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ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 72 No. 13

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, March 29, 2018  52 Pages

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Residents rally for firearm safety

Middlebury gathering draws more than 500; petition seeks changes in laws By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — People rallying for tighter gun laws took their cause from the streets of downtown Middlebury on Saturday to a local gathering of lawmakers on Monday, as they maintained their full-court press on state officials to pass firearm safety legislation during the waning weeks of this session. Saturday’s rally in Middlebury drew around 550 people, according to one of the attendees, Fran Putnam of Weybridge. In addition to providing a forum for folks to share their views on gun violence, the event saw more than 350 people sign a related petition urging lawmakers to tighten rules for purchasing firearms. The petition asks for five specific reforms:

• Digitizing gun records. • Closing the loophole in the background check law that “allows people who shouldn’t be allowed to purchase firearms to slip through the

cracks and buy guns online or at gun shows.” • Reinstating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research on gun violence.

House OK’s one gun control bill; more measures still before the Legislature By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Citizens have been gathering in the streets to demand more gun safety laws, and a series of related bills that would do just that are working their way through the Legislature The most prominent of those, bill S.55, was approved by the Vermont House on Tuesday on a vote of 89 to 54.

Already passed by the Senate, the bill will go to a Senate/House conference committee before landing on Gov. Scott’ desk to be signed into law. Scott has voiced support for the proposal. S.55 features a number of gun safety measures, including: • Expanding background check requirements to unlicensed (or (See Citizens, Page 7A)

• Passing a law banning assault weapons. • Outlawing the sale of highcapacity magazines. Putnam was pleased with the support both at the rally and the petition garnered on Saturday. “I want you to now that Addison County is behind gun safety,” Putnam reported at Monday’s legislative breakfast at the Middlebury American Legion headquarters. Five young participants at the Saturday rally were among the breakfast attendees. Sharing the microphone were Addison Central School District students Greta Hardy-Mittell, Andi Boe, Cathy Dyer, Zora Duquette-Hoffman and Anya Hardy-Mittell. “We wanted to remind the (See Gun control, Page 7A)

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Patrick Malone of Montpelier-based Malone Properties was the winning bidder at Tuesday’s auction for the 1741 Route 7 South building that for many years hosted Standard Register and most recently, Connor Homes. He confirmed to the Addison Independent his plans to renovate the now-vacant, 116,000-squarefoot building for lease to a single or multiple businesses looking to grow in Middlebury. Malone was one in a handful of bidders for the property, which includes 19.2 acres of land and two divisible building lots. The auction, conducted by Thomas Hirchak (See Building sells, Page 12A)

Major part of 2018’s downtown effort will be ‘microtunneling’ in four areas

By JOHN FLOWERS according to VHB Project Manager MIDDLEBURY — Work on Aaron Guyette. the much-publicized Middlebury More noticeable evidence of phase rail bridges project will kick off in two will become clear near the end around three weeks, starting with of April — prep work on the four a new drainage system that will be shafts and related microtunneling bored into four downtown locations. that will be dug to produce a drainage Officials from the Vermont Agency system for the downtown rail bed of Transportation, that borders the Otter K u b r i c k y Creek. Construction Construction and The most highVHB Inc., gave will at times halt profile of these shafts the Middlebury pedestrian flow will be near the selectboard an update through Printer’s intersection of Main on Tuesday about this Alley and thus Street and Printer’s year’s to-do list for the to the Marble Alley. Fencing will $72 million project. soon go up around the That effort is expected Works, officials project site, with the to conclude in 2021 said. But Guyette actual microtunneling with a new concrete anticipates a to begin in August. tunnel that will house narrow pedestrian Work at Printer’s the railroad track path will remain Alley is due to wrap through downtown sometime in April of open along the and supplant the Main 2019, according to Street and Merchants alley during most Guyette. of the work. Row rail bridges. Construction will at D o w n t o w n times halt pedestrian Middlebury residents, flow through Printer’s business owners and shoppers Alley and thus to the Marble Works, endured phase one of the project officials said. But Guyette anticipates this past summer. That involved a narrow pedestrian path will remain replacing the two deteriorating, open along the alley during most of 1920s-era rail spans with temporary the work. bridges. Work will also affect a portion Phase two kicked off recently with of the Marble Works this year — cutting of trees within the rail project primarily on the slope fronting the area. That work is almost done, (See Rail bridges, Page 13A)

Second forum on Mount Abe set for Saturday By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — A community group seeking creative solutions to address the needs of Mount Abraham Union High School will convene its second meeting this Saturday, March 31, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the school. The mission of the 5-Town Community Forum is to foster vigorous but respectful debate, encourage diverse participation (See Forum, Page 12A)

Vergennes zoning regs moving forward

By the way

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Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Workers to get busy on Middlebury rail bridges by mid-April

Huge building on Route 7 auctioned off

Author Tanya Lee Stone, whose presentation was cancelled last month due to a snowstorm, will discuss her book, “Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time,” on Tuesday morning, April 3, at 11 a.m. in the Mount (See By the way, Page 12A)

MORE THAN 500 protestors gather on the Middlebury town green Saturday afternoon for a March for Our Lives gun control rally. Some student participants at the rally made their gun control pleas to legislators at an event at the Middlebury American Legion hall Monday morning.

SUGARMAKER ETHAN WEST, above, stands with the wood pellet boiler he uses in his Goshen sugarhouse to make syrup and sugar, below. A wood pellet system is highly efficient, clean and eliminates time spent on wood gathering and preparation, West says. Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Boiler maker

New pellet-fired equipment streamlines Goshen maple sugaring operation By CHRISTOPHER ROSS GOSHEN — Sugaring season is off to a great start for Ethan West and his partner Annina Seiler. Their operation, dubbed Republic of Vermont, doubled its taps to 4,000 this year, and West has just installed a new wood pellet-fired evaporator. Since installing the new

equipment, he’s faced one dilemma he didn’t expect. “At first I was kind of bored, actually,” West said. No more opening the door every seven or eight minutes to load in more firewood. The new evaporator is mostly automated, so there isn’t much left for him to do but watch (See Pellets, Page 14A)

Next hearing is set; no move to smaller lot sizes just yet By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — With little comment, proposed new Vergennes zoning and subdivision regulations that would, among other things create Solar Energy Overlay District, took another step forward at the March 27 city council meeting. The council on Tuesday held the first of at least two required hearings on the proposed amendments, which would also ban street-level and basement apartments in the downtown business district and make another 20-plus changes, many minor but some significant. The only comments came in a letter from New Haven developer

Scott Hardy. The Vergennes Development Review Board recently approved Hardy’s plan for a four-lot subdivision on Comfort Hill that includes a 5.6-acre parcel in the city’s High Density Residential (HDR) zoning district. Hardy wrote “most of Vergennes residential single-family housing” already sits on lots of between 6,000 and 8,000 square feet, and he suggested that high-density zoning should reflect that reality with a reduction in the required minimum lot size from 15,000 square feet (about 1/3 of an acre) to about 10,000 square feet (about 1/4 of an acre). Hardy also wrote “while affordable elderly housing is important for a community … There are proven studies where multi-generational living is best for everyone.” He concluded, “Why not help (See City Council, Page 14A)

PAGE 2A — Addison Independent, Thursday, March 29, 2018

Mt. Abe travel club broadens horizons Group planning third international venture By CHRISTOPHER ROSS go.” Carley’s older sister, Bailey, BRISTOL — For April vacation visited the Dominican Republic with this year 35 Mount Abraham Union her high school Spanish class, New High School students and six Zealand with a college group, and is chaperones will exchange the Green now studying abroad in Denmark, Mountains of Vermont for the green where Carley plans to visit her, solo, hills and highlands of Ireland and later this spring. Scotland. Traveling makes kids braver, their This is the third international trip mother said. They become more sponsored by the newly reconstituted confident. As their horizons are Mt. Abe Travel Club, advised by social expanded students are starting to look studies teacher Jess Little and assistant for colleges that offer study-abroad principal Justin Bouvier. Last year programs. students traveled to Belize and in 2016 The Sherwins, who organize toured five European Bristol’s annual Three countries. Day Stampede Toward “The bonds that Passports, flights, the Cure for Cystic hotels in unfamiliar were formed Fibrosis, also operate surroundings: Travel during this indoor yard sales in abroad can feel like an amazing week the winter to benefit overwhelming pros- between a the travel club. pect, especially for mismatched group Their commitment first-time students and to fundraising, which the families watching of teenagers have includes projects with grown more and them go. Bristol’s Bobcat Cafe Parents are often re- more with every and Brewery and lieved to discover that passing day. My Burlington’s Dan’s the club works with trip to Europe Chocolates, attracts a EF Education Tours, a wider variety of stuchanged the way company specializing dents to the club. And in student travel logis- I view myself, that, Carley Sherwin tics, including meals others, and even said, has been one of and sightseeing. its greatest benefits — the world.” “My parents did — Junior Isaiah she’s forged a number have some safety DiNapoli of close friendships concerns, at first,” during her travels. said Sarah Levigne, a Experiencing differninth-grader who went to Belize this ent cultures and languages has also past year. “But I always felt safe. EF been “eye-opening,” she said. is a good company.” Senior Gillianne Ross agreed. Senior Carley Sherwin, who’s “You get a sense of how other making her third trip with the club, people see Americans. It gives you a said her parents have adjusted over better world perspective and fosters the years. global citizenship,” Ross said, adding “It’s a little bit about ‘growing up’ with amusement that most people she for parents, too,” Sherwin said. “It’s encountered on their European trip not easy for them to let go.” had no idea where Vermont was. Sherwin’s mother, Shawna SherJunior Isaiah DiNapoli focused on win, is by now a veteran of “letting his European travel experience for a

State police probe thefts of sugaring equipment By JOHN FLOWERS valued at $200 or less, according to BRISTOL — Vermont State Po- Flansburg, who believes there’s lice said they’ve identified suspects more than one culprit. That’s bein connection with thefts and vandal- cause some of the stolen items have ism targeting multiple sugarworks in been too heavy for one person to lift. Bristol, Lincoln, Cornwall and other State police have not generated Addison County locations during the any press releases to date on these past three weeks. individual thefts; the Independent Trooper Brett Flansburg on Tues- only learned of the criminal activity day confirmed the list of victims on Sunday, March 25, from a person includes Mayer Maple Products off with direct knowledge of one of the Route 116 in Bristol, crimes. as well as smaller, Flansburg said residential sugaring “We think it’s state police had someone trying operations. hoped to minimize Flansburg said to build their publicity about these he was aware of own sugaring crimes as part of five sugarworks operation.” their ongoing invescases currently tigation. — Trooper Brett under investigation This is the second Flansburg by officials at the major wave of thefts/ VSP’s New Haven vandalisms to hit barracks. Addison County-based sugarworks The reported thefts in this latest during the past five months. A more round of sugarworks cases have substantial rash of sugarworks-rebeen small, involving pumps, empty lated thefts occurred around last drums and other related sugaring Thanksgiving and drew statewide equipment, according to Flansburg. and national headlines. Some items were stolen from inside Flansburg is encouraging maple sugarhouses, some of which were syrup producers to set up surveilunlocked; other items were laying lance equipment and to be vigilant around outside, he added. about strange people or vehicles “We think it’s someone trying to seen on or near their property. Anybuild their own sugaring operation,” one with information about the thefts Flansburg said. should call Vermont State Police at Most of the stolen items have been 388-4919.

CARLEY SHERWOOD, LEFT, a senior member of Mount Abraham Union High School’s travel club, shares stories of past club trips with advisor Jessica Little, center, and fellow students Julia Norris, second from left, Jenn Steadman, Carlyle Grundon and Gillianne Ross recently. The travel club will head to Ireland and Scotland in April.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

college application essay. “The bonds that were formed during this amazing week between a mismatched group of teenagers have grown more and more with every passing day,” he wrote. “My trip to Europe changed the way I view myself, others, and even the world.” Five-town residents interested in seeing student travel updates are invited to follow the club’s Facebook page. It’s unlikely, however, that they’ll hear any wild tales involving one of Ireland or Scotland’s world-famous whiskeys. Students who would like to purchase alcohol as a souvenir for their parents will have to consult with their adult chaperones and follow strict guidelines, Little explained at the March 12 club meeting: “And we will not be doing any ‘free tastings.’ ” Christopher Ross is at christopherr@addisonindependent.com.

MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School teacher and travel club advisor Jessica Little talks with some of the student travel club members. Each of the students has an Education First backpack that they will use on their trip.

Addison couple lose in Vt. Supreme Court

Defamation suit also was settled

By MIKE DONOGHUE ADDISON — The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld a $27,213 civil fine imposed by the Environmental Court against three property owners in the town of Addison. Barbara Ernst, her partner Barbara Supeno and her brother Francis Supeno had appealed the state order imposing a $27,213 penalty for both water and wastewater permit violations on their waterfront property on Lake Champlain. The high court on Friday ruled the $27,213 fine was proper in light of the conduct of the three defendants. “Although respondents view the evidence differently, the court based its findings on evidence in the record and provided a reasonable basis for its penalty assessment,” Associate Justice Marilyn Skoglund wrote in the 13-page decision. Burlington attorney David Bond, who represents Ernst and the Supenos, told the Addison Independent on Wednesday there was disappointment over the decision, including that his clients thought the penalty was excessive. Bond said the plan is to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is one in a string of litigation involving Barbara Ernst

and Barbara Supeno and the Point Road. By October 2009 property, court records show. the Supeno siblings obtained a Barbara Ernst and Barbara Supeno wastewater system and portable settled a long-standing lawsuit last water supply permit, which summer against the town of Addison authorized the replacement of a and some local residents for alleged seasonal cottage at 306 Fisher Point discrimination. The women, who Road with a year-round residence say they are an openly gay couple, with a single bedroom. settled for $35,000 with the town’s The permit included the insurance carrier, minus the construction of an on-site well and deductible, records show. They also wastewater disposal system. The show the insurance carrier for a part- water for 330 Fisher Point Road was time Addison family through the public paid $165,000 to water system, the settle the lawsuit Ernst and Supeno court noted. filed in March 2014. claimed they were The court found the A third case filed following: unfairly singled by Barbara Ernst The Agency of and Barbara Supeno out because Natural Resources in in November 2015 of what they June 2014 received a against several state perceived as an complaint about the officials from the anti-gay bias by wastewater permit. Agency of Natural some people in the ANR also became Resources is still aware that the property pending in Addison rural community. was advertised as a County Superior two bedroom, twoCourt in Middlebury. A hearing is bathroom rental. ANR sought to planned for next month in that case. inspect the site, but the Supenos and The supreme court decision Ernst never responded. involves the wastewater and water An ANR enforcement officer went systems on the Addison property to the property and Barbara Supeno after the ANR noted the hookup refused entry. The ANR later went created a risk that potentially to court and got an order allowing polluted water could contaminate them to enter the property on Sept. the public water supply. 9, 2014. Francis and Barbara Supeno During the court-ordered visit, the jointly own 306 Fisher Pond Road, ANR enforcement officer noted two while Barbara Ernst and Barbara water lines entering the basement Supeno live adjacent at 330 Fisher at 306 Fisher Point Road. Ernst

explained one line was from the onsite well and the other was a spliced connection into the town water line from 330 Fisher Point Road. She said the house could switch between the two water sources. The enforcement officer also spotted a non-permitted bedroom in the basement to go with the bedroom approved on the second floor. The agency filed an Emergency Administrative Order, or EAO, on Sept. 18, 2014, and the court granted the petition the same day. The EAO listed three violations: 1) Respondents failed to obtain a permit before modifying the rental home at 306 Fisher Point Road to add a second bedroom; 2) Respondents spliced into the public water supply line serving 330 Fisher Point Road and connected it to the rental property on 306 Fisher Point Road without obtaining a permit; and 3) Respondents created an unapproved cross-connection at the rental property, which allowed it to switch between the well water and the public water system and created a risk that potentially polluted water could contaminate the public water supply. The respondent eventually requested a hearing, which was conducted in September 2014. The court modified the EAO to allow the trio to seek a permit from ANR (See Fine, Page 3A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 29, 2018 — PAGE 3A

Hawley speaks out on complaint at meeting

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — City Manager Mel Hawley at Tuesday’s Vergennes City Council meeting read a 600word statement addressing the December complaint filed against him by a downtown business owner. The statement, technically a memorandum addressed to the council, detailed why Hawley believed his specific actions outlined in the complaint — such as copying City Clerk Joan Devine with email correspondence and making sure that a privately organized effort to install holiday lights on the city green was properly insured — were appropriate. He also wrote and read out loud with the cable TV camera running, “I admit I was short with her on the phone,” referring to complainant Shannon Mahoney. But in closing paragraphs Hawley took issue with two statements in the complaint. One read, “Both Joan and Mel make decisions and choices without accountability or consequences.” Hawley stated, “I think I can speak for Joan as well in this regard as we both understand we are fully accountable to the City Council and there are consequences for any wrongdoing.” The other statement in the complaint that upset Hawley read, “In speaking with many businesses and residents in our community, there have been countless occurrences of disrespectful and inappropriate behavior by City Hall employees.” Hawley stated, “Joan and I feel

we have tried to provide excellent customer service to our citizens, the business community, and visitors for nearly four decades. I am personally offended by such a baseless remark. I am sure Joan feels the same.” After fits and starts, including meetings between some council members and Mahoney, and disagreement with former mayor Michael Daniels and aldermen on how the complaint should be handled, the council backed Mayor Renny Perry’s recommendation in February that the issues Mahoney raised should be dealt with in Hawley’s and Devine’s annual reviews. In an earlier email to the Independent Mahoney said she agreed with that approach. “Though the complaint was originally mishandled, I have been assured by the city council that it will be handled correctly moving forward. I respect the new process that has been put in place by the city council and I trust the city council to handle the situation to the best of their ability,” she wrote. On Tuesday, Deputy Mayor Jeff Fritz, who ran the meeting in Perry’s absence, agreed the council should have better handled the complaint and would handle similar issues more appropriately in the future. “I apologize to our employees and everyone involved that we did not have a procedure in place,” Fritz said. “As a council I feel we may have dropped the ball, and we will pick it up.”

Old infrastructure blamed for Brandon sewage spill By MIKE POLHAMUS VTDiger.org More than 1 million gallons of raw sewage burst from the town of Brandon’s sewage pipes earlier this month and flowed into the Neshobe River, a Lake Champlain tributary, in an accident officials are attributing to aging infrastructure. Over the span of two weeks, untreated effluent flowed from two separate holes in a 12-inch-diameter sewage pipe that runs parallel to the river. The pipe was buried and put into service in the 1930s, said Jessica Bulova, supervisor of the wastewater section in the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Watershed Management Division. “We have aging infrastructure in Vermont,” Bulova said. “We need to be investing in clean water across all sectors.” “Out of sight is all too often out of mind,” DEC Commissioner Emily Boedecker said. “Whether it is wastewater or drinking water, most of our systems have been installed over many decades.” There are numerous Vermont towns relying on wastewater infrastructure from the 1800s and early 1900s, Bulova said. This is the second spill this year that sent more than 1 million gallons of untreated wastewater into public waterways. A mid-January sewage overflow in St. Albans spilled more

than 1 million gallons of untreated wastewater into Stevens Brook, a Lake Champlain tributary that empties into St. Albans Bay. The most recent spill was the end result of erosion beneath the pipe, by water from the Neshobe River, which runs alongside the pipeline. The erosion exposed the pipeline, Bulova said, which developed holes as a result. The Jan. 12 spill into Stevens Brook in St. Albans was actually authorized by the state. It was one of 30 “combined sewage overflows” in the state since the beginning of 2018. The overflows usually occur when excessive rain overwhelms a municipality’s wastewater treatment plant, resulting in the plant discharging a combination of rain runoff mixed with raw sewage. So far this year, Vermont wastewater systems have sent more than 3.2 million gallons of the untreated rainwater and sewage mixture into public surface waters as a result of combined sewage overflows. Most of overflows occurred on Jan. 12, from municipal wastewater systems in Vergennes, Rutland and St. Albans. The state is gradually upgrading wastewater facilities and infrastructure, in cooperation with the affected towns. Earlier this year the state finalized the municipal pollution project priority rule, which uses a point system to prioritize which projects need to be tackled first, Boedecker said.

CORRECTION: Our March 22 article on the Vergennes affordable housing facility proposed by the Addison County Community Trust (ACCT) and Housing Vermont Inc. for Armory Lane incorrectly stated the number of housing units ACCT already manages in Addison County. The correct number is 227.

CORRECTION: We ran the wrong caption under the Page 4 photograph in Monday’s edition. It should have read: Ferrisburgh Central School art teacher Alison Parsons looks over the shoulder of first-grader Evangeline Tullos during a cartooning class last Thursday afternoon. We apologize for the error.

Collaboration

FERRISBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL first-graders Ava Foster, left, and Reese Muzzy have fun collaborating during a special cartooning class last week with visiting artist-in-residence Christine Mix.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Fine (Continued from Page 2A) to connect at 306 Fisher Point Road to the public water supply. The violations remained unchanged and the respondents never appealed the EAO, the court noted. By June 2015, ANR issued an Administrative Order (AO) for the same violations contained in the EAO and assessed a $29,325 penalty. Ernst and the Supenos requested an Environmental Court hearing on the penalty, which was eventually lowered to $27,213. The respondents appealed. In the end, the supreme court ruled that Environmental Court Judge Thomas G. Walsh properly considered the case. The court said the respondents received due process and the amount of the penalty was proper. SECOND MAJOR LAWSUIT The town of Addison found itself the center of international news reports in March 2014 over a civil lawsuit filed by the two lesbian women claiming the municipality, the chairman of the Addison selectboard and others had discriminated against them and defamed the women. Barbara Ernst and Barbara Supeno had filed their civil lawsuit in Addison Superior Court that month, but the case — with its considerable media fanfare in Vermont, across the nation and beyond — was transferred to U.S. District Court in Rutland. After 350 motions, filings, memos, protective orders, minutes, rulings, findings and more being entered into the file in Rutland, the final document in the case, which has thousands of pages, shows the case was settled with no fanfare. “Judgment is entered for Carol Kauffman and Linda Carrigan on all claims, Plaintiffs to take nothing,” Judge Geoffrey Crawford said in his ruling against Ernst and Supeno — or as they are known: “The Two Barbaras.” “Claims against Defendants John

Carrigan, Jeff Kauffman and the the Addison Independent, said Town of Addison, and all remaining “anything I would have to say is claims alleged in Plaintiffs Amended in the public record.” He did not complaints … are dismissed with elaborate, but had repeatedly denied prejudice,” also wrote Crawford, all claims. meaning the women are unable to His wife, Barbara “Carol” refile. Kauffman, who was among the “Each party bears their own costs named defendants, said she did and attorneys’ fees,” Crawford said nothing wrong and neither did her in his final sentence. husband. The lawsuit had claimed “My husband is an amazing defamation, invasion of privacy, Christian and he does not interfering with unspecified discriminate against people,” she business relations, sexual orientation told the Addison Independent. discrimination, common law Their Burlington lawyer Mick retaliation, and violation of the Leddy declined comment. Vermont common Attempts to benefits clause for “My husband is an reach two other equal treatment. named defendants Part of the focus of amazing Christian — John and Linda the lawsuit was a nine- and he does Carrigan — also page letter circulated not discriminate were unsuccessful. to town residents titled against people.” The Carrigans live “The TRUTH about — Carol Kauffman in Essex, but own the BARBARAS.” a summer camp The letter referenced adjacent to the records, including liens filed in the plaintiffs’ land on Fisher Point Addison town offices, civil and Road, court records show. small claims lawsuits at a state court Their defense lawyer, Harry R. in Burlington, the bankruptcy court Ryan III of Ryan Smith and Carbine filings in Rutland by Ernst, police in Rutland, said there was a multireports from the Vermont state and page confidentiality agreement signed by the parties in the case. Stow, Mass., police. Mrs. Kauffman said while one The case was headed to a potential two-week trial, probably claim was that she conspired with last summer, but Crawford’s ruling Mrs. Carrigan, after the first court ended the case that has caused a hearing in Rutland in the lawsuit, divide among some residents in the she had to flag down Mrs. Carrigan to introduce herself. town of about 1,395. Attempts to reach Ernst and SAYING LITTLE With all the newspaper, TV, Supeno were unsuccessful. Bond, their attorney, agreed radio and online coverage at the time the case was filed, few people with Ryan that there was a signed are willing to discuss how it got confidentiality agreement and he would stand by it. resolved. The Addison selectboard had Selectboard Chairman Jeff Kauffman, when reached by to approve the global settlement

to resolve the entire case. After conferring with one of its lawyers behind closed doors, the selectboard voted 5-0 on the settlement, meeting minutes from last year show. The minutes note the settlement includes “$165,000 from the Carrigans’ insurance carrier and $35,000 from the town’s insurance carrier, (Vermont League of Cities and Towns) less the town’s deductible amount.” Out of all the filings, Ernst and Supeno claimed they were unfairly singled out because of what they perceived as an anti-gay bias by some people in the rural community. They said in their 2014 lawsuit that they were an openly gay couple and had been committed to each other for 21 years. They bought the 8.5-acre lakefront property in Addison in 2004. Ernst and Supeno said they were subjected to offensive language and rude gestures by neighbors trying to drive them out of town. The Barbaras alleged the neighbors were “openly abetted by several town officials.” They cited Mr. Kauffman through enforcement of the town’s zoning regulations and other ordinances. Ernst and Supeno said Kauffman also was anti-gay because he served as the founder and pastor of Hope Community Fellowship, which the women said was “an ultraconservative Baptist Church.” Carol Kauffman disputed that claim this week. “I want people to know he was exonerated,” Mrs. Kauffman said. She said the Attorney General’s Office and the Human Rights Commission investigated her husband and found nothing.

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A DDIS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Letters

Editorials

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A priceless civics lesson A common lament among older generations (me included) is that schools these days don’t teach civics like they used to. Gone is the year-long mandatory course as a high school freshman on the Constitution, how our government works (from the three branches of government to the role of the people), to basic history that focused on key legislation and court cases (women’s right to vote, emancipation act, to the formation of FDR’s New Deal policies.) Gone is the notion that it’s important to understand the role of a responsible press, our police and law enforcement apparatus, and the ways local and state governments function. In today’s test-heavy criteria geared to gauge competency on reading, writing and arithmetic, schools have found little time to teach subjects that aren’t geared to the tests or don’t have any special bearing on job training. At least, that is the criticism and the consequence is we are all poorer for it. And yet, today’s high school and college students have sparked one of the most thoughtful and powerful political movements in the past 60 years. The March for Our Lives rallies against gun violence this past Saturday sparked more than 800 protests around this country and elsewhere in the world and drew hundreds of thousands of people advocating for change. They are whiz kids on social media and instinctively know how to spread their message and organize a crowd. They are learning about the levers of power, and how to work within the system, or outside it if need be. Many seem to be natural storytellers, and have recognized the appeal of honest and heart-felt testimony. Unlike the anti-government protests of the Vietnam war protests, which sometimes took a violent turn, they have embraced the Martin Luther King approach to non-violent protest, building coalitions and championing their cause by promoting common sense measures that appeal to wide swaths of society. In this nascent movement, the first label these students have shed is “apathetic,” the second is “self-centered” and the third is “apolitical and uninvolved.” On the contrary, the students are hyper engaged, their interest is in helping implement gun laws so the students after them don’t have to live in fear like they do today, and they are taking on the burden, they say, because the adults in power — Congress, the courts and the executive branch — have failed to get the job done. And, interestingly, with help from others, a pro-gun group is scheduled to hold a press conference this Thursday in the state’s capital also embracing reasonable gun control measures to help stop violence caused by guns. That’s a clear sign the marchers are not rejecting guns at large or gun owners, just the irresponsible proliferation of weapons to those who shouldn’t have them. No one expects any one measure will stop all gun-related violence. There are many issues to address — from poverty to mental health — but, increasingly, there is common consensus that the lax restrictions and easy access to many gun purchases is not a viable path forward. The students’ lead role in this effort is an incredibly hopeful sign in a particularly troubling moment in this nation’s history in which democracy is threatened from the top down, starting with Mr. Trump, his administration, and a woefully complicit Republican Party in control of Congress. They recognize that this problem won’t be solved by those in power, and that their only hope is to lead the change themselves. Such enlightenment is a breath of fresh air in a political environment that is otherwise upside down — and is testament that they know more about civic engagement and how to affect change than most. Angelo Lynn

You can’t make this stuff up No doubt our current president is a political lightning rod for liberals and moderates like no other Republican we have seen in recent times (President Nixon was a close second, but that’s been 48 years). But it’s one thing to be abhorrent to political opponents; it’s quite another to be harshly criticized by members of your own political party. When that’s the case, the warning signs of a president who poses a threat to our society are magnified. Here, then, are a few recent comments from some unlikely sources: John O. Brennan, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013-2017, which includes the first several months of Trump’s presidency, said in a recent appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” that he speculated the Russians “may have something on Mr. Trump personally.” “The Russians, I think, have had long experience with Mr. Trump, and may have things that they could expose.” Brennan was head of the CIA when the infamous dossier surfaced during the 2016 election campaign alleging that the Russians had compromising information on Trump. Political analysts have noted that if any American official would know if such allegations were true, Brennan would be one of them. But he had been reluctant to criticize the president until the week Trump lauded the firing of the former deputy director of the F.B.I., Andrew G. McCabe, after which Brennan issued this harsh condemnation to Trump on Twitter: “When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history.” Americans take note: that’s not typical of members of the nation’s intelligence community to be so harsh, unless the nation is in peril. Or this: After Trump’s appointment of John Bolton to head the National Security Agency, conservative columnist Max Boot explained last week why this appointment is so much worse than when Bolton was appointed to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush: “Back then, Bolton was being nominated for a post in which he was supposed to echo the president’s views. And that president … was a traditional conservative who believed that the United States needs to promote free trade and freedom ... But today Bolton isn’t being sent to Turtle Bay. He is going to the West Wing, where he will be one of the most important influences on a president who is so ignorant that he makes Bush seem like an international relations PhD by comparison … The failure of the Iraq intervention has soured me on preventive wars in general. Not so Bolton: He remains an advocate of bombing Iran and North Korea. Anyone who favors a ‘war of choice’ against a nuclear-armed state belongs in a psychiatric ward, not the White House — although, admittedly, the difference between the two may no longer be consequential.” Brutal, but again, that is from a die-hard conservative Republican. Then there’s this recent news about the GOP’s political strategy, according to reports this week in the Washington Post. The Republican Congress is considering championing a balanced budget amendment, and another tax cut between now and mid-term elections this November. The thinking is this: The party has blown it with fiscal conservatives, so now they’ll trot out a conservative talking point (balanced budget amendment) to appease that base, even though they just passed a budget and tax cuts that will blow the deficit sky high; and they will simultaneously champion another tax cut figuring Democrats will object, thus the GOP will be able to claim the Democrats are against tax cuts for the middle class. Hypocritical? Sure, but apparently they don’t think the GOP base will care or understand. Seriously. And that’s no April fools. You can’t make this stuff up. Angelo Lynn

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ACTR bus stop site makes sense

Taking action

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School ninth-grader Chloe Clark makes a wordless plea for more action to limit gun violence during Saturday’s March for Our Lives rally in Middlebury. Around 550 people gathered on the town green then marched down South Pleasant Street, across the Cross Street Bridge and up Main Street back to the green. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

An important freedom — from fear “Everyone Deserves to be Safe.” This is what my sign said the first time we held a vigil in Middlebury to draw awareness to police brutality in America. Just imagine if you saw a tiny baby, crying on the ground. You wouldn’t have to think about what to do, would you? You would run to that baby, pick them up and cradle them. You would do everything in your power to keep that baby safe from harm. Every one who is reading this (as well as everyone who can read, and everyone who can’t) was once a tiny baby. We were all helpless, completely reliant on others to care for our bodily needs. If we didn’t get at least some care, we would have died. If our caregivers were consistent in meeting our physical and emotional needs, if By Joanna they not only bathed and fed us but Colwell also sang to us, held us, kissed us, and soothed us, we probably internalized a sense of security and safety. But what if that care was inconsistent? What if we did not experience warmth and love? For a lot of people, early childhood experiences lead to deeply internalized fear. When they look at the world around them, instead of seeing a delightful adventure, they see potential threats. When they see someone they don’t know, they wonder if that person could be an enemy. They see the world as a dangerous place, full of people waiting to hurt them. It turns out that this fear is easily exploited. Conservative politicians warn against the danger posed by immigrants. Police unions lobby for harsher drug laws that criminalize communities of color. Gun manufacturers sell weapons by marketing them for “self defense.” Religious zealots have even managed to convince legislators that it is dangerous to let transgender folks use public

Ways of Seeing

restrooms. Is there anything that can be done about fear? It turns out, there is. Researchers asked a group of participants in a study questions about various social issues to determine how liberal or conservative they were. They then had everyone participate in an intense imagination exercise. Half the group was asked to visualize that they were granted the superpower of being able to fly. The other half of the group was asked to imagine that their superpower was being completely safe, invulnerable to any harm. When the entire group was then asked questions on a variety of social issues, the group of conservatives who imagined being able to fly showed the usual tendency to be resistant to social change. But the Republicans who had spent some time imagining themselves as completely safe, were now significantly more open. They were in general no more afraid of social change than Liberals. This confirms something a lot of us have experienced directly. Prior to the gay liberation movement of the 1970s, most gay folks were closeted and bigotry and homophobia reigned supreme. Not only was gay marriage illegal, simply being gay was illegal. Most Americans didn’t see anything wrong with this state of affairs, and savagely brutalizing a gay person on the street was a common, police-sanctioned activity for many horrible men. But as more and more gay folks started coming out to their families, friends, and coworkers, Americans realized that they did know gay people. It became more difficult to demonize one’s neighbor, one’s mailman, (See Ways of Seeing, Page 11A)

Can Hallquist follow Aiken’s path?

Christine Hallquist, the current and longtime CEO of steadfastly represented blue-collar Vermonters, hillside the Vermont Electric Co-op, is now an all-but officially small farmers, labor union members, and those who announced Democratic candidate for Governor who has lived on the rural back roads often without electric power declared that she wants to run as an “Aiken Democrat.” during the Depression. For the most part, Aiken’s voting So, what does that really mean? bloc were those who eked out a living in a small-town Hallquist, of course, is referring to former Vermont culture — that is what most of Vermont was in the 1930’s, Republican Gov. George D. Aiken, who served two terms and still is today in areas outside of Chittenden County. from 1937 to 1941 and as long-time U. S. In his storied 43-year political career, Senator in Washington from 1941 to 1975. Aiken never received a serious challenge Aiken, who ran and was always elected by a Democratic candidate. His last politias a Republican, was hardly that by tocal race was a GOP primary in 1968 when day’s hyper-partisan standards of the GOP a right-winger went down to defeat. Aiken This week’s writer in Washington. For that matter, neither was then re-elected to his last Senate term is Stephen C. Terry of was Aiken ever in the good graces of the without Democratic opposition. He retired Middlebury, who served then Vermont GOP establishment in the from the U.S. Senate in 1975, when he did as Sen. Aiken’s legislative 1930’s. not seek another term. assistant from 1969 to In fact, Aiken was a solid member Vermont remained a solidly Republican 1975. He is the former of the Progressive-Liberal wing of the state alongside a weak Democratic Party Managing Editor of the Republican Party, something now as that never achieved political success Rutland Herald as well extinct as the Dodo bird. Even back then, until the election of Democrat William H. as a utility executive at the Vermont bankers, business, and utility Meyer to one term in the House in 1958. Green Mountain Power. He leaders who exerted political control were In 1962, Philip H. Hoff’s upset election currently is as a political determined to bring to an end Aiken’s over Republican Gov. F. Ray Keyser to analyst for WCAX-TV. fast-rising political career and defeat him become the first Democratic Governor in for the GOP nomination to the U.S. Senate 109 years, changed Vermont. It was only in 1940. They failed and, instead, Aiken spent 34 years in upon Aiken’s retirement that Democrat Pat Leahy was the Senate. elected, and some 43 years later still ably represents our During his whole political career, Aiken was a maverick state in the U. S. Senate. and a thorn in the side of the “Old Guard” as he called the Today, Vermont is one of the deepest blue Democratic Republican establishment leaders that controlled the polit- states in the country, and the state with the lowest support ical levers of power in Vermont, and later in Washington. for President Trump. Why? So, how would or could Hallquist carry the mantle as Just like the average blue-collar Vermonter today, Aiken an “Aiken Democrat” in the 2018 gubernatorial elections, was never rich and he never forgot his rural roots. He (See Terry, Page 11A)

Community Forum

As a local elected official concerned about access to our downtown and serving as Public Health and Safety Committee Chair and ACTR board liaison, I am keenly aware of the tension for convenient and safe access to the post office and its nearby buildings and businesses. The recent move of the ACTR Transfer Hub to Academy Street impacted walkability and access to downtown locations for riders, many of whom are elderly or have mobility issues. ACTR buses have ADA and Title VI requirements for accessibility, similar to handicap parking spots. This required the town and ACTR to find a solution with stops at the town office and post office. This was not taken lightly. The Public Health and Safety Committee heard concerns for safety and objected to a scenario that would have the buses pull off over the crosswalk to minimize lost parking. It also heard concerns of businesses and residents, as represented by Better Middlebury Partnership, which seek to restore parking on the St. Stephens side of the post office, and urge ACTR to find another solution. Some suggest that the bus could stop in the road to let off riders going to the post office or its nearby buildings. Studies show that bus pull offs at busy locations are safer for everyone. As ACTR director Jim Moulton shared in a recent letter to the editor, stopping in the travel lane, while possible, increases the risk of accident for all travelers. The accommodation made by ACTR to use the travel lane during December was made with the intention for extreme diligence and a limited period to reduce risk. The temporary holiday configuration put the stop on the St. Stephen’s side behind parked cars. This poor site line led many riders to wait on the opposite side and then attempt to hurry across both lanes when they saw the bus approach. The confusing road striping on the St. Stephen’s side tempts people in a hurry to park in the bus stop, just as they do in handicapped parking. Some suggest that the town office stop is adequate and ACTR riders can walk from there to the other end of Main St. It is approximately 900 feet or the equivalent distance ACTR riders walked from previous stops at South Pleasant St. or Merchants Row. This is not as easy as it sounds. Imagine zigzagging with a walker or weighted, restricted legs across Main St. from Ilsley to the post office and then the opposite side to catch the bus out to your Otterside or Woodbridge apartment on Seymour St. Or imagine you are at the post office end of town and you can only catch the tri-town bus to Bristol or Vergennes by walking all the way back to the Academy St. hub. I hope ACTR shuttle buses will be a solution to downtown access, not an obstacle. For that to occur, stops need to be convenient and frequency increased. For frequency to increase, bus ridership needs to increase. For that to occur, it needs to be convenient. Taking away downtown bus stops would impair convenience, especially as we consider shuttling from destination lots as the bridge construction intensifies. Let me know if you’re interested in experiencing what it’s like to walk to the post office from Ilsley Library and the town office if you were restricted or want to experience how the ACTR buses shuttle you about town. Join me at the Town Office lobby on Tuesday, April 3, at 8:30 am. We’ll talk about downtown car and bus parking solutions you may have as we do this. Laura Asermily Middlebury

Veteran looks at 2nd Amendment What could be better than a Bill of Rights? Madison’s use of language, ratified in 1791, was specific to the times, as words usually are, ever since hieroglyphics. Garde loo, the sixteenth century term tossed out with the second floor slops, did not survive plumbing. No one says garde loo anymore. Things change. The flintlock musket, embraced by the 2nd Amendment, fired a single charge, requiring patience and dexterity. High velocity rounds at 600 per minute would have ended the Revolutionary War on the first day in Concord. The 2nd Amendment is (See Letter, Page 5A)

Addison Independent, Thursday, March 29, 2018 — PAGE 5A

An interview with President Trump MIDDLEBURY AIRPORT, for more gun safety laws to prevent April 1, 2018 — Here’s a lightly school shootings and other violence, edited transcript of my recent by making it slightly harder for conversation with President Donald unstable people to gain easy access to assault rifles and other guns. A lot Trump. GD: Thanks for stopping on the of us were very touched by remarks Middlebury airport tarmac for an from a girl who’s a student at Middlebury Union Middle School. She interview today. said that every morning DT: Of course. when she leaves for It’s great to be back school, she tells her in New Hampshire. mother she loves her “Live free or die” and — out of worry that she all that. may be murdered while GD: Actually, sir, at school and never see you’re in Vermont. her mother again. DT: Great place, DT: If that girl was a Vermont. I won the real student, why wasn’t primary here by the she in school instead of biggest margin anyone out making speeches? has ever won an elecGD: This was on a tion. (1) Saturday. GD: Not sure that’s DT: Well, then, actually true, Mr. Presobviously she was an ident. And by the way, actor or one of those I wonder if it bothers kids who’ve been phoyou when some people tearing up the refer to you as “not my by Gregory Dennis tographed Constitution (7). I’ve president.” read the Constitution, by DT: Of course not. the way. I loved the part The anti-freedom, loser Democrats said the same thing about Two Corinthians. GD: I’d like to ask you about about Charlton Heston when he was president, and look where that got Robert Mueller’s probe into them. (2) Besides, I won the elec- Russian interference in the 2016 tion by nearly 3 million votes. A lot presidential election and indications of people were saying it would have that your campaign conspired with been a lot more if Hillary Clinton the Russians. DT: #FakeNews #NoCollusion hadn’t conspired with the Russians. #FireMueller (3) GD: I can’t help but notice that GD: Many people are worried about the state of your marriage, you actually say, “hash tag.” Do you and I see that you’re traveling with- always do that? DT: No, usually I have people out your wife. DT: Nothing to worry about there. who say that for me. But all of my As you probably heard from one of aides had other commitments today. GD: I notice that you’re having my paid liars at the White House, Melania and I have a “spring break trouble finding more attorneys to tradition” where we take some time represent you now that the head of your legal team has quit, and you’ve apart. (4) GD: Judging by recent interviews decided not to hire Joseph diGenova with two women who claim you had and Victoria Toensing. (8) DT: Maybe I’ll find a few good extra-marital affairs with them, your spring break sometimes includes lawyers while I’m here in Vermont. GD: Our state isn’t exactly known trips to Las Vegas where you try to pick up porn stars and Playmates as a hotbed of criminal defense. DT: Who said anything about (5). According to both women, you told them they reminded you of criminals? I heard you have a your daughter. And then you asked Moscow here in Vermont. I never did get to build a Trump hotel in the them to have sex with you. DT: Ha, good one! That’s all real Moscow. Maybe I could build #FakeNews. I’ve actually never one here. (9) GD: There’s a lot of evidence of been to Las Vegas. I’m not sure I’ve contacts between your campaign ever been to Nevada. GD: But, sir, there’s a hotel there and Russian leaders. These include called the Trump International a meeting at Trump Tower with a Hotel Las Vegas. Russian agent and a notably misDT: I know! Pretty clever, don’t leading explanation when it was you think, given that I’ve never exposed (10). There have recently traveled west of the Mississippi? been guilty pleas by one of your GD: Before we go any further, foreign policy advisers, George let’s talk about the massive Papadopoulos; your former nationdemonstrations all over the world al security adviser, Michael Flynn; last weekend, calling for more gun and Rick Gates, one of your top control laws. campaign officials who also helped DT: I thought it was wonderful to lead your inauguration activities. see all those people demonstrating Special counsel Robert Mueller their First Amendment rights. Not has gathered massive evidence in a lot of people know this — but charges against 13 Russian nationthe First Amendment is actually als who manipulated social media almost as important as the Second to aid your campaign. He’s also Amendment. charged your former campaign GD: Gee, I never saw it that way. chairman, Paul Manafort, with DT: And you know what they call multimillion-dollar crimes alleged “good gun control,” right? That’s to have been committed before when you have both hands on he ran into financial trouble and your firearm. Something else most convinced you he should chair people don’t know is that I made up your campaign. Then Manafort that line all by myself. Because I’m led the effort to soften language a very stable genius. (6) in the Republican platform about GD: Here in Middlebury, 400 Russian attempts to take over people gathered last Saturday to call Ukraine, where he had represented

Between The Lines

Ukrainian politicians favorable to Moscow. DT: Huh. Do you happen to know if Vermont can offer political asylum to a New York resident temporarily residing in Washington, D.C.? GD: Well, I doubt it. But of course you should check with an attorney on that. DT: Good idea. I’ll do that. As soon as I can find one willing to represent me. Footnotes: Trump took 33 percent in the Vermont GOP primary, besting Gov. John Kasich by just 3 percent. Vladimir Putin won the recent Russian election with a purported 76 percent of the vote. (2) Actor Charlton Heston was a five-term president of the National Rifle Association. (3) Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. Trump triumphed by virtue of the Electoral College — part of the route by which George W. Bush also won the presidency despite losing the popular vote to Al Gore. (4) The “spring break tradition” statement was made by White House Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters. (5) Both of them at the same golf tournament on the same weekend, shortly after the birth of his son with Melania. (6) Donald Trump on Twitter, Jan. 5, 2018, when he also stated, “My two greatest assets have been mental stability and, like, being really smart.” (7) Since the gun massacre of 17 Parkland, Fla. students by a young man armed with an assault rifle, right-wing websites have claimed that Parkland students calling for gun safety laws were in fact paid actors. A doctored photo, widely circulated by right-wing sites, falsely claimed to show Parkland student Emma Gonzales tearing up a copy of the Constitution. (8) Toensing’s son, Brady Toensing, is vice chairman of the Vermont Republican Party. His efforts were instrumental in leading the FBI to investigate events around the closure of Burlington College. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ wife, Jane, was president of the college at the time of its demise. (9) Moscow, Vt. is a tiny unincorporated area that’s best known as a popular shortcut to Stowe Mountain Resort (and its Fourth of July parade.) (10) Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and then-White House communications director Hope Hicks were widely reported to have drafted the explanation, which inaccurately said the meeting was about Russian adoptions. Subsequent emails showed the meeting, attended by a Kremlin-connected attorney along with Trump, Jr., then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, was in fact a discussion of Russian efforts to convey damaging information about Hillary Clinton to the Trump campaign. Gregory Dennis’s column appears here on alternate Thursdays and is archived on his blog at gregdennis.wordpress.com. Email: GregDennisVt@yahoo.com. Twitter: @GreenGregDennis.

Letters to the Editor can be found on Pages 4A, 5A and 11A.

Condorcet and the French Revolution Editor’s note: This is the eighth death sentence. He stood on principle, in a series of essays about political for he regarded the death penalty as a cruel and irrational practice, liberalism and conservatism. inconsistent with the principles and BY VICTOR NUOVO Nicholas de Condorcet (1743– purposes of a liberal civil society. He considered violence and 94) was a French aristocrat, mathematician, philosopher and the use of force for political ends reprehensible, if not revolutionary. He criminal, and therefore, pioneered in the use of in spite of the radical probability theory to policies he advocated, explain social behavior, he inclined towards decision-making and moderation and voting patterns. He was conciliation. He was a founder of modern patient, ready to engage political science. He in rational discourse was also a tragic figure: concerning what must he was a leader in the be done, confident that French Revolution an agreeable outcome and became one of its would eventually victims. be achieved. This At the start of the moderation made him French Revolution odious to the radicals, Condorcet was elected Spinoza on who regarded him a delegate from Paris to the Legislative Nature, God and weak and hypocritical and therefore not a Assembly, which Politics: true friend of liberty. was the new national An essay by In October 1693, they government; he became Victor Nuovo secured a warrant for one of its leaders. He was also made a Middlebury College his arrest. Condorcet went into member of a special professor emeritus hiding. During the next commission to frame a of philosophy five months, which new constitution for the would be his last, his nation. chief occupation was to He sided with the radical republicans, the Jacobins, who reflect on the meaning of history. He desired the abolition of the monarchy, recollected the past, considered the against the moderates, the Girondins, present and speculated on the future. who favored a constitutional Despite his misfortunes, Condorcet monarchy patterned after the English remained an optimist, confident of the constitution. He supported the move perfectibility of mankind, confident to depose the king, Louis XVI, and that progress towards this goal would to try him as an enemy of liberty. continue for as long as there was life However, when the king was found on earth. He summarized his thoughts in a guilty, he was outspoken against the

manuscript, which he entitled Sketch of a Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind. It was published posthumously, in Paris and London in 1795, in French and English. The Sketch will be the subject of my next essay. For the remainder of this essay, I will focus on two major innovations that he advocated — on slavery and a woman’s right to vote — and which show him to be “the most clear-headed liberal of the French Revolution.” Indeed, Condorcet was a consummate liberal in his beliefs and actions. As already mentioned, he opposed the death penalty. He took the lead in calling for the abolition of slavery for the clear reason that it was criminal. To enslave another human being, “to buy him, sell him, to keep him in servitude, all these are real crimes,” he wrote. Moreover, “to tolerate slavery while having the power of destroying it is also a crime.” Yet his characteristic moderation caused him to seek a gradual rather than a sudden end of the institution. He proposed the immediate end of the slave trade. Those who owned slaves should set a fixed time, not to exceed 35 years, for their emancipation. It was this sort of gradualism that was contemplated in the new United States, doubtless with Condorcet’s concurrence, for he was a friend of Franklin, Jefferson and Madison, and they were conversant with his thoughts. The abolition of the slave trade was no easy matter. During the late 18th century it represented a major industry, a “Big Business” of its day. (See Nuovo, Page 11A)

Letters to the Editor Other solutions possible to help downtown parking Concerns have been raised by the Better Middlebury Partnership on behalf of downtown businesses regarding parking availability near the post office, with the suggestion that the ACTR bus stop on the St. Stephens side be reconsidered. On Monday, March 19, I decided to monitor parking availability in the twenty parking spaces on Main St. between the temporary bridge and Seymour Street on an hourly basis from 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., including recording license plates to assess turn-over of the parking spaces. I got some interesting results. 1. I found that between 10:15 a.m. and 2:15 p.m., 4-6 parking spaces were consistently available. Parking was tight at 3:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.,

however, with two and then only one space available, respectively. 2. At each hour after two hours of monitoring, an average of four parked vehicles had over-stayed the two-hour parking limit, including one vehicle parked for over five hours, and one for over six hours. There are several things that can be done to improve access to this highly frequented area. One is to visit earlier in the day, if possible. Another is to ensure turn-over of vehicles in the parking spaces — by voluntarily refraining from parking in this area for more than two hours; by enforcement; or by adding parking meters to keep the vehicles turning over and thus increasing parking availability. Perhaps those

needing longer-term parking could park in the angle parking up on N. Pleasant St. rather than in the highly coveted spots right in front of the post office. People riding the ACTR bus — whether mobility-challenged, vulnerable population, or those trying to lower their carbon footprint — deserve the same good access to the downtown for their shopping, going to work, going to appointments, etc., as drivers. I encourage people to try the bus — it’s very handy! Happily, it appears that we can address the parking concerns while preserving the post office bus stops. Dorothy Mammen Middlebury

the sentence. It doesn’t require linguistic or legal skills to decipher the meaning. Avid defenders of their rights can’t find five seconds to read what it says, ignoring intent or context as a matter of convenience. Weapons are a habit, comforting like sunshine and prayer.

Oddly enough, today’s rural survivalist “militia” has little use for any amendment. The rest of us have the Marines, who are more than prepared to protect us from a tax on tea, tyranny, the British or rabbits. Alexander Lyall, Veteran Middlebury

Letter (Continued from Page 4A) twenty-seven words, three commas in two basic parts. First, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state…” doesn’t have much to do with going to school, hunting squirrel or protecting the second half of

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Robert Myrick Sr., 93, Bridport BRIDPORT — Robert Lawrence Myrick Sr. of Bridport passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, while living out his final days at the Care Home of Tony Myrick. He was born in Burlington on September 22, 1924, the son of Floyd A. Myrick and Beatrice (Nantel) Myrick. He moved to Bridport at an early age and spent the rest of his life there. On May 30, 1950, he married Rita Elizabeth Counter of Middlebury. They dedicated themselves to life on a dairy farm and raising nine children. Bob was very passionate about the town and contributed lots of energy to the community. He served as selectman for 30 years and after being elected into office in 1963, Bridport voted to allow baseball and other amusements to be legal in town on Sundays. The most notable event in his tenure as selectman was being a part of the group of individuals who established the first rural IDA BESSIE CYR municipal water system in the country, known as Tri Town Water. He was a charter member of the Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in her memory to, a Bridport Volunteer Fire Department from 1949-1985. He had a great love charity of one’s choice.◊ for baseball and became a proud team member of the Panton Bullfrogs in 1942. His free time was spent during baseball season glued to the radio listening to the St. Louis Cardinals games. He also coached Babe Ruth

Ida Cyr, 73, Shoreham SHOREHAM — Ida Bessie Cyr, 73, died Thursday, March 22, 2018, at her home in Shoreham. Mrs. Cyr was born in Proctor on August 7, 1944. She was the daughter of Leon Jacobs and Genevieve Durkee. She grew up in Salisbury where she received her early education. She graduated from Fair Haven High School. She received her Registered Nurses Diploma from Castleton College. Following graduation, she worked at Rutland Hospital as an R.N. in the operating room for 10 years. She later worked at Kampersville at Lake Dunmore for 33 years. She was forced to retire due to illness in 2012. She loved people and enjoyed spending time with her family. Surviving are her son David C. Cyr and her daughter Melissa Ann Cyr, both of Shoreham; one brother, Donald Durkee of Leicester; and her extended family, the Garrett and Kayla Given family of Orwell. Three

grandchildren, several great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews & cousins also survive her. She was predeceased by her husband David Martin Cyr on Nov. 6. 2013. They were married in Orwell on June 15, 1963. She was also predeceased by her brother Arthur Durkee and two sisters, Margaret Sturtevant and Avis Leno. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 28, at 10 a.m., at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Brandon. The Rev. Vincent Onunkwo will be the celebrant. Following the ceremony, the family will receive friends back at the home in Shoreham, for a time of remembrance. A private graveside committal service and burial will take place, at a later date in Brookside Cemetery in Leicester. Friends may call at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home, in Brandon on Tuesday, March 27, from 5-7 p.m.

Carolyn Foster, 82, Middlebury CAPE CORAL, Fla./ MIDDLEBURY — Carolyn Knapp Foster of Cape Coral, Fla., and Middlebury, Vt., died unexpectedly at her home in Cape Coral on Monday, March 12, 2018. She was 82. The only child of Gordon Watson and Helen Bancroft Knapp, raised on the southern coast of Long Island in East Rockaway, N.Y., Carolyn was and would always remain a child of the sea. She had innumerable passions as a young girl, but unequivocally it was her love for the Morgan horse, fueled by the radio adventures of the Lone Ranger she listened to each week as a child, which was her first and foremost. In 1950, she attended the Northfield School in Northfield, Mass., where her tilted nose, tumbling laugh, and “sparkling humor” won her the nickname “Muffin.” At Northfield, she blossomed into a dedicated science student and talented musician, frequently playing guitar and singing folk music with friends. In May of 1953, she graduated from Northfield and set her sights on the nursing program at the University of Vermont. That fall, she immersed herself in her rigorous nursing classes and began to play music regularly. She routinely appeared with friends, playing and singing folk and country music on her beloved Goya guitar at the University and around the city of Burlington. Her musical career reached its peak in college, when she and her band mates began playing folk music live on Sunday nights on WCAX TV in Burlington. Ever serious-minded, however, she focused on and excelled in the rigorous UVM nursing program. She graduated with the class of ’57. By then, she had also

met the love of her life, her husband of 61 years, Edward Foster. The couple wed in Burlington and lived successively in Baltimore and Cleveland, where she worked as a nurse while raising her growing family. In 1963, she and her husband returned to Middlebury. It was then that she finally pursued her life’s dream of building a horse farm and raising Morgan horses of her very own. After having a small barn constructed on Quarry Road property that she found and fell in love with, she established Midland Morgans, where for the next 30 years she raised and competitively showed at equestrian events in Addison County and beyond. Her musical career came to an end with the responsibilities of motherhood, but she continued to play guitar in the comfort of her living room and sing to her growing brood of children and grandchildren throughout the years to come. Be it fresh or salt, Carolyn loved the waterfront, and even before retiring from horsing in the 1980s, she spent as much time as possible sharing time behind the wheel of boats, both sail and powered. Her love of the ocean brought her to Cape Coral, Fla., where, in addition to boating, she pursued her newfound passion of golf. Never a power hitter, she relied instead on honing her keen ability to hit the ball precisely down the middle of the fairway, virtually every time she swung the club. She was a member of the Ralph Myhre Golf Club in Middlebury beginning in the 1970s, and later at the Palmetto Pines Country Club in Cape Coral, beginning in 1995. She also loved spending her time reading,

CAROLYN KNAPP FOSTER socializing with her many friends, hosting sumptuous family meals, and relishing in what each and every day had to offer. In addition to her husband, Carolyn is survived by her four children: Scott Foster and his wife Alyce of Middlebury; David Foster and his wife Lisa of Middlebury; Michael Foster and his wife Sarah of Sturbridge, Mass.; and Susan Drown and her husband Chuck of Concord, N.H.; along with their six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. And she leaves behind her beloved Carlee. Donations in her honor may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the Addison County Humane Society, Memorial Services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, April 8, 2018, at The Congregational Church of Middlebury.◊

baseball and softball. His hobbies included maple syrup production, woodworking, horseshoes, bowling, occasional trips to the casino and watching old western movies. Bob had a great memory and loved to tell stories and reminisce about the past — he was relied on by the Bridport Historical Society and anyone else who wanted some information about people and events from Bridport’s past. He is survived by four daughters; Mary Paquette, Nancy Myrick, Susan Gilbert and Lori Myrick, and three sons; Larry Myrick and wife Tammy, Stephen Myrick and wife Cindy, and Dennis Myrick and wife Andrea. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, his sister, Sr. Gertrude Myrick R.S.M. and his sisters-in-law Kathryn Myrick and Helen Betourney. He was predeceased by his parents, Floyd and Beatrice, his wife Rita, two sons, Stanley and Dana Myrick and his brother Frederick Myrick. The family extends thanks for his care at Porter Nursing Home, to Home Health and Hospice and Kathy and much gratitude to Tony Myrick and his care givers Bridgette and Martha for their kindness and loving care at his home in Bristol. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Robert’s name to the: Sisters of Mercy Local Coordinator, 100

Lincoln LINCOLN — The second annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held Saturday, March 31, at 10 a.m. Meet on the front lawn of the church. Children should bring their own basket or bag to collect the eggs in. This event will be held rain or shine. The Burnham Trust has invited Middlebury College into Lincoln to work on a storytelling project that celebrates community. These sessions will focus on the Lincoln General Store and its role as a central gathering place and common ground. Each week will focus on one question, incorporating audio, portraits and videos to stitch together a collective community portrait of Lincoln. Anyone and everyone are welcome to participate. • Session one — Tuesday, April 3, noon-4 p.m. What does community mean to you? • Session two — Friday, April 6, noon-5 p.m. How does the place you live impact how you live? • Session three — Tuesday, April 10, noon-4 p.m. Tell us a story about

ROBERT LAWRENCE MYRICK SR. Mansfield Ave., Burlington, VT 05401 or Addison County Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 754 Route 7, Middlebury, VT 05753 A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Middlebury with Rev. Yvon Royer as Celebrant. A luncheon will follow at the Community Hall (Masonic Hall) in Bridport. Online condolences at Sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

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a time the Lincoln community came together. • Session four — Sunday, April 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. What are your hopes for the future of Lincoln? If you are unable to attend a session and would prefer to submit a written response, feel free to email generalstoresessions@gmail.com. The students conducting this project — Hannah, Shem, Evan, Mac and Mike — look forward to talking to you and hearing your thoughts. Seeking collectors: the Lincoln Library is looking for items to feature in their glass display case. Do you collect something that you would like to share, and know that it is safe inside a locked case? See Wendy at the library about any ideas you may have. “Paddington” will be shown as part of Community Movie Night on Friday, April 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the church. “Paddington” tells the story of a young Peruvian bear who travels to the city in search of a home. Popcorn and beverages will be provided. All ages

welcome. FROM THE TOWN: Just a friendly reminder that plowing, shoveling and snow blowing the snow from your property onto the road are against Vermont state law. Don’t forget to clear your exhaust vents for space heaters or pellet stoves, and take frequent breaks from shoveling when you can. Thank you all for being good neighbors to each other and helping out. All dog licenses expire on Sunday, April 1. If you are unable to come by the town office during business hours, you may mail your fee and rabies certificate to the town clerk’s office or place them in the secure drop box next to the office door and they will mail your tag to you. LINCOLN COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEWS: Thursday, March 29, is an early release day. Dismissal is at 11:45 a.m. There will be no Expanded Learning Program. There is no school Friday, March 30. Until next time … Be Different. Keep Moving. Think Happy.

Rosenberg to talk on knee replacement MIDDLEBURY — The first offering in a six-part community health series sponsored by UVM Health Network/Porter Medical Center will feature Dr. Ben Rosenberg who will present: “Advances in Knee Replacement Surgery” on Tuesday, May 15, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Middlebury Regional EMS headquarters on Porter campus. Dr.

Rosenberg, who has been practicing in Middlebury for 25 years, has extensive experience and expertise in the treatment of knee arthritis. “For people whose exercise or work abilities are limited by knee arthritis, knee replacement surgery can be a game changer”, according to Dr. Rosenberg. During this free educational forum, Dr. Rosenberg

will be discussing recent developments and improvement in knee replacement surgery and will be available for audience questions following his presentation. This event is open to the public but reservations are requested as space is limited. Please call Nicole Webb at 388-5649 or contact her at nwebb@ portermedical.org.

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matter — has a mental health issue,” Rep. Robin Scheu, “Hunters shouldn’t get a bad rap (Continued from Page 1A) legislators that gun legislation has Merkel added. “And I want to know D-Middlebury, is a member of the for this.” Addison Central School District our full support as students, and what our legislators are doing about House Committee on Corrections & Institutions. Superintendent Peter Burrows said to urge them to pass it through as that.” Law enforcement, She noted several educators are taking steps to make quickly as possible,” Greta Hardyhe said, is being asked mental health-related schools safer. Mittell said. initiatives that have Burrows said he’s compared Duquette-Hoffman, a Middlebury to take a greater role received tentative notes with other superintendents Union Middle School student, gave in assisting people mental funding, including an on school safety precautions. a shorter version of the gun control experiencing increase in community “Everybody is looking at their testimony she delivered before the health crises. Those are best outreach counselors buildings; there’s obviously the House Judiciary Committee on services who help people physical perimeter,” Burrows said. March 1. She was among a student provided by mental agencies, access emergency “Schools get safety audits from group that met with Gov. Phil Scott health services, and more state agencies frequently. We are and other state officials that same according to Merkel. “It puts (police) in a housing and support in continual improvement with our day. services for mental buildings.” In her testimony, Duquette- bad position and puts health patients in School leaders are rethinking the Hoffman said “when I say goodbye the person experiencing the Rutland County way students and teachers should to my mother as she drops me off that condition in a bad REP. DIANE area. Also, plans call gird for an armed assault. at school, I make sure to tell her position,” Merkel said. LANPHER “The system is for the fiscal year “One of the shifts in school safety that I love her, just in case this is 2019 capital budget over the last 10 years or so has been the last time I said goodbye, just broken.” Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, to include funds for three new the shift from lockdowns — where in case something happens, just in case I don’t come home, just in case countered that gun violence and beds for women and 10 new beds staff and students would lockdown mental illness do not for men within the state’s prison in a specific classroom — to a ‘run, I become another name necessarily go hand- system for patients to hide, fight’ model on a list that’s growing in-hand. receive on-site mental of training, where too long. Just in case “Military “People who have health programming. students are really my friends become weapons are mental health issues Rep. Peter Conlon, trained to respond part of that list.” not meant to are not all violent,” D-Cornwall, agreed differently in a severe The students drew be in citizens’ Lanpher said. “And that limited state situation like we had praise at the Legislative at Parkland,” Burrows Breakfast on Monday hands. Hunters people who are violent resources have created are not all having barriers for those said. for their activism. shouldn’t get mental health issues. with mental illness. Ultimately, “I commend the a bad rap for We have to be careful Other agencies are education officials group … for standing not to conflate those consequently feeling can’t guarantee up for something you this.” — Middlebury two things all the the pressure, he said. schools will be feel is so important,” resident time.” “We have a governor impregnable to Vergennes Police Margaret Klohck Merkel wants to add who has said, ‘No new would-be shooters Chief George Merkel a School Resource taxes, no new fees,’ no matter how many said. “One of the great VERGENNES safety precautions are things about the United States and Officer position to his department who has told school POLICE CHIEF taken, according to Vermont is you can and will be to network with Vergennes-area districts that even GEORGE MERKEL Burrows. heard if you’re persistent enough.” students and potentially pre-empt though their budget levels came in at “What we can do, Merkel shared his own views school violence before it occurs. “Kids just want to feel around half of what he asked for, on a number of fronts … is be really on gun violence. And he believes insufficient services for mental recognized,” Merkel said. “Time he has said, ‘That’s not enough,’” vocal and allow students to be a health patients — rather than the spent with kids equates to good Conlon said. “There are two voice in making change,” Burrows services that really have no choice said. “These school shootings have guns themselves — are at the root things.” Lanpher, a but to deal with the mental health been happening more and more of the problem. member of the House crisis that we have in Vermont: frequently, to the point where “People that have A p p r o p r i a t i o n s The police, which have to respond we are becoming desensitized. mental health issues Students leading the C o m m i t t e e , to every call, and the that pose significant way, I think is very a c k n o w l e d g e d education system, threats to themselves or critical.” what has been a which has to serve others should not have Lanpher stressed longstanding lack every student who’s access to firearms,” that those who would of bed space in state dropped off each Merkel said. “There’s do harm are not mental health facilities morning.” a hole between gun limiting their focus to and long waiting lists Middlebury resident registration and mental the inside of a school for patients seeking Margaret Klohck said health issues. That has building. She spoke of counseling. she hopes law abiding got to be closed. two separate instances But she believes hunters don’t get the “You’ve got to look of students refusing to there’s some room for impression they are at the people using the REP. PETER leave their respective optimism. being targeted by the weapon,” he added. CONLON Vermont recently push for stronger gun school buildings Merkel noted that received $28 million rules. She said the ARduring fire drills last 18-year-old Jack week because they Sawyer, who stands accused of through a tobacco-related lawsuit, 15 assault rifle — used ACSD threatening to shoot up Fair Haven and plans call for $14 million of that in last month’s school SUPERINTENDENT were afraid to go Union High School last month, money to be distributed statewide shootings in Parkland, PETER BURROWS outside. “Guns don’t had a well-documented history of for mental health and substance Fla., and in past mass abuse services. shootings — is what she’d like to necessarily have to come (indoors) mental health struggles. “How can we shore up the system, see restricted, and not conventional to kill you,” Lanpher said. “We “Let’s face it; anyone who have to remember the violence considers going into a school and and not just for one year but maybe hunting weapons. “Military weapons are not meant issue is much bigger than an entry using a firearm against innocent for four years and get something to be in citizens’ hands,” she said. point into the building.” children — or anyone, for that started,” Lanpher said.

proposes to require law enforcement (Continued from Page 1A) private) firearm sales, including a officer to confiscate a “dangerous or provision that provides immunity deadly weapon” from a person who is to Federal Firearm Licensees that arrested or cited for domestic assault provide background check services in if the weapon is (a) in the immediate possession or control of the person unlicensed (private) sales; • Raising the minimum age for being arrested or cited; (b) in plain view of the officer; or buying a firearm to 21, (c) discovered during a unless the buyer has consensual search. taken a hunter safety On Wednesday, course (which is already the Senate Judiciary required to obtain a Committee approved hunting license), is H.422 with an a veteran, or is a law amendment and passed enforcement official or it on to the full Senate in the military. This puts for consideration. long guns on par with Meanwhile, House handguns, which, under Judiciary Committee federal law, one must be has gained jurisdiction at least 21 to purchase. of S.221, a Senate• Banning the based bill that proposes purchase and possession to allow a law of bump stocks effective enforcement officer to October 1, 2018; and obtain an “extreme risk REP. SCHEU • Banning the protection order” that purchase of highcapacity magazines (more than 10 would prohibit a person from owning rounds) while excluding antiques, a firearm for up to a year if the Family replicas and long guns with lever Division of the Superior Court finds or bolt action. Possession of high- by “clear and convincing evidence” capacity magazines that were that the person poses a significant purchased before the enactment date danger to himself or herself or to another person by buying, owning or is grandfathered. The local delegation to the Vermont receiving a firearm. Bill S.221 is currently before House was split. Voting in favor of S.55 were: Reps. Fred Baser of the House Judiciary Committee, Bristol, Stephen Carr of Brandon, according to Scheu. Also, at the urging of Gov. Scott, Peter Conlon of Cornwall, Diane Lanpher of Vergennes, Robin Scheu lawmakers have earmarked $4 million and Amy Sheldon of Middlebury, and in state funding to make school David Sharpe of Bristol. All but Baser facilities safer from outside attacks. Scheu suggested residents contact are Democrats; Baser is Republican. Opposed to S.55 were Republican their legislators and the governor’s Reps. Warren Van Wyck of office to register their views on the Ferrisburgh and Harvey Smith of varied gun safety bills. State officials New Haven, plus Independent Terry are poised to form a “Governor’s Commission on Gun Violence Norris of Shoreham. Explaining his vote, Norris in the Prevention,” according to Scheu, a official House Journal said that he panel that will look at a wide range of agreed with his constituents in the Fair potential safety measures. Some participants at Monday’s Haven Union High School district who told him that “this bill would do breakfast urged the Legislature to consider some additional gun nothing to make our schools safer. “I believe we pushed this bill control steps this session — such as through to make it look like we a ban on the sale and manufacture of were doing something but in reality assault weapons, instituting a 10-day it will prevent nothing. We need to waiting period prior to the purchase look further into why these young of a firearm, and requiring guns to adults feel so angry with their fellow be locked in storage when not being students and work to make schools used. Lawmakers want more time to safer.” study those additional proposals Rep. Scheu, a member of the House Committee on Corrections before voting on them, Scheu said. “It takes a while to get it right, and & Institutions, delivered an update on the progress of a series of it’s important to get it right,” Scheu Vermont gun safety proposals during said. She noted states have had mixed Monday’s legislative breakfast at the results with assault rifle legislation. Middlebury American Legion Hall. “Connecticut’s (law) was so specific Besides anticipating Tuesday’s that each year, the gun manufacturers House vote on S.55, she mentioned a couple of other gun safety related bills could make a little change and it wouldn’t qualify (under the ban),” that aren’t proceeding as quickly. They include H.422, which Scheu said.

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calendar org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). Walk-in and firsttime donors are always welcome. 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 802-4535276. Come early and enjoy meeting friends and make new ones. 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. Through May 10. Register at Bixby Library at 802-877-2211 or email Maddy Willwerth at maddy.willwerth@bixbylibrary.org. A minimum number of participants needed. Sign up by April 2. More info contact Irma Heeter at 802- 877-3377. Mac user group meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, April 5, 7-8:30 p.m., Community Meeting Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Focus on password management ideas including apps such as OnePass, share favorite apps of other kinds, and problem-solving for Apple products, including Macintosh computers, iPhones, iPads, and the Apple watch. All are welcome, no matter the level of expertise. Free.

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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. MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL‑ Adult: Mon & Weds “Caveat Emptor: The American Historical Portrait in the Early 20th PM Wheel, Weds AM Paint/Pastels, Thurs Morning Century” in Middlebury. Friday, April Pastels, Thurs PM Drawing, Thurs PM Int/Wheel, Sat 6, 12:30 p.m., Sabra Field Lecture Garden Planters. Children: After School Clay‑Mon Day before Easter bake Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Wheel, Tues Clay Hand Building, Paint It! Summer sale & bottle drive in New 72 Porter Field Rd. At the beginning Haven. Saturday, March 31, of the 20th century appetites grew Art Camps & Clay Classes for kids and adults are on the 7 a.m.-noon, Village Green Market, for American objects from the colowebsite. middleburystudioschool.org Contact Barb across from the town green. Delicious nial period and the early Republic. 247‑3702, ewaldewald@aol.com homemade baked goods for sale, Pictures began to appear with fresh and just in time for Easter fabricated identifications, invented Dinner. Sale of the items will help to provenances, and fraudulent artist Author Tanya Lee Stone in Bristol. Tuesday, April support The Congregational Church’s Ladies Union. A signatures. Museum Director Richard Saunders 3, 11 a.m., Auditorium, Mouth Abraham Union High can and bottle drive will run at the same time. Feel free explains how such subterfuge was revealed. Part of School, Airport Rd. Rescheduled from last month. to bring cans and bottles to the Village Green Market the Fridays at the Museum series. Free. More info at Stone, whose presentation was cancelled last month when attending the Candy Hunt or the Bake Sale. 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts. due to a snowstorm, will discuss her book, “Girl Rising: More info call Suzy Roorda 802-453-5978 or 802-453Changing the World One Girl at a Time.” on Tuesday Middlebury Community Music Center concert in 3516 Ext. 17. Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 3 p.m., The Residence morning, April 3 at 11:00 am in the Mount Abraham Benefit rummage sale in Addison. Saturday, March at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come hear music Union High School auditorium. Free and open to the 31, 9 a.m.-noon, Addison Central School, 121 Route performed by Sadie Brightman, founder & executive public. Hosted by the One World Library Project. 17 W. Sale to benefit Jody Forbes, Sabrina Bell and Yom Hashoah event: “Courage Was My Only Option” director of the Middlebury Community Music Center, their four children, who lost their home in Addison and and faculty member Molly McEachan and their in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 3, 4:30 p.m., Axinn 229, everything they owned in a fire. Volunteers needed. students. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. Middlebury College. Roman Kent, Chairman of the More info contact Joy Pouliot 802-759-2887 or Suzy RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@resiAmerican Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Hunt 802-759-2618. denceottercreek.com. will have a conversation about his survival during the 5-town community forum coming in Bristol. Saturday, Holocaust and his active involvement in philanthropy Artists’ reception in Middlebury. Friday, April 6, 5-7 March 31, 9-11:30 a.m., Mount Abraham Union High p.m., The Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, 68 with his son Jeffrey Kent. School, Airport Rd. Two forums, one focusing on learnS. Pleasant St. Come meet artists Judy Albright, ing (Education) and the other focusing on Mt. Abe as Cristine Kossow and Norma Jean Rollet at the opena Five-Town Community Center (Economy, Ecology, ing reception for their show “Pastel, Pastel, Pastel ... and Equity). All ideas will be heard, recorded, shared, Three Artists and their Pastel Journey.” These three and celebrated. Middlebury artists specialize in representational paintAge Well Senior Luncheon in Easter pie sale in Orwell. Saturday, March 31, 9 a.m.ings in soft pastel. Middlebury. Wednesday, April 4, 11 noon, Buxton’s Store, Main St. Come and get some a.m., Middlebury Rec Center, Creek Rd. pie at the GFWC Orwell Fortnightly Club’s annual Entertainment followed by a noon meal of BBQ pork Easter sale. Proceeds will benefit Project Warmth. loin, mashed potatoes, California blend vegetables, Come early as the pies sell quickly. dinner roll and apple pie with whipped cream. Bring Pancake Breakfast on Middlebury. Spring candy hunt in New Haven. Saturday, March 31, your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. Saturday, April 7, 8 a.m.-noon, American 10 a.m., on the town green. Come out for new Haven’s Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. Eat local at this benefit annual rain, snow or sunshine event for children ages reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and for the Friends of Middlebury Baseball. Pancakes and preschool to 3rd grade. Make sure to bring a basket up and their spouse of any age. donut puffs from Middlebury Bagel and Deli; white and and a camera. All children should be accompanied by Book talk and pizza in Bristol. Wednesday, April 4, chocolate milk from the cows of Monument Farms; an adult and dressed appropriately for the unpredict5-7 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library, 40 North St. sausage from Duclos and Thompson; fresh maple able spring weather (frozen fingers are no fun). More Students from grades 5-7 are invited to bring an syrup, maple cream, maple sugar from Bread Loaf info call Suzy 802-453-5978 or 802-453-3516 ext.17. adult to the library to discuss “The 7th Wish” by Kate View Farm; hot coffee and hash browns from Small Messner. Care and food for younger siblings in the City Market. Regular plate $9.00/child’s plate (12 and Children’s Room. RSVP by calling 802-453-2366 or under) $5.00. e-mailing Marita at lmlkids009@gmail.com. Friends of Weybridge Elementary School tag sale Basic Bridge Book 2 in Middlebury. Wednesday, April Easter egg hunt and open barn in in Weybridge. Saturday, April 7, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Community Room, Helen Porter Middlebury. Sunday, April 1, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Weybridge Elementary School, Quaker Village Rd. Rehabilitation and Nursing. Audrey Grant: Competitive The Eddy Farm, 1815 South St. Ext. Pony Come early for the best finds, for the $5 bag sale and Bidding. A 6-week course. Through April 25. Free and rides, prizes, egg painting along with an Easter egg for freebies. Proceeds to benefit Friends of Weybridge open to the public. More info at 802-462-3373. hunt. Bring a basket and appropriate footwear. Snacks Understanding scripture lecture in Middlebury. Elementary School. More info at kirstenhendy@gmail. available and horse treats welcome. No early birds or com or 802-545-2113. Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 dogs. Rain or shine. More info at 802-388-6196. “Animal Tales” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April Main St. Middlebury Professor Emeritus John Keene Don’s annual Easter dinner in Middlebury. Sunday, 7, at 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. considers how we come to understand scripture and April 1, noon-2 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Broadway star George Hearn will narrate “The Story gain an interfaith reading of the text by stepping back Apologies, no deliveries this time. More info contact of Babar” by Francis Poulenc, “Peter and the Wolf” to see it in context. Part of the Vermont Humanities Don at 802-349-6020. Do not call the VFW. by Sergei Prokofiev, and “Carnival of the Animals” by Council First Wednesdays series. Brisson, Boss & Pelletier in Middlebury. Sunday, “Vote for Women” in Shoreham. Wednesday, April Camille Saint-Saëns. Piano wizards Jennifer Moore April 1, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 and Rose Chancler will accompany him on four-hand 4, 7 p.m., Platt Memorial Library, Main St. Join the Lodge Rd. Deb Brisson, Carl Boss, and Mark Pelletier piano. Tickets adults $10/children $15, available at the Shoreham Historical Society for this talk and audiorecently got together for some informal music, and THT Box Office, 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, visual, given by Ticonderoga Historical Society it became clear that there was magic there. Part of or in person Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Program Manager and former Essex County (N.Y.) The Residence’s Sunday music series. Free, open to Piano performance by Gloria Breck in Middlebury. Historian Diane O’Connor, on the long fight for the public, and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at Saturday, April 7, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter women’s suffrage in New York State, where women 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Come enjoy piano music by won the right to vote in 1917, more than two years talented musician Gloria Breck, student of local piano before the national amendment to the constitution was icon Diana Fanning. Free, open to the public and fully ratified. Learn how local women on both sides of the accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or lake played a strategic part in winning voting rights for pryan@residenceottercreek.com. women across the United States. Legislative breakfast in Salisbury. “Neruda” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, April 7, Monday, April 2, 7-8:45 a.m., Congregational 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Church, Maple St. Meet with Addison County Center, 356 College St. Gael Garcia Bernal plays legislators and discuss issues important to Addison an inspector on the hunt for Pablo Neruda, who has County. Purchase of breakfast not required to attend recently become a fugitive for being a leftist poet-poliAge Well Senior Luncheon in but helps our hosts to defray the cost of opening tician in Chile in the 1940s. A Hirschfield International Vergennes. Thursday, April 5, 10 a.m., their hall. Sponsored by Bridport grange 303 and the Film Series event. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Addison County Farm Bureau. middlebury.edu/arts 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. Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. St. Peter’s Parish Breakfast in Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. $5 suggested donation. Tuesday, April 3, 10 a.m., Vergennes Ares Vergennes. Sunday, April 8, 8-10 a.m., St. Advanced reservations required. Call Michelle to Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Peter’s Church, 85 South Maple St. A delireserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi and coffee hour followed cious breakfast of eggs, omelets (to order), hot cakes, up and their spouse of any age. by a noon meal of shepherd’s pie with corn, green American Red Cross Blood Drive in Shoreham. French toast, sausage, bacon and more. Bring family beans, wheat roll and carrot cake with whipped cream and friends. Adults $8.50/seniors over 60 - $7.50/ kids Thursday, April 5, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Shoreham topping. Bring your own place setting. Free transpor6-12yrs. $6/children under 6 free/immediate families Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Volunteer tation may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-1946. of five or more $28.00. More info 802-877-2367. blood donors needed to help ensure lifesaving blood Advanced reservations required. $5 suggested donaHosted by the Knights of Columbus. products are available for patients this spring. Make an tion. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Sunday, April 8, 2 appointment to donate blood by downloading the free anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.

TANYA LEE STONE’S discussion of her book “Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time,” has been rescheduled for Tuesday morning, April 3 at 11 a.m. in the Mount Abraham Union High School auditorium. The event is free and open to the public; guests are asked to arrive early.

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Enjoy listening to this go-to group for the jazz aficionado. Part of The Residence’s Sunday music series. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. Community dinner in Bristol. Sunday April 8, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. Menu includes chili with pasta, corn bread, salad, with fixings, dessert and beverages. Bring a friend and/or neighbor to enjoy an evening out. All are welcome. Free.

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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.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Lane. Bingo, tai chi, and coffee hour followed by a VASA meeting at 11:30 and a noon meal of chicken & biscuits, diced carrots, broccoli slaw and apple cake. 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. Human trafficking response training in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m., MREMS, 55 Collins Dr. Join Detective Trooper Matt Hill, Trissie Casanova of the Vermont Department for Children and Families, and Director of Give Way to Freedom Edith Klimoski for a training on our community’s response to human trafficking. Learn how to identify signs of human trafficking and ways in which our community can respond and intervene. Community rhythm circle with Rob Zollman in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 10, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Have fun while making music. Drumming is emotionally and physically beneficial as it is gentle and supports memory function. Zollman facilitates music making events throughout New England and emphasizes inclusivity and joyous/expressive music making. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Road, Middlebury, VT 05753 Social educator Cindy Pierce speaks in Bristol. Tuesday April 10, 7-8 p.m., Auditorium, Mount Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Pierce is a nationally recognized social educator and comic storyteller who combines her humor and research as she talks to audiences about the realities kids confront in today’s media-driven world. Topics will include promoting healthy relationships and social courage in the digital age. Free snacks provided by the Eagles Cafe. Free childcare provided by Mt. Abraham National Honor Society students.

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IT’S HOMEMADE PIE ready-made for Easter dinner, The GFWC Orwell Fortnightly Club’s annual Easter pie sale is this Saturday, March 31, from 9 a.m.-noon, at Buxton’s Store on Main St., Orwell. Proceeds will benefit Project Warmth.

her talk entitled “Let Me Ask You This: A Decade of Interviewing Interesting Vermonters.” Free and open to the public. “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townsmen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, Charles Ave. Hilarity will ensue in this comedy performed by Addison Repertory Theater — the final Mainstage production under the direction Steve Small. Tickets $10 adults/$7 students at 802-382-1036. More info at overplayers.uk/html/farnsynopsis.html.

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Rummage Sale in North Ferrisburgh. Friday, April 13, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church, 227 Old Hollow Rd. Proceeds benefit children and youth attending church summer camps “Seasons of the Canadian Moose” talk in Middlebury. Friday, April 13, 3 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. Join Monkton resident Russ Baker for an informational slideshow and discussion of moose

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Shoreham. Wednesday, April 11, 11 a.m., Halfway House, Route 22A. Enjoy a lunch of chipped beef on toast, mashed potatoes, green beans, beverage, and 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. Lunch discussion with Caroline Shaw in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 11, 12:15 p.m., Chellis House, 56 Hillcrest Rd. As part of her residency at Middlebury College, Shaw will lead a discussion on the historical role of women in classical music and the work of women today to break through the musical glass ceiling. Free. “Wolfgang Buttress: Art and Nature” in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 11, 4:30 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. Award-winning artist Wolfgang Buttress, who works with public and private space — and created “The Hive” at Kew Gardens, London, an aluminum honeycomb-like structure that reacts in real time to the vibrations of a nearby bee hive — will talk about how art can explore, express, and inform our relationship with the ‘natural’ world. Free. More info at 802-4433168 or middlebury.edu/arts.

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Age Well Senior Luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, April 12, 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 baked stuffed chicken with rice and broccoli, mashed potatoes, baby carrots, wheat roll and berry crisp. 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. Karl Lindholm in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 12, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury. In celebration of the new season, local baseball historian Lindholm entertains with stories and slides about some of the leagues well-known and underappreciated players. Jane Lindholm speaks in Middlebury. Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Celebrated and respected radio journalist, host, and commentator Jane Lindholm of Vermont Public Radio’s award-winning Vermont Edition will reflect on her 11 years with that show in

Middlebury. Friday, April 13, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Come hear this young trio of fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. Refreshments to follow. Tickets $22 for adults/$16 for Middlebury College faculty, staff, emeriti, and alumni/$10 for youth 18 and under (new youth ticket price)/and $6 for Middlebury College students, on sale at 802-443-MIDD (6433) or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets.

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DOLORES HUERTA IS one of the most important activists of the modern era, from her work with Cezar Chavez to the present. Come learn her story when Middlebury SURJ presents “Dolores,” the film about her life and work on Wednesday, April 4, at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Marquis Theater. Between screenings SURJ and the Addison Allies Network will host an open table discussion from 5:45-6:45 p.m.

and other wildlife, along with a number of animal artifacts he has collected over the years. Refreshments and social hour to follow. Free, open to the public and fully accessible. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220 or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. Exhibit reception in Middlebury. Friday, April 13, 5-7 p.m., Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St. Come see the three dozen photographs chosen for “Out Town: Love, Joy, Sadness and Baseball — 100 Years of Photography from the Sheldon Museum” selected by award-winning National Geographic photographer Jim Blair. Paint N Yum fundraiser in Bristol. Friday, April 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cafeteria, Mt Abraham Union High School, Airport Rd. Come support the Addison Otters swim team at a fun-filled evening of painting, yummy snacks, and lots of laughs. Snacks and all painting materials. No experience required, just a willingness to have fun. Advance tickets $35.00 or $40.00 at the door. More info at 802-349-9315 or tinyurl.com/ ybbbljxe. “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townsmen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, April 13, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, Charles Ave. Hilarity will ensue in this comedy performed by Addison Repertory Theater — the final Mainstage production under the direction of Steve Small. Tickets $10 adults/$7 students at 802-382-1036. More info at overplayers.uk/html/farnsynopsis.html.

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Rummage Sale in North Ferrisburgh. Saturday, April 14, 8-11 a.m. “TakeWhatever-You-Want-Day” for a flat fee of $5 per person. Proceeds benefit children and youth attending church summer camps and mission trips. Charlotte’s Angels Relay for Life Paint N Sip fundraiser in Brandon. Saturday, April 14, 1-3:30 p.m., American Legion, 550 Franklin St. Come join the fun for a great cause. All painting materials provided for this fun-filled step-by-step class. You bring home a masterpiece on an 11 x 14 canvas. Ticket price is $35.00. More info at 802-349-9315 or tinyurl.com/ yaketr4f. “Old Bones” Village2Village fundraiser in Bristol. Saturday April 14, 6:30 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. Come hear some feel-good country and gospel music from this talented group of local country musicians and help raise funds for the Village2VillageProject, a 15-year-old organization born in Bristol that now supports more than 134 orphaned and needy children and HIV+ guardians in northeastern Uganda. A shepherd’s pie supper will be served before the concert at 5:30 pm. All funds will also benefit Village2Village. Suggested donation for supper is $10 for adults/$5 for children 6-11/children 5 and under are free. Contra dance in Cornwall. Saturday, April 14, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall, Route 30. Featuring Luke Donforth calling to live banjo and fiddle music by Red Dog Riley. $5-10/person (sliding scale). All are welcome. No experience or partner necessary. More info at 802-462-3722. Mom Prom in New Haven. Wednesday, April 14, 7-10 p.m., Tourterelle, Route 7. Bee Friends, the PTO for Beeman Academy, invites moms to the ultimate ladies night fundraiser. Dig into your closet, get dressed up, and come dance. DJ, door prizes, appetizers and cash bar. Tickets $25 on sale at Tourterelle, Bristol Beverage, Junebug, Paragon Design in Shelburne, Daily Chocolate and New Haven Village Green Market. Northern Flyer on stage in Lincoln. Saturday, April 14, 7:30-9 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 River Rd. Come hear this contemporary four-man bluegrass band. Their repertoire includes original songs, unique adaptations, and enough traditional bluegrass to testify to their skills playing this demanding style. Part of the Burnham Music Series. Tickets $10/teens & kids free. More info call Burnham Music Series at 802-388-6863. Sarah Blacker performs in Brandon. Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Blacker brings her full band sound to Brandon Music with New England Groove Association. With roots in the folk, rock, jam-band and funk scenes, the group fuses their vibrant musical worlds together to create an original, soulful sound. Concert 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. “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townsmen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, Charles Ave. Hilarity will ensue in this comedy performed by Addison Repertory Theater — the final Mainstage production under the direction of Steve Small. Tickets $10 adults/$7 students at 802-382-1036. More info at overplayers.uk/html/farnsynopsis.html.

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Festival on-the-Green wants ideas for T-shirt

MIDDLEBURY — Festival on-theGreen is celebrating a very special milestone this year — it’s 40th season. In honor of the occasion, the organizers invite community members to submit a t-shirt design to their contest to select the official 2018 shirt. Here are some guidelines for those who wish to submit a design. All designs: • Will be screen printed on a Comfort Color brand t-shirt on the color Maize (#468C), which is a pale yellowish beige. A color swatch of this color can be seen on dyehouse. com/us/colors/ direct. Youth color shirts are slightly different, but still a pale yellow-ish color. • Can include no more than three ink colors of your choice. • Should be designed for the front of a plain crew-neck t-shirt with short sleeves. • Must include either “40th Annual” or “40th Year” or “Cheers to 40 Years” in some prominent way. (Please: No reference to alcohol, as this is an alcohol-free, family event.)

• Must include the dates “July 8-14, 2018” and “Middlebury, VT.” Designs that work best include bold fonts, strong lines, music festival theme, and sized to fit between shoulder level and waist of averagesized adult. The Screen printer will resize design for XXL adult and for youth sizes. The design should be submitted as a highresolution pdf and emailed to midfog@ gmail.com by April 30, 2018. The festival board will review all submissions and select four finalist designs. The four finalists will then be presented to the community for an online vote and final decision. The winning design will be printed and available for sale at the Festival on-the-Green, and the winning designer will receive two shirts in any available size. For more information, ideas, or photos, and to view full contest details, please go to the Festival website at festivalonthegreen.org. Questions can be directed to Donna Brewer at donnavt65@gmail.com.

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SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Moses, left, was discovered during Village2Village’s famine relief effort in Uganda in July when the organization delivered 136,000 meals to the most desperate families. He is the size of a four-year-old. In the photo on right, Village2Village Project Director Laurie Kroll poses with Dr. Christine Akol and accountant Okello Patrick, on their graduation in January. These two were among the original nine educatorsin-training who began V2V in 2003. Photos courtesy of Village2Village Project

Bristol concert to benefit Ugandan children

BRISTOL — As part of their efforts to raise funds for the Village2Village Project, a 15-yearold organization born in Bristol that now supports more than 134 orphaned and needy children and HIV+ guardians in northeastern Uganda, the band “Old Bones” will play in Bristol on Saturday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Bristol. A collection will benefit and MAUHS graduate is studying Village2VillageProject’s most abroad with DIS in Denmark. vulnerable children in Uganda. Claire M. Skogsberg of “Old Bones”, a talented group Rochester an English major and junior at St. Lawrence, is studying abroad with St. Lawrence University’s Liberal Arts in New York City off-campus program. CHESTER — Each year, Lions Skogsberg attended Sharon Clubs throughout Vermont invite high Academy. school juniors and seniors to write and Finally, junior Kirsten A. deliver a speech based on the current Werner of Brandon is studying Lions Clubs International president’s abroad at the University of Otago theme for the year. At this year’s statein New Zealand. Werner, a graduate wide competition in Chester, during of Otter Valley Union High School, the Vermont Lions District 45 Cabinet is majoring in Biology. Meeting on Saturday, March 10, two of the three prize winners came from the Addison Independent’s coverage area. The theme for President Dr. Nareah Aggarwal’s year is “The Power of milk quality, crops, pasture quality, We – We Serve,” using the 101-yearconservation practices and promo- old Lions’ motto “We Serve.” Dorcus tion of the dairy industry. Lohese, representing the Colchester Anyone may nominate a farm. Lions Club, took home first place with Previous nominees that did not win a speech using visual effects and pointmay be nominated again. The winner ing out how we all start off as “I,” but will be announced this summer. how much more we can accomplish For details about the award, the as “we.” Placing second was Mason 2017 winner — Fairmont Farm of Charlebois, representing the Vergennes East Montpelier and Craftsbury — Lions Club. Third place was won by and a link to the nomination form Maxwell Williams, representing the go to go.uvm.edu/vdfya. For more Brandon-Forestdale and Pittsford info or to request a copy of the form, Lions Clubs. contact Peggy Manahan at 800-639District Co-Chair Kathy Dorman 2130 or peggy.manahan@uvm.edu. expressed her thanks for all the hard

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St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. has reported that the following Addison County students are participating in an off-campus study abroad program for the Spring 2018. Isabel C. Brennan of North Ferrisburgh, a member of the Class of 2019, is majoring in environmental studies-sociology. Brennan attended Mount Abraham Union High School and is studying abroad at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Fellow Class of 2019 member Bailey M. Sherwin of North Ferrisburgh,a Psychology major

of local country musicians, will be treating long-time fans and newcomers alike to their feel-good country and gospel music and humor. They have played to packed houses and raised many thousands of dollars over the last decade for Village2Village Project. Donations will help the newest children in a remote rural area of Uganda, where desperate families often eat only one meal every other day, and the school performance is the lowest in the country. V2V builds educated leaders for this area

one at a time, so they can change their communities themselves. Laurie Kroll, the founder and Executive Director of V2V will be in Bristol to share about her recent trip and the organization’s expansion. V2V’s leaders who have graduated include an attorney, a doctor, a teacher, an accountant and two with business degrees (one with an MBA). More leaders are being trained in agriculture, rural development, social work, nursing, civil engineering, architecture, lab technology, mechanics and

entrepreneurship. The church will serve a hearty shepherd’s pie supper before the concert at 5:30 p.m. All funds from the meal will also benefit Village2Village Project. The meal will include homemade rolls and brownies a la mode. The suggested donation for supper is $10 for adults and $5 for children 6-11. Children 5 and under are free. To find out more about V2V’s unique leadership program or visit village2villageproject.org, or find them on Facebook.

Local students excel in state speaking contest

Nominate Vt’s top dairy farm

BURLINGTON — University of Vermont Extension and the Vermont Dairy Industry Association (VDIA) are seeking nominations for the 2018 Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year. The deadline to submit is April 27. The award, which has been presented annually since 1961, honors one outstanding dairy farm each year for overall excellence in dairying. Nominees are evaluated by a judging committee comprised of past winners on their overall farm management, innovative practices,

All of us at Addison County Home Health and Hospice congratulate our colleague and friend Valerie Ortiz, RN, on receiving the Kimberly Krans Women who Change the World award from WomenSafe. Val’s devotion to her patients and the members of the larger community inspires all of us.

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Letters to the Editor

Lawmakers help craft brewers

Not all statistics support ‘reasonable gun control’ In a recent editorial Angelo Lynn engaged in the time-honored practice of cherry-picking statistics in an effort to sway public opinion, in this instance for “reasonable gun control.” Here are some other cherry picked statistics that are also worth considering: According to a study in the “Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy,” there is a negative correlation between gun ownership and violent crime. The nation’s violent crime and murder rate have decreased by more than half since 1991, as the number of privately owned guns has roughly doubled. As published in the “Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology,” women use a gun 200,000 times a year to defend against sexual abuse. The U.S. has the highest per capita rate of firearm ownership, yet according to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, the U.S. ranks 103rd worldwide in intentional homicide rate. The majority of gun deaths in the U.S. (over 60 percent) are from suicide, not murder. From 1950 through 2015 98 percent of mass shootings, as defined by the FBI, occurred in gun free zones. Of the 27 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history only one

culprit was raised by their biological father since childhood. Vermont has one of the lowest per capita gun murder rates in the country. The reason these statistics seem to contradict those presented by Mr. Lynn is because violence in our society is a complex and nuanced problem that can be viewed from many perspectives. A gang-related shooting is not the same type of crime as a truck bomb. One has a tendency to choose statistics that support a desired solution. In the extreme, there are some who cynically highjack a tragedy in an effort to chip away at gun rights simply because they don’t like guns, want them removed completely from society and, secretly or not, don’t respect those who currently own them. This is unhelpful and, in fact, counterproductive. The problem of mass killings in our country clearly deserves serious discussion, but in an objective and clear-headed manner. Many factors need to be taken into account in dealing with this problem, such as the breakdown of the family unit and the acceptance of unfiltered violence in our media outlets. We should certainly make every attempt to prevent mentally unstable individuals from obtaining the means by which to cause harm to

others, especially on a large scale. Providing better security for schools and other “soft” targets should be a priority as well. These are just a few of the issues that need to be addressed if we are serious about getting results. The passage of broad brushstroke anti-gun laws that do little to solve this complex problem and that limit the rights of law abiding citizens who may even prevent such a catastrophe is not the answer. Humans intent on evil are hard to deter simply by limiting their resources. Just ask the surviving victims of the Oklahoma City, Boston and recent Austin bombings, the axe victims in Dusseldorf, Germany and the truck rampage victims in Nice, France. A narrow focus on gun control, particularly with condescending undertones and using selective statistics is not the way we should go about this, and when one brandishes terms such as “reasonable gun control” and “common sense gun laws” it implies those who disagree are unreasonable and lack common sense. This discredits those who use such terms and poisons the well for a civil discussion aimed at obtaining meaningful results. We can and should do better. C. W. Cobb Middlebury

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) one’s soccer coach. We still have a long way to go, but the majority of Americans no longer fear gay people. If I could wave a magic wand and change one thing about the world, I would wish to make people unafraid. The physical sensation of being scared is to have every muscle tense, the bowels clench, and the heart pound. If we needed to run from a saber toothed tiger, this physical reaction would be extremely helpful. But if we could relax and let go of fear, we could be so much friendlier to ourselves and others. We would have an easier time following the advice of wise teachers like Jesus who counseled us to welcome the immigrant, feed the hungry, and visit the prisoner.

So in this last paragraph, let me leave you with a yoga exercise for feeling safe in the world. You can have someone read it out loud to you, so you can close your eyes and listen to the words. Lie down on the floor and notice how that feels on your back. If your back feels achy or tender, lie with your legs up on the seat of a chair. Now notice whether your chin is jutting up toward the ceiling. If it is, take a folded towel or blanket under your head, so that your forehead and chin are level. Now observe all the different areas that are in contact with the floor. The backs of your shoulders, the back of your skull, your whole back, let these areas relax down. Place your hands on your abdomen, and take a few deep, slow breaths. Feel how your belly rises and falls. When you

exhale, let the breath go all the way out, and let your whole body release into the earth, with gravity. Feel how you are held by the earth, completely supported. Let go of tension, let go of judgment. Be friendly to yourself. You deserve to be here. You deserve to be safe. Rest like this for a few minutes, and then gently roll to the side and sit up. Do you feel safe? Joanna Colwell is a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher who founded and directs Otter Creek Yoga, in Middlebury’s Marble Works, and lives with her family in East Middlebury. When not practicing or teaching yoga, Joanna enjoys taking walks, cooking, serving on the board of WomenSafe, and working with the Middlebury chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. Feedback welcome at: joanna@ottercreekyoga.com

campaign against an opponent. The closest he came to it was in 1940 when he ran and won against Ralph Flanders, a Springfield industrialist, for the U.S. Senate nomination. Supporters of Aiken took a photograph of Flanders, with his starched high white collar and suit, at the Tunbridge Fair holding a wiggling small pig in his arms. That photograph made its way throughout the farming communities of Vermont much like a social media post gone viral would have today. Years later Aiken would still chuckle about that photo. Aiken would also have likely approved of Hallquist’s push back against policies from the Trump Administration that would have hurt his beloved Vermont, much like Aiken did when he opposed Roosevelt’s New Deal policies that he thought would disadvantage Vermonters in the 1930s. That said, Hallquist may have a hard time making that position stand out running against Phil Scott who has been very clear that as a Republican he did not support Trump as a candidate, nor does he now as President. His positions regarding the policies and actions of Donald Trump are no doubt a major reason that national polls ranking Governors show Scott with the fourth highest rating in the nation — 63 percent approval while 21 percent disapprove, according to Vermonters polled in this bluest of states. While Hallquist is credible in her view that rural Vermont needs help, Gov. Scott said much the same thing in his State of the State address early in January. Scott was even more direct in saying that other than Chittenden County, the rest of Vermont is falling behind and there is a need to focus economic growth programs in the other 13 counties.

Hallquist will need to walk a fine line as she positions on rural Vermont when Chittenden County is the only economic powerhouse we have got. If she has any chance of being elected she will need Democratic votes from the state’s most populous county. The Republican utility executive, who would now become a Democrat, (after voting for Scott in 2016) says she would need to raise $2 million to run and win against Scott. No doubt her transgender status would help raise money nationally as she would become a well-publicized national political figure should she capture the Vermont Democratic nomination in August. However, herein lies Hallquist’s initial challenge in her effort to cast herself as the “Democratic Aiken.” If Aiken were still alive today, he would be shocked at the prospect of $2 million being spent on a gubernatorial race in Vermont, just as he would have been when former Governors Dean, Douglas, Shumlin, and now Scott, have had to raise million-dollar plus campaign war chests to successfully run for governor. While there are some issues upon which Hallquist could claim the Aiken mantle, this is one major one that she will fail on. Yes, this is a different time, but tell that to Aiken who spent $17.09 cents in his last campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1968. He abhorred big money in politics and was always suspicious of candidates who spent all their time shaking down donors, the coin of the realm of modern campaigns. While I praise her good intentions, Hallquist may run into trouble trying to tie her Vermont political future to the idea of becoming the “Democratic Aiken” as it is terribly difficult to credibly copy a one of its kind.

Terry (Continued from Page 4A) assuming she wins the August primary against two challengers —environmentalist James Ehlers, and middle school student Ethan Sonneborn? Let’s start with the obvious: Hallquist runs a rural electric co-operative, and she is rightfully credited with restoring Vermont Electric Co-op in Johnson to financial health and stability. By comparison, Aiken was responsible for the formation of three electric co-ops — Washington Electric, the Vermont Electric, and the now defunct Halifax Electric Co-op. While Aiken was long deceased (1984) before Hallquist took over at Vermont Electric Co-op in 2005, I have no doubt, as a former Aiken staff member (1969-1975), that Aiken would have approved of Hallquist’s stewardship and leadership. In that regard, Aiken also would have been pleased with Hallquist’s record of leadership within the national Rural Electric Association, and her record for advocating new technologies for the betterment of her rural customer base. Likewise, Aiken would have been very impressed by Hallquist’s personal courage when the utility executive underwent a very public transgender change in 2015 and she became “Christine” after years as “Dave.” He would have been proud of the supportive way Hallquist’s employees, utility executives, political leaders, and many Vermonters accepted this change, as it says as much about the tolerant state in which we live as it does about her personal qualities. Aiken also would have approved of Hallquist’s stated intention to run the “nicest race” should she face the heavy favorite to win re-election as Governor, Republican Phil Scott. Aiken never ran a “personal”

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Most of the state’s microbrewer- magazines (over 10 rounds) will ies should be pleased. After much be banned. The bill will require work, the House voted out a bill background checks for all firereforming Vermont’s beer fran- arm sales. I supported this bill chise laws as they apply to small despite the fact that enforcement brewers. There are a few other of the background checks and measures that received a thumbs- owning high capacity magazines up from the House this month, but will be difficult. My hope is that first a word on our craft the Senate will clean brewers. up these sections. Vermont has over The Senate will now 55 craft brewers. The take up the legislation current rules concerning passed by the House. beer distribution were We will know in a few developed in the 1970s. weeks the final outcome They were designed to of these measures. equalize the bargaining Other measures that power between large have recently passed the breweries (Budweiser, House include: Coors) and our local • The House small distributors. approved a 2019 State Today, the beer marby Rep. Fred Baser, Budget. The budget ketplace is significantly amount requires no R-Bristol different than it was increase in taxes or fees in the ’70s. So what and meets the anticievolved in the Legislature were pated state revenue projections. rules that both continued to protect The budget’s grand total is $5.844 our distributors relative to the billion, which is a 1.1 percent inlarge breweries, and to recognize crease over last year. The budget that those protections are not is in keeping with Gov. Scott’s necessary in dealing with our craft goals. breweries. Starting in 2022, small EDUCATION FINANCE brewers will be able to negotiate The other major piece of legtheir own contracts with distribu- islation discussed last week was tors allowing for greater flexibility H-911, a bill that would change and fair termination clauses. This the method used to assess Vermont should help the craft brewers income tax and fund the public going forward. education system. The big political issue of the My previous update spelled out session has been gun control. proposed changes to the funding Two bills, one from the House of public education. Things have and one from the Senate, permit been revised since that report. the confiscation of firearms by What follows is an outline on the law enforcement when it has been contents of H-911. determined that an individual is Changes to State income tax a danger to themself and/or to system: others. These are positive actions • Collapses the top two income that provide added safety for Ver- tax brackets and lowers all personmonters. al income tax rates by 0.2 percent Last Friday, the Fire Arms • Creates a Vermont standard Safety Bill, S.55, was debated on deduction equal to $6,000 for the House floor for several hours. single filers and $12,000 for joint The bill has four major provi- filers. sions. Unless you have complet• Creates a Vermont personal ed a Gun Safety or Hunter Safety exemption equal to $4,150 per course, you will have to be 21 exemption. in order to purchase a firearm; if • Expands the Vermont Earned you have completed the course Income Tax Credit from 32 percent you can still buy a gun at 18. of the Federal Credit to 35 percent. Bump stocks and high capacity • Creates a 5 percent tax credit

Legislative Review

for the total amount of charitable contributions up to $10,000 of contributions, making the maximum tax credit $500. • Exempts taxable social security benefits from state income tax for single filers with $45,000 or in AGI and for joint filers, $60,000. It then phases out the exemption over the next $10,000 in income. Changes to the public education funding system: • Adds an Income Tax Surcharge built upon the above reforms to our income tax code. The rates are 0.1 percent on the lowest tax bracket, 0.5 percent for middle tax bracket, and 1 percent on the highest tax brackets. • The Homestead property tax rates will be reduced by an average of 10 percent due to the revenue gained from the income tax surcharge. • A new formula was established for calculating spending-adjusted Homestead tax rates. Property taxes will increase proportionally to increased per-pupil spending. Higher spending equals higher taxes. • The non-resident property tax rate is maintained at its current level of $1.591. • Retains the property tax adjustment for lower income Vermonters. • Retains the Renter Rebate program. • Repeals the current law excess spending penalty. • Requires school districts to include the normal cost of Teachers’ Retirement in their school budgets. • Dedicates 100 percent of the Sales and Use Tax and 25 percent of the Rooms and Meals Tax to the education fund. The state’s income tax rules were amended so that we could return to Vermonters the approximately $30 million tax dollars they would have paid due to the Federal Government’s 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The education funding revision was initiated out of a desire to reduce property taxes, especially in light of an anticipated tax increase for 2019.

Nuovo (Continued from Page 5A) The slave trade was abolished in Not only did it secure the fortunes of Great Britain in 1807; the United many individuals, it also contributed States followed suit in 1808. to the wealth of nations in Europe Ending the slave trade did not end and North America, and this wealth slavery, however. Emancipation brought with it many and the achievement economic and cultural of complete equality benefits. Therefore, “It is a sobering would take much longer, the rich and powerful reminder of and there is evidence gathered together and the recalcitrant that these goals have not lobbied to retain it. yet been fully achieved. force of such In 1788, Condorcet The corrosive and was a founder of a male prejudices corrupting affects of Society of Friends that in France the slave trade are still of Negroes and he women did not with us: racism, white composed a preamble receive the right nationalism, contempt for it. It is full of insight. to vote until for foreigners who don’t He describes the slave conform in appearance trade as a conspiracy 1944.” or manner to the of the global economy, waspish character of our for not only did it condemn groups traditional culture. of peoples to a life of involuntary In 1786, Condorcet married servitude, it also actively promoted Marie-Louise-Sophie de Grouchy political and tribal conflict; it (1764–1822), a philosopher, author brutalized the culture, and perverted and translator. They were lovers and the economy of an entire continent, intellectual partners. Not long after Africa, and its population. That their marriage they founded a society Condorcet should have described for the emancipation of women. In such behavior as criminal was 1790, Condorcet composed a series prescient; surely the charge of crimes of philosophical letters arguing the against humanity perfectly fits the case for it. He based his argument on African slave trade. equality. The argument for equality

among men is that they are sentient beings, capable of acquiring moral ideas and of applying them rationally. Because women also possess these very qualities, they cannot be denied equality with men. He reviewed opposing arguments, “the usual suspects.” Against the claim that women are unfit for an active life because they suffer from pregnancies and monthly indispositions, he observed that likewise men are commonly indisposed by gout and other male-only problems. He refuted the claim that women are not fit to rule by citing the examples of Elizabeth of England or Catherine the Great of Russia among others. He demolished other false claims: that women do not write as well, speak as well, or pursue science as well as men. In short, he showed that the belief that women are inferior to men is nothing more than a male prejudice, which requires social remediation. If these prejudices were not also tyrannical, an account of them would be a mere comedy. It is a sobering reminder of the recalcitrant force of such male prejudices that in France women did not receive the right to vote until 1944.

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Holy Week Services

Brandon ST. THOMAS CHURCH. Easter Service, Sunday, April 1, one service only, 9 a.m.

BRANDON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 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. 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. 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. 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. Holy Week prayer walk, March 29-30, 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. Sunday, April 1, 9 a.m., Easter service. NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 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.,

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH — Middlebury Middlebury Community House. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY. 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. Friday, March 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. 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 March 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. 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. Easter service Sunday, April 1, 10 a.m.

Shoreham SHOREHAM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 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. Good Friday Service 6 p.m., Friday, March 30. Easter Service 10 a.m., Sunday, April 1. ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Maundy Thursday, 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. 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. VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. 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. VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH. Saturday, March 31, 11:30 a.m., Egg-cellent 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.

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) Abraham Union High School auditorium. Stone will discuss and answer questions about her book, which examines global barriers to girls’ education. The presentation is free, open to the public and handicapped accessible. Guests are asked to arrive early so they can be directed to the auditorium by members of One World Library Project, which is hosting the event. It’s almost spring, which in many Addison County towns means it’s almost time to renew your dog license. Time runs out on Monday, April 2, in Middlebury, as well as in many other Vermont towns. Go to your local clerk’s office and bring a current rabies certificate to prove that your dog has been vaccinated. Every town charges a few bucks; it’s usually a little more if

the dog still has working reproductive parts. Monday’s deadline is a day later than usual because April 1 falls on a Sunday. The 2018 AARP Community Challenge is now accepting applications through May 16 to fund “quick-action” projects in communities across the country. Grants can range from several hundred dollars for small, short-term activities to several thousand for larger projects and are awarded to projects that deliver a range of transportation and mobility options that increase create vibrant connectivity, public places that improve open spaces, parks and access to other amenities, support the availability of a range of housing that increases accessible and affordable housing

options and other community improvements. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on May 16, and all projects must be completed by Nov. 5. Applications must be submitted through AARP.org/ CommunityChallenge. The Department of Environmental Conservation is now accepting applications for the Vermont Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. For 25 years, the annual award has recognized leaders from across the state, celebrating the actions they have taken to advance environmental sustainability. So if you have a neighbor, colleague or know of a local organization that should be considered for the award, visit dec.vermont.gov/environmentalassistance/governors-awards and enter their names.

Building sells (Continued from Page 1A) Co., also drew several interested spectators — including Middlebury businessman Tony Neri, who had planned to be in on the bidding. Ultimately, Malone prevailed with an offer of $1.13 million, according to Addison County Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Fred Kenney. The auction result essentially affirmed Malone’s ownership in the property. That’s because Malone had previously purchased the mortgage from the holder — the People’s Trust Company. So his bid included the mortgage, which the other bids could not reflect. Malone owns a combined total of 2 million square feet of business/ industrial space in the state of Vermont, including “The Cheese Plant” development on Route 116 in Hinesburg, the Ice Barn/Snap Fitness in Milton, Cherry Hill Plaza in Berlin, and the Professional Business Condos on the Barre-Montpelier Road in Montpelier. Malone Properties specializes in reclaiming older industrial/ commercial spaces and outfitting them for entrepreneurs. He specifically cited as examples of that specialty the Eveready plant in St. Albans and the Ethan Allen facility in Randolph. Renovations on the old Standard Register structure will likely begin this summer, according to Malone. That work will largely focus on the exterior of the structure, as he wants

his future tenants to have a say in the or sale, through Nedde Real Estate, future interior improvements. He will for an asking price of $3 million. It quickly get to work recruiting those was built in 1965 and is currently tenants. assessed by the town at $2.4 million. “It’s a building that lends itself But the property drew no longwell to multiple tenants,” Malone term tenants nor serious buyers. said, noting it is equipped with 11 It ultimately went to foreclosure, overhead doors, including nine truck- culminating in Tuesday’s auction. level loading docks Doug Nedde — and two grade-level current owner of Renovations on the docks. the Battell Block Kenney confirmed old Standard Register in downtown Middlebury’s need structure will likely Middlebury — for facilities ranging begin this summer, was among other in size from 8,000 to according to Malone. bidders for the 20,000 square feet property, according to accommodate That work will largely to Kenney. growing enterprises. focus on the exterior Neri late It was in early of the structure, as last month had 2017 that Connor he wants his future announced plans Homes laid off its tenants to have a say to be in on the entire workforce bidding. But he in the future interior of 63, citing ultimately decided financial reasons. improvements. He to take a pass, An investment will quickly get to based on the size of group led by local work recruiting those the initial bids and businessman Sam tenants. what he said were Pryor assumed some electrical ownership of the system deficiencies company’s assets, including its Route that will have to be corrected. 7 headquarters. Founded in 1992, New ownership will also be Connor Homes built a reputation responsible for an outstanding for its design and production of property tax bill of $100,215. colonial reproduction “kit” homes. The annual property tax bill for the The company recently reformed property has been placed at $65,902. and relocated to 227 Pond Lane in Kenney has already reached out Middlebury’s industrial park under to Malone to let him know about the the new corporate name “Connor local economic development corp.’s Mill Built Homes.” services and its willingness to help The new ownership last spring put him find potential clients for 1741 the 1741 Route 7 property up for lease Route 7 South.

Forum (Continued from Page 1A) and create an environment where residents can develop their ideas, according to leaders of the forum. “We’re not looking to instruct,” said Kristen Andrews, a member of the group’s steering committee. “We want to create a forum where people can be heard.” Saturday’s forum is a follow up to the Jan. 6 forum where more than 70 people gathered to brainstorm visions for the future of Mount Abraham. “People were really excited after Forum No. 1,” Andrews said. “The plan for Forum No. 2 is to get more concrete with those ideas.” One idea that has already begun to take shape is a nonprofit organization

called the 5-Town Community Learning Network, created to support the school and develop community connections. Ideas for that organization’s mission statement were drawn entirely from discussions at Forum No. 1, Andrews said. This Saturday, one room will focus on learning and a second will focus on ways the school might better serve as a 5-Town community center. In a departure from the first forum, Saturday’s event will set aside a third room for “emergent topics,” rather than discussions about Mount Abe’s physical campus and buildings. “We’re trying not to choose the topics,” said Andrews, who predicted that school infrastructure, as well the

recently defeated renovation bond, will come up naturally. At the end of the forum all the attendees will gather together to offer ideas about engaging the entire community. Forum No. 2 is scheduled to be 90 minutes shorter than Forum No. 1, but Andrews said people will be welcome to stay longer to continue their discussions. Those unable to attend this weekend should not lament: There will be more opportunities. The 5-Town Community Forum hopes to convene regularly, Andrews said, perhaps monthly. Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent. com.

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PHASE TWO OF the Middlebury rail bridges project has begun with the clearing of riverbank trees along Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury. The clearing will allow for an access road between Water Street and the Battell Block parking area. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Rail bridges (Continued from Page 1A) Otter Creek falls. That’s where the drainage system outflow will be installed. A temporary access road will be built from the Marble Works parking lot to the new outflow pipe opening, which will empty into the swirling basin at the foot of the falls that currently collects fallen trees and limbs. Local project liaison Jim Gish said the small Marble Works park above the construction area will remain open for public use. The access road will be removed and the grass restored after work is completed, and the Marble Works pathway to the Otter Creek footbridge will be repaved, officials said. Also due to begin in April will be preparations for another drainagerelated shaft, this one to be drilled into a spot on Triangle Park near St. Stephen’s Church. This will start with removal of park amenities and the installation of fencing around the park. Drilling and blasting is set to

begin in August, with completion expected in January. Triangle Park work will result in the long-term loss of about five nearby downtown parking spaces, project planners said. A fourth drainage shaft will be excavated near the train tracks, behind the Middlebury Fire Department headquarters off Seymour Street. Fencing is set to go up at that location in May, with drilling and blasting set for September. That segment of the project is forecast for completion next February. Workers this summer will also focus on another element of “phase two” — a temporary access road from the south (Otter Creek) end of Water Street along the rail line and, eventually, into the Battell parking lot. Its purpose is to allow construction vehicles to access the rail corridor in 2018 and 2019 and to provide access to the Battell parking lot for residents. Phase two also calls for burying

Storyteller Cindy Pierce to speak at Mt. Abe April 10-11 BRISTOL — Nationally recognized social educator and comic storyteller Cindy Pierce will be in Bristol on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 10 and 11, to speak first to Mt. Abraham students and later to the larger community. Pierce will be at Mt. Abe to speak to students from 11-12 p.m. on both the April 10 and 11 during the school day. She will also speak to the greater community on the evening of Tuesday, April 10, in the

Mt. Abraham Auditorium from 7-8 p.m. Pierce combines her humor and research as she talks to audiences about the realities kids confront in today’s media-driven world. Topics will include promoting healthy relationships and social courage in the digital age. Free snacks will be provided by the Eagles Cafe. Free childcare will be provided by Mt. Abraham National Honor Society students.

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ETHAN WEST SITS outside the Republic of Vermont sugarhouse he operates in Goshen. His evaporator is fired with wood pellets. Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Pellets (Continued from Page 1A) and wait. West and Seiler decided to make the switch last May. The new equipment arrived the first week of February. “That was cutting it a little close,” he said. “There were a few sleepless nights while we were waiting for it.” It took them about a week to set up the new equipment. “They kind of just drop it off in your dooryard, and then you get to figure it out for yourself,” he said, adding that the French Canadian company’s user manual wasn’t always clearly translated. But West and Seiler’s first test fire succeeded and the system is now up and running. Republic of Vermont buys its pellets, which are made from 100 percent compressed sawdust, from Vermont Wood Pellet in Clarendon. A truck drives up to the sugarhouse silo and the pellets are “blown in,” which really means blown up. The pellets are forced upward through an outside pipe to the top of the silo, which is taller than the sugarhouse and holds up to 11 tons of fuel. “It’s really loud,” West said. One such delivery per year, he hopes, is all they’ll need. Republic of Vermont was the first sugarhouse to sign up for the rebate on pellet-fired evaporators offered by the Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF), which was established in 2005 to help develop and deploy sustainable energy sources. Republic of Vermont received a $6,000 rebate from the CEDF — $200 for every square foot of the new evaporator pan. Not only is the system more efficient than wood firing, West said, but it saves him a lot of time. Now that he’s no longer dropping trees or cutting wood in the offseason, he can focus on Republic of Vermont’s

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apiary and the retail side of the business, which he says is itself a full-time job. The name of the operation was inspired by the early history of the Green Mountain State, West said. “Maple and honey are a part of that history, too, and we feel like that history is part of the essence of what we’re doing.” They’re not secessionists, though.

“Every year we get a couple of people asking us if we’re the Second Vermont Republic,” which is a local movement seeking to restore Vermont to its status as an independent republic. “That’s not us,” West said. “We’re not political.” Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@addisonindependent. com.

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(Continued from Page 1A) create more utilization of the little land left in Vergennes for all ages and income levels.” Planning Commission Chairman Shannon Haggett said planners had considered smaller lots, but only “late in the process,” and they did not want to make the change without more feedback from HDR residents. “We want to get more input from the people living in that district,” Haggett said, adding they will be

studying the issue. The amendments are based on the city plan that the city council adopted in 2017 upon planners’ recommendation. The Solar Energy Overlay District would limit the siting of solar arrays of greater than 15 kilowatts to a number of less populated areas in the city and is superimposed over other zoning districts. City officials said they favor rooftop arrays and other options, such

as solar shingles, in neighborhoods not in the overlay district. Other provisions would allow the DRB flexibility on garage siting, allow garages to be counted as parking spaces for proposed developments, place restrictions on sandwich board signs, and allow density bonuses for projects that meet “third party” energy standards. The council will hold its second, and almost certainly final, hearing on the regulations at 6 p.m. on April 24.

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KARL LINDHOLM

An enterprise of the Spirit: Why play? I am playful when I ski (and I rarely am in everyday life). I sing when I ski — the tune dictates my speed and rhythm. I feel weightless in heavy boots and skis attached — and heavy winter clothing covering my whole body. I almost fly when I ski. I love it when the incline of the trail is steep enough that the heels of my skis are right up against my butt and the tips of the skis are pointing straight down the face of the mountain. I am not afraid of heights and speed. These are not my words. I don’t ski, never have. I have four kids, all Vermonters born in Middlebury — none ski. These are the sentiments of a Middlebury College friend, a classmate, who was on the ski team and has continued to ski pleasurably into her 70s. I asked her, why? Why ski? Why still ski, taking into consideration practical concerns — expense, travel, time, aches & pains, risk of injury, mortality, and so on? She gave me a perfectly good practical answer — a biography of her life on the slopes, friendship, trips with family, love of winter, travel. That was not really what I was after. I was looking for something more essential. So I asked, “What does skiing do for your spirit?” and she offered the above reflections, among others. She is part of a group of women, classmates from college (the “Women of ’67,” or Wof67, they call themselves), who get together once or twice a year, to deepen the ties bound from so long ago. This winter, a contingent of a dozen or so shared a couple of days skiing at Sugarbush. She asked them the question about skiing and the spirit — and an absorbing discussion ensued that included these comments, conveying sensual pleasure, and joy: Swooping down the hill gives me a great fuzzy feeling that lasts, exhilarating even a day later. Skiing is being able to play outdoors in the winter; I like the smell (See Lindholm, Page 3B)

ScoreBOARD COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 3/27 TCNJ vs. Midd..................................10-6 Men’s Lacrosse 3/27 Denison vs. Midd..............................12-7 Baseball 3/25 Midd. vs. Claremont M-S..................10-8 3/25 Pomona-Pitzer vs. Midd.....................4-2 3/26 Midd. vs. Whittier................................6-4 3/27 Midd. vs. Cal Tech...............................8-5 3/28 Midd. at Redlands.............................Late Softball 3/25 Midd. vs. Mt. Mary............................12-2 3/25 Midd. vs. Buffalo St.............................5-1 3/27 Wellesley vs. Midd..............................5-4 3/27 Midd. vs. D’Youville.............................2-0 3/28 Midd. vs. Wis-Whitewater.................Late 3/28 Midd. vs. Loras..................................Late

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COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 3/29 Midd. at Montclair State.................. 3 PM 3/31 Midd. at Amherst............................. 2 PM 4/3 Union at Midd.................................... 7 PM 4/7 Colby at Midd.................................... Noon Men’s Lacrosse 3/31 Amherst at Midd.............................. 2 PM 4/4 Midd. at Hamilton......................... 4:30 PM 4/7 Midd. at Colby................................... 1 PM Baseball 3/30 Midd. vs. Williams (CA)................... 2 PM 3/30 Midd. vs. Williams (2, CA)............... 3 PM 4/6 Midd. at Wesleyan............................ 4 PM 4/7 Midd. at Wesleyan (2)....................... Noon Softball 3/30 Midd. at Norwich (2)........................ 3 PM 3/31 Midd. at Johnson St. (2).................. 1 PM 4/4 Midd. at Plattsburgh (2)............... 3:30 PM 4/6 Midd. at Amherst............................... 5 PM 4/7 Midd. at Amherst (2)......................... Noon Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

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VUHS senior leads Independent team By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — A balanced, tough Otter Valley group this

winter established itself as the best boys’ basketball team in these parts by not only reaching a Division II

semifinal, but also compiling a 4-0 record in games against Vergennes, Middlebury and Mount Abraham.

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Lance Bergmans is the Addison Independent High School Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year. Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

But although the Otters are deservedly well represented on the 2017 Addison Independent Boys’ Basketball All-Star Team, the area’s top player wore a slightly lighter shade of blue than OV’s: Commodore senior Lance Bergmans, the 2017 Addison Independent Player of the Year. Bergmans did it all for Peter Quinn’s VUHS squad, which closed the regular season with three straight wins to finish 7-13 before a tight playoff loss at OV. The team leader scored efficiently, rebounded, set up his teammates and defended. One of his senior teammates joins him on the Independent squad. Coach Greg Hughes’ Otters closed their season in style, winning nine of 11 games to finish 158, with both of those losses to D-II champion Fair Haven, the second one in a Barre semifinal. Three Otters earned recognition here. Coach Kyle Lussier’s MUHS squad easily could have had a better record than 6-15: Five of the Tigers’ losses were by four points or fewer, a couple in heartbreaking fashion. Three members of what was arguably the area’s deepest team are honored here. Coach Martin Clark’s Mount Abe group won six times, with a victory over D-II finalist Milton showing what they could accomplish on a good night. Two seniors made the Independent squad. As always, selections were made based on observation, statistics and consultation with the coaches. CongratulaBERGMANS tions to the following: FIRST TEAM: LANCE BERGMANS, VUHS SENIOR, PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Notes: Excelled in all phases of the game for VUHS, averaging 17.6 points (while taking 10.5 shots per game), 9.1 rebounds (at six-foot-two), 4.4 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.2 blocked shots … Shot 49 percent from two-point range, 40 percent from behind the arc, and 87 percent from the free throw line … Heady player who often ran the (See Hoop stars, Page 3B)

Middlebury baseball starts picking up wins CALIFORNIA — The Middlebury College baseball team won three times in five games in recent action during its spring break trip to California between March 24 and 27. The Panthers (4-7) were set to play at Redlands on Wednesday before playing a three-game set vs. league foe Williams this Friday and Saturday, also in California. On March 24 host Chapman edged the Panthers, 5-3, after taking a 5-0 lead off loser Colby Morris (1-2) in the first three innings. Morris tossed a complete game, allowing two earned

runs on four hits over eight innings. Middlebury scored twice in the fourth on a Hayden Smith walk, a stolen base, one of two Justin Han singles, and a Kevin Woodring double. In the sixth Sam Graf doubled, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Alan Guild’s groundout. On Sunday the Panthers split two games. In the first game they defeated Chapman, 10-8, in 10 innings. In the 10th, Smith walked, moved to second on a bunt, and scored on a Guild double. Pinch runner Henry Strmecki took third on a wild pitch

and scored on a Brooks Carroll sacrifice fly. George Goldstein picked up his first career win with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief. Starter Will Oppenheim also threw well, giving up just three hits and striking out six. Han had three hits and drove in three runs, Phil Bernstein poked a three-run homer, Carroll had two hits and scored twice, Woodring and Grant Elgarten each doubled and singled, and Graf singled twice and drove in a run. Later in the day, Pomona-Pitzer broke a scoreless tie with four runs

in the eighth off losing pitcher Bobby Sullivan for a 4-2 win. In the ninth, Han doubled and Guild homered to produce the Panther runs. Colin Waters threw seven scoreless, threehit innings for the Panthers, and Han and Strmecki had two hits apiece. On Monday the Panthers defeated host Whittier, 6-4, in 10 innings. Carroll led off the top of the 10th with a tiebreaking solo homer, and Han scored an insurance run: He was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on an error. Jack Miller picked up his (See Baseball, Page 2B)

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CLERMONT, Fla. — The Middlebury College softball team opened its season in Clermont, Fla., by winning six times in eight games between March 23 and 27. The Panthers (6-2 heading into two games on Wednesday) are scheduled to play doubleheaders at Norwich and Johnson State on Friday and Saturday, conditions permitting. The Panthers opened with two wins on March 23. In the first game they shrugged of an early 2-0 deficit to defeat Allegheny, 4-3. Allison Quigley paced the win. She tossed five innings, allowing one earned run on five hits, to earn the pitching win, and poked three hits and scored twice, including the go-ahead run in the seventh on a Liza Tarr double. Tarr picked up two RBIs in all, while Emily Moore and Olivia Bravo doubled and Kaylee Gumm singled as the Panthers tied the game with two runs in the fourth. In the second game of the day, Thomas took a 5-0 lead before the Panthers bounced back for a 9-5 win. Freshman Emily Morris earned her first career win, throwing five innings of two-hit relief with seven strikeouts. Gumm drilled a two-run homer, Taylor Gardner and Tarr both singled and doubled, Bravo singled twice, Moore belted a two-run triple, Kati Daczkowski contributed an RBI double, and Ali Della Volpe earned an RBI (See Softball, Page 2B)

Sports BRIEFS Tiger girls help hockey all-star team post victory ESSEX — Five Middlebury Union High School senior girls’ hockey team members played for the winning Austin squad in the annual Rotary Hockey Classic on Saturday in Essex. The game pits teams of Vermont seniors against one another to benefit charity. Tiger senior defender Abby Gleason was named the MVP for the Austin team, which got an overtime goal from Northfield’s Brianna Doty to defeat the Harris team, 3-2. Also scoring for the Austin team were South Burlington’s Claire Wright and Rutland’s Meghan Hamilton. Joining Gleason on the winning side were her senior Tiger teammates Helen Anderson, Tully Hescock, Satchel McLaughlin and Raven Payne.

TCNJ deals Panther women’s lax first loss TRENTON, N.J. — Host The College of New Jersey on Tuesday dealt the Middlebury College women’s lacrosse team its first loss of the season, 10-6, in a matchup of two highly ranked NCAA Division III teams. The No. 2 Panthers dropped to 6-1 heading into a Thursday road game at Montclair State. They will visit undefeated No. 7 Amherst on Saturday. No. 4 TCNJ, which earlier had lost to Wesleyan, a team the Panthers handled easily, moved to 7-1. The Lions dominated Tuesday’s second half, outscoring the Panthers, 7-3, after a 3-3 first half. Middlebury took a 2-0 lead on an early goal by Emma McDonagh, from Jenna McNicholas, and from Erin Nicholas at 11:13. But TCNJ was controlling play and went on a three-goal run between 7:13 and 2:09, getting a goal from Kathleen Jaeger and two from Olivia Cleale. McDonagh evened the score at

1:21 on a nice spin move from five yards out. The Lions retook the lead on Cleale’s third goal 6:20 into the second half. McDonagh tied the game minutes later with a high shot from five yards out from the top of the crease. TCNJ responded with three goals, one from Jaeger and one each from Amanda Muller and Allie Gorman one free positions for a 7-4 lead at 16:19. Goals from Kirsten Murphy and Georgia Carroll helped Middlebury cut the lead to 8-6 at 6:36, but the Lions closed out the scoring and became the first team to reach double figures on the Panthers this season. TCNJ earned advantages in shots (23-18), ground balls (3119), turnovers (20-26) and fouls (12-25). Panther goalie Julia Keith stopped four shots, and Lion goalie Miranda Chrone made four saves. Lion defender Elizabeth Morrison caused 10 turnovers.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE FRESHMAN Kirsten Murphy assisted on five goals in the Panthers’ 14-4 win over Bowdoin Saturday afternoon. Middlebury’s six-game winning streak came to an end Tuesday with a 10-6 loss to The College of New Jersey.

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Middlebury lax dealt two losses

Season for trout opens on April 14

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s traditional trout fishing season is set to open on Saturday, April 14, and despite recent cold weather and lingering snow cover across the state, officials from Vermont Fish & Wildlife say anglers can be successful early in the season by following a few basic tips. “Just like any other time of year, anglers fishing early in the spring should adjust their tactics based on the conditions,” said State Fisheries Biologist Bret Ladago. “Given the cold weather and runoff from recent storms and snow melt, water levels will be high, flows will be faster than normal and water temperatures will be cold. “As a result, anglers may want to target small to medium low-elevation rivers and streams where flows are slow and waters will warm more quickly,” added Ladago. “Finding water that isn’t too muddy can be key, and slowing your lure or bait retrieval will help tempt sluggish trout into biting.” Trout will often hold close to the bottom in the deeper areas of streams during high flow conditions to conserve energy. Choose locations and tactics that allow you to fish your bait or lure right along the bottom. Ladago said that fishing slowly with worms or spinners through deep holes behind current breaks created by big boulders, downed trees or log-jams can be productive for early season trout. Vermont is known for its excellent and diverse fishing opportunities for wild trout. Trout stocking in streams and rivers generally occurs in May, following spring runoff, so most early season fishing is entirely supported by wild trout.

BRUNSWICK, Maine — The Middlebury College men’s lacrosse team dropped a pair of recent road games and stand at 3-4, 1-3 in NESCAC play heading into a 2 p.m. home game on Saturday vs. league rival Amherst. Amherst is ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division III. On this past Saturday host. Bowdoin pulled away from Middlebury after the first quarter to win, 17-8. The game was tied at 5-5 early in the second period before the Polar Bears (4-2, 2-2 NESCAC and winners of four straight) scored the final four goals of the first half and then opened the third quarter with a 6-1 run to take a 15-6 lead. A.J. Kucinski led the Panthers with four goals and an assist, while Henry Riehl and Michael McCormack each

one apiece McCormick and Jack Gould, but Denison went on its run to take a 9-4 lead. Goals by Riehl, Parker Lawlor and Chase Goree pulled the Panthers to within 10-7 with 10:04 remaining in the game, but Denison closed out the scoring with two late goals. Midgley made eight saves for Middlebury, Jake Madnick won 10 of 18 faceoffs and picked up six ground balls, and Laurence Jackson forced three turnovers and picked up five ground balls. Brooks Davy scored four goals, and goalie Stephen Paras made four saves for Denison (7-2).

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WHEN VERMONT’S TROUT season opens on Saturday, April 14, anglers can improve their chances of success by fishing their bait or lure slowly along the bottom of deep stream sections Photo courtesy Vermont Fish & Wildlife

“Angling success may be improved by focusing on waters known to hold wild fish,” said Ladago. “Despite unpredictable weather during early spring, each year anglers report catching impressive trout during opening weekend.” Anglers who like to fish and release their catch don’t need to wait for opening day. There are year-round catchand-release fishing opportunities for trout and bass in Vermont. See pages 35-36 of the 2018 Vermont Fishing Guide and Regulations for a list of

rivers open to year-round trout fishing. The Guide is a helpful tool for planning a fishing trip as it includes maps showing rivers and lakes, as well as fishing access areas and public lands for fishing and hunting. It also lists the fish species found in each body of water. Copies are available free where fishing licenses are sold or by calling the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department at 802-828-1000. A digital version is available on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website vtfishandwildlife. com.

Baseball (Continued from Page 1B) first career win, allowing one run and four hits over three innings of relief. Goldstein recorded his first career save with a scoreless 10th inning. Earlier, Smith scored on the front end of a double steal in the fourth, and the Panthers scored three runs in the fifth on a Han double and singles by Bernstein, Drew Coash and Smith. Smith led the Panthers with three hits. On Tuesday Middlebury rallied for

had a goal and an assist. Charles Midgley made two saves for the Panthers while allowing 15 goals in 41:37 of action. Tyler Bass played the final 18:23, allowing two scores and making three saves. Brett Kuila led Bowdoin with four goals. John Young made 13 saves in the Polar Bear net, and Jack O’Connor made one stop over the final 2:27. Sam Carlin won 19 of 25 faceoffs for the Polar Bears. On Tuesday host No. 8 Denison scored eight straight goals in a 12-7 victory over the Panthers. Middlebury took a 4-3 lead early in the second quarter on two goals from Riehl and

an 8-5 win over Caltech, which took an early 4-0 lead. Middlebury made it 4-3 with three runs in the third. Sebastian Sanchez singled, and Carroll walked and moved up on a bunt before Han singled them in. Sam Graf later singled to drive in Han. Hamilton Evans homered in the fourth to tie the game, but the Beavers retook the lead in the bottom of the inning. Middlebury tied the game in the fifth, when Smith was hit by

a pitch and eventually scored on a fielder’s choice. The Panthers staged the winning three-run rally in the seventh. Carroll walked and scored on an error, and Elgarten doubled in the second run. He scored on an error on an Andrew Hennings infield single. Robert Erickson (1-0) picked up the win with 4.2 innings of threehit relief, and Morris earned his first career save with a scoreless ninth.

MONTPELIER — Spring weather flower seed. Bringing feeders in at is welcomed by all. The Vermont night doesn’t work, because bears Fish & Wildlife Department would will still feed on seed that is spilled like to remind Veron the ground. monters that warm “We are asking Bird feeders spring weather and anyone who has a are just one of the melting snows, things that can while a balm to problem with a bear attract hungry human souls, will to report the incident bears. Other food also cause bears in a form that we sources that bears to come out of have on our website, find appealing are their winter dens vtfishandwildlife.com, pet food, barbecue in search of food. grills, garbage, under Living with With that in mind, household trash the department Wildlife.” containers, open — Forrest Hammond dumpsters, recommends taking and down bird feeders campsites with on April 1 to avoid attracting those accessible food and food wastes. hungry bears. And in case anyone was wondering, Bears are very fond of suet and purposely feeding a bear is not only bird seed, especially black oil sun- bad for the bear, it’s also illegal.

Vermont Fish & Wildlife also offers the following tips to avoid bear problems: • Keep chickens and honeybees secure within an electric fence or other bear-proof enclosure. • Never feed bears, deliberately or accidentally. • Feed your pets indoors. • Store trash in a secure place. Trash cans alone are not enough. “We are asking anyone who has a problem with a bear to report the incident in a form that we have on our website, vtfishandwildlife. com, under Living with Wildlife,” said Forrest Hammond, Vermont’s bear biologist. “There is a section in the form where you can ask us to call you to provide advice.”

Softball The Panthers won twice on (Continued from Page 1B) on an infield single. Sunday. They cruised to a 12-2, Middlebury split two games on five-inning victory over Mount Mary March 24. The Panthers started with a in the opener as Margiotta picked up 5-2 setback against the pitching win, Farmingdale State. allowing four hits Irene Margiotta The Panthers won and whiffing nine. tossed the first four twice on Sunday. Mandell drove innings and took the They cruised to a in five runs with loss, yielding three 12-2, five-inning a pair of hits, runs on seven hits, victory over Mount including a grand while Quigley gave slam, and scored up two runs (one Mary in the opener twice; Quigley earned) in the final as Margiotta picked homered, doubled, three innings. Quig- up the pitching win, drove in two runs ley doubled twice allowing four hits and and scored twice; and scored twice whiffing nine. Daczkowski to pace the Panther doubled, singled, attack, and Melanie drove in a run and Mandell singled home a run. scored twice; and Gumm and Della Later in the day the Panthers Volpe had RBI hits. defeated Juniata, 6-3, as Morris In Sunday’s second game the earned the complete-game win, Panthers topped Buffalo State, 5-1. allowing two earned runs. Moore Quigley allowed one run on two hits drove in three runs with two triples; in five innings while fanning seven, Daczkowski tripled in one run before and Morris mopped up, whiffing three scoring on a wild pitch, and singled in two innings of hitless relief. Moore home another, and Mandell doubled doubled, singled, drove in a run and in a run and singled. Tarr added a pair scored a run; Gumm tripled home a of hits. run and scored a run; Daczkowski

singled in a run; Mandell doubled, scored, and drove in a run; and Margiotta doubled and scored. The Panthers split two games on Tuesday. Wellesley edged them in the first game, 5-4, with Morris taking the complete-game pitching loss allowing three earned run on seven hits with five strikeouts. Middlebury scored in the second on back-to-back doubles by Daczkowski and Olivia Bravo; in the fourth, when Della Volpe came home on an error; and in the fifth, on Mandell’s two-run homer. Daczkowski and Mandell each had two hits. Middlebury blanked D’Youville College, 2-0, in the second game, Quigley tossed 5.1 scoreless innings for her third win of the season and 33rd of her career, good for second place in program history. Morris retired all five batters she faced for the save. Quigley’s first-inning single also plated Mandell, who had doubled. In the third Quigley singled and scored on a Moore hit. Moore’s single gave her a hit in all eight games.

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Panther track opens spring slate

Hoop stars (Continued from Page 1B) point, played hard, handled challenging defensive assignments, showed maturity and leadership, and never stopped working on his already strong ballhandling and shooting skills. Quinn’s Quotes: “He’s the proverbial coach on the floor. He was the guy I always trusted to understand what we were trying to do … He’s unfailingly intense. He plays every play. It makes him a joy to play with and coach … He was really focused on winning. He would have been happy with 10 points a game if we got to Barre … I can’t tell you how many days during the season, never mind out of the season, he showed up (at the gym) at six in the morning … He was our unquestioned leader in all senses of the word.” JOSH LETOURNEAU, OV SENIOR. Notes: Explosive scorer and tough, quick-handed defender who led the Otters with 14.3 points per game and scored double that amount several times, including 31 points in a pivotal win over Mount St. Joseph that triggered OV’s late-season surge … Versatile, speedy offensive player who could finish at the rim off the dribble or in transition and heat up from three-point range … Co-captain who led by example. Hughes Quotes: “Josh is most deserving of any award. He takes senior leadership to another level … He’s always working the hardest and pushing others and representing his team, school and community very well … In practice you LETOURNEAU have to run drills that are very low key at times because he will wear himself out. That’s how hard he goes … He was a crucial part of our offense. Being our high scorer and our point guard put a lot of pressure of him, and he was able to handle it.” DYLAN MACKIE, OV JUNIOR. Notes: Terrific ballhandler and passer who teamed up with Letourneau in the backcourt to make OV difficult to defend … Averaged 12.7 points and a local best of 5.0 assists per game … Sees the court and reads plays well, delivers passes right on the money, and can drive or shoot threes effectively … Used his quickness to harass opposing ballhandlers and help key an OV defense that held opponents to fewer than 50 points 11 times. Hughes Quotes: “Even though he was not our point guard Dylan easily had the most assists on the team … He has a lot of weapons on the court. He can shoot, and he has amazing MACKIE ballhandling and court vision … Despite his height he was our best play maker … Each game we played the other team had to take into account of where he was at all times.” JACKSON COUNTER, MT. ABE SENIOR. Notes: Added another fine season to his four-year varsity career, leading the Eagles with 12.2 points per game while chipping in averages of 6.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists, plus 21 steals and 13 blocks … Dangerous three-point shooter with the skill and strength to take the ball to the basket … Often scored in bunches when the Eagles needed it most. Clark’s Quotes: “He’s been the rock of the program for four years … He’s the guy that, in the games that we took over, he was the major factor in us winning … At the same time he helped us stay in games … He’s COUNTER just a solid all-around player, for sure … He has that winning mentality … He’s a decent defender … Offensively he played inside and out, and oftentimes just took control of the game.” CODY POMAINVILLE, MUHS SENIOR. Notes: Athletic, skilled guard who led the Tigers with 11.5 points per game and averaged 2.25 rebounds … The Tiger player who was most capable of creating his own offense … Had the ability to finish at the rim, including the occasional dunk, or dial in from long distance … Disruptive defender with quick feet and long arms. Lussier’s Quotes: “He was definitely one of our key guys we looked toward all season … Cody had a lot of passion. He was very driven. He wanted to win … He’s a good athlete … POMAINVILLE He could get to the rim and score … Over the years Cody has grown, physically grown and become a strong, explosive player … He could close out as good as anyone on our team as a defender. He could move his feet.” SECOND TEAM DUSTIN WHITCOMB, MOUNT ABE SENIOR. Notes: Hustling, competitive forward who led the Ea-

gles with 7.4 rebounds per game despite typically giving away size … Chipped in 9.1 points per game, many coming on baseline jumpers and putbacks, and contributed 1.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game … Versatile defender who could handle bigger opponents or quick guards and routinely came up with loose balls. Clark’s Quotes: “The energy he brings to the court is unmatched … His energy level is consistent throughout the game, WHITCOMB and he’s tireless … He does things during the game that are extremely helpful, but don’t show up on the stat sheet … His rebounding was huge for us this year … He was probably our best post defender … He was very quick. He certainly made things happen defensively for us.” PAYSON WILLIAMS, OV SENIOR. Notes: Senior co-captain and team leader who averaged 9.18 points and led the Otters with more than six rebounds a game as a five-eleven power forward … Had a nice touch in the lane and could extend his shooting range to the three-point line … Tough defender, almost always against bigger opponents, and his ability to help on defense allowed the OV guards to apply pressure to the ball. Hughes Quotes: “Payson Williams stepped up a lot for his senior year … His leadership on and off the court was something that will be tough to replace next year … He is a very smart athWILLIAMS lete who was our defensive floor general. He was always in help position ... I think he brought the brains to the team … He was a force inside, accounting for the majority of our rebounds, and he opened the lane for our guards to come in and grab boards.” ETHAN SAUSVILLE, VUHS SENIOR. Notes: Efficient scorer in the lane at five-ten who averaged 7.5 points per game while shooting at a team-best 49.6 percent clip … Strong defender at small forward who averaged 2.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.2 steals … Most notably drew 41 charging calls in 20 games with smart positioning and complete fearlessness. Quinn’s Quotes: “I don’t think many high school kids shoot over 49 percent … He does those little things that don’t show up … 41 charges in 20 games, that speaks to the fact that he is aware on the court … It was always stepping in and being aware of space and positioning … He’s a really good SAUSVILLE team defender. He shot for a good percentage. He took really good shots. That sums it up.” JD GOETTELMANN, MUHS SENIOR. Notes: Solid all-round guard whose steadily improving floor generalship helped the Tigers cut their turnovers in half over the course of the season … Averaged 7.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists, numbers that were higher down the stretch … Good shooter with solid ballhandling skills and good court awareness and poise. Lussier’s Quotes: “JD grew as the season went along … The biggest thing for me was the progress JD made through his senior year in his decision-making … I think he made a lot of GOETTELMANN smart decisions with the ball … He started scoring the ball, too, becoming another threat to score … He helped create opportunities for some of these other guys to flourish.” PARKER BEATTY, MUHS JUNIOR. Notes: Versatile, athletic, two-way player whose value to the Tigers exceeded his averages of five points, five rebounds and 1.5 assists … Capable of defending point guards and power forwards, and offensively capable of playing point guard or power forward … Good passer with decent shooting range and finishing ability, with knack for grabbing offensive boards … Another Tiger who improved as the season progressed. Lussier’s Quotes: “What he did didn’t always translate to the numbers … At times we could run our offense through Parker … It transformed at times how we played our offense with BEATTY Parker’s inside-outside game … He’s a great defender … He could go up and get a rebound like no one else on our team … He could lead the break at times, too … The versatility that Parker gave us and his athleticism was really important to us.”

Squad posts solid results out west

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Middlebury College men’s and women’s track and field teams opened the outdoor portion of the schedule on Saturday by competing at the PLNU Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Point Loma Nazarene. The Panther men won the invitational by collecting 155 points among 11 scoring teams, edging out Tufts, which finished with 151. The women finished third among 13 scoring teams with 114 points, trailing only the host Sea Lions (197) and Williams (194). The Panthers will next continue their spring trip out west this Saturday by participating in the California Collegiate Invitational hosted by U.C. San Diego. On the men’s side Jimmy Martinez left his mark by winning the 400-meter race in 47.78 and setting a meet record and school mark in the process. His time bested Navy’s Austin Batiste’s mark of 47.86 in 2015 for the meet record and former teammate Alex Nichols’ mark of 48.30 in the Panther record

book set in 2016. meters, finishing the day’s longest Nicholas Hendrix was second race in 17:13.03. Katie Glew had in a field of 55 runners in the 200 a second-place performance in the meters with a clocking of 21.54 1,500 meters, completing the event seconds. The Middlebury 4-by- in 4:38.50. 400-meter relay team was also The Panthers excelled in the second, finishing the throwing events, event in 3:22.13. highlighted by Harrison Knowlton The Panther men Julia Lothrop and added a third-place won the invitational Helene Rowland in effort in the 5,000 by collecting 155 the javelin. Lothrop meters, finishing in points among 11 was third with a 14:56.41. throw of 123-6, scoring teams, In the javelin, while Rowland Taylor Moore had a edging out Tufts, was fourth with a heave of 165-10 to which finished with distance of 117-3. place third, while 151. The women Rowland was third Jonathan Fisher finished third among in the shot put with cleared six-two 13 scoring teams a toss of 39-8.5, to finish third in and Emily Ray was the high jump. with 114 points, third in the hammer Fisher also claimed trailing only the host throw at 123-8. fourth place in the Sea Lions (197) and The 4x400 relay 110-meter high Williams (194). team of Katherine hurdles with a time McCluskey, Lucy of 16.06 seconds. Lang, Anna Willig John Natalone cleared the bar at and Kate Holly ran a time of 14-9 to record a third-place finish 4:00.28 to take fourth place. In the in the pole vault, while Minhaj 4x100 relay, the quartet of Ellie Rahman tossed the hammer 148-1 Greenberg, Holly, Alex Cook and to take fourth place. Elizabeth Walkes combined for a For the women, Katherine time of 49.32 seconds to place fifth. MacCary paced the field in the 5,000

Lindholm (Continued from Page 1B) of snow — today it was the smell of water. I love the feeling of my body doing what I tell it to do. One of the four categories of play that sociologist Roger Caillois identified in his 1958 book, “Man, Play, and Games” is Ilinx or Vertigo. These are games that are based upon the “pursuit of vertigo” and aim to “inflict a kind of voluptuous panic upon an otherwise lucid mind.” That’s what I’m talking about! A voluptuous panic. Caillois was responding to Dutch cultural historian Johan Huizinga’s classic conception of play as “free activity, delimited within a ‘sacred’ area and thus separated from ordinary life.” Sports! It’s possible for us, me anyway, to apply our conventional sporting activity to these definitions. One of the many books I planned in life to write was a Studs Terkel-type compendium of first person accounts of “Why Play,” in which athletes of all types and all ages, from Little League to senior league, formal and informal, explain the extraordinary immanent and ineffable

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pull of sports in their lives: Not talking here about the spectator appeal of sports from a barstool or couch — but out there in the muck and mire, risking injury, defying weather, inertia, illness, the rigors of age, and life’s myriad inhibitions to play sports. It’s not work. We talk about athletes we admire because they work hard. We extol their “work ethic.” But make no mistake, at the core, play, or the preparation for play, is at its core exhilarating, joyful, even if we attach other meaning to it (wins and losses, for example). It is indeed a “voluptuous panic.” Why get up at dawn to run, why join an after work hoops or soccer league, when you could be sleeping, reading, or socializing with friends. Why go hit balls on the practice range if not in anticipation of something rich and arresting, something to be earnestly sought and repeated. What is more perfect than a drive straight down the middle, high and far? It produces a great feeling. I wish I had never heard of endorphins, the biological explanation for the “high” we get when we engage in vigorous physical activity. For me, that seems to provide a too coolly scientific and antiseptic

rationale for the joy and passion in our play, that voluptuous panic. For me, a child of Scandinavian forebears and restrained Yankees — cautious people — I am by nature risk-averse and attracted to the safe path. Sports then were a blessed release from constraint, something to be done with abandon, and just about the only thing that allowed me to live so freely in the moment. Unlike my friend, the skier, I am afraid of both heights and speed. The wages of time, the aging process, means I have less access now to the powerful appeal of play, though it is strong in my memory and I am prone indeed to vicarious thrills. Sports at their core and at their best are an enterprise of the spirit.

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Police remove agitated man from CSAC MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Police removed, from the Counseling Service of Addison County Main Street offices, a drunken man who was being “belligerent and very agitated” on March 23. In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Assisted a woman who on March 19 said she had been harassed. • Helped a Case Street landlord who was having problems with a tenant on March 19. • Investigated a report of a man carrying a crossbow on Water Street on March 19. Police said they could not find such a person. • Assisted a local man who on March 21 reported receiving harassing phone calls from a woman. • Referred, to family court, a local man seeking to have a drunken relative removed from his home on March 21. • Helped a parent with an out-ofcontrol teenage girl in the Route 7 south area on March 21. • Served a no-trespass order on March 20 on a man not wanted at the

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One Dollar Market. • Investigated a report of a woman driving away from the Porter Medical Center campus while possibly impaired on March 22. • Helped a local man who was experiencing a mental health issue on March 22. • Received a report on March 22 about a possible assault at the Frank Mahady Courthouse. Police continue to investigate the matter. • Ticketed vehicles on College Street on March 22 that were in violation of the town’s winter parking ban. • Investigated a report of a drunken man yelling at himself in the Shaw’s Supermarket parking lot on March 23. • Investigated a motor vehicle complaint on Monroe Street on

March 23. • Helped Vermont Department for Children & Families officials find a runaway girl on March 23. • Served a no-trespass order on a local man on Seymour Street on March 23. • Were informed someone had driven a snow machine on a Creek Road resident’s property on March 23 without first asking the landowner’s permission. • Ticketed several vehicles in violation of the town’s winter parking ban on various local streets on March 24. • Investigated a report of the smell of marijuana allegedly emanating from a South Village Green apartment on March 25. Police said they could detect no such smell. • Responded to a noise complaint at a Court Street apartment on March 25. • Dispersed a group of drunken people who had gathered in the hallway of a Court Street apartment building on March 25.

City police receieve DUI recognition help VERGENNES — Vergennes Police Department’s Drug Recognition Expert Jill Grant twice recently helped Vermont State Police with driving-under-the-influence-ofdrugs cases. In a March 24 case, according to Police Chief George Merkel, Grant offered guidance to VSP in their Middlesex barracks over the phone. Merkel said the DRE provided questions and procedures to VSP on the phone call that enabled VSP to gather enough evidence to require a DUI-drug suspect to submit to blood testing. The other case, Merkel said, came on March 19 and was more typical: Grant went to VSP’s New Haven barracks to evaluate a suspect. Vergennes police also were kept busy between March 19 and 25 with late-winter enforcement of the city’s December-through-March ban on overnight parking on its streets. During a snowy week police issued a dozen tickets to violators of the wintertime ban, which expires on March 31. In other action between March 19 and 25, Vergennes police: On March 19: • Spoke, along with school officials, to a Vergennes Union High School student who brought a

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vaporizer to school; police said he was unaware there was nicotine in the product he was vaping, and they and school officials asked him to speak to a counselor. • Went to McKnight Lane in Waltham to look into a complaint that someone had looked into a home through a window in a door; police said they found no footprints in the snow in what was the second time they had responded to a similar unfounded complaint at the home. • On behalf of the Addison County Sheriff’s Department, cited a resident for driving with a suspended license. On March 20: • On behalf of Shelburne police, unsuccessfully tried to find an acquaintance of a DUI suspect. • Calmed a child custody dispute at a Hillside Drive apartment. • Helped Richmond police by taking a statement from a city resident. • Dealt with a dog-barking complaint on North Maple Street. On March 22, took a complaint

from a Northlands Job Corps student that he was being bullied; according to Northlands officials the student was being terminated for being disruptive and for being ineligible for program participation. On March 23: • Issued a motorist tickets for speeding and possession of marijuana and paraphernalia at a West Main Street traffic stop. • Helped conduct a lockdown drill at VUHS. • Responded for a third time in the past two weeks to a noise complaint at a North Green Street apartment; police spoke to the landlord. On March 24, cited Kelley Zilembo, 35, of Bristol for DUI and failing to yield at a stop sign. Police allege her blood-alcohol content tested at 0.124 after they stopped her car for failing to honor a stop sign at the junction of New Haven Road and Route 7. On March 25: • Found a debit card while on patrol and attempted to contact its owner. • Responded to a complaint of a violation of a restraining order; police said the complaint was false, but stood by while an individual retrieved belongings from a West Main Street residence.

Help move amphibians to safety ADDISON COUNTY — In early spring amphibians abandon the protection of their upland wintering sites to move to lower, wetter sites where they gather and lay eggs. Some amphibians put themselves in jeopardy by crossing roads to get to their reproductive sites. Depending on local vehicle traffic, entire amphibian populations can be wiped out in the process. Otter Creek Audubon and the Salisbury Conservation Commission have assisted amphibians at an important road crossing in Salisbury for over a decade. The site is ideal from the human perspective. Hundreds of salamanders and frogs of seven species cross here, and it has little vehicle traffic on warm, wet nights when amphibians are likely to move. It offers a predictable opportunity for people to observe a dramatic natural spectacle and to monitor an amphibian migration in relative safety. To witness this remarkable migration and help perpetuate it, Otter Creek Audubon and the Salisbury Conservation Commission ask you to sign up to receive an email alert on the morning of a projected big movement during the movement window between Monday, March 26 and Sunday, April 15 and then a confirming email at about 6 p.m. Movement starts around 8:15 p.m and may run for several hours, weather permitting.

Leicester LEICESTER — Town Clerk Julie Delphia reminds residents to register dogs by April 1. A dog census will be conducted in May and to avoid penalties and fees it is important to get dogs registered. Leicester Historical Society is

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Volunteers may arrive and leave when they wish. Volunteers are responsible for their own safety and the safety of others in their group. At this site traffic is infrequent and slow. Upon arrival we provide tips on species identification and

appropriate human behavior. Data collectors will record the numbers of each species that volunteers move during the first two hours. Email kinglet@together.net to sign up for the 2018 amphibian email alert list.

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raffle tickets for the items they wanted and names were drawn for each item. Prizes and winners were: Peggy Cox and Davis Brakeley, $25 worth of Nop Farm beef; $50 treatment at Parlour Salon, David Moats; 10 State Park passes, Beth Morrissey; Landfill passes, Michael Montague, Janet Mosurick and Jody Brakeley; $10 gift certificate at Middlebury Sweets, Jen Nuceder. Also Maple Meadows maple syrup, Sally McClintock; bird feeder, Mary Beth Tichacek; Yankee Candle, Casey Fitzgerald; Vermont Home cutting board, Sue Scott;

electric pressure cooker, Rebecca Holmes; Girl Scout cookies, Ruth Bernstein; and a 3 light vanity bar, Barb Karle. Thanks to these businesses for their donations. There will be a multi-school folk dance at the Salisbury school on Thursday, March 28 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The Salisbury Community School’s spring music concert will be held Tuesday, April 10 at 6 p.m. The annual Firemen’s breakfast will be held on Sunday, April 15 at the Salisbury Community School from 7:30 to 11 a.m.; $10 adults, $5 children.

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MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and dis‑ cussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understand‑ ing of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs. NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednesdays, 9 am, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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Help Wanted

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 EXPERIENCED COOK, FULL‑TIME. Also waitstaff. Evenings and weekends a must. Halfway House Restaurant, Shoreham, family‑style dining. Apply in person, mornings. FULL TIME COOK 40 hr position. Pay based on experience. 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. ADDISON COUNTY COM‑ MUNITY Trust (ACCT), a nonprofit committed to providing quality afford‑ able housing, is seeking a full‑time Property Man‑ agement Assistant in Ver‑ gennes. This articulate self‑starter provides sup‑ port to the property man‑ agement team, processing applications, managing the wait‑list, and documenting requests for work orders. The Assistant generates a variety of mailings and assists in the resolution of resident issues in order to provide a high‑quality living experience. The ideal can‑ didate will be self‑motivated, flexible, team‑oriented and provide excellent customer service. 1‑3 years of admin‑ istrative experience required; associates degree preferred. Excellent benefits. Send cover letter and resume to jobs@addisontrust.org by 4 /15. EOE. HELP CLEANING STU‑ DIO and home. Decent salary. Flexible hours. 802‑453‑6975.

Help Wanted

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HEAVY EQUIPMENT OP‑ ERATORS, Excavator and Loader. Excellent pay with benefits. Start Immediately in the Burlington area. Court‑ land Construction Corpora‑ tion, EOE, 802‑503‑4565.

HEAVY CONSTRUCTIONS LABORERS & Pipelayers. Excellent pay with benefits. Start Immediately in the Burlington Area. Courtland Construction Corporation, EOE, 802‑503‑4565.

GREENHOUSE WORK‑ ERS‑SEASONAL Full time positions. Includes planting, watering, loading trucks. Must be strong, dependable, motivated. Please call Paul at 759‑2294 between 9am and 6pm. HOUSEKEEPER ‑ PART TIME afternoon position cleaning rooms at Bristol Suites in downtown Bristol. Tasks would also include doing laundry (hotel linens), cleaning public areas of the inn, re‑stocking merchan‑ dise in lobby store and other tasks. Approximately, 20 hrs/week (4 hours for 5 afternoons), $16/hr. Send resume or letter of interest to carol@wellsmountain.com. LANDSCAPERS‑ COLBY HILL Landscape Company is now hiring for the 2018 season. We are a landscape construction company, spe‑ cializing in the installation of patios, walkways, walls and plantings, as well as main‑ tenance. Starting pay $14/ hr. Pay may commensurate with experience. Call Dave at 802‑363‑9958.

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LATHROP FOREST PROD‑ UCTS is looking for truck drivers. Steady work. Home every night. Work outdoors, join a fun fast paced crew. Must meet all requirements. 1. CDL drivers license Trac‑ tor Trailers/ Log Truck. 2. Willing to learn can take direction. Able to lift 75 lbs. Ability to chain up truck tires, strap up load. 3. Clean driv‑ ing record. 4. Good sense of humor. Please contact our office at (802)453‑3606. 44 South St., Bristol, VT 05443‑1231.

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.

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 MacIntyre Lane, Middlebury. YEAR ROUND WAITSTAFF ‑ needed for busy family restaurant. Apply in person to Rosie’s Restaurant, Rte 7 South, Middlebury. WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bot‑ tler. Eye for detail and ac‑ curacy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unas‑ sisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.

Help Wanted

Please apply in person at:

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

Real Estate

OPEN HOUSE APRIL 7TH 12:00 - 3:00 P.M. 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 Short term leases available Contact: Christine Golden, Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 • battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com

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BRIARWOOD APART‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 2 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income to‑ ward rent. NS/NP, onsite laundry. 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.

POULTNEY VILLAGE HIS‑ TORIC Greek Revival 3 bed‑ room, 3 bathroom, English Barn with workshop, two car garage bay, electric for your plug in. New high efficiency furnace, circulators, oil tank and supply lines, public water and sewer. Service, steps to: State Multi‑Use D&H Rail Trail, Western New England Greenway, Slate Valley Trails Network, hard‑ ware, grocery, Slate Valley Co‑Op, Green Mountain Col‑ lege campus. Affordable at $149,500. Please schedule a tour : 802‑294‑2525. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. The building season is upon us. If you’re considering a new home you should look at our two remaining lots on East Middlebury’s Daisy Lane. This is an established residential development with town water, nearby tennis courts, playground and only minutes away from the Snow Bowl and Lake Dunmore. Call Jack at 388‑2502 or 388‑7350.

For Sale

Help Wanted

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.

Real Estate

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

DOG TEAM ORIGINAL RECIPE Sticky Buns for Easter. Call 802‑349‑9473 for order and pickup time. 658 Exchange Street, Mid‑ dlebury. THE BARREL MAN; plastic and metal barrels, 275 gallon food‑grade totes. 55 gallon plastic food‑grade barrels with spin‑on covers. 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.

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. 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.

For Rent

DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measure‑ ments are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com. 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, refrigera‑ tor, microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer; energy star rated. Long term lease. No smoking and no pets on property. $850/mo. plus utilities. Credit check, refer‑ ences and deposit required. 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. CHARMING STUDIO APARTMENT in the heart of downtown Middlebury. Tile bath and kitchen. Avail‑ able immediately. Baba, 802‑388‑6456.

For Rent

For Rent

WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lake‑ front. Washer, dryer. No smoking. Available Septem‑ ber through May. $1,000/ month. 860‑878‑9580.

ONE BEDROOM, FIVE‑STAR energy effi‑ cient apartment in Salis‑ bury, close to Lake Dun‑ more. One half of duplex. Large bedroom with full bath up. Living room and kitchen with all appliances on first floor. Heated basement with W/D. Private sun deck. $850/month, plus utilities. Absolutely non‑smoking, no pets on premises. Deposit and references required. One year minimum lease. Available 4/1/2018. Call 802‑352‑6678. PROCTOR, VT: $850 per month, 2 bedroom town‑ house duplex, washer/dryer hookups. Parking, snow and trash removal included. Available early to mid April. Call Kathy 855‑1570 or Tony 855‑1531. RIPTON, SMALL ONE bed‑ room house. No smoking or pets. $800 per month plus utilities. 802‑388‑2641.

MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ ROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street park‑ ing, lease. No pets. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994. MIDDLEBURY OFFICE SPACE for rent. 400 sq.ft., second floor. Available Janu‑ ary 1, 2018. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054. MIDDLEBURY: IN TOWN 2 bedroom ground floor apartment with porch near Marble Works. Includes heat, off‑street parking, large lawn/garden space, storage, plowing and lawn mainte‑ nance. No pets or smoking, requires lease, references and security deposit. $900/ month. Available May 1. Call or text 802‑355‑4164 for more information. 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. ONE BEDROOM HOUSE for rent in South Starks‑ boro. Includes fridge, kitchen stove, washer and dryer combo. Beautiful views. Very Private. No pets. No smok‑ ing. Available May 1st. $875 per month plus utilities. De‑ posit, one year lease. Con‑ tact Bob at 802‑453‑2380.

MIDDLEBURY 1, 2 AND 3 BR apartments available. All inclusive except internet/ TV. $1250. ‑ $1800. Call 802‑388‑4831.

For Rent

For Rent

Excavation Equipment Operator

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

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

Wood Heat 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™.

Att. Farmers CORN SILAGE, SAWDUST at the farm. Book Bros. West Haven, Vt. Call after 7pm, 802‑265‑8698. FIRST CUT HAY for sale. Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281. 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. W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Cars

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing. Particularly on sites like Craigslist.

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.

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SHOREHAM 2‑BEDROOM, 2nd floor apartment. 920 Square feet. Pine floors. Eat‑in kitchen. Huge liv‑ ing room. Propane heat & stove; electric hot water. Walking distance to elemen‑ tary school. 20 minute ride to Middlebury. No smoking. No pets. Available April. $775/ mo + utilities. 802‑388‑5411.

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.

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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.

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

CHILD INFORMATION DAY RUTLAND NORTHEAST SUPERVISORY UNION EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAM

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

The Early Childhood Program of the RNESU including Barstow Unified Union and Otter Valley Unified Union Schools will hold its annual Child Development Information Day to provide screening for all children who were born between, Sept. 1, 2013 and Aug. 31, 2015 and have not been previously screened. This screening serves the towns of Chittenden, Mendon, Florence, Pittsford, Brandon, Goshen, Leicester, Sudbury, and Whiting. Screening dates are: April 9 thru 13, 2018. - Information about your child’s development - Talk with Early Educators - Find out about early education resources in your area - Follow-up appointment available for additional screening - Learn about the registration process For more information or to schedule your child for screening, please call Sharon Ladago at the Early Education program at 483-2062 for Pittsford or Florence, call Elainey Fitzpatrick at 773-6926 for Chittenden or Mendon, call Deb Lendway at 247-3721 for Brandon, or Goshen, and call Kim Forbes at 623-7991 for Leicester, Sudbury, and Whiting 3/29

CHILD FIND NOTICE BRANDON, CHITTENDEN, GOSHEN, LEICESTER, MENDON, PITTSFORD, SUDBURY AND WHITING

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY MOSQUITO ADULTICIDES

The Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union is conducting a child find to locate all children birth to five years old, for the purpose of having accurate information for preschool screening and to plan for future enrollments. If you know of a CHILD BIRTH TO FIVE YEARS OF AGE who resides in any of the following towns, Brandon, Chittenden, Goshen, Leicester, Mendon, Pittsford, Sudbury, or Whiting, please fill out and return this form to the address below AS SOON AS POSSIBLE or call 773-6926 ext. 2510 for Mendon or Chittenden, call 483-2062 for Pittsford or Florence, call 247-3721 ext. 2038 for Brandon or Goshen, call 623-7991 ext. 2206 for Leicester, Sudbury or Whiting. Thank you. * Parents will be contacted previous to the April 9-13, 2018 screening dates.* CHILD’S NAME: ____________________________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH: ___________________________________________________ TOWN OF RESIDENCE: _____________________________________________ PARENT/GUARDIAN NAME(S): _______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: ________________________________________________ ZIP: ______________________________________________________________ 911 ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________ ZIP: ______________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________________________________ Mail to: Rutland Northeast Early Childhood Program RUTLAND NORTHEAST SUPERVISORY UNION 49 Court Drive Brandon, VT 05733 3/29

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY BOARD AND COMMISSION VACANCIES

Each year at this time the Town of Middlebury Select Board makes its annual appointments to volunteer positions required by State Statute, and local and regional boards and commissions. If you are interested in any of the following positions, please submit a letter of interest to the Town Manager’s Office, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, or send an e-mail to bdow@townofmiddlebury.org, no later than Friday, April 6, 2018. If you would like to find out more about any of these positions, please contact us at 388-8100, Ext 202. ( ) indicates number of positions open Three Year Terms Planning Commission (2) Design Advisory Committee (2) Development Review Board (3) Downtown Improvement District Committee (2) Energy Committee (2) One Year Term Addison County Regional Planning Commission Delegate (3) Addison County Regional Planning Commission Alternate (2) Addison County Regional Planning Commission Transportation Advisory Committee (1) Fence Viewer (3) First Constable (1) Middlebury Community Television Board (1) Sports Commission (3) Town Agent (1) Town Grand Juror (1) Town Service Officer (1) Tree Warden (1) 3/26

To publish a legal notice in The Addison Independent

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

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On or after May 15th, the BLSG Insect Control District may be making ground applications of mosquito adulticides along the public right of ways in the towns of Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury, Goshen and Pittsford to control mosquitos. In the past years, mosquitos in these towns have been found to carry West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, both of which can be deadly to humans and animals. Applications of Malathion or synthetic pyrethroid insecticides will be made with ultra-low volume truck-based sprayers. If you wish to Opt Out and not have your property treated: please send a written request annually to BLSG, PO Box 188 Brandon, VT 05733. Please provide your 911 address and a property map, which delineates your property boundaries on the public right of way. A representative from the district will contact you to assist in marking your property as a no spray zone. Opt out needs to be renewed yearly. The BLSG hotline is 802-247-6779 and will receive request for treatment as needed during the season. Further information or comments about adulticiding activities or application exclusion requests can be obtained from: BLSG Insect Control District Will Mathis • 802-247-6779 https://blsgmosquito.wordpress.com Additional information available at https://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol

can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 9B & 10B.

Addison (1) Addison County Courthouse (1) Addison County School District (1) Addison County Superior Court (1) BLSG Insect Control District (2) Bridport (1) Bristol Stor Mor (1) Ferrisburgh (1) Middlebury (1) Monkton (1) New Haven (1) Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union- Otter Valley (2) Vergennes (1) Weybridge Cemetary (2)

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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 NOTICE TOWN OF ADDISON

The Addison Planning Commission will hold a monthly meeting on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Clerk’s Office. To consider the following: 1. To approve the meeting minutes of the March 19, 2018 meeting. 2. To transact any business found necessary before the board: 3. To allow time for public comment interaction at beginning of meeting. 4. The Zoning Regulations for discussing a future presentation of the 2013 copy of revisions. We are working on the “Zoning” Regulations page by page & section by section. We need to work on updating & referencing correctly according to VSA 24 Chapter 117. Z.A. Ed Hanson will assist with this for us. 5. Continue working on items that are considered to be projects in progress. We will read and discuss the rough draft of “Density-zoning” as prepared with suggestions from the Z.A. for our town to implement in the Town Plan & invite him to other meetings. We will continue looking over the next 25 pgs. or so at the next meeting. 6. We will continue working on Zoning Regulations (2013 copy) & Subdivision Regulationsto bring them into compliance with the revised Town Plan. Frank Galgano, Chair Starr Phillips, Secretary Addison Planning Commission 3/29

STATE OF VERMONT RUTLAND UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

Public Notices

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

COMBINED NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS AND FINAL NOTICE AND PUBLIC EXPLANATION OF A PROPOSED ACTIVITY NEAR A WETLAND FINAL NOTICE AND PUBLIC EXPLANATION OF A PROPOSED ACTIVITY NEAR A WETLAND

This is to give notice that the City of Vergennes, Vermont and the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development (Agency) have conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11990, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Wetlands Protection. The activity is funded under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) (administered by the Vermont Community Development Program) under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-383), the National Affordable Housing Act, as amended and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds under Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended. The proposed project is located along Armory Lane in Vergennes, Addison County, Vermont and comprises approximately 6.51 acres and involves new construction of approximately 24 units of multi family housing in a three-story building, associated driveway and parking (37 spaces), and landscaping on a vacant piece of land off of Armory Lane. The subject property includes one Class II wetland and four Class III wetlands on-site. The approximate size of the Class II wetland is 0.78 acres and the approximate size of the Class III wetlands is 0.51 acres. There are no anticipated direct or indirect impacts to the Class II wetland, or it’s 50 foot buffer, and a permit is not required. There are also no direct impacts to the Class III wetlands, and no wetlands permit is required. Given the close proximity of the building and vegetated fire access, there will likely be indirect impacts to three Class III wetlands. The Agency and the City of Vergennes considered alternatives and mitigation measures to the proposed project to minimize adverse impacts and to preserve natural and beneficial values of the nearby wetlands. The building design and site work have been altered several times since the early planning stages. No work is to take place in any of the wetlands found on the subject property. While minor indirect impacts to three Class III wetlands may take place, the Class II wetland and its buffer will not be impacted. The Agency and the City of Vergennes have reevaluated the alternatives to the proposed work near the wetland and have determined that it has no practicable alternative. Environmental files that document compliance with steps 3 through 6 of Executive Order 11990, are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments. There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities near wetlands and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information and request for public comment about wetlands can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks and impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place near wetlands, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk. Written comments must be received by the City of Vergennes, 120 Main Street, Vergennes, Vermont 05491 Attention: Mr. Mel Hawley, City Manager or by the Agency, c/o Environmental Officer, Department of Housing and Community Development, National Life Building, 6th floor, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, Vermont 05602, on or before April 5, 2018. A description of the project may also be reviewed at the City of Vergennes (address listed above) on Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or at the Agency (address listed above) on Monday through Friday from 7:45 am - 4:30 pm. MITIGATED COMBINED NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFCANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS STATE OF VERMONT March 29, 2018 Mel Hawley, City Manager Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development City of Vergennes Katie Buckley, Commissioner, VT Department of Housing and Community Development 120 Main Street One National Life Drive, Davis Building, 6th Floor Vergennes, VT 05491 Montpelier, VT 05620 Phone: 802-877-3637 802-828-1357 The purpose of this notice is to satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Vergennes and the State of Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development. Request for Release of Funds On or about April 17, 2018, the City of Vergennes will submit a request to the Agency to release funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL93-383), the National Affordable Housing Act as amended; and the Agency will submit a request to HUD to release HOME Investment Partnership Program funds under Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, to undertake a project known as the Armory Lane project comprises approximately 6.51 acres and involves new construction of a 24 unit multi family housing building, associated driveway and parking (37 spaces), and landscaping on a vacant piece of land off of Armory Lane. The estimated total cost of the project is approximately $16,238,000 including anticipated amounts of approximately $450,000 in CDBG Funds and approximately $405,000 in HOME funds. The project may pursue Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers. The subject property includes one Class II and four Class III wetlands and the 8-step process has been completed and no comments were received. No direct or indirect impacts to the Class II wetland nor any direct impacts to the Class III wetlands will occur. As required by HUD, radon resistant construction materials will be utilized in the new construction, and a passive radon mitigation system will be designed and installed. Post-renovation radon testing will be performed to ensure radon levels are less than 4.0 picocuries/liter, as required by the Environmental Protection Agency. If levels exceed this threshold, the mitigation system will be activated and additional radon testing will be performed to ensure levels are less than 4.0 picocuries/liter. Finding of No Significant Impact The City of Vergennes and the Agency have determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at the municipal offices of the City of Vergennes, 120 Main Street, Vergennes, Vermont 05491 and may be examined or copied on Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm – and at the Agency’s office located at National Life Building, 6th floor, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, Vermont, and may be examined or copied Monday through Friday from 7:45 am - 4:30 pm. Public Comments Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the City of Vergennes regarding the use of CDBG funds, attn. Mr. Mel Hawley, City Manager, 120 Main Street, Vergennes, Vermont 05491, or to the Agency for the use of HOME funds, Attn: Environmental Officer, Department of Housing and Community Development, National Life Building, One National Life Drive, Davis Building 6th floor, Montpelier, Vermont 05620. All comments received by April 16, 2018 will be considered by the City of Vergennes and the Agency prior to authorizing the submission of a request for release of funds. Comments must specify which Notice they are addressing—the Finding of No Significant Impact or the Request for the Release of Funds. Environmental Certification The City of Vergennes is certifying to the Agency that the City of Vergennes and Mel Hawley, in his official capacity as City Manager, and the Agency is certifying to HUD that the Agency and Katie Buckley, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the VT Department of Housing and Community Development, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The Agency’s/HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act and related laws and authorities and allows the City of Vergennes to use CDBG funds and the Agency to use the HOME funds. Objections to Release of Funds The Agency will accept objections to its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the City of Vergennes’s certification, and HUD will accept objections to its approval of the release of funds and the State’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officers Mel Hawley / Katie Buckley; (b) the City/Agency has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by the Agency/HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Department of Housing and Community Development, Attn: Environmental Officer, One National Life Drive, Davis Building, 6th Floor, Montpelier, Vermont 05620-0501 for the CDBG funds, or to the US Department of HUD – Boston Field Office, Community Planning and Development, Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building, 10 Causeway Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02222-1092 for the HOME funds. Potential objectors should contact the Agency/HUD to verify the last day of the objection period. 3/29

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Public Notices On Pages 9B & 10B.

WEYBRIDGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

The Weybridge Cemetery Association Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Weybridge Congregational Church. For information, call 3/29 545-2502.

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

Hearings to air on new proposals to ag practices

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MONTPELIER — The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets late last month filed a proposed amendment to the Required Agricultural Practices Rule with the Vermont Secretary of State. The agency has scheduled three public hearings on this amendment to the Required Agricultural Practices, known as RAPs; one of those hearings will be in Middlebury early next month. This amendment was filed pursuant to a state law that required the Agency of Agriculture to amend the RAPs to include requirements for reducing nutrient contribution to waters of the state from subsurface tile drainage. The RAPs were most recently amended and became effective on Dec. 5, 2016, introducing additional regulations for all types of agriculture to improve water quality throughout Vermont. The newly proposed amendment would require the implementation of practices on tilled croplands to reduce nutrient contribution to waters from subsurface tile drainage. The agency pre-filed the proposed amendment with the Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules, which proposed some changes, at

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BRISTOL STOR MOR • 508 BURPEE RD., BRISTOL VT • 453-2647 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of owner, at public sale by closed bidding on April 7, 2018 at 9:00 am, at Bristol Stor Mor Storage Facility, located at 508 Burpee Road, Bristol, Vermont, the personal goods stored therein by the following: Name & Address Leon Flemings, 5 Cataract St., Vergennes, VT 05491 Unit #: 36D Contents: Household Items Purchase must be made with cash only and paid for at the time of the sale. Minimum bid required. All goods are sold as is, where is, and all items to be removed from unit at time of purchase. Sale is subject to adjournment. A $50.00 deposit will be required and refunded to bidder when ALL items have been removed from the unit and broom-cleaned. The owners of the storage facility reserve the right to place a minimum bid on any sheds being sold. 3/29

least some of which the Agency of the content of the amendment. Over Agriculture agreed to make. Now 100 participants had the opportunity the proposed rule change is with the to provide insight and inform the Secretary of State. agency as the rulemaking process “Rulemaking in any capacity can began. The proposed amendment, be a complicated process, a rule if adopted, will be included in the amendment involving subsurface RAPs as Section 12. Subsurface Tile tile drainage Drainage. is no differ“As is the case ent,” said Laura for any agriculThe proposed rule DiPietro, directural practice, amendment, an updated tor of the Water responsible land RAP Rule Annotated Quality Division management Draft (including Section for the Agency decisions are 12. Subsurface Tile of Agriculture. key,” DiPietro Drainage), and other “We are actively continued. pertinent information learning more “Gathering can be found online at: about the funcfeedback from tions of tile various commuagriculture.vermont.gov/ drainage; we nities throughrap-tile-rule. know that out the state is these drainage critical to this systems are an incredibly impor- process. We look forward to hearing tant tool for farmers, but that there from farmers, environmental groups, is also concern about the amount of industry, the public, and our legislanutrients coming through subsurface tive body to create requirements tile drainage systems and making surrounding subsurface tile drainage their way to waters of the state. This that will protect and enhance water proposed rule is drafted to address quality.” those potential losses.” A public comment period on the Prior to initiating the rulemaking proposed subsurface tile drainage process, the agency was involved in rule amendment is now open and various discussions and nine meet- will remain open until April 19. ings to gather feedback pertaining to Three public hearings are scheduled

Keenan to speak on Public discussion on area’s scripture in daily use human trafficking situation

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN WARNING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD NOTICE OF HEARING

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College professor emeritus John Keenan will discuss how scripture in the Bible can be read more broadly in a talk at Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury

A public hearing before the Development Review Board of the Town of New Haven will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Monday, April 16, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. to consider the applications of: 1. To hear a request by All Star Group, LLC, Jay Jipner of 8 Elm Street, Bristol, Vermont (DRB2018-1-SD) to subdivide a 9.186 acre lot at 1451 Hallock Road (Parcel # 383.1) into 2 lots; one with 3.481 acres and one with 5.684 acres. This has been determined to be a minor subdivision in the RA-2 district. 2. To hear a request by Recline LLC, John & Anne Perkins and Candace Forsyth of 682 North Street, New Haven, Vermont (DRB2017-12-BLA) for a boundary line adjustment between Parcel 0176 and 0175-200, adding approximately 4 acres to one lot and deducting 4 acres from the other lot. Road frontage for both lots remains the same. 3. To hear a request by Don and Cheryl Mitchell of 164 Mitchell Drive, Vergennes, Vermont (DRB2018-2-CU) for a conditional use permit to have a private pre-school on their property Parcel #388. 4. To hear a request by Wright Stowe Revocable Trust, 434 East Street, New Haven, Vermont (DRB2018-3-BLA) for a Boundary line adjustment between Parcel 261.17 (lot #10) owned by Wright Stowe Revocable Trust and Parcel 261.16 (lot #5) owned by Nadine Heim. Applications may be viewed at the New Haven Town Office at 78 North Street during normal business hours Participation in local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. The above applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerks office during normal business hours. Persons wishing to appear and be heard by the Board may do so in person or be represented by an agent or attorney. Communications about the above applications may also be made in writing to the board on or before the date of the hearing. Donald Johnston, Clerk New Haven Development Review Board

REQUEST FOR BIDS: ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Addison Central School District is accepting bids for window replacement at Mary Hogan School. Bid packets are available at the Superintendent’s Office, 49 Charles Avenue, Middlebury, VT. Bids are due by April 20, 2018. A walk through will be on April 11th at 3:30 pm at Mary Hogan School. For more information contact Eric Warren at 802-382-1459 or ewarren@acsdvt.org. ACSD reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids in accordance with Vermont Statutes.

on April 4 at 7:00 p.m. His talk, “Understanding Scripture,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public. Keenan will consider how we come to understand scripture and gain an interfaith reading of the text by stepping back to see it in context, and by stepping aside the text to see parallels and similarities with other traditions. Keenan is professor emeritus of religion at Middlebury College, and an Episcopal priest who served St. Mark’s Church in Newport from 2004 to 2009.

MIDDLEBURY — The month of April is both National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and a local group is expanding that context to also inform the community about human trafficking. The Addison Children’s Advocacy Center is hosting an event at the Middlebury Ambulance Service on April 10 from 10 a.m. to noon to discuss an issue that many area residents may think is not happening in Addison County. Human trafficking is defined as the process of compelling a person to perform labor through force, fraud or coercion. According to state

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY MOSQUITO LARVICIDES

The BLSG Insect Control District will be applying ground and aerial treatments of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (BTI), Bacillus Sphaericus (BS), and Spinosad to surface waters where mosquito larvae are present. These are bacterial insecticides used against mosquito larvae. Ground applications of Agnique (biodegradable, alcohol ethoxylared, AE) or Cocobear (Mineral oil) may also be applied in selected wet areas. These are monomolecular films 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 Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury, Goshen and Pittsford. Pesticide applications beginning on or after April 11, 2018. Exclusion requests need to be renewed yearly. Please send a written request to BLSG, PO Box 188 Brandon, VT 05733. Further information or comments about the larviciding activities or application exclusion requests can be obtained from: BLSG Insect Control District Will Mathis • 802-247-6779 https://blsgmosquito.wordpress.com The Vermont Agency of Agriculture oversees the permitting of these mosquito larvicides and can be reached at 802-247-6779. For more information see the following website: http://agriculture.vermont.gov/plant_pest/mosquitoes_ticks/mosquitoes

Residents and non-resident property owners of the Town of Bridport are hereby warned to appear at the Bridport town office at 7:10 pm on 18 April 2018 to hear the application of Jason Whittemore 4545 Rte 22-A. The applicant requests relief from setback requirements to construct a garage 32x36. Interested person(s) may forfeit the right to appeal the decision of the Town of Bridport Board of Zoning Adjustment or Planning Commission if they fail to participate by; [attending and speaking, submitting a signed letter of concern or are represented by an authorized person] Edward B. Payne Zoning Administrator 3/29

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to allow for all invested stakeholders to provide testimony and comment on the proposed amendment. Those hearings will be: • March 30, 1–3 p.m., St. Albans Historical Museum, 9 Church St., St. Albans. • April 2, 5–7 p.m., Pavilion Auditorium, 109 State St., Montpelier. • April 5, 1–3 p.m., Middlebury American Legion, 49 Wilson Road, Middlebury. Interested parties may also submit any comments electronically to AGR.RAP@vermont.gov or in writing to: Subsurface Tile Drainage RAP Rule Amendment Water Quality Division Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets 116 State St. Montpelier, VT 05620 Direct questions regarding the proposed amendment or the RAPs contact to Ryan Patch, Sr. Ag. Development Coordinator at the Agency of Agriculture, at (802) 272-0323 or via email at Ryan. Patch@Vermont.gov. General questions can also be directed via email to: AGR. WaterQuality@Vermont.gov.

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!!

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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

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RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for March 22 & March 26 BEEF Vaughn Farms Foster Bros. Nop Bros. Elysian Fields T. Correia P. Lussier

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 1605 .66 1,059.30 1825 .65 1,186.25 1120 .65 728.00 1625 .725 1,178.13 1765 .62 1,094.30 1600 .62 992.00

CALVES Wakefields Kayhart Bros. Conants Riverside Champlainside Monument Farms

Lbs. 83 97 84 110 104

Costs per lb 1.30 1.20 1.20 1.10 1.05

Dollars 107.90 116.40 100.80 121.00 109.20

Total # Beef: 318 • Total # Calves: 286 We value our faithful customers. Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs. For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

Farm Retirement Liquidation Due to retirement, we have been commissioned to sell the Cattle, Equipment and Feed for Rose & the late Archie Domina, of Sheldon (Franklin), VT

Date: Wednesday April 11, 2018 @ 9:30 a.m. Location: 300 Patterson Rd. Sheldon (Franklin), VT 05457 Equipment & heifers - Directions: Off of 105w toward Franklin go north on 120, take left on to Patterson road. Watch for Auction signs! Milking herd to be sold at 1pm - Directions: Milking Herd: Off Route 105w in Sheldon (across form Bourdeau Bros) turn onto Clark road. Watch For Auction Signs! Auctioneers Comment: All trailer trucks are set up w/wet kits, live hydraulics & valve bodies. Much of the equipment is in top condition. It is with great honor to serve the family in selling this well-maintained equipment and fine herd of cattle belonging to the late Archie Domina friend & business acquaintance. AUCTIONEER: RON WRIGHT | P 802.334.6115 | F 802.334.1591 | 802.323.7955 48 Community Dr., Newport, VT 05855 Email: Info@wrightsauctions.com Website: www.wrightsauctions.com Online Sales Room: http://sales.wrightssports.com Ring man: Roland Ayer 802-343-3750 Terms: Cash or good check w/ID. Purchases will not be released until paid in full. For buyers unknown to management, they must provide a letter of credit issued to Wright’s Auction Service. Sale Managed by Wright’s Auction Service, Newport, VT. Like and follow our Facebook page (Wrights Enterprises). Follow us on Twitter (Wrights Sports). Lunch Catered by Wright’s Catering Service. Visit our website @www.wrightsauctions.com to see more upcoming auctions!!!

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March 29, 2018

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Amazing Nest

Rusty Nest

Grateful Nest

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Winter Nest

Nest of Great Possibility

Rooted Basket

Tamara Wight weaves nests from found objects

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any artistic endeavors start in a studio, but basketweaver Tamara Wight begins her creative process outdoors. On walks through the forest and along Sunset Lake in Brookfield, Vt., her home town, Wight gathers rocks, pebbles and interesting pieces of wood.

She takes these ingredients home and holds onto them until she has a moment of creative inspiration, usually during the night. Then, the rocks and branches become the foundation for her baskets, many of which are on display at Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes. “I like to think that my work grows out of the things I find,” Wight said. “Even when I drill the holes and put the spokes in, it seems organic to me.”

Wight, 73, has been making baskets for more than 35 years, but after a while, she grew bored of the symmetry and sameness of the style. That’s when Studio Place Arts in Barre, put out a call to craftspeople: “Can you turn your craft into art?” She got to work on a large, double-sided, asymmetrical basket. “It had every unusual thing I could think of to put in it. Even marbles, inside the bottom,” she said. “That was the first piece of sculptural basketry I did, and I loved it.” Now, Wight’s portfolio has expanded to include an array of unusual basketry, including wall baskets, which are usually small and hang from a branch like a mobile, often alongside stones or other interesting items. In larger pieces, she also uses grasses, roots, Lily and Iris leaves and feathers.

Among her favorite creations are natureinspired nests. They start as small baskets that she fills with fluffy wool, egg-shaped stones and other keepsakes from her forest and lake walks. Fans of her work sometimes say they wish they could curl up inside the cozy-looking pieces. “I don’t know why, but making a small nest is very satisfying to me. I do them periodically,” she said. “They feed me.” Each nest has a name. One is called “Marsh Nest,” another is simply “Nesting,” and one is “Empty Nest.” The latter is a physical representation of Wight’s life at the time she made it. “Yeah. My kids left home,” she said. “I love naming the nests. Often, I know the name before I do the piece.” Wight has been a member of the Little City’s SEE NESTS ON PAGE 16

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ART Edgewater’s galleries welcome springtime FOUR ARTISTS EXHIBIT AT BOTH MIDDLEBURY GALLERY LOCATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL

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dgewater Gallery in Middlebury launches its 2018 season with “Springtime,” a group show on view for the month of April at both locations (on the Green and at the Falls), featuring new work from four artists, that celebrates the warmth, light and freshness of the new season.

At Edgewater Gallery on the Green, abstract painter and mixed media artist Helen Shulman’s evocative abstract pieces will be on view along with the jewel toned and light filled still life works by Karen O’Neil who is new to the gallery this year. On view at Edgewater Gallery at the Falls will be painter Jill Matthews’ gracefully rendered floral still life paintings and Kay Flierl’s series of barn paintings.

HELEN SHULMAN “Spring is a mood as well as a season,” said Helen Shulman, a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. “It is the feeling of increasing light, of breaking through and unburdening. In this group of paintings, I am using warm, soft oil colors and cold wax medium to express my response to the sun’s coming up earlier and setting later, the softening of the air, the melting snow. While working on these pieces, I could feel the glory of springtime dusk when seeing the outline of an owl in the still bare trees and hearing the crack of the ice on the pond are both likely and thrilling.”

“Tea with Russell’s Honey,” by Karen O’Neil – 20” x 20” – Oil on linen – $3,500.

Shulman’s abstract paintings in this collection are filled with the promise of spring and the energy that comes with the changing season. The Quechee-based artist describes her process by building each piece from within. She starts with a simple framework based on a landscape, or a simple sketch. She then builds a more complicated structure by adding oil colors, layers of wax and other mixed media. She adds, scrapes away, and adds again until the composition, light and surface feel complete. Her goal is to create a painting that easily attracts a viewer; drawing them in and engaging their imagination. Separate sections have to work independently and as a whole.

Karen O’Neil and Helen Shulman’s work will be on display for the month of April at Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

KAREN O’NEIL

“The infinite variety of winter greys continue to inspire me through early spring,” O’Neil said.

This is still life painter Karen O’Neil’s debut

with Edgewater Gallery. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and lives and maintains a studio in Woodstock, N.Y. She teaches at both The Arts Student League of New York and The Woodstock School of Art. O’Neil focuses on light and its ability to transcend the physical world in her still life work. Glass objects interest her for their ability to capture light, reflect or absorb it and create an array of colors.

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“Embeded,” by Helen Shulman – 24” x 30” – oil, cold wax, mixed media on panel – $3,500.

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“The strengthening cool blue/grey daylight begins to weave itself into my work starting in late February. The crisp clarity of spring light seems to inform my still life paintings as I continue my search for unexpected and powerful color relationships.” Her paintings are arrangements of colored glassware, flowers, fruits and reflective coffee and teapots. The pieces are close up, dynamic perspectives that capture the beauty of light as it reacts with surfaces and colors in the objects.

“Peonies,” by Jill Matthews – 24” x 24” – oil on canvas – $950.

JILL MATTHEWS Jill Matthews was born and raised in Vermont and studied fine art at The University of Vermont. After a brief career as an art educator Matthews decided to focus on developing her own work and returned to painting full time. She has been exhibiting with Edgewater Gallery since 2015 and her serene still-life paintings are a gallery favorite. Matthews maintains her studio in Kennebunkport, Maine. “My most recent work is an awakening of colors and textures, emerging upon a classic still life composition,” she said of her collection in “Springtime.” Matthews captures the richness of a vase of blossoms with her subtle and tranquil tones and brushwork. Though Matthews starts with a still life set up, she has learned that her most successful work comes when she moves away from the literal reference and allows her inner feelings to dictate the direction of the composition.

KAY FLIERL Kay Flierl joins Edgewater Gallery as a new artist this year with a collection of barn paintings for the “Springtime” exhibit from a series she calls “Contemplation.” Flierl is based in Denver, Colo. “Growing up in Wisconsin, barns seeped into my being like sunshine. They took root. And, even today, I get excited at what I might find on a road trip,” Flierl said. “So, I had to ask myself why? I think it’s because an old barn physically displays the cycle of life. From the decay of winter to life anew in spring, the cyclical effect of storms, sunshine, heat, cold, a cool breeze, a tornado… all reveal themselves in the

“Grace,” by Kay Flierl – 40” x 40” – oil and acrylic on canvas – $220. Jill Matthews and Kay Flierl’s work will be on display for the month of April at Edgewater Gallery at the Falls in Middlebury.

worn out wood and the rusted metal until it looks as though the barn has become one with its environment. A sacred space. A work of art.” The largely self-taught artist uses a palette that is true to the rural landscape, but also infused with unexpected color accents. The energetic and varied brushstrokes together with her color choices convey her love of these structures and the land on which they stand. Celebrate the arrival of spring and the beginning of Edgewater Gallery’s 2018 season with “Springtime” — on display for the month of April. For more info call (802) 989-7419, (802) 458-0098, email info@edgewatergallery-vt. com or visit edgewatergallery-vt.com.

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he Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock will host a Baby Farm Animal Celebration this Friday and Saturday, March 30-31, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Meet the farm’s newest additions during family-centered programs with our lambs, chicks, piglets and calves. There will also be an heirloom seed activity and the 1890 Farm House, farm life exhibits and dairy bar will be open.

rural Vermont.

Owned and operated by The Woodstock Foundation, Inc. (a nonprofit educational institution founded by Laurance and Mary Rockefeller in 1968) the Billings Farm and Museum was established in 1983 to preserve the historic Billings Farm as well as the character and heritage of

Come learn about the farm’s history, come see cute animals or come do both. Either way it’s a fun outing to Southern Vermont. Admission to the farm ranges from $4-$16, unless you’re a member, then it’s free.

Billings Farm was originally established in 1871 by Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter known for his work as a lawyer, railroad builder, and pioneer in scientific farm management and reforestation. Billings set out to make his 270-acre farm a model dairy operation for farmers in the region, founded on the principles of efficiency, sustainability and responsible land use.

For more info call (802) 457-2355 or visit billingsfarm.org.

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IN TOWN

Cast members, pictured from left to right, Alex Hudson, Jory Raphael, Marianne DiMascio, Geeda Searfoorce and Amy Halpin Riley, will present “Stealing from Work” at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. PHOTO / JESS WILSON

Middlebury theater hosts comedy show STEALING FROM WORK BRINGS “THE UNBEARABLE WHITENESS OF BEING”

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own Hall Theater will present Stealing from Work’s satirical production “The Unbearable Whiteness of Being” on Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. This show comes to Middlebury for the first time ever with a full show of sketch comedy written by Angie Albeck and Marianne DiMascio.

Join actors DiMascio, Amy Halpin Riley, Alex Hudson, Jory Raphael and Geeda Searfoorce for a fast-paced evening of lunacy and lampoonery. Directed by Seth Jarvis, the actors deftly transform into a different set of extraordinary characters, alternately spoofing contemporary culture and the political issues of the past and

present. With sound design by Jess Wilson, “Stealing from Work’s” production takes on familiar and new topics, all with a local flavor. Albeck and DiMascio founded Stealing from Work in 2011. Reactions from previous productions included, “I loved how you made me laugh and cringe at the same time!” “The writing is very witty, incisive and wonderful,” “Sexy, crude, and refined,” and “Wow. Wow. Wow. Funny, offensive and irreverent — it doesn’t get better than that!” Tickets are $15 (+$2 preservation fee) and may be purchased online at townhallteater.org, by calling (802) 382-9222, at the THT box office (MondaySaturday, 12-5 p.m.) or at the door, if available.

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ETHIOPIAN NIGHT IN BRISTOL Come enjoy homemade Ethiopian food prepared by SATURDAY APRIL Alganesh Tandem, Bristol Michaels on Saturday, April 7. There will be seatings at 5 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Take out is also available for pick up at 4:30, 6 or 7:45 p.m. Five authentic dishes served with injera. $20 adults and $10 for kids. Reservations are recommended. Email lauren@nomadicchef.com or text (day of) (802) 734-8698.

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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.

ARTS 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. “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 gems. The exhibit runs from April 6

top pick EASTER’S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT MEANS EGG AND CANDY HUNTS! HEAD TO NEW HAVEN’S TOWN GREEN ON SATURDAY AT 10 A.M., OR TO THE EDDY FARM IN MIDDLEBURY FOR PONY RIDES, PRIZES AND MORE STARTING AT 11 A.M. BOYB (BRING YOUR OWN BASKETS).

through June 16. More info at cmacvt.org.

BOOKS “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.

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.

CRAFTS 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.

FILM “DOLORES” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, April 4, 4 and 7 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Middlebury’s Showing up for racial Justice (SURJ) presents the story of Dolores Huerta, one of the most important activists of the modern era. A warrior in the ongoing fight for racial and labor justice, Huerta worked with Cesar Chavez to form the first farmworkers union, and even today, in her late eighties, continues to struggle against oppression. Between screenings SURJ and the Addison Allies Network will host

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an open table discussion from 5:45-6:45pm, in the cafe area on how to continue to support the migrant workers who live and work in and around Addison County. Part of the racial identities/racial justice film series. Suggested donation $10, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Proceeds support Migrant Justice, and SURJ’s work with Addison County farm workers. 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. “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.

JUST FOR FUN 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 802-453-3516 ext.17. 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. FLOWER POT PAINT N SIP FUNDRAISER IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, April 11, 6-8 p.m. VFW, 530 Exchange St. Come join the fun. Snacks and all painting materials provided to use during this instructional class. Each participant takes home a CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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finished project on an 8” flower pot. No experience required. Just a willingness to have fun. $35.00 advance registration or $40.00 at the door. All proceeds go to support veterans’ programs. More info at 802-388-9468 or facebook.com/ events/984356155044839/.

LECTURE “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 self-organizing nature of the brain and the self-organizing processes that drives group behavior in Compositional Improvisation. Free. “COMPOSER CAROLINE SHAW: FROM PULITZER TO KANYE” IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, April 10, 4:30 p.m., Room 229, Axinn Center, Middlebury College,15 Old Chapel Rd. As part of her residency at Middlebury College, this lecture by Carolyn Shaw explores blurring genre boundaries and collaboration in music making. Free.

MUSIC “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. “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. 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 with disabilities. RSVP to Pat Ryan at 802-388-1220, or pryan@residenceottercreek.com. 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

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the door for $20 adult/$10 student. All proceeds will go to the mentoring at Mt. Abraham.

Ben Pease, and Middlebury College senior Layla Santos, who will read from their work.

CHORAL CONCERT IN VERGENNES. Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium. Come hear Vergennes Union Middle and High School Choirs.

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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. MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER SALON IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, April 11, 6:15-7:15 p.m., Middlebury Community Music Center, 6 Main St. Students from a variety of studios gather in MCMC’s salon to perform pieces they have been studying in their lessons. Light refreshments are provided and it’s free and open to the public. CAROLYN SHAW PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, April 11, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, 72 Porter Field Rd. As part of her residency at Middlebury College, Shaw will perform a concert of her own works. Free.

POETRY 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. NER VERMONT READING SERIES IN MIDDLEBURY. Wednesday, April 11, 7-8 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The New England Review presents poet Didi Jackson, authors Jodi Paloni and

“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, noon-5 pm) or at the door, if available. “THE WOLVES” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April 6, 7:30 p.m., 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.

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LISTENING R E F L E C T I O N S O N H E A LT H & L I F E S T Y L E

EMBRACING THE MUD

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FOR MANY OF US, FEELING STUCK IN THE MUD CAN BE A FAMILIAR FEELING . . . DURING MY TIME AS A HEALTH COACH, I’VE LEARNED A FEW STRATEGIES TO HELP MANAGE THIS INTERNAL MUD.

here is one certainty about spring in Vermont, and that’s mud season. Some might even call it our official fifth season. A few years ago, I drove smack into it when I offered a colleague a ride to work. My Vermont-driver hubris was no match for the thick, wet old country driveway. My wheels were all of a sudden a foot deep and solidly stuck — the push and rock method was my only option. Despite my efforts to turn the wheel this way or that, the result was (of course) me with a splattered face and dress, making calls for a few extra hands.

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But isn’t that, honestly, the stuff of life? It isn’t if mud season comes, it’s when. My question is, how will we meet the mud in our lives? For many of us, feeling stuck in the mud can be a familiar feeling. This can be especially true when one is attempting a lifestyle or behavioral change. I have felt it myself, and I have witnessed many clients and patients struggle with getting just enough traction to move forward. During my time as a health coach, I’ve learned a few strategies to help manage this internal mud. Acknowledge the mud. A first step is to acknowledge that you are in the mud and to bring a quality of curiosity and non-judgment to it. Like, for example, when I’m still lying in bed 10 minutes after my alarm buzzed instead of putting on my running shoes — I am in the mud. Hmmmm... I wonder why I’m choosing this path today? Maybe I didn’t get enough sleep. Maybe my body is sore. Maybe I’m mentally distracted or worried. We have various needs and desires, which leads to physical and mental challenges. That’s OK — it means you are human. What you choose to do with the challenge is what sets your life direction. Is the choice you are making serving you well? If not, the challenge can become an opportunity to explore another way of living. Envision the lush, green grass. What do you

truly want out of this one life of yours? I want a life in which I am able-bodied and pain-free. I want to be strong and agile enough to hike and play with my partner and daughter. Have the courage to listen to your inner self and connect to your gut. This helps you find solid ground in the vision of your optimal life. Put on your mud boots. The first small steps count big. Have you had the chance to watch a toddler try to walk recently? You likely don’t remember doing it yourself — but you did. That tenacious spirit driving them to get back up after falling is still in you. You can handle the mud. You can roll out of bed and put on your running shoes. You may just need patience and encouragement to find that tenacious spirit. Connect with your tribe. You are not alone. I know that with complete certainty because I am

with you; getting my mud boots on, again and again. For example, if I don’t commit to running, I’m not going to be ready to run the Maple Run with my daughter. In fact, I’m going to call my friend and see if she can run with me tomorrow. Support and accountability can make a big difference in the success and sustainability of your efforts. So, with that, my running shoes are on and I’m out the door ready for whatever this year’s mud season may bring.

Laura Wilkinson is a Nurse Practitioner and Integrative Health Coach at Middlebury College. Learn more about her and her coaching at middlebury.edu/ middleburyintegratedhealthcoach.

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

Fri 3/30 7:30pm $15

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

Wed 4/4 11am $13/$8 Students GREAT ART WEDNESDAY

CÉZANNE, PORTRAITS OF LIFE Described by Picasso and Matisse as “the father of us all,” Cézanne is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. Despite this, Cézanne remains unknown, until now.

Jackson Gallery Opening Reception: Fri 4/6 5-7pm PASTEL, PASTEL, PASTEL…

THREE ARTISTS AND THEIR PASTEL JOURNEY Featuring Judy Albright, Cristine Kossow and Norma Jean Rollet On display through May 11, 2018

Sat. 4/7 2pm $15/$10 children

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WITH GEORGE HEARN, JENNIFER MOORE AND ROSE CHANCLER A concert for kids of all ages! Piano wizards Jennifer and Rose perform The Story of Babar, Peter and the Wolf and Carnival of the Animals with Broadway star George Hearn as the narrator.

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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. ELINOR STEELE TAPESTRY. On view Feb. 10-March 31, featuring Elinor Steele Friml’s 40 years of dedication to the art of hand-woven tapestry. The exhibit will include works from several of her series. Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org. EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER. On view March 15-April 29, featuring a solo exhibit from Maine contemporary artist Hannah Secord Wade. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St, Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com. HOLLY FRIESEN: LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT. On view March 22-April 5, featuring contemporary landscape paintings by Montreal-based artist Holly Friesen. 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. 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. SPRINGTIME. On exhibit for the month of April, featuring work by Helen Shulman and Karen O’Neil at Edgewater Gallery on the Green, 6 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury. And work by Jill Matthews and Kay Flierl at Edgewater Gallery at the Falls, 1 Mill Street, Middlebury. (802) 989-7419, (802) 458-0098 or edgewatergallery-vt.com. 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. WINTER INTO SPRING. On view Feb. 3-March 31, featuring paintings by Klara Calitri, Linda Hampton Smith, Molly Hawley, Patricia LeBon Herb and Yinglei Zhang. Isley Public 75 Main St, Middlebury. (802) 388-4095 or ilsleypubliclibrary.org.

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MUSIC Acoustic duo Robinson & Rohe play in Ripton

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Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe have known each other for over a decade, developing a friendship as they pursued their separate careers — spanning everything from playing Brazilian jazz gigs to composing orchestral scores.

Over those years, the two grew into powerhouse performers. Robinson honed his wide-ranging skills as an original cast member of the Tony Award winning play “Warhorse,” as musical director of Anaïs Mitchell’s Off-Broadway folk opera “Hadestown,” as a composer in the Red Light New Music collective, and as a member of the Becca Stevens Band. Meanwhile, Rohe began touring and recording with her band, Jean Rohe & the End of the World Show, perfecting her honeyed, farranging voice and collecting accolades along the way. Rohe also garnered attention for her unflinching alternative anthem for the United States, “National Anthem: Arise! Arise!” which continues to be performed and recorded by choirs and bands across the country, and was published in the “Rise Up Singing” songbook sequel. Despite separately flourishing careers, the two found themselves with a musical itch they hadn’t yet scratched. One afternoon, they sat at Robinson’s kitchen table, swapping harmonies as they sang some of the old folk songs both

Robinson & Rohe, an acoustic duo, will perform an intimate concert at the Ripton Community Coffee House next Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

of them had grown up with. At the end of one song, Rohe said, “we just both sat there in silence.” Stripped down to their two voices, they could hear the potential for something big. “It’s a magical thing to phrase with someone like that,” said Robinson, “to breathe together and

live music ORGELGEBET. Thursday, March 29, 12:15-12:45 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Middlebury. ORGAN MUSIC OF PASSIONTIDE. Friday, March 30, 7-7:50 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Middlebury. HELIAND CONSORT. Friday, March 30, 7:30 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, Middlebury. THE GRIFT. Friday, March 30, 8 p.m., Tourterelle, New Haven. SOULSTICE. Saturday, April 31, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte, Middlebury. CHORAL CONCERT. Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m., VUHS Auditorium. ROBINSON & ROHE. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House. STELLARIA TRIO. Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. ONE FOR THE ROAD. Saturday, April 7, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Notte, Middlebury.

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land language in time, in tune, even pushing and pulling tempo together.” They started exchanging lyrics and music — Robinson taking a fragment of writing from Rohe and delivering it back to her married to a melody. The collaborative process was the start of what would become their debut record, “Hunger.” It was also the start of their love story. Robinson recalls writing a love song about Rohe early on in their relationship. He knew it didn’t belong on any other instrument but the banjo. The only problem was that he wasn’t a proficient enough banjo player for the music he had written. For him, the solution was simple: “I had to learn how to play it for those songs,” he said. “It took a while.” Rohe echoes this uncompromising drive to deliver whatever the songs demanded of them, saying that over the past few years, her guitar-playing has entered a new realm: “It all came from this necessity of expressing these songs the way they need to be expressed.” The duo will share their musical talents at the Ripton Community Coffee House on Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m., with open mic before the featured performers. $15 generous admission, $10 general admission and $3 for children. For more information call (802) 388-9782 or visit robinsonandrohe.com.

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the movie A FANTASTIC WOMAN — RUNNING TIME: 1:44 — RATING: R Sony Pictures had the good sense to recognize the unique quality of “A Fantastic Woman.” After the film was rewarded with top prizes at film festivals, Sony brought it to the American mainstream. It is a beautifully made film about a transgender woman who falls in love with a man who loves her back. The writing, music, dialogue and an amazing central performance lift the film to a point where there simply are no negatives to report. Marina (Daniela Vega) is singing and waiting tables in a nightclub when she and Orlando (Francisco Reyes) meet and fall instantly in love. Sure of each other’s love after a night of indulging themselves, Orlando wakes up and suffers an aneurism. As Marina escorts him down the stairs, the stricken man falls and injures himself badly. She summons help and takes him to the hospital. Daniela Vega stars in “A Fantastic Woman” (2017).

That is the moment that triggers Marina’s heartbreaking trip through the surrounding world of people still locked in their distaste for transgender people. Those at the hospital — did the patient really fall down the stairs or did Marina push him? Is it necessary to photograph Marina head to toe in the police station? Orlando’s ex-wife Sonia (Aline Küppenheim) steps up to make all funeral arrangements and is verbally and morally brutal to Marina who she refuses to recognize as a legitimate part of Orlando’s life. The hatred of Marina, delivered in quiet, brutal detail, is done against a beautiful score appropriate to the transgender singer’s sadness. Marina presents herself with dignity as she tries to mourn the man she loved. What soars into cruelty is the brutal treatment of the singer on all fronts. Determined to mourn Orlando, she is treated like a criminal at every turn. She is even banned from the funeral. Twentieth century prejudice reigns. While she suffers these attacks from people rooted in the last century, we wonder if anyone at all will let her into the mourning process.

Actress Daniela Vega, thoroughly at home in her identity, is brave in the face of cruelty and we feel the ache of her having no one to talk to or share her sadness with. This feeling human being is treated like a criminal. Vega is so thoroughly comfortable in her identity that we wonder when people will finally suspend their prejudice to accept people for who they are. Remember in the 1950s when drinking too much or having an affair were used for exclusion? Watch the beautiful dance sequence; watch the ending with a thoughtful mindset. When a brave moviemaker tackles a subject that is out of the circle of mainstream acceptance, it is often done with a heavy delivery of the message. Not here. Rather than hammering their cause, Daniela Vega and director Sebastián Lelio have created a film whose color and music and central performance take us to a place that may be raw, but it is a beautiful plea to all of us to listen. — Reviewed by Joan Ellis

the book

TALES OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

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With numerous award-winning and best-selling books in his oeuvre, Luis Alberto Urrea obviously knows how to write a good book. “The House of Broken Angels” is just that, and it succeeds on every level it strives to reach. Primarily, and most importantly, it is a pleasure to read — engaging characters, heartwarming and heartbreaking plot, and seamless writing that allows the author to disappear behind the words. The mark of a truly great author is no mark at all, the novel flowing from a seemingly effortless source. When we meet the characters, Big Angel, beloved patriarch, is about to celebrate a birthday, is dying from cancer and is about to bury his mother. Members of the family from all around are headed to San Diego to mourn their loss and pay their respects. What unfolds on this momentous weekend is the story told in this book. The De La Cruz clan, from whence Big Angel comes, is big, loving, complicated and flawed. Their story is the quintessential American story, and it’s a good story, masterfully told. — Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

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HOME

tips for staging your home The first step to getting buyers to make an offer on your home is to impress them with its appearance so they begin to envision themselves living there. Here are seven tips for making your home look bigger, brighter, and more desirable.

1. START WITH A CLEAN SLATE Before you can worry about where to place furniture and which wall hanging should go where, each room in your home must be spotless. Do a thorough cleaning right down to the nitpicky details like wiping down light switch covers. Deep clean and deodorize carpets and window coverings.

2. STOW AWAY YOUR CLUTTER It’s harder for buyers to picture themselves in your home when they’re looking at your family

photos, collectibles and knickknacks. Pack up all your personal decorations. However, don’t make spaces like mantles and coffee and end tables barren. Leave three items of varying heights on each surface. For example, place a lamp, a small plant and a book on an end table.

3. SCALE BACK ON YOUR FURNITURE When a room is packed with furniture, it looks smaller, which will make buyers think your home is less valuable. Make sure buyers appreciate the size of each room by removing one or

two pieces of furniture. If you have an eat-in dining area, using a small table and chair set makes the area seem bigger.

4. RETHINK YOUR FURNITURE PLACEMENT Highlight the flow of your rooms by arranging the furniture to guide buyers from one room to another. In each room, create a focal point on the farthest wall from the doorway and arrange the other pieces of furniture in a triangle around the focal point. In the bedroom, the bed should be the focal point.

In the living room, it may be the fireplace, and your couch and sofa can form the triangle in front of it.

5. ADD COLOR TO BRIGHTEN YOUR ROOMS Brush on a fresh coat of warm, neutral-color paint in each room. Ask your real estate agent for help choosing the right shade. Then accessorize. Adding a vibrant afghan, throw, or accent pillows for the couch will jazz up a muted living room, as will a healthy plant or a bright vase on your mantle. High-wattage bulbs in your light fixtures will also brighten up rooms and basements.

6. SET THE SCENE Lay logs in the fireplace, and set your dining room table with dishes and a centerpiece of fresh fruit or flowers. Create other vignettes throughout the home — such as a chess game in progress — to help buyers envision living there. Replace heavy curtains with sheer ones that let in more light. Make your bathrooms feel luxurious by adding a new shower curtain, towels and

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7. MAKE THE ENTRANCE GRAND Mow your lawn and trim your hedges, and turn on the sprinklers for 30 minutes before showings to make your lawn sparkle. If flowers or plants don’t surround your home’s entrance, add a pot of bright flowers. Top it all off by buying a new doormat and adding a seasonal wreath to your front door. — Houelogic.com

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Curb the clutter by going vertical with storage to remove items from the floor. Shoe racks, hooks for purses and a cabinet for coats may do the trick. Have a small entryway? Create a drop zone in another room or area that can do the job. Install shelves, a bench, cabinets and hooks. Just be sure this space is close enough to the entryway to make it useful. — MetroCreative

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.

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| ARTS+LEISURE | Thursday, March 29, 2018 were easier to put down mid-project and come back to later — better suited for a busy mom.

Creative Space Gallery since CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 it first opened in 2009. Eloise Beil, one of the gallery’s founding artists, is the owner of one of Wight’s nests. She most appreciates how Wight’s work expresses the natural materials she uses.

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“I think there was something about the rhythm of it that really attracted me,” she said. “It’s a soothing rhythm to weave a basket.” When her husband, Gregory Wight, wanted to teach engineering at Norwich University, the family moved and embraced rural Vermont living. (With his engineering background, Gregory often helps Wight with the more technical parts of her basket-making.) Wight had another child, and later, as the couple’s children started to move away to college, Wight decided to go back to school. She got her Master’s degree in psychology at Antioch University in Keene, N.H., and worked in schools, consulting with special educators and counseling students individually.

“The thing about Tamara’s nests is that she works in partnership with the materials,” Beil said. “The materials suggest something, and then she responds and enhances that. At the moment we have one nest that has red dyed reeds and woven pieces of what appear to be denim. They are so evocative. The spindles of her baskets have an undulating shape because of the way the basket is woven following the contours of the piece of driftwood [that is used as the base]. She takes you to all kinds of different places with these baskets.” For most of her life, Wight considered herself an “artist on the side.” She grew up playing on the banks of the Ohio River and attended Ohio University, where she studied education. She later taught kindergarten, which didn’t have a formal curriculum, allowing her to be creative with the kids. Later, she moved to West Hartford, Conn.,

It wasn’t until Wight’s retirement, in 2001, that she began to truly consider herself an artist. With a studio in the historic Gray Building in Northfield, she pursues basketry in the form of sculpture.

Tamara Wright weaves the bottom of a basket.

“It’s been a really great thing,” she said. “Something I’ve always wanted.”

where she had two kids of her own. There, she discovered a love of weaving with yarn, which soon morphed into a love of basketry. Baskets

Wight’s work is currently on display and for sale at the Creative Space Gallery. More of her pieces can be viewed at tamarawight.com.

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Wedding Planning

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Two local couples describe their planning process

Help plan with these wedding tricks............................ 5 Eloping: Our wedding, our way....................................... 9 Inviting singles to your wedding?............................... 10 Don’t be blindsided by your wedding costs.......... 11 Photo: Garren Poirier, Garrentee Photography

By CHRISTY LYNN For some, the perfect vision of their wedding has been forming in their heads for years, becoming more and more refined as the relationship and circumstances become settled, so when the time comes to put the plan in place there aren’t a whole lot of decisions left to be made. But for many, very little forethought has gone into planning for an actual event until after the engagement — when reality strikes. From there, it tends to be a practice of putting an idea on the table and working through the details of what it would take to make it actually happen. I recall early in the process of planning our wedding ceremony my partner and I hatched the brilliant idea of finding an overgrown field planted with some tall crop that would reach over the tops of our heads. We would direct all guests to show up at the site and there would be a single path weaving in a labyrinth pattern until it led to a central area that would be mowed in the center (See Planning, Page 3)

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Planning (Continued from Page 1) of the field. Of course, reality hit when we started to think about finding such a location and the cost of renting that land and/or compensating the landowner for the lost crop rotation. Then there were questions about bathrooms, seating, accessibility, allergies and all kinds of other considerations that wiped this beautiful vision straight off the table. Likewise, for two local couples planning their weddings in 2018 the process has been about identifying the elements that are most important to them and making choices and compromises that keep them within their budgets and within a reasonable scope. VENUE Eliza Murawski grew up in Shoreham and Cornwall and always envisioned getting married on her parents’ property by their small pond. She and her fiancé Andrew McAvoy now live outside Barre in Graniteville and will finally have the opportunity to return to Addison County and make that dream come true this coming Aug. 18. “Originally we wanted to have the ceremony and the reception all on the same property,” Eliza says, “but when we started pricing it all out we decided that shifting locations for the reception was going to make a lot more sense for budget reasons as well as logistically. It will simplify the details and allow my parents to relax more and enjoy the day.” The couple chose the Middlebury Inn as their reception venue, which offers

JEFF MURAWSKI AND ABBEY Pope live in a beautiful farmhouse along Route 30 in Cornwall. Pope is an impeccable gardener and their landscaping leading down to a small pond behind the house offers a perfect backdrop for a wedding. That’s why it was an easy choice for their daughter, Eliza, when she and her partner were engaged this past December.

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all-inclusive packages that simplify the planning process while still offering guests an elegant and memorable experience. “Having the reception downtown also offers the benefit of being walkable to other hotels and inns where our guests may be staying as well as afterparty locations for any guests who might want to continue the party after the Middlebury Inn’s curfew,” Eliza says. “We like the idea that any drinking will be downtown so we don’t have to worry

about the liability of people getting into cars from my parent’s house and driving to wherever they’re staying or providing transportation,” she added. Margaret Kennedy and Dylan Teer met as teenagers at Vergennes Union High School and have been together ever since. Last April while hanging out at Bristol Falls, Dylan proposed and the couple started slowly laying out plans for their wedding. They selected June 9, 2018, for their wedding, which will mark the 11th

anniversary of their first date. Attracted to the natural beauty of the lakeside location and the all-in-one convenience, the couple chose the Grand Isle Lake House for their wedding venue. The classic inn features 13 guest rooms that Margaret and Dylan figure will be filled with members of their wedding party and family. They will host a rehearsal dinner, the ceremony and the reception all on the same site, offering convenience and simplicity to a couple (See Choices, Page 6)

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Help plan with these wedding tricks (MS) — Ensuring an event goes on with minimal hiccups takes patience and thorough planning. This is especially true for weddings, when many elements must merge together for a memorable day. Today’s couples have a bevy of new resources at their disposal to facilitate wedding planning. The internet makes vetting vendors and reading reviews that much easier, but wedding-related apps also can simplify wedding planning. The following are some top picks as culled by Wedding Shoppe, Inc., The Knot and Lifehacker. • Wedding Spot: Couples can search for their ideal wedding venue based on location, budget, styles, and capacity. The website enables users to plan their ideal weddings and get cost estimates based on guest list and options. Users also can access discounts and exclusive deals. • Wedding LookBook: This app enables couples to browse through thousands of

dresses, accessories, jewelry, and much more. The app will help customers find products in their area. • Shutterfly: This photo, invitation and image-sharing tool can be an inexpensive place to create save-the-date stationery, invitations, and photo memory books. • Appy Couple: This app and website helps couples manage their budgets, timelines, wedding parties, and seating charts, while also allowing them to share photos. There is a free version and basic packages that allow access to more features. • iWedding Deluxe: In addition to managing timelines, to-do lists and vendors, this app offers inspiration for gowns, manages and tracks gifts, and offers first dance suggestions from iTunes. However, it is only available to iPhone users. • AllSeated: This tool can help couples figure out seating arrangements by

creating 3D floor plans of the event, and couples can pull contacts from email and social networks to establish a guest list. If floor plans are unavailable in their database, they can be drawn. • The Knot’s Marketplace: With the click of a button, couples can search for wedding vendors in all different categories, read reviews, and directly connect with those businesses. • HitchSwitch: Brides or grooms who may be changing their names can do so in one convenient place. Three different packages cater to various namechanging needs. • Vistaprint: These stationery specialists offer an array of services, from cards to invitations to personalized

envelopes. Once a design is chosen, Vistaprint will offer add-on suggestions for coordinating items, helping to create a cohesive look for the festivities.

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Choices (Continued from Page 3) not overly excited about fussing over a million little details. WEDDING PARTY In lieu of a traditional wedding party made up of bridesmaids and groomsmen, Eliza and Andrew have decided that they will walk down the aisle together, following a small procession made up of their immediate family members. They borrowed this idea from another wedding they had attended; Eliza said as soon as she saw it she knew that she would do the same if she were ever to get married herself. They will be married by a cousin of Eliza’s, Charlie Vaczy, who Eliza said “has always felt more like a big brother to me.” When Eliza approached Charlie to let him know she wanted him to have a special role in their wedding it was he who suggested he be their officiant. He obtained a certificate to perform the marriage for this single purpose. Margaret and Dylan, on the other hand, will each have five of their closest family members and friends with them at the altar as bridesmaids and groomsmen. Margaret will be escorted down the aisle by both her mother and her father and will meet Dylan as well as their close friend and officiant Eric Montgomery at the altar. Montgomery had already been ordained, so Margaret and Dylan said he was a clear pick for the person to marry them. CEREMONY For many couples, the ceremony itself may be the call that brings all the wedding guests together from near and far, but it’s the

piece that is the hardest to plan and often gets cast aside in the planning process or left to the very end. For Eliza and Andrew, their vision for the ceremony is slowly coming together, but Eliza admits that it’s something they need to spend some more time planning out. She and Andrew will write and deliver their own vows, but neither has started the vow-writing process yet. Eliza says it’s the thing that is most intimidating to her in the whole planning process. “I’m honestly terrified about writing my vows. I’m not always very eloquent and I know I’ll be a nervous wreck. I’m just afraid of not being able to put into words what exactly I want to say,” she says. Without a religious or spiritual template guiding their ceremony, Eliza and Andrew plan to somehow incorporate members of their family and close friends in a ceremony that communicates the lofty promises the two make with their union as well as keep it true to who they are. They will have cello music played by Carol Fenn, a long time co-worker of Eliza’s dad, Jeff Murawski; they may ask family members to offer short readings or poems that help highlight the significant occasion. Eliza’s mother, Abbey Pope, and Abbey’s sisters practice Indian dance together and are considering a dance during the ceremony too. Eliza says she would really like each member of their families to feel like they are personally invited to contribute to the wedding, so they will be spending a lot of their time connecting with each person and figuring out what role they can play. One cousin is a carpenter and he and

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ELIZA MURAWSKI AND ANDREW McAvoy are planning their nuptials for this coming August at Eliza’s childhood home in Cornwall. Here they offer a toast to the wedding planning process with a pair of glasses that Eliza’s grandmother gave them. “The thought is that we’ll use them at our wedding and then pass them along to the next couple in the family who gets married,” Eliza said.

another aunt who has a gift for design may collaborate on an arbor. Eliza’s sister, Annie, has been in several weddings, so will be able to offer lots of advice and assistance with the details of it all coming together. Conveniently, her mother is an excellent gardener and landscaper, so she plans to plant all of the flowers for the wedding right on site and no doubt the grounds will be in top condition for the big day. However it shapes up, Eliza and Andrew are excited to design a ceremony that will help them and their guests really honor the occasion and make it feel extra personal. As two shy people who aren’t interested

in being in the limelight for much longer than they need to be, Margaret and Dylan are taking a slightly different approach. “We want a simple, nondenominational ceremony,” Margaret said. “We’re going to exchange vows, exchange rings and head to the party!” They will be writing their own vows, but Margaret says neither has started yet and in a moment of honesty added, “We probably won’t until the day before.” Like Eliza, one of the things that most intimidates Margaret is the thought of crying during her vows, making it difficult for her guests to understand her when she declares those crucial words. (See Venue, Page 7)

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Wedding Venue (Continued from Page 6) AFTER PARTY Following their ceremony and formal photos at the Pope-Murawski residence, the wedding party will shift to the Middlebury Inn, where Eliza and Andrew expect many of their out-of-town guests will choose to stay. A huge part of the appeal in the allinclusive wedding packages offered by the Middlebury Inn was the relative few choices they had to make. “We’re going to do a tasting so we can choose our menu and we get to work with Otter Creek Bakery on specific cupcakes we want, but otherwise they pretty much have everything else taken care of,” Eliza said. For music, Eliza and Andrew plan to have a date with their family when they’ll create a playlist for the evening. “We think it’ll be fun to choose our own songs and be able to transition from musical genres and

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Middle School. With a careful regard for the enjoyment of their guests, as well as a love for local themes as the night goes on,” she said. food and drink themselves, one of the The party may break for a few toasts things that most appealed to Margaret and given by close family members and the one Dylan about the Grand Isle Lake House piece that Eliza and Andrew are sure of is was the local and seasonal menu they offer. that they would like to take the The chef will be curating a special time to introduce at least menu and the bar staff will all of the members of have a wide selection of their respective famigreat local beers as well. “We really want to lies to one another. “The quality of the see our guests out “There will be a food and drinks were number of people really important to us on the dance floor, there from our especially after they’ve because if they aren’t extended famigood, your guests had a few drinks.” lies who have not aren’t going to be — Margaret Kennedy happy and won’t have yet met and we feel strongly that this is a a good time,” Margaret blending of the two famisaid. lies and we would like to take To add to the festivities, advantage of the opportunity to introduce Margaret and Dylan plan to hire a DJ and everyone,” Eliza said. This idea came from have a great dance party. her father, Jeff Murawski, a long time “We really want to see our guests out guidance counselor at Middlebury Union on the dance floor, especially after they’ve

had a few drinks,” she said. As for toasts, Margaret and Dylan have asked their Maid of Honor and Best Man to plan toasts, but they have yet to decide if they are going to open the mic for other speeches or keep them short to allow for more dancing. ALL THE PESKY DETAILS Many of the details are still coming together for Eliza and Andrew, but fortunately most of the critical elements are in place. Fortunately, picking the dress was easier than Eliza had ever imagined. “I went to David’s Bridal in Burlington and was planning on it just being a first attempt at getting an idea of what I was looking for. But the second dress I tried on was it. I just knew it was the one.” Andrew’s outfit is picked out too, which the couple did together so Eliza could make sure she was OK with the color choices. He’ll be wearing a custom vest and matching pants, but given the mid-summer heat (See Details, Page 8)

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to have cookie cutters made that are shaped (Continued from Page 7) like their faces. They’re planning to decohas opted out of the jacket. Eliza’s parents, Jeff and Abbey, have rate the cookies to look like themselves as been crucial in the planning effort, nailing party favors for their guests. The photographer they’ve hired is down many of the details like the tent and helping to coordinate invitations and save- Chris Ingram of Featherwind Creative of Middlebury. He photographed a the-date notices. “Andrew and I are pretty…laid back…so friend’s wedding last fall and came highly it’s great to have some help checking some recommended. Margaret was also lucky enough to find of the details off the list,” Eliza says. “I’ve already had some overwhelmed moments her dress relatively quickly at Fashion and we’re not that far into it, so it’s great Corner in Port Henry, N.Y., just before the to know that we don’t have to do all of this shop went out of business. While she said ourselves and that I have family that I can the whole process was a little bit stressful for her, she came out with a beautiful lean on for support.” dress that will With the surprise her experience of groom on June having been in 9. the wedding Help is easy parties of many to find for close friends, many brides sister Annie and grooms, has also been and Margaret a huge support and Dylan person for have certainly Eliza. Annie found that to recommended be true. Both of Zola.com for a their mothers wedding regishave stepped try site, which up to help and Eliza says has fortunately been a really M a rg a r e t ’s easy and great maid of honor, tool so far. Melissa Strong, The couple is a highly does plan MARGARET KENNEDY AND Dylan Teer cele- o r g a n i z e d to exchange their engagement at Button Bay with close person who has wedding rings brated friends, family and headdresses. They are planning during the cere- their wedding at the Grand Isle Lake House in June. been offering photo submitted by Margaret Kennedy helpful nudges mony, but they haven’t quite settled on a jeweler yet, or as well as pieces of advice and encouragewhat style they will choose. Eliza says she ment along the way. The process of planning a wedding is hoping that the jeweler who made her parents’ wedding rings is still in business ceremony can be overwhelming and details that you never knew needed planning seem and may be able to do theirs too. For a couple not terribly excited by the to crop up just when you feel like you have planning process, Margaret and Dylan a handle on things. For both of these local have most of their ducks in a row for the couples, staying relaxed and accepting help from others seems to be a successful big day. Thanks to the naturally beautiful setting strategy as they work out all of the deciat the Grand Isle Lake House, Margaret and sions to be made before the wedding day. And for both, the most important objecDylan aren’t planning to need too many more decorations to add to the mood. They tive seems to be the part that is nearly guarare getting flowers from Anne Matthews at anteed — to share a huge life milestone Flower Power VT in Ferrisburgh and can with all of their closest family and friends, fortunately repurpose some decorations have lots of fun, and create lasting memoused by Dylan’s sister at her wedding. For ries on this special day. a fun and unique detail, the couple is going

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Eloping: Our wedding, our way something else altogether. With so many By ALEXIS CASWELL Eloping seems like such a romantic idea. guests wanting to come to our untraditional Run away to an exotic place or location, or nuptials, more traditions started to become just city hall, and get married without all necessities. We decided that moving the location the ceremony. We wanted simple. My fiancé and I had to Central Park instead of City Hall made been together all through the time I was more sense to accommodate this influx of in graduate school in Italy and he was guests. We decided to create something living and working in his home country of approaching a wedding party, my husband’s England. We were engaged in Paris under Best Man was his childhood friend from the Eiffel Tower. We traveled constantly London, and my best friend flew in from Los Angeles to be my and when it came time Maid of Honor. for us to actually plan “I realized I, the anti-planner, our special day, I didn’t also discovered why want to plan. “eloping” for us people do plan so far I wanted us to run really meant that in advance for these away alone to the we wanted to do events: because things marriage bureau in New will go wrong. York City (an idea not our wedding in My expensive inspired by a plot of a our way.” hairstyle with curls certain chick-flick, I completely fell limp just promise). I would wear something fun and cool in lieu of the tradi- an hour before the wedding. The restaurant where we got our burgtional dress, and I wanted to grab a burger afterwards with my new husband and call ers after the ceremony wouldn’t split our check and caused me to panic, and my it a day. What we ended up with was much differ- “untraditional” dress was ruined by a seament because we then decided to invite our stress one week before we were due to get parents. My mother heard about this plan married, and I was left scrambling to find and wanted to be there, and upon reflection a dress. I found myself wandering a very my fiancé wanted his parents to be there large, traditional wedding dress retailer and as well. So it now became my parents and bought a traditional, strapless, satin dress their spouses, my fiancé’s parents, and us. off the rack. I bought a cathedral-length veil to match. If I had to go traditional, I was Then, the floodgates opened. Ultimately, we had five of my fiancé’s going to be over-the-top as well. I realized “eloping” for us really meant friends from England fly over, my siblings and their significant others, and my that we wanted to do our wedding in our sister’s three children, one of which was a way. We took the opportunity to be critinewborn. Our elopement was turning into cal about what made it feel special for us,

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and what didn’t. We may have succumbed to some traditions but we didn’t blow our budget. Our sizable wedding party did all go out for burgers after our wedding in the park. I didn’t have any flowers, and my fiancé saw my new dress before we got married. We found a gem of an officiant and she instantly calmed me down and included a John Lennon line in our ceremony. These are just things that seemed like us. Eloping in Vermont is interesting because there is no waiting period to get a marriage license in the Green Mountain State, much like Las Vegas (clearly the only thing Vegas and Vermont have in common). And Vermont is a beautiful place to have a destination wedding, which we already know, but what about a destination elopement? At least one common wedding destination in our area is already hip to the idea. Basin Harbor Club in Ferrisburgh has an elopement package often taken advantage of by those couples coming from all over the country to elope here in our beautiful state, as well as by locals. And although they do offer packages for couples running away together to get married, according to Basin Harbor wedding coordinator Anne Henderson, “70 percent of eloping couples have guests come with them, usually up to 20.” Henderson said that couples usually get their marriage license at a local town clerk’s office the day before, and have no waiting period. For those anti-planners like myself, they have a package that covers whatever you could want, plus a meal and a hotel room, but it’s customizable.

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In the end, our wedding felt very “us” — filled with jokes and laughter, and some of the most important people to us, coming together from everywhere to form a new little family. At the end of it all, planning mistakes aside, the day ended with my new husband, Tom, and I eating Chinese food from the local market at 3 a.m. on the terrace of our hotel. Still spontaneous and romantic, but with some traditional wedding elements that worked for us.

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What’s the etiquette when inviting singles to your wedding? (MS) — Couples tying the knot typically want to share their excitement with as many friends and family members as possible. Preliminary wedding guest lists can be quite extensive, but many couples ultimately shorten such lists in adherence to their budgets. One fuzzy area in regard to guest lists is whether or not to include a “plus one” on the invitation for single friends or family members. A “plus one” refers to single guests’ dates. Party planners may extend the courtesy of giving single guests the choice of whether they would like to bring someone along to the event or attend solo. The rules concerning plus ones are flexible, and ultimately, it may be up to the couple to create their own plus-one rules. The following tips can help couples determine which way to go. LENGTH OF RELATIONSHIP One way to set limits on plus ones is to

look at invitees on a case-by-case basis. Think about unmarried guests and the type of relationship status they currently claim. For example, a cousin who has been dating someone for several months can be encouraged to invite this serious boyfriend/ girlfriend. Recently divorced or widowed guests may not feel comfortable bringing a date along, but because this person was in a committed relationship so long, it may be well worth the courtesy to allow these types of guests to bring someone along so they can feel more comfortable. Etiquette experts at The Knot say that,

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whenever possible, all guests should be addressed by name on the invitation. Couples can ask single friends whether they plan to bring a date to the wedding and who their dates might be. N U M B E R OF SINGLE FRIENDS A n o t h e r consideration is how many single people will be invited to the wedding. If it’s a small number, a blanket plusone rule can be established. However, if many guests are single, which tends to happen when young couples are getting married, the cost can be prohibitive. Single friends and family can be seated together so that they can converse and have fun.

FOR THE GUESTS … It’s important for people on the receiving end of a wedding invitation to understand some key plus-one rules as well. • If the invitation does not say “plus one” or “and guest,” that means you have been invited alone. It is rude to bring a guest unexpectedly. • Avoid asking to bring someone to the wedding if you were not originally given the option. • If you were given plus-one status, be sure to respond with your guest’s name. If you can’t confirm who you will be bringing or don’t know if you will have a date for the evening, it is better to come alone. • Don’t use the plus one as a chance to bring a friend only for the free food and drinks. Weddings can be complicated to plan, and negotiating plus ones for single guests is part of that planning.

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Don’t be blindsided by your wedding costs (MS) — Brides and grooms understandably feel a little stress when planning their weddings. Adding to the pressure is the fact that, according to a WeddingWire.com report, the average couple in their 30s spends $32,000 on their wedding. That is a lot of money riding on one day. But planning a wedding can be even more fun than it is stressful, especially for those couples who employ a few tricks of the wedding planning trade. 1. Fake the cake. Save some money by asking the bakery cake artist to decorate a foam-tiered “mock” cake for pictures and display, and serve guests from an inexpensive sheet cake in the kitchen. 2. Use labels. Once the guest list is finalized, create a database of guests’ addresses. Print out two sets of labels: One for addressing the invitations and the other to address the

thank-you cards. 3. RSVP tricks: Number the back of RSVP cards and correspond the numbers to the guest list. If one or more responses is illegible, refer to the number to figure it out. 4. Embrace inexpensive decor. Dollar stores and craft stores are great places to find inexpensive decorative items. Empty wine bottles can be painted or glazed to serve as vases. Candle lanterns can be picked up at low cost at many retailers. 5. Create an email address. To have all of the wedding-related details in one place, create a separate email address exclusively for wedding correspondence. 6. Use veil weights. These weights can be sewn into veils to prevent fly-aways during outdoor ceremonies or photoshoots. 7. Keep bugs at bay. Spray chair and reception table legs with

insect repellent. Dryer sheets also can be tucked into inconspicuous spots to keep bugs away. 8. Save money on favors. Unless the favor is something to eat or something especially practical, you may consider skipping the favors altogether, as many guests tend to forget to take them home anyway. 9. Use page markers for seating. Use multicolored, self-sticking page markers to create easy seating arrangements. Each color can represent a category: His, Hers, Friends, Work. 10. Make a photo clothesline. A clever and inexpensive idea is to pin photos of the couple to a string, cataloguing how they met and their time together leading up to the wedding. 11. Use loose flower centerpieces. Loose flowers in a vase are easier to sort and transport home for guests who want a memento. Make precut butcher’s

paper or cellophane available to make bouquets. 12. Stock up on string lights. Lights can be wrapped around trees outdoors, strung indoors around windows or draped along buffet tables to create a romantic ambiance. Weddings can be expensive and stressful; therefore, couples can use all the tips they can to corral their expenses and tame their nerves.

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