March 22, 2018

2018

ip Worsh y or Direct urch Area Ch

k ly Wee ory • Ho

es

Servic

Direct

Worship

On stage

Read about more than two dozen area churches and religious organizations in our directory.

Teenage girls talk very freely about dates, sports and their inner lives. See Arts + Leisure.

ndent

Indepe

22, 201 • March

A publica

Vol. 72 No. 12

The owners of an unusual passive solar home were surprised. See our spring home improvement section.

ADDISON COUNTY

8

dison The Ad tion of

Cube house

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont



Thursday, March 22, 2018  66 Pages

Bristol demonstration keeps focus on guns Residents gather with students to protect schools

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS A month later, addressing a shivering crowd on BRISTOL — The day after 17 people were shot the Bristol Town Green, Mount Abe senior Casey to death at a Parkland, Fla., school, last month Ober this past Saturday echoed that sentiment: as Fair Haven police investigated a Poultney “I say ‘I love you’ to my parents whenever I teen for planning a similar shooting walk out the door because my school at Fair Haven Union High School, “This was could be next, their office could be Mount Abraham Union High School next.” an amazing conducted a routine fire drill. Ober, along with about 125 other “That was scary,” sophomore start for our students and residents, braving 30 community. The mph gusts that brought the wind chill Emma Campbell later recalled. Senior Chloe Lyons agreed: near zero, gathered around the town conversation “Everybody was like, ‘I don’t want does not end bandstand Saturday to protest gun to go outside,’ because we knew that violence. here.” it’s a very common way to lure kids Mt. Abe Student Activists (MASA), — Chloe Lyons a group co-founded by Lyons and outside when there’s a shooting.” Before Parkland and Fair Haven, seniors Madeline Bernoudy and Mount Abraham students had viewed safety drills Molly Funk, had meant for the “Park Protest” as a kind of joke, Lyons said. “A lot of kids just took to coincide with the National School Walkout it as a time to get on our phones and hang out. But on Wednesday, March 14, but Addison County now there’s more of a sense of, ‘This could be us.’” (See Bristol, Page 11A)

ANSWERING A CALL from the group Mount Abe Student Activists to light a fire under those in charge of school safety, students and other community members gathered Saturday on the Bristol Town Green and vowed to continue their efforts to end gun violence. Above left, Mount Abe senior Molly Funk receives the applause of gun-control advocates for her work as a student activist. Independent photos/Christopher Ross

$1.00

Sale of dairy farm is sign of the times Hinsdale predicting more auctions to come

By ANGELO LYNN CHARLOTTE — Clark Hinsdale III’s family has been farming on Vermont’s soils for seven generations in Addison and Chittenden counties. On Wednesday, he auctioned off his herd of 250 milking cows, his farm implements and tools, his robotic milkers and all the agricutural trappings of a lifetime in the dairy industry at one of Vermont’s most iconic dairy operations. Hinsdale’s Nordic Farms, a symbol of Vermont’s dairy prominence and heritage, sits atop a prominent knoll in Charlotte just south of the Shelburne line on Route 7 overlooking Lake Champlain to the west and Camel’s Hump and Mount Mansfield to the east. Its bright red roof on a massive, snowy white barn with the Green Mountains as a backdrop has provided a visual clue (however mistaken that might have been) of the vitality of the dairy industry. But the past three years of depressed milk prices have taken their toll on Vermont’s small to midsize dairy farms. “Dairy farms with under 500 cows are over,” proclaimed Clark Hinsdale this Tuesday at his office in the white, two-story farmhouse in front of the dairy barn. Standing in this socks, jeans and plaid button-up, long-sleeve shirt, the six-foot-tall man in his early 60s who has spent the better part of 40 years advocating on behalf of dairy farmers, explained some of the economic forces that are making farming so difficult in (See Dairy farms, Page 1A)

Senate eyes funding path to clean water Panel would evaluate per-parcel fee By JOHN FLOWERS SHOREHAM — The Vermont Senate this week was set to take action on a bill that would lead to a funding scheme for the state’s share of an estimated $2.3 billion cleanup of the state’s waterways — including Lake Champlain. Bill S.260 would create an eightperson study committee that would be asked, among other things, to consider a per-parcel fee to collect the more than $26 million in annual

revenues over the next 20-plus years that is Vermont’s share of the federally mandated cleanup. The state Senate was slated to debate and potentially vote on S.260 as the Addison Independent went to press on Wednesday afternoon. If the bill clears the Senate, it will move to the House. “It’s been a long haul,” Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven, said during Monday’s legislative breakfast at (See Water quality, Page 11A)

Ferrisburgh looks to help By the way neighbors of dog rescuer

Three Addison County students were among 615 nationwide to receive a 2018 Horatio Alger State Scholarship, valued at up to $10,000 each. This annual scholarship recognizes outstanding (See By the way, Page 3A)

Index Obituaries........................... 6A-7A Classifieds.......................... 4B-8B Service Directory............... 5B-6B Entertainment.........Arts + Leisure Community Calendar......... 8A-9A Arts Calendar.........Arts + Leisure Sports................................. 1B-2B

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — With at least 30 residents watching, the Ferrisburgh selectboard on Tuesday talked about three different approaches to handle longstanding neighborhood complaints about a Sand Road dog rescue operation that currently houses not only about 30 dogs and 10 cats, but now has a rat infestation. At issue is 2512 Sand Road, at which Sheila McGregor, 53, runs Heidi’s Haven dog rescue. McGregor says she finds homes for about 50 or 60 dogs a year that she saves from high-kill shelters, and her operation has been endorsed by clients and others in the rescue community. But not by her neighbors, who (See Ferrisburgh, Page 7A)

Yes, he’s intimidating!

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Duncan Crogan performs as Gaston with fellow cast members during rehearsal of “Beauty and the Beast” at the school Tuesday afternoon. The senior musical opens Thursday night and runs Friday and Sunday. For more photos from the show see Page 2A. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Cordes confirms 2nd bid for Addison-4 House seat Lincoln Democrat joining a crowded field By JOHN FLOWERS LINCOLN — Mari Cordes is hoping in November to reverse the order of results in her last race for Addison-4’s two seats in the Vermont House. In that 2016 election, the Lincoln Democrat finished a close

fourth among the four candidates competing for the right to represent Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro. It was Cordes’ first House run, and she’s using it as a learning experience to make her a more successful

candidate this time around. “I loved connecting with my neighbors and meeting new people,” Cordes, a longtime Registered Nurse, said of her initial foray into statewide politics. And she believes she’ll have to burn even more shoe leather this spring, summer and fall, canvassing homes

in all four Addison-4 communities, listening to constituent concerns and discussing ways to address those issues in Montpelier. She knows she’ll have to be on top of her game if she’s to win a seat in what promises to be a crowded field this fall. She’ll have to first run the gauntlet of a (See Cordes, Page 10A)

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

‘Beauty and the Beast’

THIS YEAR’S MIDDLEBURY Union High School senior musical is based on the 1991 Disney animated classic “Beauty and the Beast.” A cast of 65 seniors, along with a talented crew, has been working throughout the winter to pull the show together for a Thursday night opening. The show also runs Friday and Sunday. Pictured here from a Tuesday rehearsal are, clockwise from top left, Jaro Perrera in front of Keagan Dunbar, left, Satchel McLaughlin, Helen Anderson, Brynn Kent and Andi Boe; Lydia Alberts as Belle; Alberts; Duncan Crogan and Jared Schauer in front of Ella Nagy-Benson, left, Polly Heminway, Elizabeth Marini, Sarah Broughtman, Isabel Rosenberg and Ciara Eagan; Alberts and Jack Deppman; and Rosenberg, Eagan, Nagy-Benson, Broughtman and Marini.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 3A

Group organizing forum on future of Mount Abe

BRISTOL — The Steering and the other focusing on Mount Committee of an organization Abe as a 5-town community center called the 5-Town Community (economy, ecology and equity). Forum is arranging another forum These conversations will celebrate for Saturday, March and build upon the 31, to discuss the results of the Jan. 6 future physical needs The forum will meeting and more. of Mount Abraham have two rooms: A preview sent Union High School. one focusing on out by David Brynn The meeting will be learning and the said that a “plenary held at Mount Abe session will imagine other focusing from 9-11:30 a.m. a collaborative, inThe first 5-Town on Mount Abe formative, inspiring, Community Forum as a community empowering process held at Bristol center. to engage the whole Elementary School 5-Town Community on Jan. 6 drew more in the future of Mount than 70 people who had very Abe Union High. Please keep your lively and positive conversations eyes out for more information and on the future of the 50-year-old plan to attend.” high school building. He promised that, as happened At this point, the March 31 at the Jan. 6 forum, “all ideas will forum will have two rooms: one be heard, recorded, shared and focusing on learning (education) celebrated.”

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) students who, “in the face of great adversity, have exhibited an admirable commitment to continuing their education and serving their communities,” according to the non-profit Horatio Alger Association. The three local winners of the scholarship were Nicole Palmer and Olivia Beauchamp, both of Middlebury Union High School, and Kameryn Norse of Bristol, a Mount Abraham Union High School student. Starksboro resident Kate La Riviére has established herself as a frequent cast member with the Shelburne Players. She will soon hit the stage with the theater company’s production of “The Dixie Swim Club,” which will appear on the Shelburne Town Center stage on April 13-15 and 19-21. For more information go to shelburneplayers. com or call 343-2602. Congratulations to Chloe Lyons of Mount Abraham Union High School for being among 10 students who competed on Monday in the 2018 Vermont Poetry Out

Loud State Semi-final competition finals. Though she didn’t take the title, Lyons represented her school and her county admirably. If you’re interested in Camel’s Hump you may wish to weigh in on the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources’ new draft plan for managing Vermont’s most iconic mountain. The agency is accepting comments on the plan, which calls for focused expansion of hiking, mountain biking and cross-country ski trail networks, as well as the potential management of localized backcountry ski glades. At the same time, the plan proposes to restrict rock climbing in a small portion of the natural area to protect a unique community of cliff-dwelling plants. Read the plan online at goo.gl/PchBei. Written comments will be accepted through Friday, April 13, and can be submitted electronically to ANR.CamelsHumpComments@ Vermont.gov or through the mail to the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation, 111 West St., Essex Junction, VT 05452-4695.

THT, Shoreham Library awarded repair funds

Grants to help fix historic buildings

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater and Shoreham’s Platt Memorial Library have landed state grants that will improve the durability and historic integrity of those two venerable buildings. The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation recently awarded matching grants of $9,400 to replace around 500 deteriorating bricks in the exterior façade of the THT building, and $9,544 to restore the original front entrance of the Platt Memorial Library. THEATER BRICKS “We’ve know for several years we had to do this, but were waiting to find a partner, and they came through,” THT Executive Director Douglas Anderson said of the Division for Historic Preservation. The stately building — erected in 1884 — was designed by renowned local architect Clinton Smith, also credited for such structures as Shard Villa in west Salisbury, the Addison County Courthouse and Middlebury’s Battell Block. His buildings have stood the test of time, though Mother Nature and some subpar original construction materials have made THT’s maintenance somewhat of a challenge for its many generous and dedicated stewards. “We love him dearly and cherish his memory,” Anderson said of Smith. “However, he built our building with inferior bricks.” The $9,400 grant will help pay for what is merely the latest phase of brick replacement at the 134-year-old entertainment edifice that crowns Merchants Row. “People might remember that when we restored the building prior to 2008, we had to replace thousands of bricks going up the side of the bell tower,” Anderson said. “It’s a difficult and expensive proposition, in that you have to somehow match the color and the grout. We (replaced) as many as we could at the time, knowing it will probably be an eternal process of replacing these bricks. Mind you, they lasted 100 years, but they’re not going to last much longer than that.” Some THT boosters traveled to Montpelier last week to receive the historic preservation check. They compared notes with other grant recipients.

O C L A ! L D S O E O RVICES W L A C LO Exclusively Vermont Wood Products ! and Lathrop’s Maple Supply

Long length prefinished wood flooring ready to go

• Ash - 3 and 4 inches select • Birch - 3, 4, and 5 inches select

• Brown Maple - 4 inches select • Red Oak - 4 and 5 inches select

• Log Run Red Maple - 4 inches • Log Run Beech - 4 and 4 inches

ALSO AVAILABLE:

*20,000 Ft. of unfinished wide pine 9 to 17 inches wide *Discounted odd lots *Unfinished flooring in various widths and species also available Hewitt Road, Bristol, VT *Lumber hardwoods and softwoods 802-453-2897 exclusivelyvt.com 4/4-12/4 thickness

TOWN HALL THEATER will use a grant from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation to replace some of these deteriorating bricks on the outside of the Middlebury landmark.

“You’re never done,” Anderson said of building maintenance. “Anyone who lives in an old house knows you’re never done, which is why the Division of Historic Preservation is so important. They’re not just supporting new projects, they realize there’s this eternal vigilance we need on these old buildings.” Anderson noted THT — like many other local, independent performance centers — has instituted a modest, historic preservation surcharge on each ticket sold. Those who inquire about the surcharge and its use are cordially invited to tour the facility to look at the spalling bricks. “Then they say, ‘Oh, we understand,’” Anderson chuckled. Accumulated funds from that surcharge will help provide the THT’s match for the state grant. “We’re all stewards of this building,” Anderson said. “It’s easy to defer maintenance and put money into programs or shows. But we will always be putting money into maintaining this building. ” The brickwork will happen this spring, according to Anderson. In related THT news, the organization has raised around $1.7 million toward its $2.5 million goal to permanently endow a new artistic director’s position and bankroll ongoing maintenance of the theater building. “It’s amazing,” Anderson said of

the progress. “That’s a lot. I don’t think you’ll find any other theater our size that has an endowment that size and will continue to grow.” As previously reported by the Independent, plans call for Anderson to step into the new artistic director’s role and for THT to recruit a new executive director to take the organizational reins. “We’re going to start that search now and hope to have someone in place by this summer,” Anderson said. At the same time, Anderson stressed THT continue to raise money to meet the $2.5 million goal. PLATT LIBRARY REPAIRS Meanwhile, stewards of the Platt Memorial Library are grateful and eager to get under way with their project. Grant funds, and the local match, will lead to restoration of the 112-year-old library’s original front entrance. Work will include rebuilding the marble steps and column supports, and restoring the wooden columns supporting the portico. “We represent what I think Historic Preservation is hoping for in grants,” Platt Memorial Librarian Abby Adams said. “We’re both bringing our building back to what it was, and also making it easier for people to use.” Right now, the library closes its main entrance (fronting Main Street) each winter because of the deteri-

W L O A O C D! O L SERVICES L A C ! LO

orating marble steps. Specifically, the vertical risers under the steps are cracking. Additionally, the marble underneath the portico support columns is pitted, cracked and stained, Adams explained. “Are (the stairs) still structurally sound? Yes, but every year we put off these repairs, they’re getting worse,” Adams said. Plans also call for the historic front door to be moved back to its original position. Workers will take pains to salvage as much of the old material as possible, officials said. “Anything existing that can be repaired will be reused,” Adams said. “Materials to be replaced will be likekind.” Shoreham residents have had a history of literally giving the shirts off their backs to support their library. In 2008, several community members disrobed almost to their birthday suits for a humorous pictorial calendar that raised money toward a $675,000 renovation and expansion project for the library. Adams said the community is still raising money for library improvement projects focusing on the building’s interior. Anyone wanting to donate can do so by making their check payable to the Platt Memorial Library, 279 Main St., Shoreham, VT 05770.

PAGE 4A — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Letters

Editorials

to the Editor

A stark visual to dairy’s reality The decline in the number of dairy farms in Vermont has been steady for the past 70 years, even as milk output increases and the economic contribution to the state remains significant. Perhaps because dairy remains an economic powerhouse in the farm sector, we Vermonters aren’t as concerned as we might be to the problems dairy farmers are facing today. Those troubles hit close to home this week with the auction of Clark Hinsdale III’s 250-cow dairy herd at one of Vermont’s most iconic dairy farms. Hinsdale’s 600-acre Nordic Farms sits prominently off Route 7 atop a knoll overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks to the west and Mount Mansfield, Camel’s Hump and the Green Mountains to the east. It’s a spectacular setting and the bright red roof of the large, state-of-the-art white milking barn created a scene of seeming prosperity and vitality. And it was prosperous back in 2014, when milk prices were at $24 per hundredweight. But three years of declining prices sent the farm, which had been sold to Hinsdale’s former farm manager who had three sons also interested in farming, into bankruptcy in 2017. After a year of trying to find a suitable buyer, Hinsdale called it quits and this Wednesday morning auctioned off all the farm equipment, the robotic milking system and other dairy related stuff that might have had value to area farmers. What’s significant about this sale, and about this three-year price spiral, is that it seems different. Nordic Farms had been well financed. Hinsdale is a seventh-generation Vermonter (all four of his grandparents — maternal and paternal — are seventh generation) and money from the California Gold Rush days reportedly helped finance the purchase of some of the land in Addison and Chittenden counties the family still owns. Nordic Farms was innovative and forward-thinking, installing the first robotic milking systems in the state, and inviting thousands of farmers throughout Vermont and upstate New York to visit the farm for demonstrations. Hinsdale also diversified into sugaring, organic vegetables, hay, hops, beef, grapes and the Charlotte Berry Farm, which he sold a few years prior. And he knew dairy policy inside-out through his almost 40 years of advocacy on behalf of dairy farmers, primarily as the long-time president of the Vermont Farm Bureau from 1986 to 2006. He traveled extensively, visited lots of farms in various states and countries, and learned what he could. What he says today is that the typical three-year dairy cycle of boom-tobust pricing (which should have ended by now but sees no sign of doing so) has changed, and that the industry is eyeing uncharted territory. Numbers tell part of that changing story: • A hundred years ago, Vermont had more cows that people. No longer. The state’s population is about 625,000 people, and Vermont’s dairy cows have declined to about 100,000 (down from about 134,000 cows in 2012.) • Of those 100,000 dairy cows, about a third (29,000), are found on farms with herds of 1,000 or more. • Today there are about 25 to 30 farms of 1,000 or more cows, or just under 3 percent; about 80 percent of the other roughly 750 dairy farms are under 200 cows, while mid-size farms make up the difference. • About 67 percent of Vermont’s dairy farms are located in three counties: Addison, Franklin and Orleans. • While Vermont represents only about 2 percent of the nation’s milk production, and ranks 16th overall, it produces over 60 percent of all milk produced in New England, and dairy represents 70 percent of all agricultural sales in the state. • And according to the 2012 report, Milk Matters, about 6,000 to 7,000 jobs in the state are tied to the dairy industry, which contributed $2.2 billion to the state’s economy in that year. Significantly, it’s having one-third of the cows owned by less than 3 percent of the large farms that could be changing the dynamics of the boom-bust cycle — and that’s a trend that is only likely to accelerate in the coming years, and with the majority of those 750 dairy farms being under 200 cows that portends a lot of upcoming change. Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy is championing a forthcoming $1.1 billion aid package to the dairy industry, a Margin Protection Program is soon to be rolled out, and there’s congressional babble of setting a base price for milk at $23.34 per hundredweight (see story Page 1A), but federal assistance in the past, while well-intended, hasn’t been sufficient to stem the tide that has seen smaller dairies fold as the number of larger dairies grow. That Charlotte’s Nordic Farms, once a Dairy Farm of Distinction, is no longer a dairy brings a starker visual image to that reality. Angelo Lynn

Uphill battle to come on S.55 Vermont’s House of Representatives could vote on a significant guncontrol bill as early as this Friday. That prospect follows narrow passage of S.55 by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. A less restrictive version of the bill had passed the Senate earlier this month, which means that if S.55 passes the full House, some version of the bill would likely be approved by the full Legislature and sent to Republican Gov. Phil Scott for his signature this session. Gov. Scott, who had a change of heart on the issue after a teen was arrested earlier this year for threatening to kill students at Fair Haven Union High School, has said he wants to pass stricter gun control legislation. The bill passed by the House committee approved measures that would, according to Vt.Digger: • Expand universal background checks to include the private sales of firearms; • Provide immunity to any licensed dealer who performs background checks in such a transfer from any civil or criminal liability, except that immunity would not apply in the event of reckless or intentional misconduct by a licensed dealer. • Increase the age to buy a firearm in Vermont to 21, with exceptions for law enforcement and military members, including veterans, as well as a person who provides the seller with a certificate of completion of a Vermont hunter safety course or an equivalent hunter safety course that is approved by the commissioner of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. • Prohibit a person from manufacturing, possessing, transferring, offering for sale, purchasing, receiving, or importing into the state a large capacity ammunition feeding device that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The possession of such magazines legally owned before the legislation goes into effect would be exempt. • Ban bump stocks; • Set up a process for police to dispose of guns that are currently kept in storage, but are no longer part of an open case. Not included in the bill, but which had been widely discussed, were restrictions to ban assault-style firearms, establish a 10-day waiting period for gun sales, and require the locked storage of firearms. The thousands of elementary, middle and high school students (and their parents) who have rallied to this cause have made a huge difference, so far; what remains to be seen is whether they can successfully out-gun the gun lobby to get the bill across the finish line. That’s an uphill battle still to come.

Angelo Lynn

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Periodicals Postage Paid at Middlebury, Vt. 05753

Postmaster, send address change to Addison Independent, 58 Maple Street, Middlebury, Vermont • 388-4944 • Fax: 388-3100 • Web: www.addisonindependent.com E-Mail: news@addisonindependent.com • E-Mail Advertising: ads@addisonindependent.com Published every Monday, Thursday by the Addison Press, Inc. Member Vermont Press Association; New England Press Association; National Newspaper Association. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In State – 6 Months $36.00, 1 Year $50.00, 2 years $90.00: Out of State – 6 Months $44.00, 1 Year $60.00, 2 years $110. All print subscriptions include online access. Discounted rate for Senior Citizens, call for details. 802-388-4944. Online Only – 1 Week $3.00, 1 Month $6.00, 6 Months $25.00, 1 Year $44.00 The Independent assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertisements but will reprint that part of an advertisement in which the typographical error occurred. Advertiser will please notify the management immediately of any errors that may occur. The Addison Independent USPS 005-380

Shooter backs gun regulations I applaud Gov. Phil Scott’s pursuit of laws that would prevent mass murder in Vermont. Here are two proposals that would make it impossible for shooters to attain the combination of rapid-fire and larger-than-normal cartridge capacity which makes it possible to fire a continuous fusillade of bullets. 1. Ban all accessories that permit a rifle to be converted to rapid-fire capability. 2. Ban large capacity magazines that make it possible for shooters to fire more than five cartridges without having to pause to reload. If you just ban “bump stocks” manufacturers will design some other type of device that converts a rifle to rapid fire. Ban all rapid-fire accessories that are available now or become so in the future. I am 81 years old and am a lifelong hunter and target shooter but I shun the NRA, which I believe represents people who want to rise up against government, not legitimate gun users. Thank you for your consideration of these points. Jerome B. Robinson Bridport

The Crook

Not spring yet

TRACKS SHOW WHERE a cross country skier enjoyed a solitary trek up Forest Road 25 in Granville this past Saturday with more than 10 inches of new snow on the ground and 30 inches this month. The official first day of spring was Tuesday.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Lessons of a father’s unknown past Abi Sessions recently wrote a Ways of Seeing column about her father, who would have turned 100 in February. This got me thinking about my dad, who would have also become a centenarian this month. I share a reflection on his life that seems relevant today. My father was tall, athletic and soft-spoken. When I was young, he often danced us around the house, me on his shoulders and one of my sisters in each arm. He could throw a stone clear across the large pond at Johnson Park and was once, while pitching for a high school baseball game, spotted by a Yankees’ scout who commented on his ability. My father’s birth name was Samuel Leibowitz, second of four sons born to my Romanian immigrant grandparents who arrived on Manhattan Island at Castle Garden, America’s first official immigration center, around the turn of the century. By Alice Around the time my father and two Leeds of his brothers graduated from college with engineering degrees, his parents decided to change the family name. It was the late 1940’s, when it was commonly known that Jewish engineers had less employment opportunities than their Christian counterparts. My grandfather opened the phone book to the page containing their current family name and slid his finger down to “Leeds.” When their attorney suggested that my father’s first name was also “too Jewish” he was reassigned the name Sherwood Leeds, which went with him for the remaining four decades of his life. Though his name was anglicized, my father never denied or rejected his Jewish identity.

Ways of Seeing

The name change served its purpose, but only for a short while. My father and one of his brothers were soon hired by the United States government as civilian employees. However, within several years they were both suspended from their positions, accused of communist activity along with a number of other Jewish government employees, all victims of the infamous McCarthy Era. One of the pieces of evidence against my father was a comment he made during a private conversation in his office. “You can’t condemn an entire people,” he had said to a colleague. “Not every Communist is bad.” Another piece of evidence used against my father and his brother was that they had associated with each other. The rest of the evidence was equally preposterous. After many months of hearings, in which reams of so-called evidence documented the most personal details and habits of the accused personnel, all charges against my father, my uncle, and their coworkers were dropped due to lack of any evidence of misconduct. In the process, it became clear that coworkers had been asked to report on their colleagues behavior. All suspended employees were reinstated, though my father left his government job for a research opportunity in private industry. Hundreds of other innocent victims of Senator McCarthy were not so fortunate, and McCarthyism eventually became known as the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. These events took place before I was born. My father never told me about his name change, and he never mentioned the McCarthy Era. I pieced his story together (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Choosing the right time to step down Earlier this month, Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol, told his constituents that he would not seek another term in this year’s election. Sharpe, first elected in 2002, currently serves as chair of the House Education Committee. In an interview with the Independent’s John Flowers, Sharpe explained his decision by saying, “There’s an ability to have new faces and new energy and new ideas present in the State House. That’s a good thing. I’d like to spend more time with my grandkids and traveling with my wife. It all added up to the decision to let someone else take my place.” Sen. Carolyn Branagan, R-Franklin, like Sharpe first elected to the Legislature in 2002, also told her constituents last week that she would not be running this year. Her explanation for stepping aside was similar to Sharpe’s. As she told John Walters of Seven Days, “I love my job. I love the By Eric L. Davis work we do. But I’ve been there 16 years, and it’s time. This is supposed to be a citizen legislature. I think 16 years is enough. There’s nothing bad that happened. I’ve just felt for several weeks that this should be my last term.” One of the hardest things for any elected official not subject to term limits is deciding when to call it a career. This is especially the case for long-time legislators such as Sharpe and Branagan, who although they represent politically competitive districts, would be favored for re-election had they run. There is often the temptation to go for one more term, to try one last time to get a piece of desired legislation all the way through the process.

Politically Thinking

There is also a social aspect of continuing to serve in the Legislature. Since many legislators spend the week in Montpelier during the session and return home on weekends, camaraderie and friendships develop among members, and in Vermont, those relationships often cross party lines. Giving up membership in the group is hard for some. When senior members leave, they are often missed by their colleagues, especially if they have earned the respect of the leadership and their peers enough to be named chairs or vice-chairs of important committees. This will be the case with Sharpe, whose Education Committee is responsible for considering measures dealing with both the organization and the funding of school districts across the state. Sharpe noted that some relatively new members of the committee — including Reps. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, and Scott Beck, R-St. Johnsbury — have already demonstrated the expertise and leadership skills needed to be important members on education policymaking in the years ahead. Neither Sharpe nor Branagan consider themselves indispensable, and are willing to step aside at a high point of their careers. Unfortunately, some legislators, at both the state and federal levels, hold on too long, and end up getting dismissed by their constituents. Examples in Washington include former Sens. J. William Fulbright, D-Arkansas, and Richard Lugar, R-Indiana, who were defeated in primary elections by (See Davis, Page 5A)

Not the shepherd’s crook ─ staff and symbol of the creed of caring, rod and gatherer of those who stray or are lost, a gentle arm to lead the tired, the poor, those yearning to be free to a better land and to nudge, urge, and welcome black, white, all colors of the rainbow to join together as one nation indivisible. Instead, it is the fiery rod of chaos and division of invective and revenge wielded without mercy or good conscience by the Republican in the White House. Charles Sabukewicz Middlebury

Honoree grateful to Middlebury I want to thank the town of Middlebury, the town manager and the selectboard, for whom I have had the privilege of serving, for the great honor in the dedication of the town report. Karl Neuse Middlebury

New tool to help vulnerable vital I was so excited to read about the “Homelessness Tool” being used by CVOEO, as described by Jan Demers, their Executive Director. VI-SPDAT — Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool — allows local organizations to prioritize those who are in the most danger from being homeless, and place them at the top of the list for needed services. Demers noted that Chittenden County has been using this tool for four years, and it has had startlingly positive results (56 percent drop in chronic homelessness, 26 percent drop in family homelessness; 42 percent drop in homelessness among those with mental illnesses; and a 70 percent drop in homelessness among those affected by chronic substance use disorder). Addison County has the social service network, and the community commitment, to end homelessness here, if we decide to make it a priority. Thanks to CVOEO and all others who are working hard on this important project. Emily Joselson Middlebury

Wildlife officials ignore majority

The population of moose has drastically declined in Vermont due to winter ticks, brainworm, lungworm, loss of habitat and hunting. Yet, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Board still support a 2018 moose hunt. For too long the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and Board (solely made (See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 5A

Kids lead the way on gun safety

It seems as if our kids are the myopic inability to deal with gun grown-ups in the room when it violence in their communities and comes to gun safety, universal in their schools. background checks, and stronger One thing I have learned over gun laws in Vermont. This Saturday, my years of pediatric practice — March 24, is the March for Our chronic stress, fear and anxiety are Lives all across the U.S. Hundreds toxic. Our bodies produce stress of thousands of people will march hormones and neurotransmitters in Washington, D.C., in that make us ready Middlebury, Montpefor “fight or flight.” lier, Rutland, all across Developing brains are the U.S. led by our uniquely susceptible to courageous, articulate the deforming effects This week’s writer young people, pleading of these chemicals with us, “Enough is is Middlebury and hormones. When pediatrician and Enough!” young brains marinate As a pediatrician, author Dr. Jack in these chemicals I am an advocate for Mayer. our children’s brains children and young are damaged. Chronic people. I’ve been there when they stress sets the emotional stage for were born, helpless and needing depression, anxiety, and difficulties protection and nurturing. I’ve cared in attending, modulating behavior, for them, advised their parents, and social relationships. watched them grow and mature American children uniquely into the responsible citizens of our worry about school safety because future. And I think we’ve taught of the ready availability of guns them well, because now they are to criminals and dangerous people acting like adults — confronting our who should not have access to them.

Community

Forum

America has more guns per capita than any county on Earth and we suffer the highest toll of deaths, injuries and suicides from guns. I could list the numbers, but numbers don’t bleed. Right now, 17 dead in Florida may be the statistic that matters, because this massacre could be the tipping point, the straw that breaks the NRA camel’s back. And we have our young people to thank. Gun violence and murders are a public health emergency. Gov. Scott, a hunter, a Republican, has taken a thoughtful and courageous stand for gun safety and stronger gun laws like universal background checks. This is not about the Second Amendment. It’s about our kids’ safety, about their very lives. Show up this Saturday at noon on The Green in Middlebury. Stand with your kids, stand for your kids. What could be more clear, more sensible, more responsible that those three words we hear so forcefully and articulately from our young people — “Enough is Enough!”

Letters to the Editor Many fail to admit they are backing a leadership lemon The Edsel was a harmless ill-conceived car. A few people bought them, insisting their choice made driving great again. Human nature does that. We reach a dumb decision and defend the choice against overwhelming evidence. Otherwise, there’s an admission implied that what we did wasn’t too smart. Some of us ignore or accept each example of how not to be

President, of how to defy logic, law, history and science, to be morally rudderless, counterproductive, irrational and uninformed. Communicating, as he does, on a fifth-grade level should insult his audience, especially fifth-graders. The President is uncomfortably like his country, lacking empathy and humility, more obsessed with a winning lie than a simple truth, satisfied with an arrogant tweet.

As if blinded by a personality disorder, the nation exhibits an odd affinity for self-destruction. If we weren’t so defensive about a really bad choice, we’d call an Edsel an Edsel. Of course, everyone’s entitled to the car of their choice, ordinarily equipped with steering and brakes. Alexander Lyall Middlebury

even count towards a hunter’s “bag limit.” Why is it that the Fish and Wildlife Department and Board cater to a few when the majority of Vermonters want to see ethical and responsible management? The fact that the non-hunting public and homeowners have so little say in the way wildlife is managed by Vermont Fish and Wildlife is undemocratic and irresponsible. Animals can be trapped without having to be reported. Traps can be set nearly anywhere, including on public land near walking and hiking trails. Vermont allows killing “contests” and “open” seasons on a number of animals. The way wildlife is managed — or

mismanaged — by Vermont’s Fish and Wildlife department and board needs to change. There are many Vermonters who enjoy viewing wildlife. Wildlife provides peace, beauty, and tranquility to hectic lives. Wildlife watching, including viewing moose, contributes to the economy. In many states, far more than hunting does. Those who like to view and/ or photograph wildlife, hike, and participate in non-consumptive outdoor recreation need to have a say in how policy is made and how wildlife is managed in Vermont. Alana Stevenson Charlotte

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) up of hunters and trappers with vested self-interests) have catered to hunters and trappers, at the expense of animals, wildlife, homeowners, and non-hunting Vermonters. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board’s rationale (and that of many moose hunters and hunting guides) is that if the moose hunt is suspended, it will be hard to reinstate. And this is how wildlife policy is made — by pandering to “sport” hunters and irrational, self-serving thinking. In the 1800s, the moose population was nearly wiped out because of hunting. Now the moose again are suffering. Moose who are injured and not recovered do not

Diderot’s religion: a philosophy of nature Editor’s note: This is the seventh is what Diderot intended, for like a man, he asserts that there is no in a series of essays about political Spinoza before him, he wanted to re- real difference between the statue place theology with a philosophy of and a living human being, because liberalism and conservatism. nature, and like Spinoza, he offered “you can make marble out of flesh By Victor Nuovo I mentioned in the previous essay proof of it, although unlike Spinoza and flesh out of marble.” When that Diderot was a professing atheist. not through abstract arguments, but challenged by D’Alembert, Diderot And yet his mind harbored some- by presenting nature concretely, explains. Begin by pulverizing the statue thing very much like a religious sen- materially, and naturally. Diderot’s definition of nature is a until it is reduced to dust. Mix the timent. He was quite aware of this, and he was aware also of the irony set of oppositions: Nature is every- dust with compost, water the mixwhere and nowhere; it ture, and let it stand for a year or two, of it, but this did not is extended in space and or a century, until it becomes earth. trouble him. Suffice it yet not extended, for Plant seeds in this earth: peas, beans, to say that by claiming it is complete at every cabbage. “The plants feed on the to be an atheist Diderot point in it; it is not mat- earth, and I feed on the plant,” and dismissed all the claims ter yet it undergoes all thereby the dust of the former statue to truth of historical or the changes that matter is transformed into flesh. organized religions as undergoes; it is moved He continues his argument by fantasy and error, but yet never moved; final- reflecting how nature, as it were, crethis did not exclude him ly, this concept of nature ates animals from nothing, by which from having religious is not a concept. The he means that there is no prefiguring sentiments. natural sciences contain or intellectual design in their origin. His religious sentithe proof of the totality “Look at this egg: with it you can ment finds expression of nature. overthrow all the schools of theoloin a story he wrote What does all this gy and all the churches of the world. entitled D’Alembert’s Liberalism vs mean? What is it? An insensitive mass, for Dream. Jean Le Rond Conservatism His object is nature, the germ within it is merely inert, d’Alembert (1717–83) and nature is basically and thick fluid. How does it evolve was Diderot’s friend, An essay by a material, generative into a new organization, into sensico-editor with him of Victor Nuovo substance. Diderot tivity, into life?” the Enclopedié, and a Middlebury College derived his materialism He answers, “Through heat.” And leading mathematician. professor emeritus from Lucretius. It was what causes heat? Motion. The characters of Dida form of atomism. He He goes on, describing the proerot’s fictional works of philosophy believed that the uni- cess of germination and growth. were all persons known verse was the product First there is a mere speck that to him, which explains why he hesitated to publish them. of the random movement of atoms moves about, an animate thread; the thread grows, thickens, takes on Instead he circulated them in man- colliding in space. But unlike Lucretius, he sup- color, and flesh, which forms itself uscript. Fiction was his preferred posed the basic particles of matter into distinctive features: a beak, means of doing philosophy. D’Alembert’s Dream consists of possessed something else, a force wings, eyes, feet, and internally, three parts, ranging over a variety or “energy” (an Aristotelian term intestines and organs and bodily of themes, metaphysical and moral. that was just then receiving a new fluids, all covered over with down. The second and third parts deal with modern meaning) that made them The animate thing moves, breaks human gender and sexuality — and capable of generating everything: its shell, a bird emerges that walks, material, flies, feels pain, flees remain very pertinent. The first, inorganic from danger, loves, which is metaphysical and no less bodies, plants, animals, This vision of desires, enjoys the pertinent, is the subject of this essay. and beings like us, who presence of others. Metaphysics is the study of the have the ability to think nature is vast And what of real nature of things. Metaphysical and speak, and who are and without mankind? How does discourse is about what there is, conscious of ourselves limit... It was it emerge? In the not singly, but as a whole. Diderot over time, hence moral this sublime very same manner. regarded nature as the totality of persons. The power of the sense of nature The human intellect, everything that is, a vital system consciousness, and constantly evolving. The first part of atom is generative of that comprised the sense of being D’Alembert’s Dream opens with a all these things, which Diderot’s a person or having short account of it. I present it in his do not exist individmoral worth all in own words (although in translation), ually, but are joined religion. He turn evolve. The mind for no paraphrase would do it justice: in an ever-renewing needed nothing is a wondrous system Nature is, he wrote, “a Being who totality, the universe. more to satisfy of filaments that funcexists somewhere but corresponds to This vision of nature is his ultimate tion like a finely tuned no one point in space, a Being with vast and without limit, lute, the vibrations no dimensions yet occupying space, it is sublime, for to con- concern. of its strings can be who is complete in himself at every template it elevates the point in this space, who differs in es- mind and fills it with joyous wonder. controlled to fashion rare harmonies sence from matter, who is moved by It was this sublime sense of nature that play upon the mind, evoke matter and moves matter but never that comprised Diderot’s religion. passions that are the beginning of moves itself, who acts upon matter He needed nothing more to satisfy meaning. Postscript: My summary of yet undergoes all its changes, a his ultimate concern. The first part of D’Alembert’s D’Alembert’s Dream is too brief. Being of whom I have no conception whatever, so contradictory is it by Dream is a dialogue between Diderot Like all of Diderot’s writings it is a and D’Alembert. Having presented delight to read, and it is available in nature …” The irony of this definition of his object: the totality of nature, an affordable paperback published nature is that it is reminiscent of Diderot proceeds to offer proof of it. by Penguin. Consult your local Standing near a marble statue of bookseller. theological definitions of God. This

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) through bits of scattered information I found in our basement — old post cards written to a man named Sam, a dusty file of character references written on my father’s behalf during the hearings — and through the sparse responses I received to my occasional questions. I wonder sometimes about the impact it had on my father to be stripped of his birth name and have it replaced with one that had the express purpose of hiding his identity and his beliefs, only to receive the deeper and more public humiliation of receiving scrutiny both for being who he was and what he wasn’t. Though he saw firsthand the crony capitalism and abuse in our government, he believed in the power of truth, a principle we are struggling to protect today. I remember my father as a person

courageous enough to stand alone, a man whose life was consistent with his personal principles. Yet he had one habit that seemed out of sync with his character: Whenever we spoke about certain topics in public — some aspect of our lives or that of someone we knew — he would

lower his voice and move in closer, as if someone might be lurking behind him, listening to our conversation. Alice Leeds, of Bristol, was a public school teacher for 25 years and is currently a writing instructor at the Community College of Vermont in Winooski.

Ask us about our

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) experienced challengers after Senate careers of 30 and 36 years, respectively. In both cases, the challengers argued that it was “time for a change,” that their states needed new blood in the Senate, and that the incumbents had become so much creatures of Washington that they had lost touch with their constituents. Closer to home, former Sen. Bill Doyle, R-Washington, a Senate institution in his own right and the dean of the Legislature, was defeated in the November 2016 general election, finishing in fourth place in a three-member district. In doing so, the voters brought to an end a Montpelier career that had begun when Doyle was first elected in 1968. Doyle ran for one election too many and the voters of Washington County decided that 48 years was long enough. Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.

“I really enjoy teaching people in my own age group!” Professor John Berninghausen, with student Jo Birnbaum

InterestFree Payment Plans

WE OFFER:

Digital X-Rays • Panorex and 3D Cone Beam Scans • Bridges, Crowns, Dentures, Extractions and Extraction Site Preservations, Dental Hygiene and Periodontal Health • Inlays/Onlays, Night Guards Implants • Root Canals & Zoom Whitening We accept Master Card, Visa, Discover, Care Credit (apply in office) & most insurances.

Always Accepting New Patients & Emergencies

802.388.7045 • 11 Court Street, Middlebury, VT 05753

PAGE 6A — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Lois Parent, 86, Starksboro STARKSBORO — Lois Helen (née Burbank) Parent, 86, of Starksboro, Vt., passed away peacefully of natural causes surrounded by family on March 8, 2018, at Helen Porter Rehabilitation & Nursing in Middlebury, Vt. Born September 18, 1931, in Barre, Vt., the eldest child of Richard and Helen (née Dean) Burbank, Lois grew up in Chelsea and Monkton. She graduated from Castleton College with a B.S. in Teaching, and from the University of Pittsburgh with an M.S. in Social Work. Lois married Arthur J. Parent of Springfield, Mass., on September 19, 1959, and they lived in Arizona for the next six years. Returning to Vermont in 1965, they settled in Starksboro, where they raised five children and lived out their lives. Lois worked as a social worker and later as a psychological therapist in Burlington until retiring in 1996. Arthur predeceased Lois in 1997 after 28 years of marriage. Lois is survived by her children and their families: James & Kristy (Fla.), Anthony & Janice (Starksboro), Joseph & Mary (Monkton), Helen (Ohio), and Charles & Kathy (Milton); eight grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and her brother John Burbank (Bristol). Lois loved nature, knitting, plants of all kinds (especially her asparagus and blueberries), opera, sitting by the wood fire, chatting with family and friends, reading, movies, and being there for anyone who needed an ear. We will always remember her warm smile, her fresh-baked molasses cookies, and how she always ended each conversation or parting with

LOIS HELEN PARENT a heartfelt “I love you!” In the last few months of her life, Lois dictated a blog. She wrote in her last posting, “I want all you children to know that I love you and that whatever spirit I have will be with you all forever.” In loving memory of our mother and friend, we will be creating a memory garden at her request at her home in Starksboro. A memorial gathering at the future site of the garden will be held in the spring so that her favorite chickadees will be around. We know mom will always be with us and we’ll miss her terribly. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributions to the Addison County Home Health and Hospice, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753, or achhh.org.◊

Grief is How We Honor Those We Love and Have Lost A FREE 8-WEEK SUPPORT GROUP AT HOSPICE VOLUNTEER SERVICES BEGINNING MARCH 28TH 5:30-7:30P.M.

Call 388-4111 to Register Space is Limited

Wilma Poljacik, 97, Port Henry, N.Y. Anne Pidgeon, 56, formerly of North Ferrisburgh RUSKIN, Fla. — Our family lost a kind, beautiful and talented member on March 10, 2018. Anne Louise Pidgeon, formerly of North Ferrisburgh, Vt., passed away with Melissa and Tokio Morales, her dear friends, by her side. Anne was born July 26, 1961, the second child of Marcus Pidgeon and Irene Gebo. Her horticultural talents emerged early as she won a blue ribbon for flower arranging in first grade. She graduated from Vergennes Union High School in 1979 and SUNY at Farmingdale Long Island in 1981 with an A.S. in Horticulture. After moving to Florida she got a job at Busch Gardens in Tampa. She worked there 23 years designing all the beautiful and intricate plant installations. Anne also had her own plant growing and selling business, which included magnificent mango trees. She would have what she called Mango Fest around her birthday, when they were in season. Anne was a very gifted person who loved to sew, design beautiful gardens, give horticulture lectures, and repair or build most anything. Those talents came in handy in another of her interests — thrift store shopping. She rarely bought anything new — the clothes or appliances would come home and be repaired or altered to fit. She also had a soft spot for the homeless dogs that showed up around her property. They always had enough

PORT HENRY, N.Y. — Wilma Ruby Poljacik, 97, died March 13, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Abraham and Delea (Odett) Benedict on Dec. 2, 1920. She made her home with a daughter in Port Henry, N.Y. for the last year. Surviving her are five daughters; Rose Clark of Middlebury, Patricia Trudeau of New Hampshire, Rebecca Trudeau of Colchester, Brenda Dutton of Salisbury and Kathy Welch of Port Henry, N.Y.; two sons, Arnold Trudeau of Fair Haven and Robert Blaise of Mineville, N.Y.; two brothers, George Benedict of Arizona and Phillip Benedict of Bristol; over 150 grandchildren and great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. WILMA RUBY POLJACIK She was predeceased by her husband Alex Poljacik, daughter Evelyn Lussier, brother Robert She enjoyed sewing, making Benedict and sister Ethel Blakely. quilts, playing cards and her family.◊

ANNE PIDGEON to eat and endless attention from Anne. Her father Marcus Pidgeon predeceased her. She is survived by her mother Irene; her stepfather John Pierce; her sisters Beth, Pam (Guy), Susan (Chuck), Sally Jane (Patrick), and Laura; and her brothers Mark (Elizabeth), Gary, Peter and Paul. There will be a memorial service in May. She leaves behind a family that will dearly miss her and will quote her often.◊

Kenneth Clayton Sr., 92, Arlington

ARLINGTON — Kenneth E. Clayton Sr., 92, a resident of Buck Hill Road passed away peacefully in Vergennes on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Ken was born in Bennington on July 12, 1925, the son of Edwin L. and Irene M. (Hazelton) Clayton. He grew up in East Dorset where he attended local schools. He entered the U.S. Navy following school and served in the North Atlantic aboard the U.S.S. Daniel A. Joy, Destroyer Escort 585. The Fleet took an extended voyage sailing by the Rock of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean 7, 2018, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Sea to North Africa and back to the United States. The voyage continCatholic Church in Middlebury. A complete obituary will appear ued to the Panama Canal in to the in a future edition of the Addison pacific and through the Philippines before returning to the States. Independent. After many years, Ken retired from Mack Molding as a Molder. Ken was a member of the American Obituary Guidelines Legion Post 69 of Arlington, D.A.V., The Independent will publish paid obitu‑ and charter member of the Harned aries and free notices of passing. Paid Fowler Post 6471 of the V.F.W. in obituaries cost 25 cents per word and will Manchester. He worshiped at the be published, as submitted, on the date of Federated Church of East Arlington. the family’s choosing. Paid obituaries are marked with a “◊” symbol at the end. When his children were young he The Independent offers a free notice of was an active Boy Scout leader for passing up to 100 words, subject to editing many years and assisted in Little by our news department. Photos with either League Baseball. paid obituaries or free notices cost $10 per photo. Obituaries may be emailed to He was predeceased by his wife obits@addisonindependent.com, or call Jeannette “Pat” Clayton on May 11, 802‑388‑4944 for more information. 2013 and a son Keith Clayton. He was also predeceased by his brothers Neal, Arnold and Richard Clayton, and by his sister Ethel Green and

Robert Myrick Sr., 93, Bridport BRIDPORT — Robert L. Myrick Sr., 93, died Tuesday morning, March 20, 2018. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, April

also predeceased by a grandchild John Michael Stroffoleno. He leaves his sons Kenneth Clayton Jr. and wife Donna of Vergennes, and Daniel Clayton of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., and his daughter Kathryn Brockelman and husband Bruce of Shirley, Mass. He also leaves a daughter-in-law Lynn Clayton of Colchester; grandchildren John and Jason Stroffoleno, Wanda and Darielle Brockelman, Heather and Tammy Clayton, David, Myra and Seth Clayton, Laurel Jewell, Billie Jo Forgues and Jessica Gaboriault; great grandchildren Brandon, Sidney and Jordan Jewell, Jonathan, Maci and Morgan Forgues, Dylan, Jacob and Connor Gaboriault, Jeremy, Sierra and Savannah Clayton, Madison Baldwin, Matthew Stroffoleno, Keelyn and Eli Clayton; brothers Alford and Gerald Clayton; and a sister Janice Bruce. Funeral services will be held on Friday March 23 at 10 a.m. at The Federated Church of East Arlington. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. Calling hours will be held at the Hanson Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home on Thursday from 5-7 p.m. Memorial gifts may be made to the Manchester V.F.W. Post 6471 or Arlington American Legion Post 69 in care of the Hanson Walbridge & Shea Funeral Home, P.O. Box 528, Arlington, VT 05250.◊

Phyllis Marsceill, 91, formerly of Bristol BRISTOL Vt./SYRACUSE N.Y. — Phyllis (Mack) Marsceill, passed to the Lord on March 20, 2018. She was born in Vergennes, Vt., on September 19, 1926, daughter of late George and Della (Bourdeau) Mack. She married George I. Marsceill on Feb. 24, 1946. He predeceased her after 61 years of marriage on Feb. 18, 2007. Phyllis and George farmed for twenty-five years, where she cooked for the family and the farm’s employees. She made all her own bread, pies and pastured milk every day. After raising her family, Phyllis began a new career as a teacher’s aide at Beeman Academy and Middlebury Elementary. She was preceded in death by her brother, George Clifford; and sisters; Barbara Spoon, Katherine Carter, and Shirley Mack. Phyllis is survived by her sons; Michael, Douglas, and Marc; daughter, Lynn McMartin; three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Phyllis and George were active members of St. Ambrose Church, Bristol, Vt. A memorial service will be held at a later date and she will be interred next to her beloved husband, George,

PHYLLIS MARSCEILL in Mt. St. Joseph Cemetery in Vt. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, Franciscan Villa, 6900 Buckley Road, Syracuse, NY 13212, where a Sensory Garden has been named in memory of Phyllis and George. To send online condolences to her family visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

Lauretta Brisson, 87, Shoreham SHOREHAM — Lauretta Leona Brisson, 87, died Friday, March 16, 2018, at her home in Shoreham. A celebration of her

life will be held at a date and time to be announced in the summer of 2018. There are no calling hours or public service.

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 7A

ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

GARY HOGABOOM

Gary Hogaboom, 73, Bristol BRISTOL — It is with great sadness that his family announces the passing of Gary Hogaboom, age 73, at his home in Bristol, Vt., on March 4, 2018. He leaves behind his lovely wife of 48 years Carol, their daughter Carey Branch and her husband Patrick Branch, his step-daughter Kimberlee Jones McIntyre and her husband Russ McIntyre, his step-father Orval Combs, his brother Robert Hogaboom, his “baby girl”/cat Vanna, as well as many other friends and family members. Gary was blessed with many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren and he was pleased to be able to meet his youngest pride and joy, his great-grandson Brady Mortis age four months before his passing. There will be a military service at the Greenwood Cemetery on April 29, 2018 at 11 a.m., followed by a celebration of life gathering at the American Legion Post 19 in Bristol. Special thanks are offered to UVM Medical Center, the White River Junction VA Hospital, and Addison County Home and Health Hospice. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Bristol Legion Post 19.◊

Ferrisburgh (Continued from Page 1A) have complained for years about noise, odors and loose dogs, and more recently the rats that her closest neighbors say have started to chew on and even burrow into their home. In June 2011 McGregor was cited into court for animal cruelty for unsanitary conditions at her property, although those charges were dropped that October. In 2008 and 2013, Ferrisburgh explored zoning violations against Heidi’s Haven, but each time the town backed off, in part because the rescue operation was regulated by the state. But as of 2016 the Agency of Agriculture no longer oversees shelters and rescue operations, putting the ball in the town’s court. On March 6 new selectboard Chairman Rick Ebel told McGregor that town officials would respond to neighbors’ complaints. This Tuesday he re-enforced that message. “It’s admirable what you’re doing, but you’re hearing from your neighbors and now the town that what you’re doing is detrimental to humans,” Ebel said. At the March 20 meeting: • Ferrisburgh zoning administrator Bonnie Barnes said Heidi’s Haven was a home occupation that required a conditional-use zoning permit. That permit process would require the Ferrisburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment to hold public hearings and would allow the board to attach conditions to a potential permit based on impact on a small neighborhood that includes two homes close to McGregor’s. • Town health and animal control officer Jamieelynn Gaboriault said McGregor had a March 27 deadline to present a professional plan to rid her and her neighbors’ properties of rats. Gaboriault and selectboard members at the meeting said they were not satisfied with McGregor’s response to Gaboriault’s February letter giving McGregor 30 days to produce a plan. • Ebel said the selectboard would review the town’s existing dog laws

with an eye toward determining how many dogs were appropriate for the sizes of homes and lots in town. Ebel said the topic would be on the agenda for the board’s next meeting. ZONING PERMIT Barnes said her research concluded McGregor’s operation, even though a registered nonprofit, constituted a home occupation that required a conditional use permit. Barnes said McGregor devotes time, resources and space on her property to Heidi’s Haven. “Your rescue operation is also a home occupation,” Barnes said. “It is something that you’re good at and you care about.” After McGregor agreed with that characterization, Barnes continued. “We need you to apply for a home occupation permit,” she said. “We’d like this to happen relatively speedily.” Gaboriault added the deadline to get on the May zoning board agenda was April 12. Ebel confirmed on Wednesday that if McGregor fails to apply Barnes will issue her a notice of zoning violation as a non-complying use in a residential district. Barnes said conditional-use permits require public hearings at which neighbors can make suggestions for conditions that can then be imposed if the zoning board then grants a permit. McGregor defended her operation, stating that her dogs only get loose three or four times a year and that her neighbors’ dogs often run free, to which one neighbor responded with an epithet that translates as “Nonsense.” McGregor added that, “Dogs get loose all over Ferrisburgh,” and, “We

do everything we can to keep our had “put a plan in motion” and told dogs safe and on our property.” her, “I need the official report.” Ebel said McGregor’s remarks McGregor said she didn’t have a were not relevant. report, but rather a contract to sign in “We as a town are stating operations which the company would come in like dog rescues will be considered as and do the things that were discussed home occupations,” Ebel said. “As this past Saturday, which she then such you have to apply for a home described. occupation permit.” McGregor said one section of Barnes said that the permit hearing the garage that had no food or could include a site visit, which nesting material would be closed could be requested by off completely, and residents or the board the garage door would “Enough is itself. be either repaired or RAT INFESTATION enough. What replaced to bar access The discussion of rats is it going to to the garage to rats. began with a review of added she was take to get you She a scheduled March 10 debating what bait visit of a pest control to do the right to use in traps with company to 2512 Sand thing?” company employees, Road, a visit that had — Selectman but that the bait she been understood to be Jim Benoit wanted to use was on a between the company list of products on the and McGregor and company website. She to include a review of Lauren and added her cats were also making a Ricky Fisher’s home next door. dent in the problem. Lauren Fisher said McGregor Her response did not sit well with didn’t show, although her husband Selectman Jim Benoit. did, while Fisher and her husband “You’ve had a professional stayed at home waiting for a visit exterminator, and now you’re telling that did not come. them how to do their job,” Benoit “They never came to my house,” said. Fisher said. McGregor then addressed the McGregor said she had a prior Fishers, telling them she worried engagement and asked her husband to putting bait and traps on their fill in, but that he did not understand property might just lure more rats in advance of the commitment to to their home, but that she would visit the Fishers’ property. cooperate with that approach if they “I texted him and asked him to wanted. have them go next door,” she said. “I’m happy to buy bait boxes and “He said the guy didn’t have time.” bait for the property,” she said. Ebel said he was not satisfied with Lauren Fisher declined. her effort. “I’d prefer something from the “It really falls short given the exterminator company,” she said. gravity of the situation,” he said. Gaboriault asked McGregor if she

Reader Comments

Here’s what one reader has to say about us! One reader from Bristol, VT writes: “Very postitive - thorough cultural & local news coverage, editorial pages, gardening tips, etc.”

Quotes are taken from reader comments submitted with subscription renewals.

m

8p , h t 0 3 h c r a Friday, M

10

20 Adult

$

$

Wellness d i r e c t o r y S

Brian Slavin

AWOR

Massage Therapist

K

OM

WELLNESS CENTER

A Center for Independent Health Care Practitioners “Wellness is more than the absence of illness.” 50 Court St • Middlebury, Vt 05753

Caryn Etherington ..................... 388-4882 ext. 3 Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Nancy Tellier, CMT .. 388-4882 ext. 1........................ or 989-7670 Therapeutic Massage, CranioSacral Therapy, Ortho-Bionomy®, Soul Lightning Acupressure Donna Belcher, M.A. ............................ 388-3362 Licensed Psychologist - Master, Psychotherapy & Hypnosis Charlotte Bishop ....................... 388-4882 ext. 4 Therapeutic Soft & Deep Tissue ...or 247-8106 JoAnne Kenyon ......................................388-0254 Energy Work. www.joanne.abmp.com Karen Miller-Lane, N.D., L.Ac. .............. 388-6250 Naturopathic Physican, Licensed Acupuncturist, CranioSacral Therapy.

Irene Paquin, CMT 388-4882 ext.1 or 377-5954 Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, OrthoBionomy®

Student

Proceeds from ticket sales to support mentoring at Mt. Abraham Middle/High School Sponsored in part by: Mt. Abe Mentors, Tourterelle, and The Addison Independent

BETSY SPANNBAUER

Certified Healing Touch Therapy Practitioner

Healing Touch is a therapy that helps to restore and balance energy that has been depleted due to stress, illness, injury, grief, medical conditions, surgery or medical treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation. When an individual has pain, the practitioner focuses on removing the energy congestion so that the pain level is reduced. Think of times when you have been stressed and how it affected your body. You may have experienced muscle tightness in your neck and shoulders, developed a headache or had discomfort in other parts of your body. Stress causes congestion in our energy system. Healing Touch techniques help to relieve that congestion.

(802) 377-0865 email: bshealingtouch@aol.com

Crystal Rose Healing Center

www.crystalrosehealingcenter.com

42 Court Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-989-5792 • slavinmassage@gmail.com

SOLE SOLUTIONS is now accepting

new clients for Foot & Nail Care, including thorough exams, nail trimming, corn & callous reduction, fungal management, diabetic foot care, foot health education. Mary B. Wood RN & CFCN (certified foot care nurse) “looks forward to assisting you with your foot care needs.” In-home appointments available by arrangement. Please call for an appointment: 802-355-7649. o l ut le S io

ns

Ron Slabaugh, PhD, MSSW, CBP........ 388-9857 The BodyTalk™ System

Solos Salon

So

Jim Condon ................... 388-4880 or 475-2349 SomaWork

An upset Benoit again addressed McGregor. “Enough is enough. What is it going to take to get you to do the right thing?” he said. “You need to get an exterminator to take care of this problem.” Gaboriault said the March 27 deadline to provide a full professional plan was looming, after which she would involve state officials. “You have to have a professional treat this,” Gaboriault said. “This needs to be done by March 27. Otherwise we need to escalate it to the next step.” DOG LAW Ebel said the review of the town’s dog law would rely in part on an 80-page Vermont League of Cities and Towns booklet, “The Big Book of Woof,” in which the VLCT outlines all manner of dog laws and issues it has gleaned from serving communities around the state. The review, which will include public hearings before any changes, will look at whether language dealing with dog shelters and rescue operations and conditions attached to them can be included within existing sections or whether an expansion is necessary. “If we need to add another section, we’ll add another section,” Ebel said. Conditions could include peranimal limitations on square footage and acreage. “Thirty dogs in a 1,000-square foot ranch home doesn’t seem to fit, but we don’t have any guidelines,” Ebel said.

Foot & Nail Care

14 School Street, Suite 102B Bristol, Vermont

Colleen Smith

Life Coach & EFT Practitioner Feeling Stuck? Unsure of the Next Step?

It’s time!

Professional Bodywork Downtown Middlebury 802-377-2507

Time to

GeorgiaDune@gmail.com

Discover the

DuneHolistics.com

Answers! Schedule your FREE Consultation today!

802-349-7098

colleen@colleenmarysmith.com

If you’d like to be listed in this Wellness Directory, call the Addison Independent at 388-4944.

PAGE 8A — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

community

calendar

2018 Addison County RABIES CLINICS

Church, 30 S. Water St. Menu includes chicken and biscuits, stuffing, vegetable, cranberry sauce and dessert. Free. Annual Baked Potato Bar fundraiser in Cornwall. Friday, March 23, 5:30-7 p.m., Cornwall Congregational Church, 2598 Route 30. Visualize a baked potato with loads of toppings, fruit kabobs and beverage for $5. All proceeds go to Addison County Habitat for Humanity. See you there. Call 802-462-3111 for more info or if you have a party of more than eight. Bingo benefit in Orwell. Friday, March 23, 6-9 p.m., Orwell Town Hall, Main St. Help the Orwell Village School 8th Grade raise funds for their trip to New York City this spring. Come play Bingo, enjoy popcorn and baked goods, and walk away with one of many great prizes, such as gym memberships, dining gift certificates, and many others. Reel film Fridays: “It Happened One Night” in Bristol. Friday, Mach 23, 7 : 3 0 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. See Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in this 1934 screwball comedy. Part of the library’s weekly film series featuring traditional 16mm film projection. Free.

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. GOSHEN Town Office BRIDPORT Fire House WHITING Fire House ORWELL Fire House

Sat Mar. 24 10AM – 12PM Sat. Mar. 24 10AM – 12PM Tues. Mar. 27 5:30PM – 6:30PM Fri. Mar. 30 5PM – 7PM

$15 $15 $15 $15

THE PERFECT midnight snack

Let’s talk turkey

BIOLOGIST CHRIS BERNIER will be at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall on Thursday, March 29, 6-7:30 p.m. to talk about wild turkeys. You’ve seen them everywhere. Now learn about turkey biology and conservation efforts.

Mar

22

THURSDAY

Mar

24

Green Mountain Club walk in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, March 24, Button Bay State Park, 5 Button Bay. An Easy 2-mile walk. Lake Champlain views. Some alternate trails available to extend hike into local woods. Very little altitude change. Wear appropriate clothing for hiking and bring water, a snack and hiking poles, if desired. For more information contact Ralph Burt at rburt@ gmavt.net or 802-355-4415. -For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. “March For Our Lives: Rally to End Gun Violence” in Middlebury. Saturday, March 24, noon-2 p.m., town green. Community members from Addison County will gather for a “sibling march” to the March for Our Lives marches happening in Washington D.C., New York, Boston and more than 800 other happenings around the country. The national day of action focuses on calling for lawmakers to make students’ lives and safety a

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Mar 22, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi, and coffee hour followed by noon meal of pork chops with gravy, sweet yams, winter mixed vegetables, wheat roll, and pumpkin cake. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. Advanced reservations required. $5 suggested donation. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Call Michelle to reserve MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION — a 802-377-1419. suite of meditative practices improving wellness, offered Basic Bridge at Vergennes Movement Studio, 179 Main St., Book 2 in Vergennes, weekly beginning Thursday, March 29th ‑ May M i d d l e b u r y. B e g i n s 17th @ 6:00 p.m. – 8:30. Visit www.ronidonnenfeld. W e d n e s d a y, com, 802‑793‑5073. Registration Deadline – March 24. starting March 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Helen Porter Rehabilitation and Nursing. priority and to pass common-sense gun safety legislaAudrey Grant: Competitive Bidding. A 6-week course. tion. More info at MarchforOurLives.com/events. Through April 25. Free and open to the public. More info at 802-462-3373. Panel discussion on sexual assault and domestic violence in Middlebury. Thursday, March 22, 7-9 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Road. The panel All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast will feature four professional women whose vocation benefit in New Haven. Sunday, March 25, is the field of domestic violence and sexual assault. 7-10:30 a.m., New Haven Town Hall, North St. They will talk about their work and answer quesPlain or Blueberry pancakes, French Toast, pure VT tions; learn how they are making a difference in our Maple syrup, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, home community. Addison County Democratic Committee fries, coffee, tea, and juice. Proceeds to support the fundraiser with a share of proceeds for WomenSafe. New Haven Volunteer Fire Department. Suggested donation: $20. Green Mountain Club Young Adventurers Club hike Weimar Germany talk in New Haven. Thursday, in Middlebury. Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m., Wright March 22, 7 p.m., New Haven Community Library, 78 Park, Seymour St. Extension. While the pace is geared North St. After World War I, Germany was defeated, towards younger adventurers (ages 4-8), everyone humiliated and in chaos. Local author Jack Mayer is welcome. More info contact YAC Leader Lauren will talk about how the post-war Weimar government Bierman at 802-349-7498 or laurenbierman1218@ set the stage for the rise of the Nazis and the Third gmail.com. For more activities visit gmcbreadloaf.org. Reich. More information on the talk: call Deborah at Craig Allen discusses Civil War in Addison. Sunday, 453-4015. March 25, 3 p.m., Addison Volunteer Fire Station, 44 “Vernal Pools and the Critters that use them” VT Route 17, just west of Addison 4 Corners. The presentation in Salisbury. Thursday, March 22, Addison Town Historical Society host Allen’s talk 7-8:30 p.m., Salisbury Elementary School, Kelly Cross about the American Civil War and Vermont’s part in Rd. Join Salisbury herpetologist Jim Andrews for this it. By all means bring CW artifacts you have to share. PowerPoint presentation on these common wood- All-you-can-eat chicken and biscuit supper in land pools, the preferred breeding locations for Wood Middlebury. Sunday, March 25, 5-6 p.m., Middlebury Frogs, Spotted Salamanders, and other amphibUnited Methodist Church, corner of Seminary and ians. Part 1 of a two-part event to help The Salisbury North Pleasant Streets. A buffet style meal with homeConservation Commission locate and map the vernal made main course, sides and desserts. Suggested pools in their community. Free and open to the public. donation: adults $8/children 5-12 $5/Under 5, free.

WEYBRIDGE, VERMONT • 545-2119

Mar

25

Mar

23

Maple Open House March 24th & 25th

Saturday, March 24, 8-11a.m. All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast with fresh off the farm maple syrup, sausage, homemade home fries, coffee & juice.

Sugarbush $7 adults, $4 children Maze

SATURDAY

Map le Boa Game rd EE FR aple

M eats Tr

Experience our self-guided Maple Trail and tour our Sugarhouse to see how maple syrup is made! 2018 maple syrup is available. Don’t forget to bring your own container to fill up with Syrup-on-Tap! Route 74E, Shoreham, VT • 802-897-2448 6 miles from Rt 30 Cornwall Junction • vermonttradewinds.com

FRIDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, March 23, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, Rt. 7 South. Meal includes roast turkey dinner with mashed potatoes and peas and shortcake with fruit for dessert. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. “The Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Ávila: Artist, Patron and Context” in Middlebury. Friday, March 23, 12:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Jessica Boehman of CUNY LaGuardia Community College will discuss Middlebury’s terracotta relief “The Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Ávila,” which has been attributed to Tommaso Amantini, a Baroque sculptor trained in Bernini’s circle in Rome. Part of the Fridays at the Museum series. Free. Judy Garland musical lecture in Middlebury. Friday, March 23, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Music specialist Robert Wyatt will take you on a memorable journey through Garland’s extraordinary life and 45-year career with live piano music and abundant film clips. Free, open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. “Queen Christina” on screen in Middlebury. Friday, March 23, 3 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library 75 Main St. Experience Greta Garbo in this classic film. All are welcome to watch the film and discuss it afterwards. Lenten fish fry in Bristol. Friday, March 23, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Come to the 18th annual season of Fish Frys sponsored by St. Ambrose Church. The all-you-can-eat meal includes fried or baked haddock, French fries, cole slaw, beverage and dessert. Tickets $12.50 adults/children 9 and under $6/immediate family of five $37. More info contact St. Ambrose at 802-453-2488. Table of Grace community meal in Vergennes. Friday, March 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational

Mar

26

SUNDAY

MONDAY Governor’s breakfast in Middlebury. Monday, March 26, 7-8:45 a.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Meet with

Spuds for Humanity

Governor Phil Scott and Addison County legislators and discuss issues important to Addison County. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall. Sponsored by Bridport Grange 303 and the Addison County Farm Bureau.

Mar

27

TUESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, March 27, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi and coffee hour followed by a noon meal of roast pork with cider sauce, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, wheat roll, and oatmeal craisin cookie. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Septic System Maintenance and Best Practices presentation in Orwell. Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., Orwell Free Library, 473 Main St. Soil Scientist Sheri Young discusses methods for a healthy and safe septic system. Free. Album quilters presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 27, 7-8:30 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Katie Wood Kirchoff, Ph.D., Associate Curator at the Shelburne Museum, will deliver a slide presentation on “album quilts” in the museum’s collection. More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com or milkandhoneyquilters@yahoo.com.

Mar

28

WEDNESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, March 28, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Soup, sandwich, coleslaw, dessert and beverage. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. CCV info session in Middlebury. Wednesday, March. 28, 12:15-1:15 p.m., CCV Middlebury, 10 Merchants Row. At “Getting Started at Community College of Vermont (CCV)” learn about translating years of experience into college credit, admissions pathways to UVM, VTC, Castleton, and other Vermont colleges, Tuition-free opportunities for high school students and more. More info at 802-388-3032. ANESU Early Education developmental screening in Bristol. Thursday, March 28, 1-4:30 p.m., Bristol Elementary School 57 Mountain St. Free. Children three years old by Sept. 1 or four years old not previously screened are invited to attend. Screenings take about one hour. To schedule an appointment or for more info call ANESU Early Education Program at 802-453-3674. Basic Bridge Book 2 in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Helen Porter Rehabilitation and Nursing. Instructor Audrey Grant on Competitive Bidding. A 6-week course. Through April 25. Free and open to the public. More info at 802-462-3373. Grief support group in Middlebury. Begins Wednesday, March 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hospice Volunteer Services, Marbleworks. A free 8-week group held in a safe, compassionate, supportive environment. Space limited. More info call 802-3884111 or e-mail mrgrt.olson@gmail.com.

Mar

29

THURSDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, March 29, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi and coffee hour followed by a noon meal of sausage with onions and peppers on a hoagie roll, baked beans, winter mix vegetables, and applesauce with cinnamon. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. Advanced reservations required. $5 suggested donation. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Turkey talk in Ferrisburgh. Thursday, March 29, 6-7:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Offices, Route 7. The Ferrisburgh Conservation Commissions invites all to come to an evening program with Vermont wild turkey Biologist Chris Bernier to learn about our wild neighbors. Learn about turkey biology and conservation efforts.

Mar

30

FRIDAY

“Organ Music of Passiontide” in Middlebury. Friday, March 30, 7-7:50 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Three of Middlebury’s organists — Frederic DeHaven, George Matthew Jr. and Emory Fanning — will perform works reflecting the events of Holy Week. Music by Bach, Surzynski, Malling, Couperin, Buxtehude and Telemann. The Grift in New Haven. Friday, March 30, 8 p.m., Tourterelle, Route 7. Help raise funds to support the mentoring program at Mount Abraham Union High School. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $20 adult/$10 student. All proceeds will go to the mentoring at Mt. Abraham.

THE CORNWALL CHURCH will hold its annual Baked Potato Bar fundraiser on Friday, March 23, from 5:30-7 p.m., at the Cornwall Congregational Church, 2598 Route 30. Visualize a baked potato with loads of toppings, fruit kabobs and beverage for $5. All proceeds go to Addison County Habitat for Humanity.

community

calendar gems. The exhibit runs from April 6 through June 16. More info at cmacvt.org. “The Wolves” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Vermont Premiere of the Obie Award-winning play by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Assistant Professor Michole Biancosino. Post-show talk back immediately following Friday night production. Tickets $15 general public/$12 Middlebury College ID card holders/$6 for Middlebury College students. More info at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or go.middlebury.edu/arts.

Apr

7

Screwball comedy

CLARK GABLE AND CLAUDETTE Colbert star in “It Happened One Night.” The film, projected from a traditional 16mm projector, will be on screen in Bristol on Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St., and is free.

Mar

31

SATURDAY

Day before Easter bake sale & bottle drive in New Haven. Saturday, March 31, 7 a.m.-noon, Village Green Market, across from the town green. Delicious homemade baked goods for sale, fresh and just in time for Easter Dinner. Sale of the items will help to support The Congregational Church’s Ladies Union. A can and bottle drive will run at the same time. Feel free to bring cans and bottles to the Village Green Market when attending the Candy Hunt or the Bake Sale. More info call Suzy Roorda 802-453-5978 or 802-453-3516 Ext. 17. Spring candy hunt in New Haven. Saturday, March 31, 10 a.m., on the town green. Come out for new Haven’s annual rain, snow or sunshine event for children ages preschool to 3rd grade. Make sure to bring a basket and a camera. All children should be accompanied by an adult and dressed appropriately for the unpredictable spring weather (frozen fingers are no fun). More info call Suzy 802-453-5978 or 802-4533516 ext.17.

Apr

1

SUNDAY

Easter egg hunt and open barn in Middlebury. Sunday, April 1, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., The Eddy Farm, 1815 South St. Ext. Pony rides, prizes, egg painting along with an Easter egg hunt. Bring a basket and appropriate footwear. Snacks available and horse treats welcome. No early birds or dogs. Rain or shine. More info at 802-388-6196. Annual Easter community luncheon in Middlebury. Sunday, April 1, VFW, 530 Exchange St.

Apr

2

MONDAY

Legislative breakfast in Salisbury. Monday, April 2, 7-8:45 a.m., Congregational Church, Maple St. Meet with Addison County legislators and discuss issues important to Addison County. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall. Sponsored by Bridport grange 303 and the Addison County Farm Bureau.

Apr

3

TUESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 3, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi and coffee hour followed by a noon meal of shepherd’s pie with corn, green beans, wheat roll and carrot cake with whipped cream topping. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. Advanced reservations required. $5 suggested donation. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Yom Hashoah event: “Courage Was My Only Option” in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 3, 4:30 p.m., Axinn 229, Middlebury College. Roman Kent, Chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, will have a conversation about his survival during the Holocaust and his active involvement in philanthropy with his son Jeffrey Kent.

Apr

4

WEDNESDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 11 a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, Creek Rd. Entertainment followed by a noon meal of BBQ pork loin, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, dinner roll and apple pie with whipped cream. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Cezanne – Portraits of a Life on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 11 a.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. The latest installment in THT’s Great Art Wednesdays takes viewers beyond exhibitions to the places Cezanne lived and worked. Tickets $13/$8 (plus $2 preservation fee) available at townhallteater. org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available. Yom Hashoah film screening of “Children in the Holocaust” in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Axinn 232, Middlebury College. Narrated by Liv Ullmann, this film features interviews with people who survived the Holocaust as children and recall the memories of the plight they endured. Q&A with producer Roman Kent and his son Jeffrey Kent to follow event. “Rhythms of Body, Rhythms of Brain” Lecture in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 4:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Dr. Julia Basso, neuroscientist, dancer, Middlebury alumna and Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience will discuss the body-brain connection, focusing on the relationship between the selforganizing nature of the brain and the self-organizing processes that drives group behavior in Compositional Improvisation. Free.

Basic Bridge Book 2 in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Helen Porter Rehabilitation and Nursing. Instructor Audrey Grant on Competitive Bidding. A 6-week course. Through April 25. Free and open to the public. More info at 802-462-3373. Understanding scripture lecture in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Professor Emeritus John Keene considers how we come to understand scripture and gain an interfaith reading of the text by stepping back to see it in context. Part of the Vermont Humanities Council First Wednesdays series. “Vote for Women” in Shoreham. Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, Main St. Join the Shoreham Historical Society for this talk and audiovisual, given by Ticonderoga Historical Society Program Manager and former Essex County (N.Y.) Historian Diane O’Connor, on the long fight for women’s suffrage in New York State, where women won the right to vote in 1917, more than two years before the national amendment to the constitution was ratified. Learn how local women on both sides of the lake played a strategic part in winning voting rights for women across the United States.

Apr

5

THURSDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, April 5, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi, and coffee hour followed by a noon meal of pork loin with cider sauce, cheese tortellini with garlic butter, tossed salad, banana muffin and mandarin oranges. Bring your own place setting. Free transportation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. $5 suggested donation. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, April 5, noon, The First Baptist Church of Bristol, North St. Menu includes baked ham, mashed potatoes, parsley carrots, homemade rolls and banana pudding bars. Suggested donation $4. To be on the list call Nancy at 802-453-5276. Come early and enjoy meeting friends and make new ones. Poetry reading in Middlebury. Thursday, April 5, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury. Come hear local poet Gary Margolis read selected works. He’ll take questions afterwards and have books of his poems to sign. Level 2 Bridge Class in Vergennes. Thursday, begins April 5, 5-7 p.m., Bixby Library 3258 Main St. Join teacher Louise Acker for “Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding.” Classes are free and open to the public and will run for six weeks. Register at Bixby Library at 802-877-2211 or email Maddy Willwerth at maddy.willwerth@bixbylibrary.org A minimum number of participants needed to run the class so sign up by April 2. More info contact Irma Heeter at 802- 877-3377. “Secrets of Publishing Explained” in Vergennes. Begins April 5, 6-8 p.m., Otter Creek Room, Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Join author Megan Price Thursdays in April (5, 12,19 & 26) to learn about the revolution underway in the world of book publishing and how you can become an author. Designed to help writers and poets better understand the terminology, steps and choices involved in becoming an author and/or publisher. Not a writing class. Class size is limited to 20. Free. Participants should attend all four classes. Register by April 2 by emailing maddy.willwerth@bixbylibrary.org. Early registration is appreciated. Choral Concert in Vergennes. Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium. Come hear Vergennes Union Middle and High School Choirs. Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Join the guild for their monthly meeting followed by guest speaker Donna Druchanas. All are welcome. More info call 802-453-5960. “The Wolves” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, April 5, 7:30 p.m., Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Vermont Premiere of the Obie Award-winning play by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Assistant Professor Michole Biancosino. Tickets $15 general public/$12 Middlebury College ID card holders/$6 for Middlebury College students. More info at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or go.middlebury. edu/arts.

Apr

6

FRIDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 11 a.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Menu includes baked ham, mashed potatoes, broccoli florets, tossed salad, dinner roll and carrot cake with light buttercream frosting. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Advanced tickets required. Call Michelle Eastman at 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. “Barn Art” opening reception in Brandon. Friday, April 6, 5-7 p.m., The Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr. Experience this new exhibit, a collection of works from 31 different artists in celebration of these functional, yet stunning, architectural

SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club hike in Bristol. Saturday, April 7, 4783 Plank Rd. Moderate three-mile loop hike to an eastern ridge. Meet at Watershed’s parking area. Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. More info contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or 802-388-5407. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. Pancake Breakfast ion Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 8 a.m.-noon, American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Eat local at this benefit for the Friends of Middlebury Baseball. Pancakes and donut puffs from Middlebury Bagel and Deli; white and chocolate milk from the cows of Monument Farms; sausage from Duclos and Thompson; fresh maple syrup, maple cream, maple sugar from Bread Loaf View Farm; hot coffee and hash browns from Small City Market. Regular plate $9.00/child’s plate (12 and under) $5.00. “The Wolves” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 2 and 7:30 p.m., Seeler Studio Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. The Vermont Premiere of the Obie Award-winning play by Sarah DeLappe, directed by Assistant Professor Michole Biancosino. Tickets $15 general public/$12 Middlebury College ID card holders/$6 for Middlebury College students. More info at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or go.middlebury.edu/arts. Stellaria Trio in Brandon. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. In ‘Dark Horses’ Violinist Letitia Quante, cellist John Dunlop, and pianist Claire Black present the new program ‘Dark Horses’ which will include Beethoven’s Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat Major and Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net. Robinson & Rohe perform in Ripton. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Jean Rohe and Liam Robinson met a decade ago through their love of participatory music-making and American folk song. Their original repertoire is inspired by the traditions they hold dear and features carefully crafted lyrics, elegant vocal harmonies, and detailed arrangements for guitar, banjo, and accordion. Tickets $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12.

Apr

8

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 9A

Starting April 2nd

ESSENTIALS PROGRAM 6 week/10-12 hours per week Applications being accepted; space is limited.

Innovative, personalized program to help individuals become successful learners and employees. Critical Thinking, Math Skills, Career Exploration, Effective Writing, Digital Literacy, Comprehensive Reading and Workforce Readiness. 282 Boardman Street, Middlebury

388-4392

Heating • Air Conditioning RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

DO YOU USE OIL ?? ARE YOU CONSIDERING SWITCHING TO NATURAL GAS ? WOULD YOU LIKE A LESS-COSTLY ALTERNATIVE ? No need to replace your boiler or furnance. You can convert your burner to a new RIELLO natural gas burner TODAY! Call us today and we will gladly help you convert your system by the time natural gas arrives!

OPENING CAMPS FOR THE SEASON • Heating System Services • Home Weatherization • Natural Gas/Propane Certified • Plumbing Services • Air Conditioning Servicing & Installations M-F 7am - 4pm, Sat 8-noon 24/7 Pager Service

1786 Route 7 South • Middlebury, VT • 388-2296

SUNDAY

“Lady Bird” on screen in Middlebury. Sunday, April 8, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. The MNFF Winter Screening Series presents this narrative drama directed by Greta Gerwig. Watch the trailers, read more about the films and buy tickets at middfilmfest.org. A series pass, covering admission to all six films, is available for $60. Individual tickets to the films are $12. Also available on the THT website, at the THT box office or day of show.

Apr

9

MONDAY

Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Monday, April 9, 11:15 a.m., KB Café, Kennedy Bros, Main St. Enjoy Stuffed shells, Caesar salad, garlic bread and strawberry shortcake cupcake for dessert. Advanced reservations required, call Michelle to reserve (802) 377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up. Legislative agriculture lunch in Bridport. Monday, April 9, noon-1:45 p.m., Bridport Grange Hall. Meet with Addison County legislators and discuss issues important to Addison County. The lunch will focus on agriculture issues. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening their hall. Sponsored by Bridport Grange 303 and the Addison County Farm Bureau.

L IV E M U S I C Bach’s 333rd birthday concert in Middlebury. Thursday, March 22, 12:15-12:45 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Young Tradition Touring Group in Middlebury. Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Full Share in Middlebury. Saturday, March 24, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte. Cooie’s Jazz Ensemble. Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Daymark in Bristol. Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m., Walkover Gallery Paul Asbell in Middlebury. Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek Champlain Philharmonic in Middlebury. Sunday, March 25, 4 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Elka Bong, Dei Xhrist and Jane Boxall in Vergennes. Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., Northern Daughters Gallery. VUHS Instrumental Concert in Vergennes. Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium. “Orgelgebet” performed in Middlebury. Thursday, March 29, 12:15-12:45 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. “Organ Music of Passiontide” in Middlebury. Friday, March 30, 7-7:50 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Heliand Consort in Middlebury. Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. The Grift in New Haven. Friday, March 30, 8 p.m., Tourterelle. Soulstice in Middlebury. Saturday, April 31, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte. Choral Concert in Vergennes. Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium. Robinson & Rohe in Ripton. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House. Stellaria Trio in Brandon. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. One for the Road in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte.

See an extended calendar and a full listing of See a full listing of

ONGOINGEVENTS O N G O ING E V E NT S

on the Web at Addison Independent and an extended Calendar from

www.addisonindependent.com on the Web at www.addisonindependent.com

info@addisoncountypcc.org • addisoncountypcc.org • 388-3171

• Community Playgroups • Parent Education Classes • Home Visits • Pregnancy Prevention Programs • Parent Training & Child Center Helping Young Families Get The Right Start

Find us on www.addisonindependent.com HARDWOODS & SOFTWOOD

At the Mill – QUALITY Kiln Dried Lumber

Over 100 years Superior Quality/ Great Prices

Repairs & Remodeling New Construction – Any Size Job Paneling, Flooring, Siding / Trim Furniture & Cabinets Pine, Maple, Oak, Cherry, Ash...

Local • Sustainable • Renewable Cash & Volume Discounts • Great Specials • Friendly Service The A. Johnson Co., LLC • 995 South 116 Rd • Bristol, VT 802-453-4884 • www.VermontLumber.com

PAGE 10A — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Cordes (Continued from Page 1A) primary, as fellow Democrats Paul Forlenza of Lincoln and Caleb Elder of Starksboro have confirmed they’ll be running. Meanwhile, incumbent (and top vote-getter in 2016) Rep. Fred Baser, R-Bristol, said he will seek re-election to another two-year term, though his longtime district mate, Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol, announced his name won’t be on the ballot. Cordes, 59, has for the past 17 years worked as an RN at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She and her family have lived in Vermont for more than 30 years. They moved to Lincoln in 2003. Her husband is David Walker, a builder, and they have two grown daughters. They live in an off-the-energy-grid home off Downingsville Road. She has delivered testimony at the Statehouse on behalf of the UVM Medical Center’s nurses’ union on such issues as health care reform, paid sick days, and safe hospital staffing levels for patient care. Cordes helped create the Equal Care Coalition, to advocate for the elimination of health insurance policy exclusions for transgender patients. She is former treasurer for 350VT, a grassroots group that advocates for remedies to climate change. Cordes subscribes to the notion that Democrats are well positioned to make inroads in the political realm this year, in large part due to the Trump administration. Vermont is a “blue” state and “all politics is local,” but area Democrats are hoping Republican President Donald Trump’s polarizing policies and rhetoric blow some wind in their respective sails during the upcoming campaign season. “People across the community, state and country are standing up for democracy,” Cordes said of the current political climate. “The current federal administration has definitely become a trigger for waking up more people to engage

MARI CORDES in building our democracy. I do think the actions of this current administration are directly affecting — and scaring — people.” As was the case two years ago, Cordes will emphasize such campaign priorities as a publicly funded universal health care system, an economy that “works for all Vermonters,” development of more renewable energy, and institution of a more progressive tax system “that ensures corporations and the wealthy are paying their fair share.” Cordes acknowledged gun violence will likely be a more prominent campaign issue this year than it was two years ago. Vermont has some of the most relaxed gun laws in the nation, though it remains one of the safest states in the union in terms of violent crime. Still, the recent arrest of a Poultney youth amid allegations he had been plotting a mass shooting at Fair Haven Union High School has prompted Gov. Phil Scott and the state Legislature to consider some tighter gun ownership rules. Cordes, who said she grew up

around guns and learned to shoot at a young age, supports strengthening background checks prior to firearms purchases. She also supports a new proposal that would allow Vermont law enforcement to confiscate weapons from individuals deemed by a court to be at “extreme risk” to themselves or others. She added she could support curtailing access to “high lethality” weapons, though she said the Legislature should first hear from experts to help define such weapons. But Vermonters should continue to have access to firearms for selfprotection and hunting, according to Cordes. “I support and admire the culture in Vermont of being able to provide for yourself and your family by hunting and growing food,” Cordes said. “It’s one of the reasons I moved to Vermont from Michigan decades ago. “While I trust the vast majority of gun owners in Vermont are responsible, the incident in Fair Haven raised some red flags for a lot of us,” she added. ON HEALTH CARE Having worked in health care for three decades, Cordes has developed some strong opinions on the subject, She continues to strongly back a “universal, publicly funded health care system.” As reported by the Addison Independent, Cordes was among those arrested in Washington, D.C., last year during a health carerelated protest at the Russell Senate Office Building. The group was trying to raise awareness about the proposed “Better Care Reconciliation Act,” legislation opponents feared would reduce health care access for millions of Americans. “If we’re going to move forward to make health care more accessible and affordable, we can’t be cutting programs that are getting us to that point,” she said. Cordes noted health care costs are now forcing families to make tough household budget decisions. “The health care issue is still driving a lot of the costs, and it’s linked to education and other aspects of our economy,” she said. Cordes acknowledged Vermont’s dwindling number of school students. At the same time that it considers ways to make itself more attractive to young families, Vermont should make more productive use of the mounting unused space in school buildings, according to Cordes. To that end, she suggested dental clinics, health care facilities, addiction prevention programs and other services could set up offices in schools to better serve the student population. A big fan of renewable energy, Cordes wants communities to take a more active role in developing such projects to reduce dependency on fossil fuels. So she’d like to see residents join forces in creating energy cooperatives, through which folks could invest in solar farms and other renewables that could benefit specific local housing projects and/or public facilities. Area voters will have more chances to learn about Cordes during the coming months. She and her campaign volunteers will hold regular “community conversations” throughout Addison-4 to hear from residents about their concerns and priorities for the state. Her campaign website is at maricordes.org. “I think this is one of the most profound moments in my lifetime,” Cordes said. “People across the community, state and country are standing up for democracy again.” Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

NORDIC FARMS, HOME of this iconic red-roofed barn off Route 7, was the site of a Wednesday auction that marked the end to a multigeneration dairy operation. Three years of very low milk prices threaten other Vermont dairy farms.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

Dairy farms (Continued from Page 10A) GOVERNMENT HELP? today’s market. Some help, however, is on its For a dairy farm similar to his 250-300 milking herd that had way within the next few weeks via been roughly valued at $3 million, the federal government’s Margin every dollar decline or rise in Protection Program. Vermont’s the hundredweight price of milk Secretary of Agriculture Anson is worth about $70,000, he said. Tebbetts encouraged area farmers to Back in 2014, dairy farmers were at least take a look at the program doing well with prices near $24 to see how it might help them, even per hundredweight. Prices today, though similar programs in the past however, are just under $15 per have not always been beneficial. the past 70 years. In 1947, Vermont “It’s not going to be for had 11,206 dairy farms, compared hundredweight, with breakeven costs ranging from $18 to $22 per everybody,” Tebbetts recently told to 1,046 in 2009, and just 796 dairy hundredweight, largely depending WPTZ’s Channel 5 reporter Brian farms in 2017. on the size of the farm and the Colleran, “but I encourage all It’s a trend Hinsdale knows well advantages of bulk purchasing farmers to take a look at this to see if through his advocacy on behalf and scale. That difference — from it can help them. And the important of the dairy industry for three $24 per hundredweight to $15 per thing is that it will happen in the next decades, including as president few weeks and (you of the Vermont Farm Bureau, hundredweight — will) not have to wait director of the American Farm represents a swing of until the farm bill is Bureau Federation, director and $630,000 annually “I’d been holding completed.” at an operation of on for the past chairman of Farm Family Insurance The 2018 farm bill Companies, and director of Yankee Nordic Farm’s size. few years, but the under negotiation Farm Credit, ACA. In those years, With labor costs being a key hole I was digging in Congress may he’s helped craft farm legislation include a provision to try to stabilize the dairy industry component of just kept getting called the Dairy and provide a fair price to dairy profitability and deeper and Farm Sustainability farmers — a sometimes elusive goal finding labor just deeper.” Act. As proposed that has Hinsdale worried. another formidable — Clark Hinsdale by New York Sen. challenge that faces Of Vermont’s fewer than 800 Kristen Gillibrand, remaining dairy farms, Hinsdale dairy farmers, Hinsdale had been among the first this would set a base price for milk says the average number of milking to install robotic milkers at this dairy at $23.34 per hundredweight; if the cows per farm is about 125, while 14 years ago. While they certainly price falls below that threshold, on the other side of the coin, there made a difference, he calls the eligible farmers would get 45 are about 25 to 30 Large Farm system obsolete now because the percent of the difference. But that’s Operations with more than 1,000 speculative legislation that could cows. In more specific numbers, size of the farm is obsolete. Hinsdale had sold his farm change or might not meet approval he says about 29,000 cows are operation to Michael LaClair back in by a majority of either the House with LFOs, with the remaining 2014, just before milk prices started or Senate, or get approval of the 70,000 cows of Vermont’s roughly their decline. The farm went into president. It is, at the least, an 100,000-cow dairy herd scattered bankruptcy in 2017, and Hinsdale uncertain solution. among Vermont’s 750 smaller What is certain, Hinsdale says, farms. took back the operation. “I’d been holding on for the is that more and more dairy farms “I hate to say it, but there’s past few years, but the hole I was are being stressed by low milk no future for the family farm in digging just kept getting deeper and prices and more Vermont,” Hinsdale deeper,” Hinsdale said, explaining conventional dairy “Three dairy says, “but there that larger farms (1,000 cows and farms will likely go may be a future farms in Vermont for the ‘families bigger, named LFOs, for Large out of business. “Three dairy farms have already Farm Operations) could save $2 farm,’” meaning or $3 per hundredweight because in Vermont have auctioned off their farm families that of the advantages of scale. That already auctioned off join together to form herds so far this advantage, he says, is one of the their herds so far this larger operations. reasons consolidation in the industry year,” Hinsdale said, year and you’re In the meantime, “and you’re going to going to see a lot was proceeding so rapidly. We d n e s d a y ’s But even at $15 per hundredweight see a lot more come more come this auction at Nordic this April and May.” LFOs would be struggling as well. Farms will hopefully Part of the April and May.” And prices for raw milk have been not be the end of the — Clark Hinsdale useful life of the down for the third straight year, problem, Hinsdale with 2015 seeing a significant drop noted, is that the farm buildings and three-year from the high prices of 2014, and typical the 600 acres of land then further drops in price in both cycle of dairy prices is being around the farm, which is protected 2016 and 2017. The price farms elogated by the very advantages in the Vermont Land Trust. get for their milk doesn’t look any larger farms have. Because their “I’m not sure what we’ll do better in 2018, farm experts agree, scale allows them to produce more next,” Hinsdale said on Tuesday, prompting Agri-Mark Farmers milk at a lower break-even cost, the though he said he hoped the dairy Cooperative to send suicide price cycle may see a four-year or would become home to some new prevention information along with longer period before prices recover. ag venture. its membership newsletter just “Our new dairy barn may make a few weeks ago following the DOWNWARD TREND a very nice malt house in the near It’s all part of a trend that has seen future,” he mused in a recent post to suicide earlier this year of one of its Vermont’s dairy farms decline over the Vermont Farm Bureau. members.

Maple Open House Weekend at Williams Maple Farm

corner of Rt 30 & Swamp Rd. in Cornwall Sat, March 24, 11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun, March 25, 11:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. 10% Off all syrup and maple products over the weekend! (off of purchases of $18 or more) Cold syrup tasting or hot off the E-Vap when boiling!

Sugar on Snow! Call Kevin Williams at 802-771-7307 for more info & exact boiling times

Come see our Sugar House with Modern Wood Fired Evaporator with Reverse Osmosis! Collecting sap from 9,200 taps! blueribbonvtmaple.com

Blue Ribbon Award-Winning Maple Syrup and Maple Products For Sale

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 11A

Water quality

MEMBERS OF THE Mount Abe Student Activists group shoveled snow, hung signs, and equipped the Bristol bandstand with a sound system in preparation for Saturday’s Park Protest.

Independent photo/Christopher Ross

Bristol (Continued from Page 1A) on either side of the issue, he said. schools were closed because of Among MASA’s supporters snow. Saturday were several local teachers. On Saturday, students arrived hours “I’m very proud of these kids,” in advance of the demonstration to Mount Abe social studies teacher set up and shovel snow around the Scott Beckwith said. “We teach a bandstand. Ignoring heavy winds that civics class at Mount Abraham called blew papers around and knocked over ‘Age of Legality,’ and we encourage displays, they circulated petitions, them to actually think about their recited poems and commemorated cultural capital, and what they the 17 Parkland victims. can do to have their voices heard. Kameryn Norse, a Mount Abe This demographic for the first time senior, recited a poem she’d written in many years is standing up and that painted portraits of both victim actually speaking out.” and shooter: He urged the “Her bed was students to “stay with made, breakfast “Learning about this. This is so vitally eaten, teeth brushed, the victims put important.” shiny and clean. She into perspective Bristol resident and left for school but Middlebury Union never returned .... for me that they High School science His bed wasn’t made, were more than teacher Carl Engvall he skipped breakfast just ‘17 dead.’ attributed increased and he loaded his They were people student engagement gun, the bullets shiny on this issue, in part, and clean. He left with faces and to the Women’s for school and didn’t families and lives March, a womenreturn home.” led movement that and they are At a nearby table helped sponsor the dead because signatures accrued March 14 National on a Vermont of a 19-year-old School Walkout. School Petition for with access to an “We need a Harvey Gun Safety, which AR-15.” Weinstein moment on called for universal this issue,” Engvall — Madi Shepard said, referring to the background checks, age limits on gun former film producer purchases, firearm safety courses and whose professional downfall after stronger enforcement of anti-felon dozens of women accused him of gun laws. sexual misconduct has been seen State Rep. Dave Sharpe of Bristol by many as a watershed moment was on hand to show support. “Go in the movement against sexual students!” he shouted from the harassment. crowd. Opportunities for students, and “I support the Connecticut model,” the broader community, to make Sharpe said between presentations, their voices heard continued. In referring to that state’s gun-control Montpelier, the House Education laws, which were passed after Committee scheduled a hearing on a mass shooting at Sandy Hook school safety on Wednesday, March Elementary School in 2012. The 21, to which Vermont students were laws expand bans on sales of assault- invited to testify. Some Addison style weapons, limit magazine size, County students were expected to be require background checks for all there. firearms sales and create a registry On this coming Saturday, March of “weapons offenders.” Gun-control 24, community members will gather supporters say the restrictions have on the green in Middlebury for a led to a decrease in firearm deaths. demonstration protesting school But Sharpe acknowledged that shootings. achieving the students’ goals in Rep. Fred Baser, who was also on Vermont would be challenging. the Bristol green this past Saturday, Any gun control bill viewed as too said in a separate interview that strong or too weak would encounter he thought the students’ voices significant opposition from activists were being heard by the Vermont

Legislature and around the country, and he commended Mount Abraham student efforts. “I think it’s wonderful that young people, high school students and others, have chosen to get involved and say, ‘Can’t someone figure out how to do something about this?’” Paul Forlenza, a member of the Lincoln selectboard who had met with and advised students before the protest, agreed. “These kids are amazing, so articulate, so well-organized, so thoughtful, so caring.” Forlenza thanked their parents and teachers, who he said had helped them grow. “I can remember when I was their age,” he added. “I was bumbling. I didn’t have a clue.” Many in the crowd wept when students took turns on the bandstand reading brief biographies of the Parkland victims. “I kept picturing our classmates,” Lyons said later. “People who would do the same things if they were in that position.” She and Bernoudy said they found Peter Wang’s story one of the most moving. The 15-year-old Junior ROTC student in Parkland died while trying to save others. At his funeral, a representative from West Point presented Wang’s parents with a posthumous letter of acceptance to the United States Military Academy. Two local 9th-graders researched and wrote the Parkland bios — Madi Shepard of Mount Abraham and Nekaiya Shine of MUHS. “Each one I wrote broke my heart,” Shepard said. “Learning about the victims put into perspective for me that they were more than just ‘17 dead.’ They were people with faces and families and lives and they are dead because of a 19-year-old with access to an AR-15.” To close Saturday’s event, cast members from the Mount Abe spring musical sang “Bring on Tomorrow,” a number from their forthcoming production of “Fame.” “I could not have imagined a more successful version of the event,” Lyons said. “It was everything the MASA members hoped for, and made all the long hours completely worth it. This was an amazing start for our community. The conversation does not end here.”

Other protests held, more planned

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS Since students from Middlebury Union High School and Middlebury College held a March 14 demonstration on the Cross Street Bridge calling for action to address gun violence in schools, more gatherings have been held and at least one more is planned for this coming Saturday. Many local demonstrations as part of the National School Walkout on March 14 were postponed because of the school snow day. One was at Middlebury Union Middle School, where about 160 students and staff walked out and recognized the 17 students and staff killed in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting in February. Mount Abraham Union High School students and community members held a demonstration on the Bristol Town Green on Saturday (see story on Page 1A). Mount Abraham Principal Jessica Barewicz early this week looked forward to debriefing with organizers of that event, she said. She also commented on the rescheduled in-school memorial, which took place Monday, March 19. At the memorial in the school auditorium students observed 17 minutes of silence — one for each Parkland shooting victim. “It was beautiful,” Barewicz said.

An estimated 50-75 MUHS students also walked out on Monday morning for an observance of silence and reading of names of the Parkland victims. On this coming Saturday, March 24, a community members from Addison County will gather on the town green in Middlebury for a “sibling march” as part of the March for Our Lives movement. The march is one of over 800 happening around the country planned by students,

teachers and concerned community members in towns and cities big and small, in all 50 states. The Middlebury program is scheduled for noon-2 p.m. The national day of action will focus on calling for lawmakers to make students’ lives and safety a priority and to pass common-sense gun safety legislation. More information on the Sibling Marches is online at MarchforOurLives.com/events.

(Continued from Page 1A) Shoreham’s Platt Memorial Library. Bray is chairman of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee, which did a lot of work on S.260. Bray explained the bill offers a path to the key, missing ingredient for efforts to keep phosphorous and other pollutants out of Lake Champlain: Money. State officials in 2015 approved the Clean Water Initiative (Act 64), aimed at addressing federal concerns about pollution in Vermont’s waterways. Federal authorities regularly call upon states to develop “Total Daily Maximum Load,” or TMDL, thresholds for their impaired waters. The TMDL identifies the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive while still meeting water quality standards. Lawmakers have been virtually unanimous in their belief the state’s waterways need to be cleaned, but they have yet to agree on a funding mechanism. Individual lawmakers have sought to protect their respective constituencies as much as possible from the sticker shock. Business groups have lobbied against suggestions the commercial sector bear a larger burden. Farmers have also voiced concern about being targeted as a result of fertilizerrelated runoff. And Gov. Phil Scott has made clear his disdain for any increases in broad-based taxes or fees. Scott has expressed confidence the state will generate enough revenues to pay for the cleanup without imposing new fees or taxes. Bray and his colleagues hope Scott is correct, but they don’t want to see the cleanup placed in jeopardy if the governor’s optimism isn’t rewarded. “We’re uncomfortable with the idea of waiting to see how (state) revenues turn out, because … it will actually be too late to start building a ‘Plan B’ next year,” Bray said. “As a prudent measure, we are planning ‘Plan B’ this year, and we do that by creating this working group.” The committee members would be the chairs of House and Senate Appropriations, House and Senate Natural Resources, Senate Finance, and the House Ways and Means, or their designees, according to S.260. It’s a group with a clear mission: Draft legislation by Nov. 15 that will lay out, among other things, a water

quality financing plan that will have, together and be on the same page.” as its centerpiece, a fee on each of PHOSPHOROUS AMONG US the 360,000 parcels in the state of Smith said the phosphorous Vermont. Senate Natural Resources problem can be traced back & Energy officials believe water centuries, to a time when vast tracts quality affects everyone, and of forestland were cleared for homes everyone in turn affects water quality, and farming. “There’s no black and thereby validating the white answer that’s out premise that everyone there, and I would like to should pay for the say phosphorous began cleanup effort. accumulating in our lake “The per-parcel fee when Europeans began is a powerful tool, settling our area,” Smith because you can ask a said. “Phosphorous is modest contribution of in all of our soils, it’s everybody and build a all around us and it’s an base of funding for our essential element in our water quality work,” life cycle. We use it to Bray said. grow our food and keep At the same time, our bodies functioning officials want to “The per-parcel make sure the water fee is a powerful properly.” Farmers, Smith said, quality funding plan tool, because have acknowledged reflects a surcharge on you can ask their responsibility in parcels that generate the cleanup process. the most pollution. a modest “Agriculture has Such parcels, for contribution of really taken on a huge example, might contain everybody and load in trying to solve impervious surfaces build a base of this problem,” Smith (such as parking lots) funding for our said. “About 40 percent that promote pollution water quality of the phosphorous runoff into streams, work.” going into the lake is rivers and lakes. — Sen. Chris Bray directly attributed to “It’s the runoff that agricultural activities, mobilizes the pollutants and they’ve agreed to clean up 50 that we’re dealing with,” Bray said. State officials are currently percent of the phosphorous.” “Agriculture is leading the charge, mapping all of the impervious surfaces in Vermont, a project due to and they’ve been doing it since day one,” he added. wrap up in 2020. Every farmer has to have a nutrient “When we have that data, we’ll be able to say, ‘If you have X amount management plan for every field on of impervious surface, you add to which he or she operates, he noted. the water quality challenge,’ and you These plans include periodic soil would be assessed something on that testing to guide farmers in their crop/ phosphorous runoff management. base (per-parcel) fee,” Bray said. Since Act 64 became law, S.260 gives lawmakers the ability to adjust the per-parcel fee based in Vermont farmers have developed the state’s revenue picture for fiscal a combined total of 46,200 new nutrient management plans for their year 2020. “Once you have (the revenue respective properties, according to mechanism) in place, you can turn Smith. Bray believes such planning the dial up or down,” Bray said. “If the state revenues are booming, will serve the state well during great, you turn down the tax rate and the coming years. It is critical that Vermont remain aggressive in its we’ll be good to go.” Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, water cleanup efforts, he said. “There is that sobering reality that is a senior member of the House Agriculture & Forestry Committee. it’s a big problem and it’s going to Smith, a longtime farmer, is pleased take a lot of work, that we’ll have to see the state confront the pollution to make a big investment and we’re going to have to do it for the rest of problem in a coordinated way. “There’s no magic solution,” the lives of everyone in this room,” Smith said. “Everyone has to work Bray said.

PAGE 12A — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Congratulations

MT. ABE GIRLS BASKETBALL!

2017-18 ROSTER

ABBY MANSFIELD* • EMMA LAROSE* • VANESSA DYKSTRA • EMMA RADLER • JALEN COOK • MOLLY MURRAY JESS MURRAY • ALLY HOFF • JASMINE GILE • EMMA CARTER* • BRIDGET DAVIS • ISABEL GEPFERT • CORA FUNKE Head Coach: Connie LaRose Assistant Coaches: Steve Barsalou, Gene Bell, Koran Cousino, Bonnie Huizenga *Denotes Captains

CONGRATULATIONS LADY EAGLES, BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT!

Congrats to our 2018 Lady Eagles

CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT YEAR! Plumbing & Heating

125 Monkton Rd., Bristol, VT 453-2325 cvplumbingheating.com

802.453.3911 • redcloverfamilydentistry.com

61 Pine Street Building #4 in BristolWorks!

Fuel /Oil Delivery

GO EAGLES!

3629 Ethan Allen Highway, New Haven, VT • tourterelle.com • 802-453-6309

Celebrating each Lady Eagle! Your hard work, dedication and teamwork realizes your dreams! From the ladies of the Gridley Group at RE/MAX North, Bonnie, Kris and Robin 802.388.0505 101 Court St., Middlebury www.midvthomes.com

Congratulations Lady Eagles!

We are very happy for you and proud of your accomplishment! Rod and Shelly Cousino and the Financial Services Team

Cousino FinanCial serviCes 453-2497 • 23 West Street, Bristol, VT

802 . 453 . 2500 BristolElectronicsVT.com

eat J Gr

ob Lady Eag le

s!

Insuring what you do

Carter Agency 2 South St, Bristol, VT 05443

802-453-6054

Great Going Eagles! You Distinguished Yourselves as Champions!

Congratulations to the Mt. Abe Girls’ Basketball Team for bringing home another championship title to Mt. Abe!! 25 West Street, Bristol, VT 05443 • 802-453-3818 info@larosesurveys.com • www.larosesurveys.com

We’re all Proud of Your Championship Season!

1396 Route 7 South, Middlebury 388-2500 • distinctivepaintvt.com

Addison County’s Biggest Beverage Store

ions Lady tulat Ea a r g ng

Monument Farms 2% Gallons Just $2.99 - Best Deal in the County! PLUS! Enjoy Many More Locally Sourced & Sustained Foods!

WAY TO GO MT. ABE EAGLES

Warmest Congratulations to the Ladies Basketball Team! 16 Creek Road, Middlebury VT • 802-388-6054 www.countrysidecarpetandpaint.com

Open Mon. - Sat. 9am - 7pm Sun. 10am-4pm Redemption Closes 1 Hour Prior 21 Prince Lane • Bristol

453-3990

Way to Go Eagles! Carter Insurance

We are so very proud of all of the hard work that you put into this season!

“Congratulations Mt. Abe Girls’ Basketball Team!” 32 Pine Street • Bristol, VT 05443 For information on all your energy needs, please call us at: 802-453-2381 or www.JackmansInc.com

You’re the BEST!! Rt. 7 • Middlebury • 388-6297

! les

We’re so proud of you ladies! Congratulations to an amazing team and their fantastic coaches.

388-6888 • vermontsun.com

Congratulations Mt. Abe Girls’ Basketball Team on a great year and for bringing home the Division II Championship Trophy.

You Soared all Season – Flying to New Heights!

MONKTON, VT • 802-453-5232 • VERMONTGREENTREE.COM

* Clip this ad and bring it in to start your membership by June 30, 2018

185 Exchange St., Middlebury, VT 388-4975 champlainvalleyfuels.com

LADY EAGLES,

PERSONALIZED SERVICE IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY

In honor of your win, Vermont Sun would like to award team members a Complimentary 2-week Unlimited Membership!*

Co

Thanks for giving us something to smile about!

Congratulations Champions!

Hewitt Rd., Bristol, VT 802-453-2897 exclusivelyvt.com

Way to Soar, Lady Eagles! Congratulations from Andrea & Susan

35 West Street, Bristol 453-6600 www.paigeandcampbell.com

ADDISON COUNTY INDEPENDENT

B Section

THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018

MATT DICKERSON

SPORTS

• School News • Legal Notices

Stepping down

Haunted fishing memories

I had just finished my best ever day of steelhead fishing and I was in the pickup truck with my guide Ryan driving back to town. I commented that days like I’d just had must get him a lot of repeat clients. It wasn’t idle banter. I was already trying to figure out when and how I might get back to that river, and I knew that Rain Coast Guides had already nearly booked most of March of 2019 more than a year in advance. Ryan laughed. No, he said. It isn’t necessarily the great days that bring clients back. Often, it’s the lousy days. The comment surprised me at first. After a moment’s thought, however, it made sense — at least to my own experience. I’ve had only a handful of opportunities to fish for steelhead on the famous rivers of Washington, Oregon, and northern California. I’ve never had the flexibility to plan a trip during perfect water condition or wait for when the steelhead were running upriver. My rare steelhead fishing trips are generally just the extra day or two squeezed onto the end of a business trip before catching a redeye flight home and back to work. On this March trip to Washington, I got lucky and hit it perfectly, resulting in the sort of day — and, more importantly, the sort of fish — that stick in the memory a long time. On my previous winter steelhead trips to Oregon, by contrast, I hit it just wrong. Two years ago, the last time I was out there, I caught an unusually dry and cold spell. Several rainless days had just passed, which is a rare phenomenon in coastal Oregon. The snow in the hills wasn’t melting either. The rivers were running low, clear and cold. And as a result, the steelhead weren’t moving. We could see them all stacked up at the bottom of one long 20-foot-deep pool, essentially unreachable for an angler wielding a fly rod. Three days after I left, the rain fell and my guide had one of the best days he’d ever had on that river. The trip before, three years ago, conditions were just the opposite. The rivers were already running high and muddy when I made it down to the coast for one day of guided fishing after a two-day conference. The guide said our outlook was bleak and volunteered to cancel the trip without charging us. We decided to go ahead with it. And, sure enough, as we met our guide a little before dawn a light rain began to fall. For the next three hours the rain gradually increased in (See Dickerson, Page 2B)

ALSO IN THIS SECTION:

• Classifieds • Police Logs

Middlebury nine drops three games ATLANTA, Ga. — The Middlebury College baseball team hit a rough patch this past weekend in Atlanta, dropping three games to fall to 1-5. The Panthers return to action on Saturday in California on their annual spring break trip, which will culminate the following weekend with a three-game set with NESCAC rival Williams. On this past Sunday Emory (8-9) held off a Middlebury rally to win, 10-7. Emory scored seven runs on seven hits off Panther starter Colin Waters (0-2) in two-plus innings, taking a 6-0 lead before the Panthers scored twice in the top of the third on a Kevin Woodring homer after a Brooks Carroll single. Grant Elgarten singled in Carroll in the fifth to make it 7-3, but Emory scored three in the bottom of the inning to take a seven-run lead. (See Baseball, Page 2B)

MIKE COREY, SEEN here coaching a youth soccer summer camp in Bristol, is stepping down after coaching the Eagle boys’ soccer team since 1995. Corey began his coaching career in Hinesburg in 1978 and also coached at Vergennes Union High School.

Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

Corey leaves legacy on and off the field

By ANDY KIRKALDY bodied his coaching style all the BRISTOL — When former “I would say the way through high school, too. Mount Abraham Union High highlight of my He’s always been very relaxed,” School boys’ soccer players talk coaching career is Doyle-Burr said. “There was about longtime coach Mike Co- the relationships I sort of a free flow to his coaching rey they first look back on their style, and that made me feel a days as kids at Corey’s annual was able to develop lot more comfortable. I felt like with the players summer camps. the players on the team tended Silas Doyle-Burr, a 2005 and their families.” to pick things up a little quicker — Mike Corey because they weren’t worried Mount Abe graduate who is now the owner of Monkton’s Last about making mistakes.” Resort Farm, remembers a thread from Corey’s Corey’s career as the leader of Eagle soccer Summit Soccer Camp that wove through his ended in November when he stepped down after Eagle years. coaching at Mount Abe since 1988. “Especially at an early age he wanted to emMount Abe girls’ soccer coach Dustin Corrigphasize having fun, and I think that’s what em- an, a 1998 graduate and now a former colleague

as well as player, said Corey’s love of the game was infectious for the many from around the county who attended his Summit Soccer Camps. “He’s probably been the most significant person, in Addison County for sure, as far as the game of soccer goes,” Corrigan said. “The game would not be what it is in our community had Mike Corey not been here.” Tim Lueders-Dumont, a 2008 graduate who is the Vermont State Treasurer’s office’s policy director, talked about the Summit Soccer Camp and his high school experience. “I still remember the first time I was at his summer soccer camp, and then working all those years at the camp for him. He always made me (See Corey, Page 2B)

Women’s tennis blanks two foes to remain undefeated MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s tennis team on Saturday picked up 9-0 victories over visiting Colby and St. Lawrence on Saturday to improve to 4-0. The Panthers, ranked fourth in NCAA Division III, head west for five matches in California during their spring break trip, starting with a contest at Grossman on Sunday. Against Colby (2-1, 1-1 NES-

CAC) in the day’s first match, Middlebury notched doubles wins from the No. 1 tandem of Katherine Hughes and Skylar Schossberger, the No. 2 team of Christina Puccinelli and Heather Boehm, and the No. 3 pair of Molly Paradies and Ann Martin Skelly. In singles, the Panthers dropped a combined 10 games during the six matches. Emily Bian started with

victory at No. 6 before Puccinelli won in the second spot. Hughes won at No. 1, Catherine Blazye prevailed at No. 3, Schossberger won in the fourth spot, and Paradies completed the sweep at No. 5. In the match against St. Lawrence (1-4), the Panthers surrendered just four games in the trio of doubles wins. Maddi Stow and Blazye won at No. 2, Puccinelli and Boehm

posted a victory in the third flight, and Hughes and Schossberger prevailed in the top flight. Middlebury surrendered just three games in the six singles wins. Paradies was victorious at No. 5, Boehm No. 3 (6-0, 6-0), Stow at No. 4, Hughes at No. 1, Puccinelli at No. 2 position, and Skelly at No. 6.

Sports BRIEFS

Men’s tennis wins matches, now 5-0

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Middlebury College men’s tennis team, ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division III, on Saturday improved to 5-0 with victories at No. 21 MIT, 6-3, and at No. 21 Brandeis, 9-0. The Panthers return to action during their spring break trip with seven matches in California, beginning with a contest on Saturday at Azusa Pacific. In the match at MIT (2-3), the Panthers’ doubles teams of Noah Farrell and Peter Martin at No. 2, Timo van der Geest and Nate Eazor at No. 3 and Lubomir Cuba and Kyle Schlanger at No. 1 gave Middlebury a 3-0 lead. Also scoring wins in singles were Schlanger at No. 3 and Cuba at No. 1 in straight sets, and Eazor at No. 6, 1-6, 6-4, 10-7. Against Brandeis (5-2), in doubles Cuba and Schlanger won at No. 1, Weston Brach and Eazor won at No. 3, and van der Geest and Martin prevailed at No. 2. In singles Schlanger won at No. 2, before Eazor clinched the match at No. 5. Cuba prevailed at No. 1, as did Andre Xiao over Ben Wolfe at No. 6, van der Geest at No. 3, and Alex Vanezis at No. 4.

ScoreBOARD COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 3/20 Midd. vs. Plattsburgh......................12-7 Baseball 3/18 Emory vs. Midd...............................10-7

Schedule

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 3/24 Bowdoin at Midd........................... Noon 3/27 Midd. at TCNJ............................... 7 PM 3/29 Midd. at Montclair State................ 3 PM 3/31 Midd. at Amherst........................... 2 PM Men’s Lacrosse 3/24 Midd. at Bowdoin.......................... 1 PM 3/27 Midd. at Denison...................... 7:30 PM 3/31 Amherst at Midd............................ 2 PM Baseball 3/24 Midd. at Chapman........................ 2 PM 3/25 Midd. at Claremont M-S................ 2 PM 3/25 Midd. at Pomona-Pitzer................ 6 PM 3/26 Midd. at Whittier............................ 6 PM 3/27 Midd. at Cal Tech..................... 6:30 PM 3/28 Midd. at Redlands......................... 6 PM 3/30 Midd. vs. Williams (CA)................ 2 PM 3/30 Midd. vs. Williams (2, CA)............ 3 PM Softball (in Clermont, FL*) 3/23 Midd. vs. Allegheny*.............. 12:30 PM 3/23 Midd. vs. Thomas*................... 4:30 PM 3/24 Midd. vs. Farmingdale*................. 2 PM 3/24 Midd. vs. Juniata*.................... 4:30 PM 3/25 Midd. vs. Mt. Mary*........................9 AM 3/25 Midd. vs. Buffalo St.*..............11:30 AM 3/27 Midd. vs. Wellesley*......................9 AM 3/27 Midd. vs. D’Youville*...............11:30 AM 3/28 Midd. vs. Wis-Whitewater*.............9 AM 3/28 Midd. vs. Loras*......................11:30 AM 3/30 Midd. at Norwich (2)..................... 3 PM 3/31 Midd. at Johnson St. (2)............... 1 PM Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE FRESHMAN Kirsten Murphy keeps close tabs on Wesleyan goalie Allegra Grant Saturday afternoon. Middlebury won the game, 13-1.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Women’s lax grounds Cardinals Panthers move to 5-0, climb to No. 2 in NCAA Division III PANTHER SARA DICENSO charges toward the Wesleyan goal Saturday afternoon in Middlebury.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team cruised to a 13-1 NESCAC victory over visiting Wesleyan Saturday to improve to 13-1. The Panthers (5-0 overall, 3-0 NESCAC) moved up to

No. 2 from No. 4 in the NCAA Division III rankings after No. 2 TCNJ and No. 3 Trinity both suffered their first losses last week. Defending champ Gettysburg (5-0) remained No. 1. The Panthers host No. 20

Bowdoin this coming Saturday at noon. Wesleyan (4-1, 2-1 NESCAC) entered this past Saturday’s game ranked No. 18 and were coming off (See Lacrosse, Page 2B)

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

Corey

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE JUNIOR Sara DiCenso fires a shot from close range on Wesleyan goalie Allegra Grant Saturday afternoon on Kohn Field. Middlebury won the game, 13-1. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Lacrosse (Continued from Page 1B) an upset at TCNJ, but the Panthers scored seven times in the first 16:14

on the way to a 10-0 halftime lead. Emma McDonagh scored 18 seconds after the opening draw, and she

PANTHER FRESHMAN KIRSTEN Murphy had a goal and three assists in Middlebury’s 13-1 win over Wesleyan Saturday.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

and Casey O’Neill each cashed in on free-position shots minutes later for a 3-0 edge at 22:07. Kirsten Murphy factored in on the next three goals for Middlebury, scoring once and assisting on tallies by Georgia Carroll and Emily Barnard. McDonagh converted a free-position at 13:46 to make it 7-0 before Panther goalie Julia Keith made her toughest save of the opening half at 12:38 — Keith thwarted a low Abigail Horst free position bid. Carroll hit the upper-right corner on free position to make it 8-0, and Middlebury closed out the opening 30 minutes with late scores on high shots from Jenna McNicholas and Barnard. In the second frame, McDonagh made it 11-0 off a feed from Carroll. The Cardinals broke though for their lone score with 21:14 left, when Abby Manning scored off a free position while Wesleyan had a one-player advantage. The Panthers added two more goals in the final 20 minutes from O’Neill and Kate Zecca. McDonagh paced the Panthers with four goals, while Murphy recorded a one goal and three assists. Barnard, Carroll and O’Neill scored. Defender Evie Keating finished with game-high six caused turnovers and four ground balls, while midfielder Hollis Perticone controlled five draws. Keith made four saves, while Cardinal goalie Allegra Grant finished with 10 saves. Middlebury held a 27-10 edge in shots. The Panther defense, which entered the game ranked fourth nationally, held an opponent to three goals or fewer for the fourth straight time after allowing five in an opening win at Bates. Middlebury has yielded only 14 goals through five games.

Men’s lacrosse splits two games MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College men’s lacrosse split two recent games, losing a NESCAC game on the road this past Saturday before winning a non-league home game on Tuesday. The 3-2 Panthers will visit league foe Bowdoin this Saturday at 1 p.m. On this past Saturday host Wesleyan held off a Panther rally to prevail, 13-10. The Panthers cut the Cardinal lead to one in the fourth quarter, but Wesleyan answered with the game’s

final two strikes. Wesleyan, ranked No. 8 in NCAA Division III, improved to 4-1, 3-0 in NESCAC play. The Panthers dropped to 2-2, 1-2 in the league, heading into a Tuesday home game vs. Plattsburgh. Saturday’s game was their third in four outings vs. a ranked opponent. On Saturday both teams scored three times in the first quarter, with A. J. Kucinski, Michael McCormack and Danny Jacobs (with four seconds on the clock), finding the

net for Middlebury. Wesleyan outscored the Panthers, 5-1, in the second quarter, including four straight after a Henry Riehl goal for Middlebury, to make it 8-4 at the half. Middlebury closed to within 10-9 after three periods. After goals by Panthers McCormack and Wes Quinzani, Cardinals Ronan Jacoby and Christian Barker pushed the Wesleyan advantage back to four. Middlebury then reeled off three goals, two by Riehl and one by Chase Goree in the final minute to make it a one-goal game. In the final frame, Taylor Ghesquiere made it 11-9 at 11:23, and Middlebury’s Frank Cosolito answered four minutes later with a rocket from 15 yards out. But the Cardinals held off the Panthers until Ghesquiere and Harry Stanton each scored their fourth goals of the game in the final four minutes to make it 13-10. Riehl led the Panthers with three goals and an assist, while McCormack chipped in with two goals and two helpers. Jake Madnick won 15 of 27 faceoffs for Middlebury, and goalie Charles Midgley made 12 saves. Jacoby added three goals and two assists for Wesleyan, Carter Hawthorne dished out five assists, and goalie Otto Bohan made 11 saves. Wesleyan held advantages of 40-36 in shots and 30-26 in ground balls. On Tuesday the Panthers topped visiting Plattsburgh, 12-7. Middlebury outshot the 1-4 Cardinals, 51-32, and won 18 of 22 faceoffs. Middlebury took a 4-2 first-period lead. The teams traded goals in the second period, and Middlebury led at the break, 7-5. The Panthers scored two of the three third-period goals, and in the fourth McCormack scored his fifth goal, and after a Cardinal marker two more Panthers closed out the scoring.

RELATIONSHIPS STORYTELLING AND UNITY (Continued from Page 1B) But that’s not the most important Maybe Corey’s communication feel like I was part of his family. skills and love of talking helped And I know a lot of the guys on the part of the story, Corrigan said. “Mike does an excellent job build- develop those bonds, Corrigan said. team over the years felt that way,” “With Mike I seldom have a Lueders-Dumont said. “He’d have ing relationships with the players like 30 guys over at his house, just who played for him, and it goes way conversation that goes quickly. crammed into his basement watching beyond the years that they played for Somewhere along it strays into a tape or watching the Premier League.” him,” Corrigan said. “We still talk story from Proctor High School way Doyle-Burr also recalled good and we still have that connection. We back. The storytelling I really enjoy, times at Mike Corey’s — and his wife sort have this bond through soccer, and it’s a really big part of who there’s this shared joy, but we have Mike is as a teacher and a coach. Diane’s — Bristol home. “She was also a fundamental com- a personal connection. You know And it works. Those stories are ponent. I just remember all the team that Mike cares a lot for every player powerful,” Corrigan said. “Anyone that has ever played for him, and that who has worked with Mike, either dinners,” Doyle-Burr said. means a lot.” as a player or a coach working with CHANGE OF COURSE Doyle-Burr said players could talk him, it always pushes your thinking But this fall Mike and Diane Corey to Corey. deeply about the game and how have plans other than “He was ap- we approach it. His players learn feeding teenagers and coaching soccer. “He’s probably been proachable as any to think of the game that way and coach I’ve ever had, think like a coach.” The couple will in- the most significant and that’s a very Doyle-Burr agreed time with stead head to Ireland person, in Addison important thing,” Corey has a tendency to stretch out. and rent bicycles. County for sure, as he said. “He really “We were subject to millions of They have always far as the game of cares.” stories, and you obviously know enjoyed traveling, Doyle-Burr said Mike can talk forever,” he said. “But Mike Corey said, and soccer goes. The it was important to there was always some sort of moral have always wanted game would not Corey that his play- lesson behind his stories. More than to return to the Em- be what it is in our ers matured. During anything, he coached for people to erald Isle after a 1981 community had visit. Mike Corey not been his senior year when be better, and to contribute to their a teammate encoun- communities.” “We’ve all got our here.” tered personal issues The other things Corey did to little bucket list. It’s — Dustin Corrigan as the Eagles hit the create bonds and love of the sport time to explore,” said postseason, Corey were to make the time his teams Corey, 67. “I’ve had a hankering to get back and spend asked Doyle-Burr and his twin broth- spent together enjoyable. “He had a way of making practices some considerable time in Ireland. er, Caleb, to talk with the player, and he ended up playing a crucial role in fun and making us do certain drills, My roots are there.” but it never felt like busy work,” But it was not an easy decision for the Eagles’ title run. “Rather than combat that himself, Doyle-Burr said. “At the same time Corey after another solid season: He has coached the Eagle boys’ varsity he had my brother and I deal with it, we were very competitive, and you since 1995, leading the Eagles to titles and I think that was the best way to could tell he wanted to win. But in 2004 and 2013 and to home playoff go,” Doyle-Burr said. “One of the there was minimal stress.” Some of those practices were games in all but five seasons. This biggest lessons I’ve learned as a leadpast fall they won 10 times before a er is delegation, on the farm certainly, memorable, Corrigan said. that’s something that’s very neces“He doesn’t have the greatest quarterfinal loss. Weighing travel goals and the state sary. I can’t do everything myself. sense of time. He might in the midof the program, Corey made the call. That lesson was partly something I dle of practice stop and be telling a Proctor story for an hour. And the “I felt so good about the season learned from him.” Their comments practice will stretch as a whole, great group of kids, and on for three hours,” a really nice group coming back,” echoed what Corey he said. “But you’ll Corey said. “I love doing this and I said were his goals, “About halfway remember that for still have the fire and the energy and especially as he through my career years and years. all of that. But I had to do it sooner or learned on the job. I started to shift … “Early in your it was totally about And the storytelling later, and looked at the grand scheme is a big part of of things and thought about it for career you want to the kids and their it, too, because about a month, and decided it really establish yourself as a successful coach, so experience.” through the storywas a good time.” — Mike Corey telling you really Corey excelled for the Proctor High winning becomes imget the passion and School and University of Vermont portant,” Corey said. soccer teams before earning his UVM “About halfway through my career I understand that these things we do degree in 1973. A special educator, started to shift, after I had been doing in sport, they really have signifihe went to graduate school and then it for a while and had some success. cance in our lives.” Lueders-Dumont remembers the began coaching in Hinesburg in 1978, Certainly after the ’04 state champiwhere he taught for Champlain Valley onship it was totally about the kids funny moments, and Corey being Union and led a middle-school team and their experience and what I could serious when it counted. “He did it with a lot of humor, but and began an elementary school bring to my coaching that was not just the technical and tactical training.” he could say, ‘Listen, Tim, you’ve program. Corey said it became “more look- got to shape up on this issue,’ and In 1982, he moved to Vergennes and coached the Commodore JV ing at the individuals on the team you listened to him,” he said. “He boys for a year and then the VUHS and making sure they were growing chose his spots.” For Corey the most important part girls until 1987, winning a D-II title … and getting their priorities straight in 1983. Corey took a job at Mount and understanding winning wasn’t of his teams’ time together has been Abe in 1988, coaching the JV boys everything and how to evaluate them- developing chemistry. About eight years ago in the prefor a year and the varsity girls for six selves, because in life winning and years. He took over the boys’ varsity losing is not the best way to evaluate season he started having the Eagles create “team covenants” by picking program when Corrigan was a soph- yourself as a person.” Corey can look back on plenty of four words out of a long list. They omore. Corrigan went on to play for NCAA personal highlights, including coach- chose brotherhood as the first word Division I Canisius, and he favorably ing both of his sons, Devin and Keil, the first year, and it has been first on compared Corey to other coaches, the latter of whom played on the 2004 the board ever since. title team, and seeing many players “They’ve selected that word including professionals. every year when we sit down and “Mike knows the game as well as go on to play in college. But ultimately he said the bonds do this. The upperclassmen say, any of those guys,” Corrigan said. ‘Put brotherhood up there,’” Corey “And he also understands the devel- forged mattered the most. “In general I would say the high- said. “Other words, a lot of words, opmental progression of the game right down from the time they’re light of my coaching career is the have come and gone. But that’s a in kindergarten right through when relationships I was able to develop beautiful thing, and they feel it.” Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at they’re ready to play at the college with the players and their families,” he said. andyk@addisonindependent.com. level.”

Dickerson (Continued from Page 1B) intensity. By 10 a.m. the skies were unloading on us and the wind was kicking up into the gale range. I somehow managed to hook and land two fish, but by 11 a.m. the river was completely blown out and our day was done. And here is the thing: despite those last two experiences in Oregon — or maybe because of them — I want to get back to that river. I am haunted by those failures. I’m like a gambler. Next time, I tell myself. Next time I’m bound to catch things just right. I’ll have one of those days like our guide had with the clients who came three days after us.

It’s the same thing with the rivers I got to fish last year while working on a book in Alaska. I certainly remember the great day I had on one particular river, landing seven rainbow trout — at least four of which were the biggest of my life. Sure, I’d like to go back there. But the river I really dream about, the one that still haunts me, is the river where I landed only one rainbow trout and one Dolly Varden char. I keep thinking of all the mistakes I made that day, or all the different strategies I might try, or even just the half-dozen spots in the river that still stick out in my memory where I missed a fish or where I know there must have been a fish. I want to

get back there and get another chance. I think this is why the quickly approaching opening day of fishing season — in Vermont, the second Saturday of April — is so important. It isn’t just the cabin fever that sets in on Vermonters, and the desire to be outside (though that’s part of it). It isn’t just our favorite honey holes where we can always count on catching a fish (though that’s a part of it too). It’s the memory of our failures, or the failures of the river, or the failures of the weather. It’s the places we didn’t catch a fish. Those are the memories that will haunt me, at least until I can get out and hit those spots again. I’m counting down the days — 23.

allowing seven runs, three earned, on six hits. Jack Miller allowed the final runs in 1.2 innings of work. Middlebury got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the eighth with three runs. Justin Han singled to score Henry Strmecki and Andrew Corcoran, who both walked. Smith later singled in Sam Graf, who was hit by a pitch. A Han sacrifice fly scored Corcoran in the ninth. Chandler Brierley picked up the win for Stevens, allowing one hit over seven innings with nine strikeouts. Emory broke open the nightcap late after the Panthers scored in the top of the sixth to make it 3-2. Jake

Dianno’s sacrifice fly scored Graf in that inning. In the second Woodring singled and eventually was forced in when Strmecki was hit by a pitch. The Eagles put the game away with seven runs in the bottom of the seventh. Robert Erickson (0-1) tossed the first five innings for the Panthers and suffered the loss, allowing three runs on eight hits with three strikeouts. Justin Legowski pitched the next 1.1 innings, giving up five runs on three hits, while Andrew Martinson recorded two outs while allowing a pair of runs on two hits. Bobby Sullivan struck out the side in the eighth.

Baseball (Continued from Page 1B) The Panthers answered with four runs in the seventh on singles by Carroll, Hayden Smith and Phil Bernstein, a Woodring double, and an error, but came no closer. George Goldstein tossed three innings of scoreless, onehit relief for Middlebury. On Saturday the Panthers played a pair, opening with an 11-4 loss to Stevens Institute of Technology and then falling to Emory, 10-2. Stevens (3-5) opened the scoring in the top of the first inning with five runs on just two hits off tough-luck lower Colby Morris (1-1) and three Panther errors. Morris went 6.2 innings,

ARO

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

UND

scrapbook

TOWN

ENGAGEMENTS

Pouliot, Rose

ORWELL — Harold “Joe” and Christine Pouliot of Orwell are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Katherine to Joshua Rose, son of Michael and Suzanne Rose of Gloversville, N.Y. The bride to be, who is a 2012 graduate of Fair Haven Union High School, received a Bachelor’s degree as in interdepartmental major in Biology and Psychology from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. and is attending the University of Vermont in the Doctor of Nurse Practice degree program. She is currently working as a registered nurse at the Central Vermont Medical Center. The groom to be, who is a 2010 graduate of Gloversville High School, received a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., and a Master’s degree in Laboratory Sciences at the New York Department of Health Wadsworth Center in Albany, N.Y. He is attending the Biomedical Sciences Doctorate degree program

Kids got talent

ON MARCH 9 AND 10, 75 Vergennes Union Elementary School students — one-third of the student population — performed in the annual VUES Talent Show. The event was hosted by fifth- and sixth-grade emcees, including, left to right, Jackson Gernander, Mackenzie Flint, Emerson Rice, Silas Quinn, Alaina LeBeau, Ava Holmes, Grey Fearon and Calder Rakowski. Photo by Heather Simons

the University of Vermont and is currently conducting breast cancer research. The couple resides in Burlington, Vt. A September 2019 wedding is being planned.

milestones births

• Danielle Jewel and Jacob Alexander Grey of Middlebury, Feb. 15, a boy, Jacob Alexander Grey, Jr. • Allyson (Greeno) and Justin Brown of Brandon, Feb. 17, a boy, Huxley Estellar Brown. • Jessica Vaughan and Jacob Zubow of Bristol, Feb. 20, twin boys, Caius Russ Zubow and Kade Roman Zubow. • Abby and Nicholas Herberg of Bridport, Feb. 24, a boy, Tucker Nash Herberg. • Tiffany (Danzig) and Nathan Littlefield of Shoreham, March 1, a boy, Oliver Burgess Littlefield. • LeAnn and Michael Compagna of Whiting, March 2, a boy, Calvin Mitchell Compagna. • Stephanie Colton and Justin Champine of Rutland, March 2, a girl, Madison Ann-Marie Champine. • Jennifer and Matthew Myers of Bristol, March 3, a girl, Lucy Marilyn Myers. • Chasity and Leon DeMers of New Haven, March 4, a girl, Evelyn Rae DeMers. • Brooke (Robie) and Charles Bartholomew of Benson, March 4, a boy, Blake Charles Bartholomew. • Heather (Fjeld) and Ethan Nelson of Brandon, March 7, a girl, Sigrid Pearl Nelson.

ACSD seeks volunteer to serve on the school board MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District Board will appoint an at-large member to the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center Board of directors and welcomes candidates interested in this position. The at-large appointee must be a resident of the Addison Central School District — Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge — and will serve until the ACSD annual meeting in February, when the seat is up for election by the district voters attending the meeting. The career center board consists of elected and appointed members and oversees the operation of the center, which serves the three high schools in Addison County. The ACSD board will make the appointment at its April 2 meeting. Those interested should contact ACSD Chair Peter Conlon at pconlon@acsdvt.org or call 349-7247.

Constitution for kids

THE SETH WARNER - Rhoda Farrand Chapter of the DAR donated copies of Gold Star father Khizr Khan’s book for young people, “This is Our Constitution,” to area schools recently. Pictured are Beth Brodie, principal of Ferrisburgh Central, and chapter members Betty Bell, Ellen Pratt, and Joy Minns.

Vergennes sets zoning hearing on Armory Lane affordable housing

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — A proposal for 24 affordable housing units in a 23,000-square-foot building on Armory Lane will get a public hearing before the Vergennes Development Review Board at 7:10 p.m. on Monday. The project, a joint proposal of the Addison County Community Trust (ACCT) and Housing Vermont, could be built as soon as 2020 on a 6.52acre parcel across the road from the Armory Lane senior housing facility. The project requires a conditional use permit from the Vergennes DRB as a first step, and then Act 250 approval and other state permits — and then financing — before it can move forward. Proposed are 14 one-bedroom units, nine two-bedroom units, and a three-bedroom apartment in a building that will be partly two and partly three stories. Community Trust Executive Director Elise Shanbacker said the current project construction estimate stands at $5.3 million, but that

number could move. “We’ve got a couple scenarios going depending on the level of energy efficiency we’re able to achieve,” Shanbacker said. Funding will rely on a combination of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, which Shanbacker said would be the largest part of the package, and grants from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board and Vermont Community Development Program. That last program awards Community Development Block Grants to towns that host projects, meaning Vergennes would be a co-applicant and city council cooperation would be required. A public hearing would also be part of that process. A public hearing will also be part of the project’s upcoming Act 250 permit process, Shanbacker said, assuming it receives DRB conditional use approval. Ideally, according to the ACCT and Housing Vermont application, construction could start later this year. But Shanbacker said next year is also a possibility.

Bristol Park Dental Outstanding Family Dentistry

New Patients Welcome!

• Agway • Sears

No Big Needles!

In Network for CBA Blue, Cigna & Delta Dental Dr. Jim Cossaart DDS

802.453.7700 • bristolparkdental.com

Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

No employees are planned for the building, which will offer on-site laundry and storage and a “lounge/ library.” According to a traffic study for a 25-unit building included with the application, the project will add 83 cars to the morning peak traffic hour and 97 cars to the afternoon peak traffic hour. According to the application, the new building will at its closest point be 220 feet from the senior housing structure, 335 feet from American Legion Post 14, and 700 feet from the nearest home. “We’ve designed the building to fit in with the neighborhood,” Shanbacker said. “The three-story part is further away from the road.” ACCT also researched the need for such a project, she said. “We’ve completed a market study,” Shanbacker said. “There’s a strong market, in particular for smaller units, one- and twobedroom units.” Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

January & February 2018

Plus!

The Addy Indy’s Home Improvement ADDISON COUNTY Guide & 2018 Worship Directory VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

INDEPENDENT

certainly be occupied by seniors, Shanbacker said, as are about 40 percent of the roughly 100 units that ACCT already manages around the county. But unlike the existing senior housing across Armory Lane, the new units will not be specifically set aside for seniors, although some elements of apartment design will accommodate seniors’ needs, Shanbacker said. “It won’t be age-restricted, but it is supposed to be attractive to seniors,” she said, adding, “We try to incorporate universal design features to the extent that we can in all of our properties.” Plans also call for 37 parking spaces to the west of the building, a sidewalk leading to a crosswalk that will link to the sidewalk on the opposite side of Armory Lane, porches around the front and rear entrances, and a play area and vegetable garden on the building’s east side. Per the application, “vegetated fire access lanes” will curl around the building’s north and south ends.

MIDDLEBURY LIONS CLUB CASH CALENDAR WINNERS

Be sure to check out the fliers in our paper this week! Great information from:

Gentle, Individualized Care

6 Park Place, Bristol, VT

“It’s a very competitive round median income, 10 “will be targeted” this year for some of the funding to households earning less than 60 sources we’re pursuing. But we have percent of the median income, and six a high degree of confidence we’ll get “will be available for rent as workforce housing” funded within the next two years,” to those making she said. between 80 and “It won’t be DRB Chairman 120 percent of age-restricted, Peter Garon, the local median stressing he could income. but it is supposed only speak for Shanbacker to be attractive himself and not the said ACCT entire board, said uses the federal to seniors. We he saw no obviDepartment try to incorporate ous flaws with the of Housing universal design application, but and Urban the DRB would D e v e l o p ment features to the listen to testimony. median income extent that we “I did not see numbers, which anything that in 2017 were can in all of our struck me,” Garon $73,400 for properties” said. “We certainly a four-person will be hearing household, — Elise Shanbacker from other inter$58,800 for ested people.” two people, According to the project’s DRB and $51,400 for one person. Those application, eight units “will be numbers are set to change soon, she affordable” to households earning said. less than 50 percent of the area’s Some apartments will almost

Cameron Foster, Peter Barkeley, Kevin Tucker, John Benton, Patrick Shaw, Jim Gorton, Peter Lackey, Stan Patch, Jr., Terry Purinton, Tim & Sue Anderson, Patty Kelly, Juanita Sheldon, Steve & Lisa Burlock, Scott W Gaines, Shannon Brown, Jack Sheehan, Tom Dunne, Cathy Ekstrom, Willie Riley, Bonnie Murray, Cara Lockwood, Carol Doran, Hannah Dimaria, Victor Nuovo, Samantha Masterson, Raymond Bapp, Megyn Pitner, Larry Larrow, Megyn Pitner, Levi Waterman, Beth Lattrell, Sandra Brutkoski, Donna Lee Pollard, Leigh Schroeder, Shirley T Perkins, Richard Seeley, Dan James, Eugene Forbes, Bill Brakeley, Walker Whittemore, Peter Brakeley, Richard Seeley, Brennan Bushman, Kathy Anderson, Scott Ward, Steve Cray, Bill McDouough, Paul Schroeder, Middlebury Indoor Tennis, Luthera Rainville, Sarah & Dayton Wakefield, Susan Miller, Melissa George, Butch Bragg, George Tighe, Jim Parks, Sue Bourdon, Jay Best Jr., Raymond Bapp

PAGE 4B — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Addison Independent

CLASSIFIEDS

Public Meetings

ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednes‑ days, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turn‑ ingpointaddisonvt.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 FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers wel‑ come. Confidential. St. Ste‑ phen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Came to Believe Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 1‑2pm. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, www. aavt.org . ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 2 MONDAY. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Rip‑ ton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Women of AA (Step/Speaker), Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd, 5:30‑6:30pm. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Big Book Meeting, New Haven, Congregational Church, Vil‑ lage Green, 7:30‑8:30pm. Discussion Meeting, Bran‑ don, St. Thomas Episco‑ pal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30am.

Services

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

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

ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common prob‑ lems. Babysitting available.

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 7‑8pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alternat‑ ing Format Meeting, Fer‑ risburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm. Speaker Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiritual Awakening Meeting, Middle‑ bury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Big Book Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discussion Meeting, Ver‑ gennes, St. Paul’s Episco‑ pal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 10‑11am. Beginner’s Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

Services

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 strug‑ gling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explain‑ ing and discussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a bet‑ ter understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs. NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednesdays, 9 am, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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

Opportunities

Help Wanted

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

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

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plas‑ tering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190. CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All as‑ pects of construction, also property maintenance. Ste‑ ven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

3

PROFESSIONAL PAINT‑ ING; interior/exterior, resi‑ dential/commercial, pres‑ sure washing. 20 years’ experience. Best prices. References. 802‑989‑5803.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turn‑ ing Point Center of Addi‑ son County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit turningpointaddisonvt.org.

NOW HIRING: …FOR ALL SHIFTS – both full- and part-time for several positions – including Assistant Manager, Closer, Deli Help, and more. Must be flexible with the ability to work nights, weekends and holidays. Being reliable and responsible are essential traits. Benefits included for full-time employees in compensation packages that are competitive for all positions. Please apply in person at:

East Middlebury Maplefields 3201 Rte 7 South, E. Middlebury Ask for Brittany or pick-up an application EOE

Help Wanted

Police Chief Bristol, Vermont

The Town of Bristol is seeking a Chief of Police to lead a 3-person Police Department. Bristol (pop. 3,894) is a steadily growing, vibrant community located in the Champlain Valley in Addison County, Vermont. The Police Chief is the face of the Bristol Police Department and is expected to direct and manage all operations of the Department to ensure the protection of life and property and the prevention and suppression of crime. This salaried, exempt position is considered a “working” Chief, taking an active part in the law enforcement duties and patrols, working closely with residents, businesses, schools, emergency services/emergency management, and other local, county, and state law enforcement agencies. The Department is in the process of negotiating a 3-year Agreement between the Town and New England Police Benevolent Association Local 421. A detailed job description is available at www.bristolvt.org. Salary: $55,000 to $65,000 commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits package. The hiring process will include initial screening with a 5-member hiring committee and one or more public interviews with the Selectboard. To apply, please e-mail a confidential cover letter, resume, and three references to townadmin@bristolvt.org with Bristol Police Chief Search in the subject line or send to:

Bristol Police Chief Search PO Box 249 Bristol, VT 05443 Deadline to apply is Friday, April 6, 2018. The Town of Bristol is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Addy Indy Classifieds are online: addisonindependent.com/classifieds

VT EPSCoR Business/Accounting Specialist

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

Services

Services

Services

Services

Middlebury Community Music Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to dynamic and quality music education for all. Located in the magnificent 1817 Middlebury Community House, donated to the community of Middlebury in 1932, the home inspires beauty at every turn. Its initial donation by Jessica Stewart Swift and Phillip Battell Stewart was intended to educationally and recreationally better the people of Middlebury. Fulfilling that role, MCMC is offering classes Monday through Fridays for all ages as well as musical events. MCMC is seeking volunteers for a myriad of roles, from greeters to accompanists to audio/visual work and more. Whether you Volunteers of any age can contact The United canʼt tune a fish, or retired from the Met, opportunities abound to help our musical community grow and thrive! Way of Addison County’s For more information please call Tracy Corbett at 802-388-7189 or visit our volunteer site at: Volunteer Center at www. unitedwayaddisoncounty.org http://unitedwayaddisoncounty.galaxydigital.com/ and click on If you are 55 and older, contact RSVP @ 388-7044, rsvpaddison@ volunteersinvt.org or visit www.volunteermatch.org.

VOLUNTEER!

Addison Independent

CLASSIFIED ORDER FORM

Cash in on our 4-for-3 rates! Pay for 3 issues, get 4th issue free!

VT EPSCoR seeks to hire a full-time Business/Accounting Specialist to perform financial operations related to Vermont Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (VT EPSCoR), a program designed to fulfill the National Science Foundation’s mandate to promote scientific progress nationwide. The Business/Accounting Specialist will implement and coordinate financial processes related to managing multiple budgets and federal reporting; work with Sponsored Project Administration (SPA) department and federal agencies for compliance with the regulations for federal awards; communicate with UVM and subcontractors; manage multiple and complex accounts, subcontract planning and management, and preparation of grant proposals; work with administrative staff for accounting reporting, compliance, analysis and annual meeting preparation; cross train with Data Specialist. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or related field and two to four years’ related experience required. Proficiency with accounting, office, spreadsheet and database applications required. Effective communication, organizational and interpersonal skills required. Experience with budgeting and data analysis required. Working knowledge of business processes required. Experience with grant management highly desirable. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel highly desirable. Applicants must provide a cover letter, a current resume, and three references to be considered. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. For further information on this position, or to apply online, please visit the website at https://www.uvmjobs.com/postings/29204, position #00023859; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged.

ADDISON INDEPENDENT 58 Maple Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-4944 www.addisonindependent.com • email: classifieds@addisonindependent.com

PLEASE PRINT YOUR AD...

An ad placed for consecutive issues (Mondays & Thursdays) is run 4th time free! • Special 4 for 3 rates not valid for the following categories: Services, Opportunities, Real Estate, Wood heat, Attn. Farmers, For Rent & Help Wanted

Name: Address: Phone: Email: DEADLINES: Thurs. noon for Mon. paper

RATES

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Do you enjoy music? MCMC is looking for you!

Learn more about local volunteer opportunities!

Help Wanted

Mon. 5 p.m. for Thurs. paper

• 25¢ per word • minimum $2.50 per ad • $2 internet listing for up to 4 issues • minimum 2 insertions

Notices Card of Thanks Personals Services Free** Lost ’N Found** Garage Sales Lawn & Garden Opportunities Adoption ** no charge for these ads

Work Wanted Help Wanted For Sale Public Meetings** For Rent Want to Rent Wood Heat Real Estate Animals Spotlight with large

3$2

Att. Farmers Motorcycles Cars Trucks SUVs Snowmobiles Boats Wanted Real Estate Wanted Vacation Rentals

The Independent assumes no financial responsibility for errors in ads, but will rerun classified ad in which the error occurred. No refunds will be possible. Advertiser will please notify us of any errors which may occur after first publication.

Number of words: Cost: # of runs: Spotlight Charge: Internet Listing: TOTAL:

$2.00

Business&Service

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 – PAGE 5B

DIRECTORY

Accounting

• accounting • advertising • appliance repair • auto glass • automotive • business cards

Painting

Equipment Rentals

Rene Many - CTPA, Inc.

MARK TRUDEAU

Corporate Partnerships, Small Businesses & Personal Returns

GENERAL CARPENTRY HOME IMPROVEMENTS LOCAL CONTRACTOR

Tax Preparation & Accounting

Call 758-2000 Today!

HESCOCK PAINTING

40 TYPES OF RENTAL EQUIPMENT TO CHOOSE FROM

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

Remodeling • Additions Painting • Roofing

WINNER of “Best Local Contractor”

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

Free Estimates

up to 188

• concrete compactors • backhoes

A friendly, professional, and affordable family business.

References

462-3737 or 989-9107

Fully Insured

FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS by READERS CHOICE AWARDS!

Advertising

• landscape design • lumber • marketing • masonry • painting • property management

• carpentry/contractors • computers • engineering • equipment rentals • floor care • insulation

Kim or Jonathan Hescock hescock@shoreham.net

802.388.0860 MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT

Advertise your business or service both in print and online in Addison County’s go-to source for local news and services.

CLOVER STATE

275 South 116 Bristol, VT116 05443 275 South 116 275 South Bristol,VT VT05443 05443 Bristol,

WINDOW & SIDING CO., INC

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

www.brownswelding.com

oVer 40 LiFTS

275 South 116, Bristol, Vermont 05443 oVer 40 LiFTS LiFTS oVer 40 (802) 453-3351• Cell (802) 363-5619

Plumbing

Please give us a call. Please give us a call. Waste Management – Roll-off container service We have the lift for you! Fast, friendly, reliable service & competitive rates. We have the lift for you! 40’ to 80’ manlifts Scissor Lifts up to 32’ mini excavator 802-877-2102 Toll Free: 888-433-0962 Windows • Vinyl siding • Garages Roofs • Additions • Decks

mlbrunet@gmavt.net

www.cloverstate.com

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

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

Heating & AC Skid Steer

Fork lifts lifts up up to to 15,000 15,000 lbs. lbs. Fork

mini excavator mini excavator air Compressor air Compressor Compressor air

Skid Steer

SerVing VermonT NEW & neW York For 30 SERVING VERMONT YORK FOR OVER 30YearS! YEARS! Ductwork DesignFor • Sealing30 YearS! SerVing VermonT& & neW York Fabrication • Installation Insulation • Replacement Plasma Art • Torches • Welding Plasma Table • Duct Cleaning H.R.V. / E.R.V. Installation Ductwork Video Camera

WWW.ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

Buy Local! 802.989.0396 Specializing in Ductwork for Heating, Ventilating & Air Conditioning Systems

Alexander Appliance Repair Inc. t!

Commercial/Residential . Owner Operated . Fully Insured . Neat & Clean

v

us

tr

GAS OR ELECTRIC Washers Refridgerators Dishwashers Disposals

Se r

yo ice

n u ca

Cell: 802-989-5231 Office: 802-453-2007

Dryers Ranges Microwaves Air Conditioners

Jack Alexander

982 Briggs Hill Road • Bristol

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

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

NDO N DUPlumbing & 'S Heating

Desabrais Means Glass & Affordable Service

• Windshield Repair • Insulated Glass • Plate Glass • Window Glass • Plexiglass • Safety Glass • Mirrors • Auto Glass • Storm Windows • Screen Repairs • Custom Shower Door Enclosures Vinyl Replacement windows and Complete Installation

Dense Pack Cellulose • Blown In Insulation Complete Air Sealing

802-545-2251 • Maurice Plouffe

Insurance Approved discounts

1736 Quaker Village Road, Weybridge, VT 05753

Middlebury, VT 05753 • 388-9049

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

Consignment Business Cards ards Business C der r Made to O

Labels & Letterhead too!

COMPASS TREASURE CHEST

Addison Independent.

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

Quaker Village Carpentry

We sell and consign collectibles, antiques, dishes, tools, furniture, re-usable, re-purposed, art/craft/jewelry items and so much more!

Serving all your plumbing and heating needs.

Native Vermonter

 Open most nights & weekends

GET YOUR COMPUTER RUNNING LIKE NEW AGAIN !

• Appointments Available in your Home or Office • Install & Update Hardware & Software • Remove Spyware, Viruses & Other Threats • Secure Wireless Network Setup • Computer Purchasing Assistance • Help Customers Understand Windows 10 • Install Wireless Security Cameras • Erase Old Hard Drives Securely • Affordable Rates at Your Convenience

802-545-2251

Engineering 1438 S. Brownell Rd. • PO Box 159 • Williston, VT 05495 802-862-5590 • www.gmeinc.biz

Renewable Energy

mikeysmill.com

Long Beams

802-388-7828  End of S. Munger St.  Middlebury

For an appointment call • 802-734-6815 pcmedic@gmavt.net

1736 Quaker Village Road Weybridge, VT 05753

 Rough Lumber

 Pine Siding

The PC MediC of VerMonT

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

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

333 Jones Drive, Brandon, VT 05733 802-465-8436 • compasstreasurechestconsign@gmail.com

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

Maurice plouffe

Lumber

Where you’ll find a treasure in every corner.

Order your Custom Business Cards here at the

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

Masonry

Soak Up The Sun! Don’t spend your hard-earned money making the hot water or electricity that you use today– SOLAR IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER! We’ve been here for you for 43 years – Let us help you with your solar projects today.

Fine Dry Stone Masonry

Jamie Masefield

Certified by the Dry Stone Wallers Association of Great Britain

802-233-4670 jmasefield@gmavt.net

Go Green with us –

Call for a FREE on-site evaluation

Roofing

LEVARN’S MASONRY Charlie Levarn Over 40 Years of Experience BRICK • BLOCK • STONE RESTORATION CHIMNEY & LINERS FIREPLACES • VENEER CHIMNEY INSPECTION

Free Estimates • Insured Liability

Quaker Street • Lincoln, Vermont • Phone: 453-8413 • Cell: 355-3852 Email: levarnsmasonry@gmavt.net

Painting Alan Huizenga, P.E., President Kevin Camara, P.E. Jamie Simpson, P. E. • Middlebury Brad Washburn, P. E. • Montpelier “INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS WITH A COMMON SENSE APPROACH DELIVERED TO OUR CLIENTS IN A PROFESSIONAL, COST EFFECTIVE AND PERSONAL MANNER”

Serving Addison County

&

PAGE 6B — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

DIRECTORY

Business Service Roofing

• surveying • tree services • window treatments

Serving Addison County Since 1991

Timothy L. Short, L.S.

Marcel Brunet & Sons, Inc.

Property Line Surveys • Topographical Surveys FEMA Elevation Certificates

Vergennes, VT

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

Windows & Siding

as seen at Addison County Field Days!

Siding • Windows Additions • Garages • Decks 800-439-2644 • rbrunet1@myfairpoint.net • 877-2640

Free estimates estimates •• Fully Fully Insured Insured Free

Phone (802) 537-3555

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

Stamps

mpdoransr@gmail.com

Jason Barnard

Michael Gervais

Licensed Designer

Licensed Surveyor

Serving Vermont from offices in Hinesburg and Enosburgh

Rubbish & Recycling

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

MADE TO ORDER

Moose Rubbish and Recyling

Self Inking & Hand Stamps

Randall Orvis

802-897-5637 802-377-5006

• specialized services • stamps • storage

Short Surveying, inc.

roofing Michael Doran • Standing seam • Standing seam ••Asphalt shingles Asphalt shingles Slate •• Slate

• renewable energy • roofing • septic & water • siding

Available at the Addison Independent in the Marble Works, Middlebury

2744 Watch Point Rd • Shoreham, VT 05770 Email: BR213@yahoo.com

made you look. imagine what white space can do for you.

LAROSE SURVEYS, P.C. Ronald L. LaRose, L.S. • Kevin R. LaRose, L.S.

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

388-4944

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

Tree Service

larosesurveys@gmail.com

Septic & Water FOR SEPTIC TANK PUMPING & DRAIN CLEANING SERVICE,

D

UNDON'S

Rely on the professionals.

Plumbing & Heating

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

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

To get your ad space call 388-4944 TODAY Tree Service

Monthly prices

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

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

802-453-4384

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

www.lagvt.com

Home Projects

VISIT US ON FACEBOOK

CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED

www.livingstonfarmlandscape.com

AIRPORT AUTO Self Storage • Low Rates

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

Brett Sargent owner/operator

Window Treatments

Serving Vermont for over 42 years!

BROWN’S TREE & CRANE SERVICE

•

25 Yrs Experience 60’ bucket truck wood chipper available Fully Insured Free Estimates

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

388-0432 • 388-8090

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

Brownswelding.com

Laundromats

Premium window treatments, retractable screens and awnings. 298 Maple Street Middlebury, VT 802.247.3883 vtshadeandblind@gmail.com VermontShadeandBlind.com

Odd Jobs

Call today to list YOUR ad in our Business & Service Directory

388-4944

Painting

Sawmills

Winter Products & Services

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 7B

Addison Independent

CLASSIFIEDS Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

AGWAY is accepting applications for Part time Seasonal positions throughout the store. Applicants must be dependable; able to work weekends, afternoons, and until 6pm; have a pleasant demeanor expressing enjoyment and enthusiasm about working with fellow employees and assisting customers.

PT Seasonal Cashier Help Immediate Openings available for Spring and Summer hours continuing into the Fall. Must be able to work until 6pm Weekdays and Weekends a MUST. Approximately 20 - 30hrs per week. Wage commensurate with experience. Please send Resumes to info@middleburyagway.com or Fill out Application at Middlebury Agway, 338 Exchange Street, Middlebury VT. Please no phone calls.

Warehouse & Yard Work Description: Part Time/Seasonal up to 20 hours per week. Warehouse Worker Job Purpose: Loading Orders for Customers and Stocking Shelves Skills/Qualifications: Ability to lift 50lbs repeatedly, high school students welcome to apply with availability after school (3-6pm) 2-3 times per week. PLUS ability to work weekend afternoons and dependability essential! Preferable age 16+. Great position for either high school students or someone looking for a part time, physical job.

OVER-THE-ROAD DELIVERY DRIVER needed for upstate New York, occasional overnights depending on weather. Class A CDL and two years’ experience required. Must have a clean driving record and be able to lift 50lbs. repetitively. Prefer if driver could take loaded truck home at night. Pay based on experience, paid vacation and IRA available. Stop by to fill out an application at Green Mountain Feeds Main Street, Bethel, Vermont or send resume to tlittle@greenmountainfeeds.com.

HELP WANTED:

LANDSCAPER

K. A. Bagley, Inc. is hiring for lawn care maintenance and landscaping. Need to be honest, reliable, and motivated. Must have a valid drivers license. Wage based on experience. Call 802-352-9088 to apply.

K. A. BAGLEY, INC.

307 KELLY CROSS ROAD, SALISBURY, VT 05769

help wanted

Busy Landscaping and Excavating firm seeking skilled, motivated and reliable people. Full-time and Seasonal positions available. We are looking for experienced help in landscaping, excavation and lawn maintenance. Must have valid drivers license. Commercial mowing or excavation experience required. Wage based on experienced. Mail or email resume:

TOM BODETTE Excavating & Landscaping, Inc.

Please fill out an application in person. Middlebury Agway, 338 Exchange St., Middlebury, VT.

YOUR YARD, GARDEN AND PET PLACE Middlebury Agway – 338 Exchange St. – Middlebury, VT.

ADDISON REPERTORY THEATER (A.R.T.) INSTRUCTOR The Hannaford Career Center is seeking a full-time instructor to direct the school’s award winning Addison Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) program at the high school level. Qualified candidates should have a working knowledge of techniques, methods and procedures of both technical and performance theater, including dramaturgy with a minimum of three years’ experience working with adolescents. Experience leading drama productions and curriculum development is necessary. Viable candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain a Vermont Licensure endorsement in secondary English (05) and Career and Technical Education in Arts and Communication (17C). The successful candidate should be able to instruct and assist in the growth and success of a diverse population of students through careful preparation of course materials, effective teaching methodologies and informed critical feedback on assignments and discussions. Effective management and supervision of student work crews and performers is essential. Please send letter of interest, resume and three recent letters of recommendation to: Dana Peterson, Superintendent 51 Charles Avenue, Middlebury, VT 05753 Application Deadline: March 30, 2018 E.O.E.

Sell Find

Help Wanted

3

HOPE SEEKS ONE more person to join its resale store team. Immediate opening for a retail asso‑ ciate. Full time with com‑ petitive wage and excellent benefit package. Must have cash register experience, and be able to work Satur‑ days. Qualified applicants should send resume and cover letter to us at 282 Boardman Street or email to receptionist@hope‑vt.org. This positions will remain open until we find the right people. Equal Opportunity Employer.

DAIRY CATTLE FEEDER Full time position. Health insurance and retirement plan. Pay based on experi‑ ence. Valid driver’s license and references required. Kayhart Brothers, Addison. Call Tim 802‑349‑6676. DENTAL OFFICE SEEK‑ ING per diem hygienist in Vergennes to fill in pe‑ riodically. Please email your CV and availability to drcongalton@yahoo.com . FULL TIME COOK 40 hr position. Pay based on ex‑ perience. Benefits pack‑ age, health, life, dental, vi‑ sion, 401k, paid vacations. Applicant must pass drug and background check. In‑ terested applicants should send their resumes to: ma1104@metxcorp.com. GREENHOUSE WORK‑ ERS‑SEASONAL Full time positions. Includes planting, watering, loading trucks. Must be strong, depend‑ able, motivated. Please call Paul at 759‑2294 between 9am and 6pm. HEAVY CONSTRUCTIONS LABORERS & Pipelayers. Excellent pay with benefits. Start Immediately in the Burlington Area. Courtland Construction Corporation, EOE, 802‑503‑4565. H E AV Y E Q U I P M E N T OPERATORS, Excavator and Loader. Excellent pay with benefits. Start Imme‑ diately in the Burlington area. Courtland Construc‑ tion Corporation, EOE, 802‑503‑4565.

Help Wanted

LANDSCAPERS‑ COLBY HILL Landscape Company is now hiring for the 2018 season. We are a land‑ scape construction com‑ pany, specializing in the installation of patios, walk‑ ways, walls and plantings, as well as maintenance. Starting pay $14/hr. Pay may commensurate with experience. Call Dave at 802‑363‑9958.

3

MAKE EXTRA MONEY at concerts, sports, and festivals. GMCS is hiring staff for our event staff‑ ing and security team. Get paid to be a part of great events across Vermont with opportunities to travel to re‑ gional events as well. This is a great second job; with flexible event based sched‑ uling, night and weekend hours available. No expe‑ rience is necessary; we will provide initial training and you can opt‑in for ad‑ ditional training for higher pay. Apply online today. gmcsusa.com/employment.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

3

M T. P H I L O H O P S i n Starksboro, VT seeks full time hourly assistant man‑ ager from April to the end of October. We are a start‑up hop farm, passionate about growing high‑quality, re‑ sponsibly grown local hops for Vermont brewers. Work will include preparing fields, constructing 20+ acres of hop trellis and irrigation, planting hops, caring for the hops, refitting old dairy barns. The ideal person will have experience farming specialty crops or vegeta‑ bles and operating equip‑ ment. See full posting at mtphilohops.com/jobs. PART‑TIME CAREGIVER FOR 17 year old disabled boy in Middlebury. Appli‑ cants must have child care experience, references and be reliable. Some lifting required. Flexible hours. Criminal background check. Send resume to: sstone7716@gmail.com. PART‑TIME OPENING AT a busy flower shop. Cus‑ tomer service, flower de‑ liveries, flower processing and light cleaning. Clean driver’s license required. Some computer experience helpful. Send resume to: colesflowers@myfairpoint. net or stop in at 21 Ma‑ cIntyre Lane, Middlebury. RESPITE/COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Bright and engaging young woman is looking for assistance accessing her community for social activities in her accessible van and assist‑ ing her with personal care needs/daily living skills at her home. Full time posi‑ tion. No benefits. Please email your resume to vkcornett@gmavt.net.

Help Wanted

Excavation Equipment Operator

Naylor & Breen is currently seeking an experienced excavation equipment operator to join our in-house sitework division. Our ideal candidate will have at least 2 years’ experience and is able to operate excavation equipment used in daily operations; load, unload, and transport materials and/or equipment. Excavate and backfill for foundations, septic systems, and underground utilities using hand tools and/or heavy equipment. Applicants should be able to lift 75100lbs and have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. We offer: • Competitive Pay • Paid Health Insurance • Dental/Vision/ Disability Insurance • 401(k) with 2% Match • Annual Discretionary 401(k) Profit Sharing • Paid Holidays • 40hrs Paid Time Off • Transportation to jobsites

Job applications are available on our website, www.naylorbreen.com or by calling 802-247-6527. Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

Check the Classifieds twice a week in the Addison Independent.

Accounting Assistant Green Mountain Beverage, located in Middlebury, VT is looking for an organized, energetic Accounting Assistant to join our Finance team.

Searching for someone to complete your team? or

Are you searching for a job? Either way, you are on the right track with the

The Accounting Assistant will be responsible for the processing of a variety of accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions along with other general accounting duties, including assisting with the monthly financial closing process. There will be opportunities to learn and support other areas within our finance team. The ideal candidate will have an Associate’s degree in accounting or relevant work experience. Desired skills include attention to detail, strong communication, organization, problem solving, Excel/MS Office. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains is preferred. Green Mountain Beverage offers competitive wages and an outstanding benefit package including a bonus program, medical, dental, and a 401(k) plan. EOE Please email cover letter and resume to jobs@gmbeverage.com and reference SA0318AI to apply for this position.

58 Maple Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 addisonindependent.com • 388-4944

Help Wanted

3

TRAFFIC CONTROL FLAGGING GMF is hiring staff for our traffic control and flagging team. Get paid to keep work zones safe across Vermont roads and highways. We provide motivated individual a com‑ petitive wage,opportunities for promotion within our team, and a bonus for us‑ ing a personal vehicle. No experience necessary; we will train qualified appli‑ cants. Apply online today. gmfvt.com/employment. WHISTLEPIG CURRENT‑ LY HIRING FOR full time bottler. Eye for detail and accuracy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unas‑ sisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN

Seeking Zoning Administrator

to fill part time position approximately 20 hours per week. Prior zoning experience needed. Submit resume to: Planning Commission 78 North Street New Haven, VT 05472 By April 4, 2018.

Y E A R R O U N D WA I T‑ STAFF ‑ needed for busy family restaurant. Apply in person to Rosie’s Restau‑ rant, Rte 7 South, Middle‑ bury.

For Sale DOG TEAM ORIGINAL RECIPE Sticky Buns for Easter. Call 802‑349‑9473 for order and pickup time. 658 Exchange Street, Mid‑ dlebury.

Candidates should submit a resume with 3 references to: Amanda Locke alocke@naylorbreen.com

tombodettelesinc@gmail.com. 6 Lower Plains Rd, Middlebury, VT 05753, Attn: Leslie. Call 388-4529.

Buy

Help Wanted

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $ 4 ,3 9 7 . M a ke & sa ve m o n e y w i th yo u r o w n bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info/DVD: NorwoodSawmills.com. 1‑800‑578‑1363, Ext. 300N. THE BARREL MAN; plas‑ tic and metal barrels, 275 gallon food‑grade totes. 55 gallon plastic food‑grade barrels with spin‑on cov‑ ers. Great for rain barrels. A barrel for every need. 802‑453‑4235. U S E D R E S TA U R A N T EQUIPMENT plus chairs, tables and hood systems. 802‑388‑4831.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WARE‑ HOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092. CHARMING STUDIO APARTMENT in the heart of downtown Middlebury. Tile bath and kitchen. Avail‑ able immediately. Baba, 802‑388‑6456.

3

DOWNTOWN MIDDLE‑ B U RY 3 b e d , 1 b a t h apartment for rent. Up‑ dated paint/floors, clean. $1,400/mo. Contact Pat 615‑212‑9561. DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Ad‑ dison. Available storage space in my barn for sum‑ mer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or run‑ ning water. The barn is also available for lease. The en‑ trance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

PAGE 8B — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Addison Independent

Att. Farmers

CLASSIFIEDS For Rent

For Rent

NOW OPEN Newly Constructed Loft, One Bedroom and Two Bedroom Apartments in Downtown Middlebury Historic Building | Air Conditioning European Appliances, Quartz Countertops & Washer/Dryer Off-Street Parking | Pet friendly Walk to Middlebury College campus Contact: Christine Golden Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com

For Rent

For Rent

EXECUTIVE 1 BEDROOM APT with office (not a bed‑ room) in Brandon. Beautiful location, close to town. All brand new. Complete with all appliances: stove, refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer; energy star rated. Long term lease. No smok‑ ing and no pets on prop‑ erty. $850/mo. plus utilities. Credit check, references an d d ep osit req uir ed. 802‑352‑6678.

ONE BEDROOM, FIVE‑STAR energy efficient apartment in Salisbury, close to Lake Dunmore. One half of duplex. Large bedroom with full bath up. Living room and kitchen with all appliances on first floor. Heated basement with W/D. Private sun deck. $850/month, plus utilities. Absolutely non‑smoking, no pets on premises. De‑ posit and references re‑ quired. One year minimum lease. Available 4/1/2018. Call 802‑352‑6678.

F O R R E N T: B R I D ‑ P O R T, C o m m e r c i a l / retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. tbrought@middlebury.edu. MIDDLEBURY 1 BED‑ ROOM apartment. Close to college. $800/month plus deposit. Some utilities in‑ cluded. 388‑0401. MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street parking, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994. MIDDLEBURY OFFICE SPACE for rent. 400 sq.ft., second floor. Available Jan‑ uary 1, 2018. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054. MIDDLEBURY: RETAIL/ OFFICE space for rent. 1,303 square feet. Front door parking. Contact Eric at 388‑6054. (Countryside Carpet and Paint) NEW HAVEN, SUNNY, ef‑ ficient apartment. Views, hard wood floors. No pets, no smoking. References. $925/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040.

For Rent

PROCTOR, VT: $850 per month, 2 bedroom town‑ house duplex, washer/dry‑ er hookups. Parking, snow and trash removal included. Available early to mid April. Call Kathy 855‑1570 or Tony 855‑1531. RIPTON, SMALL ONE bedroom house. No smok‑ ing or pets. $800 per month plus utilities. 802‑388‑2641. SEASONAL HOME ON Lake Champlain. May thru November. 475‑2112.

3

SHOREHAM 2‑BED‑ ROOM, 2nd floor apart‑ ment. 920 Square feet. Pine floors. Eat‑in kitchen. Huge living room. Propane heat & stove; electric hot water. Walking distance to elementary school. 20 min‑ ute ride to Middlebury. No smoking. No pets. Available April. $775/mo + utilities. 802‑388‑5411.

For Rent VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Ver‑ gennes. All income/assets must be verified to deter‑ mine monthly rent, but ten‑ ants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D on‑ site. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website w w w. s u m m i t p m g . c o m . Equal Housing Opportunity. WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house o n l a ke fro n t. Wa sh e r, dryer. No smoking. Avail‑ able September through M a y. $ 1 , 0 0 0 / m o n t h . 860‑878‑9580.

CORN SILAGE, SAWDUST at the farm. Book Bros. West Haven, Vt. Call after 7pm, 802‑265‑8698.

Addison County Courthouse

FIRST CUT HAY large square bales. Processed. $35 a piece. 377‑1955.

The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos.

HAY FOR SALE small first cut, $3.00. Small second cut, $4.00. 802‑377‑5455. H AY / S T R AW R O U N D BALES quantity discount. 518‑321‑2886. LUMBER AT SAWMILL, hard and softwood, sawdust. Book Bros. West Haven, Vt. 802‑265‑3675. WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

3

2005 GOLD TOYOTA PRI‑ US. Very good condition. 45‑55+ MPG. Loaded with extras including fog lights and Bluetooth for hands free phone. Presently on 4 very good snow tires and 4 all‑weather tires on rims included. 193,000 gentle miles. Kept in garage. Eas‑ ily passes yearly inspec‑ tion, Oct ‘18. $4,500 OBO. 388‑6622. BUY YOUR NEXT CAR like the dealers do at auc‑ tion. 300 plus vehicles, 3 lanes, 3 auctioneers. Sat‑ urday, March 24th. 9a.m. Williston, VT. Learn more at THCAuction.com.

FIREWOOD. CUT, SPLIT and delivered. $210/cord seasoned. $185/cord green. 802‑282‑9110. SIMPLY READY‑2‑BURN™ Everyday low prices; free delivery ‑ free kin‑ dling; seasoned, clean, split, mixed hardwood. Small orders OK. Click www.MIDDMEN.com or call 1‑855‑MIDDMEN™.

Real Estate

For Rent

For Rent

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing. Particularly on sites like Craigslist. And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say. The federal government is watching for such discrimination. Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law. Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944. Talk to our sales professionals.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

3

HONDA ACCORD BLACK SE Sedan. $7,000. 121,000 miles. Leather, heated, elec‑ tric seats. Well cared for. Snow tires included. Call 802‑462‑2366.

Wanted LIONS CLUB NEEDS ‑ stuff for their annual auction. Please NO appliances or electronics. Call for pick up, 388‑7124. Help us, help others.

REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966

Public Notices in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on this Page 8B, 9B & 10B.

Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison County Probate Court (1) Addison County Superior Court (2) Ferrisburgh (1) Lemon Fair Insect Control District (1) Middlebury (1) Middlebury Police Department (1) Monkton (1) Rutland County Superior Court (1) Waltham (1) Weybridge Cemetery (1)

STATE OF VERMONT RUTLAND UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 650-12-16 RDCV

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC v. ANTHONY P. ALBARELLO AKA ANTHONY ALBARELLO, CARRIE L. ALBARELLO AND CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. OCCUPANTS OF: 6 West Seminary Street, Brandon, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Anthony P. Albarello and Carrie L. Albarello to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Security Atlantic Mortgage Co. Inc., dated May 11, 2009 and recorded in Book 201 Page 358 of the land records of the Town of Brandon, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Security Atlantic Mortgage Co. Inc. to Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP dated March 7, 2012 and recorded in Book 215 Page 489 and (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP to Nationstar Mortgage LLC dated September 14, 2016 and recorded in Book 232 Page 795 both of the land records of the Town of Brandon for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 6 West Seminary Street, Brandon, Vermont on April 9, 2018 at 1:30 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Anthony P. Albarello and Carrie L. Albarello by Executors Deed from the Estate of Agnes Gertrude Groeger dated July 15, 2003 and recorded at Book 161, Page 87 of the Town of Brandon Land Records. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Stella Pappas and Athena S. Arfanis by deed dated November 2, 1968 and recorded in Book 79, Page 278 of Brandon Land Records. Said lands and premises being commonly known as 6 Seminary Street, Brandon, Vermont. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: March 5, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 3/15 Farmington, CT 06032

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT

MALONE 1741 ROUTE 7 SOUTH, LLC, Plaintiff v. CONNOR HOMES, LLC, et al Defendants

STATE OF VERMONT

CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO.: 42-3-17 ANCV

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed given by Connor Homes, LLC to Merchants Bank n/k/a Community Bank, N.A. as Assigned to Malone 1741 Route 7 South, LLC (“Bank”), dated July 30, 2007 and recorded in Book 230, at Page 307 and by Assignment of Mortgage, Security Agreements and Assignment of Rents dated December 19, 2017 and recorded in TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Book 293, Page 833 in the Town of Middlebury Land Records (“Mortgage”), for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the Antique dealer special‑ purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on March 27, 2018, at the site of the real property with an izing in jewelry, watches, address of 1741 Route 7 South, Middlebury, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage: silver, art, military, an‑ TO WIT: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Connor Homes, LLC by Warranty Deed of The Standard Register tique collectibles, etc. Visit Company, dated July 27, 2007 and recorded in Book 230, Page 304 of the Middlebury Land Records. Said lands and premises are bittnerantiques.com or call more particularly described as follows: Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Con‑ Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to The Standard Register Company by Warranty Deed from Middlebury sulting/appraisal services Development Corporation dated April 21, 1965, recorded in the Middlebury Land Records in Volume 60 at Page 197, and being more available. House calls made particularly described therein as follows: free of charge. “Commencing at a point marked by an iron pipe in the northeasterly edge of the right of way of U.S. Route 7, so-called, said pipe being 10 feet northwesterly of a concrete highway monument; thence running N 58° 17’ E a distance of 600.00 feet to an iron pipe; thence running N 31° 43’ W a distance of 1202.50 feet to an iron pipe; thence running N 70° 38’ W a distance of 441.70 feet to an VT COLLECTOR WILL PAY iron pipe in the easterly edge of the right of way of Town Road No. 7, so-called; thence running S 19° 27’ W a distance of 161.50 feet cash for old wood bird carv‑ ings, goose, duck and shore‑ in the easterly edge of said right of way to an iron pipe; thence running in a southwesterly direction in said right of way a distance of bird decoys. 802‑238‑1465. 155 feet, more or less, to a point, said point being 137 feet radially at right angles from center line station 1489+42 as shown on plans of Vermont Department of Highways Project, Middlebury F019-3(11), so called; thence running in an easterly direction a distance of 7 feet, more or less, to a concrete highway monument, said monument being 140 feet radially at right angles from center line station WANTED: CB RADIO base 1489+36; thence running in a southerly direction a distance of 125 feet, more or less, to a concrete highway monument, said monustation. 802‑377‑5972. ment being 60 feet radially at right angles from center line station 1488+45; thence running in a southeasterly direction on the edge of the right of way of U.S. Route No. 7 a distance of 612 feet, more or less, to a concrete highway monument, said monument being 60 feet radially at right angles from center line station 1482+33; thence running S 31° 42’ E a distance of 9.80 feet to an iron pipe and S For Rent 31° 42’ E a distance of 629.39 feet to the point or place of beginning, containing nineteen (19) acres of land, more or less. Reference is made to a Survey Map entitled “Plant Site, The Standard Register Company, Middlebury, Vermont,” dated March 23, 1965, attached hereto and hereby incorporated by reference. The lands and premises herein conveyed are a portion of the same lands and premises conveyed to the herein Grantor by Warranty Deed of Auerele H. Quesnel and Ruth F. Quesnel, dated March 3, 1965, and recorded in Volume 60 at Page 148 of the Middlebury Land Records, all and the same lands and premises conveyed to the herein Grantor by Warranty Deed of Francis R. Churchill, et al, dated March 1, 1965, and recorded in Volume 60 at Page 147 of the Middlebury Land Records, and a portion of the same lands and premises conveyed to the herein Grantor by Warranty Deed of Victor J. Bergevin, et al, dated March 3, 1965, and recorded in Volume 60 at Page 146 of the Middlebury Land Records, to which deeds and their records, and the deeds and records cited herein, reference is hereby made.” Reference is hereby made to the above-mentioned instruments, the records thereof, and references therein made, and their respective records and references, and the Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale and Replevin Order issued October 4, 2017 in further aid of this description. Terms of Sale. The property will be sold in its entirety to the highest bidder as a single unit. It is up to each bidder to perform its own due diligence with respect to the property prior to the public sale that a bidder deems sufficient. The public sale of the Mortgaged Property will be “AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS” (known or unknown), with no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, with the purchaser taking all defects and risks associated with or connected to the property being sold, and all liens of record, restrictions, easements, improvements, covenants, tenancies, rights, encumbrances, and matters of any kind and every nature which may take precedence over the lien of the mortgage being foreclosed. The high bidder is responsible for the payment of the property taxes and municipal assessments, and any fire district taxes (delinquent and current, with all penalties and interest as of the date of closing on the sale of the property after confirmation of the sale by the Vermont Superior Court). In order to qualify to bid at the public sale, at the time of sale, interested persons, other than from the mortgagee, must present to the auctioneer a deposit of $50,000 in the form of cash, a bank treasurer’s check, or certified funds. The deposit is subject to forfeiture. The mortgagee has the right to credit bid at the sale without producing any deposit. The remaining balance of the purchase price shall be paid in good funds at closing, to occur within thirty (30) days of the public sale or within ten (10) days of Court Confirmation of the Sale by the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division, whichever is later. The sale is subject to confirmation by the Vermont Superior 1)Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division. The successful bidder, other than the mortgagee, will have to sign a purchase and sale agreement at /1 /5 5 : d e lish the conclusion of the public sale. If the Plaintiff makes the highest bid, Plaintiff shall be required to pay cash or certified funds only to the Ads (Pub Classified extent that its bid is in excess of the sum due it by the Defendant Mortgagor up to the date of sale under the Judgment and Decree and the costs and of the sale. e. llegexpenses to co For Rent T loseperson ARTMEN ly refurbished. CThe P holding the public sale may, for good cause, adjourn the sale one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, by A M O O ry, new 1 BEDR announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place t, Middlebu eat. 000-0000. e e tr S in a h M s at the location of th, include ry lebusale. dthe $750/mon orth of Mid is0entitled ile nmortgagor The 0-0000.to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due mortgagee plaintiff, includ1m 0 RTMENT, , A h P t. is A si b o b M p ru e O lus d and expenses of sale. th pcosts 1 BEDRO udes heat, electric, , $595/m ingonall cl ly upstairs, in Available immediate Other terms to be announced at the time of the sale. Inquiries to auctioneer or mortgagee’s counsel. . nce on Route 7 t and refereby Vermont licensed auctioneer. siconducted o Sale to be p e e m D o h s. e E iti . plus utilBy: OM MOBIL Elizabeth A. Glynn, Esq. 2 BEDRO Private lot. $650/mo . ry u b lis Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd. uired. in Sa . 0 req 00-000 310 eferences required. 0 NDO PO Box O /C E S sement. R U a b O d H n N a W e O g . T 000 Gara Rutland, VT 05702 OM 2 BEDRO mons, Vergennes. heat. No pets. 000-0 d om (802) 786-1000 Country C excluding utilities an er, . Mortgagee/Plaintiff tellite, wash $1,000/mo mpletely Attorney for t, sa

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. The building season is upon us. If you’re consider‑ ing a new home you should look at our two remain‑ ing lots on East Middle‑ bury’s Daisy Lane. This is an established residential development with town wa‑ ter, nearby tennis courts, playground and only min‑ utes away from the Snow Bowl and Lake Dunmore. Call Jack at 388‑2502 or 388‑7350.

STUDIO APARTMENT, PRIVATE bath, shared kitchen. No smoking. $400/ mo. 475‑2112.

Full Passport Service

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

Cars

Wood Heat

PUBLIC NOTICE

interne y ERN, co . Hi-speed ontage. Very energ ne ore house fr u

OM, MOD

2 BEDRO

3/5

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 9B

Fractured fun

THE FERRISBURGH CHILDREN’S Theater troupe staged “Haphazardly Ever After” at Vergennes Union High School last weekend. The fractured fairy tale farce featured a cast of 25 young performers. The FCT, in its 18th year, is a 20-week after-school program for Ferrisburgh fifth- and sixth-graders. Pictured from a rehearsal last week are, clockwise from top left, Hadley Harris and Siobhan Potter; Ethan Croke, Matilda Seyler, Potter and Taylor Moulton; Calvin Gramling and Emma Bergmans; Harris and Potter; and Walker Ayer and Nora Nelson.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

PUBLIC NOTICE MIDDLEBURY POLICE DEPT. MONEY FOUND

Found money has been turned over to the Middlebury Police Department for safekeeping. To claim this money, you may come to the Middlebury Police Department at One Lucius Shaw Lane in Middlebury Vermont. To validate a claim you must provide identification and proof that the loss was reported to a Police Agency or Middlebury College Public Safety; or you must provide credible proof of ownership. Money not claimed by JUNE 3, 2018 may revert to the finder. MIDDLEBURY POLICE DEPARTMENT 802-388-3191 3/22

PUBLIC NOTICES CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES 8B, 9B AND 10B. TOWN OF MONKTON ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER

The Town of Monkton is seeking applicants to fill the position of Animal Control Officer (ACO). The ACO is responsible for enforcing State laws and the Town Ordinance dealing with the care, treatment, licensing, and impounding of animals; picks up sick, injured, stray, or vicious animals; and issues citations for violations. Pay is $15/hr with 3 hours per month guaranteed. Submit resume and letter of interest Town Clerk, P.O. Box 12, Monkton VT 05469 or email TownClerk@ monktonvt.com 3/12

PUBLIC NOTICE ANTENNA AND EQUIPMENT UPGRADE

WirelessCo, L.P. dba Sprint (SPRINT) proposes to upgrade antennas and equipment at an existing SPRINT facility (water tank) 85’ tall (87’ overall) at 17 North St in Vergennes, Addison County, VT (Project 37980.12). In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 2005 Nationwide Programmatic Agreement, SPRINT is hereby notifying the public of the proposed undertaking and soliciting comments on Historic Properties which may be affected by the proposed undertaking. If you would like to provide specific information regarding potential effects that the proposed undertaking might have to properties that are listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and located within 0.5 mile of the site, please submit the comments (with project number) to: RAMAKER, Contractor for SPRINT, 855 Community Dr, Sauk City, WI 53583 or via e-mail to history@ramaker.com within 30 days of this notice. 3/22 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Addison Unit Docket No. 164-9-16 Ancv Quicken Loans, Inc., Plaintiff v. April R. Rockwell f/k/a April R. Vaughn and Occupants residing at 12 Ireland Road, Starksboro, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by April R. Rockwell f/k/a April R. Vaughn to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc. dated June 22, 2012 and recorded in Volume 103, Page 187, which mortgage was assigned to Quicken Loans, Inc. by an instrument dated July 19, 2016 and recorded on August 1, 2016 in Volume 112, Page 549 of the Land Records of the Town of Starksboro. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 A.M. on April 4, 2018, at 12 Ireland Road, Starksboro, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises as conveyed to Richard D. Rockwell f/k/a Richard D. Lafayette and April R. Rockwell f/k/a April R. Vaughn, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, and their heirs and assigns by Administrator’s Deed of Peter D. Ryan and Kenneth R. Gardner, Co-Executors of the goods, chattels and estate of Eleanor H. Gardner, deceased, dated March 9, 2004 and recorded March 13, 2004 in Book 77, Page 450 of the Land Records of the Town of Starksboro and in said Deed described as follows: Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Starksboro and any liens against the property. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 28th day of February, 2018. Quicken Loans, Inc., By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff 3/8

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Middlebury Development Review Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 9, 2018 beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at the Town Offices, 77 Main Street, to consider the following: An application request (#201808:151) by David and Robin Cole, dba Mechanical Advantage, for conditional use review of a request for front setback waiver pursuant to Section 724. Applicants propose to construct an addition to an existing non-conforming structure. This property is located at 2106 Route 7 South in the PHD zoning district, parcel #08:151.000. Plans and additional information regarding these applications may be viewed at the Planning and Zoning Office in the Town Offices or by calling 388-8100, Ext 210. Participation in this public hearing is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. David Wetmore Assistant ZA 3/22

TOWN OF SHOREHAM REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DESIGN ENGINEERING

Project: Buttolph Road Bascom Brook Culvert Replacement – STP MM18(16) The Town of Shoreham is requesting proposals for the Bascom Brook Culvert Replacement Project, a VTrans qualified project. Work includes Design services for a project to replace an existing13’x9.5’x30’ steel arch culvert on concrete footers with a new 16’x8’x40’ concrete box culvert with wing walls. Deadline: Sealed proposals will be received at the Shoreham Town Offices at 297 Main Street,Shoreham, VT 05770 until March 28, 2018 by 6pm. Request for Proposal: A complete copy of the RFP and SOW is available on the Town’s website at shorehamvt.org under announcements. Questions? Contact Jason Paquette, Road Foreman, (802)897-5451 or shore3/8 hamroads@shoreham.net

OPINION?

news@addisonindependent.com

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 3/12

TOWN OF FERRISBURGH ADVERTISEMENT AND NOTICE OF SALE 32 V.S.A §5253

The resident and nonresident owners, lien holders and mortgagees of lands in the Town of Ferrisburgh in the County of Addison are hereby notified that taxes assessed be such Town for the tax years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described property in such town, to wit; Being all the same land and premises conveyed to Mark Bowen by Warranty Deed from Alan F. Chamberlain, Dated June 17, 2015 and recorded in Book 151, page 244 on Ferrisburgh Land Records. Said real estate being an unimproved parcel of land, situated at Rock Landing in the Town of Ferrisburgh, County of Addison and the State of Vermont. For a complete description, visit the Town Clerk’s Office. And pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5253 and § 5257 so much of such property will be sold at Public Auction at the Ferrisburgh Town Clerk’s Office, 3279 Route 7, a public place in such Town, on the 17th doy of April at ten (10) o’clock in the forenoon, as shall be requisite to discharge such taxes with costs, unless previously paid. Dated at Ferrisburgh, Vermont, this 7th day of March, 2018. Deb Healey Collector of Delinquent Taxes 3/15

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT

STATE OF VERMONT

CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO.: 42-3-17 ANCV

PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK, n/k/a PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff v. ASHLEE MOULTON, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE MICHAEL MOULTON FAMILY TRUST,et al Defendants NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage Deed given by Michael Moulton to People’s United Bank n/k/a People’s United Bank, N.A. (“Bank”), dated July 3, 2013 and recorded in Book 65, at Page 740 in the Town of Salisbury Land Records (“Mortgage”), for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on March 28, 2018, at the site of the real property with an address of 765 Smead Road, Salisbury, Vermont, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage: TO WIT: Being the lands and premises conveyed to Michael A. Moulton, Trustee of The Michael Moulton Family Trust by Warranty Deed Michael A. Moulton, Sr., dated January 7, 2016 and recorded on January 12, 2016 in Book 68, Page 37 of the Town of Salisbury Land Records. Being the lands and premises conveyed in the Quit Claim Deed of Hope D. Buchanan f/k/a Hope Moulton to Michael A. Moulton, Sr. dated October 12, 2015, recorded at Volume 67, Page 627 of the Town of Salisbury Land Records. Being the lands and premises conveyed to Michael A. Moulton by Warranty Deed from Jacqueline J. Larocque, dated October 18, 1993 and recorded on October 20, 1993 in Book 40, Page 398 of the Town of Salisbury Land Records. Reference is hereby made to the above-mentioned instruments, the records thereof, and references therein made, and their respective records and references, and the Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure by Judicial Sale issued July 17, 2017 in further aid of this description. Terms of Sale. The property will be sold in its entirety to the highest bidder as a single unit. It is up to each bidder to perform its own due diligence with respect to the property prior to the public sale that a bidder deems sufficient. The public sale of the Mortgaged Property will be “AS IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS” (known or unknown), with no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, with the purchaser taking all defects and risks associated with or connected to the property being sold, and all liens of record, restrictions, easements, improvements, covenants, tenancies, rights, encumbrances, and matters of any kind and every nature which may take precedence over the lien of the mortgage being foreclosed. The high bidder is responsible for the payment of the property taxes and municipal assessments, and any fire district taxes (delinquent and current, with all penalties and interest as of the date of closing on the sale of the property after confirmation of the sale by the Vermont Superior Court). In order to qualify to bid at the public sale, at the time of sale, interested persons, other than from the mortgagee, must present to the auctioneer a deposit of $10,000 in the form of cash, a bank treasurer’s check, or certified funds. The deposit is subject to forfeiture. The mortgagee has the right to credit bid at the sale without producing any deposit. The remaining balance of the purchase price shall be paid in good funds at closing, to occur within thirty (30) days of the public sale or within ten (10) days of Court Confirmation of the Sale by the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division, whichever is later. The sale is subject to confirmation by the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Unit, Civil Division. The successful bidder, other than the mortgagee, will have to sign a purchase and sale agreement at the conclusion of the public sale. If the Plaintiff makes the highest bid, Plaintiff shall be required to pay cash or certified funds only to the extent that its bid is in excess of the sum due it by the Defendant Mortgagor up to the date of sale under the Judgment and Decree and the costs and expenses of the sale. The person holding the public sale may, for good cause, adjourn the sale one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, 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. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due mortgagee plaintiff, including all costs and expenses of sale. Other terms to be announced at the time of the sale. Inquiries to auctioneer or mortgagee’s counsel. Sale to be conducted by Vermont licensed auctioneer. By: Elizabeth A. Glynn, Esq. Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd. PO Box 310 Rutland, VT 05702 (802) 786-1000 Attorney for Mortgagee/Plaintiff 3/5

PAGE 10B — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

City police deal with Lost hiker spent night in woods before rescue accidents, arguments VERGENNES — Vergennes police handled a variety of routine incidents in a mostly quiet week between March 12 and 18, including responding to minor accidents, calming verbal disputes, dealing with noise complaints, and helping motorists get into their locked vehicles. During those seven days, Vergennes police: • On March 12 brought the department K-9 unit to meetand-greets at Vergennes union elementary and high schools. • On March 13 and 17 helped motorists get into locked vehicles on Main Street. On March 14: • Were told that a vehicle parked on Monkton Road near VUHS had been struck by another vehicle that did not stop. • Helped a drunken man at the intersection of East and School streets who was walking home in cold, snowy weather without winter clothing; police said a friend swung by and picked him up. On March 15 ticketed and ordered towed three vehicles in violation of the city’s wintertime overnight parking ban. On March 16: • Took a report of a suspicious

person driving by a New Haven Road home. • Were told of a caller posing as an IRS agent unsuccessfully trying to scam a resident out of $1,000; police called a number provided by the resident and no one answered. • Dealt with a fender-bender in a Main Street apartment building parking lot. • Issued a no-trespass order to a Comfort Hill resident. • Handled a noise complaint from a Green Street apartment resident about noise from an upstairs apartment, apparently caused by children. Police returned on March 18 to deal with a similar concern and again asked parents to rein in the children. On March 17: • Calmed a child custody dispute at a Macdonough Drive residence and ticketed one of the parties for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. • Dealt with a minor two-car accident on Main Street. • Were told a wallet had been stolen from a car parked on Green Street, but learned from a second call it had been found. • Calmed a verbal family dispute at a High Street residence.

Vergennes Police Log

ADDISON COUNTY — Rescuers from a host of local and state first response agencies collaborated this past Thursday night and Friday morning to find and evacuate a Middlebury man who apparently got lost in the Green Mountain National Forest and spent the night in the woods. Vermont State Police report that 27-year-old Jeffrey Kramer went hiking on the Long Trail north of the Middlebury Gap on March 15. At around 2:30 p.m. that day, state police in New Haven were made aware that Kramer was overdue and missing somewhere in Ripton. He was reportedly hiking the Long Trail with weather conditions that were much more severe in the higher elevations than lower down. The state police report did not offer details about how long Kramer had been hiking, where he had started or his destination. But there were blizzardlike conditions high in the mountains on Thursday and with 40 to 50 inches of snow having fallen in the previous four days, hiking would be difficult and it would have been easy to become disoriented. Multiple rescue teams responded for an extensive overnight search, including the Ripton and Hancock fire departments, U.S. Forest Service, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, Middlebury Snow Bowl Ski Patrol, Middlebury College staff, state police from both New Haven and Royalton barracks, Vermont State Police Search and Rescue, and Upper Valley Wilderness Rescue. During the night, police received additional information indicating that Kramer may have been on the Long Trail north of Route 125 in Hancock. Search teams responded to that area and, after an all-night search, located Kramer at approximately 7:30 a.m.

Friday morning, March 16. Additional personnel responded to assist in evacuating Kramer off the Long Trail. Police and rescue teams used the Middlebury College Snow Bowl lodge as the base area for rescue teams and the state police. Kramer was taken to Porter Hospital for treatment of exposure and frostbite, and later transferred to UVM Medical Center in Burlington. Separately, Vermont State Police responded to an alarm at the Champlain Beverage store on Route 7 in Leicester on March 15 at 1:01 a.m. Troopers discovered that someone had forced their way into the business and stole some items. State police, with assistance from Middlebury police, located footprints left in the snow, presumably by the perpetrator. Police followed the footprints in the snow for approximately two miles before locating the suspect, who was identified as Dylan M. Greeno, 20, of Pittsford. Police took Greeno into custody and took him to the New Haven state police barracks. After citing him for burglary, police released Greeno. In other recent activity, troopers: • On March 14 at around 3:30 p.m. went, along with the Bristol Rescue Squad, to a one-car crash on Route 116 South near the intersection of Notch Road in Bristol. Police determined that the northbound 2014 Nissan Altima driven by Zachary Labelle, 30, of Hinesburg went off the eastern side of the road and struck a snow bank, causing damage to the front end and undercarriage. The rescue squad took Labelle to UVM Medical Center for treatment of

unspecified injuries. During the investigation troopers became suspicious of alcohol impairment. After he was released from the hospital, troopers cited Labelle for driving under the influence, second offense. • On March 15 at 12:30 a.m. received a call from a mental health agency staff member at a residential treatment home in Salisbury who told police that an 83-year-old client named Kenneth Boule left the home on foot to walk to Middlebury in a snowstorm. The client returned to the home, and after police arrived he apparently was still agitated and told troopers that he wanted to go to the Porter Hospital Emergency Department to speak with a mental health crisis counselor. State police took him to Porter, and while he was being assessed Boule allegedly assaulted a 39-year-old male hospital staff member. Police cited Boule for simple assault. • On March 18 at a few minutes past 9 p.m. responded to a report of a one-car crash on North Orwell Road in Orwell. The caller told police that driver Chandler Reed, 21, of Brandon and his passenger had exited the vehicle and were not injured. State police determined that Reed was driving a 2001 Toyota 4 Runner southbound on the road when he failed to negotiate a curve, traveled off the pavement and hit a utility pole. Police report that they detected signs of impairment and cited Reed for driving under the influence of intoxicants. State police operating out of the New Haven barracks release a daily log of a selection of their activities. In Addison County, those activities included:

Vt. State

Police Log

• March 13, vandalism, Hewitt Road, Bristol. • March 13, accident with damage, Route 125, Ripton. • March 13, assault intimidation, Upper Plains Road, Salisbury. • March 14, family disturbance, White Lane, Monkton. • March 14, accident with damage, Route 216 South and Notch Road, Bristol. • March 14, theft of a motor vehicle, Mason Hill North, Starksboro. • March 15, suspicious person or circumstance, Route 7, Leicester. • March 15, alarm, Route 7, Leicester. • March 15, motor vehicle disturbances, Plank Road, Bristol. • March 15, burglary/forced breaking and entering, Green Road North, Lincoln. • March 15, abandoned vehicle, Route 17 West, Addison. • March 16, abandoned vehicle, Leicester Central School, Leicester. • March 16, suspicious person or circumstance, LaRose Lane, Bristol. • March 17, motor vehicle disturbances, Morgan Horse Farm Road, Weybridge. • March 18, agency assist, West Street, Bristol. • March 18, citizen assist, West Street, Cornwall. • March 18, driving under the influence, North Orwell Road, Orwell. • March 19, 911 hang-up, Hardscrabble Road, Bristol. • March 19, citizen assist, Pulp Mill Bridge, Road, Weybridge. • March 19, citizen dispute, Route 116 South, Bristol. • March 19, driving under the influence, South Main St., Whiting. • March 19, agency assist, Route 7, New Haven.

Middlebury police investigate embezzlement case MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police launched an investigation into an alleged embezzlement case at Middlebury Regional EMS on March 13. Police said the case involves a “large sum of money” related to an event the organization held back in 2016. The Independent will offer more details on this investigation as they become public. This is the second embezzlement case in recent months involving Middlebury Regional EMS as the victim. As reported by the Independent this past January, former Middlebury Regional EMS Co-director Lisa Northup pleaded innocent to four felony charges of embezzlement,

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for March 15 & March 19 BEEF T. Correia Kayhart Bros. Vorsterveld Farm A. Brisson J. Butler Goodrich Farm Barnes Bros.

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 1695 .725 1,228.88 1750 .70 1,225.00 1730 .67 1,159.10 1215 .685 832.28 1565 .67 1,048.55 1675 .65 1,088.75 1440 .65 936.00

CALVES Wilcon Farm Defreest Farm Danyow Farm M. Churchill H. Veldman

Lbs. 110 96 106 111 106

Costs per lb 1.30 1.20 1.15 1.05 1.025

Dollars 143.00 115.20 121.90 116.55 108.65

Total # Beef: 298 • Total # Calves: 316 We value our faithful customers. Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs. For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

stemming from allegations that she stole a combined total of $7,802 from the nonprofit over more than a year to pay for personal items, gifts for friends and her own medical expenses. The non-profit Middlebury Regional EMS provides aroundthe-clock medical, rescue and ambulance services to residents in 11 Addison County communities. In other recent action, Middlebury police: • Looked into four reports of students having attendance issues at Middlebury schools on March 6 and referred them to the Office of Balanced & Restorative Justice at the Department for Children and Families. • Received a March 9 call reporting

a person in a hunting jacket and black hat carrying a rifle in the South Pleasant Street area. Police checked the area and did not locate a rifle, but did see a man fitting the description and carrying fishing a pole. • Looked into the March 11 report that a cell phone was stolen from Maplefields on North Pleasant Street; investigation continues. • Seized a small amount of marijuana found on Main Street on March 12. • Cited Ethan Newton, 26, of Pittsford for retail theft, in connection with an alleged incident at the Hannaford Supermarket on March 12. • Responded to a disorderly conduct report at Middlebury Union High School on March 12. Police said a student had yelled and slammed a door in the school’s administrative office. • Received a report about a potential theft from the Olympia Sports store in The Centre shopping plaza on March 13. An investigation revealed property has been taken from the store — and then returned, according to police. • Responded to a reported domestic disturbance at a Halladay Road home on March 13. • Ticketed multiple vehicles on College Street parked in violation of the winter parking ban on March 13. • Helped a driver who had slipped off Seminary Street Extension on March 14. • Investigated a reported domestic disturbance at a Weybridge Street home on March 14. • Helped a person who was having a mental health crisis in the Route 7 South area on March 14. • Helped Vermont State Police locate a local man who had been reported missing on March 15. • Notified the parents of a student who had been waiting at a bus stop on Jayne Court, not realizing there was a two-hour delay for the start of school

Middlebury Police Log

Auctions Tom Broughton Auctioneer • Home • Estates • Commercial • Consignments Bridport, VT • 758-2494 tombroughtonauctions.com

ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

ANNUAL SPRING DAIRY/ FEEDER CONSIGNMENT SALE 12 NOON SHARP - WEDNESDAY APRIL 4, 2018 AT ACCS BARNS • RT 125 EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT

OVER 150 HEAD EXPECTED!!

Fresh and Springing Holstein Artificially Bred Heifers! Already consigned Duane Howes of Moretown 50 Head holstein dairy herd!! *Also - 40 head of artificially sired holstein open heifers 300-800 lbs* Top quality dairy heifers, springers, holsteins rtb, yearlings & calves All quality consignments welcome! Cash in on your overstock!!

* FOLLOWING DAIRY *

Also consigning beef feeders, angus, hereford and beef cross, bulls-heifers-cows w/calves and steers!! Don’t miss this annual spring sale All quality consignments welcome A must sale to attend!!! For more info call 802-388 2661 (ACCS) Sale Manager: Tom Wisnowski 802-989-1507 Auctioneer – John Nop *Also accepting quality consignments for* May 5th Annual Spring Machinery Sale www.accscattle.com

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 95-3-18 ANPR STATE OF VERMONT DISTRICT OF ADDISON, SS. IN RE THE ESTATE OF PATRICK J. COOKE JR. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Patrick J. Cooke Jr. late of Panton, Vermont. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: February 8, 2018 Kevin M. Cooke & Cynthia J. Cooke, Co-Executors c/o 1190 Hopkins Road Vergennes, Vermont 05491 kmc@accessvt.com Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: March 22, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Addison Probate Court, 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, VT 05753 3/22

on March 15. • Investigated an alleged domestic disturbance at a Halladay Road residence on March 15. Police said a drunken woman at the address was taken to a friend’s house for the night. • Assisted state police with a combative man at Porter Hospital on March 15. • Helped state police at the scene of a burglary off Route 7 on March 15. • Took a suicidal man to Porter Hospital to receive treatment and assistance on March 16. • Cited Anthony Rochon, 26, of Bristol for driving under the influence, following a traffic stop on Washington Street on March 16. Police said Rochon refuse a breath test. • Received a report about a South Pleasant Street apartment tenant playing loud music on March 17. • Cited Griffin Condon, 35, of Middlebury for retail theft and resisting arrest after he allegedly stole some items from the Tenneybrook/Dunkin Donuts store on Court Street on March 17. • Helped Middlebury Regional EMS locate a local man who was reportedly having suicidal thoughts on March 17. Police said the man was taken to Porter Hospital. • Served no-trespass orders on March 17 on two women, one for a Lantern Lane address and another for a South Street location. • Helped Middlebury Regional EMS with a man who was having difficulty breathing on North Pleasant Street on March 17. • Helped Middlebury College Public Safety with a report of someone driving erratically on campus on March 18. • Assisted Middlebury Regional EMS with an infant who was having difficulty breathing in the Case Street area on March 18. • Responded to a two-car accident, with no injuries, on College Street on March 18. • Ticketed vehicles parked in violation of the winter parking ban on College Street and Bakery Lane on March 18.

Public Notices Pages 8B, 9B & 10B. WEYBRIDGE CEMETERY REQUEST FOR BIDS

Quaker Village Road. Seeking bids for the 2018 mowing season. Bids accepted until March 30, 2018. Call 545-2482 for details. 3/15

TOWN OF WALTHAM REQUEST FOR BIDS LAWN MOWING OF TOWN PROPERTY

The Town of Waltham is accepting bids for lawn mowing and trimming services for approximately .56 acres of land located at the Town Hall, and approximately 2.5 acres of land located at the Sunset View Cemetery. Bids are due Monday April 2, by 3:00pm. Bid specifications are available through Town of Waltham Office of Clerk & Treasurer (802) 877-3641 or waltham@myfairpoint.net 3/15

Real Estate

Calendar

Food

Entertainment

Reviews

Feature Interviews

ARTS+LEISURE

March 22, 2018

The Addison Independent

Cast members of “The Wolves” pictured from left to right: Quincy Simmons, Shannon Gibbs, Eliza W. Renner (below), Hannah Mohammed Abdelaal, Emily Ballou, Ursula Alwang, Rebecca Berlind, Emma Zetterberg. See this new play performed by Middlebury College students April 5-7 at the Seeler Studio Theatre. PHOTO / JOHN SCHURER

Teenage girls talk freely in ‘The Wolves’

S

occer skills aren’t usually a requirement for actors. In fact, most of us have probably observed the natural separation of “jocks” and “theater rats” — a bit like oil and water. But the Middlebury College Department of Theater and Dance is intentionally mixing it up by bringing actors into the field house and soccer balls onto the stage with their spring production, “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

soccer team and the relationships on a highperforming team,” explained Biancosino, who recently moved here — from Brooklyn, N.Y., where she co-founded the award-winning Project Y Theatre Company — to come teach at her alma mater. “It’s tricky and unique to give the stage to a group of teen girls without any judgment of private moments.”

Assistant professor Michole Biancosino is directing the cast of nine female students for this performance.

The nine players on this indoor team have no names (only numbers). Chattering lines about their lives overlap and mix, muddling a straightforward narrative. Topics range from dates to sleepovers, and gradually unfold to reveal deeper truths about each player. DeLappe’s script is careful to give each girl her own voice — no one louder than the other.

“This play is about a competitive high school

“The girls are sussing out one another’s

identities, eagerly and suspiciously, like an industriously sniffing, newly formed pack of dogs,” wrote Ben Brantley in his September 2016 review for The New York Times. Here’s a snapshot of a few characters: Number 25, played by Emma Zetterberg, is the team captain. “She’s a natural leader,” Zetterberg said. “She is closeted but has a strength to her.” Number 46, Ursula Alwang, is the new girl. Strange because she’s the only actor who is actually the goalie for the Middlebury College Women’s Varsity Soccer Team. “She doesn’t quite fit in; she experiences a lot of resistance and perseverance,” Alwang said. SEE WOLVES ON PAGE 3

PAGE 2 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018

live music

ART “Everything All Together” by Hannah Secord Wade, oil on canvas, 60x48, $3,270

NORTHERN DAUGHTERS WILL HOST AN EVENING OF LIVE MUSIC ON TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 7 P.M. Elka Bong (aka Al Margolis) will play clarinet, violin, objects and contact mics; Walter Wright will play AVSynth; Dei Xhrist will add voice electronics; and Jane Boxall (of Middlebury) will drive the percussion.

ARTS+LEISURE The Addison Independent

Bloom with us! Be part of the weekly Arts + Leisure section. Share your thoughts. Advertise. Contribute. 802-388-4944

ads@addisonindependent.com

Vergennes gallery has ‘Everything All Together’

N

orthern Daughters gallery in Vergennes welcomes “Everything All Together,” a solo exhibit of large scale oil paintings from Hannah Secord Wade. The exhibit features Wade’s newest work from her current project. Wade’s loose gestures and repeated color palette create a visually pleasing body of work. Arranged on a consistent horizon her work is composed of recognizable elements, seemingly discarded from a still life, and unrecognizable bits that are blurred or partially buried. “‘Everything All Together’ began as a hoarding of landscape, with scraps of earth and debris gathered into large mounds, and contained for a time,” Wade explained. She describes a cycle through which the mounds decompose and are rebuilt. Her work stirs a feeling of constant motion as things are piled, buried, submerged, washed away and then piled again. “The works are an effort to organize my surroundings into manageable spaces, and gain a sense of control,” the artist said. “Each work is built layer by layer, as fruit, flowers, and objects are formed and erased. Some pieces are completed in a few weeks, while

others take over a year.” The work that Wade does to organize the entirety of her surroundings produces seemingly haphazard mounds, not anything categorically sorted, but this beautifully morphing contained chaos. In an effort to depict an outer world, she paints an inner landscape that may very well have taken on a life of its own out of her control. Regardless there is a certain excitement to the business of these piles, the viewer is easily seduced into imagining their contents, their morphing and the continual process of their recreation. Hannah Secord Wade received her Masters in Fine Art from Chelsea College, London, and her Bachelors from Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass. Her work has been shown in London and Paris, and throughout the United States. In 2016 she was a resident at the Arteles Creative Center in Finland. She lives and works in Maine. “Everything All Together” is on view at the gallery’s 221 Main Streeet location in Vergennes from March 15-April 29 with an opening reception on Friday, March 23, from 5-8 p.m. For more info visit northerndaughters.com, email info@northerndaughters.com or call (802) 877-2173.

Addison Independent

Number 14, Zoe Samuels, is CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 number 7’s best friend. “She’s Armenian and an aggressive talker,” Samuels said. “She tries to be like number 7 but the reality is that she has a lot of fears about high school realities for a girl … like boys.”

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 3

WOLVES

Number 8, Emily Ballou, is the baby of the team. “She cries a lot,” Ballou said. “She’s constantly in denial and always on the fringe of conversations with an ‘oh, my gosh!’ or a ‘really?’ or a ‘wow!’” These four student-actors represented their team during an interview with the Independent last month. Other cast members include Middlebury College students Eliza W. Renner, Quincy Simmons, Shannon Gibbs, Rebecca Berlind and Hannah Mohammed Abdelaal.

did you know? THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL DRESS REHEARSAL FOR ALL AREA HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYERS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, AT 7:15 P.M. Don’t miss this free performance and a chance to meet Peter Kim, the Middlebury College Varsity Women’s soccer team coach. He will cohost a talkback with director Michole Biancosino after this rehersal. Emily Ballou dribbles past a teammate during soccer practice in January. The cast trained over J-term so their skills would be authentic for the shows April 5-7. INDEPENDENT PHOTO / TRENT CAMPBELL

Together they trained in the Virtue Field House on campus over J-term to learn some basic soccer skills. “They are just as energetic as a real team,” said Alwang. “We can play a spirited four-v-four.” “There was a buzz happening,” Biancosino noted at the time. “You could almost hear people working out saying, ‘What are these actors doing here?’ It was an interesting blending of two seemingly separate worlds.”

Not only is this production an experiment in the ways the arts and athletics can both intersect, overlap and create fodder for conversation, but it’s also a piece that stirs emotions about females speaking freely. The cast is entirely female; it does not rely on males or adults. “When I went to see the show in New York during a matinee,” Biancosino remembered,

“there were older people in the audience saying ‘ugh, disgusting!’” Biancosino asked her friend (who was a member of the cast) how the reactions had been, and she said, “Older men keep yelling that word at us: disgusting.” “There’s something about young girls talking freely that bothers certain people,” Biancosino said. “That made me excited to pursue this play. It does illicit a response.” The play debuted in 2016 at The Duke on 42nd Street in New York City and then transferred to Lincoln Center in the fall of 2017. It received the American Playwriting Foundation’s inaugural Relentless Award, the 2017 Obie Award for Ensemble work presented by the American Theatre Wing, and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Now local audiences can experience the Vermont premiere on Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, April 7, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., in the Seeler Studio Theatre at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. There will be a post-show talk back immediately following the production on Friday night.

Ursula Alwang juggles the ball in front of her teammates Rebecca Berline, Emily Ballou, Eliza Renner and Emma Zetterberg. Alwang is the actual goalie on the Middlebury College Women’s Varsity Soccer Team. PHOTO / JOHN SCHURER

Tickets are $12 for the general public; $10 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, alumni, emeriti, and other ID card holders; and $6 for Middlebury College students. For tickets or information, call (802) 443-MIDD (6433) or visit go.middlebury.edu/arts.

PAGE 4 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018

ART Holly Friesen ‘lights up the night’ with spring exhibit

E

dgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls begins its spring season on March 22 with a contemporary landscape painter: Holly Friesen and her exhibit “Lighting Up The Night.” This Quebecois artist’s work revolves around “earth honoring” — where she paints images that reflect her connectedness to the wilderness. Since her childhood, in Saskatchewan, Canada, Friesen has used art as a tool for interacting with the world around her. As a young girl, she savored her time in the woods and spent time collecting twigs, grasses and branches. The artist spent her first 20 years painting with watercolors. This was primarily out of convenience as the watercolors were more portable then other mediums and allowed her to easily travel through the United States and Canada.

beauty of the natural world,” Friesen explained. “I want people to feel my paintings in their belly and be reminded of their own connection to this powerful earth.” Friesen’s pallet employs bright and bold colors, collage, texture and layering, which is accentuated by the application of a handmade Japanese paper. Friesen believes her paintings are prayers and realizations of the connections we have to Earth. For her, they have spiritual meaning, and she hopes that her viewers feel the same message. In 2016, she was an artist-in-residence at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson. From a studio that overlooked the Gihon River, she experimented with different mediums, learned from other artists, and drew inspiration from writers.

After a time, Friesen felt that the watercolors did not accurately convey her passion for the energy she drew from the environment. She moved to larger canvases and began using oil and acrylic paint.

Friesen’s collections of landscapes will be on view at Edgewater Gallery at the Falls from March 22-April 5. On March 23, 6-8 p.m., guests can meet the artist over a glass of wine and enjoy the sounds of local musician Tom Boise. Documentary filmmaker Patrice Halley will be there and will be filming parts of the event for a film that he is creating about Holly Friesen’s life and work.

“As an artist I feel it is my job to paint beauty. When I say ‘beauty,’ I don’t mean pretty pictures, I mean the roaring, terrifying

For more info call (802) 458-0098, email theresa@edgewatergallery-vt.com or visit edgewatergallery-vt.com.

“Day Dreaming” by Holly Friesen – 20” x 24” – Acrylic on Panel – $1,200.

Funds received by mid-April go to local programs beginning May 1st – Give today!

1968 - 2018

PO Box 555, 48 Court Street Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-7189 • www.UnitedWayAddisonCounty.org

Holly Friesen will meet guests at Edgewater Gallery at the Falls in Middlebury on March 23, 6-8 p.m.

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 5

IN TOWN Hand-painted film screens in town

M

iddlebury’s Town Hall Theater presents Oscarnominee “Loving Vincent,” the world’s first fully oil-painted feature film this Friday, March 23, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. This film tells van Gogh’s remarkable story by bringing his paintings to life. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is handpainted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving Vincent studios in Poland and Greece. As remarkable as Vincent’s brilliant paintings is his passionate and ill-fated life and mysterious death. No other artist has attracted more legends than Vincent van Gogh. Variously labelled a martyr, a lustful satyr, a madman, a genius and a layabout, the real Vincent is at once revealed in his letters, and obscured by myth and time. Vincent himself said in his last letter: “We cannot speak other than by our paintings.”

The film takes him at his word and lets the paintings tell the real story of Vincent van Gogh. “Loving Vincent” was first shot as a live action film with actors, and then handpainted over frame-by-frame in oils. The final effect is a collaborative performance of the actors playing Vincent’s famous portraits, and the animators, both bringing these characters into the medium of paint. “Loving Vincent” stars famous faces to match the famous paintings they portray: Douglas Booth (Jupiter Ascending, Noah) stars as Armand Roulin Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark, Jack the Giant Slayer) is

Adeline Ravoux Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones) plays Doctor Gachet (the painting of which held the record for the highest priced painting for 14 years, the longest time ever) Saoirse Ronan (Oscar nominee for Ladybird, Brooklyn & Atonement) plays his daughter Marguerite Gachet Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids, The IT Crowd) is Postman Joseph Roulin John Sessions (Filth, Gangs of New York) is Vincent’s paint supplier, Pere Tanguy Aidan Turner (The Hobbit, Poldark) is the Boatman from Vincent’s Bank of the Oise at Auvers painting Helen McCrory (Harry Potter) plays Louise Chevalier, house-keeper to Doctor Gachet Robert Gulaczyk (a theatre actor) performs in his first film role as Vincent van Gogh. Tickets to Friday’s shows are $12, $7 students (+1 preservation fee). Tickets are on sale through the Town Hall Theater Box Office at townhalltheater.org, in person, by calling (802) 3829222 Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m., or at the door starting one hour before show times.

one two three

Daymark will perform traditional Irish music at The WalkOver Gallery in Bristol this Saturday evening.

Trio brings Irish music to Bristol Daymark is coming to the WalkOver Gallery and Concert Room, 15 Main Street, in Bristol this Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m., to give an intimate performance of traditional Irish music infused with infectious energy, raw power and Northern swagger for the Cabin Fever Series. The trio fuses the talents of Will Woodson (flute, border pipes), Dan Foster (fiddle) and Eric McDonald (guitar, vocals) into a classic blend of wind and string. Daymark presents audiences with the echos of Irish-American dance halls from the 1920s and ’30s, alongside the lonesome tones of Donegal country fiddlers and the rollicking smoky pubs of Northern England’s immigrant neighborhoods. Tickets to Saturday’s concert are $15 in advance, or $20 day of show, and are available at Recycled Reading in Bristol or by calling (802) 453-3188, x 2.

THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK THE WRITTEN WORD OUT LOUD AUTHOR TALKS AT BOOK SHOP

GOOD FRIDAY MUSIC PROGRAM

The March reading in the Written Word Out Loud poetry series at Art on Main in Bristol will feature FRIDAY MARCH poets Kristin Fogdall, of Morrisville, and Jari Chevalier, of Monkton, on Friday, March 23, 6:30 p.m. The readings, which are free and open to the public, will be followed by a chance for conversation and light refreshment. Call (802) 453-4032 or visit artonmain.net for more info.

Next Friday, St. Stephen’s on the Green in Middlebury will present its fifth annual Good Friday FRIDAY MARCH sacred music program titled, “Organ Music of Passiontide,” at 7 p.m. Three Middlebury-organists — Frederic DeHaven, George Matthew Jr. and Emory Fanning — will perform works reflecting the events of Holy Week. Free and open to all. For more info call (802) 388-7200 or visit ststephensmidd.org.

23

Vermont Author and Sports Journalist Peggy Shinn will read from, discuss and sign “World Class: The Making of the WEDNESDAY MARCH U.S. Women’s Cross-Country Ski Team,” her new book chronicling the dramatic rise of the now Olympic Gold Medal-winning team, on Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 p.m., at The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury. With possible guest appearances by members of the U.S. Women’s Cross-Country Ski Team.

28

30

PAGE 6 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018

CALENDAR

ARTS

ARTISTS’ RECEPTION IN VERGENNES. Friday, March 23, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Reception and wine tasting courtesy of Vergennes Wine for “Never Felt Better: Fiber Transformed” special exhibit on view through April 8. DRAWING WITH PASTELS DEMONSTRATION IN BRANDON. Saturday, March 24, 4-5 p.m., Brandon Artist Guild, 7 Centre St. Come see pastel artist Judy Albright as she works on a painting and discusses the medium of pastel and the inspirations for her work in the current show, “Art from Farm to Table.” Free.

BOOKS

BOOK FAIR IN WEYBRIDGE. Friday, March 23, 8 a.m.-4p.m., Come to the school’s annual Book Fair. If you have any gently used books you would like to donate, please drop them off at the school or call Megan at 802-545-2113 for pick up. CARTOON BOOK EXHIBIT IN FERRISBURGH. Friday, March 23, 2-3 p.m., gymnasium, Ferrisburgh Central School. Come see the books created by FCS students in a two-week arts enrichment program with illustrator and author Christine Mix.

FAMILY BOOK NIGHT IN WEYBRIDGE. Friday, March 23, 6-7:30 p.m., Weybridge Elementary School, Quaker Village Rd. Come celebrate a love for reading with special book prices, story time and quiet activities.

E-BOOK WORKSHOP IN MIDDLEBURY. Monday, March 26, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury. Chris Kirby from Ilsley Public Library will help attendees learn how to download e-books and access audio books. He’ll share what’s available for the visually impaired, process library card requests on the spot, and help with other requests. Free and open to the public. PEGGY SHINN IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Vermont Author and Sports Journalist Shinn will read from, discuss and sign “World Class: The Making of the U.S. Women’s CrossCountry Ski Team,” her new book chronicling the dramatic rise of the now Olympic Gold Medalwinning team.

COMEDY

STEALING FROM WORK COMEDY SHOW IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Maple St. Join this comedy sketch team for their first visit to Middlebury. In “The Unbearable Whiteness of Being,” the troupe spoofs contemporary culture and the political climate with local flavor. Tickets $15 (plus $2 preservation fee) available at townhallteater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available.

DANCE

“YOUNG TRADITION TOURING GROUP” ONSTAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Teen players, singers and dancers perform a traditional music and dance repertoire they have learned over an 8-month experience. Tickets $20 (plus $2 preservation fee) available at townhallteater.org, by calling 802-3829222, at the THT box office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available.

FILM

“DEATH IN THE WILDERNESS” ON SCREEN IN BRISTOL. Thursday, March 22, 10 a.m., Bristol Federated Church, 37 North St. Come see filmmaker Kevin

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO MARCH 22-APRIL 1, 2018

Thornton’s documentary about Brandon widow Frankie Davenport, who journeyed to the Virginia site of the Civil War Battle of the Wilderness to retrieve her husband’s body. Thornton will be on hand to discuss the film as part of the church’s Coffee and Conversation series. “LOVING VINCENT” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, March 23, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Come see Van Gogh’s life and paintings brought to life the world’s first oil painted animated feature film. Tickets: $12 (plus $1 preservation fee)/$7 students (plus $1 preservation fee) available at townhallteater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (Mon-Sat, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available.

JUST FOR FUN

WRITTEN WORD OUT LOUD BRISTOL. Friday March 23, 6:30 p.m., Art on Main, 25 Main St. Come to the gallery for readings by Vermont poets Kristin Fogdall and Jari Chevalier. The readings, which are free and open to the public, will be followed by a chance for conversation and light refreshment. SUGAR ON SNOW PARTY IN STARKSBORO. Saturday, March 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Starksboro Village, Route 116. Head to Starksboro village for a day of activities to benefit the restoration fund of the Starksboro Village Meeting House, including a show and sale by local artists and craftspeople in the Meeting House and sugar on snow from local maple syrup served from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Starksboro Public Library with doughnuts and pickles. Hot dogs also served. Story time for the young and young at heart. WILLOWELL FOUNDATION “BOOGIE BENEFIT” IN LINCOLN. Saturday, March 24, 6-11 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 E. River Rd. Get Also on tap, a silent auction filled with fantastic prizes from local vendors, light refreshments, and shaking off the winter blues for a good cause. All proceeds go to support programs at The Willowell Foundation. Kid Friendly. $10 at door. EASTER EGG HUNT AND OPEN BARN IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, April 1, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., The Eddy Farm, 1815 South St. Ext. Pony rides, prizes, egg painting along with an Easter egg hunt. Bring a basket and appropriate footwear. Snacks available and horse treats welcome. No early birds or dogs. Rain or shine. More info at 802388-6196. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Addison Independent

MUSIC

BACH’S 333RD BIRTHDAY CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, March 22, 12:15-12:45 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. St. Stephen’s 7th Annual noonday recital series presents a celebration of Bach’s birth with a flute sonata, selections from the St. Matthew Passion and organ works, with Ellie GebarowskiShafer, soprano, Emily Sunderman, violin, James Berg, flutist and George Matthew Jr., accompanist. Free. COOIE’S JAZZ ENSEMBLE. Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info call 802-247-4295 or e-mail info@ brandon-music.net. IRISH MUSIC TRIO IN BRISTOL. Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m., Walkover Gallery and Concert Room, 15 Main St. The Cabin Fever Series presents Daymark, an international trio performing traditional Irish music infused with infectious energy, raw power, and Northern swagger. Expect to hear flute, border pipes, fiddle, guitar and vocals. Admission $15 in advance, $20 day of show. Reservations: 802-453-3188, Ext. 2. PAUL ASBELL JAZZ IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come listen to guitarist Paul Asbell. Part of the Residence’s Sunday Music Series. Free, open to the public and accessible to those with disabilities. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. CHAMPLAIN PHILHARMONIC IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, March 25, 4 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. In “Lion and Lamb” the philharmonic presents their spring concert with works by Verdi, Grieg, Sibelius and Schubert. Tickets $15 adults/$12 seniors/$5 students (plus $2 preservation fee for adults, $1 for seniors and students) available at townhallteater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (MonSat, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available. More info at champlainphilharmonic.org. ONE-MAN PERFORMANCE IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, March 27, 10-11 a.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury. Ethan Bowen of Bald Mountain Theater presents a one-man performance of Tim O’Brien’s “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong,” a Vietnam era piece. This immersive experience in storytelling is supported by surround sound design. Free and open to the public. ELKA BONG, DEI XHRIST AND JANE BOXALL PERFORM IN VERGENNES. Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., Northern Daughters Gallery, 221 Main St. Elka Bong, a.k.a. Al Margolis plays clarinet, violin, objects and contact mics, Walter Wright on AVSynth, Dei Xhrist on voice electronics and Jane

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 7

Boxall on percussion.

with disabilities. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-3881220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com.

VUHS INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT IN VERGENNES. Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium. Come hear the Vergennes Union Middle and High School Jazz and Concert Bands.

THEATER

“ORGELGEBET” PERFORMED IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, March 29, 12:15-12:45 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. St. Stephen’s 7th annual noonday recital series continues with the story of Holy Week told in the organ music of Bach, Flor Peeters, Piet Kee, Richard Yardumian and Philip James. George Matthew Jr., organist. Free. HELIAND CONSORT PERFORMS “PERFUMES OF PARIS” IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. This dynamic group of virtuoso musicians play music from Paris at the dawn of the 20th Century through the Roaring 20s and& beyond. Cynthia Huard, piano; Rachael Elliott, bassoon; Katie Oprea, oboe; Elisabeth LeBlanc, clarinet. Free, open to the public and accessible to those

BEAUTY & THE BEAST JR. ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23, 7-8:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 25, 2-3:30 p.m., Middlebury Union High School Auditorium, Charles Ave. The MUHS Class of 2018 presents this year’s senior class musical, a one-hour version of the beloved Broadway hit. All proceeds benefit Project Graduation. For reservations or information, call 802-382-1192. “COSÍ FAN TUTTE” LIVE IN HD IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, March 31, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Mozart’s comedy about the sexes is set in a world inspired by 1950s Coney Island in the MET production. A free talk about the opera will be given in the studio on the lower level before broadcast at 12:15 p.m. Tickets $24 (plus $2 preservation fee)/$10 students (plus $1 preservation fee) available at townhallteater.org, by calling 802-382-9222, at the THT box office (Mon-Sat, 12-5 pm) or at the door, if available.

PAGE 8 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018

new exhibits reopen the Sheldon Museum

M

iddlebury’s Henry Sheldon Museum was closed for the month of February for “exhibit planning, installation and research.” And it was worth the wait. The museum reopened earlier this month and has two exhibits you won’t want to miss.

James Pease Blair, a now retired awardwinning photographer with National Geographic, has curated a collection of three dozen photographs found in the museum’s Research Center. The images depict landscapes, townscapes and citizens over

100 y cura Muse

U

bec coll She ima tow Cha

100 years. This exhibit will be complimented by period clothing from the Sheldon’s vintage apparel collection.

Coll Eva rem the and She mus

The second exhibit features a retrospective of John Cross’ whimsical wood carvings. Just in time to correspond with the contemporary folk artist’s celebration of his 60th reunion at Middlebury College. Both exhibits will be on view March 20July 8 at the Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park Street, Middlebury. For more info call (802) 388-2117 or visit henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Ultimate Yankees Fan, 1984, by John Cross.

His uniq cele and of S of D Chic Geo resu

Figurative folk artist John Cross cel

T

his year, the masterful contemporary folk artist John Cross celebrates his 60th reunion at Middlebury College. To honor his work, the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury offers a retrospective of Cross’ whimsical wood carvings. The exhibit, “American Wood Sculptor John Cross: A Contemporary Figurative Folk Artist,” will be on view from March 20-July 8. Few would have predicted that an economics major at Middlebury College who earned a Master’s degree in business at the University of Chicago would have begun carving during his career as a creative copywriter at a premier New York advertising agency. Humor, perseverance and imagination are the skills reflected in all phases of his life journey.

Man with Cigar, ca. 1990, by John Cross.

Cross began whittling while watching the filming of commercials for which he wrote the scripts for Proctor & Gamble and for

Toyota. His ad copy promo brands as Scope mouthwa toothpaste. During the day from his advertising office i then headed for 813 Broad shared a rented loft with sc King, coincidentally in the where Wolf Kahn painted.

Kahn, who now maintains a near Brattleboro, is known landscapes, and King, who worked in clay, wood, bron and aluminum. Cross, King among the poets, artists an professionals who gathere conversation at the renown in Greenwich Village to enc another.

Cross has always worked w particular sugar pine. He f renderings of sports figure players and fans of the Ne artists, sideshow performe

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 9

years of photographs ated from the Sheldon eum’s collection

U

pon his retirement, James Pease Blair (who goes by Jim) and his wife Elise settled in Vermont. Blair, an award-winning photographer with National Geographic, came entranced by the singular photography lection found in the Research Center of the Henry eldon Museum, where he found exceptional ages that traced the citizens, landscapes and wnscapes of Addison County and the Lake amplain region.

laborating with Sheldon Museum Archivist Garcelon-Hart, he has chosen three dozen markable photographs that will be displayed in exhibit “Our Town Our Town: Love, Joy, Sadness d Baseball — 100 Years of Photographs from the eldon Museum.” The exhibit will be on view at the seum in Middlebury from March 20-July 8.

selections for this exhibit reflect a photographer’s que eye, developed in his early training from ebrated American photographers Harry Callahan d Aaron Siskind and while studying for a Bachelor Science degree in photography at the Institute Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology in cago. Later during his long career at the National ographic he traveled the world, advancing his art, ulting in further photographic achievements.

Maids at Bread Loaf Inn, ca. 1900.

The exhibit features single and group portraits of Vermonters — both the celebrated and the ordinary citizen, village scenes capturing disasters and daily life, landscapes of Vermont’s treasured mountains and lakes.

Supplementing the exhibit, will be clothing from the Sheldon Museum’s vintage apparel collection that corresponds to the attire featured in the photographs.

Aerial landscape photographs were taken by George N. Lathrop (1900-1983), who owned or managed sporting goods stores in Bristol and at New Haven Junction. A self-taught photographer, he learned to fly in the 1920s and helped establish the Bristol airport in the early 1930s. He flew with the left side door of his plane removed, using a Fairchild F- 8 camera with a large Zeiss lens for his aerial shots, to include many panoramic views of Lake Champlain. A century of life in the Middlebury region is highlighted in this exhibit curated by Blair.

Long Point, Lake Champlain, George Lathrop, 1938.

lebrates 60th reunion and art

oted such iconic ash and Crest y he wrote jingles in New York City, dway where he culptor William same building

a summer studio for his sumptuous o died in 2015, nze, vinyl, burlap g and Kahn were nd museum ed for drinks and ned Cedar Tavern courage one

with wood, in favors figurative es, especially the ew York Yankees, ers, Miss America

contestants, fishermen, operatic stars and playful everyday characters. He has researched players from the Negro Baseball League and commemorated them in compelling wood carvings. For many years Cross was represented by Jay Johnson, owner of a leading New York City American Folk Art gallery on Madison Avenue and later by the David Findlay Jr. Gallery on Fifth Avenue, and currently by the Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, N.Y. His carvings are in the public collections of the Museum of American Folk Art and the Smithsonian, and in the private collections of Garrison Keillor and Ali McGraw. Cross and his wife Linda, also an artist, reside and work from their home studios in Elizaville, N.Y. The Hudson River is nearby, as is the scenic rail line which provides them easy access to New York City galleries and museums and their son Peter Cross (Middlebury College ’93) and his family, who live in Manhattan.

Middlebury College Baseball Team, ca. 1896. This photo is one of several dozen selected by photographer James Pease Blair for an exhibit at the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury. These photographs will be on view now through July 8.

PAGE 10 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018

T HEATER

OWN HALL

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

Fri. 3/23 11am & 7pm $12/$7 students

LOVING VINCENT

Oscar-nominated Loving Vincent is the world’s first fully oil painted feature film, bringing the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story.

Sat 3/24 7pm $20

YOUNG TRADITION TOURING GROUP

Teen musicians and dancers kick off their tour of traditional music and dance at Town Hall Theater.

Sun 3/25 4pm $15/$12 Seniors/$5 Students

EXHIBITS 10 YEARS: THE CAMERON PRINT PROJECT. On view Jan. 9-April 29, featuring 29 works of art produced over the past decade in a series of annual collaborations between visiting artists and advanced printmaking students. The Middlebury College Museum of Art, located in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, Route 30, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007 or museum.middlebury.edu. AMERICAN WOOD SCULPTOR JOHN CROSS: A CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE FOLK ARTIST. On view March 20-July 8, featuring the whimsical wood carvings of folk artist John Cross. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park Street, Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org. ART FROM FARM TO TABLE. On view March 2-April 30, featuring a fresh exhibit of pastel paintings by Middlebury artists Judy Albright and Cristine Kossow. Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org. CAN’T LOSE SHOES. On view March 1-30, featuring mixed-media by Rick Skogsberg. The gallery will celebrate their final day in Vergennes on Friday, March 30, 3-6 p.m. BigTown Gallery, 245 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 3490979 or bigtowngallery.com.

LION & LAMB

ELINOR STEELE TAPESTRY. On view Feb. 10-March 31, featuring Elinor Steele Friml’s 40 years of dedication to the art of contemporary handwoven tapestry. The exhibit will include works from several of her series, including abstract and impressionistic images, landscapes and geometric compositions. Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 3829222 or townhalltheater.org.

Fri 3/30 7:30pm $15

EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER. On view March 15-April 29, featuring a solo exhibit from Maine contemporary artist Hannah Secord Wade. An opening reception will be held Friday, March 23, 5-8 p.m. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com.

CHAMPLAIN PHILHARMONIC: The Champlain Philharmonic Spring Concert Series features Verdi’s La Forza Del Destino, Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite 1, Sibelius’ Spring Song, and Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B Minor. champlainphilharmonic.com

STEALING FROM WORK SKETCH COMEDY

THE UNBEARABLE WHITENESS OF BEING

This innovative ensemble brings their brand new sketch comedy to Middlebury for the first time! Join us for a fastpaced evening of lunacy and lampoonery with a local flavor.

Sat 3/31 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

COSÌ FAN TUTTE

This clever vision of Mozart’s comedy about the sexes is set in a carnival-esque, 1950’s Coney Island type of atmosphere – complete with bearded ladies, fire eaters, and a Ferris wheel. Scott Morrison gives free talk at 12:15 PM in the studio

In the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater

ELINOR STEELE TAPESTRY

Now through March 31, 2018 Vermont designer/weaver Elinor Steele Friml will display examples representing forty years of dedication to the art of contemporary hand-woven tapestry.

share

HOLLY FRIESEN: LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT. On view March 22-April 5, featuring contemporary landscape paintings by Montreal-based artist Holly Friesen. An opening reception and chance to meet the artist will be held at the gallery on Friday, March 23, 6-8 p.m. Edgewater Gallery at the Falls, 1 Mill Street, Middlebury. (802) 458-0098 or edgewatergallery-vt.com. NEVER FELT BETTER. On view Feb. 23-April 8, featuring work by member artists Deb Allen and Marsha Chase (of Panton), and guest artists Kathy Giroux, Kim Goodling, Nancy Hayden, Muffy Kashkin-Grolier (of Orwell), Lynn Ocone, Susi Ryan and Linda Veilleux. Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main Street, Vergennes. (802) 877-3850 or creativespacegallery.org. OPERA AT-A-GLANCE. Visitors can listen and explore different operas and astounding voices of great singers now through the end of March. Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr., Brandon. (802) 247-4295 or cmacvt.org. OUR TOWN OUR TOWN: LOVE, JOY, SADNESS AND BASEBALL — 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SHELDON MUSEUM. On view March 20-July 8, featuring three dozen photographs from the museum’s Research Center curated by James Pease Blair. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park Street, Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org. UP HOME. On view Jan. 16-March 31, featuring hand-colored photographs by Susanne and Neil Rappaport of Minnie Griswold and her perfectly preserved life in Pawlet. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org.

we want to know. And it’s free!

EMAIL: NEWS@ADDISONINDEPENDENT.COM

WINTER INTO SPRING. On view Feb. 3-March 31, featuring paintings by Klara Calitri, Linda Hampton Smith, Molly Hawley, Patricia LeBon Herb and Yinglei Zhang. Isley Public 75 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4095 or ilsleypubliclibrary.org.

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 11

MUSIC Young Traditions tours Town Hall Theater

T

he Young Tradition Touring Group will perform at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. The group’s performance comes three weeks prior to leaving for a cultural and performance tour of Scotland. The group consists of teen players, singers and dancers who focus on learning and performing traditional music and dance repertoire over the course of nine months. They start in September have an April performance tour and conclude in May. Group members learn from and are supported by a group manager, artist leaders and youth leaders, in addition to exchanges with young performers and organizations while on the performance tour. This year artist leaders Pete Sutherland, Andrea Beaton and Dominique Dodge support the group, along with youth leaders Rose Jackson and Oliver Scanlon and manager Mark Sustic. The group includes 24 auditioned

members ranging in age from 12-20. Though most Touring Group members are from Vermont (including Romy and Ben Munkres of Cornwall, Merry Kimble of Middlebury, and Ben Clark from Waltham), the group also includes members from Massachusetts and the Adirondacks in New York State. Saturday evening’s performance will include two sets with an intermission. The first half will feature artist leaders and youth

leaders. The second half will feature the full Touring Group. Tickets are $20 (plus a $2 preservation fee). Funds support the Touring Group project. Tickets are on sale through the Town Hall Theater Box Office at townhalltheater.org, in person, by calling (802) 382-9222 Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m., or at the door starting one hour before show times. For more info about the Touring Group visit youngtraditionermont.org.

Cooie’s Jazz Ensemble will perform at Brandon Music this Saturday evening.

Cooie’s Jazz Ensemble plays at Brandon Music

The Young Tradition Touring Group will perform at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Saturday evening before leaving on a tour of Scotland.

livemusic BACH’S 333RD BIRTHDAY CONCERT. Thursday, March 22, 12:15-12:45 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Middlebury. YOUNG TRADITION TOURING GROUP. Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. FULL SHARE. Saturday, March 24, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte, Middlebury. DAYMARK. Saturday, March 24, 8 p.m., Walkover Gallery, Bristol. COOIE’S JAZZ ENSEMBLE. Saturday, March 24, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. PAUL ASBELL. Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, Middlebury. CHAMPLAIN PHILHARMONIC. Sunday, March 25, 4 p.m., Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. ELKA BONG, DEI XHRIST AND JANE BOXALL. Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., Northern Daughters Gallery, Vergennes. VUHS INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. Tuesday, March 27, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium, Vergennes.

Drawing from the vast catalog of jazz classics of the 20th century, Cooie’s Jazz Ensemble lures listeners deep into the music. Experience them at Brandon Music this Saturday, March 24. Cooie DeFrancesco reaches the heart of a lyric and brings her own special blend of pathos and humor. Accompanied by veteran musicians Robert Gagnon (guitar), Andy Smith (bass), and Rob Zollman (drums), DeFrancesco will take you on a musical journey. You’ll hear songs like “Unforgettable,” “All of Me,” “Cry Me A River,” “I’ll Be Seeing You,” “As Time Goes By,” “All the Things You Are,” “Dream A Little Dream Of Me,” and a special “Route 66.” Saturday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Concert tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for an extra $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295, email info@brandonmusic.net or visit brandon-music.net for more info.

PAGE 12 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018

the movie FINAL PORTRAIT — RUNNING TIME: 2:07 — RATING: R “Final Portrait” is one slice of the life of renowned artist Alberto Giacometti. It is a compelling look at the inner life of a man possessed by a study not of his art but of the man himself that lingers long after we leave the theater. James Lord (Armie Hammer) is the American author who will write a book about the few days he spent with Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) at the end of his own trip to Paris. When he arrives at the painter’s studio, Lord announces he has a short time before his flight home to America and wanted to say goodbye. Giacometti announces that he wants to paint his friend’s portrait, an undertaking he promises will take only a few hours. The hours turn into two weeks for Lord who calls home frequently to report his delay. During the prolonged and frustrating work sessions, we absorb the details of Giacometti’s studio, his unfinished paintings, his personality, and the possible truth that everything about Giacometti is unfinished. Is that the cause of his deep frustration? The studio is in an unassuming, quite rundown part of the city, no fancy address for this famous man. As we are brought inside, we see a large room cluttered with the tools of his trade. Scattered on tables and counters, unfinished sculptures and paintings wait for his hand. Or are they finished? That’s the thought that comes to mind as we watch the painful passage of time as Giacometti paints his portrait of James Lord. He starts, covers his beginning with a light gray paint — it’s not right — and starts again. It’s the primary message of the film: Does this brilliant artist ever know exactly what he wants to produce and is he ever satisfied? As we follow Giacometti’s tortured process of creating a painting or a sculpture, we realize he is surrounded by unfinished work. Director Stanley Tucci wisely assumes that he can’t read the artist’s mind. He

Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush in “Final Portrait” (2017).

just shows us the unfinished result. As Giacometti paints, thinks and erases repeatedly, we in the audience try to imagine what inner turmoil is causing all the changes. When that question falls short of any answer, we accept that this is what sets his work apart. His mental process is his alone. We have learned that his work springs from his mind to the canvas as if it were uninvited and suffers his own rejection nearly every time. Clémence Poésy plays Giacometti’s resident prostitute/lover. Tony Shalhoub is the artist’s brother, Diego. Armie Hammer is wisely restrained as the understanding friend, and Geoffrey Rush becomes the focus for everyone in the audience as well as in the movie. His Giacometti is astonishing in a state of silent frustration with his own work. He seems to be daring himself to fail by not knowing his own goal. Director Stanley Tucci gives us not a finished portrait of the famous artist, but a portrait of the chaotic mind and surroundings of a brilliant man.

the book THE TEMPTATION OF FORGIVENESS — BY DONNA LEON

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

BEST NEW ARMCHAIR TRAVEL MYSTERIES The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian

(Atlantic Monthly Press)

Named a Most Anticipated Mystery of 2018 by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, “The Temptation of Forgiveness” is the 27th novel in Donna Leon’s bestselling mystery series. Police commissioner Guido Brunetti and his fellow Commissario, Claudia Griffoni, investigate a suspicious accident and unintentionally disturb a longstanding and long-hidden scam. Brunetti, an accomplished inspector, and much beloved by mystery readers, moves through Venice with a practiced air, even while becoming frustrated by false leads. The myriad social interactions provide the key to solving the mysteries of who is leaking information from the Questura and how professoressa Elisa Crosera’s son was implicated in the drug traffic at his expensive private school. As usual, Donna Leon masterfully recreates Brunetti’s hometown, populating the streets with shop owners and craftspeople whose existence make up the very fabric holding the local side of Venice together. Fans of Donna Leon will be more than happy to take off with her again, spend time with Brunetti, and soak up the sights and sounds and tastes of Italy. Marilyn Stasio, in the New York Times Book Review, said, “Donna Leon’s Venetian mysteries never disappoint, calling up the romantic sights and sounds of La Serenissima even as they acquaint us with the practical matters that concern the city’s residents.” — Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

Force of Nature, by Jane Harper Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions, by Mario Giordano Hiroshima Boy, by Naomi Hirahara A Necessary Evil, by Abir Mukherjee I’ll Keep You Safe, by Peter May Weeping Waters, by Karin Brynard

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 13

+SPA

Beauty Tip OF THE WEEK

Mix sugar and Vaseline to cure dry, flaky lips. Instead of buying a lip scrub, you can just mix a little sugar and Vaseline together to help smooth your lips when they’re feeling dried and chapped out from winter weather.

SALON Because we care about your hair... and our environment! www.texturesalonvt.com 802-388-9449 58 North Pleasant St. Middlebury, Vt.

Online Bookings Available! Free Gift with New Online Bookings While Supplies Last!

We are Devacurl Inspired Stylist and have been on the frontier for natural, organic, less toxic products since 2001. We also have the full line of Jane Iredale cosmetics.

Where Desire Meets Design

Massage | Facials | Manicures | Pedicures Hair & Bridal Services | Eyelash Extensions 32 Marble Street, Brandon, VT 802-465-8255 | brandonvillagespa.com

Check out our website and contact us for a limited-time only discount! hairnetworkvt.com 802.388.1177 31 Court Street Middlebury, Vermont

Would you like your salon or spa to stay top of mind and grow your client-base by advertising on the weekly Salon & Spa pages? For more information or to set up your advertising plan, call 802.388.4944 or email: ADDISON COUNTY

Services include: Pedicures • Manicures, Nail extensions Massage Facials & Waxing Open Tue-Sun, appointment highly recommended 90 Mechanicsville Road #6, Hinesburg VT 802-482-7334 www.elementnailsalonvt.com

Melissa, melissas@addisonindependent.com Stacey, staceym@addisonindependent.com Alexis, alexis@addisonindependent.com

INDEPENDENT

VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY L NEWSPA P PER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • ww w.AddisonIndependent.com

PAGE 14 — Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018

realestate

ADVERTISE ON THIS PAGE.

CALL 802-388-4944

Who bought it? PROPERTY TRANSFERS IN MIDDLEBURY

T ARTS+LEISURE The Addison County Independent

he following armslength real estate sales were recorded in Middlebury during the second half of 2017. It should be noted that due to changes in Vermont property-transfer forms, only one buyer and seller are listed in most transactions:

• Richard Martone to David Stachnik, a condo at 33 Twin Circles, $208,000, Oct. 27.

• Estate of Linda Malloy to Catherine Rickerby, home on 0.33 acres at 190 Monroe St., $150,000, Nov. 30.

• Frances M. Elmore Revocable Trust to Andrea Kvasnak, a home on 0.56 acres at 9 Forbes Circle, $192,000, Oct. 31.

• Kandice Cook Heller to Gary Dupoisse, a commercial building on 0.1 acres at 34 Main St., $159,720, Dec. 8.

• Alice Butler to Albert Perry, a condo at 32 Evergreen Lane (unit 10), $226,5000, Oct. 30.

• Paul Ralston to Lorraine J. Abramson, a home on 0.55 acres at 26 Stewart Lane, $380,000, Dec. 22.

• Gina Taur to Florence Klein, trustee, a home on 0.7 acres at 504 Buttolph Drive, $265,000, Oct. 19.

• Dean Messner to Christopher Brooks, a home on 3 acres at 10 Forest Ridge Drive, $355,000, Nov. 10.

• R&S Enterprises LLC to Rushton Associates LLC, the Middlebury Fitness building on 3.55 acres at 175 Wilson Road, $500,000, Dec. 15.

• Julia Coons to Kenneth Roller, a home on 0.57 acres at 14 S. Gorham Lane, $360,000, Oct. 20. • Susan E. Arnold Trust to Julia Coons, a condo at 12 Overbrook Drive, $250,000, Oct. 20. • Robin Epperson to Wells Fargo Bank N.A., a home on 1.2 acres at 35 East Ossie Road, $296,935, Sept. 5.

We know the couch is comfy... Advertise in the weekly Arts + Leisure section and let your ad do the work for you. Call us today to learn more. 802-388-4944 ads@addisonindependent.com

• Federal National Mortgage Association to Jason Couture, home on 0.25 acres at 450 East Main St., $187,900, Nov. 27.

• Pedro Eula to Holly McKenzie, home on 0.22 acres at 41 Colonial Drive, $250,000, Nov. 14.

Editor’s Note: This is the third and final portion of the Middlebury listings.

• F. Rendol Barlow to Erik Remson, a home on 0.45 acres at 19 South St., $515,000, Nov. 17. • John Larocque to Dustin Hunt, a home on 0.23 acres at 115 Peterson Terrace, $182,900, Nov. 22.

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-424-8590. For the Washington, DC area please call HUD at 426-3500.

Addison Independent

| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 15

Being Mortal Political Polarization in the United Join us for a free screening and discussion of the PBS Frontline documentary Being Mortal. Causes and States: Based on the best-selling book by Atul Gawande, MD, this film explores the hopes ofConsequences patients and families experiencing serious illness and their

Film Screening & Discussion with Dr. Diana Barnard, Palliative Care Specialist

relationships with the doctors, nurses and family members who care for them.

Lecture by Eric L. Davis

Gather and become part of the national conversation on what matters most to each of us at end of life, and how to approach these Nationally recognized as an expert Join us for awith thought-provoking conversations compassion, understanding on politics, Eric L. Davis is professor and preparation. lecture exploring the causes

emeritus of Political Science at and consequences of the Middlebury College. Professor Davis increasingly polarized public Hosted by: frequently provides political analysis Living with Dying: an Addison County Partnership for multiple Vermont news opinions in America. organizations. Free and open to the public! Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by: Friday, October 20th | 3:30 PM The John and Wauna Harman Foundation in partnership with the Hospice Foundation of America

RSVP: Pat Ryan, 802-388-1220, pryan@residenceottercreek.com

Tuesday, March 27th | 3:00 pm

Independent & Assisted Living I Reflections Memory Care RSVP: Pat Ryan, 802-388-1220, pryan@residenceottercreek.com

Lodge Road,Middlebury, Middlebury, VT 350350 Lodge Road, VT 802-388-1220 802-388-1220 www.residenceottercreek.com www.residenceottercreek.com

Independent & Assisted Living | Reflections Memory Care

Spring

Home

The cube house

Women on the job

The new owners of this unusually shaped passive solar home discovered that there was a lot more to like about it than just the location. Page 2C.

Some in the building industry are showing why more women architects would be better for everyone. A Middlebury firm offers one example. Page 6C.

A Special Publication of The Addison Independent • Thursday, March 22, 2018

PAGE 2C — Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

The south and west walls of Andrew Gardner and Caroline Damon’s home in downtown Middlebury showcase large windows that help let in plenty of sun to their passive solar house. Shades that project horizontally from the south end shade some of the light during the hottest times of the day when the sun is directly overhead. Independent Photo/Trent Campbell

Lively activity in a passive house By CHRISTY LYNN MIDDLEBURY — A year ago, Andrew Gardner and Caroline Damon were living a life that many would call the Vermont dream. They had a quiet old house deep in the woods of Ripton, surrounded by dirt roads and hillsides with dark nights filled only with sounds of the barred owls calling out into the void. Many people long for solitude like this, far away from the lights and bustle of city living and believe

that’s what it means to “make it” in Vermont. But Gardner and Damon were feeling torn. Both worked in Middlebury and grappled with the 40 minutes they spent daily on the round-trip commute. They struggled with the carbon footprint associated with keeping up a house that was over 100 years old and suffered the leaks and wasted space typical of homes from that vintage. On the other hand, both are avid outdoor enthusiasts and loved living close to the Rikert Nordic Center and

the Snow Bowl. They were also somewhat uncertain about how they wanted to raise their son, Sam, and in what environment. In many ways they loved the idea of Sam being able to run around unattended in the woods behind their house, but on the other hand they liked the idea of him being able to walk to school and live within a neighborhood. So they started considering a move into town and a lifestyle where they commuted to play rather than commuting to work. They had their eyes on

the market for over a year, flopping one way or the other and trying to weigh the possibilities of updating their Ripton home to bring it to higher performance standards, versus finding something newer and more modern in town. Then, on a Monday late last spring, a house popped up on the market. It was located within an easy walking distance to downtown Middlebury and had a simple, modern cube-like design (See Passive solar, Page 3C)

Brian Quigley brings 35+ years of experience in home building and cabinet design to Goodro Lumber in East Middlebury. He’s available to help you realize your optimum vision for cabinets and countertops – whether for kitchen or bath, home or office, contemporary or classic. Give Brian a call today and see what Goodro can do for you.

HURRY IN!

OFFER ENDS SOON! 1428 Route 7 South Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-3559 • middleburysewnvac.com Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm

388 Rt. 125 E. Middlebury, VT (802) 388-4915 www.goodro-lumber.com 7-5 M-F 7-Noon Saturday

Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 3C

The main living area in “the cube” is a long and open room, which Caroline Damon and Andrew Gardner have designated into three distinct spaces using rugs, furniture and plants. A central staircase features a blackboard wall where the family can write notes, draw pictures and keep track of schedules. Independent Photo/Trent Campbel

Passive solar (Continued from Page 2C) featuring wide windows, horizontal wood siding and raw metal details. Damon and Gardner were immediately drawn to the architecture of the house, which was admittedly quite different from the traditional Vermont vernacular. Upon further research, the couple learned that the dwelling was a certified passive solar house, relying on solar absorption, retention and distribution from the sun without the use of any mechanical or electrical devices. Passive solar construction uses modern insulating and air sealing systems as well as careful site analysis to maximize the benefits of the sun to warm the structure. The architect is careful to align window and door openings as well as shading blinds and solid walls relative to the solar paths and climate in that particular zone. This engineering enables the house to make use of heat during seasons and times of the day when the home needs to be warmed, while sheltering the home from the sun during the summer or late in the day when the home risks becoming too hot. Techniques to achieve perfect air sealing mitigates air circulation through convection (a.k.a. leaks) and advanced methods for insulating reduce heat transfer through radiation. This “tight” building envelope controls the influence of external conditions like

temperature and sun exposure inside, enabling the designers and engineers to let in precise amounts of sunlight only when it’s needed. As a result of this heavily controlled climate, air filtration systems aid in the ventilation and exchange of air from outdoors to indoors and across the home, evening and distributing clean and comfortable air. Damon and Gardner were not specifically on the market for a passive solar house. However, when they saw it they were immediately intrigued. Unlike their Ripton home, “the cube” (as it had become known) was a simple and concise layout with highly usable space. “The difference was pretty spectacular between the two houses,” recalls Gardner, “but we knew it was the right fit.” They made an offer on Thursday and signed the papers Saturday. The cube was theirs. PASSIVE SOLAR LIFESTYLE In June of 2017 the family moved off the mountain and began to establish new patterns in their passive house and central location. They started biking to work and Sam became known as the kid who showed up to pre-school in a bicycle chariot. They were able to walk to the store and, perhaps ironically, spent more time on mountain biking trails in Middlebury’s downtown than they ever had access to in the woods of Ripton. (See Lifestyle, Page 4C)

Spring Flooring

Savings!

WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED For Professional Installation or DIY

Hardwood • Carpet

Tile • Laminate • Cork Luxury Vinyl (LVT)

Resilient Flooring & More!

16 Creek Road, Middlebury

388-6054

M - F 7:15 - 5:30, Sat. 8 - 3 www.countrysidecarpetandpaint.com

Jipner home inspections, LLc A home inspection service company Inspecting fine homes since 2000

Vaughn Jipner

Licensed, Insured & Certified

jipnerinspections@gmail.com jipnerhomeinspections.com

802-373-4123

Easy to read computerized electronic reports — PDF Format. Water Testing • Radon-in-Air Testing

PAGE 4C — Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Professional Septic Installation Since 1982

PUMPING • MOUND AND CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM INSTALLATION CERTIFIED PRESBY INSTALLATION • REPAIRS LOCATING • CAMERA INSPECTIONS TANK AND LEACH FIELD INSPECTIONS • ROOTER SERVICE STEAM THAWING • FULL EXCAVATION SERVICE Prompt friendly service Family Owned & Operated

Office: 802-388-4529 truck cell:

802-236-7101 Route 7 • Middlebury, VT

The untreated wood siding and raw materials used on the Middlebury passive house on Thomas Street were designed specifically with the intent of having a minimal effect on the environment as well as little to no maintenance required. The windows on this east-facing wall look into the kitchen and small bathroom on the ground floor, the stairwell at mid-level and one of the upstairs bedrooms. Small vents for the Zehnder air exchange system circulate fresh air constantly in the home. Independent Photos/Trent Campbel

Lifstyle (Continued from Page 3C) “It’s amazing what we can do with those 40 minutes that we used to waste in the car each day,” Damon said. “And it’s also amazing how much more we recognize and appreciate the beauty of that drive when we do it. It went from a heads-down task to be completed each day to an intentional choice that leads us to activities we love.” In terms of living in the cube, most of the time it’s just like living in any house. Except for a few notable differences. Gardner suffers from mild allergies to dust and mold. In the Ripton house, they flared up constantly. Now, they are gone. “More than anything else on a day-to-day, I notice the air quality,” Gardner says. The cube is outfitted with a Zehnder air filtration system, which constantly works to keep

clean air flowing throughout the filter once per month. Two heat pumps offer the house. With the aid of a climate monitor that helps them supplemental heat during the coldest and grayest days of pay attention winter, but the couple to temperature and humidity “It was challenging says it’s infrequent inside, Damon at first to figure out to need them, even through the winter. and Gardner have how to configure “During that extra built routines to cold snap in February maximize the our furniture and this year, it was still benefits of this orient our lifestyle really sunny, so we left system. patterns in such a the blinds fully open Following their different space, but one day and came morning showers home to our house at or while cooking, we just lived with 78 degrees,” Damon they kick the it pretty open for said. “I guess we’ll system onto the a while and then from that!” higher settings. slowly learned how learn COST OF HEATING If they’re headed In terms of their out of town for an to define the space.” extended period — Caroline Damon energy bills, it’s a welcome relief to of time, they can be able to reallocate program it to lower settings. Most of the time, it that $2,000 a year that Damon and defaults to medium and requires Gardner used to spend on heating nothing more than vacuuming oil, not to mention the two cords of wood they burned in their woodstove for supplemental heat. They say their electrical bills are comparable in their new home to what they had been in Ripton, despite the demands from the Zehnder and heat pumps. They are also considering a rooftop solar array that would further help offset that bill and push them further toward a net zero energy impact. And in terms of the lifestyle change required to transition from an old home with many small rooms, countless nooks and crannies and expansive woodland gardens to their small lot at the edge of Buttolph Acres and a stones throw from Route 7, the couple says it was easier than one might think. “We were both drawn to the modern, European aesthetic and openness of this house,” Gardner recalls. “It was challenging at first to figure out how to configure our furniture and orient our lifestyle patterns in such a different space, but we just lived with it pretty open for a while and then slowly learned how to define the space.” When you walk into the cube, a small entry mudroom with closet space and a small bathroom opens into a long and uncluttered great room with a huge picture window taking up the full wall on one short end of the room facing south and a glass door that leads to a small side porch against the long wall to the west. Despite having no physical dividers within this space, the couple has effectively delineated three separate rooms using furniture, plants, area rugs and shelving. A play space for Sam is under the big (See Heating costs, Page 5C)

Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 5C

The north and east faces of the passive house on the edge of Buttolph Acres in Middlebury have the fewest window and no doors, to limit the exposure to the cooler sides of the home and keep the building envelope as “tight” as possible. The house is perched just above a natural creek and despite its central location — easily walkable to downtown Middlebury — is a house that many people have never noticed on this tucked-away lot. Independent Photo/Trent Campbel

Heating costs (Continued from Page 4C) window, flowing into a classic living room area with a bright teal couch and modern yellow chair. The dining room table is on the north end of the room, with the kitchen curving around to the east from there. A set of stairs brings you upstairs to three bedrooms and a second bathroom, all arranged in an efficient “U” format around the stairwell. In total, the house is about 2,300 square feet. “Because it’s a box, we use every corner of the space in this house, which we love,” Damon says. “In contrast to the Ripton house, where we had rooms that we barely spent any time in at all, there isn’t a single room in this house that we don’t use every day.” For Gardner, who owns Press Forward PR, living in a house that is well-designed and

Carefully positioned solar shades on a passive house work to reduce the impact of the hot sun during the warmest parts of the day and the warmest times of the year. Photo: Susan Teare

efficient feels consistent with many of the goals that he works with clients to achieve. “It makes me think more carefully about design and being intentional about every move that you make,” he said. Having the home life that fits with a business working primarily with outdoor brands and with a strong commitment to the environment, Gardner appreciates the opportunity to “walk the walk” and not just talk the talk of environmental responsibility. Gardner and Damon say reactions to the cube are widely varied. They say many likeminded friends find their home very cool and perhaps even gain some inspiration from it. Others just find it weird or question its unusual form. For them, it’s home and it’s wonderful.

A word from the architect natural, avoid toxins and require less maintenance. Gregor Masefield of Studio III Architecture in Bristol is one The site at 2 Thomas St. in Middlebury had been on and off the of the architects who designed Andrew Gardner and Caroline market for years, so when it became available we Damon’s Passive House in Middlebury. Masefield jumped on it. It seemed like a perfect opportunity spoke with the Independent’s Christy Lynn about to make great use out of an affordable, centrally this cutting edge project. “One of the joys located lot and offered an opportunity to site a house THE INSPIRATION AND SITE that was considerate and sensitive to the site and I grew up in a stone farmhouse built in 1782, of this whole environment we were working within. and I was the littlest one in the family so I was he discipline is that Mid-way through the project there were some who was lowered into the crawlspace with a torch function and design stumbling blocks with the Agency of Natural to thaw the frozen pipes in the winter. I think that don’t ever totally Resources, which exposed an issue with the nearby started my interest in more efficient houses. wetland, but rather than fight we chose to rise to the But seriously, I had been thinking and talking agree. That’s our challenge and remediate the issue with amended site about ideas for affordable, energy-efficient, single- job to figure out.” family homes for quite some time when the person — Gregor Masefield design to incorporate a sensitive building with very low impact on the site. who I collaborated with on this project (who wished We wanted the project to address some of the to be left anonymous) first approached me. We social, socio-economic and environmental issues our society started talking about building a house that could act as a prototype is grappling with and we gained inspiration from a number in an urban infill environment that was otherwise going to be of different sources. One of those was a book called “Design wasted space for the neighbor’s brush pile. We wanted to create Like You Give A Damn” by Cameron Sinclair. Another was a project that inspired more natural and sustainable communities (See Inspiration, Page 9C) and did anything we could to reduce waste, leave materials

Spring’s Coming... Is Your COOL Ready? Are you thinking about having Central Air Conditioning installed and/or serviced in your home? Call our office today and schedule an appointment!

Just think...no more heavy window units just touch a button and you have cool air all summer! We’re happy to give you a free quote!

DO YOU USE OIL??

ARE YOU CONSIDERING SWITCHING TO NATURAL GAS?? WOULD YOU LIKE A LESS COSTLY ALTERNATIVE??? No need to replace your boiler or furnace. You can convert your burner to a new RIELLO natural gas burner TODAY!! Call us today and we will gladly help you convert your system by the time Natural Gas arrives.

Your home can be healthy too! Malibu Premium Interior Finish

Malibu Acrylic Interior Finishes are designed for ease in application. Malibu’s antispatter and quick drying properties make it ideal for occupied spaces. • Easy application - High Hide formulation • Low VOC* • Green Wise® certified • Low odor§

Shop Local

388-2500

1396 Rte 7 South Middlebury, VT www.distinctivepaintvt.com

M- F 7:30-5:30, Sat. 8-1

Heating • Plumbing • Air Conditioning Heat Pump Installation RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

24/7 Pager Service • M-F 7am - 4pm, Sat 8-noon

1786 Route 7 South • Middlebury, VT • 388-2296

PAGE 6C — Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

THE FIRM VERMONT Integrated Architecture, PC, intentionally hires and supports women, which the owners think is good for business and for the profession. Shown outside their Middlebury offices, Jean Terwilliger, Gwen Nagy-Benson, Andrea Murray, Dee Pearce and Megan Nedzinski comprise half of the firm’s 10 employees.

A woman’s place:

Is at the drawing table and on the job site

By ANDREA MURRAY when the centerfold pinup on the wall and I MIDDLEBURY — On the first morning of were the only two women in the construction Efficiency Vermont’s recent Better Buildings job trailer. I have been in meetings when by Design conference, I was energized by the answers to my questions were directed not back enthusiastic chatter in the exhibit hall. After to me but to Ashar, my male business partner. a few minutes I realized that the baritone I have even been cornered in a trailer by a hum was coming from an almost client’s representative and asked exclusively male presence, and it inappropriate questions about reminded me that a woman in the Of VIA’s 10 my personal life. Increasingly, architecture and construction field employees, half are though, I work with many men is still somewhat of an oddity and women, including who genuinely respect my definitely a minority. As “Me Too” three of our four contributions to the planning, has become part of our national licensed architects. design and construction of a conversation, I couldn’t help but We are intentional building project. And catcalls think about my own experience as on a job site seem to be a thing about our collective of the past. a woman and as an architect. At the 2016 American Institute support of women Of VIA’s 10 employees, half of Architects convention, four practitioners at all are women, including three of architects (who are women) levels in our firm. our four licensed architects. presented the case that increasing We are intentional about our the number of women in the collective support of women field would benefit the field as a whole. They practitioners at all levels in our firm. As highlighted some startling statistics: Though workplaces begin to meaningfully address nearly half (45 percent) of architecture graduates equity in pay and flexibility for family care are women, women make up only about 25 by both men and women, I predict that more percent of licensed architects. Even fewer (18 women will follow through with their passion percent) are principals or partners in a firm. The for architecture. I hope the 14 bright and panel noted that firms with three or more women attentive women in my current “Architecture on their board of directors tended to outperform and the Environment” course at Middlebury those with fewer or no women; clearly a broader College will be among them. Architecture range of skills and leadership styles is ultimately needs their point of view. more beneficial. So why the disconnect? Andrea Murray is a principal architect Breaking through the barriers of a male- at Vermont Integrated Architecture, P.C. in dominated field isn’t easy. There were times Middlebury.

FRAMING

SIDING

FINISHING

TILING

PAINTING

WINDOWS

SHEETROCKING

ROOFS

CUSTOM SHOWERS

CUSTOM MILLWORK

Over the past 25 years, Raymond Renovation & New Construction, LLC, has established a solid reputation in Addison County as a dependable general contractor doing quality work in all phases of residential and light commercial carpentry – from new home construction to additions and remodeling. FULLY INSURED • FREE BIDS

Mark Raymond, Owner

Middlebury, Vermont

388-0742

Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 7C

The 2030 Challenge is taking shape Recognizing that the Building “Eliminating the built environSector is responsible for almost half ment’s negative contribution to cliof all greenhouse gas emissions mate change is not just a strategic annually, key leaders in this sector priority, it’s our collective responsihave banded together to confront bility to generations to come,” said the global warming crisis. Rick Fedrizzi, founding chairman During the 2006 of USGBC. “Science Greenbuild Internatells us … urgent acQ. Does the 2030 Chal- tion is required.” tional Conference and Expo, a group lenge call for all new The 2030 Chalof industry leaders building and major reno- lenge, a global reached a consensus vations to be “net-zero en- initiative offion three critical is- ergy” building by 2030? cially launched A. No, the 2030 Chal- by Architecture sues facing the Building Sector as it works lenge advocates for “car- 2030 in January buildings 2006, to bring energy con- bon-neutral” called in 2030, which is not to for all new sumption and greenhouse gas emissions be confused with “net- buildings and in this sector under zero energy” buildings. A major renovacarbon-neutral building tions to reduce control: 1. The need for a is defined to be a build- their fossil-fuel ing that uses no fossil fuel greenhouse gascommon goal. 2. The definition of greenhouse-gas-emitting emitting energy energy to operate. In con- consumption by 50 this goal. 3. A baseline to trast a net-zero energy percent immediatemeasure progress building must produce as ly, increasing this remuch energy on site as it duction to 60 percent against. In a show of soli- consumes. in 2010, 70 percent darity and commitin 2015, 80 percent ment, these leaders in 2020, 90 percent adopted “The 2030 Challenge” tar- in 2025, and finally, that all new gets. buildings would be carbon neutral These original signers of the 2030 by the year 2030. Challenge included the American “The building industry is coming Institute of Architects (AIA); U.S. together around the common goal Green Building Council (USGBC); of Architecture 2030’s targets for American Society of Heating, Re- reductions in energy use. The orfrigerating and Air-Conditioning ganizations and individuals in this Engineers (ASHRAE), Architecture meeting need to reach out to the en2030 and about 20 other influencers. tire industry, encouraging them all

to work together in achieving these targets.” said R.K. Stewart, a former president of AIA. THE 2030 CHALLENGE All new buildings, developments and major renovations shall be carbon-neutral by 2030.

Buildings are the major source of global demand for energy and materials that produce by-product greenhouse gases. Slowing the growth rate of greenhouse gas emissions and then reversing it is the key to addressing climate

change and keeping global average temperature below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To accomplish this, Architecture 2030 issued the 2030 Challenge asking the global architecture and building community to adopt the following targets: All new buildings, developments and major renovations shall be designed to meet a fossil fuel greenhouse gasemitting energy consumption performance standard of 70 percent below the regional (or country) average/median for that building type. At a minimum, an equal amount of existing building area shall be renovated annually to meet a fossil fuel energy performance standard of 70 percent of the regional (or country) average/median for that building type. The fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings and major renovations shall be increased to: • 80 percent in 2020. • 90 percent in 2025. • Carbon-neutral in 2030 (using no fossil fuel greenhouse gas-emitting energy to operate). These targets may be accomplished by implementing innovative sustainable design strategies, generating on-site renewable power and/or purchasing (20 percent maximum) renewable energy.

THE IMPACT OF THE 2030 CHALLENGE According to the initiative’s website (architecture2030.org), the targets set out in the 2030 Challenge have been adopted and are being implemented by 80 percent of the top 10 and 65 percent of the top 20 architecture, engineering and planning firms in the U.S. In addition, the AIA, ASHRAE, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the federal government, and many other organizations and state and local governments and agencies have adopted the 2030 Challenge. In Canada, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Ontario Association of Architects and cities such as Vancouver have also adopted the Challenge targets. Since 2006, the landscape for low-carbon building has been transformed, and building with sustainability and high-performance in mind has become the standard approach. Zero Net Energy (ZNE) buildings have gone from being prototypes and experiments to being widely built and, in the case of California, being the standard that will be adopted for new residential buildings in 2020 and commercial buildings in 2030. Of course, this entire shift is not only due to the 2030 Challenge, but it has been key in helping focus the industry’s attention on the problem, and suggested a path to solving it.

Transform your bathrooms with automatic faucets, high-tech toilets and music (MS) — Technology is infiltrating systems have become the norm, but every room of the house. Many new what tech improvements are availhomebuyers are millennials, and this able to make the powder room more tech-savvy demographic covets tech- in touch with today’s digital lifestyle? nological innovations. According to the home A recent survey Self-cleaning improvement resource by Better Homes & The Spruce, bathrooms Gardens Real Estate toilets help busy have the most potential indicates 77 percent professionals save of any rooms to be imof Generation X and time and are ideal proved with technolY homebuyers want ogy. The following are for those who their homes equipped just some of the bathwith the tech capabili- always want their room gadgets and gizties they have grown bowls as clean as mos no one should reaccustomed to. Many possible. sist before giving a try. of these involve smart • Automatic faucets: innovations, including Infrared sensors have those that can transform one of the been helping keep public restrooms most private rooms in the house — more hygienic for years. The same the bathroom. technology can be used in home Automated home theater rooms bathrooms to curtail water waste and and Wi-Fi-enabled home security keep faucets and sinks from becom-

ing infested with germs. In addition, faucets with built-in timers can be programmed to set tasks for brushing

Kittredge Land Surveying, PLLC Seth W. Kittredge, L.S.

Boundary Retracement Subdivisions Boundary Line Adjustments FEMA Flood Certifications Replacement of Missing Corner Monuments Vermont Land Records Research Expert Witness Services Topographic/Site Surveys Construction Layout

28 Thomas Circle - Vergennes, Vt. 05491 Phone: 802-870-7028 - Cell: 802-989-1625 kittredgelandsurveying.com info@kittredgelandsurverying.com

teeth or washing your face. • Musical shower: Instead of having to blast the volume on the porta-

ble speaker you use in the bathroom, a wireless speaker is built into some showerheads. This enables those who like to sing in the shower or listen to podcasts while washing up to enjoy this luxury effortlessly. • Smarter weight management: Bathroom scales have gone hightech as well, with various options enabling users to measure weight, BMI and body fat percentage before sending the data wirelessly to a phone, tablet or computer. This can put you in greater control of fitness goals. • High-tech toilets: Borrowing ideas from bidets and trends around the world, modern toilets do not require hands or paper. These toilets have temperature-controlled water, spritzing wands and air dryers to clean and sanitize. Self-cleaning toilets help busy professionals save time

and are ideal for those who always want their bowls as clean as possible. And if you desire extra comfort, toilet seat warmers are available, while LED lights can make nighttime restroom visits easier. • Soaking tubs: As fast as standalone showers were introduced to the modern bathroom, tubless designs have been replaced with streamlined soaking tubs. Tubs come with different features, including chromatherapy, which employs colored lights to enhance mood. Air baths are controlled electronically and provide different levels of sensation for those who are skipping the hot tub. Round out these innovations with automated lights, chilled medicine cabinets and aromatherapy, and your bathroom will indeed become a technological spa.

PAGE 8C — Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

What’s a green Realtor? Ask John Snyder-White MIDDLEBURY — Champlain Valley Properties Realtor John Snyder-White was recently awarded the National Association of Realtors Green Designation, recognizing him as a professional who is specifically trained to help buyers or sellers with transfers of “green” properties. The Addison Independent’s Christy Lynn spoke with Snyder-White to find out a little more about what that designation means and how it may offer additional benefits to his clients. Addy Indy: What does this designation mean and how do you qualify? Snyder-White: The Green Designation is a certification given by the National Association of Realtors to agents who are interested in green building, energy efficiency, community development and being a source of knowledge for others in the field. I am able to help clients find building professionals who specialize in green design, energy efficiency work and modern technology upgrades that help cut usage. However, it doesn’t just have to do with energy usage. Part of being “green” also involves a property’s walkability, its access to public transportation, integrated “smart” technology and also any renewable resources that may be part of the system.

The architectural forms of architect Gregor Masefield’s passive home in Lincoln, as well as the original house in Middlebury village, are inspired by functional use and needed space. Masefield and the design teams looked critically at how each space in the homes would be used and designed the form to fit the functions required within. The cube shape with a flat roof reduces unnecessary conditioned space, finding “economy in the truth” of what is required for a comfortable home. Photo: Susan Teare

Renovations can create healthier homes (MS) — Home renovation projects are done for several different reasons, whether to update styles, repair damaged or broken items or to achieve more living space. More than ever before, homeowners are choosing improvement projects geared toward making their homes healthier. Establishing a healthy home means different things to different people. For example, to an environmentalist, a healthy home may incorporate ecofriendly or green products. To those with young children or mobilityimpaired seniors, a healthy home may be one free from potential hazards. Others may view a healthy home as one that alleviates allergies. The World Health Organizations says inadequate housing conditions, such as poor ventilation, radon, urban pollution, and moisture issues, can contribute to many preventable diseases and injuries — especially respiratory problems, nervous system disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Furthermore, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ranks indoor air quality as a top five environmental risk to public health. EPA studies have found that indoor air pollution levels were roughly two to five times greater than outdoor

pollution levels. People interested in making their homes healthier can embrace these renovations and lifestyle changes. BE AWARE OF FURNITURE MATERIALS Toxic PBDEs, which are chemicals used as flame retardants on furniture fabrics produced prior to 2006, can send toxins into the air. Some manufacturers may still use these flame retardants in new forms, but with similar risks. Before purchasing furniture, ask if a product is treated, and select naturally fire-resistant materials like wool and cotton. LIGHTEN UP Lighting is often underappreciated but can have a dramatic impact on whether a home feels inviting, warm and/or uplifting. Experiment with different types of bulbs and lighting fixtures to turn drab and dreary environments into brighter places. Lighting may improve mood and productivity. LET THE SUN SHINE IN Modify window treatments to let more sunlight into the house. There is evidence that the sun, particularly UV light, is a potent bactericide. The Sunlight Institute advises that there’s no harm in letting natural sunlight do its work, as bacteria within eight

feet of low-intensity UV light can be killed in 10 minutes. INSPECT AND SERVICE WOOD-BURNING APPLIANCES A study published in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology has found regular inhalation of wood smoke limits immune activity and function, and anyone who burns wood indoors should be aware of these potential health risks. Ensuring proper ventilation of smoke and routinely cleaning the chimney can help cut down on particulate matter. TURN TO NONTOXIC CLEANING PRODUCTS, PESTICIDES AND INSECTICIDES Always opt for nontoxic, natural products when cleaning in and around the house. DECLUTTER THE HOME A cluttered, hectic space can affect emotions and mental state, never mind attracting dust and making a home harder to clean. Spending time in spaces that do not elicit stressful feelings is healthier and can help residents to rest and recharge. Making a home healthier can be on the list of this year’s renovation plans.

Rain barrels help us conserve water (MS) — Rain barrels provide an eco-friendly opportunity to repurpose rainwater while helping homeowners conserve water and save money. But homeowners must exercise caution when using rain barrels in their lawns and gardens. Water collected by rainwater should never be used for drinking, cooking or bathing. Pet owners should know that water collected by rain barrels also should not be used to bathe pets. Rain barrel lids should also be tightly secured to prevent mosquito infesta-

tions. Secure rain barrels to also protect children and pets from falling in. Overflow valves should always direct water away from structures to prevent water damage to homes or sheds. In addition, to reduce risk of falls and injury, homeowners should be certain that water is not directed toward sidewalks, driveways or other areas where foot traffic is common. Before the arrival of winter, homeowners should disconnect their rain barrels from downspouts to prevent the formation of ice.

Addy Indy: What particular training did you go through in order to achieve this designation and why was Champlain Valley Properties interested in having you designated? Snyder-White: First, I am a Realtor and member of the National Association of Realtors, which is required in order to obtain this designation. I did also complete 12 hours of related coursework and have attended a number of conferences related to green and renewable energy. Mostly, I’m just interested in energy efficiency and think it’s an important factor to consider when purchasing a home, so I wanted to pursue this independently. On my own I have attended different events and met builders and contractors and other professionals around the state who specialize in green building and energy efficiency. This database of resources helps me be able to recommend experts to clients who are looking to improve their property’s energy efficiency before or after a sale. Having a Realtor on staff at Champlain Valley Properties with the Green Designation does have benefits as I can be a “source of the source” for other agents as well as clients who may not have as many of these contacts for service providers and resources. Addy Indy: Do you have a special interest in “green” technology and “green” buildings? Snyder-White: Yes. For me, considering the energy efficiency of a home does match my personal ethics, but I also just think it makes practical sense. Many buyers are conscious about spending and energy bills can be very high. Having a clear understanding of the energy usage of a home before you buy or sell can help set expectations or plans for upgrades and maintenance going forward. I also really like tech and find it very interesting to help people understand how modern technology and tools can help reduce energy usage and cost without a lot of effort. Things like smart thermostats and lights can help older housing stock perform to higher and more modern standards of efficiency. I love how technology is constantly changing and there are always new tools to help clients understand and utilize that make their homes more efficient. A “smart home” may seem intimidating to a buyer, so it can be helpful to have an agent guide that person along the way, starting slowly and introducing new technology once they’re ready to take on something new. That can help make it feel more reasonable to consider purchasing an older home and working through a renovation project to upgrade the insulation and performance and introduce some more modern technology to help it perform at a reasonable level. Addy Indy: Do you think the real estate industry is appropriately responding to new green developments in the building trades? Are house prices and values reflecting the energy demands and efficiency standards of the property? Snyder-White: Yes, I think the real estate market has done a lot of work to stay in touch with new developments in energy efficiency. The local MLS (multiple listing service) has done a lot to re-evaluate properties with efficient designs and has offered new search criteria to help limit results to those that

meet certain “green” standards. There are some parts of the equation that are a little slow to recalibrate for these highperforming homes. For example, some of the banks and appraisers just don’t h a v e t h e John Snyder-White comparables yet to be able to understand how a net zero house should be appraised or what differences in the lending profile can be expected considering the low or non-existing utility bills for those homeowners. But it’s getting better and better and hopefully as more properties upgrade and are bought and sold the capacity to perform an appropriate CMA (or comparable market analysis) will come with it. Addy Indy: How much do you see current buyers paying attention to the energy efficiency of a property and how do those features stack up to other things on their list? Snyder-White: Buyers are definitely looking at cost, so energy usage and projected costs are definitely important. People are starting to really understand that a home with greater energy efficiency, better insulation and newer tech features might cost more upfront because those building materials are expensive, but they see that their bills going forward could be much lower than a cheaper home that leaks and will cost a lot to heat and maintain. That’s encouraging because it means people are willing to look at the cost of a home over a longer period of time, considering the ongoing costs as well as the upfront costs. Green homes cost a lot less to heat and operate, which often equalizes over 10 or 20 years, even if the upfront cost is significantly higher. Having this longer-term vision can also encourage buyers looking at older homes to consider renovation projects along with the purchase of the house. Even if they just plan to chip away at those projects one-by-one over a long period of time, each one will help them gain more efficiency. I think it’s really neat that people can do something really active to affect the operation and functionality of their home. New tech allows people to get more involved in how their home is performing and you can get apps and devices that help control temperature, humidity and pressure of the climate as well as do things like turn on outside lights before you’re going to come home in the dark of winter. That’s pretty cool and I like being able to introduce these things to people. Addy Indy: Are you seeing more people interested in moving into town centers and living in tighter communities, or are is there still a great value placed on the 5-acre private lot in the country? Snyder-White: Certainly there are still a lot of people who want the privacy and space of their own. That’s especially common among people who are moving to Vermont from more urban areas and are trying to get out of the bustle of a condensed life. However, we are seeing a lot of people who want the ease and enjoy the practical benefits of living in town centers. There’s a growing population that values the walkability and “green” nature of living where you don’t have to commute. Addy Indy: What kind of home do you live in? If you could buy a home, what would you look for? Snyder-White: I am currently renting an old and somewhat drafty house, but I have done what I can with LED lights and a smart light in the bedroom. If I could buy a home I would look for an older home with great character and I would try to add insulation to get the heating bills very low and rehab it as much as possible to bring it up to higher energy standards. I would want smart thermostats and would consider a solar installation. Walkability is very important to me because I like having access to the community without having to rely on my own transportation. That said, I recently went down to look at the Vermods and while I’m not sure they’re for me, they are pretty cool too.

Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 9C

Inspiration It’s about calculating the specific (Continued from Page 5C) the Quakers, who designed with heating, cooling, insulating and an utterly practical, purposeful circulation capacities of every aesthetic. Rather than design single material and pairing them a home to look a certain way, together for maximum gain. It’s the Quakers designed spaces to an extremely rigorous protocol function in the ways they needed to make the scientific side of a and wanted to live. In this process Passive House work. Of course, as the we attempted to architect, I wanted find economies through the truth “When the realities to make the aesthetic and honesty about of the global energy and environmental side work as well. how we need to market come to One of the joys of function. We didn’t roost, we’re going this whole discipline design the space like is that function and the Quakers, but we to inevitably turn design don’t ever thought like they to these types of totally agree. That’s thought about the properties and our job to figure out. design. be glad for the We went cubic PASSIVE HOUSE in form to see if Passive House examples that they there was economy was kind of new to offer. The days to be found in the me when I started of 2x4s and pink truth of the true this, but I really demands on the jumped in and insulation need to space. The envelope have become a real be behind us.” advocate. I went — Gregor Masefield of the house was so robust that we and got certified could rely on a as a Passive House consultant and started learning small mechanical space that was about some of the really technical situated with the stairwell in the components of design and center of the house. The main materials. A lot of the people living spaces each have two who are doing this are really windows for cross ventilation. engineers who LOVE the science We didn’t go for lavish master of building materials and how bedrooms and master baths, to maximize their performance. but chose a modest layout for

modest needs. The aesthetic was largely driven by commitments to honesty about what we need to achieve maximum functionality. The flat roof is a good example as a way to eliminate wasted space and drive the performance of each zone while saving on cost at the same time. One of the most critical elements to a Passive House design is solar access. This site was slightly tricky because there is some obstruction to the solar path, but we were able to site it in a way that would capture the most sunlight during critical times. Windows and doors are also important components, as they break the thermal envelope of the house and require careful detailing and the most innovative designs available. Unfortunately U.S. manufacturers don’t offer windows and doors that are high enough performance for Passive House, so we worked with a company out of Lithuania and there are some inherent challenges with that. However, the R-value of glass is about 11, which is much higher than it is in a typical window (single pane windows have an R-value of about 1; double pane are typically around 2; triple pane windows are typically around 3).

The interior of architect Gregor Masefield’s passive solar home in Lincoln features a modern and uncluttered open layout and exposed materials. Masefield’s family has been living in their passive solar home for nearly two years and he and his family say they have “no regrets” about the lifestyle transition. Photo: Susan Teare

The ERV (energy ventilation) system humidity to keep

recovery manages relative

Masefield’s home was inspired by the passive house prototype he completed in the fall of 2016 in downtown Middlebury. Having grown up in a stone farmhouse and being an architect who has worked on many different types of homes, Masefield’s choice to construct and move his family into a passive solar home in Lincoln speaks to his belief in the resiliency inherent in this building style. Photo: Susan Teare

humidity in the 40s, and prevents condensation from forming. That in turn keeps comfort way higher in a Passive House and issues with mold and mildew from becoming a factor. SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT I believe the success of this project will continue to be exposed indefinitely. I know the high performance home program at Efficiency Vermont is growing leaps and bounds. Nationally and statewide there are a lot of goals for high performance and net zero. Building codes and high performance standards globally are looking to Passive House for standards. But right now it’s a little hard to see. There’s a big resistance to this type of building stock because it challenges everything else on the market and the ways people are used to living. These properties are resilient and independent of the reliance upon gas and oil and other market-based commodities. There is really a global trend toward this, but you may not know it in the U.S. because there’s such

high subsidies for energy. When the realities of the global energy market come to roost, we’re going to inevitably turn to these types of properties and be glad for the examples that they offer. The days of 2x4s and pink insulation need to be behind us. What you have to recognize when you buy the existing housing stock, is that you’re buying an agreement to deal with the outdated, rotten, toxic, leaky and deferred issues. With new and modern homes like this there’s a durability and resiliency that is hard to achieve with old homes. THE SECOND TAKE My wife and I were enamored enough with this project that we built a second cousin to the Middlebury Passive House in Lincoln and moved in almost two years ago. We don’t have any regrets. I believe that what we need to promote is a new way of thinking and an openness that will breathe life into our ways of living. Passive house and net zero and high performance homes are definitely on the road to getting there.

At the Mill QUALITY Kiln Dried Lumber Hardwood & Softwood

Friendly Service • Great Specials Cash & Volume Discounts Call for pricing and availability.

HARDWOOD FLOORING Hard Maple • Ash • Red Oak • Cherry

PINE

Now thru April 9, 2018

16 Creek Road, Middlebury

388-6054

M - F 7:15 - 5:30, Sat. 8 - 3 www.countrysidecarpetandpaint.com

Beaded, V-Joint Shiplap Siding T&G Flooring Rough • Dressed

HARDWOODS Rough: Maple • Oak Birch • Cherry Ash • Butternut Yellow Poplar Walnut • Mahogany

Bristol, Vermont • 802-453-4884 • Mon-Fri 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. www.vermontlumber.com

Prices Start at $299 • Replace your outside faucet with a new hot and cold outside faucet. Great for those outside spring cleaning jobs! • Enjoy the ease of a new kitchen faucet with a hand-held extension • Replace your toilet with a new water saver toilet

1428 Route 7 South Middlebury, VT 05753 802-388-3559 • middleburysewnvac.com Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat 9am-1pm

Call for more simple, cost effective ideas for brightening up your home! John D. Fuller Master Plumber

388-2019

5118 Case Street • Rte. 116 Middlebury, VT 057753

PAGE 10C — Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Mitsubishi Electric systems offer efficient individual room control and allergen filtration with no ductwork – so you can be as comfortable as you want anywhere in your home.

AMERICA’S #1 SELLING BRAND OF DUCTLESS dennis@newtonerac.com • 802- 388 -1431

www.newtonerac.com

A twelve (12) year parts warranty is included with a purchase from this Diamond Contractor.

Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 11C

Happy Spring!

Spring is Coming... And so are renewals! Call us for a quote today!

CHOOSE FROM

Seeds

Agway, Baker Creek, Botanical Interests, High Mowing, Johnny’s, Livingston, Renée’s,

and

Seed Savers, Seedway

Seed Starter Products

• Jiffy Pots, Strips & Pellets • Windowsill Greenhouses • Starter Trays • Potting Soils • ProMix, CowPots & more

New Houseplants and Easter Lilies arriving weekly!

48 Merchants Row, Middlebury • 388-4837

New Pottery including Glazed and Terra Cotta.

Pansies coming soon!

48 Merchants Row, Middlebury 388-4837 • www.bourdoninsurance.com

Soils

Our Greenhouse

will soon be bursting with healthy annuals, trees, shrubs, & rose bushes!

SPRING BULBS

By Miracle-Gro, Agway and more!

Dahlias • Begonias • Lilies • Glads PLANT NOW FOR SPRING & SUMMER

Yard & Garden Buy bulk and Save!

Bulk Mulches

Pine/Spruce, Natural Cedar & Hemlock

Bulk Compost & Top Soil

Delivery available on all bagged and bulk products.

Scotts and Agway Grass Seed & Fertilizers

Great Selection

& expert advice on how to use the products! Middlebury Agway Coupon

Weekly Plant Shipments!

NURSERY CUSTOMER BUCKS The more you buy, the more you save!

o $5 off

any $50 Nursery Purchase

o $15 off

o $25 off

any $100 Nursery Purchase

any $150 Nursery Purchase

Combined nursery purchases include Trees, Shrubs, Annuals, Bird Baths and Statuary. One coupon per visit. Valid at Middlebury Agway only. Cannot be combined w/other sale, discount or offer. Expires March 31, 2018

Middlebury Agway Coupon

Spring Carhartt is here!

20

%

off

CLOTHING PURCHASE

Carhartt makes great clothing for all seasons! Pants, Jeans, Shorts, T’s, Overalls, Hats and much more!

Expanded Kids’ & Infants’ line!

Coupon good through 3/31/18

WEBER GRILLS ARE HERE!

PET SERVICES Our beautiful

SELF-SERVICE

gas, charcoal & gas/charcoal combinations. PLUS: Free assembly & free propane fill-up with any Weber gas grill purchase makes Agway your best deal!

Dog Wash is

OPEN EVERYDAY! Washing your pet has never been easier! Enjoy the pleasant atmosphere in our beautiful spa-like space.

We also make

PET I.D. TAGS Custom engraved while you wait. Choose from a variety of styles. Beautiful brass Equine & Stable Plates, too.

Champlain Valley Equipment “Growing to meet your needs” Since 1970

453 Exchange Street • Middlebury, VT 802.388.4967 www.champlainvalleyequipment.com

HUGE N! SELECTIO

Concrete Pavers • Edging Step Stones • Wall Stones

for patios, edging and stone walls!

MIDDLEBURY AGWAY FARM & GARDEN

Open 7 days a week

338 Exchange St., Middlebury, VT • 388-4937 Monday - Friday 8-6, Sat. 8-5, Sun. 9-4

YOUR YARD, GARDEN and PET PLACE™

www.MiddleburyAgway.com

PAGE 12C — Home • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Are you ready for Solar? Vermont Homeowners Recommend

802 . 453 . 2500 • BristolElectronicsVT.com

FREE ON-SITE EVALUATIONS Bristol Electronics installed our 20 panels quickly, efficiently, courteously and just the way we wanted them. Our roof is a difficult one due to our post-andbeam construction, but nevertheless, the crew was friendly, informative and just great people. Then even in the cloud cover, we began immediately to generate electricity! Furthermore (and most importantly for others deciding to install solar), the price was fair, competitive and honest. If we had another home, I’d want them to put the solar panels on that one, too! We recommend solar and Bristol Electronics without reservation! Lawrence & Cynthia Jones ~ South Starksboro Bristol Electronics designed and installed a photovoltaic system on our house in New Haven. We could not be more pleased with the staff and the installation of our system. Right from the start we understood what we were buying and what the installation process was about. The staff filled out all the necessary paperwork required by Green Mountain Power and the State of Vermont. This in itself made our experience with Bristol Electronics an easy and pleasant one. The installation was professional and clean. The service did not end with installation. We were contacted to insure that everything was satisfactory and if we had any questions. We highly recommend Bristol Electronics. Mike and Helen Hanley – New Haven, VT

We received quotes from Bristol Electronics and another well-know Vermont solar company, and were pleasantly surprised that Bristol had the better price and we preferred Bristol’s microinverter approach. Additionally we were very pleased to learn that the panels and raching system were made in the USA with some components manufactured by a Vermont company. On top of this, the folks at Bristol Electronics were such a pleasure to work with, We can’t remember a more pleasant experience when making a major investment. We had a variety of questions which they happily addressed. Their knowledgable staff was well versed with applicable regulations and requirements, building codes and even wind loading concerns. They truly went out of their way to make sure we were educated on the system and pleased with the installation. This was a very rewarding experience which began with a goal of wanting to make our home fully renewably powered by working with a team and culminated with meeting great members of our community, keeping our dollars local while also supporting other American renewable technology manufacturers. We found kindred spirits at BE and we can’t recommnd them highly enough! Megan Nedzinski and Joshua Faulkner – South Starksboro, Vt Bristol Electronics is the best! They scheduled an onsite visit within days of my call, had a price a week later and started work a week after that. They were finished in a matter of days and since I had a free standing array they even raked and seeded the area around the panels. they get top marks in everything and their customer service is beyond excellent. I highly recommend them if you want the best job for the best price! Lani Nichols – Goshen, Vt

2018

Worship Directory Area Church Directory • Holy Week Services

A publication of The Addison Independent • March 22, 2018

PAGE 2 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 3

The Addison Independent’s annual Worship Directory is published at a time of year when many faiths celebrate holy days and seasonal rebirth. To Christians and Jews Easter and Passover help celebrate resurrection and salvation, freedom from slavery and God’s gift of a new life. Other more secular people mark the season with new growth and life as we emerge from winter into spring. Whether in a formal group, church, synagogue or mosque, or in a private and solitary way, many people are connected to traditions of worship. With this annual publication, we seek to provide a resource of venues and communities that draws a picture of the many local practices of worship. These are thriving, community-focused and rich cultural centers within our small towns and give us reason to celebrate their presence and give thanks for their prosperity.

Index

Addison County Havurah................................................... 13 Brandon Congregational Church.......................................... 4 Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society.................. 15 Christian Science Society...................................................... 6 Living Water Assembly of God............................................ 16 Memorial Baptist Church...................................................... 2 Middlbury Congregational Church........................................ 4 Middlbury Friends Meeting................................................... 6 Middlebury United Methodist Church.................................... 3 New Haven United Reformed Church.................................... 5 North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church........................ 16 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel....................................................... 8 Saint Genevieve Church....................................................... 5 Shoreham Congregational Church....................................... 6 St. Ambrose Catholic Church................................................ 7 St. Bernadette Church.......................................................... 5 St. Jude the Apostle Church.................................................. 9 St. Mary’s Church................................................................ 5 St. Peter’s Catholic Church................................................... 7 St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church........................................... 11 Valley Bible Church............................................................ 16 Vergennes Congregational Church....................................... 4 Vergennes United Methodist Church................................... 13 Victory Baptist Church........................................................ 15 West Addison United Methodist Church............................... 13 Weybridge Congregational Church..................................... 14

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Together with our neighbors we work for social and personal transformation, justice, healing, and peace. As a reconciling congregation, our intention is to love our neighbor in the Spirit of God’s reconciling love.

Easter Services

March 25: Palm and Passion Sunday March 29: Maundy Thursday Worship with Cornwall Church, at Weybridge Congregational Church March 30: Ecumenical Good Friday Service, 12:00 pm at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church

Followed by an Easter Prayer Vigil through Sunday, 1:00pm at Middlebury United Methodist Church April 1: Easter Sunrise Service at 6:00 am Easter Worship at 10:45 am

MISSIONS

• Bake Sales • Assisting with Community Lunches and Suppers • Volunteering at Charter House • Hosting Monthly Chicken & Biscuit Neighborhood Suppers, Annual Winter Coat Distribution, Annual Trick-Or-Trunk, Biannual Rummage Sales • Supporting HOPE, CVOEO Food Shelf, CROP Walk, MiddSummer Lunch and Recreation, WomenSafe, and more • Supporting United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), Chicuque Rural Hospital & Center of Hope in Mozambique

Middlebury United Methodist Church 43 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury Church Office: 802-388-2510 Director of Music & Organist: Dr. Kevin Parizo Coordinating Committee Chair: Don Jochum

Coordinating Pastor and Minister of Congregational Care: Rev. Mary Kay Schueneman revmkschue.129@gmail.com

Rummage Sale April 27 & 28

Worship Service Sunday, 10:45am Choir Rehearsal Thursday, 7:00pm

www.umcmiddlebury.org

PAGE 4 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Congregational Church of Middlebury, UCC HOLY WEEK SERVICES

Pastor: Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson

Palm Sunday 10:00 a.m. in Santuary 4:00 p.m. in Unity Hall

No matter who you are or

Maundy Thursday 6:00 p.m. Soup and Bread Dinner in Fellowship Hall 7:00 p.m. in Sanctuary

where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

Easter Sunday 10:00 a.m. in Sanctuary

802-388-7634 • Church: 2 Main Street • Office: 30 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury • joyce@midducc.org • www.midducc.org

The Vergennes Congregational Church UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST We are an Open and Affirming, vibrant Christian community – full of life, music and laughter. We gather to worship and to explore and grow in our faith. We embrace everyone, striving to love and serve with compassion and grace – as Jesus did – to make a difference in our community and beyond.

Youth Opportunities & Confirmation

Worship

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!

• Sunday Morning at 9:30 and Special Services throughout the year.

Mission Trips

Children’s Message, Sunday School, Christmas Pageant

Local Mission Outreach Contact us to find out more!

30 South Water St., Vergennes, VT • 877-2435

vucc@vergennesucc.org

www.vergennescongregationalchurch.org

Crop Walk!

Community Food Shelf

Brandon Congregational Church - United Church of Christ Sunday Worship at 10a.m. year round • The Reverend William L. Bartholomew, Interim Pastor Our congregation is an inclusive, diverse, Christ-centered community of faith, open and affirming of all God’s children. We are called to walk humbly with God in fairness, kindness, love, peace and joy. We seek to follow Jesus in worship and music, outreach, in-reach and fellowship. We welcome all who seek a spiritual home where love prevails. Missions: We host the Brandon Food Shelf and support other local mission projects that provide services and assistance to people of all ages. Our Pastor has a discretionary fund that may be utilized to help individuals with transportation, short-term housing and other needs. We have meals for the general public where free-will offerings are taken rather than charging an admission fee. Our Sunshine and Hospitality Committees provide rides to services for those who no longer drive and healthy meals are delivered to housebound people in the community. Brandon Cares was begun by this congregation and has grown into a community wide project. Scouts and other community groups use our buildings.

Music: Our adult choir provides music during Sunday Services from September through June. The Brandon Festival Singers have performed a special holiday concert the second Sunday in December for the past 37 years under Gene Childers, Director, with Jean Childers, accompanist. Education Programs: It is our goal to offer age appropriate activities to children who attend our services in addition to our regularly scheduled programs and bible study classes for adults and young people. Hospitality: Coffee and other beverages and light snacks are offered after the service in Fellowship Hall.

The Brandon Congregational Church was established in 1785. The present building was erected in 1832 and the adjacent Fellowship Hall was built in the second half of the nineteenth century. It contains the Town Clock and has a Tracker Pipe Organ and Carillon. It is handicapped accessible and has hearing assistance devices available. 1 Carver Street, P.O. Box 97, Brandon VT brandoncongregationalchurch@gmail.com Church & Office Phone: 802-247-6121 Pastor’s Cell Phone: 802-745-6515

Fellowship

Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 5

St. Mary’s

St. Genevieve

St. Mary’s 326 College Street, Middlebury VT Mass: Saturday 5:15 pm, Sunday 8 am & 10 am

St. Genevieve 3275 Route 22A, Shoreham, VT Mass: Saturday 7:30 pm • May - October

St. Bernadette

St. Bernadette 9 Crown Point Road, Bridport, VT Mass: Saturday 7:30 pm • November -April

Holy Week Schedule is as follows: Palm Sunday

March 31 - Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil 7:00 PM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury

March 24 - Saturday 5:15 PM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 7:30 PM - Saint Bernadette’s, Bridport

March 29 - Holy Thursday 7:00 PM - Mass of the Lord’s Supper Saint Mary’s, Middlebury

March 25 - Sunday 8:00 AM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 10:00 AM - Saint Mary’s Middlebury

March 30 - Good Friday 3:00 PM - Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 7:00 PM - Stations of the Cross Saint Mary’s, Middlebury

April 1 - Easter Sunday 8:00 AM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 9:30 AM - Saint Mary’s, Middlebury 11:00 AM - Saint Genevieve, Shoreham

www.churchoftheassumptionvt.org

New HaveN UNited RefoRmed CHURCH Our Commitments and Beliefs

Church Activities

• The authority of the Bible

• Prayer Meeting Group

• The supremacy and lordship of Jesus Christ

• Men’s & Women’s Bible Study

• Textual, Bible-based preaching

• Young Adult’s Bible Study

• The teachings of the Protestant Reformation, as summarized in the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dordt

• Children’s & Adult Sunday School

• God-centered and God-honoring worship

Pastor Rev. Andrew Knott Please visit our website www.nhurc.org Contact us newhavenvturc@gmail.com

Morning Worship Service every Sunday, 10am

• Junior High Youth Group • High School Young Peoples • Church Choir Group

Children’s Sunday School every Sunday, 11:30am

Evening Worship Service every Sunday, 7pm Children’s nursery is provided for all services and building is handicapped accessible.

1660 Ethan Allen Highway (Route 7) • New Haven, VT 05472 • Phone/Fax: 802-388-1345

PAGE 6 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Middlebury Friends Meeting A We l c o m i n g Q ua k e r C o m mu n i t y D e d i c at e d t o P e a c e , Ju s t i c e , a n d C a r e f o r t h e E n v i r o n m e n t Meeting for Worship & Children’s Program on Sundays, 10-11am Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant Street, Middlebury At the center of Quakerism is Meeting for Worship, when Friends sit in silence opening their hearts and minds to the leadings of the Spirit. This may move any one of us to give a short message as together we feel the presence of the Spirit.

www.middleburyquakers.com f o r i n f o r m at i o n c a l l 3 8 8 - 8 0 2 4

Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 7

St. Peter’s Catholic Church Pastor: Yvon J. Royer

Worship Services

Celebration of the Lord’s Day Masses are held on Saturdays at 4:30pm and Sundays at 10:30am Palm Sunday Mass: Saturday, March 24th at 4:30 pm • Sunday, March 25th at 10:30 am Holy Thurday Mass: March 29th at 7 pm Good Friday: March 30th • Stations of the Cross at 3:00 pm with Communion & Veneration of the Cross Easter Vigil: March 31st at 8 pm at St. Ambrose in Bristol Easter Sunday Mass: April 1st at 10:30 am Easter Egg Hunt following Mass

All are welcomed to join us as we journey with Jesus! 85 South Maple Street (PO Box 324) Vergennes, VT 05491 (802) 877-2367 st.peter.vt@comcast.net www.st.petervt.com

We know that in serving our neighbor we are serving God!

In this “Year of the Family” St. Peter’s & St. Ambrose Parish Communities are focused on making Jesus’ Mission our Mission! This Mission involves two things, sharing the Good News of God’s love and by reaching out to those in need. One of the ways that we are sharing this Good News is via our Addison County Youth Ministry program which helps our youth to discover God’s love for them and to share that love by serving others. We also have ongoing Adult Education, and a Bible Study group. Learning about God’s love and sharing that love is what we are all called to do. Our Parish is also very pleased to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters in the Vergennes area in many different ways though our Social Action committee. I would like to list just a few in case you would like to be part of or in need of these important services. 1) Free Monthly Community Meals; 2) Thrift shop; 3) Graham Shelter elves; 4) Food Shelf supporters; 5) Meals for those in need; 6) Youth Ministry shut-in meals; 7) Funeral reception meals; and 8) Our Parish Hall is available for many community functions

Saint Ambrose Catholic Community FOR THE GLORY OF GOD Bristol • Lincoln • Monkton New Haven • Starksboro

West Street, Bristol, Vermont

Fr. Yvon J. Royer 802-453-2488 email: stambros@comcast.net Website: www.saintambrosevt.org Rectory Address: 11 School Street, Bristol, VT 05443 Holy Week Schedule: Good Friday Service: March 30th • 7:00pm Palm Sunday: Saturday, March 24th • 6:30pm Sunday, March 25th • 8:00am Easter Vigil: March 31st • 8:00pm Holy Thursday Mass: March 29th • 7:00pm @ St. Peter’s in Vergennes Easter Sunday Mass: April 1st • 8:00am

Regular Mass Schedule: Saturday, 6:30pm

Sunday, 8:00am

Monday & Wednesday, 8:30am

Tuesday & Thursday, 6:30pm

All our welcome to join our celebrations • St. Ambrose & Hall are now fully handicap accessible

PAGE 8 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

C h u rc

h

-

id

Religious Directory

and up. Wednesday prayer and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Handicap accessible. 802-247-3339 or brandonbaptistchurch.org.

OUR LADY OF GOOD HELP ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (ST. MARY’S). 38 Carver St., Brandon. Fr. Vincent Onunkwo, Admin. Mass schedule: Saturday, 4 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. Tel: 802-247-6351.

y

Me

bur

mo

dle

ri a

This religious service listing is also online at addisonindependent. com.

BRANDON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, U.C.C. The “go-to” church on the Brandon green, 1 Carver St., Route 7, P.O. Box 97, Brandon. The Rev. William L. Bartholomew, interim pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. year round; Sunday school, 10 a.m. (October through May); choir, Wednesday, 7 p.m. (September through June). 802-2476121 (office), 802-745-7515 (pastor’s cell phone) or brandoncongregationalchurch@ gmail.com.

n

io

reg

at

BRANDON BAPTIST CHURCH. Routes 7 and 73 West, Brandon. Sunday services, 11 a.m.; adult and young adult Bible study, 10 a.m.; Sunday school for ages 5

LIVING WATER ASSEMBLY OF GOD. 76 North St., Forest Dale. Lewis Butterfield, pastor. Sunday service and children’s church at 10 a.m. 802-247-4542.

fM

i

HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP. Bridport Community Hall, 52 Middle Road. Pastor Jeff Kauffman. Age graded Bible classes, 9 a.m. Second service, 10:30 a.m. Bible studies on Sunday nights. 802-759-2922 or hopecommunityfellowship. org.

C

Brandon/Forest Dale BRANDON BAHA’I COMMUNITY. Meets for regular Sunday morning devotions every Sunday at 10 a.m. For location information and more, call 802-247-3919 or 802-345-0373.

LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 97 Frog Hollow Road (formerly the Neshobe Sportsman Club). Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m. LifeGroups meet weekly, call for schedule. 802-247-LIFE (5433). lbccvt.com.

h

, UC u ry

WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 18 Church St., West Addison, off of Route 17 and Jersey Street. The Rev. Paul Hoffman and Rev. Mike Doran. Sunday worship, 9 a.m. During August, the congregation will worship at the Vergennes United Methodist Church at 9 a.m. 802-877-3376.

FOREST DALE WESLEYAN CHURCH. 1895 Forest Dale Road, Brandon. The Rev. John McDonald, pastor. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.; Growth Groups on Sunday for all ages, 9:45 a.m. Handicap accessible. 802-247-6748 or office@furnacebrook.org.com.

C al

Bridport BRIDPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. (Conservative Congregational Church Conference). The Rev. Tim Franklin, pastor. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m. Coffee hour immediately after service. 802-758-2227 or bridportchurch.com. h c r o u

le b

Addison ADDISON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Addison four corners, routes 22A and 17. The Rev. Stephen Payne, pastor. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m.

ST. THOMAS CHURCH. Route 7, Brandon village, corner of Prospect Street. 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, no music; 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist, family-friendly service with music. Sunday morning program for children preschool and older (during the school year). 802-2476759 or facebook.com/St.Thomas.Grace.

dd

BRANDON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Franklin Street. Kenneth Bevan, pastor. Regular worship, 10 a.m., Sunday school every Sunday, 10 a.m. Fellowship hour, 11 a.m. Child care. Holy Communion, first Sunday. 802-2476524.

Co n g

a

ist pt

M

The Addison Independent prints these free listings on a space-available basis throughout the year. Send new and updated information including schedules, staff, phone numbers, e-mail and Web addresses, to news@ addisonindependent. com, or by mail, fax, or in person to our office.

lB

Addison County

ST. BERNADETTE / ST. GENEVIEVE PARISH. Part of the combined mission of St. Mary’s in Middlebury, St. Bernadette offers Mass Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., November through April only. St. Genevieve in Shoreham has Mass, MayOctober, Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. (See Directory, Page 9)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church Pastor: Father David G. Cray, S.S.E. 802-425-2253 E-mail: dcsse@aol.com 2894 Spear Street P.O. Box 158 Charlotte, VT 05445 802-425-2637 E-mail: carmel@gmavt.net Website: www.olmccharlotte.org Established: 1858

Lord’s Day Masses: Saturday at 4:30 p.m. & Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Sunday at 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Weekday Masses: Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 8:00 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Tuesday & Thursday at 5:15 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Saint Jude Church and by appointment

Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 9

U

Cha m p

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP. Charlotte Children’s Center, Ferry Road. Child care available. Pat Neal, 802-425-3136; Diane Butler, 802-425-2373.

urc

h

Sho

Ch

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 839 Rockydale Road. Bruce Wilkinson, pastor. Sabbath school, Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; worship, Saturday, 11 a.m.; weekly Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. 802-453-4712.

lain

Va ll

n

al

am

n g r e g a tio

reh

Co

Cornwall FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CORNWALL. Route 30. The Rev. Dr. Mary Kay Schueneman, pastor. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m., with nursery care and Christian education provided. 802-462-3111 or cccucc@shoreham. net. East Middlebury EAST MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Corner of Routes 125 and 116. Bob Bushman, pastor. Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors. Sunday worship, 9 a.m.; contemporary service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school during 9 a.m. service. 802-388-7423.

VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH. Routes 7 and 125. Rev. Ed Wheeler. Services on Sundays: Sunday school for all ages, 9:30 a.m. Worship services 10:45 a.m.

e ur y

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL. Rev. Todd Goodyear, interim pastor. Sunday service, 10:15 a.m., Sunday school, 11 a.m.; contact person Deacon Mary Purinton, 802-453-2551. For special events, visit First Baptist Church, Bristol, VT, on Facebook. A welcoming family-oriented church.

id dlb

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 2894 Spear St. Father David G. Cray. Sunday Mass, 8 and 11 a.m. Weekday Masses, Tuesday and Thursday, 5:15 p.m. AA Meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m. 802-425-2637, carmel@gmavt.net, olmcvt.org.

-M

FEDERATED CHURCH OF BRISTOL. The Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor. Sunday worship and K-12 Sunday school, 10:15 a.m., year round. Childcare provided. Coffee hour follows service. 802-453-2321, rescueme97@ yahoo.com or bristolfederatedchurch.org.

(Nursery provided). Prayer Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Sundays; Youth Group and AWANA meet on Sunday evenings at 5:30 p.m. 802388-7137 or valleybiblechurch.us.

ts

Charlotte CHARLOTTE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Church Hill Road. The Rev. Kevin Goldenbogen, pastor. Sundays 10 a.m.: Worship service and Sunday school. 802425-3176.

ria n U niv er lis

Bristol BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. Pastor Rob Carter. Meet at the River, 400 Rocky Dale Road. Sunday, 9 a.m. 802-453-2660 or 802-453-2614. www.bristolcf. org.

ta ni

sa

TERASEM MOVEMENT TRANSRELIGION. 2 Park Place. Meditation on the Truth of Terasem on the 10th of each month at 10 a.m. Info: terasamfaith. net or terasemfaith.org.

(Continued from Page 8)

ST. AMBROSE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Fr. Yvon J. Royer, pastor. Saturday, 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 6-6:15 p.m.; Sunday, 7-7:45 a.m.

Religious Directory ey

Addison County

Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Route 7, Ferrisburgh, next to the town offices/ Grange hall. Parking lot. The Rev. Paul Hoffman and team. Sunday worship, 9 a.m. 802-876-7622. NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 277 Old Hollow Rd. The Rev. Kim Hornung-Marcy, pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m., Sunday school, 10 a.m. Nursery available. Call for information on youth group and adult education. 802-425-2770 or nfumchurch.org. Hinesburg SAINT JUDE THE APOSTLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. 10759 Route 116. Father David G. Cray. Saturday Mass, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Mass, 9:30 a.m. Weekday Masses Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday, 4 p.m., and by appointment. 802-482-2290, stjude@gmavt.net, stjudevt.org. (See Directory, Page 10)

Saint Jude the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Pastor:

Weekday Masses:

Father David G. Cray, S.S.E. 802-425-2253 E-mail: dgcray@gmail.com

Monday & Friday at 8:00 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Tuesday & Thursday at 5:15 p.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Lord’s Day Masses:

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Saint Jude Church Sunday at 8:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Saint Jude Church and by appointment 10759 Route 116 (P.O. Box 69) Hinesburg, VT 05461 802-482-2290 • E-mail: StJude@gmavt.net Website: www.stjudevt.org

PAGE 10 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Addison County (Continued from Page 9) Leicester COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE. 39 Windy Knoll Lane. The Rev. Philip Smith, pastor. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship service, 11 a.m.; prayer meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Men’s Breakfast, every third Saturday, September through May.

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. 52 Merchants Row. Pastor Bob Hanley. Sunday morning worship, 10 a.m. Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m. Visitors welcome. gracebaptistmiddlebury.com or 802-453-3003.

o

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH (AMERICAN BAPTIST). South Pleasant Street. The Rev. Dr. Stephanie Allen, pastor. Sunday school for all ages (infant to adult) on Sunday, 9 a.m.; Sunday morning worship and Junior Church (worship model) with nursery, 10 a.m.; small groups, fellowship groups throughout the week. Times and dates at memorialbaptistvt. org or 802-388-7472.

North Chittenden MOUNTAINSIDE BIBLE CHURCH (REFORMED BAPTIST). 27 Holden Road. Sunday worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m. nhismrcy@gmail.com, mountainsidebiblechurch.com or 802-483-6266. Orwell FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Rev. David Anderson, pastor. Sunday worship service, 10 a.m. 802948-2900.

MIDDLEBURY FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS). Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. (Route 7). Sunday, 10 a.m., First Day School (September through June), childcare provided.

SAINT PAUL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Fr. Anthony Pittappilly, pastor; Fr. Michael Onyekwere, parochial vicar; Fr. Deniskingsley Nwagwu, parochial vicar. Mass Sunday, 10:30 a.m., and Tuesday, 7 p.m. 802-468-5706.

MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Corner of Route 7 and Seminary Street. The Rev. Dr. Mary Kay Schueneman, pastor. Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors. A Reconciling Congregation. Sunday: adult study, 10 a.m.; gathering time, 10:45 a.m.; morning worship, with Sunday school, 11 a.m.

THE SANGHA AT CVUUS. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. Sunday, 7-8:30 p.m., sitting meditation and dharma discourse. All meditation practices supported. Open to the public. Beginners welcome. Instruction available at 6:40 p.m. rswansonvt@gmail.com.

S t. P

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. 133 Valley View Drive, Buttolph Acres. 802388-3102. Bret Weekes, Stake President, Montpelier Vermont Stake. Sunday: Sacrament meeting 10 a.m.; Sunday school 11:15 a.m.

Monkton MONKTON FRIENDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. The Rev. Bill Elwell, pastor. Sunday worship, 8:45 a.m. 802-453-2321 or rescueme97@yahoo.com.

s

ST. TIMOTHY ANGLICAN MISSION. Middlebury Community House, 6 Main St. The Rev. Alex W. Cameron. Sunday services, 4 p.m. Service consists of an informal homily followed by the celebration of the Eucharist.

Ripton RIPTON COMMUNITY CHURCH, UNITED METHODIST. No regular services, but the facility is available for religious and social events. 802-3880338.

nne

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY (UCC). 2 Main St. The Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson, pastor. Sunday worship and church school at 10 a.m. Nursery care provided. 802-388-7634. New Light Service, 4 p.m., Sundays, Unity Hall.

li c C h u r c h

ge

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, MIDDLEBURY. Middlebury Community House, Main and Seymour streets, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Sunday school 10 a.m., Wednesday (third weeks of the month only), 7:30 p.m.

a

o th

er -V

C

Panton PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Eric Carter, pastor. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m.

SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION). Father Luke Austin, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 5:15 p.m., Sunday 8, 10 a.m. ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. On the green in Middlebury. The Rev. Dr. Susan E. McGarry, rector. Sunday morning services, June 5-Sept. 4, 9 a.m.; September to June, services at 8 and 10:30 a.m., adult education and choir at 9 a.m. (child care available), and Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays: Communion in the chapel, 12:05 p.m. Thursdays, Christian meditation, 4 p.m. 802-388-7200 or ststephensmidd.org.

ECKANKAR. Meeting once a month at Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Info: megan.elberty@gmail.com.

NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH. 1660 Ethan Allen Highway (Route 7). Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday school 11:30 a.m. 388-1345.

r’s

dle

Mid

h

Middlebury CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. Corner of Duane Court and Charles Avenue. The Rev. Barnaby Feder, minister. Sunday service 10 a.m. Religious exploration and nursery care provided. 802-388-8080. cvuus.org.

u rc

UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN. Interim pastor: Rev. France Marcott. Sunday worship, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school, 11:15 a.m. Sunday youth, 6:30 p.m. 802-4534280, ucol@gmavt.net, unitedchurchoflincoln.org.

Ch

Lincoln SUNRAY MEDITATION SOCIETY AND SUNRAY PEACE VILLAGE. 2202 Downingsville Rd. Home of the Green Mountain Ani Yunwiwa and Vajra Dakini Nunnery. Cherokee Ceremonial Cycle on new moons; Cherokee and Tibetan Buddhist teachings offered. Come join us to renew the Sacred Hoop in these times. 802453-4610 or sunray.org.

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP. Information on service in the Middlebury area:802-4535334.

NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Rev. Len Rowell, pastor. Church services and Sunday school at 10 a.m. on Sunday. 802-388-8410.

st

bu

HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY. Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. A connection to Judaism and Jewish life. Independent and unaffiliated. High Holy Day services are held jointly with Middlebury College Hillel. Weekly Hebrew school from September to May. 802-388-8946 or havurahaddisoncounty.org.

ete

e d M et h

ry

it Un

New Haven ADDISON COUNTY CHURCH OF CHRIST. 145 Campground Road. Dale Pennock, preacher. Worship assemblies, Sunday, 9 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. Bible study classes for adults and children, Sunday, 10:30 a.m., and Tuesday, 7 p.m. Call for free Bible study course or in-home Bible study. Watch Bible Forum on MCTV-15 (Middlebury) or NEAT-19 (Bristol). 802-453-5704 or 802-545-4772.

Check for this month’s meeting date and time online at eckankar-vt.org.

di

ST. AGNES’ ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (A MISSION OF OLGH, BRANDON). Leicester Whiting Road. Fr. Vincent Onunkwo, Admin. Mass on Sunday, 8 a.m. (May though October). 802-247-6351.

Religious Directory

Rochester FEDERATED CHURCH OF ROCHESTER. The Rev. Gregory Homan, pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. 802767-3012. Sunday school during the school year. ST. ELIZABETH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sunday, 9 a.m. Salisbury SALISBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST). The Rev. John Grivetti, pastor. Sunday worship service, 10 a.m., church school 10 a.m. (See Directory, Page 11)

Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 11

Religious Directory

n al C h ur ch

b

le

dd

Mi

E ast

rch

ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Corner of Main and Park streets, Vergennes. The Rev. Alan Kittelson, rector. Holy Eucharist on Sunday, 8 and 10 a.m., with child care during the 10 a.m. service. 802-877-3322 or saintpaulsvergennes.org.

Weybridge WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. The Rev. Daniel Cooperrider, pastor. Sunday worship at 10 a.m. Childcare provided. Visit weybridgechurch. org. 802-545-2579.

Chu

PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. 49 Adams Ferry Road, just around the corner from the Panton General Store. Eric Carter, teaching pastor. Sunday: Sunday school and adult Bible study, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m., with nursery and junior church for ages 5 and under. Wednesday evening Bible study is held in a local home; call for details. 802-475-2656.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. 862 Route 7. Tim Taylor, pastor. Sunday: Bible hour classes (for all ages), 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Wednesday: Adult prayer and Bible study, AWANA Clubs (for boys and girls 3 years to 6th grade), JaM Junior High Group, Youth Group (high school), 6:30 p.m. Nursery (birth to 3 years) provided for all services. Deaf nit e d M U et interpretation available. 802y 877-3393. ur

st

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERGENNES (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST). Water Street. The Rev. Gary F. Lewis, pastor. Sunday, 9:30 a.m., nursery, church school ages 3-8th grade. Info: vergennescongregationalchurch.org, 802-877-2435 or vucc@vergennesucc.org.

Co Fir st

VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Main Street, Vergennes, across from the Vergennes Opera House. Street parking. The Rev. Paul Hoffman and Rev. Mike Doran. During July, the congregation will worship at the West Addison UMC at 9 a.m. During August, Sunday worship in Vergennes is at 9 a.m., returning to 10:30 a.m. in September. 802-877-3376.

di

Vergennes/Panton ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHRISTIAN CENTER. 1759 Route 7, Vergennes. Pastor Mike Oldham, senior pastor. Sunday

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH. 73 Church St., Waltham. The Rev. Phillip Westra, pastor. Sunday worship services: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., nursery available. Sunday school for children at 11:15 a.m. Weekday groups include coffee break womens’ group, young peoples (7th12th grade), young adult married and singles, and more. 802-8772500 or cvcrc.net.

ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Rev. Yvon Royer, pastor. Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Confessions: Saturday, 3:30-4:15 p.m.; Sunday, 10-10:15 a.m.

ho

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STARKSBORO. 2806 Vermont Route 116. 802-453-5577. Pastor Larry Detweiler, 802-434-6715 (home), 802-989-2679 (cell), email revdets@gmail.com. Sunday mornings: 10 a.m., Chat, Chew and Renew, adult Bible study and fellowship; 10 a.m.-noon, Sunday’s Cool youth Bible study and fellowship (grades K-7); 11 a.m., Sunday worship, with Communion monthly on the first Sunday. Starksboro Senior Meal, 11: 30 a.m., fourth Thursday, JanuaryOctober, Brenda Boutin, senior meal coordinator, 802453-6354, mtgazette@earthlink.net.

all

Starksboro SOUTH STARKSBORO FRIENDS MEETING (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS: QUAKERS). Dan Sargent Road. Sunday worship and First Day school, 9:30 a.m., preceded by singing at 9:15 a.m. 802-453-4927.

rnw

SHOREHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-UCC. The Rev. Christina DelPiero, pastor. Intersection of Main and School streets. Sunday service, 10 a.m., with child care available. Handicap accessible. 802-897-2687.

school (all ages), 9 a.m.; worship service and children’s church, 10 a.m.; Spanish worship service, 11 a.m.: prayer open house, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Phone, 802-877-3903; fax, 802-877-3924; e-mail, contact@agccvt.org; website, agccvt.org.

Co

ng

t

io at

of

(Continued from Page 10) Shoreham ST. GENEVIEVE / ST. BERNADETTE PARISH. Part of the combined mission of St. Mary’s in Middlebury, St. Bernadette offers Mass Saturday, 7:30 p.m., November-April only. St. Genevieve in Shoreham has Mass, May through October on Satirdays at 7:30 p.m.

ra

Addison County

Whiting WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH. Brett Cody, pastor. Sunday school for all ages, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m. 802-623-7171.

PAGE 12 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Holy Week Services Brandon ST. THOMAS CHURCH. Palm Sunday service, Sunday, March 25, 8 and 10 a.m. Easter Service, Sunday, April 1, one service only, 9 a.m. BRANDON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Palm Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. Maundy Thursday, Thursday, March 29, soup and bread supper 6 p.m., Fellowship Hall. Traditional Tenebrae Service in the Church, 7 p.m. Easter service with special music presented by the choir. FURNACE BROOK WESLEYAN CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service, Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Service, Sunday, April 1, 11 a.m. OUR LADY OF GOOD HELP (ST. MARY’S). Holy Thursday, March 29, 7 p.m., evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Good Friday, March 30, noon, “The Walk” from the green to the church, followed by soup in the church hall (all are welcome); 7 p.m., Passion of the Lord. Holy Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m., Easter vigil. Easter Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m., The Resurrection of the Lord. Bridport HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP. Sunday, April 1, 10:30 a.m., Easter worship service with pot luck to follow, Bridport Community Hall. Bristol BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. Sunday, April 1, 7 a.m. Easter sunrise service, Downingsville Rd, Lincoln.; 8 a.m., Easter breakfast, Rockydale Rd; 9 a.m., Easter worship service, Rockydale Rd. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL. Palm Sunday, March 25, 10:15 a.m. with special music and the giving of palms. Thursday, March 29, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday Communion service. Good Friday, March 30, noon, ecumenical service at St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Easter Sunday, April 1, 6:30 a.m., sunrise service (call Lincoln United Church for details) followed by breakfast at

the First Baptist Church; 10:15 a.m., Easter service with special music. ST. AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Palm Sunday Mass, Sunday, March 25, 8 a.m. Holy Thursday, Lord’s Supper at St. Peter’s in Vergennes, 7 p.m., Thursday, March 29. Friday, March 30, noon, Good Friday Ecumenical Service, Passion of the Lord, 7 p.m. Easter vigil, Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m. Easter Mass, Sunday, April 1, 8 a.m. Charlotte CHARLOTTE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m., Service of Palms and Passion with octet performing Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross” Holy Week prayer walk, March 26-30, 11:30 a.m. LaPlatte Nature Park. Thursday, March 29, Maundy Thursday service, foot washing 6:30 p.m., service 7 p.m., holy vigil through 3 p.m., Friday, March 30. Saturday, March 31, 1 p.m. Easter egg hunt. Sunday, April 1, 6 a.m., Easter sunrise service; 9 a.m., early Easter service; 11 a.m., late Easter service. Cornwall CORNWALL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Maundy Thursday service at Weybridge Congregational Church, Thursday, Marh 29, 6 p.m. East Middlebury VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH. Good Friday Service, Friday, March 30, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 1, 8:30 a.m., early Easter service; 9:30 a.m., Easter breakfast and egg hunt; 10:45 a.m., Easter Sunday service. Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service, Sunday, March 25, 9 a.m. Sunday, April 1, 9 a.m., Easter service. NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday, March 25, 9:30 a.m., Easter egg hunt; 10 a.m. Palm Sunday service. Good

Friday, March 30, 4 p.m., ecumenical Addison County service (host). Easter Sunday, April 1, 6:30 a.m., sunrise service at new location — behind church, 227 Old Hollow Rd.; 10 a.m., Easter service in sanctuary. Middlebury CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m., worship service “Giving Life to Life,” led by Joshin Byrnes, Vice Abbot of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Easter service, Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m., Middlebury Community House. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY. Palm Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m., Sanctuary, New light service 4 p.m., Unity Hall. Maundy Thursday, Thursday, March 29, 6:30 p.m., soup and bread in Unity Hall; 7:30 p.m. service in Sanctuary. Easter Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m., service in Sanctuary with special music and flowers. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m., Ham supper to follow in lower level of church. MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service, Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. MondayFriday, March 26-30, 7 a.m., 30 minute devotional, Fellowship Hall. Sunday, April 1; Easter sunrise service 6:45 a.m., Grice Farm, Halpin Rd.; Easter worship, 10 a.m. MIDDLEBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday, March 25, Palm and Passion Sunday services. Thursday, March 29, 6 p.m. Maundy Thursday Worship with Cornwall Church at Weybridge Congregational Church. Friday, March 30, noon, ecumenical Good Friday service at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, followed by Easter prayer vigil through Saturday Marsh 31 at 1 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 1, 6 a.m., sunrise service at Middlebury College’s Youngman Field; 10:45 a.m., Easter service. (See Holy Week, Page 13)

Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 13

Holy Week Services (Continued from Page 12) SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION). Thursday, March 29, 7 p.m., Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Friday, March 30, 3 p.m., Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, and 7 p.m., Stations of the Cross. Saturday, March 31, Easter Vigil Mass. Sunday, April 1, 8 and 9:30 a.m., Easter Masses. ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Thursday, March 29, 7 p.m., Maundy Thursday service with foot washing. Friday, March 30, noon, ecumenical Good Friday service; 1 p.m. church open for prayer; 7 p.m. Good Friday public concert; 7:50 p.m., Good Friday Liturgy. Saturday, March 31, 7:30 p.m., Easter vigil. Sunday, April 1, 8 a.m., Easter Sunday Holy Communion; 10:30 a.m., Easter Sunday Holy Communion, Easter crafts for children.

Monkton MONKTON FRIENDS METHODIST CHURCH. Easter Sunday, April 1, 8:45 a.m., Easter service in the sanctuary. Panton PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH. Friday, March 30, 7 p.m., Good Friday service. Sunday, April 1, 10:30 a.m., Easter service. Salisbury SALISBURY UCC CHURCH. Thursday, March 29, noon, Maundy Thursday service; 7:30 p.m., Tenebrae service with Communion. Palm Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. Easter service Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m. Shoreham SHOREHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Palm

Sunday Service Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m. ST. GENEVIEVE’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Sunday, April 1, 11 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass. Vergennes CHAMPLAIN VALLEY CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service 10 a.m., Sunday, March 25. Good Friday Service 6 p.m., Friday, March 30. Easter Service 10 a.m., Sunday, April 1. ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Palm Sunday, March 25, Holy Eucharist, Rite I with Blessing of the palms, 8 and 10 a.m., procession at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 10:30 a.m., Morning prayer at Vergennes Residential Care Home. Maundy Thursday, (See Holy Week, Page 14)

havurahaddisoncounty.org To contact us directly, call 802-388-8946 or email havurah@havurahaddisoncounty.org

Come join our warm, caring fellowship. Activities: Worship, Music, Second Saturday Suppers, Missions, Women’s Fellowship, Outreach Projects, Community Events

Vergennes United Methodist Church Main Street, Vergennes Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Pastors: Michael Doran Paul Hoffman 877-3376 www.westaddisonumc.org

West Addison United Methodist Church Jersey Street, West Addison Sunday Worship 9:00 am

PAGE 14 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Holy Week Services (Continued from Page 13) March 29, 7 p.m., Footwashing, Holy Eucharist and Stripping of Altar. Good Friday, March 30, 7 p.m., Proper Liturgy of Good Friday. Saturday, March 31, 8 p.m., Great Vigil of Easter. Easter Sunday, April 1, 8 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite I; 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist, Rite II. VERGENNES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Dramatic reading of the Passion, Palm Sunday, Sunday, March 25, 9:30 a.m.. Maundy Thursday, March 29, 7 p.m., Tenebrae service in Fellowship Hall. Good Friday, March 30, 4 p.m., ecumenical service at the North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church. Saturday, March 31, 9:30-11 a.m., Easter fair – face painting, egg hunt, games and goodies. Easter Sunday, April 1, 6:45 a.m., sunrise service at Comfort Hill farm; 7 a.m., easter breakfast at fellowship hall; 9:30 a.m., Easter celebration and worship.

VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m., Palm Sunday — free palm crosses for everyone. Saturday, March 31, 11:30 a.m., Eggcellent Easter Egg hunt (free) 10-11:30 a.m.. Easter Sunday, April 1, 7:30 a.m., early service with special music, orchestra, and Easter message; 11 a.m., Easter Worship service – orchestra, special music, choir, special children’s church program separate from adult worship. Easter message. No evening service on Easter Sunday. Weybridge WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Maundy Thursday, March 29, 6 p.m., Tenebrae service with a light supper with Cornwall Congregational Church and Middlebury United Methodist Church. Easter Sunday, April 1, 7-8:30 a.m., pancake breakfast followed by Easter worship at 9 a.m. All are welcome. West Addison WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday, April 1, 9 a.m., Easter service. Whiting WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH. Easter Sunday, April 1, 9:30 a.m., Easter breakfast; 10 a.m., Easter service.

VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. Palm Sunday Service Sunday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. Maundy Thursday, March 29, pot luck supper at 6 p.m., worship at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 1, 10:30 a.m., Easter service.

If you don’t see your organization’s Easter Week services listed, send them to us at calendar@addisonindependent.com. We plan to publish an updated list before Easter.

WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH United Church of Christ (UCC)

We are an Open & Affirming congregation actively involved in interfaith and ecumenical events and programs in the Middlebury area. We are known for our commitment to social and environmental justice, inspiring worship for all ages, and mission and outreach to serve others in the community, both locally and globally. Community event highlights of the year include our fall chicken pie supper, donuts to go on Green Up Day , and Easter breakfast. We Worship every Sunday morning at 10 am, with fellowship and refreshments following. On Easter morning we worship at 9am. Prior to worship we gather for our annual Easter Pancake Breakfast, 7 - 8:30am. As always, all are welcome!

Pastor: Rev. Daniel Cooperrider

Visit us at: weybridgechurch.org. Weybridge Hill on Weybridge Road, or Rte 23, 3 miles north of Middlebury and 4 miles south of Rte 17 Pastor: Rev. Daniel Cooperrider Church Office: 802-545-2579 Email: pastor.weybridge@gmail.com Address: 2790 Weybridge Road, Weybridge, VT 05753

Though our current brick-and-stone house of worship was built in 1847, this congregation has been worshiping on Weybridge Hill since 1794. We invite you to come — and celebrate God’s presence, seek God’s word for your life, offer your gifts, and share in a caring and inclusive community of God’s people.

Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018 — PAGE 15

Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalists

Nursery care provided, high school youth group, meditation group

Victory Baptist Church Home of the Ark Preschool & Kindergarten

We are a friendly congregation providing ministry to all ages.

Please join us for a service!

WHEN DO WE MEET? Sunday 9:45 a.m. – Bible Hour Age-divided classes from nursery through college. Adults have seven classes to choose from. Sunday 11a.m. and 6p.m. – Worship Services Wednesday 6:30 p.m. – AWANA Bible Clubs for children ages 3 years- 6th grade during the school year. Kids’ program during the summer. • JaM Sessions for Junior High | Youth Group 180 for Senior High • Prayer & Bible Study for Adults • Nursery provided for infants up to 3 years old for all services. • Deaf interpretation available for all services. Join us online as we live stream our services at www.victoryvt.org

Ark Preschool-Kindergarten A local church ministry of Victory Baptist Church The Ark is a Monday-Friday academic-based program for 3 & 4 year old Preschool, and Kindergarten. Our program is a State recognized program, subsidy-eligible, and rated with 4 STARS. We offer fulltime, half-time and school-plus options, from 7:30 to 5:00 pm. Summer Adventure Day Camp The Ark offers a summer day camp, 7:30 to 5:00 daily for boys and girls ages 3 years to 10 years. Field trips, swimming, swimming lessons, fishing, crafts, cooking, gardening, games, reading and much more! This year’s theme is “Wonders of the World” and each week we will explore locations, architecture, culture and more through a fun- filled summer experience.

Easter Services & Activities Palm Sunday – March 25 – 11:00 am – Free palm crosses. Saturday – March 31 – 10 to 11:30 Free EGG-CELLENT Easter Egg Hunt – bring your basket and join us! Crafts, games, snacks, Bible story and HUNDREDS of eggs for a great egg hunt! Sunday – April 1 – 7:30am Early Service followed by breakfast | 9:45am Bible Hour | 11:00am Easter morning worship – No evening service. Vacation Bible School June 25-28 – Vacation Bible School – 9:00 to 11:00 am daily Camp Sonlight August 13-18 - A one-week age-divided Christian youth camp for kids ages 9 years old (4th grade) up through those just graduated from high school. Held at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta.

862 US Route 7 | P.O. Box 160 | Vergennes, Vermont 05491 | 802-877-3393 | email: victoryvt@gmail.com | www.victoryvt.org Senior Pastor Tim Taylor - Youth & Music Director John Kaufman

PAGE 16 — Worship Directory • Addison Independent, Thursday, March 22, 2018

Helping Everyone Find Hope in Jesus Christ LivingWaterAOG.org Sunday Worship 10am Adult Meetings Thursday Bible Study 6:30pm Ladies Living with Purpose Men on Purpose

Children and Youth Programs Children’s Church Sunday 10:30am Thursday Craft Night 6:30pm NEW Summer 2018 Mega Sports Camp

Palm Sunday Children’s Choir March 25 Easter Celebration April 1 Annual Family Fall Festival Saturday September 29, 2018 Living Water Assembly 76 North Street, Brandon, VT (802) 247-4542 Pastor Scott Carlson

Coming Summer 2018 Mega Sports Camp Online Deeper Faith Series

Valley Bible Church

Weekly Services:

Sunday School: 9:30am – 10:30am Sunday Morning Service: 10:45am – 12:00pm

Proud Supporter of: A/G World Missions Chi Alpha Student Ministry Addison County Pregnancy Center Rutland Area Christian School

“The truth will set you free!” Elders: Pastor Ed Wheeler • George Foster • Jesse Ethier Deacons: Bill Barnes • Bob Piper

We are a happy community of Believers longing to deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ, glorify him in all we do, and be the salt and light he has called us to be. We have many opportunities both on Sunday and during the week where we welcome the community of Middlebury and surrounding areas to be a part of what God is doing. Our Sunday service worship time is a combination of both contemporary music and hymns. There is also childcare provided. All sermons are taken from the Bible. Sunday school is before the service. We have two adult Sunday school classes. The ladies’ Sunday school class covers a book and lesson with a discussion time. Our other adult general Sunday school class covers different topics from Creation and Apologetics to current issues our nation and world faces today and how Christians can be involved for a positive impact. We invite you to join us on Sunday where you can be sure to get a warm welcome!

Please call church for more details AWANA: Thursday 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Easter Sunday:

Early Easter Service: 8:30am Free Breakfast & Easter Egg Hunt: 9:30am Easter Service: 10:45am

322 East Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 377-2068 • vbchurch@live.com

North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church EASTER SERVICES:

Easter Egg Hunt – Palm Sunday, March 25th at 9:30am Good Friday – March 30th at 4:00pm, Ecumenical Vergennes area service at NFUMC Easter Sunday – April 1st, Sunrise Service at 6:15am behind the church in our back field (sanctuary if raining). Pancake breakfast following service. Regular Service at 10:00am, NFUMC sanctuary. Worship: Sunday Service: 10:00 a.m. Led by Pastor Kim Hornung-Marcy Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Nursery available NFUMC Vision Statement: Sharing Christ’s warm transforming love with our community, our state, our nation and our world. North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church 227 Old Hollow Road, N. Ferrisburgh, VT 05473 802-425-2770 nfumc@gmavt.net www.nfumchurch.org