Monday, April 10, 2017

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ADDISON COUNTY

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Vol. 28 No. 52

Middlebury, Vermont

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Local option taxes yielding big surplus Panther stars on, off track • Pronovost had a long road to success, with a tough injury and a nice surprise along the way. See Sports, Page 28.

Middlebury to decide uses for $1M

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury officials will ask local residents this year for help in solving a pleasant dilemma: What to do with almost $1 million in surplus funds generated thus far by Middlebury’s local option taxes.

It was on Town Meeting Day in 2008 that Middlebury residents authorized a 30-year, $16 million bond to fund the Cross Street Bridge project, the centerpiece of which is the span linking Main Street to Court Street over the Otter Creek.

(See Middlebury, Page 39)

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Big power line rekindles interest in Ferrisburgh

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — After about a year and a half of silence, financial talks might be ready to resume between the town of Ferrisburgh and the Massachusetts companies — Anbaric Transmission and National Grid — proposing a $650 million, 400-megawatt power line that in part would run underground

along Ferrisburgh roads.

The companies, now doing business as Green Line Infrastructure Alliance, filed in October an application with the Vermont Public Service Board to run the 60-mile power line from Beekmantown, N.Y., to New Haven.

(See Ferrisburgh, Page 27)

Thinking about automobiles

• In our Spring Cars section read about Vermont’s new electronic auto inspections and more. See Pages 17-24.

Artistry from our northern neighbor • Works by Canadian painters are on exhibit at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Read Arts Beat on Page 10.

MELANIE KESSLER, WHO lives mostly car-free, cycles down a Bristol street last week with her sons Ezra, right, and Judah on an electric-assist cargo bike that she uses to take Ezra to preschool in Lincoln. Kessler is the force behind the upcoming “Human Powered Parade and Celebration” in Bristol next month.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Human-powered parade to roll through Bristol

By GAEN MURPHREE BRISTOL — For bike advocate and youth leader Melanie Kessler using human-powered transportation is all about joy.

To celebrate that exuberance and

to empower others to create their own human power, the 38-year-old Bristol resident is organizing the first annual Human Powered Parade and Celebration, which will be held May 20 in Bristol.

Kessler describes it as a “possibility parade for all things that roll petroleum free.”

Donations raised during the celebration will go toward Addison County’s Safe Routes to Schools

programs and toward the work of the Addison County Walk-Bike Council.

“Biking brings me a lot of joy.

It’s like a paradigm shifter. It’s not a (See Kessler, Page 25)

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Distaff drama

THE STAGE AT Mary Hogan Elementary School in Middlebury was awash in pirates and drama last week, as fifth- and sixth-graders performed their spring production, “Lady Pirates of the Caribbean.”

Pictured during a performance for the school on Thursday afternoon are, clockwise from top left, Zoey Plastridge and Ele Sellers; Stella Andrews, Megan Gemignani, Ari Graham-Gurland and Amanda Gomes; Dahlia Harrison; Gemignani, Gomes, Abby Tufts, Andrews, Addie Riche and Alysa Farley; Plastridge, Riche, Sellers and Tufts; and Kelsey Altemose, Farley and GrahamGurland.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Addison Independent, Monday, April 10, 2017 — PAGE 3

Two county restaurants cop awards

Salisbury biogas plan scuttled

Two Brothers Tavern, Bar Antidote honored

By EMMA COTTON STOWE — Two Addison County restaurants were given top honors at Vermont’s annual Tourism Summit, held last week in Stowe. Ian Huizenga of the Bar Antidote and Hired Hand Brewing Company in Vergennes was named Top Chef, and Middlebury’s Two Brothers Tavern was named 2017 Restaurateur of the Year.

“It’s ... golly. It’s a huge honor,” said an almost-speechless Holmes Jacobs, co-owner of Two Brothers.

“We’re deeply humbled. There are so many incredible restaurants and restaurateurs in Vermont, and we are incredibly flattered to be nominated and chosen for this honor.”

The awards are two of four given within the Vermont Chamber Hospitality Awards segment of the summit.

“These awards celebrate our hospitality and tourism industry’s vast contributions to the economy, and acknowledge these award winners as stand-out achievers within Vermont,” said Ronda Berns, vice president of Tourism for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, who presented the awards with Joe Carton, chief operating officer at Westport Hospitality. “These are the individuals who exemplify the Vermont brand.”

The Chef of the Year award recognizes an individual with a proven

history of supporting Vermont’s agricultural economy using local food and products. Huizenga was named top chef for his “locally-focused comfort foods” and his blending and pairing of flavors, seen in “his crafting of brews from local ingredients, pairing innovative pizzas, local cheese and featured beer cocktails, as well as combining his beers with local spirits and beer inspired desserts.”

Last fall Huizenga opened Hired Hand in the space above his Green Street Bar Antidote.

At age 39, he already has 25 years of experience in the restaurant business, starting at Cubber’s in Bristol.

He’s also cooked in kitchens at the Basin Harbor Club, Waybury Inn, Storm Café and in Florida, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The Restaurateurs of the Year Award recognizes those who demonstrate excellence in operating and managing a restaurant in Vermont.

Two Brothers Tavern, which

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III will hold court in Middlebury on Thursday, April 13 — not to rule on any cases, but to give Addison County residents a sense of what goes into a jurist’s decision-making

process on matters related to free speech.

The longtime Cornwall resident and Middlebury College alum’s talk, titled “Constitutional Law: The First Amendment, a Judicial Perspective,” will begin at 7 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Unitarian

HOLMES JACOBS ACCEPTS the 2017 Restaurateur of the Year on behalf of Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury this past Wednesday evening at the Vermont Tourism Summit in Stowe. His wife Megan stands behind Jacobs, and brother Beal Jacobs is on the left.

Photo courtesy of David Burnell

opened in Middlebury in 2002, is a family-run business known for its commitment to the community.

Over the years, the restaurant has held philanthropic dining events and fundraisers to benefit local organizations, like Cocktails Curing Cancer, the annual Face Off Against Breast Cancer party, the Adam Myers Memorial Fundraiser, and Porter Hospital Auxiliary’s Beat Back the Blues, among others.

In 2015, Two Brothers won the Addison County Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award for its continued community support.

Two Brothers is currently wrapping up a renovation project, during which they’ve gutted and redesigned the restaurant’s main kitchen, serving a revised menu of Neapolitan pizza from a new kitchen in their downstairs lounge in the meantime. On April 21, it will celebrate the completion of the project with a grand re-opening party.

Sessions to explain judicial thinking

Universalist Society meeting hall at 2 Duane Court.

Vermont’s senior federal judge is no stranger to educating the masses on legal matters, and he took some time on April 6 to preview his upcoming appearance.

(See Sessions, Page 5)

“We’re incredibly proud of what we do,” Jacobs said, “and we’re very proud of our staff. We really owe it all to them. We did not see this coming, and we’re very humbled.”

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Integrated Energy Solutions (EIS) has pulled the plug on a project that would have extracted energy from cow manure and sent it through a pipeline from Salisbury to Middlebury College.

Dan Smith, president of EIS, confirmed the news during a recent phone interview. He declined to discuss specific reasons for scuttling the already permitted project, but indicated financing has been a major obstacle.

The plan called for installation of a bio-digester system on the Goodrich Farm off Shard (See Methane, Page 38)

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial GOP faces risks if Supreme Court swings too far right Swinging the Supreme Court to a conservative majority is an honor that solely belongs to Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. He is the man who led the Republican charge to deny Judge Merrick Garland, a moderate judge based on his past jurisprudence. President Barrack Obama nominated Garland because he reflected mainstream views — not liberal or radical, not ultra conservative, but views the vast majority of Americans could embrace — even most Republicans.

But McConnell, in a highly partisan and precedent-breaking move, refused to allow a Senate hearing or vote on Garland’s nomination for the entire last year of Obama’s term — long before Trump was ever considered a viable candidate. Trump gets credit only for nominating a conservative judge — any conservative — who was alert and breathing. For this Congress, and this Republican majority, that is all that was needed. The hearings on Gorsuch were a sham, as he ducked every ideological question with statements so vague as to be meaningless.

But it didn’t matter: McConnell had his majority and he was going to deploy the “nuclear option” and forever change the way the Senate operates. This is McConnell’s victory (less so for Trump) and it will also be his albatross — his burden in history to bear. Why, because Gorsuch’s judicial record does not reflect the perspective of most Americans. He has a troubling record on women’s rights; just as bad with worker’s rights; and it is not surprising that in many rulings he has favored corporations over people.

When cases are decided by this Supreme Court that reflect that anti-woman, anti-worker, pro-corporation bias — offending the sensibilities of most Americans — voters will learn to despise the GOP justices and their perspective just as religious conservatives despise Roe V. Wade.

There is also the stain of McConnell’s political shenanigans that he used to pull this off.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and one of the most senior members of the Senate, issued this statement: “Republican Leader Mitch McConnell wasted little time to put partisanship ahead of statesmanship. He immediately forced a series of procedural votes to change Senate rules to eliminate the 60-vote threshold for cloture on Supreme Court nominees. Not having enough votes to override a filibuster, Senator McConnell chose to lower the threshold to a simple majority or 50 votes.

“It is clear that a Republican-led Senate is a dangerous Senate. We can’t stand for Republicans that damage the very fabric of the Senate — an institution that I have fought to protect throughout my 42 years as a senator…

Nominees to the Supreme Court are for life and will often sit on the court for decades. The 60-vote threshold was an important Senate rule that required bipartisan consensus on such an important nomination.”

Why is 60 votes better than a simple majority? Because, as Sen. Leahy says, “the American people deserve a Supreme Court justice who is in the mainstream of judicial thought, someone who will carefully consider each case presented to him without being blinded by partisan ideology. Unfortunately, Neil Gorsuch will not be that kind of justice. After the truly shocking treatment of Judge Merrick Garland, Republicans have now damaged the Senate even further in the name of pure partisanship — putting the rights of women, workers, and everyday Americans at risk.”

For McConnell, Trump and other Republicans gleeful of the change, they can chalk it up as a victory, but it also poses the kind of societal change that could cause even greater damage to the Republican brand in the years to come, and narrow the party’s appeal even more.

Angelo Lynn

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ROOTS OF A tree that topple in a Middlebury woods are exposed to the elements as spring got under way.

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Letters to the Editor Energy answer: Less demand, more local, no NIMBY As Jedi Master Yoda famously said, “Do or do not, there is no try.” Vermont would be well served to heed his words as it considers implementation of S.51, the bill to support Vermont’s goal of 90 percent renewable energy by year 2050. In the best of circumstances this is an ambitious goal and in the present bureaucratic mindset it is absolutely unattainable due to the current labyrinthine and anachronistic permitting and licensing process.

The appropriate management of any situation needs to align

with the acuity of the situation.

Anyone who has been whisked off to emergency surgery from the Emergency Room is well aware acting quickly and thoughtfully are not mutually exclusive. Vermont has the knowledge and the power to attain responsible power generation, it just needs to get past the timidity of actually using them. Indecision actually is a decision that reverts to the status quo. The status quo is looking worse and worse and while Rome burns America’s incarnation of Nero is foolishly chasing clean coal as a solution while no such

things exists.

Vermont has tirelessly catalogued its resources in great detail, the trick is going to be making the true decision to bring those resources that are deemed legitimate online in a timely and efficient fashion.

Common sense cannot be legislated.

To take a genuine full swing at 90 by 2050 Vermont has no choice but to do the following.

First, decrease demand by increasing efficiency. The less we use the more we save and the less we need. Making 90 percent of a (See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, April 10, 2017 — PAGE 5

Sessions

Letters to the Editor 6th-grade move threatens schools An open letter to Peter Burrows, superintendent of the Addison Central School District (ACSD), to the board members of the ACSD, and to the members of the communities of Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge: I am concerned about the proposal being discussed by the Addison Central School District to move 6th-grade students to the middle school. I find it troubling that a proposal is being floated that could threaten the smaller schools in the district with possible closure and consolidation by rendering them smaller yet. The area served

by each of our schools is broad enough.

I’d hate to see children spending more time being bused in from farther away; my eight-year-old son is on the bus for nearly an hour after school each day as it is.

Closing the smaller schools would also be a blow to their communities. As Wendell Berry points out in his novel, “Jayber Crow,” the school is the heart of the community in a small town. I hope that any measure resulting in a school closure will meet strong opposition. I for one am against it.

John-Eric Robinson Weybridge

Letter (Continued from Page 4) smaller number is by far the easiest goal to attain. The easiest electron is the one never used.

Second, decrease transmission distances as transmission loss can lead to squandering of up to half of the energy produced via the transmission lines. Local production and local consumption would negate transmission loss and increase vastly the efficiency of the distribution of power decreasing the need for as much generation given Vermont’s modest resources.

Making electricity locally could cut in half the amount of generation.

Third, the catalogued sources of generation should be reviewed and prioritized based on positive impact as well as likelihood of being brought online. A hierarchy needs to be created and a genuine and substantive effort made to facilitate bringing these sites online as quickly as is reasonable. The current standard of years of endless vetting for the sake of doing so and mulling simply are no longer in line with the danger of the reality we are facing.

Are we going to do this now or after it is too late?

Lastly, NIMBYism has to go.

Earth is one big vessel upon which we all are passengers. As

such, every back yard is your own back yard as demonstrated by the apocalyptic disaster of Fukushima, Japan, which is now threatening the entire west coast of America with radioactivity that will last for hundreds of years. There will always be reasons to protest and argue, however that era has passed, time is running out for real this time, and realistic resources are limited.

Vermonters dealt with an out-oftouch federal government years ago with the rural electrification plan which was too slow to fit Vermont’s needs. Vermont took it upon itself to take on the task alone and quickly developed its own array of power generation that remains vital to our economy to this day. S.51 will be a litmus test of if the same response to rural electrification back in the 1800s will be resurrected in the 2000s. Vermonters back then made a hard deadline for themselves, rolled up their sleeves and got it done because they had to. That same attitude is embodied in S.51 and it has to be resurrected in earnest and materially if we are to truly move forward with a responsible energy plan and hope to have any chance of 90 by 2050.

Anders Holm MD Hinesburg

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(Continued from Page 3) “I think it’s really important that our community engage in open discussion about First Amendment civil liberties,” Sessions said during a brief interview at the college’s McCardell Bicentennial Hall, where he teaches a course on American Constitutional law.

“This is an educational need,” he added. “I think that young people in particular, and all of us in general, need to understand what civil liberties are all about.”

It’s actually not that surprising that Sessions would accept a speaking invitation at the CVUUS. He is a founding member of the congregation. He will be introduced on April 13 by none other than his granddaughter, Livia Bernhardt, a member of a CVUUS youth group that is raising funds for an upcoming service trip. While judicial ethics preclude Sessions from allowing admission to be charged for his talk, the youth group will solicit donations for its service trip at a reception following the talk.

The First Amendment seemed like a natural topic for Sessions’ talk, given recent events in Middlebury. On March 2, scores of Middlebury College students shouted down controversial author Charles Murray, who had been invited to speak on campus.

The protest escalated to violence, resulting in injuries to college Professor Allison Stanger, sustained while escorting Murray out of the speaking venue.

The event generated negative headlines nationwide, with student organizers drawing fire for muzzling Murray.

Sessions stressed that his April 13 talk will focus on judicial process and will not evolve into a critique of other judges’ decisions, nor touch upon how he might have ruled in controversial cases adjudicated by other courts.

“I would like to analyze how judges approach First Amendment issues,” Sessions said. “This is not going to be, ‘Gee, I think the First Amendment is a good thing.’ What I’d like to talk about is how you approach these particular questions and what are the standards that you use in determining whether a piece of legislation violated the First

FEDERAL JUDGE WILLIAM K. Sessions III will discuss how judges approach legal questions around the First Amendment in a talk in Middlebury on Thursday evening.

Amendment or not.”

He explained there are four basic principles that judges apply, at the very outset, when determining First Amendment issues: • Does the complaint have legitimate standing in court?

• What legal standards can be applied in evaluating the complaint?

• Is the complaint too vague?

• Over-breadth — does a federal or state law unduly infringe on First Amendment rights in order to accomplish its objective?

Sessions will apply these procedural standards to judicial review of some recent, high-profile cases, including President Donald Trump’s two proposed travel bans affecting citizens from several Muslim countries.

The judge will then will go through some of the major categories of First Amendment litigation, including hate speech, fighting

words, campaign finance reform, and obscenity versus pornography.

“I’ll give an overview of how judges apply concepts to those areas, and what the courts generally hold,” Sessions said.

Sessions will also field questions from the audience.

At 70, Sessions has no plans to wind down what has been an eventful career in the judiciary.

He served as Addison County Public Defender prior to entering private practice in 1978. He also served as an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School from 1978 to 1995, when then-President William Clinton appointed him to the U.S. District Court judgeship vacated by Judge Fred Parker. He is also past chairman of the United States Sentencing Commission.

“I still really love it,” Sessions said of his profession.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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ADDISON COUNTY

Lois Langille, 74, Leicester LEICESTER — Lois E. Langille, 74, died at her home on Thursday April 6, 2017. She was born January 24, 1943, in Chester, daughter of the late Fred and Marie (Parker) Porter Jr. Lois enjoyed gardening, fishing and cooking.

She is survived by her son, Jeffrey B. Langille of Leicester, her brother John Porter of North Clarendon and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

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She was predeceased by her husband Gilman Langille and brothers Harry, Albert and Charlie.

There will be no services. Memorial contributions can be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Arrangements have been made under the direction of Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Service. Online condolences at www.sandersonfuneralservice.com.

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The family of Mary I. Plouffe would like to thank Hackensack Medical Center; Rutland Regional Medical Center; Porter Medical Center, hospice and rehabilitation; Home, Health & Hospice; Saft; and everyone for their presence and food.

And for the good care of my wife and our mother during the last days of her life.

Jean Noel Plouffe Bernadette, Marcel, Lise, Paul, Suzanne

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FALMOUTH, Mass. — David Winslow Folger, 85, died on April 1st of pancreatic cancer, at home in Falmouth, Mass., surrounded by his family. Dave was born in 1931 in Woburn, Mass., son of Joseph Butler Folger, Jr., and Marion Allen Folger, and predeceased by his brother Edward Allen Folger.

He graduated in 1953 from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in geology, served in the Navy from 1953-1956 on active duty as a bombardier/navigator, and subsequently in the reserves, retiring in 1977 as a USNR captain.

Dave worked for Chevron based in Mississippi 1958-1963 before earning his PhD in marine geology from Columbia University in 1968.

Following a post-doctoral appointment with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) and US Geological Survey (USGS) in Woods Hole, Mass., he left to teach at Middlebury College, Vt. There, he pioneered the marine component of the geology program and procured the college’s first research vessel — a Coast Guard rescue surfboat — which his students initially helped to sand, paint and outfit for years of “seaworthy” work on Lake Champlain.

In 1975 he became head of the Atlantic Marine Geology Branch of USGS’ Environmental Studies Program in Woods Hole. During the next 22 years, Dave served as Head of Environmental Studies, Branch Chief, and Coordinator for projects that included a hydrogen bomb effects study on the Enewetak Atoll, a marine gravity survey of the Caribbean, Cape Verde & Canary

DAVID WINSLOW FOLGER Islands and western African coast, and the Southern Lake Michigan Coastal Erosion Study and Regional Great Lakes Mapping Project, before retiring in 1997.

Dave authored, co-authored or edited over 130 publications and abstracts, and lectured across the U.S. and internationally. In 2012, he was honored by Middlebury College, which named its new research vessel the R.V. David Folger.

A direct descendant of Nantucket whalers, Dave spent summers on the island during his youth, where he cultivated a love for kayaking, sailing, fishing and body surfing. A perennial athlete, his many endeavors included eight swims from Woods Hole to Martha’s Vineyard, and an 11-miler from the Vineyard to Nantucket.

He was first in the family to take up roller-blading, acquire a recumbent bike, and the oldest to get a motorcycle license. When he wasn’t engaged in his daily regime of yoga, biking, swimming or rowing, he could be found playing his guitar, or using his Yankee ingenuity to construct all kinds of useful gadgets, build boats, or squirrel-proof the many bird feeders in his backyard.

He loomed large in the lives of his family, friends and colleagues.

As one friend wrote: “He always stopped to talk, never too much in a hurry to say hi. A kind and gentle person, so even tempered and accepting, such great insights,

yet so innocently, inherently good.

Just a good man and a good friend.”

Dave imbued everyone with optimism, shared a terrific wit and sense of humor, and loved telling a good story. His laugh was robust and infectious.

Predeceased by his first wife, Joan Throckmorton Folger in 1980, Dave is survived by his wife, Janet Simons Folger, Joan’s sister Susan Throckmorton, five children spanning 37 years: Bret (22), Lian (24), John (54), Peter (56), and Sue (59); son-in-law Wayne Scott and daughters-in-law Joell Folger and Helen Whitney; four grandchildren Ben, Charlie, Nate and Sarah; two nieces and their children, cousins and other relatives.

There will be a celebration of Dave’s life at the end of June in Woods Hole, Ma. Details will be provided at a later date.

Gifts in memory of David may be made to Middlebury College for the RV David Folger Fund, to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, or HopeHealth Hospice.

The RV David Folger Fund was established in 2011 and supports the Middlebury College research vessel, the RV David Folger, and affiliated programs. Gifts may be sent in the form of checks to Middlebury College with a notation that the gift is in David’s memory or for the RV David Folger Fund, and mailed to Middlebury College, Office of Gift Administration, 700 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT, 05753.

Alternatively, gifts may be made online by visiting Middlebury’s website using this address/link: http://www.middlebury.edu/giving/ ways. Please be sure to note that the gift is for the RV David Folger Fund and complete the field indicating the gift is in Professor Folger’s memory.

Gifts to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network can be made online at https://www.pancan.org/ (Honor/ Memorial Donation), or by calling 877-272-6226, or by mail: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266.

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David Littlefield, 88, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — David Littlefield, English professor, arts advocate, and lifelong scholar, died on Sunday, November 20, 2016 in Middlebury, at the age of 88.

The youngest of seven children, David was born to James Herbert Littlefield and Grace Hayes in 1928 in Tupper Lake, N.Y., where he spent his childhood. He graduated from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama in 1951, served in the U.S. Air Force 1951-1952, and received a Ph.D. in English Literature from Yale University in 1959.

David’s passion for the arts and the world of ideas as a young college student took him to a community theatre production by the Joe Jefferson Players in Mobile where he met Jean Johnston, with whom he would share those passions for the rest of their lives and throughout their 58 years of marriage.

David’s long career at Middlebury College began in 1953. Before he took time off from 1956-59 to earn his Ph.D. at Yale, he was assured by the English Department Chair, Douglas Beers, that his job would be waiting for him. In 1959 David returned to Middlebury where he taught English until his retirement in 1995. During his tenure he held numerous positions including Chairmanships of the English Department and Division of the Humanities.

David’s career was driven by a deep commitment to the arts as a way of understanding and embracing the human experience, and by his belief that the arts and humanities did not exist solely in the domain of scholars, but within the lives and latitudes of all people.

This deeply democratic impulse fueled the intensity of his teaching at Middlebury, and drove his engagement outside the college with the Vermont Humanities Council, and with the Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. where he designed and taught courses which integrated the teaching of theatre and drama with the traditional curriculum of law and courtroom practice.

Victor Swenson, Executive Director of the Vermont Humanities Council in the 1970’s recalls the impact of David’s involvement.

“David was one of five people in Vermont approached by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1973 and tasked with creating a vital, non-stuffy organization that would reach out and engage a broad mix of citizens across the state. David became the engine of this group, which expanded to a board of eighteen and elected him as chair.

“Just days after I started, I was

DAVID LITTLEFIELD astounded when the board, David’s board, voted down a proposal from a group in Rutland for a six-lecture series on current public issues, a proposal which David was ardent about getting up and running. Not enough Humanities content they said!

“David’s gracious acceptance of this criticism, with no time wasted soothing his own ego, not only revealed the largesse of his personality but set a standard of board dynamics in the years ahead. I look upon David as the midwife and godfather of the Vermont Humanities Council.”

David’s wide-ranging intellectual curiosity took him to Princeton University in 1965 as a guest scholar, where he learned Greek and studied the plays of Aristophanes, Sophocles, and Aeschylus. Later in his career at Middlebury, he taught contemporary film, including the works of Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, and Federico Fellini. After retiring from Middlebury College he taught courses in poetry at Elderly Services, and continued his work in English literature, including the writing and publishing of a collection of essays on John Milton.

For David, each of these domains was a lens which informed his view that the search for meaning and understanding at the heart of our existence is a continuing journey in which new knowledge and perspectives continuously inform and expand one’s view of the world and one’s place in it.

“David was the archetype of a Middlebury professor in his era,”

said Jay Parini, Professor of English and Creative Writing. “A gentleman to his fingertips: kind and sensitive to students and colleagues alike. He was a deeply learned man who wore this lightly and was a natural teacher — inside and outside the class.”

Among the many ways in which David gave generously to his community was his service on numerous occasions as “Guardian ad litem,” appointed by Addison County to represent and defend the best interests of those who were vulnerable and unable to represent themselves in legal proceedings.

He found this work to be extremely rewarding, and it led to lasting friendships with those he represented and with the lawyers and staff at the court house.

A working humanist, David was also a vigorous practitioner of the social arts. Rare was the casual or even intentional visitor who did not find him or herself drawn into the warmth of the Littlefield home.

A well-set table was both the lure and forum for the conversation and fellowship that were at the heart of David and Jean’s view of a good life.

As students, colleagues, neighbors and relatives flowed through this happy nexus, David and Jean developed relationships and a network of friends that radiated outward from Middlebury, unquestionably the center of the world for David, and across the globe.

Predeceased by his wife, Jean, he is survived by his four sons which include Patrick Littlefield and his wife Amelia Rogers of Boxborough, Mass., David J. Littlefield Jr. and his wife Karen Stolley of Atlanta, Ga., Mark Littlefield of Brandon, Vt., and Christopher Littlefield and his wife Sarah Gordon Littlefield of Reading, Mass., as well as eight grandchildren. He is also survived by honorary family member Richard Giddings, of Brandon, Vt. A Memorial Service in Middlebury, will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 3 Main Street (on the green) at 11 a.m., followed by a reception at the Middlebury Inn. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the David J. and Jean J. Littlefield P’79 Scholarship Fund, which was established in 2013 to support undergraduate scholarships at Middlebury College, with preference for students from Vermont.

Checks made out to Middlebury College can be sent to the David J. and Jean J. Littlefield P’79 Scholarship Fund, Gift Administration, Office of Advancement, 700 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT 05753.◊

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“Where Do We Go? On Writing and Grieving” Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:30 - 8:30pm Counseling Service of Addison County Community Meeting Room, Catamount Park

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Milk with Dignity Migrant Justice advocacy College, speakers from the

t of migrant farm work‑ ON APRIL 19 at Middlebury Dignity” campaign in suppor farm in a 2012 docu‑ with lk “Mi ir the s cus dis group will n County here working on an Addiso ers, such as the one shown mentary called “Hide.”

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Scratching the Surface: Intaglio Prints in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 11, 8 a.m.‑8 p.m., Johnson Memorial Building, Mezzanine, Middlebury College.

Students present their new work from Hedya Klein’s class ART315, exploring traditional and contemporary methods of printmaking.

Sponsored by the Program in Studio Art. Free.

Red Cross Blood Drive in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 11, 9:30 a.m.‑2:30 p.m., Middlebury EMS Building, 55 Collins Dr. Red Cross blood drive in Middlebury for National Volunteer Month. Make an appointment to donate blood by download‑ ing the free Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1‑800‑RED CROSS (1‑800‑733‑2767).

Middlebury Garden Club Lecture in Middlebury.

Tuesday, April 11, 1 p.m., Residence at Otter Creek. Speakers from Bartlett Tree Works will present a program on “Growing Trees and Shrubs in the Vermont Landscape.” The program will include: planting trees, root development and some special Vermont plants. This program is open to the public and qualifies for Master Gardener’s hours.

Architect Dina A. Griffin talks about recent work in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 11 4:30 p.m., Johnson Memorial Building, Room 304, Middlebury College. Griffin, president of Interactive Design Architects (IDEA), gives a public talk about her practice and her efforts to get more minority women interested in architec‑ ture. Her 20 years of experience includes institu‑ tional, municipal, corporate, multiunit residential, and education projects, including the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, an icon in Chicago’s architectural landscape. Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Cameron Family Enrichment Fund. Free.

Author talk in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 11, 4:30‑5:30 p.m., Middlebury College, Axinn 219.

Author and explorer Brooke Williams will talk about discovering our role in evolution with references to his new book, “Open Midnight: Where Wilderness and Ancestors Meet” (Trinity University Press). Brooke’s life has been one of adventure and wilderness exploration. His conser‑ vation career spans thirty years, most recently with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and he has an MBA in sustainable business.

Tincture Making Mini‑Workshop in Orwell.

Tuesday April 11, 6‑7 p.m., Orwell Free Library.

An introductory workshop on simple and stan‑ dardized methods for making herbal tinctures.

The workshop has a bit of math, science and mystery and is taught by local massage therapist and natural product maker Kori Mitchell.

Montpelier Climate March Logistics Meeting in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 11, 6 p.m., Conference Room, Ilsley Public Library. Meet with fellow community members to plan carpooling and art‑making for the upcoming climate march in Montpelier of April 29. For information contact Lily

Snow at snowlilypea@gmail.com “A Walk Through Vermont Towns” in Lincoln.

Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m., Lincoln Library. Join Linda Barnard as she relates her travels and adventures across Vermont’s back roads, byways, and main thoroughfares with pictures, little known facts and unique stories.

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WEDNESDAY

“Why Poetry Matters” talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 12, 10:30‑11:30 a.m., Ilsley Public Library.

Celebrated writer Jay Parini will read from and discuss his most recent work.

Artist talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 12, noon, Sheldon Museum. The Sheldon Museum will present photographer and art historian Kirsten Hoving and sculptor and photographer Eric Nelson who will discuss “The Lure of the Object.” Their work is included in the “Focus on the Sheldon: A Five‑Point Perspective” exhibit.

For more information on the exhibit visit www. henrysheldonmuseu.org or call 388‑2117.

“Native Roots” in Lincoln. Wednesday, April 12, 1 p.m., Lincoln Library. Debi Gray will talk about her Native American background and invite others to discuss their heritage. Refreshments served.

Dance Master Class with Ellen Smith Ahern in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 12, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College.

Middlebury College alumna Ellen Smith Ahern ‘05 has worked professionally with a diverse array of artists, including Jane Comfort, Tiffany Rhynard, Polly Motley, Paul Besaw and Lida Winfield, all of whom have shaped her understanding of dance as a means of communication and connection Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free.

Prosthetic body and dance lecture in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 12, 4:30 p.m., The Orchard, Hillcrest 103, Middlebury College. Krista Miranda presents the lecture “‘I wasn’t made to click. But with you I Click. We. Click.’: Constructing the Prosthetic Body in Claire Cunningham’s Dance Theater.” This lecture explores how the body, exemplified by Cunningham’s prosthetic body, is a malleable assemblage of both self and other shaped discursively through sex, love, history, and one’s variable capacities over time. Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free.

Writing Workshop in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 12, 6 p.m., Ilsley Public Library Community Room. The Middlebury Chapter of the Burlington Writers Workshop will meet to read and comment on each other’s work in an MFA‑style workshop.

All writers in all genres are welcome. More info at www.burlingtonwritersworkshop.com/ our‑workshops/middlebury.

“On Writing and Grieving” in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 12, 6:30‑8:30 p.m., CSAC Community Room, Catamount Park. Writer Julia Alvarez will give this presentation As part of the Hospice Volunteer Services annual meeting. Free and open to the public. Information at 388‑4111 or pbaker@hospicevs.org.

Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting.

Wednesday, April 12, 7 p.m., 49 Wilson Road.

There will be a general meeting and show and tell, followed by a session on Portuguese Knitting. All are welcome. Questions call 453‑5960.

Bridport Book Club meeting in Bridport.

Wednesday, April 12, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department conference room, Crown Point Road at Short Street. The group will discuss “David Copperfield,” by Charles Dickens. All interested readers welcome. Call 758‑2858 for more infor‑ mation. Next month’s title is “Barkskins” by Annie Proulx.

Spring Piano Recital in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall, Middlebury College. The annual spring recital by students of Diana Fanning — a showcase for some of Middlebury College’s most talented piano students. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free.

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Lenten Concert Series in Middlebury. Thursday, April 13, 12:15 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Middlebury. St. Stephen’s Lenten Concert Series continues with organist George Matthew Jr., playing Orgelgebet. Works of Philip G. Kreckel, Jeanne Demessieux, Paul J. Sifler and Kevin Uppercue will be performed. Free and open to the public. Contact: ststephensmiddle‑ bury@gmail.com or call 802‑388‑7200.

Illustrated lecture in Middlebury. Thursday, April 13, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125. Anne Goodyear, co‑director, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, will present an illustrated lecture titled “This is a Portrait if I Say So.” “Long Gone” in Middlebury. Thursday, April 13, 4:30 p.m. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre. Visiting Lecturer in Dance Lida Winfield and alumna Ellen Smith Ahern ‘05 will discuss their creative process, welcome questions, and perform excerpts of their duet “Long Gone.”

Sponsored by the Dance Program. Free.

“Future Of The Past Series” in Middlebury.

Thursday, April 13, 4:30 p.m., Jones ’59 House Conference Room, Middlebury College. Soyoung Suh, assistant professor of History, Korea Foundation Professor and assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies at Dartmouth College will present “Bodies and Culture: Toward a Comparative History of Medicine.”

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Seed Swap in Lincoln. Thursday, April 13, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Library. Bjorn Coburn, a home‑schooler, has an affinity for seeds. He invites you to come and swap, talk, and take his seeds home for spring planting.

Rights and Democracy Community Panel in Shoreham. Thursday, April 13, 7 p.m. Rights and Democracy Addison County is holding a community panel discussion at the Shoreham Elementary School (130 School Rd), focused on $15/hour minimum wage, moving forward on universal health care, and the impact of new poli‑ cies emanating from Washington, DC on migrant workers in Vermont’s farm communities. This event is open to the public.

Internet Safety Presentation in Middlebury.

Thursday, April 13, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School. Richard Guerry will present a program to parents and community members concerned about keeping families safe online. Free.

Aikido Presentation in Bristol. Thursday, April 13, 7 p.m., Lawrence Memorial Library. As part of the One World Library Project, Aikido Instructor Linda White will offer a free presentation/demonstration.

William Sessions to speak in Middlebury.

Thursday, April 13, 7 p.m., the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (CVUUS), Duane Ct. The CVUUS youth group will host The Honorable William Sessions III for “Constitutional Law: The First Amendment, a Judicial Perspective.” Judge Sessions will outline various legal issues in the enforcement of the First Amendment, including discussion of the recent rulings on the travel ban.

The talk will be a legal discussion using cases and geared to a general audience. The talk is free and open to the community with a reception following where the CVUUS youth group will be accepting donations for the reception to help support their upcoming service trip.

“End of The Night – A Tribute to the Music of The Doors” in Middlebury. Thursday, April 13, 8 p.m., Middlebury’s Marquis Theater. Watch Vermont All‑stars Josh Panda, Clint Bierman, Tyler Mast and Sean Preece channel “The Doors” on the big stage, and help raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). $10 cover.

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Movement for Gentle Aging in Middlebury. Friday, April 14, 10:30‑11:45 a.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Road. Specifically designed

DANIEL RADCLIFFE (LEFT) and Joshua Maguire delight as Rosencrantz & Guilden‑ stern in Tom Stoppard’s situation comedy at Town Hall Theater on April 20.

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communitycalendar for people who wish to continue moving dynami‑ cally as the body adapts to the aging process, Dynamic Movement is about encouraging range of motion, postural stability, and strength through creative and fun movement. Taught by M. Sara McMahon, M.A., Flynn Arts Faculty member.

Wear comfortable clothing. Light snack and water provided. Free and open to the public. Handicap accessible. RSVP to Connie Leach at cleach@ residenceottercreek.com or 802‑388‑1220.

Opening Reception in Middlebury. Friday, April 14, 5‑7 p.m., Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater.

Artists’ reception for painter Fred Lower.

Concert of passion music for Good Friday in Middlebury. Friday April 14, 7 p.m., St Stephen’s Church. The program includes three arias from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion: “Erbarme dich mein Gott,” sung by Ellie Gebarowski‑Shafer; “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben,” sung by Sheerya Shivers; and “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein,” sung by Jack DesBois. The program also includes a number of Bach Passion chorales sung by the St. Stephen’s Choir and friends. Organist George Matthew, Jr. will play chorale preludes by Bach based on the chorales sung by the choir.

Free and open to the public.

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Green Mountain Club Hike at Tongue Mountain, Lake George, N.Y. Saturday, April 15, Tongue Mountain, Lake George, N.Y. Hike Dear Leap and adjacent trail on the Tongue Mountain Range of Lake George. Beautiful views. Hike is 4‑6 miles with an elevation gain of approximately 1,200 feet.

This is a dog‑friendly hike. Contact Susan Jefts at sjefts7@gmail.com or 518‑232‑6776 or Mike Greenwood at mike802vt@comcast.net or at 802‑349‑5653. For other events and activities visit www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Free showing of “Moana” in Middlebury.

Saturday, April 15, 3 p.m., 109 Catamount Park (off Exchange St.) Sponsored by the Counseling Service of Addison County.

“Weiner” documentary in Middlebury. Saturday, April 15, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. An examination of New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s second fall from grace‑during his 2013 mayoral campaign.

Sponsored by the Hirschfield International Film Series. Free.

International pianist concert in Brandon.

Saturday, April 15, 7:30 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center. Acclaimed and celebrated Scottish concert pianist Murray McLachlan will perform the first recital on a class 1915 Steinway piano recently donated to the Compass Music and Arts Foundation by the estate of the late New York jazz musician John Fischer. Tickets $20; dinner $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Call 802‑247‑4295, email info@cmacvt.org or visit www.cmacvt.org.

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Heronfire in Middlebury. Sunday, April 16, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Road. The songs Heronfire plays aren’t limited to any one style. Come hear folk, rock, country, comedy, blues, jazz and even a smattering of original material, rich with tight vocal harmonies and a unique sound and style of guitar work. Part of The Residence’s Sunday Music Series. Free and open to the public. Handicap accessible. RSVP to Connie Leach at cleach@residenceottercreek. com or 802‑388‑1220

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NER reading in Middlebury.

Monday, April 17, 7‑8 p.m., 51 Main at the Bridge. The literary magazine “New England Review” will continue its Vermont Reading Series when it presents readings by fiction writers Glen Pourciau and Genevieve Plunkett, poet Bianca Stone, and Middlebury College senior Hannah Nash, representing the student‑run “Frame” magazine.

Soulfull duo

DANIKA HOLMES AND Jeb Hart bring their acoustic pop and blues and captivating performance style to Brandon Music on April 29.

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Age Well’s Third Tuesday Luncheon in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 18, noon. A special noontime meal will feature roast pork with warm applesauce, rice pilaf, broccoli florets, tossed salad with choice of dressing, dinner roll and pound cake with strawberries for dessert. There will be certi‑ fied organic regular and decaf coffee donated by Vermont Coffee Company. Advance reservations are required; call Age Well at (802) 865‑0360 ext.

1070 to reserve a space. Suggested donation is $5.

Presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 18, 3 p.m., Eastview at Middlebury, Community Room.

Professor John Elder will read from his book, “Pick Up the Flute: A Memoir Through Music” and play a few tunes. Rescheduled from April 4.

Technology 4 Tomorrow Workshop in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 18, 3:30‑5 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Road.

In “Making the Most of Email,” take a look at fundamental email functions and discuss email etiquette. The presentation will be based off of Gmail, but is applicable to all email users. Learn how to: compose/send, reply/forward, attach files, add contacts, explore the CC and BCC functions, organize your inbox, and deal with spam. Free and open to the public. Handicap accessible.

RSVP to Connie Leach at cleach@residenceot‑ tercreek.com or 802‑388‑1220.

Music Lecture in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 18, 4:30 p.m. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221. Lynnsey Weissenberger, adjunct profes‑ sor of Library and Information Studies at Florida State University, gives a talk on “Traditions and Technologies: Music Information in a Changing World”. The talk explores the ever‑changing world of music information technologies and their challenges in documenting, describing, and transmitting global musical traditions. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free.

Haitian Band Lakou Mizik in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 18, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. A multigen‑ erational collective of Haitian musicians formed in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake will share their soulful story and deeply danceable

grooves. With the help of two Middlebury College grads, this band rose from the ashes of natural disaster and political crisis to create music that The Guardian gave a four‑star review and called “A joyous antidote to Haiti’s hard times.”

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American Red Cross Blood Drive in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 19, 10 a.m.‑3 p.m., Middlebury College, 58 Hepburn Rd. Walk in or for an appointment visit redcrossblood.org or call 1‑800‑733‑2767.

Artist talk by Kate Gridley in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 19, noon, Sheldon Museum.

The Sheldon Museum will present a talk by artist Kate Gridley, who will discuss aesthetic concerns, colors, edges, abstract spaces and simple observation that inform her portrait of dolls in the Sheldon’s collection. Gridley’s photographs and actual dolls are included in the current exhibit “Focus on the Sheldon: A Five‑Point Perspective.”

For more information on the exhibit, visit www. henrysheldonmuseum.org or call 388‑2117.

Milk with Dignity Explained in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 19, 12:15 p.m. Axinn Center 101, Middlebury College. Speakers from Migrant Justice will discuss their Milk with Dignity Campaign and efforts to organize for farmworker justice in Vermont and beyond. Feel free to bring your brown bag lunch with you to this event.

Business Ownership Succession Seminar in Vergennes. Wednesday, April 19, 2‑5 p.m., Kennedy Brothers Co‑Working & Conference Center, 11 Main St. An Introduction to business ownership succession planning by John Davis CPA, Don Jamison of the Vermont Employee Ownership Center, and Bill Cherry, brewmaster and co‑founder of Switchback Brewing. Limited to business owners and key managers. Free.

Award‑winning composer in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 19, 2 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, room 221, Middlebury College.

Christina Whitten Thomas ’01.5 will discuss her recent music, including a new choral suite premiering on Friday, April 21 at Middlebury College, commissioned by the Vermont Choral Union. The suite incorporates texts by

Vermont‑based writer Abigail Carroll, 1950s’ Waterbury poet Jean Killary, and Middlebury faculty member Jay Parini. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Open to the public and free.

Lake Champlain Over the Years: A Visual & Historical Narrative in Orwell. Vermont Humanities Speakers Bureau Lecture, Wednesday April 19, 6 p.m., Orwell Free Library.

Lake Champlain is one of the most historic bodies of water in the US. Created through a series of geological events, it has remained within its present banks for 10,000 years.

Vermont historian Don Wickman will feature tales of lake heritage coupled with illustrations.

“Memoirs of an Art Dealer (Part Two)” in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 19, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library Community Meeting Room. James Maroney, former head of American Paintings at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, who shared some of his experiences in a First Wednesdays talk on November 2nd, is returning with more stories of the art world in the 1970s. Free.

“Five‑Ring Circus: Why We Can’t Live With the Olympics — or Without Them” presentation in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society Church. Sports Illustrated contributing writer Alexander Wolff will present a talk addressing the risks and rewards of the Olympic Games.

Free. Parking is available at Middlebury Union High School.

LIVEMUSIC Jeff Salisbury Band in Middlebury. Friday, April 14, 7:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Myra Flynn Trio in Middlebury. Saturday, April 15, 7 p.m., 51 Main.

Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble in Middlebury. Friday April 21, 8 p.m., 51 Main.

Erin Cassells‑Brown Trio in Middlebury. Friday April 28, 7:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Root 7 in Middlebury. Saturday April 29, 6 p.m., 51 Main.

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Scottish pianist to play classics in Brandon Acclaimed and celebrated Scottish Compass Music and Arts Center concert pianist Murray McLachlan is located at Park Village, 333 Jones will perform at the Compass Music Drive in Brandon, located 1.5 miles and Arts Center in Brandon on north of downtown Brandon off of Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. The program Arnold District Road. will include works NEW PAINTING

by Chopin, Ronald EXHIBIT AT Stevenson, FinziJACKSON GALLERY McLachlan and Nikolai A new exhibit of Myaskovsky. paintings by Fred Lower McLachlan, who has is now on display in appeared as soloist with the Jackson Gallery at most of the leading UK Middlebury’s Town Hall

by Greg Pahl Theater. There will be orchestras, is recognized far and wide, and has an artist’s reception on performed on all five Friday, from 5-7 p.m. continents. Following the same Lower paints the Addison County format of performances at Brandon landscape. His deft strokes and Music, a pre-concert dinner, distinctive color choices capture the prepared by Vicky Regia, executive essence of light and shadow and the chef at Brandon Music and the texture unique to the county.

SoundBite Café in the Compass In addition to landscapes, Lower Center will be offered. continues to pursue portraiture Tickets for the concert are painting and drawing the figure. He $20. Dinner is $25. Reservations maintains a studio at his home in are required for dinner and Middlebury along with his wife and recommended for the show. Call fellow artist, Mary Lower.

247-4295 or email info@cmacvt.org The exhibit, which runs through for reservations. Visit www.cmacvt. May 11, is free. The Jackson Gallery org for more information. is located in the lower level of

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Food from the Heart Food Drive Your Local Middlebury Lions Club will be collecting food for our two local food shelves

Saturday, April 15 10am to 4pm Donate canned and/or boxed foods Cash donations also accepted and/or may be sent to Middlebury Lions Club, PO Box 5, Middlebury, VT 05753 We want to thank these donation locations for their support in making this event possible: Middlebury Natural Food Co-Op Kinney Drugs Shaws of Middlebury Pratt’s of Bridport

Sponsored by your local Lions Club

Works by Donna Andreychuk at Edgewater on the Green in Middlebury Town Hall Theater in the center of Middlebury. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday noon to five, and an hour before any public events in the building. For further information, call 382-9222 or consult townhalltheater.org.

“THE DOORS” TRIBUTE BENEFIT AT MARQUIS On Thursday, at 8 p.m., Middlebury’s Marquis Theater presents “End of The Night—A Tribute to the Music of The Doors.”

Watch Vermont Allstars Josh Panda, Clint Bierman, Tyler Mast and Sean Preece channel “The Doors” on the big stage, and help raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

Spearheaded by Silver Maple Construction’s Sean Flynn, the concert aims to raise funds to assist research into viable cancer cures, and is in memory of Flynn’s father, grandmother, aunt and the many others who have fallen to leukemia and lymphoma.

There is a $10 cover charge. A portion of the cover will benefit LLS. Tickets available at the door or in advance at Eventbrite or by searching “The Doors Middlebury Marquis.” Doors open at 7 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC AT 51 MAIN Two bands will play at Middlebury’s 51 Main this week.

The Jeff Salisbury Band will play at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Salisbury is joined by longtime friends Steve Thurston on guitar, bluesman Tom Buckley on bass and Bob Butterfield on harmonica. This quartet of Vermont blues veterans has the experience, energy and grit to truly bring it to the music they love.

Saturday at 7 p.m., the Myra Flynn Trio takes to the stage. Myra Flynn and Paul Boffa are one of the longest standing musical partnerships in central Vermont. After more than 11 years, they have mastered a chemistry of dynamic harmonies and sensitive instrumentation. They

will be joined by alto sax master, Dave Grippo. Transcending genre, their sound enters a zone of improv bliss.

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

CANADIAN ARTISTS AT EDGEWATER GALLERIES Edgewater on the Green in

Middlebury is featuring new works by well-collected artist Donna Andreychuk as part of a group exhibition, “Northern Neighbors,” celebrating 150 years of confederation for Canada.

Greatly influenced by the rich and diverse art history of the Canadian landscape, Andreychuk has made (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

Pianist Murray McLachlan at Compass Music in Brandon

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Fred Lowers landscape at the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) it the subject matter for for many years.

Andreychuk’s work will be on display at Edgewater on the Green through April, alongside paintings by fellow Canadian Sherry Czekus.

Also visit Edgewater at the Falls to view the work of three more Canadian based painters: Scott Addis, Holly Friesen, and Sherry Czekus.

For further information on Donna Andreychuk or the group exhibition “Northern Neighbors,” please call the gallery at 989-7419, email info@ edgewatergallery-vt.com or visit edgewatergallery-vt.com.

FILM SERIES The 2016-2017 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2016 US film, “Weiner,” directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg.

Anthony Weiner was a young congressman on the cusp of higher office when a sexting scandal forced his humiliating resignation.

Just two years later, he ran for mayor of New York City, betting that his ideas would trump his indiscretions. He was wrong. With unprecedented access to Weiner, his family and his campaign team, “Weiner” is a thrilling look inside a political comeback-turnedmeltdown.

The film will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125and is free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN Two Brothers will host two live performances this week. at. Open Mic runs every Wednesday at 9 p.m.

— an evening of music, comedy or anything else. Alternately hosted by Mark Sikora and Kai Stanley, come cheer on your friends or let loose on the stage. It’s free to enter and there is no cover charge.

Then, on Friday, the tavern presents Boontango at 9 p.m.

Boontango is a zesty amalgam of ripping guitar licks, fat low end lines, hypnotic keyboard trills, and foot stomping drum grooves.

The band features Alex Abraham, drums; Molly Austin, vocals; Codi Keith, keys; Connor McG, guitar; and Derek Lloyd, bass/guitar.

For more information, call Two Brothers at 388-0002. Two Brothers Tavern located at 86 Main Street in Middlebury STUDENT PRINTMAKING EXHIBIT AT COLLEGE A new exhibit of student printmaking, “Scratching the Surface: Intaglio Prints,” opens on Tuesday in the mezzanine of Middlebury College’s Johnson Memorial Building on Chateau Road off College Street (Route 125).

Students explore traditional and contemporary methods of printmaking where imagery is developed through drawing, layering, and hand-coloring applications. Intaglio encompasses an array of techniques; in essence, ink is applied to a “plate” of zinc, copper, wood, Plexiglass, or cardboard, and then transferred onto paper by pulling it through a press.

The exhibit, which runs through April 18, is free and the public is welcome. Johnson is open MondayFriday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT AT ST. STEPHEN’S A program of Passion music by J. S. Bach will be performed at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Green in Middlebury on Friday, at 7 p.m.

The program includes three arias from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

The program also includes a number of Bach Passion chorales sung by the St. Stephen’s Choir and friends, and organist George Matthew, Jr. will play chorale preludes by Bach based on the chorales sung by the choir. The concert is free and open to the public.

COLLEGE PIANO RECITAL There will be a Spring Piano Recital by students of Diana Fanning at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Robison Hall at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. The annual spring recital is a showcase for some of Middlebury College’s most talented piano students. The recital is free and the public is welcome.

ARIES - Mar 21/ Apr 20. Aries, you’re not afraid to take risks or go where others fear to tread. Use this trait to your advantage and inspire others to set aside their reservations as well.

TAURUS - Apr 21/ May 21. Taurus, you have a knack for making money this week. Keep abreast of any business ventures that may cross your desk. This may be a lucrative time for you and your family.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21. Do not leave anything until the last minute this week, Gemini. It’s best to get all of your work done as early as possible, just in case some fun pops up for the weekend.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22. Cancer, if you have been waiting for some sort of compensation, this could be the week that it arrives. Remain patient and that patience will ultimately be rewarded.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23.

This may be a dull and lazy week, Leo. But that can be a good thing.

This means you can recuperate from anything that has been ailing you, or just relax.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22. A massive incentive could be coming your way, Virgo. It’s best to be aware of all the goingson inside and outside of the office. This can be a great chance to get ahead.

LIBRA - Sept 23/ Oct 23. Libra, it’s not in your nature to complain, and this week will be no different. Take your usual approach and confront a problem rather than complain about it.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/ Nov 22. Scorpio, this week your thoughts could turn to faraway places or daydreams may distract you from the daily grind.

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An upheaval of some kind is imminent.

S A G I T TA R I U S - Nov 23/Dec 21.

You should get what you desire this week, Sagittarius. It may be a larger office or tickets to that big game you have been mulling over.

The joy will be in the surprise.

CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20. Do not worry so much about what others think of you, Capricorn. You have been traveling down the right path for some time, and others recognize that you have your act together.

AQUARIUS Jan 21/Feb 18. A big opportunity is mentioned in passing this week, Aquarius, and you begin to mull over the possibilities.

This may be the right time to strike while the iron is hot.

PISCES - Feb 19/ Mar 20. Pisces, even when faced with some personal misfortunes, you are able to present a stiff upper lip and maintain a positive attitude.

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Best of Luck in the future to all Addison County Students!

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Students of the Week from area High Schools Middlebury Union High School

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Jakub Kraus is involved in all aspects of Middlebury Union High School and he will be sorely missed when he graduates in June.

The son of Michael Kraus and Allison Stanger, Jakub and his family reside in Middlebury. A musician and three-sport athlete, Jakub is a talented student who enjoys spending time with his friends and being outdoors.

When asked what his favorite activities are, Jakub smiles and says, “I’m not sure I can choose!” He is a valued member of the Tiger soccer, lacrosse and Nordic ski teams. He says it was a special thrill being on the State Championship Division II Nordic championship team in his senior year.

Jakub has been playing the piano since second-grade. He values the teaching style and mentorship of Mrs. Severy, who he says has encouraged his musical interests. Jakub is a member of the school band and the jazz ensemble. He played tenor saxophone in the VT all state concert band last year and also performed as part of the National Association for Music Education’s annual meeting.

St. Patrick’s Day found him and his fellow band members marching down Fifth Avenue in New York City.

Jakub Kraus Outside of school, Jakub is an active member of the youth group MUHS at the Congregational Church in Middlebury and participates in community service through the school’s National Honor Society.

Teachers value Jakub’s interest in academics and his name regularly appears on the school’s honor roll.

He enjoys mathematics and science and has liked his AP History courses. Jakub’s school counselor, Allison Stebe and post-secondary planning coordinator, Sarah Soule, nominated him for the prestigious Vermont Presidential Scholar program. Jakub was one of 20 high school students from across the Green Mountain state honored by Gov. Scott at a formal ceremony at the State House in Montpelier in January.

Each year 1.6 million students nationwide take the PSAT and Jakub took the test as a junior in the fall of 2015. He learned in February 2017 that he has been named one of 15,000 students from across the country as a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. This is a tremendous honor and puts him in consideration for scholarship opportunities that he can use toward college tuition.

As Jakub looks ahead to college, he says he seeks an institution that will provide academic rigor and a focused faculty, just as he has experienced at MUHS. He has enjoyed the last four years at our school and is eager to experience college life. He has been accepted to the University of Michigan and is awaiting news from other institutions. We know a bright future awaits Jakub!

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Tyler Shortsleeve as its Student of the Week. Tyler lives in Ferrisburgh with his mother, Pennilee Shortsleeve. Tyler has one sister, Shawna, who went to VUHS and graduated in 2015.

Tyler not only takes classes at VUHS, he is also a student at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center. He has taken Automotive I and II. Through this program he is certified in maintenance brakes and lights. He is also tractor safety operation certified.

Tyler has been on the Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Department for more than three years. He has taken the following trainings: Intro to Fire Fighting (2014), Farm Entanglement (2015), Building Construction (2016), Vehicle Extrication (2017). Tyler had the most cadet training in 2016 among his peers at the FVFD. Tyler’s advice to other students, is advice he was given by his grandfather: “It doesn’t matter whether you’re talking to the CEO of a company or the janitor, always treat people with respect.

Tyler Shortsleeve Never talk down to another.”

VUHS Chris Wycoff, an English teacher at VUHS, has some positive observations about Tyler.

“Tyler is such a caring and kind hearted individual that I have literally seen him give a fellow student the shirt off his back (I won’t lie; it was a little awkward),” Wycoff said. “But seriously, he is always willing to share anything that he has and is always looking out for the welfare of others.

I know that is why he joined the Ferrisburgh Fire Department. He honestly understands that most important thing that you can do in this life is help others in their time of need, and that is why he is my hero.”

Following graduation from VUHS, Tyler’s plan is to go into a mechanical field or welding.

The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Tyler Shortsleeve the very best in the future.

Middlebury Students of the Week receive a free pizza from Green Peppers.

Vergennes Students of the Week receive a free sandwich and drink from 3 SQUARES.

Students of the week from all area high schools will receive a gift certificate from Vermont Book Shop.

Students of the Week are chosen by school teachers and administration.

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FACULTY, STUDENTS AND community members work out the details of the upcoming Mt. Abraham safety fair. Show clockwise from left are Sharon Koller, student assistance program counselor; Kevin Masse, driver educator; James Lockridge, executive director of Youth Safety Council of Vermont; Anne Friedrichs, social studies teacher; Siena Hoaglund and Satinder Pabla, students.

Mt. Abe plans day-long safety event BRISTOL — On Friday, May 5, Mt. Abraham Union High School will host workshops and presentations by numerous organizations, creating a day-long, campus-wide event with a ‘personal safety’ theme for students. The fair, developed by faculty and students in partnership with the Youth Safety Council of Vermont and with support from Co-operative Insurance Companies,

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will showcase safety knowledge from across Vermont.

The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16-19-year-olds than among any other age group. Per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are nearly three times more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash. The safety fair is meant to have a positive impact on Mt. Abraham’s student drivers, so they might choose to drive thoughtfully for their own benefit and the safety of others.

A mock crash will be the central educational experience of the fair, presented by students in the Mt. Abraham Vermont Teen Leadership Safety Program (VTLSP) in conjunction with Bristol Fire, Police and Rescue Departments. A scripted,

simulated crash will reveal the potentially tragic outcomes of distracted driving, wearing no seat belt, and bad decision-making.

Participants in the fair include Barrett’s Trucking, who will bring a ‘big rig’ to help young drivers experience the blind spots that the drivers of large trucks face. The Vermont State Police will present forensic crash reconstruction techniques. Motorcycle safety will be addressed by Ride Safe VT, and Sharon Huntley will speak about the tragic loss of her teen son, Spencer, in a distraction-related crash.

The Youth Safety Council will present ‘Turn Off Texting,’ with students driving a golf cart while texting to learn first-hand how danger(See Safety fair, Page 15)

Addison Independent, Monday, April 10, 2017 — PAGE 15

Legion awards outstanding service to two BRISTOL — During the month of March, the American Legion celebrates its birthday, and this year marks the 98th anniversary of the American Legion.

During this month’s Annual Birthday Dinner, Bristol American Legion Post 19 recognized five individuals for their continuous membership in the American Legion and two individuals for their outstanding service and commitment to their communities with the Legion’s Above and Beyond Awards.

The five individuals receiving certificates from National Legion Headquarters for their continuous membership in the American Legion are: for 60 years, Francis Brown; and for 50 years Terry Cunningham, Richard Jimmo, Loren Lathrop and Reg Swenor.

Nominations for the Above and Beyond Awards are solicited from our five towns; Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro. The Legion is looking for individuals that are either volunteers or employees of their communities that go above and beyond their normal routine duties.

Through the number of nominations received this year, the Post selected two outstanding individuals who contribute a great deal of time and energy to their respective communities.

From Monkton, Logan LeCompte nominated Wayne Preston. Some of LeCompte’s comments are: Preston has been Monkton’s highly respected Road Commissioner for over 40 years. When the worse weather rolls across the hills of Monkton, Preston is always there to keep the public safe during their travels. Preston started a Monkton Community Disaster Response Program for major disasters and public health crisis. Today, that program has grown in numbers with members with specific tasks and goals during a town wide emergency. He is also

Safety fair

PICTURED AT THE Bristol American Legion Post 19 awards dinner from left to right are Kevin LaRose, Post 19 Commander Ron LaRose and Wayne Preston.

an outstanding firefighter from the Monkton Volunteer Fire Department insuring the roads are safe during cold weather fires from slippery conditions.

Each year, Preston donates the town grader to the Hinesburg “Big Truck Day” event. The grader is well received by the viewing public at this event. He is a well-liked and respected individual of his close knit community. Everyone in town and the surrounding towns has a story about Preston, some funny and some heroic. There are many other things Preston has done or been a part of that can be categorized as “Above and Beyond.”

From Bristol, Jim Rivers, BSA Troop 543 Committee Chairman, nominated Kevin LaRose. Some of Rivers’ comments are: LaRose has not only given innumerable hours to the Bristol Fire Department over the years, but has also found the time to give

back to the youth in Bristol through coaching various sports and church teams. He has also given much time to the local Cub Scout Program and now serves as the Scoutmaster for BSA Troop 543 Not many people realize that between weekly meetings and monthly outings, a Scoutmaster can commit to over 40 hours in any given month.

LaRose being an Eagle Scout sees the value in the Scouting Program and is doing his best to see every boy has an opportunity to experience what Scouting has to offer. With his commitment to the Scouting Program and being an officer with the Bristol Fire Department, there are few nights Kevin has free to see his own daughter and son participate in school sports and other activities.

LaRose exemplifies what going “Above and Beyond” means in all of his volunteer activities and time given to the community of Bristol and its youth.

to create an online reference guide, (Continued from Page 14) ous distracted driving can be. And building on the work of the Youth AT&T will be there with their “It Safety Council to publish a directory Can Wait” campaign, talking about of free safety programming available the dangers of texting while driving. to Vermont schools at yscvt.wordTeen racecar driver Evan Hallstrom press.com. The new guide will help will be on hand to talk about the im- other Vermont high schools produce portance of safety belts. Many other similar safety fairs with confidence organizations including the Vermont and easy access to many freely availDepartment of Health, UVM Med- able programs.

Sharon Koller, Student Assistance ical Center, Alive At 25, Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, AAA Program Counselor at Mt. Abraham Northern New England, Women- and advisor to the student “VTLSP” Safe, FireProTec, Middlebury Col- club, facilitated the event planning.

“Our school is lege, Heritage Toyota committed to preand Ford, Bristol Res- “Our school is paring students to cue, Bristol Police, committed to decisions that TextLess LiveMore preparing students make have positive conand other community sequences for themvolunteers will be on to make decisions selves and others,” campus to present in- that have positive she said. “This Safety formation and interact consequences for Fair expands on that with students. themselves and commitment, giving In addition to others.” the VTLSP student — Sharon Koller students even more insight and informagroup, students in the tion to help them inMt. Abraham senior civics class have stepped forward to dependently be safer on the roads help plan and implement the event, and in their daily lives.”

James Lockridge, executive directaking positive civic action in their tor of the Youth Safety Council of school community.

“An amazing team of teachers, Vermont, endorsed Mt. Abe’s Safety students, and community members Fair.

“Vermont can look to the people are thoughtfully planning a meaningful experience for all at the Safety of Bristol and our safety commuFair,” Mt. Abraham Principal Jessi- nity across the state for a model of ca Barewicz said. “They know that collaboration,” he said. “This projas a school community we need to ect exemplifies the vision of the understand that the concept of safety Vermont Highway Safety Alliance needs to be taken in many directions. which inspired this safety fair efWithout a safe educational and living fort.”

The VHSA is a non-profit organienvironment humans can’t learn and thrive. I’m so grateful for the work zation that brings together highway they are doing to engage the whole safety stakeholders from all over community in a conversation about Vermont, including state agencies and law enforcement as well as fedsafety.”

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NEW ENGLAND REVIEW’S Vermont Reading Series will present, from left to right: Hannah Nash, Genevieve Plunkett, Glen Pourciau and Bianca Stone at 51 Main at the Bridge in Middlebury.

New England authors to read from their work April 17 MIDDLEBURY — “New England Review’s” Vermont Reading Series will present fiction writers Glen Pourciau and Genevieve Plunkett, poet Bianca Stone, and Middlebury College senior Hannah Nash, representing the student-run “Frame” magazine.

They will all read from their recent work at 51 Main at the Bridge in Middlebury, on Monday, April 17, at 7 p.m.

NER’s Vermont Reading Series is co-sponsored by the Vermont Book Shop and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Light refreshments will be served, and books, cocktails, and other beverages will be available to purchase. The event is free and open to the public.

Glen Pourciau from Plano, Texas, is the author of two story collections.

His new book, “View” was just published by Four Way Books.

His previous collection, “Invite” (University of Iowa Press, 2008), won the Iowa Short Fiction Award.

His stories have been published

by AGNI Online, Antioch Review, Epoch, Little Star, New England Review, Paris Review and others.

Genevieve Plunkett from Bennington, Vt., has recently published her second story in New England Review. Previous stories have appeared in Massachusetts

Review, Willow Springs, Crazyhorse, and Mud Season Review.

Bianca Stone is a poet and visual artist, who lives in Goshen, Vt. She is the author of “Someone Else’s Wedding Vows” (Tin House, 2014), “Poetry Comics from the Book of Hours” (Pleiades, 2016), and the illustration edition of “Antigonick” (New Directions, 2012), a collaboration with Anne Carson. Bianca runs the Ruth Stone Foundation & Monk Books with her husband, the poet Ben Pease.

Hannah Nash is a senior at Middlebury College from Boston, Mass. An English and American Literatures major, she is currently

writing a series of short stories for her thesis. She is honored to read on behalf of “Frame” magazine, a handmade staple-bound booklet featuring highlights from a studentled creative writing workshop.

The NER Vermont Reading Series www.nereview.com/ner-vtreading-series/, which began in 2011, provides an opportunity for writers to read their work in front of an audience, and to acquaint local audiences with a great variety of literary talent. The series presents not only authors who’ve published in the New England Review and elsewhere, but also those just starting out, who may be unpublished and reading their work for the first time.

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Vermont’s electronic inspections system may yield safer vehicles

By JOHN S. McCRIGHT VERMONT — If you have to get your car inspected this spring to show it meets state safety standards, you’ll likely have to pay a few more dollars for the service than you did last year. But at least you’ll have an assurance that your vehicle and all of the others on Vermont roads might be a little safer.

That’s because the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) this spring rolled out a

new, electronic system for performing vehicle inspections.

The Automated Vehicle Inspection Program, or AVIP, allows technicians to electronically obtain emissions-related data, enter safety inspection results and send the data back to DMV using a tablet computer — no more reporting with pens and carbon paper. The end result, state officials say, is more accurate and efficient reporting and a consistent inspection

- Monday, April 10, 2017 — PAGE 17

experience for every vehicle examined in Vermont.

Now that the AVIP system has gone live, motorists visiting an official inspection station will be provided a Vehicle Inspection Report that lists the detailed results of the safety and emissions test as well as any potential recalls on their vehicle.

“Many other states have already implemented (See Inspections, Page 18)

THE COMPUTERIZED AUTOMATED Vehicle Inspection Program, which all state inspection stations in Vermont now must use, enables technicians like Randy Farnsworth of Randy’s Service Center, above, to take photos of a vehicle that are submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles as part of the official state inspection documentation.

Independent photo/ Trent Campbell

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Spring Inspections (Continued from Page 17) electronic on board diagnostics and safety inspection programs with great success,” DMV Commissioner Rob Ide said in a press release. “While it will take some time for inspection stations to adapt to the new system, ultimately this is going to improve efficiency and help us do a better job of ensuring that every vehicle registered in Vermont is a safe vehicle.”

At Randy’s Middlebury Service Center on North Pleasant Street in Middlebury, introduction of the new system has gone smoothly, owner Randy Farnsworth said.

In some ways getting your car inspected using the new system is not so different from how it’s been in the past.

It’s the same list of things that have to be inspected, Farnsworth said. The most important new twist is the way it reports the

RANDY FARNSWORTH OF Randy’s Service Center in Middlebury shows a tablet computer loaded with the DMV’s new Automated Vehicle Inspection Program, which forces shops to be methodical when inspecting a car.

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step-by-step processing of the inspection to the state.

“What it does is make us accountable for everything,” Farnsworth said.

While a crooked inspector can usually find a way to outsmart any state inspection system, even honest inspectors — which is the vast majority of shops — can make mistakes. The new inspection system should help eliminate those inspection errors made because of misunderstanding or carelessness. The system stays on a particular entry if illogical data is tallied, or if a step is accidentally skipped.

“The computer won’t let you continue,” Farnsworth said.

Randy’s paid $1,700 apiece for two inspection systems. Stations are also assessed a fee of $2.21 per inspection to cover the cost of the development, support and maintenance of the AVIP systems.

While Farnsworth and other inspection station owners had to pay for the new equipment up front, ultimately it will be the consumer who pays for the new inspection system. Farnsworth raised the cost of a car inspection for $45 to $65, and he suspects others have also raised their prices, too.

But he cautions that it isn’t the technology that is the big reason for the cost increase, it is the increased amount of time it takes to complete each inspection — and, as in most businesses, time is money.

“To do the inspection properly (with this system) it should take more time,” he said.

“And it does.”

Don’t expect there to be many fewer inspection stations because of the new state requirements. Farnsworth wasn’t sure of any of his competitors who had balked at purchasing the AVIP system, other than possibly a place that only did a very few inspection.

According to the DMV website, there are 41 inspection stations in Addison County.

To find one close to you, go online to https:// vt-avip.com/VTPublicWeb/stationLocator.

CONSUMER BENEFITS The system promises to delete a whole lot of paperwork that has passed between the inspection stations and the DMV. With the data going straight into the state’s database, it should be easier for consumers to get up-todate vehicle inspection results for every car inspected in Vermont — you just need the

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State officials say this will allow car owners and car shoppers to make more informed decisions about maintaining their own vehicle and will equip them with additional knowledge when considering purchasing a used vehicle.

That centralized data should also help

policymakers and state administrators make decisions with more complete information.

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Hyundai Ioniq Electric tops federal list for fuel efficiency The federal government puts together a comprehensive listing of fuel efficiency ratings of most cars so that consumers can shop for the vehicle that best fits their needs — both in terms of saving money on gasoline and of saving the planet.

An electronic version of the 2017 Fuel Economy Guide is now available online at fueleconomy.gov.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publish and distribute the guide each year to help new car buyers choose the most fuel-efficient vehicle that meets their needs.

The online version of the guide will be updated weekly on fueleconomy.gov as additional information is submitted by the auto manufacturers. New and used car buyers can also use the Find-a-Car feature on fueleconomy. gov; go to www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/ findacar.shtml to compare the fuel economy of all vehicles sold in the United States since 1985.

Along with the guide, DOE and EPA have released online versions of the 2017 “Top Ten” and “Best and Worst in EPA Size Class” fuel economy lists

at the same fueleconomy.gov website. Like the online guide, these online lists will be updated throughout 2017 as new data become available.

The 2017 Top Ten fuel economy list is headed by the most fuel-efficient vehicle ever listed on fueleconomy.gov: the Hyundai Ioniq Electric, an all-electric vehicle (EV) that gets a combined 136 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) (where 33.7 kilowatt-hours equals 1 gallon of gasoline). Nine of the top 10 vehicles for 2017 are EVs, and the other one is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

Excluding EVs, the most fuel-efficient vehicle in 2017 is a PHEV, the BMW i3 REX, which gets a combined 88 MPGe. On the non-EV Top Ten list, six of the vehicles are PHEVs and four are hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). Excluding both EVs and PHEVs, the Top Ten fuel economy list is all HEVs, the most fuel-efficient being the Toyota Prius Eco with a combined rating of 56 miles per gallon (MPG).

As for “Best in EPA Size Fiat 500e

Class” fuel economy, the winner among two-seaters is the smart fortwo cabriolet (35 MPG). Among Minicompacts, the top performer is an EV, the Fiat 500e (112 MPGe). The top Minicompact excluding EVs is the Fiat 500 (34 MPG).

The fuel economy winner among Subcompacts is an EV, the BMW i3 BEV (124 MPGe).

The top Subcompact excluding Chevrolet Bolt EVs is the Toyota Yaris iA (35 MPG). The top Compact is an EV, the Chevrolet Volt (77 MPGe), while the top Compact excluding EVs is an HEV, the Lexus Pickup Trucks, the leader is the Ford F-150 CT 200h (42 MPG).

2WD (22 MPG).

The leader in the Midsize class is also the The fuel economy leader among Small all-time leader among all classes, the Hyundai SUVs is an HEV, the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid Ioniq Electric (136 MPGe). The top Midsize AWD (32 MPG). There’s a tie for top Standard excluding EVs is an HEV, the Toyota Prius SUV between a PHEV (Volvo XC90 AWD Eco (56 MPG). The top car in the Large class PHEV at 30 MPGe) and an HEV (Lexus RX is the Honda Civic 5Dr (34 MPG).

450h AWD at 30 MPG).

The fuel economy leader among Small Among vMinivans, there’s a tie at 22 MPG Station Wagons is an EV, the Chevrolet Bolt between the Chrysler Pacifica and the Toyota (119 MPGe). The top Small Station Wagon Sienna 2WD. excluding EVs is the Honda Fit (36 MPG).

Again, these online “Top Ten” (www.

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Despite the prospect that autonomous vehicles will be safer, more efficient and more convenient than their human-driven counterparts, three-quarters of U.S. drivers report feeling afraid to ride in a self-driving car, and only 10 percent report that they’d actually feel safer sharing the roads with driverless vehicles. As automakers press forward in the development of autonomous vehicles, AAA urges the gradual, safe introduction of these technologies to ensure that American drivers are informed, prepared and comfortable with this shift in mobility.

“A great race towards autonomy is under way and companies are vying to introduce the first driverless cars to our roadways,” said Pat Moody, manager of public affairs for AAA Northern New England. “However, while U.S. drivers are eager to buy vehicles equipped with autonomous technology, they continue to fear a fully self-driving vehicle.”

In 2016, a AAA survey found that threequarters of Americans reported feeling afraid to ride in a self-driving car. One year later, a new AAA survey found that fear is unchanged.

While the majority are afraid to ride in a fully self-driving vehicle, the latest survey also found that the majority (59 percent) of Americans are keen to have autonomous features in their next vehicle. This marked contrast suggests that American drivers are ready to embrace autonomous technology, but they are not yet ready to give up full control.

“Every year, we lose approximately 35,000 people on America’s roadways, most as a result of human error,” said Moody. “Connected and automated vehicle technologies have the potential to dramatically reduce this number, and automakers, government agencies and safety organizations like AAA must continue working together to ensure that these new vehicles are safely tested and deployed.”

Additional survey findings include: • Half (54 percent) of U.S. drivers feel less safe at the prospect of sharing the road with a self-driving vehicle, while one-third (34 percent) feel it wouldn’t make a difference and only 10 percent say they would feel safer.

• Women (58 percent) are more likely to feel less safe than men (49 percent).

• Baby Boomers (60 percent) are more likely to feel less safe than Generation X (56 percent) or Millennials (41 percent).

• The majority (59 percent) of U.S. drivers want autonomous vehicle technology in their next vehicle, while the remainder do not (25 percent) or are unsure (16 percent).

• Millennials (70 percent) are the most likely to want the technologies, compared to Generation X (54 percent) and Baby Boomers (51 percent).

• Three-quarters (78 percent) of Americans are afraid to ride in a self-driving vehicle.

• Baby Boomers (85 percent) are more likely to be afraid than Millennials (73 percent) and Generation X (75 percent) drivers.

• Women (85 percent) are more likely to be afraid than men (69 percent).

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Waxing makes your car look better and perform better (MS) — Car and truck owners recognize that a certain measure of upkeep is necessary to maintain safe, efficient and good-looking vehicles. Making sure what’s under the hood — and under the chassis — is in excellent condition is important. So, too, is safeguarding against damage to the exterior of a car or truck.

One of the ways to protect against environmental damage is to wax the vehicle. Bird droppings, rain, salt, and sun can take their toll on a vehicle, and waxing can help combat these often inevitable environmental factors.

The experts at Popular Mechanics say that, even though modern paint jobs have improved considerably in recent years, wax formulations have improved as well. Both can work wonders with regard to defending against color erosion, scratches and dullness. Furthermore, waxing increases resale value at trade-in time and can make it easier to clean vehicles.

The consumer advocates at “Angie’s List” recommend that vehicles be waxed not less than twice a year. However, many detailers advise drivers to have their vehicles waxed once every

three months, or one time per season.

In addition to protecting a vehicle from the elements, waxing provides the following benefits.

• Deep shine: Wax is the easiest way to make a vehicle look brand new again.

• Fills in scratches: While wax will not remove scratches, it can fill in shallow scratches to make them less visible.

• Reduces friction: Car wax smooths the surface of the paint and will reduce the friction between debris and the car’s exterior. This means debris will be more likely to slide right off than cause paint to chip.

• Catches contaminants: Airborne contaminants will be trapped in the wax rather than settle into paint and etch the car or truck.

A number of tests can indicate when a car needs a new coat of wax. The waterbeading test is one such test. If the water beads up nicely while washing or during a light rain, the wax is still performing. If the water runs in large “sheets,” it’s time for a new coat of wax.

Drivers can conduct the towel test as well after the car is washed and completely dried.

The resource “How To Auto” offers guidance

on how to perform this test: Fold a 100-percent cotton terry cloth towel until it’s hand-sized and thick. Apply firm pressure to the car’s surface and twist the cloth back and forth in a clockwise and counter-clockwise direction. If you hear a squealing noise, then it’s time for a wax job.

Before waxing, the vehicle should be clean, dry and free of contaminants. Afterward, work in a shady area. Work carefully, but do not go

so slowly that the wax dries too quickly. Do not apply the wax too heavily; a little goes a long way. Try to keep it even during application. Buff the wax with a microfiber towel when done.

Waxing remains an important part of vehicle maintenance, safeguarding a vehicle from the elements while also keeping the car or truck looking new.

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Basic maintenance helps get you through the years Yes, every vehicle needs attention now and then

overheating and also prevents the water that it mixes with in the radiator from freezing or boiling. Coolant is nearly as important as motor oil in vehicle maintenance.

Coolant is typically comprised of a 50/50 mix of distilled water and antifreeze. These

(MS) — One of the ways to keep vehicles running strong for years on end is to adhere to the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance schedule. Although there are many factors drivers cannot control, including recalls, weather and road conditions, proper maintenance is something drivers can control, and maintaining a vehicle can be very simple.

OIL CHANGES Motor oil lubricates the engine and keeps it in good working order. Old oil becomes more viscous and can lose its efficacy. While changing motor oil is important, motorists should follow the owner’s manual or the factory maintenance schedule regarding how often it needs to be changed, as all vehicles are not alike. The old myth that cars and trucks need oil changes at set intervals has changed as digital check capabilities have evolved.

Car computers can now keep track of more than just mileage. Computers now track starts and stops and trip durations to determine when cars need oil changes.

COOLANT LEVELS Coolant helps prevent vehicles from

two substances work together to maintain a proper ratio of heat energy and prevent eventual breakdown and destruction of the engine.

Coolant is usually changed once per year or at 30,000 miles. This keeps the coolant

Take extra caution when driving in spring rains (MS) — Driving in the rain can be more hazardous than driving in the snow, particularly because drivers fail to realize the dangers wet roads can impose. After averaging 10 years of statistics, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 46 percent of weather-related crashes happened during rainfall, but just 17 percent occurred while it was snowing or sleeting.

Drivers often think rain is no big deal, but while it’s not necessary to avoid driving when the raindrops begin to fall, exercising caution when the roads are wet can decrease the risk of being in an auto accident.

• Slow down. Wet roadways cause tires to lose traction, as friction is reduced between the rubber and the asphalt. It’s possible to lose up to one-third of traction

in the rain. To compensate, slow down to reduce sliding and stopping distances.

• Improve visibility. Turn on windshield wipers and lights when it is raining.

This makes it easier to see the road and makes your vehicle more visible to other motorists.

• Leave more distance between cars. In addition to improving your reaction time, giving others more space can improve visibility by reducing the amount of mist or splashing caused by other vehicles.

• Stick to daytime driving. If possible, when it is raining, drive only during the day. Glare from wet roadways and headlights at night can further compromise poor visibility.

• Watch for wind gusts. Anticipate gusts when traveling through windy road corridors or over bridges.

working properly and will help prevent corrosion and deposits from forming inside the cooling system. Coolant levels might be checked during a full-service oil change appointment.

CHECK BATTERY CONTACTS Many modern car batteries do not require a lot of maintenance. However, one problem that may occur is a buildup of minerals or corrosion from leaking battery fluid on the contacts. In such instances, use a battery cleaning brush to clean the contacts and then replace the cables.

TIRE MAINTENANCE Properly inflated, balanced and rotated tires make for a smooth, safe ride. Check that tires are wearing evenly and that the vehicle is not pulling to one side. A lack of tread on tires requires they be replaced. Because tires can be expensive, many drivers put off routine tire maintenance. But this can be a costly mistake. Tires that are worn or not properly inflated can cause skidding, problems braking and accidents. Blowouts also may occur, putting drivers, their passengers and fellow motorists in danger. It’s best to be proactive with regard to tire maintenance.

Maintaining a vehicle in adherence to manufacturer guidelines can prolong the life of the car, improve its safety and increase its trade-in or resale value.

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Kessler (Continued from Page 1) lack of freedom, it’s a different type of freedom,” she said.

“And it also generates positivity.

When you’re biking there’s fresh air, you’re connected to your surroundings, your confidence builds, your health builds. And there’s a kind of meditative break between experiences, which is not what I get from listening to music in a car.”

The event will begin at 10 a.m. with bike and bike helmet decorating, music and a skateboard and BMX bike show at the Bristol Skate Park (for the non-rad among us, BMX bikes are used for racing and stunt riding and look like oldstyle 1970s Schwinn Stingrays).

At 11 a.m. the parade — floats, bikes, skateboards, strollers, anything on human-powered wheels

MELANIE KESSLER

— will set off down town streets, stopping at intersections along the way for dance parties, interactive art and other “zany” communitybuilding events.

The parade will be followed by a “Human Powered Party,” with vendors selling local food and bikepowered gadgets, and bike advocates putting out the word about public transit, safety, fitness and biking infrastructure — all to the beat of local bands.

LONG-TIME BIKE ADVOCATE For the past 17 years, Kessler has been a leader and pioneer nationwide in promoting human-powered transportation.

After graduating from Wesleyan University in 2000, she went west to Eugene, Ore., and started working at the Center for Appropriate Transportation, where she launched

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Upcoming bike-powered events in your area Beginning April 3, six-week afterschool “Human Powered Possibility Makers” at Bristol Elementary School May 7, Basic Bike Mechanics Workshop Time: 10 a.m.-noon Location: Old VBT bike shop on Silver Street Offered through the Bristol Rec Dept.

May 7, Safe Family Everyday Bicycling Workshop Time: 3-4:30 p.m.

Location: Meet at Bristol Elementary School parking lot Offered through the Bristol Rec Dept.

May 10, National Bike to School Day May 12, Community Bike Rodeo Time: 3-5 p.m.

Location: Bristol Elementary School Offered through the Bristol Rec Dept. and sponsored by the Bristol Police Dept., Bristol Safe Routes to

Schools, and Local Motion.

May 20, Human-Powered Parade & Celebration Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Location: Begins at Bristol Recreation Center For more information about events offered through the Bristol Recreation Dept. go to http://bristolrec. org/programs/, email bikingmelanie@gmail.com, or call 385-1039.

Local Biking Resources: Addison County Walk-Bike Council For info: Claire Tebbs, Addison County Regional Planning Commission, 388-3141.

Addison County Local Motion www.localmotion.org/addison_county Safe Routes to School program acrpc.org/programs-services/transportation/sr2s

Eugene’s first Walk to School Day. From there, she relocated to Northern California and founded a Safe Routes to Schools Teen Program in Marin County, just north of San Francisco, and then launched a Safe Routes to Schools program for Alameda County (just across the bay). Under Kessler’s leadership the Alameda County program grew from just one school to more than 70 and provided a model emulated nationwide.

Kessler moved back East in around 2011 to be closer to family.

She continued the youth advocacy part of her work by getting certified as an elementary school teacher and

gaining a Master’s in Elementary Education. She’s worked as a youth leader, specializing in youth empowerment and activism for schools, congregations, summer camps and for nonprofits.

Locally she’s offering a series of biking workshops this spring as part of an afterschool program at Bristol Elementary and through the Bristol Recreation Department (see “Get your helmet on!” below).

Kessler’s commitment to a human-powered lifestyle is sincere: The mother of two boys, ages two and four, she regularly bikes them up the mountain from Bristol to the (See Power, Page 26)

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Power (Continued from Page 25) Cooperative Preschool in Lincoln.

She’s just switched from a conventional bike to a Yuba electricassist cargo bike to see how far she can take a car-free lifestyle in the Green Mountain State. Kessler carefully plans jobs, errands and outings so that she can use public transportation or carpool rather drive a car solo.

Kessler didn’t even own a car until she was 33 years old. And she admits that trying to go car free in a rural state like Vermont provides its own challenges (compared to the many public transportation options in urban areas).

Plus there is the added challenge of having two preschoolers in tow.

But Kessler is anything but dour or dogmatic in her car-free/carminimizing lifestyle. Her outlook is both fearless and celebratory.

For her, the positive aspects of bike-powered transportation are legion.

“I’m an athlete; I love using my body,” Kessler said. “I love being connected to the seasons and the weather. I love feeling wind, rain.

It just makes me feel connected. I see the neighborhood completely differently. It reframes my entire concept of hills, space, distance. I can eat as much as I want.

“I like the words ‘energizing our humanity.’ There’s something that’s more human about getting around that way. It just makes me feel more like I’m part of a community and a culture. I’m not in my little trappedin box.”

“It’s like a regenerating experience every time. It really gives me hope. I don’t know how people actually can survive without being on a bicycle because it’s so joyful.”

Many busy parents of preschoolers will also appreciate her observation that a bike-fueled lifestyle slows things down.

“It naturally balances how much you can do. The speed of life is

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“I love being connected to the seasons and the weather. I love feeling wind, rain. It just makes me feel connected. I see the neighborhood completely differently.

It reframes my entire concept of hills, space, distance.”

— Melanie Kessler balanced through your own capacity and your own energy.”

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as much as possible is also rejecting fossil fuels.

“I dislike my dependency on oil,” she said. “I feel it drives a lot of violence in the world, violence to the earth and then also violence in the Middle East. I really feel like it’s bloody. I know that my money directly supports that, and I don’t want my money to support that.

“The use of cars creates climate change, which I’m trying to affect positively.

Kessler said it also feels weird to move her body with 2,000 or 3,000 pounds of metal in a car. She pointed to a poster showing the miniscule amount of space taken up on a street by 80 walking people and 80 people on bicycles vs. 80 people in cars, which stretches beyond a complete block.

“If you have that visual (you see) how much infrastructure we use for our parking lots, our roads, the ecosystem,” she said. “How much road kill.

“Every time I bike, I stop and I move two or three animals off the road. Is it right that just because I want to get somewhere I’m causing violence to other life?”

PARADE PLANNING Planning for the Human Powered Parade has been under way for months. Kessler has partnered with Local Motion, the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, Addison County Walk-Bike Council, Middlebury Underground and Bristol Police Department in creating the event.

She and other parade organizers are soliciting sponsors, vendors and anyone who wants to join the parade by creating floats or kinetic sculptures or by just joining along and riding their bikes (or other human-powered wheeled conveyances).

Kessler is also tapping into an underused powerhouse of ingenuity.

She’s reached out to Mount Abraham middle schoolers to enlist their creativity and exuberance in planning the event.

Kessler wanted to connect with middle schoolers, especially, because of the way bikes can give them freedom to be their own transport and because of their natural yearning to find and embrace their own “human power” and push the envelope.

Also, said Kessler, they know and will tell you — without hesitation — where the line is between “rad” and “cheesy.”

“It has to be rad,” said Kessler.

Ultimately, though, Kessler feels that the Human Powered Parade and Celebration isn’t just about biking, it’s about being human powered and all that that suggests.

“It celebrates our capacity to energize our positivity toward a better world.”

For more information, go to livingtreealliance.com/ humanpoweredparade/ or to http:// bristolrec.org/programs/, email bikingmelanie@gmail.com, or call 385-1039.

Addison Independent, Monday, April 10, 2017 — PAGE 27

Ferrisburgh (Continued from Page 1) The power line, called the Vermont Green Line (VGL) is proposed to carry wind and solar energy, mostly generated in northern New York; run under Lake Champlain; resurface at Kingsland Bay; and make its way from there to a New Haven converter station that would prepare the power for transmission to the larger New England grid.

Company representatives were set to meet with Ferrisburgh’s VGL committee early this Monday, April 10, and town officials believe money will be discussed.

“It sounds like a big meeting on the 10th, we think,” said Ferrisburgh Selectboard Chairwoman Loretta Lawrence after the topic was discussed at last week’s board meeting. “We’re talking about moving forward with the Host Town Agreement.”

As well as compensation to the town for allowing work in its road rights-of-way, that agreement will include such items as design details, including how the work will handle culverts and where the line will cross town roads; construction techniques; restoration of affected land; and easement language.

Some of those issues have been resolved, or at least discussed, in the past year. But the VGL companies have not said anything of substance on how they plan to pay Ferrisburgh for working in the town’s road rightsof way since November 2015.

That’s when in a public meeting Green Line Infrastructure Alliance representatives suggested they would pay the town at least $350,000 a year for 20 years, on top of an estimated $150,000 a year in local property taxes the project would generate.

They also left the door open for further talks that have not occurred.

In Ferrisburgh the VGL is proposed to run underground in a two-footby-four-foot concrete box along Kingsland Bay, Sand, Little Chicago and Botsford roads to Tuppers Crossing, and then along that short town road to Route 7. Junction boxes, about 120 square feet, would be needed along the roads about every 2,500 feet to hold line splices.

The town’s VGL Committee has worked out some technical details with the Green Line Infrastructure Alliance, which also agreed to spend $40,000 to support Ferrisburgh’s research efforts on those details and on fees for lawyers and technical experts.

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In part, VGL companies might have put those talks on hold first because they were finalizing a deal in New Haven and then trying to win a sales contract for power in southern New England — a deal that fell through.

The companies did strike a deal with New Haven, approved by that town’s voters last spring, that will bring the town payments of $1.4 million per year for 40 years, $4 million to build a new fire station and town garage, and $1 million in compensation to abutters. New Haven won those concessions mostly

because it would host the massive and noisy converter station.

As for the larger status of the project, National Grid Director of U.S. Business Development Joseph Rossignoli recently told the Independent the VGL companies are working on deals to charge the renewable energy producers at the other end of the proposed power line to carry their power to the New England market. Rossignoli said the companies remain confident in the project.

At the Ferrisburgh selectboard meeting last week, the board also

appointed road foreman John Bull and VGL Committee chairman Craig Heindel as Ferrisburgh’s designated representatives to any Public Service Board hearings.

According to the PSB website, the process for the Green Line Infrastructure Alliance to obtain a needed Certificate of Public Good for the project is moving forward, but no hearings are scheduled yet.

Rossignoli told the Independent that VGL developers expect the project to have made its way through the Public Service Board by late 2017 or early 2018.

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Foote among Vt. Sports Hall of Fame inductees on April 22

SOUTH BURLINGTON — Tickets are now on sale for the fifth annual Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Celebration, set for on Saturday, April 22, at the DoubleTree

by Hilton Burlington at 1117 Williston Road in South Burlington.

Among the 14 inductees is longtime Middlebury College women’s lacrosse and field hockey Coach Missy Foote.

The event starts with a reception at 5:30 p.m. The induction ceremony will follow a 6:30 p.m. dinner. Tickets for the event are $75 per person, and tables for 10 are available.

Those interested in tickets may visit www.vermontsportshall.com or e-mail vermontsportshall@gmail.com The other inductees are Olympic skiers Betsy Snite Riley, Lindy Cochran Kelley and

Martha Rockwell; coaches Ed Markey of St. Michael’s College and Bernie Cieplicki Sr. of Burlington; the father of U.S. Nordic skiing, John Caldwell; Olympic equestrian gold medalist Tad Coffin; Burlington Free Press sportswriter Don Fillion; Golden Gloves champion boxer Tony Robitaille; Norwich University hockey and soccer standout Guy Gaudreau; mountain climbing pioneer Helmut Lenes; and

multiple Boston Marathon winner Clarence DeMar. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will benefit Prevent Child Abuse Vermont. The event has raised over $10,000 for the nonprofit since its inception in 2012.

Gov. Phil Scott will present plaques to the inductees, and WCAX-TV sports director Mike McCune will be the master of ceremonies.

SPORTS MONDAY

MIDDLEBURY TRACK AND field star Maddie Pronovost, who set a school record in the multi-discipline pentathlon in February, reaches for another inch in the long jump (above) at Middlebury College’s Virtue Field House on Jan. 14, and (below) attacks a hurdle during a race on the track. The senior, who overcame a serious knee injury, earned All-American status at this winter’s NCAA Division III championship meet.

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Panther star loves sport, gives to community All-American overcame major injury MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College senior women’s track and field athlete Maddie Pronovost has enjoyed a strong year for the Panthers.

In the spring she competes in the heptathlon, a seven-event affair that tests track and field athletes’ strength, speed and stamina; in the winter her specialty is pentathlon, the five-event version of the multi-discipline event.

In February she set the school record in the pentathlon.

The Brookline, Mass., resident recently concluded her indoor season by becoming an NCAA Division III All-American, thanks to a third-place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Recently, Pronovost sat down for a question-and-answer session with the Middlebury College Sports Information Department about her personal, academic and athletic background, and her goals for the future.

Middlebury College Head Track Coach Martin Beatty mentioned you were born in China during the time of the “one child policy.”

How did this affect your family and your eventual journey to the United States?

My mom adopted me from Wuhan, China, when I was about four months old. She was at a point in her life where she knew she wanted to have children, but was not married.

She realized that if she wanted that to happen, she needed to act quickly or she would run out of time. Because of the One Child Policy in China, many families were giving their girls up for adoption in the hopes they would be able to have a boy. Boys are preferred over girls since it is customary for them to take care of their parents as they age.

After my mom adopted me in 1995 (See Pronovost, Page 29)

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Pronovost (Continued from Page 28) as an infant, she realized that she really liked being a mother and wanted more children. She eventually adopted my younger brother Jimmy from Vietnam. He is currently a freshman at Johnson & Wales in Rhode Island.

A few years later, she welcomed my younger sister, Esther, who will attend Skidmore next year, from Lujow, China, into our growing family.

What attracted you to Middlebury?

I wanted to stay in New England, because the fall is one of my favorite times of the year with the leaves changing and crispness of the air. I also wanted to be in a place where snowboarding during the winter was possible. On my first visit to campus, I fell in love with the greenery and open spaces that Middlebury provides. I also really enjoyed the quaintness of the town of Middlebury.

When I met with Coach Beatty for the first time, he was so warm and welcoming, and the people who I had met on the team seemed very happy with their social, academic and athletic experience at Middlebury. It just seemed like the right fit.

What other activities do you participate both on and off campus?

I am a member of the Senior Committee as one of the Gift Co-Chairs responsible for fundraising for our class gift. This year, we are raising funds for the 2017 and 2017.5 Memorial Scholarship Fund in remembrance of classmates Nathan Alexander and Murphy Roberts.

I am the head lifeguard at the college’s natatorium, responsible for coordinating shifts with students. I also stay busy in biology professor Mark Spritzer’s lab, working with rats on the effects of testosterone on spatial memory. When I can find an hour, I volunteer for Head Start program

at Mary Hogan Elementary School, which mainly involves me being chased by hyperactive 3-5 year olds.

It is a lot of fun and keeps me young!

What are your post-graduation plans?

I want to attend graduate school for physical therapy in the spring of 2018. Middlebury’s neuroscience department had the most prerequisites that aligned with the required coursework for physical therapy graduate schools, which is one of the main reasons I wound up pursuing it here.

I do not know yet where I’ll end up for graduate school, because there are great programs throughout the country, but it would be nice to end up on one of the coasts if possible, because I love being by the ocean.

How do you balance your academic class load with your athletic schedule?

In my first year, I found waking up early to do work in the mornings as well as between classes worked best for me. That was beneficial because I had introductory labs for my science classes in the afternoon. I have more flexibility to do work in the afternoons with not nearly as many labs.

I know that I have practice for a few hours, and that forces me to get as much work done before practice as possible. I know I’ll be tired and less inclined to get work done in a timely manner after practice. I do best when I am busy, and find that having a lot on my plate helps me with time management.

How did you discover your love for the heptathlon?

In high school, I did a few of the events that are included in multimeets such as high jump, the 200-meter dash, and 100-meter hurdles. Like most sprinters and jumpers in high school, I always ended up doing at least three or four events in every meet. That got me accustomed to

HIGH JUMP IS one element of the five-part pentathlon (indoor) and seven-part heptathlon (outdoor) that Panther senior Maddie Pronovost excels at. The All-American who placed third at this winter’s NCAA Championship, says she competes more with herself than other athletes.

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bouncing around from event to event.

I liked doing that because it kept me busy and my mind occupied.

My junior year, our coach thought it was a good idea to have me do a heptathlon in the spring to see how I would do. I was miserable at throwing and the 800-meter run, but I placed fourth of 45 women with 3,380 points.

What do you think about while you are in the middle of a competition?

The two themes I have embodied this year are “fully present” and “go big.” I try not to think about anything besides the event that I am currently competing in, and really get myself excited to compete in whatever event is going on. I am not very competitive with other people, but I am much more competitive with myself.

I know that if I go out and have a great time with the goal of bettering my previous performance, I will do well. It is really important for me to have as much fun as possible doing every event, because the stress and anxiety of not doing well sort of fades away when you’re focusing on enjoying the sport.

Tell us about a memorable moment in competition.

There was a competitor from my

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rival high school that did most of the same events as I did. In our home dual meet against Newton North my junior year, we were going to run the 200-meter dash. That event still is my favorite race, and I really wanted to beat her. I never look at other runners when racing, but in this race, I snuck a peek to see where she was as we were coming off the curve and entering the straight. To my surprise, we were stride for stride, and ran toward the finish line. She ended up beating me by 0.02 seconds, but it was one of the most thrilling races.

My best collegiate experience happened just recently when my mom flew to the 2017 NCAA indoor championship to surprise me. I never let my mom watch me play sports since I was little because having her there made me nervous. I didn’t want to disappoint her or have her see me potentially get hurt. She is very respectful of my quirks and doesn’t show up to meets unless she can ensure that I won’t be able to find her.

When I was getting my All-American award, my mom sent me a text message saying that she was wondering when I was going to check my phone. I looked around frantically for a few minutes before she stood up in the bleachers and waved at me.

I was so grateful that she flew there to watch me compete in the biggest meet of my life.

What might surprise us about your athletic successes?

My senior year of high school, I tore my right ACL and meniscus playing soccer. That took me out of track for the entirety of my senior year. Coming into college, I had very low expectations for how I was going to perform since I still had to wear a knee brace to stabilize it and prevent reinjuring it and my knee often hurt or would give out during practice and at meets. It was incredibly difficult mentally and emotionally to know that I was performing well below my capabilities my freshmen year, and I constantly had doubts that I was ever going to be able to be as fast or as strong as I was in high school.

It wasn’t until my junior year that I was finally physically strong enough to match and exceed my high school PRs (personal records). I’m really proud that I was able to stick with track long enough to finally come into my own, faster and stronger than I’ve ever been, and be a positive contributor to the team as I’ve always wanted to be able to do.

Editor’s note: This profile is courtesy of Middlebury College Athletics.

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society Eema & Coona 7 years old, Alaskan Malamutes, female & male. This sweet, affectionate brother-sister duo were purchased from a breeder as puppies and grew up alongside their human sister in a loving home. They need a guardian who is experienced with their breed, who will work with them on basic training, and who can provide a “job” for them to do for their physical and mental wellbeing. This is a 3rd party adoption: the dogs are NOT at the shelter. Inquiries by email ONLY- mshubert@homewardboundanimals.org.

Poppy 4 years, Boerboel, spayed female.

Poppy is a sweet gal who traveled to Homeward Bound all the way from NYC. She walks very well on a leash and loves, loves, loves attention! Poppy would do very well in a home where she can lounge by her human’s feet after a long walk or snuggle on the couch to watch a movie - she’ll even let you choose what to watch if you promise plenty of head scratches. Poppy doesn’t have much of a tail but that doesn’t prevent her from wagging away when people enter the room! We require that Poppy be adopted into a pet-free, 13+ home. Will you be the lucky one to take this happy gal home?

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Pumpkin 10 years, Shepherd mix, spayed female. Pumpkin is a sweet, affectionate older gal who is looking for a home where she can be the only pet. She can be protective of her person and space and can be reactive to new people. Basically she is just scared and behaves in a way to encourage those strangers to go away. To help her be successful in her new home, a sponsor has generously donated several hours with a professional trainer to work with her new guardian(s). In order to make a successful match for Pumpkin we are requiring that she be adopted into an adult only home.

The ideal home for Pumpkin would be with an experienced dog owner in a settled household where there aren’t a lot of guests coming and going. Pumpkin is a loving, playful dog looking for the right person to give her the chance she deserves!

Tiara 1 year, short hair tiger w/ white, spayed female. My name is Tiara and I’m a princess.

I’m not too happy with these humans for putting me in a cage - I’m used to coming and going as I please. How dare they make me fit their schedule?! It is making me feel rather zany, but that’s okay because I’m a princess and thus entitled to mood swings now and then. I have a lot of energy and I like to play, but only with sparkly and feathery toys that fit my discriminating taste. I’m looking for a new kingdom to reign over, do you think you have what it takes to be one of my subjects? Ask an Adoption Counselor about how you can take Tiara for a “test drive!”

Lucky 12 years, short hair Tortie, spayed female. Lucky is a sweet old gal who came to Homeward Bound as a stray.

We don’t know if she has any history with dogs, but she gets along okay with the other cats here at the shelter. What Lucky would really LOVE is a home with a window perch where she can watch the world and a person of her own who will lavish her with affection. She will keep your lap warm and your heart full in return!

If you are 55+ you can adopt Lucky with a donation in lieu of her adoption fee through our Senior-to-Senior program.

Pixie 1 year, short hair black, spayed female. UrbanDictionary.com defines Pixie as “a beautiful, graceful, captivating, petite woman with short hair.” We couldn’t agree more! She is a nervous little lady who prefers to keep all four paws on the ground, but she will rub her head against your hand to get attention and she has the most expressive face! Though a bit skittish here at the shelter, we feel she will thrive once she is in a home environment.

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Angel is a little white cotton ball

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Angel is friendly to people, cats and wild

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Angel is looking forward to Easter 2017, and Kellie can’t wait to spend it with her favorite Easter bunny!

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Pet Pages Homeward Bound

Tip of the Week One of the most common complaints we have about our cats is that they scratch and destroy our furniture. Whether it’s a fabric or leather sofa or your favorite wooden desk, your furniture can fall prey to your cat’s natural instinct to exercise her claws. Cats scratch for a variety of reasons: to sharpen the claws and shed the outer layer of the nail, to mark their territory, to stretch out the muscles in their paws and to get attention. Since scratching is a natural behavior, it is hard to modify. But there is hope! Here are some tips.

1.

Modify your furniture.

Cats seem to prefer fabric with a vertical pattern so consider purchasing upholstered furniture with a horizontal drag. You can make your furniture less appealing by applying products such as double-sided sticky tape, which cats do not like, or you can use an herbal spray that replaces the scent that cats leave on your furniture when they scratch with an unpleasant smell. These two modifications are nearly invisible to the human eye or nose and therefore can be effective without being offensive to you.

2. P r o v i d e alternatives to furniture for scratching.

Depending on your cat’s scratching preferences, you may offer her scratching posts covered with carpet, wooden posts or the rough, scratchy marine-grade rope (called sisal) wrapped around a vertical post or tree.

Putting a pinch of catnip on an alternative scratching area will provide an added incentive for your cat to choose it over your furniture.

Have more than one scratching post

available and place one near each of the areas where your cat likes to scratch.

Train your cat to use 3. new scratching equipment by demonstrating for her. Yes, go up to the scratching post and use your nails on it as you would have her do. When you find your cat scratching furniture, physically remove her from the furniture and place her at her nearby scratching post, showing her what you want her to do. This will help her associate her urge to scratch with the post. Reward her ‘copycat’ behavior with treats and plenty of praise until she gets the hang of it!

4. Discourage scratching behavior when you see it happening. While you should positively reinforce your kitty for using the scratching post instead of the furniture (see #3 above), you can also negatively reinforce scratching the furniture by squirting her with a quick shot of water from a squirt gun or spray bottle.

Never slap or hit your cat! And note that unless you catch her in the act, squirting water or scolding won’t help at all — she won’t know what you’re talking about!

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5. Keep you cat’s claws trimmed to reduce the damage.

Done regularly, trimming your cat’s nails can be an effective way to blunt the damage scratching can cause. If you do not know how to trim your cat’s nails safely or cannot get her to cooperate with this procedure, ask your veterinarian or go to a groomer for help. Another way to dull claws is by sheathing them with soft nail caps, which can be glued on easily and last about 4-6 weeks.

6.

Give your cat interesting things to do. Sometimes cats scratch simply from boredom, so provide plenty of toys and other stimulating activities to keep your cat occupied. Simple things like a cardboard box or paper bag will keep her entertained.

Or entice her to play with you by holding out a piece of string or other chase toy.

It may take some time to curb your cat’s scratching habit but be persistent. It’s worth the effort!

Editor’s note: information from Drs. Foster and Smith (drsfostersmith.com); wikihow. c o m / Tr a i n - Yo u r- C a t - N o t - t o Scratch-the-Furniture

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Addison Independent, Monday, April 10, 2017 — PAGE 33

Gil Viau wins trip to Nashville

ADDISON COUNTY — A New Haven man is the winner of the grand prize at the Annual Addison County Hospice Fundraiser held March 25.

Organizers drew the raffle ticket bought by Gil Viau, who won a dream vacation to Nashville and/or Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. Viau will be taking a break from running Gil’s Garage in New Haven.

Trip underwriter Milne Travel will help Viau plan his 6-night/7-day trip to the heart of NASCAR country.

Peter Schenck won second place in the raffle, which brought him a cool $500.

Our two local hospice agencies — Hospice Volunteer Services and Addison County Home Health and Hospice — held this major fundraiser at the Middlebury Inn. The ticket drawing party featured silent and live auctions.

HVS & ACHHH welcomed to the event 140 guests, who were treated to numerous culinary delights donated by area restaurants,

ROBIN BENTLEY, LEFT, of Milne Travel congratulates New Haven resident Gil Viau, who won a dream vacation to Nashville at the annual hospice fundraiser on March 25. Their cowboy hats fit in with the event’s NASCAR theme.

businesses and farms, and beverages donated by local breweries and Farrell Distributing. The Addison Independent provided design services and advertising, and Vermont Gas was also a major sponsor.

The true benefactors of the Dream Vacation Raffle are Addison County hospice patients and families.

The funds raised from the Dream Vacation Raffle will be used to sustain excellent end-of-life care for the residents of Addison County.

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LIONS CLUB NEEDS stuff for their annual auction. Please NO appliances or electronics.

Call for pick up, 388‑7124.

Help us, help others.

AL‑ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by some‑ one’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers wel‑ come. Confidential. St. Ste‑ phen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Discussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Method‑ ist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00‑2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleas‑ ant Street. Discussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS RIPTON MEETINGS: Mon‑ day, As Bill Sees It Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meet‑ ing 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.

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 discussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

Public Meetings ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednes‑ days, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery.

Bring a friend in recovery.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

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

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

7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

Services

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRANDON MEETINGS: Monday, Discussion Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRISTOL MEETINGS: Sun‑ day, Discussion Meeting 4:00‑5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00‑7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

Services

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS MONDAY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meet‑ ing 10:00‑11:00 AM. Begin‑ ners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

Services

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS T H U R S D AY: B i g B o o k Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meet‑ ings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at the Congre‑ gational Church, New Haven Village Green.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NORTH FERRISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00‑7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd.

Services

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Dis‑ cussion Meeting 8:00‑9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St. ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confi‑ dential, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

Babysitting available.

Services

The Volunteer Help with Spring into the Arts - A Center, a collaboration of Celebration of the Arts in ACSU Schools!

RSVP and the Spring into the Arts (SITA) relies on volunteers to serve as United Way of greeters, hosts, and to direct students and other guests to Addison County, workshops and art exhibits. All ACSU schools and many area posts dozens of private schools contribute artwork and visit the event to view volunteer opportunities artwork and attend peer and professional workshops and on the Web.Go to

The Volunteer Center, a collaboration of RSVP and the HOPE is looking for a group of dedicated volunteers United Way of looking to plan, manage and harvest their 880 square Addison County, foot garden this season. This position would take place posts dozens of volunteer opportunities from April through as late as October. It would involve on the Web.Go to

www.unitedwayaddison

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county.org/ VolunteerDonate and click on VOLUNTEER NOW!

performances. SITA will take place at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts. Volunteers are needed for 3-hour shifts on Wednesday, May 31 or Thursday, June 1 from 8:30 a.m.

- 11:30 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. If you are interested in learning more about how to get involved, please contact RSVP at 388-7044 or rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org.

L o c a l age n c ie s c a n p o s t t h e i r v o l u n te e r ne e d s w i t h Th e Vo l u n te e r C e n te r by c a l l i ng RSV P at 388-7044.

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a good deal of responsibility but also offer flexibility.

The garden resources and supplies would be provided.

If you are interested in learning more about this great opportunity, please contact RSVP at 388-7044 or rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org

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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. NEW SUPPORT GROUP ‑ Grief Anonymous Meeting every Thursday @ 6:30 pm at Grace Baptist Church 52 Merchants Row, Middelbury, Vt. First Meeting Thursday, December 1st, 2016 OA (OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ days at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT.

VOLUNTEER NOW!

L o c a l age n c ie s c a n p o s t t h e i r v o l u n te e r ne e d s w i t h Th e Vo l u n te e r C e n te r by c a l l i ng RSV P at 388-7044.

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NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednes‑ days, 9 am, held at The Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

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OPIATE OVERDOSE RESCUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

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ACORN PAINTING IS NOW hiring for the exterior sea‑ son. Experienced painters preferred but willing to train the right candidates. Must have valid drivers license, transportation and be reliable.

This is a fun job for people with a solid work ethic. Excellent starting pay with incentives to earn more. For an interview, or to learn more, please call 453 5611.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) step meeting.

Tuesdays, 3 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at the Mountain Health Center in Bristol. For info call APDA at 888‑763‑3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS MEETING of Alcoholics Anon‑ ymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Fri‑ day, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middlebury, VT.

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TALK: MYTHS AND CONTROVERSIES of organic agriculture will be given by Johanna Mirenda, technical director at the Organic Materi‑ als Review Institute. For more information, visit the Facebook event via www.go.middlebury. edu/organictalk. Refresh‑ ments served. Talk 40 min‑ utes, followed by questions.

Thursday April 13, 4:30 pm, Dana Auditorium inside Sun‑ derland Language Center, 356 College Street.

GOT POTHOLES? DeMers LLC. Driveway repair. Spring Cleanups. Free estimates.

802‑349‑8906. leondemers@ icloud.com .

PARTY RENTALS; CHINA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available.

802‑388‑4831.

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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING; interior/exterior, residential/ commercial, pressure wash‑ ing. 20 years’ experience.

Best prices. References.

802‑989‑5803.

Help Wanted COMMUNITY INTEGRATION SPECIALIST provide 1:1 mentoring to individuals with developmental disabilities in goal‑oriented community activities. Help them access community resources, make friends, learn new life/social skills, and express their cre‑ ativity. You will be supporting diverse needs and interest.

Seeking a candidate with pa‑ tience, good judgment, flex‑ ibility and excellent boundary setting skills. Experience in behavioral support strongly desired. Good driving record, use of personal vehicle and GED required. M‑F with com‑ prehensive benefit package.

To apply, visit www.csac‑vt. org, or respond to CSAC HR, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802‑388‑6751, ext. 415.

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

CONSTRUCTION: ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

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EXPERIENCED GARDENER LOOKING for garden‑ ing jobs for the summer of 2017. Excellent references and fully insured. Call Tara at Vermont Outdoor People. 802‑436‑1504 or taralee27@gmail.com

Help Wanted

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ELECTRICIAN’S APPRENTICE WITH residen‑ tial experience. Please call 802‑353‑1516 for more in‑ formation.

K.A. BAGLEY INC. is hiring for lawn care/landscaping.

Need to be honest, reliable, valid driver’s license. Call 352‑9088 to apply.

PART OR FULL TIME, 2 po‑ sitions, convenience store.

802‑458‑2361.

Help Wanted

Addison Northwest School District Join our exceptional team!

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LANDSCAPE COMPANY LOOKING FOR reliable, hard working people for our 2017 crew in Addison and Chittenden counties. Job includes clean‑ups, landscap‑ ing, planting and garden main‑ tenance. Must be comfort‑ able working outdoors in all types of weather. Previous experience not necessary, but preferred. Must have valid driver’s license and depend‑ able transportation. Pay hourly rate $11 ‑ $16 per hour. Call Dave, 802‑363‑9958.

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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.

Part-Time Driver The Addison Independent is looking for a driver to cover Monday & Thursday deliveries for our St. Albans to Brandon route (7-8 hrs. per delivery day). Requirements are: valid driver’s license, high school diploma or equivalent, able to lift bundles of newspapers and customer service skills. Must be dependable, with a clean driving record, and able to drive our company van.

Compensation includes a free print & online subscription and free placement of your classified line ads in our paper.

Please email resume to lisar@addisonindependent.com.

For further info, call 388-4944, M-F 8am-5pm.

We want YOU to join our team of exceptional people.

Being the Director of Building, Grounds, and Safety in the Addison Northwest School District is different from other organizations.

This new role will play a critical part in leading the Facilities Team. Whether you are orchestrating the excellent care of our building and grounds, or you are providing hands-on support for repairs or overseeing a new project or any of the other part this role-plays across the school district, you will make a significant difference in the health, safety, & learning of the communities we serve.

We hope you choose ANWSD to be your next career partner and become part of our exceptional team. If you are an experienced professional in the field of Building Grounds and Safety who is committed to providing team-focused services, we encourage youto apply to our opening on www.

SchoolSpring.com and we will be in touch!

FLSA: Full Time-Exempt/Salary. Benefit eligible including: BCBS Health Insurance, Delta Dental, Life, Long-Term Disability, Vermont Municipal Retirement plus 403(b). Paid Vacation, Personal and Sick, Holiday, Professional Development Days.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

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

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

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

802‑453‑2566.

For Rent

For Rent

Wood Heat

Att. Farmers

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

NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment.

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

FIREWOOD, GREEN OR DRY cut, split. $200/cord.

802‑247‑6061.

FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

Real Estate

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

FOR RENT PRIME RETAIL space. 1,303 square feet.

Location, location. Front door parking. Good visibility. Call Eric at 388‑6054.

MIDDLEBURY NEWLY REN‑ OVATED two bedroom house.

Walking distance to schools and stores. No smoking. No pets. 388‑7743.

MIDDLEBURY: 1/ONE BED‑ ROOM 2/two bedrooms and 1 efficiency apartment. All re‑ cently renovated. Located on Court St. For more information call 802‑388‑4455.

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

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PRIME SELF STORAGE is looking for an assistant man‑ ager to join the team. Part time position, some Satur‑ days. Interested candidates can apply online through Indeed.com or in person at the store and ask for Rani. We are located at 220 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT.

THE SALISBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY has a position avail‑ able for a librarian. Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 2 to 5 pm and Saturdays 9 am to noon. Salary based on experience. Reply to csylvestri@hotmail.com by April 13th.

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THE TOWN OF HINES‑ BURG is currently seeking an individual to fill a high‑ way maintainer position with the Highway Department. A Class B CDL (commercial driver’s license) with tanker and trailer endorsements is preferred. For an application or with questions, contact the Town Administrator’s of‑ fice (tlashua@hinesburg.org; 482‑2281, ext. 221) or visit the website (www.hinesburg.org).

The Town of Hinesburg is an equal opportunity employer.

VENDING ROUTE DRIVERS We are looking for motivated, responsible individuals. To work in our Brandon location.

Must be able to work inde‑ pendently, possess a positive attitude, be capable of lifting up to 50 lbs. and have a clean driving record. Apply in person or online at: Farrell Vend‑ ing Services, Inc. 405 Pine Street, Burlington Vt, 05401.

Info@farrellvending.com. www.FarrellVending.com.

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

Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

CEDAR POSTS for sale. 8 footers, no points.

802‑388‑4831.

COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE hit and miss engines. Spare parts, tractor magnetos and other engine related items.

Call 802‑352‑6050.

DOG TEAM ORIGINAL RECI‑ PE Sticky Buns for Easter. Call 802‑349‑9473 for order and pickup time. 658 Exchange Street, Middlebury.

OAK LUMBER : 265 FT OF 1”X6” 8 ft long. $1.50 board/ feet. Other sizes available.

Call:802‑352‑4488.

THE BARREL MAN; plastic and metal barrels, 275 gallon totes. A barrel for every need.

802‑453‑4235.

NEW HAVEN, QUIET 1 bed‑ room, furnished, basement apartment. $650/month plus deposit. No smoking, no pets.

802‑453‑3183.

273 MAIN STREET, VER‑ GENNES Available now, medium size 2 bedroom apartment. $920 per month.

Laundry hookups, large en‑ closed porch & full bath. Heat and hot water included. Call 802‑862‑7467.

AVAILABLE NOW, SUNNY 2 bedroom at Willow Apt. in Vergennes. Off street parking, propane heat, must be 55 or older. Rent is $800 plus utili‑ ties. Call Summit Property at 247‑0165.

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

BRIDPORT; 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment. No smok‑ ing, no pets. 802‑758‑2361.

ONE BEDROOM APART‑ MENT $700 per month plus utilities included. $400 secu‑ rity. No pets. No smoking. Will not be available until April 1st.

Located in Whiting. Contact Marie for an appointment.

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GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY ASSOCIATION NOTICE OF MEETING

The Green Mount Cemetery Association will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Starksboro Town Offices. Any interested parties are invited to attend.

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ROOM 116 – LARGE CONFERENCE RM. 77 MAIN STREET AGENDA 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. *Approval of Agenda 3. *Approval of Minutes of March 28, 2017 Regular Selectboard Meeting Comments 7:05 4. **Citizen [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] Liquor License, 7:10 5. *2017 Outside Consumption and Entertainment Permit Approvals 7:15 6. *Bill Kernan, Director of Public Works Operations a. *Award Contract for Mowing b. *Award Contract for Pool Equipment Upgrade 7:25 7. * Nominations for Annual Appointments 7:35 8. * * D i s c u s s i o n / F o l l o w - u p Regarding Main Street & Merchants Row Bridge Replacement Projects 7:45 9. *Review/Act on Proposal for Performance Management Process Development 7:55 10. *Certification of Compliance for Town Road and Bridge Standards and Network Inventory “Caring for 8:00 11. *Consider Canopy” Grant Application Proposal from the Urban Forestry Group to Fund Training and Equipment for Tree Maintenance on Town Land 8:10 12. **Prepare for Upcoming Town-College Lunch 8:15 13. **Discuss Meeting Schedule for April & May 8:20 14. *Approval of Check Warrants 15. *Town Manager’s Report 16. Board Member Concerns 17. *Executive Session – Legal Matters 18. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session 8:35 19. *Adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 388-8100 x-202 as early as possible.

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WARNING SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT

(Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham) The legal voters of the Addison Northwest School District are hereby notified and warned to meet at 5:45 p.m., on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at Vergennes Union High School to transact the following business: Article 1. Shall the voters authorize the Addison Northwest School District to borrow money to be used for the payment of School District expenses pending receipt of payments from the State Education Fund by the issuance of its notes or orders payable not later than one year from dxate of issuance?

Dated at Vergennes, Vermont this 22nd day of March, 2017, Addison Northwest School District Board of Directors Susan Rakowski, Chair Rose Wenzel, Clerk 4/3

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Public Notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 37 & 38 Act 250 Notice – Vergennes (1) Addison Northwest Supervisory Union – Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton,Vergennes, Waltham (2) Bristol (1) Green Mount Cemetery Assoc. - Starksboro (1) Middlebury (2) New Haven (1) P. Hannaford Career Center (1)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS ADDISON NORTHWEST SUPERVISORY UNION

The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of April, 2017.

Friday, April 7 • 7:30 a.m.

Vergennes Union High School Board Facilities Committee at VUHS Wednesday, April 19 • 6:00 p.m. Addison Central School Board, Ferrisburgh Central School Board, Vergennes Union Elementary School Board, Vergennes Union High School Board (VUHS Library) - In Individual Rooms at VUHS Wednesday, April 19 • 7:00 p.m. Addison Northwest Supervisory Union Board MEETING in the VUHS Library ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT Tuesday, April 4 • 8:30 a.m.

Negotiations Subcommittee Meeting in the ANWSU Office Monday, April 10 • 5:00 p.m.

Negotiations Subcommittee Meeting in the VUHS Main Hall Conference Room Monday, April 10 • 6:00 p.m.

Negotiations Subcommittee & ANTA Meeting in the VUHS Library Friday, April 14 • 7:30 a.m.

Facilities Subcommittee Meeting at the ANWSU Office Monday, April 17 • 6:00 p.m.

Policy Subcommittee Meeting at VUHS Tuesday, April 18 • 6:00 p.m.

Community Engagement Subcommittee Meeting at the Bixby Library Thursday, April 20 • 5:00 p.m.

Negotiations Subcommittee Meeting in the VUHS Main Hall Conference Room Thursday, April 20 • 6:00 p.m.

Negotiations Subcommittee & ANTA Meeting in the VUHS Library Wednesday, April 26 • 5:45 p.m. SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING in the VUHS Library Wednesday, April 26 • 6:00 p.m. ANWSD Board Meeting in the VUHS Library The purpose of each meeting is to transact regular business, including a review of correspondence, reports, approval of bills, and any other business proper to be brought before said meetings, unless otherwise specified.

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION #9A0160-7 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 – 6093

On March 28, 2017, Kiff, LLC, PO Box 247, City of Vergennes, VT 05491, filed application #9A0160-7 for a project generally described as the construction of a self storage facility on a parcel with an existing car wash and laundromat facility with municipal water and sewer services. The project is located 30 New Haven Road in City of Vergennes, Vermont.

The District #9 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 -- Minor Applications. The application and proposed permit are available for review on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.nrb.state.vt.us/lup) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “9A0160-7”.

No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before April 21, 2017, a person notifies the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information.

Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above.

Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by April 21, 2017 Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non- party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5).

Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 3rd day of April, 2017.

Geoffrey W. Green, District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 (802) 879-5657 geoffrey.green@vermont.gov 4/10

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Introduction of Board Members Visitors Comments Correspondence Consent Agenda Minutes of Mar. 8, 2017 Monthly A/P for April a. Adult Program b. Revolving c. Director’s Orders Action Agenda Board Reorganization Board Oaths of Office if Needed Board Signing of Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Elect Chair Elect Vice Chair Elect Secretary Appoint Budget/Policy Committee Appoint Facilities Committee Policy 2.3 Financial Condition & Activities Approve Perkins Plan & Budget Informational Agenda Superintendent’s Report Dean of Students Report Adult Tech Ed Report Executive Session Executive Session – Personnel (if needed) Policy 4.1 Governing Style 4/10

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The New Haven Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a public hearing on the following applications beginning at 7:00 P.M. on Monday May 1, 2017 at the New Haven Town Office.

1. Application #2017DRB-06-SD is a request for 2-lot minor subdivision of parcel # 0698-200 and boundary adjustment between parcels #0700000 and 0698-200 on map #12. The properties are owned by Patrick and Catherine Palmer and Michael Palmer. Review will be conducted pursuant to the New Haven Subdivision Regulations. Both the proposed subdivision and boundary adjustment is located at/near 1502 Hunt Road on the west side in the RA-2 District.

Applications are usually scheduled to be heard in the order they are listed above.

However, applicants and interested persons should refer to the Boards agenda that will be posted pursuant to State law for changes. The above applications are available for review at the Town Office. Interested persons are invited to attend the hearing, or send a representative. Pursuant to 24 VSA § 4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a), participation in this local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

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TOWN OF BRISTOL NOTICE OF CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE

The Town of Bristol Selectboard hereby provides notice pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1061, for the purpose of notice to the public of the following: The Bristol Selectboard intends to convey a deed of ownership to William Gibbs, for a parcel of land located at 32 North Street, parcel #235025, being .21 acres as described in the warranty deed dated June 6, 1972, and recorded in the Bristol Land Records in book 41 page 416, the warranty deed dated September 7, 1972 and recorded in the Bristol Land Records in book 41 page 523 and the warranty deeds dated September 5, 1978 and recorded in the Bristol Land Records in book 49 pages 136 - 138. The price for said property was subject to an advertised public bid process. The sale price will be $95,000 cash at closing for the property “as is”. Closing is intended to take place no later than Friday, May 5, 2017. For further information regarding the terms of this sale, please contact the Bristol Town Administrator Therese Kirby at PO Box 249, 1 South Street, Bristol, VT 05443, or by calling (802) 453-2410.

This sale was discussed as article 14 of the 2016 Town Meeting warning.

In accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1061 (a) (2), if a petition signed by five percent of the legal voters of the municipality objecting to the proposed conveyance is presented to the municipal clerk within 30 days of the date of posting and publication of the notice, the legislative body shall cause the question of whether the municipality shall convey the real estate to be considered at a special or annual meeting called for that purpose.

After the meeting, the real estate may be conveyed unless a majority of the voters of the municipality present and voting vote to disapprove of the conveyance.

Dated and posted this 4th day of April, 2017.

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Business ownership planning workshop set April 19

VERGENNES — An introduction to business ownership succession planning will be offered on Wednesday, April 19, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kennedy Brothers Coworking & Conference Center, 11

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Public Notices are on Pages 37 & 39 REQUEST FOR BIDS TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY 77 Main Street Middlebury, VT 05753

Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Well Monitoring Improvements project will be received by the Town of Middlebury, VT. The project consists of the construction of two (2) well monitoring buildings with appurtenances, an addition to the existing Well House No. 3, electrical, site work, and restoration.

The BIDS shall be received by the Town of Middlebury, Public Works Department, 1020 South Route 7, Middlebury, VT, until 1:00 p.m., May 2, 2017 and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. If BIDS are forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the BID must be enclosed in another envelope containing the BID addressed to the Town of Middlebury, Public Works Department, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled at the Public Works Department 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 20, 2017. All prospective bidders are encouraged to attend this meeting.

The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations: Town of Middlebury, Public Works Department, 1020 Route 7 South, Middlebury, VT Aldrich + Elliott, PC, 6 Market Place, Ste. 2, Essex Jct., VT 05452 AGC of VT Plan Room, c/o Works In Progress, 20 Farrell Street, Suite 103, S. Burlington, VT 05403 Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of Blue Prints Etc. located at 20 Farrell Street, S. Burlington, VT 05403, upon a non-refundable payment of $150.00 for each set. Checks shall be payable to Blue Prints Etc. April 10, 2017 Kathleen Ramsay Town Manager 4/10

Main Street in Vergennes. Attendees will receive a copy of “An Owner’s Guide to Business Succession Planning.” There is no cost for this event, but registration is required.

In this seminar, participants will learn the basics of how to choose a path for ownership succession in their business. Four different ways of selling a business will be examined: • to an outsider • to family members • to managers • to the larger group of employees John Davis from the Williston

office of Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs and Don Jamison from the Vermont Employee Ownership Center will give an overview of the business valuation process and the most common ownership transition models. The focus will be on stories about each path, told by owners who have been involved in the sale of Vermont businesses.

The special guest for this event will be Bill Cherry, Brewmaster and co-founder of Switchback Brewing, who will describe his and his partner’s decision to sell the company to its 30 employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Attendance is limited to business owners and key managers. To register, go to: https://addisoncountyedc.org/ services/events/business-ownershipsuccession-seminar.

Sponsors of the event are: the Addison County Economic Development Corporation (ACEDC), the Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC), the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC) and the Vermont Employee Ownership Center (VEOC), with funding provided by the Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development (ACCD).

Addison County Economic

Development Corporation (ACEDC) is the resource for navigating the opportunities and challenges of doing business in Addison County, Vt. ACEDC works with businesses in all stages of growth, from preventure start-ups to established companies and global corporations, to help them create and retain good paying jobs. Since 1993, ACEDC has loaned nearly $4 million to dozens of local businesses, creating or retaining more than 1,400 jobs in Addison County. ACEDC is an equal opportunity lender. Visit us online at www.addisoncountyedc. org.

at the college.

“We’re still hopeful that something will emerge from (EIS). We haven’t given up on it,” Byrne said.

The college has not yet identified other renewable energy projects that could replace the carbon-cutting benefit it would have derived through the Vermont-generated methane scheme. But the EIS contribution is perhaps less of a blow to the college now in light of its announcement in December that it had achieved its goal of carbon neutrality.

CARBON NEUTRAL To that end, Middlebury College in 2008 unveiled its new biomass plant that cut its number 6 oil consumption from 2 million gallons to 600,000 gallons per year. The institution is also a partner in three solar farms and has completed 87 projects with Efficiency Vermont to make its buildings more weather-tight.

Officials believe college clinched its carbon neutrality objective with the board of trustees’ recent decision to perpetually conserve 2,100 acres of forestland on the Bread Loaf Mountain campus in Ripton.

Byrne said the college hired a company last fall to quantify the amount of carbon the Bread Load

forest is sequestering. A second, independent group will do its own survey of the Ripton forest later this spring.

“The two teams will compare results and come to an agreement about what we could apply for on carbon credits,” Byrne said. “That application (for credits) will be made this summer. The first issuance of credits will be for 2016. We’re … confident we will have more than enough credits to achieve our 2016 goal. But we won’t know the final number until later this year.”

That doesn’t mean the college is resting on its green laurels.

“We’re at a point of saying, ‘OK, we’ve achieved this version of carbon neutrality, what does the next one look like?” Byrne said.

Specifically, college officials want to offset the carbon impacts of their travel. College officials log many work-related miles on planes, trains, buses and cars.

“We are doing some exploration around putting some kind of a price on carbon travel and internalizing it, using that as a way to in effect get people thinking more consciously about how they travel from a carbon perspective,” Byrne said.

Middlebury College’s Environ-

mental Council is also working on a pilot project on travel-related carbon offsets. Plans call for a couple of college departments to participate over several months to see if it deserves formal adoption. In essence, participants would calculate how much carbon their trip would generate and make a related contribution to a fund that would further the college’s carbon-offset goals.

Byrne also said Yale University and Swarthmore College have designed impressive programs for travel-related carbon offsets.

The Yale Community Carbon Fund has created an online calculator (at yccf.sustainability.yale. edu) for employees to arrive at a carbon-offset figure by plugging in their anticipated trip mileage and manner of travel. The person then makes a corresponding financial contribution to one of three area nonprofits focusing on weatherization and renewable energy.

As for EIS, it is developing other energy projects outside of Addison County, according to Smith. As with the Salisbury plan, he knows there are no guarantees.

“It happens all the time in these kind of ventures,” Smith said. “You win some, you lose some.”

Methane (Continued from Page 3) Villa Road. The system would have extracted methane from manure sourced on-site and from other local farms. The methane would have been converted into a biogas that would have been funneled through a four-inch pipeline, then into the Vermont Gas System’s infrastructure, en route to its primary consumer — Middlebury College.

College officials had been counting on the EIS-produced biogas to replace approximately 640,000 gallons of number 6 fuel oil from its energy mix.

“The project kind of ran out of steam,” Smith said. “At this point, we have just moved on.”

He did not close the door to resurrecting the project if it receives a major financial boost in the future.

“Renewable energy ventures are risky,” Smith said. “This project was an attempt to be the first connect of a natural gas plant to a pipeline, basically in the country. You can pick your difficulty.”

College officials said they are disappointed to not have the EIS project as an option in the institution’s effort to maintain a carbon-neutral campus, according to Jack Byrne, director of sustainability integration

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Middlebury (Continued from Page 1) Residents on the same day voted to ask the state Legislature to amend Middlebury’s town charter so that it could implement local option taxes of 1 percent on sales, rooms, meals and alcohol to cover $7 million of the project costs.

Middlebury College bankrolled the remaining $9 million.

Town officials estimated the local option tax would yield around $650,000 annually for the town’s share of debt service. Officials agreed that those tax proceeds would be dedicated to Cross Street Bridge-related expenses.

But revenues are out-pacing debt service for the project. As of June 30, 2016, the town had accumulated $935,843 in surplus funds from the taxes.

Figures provided by Middlebury Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay show a steady uptick in local option tax revenues since the levy went into effect in the fourth quarter of 2008.

“Clearly, it has exceeded our expectations,” Ramsay said.

The special taxes yielded $652,083 in revenue in 2009, the first full year in which they were in effect. Receipts escalated to $702,910 in 2010; rose to $731,400 in 2011; grew to $768,155 in 2012; soared to $816,726 in 2013; rose to $882,710 in 2014; climbed to $927,640; and yielded a record $988,326 last year.

The third quarter — the months of July through September — has consistently been the most lucrative period for the local option tax in each of the last eight years, according to town records.

On average, the local option tax has raised around $838,652 per year for bridge debt and maintenance.

That’s almost $200,000 more than the $650,000 per year town officials had projected.

Ramsay is not surprised by the improved performance of the tax.

“I think if you look back to where we were economically, 2008

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was also the start of the downturn of the economy,” Ramsay noted.

“In 2009, (the estimate) was spoton, with $652,000. We have seen a gradual increase over time.”

At the same time, debt service for the project is gradually declining and the bridge has not needed any substantial fixes since being installed.

“We have had to seal some cracks on the bridge and do some cleanup,” Ramsay said. “We are looking to do a comprehensive inspection — since we have passed the five-year point with the bridge — to better identify a maintenance plan and what our ongoing commitments should be.

The board is also concerned that before considering other uses for these funds, (it should consider) what is an adequate and proper reserve for any unforeseen needs, which is tough to predict.”

The town is working with VHB Engineers to better quantify those potential needs, according to Ramsay.

Towns that implement local option taxes receive 70 percent of the revenues generated; the remaining 30 percent is kept by the state to disburse as part of its payment-in-lieu-of-taxes program.

By statute, surplus local option tax funds are limited to municipal (as opposed to school) use.

Ramsay said Middlebury is not allowed to apply surplus local option tax revenues to pay down its bridge bond more quickly.

The selectboard a few years ago dipped into the Cross Street Bridge reserve fund for $200,000 to underground utilities behind the new municipal building. Officials argued such work should have been done during construction of

the bridge.

IN OTHER TOWNS Other Vermont communities have already faced the issue of what to do with local option tax surpluses. The town of Killington, for example, applied some of its surplus to pay down debt on municipal facilities.

Killington voted this past March to discontinue its local option tax on sales, which had been in effect since 2008.

Thirteen Vermont communities currently have a local option sales tax. An additional 17 municipalities have a local option tax on rooms, meals and alcohol purchases, according to the Vermont Department of Taxes.

Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter said he favors a community dialogue through which residents could state their preference on how excess local option tax funds could be used. He believes suggestions could range from applying the excess funds to deferred capital projects in town, to using it to stabilize municipal taxes.

“The reality is, we don’t need that total amount of money,” Carpenter said. “The community needs to have a say in that.”

Performance of the local option tax has been a valuable indicator of the town’s good economic health, according to Carpenter. The tax has also provided a way to spread the Cross Street Bridge debt across the wider population that benefits from its use, including residents from out of town.

Tentative plans call for Middlebury residents to weigh in on the local option tax surplus by this fall, when the town is preparing its fiscal year 2019 budget.

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