermont dairy industry.

I’m not saying the state should build and operate a dairy processing plant. I’m saying the state should make the capital available to co-ops at no cost.

If something like that doesn’t happen, the dairy industry as we know it is absolutely going to disappear in Vermont. There will continue to be some large farms, but with milk prices expected to stay very low for at least another year, there’s so much discouragement that hundreds and hundreds of dairy farms are now at serious risk of going under.

SD: The state is contributing to the death of its dairy industry, in other words.

AP: Steve Kerr [head of the Vermont Agency of Agriculture] says we need to look in the mirror and acknowledge that we live in the real world. His solution is for Vermont farmers to make more milk. He wants them to do this at a time when they’re getting $3 less per hundredweight than two years ago.

The state’s leadership is out to lunch on this issue.

SD: Does the same set of dynamics apply to other Vermont ag products — meat, for instance?

AP: It’s essentially the same.

Institutions like UVM are locked

into national food services that are in turn locked into national markets. I was at a meeting not long ago where Sodexho was asked about buying chopped meat from Vermont suppliers.

The company said they were very limited in where they could buy meat.

It’s circular reasoning. UVM and other institutions should break the lock. That’s all there is to it.

SD: What would it take for a local grower like David Miskell to be able to sell his tomatoes to UVM? AP: We asked that question at a meeting a year ago and were told

by Sodexho that a truck would have to take Miskell’s tomatoes to Massachusetts where they’d be reloaded with other tomatoes and driven back.

Think about how completely antithetical this is to sustainability.

SD: Have you suggested an alternative plan?

AP: We’ve proposed what we call the 2 percent for Vermont solution. We’re calling on institutions like UVM and Fletcher Allen to invest 2 percent of their endowments in these kinds of projects.

Private businesses could do it, too. Imagine if National Life invested 2 percent of their portfolio in Vermont infrastructure.

Sodexho and others say the supply isn’t available in Vermont to serve their customers here. But I can guarantee you that Vermont farmers would meet the demand if Sodexho were to change its policy.

The state could help a lot, too, of course, by buying Vermontraised meat for its own institutions. The state could use its power to help create the market.

We lost half of our meat processing plants when Howard Dean was governor. I was there when the meat processors were pleading with the Vermont Legislature to release money to save the plants. The state could have made that investment and kept the industry viable.

SD: Misty Knoll in New Haven sells Vermont poultry.

How can they do it?

AP: Misty Knoll may be the only local producer able to meet Vermont regulations, which are tougher than USDA regulations.

Other potential producers find it too difficult. American Flatbread wanted to buy chicken from a farm across the road from them in Waitsfield, but the regs prevented it from happening.

SD: What’s wrong with having tough regulations? Isn’t it about protecting public health?

AP: We should be doing everything we can to make it easier to sell local food. Vermont’s regs are tougher than New Hampshire’s, and no one I know of is saying New Hampshire’s regs are inadequate.

A poultry industry is just waiting to happen in Vermont.

My wife and I were involved in a survey of Vermont grocery stores and restaurants not long ago, and poultry just went off the charts in terms of local products the stores said they’d like to sell. m

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The Vermont Fresh Network takes on a new problem: fraud

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here are two red-blooded burgers on the menu at Mary’s Restaurant in Bristol. The traditional beef patty comes from cows grazing happily at nearby Wood Creek Farm in Bridport. The other can be sourced to the herd of buffalo down the road, at Middlebury’s Apple Ridge Farms.

A little cheese on that? Chef Doug Mack recommends the cheddar-chive from Neighborly Farms in Randolph.

At least 17 local farms currently supply Mack with venison, chicken, eggs, rabbit, maple syrup, elk, cheese, sausage, flour and dairy products. He got his veggies from neighboring suppliers, too, before he started growing his own.

Mack is a founder — and exemplary member — of the Vermont Fresh Network, which cultivates partnerships between chefs, producers and consumers in an effort to support Vermont agriculture. Restaurant membership is predicated on a promise to feature at least three local farm products on the menu.

The VFN logo, which is displayed prominently in nearly 200 restaurants around the state, has become synonymous with top-notch local ingredients and Vermont-flavored fine dining. The growth of the 11-year-old nonprofit has paralleled the nation’s burgeoning interest in healthy food.

But, like the organic movement, Vermont Fresh may be beginning to suffer from its own success. A decade ago the challenge was “educating people that this was the way to go,” Mack recalls. Now that customers think it’s cool, posers are becoming a problem. “The farmers aren’t the ones faking it; they’re not buying something at Shaw’s and calling it local,” Mack says. But some restaurants, he claims, “are trying to jump on the bandwagon.”

This food fraud phenomenon is the subject of a cranky piece by Barry Estabrook in the current issue of Gourmet magazine. The author, who lives part-time in Vergennes with cookbook editor Rux Martin, begins his complaint with an anecdote about a “slice of Australian grass-fed beef I was served recently at a restaurant in my home state of Vermont.”

Normally first-paragraph placement would be prime publicity for the state, but Estabrook goes on to explain how the waiter at this nameless Vermont restaurant “launched into an impassioned sermon praising

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‘Chef’s’ abiding respect for local seasonal ingredients. He made this assertion without a trace of irony, even though one of the four entrées on the menu we were perusing once grazed in another hemisphere.” Estabrook recalls observing on the way to the restaurant “several plump, perfectly yummy-looking steers.”

He goes on, noting the bread at this particular restaurant came frozen from Southern California and the cheese list was “heavily French, as if our state were not itself the home of dozens of topnotch artisanal cheesemakers. All

of which would have been fine with me,” he sums up, “had the guy not been cashing in so blatantly on the local-and-seasonal platitude. Even more frustrating, it seemed like no one was calling his bluff.”

Should they? “It’s always a topic at our board meetings,” Meghan Sheradin says of the enforcement side of VFN’s mission. But as the organization’s sole staff person, she can only keep so many plates spinning at once. Fundraising is still a big part of the job. “We’re more about positive reinforcement,

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hoping they’ll step up and fulfill the requirements.

We could revoke someone’s membership, but we just haven’t had to. I’ve never had to go in and say, ‘You have to take our logo off.’ But it may get to that at some point.”

A number of Vermont chefs believe the time has come. Mack says one of his producers claims 80 percent of the restaurateurs who say they’re selling his product, aren’t.

Hen of the Wood co-owner Craig Tresser asks, “Why do they get to cheat and still get the recognition of being part of the Vermont Fresh Network?”

Although he has yet to join the organization, the 30-year-old restaurateur — and every grower, chef and diner who buys into the notion that local is better — has a stake in its credibility.

Although the organization is based on voluntary compliance, VFN keeps track of the “handshake” agreements its member restaurants make with local farmers. Every year, the eateries have to reconfirm those partnerships and communicate them to Sheradin. Only one of the minimum three deals can involve a distributor. The goal, Sheradin explains, is for chefs to “have

communication directly with the farmer.” Farmer-featured dinners, such as the ones hosted by VFN and Mary’s, are more likely to result from one-on-one contact.

If someone were to question the integrity of a particular restaurant, Sheradin says she would investigate the claim.

She’ll be drawing from a lot more intel in August, when Vermont Fresh Net launches a new, interactive online program that encourages diners to post comments from meals at its restaurants. Specifically, Sheradin wants to know what people ate, and from which Vermont farms the food items originated.

Anyone who participates in the project receives a VFN pin. A badge is not a billy club, but the outreach effort will help Sheradin get a read on whether the majority of VFN members are in compliance.

How hard is it to stay true to the Vermont Fresh mission? It came naturally to Mack.

“Somebody was always knocking on my door, selling something, as soon as I got a rep for being a taker.” But he notes it’s more expensive to buy local, “and you have to educate your staff so they can explain” the value.

At Hen of the Wood in Waterbury, where practically every entrée draws from at least two or three local sources, Tresser counts on waiters who can extoll the virtues of celery root and beets in the dead of

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Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also asking grocery stores in the valley to stock and label their shelves with Vermont-grown products, just as City Market in Burlington and the Hunger Mountain Coop in Montpelier now do. Kids, too, will get a taste of it. The Mad River Localvores are working with local elementary schools in the valley to serve one localvore meal that week.

The Upper Valley Localvores are offering five different challenge options, from eating localonly for the entire month of August, to a single potluck dinner. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a â&#x20AC;&#x153;create-yourownâ&#x20AC;? challenge, in which people pledge whatever they can stomach to boost their personal consumption of regional victuals. As of press time, the group had 70 people signed up.

One question inevitably arises: Does eating locally cost more? McGovern turns the question on its head by pointing

Montpelier. Tomatoes, basil and flowers come from the Open Heart Farm in the Intervale.

Other connections are Pop Soda, based in Moretown, Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Myers Bagels, and various Vermont providers of berries, honey, maple syrup and homemade jam.

Some of the ingredients do not meet the strictest definition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;localâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for example, sugar and flour in the baked goods.

Foodstuffs such as salt and pepper, dried spices, baking powder and soda, and yeast are deemed acceptable by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;modern Marco Polo exception,â&#x20AC;? as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s come to be known in localvore circles. Viva Espresso falls into

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the “caffeine-addicted Marco Polo” category (see www.eatlocal vt.org for info). And, again, Munson-Warnken and Bauman do the best they can: Their organic beans are provided by the Vermont Coffee Company of Bristol; the teas, by Vermont Tea & Trading of Middlebury.

A Burlington herbal-tea connection is cropping up, too: chamomile and two kinds of mint from Open Heart Farm.

Co-owner Josh May, 32, says he’s got “six or seven herbs in project stage right now,” and is also wildcrafting clover. “I have a dryer at home — it’s something to keep us busy in the winter,” he suggests.

May and his wife Rachel Daley, also 32, seem like ideal produce partners for Viva Espresso; their very presence in Vermont illustrates the growth of the “small and local” movement among a new generation of farmers. The couple moved here from Long Island last January and launched their twoacre plot serving 25 “members” this summer; they’re also keeping track of their experience on a blog — http://openheart farm.blogspot.com. “The Intervale was a major draw,” May explains. “It’s the perfect size, and we really like the attitude of the people. Eating local is in the air up here.”

And just how many people are breathing that air?

Organizers of the statewide “Localvore Challenge” will find out during August and September (see “Eat Here Now,” page 32A). Meanwhile, local-love wafts through Viva Espresso all the time, along with The updated edition Photo: J. Levison the appetizing aromas of fresh of 7 Nights is now Latin Jazz with an Attitude joe and toasted bread. And here, available on SEVEN DAYS “local” doesn’t refer just to the food. Munson-Warnken emphanewsstands and sizes the imporFeaturing Ray Vega, trumpet, Rick Davies, trombone, other popular spots tance of creatand members of the Latin jazz sextet Jazzismo around Vermont. ing community Media Support from Thursday, July 27 at 7:30 pm in her own ’hood. “We lost Get your ARTS JAZZ CAMPS: Monday–Friday, July 24–28 Scrumptious,” Jazz Improv for Beg.: 10 am–12 pm; Latin Jazz with Ray Vega: 12:30–5:30 pm; she says, refer& the NEW Latin Jazz Cultural Immersion Morning Class with UVM: 9 am–12 pm ring to the (call to find out how to gain academic credit); for more info call 802-652-4548. now-defunct today!

Old North End Tickets: www.flynncenter.org or call 86-FLYNN today! café, “and we 153 Main St., Burlington, VT 802.863.5966 v/relay needed a place to hang out.”

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CALL THE 2005 #1 RE/MAX NORTH PROFESSIONALS AGENT! Forget about it,” says MunsonWarnken, whose own toddler favors the scones and nonlocal lemonade. On the other side of 3x2-marino061406.indd 1 6/12/06 12:47:10 PM the one-room shop, a low-slung couch invites grownup patrons; a coffee table is strewn with newspapers and magazines. The place is relaxed and pleasantly cluttered, kind of like home. Can’t get more local than that.m

wrote, “it would result in $376 million in new economic output, including $69 million in personal earnings from 3616 jobs.”

Initially, some Vermonters may find it difficult to forego such delectable edibles as avocados, chocolate, olives, mangoes, bananas, rice and other imported provisions. However, Vermont’s various localvore websites offer a wealth of information on how to not only survive but thrive on local fare — from Québec rolled oats to apple cider vinegar, soybean cooking oils to locally produced beers, wines and mushrooms.

Additionally, both City Market and the Hunger Mountain Coop report that they will offer plenty of local food options and advice, especially for hard-tofind provisions. As Jodi Harrington at City Market puts it, “This is what we do.”

Several localvore groups will also hold “practice potlucks” to help eat-local wannabes get up to speed and swap recipes and ideas. A huge potluck event at Burlington’s Intervale barn on Sunday, July 30, will kick off the monthlong event. And, for folks too timid or caffeine-crazy

to swear off all foreign fare, Carpenter says people can pledge to be “food fairies” and deliver one locally grown meal to another person or household.

Vermont’s localvore movement appears to be growing — like much of the food itself — organically. With several localvore and co-op websites compiling databases of Vermont-based recipes, hardto-find ingredients and maps to local farms and food producers, a “Vermont Localvore Cookbook” is inevitable. And since August is such a great month for both food and travel in Vermont, some entrepreneur could easily turn it into an ecotourist opportunity: localvore travel tours? In the not-too-distant future, a “Green Mountain Localvore Challenge” could become an annual Vermont tradition along the lines of Town Meeting and Green Up Day. Move over, zucchini fest. m

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On August 23, the Mad River Localvores will sponsor a talk and book signing by Jessica Prentice, the San Francisco-based author and food expert who founded the national localvore movement.

As you may have heard, Green Mountain Power is being acquired by Northern New England Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of Gaz Métro.

If you have questions regarding this decision, you are invited to an information session with the Green Mountain Power management team at one of the following locations:

Colchester

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Friday July 14, 5:30 p.m.

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Monday July 17, 5:30 p.m.

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And remember to come to the Energy Fair on Saturday, September 9.

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CASEY REA Jolie Holland with Sean Hayes & Anna Pardenik, Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, July 13, 7:30 p.m. $14/16.

exas-born troubadour Jolie Holland possesses a singular voice, one steeped in America’s darker musical traditions. Her old-timey creations run the gamut from aching jazz to stark, Southern Gothic ballads. Holland’s elastic vocals sound like Billie Holiday recast as a vintage country heroine. But what would be precocious in lesser performers is in Holland hauntingly original.

Don’t believe it? One of her highest-profile fans is carnival barker-barroom crooner Tom Waits, with whom she shares a label, the Epitaph Records offshoot Anti.

A self-taught singer and fiddle, piano and guitar player, Holland is comfortable in a variety of styles.

She’s also a willing traveler, crisscrossing the country to bring her unearthly tunes to eager fans — this week, she’ll give an intimate performance at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge.

Although she currently professes to homelessness, Holland usually resides in San Francisco, where she moved in 1996 after several years of bohemian drifting. By that time she was already a seasoned musician. “I played my first show at 15, but I started writing songs when I was ridiculously young, like 6,” she says.

Now 30, Holland has had a lifelong love affair with antiquated art. “I was the kind of kid who’d get crushes on dead poets,” she relates. “I’d read a bunch of Dylan Thomas and literally swoon. For some reason, I was just wired that way. I could never understand when my mom and my sister were like, ‘Oh, so-and-so is so cute!’ I was like, ‘It’s just some guy on TV — who gives a shit?’”

By her early twenties, Holland had chosen her career path. “Basically, I realized I was fucking up music stuff in order to be a waitress. It was time to sink or swim.” She skipped college and hit the road, quickly adjusting to being a vagabond. “I’m so existential about it,” she says. “But I must have some predilection to [the lifestyle], if I can say that.”

From her home base San Francisco, Holland ventured to Vancouver, British Columbia, and founded the Americana crossovers Be Good Tanyas. She penned much of their debut, Blue Horse, but had already split by the time of its release in

2001. Her departure was the result of competing visions for the group. “I wanted the band to run as a collective, but nobody else did,” she says. “I just got tired of the lack of process.”

Holland’s 2003 solo debut, Catalpa, wasn’t intended to be an official album. A collection of homemade demos, it was originally sold to friends and at gigs. But the buzz grew, and soon she was receiving airplay from as far away as New York.

Eventually, the tunes caught the attention of Anti, who re-released them, warts and all. Although the

can take me,” she bluely intones.

Holland wrote the tunes while making a futile attempt to settle down. “Every word and every metaphor on this record is true,” she explains. “I was trying to honor my

Hurley, “and I sent him a fan letter.

Later I found out we had some friends in common. I’d really love to work with him, but I don’t want to jinx it.”

When asked about the Tom Waits

I’m trying to challenge the idea that I have to be going through something painful or ridiculously ecstatic to write.

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recordings are raw, Holland wasn’t surprised by the attention they received. “The songs are just really sincere,” she says. “They’re straight out of my life. Maybe people just needed something like that around.”

Its follow-up, Escondida, in 2004 was a more traditional studio outing.

The tunes have heart, but Holland isn’t completely satisfied with the end result. “There’s some stuff I like, but I think it’s too stiff,” she says. “I sound scared on it, really small. And that’s not how I sound live.”

Her latest disc, Springtime Can Kill You, was released this year. The sessions were more off-the-cuff, with several cuts recorded before a small audience of friends. Lyrically, the album paints spring as a time of both renewal and unrest. “Springtime, springtime can kill you / Just like it did poor me,” Holland sings on its arresting title track.

Springtime strikes an uneasy balance between elation and anguish.

Scenes of heartache and infidelity are offset by references to blooming flowers and chirping birds. In “Adieu False Heart,” the songwriter contemplates her own demise: “When I lay down to take my rest / No scornful one to wake me / I’ll go straightaway unto my grave / Just as fast as time

Texas housewife ancestors, but it’s just not appropriate for me. I was living in a very masochistic way — the kind of masochism that’s socially acceptable for women.” Springtime ably showcases her angst.

But Holland doesn’t believe emotional extremes are necessary to be creative. “I’m trying to challenge the idea that I have to be going through something painful or ridiculously ecstatic to write,” she says.

Still, many of her compositions evoke a kind of desperate living, where uncertainty lurks at every corner. And in some ways, it does.

Despite her recent critical acclaim, not much has changed for Holland.

“There’s a lot of shit to keep me humble,” she says. “I don’t live anywhere, and I’ve been wearing the same outfit for two days. And when we go on tour, I have to pay for everything. So, yeah, there probably is more money, but I don’t actually see it.”

Her rewards often come in the form of peer recognition. Immediately following our conversation, Holland is to leave for L.A., for a recording session with another supporter — celebrated songwriter Lucinda Williams.

She’s also friendly with Vermont’s reclusive folk hero Michael Hurley. “I was just a fan,” Holland says of

connection, Holland serves up a surprising revelation. “I haven’t actually met him,” she says. “He’s sort of like my fairy godfather. He’s a fan with a big name. But it means so much to me because I’ve always loved his music.”

Holland was recently mentioned in a New York Times article about America’s burgeoning “freak-folk” movement. “I didn’t read it, because it didn’t make any sense,” she confesses. She has a point. Although her music is often acoustic, Holland has little in common with wild-eyed Aquarians such as Devendra Banhart.

But she doesn’t pooh-pooh the free publicity. “I appreciate my face being on the fucking cover of the Arts & Entertainment section,” she says. “I called all my New York friends and they were so happy.”

Holland doesn’t spend much time worrying about fitting into a readymade group of artists. “It would be nice to belong to a ‘scene,’” she says.

“Actually, I think I have one. It’s just that a bunch of ’em are dead.”

Holland’s music may conjure ghosts, but its creator is very much alive. And rambling on. “The label bet on me, and it turns out I’m a pretty good racehorse,” she says. “So I just stay on the road and keep running.” m

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BACK IN STRIPES Back in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Burlington rocked to the Afrobeat/fusion sounds of Zzebra. The seven-member band, led by the late percussionist/saxophonist Lofty Amao, produced first-rate world music well before pop artists such as Paul Simon got into the act.

Amao made an impression on such heavy-hitting artists as Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones, and Chick Corea, to name a few. He was tragically killed in 1984. Zzebra’s remaining members will reunite for a single performance at Club Metronome on Friday, July 14.

The band is composed of truly seasoned musicians. Drummer Russ Lawton has logged time with Trey Anastasio and Strangefolk, among others. Before joining Zzebra, lead singer Milton Randle ran with ZZEBRA The Cars’ Ric Ocasek. Guitarist Kevin Griffin is a San Franciscobased author who currently performs with Rough Draft. Bassist Scipio lives in London and tours extensively through Europe and Asia with Tuvan rock band Yat-Kha. Saxophonist/composer Noah Bernstein-Hanley is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and has played with jazz titans Donald Byrd, Frank Foster and Roscoe Mitchell. Amao’s ex-wife, Andrea “Mina” Haulenbeek, is a keyboardist, singer and composer. A veteran music instructor, she was Zzebra’s chief arranger during the band’s heyday.

“What was so special about Amao was that, here’s this crazy guy who’s a master drummer and jazz saxophonist who blended African and Western music,” Haulenbeek says. “His experiences ranged from learning Coltrane solos note for note while living in Nigeria to touring with a Ghanian army band in Russia. He was a friend of [African musicians] Fela Kuti and King Sunny Adé — all those guys.”

After leaving Nigeria, Amao spent a good deal of time in Europe, where he performed with musicians ranging from Ella Fitzgerald to Steve Winwood. Word is, he even played percussion for the Stones.

Later, he convened his own band.

“He was a founding member of Osibisa, one of the first African groups to make it commercially,” Haulenbeek relates. “He started to fuse African and Western music together in the first version of Zzebra.

He was wrapping up their third album on Polydor when he met me.”

Haulenbeek and Amao headed back to the States — Vermont, to be exact. Here, they brought Zzebra back to life with the help of local musicians. “We actually started writing and composing in London,” Haulenbeek says. “It was just fate that we found these players, one by one.”

The band toured throughout New England, then headed to L.A. to advance their career. Although there was plenty of label interest, the band never signed a contract. “Lofty had been cheated so many times

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that every time he’d get offered a deal, he’d turn it down,” says Haulenbeek. “We were struggling financially, and he could be a difficult person. But the music was absolutely unbelievable. It was the turning point in all of our lives.” Eventually, the players got tired of waiting around, and Zzebra broke up.

Not long after, Amao was murdered. Explains Lawton, “He was living in a rough neighborhood and somebody was hassling him. The guy pulled a gun. It was pretty tragic.”

The band is getting back together to celebrate Amao and Haulenbeek’s daughter’s wedding. “She’s the Zzebra baby,” Haulenbeek relates. Rehearsals have been going well. “It feels so good,” she says.

“It’s unbelievable.”

FUN FOR B-BOYS & GIRLS Ah, Montpelier — seat of state government and hotbed of urban music. What? That’s right, I’m talking about hip-hop.

Well, at least at Positive Pie 2. The pizza parlor/venue is flying the banner for rap music in the Capital City. On Saturday, July 15, PP2 hosts the Halogen Records Street Urban Showcase. I attended an MC battle there last year that was pretty fun. This time around, mike skills aren’t a requirement — it’s a breakdancing contest. Yes, people still breakdance.

In addition to the homegrown talent, Big Apple B-Boys Yahya & Cream will be bustin’ moves, pro-style. Co-sponsors Scion, WORK FM, BrandNew Clothing and 1Lb Productions will be on hand with clothing and giveaways. The event is open to all; sign up at www.MySpace.com/HalogenRecordsInc. DJing the contest are members of Vermont rap groups The Aztext and Tha Home Team. Organizers are also seeking “urban-style artists” looking to showcase their creations.

If that’s you, send a note to info@halogenrecords.com.

Believe it or not, I was quite the breakdancer back in elementary school. I even won a contest. No, I’m not planning to enter this one. Wouldn’t want to scare off the competition.

media, as evidenced by this touring exhibition. Hosted by Image Makers and 106.7 WIZN, the collection includes lithographs, silkscreens and rare watercolors by the Bearded One. According to the press release, it’s the largest collection of Garcia’s artwork ever assembled for public display.

Before you start thinking these are the scribblings of a rock-star dilettante, consider the fact that Garcia attended the San Francisco Art Institute back in the late ’50s. His painting style ranged from realism to geometric abstraction, with numerous detours in between. It’s estimated that he created at least 500 original works in his lifetime.

I’m no art critic, but I think Garcia’s stuff is pretty good. You can preview some of his work at www.ImageMakersArt.com. The site also features paintings by other celebrities, including David Bowie, Robert Smith and, um, Sylvester Stallone.

RADIO DAYS I recently received an email from Jeremy Ayers, host of 90.1 WRUV’s long-running live local-music program, “Exposure.” He’s got a fantastic batch of bands lined up straight through the summer.

WILL PATTON All shows take place on Wednesdays from 8 to 10 p.m. Here’s a list of who’s on deck: July 12: Oddball punkers The Cave Bees July 19: Geek-chic electro-hooligans Soft Spot July 26: Plattsburgh instrumental trio Resonator August 2: Rock goliaths Lobot August 9: far-out improvers The Free Damned August 16: Funk-hop reggae band Pulse Prophets August 23: The Rock Camp All-Stars August 30: Melodic adventurers Swale Sounds like a fine way to spend some mid-week evenings. But do I have to start thinking about August already?

A CALL TO BANDS Attention local acts looking for a gig: The Lincoln Inn is hosting an Open Band Night every Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. The shows feature three acts, who perform a 45-minute set each.

The venue will provide P.A. and drum kit. Interested parties can contact Rob Jones of Big 1 Productions, 355-3334. m

GARCIA’S VISIONS Most folks are aware of Jerry Garcia’s musical legacy, both as a member of The Grateful Dead and as a solo artist.

Some of you might even wear his trademarked neckties. But there was another side of Jerry: the visual artiste. You can view his creations on July 15 and 16 at the Wyndham Hotel in Burlington. The Saturday showing runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 to 6.

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WED.12 :: burlington area DAVID HAY (singer-songwriter), Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC, followed by IRISH SESSIONS, 9 p.m. NC. SONNY & PERLEY (international cabaret), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. PARKER SHPER (jazz), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY WITH FATTIE B. (’80s/’90s jams), 11 p.m. NC. CHERRY BOMB WITH MISA, STICKY FINGER & MEOW (DJs), 1/2 Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. CIRCADIA (Celtic), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. MIRACLE TRAIN (jam), Nectar’s, 11 p.m. $5.

SING! (karaoke), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. 18+.

OPEN MIKE WITH ANDY LUGO & DJ TRANSPLANTE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE KAPERS, Second Floor, 9 p.m. NC/$5. 18+.

DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. BEATS & PIECES WITH DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. MOONSHINE JAZZ TRIO, Bangkok Bistro & Thai Steakhouse, 5:30 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE WITH BONNIE, St. John’s Club, 7 p.m. NC. DAVE GRIPPO FUNK BAND, TURKEY BOUILLON MAFIA WITH JEN HARTSWICK & GUESTS (funk, jazz, jam), Higher Ground Ballroom, 11 p.m. $10/15.

FANTASTIC $4 BAND NIGHT WITH ROOTS DOWN BELOW, AMOZEN, THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE, STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS (reggae, hip-hop, funk, jam), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 9 p.m. $4. AA. TREY ANASTASIO & MIKE GORDON, PHIL LESH & FRIENDS, BENEVENTO-RUSSO DUO (jam), Champlain Valley Expo, 4 p.m. $55. AA. CELTIC PARTY NIGHT WITH DOWN

FIRE THE CANNONS, TELL NO ONE, THE HERO CYCLE, THE SHAPES (indie-rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $6.

WRECK, CARACALLA, ABSENT (metal, hardcore), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $5/8. 18+.

TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT DANCE PARTY (hip-hop, r&b DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. NC. DJS CRAIG MITCHELL & CRE8 (hiphop, dance), Ruben James, 10 p.m.

NC. REGGAE, ROOTS & CULTURE WITH DJ BIG DOG & MATLOCK, Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. MOONSHINE JAZZ TRIO, Bangkok Bistro & Thai Steakhouse, 5:30 p.m. NC. DICKEY BETTS & GREAT SOUTHERN, PINKEYE D’GEKKO (Southern rock, jam), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $20/23. AA. JOLIE HOLLAND, SEAN HAYES, ANNA PARDENIK (indie-folk, singer-songwriters), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 7:30 p.m. $14/16. AA. VINNY’S GONE (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. WCLX BLUES NIGHT WITH NOBBY REED PROJECT, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC. KRAZY WORLD KARAOKE, Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC.

TO THE WIRE, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 8 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

:: central JAY EKIS (rock singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. EAMES BROTHERS BAND (original blues), Langdon St. Café, 8 p.m.

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OPEN MIKE WITH ROB RITCHIE, Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $3.

ROB WILLIAMS & FRIENDS (acoustic rock), Purple Moon Pub, 7 p.m. NC.

:: northern TOM LESHINSKI (solo guitar), Chow!

Bella, 6 p.m. NC. LINDA CULLUM (folk singer-songwriter), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

THU.13 :: burlington area SHANE HARDIMAN TRIO (jazz), Radio Bean, 9 p.m. NC, followed by ANTONY SANTOR (jazz), 10 p.m. NC. PARKER SHPER TRIO (jazz), Parima, 7 p.m. NC. DENNIS WILLMOTT WITH JOE MOORE (blues, jazz), Halvorson’s, 8 p.m. NC. LIVE SITAR MUSIC WITH STEVE PIERSON, Dobrà Tea, 8:30 p.m. NC. ELLEN POWELL & MARK VAN GULDEN (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. ROKU (rock), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 10 p.m.

NC. A-DOG PRESENTS, Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. GREGORY DOUGLASS (pop-rock singer-songwriter), 1/2 Lounge, 7 p.m. NC. JON JUSTICE BAND, THE VITAL MIGHT (rock, blues), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. $3.

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Breakwater CafĂŠ, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276.

The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366.

B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292.

Bundy Center for the Arts, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-4781.

Buonoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge, 3182 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2232.

Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800.

Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576.

Charlemont Restaurant, #116, Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-4242.

Charlie Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355.

Charlie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820.

Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405.

City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919.

Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563.

Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166.

Cuzzinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nightclub, 230 North Main St., Barre, 479-4344.

Eclipse Theater, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913.

Euro Gourmet Market & CafĂŠ, 61 Main St., Burlington, 859-3467.

Finkermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Riverside Bar-B-Q, 188 River St., Montpelier, 229-2295.

Finniganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, 205 College St., Burlington, 864-8209.

Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966.

Foggyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Notion, One Lawson Lane, Burlington, 862-4544.

SOCIAL BAND (choral), Richmond Free Franny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909.

Genoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karaoke Club, 127 Porters Point Road, Colchester, 658-2160.

Library, 7:30 p.m. NC. Giovanniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trattoria, 15 Bridge St., Plattsburgh, 518-561-5856.

OPEN MIKE WITH MIKE PELKEY, B.U. Global Markets CafĂŠ, 325 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 863-3210.

Emporium, 7:30 p.m. NC. Good Times CafĂŠ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444.

Great Falls Club, Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury, 388-0239.

1-U (rock), Two Brothers Tavern, 10 Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. p.m. NC. Ground Round Restaurant, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122.

DANCE PARTY WITH DJ EARL, City Gustoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919.

Halvorsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstreet CafĂŠ, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278.

Limits, 9 p.m. NC. Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966.

Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant, 1068 Williston Rd., South Burlington, 863-6363.

Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777.

The Hub, Airport Drive, Bristol, 453-3678.

GREG IZOR BAND (New Orleans blues), Inn at Baldwin Creek, 1868 N. Route 116, Bristol, 424-2432.

JPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389.

Charlie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10 p.m. NC. Jeffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135.

BILL CONALL (singer-songwriter), Koffee Kat, 104 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, NY, 518-566-8433.

Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 8 p.m., followed La Brioche Bakery, 89 East Main St. Montpelier, 229-0443.

Lakeview Inn & Restaurant, 295 Breezy Ave., Greensboro, 533-2291.

by MONOPRIX (alt-country, rock), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667.

9:30 p.m. Donations.

Leunigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759.

STREET URBAN SHOWCASE (breakLincoln Inn Tavern, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309.

Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den Pub, Mountain Road, Jeffersonville, 644-5567. dancing competition, hip-hop), Localfolk Smokehouse, Jct. Rt. 100 & 17, Waitsfield, 496-5623.

Mad River Unplugged at Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910.

Main St. Grill, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188.

Pizza1& Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776.

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MASSIVE (DJs), Rasputinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10 p.m. $3.

TRIPLE THREAT WITH DJS JON DEMUS, JAH RED & ROBBIE J. (hip-hop, reggae, reggaeton), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $3/10. 18+.

DJ C-LOW (hip-hop), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. ROCKSTEADY WITH DJ ZEEJAY (hip-hop classics), Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. THE DOGCATCHERS (blues-rock), Breakwater CafĂŠ, 6 p.m. NC. BOB DIPASQUALE (comedy; Memories for Surviving Kids benefit), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 7:30 p.m. $8, followed by FLASHBACK DANCE PARTY (retro DJ), 9:30 p.m. $6.

EAMES BROTHERS BAND (original blues), Monkey House, 10 p.m. $3.

THE HIGH ROLLERS (rock), Lincoln Inn Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. FRACTURED (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Banana Winds CafĂŠ, 9 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE, Genoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. KRAZY WORLD KARAOKE, Franny Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9 p.m. NC.

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TABLE 45 (jazz, funk, fusion), Purple Moon Pub, 7 p.m. $4.

AZTEC TWO-STEP, ANĂ&#x201E;IS MITCHELL (folk-rock, singer-songwriter), Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $15.

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1. Johnny Cash — American V: A Hundred Highways 2. Corinne Bailey Rae — Corinne Bailey Rae 3. Angels & Airwaves — We Don’t Need to Whisper 4. KT Tunstall — Eye to the Telescope 5. Buckcherry — 15 6. Keane — Under the Iron Sea 7. The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 8. Collective Soul — 7 Year Itch: Greatest Hits 9. Red Sovine — Best of the Best 10. Slipknot — Collector’s Box

1. Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris — All the Roadrunning 2. Dixie Chicks — Taking the Long Way 3. Bruce Springsteen — We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions 4. O’hAnLeigh — Of Irish Crossings Told 5. Grace Potter — Original Soul 6. Paul Simon — Surprise 7. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals — Nothing But the Water 8. KT Tunstall — Eye to the Telescope 9. Madeleine Peyroux — Careless Love 10. Cannonball Adderly — Mercy Mercy Mercy

1. Gibson Brothers — Red Letter Day 2. Johnny Cash — American V: A Hundred Highways 3. Lucid — Miles Deep 4. A.F.I. — December Underground 5. Rascal Flatts — Me & My Gang 6. Roy Hurd & Meadow Mary — Random Thoughts on Life and Love 7. Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint — River in Reverse 8. Pussycat Dolls — P.C.D. 9. Shinedown — Us & Them 10. Gnarls Barkley — St. Elsewhere

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reviewthis GHOSTS OF PASHA, THE PIG SUN

THE SHAPES, THE SHAPES

(Our Friend the Atom Recordings, CD)

(Self-titled, CD) The Shapes are yet another band to crawl from the wreckage of the Big Apple’s millennial rock explosion. Their selftitled debut has all the right moves — from punk-lite drumming to Strokes-esque downstrums. What it lacks is a sense of identity.

The album kicks off with “Bordeaux,” a sprightly pop number with lockstep guitars and a disco-infused chorus. Vocalist/guitarist Tonia Samman sounds a little like Aimee Mann in her ’Til Tuesday days, which is to say, charmingly disaffected. Her singing, axe-slinging counterpart Mark Allen takes over on the second verse.

His broad and breathy melodies would have been perfect in an ’80s band such as Simple Minds. Here they’re slightly over the top.

With its stabbing guitars and unrelenting bounce, “Overflow” sounds like any number of Strokes clones.

Why do so many groups persist in repeating this formula? It’s as if there were a home study course where graduates earn the right to wear vintage denim and drink Pabst Blue Ribbon.

“Tunnel Vision” is far more original. A chugging chord progression and Samman’s soaring vocals make for truly driving pop-rock. Something tells me this is a great live number.

“Dreaming of an M16” features probing synth and fine performances from both singers. At its best, the song recalls L.A. punk vets X. Now there’s a band that knows how to mix sweet and sour.

The tempo relaxes on “How It Goes,” which features prickly riffs and a laidback bass line. Something about the track’s saccharine chorus had me thinking of The Go-Gos. That’s pretty rare.

“Birthday Song” is built on the same Lower East Side backbeat as is “Overflow.” The cut is unabashedly peppy, if uninspired. It doesn’t help that the guitars are out of tune.

Album closer “Monochrome” is the band’s foray into gloom-rock. Likely inspired by such groups as the Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees, the song is brimming with angst. “Have you lost your way?” Samman croons. She might as well be singing about her band, as The Shapes make altogether unconvincing Goths.

The group is at their strongest on the edgier cuts. If they dropped the nü-New York pose, The Shapes might end up with a whole album’s worth of winners. As it stands, they’ve got a couple. Hear them at Club Metronome on Thursday, July 13, with Fire the Cannons, The Hero Cycle and Tell No One.

CASEY REA

Vermont’s Ghosts of Pasha have had an interesting ride since coming together in 2003. Due to a prank pulled on the group by a Big Apple comedy troupe, they’ve been mentioned in both Rolling Stone and Spin magazines. The incident was later recounted on “This American Life,” a popular NPR radio program. Any press is good press, as they say.

In the wake of the media hoopla, GOP lost a couple of members. The current incarnation comprises drummer-keyboardist-vocalist Milo Finch and singer-guitarist-clarinetist-programmer Chris Partyka. Previously, the band traded in exploratory indie-rock. Now they’re a loose psych-pop act, with the emphasis on loose.

Disjointed guitars and trashy drums form the foundation of opener “Expect Delays.” The song’s vocals ape indie hero Steve Malkmus of Pavement, but the music itself is raggedly original.

“Fiftys and Fives” features breathy “oohs” and lounge-worthy clarinet. “I’m a good boy now / and I don’t want to make a scene,” GOP croon over lazy acoustic strums and barebones percussion.

A wash of reverby vocals make “Weird Birds” a psychedelic treat. The title might be a tribute to ’60s legends The Byrds; the singing reminds me of that band’s shimmering harmonies.

At a minute and 16 seconds, the title track is a sliver of sonic strangeness. In fact, I had to play it a few times before its bizarre beauty was revealed. Now it’s in my iPod. Interestingly, Pig Sun seems to lose fidelity as it progresses. “Don’t Want No Candy,” for example, is scuffed as hell. Once again, the vocals mimic Malkmus; GOP would be well served to find a less obvious artist to impersonate.

“If I found my latchkey girl, I wouldn’t have to be so bad anymore,” the band sings on “This Is E Boozler.” Despite some deliberately skewed sounds, it’s actually a lovely ballad.

“Geigerball” is a disheveled wonder, while “Pretty Eyes” comes across like a sonically challenged Grandaddy. “Chime Volcano” is one of the disc’s more active numbers, with minor-key guitar arpeggios and a vigorous beat.

“Under Age Drinking” features indiscernible backing instrumentation and spoken-word bits. With its quasi-ironic references to Ghostbusters and eating pasta, the tune is a ready-made slacker anthem.

The Pig Sun is a decent lo-fi pop release. If not for the pronounced Malkmus influence, it would even be unique. Hear Ghosts of Pasha live at Burlington’s Radio Bean on Sunday, June 16.

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SAT.15 << 47A Positive Pie 2, 10 p.m. $10.

PULSE PROPHETS (funk-rock, reggae), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9:30 p.m. $3-5.

LINDA CULLUM (acoustic folk-rock), Purple Moon Pub, 7 p.m. $4.

DRUNK STUNTMEN (Americana), Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $10.

TEEN NITE WITH DJ ROBBIE J (hiphop, r&b, reggae), Second Floor, 8 p.m. $8. Ages 13-17.

DJS BIG DOG & DEMUS (reggae, dancehall), Ruben James, 10 p.m.

NC. LATIN DANCE PARTY WITH DJ HECTOR (salsa, merengue), Breakwater CafĂŠ, 4 p.m. NC. THE AVITT BROTHERS, ABIGAIL WASHBURN (Americana), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 8 p.m. $12/14. AA. JAZZ DINNER CLUB WITH PINE STREET JAZZ, Lincoln Inn, 6 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE, Genoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE WITH PETE, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC.

:: northern ALL NIGHT DANCE PARTY WITH DJ TOXIC (hip-hop, top 40, house, reggae), Tabu CafĂŠ & Nightclub, 5 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 a.m. NC. 18+.

HOLLYWOOD FARM (funk, jazz, jam), Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. ZERO TOLERANCE (rock), Naked Turtle, 9:30 p.m. NC. CAL STANTON (solo guitar), Beeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knees, 7:30 p.m.

WILL PATTON QUARTET (Gypsy, swing, Brazilian), Music Box, 7:30 p.m. $10.

THE LOGICAL (trip-hop, experimental), Piecasso Pizzeria & Lounge, 9:30 p.m. NC. MIRACLE TRAIN (rock, jam), Matterhorn, 9:30 p.m. NC. DJ DANCE PARTY, Rusty Nail, 10 p.m.

NC.

:: central PARKER SHPER TRIO (jazz), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 8 p.m. Donations.

URBAN FLAVA SUNDAYS WITH DJS DAKOTA & L.V. (under-21 dance party), Positive Pie 2, 9 p.m. $10.

:: northern KATE PARADISE & JOE DAVIDIAN (jazz), Mes Amis, 6:30 p.m. NC. HOLLYWOOD FARM (funk, jazz, jam), Piecasso Pizzeria & Lounge, 7 p.m.

NC. SWEDISH & BALKAN FOLK MUSIC, Beeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knees, noon. NC, followed by DAVE KELLER (blues, soul), 7:30 p.m. NC.

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:: burlington area OLD-TIME SESSIONS (traditional), Radio Bean, from 1 p.m. NC; AL BAKER (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m.

NC; IRENE MOLLOY (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m. NC; TODD DEATHRIDGE (indie-folk), 8 p.m.

NC; BUCKINGHAM PHALLUS (rock), 9 p.m. NC; GHOSTS OF PASHA (indie-rock), 10 p.m. NC. QUEEN CITY TEA DANCE WITH LADY STICKY FINGER (eclectic DJ), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. JEH KULU, GROUP SALOUM WITH LAMINE TOURE (African dance party), Nectarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10 p.m. $10/5. 18+.

SUNDAY NIGHT MASS WITH BEN BARLOW & FRIENDS (house, electronic), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. NC. 2x6-CVFolkFest070506

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<clubdates> DOWN LOUNGE, THE GRIFT (lounge DJ, funk, rock, pop), Nectar’s, 10 p.m. NC. SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT WITH DJS FATTIE B & ZEEJAY (laid-back grooves), Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. RYAN CABRERA, JOSH HOGE, JAY BUCHANAN (pop-rock singer-songwriters), Higher Ground Ballroom, 7:30 p.m. $20. AA. OPEN BAND AUDITIONS, Lincoln Inn, 7 p.m. NC.

:: central OPEN MIKE, Langdon St. Café, 7 p.m.

NC.

:: northern OPEN MIKE, Sami’s Harmony Pub, 7 p.m. NC.

TUE.18 :: burlington area

tal), 8:30 p.m. NC; HONKY-TONK SESSIONS, 10 p.m. NC. KATE PARADISE & JOE DAVIDIAN (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. BASHMENT WITH DJS DEMUS & SUPER K (reggae, dancehall), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. MORTAL WOUND & THE BOBOS (garage rock), 1/2 Lounge, 9 p.m.

NC. GREYSPOKE, DARK PARK (jam, rock), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. $5/NC. 18+.

MARKO THE MAGICIAN, Rosita’s, 5:30 p.m. NC. ISRAEL VIBRATION & THE ROOTS RADICS BAND, NASIO FONTAINE, INNER VISIONS (reggae), Higher Ground Ballroom, 9 p.m. $16/18.

KONONO NO. 1 (African, electronic), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 7 p.m. $15. 17. AA. BLUEGRASS NIGHT WITH BIG SPIKE, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC.

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:: central

CIRCADIA (Celtic), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. MIKE PEDERSEN TRIO (jazz, funk), Nectar’s, 10 p.m. NC. SING! (karaoke), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. 18+.

OPEN MIKE WITH ANDY LUGO & DJ TRANSPLANTE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. KARAOKE KAPERS, Second Floor, 9 p.m. NC/$5. 18+.

DAVE HARRISON’S STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. BEATS & PIECES WITH DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. MOONSHINE JAZZ TRIO, Bangkok Bistro & Thai Steakhouse, 5:30 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE WITH BONNIE, St. John’s Club, 7 p.m. NC. FANTASTIC $4 BAND NIGHT WITH COMPASSION FORSWARN, MY NEW BRAIN, CARRION, FOR ANOTHER DAY (metalcore), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 9 p.m. $4. AA. CELTIC PARTY NIGHT OPEN SESSION, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC.

“STITCH & FLIX” (film & discussion), Langdon St. Café, 7 p.m. Donations.

SATIN & STEEL (funk, soul), Castleton Concerts on the Green, 7 p.m. NC.

:: northern LARRY DOUGHER (acoustic countryblues), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

WED.19 :: burlington area JASON SOROKE & JOHN DEWITT (singer-songwriters), Radio Bean, 5 p.m. NC; MICHELLE CUMMINGS & REBECCA LOEBE (singer-songwriters), 6:30 p.m. NC; SHANA SCUDDER (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m. NC; IRISH SESSIONS, 9 p.m. NC. PAUL ASBELL & CLYDE STATS (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. SWALE (rock), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY WITH FATTIE B. (’80s/’90s jams), 11 p.m.

NC.

OPEN MIKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 8 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m.

NC.

:: central PARKER SHPER PROJECT (jazz), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. ABBY JENNE (rock singer-songwriter), Langdon St. Café, 8:30 p.m.

Donations.

OPEN MIKE WITH MIKE RAMIREZ, Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $3.

ROB WILLIAMS & FRIENDS (acoustic rock), Purple Moon Pub, 7 p.m. NC.

:: northern TOM LESHINSKI (solo guitar), Chow!

Bella, 6 p.m. NC. MYSHA CARUSO (contemporary folk), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC. m

Please join us on July 22nd for a

CONFERENCE ON WOMEN AND CANCER Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, South Burlington MORNING AGENDA

AFTERNOON AGENDA

7:45—8:15 Registration

12:30—1:10 New Treatments for Ovarian Cancer

by Dr. Gamal Eltabbakh

8:15—8:20 Welcome by Dr. Gamal Eltabbakh 8:20—8:55 Colon Cancer in Women

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8:55—9:25 Lung Cancer in Women

by Dr. Bruce Leavitt 9:25—10:05 Surgery for Breast Cancer

by Dr. Mary Stanley 10:05—10:35 Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know about Chemotherapy and Hormonal Treatments by Dr. Paul Unger

1:10—1:40 Identification and Management of Hereditary Breast, Ovarian, and Colorectal Cancer Syndromes

by Laura Kaplan 1:40—2:15 Abnormal Pap Smear and Cervical Cancer by Dr. Gamal Eltabbakh 2:15—2:30 Questions on Gynecologic Cancers 2:30—3:20 Cancers of the Cervix, Endometrium and Ovary: A Pathologist’s Perspective by Dr. Sharon Mount

10:35—10:45 Questions on Breast Cancer 10:45—11:30 Update on Endometrial Cancer

by Dr. Gamal Eltabbakh 11:30—12:00 Radiation Therapy for Gynecologic Cancers by Dr. Thomas Roland 12:00—12:30 Lunch

3:20—4:00 Psychological Impact and Symptom Management of Cancer by Dr. Zail Berry 4:00—4:30 The Story of a Cancer Survivor

by Michele Nydegger 4:30 Closing Remarks

by Dr. Gamal Eltabbakh

This conference is offered free of charge and is open to all area practioners and the general public. Lunch will be provided.

Seating is limited and registration is required to attend.

Please call 859-9500 to register.

This conference is organized by

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VERMONT FESTIVAL ARTS of the

August 4–27, 2006 100+ events including: • A Taste of the Valley: Aug. 7 $35. Sample Mad River Valley culinary wizardry.

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CALL TO ARTISTS SEABA SEEKS artists, venues, performers and volunteers for the 2006 South End Art Hop, September 8 & 9. Info, www.seaba.com or kim@seaba.com. Deadline: August 7.

THE FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY seeks new and established artists to exhibit in three newly refurbished gallery spaces. Contact Barbara at 865-7211.

THE E1 STUDIO COLLECTIVE is seeking submissions for a group exhibition in August featuring, or created by, dogs. All mediums accepted. Info, e1studiocollective@ yahoo.com or 860-0786.

Earthly Desires

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by Michele Brody, Jackie Brookner, Michael Flomen, Yumi Kori, Robert Rauschenberg, Seed Collective, Alan Sonfist and Stephen Vitiello.

Firehouse Gallery, Burlington.

Through July 30.

ARTWORK “Concurrence”

by Michael Flomen

PHOTO Marc Awodey

he title of the current Firehouse Gallery show seems to suggest a simple equation: “Human = Nature.” But humanity’s relationship with nature has always been problematic, to say the least.

Should we rule over nature or instead play the role of stewards, treading as lightly as possible upon the land?

That question has long been germane in American art history. Hudson River School painters began examining our place in nature by glorifying North America’s grandeur. A century later, artists of the Earth Art, or Land Art, movement began to reshape physical landscapes, with earthworks designed to interact with nature beyond the realm of galleries. “Human = Nature” highlights where we are now, ecologically speaking, through the vehicle of art, and attempts to raise questions about what we are doing to the planet.

All four floors of the Firehouse are being utilized for this exhibition of mostly out-of-state artists. Of the installations on the first floor, Michele Brody’s “Vermont Preserve” is the most visually engaging. Filling the darkened room is a grid of 24 small medicine bottles perched on thin metal rods that vary in height; rye seeds are growing hydroponically in each bottle. The gallery walls are painted black, and small lights hang over each bottle, both nourishing and illuminating the germinating seeds. The bottles glow under their tiny spotlights. The installation aims to illustrate the vulnerability of agriculture in an era of genetically modified organisms. Brody protects her crop, ironically, by growing plants in an unnatural gallery environment.

Light is also important in the photographs of Michael Flomen — the only artist in the show with a Vermont connection, he lives part-time in Craftsbury. “Concurrence” is a 4-by-6-foot black-and-white image that appears misty, like the birth of star clusters as seen by the Hubbell telescope. But Flomen’s “stars” are lightning bugs. He corralled the fiery insects in a glassed-in space, and photosensitive paper below them was exposed to their bioluminescence. The result is mysteriously beautiful images created by the random patterns of the bugs’ flight paths. Flomen’s seven photographs are unique testaments to normally unseen visual rhythms in the natural world.

The Robert Rauschenberg silkscreenand-collage work, “Earthday,” is also hung on the second floor. The 1970

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piece harkens back to the era when art and environmentalism were first linked, as an outgrowth of Minimalism, in the United States. In the center of the 51by-17-inch, sepia-toned print is a bald eagle — an endangered species at the time — and surrounding it are images of environmental degradation.

of his “Time Landscape — Past, Present and Future” fill a wall on the fourth floor. The three beautifully executed canvasses illustrate, in sequence, the revitalization of a junk-strewn plot of land in New York City. Sonfist’s vision is to reintroduce indigenous Manhattan flora and fauna to the metropolis.

“Human = Nature” highlights where we are now, ecologically speaking, through the vehicle of art.

Jackie Brookner’s second-floor installation “Utterance” is a bit more ambiguous, though as accessible as a greenhouse. She grows mosses, lichens and ferns on a large, cast-concrete sculptural form. Water trickles from it into a pool below, which is populated by houseplants, snails and small fish.

The sculpture is, oddly, a giant tongue — an image that conjures associations from the Rolling Stones logo to Kali, the Hindu goddess of creation and destruction. But beyond that, “Utterance” is an organic process as well as a work of art. Brookner has created a self-contained ecosystem within a sculptural installation.

Landscape architect and conceptual artist Alan Sonfist is a first-generation Earth artist who is primarily involved in modifying urban environments. Three 48-by-48-inch, mixed-media paintings

The Toronto-based Seed Collective aims to plant more trees in Burlington, Vermont, with the help of a high-tech network involving cellphones, computers and digital imaging. Its interactive installation on the Firehouse’s thirdfloor stairwell allows local participants to grow their own — trees, that is. See “State of the Arts,” on page 22A in this issue, for more details on that project.

Victoria Anstead, the guest curator of “Human = Nature,” provided welcome text for this exhibition, both on the walls and in the catalogue, elucidating the show’s context in contemporary art.

All of the exhibiting artists show internationally.

As we advance into the 21st century, life is bound to get more technologically complex. But artists of every medium will continue to explore our ancient connection to nature. m

‘THE FRED ASTAIRE & GINGER ROGERS SHOW’: Vintage black-and-white photographs and memorabilia celebrating the dancers' most memorable film roles. Norte Maar, Rouses Point, N.Y., 518-297-3793.

Reception July 13, 7-9 p.m. Through July.

See www.nortemaar.org for info on an accompanying film series.

CATHY CONE & ROSIE PREVOST: Monoprints and silver gelatin photographs, respectively.

215 College Artists' Cooperative, Burlington, 863-3662. Reception July 14, 5-8 p.m.

Through August 13.

‘FIRE UP!’: A show of contemporary fine ceramics by more than 20 Vermont artists, Main Gallery; and "SPA STUDENT SHOW," paintings and prints, Second Floor Gallery; and CULLY RENWICK: "Covering the News," 24 new oil paintings, Third Floor Gallery. Studio Place Art, Barre, 479-7069. Reception July 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Afternoon Tea reception July 16, 2-4 p.m. Through August 12.

‘EXPOSED!’: The annual show features 21 outdoor sculptures by local and national artists on the gallery lawn, along Main Street and the recreation path. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Reception July 14, 5 p.m., followed by walkabout with artist talks at 6 p.m. Through October 14.

S.P. GOODMAN: "Landscapes: Vermont/Italy (and New Jersey)," photographs. Pine Street Art Works, Burlington, 863-8100. Reception July 14, 6-8 p.m. Through August.

ROSITA MARLBOROUGH: "Recent Works: After Morocco," abstracted landscape paintings and stylized portraits by the Duchess of Marlborough. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum & Yester House Gallery, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405.

Reception July 15, 2-4 p.m. Through September 1.

‘DRAWING THE LINE’: Marie LaPre Grabon, Carolyn Lyons Horan, Jacquie Mauer, Harlan Mack, Cynthia Peterson and Emily Curtis Murphy explore the versatility of line in their art. The Painted Caravan Gallery, Johnson, 635-1700. Reception July 16, 3 p.m. Through August 24.

JORDAN DOUGLAS: "Lith Photographs," experimental analog photography. McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 425-2631. Reception July 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through July.

TALKS/ EVENTS ‘JERRY GARCIA/A VISUAL JOURNEY’: The nationally touring exhibition features one of the largest collections of visual art by the late leader of The Grateful Dead.

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TALKS/EVENTS << 53A Brickels, Carol Boileau, Brian Hunter, Judith 272-0200. Through August.

Rey and Sarah Tracey. Union Station, ETIENNE PERRET & SARAH WESSON: "Green Burlington, 864-1557. Through July. with Envy," jewelry with colored diamonds LINDA MARCILLE: Original handpainted silk in platinum and gold, and "On Site," landscenes; and "IN WITH THE NEW," Jill scape oil paintings on canvas and paper, Listzwan, jewelry, and Mark Dabelstein, furrespectively. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, niture. Frog Hollow, Burlington, 439-5096.

660-2032. Through July.

Through July.

NANCY WEBER: "Snakes and Snails and Puppy VERMONT ARTISTS SHOW: Kari Meyer, Sara Dog Tails," photographs. Firehouse Center Katz, Dug Nap, Judith Lerner and H. Keith for the Visual Arts Community Darkroom, Wagner show their works in multiple media.

Burlington, 865-7165. Through August.

Seventh Generation, Burlington, 865-7554.

‘ON THE GREEN’: Outdoor sculpture by Denis Through October 26.

Versweyveld, Cestmir Suska, Gregory MALCOLM DUBOIS: "Land and Light," landRoberts and others. Shelburne Art Center scapes and other figurative paintings. and neighboring yards, 985-3648. Through Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985September 30.

3848. Through July 18.

‘PALETTES OF VERMONT’ SHELBURNE: ‘IMMORTAL LIKENESS’: Prints, drawings, waterHandpainted artists' palettes created for a colors and photographs from the permanent statewide project by community members. collection showcase the art of portraiture.

Pierson Library, Shelburne, 985-2472.

Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750.

Through September 5.

Through August 27.

SARAH GIOVANNETTI: "Broken," collages.

‘BEHIND THE GREEN DOOR’: A group show of Smokejacks, Burlington, 658-1119. Through photography, paintings, paper arts, sculpture August 1. and collage by members of the local studio KARI MEYER: Acrylic landscape paintings. collective. Third Floor Hallway Gallery, CCV, Speeder & Earl's, Pine St., Burlington, 272Burlington, 951-1252. Through August 25.

4763. Through July.

NEIL CALLAHAN: "Rock 'n' Roll Retrospective," MATTHEW THORSEN: Photographs, paintings black-and-white photographs of influential and collages. Full Tank Glass Gallery, musicians. The Wine Bar, Burlington, 238Burlington, 865-8265. Through August.

1835. Through July.

BILL HEISE & LEE NEARY: "Wink, I'll Do the EMMANUEL TISSOT: "Focused Emotions," pho‘LARGE-SCALE PAINTING’: Works by Maize Rest," metal sculpture and wood folk art, tographs. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery, Jericho, Bausch, Kim Malloy, Lynn Rupe and Lois respectively. Pursuit Gallery, Burlington, 899-3211. July 15 - August 25.

Whitmore. VCAM Space, 208 Flynn Ave., 2-G, 862-3883. Through July.

MARINA EPSTEIN: Oil and tempera paintings Burlington, 651-0736 or 660-4335. Through NATALIE VOGT & PAUL HAMMOND: "Welcome on mythological themes. Burlington Airport, September 1.

Summer," abstract paintings and scenes from 229-6297. Through September 5.

DOK WRIGHT: "Figura," recent photography. life, respectively; and, one night only, new ‘A IS FOR ART’: Works inspired by words and Artspace 150 at The Men's Room, large-scale paintings by Sage Tuckerletters by 10 local artists. Sales to benefit Burlington, 864-2088. Through July.

Ketcham. Studio STK, Burlington, 657-3333.

Vermont Adult Learning. Rose Street Gallery, KASY PRENDERGAST: "At Home with Wood Through July 22.

Burlington, 872-1678. Friday-Sunday and Paintings," acrylic paintings, along with ‘HUMAN = NATURE’: Eight internationally through July. studio furniture by members of the Vermont known artists, Michele Brody, Jackie GREGG BLASDEL & JENNIFER KOCH: Furniture Society and Random Orbit Studio.

Brookner, Michael Flomen, Yumi Kori, "Marriages of Reason," collaboratively creatShelburne Art Center Gallery, 985-3648.

Robert Rauschenberg, Seed Collective, ed, large-format prints. McCarthy Arts Center Through July 30.

Alan Sonfist and Stephen Vitiello, conGallery, St. Michael's College, Colchester, ‘PALETTES OF VERMONT’ ESSEX: The Northern front and respond to environmental con654-2536. Through July 17.

Vermont Artists' Association and Essex Art cerns. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865WYLIE SOFIA GARCIA & CHRISTY JORDAN League display their contributions to a 7165. Through July 30.

MITCHELL: "Our Little Secret," mixed-media statewide community arts project. Artists' STEPHANIE LAHAR: "Land, Sea, Sky," pastel installation. Pine Street Art Works, Mediums, Taft Farm Village Center Plaza, paintings. Mirabelles, Burlington, 658-3074.

Burlington, 863-8100. Through July.

Williston, 879-1236. Through July.

Through July.

MARIA SPANANUDA: Recent watercolors. One GROUP SHOW: Paintings by Alexandra Bottinelli, DIANE POULIOT: Nature photography and Wall Gallery, 420 Pine St., Burlington, 922Susan Russell, Harriet Wood and Ann Young. poetry. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free 8005. Through July 30.

Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Through July.

MARIA KRETSCHMANN: "You Come I Taken 563-2273. Through July.

PHEBE MOTT: "Summer Serendipity," acrylic From," figurative ceramic installation. Ice ‘HOMEY AND HIP’: Furniture created for Knoll paintings. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Coast Gallery, Burlington, 865-5210.

Inc. by designers including Frank Gehry, Center, Burlington, 652-4500. Through Through July 29.

Isamu Noguchi, September 1x6-Bundy071206 7/11/06 PM Page2. 1 7/10/06 9:33Eero AMSaarinen Pageand1 Harry NICHOLAS HECHT: "Dragon People," paint- 1:00 2x2-GalleryInTheField071206 Bertoia, Collector's House; and "SILHOUART’S ALIVE FESTIVAL WINNERS: Works by ings, drawings and sculptures by the ETTES IN THE SKY: THE ART OF THE this year's award winners Phebe Mott, John Montpelier artist. Flynndog, Burlington, Wyndham Hotel, Burlington, 658-6500. July 15, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., & July 16, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

‘400 YEARS: 400 MINUTES’: This celebration of Rembrandt's 400th birthday includes hands-on printmaking projects for the whole family, tours of the exhibition of master prints, music of the artist's time and more.

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. July 15, 10 a.m. - 4:40 p.m.

TOUR DES ARTS: Thirty-five juried artists in a variety of media open their studios to art viewers and buyers for this annual tour in the Sutton, Québec, area. For info and map, see www.tourdesarts.com or call the Sutton Tourist Bureau at 1-800-565-8455. Daily, July 15-23, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK: Director Brian Kennedy discusses a new museum acquisition, Sean Scully's painting "Wall of Light Summer." Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. July 18, 12:30 p.m.

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BODY LANGUAGE Regarding his exhibition “Figura,” on view this month at The Men’s Room’s Artspace 150, Burlington photographer Dok Wright wrote: “When combined with light and shadow, the form of the body can speak to us and tell stories that each of us hear in a different way.” Wright’s images of nudes in variPHOTO: MARC AWODEY

ous poses capture that silent eloquence.

WEATHERVANE," highlights from the permanent collection; and "STEAMBOATS & THE VERMONT LANDSCAPE IN THE 19TH CENTURY," from the museum's American paintings collection, Webb Gallery; and "THE ARTFUL LIFE OF TASHA TUDOR," works of art by and about the beloved author-illustrator, Vermont House; and "SIMPLE BEAUTY," paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe, Webb Gallery. Shelburne Museum, 985-3346. All through October.

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KARI MEYER & H. KEITH WAGNER: Evolutionary and architectural abstract paintings, respectively. Antidote, Vergennes, 865-7554. Through July 22.

EDWARD KOREN: "New Yorker Cartoons 1990-2005," works by the renowned Brookfield resident-cartoonist. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5007. Through August 13.

‘FACE TO FACE: VERMONT PORTRAITS 17951930’: An exhibit of portraits of individuals who contributed to Vermont's heritage. Henry Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, 388-2117.

Through September 3.

MARIETTA PATRICIA LEIS & DAVID VOGEL: "Atmospheres: inspiration from the Highlands," abstract paintings and photographs of Scotland, respectively, by the husband-andALEXANDRIA HEATHER: "Voyeur Musings," wife artists. Gallery in-the-Fields, Brandon, paintings on wood-frame windows. Salaam 247-0125. Through August 6.

Boutique, Montpelier, 223-4300. Through KIT DONNELLY, BARBARA CONNER & KARLA August 15.

VAN VLIET: Paintings by the Vermont artists.

‘FULL HOUSE’: A group exhibit in multiple Tully & Marie's Restaurant, Middlebury, 388media by eight Vermont artists, as well as 4182. Through August.

50 "Palettes of Vermont" works by area ‘PALETTES OF VERMONT’ STARKSBORO: artists. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, 775Handpainted artists' palettes created for a 0356. Through August 13. statewide project by local teens, home‘PALETTES OF VERMONT’ BARRE: schooled and daycare children. Starksboro Handpainted artists' palettes created for a Public Library, 453-3732. Through statewide project by local artists. Barre September.

Opera House, 476-8188. Through JACKEE FOLEY & COLIENE MOORE: Sculpture September 1. and paintings, and metal works, respectively.

‘PALETTES OF VERMONT’ MONTPELIER: Brandon Artists Guild, 247-4956. Through Handpainted artists' palettes created for a August. statewide project by members of ARA. ‘PALETTES OF VERMONT’ LINCOLN: Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 485Handpainted artists' palettes created for a 8056. Through July. statewide project by local residents. Lincoln MISSY STORROW: Mixed-media paintings. Shoe Library, 453-2665. Through July.

Horn, Montpelier, 223-5454. Through July.

‘THE STORY OF OLD VERMONT’: Black-andNICKO RUBIN: "I Wish It Wasn't Art," recent white state history drawings commissioned block prints, paintings, cut-outs, plaster

by Montpelier-based National Life Insurance reliefs, modeled wax and wood. Langdon Street Company in the 1930s and '40s for schoolCafé, Montpelier, 223-8667. Through July. children. Chimney Point State Historic Site, LARS TOERRES: "Red on State and Main," Addison, 759-2412. Through October 9. photographs. Green Bean Gallery at Capitol ‘THE PAST WITHIN THE PRESENT: CONGrounds, Montpelier, artwhirled23@yahoo.

TEMPORARY CLASSICAL CHINESE com. Through July.

PAINTINGS’: More than 50 paintings by DEBORAH BONHERT & TERRIE PIPA: 28 artists representing fresh takes on the "Contemporary Portraiture," photographic traditional brush-and-ink on paper. self-portraits and oil paintings of children, Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443respectively. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, 5007. Through August 13.

767-9670. Through August 13.

NINA GABY: "Platters, Dolls and Collage," TIMOTHY FISHER & KATIE FLINDALL: "Art in earthenware and mixed-media figures. The Bloom," fabric collages and carved wood Bristol Dental Group, Middlebury, 388-4944. sculptures, and ink and watercolor paintings, Through September. respectively. The Lazy Pear Gallery, BARBARA EKEDAHL & CHRIS CLEARY: Montpelier, 223-7680. Through July.

"Images on the World," Japanese-style CARLOS DORRIEN: Photography, painting and woodblock prints, and carved stonework, by the internationally sculpture Friendly On-site Computer Support recognized respectively. Art on Main, Bristol, 453-4032.

Argentinean artist. Carving Studio and 2x2-LazyPear071206 7/11/06 11:38 AM Page 1 Through July.

Sculpture Center Gallery, West Rutland, 4382097. Through July 23.

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BIRD, FLOWER & LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS: Works by Chinese artists Li Xubai, Jia Ru and Zou Ming. Bundy Center for the Arts, Waitsfield, 496-4781. Through September 4.

‘THE PASSAGE OF TIME’: Group show resulting from open call on the theme, Main Gallery; and JANET VAN FLEET: "Museum Cases," sculptures in mixed media, South Gallery.

T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743.

Through July 23.

MAGGIE NEALE: "Mineral Evolution," paintings on silk and canvas. Vermont Supreme Court, Montpelier, 828-4784. Through July 28.

CRISTINE CAMBREA STONE: "C. Cambrea Surreal Visionary," abstract works on wood and canvas, and prints. Phoenix Rising, Montpelier, 229-0522. Through August.

REBECCA GOTTESMAN: Landscapes in pastel, watercolor and oil. Governor's Office, Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 828-0749.

Through July 28.

‘EASY BREEZY’: A lighthearted collection of art, craft and photography by 14 area artists. Nina Gaby Studio & Gallery, Brookfield, 276-3726. Through October 15.

‘THE SMALL PALETTES’: More than 65 wooden palettes decorated by local artists as part of a statewide community art project. Brandon Artists Guild, 247-4956. Through September.

ALEXANDRIA HEATHER: Free art: an ongoing giveaway of innovative, funky paintings on vintage windows; one piece a day will be given away. 39 Main St., Plainfield, 4541082. Through August 29.

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‘PALETTES OF VERMONT’ HARDWICK: Handpainted artists' palettes created for a statewide project by members of GRACE, through July 14; and GAYLEEN AIKEN: Handmade books and drawings by Support the late Friendly On-site Computer Vermont artist, through Labor Day. Firehouse Gallery, Hardwick, 472-6857.

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SUMMER SHOW: The carriage-barn venue features works in all media by more than 40 artists, and 20 "Palettes of Vermont" by Craftsbury artists. Tamarack Gallery, Craftsbury, 586-8078. Open weekends through September 3.

BOB AIKEN, ELIZABETH ALLEN & PETER A. MILLER: "Quintessential Vermont," landscape paintings. Vermont Fine Art Gallery, Gale Farm Center, Stowe, 2539653. Through July.

‘A SPLASH OF SUMMER’: A group exhibit of works featuring floral themes by Vermont artists. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-1818. Through July 19.

‘VERMONT COLLECTIONS’: A group exhibit of works by 24 regional and international artists from the collections of 16 Vermont institutions; and "THEN AND NOW III: HARMONY AND LINE/JAPANESE INFLUENCE ON FOUR VERMONT ARTISTS," works by Roselle Abramowitz, Chris Curtis, Jim Kelso and Tari Swenson, East Gallery.

Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358.

Both through August 27.

‘DANCING WITH COLOR’: Paintings and sculptures by George and Andrea Pearlman, Meg McDivitt and Dohrn Zachai. The Painted Caravan, Johnson, 635-1700. Through July 16.

RICHARD W. BROWN: "Echoes of the Past: The Last of the Hill Farms," black-and-white photographs of rural Vermont. Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, 748-2372. Through October 29.

SANDRA PEALER: "Windsong: A Summer Exhibition," watercolors. Windsor House Café, 674-5713. Through August.

‘FROM CASSATT TO WYETH: AMERICAN MASTERWORKS’: A selection of 33 paintings, works on paper and sculpture, from the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Hunter Gallery. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Through September 1.

SCULPTURE GARDEN: George Sherwood, Anne Mimi Sammis, Terry Findeisen, Gregory Smith and Jack Howard-Potter show outdoor sculptures in multiple media. Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Through October 22.

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ROCKWELL KENT: One hundred works from the permanent collection, including book illustrations, advertisements, poster art, life drawings and more. Burke Gallery, Myers Fine Arts Building, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, 518-564-2474. Through September 17.

‘COAXING THE SPIRITS TO DANCE’: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf of New Guinea, including ancestor boards, masks, drums and other objects; and "REMBRANDT: MASTER OF LIGHT AND SHADOW": Etchings and drypoint prints from the permanent collection; both through September 17; and "GLOBALIZATION IN ANCIENT COSTA RICAN ARTS": Vessels and figures in ceramic and stone, through October 1. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808.

TINKA THERESA MARTELL: "The Many ‘IL MODO ITALIANO’: Nearly 400 objects, Triangles of Life," mixed media. Feick from furniture to ceramics, representing Gallery, Green Mountain College, 287-8000.

20th-century Italian design, Jean-Noel Through July 15.

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he question “What does Kim Jong-Il really want?” was definitively answered today when the mercurial North Korean dictator offered to abandon his nuclear weapons program in exchange for the role of the villain in the new James Bond film.

In a press conference in Pyongyang, Mr. Kim said he was prepared to dismantle his entire nuclear program for the chance to play a Bond villain, calling the part “the role of a lifetime.”

“I have been preparing for this role every day of my life,” Mr. Kim said.

In Washington, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reacted to the news that Mr. Kim’s bizarre tenure as president of North Korea has been nothing but a Method actor’s preparation for a coveted role.

“The strange pronouncements, the weird haircut, the crazy glasses – it all starts to make sense,” she said.

According to Buddy Schlantz, a veteran talent agent and observer of the

“Given the longevity of the Bond series, an evil madman could actually stay in power longer in those films than in real life,” Mr. Schlantz said.

“Besides, on a film set, Kim Jong-Il can get something

The strange pronouncements, the weird haircut, the crazy glasses – it all starts to make sense.

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Hollywood scene, shifting from being an evil madman bent on world destruction to playing one in a James Bond film could be a brilliant career move for the North Korean dictator.

that’s almost impossible to find in North Korea – food.”

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Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of the new book The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers. To find out more about Andy Borowitz and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Webpage at www.creators.com.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest HH

I SHIP HAPPENS Very young viewers aside, few are likely to find their boats floated by the second in the Pirates series.

didn’t think the day would come when Johnny Depp would make a crappy movie just for the money, but July 7, 2006, is a day that will live in cinematic infamy. The original was a big, dumb Jerry Bruckheimer F/X joyride, a disposable free-for-all of high-seas hokum, but Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow stood apart from the Hollywood nonsense. His portrayal was yet another in a long list of memorable, one-of-a-kind creations. In the second installment, however, the novelty, energy, color and charm have escaped from the character like air from an inflatable pirate doll.

It’s been a dismal summer for big comedies, and the second Pirates of the Caribbean has only made it worse. Sure, Gore Verbinski’s follow-up to the 2003 hit is guaranteed to bring in mountains of booty, but I think we all know that good box office correlates less and less with a good time at the Cineplex.

If you are over the age of, say, 12, do not plan on laughing your head, ass or any other portion of your anatomy off at this picture. For that matter, even youngsters will be lucky to laugh the nail of their pinky toe off, and even that will hinge on excessive consumption of sugar.

The plot, such as it is, consists of an incomprehensible tangle of threads. Some are merely dull, others are extraneous to the story. All do little more than fill screen space and kill running time, serving as a bridge between the first installment and a third, which will follow next year. The characters played by Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are about to be married as the film opens. Instead, they are arrested by a pouty twit (Tim Hollander) in upper management with the East India Trading Company. No explanation for the businessman’s life-and-death authority.

Shortly thereafter, said twit summons Bloom into his office and offers to pardon him and his betrothed on the condition that he track down Sparrow, relieve him of his compass and bring it to him. No explanation for what he intends to do with it.

Meanwhile, far away at sea, Sparrow is engaged with his crew in the first of the movie’s many pointless scenes. The men complain that it’s been a very long time since they directed their buccaneer energies toward the acquisition of treasure, and wonder what the captain has planned for their next mission. Sparrow announces that he has in mind a quest for something more desirable than mere doubloons and pro-

duces a scrap of cloth bearing the sketch of a key. Much tedious wordplay ensues, and finally it is revealed that their mission is to find the key that unlocks the chest containing not treasure but the still-thumping heart of Davy Jones.

The Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) thread in Dead Man’s Chest has something to do with a blood debt Sparrow owes to the famously deceased sailor. No explanation for how the debt was incurred, how Jones can be dead and have a still-beating heart, and how finding a key is supposed to help Sparrow locate the hidden chest it unlocks. All we know for sure is that Jones and his zombie-like shipmates have spent so much time on the Flying Dutchman that they are slowly morphing into half-human/half-fish monsters. Jones sports a full beard of squirming eels and a lobster claw for a hand.

He also has some sort of unexplained control over a gianttentacled behemoth called the Kraken, and every few minutes bids it to reach up out from the depths and crumple some vessel.

Before it decimates the craft, however, Kraken first sends its tentacles swooping across the ship’s deck plucking its crewmembers one at a time and pulling them screeching into the sea. Verbinski manages to expend a great deal of screen time in this manner.

The filmmakers have perplexing pretensions to epic-ness here and do many things to produce a movie that is, more than anything else, long: long conversations that go nowhere; long sequences — such as the one in which Depp is held captive by cannibals — that go nowhere; endless swordfights that do nothing but pad, and pad some more.

Still, the film might have been salvaged — or, at any rate, made less painful — had Depp periodically infused the plodding proceedings with some of the oddball charm he emanated throughout the original. He is, however, all but missing in action here. His character appears in relatively few scenes, and his portrayal is decidedly less inspired. It’s the closest the actor has come to phoning in a performance.

Perhaps the third time will be the charm, though I doubt it. Depp has sold, or at least rented, his soul to Disney, Bruckheimer and Verbinski in the service of an unnecessary franchise that compels him to repeat himself, to stifle his hallmark instinct for reinvention. My bet is, the third Pirates will also prove all blunder and no plunder. m

ADAM AND STEVE: Craig Chester wrote, directed and stars in this comedy about two men who meet, lose track of one another and, nearly two decades later, meet again only to discover the attraction they once felt hasn’t disappeared with the years. Costarring Chris Kattan and Parker Posey. (100 min, R) DOWN IN THE VALLEY: Edward Norton stars in this psychological drama about a San Fernando Valley gas station attendant who believes he’s the last American cowboy. Costarring Evan Rachel Wood and David Morse. Directed by David Jacobsen. (114 min, R) L'ENFANT: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne direct this drama in which a small-time thief sells his newborn son sending his wife to the hospital and himself in search of both the child and personal redemption. Featuring Jeremie Renier and Deborah François. (100 min, R) LITTLE MAN: From the filmmaking family who gave us White Chicks (Do you really need to read any further?) comes this laugher about a diminutive criminal who masquerades as a toddler in the home of an unsuspecting suburban couple.

Starring Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. (PG-13) SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY: Legendary filmmaker Sydney Pollack directs this documentary look at the life and career of the legendary architect. Julian Schnabel, Ed Ruscha, Philip Johnson and Robert Rauschenberg weigh in. (90 min, PG-13) YOU, ME & DUPREE: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon are teamed in this comedy about a couple who can’t quite figure out how to get their loveable but loony houseguest out the door.

Amanda Detmer costars. Anthony and Joe Russo direct (104 min, PG-13).

SHORTS A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANIONHHHH Robert Altman imagines the legendary radio show’s final broadcast, along with some of the backstage and behind-thescenes events leading up to it. Featuring Garrison Keillor, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin and Lindsey Lohan, among others. (105 min, PG-13) AN INCONVENIENT TRUTHHHH1/2 In Davis Guggenheim’s documentary, Al Gore explains the truth about global warming and the threat it poses to the planet.

(100 min, PG) BRICKHHH1/2 The Maltese Falcon meets Fast Times at Ridgemont High in writerdirector Rian Johnson’s directorial debut, a noir take on life at a southern California high school. With Lukas Haas, Nora Zehetner and Noah Segan. (110 min, R) CARSHHH1/2 The latest from the pixelfixated folks who brought us Toy Story and The Incredibles is an animated comedy set in the world of talking autos.

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SHORT TAKES ON THE REEL WORLD

Reel History notes. “The film left out the well-documented fact that he was a virulent antiSemite. Is that important? Yes!” In the same vein, he lambastes mainstream fare about flyboys Charles Lindbergh and Howard Hughes — respectively, Billy Wilder’s The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) and Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator (2004). The former biopic is “a docudrama that glorifies him and doesn’t deal with his fascist tendencies,” Niemi says, adding that the latter film fails to examine “the character’s shady dealings with the dark underbelly of the military-industrial complex.

Why romanticize this guy?”

History in the Media analyzes hundreds of films in a surprising array of categories. “I needed to stake out a new angle,” Niemi recalls. “My plan was to go beyond what is normally considered history by looking into popular culture.”

Accordingly, he explores music (The Last Waltz and Ray, for example), sports (Chariots of Fire, Hoosiers) and that mainstay of tabloid journalism, crime (Goodfellas, Dog Day Afternoon).

Although Westerns are one of this nation’s most influential genres, apart from a few old cowboy shoot-’em-ups about Davy Crockett or the Alamo, they barely qualify for Niemi’s book.

“It’s 95 percent mythmaking,” he contends.

Niemi cautions that what appears on the big or little screen should never be taken on faith. “Films reduce complicated experiences down to relatively

simple melodramas, with three acts and a clear-cut protagonist,” he suggests.

“So the requisite cinematic storytelling does not mesh that well with historical realities.” This issue is important “because every work of art has some sort of implicit stance on our world.

My premise is that these representations do have serious social consequences.”

American readers may not understand one sentence — Ei ole koiraa karvoihin katsominen — on History in the Media’s dedication page, but the five words would be easily understood in Niemi’s Scandinavian ancestral homeland. “It’s a Finnish folk saying: ‘You can’t tell a dog by its hair,’ he says. “Or a movie by its hype, for that matter.”

Neither should Niemi’s book necessarily be judged by its cover: a photo of Aviator star Leonardo DiCaprio.

Some Canadian doings: • On Tuesday night, The Descendant will unspool at Montréal’s Fantasia Film Festival. Québec director Philippe

Spurrell, who was interviewed for this column a while back, shot the supernatural thriller — in English — just over the Vermont border. His plot focuses on a young man who finds the grandparents he never knew living in a very bizarre small town. Check out www.fantasiafest.com for details.

• The 30th annual Montréal World Film Festival, from August 24 to September 4, will pay tribute to Bruno Ganz. You’re probably asking, “Bruno who?” I’m saying, “Be still, my heart.”

The soulful Swiss actor, now 65, has performed in such art-house hits as Gillian Armstrong’s The Last Days of Chez Nous. But he’s no doubt more renowned for his wise-angel role in Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders.

Ganz also portrays a chillingly banal Adolph Hitler in The Downfall (2004), one of four pictures at the event that feature this thinking woman’s hunk.

Visit www.ffm-montreal.org for more info. m

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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.

Many foreign policy decisions of late have been SENSELESS. A squealer is to a biter as a TATTLETALE is to a rattle-tail.

Rove was a roving and phoning ELECTIONEERING engineer.

If his REFRIGERATOR had both cash and hash, he’d be out of a job.

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E me with your Qs or comments (dd44art@aol.com). Difficulty rating for this puzzle: A CINCH. If you’re stuck, see the HINT on this page. If you cave, see the ANSWER on page 63A. 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: Show a little “fourtitude.”

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hen the opening credits of a Hollywood blockbuster proclaim “based on a true story,” many people, particularly kids, may assume they’re about to be educated. But now Bob Niemi’s History in the Media: Film and Television is here to set them straight.

The St. Michael’s College associate English professor, who also teaches cinema on the Colchester campus, envisions his 501-page book as “an intervention” for youngsters whose views are shaped by entertainment rather than bona fide literary sources.

The Barre resident thoroughly researched his subject — the accuracy of information in movies and certain TV programs — over the four years it took to write the tome published in May by ABC-CLIO. “I stuck with real periods and events, even those that are highly fictionalized,” says Niemi, 51.

“Historical films always have distortions, additions and subtractions that change the story.”

In order to figure out the veracity of films, he first had to discern the actual truth. “That was easy in terms of dates, names and places,” Niemi points out.

“But not when it comes to nuances of interpretation. Artistic license is a thorny issue. I often see that ideological choices have been made.”

For example, critics called Patton (1970) “a perfectly balanced” profile of the mid-20th-century general, who is depicted as a somewhat flawed but heroic figure. “I say that’s crap,” Niemi

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12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:20, 9:35. Cars 12:50, 3:35, 6:30, 9:10. Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties 12:30. The Da Vinci Code 3:40, 6:45, 9:45.

Over the Hedge, 12:15, 2.

wednesday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sunday 16 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 5, 7, 9. Down in the Valley 4, 6, 8 (Wed).

friday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 20 *Little Man 1:15, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45. *You, Me and Dupree 1:10, 4:20, 7:15, 9:45. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 12:30, 1:30, 2:40, 3:40, 4:40, 6:20, 7, 8, 9:30, 10:05 (Fri & Sat). The Devil Wears Prada 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40. Superman Returns 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50. Click 1, 4, 6:50 (Fri, Sun-Thu), 9:20. Nacho Libre 1:05, 6:45. Cars 12:50, 3:35, 6:30, 9:10. The Da Vinci Code 3:20, 9. Over the Hedge 12:40.

See calendar for special screenings.

BIJOU CINEPLEX 1-2-3-4 Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-3293. wednesday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 13 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30. Cars 12:50, 3:20, 6:50, 9.

Click 1, 3:50, 7, 9. Superman Returns 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30. friday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 20 *You, Me and Dupree 1:10, 3:50, 7, 9:20. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:15. Cars 1, 3:30, 6:30, 8:30.

Click 4, 9:25. Superman Returns 1:20, 6:50.

ESSEX CINEMA Essex Outlet Fair, Rt. 15 & 289, Essex Junction, 879-6543 wednesday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 13 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 12:30, 1:30, 4, 5, 7:30, 9:20. The Devil Wears Prada 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:50. Superman Returns 12:10, 1, 3:20, 4:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:45. Cars 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Click 12:10, 2:30, 5, 7:20, 9:45.

The Lake House 12:30, 7:30.

Nacho Libre 3, 5:10, 9:50. friday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 20 *You, Me and Dupree 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 12:30, 1:30, 4, 5, 7:30, 9:20. The Devil Wears Prada 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:50. Superman Returns 1, 3:20, 4:15, 6:30, 7:40, 9:45. Cars 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Click 12:10, 2:30, 5, 7:20, 9:45. The Lake House 12:30. Nacho Libre 3, 5:10, 9:50.

Times subject to change.

ETHAN ALLEN CINEMAS Ethan Allen Shopping Center, North Ave., Burlington, 863-6040. wednesday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 13 Superman Returns 1, 6:30, 9:05.

Click 1:20, 7:10, 9:20. Cars 1:10, 7, 9:10. Nacho Libre 1:15, 7:25, 9:15. friday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 20 Superman Returns 1, 7:30. Click 1:20, 7:10, 9:20. Friends With Money 1:30, 7:20, 9:15. Brick 1:10, 7, 9:25.

Times subject to change.

See www.merrilltheatres.net.

MAJESTIC 10 Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners, Williston, 878-2010. wednesday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 13 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 12:40, 1:40, 2:50, 3:50, 4:50, 6:20, 7, 8:10, 9:30. The Devil Wears Prada 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40. Superman Returns 12:15, 1:10, 3:30, 4:40, 6:40, 8:20, 9:50.

Click 1, 4, 6:50, 9:20. Nacho Libre

9:10. Cars 12:45, 3:45, 6:20, 8:50.

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friday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 20 Click 1 & 3 (Fri-Mon), 7. Superman Returns 9. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 1:30 (Fri-Mon), 6:45, 9:25.

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MERRILLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ROXY CINEMA College Street, Burlington, 864-3456 wednesday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 13 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20.

The Devil Wears Prada 1:05, 3:40, 7:05, 9:25. An Inconvenient Truth 1:15, 4, 7:20, 9:15. A Prairie Home Companion 1:10, 3:30, 7:10, 9:30. Thank You For Smoking 1:30, 4:10, 7:30, 9:35. Brick 1:20, 4:15, 6:45, 9:40. friday 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 20 *You, Me and Dupree 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40. *Sketches of Frank Gehry 1:30, 4:10, 7:30, 9:35.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20.

The Devil Wears Prada 1:05, 3:40, 7:05, 9:25. An Inconvenient Truth 1:15, 4, 7:20, 9:15. A Prairie Home Companion 1:10, 3:30, 7:10, 9:30.

friday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 20 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 2:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9:15. Superman Returns 2:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 9:15. The Devil Wears Prada 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:10.

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Times subject to change. See www.merrilltheatres.net.

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wednesday 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 13 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chest 12:10, 1:20, 3:20, 4:40, 6:30, 8, 9:40. The Proposition 3:35, 7:05, 9:30.

Wordplay 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7, 9:20. District B13 9:35. The Devil Wears Prada 1, 3:40, 6:50, 9:25.

Superman Returns 12, 1:10, 3:10, 4:50, 6:20, 9. Over the Hedge 12:55. Click 12:40, 3:30, 6:40,

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Trees take years to reach maturity, and even fast-growing species change almost imperceptibly. Small wonder, then, that Tree Song, a movement piece by butoh-influenced choreographers Eiko and Koma, pays tribute to vegetable variation at the dancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; signature ponderous pace. The Japan-born dancers, who have been performing together since 1972, specialize in dreamlike, almost hypnotic sequences based on real-world subject matter. In Song, the pair lean on a tree trunk and creep through a pile of leaves in an hour-long, wordless exploration of the natural world. Recorded cricket-chirps and forest-floor rustlings set the scene for a soothing, if slow, show.

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Community College Bluff, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-562-4130.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SALSALINAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PRACTICE: Work on your sensuous nightclub routines at this weekly Latin dance sesAlso, see clubdates in Section A. sion. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, nonmembers 6 ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: Got kilt? This p.m., members 7 p.m. $10. Info, 598-1077.

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.

DROP-IN IMPROV: Actors create characters and BARRE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Cold Country hone storytelling skills in a fun stage workshop.

Bluegrass energizes listeners with fancy picking.

Waterfront Theatre, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5. Info, City Hall Park, Barre, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 476-0267.

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FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: Summer gazebo music â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ARSENIC AND OLD LACEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In this black comedy, a and theater offerings include the No Strings drama critic learns on his wedding day that his Marionettes with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nick of Time,â&#x20AC;? the Will Patton maiden aunts off old men, and that insanity runs Ensemble and the Austin Lounge Lizards. in the family. Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, Middlebury Town Green, noon, 7 & 8:30 p.m., N.Y., 8 p.m. $20. Info, 518-891-1854. respectively. Free. Info, 388-2743. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BILOXI BLUESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Playhouse presents OPERA OPEN REHEARSALS: Hear international the second play in Neil Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brighton Beach singing stars prep for Gounodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Faust as part of trilogy, in which a WWII private undergoes basic the Vermont International Opera Festival. Big training in Mississippi. McCarthy Center for the Picture Theater and CafĂŠ, Waitsfield, 12:30-3:30 Arts, St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $30. p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994.

Info, 654-2281.

TREY ANASTASIO & MIKE GORDON: The two forâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OUR TOWNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: The curtain goes up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and stays up mer Phish members hit the road to perform new â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for the duration of Thornton Wilderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nostalgic material. Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh joins in ode to small-town America. Unadilla Theatre, for a rare Vermont appearance. Champlain Valley Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 456-8968.

Exposition, Essex Junction, 4 p.m. $55. Info, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;AINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T MISBEHAVINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A Tony Award-winning musi863-5966. cal tribute to Fats Waller incorporates swinging CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: Classical comnumbers from Harlem and Tin Pan Alley. Lake bos perform pieces by Vivaldi, Bach, Couperin and Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $18. Info, other composers. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 518-523-2512. p.m. $18. Info, 800-639-3443.

CONCERTS ON THE BLUFF: The Velvet Rabbits hop to jazzy blues, pop and rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll. Clinton 4x9-GroundRound062806 6/26/06 2:56 PM Page

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film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DISAPPEARANCESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In local filmmaker Jay Cravenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest, a desperate, Prohibition-era farmer travels to Canada to do business with a bootlegger.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CASABLANCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In this classic romance, Humphrey Bogart plays a brooding loner whose heart awakens when an old flame walks into his Moroccan gin joint. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7.

Info, 603-646-2422. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OCTOBER SKYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Readers of Homer Hickamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rocketbuilding memoir view the cinematic version at the South Burlington Community Library, 6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MOVABLE MAGICâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Book artist Paul Johnson pulls a libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of handcrafted codices from a single suitcase in a talk about how books appeal to kids.

Second floor, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 879-0243.

words POETRY OPEN MIKE: Bards take turns reading original verse, selections from favorite authors or folk ballads sans instruments at this multilingual mĂŠlange. Euro Gourmet Market & CafĂŠ, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-3467.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers of William Whartonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel Birdy explore how humans relate to other species. Peabody Library, Post Mills, 7 p.m. Free.

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JEWISH LITERATURE DISCUSSION: Readers review The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley.

Warren Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 496-3913.

NORMA FOX MAZER: The Vermont-based author of young adult novels describes current and future projects. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 476-7550.

BOOK GROUP: Armchair tourists explore Bill Brysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

BOOK SIGNING: Author Jeffrey Marshall talks about The Inquest, his novel based on an 1830 abortion trial in Burlington. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

C.D. WRIGHT: The writer and professor reads from her recent collection, Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 301.

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The population-at-large probably views kaleidoscopes as mere curios, or benignly psychedelic babysitters for overactive children. But for the artisans whose work was on display at Stowe’s Kaleidofest, they are so much more. Artist Marcia Clark (no relation to the ADA in the O.J. trial) described her “divine connection” to kaleidoscopes. A husband-and-wife team said their aim is to capture life’s always-ethereal moments of beauty. Now, I don’t remember ever thinking, “Boy, I wish I could bottle this glimmeringly colorful vision of rotational symmetry.” But I’m still young.

Best in show, in my view, was a kaleidoscope by Massimo Strino. It looked upon a spinning, bejeweled sphere sitting in the base of the ’scope, which was — get this — itself a kaleidoscope! I would’ve bought the thing, but I think it cost more than my car.

Some of the ‘scopes were so sweet, they almost drove me to speak in tongues. After looking through one too many, though, I began to wish I’d taken some Dramamine.

As I made my way out, I saw a table where children could make their own kaleidoscopes. A little girl was working away, undaunted by the limits of her kid-safe materials. I imagined her thinking, “The art world may think the next Robert Rauschenberg won’t work with kaleidoscopes, but I’ll prove them wrong.”

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kids ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with help from the animal-care staff at the ECHO Center, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 & 3 p.m. $7-9. Info, 864-1848.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Readings of family faves provide morning fun for toddlers at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m.

Free. Info, 864-8001.

WILLISTON STORY HOUR: Crafts and books fuel the imaginations of kids ages 3-5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free.

Registration and info, 878-4918.

WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: Children gather for games, songs and stories at the Westford Library, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639.

SUMMER READING STORYTIME: Local firefighters tell toasty tales and explain how their equipment works. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

BARRE BOOK TIME: Seasonal readers turn pages, hear tales and make crafts at the East Barre Library Branch, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 476-5118.

HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: Youngsters let loose in a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere.

Hinesburg Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 453-3038.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: Little ones ages 2 and under get hooked on books at the Waterbury Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MASTERS IN ARTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Art lovers brush up on 19thcentury Parisian painter Henri de ToulouseLautrec. South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Registration and info, 652-7080.

SURPRISE STORYTIME: Kids of all ages flex their imaginations with fantastic tales. Essex Free Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313.

CHESS FOR KIDS: Budding strategists in grades 4-8 test their moves at the Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 878-6956.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Would-be farmers ages 3 to 5 hear Then and Now by Heather Amery, then compare a kitchen, supermarket and schoolroom with their â&#x20AC;&#x153;old-fashionedâ&#x20AC;? counterparts. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9-10:30 a.m. $3-5. Registration and info, 457-2355.

BELLY DANCE WORKSHOP: Young adults ages 12-14 practice Middle Eastern moves. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Registration and info, 865-7216.

BELCHING CONTEST: Gross sounds inspire a scientific investigation of stomach gas. ECHO Center, Burlington, noon. $7-9. Info, 864-1848.

CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS FOR KIDS: Young ears take in a short intro to classical music at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FEATHERS OF FIREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Art appreciators ages 6 and up see a slideshow of Amazonian ornaments made from the plumage of rainforest birds, then create colorful crafts. Georgia Public Library, 1 p.m. Free.

Info, 524-4643. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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.

TENNIS: The Greater Burlington Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennis Club matches intermediate players for recreational games at public parks in the area. Call for location and time. Free. Info, 879-0231.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 55:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS: Marx-minded activists strategize about how to resurrect the American Dream. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Child care and info, 318-3453.

TOXIC ALGAE INFO SESSION: Scholars, scientists and health department officials give citizens the blue-green scoop on summertime Lake Champlain. St. Albans Town Education Center, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-1414.

etc â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTOR RESCUEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See the world 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. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTORS UP CLOSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: 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 itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made at Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free.

Info, 253-9591.

ESL GROUP: Non-native speakers learn English at the South Burlington Community Library, 1 p.m.

Free. Info, 652-7080. Also at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

CHESS GROUP: Beginner- and intermediate-level players strategize ways to put each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kings in check. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

KNITTING POSSE: Needle-wielding crafters convene over good yarns. South Burlington Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076.

VETERANS JOB NETWORKING: Ex-soldiers share labor-market tips, training info and employment leads. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 9:30-11 a.m. & American Legion Post, St. Albans, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-0339.

CHARITY BINGO: Players seek patterns on numbered cards, then say the word. Broadacres Bingo Hall, Colchester, 7 p.m. $10 for 12 cards.

Info, 860-1510.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PEDALS FOR PROGRESSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; COLLECTION: Cyclists donate bikes of all shapes and sizes for shipment to developing countries. Chittenden Solid Waste District Drop-Off Center, Williston, 8 a.m.

- 3:30 p.m. $10 per bike. Info, 872-8111.

FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKET: Browse among open-air booths selling homegrown produce, baked goods and crafts. South Hero Town Garage, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6668.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: Bingo, hide-and-seek and contact Twister bring parents and kids together at the Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 4-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 496-8994.

HISTORY CRUISE: The narrated voyage floats past significant forts, mounts and monuments.

Departs from Teachoutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lakehouse Wharf, Shoreham, 1 p.m. $5. Info, 897-5331.

HOMEBUYER ORIENTATION: Before shopping, potential house hunters determine whether homeownership fits their needs. Central Vermont Community Land Trust, Barre, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 476-4493, ext. 211.

TINCTURE-MAKING WORKSHOP: Professional herbalist Guido MasĂŠ demonstrates how to capture the vitality of medicinal plants in extracts.

Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Registration and info, 223-8004, ext.

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GARDENING TALK: Green thumbs get professional tips on growing and preserving herbs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, noon. $5-10.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ARSENIC AND OLD LACEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BILOXI BLUESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OUR TOWNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;AINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T MISBEHAVINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12, 2 & 8 p.m. $12-18.

Memorial Library, South Royalton, 4 p.m. Free.

Info, 763-7094.

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.

WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts at the Westford Library, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 878-5639.

DADSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PLAYGROUP: Fathers and their offspring bond through fun and games. Family Center, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8765.

KIDSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LITTLE ROOTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; STORYTIME: Kids gather in the garden to hear tales about plants, flowers and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DISAPPEARANCESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;QUEST OF THE CARIB CANOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: This film follows a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433. the construction of a traditional Indian dugout BABY TIME: Little ones up to age 2 meet each vessel and its 800-mile voyage from Dominica to other at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 Guyana. A Q&A with filmmaker Eugene Jarecki fola.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. lows. Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $8.

MUSIC TIME: Growing listeners under age 5 conInfo, 496-8994. template chords and bounce to rhythms. Dorothy â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ON A CLEAR DAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A down-on-his-luck shipbuilder Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. channels the luck of the Irish when he swims Free. Info, 878-4918. across the English Channel. Loew Auditorium, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Teens ages 12-18 create Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, characters and journey through fantasy realms in N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. a role-playing game. Pizzaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s provided at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BOOKED FOR LUNCHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Readers ages 5 and up lisAlso, see exhibitions in Section A. ten to classic fairy tales. Bring a brown-bag lunch WATERCOLOR DEMO: Vermont artist Peter Huntoon to the Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 11:30 creates a vibrant painting, with explanations and a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. commentary. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, JUNIOR RANGERS: Youngsters ages 7-10 earn 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050. forestry cred by completing fun activities. MarshBillings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

BOOK DISCUSSION: Readers evaluate Shelby â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;YOGA THROUGH STORIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Kids ages 3-7, accompaHearonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life Estates. South Burlington Senior nied by a caregiver, flex and stretch to meditative Center, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. music and narratives. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Registration and info, 865-7216.

CRAFT DAY: Small squires create knightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shields in one of two hour-long sessions. Essex Free Library, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BACK TO BACHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Music scholar Jane Ambrose pre10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Free. Registration and info, sents a multimedia overview of the composerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 879-0313. famous Mass in B Minor. Waterman Building, UVM, BOOK BUDDIES: Tween and teen volunteers read stoBurlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0800. ries one-on-one with youngsters ages 3-6. Pierson THE CLEAN WATER ACT, PART II: Two experts Library, Shelburne, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. weigh in on the landmark wetlands case recently â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CHRONICLES OF NARNIAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BOOK CLUB: Readers in decided by the Roberts Supreme Court. Chase grades 5-7 gather to read C.S. Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seven-volCommunity Center, Vermont Law School, South ume series. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 4 p.m.

Royalton, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1332.

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FAIRYTALE BALL: Pint-sized princesses and diminutive dukes ages 5 and up attend a magical costume party with music and stories. Fletcher Free ANIMAL FEEDING: See July 12.

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OPERA OPEN REHEARSALS: See July 12.

BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND REHEARSAL: Community musicians of all ages prep marches for outdoor summer performances. Burlington High School Band Room, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 578-3467.

BALLAD PARK CONCERT: Regional troubadours Roy Hurd, Peggy Lynn, Dan Berggren, Matt McCabe and others reunite for a tribute to Adirondack songwriting. Performance Pavilion, Ballard Park, Westport, N.Y., 6:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 518962-8778.

WOODSTOCK CONCERT SERIES: Brown baggers munch lunch to gritty guitar licks and r&b vocals from the Dave Keller Band. Woodstock Village Green, noon. Free. Info, 457-3981.

WATERBURY ROTARY CONCERT SERIES: The Radio Rangers spin listenersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dials to old country standards and hot western swing. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-0811.

THE JENNINGS DUO: Award-winning violinist Andrew Jennings and his pianist-wife Gail present early-afternoon chamber music. Vergennes Opera House, 4 p.m. $10. Info, 877-6737.

CAPITAL CITY CONCERT SERIES: Lunchtime listeners chill out with acoustic and classic rock from The Kelvinators. Pocket Park, Christ Church, Montpelier, noon. Free. Info, 223-9604.

BURLINGTON CITY ARTS CONCERT SERIES: Original music by Aaron Flinn, Patrick Fitzsimmons and Howard Wooden flows at a concert by their Vermont-based trio, Watershed. Battery Park, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Students sharpen their performance skills via works by various composers. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 656-2525.

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.

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Weston Playhouse, 8 p.m. $29-47. Info, 824-5288. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FIDDLER ON THE ROOFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In this musical classic set in a turn-of-the-century Russian-Jewish village, a father tries to get his eldest three daughters safely married off. QuarryWorks, Adamant Music School, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9297. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE TALE OF THE MANDARIN DUCKSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Lost Nation Theater stages a musical version of a Japanese folktale, as retold by Vermont-based childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s author Katherine Paterson. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 229-0492.

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Registration and info, 878-6956.

STORYBOOK KIDSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PARADE: Area youths ages 3 to 12 don dramatic costumes based on literary characters and march down Church Street to City Hall Park. Meet at the Unitarian Church, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123.

sport TENNIS: See July 12.

LADIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GOLF CLINIC: Beginners practice putts, drives and strokes at the Vermont National Country Club, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $20.

Info, 264-9423.

COMMUNITY ROWING: First time afloat? Fear not â&#x20AC;&#x201D; weather permitting, anyone can take a 32-foot pilot gig for a spin. Burlington Shipyard, next to King Street Ferry Dock, and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 5:30 p.m. Free.

Reservations and info, 475-2022, ext. 113.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See July 12.

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 â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTOR RESCUEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTORS UP CLOSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See July 12.

CHARITY BINGO: See July 12.

FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKETS: See July 12, Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 888-7279. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6410.

HISTORY CRUISE: See July 12.

VERMONT CHESS CLUB: Pawn pushers strategize to better their games. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0198.

QUEEN CITY BNI: Local members of Business Network International schmooze at a weekly breakfast meeting to help promote one anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s companies. Ethan Allen Club, Burlington, 8 a.m.

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Free. Registration and info, 860-1417, ext. 106.

CONNECTICUT VALLEY FAIR: Amusement rides and agricultural exhibits augment pie-eating contests, lawnmower racing, fireworks and stock-car â&#x20AC;&#x153;football.â&#x20AC;? Connecticut Valley Fairgrounds, Bradford, 9 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. $8. Info, 222-5750.

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: Businesspeople socialize at a Chamber of Commerce mixer. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 863-3489, ext. 211. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PULL FOR NATUREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Volunteers paddle provided canoes and uproot invasive water chestnuts from the lower Champlain Valley watershed. Call for West Haven-area meeting location, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 265-8645, ext. 24.

FORMAL GARDEN TOUR: A ranger guides a walk around 19th-century grounds that capture the early days of the conservation movement. MarshBillings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. $6. Reservations and info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

EQUESTRIAN ACROBATICS: Herrmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria catch air at Knight Point State Park, North Hero, 5 p.m. $10-17.

Info, 372-8400.

FRI.14 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: See July 12, Billy Jonas, noon & 7 p.m.; Mamadou Diabate Ensemble, 8:30 p.m.

OPERA OPEN REHEARSALS: See July 12.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: See July 14, $15. Violinist Chin Kim performs a solo sonata, then eight instrumentalists play piano quartets by CĂŠsar Franck and Camille Saint-SaĂŤns.

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL OPERA FESTIVAL: Passionate voices vivify the heavenly music and hellish plot of Gounodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Faust. See calendar spotlight. Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 496-8994.

SNAKE MOUNTAIN BLUEGRASS: The local foursome features sinuous takes on old-time Irishroots tunes at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

WILLISTON TOWN BAND: Summer oom-pah accompanies the picnicking, and post-dinner, free ice cream. Brownell Library Lawn, Essex Junction, 78:15 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

CARILLON CONCERT: Dutch master Marcel Siebers Cuijk makes chime time at Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3169.

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THE PHIL ABAIR BAND: The Burlington-based jazz and r&b group rocks out â&#x20AC;&#x201D;way out â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at Boyden Farm, Cambridge, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 644-6363.

GREEN MOUNTAIN SUZUKI INSTITUTE: Student chamber players perform piano trios and premiere a composition by Vermont Youth Orchestra conductor Troy Peters. Rochester High School Auditorium, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-9234.

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: In an outdoor concert, the classical quartet Serenade plays works by Mozart that were popular at the time of the American Revolution. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 759-2412.

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dance 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.

ARGENTINEAN TANGO: Shoulders back, chin up!

With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneĂłn riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

SENEGALESE DANCE & DRUM WORKSHOP: Guest artist Lamine TourĂŠ joins Burlington-based percussionist Demba Sene to teach movement and rhythm. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 5:30-9 p.m. $17. Info, 272-4898.

QUEEN CITY CONTRA: Caller Pamela Goddard directs dancers to inspiring sounds from the trio Perpetual Motion. St. Anthonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, Burlington, beginners 7:45 p.m., dance 8 p.m. $7. Info, 434-2446.

OPEN-AIR CONTRA DANCE: Caller Nils Fredland directs outdoor dancers while the Clayfoot Strutters step out with old-time tunes. New Acadia Farm, Whitney Hill Road, Tunbridge, 8-11 p.m. $10. Info, 889-3246.

SWING DANCE: Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl host Lindy hoppers grooving to the Colin McCaffrey Swing Band. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $12-15. Info, 860-7501.

SO LONG, ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEEN GOOD TO KNOW YOU Woodrow â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woodyâ&#x20AC;? Wilson Guthrie wrote some of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most enduring folk songs. A July 14 tribute marks the birthday of the dust-bowl balladeer who penned â&#x20AC;&#x153;This Land Is Your Land,â&#x20AC;? among dozens of other anthems. One-time Montpelier-based musician and educator Mark Greenberg â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and four fellow area folk singers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; interweave Guthrieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songs, letters and drawings with 1930s photos of dust-covered farmland and migrant workers. The singalong show chronicles Guthrieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life from his youth in Oklahoma through his death from Huntingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chorea, a hereditary disease. Greenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guthrie tribute was an annual event from 1991 through 1997, and was revived last year for a school tour. Fittingly enough for Guthrie, whose lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work closely supported the U.S. labor movement, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version takes place in Barreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Labor Hall, a past meeting place for generations of working-class folks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vigilante Man,â&#x20AC;? anyone?

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FRI.14 << 07B â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ANGELS IN AMERICA II: PERESTROIKAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: The second part of Tony Kushnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s epic masterpiece addresses tolerance, prejudice, homophobia and racism. Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 518-891-1854. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;G-CITY MONOLOGUESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Firefly Productions stages Keefe Healyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical look at what would happen to all of Batmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s villainous counterparts if the caped crusader were to disappear. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

MARGARET CHO: The Korean-American comedienne sticks witty stilettos in the political and religious right in a sold-out follow-up to her Assassin tour.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $24. Info, 603646-2422.

film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DISAPPEARANCESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. Also at BFA Auditorium, St. Albans, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 592-3190. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE BOYS OF BARAKAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In this documentary, 20 underprivileged inner-city youths travel from the U.S. to Kenya to complete their schooling in a safer environment. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 603-646-2422. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;AN INCONVENIENT TRUTHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Al Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentary turns up the heat on global warming by confronting the environmental issues that are damaging our planet. A discussion with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Scudder Parker follows. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $7. Info, 457-4800.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. METAL METTLE: Visiting jewelry artist Deb Karash shows necklaces and other pieces in an illustrated talk about her design process. Room 219, Wilson Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 603-646-3226.

words ALISON BECHDEL: The Vermont-based creator of the comic â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dykes to Watch Out Forâ&#x20AC;? discusses Fun Home, her new graphic memoir. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-8326, ext. 2.

MYSTERY AUTHORS: Whodunnit fans discuss the works of Robert B. Parker. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See July 12.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See July 12, for children ages 3-5. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FEATHERS OF FIREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12, South Hero Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 372-6209. Enosburg Public Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 933-2328.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See July 13.

TODDLER TIME: Tykes ages 1-3 let off steam with songs, books and rhyming games. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free.

Registration and info, 878-4918.

<calendar > MEET THE PLAYERS: Small baseball fans greet members of the Vermont Lake Monsters team at a story-reading and autograph session. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free.

Registration and info, 878-4918. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Kids sing along with Robert Resnik and his fiddle-playing friend Gigi Weisman. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 865-7216.

SONGS & STORIES: Kids of all ages join guitarist Matthew Witten for folk songs and funny tales.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m.

Free. Info, 878-6956.

MATH & SCIENCE CONCEPTS: Students entering grades K-5 get a leg up by playing with number sets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m.

Free. Registration and info, 878-6956.

COMPOSTING WORKSHOPS: Two how-to sessions teach farmers and kitchen waste-savers how to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;black gold.â&#x20AC;? Highfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Compost Demonstration & Research Site, Hardwick, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & 1:30-4:30 p.m. $10-15, free for farmers. Registration and info, 472-5138. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;EXTERIORS & INTERIORSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A two-hour guided tour shows visitors seldom-seen spaces in an historic mansion. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2:30 p.m. $6.

Reservations and info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

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TENNIS: See July 12.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See July 12.

etc â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTOR RESCUEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTORS UP CLOSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See July 12.

CHARITY BINGO: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PEDALS FOR PROGRESSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; COLLECTION: See July 12.

FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKETS: See July 12, Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 4345273. Westford Common, Route 128, 4-6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-7405.

HISTORY CRUISE: See July 12.

CONNECTICUT VALLEY FAIR: See July 13, 7 a.m. 10:30 p.m.

EQUESTRIAN ACROBATICS: See July 13, 6 p.m.

TERTULIA LATINA: Latinoamericanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en espaĂąol at Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-3440.

VERMONT SCENIC CLUSTER DOG SHOW: Three days of obedience trials and competitions showcase 100plus canine breeds, from chihuahuas to St. Bernards.

Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.

- 7 p.m. $2-5. Info, 902-879-6168.

GUTHRIE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Montpelier musician and educator Mark Greenberg brings fellow folkies together for a multimedia tribute to one of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest songwriters. See calendar spotlight. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 8 p.m. $1012. Info, 476-0567.

LATINO FESTIVAL: Ten-piece salsa-merengue band Grupo Sabor powers a cultural immersion festival of muy caliente dance and cuisine. Maple Street Park Pavilion, Essex Junction, 6-9:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-1375.

BASTILLE DAY WAITERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; RACE: Uniformed servers go through the paces while balancing a loaded tray on one hand. Vergennes Green, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race 3 p.m., menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race 3:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 985-5237.

Also, see clubdates in Section A. FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: See July 12, 7 p.m. The Vermont Jazz Ensemble provides the tunes for a community street dance.

ITALIAN OPERA EVENING: Singers with the Vermont International Opera Festival offer arias

by Verdi and other Italian composers. Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994.

SOCIAL BAND: The Burlington-based a cappella singers showcase works by composer Don Jamison, the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s co-founder. Richmond Free Library, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

ARNOWITT JAZZ QUINTET: Montpelier-based pianist Michael Arnowitt leads his fivesome in selections from â&#x20AC;&#x2122;20s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;30s composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $16. Info, 873-9104.

BLACK SEA QUARTET: The local Euro-themed acoustic dance band lets loose with a lively mix of melodies inspired by Klezmer, Gypsy, Romanian and Balkan traditions. A grilled-chicken-and-tofu fundraiser for the Jericho Town Library precedes the music. Jericho Center Green, picnic 6 p.m., concert 7 p.m. $10 dinner, $7 concert.

Reservations and info, 899-4686.

KILLINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL: Renowned classical players form chamber music groups for works by Schumann, Schoenberg and other composers.

Ramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Lodge, Killington Ski Resort, 7 p.m. $15-18. Info, 422-1330.

dance SENEGALESE DANCE & DRUM WORKSHOP: See July 14, 2:30-6 p.m.

OPEN-AIR CONTRA DANCE: See July 14. Jeremiah McLane and the Floating Bridge Band transport dancers with direction from caller Nils Fredland.

BURKLYN BALLET THEATRE: Pre-professional dancers stage selections from La Bayadere and Giselle. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 635-1476.

CONTRA DANCE: Caller Peter Amidon directs movers motivated by fiddler Dave Langford and pianist Peter Barnes. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

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film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DISAPPEARANCESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. Also at Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 603-646-2422. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THREE TIMESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Star-crossed lovers long for reunion in this tender Chinese romance that spans several decades. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:30 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

FILM & MUSIC SERIES: Outdoor diners unpack picnics, hear the Big Spike Bluegrass Band, then catch baseball fever from Field of Dreams. See calendar spotlight. Redstone Pine Grove, behind the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, grounds open at 6 p.m., music 7 p.m., film 9:15 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4455. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;GO FOR ZUCKER!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In this German film from the producers of Run Lola Run and Goodbye, Lenin!, two estranged Jewish brothers must make up before burying their mother. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5510.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. 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.

ARTIST MARKET: Local artists show their stuff and offer original works for sale. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts Plaza, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-5356.

JERRY GARCIA ART SHOW: A two-day touring exhibit highlights paintings produced by the late, great lead guitarist and singer of The Grateful Dead. Wyndham Hotel, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Free. Info, 610-722-5807.

STOWE STREET ARTS FESTIVAL: Sidewalk strollers peruse paintings, photography and crafts.

Downtown Waterbury, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 244-8300.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See July 12.

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‘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.

JON GAILMOR: The family-oriented singer-songwriter entertains all ages with musical humor.

Waterbury Public Library, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

‘MEDIEVAL FALCONRY’: Small crafters create hunting birds, then “fly” them from the library’s mezzanine. Essex Free Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313.

DAD & DOG LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST: Paters and pets accompany kids to an interactive reading of My Father the Dog by local author Elizabeth Bluemle. Cover to Cover, Randolph, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 728-5509.

KIDS’ DUCT TAPE REGATTA: Budding boatbuilders construct waterproof craft from cardboard and sticky stuff, then test their “lakeworthiness.” Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., boats go in the water at 2:30 p.m. $5-9. Info, 475-2022.

sport TENNIS: See July 12.

‘EL PRESIDENTE’ VISIT: Former Montréal Expos pitcher Dennis Martinez throws the first ball in a Vermont Lake Monsters game against the Brooklyn Cyclones. Centennial Field, Burlington, 7:05 p.m. $3-7. Info, 655-4200.

ADIRONDACKS MYSTERY HIKE: Intrepid voyageurs head west for peak season in a to-be-decided spot. Call for meeting location and time. Free.

Info, 858-4045.

etc ‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See July 12.

‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See July 12.

CHARITY BINGO: See July 12.

‘PEDALS FOR PROGRESS’ COLLECTION: See July 12.

FARMERS’ MARKETS: See July 12, 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 685-4360.

Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 888-889-8188. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380. Marbleworks by the Falls, Middlebury, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 897-5448. St. Joseph’s Church, Grand Isle, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 372-6668.

HISTORY CRUISE: See July 12.

CONNECTICUT VALLEY FAIR: See July 13, 7 a.m. 10:30 p.m.

EQUESTRIAN ACROBATICS: See July 13, 2:30 p.m.

VERMONT SCENIC CLUSTER DOG SHOW: See July 14.

LARP: Wannabe wizards, werewolves and vampires get together for fantasy role-play. Amtrak Station, Essex Junction, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-9766.

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Entomologists have a good idea which butterfly species call Vermont home, but data on their relative abundance and distribution has been hard to come by. Enter the Vermont Butterfly Survey, a five-year census scheduled to wind up in 2006. Anyone familiar with the collection guidelines can ID the pretty insects for the project, which hopes to provide info to land-use organizations making conservation and management decisions. Naturalist Bryan Pfeiffer, a co-director of the survey, leads a data-collecting trip sponsored by the Middlebury Area Land Trust on Saturday. Seekers of curly-tongued swallowtails, skippers, hairstreaks and monarchs meander through flowering fields, pausing to document colorful flutterers with cameras. Hikers should pack a lunch, plenty of water, sunscreen, binoculars, a hand lens and, somewhat paradoxically, bug repellent. A fine-meshed net could come in handy, but rest assured: Catch-and-release is the order of the day.

BUTTERFLY HIKE Saturday, July 15, call for Middlebury-area meeting location, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 388-1007. www.vinsweb.org/vbs/about.

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SAT.15 << 09B â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;NATURALISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHOICEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: 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.

BUTTERFLY HIKE: Naturalist Bryan Pfeiffer leads an intro to outdoor lepidoptery. See calendar spotlight. Call for Middlebury-area meeting location, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 388-1007.

FERRARI STREET FESTIVAL: Sleek machines move in a parade from Shelburne to Church Street, where ride raffles and photo sales benefit Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Church Street, Burlington, parade 11:45 a.m., display noon - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 316-6933.

PRESERVATION BURLINGTON TOUR: A stroll around the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;hood provides a new appreciation for downtown architecture. Meet in front of Burlington City Hall, 11 a.m. $5. Info, 863-1377.

SUMMERNIGHT 2006: Handbell ringers, a kid-friendly dance company, salsa-shaking rockers Gusano and the town band pay tribute to hot days and short nights after a ham-and-bean feast. Various Rochester Village locations, 4:30-10:30 p.m. $10 for festival badge. Info, 767-3732.

LAWNMOWER RACES: Grass trimmers ride high in yard-sport competitions.

Connecticut Valley Fairgrounds, Bradford, 5:30 p.m. $3. Info, 439-3323.

SOLARFEST 2006: New Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renewable-energy celebration features games, workshops, information, activism and live music by Dar Williams and Ember Swift â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all powered by the sun. Forget-Me-Not Farm, McNamara Road, Tinmouth, 10 a.m. - midnight. $10-20. Info, 603-847-9049.

BRICK HOUSE TOURS: Appreciators of Colonial Revival interiors walk through the restored residence of museum founder Electra Havemeyer Webb.

Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. $25. Info, 985-3348, ext. 3377. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MEDITATION IN THE GARDENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Patti Morgan of the Shambhala Meditation Center in White River Junction leads an outdoor ode to contemplation.

Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 2-4 p.m. Donations. Info, 765-4129.

CHAIR MASSAGES: Passers-by pause for a 10-minute tension tamer to benefit pug-rescue efforts. MoonLight Gifts, Milton, 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $10. Info, 893-9966.

PUBLIC BIRTHDAY PARTY: With cake and good wishes, the Champlain Valley Exposition honors its most venerable employee: 100-year-old maintenance coordinator Ray Jenkins. Ware Building, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5545.

GONDOLA RIDES: Cable-car passengers take in the view atop southern Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest peak. Stratton Mountain, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. $10. Info, 800-787-2886.

PARK LEGACY WALK: A ranger leads a 1.5-hour tour of the estate founded and formed by three generations of women descended from Julia Parmly Billings. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. $6. Reservations and info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

FAMILY POT LUCK PICNIC: The Alliance Franco-QuĂŠbecoise invites folks of every heritage to celebrate Bastille Day with good food and fraternitĂŠ.

Mills Park, Underhill, 2 p.m. Free, bring a dish to share. Info, 899-3349.

FRENCH HERITAGE DAY: Fiddle music and clogging augment FrenchCanadian foods, genealogy workshops and traditional craft demos at an outdoor celebration. Downtown Vergennes, all day. Free. Info, 388-7951.

SUN.16 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. VERMONT MOZART FESTIVAL: The festival orchestra kicks off a month-long birthday bash of picnic-enhanced outdoor concerts with Mendelssohnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overture to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hebrides,â&#x20AC;? among other works. South Porch, Shelburne Farms, gates open 5:15 p.m., dressage exhibition 6:30 p.m., concert 7:30 p.m. $32. Info, 862-7352. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;OPERA SALUTES BROADWAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: The Vermont International Opera Festival hosts a vocal tribute to music-theater love duets. Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994.

BURLINGTON CONCERT BAND: Community musicians of all ages perform marches and medleys for bandstand connoisseurs. Battery Park, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 578-3467.

LAKE PLACID SINFONIETTA: Bagpiper Tom Kirkpatrick skirts into a Scotlandthemed symphony concert of works by Mendelssohn and Max Bruch. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $20. Info, 518-523-2512.

ORLEANS: The harmony-rich, Cajun-seasoned r&b band that has performed live since 1972 proves itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Still the One.â&#x20AC;? Trapp Family Lodge Concert Meadow, Stowe, gates 5:30 p.m., concert 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 863-5966.

BROADWAY CABARET: The Joe Davidian Trio accompanies actor Peter Boyntonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tribute to the Maury Yeston songbook. Skinner Barn, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 496-4422.

dance â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SALSALINAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PRACTICE: See July 12, 4-6 p.m. $5.

drama â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;URINETOWN: THE MUSICALâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 13, 7 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FIDDLER ON THE ROOFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 13, 2 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE TALE OF THE MANDARIN DUCKSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 13, 6:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PATIENCEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 14. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PETER PANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Audience members glimpse Neverland at an hour-long stage version of J.M. Barrieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic story. Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 2 p.m. $20, moms attend for free. Info, 518-891-1854.

film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DISAPPEARANCESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A former Korean War POW foils an assassination attempt and uncovers a complex brainwashing scandal in John Frankenheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1962 conspiracy thriller. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A small-town doctor discovers that humans are slowly being replaced by alien doppelgangers in this low-budget, 1956 sci-fi thriller. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 9:20 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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JERRY GARCIA ART SHOW: See July 15, 10 a.m. 6 p.m.

‘BEYOND TRADITIONAL VICTORIAN TASTES’: Strafford historian Gwenda Smith highlights artworks collected by U.S. Senator and educator Justin Morrill. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 2 p.m. $10. Info, 765-4129.

‘ART IN THE GARDEN’: Painters combine watercolors and acrylics to capture plant life on the page.

Elmore Roots Nursery, Wolcott, 1-3:30 p.m. $5.

Registration and info, 888-3305.

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MAKE-YOUR-OWN SUNDAE BAR: Chocolate candy lovers top cool confections with a selection of sauces and crunchy bits. Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2-5 p.m. $5, free sundaes to Stowe 8-Mile racers who bring in their bibs. Info, 253-9591.

HANDS-ON HISTORY: Relive the past with ancient stone-tool exhibitions and old-time games.

Chimney Point State Historic Site, Addison, 2-4 p.m. $3. Info, 759-2412.

TEXAS HOLD-’EM TOURNAMENT: Poker players put on their game faces for no-limit bidding at a benefit for Champlain Valley Crimestoppers.

Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington, 9 a.m. $125.

Info, 363-6772.

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ANIMAL FEEDING: See July 12.

sport TENNIS: See July 12.

NATURE WALK: Wildlife enthusiasts explore the woods around the Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 434-2167.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHALLENGE RACE: Paddlers pace themselves on a three-mile route in canoes, kayaks and rowboats. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, registration 10 a.m., race 11:30 a.m. $20 includes two museum passes. Info, 475-2022.

TWO VERMONT PEAKS: Hikers ascend twin 4000footers on a difficult, 10-plus-mile trip up Mt. Abraham and Mt. Ellen. Call for meeting location and time. Free. Info, 434-2533.

FOREST QUEST: Activities and clues help hikers unravel woodland mysteries on a two-hour, family-oriented hike. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2:30 p.m. $3-6. Reservations and info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

SUSTAINABLE BIKE TOUR: Riders visit several renewable-energy facilities along the Burlington Bike Path, including the Burlington Electric Department’s new hydrogen fueling station. Meet at the Green Business Community Office, 12 North Street, Burlington, 9 a.m. Donations to benefit Local Motion. Info, 865-3866.

KINGDOM TRAILS RIDE: Mountain bikers cycle for four hours on backwoods paths in East Burke, then wrap up with a post-trip barbecue. Meet at the Richmond park-and-ride on Interstate 89, 8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 652-2453.

8-MILE ROAD RACE: Runners limber up before a multi-mile competition. Starts at the Stowe Events Field, 9 a.m. $24. Registration and info, 253-4647.

etc ‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See July 12.

‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See July 12.

CHARITY BINGO: See July 12, 2 & 7 p.m.

FARMERS’ MARKET: See July 12, Route 108, Stowe, 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8566.

HISTORY CRUISE: See July 12.

CONNECTICUT VALLEY FAIR: See July 13, 7 a.m. 9:30 p.m.

EQUESTRIAN ACROBATICS: See July 13, 2:30 p.m.

VERMONT SCENIC CLUSTER DOG SHOW: See July 14, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

‘NATURALIST’S CHOICE’: See July 15.

SOLARFEST 2006: See July 15, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

BRICK HOUSE TOURS: See July 15.

GONDOLA RIDES: See July 15, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

NATURE JOURNAL WORKSHOP: Local bookbinder Stephanie Wolff guides scribblers in creating sketchbooks or travel logs. Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 1-4 p.m. $45. Registration and info, 649-2200.

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MON.17 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. SAMBATUCADA! REHEARSAL: Percussive people pound out carnival rhythms at an open meeting of this Brazilian-style community drumming troupe.

New members are welcome at the Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 860-1338.

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.

VERGENNES CITY BAND: A brass band welcomes musicians of all ages at an outdoor concert of gazebo faves. Vergennes Green, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2005.

dance ‘STARS OF BALLET’: Principals and soloists from the New York City Ballet Company converge in a compilation showcase. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $25-30. Info, 518-523-2512.

film ‘DISAPPEARANCES’: See July 12.

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art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. 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 HEALING LECTURE SERIES: Dr. Effe Poy Yew Chow explains approaches that integrate Eastern and Western medicine. Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 655-0800.

‘SPIRITUALISM IN VERMONT’: Spooky storyteller and folk historian Joe Citro presents an illustrated lecture on colorful locals who believed in ghosts.

United Methodist Church, Monkton, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 657-6320.

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FILM & MUSIC SERIES Saturday, July 15, Redstone Pine Grove, behind the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, grounds open at 6 p.m., music 7 p.m., film 9:15 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-4455. www.uvm.edu/laneseries

‘FORREST GUMP’ Tuesday, July 18, in front of Ben & Jerry’s, Church Street,

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See July 12, for children ages 3-5.

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On Saturdays in July, the UVM Lane Series stages a series of music-and-movie combos. This week, Big Spike Bluegrass precedes a showing of Field of Dreams, the 1989 baseball fantasy about an Iowa corn farmer who conjures the ghosts of “Shoeless Joe” Jackson and seven other 1919 Chicago White Sox players.

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MON.17 << 11B PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: See July 12, 2-3:30 p.m.

Budding agriculturalists ages 3 to 5 hear The Great Pig Search by Eileen Christelow, then search high and low for porcine hide-and-peekers.

MUSIC TIME: See July 13.

MEET THE PLAYERS: See July 14, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free.

Registration and info, 878-6956.

GREEN MOUNTAIN BOOK CLUB: Teens meet monthly to discuss summer reading. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-2:45 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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.

CHICKS WITH STICKS: Young crafters chat over knitting projects. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

HANDY HANDICRAFTS: Diana Synder and the Needlework Guild teach embroidery pointers to kids aged 7-14 years. South Burlington Community Library, 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 652-7080.

KIDS’ MOVIE: Miniature magicians take in Ella Enchanted, a fairy tale about an unruly girl charmed to be obedient. South Burlington Community Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

SUMMER PROGRAM: Stories, crafts, pizza and movies engage different age groups. Woodbury Community Library, noon - 9 p.m., call for specific activities. Free. Info, 472-5710.

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CASTLETON CONCERT SERIES: The nine members of Satin and Steel roll out smooth, big-band sound.

Castleton Green, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2911.

FIDDLE & STRINGS CONCERT: Multi-instrumentalist Pete Sutherland joins fiddlers Sarah Blair and Skip Gorman, among other artists, to memorialize Vermont balladeer Margaret MacArthur. Old West Church, Calais, 7 p.m. $14. Info, 863-5966.

‘TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE’ SERIES: The Pulse Prophets bring beats to the people in a concert of contemporary reggae and rock. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-7826.

ALLEY CATS CONCERT SERIES: Local musician Adam Rosenberg provides rollicking rhythms for lunchtime listeners. Center Street Alley, Rutland, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380.

dance 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.

EIKO & KOMA: Rain or shine, the Japan-born, New York-based movement duo performs Tree Song, a slow-mo outdoor performance honoring the iconography of roots and leaves. See calendar spotlight.

Baker Library Lawn, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

drama ‘OUR TOWN’: See July 12.

‘URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL’: See July 13.

‘PETER PAN’: See July 16, 7 p.m. $20 for all.

‘STEEL MAGNOLIAS’: Six Louisiana ladies draw strength from regular beauty-shop talk in this St. Michael’s Playhouse production. McCarthy Center for the Arts, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $30. Info, 654-2281.

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SENIOR EXERCISE: See July 12, 10 a.m.

TENNIS: See July 12.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See July 12.

etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See July 12.

‘PEDALS FOR PROGRESS’ COLLECTION: See July 12.

HISTORY CRUISE: See July 12.

SPANISH POTLUCK: Spanish-speaking gourmets meet for food and conversation. All levels of ability are welcome. Call for Burlington location, 6:30 p.m. Free, bring ingredients or dishes to share.

Info, 862-1930.

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‘DISAPPEARANCES’: See July 12.

‘BEFORE STONEWALL’: This documentary exposes decades of homophobia preceding the 1969 Greenwich Village riots that launched the gay liberation movement. Black Sheep Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 225-8906.

‘FORREST GUMP’: Is life like a box of chocolates?

Post-dessert, twilight strollers stop for Tom Hanks’ 1994 depiction of a Southern savant. See calendar spotlight. In front of Ben & Jerry’s, Church Street, Burlington, dusk. Free. Info, 862-9620.

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music Also, see clubdates in Section A. 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.

VERMONT MOZART FESTIVAL: Pianist Jean-Claude Pennetier performs works by Mozart, Schumann, Ravel and Debussy. McCarthy Center for the Arts, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. $25.

Info, 862-7352.

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.

CHARLES FISH: The native Vermonter and nature writer reads from In the Land of the Wild Onion, his chronicle of canoeing the Winooski River. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

GLOBAL WARMING IN THE AMERICAN PRESS: Cynthia Henry of the Philadelphia Inquirer addresses whether journalistic “balance” has given too much clout to climate-change naysayers. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1332.

HEALTH TIPS: Dr. Heather Rice offers water lovers info on how to prevent or treat “swimmer’s ear.”

Network Chiropractic of Vermont, Shelburne, 12:45 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9850.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See July 12.

WILLISTON STORY HOUR: See July 12, 11 a.m.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: See July 12. Budding agriculturalists ages 3 to 5 hear The Great Pig Search

by Eileen Christelow, then search high and low for porcine hide-and-peekers.

‘FEATHERS OF FIRE’: See July 12, Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 4532366. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See July 13, for babies and toddlers up to age 3.

‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: See July 14.

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.

WARREN LIBRARY STORYTIME: Summer readers hear stories of knights in shining armor. Warren Public Library, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3913.

ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $7-9. Info, 864-1848.

LIBRARY DOG LISTENERS: Budding book handlers gain confidence by reading aloud to trained canines. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 878-4918.

PAJAMA TALES: Preschoolers don sleepwear to hear bedtime tales. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

TROUBADOUR DAY: Entertainer Stephen Coronella crowns medieval stories with dulcimer and flute music. Essex Free Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0313.

‘THE JUNGLE BOOK’: O Best Beloved! Very Merry Theatre stages a kid-friendly play based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic and its Disney-movie counterpart.

Bristol Green, noon. Free. Info, 660-8686.

MAGIC SHOW: Hey presto! Prestidigitator Tom Joyce entertains all ages with humorous stunts. Winooski Memorial Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

BURNHAM LIBRARY STORYTIME: Preschoolers anticipate tales and songs about fairies, dragons and other magical creatures. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

‘TIME TRAVEL TUESDAYS’: Visitors cook on a woodstove and churn butter, then relax as a farm family would have in the 1890s. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $10. Info, 457-2355.

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TENNIS: See July 12.

COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: Beginner to intermediate stretchers strike poses for spine alignment with Anusara-inspired instruction. Healing in HEALING LECTURE SERIES: See July 17. An expert Common Lobby, Network Chiropractic of Vermont, explains how mind training can benefit physical 1x4-7road 5/26/05 1:02 6:30-7:30 PM Page p.m.1 Free. Info, 660-9036.

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etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See July 12.

CHARITY BINGO: See July 12.

FARMERS’ MARKET: See July 12, Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-9380.

HISTORY CRUISE: See July 12.

‘PULL FOR NATURE’: See July 13.

PAUSE CAFE: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346.

WED.19 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: See July 12.

BARRE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: See July 12.

Alison Mann and Colin McCaffrey jazz up acoustic numbers.

CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: See July 12.

The program includes pieces by Beethoven and Schubert.

CONCERTS ON THE BLUFF: See July 12. Lawn-chair loungers take in new country from the red-hot band Branded.

VERMONT SUZUKI STRINGS: Small violinists perform on scaled-down instruments in a kid-produced concert. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 1 p.m.

Free. Info, 985-5129.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: See July 12.

drama DROP-IN IMPROV: See July 12.

‘URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL’: See July 13, 3 & 8 p.m.

‘THE TALE OF THE MANDARIN DUCKS’: See July 13, 2 & 8 p.m. $10-15.

‘ANGELS IN AMERICA II: PERESTROIKA’: See July 14.

‘TALKING HEADS’: See July 15.

‘STEEL MAGNOLIAS’: See July 18.

BIG APPLE CIRCUS: The silver screen inspires Grandma Goes to Hollywood, the New York City troupe’s clown-filled ode to cinema. Fullington Farm, Lyme Road, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $12-34.

Info, 603-646-2422.

‘BYE BYE BIRDIE’: The Stowe Theatre Guild stages this musical about A ’60s rock star-turned-draftee who travels to small-town Ohio to smooch his biggest fan. Town Hall Theatre, Stowe, 8 p.m. $17. Info, 253-3961.

‘BEAUTY & THE BEAST’: Disney’s take on the classic romance between a prince-turned-animal and a stunningly pretty girl gets the stage treatment in this production by the Lamoille County Players. Hyde Park Opera House, 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 888-4507.

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WED 12 THU 13 FRI 14 SAT 15 SUN 16 MON 17 TUE 18 WED 19 PLAY READING: Theatre on a Shoestring ties up loose ends at a non-competitive dramatic reading of a work to be decided by the group. Call for South Burlington location, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-212-5884.

film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;DISAPPEARANCESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE PRESIDENTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LAST BANGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In a macabre political satire referencing actual events, Korean spies murder a despotic head of state. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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SUMMER READING STORYTIME: Kids on vacation take in a weekly program at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

KIDSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; KNIT: Wee needlers ages 8 and up can bring their own yarn or choose from a selection at an expert-led craft hour. Essex Free Library, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 879-0313. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CHILDREN GATHER ROUNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Musicians from several Native American tribes showcase drumming in a hands-on program. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: Kids entering grades 1-5 read stories about princesses, then decorate wands and tiaras to take home.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Free. Registration and info, 878-6956.

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SENIOR EXERCISE: See July 12.

TENNIS: See July 12.

POETRY OPEN MIKE: See July 12.

MICHELLE KENNEDY: The Vermont-based journalist and author of how-to tomes shares insights about writing and publishing. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550.

talks HEALING LECTURE SERIES: See July 17. A nutritionist breaks down the energy benefits of certain foods.

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS: Land economist Ian Hodge of the University of Cambridge examines how the relationship between farming and conservation differs in Old- and New-World countries. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon - 1 p.m. Free.

Info, 831-1332. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;REGENERATIVE DESIGN: Architect and greendesign specialist Bill Reed explains how builders can work to help support the environment.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

HEALTH SCREENINGS: Registered nurse Nancy Dahm explains how regular checks for colon cancer, breast cancer and diabetes can save lives. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See July 12.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See July 12.

WILLISTON STORY HOUR: See July 12.

WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See July 12.

BARRE BOOK TIME: See July 12.

HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: See July 12.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MASTERS IN ARTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. Budding artists ages 7-14 study, then mimic, Peter Bruegel.

SURPRISE STORYTIME: See July 12.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: See July 12. Budding agriculturalists ages 3 to 5 hear The Great Pig Search by Eileen Christelow, then search high and low for porcine hide-and-peekers.

CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS FOR KIDS: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FEATHERS OF FIREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12, Brown Public Library, Northfield, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 4854621. Baldwin Memorial Library, Wells River, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 757-2693. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE JUNGLE BOOKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 18, Battery Park, Burlington, summer reading check-in 11:30 a.m., show at noon. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS: See July 12.

BURLINGTON 9/11 ACTION: Citizens who question the Bush Administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on 2001â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national disaster discuss alternate theories.

Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-1180.

etc â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTOR RESCUEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;RAPTORS UP CLOSEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See July 12.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See July 12.

ESL GROUP: See July 12.

CHESS GROUP: See July 12.

KNITTING POSSE: See July 12.

VETERANS JOB NETWORKING: See July 12.

CHARITY BINGO: See July 12. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;PEDALS FOR PROGRESSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; COLLECTION: See July 12.

CABLE-ACCESS LAB: See July 12.

FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKET: See July 12.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT: See July 12.

HISTORY CRUISE: See July 12.

CABLE-ACCESS LAB: See July 12. Film buffs learn non-linear narrative skills, using Final Cut Express editing systems.

WCAX TOUR: Local citizens sign up for a guided tour of the Channel 3 TV studio, and a chance to see the live news at noon. Meet at WCAX, South Burlington, 10:50 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free.

Registration and info, 652-7080.

SUMMER SALADS: Early diners relish cool dishes at a meal featuring mixed greens and pastas.

Richmond Congregational Church, 5:30 p.m. $3.50-7. Info, 434-2053.

WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS NETWORK: At a lunchtime meeting, custom designer Candy Thibault explains how to style homes with paint color and texture. Windjammer Conference Center, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $19. Info, 363-9266. m

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VERMONT INTERNATIONAL OPERA FESTIVAL Friday, July 14, Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-8994. www.bigpicturetheater.info

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(March 21-April 19): Yawning often occurs during the time we’re transitioning from a passive state to a more active one, like when we’re waking up in the morning or when we’ve decided to stop watching TV, get up off the couch, and head out for a jog. Psychology professor Robert Provine, an expert on the subject, says that concert pianists and Olympic athletes typically yawn as they gear up for their moments in the limelight. Judging from these facts, Aries, I imagine you’ll soon be indulging in more yawns than usual. You’re about to go from a phase of relative inertness to one of mind-jiggling adventure.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Surveys show that two out of every 10 people have bought stuff they found out about through email spam. While you’re no doubt too sophisticated to be among that number, you might want to open your mind a bit to the possibility. That’s because the astrological omens suggest you may soon receive useful information and out-of-the-blue inspiration from sources you’ve ignored in the past — even chattering gossipers and questionable teachers and TV news shows. Don’t be too sure you already know where your juiciest clues will be coming from.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Florida’s Pensacola Christian College has a strict code of conduct that regulates the interaction of male and female students. One of the forbidden acts is “optical intercourse,” also known as “making eye babies.” This occurs when two people gaze into each other’s eyes too long and too deeply.

Luckily, you don’t attend Pensacola Christian College, and will thus face no prohibitions if you choose to carry out my astrological advice: Make eye babies in abundance during the coming week.

This is the best time in eons for you to build soul-to-soul intimacy with those who’ve earned your exuberant trust. P.S. If you don’t have a lover with whom you want to make eye babies, do it with a good friend, with a favorite animal or with yourself in a mirror.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): A literature professor told me an amazing fact: Many of Emily Dickinson’s poems can be sung to the tune of the traditional folk song “The Yellow Rose of Texas.” (Try it with the poem that begins “The soul should always stand ajar,” which you can read at http://snipurl.com/sjrh. To hear the music, go here: http://snipurl.com/sjla.) I like this unexpected resonance between high art and rustic style, between subtleness of mind and earthy feelings, between elite ideas and populist execution.

Furthermore, I recommend that you yourself try similar blends in the coming week.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Nature loves courage,” said visionary philosopher Terence McKenna. “It shows you it loves courage because it will respond to your brave commitment by removing impossible obstacles.” While I believe this is always true, Leo, it’s especially apropos for you right now. You’ve fallen short of your potential because you have not yet summoned more than a fraction of the boldness that lies within you. But this is a turning point when you finally have what it takes to tap into your dormant reserves. I hope you rise to the occasion, and so does nature.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “What this country needs is a good 5-cent reverie,” philanthropist Paul Mellon once said. I completely agree. There are more than enough dreams that tempt us to spend a fortune . . . fantasies that cost a hundred million dollars to make . . . expensive head trips that distract us from enjoying the simple things in life. The astrological omens suggest that you keep this theme uppermost in your mind, Virgo. Focus on a marvelous reverie that will set you free for free. Daydream about a pearl of great price that you can have for a song.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mother Jones magazine reports that the widow of Black Panther founder Huey Newton is trademarking his slogan “Burn, baby, burn” for use in marketing her new barbecue sauce. Meanwhile, the

BY ROB BREZSNY You can call Rob Brezsny, day or night, for your expanded weekly horoscope 1-900-950-7700. $1.99 per minute. 18 and over. Touchtone phone. insurance company AFLAC has trademarked the quacking of the duck in its TV commercial, MGM has trademarked the roaring of its lion, and Pillsbury has trademarked the giggling of the Pillsbury Doughboy. Do you have a signature phrase, gesture, noise, trick, service or product, Libra? This would be an excellent time for you to shelter it with a trademark, patent, copyright or other kind of protection.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In his book Cosmos and Psyche, Richard Tarnas says the planets don’t emit invisible forces that shape our destinies as if we were puppets. Rather, they are signals of the unfolding evolutionary pattern. Just as clocks tell time but don’t create it, the heavenly bodies show us the big picture but don’t cause it. Quoting ancient Greek philosopher Plotinus, Tarnas writes, “The stars are like letters that inscribe themselves at every moment in the sky.

Everything in the world is full of signs. All events are coordinated. All things depend on each other.

Everything breathes together.” Can you work yourself into a state in which you perceive this sublime interconnectedness, Scorpio? You desperately need to. If you can, you won’t have to be an astrologer to catch profound glimpses of the overarching purpose and meaning of your life.

Everything in the world, not just the planets’ positions, will be full of signs for you to read.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As I take my daily bike ride into the hills, I pass a place where a beer-truck driver named Elijah lives. It’s a trailer with old tires and rusty tools littering the driveway. Today there was a new addition: a 1975 Chevy El Camino, a vehicle that’s like a car up front and a pick-up truck in back. It had a bumper sticker that read “Theresa and Johnny’s Comfort Food — Live Free or Die.” The whole scene reminded me of the message I want to convey to you, Sagittarius.

First, I believe you should bring into your sphere a fresh old thing that’s an amalgam of two different categories, akin to Elijah acquiring a brand new 31-year-old vehicle that’s half-car and halftruck. Second, I think you should make sure you feel extremely secure — stocking up on the

equivalent of “comfort food” — as you initiate a major push for liberation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You: difficult to push around, more hungry for intimacy than you let on, smarter than 85 percent of the people you know. Me: provider of friendly shocks, fond of playing a didgeridoo in the rain at dusk and dawn, outrageously tolerant of other people’s eccentricities. So is there any hope of a relationship between us? Well of course there is. We’re having a relationship right now, aren’t we? Maybe it’s not the exact kind of connection you’d like to have with me, but you’ve got to admit there’s value in it. Now please apply that lesson to your thinking about all your close alliances: Love them for what they are, and don’t criticize them for what they’re not.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In one of his poems, the late, great Charles Olson praised “lovers of the difficult.” He didn’t mean that in some sadomasochistic sense; he wasn’t cheering on people who perversely enjoy suffering. Rather, he meant to express his admiration for those whose lust for life drives them to seek answers to the knottiest questions. He was recommending that we wrestle with intractable problems whose solutions unleash blessings on the world. In the coming week, Aquarius, I encourage you to be one of these lovers of the difficult.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): The dance called the waltz is regarded as schmaltzy, but it was originally the punk music of its era. After its first appearance in England in 1816, an editorial in The Times called it obscene, a dance worthy only of prostitutes, because of its “voluptuous intertwining of the limbs and close compressure on the bodies.” Religious authorities in Europe thought it was vulgar and sinful. My prediction is that you’re currently entertaining a new trend that will have a history not unlike that of the waltz. It may cause a ruckus in the beginning, but will eventually become the pinnacle of normalcy.

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John’s home or to be arranged. Info, call John to arrange for individual lessons, 802-655-9113. Learn astrology to help your career and relationships be the way they could be. John is an experienced and trained consulting and teaching astrologer.

business START UP: Semester begins August 31. Women’s Small Business Program. $1295 with scholarships available.

Info, 802-846-7338 or visit http:// www.mercyconnections.org. Learn valuable business skills as you write a bank-ready business plan.

camps CREATIVE QUEST SUMMER ARTS CLASSES: For children 7 and up.

Painting and Drawing, Clay, Puppets and Mask Making. July 10-14; 17-21; 24-28, 9-3 p.m. $200/week or $350 for two weeks. 173 North Prospect, Quaker Meeting House. Info, contact director Jeanne Plo, 802-864-1888, email j.plo@verizon.net or visit www. creativequestvt.org.

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Ages 5 through teen. Info, 802-9853648 or www.shelburneartcenter.org.

Painting, Mosaic, Clay on the Wheel and Handbuilding, Silversmithing, Digital Photography and Photoshop, and much more! $205 full day, $115 half day.

Young Rembrandts camps $65/session and $125/two sessions.

THE SUMMER CONSERVATORY OF DANCE: Monday - Friday, July 17-28, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., NORTE MAAR, Rouses Point, NY. Full two-week session $375. Info, 646-361-8512 or visit www. nortemaar.org. The Summer Conservatory is a unique two-week program featuring master teachers Julia K. Gleich (London, UK) and Ernesta Corvino (New York, NY). Daily classes in ballet tech, pointe, character, and more. Performance opportunities offered. Intermediate to advanced levels only. Inquire about special session for beginners. Space limited. Norte Maar is also seeking dancers for various choreographic projects this summer.

clay CLAY WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES AT SHELBURNE ART CENTER: Alternative Firing Techniques, July 21-23, Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. $195 members, $220 nonmembers, materials included. Info, 985-3648 or www.shelburneartcenter.org.

This raku workshop will consist of theory,

step-by-step processes, chemistry, physics and hands-on firing. Working with a variety of natural combustibles such as leaves, pine needles, wood and sawdust will allow the students to learn how each firing process brings forth a unique creation.

climbing BOULDERING CLINIC: Sunday, June 25, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $100, includes equipment. Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School.

Info, visit www.petracliffs.com or call (802)657-3872. Bouldering is defined by quick, powerful movements using strength and agility. We will take you to an unlimited boulder field to build strength, endurance, and route reading skills.

INTRODUCTION TO ROCK CLIMBING: Saturday, June 10, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $100, includes equipment. Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School. Info, www. petracliffs.com or call 802-657-3872.

Experience the basics of rock climbing in a no-pressure and fun-filled atmosphere.

Learn climbing knots, belay and climbing technique. We provide expert instruction and guidance.

ROCK CLIMBING TECHNIQUE: Sunday, June 11, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $100, includes equipment. Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School. Info, www.petracliffs.com or call 802-657-3872. Rock climbing takes more than a buff upper body! It requires balance, flexibility and gracefulness. Learn in a day what could take a whole season to learn by trial and error.

TWO-DAY ANCHOR BUILDING: Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $160, includes equipment. Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School. Info, visit www.petracliffs.com or call 802-6573872. Learn how to construct efficient and bombproof belay anchors and safe, solid top-rope set-ups. This course is essential for anyone planning to head out on their own!

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!

BALLET MASTER CLASSES: August 1418, 2006. Johnson State College’s McClelland Hall Dance Studio. Tuitions for the five day workshops range from $50-$95.

Scholarships and college credit are available. Info, call 802-888-1261. River Arts and Johnson State College collaborate to present, Jennifer Wiley, a Cecchetti trained ballet teacher from Fenton, Michigan. The daily schedule of classes includes a Beginning Ballet Class, an Intermediate Ballet and Enrichment Class, a two hour Teacher Workshop, a Intermediate/Advanced Ballet Class and a Intermediate/Advanced Jazz Class. River Arts’ mission is to enrich community life through the arts. Deadline for registration is July 24.

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES WITH FIRST STEP DANCE: Begin the first week of each month, four weeks, Tuesday evenings, St. Albans, Thursday evenings, Burlington. $40 per person. Info, email Kevin@FirstStepDance.com, call 802-5986757 or visit www.FirstStepDance.com.

Are you interested in learning Ballroom dance? Beginning and intermediate classes are offered each month; the beginning classes are the same each month while the intermediate classes vary each month.

We also offer beginning lessons before our monthly dances in both Burlington and St. Albans. No partner required for classes or dances, so come alone, or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance!

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: Nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Mondays, Wednesdays (walkin on Wednesdays only at 6 p.m.) and Saturdays (children’s lessons, Pre-registration required). Argentinean Tango every Friday, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome.

Practice sessions Sundays, 4-6 p.m., open to the public, 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!

EXPLORATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE SERIES: Ages 17-adult, Tuesday and Thursday, August 8 and 10, 5:457:45 p.m.$40. Chase Dance Studio at the Flynn Center. Info, email flynnarts@ flynncenter.org, call 802-652-4548 ext..

4 or visit www.flynncenter.org. Dancers in either workshop may request free personal use of Flynn studios in August. Summer workshop for modern and contemporary dancers at the Flynn: Skinner Releasing Technique Workshop uses guided poetic imagery and music to trigger spontaneous movement, releasing tension and habitual holding patterns, revealing natural grace and reflecting the philosophy that we are all born dancers.

SWING DANCE LESSONS: Six weeks, two nights, three levels. Tuesdays, July 11 - August 15, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Swing 1/Lindy Hop Basics, beginning level, includes free Vermont Swings practice session immediately following. Wednesdays, July 12 - August 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Swing 2C/Mostly Charleston. Level 2: must have mastered Swing 1, or by permission. 7:45-8:45 p.m., Performance Lindy Hop. Level 2+ – must be comfortable w/ Swing Outs & 8-count moves.

Must be able to also practice weekly 8/16-9/15. Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. $50 for six-week series, $40 for students and seniors. Info, 802860-7501 or www.lindyvermont.com. No partner needed for any class! Please bring clean, non-marking shoes.

design/build DESIGN, CARPENTRY, WOODWORKING AND ARCHITECTURAL CRAFT WORKSHOPS AT YESTERMORROW DESIGN/ BUILD SCHOOL, WARREN: Power tools for Women, July 15-16. $275. Conquer your fears and discover the joys of using a wide variety of power tools. Community Design/Build, July 23 - August 4. $1275. Engage in a hands-on process of designing and building a full-scale public project. Architectural Model Making, August 4-6. $275. Three-dimensional model making is one of the best ways to convey design ideas in addition to being a rewarding hobby. Earth Structures, August 6-11. $725. Learn about building with natural, renewable resources. EcoCommunity Planning, August 13-18. $725.

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Decks 101, August 19-20. $275. This hands-on building course will cover the design, layout, materials, footings, fasteners and finishes for outdoor decks.

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Thursday and Friday, August 24–25, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Info, 985-3648 or www. shelburneartcenter.org.

PASTEL PAINTING AT SHELBURNE ART CENTER: Two workshops instructed

by Robert Carsten, P.S.A. Summertime, Summertime, Saturday, July 22, 9:30 a.m.

– 4 p.m., members $85, nonmembers $95, materials included. Color, Space Imagery and Detail, Saturday and Sunday, August 19–20, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., $165 members, $185 nonmembers, materials included. Info, 802-985-3648 or visit www.shelburneartcenter.org.

healing drumming BURLINGTON SUMMER TAIKO CLASSES: Kids’ Beginning Class, Tuesdays, 4:305:20 p.m. Five-week session begins June 20. $40. Kids’ Advanced Beginners Class, Mondays, 3:15-4 p.m. Six-week session begins June 19. $47. Adult Beginning Class, Tuesdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m. Fiveweek session begins June 20. $45. Adult Advanced Beginners Class, Mondays, 5:30-7 p.m. Six-week session begins June 19. $53. All classes at Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Walkin price, $10 per class. Info, 658-0658, email classes@burlingtontaiko.org or visit www.burlingtontaiko.org. Walk-ins are welcome. Gift certificates available.

RICHMOND SUMMER TAIKO CLASSES: Kids’ classes, beginners, Richmond Volunteers Green, Thursdays, 3-3:50 p.m. or 4-4:50 p.m. Six-week session begins June 15. $53. Kids and Parents Beginners Class, Richmond Free Library Community Meeting Room, Thursdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m.

Six-week session begins June 15. $107/ couple. Adult Beginners Class, Richmond Free Library Community Meeting Room, Thursdays, 6:30-7:20 p.m. Six-week session begins June 15. $59. Adult Beginners Class, Richmond Free Library Community Meeting Room, Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Six-week session begins June 15. $59. 2nd Annual Richmond Taiko Recital and Community Concert at the Richmond Volunteer’s Green, 7/27! Info, 802-6580658, email classes@burlingtontaiko. org or visit www.burlingtontaiko.org.

Preregistration is required and there is a 10-person minimum for each class. Gift certificates are available.

SUMMER HAND DRUMMING CLASSES: Beginners Conga class, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. Three-week session begins June 14. $30, three-week session begins July 12. $30. Walk-in price $12.

Beginners Djembe Class, Wednesdays, 7-8:50 p.m. Three-week session begins June 14. $30. Three-week session begins July 12. $30. Walk-in price: $12. Classes held at Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington. Info, Stuart Paton, 658-0658, email classes@burlingtontaiko.org. Walk-ins are welcome. Gift certificates are available.

empowerment AVATAR: CREATE WHAT YOU PREFER! Free introductory sessions, Tuesdays, 7-9:30 p.m. and Sundays, 4:30-7 p.m.

Free introductory sessions. Info, call Jen at 802-233-8829 or visit www.avatarepc. com. Avatar is a powerful self-development course that explores the relationships between your beliefs and experiences and that teaches the art of living deliberately. Through a series of simple, experiential exercises you learn how to create what you prefer and how to live from a more expansive, compassionate and aware place.

fine arts FINE ART WORKSHOPS AT SHELBURNE ART CENTER: Nature: Painting and Our Senses, Friday–Sunday, July 14–16, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sublime Inspiration: from paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe, Saturday and Sunday, July 29–30, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. From the Garden, Monday–Friday, July 17–21, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Monoprint Workshop, Saturdays, August 5 and 12, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Portrait Drawing,

HEALING QIGONG WEEKEND: July 21-23 (July 21, 7-9:30 p.m., July 22-23, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Info, learn.uvm.edu/ healingtherapies. With Dr. Effie Poy Yew Chow - the foremost Qigong expert outside of China, the founder and president of the East West Academy of Healing Arts, the American Qigong Association and the World Qigong Federation-invites you to UVM for an energy-balancing weekend of Qigong, an ancient healing art. A teacher whom Deepak Chopra called “one of the strongest energy-based healers and acupuncturists” he has ever met, Dr. Chow will share the expertise that was an integral part of her participation on the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy.

healing arts HAND TALES: HAND ANALYSIS READINGS: Thursday, July 27, 4-6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 1, 11 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

20 min/$25, double sessions available.

Please prepay. Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts. Info, 802-660-8060. Have your hands read by a certified Hand Analyst.

Your hands illuminate your life purpose.

They reveal the special gifts you have to create and contain the tools for coping with the stresses of everyday life. Presented by Janet Savage.

kids FIESTA! SUMMER KIDS' WEEK: July 24 -28, 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., each day. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex, VT. Free. Info, 802-878-8213, ext. 36.

Kids 1st - 5th grade. A great week filled with high-energy music, games, crafts and Bible adventures.

kitesurfing/ windsurfing KITESURFING AND WINDSURFING: Summer-Fall weekdays and weekends.

Lessons by apt. Lake Champlain. Kitesurfing starts at $75, windsurfing at $60, see website for full package rates. Info, 802951-2586, email rachael@stormboarding. com or visit http://www.stormboarding. com. Get in on adrenaline wind sports on Lake Champlain. Certified, insured, professional and fun instruction. All sailing/riding equipment provided. Private and group instruction available and once you are hooked, you get a discount on excellent equipment for both sports.

knitting INTENSIVE KNITTING FOR BEGINNERS: July 22-23 or July 29-30, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $110, includes supplies.

Burlington. Info, 773-517-8173. Beginning knitters are welcome to come learn for the first time or brush up on forgotten skills. Course covers basic techniques.

Weekend workshop limited to 10 people, bring a lunch!

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Bonjour! and Bom Dia! Spanish, French and Portuguese classes. All ages, private and group classes. 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 fun and positive learning environment. Located in Waitsfield, Montpelier and Burlington.

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ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PRACTITIONER TRAINING PROGRAM: Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage. September 16, 2006 - July 10, 2007, Mondays, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday evenings plus one weekend per month. 205 Dorset Street, South Burlington. Info, call 658-7715, www.touch stonehealingarts.com. Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage offers a 500-hour program in Asian Bodywork Therapy. This course provides students with a solid foundation in Traditional Oriental medicine theory, and two forms of Oriental massage, Amma massage and Shiatsu massage. A Western body science class is also part of the program, although students with prior instruction in Anatomy and Physiology may not need to participate in this 100hour portion of the training. Other aspects of the class include the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meridian system, Yin Yang theory, 5-element theory, 8 principles of diagnosis, the internal and external causes of disease, Oriental pattern differentiation, diagnostic methods of finding disharmony (pulse, abdominal and tongue diagnosis), business practices and personal and professional development.

CLINICAL MASSAGE THERAPY PROGRAM: Fall classes start September 9, each Saturday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Only two openings left. Tuition payments may be applicable if approved. Info, 802-524-9005 or visit http://www. northwestacademy.biz. Have you been looking for a career instead of a job? Our 10 month intensive program in massage & bodywork may be what you are looking for. We specialize in helping you succeed by obtaining business skills along with your training in massage and bodywork.

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SWEDISH MASSAGE PRACTITIONER TRAINING PROGRAM: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, September 12, 2006 - June 7, 2007, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage. Info, call 802-658-7715 or visit www.touchstonehealingarts.com.

Come to a free information session about the Swedish Massage Training Program Thursday, July 13, 7 p.m. or Thursday, July 27, 7 p.m. See the school, meet the instructors, ask questions! Touchstone Healing Arts offers a 650 contact hour program in Therapeutic Massage. This course provides students with a solid foundation in therapeutic massage, anatomy and physiology, clinical practice, professional development and communication skills.

martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin on Tuesday, August 1, 5:30 p.m. Please watch a class before enrolling. Adult classes meet Monday-Friday, 5:30-6:30 p.m. and 6:35-7:35 p.m., and Wednesdays, 12-1 p.m., Saturdays, 10:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. and Sundays, 10-11 a.m. There are no childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classes during the month of August, they will resume on Saturday, September 2 , 9:30 a.m. Muso Shinden Ryu laido (the traditional art of sword drawing), Thursdays, 7:45-9 p.m. Zazen (Zen meditation), 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 childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play space for training parents. Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 5th degree black belt and Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only fully certified (shidoin) Aikido instructor.

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 BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Monday through Friday, 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Punch Lineâ&#x20AC;? 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.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Monday through Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. and Sundays, 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Burlington Shambhala Center. Info, 802-658-6795 or visit http://www.burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Meditation instruction available on Sunday mornings or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month, August 5th, for meditation and discussions, 9-11:30 a.m.

metal/stained glass INTERMEDIATE BLACKSMITHING-FORGE A WEATHERVANE: Instructed by Lucian Avery. Saturday and Sunday, July 15â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16, 9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 p.m. Members $180, nonmembers $200, materials $20. Info, Shelburne Art Center, 985-3648 or www.shelburneartcenter.org. Silhouettes in the Sky- Shelburne Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first special exhibition of weathervanes in over a decade showcases over 50 of the finest, focusing on the art and craftsmanship of the pieces in addition to their functionality on the farm and in 19th-century society. Students will view the exhibition and each student will make a simple iron weathervane using traditional blacksmithing techniques.

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FlynnArts at the Flynn Center offers camps and classes in theater, music and dance for children, teens, and adults of all skill levels. A brochure for the fall semester will be available at the end of July.

photography DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND ADOBE PHOTOSHOP: Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Waitsfield, VT. $250. Info, 802-882-1124. Comprehensive class will cover digital cameras and the Photoshop workflow using Mac platform and large-format archival Epson printers.

pilates ABSOLUTE PILATES: Tone, stretch, strengthen, energize! at a new Pilates workout studio designed for men and women serious about getting into superb shape. At Absolute Pilates, Lynne Martens teaches the original, historical method of body conditioning created by powerful fitness guru Joseph Pilates.

Absolute Pilates offers equipment-based private sessions (free 1/2 hour intros available) and group mat classes (first class free!) in an attractive, welcoming locale. 12 Gregory Drive, Suite One, South Burlington. Info, please call 802-3102614 or email lynnemartens@ msn.com.

Lynne was certified by the Pilates Studio, NYC, in March 2000 after 600 hours of rigorous instruction and testing by Pilates elder Romana Kryzanowska and master teacher Bob Liekens. Lynne teaches Pilates in Burlington and Shelburne and at the University of Vermont.

CORE STUDIO: Come experience Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere by-appointmentonly Pilates and Personal Training Studio!

Located conveniently on the Waterfront in Downtown Burlington, we offer a variety of core strengthening and other well-being related programs. Our mat and Reformer bed Pilates options include private sessions, small group privates, and drop-in rates for classes including Pilates Mat and Reformer, Hybrid Spinning/Pilates, and Flow Yoga. The Rolfing Studio offers you the opportunity to work one-on-one with a certified specialist who can restore and reshape your body back into its natural alignment. Our onsite nutritionist and Reiki practitioner is also available by appointment. Familiarize yourself with our open, welcoming â&#x20AC;&#x153;greenâ&#x20AC;? studio and our professional certified instructors. Your first consultation and first mat class is always free! Call 802.862.8686 or visit www.corestudio burlington.com for a complete class schedule and to learn more about Pilates and how it can help you thrive.

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.

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SHEN GONG NUI GUNG QI GONG WITH MASTER SHARE K. LEW: September 9 and 10, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Elements of Healing, Essex Junction, VT. 802-2888160 or visit www.elementsofhealing. net. Class size is limited so please enroll early. Please bring a pillow or cushion for comfort during the seated part of the set.

Shen Gong Nui Qi Gong– the exercises that Master Lew teaches are part of the internal system of self healing. These exercises strengthen the circulation of Chi (vital energy) through the internal organs and increases vital health and sensory perception. The primary purpose of this qi gong form is self healing. In addition they can develop concentration, increase visual and auditory acuity and enhance sensitivity to oneself and others.

spirituality DEVELOPING YOUR INTUITION: Weekend workshop, July 15-16, 9 a.m.

- 5 p.m. $90, includes tuition, materials, and lunch both days. 55 Clover Lane, Waterbury, VT. Info, call Sue, 802-244-7909.

Learn six proven ways to access your inner wisdom and discover your personal intuitive style. Led by Dr. Sue Mehrtens, teacher and author, with over 30 years experience in Jungian analysis, dreamwork and leading adult program. Limited to 8 people.

INTRODUCTION TO SOUL COLLAGE: Evening workshop, August 9, 5-9 p.m.

Davis Studio, Burlington. $45. Info, call Joan, 802-893-6636 or email joankdk@ verizon.net. Discover your deeper self through the creation of collages. Bring your imagination and intuition as you tap into your inner wisdom. No artistic skills required. Facilitated by Joan Palmer.

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BURLINGTON YOGA: Beginner, Flow (Vinyasa), Iyengar, Kripalu, Prenatal, Postnatal and Restorative. Burlington Yoga, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington. $12/hour, $14 for 90 minutes. $120 for 10-class card, $135 for monthly unlimited membership. Info, 658-9642 (yoga) or info@burlingtonyoga.com. Burlington Yoga provides a focused, supportive atmosphere for yoga students at all levels to develop and nourish their practice.

Daily ongoing classes. Drop-ins welcome!

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COPPER CRANE YOGA; FIGURE DRAWING AND YOGA: Fridays, July 14-August 4, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Vermont Studio Furniture, 718 Old Hollow Road, N. Ferrisburgh, VT. $150/series. $45/class. Info, 877-3663, www.coppercraneyoga.com.

Cultivate awareness of body and mind with an awakened sense of creativity and insight. An hour of yoga followed by an hour and 45 minutes of drawing from a live model, exploring a variety of figure drawing techniques using pencil or charcoal.

Copper Crane Yoga provides compassionate teaching to nourish the spirit and unite body, mind and heart. Be yourself here.

COPPER CRANE YOGA; KID’S YOGA: Be a Tree Yoga: Ages 3-6, 10-10:45 A.M. Playful yoga filled with songs, games, and imagination. Adventure Yoga: Ages 8-12, 1-2 P.M. Learn how to build courage, grace, and focus in these fun yoga classes! 7 year olds may join either group. Classes taught by Margaret Dunn-Carver and held at Vermont Studio Furniture, 718 Old Hollow Road, N. Ferrisburgh. $50/series. $48/each if more than one child per family registers. $10/class (space permitting). Info, 877-3663, www. coppercraneyoga.com. Copper Crane Yoga offers compassionate teaching to nourish the spirit and unite body, mind and heart.

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JOHNSON YOGA STUDIO: New summer schedule. $10 per class. Johnson Yoga Studio, 36 Street, Johnson. Info, 802-635-2733 or visit http://vermontstudiocenter.org/yoga.html. Johnson Yoga Studio offers Vinyasa classes with

Catherine Gellis, Iyengar Yoga Levels 1 and 2/3 with Leigh Milne, the only certified Iyengar teacher in Vermont, Gentle Yoga and Kripalu with Pat Brower, Sivananda with Jenny Berschling and Hatha with Suzanne Tremblay.

SATTVA YOGA WITH LORI FLAMMER: Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m., and Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. Mondays at the Rose St. Co-op, Tuesdays at the Intervale Farm. $60 for six weeks, $40 for four weeks and $12 for drop-in. Info, 802-324-1737 or visit http://www.sattvayoga.net. Universal Flow Yoga in a cool, beautiful setting with spiritual/intentional focus. Classes begin July 17th. Preregister.

YOGA VERMONT: Daily classes, open to all levels. Astanga, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Kripalu, Restorative, Prenatal, Kids and Senior Classes. Register for our six-week Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga, Tuesdays 7:30 p.m., June 27 - August 1, six-week postnatal, toddler and kids yoga, Mondays, July 3 - August 7. Monthly Sunday restorative sessions, July 16 and August 27. YVT 200-hour instructor training begins July 22. 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.

YOLATES: Yolates offers yoga with personal attention in a cheerful, friendly studio. Classes for all levels including Gentle, Kids, Vinyasa and Power. Private appointments for individuals and groups available by appointment. $8 drop in or 13/$96 and 27/$192. Essex Shoppes & Cinemas, 21 Essex Way, off Rt. 15 by the Book Rack & Children’s Pages. Info, 802-879-6008. Parking and entry in the rear. Looking to rejuvenate and find a complement to equipment-based fitness?

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women WOMEN ROCK! Saturday, June 17, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $100, includes equipment.

Petra Cliffs Mountaineering School. Info, www.petracliffs.com or call 802-6573872. It has nothing to do with being anti-man, but everything to do with being pro-woman! Spend a day rock climbing with women, instructed by women. Open to all women of all abilities.

wood THE COMMUNITY WOODWORKERS SHOP: Introduction to Basic Woodworking, August 10, September 6, 6-9 p.m.

Individual Woodworking Seminar, call for times. Basic Woodworking II, August 1, 6-9 p.m. Bowl Turning, July 25, 6-9 p.m.

Furniture Making and Design, August 7.

Finishing Techniques, July 22 and 30, 6-9 p.m. Pen Turning Class, July 11, 6-9 p.m. Router Class, July 18, 6-9 p.m. 382 Hercules Drive, Colchester. Info, 802655-4201 or visit http://mysite.verizon. net/stevensturgis/cwss.

WOOD WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES AT SHELBURNE ART CENTER: Working Weekend, July 29–30. Turned Wooden Boxes, Saturday and Sunday, August 19–20. Demilune Table Workshop, Monday–Saturday, August 21–26. Bowl Turning, September 16 and 17. All workshops 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Info, 985-3648 or www. shelburneartcenter.org.

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G. E. Refrigerator 19.6 cubic foot side-by-side w/ice maker capacity.

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Color: white. $150. 802-899-2981.

Antiques/ Collectibles 1964 Chevy Biscayne Great condition, 3-speed. $5500/OBO. Call 802-233-2467.

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Victorian Lingerie Hamper Very unusual. Renaissance Revival style. c 1930s. Walnut.

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G.E. Electric Cooktop Almondcolored. Spotless, like new. $85.

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LAPAVONI ESPRESSO MACHINE LaPavoni EPC-8 Lever espresso machine. 8-cup capacity. Excellent condition (1 yr. old). Moving. Need to find new home for this. $400/ OBO ($620msrp). bigring01@ yahoo.com, 802-249-2621.

New Generator Yamaha EF2400 generator. 30 minutes run on it.

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Washer/Dryer Hotpoint set. Large load capacity. Very, very good condition. Avail. after 7/29. $100/each. Call Dan, 802-434-7478.

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Audiometer- Starkey Great shape and only $195! Call 802-879-1168. chest freezer Sears 25 cu.ft. chest freezer. Clean. Runs well, excellent condition.

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Car Stereo Equip Orion 300 watt amp. $60/OBO. Call 802-893-6916.

Computer IMac G4, 15â&#x20AC;? LCD, 800 mhz, 512 ram, 80 gb harddrive, CD burner/DVD. OS10.3. $600.

802-496-3241.

Dell 4550 computer system Pentium4 2.4GHz, 512MB Ram, 100GB hard drive, 19â&#x20AC;? monitor, DVD burner, Internet ready, Windows XP home CD. Very stable, ready to use. $350. Nate, 802-999-9329.

DESKJET PRINTER HP 882C, 6.5ppm color, 9ppm black inkjet, plain paper, $15. 802-860-7506, Burlington.

DESKJET PRINTER HP 882C, 6.5ppm color, 9ppm black inkjet, plain paper. $15. 802-860-7506.

Burlington. gamecube with extras Great condition, 2 remotes (one is a wireless remote,) games and memory card. $100/OBO. Call 802355-5488. Will email pics.

GORGEOUS CHANDELIER Octagon shaped, approx. 3 1/2+ feet long w/candelabras inside. Purchased 3 years ago at Home Depot for $289. Sacrifice $100/firm. Call 802-893-6850.

Household items Cello and soft-side case. Great beginner instrument, Wicker desk, Bernina 4-thread Serger, Lego space station 6991, Bouncing 40 Hedstrom horse. quarkvt@yahoo.com.

LAPAVONI ESPRESSO MACHINE LaPavoni EPC-8 Lever Espresso Machine. 8-cup capacity. Excellent condition (1 yr. old). Moving, need to find new home for this. $400/ OBO ($620msrp). bigring01@ yahoo.com , 802-249-2621.

NOKIA 5165 cellphone Charger and hands-free earpiece set incl. $25. 802-355-8773.

Pentium 3 computer Pentium III 866Mhz, 128MB Ram, CD, 17â&#x20AC;? monitor, Internet ready, Windows 98 installed, very small case. Runs very well. $75. Nate, 802-999-9329.

Printers - color Epson 640 A steal for only $15/each! Also other computer components available. Call 802-879-1168.

Sony Clie PEG-UX50 Like a little labtop. Never been used incls. charger and program disc. Only thing missing is the box. $250/ OBO. Call 802-355-5488.

Xerox Workcentre C2424 DP This is a multi-function office machine that will scan, copy, fax, in black-and-white or color. $1400.

Call 999-5627 for details.

XM Satellite Radio Pioneer Airware XM2go and $55 gift card toward XM services. Brand new in box. Sleek and silver, asking $140 for both. 802-338-1114.

Credit card machines ICE 5500 AthlonXP computer Athlon XP 1x2-062106_Computer_Repair.indd 1 1:29:42 PM and ICE 5000 models, new and lit1500+, 256MB Ram, 6/15/06 20GB HDD, tle used. Unbelievably priced from 17â&#x20AC;? monitor, Internet ready, Win$100/each. Call 802-879-1168. dows 98 installed. Runs great creemee / slushie machines and ready to use. $150. Nate, 802-999-9329.

Stoellting uprights w/supplies.

Priced at give-away, starting at $300/each. Call 802-879-1168.

Entertainment/ Tickets Bon Jovi / Nickelback 2 general admission tickets for Bon Jovi and Nickelback in Montreal, 7/13. $170 for the pair. 878-6666.

DANCERS WANTED to perform at bachelor parties, birthdays and private parties. Work available.

Make full-time money with parttime hours. No experience necessary. 802-363-0229.

DRIVERS W/LATE MODEL vehicles possessing entertainment and MC qualities wanted to host shows with exotic dancers.

802-658-1464.

Phil Lesh & Friends 4 extra tickets. Make sure you have yours! Selling for what I paid for them. $57/each. Call Rob, 802-878-3881.

Solid Gold exotic dancers. Adult entertainment for birthday, bachelor, bachelorette and fun-on-one shows or any time good friends get together. #1 for fun. 802658-1464. New talent welcome.

Free Stuff 20-Gallon Fish Tank Includes all fish, accessories, hood & stand. No leaks, just waning interest. Leave a message, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get back to you. 802-433-6170.

Air Powered Stepper DP Airgometer stepper with heart monitor.

Unable to use due to bad knees.

Take it away. 802-433-6170.

Free Rug Good condition. Green w/light diamond motif. 13 x 13 feet. 802-985-3054.

Bedroom Suite 1940s mahogany and mahogany veneers: mirrored dresser, tall chest, queen/full headboard, 2 nightstands, dovetailed drawers, $750. 802-8607506, Burlington.

Burlingon Futon Co. Futon. Great condtion. $60/OBO. 802-999-9731.

Cabinet - teak / glass Lovely display credence. Approx. 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide, great for china/crystal. Only $195.

Call 802-879-1168. cabinets / white stereo $50/each. Also desks starting 802-879-1168.

desks Modern cabinets, just antique wooden from $200. Call

Chair and display cabinet Gorgeous teak upholstered chair and teak display cabinet, just $95/each. Call 802-879-1168. curio cabinet Pulaski-walnut, glass, lights = beautiful. Just $495. Call 802-879-1168.

Danish Modern Ottoman Cool!

Fabulous vintage ottoman from the 1960s. Tapering wooden legs, brass-colored caps. Covered in off-white vinyl. Stands approx.

13â&#x20AC;?Hx13â&#x20AC;?Wx21â&#x20AC;?L. Sturdy w/little wear. $15. 802-238-5718.

Dining room set Cherrywood dining room set. Table, pedestals, chairs, hutch, buffet and server.

All still boxed. Willing to split up.

Sell $2275. 802-893-3666. dining room table Beautiful teakwood w/2 large extensions incl. Three chairs. All for just $190. Call 802-879-1168.

Dining room table w/six chairs. $100. 802-863-1595.

FURNISHINGS Retro-lounger; chandelier; new Steel door; drafting table; new Pastamaker; Brand NEW Novelty T-shirts, 40 XL & L; Electric typewriters; Large planter. 482-6632 or email: quarkvt@ yahoo.com

Furniture

Futon Bed queen mattress and box, metal bed frame, $50. 802860-7506, Burlington.

7-PERSON SPA, never used. Must sell, $2999. Includes cover, will deliver. 1-800-779-6276. (AAN CAN)

Futon for sale Futon, solid wood, 8â&#x20AC;? foam core mattress, all in box. Must sell. $295.

802-893-7666.

50s Retro Lamp Table Cool!

Wooden tabletop, 20â&#x20AC;? diameter, sits on three metal legs, attached three-way lamp via metal tublar neck. Table height 12â&#x20AC;?, lamp height 24â&#x20AC;?. $20. 803-238-5718.

FUTON for sale Great futon. $75/OBO. Good condition, wood frame, creme colored cushion, very comfortable. Moving, must sell. Please contact Emily 802-343-5884.

6-Piece Bedroom Set Butternut (white walnut). 9-drawer dresser w/twin mirrors, 4-drawer chest of drawers, two night stands. Headboard w/queen or full-bed option. $699. Excellent condition.

802-899-2305.

Gliding Back to the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s?

Glider c. 1962. Aluminum tubular frame, cushions are vinyl-covered in vintage pattern! Good mechanical condition. $50.

802-238-5718.

Antique Wardrobe Refinished medium grain natural oak armoire. Very fine condition. 74hx42wx22d. Moved, no longer need. $750. 802-899-2981.

Bed Frame metal, casters, queen/king, excellent shape, $25.

802-860-7506, Burlington.

Gorgeous Chandelier Brass and glass, measures 3.5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; approx.

You would need a high ceiling.

Prinstine shape. 3 years old, purchased for $289, sell for $100/ firm! 802-893-6850.

Hot Tub spa. 31 jets, 5 hp, ozonator, waterfall, all self-contained.

Full warranty. Sacrifice only $3700. 802-598-0316.

Kitchen Table 32â&#x20AC;?x60â&#x20AC;? w/12â&#x20AC;? leaf. Gray formica top. Metal legs.

Very sturdy, clean, good condition. $25. 802-899-2305.

Living Room Furniture 1940s mahogany, 2 end tables, 26Dx17Wx25H, 2 drawers/1-shelf, $100/each. Coffee table, 21Dx37Wx17H, 1 shelf, $150. 802-8607506, Burlington.

Living Room Furniture 1940â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mahogany, 2 end tables, 26Dx17Wx25H, 2 drawers/1-shelf, $100 ea; coffee table 21Dx37Wx17H, 1 shelf , $150, 802-860-7506 Burlington Marble/glass coffee table Contemporary glass-top coffee table in great condition. Very sophisticated, yet casual. $150/ OBO. Can be viewed and picked up in Burlington. burlfurn4sale@ hotmail.com.

MOVING SALE: FURNITURE ETC Oval mahogany glass-top coffee table: antique rosewood Far Eastern armchairs, settees; oak antique table and chairs, tvs, entertainment ctr, printer, bed, other household items 802-355-8773 Moving/Misc Items Couch/ chair/coffee table almost new, $500/OBO. Thermos Grill-To-Go, new in box, $70. Pilates (new still in box) cost $300, sell for $70/ firm. Formal cherry dining set, 6 chairs, w/glass hutch, excellent condition, $800/OBO. Bissell upright shampooer, like new, $50.

Lexmark Z11 printer/copier, $15.

Sharp/fax/copier, compact size, $20. Sharp 27â&#x20AC;? TV, excellent condition, $75. 802-658-2728.

Multitiered plant terrace Versatile! Display potted plants indoors or out. Vinyl-coated steel (dark green). 39â&#x20AC;?Wx27â&#x20AC;?Hx24â&#x20AC;?D, each shelf 8â&#x20AC;?D; 12â&#x20AC;?H between shelves. Easily assembled w/out tools. $30/OBO. 802-238-5718.

Nice furniture 2 matching wing back chairs, 1 blue velvet chair, desk w/chair, bookcase, 2 glass tables and more. Call 802-652-0027. Leave message.

Also, 2 leather ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; jackets.

802-652-0027.

Queen bed set Queen mattress, box and frame. Double-sided orthopedic pillowtop. All new, never used. Cost $800, sell $375. Call 802-734-0788.

Rocking Chair Hdwd, dark-colored. Clean, excellent condition. $50. 802-899-2305.

Sleeper Sofa Neutral fabric, very good condition, full-size mattress. See photo at http:// i60.photobucket.com/al bums/ h31/anncarol _2006/DSCF0909. jpg. seelalune@yahoo.com.

TV tables (Set of 4) Set of T.V. Tables. Like-new condition. $25/OBO. Moving soon, must sell. Please contact Emily at 802-343-5884.

Table Lamps Two matched table lamps w/shades. Black metal w/amber-colored glass base. Nice condition. $10/each.

802-899-2305.

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TV / Audio Cabinet Solid oak and veneer entertainment cabinet. Good condition, light/med. finish. Leaded glass doors, space for 26” TV, stereo equip, dvds, etc. $125. 802-899-2981.

Twin Bed: Exc. condition Unique slim Scandinavian design, can be used as decorative settees when not in use. 802-355-8773.

Super Hypo Columbian Boa Female, 3 feet, eats well. $350/ OBO. Call Kristin. 802-434-6523.

Two four-month-old kittens mixed, color tigers. Dog lovers, people shy. Great as a pair. Will pay for intial shots and spaying.

802-863-5307.

Wheelchairs Manual & power.

Used very little, very good condition. Call 482-6632 or email quarkvt@yahoo.com.

Sports Equipment

Garage/Estate Sales

2 Per. KAYAK - Necky Amaruk Tandem polymer touring kayak, teal. Rudder, 2 dry storage compartments, paddles. Second owner, but I’ve never used, no space to store. $800. 802-233-2856.

Comic Book Sale 1,000 + 25cent comics, 200+ sets below Wizard price, 50+ TPBs & OGNs. Oneday sale at St. Albans Community Lawn Sale, Taylor Park, July 15. couriereditor@gmail.com.

Garage sale Something for everyone. 108 North Willard St., Burlington. July 15 and 16, 9 a.m. - ?

Garage Sale - Jericho Moving to California! Furniture, rugs, kids’ art supplies, books, clothes, etc.

Friday and Saturday, July 14th & 15th, 9-5. 94 Old Pump Road (off Route 15). moving sale = we got it !!!! From furniture to equipment, etc. All priced to go! Call 802-879-1168.

Suitcases Various makes and sizes, all great shape. Starting from only $5! Call 802-879-1168.

Tires- All Seasons Good shape.

P215-60R-16. Just $65 for four!

Call 802-879-1168.

Yard Sale: Saturday, 7/15, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 100 St. Peter St., Winooski. Furniture, bike, cross country skis, electric stove, etc.

Pets Dog Crate - Extra Large Extra large dog crate. Plastic construction. In great shape. Hardly used.

Paid well over $100. Asking $70.

Please call 899-5128.

8 FT Quessy Oars Like new, 8’ wood oars w/adjustable oarlocks. Pick up in Burlington. $60.

802-863-8403.

Brunswick Monterey 7ft Brunswick pool table, new felt, excellent condition, incl. 6 cues, chalk, brush, 2 sets of balls. Moving, will sacrifice $500. Call for details, 315-527-5324.

Pool Table Pool table, excellent condition. 3/4” slate, solid wood top rail, installed new, set up once. Appraised $1500, will sell for $1200. You move. Montpelier 802-496-2594. sector 9 longboard Sector 9 fe-nine Series Peacock from ‘05.

Barely used. Paid $150 new, asking $100. Must go. Call anytime 860-248-1543. Gullwing trucks sector 9 wheels.

WindSuRfing Sails (2) 4.5 and 5.0 Nielpryde Slalom sails. Moderatly used - no tears/holes. $350 for the pair. Call 310-1666.

French Mastiff Ready 7/26. FIC registered. Males and females.

518-335-1230. lab puppies AKC yellow lab puppies, vacc. and dewormed, ready 7/18, parents on premises, health guarantee. $500. 802-524-2211.

Extra! Extra!

Post & browse ads at your convenience.

There’s no limit to ad length online.

www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Want to Buy Adjustable Baby/Dog Gate Looking for a dog gate and/or indoor pen for small dog. Call 2337067 or email doneggert@mac. com.

Picnic Table Picnic table wanted. Must be made of wood, but not pressure treated. Must be inexpensive. Will pick up and haul away. Call Rik. 802-225-1326.

Small Dog Crate Needed Looking for a small crate for a standard Dachshund. Need to replace our puppy-sized cat carrier. Will pay up to $40. Contact doneggert@ mac.com or 233-7067.

Vacation on Cape The Cove at Yarmouth, 1-bedroom w/kitchenette, 7/30-8/06. $900. Call 802-863-0402.

Green Mountain Network: Professional Internet hosting, web applications, e-commerce, databases, encryption and custom websites for businesses, campaigns, organizations, and non-profits. 100% Local. www.

GreenMountainNetwork.com. 802264-4851. info@GMNet.net.

Counseling Marriage Mediation Service Preserve your marriage, harmonize your family life, one agreement at a time. Certified, confidential and impartial. Virtues-based. Home visits. Reasonable sliding scale fees. 802-862-6291.

Creative Affordable Wedding Videos I am a professional videographer w/several years experience but am new to the wedding business.

You need an affordable video and I need experience. Contact Kelly at 802-598-6072 or barebonesme dia@yahoo.com.

Glenwood electric stove $40.

Two pair of cross-country skis, $25/each. One Asnes brand, one Landsen brand. Cannnondale, women’s 21-speed bike, excellent condition, $175. 802-654-3918.

KID CARRIERS FOR BIKE & HIKE Bicycle trailers, backpack carrier for hauling tykes. Perfect microwave oven, shelving for basement/garage, old-style classroom desk, shoerack for door. Underhill, 899-4307.

Open 24/7/365.

Child Care HOME CHILD CARE - Very CleaN Registered child care. For ages 25, experienced educator w/a degree in early childcare. New North End, Burlington. Fun, structured program. Very clean, and loving home. Great ref. Call Traci, 860-1084.

Computer Enhance Your IT Capability Instead of spending thousands on new hardware and expensive software licenses, consider how Linux can help meet your needs for little-to-no additional cost.

Visit http://7d.hzsogood.net.

Need Some Help This Summer We are creative and motivated young adults. Our services include: Basic gardening, landscaping and mowing, house, pet and babysitting, dog walking, cleaning. Please call 802-558-1702.

Education Cooperative Housing Study group meeting, 7/13, 7 p.m. 288 Flynn Ave., Burlington, VT. Call 802-862-4418.

Financial/Legal $$CASH$$ Immediate cash for structured settlements, annuities, law suits, inheritances, mortgage notes, & cash flows.

J.G. Wentworth - #1. 1-800-7947310 (AAN CAN)

$5,000-$100,000 FREE CASH GRANTS-2006!, Personal bills, school, business/housing. Approx. $49 billion unclaimed 2005!

Almost everyone qualifies! Live operators, listings 1-800-2745086 ext. 230, Ext. 233. (AAN CAN)

Health/Wellness A better massage Swedish, circulatory. Jaqi, 802-310-6519.

A Healing Touch Massage by an experienced and caring professional. Four hands massage available. Wed. - Sun. Gift certificates available. $55/hour, $65/1.5 hours. Sierra-Maria Magdalena, 862-4677.

Calming the body, mind and spirit with therapeutic Swedish/ Deep Tissue massage. Discounts for first-time customers and gift certificates. Renzo, 922-1276.

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@fengs huivermont.com, www.fengshuiv ermont.com.

I am Pete Bellini Universal Man – connected to everyone by the universal energy that flows through all of us. I offer a healing and soothing blend of Swedish Massage, Acupressure and Reiki, conveniently at your location. $50/hour or $65/1.5 hours.

802-371-8589.

Shamanic ceremony w/Grandmother Singing Wolf. Purification, Brain Alchemy, Teaching of the Ancient Feminine Mysteries. Women only, free. 802-863-7871, singingwolf@wolvessingingheyokah.com.

Thai Traditional Massage Certified instructor of International Thai Massage Institute now offering 1 and 1 1/2 hour treatments. Your place, day or night.

Call Sujora, 802-734-5205.

Home/Garden Got Local Kitchens Now preparing delicioius food with great local ingredients: baked goods, vegetarian entrees, etc. Localvores, let us help with August eating challenge!

802-878-1733 Bench Mark Renovations for all of your home remodeling needs. Baths, kitchens, porches, decks, garages and basements.

Attention to detail. Competitive prices. John, 802-343-8161, jono@surfglobal.net.

Lake Champlain Painting Co Commercial and residential work.

Interior and exterior painting projects. Brush and spray applications. Pressure washing. Free quotes. Free gutter cleaning.

Free estimates. Affordable rates.

Senior citizens discount. Omer Alicic, 802-658-9275.

Biz Opps $500-$75,000 Free cash grants.

Never repay! Personal/medical bills, school, new business/home etc. Live operators! Avoid deadlines! For listings, call 1-800-2701213 ext. 232. (AAN CAN) 1000 envelopes = $5000 Receive $5 for every envelope stuffed with our sales material.

Guaranteed! Free information: 24 hour recording 1-800-785-7076.

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CARPOOL CONNECTION Save money this winter and join a carpool today!

If you don’t see your route listed here, call 864-CCTA today and we’ll send you a FREE matchlist of commuters in your area.

Call 864-CCTA to respond to a listing or to be listed.

Attention Individuals Living in Chittenden, Grand Isle, and Franklin County: The RideShare Department at CCTA is looking for new riders for Vanpools that run Monday-Friday to Montpelier and Waterbury. The Montpelier Vanpool originates at the Sheraton in Burlington. The Waterbury Vanpool originates in Essex Junction. Call the Rideshare Dept at CCTA 864-2282 if you would like to join.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY New Haven to Burlington: Looking to share a commute M-F 9-5. Ref #11166 Middlebury to Burlington: Looking for a ride, M-F 7-3:30.

Ref #11161 Middlebury to Burlington: Looking for a ride, M-F 8-5. Ref #11165 Fairfax to Winooski: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8:30-5. Ref #91721 St. Albans to Burlington: Looking to share a commute M-F, 6 am to 2:30. Ref #91577 St. Albans to Burlington: Looking to share a commute M-F, 8-4:30. Ref #91716 Sheldon Springs to Winooski: Looking for a ride, M-F 7-3:30.

Ref #91613 South Hero to Burlington: Looking to share a commute M-F, 7:30-4:30. Ref #91735 St. Albans to Williston: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8:30-5.

Ref #91725 Berlin to Burlington: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8-4:30. Ref #142951

Montpelier to Burlington: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8-5. Ref #142927 Montpelier to Morrisville: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8-4:30. Ref #142938 Montpelier to Milton: Looking for a ride, M-F 8-4. Ref #142925 Montpelier to Waitsfield: Looking for a ride, M-F 8:30-4.

Ref #142939 Montpelier to Waterbury: Looking for a ride, M-F 8:30-5.

Ref #142935 Waterbury to Colchester: Looking for a ride, M-F 9-4:30.

Ref #142946 Waitsfield to Burlington: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8-4:30. Ref #142944 Bolton to South Burlington: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8-4:30. Ref #142930 Burlington to Barre: Looking to share a commute, M-F 8-5. Ref #41216 Burlington to Stowe: Looking for a ride, M-F 8:30-5:30. Ref #41222 Burlington to Bristol: Looking for a ride M-F, 8:30-5. Ref #41251 Burlington to Vergennes: Looking for a ride, M-F 7:30-4.

Ref #41259

Richmond to Waitsfield: Looking to share a commute, M-F 9-5. Ref #41280 Burlington to St. Albans: Looking to share a commute, M-F 7-3. Ref#41291 Essex Junction to Middlebury: Looking to share a commute, M-F 9-5:15. Ref #41217 Williston to Waitsfield: Looking to share a commute, M-F 9-5. Ref #142952 FRANKLIN COUNTY Highgate to UVM, Burlington, 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 MonFriday, 8am-4:30pm Ref # 90382 Enosburg/St. Albans to Williston Looking for riders to join a carpool will pick up in Enosburg or St. Albans Mon-Friday, 7am-3:30pm Ref # 90432 GRAND ISLE COUNTY Alburg to Burlington, FAHC, Carpool Work Hours 8:00am4:30pm, 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 8am-5pm, 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 7:00am3:30pm M-F # 91537 Isle La Motte to Burlington, UVM, Carpool Work hours 7:30am to 4pm M-F. Ref #91465

ADDISON COUNTY Bristol to South Burlington: Carpool needed M-F 8-5. Ref # 11144 Middlebury to Montpelier: M-F 8-3:30. Ref # 11145 Middlebury to Williston: M-F 8:30-5. Ref # 11146 Starksboro to Bristol: M-F 8:305. Ref # 11148 Vergennes to IBM: M-F 8-4:30.

Ref # 11149 Vergennes to Waterbury: M-F 8-4:30 Ref # 11154 Bristol to Waitsfield: M-F 8:305p.m. Ref # 11160 Bristol or Middlebury to IBM: 7pm-7am 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, 8am4:30pm Ref # 10625 South Starksboro or Waitsfield to Berlin/Barre, M Th F, 8am5pm. Ref # 10620

22B | july 12-19, 2006 | SEVEN DAYS

$500 POLICE IMPOUNDS, Cars from $500!

Tax Repos, US Marshal and IRS sales! Cars, Trucks, SUV’s, Toyota’s, Honda’s, Chevy’s, more!

For listings call 1-800-298-4150 ext.C107.

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Media make-up artists earn up to $500/day for television, CD/ videos, film, fashion. One-week course in Los Angeles while building portfolio. Brochure 310-3640665 www.MediaMakeupArtists. com (AAN CAN) Movie extras, actors, models!

Make $100-$300/day. No exp. req., FT/PT All looks needed! 1800-799-6215. (AAN CAN) NOW HIRING FOR 2006 postal jobs. $18/hour starting, avg. pay $57K/year. Federal benefits, paid training, and vacations. No experience needed! 1-800-5841775 Ref#P4401 (VOID IN WI) (AAN CAN)

$500 ‘95 Ford Taurus Needs new muffler, otherwise in good shape. Auto, AC, electric driver’s seat, windows, and locks. Decent gas milage. Great first car. 802879-0996 or kle23@cornell.edu.

2000 VW Passat! $11K! Black, 60 K, auto w/tiptronic, 6-disc changer. This car comes w/3 years extended warranty coverage, and new all season tires! Great deal!

Kris at 802-310-6479.

‘99 VW Jetta GLX V6 Silver, 5speed, leather, CD, amp, tint windows, heated seats, sun roof, spoiler, cruise, power everything, new parts, just inspected. $6000/ OBO. 28 MPG, 100 K. Slick car!

Must sell, moving. 802-656-9365.

1997 VW Jetta green, manual, power steering, airbags-driver/ passenger side, alarm, rear window defroster, recent tune-up, new brakes/muffler. Sony C player. Books at $2700 asking $2300/ OBO. 802-999-7104.

03 Kia Sedona Van Equipped with handicap accommodation, keyless entry and auto hatch opener. Excellent condition.

15,000 MI, $15,900 Please call 802 482-6632 or email: quarkvt@ yahoo.com

1997 VW PASSAT GLX VR6 WAG 69 K. Lower mileage engine, 134 K. Runs/drives excellent. Daily driver. Very well maintained. $3000. See http://www.woo denhilldesign.com/passat.

Call 802-309-0611.

1964 Chevy Biscayne Great condition, 3-speed manual, mild custom. $5500/OBO. A must see.

Call 233-2467.

1998 Honda Civic Forest green, 4-door sedan w/125 K, in good condition, runs well, and is up to date w/scheduled maintence.

802-922-1415.

1989 Honda Accord in reasonable shape! 147 K, runs great, minor work needed. $300/OBO. Call 802-363-4792 quickly!

1995 Audi for Sale Black, 90, V6, auto, sun roof, power windows, 117,200 miles, runs and looks great. Incl. 4 Hakkapeliitta tires. Well maintained. $3500/ OBO. Call 802-865-2236.

Cars/Trucks

1997 Audi A6 Quattro Wagon Pearl exterior, beige leather, professionally maintained, many recent updates, many extras, looks and runs great, 140 K, just inspected. $4900/OBO. Call Jack, 802-899-2414.

‘95 Toyota Camry LE Silver ext., grey cloth int., w/PW/PL, autostarter, CD changer. 1 owner. Mint cond. 140 K. $2900/OBO. Call 272-2040.

1992 Subaru Legacy Wagon A workhorse. In good running condition. Body rust and high mileage make this wagon a bargain.

AWD, AC. $850. Call 453-2343.

Full Suspension MTB Pro Flex XP8, gold, 24-speed, XTR V brakes, X-Lite bars, new rims and tires, front and rear suspension. $340. 802-999-0873, email hamandeggs@mac.com.

2000 Subaru Legacy GT Wag Southern car, excellent condition, 4WD, auto, sun roof, moon roof, premium sound system w/CD, new studded snows, 89 K. $8900/OBO. 496-9824.

1997 Jetta 129 K, green ext., grey int., 4 cyl., 5-speed, AC, alarm, CD player, driver + passenger air bag, rear defrost, recent tune up, new brakes and muffler.

802-999-7104.

1990 Audi 80 180 K, well-cared for, solid body, sun roof, winter and (new) summer tires. $2000.

802-223-2705.

Bicycles

1996 Land Rover Discovery silver, 113 K, no major rust, clean interior, brush bar CD changer, typical small oil drippings, new parts. Asking $3250/OBO. Andrew, 802-860-2860.

1995 BMW 318I 4-door, auto, heated leather seats, CD, sun roof, 70 K, good condition. Asking $4900. Call 598-5348.

1995 GMC Jimmy SLE 4WD, V6, auto, PW, PDL, red, 151 K. Good condition. $3100. 802-879-2878.

1996 Dodge Gr. Caravan ES 3.8L V6. Great condition. No rust.

New transmission under warranty.

120 K. Very well equipped. Inspected through 7/07. New battery. All records. $2500/OBO. 802-236-9049.

1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport 111 K. Well maintained, power everything, CD player, good shape, solid rig. $5200. 802-272-7204.

1999 new VW Golf 50 K, auto, excellent condition, black. $9000.

802-862-3791.

1999 SUBARU OUTBACK LTD Pristine, one owner, LTD white. AWD, Auto, cold AC, power steering, leather, heated seats. Power windows, locks, doors. Dual sun roofs.

115 K. $5900. 317-730-3725.

2 Goodyear Tires 2 Goodyear UltraGrip HP M+S P205/60R15 90S tires. Great tread! Used one season on a Volvo. Like new. $20 for the pair. 802-264-4851.

2000 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 LS, 2WD. Extended cab pickup. Loaded w/all accessories, 6.0 liter, 4-speed, auto transmission, 43 K. Carfax certified. $14,900.

Geoff, 802-863-4366.

2000 Nissan Sentra Low Mlg 55 K, excellent condition, 4-door, auto, 4 cyl., cruise, air, AM/FM/ CD, original owner, garage kept, no rust. $6800. Call 482-4044, leave message or parkerkims@ hotmail.com.

2001 Nissan X-Terra V6 4WD 108 K, power everything, AC, auto, 6 CD changer, sun roof, running boards, roof rack. $9800/OBO. Call Jonathan, 802-310-4812.

2001 Toyota Prius Hybrid w/75 K, remainder of 10 year/100,000 mile warranty. Green, auto, CD player. Studded snow tires used two seasons included (no rims). $12,000. 802-578-5146.

2001 VW Beetle 80 K, 5-speed, great condition, comes w/snow tires. $7200. 802-578-9872.

2001 VW Golf - Low Miles!

44,300 miles, 2 liter engine, 24/31 mpg, 5-speed, sunroof, cruise, AC, alloys, lower body kit, four 15” wheels w/Nokia snows, Thule rack. $10,250/OBO. 802-879-8690.

2002 Audi Charcoal, mileage approx. 27,500, grey interior, 5-speed trans., AWD, A/C, alloy wheels, AM/FM, cass, CD, CC, leather, PDL, PW, sun roof. Quattro 1.8 Turbo. Call 802-734-0505.

2002 Audi A4 1.8 turbo Quattro, AWD, 5-speed, 6-disc in dash CD, sun roof, heated leather seats, fully loaded, 80 K. Asking $12,900. 802-872-9820.

2004 VW Golf GLS TDI 48 mpg, silver/black, 5-speed, moon roof, Monsoon, alloys, heated seats, 52 K interstate miles. $17,800. Pics at www.fruitlands.net/tdi, 802426-3889, vwtdi@fruitlands.net.

89 Saab 900 Turbo 200 K. Black. Looks and runs OK but needs work. Great parts car or for restoration. Asking $750. Call 802-310-4064.

A Beautiful Car 1990 Volvo 142 K. Auto, cruise control, AC, sedan. Black. Great body, superb condition. $2100/OBO. 802-635-2182.

Audi A6 wagon 1997, 2.8 V6, automatic, third seat, leather, moon roof, full power, black, 102K. Excellent condition. Call 655-9316 evenings.

Chevrolet Sileverado 2500 LS, 2001, 2WD, extended cab.

3.73 axle ratio. Rear-locking differential, 105 Delco generator, weight distribution platform, HD trailer equipment. Loaded Silverado model w/all accessories, 6.0 liter engine w/4-speed electronic auto transmission, 43 K. Car-fax certified. $14,900. Call Geoff, 802-863-4366.

Gas Efficient Car 1996 Ford Aspire, from WI. 30 mpg. New front brakes. CD. 100 K. No rust, runs wonderfully, very clean. $1200.

Aubrey, 802-563-2497.

Honda Civic EX 2003 Honda Civic EX 2003, 43 K, loaded, AC, CD, 2-door coupe, silver, one meticulous owner, 38 MPG, alloy wheels, mint condition. $12,600/ OBO. Call Claire, 802-863-9207.

Honda Prelude 1998 Full body kit, catback exhaust, fiberglass hood, 5speed, CD player, pop-up door. Asking $4900/OBO. Call 598-5348.

Jetta GLS 1997 106 K, power windows and locks, tinted windows, new head unit. 802-324-3944.

84 Honda Sabre 750 blk/mrn Great for summer commutes and joy rides! Great tires, new battery, runs like a champ! Good condition for age. Call Bri for appointments 802-655-3219.

Motorcycle for Sale 2001 Kawasaki 125 Eliminator roadbike. Burgundy/chrome, excellent shape. 70-80mpg! 8 k. $1250.

802-434-5224, evenings after 7:30 p.m.

Mitsubishi Lancer OZ 2002 Rally Racing, 5-speed manual, excellent, 43 K, spoiler and $1500 aftermarket accessories. Fast and fun to drive. Guaranteed to turn heads. $10,000. Call for details, 315-527-5324.

Suzuki SV 650S Mint condition.

1 owner, 11,000 miles. Chrome rims, many extras. Well maintained. Great bike. chuy5685@ Yahoo.com

Must Sell 95 Chevy Lumina.

Runs, some rust, decent condition, asking $600/OBO. Great for parts! Must sell! Please call 802-272-0384.

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SAAB 9-3 2001 Great Value I love my Saab, but I’ve moved to L.A. Midnight Blue, fully loaded, leather seats, alloy wheels, sun roof...55K miles. Transferable extended warrenty covers Saab until 100K miles (including roadside assistance)!!! Book value $12K. Asking $11K. Need to sell. Call Shawn 802-310-1100

2006 17’ Starcraft boat 115 horse Yamaha 4 stroke outboard and matching trailer. Won in contest, never been started or put in water! $18,000/OBO. Call 802-734-1969.

Acadia Perception kayak 12.5 feet, has only seen one season, in great shape. Life jacket and one paddle incl. $400. 802-380-2089.

Subaru Legacy Outback, 1999, auto, PW/PL, cruise, tilt.

Must sell, new house. $7900/OBO. 802-434-2370.

Boats: 10’ kayak, $300. 16’ canoe, $275. 14’ row boat, $175. New 10’ John boat, $475. 6 hp Evinrude outboard, $300. 6 hp Mercury, 4 stroke, new, $1200. 4x8 utility trailer, $350. 802-363-2160.

Toyota Camry LE ‘94 Awesome, trustworthy, well-maintained. Mechanically sound, great body. Typical Camry never lets you down.

Mostly highway miles. Automatic/ ac/Metallic gray/elec. sunroof.

Reasonable offer. 343-5352.

Eddyline Nighthawk16 Kayak Beautiful 2004 kayak. Excellent condition. Red deck w/white hull, Immersion Research backband upgrade installed. Light, sleek and nimble. A sports car made for water! 802-244-6488.

TRUCK TIRES 225/75R15, got a few different sets in pretty good condition. $25 each. Call for specifics. 802-865-3980.

Sea Kayak for Sale 1998 Current Designs “Squall” w/rudder, spray skirt, front/rear hatch, paddle, aqua/yellow. For smaller adult paddler. $650, excellent shape. 802-434-5224, evenings.

Volvo XC70 AWD Wagon 2001 AWD wagon, 82 K, excellent condition w/all dealer service and records. All power options, new Pirelli Scorpions and Nokians on extra rims. $12,500. 802-318-1728.

VW Bus VW Bus 1977. Great shape w/lots of good karma! $2600.

802-533-9256.

Motorcycles 06 Kawasaki ZZR600 Silver 1600 mi. Great bike, smoke windscreen, cat eyes, & intergrator tailight. Extnd warranty thru 7/2010! Asking $6050. Call Lou @ 802-310-8814.

Duke Hi! My name is Duke and I am a cute and scrappy, little guy. I am an 8year-old neutered male Pitbull mix. I am playful, affectionate, goofy, social, energetic, confident, and mellow (assuming I get enough exercise). You would never believe my age by my behavior. I am FULL of energy! I love to run, run, run! I need a home where I can get lots of exercise, good quality food, and lots of love and affection. I am looking for a home with kids 4 and up – I have lived with children before. I have lived with a male dog before, but I don’t get along with female dogs and I like cats too much. A few other things you should know about me are that I am afraid of thunderstorms and flashing lights and I’m bit of an escape artist. Also, I’m very cute and sweet to balance that out. If you're looking for cute and energetic and have time to devote to our monogamous relationship, then I am the dog for you!

Visit me at HSCC, 142 Kindness Court, South Burlington, Tuesday through Friday, from 1 to 6 pm, or Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm.

862-0135.

2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 Excellent condition. Well maintained and ready to ride. Owner is ready for a bigger bike. Asking $3800/OBO. Call Matt at 774-217-8283.

Recreational Vehicles 2001 Coleman/Tacoma Popup 2 King beds, sleeps 7/8. Screenroom/awning. Electric brakes.

Excellent condition. Can include microwave and portapotti. Inside/outside stove. Call 802877-6351 or 352-586-7023(cell). $3600.

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Bass Guitar Lessons Aram Bedrosian. All levels/styles welcome! Learn technique, theory, songs, reading, ear training and more... years of teaching and playing experience. Pine St. studio. 802-598-8861, aram@aram bedrosian.com.

Bands/ Musicians BANDS Looking for a place to play out? Call The Backstage, Essex Junction, 802-878-5494.

Drummer Seeking drummer for a metal band in Burlington. Must be reliable with own drum set. We will train. Contact carrion_met al@hotmail.com or on myspace. com/carrionmetal.

Fiddler Wanted Very vintage, flavored country string band ISO fiddler, harmony vocals a plus.

Call 802-859-0929.

DRUM LESSONS Energetic, professional drummer seeks students of all abilities for drum lessons.

About me: 27 yrs old, 19 yrs playing experience, Bachelor’s degree in Jazz/Commercial Music, extensive touring experience in US and Europe. A real working drummer offering a customized curriculum, competitive rates and real results! I’ll even come to you, so can even learn on your own drums. Refs. avail. Contact steve@stevehadeka.com or call anytime 802-658-6205.

Studio/ Rehearsal

SAX PLAYER NEEDED All-around pro needed to play parts on three tracks for our upcoming disc.

Must have great chops/gritty tone/swagger, and comfort/experience playing in rock idiom. Bari and tenor horns req. Recording in Colchester. 2-2.5 hrs of work/$60.

Call Michael, 802-522-0873.

Cosmic Hill Recording studio in Moretown. Great equipment, great space. 30 years experience.

802-496-3166.

Mobile Recording for Hire Mobile Pro Tools System for hire.

Live recording system for your band. Demos, live albums, etc.

Can master or you can have done.

802-846-7515.

For Sale ACCORDION Hohner Marchessa $200. Needs some reed replaced.

865-3980.

Bass Amp Hartke Kickback 15. Like New. $250. 878-8478 or 999-8548.

Boogie Mark IV combo amp Red Tolex cover, 85 watts, fan cooled.

Independent rhythm I & 2, Independent lead channel. Beautiful condition. $975. Call Greg 802229-3238 or 802-752-6656.

Bretz Baby Grand Piano 1926.

Maintained by classical musician.

Best reasonable offer. 802-8996700 or 355-6234.

Epiphone guitar Semi hollow body. Vintage sunburst body w/ mother of pearl inlays on fretboard. Very nice sound and in great condition. $450 w/hardshell case and set of new flat-wound strings. 802-324-1383.

GUITAR AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT resonators, acoustics, lapsteels, ukes, mandolins, banjos, music related books & tapes. Buy/consign 9A Main St. Bristol vermontreso phonic@msn.com, 802-453-4933.

HAMMOND LESLIE CHORD ORGAN Perfect shape w/bench. Purchased early ‘80s for $2500, sacrifice for $1200! Owned by my parents, seldom used. Call 802-893-6850.

Pro Bass and Gear for sale Eden 210 XLT Bass Cab, $400/OBO. Lakland 5 string, $600/OBO. Eden Navigator Tube Preamp, like new cond., $800. QSC power amp-like new, $700. Call 802-279-4773.

Yamaha Powered Monitors $360. MSP5 bi-amplified monitors in mint condition (pair). Used very little. Call 655-9479, or email sikter@gmail.com.

Instruction Acoustic Guitar Lessons Patient and experienced teacher seeking beginner/intermediate students. Play songs, improvise, and read. $30 per hour. Have a musical summer! drynhart@hotmail.com.

Auditions/ Casting Adoption Book Project Artist/UVM professor looking for children/adult models who were adopted from foreign countries for a portrait book project. Email tkrajnak@uvm.edu for more info.

Real Women Over 40 Artist/ Professor starting book project entitled “Real Women Over 40.”

Models needed. All types. No nudity. Contact tkrajnak@uvm.edu for more info.

Call to Artists Models Wanted: for artistic and fashion projects. Excellent opportunity for free portfolio and experience. Contact David Russell Photography, 373-1912, email rusldp@juno.com, website http://www.rusldp.com.

Creative Space Space 4 WebGraphicDesigner Bear Code seeks Web Graphic Designer to share Montpelier space.

Shared equipment: fax, Internet, color laser printer, conference area. Open floorplan, comfortable space. Call 802-225-1331.

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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Openings/ Shows Matthew Thorsen Photographs, paintings and collages.

Full Tank Glass Gallery, Church Street, Burlington. Through August.

violin teacher available UVM music student seeking classical violin students! 12 years playing experience, 6 years teaching experience. All ages and methods accepted. Contact Natasha, 614-975-2008.

Guitarist and drummer looking for bass player and keyboardist for ‘60s and ‘70s style music. St. Albans area. Ask for Chris, 802-527-0068.

Open 24/7/365.

PUBLIC HEARING SOUTH BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD The South Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the South Burlington City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following: 1. Final plat application #SD-0655 of Pizzagalli Properties, LLC to amend a previously approved plat for a 28,000 sq. ft. mixed use building consisting of: 1) 18,000 sq. ft. of medical office use, 2) 9,400 sq. ft. of general office use, and 3) 200 sq. ft. of retail food establishment use. The amendment consists of adding a sidewalk to emergency egress exit, 118 Tilley Drive.

2. Preliminary plat application #SD-06-56 and final plat #SD06-57 of City of Burlington/Burlington International Airport for a three (3) lot subdivision consisting of a 62,172 sq. ft. lot (lot A), a 3212 sq. ft. lot (lot B) and the remaining airport property (lot C), Aviation Avenue.

3. Final plat application #SD-6058 of Lund Family Center to amend a planned unit development consisting of 210 residential units, a 61 room hotel, a 20,000 sq. ft. movie theater building (1000 seats), a 22,500 sq. ft. restaurant/ medical office/personal instruction school building, a 3500 sq. ft. restaurant with drive-through service, and a bank with drive-through service. The amendment consists of: 1) establishing 2952 sq. ft. of day care facility use (28 children maximum), and 2) reducing the square footage of personal instruction use from 2150 to 1914 sq. ft., 7 Fayette Road.

4. Preliminary plat application #SD-06-59 of Bensen Development, LP to amend a planned unit development consisting of two (2) commercial buildings (9280 sq. ft. and 3672 sq. ft.) and 16 multi-family dwellings in three (3) buildings. The amendment consists of constructing a nine (9) unit multi-family dwelling, 5 Executive Drive.

John Dinklage, Chairman South Burlington Development Review Board Copies of the applications are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall.

July 12, 2006 STORAGE LIEN SALE CHARLOTTE SAILING CENTER 38 Converse Bay Road Charlotte, VT 05445 802-425-4106

Notice is hereby given that three sailboats will be sold at public auction to collect unpaid storage fees and expenses of sale. Boats may be viewed at the Sailing Center on July 19, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. Sealed bids will be accepted.

Charlotte Sailing Center reserves the right to accept or reject all bids.

This notice is dated July 12, 2006.

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DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group 8sevendaysvt.com here that meets your needs? [click on classifieds] Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Way of Vermont. Within Vermont, dial 2-1-1 or 866-6524636 (toll-free) or from outside BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION of Vermont, 802-652-4636. Mon- BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP: Every first 1 Monday of OF VERMONT: Montpelier eve- PM day-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

3.25x4(bw)-7dspot-generic.indd 7/11/06 1:20:06 RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT? Join the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enos- ning support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Riders of Vermont. Free Transporta- burg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and Vermont Protection and Advocation Trainings 6/22, 6/28, & 7/13, adult siblings are welcomed. The cy, 141 Main St. suite 7 in confer9-12 p.m. Call Kristy Stillwell by hope is to begin a Compassionate ence room #2 from 6-8 p.m. Call 6/16, toll-free 866-974-3377.

Friends Chapter in the area. Info, our helpline at 1-877-856-1772.

GIRL’S NIGHT OUT: Fun sup- please call Priscilla at 933-7749.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF port group for single women, CONCERNED UNITED BIRTHPARVERMONT: St. Albans evening supdiscussions, weekly activities port group meets the second Mon(cooking, dancing, rock climb- ENTS: A group offering support if you have lost a child to adoption day of each month at Northwesting...), childcare solutions. A or are in reunion or have yet to ern Medical Center, 133 Fairfield great alternative to dating! begin your search. 802-849-2244. Street from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Call Email horizons4u@hotmail.com. our helpline at 1-877-856-1772.

EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL DEBTORS ANON: 12-step recovery BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF group. Do you have a problem with SUPPORT GROUP for parents of money and debt? We can help. Mon- children with or at risk of anorexia VERMONT: Bennington day support days, 6-7:15 p.m. First Methodist or bulimia. Meetings 7-9 p.m., group meets the first Friday of the third Wednesday of each month at month at Second Congregational Church. Contact Valerie, 233-8808. the Covenant Community Church, Church, Hillside Street from 1-2 p.m.

OVEREATERS ANON: 12-step re- Rt. 15, Essex Center. We focus Call helpline at 1-877-856-1772. covery group. Is what you’re on being a resource and provid- OCD SUPPORT GROUP/THERAPY eating, eating you? Tuesdays, ing reference points for old and GROUP: Come share your expe7-8 p.m. First Congregational new ED parents. More informaChurch, Rt. 15, Essex Jct. Con- tion, call Peter at 802-899-2554. rience, get support from those who have been there, learn about tact 863-2655 for more info.

HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder MEN’S GROUP: Meet one Saturday Second Wednesday of the month and how to reduce its sympnight each month in greater Bur- from 6-7:30. Community Health toms. Therapist facilitated. Weeklington area to play cards, order Center, second floor, 617 Riverside ly meetings, 802-343-8114. pizza and shoot the breeze. Drop Ave., Burlington 802-355-8936. NW VT GAY AND LESBIAN Fosin as you please. Call 879-0231.

SAVINGS SUPPORT GROUP for all ter and Adoptive Parent Support NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: A group low to moderate-income Vermonters Group: 6-8 p.m. The third Thursday of recovering addicts who live with- who wish to have support around of each month, starting October 20 out the use of drugs. It costs noth- saving, budgeting, managing or in- through May, 2006. Casey Family ing to be a member. The only re- vesting money. Call Diane at 802- Services, 46 Main St., Winooski. quirement is a desire to stop using.

860-1417 x104 for information. AUTISM: Free support group for For meeting info, call 802-862-4516 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Big parents and caregivers of chilor visit www.together.net/cvana. book text, Mondays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. dren with ASD. Montpelier, 2nd SUPPORT GROUP for Ex-Jehovah’s Overeaters Anonymous, Tuesdays, Sunday of the month, 3-5 p.m.

Witnesses. A group for people who 2:30-3:30 p.m. Suvivors of Incest at the Family Center. Call Jeshave left or are thinking about Anonymous, Wednesdays, 2:30sica, 249-7961 for child care inleaving Jehovah’s Witnesses, you’re 3:30 p.m. Al-Anon Family Group, quires. More info, www.aaware.org. not alone. Angela, 598-2469.

Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. “I Love SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS OF FIBROMYALGIA: Do you experi- Me”, an educational support group CHILDREN WHO HAVE SURVIVED on self care for suvivors of domestic ence it? Would you like to be part CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: The Womof a support group? Contact: to- and/or sexual violence. Mondays, en’s Rape Crisis Center in conjunc5:30-7 p.m. Call AWARE, 802-472bias25vt@yahoo.com or call 864tion with Family Connection Center 6463, 88 High Street, Hardwick.

2613 box 423 to leave message. offers a free, confidential, ten-week support group. Info, 802-864-0555.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensi- AUTISM SUPPORT DAILY: Free support group for parents of chil- PARTNERS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL bly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Mont- dren with autism. 600 Blair Park ABUSE SURVIVORS. Meet 4th MonRoad, Suite 240, Williston. 1st pelier. Wednesdays, 5:15 - 6:15 day of month. R.U.1.2? Center, 34 Monday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Elmwood Ave., 6:30-8 p.m. Call Timp.m. For info call Linda at 4768345 or Denise at 223-257. Call Lynn, 802-660-7240, or visit berly, 310-3889 or email missmorus at http://www.AutismSup- pheus1@yahoo.com for more info.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR PARENTS of portDaily.com for more info. children with sensory challenges.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE and DeARE YOU A CLOSET SINGER? Do Every other Friday beginning May mentia support group. Held the last 5th, 7 to 9 p.m., in Williston. For in- you have a good voice (haven’t Tuesday of every month at Birchmade the dogs howl) but are formation, call Laurie at 864-6007. wood Terrace, Burlington. Info, afraid of fainting in public while contact Stefanie Catella, 863-6384.

FATIGUE AND CHRONIC FATIGUE: Share your experiences and in- performing? Join a group to sup- WEEKLY SMOKING CESSATION port, sing and perform in an information, learn about effective timate setting. 802-893-1819. support group: Small groups. protocols. John, 802-343-8161.

Caring atmosphere. Stop smoking in just 21 days using natuTHIRTEEN-WEEK SUPPORT BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: Montpelier day- ral, proven, safe methods. No GROUPS for women who are survivors of adult and or child- time support group meets first unhealthy drugs. Call 264-1924. hood sexual assault. Group will and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp include a yoga component.

WEEKLY WEIGHT-LOSS support entrance” from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Please contact Meg at 864-0555.

Call helpline at 1-877-856-1772. group: Small groups. Caring atmosphere. Get great results using natural, proven, safe methods. No unhealthy dieting. Call 264-1924.

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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.

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_ttmoutreach@yahoo.com.

DEPERSONALIZATION AND DEREALIZATION: If you suffer from either of these trance states, please call Todd, 864-4285.

THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EAST CHAPTER of the Compassionate Friends meets on the third Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at the Christ Church Presbyterian, 400 Redstone Campus, UVM. Info, 4825319. The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause.

DIABETES EDUCATION and Support Group of Chittenden County meets the third Thursday of every month at the Williston Federated Church, 6:30-8 p.m. We often have guest speakers. Info, 847-2278.

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. Co-facilitated 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?.

TRANS SOCIAL AND SUPPORT GROUP: First Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Looking for peer support among other transgendered folks? Need a safe space to relax and be yourself? Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2?

60+ SUPPORT GROUP: Ongoing weekly support group for men and women over the age of 60. Share your strengths and struggles with this particular stage of life. We have fun! Facilitated by Barbara L. Kester, Ph.D. 657-3668.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski. Sundays, 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30-7:30 p.m. meeting. Info, call Fred or Bennye, 655-3317 or Patricia, 658-6904.

INTERESTED IN WRITING for children? Support and critique group meets monthly. Call Anne, 8616000 or anne@booksbyme.us.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 8624516, or visit www.together. net/~cvana. Held in Burlington, South Burlington and Colchester.

For more information, call 8608388 or toll-free, 1-866-972-5266.

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE: Support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Holiday Inn in South Burlington, (1068 Williston Rd.), from 6-7:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Cory Gould, 223-4111 or cgould1136@earthlink.net. Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-VT. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS: 12-step recovery group.

Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help.

Sunday meetings, 7-8:30 p.m.

Men call Sandy, 863-5708. Women call Valerie, 802-233-8808.

SMOKING CESSATION GROUP: Willing to kick the habit? This free, five-week program helps quitters to follow through. Community Health Center of Burlington, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6309.

DOES YOUR PARTNER/SPOUSE HAVE AD/HD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)? Support group meets every other week in Burlington to share experiences, challenges, laughs, resources. Want more information?

Write addpartner@yahoo.com.

WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE: A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Innerharmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds.

DECLUTTER’S SUPPORT GROUP: Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming?

Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each simplify. 453-3612.

PARENTS TOGETHER: Support group will be meeting in Rutland on Monday evenings. Snacks and child care provided. All groups are free and confidential. Please call Amy at 247-5460 for more information.

WOMEN CHANGING: A continuous educational support group for women who are interested in changing patterns in their lives. Wednesdaysongoing. 12:30-2 p.m. Call Angie at AWARE in Hardwick, 472-6463.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Battered Women’s Services and Shelter of Washington County. Please call 1-877-543-9498 for more info.

AHOY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: Join our support group where the focus is on living, not on the disease. We are a team of dragon boaters. Learn all about this paddle sport and its health-giving, life-affirming qualities. Any age. No athletic experience needed. Call Linda at 802-434-4423 or email: dragonheartvermont@gmavt.net or go to: www.dragonheartvermont.org.

NAKED IN VERMONT: The premier Nudist/Skinnydipper organization in Vermont offering information library, message board, chat room, yahoo group, and more. (ALL FREE) Visit www.nakedinvermont.com.

SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION New England: Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732 or atblythel@aol.com.

OLDER WOMEN EXERCISING TOGETHER: For motivation to do what’s necessary. Call Anne, 861-6000.

ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) monthly support group: For patients, caregivers and loved ones who are living or have lived with ALS. Third Thursday of the month, 13 p.m. Jim’s House, 1266 Creamery Rd., Williston. Info and directions, 802-862-8882 or vt@alsanne.org.

AL-ANON: Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the AWARE office, 88 High St., Hardwick. Info, 472-6463.

WOMEN IN TRANSITION: Join a support/social group for women who are separated or divorced.

The goal is to form a circle of friends for support and social activities. If interested email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com.

SMART RECOVERY: Well-grounded researched approaches to changing addictive behaviors. Alternative to 12 Step Groups. Fridays, 5:30 p.m., 82 Winooski Ave., Burlington (above the City Market). Info, contact Bob, 425-4058 or email carmody@madriver.com.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION of Vermont: Daytime support group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester, from 12-2 p.m. For more info, contact Polly Erickson at 847-6941.

snackbar. $335,900. Call 802-7645806. Pictures at www.wolfecre ative.com/jerichohouse.

Land For Sale in Fletcher 14 acres. $150,000. Meadow, woods, stone walls, stream, spectacular views. Designed septic systems for 2 lots, town approved, state pending. Prefer to sell as one piece. Call 660-3037.

For Sale 2-Bedroom Condo Convenient location - walk downtown. New ceramic tile floor in kitchen and bath. Lots of natural light. Open house this weekend! Learn more: www.106rosestreet.com.

Burlington 6-bed hostel. New North End. 4-bedroom, 2-bath.

Wood-stove. Lush private gardens, fruit trees. Walk to schools, shopping center. 802-865-3730.

Essex Jct Townhouse Essex Jct. Townhouse: Rare 3-bedroom end unit, 2 full bath, 1370 sq. ft. and finished basement! Low fees.

Move-in condition! $189,900 802238-2679 or email kaboucha@hot mail.com.

Georgia Cape 4-bedroom Cape on .75-acre corner lot/17 acres common-land. Sunny addition w/cathedral ceiling/wraparound deck.

Attached garage. Paved driveway.

Full basement. Woodstove. 3min. to Exit18. 20min. to Burlington.

114 Rounds Rd. 802-524-9112. loadspamhere@yahoo.com Great Waterfront Condo Burlington. Waterfront-park location!

Fantastic views of lake/Adirondacks, right in downtown Burlington. 3rd floor flat in cool building 15 condos. Very affordable price.

Call today. $249,900. 863-9100.

Highend duplex, Huge lot Completely remodeled, hdwd, new kitchens and baths, stainless steel appliances. Newly painted inside and out, completely reinsulated, updated wiring. Huge lot w/barn, lakeview. Walk to downtown. $349,000. b.ewoldsen @ hotmail.com, 802-355-3456.

JERICHO FARMHOUSE Charming farmhouse w/4-bedroom, 3-bath, 2600 sq. ft. w/large attached barn.

Large deck to fenced in backyard, 1.2 acres. Updated kitchen w/ brand new stainless steel appliances. Walking distance to corner store, coffee shop, swimming and

SOUTH NORTHFIELD 3beds 2ba Near Norwich University. Large master bedroom w/french doors that open to hot tub and private back yard. Many updates. Call Tim at 802-229-0345.

St. Albans Property This charming ranch features slight views of the lake, mountains and sunsets from the living room! Lower your mo. payment w/the help of the attached studio apt.! In addition this home comes with a desirable three-season porch and a possible building lot! 802-578-0827.

Westford/Underhill 86 acres of woodland sitting way up on top of #11 hill. Great views fo Mt. Mansfield and to the north. Has been prof. wood-lot manicured.

Great for hunting camp. No elec. or good road frontage, off the grid. $125,000. Call Foulsham Farms Real Estate, 802-861-7537.

WILLISTON CONDO FOR SALE $199,900. 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath, hdwd, ceramic, woodstove, sun room, patio. Move-in condition.

Open house Sunday, 7/16. Photos at www.willistonblogspot.com 802879-3502, Brian or Amy. Williston Property Entertain in your wonderfully crafted, custom-designed kitchen or relax in your romantic whirlpool tub! Last chance to build your dream home in executive Martel Hill Estates.

Call now for more details about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! 802-578-0827.

For Rent 1-2 bedroom - Burlington downtown Burlington. Parking, W/D hook-ups. This is a 1-bedroom apartment w/an extra room that can be converted to a 2-bedroom. 802-233-3663.

2-Bedroom Apartment Very clean 2-bedroom apt. located on 1192, 94 North Ave. Laundry facilities on premises. Landlord pays trash and water. No pets. $950/mo. Call 802-304-1971.

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2 BR Apts, Burl Hill Sectn Two 2-bedroom apts. avail now or 8/01.

Super nice, lots of character. 236 S. Union, 262 S. Winooski. $1300/ mo. + utils. Call 802-734-1571.

Burlington 3-bedroom, avail.

8/01. Spacious, sunny, yard, garden, parking, incl. water, trash and snow removal, NS, pet neg. $1200/ mo. + utils. 802-660-8716.

3-bedroom apt., Essex Jct. Near downtown, gas heat/hot water incl. Laundry hookups and storage avail. Excellent refs./ credit a must. No pets. $1000/mo. + dep. Call Paul, 802-879-3117.

Burlington 2 and 3-bedroom apts. Heat and hot water incl. Full bath, parking, garbage, snow. Near FAHC/UVM/IBM/SMC/Champlain and Burlington College. Close to waterfront and downtown. $1200$1250/mo. + dep. 802-863-9612.

Affordable 4-Bedroom Home Four-bedroom house for rent in Monkton. (25 minutes south of Burlington ) Big country kitchen, open, sunny dining/living area, mud room, laundry room. Situated on 4 beautiful acres. $1500/month. Available September 1.

802-989-3493 Bolton 1-bedroom condo, beautiful end unit, cozy and clean. New paint, carpet, windows/doors, appliances, gas heat, deck, parking, laundry, ski to lift. Lease. $825/mo.

NS. 802-893-3507, 802-373-9999.

Bolton Ski resort, brand new, 3bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2-car garage, basement, deck. Ski in, ski out above quad lift. Beautiful views. $1750/ mo. + dep. and utils. 802-434-7627.

Bolton Valley 1-bedroom end unit, completely renovated, trail side, unfurnished/furnished, gas heat, NS/pets. $825/mo. + utils.

Year lease. Available now. 401-8459220 or 802-434-5041, kp101@ cox.net.

Bolton Valley 3-bedroom end unit, trail side, completely renovated, unfurnished/furnished, gas heat, NS/pets. $1250/mo. + utils.

Year lease. Avail. now. 401-8459220 or 802-434-5041, kp101@ cox.net.

Bolton Valley House Large house for rent in Bolton Valley. Quiet w/fenced in yard. $700/mo. incls. all except electric. $700 dep. upon move in. Call Dan, 802-434-5240.

Bristol 3-Bedroom Apt Roomy 3-bedroom, 1-bath apt. in 4-plex, heat incl., close to town, huge yard, 2 cars parking, pets allowed +$15/mo., refs. and credit check.

802-734-1050.

Burlington Old North End, 3bedroom, second floor, gas heat, Sec. 8 welcome, no off-street parking. $850/mo. +. 802-8930000, Marcou Real Estate.

Burlington Hill Section. S. Union St. 1-bedroom, 3rd floor apt. Victorian house, lake views, wood floors, sunny and bright.

Laundry facility, gas heat, offstreet parking. Walking distance to downtown. No dogs/indoor cat only. NS. $925/mo. + utils. Avail.

7/15 or 8/01. 802-310-4205.

Burlington In town, near lake, unique, clean 1-bedroom apts., computer room, 2-bath, covered parking, efficient windows. NS/ pets. $895/mo.-$950/mo. (incl. cable). 802-476-4071.

Burlington Great South End location. 1-bedroom + den, kitchen, LR. Walk to lake/parks/downtown.

5 min. drive to UVM/FAHC. $875/ mo. + gas heat + utils. Yard, parking. Credit + refs. req. NS/pets.

38 Hayward St., second floor.

802-879-0466.

Burlington Avail. 9/01 med.

3-bedroom condo, 1.5-bath, laundry, D/W, very cheap heating, parking. $1200/mo. 31 Hyde St. No dogs. 802-862-7467.

Burlington Available now 1-bedroom, 182 Pearl Street. $750/mo.

Heat and hot water incl. No parking, no pets. Please call 658-3600.

BURLINGTON 2-bedroom, twolevel apt., near UVM, hospital, downtown. Clean, freshly-painted. $930/mo. + utils. NS/pets.

Off-street parking, laundry hookups. 7/01. 802-434-7286.

Burlington N. Union St. 2-bedroom, 1st floor, sunny, hdwd, deck, W/D, gas heat. NS/pets. $1025/mo.

Avail. 8/01. Call 802-658-0643.

Burlington Studio apt., second floor. $800/mo. incl. heat.

First and sec. req. No dogs. Good lake views. 13 Lake View Terrace.

Avail. 8/01. 802-999-2995.

Burlington 2-bedroom apt., large kitchen, dining room and living room. 1-full bath, all hdwd and tile. Basement w/W/D, 1car garage, 2 off-street parking. $1150/mo. 802-372-6154.

Burlington Efficiency apts., South Union Street, $605 and $645, incls. heat, hot water, rubbish and parking. Avail. 9/01. Lease, deposit, sorry no dogs. 802-862-0224.

Burlington 2-bedroom apt., big bedrooms, 1 parking space, close to downtown/Battery Park. $825/ mo. water/trash incl. Gas heat.

Avail. 7/15. 802-660-8145.

Burlington Upper College St. Excellent location, quiet 1-bedroom, carpeted, large closets, appliances incl. D/W, garbage disposal. Full bath w/tub and shower.

Laundry and storage in basement.

Parking. No pets. Avail. 8/01. $850/mo. 802-985-5598.

Burlington 2-bedroom, South Union, quiet house. $910/mo. incls. hot water, recycling, rubbish and parking. Lease, dep., sorry no dogs. Avail. 8/01. 802-862-0224.

Burlington 3-bedrom apt. W/D, D/ W, off-street parking. Close to downtown. $1650/mo. incl. heat and hot water. Pets possible. 802-862-1821.

Burlington 1-bedroom apt. avail. now. Recently renovated w/ hdwd, French doors, new kitchen and bath. Parking, porch. NS/dogs. $675/mo. + utils. 802-425-3158.

Burlington Now accepting applications for 1 and 2-bedroom apt. avail. now in multiple locations. $700 to $900/mo. Backed by strong management and maintenance teams. For more information call 864-0538 ext. 201 or visit us at www.burlingtonhous ing.org. BHA offers Equal Housing Opportunities.

Burlington 92 Lori Lane. 4+ bedroom, 2-full bath, large yard, off-street parking, pool. $1650/ mo. 802-846-7433.

Burlington 487 South Prospect.

Avail. 8/01. 2-bedroom condo, first floor, 1-bath, W/D, storage, carport, NS/pets. $1200/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 802-864-5200 ext. 29.

Burlington 137 Elmwood Ave. Avail. 7/01. 2-bedroom, 3/4 bath, gas heat. $775/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 802-864-5200 ext. 229.

Burlington Nicely furnished, hdwd and tile, 1-bedroom apt. in a quiet, convenient residential location. Off-street parking. Cable incl. NS/pets. $750/mo. + utils.

Flex lease. 802-476-4071.

Burlington 76 East Ave. Avail.

8/01. 3-4 bedroom house, 1.5-bath, 2 living rooms, hdwd, basement w/ W/D, front porch, 2 enclosed porches, large yard w/gardens, 2-car garage, pets considered. $1900/mo.

Call Coburn and Feeley, 802-8645200, ext. 229.

Burlington 272 Plattsburgh Ave. Avail. 9/01. 3-bedroom, 1-bath, W/D hookups, parking, porch, close to river access and downtown Burlington. No pets. $1100/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 802-864-5200, ext. 229.

Burlington Avail. 8/01. Church St. effieciency. $575/mo., Colchester Ave., 1-bedroom, $675/mo., North Williams St., 1-bedroom (heated), $800/mo. Great locations. Sorry no pets. 802-318-8242.

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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] burlington Avail. 8/01. Large 4-bedroom unit on School St. 2nd/3rd floor, 2-bath. Great location. $1850/mo., dep. Sorry, no pets. 802-318-8242.

Burlington Avail. 9/01. Church St. efficiency, $500/mo. Two 1bedroom units, $625/MO. - $650/ mo. Hot water and trash removal incl. Great locations. Sorry, no pets. 802-318-8242.

Burlington Downtown, 3 rooms, 1-bedroom, laundry, parking, no pets. $725/mo. incl. heat and hot water. 802-660-2913 or 802-862-9335.

Burlington North Prospect Street: includes utilities! 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, W/D, vaulted ceilings, D/W, skylight, patio.

Carport + 1. NS/dogs. Avail. now. $1875/mo. 802-846-9568, www. hickokandboardman.com.

Burlington Howard St., fantastic 1-bedroom, quiet, custom built-in king-size bed in bedroom w/overhead TV, whirlpool tub and sep. shower. Avail. now. $800/ mo. 802-846-9568. www.hickok andboardman.com.

Burlington, Colchester Ave Avail 9/01. 1-bedroom w/extra room. $715/mo. 1st floor. Parking.

Laundry. No pets. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-660-3481 x 1021, www.nevilleco.com/residence.

Burlington, Mill Street Avail. now & 9/01. 3-bedroom. $1050/ mo. incl H/W. Dog OK w/ref. W/ D hook-ups. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www. nevilleco.com/residence.

Burlington, North Avenue Avail.

9/01. 2-bedroom. $79/mo., 2nd floor laundry. No pets. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www. nevilleco.com/residence.

Burlington, Shelburne St Avail now. 3-bedroom. $1200/ mo. incl heat and H/W. Parking.

No dogs. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www.nev illeco.com/residence.

Burlington, Shelburne St Avail 9/01. 3-bedroom. $1275/mo. Heat incl. Parking, garage space. W/D hookups. Pets w/ref. Neville Companies, Inc. 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www.nevilleco.com/residence.

Burlington 1-Bed by FAHC Burlington, 1-bedroom, off-street parking, laundry, close to FAHC and UVM. $750/mo. + utils. Avail immed. 233-1207.

Burlington, So. End 1-bedroom, NS/pets, off-street parking, porch, gas heat. $595/mo. incls. hot water and garbage removal.

802-922-2431. Avail. now.

BURLINGTON 2-BEDROOM HOUSE Beautiful, close to UVM/FAHC/ downtown. Near public parks, bike path. Enclosed back porch, private, fenced-in yard w/gardens. Office. Off-street parking, garage. W/D, D/W, gas oven. Storage space. $1450/mo. + utils.

Avail. 9/01. 410-467-1991.

Burlington 3 Bedroom Available 8/01. Burlington 3-bedroom. W/D, off-street parking.

Heat, garbage and snow removal incl. Walking distance to Church Street. $1200/mo. No pets. Call 802-356-1848.

BURLINGTON 3 BR APARTMENT Burlington two-level, 2-bath, eatin kitchen. Walk to lake, parks, downtown, bike path. Spacious, sunny, high ceilings, hdwd, yard, garden, parking, porch. Heat/HW incl. NS, pet neg. Avail. 8/01. $1650/mo. 802-862-2269.

Burlington Efficiency sunny, quiet. Hill Section, adjacent to UVM campus, off-street parking. NS/pets. Ready immediately. $650/mo. Call 233-9641.

Burlington House: Rice High area, exquisite 3-bedroom, 2-bath, patio, garage. W/D, full basement.

Tenant responsible for lawn care/ utils. Lease, refs., 1st, sec. req. $1500/mo. 9/01. David, 860-4641.

Burlington, Buell Street Avail. 9/01. Private room w/ kitchen. Common bath. $490/mo.

Laundry. No pets. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www.nevilleco.com/residence.

FOR SALE BY OWNER

FAIRFIELD: Rare, 1-2 bedroom custom condos. Totally renovated, 5-Star energy efficient construction/appliances. Country setting, convenient location. Common land next to creek, rail-trail. $149,000-$185,000, available June. Contact Jim at 802-6602442, JCGDLLC@adelphia.net.

Cambridge Village - 1 BDR 1st floor, private deck, shared yard, built-in in living room and eat-at bar in kitchen, new refrigerator and carpet. $700/mo. incl. electric + dep./lease. Avail. 7/01. 802-3730893, enginuity@adelphia.net.

Cambridge Village - 3 BDR Views of Mansfield, large yard, covered porch, lots of closets, clean, hdwd, big eat-in kitchen. $900/mo. +utils./sec. dep., lease.

Pets neg. 802-373-0893, enginuity@adelphia.net.

Attn: Students

NOW LEA SING! SPINNER PLACE, brand new

off-campus apartments for students, is now leasing for Fall 2006!

Apply individually, or with a group, for a 2 - 4 bedroom apartment-style suite.

All apartments are fully furnished.

Rent includes all utilities, phone, cable and wireless internet.

CALL 802.655.3200 OR VISIT SPINNERPLACE.COM

Burlington Apartment 1-bedroom, Strong St., great condition/ newly renovated, quiet street, $700/ mo.+ cheap utils. Near downtown, BURLINGTON-CHASE ST. 2-bedroom apts. Off-street parking, Battery Park, waterfront & bike 2x4-CHFwinooski060706.indd 1 well maintained, large yard, smokpath. Lease neg. 802-660-0404. ing outside, pets neg. $875/$975 Burlington Condo Rental +. Avail. 9/01. 862-4007.

Burlington Riverwatch condo, 2bedroom, 1-bath. Pool, parking. $960/mo. Free heat and water, W/D hookup, near FAHC hospital.

Avail 9/01. 802-872-8189.

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Burlington, Loomis Street Avail now. Studio. $655/mo.

Newly updated. Parking. No pets.

Neville Companies, Inc., 802-6603481 x. 1021, www.nevilleco. com/residence.

Burlington - Apt for rent 3bedroom, 1-bath, porch, new windows, large kitchen, new Pergo flooring, coin-op laundry, parking, on busline. Avai. immed. $1150/ mo. + utils. 802-324-6446.

Burlington 2-bedroom Very nice 2-story 2-bedroom apt., 262 S. Winooski. New kitchen, full bath, parking. Avail. now or 8/01. $1300/mo. + utils. Call 879-9440.

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BURLINGTON: Quiet, bright, 1bedroom in converted garage.

Two blocks from hospital. Recently painted, wood floors, parking.

Efficient gas heat. NS/pets. $750/ mo. + utils. 658-8056.

BURLINGTON: AVAIL 8/1 Splitlevel 2-bedroom, bright, clean and safe. One block to hospital, UVM, Waterman. W/D, D/W. All utils. incl. Sec./ref. req. $1390/ mo. 658-0119, apt@vt18.com.

BURLINGTON: Rooms for rent Behind Waterman Hall, UVM. $500/mo. - $525/mo. incl. all utils. and parking. Hdwd and incredible location. Sedate environment! cjcc@vt18.com.

YOUR HOUSE HERE: Advertise your FOR SALE BY OWNER, $35/week for 25 words and photo or $60/2 weeks.

Contact Emily, 802-864-5684 classified@sevendaysvt.com

fountain in pond, pool/spa/summer house use for tenant. Pets neg. Avail. now. $2500/mo. 802-846-9568, www.hickokandboardman.com. colchester Furnished, 3-bedroom, 5-bath house. Lake frontage/access, W/D, large deck overlooking Lake Champlain, bar, NS/pets. Avail.

10/01. (Sept ‘06 occupancy negotiable). $1800/mo. 802-846-9568, www.hickokandboardman.com.

Colchester, Two-Bedroom Malletts Bay, avail. 8/01. $925/mo.

On third floor, hardwood floors/ carpet/vinyl, Rinnai heater, eatin kitchen, on-site W/D. Parking.

NS, cats ok. Call 802-862-0733.

Downtown Burlington Charming Vermont house condo. 1-bedroom, AC, heat, incl. Hdwd, coinop. Avail. now. $990/mo. + parking and dep. Also avail., 9/01 sweet 1-bedroom, hdwd, near UVM green, coin-op and parking. $975/mo. + dep. No dogs. 802-578-3039.

Essex Condo For Rent Like new 2-bedroom, 1 large bath, large closets. 2nd floor w/elevator to underground parking. Laundry in unit. $1250/mo. Avail. 8/01.

802-318-1800.

Essex Jct. 3-bedroom, quiet, large, W/D, D/W, carport, gas heat/H20, new Berber, friendly adult pet OK. 8/01. $1295/mo. +. 802-864-5424 or email technol ogy.associates@att.net.

Essex Jct. Royal Park. Avail.

7/01, 2-bedroom townhouse 1bath, end unit, W/D hookups, parking, quiet location, no pets. $950/mo. Call Coburn and Feeley, 802-864-5200 ext. 229.

Essex Jct. 51 Main St. Avail.

9/01. 4-bedroom, 1.5-bath, garage, large yard, pets OK. $1400/ mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 802864-5200 ext. 229.

ºCambridge Village - 3 BDR Essex Town 3-bedroom, 1.54:40:43 PM Huge, 2nd floor, bay 6/5/06 windows, bath, W/D, D/W, garage, large large eat-in kitchen, deck, hdwd, yard in nice family neighborhood. fenced in backyard. Avail. 8/01.

NS, year lease. $1550/mo. + utils. $900/mo. +utils/dep., 1 year Avail. 8/01. Call 802-238-1436. lease. Pets neg. 802-373-0893, Fabulous Home! Beautiful, 4enginuity@adelphia.net. bedroom, 1-bath, hdwd, tile, W/ Charming one bedroom new D, porches, yard, D/W, 2-car gastove, hdwd, low utils, on quiet rage, view, great neighborhood,. street 2 blocks from Church St. $1900/mo. + utils. Avail. 9/01. $725/mo. 862-8990.

802-355-7914.

Charming Victorian Bristol, 30 Hinesburg, Rt 116 Avail 9/01. mins. to Burlington. 4-bedroom, Large 3-bedroom. $1145/mo. 1st 1.5-bath, dining room, living room floor. Parking. Laundry. No pets. and family room w/fireplace, apNeville Companies, Inc., 802pliances incl. Garage, pool w/deck.

660-3481 x. 1021, www.nevilleco.

Refs., NS. Security dep. $1500/mo. com/residence. + utils. 802-453-2838.

House in Underhill No pets.

Colchester $825/mo. 4-rooms, 2Call 802-598-4294 or 802-899bedroom, good location. No pets.

2680 for an appointment.

802-878-6691 or 802-862-9335.

Houses for Rent 2 houses for colchester Clay Point Road. Bigrent in Stowe. 3-bedroom, 2foot Ranch, 3-bedroom + office, 4bath, in beautiful setting. Avail. bath, 3900 sq.ft. rental lot is a 10 7/01. $1500 /mo. 1-bedroom, 1acre parcel w/in a 30-acre estate. bath on River avail. 7/01. $850.

Extremely private setting. 3 fireCall 985-4089. places, W/D, central air, horse barn deck access from all bedrooms, 10ft.

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Desirable Overlake Condo boasts spectacular views of Lake Champlain from the living room and adjoining balcony, and also the master bedroom. Two bedrooms and two baths. Master bedroom has full bath and walkin closet. One car detached garage. $328,000

Very nice side by side Duplex in great neighborhood. Each unit offers two bedrooms, appliances, newer carpet & hardwood floors in living room.

Call now! $269,900

call brian boardman coldwell banker Hickok & boardman realty 802-846-9510 www.brianboardmanVt.com

Call barb dion Coldwell banker Hickok & boardman realty 802-846-9537 www.Hickokandboardman.com

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Fantastic EssEx nEighborhood!

Premium ridgewood townhome!

Essex - Wonderful Garrison Colonial in quiet neighborhood. 2160 SF, 3 BR, 2.5 Bth. Large eat-in kitchen, traditional living & dining rooms, new rugs and flooring.

2 car attached garage with large private yard. Move-in ready at $309,900

Wonderful end unit with 3 BR and 1.5 Bths, 2nd floor laundry. Great deck off 1st floor, finished walk-out basement w/patio. 1 car gar. w/additional parking. New stainless appliances, wood fireplace. Pets Welcome! Only $269,900

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Call Barb trousdale Chenette real estate 802-233-5590 • www.trousdalehomes.com

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Affordable 2 BR condo, wraparound porch, unique townhouse-style unit. Close to downtown, cool location.

Includes washer/dryer, newer appliances. $159,900

Townhouse-style condo conversion near downtown, lake, bikepath. Completely renovated w/newer appliances, heat, paint inside and out, washer/dryer. You’ve got to see it! $164,900

3 BR, 1sr floor flat, nice character! Washer/dryer, new laminate flooringm newer appliances included in this eclectic condo near downtown. $169,900

Waterfront park location! Fantastic views of lake/Adirondacks, right in downtown Burlington. 3rd floor flat in cool building with 15 condos. Very affordable price.

See it today! $249,900

gracey Conroy realty 802-863-9100 go to www.vermont123.com

gracey Conroy realty 802-863-9100 go to www.vermont123.com

gracey Conroy realty 802-863-9100 go to www.vermont123.com

gracey Conroy realty 802-863-9100 go to www.vermont123.com

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Sweet home burlington

Charming 3 BR Cape with original character maintained.

Hardwood floors, sizeable 1st fl. master, Office, Sunroom.

Deep fenced lot and plenty of off-street parking. Great for single family or investment. Zoned for Commercial use. Across from Ethan Allen Shopping Ctr. and all amenities. On bus line:1136 North Ave. A must see! Only $207,000 Call eileen warner lang Associates 802-846-7871 eileen.warner@langrealestate.com

You deserve to relax all year round in your beautiful 4 season sunroom! Enjoy the comforts of a large, fenced in back yard and gorgeous deck. This colonial also boasts a new fully finished basement, all new floors and so much more. $324,900

Earn lots of cash or have someone else pay your mortgage with this exceptional investment opportunity!

Enjoy mountain views, three bedrooms per unit, a large yard, and hardwood floors. Call now! $264,900

Entertain in your elegant kitchen or relax in your romantic whirlpool tub! Last chance to build your dream home in executive Martel Hill Estates. Call now for more details about this once in a life time opportunity!

Call sarah Ostiguy Re/maX North Professionals 655-3333 x255 www.WinningResultsVt.com

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Call Adam Hergenrother RE/MAX north Professionals 655-3333 x256 www.winningResultsVt.com

MILTON: Large 4+ bedroom, 2-bath house, 2-car garage, deck, large, private yard. W/D hookups, pets neg.

Avail. 8/01. $1400/mo. 893-0000 or 598-6638, Marcou Real Estate.

Montgomery House 5-bedroom, 2-bath. 47 acres, private, beautiful and close to Jay Peak. Efficient wood stove, W/D. $1200/ mo. + utils. (Security/References) 802-326-2150.

Huntington 2-bedroom house, 1bath, basement, W/D, new carpet.

Large wood shed, large porch, secluded lot. NS/pets. Avail. immed. $1175/mo. + utils. 802-434-4652.

Large 1-bedroom apt. 28 Bradley St., large 1-bedroom apt. w/ large kitchen, living room, study, master bedroom, full bath and off-street parking. $885/mo. w/ some utils. incl. For appt. contact jeffenoyes@aol.com.

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Malletts Bay Colchester 2bedroom duplex, lake access, no pets. $800/mo. 802-872-0471.

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Nice 3-BR apts south end on Maple at St Paul. Large bed/common rooms, small porch, upper view and garden. No pets. $1450$1500/mo. pboyle@transworldventures.com or 777-8808.

Richmond 1-bedroom, neat, clean, inviting. Parking, W/D hookups, garden space. NS/pets. Refs. Avail. 8/01. $600/mo. 802-598-2836.

Richmond Small 2-bedroom, unfurnished, NS/pets. Lease. Parking. Credit check. Refs. 802-4343238, leave message.

RICHMOND/JONESVILLE: Large 3-bedroom, 2-bath in duplexed 1860 farm house, hdwd, W/D hookups, lots of storage and huge yard and garden. Second floor.

Avail. 8/01. $1250/mo. 893-0000, Marcou Real Estate.

$1600/mo. 802-846-9568, www. hickokandboardman.com.

S. Burl. condo $1225/mo. 2bedroom, 1.5-bath. Gas fireplace.

W/D, garage, deck, pool, tennis courts. No pets. Indian Creek/Dorset St. Avail. 9/01. 802-860-6421.

So. Burlington Apartments: (2)Sunny 2-bedroom apts. avail.

7/15 + 9/05. $1075/mo. and $825/mo. (1) 3-bedroom avail.

7/15. Newly renovated, $1075.

W/D hookups, off-street parking.

NS/dogs. Call 802-862-8664.

Shelburne 4-bedroom, 2-bath home on cul-de sac, next to park.

Great neighborhood. NS/pets. $2100/mo. + utils. Lease neg.

802-985-0106 or 802-324-4642.

Shelburne Covington Lane. 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, 2,210 sq. ft., pool, fireplace, 2 car garage, W/D, D/W, sunroom, Absolutely N/P. 8/01. $1600/month. 802-846-9568 ,www. hickokandboardman.com.

Shelburne: Covington Lane 2200 sq. ft., bright and cheery, 3 large bedrooms, 2.5-baths, W/D, D/W, vaulted ceilings, 4 season sunroom, 2-car. Available July 1.

So. Burl. duplex Large 2-bedroom duplex separated by garage, large fenced-in yard, plenty of parking, avail. 7/01. $1150/mo. + utils. Call 802-343-0671.

So. Burlington Townhouse Great end unit. 3 bedrooms, 2 1/4 bath, W&D, on bike path, pool and tennis, year lease, references. No dogs. $1400/mo. +. 482-2394 after 5:00.

South Burlingon Near UVM. 1bedroom condo, quiet, central, tennis, pool, deck, gas heat. No pets. $900/mo. + utils. Dep., refs. Lease avail. Avail. immed. 802-310-5378 after 6 p.m., 340-642-1489.

South Burlington 2-bedroom with W/D, DW. Totally renovated.

Heat/HW incl. $1100/mo. Avail.

7/15. 658-1754.

ing, carport, gas heat. NS/pets.

Lease. Avail. 8/01. $1100/mo. + utils. + dep. Call Sheryl, 802-9997493 or slynng63@yahoo.com.

South Burlington Queen City Park, 2-bedroom, 3rd w/loft, 1.5bath, parking for 2 cars. NS/pets. $1600/mo. sec. dep. + 1st mo. req. 802-863-6299.

St. George Unfurnished, 2-bedroom, heated, W/D. NS/pets. Lease, dep., refs. $1000/mo. + utils. 482-2193.

South Burlington 99 Eldredge: 2-bedroom, 1 3/4 bath. Like new.

Includes: heat, central air, trash & water. D/W, W/D, covered parking. Avail. now. NS/pets. $1500/ mo. 802-846-9568 www.hickok andboardman.com South Burlington Hawthorne Circle, 2-bedroom, 1-bath condo.

Newer appliances, W/D, large private deck, carport, pool and tennis court. Avail. now. NS/pets. $1000/mo. 802-846-9568 www. hickokandboardman.com.

South Burlington Condo South Burlington: Well-maintained, 2-bedroom, 1-bath condo.

Quiet, 3miles to UVM. W/D, D/W, storage, garden, off-street park-

Starksboro Village Cozy 1bedroom apt. Totally remodeled incl. new appliance and kitchen cabinets. Large, covered deck.

Public water, hot water, trash and recycling incl. Sorry, no dogs, cats will be considered but not always accepted. 30 mins. from Burlington. $760/mo. Dep. and refs. Call 802-453-3273 before 9 p.m.

Stowe Apartment 2-bedroom apt., pool, laundry, utils., Internet, cable incl. Near the mountain.

No dogs - sorry, lease and dep. req. $850/mo. Call 800-330-4880.

Studio/living space Entire building. Top floor, newly created studio apt. 860 sq. ft. Ground floor, studio space/workshop for artist/artisan/craftsperson, 800 sq. ft. Retail potential. Rt. 100

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Price Reduction! A rare opportunity: 37 Acres with duplex and 2-car garage set back off the road. Foreclosure property in need of your touches! Fix up one unit while you rent the other for your income! Potential for subdivision.$250,000

A great opportunity for the investor! Quiet street, walking distance to 5 Corners. Ample parking, 1-car garage, tidy apartments, 1BR up, 3BR down with long term tenants & low maintenance. Leases through Jan ’07.

Tenants pay own utilities.Price reduced: $259,000

3 Bedroom ranch on 1 acre lot, quiet dead end road.

Eat-in Kitchen, breakfast bar, new woodstove hearth.

New flooring and front porch. Finished basement with family room, den and guest room, ready for future bath. 3 season porch, gardens and mature trees. $212,500

Large family home on corner lot. 2300 sq. ft. 4 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths. Natural woodwork, window seats and built-ins. Newer kitchen & 1st floor laundry. Porch with seasonal lake views. In-ground pool, and detached garage. $325,000

Call bill & Phyllis Martin Greentree real Estate 802-482-5232 • www.vermontgreentree.com

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Nestled in downtown & footsteps to Church St., this property is zoned for 2 units. Currently a 2 bedroom tastefully designed home w/loft ambiance and 1st floor gallery space w/courtyard entrance. 162 1/2 Maple Street, Burlington. MLS #2601488. $329,000 call Linda I. Letourneau redstone 802.658.7400 x17 or 343.2107 www.redstonevt.com

in Granville, just South of Sugarbush. $850/mo. + utils. Avail. now. 802-496-3927.

Totally sweet 3-BR 2nd flr of house, W/hdwd, awesome kitchen, 2-car garage, $1650/mo. incl. all utils. (do the math!), New North End, avail. 7/01. NS. Matt, 802-238-4686.

Underhill, Park Street Avail now. 3-bedroom. $875/mo. Incl. heat and hot water. Parking. No dogs. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www.nev illeco.com/residence.

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Unfurnished House for Rent Avail. immed. country home on 1 acre w/pond, 3-bedroom, 1-bath. $1200/mo. + utils. Woodstove.

Pets OK. Call 324-8001.

Vergennes 1-bedroom apt. Quiet location. Low heating costs. NS. Pets neg. $545/mo. + utils. 802-985-5478.

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h meworks Year round waterfront living! Canal front 3 bedroom home with great lake views and common ownership on the beach! Extensively renovated, this home is ready to move into. Motivated seller.$189,900 Call Frank Marcou Marcou real estate 802-893-0000

call allison at 865-1020 x22 allison@sevendaysvt.com

260 Carry Bay Lane. 2 miles North on Rt. 2 from North Hero Village.

Left on Blockhouse Pt. Rd. Left on to Carry Bay.

Winooski Large, sunny 3-bedroom, 2 level, convenient location, on bus line, gas heat, offstreet parking. Cats OK, dogs neg. $1040/mo. + utils. 802-399-9576.

Winooski 1-bedroom, all utils. + cable, w/parking. $790/mop. + dep. Pet OK. 802-655-5803.

Winooski Weaver Street. 2-bedroom, 2-bath. Hdwd, front porch, master bedroom w/private bath, W/D, parking. Avail. 9/01. $975/ mo. 802-846-9568, www.hickok andboardman.com.

Call the “Most Referred” Realtor!

Jackie Marino 655-3377 x 223

Winooski: Weaver Street 2bedroom, 2-bath apt. Adorable!

Hdwd, porch, master bedroom w/ private bath, W/D. $975/mo. 9/01.

See pictures on www.Hickokand Boardman.com; 802-846-9568.

Housemates $500 - 1 Rm in 3 Bd. Condo Large room in 3-bedroom condo. 2 prof. F in mid 20s looking for M/F prof./grad. student. 2-car garage, W/D, D/W, storage, decks, near bike path. $500/mo. + approx. $50 utils. Leah, 802-477-2834, Maigret, 413-262-1261.

Burlington Responsible person to share 3-bedroom duplex in quiet neighborhood w/2 sober 40-50 yr old men. Smoke outside. $450/mo. + 1/3 expenses.

802-355-0147.

Winooski North Street. 3-bedWaterbury AvailablE Now room, 1-bath, “mint condition”, Burlington Room in sunny 1x1c-marino-referred.indd 1 5/11/06 3:31:01 PM 1/2 modern duplex, 5 star energy semi-furnished. W/D, D/W. New household, own phone, near bus/ rated, all appliances, 1/2 baths, cabinets, new carpeting, air, fire- UVM. 1-mile downtown. Suitable heated floors w/2-bedroom and place, hardwood, balcony. Avail. for grad./med./prof. student. office/den, patio. Pastoral and 8/01. $1300/mo. 802-846-9568 $485/mo. incl. utils. except phone. private, yet seconds to exit 10. www.hickokandboardman.com.

Laundry, small storage, parking. $1250/mo. + utils. 802-244-6111.

Winooski, Audet Street Avail Avail. now. 802-658-6108.

Winooski 4 openings in large, ful- now. 2+ bedroom. $1200/mo. burlington Seeking compatible ly furnished house. Rent individual- Heat incl. Very large kitchen. 3person, mature, clean and neat ly or w/friends! All utils. incl. 2.5- season porch. Parking. No pets. to share beautiful 2-bedroom, 2bath, laundry, parking, garbage, Neville Companies, Inc., 802bath condo. Cathedral ceilings, snow, large yard. Close to SMC/ 660-3481 x. 1021, www.nevilleco. fireplace, pool, W/D, etc. Very UVM/IBM/FAHC/Champlain College, com/residence. quiet, close to Oakledge Park/ on busline. No pets. $600/mo. per Winooski, Hickok Street Avail lake/bike path. $600/mo. utils. person + dep. 802-863-9612.

9/01. 2-bedroom. $815/mo. Reno- incl. 802-951-2543.

Winooski (2) Nice 3-bedroom vated bath and kitchen. Parking, Burlington Housemate for aweapt. w/rental assistance to in- no dogs. Neville Companies, Inc., some Old North End House. Yard, come and program-eligible appli- 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www.nev 5 min to lake, share w/2 humans cants. Large porch, parking, snow illeco.com/residence. and 2 cats. 8/01. $450/mo. Magremoval, trash removal, water gie, 802-233-7676, maggiestand Winooski, Main Street Avail. and heat incl. Avail. now. Contact ley@yahoo.com.

Margaret at 802-863-5248, ext. now. 2-bedroom. 1st floor. $775/ mo. incl.

H/W. Parking.

No dogs.

Condo in South Burlington 23 for further details.

Neville Companies, Inc., 802-6602-bedroom condo located in South Winooski Bright, spacious, 2-bed- 3481 x. 1021, www.nevilleco.

Burlington close to downtown room apt. Nice neighborhood, hdwd com/residence. and the University. Looking for a living room floor, gas heat, offprof. 28 + to share a great place to Winooski, Maple Street Avail street parking. $975/mo. + utils., live. Must like dogs but not have now, 8/01 & 9/01.

1-bedrooms. lease and dep. NS/pets. Avail. any pets of their own. W/D, + 1/5 $695/mo. Large kitchen. Parking. immed. or 8/01. 802-655-3236. utils., and own parking spot, NS. No pets. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-660-3481 x. 1021, www.nev $525/mo. 802-656-7846. illeco.com/residence.

Essex Beautiful spacious house in the country. Share w/3 profs. and 2 dogs. $520/mo. incls. utils. NS. High speed Internet, cable TV. Call 802-363-3695.

Shelburne Beautiful home overlooking Shelburne Bay. Private room and bath. Private beach access.

Laundry, all utils., cable and Internet incl. $695/mo. Call 985-1550.

Office/ Commercial

Essex Jct. Male roommate wanted.

Central location, furnished room.

Share large apartment on bus line. $125/week, includes all. 363-2160.

Spacious country 5-bedroom home. Marble fireplace, wood stove, library, horse pasture, gardening.

Prof. who enjoys camaraderie. $625/mo. incl. heat and elec. Call Grace, 917-593-2662, 802-878-0432 or email gakiley@gmail.com.

Burlington Waterfront. Distinctive and unique office/retail space.

Environmentally friendly and affordable. Main Street Landing, Melinda Moulton, 802-864-7999. www.mainstreetlanding.com.

Female to share Apt. 2-bedroom, Burlington, friendly, neat, responsible. Off-street parking, 2nd floor, close to downtown. $425/mo., heat incl. Call 802-535-5529.

Green St. Burlington $425 Avail 8/01. Student/young prof. for room in 3-bedroom downtown apt.

Huge kitchen and shared space; porch/backyard; friendly, laid-back roommates. Erica, 802-233-5513.

Ground floor of Condo Large room plus private full bath, private entrance, built-in bookshelves, storage, utils. incl.

RedRocks in South End of Burlington, close to I-89 and downtown. $650/mo. Call 802-373-5828.

Room for rent Burlington. Nice house in New North End. Share w/ two roommates and cat. Near bike path. Fully wired, free phone and cable. $450/mo. + utils. Rent neg.

Gary, 802-734-2814.

Roomate Wanted I need a roomate to go in on a two-bedroom with me.

I am reliable, and easy to get along with. Call Eric at 802-264-9004.

DKOjagger@hotmail.com.

Roommate Wanted Young F prof. or grad. student wanted to share 2-bedroom townhouse. Great location, big bedroom, W/D. $460/mo. + 1/2 utils. Call 802-355-8436.

Roommate wanted For 8/01. $400/mo. Close to downtown and hospital. Incl. hot water, laundry, trash removal, winter plowing.

Please call 802-310-1097.

S. Burlington Considerate female prof./grad. for furnished townhouse. 1.5-bath, pool, bike path. NS. Have cats. No more pets. Avail immed. $450/mo. + phone. 802-658-9376.

Winooski Students/young prof.

4 openings in large, fullly furnished house. Rent individually or w/friends! All utils. incl. 2.5-bath, laundry, parking, garbage, snow, large yard. Close to SMC/UVM/ IBM/FAHC/Champlain College. On busline. No pets. $600/mo. per person + dep. 802-863-9612.

Sublets/ Temporary Burlington Large bedroom, w/private entrance, share rest of the house. $550/mo. incl. utils.

802-318-0702.

Colchester Mo. rental. Sept. + Oct. Beautiful 3-bedroom seasonal house w/beach rights, mooring avail. A must see! $1500/mo.

802-318-8242.

Housing Wanted farm wanted Seeking house w/barn, pasture for horses. Will consider/lease w/purchase option or purchase. Prefer in CVU school district, but will consider all.

482-3453.

Room wanted From 8/01/06 to 5/01/07, SWF, 50 YO, looking for a room w/either M/F, mature, quiet, prof./grad. student. $400/mo. or less. I have 2 indoor/outdoor cats.

Email at mountain@pshift.com.

Burlington 850 sq. ft. storefront/office, North St., fully networked w/phone system in place.

Can do retail/office and or restaurant. Avail. now. $650/mo. +.

802-893-0000.

Fairfield Market Space Perfect opportunity for meat market w/deli/country store. 4300 sq. ft. flex commercial space. Fully equipped. New infrastructure, fit-up neg. Serious business plans contact Jim, 802-660-2442, JCGDLLC@adelphia.net.

Workspace to share Large, quiet workspace great for artist or someone needing desk space.

Has tall ceilings, skylight and is newly painted. This is a fantastic space! 646-221-3392.

Vacation Rentals Retreat cabin Johnson. 300acre estate, panoramic views, pristine swiming ponds, flower gardens, trails. $30 night or 3-hour work exchange. Nightly/ weekly. 802-635-7889, butternu tridge@gmail.com.

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men > women I AM 54 YO, SEPARATED FOR OVER A year, 5’11, 240 lbs., few pounds to lose but not obese, sincere, honest and romantic. ISO lady for LTR, 50-60 YO. 3585 SKI, SNOWSHOE, HIKE W/HONEST, FIT, humorous, intelligent, financially secure SPM. Seeking adventurous, active, funloving SF, 35-45 YO to share meaningful conversation, fine wine, traveling, dining out and home-cooked meals w/romantic, confident animal lover. Friendship first, possible LTR. 3584 SWM, 44 YO, FROM TENNESSEE, LOOKing for companionship for dinner, movies, 1x1-naughty111605 11/15/05 etc. Down to earth. Seeking WF, 35-45 YO to enjoy quality time and possible LTR for right person. 3583

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1-888-420-BABE 1-900-772-6000 49 YEARS YOUNG, 6’2, 230 LBS. ACTIVE, outgoing, enjoys life. Interests include bicycling, swimming, etc. I am looking for a LTR or friendship. 3582 SWM, 50 YO, SEEKING SOULFUL, SWEET and sexy, special someone. Short in stature, free on weekdays preferred. Let’s enjoy the summer, explore a future. Take a risk. 3574

ALMOST 52 YO SPIRITUAL BEING HAVing a full range of human experiences seeking a soulmate to journey along the path with and hear another’s perspectives. ND, NS, ND. 3415

47 YO, PETITE, ATTRACTIVE, CREATIVE, adventurous, kind, real. Burlington area.

DWF. Interested in SWM, 45-54 YO. NS/NA or lite alcohol. Employed, honest, considerate, communicative, courageous, wise; to share treehouse-building, quiet boating, hiking, trout fishing, campfires, nature, togetherness. 3491

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the love counselor Dear Lola, I am a heterosexual man who has been working closely with a heterosexual woman for several years. We’ve always been friendly and shared family news, but lately Dora has started confiding personal information about her marriage. I have tried to be a good friend, but as her disclosures have become more intimate I have felt increasingly uncomfortable. Then, last week, after describing her husband’s erectile dysfunction, she asked if I’d ever had that problem. When I refused to answer, she acted hurt and said it was unfair of me to listen to her if I wasn’t willing to reciprocate. Now she’s giving me the silent treatment.

What should I do?

Upset in Underhill Dear Upset, It depends on what you want. Assuming you don’t want to make a big deal of this and simply want to restore your previous, friendly relationship, keep it light. Whether or not you think she was out of line (which she was), help her save face by saying something like, “I find it embarrassing to talk about such personal stuff.” She’ll probably get over her current mood. And if she crosses the line again, repeat that you’re embarrassed.

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RETIRED, 58 YO, ACTIVE, FIT, INTO nature and lifelong learning, bicycling, walking, reading, yoga and exercising.

Love crosswords, Mamet and jazz. Hope for a companion for friendship and more.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk over a campfire. 3573 NATURE ARTIST AND WRITER, 49 YO, lover of wild places and wild rivers, good books, loose watercolors, melodic jazz and walks in the woods. ISO a woman (35-50) who loves nature and who is living a life interesting to her. 3500 32 YO DREAMER, JADED POET, FLOWER picker, anti-meat, pro-animal rights, caring, guided by morality, ISO good-hearted woman capable of loving and living absent the slavery of material cravings.

Age, weight, race not important, kindness is. 3495 THE WAY WE WERE, MEMORIES MAY BE beautiful and yet whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too painful to remember we simply choose to forget, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laughter we will remember whenever we remember the way we were. Mid-aged man, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;9, seeks LTR. NS. 3494 MIDDLE AGING PROGRESSIVE HEALTHcare provider, facing an empty nest, seeks fit, fortyish female for hiking, biking, travel and shared good times. An independent spirit, healthy ego, and social activism are big plusses. 3488 GENTLE LEO, 38 YO, SEEKS ECLECTIC 2940 YO woman as a friend or for more, pref. no kids. I love cats, bicycling, writing poetry and cooking. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s climb the rainbow in these rich and poignant skies!

3425 HONEST, ATTRACTIVE, SPONTANEOUS women look no further. Great guy here.

SWM, 34 YO, 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;2, brown hair/eyes, muscular build, handsome. Old-fashioned morals but have a wild side. ISO a respectful, cute, in-shape, F with a good sense of humor. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk. 3423 I WANT A WOMAN WHO LIKES TO WALK in the rain, visit a museum, share pasta, likes the Red Sox, kids, critters and Seinfeld repeats. Being fit, honest and poor is a bonus! Me? 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;11, 175 lbs., from planet Earth. 3410 SWM, 26 YO, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10, SEEKING SWF, 21-32 YO. No kids. To dine out, dance, movies, quiet times together. No head games.

3409 BEST FRIEND AND LOVER. SWM, YOUNG 44, smoker, aged well, seeks a slender to average woman, 32-50 YO who enjoys the sun, water, good food and drink, togetherness, classic rock. Do you enjoy passion and intimacy? 3403

DWM, SEEKS ADVENTUROUS PLAYMATE, 25-35 YO, possible life partner for active pursuits. Passionate lover, climber, skier, mountaineer, also moves with bike, paddle and sail. Very sexy, romantic, enjoys snuggles, reading and hobbies at home.

Share, care, learn and dare. You? 3292 GOOD LOOKING, PROF. SWM, 40S, KIND, generous, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;9, 178 lbs., seeks adult F companion for weekends at lakeside, relaxing, enjoying boating, cool breezes, more. You: Age, looks not important, in decent shape, sexy gal. 3289 LIVE AND WORK ON A MOUNTAIN. Beautiful atmosphere, but lonely. 38 YO, loyal and humble. My age or younger?

Each other is all that is needed or desired. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get squishy for the rest of our lives. 3282

women > women SWF ISO ANOTHER GIRL/S FOR SWIMming, picnicing, photography, driving, tanning, maybe more. Must be openminded, no games, no overweight. Like fun indoor and out. Exploring, learning and sharing. Me: Long blonde, blue, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;6, healthy, fit and open. 3579

men > men WHERE ARE YOU? SWM, 49 YO, 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;7, 170 lbs. Looking for friends, married or not.

If you are clean and honest looking for maybe more and 35-50 YO. Live in St. Albans. Call. 3575 GWM LOOKING FOR FRIENDS AND MORE. 28-58 YO, NS/ND. Great sense of humor, enjoys the outdoors, backroads, yard sales and travel in N.E. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re tired of being alone and value the company of a nice guy, let me know. 3499 50 YO, OBESE, NICE GUY. LOOKING TO orally service nice looking guys, non-reciprocal. You: 18-40. Very discreet, you as well. Answer all. First timers welcome.

3490 GAY ZEN AGAIN! AUTO-FELLATIO fetishist ISO same. The only thing better than doing yourself is doing yourself with help. NY side. Fit, fun, healthy and attractive. EYO rules! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a rare breed letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make contact. 3414

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CUTE BIF WITH HERPES SEEKS CU WITH same for intimate adventures. Please be caring, respectful, fun and kind. Must be clean, discreet and D/D free. 3577

ME: TALL, DARK, HANDSOME, LOVING, youthful, humorous, outdoorsy, totally healthy, well traveled/educated, love role-play, switch, occasionally transform into sexy transvestite. Seeking intelligent, fit, attractive, honest, biF, 27-40 YO, switch, interested in occasional swinging, love laughter, adventure, travel, LTR. CU also. 3572

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Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s do it. 3571 BIM ISO MEN 40 YO OR YOUNGER. MUST be discreet and in shape, well endowed a +. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m single, one or more is OK. Interested? Just call. 3569 MABIWM SEEKING MEN FOR CLEAN, SAFE, very discreet fun. Serious only please. If you are free days A+. 3567 BIWM, 45 YO, LOOKING FOR GENTLEMEN. NS. 55 to 60 YO for fun times at your place. 3291

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SEPARATED, MA CU, BECAUSE OF WIFEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S meds. NHD, NS. I am 43 YO looking for VFF, F into oral sex in the shower, bedroom, B, H, W, helping, country music, cooking, yard sales, likeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s riding around nude at night. LTR. 3576 WE ARE A FUN CU LOOKING FOR FUN. 24 YO bi FF female, 31 YO male. Come over, enjoy yourself. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pros. Age doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter.

LIP SERVICE: HOT CU, M, 36 YO, F, 30 YO, great shape, attractive, seeks creamy, well-hung males for double oral service.

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30 SOMETHING, SWM, IN GOOD SHAPE looking to explore oral with another man.

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SWF, 42 YO, LOOKING FOR A PERSON who has a boat. Just to be friends. I am looking to move to the Burlington area and need to meet people. 3578 SWF, 38 YO, LOOKING FOR THAT OLD familiar friend who knows how a woman should feel. Let no problems trouble us and letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get on with better time in life.

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MY BONDAGE ADDICTION IS UNFULfilled, will try any position. Hog-tied, gags, blindfolds, heighten scene. Tickle torture while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m tied up is unbearable but arousing especially bare feet. Sound kinky, of course. Anybody turned on?

3568 SUGAR DADDY LOOKING FOR A F TO PLAY with this summer. Give me a call for more information. 3497 LADIES! DIVORCED, WIDOWED, MARRIED and neglected, single and frustrated, or just plain sexually bored? 40s WM, offering very skilled and very discreet adult pleasures for women 18+. M/F couples also encouraged. Call me, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s begin by talking about it. 3492

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Boating and bistros, camping in Groton, VT. 3420 41 YO, MAWM, ATTRACTIVE, NICE BODY, endowed, orally talented. ISO a summertime F friend seeking to receive great oral. Reciprocation optional. Disease-free and discreet. Expect same. Call for details. 3405 45 YO MAWPM ISO MASF, 18-50 YO, FOR morning or afternoon discreet adult fun.

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To the criminal who stole my bike from the front porch off North Union Street in the wee hours of the morn...please bring it back!

Sadly, I realize you probably don’t have plans to return my blue and purple steed. Therefore, may the tires burst, the ragged brakes run loose, and the tippy seat bruise your behind. When: Friday, July 7, 2006. Where: I didn’t see them because they’re stealthy criminal(s)!. You: Woman. Me: Woman.

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You are such a precious little package. I had troubles remembering my watchband needed repair. You asked if I was going to the fireworks. Let’s talk fireworks again, this time I am in. When: Monday, July 3, 2006. Where: Macys. You: Woman. Me: Man. You Know You Need Me I spy a blue-eyed boy who doesn’t know his worth. I’d love to show you, but I can’t if you won’t let me. You don’t wanna be lonely, but you don’t see the love right in front of you.

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I won’t let you down. It’s not just girls reading the I Spys! When: Thursday, July 6, 2006.

Where: Everywhere. You: Man. Me: Woman. heart = present I found it in the meadow. Des. When: Tuesday, July 4, 2006. Where: Heaven. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Starbucks Starbucks 4:45ish on 7/05. You: male with dark blonde hair, I think blue eyes wearing a light-blue tee, jeans and New Balance sneaks. You had a blue Northface backpack.

Me: reading Seven Days at the window, wearing a green band tee and jeans with my hair up. Don’t know your status. Would you like to have coffee and chat sometime? When: Wednesday, July 5, 2006. Where: Starbucks on Church St. You: Man. Me: Woman.

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Four pounds of butter makes America go down smooth. It doesn’t matter if you have a huge sauna in your living room as long as you dip the lobster in the special butter. When: Monday, July 3, 2006. Where: Burlington.

You: Woman. Me: Man. Tatyana at PF I see you from the fitness floor. You said I always see the positive in things. I had been causing a “stir” with the morning ladies some time ago. You know my situation but I would love to be a “friend”. Interested? When: Monday, July 3, 2006. Where: Planet Fitness. You: Woman. Me: Man. Friday Latenight at VPB I met you 2 “D”&”J” at VPB Friday night. Me: a bald man w/2 other acquaintances. “J” was arguing w/one acquaintance. I thought the 2 of you were one hot couple and would like to have a beer w/ya. When: Friday, June 30, 2006. Where: Vermont Pub and Brew. You: Woman. Me: Man. Best Club DJ We had fun for a minute. For what it was I’m gonna miss it! Holla if you happen to find yourself with a lazy afternoon. Easy... When: Friday, June 30, 2006. Where: After the spot. You: Man. Me: Woman. hats off...you drive me mad to the sexiest sandwich maker in all of Burlington, you caught my eye as I watched you rockin’ out to the Beastie Boys the other day.

I’d love to find out what you’re hiding under that apron!! When: Saturday, July 1, 2006.

Where: Bank St. You: Man. Me: Woman.

I spy a running ant online. I’d like to hear about Argentina, maybe after a Tues. night trail run? Free the heel - your mind will follow! When: Saturday, July 1, 2006. Where: S. Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. Jeremy with the eyes!

You: intense eyes, bright smile and “funny uncle” sense of humor. I think you were a Viking in another life. You intimidated me at first, but now I’m a little intrigued! I think you’re something special... When: Friday, June 23, 2006. Where: Near Recycle North.

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NYC, the CODA tha streets?

If you’re the original S.I.N. does that make me EVE? I would have driven from VT to pay $10 to see the last 2 mins. of your show. 4 hours, authentic smiles, and a car accident later leaves me crying, as usual. I’ll never love someone like this again... Missing you already.

When: Saturday, July 1, 2006. Where: NYC club CODA. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Secret Club House Worthy It’s been over a year since you asked me to go sledding with you at your mom’s. A year later, you still manage to make my heart flutter and make me proud. Thanks for being in my life. Nikki. When: Monday, July 3, 2006. Where: A door away. You: Man. Me: Woman.

New Bike Shop Stud.

Is it true? A new bike shop in Burlington? I’ve seen you working on your new King St. bike shop. You are hot. I mean the bike shop looks hot. We can’t wait till you open next week!

When: Monday, July 3, 2006. Where: Royal Cycles 41 King St. You: Man. Me: Woman.

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Shaw’s Hey man, I gave you another card today. You have my number and I wish you’d call me! I think you are really cute and sweet. I know you are working July 4th, but maybe we could have a beer after work? Please call me. You are very cute! When: Sunday, July 2, 2006.

Where: Shaw’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. Penny cluse, 6/25 You smiled and waved to me outside and I just looked confused. I’m sorry. I should have talked to you then but I didn’t. I’d like the chance to try again. When: Sunday, June 25, 2006. Where: Penny cluse. You: Woman. Me: Man. Bolton PotHoles 7/2 Hi, I’m really not sorry for splashing you. I will make it up to you though over a few Trout Rivers. When: Sunday, July 2, 2006.

Where: Bolton Potholes. You: Woman. Me: Man. Saw you in City Market Saw you in City Market on Saturday (2 weeks back, around 10 p.m.) with your friend. It was a big surprise to see you with your tall girl friend. Had seen you the same week on Tuesday around 9:00 p.m. on Pearl Street near the corner bakery. You graduated with MS in Bioengg. Can we meet? Your name: Amy. When: Thursday, June 8, 2006.

Where: City Market and Pearl Street. You: Woman. Me: Man. I spy 2 beautiful voluptuous young ladies hosting “Stitch & Flix” Tuesday night at the LSC in Montpelier. I was in the front sipping on tea, too shy to ask either one of your names. Single? Care to meet again for good conversation or drink? When: Friday, June 23, 2006. Where: Montpelier.

You: Woman. Me: Woman.

Malibu and Coke...... ....that reminds me of my childhood. You: cute waiter who went next door to get my drink. Thanks, it was yummy. Meet for another? When: Friday, June 30, 2006. Where: Half. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Shaw’s Williston Remember just after New Years? When you had no hair? I asked you what happened to all your hair! I think you are so sweet and cute, but I just can’t find the right way to ask you if you want to get together. By the way, I’ve noticed your camo boxers and I think they are hot! When: Friday, June 30, 2006. Where: Shaw’s Williston. You: Man. Me: Man. Peace03 We chatted at Starr Farm and I’d like to walk and talk some more. Your fierceness and fearlessness has me interested. I like the license plates too. When: Monday, June 26, 2006.

Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man.

The perfect man walking away Don’t you remember that we were in love?

I have some beautiful memories, but would love to make more. Can you please forgive this heartbroken butterfly girl who wants her sexy fly fishing man back? I promise I would walk across the moon and capture the stars to earn your trust back. Won’t you please be my future? When: Monday, June 26, 2006. Where: walking away. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Hit and Run You: Intoxicated or very cowardly. You ran over a black dog and kept driving on 6/29 on Route 116 around 11:15 p.m., about 4 miles from Hinesburg. It was a huge “bump”, debris flew off your car, we flashed our highbeams, beeped. The dog died. A righteous person would stop. Be a better human being next time. When: Thursday, June 29, 2006.

Where: Rt. 116. You: Man. Me: Woman. hey you!

Me: cutoff capris, big orange bag. You: green Subaru, loud music. You stopped in traffic as I walked by, and I wanted to know: What are you doing this summer? When: Thursday, June 29, 2006. Where: Middlebury. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Dr. Michelle Where, oh where has my favorite doc gone?

Where oh where can she be? Have you gone into hiding? Maybe you’ve decided you don’t love me no more? That can’t be, since I am so incredibly lovable and sweet! I miss you, my good friend, and would love to hear from you so that I know you are still breathing. When: Monday, September 19, 2005. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Woman.

Bad Girls You: Gorgeous brown-eyed blonde, your Tshirt said rusty surfboards. Me: Triple mocha, you made me laugh. Your smile made my day.

Thanks. Espresso I’m hooked. When: Monday, June 26, 2006. Where: Johnson. You: Woman. Me: Man. Wondering who you are Monday: Waterfront Video – you were wearing a Sox cap, I was toting 2 young beauties.

Wednesday: Main Street – you on your bike, me in my car. You silently charmed me with your red ponytail and genuine smile. When: Monday, June 26, 2006. Where: Waterfront Video & Main St, Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman.

You were driving drunk You were weaving dangerously up North Avenue. I followed you as I called the police.

You are lucky that you got home before they were able to get there. Driving drunk is incredibly dangerous and inconsiderate. If you have a problem with drinking please get help before you hurt yourself or someone else, or get arrested. When: Tuesday, June 27, 2006. Where: North Avenue. You: Woman.

Me: Man. MHS class of ‘96 I spy Montpelier High School graduates, class of 1996... thinking they’re too cool for the reunion this Saturday night at Positive Pie in Montpelier... think again... it will be the RADDEST party ever. Don’t miss out.

When: Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Where: Montpelier High School. You: Woman. Me: Woman.

Walmart/Home depot 06/28,0900, Walmart. You, tall and handsome and you noticed the cute blond in the pink shirt that noticed you! We left the store and watched each other go to our vehicles.

Yours, big maroon (Ford?) truck, chrome grill, me with the hatchback. Did I mention your Tshirt had a construction logo? I’d like to follow up on the eye contact. When: Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Where: Walmart. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Ri-Ra Beauty Sat Night 6/24 You were standing w/girlfriends while the band played. You are gorgeous, 5-8ish brunette, wearing denim skirt and tealish-ish top. I was too shy, too slow, sitting at the bar in jeans and yellow shirt, about to say Hi when you left. I deeply regret not having said Hello. I would love another chance to meet. Thanks for being there. When: Saturday, June 24, 2006. Where: Ri-Ra Restaurant. You: Woman. Me: Man.

Mesmerized Your eyes. I could have gotten lost in them.

Was it French Roast? Your fluffy little dog in your lap, it’s big eyes were watching me also.

I foolishly left, then drove back but you were already driving away in red Subabu pick-up. I would like to enjoy a French roast with you.

Tomorrow- next week - every morning. When: Monday, June 26, 2006. Where: Starbucks on Williston Rd. You: Woman. Me: Man.

Yummy, drilled up biker dude I spy a sexy, cut-shaved headed man downtown drinking coffee, smoking cigs. Some brilliant artwork on that arm of yours. Are you into bikes? I like that. I think marriage and children might be in our future.

I’m a 5’2” nurse who would take care of you whichever way you see fit. Your turn. Pronto.

When: Wednesday, June 21, 2006. Where: Skatepark. You: Man. Me: Woman.

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A lone wanderer with a blank stare, just screaming for me to love him. But I am a casualty in our war of one broken heart against another. When: Tuesday, June 27, 2006.

Where: Limbo for broken dreams. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Hopefully Not Your Throwing Arm You were playing frisbee golf in Waterbury with a friend and found my disk for me, saying “Actually, you almost took off my arm!”

Any interest in throwing a round of 18 sometime? Just a golfer looking for new friends.

When: Saturday, June 24, 2006. Where: Waterbury Center Disc Golf. You: Woman.

Me: Man.

A pixie has escaped!

Hey, you may know me from a certain site.

You enjoy the comic store. Due to certain limitations of the certain site, I am hoping you will read 7 Days and their I Spys. When: Tuesday, June 27, 2006. Where: match.

You: Woman. Me: Man.

Trevor Beside the Moran plant, on a patch of green by the lake...I appreciated your gentle nature. When: Friday, June 23, 2006. Where: at the waterfront. You: Man. Me: Woman.

I Spy Empty Space I spy empty space where a Trek Hybrid rested on our porch. Either bring it back, or enjoy it wherever you came from. Thievery is unacceptable behavior in the Vermont community and you are no longer welcome here.

Go home. When: Saturday, June 24, 2006.

Where: Dalton Drive. You: Man. Me: Man.

Lincoln Inn Thursday 6/22 I asked if you were from St. Albans.You said no, Charlotte via Illinois. Your smile and laugh turned me on. You were on the way out and I’m still thinking about you. Coffee?

Normal, ILL.? When: Thursday, June 22, 2006. Where: Lincoln Inn. You: Woman.

Me: Man.

To my “Prom” Date Met at Prom for Fashion Week. You were a great dance partner on and off the floor. Wish we had more time on the fire escape. Thanks for a great night. Would love to meet again.

When: Saturday, June 3, 2006. Where: Positive Pie Montpelier. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Stunning brunette with sister (friend) At Burlington Farmers’ Market 6/24, you bought flowers and I said I picked them myself but was really kidding. Our eyes kept meeting and I stalled, would love to meet those eyes again. When: Saturday, June 24, 2006. Where: Burlington Farmers Market.

You: Woman. Me: Man.

Desdemona Oh Desdemona...there is a present for you at the private beach. When: Friday, May 26, 2006.

Where: private beach. You: Woman. Me: Man. Avril Lavigne?

To the Avril Lavigne look-alike at the Rusty Nail on 06/23...the bartender was right you’re much cuter. Water & Oxygen are the way to go! When: Friday, June 23, 2006.

Where: Rusty Nail. You: Woman. Me: Man. Lake Monster Usher You were working section D at the Lake Monster’s opening night game. Hair pulled back with a cute smile. I was in row G, wearing a Red Sox hat and blue jacket. Our eyes met a couple of times throughout the evening before I left in the 7th. Would love to see another game. Do you have a night off? When: Friday, June 23, 2006. Where: Centennial Field Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. Pacific Sunshine You were working at Pac Sun on Saturday night wearing a hat and a cute smile. I returned a shirt. You commented about my eyes and I just stared into yours. I need a new shirt. Help me? When: Saturday, June 24, 2006. Where: Pac Sun Burlington Square Mall. You: Woman. Me: Man. Wednesday 6/21, Battery Street Jeans.

You wore green shorts and a white T-shirt. I had a black shirt under a pink button down.

The day was hot, the store was closing, and I was too shy to speak to you. As we browsed the men’s shirts I wanted your opinion, but you were the only thing I could find worth a second glance. When: Wednesday, June 21, 2006. Where: Battery Street Jeans. You: Man. Me: Man.

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No Hands and Clapping Me: bicycle, no hands and clapping, you: motorcycle, no hands and clapping. When: Friday, June 23, 2006. Where: Spear St. You: Man. Me: Woman.

Shaws Williston You are cute and skinny with brown hair with a few piercings. I am always asking for turkey burgers and rice and beans. I’d like to get together you are soo very cute! When: Friday, June 23, 2006. Where: Shaws Williston.

You: Woman. Me: Man. My very own Chris Martin From raging down a white river, to seeing all “yellow” in Montreal...from getting caught in a blizzard in Maine, to getting caught in a car...I’ve had so much fun. Our future’s for discovering and there’s no one else I’d rather discover with. Thanks for a wonderful year one. When: Wednesday, June 21, 2006.

Where: Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman.

A Cavalier in the Kitchen I spy a Wahoo cook at Penny Cluse with deep seawater eyes. My lactic acid reflux has subsided, but I think coffee or dinner is more my speed. Are you up for that, or am I just spinning my wheels? Perhaps. Give me a ring.

When: Wednesday, June 21, 2006. Where: Penny Cluse. You: Woman. Me: Woman.

Chemistry is a powerful thing Knew you were back before following you down Pine St. Just 1.2 miles between our doorsteps. You caught my attention years ago with a firm grip and still haven’t let go.

Ball is in your court. When: Wednesday, June 7, 2006. Where: Corner of Pine and Maple. You: Woman. Me: Man.

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Experience preferred for high-volume pizzeria.

Stop by for an application: 6 Roosevelt Highway, Colchester, VT.

The Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa is looking for a Banquet chef with experience in large parties. We are also looking for Line Cooks with experience in high volume.

The Café The Old Old Brick Café EXPERIENCED PM AND WEEKEND SERVERS NEEDED. Please call 872-9599 for an interview.

Please call 1-802-760-1124 or email at: matts@stoweflake.com

PAYROLL SPECIALIST HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT Applications are invited for a payroll specialist to handle all payroll-processing functions of the College along with maintenance of the DATATEL Payroll Module and some accounting responsibilities.

Reporting to the Payroll/HRIS Manager, the individual selected will assume primary responsibility for employee payments, tax processing and reporting, direct deposits, wage garnishment, and related tasks. Preferred candidates will have had previous payroll experience and have excellent computer skills, proficiency in problem solving, accounting and recordkeeping, and the ability to work meticulously with multiple details and deadlines while at the same time maintaining a customerservice orientation and strict confidentiality. Application deadline is July 21, 2006.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Responsibilities include performing a range of administrative duties in this culturally diverse office for faculty, staff and students. The position will require use of the Microsoft Office Suite, general office knowledge, outstanding communication skills and a high level of customer service skills.

Experience with the DATATEL system or equivalent administrative software is required. Some familiarity with F-1 immigration regulations and the SEVIS system a plus but not required. Twoyear degree or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

REGISTERED NURSE PART-TIME Part-time (20+ hours per week/40 weeks per year) position at Student Health Services. Vermont RN license/eligibility required. Bachelor’s degree in nursing and experience in college health or outpatient care preferred. Strong interpersonal and nursing assessment skills are essential. Please apply by July 26, 2006. Start date is August 21, 2006.

SECURITY OFFICERS FULL-TIME Applications are invited for two positions which require ability to deal with a wide range of individuals often under stressful or emergency situations. Hours will be 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. including a rotating schedule. We require a Vermont driver’s license, physical ability to perform essential functions of the job, and demonstrated integrity and stability. Prefer some security or law enforcement experience, but will train the right person. Any candidate selected for hire will be required to pass security screening. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

DAY SHIFT CUSTODIAN (WOMEN’S DORM) Seeking full-time custodian who is a dependable, efficient worker to clean Sunday through Thursday.

Weekday hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Sunday hours are 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The successful candidate must possess the ability to work independently and follow both written and oral instructions. Custodial experience preferred as well as knowledge of floor care, carpet cleaning, cleaning chemicals and custodial equipment. Training will be provided. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Send resume and cover letter to:

Office of Human Resources, Saint Michael’s College Box 265B, One Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439.

Applicants should demonstrate a commitment to undergraduate teaching and be supportive of the mission of this Catholic, residential, liberal arts college. Saint Michael’s College is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body, and encourages applications from the entire spectrum of a diverse community.

Competitive time off and benefits package. For more information, go to: www.smcvt.edu/humanresources

Our award-winning, counseling-based financial institution is seeking team players to fill two positions for a small but growing, dynamic organization.

Homeownership & Financial Counselor The Homeownership & Financial Counselor works with motivated individuals to achieve their personal financial and homeownership goals. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working one-on-one and with groups to develop an ‘action plan’ which would help identify methods to repair credit, build assets, provide mortgage and homeownership education, etc.

Core competencies include excellent customer service skills, responsiveness, ability to identify and resolve problems, and maintaining confidentiality.

Ideal candidate will have experience in homeownership and/or financial counseling, banking, counseling or collections.

Must have a minimum of one year experience with homeownership or financial education and/or counseling. Lending experience desirable.

Minorities, multilingual individuals (specifically fluent in French and/or Bosnian), and individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply!

Small Business Loan Officer Our Small Business Loan Officer makes a difference in the lives of Vermonters wishing to develop and maintain their small businesses. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment for a small but growing, dynamic organization. Opportunities Credit Union practices counseling-based lending to help underserved Vermonters achieve financial success.

The Small Business Loan Officer originates small business loans and promotes the community development goals of self-employment, innovation, job creation, and small business development by working with motivated members who need financial assistance from pre-application to post closing. The Small Business Loan Officer will also serve as an expert to other consumer lending staff providing guidance on underwriting, loan policy, and procedures.

Must have a minimum of two years experience and/or training in small business/ commercial lending. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience necessary.

Minorities, multilingual individuals (specifically fluent in French and/or Bosnian), and individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply!

Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@oppsvt.org or mail your resume and cover letter to:

Human Resources Opportunities Credit Union 18 Pearl Street Burlington, VT 05401

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Since 1977, Burton Snowboards has been driven to create the best snowboarding equipment in the world. We believe in a strong work ethic and are committed to working as a team to achieve our goals, and can truly say this is appreciated by everyone in the company.

Seeking teachers to nurture children’s creativity and sense of community.

Must love children and be excited about exploring and learning with them.

Classroom experience and a CDA or Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field is preferred.

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You will evaluate and select the proper tools to solve business application problems. You must be able to write detailed functional specifications for use by both technical and non-technical readers that describe business transaction functionality, end-user interfaces, data integration, business-rule processing logic and data communication implementation. You must be able to develop custom applications, reports, and data cubes. You must be able to troubleshoot programming code and address other technical problems. You must be able to apply concepts governing relational database structures, use reporting/ query tools, and construct SQL statements. You must be able to design, create, test and validate the following: SAP/BW, SAP R/3, Business Explorer, ABAP/4, Linux, SQL, and Oracle.

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Hiring Committee Turtle Island Children’s Center 659 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 229-4047 or Fax: (802) 223-1403

This position requires a Master’s degree in computer science or the equivalent plus at least three years of professional experience in SAP/BW; or a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or the equivalent plus five years of professional experience, including a minimum of three years in SAP/BW.

Sr. Project Engineer The Research, Engineering, and Development team at Burton Snowboards is looking for an experienced project engineer to join our team in Burlington, Vermont. As a Sr. Project Engineer, you will be responsible for the conception, design, testing, and industrialization of new or redesigned products for the snowboarding market. You will work on multiple product lines with a specialty in wearable electronics and bags. You will work closely with vendors, marketing partners, product managers, industrial designers, and other engineers throughout the development process, ensuring that concepts can be industrialized to achieve the functional, performance, quality, delivery and investment goals for the project.

This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or the equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of product design experience. Candidates may substitute a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or the equivalent for up to two years of experience. Experience designing parts for electronics and injection molding are required. Must be able to use SolidWorks or Pro/Engineer 3D solid and surface modeling software.

Product Manager - Gloves As the Product Manager of gloves, you will be involved in planning, organizing and controlling a product line from conceptual stages through the entire product life cycle. Specific responsibilities include: project & timeline management, product development & design, market research, conducting feedback groups with team riders, maintaining daily vendor contact & sourcing, creating glove specification sheets, maintaining quality control requirements, presenting to large groups of Sales Representatives throughout the year.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in a Business Management, Industrial Design, or related major, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Additionally, we require a minimum of 3 years of demonstrated project management abilities, previous technical product development and/or production experience. Excellent problem-solving, communication and decisionmaking skills required. Solid computer skills necessary, Excel, Illustrator preferred. Requires domestic and international travel.

Accounts Payable Lead This individual will coach employees on various aspects of the accounts payable function, including: purchase order procedures, vendor invoice verification, wire/check disbursements in multiple currencies and maintenance of accounts payable agings for multiple entities. Additional responsibilities include: new vendor management, monthly variance analysis, 1099 processing, and annual audit preparation.

In order to accomplish the afore-mentioned tasks, an individual must be highly motivated and possess strong communication, problem solving and computer skills. Qualified candidates will have an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance and 3-5 years experience in an accounting environment preferably with a background in payables.

Please apply online at www.burton.com. No phone calls, please.

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

Community Inclusion Facilitators 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 an excellent job for those first entering the field of human services. We are currently offering two, fully benefited positions.

33.5 hours per week A dedicated person is needed to provide supports to 2 gentlemen in a one-on-one setting so they can expand their horizons and attain their goals both socially and vocationally.

22.5 hours per week Creative and collaborative person needed to assist a variety of individuals in a oneon-one setting to increase their independence at work and to access their community.

Both positions include the possibility of additional substitute hours. Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Karen Ciechanowicz, staff@cvsvt.org, extension 101.

Interim Respite Home Provider Are you looking for a flexible, rewarding position from the comfort of your home? Join CVS in their mission to provide quality supports to individuals with developmental disabilities by opening your home to both planned and emergent respite. Compensation, training, accessibility modifications to the home, and ongoing supervision is provided. For more information, please contact Randy Sightler, rsightler@cvsvt.org, extension 117.

Home Providers CVS is looking for a dedicated, active individual or couple to provide companionship and oversight to an energetic woman in her Winooski home. The ideal candidate will support this woman in maintaining and increasing her independence. Compensation, paid vacation and assistance with home modifications is provided. For more information about this position, contact Al Frugoli, afrugoli@cvsvt.org, ext. 108.

Join our diverse team and make a difference in your community!

Champlain Vocational Services 512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1, Colchester, VT 05446 (802) 655-0511 E.O.E.

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EMPLOYMENT LYNDON STATE COLLEGE Lyndonville, Vermont 05851 ONE YEAR, TEMPORARY, FULL-TIME ASSISTANT PROFESSOR for 2006-2007 Academic Year (Starting Date: September 2006):

Education Department/Coordinator of Portfolio Connection Project Management, assessment, communication, and professional development activities supporting Lyndon’s participation in grant-funded program to develop faculty and student skills in connection with creation and implementation of electronic portfolios for teacher licensure (75% time); instruction in the undergraduate education program (25% time), advisement and other duties associated with full-time faculty status. Qualifications: Master’s degree in Education or Instructional Technology required; Ed.D. or Ph.D. preferred. Minimum of three years experience in instructional technology and teaching experience. Commitment to college teaching excellence, scholarship, and professional development; community and collegial service required for both positions.

Applications to include cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae addressing qualifications with names, addresses, and phone numbers of three or more references to:

Dr. John Kascenska, Assistant Academic Dean PO Box 919, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT 05851.

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sevendaysvt.com The SUCCESS Program is an innovative collaboration between Rutland Mental Health Services and Rutland City Public Schools which provides a K-12 population with intensive mental health treatment, educational services, and experiential learning opportunities in an alternative e This m program a uses i a model l established m by iProject c Adventure h e l e school setting. which lemphasizes the use of group process, adventure-based initiatives, and a commitment to a full-value contract.

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PROGRAM CLINICAL COORDINATOR Master’s-level clinical supervisor to function as an integral member of the Program Leadership Team. Will supervise or oversee supervision of approximately 14 clinical staff and will have a mix of supervisory, consultative, and direct service responsibilities. Experience in alternative school setting or with adventure-based counseling preferred. Strong group facilitation and leadership skills required. Master’s degree, license and supervisory experience required.

SUCCESS EXPERIENTIAL COUNSELOR Full-time clinical position working with alternative school students within the K-3 classroom at our Success Program. Experience with behavior management, adventure-based and experiential learning, group process and early childhood development preferred. Possibility for 10- or 12- month schedule. Experience working with children and Bachelor’s degree required.

SUCCESS SCHOOL CLINICIAN Master’s-level clinical staff to provide individual, group, and family therapy as well as case management services to students within a collaborative alternative school program. Ten- and 12-month position needed. Master’s degree required, license preferred. Supervision toward LCMH or LICSW available.

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Service coordination responsibilities include the promotion of a high quality of life and person-centered planning for individuals with developmental disabilities following agency, state and federal guidelines. Also responsible for coordination of supported employment services. Applicants should have good supervisory, communication, writing and computer skills. Must have a high degree of enthusiasm for facilitation of relationships, innovative support, problem solving, and the creative pursuit of dreams and goals. Bachelor’s degree in human services or its equivalent required. This is a full-time position with full benefits.

Behavior Interventionists

Full-time positions providing 1:1 or small group therapeutic intervention for children across environments. Applicants should have behavior management skills, flexibility, patience, ability to work with a team and ability to provide comprehensive and intensive therapeutic services for young/elementary-aged or high school children with developmental disabilities. High School diploma required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Community Integration Specialist

Part-time positions available providing community support and services to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Children Youth and Family Services Clinician

Children, Youth and Family Services Division seeks a clinician to work in its CUPS Program. Responsible for coordination of services to children and adolescents who have or are at risk of developing emotional/behavioral challenges and their families.

Qualifications include a Master’s degree in counseling/psychology, experience in early childhood development, a commitment to quality child care in the Lamoille Valley and the ability to work as a team member and collaborate with community partners.

This is a part-time position with flexible hours.

Human Resources Lamoille County Mental Health Services 275 Brooklyn Street, Morrisville, VT 05661 Lamoille County Mental Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Shared Living Provider (half time – 15 days per month) sought for a man who loves fishing, helping around the house or farm, and attending sporting events. Experience supporting people with challenging behaviors required. Annual $20,000 TAX-FREE STIPEND and ongoing support and training provided. Contact Marisa Hamilton at 865-6173 or MarisaH@HowardCenter.org.

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HCS seeks energetic and self-directed people interested in growing both professionally and personally for Direct Support positions. Variety of schedules available in Vergennes, Starksboro, Jericho, Burlington and surrounding areas. Comprehensive pro-rated benefits with positions of 20/hr/wk. Entry $11.02 - $13.08/hr, .44.5 per mile reimbursement, & opportunities for advancement. Contact Sue Smithson at 652-2114 or SueS@HowardCenter.org

Human Resources, Champlain College P.O. Box 670, Burlington, VT 05402-0670.

Email to: HR@champlain.edu or fax to: 802-860-2713.

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Mental Health Clinician

Early Childhood Mental Health Program looking for committed, flexible, creative person to join a small, supportive team providing family support, case management, and consultation to families with young children and their childcare providers.

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Early Childhood Mental Health Program seeking energetic, creative team player to provide living skills support to young children in community, home settings, or classroom settings. Position works closely with clinical team supporting child and family, and includes interaction with parents to support children’s success.

Early evening and/or weekend hours may be required.

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Are you creative AND analytical? We need an entry-level, detail-oriented direct marketer to set up and run our website’s affiliate & email programs (including To place an employment ad call Brown creative!) and analyze the Michelle results. Email, website865-1020 & html programming required. Search Engine Optimization, Pay-per-Click & Affiliate Program experience a plus.

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COORDINATOR, NORTHERN LIGHTS CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD & AFTERSCHOOL PROFESSIONALS

Lake Champlain Chocolates, 750 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401

Vermont Northern Lights Career Development Center seeks a full-time Coordinator to join its dynamic team to continue to build a unified and coordinated professional development system for early childhood and afterschool professionals in Vermont.

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The qualified candidate will have a Master’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience.

Experience in data management, outreach, and curriculum development desirable. Competitive salary and excellent benefit package. For complete posting, see www.ccv.edu.

Send resume, cover letter, 3 references and 500-word writing sample by July 28, 2006, to: DR. REBECCA WERNER, CCV PO BOX 120, WATERBURY VT 05676.

CCV IS EOE/ADA COMPLIANT. APPLICANTS NEEDING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD CONTACT JOYCE JUDY AT: 802-241-1180.

City of Montpelier

Vice President for Land Conservation Interested in working for a successful organization helping to conserve Vermont’s productive landscape? We are seeking applications to direct and manage our land conservation programs, including supporting, supervising and evaluating the work of VLT’s Field Team. This position is a member of VLT’s senior management team and participates fully in organizational planning, development and assessment efforts, and works externally with a diverse array of federal, state and local agencies; private nonprofit entities; local organizations; and individuals.

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as natural resources, agriculture, forestry, or natural resources planning, plus a minimum of five years of directly relevant management experience in the conservation field or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired.

Ideal candidate will have a solid track record in developing external relationships, organizing and engaging communities, managing teams, developing policy and implementing new programs; and bring substantial experience in creatively structuring conservation projects. Appreciation of community issues and the ability to communicate land ethic values are critical.

Salary based on experience and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

To apply, send resume and cover leTTer To: Search Committee Vermont Land Trust 8 Bailey Avenue, Montpelier, VT 05602 Position will remain opened until August 4.

For more information and job description, visit www.vlt.org.

DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT City of Montpelier, Vermont (pop. 8,100)

Montpelier, the capital city of Vermont, is accepting applications for the position of Planning & Development Director, a Department Head position reporting directly to the City Manager. The position currently manages the development review, zoning administration, land use planning, community development, housing, revolving loan fund, GIS, website and other related functions as well as many special projects. Director supervises 3.5 FTE’s, $320,000 general fund budget, $500,000 in community development funds and several grant-funded projects. Work involves close cooperation and coordination with many citizen boards including the Planning Commission, Development Review Board, Design Review Committee, Montpelier Historic Preservation Commission (CLG), Montpelier Downtown Community Association, Conservation Commission, City Council and others. Attendance at many evening meetings is necessary.

Successful applicant will have an advanced degree in land use planning, community development, or related field, at least 5 years demonstrated experience in municipal planning/land use regulation, understanding and familiarity with federal and state funding programs, successful history in grant writing, administration and project implementation, and a proven ability to manage multiple high-priority projects with multiple funding sources. Experience with and knowledge of Vermont land use regulations and planning processes is desired. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, a strong work ethic, good public presentation/discussion skills, grace under pressure and solid departmental management ability are needed.

Annual salary negotiable based on experience and qualifications; salary is currently budgeted at $54,871. Excellent benefits package. Montpelier is an equal opportunity employer. Submissions will be considered until position is filled. Please submit letter and resume by August 7, 2006 to:

William J. Fraser, City Manager, City Hall 39 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602-2950.

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7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT Community Program Manager

needed for the Vermont Arts Council, a statewide private nonprofit, to promote high-quality arts programming. Develops, manages, and coordinates grants and services for the arts in creation, presentation, and community development.

Director of Early Childhood Connection The Early Childhood Connection of Chittenden County seeks a dynamic director with strong commitment to and knowledge of early childhood issues. The mission of the Connection is to enhance our community’s ability to support the development of young children and their families. Qualified applicants will demonstrate excellent leadership, communication, and financial management skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders.

Requirements: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education, health or human services-related field, or equivalent experience and education. Experience in the field of Early Childhood and nonprofit management preferred. Please send cover letter and resume to:

Gail Rafferty, Baird Center, 1138 Pine St., Burlington, VT 05401 or email to: gailra@howardcenter.org.

Requires relevant Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 3 years experience, excellent teamwork skills, ability to manage multiple priorities, knowledge of current issues in the arts, good oral and written communications skills, good organization skills, and a strong desire and ability to make best use of technology to enhance effectiveness.

Please review full job description and requirements, and get copy of job application form at www.vermontartscouncil.org or request from jpelletier@vermontartscouncil.org. Apply by July 14 to: Vermont Arts Council, 136 State Street, Drawer 33, Montpelier, VT 05633-6001, with letter of interest, job application form and resume, 3 writing samples and list of 3 professional references.

Telecommunications Project Technician BURLINGTON TELECOM City of Burlington Want to work on one of the most advanced fiber-to-the home networks in the world? Want to do so in a small, informal, friendly and supportive atmosphere? Burlington Telecom is looking for energetic, motivated individual responsible for all installation, repair and upgrades of the existing City communication network. This person will receive requests and execute adds, moves, changes to phone and data service for various City departments.

If you like working in a small, flexible group where you can have an immediate impact on system outcomes please visit our website to learn more: www.burlingtontelecom.com. We might have your dream opportunity!

If you are interested, please send a cover letter, resume and completed City of Burlington application by July 25th to:

HR Dept. 131 Church St., Burlington, VT 05401 For a complete description of this position or an application, visit our website at www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us or contact Human Resources at 802-865-7145.

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

Adjunct Instructor Positions The following adjunct instructor positions are available in September teaching in our Hospitality & Restaurant Management Bachelor’s Program, on the Essex campus.

Master’s degree required.

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Fundamentals of Accounting Food Management II Strategic Planning in the Hospitality Industry Personal and Professional Development III

The following adjunct instructor positions are available in September teaching in our Hospitality & Restaurant Management Associates Program, on the Essex campus.

Bachelor’s degree required.

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Introduction to Wines Table Service Computer Applications Kitchen Fundamentals Interpersonal Communications Public Speaking

For more information, visit our website at www.neci.edu. To apply for above positions, please send resume and cover letter indicating position of interest to:

greatjobs@neci.edu.

ACADEMIC SKILLS ADVISOR FULL-TIME, VSC GRADE 11,VSC-UPVT/ PAT POSITION Johnson State College is seeking an Academic Skills Advisor to advise traditional, non-traditional, and at-risk college students; and to assist with first year programming as well as with overall program planning.

Required qualifications are a Master’s degree in adult education, counseling or a related field plus two to four years of relevant teaching, counseling and administrative experience or a combination thereof.

Please send a letter of interest, résumé, and the names of three references to:

Karen Madden, Academic Support Services Director karen.madden@jsc.vsc.edu EOE

Share our passion for culinary arts? Visit www.neci.edu

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EMPLOYMENT John Graham Shelter AmeriCorps Position

Customer Service

Great service opportunity and a chance to make a big difference! As the Shelter Assistant at the John Graham Shelter in Vergennes, you’ll work with homeless individuals and families, as well as volunteers, to build trusting relationships, foster empowerment and assist with the transition from homelessness to housing. The ideal candidate will be compassionate, have excellent communication and computer skills, and have experience in working with a variety of clients. Full-time benefits include $12,325 living allowance, $4725 education award, training opportunities, and health insurance for an 11-month commitment. Go online at www.johngrahamshelter.org for a position description, then send a resume and two letters of reference before August 1 to:

Isis, located in Burlington, VT, provides a distinctive line of women’s outdoor apparel. We are looking for a Retail Customer Service representative. Job responsibilities include answering phones, processing orders/ credit cards, answering questions from end users, filing and other duties as assigned. The successful candidate will provide excellent customer service and be able to process end user requests in a timely manner. Requires strong phone, data entry and computer skills.

Must be detail-oriented, able to problem-solve, manage several tasks at once and take initiative. Must thrive in a high-energy and fast-paced environment. Positive attitude, enthusiasm and an ability to exhibit grace under pressure are musts! Prior customer service or sales experience a plus. Send resume to:

elizabeth@johngrahamshelter.org or mail to: The John Graham Shelter 69 Main Street, Vergennes, Vermont 05491

ISIS, Attn: Jean, 1 Mill Street, Suite 126, Burlington, VT 05401 or email to: jean@isisforwomen.com.

ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR The Burlington Housing Authority is looking for a part-time Activities Coordinator for its three high-rise buildings for seniors and adults with disabilities. The Activities Coordinator will be responsible for planning and implementing the activities and trips for the residents at Decker Towers, Champlain Apartments and South Square.

This position will also provide assistance with residents’ individual needs, including referrals to collaborating agencies.

The ideal candidate will have a college degree in Human Services with a strong knowledge of social services networks, effective verbal and written communication skills, experience working with various populations, and excellent organizational skills.

The part-time Activities Coordinator will work between 20 and 25 hours per week and will be paid on an hourly basis. Resumes will be accepted until July 26, 2006.

Please send resume and cover letter to:

Sarah Russell, Resident Services Coordinator Burlington Housing Authority 65 Main Street Burlington, Vermont 05401 srussell@burlingtonhousing.org BHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Field Associate VPIRG is looking for a mission-driven grassroots organizer with strong communications and project management skills to join our efforts to help educate and mobilize Vermonters to defend the public interest. The Field Associate will work under the guidance of the Field and Communications Director to grow VPIRG’s grassroots activist base and motivate them through innovative, inspiring, action-oriented communications. This position offers a unique opportunity for professional development and growth as you work on cutting edge issues affecting Vermont and the nation.

Qualifications: The right candidate will have 2 years of experience in activist-oriented communications and community organizing, will possess strong writing and public speaking skills, and will be politically savvy and strategic in his or her work. Fundraising experience a plus. Candidates must be detail-oriented and able to work evening/weekend hours as necessary.

A full job description is available on our website: www.vpirg.org. Competitive salary. Excellent benefits. Equal opportunity employer. Position open until filled.

Send cover letter and resume to:

Leesa Stewart, VPIRG 141 Main St., Ste. 6, Montpelier, VT 05602 Fax: 802-223-6855 • Email: vpirg@vpirg.org

ISIS is an equal opportunity employer.

Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Staff Accountant Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program is seeking an experienced business manager to provide financial and accounting support for its direct service operations. Responsibilities include refugee cash assistance, A/P, A/R, GL, and financial reporting; proficiency with MS Office/Excel and accounting programs (QuickBooks, Fund-EZ, etc.) is essential and experience with nonprofit and federal fund accounting practices is desirable. Additional duties include occasional administrative support. Preference given to bilingual candidates. FT, competitive salary, excellent benefits.

VRRP is a field office of U.S. Committee for Refugees & Immigrants. USCRI is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. No phone calls, please. Submit a resume with a cover letter describing your interest, qualifications, and salary history to: Nada Popovac Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program 462 Hegeman Ave., Suite 101 Colchester, VT 05446 npopovac@uscrivt.org

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7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT Office Coordinator The Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union REACH! Project seeks energetic candidates for the following positions:

Site CoordinatorS for:

• Hardwick elementary School (.5 f.t.e. year round) • Wolcott elementary School (.5 f.t.e. school year) Ideal qualifications for this position include excellent organizational, interpersonal, communication, and fiscal management skills; flexibility to meet varied task and time demands; prior experience hiring and supervising staff; ability to work with youth and diverse populations; familiarity with community resources.

Experience working in a school setting highly desirable.

Position will begin August 2006.

To apply, send letter of interest and resume to:

Jeff fournier reaCH! Project director Po Box 368 Hardwick, Vt 05843 802.472.6511, ext. 116.

COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Lead Paint Project Specialist The City of Burlington seeks a full-time, temporary Lead Paint Project Specialist to provide technical assistance to property owners in the identification and control of lead paint hazards, and to work with lead abatement contractors to make homes lead safe. Experience in lead hazard control, project management, or construction preferred. Submit City of Burlington application, cover letter and resume by July 14th, 2006 to:

HR 131 Church St., Burlington, VT 05401.

For complete job descriptions, please visit our website at: www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us, or contact by phone: 865-7145.

Vermont Works for Women (formerly Northern New England Tradeswomen) seeks an energetic, well-organized and efficient individual with an interest in programs that support women and girls to function as the organization’s Office Coordinator. Major responsibilities include administrative support to staff, database management, light computer and office machine trouble-shooting, answering multiline telephone system and activities related to coordinating the work of a terrific board of directors. Candidate must be organized and self-directed with experience working in an office setting.

Necessary skills include knowledge of MS office applications, an ability to interact professionally with a wide variety of people, ability to multitask and to work in a collaborative team setting.

This is a 32-hour (5 days a week) position with benefits. Interested candidates should send resume and cover letter to:

Lily DeForge Vermont Works for Women 51 Park Street, Essex Jct., VT 05452

Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE.

SECURITY

LAMOILLE AMBULANCE SERVICE Burlington operations

DOCUMENTATION WRITER Vermont Information Processing, Inc. sells its software products and IBM AS/400 hardware to beverage distributors throughout the United States. We currently have an opening for a Documentation Writer.

This position is for a person to develop and update documentation and training materials (online help, manuals, CBTs, and multimedia presentations) on the operation and use of the VIP software. Above all, the successful candidate must have the ability to figure out what people need to know and have the excellent writing skills to make it happen. We are looking for a detail-oriented person who is organized, likes to work independently, and is not afraid of learning new technologies. Experience writing documentation using RoboHelp is a plus, but we are willing to train an excellent writer who is enthusiastic about helping people learn computers.

On-site daycare is available. Interested candidates should send or email a cover letter and resume to:

Susan Park, susan@vtinfo.com Vermont Information Processing, Inc. 402 Watertower Circle, Colchester, Vermont 05446.

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Now Hiring Part-Time:

EMT-Is & EMT-Bs

Transportation Security Officers Burlington International Airport

to fill both full and part-time openings.

Officers provide security and protection for air travelers, airports and aircraft.

Clean driving record, motivated and team-oriented individuals encouraged to apply.

Starting at $12.72 per hour Plus Benefits (Includes 12.52% Locality Pay) Minimum Requirements: U.S. Citizenship or U.S. National • High school diploma, GED or equivalent, or one year of security or aviation screening experience • English proficiency • Pre-employment medical evaluation • Pass a background/credit check

Pay will be based on level of experience. Base rate: $10.50/HR.

Please apply online at: http://tsacareers.recruitsoft.com 1-800-887-1895 TTY: 1-800-887-5506

Call 800-639-2082.

TSA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT) is a nonprofit association of farmers, gardeners and consumers working to promote an economically viable and ecologically sound Vermont food system.

Vermont Organic Farmers Organic Certification Administrative Assistant Vermont Organic Farmers, a Limited Liability Corporation of NOFA-VT, is seeking an administrative assistant to work on the organic certification program out of our Richmond, VT office. The position is responsible for correspondence pertaining to new and renewing certification applicants, including: maintenance of files, answering farmer questions about organic certification, updating the database, and providing administrative support for the Certification Review Committee and Executive Committee. The position may include seasonal on-farm certification inspection work. We are seeking someone with excellent administrative skills, and experience with gardening, farming or organic agriculture in general. The position will be filled immediately.

Certification Inspector NOFA-VT is hiring two organic certification inspectors for seasonal work, with primary responsibility for dairy farm inspections. Inspectors are primarily responsible for verifying farmers’ compliance with organic certification standards. Applicants must have on-farm dairy experience.

Please send letter of interest and resume to:

info@nofavt.org or mail to: Enid Wonnacott, NOFA-VT PO Box 697, Richmond, VT 05477

– SHAPE THE FUTURE OF VERMONT’S YOUTH – Join the Vermont Youth Tomorrow AmeriCorps*VISTA program The Vermont Youth Tomorrow program places AmeriCorps*VISTA members at cuttingedge, nonprofit organizations around Vermont. Our team members receive a living allowance, health care benefits, professional skill building training; and after completing a year of service their choice of a $1200 stipend, or a $4725 education award. Members can also put qualified student loans in forbearance.

VYT is looking for select individuals interested in spending a year in AmeriCorps*VISTA service supporting and shaping the future of Vermont’s youth through community-based organizations. Team members build experience in: Youth development & education, Program development, Grant writing, Community outreach, Volunteer management, and much more!

Do you want to contribute to a cause that counts? Contact us today.

Positions available in various locations around Vermont including, Brattleboro, Burlington, Londonderry, Montpelier, Newport, and Rutland.

For further information contact: Leslie Aldridge, Team Leader Vermont Youth Tomorrow AmeriCorps*VISTA program Phone: 802-229-9151 • Email: serveVTyouth@adelphia.net

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EMPLOYMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS BURLINGTON SCHOOLS

SVD10552 Farm-to-School Parent Coord Edmunds Elementary SVD9585 Site Coord, Burl After-School

SOUTH BURLINGTON SD Rick Marcotte Central School SVD11062 School’s Out Dir Chamberlin School SVD11060 School’s Out Dir Orchard School SVD11061 School’s Out Dir

South Burlington High School SVD10800 Tech Ed Tchr, 50% SVD10679 Spanish Tchr, 20% SVD10406 Speech/Lang Path Asst (SLPA) F H Tuttle Middle School SVD10978 Para-educator Level I SVD10979 Para-educator Level I SVD10985 Para-educator Level II SVD11073 Para-educator Level III Rick Marcotte Central School SVD11063 Phys Ed Tchr, 25% Chamberlin School SVD10977 Para Level III 06/07 Sch Yr

ADDISON CENTRAL SU

Center for Tech, Essex SVD11157 Transportation Coord

SVD10295 Early Child SPED Tchr, 80% SVD10835 Secretary/Recept Clerical Asst, 50% Middlebury High School SVD10993 Alt Ed Prog Para Bridport Elementary School SVD10754 Licensed Spec Ed, 50% Shoreham Elementary School SVD11143 Classroom Para SVD11142 School Secretary Weybridge Elementary School SVD10335 Math Tchr, 40% SVD11188 Grade 1 Class Asst

FRANKLIN NORTHEAST SU

ADDISON NORTHEAST SU

BARRE SU

Barre City Elem. & Middle School SVD10705 Special Ed Administrator SVD10795 Business Mgr

SPRINGFIELD SD

SVD10733 Dir of Curr, Instr & Assess SVD10967 Special Ed Dir

CHITTENDEN CENTRAL SU

SVD11081 Site Coord

CHITTENDEN SOUTH SU

Charlotte Central School SVD11080 CY Mentoring Prog Coord

TEACHING & STAFF POSITIONS BURLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SVD9082 Assist, Burl After-School SVD9972 Child Care Lead Instr SVD9716 Driver SVD11177 Sch Nurse, Super 0.26 FTE Burlington High School SVD10293 Intens Spec Needs Tchr, 0.5 FTE SVD9081 JV Cross Country Coach SVD10380 School Nurse, 0.2 FTE H.O. Wheeler SVD10794 Elementary, 4th Grade Champlain Elementary SVD10991 Literacy Spec, SPED Edmunds Middle School SVD10197 Special Ed Hunt Middle School SVD10615 Music Tchr, 1/2 Year Burlington Technical Center SVD10667 Para, culinary assistant

COLCHESTER SD

SVD9658 Autism Spec SVD11195 Instr Assistant/Tutor(s) Colchester High School SVD11090 Alt Ed Tchr 50% (1 Yr Only) SVD9624 Business Ed Tchr 40% SVD11086 Choral Music Tchr 40% SVD8369 Head Cook SVD11087 Planning Room Tchr SVD8951 Special Ed Tchr Union Memorial School SVD11091 Title I Tutor

SOUTH BURLINGTON SD

SVD5603 Sub Food Services Workers

SVD2980 Sub Tchrs & Assistants Beeman Elementary School SVD10917 Edal Assistant (Antic) SVD10611 Edal Assistants Mt. Abraham Union High School SVD11026 Latin 7-12 (Antic) Bristol Elementary School SVD10536 Edal Assistants Robinson Elementary SVD11038 Planning Rm Support

FRANKLIN CENTRAL SU

St. Albans City School SVD9752 Speech/Lang Path, 60% SVD10451 Gr 5 Tchr (Middle Level Cert) SVD10940 After-School Prog Coord SVD10364 Consulting Tchr SVD10363 ESL Tchr, 50% SVD9514 School Nurse/Assoc.

SVD9516 Special Educator (Elem Level) St. Albans Town School SVD10821 Computer Lab Assistant SVD10965 Special Educator B.F.A. St. Albans SVD10906 Business Tchr (Antic) SVD10634 Chemistry/Physics Tchr SVD10500 German Tchr (LT Sub, 1st Trimester) SVD10501 Latin Tchr (LT Sub, 1st Trimester) SVD9822 Para-Educator Franklin Central SU SVD10439 Admin Asst Early Child Progs SVD10290 Dir Early Child Advisory Council SVD6738 Sub Tchr for Early Child Progs

FRANKLIN WEST SU

Bellows Free Academy Fairfax SVD10619 One on One Para SVD10618 Speech/Lang Path Asst SVD10620 Stu Support Center Para SVD4782 Sub Tchr

BARRE SU

Barre Town Middle/ Elementary SVD11136 MS Field Hockey Coach SVD9452 French Tchr LT Sub (Gr 5-8) SVD10784 Lang Arts /Soc Studies Tchr SVD10783 School Couns (Gr 5-8) SVD10579 Speech/Lang Path SVD10596 Speech/Lang Path 50% SVD9449 Tech Ed Tchr (Gr 6-8) Barre City Elem. & Middle School SVD10393 EEE Tchr / SLP SVD10394 Grade 1–4 Writing Tchr SVD10395 Grade 3-5 Phys Ed Tchr Spaulding HS & Barre Tech Center SVD10817 Basketball Coach (JV Boys ) SVD10826 Behavior Interventionist SVD10816 Cheerleading Coach SVD10815 Field Hockey Coach - JV SVD10814 Football Assistant Coaches SVD10828 Home School Coord SVD10818 Student Council Advisor SVD10819 Student Newspaper Advisor

SPRINGFIELD SD

SVD10385 Information Tech Dir Springfield High School SVD10331 Science Tchr, ½ time Riverside Middle School SVD11003 Tech Ed Tchr Union Street School SVD10907 Nurse/Health Educator River Valley Technical Center SVD7681 Adult Ed Instrs

CHITTENDEN EAST SU

Browns River Middle School SVD10557 Head of Maint/Grounds SVD10994 Planning Room Super Camel’s Hump Middle School SVD11000 Special Educator SVD10635 Speech/Lang Path Jericho Elementary School SVD11076 Elem Sch Librarian (Antic) Mt. Mansfield Union High School SVD10630 English Tchr, 80% SVD10573 Latin I Tchr, 20% SVD10574 Health & Phys Ed Tchr, 40% SVD11008 Alternative Prog Assistant SVD10597 Custodian/Maintenance SVD11002 Speech/Lang Assistant SVD11001 Writing Tutor, Spec Asst Richmond Elementary School SVD10550 Assistant Secretary Chittenden East SU SVD11010 Individual Assistants SVD11011 Instral/Prog Assistants SVD10586 SPED Admin Assistant SVD11009 Speech/Lang Path Asst

CHITTENDEN CENTRAL SU

SVD10661 SPED - Behavior Spec SVD5360 Sub Positions Essex High School SVD9919 Design/Tech Ed. Tchr/Para SVD10169 Health Tchr SVD10350 Individual Assistant SVD10348 Mainstream Teaching Asst SVD10763 Mainstream Teaching Asst SVD10855 Maintenance Tech SVD10863 Phys Ed Tchr SVD9584 Spanish Tchr Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School SVD11155 Girls’ Soccer Coach SVD10398 Mainstream TA/Soc Support Coord

Summit Street Elementary School SVD9851 Mainstream Teaching Asst Westford Elementary School SVD10653 Early Child SPED SVD10660 Mainstream Tching Asst SVD9497 Music Tchr Center for Tech, Essex SVD10005 Building Tech Instr Aide SVD10007 Business Academy Instr Aide SVD8586 Comp Systems Tech Tching Asst SVD11165 English Tchr SVD10638 Fine Arts Tchr SVD11160 Health Tchr SVD10008 Natural Res Instr Aide SVD11164 Phys Ed SVD10004 Pre-Tech Instr Aide Essex Junction Recreation and Parks SVD9996 Licensed Child Care Site Coord Essex Junction Food Service SVD11167 Cafeteria Worker Essex High School Athletic Office SVD11156 V Cheerleading Coach Fall 2006 SVD11158 V Cheerleading Coach Winter 06-07

FRANKLIN NORTHEAST SU

SVD9815 Early Ed Special Educator Enosburg Falls Middle/High School SVD11007 MS Math Tchr (Antic) SVD11005 Bio/Phys/Enviro Science Tchr SVD11006 Special Educator Richford Jr-Sr High School SVD10880 Special Ed Para SVD9292 Junior High Math Tchr SVD9696 Special Ed Tchr

CHITTENDEN SOUTH SU

SVD10244 PT Occupat Therapist (OTR) Williston School District SVD11021 Food Service SVD10696 Special Educator SVD11019 World Lang LT Sub, Spanish/ French SVD11018 World Lang LT Sub, French Hinesburg Community School SVD10710 Enrichment Tchr, 40% Charlotte Central School SVD11198 Behavior Spec Champlain Valley Union High School SVD11154 Admin Assistant SVD10604 Custodial Night Super SVD11197 Paras – Immed Opening SVD11191 Supervisory Aide, Sch Yr SVD11196 Teaching Asst/Para

RUTLAND CITY SCHOOLS

SVD8576 Para-educator SVD11077 Special Ed Tchr Northeast Primary SVD11049 LTS Kinder Tchr Rutland Intermediate School SVD11047 LTS, Elem Tchr SVD11046 LTS, SPED Tchr 8/24 SVD11048 LTS, SPED Tchr, 11/9 Rutland High School SVD10009 Mathematics Rutland Middle/High School SVD8574 Speech/Lang Path Northeast/Northwest Primary SVD9672 Speech/Lang Path

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7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT Line Cook

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Smart Suites is seeking full/part-time GUEST SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES

for high-quality, Vermont freshfrom-scratch restaurant. Detailoriented, recipe-driven, experience preferred but not necessary.

Night closing position. Call Chef Doug Mack for an interview at:

Previous Front Desk experience preferred.

Apply in person at: Bristol, VT innatbaldwincreek.com

1700 Shelburne Road South Burlington, VT

Waterbury Wings Restaurant and Bar. 35-45 hrs/wk, Great Starting Wage w/Experience.

Apply in person: ask for Mike or Andrew.

Waterbury Wings, 1 South Main Street.

No phone calls, please.

802-453-2432.

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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner

VHCB is seeking a full-time bookkeeper to assist the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nance team in all aspects of bookkeeping within a fund accounting/grant oriented environment. This individual will have responsibility for processing the Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transactions relating to accounts payable, payroll, project and operating disbursements, and various other transactions of the organization.The Bookkeeper will assist the ďŹ nance team in the preparation of monthly ďŹ nancial statements, annual budget, and year-end audit.

QualiďŹ cations include: minimum three to ďŹ ve years wellrounded experience in all aspects of bookkeeping, including payroll processing & reporting; knowledge/experience with non-proďŹ t and/or governmental fund accounting preferred; proďŹ ciency in accounting software, spreadsheet applications, and word-processing programs. Attention to detail, concern for accuracy, excellent communicator, and a curious nature are essential characteristics; ability to work well with others as part of a team in a fast paced environment, a priority.

Please send resume and cover letter to: Laurie Graves, VHCB, 149 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. The position is open until ďŹ lled.The job description is posted at www.vhcb. org under "Employment" or call 828-3250 to request a copy by mail. EOE.

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The Dartmouth College Health Service is seeking Physician Assistants and/or Nurse Practitioners to provide primary outpatient medical care and health promotion to our dynamic student community. College health experience is desirable, but not required. Must be eligible for N.H. State License, registration with DEA and N.H. State Board of Pharmacy.

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Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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Vermont Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Society, a nonprofit child welfare agency is seeking a part-time person to supply reception, clerical and administrative support. This person needs to be organized, energetic, and provide a positive, professional attitude to our staff and clients. Experience in MS Office and a high school diploma a must. Need to work independently and within a team setting. Please send resume and cover letter to:

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Senior Web Account Manager

MAINTENANCE Full-time position in our Maintenance Dept.

Responsibilities include general maintenance of all facilities and systems including electrical, plumbing, HVAC, painting, pool maintenance & driving airport shuttle. Must have valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license.

Flexible Shift.

Can you juggle flaming keyboards, grenades, and eggs? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for candidates that understand design on the web, the underlying technologies, and have the communication and organization skills to deliver them. Minimum of 3 years experience in a similar position in

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a hyperactive web agency environment.

We are now accepting applications for a full-time AM/PM cook in Trader Dukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant.

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web design, marketing and application development studio located in Burlington, VT. We offer appropriate web-based solutions to a wide range of leading organizations (rockstars, resorts, B2B, B2C). Retirement, health, and quality of life benefits in a mod work environment.

DOUBLETREE HOTEL BURLINGTON 1117 Williston Rd, So Burlington, VT EOE

Career Development Assistant Director Under the supervision of the Director, the Assistant Director will develop and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with employers, faculty, staff, alumni and students of Norwich University to enhance and improve the career search and hiring processes for all constituencies, and to develop a limited internship program. Please see complete ad at: www.norwich.edu/jobs.

Requirements: Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree and 2-5 years of experience in career development, marketing, training or in similar functions requiring excellent organizational, interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills; solid working knowledge of Internet, job search software and Microsoft Office. Self-motivated, team player. Sense of humor a plus! Outstanding customer service is a priority. Some travel is involved, as well as occasional evening and weekend work.

Please send resume and cover letter to: CDC Search Committee-S, Norwich University 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield VT 05663 or email jobs@norwich.edu.

Norwich offers a comprehensive benefit package including health and dental.

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Experienced Cooks Needed! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No Place Like Homeâ&#x20AC;?

QUALITY ASSURANCE STAFF NURSE (30 Hours/Week) ACHHH is seeking a Quality Assurance Staff Nurse to work directly with the QA Coordinator and clinical staff.

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Human Resources ACHHH P.O. Box 754 Middlebury, Vermont 05753

PHYSICAL SCIENCES TECHNICIAN

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Norwich Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Division of Math and Science seeks a physical science technician to support the academic mission of the Department of Chemistry, Geology and Physics.

Typical duties include preparing introductory laboratories, maintaining equipment, supplies and storerooms, repairing instruments, and coordinating chemical waste disposal. To accommodate the diverse needs of the various disciplines, the technician must manage time effectively, possess flexibility, be willing to develop unfamiliar skills, and communicate clearly with the Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program directors. A Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree related to science or engineering is required; a Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree is preferred.

City Market is looking for Cooks with proven abilities to make exciting menu options for our hot food bar. Applicants must be team players and have cooking experience (preferably in a production kitchen), effective communication skills, great customer service talents and a sense of humor.

Interested applicants should send a letter of introduction, a resume, and the names and addresses of 3 references to: Physical Sciences Technician Search-S, Human Resources, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663 or email jobs@norwich.edu.

The candidate must be a citizen or permanent resident. Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

For further information only, contact Joseph Rizzolo rizzolo@norwich.edu , Search Committee Chair, at 802485 2310.

Norwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees and their family members.

We offer fantastic benefits including medical, dental, life and vision, retirement plan, generous paid time off, store discount, mass transit reimbursement, health club discounts and much more!

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7D CLASSIFIEDSEMPLOYMENT & WINE SELLERS

Bookstore Seeking full-time temporary help mid-July through first week of September. Learn many skills while on the job. Enjoy a great campus environment. Very limited weekend and evening hours.

Apply at Champlain College Bookstore:

JOYCE LEARNING CENTER 371 MAPLE STREET, BURLINGTON, VT Or send resume to: bkstore@champlain.edu.

No phone calls, please.

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Fundraising Events Manager Reporting to the President, the Fundraising Events Manager coordinates, plans, organizes, markets and manages special events, such as the Penguin Plunge (now in 3 locations), the Law Enforcement Torch Run, and the Spinning Marathon.

This individual will also cultivate business relationships to raise funds to support Special Olympics Vermont programs and will solicit in-kind donations. A tremendous opportunity for a self-starter with excellent interpersonal skills, requires attention to detail while overseeing large-scale events, and the ability to work nights and weekends. Quality applicants will have a B.A and experience with event planning and volunteer management.

Connor Homes in Middlebury, Vermont, is seeking a pivotal new member for our architecture department. Experience in residential designing and or building essential. Required skills are thoughtful design skills, residential wood framing experience, interest in period detailing and ability to review plans for accuracy. Skilled in AutoCAD, comfort level in learning new software, background in residential building and ease in talking with customers essential. Will pay above industry salary standards for the right candidate.

Connor Homes specializes in custom designing and building period reproduction home packages for shipment.

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Full- & half-time AmeriCorps service positions available with nonprofit affordable housing & land conservation organizations throughout Vermont including Burlington, Montpelier, Barre, Waterbury, & West Rutland. Commitment from 9/27/06 to 8/31/07. $12,325 stipend, $4725 education award, health benefits & diverse training opportunities.

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SMALL GROWING CORPORATION IN THE CHITTENDEN, GRAND ISLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY AREAS IS LOOKING FOR AN IN-HOUSE COUNCIL TO HANDLE ALL MATTERS OF A CHANGING, MULTIFUNCTION BUSINESS. AREAS OF INTEREST: REAL ESTATE, CORPORATE AND PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS AND RESEARCH. APPROPRIATE CANDIDATE MUST BE VERMONT BAR CERTIFIED, HAVE A POSITIVE, MOTIVATED ATTITUDE, GOOD, STRONG COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND FLEXIBLITY. THE RIGHT INDIVIDUAL WILL BE WORKING UNSUPERVISED FROM THEIR HOME. THIS IS A FULL-TIME SALARY POSITION WITH BENEFITS. PLEASE SUBMIT RESUME WITH SALARY REQUIREMENTS TO:

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc., a full-service consulting engineering firm, seeks a FULL-TIME or PART-TIME Administrative Assistant to provide support for its Burlington, Vermont, office staff.

Individual will be responsible for general administrative functions. Position requires a minimum of 1 to 3 years related work experience. High school diploma required, some college preferred. Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and other computer applications is required. (JOB CODE: EJF10606) Send resume, citing JOB CODE, to: HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC. Manager of Human Resources 150 Dow Street, Manchester, NH 03101 or email to: jhann@hta-nh.com or fax to: 603-669-4168 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger Join an energetic, results-oriented statewide organization building sustainable solutions to hunger.

Development Associate The Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger has an immediate opening for a full-time associate who is well organized, energetic, responsible and a team player.

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Autism School-Based Interventionist: 37.5 hours per week.Provide direct intervention and training to foster the development of communication, social skills, adaptive behavior, daily living and academic or pre-academic skills to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Clinician in Intensive Family-Based Services: Full-time position working with children and families.Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level social work or counseling, or B.A. with four years relevant experience. Skills in family counseling, crisis intervention and community collaboration. Flexible schedule, car and ability to travel necessary.

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Position provides direct and follow-up services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, coordination and facilitation of professional trainings, and systems change work in collaboration with program partners. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Human Services or equivalent education and experience. Domestic and sexual violence knowledge highly encouraged. Public speaking experience desirable. Valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and reliable transportation required. Minorities and diverse cultural groups encouraged to apply. Send resume and cover letter by July 26, 2006 to:

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Statewide disability rights and service organization seeks motivated, detail-oriented, organized individual to provide administrative support to the Meals on Wheels Program Manager. Excellent administrative, communication and record-keeping skills required. Familiarity with MAC computers, MS Word, MS Excel, File Maker Pro helpful. Position pays $10.91 per hour with some benefits included.

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RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Burlington Work with a talented team in a fast-paced environment in our Hospital Diversion Program that assists youth in acute psychiatric crisis. Responsibilities include counseling youth, ADL (activity, daily learning), hygiene & living skills, and assisting in Treatment. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree required. FULL-TIME position W/BENEFITS. Fax resume to 802-655-8834 ATTN: Anne Peterson or email: AnnePeterson@nafi.com

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EXCELLENT BENEFITS WITH FULL HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE, VACATION, AND PAID HOLIDAYS! Fax resume to 802-864-3857 ATTN: Jennifer White or email: JenniferWhite@nafi.com NFI Vermont, 30 Airport Rd. So. Burlington, VT 05403 â&#x20AC;˘ www.nafi.com â&#x20AC;˘ EOE Bringing Vermont Children, Families & Communities Together

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NFI is an expanding, statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families seeking energetic, committed, professional team members for the following positions:

POSITIVELY IMPACTING YOUTH EVERYDAY Are you interested in: Earning more than a competitive wage?

Having the opportunity to work a flexible schedule?

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DAP (Diagnosis and Assessment Program) is looking for a new member. Responsibilities include doing one-on-one and group activities with youth both in the community and in their homes.

You would be an active member of the treatment teams and supportive to clients, foster and biological parents, and the other clinical professionals. Previous work with children with emotional/behavioral challenges required. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in related field preferred.

Must haves: â&#x20AC;˘ The ability to communicate clearly and establish fair/ reasonable limits â&#x20AC;˘ The willingness to have fun â&#x20AC;˘ The commitment to work as a team If this sounds like you, please submit your cover letter and resume to: MichelleBoyle@nafi.com â&#x20AC;˘ FAX 802-658-0126 or mail to: DAP Program - NFI Vermont, 30 Airport Road, So. Burlington, VT 05403.

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Staff Attorney Law Line of Vermont, a nonprofit legal services law firm specializing in counsel, advice, and community education to low-income Vermonters in a high-volume, telephonebased practice, seeks a full-time Attorney. This work will combine direct service with web-based community education.

Strong legal, writing and communication skills, a demonstrated commitment to public interest law, and the ability to work as part of a team are a must. Support for professional growth provided by a dynamic group with an unbeatable benefits package. Minorities, persons with disabilities, and persons with experience working with low-income people are encouraged to apply. Salary: $28,279-$43,279, depending on experience. Annual raises. Benefits include health, dental and pension.

Send letter and resume by July 28, 2006 to:

Rachel Willey Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Inc. 274 North Winooski Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 rwilley@lawlinevt.org Law Line is funded by the Legal Services Corporation and by the Vermont Bar Foundation.

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