Monday, March 13, 2017

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 48

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, March 13, 2017

Video leads police to suspect

• State and Vergennes police arrested a man for multiple burglaries after reviewing surveillance footage. See Page 6.

City to recount votes for mayor • Vergennes on Monday will take another tally in race won by only five votes.

See Page 2.

ACSD teachers & board at impasse on new pact

Tourney time in Kenyon, Pepin

On the ball

LINCOLN COMMUNITY SCHOOL sixth-grader Vivian Siegfried and fifth-grader Toby Tillotson battle for the ball during an impromptu game of soccer during recess at the school last Thursday.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

• A film about the painting of Hieronymus Bosch will screen in town this Wednesday. See Arts Beat on Page 10.

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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Porter Medical Center has begun construction on a new clinic that will serve people requiring immediate medical services, but who do not require the resources of an emergency department.

It’s going to be called “Porter Express Care,” and it is now being built into a 1,600-square-foot space within Porter’s Collins Building.

Porter officials said the new clinic will provide quick health care options for patients who might otherwise go to the emergency room. Porter spokesman Ron Hallman cited earaches, strep throat, lacerations, urinary tract infections, concussions and sports injuries as among the ailments that will appropriately be dealt with at Porter Express Care.

PMC President Dr. Fred Kniffin said the new clinic will give Addison County residents a new — and less expensive — care option that is quite common among other hospitals.

“At every community forum I have led over the past year, someone would invariably ask me when Porter would be opening up a local urgent care center so that they could receive this necessary service here in Addison (See Porter, Page 15)

• A Mount Abe junior is advancing to the state final in the Poetry Out Loud competition. See Page 2.

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Porter builds ‘express’ clinic for urgent care

Poetry thrills Lincoln teen

• The Middlebury women’s hockey and men’s hoop teams hosted weekend NCAA games.

See Sports, Pages 28-30.

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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Addison Central School District directors have declared an impasse in negotiations for a new contract for the unified district’s combined 230 teachers, and the two sides will now pick an independent mediator in an effort to make progress.

Peter Conlon, chairman of the ACSD board, stressed that declaring impasse doesn’t mean talks have ended; it simply means the two sides need some assistance in resolving their differences on three major contract areas: pay increases, health coverage and length of school day.

If a mediator can’t further the talks, the next step (See ACSD, Page 35)

Girls at VUHS make their presence known

Females wear red, stay silent for a day

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — It’s not unusual for more than 200 Vergennes Union High School students and staff members to meet in the school auditorium at an assembly. After all, 462 students attend VUHS. But this past Wednesday morning’s meeting was different.

Almost all of those gathering in the auditorium were female, almost all wore red, and they represented a large majority of the girls and

women who attend or work at the school.

The event was the brainchild of three VUHS students, seniors Aliya Hugo and Charlotte Haigis of Ferrisburgh and junior Peighton Duprey of Waltham, and it honored “A Day Without a Woman,” a protest set for this past Wednesday.

“A Day Without a Woman” was suggested by the organizers of January’s Women’s March, which (See VUHS, Page 14)

STUDENT ORGANIZERS OF Wednesday’s VUHS female assembly pose with administrators. Pictured are, from left, Aliya Hugo and Charlotte Haigis, Superintendent JoAn Canning, Peighton Duprey and Principal Stephanie Taylor.

Photo by Kristine Kirkaldy

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Ferrisburgh seeks input on revised town plan Document features stats, zoning changes

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh residents will have a chance on March 15 to comment on and learn more about a final draft of a town plan that has been more than four years in the making and does include new material.

The town plan hearing is set to start at 7:45 p.m. during the Ferrisburgh Planning Commission’s regular meeting in the town’s Route 7 town offices that Wednesday evening.

Commission Chairman Bob Beach said the proposed plan is the product of a public process that began with citizen forums in 2013 and that has taken into account the concerns of the selectboard, the Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission, business interests, the Friends of Ferrisburgh for Responsible Growth, and many residents.

“There has been public involvement along the way to get us to where we are today, and we think and hope that it agrees with the pleasure of the folks of Ferrisburgh,” Beach said.

“In the early stages we reached out (See Ferrisburgh, Page 3)

LINCOLN TEEN CASEY Ober, center, stands with the other regional finalists who will compete in the Vermont Poetry Out Loud final in Colchester this Thursday.

Photo courtesy Vermont Arts Council

Mt. Abe’s Ober to vie in poetry competition Lincoln student joins field of 10 finalists

By GAEN MURPHREE BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School junior Casey Ober will be competing this Thursday, March 16, as one of 10 finalists in the state Poetry Out Loud competition.

“Casey has been enthusiastically participating in Poetry Out Loud for three years, so I was really excited to see her go on to the semifinals and then just overjoyed and proud that she’s going on to states,” said Colleen Kiley, English teacher and Poetry Out Loud advisor at Mount Abe. Ober won her finalist spot competing against 34 students from around the state at the Vermont Poetry Out Loud semifinals last

Wednesday in Barre.

Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide poetry performance program designed to build poise and confidence in public speaking together with a love of poetry. Contestants must perform two poems, one of which must have been written before 1900. All poems must be from the collection found on the Poetry Out Loud official website. The compendium offers a rich selection ranging from the Elizabethan era to now, everything from “They flee from me that sometime did me seek” to “Back when I used to be an Indian / I am standing outside the / pool hall with my sister.”

This performance competition was created by the Poetry Founda-

MOUNT ABE JUNIOR Casey Ober of Lincoln performs a winning poem in the state semi-final of the Poetry Out Loud competition in Barre last Thursday.

Photo courtesy Vermont Arts Council

tion and the National Endowment for the Arts and is administered through each state’s arts council.

This year at Mount Abe a closeknit band of five students started meeting once a week after school in October, Kiley said. This year’s Poetry Out Loud participants were ninth-grader Owen Darling of Bris-

tol and 11th-graders Madeline Bernoudy (Lincoln), Molly Funk (Bristol), Chloe Lyons (New Haven), and, of course, Ober, who’s from Lincoln.

Students read poems together, discussed and analyzed them and started making their selections, said Kiley.

“The discussion that we get to have around poems and literature in general is really special and unique,” she said.

To really get down to the nitty-gritty, students had to memorize their two poems and begin working on their performances.

Ober chose Montreal-native Suzanne Buffam’s “Enough” (published in 2010) and Victorian poet Arthur Symon’s “April Midnight” (1892).

Ober said she likes to leaf through the Poetry Out Loud website “often using the (site’s) ‘random poem’ generator.” It can be really hard to finally pick just the right ones.

“These two poems in particular I chose from just searching and searching,” she said.

Ober said she was drawn to “Enough” by “that element of feminism that was present in the poem.

It’s important to me that everyone keeps on fighting for equal human (See Poetry, Page 3)

Recount in mayoral race scheduled VERGENNES — A recount has been scheduled of the close March 7 vote for mayor in Vergennes, in which former mayor Michael Daniels edged twoterm incumbent Bill Benton, 270-265.

The recall will take place at 1 p.m. on Monday at Vergennes City Hall.

City officials said Benton requested the recount on Friday morning. Legally, he had 10 days after the election in which to file such a request.

Daniels previously served as mayor from 2007 until 2013, and before then served two stints on the city council. After stepping down as mayor, he returned to the council in 2014 and served one two-year term before opting again to step aside.

Benton, who like Daniels has an extensive record of volunteerism in Vergennes, served one term on the city council before being elected mayor in 2013.

Addison Independent, Monday, March 13, 2017 — PAGE 3

Poetry

Ferrisburgh of Little Chicago Road and Middle(Continued from Page 2) and had open forums that brought brook Road with Route 7.”

The plan recommends a zoning in people to the Grange Hall. There were a couple of interested groups, change to create a “mixed use/cenFriends of Ferrisburgh and others, tral village district” that would focus who had the opportunity to speak on “creating a community center.”

To do so, the plan recommends up and add suggestions, particularly along the Route 7 corridor, that have Ferrisburgh “incorporate design standards into zoning regulations for molded some of the changes.”

The planning commission early on Route 7 businesses, which restricts in the process held a three-hour joint scale and massing, and encourages safe access for vehicmeeting with the Ferular and pedestrian risburgh selectboard circulation,” make to go over the plan safety improvements in detail, one that seat the intersection lectboard Chairwomof Little Chicago an Loretta Lawrence Road and Route 7; said was productive work with VTrans to and was appreciated slow Route 7 traffic; by board members. and support the Fer“We met and disrisburgh recreation cussed it. There was a and Safe Routes to lot of give and take. It School committees. was so great we could Massing and scale talk about things,” requirements typiLawrence said. cally do not impose “There were changes strict design restricon both sides. They tions on individual were very accommo“We met and buildings, but deal dating.” with their size and Lawrence said discussed it. there were “no major There was a lot of placement in relation to existing develconcerns,” and she give and take. It opments. The most believes the selectrecent Vergennes board is supportive was so great we zoning law uses such of the plan, which af- could talk about standards for its center the planning com- things. There tral zoning districts. mission holds at least The plan also does the one hearing on were changes away with language March 15 then must on both sides. that suggested develhead to the select- They were very opment in the area be board for at least one accommodating.” typical of that found more hearing before — Selectboard in “19th century approval.

Chairwoman crossroads,” wording Much of the 89Loretta Lawrence that Beach acknowlpage document is edged was not useful. devoted to data about “The town plan Ferrisburgh and descriptions of its history, economy, prior to this one had language … that topography, geology, resources and could not be defended in court,” he demographics — Beach said collect- said. “And so the language has been ing of that required information was changed and reviewed by the town time-consuming, as was updating lawyers. It is clear enough so that the the plan to meet new state-mandated intention of the town plan is presentinclusions and taking time to allow ed properly.”

Clearer language could make the neighboring communities to review it.

The process was also delayed last commercial development appliyear, Beach said, when an Old Hol- cation process more predictable,” low Road church objected to the re- Beach said.

“We certainly hope so,” Beach drawing of a district line that would have made it more difficult for the said. “Ferrisburgh is still needing church to subdivide and sell a lot if it the opportunity of the local people to wished in the future. Planners agreed stay in town and get a job and creto move the line back to where it was, ate the opportunities. And part of our but that major change meant restart- hope is that the continues.”

OTHER DISTRICTS ing the hearing process.

The plan also contains recommen“CENTRAL DISTRICT” Beach also said the heart of the pro- dations for Rural, Shoreland, Conposed plan is its 14-page “Land Use servation, North Ferrisburgh HistorPlan” section, which begins on Page ic Neighborhood, South Business, 70 of a document that can be found and two Industrial districts.

In the Rural district, the town’s on the town’s website (ferrisburghvt. org) under the Planning Commission largest, the plan states agricultural and forestry uses are encouraged, tab on the left.

Possibly the most significant sug- “suburban development” is not algested change comes in one of the lowed, and Planned Unit Developeight “Planning Areas” the plan de- ments that allow for clustered homes fines, the Central District Planning and “flexibility of building placeArea, which is currently zoned High- ment” are supported.

The plan recommends revising way Commercial and Rural Residential. The plan describes it as “located zoning to allow development based in the roughly geographical center on density instead of minimum lot of town surrounding the intersection size, a change intended to preserve

open land, and to encourage shared driveways.

In the Shoreland district along Lake Champlain a long list of recommended actions for the area includes creating design and siting standards within Ferrisburgh zoning that at least “meet any requirements set by the State associated with shoreline protection, including “specific vegetated buffer requirements for all shoreline properties.”

In the Conservation district the plan suggests working with regional planners to identify needed flood mitigation measures needed for Ferrisburgh, working with the conservation commission to identify lands the town should consider for conservation, and changing zoning to ban new structures in flood hazard areas.

In the North Ferrisburgh Historic Neighborhood, mostly along Old Hollow Road near Route 7, the plan recommends updating zoning to “reflect the unique opportunities for both residential and appropriate re-use and restoration of commercial structures and small-scale businesses,” and to “allow development based on density instead of minimum lot size.”

The plan defines the South Business district as an area on Route 7 near Vergennes on both sides of Route 7 south of the railroad crossing and on the west side of Route 7 between Monkton Road and Route 22A. There, the plan recommends reviewing and revising zoning regulations and consulting with Vergennes to determine which uses in the area are the “best future uses.” It also suggests scale and massing design standards.

The two Industrial areas are both near railroad tracks, one just off Route 7 north and south of Tuppers Crossing and east of the tracks and accessed by Tuppers Crossing and 22A, and one near the track where it meets Long Point Road.

The plan suggests that industrial growth in the southern district should be encouraged if it “connects directly to existing development in a way that facilitates shared resources and utilities, provides opportunities for a diversity of multi-modal connections to street networks other than Route 7, (and) maintains unique natural and cultural features.”

Beach believes the level of public input to this point means the plan should reflect the will of Ferrisburgh residents, and said that more feedback and questions are always welcome.

“It’s a public process, so I would urge people to attend who have questions or concerns,” he said.

And assuming the plan makes it through the final planning and selectboard hearing process this time around, planners will have another task: aligning Ferrisburgh zoning with its new plan.

“With the town plan completion, the planning commission will be charged with rewriting the town’s zoning bylaws,” Beach said. “That will be the process immediately started.”

(Continued from Page 2) rights. And I think that in this poem the person speaking was feeling restricted by domesticity and the old-fashioned roles of women.”

Ober found that poem’s final image especially powerful — “A train whistles through the far hills. / One day I plan to be riding it” — because it evokes the longing for freedom.

For the wistful “April Midnight” Ober just loved the image it conjured up for her.

“Every time I read it I just pictured a couple from potentially the 1920s who were dancing and laughing in the slightly rainy streets of London at night. This image just makes me smile and made me want to portray the feelings of two and their adventures in London.”

PERFORMING FOR PEERS As the school contest neared, the Mount Abe Poetry Out Loud crew enjoyed a poetry and performance workshop with Vermont Arts Council guest artist Lizzy Fox. Students performed in front of their peers during a morning advisory on Feb. 16.

“To see these students get on stage (some of them sometimes quite shy otherwise) and present beautiful poetry — it’s a nice celebration of poetry that a lot of our school attends,” said Kiley.

Kiley noted too how much the Poetry Out Loud program builds confidence in public speaking along with deepening a love of lit-

erature, and gave a typical example of one student’s journey.

“One student in particular just comes to mind. She said at the beginning she’s totally afraid of public speaking. I wasn’t even sure that she would participate in the final school performance. And then she just went up there with poise and so much knowledge about her poem,” said Kiley. “I think that’s what’s really cool to see. They become experts of their poem. And they own that poem.”

Having won at the semifinal level, Ober is preparing herself for this week’s challenge. Finalists must have a third poem up their sleeves, and Ober has chosen Mary Cornish’s humorous contemporary poem “Numbers.”

Kiley said that she and Ober will be hard at work this week, going back over the two poems Ober performed to win at Mount Abe and in Barre and polishing up “Numbers.”

The winner of the Vermont state competition will advance to the national competition April 25-26 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Vermont Poetry Out Loud finals will be held at the Vermont PBS Studio, Thursday, March 16, starting at 7 p.m. PBS will be webcasting the event live. To sign up for the webcast, go to vermontpbs. org/poetryoutloud.

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

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Editorial Media literacy: Bone up, get smart, be savvy In today’s cable news era, Americans will need to become more media savvy to understand the ways facts can be spun and to distinguish between “fake” and “real” news.

In a general sense, fake news has no basis in fact but feeds the public bias. Trump spread fake news challenging the origin of Obama’s birthplace, for example, to discredit the president’s legitimacy. Trump knew it was false and thoroughly debunked, but he also knew that wouldn’t matter to his supporters who wanted to believe otherwise.

Trump also uses fake news to distract the public’s attention from one story to another. When faced with mounting criticism about his own campaign’s connection to Russia’s meddling in the presidential election (which all 17 intelligence agencies in the U.S. have confirmed that there is enough evidence to pursue), Trump tossed out an unsubstantiated tweet that President Obama illegally wiretapped his hotel. No one seriously believed him, but the charges were so outlandish the media jumped all over the story, which served Trump’s short-term objective (distraction) while further damaging his credibility. Still, if John and Jane Doe only watch Fox News or other conservative outlets, their “spin” gives Trump the benefit of the doubt and serves to exonerate Trump in his supporters’ eyes.

Often the distortions are subtle. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced last Friday that 235,000 jobs had been created in February, Trump re-tweeted the conservative Drudge Report that gave Trump full credit for the positive news. “Great Again: +235,000 jobs!” But not so fast. We all know job growth doesn’t happen within the first few weeks of any presidency. The fact is that job growth has exceeded 235,000 per month for 9 out of the previous 16 months and in 30 of the months during Obama’s presidency; and that job growth had been steady under Obama for 70 consecutive months (the past 6 years) — one of the strongest job-growth streaks in recent times.

But what’s interesting is how the Drudge Report had slanted even larger job gains during Obama’s presidency. Last June, for example, the Drudge Report wrote: “Unemployment rate rises to 4.9 percent in June… 287,000 + jobs, 94,517,000 Americans not in the labor force.”

So, the fact that 287,000 jobs were created was muted by two negatives, rather than declaring it “Great Again!”

Trump used the same bias during the campaign, ignoring the number of jobs added during Obama’s presidency, while tweeting the number of Americans not at work: “Terrible, 94 million Americans not at work. Sad. Bad leadership.” The number of Americans not working, of course, includes teens, students in college, seniors in retirement, etc. It’s a well-known fact and beside the point, unless you want to negate a positive. To wit: Trump’s report card in February written as a tweet from that perspective? “235,000 job gained, below Obama’s 6-year average; 94 million Americans not working. Bad leader.”

Don’t fall for it. We are in an era of fake news and alternative realities. Bone up, get smart, be real.

Angelo S. Lynn

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Going up

WORKERS INSTALL SIDING on the new addition to the Congregational Church in downtown Middlebury last Thursday afternoon. The addition should be finished this summer and a grand opening celebration is being planned for early September.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Letters to the Editor State’s delegation should fight for spending priorities As the 2017 federal budget is being drawn up, let us look at the “let them eat cake” attitude the current administration is displaying and think about our own priorities as a country. According to a Feb. 22 article in Forbes, Trump’s family trips cost taxpayers nearly as much in a month as Obama’s cost in a whole year. Niall McCarthy writes, “Barack Obama’s travel expenses averaged just $12.1 million during each year of his presidency. In total, Obama’s eight year travel bill came to $97 million and unbelievably, Donald Trump is on pace to out-

spend him in less than one year.”

According to a Feb. 16 article in the Washington Post, the current bill for the Trump family’s travel is already (after one month) estimated to be about $10 million dollars. At the same time they are spending taxpayer money so extravagantly, this Republican administration is talking about cutting spending for the American people in so many ways, including funding for energy, environment and climate, and the arts.

None of these programs even cost the taxpayer that much money!

Check out the National Priorities Project https://www.nationalpriorities.org/ to learn more about how much of your tax bill goes to fund different programs.

This administration should be accountable for its behavior. We are supporting the business and pleasure travel of the Trump family.

Three trips a month to Mar-a-Lago and business trips to Dubai that do not enrich anyone except Trump’s family, are not high on my list of priority spending. They are spending our money on themselves while (See Stefani letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, March 13, 2017 — PAGE 5

Let the Sun Shine In! An open government makes for a ny comes with being a public servant. better government.

Transparency ensures that when we This is sunshine week and it is be- do make a mistake we immediately ing celebrated all across the nation. own the problem, fix the problem and In reality, it should be celebrated ev- move on. ery week — not just this week — in By being an open book, Vermont Vermont and every other and local/state offistate. cials learn a lesson Here at the Secretary along the way and of State’s Office, our opwork harder to avoid erations assume 625,000 future embarrassment, Vermonters are looking improving upon how over our shoulders as we we serve Vermonters. go about our daily work I have learned many — keeping us motivated lessons about Open and accountable.

Government from my In fact, this attitude time with the: South comes straight from the Burlington City CounVermont Constitution: cil (18 years), VerThat all power being mont League of Cities originally inherent in and Towns’ Board (6 years), Vermont Senand consequently deThis week’s writer, ate (8 years), and now rived from the people, 6+ years as Vermont’s therefore, all officers of Vermont Secretary Secretary of State. government, whether of State Jim Condos, Far too often, govlegislative or executive, is writing about ernment’s first reaction are their trustees and ser- Sunshine Week, is to avoid disclosure, vants; and at all times, in March 13-18. go on the defensive and a legal way, accountable to them. (Chapter 1, Article 6) try to cover up mistakes. That is just Vermont further elaborates in stat- the opposite of accountability and ute on this pillar of constitutional ac- does not contribute to public trust. countability: This natural tendency to resist pubIt is the policy of this subchapter lic inquiry and criticism creates an to provide for free and open exam- adverse reaction: oppose and don’t ination of records…Officers of gov- disclose!

If we are ever to overcome this ernment are trustees and servants of the people and it is in the public in- faulty closed-door culture and reterest to enable any person to review build trust in government, we must and criticize their decisions even start with the presumption that evthough such examination may cause erything is public and belongs to the inconvenience or embarrassment. (1 people, with narrow exceptions for good reasons.

V.S.A. § 315) As trustees and servants of the Sure, there are times when we’re embarrassed by our mistakes (yes, people, it’s our job as officers of the we’ve made a few), but public scruti- government to let the sun shine in —

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to let the people see what we are doing on their behalf.

Yes, it can be inconvenient to have public meetings, or to provide copies of records, but it is a necessary and integral part of the job that we all signed up for and pledged to do when we took our oath of office.

This openness includes the press — and the press is the public!

We must treat them as representatives of the people and not as an enemies of the state. The press plays an important part in promoting effective government (often by exposing ineffective government) and creating a culture of accountability.

In my time as Secretary of State, I have made every effort to be open and available to the Fourth Estate, no matter the inconvenience, embarrassment, or concern about reproach.

Without the press, the public would be left on its own to investigate facts and discern the truth. That is no easy task, especially in today’s world.

The vast majority of journalists I have encountered over the years are hard-working people with high ethical standards. I don’t always agree with what they write, but I respect a free press, appreciate the service they provide, and understand the job they do.

If this makes anyone in government nervous, perhaps they’re in the wrong line of work.

You have a right to know! Demand accountability and results from your government.

The Secretary of State’s office has created guides to help citizens and public servants navigate the Open Meeting Law and Public Records Act. They can be found on our website as www.sec.state.vt.us under the “Municipal” tab.

Letters to the Editor Much absent from Trump’s speech Trump stayed on script. The Republicans had a good night and were mighty proud of themselves. Pelosi looked a bit lost. She really ought to move on. Pence looked like a nineyear-old who had just gotten a brand new baseball glove. Trump did a good job and it was great seeing him without his red tie around his neck and Bannon at his ear. Trump kept it positive and he worked to unite the assembled. Good for him. We needed a break from his overt angst.

Recommitting to NATO and working with our friends was good and getting others to pick up more of the tab was probably good too.

Fixing potholes and buying American steel is great. Celebrating the sacrifices of the military and also committing to taking care of them after the war glory buzz is gone is a step in the right direction. Praising police officers as members of our community is good. Good for Donald Trump for rising to the occasion.

That said, it is important, without being too picky or snarffy, to remember what was not said. Things like not taking more than our fair share. We did not hear about being grateful or compassionate or even prudent. We did not hear anything

about taking care of what remains of our damaged, precious earth — the once-blue waters, the once-clear skies and the once-diverse wildlife.

We did not hear much about having fair opportunities for high quality education and health care and keeping church and state separate.

Nothing about women’s rights to care for their own bodies. Or about the importance of a free press.

Or about leaving things better (as opposed to shinier!) for our children and their children or in realizing the importance of interdependence as opposed to competition and the stupid bottom line.

We heard that we all have the same God though we did not learn much about life beyond consumption. We did not hear much about treating our neighbors as we would like them to treat us. But perhaps Donald Trump is growing up and perhaps he is a little better for all of the push back that Trump-Bannon has received. Better partly because the press has finally stepped up to do their work well. That said, Trump remains a small man with an oversized ego.

But then again the world is full (See Brynn letter, Page 7)

Letters to the Editor can be found on Pages 4, 5 and 7.

Stefani letter (Continued from Page 4) at the same time they discuss stripping away programs such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities.

These programs support arts and humanities nationwide and in our town. The Ilsley Library is able to bring speakers with new perspectives to Middlebury thanks to federal funding from the NEH through

the Vermont Humanities Council.

These kinds of programs feed our culture and enrich everyone and I’m happy to pay a few dollars a year for my share.

The Vermont Humanities Council is asking us to help in these ways: Call the offices of Vermont’s congressional delegation, thank them for their past support, ask them to continue that strong support and tell them why you value VHC’s work

and that of the NEH. Maybe the humanities aren’t your thing. But maybe you are concerned about alternative energy, or environmental protection, or support for small and minority businesses.

Look into the budget as it is presented. Whatever your priorities, do call your members of congress and ask them to support those priorities!

Jennifer Stefani Middlebury

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

City man charged with burglary

VERGENNES — Vermont State Police with help from the Vergennes Police Department on Thursday arrested a Vergennes resident and ADDISON — Richard Eugene charged him in connection with a Evans (Dick) passed into glory on Feb. 27 Ferrisburgh burglary and March 7, 2017, surrounded by family possession of what a VSP press at Massachusetts General Hospital. release called a “host of stolen propHe was there with hopes of particierty from car smash-and-grabs at pating in a clinical trial that would local trailheads” and “property from eradicate his lymphoma, but he ultiother area burglaries.” mately chose heaven. Heaven’s choir On March 9 troopers arrested Jake has gained a tenor.

F. Desjadon, 30, and cited him into Dick was born Nov. 4, 1946 in court for burglary, grand larceny, Marion, Ind., to John and Anne selling stolen property, resisting (Lantz) Evans. Dick fell in love with arrest and unlawful mischief.

Vermont when visiting on a camping Desjadon was jailed for lack of trip in 1968, and some of his great$75,000 bail, and an arraignment est pleasures were summer boat rides was planned for Friday. VSP said and downhill skiing in wintertime. more charges are expected as an He was a member of the Champlain investigation continues.

Valley Christian Reformed Church The arrest took place at Desjadon’s and was known for his tireless serviMain Street apartment. When VSP tude. He graduated from Ball State and Vergennes officers arrived, Teachers College in 1968 and began RICHARD EVANS Desjadon had exited through a farming shortly after he moved to window and was hiding on a porch Addison, where he raised veal calves roof, according to Vergennes police, from 1972 until 2007.

Weert, Travis and Kara Van De and he was arrested through the He was predeceased by Donna Weert, and Sherilyn Van De Weert; window.

(Roberts), the mother of his children, and grandchildren Ryley, Zeke, Quin, and Mary (Smith). He is survived Gauge, Braxton and Axle. by his wife Marilyn (Van Wyck-Van Calling hours were held Friday, De Weert), his daughters Edye and March 10, from 5-8 p.m., at Brownhusband Rick Kuyper, and Marti and McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes.

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The VSP investigation began, according to a press release, when an ATV and a trailer were stolen from a Ferrisburgh home. VSP said security cameras at the scene earlier that day identified Desjadon as a “person of interest.”

On this past Wednesday, VSP obtained a warrant and with help from city police searched a Main Street, Vergennes, storage unit maintained by Desjadon, and that search led to his arrest.

In their press release, VSP said they would like to “formally thank the Vergennes Police Department for their assistance with this case.”

Desjadon has appeared in past editions of the Addison Independent in the Vergennes and Middlebury police logs. In 2005, when he was 18, Desjadon pleaded guilty in Addison District Court to a charge of burglary in connection with a March 18, 2005, shooting incident in East Middlebury in which two men were shot and at least two others were injured during a violent melee at a small outbuilding off Route 125. He

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Tax hikes hurting senior citizens

Letters to the Editor People should be willing to listen to others’ viewpoints In colleges and universities today we often emphasize practical classes that lead to greater employment opportunities. Due to the cost of education, this approach is often justified. Yet having spent parts of the last four decades as a student in higher education and the last thirteen years actively working with students, one possible byproduct I have witnessed in higher education as it is administered today is that ideas have become less objects of analysis and more a trigger point for threatening and dangerous concepts.

In taking in opinions, research and arguments that only support his or her hypothesis, the individual is not exposed to ideas that challenge his or her premise and presumptions, thus removing the critical part of critical thinking. Attending lectures that only reinforce one’s assertions — no matter how well founded — doesn’t allow for the diversity the “marketplace of ideas” requires.

When we homogenize our debates what dictates which ideas will

rise and which will fall becomes based not upon reason, research and logic but instead upon metrics based in familiarity, force, volume and exposure. How many likes you get on YouTube does not make an argument valid.

Forceful ideas are not by necessity the ideas that move us.

Intolerance is only as great as one’s willingness to deny an idea a place at the table. Invite ideas in and let the bad ones fail spectacularly on their own merit. Let bad ideas dine at the table and choke on their own implausibility. If you’re liberal, read Milton Friedman. Pull your hair out and scream at the pages but you will learn something you otherwise never would have. And you will be better for it.

If you’re conservative, read Gloria Steinem. Yell, nod your head in disgust...you will learn something by the end. And be better for it.

Develop an agile and flexible mind so that you do not fear what you perceive to be inflexible and rigid. Acknowledge abhorrent ideas because acknowledgement is not

acceptance. Entertain bad ideas because doing so is not the same as identifying with them. If we cannot learn this or teach this in college I fear we may be failing ourselves and endangering democracy. Yes. I said it. Actually it was Thomas Jefferson who said it. He felt a discursive democracy was the bedrock upon which liberty was secured.

Liberty is freedom from tyranny. Freedom requires discipline.

It starts with a disciplined mind.

A mind that can recognize tyranny but not incite it. So, to students everywhere: protest, passionately disagree, work toward change but know that if you use force or violence you have chosen to not only jeopardize your rights and privileges, you are stealing them from others too. Giving away your rights or taking the rights of others...I’m not sure which is the greater injustice.

That is for each one of us to think about. Critically, of course.

Colin McClung Bristol

Students correct in opposing ‘hateful propaganda’

I begin by locating myself as both an outsider to your Middlebury College community and a neighbor.

Unequivocally the violence that erupted after the protests you did not plan and collectively we all mourn. Thank you for your thoughtful resistance to Charles Murray’s hateful ideologies.

Thank you for reminding our entire community that there is no academic or free speech value in giving a powerful platform to dangerous ideologies. No individual who profits from perpetuating violent words and policies should be granted a respectful silent audience. After numerous requests to the administration to level the playing field by uninviting Murray and removing the endorsement of his ideas through a Presidential introduction, I believe you had few non-disruptive tools to ensure equality and justice for all.

From where I stand, it was your responsibility to refuse to sit silently for 45 minutes while hateful propaganda was discussed. No hard questions asked by students or a facilitator could ever level the playing field. Instead you courageously choose actions that reorganize the discussion and shifted the distribution of power enmeshed in “air time” and silence.

It is my hope that Middlebury College administrators reimagine your acts of non-violent disruption in the face of hate as warranting gratitude rather then suspensions.

To the Black, Latina, bi-racial, financially less secure and white ally students, I hope you never have to engage in a conversation about your human dignity again. Thank you for asserting your dignity through well

organized civil disobedience.

The opposite of apathy is activism. Your actions of dissent demonstrated a fierce love of Mid-

dlebury College and our beloved American community.

Deirdre Kelly Lincoln

Brynn letter (Continued from Page 5) and empty. Light and dark. Time passes but the present is still full of opportunity far beyond the limited world of Trump-Bannon. Both Trump and Bannon will be compost soon enough and their core values and towers and walls will not stand the test of time.

Stay engaged. Seize the moment.

Stay true to your values. Focus on what really matters. Do good.

Renounce and enjoy as Ghandi said. Fall in love again and again and again with this remarkable and still changing cosmos we get to call home.

I bet the sap ran last night!

David Brynn Bristol

For the editor’s review, I did add references to Lincoln’s Town Report.

Lincoln’s school board proposed increasing the per student spending by 10.4 percent from $15,359 to $16,957. Why? Well, one reason was because they could. The legislature allowed such an increase by raising this year’s per student spending ceiling by 14.4 percent from $15,195 to $17,386. Note: above that amount, the state penalizes the town by doubling the tax rate.

Basically, in this sense, the school board’s 10.4 percent increase was simply following the legislature’s lead. Lincoln’s town meeting approved the increase. Why? Well, for one reason, most of the voters could do so without any significant increase in their taxes. Those whose school taxes are based on income will see a school tax rate increase by only 3/100s of a percent. Their tax rate will go from 2.83 percent to 2.86 percent.

For a family income of $75,000 the tax increase will be $22.50. On the other hand, those of us who pay based on property value could have seen a tax rate increase of 6.8 percent.

But, we are “lucky.” The state determined Lincoln’s property values have

decreased by 3 percent over the past year, so our tax rate was decreased to 3.8 percent.

For me, losing $7,080 in property value saved $110 in school taxes!

Lincoln’s new school budget raised teacher’s salaries by 8.3 percent. The budget shows an increase in total salaries and benefits of 10.7 percent.

On the other hand, as senior citizens, we will see no increase in our Social Security benefit.

Democratic Rep. Dave Sharpe is Chairman of the House Education Committee. He is also a retired teacher and member of the teacher’s union. He and our other representative, Republican Fred Baser, spoke at our Town Meeting. Both were highly critical of Gov. Phil Scott’s proposals to rein in school spending and property taxes. So, we need to watch and see what they accomplish between now and next year’s elections.

Leonard Owen Farnsworth Lincoln Editor’s note: We took out Mr. Farnsworth’s footnotes to make this easier to read; he backed up his assertions with citations from pages 34, 40 and 44 of the 2016 Lincoln Town Report.

Letters to the Editor can be found on Pages 4, 5 and 7.

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Purim Carnival in Middlebury.

Monday, March 13, 3:45-5 p.m., Havurah House, 56 N. Pleasant St. Come enjoy a wide variety of Purim themed booths: sporting games, cake walk, face painting, Go Fish, music and more. All ages welcome. RSVP to HHEdDirector@gmail.com by March 10. $5 suggested donation.

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Advanced Drawing Exhibit in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 14, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Johnson Memorial Building, mezzanine. Diverse drawing techniques and approaches on view in this exhibit from ART300, taught by Hedya Klein. While students began with the same prompt, problem, or question, their creative responses result in expressions that are worlds apart. The works produced in this class is varied in both content and technique. Sponsored by the Program in Studio Art. Free.

Blood drive in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Road.

During Red Cross Month in March, the American Red Cross will hold a blood drive to encourage eligible donors to give blood.

“A history of flower paintings through the ages” discussion in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 14, 1 p.m., Residence at Otter Creek. Enjoy a slide presentation and discussion by a gardening expert of paintings by famous artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Claude Monet, Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Georgia O’Keefe and other American artists. An ever-blooming flower show on canvas. Free and open to the public. Info: middleburygardenclub. org.

Presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 14, 2:30 p.m., Eastview at Middlebury, Community Room. Ray Hudson will discuss the book “Lost Villages of the Eastern Aleutians.”

Technology 4 Tomorrow Workshop in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 14, 3:30-5 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. Online shopping is convenient and can be fun, but requires extra vigilance. Join this workshop and look at a variety of online store options, how to make online purchases and how to ensure your safety while shopping online. Free and open to the public. Handicap accessible.

RSVP to Connie Leach at cleach@residenceottercreek.com or 388-1220.

Rabies clinic in Salisbury. Tuesday, March 14, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Salisbury Town Office. The rabies clinic is at the town office; dogs may be registered at this time. All dogs must be registered by April 1.

Travels to the Four Corners; on the ancestral trail of Pueblo Ruins in Orwell. Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m., Orwell Free Library. Travelogue with retired geography professor Joe Taparauskus.

Taparauskus has traveled extensively throughout the southwest U.S., soaking in the culture and history of the ancient peoples who roamed the region. During this talk, he will share photos, stories and fascinating geographic history of the four corners cultures.

“Poverty” film screening in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m., Dana Auditorium. The awardwinning documentary film “Poverty, Inc.” will be screened, followed by a panel discussion with faculty from Middlebury’s Global Health, Food Studies, and Privilege and Poverty programs, as well as UVM’s Education department. Free and open to the public.

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“The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch” screening in Middlebury.

Wednesday, March 15, 11 a.m., Town Hall Theater. The latest installment in Town Hall Theater’s Great Art Wednesdays will screen “The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch,” a compelling look into Bosch’s creations. Tickets $10/$5 students. Tickets may be purchased at www. townhalltheater.org, 802-382-9222 at the THT box office or at the door Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

Panel discussion in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 15, noon, Henry Sheldon Museum of

PV revolution

RICHARD WOLFSON, MIDDLEBURY College Professor of Physics, will give a talk on the history of photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight energy directly into electricity Wednesday, March 15, 7-8:30 p.m. at Ilsley Public Library. Free and open to the public.

Vermont History. Five photographers from the “Focus on the Sheldon: A Five-Point Perspective” exhibit will participate in a panel discussion led by Pieter Broucke, Middlebury College Professor of Art and Architecture.

Cat Talk in Lincoln. Wednesday, March 15, 1-2 p.m., Lincoln Library. Come for an intimate conversation about cats and how they affect our lives. Helen Turner will lead the discussion with her stories, books and pictures. Bring your own cat stories as well. Refreshments will be served.

ANeSU early education developmental screenings in Bristol. Wednesday, March 15, 1-4:30 p.m., Bristol Elementary School. The Early Education Program of ANeSU will hold its developmental screenings. Children will have the opportunity to play in an early childhood classroom using art materials, blocks, puzzles and imaginative play materials. Children 3 years old by Sept. 1 or 4 years old not previously screened are invited to attend. To schedule an appointment call ANeSU Early Education Program at 453-3674. Free.

“The Lorax and Dr. Seuss” in Lincoln. Wednesday, March 15, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Lincoln Library. Do you happen to know the Lorax? If you do, you will be happy to know that The Lorax is coming to the Lincoln Library with all of his friends to help us celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Nola Kevra and friend will bring this fun time to us and there may be a little planting of Truffula seeds following the show and some tasty treats. For kids of all ages.

“Assessing the Trump Presidency Two Months In” presentation in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 15, 4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

Middlebury College Professor Matt Dickinson will present “Assessing the Trump Presidency Two Months In.” Free and open to the public.

Remembering and renewal group in Middlebury.

Wednesday, March 15, 5:30-7 p.m., Share stories and celebrate memories of those we have loved and lost. Pay tribute to the gratitude, grief and connection that remains alive in our minds and hearts. Be inspired in this safe, supportive community. 8-week session. Call Hospice Volunteer Services at 388-4111 or email molson@hospice. org for more information.

Ladies Union crockpot dinner in New Haven.

Wednesday, March 15, 6 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. Ladies Union crockpot dinner will feature hearty main dishes, beverages and dessert. $8. For more information call Carol at 453-5059.

Book club in Bridport. Wednesday, March 15, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department conference room, Crown Point Road and Short Street. The Bridport Book Club will discuss “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” by Carson McCullers. All interested readers welcome! Call 802-758-2858 for more information. April’s title is “David Copperfield,” by Charles Dickens.

PV revolution talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 15, 7-8:30 p.m., Ilsley Public Library.

Middlebury College Professor of Physics Richard Wolfson will give a talk on the history of photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight energy directly into electricity. Free and open to the public.

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THURSDAY

Noonday recital in Middlebury.

Thursday, March 16, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Join us

for a noonday Lenten recital with Elizabeth Read McQuillan, first violist of the Middlebury Opera.

Bring a lunch. Event is free.

“Community Hu” in Middlebury. Thursday, March 16, 2-2:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, Community Room. There will be a “Community Hu,” during which there will be 20 minutes of singing and 10 minutes for contemplation and reflection. This is a nondenominational spiritual gathering that will be open to the community.

Classes at EastView in Middlebury. Thursday, March 16, 3-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury.

EastView resident Nick Clifford will facilitate a class on “Nuclear Security,” the last in an eightweek series.

A Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Simulation workshop in Middlebury. Thursday, March 16, 4:30-5:30 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Are you a caregiver for, or a loved one of a person living with dementia? This workshop will help you understand how it feels to manage the many challenges it presents, and Certified Dementia Practitioners will take you through an experience to better create a positive environment for those with dementia. In collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

Free and open to the public. Handicap accessible.

RSVP to Connie Leach at cleach@residenceottercreek.com or 388-1220.

“Cloud Tectonics” in Middlebury. Thursday, March 16, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College.

Love alters the physics around you in some way: changing the speed of light and the shape of space and how you experience time. Jose Rivera’s play “Cloud Tectonics” is a magical realist version of boy meets girl, where the ordinary is overtaken by the celestial. In downtown Los Angeles 1994, Anibal de Luna meets Celestina del Sol, a mystical wanderer who lives infinitely in the now-she has been pregnant for two years and is looking for the man who made her that way. Tickets: $5. www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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Public Library’s effort to “Raise the Elevator.” The library has been working to raise funds to install an elevator to ensure all patrons can access the beautiful third floor. There will be music by Brandon’s own Bill Moore, a silent auction featuring products and gift certificates from area businesses and first dibs on books for the Giant Book Sale. Cash bar. $10 per person.

“Cloud Tectonics” in Middlebury. Friday, March 17, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College.

Love alters the physics around you in some way: changing the speed of light and the shape of space and how you experience time. Jose Rivera’s play “Cloud Tectonics” is a magical realist version of boy meets girl, where the ordinary is overtaken by the celestial. In downtown Los Angeles 1994, Anibal de Luna meets Celestina del Sol, a mystical wanderer who lives infinitely in the now-she has been pregnant for two years and is looking for the man who made her that way. Tickets: $5. www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

NECSEM Conference opening concert: Indian (Hindustani) Music in Middlebury. Friday, March 17, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall. Join us for an evening of sitar and tabla with award-winning Indian classical music combo Veena and Devesh Chandra. This motherand-son duo uniquely unfolds rich melodies and rhythms that are steeped in improvisation. Their performance takes audiences on a sensorial journey through the tapestry of Indian classical and folk inspired music. A featured event of the 2017 NECSEM Conference. Free. www.middlebury. edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Maree ReMalia | merrygogo in Middlebury. Friday, March 17, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theater. Join Maree ReMalia | merrygogo for The Ubiquitous Mass of Us, an eveninglength, escalating journey where nine performers from across artistic disciplines question the bounds of their identities. Moving in and around the set designed by visual artist Blaine Siegel, they explore the way they take up space. Watch them bare a broad range of physicality and newly discovered expressions to an original soundscore

by David Bernabo. For all ages, seasoned performance goers, and those new to the theater. The show is approximately 50 minutes without an intermission. Public $20, college ID holders $15, students $6.

FRIDAY

Fridays at the Museum: New Horizons in Chinese Gold in the Han Dynasty in Middlebury. Friday, March 17, 12:15 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Professor Sarah Laursen, Assistant Professor and Youngman Curator of Asian Art, examines the production of gold objects during the Han dynasty, when China increased its contact with other states and became integrated into trade networks like the Silk Road. This illustrated lecture will explore the foreign styles, techniques, and forms that first appeared in the Han dynasty, as well as gold’s functions as a marker of elite status and official rank, a tool for diplomacy, and an international currency and commodity. Free. www.middlebury. edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Lenten Fish Fry in Vergennes. Friday, March 17, 5-7 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Come join us for battered baked haddock, fries, macaroni and cheese, green beans, coleslaw, rolls, punch, milk and coffee. Adults $12, children under 12 $6.

Children under 6 are free. Immediate family (only) $35. Please bring a dessert to share. For more information call 877-2367.

March Gala in Brandon. Friday, March 17, 7-10 p.m., Brandon Inn. The Brandon Book Club will hold a March Gala to support the Brandon Free

Flowers on canvas

CAROL BERRY, A member of the Manchester Garden Club, will present a slide show of works of art depicting flowers by artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Claude Monet, Picasso, Gustav Klimt and Georgia O’Keefe on Tuesday, March 14, at 1 p.m. at The Residence at Otter Creek. Free and open to the public. Info: middleburygardenclub.org.

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SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club Hike at Mt. Independence, Orwell. Saturday, March 18. This is a 5-6 mile hike on easy trails with views of Lake Champlain, the countryside and, weather permitting, Revolutionary War ruins of barracks, batteries and other remains.

Wear layered clothes hiking poles, water, snacks and or lunch. Contact Ruth Penfield at 802-3885407 or ruthpenfield@gmail.com. For other events and activities visit www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Addison County River Watch Collaborative’s spring training in Middlebury. Saturday, March 18, 9 a.m., 14 Seminary St. River Watch’s spring training is for anyone interested in joining a group of citizen scientists who monitor local streams and rivers once per month from April to September. Volunteers will help sample on the Otter Creek, Middlebury River, Lemon Fair River, New Haven River, Lewis Creek and Little Otter Creek. Bagels, coffee and fruit will be served at 8:30 a.m.; program begins at 9 a.m.

Giant Book Sale in Brandon. Saturday, March 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Brandon Inn. The Giant Book Sale and silent auction will take place, with puppetry from Laura King from 10-11 a.m., story hour from 12-1 p.m. with Stacy and Allison, and children’s music from 1-2 p.m. with the Nelsons. At 3 p.m. bargain hunters will find plummeting book prices and the final bell will ring at 5 p.m. signaling the end of the silent auction.

Bit & Bridle Story Time in Orwell. Saturday, March 18, 10 a.m., Orwell Free Library. Listen to horse themed stories, learn about the gear used to take care of and ride a horse and do horse activities. For preschoolers and early elementary aged children.

Soup and sandwich luncheon in Shoreham.

Saturday, March 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church. Soup and sandwich luncheon will feature five kinds of soup: chicken, French onion, lentil, broccoli and cheese and vegetarian minestrone, and three kinds of sandwiches: chicken salad, egg salad and tuna salad.

Assorted cookies will be available for dessert along with coffee, tea or milk. $5 donation per individual; $20 for families of four or more; children under 3 eat free. All proceeds go to the Church Restoration Fund, which will be used to repair the lower level floor.

Sister-to-Sister Pool Party in Middlebury.

Saturday, March 18, 2-4 p.m., Middlebury College Pool. Sister-to-Sister Pool Party for middle school girls. Bring a bathing suit, towel and a friend. For those who haven’t signed up for the program, please contact Karin Hanta at khanta@middlebury.edu or 443-5937. Meet at the entrance to the Athletic Center at 2 p.m.

Boogie Benefit in Lincoln. Saturday, March 18, 6-11 p.m., Burnham Hall, Lincoln. The Willowell Foundation will present their annual “Boogie Benefit” featuring rockin’ dance bands The Avant-Garde Dogs and Band of the Land (opening). The evening will include a silent auction. All proceeds go to support programs at the Willowell Foundation. Doors open at 6 p.m. $10 at the door.

Hamilton Parody Purim Tish fundraiser in Middlebury. Saturday, March 18, 7 p.m., Havurah House, 56 N. Pleasant St. Come support Havurah, enjoy fine food, wine and beer and be entertained by performances of Hamilton Parody songs based on the Purim story and History of Havurah. $18/person. Must be 21+ to attend.

Open to the public. RSVP to HHedDirector@ gmail.com by March 12.

Cabin Fever Series concert in Bristol. Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m., Walkover Gallery, 15 Main St. The Walkover Concert Room presents Jeremiah McLain and Tim Cummings in concert as part of the 2017 Cabin Fever Series. $15 in advance; $20 day of show. For information and reservations call 453-3188 or 453-4613.

“Cloud Tectonics” in Middlebury. Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo, Middlebury College. Love alters the physics around you in some way: changing the speed of light and the shape of space and how you experience time.

Jose Rivera’s play “Cloud Tectonics” is a magical realist version of boy meets girl, where the ordinary is overtaken by the celestial. In downtown Los Angeles 1994, Anibal de Luna meets

Celestina del Sol, a mystical wanderer who lives infinitely in the now-she has been pregnant for two years and is looking for the man who made her that way. Tickets: $5. www.middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168.

Maree ReMalia | merrygogo in Middlebury.

Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theater. Join Maree ReMalia | merrygogo for The Ubiquitous Mass of Us, an evening-length, escalating journey where nine performers from across artistic disciplines question the bounds of their identities. Moving in and around the set designed by visual artist Blaine Siegel, they explore the way they take up space. Watch them bare a broad range of physicality and newly discovered expressions to an original soundscore by David Bernabo. For all ages, seasoned performance goers, and those new to the theater. The show is approximately 50 minutes without an intermission. Public $20, college ID holders $15, students $6.

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Iguana Cup Ski Race Challenge in Ripton. Sunday, March 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Middlebury College Snow Bowl.

Team and individual racers — alpine, telemark, norpine skiers, snowboarders — will compete for the handmade, whimsical and prestigious cup. Open to skiers of all ages and abilities.

Registration/sign in: 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Awards and prizes presented after the course closes at 2 p.m. $20 per person if preregistered by March 16 at noon; $25 day of race. Special lift ticket price of $35 ($55.00 value). Raffle for Grand prize Rossignol snowboard and $150 gift certificate to Outdoor Gear Exchange plus many other prizes!

Tickets at Forth ‘N Goal, The Vermont Book Shop and Quarry Hill School: $5 each or 5/$20.

Drawing after the race. Registration details at www.quarryhillschool.org, quarryhillschool@ gmail.com, or call 388-7297 for more information.

Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury.

Sunday, March 19, noon-5 p.m., VFW Hall on Exchange Street. The Champlain Valley Fiddlers will perform, and all fiddlers are welcome for fun and dancing. Refreshments available. $3 donation. For more information call 897-7461.

Sunday Music Series: Bob Recupero and Mark LaVoie in Middlebury. Sunday, March 19, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. You’ll enjoy these “local legends” who draw from different influences ranging from old blues musicians to cowboy songs and ballads. Free and open to the public. Handicap accessible. RSVP to Connie Leach at cleach@residenceottercreek.com or 388-1220.

Free classical concert in Vergennes. Sunday, March 19, 2-3 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library.

Led by Susan O’Daniel, the Woodwind Quintet “Windsong” will perform an hour-long concert, with music by Bach, Ravel and more. Free and open to the public; light refreshments served after the show.

“Anti-Semitism: Then and Now” in Middlebury.

Sunday, March 19, 4-5:30 p.m., Middlebury Congregational Church. In response to the disturbing increase in anti-Semitic violence across the country in 2017, Andrew NagyBenson and Emily Joselson invite you to a panel discussion with four friends and neighbors: Robert Schine, Middlebury College’s Silberman Professor of Jewish Studies; Rebecca Ayako Bennette, Director of Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of History at Middlebury College; Jack Mayer, pediatrician and author of “Before the Court of Heaven” (about Weimar Germany and the rise of the Third Reich); and Jessica Lipnack, author of six books about networks and virtual organizations.

Poetry reading in Middlebury. Sunday, March 19, 5 p.m., Havurah House, North Pleasant Street.

Local poets and writers will address the personal and political in a poetry reading. Members of the community are invited to the reading. The event is free and open to the public. For further questions contact Tal Birdsey at 388-7243

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Take me to the river

ADDISON COUNTY RIVER Watch Collaborative’s spring training will be held Saturday, March 18, 9 a.m., at 14 Seminary St. in Middlebury. Volunteers will help collect samples on the Otter Creek, Middlebury River, Lemon Fair River, New Haven River, Lewis Creek and Little Otter Creek. Bagels, coffee and fruit will be served at 8:30 a.m.; program begins at 9 a.m.

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March 20, 4:30 p.m., McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College. Dr. Douglas Melton, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, will give a talk titled, “The promise of stem cells for cures and improved health.” Free and open to the public.

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ACHHH foot clinic in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 21, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Rec Center, Creek Road. Addison County Home Health & Hospice will sponsor a foot clinic.

Bring a basin and towel. Free.

Rabies clinic in Monkton. Tuesday, March 21, Monkton Volunteer Fire Department, 6-7 p.m.

Bring a copy of your pet’s most recent rabies vaccination. Rabies shots $15. The Town Clerk will be available to issue dog licenses as well.

Middlebury Community Players “Play Date” in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. “Play Date” is a special event where potential directors, designers, actors and other interested theater friends can brainstorm ideas for future productions, chat with old friends and meet new ones. Enjoy refreshments and some surprise entertainment.

Fly Tying Class for Beginners in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 21, 7-9 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, room H005. Fly tying class for beginners offered by the New Haven River Anglers Association. Instruction and materials provided at no cost. $50 refundable deposit for tools. Limited to 12 participants. Call Peter Burton 388-6876 to register.

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AARP fraud watch network presentation in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 22, 2:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury, Community Room. AARP fraud watch network will present a series on cyber and community fraud.

STORYMATTERS in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 22, 4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library.

STORYMATTERS will hold a story circle; the theme is “Animal Tales” — share tales of animal friends, acquaintances and others that are funny, desperate, familial, sad or loving.

Remembering and renewal group in Middlebury.

Wednesday, March 22, 5:30-7 p.m., Share stories and celebrate memories of those we have loved and lost. Pay tribute to the gratitude, grief and connection that remains alive in our minds and hearts. Be inspired in this safe, supportive community. 8-week session. Call Hospice Volunteer Services at 388-4111 or email

molson@hospice.org for more information.

Postcard mania in the early 20th century talk with Robert Bogdan, author and professor emeritus at Syracuse University in Orwell.

Wednesday, March 22, 7 p.m., Orwell Free Library. From 1905 through the 1920s postcards were wildly popular throughout the U.S. Vermont was no exception. Using illustrations of postcards from Orwell, Shoreham and other locations, the talk will discuss the postcard era with an emphasis on Vermont. Regional Postcard Exhibit presented by Orwell Historical Society opens at 6pm.

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Noonday recital in Middlebury.

Thursday, March 23, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Join us for a noonday Lenten recital with Betsy Killorin, flautist and George Matthew Jr., accompanist in a program of Baroque music. Bring a lunch. Event is free.

Competitive bidding bridge class in Middlebury.

Thursday, March 23, 5:50-7:30 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. This six-lesson class led by Gisela Palmer is open to players who have completed the equivalent of an introductory course in bridge.

The class will use Audrey Grant’s Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding. Free. Contact Gisela for details: 462-3373.

Ukranian Easter Egg Decorating in Salisbury.

Thursday, March 23, 7-8 p.m., Salisbury Public Library. Ellen Bodin will demonstrate the Pysansky process for creating colorful and detailed designs. If people are interested in creating these eggs themselves, the library will schedule a workshop later.

LIVEMUSIC Blues Jam in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 15, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Anthony Santor Trio in Middlebury. Friday, March 17, 7-9 p.m., 51 Main.

Bow Thayer in Brandon. Saturday, March 18, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

O’hAnleigh in Middlebury. Saturday, March 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Chelsea Berry in Brandon. Saturday, March 25, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

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ONG OING EV EN T S in the Thursday edition of the

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Hieronymus Bosch at Town Hall Theater

Film on bizarre art shown on ‘Great Art Wednesday’ “The Curious World of featured richly painted landscapes Hieronymus Bosch” will be and depictions of religious screened at Middlebury’s Town subjects.

Hall Theater on “The Curious World Wednesday at 11 a.m. of Hieronymus Bosch” The latest installment features the exhibition in Town Hall Theater’s “Jheronimus Bosch Great Art Wednesdays — Visions of Genius” series is a compelling at Het Noordbrabants look into Bosch’s Museum in the southern creations: fantastical, which

by Greg Pahl Netherlands, detailed, and often brought the majority of utterly bizarre. Known Bosch’s paintings and best for his sprawling triptych, drawings together for the first time The Garden of Earthly Delights, to his home town of Den Bosch and the Dutch painter was the attracted almost half a million art quintessential master of the Early lovers from all over the world. The Netherlandish painting school, documentary is directed by David with work that spanned the latter Bickerstaff and features insight half of the 15th century and often from Peter Greenaway and art

arts beat

critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston.

With Bosch’s fascinating life revealed plus the details and stories within his works seen like never before, don’t miss this cinematic exploration of a great creative genius.

Tickets are $10/$5 students, and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, 382-9222, at the THT box office, or at the door Monday - Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. or one hour before show time.

WHEEZER & SQUEEZER The Walkover Gallery presents Jeremiah McLane and Tim Cummings in Concert as part of the Cabin Fever Series at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Walkover Concert Room, 15 Main Street in Bristol.

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McLane and Cummings — affectionately nicknamed “Wheezer & Squeezer” — draw from a broad repertoire that includes bourrées from Central France, gavottes from Brittany in Northwestern France, dance tunes from the Scottish Border region and original compositions reflecting North American influences. This rare, captivating duo commands

both feet and spirits to dance.

Admission is $15 in advance $20 day of the show. For reservations call 453-3188 or 453-4613.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be three live music performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern located at 86 Main Street in Middlebury.

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Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) Springsteen, AC/DC, Phish and The Grateful Dead together into a sonic stew that is sure to satisfy your aural palette. There is a $3 cover.

Finally, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Binger returns to the Tavern’s stage. Couch-Surf Prog, PostGenre, experimental Hip-Hop, jam and anything else you can think of snakes its way into their intricate and mind bending live shows. There is a $3 cover. For more information, call 388-0002.

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

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

Then, at 7 p.m. on Friday, the Anthony Santor Trio take to the stage. Will Sellenraad on guitar, Anthony Santor, on bass and Geza Carr on drums will be performing Jazz tunes from Cole Porter to Wayne Shorter.

Finally, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, O’hAnleigh will perform. Tom Hanleigh, Becca Hanleigh, Doug Riley and Cindy Hill bring the traditions of Irish Immigrant culture and music to life with dynamic performances, from rowdy pub songs to haunting ballads to sizzling fiddle tunes, and original songs based on Irish myths and legends.

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

ST. PATRICK’S DAY AT VOH Vermont Celtic rock band Prydein is teaming up with their guest, the Catamount Pipe Band, to bring a special St. Patrick’s Day Celebration to the Vergennes

Opera House on Friday evening at 7:30 p.m.

Prydein and Catamount bring you a mixture of Irish, Scottish and original music done in a way that will bring out the Scots-Irish in all of us. The event also serves as the official CD release party of Prydein’s new album, “About Time.” Four years in the making, this album faithfully embodies the band’s last 18 years together with reworked Whisky Before Breakfast classics, original songs, surprising covers and, of course, traditional and not-so-traditional Celtic tunes.

Admission $20 for adults, $10 for kids and free for children 5 and under. A cash bar will be provided

by Bar Antidote. Doors and bar open at 6:30 p.m. The first five through the door get a free copy of “About Time.”

INTERNATIONAL FILM The 2016-2017 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2014 Italian film, “Youth,” directed by Paolo Sorrentino.

From the director of Italy’s Oscar foreign language winner, “The Great Beauty,” comes “Youth,” about two longtime friends vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Oscar winning actor Michael Caine plays Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor, who brings along his daughter (Rachel Weisz) and best friend Mick (Harvey Keitel), a renowned filmmaker. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career.

The film will be shown at 3 p.m. and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125). It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be (See Beat, Page 13)

PISCES: February 19-March 20 This week is ripe for love, Pisces. A romantic connection may finally bloom or you may get news that someone is expecting a baby.

ARIES: March 21-April 20 You may find yourself teetering between responsibilities to work, friends and even family. It’s possible you will need to set aside some time to play catchup in the coming days.

TAURUS: April 21May 21 Listen before you make assumptions, Taurus.

Resist any temptation to wildly post or chat about personal information. You might regret it later on.

GEMINI: May 22-June 21 Finances are your main priority this week, Gemini. Whether you have a lot in savings or are floundering paycheck to paycheck, it is time to reassess your financial situation.

CANCER: June 22July 22 Cancer, if things are stressful at home, it may be necessary to step away for some breathing room. Book a vacation so everyone can unwind and recharge.

LEO: July 23-August 23 Take a deep breath and try to relax, Leo. You have been operating on overdrive for some time now and you’re just about out of gas. Book that vacation, pronto.

VIRGO: August 24-September 22 A promising collaboration may be on the horizon, Virgo. This could prove interesting and also propel a hobby or your career a bit further than you had anticipated.

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Take action this week and it could be a turning point in your life. Seal the deal however you choose.

CAPRICORN: December 22-January 20 Capricorn, the key to landing on your feet is to always expect the curveballs that will be thrown your way. This way you are always on your toes and can adapt quickly.

AQUARIUS: January 21-February 18 Now is a good time to declutter your life, Aquarius. Start sorting through your belongings, then move on to any emotional baggage you’ve been carrying.

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DANCE PERFORMANCE Dance artist Maree ReMalia will present “The Ubiquitous Mass of Us” at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in the Dance Theater at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts.

This will be an evening-length, escalating journey where nine performers from across artistic disciplines question the bounds of their identities. Moving in and around the set designed by visual artist Blaine Siegel, they explore the way they take up space. Watch them bare a broad range of physicality and newly discovered expressions to an original soundscore by David Bernabo. For all ages, seasoned performance goers, and those new to the theater.

Tickets for the general public are $20.

HINDUSTANI MUSIC In conjunction with the Northeast Chapter for the Society of Ethnomusicology Conference at Middlebury College, there will be an evening of sitar and tabla at 8 p.m. on Friday in Robison Hall at the Mahaney Center for the Arts with award winning Indian classical music combo Veena and Devesh Chandra.

This mother-and-son duo uniquely unfolds rich melodies and rhythms that are steeped in improvisation. Their performance

takes audiences on a sensorial journey through the tapestry of Indian classical and folk inspired music. It’s free and the public is welcome. For more information, call 443-3168.

DRAWING EXHIBIT A new exhibit of student drawings opens on Tuesday in the mezzanine at Middlebury College’s Johnson Memorial Building on Chateau Road off College Street (Route 125). While students began with the same prompt, problem or question, their creative responses result in expressions that are worlds apart. The works produced in this class are varied in both content and technique. The exhibit, which runs through March 21, is free and the public is welcome. The Johnson Memorial Building is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday – Friday.

SONGS AND ARIAS There will be an evening of songs

and arias at 8 p.m. on Saturday in Robison Hall at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. Select music students will present a variety of songs, duets and arias that range from the Baroque era to the present, accompanied by affiliate artist Cynthia Huard and Annemieke Spoelstra McLane, piano. It’s free and the public is welcome. For more information, call 443-3168.

MIDDLEBURY CHOIR The Middlebury College Choir will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday in Robison Hall at the Mahaney Center for the Arts.

The choir presents global choral music including 21st-century compositions from Western and non-Western musical traditions.

It’s free and the public is welcome.

For more information, call 4433168.

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MORE THAN 200 female Vergennes Union High School students and staff members gathered in the school auditorium on Wednesday morning to recognize A Day Without A Woman.

VUHS students proposed the assembly and other symbolic gestures to draw attention to women’s issues at the school, in the community and in the world, and to recognize the contributions of female staff members.

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VUHS (Continued from Page 1) sense. You should do something drew millions for marches in different.’”

Washington, D.C., and around the The plans firmed up when Duprey country. It was hoped this would came aboard. be a way to show the value of “I was still pretty set on skipping women’s cultural and economic school, and I wanted to get more contributions to society and protest people to skip school with me and discrimination.

Aliya,” Haigis said. “And what The three students ended up happening enlisted the backing is Peighton Duprey of Principal Stephanie “The beauty wanted to be involved Taylor — who they of this is it as well, and we ended said made some was student up creating the idea helpful suggestions voice. To have of the assembly, just — and Assistant projecting it through the students come school and educating Principal Jay Stetzel.

Female students and and suggest it people about it rather staff were asked to is exactly the than getting everyone wear red, the chosen to skip the day.” kind of civic color of Women’s Hugo, sitting down March organizers. As awareness I with Haigis and Taylor well as being asked, want to create the day after the event, but not required, to in our student explained the logic. attend the assembly, “It was hard for female students also body, active everyone to skip school had the option to participants that day, and also if a remain silent for the in their bunch of students were day — or as much as communities.” not in school, the day they chose — as an act would go on without — VUHS Principal of what Taylor called them, and they won’t Stephanie Taylor symbolic withdrawal really make a change, from the community. and we wouldn’t really Originally, Hugo and Haigis have a voice,” Hugo said. “So wanted to skip school in honor by bringing everyone together, of A Day Without A Woman, but and taking out the politics they readjusted their goals after and everything, and even just an interaction late the week before recognizing that we have so many with one of their teachers. female members of the community “We were sitting in our AP who do so much for us, we made it Language and Composition class,” stronger and made us have an even Haigis said. “And I yelled across bigger voice.” the room, Aliya, are we still going IN THE AUDITORIUM to skip school next week for A Day They planned the assembly early Without a Woman? And our teacher, last week. The three organizers Karl Steen, said, “It doesn’t make spoke first and described the

agenda, which opened with the middle school boys in the middle conclusion of a Cheryl WuDunn school gym, and male teachers TED Talk, “Our century’s greatest filled in for female teachers in high injustice,” about the global school classrooms. Gender issues were discussed, as they were during struggles of women.

Then they opened up the floor of the week at morning meetings — a planned 20-minute meeting for Stetzel sent out a memo asking teachers to bring up the topic there. comment.

Not all the boys in school “I asked some teachers to put something together to break the understood the issues, said both ice,” Hugo said. “And after that Taylor and organizers, but some some high school girls felt more came around with help from comfortable talking, and the middle teachers.

“There was some controversy school girls felt more comfortable in the class I was sitting in during talking.”

They were surprised by the three block,” Haigis said. “It was more the boys didn’t result: About 20 people spoke about “It was mostly understand.”

But when the teacher topics that included explained, Haigis said, supporting each other, about getting she could tell they achieving goals and respect.” recognizing female — VUHS senior were thinking, “OK, I staff members, with Aliya Hugo understand now.”

Haigis believes the a special shout-out to absence of girls from front office workers Diane Marcotte and Betsy Sullivan. classrooms helped make the point.

“That was also why we wanted “Everyone felt pretty comfortable expressing what they wanted to the assembly, because we wanted it say,” Hugo said, adding, “I honestly so the females would be removed, didn’t expect that many people to and it would be a fully male school even though we were still in the talk ... It was awesome” Taylor described the comments as school,” Haigis said. “So not only did we want the auditorium and the positive, with a common element.

“It was certainly an underlying assembly to educate and talk to one theme that we had to recognize another, we also wanted to have it that so often girls and women are to remove ourselves from the male in competition with each other at presence and have them feel the times, especially around social effect of us not being there.” and emotional stuff,” Taylor said. HAND IN HAND Haigis and Hugo credited “They recognized we needed to be administrators for their support, kinder to each other.”

While the females gathered in noting it was Taylor who came up the auditorium (those who did not with the idea for optional silence. attend did homework in classrooms “I think the overall success of or the library), Stetzel met with it was behind the fact we were

supported,” Haigis said. “If we had gone in there and people really weren’t feeling what we were saying it wouldn’t have been as successful.”

Taylor, on the other hand, said the points were better made because the events were student-driven.

“The beauty of this is it was student voice,” Taylor said. “To have students come and suggest it is exactly the kind of civic awareness I want to create in our student body, active participants in their communities.”

The organizers said they are realistic about the long-term impact of Wednesday’s events on male perception of women’s issues, although Hugo said she heard a lot of dialogue in the 24 hours following the assembly.

“You’re not going to be able to really change their mindset on it, but I guess you can maybe influence it,” Hugo said. “It was mostly about getting respect.”

But given what Haigis called the current climate of “mixed emotions about everything,” the taking of women’s contributions for granted, and unequal treatment of girls and women, they felt compelled to act.

“I think if we were satisfied and content with our treatment and where we were in terms of this issue, economic and community, we wouldn’t need women’s marches and assemblies to communicate with each other and support one another, when we don’t feel supported 100 percent by the male part of our community,” Haigis said. “So, no, I don’t think we’re OK with where we are right now.”

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ROBBIE LEGGETT, LEFT, and Ben Adams demo a conference room in the Collins Building at Porter Medical Center last Thursday afternoon. The room and some surrounding space is being converted into “Porter Express Care,” which will provide urgent care services seven days a week, and reduce patient flow to the emergency room.

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Porter (Continued from Page 1) years, but a lack of funding and County and not have to travel out space have been consistent barriers, of our community or obtain care according to hospital officials. in our emergency Organizers recently department for acute solved the space issue “We believe that medical problems when they identified that are, in fact, not Porter Express the Collins Building emergencies,” he said Care will provide conference rooms as through a written convenient, higha good spot for the statement. “We are quality and less clinic. They will create very excited about costly health extra conference room this new project and, space in the main more important, our care services to hospital building to community is clearly our community compensate for what both very excited and than within is being lost in the supportive of our new a traditional Collins Building.

Express Care project.” emergency Boosters solved the With a tentative financial obstacle for department June opening, Express the clinic by tapping Care will be open setting.” two revenue sources seven days per week — Dr. Amanda Young for the $485,000 — 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. project. on weekdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Project costs will be covered Saturdays; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on through a combination of donations Sundays. It will be a walk-in service and resources from Porter’s that will use the same medical “contingency capital fund,” records as Porter Medical Group in order to allow for sharing of clinical information with the patient’s primary care provider for follow-up care.

Construction of the new facility began this month. It will include five exam rooms and a separate entrance into the Collins Building.

Dr. Amanda Young helped plan the project and will serve as the clinic’s medical director.

“Our location in the Collins Building will allow for easy access to a variety of hospital support services such as lab and radiology,” she said.

“We believe that Porter Express Care will provide convenient, highquality and less costly health care services to our community than within a traditional emergency department setting.”

Porter has been considering opening such a service for many

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Organizers had set a target of raising $150,000 toward the $485,000 goal. As of Thursday, Porter officials were pleased to report pledges and major donations totaling $165,000. Major gifts thus far include two anonymous $50,000 contributions, a $50,000 pledge from the PMC Auxiliary, and a $15,000 pledge from the Middlebury Lions Club.

“During the month of March alone we have received almost $200,000 in pledges or donations toward the overall project cost of $485,000 and we have several more donors who are currently considering a commitment to this project,” Kniffin said.

He believes Porter Express Care will be a big success.

“This is a real win for Porter and our patients,” Kniffin said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Band of the Land will open the evening, with a sound that combines elements of acoustic roots rock and conscious reggae, with uplifting harmonies and original songs. Next up is the Avant-Garde Dogs, whose uplifting, danceable rock features songs by Warren Zevon, Lucinda Williams, the Pretenders, the Clash and more.

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Between Feb. 27 and March 5, Bristol police conducted six town-contracted traffic patrols, covering Burpee and Monkton roads and the Daniel’s Four Corners area.

Officers issued three tickets and two warnings for speeding, and two warnings for defective equipment During that period, Bristol police conducted security checks at Mount Abraham Union High School on Feb. 27 and 28 and on March 1, 2, 3, and 5 and downtown business checks on Feb. 28, March 3 and March 5. On Feb. 28, an officer found one downtown business unsecured, checked the premises and secured the building. During that same week, Bristol police took fingerprints for employment and/or school-related background checks for four individuals.

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BRISTOL — Art on Main in Bristol is presenting its 8th annual Emerging Artists Show through March 26.

In celebration of Youth and Art Month, the exhibit features the work of more than 20 Mount Abraham Union High School students in grades 9-12. The student artists were invited to submit their work on the basis of their artistic talent and dedication to creating art as well as their potential as future artists.

The mediums represented include photography, painting, draw-

ing, jewelry, felting, comics and others.

An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, March 14, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Art on Main in Bristol. All are welcome to attend, meet the artists and Mount Abe art teacher Elise Cleary, and enjoy light refreshments.

Art on Main is located at 25 Main St. Winter hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m., closed on Monday. For more information call 453-4032 or visit artonmain.net.

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The addition of the woodshop allows the company to increase its high-end and high-capacity production of custom built-ins and cabinetry, officials said. The new shop is located on the corner of River Road and Route 7 for easy loading/unloading of freight.

Silver Maple Construction is celebrating 10 years in business building fine homes, renovations and commercial projects of all sizes across the Northeast. The company was founded in 2006 by lifelong friends Sean Flynn and Mike Steele.

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(traditional Irish drum), Greenleaf attended the Tommy Makem International School of Song in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in 2000.

He has performed in Irish bands throughout New England.

Since moving to Vermont, he’s joined forces with Gypsy Reel and Craic agus Ceol. In 2014 he founded The County Down with Killington music veteran Daniel Brown.

Teaching the audience choruses and singing along is a favorite part of his shows, Greenleaf said.

(See Greenleaf, Page 18)

Foot Care Nurse Starts Sole Solutions LLC in Bristol Mary B. Wood, try to help patients who just opened Sole with preventative care, Solutions Foot & Nail encouraging and trying Care in Bristol, was to reinforce healthy determined to be a nurse habits. But people have from the time she was to start somewhere, if a teenager.”My best you don’t know what to friend’s Mom was a do to yet to keep your nurse, and she would feet healthy, it’s worth tell me stories about learning, and I try to caring for people. Her pass along that kind stories made me feel of info. I plan to do that being a nurse was everything from helping a really interesting and folks evaluate their shoes Old High School, Bristol, Vt. rewarding thing you to making house calls could do with your life. I for people who simply just knew it was for me.” cannot get around anymore. I hope I can assist Mary went on to earn her B.S.N from Old those who are in need of foot and nail care.”

Dominion University in Virginia. She’s been a Ultimately, that’s precisely why Mary went nurse for 30 years and a maternity nurse at Porter into nursing in the first place – to help people for the past 20 years. During that time who needed her help. She’s been Mary Wood studied and earned the doing it for more than 30 years at credentials to be a Certified Food Care Porter Hospital and with private Nurse, skills she now brings to her practices. Now she is looking forward new medical service, Sole Solutions, to the challenge of combining her located on the first floor of the Old passion for providing professional High School in Bristol. and sympathetic health care with a “We demand so much of our feet, newly discovered enthusiasm for but they’re sometimes neglected entrepreneurship. “You might say that — long periods of standing, and starting Sole Solutions is a leap of if someone is sedentary due to faith for me,” Mary smiles, “but I’m illness, well that’s not healthy confident I’ll make a go of it. There either,” Mary points out. Some are definitely enough people who Mary B. Wood, patients suffer from Diabetes and need this service, and I enjoy offering RN, CFCN the various complications that arise this care, it’s extremely fulfilling. or from intermittent numbness to more severe As I said, being a nurse really is one of the most neuoropathy; others are coping with issues interesting and rewarding things a person can do.” pertaining to aging; while others simply need help Mary B. Wood RN, CFCN is now accepting new with callouses and corns so that their shoes will fit clients. Please call for an appointment: 802-355better.

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BRISTOL’S REAGH GREENLEAF JR., shown playing the Irish bodhrán, is a busy man during the month leading up to St. Patrick’s Day.

Bristol (Continued from Page 16) traffic and nearly causing head-on collisions. The officer found no signs of driver impairment. The driver admitted to being tired but did not recall driving dangerously as reported. The officer conducted a consent search of the vehicle, found no intoxicants, and issued a warning.

• Responded to MAUHS on Feb. 27 for a student reported as refusing to complete work and follow directions from school staff. The officer engaged with the student and asked him/her to leave the grounds. There have been on-going concerns about this student. A report will be filed with the Addison County State’s Attorney’s Office, where a petition for state custody of the juvenile is pending.

• Received a report from a district resident on Feb. 27 regarding the smell of meth use from a neighbor’s apartment. Police made no response as multiple prior reports have been received from this complainant and all were unfounded. Police are looking into mental health services for the complainant.

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• Worked out of the office at Bristol Elementary School on Feb. 27, interacting with students and staff in the classrooms and hallways.

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Police then checked the customer’s possible residence with no results.

• Worked out of the office at Bristol Elementary on March 1. Chief Gibbs visited two grade 5/6 classes and read books as part of a guest reader program.

• Opened a vehicle in the Rite Aid parking lot on March 1 for a woman who had locked her keys inside.

• Received a report on March 2 of a reckless driver on Route 116.

As reported, a black Chevy Impala nearly caused a crash near a residence in Starksboro, and the vehicle was headed toward Bristol at high speed. Police searched for the vehicle but did not find it.

• On March 2, an off-duty officer learned of a burglar alarm going off at a Ferrisburgh business, while traveling thru the area. The officer made contact with the key holder, determined the alarm to be false, and notified the Vermont State Police.

• Initiated a computer-related investigation after receiving a tip from an Internet service provider on March 2.

• Provided security at a Mount Abe basketball game on March 2.

• Worked out of Bristol Elementary on March 3, interacting with students and staff in the classrooms, hallways and lunchroom.

• Received a report of a known sex offender sitting in a parked car at the Kountry Trailer Park on March 3. Police found the subject waiting with the owner of an unoccupied trailer to show the trailer to a prospective buyer. No registry or law violation was found.

• Assisted Vermont State Police with a custodial dispute on Hewitt Road on March 3.

• Took a report of a theft on West Street on March 4. The complainant said that she put her wallet down on the counter to pour a cup of coffee, and when she turned back around the contents of her wallet were gone.

• Advised a South Street homeowner to turn down the volume on their music after receiving a noise complaint from a neighbor on March 4.

• Assisted Vermont State Police with processing a driver whose license was criminally suspended on March 4.

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Mothers in the Floppy Friends group gathered in costume to celebrate the babies’ first Halloween together. The group formed initially from a parenting and childbirth class and expanded to include more than a dozen families all with babies born within a few months of each other.

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By CHRISTY LYNN MIDDLEBURY — It doesn’t get much more intimidating than the thought of bringing another human being into the world that is completely reliant upon you for keeping it alive.

For new parents, this thought — coupled with the enormous emotional and physical turbulence that comes with pregnancy — can be utterly destabilizing.

That’s one reason why parenting classes, books and clubs are so popular.

Megan Osterhout Brakeley first moved to Middlebury with her new husband, Gus Brakeley, in 2013. However, she promptly took off for graduate school out of state, returning to Middlebury infrequently and without the time to really form her own networks of friends and acquaintances. Upon graduation and her return to the community, Osterhout Brakeley was pregnant with their first child.

“I was new to the community and aside from my husband and his family, I didn’t have a lot of friends,” she recalled. In addition,

Osterhout Brakeley hadn’t spent a lot of time around infants or new parents observing the routines and hearing about the process.

It became clear to her that facing parenthood would be a lot easier with a network of peers with whom she could ask silly questions, casually observe, and call upon for advice.

Through her parents in-law (Peter and Johana Brakeley), as well as work colleagues and others in her local labor and delivery and breastfeeding classes, Osterhout Brakeley was able to form a group of six or so parents who

were due around the same time.

They called the group the Floppy Friends.

The Floppy Friends first gathered the first week of January 2016, less than a month after Osterhout Brakeley’s daughter, Hazel, was born.

“As a new parent just to have people in the same phase and right there in the thick of it with you was critical,” Osterhout Brakeley said.

“In the first few weeks of parenting, I (See Floopy Friends, Page 23)

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Parents in the Floppy Friends network frequently call each other to coordinate hikes and other outings. Pictured here from left to right on the top of Snake Mountain are Lisa and Luca Crowley, EJ and Makenna Bartlett, Claire Bove and Mateo Nelson, Jodi Brown and Liv Lunser.

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Floppy Friends (Continued from Page 20) small being alive.” remember Googling things like, ‘What do you EJ and Steve Bartlett joined the Floppy do with a baby all day?’ — the kind of thing Friends group about three months after it first you wouldn’t necessarily ask your doctor, but gathered. They had just adopted an infant, if you have a group of other parents asking Makenna, and brought her home to Cornwall. these same gross and mundane questions, it’s “At first I was a little hesitant to join the the perfect place to turn.” group,” EJ recalled. “I wasn’t sure Osterhout Brakeley remembers I wanted to be surrounded by a the early gatherings as mostly “As a new bunch of women telling their birth support sessions for mothers parent just to stories. But I went, and I am so recovering from childbirth and have people in glad I did.” the emotional swings spurring the same phase Makenna is among the youngest from sleeplessness, hormonal of the Floppy Friends and for EJ imbalances and breastfeeding and right there there’s been tremendous value in the thick of in being able to observe other woes.

At the beginning, most members it with you was parenting moves and learn what of the group were on paternal works and what doesn’t. critical.” leaves, so there was a standing “You watch other parents do — Megan something you’ve never done weekly gathering at different members’ homes, and members Osterhout Brakeley with your child and you think to came if they could make it. yourself ‘Oh, you can do that?’

The ease of going to someone else’s house and it opens a new door,” she said. for the gatherings was key for Osterhout The Floppy Friends mostly communicate Brakeley. “Post-partum is uncomfortable and through a Facebook group and via email and unpredictable,” Osterhout Brakeley said, “but text. being in homes made that process much easier.

“If someone wants to go out on a hike or “If I had had to prepare myself to go into an adventure of some kind with their baby, public with my infant, it would have been a it’s a great resource to tap,” EJ said. “I might whole other story,” she said, “But as it was, I have been hesitant to go out on a hike with was just shifting from my house to someone just Makenna, but if there’s someone else else’s house. No one cared if you showed up in also along with an infant, it’s much more sweats without your hair brushed and needed comfortable.” to change a diaper as soon as you walked into Over the last year, the group has ballooned the door. There was no judgment.” in size and smaller sub-groups have started Like Osterhout Brakeley, Jodi Brown moved to form. They gathered in February for a to Addison County when she was in her second collective “First Birthdays” party and had trimester with her daughter, Liv. Brown works about 16 families at the get-together. as a women’s health doctor at Porter Women’s “It’s so fun to watch as they all form their Health, but despite her clinical knowledge own personalities and develop new skills,” still wanted to connect with peers as a first- Osterhout Brakeley says, adding that because time parent embarking on something new and they’re all within a span of three to four intimidating. months apart in age the parents can really help She was connected to the group through her each other predict what’s coming and how to midwife, whom she asked to pass along her prepare. number to any other expecting parents looking And while the babies are still too young to for connections. have overly developed language skills, it does “Being in a group with other mothers gave seem like they too find value in their Floppy us license to be out in the world with our babies Friendships. with confidence and without reservations,” As Osterhout Brakeley, Bartlett and I Brown wrote in a comment about the Floppy talked at an outdoor picnic table in downtown Friends group.

Middlebury, Hazel and Makenna exercised “After we graduated from just hanging their new walking skills and showed off their out in each other’s living rooms we met out newly forming teeth as they munched snacks. at restaurant and breweries, eating food, They stared at each other and followed each sampling beers and breastfeeding in mass in other around, each clearly looking to the other (gasp) public spaces. We felt free to continue for signs and lessons. to be women out in the world, living and At our parting, they even gave each other a enjoying life, even though we were now hug goodbye. The two could truly be life-long mothers and responsible for keeping another friends.

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Katherine Wagner, MD FACOG

Jodi Brown, DO

Heather Kidde, CNM

Maggie Gardner, CNM

Molly Brown, WHNP

The providers at Porter Women’s Health are focused on helping you to welcome your baby in a nurturing environment with individualized, compassionate care and supporting you to achieve the birth experience you envision.

Our Birthing Center is a relaxed and intimate environment. You can expect to labor, deliver and recover in a private, home-like room in a state-of-the-art facility, staffed with a highly-skilled, team devoted to guiding women through all stages of their birth process.

Our nurse midwives and physicians work together to provide seamless care. We are committed to high-quality, low-intervention birth and have one of the lowest C-Section rates in Vermont.

We would be honored to celebrate this new beginning with you.

Porter Medical Group • a Department of Porter Hospital Addison Family Medicine | Neshobe Family Medicine | Porter Cardiology | Middlebury Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine | Bristol Internal Medicine Little City Family Practice | Middlebury Foot Care | Porter Women’s Health | Porter Ear, Nose, & Throat | Champlain Valley Orthopedics Providing comprehensive primary and specialty care close to home

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For more information please call our office at 802-388-6326

Preparing for Birth and Your Baby • Expectant Parents Class: 6+1 This six-week series covers pregnancy, labor, birth, breathing/relaxation skills, care of the newborn, and family changes. Includes a 7th class, after babies are born, for parents and new babies together. Meets weekday evenings, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

• Condensed Weekend Expectant Parents’ Class A weekend version of our 6 week course which meets two mornings in one weekend.

Highlights pregnancy, labor, birth, breathing/relaxation skills. Meets 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday of one weekend. See on-line schedule for dates.

• Breastfeeding Class A two-hour evening class for new or expectant mothers to discuss the benefits of breastfeeding to mother and baby, deciding whether or not to breastfeed, returning to work, and more. Meets 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Pre-registration required.

You can register on-line or by calling:

Call 382-4720 For a complete schedule and to register on-line, please visit: www.portermedical.org/outreachparents.html * Fees for these classes are paid in full by Dr. Dynasaur or Vermont Medicaid.

Promoting a safe, healthy and family-centered pregnancy and birth.

Addison Independent, Monday, March 13, 2017 — PAGE 25

“There were countless times I could recall sending or getting group texts about specific baby related problems I or any one of the moms might be facing,” said Jodi Brown, a mother in the Floppy Friends group. “Whether it be introduction of solids, sleep issues, teething or illness, it gave us all an extra resource to see what other parents had already come up against and what worked, or didn’t work for them. It helped to have a group of amazing parents to meet up with on days off from work for socializing for both adults and babies, doing things that were baby friendly.” Pictured left to right are Floppy Friends Lucas, Liv, Mateo, Graham, Hazel, Luca, and Dahlia.

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Is Proud to Announce the Addition of & Welcome

Meredith W. Hanson, FNP-BC & Ariel GallantBernstein, MD, FAAP

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Middlebury Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine is accepting new patients.

Weybridge, Vermont 545-2119

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Vt. ranked high for women and children’s care BURLINGTON — A report released in the fall of 2016 ranks Vermont second overall in the nation for women and children’s health.

United Health Foundation’s 2016 America’s Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Report provides an in-depth look at state successes and challenges in promoting the health of women, infants and children.

The report evaluates and ranks the 50 states based on more than 60 measures of health and well-being from 18 individual sources of data.

Vermont is joined at the top with its neighboring Northeast states, Massachusetts (#1) and New Hampshire (#3).

“This is another in a long series of national indicators that show Vermont’s approach to promoting positive health outcomes is making a real difference in people’s lives,” said Breena Holmes, MD, director of maternal and child health, Vermont Department of Health.

In addition to overall scoring, states are ranked relative to each other in three categories, Women, Infants and Children, as well as by individual measures. Vermont ranked third in the nation for women’s health, third for infants, and fourth for children.

Notable successes for Vermont: • 81.9 percent of children have adequate health insurance (Rank: 1).

• 97.8 percent of women had prenatal care before the third trimester (Rank: 1).

• 96.4 percent of babies age zero to 2 years received a well-baby checkup in the past 12 months (Rank: 2).

• 85.6 percent of women age 18 to 44 have a

dedicated health care provider (Rank: 3).

• 29.6 percent of infants are breastfed exclusively at 6 months of age (Rank: 1).

Notable challenges for Vermont: • 20.8 percent of pregnant women age 18 to 44 smoke (Rank 47).

• 15.8 percent of pregnant women age 18 to 44 consumed alcohol (Rank: 49).

“These are complex issues, and we have been working for years in Vermont to bend the curve,” said Holmes. “This report is only a snapshot, but when I see that nearly all women are getting prenatal care, and that Vermont kids can get the care they need because they have health insurance, I know we are on the right path.”

Holmes acknowledged that the report also makes clear there is still significant work to do.

“The challenges of behavior change drive many of the steep hurdles we face,” Holmes said. “We are making slow but steady headway in reducing the number of pregnant women who smoke, and we’re seeing positive results in our efforts to address drinking while pregnant, such as with our 049 – Zero alcohol for nine months outreach to health care providers.”

“We have to stay focused and not be afraid to innovate. I can trace our success with health insurance coverage for kids and the resulting access to care back to the vision that created Dr. Dynasaur. Working together with health care providers and our community partners, we will continue to improve health outcomes.”

For health news, alerts and information, visit healthvermont.gov.

Smile!

(Continued from Page 21) they will need when meeting new friends at school and college and, importantly, when they walk in the door for that job interview.

Tooth decay is one of the most common chronic diseases in children, but there are many things parents and caregivers can do to help kids have a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums: • Limit sugary snacks – instead, choose fresh fruit, raw vegetables, cheese and nuts.

• Brush with toothpaste that has fluoride and floss each day, especially before bedtime.

• Have regular dental check-ups – ask your dentist about dental sealants to protect your children’s back teeth from decay.

• Choose fresh tap water over sugary drinks, especially if your water has fluoride in it.

Drinking fluoridated water is one of the best ways to prevent tooth decay. Fluoride is a mineral that is naturally found in most water supplies. Community water fluoridation is about making sure there is the right amount of fluoride to prevent tooth decay.

Many Vermont cities and towns have had

community water fluoridation for more than 60 years. It’s safe and effective. We know this from seven decades of evidence-based science.

In 2010, a study demonstrated that drinking fluoridated water as a child meant they were less likely to lose teeth due to decay as an adult 40-50 years later. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention called community water fluoridation “one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century.”

Protecting children’s dental health means better health outcomes. It also saves money as a community and as individuals. Family budgets can be squeezed by the unexpected cost of an expensive dental treatment, crown or procedure.

As taxpayers, we all share in the cost of treatment when we don’t adequately invest in far less costly efforts to ensure access to prevention services regardless of income.

So let’s celebrate Children’s Dental Health Month by recommitting ourselves to teaching our kids how to brush, floss and to take care of those adorable, shiny smiles for the rest of their lives.

A Partnership Approach to Care

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Dr. Hopper & Dr. Fasoli Treat Kids & Adults in Middlebury MIDDLEBURY, VT—The best way to guarantee a lifetime of healthy smiles is to provide kids with a “dental home” where they can develop good habits.

This is one of the guiding philosophies at Middlebury Dental Group. By treating children from their first tooth onward, the practice provides a foundation of great dental health for the youngest patients in Addison County.

“We love kids and we know how to care for them,” says Dr. Adam Fasoli.

“Visits to the dentist are a learning experience for kids, so it’s important that we make them feel comfortable and respected.”

Both Dr. Fasoli and Dr. Peter J. Hopper have been caring for children in the local community for years, as well as their parents and grandparents.

The concepts of long-term preventive care and patient education guide their treatment of patients of all ages. While children may be learning to brush, floss, or avoid sugary foods for the first time, the team at Middlebury Dental Group knows that their grown-up patients sometimes need tips to keep their smile healthy, too.

The dentists at Middlebury Dental Group are concerned that lack of convenience is one of the things that keeps busy families from staying up to date with their preventive dental care appointments. They have taken a novel approach to this problem by offering extended hours, with dental appointments after school as late as 4:30pm, so parents don’t have to pull their kids out of class for teeth cleaning appointments.

Whenever possible, the practice offers what they call “family style” appointments, where kids and parents have their cleanings scheduled at the same time, so the whole family can be in-and-out quickly and easily.

Middlebury Dental Group is located in Suite 170 at 1330 Exchange Street, located off Route 7, across from the Bridge School & next to Champlain Valley Orthopedics. For more information about the dental care they offer, please call 802-388-3553.

Middlebury Dental Group 1330 Exchange Street, Suite 170, Middlebury, Vt. (802) 388-3553 • middleburydentalvt.com

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Iguana Cup ski race to be held March 19

Harp and Soul to perform at local schools in March ADDISON COUNTY — The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s “Harp and Soul” harp and flute duo will present performances at two Addison County elementary schools on March 21. The visits are sponsored by Neat Repeats Resale Shop.

Flutist Anne Janson and harpist Heidi Soons make up the dynamic SymphonyKids duo, “Harp & Soul.” In their fresh and engaging program, they explain how the harp and flute work and sound, including some of their special effects (glissandos, etc.). Several different kinds of each instrument will be demonstrated, and audience participation encouraged. The musicians perform some familiar music and talk about how their instruments are used in orchestral music. A no-holds-barred question and answer period concludes the program.

These performances are part of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s statewide SymphonyKids education program, which reached over 26,000 schoolchildren last year with 278 presentations serving 175 schools in 141 different towns.

The VSO’s traveling ensembles visit all corners of the state as part of an outreach program known as the Lois H. McClure “Musiciansin-the-Schools” Program. These

MIDDLEBURY — Quarry Hill School is proud to announce the seventh annual Iguana Cup Ski Challenge Sunday, March 19 at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl.

Team and individual racers — skiers, snowboarders and telemark and norpine skiers — will compete for the handmade, whimsical and prestigious cup.

Quarry Hill celebrates more than 40 years of providing preschool experiences to hundreds of Addison County children.

The Iguana Cup is named after Warren, the beloved green iguana who lived at QHS for many years. The Iguana Cup Ski Challenge is a valued fundraiser for the school and a way to bring together a community of families of all ages to share a fun outdoor day at the Snow Bowl.

The Iguana Cup is open to skiers of all ages and abilities. Pre-registration is available until March 16 at noon and includes a raffle ticket for each participant. This year’s grand prize is a Rossignol snowboard and $150 gift certificate to Outdoor Gear Exchange.

Other prizes will be awarded thanks to the generosity of many local sponsors.

Day-of registration/sign in is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Snow Bowl. The course will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on lower Allen. Unlimited runs on the course for participants will provide fun for the whole day. Awards and prizes presented after the course closes at 2 p.m. Cost for each preregistered skier is $20 and $25/skier on race day. The Snow Bowl will offer a special discounted lift ticket of $35 ($55 value).

Registration details are available at www. quarryhillschool.org, quarryhillschool@ gmail.com, or call the school at 388-7297 for more information.

lively concerts are met with overwhelming enthusiasm, as the musical ambassadors spread the word that classical music can be fun!

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: Shoreham Elementary School, 10:45 a.m.

M a r y H o g a n Elementary School, 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.

The Vermont S y m p h o n y Orchestra is the only professional statewide orchestra providing live musical experiences for listeners in Vermont.

It is a state-supported nonprofit institution founded in 1935 and exists for the purpose of fostering and encouraging the appreciation of music in all its various forms, with emphasis on orchestral, choral and chamber music.

If you would like more information or would like to schedule an interview, contact Eleanor Long at (802) 864-5741 ext. 14 or eleanor@vso.org.

“HARP AND SOUL”

MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 • Tuesday, March 14 Through the night: Public Affairs 9:30 a.m. Las Promesas De Dios 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 5:30 p.m. Issues: Betty Nuovo with Rep. Amy Sheldon 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Selectboard 9:40 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 11 p.m. Green Mountain Care Board Wednesday, March 15 Through the night: Public Affairs 6:10 a.m. Legislative Breakfst 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9 a.m. Issues: Betty Nuovo with Rep. Amy Sheldon 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 3:40 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 5 p.m. Lifelines 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas De Dios 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:20 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs Thursday, March 16 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 9:30 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 11:30 p.m. Issues: Betty Nuovo with Rep. Amy Sheldon 12 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 5:30 p.m. Eckankar 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Development Review Board 9 p.m. Green Mountain Care Board Friday, March 17 5 a.m. Green Mountain Care Board 10 a.m. Selectboard 3:30 p.m. Las Promesas De Dios 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Eckankar 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast, Public Affairs 9:30 p.m. Issues: Betty Nuovo with Rep. Amy Sheldon 10 p.m. Lifelines 10:30 p.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace Saturday, March 18 5 a.m. Development Review Board

9:30 a.m. Eckankar 10 a.m. Selectboard 2:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 3:30 p.m. Issues: Betty Nuovo with Rep. Amy Sheldon 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas De Dios 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:20 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs Sunday, March 19 7 a.m. Las Promesas De Dios 7:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 9 a.m. Catholic Mass 9:30 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 12:30 p.m. Public Affairs 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 5:30 p.m. Issues: Betty Nuovo with Rep. Amy Sheldon 7 p.m. Catholic Mass 8:30 p.m. Eckankar 9 p.m. Public Affairs Monday, March 20 5 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 6 a.m. Green Care Board, Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Town Meeting MCTV Channel 16 Tuesday, March 14 8 a.m. Ripton Coffee House 10:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 11:04 a.m. Yoga – Mindfulness & Wellness 11:30 a.m. Yoga Sequence (9/2013) 11:50 a.m. The Story Matters 12:30 p.m. Project Independence 1 p.m. ACSD Board 2/28/17 (48 min.)

1:49 p.m. UD#3 Annual Meeting 2/28/17 (10 min.)

1:55 p.m. ACSD Annual Meeting 2/28/17 (10 min.)

2:05 p.m. ACSD Proposed Budget – Discussion (1 hour) 3 p.m. ID#4 Annual Meeting (29 min.)

3:30 p.m. Hannaford Career Center Annual Meeting (PAHCC) (23 min.)

MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY TELEVISION: P.O. Box 785, Middlebury, Vt. 05753

Please see the MCTV website, www.middleburycommunitytv.org, for changes in the schedule; MCTV events, classes and news; and to view many programs online. Submit listings to the above address, or call 388-3062.

4 p.m. Hannaford Career Center New Board Meeting 9 p.m. Ripton Coffee House Wednesday, March 15 7:10 a.m. Yoga Sequence 7:30 a.m. Yoga – Mindfulness and Wellness 8 a.m. The Story Matters 8:35 a.m. Hannaford Career Center Annual Meeting 9 a.m. ACSD Board 2/28/17 9:49 a.m. UD#3 Annual Meeting 2/28/17 10 a.m. ACSD Annual Meeting 2/28/17 10:15 a.m. ACSD Proposed Budget Discussion 11:15 a.m. ID#4 Annual Meeting 12 p.m. Chronique Francophone 12:30 p.m. Vermont Media Exchange 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6 p.m. The Story Matters 7 p.m. Hannaford Career Center New Board Meeting 9 p.m. Ripton Coffee House Thursday, March 16 5 a.m. Otter Creek Audubon 6:40 a.m. Yoga - Mindfulness & Wellness 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 a.m. Yoga Sequence 8 a.m. The Story Matters 12 p.m. Ripton Coffee House 4 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 4:30 p.m. At the Ilsley 6 p.m. First Wednesday 8 p.m. PAHCC Board, ACSD Boards Friday, March 17 5:30 a.m. The Story Matters 6:02 a.m. Yoga Sequence 6:30 a.m. Yoga - Mindfulness & Wellness 8 a.m. Chronique Francophone 10 a.m. PAHCC Board 1 p.m. ACSD and other School Board Meetings 5:30 p.m. Yoga – Mindfulness & Wellness 5:50 p.m. Otter Creek Audubon 8 p.m. Chronique Francophone 9 p.m. Vermont Media Exchange Saturday, March 18 8 a.m. Ripton Coffee House

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Chronique Francophone Yoga – Mindfulness & Wellness Yoga Sequence (9/2013) The Story Matters Project Independence ACSD Board 2/28/17 (48 min.)

UD#3 Annual Meeting 2/28/17 (10 min.)

ACSD Annual Meeting 2/28/17 (10 min.)

ACSD Proposed Budget Discussion (55 min.)

3 p.m. ID#4 Annual Meeting (29 min.)

3:30 p.m. Hannaford Career Center Annual Meeting (PAHCC) (23 min.)

4 p.m. Hannaford Career Center New Board Meeting 6 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6:30 p.m. Otter Creek Audubon 8 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 9 p.m. Ripton Coffee House Sunday, March 19 6:50 a.m. Yoga – Mindfulness & Wellness 7:07 a.m. Yoga Sequence 7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. PAHCC New Board Meeting 10:30 a.m. School Board Meetings 4:58 p.m. The Story Matters 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 6:30 p.m. Project Independence 7 p.m. Ripton Coffee House Monday, March 20 5:30 a.m. Tiger TV, STEAM 6 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 6:30 a.m. PAHCC New Board Meeting 9 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9:30 a.m. Yoga – Mindfulness & Wellness 9:58 a.m. The Story Matters 10:31 a.m. Tiger TV, Project Independence 1 p.m. The Story Matters 2:01 p.m. Vermont State Board of Education 6 p.m. The Story Matters 7 p.m. Tiger TV 7:30 p.m. Vermont State Board of Education

SPORTS

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MONDAY

Tough tournament setback for Panther women’s hockey

PANTHER JUNIOR MADDIE Winslow tries to redirect a shot in front of the Norwich goal Saturday at The Chip.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — There are painful losses, and then there are the kinds of setbacks the Middlebury College women’s hockey team suffered to visiting Norwich in Saturday’s NCAA Division III quarterfinal.

The 19-7-2 Panthers twice led by two goals, including by 4-2 with less than four minutes to go in regulation, and then lost to the Cadets, 5-4, 2:28 into double overtime.

Compounding the frustration was the Panthers’ failure to score in six power plays and the fact they surrendered their first power-play goal to an opponent in 37 chances — and that came with 3:39 left in regulation to make it 4-3 after a marginal tripping call in which the Norwich player did not fall or lose possession of the puck.

Middlebury Coach Bill Mandigo said his team simply had to do more

in the two stretches in which Norwich scored its four regulation goals – two in 39 seconds of the second period and two in 42 seconds late in the third.

“You’ve just got to play a little bit better in those situations,” Mandigo said. “I thought the kids responded at the end of the second period when we scored in the last minute, and then we got one early in the third.

And then we just give up two (goals) late.”

The 23-5-1 Cadets advanced to play top-ranked Plattsburgh in the NCAA Final Four, at Adrian College in Michigan. Host Adrian will face Gustavus Adolphus in the other semifinal.

On Saturday, the Panthers struck first at 3:13 into the game on a Kelly Sherman goal set up by Maddie Winslow. Carly Watson sent Winslow down the left side, and (See Hockey, Page 29)

Williams ends Panther men’s hoop dream season

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s basketball team’s magical season ended in a Saturday NCAA Division III Sectional Final in a Pepin Gymnasium full of the Panthers’ adoring fans.

Their cheers and chants rattling off Pepin’s wooden rafters weren’t enough, as Williams held off a Panther rally that saw two potentially game-tying shots in the final 10 seconds roll off the rim before the Ephs won, 79-75, to advance to this weekend’s Final Four in Salem, VA. There, the 23-8 Ephs — undefeated outside of NESCAC play — will take on No. 1 Whitman. Babson and Augustana (Illinois) will meet in the other semi.

The Panthers, who smoked Endicott in Friday’s Sectional semifinal, 89-60, finished a 27-4 season in which they individually and collectively set several records. They had won 14 straight, a streak than had earned them a share of the NESCAC regular season crown, the NESCAC playoff title, and the right to host an NCAA Regional as well as this past weekend’s Sectional.

The Panthers’ winning streak began after a blowout loss at Williams, which they had since avenged with an 84-62 victory over the Ephs in the NESCAC playoff final.

Coach Jeff Brown said his team

reached another level after losing at Williams.

“It all started with the first Williams game, when they blew us out, and our guys really took it to heart and really decided to come together, put a little more work in the gym, and we were able to reel off 14 in a row,” Brown said.

And the Panthers gave it their all on Saturday, but simply didn’t shoot well against a gritty defensive effort from the Ephs. They trailed, 77-68, when Eph Kyle Scadlock hit a three with 2:20 to go, but then attacked the basket relentlessly to draw fouls over the next two minutes.

Matt Folger and Jake Brown hit two free throws apiece, and then Jack Daly (a game-high 23 points) hit three of four in the final minute as the Ephs missed the front end of two one-and-ones. Daly’s pair at 0:38.5 made it 77-75, and Middlebury rebounded an Eph miss from the line at 0:21.

But in the final seconds neither Daly nor Folger could hit in heavy traffic in the lane, and Eph Marcus Soto finally grabbed a defensive board, was fouled, and hit the clinching free throws at 0:06.8.

Panther senior leader Matt St. Amour said the Panthers never thought they would lose.

“No one quits, and that’s what made this group so special, one

through 14, we’re all in for all 40 minutes,” St. Amour said. “And it’s been amazing to be part of that, to have that much belief and trust. So, yeah, we really thought we had it, right down towards the end.”

Brown also praised the Panthers’ determination.

“I couldn’t be more proud of the way we competed. We were in a little bit of a hole with three minutes to go,” Brown said. “And we found a way to have the possession to possibly tie the game late. And it’s really a testament to Matt and his teammates. They have a gritty, unselfish style, and they really are great competitors. And they’ve taken us on a great ride this year.”

The Panthers took early leads in both halves, 17-9 at 13:15 of the first on a Nick Tarantino layup from St. Amour, and 46-41 four minutes into the second on consecutive hoops inside by Adisa Majors and Eric McCord.

But each time the Ephs clamped down defensively — Middlebury shot just 36.4 percent from the field, and St. Amour was held to 14 points, eight below his average. Williams also got balanced scoring and good three-point shooting. Seven Ephs scored at least seven points, led by Scadlock’s 14, and they hit 13 of 32 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE FRESHMAN and former Middlebury Union three-point attempts, with Bobby High School student Perry DeLorenzo floats up to the basket during Fri(See Basketball, Page 29) day’s game against Endicott.

Addison Independent, Monday, March 13, 2017 — PAGE 29

Hockey

LEFT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE junior Jack Daly scores on a reverse layup against Endicott Friday night.

Middlebury won the game, 89-60. Above, Panther senior Matt St. Amour is run into as he follows through on a shot against Endicott Friday night. St. Amour scored a game-high 21 points in the Middlebury win.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Basketball (Continued from Page 28) Casey sinking four of five.

“They hit some timely threes during that stretch (to take the second-half lead), and they really did a great job of defending, Matt in particular, on the perimeter,” Brown said. “Their length inside makes it very hard for us to finish at the rim.”

Daly tied a career high with 23 points to go along with seven rebounds, four steals and three assists.

On Friday, he had broken the program’s single-season assist record, and he finished the season with 183.

St. Amour netted 14 points to extend his single-season scoring record to 655.

Brown scored 10, and McCord led Middlebury with nine rebounds as the Panthers earned a 45-37 edge on

the boards, and Adisa Majors tacked on eight boards and eight points.

The Panthers set a program season record with 1,294 rebounds.

Cole Teal and Casey scored 12 apiece for the Ephs, and Daniel Aronowitz scored 10 and grabbed 12 rebounds.

FRIDAY GAME On Friday the Panthers closed the first half on a 22-8 run and opened the second half with a 23-5 surge in dispatching Endicott, 89-60. That second-half run pushed their lead to 71-29 on the way to avenging a 9389 December home loss to the 24-7 Gulls.

Middlebury frustrated the perimeter-oriented Gulls with a 3-2 zone and picked them apart offensively. Brown (19 points, eight assists)

sparked the offense in the first half.

St. Amour scored 21, including five threes; Tarantino came off of the bench for 11 points and 11 boards; Daly chipped in 11 points and nine rebounds; Folger recorded eight points, nine rebounds and five blocks; and McCord’s 10 boards helped the Panthers earn a 56-39 advantage on the glass.

The Panthers hit 13 three pointers, establishing a new single-season team record with 246; they added five on Saturday.

Keith Brown hit five of nine shots to lead Endicott with 12 points, but as a team the Gulls were held to 33.3 percent shooting.

After Saturday’s game, St. Amour, the Missisquoi Valley Union High School graduate who probably

would have been Middlebury’s alltime scoring leader if not for a sophomore season knee injury, said the Panthers would “remember all the good things” about this season.

“It’s a really special group. The 14 of us stayed together to overcome so much, to put ourselves in this position, as coach said, to play in front of our fans, our students and community,” St. Amour said. “I’m just so thankful to be part of this program, to be part of this community. And it’s been an amazing year, and I love all those guys in that locker room.

It’s definitely unbelievable. Not the way we wanted it to end, but it’s definitely been an amazing ride and something I will cherish forever.”

Andy Kirkaldy can be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

Slaters oust Eagle girls in Division II quarterfinal, 31-28 FAIR HAVEN — No. 3 Fair Haven on Friday held on to defeat the No. 6 Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ basketball team, 31-28, in a Division II quarterfinal.

The defending champion Slaters improved to 17-5 and will play No. 2 Lyndon (19-3) on Monday at 8:15 p.m. for a berth in Saturday’s final.

The Eagles finished at 13-9.

The Eagles trailed throughout but

had a chance to tie the game with seconds to go, but Halle Coloutti blocked Emma Carter’s three-point bid.

The Slaters led by 24-19 early in the fourth quarter, but the Eagles twice cut the lead to one point in the period. Back-to-back hoops from Carter and Emma LaRose sliced the lead to 24-23 before an Adriana Dalto hoop for the Slaters set the score

at 26-23. After an Eagle free throw, Slater Jessica Brewster sank two free throws to make it 28-24.

In the final minutes a LaRose trey cut the lead to 28-27 before two Coloutti free throws made it 30-27.

Carter then hit the first of two free throws, and the Eagles controlled the rebound when she missed the second. But an Eagle shot wouldn’t drop, and Mount Abe had to foul

Brewster.

She hit one free throw to make it 31-28, and then when the Eagles went on the attack Coloutti made the game-clinching block.

Carter finished with a game-high 12, and Abby Mansfield scored six for the Eagles.

Coloutti and Brewster scored nine apiece for the Slaters, and Dalto chipped in six points.

(Continued from Page 28) Winslow found Sherman streaking alone into the high slot. Sherman buried a 15-foot wrister into the upper-right corner.

After that strike, Panther goalie Julia Neuberger (29 saves) made strong stops on Muranda Toews, Sarah Schwenzfeier and Adrieana Rossini to preserve the lead, and then the Panthers finished the period strong.

That momentum carried over to the second period, when the Panthers launched the first six shots and got a goal from Winslow. Defender Grace Jennings slid the puck from the right point to Haley Lafontaine at the left point for the initial shot.

Cadet goalie Laurie King (41 saves) stopped Lafontaine’s low drive, but Winslow darted across the crease and tucked in the rebound at 7:39.

Norwich tied the game on its first scoring binge. The first goal came on a play on which a Panther defender fell as the Cadets entered the zone.

The Cadets finished when Schwenzfeier stuffed a Rossini feed from the right corner inside the near post at 10:05.

Next, Sophie McGovern launched a slap shot from the right circle. The puck hit high off Neuberger, popped over her shoulder and dropped behind her into the crease for Bryn Labbe to poke in at 10:44.

The Cadets found life after the goals, but the Panther defense and Neuberger kept them at bay. Middlebury regained the lead with 40 seconds left in the period when Anna Zumwinkle’s high screened shot from the right point eluded King. Watson slid the puck over to Zumwinkle after taking a feed from Lizzie Sheline.

The Panthers made it 4-2 2:27 into the third, when Rachel St. Clair popped home a rebound of Katherine Jackson’s shot from the slot.

King stopped Jackson twice before St. Clair rapped the puck home into the right side of the net.

(See Hockey, Page 30)

Tiger girls fall in D-I playoffs

COLCHESTER — The Middlebury Union High School girls’ basketball season ended on Wednesday, when No. 8 Colchester outlasted the visiting No. 9 Tigers, 52-46, in a first-round Division I playoff game.

The win was the third in as many tries this winter over the Tigers for the 14-7 Lakers, who had edged MUHS twice in Lake Division play.

Gabby Gosselin sparked the Lakers with 19 points, eight rebounds and six steals as they advanced to a Friday quarterfinal at No. 1 St. Johnsbury.

Keagan Dunbar (17 points) and Payton Buxton (14) led the Tigers, who finished a solid season at 13-8.

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Score BOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Basketball D-I Playoffs 3/8 #9 Colchester vs. #8 MUHS...........52-46 D-II Playoffs 3/10 #3 Fair Haven vs. #6 Mt. Abe.......31-28 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey NCAA D-III Tournament 3/11 Norwich vs. Midd................... 5-4 (2OT) Men’s Basketball NCAA Sectional At Midd.

3/10 Midd. vs. Endicott.........................89-60 3/11 Williams vs. Midd..........................79-75 Men’s Lacrosse 3/10 Tufts vs. Midd...............................16-13 Women’s Lacrosse 3/8 Midd. vs. St. Lawrence.....................13-7

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 3/14 Midd. at St. Lawrence..................5 p.m.

3/18 Wesleyan at Midd........................2 p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse 3/18 Midd. at Wesleyan........................ Noon Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

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LEFT, MIDDLEBURY GOALTENDER Julia Neuburger faces a point-blank shot from Norwich junior Sarah Schwenzfeier during Saturday’s NCAA quarterfinal game. Neuburger stopped 29 shots in Middlebury’s 5-4 loss. Above, Panther freshman Lizzie Sheline skates away from a Norwich defender Saturday afternoon.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Hockey (Continued from Page 29) Middlebury controlled the action for most of the period, killing one penalty with a couple of Neuberger saves, and appeared ready to book its ticket for the Final Four.

But the tripping call gave the Cadets another power play at 15:57, and they cashed in 24 seconds later, when Kim Tiberi banged in Schwenzfeier’s feed from the right side inside the far post.

Forty-five seconds later on a similar play, Adelle Murphy backhanded a Rossini feed inside the left post, and soon it was onto extra time.

The Panthers had a golden chance to win in the first overtime when Norwich was whistled for body checking Winslow 12 seconds after

the faceoff. But King came up big, sliding over to deny Sidney Portner’s one-timer at the left post on a cross-crease pass.

“She made a great save in the first minute of the first overtime,” Mandigo said. “I don’t know how we don’t bury that, but I thought both goalies played pretty well.”

Both goalies made good saves in the first overtime, Neuberger on Tiberi and McGovern and King on Winslow. With 1.8 seconds to go the Cadets were whistled too many skaters on the ice, and the Panthers entered the second overtime on the power play.

But the power play was fruitless, and the Cadets attacked when it ended. Labbe won the puck behind the Panther net and circled clockwise

for a wraparound. Neuberger denied her, but McGovern was waiting on Neuberger’s doorstep to push the puck home. Just like that, the Panthers’ season was over.

As were the Middlebury careers of Carly Watson, the defensive standout, team assist leader and co-captain from Montpelier; Victoria Laven, a solid presence in the back; Sherman, whose productive midseason teamup with Winslow gave the Panthers scoring balance; and hard-working and popular third-liner Allie Aiello.

Mandigo said that his team had accomplished a lot, including winning 10 of its past 11 to reach the NCAA tournament. But it remained a tough pill to swallow, particularly for those seniors.

“Winning the NESCAC is always

a big goal for us. It’s like-minded schools, and there’s so much at stake with that. And then getting to the NCAAs is a goal, although obviously they were looking for more,” Mandigo said.

“It’s always hard when the season ends and you’ve got to go in there and see kids in tears, especially the seniors, because it’s all over. It’s not just that they lost, it’s all over. It’s done. There’s nothing that they’ll ever do that can mirror playing college hockey or whatever sport that you play. There’s nothing in the rest of your life that allows you the ability to compete and be part of team where everybody’s got one real goal.”

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Poetry reading to be held at Havurah House March 19 MIDDLEBURY — “Poetry makes something happen,” wrote poet Audre Lorde. Local poets and teachers J.C. Ellefson, Tal Birdsey and Gary Margolis will be trying to make something happen when they read new work at Havurah House in Middlebury, Sunday, March 19, at 5 p.m.

All three will be reading work — poetry and prose — which directly or indirectly addresses contemporary politics.

“Like so many in our communities, artists and writers are asking themselves how to engage in the political process,” said Birdsey, head teacher at Ripton’s North Branch School, who is organizing the reading. “We are witnessing events that are without precedent. There is a deep urge to respond and speak back to the enormity of the political moment.”

“The problem is, where do you start? How do you make the world hear you? All three of us have taken political or public problems and approached them from the local or personal level.”

Gary Margolis of Cornwall will be reading from his new manuscript of poetry, “Time Inside.” Some of these poems speak to his experience facilitating a poetry writing and reading workshop in a maximum security prison. Others are concerned with themes coinciding with recent American politics.

“These poems are the ‘deep news,’” said Birdsey, “weaving current events, unfolding day by day, using them to explicate both our individual place in public life and the more intimate matters of the heart, spoken before the back drop of the historical moment, which we are all trying to decipher.”

In this his seventh book of poems, Margolis continues to follow the lead of where a poem begins — a feeling, an observation, a turn of language — to where it will take itself, as well as us, his readers. He explores the relationship between outer circumstances and inner meaning and revelation; how the act of writing and reading is a bridge between the personal and the political.

In his poem, “March Protest,” Margolis writes: Even if all I have are some of the facts.

In these times hard to come by.

The truth always being changed.

No one can deny the wind and the branches hammering against each other. No matter if they sound like waves crashing the sand.

His most recent book of poems is “Runner Without a Number.”

Birdsey, author of “A Room For Learning: The Making of a School in Vermont,” will be reading from a project he started on New Year’s Day of this year, in which he is writing 365 postcards, one every day, to President Trump.

“When my son was a little boy he wrote a simple postcard to President George W. Bush,” Birdsey explained.

“The card said ‘Dear Mr. President, Now that you are elected again, can you end the war in Iraq?’ I decided I’d follow his lead and write postcards, too.”

Birdsey’s postcards include his own thoughts, quotes, questions, concerns and hopes.

“I’ve sent him postcards, some hopeful, some angry, always civil, with information regarding people he should know about, like Maya Angelou or Frederick Douglass or Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” said Birdsey. “I’ve sketched out philosophical ideas. I’ve made my own postcards.

My students have made postcards for me. I direct him to consider the ideas of great thinkers and scholars and artists and leaders of history.”

The postcard project has evolved into an ongoing series of essays, from which Birdsey will be reading. These essays describe life here in Vermont, in a small rural community, and in a classroom of young adolescents.

“Sometimes I figure him sitting in our classroom as a student. I imagine how he would respond to our discussions, or how I would teach him, or what he might learn, if he was to listen closely. It’s my way of getting into his head and heart and giving him some tools to be good and succeed in life. Like teaching, though, it’s very frustrating sometimes.”

J.C. Ellefson teaches writing and literature at Champlain College, where he is the Poet-In-Residence

and chair of The Committee on Verbal Insurrection. He is co-director of the Champlain College Young Writers’ Conference.

He is also the author of “Foreign Tales of Exemplum and Woe: Poems” (Fomite Press, 2015), about which Philip Baruth said: “Over the years, stanza by stanza, Ellefson has made himself the Poet Laureate of the Wondrous. Like a street preacher — not the fake kind but the undeniably enlightened — his voice suddenly lays hold of you, and only eventually are you aware that you’ve stopped in your tracks. This is an honest-to-God feast, a groaning board. Come very hungry. Plan to stay very late.”

Many of Ellefson’s recent poems have taken as their starting point lines from Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” and bring the Whitman’s “democratic vistas” into the present moment. Lines from his poem “Walt Whitman Breaks Out (Of the Friday Afternoon American Literature Seminar)” show the poetic imagination brightly entangled with American history.

A bugler sounded his horn.

In the distance, I could see flocks of what appeared to be naked children cavorting over a fruited

plain. I could see a rocket’s red glare. I could see broad stripes and bright stars slowly rising over the great purple mountain American playground.

Members of the community are in-

vited to the reading, which will take place at Havurah House on North Pleasant Street in Middlebury. The event is free and open to the public.

For further questions please contact Tal Birdsey at 388-7243.

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society Chloe 3 years, Mastiff/Rottweiler, spayed female. Tired of the bright lights and loud noises in New York City, Miss Chloe decided to travel to Vermont to find a new home. This sweet girl has lived with other dogs in the past but had to separate from them when her owners decided to move and could only take one of the dogs with them. Chloe can get a bit overexcited, especially when she sees a leash and knows she is about to go for a walk, but would love nothing more than to relax at your feet afterwards with a toy by her side. If you can promise lots of belly rubs and walks, this girl will make a wonderful companion for most families.

Sarabi 8 months, Terrier mix, spayed female.

Sarabi is a southern belle with a wonderful personality! She traveled from Georgia all the way to Vermont to find a new home. While Sarabi loves being around people, has no problem entertaining herself with toys. She has gotten along well with the other dogs she has met here at the shelter after a little time warming up, proper introductions will be important for this sweetheart. Sarabi walks very well on a leash and loves to chase toys!

This young lady is ready for a new home where she will receive plenty of affection and play-time.

Autumn 2 years, DSH Orange, spayed female. Miss Autumn is a Floridian by birth but made her way up to the Green Mountains to find a new home. Her foster family in Florida said that Autumn loves to play and curl up on a comfy bed to take a nice long nap. They also said that Autumn is a little shy at first, which we have noticed as well, but when she warms up she is sweet kitty who loves affection. While she doesn’t seem to be a big fan of being held, Autumn does well with the other cats here at the shelter and would probably do very well in a home with another kitty.

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Roran 2 years, DSH Orange tiger, neutered male. Roarin’ Roran came to us as a stray.

We’ve discovered that this handsome fellow isn’t a fan of other cats… nor is he a fan of late meals. Imagine Garfield from the cartoons and his love for food, or better yet, a shark feeding frenzy. If the scent of his food is in the air, there isn’t much he won’t do to get at it! Mealtime crazies aside, Roran is a fun young cat who is active, enjoys playing and being petted, and would likely make a great mouser. If you are interested in a cat with character, then check out Roran!

Tootie & Fruitti 1.5 years, Parakeets, male and female. Looking for a little beauty and music in your world? Consider adopting Tootie and Fruitti, a bonded pair of parakeets who love to chirp and whistle when people are around. Their bright colors are the perfect pick-me up for these dreary winter days, too!

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Teddy 3 years, DMH Tiger with white, neutered male. Teddy is a handsome, laid back cat who would rather watch from the sidelines than be in the center of the action.

This poor fellow came to us as a skinny stray who had been living outside for nearly a year. We’ve fattened him up and given him lots of love, now he is ready to be a house cat! Teddy gets along well with the cats here at the shelter, but we aren’t sure with his somewhat nervous nature if dogs would stress him out too much. He is looking for a quiet home with guardians who will give him love and patience while he further adjusts to the indoor life.

We just celebrated our three-month anniversary of being the cats of the Roque/Juvan/Campbell household. We were adopted from Homeward Bound, and while we were loved and well-cared for there, we are so glad to have found our forever home!

When Nikki, Trent and Hannah came to Homeward Bound for the first time, Willson fell in love with Trent instantly and tried to tell him that by nuzzling into his beard and giving him kisses, but it took them a few weeks and several visits to get the message and adopt us. Meredith and Nikki took one look at each other and knew we were meant to be.

We were named for Meredith Willson, the writer and composer of “The Music Man,” because Nikki and Trent met during a production of the show.

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Even though we had never met each other at Homeward Bound, we have become the best of friends!

We love to wrestle and play and snuggle together.

Willson loves his crinkle balls and exploring everything, and has even caught 5 mice! Meredith likes to watch the world through the window and often climbs onto Nikki’s lap while she is reading.

We have fallen in love with our new family, and we know they have fallen in love with us! They smile and laugh at our antics, give us kisses, and snuggle with us, and life couldn’t be better!

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Tip of the Week As Spring approaches, we need to remember to protect our pets from flea and tick infestation. While prevention is the best defense against these parasites, it is important to be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of fleas and ticks and to get treatment where necessary.

FLEAS Fleas thrive in warm, humid climates at temperatures of 65 to 80 degrees. They like to hide in dark, moist, shady areas in your house or yard. Adult fleas are usually brought indoors on your pet’s fur where they lay their eggs. The eggs drop onto your carpets, upholstery, bedding and furniture where new fleas are hatched. These fleas will find a living host (either human or animal). Fleas feed on blood and can cause anemia or a significant blood loss in your pet over time. This can be life threatening to young puppies or kittens who do not yet have their full complement of red blood cells. Some pets have a heightened sensitivity to the saliva of fleas, which can cause an allergic reaction known as flea allergy dermatitis.

Fleas are most commonly noticed on a dog’s abdomen, the base of the tail and the head. In cats, fleas are commonly noticed on the neck and on the base of the tail. Common signs of fleas on your pet include droppings or “flea dirt” in your pet’s coat (small dark “grains of sand”), flea eggs (tiny, white grains), allergic dermatitis, excessive scratching, licking or biting of the skin, hair loss, scabs or pale gums (due to anemia).

Fleas are also the most common cause of tapeworms in your pet.

Tapeworms look like pieces of rice on your pet’s bottom or in their bedding. The first thing your pet will do when bitten by a flea is chew at the spot where he or she

is bitten. This may lead to swallowing the flea, which may carry the young of the tapeworm (called larvae). The larvae will mature into adult tapeworms inside your pet’s intestines.

To prevent a flea infestation, check your pet for fleas with a comb and wash his bedding once a week. Remove organic debris, such as rake clippings and leaves that may be in close proximity to the outside of your house. Consider using a preventative flea control product — these are available as prescription and in over-the-counter formulas.

If fleas are found on one pet, it is important to treat all of your pets, including indoor and outdoor cats, and to treat the environment as well.

Your veterinarian may prescribe topical or oral treatment, special shampoos, sprays or powders. In addition, you should thoroughly clean your house, including rugs, bedding and upholstery. If your pet keeps getting re-infected every time it goes outside, you may need to treat your lawn as well.

TICKS Ticks are parasites that feed on the blood of host animals, such as cats and dogs. Ticks bury their head into a host’s skin when they bite and then gorge themselves on blood. They live in tall brush or grass, where they can attach to dogs and outdoor cats and tend to be most active in late spring and summer. They are particularly prominent in warm climates and certain wooded areas of the Northeast. Ticks prefer to attach close to the head, neck, ears and feet but may be found anywhere on your pet’s body.

Most ticks are visible to the naked eye. Though they are often only the size of a pinhead before they bite, they swell with a blood meal and are then easily noticed.

While ticks rarely cause obvious discomfort to your pet, they can cause many problems through their bite, including blood loss, anemia, tick paralysis, skin irritation, hotspots, infection and Lyme and other diseases. Therefore, it is a good idea to check your pet regularly if you live in an area where ticks are prevalent and especially if your pet spends a lot of time outside. Keep your lawn free of ticks by mowing it regularly, removing tall weeds and making it inhospitable to rodents, who may be tick carriers, by keeping garbage covered and inaccessible.

If you find a tick on your pet, it is important to remove it with care.

Any contact with the tick’s blood can transmit infection to your pet (and even to you). To avoid direct contact with the tick or the bite area put latex or rubber gloves on your hands. Then using tweezers, grasp the tick as close to the animal’s skin as possible and pull straight upward with a steady, even motion.

Be sure to get the whole tick out of your pet’s skin.

Do not squeeze or crush the body of the engorged tick. Place the tick in a jar with alcohol for possible later testing by your vet.

After removing a tick, disinfect the bite area and wash your hands with soap and water and sterilize the tweezers with more alcohol. Watch the bite area on your pet over the next few weeks for any signs of infection, such as redness or inflammation. If infection occurs, bring your pet and the tick (that you saved in alcohol in a jar) to your veterinarian for evaluation.

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Middlebury Union High School is pleased to announce Micah Rubin as its Student of the Week A resident of Middlebury, Micah is the son of Ron Rubin and Lisa Young and a current senior at MUHS. When asked about his experiences over the last three-and-a-half years, Micah smiles and says, “It’s been truly valuable and rewarding.” He credits his music teacher, Mrs. Severy, as being a mentor and friend. Her inspiration has been a positive force throughout his time at the high school. Micah says he has always felt welcomed and a part of a close community of students and teachers at MUHS. His favorite academic subjects have been in the areas of the arts and humanities. Reading is one of Micah’s passions, and he enjoyed “The Kite Runner,” “Into the Wild” and “The Life of Pi,” which were required texts in one of his English classes. He also loves going to the movies and favors dramas and independent films. He spends his spare time playing “as much music as I can!”

A talented musician, Micah plays both the drums and the Micah Rubin piano and is a member of the MUHS Jazz Ensemble that MUHS recently won top honors at the Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Micah reports that experience was a pinnacle of his high school music career and to share it with his classmates and Mrs. Severy was a moment he will always remember. He is looking forward to traveling to New York City with his fellow Tigers to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Other events on his calendar include the Vergennes and Middlebury Memorial Day parades, where he will perform with his classmates just prior to graduation in June.

Micah thanks his school counselor, Ms. Stebe, for her helpful support and guidance during the past four years. Micah has been accepted to his first choice college, Berklee School of Music in Boston, where he will explore majors in music business, film scoring and electronic production. He plans to enroll in the fall of 2018 after taking a gap year. He will leave Middlebury after graduation in June and move to Connecticut to join friends, where he will focus fully on his music.

We know that a bright future awaits Micah as he moves on from MUHS and prepares for further studies in music at Berklee. His talents are well known here at the high school and his genuine warmth will be greatly missed. We hope to one day see him on the stage at the Grammy Awards!

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Sophia Parker as its Student of the Week. Sophia lives in Panton. Her mom and dad are Julianna and Mac Parker.

Sophia was homeschooled until she entered VUHS in the ninth grade, and loved both of these experiences. Sophia was inducted into the National Honor Society as a Junior and is currently the president. She has challenged herself academically by taking AP Literature and Composition last year and AP Biology this year.

Sophia has excelled outside the classroom too. She won Miss Vermont’s Outstanding Teen in 2015, and has been the winner of many speech and writing competitions. She was a VUHS Green Mountain Girls State Delegate. Sophia is also part of the chorus and has been the chorus president this year. She has been a member of both the VUHS cross country and track and field teams. Sophia also participated in the Distinguished Young Women of Vermont in 2016.

Sophia’s main hobby is volunteer work, as well as wildlife rehabilitation. She is on the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad and Sophia Parker is taking an EMT course. She also works at the Park Squeeze VUHS in Vergennes, and is a lifeguard at Button Bay State Park in the summer.

VUHS Art Teacher Carlie Guinane says this about Sophia, “Sophia Parker is an incredibly driven student. She works hard in all of her courses and works well with all of her teachers. She is an unfailingly kind person who goes out of her way to give compliments to others and help anyone who needs it. I am excited to see the adult she becomes, whoever she is will be someone who helps to change the world!”

Following graduation from VUHS, Sophia is headed to college to pursue a career as an emergency medicine physician. She has been accepted at UVM and that is high on her list of possibilities. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Sophia the very best in the future.

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ACSD (Continued from Page 1) would prefer to continue talks. The would be to bring in a fact finder last bargaining session between the to review board and union contract two sides was on March 1. proposals and compare them to data “We believe there are still a lot of from around the state and region. The things we can negotiate,” O’Connor fact finder would then recommend said Friday morning. resolution for the disputed terms of “We feel like we can negotiate a the contract proposals. fair settlement for both sides.”

The teachers’ current three-year STATE OF PLAY pact extends through June 30 of this What follows is a summary of year. If a deal is not forged by then, both sides’ positions on the three teachers would work under terms main issues, based on interviews of the expired pact and with negotiators: any gains made in a • Salary increases.

A 2 percent new agreement would The school board be made retroactive to salary increase has offered teachers “is almost July 1, officials said. a bump of 2 percent “Reaching impasse is double the in “new money,” a common step in public inflation rate for meaning the overall school negotiations, the region. The cost of salaries would and not unexpected rise 2 percent. offer comes at this year across the “This number is state as school boards the conclusion almost double the and unions study new of a contract inflation rate for the health care offerings where average region,” Conlon said. and regulations,” teacher salary “The offer comes Conlon said. at the conclusion increases were School boards and of a contract where teachers’ unions in significantly average teacher the Vergennes-area higher than the salary increases were Addison Northwest, rate of inflation.” significantly higher Bristol-area Addison — Peter Conlon than the rate of Northeast and Brandoninflation in order to area Rutland Northeast bring all salary levels school districts are also in contract in the district to an equal level.” negotiations.

Chris Eaton is part of the ACSD ACSD and representatives of the board’s negotiating team. He said district’s three teachers’ unions have the board intentionally did not been negotiating in open session attach a lot of qualifiers to the since last October. The three unions 2-percent figure.

— the Middlebury Education “We didn’t define that,” he said.

Association, Middlebury Education “We figured that would be something Teachers Association, and Addison that would be negotiated with the Central Education Association — teachers, in terms of whether is are negotiating together for a single would be as part of a step (increase), agreement. or added to the base. The way the The contract will cover teachers money is applied is something we at Middlebury Union middle and can talk about together.” high schools, as well as those It was in April of 2014 that the working at the graded schools in then-Addison Central Supervisory Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Union board and the three teachers’ Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and unions signed off on the current, Weybridge. three-year agreement that gave Larry O’Connor, a longtime educators average annual salary alternative education teachers at increases of around 3.6 percent and Middlebury Union High School, is required them to pay 15 percent a member of the union negotiating of their health care premiums by team. He said the teachers’ union the third year of the pact. The

agreement achieved the district’s goal of creating financial parity among its elementary school and secondary school educators.

O’Connor said the union’s most recent request was for a 4.5-percent pay increase, and he elaborated on the proposal in an email.

“Our last proposal for pay was 2.5 increase on the base,” he said.

“Step (increases) are 2 percent, so it comes out to 4.5 percent. If no one retired and a bunch of people earned higher degrees, it could go up. If a small number of staff earned higher degrees and a few staff retire, it could go down. We have no way of predicting these scenarios. We view it as 4.5 percent increase and we expressed that to the board.”

O’Connor said the union has tried to negotiate major terms of the pact as a package, rather than as separate salary, insurance and length of school day issues.

“We are going in with no absolutes,” O’Connor said.

• Length of school day. The school board is asking teachers to bump their workday from the current 6 hours, 45 minutes to 7.5 hours.

Conlon said a 7.5-hour workday would get the ACSD teachers “on par with other districts throughout

Vermont and to have time for press release from the ACSD board. greater collaboration and increased The proposed benefit maintains student opportunities.” the same “minimal out-of-pocket Teachers, meanwhile, have exposure as their current health floated a 7-hour workday, according plan,” according to the board’s press release. In addition, the to negotiators. school board has O’Connor noted offered a health teachers routinely do “The length of savings account related work beyond the contracted school day is when are to cover the out of required to be pocket exposure. day.

The total offer “The length of day in the building. is when are required to Obviously, there would save school district taxpayers be in the building,” he is a significant money compared said. “Obviously, there to today’s health is a significant amount amount of work insurance costs paid of work we do beyond we do beyond the school day.” by the school district, the school day.”

• Health insurance.

— Larry O’Connor according to Conlon.

Beginning January “We have a rare 2018, teachers in all opportunity to school districts in Vermont must actually save money on health care choose from a menu of new health costs without changing the financial care offerings from the Vermont exposure of teachers, and provide Education Health Initiative (VEHI), them with more control over how according to Conlon. The new their health care dollars are spent,” health plans are more similar to Conlon said. the health insurance plans offered Essentially, the board is offering through the state-run Vermont teachers the choice of either a Health Connect, he said. The ACSD Health Reimbursement Account board has offered to all teachers a (HRA) or a Health Savings Account health care benefit that maintains (HSA). high-quality health insurance, An HRA is a plan through which but costs teachers and the school an employer either partially or fully district less money, according to a (See Insurance, Page 37)

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Insurance “What we’re trying to do is protect (Continued from Page 35) reimburses workers for their out-of- the (health) benefit for people who pocket medical expenses. need it,” O’Connor said, as opposed An HSA is a medical savings to supporting a mechanism like an account, with tax advantages, that HSA that he said “rewards people is owned and managed if they don’t use their by the recipient. health care.

Eaton said the “Reaching “That seems like board’s proposed impasse is … a slippery slope,” he health care benefit — not unexpected added about the HAS if accepted by teachers “I think that this year across option.

— has the potential to opens up the door save district taxpayers the state as to someone making “in the $350,000 school boards decisions that might range,” and even and unions hurt themselves. And I more, depending on study new think overall that doing the collective health health care that will cost the board of those receiving the more money.” offerings and coverage.

The teachers’ Board negotiators regulations.” union is more — Peter Conlon comfortable with an said they are trying to limit the teachers’ outHRA plan, according of-pocket health care to O’Connor, which he believes costs to around $400 per year per benefits the teachers and district person receiving coverage. taxpayers.

O’Connor said he doesn’t believe “The (district) gets to keep the the school board and teachers are money that’s not used,” he said. very far apart on the health care “We feel that in the long run, it issue. But the teachers’ union isn’t makes more sense.” enthused about the proposed HSA Reporter John Flowers is at options. johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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COMMUNITY BASED /HOME INTERVENTIONIST Looking for a caring, compassionate adult, experienced with kids, to spend a couple of after‑ noons a week with a 7 year old boy in the Bristol/Lincoln area, to have fun and work on social skills. To apply, send resume and cover letter to apply@csac‑vt.org or apply online at www.csac‑vt.org.

FOURNIER LANDSCAPING IS HIRING for full and part time. Experience is a plus but we are willing to train the right person. We offer paid time off, paid holidays, and overtime.

Applicant should be a good team player with a positive attitude . Please e‑mail resume to fournierlandscaping@gmail. com or call the office to set up an interview. 802‑425‑5296.

APARTMENT FOR RENT Middlebury. 3 bedroom, 2 full bath. On 2 floors of historic house. Beautifully renovated, high ceiling, hardwood floors.

Walk to college and shops.

Available now. Rent $2,400 per month. Includes heat. No smoking. No pets. Contact owner at dorisj@comcast.net.

COMMUNITY BASED/HOME INTERVENTIONIST looking for a caring, compassionate adult, experienced with kids to spend a couple of afternoons a week with an 8 year old girl in the Middlebury area.

Looking to help her have fun and build self‑esteem and social skills. To apply, send resume and cover letter to apply@csac‑vt.org or apply online at www.csac‑vt.org.

MARY’S AT BALDWIN CREEK in Bristol, is seek‑ ing individuals for front of the house positions, both server and bartender. Fine dining experience serving the best of local food is preferred, but we are happy to train a posi‑ tive, hardworking passionate server. Bartenders should have solid foundation in craft cock‑ tails. Send your resume with a cover letter indicating why you feel you would be a great addition to our crew. Email: info@innatbaldwincreek.com.

802‑453‑2432.

SEEKING PHYSICAL THER‑ APIST part to full time for a busy outpatient setting in Addison County. Looking for motivated team player with strong manual skills, evidence based treatment to develop in‑ dividualized treatment plans to meet patient’s functional goals.

New graduate considered.

Salary and benefit informa‑ tion on request. Please send resume and cover letter to diane@bptvt.com.

Addy Indy Classifieds are online: addisonindependent.

com/classifieds Help Wanted

P.O. Box 646 • Middlebury, Vermont 05753 • 802.388-3171 Join the Parent/Child Center Team We are seeking a social worker to work with low-income families. Strong candidates must have knowledge of child and adolescent development, family systems, mental health issues, excellent communication skills, and strength in building relationships. Flexibility and collaboration is a must. This is a position with generous benefits, total hours negotiable. A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in social work or a related field is a must. MSW preferred.

Contact Info: Please contact Donna Bailey at dbailey@addisoncountypcc.org or Sue Bloomer at sbloomer@addisoncountypcc.org . Deadline for applicants is March 17, 2017.

MIDDLEBURY NATURAL FOODS CO‑OP seeking as‑ sistant manager of produce department. Ideal candidate has leadership experience and supervisory skills and en‑ joys working in a fast paced team oriented environment.

Excellent communication and customer service skills desired.

Must be able to lift 60 lbs re‑ peatedly. Evenings and week‑ ends required. Full time with excellent benefits. To apply, complete application (available in our store or at middlebury. coop) and send it with a letter of interest to: Middlebury Natu‑ ral Foods Co‑op, 1 Washington St., Middlebury, VT 05753.

MISTER UPS NOW ACCEPT‑ ING applications for Servers.

Please apply within, 25 Bakery Lane, Middlebury.

Help Wanted

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WARRANTY WRITER WANTED

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MUST HAVE LAWN & GARDEN, SMALL ENGINE, COMPACT DIESEL TRACTOR EXPERIENCE, YOUR OWN TOOLS, & A CLEAN DRIVING RECORD. COMPETITIVE PAY PLAN BASED ON EXPERIENCE. Please apply online or in person 1137 Route 7 North Opening in Middlebury Location 802-388-4482 • mountainviewequip.com Full time • Benefits • EOE

SUMMER TEACHERS‑EAR‑ LY CHILDHOOD Summer teaching positions open at Middlebury early childhood program. Work with a team on overall classroom man‑ agement, indoor and outdoor play and activities. Experi‑ ence with children is required.

Send resume and three ref‑ erences to: Mary Johnson Children’s Center, 81 Water Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, office@mjccvt.org, EOE. WANTED: MATURE SELF RELIANT full grown handy man, for around the house work. Experience needed for both odd jobs outside and indoor maintenance. Both nec‑ essary. 760‑807‑6187.

For Sale ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge.

Beautiful vintage firearm. $185.

802‑989‑5803.

Mountain View Equipment, LLC.

LOOKING FOR

SPECIALIZED RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT join a dedicated team of support for two women with developmental disabili‑ ties based in their Middlebury home. In a therapeutic environ‑ ment, you will provide stabil‑ ity and consistency, and help them achieve their personal goals. They are looking to expand their horizons, while learning independent living/so‑ cial skills, personal boundaries, emotional self‑regulation, and healthy life‑style. Seeking an energetic team player as well as creative thinker. Experience with behavioral support desir‑ able. Fully‑benefited position with two overnights per week with weekend hours. To ap‑ ply, visit www.csac‑vt.org, or respond to CSAC HR, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802‑388‑6751, ext. 425.

Full time position based out of our Middlebury admin. office.

Seeking a highly organized, computer literate individual with ability to work independently and as part of a group.

Work consists of gathering service repair information and submitting to vendors for reimbursement.

Approximately 45 hours per week. Salary based on experience with Full Benefit Package.

No calls or walk-ins please.

Send resume to: Josh@champlainvalleyequipment.com

ANTIQUE OAK FIREPLACE surrounded with mantle, mirror and carvings. Fits opening 36” wide x 38” high. Call 989‑7081.

CEDAR POSTS for sale.

8 footers, no points.

802‑388‑4831.

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

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802‑558‑6092.

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BRANDON: PARK VILLAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apart‑ ments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets. Laundry onsite. Income restrictions apply. Call Summit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg.com.

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BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT Heat, trash, snowplowing, lawn care, parking included. $1,175/mo.

802‑453‑2566.

C O R N WA L L 1 B E D ‑ ROOM apartment, second floor, 1‑1/2 baths. Deck, skiylights. $925/mo. in‑ cludes heat and hot water. batesproperties@yahoo.com .

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

FOR RENT PRIME RETAIL space. 1,303 square feet. Lo‑ cation, location. Front door parking. Good visibility. Call Eric at 388‑6054.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM house in town. Walking dis‑ tance to stores and schools.

Newly renovated. 388‑7743.

M I D D L E B U RY 3 B E D ‑ ROOM apartment on Court Street, heat included. Call 802‑388‑4831.

NEW HAVEN, 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment. Bright and spacious. Need 1st and last month’s rent. Price includes heat, electricity & rubbish re‑ moval. No pets, $1195 per month. Call 802‑453‑4037.

NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment.

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

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CLASSIFIEDS For Rent

For Rent

Real Estate

ONE BEDROOM APART‑ MENT off from a house. $700 per month, everything includ‑ ed. $400 security. No pets.

No smoking. Will not be avail‑ able until April 1st. Located in Whiting. Contact Marie for an appointment. 802‑623‑6082.

TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR 3 bedroom house in Middlebury. Available 1st to middle of April. $1,100 per month. First,last and security required. References required.

802‑352‑4124.

2 BEDROOM, 1.5 BATH Condo in Vergennes. 1,280 square feet, open living space.

Built in 2008, no dogs allowed. $138,400 ($171,000‑$32,600 in grants). Contact Mary, 877‑2626 ext. 100, or mary@ addisontrust.org.

WEST ADDISON ‑ AVAIL‑ ABLE IMMEDIATELY Ready to move into, Furnished 2 bed‑ room apartment. Country set‑ ting on Lake Champlain. $950 per month includes utilities. No pets. 802‑759‑2382.

WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lakefront.

Washer, dryer. No smok‑ ing. Available September through May. $1,000/month.

860‑878‑9580.

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SINGLE ROOM PROFES‑ SIONAL office in historic Mid‑ dlebury landmark, overlooking downtown. Space dimensions 15x15, with common areas and bathrooms shared with other professional tenants.

Rent $500 per month which includes heat, electric, hot water, garbage, recycling and private off street parking. For inquiry call 802‑989‑8822.

For Rent

PROFESSIONAL COUPLE LOOKING for a house swap in order to attend Middlebury College June 23,2017 ‑ Au‑ gust 14,2017 with our dog and cat. Home is in Medford, Massachusetts, about 6 miles northwest of downtown Bos‑ ton. Great location with easy commute to Boston. Cape Cod is only 75 miles south for great weekend getaways. Medford is home to Tufts University as well as 5 miles from Harvard University. 3 bedroom , 1.5 bath home with off street park‑ ing. If interested contact: Adam Azia, a_azia@yahoo.com or 781‑396‑1396.

For Rent

3 BEDROOM 1 BATH VerMod Energy Efficient home in Ver‑ gennes. Built in 2014, located in Otter Creek Mobile Home Park. Solar panels. $68,000 ($143,000‑$75,000 in grants) Contact Mary 877‑2626, ext 100 or mary@addisontrust. org.

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOUSE on one of the six, now five remaining home‑sites in East Middlebury’s Daisy Lane, a small established subdivision with village water, underground electric, cable and telephone to each lot. All sites are ap‑ proved for simple in ground septic. Just down the street you’ll find a library, playground, tennis courts and the beau‑ tiful Waybury Inn and Pub. That’s not all, Daisy Lane is 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, two 18 hole golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore.

Telephone 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

Att. Farmers WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liquid manure hauling, drag line aer‑ ating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Cars 2003 CHEVY IMPALA 58,500 miles. New front tires, muffler.

Inspected. Good condition. $2,200.00. 802‑989‑8503.

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1995 FORD BRONCO 4WD, Only 29k Miles, Super luxuri‑ ous interior, Runs like new, 4X4, Automatic, $2500 Call: 802‑368‑1331.

Wanted TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT An‑ tique dealer specializing in jew‑ elry, watches, silver, art, mili‑ tary, antique collectibles, etc.

Visit www.bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527.

Consulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

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Att. Farmers FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

Check the Classifieds twice a week in the Addison Independent.

For Rent

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Addison County Community Trust/Bristol (1) Addison Northwest School District – Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham (1) Middlebury Cemetery Assoc. (1) Middlebury (2) Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (1) TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT LAWN MOWING BID 2017-2018 INVITATION TO BID

Sealed competitive bids for mowing various municipal parks, recreation areas, cemeteries, pump stations, and grounds of public facilities during the 2017 and 2018 seasons in the Town of Middlebury will be opened at the Town of Middlebury Public Works Building on Monday, April 3, 2017 at 3 PM. Information for Bidders and Bid Forms can be obtained without charge at the Municipal Building at 77 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, or can be accessed on the Town’s webpage at www.townofmiddlebury.org. Please contact Beth Dow at 388-8100 ext. 202 for additional information. Bids must be received by 3 PM on April 3rd to be considered for the contract.

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MIDDLEBURY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION PUBLIC NOTICE

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

Talk to our sales professionals.

REG. SELECTBOARD MEETING TUESDAY MARCH 14 • 7 P.M.

The annual meeting of the Middlebury Cemetery Association will be held at the offices of Langrock, Sperry and Wool, 111 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury, VT on Tuesday, 2/27 March 14, 2017 at 5p.m.

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For Cat 6 Wiring & New VoIP Phone System The Addison Northwest School District seeks proposals from interested phone system and wiring companies to rewire 4 school buildings with Cat 6 wiring.

We are also looking for vendor to issue proposals for a new VoIP phone system for the entire district.

Addison Northwest School District, Vergennes, VT to include the following locations: Addison Central School Ferrisburgh Central School Vergennes Union Elementary School Vergennes Union High School For a bid packet, please contact Tonia Mears, Business Manager at 802-8773332 ext. 18 or email at: tmears@ anwsu.org

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AGENDA 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. * Board Organization: Elected Members Sworn in by Town Clerk; Election of Chair and Vice Chair; 3. *Approval of Agenda 4. *Approval of Minutes of February 27, 2017 Regular Selectboard Meeting 5. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] Organization – 7:10 6. *Board Continued: Set Regular Meeting Date; Set Newspaper of Record; Appoint Middlebury Delegate and Alternate to Addison County Solid Waste Management District Board of Supervisors; Appoint Green Up Day Coordinator; Discuss Possible Dates for Board Retreat Liquor License, 7:15 7. *2017 Outside Consumption and Entertainment Permit Approvals 8. **Interview Candidates to Fill Vacancy on Selectboard & Place Names in Nomination 7:30 9. **John Freidin, Ilsley Public Library Building Committee Chair, with an update Sheldon, East 7:55 10. **Amy Middlebury Flood Resiliency Project Manager, with an update 8:05 11. **Consider Revolving Loan Fund Process/Partnering with the Addison County Economic Development Corporation to administer the fund 8:15 12. **Economic Health Task Force Meeting of March 9, 2017 – Chair Heather Seeley with an update on the meeting, including a recommendation on Task Force membership 8:25 13. **Letter of Support for Climate Economy Model Communities Program recent 8:35 14. **Review correspondence on Main Street & Merchants Row Bridge Replacement Project 8:40 15. **Consider Agreement with White & Burke for lobbying services for Legislation to Lift the Ban on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts 16. **Consider Amendment #1 to the 2015 Park and Ride Grant Agreement, Extending the Award End Date by One Year, to December 31, 2017 8:50 17. **Town Meeting Follow-up 9:00 18. *Approval of Check Warrants 19. *Town Manager’s Report 20. Board Member Concerns 21. *Executive Session – None Anticipated 22. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session 9:15 23. *Adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 388-8100 x-202 as early as possible.

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

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Public Notices

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BRISTOL, VT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Town of Bristol is considering making application to the State of Vermont for a VCDP Implementation Grant 2017 under the Vermont Community Development Program. A public hearing will be held at 7:00 pm on April 3, 2017 at Bristol Town Offices, 1 South Street, Bristol to obtain the views of citizens on community development, to furnish information concerning the amount of funds available and the range of community development activities that may be undertaken under this program, the impact to any historic and archaeological resources that may be affected by the proposed project, and to give affected citizens the opportunity to examine the proposed statement of projected use of these funds. The proposal is to apply for $400,000 in VCDP Funds which will be used to accomplish the following activities: The Town will loan Vermont Community Development Program funds to a tax credit limited partnership with Addison County Housing Group and Housing Vermont as its General Partners to renovate 16 units of affordable housing at Pleasant Hills, a senior rental property.

Copies of the proposed application are available at Bristol Town Offices and may be viewed during the hours of 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Monday through Friday. Should you require any special accommodations, please contact Pam Correia at (802)453-2410 to ensure appropriate accommodations are made. For the hearing impaired please call (TTY) # 1-800-253-0191 or simply dial 711 to be connected to Vermont Relay Service.

Legislative Body for the Town of Bristol.

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Award winner

THIS DESIGN MOCK UP was created by Harlow Punderson, a senior at Middlebury Union High School, and submitted as part of his architecture portfolio, which last month earned a Silver Key from the Scholastic Art Awards, Vermont Chapter. Another Addison County student also received a silver medal for her artistic achievement. Sophie Lefkoe, a junior at Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center, received two Silver Keys in writing for a dramatic script and a flash fiction piece. Both students’ work was included last month in a Brattleboro Museum of Art show of work of Scholastic Art Awards winners.

Tiny Grant program seeks applications VERMONT — The Association of Vermont Conservation Commissions (AVCC) is seeking applications for its 2017 Tiny Grant program.

The grants provide seed money and/or matching funds for specific conservation projects at the local level and AVCC members are eligible to apply.

“Conservation commissions and other volunteer groups spend countless hours working in their communities to protect and enhance

Vermont’s natural resources,” said Karen Freeman, chair of AVCC. “These grants help support local projects around the state, and we’re thrilled to be able to support these efforts each year through the Tiny Grant Program.”

Last year, AVCC awarded grants to groups in Bolton, Greensboro, Wallingford, Dummerston and Bradford. Projects included a floodplain forest inventory project, establishing a pollinator corridor, outdoor education programs connecting kids

with nature, improving a town forest trail network and improving access to a natural area for Vermonters of all abilities.

Individual grants are available in the range of $250-$600.

Applications are due April 14, 2017, and awards will be announced May 5, 2017. Projects must be completed and a final report submitted by May 5, 2018. Extensions may be considered.

Conservation Commissions and groups working to become conservation commissions are eligible to apply. Groups must also be members of AVCC to be eligible. To become an AVCC member, read more and apply online at http://vtconservation.com/join-us/.

For more information about the grants and an application visit http:// vtconservation.com/tiny-grants/.

The Association of Vermont Conservation Commissions is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support Vermont’s conservation commissions, which are advisory bodies that help communities protect and enhance their natural resources, and to encourage the establishment of more conservation commissions in the state. AVCC is a membership organization with conservation commissions as well as individuals as members. Founded in 1990, AVCC is overseen by a volunteer board of directors.

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FERRISBURGH SELECTBOARD CHAIR Loretta Lawrence listens to a question from a resident during town meeting.

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BioFinder mapping tool workshops set MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is holding a series of free workshops on using the recently updated online mapping tool, BioFinder.

The workshops — including one in Middlebury on March 27 — are aimed at town planners and conservation commissioners, but all members of the public are encouraged to attend.

BioFinder is a mapping resource used to find the places in Vermont most important for maintaining biodiversity, even as the climate changes. It includes maps of Vermont’s connected forests and waterways, locations of important ecological resources and other information used for conservation and land use planning.

“BioFinder makes your work as a community leader easier by helping you identify hotspots of biological diversity in your area,” said Jens Hilke of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. “Getting the right information is the first step in ensuring that these important natural resources are available for every generation of Vermonter.”

By zooming in and out to different scales, BioFinder can help users see their land or community in a larger context. It is available for anyone to use online at BioFinder.vermont.gov.

“For people working in small towns, getting quality information is really a challenge,” said Liz Thompson of the Jericho Conservation Commission.

“BioFinder brings all of the current information into one place that is so slick and easy to use.”

The seminar in Middlebury will

take place a Ilsley Public Library on March 27, from 7-9 p.m. This workshop will have a follow-up on April 3 featuring the more advanced tools and uses of BioFinder.

Space is limited, pre-registration

is required.

Email Monica. przyperhart@vermont.gov to sign up or learn more. Seminars are generally in the evening, but there will also be several webinars that are available during the day.

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