Monday, Jan. 9, 2017

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ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 39

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Monday, January 9, 2017

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Gov. Scott era begins with lofty agenda Locals walk the Camino • Area residents share tales from hiking this Medieval pilgrimage trail in Spain. See story and photos on Page 2.

Lawmakers ask for more details

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Addison County lawmakers on Thursday applauded the environmental, education and economic development agenda that Gov. Phil Scott unveiled during his inaugural address, but several voiced disappointment the state’s new chief executive didn’t provide more details on how he hopes to achieve

his ambitious goals.

Scott, during a speech that lasted around a half hour and was interrupted around 20 times by applause, pledged to strengthen the economy, make Vermont more affordable, and protect its most vulnerable citizens.

It’s a vision he said will require the state to focus on four major policy areas: • A continued fight against the opiate epidemic, “with the urgency we would any other health crisis.”

• A “revitalized approach” to

economic development. top down ... but from the • Transformation of the bottom up,” he said. “I state’s education system. will establish a culture • A commitment to that ensures our focus is sustainable state budgets. always on you: helping The governor said you keep more of what he will seek feedback you earn, creating better from the state’s frontline opportunities for your workers on problems children, and building a and potential solutions future where you can retire SCOTT to achieve the ultimate, with financial security.” populist objective of Scott described in “putting Vermonters first.” detail some of Vermont’s biggest “My administration will not challenges, including an ongoing approach our challenges from the (See Gov. Scott, Page 23)

Orwell fixture returns to the family Two new Buxtons take over store in the heart of town

Coloring contest winners picked

• See photos of the 12 winners of our winter decorating and coloring contest on Pages 18-19.

Rivals clash at the Commodome • The Mount Abe girls visited VUHS on Friday. Both teams entered the game with winning records. See Sports, Page 20.

Persian music meets Senegalese • The trio Constantinople will perform with an African kora player on Friday. See Arts Beat on Page 10.

ANDY BUXTON, SEEN here, and his wife, Mary, are purchasing Buxton’s Store in Orwell from Doug Edwards, who has owned the store for 10 years. The store was owned for the previous 40 years by Andy’s grandparents.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY ORWELL — Buxton’s Store, a fixture on Orwell’s Main Street, is set to return to being a Buxtons’ store.

Orwell couple Andy and Mary Buxton expect to sit down on Monday and buy the store and the home that goes with it from Doug Edwards, who has owned and operated the grocery (and more) store for the past decade.

Edwards bought Buxton’s Store in 2006 from Andy Buxton’s grandparents, Dick and Thelma Buxton, who ran the business for about 40 years.

Andy and Mary Buxton and Edwards have for more than a year been putting the deal together, and in recent months Andy Buxton has worked with Edwards, learning the ropes in the aisles he used to roam — and work in — as a youngster.

“From 5, 6 years old I can remember before going to school I would be helping my dad grind meat,” recalled Buxton, 36.

And back in the day, he wasn’t the only Buxton kid to be found in the store.

“We have great pictures of all my cousins and brothers and sisters all working their way up through the ranks at the store as we were all growing up,” Andy Buxton said.

He won’t be the last, either.

Because the deal includes the home behind the store, Andy and Mary Buxton are selling their Orwell home and moving there, (See Buxton’s, Page 7)

Local reps receive their committee assignments

By JOHN FLOWERS MONTPELIER — Peter Conlon gazed briefly into the rearview mirror last week, recalling his boyhood growing up in Montpelier.

His route from his childhood home to Montpelier High School took him behind the Vermont Statehouse and its shiny golden dome. He’d stop in occasionally as a student and citizen, drinking in the splendor of this ornate bastion of democracy in his own backyard.

Fast forward some 35 years.

Conlon returned to the Statehouse last Wednesday — this time as a member of the Vermont “It’s a H o u s e , cumulative representing thing. We the Addison-2 can’t keep district. The on adding on Cornwall (taxes and fees) Democrat was indefinitely; clearly moved I think that’s by the long, going to create winding road a problem.” that has led — Rep. Fred him back to Baser his hometown and the Statehouse, where he is now more than a visitor; he’s a player in state government.

“It was very moving,” Rep. Conlon said of his swearing-in and the associated pomp and circumstance.

“Despite the fact I have been through this building a bunch of times, and lived in the shadow of it … it is pretty amazing,” he said with a giant smile.

But the honeymoon quickly (See Assignments, Page 34)

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Locals to discuss experiences on Camino pilgrimage Bristol library to host event this Thursday

By GAEN MURPHREE ADDISON COUNTY — Pilgrims have been journeying to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, for over a thousand years. This past summer, a handful of local travelers were among the hundreds of thousands estimated to have walked some part of the “Way of Saint James” pilgrimage in 2016 alone.

Several of these Vermonters will discuss their experiences on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route (or simply the “Camino”) at Bristol’s Lawrence Memorial Library this Thursday at 7 p.m.

The “Camino” was popularized for many Americans by the 2010 film “The Way” starring Martin Sheen. In the film, Sheen’s character travels the most-well-worn part of the Camino, the footpath from St.Jean-Pied-di-Port in France near the Spanish border, across the Basque region of Spain and into the Galician town of Santiago de Compostela.

The town, whose name translates as “Saint James of the Field of Stars,” was named for a miraculous vision by a 9th century hermit that led to the discovery, so legend has it, of the tomb of the Apostle James. Whether true miracle, marketing ploy by a clever bishop bent on drumming up more pilgrim trade or a rallying cry in Spain’s battle to wrest the peninsula from Moorish rule — no one can say.

Since at least the year 951, pilgrims from all over Europe have made their way to this spot in northwestern Spain. And in doing so, they have made the Camino not just one path but many, with different branches originating from Portugal, France, Demark, Poland, Germany,

THE AUTHOR MAKES her way through the bucolic landscape in southwestern France on one of the far-reaching tendrils of the Camino de Santiago while hiking this past summer.

Hungary and Italy.

While Medieval pilgrims might have walked to Santiago to, say, buy time out of Purgatory, travelers today hike the Camino for about as many reasons as there are folks on the road.

“You can do this as a tourist or you can do this as a pilgrim, and the two are very different,” said Bristol resident Elissa Cobb, who hiked a portion of the Camino last summer

with her husband, David. “Neither is right or wrong or better than the other but it’s a very different experience.

“I’m not so sure that it’s possible to be 100 percent one or the other.”

LEARNING PATIENCE For Cobb, part of the spiritual journey of the Camino was facing any number of challenges and frustrations — and learning patience.

“It kicked my butt on pretty much

every level — physically, emotionally, mentally, culturally — but in a loving way,” she said.

Chief among Cobb’s challenges?

Completing the last 30 kilometers on a broken foot.

“I basically built my own cast with adhesive tape,” Cobb said off-handedly.

Because of health-related dietary restrictions, she also had to find a way to subsist on three dishes:

french fries, tortilla Española (a kind of potato-egg frittata common in Spain), and salad. Once in Santiago de Compostela itself, Cobb discovered a kind of flourless almond cake.

“I think I devoured like 10 of them within the first 12 hours of getting there,” she laughed.

As on any long walk — be it pilgrimage route or Long Trail — a kind of unspoken camaraderie can (See Cobb, Page 3)

Benton confirms he’ll run for a final term as city mayor

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes Mayor Bill Benton last week said he would run for a third — and what he called a final — two-year term as the city’s top elected official.

Benton said a number of efforts are about to pay off — including Otter Creek basin projects, city pool upgrades, and work to improve downtown pedestrian and bicycle safety — and he wants to see them through.

“We’ve gone through all this planning. Hopefully the fun begins now because the implementation will happen,” he said.

At the same time, Benton said he is wary of becoming “stale” by staying on too long, and pointed to several potential strong candidates to succeed him in 2019.

In calling this his final term — if elected in the face of some rumored opposition — Benton also said if things go as he hopes most of his goals when he was elected as mayor in 2013 will be met.

“I think in two years I can accom-

plish most of what I set out to do,” some of those planning exercises.” he said.

For example, Benton said with Many of those goals are outlined help from grants in the next two in a “Vergennes Downtown-Basin years Vergennes could improve its Master Plan,” a document support- city docks and basin parks, included by a 2015 $87,000 ing with lighting; make Strong Communities, upgrades to the walkBetter Connections “We’ve gone ing paths linking Main grant intended to im- through all Street with the basin; prove the city’s econ- this planning. and install signs to omy and quality of life Hopefully the help visitors, including by calming traffic and boaters, find their way linking the Otter Creek fun begins now from downtown to the because the basin with downtown. basin, and vice versa.

That planning effort implementation “We have some realin turn grew out of a will happen.” ly good ideas on how 2014 “Community Vis— Mayor Bill we can improve some it” sponsored by the Benton of the parks in the basin Vermont Council on area,” he said. “Now Rural Development. we’re eligible for some “We’ve gone through the com- grant funds and we can start doing munity visit process. We’ve gone some capital improvements.” through the Strong Communities, Benton also wants to follow Better Connections process with the through with the council’s pedesmaster plan,” Benton said. “We’ve trian and bicycle safety initiative, got a lot of things I would like to started late last fall, which so far has accomplish, and I think the city particularly focused on crosswalk council would like to accomplish, safety and children’s ability to walk in terms of recommendations from to schools safely.

The council appointed a task force to make recommendations, with help from the Addison County Regional Planning Commission and other outside consultants, that can be put in place as soon as this spring.

“They’re working hard on it.

They’ve got some experts. Hopefully they’ll have some recommendations we can implement,” Benton said. “We will fund some of the things ourselves, but we will also probably apply for some funding to take it to another level.”

Benton would also like to see through the council’s effort to protect the future of the city pool, an effort he said will be aided by a recent inspection.

“We finally got the pool study.

The city council will be talking about what we want to do there in terms of safety issues, repairs, staffing,” he said. “I hope we’ll be able to rectify all those issues.”

Benton also wants to continue to support the Vergennes Partnership, which is charged with enhancing the health of downtown Vergennes

and has also taken an active role in promoting economic development.

He cited the partnership’s efforts in helping Shacksbury Cider move to Vergennes, working with the owners of Kennedy Brothers, creating a Vergennes marketing video, and helping downtown businesses.

“I think we’re working really well with them. They’re providing a service to the city,” he said. “I think they’ve proven themselves.”

Another factor in Benton’s decision to run again was what he called a good working relationship with not only the council members, but also City Manager Mel Hawley, City Clerk Joan Devine, Assistant Clerk Melissa Wright, and all the city departments.

“I think we have a great city council. I think we work really well together. I think we respect each other, and we generally are able to reach consensus. So I enjoy working with them, and I think we can accomplish things,” Benton said. “I think everybody respects each other in terms of the municipality.”

Addison Independent, Monday, January 9, 2017 — PAGE 3

ROMANESQUE CHURCHES, SUCH as this one, are a familiar sight along the Camino in both France and Spain.

Photo courtesy of Stevie Spencer

Cobb churches and cathedrals, the broad no this past summer, but in France, sweeping vistas of fields, villages and where it’s called by the French hills; drinking good wine and eating name “Chemin St. Jacques.” Four delicious food; and main routes traverse experiencing those For a more intimate France, and we took kinds of small, unexa lesser-known feedglimpse of these pected moments that er route along the make travel memora- Vermonters’ base of the Pyreexperience of the ble. nees that eventually One such moment Camino, come to crosses the mounhappened near dusk the One World tains and connects in Santiago. Spencer Library Project’s with the main route and friends suddento Santiago. ly looked up to see a “Walking the Way: But even here, murmuration of star- Three Pilgrimages along such a Camilings — a huge flock on Camino de no backwater, the of chattering birds Santiago.” The legacy of the Chethat wheeled, twisted presentation will min was etched into and turned — soaring the landscape, in take place at the together in amazing everything from an flight patterns down Lawrence Memorial assortment of Camithe street to the cathe- Library in Bristol, no-related UNESCO dral and back.

Thursday, Jan. 12, World Heritage sites “They were mak- from 7 to 9 p.m. to the blue and yeling all this noise, and low shell signs that then they suddenly marked our way at stopped,” Spencer said. street corners, on telephone poles, Next stop for Spencer? Uganda or along cobbled village streets, forPatagonia. est pathways and mountain passes ON THE CHEMIN DU (the cockle shell being the universal PIÉMONT PYRÉNÉEN symbol of the Way of St. James).

My family, too, hiked the CamiWhat stands out?

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VINEYARDS LIKE THIS one dot the countryside along the Camino in northern Spain.

Photo courtesy of Stevie Spencer

Time spent with my teenage daughters and husband with no distractions.

The radical shift in pace and perception that comes from moving on foot only.

Peeling off sweat-drenched clothes at the end of every day and showering (how did those Medieval pilgrims do this without running water?).

The invisible brotherhood and sisterhood of all those pilgrims who had walked this way before.

The legacy of human history — from the Roman bridges we crossed over many a stream, to the medieval churches where we lit candles, to the stone marker commemorating World War II partisans who led Jews through the mountains and out of Vichy France.

Those small glimpses into someone else’s way of life, when strangers become friends.

The look on our 16-year-old

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daughter’s face when our hosts-forthe-night offered her her first sip of alcohol ever — in this case, a small glass of homemade fruit liquor.

One evening we landed at a notvery-French-seeming “inn,” where the common Camino crash space looked disconcertingly like the interior of a Green Tortoise bus from back in the day (think Indian prints and lots of mattresses) and where three giant dogs roamed the supper tables very eager for scraps. We met a older woman who had hiked the Camino at least seven times already.

Her journey had begun in family tragedy. This year she had started in the snow in Switzerland. The day we met her was the day before her 70th birthday.

She told us that she would always keep walking, that for her the Camino was inexhaustible.

Reporter Gaen Murphree is reached at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

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(Continued from Page 2) develop amongst fellow travelers.

In her weeks on the Camino, Cobb crossed paths with everyone from a 99-year-old man who’d hiked the Camino 20 times to a petite woman in skirt and high heels, carrying a pink, polka dot purse and snapping shots from her cellphone.

“The kindness of strangers was overwhelming,” Cobb said, whether it was getting directions or larger acts of generosity.

When the Cobbs arrived late at the Pilgrim Mass in Santiago’s cathedral, sweaty and smelly, they found every seat taken and had to lean against a pillar, broken foot at all. Two young people from Germany turned around, realized Cobb’s predicament and instantly gave up their seats.

Cobb said that for her the power and meaning of the route encompasses all fellow travelers past, present and future.

The Camino is made up “not only of the people walking it at that moment with you, but the people that made the path with their feet before you get there, and the sense of the people that are going to walk it afterward,” she said.

SIGHTS, FOOD AND FRIENDS For Hinesburg resident Stevie Spencer, 68, walking the Camino was most of all about spending time with a beloved sister and a dear friend and moving at a slow pace through a lush countryside, “The landscape was just so gorgeous, and for me if I can be in a spot like that it’s just so rewarding and it just kind of fills you up,” Spencer said.

Spencer first learned about the Camino in an art history class long ago at Syracuse University and had wanted to walk it ever since.

“I love traveling,” said Spencer, who said she’s been to every continent except Antarctica.

True to her art history routes, Spencer said she loved taking in the

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Editorial

Gov. Scott: Changes, solutions will come from the bottom up In an impassioned speech that laid out broad policy goals, but was shy on specifics, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott spoke of the changing tide he will bring to state government. It’s a tide that will bubble from the bottom up, he said, asking those on the front-lines to step forward with solutions.

“I worked for more than 30 years in construction. And what I learned was the best feedback always came from those who were in the trenches,” Scott told those at Thursday’s Statehouse ceremony. “State Government should be no different. I believe that our frontline employees, who directly engage with Vermonters every day, have valuable knowledge about what’s working, and what needs improvement. That’s why I am calling for every process, every procedure, every system, every government mandate to be looked at through a new lens... theirs... My Administration will not approach our challenges from the top down, but from the bottom up.”

Scott said he could imagine a system in which “we give state employees the tools to identify and resolve problems.” To do that Scott said he would create a Government Modernization and Efficiency Team, which will “lead this charge toward a more effective and productive state government.”

It has, of course, been said before. Nearly every first-term governor pledges to work for a more efficient government. And so it went with Scott’s inauguration speech: high on platitudes but scant details.

He said he would reform education, suggesting more would be spent on early education and post-high school, but also said the state would not add more to the pot. He said the state would meet its commitment to clean up Lake Champlain, as outlined in Act 64, but said he would allocate no new money to pay for the roughly $65 million each year the cleanup is expected to cost. He said he would continue the fight against opiate addiction, but also pledged not to raise spending above the state’s own economic growth rate.

It is typical for governors to talk about their vision for the upcoming biennium in this speech, while providing more details about how to achieve their goals in the budget address later this month — something Scott said he would do.

One area of particular note was when Scott singled-out the state’s persistent flight of younger workers. He noted that from 2000-2010, the number of 25-45 year-olds in Vermont decreased by 30,000. Compounding those losses, the number of working Vermonters dropped by 16,000 since 2010, a trend that continues in spite of thousands of new jobs created.

Scott said the state must have “a laser-focus” on creating jobs for young adults, adding that “if we do... we can grow revenue organically, rather than raising taxes and fees, giving us the resource to deliver better services, better outcomes and invest in a better future.”

Easier said that done. Gov. James Douglas highlighted the same concern and tried hard to stem the outflow with little success, and Gov. Shumlin spent six years trying to make Vermont more affordable by reducing the increase in health care costs, reducing the number of uninsured, helping families afford child care, providing early education to families and reducing the cost of higher-education through dual enrollment and other innovative programs — and yet the problem persists.

Scott’s said his emphasis will be to “invest in programs designed to train Vermonters with the skills needed for the jobs we currently have. And we will set specific housing targets and find ways to expand availability of good homes for working families and young professionals.” Look for specific budget items to address those two goals in some significant way: if he can make progress there, he has hope for other programs as well.

Scott drew criticism for not mentioning climate change or the siting of alternative energy projects (wind and solar), as well as his lack of specific ideas to address the state’s challenges, but then Scott didn’t provide many specifics during the campaign. It is a shortcoming that will soon be resolved: either Scott and his administration will provide the leadership on those issues, or the Legislature will fill the void. We’ll find out more with Scott’s budget address later this month, and we’ll soon learn whether leadership from the bottom up is as effective as the governor hopes.

Angelo S. Lynn

ADDISON COUNTY

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Letters to the Editor Smarter approach to school sports will boost health Both Vermont and the nation as a whole are in the midst of one of the worst epidemics in U.S. history.

It’s an epidemic that has had dire consequences for nearly all aspects of living, most notably, and too often tragically, with the youth of Vermont. The rapidly declining health of our children is associated with our exploding opiate addiction, leads to the excessive medication of our kids and swamps our healthcare system. The good news is this epidemic is entirely reversible and

within our immediate control.

As a school administrator I have too often seen larger societal issues come our way for correction. However, with improving student’s lifelong health, our educational system is best equipped to lead the charge.

Indeed, Vermont’s educational system has a sacred obligation to systematically reverse our current health trend as improvement in this area will see improvement with our kids’ academics, self-perception and positive societal engagement.

The data supporting the severity of the situation is such that all studies conducted from all over the world point to one conclusion: improvement with exercise and diet will reverse most significant health issues. Separate studies involving over 3 million students conducted in 2009 by the New York City Health Department and Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency reported that physically fit students were more likely to (See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, January 9, 2017 — PAGE 5

Cannabis legalization Part 1:

Letters to the Editor Temporary bridge installation was prompt, efficient This letter is to thank those who helped in the removal of the Salisbury Station “Swamp Road” bridge and the installation of the temporary bridge. We would like to thank Wright Construction from Mount Holly, Vt. for their diligence in the removal and disposal

of the bridge remains.

We would also like to thank VTrans, especially Dick Hoskings for his assistance leading us through this process. VTrans was there immediately after the removal to install a temporary bridge. They mobilized quickly

and efficiently and in just over a week had completed the job.

Thank you.

Cornwall Selectman Brian Kemp and Salisbury Selectman Paul Vaczy on behalf of the Salisbury and Cornwall selectboards

the number of players that may participate. The most popular sports attached to our educational system are basketball, football, soccer, baseball and softball. These sports will see roughly 30 percent of our students participate. The education of the past 100 years has been an industrial model where all students receive the same instruction, are asked to complete the same tasks in the same manner while following the instructions of the teacher.

Traditional sports follow suit: all student-athletes receive the same physical education instruction, complete the same drills taught in the same manner by following the instructions of the coach. This is an outdated and ineffective model. The modern learner should be inquiring, researching, collaborating worldwide, assessing and performing (publishing). The modern student-athlete should do the same by establishing athletic goals, researching how to get there, collaborating with coaches, peers and experts from around the world, practicing (assessing) and performing.

Unlike with today’s academics, however, athletics does not need to completely change; we should keep traditional sports while vastly expanding lifelong athletic opportunities that allow full participation regardless of ability or disability.

Expanding student athletic options to include obstacle racing, year-round road/trail races, fitness challenges, climbing competitions, endurance events, etc., is proving to be more adaptable, effective and ultimately more interesting to high school students.

At Fair Haven High School, our

physical education teachers actually personalize fitness plans for every student in the school. The result of this effort has been very fruitful for student health and fitness, and possibly for the increased academic achievement of the entire school.

Every Vermont student should also create four-year personalized fitness plans as part of their state mandated learning plans. With every student establishing fitness goals with means to both realize and assess those goals, we can empower students to control their own health.

So much of today’s news comes our way with a deep sense of both helplessness and hopelessness. Whether it be with national politics or international terrorism, the sense of doom and gloom can become pervasive. With our current health epidemic, however, there need not be any such pessimism. We have the immediate means to reverse and permanently improve student health. While it will not be easy, by creating fouryear fitness plans and expanding athletic options to include full participatory sports, our students will leave our educational system with the skills and knowledge for lifelong health.

Brett Blanchard, principal Fair Haven Union High School Fair Haven

Letter (Continued from Page 4) succeed at school and have fewer disciplinary problems.

California and Georgia also conducted exercise and cognition studies with similar results. Results of an August 2016 study from Sweden published in the “European Journal of Preventive Cardiology” concluded, “poor physical fitness amounts to nearly as high a risk of premature death as tobacco smoking and appears to be more lethal than hypertension and cholesterol.”

A more regional study published in “Neuroscience” was conducted

by Dartmouth University Professor David Bucci after colleagues at the University of Vermont made note that students with ADHD responded better to behavioral intervention than those who were inactive.

“As a youngster, your brain is still developing,” Bucci said. “One of the contributors to its development is this growth stuff. By exercising, you’re taking advantage and capitalizing on this period of development and plasticity.”

One issue we face when trying to combat our pervasive health issues is the tendency to rely on a sports system that is designed to continually funnel down the number of participants as they become older.

These are also the students who often have the greatest need of any physical exercise. Traditional athletics have a very limited role in improving our nation’s health; in actuality our continued emphasis of traditional sports may be hindering our ability to reverse the epidemic.

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Editor’s note: This is the first of three commentaries on issues surrounding cannabis legalization in Vermont by Dave Silberman, a Middlebury attorney and pro bono legalization advocate. This column focuses on impaired driving; the second on how to deal with “edible products,” and the third on cannabis tax policy. They will run in consecutive issues of the Addison Independent on Page 5.

By Dave Silberman Gov. Phil Scott has consistently pointed to roadside safety as the top area of concern he has with cannabis legalization. To Gov. Scott’s credit, drugged driving is a serious issue, requiring serious people to put partisan politics aside and focus on effective solutions.

However, as we learned in legislative testimony this fall from traffic safety experts at the Agency of Transportation, the Vermont State Police, and the Department of States’ Attorneys and Sheriffs, drugged driving is an existing issue that is both unrelated to the potential of legalization in the future, and much wider than cannabis alone.

The Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee first heard that message from Chris Cole, the Secretary of Transportation, on Oct. 24. Secretary Cole informed the committee that Vermont is seeing an increasing number of drivers impaired by various drugs, including prescription drugs. This, Mr. Cole said, has “nothing to do” with legalization (since that has not yet happened), but is instead reflective of much broader trends. He urged the committee to address the drugged driving problem whether or not it goes ahead with legalization.

Noting that Vermont has a very high number of current users (over 100,000 Vermonters use cannabis at least once a year, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health), Mr. Cole testified that it is “unlikely” that legalization will cause these users to change their current driving behavior.

On Nov. 15, the committee took more testimony on drugged driving, this time from Lt. John Flannigan of the Vermont State Police, Greg Nagurney, the Traffic Safety Prosecutor at the Department of States’ Attorneys, and Scott Davidson, the chief of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program and a 25-year veteran of the Burlington Police Department. All three of these dedicated public servants echoed the earlier testimony from Mr. Cole, saying that drugged driving must be addressed separately from legalization.

They offered several specific proposals to do so: • Provide intensive “Drug Recognition Expert” (DRE) training to 10 additional law enforcement officers statewide, to bring the total to 50; • Provide “Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement” (ARIDE) training, a 16-hour course led by certified DRE’s, to as many as 50 percent of all law enforcement officers statewide; and • Establish an in-state toxicology lab, to reduce prosecutorial hurdles currently created by sending DUI blood tests to a Pennsylvania lab.

Importantly, these traffic safety experts warned the committee not to set an “arbitrary” limit for the amount of THC present in a driver’s blood or saliva that would, by itself, constitute legal impairment. While positive THC test results are reliable indicators of past use of cannabis over the (See Legalizing cannabis, Page 6)

Sacred Harp Singing Weekend Friday, Jan. 13 7:30pm Contois Auditorium, City Hall, Burlington Screening of the documentary Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp, followed by Q&A with directors Matt and Erica Hinton.

Saturday, Jan. 14 10:00am to 12:30pm Contois Auditorium, City Hall, Burlington Singing School with Matt and Erica Hinton 1:30pm to 4:00pm Singing Saturday, Jan. 14 7:30pm Main St. Landing Performing Arts Center, Black Box Theatre, 60 Lake St., Burlington Concert with Tim Eriksen and Peter Irvine. $15-$20 tickets at the door.

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Community players set auditions for ‘Working’

Hilda L. Thayer, 97, Burlington BURLINGTON — On Dec. 21, 2016, winter solstice, Hilda L. Thayer of Burlington, Vt. passed away peacefully at the home of her son Greg and his wife Barb. She was 97 years of age.

A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Hilda will always be remembered for her courage, dignity and grace. A woman of boundless energy, kindness and generosity, she was also a devout Catholic, with an abiding faith that guided her with resilience through the triumphs and travails of life.

The daughter of Adelard and Mary (Demers) Paquette, both French-Canadian immigrants, Hilda grew up on the family dairy farm in Craftsbury, Vt. along with her siblings Nelda, Leonel, Lucien, Ernest, Wilfred and Lida. While lending a helping hand on the farm, she was an outstanding student, with an early affinity for math, history and chemistry. She was valedictorian of her graduating high school class in Craftsbury and was awarded a scholarship to the University of Vermont.

As a young adult, Hilda attended the University of Vermont, met her future husband, Col. Robert D. Thayer (U.S. Army), and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics. She was also a very proud Phi Beta Kappa (she worked hard for that). Upon graduation, she taught elementary school in Hyde Park and Middlebury,Vt. In 1943, she married Robert in Hyde Park, and returned with him to Burlington, embarking on a 30year journey as a devoted military

HILDA THAYER spouse, housewife and mother, throughout the World War II, Korean and Vietnam War eras. During that time, Robert, Hilda and their children relocated numerous times following promotions and reassignments in Robert’s military career.

Tours of duty included residence in New York, Germany, Italy, Virginia and Indiana. In the 1970s, Hilda returned with Robert to live in Burlington after his retirement from military service. Tragically, Robert passed at the early age of 52 in 1972.

In recent times, Hilda prided herself on continuing to expand her horizons as a “world traveler” — touring many countries with a group of adventurous like-minded seniors, at times hosted by her brother Lucien and wife Loretta. She always took great delight in proclaiming she had “visited ALL of the continents — except one!”

Hilda was also an avid square dance aficionado. She danced regularly with the same group as her nephew Ron and wife Priscilla for

years. Hilda made many new friends, often dancing with others when their partners needed a rest.

Beginning in the mid 1980s, Hilda embarked on a new career at the renowned Shelburne Museum where she worked for over 27 years. She received honorary recognition for dedicated long-term service. She served in nearly all of the museum buildings as a knowledgeable resource guide and goodwill ambassador to visitors from around the world, and was dearly loved by all her colleagues.

Her favorite area of expertise and delight was the museum’s famous quilt collection. She also had great fondness for the diverse collection of paintings, folk art and historical artifacts.

In addition to her husband, Hilda was predeceased by her eldest son Bobby and all her siblings, except for her brother Lucien, who lives in Addison County.

Hilda is also survived by her sons and their wives: Gary and Debra; and Greg and Barb; her three grandchildren: Jenna (Bill), Kiley (Seth) and Nick (Kristin); and great-grandchildren Calvin, Myles, Gloria and Penelope.

There will be a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 11 a.m., at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral Catholic Church, immediately followed by an informal gathering in the Church Hall. Hilda will be laid to rest, alongside her beloved husband and son Bobby, in a private service at Arlington National Cemetery.

There will also be a memorial celebration this coming summer at Greg and Barb’s home in Burlington.

Those interested in participating are asked to please respond at celebratinghilda@gmail.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations in Hilda’s name may be made to her favored charity, the Vermont Catholic Bishops Fund, or any other worthy cause. ◊

Mike White memorial gathering There will be a Memorial Gathering for Mike White at the Bridport Town Hall on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, 1-3 p.m.

Please join Mike’s wife Fran and family in sharing your memories of Mike. We’d love to hear your stories and reflect on his life here in Vermont.

Light refreshments will be served.◊

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Community Players will hold auditions for the spring musical, Stephen Schwartz’s “Working,” on Monday and Tuesday evenings, Jan. 9-10.

Actors should arrive at Mary Hogan Elementary School between 6:30 and 7 p.m. to register for the auditions, which will run from 7-10 p.m. each night.

If needed, callbacks will be held Thurs., Jan. 12.

Those wishing to take part should be prepared to sing, move and read (no need to prepare a

song); the Players will teach a song and a dance. There are 26 characters, ranging from one role for a 9- to 13-year-old boy, to fascinating roles for a variety of adult ages (some appropriate for older teens). There are also some non-singing and non-speaking roles available. Most actors will play multiple roles.

The musical is based on the book of the same name Studs Terkel. The songs were written by seven composers including Lin-Manuel Miranda and James Taylor.

Legalizing cannabis (Continued from Page 5) previous days or weeks, Mr. Cole testified, the presence of THC in a driver’s system does not necessarily indicate current impairment.

Mr. Nagurney, the DUI prosecutor, added that “there is no scientific consensus” on what level of THC constitutes impairment (and thus a “per se” limit would be inappropriate), but went on to say that the presence of any level of THC can be presented to a jury alongside observational evidence from the DRE/ARIDE-trained officers to establish a compelling overall picture of active impairment.

This testimony is consistent with the picture painted by Colorado and Washington state officials in testimony given during the legalization debate in early 2016. In those states, the number of positive THC tests (at limits well below those states’ arbitrary legal “impairment” limit) did increase following legalization, but the number of traffic accidents, injuries and fatalities did not.

Indeed, it should not be surprising that positive results indicative of past use (but not current impairment) have inched up along with the moderate rise in responsible post-legalization adult use (notably, teen use has not increased) and the sharp rise in the number of police officers in those states trained to recognize, stop and test suspected drugged drivers.

Following the launch of an extensive public education campaign aimed at reducing drugged driving, DUI citations in Colorado began to decline in late 2015, indicating that a comprehensive solution requires educating the public about drugs and safety, not just scaring it about legalization.

Meanwhile, recent analysis by Cowen & Co., a Wall Street investment management firm, reports that legal adult-use cannabis is “weighing on beer category trends” in Colorado, Oregon and Washington, suggesting a potential offsetting traffic safety benefit as consumers shift away from alcohol: drunk driving is responsible for nearly 10,000 traffic fatalities nationwide each year. ********** Gov. Scott can demonstrate his seriousness on the issue, and that he is not politicizing drugged driving in order to quash legalization – all while sticking to his core campaign message of holding the line on spending – by prioritizing road safety within the existing law enforcement budget. As he plans his budget requests, Mr. Scott should provide law enforcement with the tools they need: DRE/ARIDE training and an in-state toxicology lab.

But the incoming administration should go further and fund a public education campaign on drugged driving, similar to what Vermont already does with respect to seat belt use. If legalization can provide revenues to help fund these priorities, all the better, but we should not falsely tie one to the other for political purposes. The public’s safety is too important to treat it like a political punching bag.

Editor’s note: Silberman’s column does not represent the views of any client. You can find him on Twitter at @DaveSilberman.

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Buxton’s “Unfortunately some health issues (Continued from Page 1) and Edwards is heading to nearby came up that really took a toll, and made it really difficult to keep up the Sudbury.

With Andy and Mary Buxton will pace. Right about the time this was come their preschool daughters, happening Andy approached me.”

Veda and Edie, who already enjoy PATH BACK HOME Edwards said Andy Buxton’s visiting privileges.

“Mary will pick them up from purchase of the store makes sense daycare, and they’re just so excited not only because the establishment to get here,” Buxton said. “It is neat bears his name and it means running to watch them react probably the a business in his hometown.

“Andy’s got a lot of good ideas. way I reacted when I was their age, He’s very enthusiastic, and he’s got wanting to be involved in it.”

And the Buxtons have plenty more a fantastic food background,” he relatives in Orwell, some of whom said.

When Buxton who have already taken graduated from their turns working Fair Haven Union the front or meat “Kindness and High School he was counters or stocking friendliness is interested in pursuing the shelves, and others our motto. My education in music, who probably will in grandparents but not so much that the future. started that 50 he wanted to continue “My grandparents to attend school. He are up the street. My years ago, and aunt and uncle are that’s something worked on Gerry and Cheryl Audet’s Lake across the way. My that is neverHome Farm for about cousins are two houses ending.” down, and I’ve got — Andy Buxton eight months, and then decided to look for more Audet cousins work in the restaurant down on the lake, and we’re all raising families together,” business.

He spoke with Tony Neri, said Buxton. “So we’ve got a huge owner of what was then Angela’s family support system here.”

For his part, Edwards, 52, said Restaurant in Middlebury, seeking he has had a good run on Main a job as a server. Buxton recalled a Street, and was thrilled to see a new brief interview with Neri that led to 16 years at Angela’s and then at Two generation of Buxtons taking over.

“It’s been great. The people Brothers in the same Main Street of Orwell and the surrounding space under new ownership.

‘He said, ‘What are you looking communities have been great,” Edwards said. “The Buxtons have for?’ I said, ‘I’m looking for a job, always been great, so I’m very Mr. Neri.’ And he said, ‘Do you happy it’s going back to a member know anything about sex, drugs and rock and roll?’” Buxton recalled. of the family.”

Edwards had hoped to run what “And I kind of chuckled. I was he called a profitable operation a pretty nervous. And I said, ‘Well, little longer. But a while back he I know a little bit about sex, and I was diagnosed with an autoimmune know a little bit about music. I love disorder that causes fatigue and music. But I don’t know anything muscle pain and weakness — an about drugs.’ And he said, ‘Great, especially poor combination for you’re hired.’”

Buxton quickly worked his way someone with the workload of a up to tending bar, but that summer small business owner.

“I wanted to be here another sprained his ankle playing basketball five to seven years,” Edwards said. and needed to get off his feet. He

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asked the chef if he could help in the kitchen.

“He took a stool from the bar and brought it out back and set me up with a 50-pound bag of onions and potatoes and said cut away,” Buxton said.

That began his cooking career: For years he settled into a routine of three shifts a week behind the bar and two a week in the kitchen.

PLANS FOR BUXTON’S And there he learned the skills he hopes to put to good use at Buxton’s Store: He wants to “amp up the deli and meat collection;” eventually add a commercial kitchen, probably at the expense of the store’s hardware aisles; add fresh fish on a weekly basis; work to become “destination craft beer and wine store;” and expand the store’s prepared food offerings.

Some of those goals, such as the commercial kitchen and beverage expansion, are longer-term. But Buxton has already added more “scratch-made” foods such as meatballs, meatloaf, breaded pork, stuffed chicken breasts, and marinated and bacon-wrapped meats.

“People can come and get food prepared to go home and cook,” Buxton said. “Right now it’s wintertime so we’re blowing through a lot of comfort foods.”

But many things will stay the same, including the 40-pound Cabot sharp cheddar wheels and the storeground beef.

“Our ground beef has been a staple here for 50 years,” he said.”

There’s a cult following for our ground beef.”

And there are no plans to change the store’s approach to customer service: The sign outside reads, “Welcome to All Who Enter.”

“Kindness and friendliness is our motto. My grandparents started that 50 years ago, and that’s something that is never-ending,” Buxton said.

That also means the two tables pushed together near the coffee pots

ANDY BUXTON, WHO with his wife, Mary, were set to buy Buxton’s Store in Orwell on Monday, spent a lot of time as a child playing and working in the store. Here Andy Buxton, middle, is pictured behind Buxton’s meat and deli counter with his father, Rick Buxton, left, and grandfather and then store co-owner Dick Buxton.

Photo courtesy of Andy Buxton

will stay in place: They draw a daily crowd of residents.

“Every morning by 9 o’clock they’re here, supporting me, supporting the town, supporting the coffee runs,” Buxton said.

“It’s a local hub where yesterday’s information, last night’s information, can be talked about.”

Edwards will also be around, and not just because he has agreed to help out Buxton for a few weeks. He became part of the community in the past 10 years, including dispatching for Orwell’s fire department and rescue service.

“I will definitely miss it. But I’m right around the corner and I can come back and visit and see a lot of the folks,” Edwards said. “A lot of the townsfolk have been like family, and a lot of the employees over the years have become like family. A lot of people come through here, and it’s great to see them go on to different careers or (start) families as they’ve gotten older.”

Eventually, Edwards will look for

retail work again, but something less stressful than the 70-hour weeks of shop ownership.

“I want to take some time and get the health back under control and take it from there,” he said.

Now Buxton will take on the long hours, and he is thankful for Edwards’ support — “Doug has been wonderful. He’s really a wealth of knowledge.” — as he begins to make his own imprint on an Orwell institution.

“I understand there’s a lot of tradition here … But I feel like I’m young and I’ve got some drive behind me,” Buxton said. “I want to make this a really cool destination market country store. And I need the local force to support me. And I’m open to feedback. I’m open to criticism. Because that’s how your business is only going to grow.”

Edwards said those interactions will be what keeps Buxton’s Store — and Buxton — going.

“It’s the people who really make the whole thing worth it,” he said.

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communitycalendar Vermonters, unbeknownst to each other, set out on the Way, all on their own personal journeys.

David and Elissa Cobb, Gregor Clark and Gaen Murphree, and Stevie Spencer will share their stories and images of their Camino de Santiago pilgrimages in a special One World Library Project presentation.

An evening of standards and Broadway favorites in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 12, 7:308:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury. An evening of standards and Broadway favorites featuring Dottie Kline, accompanist and Jaci Hockreiter, vocalist performing tunes by songwriters Stephen Sondheim, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and more.

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ARTIST MOLLY WATSON Hawley’s paintings will be on display at Town Hall Theater’s Jackson Gallery through February, with an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 13, from 5-7 p.m.

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Mental health presentation in Middlebury. Monday, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., REV Fitness, 175 Wilson Road.

Naturopathic physician Courtney Bowers will give a talk on the physiological picture of stress in our bodies and how it affects mood.

Armchair travel presentation in Middlebury.

Monday, Jan. 9, 7-8:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, Community Room. EastView resident Jean Seeler-Gifford gives a presentation on her trip to the Pine Ridge Lakota Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.

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AARP fraud watch presentation in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 3:30-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, Community Room. AARP will present a fraud watch network presentation: identity theft.

Festival-on-the Green meeting in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m., Middlebury Union Middle School. Enthusiastic volunteers needed to help plan the 39th annual summer Festival-onthe Green. For more information, call 462-3555 or just show up at the meeting.

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THURSDAY

American history lecture series in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 12, 3-4 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, Community Room. American History lecture series: “The Lewis & Clark Expedition” will be presented by EastView resident Bob Nixon.

“Where Have All the Moose Gone?” discussion in New Haven. Thursday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m., New Haven Town Hall. Wildlife biologist Tina Scharf discusses some of the reasons the moose population has declined across North America.

Sponsored by the New Haven Conservation Commission. Free.

Cabin fever lecture series: “Canada Lynx: A Vermont Resident?” talk in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library.

The public is invited to a talk by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Biologist Chris Bernier about the lives of Canada Lynx and their status in Vermont where they are listed as an endangered species. Free.

Sponsored by Otter Creek Audubon Society.

One World Library Project presentations in Bristol. Thursday, Jan. 12, 7-9 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library. In 2016, three groups of

FRIDAY

“The Athenian Acropolis, Revisited” in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 13, 12:15 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre. Pieter Broucke, associate curator of ancient art, presents a virtual gallery talk exploring the enduring fascination with the High Classical monuments from the Enlightenment to the present. $5 suggested donation; free to College ID holders. Info: www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

“Vermont: Ideals and Ordeals” reception in Brandon. Friday, Jan. 13, 5-7 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center. An opening reception for Denise Letendre Bach’s new photography exhibit, “Vermont: Ideals and Ordeals,” which shows Vermont through her lens. Exhibit runs through Feb. 11, 2017.

Opening reception in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 13, 5-7 p.m., Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater.

An opening reception for painter Molly Watson Hawley, whose exhibit will include landscapes, seascapes and portraits. On exhibit through Feb. 28.

Spaghetti dinner in Bristol. Friday, Jan. 13, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall. The Knights of Columbus will be serving their Knights in Italy spaghetti dinner. All you can eat spaghetti, bread, salad and dessert. $10 adults; $5 kids; $25 immediate family.

Constantinople in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 13, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Persian music trio Constantinople makes its Middlebury debut in a special collaborative concert with kora player Ablaye Cissoko.

The program is approximately one hour, 30 minutes. Tickets $25 public; $20 College ID holders; students $6. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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Saturday, Jan. 14, 5-6 p.m., Kenyon Ice Rink, Middlebury College. The Middlebury College women’s ice hockey team will welcome fans to join them on the ice after their 3 p.m. game vs.

Endicott College. Team photos will be provided.

Sponsored by Friends of Panther Hockey.

Roast pork supper in Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 14, 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, Main Street, across from the Vergennes Opera House. The menu includes roast pork, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, applesauce, rolls, dessert and beverage served buffet style. $9 adults; $5 children. Take out orders available. Info: 877-3150.

Fiddlin’ for fiction concert in Orwell. Saturday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m., Orwell Town Hall. The Fried Dough Boys, musicians Colin McCaffrey, Dono Scrabner and Freeman Corey, will bring an eclectic mix of music from traditional, old country, bluegrass and folk to the Orwell Town Hall. Proceeds benefit the Orwell Free Library. Refreshments provided. $10 adult, $8 senior, $5 children.

Contradance in Bridport. Saturday, Jan 14, 7-9:30 p.m., Bridport Community/Masons Hall.

Contradance featuring Don Stratton calling to live music by Red Dog Riley. $5-10/person (sliding scale). All are welcome Questions? 462-3722.

Hall is on the green in Bridport, just off 22A. Bessette Quartet in Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. The Bessette Quartet with Brennan Gervia and the High School All Stars will present an evening of toe-tapping jazz that grooves. $10 adults; $5 students. Buy tickets at the door or at Classic Stitching on Main Street in Vergennes. Info: www.vergennesoperahouse.org.

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All you can eat pancake breakfast in Addison. Sunday Jan. 15, 7-11 a.m., Addison Fire Station, at the junction of Routes 17 and 22A. The menu includes plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice. $6 adults; $4 kids under age 12. Funds will be used to purchase equipment. Benefit of the Addison Volunteer Fire Department. Info: 759-2237.

Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury.

Sunday, Jan. 15, noon-5 p.m., Middlebury VFW. The Champlain Valley Fiddlers will perform, and all fiddlers are welcome. There will be music, dancing and refreshments. $3 donation.

SATURDAY

Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury.

Saturday, Jan. 14, 8-10 a.m., Otter View Park parking area. Otter Creek Audubon and Middlebury Area Land Trust invite community members to help survey birds and other wildlife at Otter View Park and Hurd Grassland. Beginning birders welcome. Come for all or part of the walk.

Info: 388-1007 or 388-6019.

Maple seminar in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 14, 8 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. sessions begin, Middlebury Union High School. Maple seminar will feature topics such as syrup filtering, and beginning sugar making. Complimentary morning coffee, tea and maple cream donuts.

Pre-register by Jan. 7 to be eligible for door prizes. Pre-registration: $25 with catered lunch or $10 with no lunch. Tickets at the door: $35/$20.

Info: www.addisoncountyvtmaple.org.

Green Mountain Club hike in Salisbury. Saturday, Jan. 14, Salisbury. Hike Chandler Ridge from Falls of Lana, a moderate, five-mile roundtrip hike or snowshoe. Bring lunch, water; poles and gaiters recommended. Contact Ruth Penfield for meeting time at 388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail. com. Info: www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

“They Look Like People” in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 14, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium.

Suspecting that those around him are actually malevolent shape-shifters, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war or from himself. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Free.

Skate with the Panther Women in Middlebury.

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DENISE LETENDRE BACH’S new photography exhibit, “Vermont: Ideals and Ordeals,” will be on display at the Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon starting Jan. 13, with an opening reception, 5-7 p.m.

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communitycalendar Room. Artist presentation and opening reception will be held for Ashley Wolff. Refreshments and live music by harpist Margie Bekoff.

Soup supper in New Haven. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. Ladies Union soup supper includes a variety of soups, breads, crackers, dessert and beverage. $8.

“A Sense of Place: Vermont’s Farm Legacy” talk in New Haven. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7-8:30 p.m., New Haven Library. Gregory Sharrow, co-director of the Vermont Folklife Center, will discuss how the character of a place is shaped by its cultural heritage and folklife-traditions.

Sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council.

Free and open to the public.

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THURSDAY

American history lecture series: “The Life of Sacajawea” in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 19, 3-4 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, Community Room.

EastView resident Bob Nixon presents “The Life of Sacajawea” as part of the American history lecture series.

‘Where Have All the Moose Gone?’

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST TINA Scharf will discuss some of the reasons the moose population has declined across North America on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. at New Haven Town Hall. Sponsored by the New Haven Conservation Commission. Free.

MNFF winter screening series in Middlebury.

Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival winter screening series opens with the heralded documentary, “Cameraperson.” Tickets $12 for an individual film. The series pass, good for all five films, is $50. Info: 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

Chicken and biscuit supper in Middlebury.

Sunday. Jan. 15, 5-6 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church. Come to the all you can eat buffet style chicken and biscuit supper with a wide

assortment of side dishes and desserts. Take outs for shut ins only. All donations support local charities. Suggested donation $8 adults; $5 children ages 5-12; free for under age 5.

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Artist reception in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 18, 3:30-5:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, Community

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Green Mountain Club hike in Starksboro. Saturday, Jan. 21.

Snowshoe or hike of approximately 4-5 miles round trip on woods, roads and trails at Common Ground Center. Bring water and a snack and dress appropriately for the weather (layers, no cotton). This outing will be moderately strenuous with moderate elevation change less than 1,000 feet. Contact Beth Eliason at betheliason@gmail.com or 802-989-3909 for meeting time and place. Info: www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Conversation with Vermont Supreme Court Justice Robinson in Shoreham. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson will lead an interactive discussion about the birth

of the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution, the meaning and significance of those rights, and the independent constitutional protections under the Vermont Constitution. Light refreshments will be served.

Family dance party in Vergennes. Saturday, Jan. 21, 6-9 p.m., Vergennes Union High School. The Unification Disco Dance Party features live music by Discolicious and also DJ Soundrock with Bill Clark. Come decked out in your full 70s disco glory. Entry fee is by donation and will support your local public school.

This event is hosted by Ferrisburgh PTO, Commodore parent teacher group, VUES Community Group and ACS parent-teacher association.

“King Pede” party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center. The evening begins with a sandwich supper and then on to an evening of fun and card games. This is a great way to stay in touch with your neighbors and support the Grange.

LIVEMUSIC Swing Noire in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Heliand Consort presents “Crossing the Bar” Folk Music for Woodwind Trio and Voices in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Zephyr Café in Brandon. Saturday, Jan. 28, Brandon Music.

The Matt Flinner Trio in Ripton. Saturday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

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Trio brings Persian music to Mahaney Ctr. Persian music trio Constantinople quartet, Swing Noire, will perform at makes its Middlebury debut in a Brandon Music on Saturday at 7:30 special collaborative concert with p.m. Swing Noire makes music that Senegalese kora player Ablaye “will entrance and surprise you.”

Cissoko at 8 p.m. on Friday in Great energy, soul, sophistication Robison Hall at Middlebury and improvisation are the hallmarks College’s Mahaney Center for the of a Swing Noire performance.

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Swing Noire plays Gypsy Jazz in The culture-spanning program the tradition of Django Reinhardt titled “Itinerant Gardens,” is a & The Quintet of the Hot Club of poetic encounter between strings, France. Some call it Gypsy Jazz, percussion, and voice, some Hot Swing; in featuring music that either case it is acoustic ranges from the epics of music in the spirit of the Mandingo Kingdom Django Reinhardt and to the music of the Stephane Grappelli.

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Tickets are $20 for the general MNFF’S FILM SERIES public. For more information, or to The Middlebury New Filmmakers purchase tickets, call 443-MIDD Festival presents its 2017 Winter (6433) or go to middlebury.edu/arts. Screening Series at Town Hall The Mahaney Center is located at 72 Theater, offering one distinctive film Porter Field Road, just off Route 30 every month beginning in January South and South Main Street. Free and concluding in May. Shifting parking is available curbside on to Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. this Route 30 or in the Center for the Arts year (with the exception of the May parking lot. film), the Series retains its focus on SWING NOIRE prominent work by first and second Vermont’s hottest Hot Club style time filmmakers.

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Constantinople at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center The Series kicks off on Sunday with the heralded documentary “Cameraperson,” directed by the distinguished multi-award winning cinematographer Kirsten Johnson, and the recipient of nine Best Documentary Feature awards on the current festival circuit.

Tickets are $12 for an individual film. The Series Pass, good for all five films, is just $50. Connect with the Town Hall Theater box office either in person (Monday-Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.), by phone at 3829222 or online at townhalltheater. org.

BRETT HUGHES AT LPV Brett Hughes is playing a cozy evening of intimate music at Lincoln Peak Vineyard on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

He will be joined by Brett Lanier on pedal steel and Pat Melvin on standup bass.

Guitarist, singer and songwriter extraordinaire, Hughes has been playing around Vermont (and the nation) for years with many fine musicians, too numerous to name.

Brett Hughes at Lincoln Peak Vineyard He is a master of the heartbroken harmony and the honky tonk throw-down, and has written some exquisite songs. And Hughes is finally making a record! Lincoln Peak Vineyard is throwing a little party — house concert-style — to

support the project.

Admission is free; contributions and album pre-sales are gratefully accepted. Wine by the glass, and cheese, sausage and crackers will be available. Lincoln Peak Vineyard (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

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VA-ET-VIENT IN LINCOLN Va-et-vient will be performing in the Burnham Music Series at Burnham Hall in Lincoln on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Va-et-vient brings to audiences their repertoire of French, Québecois, Cajun and Créole music. The trio includes Carol Reed on voice, guitar and mandolin; Suzanne Germain on voice and percussion; and Lausanne Allen on voice, fiddles, flutes and mandolin. With backgrounds rich in French culture and language, and through lifelong experiences living and traveling in French-speaking lands, they have engaged audiences with their beautiful harmonies since 2001.

Admission is $10 for adults; teens and kids free. Refreshments will be served. Burnham Hall is located at 52 River Road in Lincoln. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call 388-6863.

INTERNATIONAL FILM The 2016-2017 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2016 US film, “They Look Like People,” directed by Perry Blackshear.

Wyatt suspects that people are transforming into malevolent shapeshifters and flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian. As the mysterious horrors close in on Wyatt, he questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself. A genre-bending story about love, loyalty and living nightmares.

The film will be shown at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125). It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children. This is probably one of them.

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT Denise Letendre Bach is an artist, a mother, a native of Connecticut and now a Vermont resident — all aspects of what inspires her and the art that she creates. Her new photography exhibit at the Compass Music and Arts Center shows Vermont through her lens.

“Vermont: Ideals & Ordeals” opens on Friday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.

Since moving here, Bach has embraced Vermont, fallen in love with the landscape, been hypnotized

by Vermont architecture and even learned to appreciate Vermont’s “fifth season,” mud season. The (See Beat, Page 13)

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Beat (Continued from Page 11) exhibit runs through February 11.

The Compass Music and Arts Center is located in Park Village at 333 Jones Drive in Brandon (Park Village used to be the Brandon Training School, located 1.5 miles north of downtown Brandon off Arnold District Rd.). For more information, visit cmacvt.org.

ACROPOLIS EXHIBIT A new exhibit, “Untouched by Time: The Athenian Acropolis from Pericles to Parr” opens on Tuesday in the Overbrook Gallery in the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Constructed in the fifth century BCE, the Periclean building program on the Athenian Acropolis is the most celebrated architectural expression of the High Classical Age. This exhibition brings together early archaeological publications, antiquarian paintings, drawings, and prints, as well as photographs, books and more recent images all drawn from collections at Middlebury.

Together they bear testimony to the fascination with the Acropolis that has prevailed from the Enlightenment to the present.

The exhibit, which runs through April 23, is free. For more information, call 443-3168.

SCULPTURAL EXHIBIT A new exhibit of sculptural architecture by Middlebury College students opens on Tuesday in the Johnson Memorial Building on Chateau Road off College Street (Route 125).

The exhibition features intricate houses made from balsa, hardwoods, foam core and fused glass. Each is built to fit an actual site on campus by combining practical approaches of architectural thinking with philosophical freedoms of studio art. The sculptures are accompanied by large color photographs that show them installed on campus.

The exhibit, which runs through Jan. 17, is free and the public is welcome. Johnson is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday-Friday. For more information, call 443-3168.

EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS An opening reception for a new exhibit of paintings by Molly Watson Hawley will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday in the Jackson Gallery at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater.

Hawley works in a number of media to explore how the surface images of the visible world represent a deeper reality. The exhibit will include landscapes, seascapes and portraits.

The Jackson Gallery is in the lower level of Town Hall Theater, located in the center of Middlebury. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday noon to 5 p.m. and an hour before any public events in the building.

For further information, call 3829222 or visit townhalltheater.org.

BESSETTE QUARTET The Bessette Quartet with Brennan Gervia and the High School All Stars will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main Street, Vergennes.

This combination of veteran

musicians and “young lions” will create a joyful, toe-tapping dancing experience not to be missed.

Tickets are $10 adults, and $5 for students (with ID), available in advance at Classic Stitching on Main Street in Vergennes, or at the door. Purchase online at vergennesoperahouse.org or call 877-6737.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be one live music performance this week at Two Brothers Tavern located at 86 Main Street in Middlebury. Join Two Brothers every Wednesday at 9 p.m. for The Open Mic, an evening of music, comedy or anything else.

Alternately hosted by Mark Sikora and Kai Stanley, come cheer on your friends or let loose on the stage. It’s free to enter and there is no cover charge. For additional information, call 388-0002.

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Bill McKibben and activist Amy Goodman to give a joint talk RANDOLPH — Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben will join journalist and activist Amy Goodman on stage at the Chandler Music Hall this Saturday for an evening of motivating and thought-provoking discussion.

The event will take place in

Randolph on Jan. 14 beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Fans can easily go online and find discussions between McKibben, a Ripton resident and scholar at Middlebury College, and Goodman of “Democracy Now!” — there are many that have been publicized. The two activists and speakers initiate

motivating dialogue in regards to the changing environment, and government policies. They have appeared together at colleges, on the Democracy Now! radio show and at a variety of lecture halls across the nation.

McKibben is not a person you’d expect to find handcuffed in the city jail in Washington, D.C. But that’s where he spent three days in the summer of 2011, after leading the largest civil disobedience in thirty years to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. A few months later the protesters would see their efforts rewarded when President Obama agreed to put the project on hold.

An author and environmentalist McKibben in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the “Alternative Nobel.” His 1989 book “The End of Nature” is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages; he’s gone on to write a dozen more books. He is a founder of 350.org, the first planetwide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty thousand rallies around the world in every country except North Korea, spearheaded the resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and launched the fast-growing fossil

BILL MCKIBBEN fuel divestment movement.

In 2010, McKibben was appointed to the position of Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College in Vermont.

He joined the college in 2001 and was previously scholar in residence in environmental studies. He is a former staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and currently writes regularly for numerous publications, including the Atlantic

Monthly, Harpers, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times and Outside Magazine. Also in 2010, McKibben received the annual $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship at The Nation Institute Annual Dinner Gala in New York City.

Goodman is the host and executive producer of “Democracy Now!,” a national daily independent, awardwinning news program airing on over 1,400 public television and radio stations worldwide. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard honored Goodman with the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Prize, for “developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media.” The Independent of London called Amy Goodman and “Democracy Now!” “an inspiration.”

Tickets to Bill McKibben and Amy Goodman at Chandler are available by calling the Chandler box office, noon-5 p.m., MondayFriday, at (802) 728-6464 or online at www.chandler-arts.org.

Free tax help available through CVOEO ADDISON COUNTY — Beginning this winter, RSVP, the United Way of Addison County, AARP and CVOEO will once again be offering free tax assistance programs to the general public.

These programs are designed to help low to moderate income

households save extra money after the holidays by avoiding tax preparation fees.

RSVP and CVOEO will have AARP-trained/IRS-certified volunteers available to prepare state and federal income tax returns and answer tax questions for low-

and middle-income residents of Addison County. Special attention will be given to those ages 60 and older as well as those who are disabled.

Appointments are available through RSVP beginning Feb. 20.

They will offer tax preparation at three convenient Addison County locations: the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes, the Bristol Rescue Squad and the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association.

Appointments will be available at CVOEO beginning Feb. 1.

The program allows filers with an income of less than $64,000 (in calendar year 2016) to file their federal and state returns online anytime, anywhere for free. Filers needing extra assistance navigating the website or with basic tax law questions may also make an appointment with an IRS-certified volunteer tax assistant.

Appointments will be available at the United Way of Addison County in Middlebury beginning Jan. 23.

An active email address and a basic ability to navigate the Internet are required to successfully use this free, self-service method of online tax preparation.

For more information, visit: unitedway.org/myfreetaxes.

To determine which program is best for you, or to schedule an appointment, call the RSVP/ United Way of Addison County seasonal hotline at 398-0004, or CVOEO at 388-2285 beginning in mid-January 2017.

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Bristol Beat Where have the moose gone? Find out Thursday NEW HAVEN — Naturalist Tina Scharf of Lincoln will give a talk in New Haven on Thursday about some of the reasons moose populations have declined across North America in the southern end of their range. She will also discuss how this phenomenon illustrates general concepts of population dynamics.

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The auditors are requesting that all committees submit their reports by Jan 20. Please check your reports for grammar, punctuation and spelling and have it copy ready for the Town Report. This greatly helps to get the report to the printers on time.

You can submit your report to the Town Hall during regular hours, leave your copy in the drop box to the right of the front door of the Town Hall or email it to the Town Clerk atmonktontc@comcast.net (please note that it is for the auditors). The auditors really appreciate your help and cooperation in getting your reports to them so that the Town Report stays informative to the townspeople.

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The Jan. 12 talk titled “Where Have All the Moose Gone?” will take place at the New Haven Town Hall, begins at 7 p.m. and is part of the Armchair Naturalist Speaker Series, sponsored by the New Haven Conservation Commission.

Scharf has a Master’s Degree in Wildlife Biology from the Univer-

sity of Vermont. Her thesis subject was “Impact of moose bark stripping on mountain ash in Vermont.”

She worked for the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, including seven years as the Osprey Recovery Project coordinator.

She was a researcher on the 2009 “Critical Paths” study for the Na-

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this winter. Don’t forget, if you feel cold when you go out, your pet also feels the cold. It is advisable to bring your pet inside on those extra cold nights or days. Also, don’t let your pets run loose around the neighborhood. Keep your pet on your own property. It’s important to keep your pet safe and be courteous to your neighbor.

Willowell has several upcoming programs available. The Wren’s Nest Forest Preschool is now licensed to take six-year-olds. Welcome to students who are homeschooling or seeking one day a week alternative to kindergarten. Go to www.willowell.org/programs/ wrens-nest-preschool/ for more information.

Also, Camp Snow Fire will be held Feb. 20-24, from 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. at the Willowell Land in Monkton. Check the website: www. willowell.org/programs/camp-

snow-fire/ for more information.

The Willowell annual Boogie Benefit will be held March 18 at Burnham Hall in Lincoln.

There were three dedicated people who had to say “goodbye” to Willowell this summer. Many thanks to Katie McEachen, Head Teacher and Founder of Wren’s Nest Preschool. Also, two AmeriCorps members: Madison Rossi and Josh Carter, serving Willowell for one and two years respectively.

Also a big ‘Thank you’ to Board President Sarah Schantz, who is stepping down after two years.

Three new members will join the Willowell team this year: Lindsay Laird, new Director of Wren’s Nest, Jackson Van Raan, VYDC AmeriCorps State member, and Katherine Staley, AmeriCorps Vista. Welcome! Check www.willowell.org for more information about these programs and Willowell.

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The Armchair Naturalist Speaker Series is held the second Thursday of the month.

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EAGLE JUNIOR EMMA CARTER puts in two of her game-high 25 points against Vergennes Friday night. Mount Abraham won the game, 45-25.

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Defense sparks Eagles over Commodores Mount Abe’s early and late surges also prove to be pivotal

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — In front of a big crowd on Friday at Vergennes Union High School, the visiting Mount Abraham girls’ basketball team used tough man-to-man defense and fullcourt pressure to deal the Commo-

dores their second loss of the winter.

In a high-intensity game that included two buzzer-beating three-pointers, the Eagles forced 16 VUHS first-half turnovers and got 15 of junior forward Emma Carter’s game-high 25 points before the

break to take a 27-13 halftime lead.

The Commodores worked hard to cut the lead to 10 late in the third quarter, but then went scoreless for five-and-a-half minutes as the Eagles pulled away for the victory.

Carter said the 5-3 Eagles — a

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ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school boys’ basketball play late last week, only Otter Valley pulled out a win, as Mount Abraham, Vergennes and Middlebury all came up short.

OTTERS The Otters got a balanced scored effort in a wire-to-wire, 56-33 decision over winless host Springfield.

Tyler Peterson (15 points), Derek Aines (14), Tyler Mackie (11)

and Josh Letourneau (10) all — 6-1, 6-0 vs. D-II competition reached double figures as the — rode a big first half past the Otters improved to 5-2 Eagles, 58-42. Mike Morgan — without playing a BASKETBALL scored 17 of his game-high home game. They are 26 points before the break as set to host VUHS on Wrap-Up MRU took a 36-18 lead. The Wednesday and DiviMinutemen maintained a sion II power Mill River on Friday double-digit lead in the second half. in a rematch of a game OV lost on Jackson Counter (15 points) the road. and Coleman Russell (12) led EAGLES the Eagle offense as Mount Abe On Thursday, visiting Mill River (See Wrap, Page 22)

team that has often relied on a 3-2 zone — have played more manto-man this season, and on Friday things clicked.

“Defensively we all came together as a team,” Carter said. “Everybody played their role. We had great energy on the floor tonight.”

And when they forced turnovers,

that defensive effort led to points in transition. The Eagles took a 13-4 lead with an 11-0 first-quarter run that included seven transition points, five from Carter and two from junior forward Olivia Young (four points, four rebounds), and consecutive hoops from Carter and sophomore (See Basketball, Page 21)

MUHS boys’ hockey moves to 4-3 MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team won twice last week to move over .500 for the first time this season at 4-3, 3-2 in Division I play.

On Wednesday, the Tigers edged Woodstock, 1-0, on a Henry Hodde goal with 3:41 left in regulation. Jake Peluso picked up the assist. MUHS goalie Jeffrey Stearns earned the shutout with 11 saves, and Wasp goalie Jason Drebber kept his

team in the game with 29 saves.

On Saturday, the Tigers erupted for a season-high four goals in a 4-2 win at Rice. Three of those goals came in the first period as MUHS took control early.

Scoring for the Tigers were Devon Kearns, Andrew Gleason, Alexander Yurista and Josh Girard. Goalie Doug DeLorenzo backstopped the win 27 saves, while two Green Knight goalies combined for 23 stops.

Addison Independent, Monday, January 9, 2017 — PAGE 21

EAGLE SOPHOMORE JALEN Cook fires a long shot in front of a big Vergennes crowd Friday night.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

Basketball (Continued from Page 20) forward Jalen Cook (eight points, three assists) in which they set each other up.

“When we run the floor we often get more buckets,” Carter said. “We have more energy and chemistry on the floor, and I think man defense helps us with that.”

Eagle Coach Connie Larose agreed that playing man-to-man allowed the Eagles to create a faster pace that they handled better than the Commodores.

“Any time Mount Abe and Vergennes play, it’s just a great atmosphere,” LaRose said. “But you have to ready for the energy that’s coming from all over the gym, and I thought we handled that fairly well tonight.”

VUHS Coach Billy Waller praised

his 4-2 team for playing hard, but agreed the Commodores might have been caught up in the moment. He said he should have done more to “idle back” his team and get them to relax with the ball.

“Defensively we were doing our best to be aggressive and move our feet,” Waller said. “And then offensively we were still in that mode.

There wasn’t that ability to take that extra second to make the right pass, make the right play.”

VUHS will also work on boxing out. Carter (seven rebounds) and Young hurt VUHS on the offensive glass.

“We played some good defense, and then they got the rebound and got the putbacks,” Waller said.

In the first period VUHS took a 4-3 lead on Xzavia Berry hoop in-

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Xzavia Berry puts up a jumper during Friday’s game against Mount Abraham. Berry had eight points and 12 rebounds in the loss to the Eagles.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

side assisted by Caroline Johnston and a Shay Pouliot jumper at 5:05.

But then came the Eagles’ 11-0 run.

Finally Ciara McClay answered as the horn sounded, swishing a 24-foot three-pointer as the fans erupted.

Score BOARD & Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 1/4 MUHS vs. Burr & Burton.....................8-0 1/7 MUHS vs. South Burlington................7-0 Boys’ Hockey 1/4 MUHS vs. Woodstock.........................1-0 1/7 MUHS vs. Rice...................................4-2 Boys’ Basketball 1/4 Burr & Burton vs. VUHS.................65-56 1/5 Mill River vs. Mount Abe.................58-42 1/6 Burr & Burton vs. MUHS.................52-39 1/7 Fairfax vs. VUHS............................72-64 1/7 OV vs. Springfield...........................56-33 Girls’ Basketball 1/4 Rutland vs. OV...............................46-27

1/6 OV vs. Proctor................................50-26 1/6 Mount Abe vs. VUHS......................45-25 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 1/6 Midd. vs. Amherst...............................3-1 1/7 Midd. vs. Amherst...............................1-1 Men’s Hockey 1/6 Wesleyan vs. Midd.............................3-2 1/7 Trinity vs. Midd....................................5-2 Women’s Basketball 1/6 Midd. vs. Wesleyan........................76-63 1/7 Midd. vs. Connecticut.....................58-56 Men’s Basketball 1/6 Midd. vs. Wesleyan........................83-65 1/7 Midd. at Connecticut.......................97-89

Two Pouliot free throws and a Berry bucket offset three Carter points, and it was 19-11 at 4:30 of the second. Then the Eagles went on an 8-2 run to close the half. Carter scored four, junior guard Grace Nor-

man hit a jumper, and junior guard Emma LaRose struck in a transition to make it 27-13. Only a strong Pouliot lefty layup at 3:00 broke the run.

(See Girls, Page 22)

Late events occured after deadline.

Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

SCHEDULE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Hockey 1/11 Colchester at MUHS....................7 p.m.

1/14 U-32 at MUHS.............................7 p.m.

Girls’ Hockey 1/11 Colchester at MUHS....................5 p.m.

1/14 Northfield at MUHS......................5 p.m.

Boys’ Basketball 1/11 VUHS at OV.................................7 p.m.

1/13 Mt. Abe at VUHS.........................7 p.m.

1/13 Mill River at OV............................7 p.m.

1/13 MUHS at Rutland.........................7 p.m.

Girls’ Basketball 1/9 VUHS at Montpelier..................7:30 p.m.

1/10 Missisquoi at MUHS....................7 p.m.

1/11 OV at Burr & Burton.....................7 p.m.

1/13 Winooski at MUHS..................... 7 p.m.

1/14 VUHS at Milton.....................11:30 a.m.

1/14 Mt. Abe at North Country.............2 p.m.

1/14 Springfield at OV....................2:30 p.m.

Wrestling 1/9 Mt. Abe at Spaulding.....................6 p.m.

1/10 Mt. Anthony/BF at OV..................6 p.m.

1/11 Essex et al at MUHS....................6 p.m.

1/11 VUHS at CVU..............................6 p.m.

1/13&14........VUHS/MUHS/Mt.Abe at Essex 1/14 ........................OV at Adirondack Duals Gymnastics 1/9 U-32 at MUHS...............................6 p.m.

Indoor Track 1/14 MUHS/VUHS at UVM..................1 p.m.

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 1/13 Stevenson at Midd.......................7 p.m.

1/14 Endicott at Midd...........................3 p.m.

Men’s Hockey 1/10 Norwich at Midd...........................7 p.m.

1/13 Midd. at Plattsburgh.....................7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball 1/13 Tufts at Midd................................7 p.m.

1/14 Bates at Midd...............................3 p.m.

Men’s Basketball 1/13 Midd. at Tufts...............................7 p.m.

1/14 Midd. at Bates..............................3 p.m.

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Sports BRIEFS

Girls

Girls’ hockey still unbeaten

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team picked up a pair of one-sided victories last week to improve to 5-0-1. The Tigers are in a three-way battle with Rutland (7-0-1) and Essex (6-1) for the lead in Division I. On Wednesday, Helen Anderson’s four goals helped the Tigers in an 8-0 victory over visiting Burr and Burton. Lexi Bartlett scored twice, Julia Carone chipped in a goal and an assist, and Satchel McLaughlin added a goal. Goalie Katie Billings

backstopped the win with six stops.

On Saturday, Carone scored three times as the Tigers blanked host South Burlington, 7-0. Billings made nine saves as she and the Tigers picked up their third straight shutout.

Also contributing to the attack were Andi Boe (a goal and two assists), Monroe Cromis (a goal and an assist), Anderson and Molly Wetmore (a goal apiece) and Bartlett (three assists). Rebel goalie Lyssa Tan made 33 saves.

OV girls basketball earn first victory BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union High School girls’ basketball split two games late last week, including the 1-3 Otters’ first win.

That came on Friday, when Coach Steve Keith said the Otters played a strong all-around team game in defeating visiting Proctor, 50-26.

Keith said good ball movement

help Gabriela Poalino break free for 27 points, while Leah Pinkowski (nine) and Julia Lee (seven) also chipped in offensively.

On Wednesday, visiting Rutland topped the Otters, 46-27. Poalino led OV with 13 points, and Lee added seven. Elisa Magro scored 15 for the Raiders.

Wrap (Continued from Page 20) dropped to 4-3.

COMMODORES On Wednesday, the Commodores used a big second quarter to take a 31-22 halftime lead over host Burr & Burton, but the Bulldogs fought back for a 65-56 win. VUHS was within three in the late going before the 4-2 Bulldogs hit enough free throws to pull away. Adam Gill led VUHS with 21 points.

On Saturday, visiting Fairfax out-

lasted the Commodores, 72-64. Ben Keogh scored 15 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to spark the Bullets.

Gill (29) and Dylan Bradford (16) led the 0-8 Commodores in scoring.

TIGERS On Friday, host Burr & Burton bested MUHS, 52-39, behind balanced scoring and defense. Trey Kaufmann’s 13 points led the 0-8 Tigers.

(Continued from Page 21) The Commodores stopped giving the ball away in the third period, but still struggled to score. Their man defense disrupted the Eagles, and got if a couple more shots had dropped, Waller said, things might have been different.

“It would have been nice to know if we had made some of those layups in the third quarter how the game would have turned out,” he said.

In the first 7:58 all the Eagles managed was a jumper from Cook and a Carter three. Meanwhile Berry put in a VUHS miss. Johnston nailed two jumpers, and at 2:20 Megan Tarte drained a three-pointer to make it 32-22. At the other end, Commodore sophomore forward Brianna Vander Wey brought the fans to their feet by swatting an Eagle layup attempt, and maybe momentum was shifting.

But VUHS couldn’t hit another shot, and at 0:02 Carter sank a dagger of a three-pointer to make it 3522.

While VUHS didn’t score for the first 3:22 of the fourth, Eagle guard Vanessa Dykstra (two free throws) and Cook (a layup on an inbounds feed from LaRose, her fourth assist) put the game out of reach.

Carter noted the Eagles have a winning record even though the Eagles have many new players into the team and are playing so far without injured junior veterans Abby Mansfield, a guard, and Emma Radler, a forward, who hope to return by February.

“There are a lot of kids who have made a lot of improvement,” Carter said. “Plus when we get Abby Mansfield and Emma Radler back it’s going to be awesome.”

LaRose noted on top of the injuries, the Eagles have had a tough schedule and had to hold preseason

MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, January 10 5 a.m. Public Affairs 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 2 p.m. Green Mountain Care Board 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Selectboard (LIVE), Public Affairs Wednesday, January 11 5 a.m. Development Review Board (DRB) 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 2 p.m. Green Mountain Care Board 5 p.m. Lifelines 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs Thursday, January 12 5 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 10 a.m. Energy, Climate Change: Visions, Path Forward 12 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 5:30 p.m. Eckankar 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Development Review Board Through the night: Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) Friday, January 13 5:30 a.m. Green Mountain Care Board 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Eckankar 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Selectboard

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EAGLE DEFENDER JALEN Cook deflects a shot by Commodore Rebbeca Maloy during girls’ basketball action in Vergennes Friday night.

Photo by Mark Bouvier

practices at odd hours at Bristol Elementary School because Mount Abe’s gym floor had to be replaced this fall.

“We’ve had a lot of character-building experiences right from the get-go,” LaRose said. “But we’re hanging in there.”

For VUHS, Berry notched eight points and 12 boards, Pouliot scored six, Johnston added four and played creditable defense on Carter, and

Morgan Lynk chipped in two assists.

Waller remains encouraged by the Commodores’ winning start, and he sees plenty of upside.

“We’re still building,” he said. “I feel like we still have room to grow.”

And all agreed the VUHS gym was a fun place to be on Friday night.

“It was a great crowd,” Carter said. “I love the chanting back and forth. It’s awesome.”

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Gov. Scott — like IBM — to Vermont. He team in place to respond,” Scott (Continued from Page 1) exodus of the state’s youngest urged officials to pursue a different said of potential dramatic changes workers to better job prospects in tack: Wooing and nurturing small to to the federal Affordable Care Act. moderate-size businesses that could “Here at home, our goal is to make other parts of the country.

“From 2000 to 2010 the number grow into major employers and healthcare more affordable and accessible for every Vermonter and of 25- to 45-year-olds in Vermont economic engines.

“Going forward, we will mirror our every business.” decreased by 30,000,” he said.

He acknowledged the clean water “That’s enough people to fill this strong support of larger employers chamber 60 times over. That is our with our efforts for small business,” goals for Vermont set forth in Act working class ... the folks who buy he said. “Fostering job creation and 64, and federal authorities will homes, have children in school, pay recruiting entrepreneurs will create closely monitor the state’s efforts to a more resilient economy.” reach those goals. taxes and drive our economy.

“I am confident we can work “Those losses shrink our tax base ADDICTION EPEDIMIC Like his predecessor Gov. Peter together, within our existing and deter businesses from opening Shumlin, Scott said it will be resources, hand-in-hand with here, making Vermont less essential for the state to help the agricultural community and and less affordable for those citizens struggling with municipalities,” he said of water who remain” he added. addiction. He promised cleanup efforts. “We will uphold “It’s a complex problem to establish a Director of our obligations, but we will not fill and it will not be solved Drug Abuse Prevention, this gap by raising taxes and fees. overnight. But we literally an Opioid Coordination Vermonters do not have the capacity cannot afford to ignore this Council and added to pay more.” issue anymore.”

See a full transcript of The governor did not offer any he’ll convene a State To that end, he Gov. Scott’s and Lt. Gov. Convention on Drug specifics on how he proposes to called for a “laserZuckerman’s speeches achieve his goals — and do so Abuse Prevention. focus” on attracting with this story online at “With compassion, without raising taxes and fees at and retaining working addisonindependent.com. perseverance and a time when state officials are age people in an effort the strength of all forecasting a $50 million to $70 to rebuild Vermont’s workforce through better education Vermonters, we will continue million revenue shortfall for fiscal services, training, more affordable to lead the nation in addressing year 2018. He promised to include housing, more aggressive economic this challenge, reducing stigma some of those details in the budget proposal he will unveil development — and without raising and shedding light to lawmakers later this onto the darkness of “If we are taxes or fees. month.

Specifically, he called for addiction,” he said. innovative, and “My administration enhanced lawmakers and public education “With will establish more better are willing to leaders to “rethink our entire treatment, education spectrum,” placing a prevention and stricter change ... we can sustainable budgeting policies, which greater emphasis on pre-K and post- enforcement, we can have the best continue our efforts to education system address fundamental high school opportunities. cost drivers across “If we are innovative, and are turn the tide.” in the country state government,” “We must also willing to change ... we can have — and perhaps he said. “We will our moral the best education system in the meet and which one of the best in modernize country — and perhaps one of the obligations, providing the world — with rethink government best in the world — with what we includes to health what we already to find efficiencies, already spend,” Scott said. “If you access and budget more don’t share this goal — if you don’t care ... protecting spend.” environment believe we can achieve this — you our — Gov. Phil Scott strategically. And we will make necessary are holding us back, at a time when and waterways ... investments to grow and ensuring all our we must all press forward.

“We can revitalize the entire citizens have safe, clean drinking our workforce and our economy.”

LOCAL REACTION system, so we no longer have to water.

Local lawmakers said Scott had Also on Scott’s agenda: Making accept rising taxes and compromises outlined some laudable goals that in the quality of our children’s health care more affordable.

“There’s no question, the change have been shared by several of his education,” he added.

Scott noted the state’s past in Washington creates a level of recent predecessors. But some were strategy of luring giant businesses uncertainty, but we have a strong concerned that Scott had not shared

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details on the frugal path he wants to follow in reaching his objectives.

“That’s the big plan — we are going to be ‘bold,’” said Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison. “We’re going to change the demographics, change the working climate, change jobs and clean up Lake Champlain. I didn’t hear anything concrete.”

Ayer and Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven, were particularly perplexed

by Scott’s lack of specifics on Lake Champlain cleanup.

Bray, chairman of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee, pointed to a recent, non-partisan estimate of around $70 million annually to achieve the

federally mandated lake cleanup goals.

“It was great to hear him say he is for clean water, but we’re all for clean water, and we need a (financial) plan,” Bray said. “It’s going to take a big commitment, financially and personnel-wise, to implement the (cleanup) plan.”

As someone who lives on the shores of Lake Champlain, Ayer has been keenly interested in efforts to clean it.

“I heard pretty clearly that (Scott) is not going to raise any money to clean up Lake Champlain,” Ayer said. “I find that a huge (See Jobs, Page 24)

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Jobs (Continued from Page 23) for someone who was in the building disappointment. It’s very clear we’re for 16 years, there’s very little in the not going to be able to do it within way of policies, programs and bills the structures we have in place, from that he brought forward.” my point of view.”

“There is not much with his Bray said he was surprised the signature on it,” Ayer added. governor didn’t mention “energy” Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury, during his speech. gave her take on Scott’s speech.

“The job sector that has been “I think the governor said some growing the most during the past positive things; I think we could few years is energy,” Bray said. “A have used some specifics,” she said. lot of them are good“I think he called paying jobs.” out the importance “We will uphold Ayer disputed Scott’s of Vermont’s claim that Vermont is our obligations, environment to our not yet an “education but we will not quality of life and destination.”

She fill this gap by invigorating the said many former raising taxes and economy, which I Vermonters are moving fees. Vermonters totally agree with.” back, in part, due to the Like Ayer and quality of schools in do not have the Bray, Sheldon was the Green Mountain capacity to pay concerned Scott more.”

State. didn’t propose a “This is the same — Gov. Phil Scott payment scheme for stuff we have been the lake cleanup. hearing since Jim Rep. Fred Baser, Douglas and Peter Shumlin,” Ayer R-Bristol, is particularly interested said. “(Douglas and Shumlin) had in the state’s tax policies. He said a few ideas. But I didn’t hear one “it will be a challenge” to preserve single idea (from Scott), to be programs for the most vulnerable honest. He’s only had two months citizens, take on initiatives like the since he was elected, and maybe he lake cleanup, and still present a needs a little more time.” budget that is in line with the growth Bray said he hopes Scott can “rise of the state economy. to the occasion, and that things will “I’m really delighted he was so work out. I think he’s got a good optimistic about what could be done, heart and mind, and I genuinely and his repeated emphasis on trying think he wants to see us do better. to work with everyone,” Baser said.

He’s the governor, and I want to “It’s a good attitude to go into this see him succeed. But it’s a really with.” different job than he’s done so far EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE in the Legislature. I’m not taking Last biennium Baser introduced anything away from his work, but a bill seeking to boost the state’s

stock of workforce housing — an issue he will again champion this year. So he was pleased to hear Scott acknowledge the need for more affordable abodes.

“It’s a great economic development tool, as well as just a healthy thing,” Baser said.

Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol, chairs the House Education Committee. So he was very attentive to Scott’s call for revitalizing the state’s public education system and placing more emphasis on pre-K and higher ed.

“I think we have some common ground,” Sharpe said.

Sharpe believes there are some savings opportunities, especially within the realm of special education services.

“Some of the way we fund education and some of the roadblocks to best practices that might be in the statute, we need to look at those,” Sharpe said. “I think there is room for improvement there, and we may be willing partners with the administration in that regard.”

Like Scott, Sharpe also believes strongly in improving the state’s vocational and technical education programs. Sharpe, a former automotive technology instructor, said the state voc-tech system could provide easier pathways to higher degrees for students seeking careers in that field.

Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, gave Scott high marks for his address.

“Improving the economy, strengthening our education system

FORMER GOV. JAMES Douglas and his wife, Dorothy, of Middlebury were among many the state dignitaries present for Gov. Phil Scott’s inaugural speech at the Statehouse on Thursday.

Independent photo/John Flowers

and working to improve our water worked hard to craft sustainable quality are good (priorities),” said state budgets — a particularly tough Smith, who also appreciated the feat given the amount of one-time governor’s goal to realize his agenda money the feds gave to Vermont with existing state dollars. during the recent recession.

Smith is confident the Legislature That said, lawmakers are will play a big role in beginning the fiscal helping Scott fill in the year 2018 budget logistics and financial process with a $70 details of his plans. million revenue hole, Rep. Diane Lanpher, Lanpher noted. This D-Vergennes, is a adds to the skepticism member of the House over Scott’s Appropriations suggestion that Lake Committee. She, too, Champlain cleanup is anxious to hear how can occur without new Scott proposes to pay revenue, according to for a lengthy menu Lanpher. of 2017-2018 goals “I’m at a little bit shared by previous of a loss, but I look administrations and forward to his budget Legislatures. address,” she said. “I “If I closed my will stay open minded eyes during the as to how he can stay speech today, it could “It was great to within the current have been Peter financial world, when hear him say Shumlin’s address that current world is $70 million off.” from six years ago,” he is for clean Lanpher gave a Lanpher said, citing water, but we’re reminder that Scott’s in particular economic all for clean agenda and budget development and water, and we affordability priorities. need a (financial) ideas could soon be changed by external “I’m very pleased that forces. so much of his agenda plan.”

— Sen. Chris Bray “It’s the unknown aligns with so much with what committees that’s giving everyone have been working on anxiety,” Lanpher the past six years.” said. “There’s the federal (funding) But Lanpher noted legislators have chaos we know might be coming our already been implementing some of way, and we don’t know what that’s the principles Scott promoted during going to mean.”

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Students of the Week from area High Schools Otter Valley Union High School Mount Abraham Union High School Otter Valley Union High School is pleased to announce Will Ross as its Student of the Week. Will lives in Brandon with his parents, Doug and Liz Ross. His sister Ellie is a freshman at Otter Valley.

Will has been on the honor roll every semester in high school while taking advanced courses. He is currently enrolled in two AP classes, Literature and European History, and is scheduled to take AP Calculus next semester. Last spring, he was awarded the Saint Anselm book award for civic engagement.

Will played football all throughout high school and was selected as three-time All State Offensive Team. This year he was awarded the team MVP for defense. He also played basketball his freshman and sophomore years, and lacrosse through his junior year. This spring, he plans to play golf. He also participated in the school band throughout freshman and sophomore years, and the Jazz band his freshman, sophomore and junior years.

Currently, Will works part-time as a snowboard instructor at Killington ski resort. Last summer, he worked in the kitchen of Camp Keewaydin, cooking delicious food for the campers. The summer before that Will worked at Aubuchon Hardware stocking shelves and Will Ross working the register. And in the summer of 2014, he worked in the O.V.U.H.S. kitchen at Middlebury College washing dishes.

Outside of school, Will enjoys playing the guitar, snowboarding, watching movies and just hanging out with classmates.

Will has learned that to succeed in life effort is key. His personal philosophy is that life goes on. His advice to other students is to keep in mind that life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.

After high school Will plans to attend college. He’s been accepted to UVM and the University of New England, and is waiting to hear from a number of other schools. He loves the outdoors, and is interested in having a career in the field of outdoor adventure leadership.

Teacher Mrs. Cioffredi said, “Although Will does not bring attention to himself, he does not go unnoticed.

He has a very relaxed manner but stands out as someone who truly is comfortable with who he is. I have immense respect for his intellectual abilities. He is inquisitive, observant and persistent in his approach to learning. I see Will as Renaissance man. He is multi-talented and eclectic.”

Mount Abraham Union High School is pleased to announce Keion Correll as its Student of the Week. Keion lives in Bristol with his parents, Kathy and Charlie Correll. Keion’s younger brother, Kai, is a freshman at Mount Abe. Keion has been on the honor roll every semester throughout high school including a few appearances on the “high” and “highest” honors lists. This past summer he attended Green Mountain Boys State, a mock-government, weeklong camp at Lyndon State College. He stayed in a dorm on campus and spent the week learning about the way government works and about elected political positions from town to state level. He participated as a member of the House of Representatives for the government they had developed for the state of Vermont. Overall, Keion said it was a great experience and he learned a lot about the structure and flow of government.

Keion has played baseball at Mount Abraham since seventh grade, and it’s his favorite sport. Every year he works his hardest to keep getting better. Last year the team made a “Cinderella Run” through the playoffs and worked their way to an 11-1 win in the Division II championship game against Lyndon. He also played soccer in eighth grade, and from grades 10-12. This spring he will be participating in the spring musical “Rent.”

Currently, Keion works at Maplefields in Bristol, and he also participated in Keion Correll the “Day of Caring” sponsored by the United Way. As a student at the Patricia M.A.U.H.S. Hannaford Career Center, his engineering/architecture class volunteered their time to paint a bathroom and construct a greenhouse for the Leicester Central School.

Keion values spending time with his friends, playing video games, going for hikes and, most of all, listening to music.

From his high school experience Keion has learned what he wants to do after he graduates. After graduation next June, Keion plans to attend college to study architecture or engineering. After that he hopes to live in Vermont and have a job related to his major.

He knew very early what he wanted to do and has stayed on that path. His advice to other students would be — don’t rush through it. High school goes by way too fast, so cherish the small things. Have fun in school while you can.

Keion says he’s going to miss it a lot.

Art teacher Elise Cleary said, “Keion is an individual who shows a mature thoughtfulness in his approach to life; he is observant and curious and genuinely interested in learning. He exhibits a sensitivity and an empathy for others and makes people feel comfortable and at ease in his presence.”

School counselor April Wortmann said, “Keion is a charismatic young man. He has been super welcoming to me as a new member of Mt. Abe. In my short time I have witnessed him to be someone peers and adults enjoy to be around.

He is dedicated to his work, his activities, and his community.”

Otter Valley Students of the week receive a gift certificate from the Book & Leaf Bookstore. Mt. Abe Students receive a free pizza from Cubbers. Students of the Week from ALL area high schools will receive a gift certificate from Vermont Book Shop. Students of the Week are chosen by school teachers and administration.

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society Jupiter & Venus Parakeets, male & female. “On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me, two parakeets and a partridge in a pear tree...” These two celestial song birds will fill your home with chirps and tweets as they sing in the New Year.

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Pumpkin 10 years, Shepherd mix, spayed female. Pumpkin is a sweet, affectionate older gal who is looking for a home where she can be the only pet. Once attached she can become very possessive and protective of her person and can be very reactive to new people. For these reasons, in order to make a successful match for Pumpkin we are requiring that she be adopted into an adult only home. The ideal home for Pumpkin would be with an experienced dog owner in a settled household where there isn’t a lot of guests coming and going.

Pumpkin is a loving, playful dog looking for the right person to give her the chance she deserves.

Sailor 1.5 years, Lab/Collie mix, neutered male. Sailor is a sweet, smart, energetic young guy who just LOVES to play fetch and play with puzzle toys! He has lived with children and did great with them, but would become overprotective of them if their friends visited. Sailor typically gets along with dogs who have been properly introduced to him, and while he hasn’t lived with cats he didn’t show any interested in the cats here at the shelter. If you are looking for a playful, affectionate, smart dog, then Sailor is your guy!

Princess 1 year, DSH Orange tiger, spayed female. Princess is a gorgeous, feisty young cat who would like to rule her kingdom as an only child (that goes for 2-legged and 4-legged children). Princess needs a lot of physical and mental stimulation to keep her happy and healthy, and isn’t one to idly nap the day away. She is an independent kitty who likes affection in small doses and will let you know when she has had enough. If you are looking for a young cat who won’t be constantly underfoot and who would likely make an excellent mouser, then Princess is the gal for you!

Newman 3 years, DSH Tiger w/ white, neutered male. Newman is a friendly, mellow, laid back cat who came to Homeward Bound as a stray. He enjoys napping in the sun, head scratches, napping on a soft pillow, gentle back rubs, and napping on laps. Did I mention he likes napping? Newman is a gentle fellow with an old-soul personality. If you are looking for a laid back kitty, Newman is your man!

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NEW HAVEN — The New Haven Twilight Tails 4-H Club donated a basket of petrelated products to Homeward Bound, a local animal shelter in Middlebury, in conjunction with

the recent Addison County 4-H Achievement Night. The club also made a basket for the Department of Children and Families in Middlebury.

Other Addison County 4-H clubs that donated

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According to some vets, only the sickest and most exposed

animals are seriously at risk, as long as temperatures remain above freezing (32 degrees). Below that temperature, frostbite and hypothermia may become real concerns. But if optimum comfort for your pet is what you seek, you might want to keep them indoors during the freezing months. If this is not possible, keeping cats sheltered from the cold and wind is doable in the confines of your own back yard. Taking a bale of hay to a windless spot should provide ample opportunity for winter-long safety.

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Fort Ti to re-enact the Battle on Showshoes this Saturday TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — The public is invited to come to historic Fort Ticonderoga for the recreation of the epic 1757 Battle on Snowshoes on the anniversary of the event. This lesser known, but no less dramatic Battle on Snowshoes brings to life the fierce clash in the woods between French soldiers and Rogers Rangers as the roar of muskets highlight Ranger warfare and the struggle for North America.

Discover the peoples, weapons and stories through living history vignettes, exhibitions and hands-on programs. March out with French soldiers and their allies before they spring upon Rogers’ Rangers.

Highlighted programming featured throughout the day brings to life both the British Ranger story and French history at Fort Carillon, later named Ticonderoga. Discover the fight for survival as the Rangers struggle to escape back to Fort Edward, behind British lines. See how French soldiers and officers lived in their quarters inside the fort barracks and watch as soldiers work together to keep each other in fighting shape.

In addition to the living history program, step inside exhibition

spaces and discover the incredible French artifacts on display in the museum. To view a detailed visitor’s schedule, visit www.fortticonderoga. org/events/fort-events/1757-battleon-snowshoes-battle-re-enactment/ detail. Snowshoes are optional/ weather dependent.

Each year as the French and British armies retreated to winter quarters, only token forces were left at the forts at either end of Lake George to hold the posts over the winter. These troops battled the cold as well as probing parties of enemy irregulars in a bitter war where even a few yards outside of the walls of Fort Carillon could be a deadly no-mans-land.

January 21, 1757 began as a normal day for French soldiers garrisoning Fort Carillon. Horsedrawn sleighs and a guard of soldiers left for Crown Point to bring back food and supplies; however, this column never reached its destination, thanks to an ambush

by Robert Rogers and his Rangers. A French soldier riding a draught horse detached from a sleigh galloped with the news into Fort Carillon. A party of one-hundred French soldiers, Canadians and Native warriors

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Two pairs LL Bean snow shoes. Excellent condition. $100.00 for both. For details call 802‑453‑5600. 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

OUR HEARTS ARE READY for a new addition to share every family tradition.

Please call to make us a part of your adoption plan.

Kim & Tom. 877‑297‑0013. www.kimandtomadopt.com

BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.

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OA (OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ days at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT. OPIATE OVERDOSE RESCUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at the Mountain Health Center in Bristol. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plas‑ tering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

CONSTRUCTION: ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

PARTY RENTALS; CHINA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available.

802‑388‑4831.

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING; interior/exterior, resi‑ dential/commercial, pressure washing. 20 years’ experi‑ ence. Best prices. Refer‑ ences. 802‑989‑5803.

RETIRED DAD LOOKING FOR odd jobs; willing to sit with shut‑ins, rides for ap‑ pointments, run errands, or be of any kind of help. Call Bill Baker, 802‑453‑4235.

For Sale ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

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United Technologies Aerospace Systems based in Vergennes, Vermont, designs and manufactures a variety of systems for the aerospace industry worldwide. Our systems include fuel measurement and management, health and usage management, motion control and actuators, fuel safety devices, proximity sensing, fire protection, braking, and steering.

Join UTC Aerospace Systems at our Career Fair to learn about our full-time hourly and salaried openings. Our hourly positions include openings for Assemblers, Welders, Inspectors, Platers and Painters. Our salaried openings include positions in Human Resources, Supply Chain and Engineering in all disciplines.

UTC Aerospace Career Fair

Friday, January 13, 2017 • 9:00am - 3:00pm UTC Aerospace Systems 100 Panton Road Vergennes, Vermont 05491 We are proud of our reputation for quality, reliability, and service that we have earned over the years, and are confident in our continued commitment to provide the best quality concrete products, delivered and erected on time, and to meet the most demanding construction schedules.

FOREMAN - PRECAST CONCRETE - MIDDLEBURY, VT

Organizes crew and ensures quality and safety of the crew’s work. Perform tasks involving physical labor. Works with other foreman, precast engineer, precast supervisor and the precast quality control personnel to coordinate work and schedule manpower needs. Performs checks on setups and finished products for accuracy and conformance to plan and specifications.

Requirements: • 2-5 years supervisory/lead experience.

• Knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies used in construction work.

• Experience in concrete finishing, tying rebar and/or carpentry required.

• Knowledge of prestressing operations preferred.

Please apply online at www.utc.com/careers All applicants must be US citizens, permanent residents or have designated asylee status.

Job seekers must bring their resume and other relevant documents to the event.

If you are unable to attend the event or would like to learn more about career opportunities at UTC, please apply online at www.utc.com/careers.

United Technologies Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability

CONCRETE LABORERS - MIDDLEBURY, VT

Required knowledge of proper use of equipment, materials and supplies used in construction work. Experience in concrete finishing, tying rebar and/or carpentry preferred.

Our benefit package includes: Health Insurance/Paid Vacation/401(k) and Profit Sharing Retirement Plan/STD/Life Insurance.

Please submit resume: Lynn/ HR Manager at lynn@carraraconcrete.com or download an application from our website at www.jpcarrara.com and fax to (802) 775-1048.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Part-time positions available with flexible scheduling.

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The Arbors at Shelburne is a Benchmark Senior Living community focused on caring for individuals with memory related diseases.

$1,500 SIGN ON BONUS LNA’s – full time days We offer competitive wages and benefit packages.

Must mention this ad and accept full time day shift employment to receive the sign on bonus.

Please call and ask for Alysha to schedule an interview or stop in to complete an application and on-the-spot interview.

The Arbors at Shelburne Attn: Alysha Curtis 687 Harbor Road Shelburne,VT 05482 802-985-8600 • phurteau@benchmarkquality.com A Benchmark Assisted Living Community, EOE

RIPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Food Service Director/Cook

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Class A CDL Driver (Vergennes) Full time, immediate opening. Feed Commodities Int’l. is looking for an experienced driver to provide excellent customer service delivering feed to farm customers from our Vergennes mill. This position will be responsible for the timely, efficient, accurate, safe and friendly transportation and unloading of animal feed. An example of responsibilities and expectations include: perform and document pre and post trip vehicle and trailer inspections; drive in a safe and lawful manner at all times; maintain clean, orderly and safe equipment; timely communication of all vehicle and customer issues; maintain a neat and clean personal appearance; and other tasks assigned from time to time.

Minimum of two years tractor trailer experience; valid Class A CDL license with a clean record; basic math skills, ability to work 40-50 hours per week and Saturdays when on call; ability to lift 75 pounds; pass a DOT physical and drug and alcohol checks, and DMV checks.

Benefits include a 401k with match, health, life, and short term disability insurance, paid time off and paid holidays.

Admin/Accounting Assistant (Middlebury)

Full time, immediate opening. We are looking for someone to do a variety of Admin/Accounting duties, including operating expense accounts payable and payroll. Candidates for this job must be detail oriented and energetic. Good communication and computer skills are a must. A strong background in accounting and administrative related work is a must. A college degree is preferred. Feed Commodities offers a competitive salary commensurate to experience and education.

Please send your resume and cover letter to ihiggins@feedcommodities.com.

FEED COMMODITIES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Ripton Elementary School is seeking a Food Service Director/Cook for the remainder of the school year.

Hours are from 9:00AM – 1:30PM when school is in session. Primary job responsibilities include preparing, serving and cleaning up the morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack for 20-45 students.

Additional responsibilities include maintaining a clean and organized kitchen, following state nutrition guidelines, managing inventory and ordering of food supplies, budget oversight, maintenance of records and reports, and participation in school-wide educational initiatives and training. Candidate must enjoy children, have effective communication skills, and a willingness to learn relevant computer software.

Apply by sending a letter of interest, resume and three current references to: Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent of School Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury,VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.

E.O.E.

Help Wanted CURRENTLY looking for a team player with accounting and Quickbooks experience to fill the position of office and accounting manager with immediate effect. Please contact hr@champlainor‑ chards.com to apply.

GOOD POINT RECYCLING is hiring. Materials Handlers to sort through big boxes of used televisions and com‑ puters. Forklift Operators to empty and reload trucks.

Online sale associates to list parts and antiques online.

Visit online at good‑point.net and click: Contact us/Jobs.

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IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR ELECTRICIANS helper or apprentice, for work in the Addison and Rutland County area. Please call 802‑247‑6390 for further in‑ formation.

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PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT needed for young woman in Bristol. Pay based on experience. Call for more details. 802‑453‑4193.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE as is or renovate to suit.

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802‑558‑6092.

281 MAIN STREET, VERGENNES Available now, medium size 2 bedroom apartment. $900 per month.

Laundry hookups, large en‑ closed porch & full bath. Heat and hot water included. Call 802‑862‑7467.

B R A N D ON C H A R MIN G LARGE 1 BEDROOM apartment. $840, heat in‑ cluded. 802‑352‑4700 or visit zillow.com.

BRIDPORT 2 BEDROOM mobile home. Quiet road. $900 month, includes heat and electric. No pets, no smoking. Deposit, cred‑ it check, 1 year lease.

802‑758‑2369.

BRANDON HOUSE FOR RENT. 1880’s farmhouse, 3 BR, 2 full baths. Large rooms, extra storage, w/d hookup, pets negotiable.

References and security deposit required. Available now. $1,200/month+ utilities.

Call 781‑259‑0229.

BRISTOL 3 BEDROOM utilities, trash, snow plow, lawn care, parking and storage space included.

Available now. $1,125/mo.

802‑453‑2566.

For Rent NEW HAVEN, QUIET 1 bedroom, furnished, base‑ ment apartment. $650/month plus deposit. No smoking, no pets. 802‑453‑3183.

BRISTOL APARTMENT, 1 LARGE BEDROOM, with bonus room and 1 bath. Ef‑ ficient gas heat. Excellent condition. Wi‑Fi, water & sewer included. No pets.

No smoking. $735 month.

Contact Tom at Wallace Re‑ alty 802‑453‑4670 or Tom@ WallaceRE.com.

BRISTOL RENTALS WOODLAND APARTMENTS in‑ cluded: heat, water, trash pickup, parking, snow re‑ moval, mowing, range, refrig‑ erator and dishwasher. We fix things. Efficiency $560.

1 bedroom $755. Located on Woodland Drive. Coin wash‑ er and dryer in each building.

Pets negotiable. No smoking. susan_bowen@comcast.net 802‑662‑3136.

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT heat, hot wa‑ ter, snow and lawn care in‑ cluded. Basement. Garage.

802‑453‑2566.

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease.

The entrance door measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high.

For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

FERRISBURGH, UPSTAIRS 2 BEDROOM apartment. $1,000 month plus secu‑ rity deposit. References.

Includes heat, electricity, water and snow removal.

Call 802‑989‑8031 or 802‑343‑6112.

LAKE DUNMORE: COZY 2 bedroom lakefront winterized cottage. Available January to June, shorter periods.

Gas heat, comfortably fur‑ nished, carpeted. Plowing, trash collection, recycling, wifi, satellite TV included.

12 minutes to Middlebury or Brandon. 802‑352‑4236; karen@northcovecottages. com.

MIDDLEBURY: SHARE A CONDO with a man in his 30s interested in playing and watching sports. Re‑ duced rent in exchange for companionship and help around the house. Shared bath.802‑863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refer‑ ences, background checks required. EHO.

NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment.

Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, security deposit, lease. $875/month plus utilities.

802‑236‑2040.

OFFICE SPACE IN MIDDLEBURY. Court Street/Creek Road, 2nd floor. Utilities in‑ cluded. 280 square feet. Con‑ tact Eric at 802‑388‑6054.

OFFICE SPACE IN MIDDLEBURY. Court Street/Creek Road, 2nd floor. Utilities in‑ cluded. 400 square feet. Con‑ tact Eric at 802‑388‑6054.

ROOMMATE WANTED TO SHARE beautiful, furnished townhouse 10 minutes south of Burlington. Available February 1. Large sunny bedroom with private bath.

Shared living room/ dining room with fireplace, finished basement with piano, off street parking, walking trails, pool. Some storage. Addi‑ tional office with half bath option. Prefer mature, non‑ drinker, nonsmoker. Excel‑ lent references. $850.00 plus utilities. Call 802‑734‑2617.

Storage Space 1500 Sq foot of cold storage space in Bristol Two over head doors.

Can be divided into two smaller areas.

CALL 802-363-5619

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For Rent STARKSBORO: SHARE A HOME with woman in her 60s and provide help with housekeeping & yard work. $200/mo. plus utili‑ ties. Shared bath. Must be cat/dog friendly; no additional pets. No smok‑ ing. 802‑863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, references, background checks required. EHO. VERGENNES 3 BED‑ ROOM: washer/dryer hookup. $900/month. No pets. On Monkton Rd. across from Vergennes Variety. Completed ap‑ plication required prior to viewing apartment. Must pass background check.

240‑281‑1508 or email: oco pom.ninja.turtle@ gmail.com. Available Feb‑ ruary 1.

VERGENNES STUDIO APARTMENT, all utilities included. $850/mo. Walk‑ ing distance to everything.

802‑349‑5564.

Att. Farmers

LOCAL FEED: NON‑GMO verified oilseed meal avail‑ able in bulk totes from our Middlebury mill. Pro‑ tein rich, plant‑based, no chemicals, no soy.

Also available; high‑fat finishing feed in smaller quantities. Full Sun Co: 802‑989‑7011.

FOR SALE: 3 BEDROOM home on one acre. Quiet street in Mineville, NY. Thirty minute drive to Mid‑ dlebury. $75,000. Owner financing with cash down or most anything in trade.

518‑569‑0956.

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Att. Farmers

TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer special‑ izing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collectibles, etc. Visit www. bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527.

Consulting/appraisal ser‑ vices available. House calls made free of charge.

HAY FOR SALE Benson, VT. 600 plus, mixed grass round bales. Early cut, plastic twine. Stored out‑ side. 700 to 800 pounds each. Certified organic or regular. $35.00 each. Call 802‑537‑3652.

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BUILDING LOT, DAISY LANE, East Middlebury.

Town water, underground telephone, cable and electric service. Good perking soil. Regular septic. Site approved for 4 bedroom home. Jack Brown, 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350. Email: brownnov@together.net.

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And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say.

The federal government is watching for such discrimination.

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SHOREHAM — The Shoreham Congregational Church will host a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 8 to 10 a.m. at the church on 28 School

Road, Shoreham. Warm up with plain or blueberry pancakes with Vermont maple syrup, scrambled eggs, home fries, sausage, juice and beverages as you

share with your friends and neighbors how you are coping with the cold winter.

The cost is only $7 for adults, $3 for children and $20 for families.

BRANDON — Sixth-graders in the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union School District, along with their parents or caregivers, are invited to take part in a new youth and family education program designed to help them improve their problem-solving and communications skills.

The Strengthening Families Program Ages 10-14 is a free, seven-week program offered through PROSPER (Promoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience), a program of University of Vermont Extension 4-H, in partnership with the school district and community organizations. Sessions will be held Wednesday evenings at Otter Valley Union High School in Brandon March 1 through April 12, and will include dinner for the family, incentives for attendance and free childcare for younger family members.

The program is open to sixth-graders from Leicester Central School, Lothrop Elementary School, Neshobe Elementary School, Otter Valley Union School, Sudbury County School and Whiting Elementary School. Space is limited to 12 students and their families.

For more information or to register, contact Katie Wallett at (802) 247-6833, ext. 205, or kwallett@rnesu.org by Jan. 27. To request a disability-related accommodation to participate, call Kimberly Griffin at (802) 773-3349, ext. 276, by Jan. 27.

Participating students will benefit by learning how to prepare for their teen years, communicate effectively with their parents, deal with stress and peer pressure and avoid alcohol and drug problems. Parents and caregivers will enhance their parenting skills by learning to set limits, make house rules,

encourage positive behaviors, handle stress and help their children understand the negative impact of risky behaviors.

Families will begin each session with a shared meal followed by breakout sessions for adults and youths. During the last hour, the families will reunite to increase family bonding, practice positive communication skills and learn to solve problems together.

In Vermont, PROSPER is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, through a cooperative agreement with UVM. To learn more, go to helpingkidsprosper.org.

Brandon program helps sixth-graders excel

Public Notices Index Public Notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 33

Addison Northwest Supervisory Union – Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham (1) Bridport (1) Middlebury (1) P. Hannaford Career Center (1)

TOWN OF BRIDPORT INVITATION TO BID

The town of Bridport is accepting bids for repairs on the Town gazebo and a few Town Office renovations. Bids to be received no later than January 20, 2017. We reserve the right to refuse all bids. Send letter of interest to Town of Bridport, P.O. Box 27, Bridport , VT 05734. Contact Leonard Barrett for more information at 349-4179.

AGENDA PATRICIA A HANNAFORD CAREER CENTER WED., JAN. 11, 2017 5:00 PM – A208

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Introduction of Board Members 2. Visitors Comments 3. Correspondence Consent Agenda 4. Minutes of Dec. 14, 2016 5. Monthly A/P for Dec. a. Adult Program b. Revolving c. Director’s Orders Action Agenda 6. Policy 2.3 Financial Condition & Activities 7. Act Upon Resignation of IT Coordinator Informational Agenda 8. Superintendent’s Report 9. Dean of Students Report 10. Adult Tech Ed Report Strategic Planning 11. Policy 4.1 Governing Style

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The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of January, 2017.

Wednesday, January 4 12:30 PM ANWSD Negotiations Subcommittee –

Meeting at ANWSU Office 6:15 PM ANWSD Policy Subcommittee – Meeting at VUHS Library Friday, January 6 7:30 AM VUHS Facilities Committee – Meeting at VUHS Tuesday, January 10 9:00 AM ANWSD Negotiations Subcommittee – ) Meeting at ANWSU Conference Room 1 /1 /5 d: 5 (Publishe January 11 6:00 PM Addison Northwest School District Board – sWednesday, d A d e ifi s Clas Budget meeting in the VUHS Library Thursday, January 12 5:30 PM ANWSD Negotiations Subcommittee – ge. lle co to For Rent T se N APARTME wly refurbished. Clo M O Meeting in the VUHS Main Hall Conference Room O R D E ne y, 1B t, Middlebur 0000.

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O en /C m E d base HOU 00. Regular Monthly Meeting in the VUHS Library Garage an OM TOWN 2 BEDRO mons, Vergennes. heat. No pets. 000-00 d om C an s ry tie ili The purpose of each Regular meeting is to transact regular business, including a review ut Count g in r, exclud y te, washeand $1,000/mo. of correspondence, approval any other business proper to be brought , completelreports, rnet, satelliof bills, N te R in E gy D ed er O pe M i-s y en OM, 1/5 e house. H ’ lake frontage. Ver ugh June 2 BEDRO before said meetings, unless otherwise specified.

78. ke Dunmor thro l, 85 66 La el furnished h, drilled w ting August 29, 2009 us utilities. 802-352ened porc ar dryer, scre 10 month rental; st tiable. $1,000/mo. pl go or efficient. F ing. Pets ne Non-smok 26, 2010.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY REG. SELECTBOARD MEETING TUESDAY Jan. 10 • 7 P.M.

ROOM 116 – LARGE CONFERENCE RM. 77 MAIN STREET AGENDA 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. *Approval of Agenda 3. *Approval of Minutes of December 27, 2016 Regular Selectboard Meeting 4. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] 7:05 5. **Regional Planning Executive Director Adam Lougee, Conceptual Plan for Exchange Street Sidewalk & Shared Use Path 7:15 6. **Main Street & Merchants Row Bridge Project Community Liaison Jim Gish with an Update on the Project 7:25 7. **Discussion of FY18 General Fund Budget Proposal, Including Administration, Libraries, Public Safety, Public Works and Parks & Recreation 7:35 8. **Review Draft Warning for Town Meeting 7:45 9. **Consider Request for Quit Claim Deed for Release of Town Interest in Glebe Land on Quarry Road 10. **Consider Request for Letter of Support for Middlebury Studio School Grant Application 7:55 11. **Prepare for Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP) Strategic Planning Session - Review Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT) Analysis 8:00 12. *Approval of Check Warrants 13. *Town Manager’s Report 14. Board Member Concerns 15. *Executive Session – if needed 16. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session 8:15 17. *Adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 388-8100 x-202 as early as possible.

Additional information about most Agenda items is available on the Town’s website, www.townofmiddlebury.org, on the Selectboard page.

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Assignments (Continued from Page 1) receded into the realities of the job on Thursday, as Conlon and his colleagues listened to Gov. Phil Scott’s goals for the state (see related story on Page 1). They also learned the committees on which they will serve to help carry out that agenda.

The committee rosters show that Addison County lawmakers will be well positioned to influence the state’s energy, education, finance, environmental and tax policies during the next two years.

House leaders named two county lawmakers to coveted spots on highprofile “money” committees.

Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, was returned to the House Appropriations Committee. There, she will have a hand in shaping the state budget, a perennial challenge for the Legislature. And the panel will have its work cut out for it right from the get-go. Scott confirmed on Thursday a looming $70 million revenue hole in the fiscal year 2018 state budget.

Rep. Fred Baser, R-Bristol, earned a spot on the House Ways and Means Committee, the panel in charge of tax policy. Baser, a longtime financial planner, had served on the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee during the last biennium. He was pleased to land a spot on a money committee during this, his sophomore term in the Legislature.

“I’m very enthusiastic about it,” Baser said of his new role. “I’m a little bit humbled by it; this is only my second term. I worked hard my first two years, and my background is with money as a financial planner, so I think it’s a good fit.”

Baser is a self-described fiscal conservative, and has traditionally urged restraint when it comes to

raising state taxes or fees.

House Agriculture and Forestry “Rarely do we institute fees or a Committee. Veteran lawmaker and higher tax and then decide two, four longtime farmer Harvey Smith or six years later to take the money returns to the panel, and is joined back,” Baser said. “The money this year by Rep. Amy Sheldon, always seems to get spent. Most D-Middlebury. anyone in this body, if they went Smith has spent the majority of door-to-door, heard a fairly large his 14-year legislative career on number of people say it’s expensive House Agriculture. He has held to live here, and it’s a cumulative many volunteer positions within thing. We can’t keep on the ag industry, including adding on (taxes and chairmanship of the fees) indefinitely; I think Addison County Farm that’s going to create a Bureau. problem.”

“I am excited about Rep. Dave Sharpe, being back on the D-Bristol, will resume agriculture committee,” his duties as chairman Smith said, noting the panel of the House Education this biennium will have Committee, a panel that added jurisdiction over made many headlines forests, forests products during the past two “Act 46 — and parks. “That’s going years with bills dealing the tweaks, to bring a new twist … It’s with school governance adjustments interesting that it’s not just consolidation. He is and challenges the agriculture committee joined on the committee to it — are that we had before.”

by Conlon, who chairs probably going Smith said he has never the Addison Central to drive a lot seen as big a shift in School District board. of the (House committee jurisdictions, Conlon believes his Education and committee committee assignment Committee) memberships, as he has will serve his public agenda.” seen this year. schools constituency Sheldon, a second-term — Rep. Peter well.

Conlon lawmaker, served the last Conlon believes Act two years on the House 46, the state’s school governance Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources consolidation law, will continue to Committee. She believes her skills as a land use planner will be easily be a major topic this biennium.

“Act 46 — the tweaks, adjustments transferrable and beneficial to her and challenges to it — are probably new committee.

“I was surprised, but I am excited,” going to drive a lot of the agenda,” Conlon said. “I hope my familiarity Sheldon said of her committee with it and the fact that we’ve been switch.

She believes her new committee through unification, that I might be able to provide insight that will be will plunge into the water quality work the Legislature began during helpful.”

As has been the case in recent the last biennium, as part of a years, Addison County will get long, costly, federally mandated substantial representation on the cleanup of Lake Champlain. Part

of the cleanup strategy will include working with farmers on strategies to prevent manure/fertilizer runoff into the lake.

Sheldon was a key player in water quality issues as a member of House Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources, so she brings some good experience to the House Agriculture and Forestry panel.

“It’s cross-pollination,” she said of the rationale behind her new assignment. “We’ll be looking at how land use issues get addressed with the new committee structure.”

Newly elected Rep. Robin Scheu, D-Middlebury, was named to the House Corrections and Institutions Committee. This means she will have a say in prioritizing the states capital improvement policy and building projects, as well as Vermont’s prison system. Scheu, executive director of the Addison County Economic Development Corp., was pleased with her assignment.

“It was one of my top choices,” she said of her assignment. “It’s a money committee and a policy committee, and I am very interested in both.”

She and her colleagues will deal with Vermont’s two-year capital plan, which includes investments in state-owned properties, including courthouses, police barracks, parks and landmarks. The panel also has oversight over state agencies that run grant programs dealing with economic development and historic preservation projects.

On the corrections side, the committee will deal with issues related to prisons and inmates, and the financial social justice debates surrounding those topics.

“It’s an interesting combination of topics,” she said of her committee work.

Rep. Warren Van Wyck, R-Ferrisburgh, found himself with a new assignment. He will serve on the House Energy and Technology Committee. He had been serving on the House Natural Resources

and Energy Committee. Van Wyck welcomed the switch, as he has voiced concerns during the past two years about the state’s renewable energy policies, which have resulted in a rapid proliferation of solar arrays — particularly in New Haven.

Van Wyck believes the committee may look at possible changes to Section 248, the state rules by which renewable energy project proposals are evaluated by the Vermont Public Services Board.

“I have an interest in the energy part of it, as far not only the cost of energy, but also where we site renewables,” Van Wyck said. “As we see in Addison County, there are a lot of issues (related to solar siting).”

As a longtime senior project analyst with the University of Vermont, Van Wyck believes he has the background to help chart the state’s information technology priorities.

“I have been doing it for 40 years,” Van Wyck said of his professional experience with IT. “But it’s a rather daunting task, because there’s so much information technology within the state; I’m not sure how we’re going to get a handle on it.”

Rep. Alyson Eastman, I-Orwell, had again been tapped for the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee, but Gov. Phil Scott has different plans for her. As previously reported by the Independent, Scott appointed Eastman the new deputy secretary of agriculture. This will require Scott to appoint a candidate to serve Eastman’s two-year term.

Senate Committee assignments released on Friday afternoon revealed that Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, will continue to chair the Health & Welfare Committee, while Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven, will remain leader of the Natural Resources & Energy Committee.

In addition, Bray will serve on the Education Committee, and Ayer has been named to the Government Operations Committee.

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Birdfeeders help more than just the birds Back in September, I put out the bird feeder. I try not to do it too early because, well . . . bears. My feathered friends emptied it in hours. A couple of refills later and I decided I couldn’t afford to put out the buffet that early. The weather was warm; natural feed had to be available.

The birds, ever optimistic, still dropped by. I started writing dialogue for them: Titmouse: “Nothing here yet. Still don’t know why he stopped.”

Chickadee: “He’ll refill it, he’s pretty reliable. He cares about us.”

Blue Jay: “I don’t know. He’s cheap.”

Me: “You blue jays are pigs.”

Feeding wild birds is immensely popular. According to a 2013 study by the Wild Bird Feeding Industry Research Foundation, some 48.9 million households in the U.S. and Canada buy wild bird seed each year, creating a healthy $4 billion annual market.

Dr. Emma Greig, project director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology’s FeederWatch, calls it a “massive natural experiment” that may, or may not, be affecting bird behavior or benefitting particular species. No one really knows, she said.

“It’s really hard to make generalizations about how feeders change behavior, or even how feeders change reproductive success and survival,” Greig said. That’s because it’s difficult to do controlled studies comparing one population of a species with access to supplemental food to another without it. And it’s hard to tease out the effects of winter feeding from “all the other changes people are imposing on the natural world, including changes to habitat and climate. Those are affecting bird populations as well.” Another complication: there are hundreds of species of birds.

Greig said her intuition tells her that “supplemental feeding benefits some species, but developing a causal relationship is really, really tough.”

In Britain, studies have shown that winter feeding helps with blue tit survival and reproductive success — in some cases. In other cases it had a negative effect. Studies found that Eurasian blackcaps, a type of warbler, are overwintering in colder areas and in greater numbers where they have supplemental food, said Greig. Anna’s hummingbird has been increasing its winter range northward up the Pacific Coast and seems to be more prevalent in areas where there are people, she said. But are they increasing their range because of feeders? Or are people putting out feeders because they’re seeing more hummingbirds?

The Cooper’s hawk, an accipiter that preys frequently on small and medium-sized birds, has been increasing in numbers and more are wintering farther north. But is that

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because it can reliably find prey at bird feeders? Who knows.

Then there’s the issue of whether winter feeding facilitates the spread of disease. The answer here is squishy, too. One study found that house finch eye disease, a type of conjunctivitis, spreads more easily in aviaries where finches shared a feeder. But does that apply to wild birds? “If you have sick birds wiping their faces on perches used by other bids it could facilitate the spread of disease,” Greig said.

But birds flock together anyway. And there’s certainly no shortage of house finches.

“There does seem to be more evidence that feeding birds and having bird-friendly backyards does more good than it does harm,” Greig said.

In spite of some built-in limitations, Greig said feeder-monitoring projects like FeederWatch (feederwatch. org) still have scientific value. They can help generate data on how bird populations are changing, for instance, or generate observations on dominance and predation rates at feeders. Scientists can then use that to craft experimental studies to explore the questions in more depth and try to figure out the causal relationships.

The trick is not to generalize, “because different species may respond in different ways to bird feeding.”

Backing up a bit, does start-stop feeding hurt the birds?

Probably not, said Greig.

“As far as we know, birds will have an assortment of places they’re checking for food within their expanded winter territory. If one source of food disappears, they have others they can rely on.”

So, what do we know about the effect of winter feeding on the behavior of humans who do it?

Well, it seems to help bridge the human-natural world gap. The Cornell Lab’s Project FeederWatch has some 20,000 participants. They regularly count birds and note species at their feeders. They love it because it takes their hobby to a new level, said Greig. They learn more about birds and get more vested in their welfare and nature. And studies show that citizen scientists “are more likely to be environmental advocates and actually take action when it comes to environmental issues,” she said.

Joe Rankin lives in Maine. The illustration for this column was drawn

by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org. A book of Outside Story articles is available at www. northernwoodlands.org.

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