Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018

Reeling in fans

FFA Week

Dance battle

A classic film series will kick off with a great flick starring Jimmy Stewart. See Arts + Leisure.

See Pages 4B and 5B for our coverage of aspiring young farmers like Ashlynn Foster.

The MUHS squad fared well at the state dance competition at VUHS on Saturday. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 72 No. 8

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont

Mount Abe’s bond faces crucial vote

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Thursday, February 22, 2018

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42 Pages

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Guns & schools

District voters to consider demographics, options, value of $29.5 million renovation

Editor’s note: Middlebury College reflect a 20 percent drop in proposed intern Charlie Mitchell looks at the spending on the renovation. The newly revised bond the school upcoming $29.5 million bond vote for the renovation of the Mount board approved on Jan. 10 is priced at $29.5 million and Abraham Union would be paid over High School in three 30 years. That’s $7.1 stories. First, here is million less than a brief overview of the bond proposal the proposal, then on narrowly defeated page 10A he looks on Nov. 2, 2017. The at demographic and first bond, at $32.2 workforce trends in million, was defeated the district. Monday’s on Town Meeting edition will feature a Day in 2014 by a third story reviewing 3-to-1 margin. other options as the Superintendent district looks forward. Patrick Reen explains By CHARLIE that the new asking MITCHELL price represents “the BRISTOL — smallest amount Residents of Mount SUPERINTENDENT we could bond for Abe Unified School PATRICK REEN and still get the District will try for a third time to pass a bond vote to priorities (of the original renovation) renovate the aging middle-and-high addressed.” Dore & Whittier, the architectural school facility on March 6, Town Meeting Day. This third vote is firm heading the design, submitted a much like the previous two, with memorandum to the school district some significant compromises to (See Schools, Page 10A)

Alternative education program cut as MUHS enrollment declines

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Citing declining enrollment and a related need to reduce spending, Middlebury Union High School officials confirmed plans to eliminate the alternative education program at the conclusion of this academic year. Bill Lawson, principal of MUHS, said the roughly 15 students currently served through the alt ed program will be mainstreamed beginning this fall at the high school, where he’s confident they’ll succeed with counseling, guidance services and access to a handful of new, “experiential” courses he believes will benefit youths who find it tough to succeed in a conventional classroom setting.

The three alt ed teachers — Al Calzini, Larry O’Connor and Steve Colangeli —will also be brought into the MUHS fold to fill teaching vacancies created by attrition and retirements. “Due to several factors, changes to the current high school structure are necessary,” Lawson wrote in a recent letter to parents/guardians of alt ed students. He specifically cited declining enrollment, “looming school finance changes” and “recent changes in proficiency-based graduation requirements adopted by the school board” as the main culprits that have put the squeeze on alt ed and other MUHS offerings. The proficiency-based graduation (See Alt Ed program, Page 11A)

ADDISON COUNTY RESIDENTS Lily Isham, left, Julian Roy, Griffin Louer and Alison Seaton joined around 200 people at a rally at the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday to lobby for stronger gun safety laws. After the rally, participants — many of whom were high school students — took the opportunity to talk with lawmakers about the need for stricter gun laws in light of the recent school shooting in Florida and the alleged mass shooting planned for Fair Haven Union High School. Photo courtesy of Michael Roy

ACSD board urges lawmakers to act on gun control By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District board on Monday endorsed a resolution urging legislative leaders to pass “common-sense gun violence prevention legislation” during the 2018 legislative session, and for

Gov. Phil Scott to promptly sign that legislation into law. Board members fielded the resolution in wake of the fatal shooting on Feb. 14 of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and the arrest of a Poultney,

Vt., teen charged last Friday with attempted murder in connection with the threat of a mass shooting at Fair Haven Union High School (see related story on this page). ACSD board members Mary Gill, Ruth Hardy and Jason Duquette-Hoffman were prominent

supporters of the resolution, sent to Scott, Vermont House Speaker Mitzi Johnson and Senate President Pro Tem Tim Ashe. The resolution was also copied to members of Addison County’s legislative delegation. (See ACSD, Page 12A)

Brandon police take steps at OV after Fair Haven threat By LEE J. KAHRS FAIR HAVEN/BRANDON — A link to the school shooting threat that originated in Fair Haven last week prompted Brandon police to take action at Otter Valley Union High School. In the end, though, authorities said no one in Brandon

was in immediate danger from the threat. With an eerie echo of the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting on Feb. 14, Vermont State Police on Feb. 15 arrested 18-year-old Jack Sawyer of Poultney for allegedly making threats and plans to commit

a mass shooting at Fair Haven Union High School. That information hit even closer to home the previous day. That’s when Fair Haven police notified Brandon police that there was an “unsubstantiated threat” directed toward FHUHS; the Otter Valley

Union High School boys’ basketball team was due to host Fair Haven for a game that night. “We were in contact with Fair Haven about a vague threat reported to them,” Brandon Police Chief Chris Brickell said in an interview (See Brandon, Page 11A)

Library is at heart of Halpern’s novel By the way When someone suggested this week that early voting for the March 6 Town Meeting Day election would end soon, we checked with a local expert — Middlebury Town Clerk Ann Webster. She said early voting has been going on since Feb. 14. The Middlebury town clerk’s office will be closed on Monday the 5th for election preparation and set-up so there is no voting on that Monday. But Ann’s office will be open weekdays through Friday, March 2, and Middlebury (See By the way, Page 2A)

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Book-filled venue helps characters heal, find friendship By JOHN FLOWERS RIPTON — Sue Halpern loves libraries. She likes spending time in them. She co-founded one. And now she has written a novel about a fictional library that serves as a transformative backdrop for camaraderie and healing among a group of people who otherwise wouldn’t have looked twice at one another. It’s called “Summer Hours at the Robbers Library” and is the Ripton resident’s third novel. She completed it around two years ago and let it sit on the shelf for a while — not out of a lack of enthusiasm about the final product, but because she found herself taking on a flurry of other literary assignments. Halpern is a well-known, well-respected nonfiction writer and journalist. Her articles are routinely published in the New Yorker and New York Times. Let’s just say that national and world events during the past year-and-ahalf have merited a lot of her ink. “Robbers” waited patiently in line for its release this month. Halpern will officially launch it during an appearance at Middlebury’s Vermont Book Shop on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m.

Halpern drew her “Robbers” inspiration from two sources, beginning with her interest in the subject of how human beings cope with physical trauma. The relevancy of trauma becomes clear in “Robbers.” We won’t spoil that plot detail here. The other impetus for the book was her past experience with literature — not only as an author, but as a founder of the first public library in the township of Johnsburg, located in the Adirondacks region of New York state. “I was thinking about how that library was transformative for the town and for the people in the town,” she recalled of her Johnsburg experience. “It became, and still is, a place where people who would ordinarily not know each other, and not have a lot to do with each other, came in contact with each other — to good effect.” “Robbers” plays out, with at times dramatic and humorous effect, inside the mythical “Robbers

Library” in Riverton. Head Librarian Kit and Sunny — an inquisitive and authority-challenging youth — are the pillar characters of the novel, though they have a great supporting cast. There’s a collection of four older men for whom the library has become a daily ritual. “The Four,” as they are known, weigh in with words of advice and occasional comic relief in between perusing periodicals. There’s Rusty, described as a “Wall Street high-flyer suddenly crashed to earth.” “I really tried to imagine what it must have been like to go from thinking you’re on top of the world because you were making tons of money and stuff … and to have all of that pulled from underneath you,” Halpern said. “How would you go about figuring out what to do next?” There’s Evelyn Mosher, the “permanently grumpy” circulation clerk. All play a role in shaping the (See Halpern, Page 3A)

RIPTON RESIDENT SUE Halpern, seen here with her dog Bierke, just published a new novel called “Summer Hours at the Robbers Library.”

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

PAGE 2A — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 22, 2018

Bristol board nears vote on natural gas

Group effort

BRIDGE SCHOOL STUDENTS and teachers sing around the piano at Project Independence last Friday afternoon. The students performed a short program of favorite songs as part of Winter Week activities at the school.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Middlebury to host WinterFest extravaganza By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The volcanic allure of Chili Fest this year will surrender to the frigid beauty of snow sculptures and other fun features of the town’s first annual “WinterFest” celebration, planned for noon to 6 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Middlebury Recreation Park. Middlebury’s inaugural WinterFest will — at least to start — be a much smaller version of the multiday event of the same name that has enthralled Rutland-area folks for many years. The festival will feature a variety of family friendly, winter-themed activities, entertainment and food, all designed to get people outdoors to become reacquainted with their neighbors and the diverse range of businesses that will help serve up the fun. The event was born out of a desire to at least temporarily replace the very popular Chili Fest, which organizers decided to temporarily suspend this March in view of a shrinking downtown footprint (brought on by the downtown rail bridges project) and burnout experienced by some of the regular festival entrants. “One of the things we are losing with the Chili Fest is the opportunity for people to get outside, see their friends and neighbors,” said Karen Duguay, marketing director of the Better Middlebury Partnership (BMP), which is spearheading WinterFest. “There’s always this strong, community feeling at the Chili Fest. We were thinking of ways we could replicate that and give people a reason to get out of their houses. (WinterFest) seemed like a natural fit for this year.” Partnership officials stressed Chili Fest is merely in hibernation and could soon reclaim its spot in the organization’s events lineup. That lineup already includes such annual fixtures as the Spooktacular and A Very Merry Middlebury. Fortunately, BMP officials got a nice assist from Rutland WinterFest organizers in planning Middlebury’s inaugural winter extravaganza. Among those Rutland helpers has

been Russ Marsan. • A s’mores station run by Sun Rutland’s WinterFest is in its 16th Common. year. This year’s version began on • An obstacle course run by Feb. 16 and will end, coincidentally, volunteers from WomenSafe and on Feb. 24 — the date of Middle- members of the Middlebury Union bury’s WinterFest. Activities at the Middle School winter running team. Rutland festival include an art walk, • A snow painting activity hosted night sledding on Centre Street, a by the organization “Let’s Grow variety show, snow sculptures and a Kids.” dance. Many Rutland merchants and • Nature treks into the nearby nonprofits are involved. woods, led by Middlebury Area Marsan has been able to offer Land Trust officials. insights to the BMP on how to • An arts & crafts station in the coordinate and grow the Addison Central Teens event. Center run by Ilsley. “The best way to start “We’ll • A “fat bike” demo (in Middlebury) is with have food, run by folks from Frog one day,” Marsan said. we’ll have Hollow Bikes. “We’ll see if it connects • A free skating with folks and perhaps activities and session at the nearby convert to a multiple-day it’s a way to Memorial Sports Center, event going forward.” from 2 to 4 p.m. get families Marsan has been im- out of the Additional activities pressed with the extent throughout the day will to which businesses and house ... just include two a capella nonprofits have been bring your performances from the rallying around the new mud boots; D-8 and Mamajamas, venture in Middlebury. African drumming, a it’s Vermont. Sponsors and supsnow sculpture contest, porters of WinterFest We can have horse and wagon rides, include Community fun in any face painting, a photo Barn Ventures, Addison weather.” booth, giant lawn games, Independent, Fire & a mini sledding hill, big — Karen Duguay trucks to explore and Ice, Carpenter & Costin, Awesome Graphics, digging for ice gems. Middlebury Parks & Recreation, The BMP is making sure WinterMiddlebury Fence, IPJ Real Estate, Fest won’t break anyone’s household Middlebury College, Sotheby’s bank. The entry fee is $5 per person, International Realty, Shaw’s, Cham- with kids age 5 and younger admitplain Valley Properties, Appalachian ted free. All activities are included in Gap, Cedar Ledge Fence, Silver the price. Coriander Restaurant will Maple Construction, Wells Physical be selling small cups of chili and Therapy, Vermont Gas Systems and there will be pizza by the slice and Middlebury UndergrounD. hot dogs— all for $1 each. Sweet “It’s been pretty successful, for the and savory buns and breads will also first go-around,” Marsan said. be available to sample and purchase “A number of local businesses and the hot cocoa hut will be on hand have stepped up with sponsorship giving away free cocoa and cookies. dollars or in-kind donations and “We wanted to keep it affordable,” we’ve gotten a lot of interest from Duguay said of the event, the profits organizations wanting to participate from which help the BMP sponsor either this year or in the future,” activities and amenities that will Duguay added. improve and promote downtown Middlebury’s WinterFest will see Middlebury. a number of local organizations volChris Hammond, a member of unteering to run activities throughout the BMP board, is excited about the day, including: WinterFest and its potential growth

in the future. “Businesses are exhibiting some good energy” in support of the event, Hammond said. “It’s a matter now of who shows up.” Temperatures in Middlebury were in the low 60s as the Addison Independent went to press on Wednesday. But fear not, WinterFest organizers are working with a landscape company to truck in snow to ensure the Mother Nature doesn’t melt away the snow sculpture contest and other activities dependent on the white stuff. “Either way, we’re going to make the most of it,” Duguay said. “We’ll have food, we’ll have activities and it’s a way to get families out of the house ... just bring your mud boots; it’s Vermont. We can have fun in any weather.” The fun won’t end when the outdoor activities end at 6 p.m. Adults are invited to join a winter-themed “pub crawl.” As part of the pub crawl special cocktails and appetizer specials will be offered at a wide variety of local bars and restaurants, including: • The Middlebury Inn, featuring an outdoor fire pit with a Drop-In Brewery special: Heart of Lothian Venison Stew with Red Dwarf Pint for $14. • American Flatbread: Apple Bacon Cheddar by the slice for $4, and Cheese and Potato pirogue for $3, with a “Spicy Paloma” drink special for $7. • Two Brothers: A Poinsettia Cocktail special and $1 oysters. • Rough Cut: $5 well drinks and $5 bowls of brisket chili. • Marquis Theater: Otter Creek Daily Dose beer for $3, Tequila tonics for $5 and a la carte smoked chicken tacos for $5. • The Lobby: Free Silver’s Dirty Fries and Spicy Vodka Collins as drink. Closing by 9/9:30 p.m. For more information about this year’s WinterFest, check out ExperienceMiddlebury.com/winterfest. Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisoninidependent.com.

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard at its Feb. 19 meeting inched closer to signing a license agreement with Vermont Gas Systems to bring natural gas service to Bristol. “At some point we’re going to have to say ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ on this,” said selectboard member Peter Coffey. Convinced the pipeline would attract new businesses to Bristol and increase the town’s grand list, he announced he was prepared to vote in favor of the project. Selectboard member Michelle Perlee also said she would vote “yes.” “I see other sides to the issue, but I have to look at how this is going to affect the majority,” she said, adding that she wants to give Bristol residents more options. Neither selectboard chair John “Peeker” Heffernan nor member Ted Lylis voiced their positions on the matter. Joel Bouvier was absent. Rather than debating the details of the proposed agreement, the selectboard had intended to recap the Feb. 12 public forum on Vermont Gas and consider “next steps,” said town administrator Valerie Capels at the meeting. But the discussion still provoked considerable response from both supporters and opponents of the pipeline project. “There’s this sense of rushing ahead,” said Bristol resident Jennifer Vyhnak, and rumors that the license agreement was “a done deal” had made it difficult to further engage town residents on the issue. Donald Miller pointed out that the Department of Public Service wants to fine Vermont Gas $25,000 for burying an Addison County pipeline in violation of its permit, and that the

company had been assessed other fines for environmental violations in Vermont. He said he hoped the Bristol agreement would include provisions for holding the company accountable. Jim Quaglino said he was in favor of the pipeline, even though it would not serve his home. “This is six years in the making,” he said. “People should have started coming to selectboard meetings before.” The board briefly discussed the possibility of scheduling a non-binding vote for district residents, but no motions were made at the meeting. Vyhnak encouraged everyone in attendance to watch “Gasland,” a 2010 documentary critical of the natural gas industry; it will be screened on March 2, 6:30 p.m., at the Bristol firehouse. In other business, the selectboard reviewed job descriptions and advertising timelines for the Bristol police chief and for town road foreman. Heffernan pointed out that language in the police chief job description created the possibility of a four-officer department, should they fill the position with a candidate not currently serving on the force. The board expressed agreement that whatever the outcome, such personnel decisions would be constrained by the police district’s budget. Coffey voiced concerns about achieving parity between the police chief’s and road foreman’s salaries, which the board agreed to discuss at a later time. The selectboard hopes to hire a road foreman no later than May and expects the new police chief to assume duties July 1.

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) residents are welcome to come in and vote from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Middlebury voters can request a ballot be mailed to them by calling 802-388-8100 ext. 211, 212, or 213, or by email awebster@townofmiddlebury.org. Any Vermonter of voting age can request a ballot be sent to them by visiting the secretary of state’s website, specifically the My Voter Page at mvp.sec.state.vt.us. On Monday the Independent published a photo of some local pine trees that were just loaded with cones; and Jim Doolan, who took the photo, wondered if anyone knew what was causing the superabundance of cones this year. Well, Sully from Shoreham, who has a Christmas tree farm and grows black walnuts, suggested that the heavy coning was more than likely due to stress the trees experienced form the extremely wet seasons, especially last spring. The preceding fall was also very wet, he pointed out. Conifers had lots of cones and the nutbearing trees were also loaded last year for the same reason, he added. Ann Barker also weighed in. She said a forester told her that this is a sign of the trees being stressed or beginning to die. “He said that they are producing cones to replace them with offspring,” she said. “I’ve also been told that many trees in our area are dying because of what I’m told are issues related to climate change or they are being attacked by insects or diseases brought in on container ships from overseas, much as are many invasive plants. As best I can tell, the trees in the photo are blue spruce,

which are dying out in our area from disease.” While Ann notes that she is no expert, she said she has seen blue spruce dying around Middlebury. Rodney Olsen, a licensed bird bander who has instructed approximately 250 students through the Diversified Occupations Program at the Hannaford Career Center, has inspired students to pursue careers in ornithology or other natural field sciences. This weekend the local organization Spirit in Nature will bestow its “Eco-Spirit Award” on Olsen at its annual meeting. The public is welcome: Sunday, Feb. 25, 4 p.m. in the downstairs conference room at Ilsley Library in Middlebury. Bald Mountain Theater sent out an urgent message this week: “LOOKING FOR VIKING WOMEN!” The theater troupe in Rochester clarified that it is looking for a few energetic, physical women to be in its original production “Viking Tales.” The play — which will features sword fighting, singing and very physical ensemble acting — is adapted from Jennie Hall’s 1912 boys adventure story, which tells the tell of the rise of King Harald Fairhair from local king to ruler of the Norse lands. Bald Mountain looks to populate this very male tale with primarily woman actors. If this strikes your fancy, send your resume to Ethan Bowen at baldmountaintheater.org. Rehearsals begin March 7 and the production dates are April 26 to 29. Ethan promised a travel stipend and even pay — we’re guessing he meant to say “plunder.”

Ilsley Library board candidates weigh in

Renovation plan a major issue

grams. Our libraries will continue to but unseen systems below the be especially devoted to children and surface. Ilsley must have its basic youth; senior citizens; and families mechanical systems improved. The failing elevator breaks unable to afford Middlebury voters on Town down regularly. The afterschool Meeting Day, March 6, will have over-used restrooms classes, summer an unusually large number of have recurring probcamp, computcandidates to choose from for the lems. The heating and ers, or Internet Ilsley Library Board of Trustees. air-handling systems service. To Seven candidates are vying for operate inefficiently, advise the staff three positions on the board. Inand the basement has and Trustees on terest has no doubt been fueled by issues with mold and emerging needs the changing nature of information mildew. In recent years and trends, I will dissemination in society today and we have addressed faencourage the by efforts to renovate the historic cilities needs for town Trustees to crelibrary building at 75 Main St. departments and serate two Citizen There are two races. In one, vices including police, Advisory Comincumbent John Freidin and felfire, recreation, and mittees — one low Middlebury residents Joseph town offices, while the of students and McVeigh, Amy Mincher and David library has continually one of adults. Munford are competing for two stood by like a student To succeed our FREIDIN available three-year terms on the shyly raising a hand libraries must Ilsley Library board. In the other to whisper, “Excuse, be engaged with the community they race, incumbent Barbara Doyleme, but I have some needs, too.” serve. Wilch, Patricia Chatary and Alice 2. Our children must be moved out It’s time to listen and pay some Eckles are vying for one one-year of the basement into brighter, health- attention to an institution that has term on the library board. ier, and safer spaces that provide a disproportionate influence on the In an effort to help area voters designated areas for each age group. life of our town and especially the get to know these candidates a The entrances to our libraries should future of the children and young little bit better, the Independent be more welcoming, more easily people of Middlebury. As a board asked them to answer two quesaccessible to all, and within sight member, I will work to be a good tions, and to keep their responses of staff. Ilsley needs to replace its steward of the town’s financial and within a limited number of words. failing heating/cooling system with material resources while planning David Munford has been out of one that is reliable and efficient. The responsibly for the future. state and could not be reached for elevator in Ilsley frequently breaks this article. The other six candi******* down and should be replaced with dates were asked: Tricia Chatary one that is dependable and meets 1. What is your vision for the 1. Because for many — residents ADA code. We should preserve our Ilsley and Sarah Partridge libraries garden and create additional outdoor and visitors alike — a library is a and their role in the community space for reading and relaxation. touchstone to a community, it’s imover the next decade? All new spaces should be flooded portant to have a balance between 2. As Middlebury pursues plans with natural light and the nostalgic “feel” of the Ilsley for eventual library renovation, architecturally flexible and the real 21st century accom******* what especially would you hope is so walls and wiring can modations necessary for a modern Amy included? be easily moved. Any institution. Mincher Here are their answers; the quesBut it’s not just about technologrenovation or expansion I have been tions are not repeated in the context an active Ilsley must be VERY energy ic gadgetry and more space. As a of each candidate’s response. efficient and cheerful. board member I think it’s importpatron since I And I hope Ilsley will ant to be a good listener, especially was a child. The Alice Eckles include spaces that to those who are on the front lines library has been Both the Ilsley and the Sarah a attract more people to of patron interaction. Library staff wonderful Partridge libraries are serving vital place for me to the library, for example, is a great resource for observing roles as places for social and edu- explore my ina town Visitors Center, usage and trends among the licational events and gatherings as terests through job posting board, and brary’s patrons. An annual, or even well as a place for solitary reading, reading, semi-annual, survey would help the bicycle storage. volwriting, researching, and quiet time. unteering, and board to keep on top of the issues. My vision is for active library use participating in The suggestion box is useful in its ******* to continue uninterrupted during programs. Over own small way to gather opinions. Joe McVeigh necessary renovations, and potential the next decade, 1. As we move fur- However, additional, consistent MINCHER expansion of the Ilsley library. The I hope that the ther into the 21st cen- open gatherings wherein patrons interests and needs of current users library will contury, we need Ilsley and can weigh in face-to-face would of the library must inform the cre- tinue to be a place for community Sarah Partridge to be responsive to also help the Board and staff keep ative process of modestly expanding members of all ages to find what changes in technology, demograph- their fingers on the public pulse. the library to beautifully meet the they need. As a museum director, ics, and the needs of residents to The more a population has buy-in needs of the community while not I have seen how carefully curated bring people, information and ideas to an institution the more likely overburdening tax payers. programs can welcome new au- together to enrich lives and build will be their support. Conversely, As a frequent library user I would diences and cultivate a sense of community. We need to continue the public can see how the library’s like to see more quiet spaces to sit community. The library can do this to recognize the vital importance adherence to best practices is to and relax with a book. I enjoy sitting too, especially with underserved of reading to open doors and everyone’s benefit. on the bench in 2. The children’s area needs a populations. I will be expand horizons through active the Ilsley library better space, a large an active cheerleader engagement in garden in the and welcoming place for the library, sharing the life of the warm months and for library-appropriabout all the great community. In would love to see ate activities, such a things that happen at the excitement a sort of mini bio workshops, readings, the Ilsley. I hope to over plans to dome, and indoor guest presenters, work with staff and renovate Ilsley, garden space to among others. trustees to broadcast we must ensure walk through and I’d like to see a Sarah daily through social that enjoy flowers, more open and dediand media platforms to Partridge greenery, maybe cated reception desk, ensure that everyone the Community even a fountain perhaps semi-circular, knows what is happen- House continues all year round. staffed by more than to be a warm ing at the library. Libraries are one person during Having spent so and welcoming places of refuge peak times with an much time at the library place for East from both work “Express Lane” for throughout my life, I Middlebury resand home, where those in a hurry. have benefitted from idents. I’d like people are free Security is imthe previous additions to see us invest ECKLES to go without portant on more than and renovations. It is in our staff, McVEIGH feeling they are one level: Having a time for an update. A technology, and loitering. I want to preserve our tem- new children’s room that is easily i n f r a s t r u c t u r e single secure entrance ple of learning open to all equally, accessible for young families is to improve service. I’d like to would address the physical access and allow it to grow so that it best first and foremost as well as spaces see how the library can extend its issue. There is also cyber-security nurtures our community. for tweens and teens. We need more reach and impact in the community to consider, i.e. being mindful of Perhaps the British writer Caitlin small meeting spaces in the library through partnerships with individ- potential threats with regard to a Moran describes my ideal of a great so that groups can congregate for uals, public and nonprofit agencies, patron’s freedom to do research. Library best: Lastly, as an indulgence, it’d be book clubs, card games, foreign community groups, educators and “A library in the middle of a language practice, and other meet- businesses. swell to have a coffee shop, a cozy community is a cross between an ings. A new space for large groups 2. While it isn’t going to grab area to enjoy a beverage and allow emergency exit, a life raft and a and presentations is also important. any headlines, Ilsley’s funda- for cell phone usage, separate from festival. They are cathedrals of the I have noticed that there is a need mental needs are those critical designated “quiet zones.” mind; hospitals of the soul; theme for a place where library patrons parks of the imagination. On a can eat a snack; it would be nice cold, rainy island, they are the only if there was a dedicated place that sheltered public spaces where you would be easy to keep clean rather are not a consumer, but a citizen, than among the stacks. While I’m instead. … A mall — the shops — excited about the future of the liare places where your money makes brary and the renovations that need the wealthy wealthier. But a library to occur, it is important to make is where the wealthy’s taxes pay for sure the community is involved in you to become a little more extraor- the planning process as we design a We received quotes from Bristol Electronics and another welldinary, instead.” space that benefits everyone. known Vermont solar company, and were pleasantly surprised that Bristol had the better price, and we preferred Bristol’s microinverter ******* ******* approach. Additionally, we were very pleased to learn that the Barbara Doyle-Wilch John S. Freidin panels and racking system were made in the USA with some 1. The Ilsley Library has a 1. I envision Ilsley and Sarah components manufactured by a Vermont company. On top of wonderful aspirational mission Partridge becoming — from staff to statement: “Ilsthis, the folks at Bristol were such a pleasure to work with. We stacks, from programs ley Library emcan’t remember a more pleasant experience when making a major to facilities — the most bodies the vigor welcoming and affirminvestment. and ambition of ing spaces in MiddleWe had a variety of questions which they happily addressed. Their our community. bury. They will remain knowledgeable staff was well versed with applicable regulations and We are accessidedicated to building requirements, building codes and even wind loading concerns. They ble, lively, and community and helping truly went out of their way to make sure we were educated on the inviting to all. users discover what The library is a system and pleased with the installation. interests them. But hub for learning, they will continuously This was a very rewarding experience which began with a goal of public dialogue seek more varied ways wanting to make our home fully renewably powered by working with and quiet relaxto achieve these goals. a local team and culminated with meeting great members of our ation.” We have They will respond to community, keeping our dollars local while also supporting other a lot of work the changing realities American renewable technology manufacturers. We found kindred to do to make of our lives — technospirits at BE and we can’t recommend them highly enough! this mission a logical, cultural, and reality. I hope, financial — with fresh Megan Nedzinski and Joshua Faulkner – South Starksboro, VT as a Board materials and new proDOYLE-WILCH member, to help the Library come closer to this mission. There should be something for everyone in our public library and we need to listen to the many parts of our community to assure that it is “… accessible, lively and inviting…” I have worked with all types of libraries throughout the U.S. as a librarian, as a library director and as a consultant for over 50 years. I have seen that the strongest libraries are those that reflect their communities. A library needs to change as their community changes. The Library Board should facilitate the conversations that leads the library to reflect Middlebury. 2. The library should provide opportunity for discovery of those things that you are looking for and that thing that you may not have intended to find. It may be a book, a painting, a conversation or a poetry reading. A library allows you to step out of your “category” (age, social status, interests, ambitions, etc.) and enjoy an environment that is inclusive of the entire community. I would strive for the library to be safe, accessible by all, clean, inviting and comfortable. The library building must be flexible so that its uses can change as the community changes but always remain relevant. I would strive for the library to be a point of pride by the townspeople. I would strive for a library that will knit the community together through the love of learning.

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Halpern (Continued from Page 1A) greater story of Kit and Sunny, two people with divergent interests and personalities who ultimately forge a deep bond and help each other overcome adversity. Solstice “Sunny” Arkinsky is 15, and her parents are hippies. A judge sentences Sunny to 10 weeks of mandatory service at Robbers Library as punishment for swiping a dictionary. She becomes Kit’s protégé, much to her and Sunny’s initial chagrin. Kit is a character who was quite content keeping her thoughts to herself — a goal greatly facilitated by the library’s code of silence. “The library is a place where you can be by yourself, yet still be in a social setting,” Halpern said. And like Rusty, Kit was on a trajectory that was “blown to bits” by a traumatic event. “I had this idea of putting these three people — Kit, Sunny and Rusty — who were very different and would have had nothing to say to each other in a different setting, into this room together to see what happened when they interacted with each other,” Halpern said. What they became, according to Halpern, was a “random family.” “It was this idea you could find this family in the people you felt closest to, in a place like a library,” Halpern said. “How did that happen?” She saw random families form quite often at Johnsburg Library — a story unto itself. FOUNDING A LIBRARY Johnsburg township, population of around 2,300, had for years been served by a bookmobile. That service was discontinued during the early 1990s by the library consortium that ran it. Local leaders pitched a tax to provide library services to the community. But voters — feeling over-taxed — shot down the proposal. Johnsburg selectboard members then found $15,000 in the town budget and asked Halpern and two local retirees to turn it into a library. “It was very much like (the movie) ‘Field of Dreams’ or trying to turn water into wine,” Halpern recalled. But with help, the group recruited a part-time librarian and secured a library space in the back of the town hall, in which they set up shelves with approximately 3,000 books culled from the library consortium in Saratoga Springs. The group also acquired the inventory from a local video store that had gone out of business.

Optimistically, the library organizers ordered 500 library cards trusting that if they built the library, patrons would come. “The people with whom we consulted said it would take us about a year to go through our 500 cards, because we figured there were around 1,800 people,” Halpern said. “We went through the cards in three weeks.” Halpern wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times about the Johnsburg Library effort that appeared the day the new facility opened in 1996. The theme of the op-ed: in order to get chartered as a public library by the state of New York, the new amenity needed two computers. “There was no requirement for books,” Halpern said. “How crazy was that? We had these 3,000 books, but we didn’t have enough money for computers.” The CEO of a large database company in Florida saw Halpern’s op-ed and promptly donated three computers and a free database subscription to the fledgling library. “We had the equivalent of a large research library in our town hall,” Halpern said, with a smile. “And all these publishers started sending us books. Before long, we had this thriving library.” It became a place — like fictional Riverton — where people showed up to read and associate. Patrons started a movie night, a discussion series and theater readings. “(The new library) became the commons for this town, where almost half of the downtown was boarded up,” Halpern recalled. “It just changed everything. It changed people’s sense of pride in their town. It put people in contact with each other who otherwise wouldn’t have known each other. It put books in the hands of people who weren’t necessarily readers. It brought people in because they wanted their children to be readers. Everything happened in the library.” Some of the social dynamics of this real-life story play out in fictional form in Riverton. “It healed the town,” Halpern said of the Johnsburg library. “The town was really failing — not unlike the town in the book. When the library showed up, it became this central point for people, I think it made them much more willing to see the good in helping other people, because they saw it was helping them. “The library is this place of great possibility,” she said.

College conference to focus on 1968 MIDDLEBURY — Three Middlebury College professors — who cover the disciplines of Geosciences, History of Art & Architecture, and Political Science — are organizing a three-day conference that will bring 15 experts to campus early next month to consider a historically pivotal year: 1968. The college’s Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs will host “1968, Fifty Years of Struggle,” on March 8-10. If the 1960s “changed modern history,” 1968 stands out. In this year, anti-imperialist and anti-establishment forces took to the streets of major cities around the globe, challenging the post-1945 power structure. With the rise of national liberation movements on almost every continent — the Civil Rights and Feminist movements, anti-Vietnam demonstrations, and decolonization in Africa — 1968 pulsed with a new sense of optimism. It heralded new forms of art, music, thinking, and debate. However, conservative governments came to power in France,

Britain, and the U.S; Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated; the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia; and Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution was met with intensifying violence. On multiple fronts, 1968 symbolizes both a quest for, and intense opposition to dramatic change in the status quo — an ever-evolving dynamic that continues today. The keynote address by Todd Gitlin will take place that Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall. Gitlin is a Columbia University professor and author of “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage.” All subsequent events will be in the Robert A. Jones ’59 House conference room. The conference is being organized by professors Tamar Mayer, Edward Vazquez and Mark Williams. It is free and open to the public. For more information visit middlebury.edu/international/rcga/ international-conference/2018-annual-international-conference.

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‘Thoughts and prayers’ don’t cut it; students want action! The sign held by Addison County resident and student Griffin Louer at a gun-control rally in Montpelier (captured on the front page of this newspaper) says it all: In handwritten script were the words “thoughts and prayers” with a line drawn through them; below that in large type were the words “Policy and Change.” That thought captures the frustration and anger these students, and many residents throughout the country, feel toward a Congress that has turned its back on gun-control time and time again, and opened their pockets to the campaign contributions of the pro-gun lobby. No longer, these students are saying, will they allow their elected congressmen and women to get by with the empty phrase, “our thoughts and prayers are with you,” while they fail to take any action to stop the horrific slaughter of school children across the nation. “Do the math,” says another sign held by local student and resident Lily Isham, “more guns = more deaths.” And so it is. American has more guns per capita than any other country in the world (112.6 guns per 100 residents, compared to Number 4 Switzerland with 45.7 or No. 7 Iraq with 34.2 guns per person.) In high-income countries, America has three-times the number of gun-related deaths (102 per million people compared to the next highest: 36 in Finland) as noted in a worldwide 2010 report, while South Korea and Japan both posted zero deaths and the United Kingdom only two deaths. America also leads the world in mass shootings. From 1996 to 2012, the U.S. had 90 mass shootings, compared to 18 in the Philippines, 15 in Russia, 11 in Yemen and 10 in France. And more recent years have seen mass shootings escalate in the U.S. Just since Jan. 1, 2018 through Feb. 14, America has already witnessed 30 mass shootings, according to data by Gun Violence Archive that defines a mass shooting as when four or more people are shot at and injured or killed, resulting in more than 60 deaths and more than 115 injured in the first 46 days of this year. Nations around the civilized world look at our inability to stop this carnage with bewilderment. Why, they wonder, is one of the richest, strongest, most innovative countries in the world not able to do anything about such reckless gun violence? There is one undeniable answer: Congressional Republicans have pledged allegiance to the NRA. It has been part of their political strategy that whatever the gun lobby wants, it gets, and in return the NRA delivers votes and money. With their blind allegiance to the NRA, they have increased the risk to the public — and that goes for a few Democrats, Independents and Progressives, who blindly support the NRA as well. But primarily, it has been Republicans who have steadfastly defeated sensible gun control laws in Congress. That history is well documented for all to see. ********** What the gun debate is not about is defending the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms. That’s the God-and-Country rhetoric the NRA and farright drape around this flag-weary issue, but their argument has little merit. In none of the gun restrictions most frequently cited are reasonable people being asked to give up their right to bear legitimate arms. On the contrary, sensible gun laws include: banning assault rifles like the AR-15 that terrorists and mass murderers find so effective in mowing down hundreds of innocent people every year; tougher background checks to ensure terrorists, criminals and the mentally ill can’t just walk in and buy a gun off the shelf; and laws that would allow law enforcement officers to restrict the possession of guns in incidents of domestic abuse. These are not ideas that intrude on the reasonable rights of law-abiding Americans to possess firearms for their use and protection. But there is a key word in this debate that must be defined: “reasonable.” Is it reasonable, for example, to be able to buy a tank-busting firearm used in military warfare, and capable of blasting through the walls of a school building from half a block away? No, it’s not. Nor is it reasonable for your average citizen to buy off-the-shelf hand grenades or other military weapons made for mass destruction. These restrictions are already in place. So, let’s agree that there is a “reasonable limit” on the types of military weapons that an individual should be able to buy. On the flip side, is it reasonable to be able to buy a shotgun or any single-shot rifle? Absolutely it is — for sport and also for self-defense. The same is true for handguns and semi-automatic weapons. But the AR-15s, or an AK-47 machine gun, were designed as a military weapon to kill high numbers of people in battle, but which are being used all too frequently in mass shootings in the United States. Is that a reasonable weapon to sell to any individual without at least a background check? Can’t we find some common ground to restrict such purchases? And accessories like bump-stocks, large-capacity magazines for ammunition, and other means of creating weapons to kill large numbers of people should similarly be scrutinized under this same criteria: that is, what is “reasonable” for an individual to be able to freely buy versus what is the potential harm to the public, especially school children but also innocent people at a country western concert in Las Vegas, or a night club in Orlando, or a Sunday gathering at a church in rural Texas. It’s a given that Americans will likely always have a culture far more accepting of gun ownership than other nations in the developed world, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a culture that has a moral responsibility with that privilege and right. ********** There are signs of hope. This current student-led revolution has a chance to enact some of these sensible gun control measures if the majority of Americans, who polls say support such measures, stand behind them and threaten to toss elected officials out of office if they don’t listen. In Vermont, these students and other have brought fresh attention to several gun control measures, and we’re pleased to note that the Addison Central School District board adopted a resolution this week urging the state legislature and Gov. Phil Scott to adopt four specific measures: S.6, a bill in the Senate urging universal background checks; H.422, a bill allowing law enforcement to remove guns from the scene of domestic violence; S.221, removing guns when a person shows signs that threaten or endanger others (mental instability); and H.876, prohibiting bump-fire stocks that can make semi-automatic weapons perform like machine guns. The resolution also urges the Legislature to draft and pass a measure to prevent the possession, sale or manufacture of military-style assault weapons. Gun control measures will help considerably, but they won’t solve the problem by themselves. Detecting mental illness and treating it must be part of the solution, as well as helping students and teachers identify troubled classmates and learn how and when to speak up — as one student recently did at Fair Haven Union High School — before it’s too late. Nor are we opposed to increased security at our schools, whether that is in the form of more armed guards or allowing teachers with proper training to have firearms nearby. Today’s students are demanding action, and as Gov. Scott said the other day, all options should be on the table. Angelo Lynn

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Fuentes-George merits support

I am writing in support of the candidacy of Lindsey Fuentes-George for Middlebury selectboard. I have interacted with Lindsey in her capacity both as a caring staff person at the Counseling Service of Addison County, and as a caring community member, and I am thrilled with her decision to run for the selectboard. She is part of a “town-gown family,” as her husband, Kemi Fuentes-George, is an assistant professor of Political Science at Middlebury College. And, as she says, she “knows something about diversity,” as Kemi is black and hails from Jamaica. As the parent of three young kids, Lindsey understands the importance of ensuring that our schools are creating safe and inclusive environments for all children. She supports completing the long-delayed rail bridge project without further delay, but is also interested in ways to support downtown businesses adversely impacted by the construction. In my experience, Lindsey is a good listener, who hopes to hear and be guided by her constituents’ priorities for the selectboard. I have confidence that Lindsey is an excellent candidate, and hope others will support her, as well. Emily J. Joselson Middlebury

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Learning to handle life’s challenges

My generation grew up hiding under school desks, arms folded over our heads waiting for the bomb to drop. I didn’t grasp the gravity, just a sense of a scary unknown. Wellesley College freshman year was another scary unknown. I had not been keen on leaving where I’d always lived, a small town in northern New York State. My big accomplishment in high school was a romance with the outstanding athlete of our class of ninety. The summer before, I read the required “Things Fall Apart” understanding little of it and worked my same job in a souvenir shop at Fort Ticonderoga. Once on campus, not having learned to study, I didn’t realize what other students were doing in those long hours between classes. Fortunately, I had a sister nearby By Jill who’d graduated from Wellesley the Vickers year I entered. Carol and her husband would invite me to brunch at their Cambridge apartment with graduate students they knew. They took me to dozens of foreign films and exhibits of modern art. Carol believed I’d enjoy this world as she did, and I slowly developed new habits. In the spring the dean wrote to commend me on improvement from my ghastly first semester to a better second. The awareness that began then about how to use one’s time has taken on new importance. Ten years ago I witnessed my mother and then my father’s slow but steady loss of strength and independence and then their deaths. Five years ago my husband had a massive heart attack. It happened at home more than twenty minutes from the nearest hospital. He recovered, but this scare and losing my parents brought mortality close — another scary unknown.

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As soon as my husband could, we took a trip he’d wanted to do for years, driving to the coast, then over the mountains to the rainforest, getting lost, getting help, and finding our way around Costa Rica. It was wonderful. A year later in 2016 we bought a used Road Trek camper, rented out our house, and left in September for nine months on the road. This trip was one we talked about taking since 1971 when, before we were married, we bought an old sedan, a pup tent, and cast iron pot and headed for Alaska. No house or yard work opened up a lot of time. The days were full of exploring. I’d ask myself, “Was that just this morning?” We liked it so well we’re now on our second extended road trip across the country. Like college years, friends and family play vital roles in what I do and how I feel. In 2008, I’d met an alumna who graduated from Wellesley twenty years earlier than I had. We’ve become friends through mutual interest in new places, politics, and people. On a recent visit to her small house where she lives at ninety-two, widowed, using a walker, she raves about the online courses she has taken this year. Lois no longer drives, but a well-worn atlas sits on her desk next to her computer. She places in my hands books on political theory and history she wants me to read, and shows me gourmet food items she’s ordered online. Outside on her ramp, she speaks of her son and daughter-in-law and neighbors who help her. Lois is relatively new to the small community, although not to her beloved Vermont, and has forged many connections (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Court to decide politicking at polls

May a state prohibit voters from wearing campaign T-shirts, buttons or other politically-related clothing at a polling place on election day? The U.S. Supreme Court will consider this question in a case to be argued on Feb. 28. A Minnesota statute provides that a “political badge, political button, or other political insignia may not be worn at or about the polling place on primary or election day.” In 2010, Andrew Cilek, a Minnesota voter, went to his local polling place wearing a T-shirt that had printed on it, among other things, a Tea Party logo and the expression “Don’t Tread on Me.” He was asked to leave the polling place and come back not wearing politically expressive clothing. Cilek insisted on being allowed to vote, and the local officials eventually permitted him to do so. He then filed suit in federal court, challenging the By Eric L. Davis statute on First Amendment grounds. Both the federal district court and the appeals court upheld the state law as a reasonable “time, place, and manner” regulation of the conduct of elections — a power given to the states by Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution. The Supreme Court will hear Cilek’s appeal next week. He claims that, by limiting political expression through restricting what clothing voters can wear at the polls, Minnesota infringes fundamental First Amendment rights. According to Cilek, the statute limits a vast amount of protected, passive and peaceful political speech. He argues that the state’s interest in orderly and fair election administration cannot justify a complete ban on political-

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ly-related clothing at the polls. Minnesota, in response, claims that polling places are not “public forums,” as compared, say, with squares or parks where political rallies and demonstrations are frequently held. Thus, the state may apply some reasonable restrictions to the conduct of voters at the polls. The statute is designed, among other things, to prevent “surreptitious campaigning” at the polls, for example, a situation in which many voters all wearing the same T-shirt arrive at a single polling place simultaneously. Minnesota also claims the law is “content-neutral,” and does not discriminate among voters on the basis of the particular messages on their clothing. Many states, including Vermont, have laws prohibiting candidates or their surrogates from campaigning inside polling places, or requiring them to stay a minimum distance away from the entrance to the polls if they are campaigning outside. The Supreme Court has upheld such laws as reasonable regulations of the electoral process. However, these laws regulate active campaigning. The Minnesota law regulates passive speech, as expressed through messages on voters’ clothing. The Supreme Court will likely issue its ruling in the Minnesota case by June. That ruling could have an impact in Vermont. Vermont election law says that “no campaign literature, stickers, buttons … or other political materials” may be “displayed, placed, handed out, or allowed to (See Davis, Page 5A)

Don’t let this happen to you: The other day I was working on the computer and suddenly a red banner appeared across the screen saying that my computer had been hacked and that I had to call this number to get help reestablish protection. I had not experienced this sort of thing before and believed it and called the number. The person answering the phone asked for over $300 for re-establishing protection and I had to use my Visa card now while he was on the phone. The Visa people got involved since it was a large amount to be transferred to China. When I heard the word China I finally came to my senses, hung up the phone and cancelled the transaction and had the Visa card number blocked. Do not let someone talk you into sending money or into giving your Visa card number. Let a local computer expert fix any problems. Start by hanging up and turning off your computer. If it still has a problem when you turn it back on, take it to a local repair place. Hildgund Schaefer Bristol

Panton seeks OK for town hall fix

Editor’s note: The writer is chair of the Panton Planning Commission and Development Review Board. Around town meeting time one often resorts to homilies regarding the tradition and its role in our northern New England culture…but this year there seems to be a difference — gathering together as a community seems more compelling. Hard on the heels of national sadness and scandal, discord and dystopia, it is apparent that here in Vermont we grapple with many of the same challenges and realities. Town meeting provides an opportunity for us to come together with our neighbors, to hash things out — find common cause and purpose in keeping the roads plowed, the schools funded, the budget balanced, and for our small town of Panton, this year, keeping the very meeting hall itself open. In fact, our town is having this year’s annual meeting in the town garage because of the lack of accessibility to the meeting space. These places and spaces we gather in as neighbors and friends, newcomers and old timers, newborns and teens, are the icons of our shared civility, and our town halls and meeting houses are truly the heart of our communities. The effort and expense citizens in towns such as Cornwall, Brandon and Ferrisburgh have invested in recent years has paid off in beautiful yet functional multi-purpose facilities that serve them well. Addison is coming to grips with the work its hall will need and Monkton has explored the replacement or renovation of its building. Each of the public buildings in these towns and so many others throughout our state represent both (See Letter, Page 5A)

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Teachers lament lack of dialogue Within the last week adminis- impact. ACEa recognizes that cuts trators at Addison Central School are inevitable in a time of declining District (ACSD) schools informed enrollment, but it is essential that their staffs of what the specific cuts community stakeholders and edumade to area schools will be as a re- cational professionals are given an sult of reductions at the central Ad- opportunity to engage in a dialogue dison County elementary schools, about these programs: designated Middlebury Union and directed STEM Middle School, and (science, technology, Middlebury Union engineering and High School. Conmath) education at the trary to the collective middle school, Alterbargaining agreement native Education at This piece was between the ACSD submitted by the high school, math board and the Addi- Larry O’Connor, a enrichment, library son Central Educators special education staffing, and others. Association (ACEa), case manager at The community deno chance for input Middlebury Union serves a place to ask: was offered before High School, on What programs are the board took formal behalf of the Addison so essential that they action by moving Central Educators are worth investing the budget forward. Association, which in? How can some be Changes were bills itself as ACEa. changed to reflect the presented to staff as needs of students in being decided. Also, today’s world? Are and probably of more concern to there places where cuts can be the public at large, there was no made without removing essential opportunity for public input, an and needed programming? We do oversight that flies directly in the our students a disservice if we do face of the ACSD Strategic Plan, not give an opportunity to explore which specifically sets as a goal questions like these. “strengthening communication ACEa feels it is important to note between school, parents and stu- that we do not believe any member dents.” of the board, or any school adminThese reductions have substantial istrator, was intentionally looking

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to cause harm. We believe that this oversight was very likely the natural result of the incredible speed with which ACSD is attempting to implement the International Baccalaureate. There are very few IB districts that span all grades preK-12, and almost all of those that do exist did not take on such an ambitious goal in such a short period of time. The board may argue that program changes are a result of reduced enrollment, not IB, but it is the nature and demands of IB that point to these specific cuts, and the lack of communication was prompted by the speed of implementation that doesn’t allow us to really have needed meaningful conversations. Meaningful opportunities for input have been far too few and far between amid the substantial changes occurring in ACSD. Generally, they have been artificial, with outcomes predetermined. ACEa leadership recently requested that ACSD Superintendent Peter Burrows open up lines of communication with teachers about the process, opportunities and problems that come with balancing so many competing forces: state budget mandates, local board focus on belt-tightening, and the (See Forum, Page 7A)

ACSD official responds to union

The Addison Central Education manner. This year, that means hard Association has raised concerns decisions must be made, like a about the potential for a reduction reduction in the number of teaching in force for the Addison Central positions that is commensurate School District — cutting positions with the decline in the number of — as a result of the students. budget the board adThe agreement opted in January and calls for the board to will be voted on Town give notice of and an Meeting Day. The explanation for the This piece was ACSD board does cuts before a final not make decisions submitted by Peter decision is made. The to reduce positions Conlon, chairman of union may then ask to without careful con- the Addison Central meet with the board to sideration of a number School District discuss the proposed board of directors. of important factors. reductions. Afterward, The board has the board takes a final the difficult task of vote on the issue. The balancing a desire to maintain teachers’ union has expressed a programs, meet the educational concern that the school board has needs of our students, address not consulted them before making declining enrollment in our schools decisions about what positions will and fulfill our responsibility to use be affected. The union members public tax dollars in a responsible can be assured that we will follow

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the process in the union collective bargaining agreement for position cuts. ACEA has been notified, and when the union meets with us, we will approach that meeting with open minds. This year, the reduction-in-force notice letter to the union was sent later than we would have preferred. The board and administration were in the process of learning which of our current teachers would take early retirement, the deadline for which was Feb. 1, before sending the notification letter so we would not unnecessarily alarm some teachers. We value our teachers and understand the reaction cutbacks can cause. The board will listen to any suggestions while recognizing that we have fewer students and an obligation to use the public’s money wisely.

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) the inspiration and aspiration of architecture and place making. Our town center edifices are part of who we are and how we value community. Each of them have stories to tell, are markers of history and landmarks which enrich the physical fabric of our villages and provide a focal point for our communitarian spirit. Panton has a landmark too. It could be seen from the summits of Buck and Snake Mountains — the town hall with its cupola and the Baptist Church next to it sitting astride the last ridge before the lake with the backdrop of the Adirondacks. But no longer — our 1858 town hall lost its signature cupola several years ago when the roof was repaired and the selectboard, concerned about structural integrity, left it on the ground. The Greek Revival style State Historic Register building has not been the same without its classic cupola. Years ago at town meeting we had well attended luncheons. Those gatherings ended some time ago and events have been few and far between in our aging meeting space, now lacking in accessibility and suitable ADA compliant restrooms, as well as needing a place to prepare for those luncheons. We have bids

Ways (Continued from Page 4A) through library and local programs. The challenges of adjusting to campus life, making respectable grades, even figuring out what to do after college pale in comparison to the challenges of aging. The scary unknowns are out there. But, we’ve lived with the nuclear challenge thus far, and Lois, who continues to live fully in spite of losses, inspires me. I’m hopeful I can handle the attacks of old age in more practical ways than hiding under my desk and feel good about what I leave behind when that day comes. Jill Vickers is a native of the Champlain Valley, a retired teacher of literacy and the founder of a video production company. Special interests include family history, travel and outdoor activities. She lives with her husband and their springer spaniel in Bridport.

for all the necessary work in place. All told, the bid amounts came in at $69,000 for the proposed upstairs renovations including a small kitchen, storage areas and the two ADA bathrooms. The cupola was bid at $ 90,980, the outdoor ramp at $65,000, and $15,000 was included to cover additional electrical, plumbing and finish work. The selectboard has already initiated part of the bid package with the new entryway to the building. Panton voters have a singular opportunity this year to vote to complete the restoration effort for the town hall, and to put the cupola back to its rightful place atop the building. We are so fortunate to have a grant from the Walter Cerf Fund that will cover about a quarter of the cost, a budget surplus that can be applied and a revenue stream from the new solar project

to underwrite the investment in the other building improvements — as was initially approved at last year’s town meeting. This will mean no new taxes for accomplishing this work. A recent town survey found that 70 percent of residents supported the meeting hall renovation and 68 percent were in favor of restoring the cupola. Those of us who have dedicated our efforts over the last 10 years towards making the town hall whole again are hopeful that our fellow citizens will take the time and support the renovation and restoration project. A few years ago, our town, like so many others in Vermont, celebrated 250 years of existence. We came together as a community. This year, we are hopeful that in Panton, we can do it again. David Raphael Panton

Diderot’s Political Naturalism

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in concerns what has come to be known a series of essays on the origins of as “the Molyneaux Problem,” a hypothetical question posed by William liberalism and conservatism. Molyneaux in a letter to John Locke By Victor Nuovo Of all the great personages of the dated 7 July 1688. Molyneaux was Enlightenment, Denis Diderot (1713- concerned with the truth of Locke’s 1784) is probably the most modern; claim that all the ideas that occupy that is, his opinions anticipate all of our minds originate from sensory experience. Now suppose a man born modern liberalism. He was a philosophical naturalist, a blind were to have his sight restored. materialist, a proponent of natural sci- (The practice of the surgical removal ence, an atheist, a proponent of the sec- of cataracts was just beginning.) Here is the problem as Locke ular state and of a secular summarized it: morality to go with it, an “Suppose a Man born advocate of free love and blind, and now adult, gender equality, a cultural and taught by his touch relativist, a defender to distinguish between of religious toleration a Cube, and a Sphere of and of freethinking, an the same metal, and nearopponent and harsh critic ly of the same bigness, of colonialism and of its so as to tell, when he felt notorious consequences, one and the other; which namely, slavery and ecois the Cube, which the nomic exploitation, and a Sphere. Suppose then the commentator on their ill Cube and Sphere placed effects upon non-Europeon a Table, and the Blind an society and cultures. Liberalism vs Man to be made to see He was the first Conservatism [i.e. his sight surgically writer to explore what restored]. I ask, Whether he considered to be the An essay by by his sight, before he inevitable entanglement Victor Nuovo touched them, he could of Christianity and sexMiddlebury College now distinguish, and uality, and its unhappy tell, which is the Globe, psychological effects, professor emeritus which the Cube.” and to describe its tragic of philosophy Molyneaux thought consequences: unbearhe could not, and, after able guilt, sadomasochistic cruelty, and madness. It should also some hesitation, Locke agreed; the be noted that he describes these things once blind man, now with his sight restored, would first have to learn with great empathy and concern. However, he gained fame not so from experience that sight and touch much as an author, but as an editor. concur. It is a fascinating problem that He edited the Encyclopédie, the great some might argue is still unsolved; French Encyclopedia of the Sciences, it has recently drawn the attention of Arts, and Crafts, which became a neuro-scientists. Diderot applies the question to monument of the age, a treasury of enlightened learning. Thus, he is more moral ideas and sentiments. The Enoften thought of as an enabler of the lightenment is commonly described as Enlightenment than one of its major the Age of Reason, but it was equally figures, such as Rousseau or Voltaire. an age of feeling, a sentimental age. Because of that, his writings are often It was, after all, also the age of Grand ignored. Besides, his philosophical Opera. Diderot believed that moral and critical writings are more in the rules are without effect, without emform of articles — many written for pathy. For example, the Golden Rule, “Do the Encyclopédie; they are fragmentary and scattered over a broad range unto others, as you would have others of subjects. He left his readers with the do unto you” would have little effect unless we had some feeling for the task of unifying his thoughts. There is, I believe, a common theme feelings of others. In this connection, or point of view that unites them, and he believed that the face is the most it is central to modern liberalism. It is expressive part of the body, even Diderot’s empirical naturalism. It is more than the voice, than sounds evident in almost all his writings, in of laughter, cries, or screams, and his choice of topics and what he wrote that among facial features, nothing about them. I will try to illustrate this is more expressive than the eyes — by commenting on two short works: themselves as instruments revealing one, entitled “Letter on the blind, for a whole variety of human emotions: the use of those who can see,” and an joy, hatred, fear, anguish, boredom, article on natural right written for the contempt and more. Even apart from the face, the mere Encyclopédie. Diderot’s “Letter on the blind” bulk of another living animal affects consists of reflections on a theme that us, although its affect appears to may seem very remote from politics. It diminish with its size. “We feel for

a horse in pain, and squash an ant without giving it a moment’s notice.” The moral sentiments do not originate in the inner sanctum of our self, rather we learn them from seeing others, and there develops a concurrence between what we see in others and what we feel for ourselves. Here, he supposed, is the origin in nature of moral sentiments and of morality. And because justice, a moral principle, is the principle politics; politics must have the same origin. What of the man born blind, who does not see the faces of others; who does not see an animal writhing in pain? He is not without feelings, and because he does not live as a hermit, but in society with others, he develops capacities that seem to those who have vision to be remarkable in sensitivity and discernment: his sense of place, of direction, of order, especially the mathematical order of things — Diderot remarks that a person born blind can develop through touch a sense of symmetry, but not of beauty. Yet, he conjectures, pity may be less well developed in those born blind just because they cannot see the faces of others. On the other hand, they have greater self-mastery, and are less inclined to self-pity, because living in a world shaped by people with sight, they are always reminded of their deprivation. This may seem paradoxical, but it is not. All these things remain open questions, like Molyneaux’s problem. But it puts beyond doubt our great dependence on the senses for information, without which our moral senses would not develop or would develop differently. How does this all relate to the origin of civil society? Diderot agrees with Rousseau; the individual person must be transformed into a citizen. This transformation must be an act of each individual, an act of rational choice. Diderot’s account of it is striking in its originality. Every individual is faced with a choice between pure selfishness and conforming one’s will to the will of the whole. He imagines the selfish person to be at war with the human race, for he desires all praise, all riches, all grand attributes for himself — much like a selfish child all of whose wants are satisfied on demand and whose demands persist when they become adults and hold high public office. Others quite properly regard such an egoistic person with indignation. But their revulsion is warranted only as an expression of a universal will, the will of a society of persons who choose to live under a universal law that applies to everyone in the same way and with the same rigor. In short, it is a law that is just only if it is applied with equity to all.

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) remain” inside a polling place. Although this statute appears to be directed at the distribution of campaign materials in polling places, an FAQ page on the Vermont Secretary of State’s website states that “if you plan to wear candidate paraphernalia, you will have to cover it while inside the building containing the polling place. The polling place is about voting, not campaigning. Once voters have entered the polling place, the campaigns have ended.” I am not aware of any instance

in which a Vermont voter has been asked to leave a polling place because he or she was wearing a button or T-shirt and did not cover it up. Regardless, the Minnesota case raises important questions regarding freedom of speech and election administration. The Su-

preme Court’s ruling could provide useful guidance to both voters and state election officials regarding election-day political expression inside polling places. Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.

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LYNDONVILLE — Nancy Lee Vincent Boyer a loving mother, grandmother and sister, passed away on Feb. 16, 2018, at the age of 71. She joined the Lord surrounded by her sons, her daughter holding her hand, along with her sisters Christine French and Sally Russell and brother-in-law guiding her to peace with God, at Pines Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Lyndonville, Vermont. Nancy was born Jan. 11, 1946 in Vermont. She happily lived out her life in West Bristol raising her children. Nancy greatly enjoyed children and loved her grandchildren dearly. These grandchildren include Natasha Shepard, Jonathan Martin, Larry Swan, Monica Swan, Keith Swan and Donnie Wall. She was an exceptional grandmother and artist — her joy and youthful demeanor touched the hearts of her family, friends and even her care providers as she neared her last days on earth. Her care providers described her as something to look forward to going

NANCY LEE VINCENT BOYER into work with her bright smile, giving heart and sense of humor. She was a passionate artist, always drawing elaborate characters. Many remember her by her drawings — she would give them to anyone just to brighten their day. In her youth Nancy was known

for her kind and compassionate heart, she would give the shirt off of her back to help anyone who needed love and compassion. She was clean, orderly and a wonderful mother to anyone who needed one. Nancy was a gifted and beloved woman who will be missed by many. She is predeceased by her parents Vira Vincent and Fletcher Vincent, her loving sisters Esther Lavelette, and Betty Zeno, and brother Fletcher Vincent Jr. Nancy is survived by her children: Robert Swan and wife Bonnie of Ripton; Larry Swan and partner Lorinda of Vergennes; David Swan of Brandon; Marion Swan of Brandon; and her three siblings, Christine French, Shirley Lucia and Sally Russell. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Calling Hours will be held Friday, Feb. 23, at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Bristol from 10-11a.m. The funeral is at 11 a.m. To send online condolences to her family visit brownmcclayfuneralhoms. com.◊

Sherry Gibbs, 79, formerly of Cornwall HAGUE, N.Y. — Sherry A. Gibbs, 79, of Hague, N.Y., and formerly of Cornwall, Vt., has gone to join her husband of 62 years, Walter “Bud” Gibbs, in heaven, after only a few months. Sherry passed away on Feb. 6, 2018, and Walter passed away on Nov. 9, 2017. Sherry was born Sept. 22, 1938, in Los Angeles, Ca., the daughter of the late Arlene Bowen. Sherry and Walter lived in Middlebury, Vt., and Cornwall, Vt., for most of their life before moving to Hague. Sherry was employed as a Teacher’s Assistant at Middlebury Union High School for many years. She loved her job, and especially enjoyed working with the children. She was also employed as a Telephone Operator in Vermont for many years. Sherry was very talented in crocheting and knitting, and she loved watching wildlife at her daughter’s house in Hague, especially the deer, ducks and birds. She was an avid fisherman, and she along with her husband, Walter

SHERRY A. GIBBS ran the Lucky G Charters on Lake Ontario for many years. In addition to her husband, she was also pre-deceased by one son, Scott Walter Gibbs and one daughter, Terry Arlene Gibbs.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Alvin Frasier of Hague, N.Y.; one son, Troy Gibbs of Rutland, Vt.; one granddaughter, Jennifer Fields King and her husband, Nate of Willsboro, N.Y.; one greatgranddaughter, Raegan King and one great-grandson, Dalton King; one brother, Vernon Bowen of California; her sister-in-law, Nancy Wanke and her family of Connecticut; and her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Betsy and Bruce Bicknell and their family of Florida. A graveside service will take place in June for both Sherry and Walter at the family plot of the Evergreen Cemetery in West Cornwall, Vt., at a day and time to be announced. Walter and Sherry’s family would like to extend a special thank you to Gladys Rockwell and family for the absolutely wonderful care that they gave to both of them. They would also like to thank Heather Nadeau and Vicky Messier and the many other aides for their excellent care. To offer online condolences visit wilcoxandreganfuneralhome.com.◊

Edgar Baker, 82, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Edgar (Ed) Volney Baker, born Sept. 25, 1935, in Glens Falls, N.Y., passed away due to natural causes at age 82 on Feb. 17, 2018, in Middlebury, Vt. He was a resident of Monkton Ridge for 50 years. Ed graduated from SUNY Cobleskill. Ed served in the Army from 1956 to 1957. His professional career was at IBM Microelectrioncs in Essex Junction, Vt., where he was a Product Security Analyst until his retirement in 1990, after 33 years of service. Ed was the loving husband of Edie for almost 60 years. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marjorie Stafford. Ed is survived by his son, Russell Baker (Robin); daughters, Sarah Van Kovics (Jim) and Lori Novak (Tony); sister, Muriel Sherman; and grandchildren, Brittany Baker and

Grant Baker. He was a little league coach, served on the Monkton School board, and helped to establish a volunteer fire department. He had a passion for fishing, golf, the outdoors, and most importantly hunting. The family invites donations in Ed’s name to Mt. Norris Scout Reservation Alumni Association (MNSRAA) mtnorrisalumni. weebly.com/. Special thanks to the staff at The Residence at Otter Creek for their support and care in providing a comfortable end of life experience. Friends and family are welcome to attend the celebration of his life, officiated by Pastor Bill Elwell, on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Monkton Friends Methodist Church, 78 Monkton Ridge, in Monkton.◊

EDGAR (ED) VOLNEY BAKER

MIDDLEBURY — Betty Jayne Ireland (“Rusty” for her auburn red hair), 93, died Monday morning, February 12, 2018, at the Residence at Otter Creek in Middlebury, Vermont, surrounded by her loving family. Betty was born November 5, 1924, in Springfield, MA, and was the only child of Elwyn C. and Elvira (Baldassaro) Brooks. She joined her late husband, Dr. Roger Gordon Ireland of Denver, Colorado, on what would have been their 69th wedding anniversary. Her late son, Kim Patrick Ireland, was also there to welcome her into eternal light. Betty also was predeceased by her beloved halfsisters Sandy and Patty Brooks of Bellows Falls, VT, her stepbrother William Brooks of Bellows Falls, VT, and her sister-in-law Collette Bradt of Rogers, AR. As an infant, Betty’s parents moved with her to Bellows Falls, Vermont, where she lived until after graduating high school and attending college and nursing school. Betty attended Bellows Falls High School, from which she graduated in 1942. She attended and graduated from Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts, before pursuing her lifelong dream of becoming a registered nurse. Betty then attended and graduated from the Metropolitan Hospital School of Nursing in New York City in 1948 with a three-year Diploma in Nursing. It was during her time working at Metropolitan Hospital that she met her future husband, who was completing his residency. Betty and Roger married in 1948 and she put her nursing career on hold to raise her four children. For 37 years, Betty also supported her husband’s career as a naval medical officer until his retirement from the Pentagon in 1983. Betty returned to nursing in 1968, and during her career she earned a reputation for always putting her patients first and fighting for whatever they needed and deserved. Betty was also well known for her work ethic, commitment to excellence, and her willingness to teach and mentor other healthcare professionals in the field, including medical students, interns and residents. Betty retired from nursing in the mid 1980s and in 2011, relocated from the Washington, D.C., area to Middlebury, Vermont, where she resided happily at the Residence at Otter Creek until her death.

BETTY JAYNE IRELAND Music was extremely important to Betty. Whether she was listening to the Nat King Cole Trio or young Frank Sinatra at one of the many nightclubs she frequented in New York in her youth, or participating in weekly sing-a-longs at the Residence in her final years, you would find Betty tapping her feet and singing along. When her children were teenagers, you could often find her playing their music louder than they did as she prepared dinner. In her final days, the Hospice Singers gave her a personal concert at her bedside and although she was barely conscious, she could be seen tapping her feet under the covers. In her younger years, Betty was a terrific furniture refinisher and loved to visit flea markets and antique shops to find that special something. Her home was very important to her and she always worked hard to make it a warm and welcoming environment. In her later years, she loved to take long drives into the mountains, visit shops in different villages, and try the local crèmee stand. Betty was a dedicated friend and loved spending time with her children and their friends. When her oldest two children were teens in New Jersey, they would frequently return home after a date to find many of their friends sitting in the kitchen table talking with Miss Betty. Every Sunday, Betty bought several cartons of 3 dozen eggs each and cooked breakfast for the parade of kids who

started arriving after church at 9 a.m. and continued cooking for them throughout the day. When Dr. Ireland was transferred to Washington, D.C., one of her favorite events was the Ireland Annual Christmas Eve Party she and Dr. Ireland hosted each year. She loved holding court. In her later years, she was known for her feisty personality and how much she loved engaging with friends and caregivers. So many of those caregivers came by to see Betty in her final days to kiss her goodbye. She never grew tired of people sitting down for a chat and never asked for more than your time. Betty is survived by her children, Dr. Michael G. Ireland of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Jill M. Ireland of Middlebury, VT, and San Antonio, TX; Kerry C. Ireland of Clarksville, MD, and his wife Rebecca; grandsons Eric M. Ireland of Harpers Ferry, WV (and her great-grandchildren Connor and Brooke Ireland) and Thomas N. Ireland of New York, New York; granddaughters Kelly L. Ireland of Philadelphia, PA, and Lauren E. Ireland of New York, New York; brother-in-law Bud Bradt of Rogers, AR; nieces Kristine Kendrick and her husband Owen of Eureka Springs, AR; Terri Bradt and her husband Terry Clark of Eureka Springs, AR; her nephew Andrew Bradt of Fayetteville, AR; and her dear friends Cheryl W. Kurtz of Dallas, TX; Angela A. Nunley of Ocala, FL; Ellie Casterline and her husband Daryl of Marshall, Virginia; and Jerry and Cathy Murphy of New Jersey. Visitation for Betty will be held at the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home on South Main Street/Route 30 in Middlebury, VT, on Saturday March 10, 2018, from 10 a.m. until 12 noon, with a memorial service following at the Residence at Otter Creek from 1:30 to 4 p.m. We invite anyone who knew and loved Betty to join us and share stories. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at a later date this spring and Betty will be interred at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Middlebury, VT. The family requests that Memorial contributions be made to the Addison County Home Health & Hospice at P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753 or www.achhh.org/ memorial-gifts.html. Online condolences at sandersonfuneralserrvice.com. ◊

Richard Raymond, 66, Monkton MONKTON — Richard (Dick) O. Raymond passed away Feb. 19, 2018, after a long illness with Alzheimer’s at Birchwood Nursing Home in Burlington. He was born April 13, 1931 at home in North Ferrisburgh, the son of Elmer and Wilma (Giroux) Raymond. Richard worked very hard and enjoyed doing everything he undertook. While still in school he worked on Elwin Gilson’s farm helping him. He managed Hood’s milk plant in North Ferrisburgh while still a teenager. He was a cattle dealer and farm auction organizer while working with Chink Wisnowski at the Addison County Commission Sales in East Middlebury. He also managed Dr. Oliver Eastman’s farm in Essex Jct. on the land where IBM is located today. He began working with Lyman Wood in Charlotte as caretaker and designed the first Garden Way Cart, which he built in Sky Thurber’s barn. That’s when the Garden Way Company was established in Charlotte. He and Sky also started up the Garden Way Living Center store in South Burlington. He helped write many books, including “The Joy of Gardening,” companion to the TV series in which he was featured. He traveled throughout the United States, lecturing,

helping many people and promoting gardening for the company. Dick also worked for Troy-Bilt Rototiller company and Country Home Products designing the DR Trimmer. Richard developed and maintained a 9-hole golf course with his wife Jan. He loved country music and played in Chuck Donnelly’s Band with his big upright bass. The last few years he and Jan would go dancing wherever the Starline Rhythm Boys band played and became great friends. He enjoyed hunting at the family camp in West Rupert, Vt. with his long time hunting buddies, Clint Perkins, Jack Leonard and Morris Barden, where we had many get togethers with a lot of their families and friends. Thanks to our close friends Paul and Sally, Joan and Jean, Pat and Hank. Dick was a charter member of Addison County Eagles Club in Vergennes since 1978. Richard is survived by his wife of 68.5 years, Jan; daughters Barbara her husband Bradley Bordeaux, Brenda Beuschel, and Bonnee Raymond; six grandchildren, Jason Bordeaux and wife Shannon, Brent Bordeaux, Janel and husband Nicholas Baser, Jesse, Rory, and Keegan Martin; and nine great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his three brothers, five sisters and their spouses, son-inlaw, Noel Beuschel, grandson Brian

RICHARD O. RAYMOND Bordeaux, and infant great-grandson, Gabriel Bordeaux. A celebration of Dick’s life will be held Saturday, April 14, 2018, at 2 p.m., at the Eagles Club in Vergennes. In lieu of flowers, donation in Dick’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association of VT, or to Project Independence Elderly Services, Inc. 112 Exchange St. Middlebury, VT 05753.◊

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Bradbury Fuller, 61, Addison ADDISON — Bradbury Fuller, 61, of Addison, Vt., died on Feb. 16, 2018. On the afternoon of Feb. 8, finishing work early and finding himself with a rare window of daylight, Brad persuaded his wife, Eileen, to meet him for a few runs at his favorite mountain, Mad River Glen. After enjoying an hour of fresh powder and catching the last chair, Brad headed for home a very happy man. Tragically, Brad suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm en route and was taken to UVM Medical Center where he died peacefully eight days later surrounded by his loving family. Brad’s last conscious day was an example of how he lived his life to the fullest. He had an immense appreciation for the outdoors, reveling in the company of those who shared his passions and enthusiastically encouraging others to join him. Brad had a wonderful sense of humor and particularly delighted in puns. He was a devoted Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots fan. Ever curious and inventive, he devised many contraptions and technologies to address both medical and everyday problems. Brad truly loved his work as a surgeon and the people with whom he worked. He always looked forward to going to the hospital and felt privileged to be able to help so many people through his work. Most of all, Brad loved his family — his wife of 33 years, Eileen Doherty Fuller, his children Addie, Erin, and Patrick, his dog Truman, and his grand-dog Ollie. Born in Boston, Brad grew up in Beverly, Mass. The beloved son of Joan and the late Alfred W. Fuller, Brad treasured his siblings Hester, Jon, Sarah, Rebecca, Jane, and Tim, his aunt Beth McGinty, uncle Thomas Dignan, and an army of cousins. He graduated from Phillips Exeter

BRADBURY FULLER, MD Academy, Harvard University, and Weill Cornell Medical School before starting his general surgery residency at UVM where he met his beloved wife, Eileen. After finishing his residency in 1987, Brad and Eileen moved to Addison County where Brad began his surgical career at Porter Medical Center, where he worked for more than thirty years. The family would like to thank the UVM Medical Center ICU staff for the wonderful care provided to Brad and the great compassion given to all. The Fullers are immensely grateful to friends and extended family for their extraordinary love and support. A service to celebrate Brad’s life will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Middlebury College’s Mead Chapel. All who knew and loved Brad are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Brad’s honor to Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports or the Addison County Parent Child Center.◊

Mary Beth Brouillard, 48, Bristol BRISTOL — Mary Beth (Kurek) Brouillard, 48, of Bristol, died on Feb. 20, 2018, of natural causes. She was born on July 3, 1969, in Middlebury Vermont, the daughter of Beverly (Decker) Kurek and Frank Kurek Sr. She spent her last years here taking care of her grandchildren. She was survived by children and spouses Tanya Hartman (Roberts), Kyle Hartman, Toni Roberts, Kayla-May Brouillard and son Ernie Brouillard Jr. A private celebration of life to be held at a later date.

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Notes of appreciation Stonecutter boosts WomenSafe The board members of WomenSafe would like to express our deep gratitude to Stonecutter Spirits for their amazing generosity in donating the proceeds of their Galantines event recently. This fabulous party, which included cocktails, delicious food, hairstyling, pop up craft booths and more, was the brainchild of Stonecutter’s Sas Stewart and Martha Mack. We are moved and awed by their creativity and goodwill, as well as by the outpouring of generosity from everyone who made the event possible. So many local businesses donated their time, talents, and

creations! At this powerful time in history, when more and more people are speaking out against abuse and sexual violence, what a beautiful gift Stonecutter has offered to the whole community. All of the more than $3,000 raised at the event will fund WomenSafe’s work to keep people in Addison County safe from domestic abuse and sexual violence. Thank you Stonecutter Spirits, for being such a kind and generous neighbor. Joanna Colwell, WomenSafe Board Member and the entire WomenSafe Board

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Letters to the Editor Shashok endorses candidates in coming elections

I am about to complete my seven years on the selectboard and want to say — Thank you, Middlebury! This has been my favorite year serving on the board and getting to show my qualities as vice chair certainly made it extra rewarding. I hope the opportunity to share leadership roles continues for the future board because the entire town benefits from such support among members. To everyone who voted for me, worked by my side on subcommittees or shared your thoughts on a topic of interest — I appreciate you very much. To my selectboard colleagues, town staff and especially Kathleen Ramsay: I am going to miss the hustle, the humor and our moments of accomplishment. I’m taking the next year off but will be wishing you my best. Every election, people ask for my thoughts on candidates. Here are the ones I know: Library Trustee John Freidin has shown extraordinary dedication to the upcoming library project. His institutional

knowledge of where the project began to where it is now is invaluable to the ongoing process. I hope he gets to continue in this very important role. Amy Mincher is a great multi-skilled candidate. She has a background with museums in Vermont and New York. She has worked with major grantors that serve libraries and has relationships with key organizations. She is a lifelong active user of the library and would offer a young professional’s voice to the Trustees. Alice Eckles offers an economically diverse voice which is helpful from a very active Ilsley patron. She is an accomplished local author and has long shown up to participate as an interested resident with projects that shapes the heart of our downtown. Selectboard It has been my honor to serve with Farhad Khan this past year on the selectboard and I hope he is elected to continue for another three years. His first year learning curve is complete (yay!). I am

confident that his open, thoughtful consideration and quiet humor are a great fit going forward. I have served with Gary Baker on and off the selectboard. He currently serves on the DRB and Infrastructure Committee and would have to give up the DRB if elected to the selectboard. I prefer to see him remain at his current posts and not move to the selectboard. I appreciate more than most that he is already fulfilling a key service to the town. I recently met Lindsey Fuentes-George and she is exactly the young professional with a family that our community consistently seeks to engage. We all lead busy lives making it difficult to participate in local government so it is a gift when someone such as Lindsey steps forward. We should accept her gift and welcome voice at the table. As always, it all comes down to the voters. Thank you again and see you around town Middlebury! Susan Shashok Middlebury Selectboard Vice Chair East Middlebury

ACTR director explains Middlebury bus stop changes I’m writing on behalf of our neighbors, friends and family who depend on public transportation to access the same places we all want and need. Who rides the bus? Everyone — bus riders span every age and socio-economic background. Some may be well off and choose to curb their cars while most others have no other options due to economics or disability. The recent move of the ACTR Transfer Hub to Academy Street for the Downtown Rail Project significantly impacted walkability and access to downtown locations for riders, many of whom are elderly or have mobility issues. This impact required the Town and ACTR to find a new solution to safely continue meeting the Federal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title VI (protecting Civil Rights). Given the new limitations within the downtown caused by the Rail Project, it was determined the safest location to meet the accessibility and service requirements was on Main Street near the Post Office. Town and ACTR officials both understood that meeting the needs of the transit-dependent population would further impact parking spots in the downtown. However, they also recognized that, just as the Town had to maintain its handicapped-accessible parking spots during the Rail Project, it had the same legal and moral responsibility to maintain transit access. The decision was not made lightly. We have heard, however, that some people feel our buses should stop in the street, rather than pull off to the side. We respectfully disagree. National studies have consistently shown that bus pull-offs at busy locations are safer for everyone, whether pedestrians, car drivers or bus riders. Stopping in a travel lane, while possible, increases the risk of accident for all travelers. The accommodation made by

ACTR to use the travel lane during December was made with the intention for extreme diligence and a limited period to reduce risk. The temporary holiday configuration put the stop on the St. Stephen’s side behind parked cars. As we feared, this poor sight line led many riders to wait on the opposite side of the street and then attempt to hurry across both lanes of traffic when they saw the bus approaching. That situation was unsafe, disruptive to traffic flow and frustrating for car drivers. Thankfully, with diligence by all, we avoided any unfortunate incidents. Going forward and over the longer duration of the Rail Project, it is imperative ACTR pull out of the travel lane. Compounding the issue is the fact that so many community members put the greater safety and accessibility issues after their own individual needs. We have observed able-bodied drivers put their own needs ahead of others by parking in the bus stops and handicapped parking places at that location. Their actions exhibit a sense of entitlement to “just pull in for a minute,” ignoring the needs of the intended users. Unfortunately, this behavior happens nearly every day with no enforcement consequences. The “marginalized” transit users and disabled drivers, who are inconvenienced and have their safety compromised, are often less equipped to speak up about it. Rather, the loudest voices we hear are saying, “those people can walk, parking here is more important.” We are all frustrated by the compromises forced upon us in the short term by the Rail Project. While drivers have lost parking spots, the consequences for transit users have been longer rides, less frequent options and multiple changes of the Hub location. But we will all do better with increased understanding and cooperation.

If we encourage more people to access downtown by bus, we can alleviate more of the downtown congestion and pressure on parking spots. We are one community, and all of us are deserving of consideration. Jim Moulton, Executive Director Tri-Valley Transit, doing business as ACTR

Two vacancies on the Middlebury selectboard will be filled when we vote on Tuesday, March 6. I believe there are two candidates who are very well qualified and will serve Middlebury well. Lindsey Fuentes-George may be a newcomer to public life in Middlebury, but the way she speaks about this town demonstrates that she has been thinking for some time about what life is like here and what could make it better. Her background as a parent of young children and a staff member at the Counseling Service will bring another perspective to leadership in Middlebury. She and her family live in East Middlebury. I believe that having an East Middlebury resident on the selectboard is important to everyone in town, not just the people who live in East Middlebury. Farhad Khan began serving on the board one year ago. In this time he has shown himself to be a dedicated and conscientious public servant. I have heard him speak about the concerns of businesses in town and the need for more and different shopping opportunities here. Because he listens and looks for fair and positive answers to the issues facing our town, I believe he represents us all very well. I am writing to encourage Middlebury friends and neighbors to be sure to vote on March 6 (or earlier if you go for the early voting option available until March 2) and to consider how good it will be to have Lindsey and Farhad on the selectboard for the coming term. Rev. George Klohck Middlebury

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Forum (Continued from Page 5A) expectations of the International Baccalaureate program. Dr. Burrows has now promised a “listening tour” and has begun discussing dates. We hope that there will be opportunity for meaningful listening and honest reflection. ACEa feels that the administrators and teachers of ACSD have the desire and capability to do a great job implementing IB, but need the time and opportunity to do so. The lack of transparency in this situation, and lack of seeking needed input, is just one example of what falls through the cracks as we try to squeeze in so many changes, all at once, so quickly. Our suggestion: Up until March 22 (a date that is important in the contract) the board and Dr. Burrows should schedule a series of forums where the public, and educators, have a chance to come give input on the impact of programmatic changes. ACSD has over 20 teachers retiring this year. Even positions with early retirements that are being replaced save the district money. Goals of fiscal responsibility and restraint can be met even if some programs

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Free Girl Scouts info session in Monkton. Thursday, Feb. 22, 6-7 p.m., Monkton Volunteer Fire Department, 3747 States Prison Hollow Rd. Girls and their families can meet local Girl Scouts and volunteers, learn about expanded STEM and outdoor programs, enjoy fun, girl-led activities, explore programs and register to become a Girl Scout. “Look and See” on screen in Ferrisburgh. Thursday, Feb. 22, 7-8:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Offices, 3279 Route 7. Join the Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission and Shelburne Farms for a cinematic portrait by filmmaker Laura Dunn of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, as seen through the mind’s eye of writer, farmer, and activist, Wendell Berry. More info at lookandseefilm.com or cirillo.jec@ gmail.com. “Cultivating an Arborist’s Eye - Understanding and Caring for Trees” in New Haven. Thursday, Feb. 22, 7-8:15 p.m., New Haven Town Office, North St. Join local arborist Adam Becker to discuss all things, learn proper techniques to use when choosing, planting, pruning and removing trees of your own, and help plan future community tree-related activities, including New Haven’s first annual town-wide tree contest. Kizuna Dance Performance in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m., Dance Theater, Mahaney Center for the Arts. Described as “mesmerizing” Cameron McKinney is a New York City-based choreographer, dancer, educator, and author. He founded Kizuna Dance in 2014 with the mission of creating works that celebrate the Japanese language and culture. Program contains adult language. Tickets $15 Public/$12 Middlebury ID holders/$6 Middlebury students, available at https://tinyurl.com/z889lut. The Spring Street Poets in New Haven. Thursday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m., New Haven Community Library 78 North St. Suite 2. Come hear these lively, thoughtful, and engaging poets share their work. More info call Deborah at 802-453-4015. The library is accessible and the event is free. Broadway show “Daddy Long Legs” in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 22. 7:30-9:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come see this new musical about orphans, inheritance, family, charity, shame, resilience and personal growth. A family-friendly show. Tickets are $18 (plus $2 preservation fee) at townhalltheater.org, 802-382- 9222, at the THT box office, or at the door before show time.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 23, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, 866 Route 7 South. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., meal served at noon. Tender pot roast with veggies, applesauce, biscuit, beverage, and gingerbread. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Boy Scout Troop 539 hosts Story Time in Vergennes. Friday, Feb. 23, 1-2 p.m., Bixby Library 258 Main St. During School Vacation this week our local Boy Scout Troop will be reading stories and earning some badges. Join us and support them. Suggested for ages 3-5 but all are welcome. Sign up in the lobby or by calling 802-877-2211 or email youth Services Librarian Rachel Plant at rachel.plant@bixbylibrary. org. “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” on screen in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 23, 3-5 p.m., Community Room. Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Community Classic Film Club presents this timely Jimmy Stewart film. All are welcome. A discussion will follow the film. Lenten fish fry in Bristol. Friday, Feb. 23, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Come to the 18th annual season of Fish Fry meals sponsored by St. Ambrose Church. The all-you-can-eat meal includes fired or baked haddock, French fries, cole slaw, beverage and dessert. Tickets $12.50 adults/ children 9 and under $6/immediate family of five $37. More info contact St. Ambrose at 802-453-2488. Art opening in Vergennes. Friday, Feb. 23, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. In “Never Felt Better: Fiber Transformed,” explore the creative potential of the world’s earliest textile in a special exhibition featuring work by gallery member and guest artists. Contemporary fiber artists continue the Bronze Age tradition of transforming wool and other animal hair into fabric. On view through April 8. Table of Grace community meal in Vergennes. Friday, Feb. 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational Church, 30 S. Water St. Menu includes Lasagna, salad, bread and dessert. Free. Poetry out loud in Bristol. Friday, Feb. 23, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Art on Main, 25 Main St. Calling all poetry lovers. Come to the gallery for a community reading. Bring and read or recite a favorite published poem — from Pablo Neruda to Mary Oliver to the classics like Robert Frost and William Butler Yeats and on to poets many of us may never have heard. A fun and very informal affair so no pressure about presentation. Broadway show “Daddy Long Legs” in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 23. 7:30-9:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come see this new musical about orphans, inheritance, family, charity, shame, resilience and personal growth. A family-friendly show. Tickets are $18 (plus $2 preservation fee) at townhalltheater.org, 802-382- 9222, at the THT box office, or at the door before show time.

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JOIN VT FISH and Wildlife’s John Buck as he discusses the numerous avian residents who do not fly south for the winter, then take a walk to spot some on Saturday, Feb. 24, 9-noon, Conference Room, Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, 966 VT Rt. 17. You may see a stately barred owl like this one.

winter landscape. Reflect on sacred interpretations of headwaters as they begin their journey to Lake Champlain. Snowshoes, fun activities, snacks and warm beverages provided. Winter Fest in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 24, noon-6 p.m., Middlebury Recreational Park and downtown restaurants. The Better Middlebury Partnership hosts this afternoon of all things winter — snow sculpture contest, entertainment, relay races, local food vendors, free skating, Fat bike demos, Hot cocoa and cookies, Bonfire and s’mores, and much more. Tickets $5, Children 5 and under free. “Force of Nature” ice-skating show in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Rte. 30. Middlebury College Figure Skating Club’s annual Ice Show features skaters of all ages and abilities, including nationally competitive guest skaters, in a fun and music-filled event. Tickets $6 available at the door or in advance at the College box office. Concessions will be available. Kenyon Arena is fully accessible. “La Boheme” live stream in HD in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 24, 12:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. The World’s most popular opera returns in this MET production with a cast of young stars. A free talk about the opera will be given in the studio on the lower level before the broadcast at 11:45 p.m. Tickets: adults $24/$10 students, and are available at 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday-Saturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door. Roast pork dinner in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 24, 5-7 p.m., Fellowship Hall, Brandon Congregational Church, 1 Carver St. Come and enjoy Roast Pork with applesauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted vegetables, green salad, home made rolls and pies and beverages. A free will offering will be taken. Formosa Folk on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. The Formosa Quartet returns to Middlebury to perform a folk-influenced program, including Dana Wilson’s Hungarian Folk Songs, Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz, and Dvorak’s American Quartet. Tickets $16-$26. More info at capitalcityconcerts.org. The Christine Malcolm Band in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear Malcolm’s Vermont blend of rich original country, folk and blues with a high note of rock. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net.

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Paul Asbell in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come listen and understand why David Bromberg said this about Paul’s playing ... “I’ve been a fan of Paul’s guitar playing for quite a few years- I think he’s one of the best-kept secrets in American music today!” Free, open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities. Part of The Residence’s Sunday Music series. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. Concert fundraiser in Cornwall. Sunday Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30. Traditional music and step dancing, featuring the Bolton/ Munkres family band and members of Young Tradition Vermont Touring Group. Admission is freewill donation. All proceeds benefit Young Tradition Vermont. More info at 802-462-3722. “Force of Nature” ice-skating show in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Rte. 30 Middlebury College Figure Skating Club’s annual Ice Show features skaters of all ages and abilities,

including nationally competitive guest skaters, in a fun and music-filled event. Sunday’s show will include the Catamount Blades, UVM’s competitive synchronized skating team. Tickets $6 available at the door or in advance at the College box office. Concessions will be available. Kenyon Arena is fully accessible. “Sex With Strangers” on stage in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 25, 4 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S Pleasant St. Middlebury Actors Workshop present the story of 20-something sex blogger Ethan and unsung 40-ish novelist Olivia and their complicated relationship. (Language warning). Spirit in Nature annual meeting in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 25, 4 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 74 Main St. Following a short official meeting, Rodney Olsen of Vergennes will receive the Eco Spirit Award, given annually “to persons whose lives are illuminated by their appreciation of the beauty, mystery, and preciousness of the natural world.” Open to all.

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Legislative breakfast in Vergennes. Monday, Feb. 26, 7-8:45 a.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 85 S. Maple St. Meet with Addison County legislators and discuss issues important to Addison County. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall. Sponsored by Bridport Grange 303 and the Addison County Farm Bureau. Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol. Monday, Feb. 26, 10:45 a.m., Cubbers, 8 Main St. Chef’s Choice — always delicious — includes beverage and dessert. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. American Red Cross blood drive in Brandon. Monday, Feb. 26, noon-5 p.m., Brandon American Legion, 550 Franklin St. Walk-in or for an appointment please visit redcrossblood.org. Storymatters in Middlebury. Monday, Feb. 26, 4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Join this monthly storytelling gathering. This month’s theme is “Emotions of February.” Enjoy listening and sharing a story if the spirit moves you. And stay warm.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. – Tuesday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Vergennes. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo, tai chi, and coffee hour. Meal served at noon. Turkey burger, mashed potatoes, gravy, baby carrots, wheat bread, pumpkin pudding. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. “Roots of Power: Plants and Social Organization in Five Tropical Societies” lecture in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Middlebury College Anthropology and African Studies professor Michael Sheridan will discuss recent research on how farmers from Tanzania, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, and St. Vincent use two particular plant species to demonstrate property rights, mark graves, and signify peace and order. Free, open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

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Green Mountain Club walk or snowshoe in Shelburne. Saturday, Feb. 24, Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd. Walk or snowshoe the Farm Trail, approx. 4.5 miles from the Welcome Center. Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, a snack and hiking poles if desired. Email or call Ruth Penfield for meeting time and place at 802-388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail.com. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. Winter bird presentation and field walk in Addison. Saturday, Feb. 24, 9-noon, Conference Room, Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area, 966 VT Rt. 17. Join VT Fish and Wildlife’s John Buck as he discusses the numerous avian residents who do not fly south for the winter, then take a walk to spot some. Bring binoculars if you have them and wear appropriate clothing and footwear for being outdoors in winter. Free. Limited to 25. More info contact Amy Alfieri at 802-759-2398. Ladies Union Rummage Sale in New Haven. Saturday, Feb. 24, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church, Town Hill Rd. Clothing and books only. More info contact Carol at 802-453-5059. Snowshoe/Hike in Starksboro. Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m.-noon, Common Ground Center, 473 Tatro Rd. Vermont Clean Water Network will host a morning of snowshoeing or hiking around the headwaters of Lewis Creek. Learn from a naturalist about special land and aquatic features in a

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THE GIRLS SCOUTS of America have changed a bit since this picture was taken in the 1940s. Find out how at the Girl Scout info session in Monkton on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 6-7 p.m., at the Monkton Volunteer Fire Department, at 3747 States Prison Hollow Road.

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“Holbein: Eye of the Tudors” on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 7, 11 a.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Henry the VIII’s court painter recorded the most notorious era in English History. This film examines the life and work of Hans Holbein. Part of THT’s Great Art Wednesdays series. Tickets: adults $13/students $8 available at 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at • SEARS the box office Monday-Saturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door. ADDISON COUNTY Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, INDEPENDENT March 7 11 a.m., Middlebury Recreation Center, 154 VERMONT’S check out TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Creek Rd. Rec Center – Middlebury. Doors open at Be sure toMiddlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com 11 a.m. Meal includes cheese lasagna, green salad the fliers in our with veggies and craisins, wheat roll, and fruited Jellpaper this week! O. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donaMIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD tion. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at • EXPERIENCE 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and Great information from: their spouse of any age. • TRANSPARENCY • SEARS Presidents appointing judges talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 7, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, • ADDISON SEARS • STRAIGHT TALK COUNTY 75 Main St. Join UVM professor Lisa Holmes as INDEPENDENT she explains how presidents have long used judiVERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ADDISON COUNTY FEEL FREE TO CALL ME WITH ADDISON COUNTY cial appointments to tilt the judiciary ADDISON in one direc- COUNTY INDEPENDENT CONCERNS AT 388-2636 tion or another, and on occasion gaining great VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com political benefit from appointing judges for ideological Paid for by Gary Baker VERMONT’S NEWSPAPER VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER reasons. Part of the Vermont HumanitiesTWICE-WEEKLY Council VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944Middlebury, • www.AddisonIndependent.com First Wednesdays series.

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Sue Halpern in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m., Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Sue Halpern will read from, discuss and sign her new novel, “Summer Hours at the Robbers Library,” a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees. Quilting demonstrations in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 7-8:30 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. The Milk and Honey Quilters Guild invites anyone who likes to sew to join them for “demonstration stations,” where members will demonstrate interesting tools and techniques. Light refreshments. More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com or milkandhoneyquilters@yahoo.com.

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Agritourism workshop in in New Haven. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 9 a.m.-noon, Golden Well Farm and Apiaries, 1089 River Rd. Come join a workshop for farmers on agricultural tourism showcasing best practices for safely engaging with visitors. Speakers include Vera Simon-Nobes of Shelburne Farms, Helen Laban of Vermont Fresh Network and Nichole Burke of Goldenwell Farm & Apiary. Cost $10. All payments are a donation to ACORN’s mission and tickets are non-refundable. Age Well senior luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Soup, sandwich, coleslaw, dessert and beverage. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. CCV info session in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 5-6 p.m., CCV Middlebury, 10 Merchants Row. At “Getting Started at Community College of Vermont (CCV)” learn about translating years of experience into college credit, admissions pathways to UVM, VTC, Castleton, and other Vermont colleges, Tuitionfree opportunities for high school students and more. More info at 802-388-3032. Grief support group in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hospice Volunteer Services, Maple St., Marble Works. The first meeting of an eight-week group providing support in a compassionate environment. Free. More info and registration at 802-388-4111.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, March 1, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo, tai chi, and coffee hour. Meal, served at noon, includes oven-fried chicken, red mashed potatoes with sour cream, diced carrots, wheat bread, and vanilla pudding with fruit. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. Advanced reservations required. $5 suggested donation. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, March 1, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Menu includes spaghetti with meat sauce, garden salad, cottage cheese, garlic bread, and a surprise dessert. Suggested donation $4. To be on the list call 802-453-5276. Come early to meet with friends and make new ones. Courageous Stage carnival in Middlebury. Thursday, March 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 South Pleasant St. A family-friendly launch party celebrating Courageous Stage, a new, innovative education organization affiliated with Town Hall Theater. Music by Clint Bierman of the Grift, carnival entertainment, creative games, fire tricks, balloon swords, cotton candy and ice cream, millions of Mardi-Gras beads, a bar and many more surprises. Don’t worry about dinner — there will be tacos. More info contact Lisa Mitchell at 802-3886124 or lisa@middunderground.org. Universal primary care talk in Bristol. Thursday, March 1, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Room, 2nd floor, Bristol Fire Station, West St. Join Dr. Deb Richter, single payer healthcare advocate, and Mike Fisher, chief health care advocate at the health care office of Vermont Legal Aid, in a conversation on the universal primary care bill being debated now in the VT House and Senate. Come get informed. All are welcome. Please park only in designated visitor spaces, or along the East side of Firehouse Lane in order to leave firefighter-designated spaces open for emergency use.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, March 2, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Musical guests O’hAnleigh. Join in for a choice of corned beef or cheese ravioli, boiled potatoes and carrots, wheat roll, and Irish cake. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced tickets required. Call Michelle Eastman at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. “Hamlet” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, March 2, 8 p.m., Wright Memorial Theatre, Middlebury College, 96 Chateau Rd. The Bedlam Theater Company presents Shakespeare’s classic play about the emotionally tortured Prince of Denmark. Tickets $28 adults/$22 Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni/$10 youth 18 and under/$6 for Middlebury College students. On sale at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

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Soup and Sandwich Lunch and Bake Sale in Shoreham. Saturday, March 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Enjoy the fellowship of friends and neighbors and choose from four kinds of soup, several kinds of sandwiches, beverages, and dessert. Tickets $8 adults/$4 children/$20 for families. Bake sale items available separately. Take-out available. “Movement Matters: Personal Poetics” with Julian Barnett in Middlebury. Saturday, March 3, noon-2 p.m., Room 109, Mahaney Center for the Arts 72 Porter Field Rd. Barnett has been exploring the intersections between the voice and body, language and movement, meaning and abstraction, form and content. The workshop will place these areas of research within the context of performing, through the lens of practice. Free and open to the public. Game day in Bristol. Saturday, March 3, 2:30-11:30 p.m., Bristol Fire Station, West St. Have fun and play games of all sorts — board games, Euro games, card games, social deduction games, and more. All ages welcome. Bring a favorite game with or stop in to play what’s there. Space limited to 50 people at a time. Parking behind station in designated spots only or along Firehouse Drive. Snacks and drinks will be provided or bring your own. “My Life as a Zucchini” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, March 3, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, 356 College St. In this animated film, Zucchini is taken to a foster home after his mother dies. At first he has trouble adjusting to his new life, but with the help of other orphans, he learns how to love and trust. Free. Try Hockey for Free in Middlebury. Saturday, March 3, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Memorial Sports Center, 296 Buttolph Dr. Hosted by the Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association, Try Hockey for Free is designed to provide kids between the ages of four and nine with a completely free experience to try youth hockey. A limited amount of equipment is available to borrow. MAHA coaches will be on the ice to assist the children in learning the basics. Youngsters do not need any previous skating or hockey experience. More info at middhockey.com or registrar@middleburyhockey. org. Carnevale Vergennes “Bungle in the Jungle” in Vergennes. Saturday, March 3, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. An annual fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, The Vergennes Partnership and the Vergennes Opera House. Great Music, unusual acts, interesting prizes, food, cash bar and dancing, with or without Carnevale costumes. Ticket info TBA.

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Birding camp in Brandon. Sunday, March 4, 4 p.m., Brandon Inn, 20 Park St. Naturalist and regular VPR commentator Bridget Butler, aka Vermont’s Bird Diva, will lead a this camp teaching songs and how to view birds of the area. *Cancelled* MNFF Oscar Red Carpet Party in Middlebury. Sunday, March 4, Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, March 8, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo, tai chi, and coffee hour. Meal served at noon. Meal will be BBQ chicken thighs, O’brien red potatoes, spinach, wheat roll, and pumpkin cookie w/raisins. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. More info contact ACTR at 802-388-1946. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. The “window recital” in Middlebury. Thursday, March 8, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. As part of St. Stephen’s 7th annual noonday recital series. George Matthew Jr., organist of St. Stephen’s, plays works reflecting scenes of the new chancel window, including “Leid to the Mountains” by Flor Peeters, Bach’s choral prelude “Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam,” and “Cwm Rhondda” by Paul Manz. Free. “1968, Fifty Years of Struggle,” conference in Middlebury. Thursday, March 8, 4:30-8:30 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College . The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs will host 15 experts to present on an array of topics pertaining to this historically pivotal period. Columbia University professor Todd Gitlin, author of “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage” will give the keynote address. Free and open to the public. More info at tinyurl.com/yawvuq9d or contact Karlo Skarica at 802-377-9457 or kskarica@middlebury.edu. Runa on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come hear the Innovative Irish folk group as they interweave tunes from Scotland and Ireland with jazz, bluegrass, and even flamenco. Tickets $20 (+ $2 preservation fee) available at townhallteater. org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol. Friday, March 9, 11:30 a.m., Mary’s at Baldwin Creek, 1868 N. Route 116. 11:30 meal served at noon. Fresh kale Caesar salad, meat lasagna, garlic bread, and warm banana bread with vanilla ice cream. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Lenten fish fry in Bristol. Friday, March 9, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Come to the 18th annual season of Fish Frys sponsored by St. Ambrose Church. The all-you-can-eat meal includes fired or baked haddock, French fries, cole slaw, beverage and dessert. Tickets $12.50 adults/children 9 and under $6/immediate family of five $37. More info contact St. Ambrose at 802-453-2488.

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L IV E M U S I C Formosa Folk in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. The Christine Malcolm Band in Brandon. Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Twist of Fate in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 24, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte (formerly Two Brothers). Paul Asbell in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. Honey in the Hive in Cornwall. Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall. The Addison String Quartet performs in Middlebury. Thursday, March 1, Start Time: 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Horsetraders in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 7-10 p.m., Rough Cut. Yann Falquet and Pascal Gemme in Ripton. Saturday, March 3, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House. The “window recital” in Middlebury. Thursday, March 8, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Runa in Middlebury. Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Starline Rhythm Boys in Lincoln. Saturday, March 10, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall. Music From China in Middlebury. Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Heliand Consort in Brandon. Sunday, March 11, 2:30 p.m., Brandon Music. See a full listing of

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Changing demographics prompt question: What does Mount Abe’s future hold? By CHARLIE MITCHELL affordable housing for new families, BRISTOL — In 15 years, the manufacturing and office space for student population at Mount new businesses, and the sewage and Abraham Union High School has waste infrastructure to accommodate dropped 33 percent, from almost manufacturing needs. 1,000 students to 639. That drop in Lougee notes that Bristol has student numbers is part of the reason taken initiative in each of these that the per capita cost of education areas. “Bristol has done a lot for its per pupil has risen so dramatically village area, trying to encourage both over that same period. economic development opportunities Will that trend continue? Not and housing opportunities. It revised necessarily, but the jury is out. its plan and its bylaws to encourage The Addison Northeast both of those things.” Supervisory Union predicts a leveling Bristol businessman Kevin Harper off of enrollment for the next five has been building businesses in years, observing strong elementary Bristol for 40 years, starting with sign-ups, but after that it’s anyone’s Autumn Harp, a natural cosmetics guess. We asked business he started several people in the out of his kitchen. know, however, and “(In an ideal Harper sold Autumn here’s what we found. world) every single Harp in 2001 and in S h r i n k i n g school would 2009 the new owners classrooms are a outgrew the location have a community reflection of the and moved to a much aging population of relationship liaison; larger facility in the five-town area. someone whose Essex Junction. Now And while Bristol job it was, full it employs over 200 has demonstrated time, to think about people in 200,000 a willingness to how the school square feet of space. establish new When Autumn businesses and create was relating to Harp moved and maintain local the community… out of Bristol, jobs, it still faces to think about Harper organized challenges drawing these creative and a partnership to in new families and entrepreneurial purchase and finding work for redevelop the leadership educated youth. 47,000-square-foot “ ( E n r o l l m e n t s ) solutions for building complex. have declined a meeting community The new Bristol lot since 2000, but needs, and Works! property they seem to have leveraging the is now home to stabilized for the amazing resources two manufacturing most part,” says companies including Adam Lougee, of the school as an his own Bristol executive director of institution.” Bakery Wholesale — Catharine Biddle specialty the Addison County foods Regional Planning facility and Vermont Commission. “But Farm Table, a highfor the future, if the population keeps end wood products manufacturer. The aging as it does, it may slow down a campus is also host to the Addison little bit, but those numbers are going Northeast Supervisory Union offices, to have to go down, that trend is the Mountain Health Center, Porter going to have to continue.” Primary Care, the Bristol Police Lougee grants that “it’s really Department, Red Clover Family hard” to predict the future, however, Dentistry, Marbleworks Pharmacy he emphasizes that “if nothing else and Aeolus Labs. changes ... then the population Harper’s and his partner David numbers have to go down.” Blittersdorf’s latest project, Stoney So are five-town residents working Hill Properties, is on a large tract of to reverse that downward trend? land across the street from the Mount Some are content to let it happen. Abe school campus, between Stony “The rural, residential towns (in the Hill Road and Lover’s Lane. There five-town area) don’t have as much they plan to develop affordable, net of an economic development focus,” zero housing for young professionals, remarks Lougee, who facilitates the small families and downsizing development of town plans for every retirees. There are also plans to build town in the county. He says that in out new manufacturing spaces for Lincoln, for example, “growing the emerging companies. community is not a priority.” “Bristol is a great place for Those that do aspire to achieve incubating businesses,” declares local economic growth, like Bristol, Harper, and if anyone has proven are working to tackle the obstacles, it, it’s him. When it comes to local which are several, including: entrepreneurs in need of space to do

FIVE-TOWN VOTERS ON Town Meeting Day will decide a bond that would relocate and renovate the Mount Abraham library/learning center. A public information meeting on the $29.5 million bond will be held Wednesday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. at the high school cafeteria.

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their work, Harper says “there is no end to the phone calls that I get.” ********** There is, however, a reason that Autumn Harp packed its bags in 2009 as Bristol’s largest employer. As long as the town relies on septic for wastewater treatment, Harper explains, “we are limiting ourselves to the kinds of things we can do here. That’s a negative in terms of economic development.” Nonetheless, Harper marvels at Bristol’s ability to nurture mid-size manufacturers in the repurposed Bristol Works! property and elsewhere. “Some of these buildings have been here since the sixties and have since been transformed into state-of-the art, cosmetics and wood products manufacturing facilities.” While bringing in businesses that will offer livable jobs is an effective way to keep Bristol and the fivetown district vital, good jobs are already available throughout Addison County. “Definitely in certain professions, there’s a shortage of qualified people, such as nursing and construction,” says Fred Kenney, who directs the Addison County Economic Development Corporation. He adds that “some of these jobs can make a lot of money” in trades like plumbing, electrical work and carpentry. As a state, Vermont struggles to keep its students to take local jobs after they graduate. The cycle of rural communities training and exporting its best talent is known as “brain drain.” Kenney says that is a big problem in Addison County. “We need to do more to match our graduates with the jobs that are here,”

he says. concept of local jobs exclusively to But can rural schools fight this trades leaves out others in the middle. brain drain, rather than continue the “What I hear from industry is that ... cycle? in some ways, career and technical Catharine Biddle, Assistant programs are too constrained.” Professor of Educational Leadership For teachers and guidance at the University of Maine, has spent counselors to help students who her career answering that question want to find a job at home, they and takes a straightforward approach: need a strong understanding of what “I look at the ways in which schools is available. Biddle’s observation is can contribute to community that some educational communities development in rural places,” she “aren’t really up to date on what says. different sorts of opportunities are Critical to battling available to young population decline, people, what kind Biddle says, is “The fact that of skills they need “connecting the we’ve built a school to take advantage of school with the local for 1,000 students, those opportunities, economy in ways what those versus the 600 or that helps students opportunities even see themselves in so that are there pay.” the community long now, speaks When asked term.” what she would volumes. What is “The school is happening here is recommend if she a critical part of happening all over had control of the state’s school attracting families to the community,” the state. Let’s stop systems, Professor she says, “but it can’t looking at this as a Biddle said she would ensure that “every just be the school.” In Bristol high school single school would order for populations problem. It’s way have a community to rebound long-term, bigger than that.” relationship she says when students — Bristol businessman graduate “there has liaison; someone Kevin Harper whose job it was, to be work for them.” full time, to think The latter is the job of about how the school was relating the community. There are few tried-and-true to the community.” The purpose, methods for connecting students she said, would be to “think about to jobs at home. Enrollment in these creative and entrepreneurial Career and Technical Education is leadership solutions for meeting decreasing, and continued pressure community needs, and leveraging the on school funding makes these amazing resources of the school as an expensive, hands-on programs institution.” among the first to go. Fred Kenney has a similar solution Biddle also warns that limiting our in mind. He imagines an intern at

his office “putting together all the jobs that are available at our area businesses, going out to the schools and colleges, and trying to match them up.” Rep. David Sharpe, D-Bristol, who chairs the House Education Committee, echoes these workforce challenges. Well-paying jobs in plumbing, welding and auto mechanics are available, he says, but “we just don’t have people in the pipeline.” “Right now, we put kids in school and expect them to graduate from high school (and then) for college-bound kids there’s some directions from the guidance office, help in picking a college, and so forth. So that’s maybe half the kids in the school. The other half are just sort of left up to their own devices to figure out what they are gonna do.” Rep. Sharpe is supporting legislation in Montpelier that exposes kids at a young age to their career possibilities. “I think if seventh graders spent a week working with an electrician, their eyes would be wide open.” “What I’m looking forward to and pushing for at the state level is more collaboration between adults and students in the work world. We need to get business and adults into the school building, we need to get students out of the school building and into businesses and work situations in the community.” But while economic development enthusiasts want to see students stay local, ANESU Superintendent Patrick Reen is focused on helping students adapt to a changing world: “We are preparing students for jobs that don’t exist yet. It’s about ensuring that students have opportunities post high school, and whatever it is that they want to pursue, that they’re prepared to do that.” According to Reen, the school district has “to move more in a direction of collaborative problem solving.” There is effort being made at Mount Abe to plug these workforce gaps. As part of a new strategic planning process, a Community Action Team is meeting periodically to discuss how the school and community can work better together and hope to produce a five-year plan to begin implementing this coming fall. Meanwhile, Harper, who sits at the center of economic development in Bristol, observes times are changing. “The fact that we’ve built a school for 1,000 students, versus the 600 or so that are there now, speaks volumes,” he says. “What is happening here is happening all over the state. Let’s stop looking at this as a Bristol high school problem. It’s way bigger than that.”

Schools improvements to the theater and (Continued from Page 1A) detailing the ways in which priorities auditorium, including new lighting would still be met, but to a more and sound systems, a retractable wall, retractable modest degree. None seating. of the eight priorities “The Time constraints requested by the school environment in prevented Dore district were eliminated Whittier from from the project design, which we do our & work matters. providing updated the architects said. drawings of the Of the 13 suggestions Whether you’re proposed renovation. submitted by Dore a professional Reen has emphasized, & Whittier, the main or a student, however, that “the concessions included: having pride in concept is the same” • Scaling back the and voters “don’t need complexity of the the place you to visualize structural proposed second gym, do your work changes to the saving $2 million; has an impact • Reducing the on the quality of November plan.” The scaling-back of budget for aesthetic the work you’re the project was a direct upgrades to the front response to voters’ two of the building by producing.” — Superintendent biggest grievances as $600,000; Patrick Reen noted from surveys and • Reconfiguring the outreach sessions after bus loop road and access the vote: The project adjustments, saving $281,000; • Eliminating “exterior site cost too much money and contained too many frills. improvements,” saving $475,000; In survey testimonials available • Eliminating $1 million in

from the school district website, many say that the proposed November renovation focused on “wants” rather than “needs.” Survey respondents advocated for a renovation plan that brings the school out of its deplorable condition, but doesn’t result in a tax increase that many believe could be the “final straw” for a number of struggling residents. Reen heard this loud and clear, saying, “No doubt affordability is the number one concern on people’s minds.” But he noted that the voters’ priorities for the school renovation have “remained the same” over the past four years. Reen has justified the renovation costs to his board and district voters by emphasizing that expenses would continue to rise without further action, increasing at just more than a million dollars a year based on inflationary costs for school construction. What voters do agree on, however, is that the school facility

AMONG THE UPDATES that the Mount Abe renovation would carry out is the removal of tandem classrooms, such as this one. Students in the back classroom currently have to walk through another class, which may be in session, if they arrive late or wish to step out of class to visit the restroom.

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needs renovation. In the previously referenced survey circulated by the school district, 37 percent of more than 500 respondents rated the condition of the building as “poor.” Poor building conditions can have a negative impact beyond being unsafe, according to Reen. “The environment in which we

do our work matters,” he said. “Whether you’re a professional or a student, having pride in the place you do your work has an impact on the quality of the work you’re producing.” Opponents of the bond come from two primary perspectives: one group whose interest is to see the cost of

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the renovation project reduced even more, and another group that is looking at new solutions that could possibly upgrade the facility and in the process help make it a magnet school. The latter proposal, proposed by Lincoln resident Stephen Harris, who is a construction consultant for big projects throughout the Northeast, imagines building a new state-of-the-art 60,000-plussquare-foot classroom space adjoining the existing high school at the north end, while continuing to use the gym, library, cafeteria, auditorium and other large spaces in the existing building. The unused portion of the current building could then be leased out to a developer (in one scenario) who could develop incubator spaces for businesses and industry — perhaps in conjunction with job training experiences for students. Both perspectives have prompted residents to consider a yearlong hiatus and community conversation if the bond goes down to defeat for a third time.

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Alt Ed program (Continued from Page 1A) to accomplish in a traditional requirement calls on all high school classroom. It was through these students to take at least one world bonds that the teachers were able language and a Theory of Knowledge to make inroads with students that class. This is in keeping with the had previously experienced little Addison Central School District’s success.” transition to the International Alt ed, according to Lawson, has Baccalaureate (IB) program, which served as many as 25 students at a will affect next year’s sophomores. time. Elimination of the alt ed program District officials acknowledge is being criticized by some school the program has served students faculty, parents and well during its long alumni. “I sincerely hope run, but added it no Some of that criticism whatever plan longer fits within a has seeped into social very tight budget. the high school media. The ACSD board “So many memories; administration last month agreed to it’s a shame to get implements for present Middleburyrid of such a helpful these students area voters with a program..... if it will allow them $36,762,479 budget wasn’t for alt ed and to experience to cover public school the amazing staff I expenses in the seven probably wouldn’t be the degree of district-member towns, where I am today,” success they a spending plan that reads a Facebook entry have enjoyed in reflects a 1.32-percent by Keith Gilmore. spending decrease the Alternative “This is so upsetting Education and would result in to hear,” reads another elimination of more Program.” Facebook post, from than 20 full-time— Al Calzini, Mary Jane Andrewsequivalent jobs. alt ed teacher Hall. “I am sorry that DECLINING they can’t see the ENROLLMENT importance of what you are doing It should also be noted the ACSD with the alt ed program. I wish is expected to lose 51 students next every school would have a program year, and a total of 110 over the next like this. It was really unique and five years. The ACSD’s enrollment awesome for the kids.” has declined by more than 21 The MUHS Alternative Education percent since 2000. Most of the program was launched more than state’s districts are seeing a similar 30 years ago as an alternative decline, as Vermont’s population for students struggling in the continues to gray. main high school building. Alt ed When Lawson first joined MUHS programming has been delivered by around 25 ago, there were 850 three educators and a Counseling students at MUHS. That enrollment Services of Addison County official has dwindled into the 600s in at a separate building off Charles recent years. For the first time this Avenue. year, MUHS student numbers have “The program emphasized dropped below 600 — to a total of a smaller, more supportive 581. Lawson is projecting a student environment than could be offered body of around 530 this fall. in the high school building,” said “That’s a significant drop, even Calzini, an alt ed teachers for the from where we are right now,” past 21 years. “This environment Lawson said. “As these programs allowed the teachers to forge bonds and classes get smaller, we have to with students that are more difficult try and consolidate.”

This is forcing MUHS leaders to eliminate and consolidate programming, Lawson explained. With the alt ed program now at around 15 students — and without any new enrollees expected from the middle school this fall — officials decided to cut the offering. “Change is difficult and cuts are painful,” Lawson wrote in a separate letter announcing the cuts to MUHS faculty. “Therefore, it falls to administration to make these difficult decisions. I do so knowing that not everyone will be happy. However, I am confident that all permanent staff who want positions will have positions under this plan. This circumstance was made possible by the school board’s decision to offer unlimited early retirement.” Lawson has met with some of the current alt ed students and their parents. He believes he’s been able to relieve at least some of their apprehensions about the upcoming change. Lawson is personally confident about bringing the alt ed students into the greater MUHS fold. “I don’t have any concerns that these students can’t be successful here,” Lawson said. He cited some new or expanded courses that will be open to all students, but should be particularly appealing to former alt ed enrollees: • A boat building class led by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. • A totally transformed woodworking class, which will benefit from a $100,000 investment in the MUHS woodshop. The money will pay for a physical separation between the design side (computers, drafting) of the building process and the labor side that generates a lot of sawdust. • A science course dealing with design, sustainability, gardening and growing. “We’re trying to offer students a continuum of services,” he said. At the same time, Lawson believes a more unified student body will benefit from having the

“Everything we were doing was strictly precautionary,” Brickell said. “The subject’s whereabouts were monitored while the game was going on. Fair Haven police found that he was in Poultney and they were on that.” Brickell was in communication with Rutland Northeast Superintendent Jeanne Collins throughout the evening. “The situation was resolved just before the end of the game, and everyone exited safely,” Collins said Thursday. “We executed a lockout again today and the School Resource Officer is again focusing on the front of the school. Because of the events in Florida, we are just aware that there is a heightened sense of alarm, (See Threat, Page 12A)

become the first supervisory union in Vermont to secure IB World School status for its schools. Addison Central school officials are clearly feeling the pressure. Leaders of the Addison Central Educators Association on Monday summed up their concerns about recent cuts and changes in a letter to the ACSD board and Superintendent Peter Burrows. The letter and a response from the ACSD board can be found on Page 5A of this issue of the Independent. “There are very few IB districts that span all grades preK-12, and almost all of those that do exist did not take on such an ambitious goal in such a short period of time,” reads a portion of the letter. “The board may argue that program changes are a result of reduced enrollment, not IB, but it is the nature and demands of IB that point to these specific cuts, and the lack of communication was prompted by the speed of implementation that doesn’t allow us to really have needed meaningful conversations.” Lawson candidly conceded the IB

program “should have had a slower implementation process.” Meanwhile, Calzini will closely watch his former students’ progress at MUHS. “I sincerely hope whatever plan the high school administration implements for these students will allow them to experience the degree of success they have enjoyed in the Alternative Education Program,” he said. He offered his own Facebook post on what the program has meant to him as an educator: “I will never forget the students and staff that have enriched my life and taught me so much. I will always remember the strength and perseverance my students displayed on a daily basis. I will miss all the laughter, crazy stories, ‘colorful’ families, discussions and tears as we navigated our way through the school year. I want to thank all that were a part of this wild ride. It wouldn’t have been as memorable without you.” Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Brandon Fair Haven police, Brickell said (Continued from Page 1A) Thursday. “The threat was toward the Brandon officers proceeded to Fair Haven high school and the implement a “lock out” procedure at the OV. complainant also said “We locked all of the the person bought a “We want doors except the front firearm the day before. school to be an entrance,” the chief They also supplied the environment said. “We checked the Fair Haven police with perimeter of the school, the cell phone number where we don’t have to think the buses, the vehicles, of the subject.” with the help of the The notice of about these the threat came to things, but here school and the custodial staff.” Brandon police after we are. It’s He said officers had the game had begun a photo of Sawyer, and at OV. Brickell said unfortunate.” — Brandon Police his cell phone was being he had already sent an additional officer to OV Chief Chris Brickell pinged as to his location throughout the evening. to bolster the school resource officer in light of the day’s Police monitored the front entrance tragic mass shooting in Florida. at OV for people coming in and Based on the threat received from going out.

vast majority of its programming under one roof. And the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center is right next door. “To me, it’s a matter of making better use of our resources here.” TRANSITIONS Only time — and student performance — will tell whether the alt ed decision proves to be the right move. A lot of change is happening in the ACSD during a short period of time. The seven-town district consolidated its governance structure just two years ago. At roughly the same time, district leaders agreed to switch to an IB curriculum. The transition is expected to take three years and will involve extensive training for educators. It will result in a new education model for students. IB is expected to usher in a more inquiry-based curriculum, as well as hands-on opportunities for students to do more learning outside of the classroom. Program boosters believe IB will better prepare students for 21st century jobs and for living in a more global society. If successful, the ACSD would

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Olsen-Farrell, assured parents that (Continued from Page 11A) the threat had passed, but said that but no actual threat.” while the school was on February A CREDIBLE THREAT Indeed, the unsubstantiated threat break this week, extra counselors became substantiated when Sawyer would be available at FHUHS. A community forum was was arrested the next also being planned. day and charged with “Hearing from Collins herself sent attempted aggravated parents or a letter out to RNeSU murder, attempted first students about parents last Thursday, degree murder, and apprising them of attempted aggravated rumors or assault with a deadly concerns can be the measures taken to ensure public and weapon. Sawyer very helpful in school safety the night pleaded not guilty at preventing an before. his arraignment Friday incident from “I understand the in Rutland Superior Court, Criminal occurring. I urge high level of anxiety that exists today and Division. He is being you to notify hope this update on our me or your held without bail. protocols is helpful,” According Vermont school principal she wrote. State and Fair Haven if you have Collins went on to police, the Valentine’s any concerns explain the lock out Day school shooting procedure, adding that in Florida that left or have heard over the last two years, 17 people dead was of anything the district has focused unrelated to Sawyer’s that may lead on A.L.I.C.E. training — alleged plans, which he to an unsafe which stands for Alert, supposedly mentioned situation.” Lockdown, Inform, in a text to a female — Rutland Counter, Evacuate — at acquaintance. It was Northeast each school. she who informed the Superintendent “This approach Fair Haven police of Jeanne Collins gives students and staff Sawyer’s alleged plan. more decision-making Rutland County State’s Attorney Rose Kennedy said authority in response to an incident,” that people should “trust (their) Collins said. “We practice these drills gut” when deciding when to share monthly so our students become troubling information about someone aware of the different ways to react in situations.” with authorities. THREATS ON THE RADAR? Brickell agreed. Brickell was asked about his “These were good conclusions that people were coming to and putting department’s policies if a student was considered a possible threat to two and two together,” he said. Fair Haven Superintendent Brooke school safety. “I believe that if the school had concerns about a student in that context, they would let us know,” he said. “If there is any anticipated threat, I have no doubt they would let us know.” Collins agreed. “We work closely with the police and if there is a threat or potential threat, we call them,” she said. “Neshobe School and OV use Brandon police, Lothrop works with Pittsford police, and the other schools work with the state police. We have been working on increasing and building on our relationships with local law enforcement and first responders.” Collins also said that district protocols include monitoring students for the need for emotional support and maintaining strong connections with the mental health agencies in Rutland and Addison counties. Brickell recalled only one student threat to OV since he became police chief in 2007. “It was when Nancy Robinson was the principal,” he said. “There was a student they were concerned about. We met with him and the family, and Nancy had a good relationship with that student, and I think that made a huge difference.” The chief added that the department has protocols in place to deal with school shooting threats, and that officers regularly participate in training exercises to that end. An A.L.I.C.E. exercise last year was funded by the federal Department of Homeland Security and included law enforcement and custodial staff. “It was good and gets everyone involved to understand the roles everyone else has to play,” Brickell said. “I understood how OV’s rollout happens with students, and how they do parental notification. We came away from that with better plans.” While it may be comforting to know that the police and school officials have plans in place to deal with an active shooter, it’s also a Drawing on March 17, 2018 at the Middlebury Inn. sobering commentary on the current socio-political landscape in the We’ll have a live auction and silent auction, food and appropriate libations, too! United States, which leads the world Auction preview at 3:30p. Bidding from 4p - 6p. in schools shootings. “We want school to be an environment where we don’t have to think about these things, but here we are,” Brickell said. “It’s unfortunate.” In her letter to parents, Collins said the most important aspect of preventing a school shooting here is Middlebury: Benson: information. “Hearing from parents or students #1 Auto The Wheel Inn about rumors or concerns can be very Addison County Bridport: helpful in preventing an incident Home Health and Pratt’s Store from occurring,” Collins wrote. “I Hospice Office urge you to notify me or your school Bristol: principal if you have any concerns or Hospice Volunteer Kimball’s Office have heard of anything that may lead Service Office Supply to an unsafe situation.” Middlebury Inn She also said that parents can go to Lincoln: the RNeSU website at rnesu.org and Otter Creek Yoga Lincoln General use the “Let’s Talk” button on any Rosie’s Restaurant Store school website to ask questions or Round Robin share information, especially beyond Vergennes: school hours. 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(Continued from Page 1A) used in mass shootings at schools A complete version of the resulting in tragic and widespread resolution can be found at devastation and death,” the addisonindependent.com. It notes resolution states. the increasing amount of time “It is long past time when inaction students are having to spending in is ethically or morally acceptable,” lockdown and “active shooter” drills reads the resolution. “We need you and security-related to help us keep our expenses aimed at “Students have students and schools protecting schools safe from gunfrom “military-style the right to attend related violence.” school free from attacks.” Hardy offered her “Students have the the fear of death personal thoughts on right to attend school or injury as a the resolution. free from the fear of “As a mother death or injury as a result of gunand a school board result of gun-related related violence … member, I felt violence,” the It is long past time compelled to speak resolution reads. up and I’m heartened when inaction is The document that the majority of also notes the ethically or morally my school board responsibility of acceptable.” colleagues did too,” elected officials — ACSD resolution she said. “It seems to ensure “the only a matter of education, health time until a Vermont and safety of students on behalf of community may have to deal with parents and our community.” the tragedy of a school shooting. We Addison Central officials urged all have to work together to keep “careful consideration” of four our students, teachers, and schools bills before the House or Senate: safe from such violence. Our state S.6, universal background checks; officials should pass common-sense H.422, removing guns from the gun-related violence prevention scene of domestic violence; S.221, measures immediately. Students removing guns when a person shows around the country are demanding signs of threat and danger; and H. action, the grown-ups in power 876, prohibiting bump-fire stocks should listen and do their jobs.” for firearms. Duquette-Hoffman is a parent of The resolution also urges the three children in the school system. drafting and passage of bills — “I think we have to address, as proposed in previous legislative a larger community, these threats sessions — that would prevent the to the safety of our kids, our staff, possession, sale or manufacture of our teachers and our community military-style assault weapons. in general,” he said. “I think it’s a “Such weapons are commonly multi-faceted problem that needs an

interconnected and comprehensive the Statehouse Tuesday morning set of solutions. I don’t think this demanding action on preventing (resolution) is intended to be the gun violence. I am grateful to get answer, but it is part of the answer.” the ACSD resolution and to learn of their shared Gov. Scott commitment made clear at a to making our press conference children safe at last week his school. ” willingness to S h e l d o n entertain gunpromised to “do control initiatives. all I can to advance “While I the bills with fiercely and sensible limits strongly support on access to guns all Constitutional that have been rights — including introduced this the Second session. I am also Amendment open to discussing — the fact is, other ideas that these tragedies have been brought have become too forward. People frequent,” Scott who care about said. “As governor,” MIDDLEBURY DEMOCRAT this issue need to continue to press he added. “I’m REP. ROBIN SCHEU the governor and committed to working with legislative leaders to the Legislature into taking action this identify policy changes that may session.” Fellow Middlebury Democrat Rep. better ensure the safety of our children, and all Vermonters. That includes Robin Scheu also favors new laws. “I applaud ACSD’s resolution and better identifying and treating mental health needs and other root causes of will continue to support efforts to violence, determining why so many pass common-sense gun violence children slip through the cracks and prevention legislation,” she said. “We having an open conversation about need to move on this now.” Sen. Claire Ayer, D-Addison, gun safety.” Many local lawmakers also appear said Democratic lawmakers have discussed gun-related legislation in ready to take on gun violence. “It’s past time for us to take caucus and said that a bill or bills steps to prevent gun violence in could make it to the Senate floor next our communities, especially in our week. “My sense is that the majority of schools,” said Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury. “It was moving the Senate supports these changes,” and important to have students in she said.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018

SPORTS

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Loki Lanneskog takes center stage with his fellow dance team members behind him during the team’s hip hop routine at the state dance championships in Vergennes Saturday afternoon.

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THE MIDDLEBURY UNION High School dance team performs their jazz routine at Saturday’s state dance championships in Vergennes.

MUHS dancers excel at title meet Team nets second and third in finale

THE MIDDLEBURY UNION High School dance team competes in hip hop at Saturday’s state championships in Vergennes.

Girls’ hoop: Eagles, Tigers earn victories By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — Mount Abraham and Middlebury rolled to wins to highlight local high school girls’ basketball action, all on Tuesday. In other games, Vergennes and Otter Valley came up short. Teams will play their final regular-season games at the end of this week, and the Vermont Principals’ Association will release playoff pairings on Monday. MUHS in Division I and VUHS and OV in D-II will play on the road in the playoffs, but the Eagles are in line for two D-II home games. EAGLES The Eagles avenged an earlier home upset by rolling past host Colchester, 55-18, in another strong defensive effort. Mount Abe led at the half, 29-5. Emma Carter (24 points) and Emma LaRose (14) paced the attack. The Lakers dropped to 7-11.

ScoreBOARD Girls’ Hockey 2/19 MUHS vs. Rice.................................2-1 2/21 Rice at MUHS.................................Late Boys’ Hockey 2/21 St. Albans at MUHS........................Late Girls’ Basketball 2/20 Mt. Abe vs. Colchester..................55-18 2/20 MUHS vs. Milton...........................57-36 2/20 Enosburg vs. VUHS......................36-31 2/20 Rutland vs. OV.............................57-28 Boys’ Basketball 2/19 Enosburg vs. Mt. Abe...................44-39 2/19 St. Albans vs. VUHS.....................53-39 2/20 OV vs. Hartford.............................55-31

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 2/24 MUHS at Spaulding................. 3:30 PM 2/26............................... Playoff Pairings Set Boys’ Hockey 2/24 Spaulding at MUHS...................... 7 PM 2/26............................... Playoff Pairings Set Girls’ Basketball

(See Schedule, Page 3B)

At 15-4 the Eagles are tied with U-32 (16-3) for second place in quality points in the D-II standings, one point behind first-place Fair Haven (16-3). All three face winnable road games in their final outings, and the Slaters will probably hold their lead. If the Eagles and Raiders finish in a tie, as is likely, the Eagles could earn the tiebreaker based on strength of schedule. Other tiebreakers are a wash: The teams split two games this winter, and both defeated their only common opponent, Mill River. TIGERS At MUHS the Tigers and visiting Milton (8-11) were tied at the half, but the Tigers broke away with a 22-8 third quarter on the way to a 56-37 victory. Playing in her final home basketball game, four-year MUHS standout Keagan Dunbar sparked the Tigers with 26 points, (See Girls wrap, Page 3B)

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Middlebury Union High School dance team performed well at Saturday’s state championship competition hosted by Vergennes Union High School, taking second in the Hip Hop discipline and third in Jazz. Mount Mansfield edged the Tigers in a close race in Hip Hop, with the four judges ranking the Tigers highly in many of the nine individual categories in which teams are evaluated (all four gave them top marks in “Formations and Transitions,” for example) and one of the four ranking them first overall. MUHS also scored well for Placement and Control, Synchronization, and Spacing. Ultimately, three judges gave Mount Mansfield first-place marks overall and one awarded the Cougars

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Suzie Klemmer hits her mark in front of her fellow dance team members at the state dance competition in Vergennes Saturday.

second for a total of five ranking points, while the Tigers’ one first and three seconds totaled seven, and the

Wrestlers ready to seek podium By ANDY KIRKALDY BRANDON — A number of wrestlers from Mount Abraham, Otter Valley, Middlebury and Vergennes union high schools should stand on the podium at the conclusion or the state championship wrestling meet, which OVUHS will host on Friday and Saturday. Official seeds were not available before deadline, but according to Feb. 15 coaches’ polling at vermontwrestler.com, 13 wrestlers from the four local high schools are ranked in the top five in their weight classes. Eight of those wrestlers are Ea-

gles, led by Roman Mayer, the 2017 champion at 120 pounds who was the top vote getter at 132. Senior Ben Murray, a place-winner a year ago, finished a close second in voting at 126, while junior Kevin Pearsall, third at 182 in 2017, was third in the poll at that weight. All three of those Eagles have reached the 100-win plateau. Also tabbed at third in the poll for the Eagles was Parker Gero at 120. Eagles ranked fourth were Darius Fernandez at 106 and Gary Conant at 138, while John Bent at 145 and Nathan Lavoie at 153 earned fifth-

place nods. Two of host OV’s wrestlers were recognized: Josh Beayon was ranked third at 170, and David Williams was fourth at 120. Two MUHS wrestlers were also singled out: Dustin Davio, another 100-win wrestler, was third behind Mayer in the tough 132 class, and Joe Whitley earned fourth at 160. Commodore Aidan Gebo was picked fourth at 113 pounds. Powerhouse Mount Anthony had 10 wrestlers ranked either No. 1 or 2, and the Patriots appear set to repeat yet again as the overall champion.

Otters nab road win in boys’ basketball

ADDISON COUNTY — In area high school boys’ basketball play earlier this week Otter Valley picked up a key road win, but Mount Abraham and Vergennes fell short. Middlebury was idle. OTTERS The Otters steadily pulled away throughout to defeat host Hartford, 55-31, and avenge an early-season loss to the Hurricanes. Payson

Williams’ 15 points led a balanced scoring effort for OV, which won for the fifth time in six outings and improved to 11-7. The Otters are in a battle for the No. 7 through 10 seeds in Division II with Woodstock, Mill River and Enosburg. They host Woodstock on Tuesday before wrapping up with a game at top-four team MSJ on March 2.

EAGLES On Monday host Enosburg edged the Eagles, 44-39. Mount Abe Coach Martin Clark said both teams played well defensively in a game that was close throughout, but the 8-7 Hornets made key shots in the late going. Noah Swainback led Enosburg with 17 points. Jackson Counter scored 15 (See Boys wrap, Page 3B)

Cougars prevailed. Burr & Burton (13) took third in (See Dance, Page 3B)

Sports BRIEFS

Girls’ hockey tops Rice in road upset

SOUTH BURLINGTON — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team upset host Rice on Monday, 2-1, snapping a 1-1 tie in the third period. Meredith Kimble’s power-play strike 4:38 into the final period proved to be the difference as the Tigers improved to 6-11 by knocking off the 12-5 Green Knights. Taylor Moulton scored the Tigers’ first goal, and goalie Abby Hodsden stopped 19 shots for the Tigers. Kylie Corley scored and goalie Becca Tudor made 14 saves for Rice. The Tigers wrap up their regular season this week. They were set to host Rice on Wednesday and are scheduled to visit Spaulding at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. MUHS looks to be either the No. 7 or 8 seed in a nine-team state playoffs field; if the Tigers are the No. 8 seed they would host a play-in game, probably on this coming Wednesday.

MATT DICKERSON

An Alaska guide becomes a Vermont game warden One of the things Asa Sargent had to learn when he left the Green Mountain State to spend four years as a guide in Alaska, was how to know when a charging brown bear was just bluffing. It’s not a lesson one learns growing up in Ripton, Vt., so Sargent, now 26 years old, had to trust the wisdom of the experienced guide who trained him. It also isn’t a skill that is likely to prove useful in his new career, as a Vermont State Game Warden. However other skills from his years guiding did transfer. At the February meeting of the New Haven River Anglers at the Swift House Inn, Sargent shared some of his experiences (and photos) from both of these periods. He broke up his four years guiding in Alaska

by the different seasons: a spring bear viewing season, and three very distinct fishing seasons each with its own techniques and species of fish. The 2009 Middlebury Union High School grad and Saint Michael’s alum worked at an Alaska sporting lodge on the Kenai River at the confluence of the Moose River in the town of Sterling. It is one of the most famous areas of the world for trout and salmon angling. Many of the lodge clients come to catch (and keep in the form of fillets) one of the river’s famous king salmon, and are trolling lures on big heavy rods. Though he did his share of rowing boats trolling for salmon, as an avid fly-fisher Sargent soon became the lodge’s primary fly-fishing guide. Since clients often came to the (See Dickerson, Page 2B)

WHILE WORKING AS a guide in Alaska, Ripton native Asa Sargent helps one of his customers display a fish he helped her catch in a cold river. Sargent now uses some of the skills he honed in Alaska as a Vermont State Game Warden. Photo courtesy of Asa Sargent

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, February 22, 2018

Tiger Nordic wins state tune-up By ANDY KIRKALDY RIPTON — The Middlebury Union High School Nordic teams tuned up for the Division II championship races by sweeping two classic-style events on Saturday, Feb. 16, on their home course, Middlebury College’s Rikert Nordic Center in Ripton. The Tiger boys, with senior Sam Hodges leading a sweep of the top three places, coasted to a win over second-place BFA-St. Albans, 12-41, with Essex (65), St. Johnsbury (66), Burlington (111) and Champlain Valley rounding out the field. The Tiger girls posted a tighter

ALL FIVE MEMBERS of the Middlebury Union Middle School wrestling team placed in the top six of their weight classes at Saturday’s Vermont Junior High School Championship Meet, hosted by Spaulding High School in Barre. Nick Sheldrick won at 160 pounds, Brian Whitley took third at 118, Calvin Kennett claimed fourth at 136, and Liam Wagner and Kam LaShi finished fifth at 169 and 188, respectively. Pictured, left to right, are Coach Jon Ashley, Whitley, Wagner, LaShi, Kennett and Sheldrick.

Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) lodge for a mix of activities — a trip involving wildlife viewing as well as fishing — he would also take clients on flights to Lake Clark National Park where he saw at least 70 brown bears. Fishing, however, was Sargent’s passion. He led trips on the lower Kenai River, the upper portion of the river, and some of its most famous tributaries, as well as nearby rivers like the Kasilof, and sometimes on hike-in trips to mountain lakes. King salmon, also called Chinooks, are the largest Pacific salmon. They could sometimes be found in the rivers as early as late April but the early season really began in May when larger numbers moved into the rivers along with sockeye salmon. Late season steelhead could also be caught as they made their way back down river to the ocean after spawning, and in mid-June the rivers opened for trout fishing. There were usually so many clients wanting trips that he would take them out four at a time in his drift boat. “Lines could get tangled pretty quick with four rods out the back of the boat,” he remarked. But fishing was good and sometimes they’d have three or four hookups at a time. In July, after much of the snow had melted in the mountains, the second season began with a different larger strain of king salmon moving into the rivers along with a second run of sockeye. As ice and snow melted, it freed up a lot of dead salmon flesh frozen the previous fall, and big rainbow trout would begin feeding heavily on salmon flesh floating down the river. His flies would imitate rotting flesh. His favorite season, however, was the third season, running from late July through September. It was all fly-fishing. The king salmon and sockeye would be spawning, and so the rainbow trout and Dolly Varden trout would be feasting on a glut of

eggs. By late summer the trout would be fat, heavy, and hard fighting. Silver salmon and steelhead also moved into the rivers. The fishing was mostly on patterns imitating eggs and the fish could get really picky. “That’s when I’d go back for 10 days, if I had a chance,” Sargent said. “It can get pretty damp in August — rainy and cloudy — but the fishing is so good.” He’d spend five days just on Quartz Creek, a tributary of the Kenai 90 miles up from the ocean at the upper end of the run of sockeye and king salmon. Unlike the Kenai, the river is small, easy to wade, and accessible. Now, however, Sargent is back in his home state. In May of 2016, he was hired to be a game warden for Vermont. His training began with six months of full-time schooling at the State Police Academy. When he finished that training, Sargent continued with another six months of warden training focusing on fish and wildlife enforcement, as well as recreation vehicles such as snowmobiles and boats. For the past 18 months, he has been on the job serving as warden in an eight-town region in northern Windsor County. He covers some 280 square miles in his regular beat, and nearly triple that a couple days a week when he covers the territory of other wardens. (There are only 44 wardens in the entire state.) Some of his work has involved the sort of tasks that come right to mind when I think of wardens, namely hunting and fishing violations: hunting turkeys out of season and with a rifle, shooting a deer from a road, illegally baiting deer with commercial bait. Big game violations themselves are already criminal of-

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last week were: 1. Hodges, MUHS, 14:32; 2. Thomas Hussey, MUHS, 14:53; 3. Julian Schmitt, MUHS, 16:53; 6. Owen Palcsik, MUHS, 17:31; 7. Will Carpenter, MUHS, 17:32; 11. Gabe Cason, MUHS, 18:45. The winner and Tiger girls’ results at Rikert last week were: 1. Ferraro, BFA, 23:14; 3. Isabel Rosenberg, MUHS, 24:14; 4. Caroline Kimble, MUHS, 24:15; 5. Katherine Koehler, MUHS, 25:21; 6. Audrey Huston, MUHS, 25:22; 8. Isabel Olson, MUHS, 26:07; 15. Maisie Newbury, MUHS, 27:04.

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victory over BFA, 18-24. Led by winner Olivia Ferraro, the Comets took the top two places, but senior Isabel Rosenberg led three Tigers in the next three places as MUHS held off the challenge. Rounding out the smaller field of scoring teams were Essex (53) and CVU (83). The two-leg state championship meet starts this Thursday with freestyle racing scheduled in Craftsbury, to be followed by classic style racing at Prospect Mountain on Monday, Feb. 26. Warm weather in the forecast could potentially shuffle the schedule, however. The Tiger boys’ results at Rikert

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fenses, but sometimes they can lead to the discovery of bigger issues and other broken laws. He also assists other agencies, including occasional pursuits with state police. Did his time in Alaska prepare him to be a game warden? The answer, he said, was yes, but not in the way I would have imagined. It wasn’t outdoor skills, or experience with animals. It was his experience with people. Being a guide, he had to read people all the time, pay attention to their mannerisms, how they reacted. Guiding developed good people skills. And that has come in handy as a game warden. Most of his job is dealing with people — helping and communicating laws as well as enforcing them. Developing trust is very important. Most of the violations he finds come from either complaints or tips (often anonymous). Is there any part of his job he doesn’t like? “Picking up road kill,” Sargent says. “That’s my least favorite.” Looking at one of his photos of a road-killed bear, I didn’t blame him. Still, there is enough variety and excitement in his job to keep it quite interesting. If and when he returns to Alaska, it won’t be for work — just for the enjoyment.

ADDISON COUNTY — Three local high school soccer standouts have been selected to play this summer for Vermont in the 44th annual Lions Twin-State Soccer Cup. Two will play for the Vermont girls, senior midfielders Casey Ober of Mount Abraham and Helen Anderson of Middlebury, and one for the Green Mountain boys, MUHS senior goalie Santiago Fernandez. Ober led the Eagles this past season with 12 goals and six assists. She

notched three goals and three assists in the Eagles’ two playoff victories, including the overtime game-winner in the quarterfinal. Ober, a three-year varsity player, was the 2017 Addison Independent Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year. Anderson, like Ober a tough defender and three-year varsity starter, scored twice and recorded a local high of 11 assists last fall. Fernandez was the 2017 Addison Independent Boys’ Soccer Player of

the Year and the Lake Division Defensive Player of the Year. He posted seven shutouts and allowed seven goals in 14 games while anchoring a strong Tiger back line. Castleton University’s Spartan Stadium will host the Twin State games on July 21. The women’s game will kick off at 4 p.m., followed by the men’s game at 6:30 p.m. New Hampshire holds edges of 18-17 in the men’s game and 17-13 in the women’s game.

Panthers ski to third at Williams carnival WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Middlebury College ski team finished third at the Williams Carnival this past weekend, an effort highlighted by wins from junior Sam Wood and the men’s Nordic team in the 10K, and second-place efforts by the men’s alpine and

women’s Nordic squads. Dartmouth won with 990 points, followed by Vermont (910) and the Panthers (756). Nordic races were held at the Berkshire East Ski Resort, while the alpine races took place at Jiminy Peak. On Friday, Wood’s win was the

first of his career. He covered the 10K course in 29:45. Just two seconds behind in second was junior Lewis Nottonson in 29:47. Senior Adam Luban took eighth in 30:18. Freshman Peter Wolter was 10th in 30:26, while senior Jacob Volz was (See Skiers, Page 3B)

Women’s hockey to host in playoffs after victory, tie MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s hockey team concluded its regular season and nailed down the top seed for the NESCAC tournament with a win and a tie vs. league foe Williams (10-7-7, 4-6-6) this past weekend. The Panthers (17-4-3, 13-1-2 NESCAC), are ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division III. They will host No. 8 Wesleyan (6-14-4, 2-10-4 NESCAC) on Saturday at 1 p.m. The next three top seeds are Connecticut (14-5-5, 9-3-4), Amherst, (14-6-4, 9-4-3) and Hamilton (137-4, 9-4-3). If the Panthers win on Saturday they will host the NESCAC final four on March 3 and 4. At home the Panthers defeated

Williams on Saturday, 4-2, as freshman Madie Leidt recorded a hat trick; she has 13 goals this winter. Her first-period goal, set up by Katharine Jackson, made it 1-0. Eph Gabby Montembeault tied the game 17 seconds into the second period, but Jessica Young (15 goals) made it 2-1 on a power play 1:18 later by tipping in a Leidt shot. Early in the third, Panther goaltender Julia Neuburger (13 saves) denied a Montembeault breakaway. The Panthers went up 4-1 with two Leidt power-play goals 30 seconds apart, one assisted by Young. Williams added a late power goal with goaltender Marissa Anderson (34 saves) pulled.

On Friday at Williams the Ephs took a 2-0 first-period lead, but the Panthers rallied for a 3-3 tie. Ephs Amanda Reisman and Anna Fucillo scored late in the opening period on their team’s first two shots. Leidt made it 2-1 by one-timing a power-play pass from Jessica Young later the period. In the second period Panther Sidney Portner beat Eph goalie Christina Cleroux (39 saves), on a feed from Elizabeth Wulf. Williams reclaimed the lead with a Brynn Puppe power-play goal. Middlebury’s Maddie Winslow made it 3-3 in the third period by tipping home an Alexis Ryan shot. Lin Han made 14 saves for Middlebury.

Addison Independent, Thursday, February 22, 2018 — PAGE 3B

Girls wrap (Continued from Page 1B) 13 rebounds and eight assists, and Ashley Sunderland contributed 10 points to the winning cause. COMMODORES At VUHS the Commodores gave D-II’s fourth-place team, Enosburg, a battle, before falling by 36-31.

The Commodores led at the break, 14-13, and the game was close until Enosburg (14-4) pulled away late in the fourth quarter. Brianna Vanderway and Emily Gosliga led the 4-15 Commodores with nine points apiece. OTTERS

Host Rutland eased past the OV girls, 57-28, as the 7-11 Raiders scored 19 points in the first period of their decisive win, their third straight. Alia Edmunds (11) and Julia Eastman (six) paced the Otters, who will host Fair Haven on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Visiting BFA-St. Albans used a fast start to get past the Commodores, 53-39. The 12-4 Bobwhites led at halftime, 33-13. BFA is undefeated in Lake Division play.

Lance Bergmans scored 11 to lead the 4-12 Commodores, who will host MUHS this Thursday.

16th in 1:45.91, and sophomore Katie Utter was 21st in 1:46.44. On the men’s side, freshman Erik Arvidsson was eighth in 1:42.25 to lead the team to a second-place finish. Senior Riley Plant was 11th in 1:42.54, and junior Angie Duke was 21st in 1:43.39. On Saturday, Brams led the women’s team to third in the 3.8K freestyle race by placing seventh in 9:39. Next up was Feldman in 13th in 9:51, followed by Lawson in 16th (9:55). Wood again paced the Panther

men, completing the 3.8K freestyle race in 8:28, good for eighth. Coming in 13th was Wolter in 8:32, followed by Luban, who came in 19th (8:34). On the alpine side, Arvidsson led the Middlebury men in the slalom by taking second in 1:52.79. Plant was 19th in 1:55.56, and senior Jack Schibli was 33rd in 1:59.53. Freshman Lucia Bailey paced the Panther women by taking 10th in 2:09.38. Utter followed in 16th (2:10.60), and sophomore Jackie Atkins was 22nd (2:12.20).

Boys wrap (Continued from Page 1B) for the 6-11 Eagles, and Dustin Whitcomb and Logan Rodriguez added eight points apiece. COMMODORES

Skiers (Continued from Page 2B) 14th (30:45). The women’s team saw senior Cate Brams finish second in 16:39 in the 5K. Classmate Katie Feldman finished in 17:16, good for eighth. Placing 10th was rookie Alexandra Lawson, who finished in 17:28. Sophomore Annika Landis was 12th (17:35) and sophomore Orli Schwartz took 15th (17:50). Junior Caroline Bartlett led the women’s alpine team on Friday, taking 11th in the giant slalom in 1:45.43. Junior Lexi Calcagni took

THE VERGENNES UNION High School cheerleading team scored 130 points in the Vermont championship competition on Saturday in their home gym. Members of what is a young team, pictured outside the VUHS before their performance, include Peighton Duprey, Lianna Sargent-Maher, Rachel Leete, Lydia Sabourin, Emily Brinkman, Brianna Billings, Jenna Howlett, Alexyss MacKinnon, Ryleigh Dieterle, Rebekah Duprey, Alexis Emmons, Kimberly Jerome, Chloe Mailloux, Maria Malaney, Lexi Montgomery and Isabel Steen.

VUHS cheer team vies at Vermont meet VERGENNES — Rutland County teams dominated the 2018 Vermont High School Cheerleading Championships, held on Saturday night at Vergennes Union High School. Rutland prevailed in Division I with an overall competition best of 186, followed by Essex at 150 and Mount Anthony at 147.

The Commodore cheer squad, bumped back up to D-I this year after winning the D-II title on its home floor in 2017, scored 130 points. Many experienced VUHS team members graduated at the same time the squad was moved to D-I. Unlike most other activities, cheerleading divisions, per Vermont Principals’

Association rules, are determined by participation and not by school enrollment. In D-II Mill River rolled to victory with 179 points, followed by BFASt. Albans (146) and Fair Haven (142). The Otter Valley and Mount Abraham squads did not compete this year.

Men’s hoop falls in NESCAC quarterfinal

THE MIDDLEBURY UNION High School dance team took second in hip hop, above, and third in jazz at Saturday’s state championships in Vergennes. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Dance (Continued from Page 1B) the nine-team Hip Hop field, and Lamoille (15) was third and BFA-St. Albans (21) was fifth. South Burlington won the Jazz competition with four points, ranking first in the eyes of all four judges.

MMU (nine) took second with three seconds and a third, and MUHS (13) was third in a 10-team field with overall grades of a second, a third and two fourths. The Tigers again scored well for Placement, Synchronization, and Control and Spacing.

Each dance team chooses to compete in two of three disciplines. The Tigers elected not to participate in the five-team Pom competition, won by South Burlington (four), followed by Burr & Burton (eight) and Colchester (12).

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Fourth-seed Wesleyan eliminated the No. 5 Middlebury men’s basketball team from the NESCAC tournament on Saturday, 73-65. The Panthers, who had been ranked as high as No. 2 in NCAA Division III this winter, lost for the third straight time and fell to 19-6. They must now hope for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament when the field is announced on Monday. Wesleyan improved to 20-5 and advanced to the NESCAC final four at Amherst this weekend and will face the host Mammoths. No.

2 Williams will square off against No. 3 Hamilton. Those four teams and Middlebury finished with identical league marks of 7-3, but Middlebury earned the No. 5 seed on a tiebreaker. On this past Saturday the Panthers led at the half, 32-28, and twice took six-point second-half leads in a back-and-forth game. But the Cardinals came back to tie the game at 50-50. Middlebury took its final lead at 52-50, but the Cardinals took the lead for good with a 12-5 run. The Panthers kept it close and were within 64-59 when Griffin

Kornaker scored a basket at 2:08, but the Cardinals hit nine of 12 from the foul line down the stretch to nail down the victory. Panther Jack Daly finished with 20 points to lead all scorers and added six assists, while Folger netted 17 and added six boards and four steals. Kornaker chipped in nine points, and Adisa Majors scored seven with six rebounds. Jordan Bonner paced Wesleyan with 18 points, Kevin O’Brien added 17 with nine rebounds and seven assists, and Antone Walker netted 11.

2/24 Missisquoi at VUHS................. 4:30 PM 2/26 Milton at MUHS............................ 7 PM 2/26 VUHS at Enosburg....................... 7 PM 2/27 Woodstock at OV.......................... 7 PM 3/1 St. Albans at MUHS........................ 7 PM 3/1 VUHS at Mt. Abe............................ 7 PM 3/2 OV at MSJ...................................... 7 PM 3/5................................. Playoff Pairings Set

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 3/3&4............................ NESCAC Final Four 3/5....... NCAA Tournament Field Announced Men’s Basketball 2/26..... NCAA Tournament Field Announced Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

Schedule (Continued from Page 1B)

2/22 Fair Haven at OV.......................... 7 PM 2/22 Mt. Abe at Winooski...................... 7 PM 2/23 MUHS at Enosburg....................... 7 PM 2/23 VUHS at Missisquoi...................... 7 PM 2/26............................... Playoff Pairings Set Boys’ Basketball 2/22 Mt. Abe at Milton........................... 7 PM 2/22 MUHS at VUHS............................ 7 PM

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(Sustainable Agriculture), Aaron Townshend (Natural Resources Management) and Gretchen Cotell (Diesel Power Technology). Werner, who teaches the pre-technical programs for freshmen and sophomores, has taught agriculture in Addison County for more than 30 years. Sustainable Agriculture instructor Bill VanDeWeert advises the Vergennes mini-chapter. Both chapters frequently meet and participate in state and national events as one team. Students have the opportunity to compete in Career Development Events against teams from Vermont and around the country and 20172018 has been a banner year for the chapter. Teams travel to FFA events and activities like the Eastern States

MIDDLEBURY FFA TEAM member Ashlynn Foster earned the top individual score in the Eastern Regional Dairy Cattle Management Career Development Event at the Big E in Springfield, Mass., last fall.

Exposition (affectionately known as “The Big E”) in Springfield, Mass., and competitions around Vermont to keep their skills sharp. The Big E, held in September, saw (See Foster, Page 5B)

OFFICERS OF THE FFA Middlebury chapter lead their fellow members at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center.

Photos courtesy of Hannaford Career Center

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Vergennes Union High School honor roll VERGENNES — The following students achieved honor roll recogtniation for the second quarter at Vergennes Union High School. Grade 12 High Honors: Ally Atkins, Lance Bergmans, Anneke Boelens, Lillian Brinkman, Sierra Chamberlain, Mason Charlebois, Lillian Clark, Adelaide Cushman, Norah Deming, Kayla Gevry, Nora Hatch, Emma Husk, Kristina Jochum, Erin Lawrence, Benjamin Praamsma, Aaron Premont, Bailey Smith and Megan Tarte. Honors: Leigah Burbo, Silas Goldman, Chloe Martin, Munroe McLaren, Judith Portugal-Dunne, Alivia Roach, Lianna SargentMaher, Ethan Sausville, Grace Smart, Anya Sonwaldt, Jade Sutton

and Marigrace Wojciechowski. Grade 11 High Honors: Bethany Delgadillo, Bess Gramling, Emily Jackson, Wade Mullin, Ezekiel Palmer, Sarah Peterson, Hannah Philbrook, Madeline Smith and Cedar Winslow. Honors: Sepehr Belar, Emma Bryant, Benjamin Clark, Holden Clark, Devon Coleman, Ashley Cray, Cyrus Devine, Cody DeVries, Raven Duke, Jody Forbes, Brady Gebo, Connor Gill, Jameson Haggett, Jack Halpin, Saige Henderson, Marin Howell, Olivia Hutchins, Olivia Lorrain and Morgan Lynk. Also Gabriel Quinto, Dylan Rapoport, Lydia Sabourin, Sydney Tarte, Gabrielle Terry, Paiton Tolmer, Brianna VanderWey, Carter Visicaro, Caitlin Walsh and

Andrew Woods. GRADE 10 High Honors: Luke Bergmans, Ian Brons, Adelaide Brooks, Leah Croke, Benjamin Curtis, Alder Donovan-Cook, Jackson Hameline, Sophie Hatch, Marlie Hunt, Rory Patch, Erich Reitz, Emily Rooney and Kai Williams. Honors: Emma Beauchemin, Colby Beinhaur, Brianna Billings, Emily Brinkman, Eleni Brouillard, Kaleigh Campbell, Matthew DeMatties, Maylee Desautels, Heather French, Aidan Gardner, Abigail Hutchins, Karyn Kenfield, Robert Kenfield, Aidan Scott, Grace Smith, Jeffrey Stearns, Zander Wildasin and Kathryn Wyckoff. Grade 9 High Honors: Jenna Abbey-

Lowell, Summer Chabot, Amanda Cook, Sophia Davis, Xander DeBlois, Aidan Gebo, Reagan Kayhart, Hannah Kelly, Kobe Kessler, Ethan Kile, Jordan Kimball, Anna Rakowski and Pearl Sutton. Honors: Harriet Anderson, Katherine Anderson, Karrie Ayer, Christopher Bolduc, Stang Chantawan, Ava Collins, Lauren Curtis, Zehra Cushman, Ryleigh Dieterle, Rebekah Duprey, Alexis Emmons, Emma Jackman, Sydney Jewell, Sabrina Larrow, Thomas Lawrence and Ethan Lynk. Also Chloe Mailloux, Nima Mehregan, Jarret Muzzy, Jordan Norris, Gabriel Praamsma, Adam Sausville, Tucker Stearns, Isabel Steen, Ashley Tierney, Samuel Visser and Angelina Yantz.

Grade 8 High Honors: Ila Collette, Audrey Delp, Mykenzie Duffy, Una Fonte, Bradley Kutchukian, Jonah Mahe, Ryley Olsen and Felicia Poirier. Honors: Alisae Berg, Alexis Boise, Hayden Bowen, Olivia Brooks, Anna Carr, Alisdair Chauvin, Adam Clark, Richard Cosgrove, Allison Croke, Wilder Devine, Payden Garthaffner, Ethan Gebo, Priya Ginalski, Ella Hameline, Andrew Kachmar, Kaitlyn Little and Clarinda McAllister. Also Shea McLaren, Rhode Miguel, Gavin Quinlan, Colin Raymond, Alexandria Rice, Tori Scott, Cal Seyler, Dylan Stearns, Taylor Stearns , Eric Tarte, Audrey Tembreull, Christopher Therrien, Jordan Visser, Derek Vorsteveld, Lolke Vorsteveld and Olivia

Wyckoff. Grade 7 High Honors: Sydney Adreon, Raia Bryant, Reese Gernander, Thane Gill, Morgan Hurlburt, Parker Kayhart, Madison Laberge, Jasmine Little, Samuel Michaels, Reese Moulton, Nathan Muzzy, Avry O’Brien, Shamus Rooney and Keaton St. Martin. Honors: Jonas Amerson, Henry Anderson, Jackson Bennett, BrookeLynn Bolduc, Paige Bolduc, Eli Brace, Bethany Bresnick, Brett Brisson, Xavier DeBlois, Arielle Dumont, Frances Eckels, Abram Francis, Claire Hatch, Caden Howell, Gideon Palmer, Peyton Paquette, Madison Perkins, Kassidy Quinlan, Carlyn Rapoport, Connor Raymond, Wyatt Rochon and Patrick Sutton.

National FFA Week

MEMBERS OF THE FFA Middlebury Chapter take pride in the heavy equipment they have learned to operate.

PLANT & ANIMAL Sciences students gather apples to be ground and pressed to make apple cider.

Foster (Continued from Page 5B) the Middlebury FFA Chapter Dairy Judging Team participating in the Eastern Regional Dairy Cattle Management Career Development Event. The Middlebury team consisted of Ashlynn Foster, Emily Lowell, Carrie Tracy, and Maria Welch. The competition involves three phases. Initially, each team member takes a general dairy industry test, then team members place various classes of dairy cattle in the judging segment. In the final phase, the team must diagnose a dairy production problem to test their ability to collaborate as a team to recommend management changes. With over 50 accomplished FFA judging competitors from 12 states, Middlebury FFA team member Ashlynn Foster was recognized as delivering the top individual score overall. The Vermont FFA Soils and Land Judging competition, held at Vermont Technical College and also in the fall, pitted students from 10 schools against each other in soil judging, which involved descending into pits to examine topsoil and subsoil. Looking at moisture levels, bedrock, and overall quality, students assessed the arability of the land and its viability for homesteading. In addition to determining whether land would be suitable for a homestead, the students judged how well it could be farmed and which crops are best suited to the land. The Career Center’s FFA team took second place, scoring 762 out of a possible 864 points. The winner overall was Natural Resources Management student Lucas Livingston. Lucas scored 201 out of 216. Also at the top were NRM students Jonathan Alger, Kevin Pearsall, Jonathan Jennings, and Bayly LaRock. Two Vergennes FFA had teams participated at the FFA National Competition in Indianapolis, Ind., in October 2017. The Parliamentary Procedure team was comprised of Andrew Woods (captain), Emily Jackson, Tianna Rivait, Howie Vander Wey, Brianna VanderWey and Robert Verburg. They gave an impressive 11-minute, on-demand demonstration of their skills, earning them a bronze in category. The Agricultural Mechanics and Technology Team, including Jacob Barnes, Cody De Vries, Mitch Clark and Michael Davis, completed a variety of technical tasks and tests including assembling and programming an irrigation system. The team earned the bronze category, with Cody earning the gold category

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Investigation ends with larceny citation

Brain experts

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Isabel Rosenberg won first place in the 9th Annual Vermont Brain Bee, a neuroscience competition and day of exploration for Vermont high school students. Rosenberg and three other members of the MUHS Neuroscience Club competed in the Feb. 10 competition at the University of Vermont, where they placed second as a team against eight other high schools and a total of 43 students. Shown at the UVM Medical School are, from left, MUHS biology teacher and Neuroscience Club adviser Paul Scaramucci, junior Grace Widelitz, Rosenberg and sophomores Joseph Findlay and Owen Palcsik. Both Rosenberg and Widelitz made it to the Final Oral round of eight students and Rosenberg won in a dead heat against Essex High School student Isabelle Petrucci. The MUHS Neuroscience Club met weekly on Wednesdays at 7:20 a.m. to prepare for the competition. Photo courtesy Lisa Bernardin

Vergennes police cite two for DUI

VERGENNES — Vergennes police cited two drivers for driving under the influence of alcohol between Feb. 12 and 18, one of them underage and the other for refusing to submit to DUI testing. On Feb. 12 an officer on patrol saw a car with five youths in it acting suspiciously while it was rolling down Main Street before it stopped in the middle of the road briefly and then backed up into a driveway. The officer followed the car into the driveway and allegedly saw open containers of alcohol and signs of impairment on the part of the driver, a 17-year-old juvenile from Bristol. Police allege the driver’s bloodalcohol content tested at 0.93 and cited him for DUI; the legal limit for driving is 0.08. They also issued the driver and all four passengers court diversion paperwork for consumption of alcohol by a minor. On Feb. 17 police stopped a car for speeding on Route 7 and cited its driver, Samuel W. Webb, 50, of Waltham, for DUI refusal. Police also ticketed him for speeding and possession of an open container of alcohol. In other action between Feb. 12 and 18, Vergennes police: On Feb. 12: • Accepted a wallet found by a Vergennes resident and called Bristol police to contact a resident of that town, who in turn picked it up from

Vergennes Police Log

Vergennes police. • Dealt with a report of a cell phone stolen after it was left at a Main Street business. After receiving the complaint police called the phone and discovered another customer had taken it by mistake, and the phone was returned to its owner. On Feb. 13 dealt with a complaint from a man that his wife had left their children, 6 and 8, alone, at least briefly, while she ran an errand. Police found her and ticketed her for driving without a license and then calmed an argument between the parties. On Feb. 14 helped Hinesburg police by finding a man in Vergennes. On Feb. 15: • Helped Williston police by pulling over a vehicle for which that department had issued a warning on erratic driving; city police found no problem. • Checked out a suspicious vehicle behind a Main Street business and discovered two men with drug paraphernalia; this incident remains under investigation. On Feb. 16: • Took a report from a Weybridge resident that a license plate had been stolen from a vehicle.

• Accepted for insurance purposes a report of a Shaw’s Supermarket fender-bender. • Helped the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad with two calls at Hillside Drive apartments; in the first VARS took an ill woman to Porter Hospital, and in the second VARS took a person who had overdosed on drugs, but was ultimately OK, to Porter. • Received a tip about illegal drug activity in the area. • Calmed a verbal domestic dispute on North Street. • Cited Jason Vorsteveld, 23, of Panton for driving with a criminally suspended license, after a Panton Road traffic stop. On Feb. 17: • Took a distraught man to Porter to meet with the Counseling Service of Addison County; police said he had tried to hide in a Shaw’s storeroom. • Looked unsuccessfully for a drunken man who tried to buy alcohol at the liquor store on North Main Street and then drove off. On Feb. 18: • Checked out a report of two people arguing on a South Water Street sidewalk; police found them on Comfort Hill and determined there was no problem. • Responded to a complaint that a man was too close to a woman in violation of a court order, but determined that no such order existed.

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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Wendy Bedard, 24, of Middlebury for petit larceny on Feb. 15 after investigating an embezzlement report at Kinney Drugs. In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with an uncooperative patient at Porter Hospital on Feb. 12. • Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with an injured juvenile on Valley View Drive on Feb. 13. • Searched, in vain, for a man who was reportedly drunk and sitting in a snow bank off Mill Street on Feb. 13. • Investigated a suspicious vehicle on Water Street on Feb. 13 in response to reports of possible “illegal activity” in that area. • Received a report about a possible sexting incident involving students at Middlebury Union High School on Feb. 13. Police said the report remains under investigation. • Conducted a death investigation at a Halladay Road home on Feb. 13. Police found Pamela Sands, 54, deceased due to medical issues. • Responded to a report of a loud argument inside a Court Street apartment building on Feb. 14. Police separated the parties involved. • Conducted winter parking ban

Middlebury Police Log

enforcement throughout the village on Feb. 14. • Assisted Two Brothers Tavern in removing a drunken customer on Feb. 15. • Helped Vermont State Police with a traffic stop on Washington Street on Feb. 15. • Responded to the Dunkin Donuts on Court Street on Feb. 15 on a report of a customer who was suicidal. Police said they took the man to get a mental health evaluation at the Counseling Service of Addison County. • Investigated a reported family fight at a Court Street residence on Feb. 16. • Helped a person who was receiving unwanted messages on Feb. 16. • Checked on the welfare of a local child on behalf of New York City Children’s Services on Feb. 16. • Responded to a report of a disorderly man at the Frank Mahady Courthouse on Feb. 16. Police said the man had left upon their arrival. • Helped a Middlebury Union Middle School student who was

having a rough day on Feb. 16. • Were informed of the theft of a wallet from the Parent/Child Center of Addison County on Feb. 16. Police said the wallet was recovered, though minus cash and Social Security card. • Helped a South Village Green resident who was experiencing health problems on Feb. 16. • Checked a report of suspicious people in the Seymour Street area on Feb. 17. They turned out to be Jehovah’s Witnesses visiting local homes, according to police. • Helped Vergennes police with a suspect at Porter Hospital on Feb. 17. • Responded to Woodland Park area to assist Middlebury Regional EMS with a possible overdose patient on Feb. 17. • Conducted winter parking ban enforcement on Bakery Lane on Feb. 17. • Responded to a noise complaint at a Court Street apartment on Feb. 18. • Investigated a report of an abandoned snow machine on the VAST snowmobile trail off Halladay Road on Feb. 18. • Checked the welfare of a man in the Bakery Lane area on Feb. 18. • Ticketed vehicles that were in violation of the town’s winter parking ban on Bakery Lane on Feb. 19.

Police aid driver with medical condition

BRISTOL — On Thursday, Feb. 8, just after 6 p.m., Bristol police assisted a motorist who had driven off the road while experiencing a medical event. Police stayed with the motorist and offered assistance until the Bristol Rescue Squad arrived. Between Feb. 5 and Feb. 11, Bristol police completed 17 foot and car patrols at various locations, namely on Mountain Street, Main Street and surrounding areas including near Bristol Elementary School, and at other locations around town, with one of the patrols done under contract from the town. Officers also completed four and a half hours of directed patrol and traffic enforcement in the district and the town under a contract funded by Vermont Governor’s Highway Safety Program. During that same week, officers checked security at Mount Abraham Union High School five times. In other recent activity, Bristol ADDISON COUNTY

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police: • On Feb. 5 facilitated the resolution to a disagreement that a juvenile was involved in. • On Feb. 5 assisted a disabled motorist near the intersection of Routes 116 and 17. • On Feb. 7 investigated an incident between two juveniles and found that it did not rise to the level of a crime. • On Feb. 7 were notified of an apparent theft of property involving a landlord and tenant. The investigation is ongoing. • On Feb. 7 assisted another law enforcement agency with an active investigation. • On Feb. 7 completed evidence

School Briefs

Nathan Rowell, son of Dan and Lisa Rowell of Addison, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Syracuse University

where he is a sophomore. This recognition required Nathan to maintain at least a GPA of 3.4 for the semester.

processing related to closed cases. • On Feb. 7 assisted a West Street resident who was locked out of their house. • On Feb. 8 ordered the owner of a vehicle parked on Main Street in violation of the winter parking ban to move the vehicle. • On Feb. 8 compiled information related to a Freedom of Information Act request. • On Feb. 9 assisted a citizen who had locked their keys in their car. • On Feb. 9 assisted Vermont State Police with a subpoena application related to an active criminal investigation. • On Feb. 9 at 10:59 p.m. took into custody and cited Bristol resident Shonda Cavoretto, 40, for driving under the influence of alcohol. • On Feb. 10 located a debit card and made arrangements with the owner to retrieve it. • On Feb. 10 opened a truancy case.

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednesdays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turningpointaddisonvt.org. AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. 7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings. AL‑ANON: FOR FAMI‑ LIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking. Members share experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers welcome. Con‑ fidential. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, Unit‑ ed Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Came to Believe Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 1‑2pm. Discussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hol‑ low Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, www.aavt.org . ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 2 MONDAY. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Women of AA (Step/Speak‑ er), Middlebury, The Turn‑ ing Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd, 5:30‑6:30pm. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Big Book Meeting, New Haven, Con‑ gregational Church, Vil‑ lage Green, 7:30‑8:30pm. Discussion Meeting, Bran‑ don, St. Thomas Episco‑ pal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30am.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflection Meeting, Ver‑ gennes, Congregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Spiritual Awakening Meet‑ ing, Middlebury, St. Ste‑ phen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am.

ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (en‑ ter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confidential, we share our experience, strength and hope to solve our com‑ mon problems. Babysitting available.

OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (OA) Monday’s at 5:30pm. Located at the Bristol Federated Church in the conference room, 37 North St., Bristol. Enter the church from Church St.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 7‑8pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alternating Format Meeting, Ferris‑ burgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm. Speaker Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiri‑ tual Awakening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am. Dis‑ cussion Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Big Book Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm.

M A K I N G R E C O V E RY EASIER (MRE). Wednes‑ days, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turn‑ ing Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facili‑ tated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and discuss‑ ing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs. NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednesdays, 9 am, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. O P I AT E O V E R D O S E RESCUE KITS are dis‑ tributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turningpointaddisonvt.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 10‑11am. Beginner’s Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (OA) big book meet‑ ing. Thursday’s, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at The Resi‑ dence at Otter Creek in Middlebury. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

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The Town of Bristol is seeking highly motivated candidates for the position of Recreation Director. Bristol (pop. 3,894) is a steadily growing, vibrant community located in the Champlain Valley in Addison County, Vermont. The Selectboard is seeking an individual with strong interpersonal, management, and organizational skills to plan, organize, and coordinate a yearround community recreation program for seniors, adults, youth, and visitors, including physical activities, special interest classes, summer programs, and seasonal community events and to supervise the Hub Teen Center/Skatepark and Bristol Pottery Studio staff. A detailed job description is available at www.bristolvt.org. Salary: $35,000 to $45,000 commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits package. To apply, please e-mail a confidential cover letter, resume, and three references to townadmin@bristolvt.org with Bristol Recreation Director Search in the subject line or send to: Bristol Recreation Director Search PO Box 249 Bristol, VT 05443 Deadline to apply is Friday, March 9, 2018. The Town of Bristol is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Garage Sales MOVING SALE‑ FURNI‑ TURE, tools, books, misc. 3930 VT Rte 17. Feb. 24 ‑ 25. 9am ‑ 4pm.

Opportunities STOREFRONT LOCA‑ TION, LOCATION, LO‑ CATION. In the heart of downtown Middlebury. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

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Vermont Adult Learning is looking for a few mentors to help their hard working students succeed. MILITARY HISTORY? One student is seeking tutoring to take the ASVAB test. DO YOU KNOW KOREAN? One student is seeking to learn the language and culture. PROGRAMMERS? Another student is seeking an experienced programmer to support a high school student currently who is taking an online Python course. Ideal candidate has computer programming, javascript, and Python programming experience or similar. And last, but not least, A READING COMPREHENSION TUTOR sought to assist a 30-year-old student working on his CDL Class A certificate.

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DIRECTORY

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RESPITE SUPPORT: TWO creative, kind and caring women are looking for re‑ spite supports in your home some evenings and daytime. If you enjoy crafting, listen‑ ing to music and playing bingo and are looking to spend time with others do‑ ing such, please call Emily at 345‑1993. Generous pay rate and training provided.

FIRST AND SECOND SHIFT Packaging Techni‑ cian. Otter Creek Brewing is looking for two dedicated and motivated individu‑ als to join our warehouse and production team. If you’re hard‑working and curious about the thriving craft brewing industry, this is the place for you! Visit ottercreekbrewing.com to learn more and apply. GREENHOUSE WORKERS WANTED part or full time. Seasonal. March 1 ‑ June 15. First Season Green‑ houses. Call 802‑475‑2588. Best time to call is between 5pm ‑ 6pm.

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WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bot‑ tler. Eye for detail and ac‑ curacy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unas‑ sisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.

GAINES INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. Commer‑ cial Lines Position Open: A small family owned insurance agency is seeking an experi‑ enced insurance professional to handle the servicing of small commercial and farm insurance accounts. Looking for an individual that is highly self‑motivated, has a high level of attention to detail, ex‑ cellent problem‑solving skills, able to multi task, and provide exceptional customer service. Salary commensurate with experience. A property & ca‑ sualty license will be required for this position. For more details, please send your resume and cover letter to info@gainesinsurance.com. A formal job description is available if you feel you pos‑ sess the above noted skills.

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For Sale ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage fire‑ arm. $185. 802‑989‑5803. DOG TEAM ORIGINAL RECIPE Sticky Buns for Easter. Call 802‑349‑9473 for order and pickup time. 658 Exchange Street, Mid‑ dlebury.

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DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com. EFFICIENCY APARTMENT LOCATED in Middlebury, Route 7 on the bus route. Heat, hot water, lights, stove, refrigerator and rub‑ bish included. No pets. No smoking. Available now. 802‑349‑7557.

1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092.

FOR RENT: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. tbrought@middle‑ bury.edu.

Fall 2018 Varsity Football Head Coach Varsity Football Offensive Coordinator Varsity Girls Soccer Head Coach

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, 1 mile south of Brandon. $700/mo. plus utilities. Ab‑ solutely no pets or smoking. 802‑352‑6678.

LAKE DUNMORE: Winter‑ ized 2‑bedroom lakefront cottage available until June 1. Shorter periods. Sleeps 5. Comfortably furnished, fully‑equipped kitchen, bath‑ room with shower. Plowing, trash collection, recycling, WiFi, satellite television included. 802‑352‑4236; karen@northcovecottages. com.

*It is Otter Valley’s intent to establish long-term commitments from all Varsity coaches, allowing the successful candidate to build and develop strong feeder programs. Applicants must be able to develop a solid rapport with student athletes, work cooperatively with the athletic program, provide positive leadership, and model the ideals of good sportsmanship. A strong knowledge of coaching principles is required. Previous coaching experience preferred. Position opened until filled. If interested, please send resume and references to: Steven Keith, Activities Director skeith@rnesu.org Otter Valley High School 2997 Franklin Street | Brandon, VT 05733 EOE

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BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT Heat, trash, snowplowing, lawn care, parking included. $1,185/ mo. 802‑453‑2566.

OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL is actively seeking coaches for the following positions:

EastView at Middlebury is seeking a talented professional (RN or LPN) to join our dedicated team. The successful candidate will mentor our RCAs in delivery of excellent care and support in our Memory and Residential Care neighborhoods.

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Help wanted at bustling charity resale store. (1) Retail associate, 29.5 hours a week, to assist shoppers, operate a cash register, and perform other tasks as needed. (2) Materials handler, 29.5 hours, to greet people donating goods, assist with pickups and deliveries, prepare merchandise for the sales floor, and more. (3) Full time retail associate, 40 hours a week, including Saturdays. Qualified applicants should send resume and cover letter to us at 282 Boardman Street or email to receptionist@hopevt.org. These positions will remain open until we find the right people. Equal Opportunity Employer.

2 BEDROOM, FIRST FLOOR apartment with full private basement. W/D hookups. Located in Middle‑ bury, close to town on Court St. Off street parking, lawn care and snow plowing in‑ cluded. $1,100 per month plus utilities. No smoking or pets. 802‑352‑6678. ADDISON, PRIVATE SUITE IN large house. Bedroom, private bathroom and sitting area, skylights. Shared kitch‑ en, laundry. Includes utili‑ ties/internet. $600 monthly, security deposit, references. 802‑759‑2133.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street park‑ ing, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994. MIDDLEBURY 3 BEDROOM apartment, fully furnished, all inclusive except internet/TV. Call 802‑388‑4831. MIDDLEBURY OFFICE SPACE for rent. 400 sq.ft., second floor. Available Janu‑ ary 1, 2018. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054.

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More information and an online application is available at UVMHealth.org/PMC under the “Careers” tab. UVMHealth.org/PMC

CDL TRUCK DRIVERS JP Carrara & Sons, Inc. has current openings for CDL Class A or B Drivers. We are looking for both Ready-Mix and Tractor Trailer Drivers. Individuals applying must be team players, have a clean driving record, be self-motivated and work well in a fast paced continually evolving challenging environment. Benefits include: Health, Life Ins. STD and a competitive 401k/Profit Sharing. Please send resume to: Email: lynn@carraraconcrete.com or apply in person at 2464 Case Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 For Rent

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ADDISON COUNTY TRANSIT, a Division of Tri-Valley Transit, is hiring!

BUS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN/BUS DETAILER Do you enjoy working with the public? Are you interested in doing valuable work that supports our community and environment? Position Requires: • Maintenance Technician “B” skills • Experience with tires, brakes, exhaust and other preventative maintenance • Willingness to learn new skills • CDL Class C with Passenger Endorsement, but we are willing to train • A high level of professionalism Benefits include: • Modern, well-equipped shop • Competitive salary, Monday-Friday schedule • 100% employer paid health insurance • Up to 36 paid days off annually • Long term disability • 403B retirement plan • Vision insurance For more information and for an application, please visit us at http://actr-vt.org/job-openings/. Employment is contingent upon passing required background checks and preemployment drug testing. TVT/ACTR is an AA/EO Employer Addison County Transit Resources, Human Resources 297 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT 05753

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The Addison County Relocalization Network, (ACORN) is seeking a Manager to organize the 11th annual Tour De Farms bicycle tour in Vergennes. The event will take place in mid September 2018. Planning needs to start in late March or April. Essential duties include: • Enrollment of event sponsors • Farm recruitment • Assisting ACORN board and executive director with marketing plan and publicizing the tour • Route planning • Volunteer recruitment and management • Day of event management • Monthly reports to ACORN Board of Directors • Regular checkins with ACORN Executive Director. Please send cover letter, examples of past history of event and/or project management, and three letters of reference to: info@acornvt.org.

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TWO BEDROOM APART‑ MENT, central location near schools and stores. Includes stove and refrigera‑ tor. Available immediately. Call 802‑349‑7555.

FIRST CUT HAY for sale. Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lakefront. Washer, dryer. No smok‑ ing. Available September through May. $1,000/month. 860‑878‑9580.

VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/as‑ sets must be verified to de‑ termine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D onsite. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website w w w. s u m m i t p m g . c o m . Equal Housing Opportunity.

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Real Estate NEW HAVEN, SUNNY, ef‑ ficient apartment. Views, hard wood floors. No pets, no smoking. References. $925/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040. ONE BEDROOM, FIVE‑STAR energy efficient apartment in Salisbury, close to Lake Dunmore. One half of duplex. Large bedroom with full bath up. Living room and kitchen with all appliances on first floor. Heated basement with W/D. Private sun deck. $850/month, plus utilities. Absolutely non‑smoking, no pets on premises. Deposit and references required. Available 4/1/2018. Call 802‑352‑6678. RIPTON, SMALL ONE bed‑ room house. No smoking or pets. $800 per month plus utilities. 802‑388‑2641.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Only three lots remain in the Daisy Lane Residen‑ tial Development. One is a beautiful wooded 1 1/4 acre with a small year round stream. Lots are supported with village water and ap‑ proved for simple in‑ground septic. Located in East Mid‑ dlebury, just 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, 2 golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

Animals BLACK LAB PUPPIES 2 males. 6 females. Parents both big. Ready to go March 9th. No papers. $900, tak‑ ing deposits. Scott Myrick, 802‑349‑4246.

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Wanted LIONS CLUB NEEDS stuff for their annual auction. Please NO appliances or electronics. Call for pick up, 388‑7124. Help us, help others. TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit bittneran‑ tiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge. VT COLLECTOR WILL PAY cash for old wood bird carv‑ ings, goose, duck and shore‑ bird decoys. 802‑238‑1465.

Public Notices Index

Addison County Courthouse (1) Union-District 28 (1) Bristol (2)

Panton (1)

Addison County Superior Court (2)

Knights of Columbus (1)

Weybridge (1)

Middlebury (1)

Whiting (1)

Addison Northeast Supervisory Monkton (1) MONKTON TOWN HELP WANTED ZONING ADMINISTRATOR

The Town of Monkton is looking for a Zoning Administrator to fill a part-time position. Must be available to attend evening meetings and have day time hours at the Town Hall. Previous experience desired. View complete job description at www. monktonvt.com/za. Please submit resume by February 20, 2018 to: Monkton Planning Commission P.O. Box 12, Monkton, VT. 05469. 2/12

CITY OF VERGENNES WARNING – PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL HEARING

Pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §2680(g), the qualified voters of the City of Vergennes are hereby warned and notified that a public informational hearing will be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. at the Vergennes Fire Station Meeting Room located at 50 Green Street for the purpose of hearing comments and addressing questions regarding a bond vote to replace an existing fire truck. The estimated cost of the new fire truck is $500,000.00. The article as it appears on the City’s Australian ballot is as follows: Shall the bonds of the City of Vergennes, in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), be issued for the purpose of purchasing a new firetruck to replace Engine 316? The above article will be voted by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the Vergennes Fire Station located at 50 Green Street. The polls will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Dated at Vergennes, VT this 23rd day of January 2018. Vergennes City Council 2/15

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STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF DUANE A. TORREY NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Duane A. Torrey late of Bridport, Vermont. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: February 16, 2018 Diane D. Torrey 5555 Lake Street Bridport, VT 05734 (802) 758-2408 Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: February 22, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 2/22

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WHITING SELECT BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Whiting Select Board will hold a public hearing on March 28th at 7:30pm in the Town Office in Whiting, Vermont on the proposed Whiting Town Plan 2017-2025. This notice is issued pursuant to 24 VSA 4384 (d) and 4444. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This town plan is an update of Whiting’s Current Town Plan. It governs all types of development within the Town The Regulations impact all areas within the Town of Whiting. Topic areas of discussion include: Chapter 9: Land Cover and Land Use Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 10: Scenic and Natural Resources Chapter 2: Maps Chapter 11: Historic, Cultural & Recreational Chapter 3: Goals, Policies and RecomResources mended Actions Chapter 12: Public Facilities Chapter 4: Overarching Goals of Whiting Chapter 13: Education and Childcare Plan Chapter 14: Energy Chapter 5: History Chapter 15: Transportation Chapter 6: Population Chapter 16: Neighboring Towns and Chapter 7: Housing Compatibility Chapter 8: Employment and Economic Chapter 17: Implementation Development Community Survey Whiting Historic Buildings Copies of the proposed Town Plan can be viewed at the following locations: -Town Clerk’s Office, Whiting VT -Additional, interested parties may view or download completed copies of the proposed Whiting Town Plan at the Town of Whiting Website: www.whitingvt.org For further information please contact Robert Wood at 802-623-7813 Whiting Select Board By: Robert Wood Run: Addison Independent February 22, 2018 Posted: Inside the Town Office Outside the Town Office Outside the Post Office www.whitingvt.com

ANNUAL MEETING KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FATHER DALEY BUILDING ASSOCIATION On March 7, 2017 at 7:30 pm at the American Legion in Middlebury, Vt. to elect a trustee for 7 years, a clerk for 1 year, and to transact other business proper to come before the meeting. President Building Association 2/23

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Vergennes (1) WARNING - ANNUAL TOWN MEETING BRISTOL, VERMONT

The legal voters of the Town of Bristol are hereby WARNED and NOTIFIED to meet at Holley Hall in said Bristol, on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 7 :00 p.m., said meeting to be recessed at the close of all business to be transacted from the floor to the following day, Tuesday, March 6, 2018 for voting by Australian ballot between the hours of 7:00 a.m., at which time the polls will open, and 7:00 p.m., at which time the polls will close, for the election of officers and voting on those articles so noted. ARTICLE 1: To hear the reports of the Town officers. ARTICLE 2: To elect Town Officers by Australian ballot. ARTICLE 3: Will the voters of the Town of Bristol vote that all real property taxes payable in installments shall bear interest at a rate of ¾ of one percent per month or fraction thereof for the first three months and thereafter one and one-quarter percent per month or fraction thereof from the due date of each installment with the payment to the Town Treasurer of the real property taxes for the Town’s fiscal year period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, being due in two equal installments on November 5, 2018 and April 5, 2018 by physical delivery to the Town Office before midnight on that date? ARTICLE 4: To set salaries that shall be paid to the members of the Selectboard. ARTICLE 5: Will the voters adopt the proposed 2018-2019 fiscal year Highway Fund Operating Budget in the amount of $775,541 a portion thereof in the amount of $677,691 to be raised by taxes; the tax rate on the 2018 Grand List of the Town sufficient to raise said sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard? ARTICLE 6: Will the voters adopt the proposed 2018-2019 fiscal year General Fund Operating Budget in the amount of $926,739, a portion thereof in the amount of $753,882 to be raised by taxes; the tax rate on the 2018 Grand List of the Town sufficient to raise said sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard? ARTICLE 7: Will the voters adopt the proposed 2018-2019 fiscal year Arts, Parks and Recreation Department budget in the amount of $224,393, a portion thereof in the amount of $145,843 to be raised by taxes; the tax rate of the 2018 Grand List of the Town sufficient to raise said sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard? ARTICLE 8: Will the voters appropriate the following sums to be placed in various Town Reserve Fund accounts as noted? Reserve Fund: Amount: Capital Fire Equipment Reserve $25,000 Capital Road Fund - Paving $100,000 Capital Highway Equipment Reserve $100,000 Conservation Reserve Fund $10,000 Capital Building Reserve $30,000 Technology Fund $5,000 Capital Road Fund - Construction $40,000 Total: $310,000 ARTICLE 9: Will the voters approve an appropriation of $70,000 in lieu of the sum of a two cent levy on the tax rate to fund the Fire Vehicle Capital Reserve Fund? ARTICLE 10: Will the voters approve an appropriation of $137,872 for the Lawrence Memorial Library for its annual operating budget, said sum to be raised by taxes? ARTICLE 11: Will the voters establish a Sidewalk Reserve Fund pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2804 for the purpose of developing new and maintaining existing sidewalks and appropriating a sum of $35,000 to it? ARTICLE 12: Will the voters appropriate $22,000 for the Bristol Cemetery Association, Inc. for the purpose of maintaining Greenwood Cemetery (mowing and trimming) in a well-kept manner in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 2691? ARTICLE 13: Shall the Town appropriate $2,100 to Charter House Coalition to provide emergency winter shelter to Families and individuals and to provide meals every day of the week to nutritionally challenged people in accordance with 24 V.S.A § 2691? ARTICLE 15: Will the voters appropriate the following sums in support of the organizations listed below, with said amounts level funded or lowered from the prior year, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 2691? Organization: Amount: Addison County Restorative Justice $1,150 Bristol Little League $2,000 Addison County Home Health & Hospice $4,700 Bristol Recreation Club $15,000 Addison County Humane Society $1,000 Bristol Rescue Squad $13,500 Addison County Parent/Child Center $4,800 Counseling Service of Addison County $3,875 Addison County Readers $2,000 Elderly Services $2,200 Addison County Transit Resources $11,306 Hope (Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects) $3,250 Addison County River Watch $300 Hospice Volunteer Services $1,200 Age Well (formerly CVAA) $2,700 John Graham Shelter $1,400 Bristol After School Kid’s Program $1,275 North East Addison Television (NEAT) $3,500 Bristol Band $1,200 Open Door Clinic $1,000 Bristol CORE $10,000 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program $ 750 Bristol Family Center $4,000 Vermont Adult Learning $1,650 Bristol Fourth of July Committee $6,000 WomenSafe $3,500 Bristol Historical Society $2,500 Total: $105,756 ARTICLE 16: Will the voters support the following non-binding resolution? In 2016 the Vermont Department of Public Service wrote the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan. It states Vermont will meet 25% of its energy needs using renewable sources by 2025, 40% by 2035, and 90% by 2050. On January 1, 2018, the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “I am not issuing an appeal. I am issuing an alert, a red alert, for our world ... Climate change is moving faster that we are. Inequalities are growing ... I urge leaders everywhere to make this New Year’s resolution: Narrow the gaps. Bridge the divides. Rebuild trust by bringing people together around common goals. Unity is the path. Our future depends on it. Thank you.” “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Second Notice” (academic.oup.com/bioscience, 11/13/17) states, “Especially troubling is the current trajectory of potentially catastrophic climate change due to rising greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels ... Lay citizens must insist that their governments take immediate action as a moral imperative to current and future generations of human and other life.” All fossil fuels used in Vermont are imported, resulting in a financial drain on the Vermont economy. Local renewable energy and efficiency measures increase Vermont job opportunities and boost our state’s economy. In light of the above statements, Bristol urges the State of Vermont to: 1. Firmly commit to developing renewable energy for all people in Vermont, 2. Continue to support comprehensive energy efficiency in our homes, businesses, and municipal buildings, 3. Delay any new expansion of natural gas pipelines unless or until it is determined that it will not cause the State to exceed the goals of no more than 10% of the State’s energy coming from fossil fuels, by the year 2050, 4. Ensure that the transition to renewable energy is fair and equitable for all residents. ARTICLE 17: To transact any other non-binding business that may legally come before this meeting. Adopted and approved at a meeting of the Selectboard of the Town of Bristol duly called, noticed and held on January 22, 2018. Received for record and recorded in the records of the Town of Bristol on January 23, 2018. Bristol Selectboard: John “Peeker” Heffernan, Chair; Joel Bouvier; Peter Coffey; Theodore Lylis; Michelle Perlee ATTEST: Jen Myers, Town Clerk 2/15

WARNING ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING — MARCH 6, 2018

Member Districts are Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge. The legal voters of the Addison Central School District are hereby warned to meet at the following polling places on March 6, 2018 to vote by Australian Ballot on the following article(s) of business: District Location Polling Hours Bridport Bridport Community/Masonic Hall 7:00 AM-7:00 PM Cornwall Cornwall Town Hall 7:00 AM-7:00 PM Middlebury Middlebury Town Office (77 Main St) 7:00 AM-7:00 PM Ripton Ripton Community House 7:00 AM-7:00 PM Salisbury Salisbury Town Office 8:00 AM-7:00 PM Shoreham Shoreham Town Office 7:00 AM-7:00 PM Weybridge Weybridge Town Clerk’s Office 7:00 AM-7:00 PM ARTICLE 1: Shall the voters of the Addison Central School District vote to authorize the ACSD school board to expend $36,762,479 which is the amount the ACSD school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $16,907.29 per equalized pupil. ARTICLE 2: Shall the voters of the Addison Central School District vote to authorize the ACSD school board to appropriate $823,673 of the FY 2017 Unassigned Fund Balance (estimated at $1,523,673) to the ACSD Capital Reserve Fund? ARTICLE 3: Shall the voters of the Addison Central School District vote to authorize the ACSD school board to authorize disbursement from an Education Reserve Fund for the Addison Central School District, and appropriate $500,000 of the FY 2017 Unassigned Fund Balance (estimated at $1,523,673) to said Fund? ARTICLE 4: Shall the voters of the Addison Central School District vote to authorize the ACSD school board to create and authorize disbursement from a Health Care Reserve Fund for the Addison Central School District, and appropriate $200,000 of the FY 2017 Unassigned Fund Balance (estimated at $1,523,673) to said Fund? ARTICLE 5: To elect four (4) school directors from the nominees to serve on the Addison Central School District Board for the following terms: Two (2) who are residents of Middlebury for a three-year term. One (1) who is a resident of Cornwall for a three-year term. One (1) who is a resident of Shoreham for a three year term. Ballots shall be commingled and counted at Middlebury Union High School by representatives of the Boards of Civil Authority of the member town school districts under the supervision of the District Clerk of Addison Central School District. Linda J. Barrett, Clerk Peter Conlon, Chair Addison Central School District Addison Central School District 2/1

WARNING - BRISTOL POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018

The legal voters of the Police Department Special Service District of the Town of Bristol are hereby WARNED and NOTIFIED to meet at Holley Hall in said Bristol, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, between the hours of 7:00 a.m., at which time the polls will open, and 7:00 p.m., at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot on the following articles of business: ARTICLE 1: Will the voters of the Bristol Police District adopt the proposed 2018-2019 fiscal year budget in the amount of $461,374, a portion thereof in the amount of $422,974 to be raised by a District special assessment property tax; the tax rate on the 2018 Grand List of the property in the area included within the District sufficient to raise said special assessment property tax sum as taxes to be determined by the Selectboard? Informational Meetings: The legal voters of the Bristol Police District are further notified that informational meetings will be held at Holley Hall in Bristol on Monday, February 19, 2018 during a regular Selectboard meeting which will commence at 6:00 p.m., and on Monday, March 5, 2018 during a special Selectboard meeting which will commence at 6:00 p.m. (preceding the Annual Town Meeting which will commence at 7:00 p.m.), for the purpose of discussion about the proposed Police District Budget. Adopted and approved at a meeting of the Selectboard of the Town of Bristol duly called, noticed and held on January 22, 2018. Received for record and recorded in the records of the Town of Bristol on January 23, 2018. Bristol Selectboard: John “Peeker” Heffernan, Chair; Joel Bouvier; Peter Coffey; Theodore Lylis; Michelle Perlee ATTEST: Jen Myers, Town Clerk 2/15

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Sen. Patrick Leahy 1-800-642-3193

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Troopers charge one man for domestic violence and three drivers with DUI ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police reported three drunk driving citations last week in Addison County, and responded to a domestic violence situation. First, on Feb. 15 at 2:30 p.m. state police received information of a possible intoxicated driver on Route 100 in Rochester. Police report that they located the vehicle and driver at his residence in Granville. They cited Mark Hammond, 48, of Granville, for DUI. The second and third DUI citations were issued in Ferrisburgh on Feb. 17 to pickup truck drivers. At midnight

on that date, state police pulled over a silver, 2017 Toyota Tacoma on Route 7 after observing an equipment violation. During the course of the motor vehicle stop, troopers detected signs of impairment in the driver they identified as 24-year-old Jeffrey Badger of Shelburne. After screening Badger for driving under the influence, police took him to the New Haven barracks for processing, cited him for DUI and released him. The third DUI citation was assessed almost 24 hours later after troopers stopped a white, 2008 Ford F-150 on Middlebrook Road

in Ferrisburgh at 11:45 p.m. on Feb. 17 after observing an equipment violation. Troopers said driver Cody Brown, 26, of Ferrisburgh showed signs of impairment. Police took Brown to the barracks and cited him for DUI. The domestic violence case took place on Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day, when state troopers responded to a residence on Samson Road in Cornwall at 5 a.m. after receiving a 911 hang-up call.

police officer and violation of conditions of release. The only other incidents that Vermont State Police operating out of the New Haven barracks reported last week came in the daily log of a selection of their activities. In Addison County, those activities included: • Feb. 15, traffic crash, Shackett Road, Leicester. • Feb. 15, agency assist, Prince Lane/Shaw’s, Bristol. • Feb. 15, agency assist, South Street, Bristol. • Feb. 15, motor

vehicle/disturbances, Monkton Road, Vergennes. • Feb. 16, motor vehicle/disturbances, Route 7 and Greenbush Road, Ferrisburgh. • Feb. 16, directed patrol, Rockydale Road and East Street, Bristol. • Feb. 18, agency assist, Old Jerusalem Road, Leicester. • Feb. 18, motor vehicle/disturbances, Route 125, Cornwall. • Feb. 18, motor vehicle/disturbances, Lemon Fair Road and Bittersweet Falls Road, Weybridge. • Feb. 18, alarm, Route 7, Ferrisburgh.

MIDDLEBURY — ACORN, the non-profit community organization based in Middlebury, next week will host a workshop for farmers on agricultural tourism showcasing best practices for safely engaging with visitors. This business development workshop is an opportunity to bring together food producers for peer-to-peer sharing. The agritourism workshop will be held Wednesday, Feb. 28, 9 a.m.noon at Goldenwell Farm and Apiary at 1089 River Road in New Haven. Speakers will include Vera SimonNobes of Shelburne Farms, Helen Laban of Vermont Fresh Network and Nichole Burke of Golden Well Farm and Apiaries.

The cost to attend is $10. This informative meeting is a partnership of ACORN, Vermont Fresh Network, UVM Extension and Shelburne Farms. It is suitable for all farm operations such as pick your own, farm stays, special events from weddings to retreats, kids programming and school visits. Tourism businesses that intersect with agriculture including Airbnb special events and any business that has participated in or is interested in the statewide Open Farm Week. Town planners and state legislators are welcome to attend too. DiginVT, a partnership of the Vermont Fresh Network and Agency of tourism, is an online farm-based

search platform that will be a featured along with shared resources for best practices for creatively promoting agricultural tourism as an income generator. The ACORN winter series includes ample time for peer-to-peer sharing. This workshop is designed to illuminate safe and effective practices based on years of experience from our speakers and personal insights on the complexities of regulatory agents impacting visitors to farms. Register for the event and sign up for workshops at acornvt.org. A full list of workshops can be found there. For additional information call Annie Harlow 802-922-7060.

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Public Notices Index are found on Pages 11B, 12B and 13B. WARNING ANNUAL MEETING MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 28

(Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven, Starksboro) The legal voters of the Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28, are hereby notified and warned to meet at Mt. Abraham Union High School in Bristol, Vermont on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 6:00 PM to discuss and transact the following business. Article 5 requires a vote by Australian ballot to occur at the official polling places in Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro,* on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, between the hours of 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM. *Official Polling Places: Bristol Holley Hall Lincoln The Town Office Monkton Monkton Volunteer Fire Department New Haven New Haven Town Hall Starksboro Robinson Elementary School ARTICLE 1: To receive and act upon the reports of the Union High School District Officers. ARTICLE 2: To establish the salaries for elected officers of Union High School District No. 28 for the period from their taking office to the date the District ceases to exist pursuant to the Merger Study Report and Articles of Agreement as approved by the Vermont State Board of Education on September 20, 2016. ARTICLE 3: To elect officers, following nominations from the floor, each for a term that will expire on the date the District ceases to exist pursuant to the Merger Study Report and Articles of Agreement as approved by the Vermont State Board of Education on September 20, 2016, as follows: A Moderator; A Clerk; and A Treasurer. ARTICLE 4: To elect a community representative to serve on the Patricia A. Hannaford Regional Technical School District Board of Directors for a term that will expire on the date the District ceases to exist pursuant to the Merger Study Report and Articles of Agreement as approved by the Vermont State Board of Education on September 20, 2016. ARTICLE 5: FOR DISCUSSION ONLY: To be voted on by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 6, 2018: The Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 Board of School Directors has determined that public interest and necessity demand incurring bonded indebtedness to finance the final design, permitting, site work and construction of renovations, capital improvements and additions to Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School at an estimated total project cost of Twenty-nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($29,500,000.00). It is expected that 0% of the project costs will be eligible for state school construction aid because there is presently a moratorium on state school construction aid funding. Therefore, the Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 will be responsible for 100% of the project costs ($29,500,000.00) which the Board recommends be funded through the issuance of up to Twenty-nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($29,500,000.00) of general obligation bonds and with funds previously and to be budgeted for Construction Services. So: Shall general obligation bonds of the Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 in an amount not to exceed TWENTY-NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($29,500,000.00) be issued for the purpose of financing, together with other funds of the District, the final design, permitting, site work and the construction of renovations, capital improvements and additions to Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School together with related eligible project expenses? State funds are not available at this time or this project is not eligible to receive state school construction aid. The Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 will be responsible for all costs of any borrowing and the costs of the improvements and additions to the Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School. Article 6: To transact any other business proper to come before said meeting. Article 7: To adjourn the Annual Meeting. Upon closing of the polls, the ballot boxes will be sealed, transported to and re-opened at the Superintendent’s Office in the Town of Bristol, where the ballots will be commingled and publicly counted by representatives of the Boards of Civil Authority of the Towns of Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro under the supervision of the Clerk of the Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28. The legal voters of the Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 are further warned and notified that a public information meeting will be held for the purpose of explaining the proposed school building improvements and the financing thereof on February 28, 2018 at Mt. Abraham Union High School Large Cafeteria at 7:00 pm. The legal voters of Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 are further notified that voter qualification, registration and absentee voting relative to said annual meeting shall be as provided in Sections 706u-706w of Title 16, and Chapters 43, 51 and 55 of Title 17, Vermont Statutes Annotated. Adopted and approved at a meeting of the Board of School Directors of the Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 held on January 10, 2018. Received for record and recorded in the records of the Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 on January 11, 2018. ATTEST: ATTEST: Dawn Griswold, Chair Karen Wheeler, Clerk Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 Mount Abraham Union High School District No. 28 1/29

STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

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VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 670-11-14 ANCV

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-7 v. HARRIE S. DEMERS, SUZANNE M. DEMERS, CACV OF COLORADO, LLC, CENTURION CAPITAL CORPORATION AND SCOTT C. MITCHELL OCCUPANTS OF: 159 High Pond Road, Brandon, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 10, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Harrie S. Demers and Suzanne M. Demers to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated March 26, 2007 and recorded in Book 191 Page 365 of the land records of the Town of Brandon, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-7 dated February 28, 2012 and recorded in Book 215 Page 343 of the land records of the Town of Brandon for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 159 High Pond Road, Brandon, Vermont on March 13, 2018 at 12:30 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to David A. Lee and Jacqueline Lee by deed of Gary W. Dean , David A. Dean , Robert M. Dean and Nancy Dean Jakiela, dated September 13, 1986 and recorded at Book 95, Page 482 of the Brandon Land Records, and described therein as follows: Being a part and parcel of the lands and premises conveyed to the herein Grantors by Decree of Distribution in the Estate of Allyn W. Dean from the Rutland District Probate Court, Dated April 2, 1980, recorded at Volume 93, Page 47 of the Brandon Land Records. The lands and premises herein conveyed are described as follows: Beginning at a point marked by a marble monument, said point lying within the southwestern terminus of a stone wall , and said point being the approximate northwestern corner of lands now or formerly belonging to one gale Parmalee and said point lying approximately within the northeasterly right-of-way of High Pond Road, so called ; and said point being 25 feet from the edge of the pavement of High Pond Road, so called ; thence from said point and place of beginning proceed along the said Parmalee’s northwesterly border and said stone wall a distance of 302 feet; at that point said stone wall and said Parmalee’s boundary line turns easterly, thence continues in the same course through the herein Grantor’s lands an additional 298 feet to a point marked by a marble monument ;thence turn and go northwesterly through the herein Grantor’s lands on a line parallel with High Pond Road, so-called a distance of 700 feet to a point marked by a marble monument ; thence turn and go through the herein Grantors’ lands on a course approximately parallel with the first mentioned course 600 feet to a point marked by a marble monument, said point lie within the approximate northeastern right-of-way of High Pond Road, so-called ; thence continues on the same course distance of 25 feet to the edge of the pavement of said road; thence go southeasterly along the northeasterly edge of High Pond Road so-called 700 feet to a point ; thence turn and go northeasterly a distance of 25 feet to the point and place of the beginning. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: February 8, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljungrenn, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 2/22, 3/1, 8

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Lincoln LINCOLN — The National Education Association’s Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration program that takes place annually on March 2, Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Across the country, thousands of schools, libraries, and community centers participate by bringing together kids, teens, and books. The Lincoln Library will be offering Dr. Seuss activities all day. What book will you read to celebrate Dr. Seuss Day? Looking for something to do on a Friday night? What could be better than buttery popcorn and a movie? Community Movie Night will feature Aliens in the Attic on Friday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the church. Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun and free night out. Refreshments will be served.

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Solar Sweet Maple Farm’s annual Pancake Breakfast will be held on Saturday, March 3, from 8-11 a.m. at their sugar house located at 3841 South Lincoln Road. Adults $10, Children 6-12 $5, and Kids 5 and under are free. Enjoy breakfast with your friends, family and neighbors. Parking is limited so carpooling is suggested. It’s Girl Scout Cookie Time. Lincoln Troup 52030 will be selling Girl Scout cookies inside the Lincoln Library on Sunday, March 4, from 12-3 p.m. Cookies are $5 per box. Come on out and show your support. Town Meeting Day in Lincoln is Monday, March 5, at 6 p.m., upstairs at Burnham Hall. Remember to bring your Town Report with you to the meeting. If you did not receive one, please stop by the town office to pick

one up, or there will be extras at the meeting. Election of Lincoln’s Town and School Officers by Australian ballot voting will be held on Vermont Town Meeting Day, Tuesday, March 6. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Town Office, 62 Quaker Street. Early voting has begun. Contact Sally as soon as possible to request absentee ballots. Stop by the Town Clerk’s office to pick them up or call 453-2980 for details. While you’re at the town office, stop by the Lincoln Library’s Election Day Bake Sale. They will be serving up savory treats, sweets and soup for take-out during polling hours 7 a.m.-7 p.m. or until sold out. Until next time ... Enjoy a good book. Eat some cookies. Be well.

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO:8-1-17ANCV

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST v. COREY M. COLLETTE AND MICHELLE L. FORQUES-COLLETTE F/K/A MICHELLE L. FORQUES OCCUPANTS OF 873 BASIN HARBOR ROAD, BRIDPORT, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered June 20, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Corey M. Collette and Michelle L. Collette to Kittredge Mortgage Corporation, dated April 13, 2006 and recorded in Book 67 Page 151 of the land records of the Town of Bridport, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Kittredge Mortgage Corporation to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgage Network Inc. dated April 13, 2006 and recorded in Book 67 Page 151, (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgage Network Inc. to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dated August 8, 2012 and recorded in Book 81 Page 103 and (3) Assignment of Mortgage from Wells Fargo Bank, NA to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust dated April 20, 2016 and recorded in Book 87 Page 485, all of the land records of the Town of Bridport for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 873 Basin Harbor Road, Bridport, Vermont on March 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises described in a Warranty Deed from Donald M. Collette and Norma J. Collette to Cory M. Collette and Michelle L. Collette, also sometimes known as Michelle L. Forgues-Collette, dated July 25, 2001, recorded in Volume 51, Pap 25 of the Land Records of the Town of Bridport. Said lands are more particularly described therein as follows: “Being a PORTION of the same land And premises described in a Warranty Deed from Lawrence J. Begnoche and Mabel Laura Begnochc to Donald M. Collette and Norma J. Collette, dated October 12, 2000, recorded in Volume 49, Page 152 of the Land Records of the Town of Bridport. Said land and premises may be more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a 5/8” iron pin act in the easterly sideline of Town Road No. 2, also known as Basin Harbor Road, said iron pin marking the northwesterly corner of lands, now or formerly, owned by the Sarah N, Guenig, William T. Nichols and Calvin E. True, Co-Trustees of the Louise T. Nichols Indenture of Trust and the southwest corner of the lands described herein as depicted on a Survey Map entitled “Proposed Subdivision of Lot #5 Lands of Donald M. Collette & Norma J. Collette easterly of Basin Harbor Road Bridport, Addison County, Vermont” by Timothy L. Short, Licensed Surveyor No. 651, dated March 21. 2001 and recorded in the Land Map Records of the Town of Bridport as map #135; THENCE’ S 83° 33’ 34” E a distance of 470.17 feet to an iron pin; THENCE S 85° 11’ 18” E a distance of 1016.73 feet to an iron pin; THENCE S 86° 18’ 56” E a distance of 1634.64 feet to an iron pin marking the southeasterly corner of the lands described herein; THENCE N 02” 41’ 40” E a distance of 129.82 feet to an iron pin marking the northeast corner of the lands described herein; THENCE the following courses and distances in and along the southerly line of lands retained by the Grantors herein, Donald M. Collette and Norma J. Collette: 1) N 85° 11’ 57” W a distance of 1617.92 feet to an iron pin; 2) N 84° 55’ 38’ W a distance of 1045.65 feet to an iron pin; 3) N 06’ 09’ 30” E a distance of 37.00 feet to an iron pin; 4) N 83° 50’ 30” W a distance of 450.00 feet to an iron pin located in the easterly line of Town Road No. 2; THENCE S 05° ‘51’ 31” W a distance of 200.59 feet in and along the easterly line of Town Road No. 2 to an iron pin marking the point or place of beginning. Said lands are noted on the aforesaid survey map as Lot # 5(b) and contain 11.44 acres, more or less. Also conveyed herewith, but by Quitclaim only, are those lands lying westerly of the premises described herein and the centerline of Town Road No. 2, also known as Basin Harbor Road. Reserved herewith, for the benefit of the Grantors herein, their heirs and assigns, for use in common with the Grantees, their heirs and assigns, is an easement and right of way for purposes of ingress, egress and the installation, repair, maintenance and replacement of necessary utility services. Each party utilizing said right of way shall share equally in the costs of repair and maintenance, including snowplowing, of that portion of the right of way used in common. Also herewith is an easement and right of way ten (10) feet either side of the centerline of the right of way as constructed where said right of way crosses retained lands of the Grantors for the purpose) of providing ingress, egress and installation, repair, maintenance and replacement of necessary utility services to the lands conveyed herein.” Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned deed arid deeds and records therein referenced, all in further aid of this description. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: January 31, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 2/8, 15, 22

TOWN OF WEYBRIDGE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLANNING COMMISSION

Public Notices Index are found on Pages 11B, 12B and 13B.

A public hearing before before the Weybridge Planning Commission will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at 7:00 PM, to pursue the following business: To hold the first of two public hearings to review a subdivision request submitted by Scott Hardy to subdivide land owned by Robert and Yolanda Prigo at the northerly end of Morgan Horse Farm Road into a major subdivision (planned unit development) of 9 lots as classified by the Weybridge Planning Commission. Persons wishing to be heard at this Public Meeting may do so in person or may be represented at the meeting by a licensed Vermont Attorney or an authorized agent; please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464 of the Vermont statutes that participation in the Public Meeting is a prerequisite to the right to take subsequent appeal. The full application and survey can be viewed at the Town Clerk’s Office during regular business hours. Jeff Olson, Chair Weybridge Planning Commission 2/22

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLES

WARNING OF TOWN OF PANTON ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2018 The legal voters of the Town of Panton are hereby notified and warned to meet at the Panton Town Garage on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. to discuss and transact business; and on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at the Panton Town Office, the polls to open 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for voting by Australian ballot. ARTICLE 1: To elect a Moderator for the year ensuing. ARTICLE 2: To hear the reports of the Town Officers. ARTICLE 3: To elect the following officers: Select Board Member, 3 year Lister 3 year, to fill remaining 1 year and 2 year of 3-year terms Lister, 3 year Auditor, 1 year Constable, 1 year Dog Warden, 1 year Town Grand Juror, 1 year Town Agent, 1 year Water Commissioner, 3 year ARTICLE 4: Shall the Town vote to appropriate the following sums which shall be raised by taxes, to be placed in the Town Reserve Fund accounts as noted: Reserve Fund Amount Highway Capital Equipment Fund $20,000 Highway Capital Project Fund $20,000 Tire Fund $2,000 Town Hall Restoration Fund $15,000 Reappraisal Fund $2,000 Technology Fund $2,000 Total $61,000 ARTICLE 5: Shall the voters authorize the transfer of $40,000 from the June 30, 2017 undesignated fund balance of the General Fund to the Highway Capital Equipment Fund for the purpose of purchasing a 2018 Mack truck with Tenco plow, wing, and body? ARTICLE 6: Shall the Town vote to adopt the proposed 2018-2019 fiscal year General Fund Operating Budget in the amount of $686,103 of which $520,170 shall be raised by taxes and $165,933 by non-tax revenue? ARTICLE 7: Shall the voters authorize the Panton Selectboard to borrow, through debt instruments other than bonds, not to exceed $25,000 to be financed over a period not to exceed five years, for the purpose of purchasing a 2018 Mack truck with Tenco plow, wing, and body pursuant 24 V.S.A. §1786a? ARTICLE 8: Shall the voters authorize from the June 30, 2017 undesignated fund balance of the General Fund a transfer of $100,000 to the Town Hall Restoration Fund for the purpose of replacing the existing Americans with Disabilities handicapped-accessible ramp and to renovate the two bathrooms in town hall to be handicapped accessible with any unexpended project funds transferred to the Town Hall? ARTICLE 9: Shall the voters authorize the Panton Selectboard to borrow, through debt instruments other than bonds, an amount not to exceed $100,000 for the purpose of replacing the cupola on the town hall with a new one, pursuant 24 V.S.A. §1786a? ARTICLE 10: Shall the Town vote to give $800 to Addison County Home Health and Hospice from the Town funds? ARTICLE 11: Shall the Town vote to give $800 to Addison County Parent/Child Center from Town funds? ARTICLE 12: Shall the Town vote to give $691 to Addison County Transit Resources from Town funds? ARTICLE 13: Shall the Town vote to give $210 to Addison County Restorative Justice Services, Inc. from Town funds? ARTICLE 14: Shall the Town vote to give $650 Age Well (Champlain Valley Agency on Aging – CVAA) from Town funds? ARTICLE 15: Shall the Town vote to give $1,000 to Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes from Town funds? ARTICLE 16: Shall the Town vote to give $500 to Counseling Service of Addison County from Town funds? ARTICLE 17: Shall the Town vote to give $850 to Elderly Services, Inc. from Town funds? ARTICLE 18: Shall the Town vote to give $500 to Homeward Bound Animal Welfare Center (Addison County Humane Society) from Town funds? ARTICLE 19: Shall the Town vote to give $500 to HOPE (Addison County Community Action Group (ACCAG) from Town funds? ARTICLE 20: Shall the Town vote to give $300 to Hospice Volunteer Services from Town funds? ARTICLE 21: Shall the Town vote to give $450 John Graham Shelter from Town funds? ARTICLE 22: Shall the Town vote to give $500 to Open Door Clinic (Community Health Services of Addison County) from Town funds? ARTICLE 23: Shall the Town vote to give $350 to the RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) from Town funds? ARTICLE 24: Shall the Town vote to give $600 to Womensafe from Town funds? ARTICLE 25: To transact any other non-binding business. ARTICLE 25A: Shall the Town vote to restore the carriage house or remove it? ARTICLE 25B: Shall the Town vote to restore the school house or remove it? Dated at Panton, County of Addison and State of Vermont, this 23rd day of January, 2018. Town of Panton Selectboard Howard Hall, Chair Zachary Weaver, Vice Chair Teresa Smith Attest: Pam Correia, Town Clerk 2/22

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Town of Middlebury (Owner) 77 Main St., Middlebury, VT 05753 Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of: Charles Avenue Improvements Project will be received by The Town of Middlebury, Public Works Department at: 77 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 until 1:00 pm (prevailing local time) on Friday, March 23, 2018 if mailing, or to the Public Works Department at 1020 South Route 7 if hand delivering, and then at Middlebury Public Works Dept. publicly opened and read aloud. Each BID must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the OWNER for five percent (5%) of the total amount of the BID. A BID bond may be used in lieu of a certified check. The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations: Green Mountain Engineering, Inc., 1438 South Brownell Road, Williston, VT 05495 Town of Middlebury, Public Works Offices, 1020 South Rt. 7, Middlebury, VT 05753 Works in Progress, 20 Farrell Street, Suite 103, South Burlington, VT 05403 Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of Green Mountain Engineering, Inc., located at 1438 South Brownell Road, Williston, VT 05495 upon payment of $120.00 for each set. A Performance BOND and a Payment BOND each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, will be required. Federal minimum wage rates and public work employment laws are applicable. Any BIDDER, upon returning the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS within 30 days after the actual date of BID opening and in good condition, will be refunded the payment, and any non-bidder upon so returning the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS will be refunded $60.00. A pre-bid conference for prospective bidders will be held at the Municipal Office Building, located at 77 Main Street in Middlebury, at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 . Representatives of Green Mountain Engineering and the Town of Middlebury will be present to answer questions from bidders and discuss participation requirements. February 13, 2018 Town Manager 2/19

224 enjoy fishing in Dunmore Derby SALISBURY — Results from the 2018 Lake Dunmore ice fishing Derby are in. The Derby, which was held Feb. 10 and 11 and is organized by the Kampersville Store, drew plenty of entries — 197 adult and 27 youth. Prizes were awarded as follows: Adult Bass: 1st Place – Ethan Dragon (3.76 lbs.) $500, 2nd place –Chris Lafountain (3.68 lbs.) $300, 3rd place Dan Drinkwine (3.32 lbs.) $200. Adult Salmon: 1st place – Scott Miller (2.94 lbs.) $500, 2nd place Lisa Wall (1.89 lbs.) $300, 3rd place Rob Gearwor (1.16 lbs.) $200. Adult Pike: 1st place – Cullen

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Hathaway (10.29 lbs.) $500, 2nd place – Greg Whtiney (8.12 lbs.) $300, 3rd place Nicole Racine (7.48 lbs.) $200. Adult Trout: 1st place – John Fitzgerald (7.26 lbs.) $500, 2nd place – Joey Gearwor (7.21 lbs.) $300, 3rd place – Brooke Zeno (6.88 lbs.) $200. Other Catergory: Largest Other Fish – Mark Aube, catfish (7.37 lbs.) $50.00 Youth Categories: Largest Pike – Taylor Tanner (7.67 lbs.) $75, Largest Bass – Luke Nuceder (2.46 lbs.) $75, Largest Trout – Reese Fitzgerald (4.77 lbs.) $75, Largest Salmon – No entries, Largest Perch WINNERS IN THIS year’s Lake Dunmore Ice Fishing Derby were on display outside Kampersville Store. – Ben Parker (.95 lbs.) $75.

There is nothing quite like wood heat By LAURIE D. MORRISSEY At about 9:00 on an overcast November Saturday, a group gathered at the edge of the Hopkinton/ Webster Transfer Station (hereafter referred to as the dump, since that’s its real name and will never change). They sipped coffee, pulled on gloves, and adjusted ear protectors. Then they started to work. There were loggers, tree care experts, high school students, police officers, doctors, farmers, and lawyers. There were whole families, a guy on crutches, a few dogs, a legislator or two. (This is New Hampshire, after all.) By day’s end, they had cut and stacked more than 21 cords of firewood, and delivered most of it to the homes of their neighbors. What was left would be available throughout the winter to anyone with an unexpected need for fuel and a way to burn it. The funny thing is, lots of the people who volunteer their labor have their own wood to get in — cords of it. It’s a challenge finding the time and energy to cut wood for someone else. Some of the volunteers handle wood for a living, and might like to forget about it on Saturday. But people want to do this. Those who pitch in want to help others in town, even if they haven’t met them. It feels like the right thing to do — and who knows, they might need help themselves someday. I think it goes deeper, though. People around here understand wood heat. It has advantages that oil and electric heat don’t have. Not to romanticize — heating with wood is hard and messy. But wood heat is more than just heat. I’ve sometimes thought that my children came home for winter weekends and holidays so they could sit near the wood stove, doze on the couch next to it, or back up to it and warm their buns. At least, I strongly suspect it’s one of the key ingredients of what they think of as home. Cats, of course, are the ultimate wood heat appreciators. My cat lies near the hearth all winter as though dead. Wood heat penetrates your bones, connects you to the hearth and what’s deep under it. Wood heat contains contentment as well as calories. When guests are coming, we light fires in our wood stoves and fireplaces, even if it’s not quite chilly enough to need them. My connection with firewood goes back a long way. My brother and I sold trunk loads of split hardwood to campers at the state park where we grew up. The wood came from trees that were cut down over the winter. Our father, the ranger, taught us the art of splitting, and we took in $2 per load. (We also sold bait to the

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fishermen.) Later, as a member of the University of New Hampshire Woodsmen’s Team, my favorite event was dot splitting (a timed event in which you try to split a log into four full-length pieces, each with a bit of the red circle painted in the center.) I also liked sawing. My partner and I competed in not only college meets but also the Deerfield Fair, where we took fourth in the two-man crosscut sawing competition (three cuts through a green 10x10 pine cant). The fifth place team, with the names of Harvey and Doug, wasn’t too pleased to be outsawn by a Laurie and a Cathie. When my husband and I lived in Maine with our two babies, we installed a small Atlantic box stove

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in the living room and a wood furnace in the basement. We were in our Mother Earth phase — never ordered a load of split wood. We have the scars to prove it. That stove went into storage in our basement when we moved to New Hampshire and got a lovely blue enameled Vermont Castings, followed by our side-loading Jotul. The Jotul is super efficient. But the other feature that makes me love it is its arched glass window. When clean, it’s like an ad for a ski area condo. Even when it’s clouded with carbon and fly ash, its orange glow makes me feel content. I like splitting, moving, and stacking wood, although I realize how fortunate I am to have other options — namely, nudging the thermostat up and sending a check to the oil delivery company. One of these days, I imagine, I’ll say the heck with

it, and that’ll be the end of splitting, carrying, loading, stacking, sweeping up wood dust, and dumping ash. Not just yet, though. Our old Atlantic is in our daughter’s home now, warming her little ones. Whenever my granddaughter passes the stove, summer or winter, she holds out her hand and says, “hot,” as though it’s the name of the object. It’s the first lesson of a woodburning life. I expect it will be the first of many. Laurie D. Morrissey is a writer in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine: northernwoodlands.org, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org.

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MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for February 15 & February 19 BEEF Westminster Farm Conants Riverside Clifford Farm Vorsteveld Champlainside Farm T. Correia Blue Spruce Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 1110 .64 710.40 1470 .63 926.10 1840 .62 1,140.80 1680 .61 1,024.80 1270 .605 768.35 1465 .60 879.00 1200 .60 720.00

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Lbs. 98 98 93 97 99

Costs per lb 1.20 1.10 1.10 1.05 1.00

Dollars 117.60 107.80 102.30 101.85 99.00

Total # Beef: 316 • Total # Calves: 326 We value our faithful customers. Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs. For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

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Snow goose season begins March 11

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THE SETH WARNER — RHODA FARRAND Chapter of the DAR held its 4th annual lunch for local Vietnam era veterans on Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Vergennes American Legion. The chapter is a Commemorative Partner with the USA Vietnam War Commemoration Committee. The goal of the committee is to thank and honor those who served during the Vietnam era (Nov. 1, 1955–May 15, 1975). Everyone who served during this period is eligible to receive a Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin. Four additional pins are distributed by Commemorative Partners: The Former, Living American Military POW; the Unaccounted For; the In Memory of; and the Deceased Vietnam Veteran’s Surviving Spouse pin. Two surviving spouses received a lapel pin at this year’s ceremony. If anyone would like to be added to the DAR’s invitation list or if they wish to receive their lapel pin, please contact Joy at johnstrongmansion@gmail.com.

Monkton MONKTON — Activities at the Russell Memorial Library for this school vacation week will be on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 3-5 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Craft tables will be set up both days for children of all ages to enjoy two different projects. One project will include several different bird feeder designs. The second craft project is called “beads are baaack” in which a child can use some great materials to create bracelets, bookmarks and more. Don’t miss these fun ‘make and take’ craft days. Also on Saturday, Feb. 24, “Saturday Stories” returns with a program on dinosaurs. There will be stories, songs and simple crafts about those intriguing prehistoric animals. For any more information about any of these exciting days, call 453-4471. Mark your calendars to stop in and join the librarians for an interesting few hours any day. Did you know that you can get museum passes at the library? You

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can borrow a pass to Echo or the Shelburne Museum for substantial discounts to families. Check it out while you are there for craft days or call. Registered voters will be receiving their 2017 Town Report in the mail the week of Feb. 19. If you do not get one in the mail, there will be some on hand at the Town Clerk’s office. Remember that Town Meeting (March 3 this year) now falls on the Saturday before the first Tuesday of March. This is the day that town monies are approved for spending and several articles are passed or vetoed. Town meeting starts at 10 a.m. and continues until all articles are gone through, usually with a break for lunch. There will be a meeting about the school unification plan before Town Meeting, beginning at 9 a.m. On March 6, polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Monkton Volunteer Fire Dept. to elect Town officials, vote on the school budgets and the Amendments

to the Unified Planning Document by Australian Ballot. Your vote is your voice. On Feb. 24, at the recycling center, the Boy Scouts will be handing out paper bags for people to fill with food for the food shelf. You can bring the filled bag back to the recycling center on March 10 and the scouts will be there to collect it from you. Thank you in advance for your support. Watch for more information about the Erik Davis Memorial Dinner on March 10. This year there will be a change of menu that will feature chicken and biscuits, with take-outs available. The present auditors would like to peak your interest in becoming a town Auditor. Another position that’s new this year is for a part time assistant Zoning Administrator. If you think you would be interested, please contact the town hall (4533800) to arrange a meeting. Have a news tip? Call Liz Pecor at 453-2180.

VERMONT — Vermont’s spring until one half hour after sunset. snow goose hunt will be held from A 2018 Spring Snow Goose March 11 through April 27. Harvest Permit is required and is Since 2009, the U.S. Fish and available at no charge on the Vermont Wildlife Service has annually issued Fish & Wildlife Department’s a “Conservation Order” to allow website, vtfishandwildlife.com, the reduction of the population of under “Hunt-Waterfowl-Spring migrating greater and lesser snow Snow Goose Hunt.” Hunters may geese as well as Ross’ also call the Essex geese. The numbers Junction Office at of these geese have “The breeding 802-878-1564 to grown so high that population of request a permit. they are destroying greater snow Hunters will habitat for themselves also need a 2018 geese has and other species. Vermont hunting Eight states in grown from license (residents the Atlantic Flyway approximately $26, nonresident (Delaware, Maryland, 50,000 birds in small game $50), New Jersey, New a 2018 Harvest York, North Carolina, the mid-1960s Information Program P e n n s y l v a n i a , to 747,000 (HIP) number, a 2017 Virginia, and Vermont) birds today.” federal migratory will hold a similar hunting stamp ($25), — David Sausville, Spring Snow Goose and a 2018 Vermont Vermont’s waterfowl Conservation Order in migratory waterfowl project biologist 2018. stamp ($7.50). The Vermont 2018 Hunters can register Spring Snow Goose Conservation with the Harvest Information Order will occur statewide. The Program by going to the Vermont daily bag limit is 15 snow geese, Fish & Wildlife Department and there is no possession limit. website or by calling toll free 877Waterfowl hunting regulations in 306-7091. effect last fall will apply during Hunters who obtain a permit will the 2018 Spring Snow Goose be required to complete an online Conservation Order with the survey after April 27 and prior to exception that unplugged shotguns May 16, 2018, whether they hunted and electronic calls may be used, or not. Hunters without access to and shooting hours will be extended the internet may obtain a copy of

Salisbury SALISBURY — Ballots for the Town Meeting Day election are now available for early or absentee voting. To vote early, stop in to the town office during office hours and request a ballot. The last day to vote early is Thursday, March 1, as the office will not be op again until the day of the election, Tuesday, March 6. To vote by absentee ballot you may stop by the office or call to have one mailed to you. You can request to vote by absentee ballot in a single election or all elections in a calendar year. You must request to vote by absentee ballot annually. You may also request your ballot through “My Voter Page” by going to https://mvp.sec.state.vt.us. While you may register to vote on

the survey by calling 802-8781564. “The breeding population of greater snow geese has grown from approximately 50,000 birds in the mid-1960s to 747,000 birds today,” said David Sausville, Vermont’s waterfowl project biologist. “This increase has resulted in damage to agricultural crops and marsh vegetation in staging and wintering areas from Quebec to North Carolina. The Atlantic Flyway has established a goal of 500,000 greater snow geese to bring populations in balance with their habitat and reduce crop depredation.” During spring migration, snow geese typically move through the Champlain Valley in late March and early April. They usually pass through Vermont fairly quickly en route to their spring staging areas along the St. Lawrence River Valley. They remain there for about a month before moving on to their nesting areas in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. Since 1986, waterfowl hunters have raised $4.4 million for conservation projects in Vermont through their purchases of Vermont duck stamps, prints and resulting interest earned on the funds. To date, 92 wetland projects totaling 12,000 acres have been conserved, acquired, or enhanced for wildlife and the citizens of Vermont.

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Election Day the town clerk would appreciate your registering early to keep the polls running smoothly. To find out if you are registered to vote look the current check list posted at the Salisbury Post Office bulletin board or call the town office at 3524228. The Salisbury Town Report is now available online. Look under the “Documents” tab at www. townofSalisbury.org. Salisbury Town Meeting is Saturday, March 3, at the community school. The meeting starts promptly at 3 p.m., citizens are encouraged to come at 2:30 p.m. to view displays and raffle items. Following the meeting there will be a pot luck supper; bring your favorite dish

to share. Voting by ballot will take place on Town Meeting Day, Tuesday March 6, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., at the town office. This is vacation week for ACSU students. Last week the students participated in the Walk to School Day. Students were dropped off at either end of Kelly Cross Road where they were met by teachers and staff to walk to the school. The school has joined a program called EarlyAct in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Middlebury. This action club, which includes everyone at the school, is charged with creating three projects that make a difference in the school, the community and the world.

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February 22, 2018

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The newly organized Middlebury Community Classic Film Club will show “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” as the first movie in a free series this Friday afternoon at the Ilsley Library.

New classic film club reels in community fans

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ut with the old and in with the new — that’s an old adage that many of us know to be… uh, well, just plain wrong. So many things are better with age; think of a fine cheese, a vintage bottle of wine, how about grandparents…? You get the idea.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

A new club in Middlebury wants to add classic films to that list of oldies but goodies. “One day I was thinking of ‘All my Sons’ — a play by Arthur Miller that he wrote before ‘Death of a Salesman,’” said Steve Gross, founder of the Middlebury Community Classic

Film Club. “I would have loved to see that on film, but it was made in the ’40s before I was born. I got to thinking, we’re going to lose these great cultural treasures if we don’t do something about it.”

the state of our world’s politics, we seem to be at a heightened time for such thoughts,” Gross wrote in a press release about the film club. “This series includes classics about politics in the U.S., Sweden and Indonesia.”

And that’s how the new film club was born.

“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” features James Stewart and Jean Arthur. “This is one of Frank Capra’s greatest films, and its theme of youthful idealism battling entrenched corruption at the highest levels of our government is as relevant today as it was when the film was released in 1939,” Gross said.

This Friday, Feb. 23, the new club screens its first film, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” It kicks off a series of four films that will be shown monthly, from 3-5:30 p.m., in the Community Room of the Ilsley Library. They are free and open to all. The theme of this winter/spring series is “Politics, Politics, Politics!” “While it is almost always a time to reflect on

The series continues on March 23 with “Queen Christina” (1933), followed by “The Year of Living Dangerously” (1982) and a final film in May to be determined. SEE FILMS ON PAGE 3

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ART ‘Never Felt Better’ exhibit on view in Little City FIBER ART EXHIBIT SHOWCASES WORK BY NINE ARTISTS AT CREATIVE SPACE GALLERY IN VERGENNES

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xplore the creative potential of the world’s earliest textile technique at Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes this week. “Never Felt Better,” a special exhibition featuring work by member artists Deb Allen and Marsha Chase (of Panton), and guest artists Kathy Giroux, Kim Goodling, Nancy Hayden, Muffy Kashkin-Grolier (of Orwell), Lynn Ocone, Susi Ryan and Linda Veilleux, opens on Friday, Feb. 23.

Details of a felt hat and jacket by Linda Veilleux, left, and a closeup of a handbag made by Marsha Chase.

Cost: $35 for adults and $25 for kids. There will be two workshops in tandem with this exhibit. Wet felting with Nancy Hayden, an artist, writer and organic farmer from Jeffersonville, will take place on March 3 at the Creative Space Gallery. There will be a morning session for adults only and an afternoon session for adults and kids. The three hour workshops will cover the basics of wet felting.

The second workshop, 3-D needle felting with Susi Ryan, will be held on March 10 at the Vergennes gallery. Ryan lives in Essex Junction where she uses local wool to create fantastical figures, masks, shawls, slippers and hats. She will also hold two sessions: one for adults only and one for kids and adults. Cost and times TBD.

Stop by the gallery this Friday, for an opening reception, with free wine tasting courtesy of Vergennes Wine, from 5-8 p.m., and learn more about the art of felting. The exhibit is on view through April 8. To find out more information on the workshops and to pre-register, email info@ creativespacegallery.org.

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Even before spinning and weaving, people from the Bronze Age discovered that fibers such as wool and other animal hair could be compacted and pressed into fabric. Contemporary fiber artists continue to expand the possibilities of this versatile medium, using a variety of natural and synthetic fibers to create supple, beautiful fabrics for clothing and decorative pieces.

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Chris Kirby, who’s been CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 director of adult services and technology at the Ilsley since 2006, is enthusiastic about the film series coming to the library. “I think this is the first time we’ve attempted to partner with others to screen films on a regular basis,” Kirby said. “We’re very excited about this. Film screenings such as these support our mission to serve as a space for community discussion and cultural enrichment.”

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As partners with the local library, the Middlebury Community Classic Film Club can draw on the library’s collection of 10,000 films in 40 different languages. Most of these films are contemporary, Kirby said, but they do have films from the 1930s on. About 95 percent of the films are on DVD and the remainder are Blu-ray. The collection is growing too; each year the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival donates films to the Ilsley’s collection. “I couldn’t have done it without Chris Kirby and the library,” said Gross, who has lived in Middlebury since 1987. “I had the idea, but that’s nothing without the permissions and facilities to show the films… I am so thankful to live in such a supportive community.” With the official launch of the new club just around the corner, Gross has a lot of aspirations. “Hopefully our audience will be intergenerational,” voiced Gross, a longtime educator with background as a high school social studies teacher, the Curriculum and Staff Development Director for the Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union, Chief of Curriculum and Instruction for the State of Vermont, Associate Professor of Education at Trinity College of Vermont, and Professor of Educational Administration at Temple University in Philadelphia. Oh, and just to keep things interesting, he holds his master’s in modern Chinese history, a doctorate in Educational Leadership and studied Mandarin in Hong Kong. The worry is that classic films might easily become forgotten relics of the past. By taking action and forming this club, Gross hopes that “younger generations will at least know about these classic films as part of our culture.” Another goal of Gross and the film club is to generate discussion. He hopes to have an open conversation after each screening; and starting in March a pre-screening talk. “These movies could be vehicles for real discussion,” said Gross, who is now in his first year of retirement. “Sure, I have more time on my hands, but it’s more time to keep on acting

“THESE MOVIES COULD BE VEHICLES FOR REAL DISCUSSION... MY ROLE IS TO HELP FACILITATE A STRUCTURE THAT WILL ALLOW VIEWERS TO GET MORE OUT OF THE FILMS.” — Steve Gross

on things that I value. I’m still an educator; that’s a lifelong commitment.” But don’t worry, Gross won’t be assigning homework and there will be no mid-terms. “My role is to help facilitate a structure that will allow viewers to get more out of the films,” he said. “It’s a new thing and we’re hoping to get as many people involved as we can.” If you’re one who only watches new releases it’s time to branch out. These classic films just might surprise you. “The surprise will be how many connections we will make from a different era to today, and how that might help us understand our current situation differently,” Gross explained. “But the biggest surprise of all is that this discovery will be a lot of fun.”

line-up Friday, Feb. 23 “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939) Friday, March 23 “Queen Christina” (1933) Friday, April 27 “The Year of Living Dangerously” (1982) May date and film TBD All films will be screened in the Community Room at the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury. Free and open to all.

Steve Gross is spearheading the Middlebury Community Classic Film Club. This new group will screen its first film, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washingon,” on Friday, Feb. 23, at the Ilsley Library, 3-5:30 p.m.

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IN TOWN Crowd favorite Sophie Shao returns for 10th season NEW ENSEMBLE OF FRIENDS WILL PERFORM PIANO QUINTETS BY DVOŘÁK AND BRIDGE AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

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raised by World News for her “sensitive, stylistic playing, with great finesse, emotion, and gorgeous tone,” cellist Sophie Shao — a perennial Middlebury favorite — has surrounded herself with some of the most talented artists in music. She returns for her 10th consecutive season on the Middlebury Performing Arts Series with an exciting new ensemble of friends, performing works by Haydn, Bridge and Dvořák at the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Wednesday, Feb. 28.

in 1855 that was once owned by Pablo Casals. The concert on Feb. 28 is part of the Nelson Chamber Music Series with support from PASS members

Marny and Rob Lichtenstein. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Mahaney Center for the Arts’ Robison Hall. Tickets are $30 for adults; $25 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni; $10 for youth 18 and under; and $6 for Middlebury College students, and are on sale at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

“Sophie Shao and her seemingly endless collective of talented friends have refined the collaborative and impromptu chamber music concert into an exhilarating art form,” Series Director Allison Coyne Carroll said. Shao, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions, is a versatile and passionate artist. A native of Houston, Texas, Shao began playing the cello at age six. At age 13 she enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and upon graduation went on to earn a B.A. in Religious Studies from Yale College and an M.M. from the Yale School of Music. She is on the faculty of Vassar College and the Bard College Conservatory of Music, and she will join the faculty of Mason-Gross Rutgers in Fall 2018. She plays on a cello made by Honore Derazey

New album just released! 13 songs, featuring Earle Provin, Milo Stanley, Mike Connor, Mike Boise and Gregg Humphrey. Available exclusively at The Vermont Book Shop.

Sophie Shao will perform for the 10th consecutive season at the Mahaney Center for the Arts in Middlebury on Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. PHOTO / NEDA NAVAEE

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IN TOWN Formosa Quartet brings folk and Taiwanese music to Middlebury

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Formed in 2002, the Formosa Quartet is deeply committed to championing Taiwanese music and promoting the arts in the land of its heritage, as well as exploring diverse and adventurous mediums for string quartet including a number of commissions.

This series shares the bold, clever work of some of the most dynamic young writers to hit the New York scene in the last five to 10 years. Each play enjoyed a successful run in a boundary-pushing Off-Broadway theater and each play speaks to our contemporary moment.

Capital City Concerts presents “Formosa Folk” on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury.

Tickets to Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. show are $15$25. For more information or to reserve tickets online visit capitalcityconcerts.org.

one two three THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK COMMUNITY POETRY Poetry lovers are invited to Art on Main in Bristol for a community reading FRIDAY 23 FEB.

on Friday, Feb. 23, 6:30-8 p.m. Part of the gallery’s Written Word Out Loud series. All are welcome to bring and read or recite their favorite published poem. For more info call (802) 453-4032 or visit artonmain.net.

CELEBRATE THE FIRST WINTERFEST New this year, the Better Middlebury Partnership will SATURDAY 24 FEB.

host WinterFest at Middlebury Rec Park on Feb. 24, 12-6 p.m. The day will include a bunch of outdoor activities and scheduled events. The evening concludes with a downtown Pub Crawl for those 21 and older. Tickets are $5. Children 5 and under are free. Visit experiencemiddlebury.com for details.

HORSE TRADERS GIG IN TOWN The Horse Traders will play at Middlebury’s Rough Cut on WEDNESDAY 28 FEB.

STAGED READING SERIES PRESENTS A HOT NEW PLAY Sick of the cold this winter? Well Middlebury Actors Workshop has a staged reading that’s sure to heat things up. On Sunday, Feb. 25, MAW presents “Sex with Strangers” by Laura Eason, the third in the Cutting Edge series of four staged readings.

fter an enthralling performance of Ligeti’s Quartet #1 String Metamorphoses Nocturnes last season on Capital City Concerts, the Formosa Quartet returns to Middlebury to perform a folk-influenced program. This Saturday, Feb. 24, the quartet will perform Dana Wilson’s Hungarian Folk Songs, Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz, Dvorak’s American Quartet, Wei-Chieh Lin’s Spring Breeze from Five Taiwanese Folk Songs and Alberto Ginastera’s Impressiones de la Puna with flutist Karen Kevra (the quartet’s artistic director and resident of Cornwall). The Middlebury Community Music Center is sponsoring the quartet in a workshop earlier on Saturday, at 4 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. In addition to a short performance by the Formosa Quartet, the musicians will work with workshop participants to prepare a fiddle tune for the evening concert. Participants will receive a complimentary ticket to the evening performance. For more information email Sadie Brightman at director@mcmcvt.org.

‘Sex with Strangers’

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 7-10 p.m. This Weybridge-based band covers a wide range of music from modern pop and oldies to classic rock, soul and country. Members include Deb Brisson (vocals), Rick Marshall (guitar), Jon Rooney (vocals and guitar), Pete Ryan (bass) and John Wallace (drums). Come out for night of country. Free.

When youngish prodigy sex blogger Ethan tracks down his idol, the gifted but unsung 40-ish novelist Olivia, he finds they each crave what the other has. As attraction turns to sex and they inch closer to getting what they want, both confront the dark side of ambition and the trouble of reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away. The playwright explores the question of Internet technology versus oldschool paper books. She questions the tensions within and between writers as they cope with feeling under appreciated versus overhyped. The characters explore a range of feelings about success and failure and how that under and over inflates our sense of self-worth. Arresting, involving and shrewdly self-aware, the play veers into cynical territory by exploring the barriers to entry that foster gender inequality in the arts. The local cast includes Karen Lefkoe and Benjamin Wiggins; Frankie Dunleavy reads stage directions and Rebecca Strum directs the reading. Yes, this play has adult language. Plan accordingly. The reading begins at 4 p.m. in the Byers Studio (downstairs at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater). Suggested donation: $10.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB WALK OR SNOWSHOE IN SHELBURNE. Saturday, Feb. 24, Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd. Walk or snowshoe the Farm Trail, approx. 4.5 miles from the Welcome Center. Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, a snack and hiking poles if desired. Email or call Ruth Penfield for meeting time and place at 802388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail.com. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. SNOWSHOE/HIKE IN STARKSBORO. Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m.-noon, Common Ground Center, 473 Tatro Rd. Vermont Clean Water Network will host a morning of snowshoeing or hiking around the headwaters of Lewis Creek. Learn from a naturalist about special land and aquatic features in a winter landscape. Reflect on sacred interpretations of headwaters as they begin their journey to Lake Champlain. Snowshoes, fun activities, snacks and warm beverages provided.

ARTS ART OPENING IN VERGENNES. Friday, Feb. 23, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. In “Never Felt Better: Fiber Transformed,” explore the creative potential of the world’s earliest textile in a special exhibition featuring work by gallery member and guest artists. Contemporary fiber artists continue the Bronze Age tradition of transforming wool and other animal hair into fabric. On view through April 8.

BOOKS SUE HALPERN IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m., Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Sue Halpern will read from, discuss and sign her new novel, “Summer Hours at the Robbers Library,” a wry, observant look at contemporary life and its refugees.

FILM “LOOK AND SEE” ON SCREEN IN FERRISBURGH. Thursday, Feb. 22, 7-8:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Offices, 3279 Route 7. Join the Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission and Shelburne Farms for a cinematic portrait by filmmaker Laura Dunn of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture,

as seen through the mind’s eye of writer, farmer, and activist, Wendell Berry. More info at lookandseefilm.com or cirillo.jec@gmail.com.

“MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Feb. 23, 3-5:30 p.m., Community Room. Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Community Classic Film Club presents this timely Jimmy Stewart film. All are welcome. A discussion will follow the film.

JUST FOR FUN WINTERFEST IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 24, noon-6 p.m., Middlebury Recreational Park and downtown restaurants. The Better Middlebury Partnership hosts this afternoon of all things winter — snow sculpture contest, entertainment, relay races, local food vendors, free skating, Fat bike demos, Hot cocoa and cookies, Bonfire and s’mores, and much more. Tickets $5, Children 5 and under free. STORYMATTERS IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, Feb. 26, 4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Join this monthly storytelling gathering. This month’s theme is “Emotions of February.” Enjoy listening and sharing a story if the spirit moves you. And stay warm. COURAGEOUS STAGE CARNIVAL IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, March 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 South Pleasant St. A familyfriendly launch party celebrating Courageous Stage, a new, innovative education organization affiliated with Town Hall Theater. Music by Clint Bierman of the Grift, carnival entertainment, creative games, fire tricks, balloon swords, cotton candy and ice cream, millions of Mardi-Gras beads, a bar and many more surprises. Don’t worry about dinner — there will be tacos. More info contact Lisa Mitchell at 802-388-6124 or lisa@ middunderground.org. GAME DAY IN BRISTOL. Saturday, March 3, 2:3011:30 p.m., Bristol Fire Station, West St. Have fun and play games of all sorts — board games, Euro games, card games, social deduction games and more. All ages welcome. Bring a favorite game with or stop in to play what’s there. Space limited to 50 people at a time. Parking behind station in designated spots only or along Firehouse Drive. Snacks and drinks will be provided or bring your own. CARNEVALE VERGENNES “BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE” IN VERGENNES. Saturday, March 3, 7:30

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p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. An annual fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, The Vergennes Partnership and the Vergennes Opera House. Great Music, unusual acts, interesting prizes, food, cash bar and dancing, with or without Carnevale costumes. Ticket info TBA.

MUSIC LYNNETTE COMBS PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Feb. 22, 12:15-12:45 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. St. Stephen’s 7th Annual noonday recital series presents Combs, organist of Christ Church Montpelier, who will perform “800 Years of Organ Music in 30 Minutes.” Free. FORMOSA FOLK ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. The Formosa Quartet returns to Middlebury to perform a folk-influenced program, including Dana Wilson’s Hungarian Folk Songs, Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz, and Dvorak’s American Quartet. Tickets $16$26. More info at capitalcityconcerts.org. THE CHRISTINE MALCOLM BAND IN BRANDON. Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Come hear Malcolm’s Vermont blend of rich original country, folk and blues with a high note of rock. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@ brandon-music.net. PAUL ASBELL IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come listen and understand why David Bromberg said this about Paul’s playing ... “I’ve been a fan of Paul’s guitar playing for quite a few years- I think he’s one of the best-kept secrets in American music today!” Free, open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities. Part of The Residence’s Sunday Music series. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@ residenceottercreek.com. CONCERT FUNDRAISER IN CORNWALL. Sunday Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30. Traditional music and step dancing, featuring the Bolton/Munkres family band and members of Young Tradition Vermont Touring Group. Admission is freewill donation. All proceeds benefit Young Tradition Vermont. More info at 802-462-3722. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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SOPHIE SHAO AND FRIENDS PERFORM IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Cellist Shao, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions, is a versatile and passionate artist whose performances the New York Times called “eloquent, powerful.” Tickets $30 adults/$25 Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni/$10 youth 18 and under (NEW youth ticket price!)/$6 Middlebury College students, on sale at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets. THE ADDISON STRING QUARTET PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, March 1, Start Time: 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. The quartet, directed by Emily Sunderman will play as part of St. Stephen’s 7th annual noonday recital series. With Gareth Courdery, pianist, performing Gustav Mahler’s piano quintet. Also on the program is a Bach sonata for unaccompanied violin. Free. YANN FALQUET AND PASCAL GEMME IN RIPTON. Saturday, March 3, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Rte. 125. From Montréal street buskers to globally recognized musicians, Falquet and Gemme present an intimate show based on the close musical bond forged by years of touring together. Tickets $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m. More artist info at rcch.org. Open mic sign up call 802-388-9782.

PLANTS “CULTIVATING AN ARBORIST’S EYE — UNDERSTANDING AND CARING FOR TREES” IN NEW HAVEN. Thursday, Feb. 22, 7-8:15 p.m., New Haven Town Office, North St. Join local arborist Adam Becker to discuss all things, learn proper techniques to use when choosing, planting, pruning and removing trees of your own, and help plan future community tree-related activities, including New Haven’s first annual town-wide tree contest.

POETRY POETRY OUT LOUD IN BRISTOL. Friday, Feb. 23, 6:30-8 p.m., Art on Main, 25 Main St. Calling all poetry lovers. Come to the gallery for a community reading. Bring and read or recite a favorite published poem — from Pablo Neruda to Mary Oliver to the classics like Robert Frost and William Butler Yeats and on to poets many of us may never have heard. A fun and very informal affair so no pressure about presentation.

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SKATING “FORCE OF NATURE” ICE-SKATING SHOW IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Rte. 30. Middlebury College Figure Skating Club’s annual Ice Show features skaters of all ages and abilities, including nationally competitive guest skaters, in a fun and music-filled event. Tickets $6 available at the door or in advance at the College box office. Concessions will be available. Kenyon Arena is fully accessible.

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First and foremost, native plants are extremely beneficial for the wider environment. In addition, since they are adapted to our climate, they should be easy to grow. And finally they help us create gardens with that elusive feeling of “belonging” in the wider landscape.

BY JUDITH IRVEN

But a little thought tells us that casually introducing a profusion of wild plants into the garden is not necessarily that straightforward. For instance, since most native plants are tough enough to endure competition in the wild, some species may be too aggressive for most gardeners. Conversely some species only grow in very unique habitats (such as on limestone bluffs) and are unlikely to survive in a garden that cannot replicate their special environments. Finally, it takes knowledge

and skill to harmoniously integrate wild flowers among more highly bred companions. But there are hundreds of native plants that will work beautifully in our gardens. To help us get to know which ones to grow and how to grow them, two great new books describing the best native plants for our gardens have just arrived on the scene. Both books are incredibly informative and beautifully illustrated. They will help you right now as you plan your garden for the coming year; and they would also make great additions to your long-term collection of reference books. Let’s look at each in turn:

‘NATIVE PLANTS FOR NEW ENGLAND GARDENS’ BY MARK RICHARDSON AND DAN JAFFE Both authors have worked for decades at The New England Wildflower Society’s legendary Garden in the Woods — a twomile botanical garden in Framingham, Mass. — thus accumulating a wealth of practical experience on growing native plants to their best advantage in a garden

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They also offer use specific conditions boggy or dry; and f attract pollinators, for fall color or wint

setting. This book has four sections, all describing plants that will continue over many seasons: 1. Herbaceous perennials that produce colorful flowers each season and then die back to the ground in winter.

4. And finally a small group of vines and other climbing plants. As the title indicates, this book covers plants that grow naturally at least somewhere in New England, which includes areas where the winters may be quite a bit warmer than those we experience in Vermont. Much of Vermont is rated as Zone 4 (meaning that, once

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the authors have years of horticultural experience, one as a public garden manager and the other as a landscape architect. They too have drawn on their combined practical knowledge to select just those native woody plants that will work well in a garden setting.

photographs showing the plant during different seasons, as well as two invaluable charts: •

A drawing showing the plant’s height and shape at maturity alongside a human figure for comparison.

Woody plants are the permanent members of our gardens — providing year-round beauty and structure, as well as shade for people and food for wildlife.

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The range of hardiness zones which the plant can accommodate plus its soil acidity and moisture requirements.

Typically it will be many years before a tree or shrub attains its full size — when you see

did you know?

And, while the geographical scope of this book covers a relatively large geographical area — east of the Appalachians from

ILSLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY IN MIDDLEBURY IS ACQUIRING ALL THREE BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE ON WHY AND HOW TO USE NATIVE PLANTS IN OUR GARDENS.

an immature plant in its nursery pot it can be really hard to visualize how big it will eventually grow. They are also relatively expensive and, once planted, they can be extremely hard (or impossible) to relocate. All this tells us we need to choose and position trees and shrubs with considerable care so that, as they mature, they will still be an asset to the garden and not outgrow their allotted space. The book is organized into three parts for easy access and detailed reference: Part 1: Site Conditions and Plant Attributes offers 40 individual lists that take you directly to the plants listed in Part 2.

Canada to the Carolinas — do not let this deter you. A quick look at the hardiness zone chart for each plant will tell you whether it is hardy in your garden. Part 3: Secondary Plants, provides a brief description of those trees or shrubs that the authors felt might work is certain situations, but they also felt had some limitations for many gardens.

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX Back in 2007 Douglas W. Tallamy, Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, published his ground-breaking book “Bringing Nature

Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants.” Here he summarized a considerable body of academic research demonstrating how a variety of native plants together form the bottom layer of the food-web, this is the layer that feeds the pollinators, butterflies, birds and other wildlife that we treasure. We all know that the landscape does not stop at our property boundaries; our gardens truly are part of the wider continuous ecosystem. So it behooves us to look for ways that our gardens can make a positive impact on this wider environment. Incorporating a variety of native plants among your plantings is a great way to create a beautiful wildlife-friendly garden. And, as all three books show, we literally have hundreds of choices of garden-worthy native plants to start our journey. ✳

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Judith Irven and her husband Dick Conrad live in Goshen, where together they nurture a large garden. Judith is a landscape designer and Vermont Certified Horticulturist. She also teaches Sustainable Home Landscaping for the Vermont Master Gardener program. She writes about her Vermont gardening life at northcountryreflections.com. Dick is a landscape and garden photographer; you can see his photographs at The Brandon Artists Guild and at northcountryimpressions.com. Reach Judith at judithirven@gmail.com.

Start here if you are looking for trees or shrubs with particular attributes, for instance plants with showy flowers or evergreen leaves, or for those that will tolerate shade, wind or salt, or even deter deer. There are also lists of shrubs and trees that will mature at different heights and many others. Part 2: Primary Trees and Shrubs, organized alphabetically by genus, is the core of the book. Here you will find a detailed and easy-tounderstand description of each featured plant, including its landscape attributes, seasons of interest, size and form, texture and color, cultural information, wildlife benefits and recommended companion plants, as well as favorite cultivated varieties (cultivars). In addition you will find several

Each fall three delightful native plants light up this corner of Judith’s garden: Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia fuldiga), New England Asters (Symphyotrichum novae-anglia), and Winterberries (Ilex verticillata).

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ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early fifteenth-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007. CREATIVE SPACE WINTER SHOW. On view Jan. 1-Feb. 22, featuring the work of over 40 Vermont artists in all types of media including oils, acrylics, encaustics, prints, glassware, woodenware and jewelry. Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main Street, Vergennes. (802) 877-3850 or creativespacegallery.org. ELINOR STEELE FRIML TAPESTRY. On view Feb. 10-March 31, featuring Elinor Steele Friml’s 40 years of dedication to the art of contemporary hand-woven tapestry. The exhibit will include works from several of her series, including abstract and impressionistic images, landscapes and geometric compositions. An opening reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 16 from 5-7 p.m. Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org. STUDENT ART SHOW. On view Feb. 2-27, featuring the annual show of new artwork by local students from grades K to 12. Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org. UP HOME. On view Jan. 16-March 31, featuring hand-colored photographs by Susanne and Neil Rappaport of Minnie Griswold and her perfectly preserved life in Pawlet. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org. WHILE THE TREES RUN. On view Feb. 1-March 11, featuring NoDa’s stable of artists and introducing two new Californian artists: Katie Ruiz and Heather Gordon. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com. WINTER INTO SPRING. On view Feb. 3-March 31, featuring paintings by Klara Calitri, Linda Hampton Smith, Molly Hawley, Patricia LeBon Herb and Yinglei Zhang. Isley Public 75 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4095 or ilsleypubliclibrary.org.

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the movie OSCARS — PART II Last week I commented on five of the Oscar nominated movies. Now to the remaining four in a season that took flight only toward the end of the year. All nine will be widely available in local theaters until the Academy Awards are broadcast on March 4.

DARKEST HOUR This is a fine portrait of the rise of Winston Churchill in 1940 when England faced imminent attack on their own country after the fall of Europe. As England stood alone against Germany, Churchill rose to the demands of leader of a nation the world thought was about to fall. Gary Oldman is superb as Churchill. Because makeup artists managed to create such a credible likeness, he becomes Churchill and we sink quickly into the thoroughly grim story. This is an absorbing way to sink into the reality of the impending loss faced by Britain and Europe. Gary Oldman is certainly a front runner for Best Actor this year.

World War II. You will never forget the sounds of inevitability.

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“Get Out” is Jordan Peele’s slashing of the shallow understanding white people have of black culture. It is his command that white liberals face the truth that their level of acceptance is shallow, phony and late. He knew we wouldn’t hear his message unless it was tough. He creates a family of white simpletons who show us that they are no more shallow than those of us who think we understand. It’s a command that we look inward about a historical disgrace. This is a long overdue, important attack on those of us who didn’t understand how much we don’t know.

“Phantom Thread” is a perfect example of Daniel Day-Lewis’s devotion to perfection. You may well love this movie that is made in such exacting, telling detail or you may be angry at a character so thoroughly absorbed in himself. As a designer of dresses that he invents not for sale as much as to create what’s going on in his head, he is absorbed every second in minute detail — each button, each thread. And when he eats out with his new lover or sister, the slight noise of a clinking ice cube sends him into a tantrum. Fastidious? Weird? Whatever this actor chooses to do, he does it perfectly.

DUNKIRK This movie pays tribute to the men who died and to those who rallied to save the allied forces trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Christopher Nolan has captured the reality of the impending disaster. The water ahead and the sky above were full of Nazi soldiers, sailors and pilots bent on slaughter. And then came the small boats. See “Dunkirk” and “Darkest Hour” for a renewed appreciation of the detail and depth of

All of these films (plus the five reviewed last week: “Lady Bird,” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Call Me By Your Name,” “The Post” and “The Shape of Water”) are creative in thought and beautifully acted. Here’s the challenge: If you love movies, see as many of these nine as you possibly can before they disappear. Every one is an original. — Reviewed by Joan Ellis

the book EDUCATED: A MEMOIR — BY TARA WESTOVER (Random House)

Tara Westover’s account of her upbringing by Mormon survivalists in rural Idaho, and the life she built for herself a world away, is triumphant. There have been scores of other memoirs like this — of childhood rife with denial, abuse and the trauma inflicted by mentally ill parents — but none has astonished me as much. As the title indicates, for Westover, education was of paramount importance. As children, she and her siblings were homeschooled, but solely in the matters that concerned their violent, paranoid father. The boys worked the junkyard, while Tara assisted with her mother’s self-taught midwifery and herbalism. By way of gritty determination and a modicum of familial encouragement, Westover enrolled at Brigham Young University, and later at Cambridge University. Her telling of her personal and intellectual blossoming is one of the most compelling memoirs I’ve read. Had I not read this on a plane, I’d have cheered aloud many times at Westover’s spectacular achievement.

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MUSIC Local family performs traditional and step-dancing music in Cornwall

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oney in the Hive, the Bolton/ Munkres family band, will perform at the Cornwall Town Hall on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. The concert will feature driving fiddle and banjo music, and step-dancing from Appalachian, Cape Breton, Irish and other traditions.

The Christine Malcolm Band performs at Brandon Music on Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.

Christine Malcolm takes the stage

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he Christine Malcolm Band plays a Vermont blend of rich original country, folk and blues with a high note of rock. Catch them at Brandon Music on Saturday, Feb. 24.

Malcolm is a Northern Vermont songwriter transplanted from Southern Vermont. Her writing is influenced by artists like Lori McKenna, Chris Stapleton and Joni Mitchell. Her 2015 album, “Crickets, Coyotes and the Big Yellow Moon,” won the Times Argus Tammy Award for Best Country Recording of the Year. Malcolm is joined by Rudy Dauth, strings player extraordinaire, and Peter Riley, holding it down on bass. Dauth also plays with The Chad Hollister Band and Woedoggies; his mandolin style ranges from melodic, sweet riffs to ripping, tight leads. Riley is an accomplished, lifetime musician, who has played with a variety of Vermont bands. His bass playing lends groove, depth and musical intelligence. Saturday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Concert tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for an extra $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, email info@brandon-music.net or visit brandon-music.net for more info.

This family band includes Romy on fiddle, flute and feet; Ben on piano, mandolin and melodica; Andrew Munkres on fivestring banjo and guitar; and Kristin Bolton on upright bass and feet. Sunday’s concert is a fundraiser for Ben and Romy Munkres’ musical tour of Scotland in April with Young Tradition

did you know? SUNDAY’S CONCERT IS A FUNDRAISER TO SEND BEN AND ROMY TO SCOTLAND WITH YOUNG TRADITIONS VERMONT. Vermont. Romy and Ben both toured with YTV to Ireland and Cape Breton. Romy just recently returned from a musical tour in Tottori, Japan with YTV. There will be refreshments for sale, as well as CDs, raffle tickets, and other fundraising

items. Admission is by freewill donation. Ben and Romy will be joined by Young Tradition Touring Group members Meredith Kimble of Middlebury on harp and Ben Clark of Waltham on guitar. In case you were wondering, YTV is a nonprofit organization that inspires young people to learn and perform traditional music, then ultimately give back to the community. The Touring Group is one of YTV’s many programs, and its focus is to promote connections between people locally, nationally and internationally by performing, sharing and studying traditional music and dance. Learn more at youngtraditionvermont.org.

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their investment. But don’t forget, managing properties is hard work and real estate investors may become overwhelmed by the responsibilities of taking care of their real estate investments while simultaneously trying to maintain their own residences. Before buying investment properties, prospective real estate investors should interview various local property managers or property management firms, inquiring about their fees and what is included in those fees. If the cost of hiring property managers drastically cuts into the profits investors hoped to make off their investment properties, they might be better off looking to invest their money in areas other than real estate. — MetroCreative

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HOME How to survive living through a home renovation

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lanning, patience and an understanding of what the project entails can make home improvements easier to survive.

Homeowners invest large sums into improving their homes to make them more comfortable living spaces or to increase their odds of selling quickly. Whether it’s a large renovation or a small remodel, life may be turned upside down during the project. Furniture may be moved out of the room, walls may be demolished, water or electricity may be turned off, and appliances may be missing or not hooked up. Home improvements often drum up dust and disarray. Such projects can try the patience of any homeowner, and things may get worse before they get better. Even though remodeling can be taxing, the end result is often worth it. Here’s how to look forward to the silver lining and come out unscathed.

BEFORE IT STARTS

EXPECT DELAYS

All family members should be in agreement before the first hammer is swung. Decide on as many details as you can ahead of time and have a firm plan in place. Establish back-up choices for tiles or color schemes in case the items you want are out of stock. Trying to make decisions under duress may result in bad choices.

In a world where things move at lightning speeds, renovations have not gotten the memo. Home projects take lots of time and will likely take longer if you are doing the work yourself in your free time. Build lots of extra time into the project so you are not disappointed when delays happen — even when you’ve done your best to avoid them.

DO ONE PROJECT AT A TIME It’s tempting to want to improve as much as possible at once to maximize motivation and renovation materials. However, having no place in which to escape the mess can elevate stress levels. Do not think about renovating kitchens and bathrooms all at once, or you will not have any working fixtures for tasks like washing up.

HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE Before demolition even begins, have building materials bought and stored, contractors and subcontractors lined up, and see what you can do to minimize the time workers need to spend in your home.

PLAN AN ESCAPE ZONE Construction environments can be messy, loud, smelly and a host of other unsavory adjectives. The chaos that ensues when life is turned upside down can be overwhelming, particularly for the person who spends the most time in the home while work is being done. Build escape moments into the plan and make sure everyone else at home is on board. During the real grind of the project, a night or two at a hotel may be a welcome respite. — MetroCreative

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