Monday, May 1, 2017 by AddisonPress

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 29 No. 3

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, May 1, 2017

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32 Pages

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Rail project’s environmental impact scrutinized A splash of color

• Norma Montaigne presents her vibrant and varied works in this exhibit at Brandon’s Compass Music and Arts Center. See Arts Beat, Page 10.

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury officials, residents, merchants and property owners concerned about upcoming construction disruption in the downtown will be spending a lot of time reading between now and May 11. And the subject matter, while

important, is pretty dry. They’ll be poring over a recently released 200-page Environmental Assessment report citing potential impacts of a $52 million plan to replace the deteriorating Main Street and Merchants Row rail bridges with a 350-foot-long concrete tunnel that encompasses both bridges. The

report also lists a series of potential steps to address the expected environmental, noise, traffic and other impacts of the four-year project. Downtown Middlebury stakeholders will have a chance to comment on those proposed mitigation steps — and offer some

Celebrated journalist shares her experiences

Street artist to visit schools

• Internationally acclaimed street artist Behulum Mengistu to speak with students on gender equality and HIV/AIDS. See Page 25.

LONG-TIME MIDDLEBURY Green Up Day coordinator Peg Martin picks up trash along a local road while dressed in her signature Green Up regalia. Green Up Day is scheduled for Saturday, May 6.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Green-Up ambassador Local clashes highlight slate

• The VUHS baseball and softball teams hosted MUHS, while the Mount Abe squads faced key games. See Sports, Pages 18-20.

of their own — at a meeting to be held Thursday, May 11, at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Theater. There’s a lot riding on the feedback state and federal transportation authorities receive about the Environmental Assessment. The Federal Highway Administration (See Environmental study, Page 32)

Middlebury’s Peg Martin a true force of nature By GAEN MURPHREE MIDDLEBURY — For longtime Middlebury Green Up coordinator Peg Martin, Green Up Day is about more than trash. “I’ve always had very strong feelings about community and the fact that in a community you do what you can, however you can do it, to participate and make things better for the whole community,” said Martin. “Green Up has always seemed to me like a very simple thing. It’s such a simple and in-your-face-thing to do. Lean over and pick up a piece of trash off the ground. And it’s something that a lot of people doing a

little bit can make a great deal of difference. “And that to me is kind of what community’s about: those things that you do to support the whole.” Martin, 84, has been involved with Green Up Day since it first began in the 1970s. “As soon as it started coming to towns, I participated. I had little kids then (Martin’s four children are now in their 50s). They’re closer to the ground. It’s very nice. They can pick things up,” she said with characteristic wry humor. And while she did not participate in the state’s first Green Up Day, organized in 1970 by then-governor (See Green up, Page 15)

By EMMA COTTON MIDDLEBURY — Journalist Amy Goodman brought stories from her on-the-ground reporting to Middebury College this past Wednesday, April 26, delivering a message of hope and faith in independent news media. The founder and anchor of the radio show and podcast “Democracy N o w ! ” spoke to an almost-full McCullough Center about her 20 years GOODMAN in the field, recounting tales from her new book, released Wednesday, Democracy Now!: 20 Years Covering the Movements Changing America. Goodman encouraged the audience to subscribe (literally and figuratively) to the endeavors of independently sourced news media. Through accounts of her in-depth coverage of the death penalty, (See Goodman, Page 21)

Middlebury to review plan for recovery center

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Development Review Board on May 8 will take its first official look at the Turning Point Center (TPC) of Addison County’s proposal to transform the Greystone Motel at 1395 Route 7 south into a recovery center for men struggling with drug addiction. Bill Brim, executive director of (See Recovery, Page 7)

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Nature & trout: Professor embraces outdoor writing By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — A cabin on a lake in Montana in a national park. No cell phone. No Internet. Little company for most of the 25 days he’ll be there, except a solar-powered laptop and a mountain of research. For some that might sound like punishment. But Middlebury College computer science professor — and outdoors and nature writer — Matthew Dickerson considered it a prize to be sought. Dickerson will spend June 24 through July 1 at Glacier National Park, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains as well as the metaphorical mountain of work of two book projects he plans to complete while staying in that cabin on picturesque Lake McDonald. That’s because Glacier National Park picked Dickerson — for the past 20 years an Addison Independent outdoors columnist — as one of five of this year’s official park artists in residence. Those five were chosen out of 150 applicants, he said. Dickerson, a 53-year-old Bristol resident, applied for four other residencies this summer, three in Alaska and another in Maine’s Acadia National Park; he has been turned down for two and is waiting to hear back on the others. “I really didn’t expect to get any of them. They’re very competitive,” he said. “I’m delighted to get one.” As well as working on the two books, Dickerson will make presentations to park staff and visitors and lead a public workshop. But the books are central to his residency: His proposal was well received because it had a concrete outcome as well as being relevant to the park and the National Park Service mission. “One of the things the person in charge at GNP (Glacier National Park) said she appreciated about my application was that it had a really specific plan,” Dickerson said. BOOK PROJECTS One book, Dickerson said, will bring together in-progress works that focus on the preservation and importance of sites that include Glacier National Park and other national parks and forests in Alaska and Wyoming — and the Green Mountain National Forest. “It will be collection of essays, each set in a different place, about what I observed, what’s there,” Dickerson said. “What lives there? What are the threats in the place? What’s the beauty of the place? How is it fragile and how is it resilient? How have humans impacted it? How have they threatened it? How have they protected it?” That book is as yet untitled. “For me, writing is very much a process of learning,” he said. “I have to enter it with wonder, expectation, curiosity and be willing to be changed in the course of writing the book. I have to see how I’m changed before I pick a title.” The second project focuses on cutthroat trout, a native Rocky Mountain species threatened by human

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE PROFESSOR, AUTHOR AND Addison Independent columnist Matthew Dickerson, who has written more than a dozen books, will be an artist-in-residence at Glacier National Park in Montana this summer.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

encroachment. threats, he added. “The second book will address It’s a problem that goes beyond some of the same issues, but with a the trout species. For example, Dickmuch narrower lens,” he said. “It will erson said, osprey, grizzly bear and be about where cutmink populations throat trout live, where around Yellowstone they have been extir- “People who might Lake are suffering pated, what the cur- not read Thoreau, because of the introrent threats are, places but might read a duction of lake trout, where they’re being trout writer or a which have devasrestored, where there tated the cutthroat fly-fishing writer. are hopeful stories, numbers, but are not places where there are Fishermen might as suitable prey for pick this book up, those other species. less hopeful stories.” Essentially, Dick- but catch the same That book with a erson said, anglers vision (of man’s ready-made title — have introduced pre- impact on nature).” “Cutthroat Competiferred fish that have tion” — will target a — Matt Dickerson different demographdamaged the cutthroat population: ic, Dickerson said. Lake trout eat cutthroat trout, brook “People who might not read Thotrout out-compete them, and rain- reau, but might read a trout writer bow trout interbreed with cutthroats, or a fly-fishing writer. Fishermen weakening their gene pool. Climate might pick this book up, but catch change and habitat loss are also the same vision (of man’s impact on

nature),” he said. CULMINATION That Dickerson would end up at a national park writing about environmental issues almost seems inevitable. A Bolton, Mass., native, his love of the outdoors began at the age of 8 with a five-day journey with his father to northern Maine’s Allagash waterway. A family trip at the age of 15 to fish and hike in Colorado and New Mexico cemented his fascination with nature. Dickerson recalled the Maine trip. “It was just the beauty of being outdoors and not seeing other people, except one or two for five or six days, and seeing my first moose, eagles and osprey, and hearing a loon for the first time, hearing a bittern for the first time,” he said. Even though his academic aptitude pushed him toward math and science, books were never far away. “I grew up doing a lot of reading.

My mom was a literature teacher, and my dad ran a book store,” he said. Dickerson attended Dartmouth College as a computer science major, but also took English classes. “I had a phenomenal writing teacher,” he said. “I’d always been a reader, but I fell in love with writing about literature.” In graduate school at Cornell for computer science, he met a professor who had studied with J.R.R. Tolkien. Dickerson took classes and also taught a literature course with him. Environmental threads in the works of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis remain an inspiration, and in 1991 Dickerson wrote and had published a historical novel set in 7th-century Europe. In 1997, the Independent recruited Dickerson to write a few fishing columns, and it became a regular twice-monthly gig. Dickerson said it broadened his writing horizon. “I thought if I could expand it into an outdoor column I could write about camping, hunting, anything,” he recalled. “At about the same time I was getting interested in environmental literature in my computer science career. I was also moving more specifically toward work in environmental issues. So what began as a more traditional outdoor column, just writing about outdoor sports, took a little bit more of a turn toward nature writing and environmental writing.” In 2008, he co-wrote with former student David O’Hara, “Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly Fishing and the Waters of Appalachia.” That work wove the thoughts of C.S. Lewis into the years of observations made by both men on the state of Appalachian waterways from Georgia to Maine. “That was my first work of creative nonfiction that bridged the gap between outdoor writing and also more traditional nature and environmental writing,” Dickerson said, adding, “That very much grew out of my outdoor writing for the Addison Independent.” Dickerson has also written about 15 articles for eight magazines, work that increasingly trends toward an environmental take on outdoors writing as he becomes increasingly concerned about what he calls troubling trends. “(The administration) is not just threatening to get rid of things that have been so important for decades now, the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, but it’s threatening to either sell off public lands or open them up for exploitation,” he said. The work for his Glacier National Park residency ties together all these elements, Dickerson said. “I’m getting to bring together some science and biology (and)… the creative aspect of being a narrative writer. There’s outdoor writing about something I really love, trout and fishing. And a lot of the writing is set in places that are just really beautiful and really inspiring to be,” Dickerson said. “It’s really nice to see all the different threads be woven together in one narrative.”

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Ferrisburgh to hold hearing on town plan By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh selectboard on Tuesday, May 9, will hold a public hearing on the proposed new town plan that was written and has already been approved by the Ferrisburgh Planning Commission. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the town’s Route 7 office building. Planners after a March 15 hearing approved the 89-page plan, which has been almost four years in the making, and forwarded it to the selectboard. The selectboard on March 28 accepted the document and chose May 9 for a public hearing. The selectboard must hold at least one hearing before it can adopt the plan, which it can do if no major changes are made to the version planners approved. If the selectboard does want to

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Rutland man to be sentenced in felony case MIDDLEBURY — An Addison County jury on April 14 convicted a West Rutland man on a felony count of lewd and lascivious conduct, stemming from an incident in Salisbury during the summer of 2015. Henry Foster, 41, will be sentenced on July 10 for what county prosecutors said was an offense of “acting in a sexually inappropriate way” toward a girl who was 17 years old at the time. The girl filed her complaint in November of 2015, according to authorities, who subsequently charged Foster with felony lewd and lascivious conduct, a crime that carries a potential penalty of up to five years in jail and up to a $300 fine. Foster pleaded innocent to the charge and requested a jury trial in Addison County Superior Court. Addison County Deputy State’s Attorney Chris Perkett prosecuted the case, while attorney Christopher Moll represented Foster. Det. Ruth Whitney, who investigated the case, said the daylong, April 14 trial culminated in a “guilty” verdict from the jury following less than an hour of deliberation.

make major changes, including any based on residents’ feedback, the document must return to the planning commission for more work and hearings before it returns to the selectboard. Adoption of the plan will not change zoning, but it would lay the groundwork for the planning commission to rewrite Ferrisburgh’s zoning laws to reflect changes in the plan, which include density bonuses for landowners and developers in some districts and some restrictions on the scale and placement of buildings in others. According to March 15 planning commission public hearing minutes, some residents expressed concerns about the two Industrial zoning districts in the plan. One is just east of Route 7, from Route 22A to just north of Tuppers Crossing, and the other is near railroad tracks where they meet Long Point Road. Residents questioned whether light industrial uses were compatible with nearby farms and homes in the northern district and at the northern end of the southern district, and some expressed concerns about a proposed truck depot on Tuppers Crossing. The planning commission did not make changes to the plan before forwarding it to the selectboard. Planning commission Chairman Bob Beach said in March the proposed plan is the product of a public process that began with citizen forums in 2013 and that has already taken into account the concerns of the selectboard, the Ferrisburgh

Conservation Commission, business interests, the Friends of Ferrisburgh for Responsible Growth, and many residents. Although much of the 89-page document is devoted to updated data about Ferrisburgh and descriptions of its history, economy, topography, geology, resources and demographics, the section entitled “Land Use Plan” that begins on Page 70 contains the material on which future zoning could be based. That section describes eight “Planning Areas” and makes recommendations for land use policy and actions for each of those districts. One significant suggested change comes in the creation of the Central District Planning Area, which is currently zoned Highway Commercial and Rural Residential. The plan describes it as “the roughly geographical center of town surrounding the intersection of Little Chicago Road and Middlebrook Road with Route 7.” The plan recommends a zoning change to create a mixed-use district that would help create a “community center.” To do so, the plan recommends Ferrisburgh “incorporate design standards into zoning regulations” that would restrict “scale and massing” of buildings and encourage safe access for cars and pedestrians. Massing and scale requirements typically do not impose strict design restrictions on individual buildings, but deal with their size and placement in relation to exist-

ing structures. Vergennes several years ago adopted similar regulations in its downtown districts. The other planning areas are the Rural, Shoreland, Conservation, North Ferrisburgh Historic Neighborhood, North and South Business, and Industrial districts. Among notable provisions are: • In the Rural district, the town’s largest, the plan recommends revising zoning to allow development based on density instead of minimum lot size, a change intended to preserve open land by permitting smaller, clustered lots. • In the Shoreland district along Lake Champlain recommended actions include creating standards within Ferrisburgh zoning that at least “meet any requirements set by the state associated with shoreline protection,” including “specific vegetated buffer requirements for all shoreline properties.” • In the North Ferrisburgh Historic Neighborhood, mostly along Old Hollow Road near Route 7, the plan recommends updating zoning to encourage “appropriate reuse and restoration of commercial structures and small-scale businesses,” and to allow clustered lots. • In the South Business district on Route 7 near Vergennes on both sides of Route 7, the plan recommends reviewing and revising zoning regulations and consulting with Vergennes to determine which uses are most suitable. It also suggests scale and massing design standards. Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

Food & Drink Ivory Friday, May 5| 7-9 pm Ivory is a quality two-piece band with big band sound. Local musicians Bruce Costello (keyboards) and Michael Boise (bass) have combined their talent and experience to bring you an evening of classic Rock ’N Roll from many of your favorite artists including Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, Steely Dan, BB King and many others. This soft rock mix is great for those who like to spin around the dance floor, cozy up to that special someone, or just sit back and enjoy the music— there’s something for everyone!

Tim Brick Saturday, May 6|8-10pm As solid a take on blue-collar rock and country as you’ll find in Vermont. Tim’s driving sound, tempered with a surprising vulnerability, makes him a true Vermont original!

Bob Gagnon Quartet Friday, May 12| 7:30-9:30 Led by Vermont-born jazz guitarist Bob Gagnon, featuring Glendon Ingalls on trumpet this quartet plays funky jazz inspired by Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt, and Ahmad Jamal.

Fitz and Friends Saturday, May 13|7-9pm Acclaimed singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Fitzsimmons accompanied by Becca Kodis on violin, Carl Boss on bass and 21-year-old guitar phenom Geoff Doubleday on lead guitar.

Odyssey of the Mind Fundraiser: Extended Burger Night Tuesday, May 16| 8-10pm Six of our MUMS students are headed to Michigan to compete in the World Finals and could really use this communities support to get there! There will be a silent auction, live music from David and Mimi Bain: American Roots and Blues Duo and the same great deal on $6 Burgers and $3 Brews until 10pm

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Editorial

Green Up Day — and the meaning of community This weekend, or any day this week or next, grab a Green Up bag and pick up a little trash near where you live. It will make you feel connected — a small part of a larger whole. And if you do, even if it’s just for an hour up and down your street for a block or so, you’ll be part of the state’s largest all-volunteer one-day event in which everyone does a little bit for a whole lot of good. Green Up Day is the first Saturday in May. Last year, more than 22,000 Vermonters in all 251 communities grabbed those green bags and picked up more than 600,000 pounds of trash from more than 13,000 miles of local roads. In Addison County, local residents picked up 26,000 pounds of trash, including 131 tires, 28 computers, CD players and televisions — plus five appliances — from the roadsides; trash that had littered our communities. Such effort not only helps beautify where we live, but also makes one’s sense of community, and place, stronger. Middlebury’s former state representative and long-time Green Up coordinator Peg Martin, now 84 (and who says this will be her last year to lead the town’s charge), reflected in a story in today’s Addison Independent about why Green Up is such an important event. “I’ve always had very strong feelings about community and the fact that in a community you do what you can, however you can do it, to participate and make things better for the whole community,” said Martin. “Green Up has always seemed to me like a very simple ... and in-yourface-thing to do. Lean over and pick up a piece of trash off the ground. And it’s something that a lot of people doing a little bit can make a great deal of difference. And that to me is kind of what community is about: those things that you do to support the whole.” Martin, who was Middlebury’s state representative from 1987-1996, recalled how radical, and very Vermont, the idea of Green Up Day was when it was started under Gov. Dean Davis in 1970. “It was a pretty radical thing when it started off. You’re going to close down the interstate? Which is what they did the first year. I mean, can you imagine closing the interstate now? No way. The whole world would rise up and smite you. But that’s what they did. They closed down the interstate for a morning, and everybody went out on the interstate and picked up trash ... It was very radical and very Vermont. And I think the persistence of it is very Vermont.” Volunteer Green Up coordinators are helping make it easier for you to help by providing trash bags and drop off points in each town throughout Addison County. We’ve provided details telling you how to participate in each of the 23 towns in a companion story in this issue, and while not every town has a community event this Saturday, many do. In Goshen, for example, coordinator David Sabatini is coordinating a barbecue for volunteers at the town clerk’s office at noon. Snacks are available at the Moss Glen Grange Hall in Granville for those dropping off bags of trash. Hancock is hosting a barbecue at the town office at 4 p.m. Leicester will host a barbecue lunch at the Town Hall at noon, along with a raffle; Lincoln hosts a raffle and picnic lunch at the fire station from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; raffle winners must be present to win; Ripton has a barbecue, Weybridge offers refreshments and, in Orwell, there’s ice cream for volunteers and kids get a raffle ticket for each bag of trash they haul in. Find the details about your town on page 15. So no matter what you’re doing this week be a part of a 47-year-old Vermont tradition and pick up a little trash — even if it’s for just an hour or two — and know that the small role you play is part of a much bigger whole. That should put a smile on your face, and spark a warm feeling of belonging in your heart. Angelo Lynn

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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE Emma McDonagh tries to get a shot on goal during the Panthers’ 18-5 win over Williams last Wednesday afternoon. With the win Middlebury secured the number one seed for the NESCAC tournament, which began on Saturday. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Letters to the Editor Tax reform must make big business pay fair share Who doesn’t love the Bill Murray classic “Groundhog Day”? The movie portrays the irreverent shenanigans of a man bumbling his way through the same life event stuck on repeat. He tries desperately over and over, but no matter what he does to change the outcome, he awakes the following morning to the frustration that he must do it again. So, in vain he attempts to change the ludicrous outcome time and time again. Sounds like tax day to me!! Today, only $1 out of $9 of federal revenue comes from

corporate taxes. Sixty-five years ago, it was $1 out of $3. This is especially troubling given Donald Trump’s proposal to slash corporate tax rates by nearly 60 percent — a move that would cost $2.6 trillion over 10 years in lost revenue. And now, with the failed Affordable Care Act repeal at their feet, Republicans will try harder than ever to push through “tax reform” and “deliver,” as promised, relief for primarily the wealthiest Americans. Trump and his allies, with their questionable motives and self-serving goals, have made

their intentions clear, and this Tax Day, we need to make sure we are all paying attention. I am the chef/owner of 3 Square Café in Vergennes. As a small business owner, I recognize that paying my fair share of taxes to local, state and federal governments is my responsibility and a part of doing business. I know that my tax dollars fund important investments at the local, state and federal level. Many small business owners across the country proudly pay their fair share of taxes, while (See Letter, Page 5)

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Letters to the Editor Actions, demeanor of President No. 45 unfortunate

How? How did this happen? How did America become the private property and ultimate celebrity show of a flaccid faced, lipless, combed over hair bozo? Look at him! Each day he becomes literally, physically, more bloated, from the power he feeds on. There is a whole family of Trump vampires nesting in the White House. The offices of the West Wing are occupied by a changeling. Appropriately named for a man who morphs wings and becomes bat driven — sitting at a computer, the leader of the free world can be found tweeting, obsessing and tweaking — a graphic picture of madness into the dark hours of the night. The United States and its people have become more like a dreamy novel in the Twilight Vampire series than a serious nation. A plethora of gorging and cutting/ the American way of life … Trump uses his pen like a vampire, uses his teeth, slicing and cutting us down to the bare bones … as he becomes hatter with insanity … Donald, you think those parking spaces at the West Wing offices are yours, but they belong to the American people. Where is the man of the hours leading us? Man of the hour, as each hour he may change his story from the hour before. • Cut – Meals on Wheels. This helps the older folks lose weight. • Cut – Funding for Planned Parenthood. No birth control, no help for low-income mothers, more pregnancies, no freedom of choice, more births, don’t worry about over population because no funding for prenatal care will be balanced out with a high infant mortality rate. • Cut – Legal Aid. No funds for those who can’t afford legal counsel … confusion and crammed courtrooms … Big money to be made for private prisons … full occupancy. • Cut – Taxes — for Trump at least. He is what he says — Smart — smarter than most of us. Trump’s record of denial, evasion, no values and tricky loopholes allows him to pay zero. What would be his ideal tax plan? Seems like people who

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Green Up Day is Saturday, May

Come help — the roadsides are a mess! In Middlebury, Green Up trash bags are available at the Ilsley Library, town offices, National Bank of Middlebury, Addison Independent, Town Public Works office on Route 7 South. If you need more information, call the Middlebury Green Up coordinator — me — at 388-7697. Peg Martin Middlebury

earn less than $25,000 per year pay 70 percent of their income, people who earn less than a billion pay 40 percent. Smart people who earn over a billion pay zero and we just have to take their word for it. No audit for billionaires! No disclosures! There is an old saying that “a fish rots from the head down.” If there is something rotten in Washington today — and who can doubt that there is? — I tell you that it is in that combed-over hair. • Cut – No restrictions on what a company can dump into the American rivers and steams — The Trump Toxic cut. Good for the bottled water companies and fish farms. I bet Trump plans to bring back the defunct Trump Wine line … no one will be able to drink the water. Maybe as a sideline to his golf course play land, he could add farm fisheries — always gotta make that buck. • Cut – Global Warming funds. Let’s worry about today. Live in the moment. Anyway we all know global warming is a crock. • Cut – Clean Energy. Trump “Coal.” Black, ashy, dirty. He has a secret the scientists do not know of. Clean-clean burning coal! Just in case he’s wrong, invest your money in those dust -breathing masks! • Cut – Money for the Arts and Humanities. He has made it clear that he does not read. Who would have guessed? I wonder who Trump’s first-grade teacher was. Or, maybe Donald is illiterate? Nothing to be ashamed of, but doing nothing about it would be. • Cut – Cut out, banish and don’t spend money on newspapers. In particular the Washington Post or Mother Jones. These criminal journalists cannot be trusted with the truth. Read his tweets if you want to get to the source. His info has been fact-checked in chat

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rooms. • Cut – After-school programs. Children of America are beside themselves with joy! At the dingdong of the school bell the streets will be swamped with “unlatched key kids” runnin’ amok like that troublesome Cat in the Hat, but in a much more violent and frenzied state. • No cuts – Unlimited funds from all the cuts to build up weapons and build up walls. Trump believes America will be safe when America is walled in and bullied up with bombs. I will miss the “Old United States of America,” the one where Americans could look outward at the vast planet and its possibilities. I do not feel safe. The world out there looking inward to America is no longer looking at beauty and opportunity. That wall better be able to reach into the stratosphere — what you send out comes back to you. Ramping up these bombing raids (with no authority from Congress, by the way) will at some point push the crazy dictators of North Korea, Syria and Russia to ramp up their attitudes and glide a few of their own warheads right over the ridiculous wall. Keep an eye on the sky. President No. 45 should get some sleep at night, stop the insulting and bullying. A big boy haircut wouldn’t hurt either. Otherwise he might be known as President No. 5. Who will save us? Like Cher, a man who needs only one name… Bernie Sanders? I like Bumpin’ Bernie. He is not going away. Every time Trump turns around, he’s going to be bumpin’ into Bernie. Bernie is going to be right on his tail, calling Trump on every move he makes. Mary Jo Dupoise Brandon

Residential & Commercial

surance, it is next to impossible for small businesses to compete with larger businesses for employees that are committed and hardworking. It’s no secret that, as a state, we are having difficulties attracting and retaining talented workers. I’ve had conversations with many people who want to stay or come here to build their lives, but one of the biggest challenges for them is finding a job with generous enough benefits packages to sustain their families. With 80 percent of Vermont’s employers having 10 or fewer employees and many of these businesses operating with razor thin margins, it’s impossible for them to offer a benefit like paid family and medical leave on their own. I see the implementation of this program as a vital tool for the cultivation and success of Vermont’s future economy. It’s time to consider: “What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was the same, and nothing you did mattered?” Even Bill Murray’s character knew that in order to solve the problem he needed to become more creative in his approach. We must realize that the status quo is not working, and we, as a society, need to rethink our approach. While we wait for a shake up at the federal level that will allow our leaders to take tax reform seriously, we must continue driving proposals like family and medical leave insurance forward in our state. It will not be an easy task, but desperation spawns ingenuity, and I know we are up to the challenge. Matt Birong Vergennes

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WEYBRIDGE — A new element has been added this year to Weybridge Green-up Day on May 6. Weybridge residents can learn about composting food waste when they stop by for coffee and pastry from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on the Weybridge Congregational Church lawn. Residents can come by before or after Greening Up or on their way to recycling. There will be composting examples and ideas, a raffle for a soil saver donated by the Addison County

(Continued from Page 4) large and multinational corporations use tax loopholes to shelter their profits outside the U.S., depressing the very system and economy they benefit from. But the absurdity doesn’t end there: most of what they’re doing is actually legal. Last year, around Tax Day, the “Panama Papers” exposed international off-shoring and tax avoidance at a scale few believed existed and with political figures at the highest levels of government. Some of the same institutions involved in this scandal were also major players in the U.S. financial collapse of 2008. Yet, since then, conversation has faded, and little has changed. We need a tax code that levels the playing field between small and large employers and ensures that businesses of all sizes pay their fair share. However, I have little to no hope that this Congress and President will enact meaningful reform that will benefit small business and the working class. So, in the meantime, I look to my state legislature to move smart, state-level policies forward. One such proposal moving in Vermont’s legislature that would help level the playing field for small businesses is family and medical leave insurance. I own a small business, and my modest bottom line doesn’t allow me to make choices about whether to provide paid family and medical leave. I am pleased to see the House taking the proposal to create a family and medical leave insurance pool seriously. Vermont is a small business state, and without smart public policy, like family and medical leave in-

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Middlebury construction company announces management changes MIDDLEBURY, — Bread Loaf Corporation recently announced the arrival of Karen Oakman, who has joined their MEP department as a MEP Manager. Oakman holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Union College, and brings with her more than 25 years of experience, including owning her own engineering firm from 1991-2013. The company also announced that current employee Dakota Stender has been promoted to Project Manager. Stender began working at Bread Loaf Corporation as a

Project Engineer in May of 2015. Most recently he has completed projects for the Newberry Market at Briggs Opera House in White River Junction; the University of Vermont Alumni House Restoration & New Pavilion; and Preston’s Bar & Restaurant at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel. Currently, he is working on several more projects at the Killington Grand Resort Hotel, including lobby and locker room renovations. Stender also recently passed his LEED Green Associate Exam. THIS OSPREY, A female with a 2-foot northern pike it had just caught in Lake Arrowhead last week, may owe its presence to Meeri Zetterstrom, who helped restore ospreys to Vermont. Green Mountain Power is seeking nominations for its annual GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award.

Nominations sought for annual 2017 GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award

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A Special Memorial Service May 11, 2017 - 11:00am Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College Reception to Follow, 1:00pm

VERMONT — Seeking to recognize a leading Vermont environmentalist and honor the legacy of a legendary wildlife advocate, Green Mountain Power has called for nominations for the 2017 GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award. Presented annually and named for famed osprey advocate Meeri Zetterstrom of Milton, the GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award is given to one person, business, group or non-profit who has made a significant contribution to Vermont’s environment. The award is accompanied by a $2,500 donation to the winner’s environmental cause.

“Meeri’s legacy continues to be visible in the dozens of ospreys that now make Vermont home, and the Vermonters who emulate her passion and perseverance,” GMP President and CEO Mary Powell said. “We have been thrilled with the quality of applicants over the years, and hope for some inspiring nominees for the 2017 award.” Zetterstrom, a passionate wildlife advocate unafraid of making waves, began what became a statewide initiative to restore endangered ospreys in Vermont in the late 1980s. Despite people annoying the birds accidentally and intentionally, and repeated nest failures, Zetterstrom was a passionate advocate who ADDISON COUNTY

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remained focused on her goal. Her vision, collaboration and leadership prompted utilities, the state and private landowners to work together, and ultimately led to the resurgence of ospreys over the next 20 years. The birds were removed from the endangered species list in 2005, and plans for the Zetterstrom Award were announced shortly before Zetterstrom died in 2010. Nominations for the GMP-Zetterstrom Environmental Award will be accepted through May 31, and the winner will be announced this summer. The winner will be chosen by a panel of GMP employees with responsibilities related to land management, resource protection, community relations and education, and environmental compliance. Nominations may be made by the nominee or by any other entity and should demonstrate a commitment of the nominee to benefit Vermont, its land, air or water, wildlife or the enjoyment of the outdoors by others. This may be through educational efforts, environmental stewardship, resource rehabilitation, protection, preservation or conservation. Vermonters of any age may be nominated. For a nomination application and more information, visit www.greenmountainpower.com. FUNERAL MEMORIAL SERVICE CREMATION PRE-PLANNING SERVICES

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Recovery (Continued from Page 1) “Bill’s vision is wonderful,” Tal150 Addison County residents being Bill Brim, executive director of treated for opioid addiction during lon said. “I think it’s a much-needTPC, has made some tweaks to the fiscal year 2015, up from 50 during ed resource, and I hope (the plan) organization’s plans since first dis- fiscal year 2006. There are only a will be successful.” closing them to the Addison Indepen- few physicians in the county who Tallon noted there are currently dent in March. The biggest change is prescribe medications like Subox- two successful transitional housthat the proposed center wouldn’t, at one for patients seeking recovery ing locations in Rutland that prothis point, include a detox facility. from addiction. vide 24/7 supervision of recently Such an offering would have served Brim said he been encouraged by discharged inmates. He said there people requiring monitored, short- Department of Corrections officials are typically 35-38 Addison Counterm stays while ridding to pursue a Middle- ty offenders on furlough who are their systems of alcohol bury-based recovery under state supervision at any one and/or medication over- “Bill’s vision center to help boost ad- time. Those offenders are having a doses. Brim explained is wonderful. diction recovery ame- hard time finding affordable housthe detox component of I think it’s a ing, he said. Some of them are able nities in Vermont. the project would have “There are a lot of to find housing through family much-needed irons in the fire right members, he said, but others must been too difficult to permit under Middlebury’s resource, and now for funding,” temporarily settle in other parts of zoning rules. the state due to a lack of affordable Brim said. I hope (the So at this point, TPC plan) will be Owned by Leela Inc., housing in Addison County. is forging ahead with a Probation & Parole provides the Greystone Motel recovery center plan. successful.” sits on a 3-acre lot, has subsidies for programs serving its — Keith Tallon 10 guest rooms, and is clients, though it does not typicalThe eight-room center would provide stays of currently assessed by ly contribute to acquisition and/or up to six months, and a the town of Middle- renovations for facilities aimed at variety of support services for peo- bury at $393,600. It has been on providing such programming, Talple trying to rebuild their lives as the market for several months and lon noted. they recover from addiction. the owners have already held some Turning Point will need a conClients would be intensely vetted informal talks with Brim, who said ditional use permit to make a reand have to be referred to the new he would likely pursue tax-exempt covery center out of the Greystone center from the court system, De- status for the property. Motel because it is located in the partment of Corrections and othTurning Point officials have town’s Protected Highway Diser agencies that serve people with toured the motel and believe that trict, said Jennifer Murray, Midsubstance abuse issues, according aside from a sprinkler system, no dlebury’s director of planning and to Brim. The facility would have a major renovations would be needed zoning. Social service facilities are security system and would be staffed to convert it into a recovery center. currently not allowed in the proby a recovery coach and a peer sup“The property remains avail- tected highway district, but Turnport professional. able,” Brim said. “It is almost turning Point officials could attempt “It will a safe place for people key-ready.” to argue their proposed use fits who really want it,” Brim said. Keith Tallon, district manager of the definition of a “group home,” If it becomes a reality, Brim said the Vermont Department of Pro- which could entitle it to an exempthe center would be run according to bation & Parole’s Middlebury and tion, according to Murray. National Alliance for Recovery Res- Rutland offices, said the department The local ordinance defines a idences (NARR) standards. issued a request for proposals five group home as a facility operating The NARR is a nonprofit orga- months ago from vendors interested under state licensing or registranization that serves and represents in establishing transition housing in tion serving up to eight people who 25 regional, affiliated organizations Addison County for prisoners (with “have a handicap or disability.” providing addiction recovery ser- local roots). He said the Turning The May 8 DRB meeting will vices at 2,500 facilities throughout Point Center’s plans for the Grey- begin at 7 p.m. in the large conferthe country. In 2011, NARR estab- stone Motel would fill a significant ence room of the municipal buildlished national standards for recov- void in Addison County, in terms ing at 77 Main St. in downtown ery residences. It provides certifica- of providing temporary, supervised Middlebury. tion to centers that are able to meet quarters and services for former Reporter John Flowers is at program standards based on quality, prisoners trying to recover from johnf@addisonindependent.com. ethics, access and choice. drug addiction. Brim has also reached out to Addison County-based human service agencies for their input and potential collaboration in the proposed recovery center. He is hoping to partner with the Counseling Service Local Growing of Addison County, Porter Medical Center, law enforcement, the court Season is system and area physicians whose patients could benefit from the reUpon Us! covery center. Raising funds for the new facility will be a challenge, Brim acknowledged. But he said there are state and federal grant opportunities for Find the recovery centers, which are in short 2017 ACORN Guide supply. Meanwhile, the number of Vermonters addicted to opioids conto Local Food tinues to climb at a dramatic rate. & Farms in this According to Vermont Department Thursday’s Paper! of Health statistics, 3,488 people received treatment for heroin addiction last year, up from 2,477 in 2012. Meanwhile, the number of people ADDISON COUNTY receiving treatment for addiction to prescription drugs has risen from VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY L NEWSPA P PER 913 in 2012 to 2,638 last year. Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • ww w.AddisonIndependent.com The department found more than

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Funding available for water protection projects

GRAND ISLE — The Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), is soliciting Letters of Request for watershed restoration projects. The letters should focus on water quality protection for projects too large to be funded at the local municipal or state level. The goal of the Lake Champlain Watershed Environmental Assistance Program is to provide assistance with planning, designing and implementation of projects that protect and enhance water quality, water supply, ecosystem integrity, and other water related issues within the watershed. The Lake Champlain Watershed Environmental Assistance Program awards design and construction services provided by the New York District of the Corps. Letters of Request may be submitted at any time for determination of a project’s eligibility, and projects are reviewed periodically throughout the year by the LCBP. Any municipal entity, state or interstate agency, Native American nation, or qualifying non-profit organization within the Lake Champlain Watershed is eligible. If a project is deemed eligible,

a project summary will be developed by the applicant in conjunction with the Corps. The project summary will be submitted to the LCBP for technical review and ranking. Upon ranking, approval, and subject to the availability of funds, projects will be selected for implementation. The award consists of services provided by the Corps equal to 65% of the total project cost. Funding is not provided as part of this program. The local sponsor must provide a match of 35% in non-federal funds. A pre-application workshop will be held on May 8, at 10 a.m. at the Lake Champlain Basin Program office at the Gordon Center House, 54 West Shore Road, Grand Isle. This workshop is free of charge and representatives from any eligible organization are encouraged to attend. USACE and LCBP staff will be available to review the application process, types of projects that are typically successful under the Section 542 program, and the typical timeline. The Invitation for Letters of Request is available from the LCBP website, www.lcbp.org, or by calling the LCBP office at 802-372-3213 or toll free at 800468-LCBP.

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May

MONDAY

Kindergarten registration day in Bristol. Monday, May 1, 8:30 a.m.2:45 p.m., Kindergarten classrooms, Bristol Elementary School. Registration is for all children who will be five years of age on or before September 1, 2017 FFA open greenhouses in Middlebury. Monday, May 1, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Garden Patch Greenhouse, Patricia Hannaford Career Center (PHCC), 51 Charles Ave. The beginning of FFA’s month-long plant sale. Sale continues each Saturday through the month of May. Also at Mount Abraham Union High School office on May 4 and Vergennes Union High School Main Office on May 12. Proceeds to benefit the FFA.

May

TUESDAY

Blood pressure and foot care clinic in Brandon. Tuesday, May 2, 10 a.m., Forestdale Senior Center. Sponsored by VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region. Cost is $10, no appointment necessary. For more info call 802-770-1536. Kindergarten registration day in Bristol. Tuesday, May 2, 12:45-2:45 p.m., Kindergarten classrooms, Bristol Elementary School. Registration is for all children who will be five years of age on or before September 1, 2017. Ham supper in East Middlebury. Sunday, May 2, 5-8 p.m., Waybury Inn. Sponsored by the Middlebury Fire Department. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children 10 and under. Children under three are free. “Resilience” screening and discussion in Middlebury. Tuesday, May 2, 6 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. A screening of the film “Resilience – The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope” will be followed at 7 p.m. by a panel discussion of experts in children’s health and development. Sponsored in part by Building Bright Futures.

May

WEDNESDAY

“Paying for College” workshop in Middlebury. Wednesday, May 3, 6:30 p.m., Middlebury Union High School auditorium. New changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, are here. Find out what it means for your financial aid plans at this

workshop, hosted by the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation. Considering “Don Quixote” in Middlebury. Wednesday, May 3, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. Celebrated literary critic and author Ilan Stavans will consider the impact of the masterful Don Quixote in the 401st anniversary year of author Miguel de Cervantes’s death. His talk, “Don Quixote of La Mancha: The Novel That Invented Modernity,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public.

May

THURSDAY

Annual rummage sale in North Ferrisburgh. Thursday, May 4, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free books information from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library will be available in the children’s room. Come see what it’s all about. Proceeds benefit children and youth going to church summer camps and mission trips. Sale benefits everyone who enjoys rummage sale bargains! See you there. Meal for seniors in Bristol. Thursday, May 4, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol. Come enjoy the menu of baked ham, sweet potatoes, peas and carrots, homemade rolls, and blueberry dessert. Come early to talk with friends and make new ones. Suggested donation is still $4. To sign up call Nancy 453-5276. Caste in India lecture in Middlebury. Thursday, May 4, 4:30-6 p.m., Robert A. Jones ‘59 House Conference Room, Middlebury College. Subramanian Shankar, Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Hawaii will give the lecture “My Birth Is My Fatal Accident”: Caste in India and What It Teaches Us about Ideologies of Social Inequality, Including Race.” Free. Twist O Wool auction in Middlebury. Thursday, May 4, 7 p.m., American Legion, Wilson Way. The Twist O Wool Spinning Guild will hold its annual auction with preview of items to be auctioned off from 6-7 p.m. All are welcome. For more info contact Carol at 453-5960. “Waiting for Godot” play at Middlebury College. Thursday, May 4, 7 p.m., Hepburn Zoo Theater. Two men wait by the side of the road for the arrival of the mysterious Godot in this absurdist tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett. Tickets:

$5. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-4433168. Continues May 5 and 6. “Working” in Middlebury. Thursday, May 4, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Middlebury Community Players presents the musical “Working,” a celebration of the men and women who keep America humming. Based on Studs Terkel’s landmark book compiled from interviews with hundreds of American workers, “Working” uses their stories to weave a tapestry of hopes, fears, ideals, realities, satisfactions, and disappointments. Song styles range from show tunes to ballads to down-and-dirty blues. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the box office, 802 382-9222, or online at www.townhalltheater. org. More information about the production, as well as pictures and video clips can be found at middleburycommunityplayers.org

May

FRIDAY

Personal safety fair in Bristol. Friday, May 5, all day. Mt. Abraham Union High School will host workshops and presentations by numerous organizations, creating a daylong, 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, will showcase safety knowledge from across Vermont. Hike at Watershed Center in Bristol. Friday, May 5, Bristol Watershed. Moderate 4-mile to cabin on ridge wit h possible extensions on side trails if group is interested. Meet at Watershed’s parking area (approximately 1.3 miles east of North Street, New Haven, on Plank Rd near the Bristol town line). Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. Contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or at 802-388-5407. For other events and activities visit www.gmcbreadloaf.org. Ladies Aide Industria rummage sale in Lincoln. Friday, May 5, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Burnham Hall. Sponsored by the Ladies Aide Industria. For info contact Mary Rogers at 802-453-5995. Annual rummage sale in North Ferrisburgh. Friday, May 5, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church, 227 Old Hollow Road. Free books information from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library will be available in the children’s room. Come see what it’s all about. Proceeds benefit children and youth going to church

summer camps and mission trips. Sale benefits everyone who enjoys rummage sale bargains! See you there. Photography and woodcarving exhibit opening in Brandon. May 5, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St. The Brandon Artists Guild welcomes spring with a new exhibit — “Fish, Fowl & Flowers: Woodcarving and Photography.” Floral photographs by Richard Conrad and wildlife woodcarving by William Barnard will be on display. “Fish, Fowl & Flowers” runs May 3 through June 27th. “Arrival” on screen in Vergennes. Friday, May 5, 6:30-9 p.m., Bixby Library, 258 Main St. Come enjoy this 2016 Oscar-nominated sci-fi thriller with free popcorn and in the luxury of a cozy chair. “Waiting for Godot” play at Middlebury College. Friday, May 5, 7 p.m. and again at 10 p.m., Hepburn Zoo Theater. Two men wait by the side of the road for the arrival of the mysterious Godot in this absurdist tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett. Tickets: $5. Info: www.middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168. Continues May 6. Live storytelling in Middlebury. May 5, 7:30 p.m., Marquis Theater. Come out and see The Mantis, an evening of live storytelling. All stories are true, first person, no notes and no standup comedy. All stories are up to eight minutes and should relate to the theme “Tricksters.” Limit eight storytellers Sign up at the event or by e-mailing Michael Kingsbury at mrk4vt@aol. com. This event is open to the public. “Working” in Middlebury. Friday, May 5, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Middlebury Community Players presents the musical “Working,” a celebration of the men and women who keep America humming. Based on Studs Terkel’s landmark book compiled from interviews with hundreds of American workers, “Working” uses their stories to weave a tapestry of hopes, fears, ideals, realities, satisfactions, and disappointments. Song styles range from show tunes to ballads to down-and-dirty blues. Tickets are $23 ($18 for students with ID), and can be purchased at the box office, 802 382-9222, or online at www.townhalltheater.org. More information about the production, as well as pictures and video clips can be found at middleburycommunityplayers.org. Stargazing open house in Middlebury. Friday, May 5, 9-10:30 p.m., Middlebury College Observatory, McCardell Bicentennial Hall. The Observatory and Middlebury Physics host a stargazing open house, weather permitting. See Jupiter in the evening, and view a variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae through the Observatory’s telescopes. Observatory open house nights are free and open to the public if the sky is expected to be mostly clear. Please check the Observatory web site at http://go.middlebury.edu/observatory/ or call the Observatory at 443-2266 after 7 p.m. on the evening of the event for weather status.

May

Ella-centennial

The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble celebrates Ella Fitzgerald’s 100 birthday with an evening of music from the Great American Songbook at 8 p.m., May 6 at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts.

SATURDAY

Green Up Day in Vermont. Various activities in towns around the county — see the Addison Independent next week for specifics. Plus, all Vermont residents are encouraged to pick up trash along the roads, highways and byways of the Green Mountain State on the first Saturday in May. Wildflower hike in Waltham. Saturday, May 6. Join the Green Mountain Club’s wildflower hike — a 2.5-mile, round trip trek on Buck Mountain with a few moderately steep ascents. The hike includes views of the Champlain Valley and Snake Mountain. Contact Brenda Ellis at bellis@middlebury.edu. For other events and activities visit www.gmcbreadloaf.org. Green Up Day Festival in Middlebury. Saturday, May 6, Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op. Stop by the Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section’s display table to meet club volunteers, view maps and latest GMC publications, or to just say hello. For other events and activities visit www.gmcbreadloaf.org. Annual rummage sale Dollar-A-Bag day in North Ferrisburgh. Saturday, May 6, 8-11 a.m., North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church, 227 Old Hollow Road. Free books information from the

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communitycalendar Dolly Parton Imagination Library will be available in the children’s room. Come see what it’s all about. Proceeds benefit children and youth going to church summer camps and mission trips. Sale benefits everyone who enjoys rummage sale bargains! See you there. Rummage Sale in Lincoln. Saturday, May 6, 8 a.m.-noon, Burnham Hall. Fill a bag for $2. Sponsored by the Ladies Aide Industria. For info contact Mary Rogers at 802-453-5995. Annual tag sale in Bristol. Saturday, May 6, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol. There will be a large variety of items. Come and enjoy browsing. You might find a “treasure” just for you. New Haven River cleanup in Bristol. Saturday, May 6, 9 a.m.-noon, Sycamore Park, Route 116. Join the New Haven River Anglers for this Green-Up day event. Bike swap in Middlebury. Saturday, May 6, 9 a.m.-12 noon, Cannon Park and Mill St. lot. Donate or sell your old bike, bring home a new one, get a safety check for $10, and do some outdoor gear spring-cleaning. Check out exhibits, demos and test rides. Look for commuter, mountain, cargo, fat tire, adaptive, electric and specialty bikes and related special sales and displays at downtown Middlebury businesses. Drop off bicycle donations or consignment bikes at Frog Hollow Bikes Monday – Friday, May 1-5, 9:30 a.m. -5:30 p.m. Proceeds to benefit Middlebury Safe Routes. Spring tag sale in Cornwall. Saturday, May 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Cornwall Congregational Church. After dropping off your Green Up Day bags, swing by and check out the furniture, kitchenware, kids’ items, and general household merchandise on offer. In the spirit of spring cleaning, anyone who would like to donate good, clean, usable items is invited to do so. Please contact Nancy Kemp at 462-2370. (No clothes, please.) Chronic disease management workshop in Middlebury. Saturday, May 6, 9:30 a.m.noon, The Residence at Otter Creek. Free healthier living workshop for people living with a chronic disease such as arthritis, diabetes, cancer, obesity or heart disease. Registration is required. Contact Connie Leach at 388-1220 or cleach@residenceottercreek.com. Used book sale in New Haven. Saturday, May 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. New Haven Town Offices All are invited to visit the biannual Friends of the New Haven Library used book sale at the New Haven Town Offices on North Street. “Take what you like, give what you can.” All funds collected go to support the New Haven Library. Books available range from fiction to children’s literature, howto’s, history and much else. Library open house in Monkton. Saturday, May 6, 10 a.m.-noon, Russell Memorial Library. See library upgrades, enjoy children’s activities and refreshments. Free book for every child. More info: 453-4471. History walk in Orwell. Saturday, May 6, 1-4 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site. Revolutionary War experts lead a tour on and off trails, exploring 1776 and 1777 defensive works best seen in spring, before the leaves are fully out. Several stopping points along the way for any needing to leave early. Admission $5 adults/free for children. For more info call 802-759-2412. Rich Strolis in Middlebury. Saturday May 6, 6-9 p.m., Marquis Theater. Rich Strolis of Catching Shadows Custom Flies will give a demonstration on designing modern streamers. There will also be a raffle. Sponsored by the New Haven River Anglers Association. “Waiting for Godot” play at Middlebury College. Saturday, May 6, 7 p.m., Hepburn Zoo Theater. Two men wait by the side of the road for the arrival of the mysterious Godot in this absurdist tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett. Tickets: $5. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Annemieke McLane “Garden Tour” in Brandon. Saturday, May 6, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Annemieke McLane is “one of Vermont’s finest pianists” (Jim Lowe, Rutland Herald/Times Argus). ‘Garden Tour’ is an extension of her most recent album “Birds of Beethoven”, released last August. The program will include works such as Rachmaninoff’s

“Daisies,” Chopin’s “Raindrop Prelude,” “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy’s “Nocturne,” and more. Concert tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call 802-247-4295 o r e-mail info@brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information. Red Tail Ring in Ripton. Saturday, May 6, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Nationally and internationally known Red Tail Ring performs their brand of acoustic roots and vintage folk. Open mic followed by featured performer. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets $10/$15. More info at www.rcch.org or call 802-388-9782. “Spring Awakening” choral concert in Brandon. Saturday, May 6, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Town Hall. The 90-member Middlebury College Community Chorus takes the stage for its hourlong “Spring Awakening” concert. The program features rarely heard classical works by Beethoven and Brahms, alongside newer works by 20th and 21st century composers including Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber and Morten Lauridsen. Listen to stirring works of hope, solace, and the freshness of the spring season. Donations at the door help support ongoing renovations and programming at the Town Hall. “Working” in Middlebury. Saturday, May 6, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Middlebury Community Players presents the musical “Working,” a celebration of the men and women who keep America humming. Based on Studs Terkel’s landmark book compiled from interviews with hundreds of American workers, “Working” uses their stories to weave a tapestry of hopes, fears, ideals, realities, satisfactions, and disappointments. Song styles range from show tunes to ballads to down-and-dirty blues. Tickets are $23 ($18 for students with ID), and can be purchased at the box office, 802 382-9222, or online at www.townhalltheater. org. More information about the production, as well as pictures and video clips can be found at middleburycommunityplayers.org. The Horse Traders in Vergennes. Saturday, May 6, 8 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Come for an evening of local craft beer and tunes. Presented by the Hired Hand Brewing Company. Celebrate Ella Fitzgerald in Middlebury. Saturday, May 6, 8 p.m., Robison Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble, Middlebury College’s swingin’ big band, will present a special program celebrating the centennial of Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, by playing an evening of tunes from the Great American Songbook. The ensemble’s concert will feature some of the original arrangements that Ella sang, along with a number of her tunes in instrumental versions by today’s best jazz arrangers. Free and open to the public.

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Deirdre Gill in Middlebury. Sunday, May 7, 10:30 a.m., The Vermont Bookshop, Main St. Vermont author and illustrator Deirdre Gill will present the new book she illustrated, “Trains Don’t Sleep,” as part of Children’s Book Week. She will read the book, discuss how she made the illustrations, and then draw and show some of the sketches she did to make the book. Free and open to the public. The book is for ages 4-8. Chicken and biscuit dinner in New Haven. Sunday, May 7, two sittings, noon and 1 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. Adults $10, 6-11 years old $5 and under six free. Take out will be available. Walk ins are welcome but reservations are appreciated. Call Nancy at 545-2422 evenings prior to 7 p.m. for reservations. “Working” in Middlebury. Sunday, May 6, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The Middlebury Community Players presents the musical “Working,” a celebration of the men and women who keep America humming. Based on Studs Terkel’s landmark book compiled from interviews with hundreds of American workers, “Working” uses their stories to weave a tapestry of hopes, fears, ideals, realities, satisfactions, and disappointments. Song styles range from show tunes to ballads to down-and-dirty blues. Tickets are $23 ($18 for students with ID), and can be purchased at the box office, 802 382-9222, or online at www.townhalltheater.org. More information about the production, as well as pictures and videoclips can be found at middleburycommunityplayers.org. Art exhibit reception in Brandon. Sunday, May 7, 2-4 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr. Norma Montaigne presents a collection of her vibrant and varied work in “Splash of Color.” Exhibit runs May 5-July 2. Jazz Piano in Middlebury. Sunday, May 7, 2 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Road. As part of the Sunday Music Series, Timothy Duch, a member of the Moose Crossing Jazz Trio, will give a concert. Duch’s influences include Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Art Tatum, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyner, Bud Powell, and Keith Jarrett. Free and open to the public. Handicap accessible. RSVP to Connie Leach at cleach@residenceottercreek. com or 802-388-1220. “Spring Awakening” choral concert in Middlebury. Sunday, May 7, 3 p.m., Robison Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts. The 90-member Middlebury College Community Chorus takes the stage for its hour-long “Spring Awakening” concert. The program features rarely heard classical works by Beethoven and Brahms, alongside newer works by 20th and 21st century composers including Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber and Morten Lauridsen. Come and listen to stirring works of hope, solace, and the freshness of the spring season. Free admission. Community meal in Vergennes. Sunday, May 7, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Church, 85 South Maple

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CCV information session in Middlebury. Monday, May 8, 12 noon, Community College of Vermont (CCV), 2nd Floor, Battell Block, 10 Merchants Row. CCV in Middlebury is conducting a free information session for prospective students. Anyone curious about what CCV has to offer is welcome to come and ask questions. Free. Kelly Boe Memorial Ride in Middlebury. Monday, May 8, 3:30-5 p.m., Middlebury Union High School entrance. Join a slow-paced bike ride to honor those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roads, including Middlebury’s Kelly Boe, and raise awareness that we all share the road and responsibility for keeping it safe. Check in is at 3:30 p.m., departure by 4 p.m. Please wear a helmet. The 8-mile route through Middlebury and Weybridge will be escorted by Middlebury Police and return to MUHS by about 5 p.m. Rain date: Monday May 15. Early music concert in Middlebury. Monday, May 8, 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, on the Green. Springtide Graces: Madrigals, Motets and a Mass, presented by Amaryllis — Vermont’s Early Voice, Susanne Peck, director. The 15-voice a capella ensemble will perform the “Missa Ave Maria” by the early 16th-century composer Antoine de Fevin, together with madrigals and motets by English composers of the later 16th century, among them William Byrd, Thomas Morley, and Thomas Tomkins. Suggested donation $13. For more information: lunalove@gmavt.net or 802-453-3513. On the web at www.amaryllisvt.org.

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Duo to bring their foot stomping music to Ripton The Ripton Community Coffee Raindrop Prelude, the beloved House, a nonprofit community Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimskyconcert series, welcomes acoustic Korsakov, Debussy’s Nocturne and roots duo Red Tail Ring on Saturday, more. May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ripton Born in the Netherlands, McLane Community House in Ripton, for a studied classical piano and received special anniversary concert. degrees in Music Pedagogy and a Whether rendering a traditional Masters in Performance from the tune or playing one of their many Conservatory in Zwolle. In 2004, original compositions, the duo of McLane made her way to Vermont. Michael Beauchamp and Laurel She was staff accompanist at the Premo infuses each song with Boston Conservatory (2004-2006) musical imagination, haunting and from 2010-2012, she was harmonies and pianist for the Vermont instrumental artistry on Youth Orchestra choruses. fiddle, banjo, mandolin, She teaches piano at Saint jaw harp and plain-old Michael’s College. foot stomping. Concert tickets are As always, the $20. A pre-concert concert begins at 7:30 dinner is available for p.m. with an open mike by Greg Pahl $25. Reservations are set, followed by the required for dinner and featured performers. recommended for the Open mike performers show. Venue is BYOB. are encouraged to call in advance Call 247-4295 or e-mail info@ and reserve one of the four open- brandon-music.net for reservations mike slots. or for more information. Brandon Admission to the coffeehouse is Music is located at 62 Country Club $3 kids (12 and under), $10 general Road in Brandon. admission, and $15 generous ‘THE WOMEN OF TROY’ admission. The economically AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE challenged may pay what they can The Middlebury College afford. Refreshments will benefit Department of Theatre and Dance Otter Creek Child Center. The will present “The Women of coffeehouse is held on the first Troy” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday Saturday of each month, except in the Seeler Studio Theatre at August. For more information, the Mahaney Center for the Arts. contact Richard Ruane or Andrea Additional performances will be at Chesman at 388-9782. 7:30 on Friday, and at 2 and 7:30 ANNEMIEKE MCLANE p.m. on Saturday. There will be a AT BRANDON MUSIC post-show talk back immediately Vermont pianist Annemieke following the production on McLane will perform her new recital Thursday night. program, “Garden Tour” at Brandon The late Don Taylor’s evocative Music on Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. translation of Euripides’ ancient “Garden Tour” is an extension tragedy is a lyrical poem of grief of her most recent album “Birds of and savage irony that is as relevant Beethoven,” released last August. today as it was then. After a 10-year McLane has brought together a siege, the women of Troy wait to collection of works to tell stories of be shipped abroad from their warflowers, bugs, the moon, landscapes torn city. Officials come and go. A and all that makes up Nature. The grandmother, once queen, watches program will include works such as as the last surviving members of her Rachmaninoff’s Daisies, Chopin’s family are taken from her one by

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‘WORKING’ STAGED IN MIDDLEBURY The Middlebury Community Players continue the musical “Working,” a celebration of the men and women who keep America humming, at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater at 8 p.m. on Thursday. Repeat performances will be at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Based on the Studs Terkel landmark book compiled from interviews with hundreds of American workers, “Working” uses their stories to weave a tapestry of hopes, fears, ideals, realities, satisfactions and disappointments. Song styles range from show tunes to ballads to down-and-dirty Blues. Tickets are $15 for the Thursday show, $23 for all other performances ($18 for students with ID), and can be purchased at the THT box office, 3829222, or online at townhalltheater. org. MCP musicals tend to sell out; advance ticket purchase suggested. More information about the production, as well as pictures and videoclips can be found at middleburycommunityplayers.org. INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES The 2016-2017 Hirschfield International Film Series concludes on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2015 Turkish film, “Mustang,” directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven. It is early summer in a village in Northern Turkey. Five free-spirited

teenaged sisters splash about on the beach with their male classmates. Though their games are merely innocent fun, a neighbor passes by and reports what she considers to be illicit behavior to the girls’ family. The family overreacts, removing all “instruments of corruption,” like cell phones and computers, and essentially imprisoning the girls, subjecting them to endless lessons in housework in preparation for them to become brides. As the eldest sisters are married off, the younger ones bond together to avoid the same fate. The film, in Turkish with English subtitles, will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125). It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children. COMMUNITY CHORUS PRESENTS ‘SPRING AWAKENING’ CONCERT The Middlebury College Community Chorus takes to the stage in Brandon and Middlebury during the first weekend in May for its “Spring Awakening” concert. Performances take place at the Brandon Town Hall on Saturday evening, at 7:30 p.m., and at the Robison Concert Hall, in Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts in Middlebury on Sunday afternoon, at 3 p.m. Conductor Jeff Rehbach notes that the program offers songs of solace and hope, alongside pieces (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of May 1

Annemeike Mclane plays at Brandon Music on May 6.

Arts Beat

(Continued from Page 10) that celebrate the wonder of starfilled nights and an awakening to new possibilities. Timothy Guiles returns to the piano as the choir’s accompanist. In Brandon, donations at the door help support ongoing renovations and programming at the historic Brandon Town Hall; the Middlebury performance is free. For more information, contract Jeff Rehbach at 989-7355. DANCE PERFORMANCES AT COLLEGE The Middlebury College Department of Theatre and Dance will present “Us, Happening,” a collection of three performance events featuring senior thesis work of five dance majors: on both Friday and Saturday, an evening length concert in the Mahaney Center for the Arts Dance Theater starts at 8 p.m. This concert will include pieces by Amanda Lorena Neira, Mandy Kimm, Vladimir Kremenovic and Andrew Pester. Then, at 10 pm. on Friday only: “Club Biopoeia,” A performance party in The Bunker at the Freeman International Center, presenting work by Octavio Hingle-Webster. There will be an additional onetime-only performance, next week. For the Friday and Saturday performances in the Dance Theater,

tickets are $12 for general admission. For tickets, call the college box office at 443-6433 or order online at middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice. The other events are free. SOUND INVESTMENT JAZZ ENSEMBLE AT COLLEGE The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble, Middlebury College’s swingin’ big band, will present a special program for its concert on Saturday, at 8 p.m. in Robison Concert Hall at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. The band will celebrate the centennial of Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, by playing an evening of tunes from the Great American Songbook. The student Jazz ensemble’s concert will feature some of the original arrangements that Fitzgerald sang, along with a number of her tunes in instrumental versions by today’s best jazz arrangers. The SIJE, directed by Dick Forman, promises a stroll down memory lane with a chance to hear some of America’s most popular songs. The concert is free, and the public is welcome. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be three live performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern located at 86 Main Street in Middlebury. Join Two (See Beat, Page 13)

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Joe Bolger’s paintings will be on view at Edgewater Gallery at the Falls this month.

Beat (Continued from Page 11) Brothers every Wednesday at 9 p.m. for The Open Mic, 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, at 9 p.m., One for the Road will perform. This is a new Classic Rock Band formed by good friends; they are a true Classic Rock Band. Get ready. Finally, on Saturday, the tavern presents Crazyhearse with special guests Sand Machine at 9 p.m. An intoxicating blend of Americana,

punk rock, and Transylvanian folklore, Crazyhearse has been labeled everything from rural industrial to swamp rock to gothic folkabilly. For more information, call Two Brothers at 388-0002. NEW EXHIBIT AT EDGEWATER AT THE FALLS Edgewater Gallery at the Falls, located at 1 Mill Street in Middlebury, will feature local Shoreham artist Joe Bolger for the month of May. His newest body of work is a bright collection of vibrant and cheery pieces depicting the landscape and barns of Addison County. He exquisitely captures the light as it plays against

Compass Arts presents “Splash of Color” works by artist Norma Montaigne.

the shadows on the sides of a barn, behind a stand of trees, and across the ripples of local rivers, lakes and streams. For further information on Joe Bolger and his paintings, please call the gallery at 458-0098, email info@ edgewatergallery-vt.com or visit edgewatergallery-vt.com. SPLASH OF COLOR: NORMA MONTAIGNE AT COMPASS Norma Montaigne presents a collection of her vibrant and varied work in “Splash of Color” at the Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon, opening on Friday, with a reception on Sunday, from 2 to 4 p.m. The exhibit, which runs through July 2, is free. The Compass Music and Arts Center is located in Park Village at 333 Jones Drive in Brandon (Park Village used to be the Brandon Training School, located 1.5 miles north of downtown Brandon off Arnold District Road.). For more information, visit cmacvt.org.

NEW HAVEN — The Ferrisburgh Historical Society’s next meeting, on May 15 at 2 p.m., will be a visit to the ‘museum’ of local resident Ralph Farnsworth. “It is everything- or, to be more specific, ‘anything old,’” as Farnsworth puts it. The casual passer-by at Farnsworth’s North Street home in New Haven will notice a few signs of his fascination with the antique. Arranged neatly on the groomed lawn by his barn are a few old tractors, all in pristine condition. But most of Farnsworth’s treasures are tucked away indoors.

Wander into the old milking barn, where he’s collected somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 old gas pumps taken from farms and service stations in the area. Metal signs from long-shuttered service stations and farm supply stores hang on the walls, and up among the rafters sit something like three dozen old soda vending machines, some more than 50 years old — and this is just the beginning. Participants will carpool from the Ferrisburgh Historical Society on Route 7. Plan to meet at 1:30. For more info, call Gail at 4254505.

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Mount Abraham Union High School is pleased to present Kayla Brennan as its Student of the Week. Kayla, or KB, lives in Bristol with her parents, Michael and Shiela Brennan. Her brother Garrett graduated from Mt. Abe in 2012 and her sister Josie is a freshman there. Kayla was inducted into the Deerleap National Honors Society Chapter in the spring of 2016 and has attended the annual Honors Banquet yearly from 2013-2016. She is a member Mount Abraham’s a cappella group, which requires an audition, for three years. As a senior, Kayla has participated in the school’s mentoring program. Outside of school, Kayla works for Style Encore in Williston, Vermont, as a sales associate. For the past three years, she and her mother have volunteered for the annual Burlington City Marathon by running a water station. As part of the MAUHS National Honor Society, Kayla has been involved with generating monthly donations to the local food shelf. Kayla has developed a passion for ceramics, and in her spare time she designs pottery pieces and plans to pursue ceramics in college as well. She loves watching documentaries and reading articles on Kayla Brennan Archeology and Ancient Egypt. M.A.U.H.S. Her advice to fellow students: “Make connections with as many people as possible. To me, the connections I made with other students and teachers were the best part of my years here at Mt. Abe. I also cannot stress enough how much our teachers do for us; don’t ever take your teachers for granted. I would also say to any upcoming senior, to pick up scholarship packets as soon as they’re available.” After graduation Kayla will attend the University of Vermont as a Business Administration major, possibly minoring in Archeology. Someday she hopes to have her own office and an authoritative position her in Vermont. School Counselor April Wortmann says of Kayla, “When I first met Kayla this year, she impressed me with her organizational skills, motivation, and dedication to her academics and her passions in life. She has an easy-going personality, is articulate, is respectful of others, and thrives on her creativity. She is a caring, trusting, and responsible student and community member with a bright future ahead of her! Her Ceramics teacher, Bruce Babbitt, says, “Kayla is an enthusiastic hands-on learner. Her work in my ceramics and metals classes is always creative and original. She understands the hard work of art making. She has become a skillful potter on the potter’s wheel and will leave Mt. Abe with boxes of well-made bowls, pitchers, plates...”

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Green Up Day activities scheduled in all county towns The following is a town-by-town listing of Green Up Day activities around the county, as compiled by the Addison County Solid Waste Management District. For more information, call the town Green Up coordinator listed below. Green Up Day is Saturday, May 6. Found a dumpsite? Call your town’s Green Up coordinator. ADDISON: Contact organizer Starr Phillips for bags. The town dump truck will be parked behind the Addison Community Baptist Church at the intersection of Routes 17 and 22A to receive trash bags from the evening of May 5 through the morning of May 8. Coordinator: Starr Phillips, 759-2421. BRIDPORT: Bags are available in the town clerk’s office all week during regular hours. On Green Up Day, bags will be left outside the clerk’s office by the truck. Drop-off is at the town office on Green Up Day. Coordinator: Bridport Town Clerk Valerie Bourgeois, 758-2483. BRISTOL: Bags are available at the town clerk’s office all week during regular hours. On Green Up Day, bags are available on the town green, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Bags can be left along curbsides on Green Up Day or brought to the former town landfill on Pine Street. Coordinator: Randy Durand, 453-4370. CORNWALL: Bags are available at the town hall all week during regular hours. On Green Up Day, get bags at the Bingham Memorial School parking lot 9 a.m. to noon. Town dump trucks will be parked at the school parking lot from the evening of May 5 through the morning of May 8. Volunteers can also enjoy other community events taking place at the school Saturday morning. Coordinator: Sue Johnson, 462-2775. FERRISBURGH: Bags are available at the town clerk’s office all week during regular hours. On Green

Department (1020 South Route 7) during regular hours. Drop-off is at new town park across from Twilight Hall, the parking lot behind the town swimming pool, or at the Public Works Department, all day Saturday till 3 p.m. Coordinator: Peg Martin, 388-7697. MONKTON: Bags are available all week at the Monkton Town Hall during regular hours. On Green Up Day, bags will be available at the town hall, 8-noon. Drop-off is at the town garage all day. Coordinator: Stephen Pilcher, 598-1931. NEW HAVEN: Get bags on Green Up Day at the town green (across from the Village Green Market and the New Haven Congregational Church), 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Leave tied Green Up bags on the roadside for the road crew to pick up. Coordinator: Suzy Roorda, 453-5978. ORWELL: Bags are available all week at Buxton’s Store, Orwell Gas N Go and at the town clerk’s office during regular business hours. Drop-off is 8:00 a.m.-2 p.m. at the town garage, with ice cream for volunteers. Kids get a raffle ticket for each bag they turn in. Coordinator:

Cindy Watrous, 948-2751. PANTON: Bags are available anytime at the town clerk’s office and at the town garage (in the entryway of the town office and by the mailbox at the town garage). Leave tied Green Up bags on the roadside for the road crew to collect on Monday, May 8, or bring bags to the town garage. Coordinator: Louise Giovanella, 759-2529. RIPTON: Bags are available at all week at the Ripton Country Store, town office, and at Ripton Elementary School during regular hours. Or contact Warren King or Steve Zwicky. On Green Up Day, get bags at the Ripton Country Store or at the Ripton Recycling Center 9 a.m.-noon. Drop-off is at the Ripton Recycling Center, May 6-12. Volunteers can enjoy a barbecue at the recycling center 11-noon. Coordinator: Warren King, 3884082. SALISBURY: Get bags at the Kampersville General Store on Green Up Day, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. or call the Green Up coordinator. Bags can be left along main roads in Salisbury on Green Up Day or

taken to the Salisbury landfill during regular business hours. Coordinator: Christine Turner, 352-4778. SHOREHAM: Bags are available all week at the town clerk’s office or at the Platt Memorial Library, during regular hours. On Green Up Day, get bags at the Shoreham fire station 9 a.m.-noon. Drop-off is at the fire station, 9 a.m.-noon. Coordinator: Brie Patterson, 897-2840. STARKSBORO: Bags are available all week at the Jerusalem General Store, the town garage and at the town clerk’s office, during regular hours. Drop-off is at the town garage, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Green Up Day. Coordinator: Becky Trombley, 377-0787. VERGENNES: Bags are available all week at Vergennes City Hall during regular business hours. On Green Up Day, get bags at Vergennes City Park 8 a.m.-noon. Drop-off is at Vergennes City Park 8 a.m.-noon, or leave tied Green Up bags on the roadside for collection later that day. Coordinator: Lowell Bertrand, 8776960. WALTHAM: Get bags at the Waltham Town Hall the morning of Green Up Day. Drop-off is at the town hall on Green Up Day. Coordinator: Town Clerk Mary Ann Castimore, 877-3641. WEYBRIDGE: Bags are available all week at the Weybridge Recycling Center. On Green Up Day, leave tied Green Up bags on the roadside, out of the lanes of traffic. Refreshments will be available at the Weybridge Congregational Church on Green Up Day. Coordinator: Megan Sutton, 545-2475. WHITING: Bags are available Monday and Wednesday at the town clerk’s office during regular business hours or from coordinator Becky Bertrand. Bring bags to the town shed on Green Up Day or leave them along the roadside. Coordinator: Becky Bertrand, 349-9438.

rounds to widen Douglas. i n v o l v e m e n t . “Green Up… (is) such a “Dorothy is Last Tuesday, simple and in-your-face- Queen of Green for example, thing to do. Lean over Up in my book,” she arrived at said Martin. and pick up a piece of the Middlebury “She’s the yearround Green Ups e l e c t b o a r d trash off the ground. meeting in And it’s something that er. She walks every day, and signature Green a lot of people doing she picks up every Up regalia — a a little bit can make a trash-and-flower great deal of difference. day. She’s just kind of tireless. festooned floppy straw hat and And that to me is kind It’s part of her bright green Green of what community’s drill. Part of her Up bag vestments about: those things that routine.” — to grab the you do to support the And there are many such attention of the whole.” people in Addison selectboard and — Peg Martin, Middlebury’s County, said MCTV viewers. Green Up coordinator Martin, people And she has her who “green up” own list of local their street or their heroes, including Peter Brakeley, who’s organized stretch of road every week. “There are people who do this Middlebury Union Middle School’s trash drive for many years, and all year round and thank heaven for former Vermont first lady Dorothy them. Our town is better for having

them do it. And thank you! thank you!” While Martin said she can’t give an exact date for when she first began as Middlebury’s Green Up coordinator, she figures it’s at least since the late 1990s. This year, Martin says, will be her last. “It could be done better, and it could be done differently, and if we can get some people who will tackle it from a different direction with a whole different approach, that would be great.” As Martin prepares to pass the baton, it seems important to note that leading the local charge against litter has been just one of many contributions she has made to the public good. She’s a lifelong community activist and organizer. She was an early pioneer as a woman on the Middlebury selectboard and in the Vermont legislature as the town’s representative. And she’s been on the boards of (and, in

many cases been part of getting off the ground) such important local organizations as the Mary Johnson Children’s Center, Elderly Service, and Home Health and Hospice. She’s also a justice of the peace. Martin made time during her interview with the Independent to find a date for an anxious bride and groom, offering to marry the couple wherever they wanted — on a mountaintop, on a bridge, even in her own back yard. But always the tireless champion of doing one’s small part to build community, Martin said she hopes Vermonters will continue to support the Green Up tradition. Her advice for this coming Saturday? Choose your spot. Wear gloves. Enjoy your time outside. Watch for traffic. “Go get a bag and fill it! Go get a bag and fill it. That’s the nice thing about Green Up Day. It’s really very, very simple.”

Up Day, get bags at the Ferrisburgh Central School 9 a.m.-10 a.m. Dropoff is near the sand pile across from the town garage, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Coordinator: Deb Healy, 475-2944. GOSHEN: Call coordinator David Sabatini to get bags. Leave tied Green Up bags on the roadside. A barbecue for volunteers will be held at the town clerk’s office at noon. Coordinator: David Sabatini, 247-6350. GRANVILLE: Bags are available all week at the Granville General Store during regular hours. On Green Up Day, get bags at the Moss Glen Grange Hall (82 Post Office Hill Road), 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Drop-off is at the grange hall, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; snacks available. Coordinator: Daniel Sargeant, 767-4600. HANCOCK: Bags will be available at the town clerk’s office on Green Up Day, starting at 9 a.m. Drop-off is at the town office until 4 p.m. There will be a barbecue at 4 p.m., also at the town office. Coordinator: Scott Gillette, 7700727. LEICESTER: Bags are available all week at the town clerk’s office anytime. Drop-off is at the town garage or leave tied Green Up bags on the roadside. A barbecue and raffle will be held at the Leicester Town Hall at noon. Coordinator: Kate Briggs, 247-5305. LINCOLN: Pick up bags and get your road assignment at the Lincoln Fire Station on Green Up Day, 8 a.m.11 a.m. Drop-off is at the fire station, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Volunteers can enjoy a picnic lunch at the fire station, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Raffle winners will be drawn at 12:30, must be present to win. Coordinator: Dawn Mikkelsen, 453-7029. MIDDLEBURY: Bags are available all week at the town office, Ilsley Public Library, the Addison Independent, National Bank of Middlebury, and at the Public Works

Annual cleanup a big success A Vermont tradition since 1970, this year’s Green Up Day will be May 6. Green Up Vermont officials report that on Green Up Day 2016, over 22,000 Vermonters in all 251 municipalities picked up some 300 tons of trash statewide. In Addison County, volunteers from Addison through Whiting helped pick up over 13 tons of trash, including 131 tires, 28 computers, CD players, and televisions, and five appliances, according to the Addison County Solid Waste Management

District’s 2016 Green Up Day trash tally. In 2015, Addison County volunteers picked up over 20 tons of trash, including 302 tires, 29 computers, CD players, and televisions, 10 appliances, three propane cylinders and one oil filter. Statewide, Green Up volunteers cover some 13,086 miles of town roads annually. Green Up Day, always the first Saturday in May, is Vermont’s largest all-volunteer, statewide, one-day event.

Green Up (Continued from Page 1) Dean Davis, she remembers the kind of impact it had. “It was a pretty radical thing when it started off. You’re going to close down the interstate? Which is what they did the first year. I mean, can you imagine closing the interstate now? No way. The whole world would rise up and smite you. But that’s what they did. They closed down the interstate for a morning, and everybody went out on the interstate and picked up trash. “It was very radical and very Vermont. And I think the persistence of it is very Vermont.” Martin understatedly describes her approach to leading the charge against litter as “just kind of throw things out and hope that people catch it.” She said that year to year different local groups — scouts, Rotary, businesses, nonprofits — dive in with more people power. This year, as usual, she’s been making the

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MONDAY

Commodores rally past MUHS nine

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — In a high school baseball game on Thursday between two teams eager to get on the right track, host Vergennes worked back from a 3-0 first-inning deficit to edge Middlebury, 4-3.

The Commodores improved to 2-3 before dropping a competitive game at Burlington on Saturday. Senior Hunter O’Connor tossed a complete-game three-hitter, walking two and striking out 10, after a rocky start, to earn the win.

TIGER SENIOR PATRICK Messenger takes off for first base after getting a hit against Vergennes last Thursday afternoon. Messenger drove in two runs on two hits in the game.

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He outdueled the Tigers’ Jordy then to his credit he started getting Stearns, who allowed four hits and us off-stride, out front. Then his struck out seven in 5.1 innings, but fastball looked a little quicker.” had to work out of several jams afO’Connor and Burkett viewed ter walking seven — VUHS left the shutdown innings that followed eight on base. the first — O’Connor allowed VUHS Coach Dwight Burkett only two baserunners between was thrilled to see the the second and sixth Commodores — deframes — through a spite early mistakes “It was a different lens. O’Conin the field and on the great win. We nor, who had strugbases — fight back to had a few gled in his first two earn the victory. starts, said he finally mental lapses “It was a great win. early and we made a change to his We had a few mental delivery that helped, got down, lapses early and we raising his arm higher got down, 3-0, and we 3-0, and we starting his windup to showed a lot of char- showed a lot of improve his balance acter,” Burkett said. and follow-through. character.” MUHS Coach “In the first inning — VUHS Coach Charlie Messenger, Dwight Burkett and throughout the whose team dropped season I’d really been to 0-6 with a home struggling with some loss to Rice on Saturday, said the mechanical things that my coachTigers could have shown more es have pointed out and I’ve startdiscipline at the plate against ed working on,” O’Connor said. O’Connor after taking the lead. “And I finally made the adjust“I think defensively we battled ment in the second inning, and the out there. But I think offensive- ball started finding the strike zone, ly we got three runs in early, and and we started making outs.” then there was a little letdown. We Burkett praised O’Connor’s efdidn’t do the things that got us the fort. three runs, which is get the bat on “He really found it today. Earthe ball and start moving people ly on he struggled mechanically a around,” Messenger said. “We little bit. He knows what he’s been started taking big cuts at it, and (See Baseball, Page 20)

COMMODORE SOPHOMORE COOPER O’Brien slides safely back to first base during last Thursday’s game against Middlebury. Vergennes won the game, 4-3.

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Bridget Audet fires a pitch during last Thursday’s game in Vergennes. Audet struck out six batters in Middlebury’s 18-6 win. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Softball: Tigers top VUHS; Mt. Abe wins pair By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — Middlebury outslugged host Vergennes and Mount Abraham remained undefeated to highlight area high school softball late last week. In other action, MUHS won a home game, VUHS lost on the road, and Otter Valley lost twice to Division I rivals. MUHS VS. VUHS On Thursday, the visiting Tigers shrugged off a 5-4 first-inning deficit at VUHS in their 18-6 victory. MUHS scored seven times in the second to take the lead and added six in the fifth. Bridget Audet went the distance for the win, allowing six hits and seven walks and striking out five. Audet also drove in two runs with two hits. Also contributing at the plate for MUHS were Lily Smith (two hits, three runs, two RBIs), Abby LaRock (two hits, two runs, three RBIs), Darcy Staats (two hits, three runs, three RBIs), Taylor Sylvester (RBI double), and Gwen Stafford (three hits, two runs). For VUHS, Becca Maloy and losing pitcher Maranda Aunchman each singled and drove in two runs, Hannah Philbrook singled twice (See Softball, Page 19)

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TIGER SOPHOMORE ABBY LaRock drove in three runs on two hits and scored two runs in Middlebury’s 18-6 win over Vergennes last Thursday.

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COMMODORE CATCHER Sarah Rathbun picks up a bunt a makes a throw to first to get an out against Middlebury.

(Continued from Page 18) and scored, and Megan Tarte doubled and scored. On Saturday, the Commodores bounced back to pick up their first win, 13-6 at Burlington. Taylor Bresnick doubled and singled twice, Xzavia Berry and Tarte each had three hits, and Sarah Rathbun added a pair to spark the attack. Aly Gebo picked up the pitching win. Also on Saturday, the Tigers improved to 5-1 as Payton Buxton tossed a one-hitter and struck out 15 in a 5-0 win at Rice. LaRock homered, Buxton singled twice and Stafford tripled to pace the attack. EAGLES On Thursday the Eagles hung on for a 9-8 win over defending D-I

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Taylor Bresnick takes advantage of a wild pitch to score from third base during last Thursday’s game against Middlebury.

champion Essex. The Hornets rallied for four runs in the seventh, but Coach Don McCormick said center fielder Jenna McArdle recorded the second out with a nice catch before winning pitcher Rachael McCormick struck out the final Essex batter. Erika Tracey homered and drove in four runs for Mount Abe, Emily Aldrich poked two hits and scored three times, McCormick drilled three hits and drove in a run, and McArdle doubled to help erase an early 2-0 deficit. On Saturday, the Eagles edged host BFA-St. Albans, 5-3, by breaking a 3-3 tie in the top of the seventh. McArdle drove in the go-ahead run, and Tracey added an RBI hit. McCormick (seven innings, eight hits,

no walks and six strikeouts on the mound, plus a double, single and two runs at the plate) then nailed down the win as the Eagles improved to 4-0 heading into a Tuesday showdown at MUHS. OTTERS On Thursday, host Rutland’s Sarah Clark scored on a walk-off squeeze bunt in the bottom of the eighth to edge OV, 4-3. Courtney Bushey was the hard-luck losing pitcher. The Raiders improved to 3-3. On Saturday, visiting Brattleboro moved to 4-1 with a 9-2 victory over OV, which dropped to 1-3 with its third D-I loss of the spring. Charlotte Wilson’s RBI double provided the highlight for OV, and Bushey took the pitching loss.

Baseball: OV nets victories; others bested

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school baseball action late last week, Otter Valley won twice to eclipse its 2016 victory total, but Vergennes, Middlebury and Mount Abraham all came up short. The Commodores also hosted the Tigers on Thursday; see story on page 18. OTTERS On Thursday, the Otters edged host Rutland, 5-3, when Josh Beayon rapped a tie-breaking two-run single in the top of the seventh. Hits by Reilly Shannon, Nate Hudson and Payson Williams set up the game-winning blow. Derek Aines tossed a complete game to earn the win, striking out six, walking

four and allowing four hits. Colby McKay and Daniel Allen had RBI singles in the Otters’ three-run first inning. The Raiders dropped to 4-2. On Saturday, the Otters picked up their second win in three days over a Division I foe, 8-5, over visiting Brattleboro. The victory moved OV to 4-3 a year after the program finished at 3-14. Williams pitched six innings and earned the win, Hudson tossed the seventh inning and notched a save, and Aines drove in three runs with a pair of hits to pace the Otters against the 4-2 Colonels. VUHS On Saturday, host Burlington

eked two runs out against Commodore hurler Ethan Bissonette in the first inning via a balk and a throwing error, and that proved to be enough as the Seahorses edged VUHS, 2-1. Devon Kimball doubled home Cooper O’Brien with the VUHS run, and Bissonette held BHS to one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out four. MUHS On Saturday, visiting Rice topped the Tigers, 10-4, as winning pitcher Jacob Messineo limited MUHS to seven hits and drove in four runs with a pair of hits. Patrick Messenger paced the Tiger attack with two

hits and an RBI. The Tigers fell to 0-6. EAGLES On Thursday, visiting Essex wiped out a 4-2 Eagle lead with a 10-run fifth inning on the way to a 15-10 victory. Losing pitcher George Bailey, Dustin Whitcomb and Coleman Russell led the Mount Abe offense with two hits apiece. On Saturday BFA-St Albans’ Brady Green tossed a complete-game five-hitter at the Eagles as the Bobwhites picked up a 7-2 victory. Mount Abe dropped to 3-3 with its third-straight loss of the week to a D-I Metro Conference foe.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls Lacrosse 4/28 Randolph/Chelsea at VUHS.......... Ppd. Boys’ Lacrosse 4/28 CVU vs. MUHS.................................8-7 4/29 Mt. Abe at Stowe..................Postponed 4/29 GMVS vs. OV.................................15-6 Softball 4/27 Mt. Abe vs. Essex.............................9-8 4/27 MUHS vs. VUHS............................18-6 4/27 Rutland vs. OV........................... 4-3 (8) 4/29 Brattleboro vs. OV............................9-2 4/29 VUHS vs. Burlington.......................13-6 4/29 Mt. Abe vs. St. Albans.......................5-3 4/29 MUHS vs. Rice.................................5-0 Baseball 4/27 Essex vs. Mt. Abe.........................15-10 4/27 VUHS vs. MUHS..............................4-3 4/27 OV vs. Rutland.................................5-3 4/29 OV vs. Brattleboro............................8-5 4/29 Burlington vs. VUHS.........................2-1 4/29 St. Albans vs. Mt. Abe.......................7-2 4/29 Rice vs. MUHS...............................10-4 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse 4/26 Midd. vs. Williams.........................19-10 4/29 #6 Midd. vs. #3 Amherst (NESCAC Playoffs)................................................11-10 Women’s Lacrosse 4/26 Midd. vs. Williams...........................18-5 4/29 #1 Midd. vs. #6 Amherst (NESCAC Playoffs)..................8-7 Softball 4/26 Plattsburgh vs. Midd.........................5-4 4/26 Plattsburgh vs. Midd.......................11-9 4/28 Williams vs. Midd..............................1-0 4/29 Williams vs. Midd..............................5-1 4/29 Williams vs. Midd..............................3-1 Baseball 4/26 Plymouth vs. Midd............................6-3 4/26 Plymouth vs. Midd............................8-1 4/29 Trinity vs. Midd..................................9-3 4/29 Midd. vs. Trinity.................................9-2

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls Lacrosse 5/2 MUHS at Essex........................4:30 p.m. 5/3 Stowe at VUHS.........................4:30 p.m. 5/4 South Burlington at MUHS.......4:30 p.m. 5/6 Lamoille at VUHS..........................4 p.m. Boys’ Lacrosse 5/1 St. Albans at MUHS.......................4 p.m. 5/2 Mt. Abe at U-32..............................4 p.m. 5/3 Burr & Burton at MUHS.................4 p.m. 5/3 St. Johnsbury at OV......................4 p.m. 5/5 MUHS at South Burlington............4 p.m. 5/5 Mt. Abe at Randolph......................4 p.m. 5/6 OV at Hartford...............................7 p.m. Softball 5/2 Mt. Abe at MUHS......................4:30 p.m. 5/2 Spaulding at VUHS...................4:30 p.m. 5/4 VUHS at Mt. Abe......................4:30 p.m. 5/4 MUHS at Colchester.................4:30 p.m. 5/5 Mt. Abe at OV...........................4:30 p.m. Baseball 5/1 Mt. Anthony at OV....................4:30 p.m. 5/2 Mt. Abe at MUHS......................4:30 p.m. 5/2 Spaulding at VUHS...................4:30 p.m. 5/4 VUHS at Mt. Abe......................4:30 p.m. 5/4 MUHS at Colchester.................4:30 p.m. COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Lacrosse NESCAC Final Four at Bates 5/6 #6 Midd. vs. #1 Bates..................... Noon 5/6 #2 Wesleyan vs. #5 Tufts..............3 p.m. 5/7 Final................................................ Noon Women’s Lacrosse NESCAC Final Four at Midd. 5/6 #1 Midd. vs. #4 Colby..................... Noon 5/6 #2 Hamilton vs. #3 Trinity.........2:30 p.m. 5/7 Final...............................................1 p.m. Baseball 5/2 Union at Midd................................4 p.m. 5/6 Midd. at Bowdoin (2)....................... Noon 5/7 Midd. at Tufts (2).....................12:30 p.m. 5/12-14........... NESCAC Final Four at Colby Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

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Baseball

Tigers, Otters fall in boys’ lax

ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school lacrosse action late last week, both the Middlebury and Otter Valley boys’ dropped home games. Two other games were postponed. The Vergennes/Mount/ Abe girls were set to host Randolph/Chelsea on Friday; no makeup date has been announced. The Mount Abe/VUHS boys’ game originally scheduled for Saturday was moved to May 15. TIGER BOYS On Friday, visiting Champlain Valley edged the Tiger boys, 8-7, despite 15 saves from MUHS goalie Doug DeLorenzo. The game was tied at the half at 4-4 and was close throughout; the Redhawks’ three man-up goals were critical. Jake Schaefer led CVU (5-1) with two goals and an assist, and goalie Johnny Gay made five saves. Trey Kaufmann paced MUHS (2-2) with three goals and an assist. Andrew Gleason scored twice, and Jack Donahue and Jake Peluso chipped in a goal and an assist apiece. OTTER BOYS On Saturday, visiting Green Mountain Valley defeated the OV boys, 15-6, dropping the Otters to 2-3. Hayden Gallo and Ethan Sulik-Doty scored two goals apiece for OV, and David Soulia and Justin Tremblay each added one. Otter goalie Alec Stevens stopped 13 shots.

VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Devon Kimball drives in a run with a single against Middlebury last Thursday in Vergennes. The Commodores won the game, 4-3.

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(Continued from Page 18) doing. He’s been working on it. And he just got in a groove and took us home,” Burkett said. In the first inning, Tiger hitters Hale Hescock and Wyatt Cameron led off with walks. O’Connor had a runner picked off, but an errant throw allowed the runners to move to second and third. Tiger center fielder Patrick Messenger scored both by pulling a single to right field. With two outs, Tiger right fielder Pierson Beatty dropped an opposite-field single to right, and Messenger, who had stolen second, came home to make it 3-0. Between the first and the seventh, the only Tiger baserunners came in the third, when Messenger doubled and O’Connor hit Simon Fischer with a pitch. The Commodores lost baserunners in the first, when Cameron threw out O’Connor at home on an attempted double steal; and in the second, when Jeffrey Stearns drew a leadoff walk and tried to reach second when a pickoff throw bounced away from first baseman Nick Beatty, but not far enough to prevent Beatty from nailing him at second. In the third VUHS made it 3-1 on a walk to VUHS leadoff hitter Cooper O’Brien, a wild pitch, O’Connor’s infield hit and Devon Kimball’s line single. The Commodores tied it in the fourth. Jordy Stearns walked Jeffrey Stearns, and wild pitches moved him to third. After a walk to Will Wormer, Jordy Stearns retired two

hitters. But pinchhitter Aidan Gardner’s groundball up the middle just eluded Cameron’s stretch to score Stearns. O’Brien singled to load the bases, and a walk to O’Connor allowed Wormer to trot home. The winning run came in the fifth. Casey Kimball doubled to lead off and moved to third on a Jeffrey Stearns groundout. With two outs Jordy Stearns tossed a pitch that hit the plate and bounced high over catcher Brian Foote, who had no chance, allowing Kimball to score. After Gabe Quinto singled to lead off the VUHS sixth, Hescock came in and pitched around a Tiger error to end a threat. Then the Tigers threatened in the seventh. Jordy Stearns led off and singled, reaching second on an outfield error. A pinchrunner moved to third on a Nick Beatty groundout. O’Connor fanned the next hitter, but Hescock reached on catcher’s interference and stole second, putting the go-ahead run in scoring position. Then O’Connor induced a fly ball to Wormer in center field to seal a win he said would give the young Commodores a shot in the arm. And Messenger said the Tigers need to remember to focus for seven innings on all aspects of the game. “We’ve got to develop a winning attitude, and it’s hard to do that when things aren’t going your way, and when you play a tough beginning of a schedule,” he said. “But we’re getting there, little bit by little bit.”

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Goodman (Continued from Page 1) the Occupy movement, climate summits and the Dakota Access Pipeline, she made the case that “Democracy Now!” captures stories that large news outlets miss. The show accomplishes this, she says, by giving the “silenced majority” a voice. “It excites me,” she said, referring to her suggestion that college students read and listen to independent media, “that you’re going to discover a new universe of media, with road signs to all different places, where you can learn about the world that I really think represents the main stream of this country.” Goodman “It changed began her everything. speech with Think about a zoom lens it. When you focused on the four executions say, ‘one percent’ and that took place ‘99 percent,’ this week in Arkansas. She people don’t recounted her think you’re e x p e r i e n c e talking covering the about milk. execution of Troy Anthony Occupy who occupied the Davis, was convicted language, for killing a and police officer but maintained when you his innocence, change the even in his language, words. you change last “It’s important the world.” to know our — Amy history. It is Goodman no joke,” she warned the audience. From there, she took the crowd to South Africa, where she covered the United Nations Climate Conference in 2011. There, Anjali Appadurai, a student from the College of the Atlantic, gave a succinct and forceful speech, demanding that the UN “get it done.” Goodman also recounted her time covering the Occupy Wall Street movement, when protestors invaded Zuccotti Park in New York City’s financial district to raise awareness about economic inequality. “Yes, ultimately after months, the police went after the encampments,” she said. “You might say, ‘See? The whole thing fizzled out, what was it worth?’ Oh, you’ve made a serious mistake. It changed everything. Think about it. When you say, ‘one percent’ and ‘99 percent,’ people don’t think you’re talking about milk. Occupy occupied the language, and when you change the language, you change the world.” While covering the Dakota Access Pipeline story, Goodman witnessed first-hand the bulldozers destroying sacred burial sites, and dogs that were unleashed on Native Americans who stood their ground. “People don’t realize the

AMY GOODMAN, FOUNDER of Democracy Now!, speaks at Middlebury College last Wednesday afternoon.

bravery of these moments,” she said. “Immediately, as I saw this, I thought about March 16, 2003, in Gaza. A college student named Rachel Corrie who stood in front of an American bulldozer made by Caterpillar used by the Israeli military...she just got chewed up by the bulldozer moving the earth. That’s what I thought about when I saw these women and children standing in front of these bulldozers.” With a commitment to covering international events, Goodman and her co-anchor, Juan González, have

the freedom to position themselves wherever news is taking place, and cover it however they choose. “Democracy Now!” is funded entirely by listeners, viewers and foundations–the organization does not accept advertisers, government funding or corporate underwriting. And people have been listening. The show has over one million likes on Facebook, and Goodman has won a long list of awards for her work, including the Gandhi Peace Award and the I.F. Stone Lifetime Achievement Award from Harvard University.

Goodman ended her speech by reminding the audience of Hans and Sophie Scholl, siblings who worked with their professor to form the White Rose Collective during World War II. The resulting group distributed informational pamphlets about Nazi atrocities in the streets, schoolyards and marketplaces of Germany — even in the face of extreme danger. Arrested by the Nazis, the siblings and their professor were beheaded. “That philosophy, that model, should be the Hippocratic oath of the media today, and the

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Hippocratic oath of us all today,” she said. “We will not be silent.” When asked after her talk what she hopes her audience discovers when listening to her show, Goodman said she hoped listeners get “a sense of how people organize together; how they hold those in power accountable; the beauty, the lyricism, the poetry of their voices talking about reality on the ground and sharing it with the world,” she said. “That’s what will save us: People united in very different experiences, but appreciating each others’ differences.”

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Addison County’s Humane Society Haley 1.5 years, Pointer mix, spayed female. Haley was picked up in Bristol as a nervous stray and brought to Homeward Bound. No one claimed this sweet girl, so she is now available for adoption. Haley is a bit shy when meeting new people, therefore it will be important that potential adopters go a bit slow with her at first. However, once this gorgeous gal warms up, she loves going for long walks, playing in the play yards and hanging out with the other dogs. Haley is a great dog who would make an awesome companion for most any family!

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Ramona 1 year, shorthair tri-color, spayed female. Ramona was brought in to be spayed as part of our Trap/Neuter/Release Clinic but she was so sweet, we decided to keep her! As a former barn cat, Ramona is still getting used to human touch and so far she enjoys it as long as you don’t try to pick her up. She loves to have her head and cheeks scratched, she is playful, and she enjoys napping in the sun! Ramona may need a little time to warm up to new people, but we feel this sweet girl will blossom in a home where she can be showered with affection every day.

Whitney is two years old. Duke 6 years, shorthair tiger, neutered male. Duke is an affectionate cat who just loves to have his chin and cheeks scratched! He is slow to warm up and startles easily, but life as a stray can do that to a fellow. He is looking for a quite home with people who will have patience with him as he adjusts to his new environment - they will be greatly rewarded with lots of snuggles!

Dory & Coral 6 months, American guinea pigs, male & female. Dory and Coral are two adorable young guinea pigs who will fill your home with their delightful wheeking, purring, and rumbling! They came to Homeward Bound because their child guardian lost interest in them, but their loss could be your gain. These two little pigs have big personalities, enjoy gentle handling, and will fill your heart with joy watching them waddle and play.

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feet, mouth, etc. Give a treat when he or she behaves well. When you feel secure that the cat is receptive to your touch, begin to have other people stroke or hold the cat, so that he or she grows accustomed to other people as well. The ASPCA notes that cats like to observe behaviors and then invite themselves to participate at their own pace. A cage or cattery can provide cats with unobstructed, comfortable and secure views to observe their homes. Perform calm activities in front of the cage so the cat can watch. Keep treats nearby so that if your pet engages socially, you can reward it for positive behavior.

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Ethiopian street artist to share his work with students MONKTON — The Willowell Foundation, in conjunction with the Vermont Folklife Center and Castleton University will be hosting internationally acclaimed street artist Behulum Mengistu through June. In addition to his work as a fine artist, Behulum serves as Managing Director of The One Love Theater, a troupe devoted to educating the community and creating dialogue around important issues like gender equality and HIV/AIDS education. Interspersing circus acrobatics with dramatic scenes, for the last fifteen years, One Love Theater has provided youth with important training in a host of creative arts and has spurred the development of many young people, including Behulum, who are now working artists. Behulum will be touring a number of schools throughout the state, including Vergennes High School, Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury Union Middle School, and The Walden Project sharing both

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Volunteer Center, a collaboration of Volunteer drivers are needed in Bristol, Bridport, Middlebury RSVP and the and Vergennes to deliver warm smiles and hot, nutritious, United Way of Addison County, noon meals to seniors who are no longer able to cook posts dozens of for themselves. If you have 1 hour to give, every other volunteer opportunities week, you’ll make a huge difference by providing a on the Web.Go to

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service that enables seniors to live independently in their homes. Full training provided. For more information please call 802-388-7189 or visit our volunteer site at http://unitedwayaddisoncounty. galaxydigital.com.

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.

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.

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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.

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The Volunteer Center, a collaboration of RSVP and the We are looking for volunteers interested in helping us maintain our vegetable United Way of garden this summer, and we’re looking now! Addison County, posts dozens of Each year at Living Well Residence, we plant a large, organic vegetable volunteer opportunities garden on site. We harvest vegetables from this garden, which our chef on the Web.Go to then uses to make meals for our residents. Our residents enjoy helping tend to the garden, but they can’t do it all alone. www.unitedwayaddison

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NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednes‑ days, 9 am, held at The Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. 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.

Garden volunteers would mainly help with weeding and harvesting. We are very flexible and will work with your schedule! There is no minimum hour requirement for volunteering. For more information please call 802-388-7189 or visit our volunteer site at http:// unitedwayaddisoncounty.galaxydigital.com.

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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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.

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OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE 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.

WEYBRIDGE STREET‑ 8 FAMILY Tag Sale. Saturday, May 6, 9am‑2pm. Weybridge Street (Rte. 23), Middlebury (opposite Otter Creek Child Center). Modern and antique furniture, horse gear, small and large rugs, Kenmore Elite Electric Dryer, sporting goods, lamps, boots, baby gear, baby toys, GE deluxe toaster oven, air hockey table, mini pool table, board games, bird hous‑ es, four coffee tables, men’s clothing, women’s clothing, children’s clothing, framed art work, wooden and uphol‑ stered chairs. Tons of stuff for kids.

OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS (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 parkin‑ soninfo@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. WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190. CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

GOT POTHOLES? DeMers LLC. Driveway repair. Spring Cleanups. Free estimates. 802‑349‑8906. leondemers@ icloud.com . METICULOUS, DEPEND‑ ABLE, TRUSTWORTHY 25 years experience. Middle‑ bury and surrounding areas. 315‑870‑2987. PARTY RENTALS; CHI‑ NA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available. 802‑388‑4831.

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING; interior/exterior, residential/ commercial, pressure wash‑ ing. 20 years’ experience. Best prices. References. 802‑989‑5803.

Opportunities STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of pos‑ sibilities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

Help Wanted 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.

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KITCHEN POSITIONS Help Wanted

Communications Associate We are seeking a part-time Communications Associate (20-30 hours/week) who will be responsible for producing core communications materials for the Foundation and its associated funds: press releases, website, social media, blogs, newsletters, reports, and correspondence. This position will also help improve intra-office communication by recommending and/or creating new processes and coordinate events on an as-needed basis.

ADDISON 4 CORNER STORE is hiring for deli position. Afternoons until closing and weekends. Call 802‑759‑2332. A L L ‑ A R O U N D FA R M HAND, 802‑233‑1249 or 802‑233‑3849 BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.

Please apply in person at: 3 Mill Street Middlebury, VT

CELEBRATION RENTALS OF BRANDON is looking to increase its team for the 2017 season. Paying additional seasonal bonus. Call 802-247-0002 to set up an interview.

Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years work experience required, preferably in a communications or marketing role. Candidates should have excellent written and verbal communications; experience with email marketing and content management; and be detail oriented, flexible, and motivated. Please send cover letter and resume to: humanresource@vermontcf.org Or mail to: The Vermont Community Foundation, 3 Court Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. Visit www.vermontcf.org/jobs for a complete job description. Position will be open until filled. The Vermont Community Foundation is an equal employment opportunity employer and offers a competitive salary and benefits.

JOB OPPORTUNITY SERVICE TECHNICIAN WANTED Yandow Sales & Service North Ferrisburg, VT Due to an overwhelming service business this year, we are interested in adding an additional service tech to our service department. Previous mechanical experience in small engines and other, have own tools, and a good team player, a must. Pay negotiable based on experience also! Contact Richard Yandow at 802 425-2131 to set up an interview. Resumes and references may also be emailed to ryandow@yandowsalesandservice.com

LANDSCAPERS WANTED; BRISTOL landscape com‑ pany looking for landscape laborers. Work includes all areas of landscape construc‑ tion; planting, hardscapes and garden maintenance. Starting pay $12‑16 per hour depend‑ ing on experience. Valid driv‑ ers license required. Colby Hill Landscape Company. 802‑363‑9958.

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ENTRY LEVEL LANDSCAPE Architect or Designer position available in busy, interdisci‑ plinary practice. Proficiency in CAD, Adobe Suite, Sketchup, and GIS preferred. Please email cover letter and resume to: info@landworksvt.com.

LOOKING FOR A SEASONAL food truck manager. Responsible for maintaining truck, inventory. Order prod‑ ucts for events. Experience in flat grill cooking preferred. Call Suzanne at 802‑349‑6781 or email: milepointvt@yahoo. com.

PART OR FULL TIME, 2 po‑ sitions, convenience store. 802‑758‑2361.

The McKernon Group is seeking experienced Carpenters and Construction Managers who have building experience in keeping with high quality work to join our team. Must have reliable transportation, valid driver’s license and hand tools The McKernon Group is looking for experienced Project Managers to join our team. This position involves overseeing projects from start to finish, coordinating personnel and equipment and overseeing quality of work. The right candidate must be experienced in all phases of construction. Candidates must be detail-oriented, experienced, and possess great communication, organization and leadership skills. This position is required to make field decisions that ensure the quality of the work while maintaining the safety of our employees. Must be capable of interpreting construction drawings and specs, and have knowledge of job cost and field reporting. Benefits include health & dental insurance, 401k, and paid holidays and paid time off. Interested persons should send resume to kevin@mckernongroup.com, or stop by our office located at 381 New Rd. in Brandon to complete an application.

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MR. MIKE’S COMMERCIAL Cleaning Service has open‑ ings for part to full time. Must have reliable transportation, be flexible and reliable. Avail‑ able to work nights a must, and need to pass background check. Self motivated, able to work independently. E‑mail re‑ sume to: info@mrmikesclean‑ ingservicevt.com. Application also available online at: www. mrmikescleaningservicevt. com. No phone calls please. We encourage all to apply. E.O.E.

ORGANIC DAIRY FARM Cornwall, VT. Previous experi‑ ence with livestock preferred but willing to train the right person. Must be reliable and timely. Looking for someone to help with building fence, feeding, afternoon chores, and calf chores. 40 hours a week available, full time or several part time positions. Hours may vary but around 9am‑6pm. butterwickfarm@ standardmilk.com or (603) 359‑6504.

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FULL-TIME MECHANIC / PART TIME TOW TRUCK DRIVER NEEDED Do you enjoy helping people, being a hero? MiddState Towing Co. a full service professional towing and recovery team is looking for dependable individuals that will care for company equipment and provide quality service to our customers. PART TIME position – Your day/night will be mixed with automobile towing, accident recoveries, roadside assistance (fixing flat tires, jump starts, lockouts) talking with customers and other heroic deeds. 2-3 nights per week and 1-2 weekends a month are required on a rotating schedule. We will provide in-house and professional training to qualified applicants. CDL is not required but is helpful. FULLTIME position – Your primary responsibility is maintaining the trucks and equipment along with some fabricating. You will be involved with some towing and roadside service. CDL is preferred. Competitive pay and benefits include healthcare, IRA match, paid vacation, sick and holiday pay. We ask that you have a clean DMV driving record, allow a background check and reside within the immediate area of New Haven. www.middstatetowing.com. Please contact Joe at 802-388-1110

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Seeks To Fill The Following Positions: MACHINERY OPERATOR for skilled mill positions due to employee retirement. Must be in good physical condition with good math skills, very reliable, have a strong safety awareness and work well with others. An ambition to learn and tolerance of heat and cold are important. The most challenging jobs such as sawing and grading take years to learn well and pay well for the skilled work. Mill work has a production bonus. SKILLED FORKLIFT OPERATOR to run large forklifts at our operation in Bristol. Other work includes light construction, planing, lumber stacking. Must be very reliable, energetic, work well with others and have good safety awareness. Previous experience operating heavy machinery is a plus. Call 802-453-4884 or visit The A. Johnson Co., 995 S 116 Rd, Bristol VT 05443 for an application.

Manufacturing – Line Worker Temporary positions available at the Middlebury plant for the duration of the summer. 2 shifts available currently: 12pm8pm and 8pm-4am. Overtime available. Perform duties within the cheese packaging process. Ensure that the finished product is packaged correctly. Maintain a sanitary work environment, ensure accurate records, and understand specific SOP’s and product specifications. Work flexibility is a must. High School Diploma, or equivalent is required. Must be able to lift 80 lbs. Apply in person, by email to ajacobs@ agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:

SALES PERSON Full or Part Time

Retail lumber and flooring sales. Knowledge of building trades, flooring and wood species. Excellent customer service and phone skills. Commission on flooring sales.

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BRISTOL : 2 BEDROOM Heat, lawn care, garage, basement. $1,160/mo. 802‑453‑2566.

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BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT Heat, trash, snowplowing, lawn care, parking included. $1,175/mo. 802‑453‑2566.

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

SHOREHAM: SHARE A UNIQUE spacious country home, 25 minutes to Mid‑ dlebury, with professional in his 40’s interested in cook‑ ing, NPR, reading, hiking. $400 plus utilities. Shared bath. A pet would be con‑ sidered. 802‑863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refer‑ ences, background checks required. EHO.

NEW 2017 ENERGY STAR display models. Modular, dou‑ ble and single wides. Open 7 days a week. Up to $27,500 down payment assistance available on new homes if you qualify. FactoryDirectHome‑ sofVT.com. 600 Rte. 7 Pitts‑ ford, VT. 1‑802‑773‑2555. tflanders@beanshomes.com.

LILAC KNOLL HOUSE at Park Village in Brandon. At‑ tractive 2 bedroom. Bright and sunny. $830.00. In‑ cludes heat and trash. Must be 55 or older. No pets. Call 802‑247‑0165. M I D D L E B U RY ‑ T W O APARTMENTS available in the heart of town within walk‑ ing distance to everything. Two bedroom and three bed‑ room available on June 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456. MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM apartment. Close to college. $800/month plus deposit. Some utilities included. 388‑0401. MIDDLEBURY 3 BEDROOM apartment on Court Street, fully furnished, all inclusive except internet/TV. Call 802‑388‑4831.

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SUMMER GARDENING HELP NEEDED for Panton Ridge. Raking, mulching, planting and care of flowers and garden. Full time. Drivers license a must. May call 802‑475‑2974 or 802‑363‑0082.

WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bottler. Eye for detail and accuracy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unassisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.

2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, May 1 through September 30. Lights, heat, washer, dryer included. Contact 802‑948‑2060.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN MARI‑ TIME MUSEUM is seeking a bright, responsible, friendly retail clerk and bookkeeping assistant. The retail position is for Friday‑Sunday from mid April to mid October, with some flexibility to work other days. The bookkeeping assistant po‑ sition will be in the administra‑ tive office for an additional day each week. Applicants must be detail oriented, comfortable dealing with the public and ac‑ curate with numbers and data. The position is located at 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., Vergennes next to the Basin Harbor Club. For more information about the museum and this position go to LCMM.org.

THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS is looking for reliable early morning risers with a valid driver’s license and car insurance to deliver our news‑ paper. Available routes are in North Ferrisburg and Shel‑ burne. Deliveries are to be completed by 6 am Mon‑Sat and 7:30 on Sunday. Earn an estimated profit of over $1,000 per month plus tips. This is a great way to earn extra money without interfering with your day job. Please contact Monique at 802‑316‑7194 for more information.

For Sale 20 FOOT TANDEM EQUIP‑ MENT TRAILER 12,000 GVWR with spare. $3,000. 802‑462‑2816. 2004 CLUB CAR golf cart. Electric power, roof, wind‑ shield, headlights. Excel‑ lent condition. $2,000. 802‑417‑4698. 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. THE BARREL MAN; plastic and metal barrels, 275 gallon food‑grade totes. 55 gallon plastic food‑grade barrels with spin‑on covers. Great for rain barrels. A barrel for every need. 802‑453‑4235.

THE WORLDS FINEST road tandem. Santana Noventa. Large frame and fork. Ask‑ ing $3,500. Call Brad at 802‑388‑0050.

BRIARWOOD APARTMENTS is currently accepting applica‑ tions for 2 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. NS/NP, onsite laundry. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website www.sum‑ mitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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.

BRIDPORT; 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment. No smok‑ ing, no pets. 802‑758‑2361. 802‑388‑2754.

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

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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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 recently renovated. No pets. Located on Court St. For more information call 802‑388‑4455. M O N K TO N : S H A R E A HOME with woman in her 60’s interested in environ‑ mental issues, reading & cooking. $400/mo. plus utili‑ ties/internet/cable, and lend a hand with yard work. Private half bath. 802‑ 863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refer‑ ences, background checks required. EHO. N E W H AV E N , 2 B E D ‑ ROOM upstairs apartment. Bright and spacious. Need 1st and last month’s rent. Price includes heat, electric‑ ity & rubbish removal. No pets, $1195 per month. Call 802‑453‑4037.

STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION LOCATION. In the heart of downtown. Approved for seating for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of opportunities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.

WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lakefront. Washer, dryer. No smok‑ ing. Available September through May. $1,000/month. 860‑878‑9580.

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CLICK, CALL & SAVE‑ Green & Ready‑2‑Burn seasoned & kiln‑dried 16” split hardwood; free local deliveries; small orders OK; easy ordering ‑ Click: www.MIDDMEN.com; Call: 1‑844‑KILNDRIED or 1‑855‑MIDDMEN. FIREWOOD, GREEN OR DRY cut, split. $200/cord. 802‑247‑6061.

Real Estate BUILD YOUR DREAM HOUSE on one of the six, now five remaining home‑sites in East Middlebury’s Daisy Lane, a small established subdivision with village water, underground electric, cable and telephone to each lot. All sites are approved for simple in ground septic. Just down the street you’ll find a library, playground, ten‑ nis courts and the beautiful Waybury Inn and Pub. That’s not all, Daisy Lane is 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, two 18 hole golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. Telephone 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment. Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, securi‑ ty deposit, lease. $875/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040.

2 BEDROOM, 1 1/2 BATHS, partially finished dry base‑ ment, root cellar, washer/ dryer, stove, refrigerator, garbage disposal, 2 car VERGENNES 3 BEDROOM: ) 11 5/ hed: 5/ garage, screened‑in porch, ublis (P s d A washer/dryer hookup, new Classified barn board siding. 59 appliances. $900/month. No unique college. Haven Rd, Vergennes. r Rent Fo T On Monk‑ ose to New EN Cl . TM pets, no smoking. ed AR ish furb OM AP 1 BEDRO Middlebury, newly re 00. $225,000. 802‑475‑2233. 0-00applica‑ ton Rd. reet, Completed 00 Main St des heat. onth, inclu ury $750/mrequired tion prior of Middleb 0000. ENT, to viewing mile north TM AR AP rubbish, 1 th plus deposit. 000OM c, tri ec el , 1 BEDRO apartment. Must pass back‑ on LAKE‑ 8.9 ACRES + of wood‑ cludes heat ly, $595/m upstairs, in Available immediate ground check. 240‑281‑1508 ed land rence 650 feet of lake on Route 7. and refewith e m De s. posit LE ho or BEemail: ocopom.ninja. plus utilitie OM MOBI frontage. Peaceful retreat, 2 DRO Private lot. $650/mo. . turtle@gmail.com. Available quiet water sports. in Salisbury 0-0000. ired. A rare find. rences requ required. 00 ment. Refe E/CONDO now. $300,000. Whittaker Real WNHOUS s. Garage and base . TO 00 M O 00 O 0rgenne 2 BEDR pets. 00 mmons, Ve d heat. No Estate, 802‑247‑6633. Tom@ Country Co excluding utilities an washer, y el et pl $1,000/mo. m WhittakerRealEstate.com. et, satellite, ergy rn te RN, co in DE ed O pe M , ry en Hi-s OM 2 BEDRO ke Dunmore house. 85’ lake frontage. Ve rough June th ll, 6678. La furnished h, drilled we ting August 29, 2009 us utilities. 802-352ened porc ar dryer, scre 10 month rental; st tiable. $1,000/mo. pl r go efficient. Fo n-smoking. Pets ne No 26, 2010. 5.

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

HAY FOR SALE 1st and 2nd cut. Good quality for horses and more. Square bales $3.25. You pick up and load. Call 914‑325‑5299 in Ferrisburgh. WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liq‑ uid manure hauling, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Boats 14’ SEARS GAME FISHER, V‑Hull aluminum boat, very light. 7‑1/2HP Evinrude mo‑ tor. 14’ trailer, oars, anchor. Senior citizen owned, gave up boating. $1,295. OBO. 802‑453‑4235. E V I N R U D E 4 H P O U T‑ BOARD motor, 1970’s vin‑ tage. Looks and runs like new. Senior citizen owned for fishing. $400. OBO. Can hear run. 802‑453‑4235. MIRRORCRAFT ALUMI‑ NUM 15’ deep V, lake boat. New red oak seats. Karavan galvanized boat trailer, LED lights, bearing buddies. 1987 8HP Mercury outboard, runs excellent, 2 cylinder with plastic gas tank and hose. 8’ oars, boat anchor, 4 life jack‑ ets. Used by senior citizen. All in very good condition. 802‑453‑4235. $1,895. OBO. Eager to sell.

Cars 1996 VOLVO WAGON model 850. FWD only, standard, runs but for parts. Has been off the road. Would be a great demolition derby car. $300. 802‑453‑5938. 2000 TOYOTA SIENNA, XLE loaded, 247,500 miles. Registered until 12/16. $750. 802‑989‑4704.

Wanted TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collect‑ ibles, etc. Visit www.bittne‑ rantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/ appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

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Public Notices Index Addison Central School District (2) Addison Northeast Supervisory Union – Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven, Starksboro (1) Bridport (1) Bristol (2)

TOWN OF ORWELL COMBINED NOTICE OF TAX SALE

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Cornwall (2) Ferrisburgh (1) Middlebury (1) Orwell (2) Salisbury (1) Tri Town Water (1) Vermont Gas Systems (1)

THE TOWNS OF ADDISON, BRIDPORT, CORNWALL, SHOREHAM AND STARKSBORO 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE HERBICIDE SPRAYING

The above-mentioned municipalities have each requested from the Secretary of the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets a permit to apply the following herbicides: Garlon 4 ultra (Triclopyr), Oust Extra (Sulfometuron) and Rodeo (Glyphosate) to control unwanted vegetation along town owned highways. Selective spray operations will start approximately May 20th. The applications will be made by certified pesticide applicators using mechanically controlled equipment and hand control methods. Residents along the right-of-way are encouraged to protect sensitive environmental areas, organic farm land and water supplies from spray. It is the resident’s responsibility to notify the town of the existence of these situations adjacent to the town right-of-way. Citizens wishing to inform the town are urged to contact the person for their respective town as follows: Addison – Bryan Nolan – 759-2570 Bridport – Dusty Huestis – 758-2113 Cornwall - Mike Sunderland – 462-2752 Shoreham – Jason Paquette – 897-5451 Starksboro – Tom Estey – 453-2319 The appropriate place to contact with comments, other than your town is the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, Agriculture Resource Management and Environmental Stewardship, 116 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602, Telephone (802)828-2431. Their link web page that would describe the town’s spray permit request can be found at www.VermontAgriculture.com 5/1

TRI-TOWN WATER DISTRICT NO. 1 SPECIAL MEETING MAY 23, 2017 WARNING

The legal voters of the Tri-Town Water District No. 1, Vermont, residing in the following municipalities, are hereby notified and warned to meet respectively at the following locations: Addison Bridport Shoreham Town Offices, Masonic Hall, Town Offices, 65 Vermont Route 17W, 52 Crown Point Road, 297 Main Street, Addison, VT Bridport, VT Shoreham, VT on TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2017 between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) in the forenoon (a.m.), at which time the polls will open, and seven o’clock (7:00) in the afternoon (p.m.), at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian ballot upon the following Article of business: ARTICLE I Shall general obligation bonds or notes of Tri-Town Water District No. 1 in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000), subject to reduction from the receipt of grants-in-aid and the application of available reserves, be issued for the purpose making certain public water system improvements, namely, the construction of a 760,000 gallon water storage tank off Route 74 West in the Town of Shoreham, such improvements estimated to cost One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000)? The legal voters of the Tri-Town Water District No. 1 are further notified that voter qualification, registration, and absentee voting relative to said special meeting shall be as provided in Section 3346 of Title 24, and Chapters 43, 51 and 55 of Title 17, Vermont Statutes Annotated. Absentee ballots will be available at respective Town Clerk offices on or about May 1, 2017. Upon closing the polls, ballots will be commingled and counted at the Tri-Town Water District Office in Bridport by representatives of the Boards of Civil Authority from the Towns of Addison, Bridport and Shoreham under the supervision of the District Clerk. The legal voters of the Tri-Town Water District No. 1 are further notified that an informational hearing will be held at the following location, date, and time for the purpose of explaining the subject proposed water system improvements and the financing thereof. DATE LOCATION TIME May 22, 2017 Masonic Hall 7:00 p.m. 52 Crown Point Road Bridport, VT Adopted and approved at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Tri-Town Water District No. 1 duly called, noticed and held on April 20, 2017. Received for record and recorded in the records of the Tri-Town Water District No. 1 on April 21, 2017. ATTEST: Mark Pumilgia Clerk, Tri-Town Water District No. 1 Board of Commissioners Tri-Town Water District No. 1 Darwin Pratt, Chairman Ernest Audet Larry Provost, Vice Chairman James Walker Larry Blacklock Edwin James Steve Kayhart Eric Leonard Larry Simino 5/1

The resident and non-resident owners, lienholders, mortgagees and all persons interested in the purchase of land in the Town of Orwell, County of Addison and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that the taxes assessed by such Town for the 2015-2016 and prior fiscal years remain, either in whole or in part, unpaid on the following described lands and/or premises situated in the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont: Property No. 1: Property known and numbered as 153 Young Road, owned by John Joseph Wist and Bundy Charles Wist, conveyed to them by Warranty Deed of Suzanne Smiley Wist and Suzanne Smiley Wist, Trustee of the Suzanne Smiley Wist Living Trust, dated February 1, 2006, and recorded in Volume 75, at Pages 514-516, of the Town of Orwell Land Records. Said lands and/or premises will be sold at a public auction at the Town Offices, 436 Main Street, Orwell, Vermont, on Thursday the 1st day of June, 2017, at One o’clock in the afternoon (1:00 p.m.), to discharge such taxes with costs, unless the same are previously paid. Information regarding the amount of taxes due may be obtained at the offices of Robert E. Fletcher, Esq., Stitzel, Page & Fletcher, P.C., P.O. Box 1507, Burlington, Vermont 05402-1507, (802) 660-2555. DATED at Orwell, in the County of Addison and State of Vermont, this 5 day of April 2017. Louis Hall, Delinquent Tax Collector Town of Orwell, Vermont 5/1

TOWN OF BRISTOL, VERMONT A CIVIL ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF DISPLAYS AND ASSEMBLAGES

It is the intent and purpose of this ordinance to establish a framework to apply for a permit to erect a display or hold an assemblage on Town owned parks. Section 1. Definitions. Section 2. Permits Required. Section 3. Rules and Regulations. Section 4. Application Procedure. Section 5. Official Action on Permit. Section 6. Appeal Procedure. Section 7. Enforcement. Section 8. Severability. Section 9. Effective Date: This ordinance shall become effective 60 days after its adoption by the Town of Bristol Selectboard, or at such time following the expiration of the 60 days from the date of its adoption as determined by the Town of Bristol Selectboard per 24 V.S.A. § 1973. If a petition is filed under 24 V.S.A. § 1973, that statute shall govern the taking effect of this ordinance. Adopted by the Town of Bristol Selectboard on April 17, 2017. Comments or questions contact Eric J Forand 453-2410 c/o Town of Bristol, Box 249 Bristol, VT 05443. The full text of this ordinance is available at www.bristolvt.org or at the Town Office, 1 South Street. Citizens’ right to petition pursuant to 24 V.S.A § 1973 for a vote on the amended ordinance: An ordinance or rule adopted by a municipality may be disapproved by a vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting on the question at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose, pursuant to a petition signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of 24 V.S.A. § 1973: “A petition for a vote on the question of disapproving an ordinance or rule shall be signed by not less than five per cent of the qualified voters of the municipality, and presented to the legislative body or the clerk of the municipality within 44 days following the date of the adoption of the ordinance or rule by the legislative body.” 5/1

NOTIFICATION OF INFORMATIONAL MEETING LARGE FARM PERMIT APPLICATION

Notice is hereby provided that Andre Vorsteveld of Blissful Dairy in the town of Bridport, Vermont has submitted an application to the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets for a Large Farm Operation Permit. Blissful Dairy is proposing the following changes at their farm, located at 1450 Middle Road, Bridport: -Increase in herd size -Construction of a Waste Storage Facility -Inclusion and use of an Additional Facility for Animal Housing -Inclusion and use of a Waste Storage Facility An informational meeting will be held by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets on Tuesday, May 9th, 2017, at 8:30am. The meeting will be held in the Community Hall in the Bridport Masonic Building located on 52 Crown Point Road in Bridport. The purpose of the public informational meeting shall be to provide an opportunity for the public to learn about the proposed project. Information related to the application as presented by the Blissful Dairy is available at the Bridport Town office 14-days prior to the public informational meeting through the close of the public comment period. The public comment period regarding the application closes five business days after the meeting date mentioned above. All comments must be submitted by close of business on May 14, 2017. Any questions or comments regarding the project or the meeting may be submitted to: Steven Cash Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Agricultural Water Quality Specialist 94 Harvest Lane Williston, VT 05495 Cell: (802) 477-3263 04/24

Midd. College hosts classical music concert series in May MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College Community Chorus takes to the stage in Brandon and Middlebury during the first weekend in May for its “Spring Awakening” concert. The program offers songs of solace and hope, alongside pieces that celebrate the wonder of starfilled nights and an awakening to new possibilities. Included are rarely heard classical music, a traditional African song, and stirring works by contemporary American composers. The concert includes two classical works that speak of hope in the midst of grief: “Elegischer Gesang (Elegaic Song)” by Ludwig van Beethoven and “Geistliches Lied (Let nothing ever grieve thee)” by Johannes Brahms. A chamber ensemble will accompany both these works, as well as play in “Across the vast, eternal sky,” a piece by Norwegian-American composer Ola Gjeilo and poet Charles Silvestri inspired by the legend of the phoenix. The traditional African song “Shosholoz” originated among migrant workers traveling between Zimbabwe and South African to work in the mines. Featured in the movie “Invictus.” Its meaning may come from a combination of both Ndebele (of Zimbabwe) and Zulu (of South Africa) words meaning to push forward, endeavor, or strive. The program also includes music written for Robert Frost’s poem “Choose something like a star” and Sara Teasdale’s poem “May Night,” along with Samuel Barber’s “Sure on this Shining Night” and Joseph Martin’s “The Awakening.” Jeff Rehbach leads the chorus, and Timothy Guiles returns to the piano as the choir’s accompanist. Performances take place at the Brandon Town Hall on Saturday evening, May 6, 7:30 p.m., and at the Robison Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts in Middlebury on Sunday afternoon, May 7, 3 p.m. In Brandon, donations at the door help support ongoing renovations and programming at the historic Brandon Town Hall; the Middlebury performance is sponsored by the College Department of Music and is free. For more information, contract Jeff Rehbach at 989-7355. Vergennes is scheduled to receive natural gas in 2017. As part of our commitment to safety, service teams will be out inspecting sewer lines in many neighborhoods this summer ahead of construction. We are excited to be a part of your community. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns you may have: www.VermontGas.com or 800-639-8081

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR BIDS

ACSD is Requesting Bids for Lawn Mowing at 6 different Schools. Contact Eric Warren at 802-382-1183 for Bid Form. ACSD reserves the right to reject any or all bids according to Vermont Statutes. 5/1, 4

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TOWN OF BRISTOL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Bristol Zoning Board of Adjustments will also hold a hearing on May 16, 2017 at the Town Offices located at 1 South Street beginning at 7:00 P.M. to consider the review of zoning permit #17-18, Town of Bristol (Parcel #22-50-61), requesting approval of a Kiosk with message board, Bristol Zoning By-laws and Regulations Article VII, Sec. 740. Copies of the complete zoning applications are available for review at the Bristol Town Office during regular business hours. 5/1

ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PAPER AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES 2017 – 2018 SCHOOL YEAR The Addison Central School District is accepting bids for the supply of paper and other educational/office supplies for the 2017-2018 School Year. Bid Form and detailed bid specifications are available at the District’s Office. Call: Bill Waller at 802-382-1293 or Josh Quinn at 802-382-1280. Bids must be received no later than 2pm on May 16, 2017. The Addison Central School District Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids in accordance with Vermont Statutes. 5/1, 4

TOWN OF ORWELL HEARING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

The Orwell Development Review Board will meet on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 7:30 pm at the Town Clerk’s Office to conduct the following business: • Permit # 4-18-17: Alan & Bonnie Wilson for a waiver for relief from setback for construction of a garage located at 11 Mutton Square Rd. Information pertaining to this matter may be viewed M, T, Th, 9:3012:00 and 1:00-3:00 and Fri. 9:30-12:00 and 1:00-6:00 at the Town Clerk’s Office Ray Papandrea, Chair Orwell Development Review Board 5/1

ADDISON NORTHEAST SUPERVISORY UNION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Addison Northeast Supervisory Union is requesting proposals from vendors wishing to provide contracted instructional services for special education for the 2017-2018 school year. This annual procedure is instituted for the purposes of complying with federal guidelines for the use of grant funds often applied to services. Contract proposals are sought for the following services: -Occupational Therapy -Physical Therapy -Psychological Services -Transportation Services -Communication services -IEP/Medicaid Case Management Systems Sealed proposals must be mailed or delivered to Susan Bruhl, Director of Student Support Services, ANESU, 72 Munsil Ave, Bristol, VT 05443 no later than 4PM, 5/15/17. Copies of the RFP may be obtained on our website at www.anesu.org and at the Office of the Superintendent at the above address between 8AM and 4PM, M-F before 5/15. Period of Contract: 7/1/17 – 6/30/18

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Town of Middlebury (Owner) 77 Main St., Middlebury, VT 05753

Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of: Halpin Road Culvert Replacement Project will be received by The Town of Middlebury, Public Works Dept at: 77 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 until 1:00 pm (prevailing local time) on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, if mailing, or to the Public Works Department at 1020 South Route 7, if hand delivering, and then at Middlebury Public Works Dept. publicly opened and read aloud. Each BID must be accompanied by a certified check payable to the OWNER for five percent (5%) of the total amount of the BID. A BID bond may be used in lieu of a certified check. The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations: Green Mountain Engineering, Inc., 1438 South Brownell Road, Williston, VT 05495 Town of Middlebury, Public Works Offices, 1020 South Rt. 7, Middlebury, VT 05753 Works in Progress, 20 Farrell Street, Suite 103, South Burlington, VT 05403 Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of Green Mountain Engineering, Inc., located at 1438 South Brownell Road, Williston, VT 05495 upon payment of $120.00 for each set. A Performance BOND and a Payment BOND each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, will be required. Federal minimum wage rates and public work employment laws are applicable. Any BIDDER, upon returning the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS within 30 days after the actual date of BID opening and in good condition, will be refunded the payment, and any non-bidder upon so returning the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS will be refunded $60.00. A pre-bid conference for prospective bidders will be held at the Middlebury Public Works Department, located at 1020 S. Route 7 in Middlebury, at 9:00 a.m. on May 8, 2017. Representatives of Green Mountain Engineering and the Town of Middlebury will be present to answer questions from bidders and discuss participation requirements. April 20, 2017 Ms. Kathleen Ramsay, Town Manager

Auctions ATTENTION FARMERS!!

Annual Spring Machinery Consignment Sale Saturday, May 6th – 10 am SHARP Addison County Commission Sales barns • Rt. 125, East Middlebury

DON’T MISS THIS ANNUAL SPRING MACHINERY AND GARDEN AUCTION – SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!! TRACTORS, HAY EQUIPMENT, HAY EQUIPMENT AND WAGONS, PLOWS, RAKES, LAWNMOWERS, AND MORE!! FARM AND GARDEN ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION!

**ACCEPTING QUALITY CONSIGNMENTS NOW** ADDISON COUNTY’S PREMIER ANNUAL SPRING EVENT CALL NOW FOR INFORMATION SALE MANAGED: ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES T.G. WISNOWSKI & SONS

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TOWN OF FERRISBURGH, VERMONT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLANNING COMMISSION

802-388-2661 OR 802-989-1507 WWW.ACCSCATTLE.COM

A public hearing before the Planning Commission of the Town of Ferrisburgh will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on May 17, 2017 to consider the following applications: 7:00 PM Opening / Minutes of April 19, 2017 7:05 PM David Shlansky, recessed from April 19, 2017 7:15 PM An application, #17-041, submitted by Judith E. Giusto, for a Sketch Plan/Boundary Adjustment. Property ID # 10.01.15. RA5 Zoning District. 7:25 PM Plat approval for two lot subdivision of Mark Dwire and Gina Hutchins of 11.14 acre parcel on Fuller Mountain Road. The application was originally warned as application #16/100PC-1 and approved on April 20, 2016.This hearing is to correct a procedural deficiency. 7:35 PM Other business The above applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. Person wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by an agent or an attorney. PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local proceeding as a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Communication about the above applications may be filed in writing with the Board or at such hearing. 5/1

NOTICE TOWN OF CORNWALL LAWN MOWING BIDS

The Town of Cornwall is accepting bids for all town lawn mowing, which includes; 3 cemeteries, the town green, DAR building, land adjacent to the town hall and the athletic field on Peet Road. Bids will be opened at the Selectboard Meeting on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. For further information, please contact Sue Johnson, Town Clerk at 462-2775. 4/27, 5/1, 5/4

AUCTIONEER: JOHN NOP

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TOWN OF SALISBURY INVITATION TO BID

The Town of Salisbury is accepting bids for the mowing of the Village Cemetery (including both sides of the new fence), Holman Cemetery, West Salisbury Cemetery (including sumac control on stone wall at back of new section) and the Town Hall for 2017. Bidders should bid on each parcel separately. Bids must be submitted by May 15, 2017 to Select Board, PO Box 66, Salisbury, VT 05769. 4/27 1

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Environmental study (Continued from Page 1) an Environmental Assessment. But (FHWA) will use the document a group of local property owners and accompanying comments to successfully lobbied for the review. determine whether to allow the rail Bruce Hiland, a member of that bridges project to begin on time group, also asked for more time to next spring, or whether construction read the report before making public should again be delayed and submitted comments. to a more rigorous Here is a brief environmental breakdown of major Downtown evaluation. project impacts Along with building Middlebury discussed in the report a tunnel, the project stakeholders will and some of the ways calls for improving have a chance state and federal track alignment and officials propose to to comment on correcting longaddress them: standing drainage those proposed • Wetlands. deficiencies in the rail mitigation steps — Officials promised corridor, which will and offer some of intensive monitoring require lowering the their own — at a of affected wetlands vertical profile of the meeting to be held during construction, track over a distance promised “minimal” of 3,550 linear feet, Thursday, May clearing of woody from the Otter Creek 11, at 7 p.m. at the v e g e t a t i o n , Truss Bridge at the Town Hall Theater. restoration of all southern end of the areas of temporary project to the Elm Street overpass at disturbance in wetland buffers and the northern end. the replanting of woody vegetation The Addison Independent solicited “where feasible and appropriate.” comment from Brian Carpenter and • Surface water. During Susan Shashok, chair and vice chair, construction, an environmental respectively, of the Middlebury manager will monitor the discharge selectboard. Both town officials water for contaminants such as said they would withhold comment arsenic and lead, and the adjacent on the report until they had time to Otter Creek will be monitored for digest it. turbidity. Surface water quality “will By any measure, it’s a big meal. be protected by the management The Environmental Assessment of storm water runoff using examines the deterioration of infrastructure designed for the the two 1920s bridges; the more operational phase of the Project.” than two-decade planning of Officials also promised an their replacement; the myriad “emergency response plan” will construction alternatives and what be developed and implemented in led to the selection of the “tunnel” coordination with the Middlebury concept; and how almost four years Fire Department to manage any spills of related construction is expected to of oil or hazardous material that may affect the residents, wildlife, historic occur “within close proximity to the buildings, Otter Creek and traffic in storm water system.” downtown Middlebury. “In the event of a spill along the Federal authorities had originally railroad tracks, to the degree that granted the Middlebury rail bridges spilled materials were not collected, project a “categorical exclusion” this material could flow to the that exempted it from the rigors of Otter Creek, as is currently the

case, the report states. “However… this potential occurrence would be managed through emergency response plans and actions to be developed and implemented by VTrans and Vermont Rail in coordination with the Middlebury Fire Department.” • Hazardous materials. Soil and other contaminated materials to be disturbed as a result of construction “will be properly handled and/or disposed of” in accordance with state and federal laws, according to the report. An environmental manager will be on-site for “construction observation” during all days when contaminated materials are being handled or disturbed. • Air quality. The contractor will be responsible for preventing dust and debris from leaving the site or entering the surrounding community during construction. Excavation of potentially contaminated soils will be overseen by a qualified environmental manger. “Dust generated from earthwork and other construction activities like stockpiled soils will be controlled by spraying with water to mitigate wind erosion on open soil areas,” the study states. • Noise. Heavy construction vehicles will have their back-up alarms with strobes. Officials also pledged to forewarn downtown residents and merchants about when the most obtrusive noise would occur. • Social and economic considerations. Officials acknowledged the project would create upheaval for commerce and travel in the downtown — particularly during a 10-week period in 2020 during which Vermont Rail train traffic will be detoured to allow for aggressive construction at the two bridge sites. Proposed mitigation during this upheaval will include “way

finding” signs to businesses; shuttle bus service to and from alternative parking locations; and a public information campaign done in concert with a citizens group called Neighbors Together. The group — made up of town officials, business owners, and community leaders — is developing strategies to promote the downtown and to support local businesses and institutions during construction. The report also alludes to the possibility of Middlebury extending financial help to affected businesses through a revolving loan fund. • Wildlife. At least 72 resident and migratory bird species and eight “terrestrial mammal species” can be found in the project area, according to the report. “The loss of bridge habitat represents a permanent, but

not a detrimental loss of habitat, as avian and terrestrial wildlife species observed to be frequenting the bridge locations (e.g., rock pigeons) can readily occupy alternative habitats,” the report states. Also confirmed in the report is the presence of some rare and/ or endangered bats in the project area, including the Indiana bat. But the report states the project “is unlikely to adversely affect the Indiana and northern long-eared bats because they will have already been dislodged by installation of the temporary bridges, and there are alternative places for them to roost nearby. A complete copy of the Environmental Assessment report can be found at vtrans.vermont.gov/ projects/middlebury.