Thursday, March 16, 2017

Facelift plus

Surprise guest

Lax repeat?

The renovations at a Middlebury eatery go more than skin deep. Read the story in Arts + Leisure.

A swan that is way out of its element showed up in the area last week. See Page 10A.

A young Panther women’s team is off to a good start in trying to fill some big shoes. See Page 1B.

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Four seek seat on Midd. selectboard Interest strong in one-year vacancy

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — What a difference a few weeks can make in Middlebury’s political scene.

No one on March 7 was interested in challenging incumbent selectboard members Brian Carpenter and Laura Asermily in their re-election bids for three-year terms.

But four candidates have now emerged with designs on the one year left on a three-year term recently vacated by incumbent Selectwoman Donna Donahue.

The list includes some familiar faces and some newcomers to local politics. Former Selectmen Gary Baker and Travis Forbes are in the running, as are One Dollar Market owner Farhad Khan and Jennifer Molineaux, director of finance for the Addison County Economic Development Corporation (ACEDC).

The Middlebury selectboard was scheduled to accept the nominations of the four hopefuls at their March 14 meeting. But Tuesday’s snowstorm prompted officials to postpone the gathering until next Tuesday, March 21.

Here — in alphabetical order — are brief profiles of the four candidates,

based on their past civic experience and their correspondence with Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay expressing their interest in the oneyear spot in the board.

Gary Baker, a longtime local insurance agent, has provided many years of public service to the towns of New Haven (where he also owns property) and Middlebury during the past four decades.

He served on the New Haven Planning Commission, from 19752003, much of it spent as chairman.

He was New Haven’s delegate to the Addison County Regional Planning Commission from 1985 to 1988, a stint that included a year as board chairman.

Baker swapped the New Haven Planning Commission for the Middlebury Planning Commission in 2003. He served in that capacity until 2007, when he joined the Middlebury Development Review Board. He served on that panel — which evaluates local development proposals — until 2012.

In 2012, Baker ran unopposed for a one-year term on the selectboard that had been vacated by former (See Middlebury, Page 11A)

Winter blast

PEOPLE RUSH ACROSS the Main Street bridge in downtown Middlebury Tuesday to avoid the icy wind and blowing snow. Schools were closed for two days as as much as 24 inches of the white stuff fell on Addison County in around 24 hours.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Lawmakers anxious about federal funding Education, lake hang in balance

By JOHN FLOWERS SHOREHAM — Concern over continued federal funding for the state’s education, health care and Lake Champlain cleanup programs dominated discussion at Monday’s legislative breakfast in Shoreham.

Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol, called these the “three serious areas of concern” for the 2017 legislative session. All three programs, according to Sharpe, are largely dependent on federal support —

which is in flux under the presidency of Donald Trump.

GOP lawmakers and the Trump administration are still tweaking a “Trump Care” proposal that could result in 24 million Americans losing their health insurance, according to a review of the proposal released this week by the Congressional Budget Office.

Meanwhile, the Legislature is considering two bills — H.248 and S.53 — that propose to establish a system of universal, publicly funded primary care in Vermont by 2019.

This coverage would cover patients’ visits to their primary care physicians.

“If we could find a way for every Vermonter to see a doctor or an appropriate practitioner early on in any disease or health care issue, it promises to save a lot of money down the road, in terms of emergency room visits, chronic care — particularly around things like diabetes, where the long-term costs are a whole lot more expensive than doing some preventative work,” said Sharpe, who is a sponsor of H.248.

While he believes H.248 “holds some promise,” Sharpe conceded he’s not sure if the bill will advance beyond the House Health Care Committee this year, given the state’s

tight finances and the “no new taxes” mantra invoked by many lawmakers and Gov. Phil Scott’s administration.

Shoreham resident Barbara Wilson is among those who support H.248 and S.53. She believes universal primary care would lower health care premiums, reduce the need for expensive hospitalizations, and encourage people to visit their physicians before a minor ailment becomes significant and potentially debilitating.

“I’m really excited about it, because is costs about 5 percent or 6 percent of the total costs of health care (See Legislators, Page 11A)

By the way Anyone hanging around Middlebury this week may see several noise-monitoring devices around town on Thursday and Friday. VHB, the lead engineering firm for Middlebury’s downtown bridges replacement project, will be here to measure ambient noise levels in the downtown area. All monitoring sites are on public property. A map showing the monitoring locations and pictures of the devices, themselves, are available on the town website. Questions can be directed to Middlebury Community Liaison Jim Gish at jgish@townofmiddlebury.org.

LINCOLN COMMUNITY SCHOOL students use the slide on the school’s playground last week. The town of Lincoln was recently awarded a $100,000 grant to improve the school’s Potato Hill Park playground.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Quarter-million-dollar playground upgrade planned in Lincoln

By GAEN MURPHREE LINCOLN — Seven years ago a group of Lincoln Community School parents got together to raise funds to buy new playground equipment.

“I had at the time a secondgrader, a kindergartener and a new born. And the play structure at the school was 25 years old, out of date, out of code. It needed to be replaced,” said Mary Beth Stilwell, a Lincoln parent and school board member.

Stillwell started that first playground committee with the

idea of “just replacing the play structure.”

Today that humble project has succeeded beyond her wildest dreams.

Last month the Lincoln Community School was awarded a $100,000 matching grant toward a $260,000 project to remake the school’s playground and surrounding natural area into a place that provides kids more ways to play and welcomes the entire community.

Organizers have dubbed the (See Playground, Page 14A)

VERGENNES CITY CLERK Joan Devine, back center, oversees vote counters Mark Koenig, left, Lynn Pope and Rena Trepanier during a Monday recount of the mayor’s race votes. The original tally, with Michael Daniels winning by five votes, was confirmed.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Ballot by ballot, Daniels wins Multi-step Vergennes process offers anatomy of a recount

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — A meticulous Monday afternoon recount at Vergennes City Hall confirmed the March 7 results of the race for city mayor: Former three-term Mayor Mike Daniels edged two-term incumbent Bill Benton, 270-265.

That margin, one that is less than 1 percent of the votes cast on Town Meeting Day, remained unchanged after two hours of painstaking counting by five members of the Vergennes Board of Civil Authority: Justices of the

Peace Barry Aldinger, Lynn Pope and Rena Trepanier, and Aldermen Lowell Bertrand and Mark Koenig.

City Clerk Joan Devine ran the proceedings, instructing the BCA members on how to follow state law in sorting and counting ballots.

Daniels observed the proceedings, while Alderman Jeff Fritz represented Benton, who had a medical appointment in anticipation of a Tuesday surgical procedure.

Daniels said all along he expected a tight race, and he (See Recount, Page 13A)

Last Sunday a packed house at Town Hall Theater gave the documentary “The Eagle Huntress” (See By the way, Page 13A)

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Independent photos by John S. McCright

Hot chili warms up a cold day MIDDLEBURY — The 9th Annual Vermont Chili Festival is officially in the books. Nearly 2,500 hearty souls braved a brisk wind and record-setting temperatures in the teens to sample chili made by local vendors, both professional and amateur.

“There was plenty of delicious chili to sample and everyone seemed to have a great time,” said Karen Duguay of the Better Middlebury Partnership, which staged the festival. “We are so appreciative of the volunteers who helped us run the event smoothly, to the sponsors who supported this year’s festival and to the vendors, who donated many hours and dollars to this festival by building booths (or boats!), making chili and paying staff to serve chili all afternoon.”

Best chili winners were selected in 18 categories.

The winners were determined by a panel of judges who sampled every chili: Lisa Mitchell (Middlebury Underground), Peter Burrows (Addison Central Superintendent), Kathy Walls (Vermont Soup Co.), Trent Campbell (Addison Independent), Ashley Wolff (illustrator) and Lynn Coale (Hannaford Career Center).

Proceeds from the event will benefit the BMP and be put toward the costs of hosting other events and programming throughout the year. In the works are another Midd Night Stroll event, outside of the Christmas shopping season; a summer music and movie night to be held on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer; plus Spooktacular in the fall and Very Merry Middlebury in December.

Contact the BMP at any point with feedback, questions and to get involved by emailing BMP@bettermiddleburypartnership.org.

Chili Fest 2017 Winners

Best Beef: Porter Hospital Runner Up: Tie between Noonie’s Deli and Smokey’s Best Chicken: Middlebury College Runner Up: Rosie’s Best Pork: The Lobby Runner Up: Vermont Gas Best Veggie: Middlebury Foods & Sotheby’s collaboration Runner Up: Rosie’s Best Kitchen Sink: Middlebury Rotary Runner Up: Sabai Sabai Best Game: Cabot/Agrimark

Best Anything But Chili: Knot in the Grain Craft Brewery (meatballs/ cornbread) Best Booth: Fire and Ice People’s Choice Amateur: Cabot/Agrimark People’s Choice Professional: Cold Hollow Cider 3rd Best Chili Overall: Tie between Smokey’s and Noonie’s Deli (both beef) 2nd Best Chili Overall: Porter Hospital (beef) Best Chili Overall: The Lobby (Pork)

Vergennes man pleads innocent to multiple burglary-related counts

RUTLAND — Jake Desjadon, 30, of Vergennes on March 10 pleaded innocent in state criminal court in Rutland to three felonies and two misdemeanor charges stemming from what Vermont State Police allege are multiple burglaries and from the circumstances of his March 9 arrest by VSP and Vergennes police.

Desjadon was ordered held in the Marble Valley Correctional Center for lack of $75,000 bail.

He is charged with felony burglary and grand larceny for allegedly stealing an ATV and trailer valued at $3,000 from a Kimball Dock Road property in Ferrisburgh on Feb. 27;

with a felony count of selling stolen property with a value greater than $900 for allegedly trading the ATV and trailer for drugs; with unlawful mischief for damaging a vehicle during the theft, a misdemeanor; and resisting arrest at his Vergennes apartment on March 9, also a misdemeanor.

According to an affidavit filed in Rutland and in Addison Superior Court’s Criminal Division by VSP Trooper Joseph Szarejko, Desjadon “admitted to stealing an ATV and a trailer from a residence” to Vergennes Police Sgt. Jason Ouellette and to Szarejko, “advised he has stolen property

including a host of tools in his storage locker at his property” and had stored other items at a Monkton camp, and “admitted to numerous other burglaries and thefts to other troopers.

“Additional charges are going to be brought forth,” wrote Szarejko, who in a press release last week alleged some of the items police recovered in Vergennes had been taken during “smash and grab” thefts at area trailheads.

State police focused on Desjadon as a suspect after the Ferrisburgh homeowner told them he had surveillance video of the theft. Szarejko met with the resident several days later

to review the video and wrote in his affidavit, “I was able to recognize a male know to me from previous law enforcement contacts as Jake Desjadon.”

Vergennes Sgt. Brent Newton later confirmed the ID, Szarejko wrote, and Desjadon was asked to come to the Vergennes Police Department to speak with Ouellette on March 8.

There, he allegedly confessed, Szarejko wrote, and Ouellette told Desjadon VSP would speak to him about other burglaries. Szarejko then began to talk with Desjadon, who according to Szarejko then admitted trading the stolen goods — later recovered by

Essex police — for buprenorphine, an opioid.

Desjadon at that point was released because he was cooperating, but then failed to show up for follow-up meetings with police. Vergennes police learned in speaking with his girlfriend, Renee Nicholson, 31, that Desjadon might be suicidal (later she added he was looking to find money to flee Vermont), and thus VSP “pinged” his phone to find him in order to do a welfare check as well as take him into custody.

That tactic pinned down his location at a Main Street apartment shared

by Desjadon and Nicholson. VSP

allege Nicholson delayed and tried to mislead troopers and Vergennes officers at the door of her apartment.

Troopers in the yard then spotted Desjadon on the roof of a porch outside the apartment, and police inside pulled him back into the apartment.

There, VSP allege he refused to cooperate with being handcuffed before he was “subsequently subdued.”

Desjadon could face 15 years in prison plus a $1,000 fine on the burglary count, and 10 years in prison and $5,000 fines for the grand larceny and selling of stolen property charges.

The misdemeanor penalties are less severe.

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Brandon man faces felony charges in assault case

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — A Brandon man identified as a habitual offender with three previous felonies has been charged with three counts of felony aggravated domestic assault.

Brandon police responded to a family fight in Bridge Park on March 10 and arrested Jeremy J. Young, 42.

The victim told police that Young pushed her down while she was holding their child, choked her, pulled a clump of her hair out, and pulled out one of her teeth with his bare hands. She also claimed Young threw a punch at her and hit the child.

According to affidavits, Brandon polcie officers said they witnessed bruised ribs on the child, and a swollen and bleeding mouth and bruising and swelling around the neck of the adult victim.

The victim alleged that Young pried her mouth open with his hands

and held it open she “felt her tooth tear from her gums,” according to the affidavits.

A tooth allegedly belonging to the victim was found at the scene and taken into evidence, according to the affidavit.

Young was charged with felony first degree aggravated domestic assault, cruelty to a child under 10 years of age, and two counts of felony second degree domestic assault-prior conviction.

Young has previous felony convictions for false pretenses, retail theft and grand larceny.

He pleaded not guilty on Monday in Rutland County Superior Court, criminal division. He is being held without bail at Marble Valley Correctional Facility. If convicted, Young faces up to life in prison for the domestic assault charges and up to two years or a fine of up to $5,000 for the cruelty to a child charge.

Forum on anti-Semitism this Sunday

MIDDLEBURY — This Sunday, March 19, Middlebury’s religious community will hold the third in a monthly series of community conversations that touch on religion in contemporary America.

“Anti-Semitism: Then and Now” will take place 4-5:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Middlebury (UCC) at 2 Main St. In response to the disturbing increase in anti-Semitic acts in the country in 2017, the Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson and Emily Joselson invite the public to a panel discussion.

Panelist will be Robert Schine, Middlebury College’s Silberman Professor of Jewish Studies; Rebecca Ayako

Lonely streets

ABOVE, A LONE car makes its way cautiously through downtown Middlebury during Tuesday’s blizzard. Many businesses closed early due to the treacherous conditions.

Bennette, director of Jewish Studies and Associate Professor of History at Middlebury College; Jack Mayer, pediatrician and author of “Before the Court of Heaven,” a book about the rise of the Third Reich; and Jessica Lipnack, author of six books about networks and virtual organizations.

Nagy-Benson is pastor of the Congregational Church and Joselson is a representative of Havurah, the Addison County Jewish Community.

The panel, with audience interaction, will explore anti-Semitism — past and present — in the context of intolerance in our society. Participants will seek constructive ways to express solidarity and foster community.

Independent photos/ Trent Campbell

Lawmakers lobby Fish & Wildlife on coyotes

By GAEN MURPHREE VERMONT — Motivated by constituent outrage over unregulated coyote hunting, some legislators are asking state wildlife officials to rethink Vermont’s open season on the canine predator.

“Coyotes are important animals not vermin to be attacked,” said Rep. Jim McCullough, D-Williston. “They’re important ‘people’ that need, if you will, the honor of having controls on their hunting or their ‘taking.’ And right now they don’t have that honor.”

McCullough is vice chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife, which has asked the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife to, in McCullough’s words, do “some soul searching” and come back to the committee for more discussion in a year or less.

The committee was working on a bill to regulate coyote hunting, H.60, but has switched tactics. Rather than proceed with H.60, last week the committee sent Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Louis Porter a letter asking the department to reconsider its policies and reconvene with the committee by Jan. 15, 2018. McCullough said the change in tactics was designed to move the conversation ahead and hopefully get results more quickly.

Porter and Chris Bernier, the department’s Furbearer Project Leader, appeared before the committee on Feb. 17, said McCullough, and asked for a longer timeline to report back on the committee’s questions than H. 60 would have provided.

“The commissioner wanted a couple of years to respond even though he and his biologist had answered at least half of the questions,” said McCullough. “That put a very long delay

Legislators ask department for action A House committee is asking the Fish and Wildlife Department for: • An estimate of Vermont’s coyote population.

• An explanation of the scientific basis for the state’s current coyote hunting policy.

• A comparison to how other states regulate coyote hunting, including whether they have limited seasons or bag limits.

• A recommendation of whether Vermont should adopt a limited coyote hunting season in 2019.

Additionally, the letter raises five other concerns, including: • Whether coyotes have a dele-

in the process and then would only give us some answers without creating any resolutions. So the letter was to actually speed the process up a bit and asked for some additional questions that actually sought to invoke some soul searching … on the part of the Department of Fish and Wildlife.”

According to current regulations, coyotes can be hunted day or night, 365 days a year, with no bag limit.

Only four Vermont mammals — coyotes, skunks, weasels and opossums — have no closed season and no bag limit. Constituents have objected to coyote hunting practices whereby a large number of animals are killed in a short time (contests and the like).

Concerns over coyote-hunting contests have been raised by hunters and nonhunters alike, McCullough said.

Coyotes can be trapped for pelts in Vermont; trapping season is limited to October through December.

According to wildlife biologists,

terious impact on Vermont’s game populations.

• Differences in VFW’s approach to coyotes vs. other fur-bearing species.

• Whether having an open season “is polarizing the hunting community and the majority of Vermont citizens.”

• Whether current coyote policy has damaged relations between Vermont’s hunting and non-hunting communities.

• Justification for Vermont’s variance from the North American Wildlife Management Model “relative to ethical hunting and Vermont’s wanton waste law.”

coyotes respond to decreases in their numbers by increasing their rate of reproduction and are, in this respect, remarkably resilient. As a result, state officials have maintained that Vermont’s policy is indeed based on coyote science: there is no season for or bag limits because of coyotes regenerate in response to hunting.

The committee’s letter to Porter outlines nine topics it wants the department to consider before it reconvenes with the committee sometime in the next 10 months (see box).

McCullough said the core principles of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (as put forth by the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports) were important to the committee’s thinking on the question of how to regulate coyote hunting, especially the core principle of legitimate use “defined as killing for food or fur, self-defense, and property protection.”

Other coyote-relevant principles from the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation include that: • Wildlife is held in public trust for all citizens.

• Wildlife policy is regulated by law, so that all can participate.

• All citizens have fair access to hunting and fishing.

• Wildlife policy should be based in science.

McCullough said that overall the committee “would like to see some controls that involve a real hunting season.” He said he felt there was a “significant disconnect” between the department’s perception of its current policy and the kinds of coyote-killing practices that many Vermonters see as “barbarous.” He also emphasized the importance of a calm, rational dialogue, so that the issue could be examined without pouring “gas on the fire.”

“I think we’re hoping that the Department of Fish and Wildlife in the face of a changing world — in the face of declining hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, in the face of increased pressure from the rest of the Vermont constituency for more voices in the process — that in the face of those things they’re going to actually decide that it is important to manage coyotes with requirements for a hunting season rather than manage by not managing and get off of their soapbox about ‘We can’t hurt them so why wouldn’t we let it (current practices) continue,’” McCullough said.

“So the hope is they’ll look at our concerns and go, ‘Why wouldn’t we have a hunting season for these animals?’”

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

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Understanding ‘Reagan Democrats’ and ‘TrumpCare’ Any objective analysis of why many people who voted for Donald Trump remain strong supporters of the president — despite his questionable and perhaps treasonous connections to Russia’s hacking involving the presidential election, his intent to dismantle popular EPA protections that have cleaned up the nation’s waters and slowed down climate change, his intent to reduce taxes on the super rich while gutting services to the poor and middle class, and his recent embrace of the Republican-sponsored health care bill, which will be ruinous to millions of elderly and poorer white Americans who voted for Trump — falls under two umbrellas: regardless of what Trump does, they instinctively like what they consider his “tough talk,” “strong leadership,” and willingness to be politically-incorrect, and they are willing to blame bad legislation on “the congressional Republicans in power” rather than on their man in the White House.

That finding was revealed this week by Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, who coined the term “Reagan Democrats” back in the mid1980s, after he re-visited Macomb County, Michigan to poll those same blue-collar whites who voted for both President Barack Obama (who won the county twice) and Trump, who won the county with 54 percent over Hillary Clinton.

Greenberg selected four focus groups with 35 non-college educated whites and found: • So far, they had no buyer’s remorse: despite the drama of the opening weeks of Trump’s presidency, they think Trump is “sincere,” they blame the media for being “unfair” and criticize protesters for not giving Trump a chance “to do good things,” and they maintain he will “secure the border” and “bring back manufacturing jobs.”

• They also distrusted congressional Republicans to make good decisions, particularly on the economy and health care reform. Asked for impressions of Republicans generally, and some in the groups said the party “cared primarily about the rich,” but not so Mr. Trump.

• They like Trump because they see him as being distinct from the GOP. He’s not a typical politician, rather he’ll change the status quo in Washington, which means in this context, “challenge politics as usual and sideline the career politicians.” Amazingly, they said their vote for Trump was “against corruption and pay to play.”

• Importantly, the interviews also discovered that fixing the health care system was top on their minds. They believe “Obamacare” failed them and that Trump will “fix the problem.” If he can’t, or doesn’t, they will likely blame Congressional Republicans and not Trump, but still will be disappointed if the “fix” is worse than the status quo.

The study, which is worth reading in full http://tinyurl.com/zg5f53h, is full of head-scratching contradictions by the voters interviewed but is important to understand their hopes for Trump and their frustrations with President Obama’s tenure.

••••••••••• Greenberg’s interviews were conducted before the Congressional Budget Office released its dismal review of the Republican’s American Health Care Act, or RyanCare as Trump’s team wants it to be known in case it bombs. And given the heavy emphasis the “Reagan Democrats” interviewed by Greenberg put in Trump’s ability to make health care less expensive and cover “everyone,” the stakes appear high for Trump. He did, after all, promise that he would propose a plan that would “lower costs, expand choices, increase competition and ensure health-care access for all Americans.”

This proposal doesn’t even come close. “TrumpCare,” as proposed, is more of a tax-relief bill. While up to 24 million people will lose their health insurance, according to the CBO, and insurance prices will increase significantly, total tax cuts amount to more than $600 billion, and that’s just the start.

As Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell explains: “The Joint Committee on Taxation has released a series of estimates showing what some of the tax-related provisions of Trumpcare would do. Among the biggest are repeals of two ACA surtaxes on the highest-earning Americans: a 0.9 percent payroll tax add-on and a 3.8 percent tax on net investment income for couples whose incomes exceed $250,000 ($200,000 for individuals). Repealing these would cost $275 billion over the next decade.

“The law also axes other taxes, such as the tanning tax… and excise taxes on insurers, drug manufacturers and importers; and medical-device manufacturers and importers. Based on what the Joint Committee has scored so far — and it has not analyzed every revenue loser in the bill — these tax cuts come to about $600 billion.

“The presence of expensive tax cuts in a bill purportedly about healthcare reform is not a side effect; it’s the entire point. They make it easier for Republicans’ (much bigger) individual and corporate tax cuts to sail through the Senate with minimal Democratic obstruction in a few months’ time. Why? Under normal circumstances, Democrats would almost certainly filibuster the coming tax overhaul, preventing it from ever getting to a vote. But Republicans can take the filibuster option away by using the reconciliation process, which is an option if, and only if, the tax bill doesn’t increase government deficits in the long term.”

That’s why TrumpCare has wings; it’s not about taking care of American’s well being, it’s about cutting taxes — and lots of them.

That’s one reason why Sen. Bernie Sanders was justified in his blistering response: “Throwing 24 million Americans off of health insurance, raising premiums for older low-income Americans, defunding Planned Parenthood and giving $275 billion in tax breaks to the top 2 percent is a disgusting and immoral proposal… The reality is that Donald Trump and Paul Ryan’s bill is not a health care plan. It’s a massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthiest people in America. It must be defeated.”

Still, what’s most amazing is all those Trump supporters who will likely continue to believe Trump’s plan will lower their premiums, right up until they get the higher bills and finally understand Trump has not been working for their interests, but rather the interests of the wealthiest few.

Angelo Lynn

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I have a simple question for everyone involved regarding the Middlebury/Charles Murray controversy. If you could have a “do-over,” what would you do differently?

Jack Mayer Middlebury

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Delicious sale

NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL students Lena Sandler, left, Hannah Zimmer and Sydney Weber man a bake sale at the school Monday. The students organized the sale to raise money to send a child in Haiti to school.

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We must not look away from past What do you do when you are confused? Lately, difficult events at Middlebury College have left me reeling, as I struggle to expand my mind and heart to include everyone’s perspective. I am reading every article and blog post I can find, talking to college faculty, staff and students, and, of course, looking to my yoga philosophy. Sanskrit words encircle my upper arm, two of the yamas, or ethical precepts of yoga. The words are Ahimsa, which means nonviolence, and Satya, which means truth. I got this tattoo when I turned forty, after thinking about it for ten years. (Just so you know it wasn’t a hasty choice, or one of those spontaneous body art decisions made after a long night of drinking!)

I wanted the tattoo to remind myself to live guided by these two principles, and over the last five years, since the murder of Trayvon Martin, the words on my arm have acquired a deeper

By Joanna meaning. In the amazing James BaldColwell win documentary, “I Am Not Your Negro,” which many of us saw in Middlebury earlier this month, Baldwin’s words about the atrocities perpetrated against African Americans were sometimes juxtaposed over film footage of white Americans doing wholesome American things, like having picnics, and dancing cheek to cheek. This serves to perfectly illustrate the illusion of white innocence. Most white Americans pretend not to be influenced by racial bias. They say things like, “I don’t see color,” or, “Why do you have to make everything about race?”

People who say things like this, while they may not have the intention to hurt others, are committing harm. Imagine a terrible atrocity was committed on the street where you live. Someone broke into a house, killed some of the peo-

Ways of Seeing

ple who live there, terrorized the others, stole most of their possessions and wrecked the home. Then imagine that law enforcement did nothing to help the victims, and the survivors never got any of their property back. Imagine the traumatized family, with hardly any resources other than their own physical and mental strength, and determination to survive, carrying on as best they could.

They patch up their house, and work as hard as they can to rebuild their lives. Now imagine that all the neighbors on the street pretend the attack never happened. They didn’t see the violence with their own eyes, and they were never really friends with “those people” anyway. That broken gate, crudely patched roof and dismembered car in the front yard make the neighborhood look bad!

This is our America. Not only were generations of people forced into servitude, they were literally worked to death. The average life span of slaves forced to work on plantations that grew cotton, indigo, rice and tobacco, was five to seven years. Slavery officially ended after the Civil War, with the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.

But after Reconstruction, white dominated Southern state legislators passed laws called Black Codes.

These laws essentially criminalized Black life, and provided a pretext to arrest and jail Black people who often lacked the resources to pay even small fines. The author Douglas Blackmon investigated these laws, and discovered that forced convict labor was used by coal mines, lumber companies, plantations and even corporations like U.S. Steel.

(See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Life wood be better if stove worked

Two weeks ago, our new-to-us wood cook stove broke. fected, like those holier-than-thou people who bake their How does that even happen? It’s not like a regular own bread (which, by the way, smells delicious when it kitchen range: It doesn’t have an igniter, or even any on/ is baked in the oven of one’s wood cook stove, or so I’ve off knobs. It’s a big cast-iron tank with a firebox on one heard). side, an oven on the other, and a giant griddle for a top.

But if any of our friends or family thought it was a But the old firebrick inside the firebox had been repeat- bit much to put a vintage-looking wood cook stove in edly patched by the previous owner, and one day it just our otherwise normal kitchen, you don’t hear them combroke in half. plaining when they walk in and feel the heat. Go ahead Mark and I like to live on the edge — just this morn- and snicker, but when’s the last time you saw people ing I used half-and-half that was two days past its sell- pulling up chairs around a baseboard heater? by date — but if there’s one thing we Cooking on the wood stove is easagree on, it’s that we’re both opposed ier than I expected — a hot surface to burning down the house. We decidis a hot surface, after all — plus it ed one of the best ways to avoid that makes use of the energy that is alwould be to stop building fires in the ready heating our house. I used the wood stove until we could get replacegas range so little this winter that ment parts. instead of building up with the usual The stove, though a replica of a grease spatters, it got dusty.

1905 model, is only 35 years old. And A surprising number of people

By Jessie Raymond practically weep when they see the luckily, parts for it are still being made wood cook stove; it brings back fond (proving that there are other throwmemories of their grandmothers, backs like me out there). Unfortunately, buying all new innards ended up costing more than we years ago, cooking on similar stoves.

Not my grandmother. paid for the stove in the first place, significantly cutting That woman, who was born in the first decade of the into my argument to Mark that burning wood would save 20th century and died in the last, considered the microus tons of money.

But I was right about a lot of the other advantages wave oven the greatest invention of her life. If she ever of owning a wood cook stove. I thought it would look did cook on a wood (or coal) cook stove, I have no doubt adorable in our old farmhouse (it does). I thought I could she dragged it out to the curb the second a gas model cook on it (I do). I thought wood heat would make the came out.

But the stove is not just a novelty. Now that it’s not house more comfortable and inviting during the grueling working, I realize how heavily I’ve come to depend on it winter months. Oh, baby. You have no idea.

Of course, I knew the whole cook stove conceit, be- for both my physical comfort and my emotional well-being Olde Timey and all, could come across as a little af(See Raymond, Page 7A)

Around the bend

I had never heard it said that free speech included shouting other speakers down. This is the opposite of free speech. It is mob rule.

What happened to the old definition of such speech as, “I may not agree with what you say but I will defend with my life your right to say it.”

It reminds me of mobs breaking glass and shouting down people as encouraged by Nazi SS. Years ago a member of George W. Bush team came to Middlebury College to speak. Those who didn’t like Bush or what he did marched around campus and town in protest, but didn’t stop him from his right to speak.

I have heard different stories about the event and some said that the College upset people by not expecting dissent and making it hard for dissent to be heard. And they thought that was a reason to get violent. No. There is no excuse for violence. This includes shouting others down and includes physical violence to anyone in the area including an escort to a speaker (who may not have even agreed with the speaker).

Some think the words of Trump encourage violence. Whatever his words, they are not an excuse to threaten our quality of civilization.

Let us think of these events carefully and stop this slipping downhill. We have enough to do to fight with Trump and his hero, Ayn Rand.

Peter Grant Bristol

Orwell can run its own school

On Town Meeting Day, Orwell residents once again chose to vote against a proposed merger under Act 46. The results were clearly incontestable, as the proposal was defeated by 62 percent to 38 percent of voters. There has not been a significant change in voting results over the course of three consecutive votes, in spite of some changes to the merger proposal prior to this latest outcome.

Let me first state my appreciation for members of the Orwell Village School Board, and members of the Act 46 study committees for the ARSU district. These individuals are performing difficult, often unrecognized roles that are vitally important to our community and our children. Following this most recent result, the question becomes, “What is the next step?” I believe that it is imperative for the Orwell Village School Board to actively advocate for their students, while trying to act in the stated interests of the majority of town voters. I don’t believe that three overwhelming “no” votes are the result of residents being coerced or confused into voting against their wishes, or being unaware of the consequences.

There is a clear desire to seek an alternative road forward in this process of consolidation. We have been advised by the Act 46 study committee that there are only two potential choices following this “no” vote. There can be another revote, if petitioned by town residents. Alternatively, we can wait for the state to “determine our fate.” However, there is a third option, and I believe this is what Orwell residents are seeking.

The final choice, as stated in the “Unmerged Districts and Alternative Governance Structures” section of Act 46, would be to develop an alternative governance structure that would meet the objectives of Act 46.

A proposal can be submitted, up until Nov. 30, 2017, to the Vermont Agency of Education, as well as the ARSU district, describing how the Orwell Village School would function as an independent K-8 grade structure. I am proposing the formation of a study committee made up of Orwell residents to assist the Orwell Village School Board in developing such a proposal.

(See Rockwell letter, Page 5A)

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Successful bridge work vital Early last year a group of Mid- bridge project plan that the state dlebury citizens and community presented to the community in Noleaders, concerned about the im- vember 2016 represents our best pact of the rail/bridge project on opportunity to manage the project’s our downtown, formed a commu- impact on our downtown business nity action group. community and on the quality of Calling themselves Neighbors life in Middlebury.

Together, this group Two, as many of asked, “How can we you have witnessed work together to prefirsthand, we have serve those values the state’s A Team on that define Middlethe project. These are bury during this chalaccomplished, highly lenging infrastructure competent, straightinitiative?” talking professionals I believe that, now who have gotten to more than ever, our know our town and community and our share our concern for state need this kind its well-being. of commitment to the Three, there is no common good. $5 million fix to the As the chair of your bridges. This widely selectboard I want to reported figure is for share with you my the cost of materials This week’s writer perspective on the only and includes no is Brian Carpenter, latest developments cost of construction. chair of the Middlewith this project. As Four, the environbury selectboard.

I said at Town Meetmental assessment ing, this project is and that is currently unwill remain the town’s top priority derway is a positive development. until the work is done.

The state is evaluating and docWhy are we doing this project in umenting the full range of envithe first place? There are two im- ronmental impacts of the project, portant public safety goals. from air, water and soil quality to The first is to replace the seri- the project’s impacts on our historously deteriorated Main Street and ic buildings and the health of our Merchants Row bridges. These downtown businesses. The state were built in 1920 and it’s no sur- will share the results of the enviprise that they have reached the ronmental assessment in May at a end of their useful life. More on public meeting in Middlebury. this later.

Five, the project will bring sevThe second goal is the safety of eral important secondary benefits the rail line passing through our to Middlebury. These include undowntown. There is standing wa- dergrounded electric and telecom ter or ice on the tracks year round. utilities at the entrance to Marble The rails are misaligned. There is Works and elsewhere downtown, no point in fixing the bridges and new and improved water and san“worrying about the rail line lat- itary lines, readiness for passenger er.” The state and federal highway rail serving New York’s Penn Staadministration are prepared to fix tion, and a revitalized streetscape them both. Since there is no way in the central downtown featuring the Town can pay for this essential a much-improved Printers Alley, work without significantly impact- new green space on the Village ing our property taxes and reducing Green and new sidewalks on Merour ability to address other needed chants Row and Main Street. All of local infrastructure concerns, we this should significantly improve should take advantage of this op- the shopping and dining experience downtown. portunity.

Six, apart from public safety Let me share with you what I believe to be some important truths there is no more important aspect to this project than protecting our about this project.

One, the updated accelerated downtown business community.

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We must all play a role here and I am pleased that the Neighbors Together steering committee will reconvene to help drive this important activity.

Finally, our bridges continue to deteriorate. This is clearly evident by the sidewalk detour on the south side of Main Street bridge and the repairs last week on the north side of Merchants Row bridge. This deterioration represents a safety threat to pedestrians and to the freight trains that pass through town daily.

The state is not prepared to engage in wishful thinking about their ability to keep the bridges open at the expense of the safety of our community and so they have begun to consult with the town about replacing both bridges with temporary bridges as early as this summer.

The town will have significant input on the impacts of these temporary bridges, and we have already made clear to the state the importance of 1) maintaining pedestrian and vehicular access to Marble Works through Printers Alley, 2) maintaining the pedestrian crossing between the National Bank of Middlebury and the Post Office, 3) retaining parking on Merchants Row, and 4) keeping access in and out of the lower Battell Building parking lot open and safe.

As we work through the details with the state, we will arrange a public meeting to review how this will all work.

I would encourage you to continue to share your ideas and suggestions for the project with the selectboard and with our community liaison Jim Gish. The state has funded Jim’s position for the duration of the project and his weekly meetings in Montpelier advocating for the town are an important part of this project.

In the meantime, I look forward to the day when we can look around at the completed project while boarding the 8 a.m. Ethan Allen Express in Middlebury for New York City’s Penn Station and think about how our community came together during a challenging time and emerged stronger, forged by the fires of adversity.

Long-term activism needed to counter political trend All the baser inclinations of many of Trump’s supporters — racism, nationalism, misogyny, oppression of minority groups and the rest — have always been present in American society. The man with the bully pulpit is emboldening public speech and actions that not long ago were considered unacceptable in our democracy. Now they are commonplace.

These attitudes can’t be turned around in the first 100 days of this administration. And they won’t be changed by just “reading the news and voting.” People who have been aroused to public activism by this election need to be prepared to stay actively involved for the rest of their lives. Keep up the good work!

Spencer Putnam Weybridge

Rockwell letter (Continued from Page 4A) There are certainly enough dissenting voices within the Town of Orwell to sit on such a committee. I would hope that the Orwell Village School Board would be receptive to the input of such a group. I would also hope that those who have vocally opposed this merger would be willing to serve on such a committee. The language of Act 46 appears to allow for alternative structures other than complete merger of K-12 boards.

It may very well be that the state has no intention of allowing anything short of total

This is the first Sunshine Week, corruption, exploitation, injustice and since it began in 2005, when the pub- excess. lic’s right to know has been under With the new administration, the direct assault, and on several fronts. very existence of facts and truth seem “Fake news,” “alternative facts,” re- to be under attack. From his first days taliatory restrictions of in office, in which he press access by the White made outlandish claims House, and demonizing about his inauguration attacks on the working crowd size, the presipress are eroding the dent has waged a war public’s access to real against reality. Presfacts and real information ident Trump labels about what their governunfavorable reports as ment is doing. “fake news,” while siNext week the Senmultaneously decrying ate Judiciary Committee the leaks from his adwill convene for crucial ministration that gave hearings to consider the rise to the reports in the nomination of Judge Neil first place. And in an Gorsuch to serve on the attempt at censorship, United States Supreme his administration has Court. These hearings are retaliated against reThis week’s writer a unique moment when is U.S. Sen. Patrick spected media instituall three branches of gov- Leahy, D-Vt., who tions by limiting their ernment converge as sen- was admitted to the access to cover the ators consider a presiden- Freedom of InforWhite House. tially appointed nominee mation Act Hall Of Instead of censoring to serve on the highest Fame for his long the media, we have a court in the land. I plan to work in strengthenresponsibility to ensure use these public hearings ing the law. it can operate freely. to ask Judge Gorsuch Last year we took a sigabout vital matters affectnificant step forward ing millions of Americans, and about when Congress finally enacted my how he will approach those issues if FOIA Improvement Act to strengthhe is confirmed. en and modernize the Freedom of It is fitting that these hearings will Information Act — our nation’s preoccur just after Sunshine Week, a mier transparency law and a tool the time when we rededicate ourselves press relies on to root out the truth to transparency in government. It behind government spin. This new was Supreme Court Justice Louis law, which took years of hard work Brandeis, a staunch believer in open to pass, made permanent President government, who famously said that Obama’s directive that government sunlight is the best disinfectant. It is agencies operate with a “presumption often the press that shines the sun- of openness” when considering the light in dark corners where we need release of government information it most. Since the beginning of our under FOIA. republic, Americans have recognized I fought for this strengthening legthe freedom of the press as central to islation because I believe we have to our democracy. But today, that basic hold all presidents and their adminunderstanding is being tested by a istrations accountable to the highest president who apparently needs a re- standards. In retrospect, given the fresher.

Trump Administration’s hostility to Our Constitution provides for free- the press, this legislation could not dom of the press because a democ- have been better timed. By codifying racy cannot survive without it. But a the presumption of openness, we defree press is not just a constitutional clare that sunshine, not secrecy, is the requirement; it is essential for the default setting of our government. public’s participation and faith in While passing the FOIA Improvedemocracy. The press informs the ment Act is important progress, we public and holds elected officials ac- cannot stop there. We must make countable. It serves as a critical check sure that our government conducts on our government, shining a light on its work in public where possible

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consolidation. If this is the case, I would rather know sooner than later that this course of action is not going to be allowed. I’m sure that the voters of the Town of Orwell would agree. Please put an end to

Act 46 informational sessions and endless revotes so we that we can move forward and take this next step.

David Rockwell Orwell

(Continued from Page 4A) The wealth of this nation was built from land and resources stolen from native peoples. The wealth of this nation was built from the brutality of slavery. Slaves built the White House. And even after slavery “officially” ended, stolen, forced labor continued to build up the wealth of American companies. Today we have mass incarceration, where Black families are ripped apart, and private prison corporations make profits by denying prisoners exercise, healthcare and decent food. If we look away from all of this, we are just like the neighbors on the imaginary street above. Yes, the history of this country includes inventors, explorers, educators, and innovators. But it also includes slave owners, lynch mobs, segregationists, and plenty of people who claim that the only reason Black Americans have so little wealth and power today is that they are lazy.

James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed,

-Francis & Helen Dupoise

but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” At this moment in history, people of color and other communities that have been marginalized are expressing solidarity with one another like never before. People are making connections between contaminated water in Flint, Mich., and treaty-violating pipelines on native land. The Black Lives Matter movement calls for an end to state violence against Black people, but it is much more than that. It also affirms the rights of queer and trans people, disabled people and the immigrant community. This is what it looks like when we

stand up for each other. If we identify as white, we have an important choice to make. Will we face our history? Or will we look away?

Joanna Colwell is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who founded and directs Otter Creek Yoga, in Middlebury’s Marble Works. Joanna lives with her family in East Middlebury. When not practicing or teaching yoga, Joanna enjoys taking walks, cooking, serving on the board of WomenSafe and working with the Middlebury chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. Feedback welcome at: joanna@ottercreekyoga.com.

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and uses technology to invite more people into public proceedings. This access and transparency were a priority for me when I was chairman of the Judiciary Committee during the consideration of the last two Supreme Court nominees. And for me this will remain a top priority.

We have already seen one Trump nominee mislead the Judiciary Committee under oath when Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not accurately respond to my direct question and then failed to disclose false testimony, until prompted by news reports. We cannot allow that to happen again. Not when the stakes are so high for our system of justice and for our democracy.

Despite the alarming attacks on the free press from our new president and the misleading testimony of his Cabinet members, I believe we can and we must continue to bring more transparency to government. We did so last year with the FOIA Improvement Act, and we can continue by promoting transparency and accountability through technology. My parents ran an independent printing press in Vermont. From an early age, I understood the power of technology to inform the public. Today, all that separates our citizens from vital information and news is often the click of a button.

Next week, Vermonters and all Americans will be able to tune in to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s public consideration of a Supreme Court nominee. While this same process should have been afforded to Chief Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s highly qualified nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, Republicans broke a century of Senate tradition and refused him the opportunity of a public hearing.

Now we are faced with a new nominee for the highest court in the land, nominated by a president who has already shown hostility to independent judges who dare to uphold the Constitution, and to journalists so bold as to write the truth. Next week’s hearings mark a time where transparency and a free press can illuminate for the American people exactly what is at stake with this Supreme Court nominee and this presidency. During this Sunshine Week, let us all remember to keep the spotlight shining.

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Letters to the Editor It’s gratifying to see that so many Vermonters are stimulated to political activism by our current national political situation. Any hope we have of minimizing the damage this administration will do to our nation and the world depends on building a strong and vocal resistance. But true reform of our political and social institutions depends on sustaining this activism long into the future.

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BRIDPORT — Carole Huestis, a lifelong resident of Addison County, passed away unexpectedly on March 10, 2017 at the age of 55.

Carole was born to parents Merton and Alma (Weller) Huestis on Sept.

19, 1961 in Burlington, Vt. She grew up the third youngest of fifteen children and graduated from Middlebury Union High School.

Carole is survived by her children, Savannah, Natasha and Jordan; her sisters, Virginia Nedwick, Patricia Cawthra, June Ash, Sandra Rule, Louise Smith, Colleen Huestis, Sheila Huestis and Mary Dragon; her brothers, Michael Huestis, Ervin Huestis, Dennis Huestis, John Huestis, Gerald Huestis; and several

Laura Paquette, 91, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY, Vt. / PALATKA, Fla. — Laura (Butler) Paquette, 91, of Middlebury, Vt. and Palatka, Fla. passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 11, 2017 at Kiva Assisted Living facility in Palatka, Fla. She was born Aug. 15, 1925 in Glastonbury, Conn., the daughter of Ivy Butler. She attended schools in Glastonbury and Manchester, Conn.

She married Henry V. Paquette in 1947 and moved to Cornwall, Vt. where they purchased a dairy farm and raised their four children.

After selling the farm in 1969, she worked as a receptionist at Middlebury College. After her husband retired, they became snow birds, traveling to Florida each winter and returning to their home in Cornwall during the summer months.

She enjoyed her time camping in Florida in their motor home, where she made many new friends in later

life. She loved her family more than anything, which she always made sure to tell each of us. Laura liked to spend time watching the birds, and enjoying the simple things like flowers and sunshine.

She is survived by her son Lawrence Paquette of Orwell, and her daughters Elaine Stuto and husband Sam of Palatka, Fla., and Bonnie Laframboise and husband Pete of New Haven, Vt. Her daughter-inlaw Donna Esposito of Middlebury, Vt. plus six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased in 1980 by her mother Ivy Butler, and her only brother Lyle Butler in 2007 of Manchester, Conn.

Also, her husband Henry Paquette in 2007 and her son Wayne Paquette of Middlebury in 2015. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.◊

Harvey and Kathryn, who live down the road in Shelburne, and siblings Debi, Harvey, Jean, Judy, Mary and Sarah — along with their spouses and children.

With her bright mind, compassionate soul, and unending ability to listen, Margaret dedicated her life to being of service and caring for others.

Margaret found her true calling working for the Counseling Service of Addison County as a SchoolBased Clinician at Vergennes Union High School for the past ten years.

She served on the Shelburne Social Services committee and was active at All Souls Interfaith Gathering supporting food drives and organizing the annual COTS walk.

Each year Margaret and her family enjoyed preparing holiday meals for neighbors at Harbor Place, as well as roasting corn at the Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival. Even in the midst of health challenges, Margaret continued to shine in kindness, humility, gratitude and purpose as a loving wife, mother, sister, friend, neighbor and volunteer. A celebration of Margaret’s life will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 18 at All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne, with a burial to follow in the summer.

The family extends deep gratitude to the VNA, Dr. Moustakas and his

MARGARET OTTINGER office staff, and to all of the friends, family and neighbors who have supported Margaret and her family these past two years. Anyone who wishes may consider a gift to the VNA or a public service organization of your choice in Margaret’s memory.◊

Patricia Tierney, 79, Bristol BRISTOL — Patricia A. Tierney, 79, passed away Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Birchmore Terrace Nursing Home in Burlington.

She was born Jan. 18, 1938 in Hartford, Conn., the daughter of George and Eleanor Brazuskis Henson.

She enjoyed gardening, antiques, yard sales, cooking, repairing and refinishing furniture, and helping elderly people. Also, she enjoyed traveling to Maine and eating lobster and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Bernard Tierney on July 23, 2006.

Patricia is survived by her daughter Linda Sleeper; four step-children, Stephen Tierney and wife Brenda, Jonathan and Marlaine Tierney, Kelly Tierney and Jodi Tierney; nine grandchildren, Allison, Amy, James, Kegan, Kelsey, Justin, Sheala, Hillary

and Courtney; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister Georgianna Ruggiero; a brother Fred Henson; sister-in-law Donna Barnum; several nieces and nephews; her friends the Morrissey Family.

She was predeceased by her children Russell and Debbie Paulman, and two brothers Bobbie and George Henson.

Visiting hours will be held Sunday, March 19, from 4-6 p.m. at BrownMcClay Funeral Home in Bristol.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 20, at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Bristol. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Addison County Home Health & Hospice, PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT or The Elderly Services Project Independence, Middlebury, VT. To send online condolences to her family visit www.brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

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DANVILLE — Douglas Ariel Rossier, recently of Danville, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2017 with family by his side. Born on July 21, 1919 in Montgomery, Vt., Doug was the son of the late Lawrence and Alberta (Ariel) Rossier.

Most of Doug’s childhood was spent in Eden, Vt. He met his future wife, Mary DeVine from Ferrisburgh, while both were attending Lyndon Institute. Following graduation, Doug went to work for Pratt and Whitney in Bristol, Conn. as a machinist. Mary and Doug were wed Aug. 2, 1943. With Mary’s father Ernest DeVine, Doug operated a gas station in Vergennes, which grew into their farm machinery business, DeVine’s Sales and Service, located in Ferrisburgh since 1950. Doug and Mary resided in Ferrisburgh behind “the shop” while raising their four children, Charlie, Sue, Glenn and Annie. In 1974, he retired and turned over the family business to his son, Charlie.

Doug and Mary moved to the woods in Holland, Vt. where they designed and built their homestead off the grid. He was a pioneer of wind and solar power, organic gardening and self-sufficiency. One of Doug’s passions, which he would gladly

share with anyone, was natural foods and nutritional supplements; this surely aided his longevity. Doug and Mary were well-known for their many flowers, foods and crafts at local farmers’ markets, especially “Mary’s Soap.”

He was also a self-taught jazz pianist who played by ear. Doug and Mary designed and built their current wind and solar home in Danville, which was included in Real Goods Magazine’s National Tour of Independent Homes. He loved to share his off-grid knowledge with anyone interested.

Doug leaves his son, Glenn (and Kathy) Rossier of Vergennes, daughter, Annie (and Blake) McNeill of West Newbury, and daughter-in-law Jean Rossier of Ferrisburgh; grandchildren, Tyler, Eric (and Stephanie), Emily and Ryan (and Annie) Rossier; great-grandchildren Myrrh Pitkin, Shae, Sophie, Grant and Olivia Rossier. He also leaves multiple generations of Rossier, DeVine, Kinney and Smith nieces and nephews. Doug was predeceased by his wife, Mary; son, Charlie; daughter, Sue; his siblings Alice (and Jack) Kinney, Bernard (and Marjorie), Esther (and Archie) Smith and Gibson (and Marjorie), and brothers-in-law,

DOUGLAS ROSSIER Albert (and Doris) and Karl (and Bea) DeVine.

The family wishes to thank the staff at Helen Porter Healthcare and Alice Barnum for Doug’s care during his last few months. There will be a memorial gathering at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 23 at the Grange Hall in Ferrisburgh. Interment will be at a later date.

Online condolences at www. sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

Paul Tarte, 72, Vergennes VERGENNES — Paul Tarte passed away peacefully Saturday, March 11, 2017 at UVM Medical Center surrounded by his loving family after a brief illness. Born Jan. 4, 1944 to Esther Blair and Hormisdas “Frank” Tarte, Paul was a lifelong resident of Vergennes, retiring in 2006 from BF Goodrich after over 40 years of service.

While he lived a full life being a popular drummer in several local bands and an amateur snowmobile racer in his younger years, he was a devoted father and grandfather who always put his children and grandchildren first. His love for watching the Red Sox on TV was only rivaled by his enjoyment for seeing his own children and grandchildren play school sports, rarely missing one of their games or school concerts.

Paul was an avid outdoorsman. He has had many lifelong friends that joined him in his love for hunting and fishing, including those he considers close friends still today: Charlie Tucker, Jim Bodette, Bob Jenkins and Bob Mitchell. In recent years you would find Paul spending his summer days with Becky in the boat on Otter Creek or out on the lake fishing.

If it was November and early December, “Big Zeke” could be found at Papa Wicker’s deer camp in Ira with the guys whose friendship he cherished like his own family (Wicker, Otter, Ditto, Jethro, Jaybird, Kodiak, Ferdy, Big Daddy, Chris and Little Zeke), whether it be giving out

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his trademark hugs when you first arrived at camp the day before deer season or capping off a day of hunting by playing poker with the guys.

But if it were anytime between October and late December and he had his choice, you would find him in a duck blind either here in Vermont or in recent years on his yearly trips to Ontario sharing special time in the blind with his son (and Bella) along with grandson Chris. Having not missed an opening day in over 50 years, he has passed that passion for hunting, and waterfowl hunting in particular, on to his next two generations, and although that passion burns stronger than ever in them, they now face the tough task of carrying that passion on without him.

He is survived by his wife Rebecca “Becky;” his daughter Lisa and her partner Jim Kane; son Paul Jr. “Zeke” and his wife Darcy; son Jeff and his wife Carie; stepson David Barrows and his wife Carrie; and stepdaughter Betsy Barrows and her partner Sean.

He leaves behind nine grandchildren: Jason Holwager, Chris Holwager, Karina Tarte, Sydney Tarte, Megan Tarte, Eric Tarte, Sevie Francis, Barrett Barrows, Lydia Raymond; and two great-grandchildren, Geeta and Amaya. He also leaves a special son-in-law Rob Holwager, and the mother of his children Cheryle Patten. Paul was predeceased by his mother, father, stepfather James McGrath, brother Richard, and sister Margaret.

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Margaret Ottinger, 56, Shelburne SHELBURNE — Margaret Ottinger passed away peacefully, as she had lived, with husband Matt of 28 years by her side in their home in Shelburne, Vt. on Monday, March 13. Her children Harvey (21) and Lila (17) were Margaret’s greatest joy in life. She loved watching both of them grow and succeed in life. Diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago, Margaret was asked what was on her “bucket list” and her wish was just to continue providing normalcy to her children, which she did with love and grace.

Margaret was a farm-girl born on June 10, 1960 in Sioux City, Iowa — the middle child of Lila and Alex Pelelo — and raised on a family farm outside of Merrill, Iowa with six siblings: Mary, Mike, Steve, Sarah, Cathy and Bob. She is survived by all of her siblings along with their spouses and children. She graduated from LeMars High School in 1978 and went on to attain a bachelor’s degree in social work from Iowa State University, and an MSW at the University of Minnesota in 1987.

She married Matthew Ottinger on Oct. 22, 1988, and together they spent two years in the Solomon Islands as Peace Corps volunteers.

Margaret enjoyed years of the love and support from Matt’s parents

nieces and nephews, cousins and extended family.

She was predeceased by her parents and her brother M. James.

Carole loved animals, and enjoyed listening to music especially rock ‘n roll. She will be remembered by her glowing smile and contagious laugh.

She will be deeply missed by her friends, family and all who knew her.

A private celebration of life is being arranged and will take place in Bridport, Vt. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her name to Homeward Bound 236 Boardman St, Middlebury, VT 05753.◊

Donald (Tad) Powers

PAUL TARTE Services will be held Thursday, March 16, 2017, 11 a.m. at the North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church on 227 Old Hollow Road in Ferrisburgh, with a gathering and small luncheon immediately following the service at the church. There will be no calling hours. Burial will be at a later date as decided by the family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Lake Champlain Walleye Association, P.O. Box 104, Swanton, VT 05488, or to Ducks Unlimited through their online donations at www.ducks.org under the “Get Involved” tab.◊

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Obituaries

Letters to the Editor

Mitzi Valentine Goward, 87, Panton PANTON — Mitzi Valentine Goward, 87, of Panton, Vt., passed away at home on Friday, March 10, 2017 surrounded by her wonderful caregivers. Born Jan. 3, 1930 in Flushing, N.Y., she was the only child of Edward and Marguerite (Sanner) Valentine. She enjoyed the love of family especially her maternal grandparents who shared their home. As a child she was fascinated with sculpture and art in general and her mother instilled a love of music in her that lasted all her life.

As a child she enjoyed needlework of all descriptions, making clothes and knitting, later making draperies, refinishing furniture and designing and hooking rugs for her home. Architecture was also in the forefront of interest and that manifested itself into building small buildings and finishing their basement in New York and then here in Vermont. Her varied interests included classes in the Japanese art of Bonsai at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden and creating a number of examples of the art and also studying Chinese painting at the China Institute in New York. She studied oil painting for years with Frank L. Spradling and Edmund F. Ward, both well known artists and illustrators in their day.

Mitzi attended the Franklin School of Professional Arts studying interior architecture and design for three years and worked in that field in New York City. In 1956, she met and married Joseph Goward and while vacationing at Basin Harbor they found a piece of property they fell in love with and eventually purchased. Trips to Bar Harbor with hiking and exploring and skiing here in Vermont were some of their favorite vacations. But the challenge of building their own home took precedence. So she fulfilled a vision and accepted the challenge working as her own architect and working along with the builders to the final completion of their dream house.

Attention to the property led to landscaping and construction of a

MITZI GOWARD large patio with stones dug from surrounding pastures. Turning what was a rough pasture into a garden took quite a few years of energetic work; digging and planting birches around the pond and pines for a grove she had always wanted as a child. Her motto became “If you can’t afford to buy it, make it or do it yourself.”

The landscape work led to the beginning of “The Rock Garden,” a business begun in 1970 and expanded quickly with the sale of dwarf conifers and perennials. A small barn and two greenhouses were added and Mitzi continued this business until poor health put a stop to it at the age of 78. Some of her happiest times were spent with a crowbar and shovel searching through tree lines and woods for rocks and boulders to add to the locations in five rock gardens scattered around the property. Moss and lichen covered rocks were especially treasured.

She was a member for many years of the Vergennes Garden Club, Green

Mountain Bonsai Society and the U.V.M. Horticulture Farm. Her love of nature extended to deep concern for animals as well. She was always surrounded by pets, especially dogs, and an occasional stray cat that came to stay as part of the family.

All through life Mitzi continued to paint and exhibited in New York as well as here in Vermont. She was a member of the Southern Vermont Artists as well as the American Artists Professional League for many years, and a member and director of the Hudson Valley Art Association.

She was also an enthusiastic baker and cook and she looked forward to giving cookies to family and friends as Christmas presents each year.

Mitzi’s interest in the community was fulfilled by becoming Panton Town Auditor in 1978 and a member of the zoning and planning board for many years. In 1982, she was instrumental in restoring the bronze plaque honoring Benedict Arnold taken from its original location at Arnold Bay. She contacted the “Sons of the American Revolution” who replaced it with its original stone to a new location overlooking Arnold Bay. It was rededicated in 1983.

There will be no viewing, with internment next to her husband in Lakeview Cemetery, Addison. In lieu of flowers, donations to Homeward Bound (Addison County Humane Society) would be appreciated.

Mitzi would want to thank her loving and attentive caregivers who became, in many cases, some of her best friends — especially Kay Norris.

They brought her food, books, shared stories and lightened her last years.

She always looked forward to visits from an attentive dog/Harley. Special thanks also to Dr. Jean Andersson-Swayze.

Arrangements are being handled

by Brown-McClay Funeral Homes of Vergennes. A graveside service will be celebrated in the spring, when the ground thaws.◊

William Henry ‘Bill’ Bertolet 3rd, 93, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — William Henry “Bill” Bertolet 3rd, 93, of Middlebury, VT, passed away at his residence on Friday, March 10, 2017.

He was born August 13, 1923, in Philadelphia, PA, the son of William Henry Jr. and Esther Mae (Hardy) Bertolet.

Bill was a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He retired in 1989 as President of the family business, Laurel Products Corp.

He served in the U.S. Army in the European and Pacific theaters during World War II, as well as in Korea during that conflict.

Bill had many interests and an insatiable curiosity about history and everything occurring around him.

He participated in numerous business and social associations over the years and discovered opera at the Town Hall Theater. Bill was a member of Richard Vaux Ivanhoe No. 384 Masonic Lodge in Philadelphia for 68 years. He was an active member of Abington Presbyterian Church

Obituaries can be found on Pages 6A and 7A.

in Pennsylvania and served as Business Manager there before moving to Vermont year round. Here he found a special family at the Residence at Otter Creek and the Congregational Church in Middlebury.

Bill and his family have celebrated 57 years on beautiful Lake Dunmore, where he enjoyed the environment, engineered improvements, and provided lasting memories to all he touched. He loved fishing the lake as well as testing the waters of the local rivers hoping for that special tale. Bill looked forward to family visits, especially his annual birthday bash in August.

Bill is survived by his daughters Linda Pitkin (Bill) of Middlebury, VT, Donna Poseidon of Atlanta, GA, Carol O’Connell (Steve Beard) of Berlin, MA, and Beverly Moore (Chris) of Willow Grove, PA; son Allan Bertolet (Joan) of Williston, VT; grandchildren Will Pitkin IV, Katherine Poseidon, Kevin (Sarah), Ryan (Stephanie), Patrick and Michael O’Connell, Brandon (Ashley) and Lindsay (Levi Nelson) Moore,

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Anne (Ethan Mick) and Holly Bertolet; great-grandchildren Kellan and Oliver O’Connell, and Christopher and Dawson Moore; sister-in-law Claire Richardson Bennett and beloved nieces and nephews.

He is predeceased by his wife Roberta (Richardson) Bertolet; and sisters Esther Hinchcliff and Mary Jane Clemmer.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 25, at 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Middlebury, VT. In lieu of flowers, commemorative donations can be made to the Congregational Church Memorial Fund, 2 Main St., Middlebury, VT 05753, or the Addison County Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753.

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In the 1998 film “The Truman Show,” Jim Carey lives in a bubble, an ideal planned community, where he is unwittingly the star of a reality TV show. One day, a spotlight falls from the sky, actually from the top of the bubble enclosing Carey’s world, and what he knows as his reality begins to unravel.

When Middlebury students disrupted Charles Murray’s attempted effort to address the academic community, it was as if a spotlight fell from the roof of the Middlebury bubble. The campus community, like so many academic physical and intellectual constructions, has long harbored the illusion that any social issue can be adequately addressed with just the right balance of words and clever thoughts. Any and every topic can be examined, any and every social issue can be addressed and solutions identified through academic discourse tightly packed into a semester long course or summarized on a handout information sheet.

These assumptions were ques-

In 1799, Congressman Matthew Lyon of Vermont was sentenced to 4 months in jail and fined $1,000 plus court costs of $69.96 as punishment for violating the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 by calling President John Adams a monarch. The founder of Fair Haven was re-elected to Congress while imprisoned in a frigid cell in Vergennes and later cast the tie-breaking vote that elected Thomas

forces with real physical life-threatening consequences are manifest all around us. Our society is in a crisis.

Civil discourse is no longer “free speech.” It is funded disproportionately by wealthy power players whose agenda is to undo vital institutions and dismantle the state as we know it.

This is a bare-knuckle struggle for power. Middlebury College is now being forced to come out of its bubble and take a stand on historic conflicts, whether it is divestment or race relations. It cannot retreat back into its bubble if it wants to be viewed as a leading training ground for our nation’s leaders.

It must understand that its decisions about who gets to speak, and who gets legitimacy, reflects the allocation of highly important resources and power. The college has long sought to be in the spotlight. Now the spotlight has fallen at its feet, is shining backward, and is casting a long dark shadow.

Randy Kritkausky Whiting

Jefferson President in 1800.

First Amendment law and norms have come a long way since those rocky days in the 18th century, having survived the Red Scare of 1919; the attempts to lock up Communists in the 1920s and 1930s; the witch hunts of the House Un-American Activities Committee; the Blacklist; and Sen. Joe McCarthy’s indecency in the 50s; the efforts to intimidate The New York

Times and other news outlets with libel suits during the Civil Rights struggle in the 60s; the lawsuit filed to prevent Neo-Nazis from marching in Skokie in the 70s; and the attempts to punish flag burners and war protesters in the 60s, 70s, and 2000s — each time becoming a stronger pillar of democracy and human rights.

Alas, as the events last week at (See Palmer letter, Page 12A)

a blizzard in case we didn’t get the joke.

But the new parts should be arriving tomorrow, and with any luck we’ll get the stove back up and running right away. In the meantime, I’ll revert to my former habit of

wrapping up in a blanket, cursing the cold and threatening to stay in bed until spring.

Wallowing in misery may not be the healthiest way to fight winter, but it’s the one I have the most experience with.

Raymond (Continued from Page 4A) ing. Winter’s greatest joy has been waking up, starting a fire and cozying up to the heat while drinking my coffee. Without the stove, I’m a chilly, irritable mess.

“Central heating warms up the air, but a wood stove warms your heart,” I always say. (Well, this is the first time I’ve said it, but I bet I can find it on a plaque somewhere on Etsy.)

I haven’t been truly warm in two weeks. I told Mark that if I were a lizard, the wood cook stove would be a flat rock in the sun. He didn’t think much of the analogy, which he said makes it sound like I want to lie on top of the stove. But he said he could see the part about me being cold-blooded.

And yes, I’m bitter about the timing: the wood stove is down during a two-week span in which Mother Nature gave us the coldest temperatures of the winter — and threw in

Letters to the Editor can be found on Pages 4A, 5A, 7A and 12A.

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tioned by faculty, students, alumni and community members who challenged the notion that no harm is done when a pseudo-scientist designated as a white supremacist by the prestigious Southern Poverty Law Center is co-sponsored by a college academic department and introduced by the college president.

Anyone investigating Murray would know that he does not engage in honest dialogue and evades examination of his outrageous notion that racial and gender inequality is due to differences in IQ. A handout of questions given to students as preparation for the intellectual assault was considered a level playing field. The reality that came crashing down from the Middlebury bubble’s roof was not pretty and some of the extreme behavior that is alleged need not be defended.

However, it does need to be put in the broader context of our post 2016 presidential election.

We are experiencing daily erosions of decades of advancements in equality and tolerance. Hateful

Students should learn state’s record on free speech

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RABIES CLINICS

A number of rabies vaccination clinics are being sponsored by the Addison County veterinarians during the month of March. Each clinic is open to all residents of all towns. Dogs should be leashed and cats in carriers for the safety of all.

To avoid confusion and delay, please bring a copy of the pet’s most recent Rabies Certificate. Payment by CASH only, please no checks.

PLACES, DATES & TIMES LINCOLN • Lincoln Town Offices . Sat., March 18 . 9AM – 10AM . $15 MONKTON • Monkton Town Fire Department . Tues., March 21 . 6PM – 7PM . $15 WHITING • Whiting Firehouse . Thurs., March 23 . 5:30PM – 6:30PM . $15 ORWELL • Orwell Firehouse . Fri., March 24 . 5PM – 7PM . $15 BRIDPORT • Bridport Firehouse . Sat., March 25 . 10AM – Noon . $15 BRANDON • Brandon Fire House . Sat., March 25 . 1PM – 3PM . $15 SHOREHAM • Shoreham Firehouse . Tues., March 28 . 6PM – 8 PM . $15

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follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. It’s an unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of this pristine human art from 30,000 years ago — almost twice as old as any previous discovery. Free popcorn and community!

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 Public Library’s effort to “Raise the Elevator.” The library has been raising funds to install an elevator so that 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.

final bell will ring at 5 p.m. signaling the end of the silent auction.

Bit & Bridle Story Time in Orwell. Saturday, March Noonday recital in Middlebury.

18, 10 a.m., Orwell Free Library. Listen to horseThursday, March 16, 12:15-12:45 p.m., themed stories, learn about the gear used to take St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Join us care of and ride a horse and do horse activities. For for a noonday Lenten recital with Elizabeth Read preschoolers and early elementary aged children.

McQuillan, first violist of the Middlebury Opera.

Soup and sandwich luncheon in Shoreham.

Bring a lunch. Event is free.

Saturday, March 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Shoreham Classes at EastView in Middlebury. Thursday, Congregational Church. Soup and sandwich March 16, 3-4:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury. luncheon will feature five kinds of soup: chicken, EastView resident Nick Clifford will facilitate a class French onion, lentil, broccoli and cheese and vegeon “Nuclear Security,” the last in an eight-week tarian minestrone, and three kinds of sandwiches: series. chicken salad, egg salad and tuna salad. Assorted A Walk in their Shoes: Dementia Simulation workcookies will be available for dessert along with shop in Middlebury. Thursday, March 16, 4:30coffee, tea or milk. $5 donation per individual; $20 5:30 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. Are you for families of four or more; children under 3 eat free. a caregiver for, or a loved one of a All proceeds go to the Church Restoration Fund, person living with dementia? This which will be used to repair the lower level floor. workshop will help you understand Jason Chin shows off “Grand Canyon” in how it feels to manage the many Middlebury. Saturday, march 18, 2-3 p.m., Vermont challenges it presents. Certified Book Shot, Main Street. Vermont Dementia Practitioners will take VERGENNES MOVEMENT STUDIO ‑ Mindfulness author & illustrator Jason Chin will you through an experience to better present his latest visually stunning Based Stress Reduction, a suite of meditative practices and scientifically accurate book: create a positive environment for improving wellness, offered at 179 Main St., Vergennes. “Grand Canyon.” This nonficthose with dementia. In collaboration with Harvard Medical School Weekly beginning Tuesday, March 28th – May 16 at 6:00 p.m. tion picture book follows a father and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. visit www.ronidonnenfeld.com, 802 793 5073. Registration and daughter through the Grand Free and open to the public.

Canyon’s geologic wonders and Deadline - March 25.

Handicap accessible. RSVP to rich biodiversity. Target age group Connie Leach at cleach@residenMIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL — Adult: Chinese Mounting for this presentation and book is 8 ceottercreek.com or 388-1220. to 12 years old.

Workshop, Thurs AM Oils, Thurs Pastels, Mon PM Oils, Weds Sister-to-Sister Pool Party in Vergennes Union High School Midday On & Off the Wheel, Weds AM Int/Adv Painting, Middlebury. Saturday, March Music Department Concert in Vergennes. Thursday, March 16, 7 Sat Garden Planter Workshop, Drawing. Children: Weds 18, 2-4 p.m., Middlebury College p.m., Vergennes Union High School Sister-to-Sister Pool Party for After School Drawing & Painting, Tues Clay hand Pool. auditorium. Featured ensembles middle school girls. Bring a bathbuilding, Weds Wheel. middleburystudioschool.org ing suit, towel and a friend. For include the Jazz Jammers, Middle Contact Barb 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com School Chorus and Middle School those who haven’t signed up for Concert Band. The concert is free the program, please contact Karin and open to the public.

Hanta at khanta@middlebury.edu or 443-5937. Meet at the entrance to the Athletic Center at 2 p.m.

“Youth” screening in Middlebury. Saturday, March Green Mountain Club Hike at Mt. 18, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium. A retired Lenten Fish Fry in Vergennes. Friday, Independence, Orwell. Saturday, March orchestra conductor (Michael Caine) is on holiday March 17, 5-7 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish 18. This is a 5-6 mile hike on easy trails with with his film director friend (Harvey Keitel) in the Hall. Come join us for battered baked views of Lake Champlain, the countryside and, Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen haddock, fries, macaroni and cheese, green beans, weather permitting, Revolutionary War ruins of Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. coleslaw, rolls, punch, milk and coffee. Adults $12, barracks, batteries and other remains. Wear layered Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film children under 12 $6. Children under 6 are free. clothes and bring hiking poles, water, snacks and/ Series. (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy, 2014, 124 minutes) Free. www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Immediate family (only) $35. Please bring a dessert or lunch. Contact Ruth Penfield at 802-388-5407 NECSEM Conference Keynote Address in to share. For more information call 877-2367. or ruthpenfield@gmail.com. For other events and Middlebury. Saturday, March 18, 5:15 p.m., VFW Fish Fry in Middlebury. Friday, March 17, 5-7 activities visit www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall. This p.m., Middlebury VFW, 530 Exchange St. The menu Addison County River Watch Collaborative’s presentation by Dartmouth College Assistant will include fried haddock, French fries or baked spring training in Middlebury. Saturday, March Professor of Music William Cheng offers critical potato, coleslaw, homemade rolls and dessert. $11 18, 9 a.m., 14 Seminary St. River Watch’s spring reflections on how verbal barbs and virtual barbariper plate. Open to the public. For more information training is for anyone interested in joining a group ties in online game worlds scramble the fieldworkcall Wendy at 453-4867. of citizen scientists who monitor local streams and er’s moral compass. Approximate running time: 1 Laser tag event in Middlebury. Friday, March 17, rivers once per month from April to September. hour, 15 minutes. Free. www.middlebury.edu/arts or 6-8:30 p.m., Whirlie’s World, 1232 Exchange St. Volunteers will help sample on the Otter Creek, 802-443-3168.

Brother to Brother will be holding a laser tag event.

Middlebury River, Lemon Fair River, New Haven Boogie Benefit in Lincoln. Saturday, March 18, Drop-off and pick-up at Whirlie’s World, dinner River, Lewis Creek and Little Otter Creek. Bagels, 6-11 p.m., Burnham Hall, Lincoln. The Willowell and games included. All middle school boys are coffee and fruit will be served at 8:30 a.m.; program Foundation will present their annual “Boogie welcome to attend. Brother to Brother is a male begins at 9 a.m.

Benefit” featuring rockin’ dance bands The Avantmentoring organization at Middlebury College that Giant Book Sale in Brandon. Saturday, March 18, Garde Dogs and Band of the Land (opening). The gives middle school boys a chance to engage with 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Brandon Inn. The Giant Book Sale evening will include a silent auction. All proceeds college students in a group setting. Email btb@ and silent auction will take place, with puppetry from go to support programs at the Willowell Foundation. middlebury.edu to RSVP or with any questions.

Laura King from 10-11 a.m., story hour from 12-1 Doors open at 6 p.m. $10 at the door.

Movie night at Starksboro library. Friday, March p.m. with Stacy and Allison, and children’s music An evening of songs and arias. Saturday, March 18, 17, 7-9 p.m., Starksboro Public Library. Werner with the Nelsons from 1-2 p.m. At 3 p.m. bargain 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury Herzog’s documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” hunters will find plummeting book prices and the College. 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. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free. www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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Vermont Maple Open House Saturday, March 25, 2017 Bread Loaf View Farm Invites You to

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Buttermilk Pancakes, Sausage Links, Milk & Coffee served from 9am to Noon Breakfast Plate $6 • Doughnut with Maple Cream $1

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Roman faces

PROFESSOR PIETER BROUCKE, Associate Curator of Ancient Art at Middlebury College, will give a gallery talk in conjunction with the Museum’s American Faces exhibition on Friday, March 24, at 12:15 p.m. The talk will focus on works of art in the Museum’s permanent collection of Roman art. Free. www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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All you can eat pancake breakfast in Addison. Sunday, March 19, 7-11 a.m., Addison Fire Station, at the junction of Routes 17 and 22A. $6/adults; $4/kids under 12. The menu will include: plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice. Benefit of the Addison Volunteer Fire Department. Funds will be used to purchase equipment. For more Information, call 759-2237.

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.

Encore screening of “The Eagle Huntress” in Middlebury. Sunday, March 19, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival winter screening series presents “The Eagle Huntress,” the delightful and highly acclaimed documentary from Director Otto Bell. The movie was so popular last Sunday that the THT is screening it again this Sunday. Tickets $12 for an individual film.

The series pass, good for all five films, is $50. Info: 802-382-9222 or townhalltheater.org.

“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 Nagy-Benson 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.

Chicken and biscuit supper in Middlebury. Sunday, March 19, 5-6 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist

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Suggested donation: Adults $8, children 5-12 $5, under 5 free. Profits go to local and worldwide charities.

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Biology talk in Middlebury. Monday, 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.

“A History of Flower Paintings Through the Ages” discussion in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 21, 1 p.m., Residence at Otter Creek. Enjoy a slide presentation and discussion by a gardening expert.

Paintings by famous artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci, Claude Monet, Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Georgia O’Keefe and other American artists will be examined. An ever-blooming flower show on canvas. Free and open to the public. Info: middleburygardenclub.org.

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.

Vergennes Union High School Music Department Concert in Vergennes. Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m., Vergennes Union High School auditorium.

Performing ensembles include the Commodore Singers, Concert Choir, Commodore Jazz Ensemble and Symphonic Band. The Concert Choir and Symphonic Band will each perform original compositions by senior Lauren Scott. The concert is free and open to the public.

Fly Tying Class for Beginners in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 21, 7-9 p.m., Middlebury Union High School, room H005. 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.

Songs and arias

SELECT MUSIC STUDENTS including junior Annie Beliveau will present a variety of songs, duets and arias that range from the Baroque era to the present on Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m., at Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Free. www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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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.

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Book fair in Weybridge. Friday, March 24, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Weybridge Elementary School. Weybridge Elementary will hold its used book fair in the school common room at 210, Quaker Village Road. Smaller donations of new and gently used books for the fair may be dropped

Cornwall. For kid and adults of all ages. Come for delicious buttermilk pancakes and sausage links covered in award winning maple syrup. Come learn about Vermont’s oldest traditions, take a horse drawn wagon ride and taste freshly boiled syrup!

See the maple operation, smell the sweet steam, sample maple products, including our newest creation Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Maple Syrup.

All visitors receive “Friends & Family” discount pricing during events. $6/plate includes pancakes, sausage, milk and coffee.

Tinker with Arduinos in Orwell. Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m., Orwell Free Library. Come play with programmable circuit boards with guidance from a master Maker Heath Hescock. This workshop is for those who attended the Introduction to Robotics on March 11 and those with a basic knowledge of the technology.

Ham supper in Brandon. Saturday, March 25, 4:306:30 p.m., Brandon United Church. The menu will be scalloped potatoes, ham, coleslaw, green beans, rolls and dessert. $10/adults; children under age 12 $5; free for children under age 6.

Snow White Variety Show in Vergennes. Saturday, March 25, 7 p.m., Vergennes Union High School.

Ferrisburgh Children’s Theater will present the “Snow White Variety Show.” Tickets $6 adults; $3 children; available at the door. Fore more information call 877-3463.

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All you can eat pancake breakfast in New Haven. Sunday, March 26, 7-10:30 a.m., New Haven Volunteer Fire Department. The menu will include plain or blueberry pancakes, French toast, pure Vermont maple syrup, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, coffee, tea and juice.

All you can eat public breakfast in Vergennes.

Sunday, March 26, 7:30-10 a.m., Vergennes Masonic Lodge, 54 School St. All you can eat breakfast will include eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, blueberry pancakes, French toast, home fries, waffles, corned beef hash, sausage gravy and biscuits, juice, coffee and tea. $8. Everyone is welcome. Proceeds are used to support various local community needs and organizations.

Addison Town Historical Society meeting in Addison. Sunday, March 26, 4 p.m., Addison Fire Station, 44 Route 17. The quarterly meeting of the Addison Town Historical Society will be held. Cliff “Bucky” Douglas will talk about early post offices in Addison, and how the town went from four to none.

Light refreshments will be served.

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TUESDAY

Estate planning basics presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 28, 3 p.m., Eastview at Middlebury, Community Room. Kathy Boe will present an “Estate Planning Basics” presentation. Open to all.

Zig Zag Lit Mag release party in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 28, 6 p.m., Vermont Book Shop.

Zig Zag Lit Mag will release their second issue.

There will be readings and performances by local contributors as well as coffee and donuts. Free to the public.

Fly Tying Class for Beginners in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 28, 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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Burlington Taiko Group student performance in Ripton. Wednesday, March 29, 6 p.m., Ripton Community House.

The Burlington Taiko school residency program will come to Ripton Elementary as part of a school-wide theme study of “How We Express Ourselves,” with a student drumming performance Friday evening.

Free and open to the public.

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Biology talk

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” on Monday, March 20, at 4:30 p.m. at McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College. Free and open to the public.

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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.

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Book fair in Weybridge. Thursday, March 23, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Weybridge Elementary School. Weybridge Elementary will hold its used book fair in the school common room at 210, Quaker Village Road. Smaller donations of new and gently used books for the fair may be dropped off in the collection box inside the school doors. Larger donations may be brought to the common room after March 20. Info: 545-2113 or msutton@acsu.org.

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

off in the collection box inside the school doors.

Larger donations may be brought to the common room after March 20. Info: 545-2113 or msutton@ acsu.org.

Fridays at the Museum. Professor Pieter Broucke, Associate Curator of Ancient Art, gives a gallery talk in conjunction with the Museum’s American Faces exhibition. This talk will focus on works of art in the Museum’s permanent collection of Roman art, which includes a newly acquired portrait from Fayum. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Free. www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

All you can eat fish fry in Bristol. Friday, March 24, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Catholic Church Parish Hall. The menu will include fried or baked haddock, French fries, coleslaw, beverage and dessert.

Adults $12.50; children age 9 and under $6; immediate family of five $37. For more information call St. Ambrose Church at 453-2488.

Table of Grace free meal in Vergennes.

Friday, March 24, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational Church. The menu will include lasagna, salad, bread and dessert. Come and bring your friends. Free.

Burlington Taiko Group performance in Ripton.

Friday, March 24, 6:30 p.m., Ripton Community House. The Burlington Taiko school residency program will come to Ripton Elementary as part of a school-wide theme study of “How We Express Ourselves.” Free performance Friday evening.

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Green Mountain Club Hike to Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge, Ripton.

Saturday, March 25. This is a moderate 5.2 mile hike with an elevation gain of approximately 1,500 feet. Hike up the ridge on switchbacks for a gradual ascent to Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge. This is a dog friendly hike. Contact Mike Greenwood at mike802vt@comcast.net, or at 802-349-5653 or Anne Christie at achristie1026@ gmail.com or at 802-388-4347. For other events and activities visit www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Maple Syrup Open House and Pancake Breakfast in Cornwall. Saturday, March 25, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Bread Loaf View Farm, 564 Cider Mill Road,

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Noonday recital in Middlebury.

Thursday, March 30, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Join us for a noonday Lenten recital with a concert by the Middlebury Union High School Jazz Ensemble, and Anne Severy, director. Bring a lunch. Event is free.

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Lenten Fish Fry in Vergennes. Friday, March 31, 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.

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Opening reception in Middlebury. Friday, March 31, 5-7 p.m., Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater. An opening reception will be held for graphic designer Sanford Farrier’s collection “Plays Not Yet Written.”

For more information call 802-382-9222 or visit www.townhalltheater.org.

LIVEMUSIC 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.

In the Pocket in Middlebury. Saturday, March 25, 7:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Daymark in Brandon. Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson in Ripton.

Saturday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

Diana Fanning and Dieuwke Davydov in Brandon.

Saturday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

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• Amy & Ben Emmons, Middlebury, March 9, a daughter, Harmonee June Emmons.

Sports center to host N.E. hockey tourney MIDDLEBURY — The Girls 19-and-under Tier I Regional Hockey Tournament will be held at the Memorial Sports Center in Middlebury this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The tournament is sponsored by the Vermont State Amateur Hockey Association (VSAHA), in conjunction with the New England District (NED) of USA Hockey (USAH).

The home state Rice Prep Knights, the New Hampshire Northern Cyclones, the Mid Fairfield Connecticut Stars and the Connecticut Junior Eagles will tangle for the regional slot at the national championships in Michigan next month.

The Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA), the Friends of Middlebury Hockey (FOMH) and the town of Middlebury serve as this year’s hosts.

USAH is the national governing body for organized amateur ice hockey, and the NED is one of its 12 districts. Tier I represents the top level of play at the youth level, and many of these athletes will continue to play their sport at the intercollegiate level after high school. This weekend’s tournament will showcase some of the best high school aged female hockey players from Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

The Rice Knights enter the tournament with a record of 15-24-4, ending the season on a positive run of 7-1-0, including a strong 3-1-0 record at the North American Prep Hockey Association league championships. The neighboring Northern

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Cyclones bring a 34-23-5 record, and were recently crowned New England Women’s Junior Hockey League champions for the third year in a row.

The Mid Fairfield Connecticut Stars carry a 25-7-2 record to the tournament, and enter as their state’s top seed after defeating three other Tier I competitors to win the Connecticut Hockey Conference championship.

The Connecticut Junior Eagles round out the bracket, boasting a 12-12-2 record in their inaugural season, securing a berth in the regional by knocking off the pre-tournament No. 1 seed in the same championship before falling to the Connecticut Stars.

All four teams have the bona fides to represent New England well at the national championships.

Game schedule for Friday, March 17: Game 1 (6 p.m.) — Vt. Rice Knights vs. N.H. Northern Cyclones Game 2 (7:30 p.m.) — Mid Fairfield Conn. Stars vs. Conn. Junior Eagles Game schedule for Saturday, March 18: Game 3 (9:30 a.m.) — Vt. Rice Knights vs. Mid Fairfield Conn. Stars Game 4 (11 a.m.) — N.H. Northern Cyclones vs. Conn. Junior Eagles Game 5 (4:30 p.m.) — N.H. Northern Cyclones vs. Mid Fairfield Conn. Stars Game 6 (6 p.m.) — Conn. Junior Eagles vs. Vt. Rice Knights Game schedule for Sunday, March 19: Championship (8 a.m.) — TBA

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Unusual avian visitor lures birders to Brandon

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — Brandon is home to a lot of unique individuals, but a truly rare bird paid a visit last week.

A beautiful white trumpeter swan attracted the interest and excitement of the birding community when a fine specimen was seen off Route 73 in the Otter Creek floodwaters hanging out with a flock of Canada geese.

Carl Phelps owner of Miller Hill Farm, Nursery and Gardens in Sudbury spotted the swan on Wednesday, March 8, south of the railroad overpass.

Renee and Russ Traverse of Sudbury photographed the swan and posted it on Vermont Birding, and several other area birding enthusiasts have taken photos as well. Nan Jenks-Jay of Miller Hill Farm said that since then, carloads of people equipped with binoculars, spotting scopes and cameras have come to view and photograph the magnificent bird.

The reason for all the excitement is that the swan was far out of its normal range. Trumpeter swans are usually found in the upper Michigan and Minnesota, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Ontario.

“The swan has generated a firestorm of excitement in Western Vermont,” said Chris Rimmer, director of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. “The trumpeter swan, far out of range here, this being only the second accepted state record.”

The trumpeter swan is the largA BIRDING AFICIONADO on Lake Dunmore went to Brandon to get these photos of a large, white trumpeter est species of waterfowl in North swan, which is only the second recorded sighting of the species in Vermont.

America with a wingspan of up to 10 Photo courtesy of Mike Korkuc feet and an average body weight of The swans have a lifespan of of 48 people lodged sightings of the 22-28 pounds. It is one of the heavi- ponds and lakes that are relatively swan between March 9 and March undisturbed, slow-moving rivers 24-33 years and mate for life. est living birds capable of flight.

On the website ebird.org, a total 13.

These swans like clean wide and marshes.

Conservation district’s tree seedling program set MIDDLEBURY — The Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District is sponsoring its Annual Tree/Seedling Program for area residents and cooperators. This program was developed for the convenience of area residents and proceeds help support on-going conservation projects.

Possible uses for the seedlings

are home orchards, windbreaks, Christmas trees, ornamental and wildlife habitat.

A partial list of trees and seedlings the district is offering are White Pine, Balsam Fir, Fraser Fir, White Cedar, White Spruce, American Chestnut, Lilac, disease resistant Apples, Pears and a very hardy Peach. Sugar maple, red maple and white oak are also

available. This year look for a greater selection of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and asparagus that thrives in heavy clay.

Sale proceeds help support scholarships for Green Mountain Conservation Camp, Conservation Field Day for all Addison County sixth graders, resource information workshops and planting trees

alongside streams.

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(Continued from Page 1A) operate the so-called “Title” funds (of in Vermont, so it’s really something which there are 9) for public schools. we could do,” she said.

“We hear rumors that (the Title “I’d hate to see people not be able funds) will be turned into a block to go to the doctor because they don’t grant and cut by 10 percent the first have health (insurance), or have to go year, with more reductions going to the emergency room, which drives forward as the federal government up the cost for all of us,” she added. reduces its responsibilities to the Sharpe said Trump is recommending states,” Sharpe said. changes within the Environmental POT LEGALIZATION Protection Agency that could affect Discussion on Monday also touched the federal subsidies Vermont is upon a renewed effort this session to hoping to secure for get Vermont on a path the Lake Champlain “I’d hate to to legalizing marijuana. cleanup. Farmers are Bill H.170 would — already grappling with see people not among other things — expenses related to be able to go remove civil penalties new rules designed to to the doctor for adults found to prevent manure and because they be in possession of phosphorous runoff don’t have health up to two ounces of into the lake and its marijuana and take (insurance), or tributaries.

Farmers away the criminal have been told to have to go to the penalties (currently up carefully segregate emergency room, to two years in jail) for manure storage areas which drives up growing two mature and, in some cases, the cost for all of marijuana plants. relocate barns and us.”

Middlebury attorney other farm structures, Dave Silberman has — Barbara Wilson according to Rep. emerged as a statewide Harvey Smith, R-New leader in Vermont’s Haven. Smith was recently told he ongoing marijuana legalization would have to build a new barn at a effort. He said passing H.170 cost of more than $60,000, he said. would be an important step toward Smith currently runs a small livestock green lighting a substance he said operation. was made illegal during the post“Every farmer in the state is going prohibition period of the 1930s, in to be looking at their particular farm a move he believes was steeped in situation,” Smith said. “It’s not going “racial animus.” to be easy. There’s going to be a lot “We’ve seen throughout the years of changes to the face of agriculture, that marijuana prohibition continues especially for those smaller producers to be enforced with racial bias,” he that don’t have the resources to invest said, pointing to a Vermont ACLU in these kinds of structures.” study showing that “black Vermonters Smith is a senior member of the were four-and-a-half times as likely House Agriculture and as white Vermonters Forests Committee. inbeing arrested for “The agriculture Lake cleanup, marijuana possession, Smith noted, is being community is even though blacks and mandated by the federal nervous right whites use marijuana at authorities regardless now about where identical rates.” of the amount of the funds are The House Judiciary assistance available going to come Committee was from Washington. scheduled to vote on “The agriculture from” for lake H.170 on Wednesday, community is nervous clean up.

March 15, meaning — Rep. the legislation could be right now about where Harvey Smith considered by the full the funds are going to come from,” Smith said.

House as soon as next “There’s going to be a lot of costs week. trickling down in a lot of different Local lawmakers said they will ways.” carefully consider their votes.

Such costs, Smith said, could force “The war on marijuana has failed,” some tough decisions among farmers Smith said — though he is not sure on whether they should expand, if legalization is the way to go. Smith shrink or even close their operations. pointed to testimony from medical But Smith praised area farmers for officials indicating that pot use could doing “an incredible job” thus far in affect brain development among complying with the new lake cleanup youths, and enforcement concerns rules. raised by police agencies.

“We have some real challenges, but “I’m going to be struggling with farmers are committed to making it the bill,” Smith said. work,” Smith said.

Rep. Terry Norris, I-Shoreham, said On the subject of education, Sharpe, his emails have been evenly split on chairman of the House Education the subject of marijuana legislation.

Committee, believes there could be “I’m on the fence about it,” Norris some big changes in the way the feds said.

(Continued from Page 1A) Selectwoman Janelle Ashley. Baker won re-election to a three-year term on the board in 2013.

Baker in 2016 had hoped to extend his tenure by another three years.

But he finished out of the running in what was a five-person race for three available seats.

Travis Forbes was first elected to the selectboard in 2010, following a successful write-in campaign. He is currently taking over the family business, Case Street Redi-Mix Inc. Forbes won re-election in 2013, and served on the town’s public works subcommittee.

Forbes resigned from the board suddenly in July of 2014, then citing personal and professional time commitments and frustration over what he indicated was his inability to effect operations at the Middlebury Department of Public Works.

He elaborated on his 2014 decision in his recent letter of interest for Donahue’s position. He specifically cited some family problems and the tragic death of one of his employees while on the job. He said he was also suffering from a sleeping disorder.

“I know that I left the board in a hasty decision and I’m sorry for that but I feel that it was best for the town and for myself at that time,” Forbes wrote in his letter of interest.

“To say the least, I was very depressed and not sure what I wanted out of life.”

But Forbes said he’s a lot better now, thanks to family, friends and medical care.

“I can assure you that I’m a very different person now and find myself very interested again in things that I once loved,” Forbes wrote.

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“My family is rooted in the community and I am committed to serving all our residents, particularly our youth,” she wrote in her letter of interest.

She added her marriage to a Middlebury police office has given her “insight into another vital piece of the town’s infrastructure, along with a perspective on the difficulties faced by some of our most marginalized community members.”

Molineaux has also gained

insight into state and local affairs as producer of her husband’s popular Middlebury Community Television show, “Middlebury Five-O.” The show features interviews with various public officials, businesspeople, cultural figures and politicians.

“Our project is dedicated to the idea that our community is stronger and healthier when we know our neighbors better,” she said of the show.

Molineaux acknowledged that if named to the selectboard, she would have to recuse herself from decisions related to the police department.

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“If elected to the position I promise that I hold no grudges over the sidewalk issues and I’m also sorry for my actions when we were trying to figure out things,” Forbes wrote.

“I’m not looking to get on the board to get revenge on anyone.”

If picked to fill out Donahue’s term, Forbes said he would work on ideas to save the town money, primarily in public works operations and equipment purchases.

Farhad Khan owns the “One Dollar Market” on Court Street Extension in Middlebury. He and his family have lived in Middlebury for the past 21 years.

“My life would be boring if I didn’t do something for the community,” he said. “I have always felt like that.”

Khan and his wife have three children attending Middlebury public schools. And Khan and his wife are also furthering their own education, through classes at the Community College of Vermont.

Along with being a local businessman, Khan has volunteered his time to two major causes. He is past president of the Islamic Society of Vermont, and was vice president of Kids 4 Peace Vermont, an interfaith organization.

If selected, Khan would focus on bringing more businesses to Middlebury. As the owner of a small enterprise, he is aware of the challenges retail is facing from big box store and online competition.

“I want to flourish in this town, and I want everyone else to flourish, too,” he said.

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It’s OK to deny dishonest people freedom of speech

Letters to the Editor Family grateful for outpouring following tragedy As many of you know, we lost our father, Robert W. Kellogg, in a house fire on Murdock Court in mid-December. We have had so much loving support from so many of you who knew him. One night shortly after the fire, the neighbors organized a candlelight gathering in front of his home.

We had generous donations of food and lodging. People approached us in stores, restaurants, Town Hall and even the Post

Office. The Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society and their choir honored our father. And we received numerous letters, cards and emails including one from the college president.

It takes a village and Middlebury is truly that village. Thank you Middlebury!

We would welcome any remembrances of our father in any form.

This spring we will celebrate our father’s life with a gathering in

Middlebury and hope to see many of you there. The date is yet to be determined.

Send remembrances to: Christon S. Kellogg steelekellogg@gmail.com 3 Walnut Street Madison, N.J. 07940 Thank you, Christon S. Kellogg Madison, N.J.

Senate is busy; budget yet to come Pneumonia put me out of action exposed to toxic substances and for the last 10 days, so I missed hazardous wastes. We propose to most of you on Town Meeting Day. create an online unified registry of I’m submitting my report to you such substances to be shared across through the Addison Independent. all branches of state government In the Senate, here are some of and with the public. The first step the current bills we’ve passed and in getting ahead of these chemicals, issues we’re addressing: as opposed to reacting to spills, is S.79 was passed 30-0 by the Sen- to know what chemicals are in our ate. The law is an important decla- state and where they are located. ration that Vermont will not allow This is essential information for our law enforcement offifirst responders, such as cials to be enlisted in confire and rescue personnel, stitutionally questionable who face the risk of exroundups of individuals. posure when responding The law also prevents to emergencies. It’s also Vermont from assisting essential information for the federal government in all to help us reduce the creating a national regisuse of and our exposure try based upon religious to potentially dangerous preferences. I am proud chemicals, such as the the Senate was unaniPFOA now contaminatmous on this law. ing nearly 300 wells in S.50 expands “teleBennington. medicine” in Vermont.

S.75 aims to help reTelemedicine is a tool to duce the spread of aquatic

by Rep. Chris Bray nuisance species, such as allow patients to interact in real time with their milfoil and zebra mussels.

D-New Haven health care providers usLake Champlain currenting technology. In a rural ly has over 50 such nuistate like Vermont, telemedicine sance species and we want to limit allows greater and easier access to their spread through programs such health services. We also believe it as boat inspections and washing at can save money since patients will boat launches, and enhancing and not need to travel, sometimes great supporting the control programs distances, to see their health care (such as weed harvesting) that lake provider. associations are implementing.

The committee I chair, Senate STATE BUDGET Later in Natural Resources and Energy, will March, the Senate will receive the continue to work on increasing the budget bill from the House. These safety of Vermonters proactively are challenging times for budget against toxins of all kinds in the writers in Vermont and in states all weeks ahead. across the country. Nearly daily, eiS.103 tackles the problem of ther the President or Congressional Vermonters being unknowingly leadership promotes a policy that

Legislative Review

would deal a blow to the Vermont budget. Possible dramatic reductions in federal support for health and environmental programs are two particularly troubling areas.

The Senate will continue to work on a budget that meets Vermonters’ expectations, and does so as efficiently and effectively as possible.

It’s worth noting that in a nearly $6 billion budget, what the governor’s proposed budget changes amount to approximately $70 million, or just 1.2 percent of state spending. The governor and Legislature effectively start with 98.8 percent agreement. We will close the last piece together.

The governor’s budget added new spending in early and higher education, and in new housing. These areas do merit additional investment. However, to fund these initiatives, the governor’s plan would require cuts at every school district in Vermont, and would move new programs to the property tax-supported Education Fund. The Senate does not agree with this strategy, and looks forward to finding a better way to close the budget with the governor.

In closing, thank you for your role on Town Meeting Day and every day as “citizen legislators,” helping to make Vermont an even better place to work, to play, and to raise a family.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch; we legislators serve you better when we know what’s on your mind. You can reach me at cbray@ leg.state.vt.us, or call in a message to 1-800-322-5616.

In reading the Addy Indy’s recent coverage of the protests at Middlebury College against a talk by author Charles Murray, I was struck by a profound feeling that some much-needed perspective was missing. While it is true that freedom of speech is a bedrock of our nation’s democratic ideals, it is hardly a black-and-white issue (no pun intended). Freedom of Speech is, like everything else down here in the real world, complicated.

There are times and places where speech must be limited in order to protect the vulnerable and ensure the greater good. The most famous example of this is the person shouting “fire!” in a crowded theater, causing panic and possible bodily harm when there is in fact no fire. Hate speech is a little more complicated and harder to define, but its effects can also be far more insidious, dangerous and far-reaching.

As a younger man, I spent five years living and studying in Germany — a country where free speech is highly prized, but which nevertheless finds it necessary to outlaw speech and political parties that veer too close to the Nazi ideology. They do this because they have first-hand experience with what can happen when poison-

ous ideas catch hold in susceptible populations.

We now find ourselves in a time where two such poisonous ideologies are gaining ground around the world.

On the one hand we have radical Islamic terrorist organizations like ISIS and Al Qaida. On the other hand the rapid rise of far-right white nationalists in Europe and, of course, right here at home. These twin poisons are feeding and inflaming each other, hate versus hate.

Into this toxic mix, Middlebury College somehow thought it was a good idea to invite a speaker well known for pseudo-scientific books that lend support to white nationalist theories? How were they expecting ethnic minority students to feel about that?

At the very least, the decision strikes me as profoundly tone-deaf.

I do not doubt that college representatives were acting with the best of intentions in seeking a dialog, but they failed to realize that inviting hate speech — however mild-mannered and genteel — onto campus only serves to legitimize and normalize it. It is a tough call, but I feel the students were correct not to tolerate it.

Unfortunately, the violent turn

the protests took later in the evening muddied the water considerably. That was wrong, and those responsible did not do the peaceful protesters any favors. I strongly support the exchange of ideas and the mingling of opposing viewpoints. But this only works when both sides come to the table in the same spirit of openness and honesty.

The problem with engaging people like Charles Murray is they are not interested in getting to the truth of issues or finding common ground.

They are interested in spreading false impressions and misinformation that is advantageous to them and which they may well know to be factually false.

Granting them a public forum as one of two opposing viewpoints creates the impression that their distortions and “alternative facts” have equal value as the honest opinions and actual facts of their opponents. It is akin to news organizations granting equal time to legitimate climate change scientists as well as climate change deniers; creating the impression that both views are equally valid, when nothing could be further from the truth.

Dan Brett Whiting

Palmer letter (Continued from Page 7A) McCullough Hall illustrate, each generation must learn anew what the First Amendment means. When it became known that student members of the American Enterprise Institute Club at Middlebury College had invited well-known author Charles Murray to address them and others in the Middlebury Community, peals of protest from current and former students (and a few faculty members) rolled out in opposition to allowing him to speak at all.

Leaders of the Political Science Department as well as the President of the College sought to make Dr. Murray’s talk the occasion for a rational debate. However, in a letter opposing the upcoming lecture, over 450 Middlebury alums (most graduates within the last five years) wrote, “This is not an issue of freedom of speech.”

That, of course, is precisely what it was and is. At a time when that core freedom is under attack again, with the President of the United States calling a free press the “enemy of the people,” we cannot afford to be muddle-headed on this point.

As the Supreme Court has ruled, there are limits to unfettered speech.

We may not incite a crowd to lynch an identified individual. Neither does the First Amendment protect libel or slander — at least not after the fact.

Unlike such exceptions, the Charles Murray lecture was more akin to the circumstances Justice Brandeis had in mind when he wrote in 1927, “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence,” a view that is often expressed more succinctly as, “the remedy for bad speech is more speech.”

In the aftermath of a similar incident in Manhattan 10 years ago, Columbia University President Lee Bollinger wrote, “This is not complicated: Students and faculty have rights to invite speakers to the campus. Others have rights to hear them. Those who wish to protest have rights to do so. No one, however, shall have the right or the power to use the cover of protest to silence speakers. This is a sacrosanct and inviolable principle.”

Dr. Bollinger added that, “We all sense how easy it is to slide from our collective commitment to the hard work of intellectual confrontation to the easy path of physical brutishness.”

Could there be a mission more central to the work of one of the top-level colleges in the United States

than that of pursuing the “hard work of intellectual confrontation” and opposing “the easy path of physical brutishness?”

Fifty years ago, on July 4, I was arrested along with eventually 34 others for handing out anti-war leaflets in front of Independence Hall. A non-lawyer magistrate convicted us en masse of disturbing the peace ($10 or five days in jail), which, if it was disturbed at all, was disturbed by the vociferous denunciations of passing patriots — what I later came to know as “the heckler’s veto.”

It was Evelyn Beatrice Hall, in a book on Voltaire, who penned the words, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” I was glad that a group of ACLU-affiliated lawyers spontaneously came to our aid in Philadelphia without regard to the wisdom of our views and eventually obtained a complete reversal of our convictions. I know the value of Voltaire’s sentiment.

The Middlebury Community has received a black eye from the successful attempt by outsiders as well as some current and former students to suppress a lecture by a controversial speaker and the physical violence that occurred when he tried to leave. I hope that we all will find ways to talk through this incident and learn from mistakes made.

Mike Palmer Cornwall

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Recount

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(Continued from Page 1A) supported Benton’s request for the recount because of the slim margin.

“I’m happy that Bill requested it, because it’s just a clarification that brings closure,” Daniels said.

“Everybody understands how the voters have spoken.”

The two candidates while standing outside the polls on March 7 had pledged to support each other.

Daniels, who also had said he backed many of Benton’s initiatives, such as upgrading the Otter Creek basin and improving downtown pedestrian safety, referred to that discussion on Monday.

“I look forward to hopefully Bill wanting to help so we can both accomplish a lot of what he started,” Daniels said. “And we’re on the right track.”

Fritz, a Benton backer during the campaign, said Benton had been urged by many supporters to seek a second count because of the slim margin.

“I don’t think when you’re that close you can go without recounting,” Fritz said. “It’s five votes. Things happen. It was a matter of course, you had to follow through.

And he had a lot of people calling for him to do it. So that’s why we were encouraging him to proceed. If you don’t ask the question, you don’t get the answer. So the question was asked, and we got the answer.”

Like Daniels, Fritz said it was healthy to confirm the result.

“People make a lot of comments, and I think by opening the ballot bag, by all of us sitting there looking at them today, we all affirmed the count,” Fritz said. “We should all feel very comfortable.”

HOW A RECOUNT WORKS Certainly, the procedures the five BCA members followed under Devine’s guidance, beginning at 1 p.m., appeared to leave no room for error. Devine constantly reminded them to go slowly and get each part of the process correct.

“We’re not in a rush. Take your time,” Devine said. “We’re going to follow the law step by step.”

The first step belonged to Devine — breaking the seal on the bag containing the ballots and checklist from March 7 in front of the witnesses.

The ballots for the Addison Northwest School District budget vote were in a separate bag within the larger bag and were set aside.

Then Trepanier and Pope took on the task of verifying the number of ballots, with Trepanier reading off the vote count on each checklist sheet and Pope entering the numbers into a calculator. When their work was double-checked, Devine announced the total of 546 agreed with the March 7 tally.

Devine then administered an oath of impartiality to the counters, and the counters sorted the 546 ballots into five piles: Daniels votes, Benton votes, spoiled ballots, defective ballots, and a group of write-in and absentee ballots.

Each counter’s work was doublechecked by another counter, and eventually it was determined 11 voters chose neither man. On the side, Daniels said some voters told Benton and him that they had voted for both of them, and he speculated their method was to vote for neither.

That left 535 ballots to be recounted in the mayor’s race, equaling the total votes cast. The next step, as required by law, was to sort each stack of votes for the candidates into piles of 50.

(Continued from Page 1A) a huge ovation. But dozens of people were turned away at the door of the sold-out theater, so the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival asked Sony Pictures for permission to do a second screening, and that permission was granted. For those who missed it the first time (or for those who want to see it again), “The Eagle Huntress” will be screened at THT again this Sunday at 2 p.m.; admission is $12. This one-ofa-kind film follows a 13-year-old girl in Mongolia who trains to become the first female in 12 generations to become an eagle huntress. Some of the most awe-inspiring vistas ever captured on film become the backdrop for a little girl’s epic quest to succeed in a field that was traditionally passed from father to son.

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Due to this week’s storm, Middlebury extended the deadline for paying property taxes from Wednesday to Thursday, March 16, at 5 p.m. The new payment dropbox, located next to the mailbox between the town offices and library, is available. As voted at the March 2016 town meeting, postmarks are no longer accepted as timely payment

Middlebury Community Players invite you to join them for what promises to be an evening full of laughter, great conversations, door prizes and entertainment. The local theater troupe will host a “Play Date” on Tuesday, March 21, beginning at 7 p.m. at Town Hall Theater. The MCP board of directors is passionate about bringing theater to the community, so it organized this fun event. There will be light fare and a friendly (translation: no fundraising, no pressure, and fun) brainstorming session during which everyone will share ideas for new shows for the coming theater seasons.

Ever wonder what it takes to put on a show? MCP folks will give you a quick walkthrough and explain why every role is so important in producing a successful show.

We’ve all seen the big new addition going up at the Congregational Church of Middlebury; this weekend parishioners will take part in the first round of voting on names for the room. There are more than two-dozen proposed names on the list that we saw, including The 1809 Room, Inspiration Space, The Rainbow Room, The

For the first time, table tennis is coming to the new Middlebury town recreation facility. The new table tennis table is available for play on Sunday, March 19, all day including a 6-9 p.m. window, and on Mondays, March 20 and 27, from 6-9 p.m. only. The gym doors will be open.

The new ping pong table is in a store room off the first smaller room. Rec Director Terri Arnold said it is easy to set up. There is a net, four paddles and many balls (in addition to the table) — or bring your own paddles and balls. It’s important that the last players place equipment away in the storage area so the rooms are ready for the next event.

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VERGENNES ALDERMAN MARK Koenig, left, and Lowell Bertrand listen to instructions from City Clerk Joan Devine during Monday’s recount of mayor’s race ballots.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Trepanier and Pope worked on Benton’s stack, with Aldinger eventually relieving Trepanier, and Bertrand and Koenig took on Daniels ballots. If this had been a partisan race, Devine would have made sure one member of each team was a Democrat and a Republican, but city council and mayoral candidates in Vergennes do not identify themselves by party affiliation.

Their work produced 10 piles of 50 ballots apiece, each topped off with a white sheet labeled 1 through 10, plus one smaller pile labeled No. 11 containing the final 35 ballots.

At that point, the race was all but decided: There had been 20 ballots left over on Koenig and Bertrand’s side, and five piles of 50 plus 20 equaled 270.

But the process was far from over: Each stack of 50 ballots was counted out loud, one-by-one, by one BCA member and recorded one at a time by another to confirm that each stack contained 50 votes.

Then the jobs were traded and done again, so that each stack was counted twice.

Devine said the best way to handle what was essentially the heart of the process was for counters to relax and get the job right the first time.

“We just have to slow down here,” she said.

As the clock ticked toward 3

p.m., the stacks were confirmed at 250 votes for each candidate.

It took less time to count the remainder: 20 more for Daniels for 270, 15 more for Benton for 265, and an affirmation of the March 7 tally.

Devine said afterward the city’s vote-counting machine is highly reliable and will reject ballots that are either marked with too many votes in a race or partially marked for one candidate and then fully marked for the other when a voter makes an initial mistake. In those cases, poll workers put the ballots on a slot on the side of the machine and tally the votes by hand later.

“That machine will pick up that little dot and kick it out,” Devine said. “All we do is drop it in the side and hand-count it, and you can clearly see as a counter what the voter’s intent was.”

If all votes were counted by hand initially, a recount would almost certainly shift the final tally, as Devine said once happened in a close city council race in the past.

“I love that tabulator,” she said.

“It’s way more accurate than a hand count.”

As for the BCA members, they might just as soon see more decisive results in the future, one way or the other.

“I’m actually quite thankful that

this doesn’t happen more often,” said Bertrand after Devine had resealed the bag.

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Playground

STUDENTS CLIMB ON the Lincoln Community School play structure behind the school last week. A $260,000 improvement project is planned for the playground and surrounding park.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

along the New Haven River to people with reduced mobility.

“One of the special things about Lincoln is that it has so many outdoor recreational activities that appeal to people who are a little more rugged,” said Riley. “So there’s hiking, cross country skiing, snow shoeing, mountain climbing, fishing, hunting.

“There’s not many gentle recreational opportunities in Lincoln.

So I see this as a way to appeal to families with younger children, appeal to people who may just want to have a nice outing somewhere along the river, and that it will be a beautiful place to be able to do that.

“If you’ve spent any time trying to get into the New Haven River up here it’s lovely and if you’re an agile

eight-year-old or an agile 50-year-old it’s great. But if you have any issues around mobility it can be really tricky to get in so we’re really working on that.”

NEXT STEPS Riley said the nonprofit Friends of Lincoln School will continue to raise funds toward the project, while the school will continue to handle donations of labor or materials.

Meanwhile, the school plans to put the heavy duty construction work up for bid, in the next month. The bidding process will be handled through the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union central office.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield has already been brought on board to donate

its time in building a timber-frame pavilion and the stone benches for the amphitheater as part of their design/build classes this summer.

Riley said that she expects construction to take place over the summer.

Among those most excited by the souped-up playground are Lincoln’s kids.

“Kids can play anywhere. They are perfectly content to play on the dirty field,” Stillwell said. “But they are beyond excited about the possibility of what is going up.

Not just about the fact that they’ll get to play on it, but that they’ve contributed.”

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

THE LINCOLN COMMUNITY School playground is set to get a complete makeover thanks to a Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation grant.

Where did the money come from?

The $100,000 matching grant that Lincoln won is from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. Administered through the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, LWCF grants help communities acquire, conserve and develop outdoor recreation areas.

A key focus of LWCF funds is

to make outdoor recreation more accessible. In Vermont, applicants for the grant must demonstrate that it meets Vermont Outdoor Recreation Plan goals of providing: multigenerational access to natural areas, opportunities for outdoor recreation and improved accessibility for those with reduced mobility.

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(Continued from Page 1A) enhanced schoolyard the “Potato Hill Park and Playground.”

“It’s phenomenal,” said Stilwell, who has continued to spearhead efforts to enhance the playground.

“The idea that it’s finally happening and has turned into so much more than I ever expected us to be able to do is just unbelievable.”

Equally thrilled is Lincoln School Principal Tory Riley.

“This project was first inspired by children,” she said. “Adults, including parents, community members, professionals, teachers, administrators, took up the cause and have worked diligently for years to raise money and create a vision that will match the needs and the inspiration of our community.

Riley said Potato Hill Park and Playground will provide a diversity of outdoor recreational opportunities for people of all ages. She described it as both a park — with sports fields, gardens, landscaping, picnic areas, river access and walking trails — and a playground — with climbing elements, swings, sand and water play, and strength-building and agility components.

In addition, For more the outdoor information about pavilion the project or to will provide donate labor or shelter for materials, contact learning and Principal Tory gathering, Riley at triley@ she added. anesu.org. To The nature donate funds, go trail along to the Friends the perimeter of Lincoln includes a Community School river, beaver website at www. pond and friendsoflcs.org/ w o o d e d projects.html. habitat for many species of plants and animals.

“Our vision is that families with young children and school-aged children, as well as older community members and visitors, will play and recreate, relax and explore,” Riley said.

The $100,000 grant must now be matched by community donations, whether cash or in kind, explained Riley. Thus far around $40,000 has been raised toward the $260,000 project.

Stilwell, who spoke forcefully on the topic at last week’s town meeting, further clarified that the project has been and will continue to be based entirely on donations — not local tax dollars.

“The idea has always been that we did not want to burden the town or the townspeople because they have paid for this beautiful school, the bond for that,” said Stilwell.

“This is more than just a playground.

This is something we are giving back to the town,” Stilwell said.

Riley clarified that a small amount from the school’s Capital Reserve Fund for building and grounds maintenance would be used towards the project.

KID AND COMMUNITY FEATURES Planning for Potato Hill Park and Playground has been built around school and community brainstorming over the past few years.

Using funds from the Friends of Lincoln School, the playground group brought in Lincoln landscape architect Deina Olstad to engage community members in figuring out what they wanted the enhanced play area to be.

“The first thing we did was talk to the teachers, ‘What would you like to see?’ and we got the ideas of an outdoor classroom,” said Stilwell.

That same kind of child/school/ community wish list and needs assessment helped developed such ideas as a covered shaded areas for summer play; an outdoor theater that could host school plays, music or community gatherings outside; a regulation sports fields for the town’s multiple soccer and baseball teams; making the school garden available to community members, such as elders at Weathervane who don’t have garden space.

Key elements of the enhanced play and recreation space include: • Older children’s play zone.

• Younger children’s play zone.

• Natural play areas, using boulders and other natural materials.

• Ropes course and teambuilding area.

• River’s edge and woodland classroom zones.

• Amphitheater.

• Outdoor pavilion.

• A wheelchair accessible path along the river and wooded areas.

• School/community garden.

• Regulation-size soccer and baseball fields.

• Plantings of trees and native shrubs.

Riley said that she’s especially excited by the way the plan opens up the school’s beautiful natural area

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Results in final games do not define seasons After a day at the Middlebury College sports complex like Saturday it’s easy to ask what went wrong.

The day dawned with such promise.

Both the Panther women’s hockey and men’s basketball teams were hosting foes in NCAA Division III quarterfinals they had defeated in their most recent meetings.

But in the afternoon, Norwich women’s hockey rallied from two goals down in regulation and won in double overtime, 5-4.

In the evening, Williams withstood a late Panther rally to win, 79-75, in men’s hoop.

There were a lot of long faces in the gym, rink and surrounding corridors.

Still, so much went right for those teams this winter.

First, Montpelier native and standout senior defender Carly Watson returned from a serious knee injury to finish the season with six goals and 17 assists for the hockey team.

But the Panthers did not exactly set the world on fire for much of the season. On Jan. 27 and 28, Hamilton swept them, 2-0 and 2-1; they dropped to 9-5-2.

After the Panthers won the NESCAC title to improve to 19-6-2 and earn the NCAA berth, leading scorer Jess Young insisted the Panthers never doubted themselves and knew they would turn things around.

But Coach Mandigo the week before said he could barely sleep after the Hamilton weekend because he was so worried. But he woke up at 3 a.m. one night with an idea for a lineup change, including putting Young and second leading scorer Maddie Winslow on different lines. The team then scored four goals or more nine times in its final 12 games after scoring four goals three times in its first 16 games.

Turning around a season like that is good stuff, whether, as Young said, they had it all the way, or whether Mandigo’s tinkering paid off.

Meanwhile, almost 1,200 fans paid their way into see the Panthers’ NCAA game after 800 attended the NESCAC final. (Not all of them were friends of senior Allie Aiello, although sometimes it seemed that way.) That’s a testament not just to their success, but also to their determination and selfless play.

Coach Jeff Brown’s men’s basketball team has a similar tale, with even more adversity. The team’s second-leading scorer transferred out of the program over the holidays, and a valuable reserve suffered a season-ending injury early on.

Brown’s Panthers also had a low point from which they bounced back: An 89-65 loss at Williams on Jan. 22.

Senior standout Matt St. Amour said (See Kirkaldy, Page 2B)

ScoreBOARD COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 3/13 St. Lawrence vs. Midd..................11-10 Women’s Lacrosse 3/12 Midd. vs. Tufts................................15-6

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 3/18 Wesleyan at Midd........................2 p.m.

3/21 Plattsburgh at Midd......................4 p.m.

3/25 Bowdoin at Midd..........................1 p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse 3/18 Midd. at Wesleyan........................ Noon 3/21 RPI at Midd. ................................5 p.m.

3/25 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................... Noon Softball 3/21 Midd. at Norwich (2)....................3 p.m.

3/24 Midd. vs. Plymouth St. (FL).........9 a.m.

3/24 Midd. vs. Benedictine (FL)....11:30 a.m.

3/25 Midd. vs. New Paltz St. (FL)........9 a.m.

3/25 Midd. vs. Buffalo St. (FL)......11:30 a.m.

3/26 Midd. vs. Thomas (FL).................9 a.m.

3/26 Midd. vs. MIT (FL)................11:30 a.m.

Baseball 3/18 Midd. vs. NEC (2) (MA)........12:30 p.m.

3/19 Midd. vs. Curry (2) (MA) ...........11 a.m.

3/25 Midd. vs. Allegheny (2) (AZ)........1 p.m.

3/26 Midd. vs. Grinnell (AZ).................1 p.m.

3/26 Midd. vs. G. Adolphus (AZ).....4:30 p.m.

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

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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE FRESHMAN goaltender Julia Keith stops a shot during practice on Kohn Field Monday afternoon. The Panthers beat Tufts on Sunday, 15-6.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

New-look women’s lax starting fast Middlebury aiming to reclaim crowns

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — There’s no question graduation hit the Middlebury College women’s lacrosse program hard after the Panthers won the NCAA Division III and NESCAC playoff titles a year ago.

Among the nine seniors who graduated were seven who started in the NCAA championship game, numbering among them five of the team’s top six scorers, including Middlebury native Chrissy Ritter, and goalie and Cornwall native Katie Mandigo, the Final Four MVP. But the cupboard isn’t exactly bare this spring: The starting low defense of senior Jessie Yorke, junior Evie Keating (the backer in the Middlebury zone) and sophomore Alex White returns, as does starting senior defensive midfielder Delaina Smith and senior attacker Mary O’Connell, the Panthers’ leading point-getter a year ago with 36 goals and 43 assists.

Three more players return who played in the NCAA final: sophomore attacker Emma McDonagh and sophomore middie Sara Dicenso, both of whom started for the 3-0 Panthers in a 15-6 win over NESCAC foe Tufts on Sunday, and sophomore middie Susanna Baker, who came off the bench on Sunday.

Coach Kate Perine Livesay is happy with her team, which started only four seniors vs. Tufts, despite its inexperience.

“We’re still young, but doing pretty well for starting so many sophomores,” Livesay said. “They’ve all (See Lacrosse, Page 2B)

Women’s tennis coasts in opener

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE FRESHMAN Elsa Hermanson fires a shot on teammate Julia Keith during practice Monday afternoon. Middlebury beat Tufts at home on Sunday, 15-6.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

VPA honors Brakeley, Pelland MONTPELIER — Longtime Middlebury Union High School football coach Peter Brakeley and former Mount Abraham baseball standout Tyler Pelland were among the 14 inductees into the Vermont Principals’ Association Hall of Fame announced last week.

According to the VPA, inductees have distinguished themselves through service and achievement in programs or activities sponsored by the association and have exemplified the highest standards of sportsmanship, ethical

conduct and character as student-athletes, coaches/advisors, administrators, media members, officials and contributors.

The Hall of Fame was organized in 2001 to recognize and preserve the heritage of high school interscholastic activities in Vermont.

Brakeley was selected as a Coach/ Advisor. The VPA press release noted Brakeley has coached football for 40 years at every level, including since 1980 at MUHS. Brakeley, an MUHS and Middlebury College graduate and

standout athlete, coached the Tiger varsity from 1993 to 2007. His teams won three Division 1 titles and were runners-up another seven times. The award-winning teacher has served the football program as the freshman coach since 2009, the VPA noted.

Pelland was selected as a Student/ Athlete. The VPA described him as “a dominant left-hand pitcher for the Eagles from 1999 to 2002,” and noted Pelland helped Mount Abe win D-II titles in 2001 and 2002 and as a senior (See VPA, Page 2B)

Panther runners earn All-American status NAPERVILLE, Ill. — Middlebury College 400-meter runner Jimmy Martinez and the men’s distance medley relay team of Nathan Hill, Alex Nichols, James Mulliken and Kevin Serrao earned All-American honors at the 2017 NCAA Division III Indoor Championships, held on Friday and Saturday at North Central College in Naperville, Ill. During Saturday’s 400-meter championship final, Martinez finished in 49.41, good for sixth overall.

On Friday, the men’s DMR team

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s tennis team opened its spring season with an 8-1 victory on Saturday over visiting NESCAC foe Bates in the Nelson Recreational Center. Middlebury returns to action next Saturday at home against Brandeis at 1:30 p.m. The Panthers started the season ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division III, while Bates stood at No. 26.

During doubles play, the Bobcat No. 3 tandem of Josh Quijano and Josh Leiner grabbed the team’s lone point with an 8-4 victory over Middlebury’s Allen Jackson and Timo van der Geest. The Panther No. 1 flight of Lubomir Cuba and William de Quant evened the match at 1-1 via an 8-5 win over Ben Rosen and Chris Ellis, while the No. 2 doubles team of Kyle Schlanger and Peter Martin won, 9-7, against Pat Ordway and Jacob Kauppila.

In singles action, the Panthers dropped just one set in the six matches. At No. 4, van der Geest won, 6-1, 6-2, over Kauppila, while Schlanger prevailed at No. 3 against Quijano (6-1, 6-4). Cuba clinched the match at No. 1, 6-4, 6-2. against Rosen, while Jackson cruised at No. 5 over Vidyut Yadav (6-1, 6-1). At No. 2, de Quant needed a super breaker to get

by Ellis (6-0, 6-7 (9), 10-8), while Alex Vanezis completed the scoring with a 6-1, 6-3 triumph over Leiner at No. 6.

took third place in 9:58.86. The DMR is run in legs of 800 meters, 400M, 1,200M and 1,600M. Also on Friday, Maddie Pronovost set a school record in the pentathlon as she earned third place with 3,406 points. She started her day with a school-record time of 8.99 for 912 points in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing second in the event. She won the long jump with a leap of 17’5.25’ for 645 points, while she tied for sixth in the high jump at 5’175” for 701 points. She was also sixth in the

800 in 2:27.12 for 729 points and was 15th in the shot put with a toss of 27’2.75” for 419 points.

The women’s DMR team of Sasha Whittle, Paige Fernandez, Meg Wilson and Anna Willig also qualified, and finished in 12:06.26 to place 11th. Panther sophomore Jon Perlman was 12th in the men’s mile in 4:17.07.

The Panthers will begin their outdoor season on March 25, when they head to California for a pair of meets at Point Loma Nazarene University.

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s tennis team opened up its spring season with a 9-0 home NESCAC victory on Saturday over Bates in the Nelson Recreational Center. Middlebury returns to action next Saturday at home against Brandeis at 1:30 p.m.

The Panthers opened the season ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division III. Middlebury started things by sweeping doubles play. The No. 3 tandem of Molly Paradies and Heather Boehm posted an 8-1 victory over Lauren Hernandez and Kate Rosenthal. The Panther team of Kaysee Orozco and Catherine Blayze cruised 8-0 at No. 2 against Elizabeth Erbafina and Isabelle Rovinski, while the No. 1 pair of Alexandra Fields and Skylar Schossberger won, 8-5, over Maisie Silverman and Bella Stone.

In singles, the Panthers dropped a combined 12 games during the six matches. Fields breezed by Silverman at No.1 (6-0, 6-1). Orozco kept things rolling at No. 4 with a 6-0, 6-2 win against Rovinski, and Paradies won, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 2 against Erbafina. Boehm prevailed, 6-1, 6-1, over Stone at No. 3, while Blayze won, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 5 against Rosenthal. Schossberger completed the sweep with a 6-2, 6-0 triumph against Olivia Voccola at No. 6.

Men’s lacrosse falls to top-five opponents CANTON, N.Y. — The Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team dropped two close recent road games to teams ranked last week in the top five in NCAA Division III, 11-10 at St. Lawrence on Monday and 16-13 at No. 3 Tufts on Saturday.

The 2-2 Panthers will host NESCAC foe Wesleyan, weather permitting, at 2 p.m. on this Saturday.

On Monday, St. Lawrence (30) edged the Panthers, 11-10, after taking a 9-6 lead early in the fourth quarter. Middlebury then scored four goals in 4:07, with A.J. Kucinski scoring first before finding Henry Riehl 15 seconds later after a face-off win from Jack DeFrino. Harry Giarrusso tied the game at 9-9 before a goal from Jack Gould gave Middlebury a 10-9 lead with 7:43 remaining.

But the Saints’ Andrew Jarrett tied the game at 6:16 and assisted Jordan Dow’s game-winner at 3:45.

Middlebury took a timeout with possession and 25 seconds on the clock. Riehl got a shot off that went wide, and Saint goalie Alex Terry (six saves) denied Kucinski with seven seconds left as the Saints held on for the win.

Kucinski finished with two goals and two assists for the Panthers, while Jake Schneider scored twice. Jake Madnick finished with five ground balls, DeFrino had four, while Clay Hunt caused three turnovers. Will Ernst made seven saves and allowed six goals in the first half, while Will Perry stopped six shots and gave up five goals in second-half action.

Jarrett’s two goals and two assists paced St. Lawrence, while Conor Healey scored twice.

On Saturday at Tufts (3-0) a Panther rally fell short in their 1613 setback.

The teams were tied 9-9 after Kucinski scored with 5:19 remain(See Panthers, Page 2B)

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Panther skiers vie in NCAA meet Lacrosse ninth place with a two-run time of 1:50.61. Colin Hayes finished in 25th, and Devon Cardamone was forced to hike on his second run and ended up 30th. The Panther men finished seventh in the event.

On the women’s side, Caroline Bartlett and Jackie Atkins both fell on their second runs, but were able to complete the race to earn the Panthers team points, good for ninth place. Bartlett finished 22nd in 2:03.66, while Atkins was 23rd in 2:04.05.

In the second day of Nordic skiing, the Panthers’ lone eligible skier, Lewis Nottonson, took 26th in 48:29 in the 20-kilometer freestyle race.

In the opening day of alpine skiing, Cone paced the Middlebury men in the giant slalom by taking sixth as the Panthers finished eighth. Cone moved up after his first run to finish with a two-run time of 2:14.10. Hayes took 28th in 2:18.91.

In the women’s giant slalom the Panthers finished in 10th. Bartlett, who had won three GS titles at eastern carnivals this season, finished the race in 18th place in 2:21.54. Atkins fell on her second run.

In the first day of Nordic racing, Nottonson took 35th in the men’s 10K classic in 26:27.

them sellouts of 1,200.

And deservedly so. The Panthers played fast, exciting, unselfish basketball with maximum effort. Who could ask for anything more, regardless of what happened in the final seconds of the final game?

Plus they’re good guys. As my esteemed fellow columnist Karl Lindholm has documented, for example,

St. Amour also works hard in the community and wrote a senior thesis on “Green Dot Bystander Intervention: A Reduction of Sexual Violence Rates.”

Karl quoted Noreen Pecsok, co-director of Middlebury’s Green Dot Program, about Matt: “He is a smart, thoughtful guy who has embraced the challenge of making our campus a safer place.”

Another example: I briefly interacted this past weekend with forward Eric McCord in a corridor at halftime (he didn’t know who I was), and if there is a more polite young man I’ve never met one.

Anyway, I just hope the incredible accomplishments of these two teams don’t get lost just because they didn’t win the last games of the season, and in some cases their careers.

St. Amour addressed that larger question on Saturday, about the meaning of the journey: “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 may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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VPA (Continued from Page 1B) had an earned-run average of 0.31 and struck out 170 in 69 innings pitched.

He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox and pitched well for five years for the Cincinnati Reds organization, reaching the AAA level before an injury ended his career. He returned to school and earned a degree from Paul Smith’s College.

Also earning recognition as student-athletes were Spaulding’s David Ball, for football, basketball and track and field; Rice’s Keith Cieplicki for basketball; Rutland’s Jake Eaton for football, basketball and baseball; Lamoille’s Lucy Higgins for track and field and soccer; West Rutland basketball player Christina Raiche; and St. Johnsbury’s Hannah Rowe, for cross country, basketball and track and field.

The VPA also inducted as coaches/ advisors South Burlington teacher and coach Paul Jordan, Randolph softball and basketball coach Alan Stewart, and James Leamy, a teacher and basketball coach at Proctor, West Rutland and Rutland.

Honored as an administrator was Windsor High School athletic director Bob Hingston. Recognized as a contributor was Jerry Jasinski for football and basketball, founder and director of the annual Vermont Decathlon/Heptathlon Championships and longtime meet director and official for Vermont high school track and field championships. Finally, Dan Shepardson was recognized as a basketball official.

The Class of 2017 Induction Ceremony will be held on Friday, May 5, at the Capital Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Montpelier. A reception begins at 5 p.m. with a banquet and the ceremony following. Contact Mallori LaPointe at the VPA office for reservations at (802) 229-0547. Tickets are $45. Information and forms are also available on the VPA website at www. vpaonline.org.

Fish & Wildlife to share hunting info with public VERMONT — Hunters, landowners and anyone else interested in wildlife should plan on attending one of the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife public hearings being held in late March — one of which will be held in Middlebury.

The hearings will include results of Vermont’s 2016 deer and moose seasons and prospects for hunting next fall as well as an opportunity for people to provide their observations and opinions regarding deer and moose.

The hearings will also include a

review of the proposed 2017 moose hunting season and an opportunity for the public to provide feedback on the number of moose permits recommended for 2017.

The March 25 meeting in Middlebury will include an “Open House” discussion of deer, moose, bear and habitat management projects and provide an opportunity to meet Commissioner Louis Porter, Fish and Wildlife Board members, and many of the biologists who work with Vermont’s wildlife. A furbearer identifi-

cation session will be held for kids.

The hearings are scheduled as follows: Tuesday, March 21, Brattleboro – 6:30 to 9 p.m. – Brattleboro Area Middle School, 109 Sunny Acres, Brattleboro.

Thursday, March 23, Island Pond – 6:30 to 9 p.m. – Brighton Town Hall, 49 Mill St., Island Pond.

Saturday, March 25, Middlebury – 12:30 to 5 p.m. – Middlebury Union High School cafeteria, 73 Charles Ave., Middlebury.

10:21 remaining. Riehl started the Panther run with a pair of strikes less than a minute apart. A man-down goal

by Kucinski got Middlebury to within two, but the Panthers came no closer.

Riehl’s four goals led Middlebury, while Kucinski finished with three goals and an assist. Madnick won 21 of 30 faceoffs for the Panthers, who also had a 53-49 advantage in shots. Ernst making four saves in the

first half, and Perry stopping eight in the second half. Joey Zelkowitz and Madnick paced the Panthers with six ground balls apiece.

Mattson scored five times for Tufts, and Ben Connelly added three goals.

Goalies Ben Shmerler (12 saves) and Robert Treiber (5 saves) combined for 17 stops. Treiber earned the win as Tufts prevailed after a 6-6 tie at the half.

Panthers (Continued from Page 1B) ing in the third quarter. The Jumbos netted the next five goals including three by Michael Mattson, to lead 14-9 at the end of the third. The Jumbos scored twice in the final 13 seconds of the quarter, one by Mattson and then a face-off win and goal by Tucker Mathers.

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(Continued from Page 1B) Brown “lit us up” afterward, and the Panthers began to work just a little bit harder and pay just a little bit more attention to detail in their practices.

The result? Fourteen straight wins, including a blowout over Williams in the NESCAC final; a top-four seed in the NCAA tournament; and four huge crowds in Pepin Gymnasium, three of

(Continued from Page 1B) worked so hard between last season and the start of this season. Having the experience of seeing a senior group that was so committed and talented (last year) motivated them in the offseason.”

Livesay expects the Panthers to become more efficient on offense with experience, deeper at midfield as freshmen work their way into the lineup, and more consistent on defense as they shake off the rust.

In fact, she expects Middlebury — who received the No. 1 preseason ranking due to their 2016 crown — to be right back in the postseason hunt.

“It’s still so early to know, but I think we’re definitely a top-five team,” Livesay said. “Everything is kind of wide open this year it seems.”

Against Tufts (1-1) on Sunday, the Panthers sparked early in taking a 7-1 lead in the first 20 minutes. McDonagh and fellow sophomore attacker Jenna McNicholas scored two early goals apiece.

Tufts cut the lead to 8-4 at 4:28 before the break, but the Panthers closed the half on a 3-0 run. Junior Georgia Carroll, returning after missing almost two full years with tears to her ACL, netted the first; freshman Kate Zecca buried an O’Connell feed for PANTHER JUNIOR GOALTENDER Alex Freedman deflects a shot her first career goal; and O’Connell during a team practice Monday afternoon. The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team has started the season with three straight wins. made it 11-4.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell In all, eight Panthers scored in the half, and nine in the game. Livesay Furber has with our defense and Perticone notched three goals and said any Panther in the offensive where people ought to be, and just an assist to go along with eight draw zone is dangerous. her ability to communicate and di- controls. Hall, McDonagh, O’Con“That part is very exciting, and rect the back is just, we’re finding, nell and McNicholas each scored pretty much all our middies are scor- really valuable,” Livesay said. twice, and White picked up four ing threats,” she said.

At the same time, the attackers did ground balls. Keith made one save in Both teams’ offenses slowed as not communicate well in the second 34:20, and Furber allowed one goal Middlebury outscored Tufts, 4-2, half as Tufts began to switch defen- with five saves in the final 25:40. in the second half, which offered sive looks, and as Livesay continued Schmalz led the Saints with three both good news and bad to sub a bit of inexperi- goals, and Cricket Wemyss made news for Livesay. The ence surfaced. eight saves. good news, she said, “It’s still so “That has been the Livesay said the contest was a was the defense started early to know, biggest challenge, just good learning experience because to strike the right bal- but I think getting younger players’ the Saints played a high-pressure ance between showing we’re definitely voices activated,” Live- defense and a physical style that aggressiveness and the say said. helped her young team adapt to colcare necessary to cover a top-five team.

O’Connell finished lege-style lacrosse. cutters inside the zone. Everything is with two goals and four “I feel like we got so much out of Against St. Lawrence kind of wide assists, while McNich- that St. Lawrence game,” she said. last week and in the first open this year olas (three goals), McAfter three games, the Panthers, half on Sunday, Livesay it seems.”

Donagh and Perticone who play at NESCAC foe Wesleyan said at times the defend(two goals and an as- on Saturday, have amassed advan— Coach ers were too aggressive. sist each) and Carroll tages of 56-43 in ground balls, 42Kate Livesay “I felt like we see(a goal and two assists) 24 in draw controls, 39-24 in caused sawed with not having also contributed. Keat- turnovers, and 92-44 in shots. enough accountability on the inte- ing scooped six ground balls, and So, as Livesay says, although the rior cutters,” she said on Monday. McDonagh added five. Kate Mackin Panthers do have to “do a better job “Yesterday was about trying to strike scored three for Tufts, and goalie of taking care of the ball” and “work that balance a little bit better and not Audrey Evers stopped 12 shots. through the little kinks” offensively, over-extending and putting ourselves At St. Lawrence on March 8, the if they do maybe no one will rememat a disadvantage.”

Panthers trailed the 1-3 Saints early ber Middlebury graduated all those A positive throughout was sopho- in the second half before rallying for seniors. more goalie Kate Furber, who made a 13-7 win by scoring nine straight “For us, I think on a good day, seven saves in her first start this sea- goals. we’re battling for (No.) 1 or 2,” Liveson after getting the win in relief of The Saints took a 6-4 lead 39 sec- say said. “If we’re not playing our freshman Julia Keith vs. St. Law- onds into the second half on a Kayla best, that’s going to drop us pretty rence. Furber has an outstanding Schmalz strike, but sophomore mid- quickly. That’s the challenge for us. save percentage of 0.632. die Henley Hall, McNicholas and We have the ability to beat anyone.”

“Julia Keith is a really good goal- McDonagh scored two goals apiece Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at ie, but the institutional knowledge in the Panther surge. andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Utah took home the title with 541.5 points, followed by Colorado (525), Denver (524) and Dartmouth (400). The Panthers earned 94 points to finish in 14th place.

In the final day of alpine action, 2015 giant slalom champion Rob Cone led the slalom in 55:68 after the first run, but slipped into

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farmers, and recommended that farmer cooperatives be formed to guarantee better pricing for farmers.

Federal legislation to include CapperSince the mid-1800s dairy farm- Volstead Act in 1922 gave these ing has been Vermont’s major agri- farmer cooperatives limited anti-trust cultural enterprise. It is today. Dairy protection against price fixing. In 1927, thirty percent of farming has never been Vermont’s population easy due to the many was engaged in farmchanges on the farm, ing, and there were in the markets, and in 27,000 farms in the the public policy arena This week’s writer is state. over the years. At one Roger Allbee, a former By this time, time, after the demise Vermont Secretary of of the position as the Agriculture and former Vermont was a major of fluid leading merino sheep executive director of the supplier milk to the Boston state, Vermont became USDA Farm Service Market. The depresthe butter capital of the Agency for Vermont world, winning prizes in who has served in many sion, however, brought international competi- positions relating to the a period of great economic turmoil to tions. Starting in 1854, regional and national agriculture in Vermont an iced butter train left farming industry. as well as nationally.

St. Alban’s for Boston With the passage of the once per week.

By 1899, Vermont was producing federal Agricultural Adjustment Act 35 million pounds of butter. Whole of 1937, marketing orders were estabsupport industries like the Bellows lished and dairy farmers in Vermont, Falls Machinery Company (maker of New England and elsewhere voted butter churns and equipment), and the for federal control of pricing through Montgomery butter box firm, existed these orders.

After World War II, a parity system to support this trade. Eventually the butter trade, as well as the businesses was instituted to provide better pricthat supported it, largely disappeared. ing to dairy farmers that equated This was due to competition from the to the period 1910-1914. This was West (cheaper to bring butter into considered one of the better times New York from Chicago than from in the farm economy. The pricing system was advocated and supported Vermont, it is recorded).

Other events that led to its decline by dairy cooperatives throughout the included the introduction of marga- United States. Since 1982, and the rine, and the increasing demand for elimination of the parity concept, fluid milk from cities like Boston. dairy pricing in the United States Becoming a fluid milk producing has moved toward more market state had its challenges too. These orientation and greater pricing included fair pricing from buyers, unpredictability.

While there have been several shipping rates and fees, sanitary regulations with interstate shipments, attempts since 1982 to better control management on the farm and better or influence pricing (a national whole animal genetics. Due to the concerns, herd buyout, and followed by the relative to fair pricing, numerous Northeast Dairy Compact), today greater pricing unpredictability and studies were conducted.

For example, in 1915 the Boston volatility exists for the conventional Chamber of Commerce did a thor- dairy farmers in Vermont and elseough analysis of the marketing where. Vermont and other Northeast constraints faced by Vermont dairy conventional dairy farmers are faced

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with an unstable and unpredictable demand for dairy products in international markets; a declining demand for fluid milk in regional markets and its depressing impact on the Marketing Order pricing; a Westward migration of U.S. milk production; and finally, increased costs associated with water quality environmental compliance.

The early leaders of Vermont agriculture stated in the 1894-95 Report of the State Board of Agriculture that “our own state has seen one industry after another go down under the fierce competition of cheap western land.

Our sheep, beef and grain production have all been borne down through this course, and today our dairymen are contesting the ground with these same forces.” Yes, time and technologies do change, but as others recently have concluded, while our advantage in Vermont and the Northeast is being near large markets, it is an advantage that will continue to erode without an aggressive strategy.

U.S. milk production will continue its shift to large dairies in the West.

It is known that dairy product manufacturers look to where production is growing and not declining in siting facilities. While there continues to be debate over the direction of Vermont’s valued dairy sector, I believe it is understood by many that the strength of Vermont agriculture is the entrepreneurial ability of farmers to solve problems.

However, the magnitude of the problems faced today requires that there be informed dialogue among and between farmers, and their cooperatives, consumers, processors, environmentalists, policy officials and others to consider and debate feasible options for the longer-term sustainability of the dairy sector in Vermont. It is too important an industry to do otherwise as the market will likely to continue to erode Vermont’s position as a valued milk producing state if action is not taken soon.

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The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) will host National Agriculture Day on Tuesday, March 21. This will mark the 44th anniversary of National Ag Day, which is celebrated in classrooms and communities across the country. The theme for National Ag Day 2017 is “Agriculture: Food For Life.”

Next Tuesday, ACA will host major events in the nation’s capital including a breakfast event at the National Press Club as well as a Taste of Agriculture Celebration on Capitol Hill. Additionally, the ACA will bring approximately 100 college students to Washington to deliver the message of Ag Day. These events honor National

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Agriculture Day and mark a nationwide effort to tell the true story of American agriculture and remind citizens that agriculture is a part of all of us. A number of producers, agricultural associations, corporations, students and government organizations involved in agriculture are expected to participate.

National Ag Day is organized by the Agriculture Council of America.

ACA is a nonprofit organization composed of leaders in the agricultural, food and fiber community, dedicating its efforts to increasing the public’s awareness of agriculture’s role in modern society.

The National Ag Day program encourages every American to:

• Understand how food and fiber products are produced.

• Appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing safe, abundant and affordable products.

• Value the essential role of agriculture in maintaining a strong economy.

• Acknowledge and consider career opportunities in the agriculture, food and fiber industry.

In addition to the events in Washington, D.C., on March 21, the ACA will once again feature the Ag Day Essay Contest in addition to an Ag Day Photography Contest. The winning photograph will be part of the 2017 National Ag Day Poster.

Visit www.agday.org for more information on National Ag Day 2017.

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County 4-H’ers do well at poultry skill-a-thon JOHNSON — Vermont 4-H’ers participating in this year’s Poultry Activity Day proved that they know their chickens and eggs.

University of Vermont Extension 4-H organized the event, which took place March 4 at Johnson State College. It included a poultry skilla-thon, Jeopardy, presentations by 4-H’ers and a Crafty Chicken Show.

Divisions for the skill-a-thon and quiz bowl were arranged according to the individual’s level of poultry expertise. For the skill-a-thon, the 4-H’ers visited several stations where they completed tasks or answered questions on poultry

predators, feather patterns, egg development, chicken anatomy, poultry breeds, comb types, parts of the wing and chicken showmanship. Jeopardy tested their general knowledge of poultry.

The top four finishers in each division for each competition received a rosette ribbon. Other competitors received Danish participation ribbons.

Addison County participants included HENS AND ROOSTERS (advanced knowledge of poultry): Skillathon stations: Raymond Bushey, Middlebury (fourth).’

Jeopardy rounds: Raymond Bushey also participated.

PULLETS (intermediate knowledge): Skillathon stations: Katherine Moran, Bristol (first); William Moran, Bristol (third).

Jeopardy rounds: Katherine Moran, Bristol (second); William Moran, Bristol (fourth).

PEEPS (beginning knowledge): Skillathon stations: Caleb Moran, Bristol (first).

Jeopardy rounds: Caleb Moran, Bristol (fourth).

Seven of the youths who competed at the intermediate or

advanced level also gave talks on a poultry topic of their choosing. They included Middlebury’s Raymond Bushey, who spoke about “Muscovy Ducks.”

In addition to the contests, the 4-H’ers, along with their club leaders, parents and other adult volunteers, were invited to enter the Crafty Chicken Show. Although no prizes were awarded, the contestants had fun viewing the chickenthemed entries, which included chicken mobiles, photographs, fine art, colored eggs, papier-mache items, egg-box chickens and a metal sculpture shaped like a chicken.

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Week March 19 – 25 Program helps farmers manage nutrients MIDDLEBURY — University of Vermont (UVM) Extension offices in Middlebury and St. Albans will provide ongoing support in 2017 for Vermont farmers as ACAP — the Agronomy and Conservation Assistance Program — continues.

Through this program, UVM Extension field agronomists work one-on-one with local farmers to help them implement new conservation practices on their farms including nutrient management plans, cover crops, no-till and field buffers. They also assist them with improved manure handling and livestock exclusion fencing to reduce soil and phosphorus runoff into Lake Champlain and its tributaries.

Since ACAP’s inception in 2011, more than 370 individual farms have received assistance through the program. This past year UVM Extension ACAP agronomists Jeff Sanders, Kristin Williams and Kirsten Workman helped farmers employ conservation practices to protect water quality on more than 24,000 acres of cropland, primarily corn and hay fields.

The ACAP agronomy staff works

with UVM Extension agronomists Jeff Carter and Heather Darby to identify high priority projects for farms to meet water quality goals to reduce phosphorus loading in Lake Champlain. They also coordinate and share activities with a similar ACAP program at the Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District at the southern reaches of Lake Champlain.

Farmers in the Lake Champlain Watershed, which includes the Missisquoi, Lamoille, Winooski and Otter Creek Watershed areas, can contact UVM Extension to request one-on-one technical assistance with adopting new farm practices. Priority farms for ACAP are those farms now subject to the new Required Agricultural Practices as outlined in the Vermont Clean Water Act passed during the 2015 legislative session. The requirements cover small farm certification, nutrient storage, soil health, buffer zones, livestock exclusion, nutrient management and tile drainage.

ACAP agronomists help farmers understand and meet these requirements along with the

Lake Champlain Revised Total Maximum Daily Loads for phosphorus as defined by the 2011 Federal Clean Water Act. In addition, they help farmers gain access to state and federal cost-share assistance for installing new practices, and then provide verification of proper installation for payment eligibility.

Support for the ACAP program is provided through a continuing grant from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation with funding provided by the Lake Champlain Basin Program and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission.

UVM Extension also provides additional support for faculty and staff, along with office space and facilities, to enhance the ACAP outreach program.

Farmer participation is encouraged. For more information, contact Jeff Carter at (802) 388-4969, ext.

332, or by email at jeff.carter@ uvm.edu. For direct assistance in the St. Albans area, contact Jeff Sanders at (802) 524-6501 ext. 453, or in the Middlebury area, Kirsten Workman at (802) 388-4969, ext.

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Manure application taught at workshops ADDISON COUNTY — Anyone who is a custom manure applicator, seasonal employee, or farmer who has questions about the state’s Required Agricultural Practice rules, or RAPs, and their implications for spreading manure and nutrients, is asked to come to one of five upcoming manure spreading workshops sponsored by the UVM Extension Champlain Valley Crop, Soil and Pasture Team.

Topics include buffers along surface water and ditches, manure spreading ban dates, soil conditions for manure application, how to read a nutrient management plan (NMP),

methods to minimize run-off of manure and its associated nutrients, and record keeping requirements.

Plus, there will be equipment demonstrations.

The workshops will be held at the following: • March 21, 10 a.m.-2:00 p.m.: Team Wood’s Shop, 6046 Route 22A, Shoreham • March 22, 9 a.m.-noon: Domina’s Farm, 300 Patterson Road, Franklin • March 23, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Leach Family Farm, 4418 Route 30, Pawlet • March 28, 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Kelley-View Farm, 734 Hinman

Settler Road, Newport • March 30, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Tim Magnant’s Farm, 4826 Hanna Road, Franklin Light refreshments will be provided.

These events are free, but space is limited at some locations so please RSVP. RSVP to: Lindsey Ruhl: (802) 524-6501 or lruhl@uvm.edu.

As usual, the state’s winter manure spreading ban will be lifted April 1.

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Public Meetings ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders.

Wednesdays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free.

At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMI‑ LIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking.

Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. New‑ comers welcome. Confiden‑ tial. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS BRANDON MEET‑ INGS: Monday, Discussion Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meet‑ ing 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS BRISTOL MEET‑ INGS: Sunday, Discussion Meeting 4:00‑5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meet‑ ing 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00‑7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Dis‑ cussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Mid‑ dlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS NEW HAVEN MEET‑ INGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at the Congregational Church, New Haven Village Green.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY M E E T I N G S M O N D AY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY M E E T I N G S S AT U R ‑ DAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Mid‑ dlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meet‑ ing 10:00‑11:00 AM. Begin‑ ners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00‑2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Mid‑ dlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Ste‑ phen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meetings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ M O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Discus‑ sion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS NORTH FER‑ RISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00‑7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS RIPTON MEET‑ INGS: Monday, As Bill Sees It Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Discussion Meeting 8:00‑9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St. ARE YOU BOTHERED

BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs).

Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

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MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and dis‑ cussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understand‑ ing of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednesdays, 9 am, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NEW SUPPORT GROUP ‑ Grief Anonymous Meeting every Thursday @ 6:30 pm at Grace Baptist Church 52 Merchants Row, Middelbury, Vt. First Meeting Thursday, December 1st, 2016 OA (OVEREATERS ANON‑ YMOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ days at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT.

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

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The Volunteer Center, a collaboration of Saturday, April 22, 2017 RSVP and the United Way of Relay For Life is an inspiring event that joins communities in the Addison County, fight against cancer. This year, our local event will take place at posts dozens of Middlebury College. It is open to all community members and volunteer opportunities there are many ways to become involved. Relay For Life is on the Web.Go to looking for volunteers on the day of the event or individuals/

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Tuesdays, 3 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

groups who would like to join in the walk. The event also provides opportunities to recognize and honor cancer survivors at an honorary dinner, the luminaria ceremony, or by purchasing a luminary bag to honor a friend or family member. To learn more please contact RSVP at 388-7044 or rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org.

The Volunteer Center, a collaboration of RSVP and the United Way of Addison County, posts dozens of volunteer opportunities on the Web.Go to

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SPIRITUAL AWAKEN‑ INGS MEETING of Alcohol‑ ics Anonymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Friday, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middle‑ bury, VT.

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The Road Commissioner should have the following critical skills and qualifications: • Have working knowledge of road construction and maintenance, culvert installation, operation of construction equipment, experience plowing snow etc.; • Possess at least a high school diploma or GED; and, • Commercial Driver’s License, with proper endorsements is a plus.

For further information, please contact the New Haven Town Clerk’s office, Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 453-3516, or contact Kathy Barrett at 453-4232.

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Applications with 3 references to be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on March 21, 2017 to Town of New Haven, 78 North Street, New Haven VT 05472.

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This position could be full time or part time, dependent upon the circumstances of a qualified applicant. Hours can be flexible, but would include outdoor work on the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) and other MALT properties, as well as office hours and meetings with the board, committees and other civic interest groups, organizations and individuals. Duties include the management of a volunteer base, fundraising initiatives, public outreach, financial management and board/committee communication.

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“INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS WITH A COMMON SENSE APPROACH DELIVERED TO OUR CLIENTS IN A PROFESSIONAL, COST EFFECTIVE AND PERSONAL MANNER”

Insurance Approved discounts

Middlebury, VT 05753 • 388-9049

Automotive

Insulation

Equipment Rentals

Over 30 yrs. experience

40 TYPES OF RENTAL EQUIPMENT TO CHOOSE FROM

Field Automotive Inc.

• material forklifts • excavators • bulldozers • mini-excavators • skidsteers

Complete Auto Service • Domestic & Foreign Repairs

Preventive Maintenance Brakes • Tune-ups Exhausts • Alignments Air Conditioning • State Inspections 62 Meigs Rd., Vergennes

877-9222

Business Cards Labels & Letterhead too!

Order your Custom Business Cards here at the

OR

email: cmulliss@gmavt.net 1900 Jersey St., S. Addison, VT 05491

802.388.0860

ards Business C der r Made to O

• lumber • masonry

• computers • engineering • equipment rentals • fencing • floor care • insulation

Addison Independent.

Call Vicki at 388-4944 or stop by our office in the Marble Works between 8am & 5pm Monday- Friday.

Quaker Village Carpentry

• Man lifts up to 80’ • man basket w/crane up to 188

• concrete compactors • backhoes

Dense Pack Cellulose • Blown In Insulation Complete Air Sealing

802-545-2251 • Maurice Plouffe 1736 Quaker Village Road, Weybridge, VT 05753

Siding, Windows, Garages, Decks & Porches New Construction, Renovations and Repairs

Maurice plouffe

802-545-2251 1736 Quaker Village Road Weybridge, VT 05753

Lumber

275 South 116 Bristol, VT116 05443 275 South 116 275 South Bristol, VT 05443 Bristol, VT 05443

CLOVER STATE

1-800-880-6030 Fax:1-800-880-6030 (802) 453-2730 1-800-880-6030 Fax: (802) 453-2730 Fax: (802) 453-2730  Rough Lumber

www.brownswelding.com

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Please give us a call.

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We havegive the lift you!

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40’ to 80’ manlifts Scissor Lifts up to 32’ mini excavator Fencing

40’ to 80’ manlifts manlifts 40’ 80’ 42’to material forklifts 42’ material forklifts 42’ material Fork lifts up forklifts to 15,000 lbs.

WINDOW & SIDING CO., INC Fork lifts up to 15,000 lbs.

Scissor Lifts up up to to 32’ 32’ Scissor Lifts excavator excavator excavator Skid Steer

Native Vermonter

 Open most nights & weekends

 Pine Siding

mikeysmill.com

Long Beams

mini excavator mini excavator air Compressor air Compressor Compressor 802-388-7828  End of S. Munger St.  Middlebury air

Fence SerVing VermonT & neWCompany York For 30 YearS!

Skid Steer Steer Skid Windows • Vinyl siding • Garages Fork lifts up to 15,000 lbs.

SerVing VermonT & neW York SERVING VERMONT & NEW YORK FOR For OVER30 30YearS! YEARS! Roofs • Additions • Decks

Waste Management – Roll-off container service

Fast, friendly, reliable service & competitive rates.

802-877-2102 Toll Free: 888-433-0962 mlbrunet@gmavt.net

www.cloverstate.com

LLC.

Owner/Oper.

R. Scott Munson

Masonry

Fully Insured

Split Rail, Privacy, Chain link, Vinyl, Aluminum & More Commercial/ResidentialFree Esimates Located in Shoreham, VT

eight02fencecompany@yahoo.com 802-897-5658 www.802fence.com

Matt Sheldrick Masonry

Floor Care

New Construction Remodels and Additions Window and Siding Installation Smaller Home Repairs

Andre’s Floor Refinishing - An Established Vermont Business with Over 30 Years of Experience -

Specializing in Hardwood & Softwood Floors

CHECK US OUT ONLINE AT WWW.ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

Commercial Oil and Waterborne Finishes Quality Workmanship - Competitive Pricing 54 Daigneault Hill Road Orwell,Vermont 05760

802-948-2004

Over 15 years of experience in Historic Restoration on Stonework, Fireplaces, Chimneys, etc.

Carpentry Painting Roofing

802.989.9611

Fine Dry Stone Masonry

Jamie Masefield

Certified by the Dry Stone Wallers Association of Great Britain

802-233-4670 jmasefield@gmavt.net

Medical Supplies

Cleaning Services Green Valley Cleaning Service Inc. Residential/Commercial

Providing professional cleaning services for over 16 years!

Medical Equipment and Oxygen

Call us today to get on the schedule for 2017

802-345-6906 or 802-345-8000 Rusty & Carol Brigham Shoreham • Cornwall • Bridport Orwell • Weybridge • Middlebury • Salisbury • Brandon • Whiting

SALES & RENTAL Over two decades experience!

Knowledgable Staff

Personalized Service

Fax: 388-4146 Marble Works, Middlebury, VT

388-9801

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DIRECTORY

Business Service

• medical supplies • painting • plumbing & heating • renewable energ • septic

• trailers/transport • towing • tree services • window treatments

Tree Service

Septic & Water

To get your ad space call 388-4944 TODAY

• septic & water • siding • stamps • storage • surveying

Serving Vermont for over 42 years!

BROWN’S TREE & CRANE SERVICE

Celebrating 31 Years

Environmental Consultants – Licensed Designers Steve Revell CPG, LD#178 BW Jeremy Revell LD#611 BW • Tyler Maynard LD#597 B • Water Supply - Location, Development and Permitting • On-Site Wastewater Design • Single & Multiple Lot Subdivision • Property Development & Permitting • State and Local Permitting • Underground Storage Tank Removal & Assessment Toll-Free: 800-477-4384

Painting

802-453-4384

Fax 802-453-5399 • Email: jrevell@lagvt.com 163 Revell Drive • Lincoln, VT 05443

www.lagvt.com

FOR SEPTIC TANK PUMPING & DRAIN CLEANING SERVICE,

NDON'S DU

Rely on the professionals.

Plumbing & Heating

PORTABLE RESTROOMS Rt. 22A, Orwell • 948-2082 Rt. 7 So., Middlebury •388-2705

AIRPORT AUTO Self Storage • Low Rates

Also a good selection of used vehicles 44 School House Hill Road, E. Middlebury

388-0432 • 388-8090

LAROSE SURVEYS, P.C.

FREE ESTIMATES FOR TREE SERVICES

WE HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE RIGHT JOB – TO GIVE YOU REASONABLE RATES Dangerous Trees Cut & Removed Stumps Removed Trusses Set Trees Trimmed Land Clearing Reasonable Rates • Year-round Service • Fully Insured

(802) 453-3351 • Cell (802) 363-5619 24 Hour Emergency Service 453-7014

Brownswelding.com

Window Treatments

Ronald L. LaRose, L.S. • Kevin R. LaRose, L.S.

Land Surveying/Septic Design “We will take you through the permitting process!”

HESCOCK PAINTING Free Estimates

A friendly, professional, and affordable family business.

References

462-3737 or 989-9107

Fully Insured

Kim or Jonathan Hescock hescock@shoreham.net

SEPTIC SERVICE TANK & CESSPOOL PUMPING ELECTRONIC TANK LOCATING TANK & LEACH FIELD INSPECTIONS NEW SYSTEMS INSTALLED ALL SEPTIC SYSTEM REPAIRS DRAIN & PIPE CLEANING Full Excavation Service

Professional Installation • Heating Systems • Plumbing Supplies • Bathroom Design • Water Treatment Great Advice

NDO N DUPlumbing & 'S Heating

25 West St. • PO Box 388 Bristol, VT 05443 Telephone: 802-453-3818 Fax: 802- 329-2138

Premium window treatments, retractable screens and awnings.

larosesurveys@gmail.com

Short Surveying, inc.

Serving Addison County Since 1991

Timothy L. Short, L.S.

298 Maple Street Middlebury, VT 802.247.3883 vtshadeandblind@gmail.com VermontShadeandBlind.com

Property Line Surveys • Topographical Surveys FEMA Elevation Certificates

Middlebury, VT

135 S. Pleasant St., Middlebury, VT 388-3511 ssi@sover.net

Rt. 22A, Orwell 948-2082 388-2705

Barnard & Gervais, LLC Land Surveying - Water & Septic Designs State & Local Permitting Environmental Consulting

Jason Barnard

Michael Gervais

Licensed Designer

Licensed Surveyor

Serving Vermont from offices in Hinesburg and Enosburgh

802-349-8433 802-482-2597 www.barnardandgervais.com

Stamps

Trailers/Transport Motor Home Specialties LLC 3233 Vt. Rte. 22A, Bridport, VT 05734 (802-349-8123) Office Repairs & Maintenance New Services: Custom Built Trailers & Hitches Transporting Cars & Compact Equipment

MADE TO ORDER Plumbing • Heating 125 Monkton Road Bristol, VT 05443 802-453-2325 cvplumbingheating.com

Self Inking & Hand Stamps

Fuel Delivery 185 Exchange Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4975 champlainvalleyfuels.com

Available at the Addison Independent in the Marble Works, Middlebury

Serving all your plumbing and heating needs.

Owned and operated by: Bill Heffernan, Jim & David Whitcomb

388-4944

Renewable Energy Soak Up The Sun!

Shoreham, Vermont

24 hr Heavy Towing & Recovery Heavy Truck Repair & Diagnosis Heavy Haul, Oversize, Local & Long distance

STORAGE 4 Sizes ~ Self-locking units Hardscrabble Rd., Bristol

Monthly prices

6’x12’ $30 • 8’x12’ $45 10’x12’ $55 • 12’x21’ $75

We’ve been here for you for 43 years – Let us help you with your solar projects today.

•

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Call for a FREE on-site evaluation

Towing

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

www.livingstonfarmlandscape.com

Tree Service 25 Yrs Experience 60’ bucket truck wood chipper available Fully Insured Free Estimates

Brett Sargent owner/operator

made you look. imagine what white space can do for you.

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Addison Independent

Help Wanted

CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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

K.A. BAGLEY INC. is hiring for lawn care/ landscaping. Need to be honest,reliable,valid driv‑ ers license. Call 352‑9088 to apply.

Help Wanted

NORTHLANDS JOB CORPS IS NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT BY CHUGACH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES. NORTHLANDS HAS CURRENT JOB OPENINGS AND NEW POSITIONS OPEN UP FROM TIME TO TIME. VISIT WWW.CHUGACHJOBS.COM TO SEE THE COMPLETE LIST AND TO APPLY.

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

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

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

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

FEED COMMODITIES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

WE HAVE AN URGENT NEED FOR TWO POSITIONS. COOK HELPER ASSIST COOKS WITH MEAL PREPARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREPLANNED MENUS. WORKS CLOSELY WITH STUDENT FOOD SERVICE TRAINEES

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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MIDDLEBURY INTERAC‑ TIVE LANGUAGES is hiring for a part time temporary Staff Coordinator to sup‑ port the summer academics team from April‑June. This position will work closely with Human Resources to oversee on boarding of new employees. Please send re‑ sume and letter of interest to HR@middleburyinteractive. com.

ADDISON COUNTY HOME HEALTH and Hospice is seeking an energetic Medi‑ cal Records Specialist. The position works in conjunc‑ tion with intake to set up referrals, maintains medical records, performs audits, responds to request for re‑ cords and provides support to clinicians. Assists with other business office du‑ ties as necessary. You must be a reliable team player with excellent organization, computer, and people skills.

This is a full time 40 hour a week with excellent health and other benefits. Submit resume and cover letter to: Stacey Sherman, HR Generalist, ACHHH, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753 or to hr@achhh.org. www.achhh.org. EOE. SPECIALIZED RESIDEN‑ TIAL SUPPORT join a dedicated team of support for two women with devel‑ opmental disabilities based in their Middlebury home. In a therapeutic environment, you will provide stability and consistency, and help them achieve their personal goals.

They are looking to expand their horizons, while learn‑ ing independent living/social skills, personal boundar‑ ies, emotional self‑regula‑ tion, and healthy life‑style.

Seeking an energetic team player as well as creative thinker. Experience with behavioral support desir‑ able. Fully‑benefited posi‑ tion with two overnights per week with weekend hours.

To apply, visit www.csac‑vt. org, or respond to CSAC HR, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802‑388‑6751, ext. 425.

FOURNIER LANDSCAP‑ ING 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 play‑ er with a positive attitude.

Please e‑mail resume to fournierlandscaping@ gmail.com or call the of‑ fice to set up an interview.

802‑425‑5296.

RESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OVERSEES STUDENT ACTIVITIES IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL DORMS. RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A SAFE AND POSITIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT THAT DELIVERS GUIDANCE TO STUDENTS TO ENSURE POSITIVE GROUP LIVING AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TRAINING GOALS.

Help Wanted

MIDDLEBURY NATURAL FOODS CO‑OP seeking assistant manager of pro‑ duce department. Ideal candidate has leadership experience and supervisory skills and enjoys working in a fast paced team oriented environment. Excellent com‑ munication and customer service skills desired. Must be able to lift 60 lbs repeat‑ edly. 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 Natural Foods Co‑op, 1 Washington St., Middlebury, VT 05753.

SEEKING PHYSICAL THERAPIST 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 individualized 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.

SELF MOTIVATED, CRE‑ ATIVE, hard worker wanted for approximately 30 hours a week, including Satur‑ days. Tasks include cus‑ tomer service, delivery, flower care, cleaning, etc.

Will train in flower care and design. Apply by email at colesflowers@myfair‑ point.net or call Paula 802‑388‑4003.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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THE VERMONT SOUP COMPANY is seeking a part time assistant for food preparation. Please send resume and two references to info@vtsoup.com.

WANTED: MATURE SELF RELIANT full grown handy man, for around the house work. Experience needed for both odd jobs outside and indoor maintenance. Both necessary. 760‑807‑6187.

For Sale ANTIQUE DOUBLE BAR‑ REL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage fire‑ arm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

ANTIQUE OAK FIRE‑ PLACE surround with man‑ tle, mirror and carvings. Fits opening 36” wide x 38” high.

Call 989‑7081.

CEDAR POSTS for sale.

8 footers, no points.

802‑388‑4831.

OUTDOOR KENNEL BY BEHLEN 10X10X6, used but in good shape. $800 new, asking $350. Call 802‑388‑0739.

Lawn and Garden 1990 FORD 3910 TRAC‑ TOR 4WD with only 1403 hours, 3 cylinder, diesel engine, 50 HP. $2,650. Call 802‑297‑7844.

Vacation Rentals F L O R I D A VA C AT I O N RENTAL, on golf course, 1 hour to Disney. 2br, 2ba, beautifully furnished. Avail‑ able Wednesday, April 12 on, $900. weekly. 802‑388‑2528.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WARE‑ HOUSE commercial space.

As is or renovate to suit.

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802‑558‑6092.

Help Wanted

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY, GO TO WWW.CHUGACHJOBS.COM. Northlands Job Corps is an Equal Opportunity Employer Female/Minority/Disabled/Veteran.

ATTENTION STA/Bet-Cha Transit Inc.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD VACANCY

The term of the chair of the Vermont Public Service Board has expired.

Persons interested in applying for this position must submit an application to the Judicial Nominating Board. Applications may be obtained by contacting Brenda Chamberlin at 802-828-1152 or at brenda.chamberlin@vermont. gov. Completed applications (including an original and 11 copies) must be delivered before 5 PM on March 20, 2017 to: John Evers Chair, Judicial Nominating Board Shoup Evers & Green 84 Pine St., 4th Floor Burlington, VT 05401

This is a six year appointment. While there are no express statutory education or job experience requirements, an applicant must demonstrate the ability to assimilate and understand a large volume of highly technical information, including legal principles and accounting, financial and engineering data.

The applicant should also possess the ability to write clearly on complicated subjects, to conduct himself\herself in a judicial manner, to manage complex utility litigation in a quasi–judicial hearing process and to manage the personnel, budget and caseload of the Public Service Board. While the Public Service Board chair has traditionally been an attorney, admission to the Bar is not required.

Now seeking sporting events & bus route bus drivers in Addison County area. Work 2-4 hours a day. We provide training to qualified applicants. Train over the summer to start at the beginning of the school year. Eliminate childcare costs and collect unemployment during summer and holidays.

Please contact Lori at 388-7800.

Lincoln Library, Inc.

LIBRARY DIRECTOR Enthusiastic and creative leader needed for vibrant patron-centered library.

MLIS or library experience preferred but not required. 30 hrs/week.

See www.lincolnlibraryvt.com for more information.

Send resume and cover letter to lincolnlibrariansearch@gmail.com Dick Nessen, Lincoln Library 222 West River Road Lincoln, VT 05443

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

Join UTC Aerospace Systems at our Career Fair to learn about our full-time hourly and salaried openings. Our hourly positions include openings for Assemblers, Material Handlers, Inspectors, Platers and Manufacturing Technicians.

UTC Aerospace Systems Career Fair Friday, March 24, 2017 • 9:00am - 4:00pm UTC Aerospace Systems 100 Panton Road Vergennes, Vermont 05491

Please apply online at www.utc.com/careers All applicants must be US citizens, permanent residents or have designated asylee status. Job seekers must bring their resume and other relevant documents to the event.

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

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

Great Opportunities!

Mountain View Equipment, LLC.

Applicants who are found well qualified by the Judicial Nominating Board shall have their names submitted to the Governor who has the power of appointment. An appointment made by the Governor is subject to confirmation by the Vermont Senate.

NOW HIRING:

Did you know?

Local Businesses Are

Find your next job right here in the

Part-time cashiers & deli help for flexible schedules NIGHTS & WEEKENDS A MUST. Apply in person at:

CLASSIFIEDS

East Middlebury Maplefields 3201 Rte 7 South, E. Middlebury Ask for Brittany or pick-up an application EOE

LOOKING FOR

Experienced Technician

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

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Public Notices Index

Addison Independent

CLASSIFIEDS For Rent

For Rent

For Rent

Real Estate BUILD YOUR DREAM HOUSE on one of the six, now five remaining home‑sites in East Middle‑ bury’s Daisy Lane, a small established subdivision with village water, underground electric, cable and tele‑ phone to each lot. All sites are approved for simple in ground septic. Just down the street you’ll find a library, playground, tennis courts and the beautiful 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.

3 BEDROOM HOUSE in Middlebury. Available first to middle of April. $1,100 per month. First, last, security and references required.

802‑352‑4124.

CORNWALL 1 BEDROOM apartment, second floor, 1‑1/2 baths. Deck, skylights. $925/mo. includes heat and hot water. batesproperties@ yahoo.com .

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APARTMENT FOR RENT Middlebury. 3 bedroom, 2 full bath. On 2 floors of historic house. Beautifully renovat‑ ed, 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.

Att. Farmers FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

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BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT Heat, trash, snowplowing, lawn care, parking included. $1,175/ mo. 802‑453‑2566.

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

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

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

Public Notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 10B & 11B

Cars

For Rent

For Rent

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

SUGARWOOD APART‑ MENTS is currently ac‑ cepting applications for 2, 3 and 4 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/ assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent.

NP/NS. W/D hook‑ups. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg. com. Equal Housing Op‑ portunity.

NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment.

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

802‑236‑2040.

ONE BEDROOM APART‑ MENT off from a house. $700 per month, everything included. $400 security. No pets. No smoking. Will not be available until April 1st.

Located in Whiting. Contact Marie for an appointment.

802‑623‑6082.

WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lakefront.

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

860‑878‑9580.

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

Good condition. $2,200.00.

802‑989‑8503.

Trucks

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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 Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit www.bittne‑ rantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ appraisal services available.

House calls made free of charge.

Addison County Court House (1) Addison County Superior Court (1) Bristol (1) Lemon Fair Insect Control District (1) Middlebury (1) NOTICE SHOREHAM RESIDENTS

Be advised that an energy use survey is available at the Town Clerk’s office.

This survey will assist the Shoreham Planning Commission to develop a town plan to meet the goals established by Vermont Act 174 (2016) for reducing greenhouse gases and help home owners save money by becomging energy efficient by 2050.

Your participation is important and your responses will help to direct the process locally.

3/9

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.

3/13

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY REGULAR SELECTBOARD MEETING - TUESDAY MARCH 14, 2017 RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 20, 2017, 7:00 P.M. Room 116 – Large Conference Room 77 Main Street

AGENDA 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. * Board Organization: Elected Members Sworn in by Town Clerk; Election of Chair and Vice Chair; Want to Rent 3. *Approval of Agenda 4. *Approval of Minutes of Feb. 27, PROFESSIONAL COUPLE 2017 Regular Selectboard Meeting LOOKING for a house swap 5. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity SINGLE ROOM PROFES‑ in order to attend Middle‑ to raise or address issues that are SIONAL office in historic bury College June 23,2017 not otherwise included on this Middlebury landmark, over‑ ‑ August 14,2017 with our agenda] looking downtown. Space dog and cat. Home is in 7:10 6. *Board Organization- Continued: dimensions 15x15, with com‑ Medford, Massachusetts, Set Regular Meeting Date; Set mon areas and bathrooms about 6 miles northwest of Newspaper of Record; Appoint shared with other profes‑ downtown Boston. Great sional tenants. Rent $500 location with easy com‑ Middlebury Delegate and Alternate to Addison County Solid Waste FOR RENT PRIME RETAIL per month which includes mute to Boston. Cape Cod Management District Board of space. 1,303 square feet. heat, electric, hot water, gar‑ is only 75 miles south for Supervisors; Appoint Green Up Location, location. Front bage, recycling and private great weekend getaways.

Day Coordinator; Discuss Possible door parking. Good visibility. off street parking. For inquiry Medford is home to Tufts call 802‑989‑8822.

Dates for Board Retreat Call Eric at 388‑6054.

University as well as 5 miles 7:15 7. *2017 Liquor License, Outside from Harvard University. 3 Consumption and Entertainment bedroom , 1.5 bath home MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ WEST ADDISON ‑ AVAIL‑ with off street parking. If in‑ Permit Approvals ROOM house in town. Walk‑ ABLE IMMEDIATELY Ready terested contact: Adam Azia, 7:20 8. **Interview Candidates to Fill to move into, Furnished 2 ing distance to stores and a_azia@yahoo.com or Vacancy on Selectboard & Place schools. Newly renovated. bedroom apartment. Country 781‑396‑1396.

Names in Nomination setting on Lake Champlain.

388‑7743.

7:30 9. **John Freidin, Ilsley Public $950 per month includes util‑ www.

Library Building Committee Chair, ities. No pets. 802‑759‑2382. addisonindependent.

MIDDLEBURY 3 BED‑ with an update com/classifieds ROOM apartment on Court 7:55 10. **Amy Sheldon, East Street, heat included. Call Middlebury Flood Resiliency 802‑388‑4831.

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NOTICE OF SALE

According to the terms and conditions of a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale (the Order) in the matter of Vermont Housing Finance Agency v. Christopher L. Welch, Victoria A. Welch and Any Tenants Residing at 15 Bay View Lane (f/k/a Lot 1, Lake Street), Shoreham, VT, Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit - Civil Division, Docket No. 96-6-16 Ancv, foreclosing a mortgage given by Christopher L. Welch and Victoria A. Welch to National Bank of Middlebury dated May 12, 1998 and recorded in Volume 48, Page 117 of the Shoreham Land Records (the Mortgage) presently held by Plaintiff Vermont Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of foreclosing the Mortgage for breach of the conditions of the Mortgage, the real estate with an E-911 address of 15 Bay View Lane (f/k/a Lot 1, Lake Street), Shoreham, Vermont (the Property) will be sold at public auction at 11:00 a.m. on April 7, 2017 at the location of the Property.

The Property to be sold is all and the same land and premises described in the Mortgage, and further described as follows: Ground lease assigned by Assignment of Lease and Sale from 24 Washington Street Partnership to Christopher L. Welch and Victoria A. Welch dated May 12, 1998 and recorded on May 13, 1998 in Volume 48, Page 114 of the Shoreham land records. Permanently attached to the Property is a 1980 Oxford mobile home, serial no. OHM1364 as described in a Vermont Mobile Home Vermont Mobile Home Uniform Bill of Sale from 24 Washington Street Partnership to Christopher L. Welch and Victoria A. Welch dated May 12, 1998 and recorded on May 13, 1998, in Volume 48, Page 116 of the Shoreham land records. The Property may be subject to easements, rights-of-way and other interests of record.

Terms of Sale: The Property will be sold to the highest bidder, who will pay $10,000.00 at sale in cash, certified, treasurer’s or cashier’s check made payable to Thomas Hirchak Company (or by wire transfer, if arrangements for wire transfer are made in advance, confirmation of wire transfer is available before commencement of sale and bidder pays additional fees required for wire transfer), will pay the remaining balance of 10% of the highest bid to Thomas Hirchak Company within five (5) calendar days of the sale and will pay the balance of the highest bid price within fifteen (15) days of the issuance of an Order of Confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court. The successful bidder will be required to sign a Purchase Agreement. Copies are available by calling the telephone number below. If the successful bidder fails to complete the purchase of the Property as required by the Agreement, the $10,000.00 deposit will be forfeited to Plaintiff. The Property is sold “AS IS” and the successful bidder is required to purchase the Property whether or not the Property is in compliance with local, state or federal land use laws, regulations or permits. Title to the Property will be conveyed without warranties

by Order of Confirmation. This sale is exempt from federal lead based hazards disclosure. 24 CFR Section 35.82.

Redemption Benefits of Mortgagor: The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the Property at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the Mortgage, including the costs and expenses of sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Thomas Hirchak Company, 1-800-6347653. www.THCAuction.com Dated: February 14, 2017 s/ Robert W. Scharf, Esq. Attorney for Plaintiff 3/2

STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION ADDISON UNIT DOCKET NO: 267-12-15 Ancv CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC., Plaintiff v.

DAVID A. AUBIN; MICHELLE M. FOX; Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given

by David A. Aubin and Michelle M. Fox to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc., as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., its successors and/or assigns, dated May 27, 2009 and recorded in Book 131 at Page 67 of the Town of Ferrisburgh Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by Assignment of Mortgage recorded on August 13, 2015 in Book 152 at Page 30, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:30 p.m. on April 4, 2017 at 4234 Ethan Allen Highway, Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To Wit: Being a parcel of land with all improvements thereon located at 4234 Ethan Allen Highway, so-called, in the Town of Ferrisburgh, County of Addison, and State of Vermont.

Being all and the same lands and premises to be conveyed to David A. Aubin and Michelle M. Fox by the Warranty Deed of Susan Smith-Hunter dated on or about May 27, 2009 and to be recorded in the Land Records of the Town of Ferrisburgh, and being more particularly described as follows: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Susan Smith Hunter and Mel Hunter (now deceased) by Warranty Deed of Robert F. Cosgrove and Constance Cosgrove dated October 5, 1987 and recorded in the Town of Ferrisburgh Land Records in Book 67, Page 133, and being more particularly described therein as follows: “Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to the within Grantors, by Warranty Deed of Karl DeVine and Beatrice DeVine dated 10/18/78 and recorded in Volume 51, Page 509 of the Ferrisburg Land Records, except for a portion conveyed to the State of Vermont by Warranty Deed of the within Grantors dated 8/16/83 and of record in Volume 57, Page 447 of the Ferrisburg Land Records. In the aforementioned deed from Devine, said parcel was described as follows: ‘Being a parcel of land consisting of 3 acres, more or less, and being described as follows: Beginning at a point on the easterly side of U.S. Route #7, so-called, said point marking a northwesterly corner of the lands and premises herein to be conveyed and a southwesterly corner of the lands and premises of one Chamberlain; thence in a generally easterly direction 206 feet, more or less to a point; thence in a generally northerly direction 99 feet, more or less, to a point; thence in a generally easterly direction 174 feet, more or less, to a point, and contiming in a generally easterly direction along a stock fence 182 feet, more or less, to a point; thence in a generally southerly direction along a stock fence 583 feet, more or less, to a point; thence in a generally westerly direction 303 feet, more or less, to a point; thence in a generally northerly direction along a stock fence 298 feet, more or less, to a point; thence in a generally westerly direction 343 feet, sore or less, to a point on the easterly side of U.S. Route #7, so-called; thence in a generally northerly direction along the easterly side of U.S. Route #7 40 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.’

Being a part of the lands and premises conveyed to Carl and Beatrice Devine by the following Warranty Deeds:

By Warranty Deed of Roger L. Collins and Aleda N. Collins dated May 22, 1962, and recorded at Book 38 Page 5 of the Ferrisburg Land Records; by Adminstrator’s Deed of Forrest S. Rose, legal guardian of Faith C. DeVine dated November 20, 1961, and recorded at Book 37, Page 528 of the Ferrisburg Land Records.

This conveyance is subject to easements and right of way of record.

Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned instruments, the records thereof and the references therein contained, all in further aid of this description.”

The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.

The public sale may be adjourned one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or by certified check by the purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

Mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at sale.

Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, Jeffrey J. Hardiman, Esq. Shechtman, Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 401-272-1400 Attorney for Plaintiff jhardiman@shslawfirm.com March 3, 2017 3/9

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of appreciation Community made the food drive a success The Vergennes Lions Club has expressed sincere thanks to the folks in Bristol and Vergennes who made their annual Food from the Heart Food Drive so successful. By individuals buying an extra item or two, over 2,600 pounds of needed items were collected in total from generous local shoppers, as well as over $530 in monetary donations.

Chairperson Harry Curth said, “We couldn’t have done it without the cooperation of the store managers in both Shaws Supermarkets and at Champlain Discount Foods, as well as the tremendous support from Boy Scout Troop 539 scouts and leaders. I also want to thank Mike DiPalermo from Long Trail on the Falls Physical Therapy, in Vergennes, who collected another 150 pounds of food from his patrons.”

The Bristol Food Shelf at St. Ambrose Parish benefited with 1,160 pounds of needed items as well as $263 in cash donations.

The Vergennes Community Food Shelf received over 1,440 pounds of needed items and $268.55 in cash donations.

Each February, watch for Lions around Vermont collecting needed items for their local food shelves.

As one of the people involved in the Bristol Food Shelf mentioned, “This is a particularly needy time for all food shelves.”

Larry Simino Vergennes Lions

State police respond to a two-vehicle crash

ADDISON COUNTY — On March 11 at approximately 10:39 p.m. Vermont State Police were notified of a two-vehicle crash on Route 7 near Route 53 in Salisbury.

Police identified the drivers involved as Gail M. Grant, 60, of East Middlebury and Steven E. Amaru, 58, of Epping, N.H. Both vehicles were traveling northbound on Route 7, according to police, when Amaru pulled over to the shoulder to allow Grant to pass. However, Grant passed Amaru’s vehicle on the right side and while doing so struck the Ford Focus causing damage.

The force of this collision caused Grant’s Subaru Legacy to go off the right side of the roadway and then collided with a fence and multiple trees. Grant sustained minor scrapes, Amaru was uninjured. Both vehicles were later towed from the scene.

Neither alcohol nor drugs were determined to be contributing factors in the collision.

State police were assisted on scene by the Salisbury Fire Department and Middlebury Regional EMS. Separately, VSP were also involved with two cases that are spelled out in longer stories in today’s edition. The first involves Jake Desjadon, 30, of Vergennes, who was charged with burglary, grand larceny, selling stolen property, resisting arrest and unlawful mischief after police apprehended him at his home on March 9 on suspicion that he was involved in the theft of a Feb. 27 ATV and trailer in Ferrisburgh.

Read the full story in A section.

The second involves Joshua Bley, 36, who was cited for refusing to take

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an evidentiary blood test for driving under the influence twice on March 10. Bristol police also accused him of possession of marijuana. Read the full story below.

In other recent activity, state police: • On March 7 cited Adrian Moore, 25, of Weybridge for burglary, grand larceny and aggravated driving without the owner’s consent. Police alleged that Moore stole a car in Weybridge during the night of Feb. 26 and crashed it onto the banks of Otter Creek, before running away.

Police said they located him last week and cited him.

• On March 9 at 8:36 a.m. stopped a motor vehicle on Monkton Road in Bristol and cited the driver, 43-yearold Tina Sweet of Bristol, for driving with a criminally suspended license.

• On March 9 at 9:30 p.m. stopped a motor vehicle on Route 100 near Warren Falls in Warren and cited the Addison County driver – Jennifer Marie Attic, 25, of Hancock, for driving with a criminally suspended license.

• On March 10 at approximately 3 p.m. responded to a one-car crash on Route 144, approximately 1/4mile west of Hortonia Road in Hubbardton. Police said Richard Buxton, 68, of Orwell was driving a 2002 Buick Century westbound on Route 144 when the vehicle left the right side of the road, hit several trees, and rolled over onto

its passenger side. Buxton was transported to Rutland Regional Medical Center.

Anyone with information pertaining to the crash is asked to contact the Rutland Vermont State Police at 802-773-9101.

• On March 11 at 2:15 a.m. responded to a two-car crash on Route 100 in Moretown. Police cited one driver — Thomas B. Devine, 24, of Moretown — for refusing to give a sample for a DUI test. The driver of the other car, 36-year-old Ryan Salerno of Granville, faced no charges.

• On March 11 at approximately 9:36 p.m. looked in to a report about a domestic assault that took place March 8 in Starksboro and involving two family members.

After investigating, troopers determined that Trevor James, 33, of Starksboro had physically assaulted another family member during an argument causing minor injuries to the victim. On March 12 state police cited James for domestic assault.

• On March 14 at approximately 12:45 a.m. received a call from a homeowner on Hawkins Road in Ferrisburgh saying that a man, identified as 23-year-old Mackenzie Sullivan of Ferrisburgh, had walked to the home and told the homeowner that he had just been involved in a motor vehicle crash. The homeowner told police that Sullivan did have visible injuries, so an ambulance and firefighters were dispatched to the scene.

Police report that Sullivan’s truck had hit several trees along Hawkins Road before coming to a complete stop against a large tree. He was taken to UVM Medical Center by the

Vergennes Area Rescue Squad for treatment of multiple lacerations, a contusion and a possible fractured neck.

State Police said their investigation showed that Sullivan had been drinking alcoholic beverages prior to the crash and a preliminary breath test showed a blood alcohol content of 0.124

percent; the legal limit for driving is 0.08.

The truck, a 2003 Ford, was considered a total loss.

Investigation into this crash continues and possible criminal charges may be forthcoming pending lab results. Speed and alcohol are factors in this crash, police said.

Board Member Spotlight Steve Smith “I love this connection to an organization that can make a real difference in participants’ lives...especially young lives!

Some A.C.P.C.C. Stats: • Addison County has the lowest teen pregnancy rate in VT. • Addison County has the lowest rate of low birth weight babies in VT- 4.8 for Addison vs. 6.9 for VT, and NONE were born to teens in Addison County.

• 100% of Addison County pregnant teens received early regular pre-natal care in 2008.

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Contact Your U.S. Senators Sen. Patrick Leahy 1-800-642-3193

433 Russell Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

Sen. Bernie Sanders 1-800-339-9834

SRC-2 United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 www.sanders.senate.gov

Contact Governor Phil Scott 1-800-649-6825 (Vt. only) • 802-828-3333

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Man gets busted for DUI twice in one day BRISTOL — Local police worked with Vermont State Police to arrest a man in Bristol on March 10 — twice in one day.

On Friday, March 10, at around 1:31 a.m. police were called to Main Street on a report that Joshua Bley, 36, had approached a woman on the sidewalk and shouted at her from his vehicle. Bley, who was described by Bristol police as an Oregon resident and by state police as a Lincoln resident, allegedly yelled out to the female, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid,” and attempted to engage her in conversation.

The woman was frightened by the incident and locked herself in her car. She drove a short distance away, and Bley followed, according a report from Bristol Police Chief Kevin Gibbs. She then drove down Main Street, and Bley again followed behind her flashing his headlights.

The woman sped down numerous

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The New Haven Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a public hearing on the following applications beginning at 7:00 P.M. on Monday April 3, 2017 at the New Haven Town Office.

1. Application # 2017DRB-01-SP is a request for amended site plan approval

by John Kipp, LLC (applicant) dba Rack N Reel, pursuant to section 350 (NHZB) for a 2420 sq. f. addition to the rear side of the existing commercial building/ retail store. The property is located at 5343 Ethan Allen Highway, map #5, parcel # 0295 in the Highway Commercial District.

2. Application #2017DRB-02-CU is a request by Leon Demers III for conditional use approval for a new onefamily dwelling (single-family home) in the Flood Hazard District. Pursuant to article IX and section 1008, all new structures proposed to be located within the Flood Hazard District require conditional use approval. The property is identified as parcel #0760-000 on map #13. The property is located in the Flood Hazard district.

3. Application #2017DRB-03-SD is a request to amend DRB decision #2016DRB-05-SD being the approval of final plat approval for 2-lot minor subdivision (lot #1-7 +/-acres, lot #26+/- acres) of parcel # 0642-100 on map #12. The property is owned by Steven Heffernan and Diane Heffernan and review will be conducted pursuant to the New Haven Subdivision Regulations.

The property is located on at 1161 Hunt Road in the RA-2 District.

Applications are usually scheduled to be heard in the order they are listed above. However, applicants and interested persons should refer to the Boards agenda that will be posted pursuant to State law for changes. The above applications are available for review at the Town Office. Interested persons are invited to attend the hearing, or send a representative. Pursuant to 24 VSA § 4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a), participation in this local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

David Wetmore, Administrative Officer Dated: March 16, 2017 3/16

side streets until she lost sight of Bley.

Bley was located on Rockydale Road by a responding trooper who was en route to the area to assist with the investigation. Police said Bley was impaired and taken into custody for driving under the influence at around 2 a.m. State police report that a preliminary sample of Bley’s breath showed a blood alcohol content of 0.195 percent; the legal limit for driving is 0.08. The trooper said Bley also admitted to smoking marijuana prior to driving.

Police took Bley to the New Haven state police barracks for processing, and released him after citing him for driving under the influencerefusal. VSP Lt. Jeffrey Donoski said Bley was cited for “refusal” because the breath test on the road was preliminary and Bley refused to give an evidentiary sample when the trooper got him back to the barracks.

Later on Friday, at around 1:39

p.m., police responded to a report that an intoxicated man — identified as Joshua Bley — was approaching female customers at Maplefields gas station on West Street. Based on the reported vehicle description, the officer recognized Bley from the earlier DUI arrest and requested a unit from the Vermont State Police for assistance.

By the time Bristol police arrived, the trooper had already made contact with Bley and was evaluating him for driving under the influence. State police reported that a preliminary breath test showed Bley’s blood alcohol content was 0.182 percent this time. Bley also told the trooper that he had smoked marijuana prior to driving, state police reported. They took him to the barracks in New Haven again.

The Bristol officer talked to the clerk at the business and learned that Bley had been inside the store

Public Notices can be found on Pages 10B & 11B LEMON FAIR INSECT CONTROL DISTRICT Public Notice of Intent to Apply Mosquito Larvicides

Local mosquito control districts may be making ground and aerial applications of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTI), Bacillus sphaericus (BS), and spinosad to surface waters where mosquito larvae are present. Aerial and ground applications of Cocobear may be applied in selected wet areas. Cocobear is a monomolecular film that prevent adult emergence and can be used against mosquito pupae. Methoprene may also be used to prevent adult mosquito emergence. These applications will occur in the towns of Cornwall, Bridport, and Weybridge. Pesticide applications will begin on or after April 15, 2017.

Further information or comments about the larviciding activities or application exclusion requests can be obtained from: Lemon Fair Insect Control District – David Dodge, Chair 802-462-3898 The Vermont Agency of Agriculture oversees the permitting of these mosquito larvicides and can be reached at 802-828-1319.

For more information see the following websites. http://www.lficd.org/ http://agriculture.vermont.gov/plant_pest/mosquitoes_ticks/mosquitoes

and asked for a cigarette from the employee. After getting a cigarette, Gibbs reported, Bley tried to pay for the cigarette by offering the employee a bag of marijuana across the counter.

Video surveillance was obtained and verified the statement of the clerk, police said.

State police report that they cited Bley for DUI-refusal, again because he didn’t give a sample in the barracks.

Bristol police report that there was an additional citation of attempted sale of marijuana.

Bley was lodged at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility for lack of $2,500 bail.

MIDDLEBURY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION PUBLIC NOTICE

The rescheduled 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 3/16 Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 5p.m.

TOWN OF BRISTOL HEARING NOTICE

The Bristol Planning Commission will hold a hearing on April 4, 2017 at Holley Hall located at 1 South Street beginning at 7:00 P.M. to consider the application for permit #17-01SD, Francis and Diane Heffernan (parcel 06-01-24.1), requesting a 3 lot sub-division with a Right of Way access per Bristol Zoning Regulations Article IV Section 407.

The Bristol Planning Commission will hold a hearing on April 4, 2017 at Holley Hall located at 1 South Street beginning at 7:00 P.M. to consider the application for permit #17-01PUD, Chris Acker (parcel 22-50-30), requesting a Planned Unit Development at 11 Liberty Street per Bristol Zoning Regulations Article VI Section 609. This permit to replace a conditional use permit granted for the same location on July 15, 2016.

Copies of the complete zoning applications are available for review at the Bristol Town Office during regular business hours.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966

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TOWN OF MONKTON NOTICE Shortly after Town Meeting the Monkton Selectboard begins the process of making appointments to various committees that perform the bulk of the Town’s business.

Many of these committees are actively recruiting new members and the work they do is vital to the Town of Monkton. This year the following positions will be appointed: Zoning Administrator Development Review Board (3 positions) Recreation Committee (3 positions) 911 Coordinator Emergency Management Director Delegate and Alternate to Addison County Regional Planning (4 positions) Delegate and Alternate to Transportation Advisory Committee (2 positions) Delegate and Alternate to Addison Solid Waste Management District (2 positions) Energy Committee (5 positions) Agricultural and Natural Areas Committee (2 positions) Recycling Coordinator(s) Tree Warden Animal Control Officer Green Up Coordinator Web Master Vermont State Police Commission Advisory Board Municipal Building Committee (7 positions – new committee) If you have an interest in volunteering for any of these positions please send an email to Selectboard@monktonvt.com, attend a Selectboard meeting, or reach out to any member of the Selectboard.

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Auctions

Tom Broughton Auctioneer • Home • Estates • Commercial • Consignments Bridport, VT • 758-2494 tombroughtonauctions.com

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for March 9 & March 13 BEEF Deer Valley Brett Danyow Four Hills Nop Brothers Gosliga

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 1845 .65 1,200.00 1940 .62 1,200.00 1755 .65 1,140.00 1595 .65 1,036.00 1555 .65 1,010.00

CALVES Randy Palmer Brett Danyow Nop Brothers Kayhart Brothers Champlainside

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 104 .90 94.00 99 .90 90.00 98 .85 83.00 119 .70 83.00 94 .80 75.00

Total # Beef: 259 • Total # Calves: 314 We value our faithful customers.

Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs.

For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

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City police help crack a major Vt. burglary case

‘Shop Hop’ to feature quilters guild spread MIDDLEBURY — Once again the Milk & Honey Quilters’ Guild is preparing for a wonderful quilt show and the first item on their agenda was to make a quilt for their raffle.

Emmy Alford and Janice Gould volunteered to design the quilt and did so by modifying a pattern that they both admired. With a two-day workshop and willing workers, cutting, sewing and pressing quilt blocks the guild members came up with a spectacular quilt.

When deciding on the name of the quilt, Alford said, “Janice and I loved the brilliant and glowing colors of the batik fabrics and thought “Radiant Lights” was a perfect name.”

The quilt is queen size — 84 inches x 102 inches — with a twotone background of blue and white fabrics that complement the blocks that are eight-point stars made with multi-hued batik fabrics. Other guild members who worked on the quilt are Cindy Wemette, Esther

THE “RADIANT LIGHTS” quilt made by the Milk & Honey Quilters’ Guild will be on display at The Quilters’ Corner at Middlebury Sew ‘n’ Vac during the “Shop Hop” March 17-26. From left to right: Janice Gould, Lisa Patton, Pat Santner, Sandy Bonomo, Peg Allen, Dorothy Hayes, and in back Emmy Alford.

Johannsson, Wilma Wood, Sandy Bonomo, Lisa Patton, Dorothy Hayes, Mary Ann Broughton and Andre Emmell, who also did the machine quilting with a beautiful design.

The “Radiant Lights” raffle quilt will be on display in The Quilters’ Corner at Middlebury Sew ‘n’ Vac during the annual “Shop Hop,” from Friday, March 17, through Sunday,

March 26, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily with the exception of the Sunday hours, which will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

The Quilters’ Corner at Middlebury Sew ‘n’ Vac, Route 7 South in Middlebury, is one of many Vermont quilt shops that are participating in the annual 10-day statewide “Shop Hop” that quilters enjoy. By first obtaining a “Shop Hop Passport” quilters then travel to

many, or all, participating shops in Vermont to discover new patterns, fabrics, tips, techniques and always look forward to the free pattern given to them.

The Raffle tickets, $2 each or 3 for $5, will be on sale at The Quilters’ Corner, Friday-Sunday, March 17-19, and Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25 during the “Shop Hop,” but can also be

purchased from members of the Quilt Guild at anytime.

The Quilt Show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Middlebury Recreation Facility, 154 Creek Road, in Middlebury.

The “Radiant Lights” quilt will be raffled off on Sunday, Oct. 8 at the Quilt Show and the winner does not have to be present to win.

Shoreham man cited for DUI after report of erratic driving MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Rodrigo Cardoso De Lima, 37, of Shoreham for driving under the influence, following a report of a man driving in an erratic manner on South Main Street on March 9.

Police said they measured De Lima’s blood-alcohol content at 0.189 percent; the legal limit for driving is 0.08.

In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Assisted Vermont State Police with a reported vehicle roll-over near the intersection of Route 125 and Ridge Road in Cornwall on March 6.

• Quieted a noisy tenant at a Court Street apartment on March 6.

• Continued their investigation on March 7 into the reported theft

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of an Apple iPod from Hannaford Supermarket.

• Helped Porter Hospital staff with an upset patient on March 7.

• Received a report about a dispute between some Court Street neighbors on March 8.

• Warned a noisy tenant of a Court Street apartment to quiet down on March 8.

• Were informed of the theft of a bicycle from Middlebury College campus on March 8.

• Received a report about a man making a lewd comment to a woman

on Mill Street on March 8. Police said the man had been driving a dark-green, older-model Chevrolet pick-up truck. Police said they were unable to locate the vehicle.

• Received a report about two students allegedly smoking marijuana in a Middlebury Union High School restroom on March 8.

Police said the students admitted to the offense.

• Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with a suicidal person on Water Street on March 9.

• Responded to a report of a patient leaving a small amount of marijuana at Porter Hospital on March 9.

• Helped Middlebury Regional EMS with an overdose patient on North Pleasant Street on March 9.

• Investigated a two-car crash,

with a minor injury, on Court Street Extension on March 10. Police said one of the drivers was ticketed for not having insurance.

• Were asked by Porter Hospital staff to speak with a patient who was acting aggressively on March 10. Police said the man was refusing to remain at the hospital in spite of being told that his health was in danger because of potential blood clots. At one point, the patient allegedly swung his arm at a hospital worker, according to police reports.

Police said they and hospital staff were able to calm the man.

• Responded to a report of an aggressive patron at Two Brothers Tavern on Main Street on March 11. Tavern workers alleged the man was drunk and was getting out of control. The man had left by the

time police arrived. Tavern workers said they will tell the man he is no longer welcome, according to police.

• Investigated the alleged violation of a restraining order at a Valley View residence on March 12.

• Responded to a verbal dispute at a North Forty Lane address on March 12. Police said the argument was breaking up when they arrived.

• Responded to a two-vehicle crash, with property damage, on Elm Street on March 12.

• Cited Andrew K. Mitchell, 42, of Middlebury for driving under the influence (second offense), following a traffic stop at the intersection of Exchange Street and Route 7 on March 12. Police said his blood alcohol content was 0.125.

VERGENNES — Vergennes police handled mostly routine incidents between March 6 and 12, a week in which they also worked with Vermont State Police to crack a major burglary case (see story in A section).

In those seven days, city police: • On March 6 received a tip about illegal drug activity in the area.

• On March 6 were told of trash being dumped illegally at a Ferrisburgh convenience store, identified the probable culprit through a piece of mail in the Police Log trash, a n d sent a letter about the issue to the suspect.

• On March 8 served an extension of a no-stalking order to a female Vergennes resident.

• On March 8 were told that a John Graham Shelter employee had been threatened by a potential resident.

• On March 8 served subpoenas to two United Technologies Corp. employees.

• At a March 8 West Main Street traffic stop cited a passenger for possession of marijuana and warned the driver for defective equipment.

• On March 9 responded to a minor two-car accident at the intersection of Main and South Water streets.

• On March 10 helped Burlington police by issuing a notrespass order to a John Graham Shelter resident.

• On March 10 served a subpoena to two High Street residents on behalf of the state’s attorney’s office.

• On March 11 ticketed five cars left overnight on city streets in violation of the city’s winter parking law.

• On March 11 resolved a parking dispute at a Main Street apartment building.

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Two Brothers Tavern owner Holmes Jacobs stands with line cooks Ashley Lowell and Scott Burnham in the Middlebury restaurant’s new downstairs kitchen.

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Two Brothers gets a facelift

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ne afternoon last week, in the newly renovated kitchen of Two Brothers Tavern’s underground Lounge, executive chef Matt Corrente prepped one Neapolitan pizza after another to the cranked-up backdrop of Marshall Tucker Band’s “Can’t You See.” Surrounded by boxes and soon-tobe installed equipment, Corrente moved about the new kitchen space, whose chic black walls create an open facade that protrudes out of the corner next to the bar.

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Since November, Corrente and his colleagues have had to rely on this small kitchen, built to produce a limited menu of Neapolitan pizza

and sandwiches, for all of their food sales. The upstairs kitchen — which has supplied Two Brothers customers with the wings, lobster mac and cheese and poutine they’ve come to love over the past 15 years — is undergoing a major renovation.

“WE WANTED TO STAY RIGHT HERE. SO WE DECIDED WE HAD TO FIND THE MONEY AND REBUILD THE KITCHEN.” — Holmes Jacobs Make no mistake, Two Brothers is open for business. The Tavern opens at 4 p.m. on weekdays, 11:30 a.m. on weekends and closes at 2 a.m. every night. But operating in the midst of ongoing construction has been tricky, according to owner Holmes Jacobs.

“It’s been creative,” he said. “All the food has to go up and outside — we have food runners that run the food up. So that’s been interesting.”

But the project was born out of necessity. “We were faced with three options,” Jacobs said.

“Either pay for the kitchen to get redone, sell the business or move the business. None of those were terribly attractive options, but we didn’t want to go anywhere. We wanted to stay right here. So we decided we had to find the money and rebuild the kitchen.”

According to Jacobs, the former kitchen’s limited capacity forced Two Brothers to occasionally turn guests away at the door, which was not good for the business’s bottom line. Not only will the new kitchen give the kitchen staff the ability to serve a larger crowd, SEE BROTHERS ON PAGE 3

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ART Steinway Grand Piano donated in Brandon COMPASS MUSIC AND ART CENTER RECEIVES GIFT FROM THE ESTATE OF JAZZ PIANIST JOHN FISCHER

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he Compass Music and Art Center took delivery of a prized piano on a recent Saturday, thanks to local ties to a unique individual.

A 1915 Steinway Model B grand piano arrived, along with a collection of sound equipment, from the estate of the late John Fischer, an avant-garde Jazz pianist, artist, writer and all-around creative force who died in New York City last August, six days after his 86th birthday.

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Fischer’s nephew is Brandon percussionist and music teacher Rob Zollman. Fischer and Zollman actually played a concert at Brandon Music together in July 2011. Zollman’s wife, Alyssa, is on the Compass Foundation Board of Trustees. So, when Fischer’s will stipulated that his piano and musical equipment go to a musicbased non-profit, the Zollmans advocated for the Compass Foundation.

Compass Music and Arts Center founders Stephen and Edna Sutton are thrilled.

“This was a wish, to someday have a Steinway, but we never thought it would be a reality,” Edna Sutton said in an interview last week. “It’s

Stephen Sutton, of the Compass Music and Arts center in Brandon, stands with the 1915 Steinway recently bequesathed to the Compass Foundation.

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a $40,000 piano, it’s a gift that would blow your head off.”

Stephen Sutton said the Model B is a mid-size

Steinway at just under 7 feet long. The Model D, the largest grand piano Steinway makes, is 12 feet long.

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A STEINWAY MODEL B IS A MID-SIZE GRAND PIANO AT JUST UNDER 7 FEET LONG. THE MODEL D, THE LARGEST GRAND PIANO STEINWAY MAKES, IS 12 FEET LONG.

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it will also contain entirely new appliances and have better insulation within the basic structure, which Jacobs called a muchneeded upgrade in terms of energy efficiency.

For the guests, many parts of the Two Brothers experience will stay the same — the menu, the dollar bills that cloak the ceiling — but they might notice a change at the bar.

The expansion will allow the Tavern to significantly expand its draft beer selection, from 16 to 24 lines (32 in total, including the Lounge). Jacobs said most of these drafts will be local Vermont craft beers,

they’re doing. It doesn’t make sense for any of us to be doing the same thing.”

Two Brothers will celebrate the end of construction with two grand re-openings: one for the upstairs kitchen, and one for the new setup in the Lounge downstairs. The first, to celebrate the main kitchen, will take place in mid-April, and the second will come several weeks later, when the staff has

Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury expanded behind the building to make room for their new kitchen.

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“It was just cinder blocks.

There was no insulation at all,” he said. “So it was hot as Hades in the summer and just freezing cold in the winter.” The new structure will contain several windows, which, along with the additional space and improved temperature regulation, were included specifically to boost the spirits of the staff.

“We really wanted to get some natural light into the place,” he said. “And that’s another big part of it: A really nice, professional work environment is just great for morale. We really wanted to give that to our staff. They’ve earned it.

What they’ve been doing out of that kitchen for 15 years — they’ve been working miracles. It’s amazing.”

and the selection will rotate almost daily.

Those who frequent the Lounge might notice a change in decor, along with new, altered hours. The kitchen, which has supplied Two Brothers’ guests with pizza and sandwiches for the past few months while the restaurant has been in flux, will soon become a separate part of the business. While it will hold on to the nightlife piece, staying open until 2 a.m., it will add a steadier food component, serving the current menu — pizza and sandwiches — every night starting at 5 p.m.

“I reached out to Green Peppers and Flatbread to let them know what we were doing,” Jacobs said.

“Neapolitan-style pizza is distinctly different from what

had time to redesign the downstairs space. Updates will be given on Two Brothers’ website.

Though the renovation has been somewhat tumultuous, taking a toll on revenue and prompting frequent logistical challenges, Jacobs has had the full support of the Tavern’s staff.

“They’ve been absolutely incredible. I get very emotional about how supportive and amazing they’ve been. They’ve been troopers, they’ve stuck by, everyone has seen their income dwindle because of the reduced numbers, and they have been amazing,” he said. “It’s going to be a much more inspirational place, and hopefully the staff will carry that inspiration into the front of the house.”

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OUT OF TOWN Irish heritage celebrated in Burlington

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ot sure how to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Check out the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival’s events this week. Now in it’s 22nd year, the festival presents Irish music, dance, history, language, and literature in the Burlington area. This year’s “Luck of the Irish Raffle” boasts a grand prize trip for two to Ireland with airfare, accommodations and a rental car for a week. All events are by donations except the final event on March 24.

Find out more at www. burlingtonirishheritage.org.

FRIDAY, MARCH 17 Brayzen Heads concludes a four-evening stint of traditional tunes.

Dave Gilmore from Dublin and Shane Farrrell, whose family hails from County Galway, will sing, play and tell stories. Music starts at 9 p.m.

Ireland’s History Through Its Music” to the Pickering Room at the library. 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Dr. Ciaran Buckley, Champlain College Faculty Member, discusses “Brexit and Its Effect on Ireland” highlighting possible impacts on political and economic situation in divided Ireland, 12-1 p.m.

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Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, College Street, Burlington.

Waterville Irish Heritage Ceili (party), Town Hall on VT 109 in the heart of the village.

Two educational activities for children, starting with Irish Heritage children’s crafts. Then musicians Benedict Koehler and Hilari Farrington bring “Between the Jigs and the Reels:

Festival kicks off at 4 p.m., Dale and Darcy Cahill perform music from 5-7 p.m., followed by dinner and the Heather Morris Dancers. Call Damian Turner (802-644-2731) for more details.

Ri’ Ra’ Restaurant, 123 Church Street, Burlington.

SUNDAY, MARCH 19 Contois Auditorium, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington.

Burlington Irish Heritage Festival’s signature event, The Festival Ceili is a gathering for young and old with music, dance, a bake sale, displays, and raffle drawing for the grand prize trip to Ireland. Young Traditional Vermont Dance wraps up the afternoon, 3-5 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 24 Patrick Gymnasium, 97 Spear Street, UVM campus, Burlington.

The Celtic Cats present their high-energy step dancing from 7-9 p.m.

Tickets available at the door, $5 for UVM students and $7 for the general

HEADED SOUTH? CHECK OUT THE IRISH COMEDY TOUR — A BOISTEROUS, BELLY-LAUGH BAND OF HOOLIGANS — AT PARAMOUNT THEATER IN RUTLAND ON SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 8 P.M. TICKETS: $20 public. This rousing performance of traditional Irish Dance closes the 2017 festival. More information is available from vprimave@uvm.edu.

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IN TOWN Choreography questions identity MAREE REMALIA AND “MERRYGOGO” PERFORM THIS WEEKEND IN MIDDLEBURY

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aree ReMalia and her group “merrygogo” will present two evenings of live dance performance entitled “The Ubiquitous Mass of Us” on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18, both performances start at 8 p.m., at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. This evening-length, escalating journey features nine performers from across artistic disciplines who question the bounds of their identities. The performance is suited for all ages, seasoned performance goers, and those new to the theater.

way they take up space. They ask, who are we as individuals? Who are we together? How far beyond what we conceive of ourselves can we go? What are the myriad ways in which we inhabit space? What are the visible and invisible boundaries we create? How are these questions impacted by and connected to contemporary issues in a larger context? The resulting performance bares the complexity of the performers’ individual and collective identities through a broad range of physicality and newly-discovered expressions.

Tickets are $20; $15 for Middlebury College ID card holders; and $6 for Middlebury College students. For more info call (802) 443-MIDD (6433) or visit www. middlebury.edu/arts.

In this performance, ReMalia and her collaborators question the bounds of their identities and the

Choreographer Maree ReMalia.

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Wheezer & Squeezer to perform at Cabin Fever Series World instruments. 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. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 day of. To make reservations or get more info, email walkover@mac.com or call (802) 453-3188 x 2.

Jeremiah McLane and Timothy Cummings will perform at the WalkOver Concert Room on Main Street in Bristol, this Saturday, March 18,

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at 8 p.m. They are a high-powered, Vermontbased duo who share music deeply rooted in the traditional dance repertoire of Northern Europe and North America. Wielding an accordion and bagpipes (and sometimes whistles and piano), they create a beguiling blend which utterly subverts the common stereotypes of their Old

LEFT: Jeremiah McLane, far left, and Timothy Cummings will perform at the WalkOver Concert Room in Bristol this Saturday evening.

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Come to the restored Brandon Town Hall this Saturday, 7-10 p.m., for an evening of music with Vermont’s Bow SATURDAY MARCH Thayer. Thayer’s been singing and writing songs for as long as he can remember. Liquid concessions provided

by Foley Brothers Brewery and Neshobe River Winery. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, and are available at the Brandon Town Offices and Carr’s Florist and Gifts. Call: (802) 247-3635.

This Sunday, the Fringe Festival event will be held at Stonecutters Spirits in Middlebury, 6:309 p.m., to benefit SUNDAY MARCH the Addison County Parent-Child Center. The evening will feature Moth stories, dramatic readings and a classical duo performance. Of course there will be food, drinks, too. Tickets are $25 per person.

Cash bar. Contact Woody: (802) 999-2064 or woodyjacksonartist@gmail.com.

Next Wednesday at noon, the Sheldon Museum in Middlebury will host a panel discussion about their exhibit “Focus WEDNESDAY MARCH on the Sheldon: A Five-Point Perspective” with the five photographers in the show: Suki Fredericks, Paul Gamba, Kate Gridley, Kirsten Hoving, Eric Nelson. The panel will be facilitated by Middlebury College Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Pieter Broucke. The talk is included in Museum admission. Call: (802) 388-2117.

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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.

ARTS 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

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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.

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.

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 6 p.m.

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CRAFTS 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 3886876 to register.

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MAREE REMALIA | MERRYGOGO IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18, 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

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.

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 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. A featured event of the 2017 NECSEM Conference. Free. www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

WALKOVER 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.

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 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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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.

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.

BURLINGTON TAIKO GROUP PERFORMANCE IN RIPTON. Friday, March 24, 6:30 p.m., Ripton Community House. The Burlington Taiko school residency program will come to Ripton Elementary as part of a school-wide theme study of “How We Express Ourselves,” with a free performance Friday evening. Open to the public.

SUNDAY MUSIC SERIES: MOOSE CROSSING JAZZ TRIO IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, March 26, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. Moose Crossing is the go-to group for the jazz aficionado looking for classics from Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra, to Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and hard driving funk tunes from Josef Zawinul to Herbie Hancock, with some original jazz music too! Free and open to the public.

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

Free 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.

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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 AvantGarde 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.

“CLOUD TECTONICS” IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, March 16, Friday, March 17 and 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.

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.

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.

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Meet the chef

Sarah Wisell from Hatch 31 in Bristol

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hirty-one Main Street in Bristol has seen its fair share of turnover.

Most recently it was ND’s Bar, before that, Dan’s Place, Reggie’s and No-Knee’s. Now it’s Hatch 31.

““IT’S FUN WORKING FOR YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT.”

— Sarah Wisell

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Sisters Sarah and Kayla Wisell, and their cousin Roberta Sinnock opened Hatch 31’s doors two years ago this May with the help of their father/uncle Matt Wisell. They spent the first month renovating the place.

“We painted the walls and ceiling, installed the wood half-wall, and Dad helped with the new lighting and fans,” Sarah explained during an interview last week. “Behind the bar is pretty much the same... we want to renovate that soon.

“By the time we opened the doors a month later, people were excited to see what we’d done,” Sarah said. “It’s still a bar, but the idea was to make it more family friendly.”

The space isn’t huge, but it maximizes its function with a raised stage for live music, a comfy bar, five or six tables,

high and low chairs, and a pool table tucked in the back corner with the fish tank. In the summer, a garage door on the front wall opens to let in the fresh air — in the colder months it’s a great source of light and perfect for peoplewatching.

On any given night, Roberta and Kayla will be behind the bar and Sarah is tucked back in the small kitchen making the food.

“The more people learn about the food here, the more they come,” said the Lincoln chef. “We keep dinnertime feeling like dinnertime... It isn’t fancy — we still serve food in baskets — but we do our best to have locally sourced, high quality food.”

The menu: classic bar food — done well.

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She sources her food from Black River Produce, local farm stands and their summer farm share from New Leaf Organics in Bristol.

Sarah graduated from Mount Abe Union High School in 2009 and went straight into food service. Sinnock hooked her up with a gig at A&W in Middlebury. After four or five years of cooking for A&W she moved on to cooking short-order breakfasts at Bristol Bakery. She also snuck a few years in cooking at Sugarbush Resort.

“I’m self-taught, I guess,” Sarah said.

“The people who I worked with were very helpful.” Cooking classes might be on the horizon, but for now, the nightly routine of running the Bristol bar is keeping her busy.

This St. Patrick’s Day — that’s this Friday — Sarah will make a special reuben with corned beef from Green Pasture Meats in New Haven, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and homemade Thousand Island dressing on Klinger’s rye bread. She’s making a stout gravy for the fries. Wash it down with one of Kayla’s Guinness milkshakes.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY REUBEN SPECIAL This Friday, Hatch 31 in Bristol will serve a special reuben sandwich and Guinness milkshake to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

THE SANDWICH: Corned beef — Green Pasture Meats, New Haven Sauerkraut Swiss cheese Thousand Island dressing Rye bread — Klinger’s, South Burlington Stout gravy for dipping

THE DRINK: Guinness milkshakes

“The Thursday, March 9 edition of the Addison Independent had a wonderful and very accurate article about Chef Rob Fenn and our Restaurant, Jessica’s at the Swift House Inn. As owners we are very proud of Chef Rob and our entire staff. Several people have pointed out an omission, and that is of Tom Weiner. This error is entirely my fault! Tom has been involved in the Middlebury restaurant scene for over 40 years.

He has been at Jessica’s for 14 years, as the Wine Manager, Dining Room Manager, Bartender, Host, and all around great guy. He is the face of the restaurant; he makes the front of the house run smoothly and we could not do this business without him. Tom and Chef Rob are both local guys and well known in the community. I wanted to make sure that Tom gets his deserved recognition for what he does for Jessica and his local followers. Thanks Tom!” — Dan Brown

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“It’s fun working for yourself because you can do what you want,” said Sarah. “But we all participate in creating and inspiring new ideas...

Even though I am the one that came into this business with the passion for food, we all have a hand in the production of menu items. Roberta, Kayla and even my dad have really grown a passion for food too.”

Friday’s music scene will be the usual bluegrass jam. Bring your instrument and celebrate St. Patty’s Day with some Irish folk tunes — or whatever. The Good Parts Band will play at Hatch 31 on Saturday, March 18. Check out Hatch 31’s Facebook page to see who’s coming to their stage next.

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EXHIBITS

MNFF WINTER SCREENING SERIES

AMERICAN FACES: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF PORTRAITURE AND IDENTITY. On exhibit Feb. 17–April 30 featuring 90 portraits from more than 20 collections exploring why Americans have been fascinated with images of themselves. The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu.

A major crowd pleaser at Sundance, this portrait of a 13-year-old girl from Asia’s Altai Mountains who defied eons of tradition by learning to hunt with fierce golden eagles.

Appeals to audiences of all ages.

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early fifteenth-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007.

SECOND SCREENING! Sun 3/19 2pm $12

THE EAGLE HUNTRESS

Sat 3/25 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

IDOMENEO

The classic Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production and music direction by James Levine highlight Mozart’s first operatic masterpiece, with Matthew Polenzani in the title role.

Pre-show talk in the Byers Studio at 12:15

Sun 3/26 4pm $15/$10 Seniors/$5 Students CHAMPLAIN PHILHARMONIC

A SPRING CELEBRATION WITH THE MASTERS Featuring Cello soloist McKinley James, the orchestra performs Bizet, Ravel & Saint-Saëns.

Fri 3/31 7:30pm $15

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SOUND

NPR producers Chris Hoff & Sam Harnett gather unique sounds for their popular show. Here’s your chance to be surrounded by sounds from around the world and through the centuries, and to rethink existence and experience through your ears.

In the Jackson Gallery 3/11 – 4/1

SANFORD FARRIER

POSTERS FOR PLAYS NOT YET WRITTEN Coinciding with and integral to the process of the 4th annual Pop-Up Plays, this collection is an invitation to engage in the dynamic of theatricality and thematic possibilities.

Artist’s Reception – Friday, March 31st 5-7pm

Sat 4/1 7:30pm $12

POP-UP PLAYS 2017

They’re Back! 6 new short plays so fresh you’ll have to slap them twice! 2017’s plays will be inspired by the gallery show Posters for Plays Not Yet Written by Sanford Ferrier.

Tue* 4/4 11am $10/$5 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAYS*

I, CLAUDE MONET

Award-winning director Phil Grabsky presents a fresh new look at Monet – through the artist’s own words. This intimate exploration of Monet is based on 2500 letters, forming the foundation of the film’s narration.

DICK KIRBY: METAL MADNESS. On exhibit March 3-April 30, featuring a one-man show of artist-designed steel works such as lamps, weathervanes, candle holders and coat racks. Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org.

FOCUS ON THE SHELDON: A FIVE-POINT PERSPECTIVE. On exhibit March 7-May 13, featuring five Middlebury-area photographers’ exploration of the collections of the Henry Sheldon Museum. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St, Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

GLASS ART: MOLTEN COLOR AND FROZEN FORMS. On exhibit March 24May 7, featuring kiln formed glass sculpture by Alyssa Oxley; hand-blown glass by Bud Shriner; and kilnformed glass jewelry and objects by Micaela Wallace. The exhibit also includes work by emerging glass artists Anne Hulvey, Mary Ellen Jeffries, Cherie Marshall, Lori Pietropaoli and Christie Witters. Opening reception and wine tasting on Friday, March 24 from 5-8 p.m. Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main Street, Vergennes. (802) 877-3850 or www.creativespacegallery.org.

GRACE MELLOW: NOT FOR SHOW. On exhibit March 2-April 9 featuring Grace Mellow’s gouache and pastel experimental figurative drawings.

Northern Daughters Gallery, 221 Main Street, Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or www.northerndaughters.com.

PRELUDE TO SPRING: BOTANICAL ART IN VERMONT. On exhibit Feb. 17-April 1, featuring the work of three of Vermont’s nest botanical artists: Bobbi Angell, Susan Bull Riley and Stephanie Whitney-Payne. Compass Music and Arts Center is located in Park Village at 333 Jones Drive, Brandon. (802) 247- 4295 or www.cmacvt.org.

RE-IMAGINE THE BRAIDED RUG. On exhibit, Feb. 4-April 29, featuring the work of West Fairlee rug braider Delsie Hoyt. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or www. vermontfolklifecenter.org.

SANFORD FARRIER: POSTERS FOR PLAYS NOT YET WRITTEN. On exhibit March 11-April 1, featuring large scale posters designed by graphic designer and Middlebury College graduate Sanford Farrier.

Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or www. townhalltheater.org.

UNTOUCHED BY TIME: THE ATHENIAN ACROPOLIS FROM PERICLES TO PARR. On exhibit Jan. 10-April 23, featuring early archaeological publications, antiquarian paintings, drawings and prints, as well as photographs, books, and more recent images that are all drawn from collections at Middlebury. Together they bear testimony to the fascination with the Acropolis that has prevailed from the Enlightenment to the present. Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007.

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MUSIC Kilts, pipes and amps are coming to Vergennes PRYDEIN AND CATAMOUNT PIPE BAND CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY WITH CELTIC-ROCK CONCERT

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ermont Celtic rock band Prydein is teaming up with the Catamount Pipe Band to bring a special St. Patrick’s Day Celebration to the Vergennes Opera House on Friday, March 17.

Back in their UVM college days, Aron Garceau (1996 FRIDAY MARCH grad) and Iain MacHarg Vergennes Opera House (1997 grad) met in their band “The Experiemental Music Program.” True to its name, the band took music in new directions, which wasn’t hard when MacHarg joined the group with his bagpipes.

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Prydein and the Catamount Pipe Band will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this Friday at the Verennes Opera House.

MacHarg, on bagpipes, and Garceau, on guitar, were an unnatural pairing perhaps, but it worked. “It was like Chocolate and Peanut Butter,” reads their bio on Prydein’s website.

“From this unlikely pairing came a band unlike any other with Aron’s hard rocking edge and Iain’s mastery of the bagpipes. The only thing they had to do was come up with a name.”

They settled on Prydein — pronounced (pry’ den_. They released their first album “Unfinished Business” in 1999. But it wasn’t long after that the duo decided to disband. “They both wanted to start families and were basically getting sick of each other,” their bio continues.

“The friendship that they had developed was more important to them than the music, which

did you know?

IAIN MACHARG ACHIEVED THE STATUS OF “OPEN PIPER” IN 2005 (WHICH BASICALLY MEANS HE CAN PLAY ANYTHING).

HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE CATAMOUNT PIPE BAND.

live music ANTHONY SANTOR TRIO. Friday, March 17, 7-9 p.m., 51 Main, Middlebury.

BOW THAYER. Saturday, March 18, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall.

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

CHELSEA BERRY. Saturday, March 25, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

DAYMARK. Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

KELLY RAVIN AND LOWELL THOMPSON. Saturday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

DIANA FANNING AND DIEUWKE DAVYDOV. Saturday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

they had been performing for the last six years, so they called the whole thing off early in 2001.”

In that time they each had children, they stayed in touch, and once a year they would get together a band and perform for the New World Festival in Randolph.

In 2005, things started to turn around and MacHarg, of Marshfield, and Garceau, of St. Albans, decided to bring the band back together, this time with new blood. Andy Smith, a music teacher in Charlotte and bass player, Caleb Bronz, of Winooski on drums, and Dan Houghton — who was replaced by Hazen Metro, a second bagpipe player — joined the group to make it a five person band.

The newly formed Prydein released two more albums in 2007 and 2010. Their most recent album, “About Time,” will debut on Friday.

“About Time” was four years in the making, and embodies the band’s last 18 years together.

Whether you call it Celtic-rock, kilt-rock, bagpipe rock, Scottish-rock or even sham-rock, Prydein delivers a high-energy performance loved by young and old. Together with the Catamount Pipe Band (which, by the way, was started and is managed by MacHarg) Friday’s show is going to be a blast.

Grab your friends, your dancing shoes and welcome in St. Patrick’s Day with Prydein and the Catamount Pipe Band. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. First five guests through the door get a free copy of About Time. A cash bar will be provided by the Bar Antidote.

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the movie LAND OF MINE — RUNNING TIME: 1:40 — RATING: R In all my years of slipping off to movies, I have never experienced anything like Land of Mine, a Danish story set in 1945 when the Danes forced German prisoners to search for and dismantle mines buried on the beautiful beaches of their country.

In the first scene, the Danish sergeant in charge displays his brutality with a force that silenced the theater for the full length of the film. After that there was not a sound in the theater. The natural expectation had been that it would be the good guy Danes vs. the bad guy Germans. That’s far too easy for this extraordinary study of what happens when men acquire the power of life or death over others, especially when the power shifts from one side to the other.

By assigning just twenty German boys to clear all the buried mines on just one beach, the movie becomes a graphic lesson of brutality unleashed on a personal level, a lesson in what war does to individuals. It is crafted so beautifully that it’s a safe bet that few stray thoughts came to anyone in that theater. Is anyone unaffected? No one moved when the lights came up and when they did, they lingered in the hallway, clustered in shock.

The monstrous Sergeant Carl Rasmussen (Roland Moller) has complete control over 20 young German soldiers, the skinny adolescent boys who were pulled in as the German ranks shrank as the war wore on. Under the sergeant’s brutal treatment, they crawl the beaches on their bellies as they stab the sand with probes. When the probe hits metal, they scrape the sand with their hands and unplug the fuse — unless it blows up. As if to confirm our broken assumption of the goodness of the Danes, we learn that the sergeant’s superiors are equally brutal. When we see flashes of decency in the sergeant, we realize again what war has done to him.

Louis Hofmann in Land of Mine (2015).

vengeance on the Germans who caused WWII, complicated by the fact that the enemy soldiers in this case are German schoolboys.

Those beautiful beaches became a field of death for Danes during war and for Germans post war. Both the Danish military and the German boys are acted with conviction so strong that it is no accident that we find ourselves astonished that our sympathies can shift at all.

When a movie is this overwhelming, the critical questions it raises become absorbing and the primary one is why, after centuries of wars that have killed millions, do men still sit around tables discussing war as a solution to disputes? This mighty film screams “Is there no other way?”

Credit writer/director Martin Zandvliet with forcing us to think about that question. And credit the Danes for addressing both sides of it.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

With rare skill, the film deals with what happens to those we think of as the good guys — here the Danish military who feel free to exact

the book ONE OF THE BOYS — BY DANIEL MAGARIEL (Scribner Book Company)

A 12-year-old boy, his older brother, and their father leave their Kansas home having “won” a bitter divorce and custody battle. They get a fresh start in Albuquerque, N.M., a mythical idyll in their father’s memory, go to school, start work, caught up in the excitement of their escape.

But things go downhill quickly: the father grows erratic, his drug use overpowering him; the boys are forced to cover for him and take care of him at the expense of their own education and well-being. This novel, though slim, packs a punch. The story author Daniel Magariel writes is filled with such horrors, yet it is still a story of hope and human resilience. It’s just incredible. The characters are fully realized, three-dimensional, human beings. The 12-year-old narrator’s voice is the most authentic I have encountered in recent fiction. Even in the darkest moments, Magariel reveals flashes of their father’s humor and his humanity, and you can see the tragedy is now his existence.

The father could so easily have been the most despicable character, but the straight-forward narration and the flashback at the end is heartbreaking. This is impeccable writing and a gut-wrenching story.

―— Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

#YOUAREHERE The Bloggess, for those not in the know, is Jenny Lawson, a stupendously funny, anxiety-ridden and highly successful blogger and author.

Her first book, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, became a No. 1 New York Times BestSeller the first week out and she has no idea how that happened. Her latest book, You Are Here: An Owner’s Manual for Dangerous Minds, is essentially a funny and thoughtful self-help coloring book (with lots of words in it). People are coloring and sharing their work on social media using the #youarehere hashtag.

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nephew said, Nazi German officers took over the family’s home in Antwerp. The Fischers went from France to Morocco, then Cuba for a year before arriving in New York, where they settled.

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The Compass Center hosts musicians from around the world and while they have an adequate piano on the premises, sometimes it’s not quite up to the task.

“We had a very well known pianist, Andreas Boyde, come and play a concert,” Edna said. “He plays very powerfully and our piano kept going out of tune. He came to me and said, ‘You’ve got to get a Steinway.’ At the time I was like, well, that’s a pipe dream, and yet here we are.”

The Suttons said the piano will give back to music lovers in Brandon for many years to come.

“It’s the Foundation’s Steinway, and it will always be Brandon’s,” Stephen said.

A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL John Fischer was a complicated man who began life in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1941, Fischer, who was Jewish, fled the Nazi occupation with his parents at age 11 on a train bound for France. A day later, his

Fischer graduated from high school and immediately began pursuing life as an artist, alienating his family.

He married, and his wife, Frances, was a high-level official with the United Nations in Switzerland, where the couple lived for several years.

But Fischer’s primary residence was a 2,000-square-foot loft space in Tribeca that he dubbed ”Environ”, where he would host a variety of Jazz musicians and artists in a performance and gallery space.

Fischer was also a visual artist, and in the 1960s and ‘70s was known for his bread sculptures. He met Salvador Dali and knew Dave Brubeck. He appeared on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, and “To Tell the Truth.”

Fischer also wrote poetry and an autobiography titled, “We’ll Know When We Get There,” Zollman said.

Fischer was also one of the early computer graphic artists, and a painter.

The Compass Music and Art Center this month received a 1915 Steinway Model B grand piano, and a collection of sound equipment, from the estate of the late John Fischer.

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TOUGH TIMES

Storm Sandy in 2012.

Both pianist and piano had been through a lot. Zollman said his uncle suffered a massive stroke in 2014 from which he never fully recovered.

In the end, Zollman said his uncle had grown distant and when he passed away, he trusted very few people. Having the Steinway in Brandon is a nice reminder of the good times the two had together.

The Steinway spent the last 20 years in the basement of the building in Tribeca. It survived the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center just two blocks south. Zollman said Fischer had to move out for four months while the building was cleaned of dust and debris. The piano was also in the basement when it flooded following Super

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“He was a fascinating person who had absolute clarity of mind and gave me great advice at times,” Zollman said. “He had a very kind spirit, but he had his demons like anybody. But it’s a wonderful piano and I’m really glad it’s here, it’s just weird to see it here without him.”

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