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november 01-08, 2006 vol.12 no.11

letters

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InSIDe TrACK bY Peter FreYne

news

An irreverent take on Vermont politics

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Finally, the End Is Near!

CrAnK CALL bY Peter KUrtH

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weatherâ&#x20AC;? Report

All the news that gives us fits STATe oF THe ArTS bY PAmelA Polston

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Signs of the Times

ConSumer CorreSponDenT bY KennetH cleAver

Jamba Juice

THe LonG vIeW bY bill scHUbArt

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Fence Me Out

Ruminations from a visionary Vermonter

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Mix Up Economic Classes in the Classroom? Not in My Neighborhood School bY cAtHY resmer WAr memorIAL 11A

Aartistic Inc.; Kat Clearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bike rack; The Fever

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Planting Flags for Fallen Soldiers

bY cAndice wHite DruG AbuSe 13A

Film Targets Caregivers Who Steal Patientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Meds

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Fight the Power sAFetY Martial-arts instructor Laurie Shover teaches women to hit back

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Back of the Pack Politics Getting down with Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s independent and alternative-party candidates

bY Ken pICArD & CATHY reSmer

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Raisin Consciousness tHeAter Theater review: A Raisin in the Sun bY eLISAbeTH CreAn

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An Actor Prepared . . . tHeAter

Hardwick actor Edgar Davis turns in a powerfully taut performance as Walter Lee Younger

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UIF $ISPOJDMF “We endorse Mr. Sanders again, in his attempt to move from a distinguished career as Vermont’s independent voice in the U.S. House of Representatives to replace Vermont’s independent senator, James Jeffords.

Even if he were not running against such a highly qualified and experienced opponent as Mr. Sanders, we would have difficulty supporting Richard Tarrant for several reasons. His negative advertising campaign has substantially lowered the tone of Vermont political campaigns. We harbor the hope that he will take a bad enough beating to warn off any candidate who might be tempted to follow his lead in future elections.”

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“For his independence from corporate and political pressure, for aggressively standing behind what matters to most regular people, in short, for standing up for what he believes rather than what he thinks he needs to do to get elected, we endorse Bernie Sanders for U.S. Senate.”

K:GBDCI WOMAN “Congressman Sanders has an indisputable track record in support of the women of Vermont, from his crucial support of establishing the National Program of Cancer registries in the Center for Disease Control in the early 1990s to his more recent cosponsorship of the Federal Freedom of Choice Act in 2004 and programs in Vermont, working to increase funding for women’s small business centers, and supporting the continuation of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.”

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weeklypost The best of the Vermont blogosphere COMPILED BY CATHY RESMER

Blog: Vermont Daily Briefing

BUSTIN’ MOVES Correction to the otherwise welldone story on the dedication of “Lillian’s Bench” at Battery Park on October 8 [“Lillian’s Bench,” October 11]: Speaker Pat Morgan’s remembrance of seeing her friend Lillian, at age 93, appearing “in a belly dance costume she’d been given years before by . . . Mrs. Webb.”

While the image brought a puzzled smile to my face, it was not accurate.

Mrs. Webb gave my mother two beautiful square-dance circle skirts, which Lillian appeared in, just last year, at a talk arranged by Pat. Right subject: Lillian loved dance, and she did take up belly dancing later, but it was square dancing in Mrs. Webb’s time. I think it should be corrected for the record.

Diana Carlisle

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BURLINGTON FREE PRESS SNIPS FUNDAMENTALIST MILITARY ACADEMY FROM RAINVILLE BIO If anyone ever, ever dares ask you why you blow hundreds of hours a year reading snarky political blogs instead of edging your driveway, here’s your answer, in a nutshell.

The Burlington Free Press ran a sweeping front-page biographical feature on Martha Rainville yesterday. It focused briefly on Rainville’s childhood as a navy brat, and then jumped to a fairly in-depth consideration of her college and post-college military experiences. In general, it was nicely written and informative. In general, that is. The key graf on the Early Years: “Rainville followed in her father’s military footsteps, joining the Air Force directly after college.”

But what got lost in the narrative jump from brat to co-ed? Hmm, VDB knows there was something . . . Oh, that’s right: Rainville’s years at a Christian Fundamentalist military academy where they teach the kids to shoot from the trees.

BURLINGTON

BLAME GAME When women are assaulted, raped or killed, the response and advice is drearily the same: She, the victim, was behaving to cause the crime [“Crime Causes Students to Change Their Behavior,” October 25]. In the case of Laura Winterbottom, raped and murdered 18 months ago, the focus of the investigation was on the possibility of her dating on the Internet, an angle soon disproved; in the case of Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a recent homicide victim, I heard too many citizens asking what she was doing out late at night alone; I never heard the

And it’s not as though the Free Press can argue that the pre-college years don’t count, or are of only passing interest to voters. In fact, quite the opposite: Terri Hallenbeck argues for going back even further to find the real Martha Rainville. As she notes, “Rainville’s demeanor has its roots in her childhood.”

But not in her Christian military years, those tender teenage years at a school where the highest obligation was to obey, and the highest honor was to be known as a “Crusader”?

That’ll root your demeanor every time.

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same question asked of the person who assaulted and killed her.

This analysis and advice is bound to fail, because the focus on the victim ignores the reality that the perpetrators of most crimes against women are men, and men who specifically are infected with the oldest of society’s prejudices, women-hating, or misogyny. As in the case of the execution of the girls in Amish country by a male who separated the boys from the girls and allowed the boys to go free before he executed the girls, many, if not most, crimes against women are hate crimes, caused by men fueled with socially induced and condoned prejudice and hostility and anger toward women or girls in general, rather than a personal beef with only one female.

Like racism, which foments the lynchings of blacks and many crimes against African-Americans, or homophobia, which fires crimes against gays, violence against women occurs in every society and throughout history because of male-dominated institutions and attitudes supporting the notion that men have a right to dominate and control women and to punish them for stepping outside narrow sex roles by keeping them home, or in veils, or with male partners, or even by force.

All the directives to women to curtail their liberties and stay home will never prevent crimes against women and girls. First, 4:31 PM

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because women, like all people, love freedom, but more important because safety for women can only be secured if a revolution occurs in male attitudes and behaviors, and in the oldest and most seriously anti-female institutions: religion, law and family.

Sandy Baird BURLINGTON

DEER ME Jon Margolis [“Seen and Herd,” October 18]: Your thoughts on the deer herd in Vermont are really quite out of realm. John Buck has for years advocated that Vermont’s deer herd was 120,000 deer. This is a falsehood, based on the fact that over many years Vermont had some big winter kills — 10, 20, 30 percent. When you do the math, the figures do not jibe. The only real way to get an accurate count is to use infrared. Then we will know. But to attack a board member, Ed Gallo, shows how out of touch you are. You write only to read yourself in a rag that doesn’t have a balanced readership. Shame on you for falling in with the antis.

I have no respect for writers who fail to do their homework.

Duane Bleau BURLINGTON

GOOD SHOT I’ve just finished reading Jon Margolis’ article regarding the Vermont deer population, hunting, and management [“Seen and Herd,” October 18]. Having paid

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some attention to the issue, especially given the new rules/old debate, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m familiar with much of the rhetoric. Jonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article is one of the better-articulated, wellresearched discussions Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come across. His point to focus on the less-popular sides of the discussion is very important. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not every day people are willing to ask the hard questions, given that it might ruffle the feathers of the established hunting community. People need to be made aware of the entire situation, and not be swayed by emotional pleas, from any one side.

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ROCKINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ROLLS We read your article about bagels [â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hole Truth,â&#x20AC;? October 18] and found it to be so interesting and so informative! We enjoy going to these different bagel places and have been curious about their origins. Not only did you provide that history, but you also clarified the different viewpoints as to what goes into making a good bagel.

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SAVING FACE In reference to Wendy Tressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; letter regarding Ken Picardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Q&A with makeup artist Vivian Infantino [â&#x20AC;&#x153;Face Time,â&#x20AC;? October 11], I must add that a brief question-andanswer article can in no way accu-

rately portray a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character. I have worked with Vivian, spending a great deal of time in her chair while she expertly applied difficult theatrical make-up. In all that time, I never heard anything condescending or disrespectful come out of her mouth in regard to me, my colleagues or anyone. She struck me as an exceedingly kind and thoughtful person. At the end of the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run, I left with the hope that I would be fortunate enough to cross paths with her again. Vermont is lucky to have Vivian.

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the Old North End students; in spite of extra services, kids living in poverty continue to have lower test scores than their middleclass peers.

The task force believes SEI would remedy this disparity.

Ideally, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like each school to have roughly 47 percent of its students in the free and reduced lunch program, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to spread around English-language learners more evenly. The task force is not considering race in its redistribution, though the report notes that both Barnes and Wheeler have significantly higher percentages of minority students than do the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other elementary schools.

The task force says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just seeking to help the poor

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry those kids got dealt the parents they got. I am afraid of importing them into my school.

TOM TREAT OF THE â&#x20AC;&#x153;NO BUS FOR USâ&#x20AC;? CAMPAIGN

are already staking out their positions. A group of those who oppose the proposal have formed Burlingtonians for Responsible Change, at www.nobusforus.com, and planted lawn signs advertising an open-mike speak-out at Hunt Middle School on November 8. A group supporting the task force has launched its own website, www.burlingtonsfuture.com.

Meanwhile, many on the sidelines are wondering what this could mean for their children.

At issue is the composition of Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six elementary schools; Burlington High School and the two middle schools would be unaffected. Students typically attend whichever elementary school is closest to home, so the student body reflects the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population.

One commonly used indication of students living in poverty is enrollment in the free and reduced lunch program. At the C.P. Smith School in the New North End, 32 percent of the kids qualify for the subsidy. But more than 90 percent do at Lawrence Barnes and H.O. Wheeler, in the Old North End. The Old North End schools also educate a greater proportion of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refugee and immigrant kids; 33 percent of students at Wheeler are English-language learners, compared with just 10 percent at Smith, and 4 percent at Edmunds, on Main Street.

This distribution results in dramatically different learning environments, according to the taskforce report, which is available at the Burlington School Department website. In addition to Englishlanguage instruction, students at the Old North End schools require a variety of special learning and behavioral services, which drives up their per-pupil costs. At Barnes the price tag is $13,162 and at Wheeler $14,248, while at C.P. Smith, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only $8929.

This increased spending hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t resulted in higher test scores for

kids. The report argues, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All students should have an equal opportunity to learn from, and with, those unlike themselves.â&#x20AC;?

Task-force members have suggested three ways to implement SEI: 1. redistricting 2. creating magnet schools and 3. replacing K-5 schools with larger K-2 and 3-5 institutions. School board member and ex officio task force member Amy Werbel has said the last option is the least likely to be implemented, given the lack of support it has received so far from parents and teachers. The task force also proposes expanding pre-school, extending school hours and providing programs for parents and caregivers.

The group held a number of public forums in September and October to discuss these recommendations; the most recent took place at City Hall Auditorium last Thursday.

At the meeting, which drew about 100 participants, taskforce members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; five parents, five educators and five community representatives â&#x20AC;&#x201D; met with small groups of parents and residents to talk one on one. Before breaking into small groups, taskforce members explained why they voted the way they did.

Anne Tewksbury-Frye, a teacher at Wheeler, said she often has a disproportionately high number of challenging students in her classes. Replacing some of them with higher-achieving kids would alter the atmosphere, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I just had a few more role models, I know that things would be better.â&#x20AC;?

Tom Treat, one of the parents behind the â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Bus for Usâ&#x20AC;? campaign, dismisses her optimistic outlook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The role-model thing can go in either direction,â&#x20AC;? he warns. Treat, who has two children at C.P. Smith, worries that disruptive kids might upset his childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classroom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry those kids got dealt the parents they got,â&#x20AC;? he says. But, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am

afraid of importing them into my school.â&#x20AC;?

Treat complains that the task force hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t engaged the public in an objective discussion of SEI. He questions the data the task force has used to support its recommendation, and says examples of failed SEI experiments should have been part of the report.

He also objects to the smallgroup format of the meetings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally controlled,â&#x20AC;? he says.

He would have preferred an open-mike format, through which members of the public could address the entire group.

Treat organized an upcoming November 8 open mike to provide such a forum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I fear that we have a rogue school board that has tunnel vision,â&#x20AC;? Treat charges.

Amy Werbel disputes Treatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assessment of the meeting format.

She says the public forums were set up the way they were because SEI is a complicated issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have open-mike night,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;you have, what, 40 people speak?â&#x20AC;? She points out that the task-force forums elicit feedback from everyone in the room, and facilitators collect questions, which they bring back to the task force to answer.

Werbel adds that the format forces residents to interact with other participants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to force them to talk to their neighbors,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully talk with people whose perspectives are different from their own.â&#x20AC;?

Dawn Moskowitz, a parent whose daughter attends first grade at Champlain School in the South End, praises the task force for getting Burlington residents debating these issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acceptable for our community to have segregated schools,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Moskowitz, who is helping to organize the Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Future campaign, calls Treatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group and their tactics â&#x20AC;&#x153;offensiveâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;disrespectful.â&#x20AC;? She offers, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were very motivating, actually.â&#x20AC;?

Moskowitz doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily endorse all of the task forceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideas, but she calls the report â&#x20AC;&#x153;a good start.â&#x20AC;? Her group will meet on Wednesday, November 1 at 7 p.m. in City Hall Auditorium to craft a statement of support for equitable educational opportunities.

Not everyone has chosen sides. Lynn Sutton, a parent with four young daughters â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including three at Edmunds Elementary School â&#x20AC;&#x201D; attended Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forum. She expressed support for SEI in theory, but said she wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want her daughters to have to travel to a different school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want there to be a really good solution,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just very concerned about breaking up a community that is functioning by redistricting. On the same hand, I wish my school could have been more integrated when I got there.â&#x20AC;?

Sutton says sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heard other Edmunds parents say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll move or pull their kids out of school if Burlington institutes SEI. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sure what sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do. She says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want to know more.â&#x20AC;? ďż˝

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uation of a display Bennett and others installed on the Statehouse lawn last September for an antiwar demonstration. Observing the rows of flags forces one to acknowledge the human toll of the war in this country — never mind in Iraq.

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“Last week was a tough week for us,” says political activist Russ Bennett. “I had to put in 18 new flags.”

Bennett, founder of Northland Visual Design and a set designer for music festivals such as Bonnaroo, has been installing these flags for more than a year.

Each one represents an American soldier killed in Iraq. The Waitsfield memorial is the contin-

cars with out-of-state license plates had parked on the side of the road to take in Bennett’s field of flags. “I’m glad to see that people are stopping and looking,” he says. “I had a fellow the other day say, ‘I hate that thing.’ I think he hates it because it is a constant reminder.”

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tary families, the memorial should be apolitical. “War is a failure of the human being on every social level,” he suggests.

Mowing the field — a task which requires removing nearly 3000 flags — can be tedious, Bennett admits. “You handle the whole burden all over again.”

Ned Kelley, a Vietnam veteran whose son is currently deployed in Iraq, maintains the memorial when Bennett is away. “When the government won’t let us see the bodies or the flags, we’re not connected,” he notes.

How does he feel about having a son fighting in this war? “It sucks,” Kelley says. “I sit here in my house, and when somebody comes up the road, I wonder, are the military coming to tell me my son has just been killed? Or is it the mailman?”

Bennett’s source for statistics is Iraq Coalition Casualty Count — www.icasualties.org. The site also logs the number of wounded, which registers just over 44,000.

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SCENES FROM “DRUG DIVERSION IN VERMONT: WHEN HEALING HANDS HARM”

Beddie was later arrested, convicted, sent to prison and stripped of her nursing license. Her case highlights what investigators in the Vermont attorney general’s office say is an alarming trend across the state: the theft of drugs from people who are elderly, dying or in severe and chronic pain, often by their own caregivers.

Beddie’s case is featured in a new, 36-minute documentary produced by the Vermont attorney general’s office. “Drug Diversion in Vermont: When Healing Hands Harm” was directed by Charlotte filmmaker Kenneth Peck and unveiled at a Burlington screening last week. It’s a unique collaboration among law enforcement, health-care providers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, offenders and, most importantly, the victims and their families. Its goal is to raise awareness of a disturbing form of patient abuse and exploitation that often goes unnoticed and unreported.

Linda Purdy, an assistant attorney general and director of Vermont’s Medicaid Fraud and Residential

Abuse Unit, recalls that about five years ago MFRAU began receiving reports of drugs being stolen from hospitals, hospices and nursing homes. Often, the thieves were taking the drugs when their patients needed them most, sometimes only hours before they died.

One of the first cases MFRAU investigated was that of Brendan Murphy, then a 36-year-old employee of a company that delivered home medical equipment. In a 2002 police surveillance video, Murphy is seen entering a patient’s home and rummaging through his pill bottles in search of painkillers.

According to one of his victim’s family members, Murphy would “lurk at the moment of death” waiting for a chance to steal his fix. “Why couldn’t he just let us die in peace?” the family member asked at Murphy’s trial.

Another one of Murphy’s 12 known victims was John Bodoky of Burlington, a now-deceased lung cancer patient. In 2002, Bodoky’s wife, Church Street hot-dog vendor Lois Bodoky, agreed to cooperate with law enforcement after she discovered her husband’s OxyContin had disappeared; she suspected Murphy of taking it. Thanks in large part to Bodoky’s cooperation, Murphy was arrested, convicted, and sent to prison. He died behind bars at age 37 under suspicious circumstances.

Although investigators say it’s hard to know how common these crimes have become, between 2002 and 2005 MFRAU investigated 81 such cases in 13 of Vermont’s 14 counties. The only county without a reported case — Grand Isle — has no nursing homes or residential treatment facilities.

In a panel discussion following the screening at Burlington’s Waterfront Theatre last week, the filmmakers, investigators and health-care providers explained why these crimes so often go unreported.

The victims are society’s most vulnerable people — usually in severe and chronic pain, unaware of what’s going on around them and/or unable to speak for themselves.

Perpetrators’ co-workers also can be very slow to pick up on their abuse. Virginia Werneke, an MFRAU investigator, says in every drug-diversion case she’s seen, colleagues said they were surprised by the revelation. When Murphy was arrested in 2002, his company was planning to name him “manager of the year.”

Three abusers cooperated in the making of the documentary. Susan Pierce, a registered nurse who was convicted of elder abuse and diverting drugs for personal use, says she stole from her patient’s morphine pump even though she knew he was only hours from death. “They were right there in my face,” Pierce says in the film. “The temptation was too great.”

Drug diversion by health-care providers doesn’t just harm the patients whose drugs are stolen; the crime costs Medicaid and the insurance industry millions of dollars annually, and providing care under the influence of narcotics is dangerous and sometimes lethal. When Beddie was finally confronted on the job for her crimes, she admits she was “pretty well drugged.”

Part of the problem, notes film director Peck, is a natural tendency among health-care providers to see drug abuse as a medical problem rather than a matter for law enforcement. While he was researching the film, Peck discovered that rather than report an abusing co-worker, care providers often cover for one another, convince a problem employee to resign and leave the state, and/or urge the colleague to enter drug rehab.

Peck also found that similar types of drug abuse in the health-care industry — notably, among psychiatrists and other doctors — can be even harder to identify because those professions have greater access to controlled substances; they can write their own prescriptions. The movie doesn’t include any cases of drug abuse among physicians.

Even those people who are inclined to see drug abuse as a law-enforcement issue admit there’s no silver bullet for stopping these crimes. As Vermont U.S. Attorney Tom Anderson puts it, “It’s not a problem we’re going to prosecute our way out of.”

About 450 copies of “Drug Diversion in Vermont: When Healing Hands Harm” are being distributed free to every hospital, hospice, nursing home, assistedliving facility and law-enforcement agency in the state. �

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AN IRREVERENT READ ON VT POLITICS

Finally, the End Is Near!

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ake heart! The end of the longest stretch of irritating, insulting, nonstop political TV ads Vermont has ever seen is upon us!

For that we all owe our â&#x20AC;&#x153;thanksâ&#x20AC;? to Republican Rich Tarrant, the $300 million man.

In fact, Richie Rich, the ex-medical software CEO, held the firm belief that money can buy absolutely anything, even the hearts and minds of a majority of Vermonters. He is currently on course to set the all-time U.S. record for money spent per vote received.

Congratulations, Mr. Tarrogant!

Never before in America has a candidate come close to spending so much money to get so little support from voters.

But $7 million apparently was enough to buy an absolutely absurd editorial endorsement Tuesday from Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest daily newspaper, the Gannett chainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Burlington Free Press. This one comes on the heels of two earlier editorials backing Democrats Peter Welch and Matt Dunne, editorials that had some wondering if the conservative editorial page was getting some â&#x20AC;&#x153;newâ&#x20AC;? religion?

A Freeps reader sent us an email before dawn on Tuesday titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;R U Shitting Me?â&#x20AC;? The individual, a distinguished government employee who once worked for a successful Republican statewide office holder, was positively stunned by the Freeps choice of Richie Tarrogant over a Vermont political legend. Someone known to all, with a well-established record of being a champion of truth, justice and the real American Way: Bernie Sanders.

In fact, yours truly just got off the phone with Julian Borger, the U.S. Bureau Chief for Great Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Guardian. Vermont has just become a new prime location on Julianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s radar screen. He realizes Bernie Sanders is about to enter his inside-the-American-beltway realm.

More Brits to follow.

And Bureau Chief Borger is of a mind that his British readers, who enjoy a proud socialist tradition, are really going to be able to appreciate the outspoken, articulate Independent Vermont socialist in ways that Americans have been unable to.

After all, Mr. Borgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s readers already enjoy the single-payer health-care system that prohibits the out-of-control profiteering by private insurance companies that we Americans continue to endure.

By 9 a.m. weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d received a dozen emails from stunned Burlington Free Press readers.

Half of them told us that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve already called the paper to cancel their subscriptions.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not forget, this is the newspaper that editorially railed against Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s badly needed downtown transit center so much that it succeeded in killing it.

This is the newspaper that stands foursquare against commercial wind-power development in Vermont.

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However, Candidate Dunne sounded like he closed the door on that possibility Tuesday. He was asked if he would abide by the outcome of the November 7 popular vote. If it goes to the legislature, asked Ch. 3’s Andy Potter, “Will you support the top vote-getter?”

“I will,” answered Dunne. “I made that clear four years ago. I will say that we need to change the way that we do elect the lieutenant governor and governor, because I think a majority standard is more appropriate. But I stick to my commitment.”

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Still the 800-pound-gorilla question remains: They’re all on the same team — the Progressive/ Democratic/ Independent Vermont Left! How come Parker’s political comrades, Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, are comfortably out in front of their Republican opponents, while he’s trailing his?

In a moment of surprising frankness, Parker replied, “Everyone has known, and I have known from the beginning, that this was a difficult race. We were running against a two-term incumbent, who is, let’s face it, a pretty good politician.”

A compliment! And a welldeserved one. Jim Douglas is a damn good politician. Been at this since he won his first race for the Vermont House in 1972.

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Lack of name recognition once looked like a death knell for Dunne, but his campaign has turned into a whirlwind the last couple weeks. He also picked up Jeezum Jim Jeffords’ endorsement. That’s something Scudder Parker, Democrat candidate for governor, can’t say. If there’s an upset brewing, this looks like the race.

Douglas Smells Victory — Vermont’s Republican Governor Jim Douglas was feeling the winner’s circle Monday when he hit the gaggle of press inside the front door of Montpeculiar’s Capital Plaza. In other states Republican governors are in trouble. Not here. Go figure.

His challenger had just held a fiery, bottom-of-the ninthinning-type presser at the Statehouse. Parker made the claim he’s actually picking up steam, and closing in even more on the frontrunner since Friday.

That’s when the WCAX-TV poll put him 10 points behind.

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A Republican trained in that old, open-minded independent Vermont style. The one that is so hard to find these days. Jimbo’s been a Montpeculiar fixture for decades. Why, he even voted to legalize the possession of marijuana way back when! (It died in the state senate.)

And Gov. Douglas was clearly on a roll Monday. Like Scudder, he wasn’t buying the WCAX poll. The Republican thinks he’s more than just 10 points ahead.

Gov. Scissorhands was smiling as he told the press pack, “The poll is not accurate. In fact, if it worked four years ago, I wouldn’t be standing here today.”

“I really believe things are going quite well,” said Blue State Vermont’s Republican governor.

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How Marvelous? — Well, we certainly have seen a lot of Martha Rainville over the last few months. Until this year, she always wore the fatigues of Vermont’s National Guard adjutant general. But in the last 10 months she’s worn more hats than we can count.

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the straight dope Cecil, I’ve been pointing those who claim “battery memory” as truth towards your archive for quite a while, but the true believers insist, “He was talking about nicad batteries.

Nickel metal hydride batteries are different.” Common wisdom around here is that NiMH batteries will get battery memory and should always be fully discharged/fully charged, whilst lithium-ion batteries don’t, and can be happily discharged/recharged at any time without worry.

Any chance you can revisit your old column and update for today’s battery technology?

Jeff Fenstermacher, via email Certain parties are now thinking: I don’t need to trouble myself with these technical minutiae. We’ll see what they think next time the laptop catches fire.

It’s been a few years since I wrote about batteries, during which time the technology has made great strides and the hype has advanced even faster. Titanium batteries, for example, aren’t a miraculous breakthrough in energy storage, just an improvement in both disposable and rechargeable batteries. Basically, small amounts of a titanium-containing compound are added to a battery to improve performance — to judge from the patents, mostly by lowering internal resistance.

Lower resistance means less juice is lost as heat, leaving more to operate the CD player, vibrator, etc. Tests comparing titanium-enhanced batteries with the ordinary kind generally show improved performance, although you still don’t get as much power as from a lithium battery.

Then again, lithium batteries cost maybe two and a half to three times what standard alkalines do, whereas the titanium premium is on the order of 20 to 40 percent. For high-drain applications like digital cameras, or where you need exceptionally long life (computer memory backup, for example), lithium is the best choice. Otherwise, titanium batteries are worth a look.

On to rechargeable batteries. In 1999 I wrote about nickel-cadmium (nicad) battery memory, a common term for the seeming tendency of a nicad battery that’s been charged too many times without being entirely drained to remember where it was drained to and eventually not take a full charge. I pointed out that such cases aren’t examples of true battery memory, a real if rare phenomenon, but rather something called voltage depression — though the total energy stored in the battery is unchanged, it doesn’t come out with as much force as before.

Admittedly this is something of a fine point, since the net effect is the same — you get less use out of the battery per charge than you once did. Voltage depression in nicad batteries stems from an unfortunate characteristic of the cadmium hydroxide crystals that normally form as the battery discharges. The crystals start out small when the battery is new, then grow over

time, increasing internal resistance and reducing power output. Most practical solution I’ve heard: periodic deep discharge followed by normal charging to full power, breaking the big crystals into little ones.

What I said in 1999 still holds true for nicad batteries, but since that time two other types of rechargeable batteries have become popular: nickel metal hydride (NiMH) and lithium ion. (Just so we’re clear, lithium ion is different from the nonrechargeable lithium batteries discussed above.) A NiMH battery can store 30 percent more energy than a nicad of equal size, but it has its limitations — it doesn’t respond as well as a nicad to a high power draw, it discharges faster when not in use, and it can’t be recharged as often. NiMH batteries can suffer from voltage depression like nicads, but by all accounts it’s less severe. They sometimes need to be conditioned when they’re new, charging and draining them a few times until they reach their peak capacity, and like nicad batteries they can be damaged by overheating, overcharging, or charging too fast.

Lithium ion batteries have more capacity than NiMH and nicads, handle high power demands just fine, take a lot of recharges, don’t discharge when not in use, and are largely immune to voltage depression. They’re also much lighter, so they’re widely used in laptops. They have three downsides. First, they’re much more expensive than nicad or NiMH batteries. Second, they have a limited life span (which some mistakenly call memory).

As the battery ages it oxidizes internally, irreversibly increasing resistance so it’s harder to get juice out of it.

A lithium ion rechargeable commonly performs well for about two or three years, after which its ability to hold a charge drops markedly; exposure to heat — e.g., use in a hot laptop — will hasten its decline. If the one in your computer is four years old, you’ll be lucky to get half as much time between recharges as when it was new. Finally, as most of the world now knows, lithium ion batteries have an occasional propensity to burst into flame, making it a matter of some importance not to doze through a conference call with your laptop on your lap.

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ey, can we talk about the weather this week? I don’t mean “global warming,” which people talk about a lot — though nothing seems to get done about it. I’m sure you, like all of us, are doing everything in your power, in your little bitty way, to prevent the looming calamity of climate change, such as switching your light bulbs and walking to work. But let’s face it: Until the whole screeching, screaming, over-producing, mass-consuming culture of predatory capitalism comes crashing down around us, this planet’s going to keep on heating up. And the best thing I can say about that is, when we pass the tipping point we’ll get to blame the Chinese, because they’re so incredibly irresponsible with their greenhouse-gas emissions. I mean, really — is a booming economy worth that much?

Think about it.

Congressional elections coming up next week?

Who cares — we’ve had snow in October!

No, when I say I want to talk about the weather, I mean I want to talk about it the way people do when they don’t want to talk about something else. It’s like when they say, “How are you?” And you say, “I’m fine.” And they say, “Me, too.” It doesn’t mean a thing. It’s just a way of talking about nothing, when, in fact, you’ve probably got terrible things going on in your life. Let’s say you’ve just lost your job, or run over a cat, or found your wife in bed with another woman — your sister, maybe — and you’d do anything, absolutely anything, to enter that state of “denial” everyone tells you you’re already in if you’re dumb enough to let things get beyond the “How are you?” point.

Talking about the weather is even better than saying, “I’m fine,” because people are constantly surprised by the weather. It doesn’t matter how hot it is, or cold, or wet, or dry. It doesn’t matter how many times they’ve seen the sun rise and the rain fall and the snow fly. It’s like sex scandals in Washington — everyone’s amazed that such a thing could be happening. “Christ, it’s cold!” they’ll say, or “Hot enough for you?” or “Oh, will it ever stop raining?” — as if it never had.

It’s always news to them. So talking about the weather is the very best way to avoid talking about something else.

Dick Cheney, for example. Nobody wants to talk about Dick Cheney, and if you talk about the weather instead you’ll never have to do it. You won’t have to talk about Cheney’s response last week to a right-wing radio host in North Dakota, who asked him, in reference to real or

imagined “terrorists” in American custody, if he thought “a dunk in water is a no-brainer if it can save lives.” Cheney answered, “Well, it’s a no-brainer for me,” and wow! — did the winds blow hard after that! Why, things got so bad that Cheney’s protégé, George W. Bush, actually got off his rocking horse and said, “This country doesn’t torture!” Even though it does and everyone knows it does, and even though Bush has already made it plain that he’s going to keep on torturing anyone he wants, ’cuz he’s the 10/20/06 11:34:22 AM decider, see, the commander-in-chief, and2x5-Shambala102506.indd 1 it’s his job to — well, you know the rest.

Anyway, Cheney never used the word “waterboarding.” He absolutely did not!

That word never came out of Dick Cheney’s mouth! “You know as a matter of common sense that the vice president of the United States is not going to be talking about waterboarding,” said White House spokesman Tony Snow in his effort to contain this particular, um, flood. “Never would, never does, never will. You think Dick Cheney’s going to slip up on something like this? No, come on.”

Right, come on! Dick Cheney only slips up when he’s down in quail country with a shotgun in his hand and too much bourbon in his belly. No one’s explained what was meant by “a dunk in water,” of course — “A dunk in water is a dunk in water,” says Snow — but I suspect it has something to do with tossing Muslims into Guantánamo Bay and seeing if they can swim to Miami without getting eaten The vision you need. by sharks. In hurricane season (you see what I mean about the weather?).

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So, trust me, the weather’s your best bet if you want to avoid any topic of importance. Congressional elections coming up next week? Who cares — we’ve had snow in October! Homosexuals stampeding to New Jersey to get married (or whatever)? So what — it gets dark these days at 4 p.m.! Iraq and all the Middle East exploding before your eyes?

Get a life — somewhere in the world it’s still hot and humid, even in November.

Now that’s obscene. �

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police arrested three men who robbed an armored car in Liverpool after a group of schoolchildren helped identify them by memorizing the getaway carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license plates. A passerby who spotted the car feared she would forget the number, so she told it to a group of 9- and 10-yearolds in a schoolyard. An official of Merseyside Police said the children turned the number into a chant to help them remember it while one of them ran into the school for a pen to write it down.

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mayor and a city councilor in Snyder, Okla., resigned after the chief â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 300pound, tattooed wife posted nude photos of herself on a website. Some of the pictures showed her with an American flag draped off her shoulder. Dozens of residents of the town of 1500 had demanded Police Chief Tod Ozmunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resignation, and the district attorney recommended an obscenity investigation, but the City Council decided that the pictures were protected by the First Amendment.

Ozmun, Mayor Dale Moore and Councilman Clifford Barnard quit because they were fed up with the public attention and criticism of the chief.

The police chief defended his 43-yearold wife, Doris, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;People in this country do what she does on a daily basis.â&#x20AC;? He added that he had long discussions with her about the photos but

the driver woke up, but he immediately drove off, going through a red light.

Officers followed the vehicle and saw it hit a telephone pole, then back up twice and hit the same pole again before driving onto the front lawn of a residence.

Officers charged driver Christopher M. Bordne, 17, with, among other crimes, driving under the influence.

The Wife Wants a Bigger One Chinese surgeons declared they have performed the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first penis transplant.

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How Things Work Mike Harris, chief executive of Australian Capital Territoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public service, issued a confidential memo warning government employees against leaking information to the media and threatening violators with jail. The memo was leaked to the media.

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Closet Lover Police investigating the death of Jeffrey Freeman, 44, at his home in Nashville, Tenn., said that his widow, Martha Freeman, 41, claimed the killer was her lover, an illegal Mexican immigrant named Rahael Rocha-Perez, 36, who was living in her closet when Jeffrey Freeman discovered him. Metro Nashville Police Department detectives said that the closet, which Martha Freeman indicated her lover lived in for about a month before her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, was a 2-by-8-foot storage space containing a foam pad, pillows, blankets, three loaves of bread, a Nintendo GameBoy, a radio and several adult magazines. Investigators also found an â&#x20AC;&#x153;overnight bagâ&#x20AC;? containing lingerie and pictures of Martha Freeman in various stages of undress. Martha Freeman told authorities that she carried on her affair with Perez with the help of an English-Spanish translator.

Felonious Boredom Federal firefighter Levi Miller, 22, of Salmon, Idaho, admitted using cigars and baskets of smoldering charcoal briquettes to set two forest fires in a national forest near the Idaho-Montana border. Miller, who was paid hourly by the Bureau of Land Management, explained that he started the fires because he was bored and wanted to make money.

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owntown Winooski is slowly blossoming: The roundabout is completed, students have moved in, and a couple new barrestaurants are shaping up the wine-anddine scene. It was just a matter of time before the Onion City got an art gallery and tattoo studio. This month both will open in the form of Aartistic Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and that double â&#x20AC;&#x153;aâ&#x20AC;? is not a typo. Jessica Bridge, owner of 1/2 Lounge in Burlington, is launching the combo body- and wall-art business with partners Tyre and Gina DuVernay. Licensed tattoo artists, the DuVernays are from New Orleans and have made a new home in Vermont.

Aartistic Inc., located above Blue Star CafĂŠ on Main Street, has â&#x20AC;&#x153;expansive wall space,â&#x20AC;? says Bridge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought it would be a waste of space not to use it for art; it looks more like a gallery than a tattoo place.â&#x20AC;? The first exhibitor, Bridge says, will be Burlington painter Tom Lawson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; his November opening date is still TBA. Bridge plans to change the exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;every four or five weeksâ&#x20AC;? after that. The DuVernaysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; artwork, however, is permanent.

Speaking of the Blue Star: Its sign was made by Burlington metal sculptor/ signmaker Katherine Clear. She also produced one for 38 Main next door. Both businesses have followed the lead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as did the Monkey House â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of Sneakers Bistro, whose hanging hightops have marked the Main Street block for more than 20 years.

Across the river in Burlington, Clear created a subtler sign for the Green Door on St. Paul Street. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an appropriately discreet tag for the bar-restaurant that resembles a bank outside but opens into a quietly cool, cushy lounge.

A few blocks away, on the funkier corner of North Winooski and Pearl, Clearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest project is, one could hope, a sign of the times: a bicycle rack. She responded to an appeal from Burlington City Arts to create an artistic bike rack, and won the gig with her design inspired by a coiling Kryptonite lock. The sinuous functional sculpture is made of steel, with a giant â&#x20AC;&#x153;tumbler lockâ&#x20AC;? that actually moves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have asked me what combination â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;opensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; it,â&#x20AC;? Clear reports, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just for fun.â&#x20AC;?

She says Radio Bean owner Lee Anderson had something to do with getting a rack at that location â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who knew the Bean was a biker bar? Apparently, the coffee shop/music venue draws enough two-wheelers that more parking was needed. Clear says her rack is built to accommodate eight bikes, but she believes a few more could squeeze in.

Clear, a New Jersey native, is 27 and a 2001 graduate of the University of Vermont. Her metal works include custom signage and sculpture for exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participated in Art Hop and Stoweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual outdoor-sculpture show called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exposed!â&#x20AC;? And she has the good fortune to be working alongside

Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pre-eminent metal sculptor Kate Pond, in a capacious studio at S.T. Griswold in Williston. Clear names Pond and former studio mate Bill Heise as her two greatest influences in the medium. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The inspiration is the metal,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and what I can do with it.â&#x20AC;?

Burlington musician David Symons has a thing for Wallace Shawn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the quirky, lisping, brilliant writer-actor who plays the â&#x20AC;&#x153;inconceivableâ&#x20AC;? character in The $

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which he wrote in 1990 partly in reaction to wars in Central America, is one of them. Symons became obsessed with it as & ( ) * + * , --. /. / a teen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Things just hit you so hard when ' ! 0 ) + 1. ! - , 1. ! " ,

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Symons is perhaps best known locally for his soulful vocals and accordion work in 2x7.5-Grannis110106.indd 1 10/31/06 10:00:48 AM the Eastern European-inspired Black Sea Quartet. Though he has focused primarily on playing and composing music over the past decade, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also taken time to memorize The Fever. Now 28, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finally decided to perform it publicly. Symons calls The Fever â&#x20AC;&#x153;an exquisitely written, blistering, uncompromising monologue of great power, which manages to be both funny and deeply unsettling.â&#x20AC;?

In it, the character â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an erudite, welloff New Yorker much like Shawn himself â&#x20AC;&#x201D; talks in emotional and often contradictory passages about worldly woes such as violence, greed and exploitation, and attempts to find his own moral compass. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s controversial,â&#x20AC;? Symons says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He turns the audience into the main character.â&#x20AC;?

2x3-Made110106.indd 1 10/26/06 12:10:34 PM Inspired by the controversial conflicts of its day, the work has obvious resonance now. When The Fever first came out, critics accused Shawn of wallowing in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;pathology of the privileged.â&#x20AC;? But Symons â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enjoy working at a refutes the idea that the work is about libsmall, independent eral guilt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about consciousness. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relevant because of the gulf between our restaurant, where I supposed morality and the way we actualfeel like a member ly live our lives,â&#x20AC;? he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and the impact of the family, and our choices have on others.â&#x20AC;? not just another If The Fever challenges audiences, the shifting stream of language and emotion is employee.â&#x20AC;? also daunting for the solo actor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mimi deForsest, server in plenty of plays, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been the play,â&#x20AC;? Symons puts it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just going to throw myself into it, and hopefully it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be boring.â&#x20AC;?

Visit our website for current menu: The Fever is scheduled for November 8 www.paulinescafe.com and 15, at 8 p.m., at Montpelierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Black Door. Symons is looking for an affordable Burlington venue, too â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll even LUNCH perform in living rooms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a play,â&#x20AC;?

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BY BILL SCHUBART

RUMINATIONS FROM A VISIONARY VERMONTER

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real estate developer named Radcliffe Romeyn Jr., who â&#x20AC;&#x153;attended Harvard,â&#x20AC;? is inveighing to created an â&#x20AC;&#x153;equine communityâ&#x20AC;? of 24 houses on a former 110-acre dairy farm on the west side of Hinesburg. The farm is characterized by rolling meadow and extraordinary views of the Green Mountains.

A farmer next door would like very much to keep the fields in agricultural use, but cannot afford the purchase price â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which the widow who owns the land deserves to get for her and her departed husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 30-year stewardship.

Romeynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s project will not be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gatedâ&#x20AC;? community per se, but it will be marketed as a community with equine interests â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in essence, a high-density, high-priced development under the guise of agricultural use. One need not have a horse, however, to buy a home there.

As John Donne put it 350 years ago, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No man is an island.â&#x20AC;? To which we might add, â&#x20AC;&#x153;no matter how rich.â&#x20AC;?

Back in the 1950s, if someone in my hometown of Morrisville, or even neighboring Stowe, were asked to define a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gated community,â&#x20AC;? the answer might be â&#x20AC;&#x153;. . . a pasture, I sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;pose.â&#x20AC;? The concept of a closed and exclusive enclave was alien. Morrisville embraced a wide variety of eccentric individuals. Tony neighborhoods did exist, of course, but they were hardly monotone economically. In the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s, Morrisville resembled a merger of St. George and upper Spear Street, except instead of mobile homes there were older farmhouses, and in place of â&#x20AC;&#x153;McMansionsâ&#x20AC;? there were large Victorians with welcoming verandas.

Sarge, the bank president, lived several houses away from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crazy Chase,â&#x20AC;? the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only out cross-dresser and fiddler for the annual town dances at the Fire Department.

Mr. Chase walked purposefully about town dressed in a plain cotton dress, with rolled-up nylon stockings and black, mid-heel, laced shoes, his gray hair in a bun, swinging his big black purse as if it were a plumberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tool bag.

We lived in a motley clutch of houses and farms. Next door lived Dr. Bill Guthmann, one of two dentists in town, and his wife Flo, who loved theater. Cliff and Marie Collette, who owned a small engine-repair service, lived across the street. Volney and Gladys Farr managed a marginal farm up the street and sold us eggs and butter. Next to them was the struggling Kyle Stewart Farm and, further up, a fatherless family with two boys cared for by the Morrisville Overseer of the Poor. Next came the Morrisville Dump, and further still was Greaves Dairy, where we got our milk.

Although everyone in Morrisville was white, there was a full-spectrum socio-economic mixture of French-Canadian, Anglo-Saxon, Irish and Italian residents who filled four or five churches. Surviving street names such as Irish Settlement Road indicate that ethnic communities occasionally clustered into sub-communities, either by choice or to protect and reinforce their cultures. During Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brief flirtation with the Klan in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;30s, cloaked members had to

content themselves with harassing FrenchCanadian immigrants, as there were no AfricanAmericans or Jews in Morrisville.

What accounted for this cohesive force within our communities? Was it the aquari?2@612;A6.9 36;.;06;4 Â&#x2018; 0.99 :2 A<1.F' % %!# !#!# Â&#x2018; 86:;24?<; 0<: um-like transparency of our small-scale communities, the difficulty of retaining secrets or remaining anonymous? Or was it the periodic 2x4(kim)-negrongray011106.indd 1 5/9/06 8:33:05 AM harshness of winter or economic downturns, which even today force us to adhere in adverSolid Hardwood Furniture sity? Newcomers to Vermont in the early days of Stoweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ascendancy as a ski area often hired

native Vermonters to remove snow and effect repairs, yet a Vermonter helping a flatlander extract his Mercedes from a snow-filled ditch with a tractor and a log chain did not expect a fee. This was a tenet of community.

How is this relevant to today, and why does it matter? The diversity of our communi

ties is an important indicator of who we are as

a people. We like to believe we have a deep sense of community in Vermont, and for the

most part we do. It will be important to

watch, however, as the influx of people from

Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa infuse themselves into our existing white-bread towns.

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To sacrifice this to what the neocons call

the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ownership societyâ&#x20AC;? would be a terrible loss. There is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;terrible twosâ&#x20AC;? aspect to this

language â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like the 2-year-oldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s litany of

â&#x20AC;&#x153;mine . . . mine.â&#x20AC;? It manifests in new landowners posting large chunks of property â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than they will probably ever walk on themselves. And it challenges the concept of 2x5-vtfurnitured110106.indd 1 10/27/06 5:02:16 PM eminent domain. In the neocon view, everything must be owned. There is no common property. This view runs counter to the basis of community, in which adhesion comes from shared values, resources, cultures and costs.

To be sure, ownership is intrinsic and valuable. In cultures with no ownership whatsoever, there is little economic incentive or industry, only scrabbling for survival. The Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto makes a compelling case that lasting peace can only be achieved by establishing legal systems, in countries where there are none, for conveying and maintaining land ownership for the indigenous poor. When our own country was being formed, the landgrants system was critical for the early success of industry and the formation of communities.

Still, ownership is transient in the end.

Community, like friendship, endures. We Vermonters must balance ownership with stewardship and a sense of community. As John Donne put it 350 years ago, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No man is an island.â&#x20AC;? To which we might add, â&#x20AC;&#x153;no matter how rich.â&#x20AC;?

Maintaining the equilibrium between community and ownership requires dialogue and vigilance. We must work to protect the balance within which our increasingly diverse communities can thrive. The day we begin to see gated enclaves for something other than livestock is the day weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost what we most value in Vermont. Is â&#x20AC;&#x153;equine communityâ&#x20AC;? a euphemism for exclusive? ďż˝

Bill Schubart has lived in Vermont since 1947. He is the CEO of Resolution, Inc., in South Burlington, and has served on many nonprofit boards including Fletcher Allen and Vermont Public Radio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Long Viewâ&#x20AC;? is a monthly column.

To reach Bill Schubart, email schubart@sevendaysvt.com.

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In the days since the murder of University of Vermont student Michelle Gardner-Quinn and the recent attempted abduction of a stroller-pushing mom in Winooski in broad daylight, plenty of women have felt like staying at home themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Being a woman and being alone is a combination that makes me nervous everywhere,â&#x20AC;? says Adrienne Susinno, a 25-year-old student teacher who enrolled in Shoverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tuesday night self-defense course earlier this fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recent events are a wake-up call that no place is truly safe.â&#x20AC;?

Anyone who views Vermont as a bucolic, crime-free wonderland, says Shover, also needs to wake up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They need to get their head out of their butt and realize that this is the year 2006,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It happens everywhere.â&#x20AC;? By sharing more than two decades of martial arts training and old-fashioned common sense, Shover is also on a new campaign to make sure

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And she takes no pity on the imaginary assailants. Demonstrating the twin-headed dragon, she encourages students to use the same fearless approach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The body is protected downward, so go up, especially on a male â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you have to bend your fingers to get in the eyes,â&#x20AC;? says Shover. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Eww!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But if a guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to sexually assault you? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think so!â&#x20AC;?

grabbed from behind. But she does not offer tips, at least not to beginners, on how to defend oneself when one has a gun to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head. She even sounds unsure of how she might handle such a situation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m only human, and I could get killed or shot,â&#x20AC;? says Shover, who lives in what she calls a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hideawayâ&#x20AC;? in Monkton with her two kids, aged 6 and 12. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I tell you, one thing I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do is get raped, and if I do, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going down with me. I would die trying and I would die fighting before I would die in vain.â&#x20AC;?

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Later, Shover explains why she must remind women that self-defense doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be difficult. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of women just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the confidence, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll put everything else first; some are in denial,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But training just once a month will increase your awareness by 50 percent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the way you walk or carry yourself might be what makes the difference.â&#x20AC;?

Maria Valiente, a 30-yearold crossword-puzzle editor who attends the Tuesday night class, says that after only a few weeks, she already has a favorite move â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the â&#x20AC;&#x153;hammer,â&#x20AC;? which involves a fist to the forehead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and a new sense of herself and her capabilities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before the class, there was no way I would ever have fought back, but I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned enough to throw off an attacker long enough to get away,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I was approached by someone with a gun, it might be a different story.â&#x20AC;?

Shover has plenty of quickfix solutions, such as dropping oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weight when one is

Choosing whether to fight an attacker should be like choosing whether to fight a disease, says Shover. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People will fight cancer with all they can; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do anything to save their life,â&#x20AC;? she points out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re alive and healthy, no one thinks of it that way.â&#x20AC;?

Some of Shoverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s students are former victims of crime.

Others have gone on to defend themselves successfully against assailants. As a fringe benefit, several of the Tuesday-night women report feeling relaxed, invigorated and toned after their sessions, as if after an intense workout. (Every once in a while, Shover reminds them of their abs and their glutes, not unlike a fitness guru.)

This fall and winter, Shover aims to widen the circle of women who know about the twin-headed dragon, the hammer and the spin kicks. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offered to teach at UVM and other area colleges and is working with administrators on free programs. By early 2007, northern Vermont could have a substantial population of women with whom no one wants to mess. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not a miracle worker,â&#x20AC;? Shover says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But a chance is better than no chance.â&#x20AC;? ďż˝

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Getting down with Vermont’s independent and alternative-party candidates

4 U.S. SENATE

m PETE DIAMONDSTONE, 71 Profession: Lawyer (retired) Party ticket: Liberty Union Town of residence: Brattleboro Born: Bronx, N.Y. Years in VT: 39 Estimated campaign spending: close to $500 Run before? Every two years since 1970 for U.S. House, Senate, governor or attorney general Ever held public office? No Website: www.libertyunion.windham.vt.us/Peter%20 Dimondstone/Peter%20Diamondstone.htm Why are you running? “I’m not running. Somebody has to be a candidate for the U.S. Senate in the Liberty Union Party and nobody else wanted to do it . . . For some people, an election is a gladiatorial event. For me, it’s a hiring event, with the voters being the hiring committee.”

Major policy positions: Wants to end violence as a tool of governmental policy. Believes the United States must move from a capitalist economy to a socialist one, producing for need, not for greed. “If both of those happen, everything else will be fine.”

Interesting fact: Was arrested in October for disorderly conduct during a candidates’ forum at Vermont Law School. Claims the alternative-party candidates weren’t being given equal time and were “just window dressing.”

After a scuffle with security, Diamondstone ended up face down on the ground and handcuffed. “I suppose there were better ways to handle it,” he admits. He’s due to be arraigned in December — on his granddaughter’s birthday.

Quotable quote: “We refer to this election as a twoparty system. But there’s only one party — capitalistcontrolled.”

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CRIS ERICSON, 54 [also running for governor] Profession: Artist and musician, plays keyboard and bass, currently working on a film script about Champ, the lake monster, scored with her own original tunes Party ticket: Independent Town of residence: Chester Born: Washington, D.C. Years in VT: 11 years; attended Goddard College for two years Estimated campaign spending: Less than $1000 Run before? Ran for governor in 2002; for governor and U.S. Senate in 2004 Ever held public office? No Website: http://crisericson.com

Why are you running? “I’m very concerned about water quality issues.” Two people who helped her on previous campaigns died of cancer in the past year, which spurred her interest in waterborne carcinogens. Why run for both governor and U.S. Senate? “Every single issue that I address falls under state laws and federal laws.”

Major policy positions: Notes that one third of Vermonters drink water from Lake Champlain, though it’s polluted by stormwater run-off, motorboats, snowmobiles and 86 sewage treatment plants. “Everyone is paying for it because everyone pays for Medicaid or Medicare out of their taxes. Even if you’re drinking spring water or well water, you’re still paying for everyone who gets sick drinking Lake Champlain water.” Opposes the New England Wilderness Bill and the creation of Mooselamoo National Recreation Area. Says increased motorboat and snowmobile traffic will “pollute the holy hell” out of

Vermont, and insists the feds will not hire Vermonters to staff the park. Wants to legalize marijuana.

Interesting fact: In 2002, Ericson listed her party as “Make Marijuana Legal.” In 2004, worried that voters with short attention spans might miss the gist of that name, she shortened it to “Marijuana.” “I got more votes that way.”

Quotable quote: “The other candidates are allowing the water quality to deteriorate. The other candidates are wasting your tax dollars sending people to prison for marijuana, and marijuana is no more dangerous than alcoholic beverages, hand guns and hunting rifles.”

m CRAIG HILL, 56 Profession: Marketer for a small “mom-and-pop company” in Bristol Party ticket: Vermont Green Town of residence: Montpelier Born: Los Angeles, Calif.

Years in VT: 11 Estimated campaign spending: Less than $2000 Run before? In 2004 for U.S. Senate as a Green Party candidate Ever held public office? No Website: www.hillsenatenow.org

Why are you running? “Basically, to alert as many people in Vermont as I can reach to the fact that the Democratic Party in Washington is part of the single war party along with the Republicans, that the Democratic Party basically exists to protect the Republican agenda of wars for oil, and Bernie Sanders’ voting record proves it. He’s on a very short leash of the Democratic Party in Washington and he votes for war the way Joseph Lieberman does and people in Vermont don’t even know it.”

Major policy positions: Supports the impeachment of Bush as part of the constitutional checks and balances to “remove this insane man from office.” Opposes wars for oil and supports a five-year emergency program to switch to alternative energy, particularly wind power. Backs the “truth movement” to reveal what really happened on September 11, 2001 and to expose who was really behind the attacks. Claims the DNC orders and controls Bernie Sanders’ votes. Highly critical of Sanders’ vote for the Iran Freedom Support Act — “which authorizes Bush to change the government of Iran, one week after Bush said the nuclear option to do so was on the table.”

Interesting fact: Produced a 35-minute video called “Treason, Inc.” which accuses the Bush administration of orchestrating 9/11. Also claims that on October 10, more than 300 Americans were killed in an attack in Baghdad outside the Green Zone, but the incident was never reported by the U.S. media because the Pentagon and the Bush administration covered it up.

Quotable quote: “In Vermont, we have a terrible media, which I call bush league, because all it does is fawn over its political icons and refuses to inform the people of Vermont about aspects of their voting record that if the people knew about, they’d vomit.”

m PETER MOSS, 77 Profession: Chemical engineer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (retired) Party ticket: Anti-Bushist Town of Residence: Fairfax Born: Hungary Years in VT: 53 Estimated campaign spending: $400 Run before? For N.J. State Senate, Vermont Senate and U.S. Senate Ever held public office? No

Website: www.petermoss.org Why are you running? “I am sick and tired of the Big Media — which are really the Big Lie Media — reporting, rather than ridiculing, the latest press conferences

by President George W. Pinocchio.”

Major policy positions: To enact legislation that would allow for initiatives, referenda and recalls at the state and federal levels. Would introduce legislation to create the “U.S. DUD, or Department of Un-Do, to undo all the shit that Bush has pulled.” He’d also push for passage of an Environment and Energy Emergency Act, or “ENEMA,” to replace oil with liquid hydrogen, solar and hydroelectric power in an 18-month Manhattan Project-like program. It would address environmental degradation, global warming, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, excessive oil and gasoline prices, peak oil and the hatred that fuels Islamic terrorism.

Interesting fact: Moss, a former EPA law enforcement officer who investigated environmental crimes in New York and New Jersey, is the only candidate calling for the impeachment of Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell — in an Eastern European accent. Also running as a Democrat for the Vermont House of Representatives.

Quotable quote: “I don’t spend money on name-recognition advertising. Most people vote by name recognition.

That’s OK for fast food. But when you select a candidate because you heard his name or saw his lawn sign, you don’t know diddly. It’s a fool’s game!”

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m CHRIS KARR, 52 Profession: Carpenter (currently unemployed) Party ticket: We the People Town of residence: East Montpelier Born: Montpelier Years in VT: 52 Estimated campaign spending: “Around $1000, maybe a little more.”

Run before? For state senate from Washington County in 2000 Ever held public office: No Website: n/a Why are you running? “I think that both parties are getting away from our Constitution, and what our founders intended for our government to be like. More and more it’s the special interests and the big money that are buying our elections, and the average person is suffering because of that.”

Major policy positions? Believes lawmakers should do their duty as described in the Constitution, i.e., “provide for the common defense” and “promote the general welfare.” “To provide for the common defense does not mean offense. Our founders never intended for us to engage in pre-emptive wars.” Would require the press to print “timely, unbiased and factually accurate information,” but doesn’t specify how.

Interesting fact: Karr doesn’t own a computer or a camera, and doesn’t have a website or campaign photos. “I want people to judge me by what I’m saying, not by what I look like.”

Quotable quote: “We basically have to start voting out people that have been there too long.” Karr is running for an open House seat. >> 32A

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by ken picard and cathy resmer

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America’s two-party system is like the weather: Everyone complains about it, but no one does a thing to change it.

That is, almost no one. Each electoral cycle, we in the media focus virtually all our attention on the well-coiffed frontrunners — those candidates who ride under the gilded banners of elephants, donkeys and, in Vermont, moose. But for those other guys and gals who don’t enjoy the luxury of six-figure campaign funds and legions of party faithful to stuff envelopes and lick stamps, the race for elected office is often a long, lonely ride.

Invariably, those “also running” must scratch and fight — sometimes literally, as noted here — for the mere crumbs of the democratic process: an inclusion in a candidates’ forum here, a brief radio interview there. At best, they’re dismissed as wide-eyed idealists; at worst, certifiable wingnuts. It’s an odd dichotomy in a country with a collective mythology that says anyone can grow up to be president and command the world’s mightiest military in its ongoing campaign to spread democracy.

This week, Seven Days takes a closer look at Vermont’s independent and alternative-party candidates. We only have enough space to profile the candidates running for the U.S. House and Senate and Vermont governor. But among the passionate people who mustered the necessary 500 petition signatures (for major-party candidates) or 250 signatures (for minor-party and independent candidates), we discovered some unique positions and thought-provoking ideas, as well as lots of colorful quotes.

Most of the candidates express a profound loathing for the Bush administration, its handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the two-party system in general.

We heard diatribes about the current system of

campaign financing, calls for ambitious alternative-energy programs, and demands for investigations into the attacks of September 11, 2001.

We also heard the perennial minor-party issues of eliminating nukes and legalizing marijuana.

What we didn’t hear were unrealistic predictions about candidates’ chances of winning; in fact, most acknowledge they don’t stand a chance. But victory isn’t necessarily the point, they say.

Expanding the boundaries of the discourse is.

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BRUCE R. MARSHALL, 46 Profession: Electrical energy-conservation expert Party ticket: Vermont Green Town of residence: Rochester Born: Connecticut Years in VT: 9 Estimated campaign spending: $150-$200 Run before? No Ever held public office? No Website: n/a

Why are you running? Partly because he co-chairs the Green Party. “People need to run for office and get involved . . .

Basically, I’m running to inject some issues that I think are very important at this time that are not being discussed properly.”

Major policy positions: Believes in replacing pre-emptive war with pre-emptive peace. Wants to save our constitutional republic from all the violations and encroachments on our rights that have occurred since 9/11. Wants to restore Congress’ right to declare war and not just give the president a blank check for war. Wants the troops withdrawn from Iraq right away. “If we’re going to talk about getting out of Iraq, you have to first talk about stopping Bush from going into Iran.”

Wants a commission to investigate the 9/11 attacks. Supports the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, as well as an FDR-style emergency program to diversify the failing U.S. auto industry.

Interesting fact: After a recent appearance on Webster Tarpley’s World Crisis Radio webcast, Marshall got his first campaign contribution offer — from a resident of Virginia.

He refused the money.

Quotable quote: “We need a Congress that stands up to the unitary-executive principle. That principle comes right out of Nazi Germany.”

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DENNIS MORRISSEAU, 64 Profession: Restaurateur (retired) Party ticket: Impeach Bush Now Town of residence: Pawlet Born: St. Johnsbury Years in VT: 64 Estimated campaign spending: “Somewhere south of $10,000” Run before? U.S. House of Representatives, 1970, and U.S. Senate, 1971 Ever held public office? No Website: www.2ltmorrisseau.com

world we’re leaving our kids. The legacy that we’re leaving the children right now is unbelievably horrible.”

incentives for nurses to become nursing instructors. Stop building permanent military bases in Iraq.

Major policy positions: Supports the closure of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Also against the use of violence as a tool of government; thus opposes the death penalty and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “You can’t fight terror with terror.

We’ve become terrorists ourselves.” Endorses the impeachment of President Bush. Her anti-violence platform also includes opposition to poverty, “which is also a form of violence.”

Interesting fact: Trudell staged a protest in front of Burlington Free Press headquarters in October, complaining that the paper wouldn’t print his position statement. He stood outside the building waving a sign attacking the paper as “unfair to democracy,” and occasionally stepped in front of traffic on College Street to bring his message to drivers, calling himself “a one-man revolution.”

Interesting fact: Newton has been arrested twice during protests at the Entergy offices of Vermont Yankee. Also admits she’s “terrified” of speaking in front of large groups of people — not necessarily a hindrance, considering the attendance record of many Congress members.

Quotable quote: “There are such eminently practical solutions that are so doable right now, that I have to try and make it happen, OK? That’s the honest, sincere truth. I feel so passionately about it.”

Quotable quote: When asked about her favorite nursing position: “My favorite was in Waterbury at the mental institution. I loved it!” Useful training for Washington politics.

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KEITH STERN, 51 Profession: Owner of White River Junctionbased Sterns Quality Produce Party ticket: Independent Town of residence: North Springfield Born: Springfield Years in VT: 51 Estimated campaign spending: $1000 Run before? Ran for U.S. Senate in 2004 Ever held public office? On the Springfield zoning board (not an elected office) Website: http://www.getstern.org Why are you running? “My big issue is, why do the wealthy pay a lower percentage of taxes, both the income tax and the FICA tax, than the rest of us? It’s set up that way because that’s what the Democrats and Republicans want, because their wealthy contributors and friends want it that way. And we have no representation, other than Bernie Sanders, representing the people, the working class.”

Major policy positions: Wants the first $75,000 of income exempt from tax. “It simplifies the system, it puts money into the working class people’s pockets, and it’ll actually go back and be good for the economy, and for raising revenue for the government.” Remove the cap on the FICA tax. Has a plan for a treaty of non-aggression and basic human rights that will create world peace. “It’s a very simple plan, and it’s 100-percent effective, I believe.”

Why are you running? “Because there’s been a coup. It’s not something that’s going to happen in the future. It’s already happened, and they’re consolidating their power rapidly.

And, we have to take it back or we’re not going to get it back. I’m pretty good on my feet, I can take a punch, I’ve been around for a long time and I’m at the top of my game.

Stand up and holler — that’s my plan.”

Interesting fact: On the endorsement section of his website, Stern admits that he doesn’t actually have any. However, he reports that he has shown his “position cards” to staffers who work with the major party candidates. “One of Peter Welch’s campaign workers said, ‘You’re the candidate we’ve been waiting for.’”

Major policy positions: Sees his candidacy as a statewide referendum on the impeachment of President George W. Bush. Wants to take our government back so it represents us again. “It’s the only issue I give a shit about. Ordinary people need to be represented again. To achieve that, we have to take the totalitarians down.”

Quotable quote: “When I was in the debates with Senator Leahy two years ago, I said, ‘You know what, my ideas are better than his. If he can do it, I definitely can do this.’

Because it’s really not like surgery or something. It’s all based on what your ideas are. Just because they’ve got experience doesn’t mean they’re going to do a good job.”

Interesting fact: In 1968, Morrisseau beat a military court martial for refusing to go to Vietnam. He also started Vermont’s Liberty Union Party in 1970. In a special election the following year, he ran for Congress — and claims Bernie Sanders was his speechwriter. Morrisseau’s campaign headquarters was in the old gas station that eventually became the first Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop. He also founded Leunig’s Bistro — and hired Peter Freyne as his bartender “back when all Peter had were sandals and hair down to the middle of his back.”

JERRY TRUDELL, 52 Profession: Pilot, photographer, sells triple-pane windows for a homeimprovement company Party ticket: Independent Town of residence: Colchester Born: Fort Monmouth, N.J. Years in VT: Attended Johnson State College, moved here permanently in 1998.

Estimated campaign spending: Less than $1000 Run before? Conducted a grassroots write-in campaign for city council in Manhattan in 1989.

Ever held public office? No Website: http://trudellforcongress.com

Quotable quote: “The problem we have in this country is a politics that’s subservient to this fucking bribery system. I don’t have a pot to piss in, but I don’t owe anyone anything.”

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JANE NEWTON, 75 Profession: Nurse (retired) Party ticket: Liberty Union Town of residence: South Londonderry Born: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Years in VT: 48 Estimated campaign spending: “Absolutely nothing but gas money.”

Run before? U.S. House of Representatives in 2002 and 2004 Ever held public office? No Website: www.libertyunion.windham.vt.us/Jane%20Newton/ JNewton.htm Why are you running? “I’ve done this whole business of being a candidate out of some form of desperation over the

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Why are you running? “I’m running this year because we have to do much better when it comes to developing renewable, locally grown energy. I have a plan to do just that in five years, what the peas in the pod [Peter Welch and Martha Rainville] are saying we can do by 2020.”

Major policy positions: Would pledge 50 percent of his salary to organize a biofuels co-op for Vermont farmers. It would produce energy locally, and power a fleet of state-owned vehicles that would serve as the beginning of a statewide public transit system. “I am telling you that between the knowledge, expertise and drive that I have, I could single-handedly set up farmer co-ops throughout the entire state of Vermont within two years.” Address the current nursing shortage by providing

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m BEN CLARKE, 39 Profession: Adjunct French teacher, St. Michael’s College, works with kids with learning differences at the Bellcate School, owns small business making Vermont Bonky Swords Party ticket: Vermont Localist Town of residence: Winooski Born: Lancaster, N.H. Years in VT: 10 Estimated campaign spending: Less than $500 Run before? Ran for Winooski City Council 2003 and 2005 Ever held elective office? Yes. Won both races for city council, but resigned at beginning of second term, citing increased family responsibilities.

Website: www.benjaminclarke.org

NICKNAME GAME What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re in politics. Winning elections is all about name recognition.

To this end, candidates are allowed to list both given names and nicknames on the ballot. In many cases, the two are logically related, but some may strike voters as rather unusual.

Here’s a political puzzler: See if you can match these Vermont candidates with their nicknames, listed in quotes on the ballot.

Mary Alice Herbert (Lt. Governor)

“Topper”

Winfield P. Gates, Jr. (State Senate, Bennington Cty.)

“Zeke”

Virginia Lyons (State Senate, Chittenden Cty.)

“Sonny”

Donald Collins (State Senate, Franklin Cty.)

“Ginny”

Albert Audette (State Rep, Chittenden 3-9)

“Gini”

H. Meyers (State Rep, Chittenden 7-2)

“Renn”

Kathrine Niquette (State Rep, Chittenden 7-2)

‘“Ron”

George Allard (State Rep, Franklin 2)

“Winker”

Eileen Dickinson (State Rep, Franklin 2)

“Bud”

Harvey B. Otterman, Jr. (State Rep, Orange-Caledonia 1)

“Mal”

Francis McFaun (State Rep, Washington-4)

“T.J.”

Thomas Donovan (State’s Attorney, Chittenden)

“Don”

Ezekiel S. Cross (Assistant Judge, Bennington Cty.) Virginia A. Milkey (State Rep, Windham 3-1)

“Lynn”

“Bud”

ANSWERS: Mary Alice Herbert “Mal,” Winfield P. Gates, Jr. “Winker,” Virginia Lyons “Ginny,” Donald Collins “Don,” Albert Audette “Sonny,” H. Meyers “Bud,” Kathrine Niquette “Renn,” George Allard “Ron,” Eileen Dickinson “Lynn,” Harvey B. Otterman, Jr. “Bud,” Francis McFaun “Topper,” Thomas Donovan “T.J.,” Ezekiel S. Cross “Zeke,” Virginia A. Milkey “Gini”

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Why are you running? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very concerned about the future of Vermonters. I feel that this trend toward centralization of business, government and energy production is simply toxic and needs to be reversed.â&#x20AC;?

Major policy positions: Support small-business owners by eliminating state tax on self-employment income, because small businesses are good for democracy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have a very small number of owners running giant companies and everybody works for them, you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a very democratic distribution of power, economically or politically.â&#x20AC;?

Instead of taxing property, tax consumption of non-renewable energy, creating a financial incentive for conservation and energy production via solar panels. Give towns more control over taxes and government spending.

Interesting fact: Clarke invented his foam Vermont Bonky Swords â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;so you can safely bonk awayâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to let his two young sons duel without hurting each other. Find â&#x20AC;&#x2122;em at Kidstown, Outdoor Gear Exchange and Woodbury Mountain Toys. How about using them in a debate?

Quotable quote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we ought to be able to attune our taxation to our social and ecological priorities, and this is something that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not able to do. I ran straight into that as a Winooski city councilor.

The state is dictating how we tax, how much we tax, and now, as I understand it, Jim Douglas is proposing that the state limit how much the towns can spend on their own kids. It seems intrusive to me.â&#x20AC;?

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Why are you running? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because there are issues that none of the other gubernatorial candidates will discuss, such as a proper investigation into the events of the attack on 9/11, election integrity, sovereignty for the state of Vermont, breaking away from the Federal Reserve System and support for local currencies such as Burlington Bread.â&#x20AC;?

Major policy positions: Believes in local control. Argues that, since Iraq never attacked the United States, deployment of Vermont National Guard troops to that country was â&#x20AC;&#x153;unlawful.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;As governor, I would have dug my heels in and said no.â&#x20AC;? Calls for increased development of sustainable energy practices, and supports the Second Vermont Republic, which advocates that Vermont secede from the Union.

Interesting fact: Hogue may be best known as his alter-ego, Ethan Allen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the actor often performs excerpts from Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writings while dressed as the Revolutionary War hero. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ethan Allen stood for all the things that the founding fathers stood for, which is to defeat tyranny wherever it raises its ugly head.â&#x20AC;? Catch Hogue in a pre-election Allen performance at the International Secessionist Conference on November 4 in Burlington, at the Wyndham Hotel.

Quotable quote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The level of autonomy that states have now is just a fig leaf. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to re-establish the rights of the states â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in particular, Vermont â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to do what they traditionally have the right to do.â&#x20AC;?

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BOB SKOLD, 53 Profession: Web publisher Party ticket: Liberty Union Town of residence: Springfield Born: Manhattan, N.Y. Years in VT: 20-plus Estimated campaign spending: Nothing but gas money Run before? No Ever held public office? No Website: www.Robertskold.com Why are you running: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see a change, not only in our local government but all the way up to Washington. I think Democrats and Republicans are crooks. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a set of gangsters. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too much money in the political system the way it is.â&#x20AC;?

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Major policy positions: Wants Vermont and the nation to adopt a single-payer health-care system. Supports alternative energy, especially hydroelectric power. Believes the state should work towards selfsufficiency on energy, food and clothing. Says â&#x20AC;&#x153;Survival services should not be a source of profit.â&#x20AC;? Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think local property taxes could be cut, but believes they should be capped. Wants to remove the school-tax portion of property taxes for all retirees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know people who are losing their houses and businesses because they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay their freakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; taxes. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not comfy with that.â&#x20AC;?

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reat drama blends the specific and the universal. Sharply drawn characters inhabit a time and place recreated with meaningful detail. But the emotions driving the characters and fueling the conflict extend STORY beyond their circumstances. In A Raisin in ELISABETH the Sun, playwright Lorraine Hansberry CREAN balanced timeliness with timelessness. Her play has become a touchstone of 20thA Raisin in the century American theater, as much for the Sun, directed by deep chords it still strikes as for its Joanne Farrell, produced by the groundbreaking status in its time.

Champlain Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-crafted curChamplain Theatre at rent production reminds us that, in Champlain America, family dynamics are often as tanCollege. Alumni gled and tense as racial issues. The twoAuditorium, and-a-half-hour show started at a languid Champlain pace, allowing the audience to make an College, Burlington. emotional investment in the talented lead November 1-4, actors as they developed their characters.

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A Raisin in the Sun marked a string of theatrical firsts when it premiered in 1959. The 29-year-old Hansberry became the first black woman to have a play produced on Broadway. Lloyd Richards was the Great White Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first black director, with Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee headlining the predominantly black cast.

Hansberry won Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the youngest person, the first black writer and only the fifth woman to do so. Besides the widespread critical acclaim, the show was a box-office smash.

Its success was replete with irony.

Audiences were mostly white, as the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producer Philip Rose notes in his memoir, You Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Do That on Broadway! On a 1963 tour to Washington, D.C., the National Theater was â&#x20AC;&#x153;no longer legally segregatedâ&#x20AC;? but not â&#x20AC;&#x153;particularly welcoming to black audiences,â&#x20AC;? he remembers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This group of white, largely affluent theatergoers had expressed their enthusiastic approvalâ&#x20AC;? of the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message about inte-

SEVEN DAYS | november 01-08, 2006 | feature 35A gration. Rose concludes wryly: “After the show they returned home, probably to continue their battle to keep their neighborhoods free of any such intruders.”

Hansberry’s title is drawn from Langston Hughes’ famous poem “Harlem,” which asks: “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” The play is set in her native Chicago, where the imminent arrival of a $10,000 life insurance check triggers a spate of dreaming among members of the struggling Younger family. For the first time, each sees a path out of their rat-trap rental apartment in the ghetto.

Thirty-five-year-old Walter Lee wants to be head of the family now that his father has died. But he feels hemmed in by his dead-end job as a chauffeur and emasculated by the gaggle of women at home, who seem to wield more power there than he does. He bickers with his weary wife Ruth and wiseacre baby sister Beneatha. The most potent conflict brews with his mother, who controls the incoming cash.

Matriarch Lena is distressed because the financial windfall, arising from the sorrow of widowhood, has increased her burden rather than lessening it. She doesn’t understand why Walter Lee equates money with freedom. “In my time we was worried about not being lynched and getting to the North if we could and how to stay alive,” she reflects. Lena finally decides to make a down payment on a small house, thinking it will bring her feuding family back together. “It makes a difference in a man when he can walk on floors that belong to him,” she declaims.

overflowed with vitality as the high-spirited Beneatha. Her character’s sass and intelligence showed in sharp facial expressions and self-assured body language.

Rose Pulliam portrayed Mama most effectively in the lighter scenes. But the actress is considerably younger than the character — Mama is in her early sixties — and the awkward aging makeup and wig seemed to detract from the darker moments, almost as if Pulliam were impersonating someone older rather than embodying her. Nevertheless, as Ruth and Mama, Collins and Pulliam established a charming rapport. Their relationship is essential to the play’s momentum: Both women love Walter Lee, and their need to see him succeed drives the action.

Among the solid supporting cast, Colin Cramer gave the strongest performance as Mr. Lindner. The role of the white man tasked with stopping the Youngers from moving into their new home calls for a subtly banal portrait of evil, which Cramer conjured with baby-faced innocence. His parting shot at Walter Lee — “You just can’t force people to change their hearts, son” — cuts deeper delivered sincerely than hissed villainously.

Cora Fauser’s colorful costumes alone could have evoked the 1950s setting.

Splashes of fuchsia and lime green perked up the palette, as did period details such as saddle shoes, knee socks and denim pedal pushers. By contrast, the expansiveness of the Alumni Auditorium stage and its gorgeous maple floor worked against Robert Wolff ’s set design. The furnishings looked more stylishly eclectic than motley,

Champlain Theater’s well-crafted current production reminds us that, in America, family dynamics are often as tangled and tense as racial issues.

But there are a couple of catches in this plan. The only house Mama can afford is in an all-white neighborhood, and a “welcoming committee” representative warns the Youngers that they will not be welcomed. Walter Lee’s anger escalates: He sees “stars gleaming” that he just “can’t reach out and grab.” Mama reluctantly gives him control over the remaining money, with disastrous results. Just when all seems lost, however, Walter Lee salvages hope from the desperate situation and earns back his family’s respect.

Edgar Davis gave an outstanding performance as Walter Lee, a proud man riding a rollercoaster of emotions. Davis brilliantly evoked Walter Lee’s frustration and its source in his desire to be somebody. He radiated energy even when standing still, seeming to pull power from the floor through his feet. Hilarious comic moments, such as the drunken dance on the dining-room table, lent the angry young man an endearing edge. The scenes in which his character is defeated were crushing: Davis curled into himself, slumped and stricken as if he’d been physically beaten.

The trio of lead women partnered well with Davis and with one another. As Ruth, Sheila Collins created a touching portrait that blended fragility and strength. Ruth has many familial roles to juggle: harried wife, overburdened mother, faithful daughter-in-law. Collins bustled with Ruth’s endless domestic tasks, while manifesting her weariness in tone and gesture.

By contrast, Amy Burrell-Cormier

and the apartment felt more spacious than cramped or “ratty.”

On opening night, a major lighting malfunction occurred for several minutes during Act 3, leaving the actors to perform on a dim stage. There was also a terrible directorial decision — since reversed — to use an actual lit cigarette during a scene in Act 1. More than one patron fled for the lobby in respiratory distress.

Despite these minor problems, the Champlain production achieved the play’s principal goal: to make you think and feel.

In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry was self-effacing as a chorus of critics hailed the premiere of A Raisin in the Sun. But another reaction to the play, a Chicago sermon, moved her deeply. Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein placed Walter Lee’s struggle in historical context, speaking to his synagogue about the shared black and Jewish journey through enslavement and marginalization.

Weinstein said: “It will be recorded that it was often more bitter to have had the name of free men without the substance, than to have had neither the name nor the substance. It will also be recorded that the fetters — the invisible, inchoate fetters — of unspoken prejudices, of social conventions, of property covenants, were much more corrosive in the flesh than the visible chains of tyranny.”

Lorraine Hansberry died in 1964 of cancer, when she was just 34 years old.

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Davis turns in a powerfully taut performance in Lorraine Hansberryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1959 masterpiece as Walter Lee Younger, the angry Chicago chauffeur who dreams of investing his deceased fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life insurance 5:00 PM payout in a liquor store. Certainly some November 8, 2006 biographical similarities between actor and character enhance this portrayal. Each is a Twilight Auditorium Middlebury College Midwestern African-American man living Free and open to the public in a female-dominated household. Each is roughly middle-aged â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Walter Lee is 35, Davis 44. Each occupies a dwelling in need of repairs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the roof of Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 1899 For over 25 years, pilot and photographer Alex MacLean has flown his Cessna Hardwick home leaks, he says. And each 182 over much of the continental United States Documenting the landscape. He has his eye on a bigger prize. has portrayed the history and evolution of the land, from vast desert regions to For Davis, that prize is not superstaragricultural patterns to city grids. His work records the country's development in dom, but the means to make a living as an addition to the gradual evolution and changes brought about by human interactor while enjoying Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vaunted vention. Trained as an architect and interested in landscape heritage protection quality of life. Striking the balance is a issues, MacLean has set out to show and explain the universal history of town and countryside using photography as a medium. With a sensitive and critical challenge, to say the least. In general, Davis eye, his powerful and descriptive images provide clues to understanding the says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Living in Hardwick is pretty simple. relationship between the natural and constructed environments.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good speed.â&#x20AC;? But when a stage or screen role is announced in a larger market, such as Boston, Davis finds that â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a This lecture is co-sponsored by Middlebury College, Bread Loaf Architects, whole-day thing just to spend five minutes Planners, Builders, and the Architecture &... Lecture Series.

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in an audition, and damn near impossible if you have a day job.â&#x20AC;?

Luckily for the Champlain production, Davis is between day jobs at the moment.

He had been working at Macâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market in Stowe until gas prices made the commute from Hardwick a pricey proposition. (If only Walter Lee Younger could exercise such fiscal responsibility.)

Davis and his wife Shari Cornish moved to Vermont in late summer 2004 and took up residence in an old family home, along with Cornishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister. That move marked the end of a long professional journey for Davis â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from his undergraduate days in Kansas City to acting stints in the Twin Cities and, for a spell in the late 1990s, Los Angeles. Davis enjoyed some success in L.A. when he landed a small speaking part in actor Bill Paxtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s directorial debut, Frailty. But the pace â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and cost â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of Left Coast living sent Davis and Cornish packing to Asheville, North Carolina. There Davis made a Vermont acting connection when he appeared in a North Carolina Stage Company production of Midwives, Vermont playwright Dana Yeatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stage adaptation of Vermont author Chris Bohjalianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel.

While that role had no bearing on his subsequent move north, Davis seems well acclimated to his adoptive state. A live-and-let-live outlook comes through as he tells the story of his life and career. In conversation, Davis is inclined to focus less on the challenges of being black in a racially homogenous state than on the nationwide struggle to make art and a living. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friendly and direct one moment, hunched over in stocky contemplation the next. Get him going on the difference between good and bad theater, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full of opinions.

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WoodWorking festival! see demos: For one thing, Davis is wary of what he considers to be pat interpretations and methods.

That’s evident in his unconventional approach to the portrayal of Walter Lee Younger. “People like to talk about the racial aspect of the play and the social aspect of the play; people go to those obvious relationships,” Davis says. “There’s something people don’t like to address, and that’s the biological aspect of being a guy. I think there are some things that are very hardwired in the male psyche.”

One of them, he explains, is the innate male need to be the provider, which Walter Lee clearly can’t manage. And Walter Lee’s business scheme hardly earns him respect. As he laments, “Man says to his woman, ‘I’ve got a dream.’

His woman says, ‘Eat your eggs.’”

Davis elaborates: “You have black women who, because of their experience, aren’t as dependent on males. So they are stronger, and the need for men or a man’s place gets diminished.”

While Davis believes that his male conditioning helps him understand Walter Lee on one level, he considers Hansberry’s script the most important place to look for motivation. “I am a firm believer in not embellishing,” he says. “In other words, speak the words as they are written. . . I’m not going to rewrite her play. I’m not going to make it fit my view of the world.”

In other words, Davis eschews the contemporary method of dredging up father issues and sundry psychological wounds to animate a character.

Instead, he respects the sanctity of the script. It’s a strategy reinforced in his “bible,” playwright David Mamet’s True and False, an extended essay entreating actors to serve the text above all.

Kent Stephens, one of Davis’ first acting teachers at the Kansas City Art Institute, set him on a course away from turning character study into thinly veiled therapy. “He told us, right off the bat, ‘We’re not going to do any exercises,’” Davis remembers. “‘But as you go from production to production, you will be able to survive the bullshit out there masquerading as theater. It’s not about you at all. It’s really not about the actor.’”

Davis took Stephens’ advice to heart in performance-art classes. There he says he endured criticism for being “so 19th century” when he chose to tell stories through performance rather than present the kind of “repellent” work then in vogue. “I got sick of going to performances and seeing these people spew all their venom,” he says. “I don’t want to sit there and listen to you scream, ‘Fuck you, Dad’ for 10 minutes.”

Davis’ distaste for pedantic forms of theater was sown much earlier, though — in his Pentecostal upbringing as the son of what he calls a “fire and brimstone” preacher. Davis recalls the working-class congregants who summoned a kind of false strength from the church’s “emotional manipulations.” He says the experience enhanced his sensitivity to a character like Walter Lee, who occupies a subservient station in life.

As no-nonsense as his acting style may be, Davis is known for his affable, lighthearted manner, onstage and off. “He’s got a great sense of humor . . . Edgar can make things very funny,” says Unadilla Artistic Director Bill Blachly, recalling his Fugard performances. “He sees the irony and humor in ways that not everybody does.” In A Raisin in the Sun, Davis skillfully leavens with wit many moments in the otherwise tense, dramatic play.

Did Davis’ dream get “deferred” — as the Langston Hughes poem puts it — somewhere between Kansas City and the Northeast Kingdom? He readily admits he’d welcome another round of residual checks, such as those he collected for a while after appearing in a TV ad for the Old Country Buffet restaurant chain. But he’s content to be in Hardwick for now. Davis says he isn’t making the same mistake he sees Walter Lee Younger making day after day, night after night — being “envious and frustrated” at his prospects. “I’m happy because I know more than I did when I was younger,” Davis explains.

“Fewer things bother me. There’s less conflict in my life. The only benefit of age is wisdom — but that’s enough.” �

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The most telling statistic is

often repeated: There are more college-aged black men in prison than on campus. The play’s theme — how society restricts and even neutralizes black manhood — should be a historical relic. Sadly, it resonates today. �

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O, Superman Book review: Golem Song by Marc Estrin

ow do people become fanatics, capable of killing strangers on the strength of a belief? How do words and ideas give birth to murder? With the death toll from suicide bombings mounting STORY daily in the Middle East, we can’t MARGOT afford not to ask these questions. But HARRISON the third novel from Burlington’s Marc Estrin reminds us that ideologiGolem Song

by Marc Estrin, cal violence is no stranger to our own Unbridled Books, shores. Set on the eve of the new mil353 pages, lennium, Golem Song confronts an $15.95. older source of friction and fear in American urban culture: the tension between African-Americans and Jews.

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R.N., is an unlikely warrior of any faith. He’s a pudgy, thirtysomething, two-pack-a-day smoker with a mind stuffed full of classic literature and a formidable talent for oratory and wordplay. Alan resides in the Bronx with his mom and pet snake, works in a busy emergency room, and divides his free time between his two brainy girlfriends: a Jewish social worker and a German shiksa psychiatrist. That’s not enough for this man of appetites, who still scans personal ads and aspires to the romantic conquest of real-life philosopher Martha Nussbaum.

FROM GOLEM SONG: Alan Krieger had nothing wrong with his liver, nor was he likely to, since he didn’t drink or do injectables. Unattractive? Beauty must be in the eye of the beholder, for Alan had acquired not one but two lady friends — though overweight is not exactly chic.

As Alan has just trod down the steps and through the turnstile, one’s attention turns, then, to “underground.” Podpolia, in Russian, refers not to subways but to the crawl space under the floor of a house, and Dostoevsky has evoked in this little masterpiece an irate, claustrophobic consciousness in strained polemical battle with some imagined enemy, the condition, he thought, of modern man.

Unlike Dostoevsky’s antihero, Alan Krieger, RN, was neither narrow-minded nor without character. Nevertheless, there was something podpolye-ish in his heart as he stood waiting to be transported.

Ecstatic discharge from the nether regions of the downtown express as it disappeared into darkness. Old Sparky, Alan thought, the festival of lights come round for Passover. The uptown platform — his — was filling up with huddled masses yearning to go home and watch TV. What a card, old God. Execute all those lil Egyptian firstborns? For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, I and not an intermediary — the Big Ham. He could have had Jews avenge themselves. But no. No Jewish Fists allowed. Why? Afraid of His People punching themselves in the face? Punching Him in the Face? He kept everyone in the dark that night, without responsibility or blame for all those little corpses.

That’s the comic side of Alan Krieger: Like Shakespeare’s Falstaff, he’s all about excess. But his anger is larger than life, too. In the first chapter, we get a sense of the power Alan can wield with words alone. When a strapping psychiatric patient goes berserk in the ER, insisting he’s the son of God, Alan subdues him by telling the story of Shabbatai Z’vi, a 17th-century would-be messiah whose delusions brought him to grief.

It’s not always easy for Alan to absorb his own wisdom — that man and God aren’t one. He’s angered by the things he experiences every day: the teenagers who blast rap music on the subway, the gang members who come to the ER boasting of brutal killings, the anti-Semitic orators of the Nation of Islam. Soon he’s taking revenge in small ways — like telling an unruly black patient the doctors are going to castrate him — that get him in trouble with his superiors.

Alan’s friends are shocked by his racist comments, but he insists, “I’m not racist; I’m a realist.”

Though he calls himself a Buddhist, Alan’s sense of himself is shaped by Judaism — and, perhaps even more deeply, by the long history of anti-Semitic violence in Western culture. He’s convinced that the only way to make it stop, whether in the Bronx or on the West Bank, is for Jews to give tit for tat. “I’m sick and tired of Jewish patheticness,” he proclaims. “Exemplary victims, weak, passive, cowardly, timid and downtrodden. . . . [we need] the norm of a

new kind of Jew, no more bent-over rabbis but patriotic, bronzed warriors, kicking ass and transvaluating values.”

On the anniversary of Kristallnacht — the massive 1938 Nazi pogrom — Alan’s obsessions come together. Like 16th-century Rabbi Loew, who created a giant golem from clay to protect the Jews of Prague, he will fight back.

And, like the golem after the rabbi forgot to deactivate it on the Sabbath, Alan won’t make distinctions between the innocent and the guilty.

This topic could lend itself easily to sensationalism. But Estrin, who won national acclaim for his first novel, Insect Dreams, is no sensationalist: He’s a philosopher and a writer steeped in the modernist — and postmodernist — traditions.

Like Alan’s mind, the novel teems with allusions to classic music and literature, from the Old Testament to Captain Marvel comics. For readers, this sets the comprehension bar pretty high. To understand the novel, it helps to know that the fragments passing through Alan’s mind in the first chapter are from Hamlet, or that “kicking ass and transvaluating values” is a reference to Nietzsche’s concept of the superman.

Formally, too, the novel is challenging — at least until you get used to the fact that its narrator is and isn’t Alan Krieger. Though Golem Song appears to be written from an omniscient third-person perspective, Estrin slips in and out of Alan’s interior monologue, giving the novel a James

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Joycean feel. Many chapters are composed almost entirely of dialogue, with few hesaid she-said tags to remind the reader whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speaking.

Luckily, Estrin writes vigorous, colloquial dialogue, the kind thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even better when you read it aloud. The chapter in which Alan tells his mother the Oedipus story â&#x20AC;&#x201D; on Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, of course â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a small comic masterpiece. In another beautifully crafted passage, Alan witnesses an Independence Day rally by the Nation of Islam and a competing White Power demonstration. Here humor gives way to chilling irony: For all their disagreements, both groups blame their problems on the Jews.

In scenes like this, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to see the source of Alanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rage. Estrin likes to approach difficult issues without reducing their complexity. Perhaps thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partial to the dialogue, a form pioneered by Socrates for the discussion of questions with no easy answers.

In this refusal to simplify the difficult, Golem Song is reminiscent of a classic American novel of race conflict: Ralph Ellisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Invisible Man. (Both authors acknowledge the influence of Dostoevskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Notes from the Underground, with its socially marginal, devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-advocate protagonist.) Like Ellisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nameless AfricanAmerican narrator, Alan Krieger has revelatory interracial encounters with random people he meets on the streets of New York. Both characters feel the weight of a long history of ethnic oppression; both are inexorably pushed toward violence.

Golem Song and Invisible Man diverge radically at their dĂŠnouements. By the end

Like Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Falstaff, Alan Krieger is all about excess.

But his anger is larger than life, too. of his story, Ellisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s narrator knows that the American â&#x20AC;&#x153;melting potâ&#x20AC;? is more like a seething stew. But he also has an epiphany: Diversity, in all its â&#x20AC;&#x153;concrete, ornery, vile and sublimely wonderfulâ&#x20AC;? messiness, is what America is about. Ellison writes that those who preach ethnic or ideological cleansing, whatever their race or creed, are â&#x20AC;&#x153;making the old eagle rock dangerously.â&#x20AC;?

For all his brilliance, Alan Krieger is ultimately one of those people. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard not to wish that Estrin had given his character a moment of insight like Ellisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or given us a character with a countervailing perspective who was prominent enough in the narrative to stand up to Alan. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frustrating, sometimes almost unbearable, to be stuck inside the mind of a man whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talking himself into madness.

But to deny the realities to which heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reacting would be worse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do the country-club Jews understand this?â&#x20AC;? Alan asks about his racism, pointing out that wealth will buy a lot of tolerance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and complacency. Real pluralism means working out conflicts that sometimes seem intractable. Estrin uses Alanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downfall to illuminate this truth: When everyone claims to be the â&#x20AC;&#x153;chosen people,â&#x20AC;? no one has a right to exist. ďż˝

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Earth Oriented n route to Art on Main in Bristol, you’re likely to see plenty of pastoral, picture-postcard scenes. But that’s not what awaits viewers to the gallery’s current featured show, entitled “I & Thou: EXHIBIT Conversations with the Landscape.”

Jeff Photographer Jeff Schneiderman and Schneiderman ceramist Sarah Russell are more inven& Sarah tive and comfortably conversant with Russell: “I & abstraction and pure color than the Thou: Conversations word “landscape” would suggest. As the with the show’s subtitle indicates, both artists are Landscape,” inspired by the natural world, but it’s photographs the combination of inspiration and and pottery, technical mastery that makes both colrespectively. lections so memorable.

Art on Main, Montpelier-based Russell wrote in Bristol. her artist’s statement: “A potter evolves Through an intimate understanding of the interNovember 19. play among the raw elements of nature ARTWORK — of fire, water, earth and air — and is constantly experimenting with them in “Lighthouse Lens a quest for their perfect balance.” That I” by Jeff Schneiderman quest is technical, but it’s also spiritual.

In her description of throwing pots, Russell adds, “A meditation becomes a PHOTO tangible object.” This artisan’s works are Courtesy functional as well as decorative. Her of Jeff painterly sensibilities enhance traditional Schneiderman coffee cups, teapots, plates and platters.

Russell has invented an engaging tree motif in which the spreading branches of a delicate, leafless deciduous tree are defined by negative space. Rather than painting the subject on, she glazes the areas around the tree. A 16-inch thrown

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Just as superb glazes define Russell’s ceramics, so Schneiderman’s images are informed by his attention to composition. platter most clearly illustrates the spontaneity and confidence with which Russell executes this design.

Other pieces have bands of color along their edges, and in creating them Russell has demonstrated her keen understanding of the flow of glazes. On one 17-inch platter, an abstract wreath of indigo and brown glazes encircles the edge in a wide, fluid swath. Russell’s ground — the rest of the platter — is a roughly textured, sandy-tan expanse.

An 18-inch platter with a less symmetrical arched design is painted in layers over a dark-brown glaze. It highlights richly commingled warm, jewel-like hues.

Just as superb glazes define Russell’s ceramics, so Schneiderman’s images are informed by his attention to composi-

tion. In the 11-by-14-inch “Lighthouse Lens I,” a kaleidoscopic panoply of hues radiates ripples of light, like circles emanating from a pebble dropped in a pond. The bands of reflection are of variable widths, breaking the symmetry just enough to keep it from becoming oppressive.

The Williston photographer is equally enamored of patterning in works that are virtually monochromatic. “Frost, Williston, VT” presents fernlike fans of rime on a silvery window pane. Juts and curls intertwine in lacy

rhythms. Values are darker in the depths of the picture plane, while lighter whites run along the lower edge of this vertical composition.

“Feather, Turkey Feather” is silvery gray but a totally different sort of image.

It’s a magnified shot of a feather with fine, sharp fringe lines emanating from a spinal quill to the left of the picture’s central axis. The fine lines more resemble the detail of a contemporary skyscraper façade than a humble turkey feather.

Schneiderman’s knack for transformation also makes his dramatically lit

view of red sandstone in “Canyon Fire, Bryce Canyon, UT” seem like flames, or towers of shooting lava. The shot was taken at night, so brighter colors are layered over a dark background, highlighting the mysterious geology of the canyon.

Art on Main is a community-oriented gallery that does have plenty of more mainstream landscapes in its inventory — ideal for the upcoming holiday shopping season. But with “I & Thou,” the gallery offers up an aesthetic that transcends the decorative. m

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CALL TO ARTISTS DIORAMA-O-RAMA: Artists are invited to submit a work no bigger than a shoe box for a competition at Green Door Studio, Burlington. Deadline: November 17, 9 p.m. Winner determined by popular vote later that night. $5 entry fee, winner takes all. Info, dcameron@ greendoorstudio.net or 316-1124.

THE CARVING STUDIO AND SCULPTURE CENTER invites artists to submit small, inexpensive works in any medium for its annual Holiday Show, November 24 - December 23, to benefit the center's education programs.

Deadline: November 21. Make an appointment for delivery, 4382097 or carving@vermontel.net.

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TIMOTHY GRANNIS: "Small Miracles," new works by the designer-goldsmith; and MARY BETH MORRISSEAU: "Various Views," paintings and monotypes.

Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 6602032. Reception November 3, 5-8 p.m. Through November.

‘LAND’: A group exhibition featuring works by Maria Chmomentowski, J.A. Davis, Peter Fried, Bruce Hathaway, J.E. Horner, Mary Long and Carol Norton.

VCAM Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 660-4335.

Reception November 3, 5-8 p.m.

Through January 12.

HELENE AMSES: "Seasonal Transitions," pastels; and ELLIS JACOBSON: New sculptures; and KENJI KATAKURA: Abstract portraits; and JANE PINCUS: Fanciful acrylic collages. Artpath Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, 563-2273. Reception November 3, 6-8 p.m. Through January.

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WYLIE SOFIA GARCIA: "Great Garcia! Paintings Part I," figurative work that reflects the process and struggles of an MFA candidate. E1 Studio Collective, Burlington, 338-8251. Reception November 3, 6-9 p.m. Through November 18.

P.J. DE VILLIERS: "Birth of a Still Life," a multimedia installation of paintings, drawings, music, photography and video. Sanctuary Artsite, 47 Maple St., Burlington, 864-5884. Reception November 3, 6-9 p.m., with screening of short video, "How to Make a Shrinky Dink," at 7 p.m. Through December 1.

‘PROFFERING THE PRAISEWORTHY PRESENT’: A seasonal gift show featuring the gallery's roster of artists. Cooler Gallery & Shop, White River Junction, 295-8008.

Reception November 3, 6-8 p.m.

Through January 13.

NOVEMBER SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Seven regional artists in multiple media as well as members of the Vermont Watercolor Society show their works. Yester House Gallery, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Reception November 4, 2-4 p.m. Through December 5.

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Second Floor, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 8657166. November 2, 7 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK: More than 40 galleries and other art venues around Burlington welcome visitors in this monthly event. Info, 264-4839 or info@artmapburlington.com.

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YARN-SPINNING DEMONSTRATION: Miss Hawklet, a.k.a. Holly Klump, shows how it's done with her eco-conscious yarn. Made Boutique & Gallery, Wing Building, Burlington, 651-0659. November 3, 5-9 p.m.

‘FROM DISCOVERY TO DARTMOUTH: THE ASSYRIAN RELIEFS AT THE HOOD MUSEUM OF ART, 1865-2006’: This symposium brings major scholars of Assyrian art and archaeology, including one who has worked to protect Iraq's antiquities during the current war. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2808. Welcome, introduction and keynote address November 3, 4:30 p.m.; sessions November 4, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7200.

Through November.

‘SCARY’: Clarke Derbes, Andrea Currie, Athena Kafantaris, Drew Cameron and Todd Eschenburg celebrate the season with monster sculptures and more. Green Door Studio, Burlington, 860-2939.

Through November 15.

TRACEY PHILLIPS MAIDA: "Dear Sage Reinventing a Friendship," an installation of mail art. Studio STK, Burlington, 578-3333.

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JESSICA HATHEWAY & SANDRA BERBECO: "Entropy and Confabulation," mixed-media paintings. 215 College Street Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Burlington, 863-3662. Through November 26.

KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Prints and original paintings. Cobblestone Deli, Burlington, 893-7503.

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POLLY THOMPSON: "Felines/ Canines/Fragrants," recent paintings. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through November 28.

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Local Art Gallery at Ashley, Ashley Furniture Homestore, Burlington, 865-9911. Through December 15.

MARY BRUNS: "Country Living," black-and-white silver-gelatin photographs. Lower Level, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7161. Through November 27.

COFFEE CULTURE EXHIBIT: A juried exhibition of works by artists from coffee-growing countries, in conjunction with "Coffee Culture Month." Second Floor Gallery, Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7166.

Through November 5. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30 YEARS OF NEW YEAR GRAPHICS FROM THE JEWISH MUSEUMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Prints commissioned by the New York museum between 1969

and 2000 on the occasion of the Jewish New Year. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Through November 12.

DARLENE MCDONOUGH: "Cathartic Release," mixed-media paintings on canvas and paper, Pearl Street Gallery, CCV, 119 Pearl St., Burlington, 951-1252. Through December 1.

JAMES AUGUSTINE GERO: The female form and Vermont landscapes in photo-portraiture and mixed media, Mezzanine Gallery.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Through November.

REID CROSBY: Abstract figurative drawings. Smokejacks Restaurant, Burlington, 658-1119. Through November.

BONNIE ACKER: "New Vermont Landscapes," pastels and oils.

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8834. Through November 6.

DARLENE MCDONOUGH: "Cathartic Release," mixed-media paintings on canvas and paper, Pearl Street Gallery; and AD LABERGE: "New Clothes and Other Fables," 3-D mixed media, Lower Level Cherry Street Gallery; and BETH ROBINSON & JME WHEELER: "Human & Humanoid: Crossing Thresholds," handmade dolls and illustration, Third Floor Cherry Street Gallery, CCV, Burlington, 951-1252.

Through December 1.

ANNIE MCGINNIS: "Bloom," acrylic paintings on canvas. The Art Space at Cynthea's Spa, Burlington, 999-4601. Through November 3.

TONY WHITFIELD: "Extreme Motion Pictures: The Streb Project," photographs chronicling the work of New York choreographer Elizabeth

Streb. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 6524500. Through November 4. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;COLORS OF THE AMAZONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Featherworks from the Nalin & Petersen Collections, including ceremonial headdresses, costumes, musical instruments and baskets by groups in the Brazilian Amazon region, through November 19; and TONY JOJOLA & PRESTON SINGLETARY: "The Aesthetics of Fire," glassworks influenced by the artists' Native American heritage, through December 15; and 'FLEMING AT 75: FROM CURATOR'S CABINET TO MODERN MUSEUM': An installation featuring objects, photographs and other ephemera celebrates the history of the museum, through December 15.

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JEFF SCHNEIDERMAN & SARAH RUSSELL: "I & Thou: Conversations with the Landscape," photographs and pottery, respectively, inspired by the natural world. Art on Main, Bristol, 453-4032.

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MAXINE DAVIS: "Ablaze with Color," paintings. Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 877-2211. Through November.

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:: central JESS AHEE: "With Child," pastel images. The Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 229-1453. Through November. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MOMENTA IIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A juried exhibition of prints created within the last year by artists from New Hampshire and Vermont.

Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, 2955901. Through November 26. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;SEEING EYE TO EYEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Photographs by students of the International Youth Exchange over the past 35 years on six continents. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 728-4612.

Through November 19.

MICHAEL VON LOEBENSTEIIN: Collages and digital prints.

Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College, 468-1266. Through November 21.

ARTS RESOURCE ASSOCIATION: "Prime 31," a members' show in multiple media celebrating the group's 31st year, Main and South Galleries; and 'THE VAULT TOUR': Works from the permanent collection, Wood Room. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 8288743. Through November 5. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ROCK SOLIDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: The sixth annual stone show with sculptures and other works that pay tribute to the medium, Main Floor Gallery; and 'ACROSS GENERATIONS: BARRE PORTRAITS & ORAL HISTORY PROJECT': Barre High School students show black-andwhite photography with excerpts from interviews with local elders, Second Floor Gallery; and PAULA WOLCOTT: Paintings, Third Floor Gallery. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 479-7069. Through November 4.

CORA BROOKS & JOAN MARIE DAVIDSON: Paintings. City Center, Montpelier, 685-2266.

Through November 7.

LINDA HOGAN: "City Halls" photographs. Statehouse Cafeteria, Montpelier, 828-0749. Through November.

FALL MEMBERS SHOW: The 45th annual exhibit features the work of more than 40 Vermont artists.

Chaffee Art Center, Rutland.

Through November 12.

ALISON GOODWIN: Works on paper focusing on landscape, season changes, and light and shade. Big Town Gallery, Rochester, 767-9670. Through November 12.

GERARD W. RINALDI: "VT Fugue: Hoops, Tracks & Traces," new photo-drawings. Governor's Office, Pavilion Building, 5th Floor, Montpelier. Through November.

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Bar Antidote, Vergennes, 8657166. Through November 20. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ART NOW: DAWN CLEMENTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: An installation by the New York artist, created in brush-andink, is based on the 1952 noir film Sudden Fear and fills the entire Overbrook Gallery; and 'TREASURES FROM THE ROYAL TOMBS OF UR': Nearly 200 artifacts from the ancient Sumerian culture. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 4435007. Through December 10.

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Westford Public Library, 8785639. Through December 15.

BRANDON SMITH & SHANNON YOUNG: BFA Thesis exhibition in mixed media. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1469. November 611.

JANE ASHLEY: Oil paintings of landscapes in Vermont and beyond. Vermont Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-9653. Through November.

GRACE PERMANENT COLLECTION EXHIBIT: Works by 11 artists "grace" the walls: Stanley Marcile, Robert Gove, Emile Arsenault, Dorothy Bupp, Curtis Tatro, Huddee Herrick, Mary Paquette, Gayleen Aiken, Dot Kibbee, Kathryn Sheperd and Richie Delisle. GRACE Gallery, Old Firehouse, Hardwick, 472-6857. Through November 22.

DON WILKINSON: "Blurring the Distinction," acrylic paintings that impose contemporary images on classic works. Heroes Kingdom, St. Albans, 524-9230.

Through November.

PAMM O. HANSON: BFA Thesis exhibition in mixed media. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1469. Through November 11.

GEORGE PETERSON: Turned and shaped wood bowls and sculpture by the North Carolina artisan.

Stowe Craft & Design, 253-7677.

Through December 1. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE ATMOSPHERE HEREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Paintings by Adrien "Yellow" Patenaude and Heather L. Bushey; photography by Dana Armstrong; and sculpture by Erich Adie. The Painted Caravan Gallery, Johnson, 635-1700.

Through November 18.

STAPLETON KEARNS: "Fall in Vermont," oil paintings. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-1818. Through November. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ENTRE AMISâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A survey of Canadian art including Inuit sculpture, landscape paintings and contemporary photographs; and RETT STURMAN & FRIENDS: Oil paintings, concluding the gallery's 25th anniversary "Then and Now" series. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358.

Through November 18. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LAND AND LIGHTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: An annual invitational group exhibit of works in multiple media by regional artists, West Gallery, through December 17; and 'SMALL PICTURE EXHIBITION': The 10th annual group exhibit of diminutive works by members, through November 19. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100.

:: regional JOSH WILLIAMS: A collection of 25 large-format images from the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina series by this photojournalist and 2002 grad. Feinberg Library, SUNY Plattsburgh, 518-564-2474.

Through January 7. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;GIRODET, ROMANTIC REBELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: From the Louvre collection, a retrospective comprising nearly 130 monumental paintings by the French painter (17671824), as well as some works on paper, Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion. MontrĂŠal Museum of Fine Arts, 514-790-1245 (U.S. tickets 1-800-678-5440).

Through January 21.

SERGE HAMBOURG: "Protest in Paris 1968," photographs for a Parisian weekly during the 1960s-'70s, through November 19; and 'FROM DISCOVERY TO DARTMOUTH: THE ASSYRIAN RELIEFS': An installation about the ancient Iraqi reliefs and other Near Eastern works from the permanent collection, through March 11. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2426.

JAPANESE PAINTINGS FROM THE HENRICKSEN COLLECTION: Classical ink-on-scroll works.

Myers Fine Arts Building, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y., 518-564-2474. Through November 5. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;HOT OFF THE PRESSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: More than 25 prints by recent graduates and current students of the printmaking program at SUNY Plattsburgh, an exhibit presented by Art at Evergreen, a program of Norte Maar of Rouses Point in collaboration with Evergreen Valley Nursing Home of Plattsburgh. Hassett Adult Day Services, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-3261. Through November 3. ďż˝

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“The Restaurant,” oil on canvas by Dennis McCarthy of Burlington.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Seven Days accepts hi-res digital files (minimum of 200 dpi) and full-color reproductions of 2-D artwork from area artists for a one-time, non-paying “Public Art” exhibition. Submissions must be vertically oriented non-originals no larger than 8 ½ x 11”. Do not send work that is currently being exhibited elsewhere in Vermont. We will only return artwork that includes a SASE with appropriate postage. Please include your name, address, phone number, title of the works and medium. Send submissions to: Seven Days, c/o Public Art, PO Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402; or email: publicart@sevendaysvt.com.

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Say Hello To Movie Sequel This is the American story in red and blue.

When the white drops out of the patriotic rags-to-riches myth of the American dream, you end up with the timeless tale of a Latino criminal who makes his way in the world through rivers of red blood and blue language.

That’s the spine of Brian De Palma’s crime-classic Scarface, and the apparent interest around reviving the legend in a new video game, “Scarface: The World Is Yours”.

Cinema buffs everywhere flinched when a videogame earlier this year reduced The Godfather to a dull routine of extortion and Tommygun shakedowns. And, all vices considered, Scarface seems like a better fit for the interactive world.

The staples of action games include broadly drawn characters and endless gunplay. As a film, Scarface provides an obvious template.

In the movie, Al Pacino’s Tony Montana sketched the perfect postmodern, antihero — the selfmade man as macho psychopath with a loyal heart of gold. The story satirized the implicit brutality and greed of getting ahead in America while making a case for manly confidence and integrity. And since no one can get away with drug use in a 1980s movie, Montana’s reign ended with a shotgun blast to the back.

Unfortunately, all this irony and intricate theming unwinds when you decide to rewrite the movie’s ending and give Tony a second chance to rule the world.

The game lurches forward with Tony blasting away with a machine gun, and it never seems to run out of reasons for him to go around and shoot people.

This formula has worked well in the past. The “Grand Theft Auto” game series turned the urban landscape into a sandbox of

crime. The idea that you could go anywhere and do (almost) anything meshed the joys of freedom with the wild abandon of living outside the laws of society.

Still, a couple hundred f-bombs and a thousand shell casings later, you realize that Tony Montana didn’t learn his lesson in his coke-filled frenzy on film. And he doesn’t seem have grown much as a human being in this interactive treadmill of death.

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So, too, for the fictional Tony Montana. While the film’s nominally a tale of avarice and the violence of the drug culture, later generations have grown attached to its subtle cheer for a criminal Horatio Alger, a fellow who beats the odds as an ethnic immigrant and rises on his own talent and character.

But where Scarface the movie and “Grand Theft Auto” the game manage to hybridize bloody criminal activity with a middle-American work ethic, “Scarface” the videogame just works with empty outlines.

The driving around and shooting provide some fun. After all, according to the game’s story, all you’re doing is taking out a little old-fashioned revenge on the gangsters who tried to kill you. And graphically, the game’s Miami is plenty fun to explore.

Who’s It For: If you wished that Al Pacino’s Tony Montana had survived the bloodbath at the end of the film Scarface, here’s your chance to see what happens when a crime lord gets a second chance. History repeats.

If You Like This, Try That: Before Scarface inspired its own game, it was a touchstone for the developers of “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.”

This game’s proto-Miami features all the guns and glory of the film along with a cynical sense of humor that seems appropriate for a game about being the best criminal you can be.

Best Part: Although Pacino didn’t help make this game, the guy they hired to mimic his Tony Montana characterization does a spot-on job, right down to his pronunciation of the word “cock-a-roch.” m

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theborowitzreport BUSH PROPOSES MAKING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ‘GUEST VOTERS’

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n his boldest stroke to date to break the logjam over illegal immigration, President George W. Bush today proposed a “guest voter” program for illegal immigrants that would make them eligible to vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 7.

Speaking at a press conference at the White House this morning, Mr. Bush said that his “guest voter” proposal would allow illegal immigrants to attain full citizenship status for one day only.

Illegal immigrants are important to this country, because they do many of the things that other Americans are unwilling to do,” the president said. “Like voting.”

According to the president’s plan, undocumented immigrants would be bused to special “naturalization/voting booths” on Nov. 7, where they could become citizens for the day

simply by pulling a lever.

“Then, when their work is done, we’ll make sure they’re back on the other side of the border by Nov. 8,” Mr. Bush said.

In particular, critics have complained that in an early prototype of the booth, the translation of the phrase “I want to be a U.S. citizen” appeared

“Then, when their work is done, we’ll make sure they’re back on the other side of the border by Nov. 8.”

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“Everyone wins.”

But Mr. Bush’s guest voter program received mixed reviews from congressional Democrats, many of whom believe that glitches in the so-called naturalization/voting booths could lead to invalid election results.

as “Vote for all Republican candidates with this lever.”

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Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of the new book The Republican Playbook, published in October 2006. 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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ARIES (March 21-April 19): When I was

in my twenties, I refused to work for a living because I wanted to live for a living. As a result, I got an extended opportunity to perfect the art of cheerful poverty. One winter, while staying in a ramshackle cottage in North Carolina, my cash reserves got so low that I had to leap to a new level. For meals, I exuberantly retrieved discarded food from dumpsters behind grocery stores. For heat, I gleefully smashed up my wooden furniture with a hammer and threw it in my wood stove. I was the happiest person alive, with lots of leisure time to meditate, read books, write poetry, take long walks, and make love with my girlfriends.

Be inspired by my example, Aries. Identify some aspect of your life you tend to regard as inadequate or insufficient, and redefine it to be an asset.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Courage is not the abnormal,” wrote poet Jack Gilbert. “Not the marvelous act. Not Macbeth with fine speeches. It is the thing steady and clear. The marriage, not the month’s rapture. The beauty that is of many days.

The normal excellence, of long accomplishment.

Not the Prodigal Son, but Penelope.” Gilbert’s words are my gift to you, brave Taurus. Of all the signs, you best express the virtue of steady devotion to the demanding challenges of beauty and truth. In the coming week, I predict that you will dramatically prove how miraculous that quality can be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re a little

off-kilter and out-of-whack these days, Gemini.

Don’t worry about it. It’s a natural response to recent plot twists. Fortunately, there is a medicine you can get that will fix you up pretty quickly. All you have to do is spend quality time in nature.

One long hike should be enough, though to be absolutely sure you flush the psychic parasites that have been messing with you, two long hikes would be better. To aid in the exorcism and healing, I suggest that you also sing songs and shout out crazy ideas while wandering in the

great outdoors. And if you can’t escape to the wild places, at least have a picnic in a park.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Columnist Jon Carroll once listed the 100 best human artifacts.

They included things like clocks, screwdrivers, shoelaces and Band-Aids. But in your horoscope this week, I especially want to call your attention to the following items from his master list: pillows, mirrors, balls, masks, swings, lipstick, stirrups, playing cards and pear nectar. There’s a good chance that these best-ever creations will be featured in the effervescent adventures you’ll soon have. Or at least they should be featured.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I suggest you make

yourself alert for the return of at least one blast from the past. You may receive a communiqué from a forgotten sanctuary. A treasure that slipped from your grasp ages ago may become available again, especially if you pay close attention to borders and anomalies. Missing links may wander back in your direction, and old clues you haven’t thought of in many moons might put you hot on the trail of a smoldering mystery you’ve been neglecting to investigate.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In a number

of indigenous cultures, there’s the tradition of the “joking relationship.” Two members of an extended family, often a brother and sister-inlaw, are expected to form a bond that revolves around them playfully teasing each other. If you don’t have an ally like that in your life, Virgo, I urge you to get one. And if you already do have such a companion, raise your connection to an even higher level of loving mischief and jocular amusement. It’ll keep you loose in just the right ways during the coming weeks and months.

LIbRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The early bird may get the worm,” says comedian Steven Wright, “but the second mouse gets the cheese.” It’s one of those times, Libra, when I advise you to be

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like that second mouse. A bit of procrastination will work in your favor. I want to offer some additional wisdom from Wright because his upside-down perspective is exactly what you need right now. (1) Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines. (2) The sooner you fall behind, the more time you’ll have to catch up. (3) Hard work pays off in the future, but laziness pays off now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Dear Mr. Sensitive Astrologer: Let’s get one thing straight.

I don’t want peace of mind! So stop trying to talk me into going after it! It’s impossible to have it on this Earth. Got that? And another thing. I don’t care about your time-consuming emotional resolution stuff! I’m not interested in chasing after the unrealistic goal of being a nice person. I just want pure, raw, naked success — the kind of glory that makes me feel really proud of my powerful effect on people. That’s it! So shape up and start giving me what I want in your little horrorscopes.

—Truth-Telling Scorpio.” Dear Truthy: I love to help my readers achieve glory that makes them feel proud of their powerful effect on the world.

But in my opinion the best way to accomplish that is by cultivating peace of mind, emotional resolution and kindness. By the way, it’s now an excellent time to make great progress in this work.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the

18th century, the Bastille was a notorious French prison. Its squalor was perhaps less oppressive than other jails, however, because every inmate was supplied with three bottles of wine per day. Being so continuously intoxicated, few were inclined to attempt escape. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, in the hope that it will serve as a warning. You are, in my opinion, overdue to flee from your own personal version of imprisonment.

But you’ll be unlikely to do that if you’re drunk or stoned or otherwise in the throes of an influence that keeps you foggy, distracted or artificially satisfied.

In the interests of liberation, please keep your senses honed and your awareness focused.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your theme in the coming days is enchantment on demand. You’re in an aggressively elegant grace period — a time when you have the right to insist on being delighted. It’s as if you’ve been granted a poetic license to ask for and receive not just any old mediocre pleasure, but rather intriguing, ennobling pleasure. So don’t sit back and hope that sublime fun will accidentally come your way.

Know that you have the authority to command its arrival front and center.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In

American psychotherapy, the first question many practitioners ask their new clients is essentially, “What did your parents do to you to mess you up so badly?” One of my Japanese friends tells me that in his country, a therapist is more likely to ask, “What did your parents do for you? How did they nurture and support you?” Without dismissing the possibility that your mom and dad did inflict damage on you, Aquarius, I’d like you to concentrate on the Japanese-style inquiry for now. While you’re at it, meditate on these themes as well: What are the best things that happened to you when you were growing up? What did your extended family and community give you that you’ve never fully appreciated?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Normal People Scare Me is the title of a documentary movie about high-functioning autistic people. It might also serve well as the title of your life story’s current chapter. Ordinary, everyday reality is your greatest enemy right now. It threatens to ensnare you in a numbing trance at the exact moment when you need to saunter off into the unknown. Habit and routine are exerting a seductive pressure that could distract you from the fascinating tests you really need to embrace. The ironic fact of the matter is that, at least for the moment, you should be wary of your longing for security.

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PREVIEWS

Infamous HHHH

A NEW BLOOD McGrath’s film offers entertaining twists on the story behind the writing of Capote’s masterpiece.

t first the joke appeared to be on writer-director Douglas McGrath. Imagine working for years to put together a movie about one of the last century’s most distinctive literary personalities, only to be forced to stand by and watch as another production on precisely the same subject beat yours out of the starting gate — and took home Oscar bullion to boot.

Some mighty martinis must have been mixed in the McGrath home as award season rolled around last year.

The filmmaker still hasn’t seen Bennett Miller’s Capote. He was persuaded to hold back the release of his own creation until memory of that picture had faded from popular consciousness — a dubious strategy, given that anyone who’d forgotten about Capote was certain to be reminded of it by Infamous. As it turns out, all the comparison of the film to its predecessor hasn’t hurt a bit. The consensus, in fact, is that the first is greater than the second but not by all that much, and that in several respects, McGrath actually comes out ahead.

It may sound odd, given that the film revolves around the murder investigation, trial and executions Truman Capote fashioned into the masterpiece In Cold Blood, but Infamous is laugh-out-loud funny. Through its first half, at least.

British actor Toby Jones plays the late author as a flamboyantly effeminate elf whose flamboyance is, in fact, a deliberate act of defiance and strength. As the film opens, he is the toast of New York with Breakfast at Tiffany’s and other books under his belt, and Babe Paley (Sigourney Weaver), Bennett Cerf (Peter Bogdanovich) and Diana Vreeland (Juliet Stevenson) in his social circle.

He’s witty, he’s catty, he thrives on gossip, and he’s scanning the cultural horizon for the subject of his next project.

Something about the randomness of a quadruple homicide on a Kansas farm draws him to the American heartland in the company of his old friend Harper Lee (a surprisingly non-distracting Sandra Bullock). Between the amusingly rendered scenes in tony Manhattan nightspots and his introduction to Holcomb society, the film packs more laughs than many a Hollywood comedy.

Infamous is never more entertaining — and completely different in approach from Capote — than in its depiction of the writer’s first weeks as an orange-scarfed fish out of water in the small, traumatized town. Holed up in a humble hotel,

he awaits word from the local D.A. (Jeff Daniels), whom he’s asked for access to police records. He pouts and pours a tall Scotch when messages come through the front desk from the Queen Mother and a who’s who of Hollywood celebrities but not the local lawyer. The author’s calculated seduction of the official and others in Holcomb who could help him is a high point of McGrath’s perceptively written script.

The film’s second half is darker, of course. The tone alters once the two killers are arrested and Capote has to launch a whole new campaign of confidence-winning in order to entice their personal stories from them. This time around, Perry Smith, the more sensitive and complex of the two butchers, is played by Daniel Craig. McGrath envisions him as an explosive brute with the heart of an artist, and it’s this delusion of unfulfilled potential, of specialness untended by negligent parents, that Capote works to his advantage.

In last year’s movie, Smith begins to explain the meaning of a word to the author, only to be soundly put in his place.

In this one, McGrath imagines a Capote far more interested in the inmate’s opinions. He not only sends him copies of his books but sits still for the literary criticism that follows. In fact, the world-famous writer goes a step further. He incorporates Smith’s advice into the writing of In Cold Blood.

Which brings us to McGrath’s masterstroke, the literary joke he plays on the audience: He has Jones detail the experiment Capote decided to conduct with his book — applying techniques of fiction writing to reportage, creating interior lives for his subjects as though they were characters in a novel.

Then the filmmaker turns around and does precisely the same thing with his screenplay.

Some will wonder whether the romantic relationship that erupts between the two men toward the end is a fact of history they — and the previous film — somehow managed to miss. It’s not. It’s just McGrath filling in blanks with his imagination, the same way Capote did with his. At first, you may feel disoriented. And then, when it hits you, you’re likely to laugh and offer a tip of the proverbial hat.

So, a pleasant surprise: two movies in as many years about Capote and the writing of his most brilliant book. This second one returns us to territory that’s familiar. What it does once we arrive there, however, could hardly be more novel. m

BLACK GOLD: British documentary filmmakers Mark and Nick Francis examine the record profits multinational coffee companies currently enjoy and the alltime-low prices currently paid to coffee farmers for their harvests. (82 min, NR) BORAT: Brit wit Sacha Baron Cohen brings one of his characters from HBO’s “Da Ali G Show” to the big screen. Kazakhi journalist Borat Sagdiyev crosses the U.S. making a documentary and exposing prejudices and hypocrisies along the way. Pamela Anderson costars. Larry Charles directs. (82 min, R) FLUSHED AWAY: The creators of Shrek and the Wallace & Gromit films team up for this computer-animated comedy about rodents living beneath the London streets. Featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen and Bill Nighy. (86 min, PG) MONGOLIAN PING PONG: From China comes the story of a 7-year-old boy who lives near the Gobi desert and one day happens upon a ping-pong ball, a mysterious object he and his friends attempt to identify, with whimsical results. (100 min, NR) SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE: Tim Allen stars in this sequel concerning an attempt by Jack Frost (Martin Short) to take over the big guy’s holiday. Costarring Ann-Margret and Alan Arkin. Directed by Michael Lembeck. (92 min., G) THE QUEEN: Helen Mirren stars in this look behind the scenes at the life of Elizabeth II and her relationships with, among others, Tony Blair and the late Princess Diana. With Michael Sheen, James Cromwell and Sylvia Syms. Stephen Frears directs. (103 min., PG-13)

SHORTS ALL THE KING'S MENHH1/2 Sean Penn stars in this remake based on Robert Penn Warren’s 1946, Pulitzerwinning novel about the rise of an idealistic Louisiana politician and the corruption that leads to his downfall.

With Jude Law and Kate Winslet.

Directed by Steven Zallian. (120 min, PG-13) CATCH A FIREHHH Tim Robbins and Derek Luke star in this political drama from Phillip (Rabbit-Proof Fence) Noyce, the story of a South African hero’s long and dangerous journey to freedom. (102 min, PG-13) DEATH OF A PRESIDENTHH1/2 Gabriel Range directs this fictional television documentary about the assassination in the year 2008 of George W. Bush.

Becky Ann Baker, Michael Burke and Jay Patterson star. (93 min, R) EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTHHH Greg Coolidge directs this comedy about life behind the scenes in a bulk-dis-

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H = refund, please HH = could’ve been worse, but not a lot HHH = has its moments; so-so HHHH = smarter than the average bear HHHHH = as good as it gets Ratings assigned to movies not reviewed by Rick Kisonak are courtesy of Metacritic.com, which averages scores given by the country’s most widely read reviewers (Rick included).

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BY SUSAN GREEN

SHORT TAKES ON THE REEL WORLD

Hollywood Noir because — you guessed it — the Earth is dying.

Although Tolkin’s American studies major earned him a Middlebury magna cum laude designation, he had transferred there after a less stellar two years at bohemian Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

“I partied and boho-ed my way out,” Tolkin notes. “Steely Dan was the school band. We knew how to have a good time.”

When a glass soda bottle falls from an airplane in 1984’s The Gods Must Be Crazy, the mysterious object instills avarice in a diminutive Bushman’s otherwise harmonious tribe. He sets off to return this useless treasure to the deities he assumes dropped it by mistake.

A similar cultural confusion fuels Ning Hao’s unhurried, whimsical Mongolian Ping Pong, on tap at the Savoy Theater this weekend in the “Can’t Wait ’til March” series. Sevenyear-old Bilike (Hurichabilike) finds a small white sphere floating in the water near his family’s yurt on the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia. He suspects the thingamabob may be “a glowing pearl” sent by the river spirits.

Bilike and his two best pals (Dawa and Geliban) eventually learn that their trophy is a ball used in the “national sport” of table tennis. They believe it’s the only one in China, however, and vow to restore the precious orb to the government. After the trio’s misguided attempt to reach Beijing via the Gobi

Desert, possessiveness threatens their friendship.

Meanwhile, Bilike’s teenaged sister (Wurina) wants to study performing arts in the nearest town, and Bilike’s father (Yidexinnaribu) starts building the dream house he has seen in a Western magazine. Fascinated by modernity, these semi-nomadic people with herds of sheep and horses are poised to see their beautiful, remote region become a landscape of change.

A few weeks ago in New York City, Liz Canner was wooed by industry representatives lusting after her documentary-in-progress, Orgasm Inc.: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure. The New Hampshire filmmaker, 38, lives in Hanover but operates a studio across the border in White River Junction. At Manhattan’s annual Independent Feature Project Market, she enticed potential distributors with a 20-minute clip from her latest work.

“I had 25 meetings, supposedly the most for any film there,” says Canner,

who now must edit a rough cut to show her cinematic suitors. “And we did a wonderful fundraiser at Gloria Steinem’s house.”

The picture’s feminist message apparently comes with some laughs. “It’s a humorous and informative odyssey that explores the mixed messages, corporate greed and outright quackery women confront in their quest for sexual pleasure,” explains Canner.

The Massachusetts native was inspired by her former job at a pharmaceutical company that researched Viagra-like drugs for women. “I wasn’t planning to make a ‘sexposé,’” she says.

“That just kind of happened. I was burned out on social-justice issues and wanted a more light-hearted subject.”

Canner’s previous nonfiction films addressed topics such as electoral fraud, police brutality and globalization. In the Big Apple, this commitment to substantive content was matched by her knack for promotion. “We handed out pill bottles with candies inside,” Canner recalls.

“Orgasm Inc. was printed on the label.” m

“Flick Chick” is a weekly column that can also be read on www.sevendaysvt.com.

To reach Susan Green, email flickchick@sevendaysvt.com.

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BY DAVID DIEFENDORF

READ THIS FIRST: This week, as always, the things Fannie likes (shown in CAPITAL letters) all follow a secret rule. Can you figure out what it is?

NOTE: Fickle Fannie likes words. But each week she likes something different about them — how they’re spelled, how they sound, how they look, what they mean, or what’s inside them.

“Running with SCISSORS” suggests an edgy recklessness.

“Jocks for Jesus” combines a BIBLE camp with a sports camp.

PARENTS start out as friends, then become enemies, then friends.

Nothing is quite so ugly as a badly printed CREDIT CARD RECEIPT. The first demilitarized zone was in KOREA; now they’re everywhere.

Cousins of the BIKINI are the monokini, slingshot, teardrop and micro.

Animals in a POLAR REGION are black or white or black and white.

Canines do the dog paddle but felines ride in a CATAMARAN. In France, “WEEKEND” is used more often than fin de semaine.

Like the cookie itself, “OREO” begins and ends with a circle.

E me with your Qs or comments (dd44art@aol.com). Difficulty rating for this puzzle: SIMPLE AS A DUMBBELL. If you’re stuck, see the HINT on this page.

If you cave, see the ANSWER on page 55A. 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: You may have to think twice about it.

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he Earth will soon be toast, according to 1974 Middlebury College graduate Michael Tolkin. The 56-year-old screenwriter delivers this disturbing observation with matter-of-fact simplicity, both in his new novel and during a recent phone call from Southern California. “The world is dying,” he says, echoing his lead character in The Return of the Player.

The Grove Press publication is a sequel to Tolkin’s The Player, a 1988 tragicomic tale about the Hollywood system that has employed him for almost three decades. His Oscar-nominated script became a sharp 1992 satire with the same title directed by Robert Altman. In the original book, thirtysomething protagonist Griffin Mill let nothing stand in the way of success.

Even murder. Almost two decades later, on the page he’s still somewhat sociopathic as an aging studio executive whose marriage and career have stalled in a miasma of existential dread.

“We’re all overloaded with information and in a panic,” Tolkin suggests.

“Griffin is in a perpetual panic, consumed by vanity and genuine fear. He’s my hero, but he doesn’t really fit that definition.”

This type of “hero” can’t save us from the global environmental catastrophe Tolkin envisions. Perhaps that’s why the wordsmith is currently finishing a feature-film adaptation of The Martian Chronicles. Author Ray Bradbury’s 1950 science-fiction classic follows futuristic voyagers who colonize the Red Planet

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Directed by Christopher Reeve and Colin Brady. (88 min, G) FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS���� Based on the best-selling book by James Bradley and Castleton resident Ron Powers, Clint Eastwood’s Oscar contender chronicles the battle of Iwo Jima, the most iconic photograph of WWII and the fates of some of the young soldiers who fought it.

Featuring Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Paul Walker and Barry Pepper. (132 min, R) FLICKA��� Michael Mayer brings us this big-screen update based on the Mary O’Hara classic My Friend Flicka, the story of a 16-year-old girl and her horse. Starring Alison Lohman, Maria Bello and Tim McGraw. (86 min, PG) HALF NELSON����1/2 Ryan Gosling plays a high school teacher battling a substance-abuse problem. Shareeka Epps is a lonely young girl about to make a choice she may regret. The two strike up an unlikely friendship that changes both their lives. Ryan Fleck directs. (104 min, R) INFAMOUS���� The other movie about Truman Capote. Toby Jones and Sandra Bullock star in Douglas McGrath’s portrait of the late author and the making of his masterpiece, In Cold Blood. (118 min, R) KEEPING MUM��1/2 Rowan Atkinson stars in this British black comedy about a rural vicar so distracted by his work he fails to notice his wife’s affair with an obnoxious golf instructor.

Kristin Scott Thomas and Dame Maggie Smith costar. Niall Johnson directs. (103 min, R) LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE���� Music video vets Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris make their feature-film debut with this road movie about a family that barely survives a trip to a children’s beauty pageant. The ensemble cast includes Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Alan Arkin and Steve Carell.

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Ashton Kutcher costars. (86 min, PG) RUNNING WITH SCISSORS��1/2 From writer-director Ryan Murphy comes the big-screen version of Augusten Burroughs’ best-selling memoir featuring Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow and Brian Cox. (120 min, R) SAW III�� The adventures of supercruel puppet-master Jigsaw continue, much to the dismay of a small-town doctor who finds herself his latest victim. With Tobin Bell, Behar Soomekh and Dina Meyer. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. (107 min, R) SCIENCE OF SLEEP��1/2 Gael Garcia Bernal stars in writer-director Michel (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) Gondry’s romantic fantasy in which a young man’s dreams take over his waking life. Costarring Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou and Sacha Bourdo. (106 min, R) SHORTBUS��� From John Cameron Mitchell, director of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, comes this adult drama interweaving three separate stories concerning strangers who frequent an underground sex club in New York.

Sook-Yin Lee, PJ DeBoy, Lindsay Beamish and Paul Dawson star. (102 min, NR) THE DEPARTED���1/2 Who cares if it’s a remake when it’s Martin Scorsese doing the remaking? The Goodfellas director transforms Wai Keung Lau and Alan Mak’s Infernal Affairs into a saga of duplicity and deception within the

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon and Alec Baldwin star.

(150 min, R) THE GRUDGE 2�1/2 Takashi Shimizu directs this follow-up to the 2004 hit horror-thon. This time around, the supernatural curse targets a seemingly unrelated string of victims. Featuring Amber Tamblyn, Jennifer Beals and Edison Chen. (102 min, PG-13) THE GUARDIAN��� Kevin Costner plays a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer trainer with unorthodox teaching methods. Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward and Clancy Brown costar. Andrew Davis directs. (139 min, PG-13) THE MARINE�� WWE wrestling star John Cena makes his big-screen debut with this testosterone-fest about a soldier who returns home from Iraq, only to find himself in the fight of his life when his wife is kidnapped. Kelly Carlson costars. John Bonito directs.

(91 min, PG-13) THE PRESTIGE���1/2 Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival magicians in this period piece from Memento director Christopher Nolan.

Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie and Ricky Jay costar. (130 min, PG-13) THE U.S. VS JOHN LENNON��� Chronicling a 10-year period in his life (1966-1976), this documentary looks at the Nixon administration’s attempt to silence the politically influential ex-Beatle. (99 min, PG-13)

NEW ON DVD/VHS KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS��� Scott Marshall directs this comedy about a hyper-Hollywood agent who uses his son’s bar mitzvah to one-up some of his showbiz competition.

With Jeremy Piven, Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah and Garry Marshall. (84 min, PG-13) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III��� Fresh from his award-magnet stint in Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a scenery-chewing villain in the latest installment of the action franchise.

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Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. See calendar for special screenings.

BIJOU CINEPLEX 1-2-3-4 Rt. 100, Morrisville, 888-3293.

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The Grudge 2 6:50. Open Season 6:30. friday 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 9 Santa Clause 3 1:10 & 3:35 (Sat & Sun), 6:40, 8:30 (Fri & Sat). *Flushed Away 1 & 3:25 (Sat & Sun), 6:30, 8:15 (Fri & Sat). Flicka 1:15 & 3:45 (Sat & Sun), 6:50, 9 (Fri & Sat). Saw III 1:20 & 3:50 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9 (Fri & Sat).

*Santa Clause 3 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:30. *Borat 12:50, 2:50, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40. Flicka 1:10, 3:40, 6:45, 9:15. The Departed 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 9:25. Flags of Our Fathers 12:35, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30.

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Times subject to change. See http://www.majestic10.com.

MARQUIS THEATER

Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 2 Man of the Year 6:10, 8:25.

Science of Sleep 6:15, 8:15. friday 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 9 *Flushed Away 1:15 & 3:15 (Sat & Sun), 6:15, 8:15. The Departed 1 (Sat & Sun), 6, 9.

Times subject to change.

Times subject to change.

ESSEX CINEMA

Essex Shoppes & Cinema, Rt. 15 & 289, Essex, 879-6543. wednesday 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 2 The Departed 1:15, 4:30, 7:45.

Flags of Our Fathers 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20. The Guardian 1, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30. Man of the Year 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:20. The Marine 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:30. Open Season 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. The Prestige 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:30.

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Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners, Williston, 878-2010. wednesday 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 2 Saw III 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 9:50.

Death of a President 1:15, 4:05, 7:10, 9:45. Flags of Our Fathers 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30. Flicka 1:10, 3:50, 7, 9:20. The Prestige 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35. The Departed 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 8:45, 9:25. The Grudge 2 1:05, 4, 7:05, 9:40. Man of the Year 1, 3:40, 6:50, 9:35. Open Season 12:50, 3:20, 6:20. The Guardian 12:40, 6:35. Employee of the Month 3:55, 9:40. friday 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 9 *Flushed Away 12:30, 1:30, 2:35, 3:50, 4:45, 6:15, 7:10, 8:20, 9:20.

MERRILLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ROXY CINEMA College Street, Burlington, 864-3456.

wednesday 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 2 Running With Scissors 1:05, 3:50, 6:50, 9:10. Catch a Fire 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:30. Science of Sleep 1:15, 3:55, 7:05, 9:25. The Prestige 1:10, 4, 6:45, 9:20. The Departed 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15. Keeping Mum 12:55, 3, 7:10, 9:35. friday 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 9 *The Queen 1:20, 3:40, 7:10, 9:15. *Black Gold 1, 3, 5, 7, 9:15.

Running With Scissors 1:05, 3:50, 6:50, 9:20. Catch a Fire 4:10, 8:40.

Science of Sleep 1:15, 6:25. The Departed 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15.

The Prestige 1:10, 4, 6:45, 9:20.

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PALACE CINEMA 9

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wednesday 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 2 Death of a President 12:35, 2:40, 4:45, 7:05, 9:15. Infamous 10:30 (Thu), 1:15, 4:15, 7, 9:30.

Shortbus 1:10, 3:50, 7:10, 9:40.

Marie Antoinette 10:30 (Thu), 1, 4, 6:50, 9:30. Little Miss Sunshine 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:10. The Departed 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 8:30, 9:25. The Prestige 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35. Man of the Year 1:05, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20. Open Season 1:25, 3:35, 6:30. friday 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 9 *Santa Clause 3 1:20, 3:45, 6:30, 8:45. *Flushed Away 12:30, 2:30, 4:35, 6:45, 8:50. The U.S. vs. John Lennon 1:25, 4:05, 7:05, 9:25.

Infamous 3:55, 6:35. Shortbus 1:10, 3:40, 7, 9:20. Marie

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2nd Annual Drop the kids at the YMCA and enjoy a day of holiday shopping or just spend some quality time by yourself.

They will swim, enjoy arts & crafts, science experiments, gym games, movies & more.

STOWE CINEMA 3 PLEX

Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. wednesday 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thursday 2 Flags of Our Fathers 7:30. The Departed 7:30. The Guardian 7:30.

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WELDEN THEATER

266 College Street www.gbymca.org

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Fayette Road, South Burlington, 864-5610.

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Antoinette 1, 4, 6:50, 9:30. The Departed 12:30, 3:25, 6:25, 9:20.

The Illusionist 1:05, 9:10. The Prestige 12:45, 3:35, 6:40, 9:30.

Little Miss Sunshine 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:10.

THE SAVOY THEATER

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All shows daily unless otherwise indicated. Film times may change.

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For children ages 4-10 and their families $3 Admission at the Door

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Some health-conscious consumers like it raw

BY SUZANNE PODHAIZER

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quibble with much of its scientific basis. For people like Wooliever, who teaches raw food classes and workshops at her home in Worcester, living food is a lifestyle — one that’s made such a difference in the quality of her life that she says she could never return to a diet of cooked food.

Wooliever, 36, began experimenting with raw foods in 2001, shortly after giving birth to her daughter in

I feel that some people will benefit from more protein and some will benefit from more fruit, and we all benefit from more fresh, green smoothies!

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oil. The filling is wrapped in a dehydrated corn and orange juice “tortilla” and topped with fresh salsa. No cooking necessary; no meat or cheese allowed. If this recipe sounds a little out of the ordinary, it’s not surprising — Wooliever is a “raw fooder,” and her enchiladas follow the precepts of the living food, or raw food, diet.

In a culture where making dinner for friends means quizzing each one about dietary restrictions, do we really need another food fad? To critics, the raw phenomenon seems like a silly trend that makes it more difficult for people to get three squares a day, and nutritionists

Maryland. She had been suffering from a systemic overgrowth of a yeast called Candida, which can lead to infection, oral thrush, extreme fatigue and a general feeling of malaise. To top it off, Wooliever was hypoglycemic.

After adopting a living diet, she found that both conditions disappeared. She lost 30 pounds in six months without feeling hungry or deprived.

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Where other things werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the raw food diet worked like a charm.â&#x20AC;?

But, after moving to Vermont, Wooliever started cheating. She wanted to try all the foods the state had to offer, including local meats and even the occasional creemee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cooked food I was eating is considered beautiful by most people,â&#x20AC;? Wooliever says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;organic, local food from scratch.â&#x20AC;? But within six months, she began to get perimenopausal symptoms â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;anxiety, hot flashes, arthritic pain and abdominal pain.â&#x20AC;?

A visit to the doctor resulted in prescriptions for antidepressants and birth control pills, but they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help. When Wooliever gravitated back to raw food, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the symptoms went away almost immediately,â&#x20AC;? she says. In order to learn how to share her success with others, she took classes with raw-food guru Alissa Cohen of Kittery, Maine, and is now certified to pass on Cohenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachings.

So what exactly is a living diet? Definitions vary. Some living fooders will eat raw fish or meat and unpasteurized dairy products, but Cohenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version is vegan. In her book Living on Live Food, Cohen writes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raw and living food consists of uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouted grains.â&#x20AC;? Condiments and flavorings such as apple cider vinegar, raw honey, Bragg liquid aminos, spices and unrefined sea salt are also approved.

Although a living-food diet consists mainly of low-calorie items â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the exception of nuts, olive oil and avocados â&#x20AC;&#x201D; practitioners generally deny that the weight loss and improvements in health are due simply to consuming fewer calories and increasing fiber, vitamins and antioxidants.

They believe that the enzyme content of the food they eat results in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;glowâ&#x20AC;? of good health, and makes the difference between live food and â&#x20AC;&#x153;deadâ&#x20AC;? food so pronounced.

Enzymes are crucial to digestion. Salivary amylase begins breaking down starches as soon as you start to chew. Other enzymes come into play once food reaches the stomach, and even more are found in the small intestine, where the bulk of digestion occurs. But the body manufactures these enzymes, so why do we need more of them? Raw fooders recommend consuming foods that havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been heated above 112 degrees Fahrenheit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the temperature at which enzymes are deactivated â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in order to help the body digest foods more easily.

Not doing so, they say, is harmful and ultimately deadly.

Although nutritionists generally believe in the value of raw foods and think that most Americans should eat more of them, many disagree with the enzyme hypothesis. Robert S. Tyzbir, professor of nutrition and food sciences at the University of Vermont, says that cooking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like sprouting and fermenting, which are accepted by raw fooders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is actually a way to â&#x20AC;&#x153;pre-digestâ&#x20AC;? food and make it easier for the body to break it down. Although enzymes are important, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the digestive process for humans is fine the way it is,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can take protease enzymes and ingest them, and it will help break proteins down, but without those [extra] enzymes,

To learn more about Linda Woolieverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classes, monthly potlucks, catering and about raw food challenges, contact her at linda@vt-fiddle.com or visit www.rawvermont.com.

Other informative websites: www.aliveandraw.com www.thegardendiet.com www.alissacohen.com www.beyondveg.com

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Cooked food is consumed by every civilization in the world, including the Inuit, who also enjoy raw seal meat, and the people of Okinawa, who are said to be the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s healthiest. This makes skeptics doubt the validity of the raw-foodersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; claims. If this is really the best way to eat, and raw food has always been available, why hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t anybody figured it out before?

But Wooliever says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think anybody realizes how great you can feel until you try it for yourself.â&#x20AC;?

As with any other regimen, she suggests focusing on the raw dietâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positive aspects and not worrying about what you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have. Indeed, many of the recipes in Cohenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book sound delicious, such as the pesto-stuffed mushrooms, avocado chutney, marinara sauce and a spicy pumpkin pie with an almond-date crust.

But how exactly does one â&#x20AC;&#x153;cookâ&#x20AC;? without heat?

Wooliever uses a few essential pieces of equipment for most of her food preparation: a blender, a dehydrator and a juicer. While the blender and juicer are fairly crucial and used in many raw recipes, the dehydrator allows her to take her raw food to the next step. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breads,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;wraps,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;crackersâ&#x20AC;? can be made in the dehydrator, along with â&#x20AC;&#x153;tortillasâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for her enchiladas, of course.

Wooliever would like to help create a rawfood community in Vermont, and hopes that her classes and services will help others enjoy the same benefits she does. And, unlike some raw fooders who are preachy and intolerant of those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the same choices, Wooliever is passionate but open-minded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My goal is to help people learn how easy it is . . . to incorporate more of this food,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel that some people will benefit from more protein and some will benefit from more fruit, and we all benefit from more fresh, green smoothies! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not necessarily looking to convert people to 100 percent raw, but am excited to show people how to incorporate this into their lifestyle.â&#x20AC;?

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The local focus is evident when you check out what’s on the shelves, but the inventory also looks pretty gourmet. Epicureans can find jars of roasted chestnuts and La Tourangelle Roasted Hazelnut Oil. Raw fooders will dig the French Celtic sea salt, the raw cider vinegar and the bottles of Bragg’s Liquid Aminos.

For carnivores, like Boyajian, the butcher will be cutting local meat to customers’ specifications at the yet-to-come deli-and-meat section. Produce, bulk foods and teas, and frozen and refrigerated items will all be available in the next few weeks. For now you can pick up dry goods such as pasta, crackers and soup, Seventh Generation paper products, and a few choice toiletries from Alba, Avalon Organic and Kiss My Face.

Sweet Clover is a cozy space with light wooden shelves and copper checkout counters, a couple of comfy chairs in one front corner, and a noshing nook in another. While there’s not enough room for a full, take-out bar, patrons can hang out and chow down on Nutty Steph’s granola, or warm up some “heat & eat” Rajma Masala — Red Kidney Bean Curry — in the available microwave. Check out the Sweet Clover website at www.sweetclovermarket.com for more info on the philosophy behind the market’s products and the pricing.

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Most Americans have never sampled Tibet’s most important food staple: Barley flour, called tsampa, is commonly mixed with yak butter and tea. Rolled into little balls, the dish — which is also called tsampa — accompanies almost every meal. Dried salted beef, mutton and yak meat are also crucial, as are dairy products such as yogurt and cheese.

While tsampa and yak “jerky” won’t be on the menu at Burlington’s fifth-annual Tibet Festival, you’ll find other Himalayan food specialties such as sha-momos and tse-momos — meat and vegetarian dumplings, respectively — along with a variety of noodle dishes prepared by native Tibetans and their families.

Most Tibetans are Buddhists, and their religion discourages taking life for food. But “due to the harsh environment, meat is widely eaten,” according to Nancy Lindberg, who married into Vermont’s Tibetan community. Their “unique perspective on meat consumption is that if a life must be taken to feed people, it is better that it be the life of a larger animal. The meat . . . will feed many more people than a smaller animal would, and only one life is taken.”

Tibetans in exile have to make a lot of dietary adjustments.

Ground beef is often substituted for yak meat in dumplings, and yak dairy products are hard to come by. Local Tibetans drink chang, an alcoholic homebrew made from fermented barley, as an “important part of the Tibetan New Year celebration.” But it won’t be served at the festival, says Lindberg, because it’s a “family event.” Catch a natural Himalayan high at Memorial Auditorium on Saturday, November 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

New Technology at Old Shaw Farm At Peter and Maryellen Griffin’s farm in South Peacham, blogging is now one of the daily chores. Posts include recipes, such as a recent one for delicata squash and bleu cheese quiche, and information about what it’s like to run a small, organic, CSA farm.

Beginning a blog wasn’t part of the Griffins’ plan — “I’m not a computer whiz,” claims Peter.

It was actually a “farm-warming” present to the couple from a tech-savvy friend. In April of 2003, he helped get their site set up, and the couple began posting about their big empty barn, the progress of their seedlings, and the complications involved in buying a tractor.

“We have family scattered all over the country,” says Peter, who figured the blog would be “a way for them to keep track of what we’re up to.” To his surprise, they began to receive emails from all over the world. Using tracking software, Peter has learned that oldshawfarm.com gets more than 1200 unique visitors a month from 50-plus countries.

Despite the site’s popularity, the Griffins plan to keep it simple. Peter is happy that the page “helps us keep in touch with our current customers,” and he’d love to find an hour to add links to other food and farm blogs he and Maryellen enjoy. “We’ve had a couple people mention that we could make money having ads on our blog, which seems bizarre, frankly,” Peter says.

What kind of entries are customer favorites? Recipes for unusual vegetables get them excellent rankings on Google, Peter reports. “We’re pretty high up there for garlic scapes, I think.” He adds that prospective farmers are encouraged by posts about how to deal with a new farming operation.

The in-laws? “Maryellen’s mother would rather have it all be about the grandkids.”

Selling Selzer These days, soda companies are more likely to base business decisions on the vicissitudes of the stock market than on the changing weather. But at the Vermont Sweetwater Bottling Company in Poultney, the outside temperature plays a key role in one of their all-natural drinks: carbonated sap they call Vermont Maple Seltzer.

Richard Münch, who owns the company with his brother Robert, says that when the sap runs, they have to work quickly. “We bring it in and immediately put it under refrigeration.

Then it goes through a pasteurizer to about 220 degrees . . . and it’s chilled back down and carbonated. Then we bottle it.” Wendy Cadieux, who jokingly refers to herself as the “chief cook and bottle washer,” notes that in the spring, when they’re working long hours, “you get giddy and drink a lot of soda.”

The process used to make the seltzer is so unique that it was patented in 1993. Says Richard, “We’ve always been mad inventors tryin’ to come up with something that we could make and sell . . . one spring we were making maple syrup and drinking sap, and I came up with the idea of carbonating it.”

People are often surprised by the crisp, fresh quality of the bubbly sap, which has only a hint of maple syrup’s aroma and sweetness. For those who wanted a stronger flavor, the brothers began putting out a more intense maple soda in 1996. They also make non-maple flavors: Country Apple Jack, Tangerine Cream Twister, Raspberry Rhubarb Ramble and Mango Moonshine.

Their newest flavors are Kickin’ Cow Cola and Rugged Mountain Rootbeer.

Vermont Sweetwater’s products are distributed throughout New England, and you can send an email to york@sover.net to learn how to get the soda shipped directly. Find them locally at City Market — maple flavors only — and at Sweet Clover Market and other specialty food stores.

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A few head outside to smoke.

It looks like a typical high school class — except the kids are snacking on red grapes, whole-wheat crackers and slices of cheese.

These students are taking a six-week course called “Cooking for Life,” a collaborative creation of the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger and the University of Vermont Extension.

The goal of the class — at Joseph’s House on Allen Street in Burlington — is to provide health information and cooking lessons for those who are at high risk for poor nutrition. Today’s group, aged 15 to 22, is from the Cherry Street campus of the Community High School of Vermont, which serves youth who are involved with the correctional system or have had trouble fitting in at mainstream high schools. For $3000 per “session,” VCTECH

works with schools, social programs or other groups to put the course together; they help their “partners” find space, personnel and food.

This is the first time Community High School has participated in “Cooking for Life,” and its vocational coordinator, Nikki Marabella, is excited about “the way that the students work in teams, have fun, laugh . . .” when they’re here. She notes that because the class is hands-on, “they’re on task for a longer period of time . . . and they keep coming back.”

Louise Brunelle, a nutritional educator from UVM Extension, starts the class with a discussion of last week’s homework. Students were asked to keep track of the number of servings of whole grains they consumed in the course of a week. They have one pressing question: Do cereal bars count?

Brunelle and Molly Stone, who is training to be a nutritional educator herself, scour the long list of ingredients on a bright-red package provided by one of the students. They determine that the small quantity of whole oats contained in the bar doesn’t qualify it as a whole-grain food. They also point out a number of detrimental ingredients —

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Nicole Edwards, 19, is more interested than some in learning how to create a balanced diet.

She’s pregnant and currently lives at the Lund Family Center.

There, she has access to a kitchen and prepares most of her food — although she likes going out to The Olive Garden with her mother and grandmother.

Unlike Cruz, Edwards has an easy time coming up with a favorite food — she loves shrimp Alfredo with spaghetti.

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Everyone perks up when it’s time to cook. A few students head into the kitchen where Chef Adam Soldan, a New England Culinary Institute student volunteer, gets them started chopping mushrooms, mincing garlic and stirring tomato sauce. Another group blends low-fat yogurt, bananas, orange juice and frozen berries in a blender to make purple smoothies. The third group whips up a batch of wholewheat muffins, also with frozen fruit. The room quiets down as everybody concentrates on the tasks at hand. Chef Soldan bounces around the kitchen, making sure that each student has all of the help he or she needs.

Mike Cruz, 17, jokingly threatens to burn the tomato sauce. He isn’t a big fan of cooking, but he loves to eat.

He likes food so much that when asked to name a favorite meal, he can’t. “I love calzones one night, I love steak the next night, I love pizza the next night . . .”

Cruz is taking the “Cooking for Life” class mainly to get a health credit, and is happy that it is “chill, laid-back,” as he describes the experience.

But he’s not as thrilled about the nutrition part. “If it’s too healthy, like a nasty Nutrigrain Bar, I don’t like it,” he confesses.

“And I hate those round things — rice cakes.”

Throughout the class, several other students echo the antihealth-food sentiment. One young lady, when explaining

to fill in some of the gaps. For example, she was surprised to learn about the prevalence of high-fructose corn syrup in processed products, and hadn’t realized that eating lots of it is unhealthy. “This stuff really helps me,” she says, “I’m going to have to make sure the baby gets nutritional meals . . . this is not just for high school, but for life outside.”

Dustin Larrabee, 20, has been cooking outside of school for seven years. He’s currently employed at Zachary’s. Even though cooking is fun for him and his employers treat him well, Larrabee says, “Sometimes these fast-food places get to me.” He was disillusioned when he learned how much of the food served in pizza places is pre-made. “If I were to get into culinary school, I’d look at cooking in a different way,” he says. “I’d be more excited about the recipes.” Larrabee also longs for “something more professional” where he could make a higher wage.

His love of cooking seems to come from his family. Larrabee enjoys his mother’s cooking, and his grandma was an inspiration for him — he beams with pride when he mentions her.

“My grandmother wasn’t very wealthy, and she used to go to the food shelf to get her groceries. But she could make something up out of whatever was around — out of nothing — and it was always great.”

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Montpelier is gearing up for the Third Annual Green Mountain Bob Dylan Wanna-Be Contest, which takes place at the Capital City’s Unitarian Church at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. Why not swing by for a couple of hours of caterwauling and dicey harmonica playing?

Organizer Patrick Mullikin, former owner of Riverwalk Records, will once again shepherd a gaggle of faux Zimmermans through the area’s oddest music competition. “People have asked me, ‘Why not a Beatles, Neil Young or Janis Joplin wannabe contest?’” he says. “I don’t think those other options would work for the simple reason that Dylan is the perfect target for parody.”

This might sound like sacrilege, especially coming from the event’s creator. I mean, isn’t he some kind of super-fan? Sort of. Mullikin respects the Bob, but when it comes to Dylan’s peculiarities, he’s unflinching: “He sounds like a bad imitation of himself,” Mullikin says. “One might argue that he’s the greatest American songwriter, cursed with the worst voice imaginable. He’s surly, and I’m sure he wouldn’t find this event humorous in the slightest.” Better not tell him about it, then.

I was a judge for the last two contests, but decided to sit this one out. Turns out they didn’t need me anyway. This year’s show features a fine group of arbiters, including songwriters Anaïs Mitchell, Mark LeGrand, Glenn Jochum, Colin McCaffrey and a handful of non-musical Bob snobs.

Last year’s champion, Jeff Shannon of Barre, is returning to defend his title. He faces a lot of competition, some more experienced than others. “Roughly half of the 24 are returning Bobs,” Mullikin offers. “The rest are new to the game.” They’ll be broken in by the time it’s over, I assure you.

Considering Dylan’s four-decade career, competitors will have plenty of material to choose from. And with the songwriter’s latest effort, Modern Times, racking up critical accolades, there’ll no doubt be some new tunes in addition to the classics. That hardly impresses Mullikin, however. “My favorite Dylan album is Blood on the Tracks,” he says. “I dismiss anything that follows.” Now who’s the surly one?

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A quick congrats to a couple of local musicians who continue to register on the national radar.

First up is singer-songwriter Gregory Douglass, who recently hosted an episode of “NewNowNext,” a music video program on the gay and lesbian TV network, Logo. A few months ago, one of Douglass’ own videos debuted on the channel; it’s currently number three on their “Click List.” That puts him ahead of major acts such as the Scissor Sisters — pretty sweet, indeed. Vote him to number #1 at www.LogoOnline.com.

Douglass’ appearance as presenter originally aired on Sunday, Oct. 29, but will be rebroadcast at least six times throughout the week. His fine new CD, Up & Away, drops on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Cartoonist/rocker James Bob Dylan Kochalka is praised in the latest issue of Spin. Sadly, I let my subscription lapse, but I did catch the mention online.

Kochalka’s hilarious (and infernally catchy) “Britney’s Silver Can” is listed in the magazine’s “Songs You Need to Download Now” list. The tune made number six out of 15, edging out such competition as M. Ward and Oh No! Oh My! The rag called Kochalka’s ditty “an indie-rock heart-pounder that envisions Brit dejectedly playing GameBoy in bed and saying Justin’s name more than 100 times.” Just about nails it, I’d say.

You can also read a spankin’ new interview with Kochalka in Stranded In Stereo at www.StrandedInStereo.com/music_ kochalka.shtml.

REPLACING THE BASS Burlington’s wild men of rock Lobot recently announced the departure of founding bassist Ian MacDowell. The heavily tattooed (and rather nice) low-ender simply has too much on his plate at the moment. “A rigorous school schedule doesn’t allow him to gig much now,” the band wrote in a recent email. How many rock ’n’ roll dreams has education squashed? That is, unless you’ve got a music degree. In which case you’re likely sipping Courvoisier in a private chateau.

The boys have already named MacDowell’s replacement, one Nick Contos. “And he’s fucking sick,” they offer. Hope it’s not terminal. I mean, he just joined and all.

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This isn’t the last we’ll hear from MacDowell, however. He and Lobot drummer Dave Putvain are putting together “a quasi-country band.” That should appeal to quasi-drinkers.

You can catch the new version of Lobot on Friday, November 3, at Winooski’s Monkey House. And from there, who knows? “We’re always available for parties, bar mitzvahs, weddings, Tuesdays, Mother’s Day parties at 2:27 p.m., any kind of proud marches, afterthe-funeral-things . . . what are they — wakes?” If you have to ask, you’re obviously not a friend of the deceased.

In other Lobot news, the band’s music is now available on iTunes, making Steve Jobs that much richer.

AURAL BLISS Seems like I’m always telling you about the low-key, experimentally oriented performances at Green Door Studio on 18 Howard St. in Burlington. Well, here are a couple more for your consideration.

Kentucky-based laptop musician Shedding and Rhode Island sound artist Wind Up Bird stop by on Saturday, Nov. 4. The former has an album featuring reconstituted samples of Eric Dolphy music; the latter creates meditative drones in the vein of LaMonte Young and Terry Riley. I checked out ww.MySpace.com/The WindUpBird and definitely heard the Riley influence, as well as a subtle Steve Reich feel.

Acoustic guitar phenom Glenn Jones is returning to town on Monday Nov. 6, following his successful Burlington performance last June. Also on the bill are Sean Smith and Matt Baldwin, both steel-string players in the John Fahey/Takoma Records tradition.

As usual, the shows start at 8 p.m. and cost $5. For more info, email Greg Davis at gregorytylerdavis@gmail.com.

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TOBI ARONSON (classical guitar), Radio Bean, 5 p.m. NC, followed by IRISH SESSIONS, 9 p.m. NC. LIVE JAZZ, Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. LEFT EYE JUMP (blues), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY WITH FATTIE B. (’80s-’90s jams), 11 p.m. NC. CIRCADIA (Celtic), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. BOBBY PREVITE’S COALITION OF THE WILLING WITH CHARLIE HUNTER, ROBERT WALTER, SKERIK (exploratory funk), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. $18/23. 18+.

SING! (karaoke), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. NC. 18+.

OPEN MIKE WITH ANDY LUGO & DJ TRANSPLANTE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. 802 SNOWBOARD & SKATE SHOP COLLEGE DANCE PARTY (DJs), Second Floor, 10 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. KARAOKE WITH BONNIE, St. John’s Club, 7 p.m. NC. FIERY FURNACES, DEERHOOF, THE CUSH (indie-rock), Higher Ground Ballroom, 7:30 p.m. $15. AA. CELTIC PARTY NIGHT WITH O’HANLEIGH, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m.

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

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:: central REV. NATHAN BRADY CRAIN (dirty solo acoustic), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. CHELSEA GENZANO (singer-songwriter), Langdon St. Café, 8 p.m.

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:: northern OPEN MIKE, Monopole, 9:30 p.m. NC. MARK LEGRAND & THE LOVESICK BANDITS (honky-tonk), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

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ALASKA STRING BAND (bluegrass), Radio Bean, 5 p.m. NC; UNFULFILLED DESIRES (fusion), 8 p.m.

NC; SHANE HARDIMAN GROUP (jazz), 8 p.m. NC, followed by ANTONY SANTOR TRIO (jazz), 10 p.m. NC. MOONSHINE JAZZ WITH ZAK MITCHELL, Adrianas Up, 7 p.m. NC. FRIENDS OF JOE WITH DAVE GRIPPO (blues, jazz), Halvorson’s, 8 p.m.

NC. ELLEN POWELL (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. LOS BLANCOS (rock), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. VT UNION PRESENTS (hip-hop), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. TOP HAT TRIVIA, Nectar’s, 7:30 p.m.

NC, followed by PULSE PROPHETS, NOTHING ABOUT GROVER (funkrock, reggae, pop), 9:30 p.m. $5/NC. 18+.

THE NIGHTBIRDS, WRECKING BALL, SLIPPER KINGS (indie-folk, rock), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $3/8. 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. SING! (karaoke), Second Floor, 10 p.m.

NC. 18+.

SOUL PATROL (DJ), Wine Works, 10 p.m. NC. REGGAE, ROOTS & CULTURE WITH DJ BIG DOG & MATLOCK, Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. 10:12 AM Page 1

DJ RUSSELL & GUESTS (hip-hop), Plan B, 10 p.m. NC. THE BLACK CROWES (rock), Higher Ground Ballroom, 9 p.m. $40/45.

AA. DAWN DRAKE (singer-songwriter), Monkey House, 10 p.m. NC. P.B. JUNIOR & THE BLUES MONSTERS, Backstage Pub, 7 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. WCLX BLUES NIGHT WITH JENNI JOHNSON & FRIENDS, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC. BALANCE DJ & KARAOKE, Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC.

:: central BILLY CALDWELL (singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. KRISTIN CIFELLI, BRIANNA LANE (singer-songwriters), Langdon St. Café, 8 p.m. Donations.

REGGAE DANCEHALL & HIP-HOP PARTY WITH SOUND SYNDICATE, Positive Pie 2, 10 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE WITH BRUCE JONES, Purple Moon Pub, 7:30 p.m. NC.

:: northern MIKE PEDERSEN (acoustic rock), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. MARK ABAIR & THE METROS (classic rock), Sami’s Harmony Pub, 9 p.m.

NC. LADIES’ NIGHT WITH DJS ROBBY ROB & SKIPPY (hip-hop, r&b), Tabu Café & Nightclub, 9 p.m. NC. LAFFIN BONES (acoustic Grateful Dead covers), Bonz Smokehouse & Grill, 7 p.m. NC. FRED BAUER (solo guitar), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

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SOUL SESSIONS, Radio Bean, 7 p.m.

NC; SUE (indie-rock), 9 p.m. NC; ACTIVISTS/DICTATORS (rock), 10 p.m. NC; DERAILLEUR (rock), 11 p.m. NC. UNFULFILLED DESIRES (jazz, blues), Adrianas Up, 9 p.m. NC. JOE MOOREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RHYTHM & SWING BAND (jazz, blues), Adrianas Up, 9 p.m. NC. LATIN DANCE PARTY WITH DJ HECTOR (salsa, merengue), Miguelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stowe Away, 10 p.m. NC. SUPERSOUNDS DJ, RĂ­ RĂĄ Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. SHELLHOUSE (rock), Red Square, 9 p.m. $3, followed by NASTEE (hiphop), midnight. $3.

SLANTED BLACK: DIMENSIONS IN HOUSE MUSIC WITH DJ CRAIG MITCHELL, 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m.

NC. SETH YACOVONE (solo acoustic), Nectarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 7 p.m. NC, followed by THE ADAM DEITCH PROJECT, ELEPHANT HOUSE (rock, funk), 9 p.m. $3.

THE DIRTY BLONDES, SWALE, THE RADIO KNIVES (rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. TOP HAT DANCETERIA (DJs), Rasputinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 10 p.m. $3.

FLAVA WITH DJ ROBBIE J. & GUESTS (urban dance party), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $3/10. 18+.

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:: champlain valley TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT DANCE PARTY, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

:: central ROCKET SCIENCE (rock), Charlie Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9:30 p.m. NC. MARK LEGRAND & THE LOVESICK BANDITS (honky-tonk), Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 6 p.m. Donations; THE AMITY FRONT (rock), 9 p.m. Donations.

KIP MEAKER TRIO (electric blues), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9:30 p.m. $3-5.

GREAT BROOK BLUES BAND, Positive Pie 2, 10 p.m. $8.

COBALT BLUE (rock), Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $8.

:: northern VIP LADIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; NIGHT WITH DJ SKIPPY (top 40, r&b, reggae), Tabu CafĂŠ & Nightclub, 9 p.m. NC. 18+.

SCHOOL BUS YELLOW (jam), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. DJ DANCE PARTY, Rusty Nail, 10 p.m.

NC. DEJA NOUS (French cabaret), Beeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

:: southern THE SUBDUDES (roots-rock, Americana), Paramount Theater, 8 p.m. $15/25. AA.

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:: burlington area RADIO BEAN 6TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (45 bands), Radio Bean, 8 a.m. NC. JENNI JOHNSON & FRIENDS (jazz, blues), Adrianas Up, 9 p.m. NC. GORDON STONE BAND (funkgrass), RĂ­ RĂĄ Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. HECTOR ON STILTS (pop-rock), Red Square, 9 p.m. $3, followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), midnight. $3.

KIP MEAKER (blues), 1/2 Lounge, 7 p.m. NC, followed by GLAMORAMA PRESENTS: SATANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S JUKEBOX (â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s hair band DJ), 10 p.m. NC. BILLY CALDWELL (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m. NC, followed by JEH KULU DRUM & DANCE THEATER (African dance party), Nectarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9 p.m. $3.

RETRONOME (â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s dance party), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5.

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

SPECIAL BLEND WITH DJS JOHN DEMUS, JAH RED, ROBBIE J. (reggae, dancehall, reggaeton, hip-hop), Second Floor, 9 p.m. $5/10. 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 (hiphop classics), Green Room, 10 p.m.

NC. DJ NASTEE (hip-hop), Wine Works, 10 p.m. NC. DJ ANUBUS (hip-hop, breakbeats), Plan B, 10 p.m. NC. SHEDDING, WIND-UP BIRD (electronic, experimental), Green Door Studio, 8 p.m. $5.

MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, STATE RADIO (conscious rock, hiphop, jam), Higher Ground Ballroom, 9 p.m. $22/25. AA. Sold out.

ROCKDOG (rock), Monkey House, 10 p.m. $3.

FT$ & FRIENDS (hip-hop), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. MR. FRENCH (rock), Lincoln Inn Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. STURCRAZIE (rock), Backstage Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC.

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Adrianas Up, 25 Church St., Burlington, 658-1323.

Akesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Place, 134 Church St., Burlington, 864-8111.

The Alley Coffee House, 15 Haydenberry Dr., Milton, 893-1571.

American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999.

Amigos Cantina, 4 Merchants Row, Middlebury, 388-3624.

Ashleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Merchantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Row, Randolph, 728-9182.

Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494.

Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400.

Bad Girls CafĂŠ, Main St., Johnson, 635-7025.

Ball & Chain CafĂŠ, 16 Park St., Brandon, 247-0050.

Banana Winds CafĂŠ & Pub, 1 Towne Marketplace, Essex Jct., 879-0752.

Bangkok Bistro & Thai Steakhouse, 2403 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, 985-5577.

Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188.

Basin Harbor Club, 4800 Basin Harbor Drive, Vergennes, 1-800-622-4000.

Battery Park, Burlington, 865-7166.

Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909.

Beeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889.

Beyond Infinity Upstairs, 43 Center St., Brandon, 247-5100.

Big Moose Pub at the Fire & Ice Restaurant, 28 Seymour St., Middlebury, 388-0361.

Big Picture Theater & CafĂŠ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994.

Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428.

Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070.

Blue Star CafĂŠ, 28 Main St., Winooski, 654-8700.

The Bobcat CafĂŠ, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311.

Bolton Valley Resort, 4302 Bolton Access Rd., Bolton Valley, 434-3444.

Bonz Smokehouse & Grill, 97 Portland St., Morrisville, 888-6283.

Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hungry Mind CafĂŠ, 24 Merchantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101.

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

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

Charlie Bâ&#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.

Coffee Hound, 97 Blakey Rd., Colchester, 651-8963.

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.

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.

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.

Giovanniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trattoria, 15 Bridge St., Plattsburgh, 518-561-5856.

Global Markets CafĂŠ, 325 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, 863-3210.

Good Times CafĂŠ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444.

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

Green Door Studio, 18 Howard St., Burlington, 316-1124.

Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669.

Ground Round Restaurant, 1633 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-1122.

Gustoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919.

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

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.

Inn at Baldwin Creek, 1868 N. Route 116, Bristol, 424-2432.

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

Jeffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135.

Koffee Kat, 104 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, NY, 518-566-8433.

La Brioche Bakery, 89 East Main St. Montpelier, 229-0443.

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

Langdon St. CafĂŠ, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667.

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

Lincoln Inn Tavern, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309.

Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den Pub, Mountain Road, Jeffersonville, 644-5567.

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.

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Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198.

McKeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, 19 East Allen St., Winooski, 655-0048.

Melting Pot CafĂŠ, Rt 2, East Montpelier, 223-1303.

Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St, Burlington, 864-6044.

Mes Amis, 311 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8512.

Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 222-4748.

Miguelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stowe Away, 68 Church St., Burlington, 651-5298.

The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563.

Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222.

Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466.

Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern, 4 Lincoln Pl., Essex Jct., 878-4901.

Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533.

Music Club, 110 Business Center Rd., Williamstown, 443-6106.

Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200.

Nectarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771.

1/2 Lounge, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012.

Odd Fellows Hall, 1416 North Ave., Burlington, 862-3209.

Old Lantern, Greenbush Rd., Charlotte, 425-2120.

Olde Yankee Restaurant, Rt. 15, Jericho, 899-1116.

Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884.

Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357.

Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570.

Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917.

Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015.

Peabodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, Plattsburgh, 518-561-0158.

Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035.

Piecasso Pizza & Lounge, 1899 Mountain Road, Stowe, 253-4111.

Phoenix Bar, Sugarbush Village, Warren, 583-2003.

Pitcher Inn, 275 Main Street, Warren, 496-6350.

Plan B, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-0742.

Positive Pie, 69 Main St., Plainfield, 454-0133.

Positive Pie II, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453.

Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422.

Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346.

Rasputinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324.

Red Mill Restaurant, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 475-2311.

Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909.

Rhapsody CafĂŠ, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-6112.

Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse, UVM, Burlington, 656-4211.

Riley Rink, Rt. 7A North, Manchester, 362-0150.

Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782.

RĂ­ RĂĄ Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401.

River Run Restaurant, 65 Main St., Plainfield, 454-1246.

Roqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurante Mexicano & Cantina, 3 Main St., Burlington, 657-3377.

Rositaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mexican Restaurant, 7 Fayette Drive, S. Burlington, 862-8809.

Rozziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lakeshore Tavern, 1072 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342.

Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744.

Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245.

Samiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harmony Pub, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 893-7267.

Seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro at the Wyndham Hotel, 60 Battery Street, Burlington, 859-5013.

Second Floor, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088.

Shooters Saloon, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777.

Smugglersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6607.

St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778.

Starry Night CafĂŠ, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316.

Stowe Coffee House, Rt. 57 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-2189.

Stowehof Inn, Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722.

Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800.

Tabu CafĂŠ & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-566-0666.

T Bones Restaurant & Bar, 38 Lower Mountain View Drive, Colchester, 654-8008.

38 Main Street Pub, 38 Main St., Winooski, 655-0072.

Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 644-5736.

Three Stallion Inn, 655 Stock Farm Rd., Randolph, 728-5575.

Toscano CafĂŠ & Bistro, 27 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-3148.

Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542.

Three Mountain Lodge Restaurant, Smugglersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Notch Road, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-5736.

Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244.

Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585.

Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910.

Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

Village Tavern at Smugglersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Notch Inn, 55 Church St., Jeffersonville, 644-6607.

Wafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Westside Deli, 165 East Allen St., Winooski, 655-0290.

Waterbury Wings, 1 South Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827.

Waterfront Theatre, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 862-7469.

Wine Bar at Wine Works, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463.

Zoeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tack Room & CafĂŠ, 3825 Rt. 7, Charlotte, 425-5867.

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reviewthis GEORGE, BY GEORGE!, RADIO SONGS

SPENCERDICKINSON, THE MAN WHO LIVES FOR LOVE

(Self-released, CD) Rutland singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist George Nostrand — also known as George,

By George! — must spend more time playing music than sleeping. In little more than a year he’s released the 10-track, original disc Radio Songs and a live recording from the Windham in Bellows Falls, and he recently started another band called George’s Back Pocket. He’s also thinking of rejoining the Rutland-area jam band Sandhill. Can’t fault his ambition.

Nostrand sounds like he’s having a grand old time on Radio Songs, his solo debut. He sings, performs and generally revels in his own music, not in any particular hurry to wrap up a tune. Many of his local compadres swing by for the party; guests include Jim Gilmour and Ryan Dubois, two performing musicians who operate a recording studio called Southview Arts, where the album was mixed. Vermont rocker Duane Carleton also makes an appearance, as do a slew of others.

More than 20 musicians are credited on the disc, but Nostrand seems to have things under control. The album is mixed just the way he wants it, with his vocals and acoustic guitar front and center.

Nostrand is a self-proclaimed “super hippie with long-ass hair,” a line that’s subsequently rhymed with “I might cuss and swear.” He sings of heading south when Rutland County gets cold on “Mexico,” shares reminiscences about growing up with “Griswold Drive,” and describes being tongue-tied in love on “Blah.”

Nostrand’s songs contain plenty of “moon-June-spoon” poetics — “Always out there chasing shooting stars . . . Me and my guitar” — and the meandering guitar solos are designed for audiences already familiar with his personable style. Those who don’t like jam bands or the acoustic-based music of the early Grateful Dead might not entirely enjoy the ride.

Still, the record is good, lo-fi fun overall. Closing cut “Smokin’ in the Rain” ends with about a minute and a half of rain sounds followed by an interesting hootenanny version of the Lester Flatt classic, “Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms.”

For those curious about what George Nostrand is all about, Radio Songs provides a solid example of his affably freewheeling sound. Chances are, we’ll be hearing more of it.

ROBERT RESNIK

(Yep Roc Records, CD) Spencer-Dickinson (not to be confused with the Rhode Island-based politician) is the nom de plume of punk-blues shit disturber John Spencer and Luther and Cody Dickinson of r&b/jam crossovers the North Mississippi All-Stars. Their debut, The Man Who Lives for Love, is a collection of chicken-shack skronk and lowdown soul that’s nowhere near as strong as it should be.

The disc sounds tossed-off, the kind of thing a group of ornery meth-heads might crank out just before pawning their instruments. Spencer is the king of trash-blues, so some irreverence is expected. But here he sounds bored to the point of distraction, with half-baked riffs serving as meager support for his nihilistic back-porch rants.

It’s tough to tell exactly what the bros. Dickinson bring to the table. There are some reasonably groovy drum parts courtesy of Cody, but Luther is completely overshadowed by Spencer’s circus-carnie personality.

“I’m Not Ready” is an undercooked mishmash of Delta shuffle and punkabilly. The fact that it sounds like it was recorded in a broom closet doesn’t help matters. I’m all for creative lo-fi recording, but not as a device to mask weak songwriting.

The best tunes come towards the end of the album. The title track superimposes a salacious Mick Jagger-esque vocal upon muscular Motown strut, to decent effect.

Subsequent cut “True” continues the Stones vibe, with scruffy licks straight out of the Keith Richards playbook. Choice piano turnarounds lift the song out of the sonic morass that threatens to consume many of the other numbers.

“Whatcha Gonna Do” contains swampy slide guitar and leering vocals, but you’ve no doubt heard it before, and better. Maybe even by Spencer himself.

I’m sure the album was a blast to record, but it’s hardly essential. Perhaps it’ll inspire a handful of kids to check out the likes of John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters, both of whose key material is still in print.

Although The Man Who Lives for Love leaves a lot to be desired, it will likely sound more vital live.

Judge for yourself when Spencer-Dickinson open for the North Mississippi All-Stars at Higher Ground on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

CASEY REA

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MYRA FLYNN & SPARK (neo-soul), Black Door Bar & Bistro, 9 p.m. $3-5.

HIP-HOP DANCE PARTY WITH DJ JTWIST, Positive Pie 2, 10 p.m. NC. AMITY FRONT (rock, Americana), Middle Earth, 8:30 p.m. $8.

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METHOD MAN, MASTA KILLAH, INSPECTAH DECK, DAKOTA & THA HOME TEAM, HALL OF JUSTUS (hip-hop), Higher Ground Ballroom, 9 p.m. $25/27.

BLUEGRASS JAM WITH BOB DEGREE, Lincoln Inn, 7 p.m. NC. TRUCK STOP ROCK WITH BRETT HUGHES (vintage country DJ), Monkey House, 10 p.m. NC. REGGAE CAFÉ WITH JAH RED, Blue Star Café, 8 p.m. NC.

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MORSE-CARR-MOROZ TRIO (jazz), Langdon St. Café, 7:30 p.m. NC.

:: central “I KNOW I’M NOT ALONE” (film), 6 p.m. NC, followed by OPEN MIKE, 8 p.m. NC.

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

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:: northern CODY MICHAELS (solo piano), noon.

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OPEN MIKE, Radio Bean, 8 p.m. NC. MYRA FLYNN & SPARK (neo-soul), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by DJ CRE8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m. NC. THE LOWLANDS (bluegrass), 1/2 Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. VISCUS, WOMBATICUS REX (funk, jam, hip-hop), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. NC. SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT WITH DJS FATTIE B & ZEEJAY (laid-back grooves), Green Room, 10 p.m. NC. GLENN JINES, SEAN SMITH, MATT BALDWIN (exploratory acoustic guitar), Green Door Studio, 8 p.m. $5.

GUAGUA (psychotropical jazz), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC; THE LOWLANDS (bluegrass), 8:30 p.m. NC; HONKYTONK SESSIONS, 10 p.m. NC. LIVE JAZZ, Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. BASHMENT WITH DJ DEMUS (reggae, dancehall, hip-hop), Red Square,midnight. NC. THE PRODUCERS (live beats), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. MARKO THE MAGICIAN, Rosita’s, 5:30 p.m. NC. SOCIETY BEAT, JUSTIN LEVINSON (funk, rock, singer-songwriter), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. $5/NC. 18+.

FRANCISE BIRTHDAY BASH WITH SPECIAL GUESTS (DJs), Plan B, 10 p.m. NC. NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS, SPENCER-DICKINSON (rock, soul, jam), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $16/18. AA. LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS, THE WORLD FAMOUS PONTANI SISTERS WITH KAISER GEORGE, THE LUSTRE KINGS (rock, r&b, family-friendly burlesque), Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, 7:30 p.m. $12/14. AA.

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BLUEGRASS NIGHT WITH BOB DEGREE & BLUEGRASS STORM, Lincoln Inn Tavern, 7 p.m. NC.

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:: central KARAOKE WITH BLUE MOON ENTERTAINMENT, Charlie O’s, 8:30 p.m.

NC. OLD TIME SESSIONS, Langdon St. Café, 7:30 p.m. Donations.

:: northern HIGH TIME HONKIES (blues, surf, rock ’n’ roll), Bee’s Knees, 7:30 p.m. NC.

WED.08 :: burlington area

TOBI ARONSON (classical guitar), Radio Bean, 5 p.m. NC; BERN KELLY (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m. NC; IRISH SESSIONS, 9 p.m. NC. LIVE JAZZ, Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. ROB MORSE TRIO (jazz), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY WITH FATTIE B. (’80s-’90s jams), 11 p.m. NC. CIRCADIA (Celtic), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. SYD, CLOSE TO NOWHERE (rock), Nectar’s, 10:30 p.m. NC. SING! (karaoke), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. NC. 18+.

OPEN MIKE WITH ANDY LUGO & DJ TRANSPLANTE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. 802 SNOWBOARD & SKATE SHOP COLLEGE DANCE PARTY (DJs), Second Floor, 10 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. KARAOKE WITH BONNIE, St. John’s Club, 7 p.m. NC. REVEREND HORTON HEAT, TH’ LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS (rockabilly), Higher Ground Ballroom, 8 p.m. $13/15. AA.

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

:: central EKIS (worldbeat, rock), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. O’HANLEIGH (Celtic, traditional), Langdon St. Café, 8 p.m. Donations.

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

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pretty, witty & gay If you’ve taken a college-level literary criticism course within the past 15 years, the syllabus likely addressed queer theory, an academic offshoot of gay and lesbian studies. But what meaning do classroom discussions have in a downtown drag bar? In search of an answer, MIT professor Thomas DeFrantz penned Queer Theory, a music-enhanced theatrical piece that asks whether ivory-tower ideas have platform-boots-on-the-ground resonance for the average LBGTQ person. The satirical show follows five individuals participating on an all-day “queer theory” panel: an ally, a leather-happy theorist, a hard-edged dyke performance artist, a trannie trickster and an everyday gym rat. In a pre-show talk Saturday, DeFrantz discusses how queer-identity comedy answers questions that are anything but academic.

‘Queer Theory’

Friday and Saturday, November 3 & 4, FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $23.

Info, 863-5966. www.flynncenter.org Pre-Performance Lecture

Saturday, November 4, Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: Got kilt? This Scottish-style marching band welcomes new members to play bagpipes or percussion. St. James Episcopal Church, Essex Junction, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7335.

OPEN MIKE COFFEEHOUSE: College students share notes at an on-campus musical review. Fireplace Lounge, IDX Student Life Center, Champlain College, Burlington, 8:30-11 p.m. Free. Info, 865-6416.

CAMBRIDGE COFFEEHOUSE: Will Patton and Dono Schabner play Gypsy jazz and Brazililan-influenced acoustic music at the Jeffersonville Pizza Department, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 644-6632.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: Work on your sensuous nightclub routines at this weekly Latin dance session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, nonmembers 6 p.m., members 7 p.m. $12. Info, 598-1077.

WEST AFRICAN DANCE: Ivory Coast instructor Prosper Kouadio models body movements to live drumming. Plainfield Community Center, 7-8:30 p.m. $12.

Info, 472-3141.

‘WILD BLUE YONDER’: The aerodynamic dancers of STREB make contact with various contraptions, and each other, in artfully dangerous choreography.

Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $26-40. Info, 863-5966.

drama ‘A RAISIN IN THE SUN’: In Lorraine Hansberry’s story set in 1950s Chicago, a black family tries to realize its deferred dreams upon receipt of a $10,000 insurance payment. See review, this issue. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 8 p.m. $14. Info, 651-5962.

‘CAT’S PAW’: William Mastrosimone’s 1985 psychological drama unfolds as an American terrorist tries to justify kidnapping an EPA official. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free, but tickets are required. Reservations and info, 654-2203.

‘MACBETH’: UVM’s Department of Theatre brings audience members to the moors of Scotland for Shakespeare’s politically turbulent play about ambition and guilt. See calendar spotlight. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $17. Info, 656-2094.

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film ‘LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE’: This indie film follows an endearingly fractured family on a cross-country trek to a children’s beauty pageant. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

‘LA STRADA’: A poor girl is sold into a traveling circus in this Fellini masterpiece. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘WAG THE DOG’: This 1997 film about spin doctors and elections prompts a post-screening discussion about media accuracy. Channel 17 Studio, Burlington, 6:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16.

art See exhibitions in Section A.

words POETRY OPEN MIKE: Bards take turns reading original verse, selections from favorite authors or folk ballads sans instruments at this multilingual mélange. Euro Gourmet Market & Café, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 859-3467.

BOOK TALK: Champlain College humanities prof Nancy Nahra cracks The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s bestselling novel of historical intrigue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-7211.

JULIA ALVAREZ: Middlebury College writer-in-residence reviews the historical research that informs Saving the World, her most recent novel.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

MARC ESTRIN: The Burlington author reads and signs Golem Song, his newest novel. See review, this issue. The Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 872-2627.

talks ‘THE AFTERMATH OF GENOCIDE’: A UVM grad from the Sudanese “Lost Boys” refugee group explains how his country’s diaspora is returning home to rebuild. Room L108, Lafayette Building, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2005.

MULTIGENERATIONAL TALK: Community members of all ages discuss the public obligations of news media. Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, Burlington, call for time. $6 includes lunch. Reservations and info, 865-7592.

‘EXPLORING THE SACRED’: Rev. David Hall of Christ Episcopal Church and Rev. Regis Summings of St. Augustine Church consider different visions of Christian faith. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

ANTIWAR LECTURE: Baltimore-based peace activist Liz McAllister, widow of Vietnam War opponent Phillip Berrigan, asks why “Thou shalt not kill” is such a difficult commandment for people to follow. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2536.

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES LECTURE: Professor Bogac Ergene offers an overview of the Islamic court system in the 18th-century Ottoman Empire.

John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Building, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1096.

WINTER SPORTS TALK: Two outdoor experts explain how to prep cross-country skis and build a backyard skating rink. Jericho Community Center, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 899-3853.

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE: STREB founder and artistic director Elizabeth Streb delves into the anthropology of daredevil “pop-action” dance. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

THE ‘NEW’ MIDDLE EAST: UMass professor Mary Wilson discusses the side effects of the 2006 war in Lebanon.

Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 388-4095.

‘ON DICTIONARIES’: Amherst College prof Ilan Stavans examines the importance of word references. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

‘MINDING MEDIA’: Vermont-based media educator Rob Williams shows parents how to model healthy info consumption for their kids. Shelburne Community School, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Reservations and info, 985-3331, ext. 202.

FRONTIER IDENTITY: Michael Sherman, Burlington College Dean and editor of the journal Vermont History, examines how ideas of selfhood changed over time in North America. Burlington College, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

‘THE SHAPING OF VERMONT’: Kevin Graffagnino, director of the Vermont Historical Society, offers an illustrated overview of the state’s early maps and mapmakers. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

HUMAN RIGHTS: International observer Gabor Rona describes his experience at the U.S.-run Gitmo Prison in Guantanamo, Cuba. Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0516.

VETERANS PROJECT: Milton High School students and teachers present the results of research on Vermont military members. Milton Historical Museum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2872.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do dinner with help from the animal-care staff at ECHO, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 & 3 p.m. $7-9. 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.

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.

‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-yearolds boogie down to rock ’n’ roll and world-beat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

FIRST-TIME PARENTS: Moms and dads swap stories and play with their babies at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 878-4918.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Small listeners ages 3-5 hear and repeat rhymes at a reading of Lucille Colandro’s There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 2-3:30 p.m. $8. Info, 457-2355.

DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER FORUM: Burlington-area citizens offer their two cents about a new public transit hub to replace the Cherry Street CCTA terminal. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-1794.

TOUR FOR A JUST FOREIGN POLICY: A team of speakers and photojournalists shares stories and images from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. Room 207, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, www. justforeign policy.org/tour or 863-2345.

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‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: 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. Also at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: Nature lovers get a look at live birds on tours of the VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 2:30 p.m. $8.

Info, 359-5000.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: Fans of cocoa-covered confectionery see how it’s made at Laughing Moon Chocolates, Stowe, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9591.

ESL GROUP: Non-native speakers learn English at the 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 other’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, 7 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.

SENIOR EXERCISE: The 60-plus set & American Legion Post, St. Albans, benefits from stretches and strength 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 652-0339. training. Senior Community Center, The CHARITY BINGO: Players seek patterns Pines, South Burlington, 1:30 p.m. $3. on numbered cards, then say the word.

Info, 658-7477.

Broadacres Bingo Hall, Colchester, 7 p.m. $10 for 12 cards. Info, 860-1510.

NOONTIME KNITTERS: Crafty types pause for patterns amid midday BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stitches. Waterbury Public Library, noon stand together in opposition to the - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church CIVIL WAR SITE SEARCH: Historian Street, Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free.

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At dusk we gathered. The bell chimed six. A dark figure approached, cloaked in black and carrying a lantern. She was friendly, but somber. For the next hour our tour guide, Thea, regaled us with tales of ghosts and ghouls, murder and mayhem, spells and specters. Now in its fourth year, the Queen City Ghostwalk gives spectators a chance to view Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s haunted past.

Our first stop was the Firehouse Gallery basement. Back in the 1800s, this brick building was home to a group of volunteer firefighters called The Ethans. One blustery January night, one of the Ethans, Edwin C. Parker, met an untimely end while trying to squelch a fire on Pearl St. Since then, gallery workers often sense a â&#x20AC;&#x153;strange presenceâ&#x20AC;? in the basement. Odd noises can be heard in the hallways. Shadows flit across the walls.

Sometimes the elevator stops and the door opens . . . but nobody gets out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even rumored that one morning a firemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s badge was found on the floor.

On the way to our next stop our guide rang a bell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To ward off negative spirits,â&#x20AC;? she explained. People snickered as we arrived at . . . McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Apparently, the building used to be the site of The Black Cat CafĂŠ. A suspected arsonist set fire to the cafĂŠ, killing the entire family trapped within â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even the children. For years afterward, workers there claimed to hear the sounds of laughter, toy cars and marbles late at night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spooky,â&#x20AC;? I whispered to the black-haired girl next to me. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you into the dark arts?â&#x20AC;? she asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are you?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I dabble in Wicca, magic and paganism.â&#x20AC;?

Spooky indeed.

After two more stops we headed off towards our final destination, the back lot of the Flynn Center. There we learned about the Flynn ghost. A workman who fell off a ladder while carrying heavy materials often appears to theater volunteers dressed in gray coveralls.

As the group dispersed, I paused to reflect on these tragedies. I knew that, come morning, the city would resume its hustle and bustle and these dark secrets would go back into hiding. Until next year.

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SHAMBHALA MEDITATION: Participants practice Buddhist mind-calming exercises. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;INTERNET EXPLORATIONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Budding browsers learn how to use search engines to locate info online. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m.

Free. Registration and info, 865-7217. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;INTRO TO MS EXCELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Data crunchers figure out how to make and manipulate spreadsheets. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free.

Registration and info, 865-7217.

KNITTING & RUG HOOKING: Point-pushers create scarves, hats and mats at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

PHILANTHROPY CONFERENCE: Fundraising professionals teach nonprofit leaders how to improve donor relationships. Wyndham Hotel, Burlington, 8 a.m. $60. Registration and info, 603-742-1971.

DAY OF THE DEAD: Mourners bring photos and candles to a healing ceremony for departed ancestors. 130 Church Street, 7:30 p.m. Free, bring food and drink to share. Info, 860-6203.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. JSC COFFEEHOUSE: Local singersongwriter Jessica Albright beams out illuminating vocals at the Base Lodge, Johnson State College, 8-10:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 635-2356.

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.

WEST AFRICAN DANCE & DRUM FESTIVAL: Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jeh Kulu addresses racism with workshops, performances and parties focused on call-and-response. Burlington area, various locations, times and prices.

Info, www.jehkulu.org or 859-1802.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ANTIGONEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: In French playwright Jean Anouilhâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1944 version of Sophoclesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classical drama, a young woman defies a repressive government to uphold her slain brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to a proper burial.

Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $16. Info, 518-891-1854. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LEADER OF THE PACKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: High school students sing and dance in this hit-parade Broadway musical that chronicles the career of Brooklyn-based â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s songwriter Ellie Greenwich.

Champlain Valley Union High School, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 482-6955. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LADYHOUSE BLUESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Five women struggle to make ends meet in this family drama set in 1919 St. Louis.

Addison Repertory Studio Theater, Hannaford Career Center, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 382-1036. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I AM MY OWN WIFEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Northern Stage presents this gender-bending, Pulitzer Prize-winning play about an East German cross-dresser who eludes both the Nazis and the Communists through an ingenious ruse. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $19-44. Info, 296-7000.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;THE MOUSETRAPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Theater students reset The Mousetrap, murder-mystery writer Agatha Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snappy whodunnit. Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 518-564-2180.

film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;LITTLE MISS SUNSHINEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See November 1. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;KISS ME KATEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Bob Fosse dance numbers enhance this 1950s musical about a divorced pair of actors trying to perform together without fighting.

Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;IRAQ FOR SALEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Robert Greenwaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 75-minute documentary exposes the expensive war-profiteering pursued by major private military contractors.

Vermont Studio School Lecture Hall, Johnson, 7 p.m. Free. Info, www. iraqforsale-vt.org or 888-3375.

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

GALLERY TALK: New York City-based painter Gary Stephan, a professor at the School of Visual Arts, describes his past and current work. McCarthy Art Center Gallery, St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

ESSEX ART LEAGUE: Amateur artists watch Theresa Somerset demo how to â&#x20AC;&#x153;paintâ&#x20AC;? with stained glass.

Congregational Church, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4151.

ENVIRONMENTAL ART FORUM: Area architect Michael Wisniewski reflects on the role of the created environment in the pursuit of beauty. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-5355.

PAINTED THEATER CURTAINS: Project director Chris Hadsel describes an ongoing effort to restore Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s small-town scrims. Huntington Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4583.

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DAVID HUDDLE: The UVM English professor and author shares selections from his 24 books of poetry, essays and short stories. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 654-2536.

CHILDREN’S AUTHOR: Young adult book expert Anita Silvey shares her new tome, 500 Great Books for Teens.

The Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-2627.

POETRY READING: Contemporary Mexican versifier Pura López Colomé shares selections of her work. Robert A. Jones House Conference Room, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-5286.

SARAH STEWART TAYLOR: The Agatha Award-nominated Vermont author reads from her latest mystery novel, Still as Death. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 247-0050.

DADS’ PLAYGROUP: Fathers and their offspring bond through fun and games. Family Center, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8765.

KIDS’ GARDEN TOUR: Young ones explore the world of plants on a walk around the Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Free. Info, 658-2433.

‘LITTLE ROOTS’ STORYTIME: Kids gather to hear tales about plants, flowers and bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 a.m.

Free. Info, 658-2433.

MUSIC TIME: Growing listeners under age 5 contemplate chords and bounce to rhythms. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Future readers aged 2 to 5 take in tales at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

TEEN ADVISORY BOARD: Literary youth leaders plan December events for small fry. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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BUDDHISM & MORTALITY: Judy Lief, a Shambhala Buddhist teacher and author of Making Friends With Death, offers positive perspectives on transience. Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, noon. Free. Info, 654-2536.

RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE: Boston College law professor Rev. Gregory Kalscheur connects Catholicism to social-service work. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

HEALTHY EATING: Nutrition and local-foods advocate Melody Dame Des Betes describes Mad River Valley methods of getting your nosh on.

Warren Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-3913.

PANDEMICS & NATIONAL SECURITY: A panel of experts considers emergency preparedness in the event of a global influenza outbreak. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 654-2482.

DISABILITY TALK: Ruth Purtilo of the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston discusses the price of social marginalization for “differently abled” individuals. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2005.

BLOGGING PANEL: National political writer Steve Benen of the Carpetbagger Report and Seven Days staff writer Cathy Resmer join a moderated discussion about how weblogs are democratizing media.

VCAM Studio, Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 651-9692.

ABBY HEMENWAY: Historian Deborah Clifford shares tales from the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, and explores the life of the 19th-century woman who founded and published it. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 1:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 985-5124.

WILL MILLER SOCIAL JUSTICE LECTURE SERIES: Two experts on international labor and monetary policy connect globalization, immigration and war. North Lounge, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, www.willmiller.org or 656-2005.

TIBETAN BUDDHIST TALK: Halifax, Nova Scotia-based spiritual teacher Sakyong Mipham describes how to live with confidence. Unitarian Church, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10.

Info, burlingtonshambhalactr.org or 658-6795.

‘GREAT DECISIONS 2006’: Citizens discuss Turkey’s position in the global economy. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free.

Registration and info, 652-7080.

BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 1.

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.

PRE-ELECTION RALLY: U.S. Senate hopeful Bernie Sanders stumps at a concert with music by Mark LeGrand and His Lovesick Bandits. Unitarian Church, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, www.bernie.org or 862-1505.

LOCAL DEMOCRACY PROJECT: Area residents consider non-citizen voting in local elections. Euro Gourmet Market & Café, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 659-4207.

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WESTFORD STORYTIME: Kids ponder picture books and create crafts at the Westford Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-5639.

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‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See November 1.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See November 1.

CHARITY BINGO: See November 1.

CIVIL WAR SITE SEARCH: See November 1, Canaan Historical Society, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2626, ext. 304.

VERMONT CHESS CLUB: Pawn pushers strategize to better their games.

Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0198.

BRIDGE CLUB: Partners shuffle cards and chat at the Godnick Senior Center, Rutland, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 287-5756.

QUEEN CITY BNI: Local members of Business Network International schmooze at a weekly breakfast meeting to help promote one another’s companies. Ethan Allen Club, Burlington, 8 a.m. First visit is free. Info, 655-3787.

‘WORRIED CHILD’ WORKSHOP: Psychologist and author Paul Foxman offers guidance for parents and caregivers to help prevent childhood anxiety. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $55. Registration and info, 863-3367, ext. 34.

HERB WORKSHOP: Clinical herbalist Larken Bunce explains how women can utilize plants to minimize the ill effects of menopause. Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:307:30 p.m. $5. Registration and info, 223-8004, ext. 202.

PHILANTHROPY AWARDS DINNER: Fundraising experts, charitable givers and nonprofit leaders from throughout northern New England celebrate volunteerism over food and swing music. Wyndham Hotel, Burlington, 6 p.m. $60. Reservations and info, 603-742-1971.

FINANCIAL WORKSHOP: Shoppers learn how to keep credit-card charges under control in time for the holiday season.

Opportunities Credit Union, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 865-3404, ext. 127.

BURLINGTON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: Company execs and community members address citywide safety and security issues. Community Room, Burlington Police Department, coffee 7:30 a.m., program 8-9 a.m. $10.

Reservations and info, 863-1175.

SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICE DAY: High school students offer computer help, automotive assistance, manicures and massages at two lunch-provided community service events. Center for Technology, Essex, arrive between 9:15 and 10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 879-8152.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. THE FRENCH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Piano virtuoso Paul Badura-Skoda solos in an all-Mozart program with one of Europe’s premier ensembles.

UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 863-5966.

CHARLOTTE COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT: Champlain Valley folk veterans Pete and Karen Sutherland team up for traditional music-making at the Charlotte Senior Center, 7:30 p.m. $5-7. Info, 425-2901.

CELLO RECITAL: Students from the Meadowmount School of Music perform works by J.S. Bach, Tchaikovksy, Haydn and other classical composers.

Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-564-2472.

DARTMOUTH CHAMBER SINGERS: Collegiate vocalists sing Japanese, Chinese, Norwegian and Bulgarian folk music in an around-the-world choral concert. Rollins Chapel, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $16. Info, 603-646-2422.

THE SUBDUDES: Five New Orleansbased musicians let loose the levee boogie with a flood of original funk and r&b. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $15-25. Info, 775-0903.

RICK & THE RAMBLERS: The Burlington-based Western swing band conjures up high-energy tunes in the spirit of Bob Wills and Merle Haggard.

Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 748-2600.

MADELEINE PEYROUX: Discovered as a street singer in Paris, this smoky-voiced chanteuse lets loose with acoustic blues, jazz and country.

Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $28 & 33. Info, 603-448-0400.

SNAKE MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS: Expect swampy, gritty string band blues from this three-member group at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

dance WEST AFRICAN DANCE & DRUM FESTIVAL: See November 2.

BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207.

ARGENTINEAN TANGO: Shoulders back, chin up! With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077.

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Lively music inspires movers to make rural rounds in clean, soft-soled shoes.

Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $7, free for beginners. Info, 899-2378.

INFORMAL DANCE SHOWING: Choreographer, educator, performer and activist Christal Brown bounds through works-in-progress. Dance Theatre, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5245.

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SEEING RED Woods come alive and witches convene on windswept moors in Macbeth, a highbrow stage classic that suits the gloominess of “stick season.”

Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy runs from military glory to murder, guilt and insanity, when a Scottish laird and his ambitious wife usurp their chieftain’s throne and reap an aftermath of apparitions and compulsive handwashing. Macbeth has also inspired thespian superstitions: Speaking its title inside a theater is said to cause accidents or show cancellations, so it’s referred to as “The Scottish Play,” and its lead characters as Lord and Lady “Mackers.” Members of UVM’s Department of Theatre cross their fingers and break a leg for the Bard both this week and next, November 9 to 12.

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Wednesday through Saturday, November 1-4, Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $17. Info, 656-2094. www.uvmtheatre.org

drama ‘A RAISIN IN THE SUN’: See November 1.

‘CAT’S PAW’: See November 1.

‘MACBETH’: See November 1.

‘ANTIGONE’: See November 2.

‘LEADER OF THE PACK’: See November 2.

‘LADYHOUSE BLUES’: See November 2.

‘I AM MY OWN WIFE’: See November 2, 6:30 p.m.

‘THE MOUSETRAP’: See November 2.

‘QUEER THEORY’: MIT professor Thomas DeFrantz’s five-person, song-and-dance theater piece bridges the gap between academia and drag bars. See calendar spotlight. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $23. Info, 863-5966.

‘KING LEAR, THE WESTERN!’: The kid actors of Very Merry Theatre saddle up for a cowboy version of the Shakespeare classic. Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6607.

film ‘HOLLYWOODLAND’: Adrian Brody stars as a private investigator trying to solve the mysterious circumstances surrounding a TV actor’s death.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

‘A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION’: Robert Altman’s latest drama focuses on the final broadcast of a beloved Minnesota radio show. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 523-2512.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK: Burlington’s visual artists arrange visits to more than 40 galleries and studios in a social celebration of creativity.

Various Burlington-area locations, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-4839.

words POETRY SLAM: Wordsmiths bring two original poems, then perform each one in three minutes or less for kudos and prizes. Maple Corner Community Center, Calais, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 828-3158.

JOHN ALEXANDER WALKER: The Belizean novelist and storytelling comedian shares Central American folklore. Simpson Hall, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 586-7711.

talks ‘MIND & NATURE’: UVM professor emeritus Bill Eddy swirls together essays and stories on the human and natural worlds. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, refreshments 1:15 p.m., talk 2 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5980.

ARCHAEOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: A 30-year retrospective of Vermont-based digs honors late UVM professor James Petersen, who was murdered last year in South America. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 656-8363.

HEALTH CARE SYMPOSIUM: State policy-makers, medical ethicists and health care providers join lawyers for discussions about end-of-life care, malpractice suits and advance directives. Chase Community Center, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. $55 includes lunch.

Registration and info, 831-1259.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Greg Grandin, author of Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, The United States and the Rise of the New Imperialism, talks about the effects of U.S. foreign policy. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m.

Free. Info, 426-3783.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 1.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See November 1, 9:30 a.m., for children ages 3-5.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: See November 1, 9-10:30 a.m.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters over age 3 get together for easy listening at the South Burlington Library, 10 a.m.

Free. Info, 652-7080.

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.

‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: 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.

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Budding cineastes munch on popcorn and watch Hoot, a film about a young Montana transplant who tries to protect endangered owls. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See November 1, 10 a.m.

VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION: Potential senior assistants get info about programs to develop cross-generational friendships. Champlain Valley Agency on Aging, Chace Mill, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-0360, ext. 1082.

etc ‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See November 1.

‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See November 1.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: November 1.

CHARITY BINGO: See November 1.

SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICE DAY: See November 2.

TERTULIA LATINA: Latinoamericanos and other fluent Spanish speakers converse en español at Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3440.

VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL CONFERENCE: Middlebury English prof John Elder addresses local land use at a two-day discussion about the state’s landscape and sense of place.

Killington Grand Hotel, 1:30-9:30 p.m. $95. Registration and info, 262-2626.

KIDS ON THE BLOCK VERMONT CONFERENCE: Dr. Michael Levine, a psychology professor at Kenyon College, discusses how to prevent eating disorders and negative body image in children. Wyndham Hotel, Burlington, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. $140.

Registration and info, 860-3349.

WELLNESS WORKSHOP: Fungus fans hear how myco-medicines can boost immunity to disease. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-9498.

PTO TAG SALE: Household goods, clothes and books raise funds for sustainable living initiatives. Orchard School, South Burlington, 4-7 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-3395.

SILENT AUCTION & BOOK FAIR: Literacy supporters heft tomes and bid on goodies at the Charlotte Central School, 5 p.m. Free. Info, 425-3260.

BAKURETSU CON: Anime aficionados dress up for costume and musicvideo contests, series screenings and fan fiction swaps. Hampton Inn, Colchester, 9 a.m. - midnight. $15-40. Info, www.bakuretsucon.org or 878-6636.

RECON SOIREE: Music by James Daly accompanies an experimental film

by Matt Wasserman, and poets Mark Awodey, Anna Blackmer and Christine Meola voice verses. Reconnaissance Gallery, Burlington College, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 862-9616.

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SKI SALE DROP OFF: Winter sports enthusiasts put gently used poles and skis on consignment. Camel’s Hump Middle School, Richmond, 6-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, www.cochranskiarea.com or 434-5135.

‘HOLLYWOODLAND’: See November 3.

‘SCOOP’: An aspiring journalism student falls in love with the man she suspects is a notorious serial killer in Woody Allen’s latest farce.

Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘GOOD MORNING, NIGHT’: A conflicted member of the Red Brigade is haunted by her role in the kidnapping and murder of the Italian Prime Minister.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. VOCAL CONCERT: Pianist Cynthia Huard accompanies soprano Beth Thompson Kaiser for songs and arias

by American composers, including Vermont’s Gwyneth Walker. Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

SOCIAL BAND: The Burlington-based cadre of choral communicators explores shape-note singing. See calendar spotlight. Richmond Public Library, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966.

PRASANNA: UVM’s Friends of Indian Music and Dance convene for classical multitonal music from this prolific electric guitarist and composer. See music spotlight, page 09B. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20.

Info, 656-5764.

BARBARY COAST JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Pianist, composer and vocalist Deanna Witkowski joins sacred gospel tunes to jazz fusion. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $14. Info, 603-646-2422.

RIPTON COMMUNITY COFFEE HOUSE: Kerrville Folk Fest award winner Johnsmith showcases his moniker and his music at the Ripton Community House, open mike 7:30 p.m., concert 8:30 p.m. $7. Info, 388-9782.

BOB DYLAN WANNABE CONTEST: Tousle-haired lads and lasses do their best to look and sound like the acoustic legend. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, AnotherDylanWannabe@adelphia.net or 229-9905.

NORTHSTAR: Rick Ceballos, Matthew Witten and Lausanne Allen present traditional Irish, French and English tunes on banjo, concertina and button accordion. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-0050.

MONTPELIER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Soprano Shyla Nelson joins the ensemble for a program that includes Joseph Canteloube’s “Songs of the Auvergne” and Beethoven’s 6th. Vermont College Hall Chapel, Montpelier, 8 p.m. Call for ticket cost.

Info, 223-5501.

dance WEST AFRICAN DANCE & DRUM FESTIVAL: See November 2.

BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: See November 3.

CONTRA DANCE: Caller Ed Hall directs dancers through live fiddle, bass and flute tunes. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

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‘A RAISIN IN THE SUN’: See November 1.

‘CAT’S PAW’: See November 1.

‘MACBETH’: See November 1.

‘ANTIGONE’: See November 2.

‘LEADER OF THE PACK’: See November 2, 1:30 & 7:30 p.m.

‘LADYHOUSE BLUES’: See November 2.

‘I AM MY OWN WIFE’: See November 2, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘THE MOUSETRAP’: See November 2.

‘QUEER THEORY’: See November 3.

‘KING LEAR, THE WESTERN!’: See November 3.

‘THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND’: The White River Valley Players stage this play-within-a-play take on a drawing room murder mystery. Rochester High School Auditorium, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 767-3732.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. ‘CANSTRUCTION’: Teams of architects and engineers show sculptures made from tinned sustenance at a design/ build contest exhibit. University Mall, South Burlington, viewing 9:30 a.m.

- 9:30 p.m., awards ceremony 6 p.m.

Free. Info, 476-3341, ext. 108.

LIFE DRAWING: Artists sketch a live model in various poses, using a medium of their choice. Bring materials to Studio STK, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. $10. Info, 657-3333.

ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM: Past Middlebury grads share insights on careers in the visual arts. Room 221, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 9:30 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 443-2034.

‘SENSUOUS STERLING’: Local jewelry artist John Rinelli demos silver-wire trinket making. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2124.

WOODWORKING FESTIVAL: Lathe turners create chair legs, then demo vacuum veneering, hand planing and finishing. Northend Hardwoods, Williston, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 800-265-7430.

PAVERPOL DEMO: Fabric sculptors learn about a nontoxic method to turn textiles rock-hard. Artists’ Mediums, Williston, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-1236.

GLOBAL WARMING AERIAL ART: Volunteers at the International Day of Action use their bodies to create a climate change warning to be photographed from the sky. Intervale Center, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free.

Registration and info, 658-3773, ext. 498.

FLEMING MUSEUM FAMILY DAY: Kids and parents enjoy games and art projects celebrating culture. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. $3. Info, 656-0750.

words WRITERS’ WORKSHOP: Scribes bring a piece of writing that can be shared in five minutes or less to an open reading. Maple Corner Community Center, Calais, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 828-3158.

talks INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: See November 3, Positive Pie 2, Montpelier, 2 p.m.

FAMILY MEMORIES: The grandson of Dog Team Tavern founders Sir Wilfred and Lady Grenfell speaks about the couples’ connection to the area.

Charlotte Congregational Church, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 425-2634.

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE: Playwright and MIT prof Thomas DeFrantz mines the marginalized spaces that become comedy fodder in his satire Queer Theory. See calendar spotlight. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 863-5966.

ANDREW COHEN: The American spiritual teacher raises consciousness by discussing “evolutionary enlightenment.” Wyndham Hotel, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. $20. Info, 233-3934.

THE U.S. PRESIDENCY: History professor Gil Troy of McGill University shares his observations and predictions about the effects of terrorism on America’s top public office. Jewish Community Center of Greater Stowe, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-1800.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 1.

‘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.

FAMILY FARMERS: Pull on your rubber boots to sample end-of-season farmyard chores while meeting chickens, pigs, cows, goats and sheep. Shelburne Farms, ages 4-5, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; ages 6 and older, 12:30-2:30 p.m. $5-12. Registration and info, 985-8686.

LANTERN MAKING & PUPPET SHOW: Tiny hands ages 3-6 build glowing spheres, play circle games, and watch small figures in a play. Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne, 9-11 a.m. Free. Reservations and info, 985-2827, ext. 12.

sport BIKE & SKI TRAIL WORK DAY: Volunteers pitch in to construct a multi-use path that will eventually span the width of the state. Meet at the U-32 School parking lot, East Montpelier, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 498-0079, ext. 2.

ADIRONDACK DOUBLE PEAKS: Hikers make a moderate, 7-mile round trip up Rooster Comb and Mt. Snow. Call for meeting location and time. Free.

Info, 863-1145.

GREEN MOUNTAIN BICYCLE CLUB: Two-wheeler enthusiasts plan next season’s activities over a potluck meal. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, dinner 6 p.m., meeting 7 p.m. Free, bring a dish to share. Info, 652-2453.

etc ‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See November 1.

‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See November 1.

CHARITY BINGO: See November 1.

VERMONT HUMANITIES COUNCIL CONFERENCE: See November 3, 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

PTO TAG SALE: See November 3, 8 a.m.

- 2 p.m.

BAKURETSU CON: See November 3, 10 a.m. - midnight.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILT SHOW: Stitchers show off antique, traditional and contemporary patchwork fabrications. Shelburne Farms Coach Barn, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. $5. Info, 849-2706.

FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE: Dads, grandpas, big brothers and uncles hang out with their best girls at a sock-hop scholarship benefit for all ages. Colchester High School Gym, 7-10 p.m. $10. Info, 862-0722.

‘HOOT ’N’ HOWL’: This benefit for the Humane Society of Chittenden County features animal bingo, music by the Rhythm Rockets, and silent and live auctions. The Old Lantern, Charlotte, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 862-0135, ext. 106.

WATERFRONT BLOOD DRIVE: Donors give up pints to save others’ lives.

ECHO, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-843-3500.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: Homemade crafts, baked sugarplums and an early photo-op with Santa Claus draw families to St. Pius X Church, Essex, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 872-9915.

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GETTING INTO SHAPE-NOTE Music readers confronted with a sheet full of “sacred harp” tunes might be puzzled by the angularity of the notes.

In addition to round outlines, the system uses triangles and diamonds to facilitate a type of congregational singing that’s been part of the American aural tradition since at least 1801. The Burlingtonbased a cappella ensemble Social Band offers a sampling of shape-note tunes in two separate shows, tracing the religious genre from its British Isles roots to refined New England numbers and gloom-and-doom ditties composed in the 20th-century American South.

Shape-note selections by contemporary, local scribes precede a bonus section of secular music from 16th-century Spain.

Expect the same program at successive concerts in Burlington and Montpelier on November 10 and 11.

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Saturday, November 4, Richmond Public Library, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966.

Sunday, November 5, United Church, Lincoln, 4 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966. www.socialband.org

‘HOOT ’N’ HOWL’: This benefit for the Humane Society of Chittenden County features animal bingo, music by the Rhythm Rockets, and silent and live auctions. The Old Lantern, Charlotte, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 862-0135, ext. 106.

WATERFRONT BLOOD DRIVE: Donors give up pints to save others’ lives.

ECHO, Burlington, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-843-3500.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: Homemade crafts, baked sugarplums and an early photo-op with Santa Claus draw families to St. Pius X Church, Essex, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 872-9915.

‘CHURCH MOUSE’ BAZAAR: Knitting, candy and cakes lure ornament-seekers to the Richmond Congregational Church, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2053.

FALL BAZAAR: White elephants keep pace with pickles, jellies and fudge at an ode to seasonal handicrafts. Main Street Baptist Building, Fairfax, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2998.

CRAFT FAIR: A silent auction of restaurant gift certificates and other goodies benefits a local parent-teacher organization. H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 752-5917.

TRADITIONAL TOOL WORKSHOP: Members of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps demo using crosscut saws and axes to clear downed trees. Jericho Research Forest, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3969, ext. 142.

‘NATURALIST’S CHOICE’: An on-site outdoor guide talks about the environmental impact of any one of these Vermont fauna: coyotes, bats, bears, loons, turkeys and moose. VINS Nature Center, Quechee, 12:30 p.m. $8. Info, 359-5000.

GREEN MOUNTAIN ALPACA FALL SPECTACULAR: Five hundred fleecy creatures and their handlers convene for the first nationally certified camelid show. See calendar spotlight. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $6. Info, 878-5545.

RED FLANNEL HASH SUPPER: A unique main dish of potatoes, corned beef and beets brings color to the Universalist Unitarian Church, Woodstock, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, 457-2430.

TIBET FESTIVAL: Food, song, dance and craft exhibits celebrate the culture of the Himalayan country.

See food news, Section B. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 656-5764.

WAGON RIDE WEEKEND: Farm horses tote passengers through pastures on a working dairy farm. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $3-10. Info, 457-2355.

COCHRAN’S SKI SALE: Slope denizens don winter accoutrements in search of a good fit. Camel’s Hump Middle School, Richmond, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Free. Info, www.cochranskiarea.com or 434-5135.

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MONTPELIER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: See November 4, 4 p.m.

CHAMBERWORKS: Classicopia members perform compositions by Glinka, Lalliet and Kies for oboe, bassoon and piano. Rollins Chapel, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

RICHARD THOMPSON: The British folk-rock icon shows his songwriting chops and guitar savvy at the Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 603-448-0400.

CHAMBER MUSIC: A trio of Vermont Symphony Orchestra musicians performs classical compositions at the Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 2 p.m. Donations. Info, 644-5100.

VERMONT WINDS ENSEMBLE: Students exhale musically in a concert that features “Gnomon,” composer Thomas Duffy’s work memorializing Vietnam War vets. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-3040.

dance WEST AFRICAN DANCE & DRUM FESTIVAL: See November 2.

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drama ‘ANTIGONE’: See November 2, 2 p.m.

‘I AM MY OWN WIFE’: See November 2, 5 p.m.

‘THE MOUSETRAP’: See November 2, 2 p.m.

THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND’: See November 4, 2 p.m.

‘TWO FROM THE ROAD’: Up-andcoming dramaturges present two original one-acts at the FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

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‘THE PROPOSITION’: This Western, set in rural 19th-century Australia, follows a lawman who captures a notorious criminal and forces him to track down the rest of his gang.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘DIRTY HARRY’: Do you feel lucky?

Clint Eastwood stars as a rogue cop tracking down a deranged sniper in this 1970s classic. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 9 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

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talks SUSTAINABILITY DISCUSSION: The Vermont Earth Institute and the Nature Conservancy host a forum to explore naturalist Tom Wessel’s book, The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future. Congregational Church, Middlebury, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 229-4425.

AMY & DAVID GOODMAN: The “Democracy Now” radio-TV pioneer joins her Vermont-based journalist brother to introduce their new book Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders and the People Who Fight Back. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 12:30 p.m. $10. Info, 229-0774.

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AUDUBON TRAILS: Outdoor amblers pass ponds, beaver dams and small brooks in the Huntington woods. Call for meeting time and location. Free. Info, 514-488-6483.

‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See November 1.

‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See November 1.

CHARITY BINGO: See November 1, 2 & 7 p.m.

BAKURETSU CON: See November 3, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILT SHOW: See November 4.

‘NATURALIST’S CHOICE’: See November 4.

GREEN MOUNTAIN ALPACA FALL SPECTACULAR: See November 4.

WAGON RIDE WEEKEND: See November 4.

COCHRAN’S SKI SALE: See November 4.

‘READING THE LAW’: A short info session on paralegal and pre-law programs 8:24:26 AM follows a workshop on making sense of statutes. Woodbury College, Montpelier, 1-4 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 800-639-6039, ext. 241.

SHRINERS’ BINGO: Parade experts preside over charity number-matching at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, noon. Free. Info, 878-5545.

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE AUCTION: Donors bid on donated items to support a Burlington-based home-away-from-home for sick children and their families. Elk Lodge, Burlington, preview 9:30 a.m., auction 10 a.m. Free. Info, 862-4943.

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Also, see clubdates in Section B. GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA: Trombonist Larry O’Brien directs big-band faves pqfo!9bn.5qn pqfo!9bn.5qn from an ensemble that got its start over 60 years ago. Chandler Center, Randolph, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 728-6464.

SAMBATUCADA! REHEARSAL: Percussive DPOTJHONFOU! people pound out carnival rhythms ESPQ!PGG at an open meeting of this BrazilianGSJEBZ-!OPW/!4 style community drumming troupe.

7.9;41qn New members are welcome at the Switchback Brewery, Burlington, 6 p.m.

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STUDENT RECITAL: Music majors perform 545.6246 selections on a variety of instruments.

UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 656-3040.

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film ‘HOLLYWOODLAND’: See November 3.

‘INDIA SONG’: Marguerite Duras’ moody, meditative experimental film demonstrates the negative effects of colonialism. Merrill’s Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 7 p.m. $7. Info, 646-872-7782.

‘I KNOW I’M NOT ALONE’: A musician travels through the war-torn Middle East on a mission of peace. The Langdon Street Café, Montpelier, 6 p.m.

Donations. Info, 224-9080.

drama ‘MEET ELEANOR ROOSEVELT’: Actress Elena Dodd personifies the “First Lady of the World” in a one-woman performance.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: See November 2.

SWING DANCING: Open practice makes perfect for music-motivated swing dancers of all levels. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $3. Info, 860-7501.

words PAMELA GIEN: The South African actress and playwright who penned the award-winning one-woman show The Syringa Tree reads from her new novel of the same name. Weston Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 824-5288.

talks RUSSIAN HISTORY SERIES: UVM history prof Denise Youngblood explains how Alexander II’s personality helped him consolidate power. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5980.

THE MIRABAL SISTERS: Two members of a family that resisted Rafael Trujilllo’s 1960s dictatorship of the Dominican Republic call for an end to violence against women. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5937.

‘WHATEVER’: Dr. Heather Veague of Vassar College and Craig Bennett of Dartmouth College discuss cutting-edge research on teenage behavior and brain development.

First Congregational Church, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-7753.

kids WATERBURY STORYTIME: See November 1, for children ages 2-3.

MUSIC TIME: See November 2.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 3, for babies and non-walkers.

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.

BUBBIES, BABIES & BAGELS: A Jewishthemed 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.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See November 1, 10 a.m.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 1.

etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See November 1.

SPANISH POTLUCK: Español-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.

LIBRARY RECEPTION: Library director Penny Pillsbury celebrates 20 years of bookish employment at the Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 4-7 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

THERAPY DOGS OF VERMONT: Interested pooch owners ages 6 and up hear what it’s like to train canines for volunteer public service. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m.

Free. Registration and info, 878-4918.

TUE.07 music

Also, see clubdates in Section B. 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.

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, 877-6962.

film ‘HOLLYWOODLAND’: See November 3.

art See exhibitions in Section A.

words BURLINGTON WRITERS’ GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Daily Planet, Burlington, 7-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 758-2287.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 1.

WILLISTON STORY HOUR: See November 1, 11 a.m.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 3, for walkers up to age 3.

‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: See November 3.

ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO, 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.

sport COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: Beginner to intermediate stretchers strike poses for spine alignment with instruction.

Healing in Common Lobby, Network Chiropractic of Vermont, Shelburne, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-9850.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 1.

etc CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See November 1.

CHARITY BINGO: See November 1.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY QUILTERS GUILD: Stitchers welcome new members and guests at a sew-and-tell meeting. Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 872-9973.

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.08 music

Also, see clubdates in Section B. ST. ANDREWS PIPES & DRUMS: See November 1.

OPEN MIKE COFFEEHOUSE: See November 1.

YEVGENY SUDBIN: The Russian pianist performs four Scarlatti sonatas along with works by Chopin, Debussy and Alexander Scriabin. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $28. Info, 863-5966.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: See November 1.

drama ‘CAT’S PAW’: See November 1.

‘I AM MY OWN WIFE’: See November 2.

‘THE FEVER’: Burlington-based accordionist David Symons performs a blistering single-character play written by dramaturge and actor Wallace Shawn.

Black Door Bistro, Montpelier, 8 p.m.

Call for cost. Info, 223-7070.

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WARM FUzzIES Vermont has its fair share of sheep, but knitters, spinners and other fiber artists can attest that another sort of fluffy livestock is gaining a foothold in the Green Mountains: alpacas. Their wool is soft, light and warm, spins easily, and doesn’t contain lanolin — so would-be wool gatherers who are allergic to sheep fibers can wear alpaca with pride. Add the fact that they’re relatively easy to raise on a modest amount of pasture, and it makes sense that the Dr. Seuss-like herbivores are big business, as well as being extremely cute.

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‘HOLLYWOODLAND’: See November 3.

‘IDLEWILD’: A performer in a Prohibitionera Southern speakeasy must appease the gangsters who want to take over his club. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘FREE SPIRIT’: This recent documentary about the 1970s Renaissance Community in western Massachusetts features music by Middlebury guitar teacher and past commune member Tom Howes. Room 216, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 1.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See November 1.

WILLISTON STORY HOUR: See November 1.

WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See November 1.

HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: See November 1.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See November 1.

‘MOVING & GROOVING’: See November 1.

FIRST-TIME PARENTS: See November 1.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: See November 1. Would-be snow rollers hear Snow Pumpkin by Lexa Schaefer, Carole Lexa Schaefer and Pierr Morgan, then create pretty white flakes from paper.

art See exhibitions in Section A.

words POETRY OPEN MIKE: See November 1.

CARLA NEGGERS: The Vermont-based author of romantic suspense novels talks about her recent bestseller, The Widow. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

talks FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Union College professor emeritus Joseph Board examines religious dimensions of antiAmericanism. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

‘IMPERIALISM COMPRESSED’: Poet and English prof Nora Mitchell chronicles Mark Twain’s trip to Hawaii. Burlington College, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

sport SENIOR EXERCISE: See November 1.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 1.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS: See November 1.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: The Champlain Valley League of Women Voters hosts a post-election discussion about a recent Supreme Court decision overturning Vermont’s restrictions on campaign donations.

Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 657-0242.

etc ‘RAPTOR RESCUE’: See November 1.

‘RAPTORS UP CLOSE’: See November 1.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPING DEMO: See November 1.

ESL GROUP: See November 1.

CHESS GROUP: See November 1.

KNITTING POSSE: See November 1.

VETERANS JOB NETWORKING: See November 1.

CHARITY BINGO: See November 1.

NOONTIME KNITTERS: See November 1.

CIVIL WAR SITE SEARCH: See November 1, Bradford Academy, 6:15 p.m.

SHAMBHALA MEDITATION: See November 1.

INTERVALE LOCAL FOOD SPECTACULAR: A community dinner highlighting locally grown ingredients follows student presentations on Burlington’s food economy. Barnes Elementary School, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-0440, ext. 111.

GAP YEAR FAIR: High school students contemplate options for taking time off before entering college. South Burlington High School, 7-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 652-7065.

EMBROIDERER’S GUILD: Savvy stitchers learn new needle techniques with colorful thread. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0198.

MENTORING INTRO: Adults hear how to help out kids who need someone to look up to. Mobius Mentoring Office, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free.

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A NICE MAN DRIFTING ALONG...

Sounds like wandering with you in the trees would be fun. I have many beautiful trees I’d like to share with such a like-minded soul. So... Drop me a line if you are paid up, or we can work something out, I shall hope, check me out!! When: Friday, October 27, 2006. Where: Two2Tango. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900641

FRANKIE ALWAYS PUT IT BEST...

“Night and day, you are the one. Only you, ‘neath the moon or under the sun...” Even though I faked that charlie horse the first day we met, I’d take a million real ones if we could be together again. We’re still an amazing fit, babygirl... Please dig deep for us, ‘little winged one’... When: Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Where: Essex. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #900631

COOLEST COUPLE ON THE PLANET! I thought that ad was pretty cool. You’ve got a lucky guy... hope I didn’t make any waves.

I am finding out timing is everything, even if two people are “soulmates”. You’ve got to sprinkle a little timing in the mix or it just doesn’t seem to come together. Wish you both the best and...stay warm! When: Friday, October 13, 2006. Where: Your I Spy. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900640

MISSING OUR MANHATTAN’S MEN...

We came in this past weekend looking for some smiles, but it was all strangers! Has our favorite hangout changed so much in so little time? We’ll be back Saturday...hoping to see our faves and shoot some pool. We miss S&J. When: Saturday, October 21, 2006. Where: Manhattan’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900630

BONNAROORAE TWO 2 TANGO I spy bonnaroorae on Two 2 Tango. I am also a cook and love your smile. I am hardworking with 2 1/2 jobs because I love the industry. Or maybe I am just nuts hahaha.

Drop me a spy back. When: Friday, October 27, 2006. Where: Two 2 Tango. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900639 VERIZON THEN CITY MARKET Beautiful woman driving a black Volvo behind me at Verizon then the lane next to me in City Market. You were carrying Reeds Ginger Brew one of my favorites.

I kick myself for not approaching you or saying more. Your smile was refreshing and you intrigue me. Perhaps we can have a conversation and see what each other is about. When: Thursday, October 19, 2006.

Where: Verizon and City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900638

MIDNIGHT CONFUSION...

You: out of towner looking to buy cigs. Me: lost and a bit drunk, unable to help. never got your name, and this hobo-glove sporting giggly brunette can’t remember anything about that night except your eyes and that incredibly confusing conversation. Give me another chance to point you in the right direction? When: Saturday, October 21, 2006. Where: Pearl St. area, Burlington.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #900629 LIBRARY BOY, 10-23-06 @ 350PM Monday, Oct. 23, 2006 at the Fletcher Free Library, I am spying a boy in a yellow shirt, wearing a black hat. You were a little antsy for a computer on a rainy day. We should have coffee sometime. I think you are cute.

Let me know. When: Thursday, October 26, 2006. Where: Fletcher Free Library. You: Man. Me: Man. #900628

BOY AT CCV I saw you in the Financial Aid office at CCV. We were the only 2 guys there. I noticed we exchanged glances a few times and you gave me one last glance on your way out. You were wearing jeans and a black sweatshirt. I was wearing brown pants and a black and grey sweatshirt. Want to hang out sometime? When: Thursday, October 26, 2006. Where: Financial Aid Office at CCV. You: Man. Me: Man. #900637

THIS WAS AMAZING You... A golden retriever driving a white Jetta with Live Simply sticker. You were driving so fast. No thumbs just paws! How do you do it? Me: Man diving into the bushes as you popped the curb and had a little sidewalk action going on. Where were you going? Work? Home? The DMV? When: Tuesday, October 24, 2006. Where: N. Winooski Ave. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900627

WHAT EXACTLY IS NEXT? I spy with my little eye someone who is computer illiterate and shouldn’t be allowed to drink and dial. Since you don’t have far to fall this time you may be able to pull some strings and be okay. Next time you decide to down some ale, remember that crossing outside of a cross-walk can get you into trouble. When: Thursday, October 26, 2006. Where: oh, you know. You: Woman.

Me: Woman. #900636

FINAL NIGHT AT THE MILL...

Morgan, we rocked the Red Mill till they threw us out, you and your friends came back and watched my lackluster attempt at starting a fire. How about we try again, only this time I won’t leave so early for breakfast. Hope to hear from you soon.

When: Saturday, October 21, 2006.

Where: Vergennes Vt. - The Red Mill. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900626

SAMANTHA — HOW’S THE LEG? We talked outside Given about six weeks ago.

You had just recently had vein replacement surgery on your leg and were limping. Was wondering how you’re doing and if you’re biking yet? I enjoyed chatting with you, and hope you’re doing well. When: Tuesday, September 12, 2006. Where: UVM. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900635 STONE SOUP CUTIE Saw you at Stone Soup on 10/26 around 12:30. You were diligently working. I was sitting at the counter with a friend enjoying some delicious lunch. I smiled at you and caught your eye once or twice. Care to grab a cup of coffee sometime? When: Thursday, October 26, 2006. Where: Stone Soup.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #900634 NJ SKYDIVER How can it be that my favorite eye candy at the DZ is moving?? Sure you’ll make more $$, but will you have as much fun? Too bad circumstances aren’t ideal—I’d have loved to test your theory about hate sex. When: Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Where: W Addison VT. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900633 BROWN-EYED AIKIDO BABE I walk tall and smile more because of the times we spent together. Beautiful with style and grace; fun, witty, and wise beyond your years. what fond memories to depart Burlington with. Your sideways glances with soft eyes and devilish smile are etched into my memory, and I am always looking forward to the next time I will see you.

When: Friday, October 13, 2006. Where: On the Widow’s Walk. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #900632

HEALTHYLIVINGBEAUTY- CHECKOUT Long-haired brunette, w/ brown eyes.

4:00 Monday, you sold me flaxseed oil for $9.98. (with an absolutely beautiful smile)— thanks... When: Monday, October 23, 2006. Where: Healthy Living. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #900625 BUJU BANTON CONCERT Thanks for the last dance Sam. Wanna dance some more? Come to the Masquerade Ball at Langdon St. Cafe on Sat. Bring your tennis balls and you’ll find me. When: Sunday, October 22, 2006. Where: Rusty Nail.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #900624 LOOKIN’ FOR MY BURLINGTON TOURGUIDE You-Passat wagon driving, small-town preferring, graphic designing, big-dog loving, cat hating, condo living, old-school wakeboard owning, 4”TV watching hottie, who selectively eats meat. Wearing jeans, long-sleeved white and brown shirts, tan boots, ate at Daily Planet, grabbed drinks at Vermont Pub & Brewery and Red Square, dropped off tourist at a killer B&B. Had a blast and hope to see her again. When: Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Where: Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900623 QUICK STOP IN CHARLOTTE I spied a true Vermont beauty working on Friday eve, 10/20. It was your hat, nose ring, and cheerful smile that tripped me up.

I had just come from a wedding, dressed in a striped suit and asked for directions to the Old Lantern. I should’ve been asking to take you out! Single? Hang out sometime?

When: Friday, October 20, 2006. Where: Corner Store in Charlotte. You: Woman.

Me: Man. u #900622

M10 HOTTIE A girl who works at the Majestic 10 in Williston. You have brown hair, striking blue eyes, and I love the way those black pants fit you... Lets’ meet, say sometime in December... When: Monday, October 16, 2006. Where: Majestic 10. You: Woman.

Me: Woman. #900621 BRUNETTE HOTTIE IN MONKTON About 6:20 a.m. you came in for coffee while I was talking with the owner. How about having a cup with me sometime!

When: Friday, October 20, 2006. Where: Monkton General Store. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900620 PLANET FITNESS WITNESS To the dark-haired, dark-eyed beauty wearing the light redish top, PERFECTLY fitting black pants & NB runners. I also noticed a miniscule round tat on the back of your right shoulder. You had me falling out of my elliptical with your blazingly adorable smile.

It was all I could do to keep pretending that I didn’t notice you. When: Thursday, October 19, 2006. Where: Planet Fitness , South Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900619 YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME................

When we met I didn’t quite know what I was looking for......... As it turned out you helped me find something totally unexpected. That something being myself. You alone make me feel so alive, so reborn. Your friendship, caring, support and willingness to listen is such a beautiful gift in my life. And for that I love you too. When: Thursday, October 19, 2006. Where: Waiting for me in my dreams............... You: Woman. Me: Man. #900618 VRH ANGEL OF MERCY Lovely brown eyes that make my knees weak.

Your smile lights up a room, your laugh is contaigous. You change lives, give love, ask for nothing in return. I want to be your love Angel (even though your a flatlander) let’s meet on cloud 9 and cause a storm, you earned it. When: Thursday, October 19, 2006. Where: VRH. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900617 MY SPICE GIRL...

If I find myself below the Mason Dixon, we’re heading to blue water for a night of cheap beer, Buffett, and walks on the beach...what are your thoughts on hurricane season? When: Thursday, October 19, 2006. Where: Off the coast of Carolina....

You: Woman. Me: Man. #900616 YOU CALL ME DEAR ONE...

I spy with my little eye, a great stinger...... and I thank you for what you have brought into my life. I’ll never regret a moment, never wish for more. You give all of yourself....thank you. I love you all the more.... For who you are and who you want to be. I don’t think you realize it....those 2 are one. When: Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Where: in my dreams. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900615 WANNA PLAY DARTS? Probably not...but you played with me that one night anyways, and cheated I might add. I love your e-mails and your insights.

There is definitely something about you. Are you looking for something serious? I think you know with me that’s a bad idea right now...In any case, I’ll buy you that beer... when I get a job... When: Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Where: UT is beautiful, but CO is better. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #900614 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAN! My wonder twin, my cowboy, my love. I wish I could give you everything you deserve.

Your art and your wit inspired me to start my webcomic, and you’ve always listened to me and tried to give me everything I need.

I love you darlin’, even if you do have a big melon head. When: Monday, August 15, 2005. Where: Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. u #900613 HOME DEPOT CARPET You had a magnetic gaze while you nursed your infant at the Home Depot Carpet desk.

I was comedically dirty, but felt relaxed and comfortable in your hello. If possible, I want more. When: Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Where: Home Depot. You: Woman.

Me: Man. u #900612 MY FAVORITE HOTTIE... ...who has a habit of digging through my underwear drawer...and being way too understanding of my oddities. When I build my castle, I’ll save one of the towers just for you. I want my boxers back... When: Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Where: My closet. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900611

RED SQUARE You: a handsome Italian sweetheart with an amazing smile... Larry, I think .. Why? Too bad youre a married lying sleezeball. When: Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Where: Church street. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900610 ROPE You: 2 UVM students struggling with a love seat at Recycle North. I loaned you rope to tie it down. You said you would return it but haven’t. I can imagine three possiblilities: You forgot. You lost my card/address. Or, you’re liars and thieves. I hope it’s 1 or 2, and this friendly reminder will get a responce. If not...karma. When: Tuesday, October 10, 2006. Where: Recycle North.

You: Man. Me: Man. u #900608 BOSTON GUY MEETS......

Me Bostonian up for weekend bachelor party; You out with friend’s 21st B-day party. Good chemistry, and great timing at Staples. Drop me an email. When: Friday, September 8, 2006. Where: Burlington. You: Woman.

Me: Man. #900607 MAIN ST. SIDEWALK BY NECTAR’S I was chatting on my phone, on my way to go for a jog, we passed eachother on the sidewalk,near Nectars.I smiled,& when you passed I turned my head, I’m not sure if you noticed. I never have done anything like this “I spy”, but I loved your smile and figured, why not try, life is too short. Hope to hear from you. When: Monday, October 16, 2006. Where: Main St.. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900606 JOHN FROM THE ECHO CENTER John from the Echo Center. In my many trips to the Echo Center, I always admired your intelligence, good looks and your easy going manner. I also always wanted to ask you if you are single, are you? If you are please respond this fellow animal lover would like to discuss hibernation. When: Monday, October 16, 2006. Where: Echo Center.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #900605 A LOVELY FALL PEACH “It was one of those exuberant peaches that meet you halfway and are all over you in a moment. You had to bite and imbibe it at the same time. There was something charming in the thought of it, slowly ripening and warming then coming suddenly athwart my life in the supreme moment of its existence.

Miss you heaps. When: Friday, October 13, 2006. Where: The intervale. You: Woman.

Me: Man. #900604 BURLINGTON COMMUNITY CHOIR BEAUTY In the soprano section. You like to wear lots of purple. Extremely beautiful. Haven’t been able to get you out of my mind since the first time I saw you. I was there fall and spring semester last year. I’ve got long brown hair, sat in as a bass. We’d speak a bit in passing, like to talk more? When: Sunday, August 28, 2005. Where: CCV Chorus. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900603 MONDAY, CITY MARKET, BEHIND YOU You used to work in City Market and I was behind you in line there 1:30 or so. I’ve seen you for a while and not sure, maybe you’ve seen me. You: Black curly hair, blue or green eyes, a blue shirt and buying avocados. Me: Tall, brown shoulder length hair, black pants, maroon shirt. Like to walk, coffee, climb talk? When: Monday, October 16, 2006. Where: City Market. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900602 BIKE STOLEN OUTSIDE OF RIRA’S! I Spy the thief of a blue bicycle that was yanked from outside of RiRa’s late Saturday night, 10/14. I left it unlocked by accident because I was drunk. The worst part is, it is my roomates bike and he is very angry.

Please return, no questions asked, to the same tree. When: Saturday, October 14, 2006. Where: Outside Rira’s on Church St.. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900601 LOST PANTIES - FOUND under my pillow. Fond memories of our weekend together. Thought you might like them back. So comfomfy I might have to keep them for myself. You know - Black is my color. Perhaps we can meet again where we met the first time... sniffing incense at Phoenix Rising? When: Friday, October 6, 2006. Where: yes. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900599 ON THIS HARVEST MOON...

To the OP thumbwrestler. You left me before I could ask the very important question...

When can I see you again? When: Friday, October 6, 2006. Where: Out and about.

You: Woman. Me: Man. #900598

PONIES: TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL Caught a glimpse of a hot little Pony as she ran off to math class the other day. We used to skip class together, but lately it seems every time I see you, you’re speeding off like a Speedo on a hot Latino! I miss the smile that “lights up the room.” Want to get together for some quality cuddlin’? When: Thursday, October 12, 2006. Where: UVM Central Campus. You: Woman. Me: Woman. u #900597 DISC GOLFING GIRL IN WATERBURY 10/10 You: Blond with blue t-shirt playing solo. Me: Grey hat, beard, and scoolbus yellow windbreaker. You were finishing your round as I was starting mine. We chatted for a bit before you left. You seem cool, care to play a round sometime? When: Tuesday, October 10, 2006. Where: Waterbury disc golf. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900596 TRIPLE GODDESS...

“How do you do?” “I do well!” now that i see you every day i do Very well, indeed. i spy with my little eye, you, in my heart, in my life, laughing and dancing our way together. this cornballs heart txinkles richly with the thought of you. When: Monday, July 3, 2006. Where: my heart. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #900595 INYOURFACE!-OUTTA MINE! I spy a contemporary roommate that intends to drive me crazy! We all know that you like to be prominent, but, please, please, please, stop acting like you are better than the rest of the world. You are so much better than that. When: Saturday, October 14, 2006. Where: Everyday. You: Woman. Me: Woman. #900594 FAUCHER...WAS THAT YOU??

I was on the balcony..looking down to the street, thought you did a double take too.

You got into a navy blue Jetta with a Burton sticker VT plates...Green St. Vergennes, Oct. 13(about 3pmJ)...dark blue or black fleece. someone from your past wants to know... was it you? maybe a hint...GLB, wallace and gromit...Lowell MA... When: Friday, October 13, 2006. Where: Green St. Vergennes...between park and Christofs.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #900593 “DEAR FUDGE WHIPPER” maybe you can bring your paddle hme with you after work and i will make your room steamier than the wand on the espresso machine. I am a female spotting a male, just for the record. When: Friday, September 15, 2006. Where: Ken’s. You: Man. Me: Man. #900592 MY SWEET MENSCH/ TOOLMAN Seasons have changed Feelings remain strong. Respecting your “space” how long?

Our friendship true remember our sharing. I miss you -I know you still feel the caring.

Our bond is real & can never be broken.

These are words that Spirit has spoken.

Shalom Your sweet Schicksa/ popsicle queen Where: our minds, bodies & spirits You: Man Me: Woman When: Sunday, August 27, 2006. Where: Our minds, bodies & spirits.

You: Man. Me: Woman. #900591 WAITING IN LINE AT COSTCO You were a beautiful brunette in a black coat and green pants. We met while battling lines at Costco. I was in line next to you and waved good-bye. You were very nice. Wish we were stuck in line longer so I had more time to talk with you. It would be great to get to know you better. When: Friday, October 13, 2006. Where: In line at Costco. You: Woman. Me: Man. #900590 MATTERHORN ON A BARSTOOL we were discussing some photos. i would like to talk more . maybe another longtrail ? When: Friday, October 13, 2006. Where: matterhorn. You: Man. Me: Woman. #900589 KATE “CHOCOLATE PAIN” It was great to see you at Speeders this morning, I’ve been missing our entertaining coffee conversations. Wanna hang out sometime? When: Friday, October 13, 2006. Where: Speeders, Pine St.. You: Woman. Me: Man. u #900587 DISCLAIMER: SEVEN DAYS does not investigate or accept responsibility for claims made in any advertisement. The screening of respondents is solely the responsibility of the advertiser. SEVEN DAYS assumes no responsibility for the content of, or reply to, any 7D Personals advertisement or voice message. Advertisers assume complete liability for the content of, and all resulting claims made against SEVEN DAYS that arise from the same. Further, the advertiser agrees to indemnify and hold SEVEN DAYS harmless from all cost, expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), liabilities and damages resulting from or caused by a 7D Personals advertisement and voice messages placed by the advertisers, or any reply to a Person to Person advertisement and voice message.

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Dear Mistress Maeve, I recently started dating a girl I really like. She’s the coolest girl I’ve met in a while, but there’s one thing I can’t stand. She wears too much makeup. She looks okay during the week (she works in a conservative office), but when we go out on the weekends, she piles on the makeup. She wears really bright colors on her eyes, and I can’t stand to kiss her because of all the lip gloss. I don’t want to hurt her feelings, but I’m a little embarrassed to be seen with her.

My friends have even given her the nickname “Tammy Faye.” How do I tell her she’s prettier without all the makeup?

Thanks, Josh

Dear Josh, I hate to point out the obvious, but how about saying something like, “You know, you look just as beautiful without makeup?” Most women wear makeup because the media tells us we have to in order to be attractive. If I had a partner telling me not to wear makeup because I look fantastic without it, I would gladly take that extra fifteen minutes each morning and enjoy another cup of coffee. If you keep painting on the compliments about her skin, eyes and lips sans makeup, perhaps she’ll stop painting her face.

If that doesn’t work, consider buying her a day of beauty at a salon or spa. Be sure the package includes a makeup application and lesson. Also be sure to book the appointment on a weekend so you can take her out on the town afterward. Of course, you’ll want to give her lots of compliments to encourage her to keep her new look.

Lipstick kisses,

MM

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dance AFRICAN DANCE WITH SORIBA SIMBO CAMARA, TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM GUINEA, WEST AFRICA: Weekly classes, Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. and Fridays, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Williston Sports and Fitness Edge. $12 per class or $60 for six classes. Info, 802-540-0035. All levels welcome to both classes, emphasis on beginner instruction on Fridays. Dance to live drumming, have fun and smile while sweating! Join Simbo in experiencing fun, high-energy dances from Guinea.

Simbo recently relocated to Burlington from Conakry, Guinea, where he was a member of the acclaimed Les Ballets Africains. He has extensive teaching experience and wants to share his culture with you!

art BUZZ: ART MARKETING 101: Saturday, November 4, 1:30-6:30 p.m. Studio STK, 64 North Street, Burlington. $90. Info, 802-2644839 or visit http://www.kasinihouse.com. Buzz: Art Marketing 101 is a 5-hour workshop for artists seeking ways to talk about their art, find venues and buyers, set goals, and promote themselves. Preregistration required.

MONOTYPE WORKSHOPS WITH MASTER PRINTER CAROL MACDONALD: November 10, 13, 14, December 8, 11, 12, January 18, 19, 22 and 23. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Carol MacDonald’s Studio, Colchester. $70, one day, $135 two days, $195, three days. Info, 802-8629037. Monthly workshops includes demonstration of different monoprinting techniques using an etching press and fully supported studio time to work on your own images.

All materials included! No experience needed!

body EXPERIENTIAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY: Wednesdays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., beginning January 17 - April 25. The Body Center, Burlington. Early registration tuition, $750 if paid by December 18, $800 after 12/18. Nonrefundable $200 deposit by January 10. Some students may qualify for VSAC grants.

Info, call 802-865-9500 voicemail #3, email mindycohen68@hotmail. com. Learn basic concepts in human anatomy and physiology through cognitive and experiential lessons involving movement, touch, breath and sound. In this class we will examine all systems of the body, including structure and function, and how they relate to the whole body.

We will discuss evolutionary ideas, developmental patterns and applications to health and disease. This course is designed for body workers, yoga teachers, healthcare profes-

sionals, artists, performers, parents and anyone wishing to learn more about their body and deepen their self awareness.

business GETTING SERIOUS: Saturday, November 4, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mercy Connections, Inc. $105. Info, 802846-7338 or visit http://www. mercyconnections.org. This daylong workshop will explore business ownership as your next career step.

Through guided decision making and self-assessment you will clarify your skills and success characteristics to discover if business ownership is right for you and where it might fit in your life.

computers THE FLETCHER FREE LIBRARY OFFERS COMPUTER WORKSHOPS: Designed for beginning and intermediate users. 10/14/06 - 12/16/06. Introduction to Windows, Microsoft Word, Internet Exploration, Email Basics with Yahoo! Mail, Introduction to Excel, and Protect Your Computer, Protect Yourself. Preregistration is required. Suggested donation: $3 per workshop. Free open workshops, too. Info, visit the Library, call the Reference Desk, 802-8657217 or visit the Computer Center at www.fletcherfree.org.

creativity HEALING YOUR CREATIVITY WORKSHOP: Mondays, November 6 - December 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $150 for six-week class. Info, 802310-0342. Learn simple, spiritual tools to unblock energies that are keeping you from your truest connection with yourself and your creativity. Re-ignite your creative process and have more fun with it.

AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM CUBA AND HAITI: Weekly classes: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - noon, Capitol City Grange, Montpelier. Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. Info, 985-3665.

Dance to the rhythms of Cuban and Haitian music. Dance class led by Carla Kevorkian. Live drumming led

by Stuart Paton. Monthly master classes with visiting instructors. Beginners welcome!

BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES WITH FIRST STEP DANCE: Begin the first week of each month, four weeks, Tuesday evenings, St. Albans, Thursday evenings, Burlington. $50 per person. Info, email Kevin@FirstStepDance.com, call 802-598-6757 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 MASTERCLASS AT THE FLYNN! For adults and teens, Tuesday, December 5, 6-7:30 p.m., $20. MainStage, Flynn Center, Burlington. Info, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, 802-652-4548, ext.

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Discover how acclaimed dance company Pilobolus creates their magical works in this workshop conducted by a company member. Examining the choreographic process through structured sequences, participants learn about partnering principles, improvisational skills, and group collaboration. Workshop is designed to meet participants at all levels of skill and experience. Pilobolus will perform on the Flynn MainStage, Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.

DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes: Nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Mondays, Wednesdays (walk-in on Wednesdays only at 6 p.m.) and Saturdays (children’s lessons, preregistra-

tion required). Argentinean Tango every Friday, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. Social dancing with DJ Raul, once a month, call for date.

Monthly membership, $40 or $65, $12 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!

STORYTELLING IN MOTION AT THE FLYNN! For adults and teens, Saturday, November 11, 12:30-3:30 p.m. $35. Chase Dance Studio, Flynn Center, Burlington. Info, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, 802-6524548, ext 4, or www.flynncenter. org. Embark on a journey of personal expression and physical discovery in this gentle and supportive workshop. Weaving movement with individual storytelling, participants will articulate their own stories in both body and voice, opening up a route to creative physical expression. An intriguing way to explore dance, choreography, theater, and personal history, this workshop is open to adventurous souls of all interests, shapes, and abilities.

drumming BURLINGTON TAIKO CLASSES FALL SESSION II: Kids Beginners’ Class, Tuesdays 4:30-5:20 p.m. Sixweek session begins 10/31. $47.

Kids Advanced Beginners’ Class, Mondays 3:15-4 p.m. Six-week session begins 10/30. $47. Adult Beginners’ Class, Tuesdays, 5:306:20 p.m. Six-week session begins 10/31 $53. Adult Advanced Beginners’ Class, Mondays, 5:307 p.m. Six-week session begins 10/30. $48. All classes held at Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington. Adult walk-in price, $10 per class. Info, 802658-0658, email classes@burlingtontaiko.org or visit www.burlingtontaiko.org. Walk-ins welcome!

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FALL HAND DRUMMING CLASSES: Beginners’ Conga Class, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:50. Threeweek session begins 10/25. $30.

Two-week session begins 11/29. $20. Walk-in price, $12. Beginners’ Djembe Class: Wednesdays, Six-week session begins 9/13. $60. Three-week session begins 10/25. $30. Two-week session begins 11/29. $20. Walk-in price, $12. Classes held at Burlington Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington. Info, 802-658-0658, email classes@burlingtontaiko. org or visit www.burlingtontaiko. org. Walk-ins welcome! Gift certificates available!

RICHMOND FALL SESSION II TAIKO CLASSES: Kids and Parents Beginners’ Class, Thursdays, 5:30-6:20 p.m. Six-week session begins 11/02. $95/pair. Adult Beginners’ Class, Thursdays, 6:307:20 p.m. Six-week session begins 11/02. $59. Paid pre-registration is

required, and there is a 10-person minimum for each class. Classes held at Richmond Free Library Community Meeting Room. Info, 802-658-0658, email classes@bur lingtontaiko.org or visit www.bur lingtontaiko.org. Gift certificates available!

empowerment AVATAR: CONSCIOUSNESS TRAINING TO CREATE WHAT YOU PREFER!: Avatar is a nine-day course that explores the relationship between your beliefs and your experiences. Through a series of simple, experiential exercises, you learn to increase the power of your will and attention, and connect with a more compassionate and aware state of self. For more information or to find out about free introductory sessions to Avatar, call Jen at 2338829. Learn how to improve the world by living deliberately... visit www.avatarepc.com.

SETTING INTENTIONS FOR FINANCIAL ABUNDANCE; AN EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP: Saturday, November 11, 10:30 a.m.

- 5:30 p.m. $100. Yoga Mountain Center, 79 Main St., Montpelier.

Info, 802-479-1034 or email fredcheyette@earthlink.net. Presented

by Fred Cheyette, M.A. Discover how it feels to be fully open to abundance. Create intentions around abundance in ways that are in alignment with your entire being.

Generate internal forces to empower your intentions.

energy CROP CIRCLES & BEYOND: November 10–12. Full weekend and day passes available. Goddard College, Plainfield. Info, visit www. sacredbritain.com or call 4255616. Conference covering Crop Circles, Sacred Geometry, Earth Energies, Auras, Dowsing, Sound Healing, Shapeshifting, Labyrinths, Sacred Dance, Yoga & Social time for discussion and play. Come and see what it’s all about!

family FAMILY ART BREAK: Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. November 4, 11, 18. $10 session for unaccompanied child or parent and child. Shelburne Art Center. Info, 985-3648 or www.shelburneartcenter.org.

Each week we’ll serve up a new clay project such as using the slab roller and making coil pots. Drop in for an hour or stay for the whole time—a wonderful way to spend time together and expand your creativity whether you’re 5 or 50. Children age 6 and younger must bring a parent or other adult. Kids older than 6 may attend on their own.

finance FINANCIAL WORKSHOP FOR INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS: 4-week course to assist individuals in setting financial and investment goals. This class also will provide a summary of the most common investments used by individuals in reaching their objectives. Wednesdays, November 1 - 22, 7 p.m. Edward Jones, Tenneybrook Square, Shelburne. Info, 802-985-9965.

Keeping Up With Inflation, Tax-free Investments, Cash Management, IRAs and Business Retirement Plans, Portfolio Asset Allocation, Certificates of Deposits, Increasing Investment Income, Mutual Funds, Insured Corporate Bonds, Setting Realistic Financial Goals, The Cost of Procrastination, Estate Planning Issues, Planning for College Costs, Retirement Planning.

fine arts FLYNNARTS OPEN CLASSES WEEK!: Monday, November 13 - Saturday, November 18. Attend a FlynnArts class for free! Info, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, 802652-4548 ext. 4, or visit www. flynncenter.org. Theater: Creative Drama (grades K-1), Play Makers (grades 2-3), Get Into the Act! (grades 4-6), and Acting Up! (grades 6-8). Music: Voice for Kids (grades 5-9), Jazz Combo Workshops (grades 5-12), and Music Makers (ages 1-4). Dance: Junior Hip-Hop (grades 6-8), Moving Pictures (ages 3-4), Creative Movement (grades K-1), Ballet for Kids (grades 3-5), Contemporary Dance for Kids (grades 2-3), Lunchtime Dance & Fitness Fusion (adult), Ballet I & II (teen & adult), and Hip-Hop II (teen & adult).

PORTRAIT DRAWING WORKSHOP: Saturday & Sunday, November 11–12, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Members $75, nonmembers $84, materials included. Shelburne Art Center. Info, 985-3648 or www. shelburneartcenter.org. This course will provide an intensive introduction to the techniques and concepts of portrait drawing. We will work from the standpoint of direct observation, but with an intuitive drive.

Students will work with charcoal, pencil, chalk, ink/brush/crowquill and graphite.

herbs FLOWERS AND FAIRIES: With Kelley Robie. Wednesday, November 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $20. Purple Shutter Herbs, 7 West Canal St., Winooski. 802-865-HERB. Come play with Kelley in a magical world filled with fragrant flowers & elusive fairies. To set the stage, we’ll create fairy balls made with lavender & other beautiful flowers – a truly lovely ornament for the season.

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WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Winter Wisdom Program: Winter Ecology and Nature Adventures, Winter Plant Identification, Tracking and Fire Making and All Species Communication Skills. Four weekends, January 13-14, February 3-4, February 24-25 and March 17-18, 2007, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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VSAC grants available to qualifying participants, please apply early. The winter landscape will be our primary classroom. We will practice outdoor skills including identification of trees, shrubs and plants in winter, and introduce matchless fire making and tracking. We will connect deeply with the magic and natural history of the winter landscape, communing and playing, joyously at home under the winter sky. We will expand and practice skills of communication with the spirits of trees, plants and animals, with all species and with the self. Please register early as we expect this program to fill up quickly. Open House: Sunday, December 10, noon to 4 p.m. at Rhapsody Cafe, 28 Main St., Montpelier.

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language PARLEZ VOUS FRANCAIS?: Communication and vocabulary enrichment, some grammar review.

Fun and useful. Mad River Valley, Stowe, Montpelier. Taught by Yves Compere, French native, 802-4966669.

martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin on Tuesday, November 2, 5:30 p.m.

Please watch a class before enrolling. Adult classes meet MondayFriday, 5:30-6:30 and 6:35-8 p.m., Wednesdays, 12-1 p.m., Saturdays, 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. and Sundays, 10-11 a.m. Children’s classes, ages 7-12, meet on Wednesdays, 45 p.m. and Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Muso Shinden Ryu laido (the traditional art of sword drawing), Saturdays, 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Zazen (seated 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 children’s play space for training parents.

Classes are taught by Benjamin Pincus Sensei, 5th degree black belt and Burlington’s only fully certified (shidoin) Aikido instructor.

BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, SNAKE STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: For an appointment to view a class, Saturday, 11 a.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., call 802-864-7902 or visit www.iptaichi.org. 100 Church Street, Burlington. The snake style is the original martial version of Yang Tai Chi and was taught only to family and disciples for five generations. The snake style develops flexi-

bility of the spine, hips, and rib cartilage and stretches and strengthens the internal muscles of the hips, abdomen, thoracic ribs and deep layers of the back. The snake style uses core muscles to move from posture to posture in a rhythmic and seamless pattern, generating powerful jin energy for martial skill and power.

The snake style uses suppleness and subtlety to overcome brute force.

Robust health, deep relaxation, emotional harmony, touch sensitivity and intuitive power are the rewards of studying this masterful martial art. The snake style is taught by Bao Tak Fai (Bob Boyd), Disciple of the late Grandmaster Ip Tai Tak and sixth generation lineage teacher of the Yang style.

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 “Punch Line” Boxing Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 4 Howard St., A-8, Burlington. First class free. Info, 660-4072 or visit www.bjjusa. com. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a complete martial arts system based on leverage (provides a greater advantage and effect on a much larger opponent) and technique (fundamentals of dominant body position to use the technique to overcome size and strength). Brazilian JiuJitsu enhances balance, flexibility, strength, cardio-respiratory fitness and builds personal courage and self-confidence. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu offers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense classes (all levels), Boxing and NHB programs available.

Brazilian Head Instructor with over 30 years of experience (5-Time Brazilian Champion - Rio de Janeiro), certified under Carlson Gracie. Positive and safe environment. Effective and easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life. Accept no imitations.

massage HOT STONE MASSAGE WORKSHOP: Saturday, November 18, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $225. Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage, 205 Dorset Street, So. Burlington.

Info, 802-658-7715 or visit www. touchstonehealingarts.com. Learn how to incorporate hot stone massage into your practice, with specifics on equipment, supplies, stone selection and care. You will learn how to use the stones and perform a 90-minute hot stone massage routine. You will also learn variations in stone technique that will enable you to individualize your treatments according to your style and your clients’ needs.

MASTER CLASSES FOR BODYWORKERS: 4-week class, begins Wednesday, November 1, Pain Mechanisms of the Neck-Level 1, November 1-15 and November 29. $225 per class includes workbook.

Touchstone Healing Arts, 205 Dorset Street, So. Burlington. Info, 802-658-7715 or visit www.touchstonehealingarts.com. Elevate your practice to another level by learning advanced techniques for treating focus areas of the body. These classes are designed for therapists and body workers who desire to increase their hands-on and evaluative skills toward the goal of being able to treat more complex chronic

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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, November 4, for meditation and discussions, 9-11:30 a.m.

SHAMATHA MEDITATION WORKSHOP: Friday, November 10, 79:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 11, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $65. Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 South Winooski Ave., (corner of S. Winooski & King). Info, 802-434-4275 or visit www.burlingtonshambhalactr. org. This workshop is designed to help you deepen your understanding of shamatha meditation. Acharya Greenleaf began his dharma practice after meeting Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche’s in 1974. He is a senior teacher and member of the core faculty at Karmê Chöling, a meditation retreat center in Barnet, VT. No experience necessary!

Lynne at 802-310-2614 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 also teaches in Burlington and at the University of Vermont.

PILATES SPACE, A PLACE FOR INTELLIGENT MOVEMENT: Come experience our beautiful, lightfilled studio, expert teachers and welcoming atmosphere. We offer Pilates, Anusara-inspired Yoga, Physical Therapy and Gyrotonic to people of all ages and levels of fitness who want to look good, feel good, and experience the freedom of a healthy body. Conveniently located in Burlington at 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park). Want to learn more about Pilates? Call to sign up for a free introduction. We offer info sessions Saturdays, 10:30 a.m., or we can arrange a time to fit your schedule. Info, 802-8639900 or visit www.pilatesspace. net. Member of the Pilates Method Alliance, an organization dedicated to establishing certification requirements and continuing education standards for Pilates professionals.

pottery POTTERY CLASSES: November 5 January 20, evening, after school, morning. Schoolhouse Pottery, Moscow. $236 adults, $216 kid’s 9week semester. Info, 802-253-1956 or email schoolhousepottery@ yahoo.com. Come play with clay. All ages. All disciplines. Great fun, very creative, excellent community interaction! Call for details!

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BLUEGRASS 101: Saturdays, November 4 through 25, 1-3 P.M. Bluewater Center, South Burlington. $100, 4-week course. Info, 802-658-2462 or visit http://www. andysmountainmusic.com.

Do you love bluegrass music? Do you sing, play an instrument, jam with friends, even play in a band but don’t know how all of the parts “fit”? Join us for a fun, informative workshop and learn the basics of bluegrass and folk music, including ensemble construction, harmony singing, instrumentals and more!

GUITAR CLASSES AT THE GREATER BURLINGTON, YMCA: Family Guitar Lessons, ages 6-12 with parent. Enjoy the gift of music as a family. Learn basic guitar together.

One guitar per family is required.

Saturdays, 10-10:50 a.m. $176, Y Member, $88. Beginner Guitar Lessons, ages 8-adult. Learn the basics of guitar chording and fingering for accompanying folk singing. Saturdays, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. $175. Y members $88. Info, 802-862-9622 ext. 145 or visit www.gbymca.org.

REIKI DAY-LONG CLASSES: Reiki Level One, two classes, Saturday, November 4 and Saturday, December 16, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. $175.

Reiki Level Two, Saturday, December 2, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. $195.

Reiki Level Three, practitioners’ level, (ART), Saturday, November 18, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., $225. Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St., Burlington. Info, 802-8781711, chris@risingsunhealing. com. Learn this powerful hands-on healing art with Reiki teacher Chris Hanna. Member Vermont Reiki Association.

REIKI: Please join me for a FREE Reiki Session on the first Saturday of every month. Ray of Light, The Alternative Wellness Center, 34 Pleasant Street, Morrisville. Info, email sukhada@mac.com or 802635-1728. Please contact me if you need directions and RSVP. Reiki encourages health and balance of body, mind and spirit. Dates to add to your calendar: November 4, December 2, January 6, February 3, March 3, 2-5 p.m.

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ABSOLUTE PILATES: Tone, stretch, strengthen, energize!

Discover the power of the Pilates method of body conditioning and create a whole new body. Absolute Pilates offers equipment-based private sessions (free 1/2 hour intros available) and group mat classes in an attractive, welcoming locale. 12 Gregory Drive, Suite One, South Burlington. Info, please call

OPEN CIRCLE: November 18, December 16 and January 20. 5:30-8 p.m. Donation if able. Info, 802899-1925 box 1 or visit http:// www.geocities.com/BUUCInc. The Burlington Unitarian Universalist Circle holds an open circle every 3rd Saturday of the month. This is a safe place for all Pagans. We are open to everyone.

sewing SEWING CLASSES: Working with Knits II, November 4, 1-5 p.m.

Copying Ready to Wear, November 18 and 19, 12-4 p.m. Threadneedle Fabrics. Info, visit threadneedle fabrics.blogs.com/weblog/ or call Threadneedle Fabrics at 876-2000.

spirituality EVOLUTIONARY ENLIGHTENMENT: CREATING THE FUTURE: Saturday, November 4, 4-7 p.m.

Wyndham Hotel. $17.50 advance, $20 at the door. Info, 802-2333934 or visit www.andrewcohen. org/locations/vermont.asp. Join Andrew Cohen, spiritual teacher and founder of What Is Enlightenment? magazine, as he explores a new perspective on human transformation that is individual, social, global, and ultimately cosmic in scale. Evolutionary Enlightenment is a contemporary spiritual path which provides a powerful moral, philosophical, and practical framework for navigating the awesome complexity of our lives in the new millennium so that together we can create the future we all know is possible. Come and discover your own passion for conscious evolution.

(Reception with refreshments immediately following talk.)

PAST LIVES, DREAMS AND SOUL TRAVEL- HOW TO GET ANSWERS FROM GOD: ECKANKAR of Vermont presents free, introductory workshops, monthly, November 8, December 6, 7-8:30 p.m. Burlington Fletcher Free Library. Info, 800-772-9390. Explore your natural ability to recall past-life and dreams for help today, and soul travel home to God.

theater ACTS OF KINDNESS AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: Open rehearsal with Vermont Playback Theatre Company! Saturday, November 4, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 130 Church St., Burlington. $10. RSVP please! Info, 802-658-1244 or email vtplayback@hotmail.com. Come learn Playback, a unique form of Improv theatre that “plays back” real life stories told by audience members.

Have there been moments in your life that you were kind to others or others were kind to you? This is an opportunity to see these moments reenacted for you, as well as for you to learn how to do Playback yourself. Through theatre games and Playback theatre, we will explore the theme: “Acts of Kindness/Missed Opportunities”. No acting experience is necessary, just the willingness to participate.

FREE FLYNNARTS PERFORMANCES AT THE FLYNN! Free.

FlynnSpace at the Flynn Center, Burlington. Info, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, 802-652-4548, ext 4, or www.flynncenter.org. Up-&-coming stand-up comics take the stage in FlynnSpace on Tuesday, November 7 at 6:30 pm, in the culmination of FlynnArts’ eight-week comedy class Laugh Attack: Standup Comedy for Adults. Aspiring actors will present an original Broadway revue in FlynnSpace on November 13 at 7:45 p.m., the final performance of the eight-week FlynnArts’ Act III: Curtain’s Up! Musical Theater for teens class.

STORYTELLING IN MOTION AT THE FLYNN! For adults and teens, Saturday, November 11, 12:303:30 p.m. $35. Chase Dance Studio, Flynn Center, Burlington. Info, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, 802652-4548, ext 4, or www.flynncen ter.org. Embark on a journey of personal expression and physical discovery in this gentle and supportive workshop. Weaving movement with individual storytelling, participants will articulate their own stories in both body and voice, opening up a route to creative physical expression. An intriguing way to explore dance, choreography, theater, and personal history, this workshop is open to adventurous souls of all interests, shapes, and abilities.

wood BOWL TURNING: Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Members $200, nonmembers $225, materials $30.

Shelburne Art Center. Info, 9853648 or www.shelburneartcenter. org. Here’s a chance to learn how to turn a bowl from green material or refine skills you may already have. This will be a hands-on workshop and will cover areas including: material selection and preparation; lathe safety, operation, and chucking techniques; bowl gouge use and sharpening; bowl design considerations; and finishing and drying techniques. The workshop requires no previous experience and because it is limited to no more than four participants there will be plenty of individualized attention.

COMMUNITY WOODWORKERS SHOP: New classes: The Mill Creek Kayak, Kitchen and Bathroom Cabinet making. Intro to Basic Woodworking, November 16 and 21, Basic Woodworking II, November 15, Finishing Techniques, November 2, Bowl Turning, November 9. Router Class, November 20. The Art of Cutting Dovetail Joints, November 11.. 382 Hercules Drive, Colchester. Info, 802-655-4201 or visit http://mysite.verizon.net/stevensturgis/cwss.

DOVETAILS: Saturday & Sunday, November 11 & 12, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Members $225, nonmembers $250, materials $25. Shelburne Art Center. Info, 985-3648 or www. shelburneartcenter.org. We’ll try our hand at a number of dovetail variations—through dovetails, half blind, and sliding—discuss where each is best used, tricks for how to cut them, and ways to increase your accuracy with chisel and saw. There is no stronger joint for building drawers and cases, and the nearly limitless patterns of the interlocking dovetails can add interesting detail to your work.

NORTHEND HARDWOODS WOODWORKING FESTIVAL: Saturday, November 4, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Northend Hardwoods. Info, 800265-7430 or visit http://www. northendhardwoods.com. Interactive woodworking demonstrations in turning, carving, split-wood chair construction, vacuum veneering, handplaning and finishing. BBQ and refreshments will be provided.

yoga BEECHER HILL YOGA: Yoga for people at all levels of fitness, experience and ability. Info, visit beecherhillyoga.com or call 802482-3191.

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Ab Lounger, excellent condition, $75. Ab-Doer 2, excellent condition, $50. 658-9323.

Hot Water Heater Reliance Electric 501, used 2 years, 56G. $100/OBO. 802-264-4878.

« yoga BRISTOL YOGA: Daily Astanga Yoga classes for all levels. Special workshops and classes for beginners, intermediate, series and meditation. Private individual and group classes available by appointment. Old High School, Bristol. $12 drop-in, $100 for ten classes, or $100 monthly pass. Info, 4825547 or www.bristolyoga.com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul.

BURLINGTON YOGA: Daily classes offered 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Burlington Yoga, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington. $12/hour, $14 for 90 minutes, $160 for unlimited monthly membership, $60 for a private lesson. Info, 658-9642 (yoga) or info@burlingtonyoga.com.

Beginner, Flow, Iyengar style, Kid’s, Kripalu, Kundalini, Men’s, Mid-life, Naam, Prenatal, Restorative. There is a powerful cumulative effect achieved by practicing postures in varied sequences. STHIRA SUKHAM ASANAM Sthira= steady; Sukham=comfort; Asanam= posture. Asana is a steady comfortable posture. “True asana is that in which the thought of Brahma flows effortlessly through the mind.” BKS Iyengar.

DAY-LONG YOGA RETREAT: Saturday, November 11. Info, visit www.sattvayoga.net or call 802324-1737. Peace begins within: Kundalini Yoga with Kate Lynch, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. $25. Vegetarian lunch, 12-2 p.m. $15. Divine Grace: Tuning into the feminine creative power, 2-5 p.m. with Lori Flammer and Kate Lynch.

EVOLUTION YOGA: Ongoing, seven days a week. Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info, call 802-846-9642, visit http://www. evolutionvt.com or email info@ evolutionvt.com. Offering- Level I, Level II, Fundamentals, Prenatal, and Postnatal. $13 per class or October offer: 10 class card for $110 (regularly $120). Six week series offered for Baby Yoga (2 monthscrawling) and Yoga for a Healthy Back, preregistration required. Yoga teachers are extensively trained in a variety of yoga styles including Anusara, Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Iyengar and bring a deep and experienced understanding of yoga alignment principles and philosophy.

MATTHEW WALKER YOGA ARTS: Montpelier and Plainfield. Open to all levels, especially beginners!

First class free! Mat blankets, props provided. Montpelier Shambhala Center, 64 Main St. above Brooks.

Saturday, 9-10:30 a.m. $12/class.

Mens‘ Yoga, Plainfield Community Center, 154 Main St., above Coop, Sunday, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. $10/class. Info, 802-793-2656, matthew.walker@goddard.edu.

WOMEN’S RETREAT: Saturday, November 18, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. $60. Living Yoga Studio, 35 King Street, Burlington. Info, call Lisa 802-324-7074, email lisalimoge@

aol.com or visit www.lisalimoge. com. Kripalu method yoga, great lunch, massage, hot steam cloths, chunky salt exfoliation, deeply relaxing and rejuvenating...you will glow.

YOGA VERMONT: Daily drop-in classes, open to all levels. Astanga, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Kripalu, Prenatal, Kids and Senior Classes.

Register for our six-week sessions.

Intro to Ashtanga Yoga, October 16-November 20, Mondays 7:30 p.m. Intro to Kripalu Yoga, November 6-December 11, Mondays 7:30 p.m. Yoga for Kids and Toddlers, October 30- December 4, Mondays, 9:30 a.m. Yoga for Skiers and Riders, November 2 - December 14, Thursdays 7:30 p.m. Monthly Sunday Restorative Sessions, October 22, November 19. YVT 200 Hour Instructor Training begins October 20. Chace Mill, Burlington. $13 drop-in, 10 classes/$100. Month pass $120. Info, 660-9718 or visit yogavermont.com. Explore a variety of yoga styles with experienced and passionate instructors in three beautiful spacious studios on the Winooski River. Look for our new studio on Church Street (top floor of the Leunig’s building) opening November 1!

PENIS ENLARGEMENT FDA Approved medical vacuum pumps, Viagra, Testosterone, Cialis. Gain 1?-3? permanently. Free Brochures. 619-294-7777, http:// www.drjoelkaplan.com (AAN CAN) Sears Car Topper Sears car topper, x-large, locking, like new, fits van or wagon, comes w/oldstyle rain gutter racks. $75/OBO. 802-864-7740.

Snow Tires 4 Cooper WeatherMaster S/T2 studded snow tires.

Used less than one season. Size 205/60R15. $200. Call 598-2121.

Snow Tires 4 Nokian Hakkapeliitta, 2 studded snow tires. Used less than one season. Size 205/60R16 92T. $300. Call 598-2121.

Wood Splitter Lickity Log Splitter, Kohler 8 H.P. gas engine, 9” welded on wedge, split logs up 30” long, 9” high. Hitch coupler. $750. Call 453-4243.

Electronics 8 Megapixel Digital Camera Panasonic 8 megapixel Lumix 12X optical zoom SLR style digital camera. Used 3-5 times. Perfect condition. Incls. bag, three filters, extra battery, and misc. items. $600. Jessica, 802-563-2497.

CD-Rom Drives 2 drives: 1) 52X 2) CD-R/RW, $10 for both. Call 802-264-4878.

Computer Cases ATA style w/ PSU, 2 cases, $20 for both. Call 802-264-4878.

Speller Franklin Franklin Speaking Dictionary/Thesaurus, brand new in package. Please call 482-6632 or email quarkvt@ yahoo.com.

Antiques/ Collectibles 1964 Chevy Biscayne Great condition, 3-speed. Never seen a winter, very dependable, a must see! Must sell before winter. $4800 Call 802-233-2467.

Bouncing 40 Horse Hedstrom Moonlight 1960s collector’s item or great toy for kids. Contact 482-6632 or email quarkvt@yahoo.com.

Japanese Antiques Antique Japanese furniture: Meiji Era Merchant’s Chest, $1100/firm, Showa Era kitchen Tansu (3 parts), $899, Taisho Era Tea Ceremony cabinet, $599. Email guyteri@yahoo.com.

Wood Cook Stove Reading Stove Works/ORR Painter & Co. Model “Othello”, excellent condition.

It’s a beauty. $3500. U pick up or delivery neg. Call 453-4243.

Appliances/ Tools/Parts 03 Kia Sedona Van Equipped w/ handicap accommodation, keyless entry and auto hatch opener. Excellent condition. 15 K mi. PRICE REDUCED $10.9 K OBO. Please call 802-482-6632.

21.9cu’ 2003 Refrigerator side by side Kenmore white w/water & Ice like/new. We remodeled due to Vt. Gas coming and we are changing all of our appliances.

Call 318-2184 anytime.

4 studded Cooper winter tires, Weathermaster, S-T2 205/55 R16.

Used only 1 winter. $50/each.

802-266-7796.

LEGO NEW TRAIN SET Lego space station 6991 motor rail set brand new never opened, 568 pieces $105 OBO; perfect holiday gift; call 482-6632 or email: quarkvt@ yahoo.com

DANCERS WANTED to perform at bachelor parties, birthdays and private parties. Work available.

Make full-time money with parttime hours. No experience necessary. 802-862-1377.

Free Stuff Free Candle Drawing Enter my free weekly Gourmet Candle Drawing: www.ascentedflame.com/ freecandle.html. Check out my soy/veg gourmet candles, fundraising possibilities and business opportunities at www.ascented flame.com.

BOXER puppies BOXER puppies born 9/9/06. 2 White females $400. and 1 Fawn female $600.

Info/pictures 518-543-6336. Vet checked and shots.

Bar, 7’ long, black, walnut top, leather sides w/stools and accessories. $1000. 802-658-9323.

Bath/ shower chair Cushioned commode style; excellent condition, for h/c accommodation or post surgery. Never used. Call 482-6632 or quarkvt@yahoo.com Bookcase - Wooden Robust, 3 shelves, 45x12x46. $60. Call 802-264-4878.

Entertainment/ Tickets Dancer, 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. 802-658-1464. New talent welcome.

Fish Tank, 30-gal Hexagon Great tank, great size, clean, good condition. Incls. 10 fish, algae eaters, hood, light, bubblers, heater, thermometer, structures, rocks, food, salt. $100 for everything. 802-233-7616.

Miniature Poodle Excellent personality/temperament, beautiful. Fully trained. Male, black, 2 yr old. 15”, 20 lbs. Health records, papers. 2 crates, toys, leashes, etc. $350. Excellent home only.

802-233-7616.

cherry Bedroom set all in box, lined drawers dovetailed construction. Headboard, footboard, mattress, box. dresser, chest, mirror, 2 nightstands. Cost $5000, sell $1800. Beth, 802-893-3666.

Sports Equipment

Dining room set Cherrywood dining room set. Table, chairs, hutch buffet, server, all still in box can split up. Must see. Only $2275. 802-893-7296.

Canoe Paddles 2 paddles, rarely used, wooden, excellent cond. $120/each when new. $60/each.

264-4878.

Futon Solid wood futon w/ mattress. All in box never used. Can split up. Sell $295.

802-598-0316.

Camera cell Verizon phone. Great condition. $25.

802-233-1869.

Crested Gecko male juvenile yellow dalmation $50. 316-9448.

BRAND NEW NEVER USED Charmglow patio heater, $100. Hampton Bay Sydney dining set, 6 chairs, table, umbrella w/stand $300.

Must sell! Thomas 802-318-5443, spammedout@gmail.com.

oak ENTERTAINMENT CENTER wood, 60”W X 73”H, great condition, $150 firm, call 802-233-5002

Hot tub 2006, 32 hydrotherapy jets, 5hp, waterfall, ozonator, full warranty still in crate. Cost $6300, must sell $3900. 802-893-0666.

Hot Tub Spa, 5 person with lounger, ozonator, cover, chemicals. Still in shrink wrap never used. Full warranty. Cost $4700, Sell $2800 Beth 802-598-0316 Large wooden hutch Great for any room. Using it will give you much more cupboard space. Great condition. $100. Burlington area.

802-363-3547.

Mattress Set Mattress, box, frame. Brand new, never slept on. Cost $575. Sell $285.

802-893-7296.

Memory Foam Mattress Set 8” Visco Memory Foam mattress, box frame. Never used still in plastic.

Retails for $2000, sacrifice $650.

Call Bill 893-3888.

Gazelle Aerobic Glider Likenew condition. As popularized by instructor Tony Little. Retails for up to $200, yours for $75. Email evangl11@netzero.net.

Van OmniBoa Wms Board Boot Hi-end boot with trick boa lacing system, woman specific last, known for fit and performance.

Size 7 US’03/’04. $50 OBO. Call 267-973-5140.

Trade Michael Franti 11/05 Michael Franti & Spearhead at Higher Ground, trade 2 Sunday, 11/05 tickets for 2 Saturday, 11/04 tickets.

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

High Top Table w/Chairs Wanted! Restaurant-style high top square table w/two chairs.

Call 324-3113.

In need of two tickets (1 can be for student) for perfomance of Rent at The Flynn, 11/29. Please call 802-651-4055.

Spearhead - Sat Nite @ HG Looking for 2 tix (promised as b-day present before show sold out!) Will pay face plus ‘convenience’ charge. Call Johnny 2234876. Thanks!

Treadmill Wanted Looking to buy a manual (no motor) treadmill. Must be in good shape. Call Charlie at 802-373-2198.

Men’s Hockey Skates Brand: Elite, type: leather, size: 9. Rarely used. $50. 264-4878.

New Beginner Downhill Skis Elan 160 Comprex 110-68-95, A Series skis. Still shrinkwrapped (needs bindings). Great for beginners! Perfect holiday gift! $195/ OBO. 802-229-6912.

C2300--NEW NORDICTRACK Health problems/never used. Paid $1000. Yours for $750. Space saver feature with hydraulic lift.

802-244-7267.

Ping Pong Table In excellent condition. $25. 802-864-6783.

R.E.D. BUZZCAP Y-M/L Silver ‘06. Comfortable, warm, and durable. Removable goggle gasket.

Rider controlled venting. No damage-excellent condition (in original package). $30 OBO. Call 267-973-5140.

$50.

Queen bed set Queen mattress, box and frame. Double-sided orthopedic pillowtop. All new, never used. Cost $800, sell $375. Call 802-734-0788.

Snowboard/Boots/Bindings Burton Punch snowboard. 133cm. $100. Burton Stiletto bindings, medium. $75. Burton Ion boots, size 7. $50. All used twice. Call Jackie, 802-862-7372.

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Torso Track 2 Abdominal and upper-body workout device in excellent condition. Retails for over $100, yours for $60. Email evangl11@netzero.net.

KHS Full Suspension Bike Custom built, great condition, $625.

Call or email for details, beatkeep er85@yahoo.com. 802-999-3116.

SMUGGS YOUTH SEASONS PASS Gift certificate for Smuggs 06/07 youth seasons pass, ages 13 - 18, asking $300. Fully transferrable. Current value is $380.

802-879-1146.

Molson Neon 802-999-2672.

Stamina 890 Air Bike Stationary air-bike w/adjustable resistance level and alternative handlebars allows for comfortable in-home aerobic workout. Yours for $75. Email Evangl11@netzero. net.

Pets

pool Table 8’ Billiards table, 1” slate, Comes w/everything!

Must see. Retail value $5200. Sell $1900. Bill, 802-893-7315.

Playstation 2 and games Selling these items: - PS2 - 2 controllers - Memory Card - DVD remote control - 3 games (Madden ‘07, GTA:SA, MVP Baseball ‘04) $200 firm. 598-2400.

Used Compaq Presario 1200 5 GB Hard Drive 12.1” Screen, CD Rom W/ Built In JBL Pro Bass Reflector Speaker System. GreatForKids $150 OBO. Call (802)363-0792

Wheelchairs Manual and power.

Used very little, very good condition. Call 482-6632 or email quarkvt@yahoo.com.

20 gallon long aquarium includes screen top and cage clamps $30. 316-9448.

FURNISHINGS Retro-lounger, chandelier, wicker desk, new pastamaker, brand new novelty Tshirts, 40 XL and L, Harlequin dolls, large planters. 802-482-6632 or email quarkvt@yahoo.com.

TiVo+Service TiVo Series 2 rev.

4 DVR 40 hour - refurbished. Unopened box, 12-month service plan not yet activated. $150/OBO. 802-655-4749.

This stuff has got to go!! 2 solid maple twin size beds, antique, stamped made in Vermont, $100/both, front loading washer and dryer $400/set, wood glass top coffee table, $35. All are in excellent shape. OBO on any item.

878-9650.

Furniture

PalmOne Palm Pilot Brand new, never used Palm Pilot by PalmOne. Incls. handheld, USB cable, power adapter, software installation CD and new 256MB memory card. $100. 802-373-6648.

Server Case - 4U New w/PSU, key access to drives, $75/OBO. 802-264-4878.

RUG/QUILTING FRAME Excellent condition, made in Brazil.

Call 482-6632 or email quarkvt@ yahoo.com.

Auto **$500! HONDAS FROM $500!* Many makes and models! Police impounds! For listing call 800585-3857 ext. N222.

Winter Storage Cars, pick-ups, boats (limited RV). Avail. beginning 11/02. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction. For more information 802-878-5545.

Email spetrie@cvfair.com.

Counseling Sallie West, M.A., M.F.T Individuals and couples counseling.

Specializing in relationships and spiritual/personal growth, depression, anxiety and life transitions. Burlington and Waitsfield.

496-7135.

Surviving the Loss of Love New Psychotherapy Group forming to address grief and loss associated w/break-ups, separation and divorce. Individual counseling

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Relax with therapeutic massage, or, if you prefer, physical therapy evaluation and treatment. Find a solution for your muscle, joint, and/or pain problems. First session: $45- $65, next 3 sessions: $135. 35 King St. Burlington, and home visits. 802-233-0932.

Massage and Shiatsu Theraputic, Swedish and deep tissue massage. Shiatsu applies gentle to deep stretching and pressure, relaxing and rejuvenating the whole body. Mention this ad and receive $10 off your next Shiatsu session.

60 mins. $55, 90 mins, $65. www. amritamassage.com. Sierra-Maria, 802-862-4677.

Mental Detox Reduce Stress & Meditate like a Zen Monk. Guaranteed results! First 30-minute session FREE. Downtown Montpelier by appointment. 802-498-5555, atman777@verizon.net, http:// satoristudio.net

Metta Touch Are you stressed1x2-062106_Computer_Repair.indd6/15/06 1 1:29:42 PM out or sore from working out?

Treat yourself to a wonderful Thai massage, customized just for you!

Call today for an appointment, $700-$800,000 Free Cash 862-2212. Blythe Kent, CMT. LoGrants-2006!, Personal bills, cated at 182 Main St., Burlington, School, Business/Housing. Ap2nd-floor. prox. $49 billion unclaimed 2005!

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Mobile RELAXARIUM Swedish (AAN CAN) massage at your location. Nine years experience.

Affordable $700-$800,000 Free cash rates.

Gift certificates avail. grants. ***2006!** Never repay!

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New Business/Home etc., live operators! Avoid deadlines! ListShamanism Shamanic Ceremony ings, call 1-800-270-1213 Ext. with GrandMother Singing Wolf.

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Purification Brain Alchemy Teaching of the Ancient Feminine MysQuickbooks & Backoffice teries. Women Only, Monthly.

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Health/Wellness A Better Massage Good pressure circulation restoring, relaxing. Get rid of tension now. Will travel. Jaqi, 802-310-6519.

Acupressure / Shiatsu Japanese classic deep tissue for holistic healthcare. Well-trained in Japan. Call Optimum Health Acupuncture (310 Pine St.) at 802859-8900 for more infomation and appointment.

E.S. Massage Therapy Swedish, therapeutic, aromatherapy, deep tissue, add hot towels. CMT. 802-760-7845. Across from Ann Taylor window, 125 Bank Street, #2, Burlington.

Feng Shui Vermont Consultations for homes, businesses, schools. Space clearing, personal clearing, presentations, workshops. Certified Feng Shui Practitioner Carol C. Wheelock, M.Ed. 802-496-2306, cwheelock@ fengshuivermont.com, www. fengshuivermont.com.

HEAL LONGTERM ISSUES Heal longstanding problems: physical, emotional, relationship, financial and other issues. Fred Cheyette, M.A. 802-479-1034. fredcheyette@earthlink.net Hypnotherapy NATHALIE KELLY, CHt., Change habits (lose weight/ quit smoking), improve performance (sports/school/work), surgery/childbirth preparation. Reduce anxiety, stress, phobia, pain and more. 802-233-8064, www.

NathalieKelly.com.

Mama Dog Reiki Reiki treatments, Rune readings and Chakra balancing.

Sliding scale fees avail. Call Suzanne after 2 p.m. at 660-8324 or 310-5079 for information and appointment.

Massage and P.T. Ann Taylor, P.T., 31 years experience in handson therapy, UVM grad, 2002 Winter Olympic coach, ski instructor.

Sports Massage... At the Shelburne Athletic Club, Shelburne and the Vermont Institute of Massage, South Burlington. Knowledgeable therapist utilizing a wide variety of techniques tailored to your particular needs. Questions/appointments: 802-373-2475.

Home/Garden Cathy Cooks and Cleans Come home to flavorful, healthy kidfriendly homecooked meals and clean home. Flexible schedule.

Reliable service and references.

802-893-1819, 802-363-3405, cathyvtcook@aol.com.

Interior Paint Contractor Turo Interiors is currently scheduling winter work. Free estimates!

Friendly and professional service.

5 years experience. Fully insured.

Call us at 802-353-2582 anytime.

Serving Chittenden and Addison Counties.

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Refs. avail., reasonable rates. Call Lindsay 802-734-7008 or email lindsayreszewski@yahoo.com.

Moving/Hauling Drivers w/late model vehicles possessing entertainment and MC qualities wanted to host shows with exotic dancers.

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1991 Honda Prelude White, auto, cruise, moonroof, power windows/locks, alloy wheels. Fair condition, 161,350 miles. Cool car below KBB at $1500. 863-0473.

1999 Lexus GS 400 4-door, auto, navigation, heated leather seats, sun roof, fully loaded, very good condition, 77 K. $14,500.

802-598-5348.

1994 Subaru Legacy Wagon White, 5-speed, AWD, 4 Snow Tires, 153K, good condition, wellmaintained & all service records available, minor rust, runs great! $2300 call 802-658-6582.

2 Brand New Winter Tires!

Brand new winter tires, 2 Winterforce, size 205-65-15, bought for $95 each, will sell for $75 each.

Only 200 miles on tires. Burlington area, 802-324-3113.

1995 Acura Legend, GS, auto, custom heated leather seats, 2door, CD, new pearl white paint.

Carbon fiber hood. Low spring suspension, spoiler. Excellent condition. $5900. 802-598-5348.

2000 Audi TT coupe Black, heated leather seats, AC, heater, loaded, 5-speed manual, excellent shape, maintained by dealer.

51 K. Premium Bose stereo, 10 CD player. $14,500. 879-6709.

1995 Ford Contour New head gaskets, timing, water pump, brakes, rotors, coil springs, steering rack, good/excellent shape.

110 K. $1425 invested, $1425 sale price. 802-782-9522.

2000 dodge Neon Silver, AC, remote starter - great for winter, great car for college students!

Runs great! Asking $2900/OBO. Call 802-872-5701.

1995 GMC EXT CAB 4 X4 ONLY 88 K, PW, PL, CD, also has a cap, good condition. $3500/OBO. Call Steve, 802-238-9641.

1995 Isuzu Trooper From Oregon! (never seen salt) 119k, 4wd, white, tow pkg, well maintained, cd, a/c, etc. $3900.

802-586-8079 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD, red w/grey interiors, 110 K, kept well, paint, body and motor in good condition, $4800. comp@barcianet.com or call 802-310-0806.

1996 LEXUS ES-300 4DR 136 K, good condition, black, barely worn snow tires, V-6, auto, leather, CD changer, alloy wheels, all maintenance records. $6200. Ferrisburg.

802-877-9289, 8AM - 10 PM. 1997 Saturn SC2 Red Coupe 5 Speed, Red, single owner, alloy wheels, runs great. 163K Highway Miles. Ready to go! $2399 Please call 802-310-3152 for more information.

Cars/Trucks

1997 Toyota Camry Auto, CD, AC, PW, good condition. New inspection. 170 K. Asking $2500.

802-598-5348.

1998 Audi A6 Quattro Wgn 58k, great winter car, black, grey leather, moon roof, fully loaded, power everything, extended warranty til 11/07. Below Blue Book $9400 obo. 802-793-2164.

1998 Dodge Neon-Must SELL! 1998 Dodge Neon, 4-door, manual, 109 K, great car, single owner, CD player, reliable, good tires, solid maintenance history. Only $1800/OBO. Please call 802-2335368 if interested.

$500 POLICE IMPOUNDS, Cars from $500! Tax Repos, US Marshal and IRS sales! Cars, Trucks, SUVs, Toyotas, Hondas, Chevys, more!

For listings call 1-800-298-4150 ext.C107. (AAN CAN) 03 Kia Sedona Van Equipped w/handicap accommodation, keyless entry and auto hatch opener.

Excellent condition. 15,000 mi.

PRICE REDUCED $10,900. Please call 802 482-6632 1964 Chevy Biscayne Great condition, 3-speed manual, never seen a winter, very dependable,$4800. A must see! Need to sell before winter. Call 233-2467.

1970 V.W. Bus 8 passenger restored bus. Looks and runs like new. Driven daily. Too many new parts to list. $3800/OBO. 207-539-2927.

1980 AMC Concord Straight 6.

Inspected through 4/07. $500/ OBO. 802-434-3444 ext. 1221.

1986 VW Jetta Many miles. Rebuilt engine, Wolfburg ed., leather interior, needs some loving.

Hand crank sun roof, vintage Alpine cass., some rust/leaks, runs well. $1200. Inspected til 4/07.

802-864-9045, fiddlefingers@ yahoo.com.

1990 AUDI QUATTRO AWD AWD! Great body but clear coat peeling, 190K, gray leather, moon, trip, Alpine, excellent tires, BBS alloy rims, minor repairs optional, inspected, 900 802-279-8012.

1998 Honda Accord EX V6.

Green, auto, 4-door, leather, moon roof, comes w/new snow tires. 139 K highway miles. Steal it at $5000. 802-734-0885.

1998 VW Passat For Sale 187 K. Very good condition. No rust.

New tires, A/C, airbags, alarm, alloy wheels, anti-lock brakes, bucket seats, 6CD changer, black exterior. $4300. 802-598-6419.

1999 Audi A4 Wagon Low 62,800 miles. 5 speed. Excellent condition; must see. Asking $9600 (802)888-7079 1999 Audi A4 Quattro Wagon 2.8L V6, silver, black leather, AWD, 5speed, Tiptronic, power everything, 6 CD changer, separate wheels w/ snows, 29 mpg, all records, $9000/ OBO. 802-434-4649 eves.

1999 AUDI A6 QUATTRO, 74K Volcano gray/black. MP3 CD, leather, power everything, Nokian Hakkapalita NRWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, moon roof. Nickd@ burton.com or 802-310-6097. Serious inquiries only. $9900.

1999 Audi A4 Wagon V6 AWD Pearl white, grey leather interior, 125 K highway miles, 5-speed, Tiptronic, power everything, Bose sound, 6 CD changer. $8500. comp@barcianet.com or call 802-310-0805.

1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport 117 K highway miles. Some new parts. 4WD, roof rack, power everything. Southern Jeep. $4995.

802-233-4672.

2000 Infiniti I30 Excellent condition luxury sedan- 67K miles.

Leather heated seats, Bose stereo, sunroof, top of the line winter and summer tires. Must sell!!

Asking only $12,450 2000 Saturn SC2 3-door, red sports coupe, 81 K, 1 adult owner, meticulous maintenance. 6 disc in console changer. New inspection. Looks, runs and drives excellent. Needs nothing. A must see. Below KBB at $4200/OBO. 802-999-2474.

2001 Lexus ES300 Coach edition, heated leather, sun roof, 6-disc CD changer, chrome rims.

One owner. Excellent condition. $11,000/OBO. 802-598-5348 or 860-7160.

2001 WV Cabrio Convertible.

Black, cream int., 5-speed, 95 K, fully loaded, heated seats, great condition. Looks and runs great!

Asking $7400. 802-782-6720.

2003 9-3 Saab Sport Sedan 2003 9-3 SAAB Sport sedan. Sale price $15,999. 34 K, silver, turbo, auto, factory warranty, launch package, loaded, On-Star, leather, sun roof. Call 802-773-4118.

2003 Civic Hybrid 5-speed, 68 K, AC, cc. Excellent condition. Incls. Yakima roof rack & snow tires. $14000/OBO. Call 802-862-5621 or email wakatemasen@yahoo. com for more information.

2003 Jeep Liberty $11800 Limited, Patriot blue, 4X4, auto, overdrive, power everything, great condition! Great winter car! $11,800/OBO. Call 802-872-5701.

2003 Pontiac Vibe AWD Gray, auto w/ overdrive, loaded, 6 CD, moon roof, car starter, 1 year old Nokian tires, 54 K, extended warranty. Hard to find model. $12,750. 802-399-9206 evenings.

94 Cadillac Sedan Deville Silver exterior, navy blue interior. Auto, A/C, power everything, remote keyless entry, climate control. Well maintained leather interior. Excellent condition, only 86,000 miles. $2000 508-365-9361 98 Subaru Legacy GT wagon Classic white Subaru wagon, great body, regularly serviced.

170,000 miles, ABS, fwd, moon roof. Drives like a dream. $3500.

802-598-5577.

All Set To Ride!! 1990 Chevy pickup 1500 series, newly rebuilt engine, body in great shape, 4 new tires, black w/tan interior. $2300. Call 802-324-3113, Burlington area.

Bridgestone Mud/Snow Tires 195/70R 14â&#x20AC;?. Best offer. Call 802-453-4243.

Cooper Snow Tires 225/55r/17â&#x20AC;?.

Like new, paid $126 + tax each.

First $350 takes all, no tax. Call 802-453-4243.

Corolla All trac Wagon AWD Toyota Corolla Wagon. 1988. Automatic. 83,900 miles. NO RUST. New tires. Just inspected. Rare, reliable work horse. 27 mpg. $3,900.

802-363-8668; Price1995@aol. com for pix.

Hakkapeliitta Snow Tires 4 Nokian Hakkapeliitta, 2 studded snow tires. Size 205/70R15, great condition, only used for 2 winters, $200/OBO. Call 989-3457.

JEEP Cherokee 1999 $4995 Dark red original owner - new brakes runs great - serviced every 3000 miles 4 wheel drive - 97127 miles Call 802-238-0254 Like to go Mudding 96 Jeep Cheerokee, blue, 5-speed, lift kit, runs great. Call 893-7057.

NICE 4WD TRUCK! 2000 Nissan Frontier 4WD XE King Cab, V6, auto., 77 K, w/ cap. Very clean, everything works. AC, ABS, CD, power pkg., cruise, off-road pkg., alloy wheels, etc. $9K. 878-2281.

One All-Season Tire! Tire for sale! Excellent condition! $20 hardly used! One P205-70-15. Call 324-3113.

Subaru Legacy LSI 149 K, needs head gasket, small leak at top of gas tank, aside from this, body and engine in good shape, $750.

233-6812, leave message.

Volvo 1999 V70 Volvo wagon 1999, great condition, only 180 K, great gas mileage, have all records. $4900/OBO. 802-343-2480 or 802368-7100 or 802-338-2772.

VW Passat 4 Motion Wagon 1.8T, 5-speed manual, AWD, 16 K, mounted snows, heated seats, sun roof, Monsoon stereo, basically an Audi A-4 wagon for only $19,500.

Call Annie, 734-1616.

Winter Hakkapeliitta Tires 2 winter Hakkapeliitta tires, size 195/65/R15. $60 for both, call 802-879-2418.

Winter Tires Winter tires, 4 Gislaved studded snows 215-55R16 , used 1 season , 2 Hakka studded snows, 185-70-14, new.

2 winter force studded snows 18570-14 new. 2 Hakka Nokian snows, 225-60-16, used 1 season. All $50/each. 862-9953.

Motorcycles 1972 Honda CB100 $1500. Great condition, needs little work.

802-999-2672.

On the Water POWER BOAT, Price Reduced!

1986 Sting Ray, w/trailer, in/outboard, free winter storage, 230 HP Merc-cruiser, 19â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, open bow, seats 9, red/white. $4400/OBO. Call 324-3113.

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Ibanez RG350DX & Case $430 White Ibanez RG350DX electric guitar/w Ibanez Hardshell case.

MINT. Shark tooth inlays, wizard/ II neck, floyd rose, sounds great, NO fret buzzing. $430 Cash. Call 802-655-9479(after 6pm).

Keyboards/Studio Equipment Crumar analog organ w/Leslie Simulator $200, Emu Emax sampling keyboard $350, Alesis sequencer $45, Sony A7 DAT Recorder $200, all OBO. 802-864-7740.

Bands/ Musicians BASS PLAYER WANTED for original rock band based in Waterbury.

Wednesday eve. practice and limited local gigging. Have practice space and bass amp. Call Glenn, 244-6126.

Experience the joy of a lifetime, www.sonicbids.com. Theory of revolution. Matt Gaduas is god.

Experienced Guitarist Bassist available. Some vocals. Most styled of Rock, Blues and Country.

Part-time only. Brandon, VT. Contact dbonanzam@pshift.com.

Fiddle Player Wanted! Snake Mountain Moonshiners- pro level vintage and original country, play 2-8 gigs month. It’s not about the $. Call 802-859-0929.

Lead Vocals availiable Seasoned vocalist/ frontman looking to front heavy radio play cover band and put on a marketable/kick butt show. Professional caliber only please. gdeardenaz@ yahoo.com. need f vox for indie 7 pc The Hero Cycle is looking for a female vocalist / instrumentalist to fill the position left by our departing frontlady Hannah. John 985-8397. Info- http://www. myspace/herocycle.

For Sale Brand New Seagull Guitar Mint condition. Amazing sound and feel. Great projection. Incls. bag, tuner, picks, etc. Everything you need. Originally $500 +. Selling for $420. 802-233-7616.

Electribe ER1 Drum Machine Korg ER-1 Electribe analog drum and rhythm machine. Full analog sound controls w/delay, MIDI thru and two sound inputs. $125.

Email evangl11@netzero.net.

Marshall Half Stack Valvestate bi-chorus head, 4x12” cab. $300 package deal/$150 each. $25 boss metal zone pedal.

802-999-8974.

Amp and Peavey 200 Series Peavey w/1516 Peavey bass Take them both away 802-734-0885.

Speaker amplifier enclosure. for $150.

Peavey Drum Set - $350 Incls. base, snare, 3 toms, 2 cymbals/ stands, throne. Good condition.

802-879-1146.

Tascam Porta Two 4-Track Porta Two cassette-based four track recorder by Tascam. Very good condition. $150. Email evangl11@netzero.net.

Vantage Classical Guitar Perfect condition, good tone and action; incls. case. $275.

802-864-7740.

Yamaha QX-5 Sequencer Standalone “vintage” Yamaha MIDI sequencer. Like-new condition w/ manual. $100. Email evangl11@ netzero.net.

Instruction Celtic Fiddle Instruction Complete beginners to experienced players. Learn the techniques of Celtic fiddle playing for performance or personal enjoyment. Reasonable rates. Years of experience. 802-759-2268, peter mac@gmavt.net.

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 learn on your own drums.

Refs. avail. Contact steve@ stevehadeka.com or call anytime 802-658-6205.

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp, ltd. edition, brown tolex, Jensen C12, new cond. $595/OBO. 802-864-7740.

Guitar instruction All styles/ levels. Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, UVM and Middlebury College Faculty) 862-7696, www. paulasbell.com.

For Sale: Baby Grand Piano Story & Clark Baby Grand Piano.

Interior structure rebuilt in 2001.

Tuned regularly. Light colored oak in excellent condition. Asking $3500/OBO. Please call Coletta, 372-5750, day or evening.

Music Lessons!!!!!! Piano, guitar, voice, theory, composition, songwriting. All ages, levels, styles. 17 years experience.

Friendly, individualized lessons in South Burlington. 802-864-7740, ero@moomail.net.

GITANE GYPSY JAZZ GUITAR Django Reinhardt-style guitar. Excellent condition. Plays, sounds and looks great! $500. Call 802-363-3578 Guitar Applause by Ovation acoustic guitar w/shoulder strap. $165. Bob, 899-5426.

Auditions/ Casting FEMALE MODELS WANTED for art and fashion projects in Burlington. Excellent opportunity for beginners, free portfolio.

Call Dave at 373-1912, email - dave@daverussell.org, Website - http://www.daverussell.org Male Dancers Wanted Straight, straight acting, men wanted to dance for women. 802-578-1011.

Possible club work.

Call to Artists Do you want your work to be seen? Visit www.BurlingtonCityArts.com or call 802-865-7554 for info about our non-juried artist database. All work considered!

Openings/ Shows Access to Medicine @ UVM Explores the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry, medicine, insurance, and more.

Opening reception 11/07, 6 p.m.

Allen House Multicultural Art Gallery Room 104, 461 Main St. Charlotte Artisan Sale 25 artisans from Charlotte area, will celebrate local creativity by providing a sales venue for local artisans while supporting the Charlotte Senior Center. Saturday, 11/18, 10 a.m.

- 4 p.m., Charlotte Senior Center.

Info, please call 425-3413.

Graham Keegan at SEABA An overview of Keegan’s diverse works. Opening reception November 3, 5-8 p.m. Debut performance by musical act Fighter, also a Keegan project. SEABA: 180 Flynn. 859-9222.

Legals ACT 250 NOTICE APPLICATION AND HEARING 4C0611-5 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092

On October 102006, The Wilson Inn c/o Roger Villemaire filed application 4C0611-5 for a Project described as the constuction of a four-story, mixed use building housing 53 one and two bedroom condominium units with two commercial units totaling 3,945 s.f. on the first floor. The building is on the same site as the Cornerstone Commons condominiums (formerly the Wilson Inn) and is located on Kellogg and Susie Wilson Roads in the town of Essex, Vermont. The Project will be evaluated by the District 4 Environmental Commission in accordance with the 10 environmental criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086(a).

The application was originally submitted on August 3, 2006, but was deemed incomplete by the District Commission. A complete application was filed on October 10, 2006.

A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, November 13, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. at the Essex Junction Disctrict Office of the Agency of Natural Resources, 111 West Street, Essex Junction, Vermont.

A site visit will be held before the hearing at 8:30 a.m. at the site (10 Kellogg Road).

The following people or organizations may participate in the hearing for this project: 1. Statutory parties: The municipality, the municipal planning commission, the regional planning commission, any adjacent municipality, municipal planning commission if the project lands are located on a town boundary, and affected state agencies.

2. Adjoining property owners: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that the proposed project will have a direct effect on their properties under the ten criteria of Act 250 pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E).

3. Other persons: May participate to the extent they can demonstrate that they have with a particularized interest protected by Act 250 that may be affected by an act or decision by the District Commission pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E).

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

Copies of the application and plans for this project are available for inspection by members of the public during regular working hours at the Essex Offices, the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Office, and the District #4 Environmental Office. The application can also be viewed at the Natural Resources Board web site: www. nrb.state.vt.us/lup by clicking on “District Commission Cases” and entering the case number above.

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 18th day of October, 2006.

By: Stephanie H. Monaghan Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5662 E/ stephanie.monaghan@state. vt.us BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL: OPENINGS BURLINGTON CITY COMMISSIONS/BOARDS On Monday, November 27, 2006, the Burlington City Council will fill vacancies on the following City Commissions/Boards: Chittenden Solid Waste District (Alt.) Term Expires 5/31/08 One Opening Church Street Marketplace Commission Term Expires 6/30/09 One Opening Housing Board of Review Term Expires 6/30/07

One Opening Housing Board of Review Term Expires 6/30/10 One Opening Library Board Term Expires 6/30/09 One Opening Applications are available at the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office, Second Floor, City Hall, and must be received in the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office by 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 22, 2006. Applicants must be nominated by a member of the City Council to be considered for a position; a list of Council members is also available at the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office. Please call the Clerk/Treasurer’s Office at 8657136 for further information.

CITY OF BURLINGTON ORDINANCE 16.01 Sponsor Councilors George, Wright, Decelles, Ellis; Police Dept.; Code Enforcement; Montroll, Shannon, Ashe; Ordinance Com. First reading: 5/15/06 Referred to: Ordinance Committee Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage: Second reading: 10/23/06 Action: adopted Date: 10/23/06 Signed by Mayor: 10/24/06 Published: 11/01/06 Effective: 11/22/06 In the Year Two Thousand Six An Ordinance in Relation to ANIMALS AND FOWL Nuisance Animals It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows: That Chapter 5, Animals and Fowl, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Sec. 5-4 thereof to read as follows: Sec. 5-4. Nuisance animals.

No owner, keeper or other person having control shall permit an animal to be a nuisance animal. For the purposes of this section, nuisance animal means any animal or animals which: (1) Molests or harasses passersby or passing vehicles, or otherwise creates a public safety hazard; (2) Attacks other animals; (3) Damages property other than that of its owner; (4) Defecates off the premises of the animal’s owner, and the owner, or other individual in control of the animal, fails to remove such deposit immediately; (5) Barks, whines, howls or cries, or makes a noise commonly made by such animals in an excessive and continuous fashion so as to disturb the peace and quiet of any other person; (6) Is at large as defined in section 5-13 unless it is on the premises of the owner; (7) Trespasses upon the property of another, public or private. * Material stricken out deleted. ** Material underlined added.

CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 7A. Handicap spaces designated.

No person shall park any vehicle at any time in the following locations, except automobiles displaying special handicapped license plates issued pursuant to 18 V.S.A. 1325, or any amendment or renumbering thereof: (1) through (94) As Written (95) [Reserved.] On the west side of South Union Street in the first space north of Buell Street.

(96) through (150) As Written Adopted this 3rd day of October 2006 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services Adopted 10/3/2006; Published 11/1/06; Effective 11/22/06

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CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 9. Fifteen-Minute Parking. (a) No person shall park a vehicle longer than fifteen (15) minutes, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., Sundays and holidays excepted, in the following areas: (1) through (126) As Written (b) No person shall park any vehicle, at any time, longer than 15 minutes at the following locations: (1) through (16) As Written (17) [Reserved.] In the space in front of 184 North Street. To be effective between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

(18) through (28) As Written Adopted this 3rd day of October 2006 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director-Technical Services Adopted 10/3/2006; Published 11/1/06; Effective 11/22/06 Material in [Brackets] delete.

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INVITATION TO PROPOSE Request for Proposal for BURLINGTON POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Sealed proposals for furnishing a Telecommunications System to the City of Burlington, Vermont (Burlington) for use by the Burlington Fire and Police Departments shall be received at Burlington Police Department, c/o Lise Veronneau at One North Avenue until 4:00 p.m. on December 8, 2006.

All questions regarding this procurement shall be directed in writing to Lise Veronneau at Burlington Fire & Police Departments at One North Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05401, lveronneau@bpdvt.org .

The RFP is available electronically at www.bpdvt.org A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on November 8, 2006 at 10:00 am in the Training Room of the Burlington Police Department at One North Avenue.

Any unauthorized contact between any prospective proposer and any official or employee of Burlington on or after October 25, 2006, date of posting of RFP, or at any time during this procurement process may, at the unilateral determination of the City, be grounds for disqualification of the proposer’s proposal.

The City of Burlington, Vermont reserves the right to consider proposals for 150 days after receipt thereof, and further reserves the right to reject any or all proposals; waive any defects, informalities and minor irregularities; to accept exceptions to these specifications; and make such awards or act otherwise as it alone may deem in its best interest.

Jonathon P.A. Leopold, Jr. Chief Administrative Officer City of Burlington, Vermont 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, November 21, 2006 at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following: 1. Preliminary plat application #SD-06-91 & final plat application #SD-06-92 of Rye Associates for a two (2) lot subdivision consisting of lot #1 (7.86 acres) and lot #2 (18.01 acres), 1061 & 1075 Hinesburg Rd.

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2. Final plat application #SD-0693 of Eighty Midas Drive, LLC for re-approval of a planned unit development consisting of: 1) razing a 2526 sq. ft. general office building, and 2) constructing a 3-story, 8,480 sq. ft. general office building, including a drive-in bank, 80 Midas Dr. 3. Preliminary plat application #SD-06-95 of Patrick Malone for a planned unit development consisting of: 1) converting an existing 18,327 sq. ft. building from auto sales & service to retail food establishment, 2) constructing a 15,006 gfa addition for retail food establishment use & 1100 sq. ft. of short order restaurant use, 222 Dorset Street.

4. Preliminary plat application #SD-06-97 of Nate Hayward for a planned unit development consisting of eight (8) two (2) family dwellings (16 units), 61 IDX Dr. John Dinklage, Chairman South Burlington Development Review Board Copies of the applications are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall.

November 1, 2006 PUBLIC HEARING South Burlington Planning Commission PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the South Burlington Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, November 21st at 7:30 PM in the City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT to consider the following amendments to the South Burlington Official Zoning Map and Land Development Regulations: 1. Miscellaneous Changes to Definitions 2. Add provision for “processing and storage” with associated conditional use standards.

3. Amendments to District Boundaries and Interpretation 4. Change planned right-of-way of Williston Road west of Hinesburg Road 5. Exempt ramps for the disabled from lot coverage calculations 6. Clarify and update provisions for accessory uses in the IC and IO districts 7. Allow multi-family dwellings of up to 12 units with Design Review Committee approval in the SEQ-NR, SEQ-VC and SEQ-VR sub-districts 8. Clarify role of Natural Resource Committee review of wetland, buffer and stormwater issues 9. Eliminate Spear Street-Allen Road View Protection Zone 10. Assorted amendments to Site Plan and PUD administrative procedures 11. Amend Section 15.18, Criteria for Review of PUDs, Subdivisions and Master Plans to eliminate old SEQ provisions that have been replaced by Article 9 12. Technical Correction to Appendix A, Peformance Standards for Lighting 13. Amendments to Table of Dimensional Standards for SEQ 14. Amend Table of Uses

15. Amend Official Zoning Map to rezone Tilley parcel from R1-PRD to IO 16. Amend Official Zoning Map to rezone #50 Hickory from R4 to CD3 17. Amend Official Zoning Map to rezone Meadowlands Lot from SEQ to IO Copies of the proposed text and map amendments are available for inspection at the Department of Planning & Zoning, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday.

November 2, 2006 Randall Kay, Chairman STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. DOCKET NO. S0987-06 CnC Universal Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff v.

Sean Benway, June Benway And Occupants residing at 178 Sandhill Road, Essex Junction, Vermont, Defendants SUMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: Sean Benway You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Joshua B. Lobe, Esq., plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 4493, 35 King Street, Burlington, Vermont 05406, an Answer to plaintiff’s Complaint in the above entitled action within forty-one (41) days after the date of the first publication of this Summons, which is November 1, 2006. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Your Answer must also be filed with the Court. Unless otherwise provided in Rule 13(a). Your Answer must state as a Counterclaim any related claim which you may have against the plaintiff, or you will thereafter be barred from making such claim in any other action. YOUR ANSWER MUST STATE SUCH A COUNTERCLAIM WHETHER OR NOT THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT IS FOR DAMAGE COVERED

BY A LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY UNDER WHICH THE INSURER HAS THE RIGHT OR OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT THE DEFENSE. If you believe that the plaintiff is not entitled to all or part of the claim set forth in the Complaint, or if you believe that you have a Counterclaim against the plaintiff, you may wish to consult an attorney. If you feel that you cannot afford to pay an attorney’s fee, you may ask the clerk of the Court for information about places where you may seek legal assistance.

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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Plaintiff’s action is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated November 21, 2002.

Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the Town of Essex at Volume 513, Page 51. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you.

A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Chittenden, State of Vermont.

It appearing from Affidavit duly filed in the above entitled action that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods prescribed in V.R.C.P. 4(d) through (f) inclusive, it is hereby ORDERED that service of the above process shall be made upon defendant, Sean Benway, by publication pursuant to V.R.C.P. 4(g). This Order shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks on November 1, 2006, November 8, 2006 and November 15, 2006 in the Seven Days. A copy of this Order shall be mailed to defendants at their address if their address is known.

Dated at Burlington, Vermont this 16th day of October, 2006. ___/s/ Matthew I. Katz____

Hon. Matthew I. Katz Presiding Judge Chittenden Superior Court PUBLIC MEETING Discussion on Entertainment Noise Pilot Program, Thursday, November 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Fletcher Free Library.

DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs?

Call Vermont 2-1-1, a program of United Way of Vermont.

Within Vermont, dial 2-1-1 or 866-652-4636 (toll-free) or from outside of Vermont, 802-6524636. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m.

MEN’S GROUP FORMING: To read and discuss Warrin Farrills groundbreaking best-selling book The Myth of Male Power.

802-343-0910.

This week’s puzzle answers. Puzzles on page 47a.

SEPARATED BY ADOPTION?: Concerned United Birthparents, Inc. (CUB) announces local peer support group meeting in Burlington. CUB meetings offer a safe, confidential, and nurturing environment to explore personal experiences related to adoption, relinquishment, search and reunion (or rejection). For those of us who have felt isolated, it is a tremendous relief to communicate with others who understand our experience. 3rd Tuesday of the month 6-7 PM. Unitarian Universalist Church on Pearl St., top of Church St., Burlington. Free. Contact Judy, region1dir@cubirthparents. org, 800-822-2777 ext. 1, www.

CUBirthparents.org.

60+ SUPPORT GROUP: Small, ongoing, weekly support group to share stories about growing older. For men and women 60 and over. We have fun! Tuesdays, 4-5:30 p.m. Contact Barbara Kester at 657-3668.

RAINWATER CENTER FOR HIGHER AWARENESS: At the Euro Cafe, Main St. Burlington, for inspirational movies, discussions and meditations on the spiritual path however one defines it and speakers including various healing practices to life coaching to spiritual leaders.

Develop a deeper connection to your inner spiritual and personal growth. Join us every other Tuesday, 7 p.m. for these free events. Call Alex at 802-2330046, alex@rainwatercenter.com or visit website www.rainwater center.com.

LA LECHE LEAGUE: We are a breastfeeding support group, we hold free, monthly meetings with a warm and respectful atmosphere; babies and older siblings are always welcome.

Come whether you are pregnant or adopting and want to learn about the process; you are experiencing challenges or you are having a great time and would like to meet other nursing mothers. Call for more information or for breastfeeding help, Laura 985-8228. Check our website for more information www.llli.org.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR BOTH CHILDHOOD AND ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. Free, confidential.

Beginning October 10. Call 864-0555.

MEN’S GROUP FORMING: Based on the work of David Deida, Core Energetics, and other awareness practices. The intention of the group is to serve members into being the most extraordinary men that they can be.

It is for men who are who are dying to penetrate every bit of the world with their courage, their presence, their unbridled passion and relentless love, and their deepest burning, bubbling, brilliant desire. The group will function as a means for men to support each other and serve the greater good. We will be working with spiritual practices, the mind and body, and taking on our lives with the utmost integrity, impeccability and openness. The group is not a new age group, nor is it a group dedicated to therapy. Info, email zach@handelgroup.com or call 917-887-1276.

SMART RECOVERY a cognitive behavioral “recovery” program directed at various forms of “addiction” which may be either behavioral or substance based.

Meeting on WEDNESDAY, 6 p.m., 82 South Winooski Avenue (above the City Market), Burlington, Vt. For information call Bob at 425-4058 or email BobC2me@ msn.com.

Survivors of Suicide (SOS): Have you experienced the impact of a loved one’s suicide?

Please consider joining us. The Burlington support group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 152 Pearl St. Burlington. The meeting will be in the Susan B. Anthony Room, which is on the second floor at the back end of the building. This is not a therapy group; this is a support group. There is no fee.

Please contact Cory Goud, M.A., Psychologist-Master, 802-2234111.

GIRL’S NIGHT OUT: Fun support group for single women, discussions, weekly activities (cooking, dancing, rock climbing...), childcare solutions. A great alternative to dating! Email horizons4u@hotmail.com.

DEBTORS ANON: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with money and debt?

We can help. Mondays, 7-8 p.m.

First Methodist Church. Contact Brenda, 338-1170 or Cameron, 363-3747.

OVEREATERS ANON: 12-step recovery group. Is what you’re eating, eating you? Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. First Congregational Church, Rt. 15, Essex Jct. Contact 863-2655 for more info.

DIVORCED MEN’S GROUP: Meet one Saturday night each month in greater Burlington area to play cards, order pizza and shoot the breeze. Drop in as you please. Call 879-0231.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: A group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to be a member.

The only requirement is a desire to stop using. For meeting info, call 802-862-4516 or visit www. together.net/cvana.

SUPPORT GROUP for ExJehovah’s Witnesses. A group for people who have left or are thinking about leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses, you’re not alone.

Angela, 598-2469.

FIBROMYALGIA: Do you experience it? Would you like to be part of a support group? Contact: tobias25vt@yahoo.com or call 864-2613 box 423 to leave message.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier. Wednesdays, 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 4768345 or Denise at 223-257.

FATIGUE AND CHRONIC FATIGUE: Share your experiences and information, learn about effective protocols. John, 802343-8161.

BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP: Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area. Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749.

CONCERNED UNITED BIRTHPARENTS: A group offering support if you have lost a child to adoption or are in reunion or have yet to begin your search.

802-849-2244.

EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia. Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church, Rt. 15, Essex Center. We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents. More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554.

HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUP: Second Wednesday of the month from 6-7:30. Community Health Center, second floor, 617 Riverside Ave., Burlington 802-355-8936.

SAVINGS SUPPORT GROUP for all low to moderate-income Vermonters who wish to have support around saving, budgeting, managing or investing money.

Call Diane at 802-860-1417 x104 for information.

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 mentalhealth professionals and open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning adults age 23 and up. Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2?.

TRANS SOCIAL AND SUPPORT GROUP: First Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

Looking for peer support among other transgendered folks? Need a safe space to relax and be yourself? Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2?

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« support groups 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, 862-4516, or visit www.together.net/~cvana.

Held in Burlington, South Burlington and Colchester. For more information, call 860-8388 or toll-free, 1-866-972-5266.

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 Chris (F), 802-793-1774.

SMOKING CESSATION GROUP: Willing to kick the habit? This free, five-week program helps quitters to follow through. Community Health Center of Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6309.

DOES YOUR PARTNER/SPOUSE HAVE AD/HD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder)? Support group meets 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 1-800-CHILDREN for more information.

WOMEN CHANGING: A continuous educational support group for women who are interested in changing patterns in their lives.

Wednesdays-ongoing. 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 1877-543-9498 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 healthgiving, 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, 8616000.

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, 1-3 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.

for sale by owner

For Sale 10-bed, 5-bath foreclosure only $144,900. This home won’t last! For listings call 800-5863762 ext. G807.

3-bedroom foreclosure only $65,000! For listings call 800586-3762 G809.

BURLINGTON 2 3-BDRM Condos Two modern, 3-bedroom condos, 1100 sq. ft. each, private entrances. $199,900 each. Listed on the Vermont State Historic Register, 241 North Willard Street has been transformed into a modern beauty while still preserving its historic charm. It’s been redesigned, renovated, repaired, repainted, restored where possible, and modernized with new kitchens with stainless steel appliances; new bathrooms, lighting fixtures, washer/dryer units, and more. Secure storage. Off-street parking. Close to UVM, the Medical Center, Downtown; an easy ride to St. Michael’s College. 802425-3551 or mpf@accessvt.com.

New North End - Great Yard $224,000. Cozy 3-bedroom, 1-bath home w/fenced back yard, full dry basement, 3 season breezeway, garage, quiet family neighborhood. Gas heat/hotwater/range.

At bikepath/busstop. 5 min. drive into downtown Burlington.

Check http://www.songsailor. com/houseb.html, 802-338-0523, musicalicious@earthlink.net.

North Willard St. Sunny and light Victorian in the heart of Burlington. This completely restored John Roberts cottage features stained glass, refinished wood floors, ceramic tile, new energy-efficient appliances, period light fixtures. 2-bedroom, 2-full bath. 1-car garage, perennial gardens, deck and private landscaped yard. Easy walk to Church St. Pre-approved buyers only by appointment. 264-4874.

South Burlington Condo 2bedroom, 1-bath. 960 sq ft. Two levels. Great location, centrally located off Kennedy Drive. Hdwd on main level. Marble tile and new carpeting in remainder of condo. Brand new black/stainless appliances. Freshly painted with many other improvements. Great starter home with low utility and association fees. 802-324-0901, Matt, matt@gmmessenger.com.

WHERE LUXURY APARTMENTS MEET DOWNTOWN LIVING. A convergence of comfort, convenience and community.

Be part of a brand new and vibrant neighborhood in Winooski Falls! Live just minutes—perhaps mere steps—away from your favorite local places: the riverwalk, Lake Champlain, colleges, 100-acre natural area, and more.

With a variety of floor plans to choose from—including one, two or three bedroom options—Keen’s Crossing has the accommodations that fit your lifestyle.

To be one of the first to preview our model, call 802.655.1810 or visit keenscrossing.com.

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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR EARLY 2007 OCCUPANCY

Through an innovative financing program, Keen’s Crossing offers gracious living at a variety of rent levels. In addition to market rate rentals, there is a selection of affordable apartment homes offered under the Federal Tax Credit Program for applicants who meet certain income guidelines.

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2 Bedroom Condo $1200/mo.

2+ bedroom, incls. heat, 1.5bath, off-street parking, laundry. Avail. immed. Located on 76 Ethan Allen Parkway, Burlington.

802-865-2733.

2 BRM Village Apartment Jeffersonville - Spacious, light 2bedroom village apt. Heat, hot water, trash, plowing, lawn, offstreet parking. Mins. from Smugglers’ Notch Resort. NS/dogs.

802-644-5523.

FOR SALE BY OWNER: 25 words + photo, $35/week or $60/2 weeks.

2BR Townhouse Essex Jct 2bedroom, 1.5-bath, Essex Jct on Brickyard. W/D incl. Carport w/ storage, pool & tennis. Near bike path, Essex Shops & IBM. Avail.

11/01. $1400/mo. 802-999-0964.

4 bdrm house in Winooski Newly remodeled 4-bedroom house in quiet neighborhood.

Huge bathroom w/claw foot tub (w/shower), W/D. Clean and cozy and 2 blocks from Winooski’s new downtown. $1575/mo. David or Rebecca, 802-655-6820.

4 Bedroom Colchester House Large sunny 4-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, Clean duplex, large fenced in backyard w/patio 5 mins. to downtown, large kitchen w/ gas stove,

garage, laundry, sunroom, gas heat, 10/30/06 1:00:11 PM plowing. Pet maybe!

Available Nov. 1st. $1750 monthly. Call 655-6371 Leave message.

54 Archibald Street Large one bedroom apartment in owner-occupied duplex. Laundryroom/office, washer/dryer, dishwasher, whirlpool tub. Close to UVM, Church Street. No dogs. $950 per month. Call (802)864-0692.

A 3-bedroom foreclosure, only $458/mo.! 4% down, 30 years at 8.5% APR! For listings 800-5863762 ext. g808.

No pets means no pets! Even if you call it a service or support animal. The rule is still no pets!

PHONE: 802-864-5684

BURLINGTON: Two modern, 3-bedroom condos, 1100 sq. ft. each, private entrances. $199,900 each. Listed on the Vermont State Historic Register, 241 North Willard Street has been transformed into a modern beauty while still preserving its historic charm. It's been redesigned, renovated, repaired, repainted, restored where possible, and modernized with new kitchens with stainless steel appliances; new bathrooms, lighting fixtures, washer/dryer units, and more. Secure storage. Off-street parking. Close to UVM, the Medical Center, Downtown; an easy ride to St. Michaels College. 802-425-3551 or mpf@accessvt.com.

NORTH WILLARD ST.: $315,000. Sunny, light Victorian in the heart of Burlington. This completely restored “John Roberts” cottage features stained glass, refinished wood floors, ceramic tile, new energy efficient appliances, period light fixtures. 2-bedroom, 2full bath. 1 car garage, perennial gardens, deck and private landscaped yard.

Easy walk to Church St. Preapproved buyers only – by appointment. 264-4874.

If a landlord has said these words, you may have been discriminated against. Vermont’s Fair Housing laws protect people from illegal discrimination based on their race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, because you have minor children or because you receive public assistance (Welfare, SSI, Section 8).

If you believe that you have been discriminated against, you should call: Vermont Human Rights Commission (800) 416-2010 Voice/TDD (802) 828-2480 Voice/TDD

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Addison Awaits You! 200year-old farmhouse. NS only.

Furnishing avail. Close to Snake Mountain. Easy commute North/ South. 1 car-garage, storage.

Washer/dryer. Utils. not included.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll love it! 802-759-3004. avail. Burl. 1 bdrm. Avail.

12/01. Burlington, 1-bedroom, furnished apt. LittleEagleBay. com. On site laundromat and private beach. $695/mo. + util.

658-3053. avail. 12/1 Burl. 2 bdrm.

Newly renovated spacious unit.

194 North St. Parking and 24 hour maintenance. $775/mo. + utils.

Refs. & dep. req. 658-3053.

Burlington Avail. 12/01, 1bedroom, 2nd floor, gas heat and hot water. Brookes Ave. $850/mo. +. Parking. 658-3600.

Burlington Avail. 12/01. 19 George St., small 2-bedroom, 2nd floor, gas utils. $800/mo. +.

Please call 802-658-3600.

Burlington 3-bedroom, 42 Intervale Ave. Newly painted, parking, laundry. $1150/mo. + utils.

802-985-3411.

Burlington 3-bedroom avail.

12/01. Hdwd, eat-in kitchen, W/ D, yard, parking, storage, views.

NS, walk to UVM/downtown. $1400/mo., incls. water/trash.

802-652-1272.

Burlington 2-bedroom apt.

Off-street winter parking, private yard, porch, recent renovations.

W/in one mile of downtown, waterfront and the University. $1000/mo. + utils. 802-999-9861.

Burlington: Private Spot Plattsburg Ave: 3-bedroom, 1bath, large front porch, new carpeting, W/D hookups. Storage under porch. No pets. Avail. now. $1095/mo. 802-846-9568. www.

HickokandBoardman.com.

Burlington: Prospect Pkwy Over 1,900 SF on beautifully landscaped lot. 3 bedrooms, office, 2 baths, cathedral ceilings, 2 fireplaces, skylights, patio. NS/pets neg. 11/1-4/30 $1600/month.

802-846-9568; www.Hickokand Boardman.com

Elders offer to share their homes in exchange for

10-15 hours/week of errands and companionship.

Background checks, application and interview required.

Call HomeShare Vermont

Burlington Avail. in November. at (802) 863-5625 or visit

Large 2-bedroom, lower King St. www.HomeShareVermont.org

Walk to waterfront or Church St. $950/mo. +. Parking, lease. No

pets. 802-863-8200.

Burlington St. Francis Park - 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath, finished 2x2c-homeshare090606.indd 1 basement w/W/D hookups, gas Burlington 1-bedroom, 1heat/appliances, parking, yard, bath, furnished condo. Close to quiet street, $1125/mo. + utils.

FAHC/downtown. Bright, clean, 878-6701. nicely furnisehd. W/D, heat, hot water and parking incl. NS/pets.

Burlington 2-bedroom apt. W/D, $800/mo. + elec. Avail. now. parking, private yard, recent reno802-233-0296. vations. Avail. 12/01. $900/mo. + utils. Call 802-439-6127 evenings, Burlington Avail. now, 236 Rivemail kdewolfe@sover.net. erside Ave., 1-bedroom. $530/mo. + utils., parking. 658-3600.

Burlington 1-bedroom in the Old North End. Walk to downtown.

Burlington Avail. 12/01. UpClean, updated. Parking. NS/dogs. per Loomis, 1 bedroom. $775/mo.

Avail. 11/01. $650/mo. + utils.

Heat incl. Parking. 658-3600.

802-425-3158.

Burlington 409 St. Paul St. 2Burlington 3-4 bedroom apt.

Very nice. Central location. $1100/ mo. Avail. 11/01. 802-999-4450.

bedroom, gas heater, no pets. first floor. Avail. 11/01. $750/mo. plus utils. and deposit. 878-4518.

Burlington 4-bedroom apt. Newly renovated, bright, clean, W/D. $1150/mo. Please call 872-8339.

BURLINGTON Tri-level condo. Walk downtown, 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath, full basement. $1400/mo. New N.E. condo, 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath, $1100/mo. +. Right downtown, 2bedroom, hdwd, view of Church St. $950/mo. +. All for now. No dogs.

Frank Stein, 860-4641.

BURLINGTON 398 St. Paul St. Large 2-bedroom. New kitchen and bath. Porch, parking. NS/dogs. $900/mo. + utils. 802-425-3158.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and similar Vermont statutes which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitations, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, handicap, presence of minor children in the family or receipt of public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or a discrimination. The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate, which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings, advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. Any home seeker who feels her or she has encountered discrimination should contact the: HUD Office of Fair Housing, 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02222-1092 (617) 565-5309.

OR Vermont Human Rights Commission, 135 State St., Drawer 33, Montpelier, VT 05633-6301.

800-416-2010 Fax: 802-828-2480

BURLINGTON - Beautiful house, wonderful neighborhood. 97 Lakeview Ter. 2-3 bedrooms, full bath, living/dining rooms, kitchen, hdwd, basement, W/D, D/W, gas heat/stove, large enclosed front porch, large backyard w/veg garden, off-street parking, garage, amazing lake and mountain views, NS, pets neg. $1800/mo. + utils. Trash/snow removal/water incl. 802-658-2364.

Burlington 1 Bdr avail Now 238 North Street. Quaint 1-bedroom, D/R, full bath, carpet/vinyl, private deck, large yard, off-street parking, hot water. 2nd floor, N/S. 11/01. 879-9944. $800/mo.

Burlington 1BR-Near campus Large clean 1-bedroom close to campus. Lots of strorage. Water/ garbage incl. Avail. now. Brand new monitor heater. $775/mo.

802-999-5282. Hickock Place, near Pearl Street Beverage.

Burlington apt. Avail. 11/01.

Large 2-bedroom apt. w/living room, eat-in kitchen, backyard, back deck, W/D, new D/W, windows/carpet, gas heat, walk to waterfront, downtown, bikepath. O/S parking. $1100/mo.

802-578-3499.

Burlington, Shelburne St Avail. 10/1. 1-bedroom. $725/ mo. 1st floor. Parking. No dogs.

Neville Companies, Inc. 802660-3481 x 1021, www.nevilleco. com/residence.

Burlington. 1-bedroom w/stunning views of Lake Champlain and a great location are yours in this upscale furnished condo in historic Vermont House. Heat incl.

Avail. immed. NS/pets. $1300/ mo. Call Mary Alice Edmonds at Century 21 Jack Associates, 244-4500, ext. 710.

11/01. 8:12:42 Spa- AM Colchester Avail. 9/28/06 cious studio/1-bedroom. $675/ mo. incl. electric. Close to I-89 Exit 17. Parking, gas heat, tile floors, big closet. Call 891-2009.

Colchester Village Pierre Apts. Economical living, clean 1-bdrm, no pets, freshly painted, utils. incl. $695. 802-879-3836.

Colchester: Malletts Bay Sensational views! 3 bedroom + office, 5 bath, furnished house.

Lake frontage/access W/D, deck, skylights, 75 shared acres. Dogs neg/NS. NOW-6/15, $1600/mo.

802-846-9568, www.hickokandboardman.com.

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OPEN HOUSE: Friday, November 3, 3:00-4:00 and Monday, November 6, 4:30-5:30 Available Now: 2-bedroom, 1-½ bath, townhouse-style condominium located in a quiet country setting, yet close by to I-89 & Route 7. Features include extensive landscaping with well-maintained grounds, a back deck and covered parking. Heat is energy efficient natural gas. Appliances included in the sale are the electric stove, dishwasher, washer, dryer and refrigerator. Association dues include all outside maintenance and trash removal. Pets are welcome!

Purchase Price: $170,000 Grant for income-eligible buyers: $62,220 Amount needed to finance: $105,780

BUrLINGTON: HIGHGrOvE COUrT CONDO

OPEN HOUSE: Tuesday, November 7th 2:00-3:00 & Tuesday, November 14th 4:30-5:30 Available Now: Immaculate 3-bed, 1-bath, townhouse-style condo with 1,416 sq. ft. of living space.

Home is located on a cul-de-sac within minutes of downtown Burlington, schools and the bike path. Features include gorgeous hardwood flooring and a private back deck and yard with extensive landscaping. Heat is energy efficient gas. Buyer must be at or below 80% AMI to purchase this property.

Purchase Price: $305,00 Grant for income-eligible buyers: $137,950 Amount needed to finance: $167,050

BENway COMMONS CONDO, BUrLINGTON

Available Now: 2-bedroom, 1-bath, first floor condominium with 803 sq. ft. of living space. Home is located in a 2 year old building that is within seconds of downtown Burlington, schools and the bike path. Appliances included in the sale are the refrigerator, electric-range, dishwasher and microwave oven. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on this immaculate new condo! More down payment grant money may be available.

PRICE REDUCED! Purchase Price $160,000 Grant for income-eligible buyers $13,250 Amount needed to finance $146,750

Colchester: Malletts Bay 2bedroom house, beach access, large yard, W/D hook-ups, NS, pets considered. Just mins. to downtown Burlington. $1100/mo. + utils. & dep. 862-5221.

Coolest pad in Burlington Downtown, waterfront, condo, 1.5-bedroom, 1-bath, great room w/fireplace. Huge porch w/lake views. W/D. Central AC. 2 parking spaces. $1300/mo. + low utils.

Call 802-899-4638.

Downtown Burlington 1-bedrooms starting @ $675/$750/mo. incl. heat. Winooski, 2-bedroom cottage, $975/mo. + or brand new 1-bedroom condos w/tile k&b & hdwd starting @$835/mo. +. No dogs. 1 year lease, sec. dep. David, 860-4641.

Essex Jct: Supersized Home 3bedroom + bonus rooms, 2.5-bath, 2003 built master suite incls. 3/4 bath, 1 of 2 W/Ds, huge walk-in.

Avail. now. $1350/mo. 802-8469568, www.HickokandBoardman. com.

Essex: Beautiful Home Rustic Drive: 5-bedroom, 3-bath Contemporary. 23x17 Master suite w/ whirlpool tub, sitting area. 2 fireplaces, porch, newer appliances.

11/15-6/15. NP/NS $1800/month.

802-846-9568; www.Hickokand Boardman.com Fairfax Studio Apartment Large, clean, newer w/full kitchen, 3/4 bath, closets, furnished, incls. all, wireless connection, own porch, quiet country setting, 25 min. to Burlington, 15 min. to Smuggs, Lake or Essex. NS/pets.

First and last. $800/mo. Call 802-849-6874.

Fairfax/Fairfield house 3bedroom, 2-bath modern country house + 14 acres. Huge rooms.

Brook, views. Pets. Central gas heat/wood option. Avail. 12/01. $1050/mo. + utils. Call 849-9812.

ELMwOOD HOMES

OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, November 12, 3:00-4:00 TWO BRAND NEW single family homes in St. Albans City.

2-bed, 1-bath Capes with a full unfinished basement and an unfinished second level with approx. 1053 finished sq. feet (2703 total sq. feet). The site is a 1/3 acre lot in the heart of St. Albans with easy access to both Route 7 and I-89. Heat is efficient gas-fired hot water.

Purchase Price: $192,000-$198,000 Grant for income-eligible buyers: $38,400-$39,600 Amount needed to finance: $153,600-$158,400

BLODGETT ST. CONDOMINIUMS

OPEN HOUSE: Wednesday, November 1, 4:30-5:30 Four homes now available! The condos are located in an eclectic mix of buildings, including an historic lighthouse building and carriage barn, and just seconds away from downtown Burlington! Three 1-bedroom condominiums are now available, many with hardwood floors and large windows. One 2-bedroom condo is available with 720 square feet and cathedral ceilings. Appliances included in the sale are refrigerator and gas-range. On-site parking and laundry facilities are included.

Purchase prices range from $85,000 to $165,000 Grant amounts range from $17,000 to $33,000

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OPEN HOUSE 11/12, 1:00-2:00. Beautiful condominiums are currently under construction at a great location in Fairfax. Each condo features approximately 1500 square feet of living space with 2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 baths, garage, and full basement. Details are subject to change, stay tuned!

Purchase Price $210,000 Grant for income-eligible buyers $49,300 Amount needed to finance $160,700

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Very flexible property! Single family home with large accessory apartment, plus huge 3-stall, 2-story garage.

Conveniently located on dead end street with easy interstate access. Plenty of parking and nice views of the Fletcher Allen campus. $275,000

Facing the Green Mountains to the east, this Townhome offers 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. A gas fireplace warms the living room, and French doors present a nice entry into a family room/den. $275,000

call steve lipkin coldwell Banker hickok & Boardman realty 802-846-9575 www.hickokandBoardman.com

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monkton

monkton

Contemporary home with a Victorian feel. 4 bedrooms, 2+ baths 2200+ sq. ft open floor plan, with formal dining room & huge living room. Stone hearth with wood stove inset. Large windows & covered porch with easterly views. Private 10 acre setting on a dead end road. $315,000

Year round bungalow on Monkton Pond. New kitchen with cherry cabinets, new bath, new roof, doors and windows, new cedar siding, plumbing and wiring.

Winterized sun porch and fenced yard. $159,000

Call Bill & Phyllis martin Greentree Real Estate 802-482-5232 • www.vermontgreentree.com

Call Bill & Phyllis martin Greentree Real Estate 802-482-5232 • www.vermontgreentree.com

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richmond

Affordable Condo in beautiful Victorian. New HW, stainless appliances, cabinets, garage. Call the Condo Conversion Experts or go to www.vermont123.com. $149,900

Victorian 2-BR townhouse condo conversion. HW floors, 9’ ceilings, character! $225,000. Also available: upstairs loft-style, renovated, huge open space, artist’s heaven! $199,900. Only 2 units left. Both VHFA qualified. Call the Condo Conversion experts or go to www.vermont123.com

Don’t miss this one! 2 BR, 1 BA condo in desirable neighborhood. 1000 sq. ft. Nice, bright rooms. A great value, this one will go fast! Only $149,900

Bright and sunny, ranch-style, 3 BR/2BA home on .94 acres w/large deck. Nice lot. Almost 1000 s.f., great open floor plan in a great location! VHFA Eligible. $179,900

Call gracey Conroy realty 802-863-9100 www.graceyconroy.com

gracey Conroy realty 802-863-9100 www.graceyconroy.com

Call Gracey Conroy Realty 802-863-9100 www.graceyconroy.com

call Gracey conroy realty 802-863-9100 www.graceyconroy.com

Hinesburg, Rt 116 Avail. 9/01.

Extremely large 3-bedroom. $995/mo. Heat & H/W included.

1st floor. Hdwd. Enclosed porch.

Parking. Laundry. No dogs. Neville Companies, Inc., 802-6603481 x. 1021, www.nevilleco. com/residence.

Huntington Village 3-bedroom apt. 2nd story of duplex house. Hdwd, large closets, W/D, parking, gas heat. NS. Some pets OK. $800/mo. 802-434-4577.

HOME AWAY FROM HOME $40$50/night for month or more “Extended Stays” w/exceptional amenities/views/furnishings at 1317 Spear St. www.rickhubbard.org/ ExtendedStays or 802-864-3330.

House for Rent in Stowe 3bedroom, 2-bath house in Stowe.

Large open floor plan. Great big yard. Avail. now. $1200/mo. + utils. Call 343-2102 or email davidcone@adelphia.net.

Jeffersonville Pretty 1-bedroom apt. in a new home. Walk to Smuggs! Incls. utils. and TV. No smoking please. $850/mo. Please call 644-8784.

Jericho Avail. now. 2-bedroom apt. $800/mo. Water incl. Pets welcome. Easy access to I-89. Call Marie, 802-338-6116.

Milton Fourplex, quiet country living, very clean. 2-bedroom, carport. No pets. $800/mo. + utils. + dep. Refs. req. Call 802-893-1331.

Milton: Vintage Colonial Privacy & charm: 4-bedroom, 3bath home w/hdwd, 2497 sq.ft., in-ground pool (addl.) large yard.

Pets OK. 10/15. $1450/mo. 802846-9568. www.HickokandBoard man.com.

New Haven 1-bedroom, extremely energy efficient, fairly new, scenic, private, off North Dog Team Rd. Pets neg. Avail. 11/01. $800/mo. + utils. 453-2865.

New North End $1150/mo.

Cozy 3-bedroom, 1-bath, fenced yard, full basement, W/D, garage.

Avail. immed. Gas heat/hot water/range. Utils. not incl. Quiet neighborhood, 5 min. drive into Burlington. At bike path/bus stop. NS, pets OK.802-338-0523, musicalicious@earthlink.net.

Richmond Renovated Victorian duplex/townhouse, 2-bedroom w/open study, large kitchen, hdwd in LR and DR. W/D, porches, back yard, garage, quiet village location. 15 mins. to Burlington. $970/mo. No pets. 802-373-1211.

See pictures at www.7dspot.com.

Richmond Apt. for Rent Richmond, 2-bedroom apt. Convenient location, center of town. NS/pets. $800/mo. + sec. Utils. incl. Call 343-2102.

ROOM & LVRM ON OWN FLOOR Str8/gay share beautiful 3000 SF condo. Incls. utils., W/D, house priviledges. Your bedroom & living room separated from rest of house. Avail. 11/01. Brian, 802-846-7668.

S. BURL. - Treetop Condo 2bedroom, 1st floor, propane heat, carport, pool, tennis courts. NS/ pets. Near shopping, airport, dining, schools, FAHC, schools, colleges. $1075/mo. 802-434-3749.

Shelburne Avail Now - 1 bed, 2nd floor, parking, laundry $750 heat & hot water inc. Please call 658-3600.

South Burlington Nice 2bedroom apt. Incl. heat and hot water. W/D hookups. Additional storage. $925/mo. No pets.

802-734-0657.

SOUTH BURLINGTON Non-smoker to share 2-bedroom condo. Carpeted living areas, big bedroom and closet. W/D, D/W, quiet neighborhood. $463/mo. +1/2 utils. Avail.

11/01. 802-238-5744.

South Burlington Condo, Twin Oaks. Second floor, end unit, 2bedroom, all appliances, AC units, monitor heat, carport, pool, garden. $1100/mo. 802-877-1529.

South Burlington 3-bedroom, 1450 sq. ft. All utils. incl. Covered parking. Avail. 11/01. $1300/mo.

802-233-5677.

South Hero Ranch House Gorgeous sunsets and Adirondack views. 3-bedroom, 1-bath, oak floors, basement storage, garage, spacious lawns. Great running, biking, windsurfing. $1100/mo., 1 year lease. 879-8604.

Starksboro Nice, first floor, 1bedroom. Rt. 17, 30 mins. to Burlington/Middlebury. 10 mins. to Mad River Glen. $750/mo. + utils.

NS. 802-453-4753.

Starksboro Nice 3-bedroom cape. Rt. 17, 30 mins. to Burlington/Middlebury, 10 mins. to Mad River Glen. $1275.mo. + utils. NS. 802-453-4753.

Two Bedroom Apartment Completely renovated 2-bedroom, 1.5bath apt. in Winooski. NS/pets. $1100/mo. + utils. 338-2589 or 338-5250.

Waterbury Duplex New Waterbury duplex for rent. 5 Star energy rating, all appliances incl.

W/D, 2-bedroom, country setting yet minutes from Exit 10. $1350/ mo. + utils. Call 244-6111.

Weekly rooms for rent Great and reasonable, $175/week. Maggie’s Inn, 324-3291 or IvanLand@ aol.com.

Westford Large farmhouse, Rt. 128, 3-4 bedroom, 2-bath, 1 w/ shower and jacuzzi, snow removal. Dep., 1st. $1500/mo. Jean, 802-229-1038.

Williston: Brennan Woods 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large kitchen w/island, family room with fireplace, 2 decks, pool, 2200 SF. Nov15: 9 or 12 months. $2100/mo 802-846-9568. www.Hickokand Boardman.com

Williston 3-bedroom, 1 3/4 bath, 2-car garage, new gas heat and gas fire place, hdwd, W/D. Williston: Farmhouse 4-bedroom, 11:03 2-bath,AM 2100Page SF. Many imPets OK. Avail. 12/01. $1400/mo.

2x4c-CTXmortage-101106 10/10/06 1 provements, newer appliances, 802-878-9267.

COMMUNITY 100 Our new 100% financing program Call me today for a pre-approval • Seller can pay up to 6% of closing costs • Perfect credit NOT required • Debt to income ratios can be as high as 65% • Reduced PMI (lowers your monthly payments) • 40 year terms now available

Barb McHenry (802)846-0029 email: barb.mchenry@ctxmort.com Apply online at: ww.BarbMcHenryVT.com Restrictions Apply

Williston Village 3-bedroom apt., 1038 sq. ft. $1200/ mo. + heat (electric and Rinnai natural gas). W/D, D/W, parking.

802-238-8877.

2-car garage/barn. Newer furnace & windows = efficient heating.

11/01; 6 months $1350/month.

802-846-9568; www.Hickokand Boardman.com.

Williston: Much to Offer 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, beautiful yard. Fireplace, deck, W/D, family room in finished basement. Great location. Available now. $1450/ mo. 802-846-9568. www.Hickok andBoardman.com Winooski 3-bedroom apt. 12 blocks from hospital. Quiet, side st. $1300/mo. utils. incl. 802862-1850. Avail. now.

Winooski 1 and 3-bedroom apts. now avail. $700, $1100 and $1200/mo. 802-846-7433.

Winooski 1-bedroom, very nice, quiet building. Small apt. but very well maintained, very clean and renovated/updated. $675/ mo. + util. Gas heat, range. Call 373-4123.

Winooski - 2BR 17C Hall St 2nd floor. New LR carpet. Freshly painted. W/D hook-ups. Gas heat.

Enclosed porch. Large yard. Offstreet parking. No dogs. Dep. Lease. $720 mo. + utils. 802-4342507 or 802-922-5439.

Winooski/Colchester 2-bedroom, spacious, excellent unit, a must see. Very private. Parking, laundry, close to I-89. Dep. and lease. No pets. $900/mo.

802-658-4231.

Housemates 15 min. from Burlington Unique individual to share my 10 acre Jericho home w/3 dogs & 1 cat. Must be a seriously trustworthy animal lover willing to pet sit for partial rent. $500/mo. + utils.

Emylie, 899-5516.

Burlington 1-bedroom, close to hospital and downtown. $575/mo.

Call 802-233-5549.

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duplex!

Desirable Burlington Location! 2 bed, 1 bath with “Pottery Barn” colors, pergo and parquet flooring. Excellent condition, a must see. Call now. $179,000

Each unit features three bedrooms, an open floorplan, and a large back yard. Solid rental history makes this Duplex very attractive. This unit can be owner occupied.

Call now for more details. $254,900

Call Sarah ostiguy rE/MAX north Professionals 802-861-6255

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williston

Don’t miss this impeccably maintained 3 bedroom 1 ¾ bath home in a convenient Williston cul de sac! Beautiful perennial beds and a solar heated pool! What more can you ask for $269,900 Call sarah ostiguy RE/MAX north Professionals 802-861-6255

Burlington Responsible roommate wanted for 2-bedroom apt. $460/mo. + 1/2 dep. Utils. incl.

Close to FAHC/UVM. NS/pets.

Leave messge, call will be returned. Must see! 802-373-1360.

Burlington 3-bedroom, 1.5bath house. $525/mo. Avail.

11/01. 802-399-8696.

Burlington Responsible, roommate needed. Smart, independent, socially and environmentally conscious teen seeks supportive, sober, open-minded, mentor/roommate. Info, call Sarah Eastman-Mott, 782-4330, Carissa Parot, 658-0040 ext. 1040.

Burlington One roommate wanted to share 3-bedroom apt. w/29 y/o F. Spacious, mile from downtown. Heat and garage parking incl. $687.50/mo. Must be nonsmoker and okay w/cats.

Dana, 651-0844.

Burlington Apt. on Flynn, room avail. in December. Free wash/dry + 1 male, 2 female roommates.

420 friendly, parking avail. $350/mo. + util. Call Joanna, 802-324-7955.

Burlington Downtown location, room in small house, yard, porch. NS/pets. M or F. $420/ mo. + utils. Avail. immediately.

860-6608.

Charlotte Housemate Amiable, wise & neat person to share beautifully renovated country home and gardens. Private bedroom & bath, garage space. NS; prefer mature professional, vegetarian. $700 month. 425-4597 Condo in So. Burlington Seeking a financially responsible person to share my 2-bedroom condo. Pool, tennis courts, AC, W/D, D/W, wood stove, screened in porch. Call 802-238-7442.

essex

south Burlington

Convenient and desirable location. Stone patio backs up to the woods. Enjoy RV/Boat parking, tennis courts, pool and 1st floor laundry. Full walk in shower. Call now for more details!

Call Adam Hergenrother Re/MAx North Professionals 861-6256 www.WinningResultsVT.com

This home has it all! Stainless steel appliances, gas fireplace, heated in-ground pool, large yard, walk-out basement, spa like bathroom with super shower and whirlpool tub, custom woodwork through out entire house. To much to list. Won’t last long at this price! $449,900 Call Adam hergenrother rE/MAX north Professionals 861-6256 www.WinningresultsVt.com

Multi unit in Burlington

country living at it’s best!

Great opportunity for owner-occupied investment, located at 115 North Avenue near downtown. One 2-bdrm unit and two 1-bdrm units. Motivated seller @ $275,000. MLS #2610358.

Addison- Fantastic 4 bdrm, 2 bth cape on 10+ acres boasts a traditional front porch for viewing the Adirondacks, large barn w/4 horse stalls, and French doors that lead to the rear deck. The land is great for horses, and the additional acreage incl. a pond and pasture land.

Only $265,000!

Nearly of Seven Days readers plan to buy a home in the next year!

Call linda i. letourneau redstone 802.658.7400 x17 or 343.2107 www.redstonevt.com

call curtis trousdale chenette real estate 802-233-5589 • www.trousdalehomes.com

To advertise contact emily 865-1020 x37 homeworks@sevendaysvt.com

4 CHILL HOUSE HOUSEMATE Next to Radio Bean, entire house w/two M. roomates, 420 OK, w/W/ D, off-street parking. $500/m. + elect. Pets y, Evan 203-676-4694.

Jeffersonville 3 bedroom Bedroom and bath avail. immed. within 7 miles of Smugglers Resort. Pet OK. $400/mo. 644-5160.

Nice Room/New North End! Great location! Room in 2-floor duplex. Nice quiet neighborhood.

Near bike path, lake, woods and trails. W/D. Avail. 12/01. Matt, 802-864-0708.

North Ferrisburg 27 YO male to share lovely 2-bedroom apt. in country, hdwd. $350 rent and sec. dep. Strong refs. Avail. 12/01. Ian, 802-877-3874 or 802-734-9362.

South Burlington Share a ranch-style house, TV room, bedroom, full bathroom, walk-in closet, W/D, shared kitchen. NS/pets. $600/mo. + utils. 802-316-0351.

South Burlington Roommate wanted to share 3-bedroom contemporary, large bedroom, sep. living room, bath and entrance.

Laundry, lots of light. $575/mo. incls. all. 355-5520.

South Burlington Comfortable, single room, nicely furnished. Great location. Avail.

11/01. NS. Light kitchen privileges. Parking. Prof. pref. $475/ mo. + $200 dep. 802-862-2622, 802-860-2863.

South Burlington NS, mature person for 2-bedroom home in lovely lakeside community, next to 70-acre park. Needs to like cats. $450/mo. + 1/2 utils.

802-658-4991.

South Burlington 2 women looking for 3rd to share home.

Bike path/trails, W/D, yard, great location. 2 dogs already, no more pets. $500/mo. + 1/3 utils.

802-863-6215.

SOUTH HERO Need one more roommate for 4-bedroom house.

Young profs., grad or med students preferred. Avail. 11/01.

NS/pets. $600/mo. + shared utils.

Billy, 802-318-3342 or twibbs@ aol.com.

Temp Burlington roommate Temporary Burlington roommate for semi-furnished bedroom. 2story, 2-bedroom, 2 full baths, laundry, parking. Respectable home-owner, healthy lifestyle.

Seeking same in prof. or grad. $575/mo. Avail. mid Nov.-Jan. Call Adam, 863-8390.

Underhill Home Fun, quiet, country home has room w/ample privacy avail. Own bathroom and entrance, 2 living rooms, laundry, DSL. Must like dogs. $550/mo. utils. incl. 802-899-3337.

Williston Share quiet, clean, large house w/two roommates.

W/D, D/W. $575/mo. + 1/3 utils.

802-999-8109.

Williston Looking for a roommate to share 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath house w/swimming pool. $525/ mo. Avail. now. 802-399-8696.

Sublets/ Temporary Extra room in Burlington Extra bedroom avail. in nice 2bedroom apt. Share apt. w/30 YO prof. male. Parking, laundry, Internet, hdwd. Walk to UVM, downtown, hospital. No pets. $600/ mo.+ half utils. Email vtocean@ hotmail.com.

Room for Rent Room avail. in 3-bedroom apt. Located at the top of Pearl St. Walking distance from downtown and UVM campus. $600/mo. + gas, electricity. Heat and water incl. Email khmoser@ hotmail.com, call 1-646-3181497 (Katharine), alt. phone: 1603-558-1235 (Gian - call after 6 p.m.).

Spring subletter needed!

Room avail. Jan. 1 to May 31, 2007. $400/mo. + utils. 15 min. walk to UVM, 10 to downtown.

Three sweet roomies! Email jlschulz@uvm.edu if interested.

Housing Wanted 2 NS PROF. seek to care take/attend to, cook, clean, other duties in exchange for rent. Need private quarters. Prof. nurse and an experienced builder. Call 802-3246853 or 802-324-6854.

Mature, prof. seeks long-term house sitting situation in or near Burlington. Beginning 12/05.

Please respond. 802-999-4877.

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Services Bank FORECLOSURES! Homes from $10,000! 1-3 bedroom available! HUD, Repos, REO, etc. These homes must sell! For listings call 1-800-425-1620 ext. H107. (AAN CAN).

Office/ Commercial Art/workspace studio in Burlington. Newly painted, 450 sq. ft., utils. incl. Slop sink, bathroom and large common space just outside the door. Natural light. $375/mo. 862-9720.

Burlington Waterfront. Distinctive and unique office/retail space.

Environmentally friendly and affordable. Main Street Landing, Melinda Moulton, 802-864-7999. www.mainstreetlanding.com.

Burlington A downtown firstfloor, bright, 300 sq. ft., w/parking. Avail. now. Please call Rick, 864-3430.

Burlington Small, bright office in suite w/two psychotherapists.

Shared waiting room, larger room for group work avail. Handicap accessible. Parking, phone. Hourly sublet of large furnished office also possible. Amy or Lauren, 802-862-6931.

Great Office Sublet Beautiful downtown Burlington office for sublet, spacious main room, natural light, near lake. Waiting room, storage, free parking. Call Gail, 802-355-6233.

Hinesburg Cafe For Lease Fully-equipped Cafe w/all permits in place. Eat in or take out. Convenient location w/easy in-out parking. Ready to go. Call for details. 802-598-6825.

Hinesburg New Office Space New office space in busy, growing Commerce Park. 600-1000 sq. ft.

Convenient walking distance to all town ammenities. Affordable rent. Call Brian 802-598-6825.

In Vergennes Commercial/office space 1000 + sq. ft. Ideal for artisan studio or small shops. Call 802-989-2289.

Montpelier South End Riverfront: Office space sublet within 2100 sq.ft. open floor plan. Shared equipment: fax, internet, color laser printer, conference area.

Comfortable. Call 802-225-1331.

ComSouth Burlington mercial/office space. 1000 sq. ft. 5 offices. Parking. Storage.

658-0988.

Waterfront office space available. Adirondack views. Incls. parking. Call Ken at 865-3450.

Winooski 4200 sq. ft. office suite, top floor, premier building, parking and amenities. Gordon Rowe, 802-316-1590.

Vacation Rentals Delray Beach, Florida 3bedroom house, sleeps 6, quiet neighborhood, furnished. 5 min. drive to beach or Atlantic Ave. $1200/weekly or by the month.

Availbility Nov., Dec., Feb. 802310-4205.

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Lamoille County Mental Health Services

Positions oPen

Language Arts instructor school-to-work Coordinator, Behavioral interventionist

Lamoille County Mental Health Services is a designated provider of developmental and mental health services now celebrating 40 years of service to the community.

All position qualifications: โ ข Ability to carry out behavioral interventions โ ข Clean driving record, inspected vehicle โ ข Experience with challenging youth preferred

Residential Case Manager

instructor position qualifications: โ ข Teaching certificates (or eligibility) โ ข Experience with students with ED โ ข Experience and/or desire to participate in collaborative team planning process โ ข Secondary licensure and/or BA in English

Full-time management position with responsibilities including case management services, scheduling and supervision of staff, facilitation of meetings, oversight of supplies and food budget. Performance of daily household tasks to meet licensing standards. Also assists with HUD and licensing requirements. On call every third week. Qualified candidates must have Bachelorโ s degree in Psychology or related field plus experience in a residential program. Must have clean driving record and pass necessary background checks.

Behavioral interventionist qualifications: โ ข Interest in and knowledge of behavioral programming, applied learning, Special Education โ ข Ability to work with an experienced, skilled and dedicated staff

Residential Substitute Workers needed. Applicants must be willing to work on an asneeded basis. Weekday and weekend hours. Background checks required.

school-to-work qualifications: โ ข Experience in job skill training โ ข Bachelorโ s in Education or related field or comparable experience

Lamoille County Mental Health offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees including health insurance, dental and life insurances, paid vacation, sick and personal time and more.

Submit letter of interest, resume, three references and license to:

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Laraway Youth & Family services - Human Resources P.o. Box 621, Johnson, Vt 05656 admin@larawayyfs.org

Human Resources Lamoille County Mental Health Services 275 Brooklyn Street, Morrisville, VT 05661

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CENTRAL VERMONT COMMUNITY LAND TRUST The Central Vermont Community Land Trust (CVCLT), a leading provider of affordable housing in Washington, Lamoille, and Orange Counties, currently has the following staff openings:

Director of Real Estate Development CVCLT seeks an experienced professional with a proven track record of developing low- and moderate-income housing to serve as its Director of Real Estate Development.

This full-time salaried position has primary responsibility for planning and implementing all phases of new construction or rehabilitation of a diverse mix of properties in multiple locations. The Director is responsible for all project identification and feasibility analysis, planning and design, regulatory approvals, financing and construction, and supervises project management staff while working closely with CVCLT’s projects committee, senior management team, funders, and project partners.

The successful candidate will possess exceptional skills in multitask project management, financial management, negotiation, communication, and the use of current information technology and construction technology. He or she will have demonstrated knowledge and leadership to effectively structure and coordinate all facets of the affordable housing development process in a fast-paced growth environment.

Administrative Coordinator CVCLT seeks a motivated, hardworking individual to work in our Barre office within the Property Management Department.

This position requires proven communication, computer, organizational and office skills. Responsibilities include coordinating the day-to-day office administration of CVCLT’s Property Management portfolio; being the first point of contact for tenants and applicants; administering new tenant database; verifying information supplied in applications for housing and Tenant Income Certifications; preparing mailings; and supporting CVCLT’s Property Management team to maintain a high level of performance.

Must be people oriented, have a positive attitude, and be experienced in multitasking in a busy office setting. Previous property management experiences a plus. Full-time hourly position; pay commensurate with experience.

CVCLT offers a generous compensation package and a great working environment. For further information, please visit www.cvclt.org. Applicants for either of these positions should forward a letter of interest and resume of qualifications

by Nov. 10, 2006 to:

CVCLT, 107 North Main Street Barre, VT 05641 or email AFriedkin@cvclt.org.

CVCLT is an equal opportunity employer.

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Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field with seven years progressively responsible HR management experience. Requires knowledge of Vermont & Federal employment laws, employee relations, organizational development, employment practices, compensation & training, recruitment principles & theories. Prior experience in a healthcare setting or large organization preferred.

PHR certification preferred.

LABORATORY COORDINATOR CHCB’s Laboratory Coordinator supervises all aspects of our moderately-complex, CLIA certified medical labs. Duties include: oversight of technical & administrative operation of main lab & 2 satellite clinics, ensure quality & regulatory requirements are met, supervise 3 FTE med tech &/or phlebotomists & responsible for training nursing & provider staff as needed. Requires experience with: phlebotomy; performing CHCB’s range of tests; providing guidance & instruction to staff; supervising a diverse staff of full & part time employees.

Qualifications: candidates must meet CLIA requirements: master’s degree in a chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science or medical technology, 1 year of lab training, 1 year of supervisory experience in non-waived testing OR bachelor’s degree in a chemical, physical, or biological science or medical technology, 2 years training or experience & 2 years of supervisory experience in non- waived testing.

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER Part-time opportunity to integrate behavioral health services into primary care.

Responsibilities include: psychotherapy, assessment, consultation to medical providers and brief behavioral interventions. Requirements include: LICSW; interest in addiction counseling and knowledge of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Send resume & cover letter: Human Resources, Community Health Center of Burlington, 617 Riverside Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 email: admin@chcb.org. EOE & smoke-free workplace.

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CHITTENDEN SOUTH SUPERVISORY UNION Information Technology Technician

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Position Summary: to set up, maintain, troubleshoot, do minor repairs of computers and computer networks in the school, and to support the Network Administrator in the areas of infrastructure and user management.

Responsibilities: A) Computer set-up, maintenance & inventory. Install, connect and test computer workstations, printers, PDAs and other peripherals. Install, configure and troubleshoot XP operating system, updates, and related software for the school network. Diagnose hardware problems; work with vendor tech support. Maintain inventory of all hardware and equipment. Resolve tickets posted to the CSSU Help Desk. Install and maintain machine level software. Support school students, faculty and staff on technical issues. Participate on school level and CSSU level committees as required. B) Support the Network Administrator in management of the school network, including switches, printers, and network connectivity and user accounts. C) Other duties as assigned.

Preferred job qualifications: Bachelor’s, Associate’s or Vocational/Technical degree in Computer Science or equivalent certifications in PCs and networks. Proficient with Windows XP operating system, Microsoft Office, software installation, printer installation and support and networks infrastructure.

Supervised by: CSSU Network Administrators.

Please apply to:

Chittenden South Supervisory Union, Attn: Mike Kanfer 5420 Shelburne Road, Suite 300, Shelburne, VT 05482

“There’s No Place Like Home”

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT/DATA ENTRY Addison County Home Health & Hospice, located directly outside the town of Middlebury, is seeking candidates in order to fill the position of Human Resources Assistant for 30 to 40 hours per week. The actual schedule will be determined at time of hire. Hours for the position remain flexible for the right candidate!

In this position you will be responsible for daily tracking of employee information in the HR database, tracking and entering time sheet information, learning to process the agency’s bi-weekly payroll, sending/processing monthly employee notices. In addition, you will learn to schedule and conduct new employee orientation, track and record new applicants, create and maintain employee files, perform audits of personnel records and keep integrity of the employee database.

You must possess a high school diploma. An Associate’s degree in Business or other discipline is highly preferred. You must have a minimum of one to two years of business office experience, have prior experience performing data entry in an accurate fashion, possess a sense of humor while not taking yourself too seriously, be comfortable dealing with a variety of people and have the ability to multitask.

This is a full-time position working within the 30-40 required hours. The position offers full-time benefits such as BCBS plans, Delta Dental, 401(k) plan, Life and Disability insurance and a very generous time-off program.

Please send your resume to: HR Director, ACHHH P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753 or directly through our website at: www.achhh.org

Champlain Vocational Services is seeking dedicated individuals for the following shared living opportunities: An independent young woman is seeking an active and energetic roommate who can assist her in accessing the community and with learning to increase her independent living skills. She does not currently have an apartment, and would prefer to live in Burlington or South Burlington.

An elder woman with Alzheimer’s is seeking a caring individual to live in her Burlington home and provide support. She enjoys watching the world go by from her sitting room, watching television and relaxing at home. The right individual will have flexibility in their schedule to adjust to her needs as they change.

An older gentleman is seeking a relaxed environment where he can live and pursue his love of local radio and television. He enjoys spending time at home listening to the radio, getting out into the community to work and spending time with his friends.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Administrative Assistant: Colchester, VT

Full-time position for an experienced and professional Administrative/Executive Assistant. The position provides support for a Corporate Legal Department and other Senior Management by preparing documents, scheduling meetings, answering the phone, ordering supplies, making travel arrangements and overseeing facility issues.

The successful candidate will be self-directed, very organized, able to handle confidential information and able to work under deadline pressure. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook required.

Material Planner: Colchester, VT

All positions include a generous stipend, paid time off (respite) and ongoing support from Champlain Vocational Services.

Full-time, entry-level position responsible for the preparation of purchase orders for cellular telephones, equipment and accessories from required forecasts, lead times, and quality considerations.

CVS is also seeking patient and caring individuals to provide Overnight Respite Supports to people with disabilities. Whether supporting an elder woman in her own home or welcoming an adult gentleman into your home for a weekend, these immediate opportunities will allow individuals to maintain their independence in the community. Generous compensation, training, and ongoing support provided.

The successful candidate must have strong administrative and interpersonal communication skills, be self-directed, organized, and able to perform under pressure.

Computer skills and experience in purchasing and material planning required.

Minimum of 6 months of experience in purchasing capacity preferred.

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please contact Al Frugoli at: frugoli@cvsvt.org or call 655-0511, ext. 108.

Al Frugoli, QDDP Senior Service Coordinator, CVS Champlain Vocational Services 512 Troy Ave., Suite 1, Colchester, VT 05446 Phone: 802-655-0511, ext 108 • Fax: 802-655-5207

Please send resume with cover letter to:

Human Resources 6 Telecom Drive Bangor, ME 04401 stephaniemc@unicel.com fax: (207) 973-3427 www.unicel.com EOE

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Early Childhood Teacher Established early childhood program is seeking dynamic, committed teacher. Responsibilities include overall classroom management, curriculum planning and work with families. Part-time/full-time opportunities. BA/BS in Early Childhood or Associate’s degree or CDA is preferred.

Please send resume and letters of reference by November 1 to:

Search Committee 81 Water Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753

Infant, Toddler and Preschool Teacher Reggio-inspired, play-based childcare program seeking infant, toddler and preschool teachers with gentle spirit, experience, and/or CDA, AA, or BA. Offering competitive wages, health insurance, paid time-off, important work.

The Children’s Garden 22 Meadow Drive Morrisville, VT 05661 802-888-2677 childrensgarden@pshift.com.

FISCAL DIRECTOR Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Inc., a nonprofit anti poverty agency, seeks an experienced financial manager with a strong background in nonprofit fund accounting and computerized accounting systems.

Minimum qualifications include a BA in accounting and 4-7 years of relevant experience in accounting including a minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience. Demonstrated experience required with accounts payable/receivable, payroll, budget preparations, analysis and projections, cost allocation, audit compliance and Excel. Experience in accounting for federal/state grants is desirable, as is a commitment to economic and social justice.

Responsibilities include direct supervision of fiscal office staff and advising the Executive Director, program managers and the Board of Directors on the financial operations and well being of the agency.

CVOEO is a community action agency with 130 employees providing a wide range of services for low-income people throughout the Champlain Valley.

Programs include Head Start, Weatherization, Emergency Food Shelves, fuel assistance and a range of housing services. Total operating budget is $11 mil.

Full job description posted at www.cvoeo.org.

Submit a cover letter including your salary requirements, resume and three references by November 20, 2006 to:

Fiscal Director Search, CVOEO, Inc. PO Box 1603, Burlington, VT 05402-1603.

Weekend Cook Experienced cook for home-cooked noon meal with planned menu, 30 people, out by 2 pm. $10 to $12 D.O.E.

Call 985-2472 or stop by for job description and application.

Located off Mt. Philo Rd., Shelburne. vt.terraces@verizon.net

JOB OPENING, CVOEO MOBILE HOME PROJECT (MHP)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Management position responsible for range of tasks and responsibilities. Help maintain/expand MHP funding, includes grant research, writing, and reporting.

Assist in training and supervising MHP staff. Provide direct services to mobile home residents. Act as public advocate re. mobile home issues. Help keep MHP budget on target.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in appropriate discipline. Three to five years relevant experience in: housing counseling, advocacy, housing management, housing code enforcement, housing finance/budget counseling, resident services.

OR: combined experience from which equivalent applicable knowledge and skills have been gained. Interested in and experienced advocating with and for low-income people. Highly motivated person gets tasks done with minimum supervision. Good team worker. Supervisory experience useful. Well organized, adept at prioritizing/planning work schedules. Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Good computer skills. Some evening and weekend meetings.

Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record, dependable access to private means of transportation, willing/able to travel extensively in Vermont.

40 hours/week, excellent benefits, salary $14.50/hr.

Send letter of interest, resume, and three work references by 11/13/2006.

Mail to:

CVOEO/MHP Associate Director Search 294 North Winooski Ave., Burlington, VT 05401

People of color and from diverse cultural groups especially encouraged to apply.

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No phone calls, please.

People of color and from diverse cultural groups are especially urged to apply.

CVOEO is an equal opportunity employer.

A fun, exciting and growing children’s apparel business located in Central Vermont is in need of filling the following position:

A fun, exciting and growing children’s apparel business located in Cabot is looking to fill the following:

REPLENISHMENT & MATERIAL HANDLER (Full-Time)

HUMAN RESOURCE ADMINISTRATOR

Seeking an energetic individual to perform a variety of material handling duties.

Responsibilities to include unloading truck shipments, stock replenishment, maintenance of high bay areas and performing inventory cycle counts. This position requires heavy lifting up to 50 pounds and utilizing a powered industrial lift truck. Candidate must be reliable, highly accurate, organized and good with numbers. Good communication skills are also essential. Experience working with an order picker or other powered industrial truck equipment preferred.

This is a full-time position with an excellent benefits package which includes 401K, Profit Sharing and company paid Health Insurance. We also pay a competitive wage based upon experience. If you are interested in joining our team of great employees in a unique work environment, please SEND A LETTER OF INTEREST AND/ OR RESUME to:

Zutano, Inc., Attn: Nancy. 50A Packard Rd., East Montpelier, VT 05651 or email us at nancy@zutano.com

Looking for a motivated individual who has a background and general knowledge in all facets of Human Resources, including familiarity with federal and state workplace safety requirements, employee training, performance reviews, recruitment and payroll processing. In addition to performing the day-to-day administrative duties, this individual will work closely with upper management as it relates to the coordination and facilitation of staffing, policy and program development. Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or a related field with 2-4 years of work experience. Must have excellent communication and problem-solving skills. The ability to listen, possess sound judgment and ethics are essential.

We offer an excellent benefits package, which includes 401K, Profit Sharing, and Companypaid Health Insurance. We also pay a competitive wage upon experience. If you are interested in joining our team, SEND A RESUME AND LETTER OF INTEREST TO:

Zutano, Inc., Human Resources, 1785 Coits Pond Rd., Cabot, VT 05647 or email kris@zutano.com

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University of vermont extension migrant education Program (vmeP) Recruitment Specialist needed to identify and recruit eligible migratory students for the VMEP for Franklin, Grand Isle, Addison and Rutland Counties. The ideal candidate will be professional, energetic, highly motivated and able to work independently. This person will work closely with local schools, agricultural employers and social service agencies. ***Must be bilingual English/Spanish*** Part time (20+ hours/week) Year-round position with hours increasing May - October Applicant must hold a valid driver’s license. Extensive travel is required (mileage reimbursed).

Experience with rural families, farm workers and limited resource populations desired. Effective interviewing skills and the ability to work flexible, nontraditional hours is a must.

Email: erin.shea@uvm.edu for more information or visit our website: www.uvm.edu/~uvmext/mep.

To apply: Send resume and references to: Uvm extension migrant education Program 617 Comstock road, suite 5 Berlin, vt 05602 or email to the address above.

Environmental Position!

The CVSWMD is seeking an enthusiastic, hands-on person to join us as the School Compost Specialist to support the development of our in-school composting program. This is a temporary, part-time position; hours and schedule will match the school calendar.

For the next few years, the District expects to focus much of its programming on organics diversion. This position offers schools participating in our composting project a designated person to assist them in institutionalizing new ideas, procedures and practices so that they become an integral and sustainable part of school life.

This is not a teaching position, although some critical work is done in a classroom environment. The ideal candidate will enjoy working with people, possess strong organizational and communication skills, prefer teamwork and collaborative endeavors, and have an interest in composting, soil integrity, food security, and/or organic farming. Experience teaching, coaching, leading, or training people of varied ages is critical for this job.

25 hours/week; requires extensive travel. Reliable transportation required. High school diploma required; college desirable. Pay commensurate with experience.

Call or see our Web site for complete job description: www.cvswmd.org Equal Opportunity Employer

Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District 137 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 802-229-9383 or 800-730-9475

ParaEducator Essex High School

Full-time Mainstream Teaching Assistant position available to assist and supervise assigned special needs students instructionally, behaviorally and physically in the general mainstream program. Good working knowledge of disabilities of special education students, and special education teaching methods, theories and laws required. Position is available 6.5 hours/day, 182 days/year and pays $10.88/hour. Excellent benefits available including family medical and dental insurance; 15K term life insurance; tuition reimbursement; retirement plan with up to a 200% employer match; and paid leaves. Minimum of an Associate’s degree or equivalent required for all positions.

For additional information and application requirements, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Job Opportunities). Applications only accepted electronically through www.schoolspring.com. EOE

Northeastern Family Institute

Bringing Vermont Children, Families & Communities Together 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 EVERY DAY Are you interested in: Earning more than a competitive wage? Having the opportunity to work a flexible schedule? Working creatively and independently in the community? Gaining experience in the adolescent mental health field?

If you said YES to these questions, then we want to talk to you!

Community Based Services has immediate openings for caring, committed individuals to join our dynamic team on both a full-time or “as needed” basis. Responsibilities include: • Individual and therapeutic group activities with youth in their homes and in the community • Active participation as a member of youth-centered treatment teams • Supporting young people to be safe, respectful and responsible members of their communities Must haves: • The ability to communicate clearly and establish fair/reasonable limits • The willingness to have fun • The commitment to work as a team If this sounds like you, please submit your cover letter and resume to: Full-time positions with benefits MichelleBoyle@nafi.com • FAX 802-658-0126 or mail to: CBS Program, NFI Vermont, 30 Airport Road, So. Burlington, VT 05403.

EOE. WWW.NAFI.COM

CALL CENTER

Answer incoming calls and provide exceptional customer service. Keyboarding skills and friendly attitude required.

Dining Room Server Positions 16 - 40 hour per week full- and part-time opportunities!

FULFILLMENT Pick and pack PJs and Bears. Must be able to stand for extended periods of time.

PERSONALIZATION

Learn how to run embroidery machines to personalize our bear outfits.

Vermont’s only Life Care Retirement Community has part-time and full-time Dining Room Server jobs available now. Great pay - $9.70 per hour or more depending on experience! Server positions provide fine restaurant-style table service, assist with light prep and/or other kitchen duties as assigned. Training is provided and we offer morning, day and/or evening schedules with no late night hours! Regular full-time status employees with a regular schedule of 24 or more hours per week also qualify to participate in our outstanding benefits package which includes up to FIVE weeks paid leave accrual year one, medical, dental, life and disability insurance, immediately vested and matched retirement and a truly wonderful working environment.

Apply at our Community Center, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, VT 05482 or fax your resume and cover to: HR, 802-264-5146.

Timely responses strongly encouraged. EOE

SHIPPING

Label our boxes for shipping to customers. Computer data entry skills required. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and stand for extended periods of time.

WAREHOUSE

Must have the ability to unload trucks, stock merchandise, operate warehouse equipment, be self directed, able to organize goods and multi-task while paying close attention to detail.

Physical work and heavy lifting required.

Come to the Retail Store Monday-Friday between 10am and 4pm.

Fill out an application and ask to speak to a hiring manager. EOE. 6655 Shelburne Road, Shelburne VT 05482 • www.VermontTeddyBear.com

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Hours will vary with weather and will include early morning, evening and weekends but you can select your availability. Minimum starting hourly rate is $9.70, a great way to earn extra holiday money!

Apply ASAP at our Community Center, 200 Wake Robin Drive, Shelburne, VT 05482 or fax resume to: HR, 802-264-5146. Need more info? Call Tammy at 264-5130 EOE.

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Position requires 2 years of bookkeeping or accounting experience and an Associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree is preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required. Candidate must have strong customer service abilities, excellent communication skills, and ability to maintain discretion while handling confidential information. We offer a competitive benefit and compensation package. Please submit your resume and salary requirements, noting job# CP10-1, to:

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Customer Service Isis, located in Burlington, VT, provides a distinctive line of womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. Requires strong phone, data entry/computer skills and basic knowledge of fabrics used in outdoor apparel. The successful candidate is detail-oriented, responsive in a timely way, able to problem solve, manage several tasks at once and take initiative. Positive attitude, enthusiasm and an ability to exhibit grace under pressure are a must! Prior Customer Service or Sales experience a plus. Send resume to:

Residential Life Coordinator Seeking a full-time Resident Life Coordinator to be responsible for maintaining a safe and healthy living and learning environment on the NECI Montpelier campus. This position is responsible for student housing, oversight of cleaning and maintenance, supervision of computer and student centers, and organizing and planning student activities with the student services department.

Oversees the Resident Advisors, serves on Campus Intervention Team, and Student Status and Campus Management Team regularly. Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree and 2 to 3 years related experience and/or training. The ability to analyze problems and recommend solutions is a must. Must be able to live on the Vermont College campus and work weekends and evenings.

To apply for the above position, send your resume to:

greatjobs@neci.edu

ISIS attn: Jean, 1 Mill Street, Suite 203, Burlington, VT 05401 or email: jean@isisforwomen.com.

ISIS is an equal opportunity employer.

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Share our passion for culinary arts? Visit www.neci.edu

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Sculpture Studio Worker Wanted

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Assistant Operations Manager

PO Box 250, Stowe, VT 05672 amy@stowevt.net

bullrockcorp@yahoo.com or mail to: Bullrock Corp., 1525 Shelburne Road South Burlington, VT 05403.

COMMON GROUND CENTER is looking to fill the following position:

Financial Coordinator/Office Manager Common Ground Center in Starksboro seeks an experienced professional to manage our office and financial operations. This individual will register new campers, prepare budgets, and handle A/P, A/R and payroll. Three years appropriate experience is required. Nonprofit accounting experience preferred. Computer skills a must. Experience in grant writing a plus.

Please submit cover letter, resume, one-page writing sample, and salary requirements by November 10 to: jim@cgcvt.org. Please visit our website at www.cgcvt.org.

Dinosaur Daycare Openings available: â&#x20AC;˘ Director â&#x20AC;˘ Toddler Teacher â&#x20AC;˘ Floater We are looking for experienced, educated, organized team players for our center. Must be able to laugh, sing, paint and have fun.

Please call 863-2331 for more information.

LAMOILLE AMBULANCE SERVICE Burlington operations

We are a precision machining facility manufacturing mechanical components for the aerospace, military and other industries. Our team requires the following personnel: Machine Operators Conscientious individuals required to run state-of-the-art CNC equipment after set-up by lead hand. Must be quality conscious and be capable of working in a fast-paced environment. Use of basic hand measuring instruments such as micrometers and verniers as well as the ability to read basic mechanical drawings are a plus. Will train serious candidates.

Tool Designer/CAD Operator Design jigs and fixtures to hold components in the manufacturing process. Must be able to use PC-based design software. Knowledge of machining methods required. Experience in aerospace and military specifications a plus. Good communications skills necessary as coordination with tool making department is required.

Preci Manufacturing, Inc. 400 Weaver Street Winooski, Vermont 05404, (802) 655-2414. preci@preci.com. EOE.

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EMTs to fill both full- and part-time openings. Motivated, friendly, and team-oriented individuals encouraged to apply. Clean driving record. Pay will be based on level of experience, EMT-Is base rate $11.00hr, $12 after 6 months & EMT-Bs base rate $10.50/hr, $11.50 after 6 months. Benefits available to full-time.

City Market is looking for a full-time Assistant Operations Manager to join the team. The Assistant Operations Manager is responsible for overseeing all store operations, ensuring excellent customer service, ensuring that all co-op departments run efficiently and effectively, overseeing employees in departments when a manager is not present, supporting sales and labor goals of the co-op, and ensuring store security through our Loss Prevention Program.

If you have grocery management experience, outstanding customer service skills, computer skills, the ability to work a varied schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays, the ability to lead by example, and merchandising and sales experience, apply today!

Temporary Store Assistants Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss the opportunity to get your foot into the door of one of Burlingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top employers. City Market is looking for temporary Store Assistants to help out over the holidays. Store Assistants will be responsible for filling in as needed around the store. Responsibilities will include stocking shelves, bagging groceries, general cleaning, shoveling snow, and many other tasks to ensure quality customer service and smooth operations within the store. Qualified candidates will have at least 6 months of grocery or retail-related experience. Candidates must also be self-motivated, possess excellent customer service skills, work well with others, have the ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, and have the ability to lift 50 to 80 lbs frequently. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in need of some extra money for the holidays and have these skills, apply today!

Meat & Seafood Clerk City Market is looking for full-time Meat & Seafood Clerk to assist customers at the Meat & Seafood counter; maintain, stock, rotate and display product; and assist with receiving - all within the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safety and sanitation policies. Applicants must have at least 6 months of meat and seafood experience, be a team player, be able to lift 50 to 80 lbs frequently, have effective communication skills and a sense of humor.

We offer fantastic benefits including medical, dental, life and vision, retirement plan, generous paid timeoff, store discount, mass transit reimbursement, health club discounts and much more! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Fill out an application at Customer Service, print one out online at www.citymarket.coop, or send your resume via email or snail-mail to:

Call 800-639-2082.

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www.sevendaysvt.com [click on classifieds] Courier Positions Available OMG, LLC, mailroom and copy center management is expanding in the Williston area. Must be capable of working in a fast-paced environment, self-motivated, very organized and capable of lifting 50 lbs. Basic computer knowledge, excellent communication and customer service skills are necessary.

Respond via fax at: 502-515-7670 or email: angelaw@omgservices.com HS diploma/GED and valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license required.

Drug Free Environment/EOE

Artist Coordinator for Art Sales and Leasing Program at Burlington City Arts.

Looking for flexible, positive, highly organized individual who enjoys one-on-one relationships with artists. Computer literacy and experience with database management highly desirable. Part-time, 20 hours, non-benefited position. Hourly rate based on experience. Send resume and cover letter by November 10th to: Burlington City Arts Attn: Artist Coordinator Position 149 Church Street Burlington, Vermont 05401

The Old Brick CafĂŠ Immediate full-time position for a Head Daytime Cook, full-time Day Manager/Server and a full-time opening for a Dishwasher.

Coordinator

New Positions!

Part- and Full-time Housekeeping and Laundry Attendants: Qualified individuals must have some experience either in a cleaning or laundry service in a healthcare or hotel setting.

Part-time Cook: Qualified individuals must have experience in institutional cooking and supervising dietary assistants.

Full-Time Maintenance Assistant: Qualified individuals must have maintenance skills in repairs of dry wall, painting, yard work and have a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license.

Part-time Accounting Clerk:.Qualified individuals must have an Associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in accounting with experience in AP, AR, and payroll.

We provide all our employees with competitive wages, pleasant working environment and on-the-job training.

Full benefit package for full-time employees with pro-rated benefits for part-time employees.

When hired you will become a member of our family and a valued member of our team. Our goal is to please those we serve and provide an employment opportunity that others will envy. Positive attitude with a smile a plus.

Please call for more information or email resume to info@conversehome.com

Resident CaRe diReCtoR

We are a growing home who seeks a strong leader This Registered Nurse will need to have experience in a long-term care setting with a good understanding of the geriatric population. He/she will need to have strong communication skills, have the ability to lead by example and desire to maintain the reputation and delivery of quality care.

Converse Home has been in existence for over 120 years, and we are looking for a very special professional who can strengthen our team.

If you have the above skills we will provide you with an excellent salary, an environment that is pleasant, warm and loved by those who live and work here. Our benefit plan is competitive with other area homes. You will end your day with the feeling of accomplishment and a smile on your face.

This position is responsible for coordinating services and programs pertaining to children and youth within the organization including providing educational/informational activities in area schools, curriculum development, and provision of supportive services to children and youth in Franklin and Grand Isle Counties. BA in Human Services or Educational field or equivalent education and experience in related fields necessary. Knowledge of domestic and sexual violence issues preferred. Must have excellent presentation and communication skills with ability to relate to children and youth. Requires valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and reliable transportation. Full-time with benefits. Send cover letter and resume by November 21, 2006 to:

Voices against Violence P.o. Box 72, St. albans, Vt 05478 EoE

Please contact Maureen Bertrand, executive director at 802-8620401 or email to Maureen@conversehome.com.

Maple Leaf Farm â&#x20AC;&#x153;FROM ADDICTION TO RECOVERYâ&#x20AC;?

An inpatient substance abuse facility has the following positions available:

Director of Evaluative Sciences VPQHC, a private nonprofit corporation located in Montpelier, Vermont, seeks a full-time Director of Evaluative Sciences.

VPQHC is a leader in efforts to evaluate and improve the quality of health care in Vermont.

A skilled and experienced individual responsible for the development of quality measurement outcomes, project development, coordination and consultation with external organizations, integrations of information from multiple sources and specific quantitative analyses in focused clinical areas is sought. The individual in this position will be part of a leadership team with the Executive Director and Medical Director. The position requires excellent data management and quantitative analytic skills, experience working with linked databases, a sound knowledge of health care quality standards, experience with health policy development, research, analysis and reporting, excellent written and communication skills, strong enterprise technology skills and ability to maintain the integrity of information.

Duties also include development of an annual report on the quality of health care in Vermont, assistance with proposal development and contract budgets for data projects, supervision of Research and Data Analysts including training, assignments, review and critique of work products, and oversight of office information systems.

Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in statistics or health services and management is preferred; Ph.D. desirable. A combination of education and six to eight years of relevant experience supporting comparable knowledge and skills may be considered.

Salary and benefits are very competitive. Apply electronically if possible with cover letter, resume, and names and telephone numbers of three references to: jobsearch@vpqhc.org or VPQHC, Job Search, PO Box 1356, Montpelier, VT 05601 by November 25.

EOE www.vpqhc.org.

PRIMARY CARE STAFF Our Primary Care Unit is expanding with additional nursing and physician hours. â&#x20AC;˘ RN/LPN/LNA - Full-time, Part-time and Per Diem positions â&#x20AC;˘ Primary Care Clerical Assistant - computer and telephone skills required â&#x20AC;˘ FT Admissions Coordinator - knowledge of addictions helpful, computer and phone skills required.

For more information about these positions, visit our website at www.mapleleaf.org.

Mail, fax or email resumes to: Maple Leaf Farm Associates, Inc. 10 Maple Leaf Road, Underhill, Vermont 05489 Phone: 802-899-2911 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 802-8899-2327 Email: info@mapleleaf.org EOE

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WINTER JOB FAIR Are you looking f or a fun and exciting place to work this winter? Stowe has flexible hours and great recreational benefits! Check out Stowe.com for a current listing of our opportunities.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM MANSFIELD BASE LODGE

Agricultural Employment Opportunity

LAND TREATMENT PLANNER

Managers from all hiring departments will be conducting interviews.

Please come prepared to complete an application and bring at least two written work references (or contact information).

Work closely with USDA staff to gather resource information and field data on 20 selected dairy farms throughout the Champlain Valley in Vermont including Rutland, Addison, Chittenden and Bennington counties.

For more information call (802) 253-3541 or visit us on the web at http://www.stowe.com/info.

Please email pam.stefanek@vt.nacdnet.net for a full job description. Cover letter, resume and references are due by November 15th.

Otter Creek NRCD 68 Catamount Park, Suite B Middlebury, VT 05753

What’s it like to work at Healthy Living? What we strive for is a team of people who like to work hard, support each other, offer stellar customer service and go home feeling good at the end of the day. If this sounds like the kind of community you’d like to be part of, read on!

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Do you enjoy working with highschool aged students? If you hold a minimum of an Associate’s degree, have at least three years of dental assisting experience, and hold a valid EFDA license, we may have the job for you!

Long-term substitute position available at our Center for Technology in Essex to provide classroom instruction in our Dental Assisting program for a teacher on a leave of absence. Position available immediately. Pays $197.40/day. Selected individual must be willing and able to apply for and obtain a VT Apprenticeship Educator license with a Technical Professional Education endorsement in Dental Assisting.

For application requirements, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Job Opportunities). Applications only accepted electronically through www.schoolspring.com.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Vermont Green Building Network, the Vermont Chapter of the USGBC, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing Vermont’s participation in green building. We are looking for a part-time Executive Director to be responsible for the management of all VGBN operations and outreach activities from our Burlington office.

The position provides an exciting opportunity for growth to a full-time position through the successful development and management of the organization’s programs, public relations, and revenue growth.

Candidate should be committed to green building, have demonstrated organizational development and fundraising skills, nonprofit experience, and excellent communication skills.

See www.VGBN.org for a full job description.

Send cover letter and resume by Nov. 15th to: VGBN ED Search Committee PO Box 5384, Burlington, VT 05402

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International Programs Manager Population Media Center Population Media Center, a small, international nonprofit located in Shelburne,VT, seeks a motivated public health professional to take on management of several of our international programs.

The International Programs Manager will work with the Vice President for International Programs and other PMC staff to develop and manage projects in countries worldwide.The position is based in Shelburne,Vermont, but will involve extensive travel to a variety of developing countries.

PMC is looking for a candidate with an advanced degree in public health, communication, social science or other related field to fill this position. Previous experience living or working in a developing country, and knowledge of Spanish, French, Portuguese or Arabic desired.

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Statewide nonprofit seeking outgoing, people-oriented person for Senior Community Service Employment Program. Candidates for this position must be 55 or older and meet income guidelines for this program. Recruit, assess, enroll and place program applicants at training sites; provide peer counseling, job information, referrals and follow-up services. Positions available in Burlington and Barre, VT. Send cover letter and resume to:

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Smart Suites is seeking

FT/PT FRONT DESK REPRESENTATIVES for their extended stay hotels. Experience preferred but not essential. Please drop by 1700 Shelburne Road (same entrance as Holiday Inn Express) to fill out an employment application. Please apply in person at:

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Fairy Godmother in Training.

Kalkreuth Roofing Company, the 13th largest roofing contracter in the U.S., is seeking to fill the following position:

ExpEriEncEd roofErs Flat roofs, standing metal seams, shingle. Pay based on experience. fax resume to 802-865-5100.

Questions call 802-865-9200. We are an EEoc Employer.

Seeking Interior Design Production Assistant Coordinate and expedite materials, inventory, presentation books and billing for interior design projects. Must be willing to work evenings and weekends as required to meet client needs. An Associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in Office Management or Accounting and 2 years of administrative experience in interior design setting required. Must be proficient in Word, Excel, Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator and Design Manager. Send resume and letter of interest to:

Truex Cullins & Partners 209 Battery Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Attn. Kim Deetjen.

Customer Service Representative Ulu and NEOS, manufacturers of high quality footwear, are seeking a hands-on Customer Service Representative who will preserve the integrity of order processing and maximize sales opportunities by interacting with customers. The ideal candidate will be motivated, professional and have experience working in a customer service environment. Must possess accurate data entry skills and have strong verbal communication skills. Bilingual in English/French a plus! Seasonal full-time position.

Please submit resume and cover letter to: amy@uluboot.com

After School Program Staff The Boys & Girls Club of Burlington is looking for energetic, experienced, creative staff to work at our K-3 After School Program at H.O. Wheeler School. Help provide social, educational, artistic, and recreational activities at each of our three sites. Applicant must have a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and be CPR and First Aid Certified.

Send resume and 3 letters of recommendation to:

The Boys & Girls Club c/o Karen Persons 62 Oak St., Burlington, VT 05401.

Or email: KPersons@bsdvt.org EOE

ckimball@gmavt.net or send resumes to: KOS, 21 Main Street, Bristol, VT 05443.

Maintenance Person To perform various building maintenance & repairs. Ability to work independently, a flexible schedule, & good organizational skills are a must. Will furnish own tools. Requires 2-4 years of general maintenance experience.

8 hrs. per week/on call for emergencies as needed.

Send resume & cover letter by 11/10 to:

Women Helping Battered Women

Women Helping Battered Women P.O. Box 1535, Burlington, VT 05402.

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Tiara and magic wand provided.

Please forward your resume and cover letter to: 18 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-872-9663 | nicolep@together.net

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Must have excellent verbal and written skills in English, plus Spanish, French or Arabic. Publishing experience and knowledge of Vista software preferred.

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Administrative Office/Retail Assistant Busy office services center in Bristol, providing copies, office supplies, faxes, shipping and secretarial services needs an energetic individual to join our team. Applicant should be computer savvy with knowledge of several different software packages and be comfortable operating and troubleshooting a variety of office machines. Moderate lifting ability and occasional Saturday availability required. Appx. 30 hrs/week. If you enjoy working with the public in a fun, fast-paced environment, wearing many different hats throughout your day, then this is the position for you. Please email resumes to:

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iori Bridal is seeking a full-time Bridal Consultant to assist our beautiful brides in creating the perfect ensemble for their special day. Strong retail experience required as well as the ability to work Saturdays and some evenings. Passion for fashion and textiles a plus!

INSTRUCTORS Instructor needed to teach Advertising in spring semester, Jan. - May, Friday midday class. Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree required and collegelevel teaching experience preferred. Send resume to Pam Durda, Site Office Manager.

Resumes also requested for instructor to teach Intro to Research Methods (ENG-1020), time and dates TBA. Send resume to Dianne Maccario, Coordinator.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF VERMONT 119 PEARL ST., BURLINGTON, VT 05401

NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION Dedicated to promoting home gardening and garden-based education nationwide.

Customer Service & Fulfillment Specialist Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeking a cheerful team player with a can-do attitude to join our merry, hardworking staff. Position requires a self-motivated, organized individual with excellent computer and customer service skills. Responsibilities include phone coverage, processing paperwork, coordinating custom product assembly and off-site warehouse fulfillment center, as well as providing general support. NGA is an equal opportunity employer.

Visit www.garden.org/jobs for more information or to submit an application.

Design-oriented Architectural Firm (staff of 25+) is looking for an energetic person with 2 years minimum experience to join our growing team in Montpelier, Vermont. We work on a wide variety of projects â&#x20AC;&#x201D; banks, schools, libraries and residential. CAD experience is a benefit, but not a requirement â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we use Microstation. Responsibilities will be commensurate with experience.

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Can You Fix Cars?

Bourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Service Center, South Burlington, is looking for an Apprentice Technician.

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Bourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shell is looking for Cashiers. $8/hour start. Parttime evenings & weekends.

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Full- or Part-time Pet Groomer Some experience helpful. Willing to train right person. Call Bow Meow Pet Grooming Boutique and ask for Cindy.

Eric Avildsen c/o Sandy Burns, Vermont Legal Aid, P.O. Box 1367 Burlington, VT 05402.

EOE - People with disabilities, women and minorities encouraged to apply.

Law firm is seeking a full-time clerical assistant. Training and/or experience helpful. Position will include file management, general office tasks including copying, production of mailings, tracking of office supplies, and miscellaneous errands and tasks related to the functions of our office. Qualifications include: strong computer skills, accuracy in written English, efficiency, and flexibility.

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to work one-to-one with Vermonters living with HIV/AIDS and related agencies. Good people skills and car with valid license required. Familiarity with HIV issues a plus. We will train the right person. HIV+ PEOPLE AND PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. m Sendacover letter i and l resume to: m i c h e

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The Vermont Community Loan Fund is a non-profit financial organization connecting socially responsible investors with community borrowers. VCLF is currently searching for an Office Administrator to support activities in our downtown Montpelier office. The position is non-exempt, 30-40 hours/week and reports to the Executive Director. VCLF offers a competitive compensation package for all staff members.

Qualifications: The successful candidate will have administrative experience, proficiency in MS Word, Excel, email and database programs, and excellent customer service and phone skills.

Applicant must be committed to social and economic opportunities for all Vermonters. A complete job description can be found on VCLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at: www.vclf.org. VCLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Vermont Legal Aid seeks highly organized person for a full-time position in its Burlington office.

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CAREGIVERS Are you looking for a rewarding job with great pay and a flexible schedule? Armistead Caregiver Services is hiring caregivers to help our clients with companionship, personal care, light housekeeping, errands and more. We are looking for dedicated, reliable individuals who want to make a difference in an elderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. Training provided and transportation is a must.

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Immediate opening at MFCC:

Central Vermont Humane Society

Reach Up Case Manager/ Healthy Babies, Kids & Families Home Visitor

Veterinary Technician: Must be able to work in stressful environment. Send letter of interest, resume, and salary requirements to: liz@cvhumane.com.

This is a full-time, 40-hour/week blended position. Duties include case management, data entry, home visiting, parent education, and team meetings. This position works within a team of three and is co-supervised by the MFCC Family Services Director and Executive Director.

Position Requirements: Bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level education in social work, human development, or other relevant field plus a minimum of one year of direct experience providing parent education to young parents. Home visiting experience preferred.

Please submit resume with three written letters of reference to: Vikki Patterson, MFCC Executive Director Milton Family Community Center P.O. Box 619, Milton, VT 05468 Applications accepted until position is filled. EOE

Part-time Administrative Assistant: Responsibilities include assistant to executive director, phones, and some adoption services.

Part-time Kennel Professional: Must love animals, be able to lift up to 50 lbs, and reliable. Morning hours available.

Respond to: info@cvhumane.com or mail to: PO Box 687 Montpelier,VT 05601.

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CREATIVE SERVICES COORDINATOR Due to the continued success and dynamic growth of our business, we have an immediate opening for an individual to assist our Creative Services Manager in managing all marketing communications including web projects, packaging and collateral materials.

Ensures deadlines are met, marketing materials are updated and brand message is consistent. Coordination of various marketing vendors and suppliers.

The successful applicant will be a highly organized, responsible person with an eye for detail. Must be able to operate coolly within tight project time frames. Able to juggle and prioritize multiples tasks effectively for self and related partners. Must exhibit excellent oral/written/communication skills and ability to work equally effectively as a team player and independently. Clear thinking and sound judgment is a must. Excellent computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and strong knowledge of web design and development process is required. Agency experience at account coordinator level a plus.

This position will be based at our Administrative Offices in Montpelier, Vermont.

Cabot offers an excellent benefit package and a competitive starting salary. Please send resume to:

Human Resources Department, Cabot Creamery One Home Farm Way, Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: 802-229-9361, ext. 2101 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax: 802-563-2263 Email: nadams@cabotcheese.com

Director

Legislative commission on Health care reform The legislature created a Legislative Commission on Health Care Reform to monitor the implementation of Catamount Health and examine options for health care reform as part of its effort to address health care needs of Vermonters.

The commission is seeking a director to assist with the process of legislative oversight of implementation and policy development of health care reform in a state context. The Director is responsible for studies, research, analysis, writing and education on health care issues facing the Vermont Legislature. Experience in managing complex political processes, demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and expertise in health care are important qualifications. The Director may hire and oversee a staff person and coordinate with other legislative and administrative staff.

This is a full-time, two-year position with a salary range of $80,000-$100,000 annually. More detailed job description is at: www.leg.state.vt.us/commissiononHealthcarereform In order to ensure consideration, resumes should be submitted by November 18.

Applicants should submit a letter of application outlining his/her interest and qualifications along with a complete and current resume including references to:

catherine Benham, Staff Director Health care reform commission, Joint Fiscal office 1 Baldwin Street, Drawer 33, Montpelier, Vt 05633-5701 cbenham@leg.state.vt.us

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