Monday, January 16, 2017

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 40

Classical meets folk • Trio will explore musical relationships from the Renaissance to 20th Century.

See Arts Beat on Pages 10-13.

Bristol police see expenses rising • A dramatic increase in workers’ comp insurance fuels a big jump in the proposed budget. See Page 2.

How does media treat minorities?

• Conference will consider how news frames our view of racial minorities.

See Page 7.

Rivalry games over weekend

• The VUHS boys hosted the Mt. Abe basketball team, and the Tiger boys’ hockey team entertained a playoff nemesis.

See Page 16.

Time to get out your eagle eyes

• Audubon is asking bird watchers to help count bald and golden eagles. See Page 14.

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Porter bolsters palliative care

Vergennesarea schools consider 1.7% spending hike

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Porter Medical Center’s main goal during its 90-year history has been to help people heal from injuries and illnesses.

Porter is now partnering with another major hospital to help people close the circle of life, allowing them to die on their own terms and with minimal pain.

To that end, Porter officials on Thursday announced a new partnership with the University of Vermont Medical Center that has secured Dr. Diana Barnard to lead palliative care services at PMC. Barnard has for the past five years presided over UVM Medical Center’s Palliative Care Team.

Barnard will specifically provide direct care to terminally ill patients, primarily at Helen Porter Health Care & Rehabilitation and The Estuary room in the hospital that is reserved for patients in their final days of life. Barnard will also provide some training to local primary care health care providers on palliative care issues.

“We’re starting a new generation of palliative care services,” Barnard said. “The primary goal is to re-establish palliative care in the hospital community, and we’re going to begin by addressing the needs of the most seriously ill … including people admitted to the hospital, and at Helen Porter.”

Barnard needs little introduction to the Addison County community.

She is a Weybridge resident who for 15 years was a primary care physician with Middlebury Family Health. She developed an affinity for, and particular talent in, helping terminally ill patients.

(See Porter, Page 31)

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — A $21.1 million spending plan for all four Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD) schools and the unified district’s central office was presented to the ANWSD board on Wednesday. If approved, this second draft proposal would increase spending over the current district-wide level by 1.68 percent.

It could also lead to lower residential property taxes in three of the five A N W S D communities — Addison, Ferrisburgh and Waltham, according to district CANNING officials.

Panton and Vergennes would see tax rate increases.

At the direction of the ANWSD board, Superintendent JoAn Canning and the district’s four principals reduced by about $438,000 their initial Jan. 6 proposal for a 3.8 percent spending hike. Canning said in an interview this past Thursday that she believes consensus is developing around $21.1 million as the final number.

“I felt last night we had support for a 1.68 percent increase,” she said.

Some tweaks within that plan are probably coming. Cuts from the first draft at all four schools were made in maintenance and building projects and technology purchases, but the board wanted on this past Wednesday to see more money put (See Vergennes, Page 20)

Barnard re-joins local effort to aid the terminally ill

DR. DIANA BARNARD, left, talks with RN Laura Marsh outside The Estuary room for terminally ill patients at Porter Hospital. Thanks to a partnership with UVM Medical Center, Dr. Barnard will provide palliative care services to the Addison County community.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Middlebury girds for ash borer invasion

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury is preparing for the inevitable arrival of a voracious invader that targets a specific prey.

It’s an invader that measures less than the diameter of a penny, but it attacks in great numbers and won’t be denied.

We’re talking about the emerald ash borer, a beetle that has already munched

its way through ash trees in 26 states, causing millions of dollars in damage to forests. And while the ash borer has yet to unleash its devastation on the Green Mountain State, local communities — including Middlebury — are designing plans to deal with the voracious insect.

“It will be much easier if we’re proactive about this,” said Judy (See Ash borer, Page 15)

EMERALD ASH BORER

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Open crossing

A CAR PASSES over the new temporary bridge over Otter Creek between Cornwall and Salisbury on a recent morning. The bridge replaces the covered bridge that burned in September.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Surge in workers’ comp raises Bristol police spending

By GAEN MURPHREE BRISTOL — Residents of the Bristol Police District will likely be asked to approve a double-digit hike in taxpayer funds used to pay for the department budget in the coming fiscal year.

Town officials cited a dramatic surge in the cost of workers’ compensation coverage as the reason for the 17 percent increase.

“We had multiple claims and what happens when you have multiple claims is it affects your insurance mod,” explained Town Administrator Therese Kirby. “In the past we had enjoyed a credit — we’d get a credit on our bill of three grand or something — this year there was an extra charge of $19,000.”

As Kirby, Police Chief Kevin Gibbs and others work up a 20172018 police budget proposal, total spending is currently being figured at $462,361, with a net to be raised by taxes of $425,261. On Town Meeting Day 2016, voters approved a police department budget of $415,999, with a net to be raised by taxes of $363,049.

The proposed 2017-2018 budget represents an 11 percent increase in spending and 17.1 percent increase in the amount raised by taxes.

Front and center in the upsurge alty Intermunicipal Fund, known as is the jump in workers’ comp — a PACIF. budget item that’s unbudgeable. The How best to meet the surge in 2017-2018 budget allots $49,570 for workers’ comp premiums drew inworkers’ comp payments. That’s a tense discussion at the Bristol select$41,370 jump over last year — and board’s Jan. 9 meeting. roughly seven times higher than av“The budget’s up only one line reerage costs over the ally, but it’s huge,” previous four fiscal “You can easily said Selectman years of $7,300 anJoel Bouvier. “That compare this budget $49,570, that worknually.

Similar to when to last year’s budget men’s comp, we an individual gets a and see that there’s can’t argue that.” speeding ticket and very little increase In response, the their car insurance in any of the line selectboard whittled goes up, the higher items and that the other expenses off a premium bracket budget proposal that will stay with the police chief and the Kirby described as Bristol Police De- selectboard did their lean already. partment into the best to level fund as At last Monday 2020-2021 fiscal much of the budget night’s meeting, proyear, Kirby ex- as possible.” posed spending was plained, according $466,473. By Thurs— Town Administrator to the terms set by day it was even Therese Kirby the town’s insurer. further trimmed to “We’re in this $462,361. bracket for three years. Then at the “You can easily compare this budend of three years if we don’t have get to last year’s budget and see that any more claims it will drop back there’s very little increase in any of down,” she said. the line items and that the police chief Bristol gets its workers’ comp in- and the selectboard did their best to surance, as do most Vermont towns, level fund as much of the budget as through the Vermont League of Cit- possible,” said Kirby. “They combed ies and Towns Property and Casu- through the budget and certainly did

what they could.”

Struck from the budget, for example, was an improvement to the garage doors where police park their cruisers. Salary increases were downshifted from 2.9 percent to 2.5 percent.

The unexpected jump in workers’ comp has already socked-it-to police spending in the current year. The department budgeted $8,200 and has had to pay out $19,665 thus far. In July payments were at the anticipated and budgeted for amount of $5,100.

In January the bill for premiums catapulted to $14,566.

Like all municipal entities, the Bristol Police District carries over an undesignated fund balance from the previous fiscal year (the budget surplus left over) to cushion the unexpected. Towns are advised to keep their undesignated fund balances at around 5 percent of the total budget to be fiscally responsible, Kirby said. On June 30, 2016, the Bristol Police Department’s undesignated fund balance was at $17,872 — and that amount will likely need to be tapped to keep the current year’s budget in the black.

“Currently the police budget is running a deficit, but with under-spending other expense lines and possibly collecting unbudgeted revenues, it is

too early to predict the outcome of the budget,” Kirby said.

One bright spot came out of a Thursday meeting between the police department and the Addison Northeast School District, which reinstated the agreement between the district and the department for Bristol police to provide security checks to Mount Abraham Union High School.

This new agreement means that the department can hope to bring in the $6,000 from services to MAUHS it had budgeted for in the current fiscal year, which will help keep it in the black. The agreement also brightened the revenue picture for 2017-2018 and changed the MAUHS Contract revenue line in the proposed Bristol police budget from $1,600 to $8,000.

Nevertheless, the selectboard is cognizant that the 17 percent jump could be a tough pill to swallow.

“Four of the five selectboard members live in the police district,” said Kirby. “So they certainly understand the burden that a 17 percent increase places on district residents and felt that they controlled everything they could that was within their control.

While the workers’ comp insurance is unfortunate, there’s nothing that we can do at this time to reduce that premium.”

Addison Independent, Monday, January 16, 2017 — PAGE 3

Assistant principal says she will leave Bristol’s Mt. Abe School will need two administrators

work the teachers are doing, but now feel that it is in my best interest to move on.”

Repstad is working toward a Master of Social Work degree and plans

By GAEN MURPHREE BRISTOL — Mount Abraham to continue that work after the end of Union Middle/High School is going this school year.

Barewicz said that there are multito lose a second assistant principal.

David Ford left his assistant prin- ple perspectives on any situation and cipal positions at Mount Abe at the that she couldn’t discuss confidential end of December, citing family rea- personnel matters.

“Ellen has been sons. open about her prepaNow Assistant Prin- “Obviously, ration and plan to becipal Ellen Repstad come a social worker,” said she will resign at we do have to Barewicz told the Inthe end of the school be financially dependent. “Everyone year, citing a lack of responsible and transparency in com- money is an issue at Mount Abraham munication and a dif- and this probably wishes her well in this ference in values that happens in every endeavor.”

The school is putputs efficiency above district, but I feel ting together a search what’s best for kids. committee to fill both “The current ad- like consistently Repstad’s and Ford’s ministration has been we’re making assistant principal pounsupportive and has decisions based sitions, and hopes to pressured me into de- on the budget have the hiring prociding to not return, before we’re cess completed by the despite my 14 years end of March. of commitment to this making them “There is so much school community, based on what positive at our school and my above-board kids need.” performance for that — Mount Abe with our shift to furpersonalized, time,” Repstad wrote Assistant Principal ther p r o f i c i e ncy-based in a Dec. 8 letter to Ellen Repstad learning that everyone Addison Northeast is looking toward a School District Superintendent Patrick Reen, the Mount bright future; and we are doing great Abe school board and Mount Abe work building toward that future now,” Barewicz said. “As a faculty Principal Jessica Barewicz.

“My work has brought about an we have discussed what characterimproved Middle School program in istics we desire in our next assistant which we are seeing higher student principals. We will select the best edengagement and better academic ucational leaders to support our conperformance than in previous years,” tinued growth and success.”

Repstad came to MAUHS in 2003 the letter continued. “I had hoped to continue supporting the amazing as a reading specialist. She became

Cornwall, Starksboro both land state planning grants CORNWALL/STARKSBORO — The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) awarded $15,120 in state Municipal Planning Grant funds to the town of Cornwall and $8,733 to the town of Starksoro.

The funding will enable Cornwall to update zoning and subdivision bylaws to preserve its working landscape and natural resources.

The total project cost is budgeted at $18,680. It grows out of the Values Mapping Project.

Cornwall will have a year and a half to complete this project, according to Holly Noordsy, co-chair of the Cornwall Planning Commission, or CPC. “The town is thrilled to receive this grant to assist with revising our zoning and subdivision bylaws,” Noordsy said. “This has been a goal of the CPC for the past few years.

With this funding, the CPC can avail themselves of the expertise of a consultant and explore creative solutions to help accomplish this important planning goal.”

The Starksboro grant falls under the “Sustaining Rural Economy” category, and it will help the town

engage citizens to chart a path toward reducing local flood risks, preserving scenic resources, and providing guidance to site renewable energy projects. The total project cost is estimated at $9,100.

Cornwall and Starksboro successfully competed against 69 communities; a total of 38 were funded.

“These grants support diverse, locally-driven projects that address a range of issues from housing and economic development to taking steps to reduce future flood damages,” said Josh Hanford, deputy commissioner of the Department of Housing and Community Development.

Awarded annually and administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Municipal Planning Grant program supports local community revitalization and planning initiatives. Since 1998, the program has provided over $11 million to 234 cities and towns across Vermont to help breathe new life into communities, plan for future growth and development and improve our quality of life. More information on the grant program is online at http://tinyurl.com/z9cz94y.

assistant principal in 2012, when MAUHS was under the leadership of Principal Andy Kepes. In addition to those duties, Repstad has served the school as its 504 coordinator and coordinator of the educational support team (both of which coordinate support for students with learning challenges or who are experiencing difficulties at school); as teacher leader for the counseling department; and as an English teacher.

She also helped to design and teach a philosophy class.

She earned a B.A. at Johnson State College and a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Vermont. She received her training as literacy specialist at the Vermont Reads Institute, also at UVM. In an interview with the Independent, Repstad said that she was at variance with the school and district over values, and she felt that too many decisions were being made that put the budget and efficiency ahead of what’s best for students.

Repstad also said that she wasn’t seeing the kinds of changes in transparency and communication she had been hoping for.

“It’s no secret that our district has had its challenges over the years — certainly with (then-Superintendent) David Adams on the vote of no confidence.” she said. “Those were very, very challenging years. I participated in the RBO (relationship by objective) training with the federal mediator and was optimistic that (See Repstad, Page 7)

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial How Trump will hurt you As Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump approaches, it’s important for Vermonters to understand the impact his actions will have on them and the nation.

• Dismantling the Affordable Care Act: If Republicans go ahead and axe funding for Obamacare before a new plan is in place, here’s what happens to the majority of Vermonters: If you’re a person with a pre-existing condition, you will likely be booted off your plan and put into a high cost insurance pool; if you’re a young adult 21 to 26 years old, and currently covered by your parent’s health care policy, you’ll be kicked off their plan and have to get a plan of your own — costing thousands of extra dollars for you or your family; if you have a chronic medical condition or are in an accident, you could face an annual or lifetime cap on your medical expenses after which you pay out of pocket.

Nor are the numbers small. According to Middlebury MD Wesley Clark in a letter he wrote to the Addison Independent last week, approximately 50 percent of Vermonters have pre-existing medical conditions, and close to half of all Vermonters would face lifetime limits to their health insurance policies. Under the ACA, insurance companies could no longer impose annual or lifetime caps and could not deny coverage because of pre-existing conditions.

So, Trump supporters, when your sons and daughters are left uninsured; when your lifetime limits are capped; when you’re kicked off your policy because of pre-existing conditions (and that is at least half of you), thank Mr. Trump and the Republicans running the House and Senate.

• As for America’s leadership in the world, Trump is clearly beholden to Russian influence whether through salacious “kompromat” or of his own choosing. And there is plenty of evidence already verified without waiting to discover the veracity of the secret dossiers on Trump currently being reviewed by the nation’s intelligence community. What we already know is, as the Washington Post’s Anne Applebaum writes, that Trump’s real estate empire “relies significantly on Russian money,” including “a whole series of partners and investors linked to post-Soviet oligarchs and even Russian organized crime”; that his former campaign manager Paul Manafort spent many years working on behalf of the thuggish Russianbacked Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych and maintains ties to proRussian groups in Ukraine,” and recently lived in the Trump Towers.

The thread that holds it all together is when you look at Trump’s nascent foreign policy direction. Writes Applebaum: “He is willing to risk serious conflict with China, to destroy U.S. relations with Mexico, to dismiss America’s closest allies in Europe and to downgrade NATO, our most important military alliance. But he has repeated many times his admiration for Russia and its president.” Sen. John McCain is concerned, but are mainstream Republicans suddenly content to look the other way?

• And then there’s China and international trade: A recent analysis by foreign policy writer Fareed Zakaria, writes that Trump could be the best thing to ever happen to China as China has pushed its own trade deal (after the death of Obama’s proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership) with those same 11 countries — leaving out the U.S. and American goods.

And as President-elect Trump was threatening to build a wall along the Mexican border, China’s President Xi Jinping made a trip this November throughout Latin American in which he signed more than 40 deals and committed billions of dollars worth of investments in the region — investments made on behalf of Chinese businesses and that country’s future economic growth. That’s not good news for U.S. businesses.

• Lastly, note the environment. Trump has nominated Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s former Attorney General, who has filed 14 suits against the EPA in his few years in that post, all of which would do more harm to the environment than help. Pruitt has routinely sided with big oil, megaagricultural industries, mining interests and others... many of whom have also directly contributed to his past campaigns. Rather than drain the swamp, Pruitt’s nomination and potential appointment doubles-down on that very notion of greed, political favors and corruption in a Trump administration — and Pruitt will undue, if he can, the many advances made to improve the nation’s environment over the past eight years.

Sad. Very sad.

Angelo S. Lynn

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AN OLD TRACTOR proudly displays its provenance on a Monkton farm last week.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Letters to the Editor Time to renew involvement in ‘American Experiment’ January 20, 1937. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the solemn oath of the office of the Presidency for the second time on a new constitutionally mandated date and my father was born in a small town in the Midwest. Because of that coincidence, inaugural events played a special role in my family and my father’s life. Although not an overtly political man he would remark on another year and another presidency gone and look forward to the opportunities a new year and a new presidency would bring.

My mother assures me I was

present when they watched JFK take the oath on television. I have not missed the peaceful transition of power since. I recall eight years ago, when I joined 1.8 million people in Washington, D.C., when Barack Obama took his first oath of office. In spite of bone-chilling cold, crowded buses and trains, security checks and hours standing in lines, the crowd was enthusiastic, cheerful and full of hope. My father died in 2005, but he was with me on January 20, 2009, and I thought of him when I heard the Chief Justice begin the oath. We were ushering in

something very new.

My dad would be disappointed to know that I won’t be watching on January 20, 2017. It’s a very small and quiet gesture, but one I think he would understand. I respect the right of the nearly 63,000,000 people who cast their vote for the president-elect to have their moment.

It’s still a free country. Instead I’ll do something that reminds me of my dad and the things he held dear.

Things I believe truly embody the American spirit: fairness, honesty, compassion and perseverance.

(See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, January 16, 2017 — PAGE 5

Legalizing cannabis Part 3: Editor’s note: This is the third of three commentaries on issues surrounding cannabis legalization in Vermont by Dave Silberman, a Middlebury attorney and pro bono legalization advocate.

By DAVE SILBERMAN Shortly after his election, Gov. Phil Scott listed three specific things that legislators must address when considering cannabis legalization if they want to avoid his veto pen. “I hope they hear me loud and clear,” he warned, saying that road safety, THC-infused “edibles,” and taxes are the three critical questions around legalization.

I agree. These are excellent questions! Fortunately, they’ve also been studied for years and the path forward on each is clear. I’ve previously laid out effective, evidenced-based solutions for addressing the risks of impaired driving and edible products; let’s now turn to cannabis tax policy.

But, first, let’s recognize one undeniable truth: It would be awfully hard to do a worse job of taxing cannabis than we do today. While Vermonters spend nearly $200 million on cannabis each year, the state collects nothing in taxes; no sales tax is applied, and no income tax is received on the unreported profits from this large, underground economy.

Optimizing cannabis taxation requires balancing two somewhat competing goals. On the one hand, it is imperative that retail prices in the regulated market be low enough to attract consumers away from the illicit market. On the other hand, sufficient revenues must be raised to fund both the new regulatory system, and

How to optimize cannabis taxation

the other priorities identified by the about $200 in Washington, com- erages Tax), but subject to a “floor.”

Legislature and Administration (such pared to $300-$350 in most prohibiAs Washington’s experience as public outreach campaigns to ad- tion states. Consumers responded by proved, if initial prices in the regdress youth education and drugged ditching their dealers for regulated ulated market are not competitive driving, or, perhaps, tax relief). The stores, buying over $320 million of with the parallel illicit market, conformer goal calls for keeping taxes regulated cannabis in 2015, pay- sumers will stay with their dealers. low; the latter, for higher rates. ing over $120 million in taxes, and Unlike sales taxes, wholesale taxes When Washington state began per- roughly double that in 2016. paid by the retailer get incorporated mitting cannabis sales in July 2014, it To avoid these early missteps, into the “menu” price the consumer appeared as though they had botched Vermont’s legislators should focus sees, and thus have a larger influence the first goal. When stores opened, not only on tax rates, but on ensuring on purchase decisions. Thus, the prices inside were higher than out on that the regulated market has suffi- wholesale tax can be a powerful tool the street. Analysts seized on Wash- cient supply. To do that, they must for policymakers to influence retail ington’s high excise tax as the lead- artificially restrict the number of prices up or down as needed. I’ve ing cause for this upside-down proposed that the wholesale tax market — a separate 25 percent initially be set at 10 percent, but tax was paid by the grower, It would be awfully hard to that the appropriate regulator be processor and retailer, meaning empowered, subject to Legislathat the tax would be paid three do a worse job of taxing can- tive oversight, to adjust the rate times over by the time the con- nabis than we do today. While every 3-6 months as the power sumer took the product home. of the illicit market diminishes, spend near- up to a maximum of 25 percent.

By the end of 2014, the state Vermonters had collected only $16 million ly $200 million on cannabis We expect that regulated in tax revenues on a paltry $49 market prices will decline subeach year, the state collects stantially over time as the “risk million in sales.

It’s likely, however, that nothing in taxes. premium” associated with illeWashington’s high prices were gality disappears — as has happredominantly due to a supply pened in other jurisdictions. As shortage, rather than to high cultivation licenses. Because plants prices fall, however, revenues from taxes. Washington’s Liquor Control take time to grow, those licenses a percentage-based tax will decline Board was reported to be “over- should be granted at least six months as well. In order to ensure a base levwhelmed” by applications for culti- prior to the launch of retail sales. el of revenues despite falling pricvation licenses, and by July 1, 2014, In testimony to the Joint Legis- es, I’ve advocated for a minimum had granted only 80 licenses out of lative Justice Oversight Committee sales tax by weight (e.g., $30/ounce, more than 2,600 applications. As this past October, I proposed that the $10/quarter-ounce, and $6/eighthstores began running out of product state should implement both a sales ounce). to sell, prices shot up, responding to tax and a wholesale tax, providing Finally, I believe that tax policy the forces of supply and demand. an optimal balance of flexibility and should be used to reward cities and Washington’s lawmakers quick- revenue stability, and allowing reg- towns for hosting cannabis retailers. ly addressed both problems. Within ulators to ensure that licensed can- While I’m skeptical of the League a year, the triple-layer tax was re- nabis retailers consistently undercut of Cities and Towns’ belief that leplaced with a single 37.5 percent the illicit market. The wholesale tax galization will increase local law sales tax, and the license backlog should be flexible and responsive to enforcement costs, I agree with their subsided. Supply was able to catch market conditions, while the sales call for sharing cannabis tax reveup with demand, and prices fell; to- tax should be fixed (I’ve proposed nues with municipalities. Encourday, an ounce of cannabis retails for 10 percent, like our Alcoholic Bev- aging more municipalities to host

stores, by giving them a portion of the taxes collected, would help ensure wider geographic distribution of those stores, giving more Vermonters convenient legal access without having to drive hours from home.

I’ve proposed that we follow Colorado’s model, where 15 percent of sales tax proceeds are distributed to municipalities based on their respective sales. Alternatively, the state could add a “municipal” sales tax of up to 2.5 percent, which would then be similarly distributed to participating cities and towns.

These proposals are based on the lessons learned from the successes — and mistakes — of other jurisdictions. The combined tax rates fall somewhere between Colorado and Washington — two states in which after-tax cannabis prices are significantly lower than what Vermonters currently pay, both in the illicit market and at our four medical dispensaries.

While these proposals represent best practices, the Legislature could succeed with different choices, especially given our starting point, where high prices reflect the cost of legal risk to sellers, but we collect no taxes at all. By replacing the “risk premium” with sensible regulations and taxes, the Legislature will ensure not only that licensed retailers drive out criminal traffickers, but that sufficient revenues are collected so that — in addition to the many other benefits associated with regulation — legal cannabis is a self-sustaining, net contributor to the state’s budget.

Editor’s note: Silberman’s column does not represent the views of any client or this newspaper.

Letter (Continued from Page 4) These are things that made him, and make me, proud to be an American.

On that cold January in 1937, FDR said, “Government is competent when all who compose it work as trustees for the whole people. It can make constant progress when it keeps abreast of all the facts. It can obtain justified support and legitimate criticism when the people receive true information of all that government does.”

Eighty years later, those words could not be more resonant. Stay informed, please! Don’t stop watching or reading the news. Don’t rely solely on social media for your information. Dig deeper; deep enough to know the truth of what is happening. And be open. Whatever side you may be on, you will not always be right.

Until recently, I hadn’t read the Constitution since 1975. If you find yourself in the same position, please read it again. It’s important to know, regardless of your politics, what you are defending. Now is also not the time to be quiet. If you don’t like what happens, then talk about it. Our communities, our

friends and our neighbors are more important than ever before. Be involved and ask questions. We live in a place that celebrates the dignity of the individual and the sanctity of the greater good. Remind yourself of that when you become discouraged. Remember that when promises are broken, as well.

Many great men, and an equal number of not-so-great men, have sworn to uphold and defend our Constitution. Every student of presidential history has their own list, and not a single one of those men was adored by every American. But each of them played an important role in what historians have called the American Experiment. I take comfort knowing the Experiment continues.

I hope we will all embrace the most famous inaugural line in our nation’s history on January 20. I was too young to comprehend when I first heard it, but I’m not today.

“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”

Jeff Fritz Vergennes

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Obituaries

ADDISON COUNTY

Thomas Rivait, 57, Salisbury READING — Thomas John Rivait was born to Paul and Estelle Rivait of Salisbury, Vt. on Dec. 15, 1959. Thom passed away at his home in Reading, Vt. on Dec. 31, 2016, with his wife by his side.

Thom was a special person who shared many happy memories with friends, family and co-workers.

Thank you to the Oncology Department of UVM Medical Center, Middlebury Ski Club, Doug MacDonald and All Earth Solar, ECI Construction, VNH and Reading Fire and Rescue for all the support you gave Thom in time of need.

A summer gathering will take place on July 15 at the Middlebury Snow Bowl to celebrate his life.

He is survived by his wife Sarah W. Rivait; his children Eve and Birk; his two grandchildren; his step-children Henry, Clancy and Angus; his sisters Maysel McGown

THOMAS RIVAIT and Norma Thomas; and his brothers Paul and Don. He was predeceased by his parents Paul and Estelle.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be made to Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports.◊

Letters to the Editor ANWSD spending is too high for taxpayers An ANWSD Petition from town voters will be presented to the school board on Wednesday evening. The petition is a good consensus of the voters wanting tax relief, from our neighborhoods with multiple incomes. Residents are those who no longer will tolerate the unbearable high tax rates. Some are unable to sell their properties to leave.

Signers want a 25 percent decrease in their taxes leaving it up to the board to choose from what areas the cuts will come. Signers feel this is possible with the consolidation; we were told the consolidation would save money, and reductions are there with reorganization

of the budget. Also several vote downs of the budget may occur to obtain the reorganization to lower taxes which voters now will do.

I asked the ANWSD Board chairman, Bill Clark, “What will it take for the board to listen to the public and petition signers wanting tax reductions?” He waved his arm out toward the end of the room with empty chairs for the public to sit in, he indicated he was wanting the room full of people.

But, there is no Saturday meeting scheduled for numbers to show up.

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Philip Pierce, 19, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Philip James Pierce, 19, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 9, 2017 while visiting Boston and intrepidly exploring its neighborhoods. Philip was the cherished son of Elizabeth Gander (Middlebury) and Dean L. Pierce (Shelburne) and the much-loved younger brother of Nellie Pierce.

Philip graduated in 2015 from Middlebury Union High School, where he was a member of the Scholars Bowl team. He briefly attended Sterling College in Craftsbury before returning to his hometown. In or out of school, he read voraciously and on a wide range of subjects. Through that reading he regularly — but humbly — amazed members of his family with his encyclopedic knowledge of politics and international affairs.

His interest reached beyond mere facts and into the realm of the possible, in detailed simulation games where he constructed speculative histories. His wealth of knowledge filled him with an urgent conviction that we not repeat history, as well as the tremendous and painful sense of

responsibility that attends all such efforts to imagine a better world.

Camera-shy and resolutely private, Philip also enjoyed gardening and cooking and regularly sought to understand different cultures through their food. He found special satisfaction tasting and learning about different types of tea and cheese. He also loved caring for his family’s pets and the pets of others. In addition, Philip was and will forever remain his father’s most trusted hiking partner.

Aside from Philip’s sister, parents, and parents’ respective partners, Philip leaves behind his maternal grandmother Isabelle Gander (of Brattleboro); his uncles, aunts and cousins; and long-time friends including Eric Podraza. Philip was predeceased by his maternal grandfather Roderick M. Gander (Brattleboro) and paternal grandparents Philip M. Pierce and Therese B. Pierce (of Franklin).

No public burial service is planned at this time. The family requests that, in lieu of cards or flowers, donations in Philip’s memory be made to any of the following: Turning

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Grant Lefevre, 64, Rutland RUTLAND — Grant Reid Lefevre, age 64, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at his home in Rutland, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Grant was born in Mount Kisco, N.Y. on July 27, 1952. He was the son of Edwin and Charlotte (Chotsie) (Griffith) Lefevre of East Dorset. He was a graduate of Burr & Burton, class of 1970. He had worked as a welder in the construction industry most of his life. More recently he had worked as a Nurse’s Aide for T.L.C. out of Burlington. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and people.

Grant was a people person.

His greatest love, outside of his family and his pets, was cooking.

Grant found the most joy and creativity in the kitchen, or on his prized Weber grill out the back door.

Surviving is his wife Lucy Van

Dyk of Rutland; his two sons, David Lefevre of Peru, N.Y. and Reid Lefevre of Brandon; a brother, Edwin (Quique) Lefevre III of Shaftsbury; and his grandson Caspian Lefevre of Peru, N.Y. The family wants to send out a special thank you to all their friends, who showed such an outpouring of love and support these past few difficult months. It meant the world to Grant. His friends came from far and wide to see him. For that we will always be grateful.

A private memorial service “In Celebration of His Life” will take place at a later date.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made in his memory to Rutland Area Visiting Nurse & Hospice, P.O. Box 787, Rutland, VT 05702. Their caring of Grant was exceptional.◊

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Repstad (Continued from Page 3) this year things would be different in our district. But I’m not seeing the kind of progress that I was hoping for in terms of improved communication and transparency.”

Repstad also wants to see kids more at the center of the school’s decision-making.

“Obviously, we do have to be financially responsible and money is an issue and this probably happens in every district, but I feel like consistently we’re making decisions based on the budget before we’re making them based on what kids need,” she said.

“So my value system isn’t really matching up with what the school’s values are right now or the district’s values ... How I want to spend my energy doesn’t really line up with how they’re doing things.”

In August of 2016, Repstad began work on a Master of Social Work degree at the University of New Hampshire, as yet another means to help kids overcome barriers to learning.

Poverty has been correlated with below-grade-level performance in math and reading. But with the communication difficulties she began experiencing on the job at Mount Abe, she has decided to instead leave public education for a time and shift gears toward social work as a new career.

“I really want to spend my life’s work in breaking down barriers for students and families — that’s where I want my energy to go, and I’m not feeling like I can necessarily do that where I am,” said Repstad. “Once people get to a place, especially if you’re working with kids, where you’re frustrated by the system you’re not as effective and I don’t want to be in that place. I want to enjoy going to work and doing what I need to do. So I’m going to take a break from public ed and finish my (social work) degree.”

Repstad, who’s had two children in the Addison Northeast school system, one still at Mount Abe, said that the decision had been tough.

“This was a really, really difficult decision to make,” she said. “I do adore the community. They helped me raise my kids, essentially. And I have felt very committed to this community. So I’m hopeful that they will find success in moving forward.”

Gaen Murphree is reached at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

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How does news frame racial minorities?

MIDDLEBURY — The media Nisar explained that “this conplays a powerful role in shaping ference offers an opportunity to and reflecting societal attitudes analyze how the media influencand opinions toward minority es our perceptions of minority groups. Coverage of minorities in groups through framing, and to recent high-profile events has in- raise awareness of biases in news vigorated public scrutiny of how coverage.” minority groups are Four sessions will framed in the news. investigate media covScholars, journalerage of minorities at ists and students will an international, naexamine this topic tional and local level. this Thursday and The first session, “A Friday at Middlebury Transatlantic PerspecCollege’s conference tive: Media Portrayals “Media & Minorities of Minorities,” will in the West: Revealfeature discussion of ing Trends & Biashow immigrants and es.” Hosted by the religious minorities college’s Rohatyn are portrayed in the Center for Global Afmedia across the U.S. fairs, this conference and Europe. Featured REINHARDT is organized by Hashwill be Rodney Bener Nisar ’16.5, along son, professor of mewith RCGA program and outreach dia, culture and communication fellow, Aviva Shwayder ’16. at New York University, and Erik “It is undeniable that the news Bleich, professor of political sciinfluences public opinion and pol- ence at Middlebury College. icy; therefore, it is imperative to At the second panel, “A North understand how media coverage American Perspective: Racial Polaffects perception of minorities itics in the Media,” Erin Tolley, in relation to events such as the assistant professor of political sciAmerican presidential campaign, ence at the University of Toronto, Black Lives Matter protests, No- and Bertram Johnson, professor vember Paris attacks, Syrian refu- of political science at Middlebury gee crisis, Brexit vote, etc.,” said College, will explore how racial Shwayder. politics are depicted in the media

Thursday, Jan. 19 Noon-12:30 p.m. – Opening Remarks 12:30-2:10 p.m. – A Transatlantic Perspective: Media Portrayals of Minorities 2:20-4 p.m. – A North American Perspective: Racial Politics in the Media 7:30-8:30 p.m. Muslim Girls Making Change Slam Poetry at Dana Auditorium Friday, Jan. 20 11-12:15 p.m. – A Local Perspective: Vermont Journalists 12:15-1 p.m. – Lunch provided 1-2:15 p.m. – A Campus Perspective: Objectivity, Op-Eds, & Freedom of the Press 2:15-2:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks

in the U.S. and Canada.

Three Vermont journalists — Gaen Murphree of the Addison Independent, Adam Federman of VTDigger.org, and Jess Aloe of the Burlington Free Press — will discuss how Vermont news coverage portrays minorities, such as refugees and migrant workers, and influences policymaking.

In the final panel, “A Campus Perspective: Objectivity, Op-Eds, & Freedom of the Press,” three Middlebury College student journalists will tackle the issues related to on-campus media coverage of race and racism and the challenges of enabling all voices to be heard.

Featured will be Claire Abbadi ’16, previous editor-in-chief of The Campus newspaper; Brandi Fullwood ’17, editor of Middbeat.org; and Ellie Reinhardt ’17, current editor-in-chief of The Campus.

All events will take place at the Robert A. Jones House ’59 House Conference Room at 148 Hillcrest Road. Additional parking is located at the Mahaney Center for the Arts, as well as on College Street and Old Chapel Road.

If you have further questions, feel free to contact Aviva Shwayder ’16 at 802-443-5652 or ashwayder@middlebury.edu.

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A beginner course to introduce students to the art and science of welding. Focus is developing hands-on proficiency. This process commonly known as “stick welding” is the standard for a variety of industries and applications. Hands-on practice with supervisor instruction ensures students develop proper technique. Also includes intro to MIG, TIG and cutting.

SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING II Tue & Thu; 6-8:30P; Mar 28-May 4; 30 Hrs; $600.

Designed to enhance SMAW welding skills and either prepare students for taking structural steel welder performance qualification test(s) or expand skills to include TIG and MIG welding. Prerequisite: SMAW Level I or instructor permission.

Combined tuition: $1,100 for SMAW Level I & Level II CAR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR WOMEN Tue & Thu; 6-8P; Apr 4-27; 16 hours; $320.

Tired of guys taking wrenches away from you? Want the real skinny on what repairs your car needs and why? This class is designed to help women feel comfortable and capable to work on their own vehicles or to pursue a career as an auto technician. Topics include the basics of how engines work, oil changes and preventative maintenance, shop safety, exhaust systems, brakes, and requirements for a Vermont inspection. Mix of classroom and shop time with the opportunity to work on your own vehicle and include topics of interest.

CDL DRIVER TRAINING Mon-Thu; 8A-2P; April 17-June 2; $5200 for Class A; $3500 for Class B. Pending minimum enrollment requirements, the Hannaford Career Center will team up with Giroux General Transport of Barre to offer classroom and behind-the-wheel CDL driver training in Middlebury. More information available at www.cdlschoolinvt. com. Call HCC at 382-1004 for scholarship and financing options. Clean driving record, background check, and random substance testing required. To register for training call Giroux General Transport at (802) 476-4679.

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Tai Chi for beginners in Vergennes. Monday, Jan. 23, 9‑9:45 a.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Tai Chi for beginners every Monday and Wednesday, Jan. 23‑April 5. This class is for people who have never done Tai Chi or those wanting to review the class. Pre‑registration is required.

Email Lee Francis at lhfrancis1@myfairpoint. net or call 877‑2464. Classes are free. Bring hydration, dress comfortably and bring another pair of footwear especially during the winter.

Tai Chi intermediate class in Vergennes.

Monday, Jan. 23, 10‑10:45 a.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Tai Chi intermediate every Monday and Wednesday, Jan. 23‑April 5. This class is for people who have completed Tai Chi I and are ready to learn Tai Chi II. Pre‑registration is required. Email Lee Francis at lhfrancis1@ myfairpoint.net or call 877‑2464. Classes are free. Bring hydration, dress comfortably and bring another pair of footwear especially during the winter.

Artist reception in Middlebury.

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

Mass incarceration forum in Middlebury.

Thursday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universality Society, 2 Duane Court.

This forum about incarceration in Vermont starts with an overview of Vermont’s use of incarceration followed by a presentation of the Stories Project, which includes excerpts from letters of people who are incarcer‑ ated. The panelists are Judge Samuel Hoar, Attorney Pam Marsh, and Matt and Beth (community members who have experienced incarceration.)

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Storytelling in Middlebury.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. Julia Doucet, outreach nurse for the Open Door Clinic, will share how migrant farmers were enabled to tell their story — a project that included the Vermont Folklife Center and artists who provided line drawings to convey each story.

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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 eleva‑ tion 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.

Pancake breakfast in Shoreham. Saturday, Jan. 21, 8‑10 a.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Road. The menu is plain or blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs, home fries, sausage, juice and beverages. $7 adults; $3 children; $20 families.

Bottle drive in Leicester. Saturday, Jan. 21, 9 a.m.‑noon, Leicester Town Shed (just off Route 7 on Fern Lake Road). The Leicester School sixth grade class will be holding a bottle drive to raise funds for their end of year school trip to New York City. If you would prefer to have your bottles picked up contact Heather LaPorte at 802‑377‑2363.

Romeo et Juliette in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 21, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater. “Romeo et Juliette” will be screened as part of the MET: Live in HD series. Tickets are $24 / $10 for students and may be purchased at www.town‑ halltheater.org, over the phone 382‑9222, or in person at the Town Hall Theater box office.

A free talk about the opera will be given before the broadcast at 12:15 p.m. by David Clark.

Run time 3 hours 4 minutes.

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,

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Free and open to the public.

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the meaning and significance of those rights, and the independent constitutional protections under the Vermont Constitution. Light refresh‑ ments will be served.

“Microbe & Gasoline” in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 21, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium.

Two teenage friends embark on a road trip across France after building a small house on wheels. In French with English subtitles.

Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series in association with the Vermont International Film Festival. Info: www.middle‑ bury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168. Free.

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 dona‑ tion 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.

Jean‑Michel Pilc, Jazz piano in Middlebury.

Saturday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall. Jean Michel‑Pilc, called a “dazzlingly inventive pianist” by the New York Times, will take the listener on a journey crafted with unexpected landscapes and powerful emotions. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Series. Reserved seating.

Tickets $25 public; $20 college ID holders; $6 students. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

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Apple Mac users group in Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 22, 3:30‑4:45 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, Community Meeting Room. Middlebury Apple Mac users group will be held. Open to the public. Free.

Trillium ensemble in Middlebury. Sunday, Jan. 22, 4 p.m., The Middlebury Community Music Center. The Trillium Ensemble featuring Esther Rogers Baker (cello), Janice Kyle (oboe) and Timothy Mount (piano) will perform. Suggested donation $10‑20. Info: www.mcmcvt.org.

THURSDAY

HUBZone workshop in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 26, 10‑11:30 a.m., ACEDC Conference Room, Suite 8, 1590 Route 7 South. ACEDC members and friends are invited to attend a free VT procurement technical assistance center HUBZone workshop. The HUBZone program assists small businesses in gain‑ ing preferential access to federal contracts due to limited economic development in rural communities.

Classes at EastView in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 26, 3‑4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

EastView resident Nick Clifford will present a class on “The Future of Europe” the first in an eight‑week series.

Author reading in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 26, 4:30‑5:30 p.m., Axinn Center, Abernathy Room, Middlebury College. J.M. Tyree will read from and discuss “Vanishing Streets: Journeys in London,” an illustrated travel‑ ogue of the peripheries of “the world’s most visited city.” Tyree is a nonfiction editor of New England Review.

Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section annual meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Jan. 26, 6:30 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Society meeting space. Our section will cele‑ brate another year of maintaining the Long Trail and leading outdoor activities. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., a brief social time with light refreshments will be followed by the Annual Meeting, followed by the program speaker, Middlebury resident Dan Brown, who will pres‑ ent his trip on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.

Free and open to the public. Contact Ruth Penfield 802‑388‑5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail. com with questions. Info: www.gmcbreadloaf. org/outings.

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January story hour in Monkton.

Friday, Jan. 27, 10‑11 a.m., Russell Memorial Library. The Russell Memorial Library in Monkton is hosting a story hour with a simple song, story and craft. All are welcome.

Sledding event in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 27, 7‑9 p.m., Chellis House, 56 Hillcrest Road, Middlebury College. Sister‑to‑Sister and Brother‑to‑Brother will hold a sledding event

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team of artists and activists expose the hidden world of extinction with never‑before‑seen images that will change the way we see the planet. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

DJ skate night in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 28, 8‑10 p.m., Memorial Sports Center. DJ skate night presented by friends of Middlebury hockey. All ages and abilities welcome. $5 adult; $3 student. Snack bar will be open and rental skates available. Info: www.memorial‑ sportscenter.org.

Border / Zones in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre. Border / Zones culmi‑ nates the two‑semester creative process of the Dance Company of Middlebury (DCM), guided by artistic director Scotty Hardwig, with additional choreography by Omar Carrum, Guggenheim fellow and director of the Mazatlán Professional School of Dance, and Delfos Danza, their professional company in residence. Carrum creates an original work for the students during a residency in Middlebury during fall 2016, and the exchange continues on DCM’s tour to Mazatlán, Mexico, in January 2017. Tickets: Public $12, College ID holders $10, Students $6.

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JEAN MICHEL‑PILC, called a “dazzlingly inventive pianist” by the New York Times, will take the listener on a journey crafted with unexpected landscapes and powerful emotions on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m., at Mahaney Center for the Arts. Tickets $25 public; $20 college ID holders; $6 students. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802‑443‑3168.

Blues Jam in Middlebury. Wednesday, Jan. 18, 8‑10 p.m., 51 Main.

Root 7 in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 21, 6‑8 p.m., 51 Main.

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

10 Strings in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 27, 7‑9 p.m., 51 Main.

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

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

See a full listing of

for Middle School girls and boys. Free event with lots of treats. For more information contact khanta@middlebury.edu or call 443‑5937.

Border / Zones in Middlebury. Friday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre. Border / Zones culminates the two‑semester creative process of the Dance Company of Middlebury (DCM), guided by artistic director Scotty Hardwig, with additional choreography by Omar Carrum, Guggenheim fellow and director of the Mazatlán Professional School of Dance, and Delfos Danza, their professional company in residence. Carrum creates an original work for the students during a residency in Middlebury during fall 2016, and the exchange continues on DCM’s tour to Mazatlán, Mexico, in January 2017. Tickets: Public $12, College ID holders $10, Students $6.

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horses, free hot cider and free acoustic music.

There will be warm soup, bread, mulled cider (hard or not) and a heating hut to keep warm.

Bring sleds, snowshoes, skis, instruments and

warm clothes! Toasting of the trees begins at 4 p.m.

“Racing Extinction” in Middlebury. Saturday, Jan. 28, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium. A

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ICAN workshop in Middlebury.

Saturday, Jan. 28, 9 a.m.‑4 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. The Interfaith Climate Action Network (ICAN) and Middlebury Area Clergy Association (MACA) will offer a workshop titled “Active Hope: Inspiration and Courage for Times of Great Change.” $10 suggested dona‑ tion. Registration required: contact Heidi Willis, redsprings@myfairpoint.net or 802‑352‑4327.

Arts and crafts annual sale in Brandon.

Saturday, Jan. 28, 10 a.m.‑2 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon. The Compass Music and Arts Center will hold their annual Arts and Crafts Sale, featuring supplies and handmade artwork or crafts at reduced prices.

If you are interested in selling your items, spaces can be reserved through Thursday, Jan. 26 by visiting www.cmacvt.org or calling 802‑247‑4295.

Fifth annual orchard celebration in Shoreham.

Saturday, Jan. 28, 3‑5 p.m., Champlain Orchards, 3597 Route 74 West, Shoreham.

Free sleigh/wagon rides by Hammond’s

Trillium

THE TRILLIUM ENSEMBLE featuring Esther Rogers Baker on cello, Janice Kyle on oboe and Timothy Mount on piano will perform Sunday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m. at the Middlebury Community Music Center. Suggested donation $10‑20. Info: www.mcmcvt.org.

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Jazz pianist to perform at Mahaney Ctr. Saturday Jazz pianist Jean-Michel Pilc with Dreyfus Jazz. His first album will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday for Dreyfus, “Welcome Home,” in Robison Hall at (featuring the same trio), Middlebury College’s was released in 2002. His Mahaney Center for the next recording Cardinal Arts.

Points was released the Born in 1960 in Paris, following year. Since now an American citizen, that time he has recorded Pilc moved to New York an impressive number of City in 1995. There, he

by Greg Pahl albums. formed a trio with bass His many honors player François Moutin include grants from and drummer Ari Hoenig. They the Chamber Music America New recorded a one-week engagement at Works Program and a Guggenheim the legendary jazz club Sweet Basil fellowship. He was profiled in a and, in 2000, released two CDs called documentary by John McCormick Together–Live at Sweet Basil, NYC, titled “Jean-Michel Pilc — A Portrait” volumes 1 and 2. Pilc then (2009, Living Jazz Archive). signed a record deal Always a busy performer, Pilc has toured the world, including Japan, Taiwan, Europe, the United States and Canada.

He has performed w i t h numerous jazz giants including Roy Haynes, M i c h a e l Brecker, Dave Liebman, Jean Toussaint and many others. “ T h e r e may be no more diverse, unpredictable jazz piano player, song to song, than JeanHeliand Consort At Brandon Music Michel Pilc,” says

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Tickets are $25 for the general public. The Mahaney Center is located on the campus of Middlebury College, at 72 Porter Field Road, just off Route 30 south/South Main Street. Free parking is available curbside on Route 30 or in the Center for the Arts parking lot. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 443-6433 or go to middlebury. edu/arts.

HELIAND CONSORT The Vermont based woodwind trio, Heliand Consort, is presenting a program titled “Crossing the Bar” at Brandon Music on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The group will explore the relationship between classical and folk music, with selections

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ranging from Flemish Renaissance folk songs to music of Dvořák and Gershwin.

Flutist Berta Frank, oboist Katie Oprea and clarinetist Elizabeth LeBlanc are inspired by composers like Dvořák and Bartók, who used folk elements from their cultures in their own compositions. The folk theme continues as the musicians perform as vocalists in traditional folk songs of the British Isles and a setting of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar.” Celebrating their tenth season, Heliand Consort brings spirited Classical music to audiences around Vermont. Its members, all long-time Vermont residents, are committed to presenting engaging programs that combine great Classical repertoire with song and story.

Jim Lowe, arts critic of the Times Argus, described a Heliand Consort performance as “substantial and musically rewarding.” He says they “played with great skill and musical understanding. These fine players… achieved a Romantic grandeur

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Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25.

Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show.

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Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon.

ROMEO ET JULIETTE Roméo et Juliette will be screened at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater at 1 p.m. on Saturday as part of the MET: Live in HD series.

When Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo starred opposite each other in Manon at the Met in 2015, the New York Times says, “the temperature rises nearly to boiling every time Damrau and Grigolo are on stage together.” Now they’re back as opera’s classic lovers, in Gounod’s lush Shakespeare adaptation. The production, by director Bartlett Sher, has already won acclaim for its vivid 18th-century milieu and stunning costumes during runs at Salzburg and La Scala. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the sumptuous score.

Perhaps the most enduringly successful of the many operatic settings of the world’s consummate love story, Roméo et Juliette is an excellent example of French Romanticism, a tradition that values subtlety, sensuality and graceful vocal delivery over showy effects.

In the opera there is a slight shift of focus away from the word games of the original play and a greater focus on the two lovers, who are given four irresistible duets, including a brief final reunion in the tomb scene that does not appear in the play.

A free talk about this opera will be given in the studio on the lower level before the broadcast at 12:15 p.m.

by David Clark. Run time is three hours, four minutes.

Tickets are $24 / $10 for students, and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, over the phone at 382-9222 or in person at the THT box office (daily except Sunday, (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

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CABIN FEVER SERIES The 12th edition of the Cabin Fever Series will have its first show of the season at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Walkover Concert Room, 15 Main Street in Bristol. The featured performers will be Pete’s Posse.

Vermont based trio Pete’s Posse is composed of acclaimed musician Pete Sutherland (fiddle, piano, banjo, melodica and vocals); his talented protégé Oliver Scanlon (fiddle, viola, mandolin, foot percussion and vocals); and the dynamic Tristan Henderson (guitars, mandolin, jaw harp, foot percussion and vocals).

You’ll hear twin fiddles in tight, wild harmony over high-powered guitar and pounding footwork with mandolin, clawhammer banjo, jawharp, keyboards and vocals.

Songs and tunes, old and new, lyrical and driving: that’s the multigenerational heart and mind of Pete’s Posse.

Admission is $15 in advance, $20 the day of the show. For information and reservations call 453-3188.

INTERNATIONAL FILM The 2016-2017 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2015 French film, “Microbe & Gasoline,” directed by Michel Gondry.

Microbe, a shy, aspiring artist, has trouble making friends at school until he meets Gasoline, a likeminded outcast. Together they hatch a plan to build a car and spend their summer on an epic road trip across France. This charming adventure from Gondry has been called his (See Beat, Page 13)

Celebrations set in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

MIDDLEBURY — During a week when Americans remember and honor Martin Luther King Jr., Middlebury College’s Center for Community Engagement (CCE) will offer a Day of Activism and Service on Saturday, Jan. 21, so members of the college community can discover ways to harness their skills, passion, and knowledge to bring about social change.

There will be activities throughout the day including workshops on white privilege, Black Lives Matter, and gender inclusivity. CCE is encouraging students to participate in the Women’s March on Montpelier on Saturday afternoon, and from 2 to 4 p.m. the CCE staff is conducting “drop-in activities” to

reflect on Dr. King’s legacy, learn about Amnesty International’s Write for Rights Campaign, and develop strategies “for care and compassion for yourself and others.”

Emma McDonald ’16, the AmeriCorps volunteer in CCE, and Ashley Laux ’06, the associate director of CCE, helped organize this year’s “Remembering MLK” events. They explained: “Dr. King refused to accept racial and economic injustice, oppression, or violence, and spent his life fighting for change through community action and nonviolent protest. In that spirit, we invite students, faculty, and staff to join us and honor his work.”

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School News Orwell school recieves grant

ORWELL — Orwell Village School grades six through eight received the 2017 Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Corridor of Commerce Grant.

Through grant funding, students will explore the historical commercial heritage of the town of Orwell through an integrative program of history, interpretive dance and the creation of a streaming multimedia timeline.

The project will be implemented mid-February through March and will culminate in a public performance open to the community (date TBD).

VTC names top county students

RANDOLPH CENTER — The following students have been named to the dean’s list at Vermont Technical College for the fall 2016 semester: Derrick Dubois, North Ferrisburgh; Zachary Ellison, Monkton; Harrison Heist, Hancock; Cassondra LaRoche, Shoreham; Brandon Mansfield, Starksboro; Rachel North, Ferrisburgh; Tyler Paquette, Middlebury; Macey Ross, Bristol; Kendra Treadway, Brandon; Scott Vincent, Middlebury; and Alex Woods, Ferrisburgh.

The following students have been named to the president’s list at Vermont Technical College for the fall 2016 semester: Courtney Bronson, Shoreham; Olivia Fournier, Ferrisburgh; Daniel Norwood, Middlebury; and Amelia Payne, North Ferrisburgh.

Katherine Townsend, of Middlebury, was named to the dean’s list at Bucknell University during the fall semester of the 201617 academic year.

Pete’s Posse at the Cabin Fever Series In Bristol

Beat (Continued from Page 11) “most satisfying movie since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” reminding us how friendships can help us reach our true potential. Also starring Audrey Tautou.

The film, in French with English subtitles, 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.

LIVE MUSIC AT 51 MAIN There will be two live music events this week at Middlebury’s 51 Main. At 8 p.m. on Wednesday,

the 51 Main Blues Jam continues.

Dennis Willmott from Left Eye Jump will provide lead guitar, bass and drums and these guys will back you up or take a break and let you play. All musicians and Blues fans are welcome. Everyone will get a chance to play.

Then, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Root 7 will perform. Root 7 is a small, mixed ensemble a Capella group whose passion for music brings them together from across the Champlain Valley.

All ages, no cover. For more information visit www.go51main. com or call 388-8209.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be one live musical 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 more information, call 388-0002.

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Bald eagle spotters needed for ’17 survey

VERMONT — Attention, bird lovers. Your eagle-spotting skills are needed for the 2017 Mid-winter Eagle Survey.

From Jan. 4-18, Vermont Audubon Society hopes to document as many eagles in Vermont as possible for this annual count.

If you see an eagle in Vermont during the survey period, email the following information to Margaret Fowle at mfowle@audubon.org: • Date.

• Location.

• Time of day.

• Number of Bald or Golden Eagles seen.

• Approximate age of the eagles (i.e., adult Bald Eagle with white head and tail, or immature that is mostly brown) • Any notable behavior (i.e., carrying nesting material, flying with another eagle, etc.).

Bald Eagles are making a strong comeback in Vermont and throughout the U.S. Audubon Vermont works with Vermont Fish & Wildlife to coordinate the winter eagle survey and helps monitor breeding eagles in the Connecticut River Valley.

Bald Eagle numbers have increased substantially during the past two decades, and Vermont is now host to 21 territorial pairs.

Increases in Bald Eagle populations have resulted from a combination of factors; these include the banning of DDT in North America, an effective reintroduction program and the protection of Bald Eagle

Candidates sought for AddisonRutland seat

BALD EAGLES IN Vermont, including this one photographed by Doug Gimler, are being counted this month. Vermont Audubon is asking members of the public to report sighting through Jan. 18.

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breeding and wintering habitat through the Endangered Species Act. Vermont conducted its own reintroduction program from 20042006, releasing 29 eagles in the town of Addison — in particular in the Dead Creek area. Vermont is close to reaching its recovery goals for downlisting from state

endangered status to threatened.

In the 2015 winter survey, the area between the Champlain Bridge and Shelburne Point on Lake Champlain supported the largest concentration of Bald Eagles (16 adults, 11 immatures) in the state. The overall numbers are well above totals of full surveys in recent years.

Since 1979, volunteers have been keeping tabs on bald eagles as part of Vermont Audubon’s annual winter bald eagle survey.

For more information on Bald Eagles in Vermont, or to report sightings, contact Margaret Fowle at mfowle@audubon.org or (802) 434-3068.

MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott is seeking candidates from the AddisonRutland legislative district to fill the Vermont House of Representatives seat being vacated by Rep. Alyson Eastman, I-Orwell.

Eastman, who won re-election to her second term unopposed last fall, was appointed by Gov. Scott to be deputy secretary of the Agency of Agriculture.

“I am looking for someone who, like Alyson, will be a dedicated public servant and representative for the people of Shoreham, Orwell, Benson and Whiting,” said Gov. Scott in a press release.

“In addition, I hope to keep with tradition by appointing someone of the same political affiliation as the previous representative. Because Alyson served as an Independent, this is an opportunity for someone to bring a similar, fiscally conservative and commonsense perspective to Montpelier,” Scott added.

Candidates must be a full-time resident of Shoreham, Orwell, Benson or Whiting.

Interested parties should submit a resume and statement of interest highlighting the perspective they will bring to the post to Rachel Feldman, Senior Director of Boards Commissions and Public Service.

Applications must be received no later than close of business Wednesday, Jan. 18. Gov. Scott hopes to fill the vacancy by the end of the month.

Submit resume and statement of interest to: Rachel Feldman, Senior Director of Boards, Commissions and Public Service, 109 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05609 or email rachel. feldman@vermont.gov.

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Ash borer (Continued from Page 1) committee’s report.

Wiger-Grohs, who along with “Once a tree is infected, there fellow Middlebury Tree Committee are not a lot of options,” Thodal member Sally Thodal took the lead noted, adding, “A big question for in drafting their town’s emerald Middlebury is, do we want to save ash borer preparedness plan. particular (ash) trees?”

“At some point, (ash borers) are THREE OPTIONS going to be here, because they are The Vermont Urban and active all around us,” Wiger-Grohs Community Forestry Program added. in 2014 conducted an individual Indeed, ash borers have already street inventory of all trees, been confirmed in the neighboring including ash, within the public states of New York, New right-of-way and on public land Hampshire and Massachusetts, as in downtown Middlebury and East well as in the Canadian province Middlebury. That survey yielded a of Quebec. combined total of 96 ash trees of Left to its own devices, a various maturity and health. The single ash borer can Middlebury Tree travel a half-mile Committee has been per year, with the “Once a tree is scouting the town for potential to cover infected, there additional ash trees. several miles during are not a lot of Communities the adults’ annual currently have options … A June-to-August flight three management period, according big question for options for dealing to Middlebury’s Middlebury is, with emerald ash preparedness plan. do we want to borers, according But even more to Wiger-Grohs and alarming is the save particular Thodal: Remove ash extent to which the (ash) trees?” trees proactively or ash borers can travel — Sally Thodal, reactively; remove greater distances Middlebury Tree them and replace through infested tree Committee them with resistant, nursery stock and native shade trees; firewood. or treat trees with The beetles infect the crowns insecticides. of the trees first, making barely The Tree Committee has discernable entry and exit holes compiled a lot of research on in the bark. Ash borer larvae feed the ash borer problem, thanks in on key nutrients below the bark, part to the University of Vermont contributing to the ultimate demise Extension Service and the Vermont of the ash tree. And the loss of ash Agency of Natural Resources. trees could have a profound effect That research — based on the on other tree species, according to experiences of other states — has Thodal and Wiger-Grohs. revealed that removing vulnerable Invasive tree species can take trees prior to infestation is the over spots where ash trees once more prudent approach. stood, thus crowding out native “This strategy provides time species such as birch and maples. for project planning, as well as Native animals used to feeding on an opportunity to plan for and insects that are partial to ash trees distribute costs,” Middlebury’s will lose that source of food. And ash borer preparedness plan states. local ecology and soil chemistry “This strategy is cheaper and safer will likely change with a mass die- as healthy trees fall in a more off of ash, according to the tree predictable manner and are easier

JUDY WIGER-GROHS, left, and Sally Thodal, members of the Middlebury Tree Committee, stand next to an ash tree in Middlebury. The committee has prepared a plan to respond to the threat of the emerald ash borer.

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to remove.”

Use of insecticides can be effective, but also has its potential drawbacks, according to the report. Those drawbacks include drift of insecticide spray to nontarget trees; the need to drill holes for insecticide injection, leaving convenient tunnels for other damaging organisms; and the risk of the insecticide being toxic to other wildlife like birds and bees, and polluting groundwater.

“I personally find it difficult to recommend the use of pesticides,” Thodal said.

Middlebury’s tree committee has drafted a plan proposing, among other things, that: • All dead ash trees, as well as those in poor condition, be removed as soon as possible.

• Larger ash trees with a diameter of 24 inches or more (at breast height) be treated with an insecticide.

• All other ash trees be removed

and replaced with alternative native trees, at a rate of two replacement trees per ash.

• The town’s budget include an emerald ash borer line item beginning this year, and in future years, until the ash borer is no longer considered a threat.

The plan also calls for Middlebury residents to be informed of the imminent ash borer threat as soon as possible.

Officials reasoned there are many additional, vulnerable ash trees on private property, and those property owners should be advised to take action.

The Middlebury tree committee estimates it would cost the town almost $60,000 to implement the proposed preparedness plan, with the greatest expense being the two-for-one ash replacement plan ($43,000). That plan reflects $250 per replacement tree.

Unfortunately, there are no state or federal funds for local

ash borer preparedness efforts, meaning communities and private landowners will have to shoulder the costs. Wiger-Grohs and Thodal said there could be some limited grants for new trees.

The Middlebury Infrastructure Committee has been reviewing the Tree Committee’s proposed ash borer plan, and will ultimately issue a recommendation to the selectboard for a final OK. Then it would be up to local voters to consider the plan in March as part of the fiscal year 2018 municipal budget.

In the meantime, folks should start scrutinizing the tops of their ash trees for the first signs of destruction.

“A lot of people believe ash borers are already here, just not in significant numbers,” Wiger-Grohs said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Hockey 1/11 Colchester vs. MUHS.......................1-1 1/14 MUHS vs. U-32.................................3-2 Girls’ Hockey 1/11 MUHS vs. Burl/Colchester................4-0 1/14 MUHS vs. Northfield.........................7-0 Boys’ Basketball 1/11 VUHS at OV..........................Postponed 1/13 VUHS vs. Mt. Abe................ 79-69 (OT) 1/13 Mill River vs. OV...........................45-35 1/13 Rutland vs. MUHS........................78-31 Girls’ Basketball 1/11 OV at Burr & Burton..............Postponed 1/13 MUHS vs. Winooski..................... 54-42 1/14 VUHS vs. Milton...........................45-29 1/14 North Country vs. Mt. Abe............52-50 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 1/13 Midd. vs. Stevenson.........................4-1 1/14 Midd. vs. Endicott.............................3-0 Men’s Hockey 1/13 Plattsburgh vs. Midd,........................5-2 Women’s Basketball 1/13 Tufts vs. Midd...............................54-38 1/14 Midd. vs. Bates.............................66-46 Men’s Basketball 1/13 Tufts vs. Midd...............................91-85 1/14 Midd. vs. Bates.............................79-71

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Hockey 1/21 MUHS at Essex...........................5 p.m.

Girls’ Hockey 1/21 MUHS at Essex...........................3 p.m.

Boys’ Basketball 1/17 Brattleboro at MUHS...................7 p.m.

1/17 Mt. Abe at OV..............................7 p.m.

Girls’ Basketball 1/16 MUHS at Mill River......................7 p.m.

1/16 West Rutland at OV.....................7 p.m.

1/19 OV at Burr & Burton.....................7 p.m.

1/20 Mt. Mansfield at Mt. Abe..............7 p.m.

1/20 North Country at VUHS...............7 p.m.

1/21 MUHS at Milton....................Postponed Wrestling 1/21................OV at Merrimack Tournament Gymnastics 1/16 Milton at MUHS...........................6 p.m.

Indoor Track 1/21 MUHS/VUHS at Norwich........8:30 a.m.

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 1/20 Midd. at Bowdoin.........................7 p.m.

1/21 Midd. at Bowdoin.........................3 p.m.

Men’s Hockey 1/20 Colby at Midd...............................7 p.m.

1/21 Bowdoin at Midd..........................3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball 1/17 SUNY Potsdam at Midd...............5 p.m.

1/22 Williams at Midd..........................2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball 1/17 Green Mt. at Midd........................7 p.m.

1/22 Midd. at Williams.........................2 p.m.

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Hunter O’Connor puts up two points COMMODORE SENIOR DYLAN Bradford runs into Eagle in the opening minutes of Friday’s game against Mount Abraham. The Commo- defenders Chris Wood and Jackson Counter during Friday’s dores won the game in overtime, 79-69. game in Vergennes.

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Commodores survive buzzer-beater Score 15 in overtime to defeat Eagles, 79-69

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — As usual, Friday’s game between the Mount Abraham Union High School boys and the host Commodores packed the Vergennes gym.

Even more than usual, with the backdrop of the battling student section chants, the cheerleading acrobatics and the VUHS pep band’s tight brass section, fans got their money’s worth in the duel between the friendly rivals.

Among other things, Mount Abe, a 4-4 team on the rise after two forgettable seasons, on Friday offered a long-range, game-tying buzzer-beater from senior guard Jack Willis and seven three-pointers from classmate Chris Wood, two of which came

back-to-back in overtime and gave the Eagles a 66-63 lead with three minutes to go.

The Commodores countered with their best ball movement, offensive balance and rebounding of the season; showed for the first time the ability to bounce back from lategame adversity; and earned their first victory of the winter, 79-69 in overtime, when leading scorer Adam Gill erupted for 11 straight points in 1:40 to erase that 66-63 deficit.

In all, Gill scored 15 of his 23 points in the four-minute overtime, adding five assists. But he noted the team effort: The Commodores out-rebounded the Eagles, counting team rebounds, 51-43, with Lance Bergmans (16 points) and Devon Kimball

(six points, five assists) grabbing 10 boards apiece; and Dylan Bradford scoring a game-high 26 points and added six boards.

“It’s Mount Abe. We all were fired up today. Everybody was ready to play. Everybody did their job. We played as hard as we could,” Gill said. “And we came out with the win.”

Mount Abe coach Martin Clark agreed the Commodores got to more 50-50 rebounds and loose balls than the Eagles, but said his team performed well, too. Vergennes’ offensive execution might have made the difference, he said.

“They definitely came out with a little more energy than we had.

In the long run, both teams played

very well. Our goal was to limit their points offensively, and we couldn’t do it,” Clark said. “Vergennes made the plays.”

VUHS Coach Peter Quinn said his team could have contained the Eagles better, particularly Wood, who probably hit at least 70 percent of his three-point attempts in finishing with 24 points. But he was happy with the offense.

“It was our best offensive game, by far,” Quinn said. “I was very encouraged, and maybe it’s the win talking, but we had actually less dribbling and better ball movement today than we’ve had in any game this year.”

Both teams came out firing in the (See Basketball, Page 17)

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Basketball (Continued from Page 16) first half, which ended with VUHS on top, 37-36. To that point, Bradford (10 points, two threes), Bergmans (nine) and Kimball (six) had done most of the Commodores’ damage, while eight Eagles had scored: Wood had 12, including three first quarter treys; center Finn Clements came off the bench to chip in six; and forward Jackson Counter had four.

The Commodores started to play better defense in the third period and in the first 4:20 held the Eagles to putback by Caleb Bonvouloir, who scored 10 points and rebounded well off the bench. In the meantime, Bradford drove for two and hit two free throws, Hunter O’Connor (five points) hit a free throw, and Gill drove for a hoop to make it 44-38 at 4:20.

The Eagles answered with better defense and a 7-1 run to tie the score at 45-45 after three. Bonvouloir drove for two, Counter converted a Willis feed, and Dustin Whitcomb (seven points) completed a three-point play after snagging an offensive board.

In the fourth quarter, buckets by Bergmans and Bradford helped give VUHS the lead, but Wood sank another three at 6:05 to put the Eagles on top, 50-49. A Ryan Bonar putback made it 52-49, but VUHS responded.

A Bergmans transition hoop cut the lead to one, and Bradford cut to the basket to make it 53-52, VUHS at 3:50. Twenty seconds later, Gill found Casey Kimball in transition, and it was 55-52. Cue Wood: His fifth three of the game came 15 seconds later and tied the score at 55-55.

But Gill was breaking loss after being the focus of the Eagle defense all night. At 2:20 he fed Bergmans on the break, and at 1:30 Gill floated in a baseline jumper, and VUHS led, 5955. Bergmans added a free throw at 43.5, and VUHS led by five.

The Eagles weren’t done. Whitcomb sank a jumper at 0:38 to make it 60-57, when VUHS missed two free throws at 0:17, Mount Abe was alive.

The ball went to Willis on the left flank. He shot moving right-to-left with a hand in his face — nothing but net as the horn sounded. The Eagles and their fans celebrated.

They came to their feet again when Wood answered Bradford’s threepoint play with his back-to-back threes in overtime. Then Gill took over. He hit two free throws at 2:39 and a floater in the lane at 2:15, and VUHS led, 67-66.

Then came a three-pointer, two free throws, and a lay-up on a feed from Devon Kimball, and it all added up to 11 unanswered, game-clinching points in 1:40.

“I play the game all the time,” Gill said. “I make those shots all the time.”

With the Eagles coming off two winless seasons and after an exciting game at a tough place to win, Clark was not too upset. He was pleased that his team fought back to force overtime.

“There’s no quit in these boys.

There hasn’t been in three-and-a-half years now. But finally they’re able to be in games and have a chance to win,” Clark said. “That’s good to see.”

Gill said the result can help springboard the Commodores into the rest of their Lake Division schedule.

LEFT, COMMODORE SENIOR Adam Gill scored 23 points, 15 in overtime, in Vergennes’ 79-69 win over MAUHS. RIGHT, EAGLE JUNIOR Jackson Counter puts in two of his six points Independent photo/Trent Campbel

“It’s awesome. We’ve had a tough schedule to start the season, and it feels great,” Gill said. “We’ve been waiting for it, eight games, obviously, and we’re ready for the Lake.”

Quinn saw a step forward because until Friday his 1-8 Commodores

have not been able to win close games, and said they have potential in their league schedule.

“There’s not a game that we can’t win, and there’s also probably not a game that we can’t lose the rest of the way.

“So if we play well, we can control our destiny. And that’s a really nice feeling after you’ve won your first game,” he said. “The proof will be in the next game, how we come out and play and how we pick up our defensive intensity.”

Tiger boys’ hockey surges past Raiders

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Joshua Girard breaks away with the puck during Saturday’s game against U-32.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team on Saturday earned arguably its biggest and certainly its most dramatic win of the winter, scoring three times in the final 6:27 to erase a 2-0 deficit and defeat previously unbeaten U-32, 3-2.

Sparking the comeback was senior Brett Viens, who plays the hybrid center/defenseman position in the Tigers two-up, three-back system.

Viens started buzzing the U-32 net after Raider Lucas Eldred gave his team a 2-0 lead with a sensational effort 20 seconds into the third period, and eventually scored twice, including the game-winner with 1:17 left in regulation.

In all, Tigers put 11 shots on net in the third period after notching just seven in the first two periods.

They came to life with relentless forechecking, including by defenseman Ziven McCarty, who broke up a clear and scoring the tying goal.

Viens said the 5-3-1 Tigers were able to lift their play.

“I guess we just found it within

ourselves,” Viens said. “Our theme for the season has been ‘passion.’

And I guess the passion just really came through there.”

The win followed a Wednesday home game in which the Tigers had to settle for a 1-1 tie with Colchester when the Lakers’ Luke Dion scored with three seconds left in regulation. Henry Hodde tallied in the second period for MUHS, with assists from Viens and Eli Tucker.

Tiger goalie Jeffrey Stearns made 18 saves, and goalie Jake Rocheleau stopped 17 shots for the 2-5-1 Lakers.

Viens said although the Tigers were 2-1-1 in their four games before Saturday, they believed they could play better. They also gave up two third-period goals in losing to Lake Placid on home ice.

“These past few games haven’t been as strong as we wanted them to be,” he said. “Once it came to game time and the puck dropped, we wanted to win. We played our hearts out.”

Coach Derek Bartlett said the Tigers played hard, but not well, for the first two periods, squandering too many chances by being out (See Hockey, Page 18)

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Tiger girls Hockey remain unbeaten MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team remained unbeaten with a pair of victories last week.

The 7-0-1 Tigers are locked in a battle for the top spot in Division I with Essex (8-1) and Rutland (81-1).

The Tigers have tied Rutland on the road and will visit four-time champion Essex on Saturday in the first meeting this winter between the programs. Essex defeated host Rutland, 3-1, on Saturday, and the Hornets’ lone loss came in their opener to Beekmantown, N.Y. On this past Wednesday, the Tigers earned a 4-0 victory over visiting Burlington-Colchester.

Rowan Hendy backstopped the win with 13 saves. Julia Carone gave MUHS a 2-0 first-period lead with a pair of goals, and Kate Donahue and Lexi Bartlett added goals in the second period. Andi Boe chipped in a pair of assists for MUHS. Goalie Jenna Blondin stopped 45 shots for the 3-5-1 SeaLakers.

On Saturday, the Tigers picked up their fifth-straight shutout, 7-0, over visiting Northfield (3-6). Helen Anderson scored twice, Carone and Boe notched a goal and two assists apiece, Tulley Hescock scored a goal and assisted another, Molly Wetmore and Georgina Mraz and Molly Wetmore found the net once each, and Monroe Cromis racked up five assists.

Hendy worked a five-save shutout, and Northfield goalie Analiese Morvan made 32 saves.

(Continued from Page 17) of position and not passing well.

But he said they raised their game when it mattered.

“For two periods we weren’t putting our best out there,” Bartlett said. “Credit to them. They figured it out. They came together. And I think they feed off of No. 7 (Viens) quite a bit. It’s great seeing them respond that way.”

The 6-1 Raiders held the edge in the first period and took the lead at 6:47. Brendan Marineau put a shot on goalie Doug DeLorenzo (12 saves) immediately after a faceoff in the left circle, and Eldred popped the rebound inside the right post.

That was a rare Tiger defensive lapse. Tiger defenders Andrew Gleason, Krystian Gombosi, Brian Kiernan, Alexander Yurista and McCarty all had solid games, and all 11 wings and centers who took regular shifts took their defensive responsibilities seriously.

Team defense has been a strength, Bartlett said: The Tigers have allowed two or fewer goals in seven of nine games.

“The forwards are being disciplined in their back pressure,” he said. “We lean on our goaltending, and our defense, that’s where we start.”

In the second period, the Tigers’ depth up front began to give them more territory, but chances were few. After two first-period shots, they launched just five more. The best chances came mid-period, when Raider goalie Rory Hynes stopped Hodde, from Yurista, and then denied Eli Tucker and then Viens’ rebound bid. Devon Kearns, on a Kamrin Bartlett feed, also saw a U-32 defender deflect his pointblank shot high.

TIGER GOALIE DOUG DeLorenzo and defenseman Krystian Gombosi hold off a shot by U-32’s Conor Barrett Saturday night in Middlebury. DeLorenzo made 12 saves in the 3-2 Tiger win.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

DeLorenzo was busier. He stopped Conor Barret on a breakaway nine minutes in and then seconds later was in the right place to take a Zach Legue screened slapshot off his facemask. Late in the period he made back-to-back saves on Brady Hill and Owen Guthrie.

But he couldn’t stop Eldred 20 seconds into the third period. The bigger, more physical Raiders broke up a clear along the left board, and the puck popped in the middle to Eldred. He slipped it through a defender’s legs, went in alone on DeLorenzo and snapped the puck into the upper right corner.

The tide turned, but DeLorenzo had to make one more big stop about eight minutes in, kicking aside another breakaway after the Tigers lost the puck at the Raider

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blue line.

A minute-and-a-half later it was 2-1. Gombosi sent Viens steaming down the slot. Hynes stopped his 25-footer, but Viens kept coming and stuffed the rebound home in the crease.

With 2:41 to go, McCarty pinched down the right boards to block a clear, picked up the puck, skated between the circles, and ripped a slap shot inside the left post, and it was 2-2.

The Tigers kept bottling up the Raiders, who called time with 1:26 to go and a faceoff in their end. But the Tigers won the faceoff. Tyler Giorgio controlled along the right boards and centered to Kolby Farnsworth in the slot. Hynes denied his one-timer, but Viens was waiting off the left post for the rebound and stuffed

home the game-winner with 1:17 to go.

Viens said it was an important result for a young Tiger team competing at a higher level this winter.

“This is pretty big for us. If we had lost it, it would have put us back at .500,” Viens said. “There’s still a lot of games left, but the season’s gone by pretty fast, and to win a game against an undefeated team like that, that’s ahead of us in the rankings, that’s a big mental aspect for us.”

Bartlett said the Tigers could make some noise if the play for 45 minutes like they did for most of Saturday’s third period.

“When we play the way we are capable of playing,” he said, “I truly believe we are capable of playing with anybody in the state.”

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We’re pleased to introduce Lucas Pyle, a member of the senior class at Middlebury Union High School, this week’s student of the week. Lucas is the son of Will Pyle and Silvia Gonzalez and resides in Middlebury.

Lucas has been active in all aspects of life at MUHS. Athletically inclined, Lucas has been a member of the varsity soccer team for four years. He wears the orange and black team colors with pride and enjoys playing in the position of defender under Coach Livesay’s leadership for the MUHS Tigers. This past fall he was named to the Addison Independent Boys’ Soccer All-Star Team. His involvement in soccer has come full circle, as he now serves as a volunteer coach to children ages 5-12 with the local Parks and Recreation Department’s Panther Soccer Club. Lucas enjoys being involved with younger players and helping them to hone their skills on the soccer field.

Lucas is studying Spanish and volunteers at the Open Door Clinic, a local organization that provides free healthcare to individuals who do not have health insurance. Lucas assists with paperwork for both the medical professionals and the patients. He values time with his family and friends and spent six weeks last summer in Argentina with Lucas Pyle his grandparents. While in South America, he attended a camp for MUHS two weeks where he conversed only in Spanish. He described the experience as being inspirational, fun and one that he will always remember.

Lucas is having a productive senior year. The fall was busy with soccer practices and games, homework and filling out college applications. His hard work has paid off, though, as he was admitted early decision to his first choice college, Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Lucas is looking forward to enrolling next fall and feels that Tufts is “just the right place” based on the size, academic offerings and proximity to Boston. In the meantime, though, he’s focused on spending time with his friends and enjoying the remainder of his senior year. He has a challenging academic course load that includes AP Calculus, AP English, AP World History, Choir and Chemistry II. When Lucas is not in school or at the Open Door Clinic, look for him on the trail, as he just joined the MUHS Nordic ski team. He opted to try something new and says that thus far cross-country skiing has been a blast!

He’s hopeful for a great season. With his positive attitude and outlook, we’re sure he will find success in his new sport, just as he will in his future.

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Hunter O’Connor as its Student of the Week. Hunter lives in Waltham with his parents, Shaun and Stacy O’Connor. Hunter’s older brother Grady is a sophomore at Laconia Tech in New Hampshire.

Over the past four years at VUHS, Hunter has been on honor roll and high honor roll multiple times. This semester he is challenging himself by taking both Physics and Chemistry.

He earned an Underclassman Award in Science and has also represented VUHS at Boys State. Outside of the classroom Hunter plays basketball and baseball, and has been team captain of both.

During the summer Hunter works at DAR State Park as a park attendant. He also volunteers with his family at the annual Three Day Stampede to raise money and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. Hunter likes to hunt, fish and hang out with friends.

Hunter says, “What I have taken from my high school experience is a strong work ethic. I always try to influence people around me in a positive way. My advice to other students is to Hunter O’Connor take it one day at a time and to make the most of what you are VUHS doing.”

Leo Racht, a Math teacher at VUHS says this about our student of the week, “Hunter is clearly the student the faculty had in mind when we established the five guidelines a few years ago. As a senior and throughout his four years in high school, he has been an outstanding role model to the rest of the students both inside and outside the classroom. Outside of the classroom, Hunter has distinguished himself as an exceptional athlete in both basketball and baseball. What also makes Hunter special as an athlete is his comprehensive knowledge of the history of both sports that he truly loves.

“He also mentors young athletes and makes himself available any time there are questions. He is a true leader who many students admire.”

Following graduation from VUHS, Hunter will be attending Ithaca College to study exercise science and play baseball. He is then hoping to go into a DPT program to become a certified physical therapist. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Hunter the very best in the future.

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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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Vergennes (Continued from Page 1) because of that uncertainty. back in for buildings’ more pressing “It’s based strictly on an estimate, needs. because the Legislature has not Canning said she and ANWSD accepted the base rates yet,” Mears principals would make that said. adjustment, but would Taking into account not cut staff and the 10-cent discount programs, and that “It’s important ANWSD will receive Vergennes Union High for the because residents School would be spared community to approved unification the axe. know we came in March, assuming “They recognize we’ve lawmakers accept the had some tough times out of pretty recommended rates and at the high school, and dire straits in ANWSD voters back a frankly when we go back a very short $21.1 million budget, to the administrators I’m order of time.” and adjusting for each going to be really careful — Superintendent town’s Common Level from this point forward JoAn Canning of Appraisal (CLA), not to touch anything Mears estimated: at the high school,” she • A d d i s o n ’ s said. residential tax rate could decrease Other cuts administrators made by 9.6 cents. for Wednesday’s draft included • Ferrisburgh’s residential tax proposed increases in the hours for rate could decrease by 12.1 cents.

VUHS art and music teachers and • Panton’s residential tax rate the Addison Central School nurse’s could increase by 2.5 cents. aide, lights for a VUHS varsity • Vergennes’ residential tax rate sports field, VUHS sports uniforms could increase by 1.6 cents. and equipment, and “intervention • Waltham’s residential tax rate services” for VUHS students. could decrease by 12.5 cents.

Savings were also realized in special FUND BALANCES education costs.

A new audit unveiled at The board will meet again on Wednesday’s meeting also brought Wednesday at 6 p.m. to consider some good news: The dim financial further tweaks within the $21.1 picture that Canning inherited in million proposal. the summer of 2014 has brightened.

TAX IMPACT Although long-standing food Canning and ANWSD business service deficits remain, officials manager Tonia Mears last week also said VUHS will run a surplus in presented early estimates of the tax June after being nearly $1 million impact of that budget’s adoption. in debt in 2014. Both Addison and Mears cautioned that the estimates Ferrisburgh central schools finished are based on Agency of Education this past June with surpluses recommended rates for homeowners (about $202,000 and $23,000, who pay based either on the value or respectively), and the central office their property or on their income. has more than $64,000 in special But the Legislature does not make education and Early Essential final those rates until the end of the Education money to give back to session in late April or May, when it schools. is clear how much money must be Much of the good financial news raised to cover all approved Vermont comes from special education, school spending. In 2016, lawmakers which developed a $771,000 raised the rates slightly at the end of surplus in the past two years. their session. Mears said the tax rate Canning credited ANWSD special estimates are “a shot in the dark” education director Kara Griswold

for championing an approach The VUHS board will have that brought in-house some several good choices if that surplus expensive contracted services, does materialize, officials said. such as psychology and occupation The money could be put toward therapy, thus saving money — and the FY18 unified budget or into improving quality for students. a capital improvement fund, or “We have decided to hire applied to the food service deficit. personnel locally under our own As for what is a $401,000 food school district so that we can direct service deficit across the four the work of the people, so that schools, Canning said a planned they are available, so that they not merger with Addison Northeast’s only do the work we food service, which expect them to do, but would place both they also are building “We have districts’ food services relationships with the developed under the oversight student teams so they partnerships of former Ferrisburgh can provide the ongoing between Central School kitchen support necessary for special manager Kathy kids to make progress,” Alexander, should help Canning said on educators solve the problem. and regular Thursday.

Addison Northeast Special educators and educators so has seen an increase in teachers also now work they’re teamstudent use of school together more regularly teaching.” food services that should in classrooms. translate to ANWSD, “We have developed — Superintendent while a common menu JoAn Canning and common purchasing partnerships between special educators and would save money, regular educators so Canning said. they’re team-teaching,” Canning “I believe in the next five years said. we will be able to get our arms The quality of ANWSD’s around food services,” she said. special education drew praise at The larger message Canning Wednesday’s meeting from resident said on Thursday she wanted to Rick Ebel, a former principal get out is that Addison Northwest’s at the Orchard School in South finances are back on track: “It’s Burlington. important for the community to “I want to applaud the co- know we came out of pretty dire teaching model,” Ebel said, adding straits in a very short order of time. that he thought it was “unique and And I think it is attributed to the very positive.” facts that we have improved our In the next few months, the ACS financial policies and management, and FCS boards, which will exist our internal controls, and really until ANWSD fully unifies in July, the high school administration’s will decide how to handle their leadership in monitoring that budget schools’ surpluses, officials said. very closely. We also have made a This year’s VUHS budget significant difference in budgeting included $293,000 to retire the for special education because of the VUHS debt, but according to the skills and time and attention of the audit the school was only $19,000 special education director.” in the hole this past June.

Or, as she put in during “I’m predicting at the end of the Wednesday’s meeting, “There is ’17 school year the high school will room for celebration.”

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at have a surplus,” Mears said. andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Middlebury College admits 343 in early decisions MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College has offered 343 students early admission to the Class of 2021. The admitted students were chosen from a pool of 673 applicants — an increase of 6.5 percent over last year — and represent about 51 percent of a class that is expected to total about 705.

Those 343 students are from 35 states, Washington, D.C., and 19 countries.

“Our early decision applicants this year were among the best we’ve ever seen,” said Dean of Admissions Greg Buckles.

“The Class of 2021 will be exceptionally strong.”

Buckles noted that students of color accounted for 28 percent of the students admitted, which represented a slight increase from the then-record of 26 percent who were accepted last year.

“Middlebury’s excellent academics and vibrant campus life continue to attract a strong applicant pool,” added Buckles.

The College deferred 60 applicants, who will be considered for regular admission in the spring, and denied admission to 270 students.

Middlebury’s early decision program is binding, which means that students who apply have selected Middlebury as their first choice and are committed to attending if accepted.

While 316 of the newly accepted students will enroll in the fall of 2017, 27 will begin their first semester at Middlebury in February 2018 through the College’s February Admissions Program.

Last year Middlebury College received 636 applications for early decision and admitted 338.

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Vermont Gas under investigation for quality of project VERMONT — Eight This past Dec. 9, 2016, the environmental and public advocacy Supreme Court lifted a stay against groups late last week announced Vermont Gas that allowed the that a federal agency was going to company to complete the last 2,000investigate concerns they raised foot section of a 41-mile pipeline. over the quality of the construction Justices of the court lifted the stay of natural gas pipeline being build because they said they believed from Colchester Vermont Gas would to Middlebury by likely prevail in the Vermont Gas Systems. “It is nearly case that had prevented “Vermont groups impossible to VGS from putting the and citizens in get relevant pipe 30-50 feet below opposition to the the surface of Geprags Vermont Gas pipeline information Park in Hinesburg via are celebrating the Jan. from VGS or horizontal drilling.

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Vermont Gas the federal Pipeline Beth — Monkton spokesperson Hazardous Materials resident Parent reported at the Safety Administration Jane Palmer time that with the stay (PHMSA) stating that removed, Vermont they will be opening Gas would have the an investigation into whether pipeline finished in 10 weeks, which construction of the pipeline has would mean mid-to-late February been in compliance with minimum 2017. Former Department of Public federal safety standards,” the groups Service head Chris Recchia was said in a Friday press release. quoted this week by VTDigger.org “Citizens are demanding a halt as saying Vermont Gas expects to to further construction, pending be pumping gas in the pipeline by outcomes of the investigation.”

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The groups are 350 Vermont, If that happens, it will complete Protect Geprags Park, Rutland Area an estimated $153.6 million project Climate Coalition, Toxics Action that was first approved by Vermont’s Center, Just Power, Upper Valley Public Service Board on Dec. 23, Affinity Group, Central Vermont 2013, with an estimated price tag of Climate Action, and Vermonters for $86.6 million. a Clean Environment.

LETTER TO THE FEDS The groups explained that in On Oct. 15, the above named August the Department of Public groups and 113 individual citizens Service filed a “Notice of Probable filed a formal request with PHMSA Violation” with Vermont Gas requesting that the agency step in alleging failure to comply with on an emergency basis, to oversee various standards pertaining to and investigate the construction. electrical safety. VGS was then The Notice of Probable Violation granted three extensions on the focused around safe construction timeline for responding to those standards in proximity to high allegations, and in the interim was voltage transmission wires, which allowed to continue construction causes induced voltage in the through November without steel pipes. Proximity of wires proving it had addressed the safety and pipes can increase the chance violations. of electrocution for people who In November, Vermont Gas and touch the pipes and it can increase the DPS filed a “Memorandum corrosion of the pipes, the groups of Understanding” regarding the claimed. allegations.

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burial depth, valve stations in standing water, and pipes partially submerged in water, among other issues.

Rachel Smolker, a member of Protect Geprags Park in Hinesburg, said she was thrilled by the federal investigation.

“It is clear that this project was rushed through in the face of strong public opposition and serious cost overruns,” she said in the press release. “In Hinesburg VGS is just now beginning construction through Geprags Park even though the granting of an easement through

public park land is currently under appeal at the Vermont Supreme Court. It is an outrage that they are allowing construction to proceed even before the case has been heard in the court, and even more outrageous given that we have good reason to believe construction has been done hastily and shoddily.”

Jane Palmer, a resident of Monkton living alongside the pipeline, said that citizens needed to take matters into our own hands to learn about standards for safe construction.

“It is nearly impossible to get

relevant information from VGS or other sources,” she said in the press release. “Meanwhile we can see with our own eyes that pipes are strung under transmission wires, sometimes sitting in standing water.

In places it appears they were not buried as deeply below the surface as required. Vermont Gas just keeps telling the public that everything is fine and that they are eager to deliver ‘safe, clean and affordable’ gas. We live right alongside this pipeline and have absolutely no trust in VGS or confidence that construction was done properly.”

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Addison County’s Humane Society Beefy 3 years, American Bulldog, neutered male. Beefy is a great big lug of a dog (70 lbs!) who is sweet, friendly, and playful. He loves attention, and gives the best snuggles and kisses! Beefy has lived with other dogs, cats, and children. He knows sit, come, and down, but could use a little more work on manners as he tends to jump when he is excited. This handsome fellow will make a wonderful companion!

Princess 3 years, American Bulldog, spayed female. Princess is an incredibly sweet, friendly, playful young gal who loves to cuddle! She has lived with other dogs, cats, and children and is very well mannered. This sweet gal will make a wonderful addition to most any family!

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Nash 8 months, DSH Black, neutered male. Nash is a sweet, shy youngster who spent the first 5 months of his life living outside with his litter mates. A good Samaritan cared for Nash and his siblings and got them used to people, then brought them to the shelter to find new, loving homes of their own! Nash would like a family who will show him how sweet life is as a pet.

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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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Make homes safe for new pets METRO — Pets need certain comforts to live healthy lives. In addition to adequate nutrition, exercise, medical care and mental stimulation, pets need a safe place to live.

The average home is filled with various items that can be harmful to pets. Just as parents baby-proof their homes when welcoming new children into their families, pet owners can take inventory of potential hazards to pets and take steps to safeguard their pets from home-related injuries. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, a few simple adjustments around the house can prevent many pet emergencies.

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If you can’t store everything beyond pets’ reach, then use cabinet and drawer latches to prevent access to areas that are off limits. Lock doors to basements, garages and storage sheds as well.

• Cover all garbage cans. Animals have extraordinary senses of smell, and they may be attracted to trash cans around the house. Pets rooting around in the garbage can be messy, but this can also make pets vulnerable to illness. Invest in garbage cans with locks or tight lids to prevent food poisoning or choking.

• Use medications wisely. Be mindful of medications, making sure none of your pills fall on the floor where they can be gobbled up by pets.

• Protect belongings. Cats can scale many objects in the house, gaining access to areas of the house that dogs cannot reach. Cats also can be attracted to small shiny objects, such as jewelry or glass items, that are choking hazards. Store potential choking hazards out of sight of curious cats.

• Clean the furnace. Allergens and poor indoor air quality is not just a concern for humans. Pets also can be affected by allergies and health issues that result from exposure to mold or dirt

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• Secure windows and doors. Cats and dogs may be distracted by something outdoors and feel compelled to chase after it. Dogs and cats can suffer serious injuries if they fall from windows. Make sure window screens are secure and install guards if your pet likes to hang out by the windows.

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MIDDLEBURY — The Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section’s annual meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. The annual meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. with a brief social time, followed by a short business meeting and a guest speaker with slide show.

The featured speaker will be Dan Brown, owner/ innkeeper of the Swift House Inn and part-time adventurer, whose talk is titled “Jeff and Dan’s Big Adventures or Two Coots, One Canoe” on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.

In 2014, at the young ages of 65 and 64, Brown and Jeff Loustaunau completed a canoe through paddle of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) leaving from Old Forge, N.Y. and paddling through Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire and Maine with the final destination of Fort Kent, Maine.

Brown and Loustaunau accomplished the feat in 29 paddling days, enjoying beautiful sunshine and enduring the cold, rainy weather typical of the Northern Forest in May. They paddled 535 miles, many upstream, portaged 118 miles over road, wooded trails and swampy terrain, and shuttled 49 miles around impassible rivers.

Raised in Ithaca, N.Y., Brown grew up camping and boy scouting was a passion. He and his wife Michele own and operate the Swift House Inn. All GMC events are free and open to the public. Voluntary donations to the Green Mountain Club’s Education Fund will be accepted at the door. Information about this and other Bread Loaf Section events is available at www. gmcbreadloaf.org/outings.

DAN BROWN WILL give a talk on his adventures on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail at the Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section’s annual meeting Thursday, Jan. 26, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society.

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Fri‑ days, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery.

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AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers wel‑ come. Confidential. St. Ste‑ phen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS MIDDLEBURY MEET‑ INGS FRIDAY: Discussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00‑2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middle‑ bury.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Discus‑ sion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS RIPTON MEETINGS: Monday, As Bill Sees It Meet‑ ing 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.

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ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middle‑ bury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confidential, we share our experience, strength and hope to solve our common problems. Babysitting avail‑ able.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS BRISTOL MEET‑ INGS: Sunday, Discussion Meeting 4:00‑5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meet‑ ing 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00‑7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

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A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS MIDDLEBURY MEET‑ INGS SATURDAY: Discus‑ sion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discus‑ sion Meeting 10:00‑11:00 AM. Beginners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middle‑ bury.

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A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS MIDDLEBURY MEET‑ INGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N Y‑ MOUS MIDDLEBURY MEET‑ INGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meetings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

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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.

Help Wanted KAYHART BROTHERS IN ADDISON has an opening for outside crops, equip‑ ment and mechanic posi‑ tion. Experience preferred.

Full time. Competitive pay, health insurance and IRA. References and valid divers license required. Call Tim at 802‑349‑6676.

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Help Wanted BIXBY LIBRARY PART-TIME ASSISTANT Organize staff and events calendars, create posters, order books and supplies, post on social media, schedule building use, interact with customers at circulation desk.

Must be organized, proficient with electronic devices and understand basics of social media. Part-time, 15-20 flexible hours per week.

To find out more email jane.spencer@bixbylibrary.org or send resume to apply.

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HOUSEKEEPER‑ FULL TIME Eastview at Middlebury seeks a FT Housekeeper who is friendly and detail‑oriented to provide quality cleaning service in our retirement com‑ munity. E‑mail: greatplaceto‑ work@eastviewmiddlebury. com or call 802‑989‑7500.

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National Bank of Middlebury has a parttime position available. The ideal candidate must be committed to service excellence, value a diverse team and clientele, be a good communicator who will project warmth, professionalism, and confidence.

Approximately 27.5 hours per week Monday & Tuesday 9 – 4 Wednesdays - OFF Thursday & Friday 9:15 – 5 Saturdays on rotating basis Competitive compensation package Salary range beginning at $16.62/hr If you are interested, please apply in person at:

EOE

Harveys is a well-established construction business, diversified in its work load.

Individuals must be well organized, attentive to details, knowledgeable in Microsoft Excel, Word and Quickbooks.

Individual must have a willingness to learn the processes and requirements for a small business. Need a dedication to completing projects in a timely manner.

Looking for 24 to 32 hours per week with salary based on experience. Position is available immediately.

Please mail or e-mail (harveype@sover.net) resumes by January 27, 2017.

Please call with any questions. 802-767-3241 Harveys Plumbing and Excavating Attn: Cheryl Harvey PO Box 128, 1593 VT Route 100, Rochester, VT 05767

Please submit resume to Lorraine Morse at l.gmorse@myfairpoint.net

by January 29, 2017.

Middlebury Office

Deadline for applications: January 27th, 2017

Harveys Plumbing and Excavating is looking for office support staff person.

MiddSummer Lunch and Recreation is an Addison County non-profit whose mission is to ensure that area children at risk of hunger over the summer have access to good nutrition and vigorous activity. We are looking for a director for our 2017 summer program. Vermont Educator’s License or experience working with students in a school or camp setting is desired. Must be available from midJune through end of July. Duties would include: planning and supervising all camp activities, overseeing staff and volunteers, and recording meal data for the State of Vt. Director will work closely with program administrator.

JR. CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

For a copy of the job description or questions, please contact Sandra Trombley (802) 388-4982 or email strombley@nbmvt.com.

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LUNCH & REC DIRECTOR

Help Wanted

5 Carver St., Brandon 240 Court St., Middlebury 30 Main St., Middlebury 29 Green St., Vergennes 28 Main St., Bristol 140 Commerce St., Hinesburg

IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR ELECTRICIANS helper or ap‑ prentice, for work in the Addi‑ son and Rutland County area.

Please call 802‑247‑6390 for further information.

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Legal Assistant

3-attorney law firm with two locations looking for a computer savvy assistant to support a low-paper law practice. Law office experience, especially in real estate, is preferred but not required. Demonstrable ability with document scanning, OCR, digital file management, cloud-based applications, MS Excel, Word and Adobe Acrobat is a must. Job duties also include paper file management, correspondence, reception and light AP administration. The ideal candidate will anticipate the needs of busy professionals, attend to details with minimal oversight, be willing and able to learn, maintain and improve systems, and enjoy a fast-paced environment.

We offer a competitive hourly wage and somewhat flexible hours, with benefits including health insurance, paid holidays and CTO for permanent FT employees.

Please provide cover letter, resume and references to: info@peasemountainlaw.com.

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.

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ALL SHIFTS AVAILABLE We are seeking people with winning personalities and great attitudes to join our team.

Part-time positions available with flexible scheduling.

Must be willing to work some nights & weekends.

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

Part-time Cashiers & Deli Employees needed.

Apply in person or pick up an application at: Maplefields –– Shoreham Service Center

Corner of Routes 22A and 74 • Shoreham, VT EOE

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281 MAIN STREET, VER‑ GENNES 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.

Benefits available.

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ANTIQUE DOUBLE BAR‑ REL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

MILLWRIGHT EXPERIENCE or comparable wanted to oversee the expansion of our production facility in Middle‑ bury. Full time, short term, starting January. Full Sun Company; 802‑989‑7011.

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

RITE AID, ONE OF THE nation’s leading retail drug‑ store chains, is looking for responsible individuals to fill these full time positions in the local area. Applicants must be able to work days, nights and weekends. Experience preferred but will train ap‑ propriate candidate. Please mail your resume or apply in person with your resume to: Rite Aid, 1 Prince Lane, Bristol, VT 05443 or your lo‑ cal Rite Aid store. Interested candidates can also apply online to the position in the careers section of our com‑ pany website: www.riteaid. com/careers. Rite Aid is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

HAVILAND CHINA, DELA‑ WARE: 91 pieces including serving pieces $850.00. Flat‑ ware stainless steel, made in England. 87 pieces. $650.00.

Vitamix. Like new. $300.00.

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.

LAMB, USDA INSPECTED. 20 pound box $180. Chops, roasts, ground and stew. Por Jay’s Farm, 802‑545‑2170.

Adoption 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

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

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802‑558‑6092.

ATTRACTIVE 2 BEDROOM bright and sunny. $850.00.

Included: heat and trash.

Must be 55 or older. No pets.

Call 802‑247‑0165. Tamarack House‑ A great place to live.

BRANDON CHARMING LARGE 1 BEDROOM apartment. $840, heat in‑ cluded. 802‑352‑4700 or visit zillow.com.

BRIDPORT 2 BEDROOM mo‑ bile home. Quiet road. $900 month, includes heat and electric. No pets, no smoking.

Deposit, credit check, 1 year lease. 802‑758‑2369.

BRISTOL APARTMENT, 1 LARGE BEDROOM, with bo‑ nus room and 1 bath. Efficient gas heat. Excellent condition.

Wi‑Fi, water & sewer included.

No pets. No smoking. $735 month. Contact Tom at Wallace Realty 802‑453‑4670 or Tom@ WallaceRE.com.

BRISTOL RENTALS WOOD‑ LAND APARTMENTS includ‑ ed: heat, water, trash pickup, parking, snow removal, mow‑ ing, range, refrigerator and dishwasher. We fix things. Effi‑ ciency $560. 1 bedroom $755.

Located on Woodland Drive.

Coin washer and dryer in each building. Pets negotiable. No smoking. susan_bowen@com‑ cast.net 802‑662‑3136.

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

802‑453‑2566.

For Rent 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 measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

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FORESTDALE : 3 BED‑ ROOM 3 bathroom house for rent. Garage, beautiful yard. Deposit required. Credit check. Heat and electric in‑ cluded. Pets considered. No smoking. $1600 a month. Call 207‑350‑5673.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM HOUSE walking distance to stores and schools. No smok‑ ing. No pets. 802‑388‑7743.

MIDDLEBURY 3 BEDROOM ground floor. Washer/dryer hookup. Large porch. $1000/ month. $3,000 to move in.

References. 802‑989‑8399.

M I D D L E B U RY A PA R T‑ MENT FOR RENT 2 miles north on Route 7. Efficiency apartment. Includes stove, refrigerator,heat, lights and rubbish. No pets. No smok‑ ing. $575/ month plus deposit.

Call 802‑349‑7557.

MIDDLEBURY‑RTE 7 effi‑ ciency apartment. Heat, water and trash removal included.

No pets. No smoking. $650/ month. Available February 1.

802‑388‑1917.

NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment.

Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, securi‑ ty deposit, lease. $875/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040.

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

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

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OFFICES IN BRISTOL Two very nice offices available for rent in the School House Office Suites in the Old High School complex near the town green. One is 555 sq. ft and available now. The other is 455 sq. ft. and available March 1. Both have access to shared reception area, conference room, kitchenette, and rest room. Rent includes heat, electric and wi‑fi. Of‑ fices feature hardwood floors, large energy‑efficient win‑ dows and ceiling fans. Land‑ lord will provide fit‑up or other incentives. Call 802‑453‑4065 or email: carol@wellsmoun‑ tain.com.

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PRIME RETAIL SPACE IN MIDDLEBURY it doesn’t get any better than this fantas‑ tic, unique retail space‑ best location in town. Windows on Main St. and windows overlooking Otter Creek in back. 750 sq. ft., AC. Phone 802‑989‑7277 or 206‑715‑5344.

TWO OR THREE BED‑ ROOM apartment. Walk‑ ing distance to downtown Middlebury and campus.

Washing machine hook up. $1200/month plus utilities.

No smoking. No pets. Contact stefunny@me.com VERGENNES 3 BEDROOM: washer/dryer hookup. $900/ month. No pets. On Monk‑ ton Rd. across from Ver‑ gennes Variety. Completed application required prior to viewing apartment. Must pass background check.

240‑281‑1508 or email: ocopom.ninja.turtle@gmail. com. Available February 1.

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

802‑349‑5564.

FOR SALE: 3 BEDROOM home on one acre. Quiet street in Mineville, NY. Thirty minute drive to Middlebury. $75,000. Owner financing with cash down or most any‑ thing in trade. 518‑569‑0956.

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

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

Can be divided into two smaller areas.

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LOCAL FEED: NON‑GMO verified oilseed meal avail‑ able in bulk totes from our Middlebury mill. Protein rich, plant‑based, no chemi‑ cals, no soy. Also available; high‑fat finishing feed in smaller quantities. Full Sun Co: 802‑989‑7011.

CALL 802-363-5619

Wood Heat TIMBERWOLF FIREWOOD: Dry or green. Call for prices.

802‑388‑7300.

Real Estate BUILDING LOT, DAISY LANE, East Middlebury.

Town water, underground telephone, cable and elec‑ tric service. Good perking soil. Regular septic. Site ap‑ proved for 4 bedroom home.

Jack Brown, 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350. Email: brown‑ nov@together.net.

WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liq‑ uid manure hauling, drag line aerating. Call for price.

462‑2755, John Whitney.

Wanted TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique col‑ lectibles, etc. Visit www. bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Con‑ sulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

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TOWN OF FERRISBURGH PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

Public notices for the following can be found in this

ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 29 & 30.

Addison County (1) Addison Northeast Supervisory District – Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven, Starksboro (1) Ferrisburgh (2) Panton (1) Vergennes (1)

TOWN OF PANTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Development Review Board will convene a public hearing in the Town Clerk’s Office on Jersey Street, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2017 to consider an application from Richard & Linda Thurber (#17-1) for final plat review of a proposal for a single-lot subdivision of 5.5± acres from a parent parcel of 60.3± acres on their Nor-Dic Farm property on Jersey Street (tax map ID# 04-02-28.000) in accordance with the provisions of §240 of the Town’s Subdivision Regulations.

The application is available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. Interested parties who wish to appeal or be heard at either of the hearing may do so in person, or may be represented by an agent or an attorney. Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing with the Board either before or during the hearing.

N.B.: Participation in the hearing is necessary to establish status as an ‘interested person’ and the right to appeal a decision rendered in that hearing, according to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. 117 §§4465(b) and 4471(a). Participation consists of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern directly related to the subject of the hearing.

Respectfully submitted, David Raphael, Chair 1/16

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.

Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law.

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A public hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Town of Ferrisburgh will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on February 1, 2017 to consider the following applications: 7:00 PM Opening / Minutes 7:05 PM An application, # 16-148, submitted by Richard Benson, to open a retail grocery, deli and gift “shop”.

Parcel ID # 23.20.04. At 3264 Route 7. Conditional Use permit.

7:15 PM An application, #16-153, submitted by Dan Cameron, for a Conditional Use Permit to a Firearms Manufacturing shop at 7058 US Rte 7.

Prop. ID # 05.01.11.1.

7:25 PM An application, #16-158, submitted by Brian Farrell, for a Conditional Use Permit to create “a permeable deck plus raising the roof for an open family room and bath and replace septic processor.” Property ID #99.99.99-076. 27 Lucia Lane, Long Point. ZD SD-2.

7:35 PM An appeal of Permit #16-155 brought by Katherine Clear and Rolf Humburg.

7:45 PM An application, # 16-149, submitted by JSCL LLC c/o Sue De Vos. (Recessed from December 7, 2016.)

[This application lacks the noise study as required by the Zoning Board of Adjustment] 7:55 PM An appeal of Permit #16-142, and Letters of Complaint, vs.

Jon and Patricia Erickson .

The above applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office.

Persons wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by an agent or an attorney.

PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

Communication about the above application may be filed in writing with the board or at such hearing 1/16

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Deadline for the Monday edition is the previous Thursday at noon. Deadline for the Thursday edition is the previous Monday at 5pm.

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Annual Town Meeting elections will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Nominating petitions are available at the Town Clerk’s office for the following public offices: Moderator - Town 1 year term Auditor 3 year term Town Clerk 3 year term Auditor 2 years of a 3 year term Town Treasurer 3 year term First Constable 1 year term Selectboard 2 year term Town School Director 1 year term Selectboard 3 year term Town School Director 1 year term Lister 3 year term Union High School Director 1 year term Town Grand Juror 1 year term Rogers & Hazard Trustee 2 year term Town Agent 1 year term Deadline for filing nominating petitions for town offices is Monday, January 30, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

Eligible voters not on the checklist for the Town of Ferrisburgh must file an application for addition to the checklist in person or online. Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. through 7:00 p.m. at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall on Tuesday, March 7 to vote by Australian Ballot for public offices and school budgets. The actual Town Meeting to vote articles and town budget will be held at the Ferrisburgh School at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2017.

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(Continued from Page 6) for you. Attend a meeting and request what will work for your attendance.

Attending one meeting is worth your tax reduction.

Our new Gov. Scott wants to see reductions in educational spending.

Vermont should be more affordable.

Our state has flat revenues, unable to meet a $70 million gap. On Vermont Public Radio, while discussing Gov. Scott’s inauguration, it was stated that 33,000 middle-age persons have left the state this past year, to find necessary jobs with housing that is affordable.

Our seniors get a $3 raise in Social Security to see $5 out for Medicare.

The funds for taxes are no longer there.

Yes, we must be bold and overcome fear to save our schools before independent schools come in over the next couple of years. Schools will then close for a more cost-effective education. Is it better to cut and downsize now prior

to losing them? Or, perhaps it will be more cost effective to go independent.

Trump is a businessman who will not go with the currents costs and budgets for education. His education leader is for independent schools. Times are changing and we need to be ahead of the change to save our schools.

Our school boards need our support. They are elected and work for us. I see the talent on these boards making good changes. They need our input to make the reorganizational changes to bring down the cost per student. Rice Memorial High School has a tuition of $9,630 with 80 percent qualifying for some level of aid in 2016. On the school’s website it says that “tuition does not fully cover the cost of a Rice education,” but the principal told me that the cost per student is around $13,000.

That tuition is a considerable cost savings from our ANwSU voted approval last March of $18,290.68.

There is no personal attacks here toward the school board, they need to act in accordance to change and create

what is needed for our communities using a business approach coming in to affordability.

Transparency is said to be there, but when requests are made for documents to support an issue, requests are denied. There are no current inventory lists for school property. This needs to be a priority for accountability of disposed items not to mention the assets in our schools. If a fire occurred, no one would know what was in the building. How do we get a $10,000 grant to replace furniture without being accountable for what was purchased.

Improvement is needed.

The superintendent needs to come under control of the board, as she is supposed to work for the board and us the taxpayers. Added expenses in the school budget proposal of $78,000 ($62,000 for a new human resources position: $16,000 for a VUES speech pathologist) is not acceptable. Where is the consolidation of teachers? She is not the hiring agent. Special needs children could be grouped together with less teachers needed.

In the proposed budget, another additional expense for capital improvement is $100,000 this year and up to $200,000 by 2018. The boiler at Vergennes is going to need to be replaced. Heat currently is not at a safe room temperature or adequate for some student rooms.

Being innovative will bring the willingness for change. Then we can create better schools with better education for all students to be college bound. Bright young minds need bright young motivated teachers while saving thousands in costs.

According to the Annual Report 2015-2016 for Vergennes Union High School shows a teacher making $73,234. In the Negotiation document of 2017-2018 it clearly states that teachers are hired for 190 days with additional health care costs paid for, and pension cost. It is beyond one’s imagination for this high and extreme cost for teaching students. Average hard working people of his county do not make this income, in a year, not to mention in 190 days with summers off.

Teachers making close to that should retire from our system. This small state and county does not have the economical ability to support the costs. I challenge the teachers to come up with how to save their jobs. “Worth it” buttons will not pay their salaries or save their jobs now the economic status of our state in no longer here.

As 33,000 middle age workers leave the state, and additional persons leaving daily, the economy is not there to support escalating budgets for our schools. There is “no money” to pay the escalated taxes placed on us. Our town and city boards need to promote affordable housing and bring jobs for families to live in the area to support educational costs. A committee of multiple experts to make this happen would be a good move forward in an innovative way to accomplish our needs in this community. Until then, budgets need to come under control with restructuring and drastic reductions before we lose our schools.

Elizabeth Armstrong Addison

PUBLIC NOTICE – CITY OF VERGENNES

The annual City Election will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Nominating petitions are available at the City Clerk’s office for the following public offices: • One Mayor for a two-year term; (Benton) • Three Aldermen for respective two-year terms; (Bertrand, Fritz, Koenig) • One Lister for a three-year term; (Quigley) • One Auditor for a three-year term; (Lapierre) • Two Commissioners to the Vergennes-Panton Water District Board of Directors for three-year terms; (Fritz, Ganson) • One Commissioner to the Vergennes-Panton Water District Board of Directors for a two-year term; (Bearor) • One Grand Juror for a one-year term; (Pope) • One Director to the Vergennes Union High School Board of Directors for a three-year term; (Cousineau) • One Director to the Vergennes Union High School Board of Directors for a two-year term; (Burdick) • One Director to the Vergennes Union Elementary School Board of Directors for a three-year term; (Rakowski) The deadline for filing petitions for local public office, signed by 1% of the legal voters (18 valid signatures), is Monday, January 30, 2017.

The deadline for filing petitions for articles to be included on the City Warning and ballot, signed by 5% of the legal voters (88 signatures), is Thursday, January 19, 2017.

Residents of Vergennes who are not registered voters but wish to be on the City’s checklist must file an application with the City Clerk on or before Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. to vote at the annual City Election.

Joan T. Devine Vergennes City Clerk 1/16

ADDISON COUNTY BUDGET 2017-2018

More information and extra copies of the budget may be obtained at the Addison County Superior Court, Frank Mahady Court House, Middlebury, Vermont. Tel. 802-388-1966 Alice M. George, Assistant Judge & Irene Poole, Assistant Judge 2017-2018 EXPENSES 2017-2018 Adopted (continued) Adopted REVENUE: County Tax 0.03843% 2017-2018 Passports Notaries Interest Earned Wills for safekeeping Rent Income – Jail Bldg.

TOTAL INCOME

Anticipated Surplus

$ 166,906.00 $ 4,000.00 $ 1,600.00 $ 175.00 $ 4,000.00 $ 22,800.00 $ 199,481.00

$ 30,000.00 $ 229,481.00

EXPENSES: Court:

Court and County Personnel Salaries $ 45,420.00 Benefits $ 4,200.00 Dues & Memberships $ 2,500.00 Office Expense $ 2,300.00 Advertising- Passports $ 2,300.00 Insurance $ 2,930.00 Legal $ 550.00 Professional Services $ 1400.00 Contracted Services $ 3,600.00 Contingency $ 300.00 Subtotal $ 65,500.00

Sheriffs Department: Personnel: Salaries Benefits Office Expense Telephone Insurance/Bonds Training VIBRES/VLETS Radio Subtotal

$ 81,600.00 $ 20,045.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 13,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 4,500.00 $ 750.00 $ 122,806.00

Probate Court: Supplies/Equipment Dues Contingency Subtotal

$ 400.00 $ 325.00 $ 200.00 $ 925.00

Jail Building: Utilities Bldg & Grounds Insurance Inspections Custodial Capital Improvements Subtotal

$ 25,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 2,750.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 40,250.00

TOTAL EXPENSE

$ 229,481.00 1/16, 1/19

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SHOREHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL students Justin Andrews, left, Carter Hubbell, Seaver Cadoret, Aiden LaDuke and Luke Wing take a break during a scarecrow-making event that was hosted by the Shoreham PTF last fall.

Porter (Continued from Page 1) specialist in the mix. In of life for patients She and Dr. Will Porter co-founded addition to its Estuary “The primary and families who are Partners in Palliative Care, which suite, Porter has three goal of living with serious or was very successful during its rooms at Helen Porter life limiting illness. palliative local, two-year run. Unfortunately, for dying patients, The primary goal of the practice wasn’t financially run with support from medicine is palliative medicine is to sustainable under the fee-for-service Addison Respite Care to anticipate, anticipate, prevent and payment system in health care — a Home Ltd. ARCH is a prevent and treat suffering, in it’s system that is currently changing so non-profit organization treat suffering, many forms.” that compensation is more reflective that supports end-of- in it’s many Palliative care of patient outcomes. life care for terminally forms.” includes hospice In 2011, Barnard joined UVM ill patients unable to services — and a lot — Dr. Diana more, according to Medical Center’s Palliative Care complete their lives at Barnard Barnard. It involves Team. She is thrilled to be back home. practicing medicine in Middlebury.

“Facilities only go so meeting people at an “It’s no secret that from the day I far,” Hallman said. “We earlier point in their went to Burlington, I knew I wanted haven’t had a specialist. We have illness, and providing quality of life, to come back here,” Barnard said. really great nurses who provide addressing suffering, talking through She was waiting for the right excellent care, and having Diana’s treatment options and deciding what situation, which expertise is going to be is best for the patient. became a reality earlier key.”

“It’s understanding individual “If we this month.

Since an average of patient values and the reality of their Barnard will continue acknowledge around 80 people die at medical condition, and blending to be an employee of that death is Porter Hospital and the those into a treatment plan that is UVM Medical Center. going to happen nursing home each year, patient-centered and likely to be Her indefinite transfer to according to Hallman, successful,” Barnard said.

Porter Medical Center on a regular PMC officials want to “It’s very challenging,” she added. comes on the cusp of basis in our make sure those patients “Palliative care is almost always a potential affiliation community have as much control as provided with an inter-disciplinary between Porter and hospital and possible over their final team. It’s like I’m part doctor, UVM Health Network. nursing home days. part nurse, part social worker, part As previously reported “It is really a psychologist, and I’m pulling all of setting, we in the Independent, classic community those skills together to be able to help Porter and UVMHN should make hospital service,” patients and families. It is incredibly leaders during the every effort said Porter Medical rewarding and important.” coming weeks will be to provide Center President Dr. Hallman is pleased PMC is now crunching numbers, this end-ofFred Kniffin. “If we able to add a key, new amenity for reviewing records and life service … acknowledge that death patients. holding negotiations is going to happen on “(End of life care) is something that could result in in a patienta regular basis in our that’s going to happen here, and we affiliation as soon as centered and community hospital and want it to happen with expertise, compassionate nursing home setting, with the right professionals, and this spring.

“This is the first manner.” we should make every the right facilities,” Hallman said. real tangible example — Dr. Fred Kniffin effort to provide this “The over-arching message here — of things we hope to end-of-life service, as besides the fact we couldn’t do this do more of (through with all services, in a without UVMHN’s assistance — is affiliation),” Porter spokesman Ron patient-centered and compassionate that this is really a core service we Hallman said. manner.” want to do really well. Now that we Porter Medical Center has long SPECIALIZED CARE have Diana helping us, we’re really offered resources for terminally Barnard described palliative excited.” ill patients, but until Barnard’s medicine as a “specialized kind of Reporter John Flowers is at return did not have a palliative care care designed to maximize quality johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Vt. residents can now register and vote on same day

MONTPELIER — Secretary of State Jim Condos announced that eligible Vermont voters are now able to register to vote on any day up to and including Election Day. As of Jan. 1, Act No. 44 (S. 29) An act relating to election day registration officially went into effect, and will be implemented immediately for all local and state elections going forward, including any special elections and Town Meeting Day, which is Tuesday, March 7.

Vermont became the 14th state to enact Election Day Registration, eliminating Vermont’s voter registration deadline. This means a person can register at their polling place on the day of an election, and can then vote in that election.

Registration will still be available at a person’s Town or City Clerk’s office on any day prior to the election during normal business hours.

“The right to vote is the

cornerstone of our democracy, and voter participation in local, statewide, and national elections is fundamental to the success of the democratic process,” said Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos.

“I’m proud to live in a state that celebrates this democratic process while increasing access to the ballot in a time when many states are moving in the other direction. As Secretary of State, I am committed to protecting the right to vote, and with the support of legislative leaders in passing Election Day Registration, we have taken steps to make sure that every eligible Vermonter has the opportunity to cast their vote. Doing so ensures we are not only protecting the integrity of our elections, we are sending a clear message to all eligible Vermont voters that civic engagement is a fundamental part of our Vermont way of life.”

Director of Elections Will

Senning added, “In years past we have received emails and phone calls from citizens who had missed the deadline to register, and were dismayed that they would not have a chance to participate in our democratic process. Implementing Election Day Registration will remove unnecessary barriers for busy, hard-working Vermonters, ensuring that their right to vote is protected.”

Secretary Condos continued, “I still strongly encourage all eligible

voters to register ahead of time, and we have worked diligently to make the registration process as accessible as possible.”

Eligible voters can register to vote online any time through the Secretary of State Online Voter Registration system by visiting www.olvr.sec.state.vt.us, by mailing a voter registration form to their local Town or City Clerk, or by registering there in person during normal business hours.

“Election Day Registration is a

huge step forward to breaking down barriers to participation in the most fundamental aspect of our democracy — voting. I look forward to working diligently to ensure that we are not only instituting an effective Election Day Registration program at the polls, but are continually working to identify opportunities to improve and encourage civic engagement.”

For more information on registering to vote in Vermont visit www.sec.state.vt.us/elections/ voters/registration.aspx.

Middlebury police receive honors from safety board MIDDLEBURY — On Jan. 9 the Middlebury Police Department was recognized by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for the department’s efforts in the investigation of the airplane crash that occurred off Schoolhouse Hill Road on Dec. 23.

The department was recognized for the preservation and technical documentation of the scene, for arranging with the Addison County Sheriff for 24-hour security of the crash scene through Dec. 26, when the wreckage was removed to interior storage at the police department for technical examination.

Officers of the police department preserved witness testimony and obtained statements, assisted the medical examiner, and provided support to NTSB investigators.

The department was specifically recognized for preserving perishable

evidence, for its professionalism, and its can-do attitude.

“The immediate response of everyone in your team helped recover evidence from a very challenging crash cite,” NTSB Air Safety Investigator Heidi M. Kemner wrote in a letter to Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley. “Their work in preserving perishable evidence was exceptional, and will no doubt provide vital insight into why the tragedy occurred.

“When the board responds to an accident, we don’t know what type of support we’ll receive on scene, but in this case the overall hospitality we received was humbling,” Kemner continued. “I can comfortably state that when it comes to hospitality, the Middlebury Police Department has no peer.”

The technical aspect of the investigation is ongoing by the NTSB.

Please join us for a special

Community-Wide Town Hall Meeting Featuring:

VTrans launches winter roads portal MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) announced the launch of the Winter Central web portal, a new site to help drivers navigate winter conditions in Vermont. Included in the new portal is Plow Finder, a map that will show the location of all 250 VTrans plow trucks in near real-time. The heart of the Plow Finder map is the data from the Automatic Vehicle Location System installed in each truck and augmented by information from the National Weather Service, New England Compass, VTrans’ weather stations and point forecast modeling provided by DarkSky. “Finding ways to turn the vast amounts of data we have at our disposal into information that is useful to the traveling public is an ongoing project at VTrans,” said VTrans Chief Engineer Kevin Marshia. “We have applied many of the same tools we used to show summer construction

activity to bring information sources together in a way that can help drivers make better decisions.”

Truck locations are transmitted once a minute via cellular modem and users can look back in time up to an hour to see where the trucks have been. Because of the nature of cellular service in Vermont, there will be breaks in the trails and not all trucks will display all the time.

A few of the more popular features from New England Compass can also be displayed along with the plows including National Weather Service Alerts, Doppler radar, weather cameras and countywide condition alerts. Users can choose which base map to use and turn all the features on or off.

Find the Winter Central portal at http://vtrans.vermont.gov/operations/ winter or go straight to the trucks at http://plowtrucks.vtrans.vermont. gov.

Fred Kniffin, MD President/Porter Medical Center

John Brumsted, MD President/UVMHN

Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:00 p.m.

Kirk Alumni Center/Middlebury College Update and community conversation on potential PMC/UVMHN Affiliation.