Monday, June 26, 2017

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 29 No. 11

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, June 26, 2017

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32 Pages

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Advocates brainstorm solutions for housing

Music & Fireworks!

• The annual Sheldon Museum Pops Concert on Thursday will end with a bang. See Page 7.

Affordable homes still elusive for many

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Filling Addison County’s affordable housing void will require a lot more public and private investment, better tenant-landlord relationships and some new, creative initiatives — such as the “HomeShare” program that matches people in need of shelter with seniors needing help with household chores.

That was the major takeaway from last week’s “Summit on the Status of Housing in Addison County,” an event that drew around 30 state and local affordable housing advocates to the Vermont Coffee Co. Playhouse in Middlebury.

Officials representing non-profit organizations like the Addison County Community Trust (ACCT), (See Housing, Page 16)

Tour highlights local food, farms • ACORN’s Tour de Farms is coming up, and it’s earlier this year than in the past. Page 17.

Middlebury officials eyeing $1.15M Creek Road rebuild

Tiger senior ace tops on diamond • We unveil the 2017 Independent High School Softball All-Star Team in Sports. See Pages 18-20.

Got a winner

CHRISTOPHER BALFE, 2, of Bridport hands a ripe strawberry off to his mom, Amanda Bowen, after picking it at Douglas Orchards in Shoreham last Thursday morning.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The town of Middlebury should work to reopen flood-damaged Creek Road as soon as possible, and then phase in a series of more than $1 million in upgrades to the road, which has been closed to through-traffic for the past two years.

That’s the course the Middlebury Infrastructure Committee on June 22 voted unanimously to ask the selectboard to pursue.

The recommendation followed the (See Creek Rd., Page 21)

ACSD teachers ratify two-year pact But a financial penalty looms

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District (ACSD) board and local teachers have ratified a new, two-year labor agreement that includes a 3-percent annual increase in new

money for salaries, extends the length of the school day, and requires educators to take on a greater share of their health insurance premiums.

But some ACSD negotiators are now wishing they had waited a little longer before finalizing the new pact.

That’s because only hours after both sides

had ratified the deal, the state Legislature last Wednesday approved a new health care compensation benchmark for public school employees that is less generous than the one ACSD teachers will receive during the next two years. As a result, ACSD will be penalized a (See Contract, Page 13)

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Ferrisburgh will seek to settle tree-cutting case Farmer: Finished project could answer concerns

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — After a June 20 closed-door meeting with the Ferrisburgh selectboard, town attorney Jim Carroll told about 20 residents that he would be working to reach a settlement with the Vorsteveld Farm for cutting down about 1,900 trees and shrubs in the town right of way this spring along a three-quartermile stretch of Arnold Bay Road.

But Carroll added that a court case remains possible based on the statute that requires landowners to obtain permission before cutting trees in town rights of way.

Meanwhile, the owners of the Vorsteveld Farm say they hope the appearance of the finished project will go a long way toward answering the concerns of town officials and their neighbors.

Carroll on June 20 told the crowd at the town office building, including two Vorsteveld Farm representatives, that he could talk only in general terms about his legal approach to a possible resolution that he hoped would be “fair and equitable” for all parties.

“I cannot be specific about plans I want to put in place,” Carroll said at what was a special selectboard meeting devoted to an issue that has sparked debate and upset neighbors of the farm.

In an interview the next day, Ferrisburgh selectboard Chairwoman Loretta Lawrence echoed the board’s attorney about an issue that Ferrisburgh’s tree warden has said exposes the Vorsteveld Farm to up to about $1 million in fines.

“The board’s goal is to reach an agreement that works for everyone,

where everyone is satisfied,” Lawrence said. “We’d rather settle it out of court. I think Jim pretty much said it.”

PROJECT DETAILS In an interview with the Independent on June 21, Vorsteveld Farm co-owner Hans Vorsteveld said he hoped that completion of the farm’s plans for that section of Arnold Bay Road, all on its east side and running north of the Panton town line, would satisfy the town and the farm’s neighbors.

THE VORSTEVELD FARM removed trees and shrubs from along Arnold Bay Road in Ferrisburgh and work“I think there is a pretty good pos- ers are now cleaning up stumps, rocks and debris from along the roadside. Ferrisburgh officials and neighsibility we can do that,” Vorsteveld bors are upset the farmers did not get permission to remove trees and saplings from the town right of way without first seeking permission, as required by state law. The town attorney is trying to settle the issue. said.

Independent photo/Andy Kirkaldy Work to finish the project is well under way. Vorsteveld acknowl- plan to install in the fields along the could ignore all the ugliness and see Vermont law that bans landowners edged the initial cut left by the road. That drainage system, per- what it would look like when it was from cutting trees in town right-ofworkers the farm hired left a mess forated pipe three-and-a-half-feet all done. It will actually look pretty ways without permission.

The statute calls for a fine of up to of roughly four-foot stumps, he said deep, will keep dry the roots of the nice.” because fencing embedded among corn and hay they intend to plant.

Vorsteveld also said he believed $500 per tree for “any person who the trees and shrubs along the road “Our plan is to put in tile drain- removal of the trees and shrubs willfully critically injures or cuts prevented a lower cut. The age. Before you put in along the road would actually help down a public shade tree without spring’s poor weather also tile drainage, you’ve got the town highway department main- written permission of a tree warden slowed the project, but he “We’re just to clean your fields up,” tain the dirt road by keeping it drier or legislative body of the municisaid it is progressing bet- farming Vorsteveld said. “This is a in the spring and providing space for pality.” Given the number of trees and saplings felled along Arnold ter now. long-term investment.” snow removal in the winter.

“They’ve got most and trying Vorsteveld hopes when “It’s going to be an asset to the Bay Road, Mix arrived at a potential $1,088,000 fine. of the stumps out, and to make a area residents — few, if town as well,” he said.

Mix concluded in his letter that the they’ve been cleaning up living.” any, of whom have direct But Ferrisburgh Road Foreman Vorsteveld Farm should be fined and the rocks,” Vorsteveld views from their homes of John Bull did not agree with that — Hans said. “It’s just a matter of Vorsteveld the land in question — see point of view. If anything, Bull said, required to fix the damage.

“I recommend a monetary penthey’ve got to clean up a the final result they might it was possible the Arnold Bay Road lot of wood, and they’ve be happier. could now be subject to snowdrifts alty as well as full rehabilitation of got to get the right day to burn it, “There was a lot of scrub, a lot of in the winter, while his department the area affected. Full rehabilitation when the wind is in the right direc- sumac. There was a lot of ugly stuff has never had problems “taking care shall include stumping and cleanup/ removal of all stumps and woody tion when they can burn it and it’s in there. It was just an overgrown of it.” debris and the installation of an apnot going to smoke anybody out.” hedgerow without a lot of good LEGAL ISSUES The Vorstevelds’ end goal is to things in it. Yes, there were a few Still, the question of the legality propriate species to establish an clear the debris, leave a number of nice things in there, but we also left of the clear-cutting remains. Ferris- aesthetic hedgerow occupying the the nicer trees standing, and dig a a couple of nice things,” Vorsteveld burgh tree warden Clifton Mix rec- entire affected area, approximately ditch along the road as part of an said. “We left a few big trees along ommended in a May 16 letter to the 0.75 miles,” he wrote.

Last week, Carroll told residents underground drainage system they the road. We had a vision that you selectboard a penalty based on the that law and related statutes have not been tested in court, adding that the statutes “are not black and white” and “have gray about them.”

Asked by resident Katia La Manna where those gray areas are, Carroll answered, “I’m going to keep my powder dry. It’s a statute that has not had a lot of use … in litigation.”

Resident Mark Berger said he We are so pleased with our electric solar panels that we want would like to see Ferrisburgh estabto tell everyone about our great experience! The wonderful team lish a precedent. at Bristol Electronics installed the ground-mount array last fall. We had “It is our obligation to do whatevthem put in our solar hot water system several years prior and had er we need to do to erase that legal established a good working relationship with them. We already knew ambiguity,” Berger said. them to be reliable and quick to fix any problems that arose.

Carroll said his description of gray We enjoy the idea of being a part of protecting the environment so areas should not be taken to mean he when it came time to deciding on what type of solar panels to install for is not confident in the town’s position. electricity, we contacted Bristol Electronics first, while also considering “I don’t want you to walk away other companies and products as well. There’s a big world out there with with some notion that I’m not optia variety of choices and it was hard to know whose product was actually mistic,” he said. best for our needs. Finally in the end, we decided on choosing Bristol Electronics because of their reliability, best Vorsteveld said he and his family price, the best installment time frame and most efficient system using micro-inverters instead of the conventional co-owners believed they owned the less expensive string inverters. land, which they bought three years The team provided very professional and pleasant service all the way from the planning stages to final clean-up. ago, and were simply making imWhen we finally made the decision to “break ground”, they were exceptionally fast, professional and easy to work provements to better farm it. with. From start to finish, we were making electricity in about 2 weeks. Indeed, our yard looks better now than “We just want to use all the land before they started! In the end, we are saving a lot of money on both our solar hot water and solar electric systems. that we bought,” he said.

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County to benefit from beefed-up ‘Farm to School’ law

By GAEN MURPHREE ADDISON COUNTY — Legislation signed by Gov. Phil Scott is intended to strengthen and expand the state’s Farm to School efforts, and it should have a sizable impact locally.

“Addison County’s the largest agricultural producer in the state, so you know there’ll be an impact,” said ACORN Executive Committee Member Annie Harlow. “It will benefit us economically, nutritionally and educationally.”

Farm to School programs, in Vermont and nationwide, focus on linking local farms and local schools in the cafeteria and in the classroom.

The goals are to get more local food on kids’ lunch trays and help kids learn about food, farms and nutrition.

Farm to School also has the goal of strengthening local communities — something that can also be measured in dollars and cents. A recent study from the University of Vermont’s Center for Rural Studies found that every dollar Vermont schools spend on local food adds an additional 60 cents to the local economy. According to the study, Vermont schools spend about 5.6 percent of their total food budgets on local food, around $915,000 annually.

In Addison County, ACORN (Addison County Relocalization Network) found that last year Addison County schools spent roughly $75,534 on local food. It’s important to point out, however, that this tally is

incomplete. ACORN was only able to collect Addison Central School District data from Mary Hogan Elementary School, Middlebury Union Middle School and Middlebury Union High School.

According to ACORN’s data: • Schools in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union (now the Mount Abraham Unified School District) spent $41,618 on local food.

• Schools in the Addison Northwest School District spent $14,367 on local food.

• Within ACSD, Mary Hogan, MUMS and MUHS together spent $17,549 on local food.

The new bill expands on legislation first passed in 2006, establishing the Rozo McLaughlin Farm to School grants program within the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets. The original legislation provided grants for equipment, training and materials to help expand use of local foods in school cafeterias. It also provided funding for local farm products, technical assistance and professional development to help teachers spotlight food, nutrition and farm-to-school connections in the classroom. In recent years, the program added milk cooler sponsorships, through the state’s Dairy Promotion Board. Since inception, individual grants have been limited to $15,000.

Over the 10 years the program has been in place, said Addison County Sen. Chris Bray, he’s seen a shift in-

side school kitchens and inside classrooms. Bray observed that when the Rozo McLaughlin program first went into effect 10 years ago, many school kitchens were equipped to reheat food but not to prepare it. Many no longer had knives or cooking ranges.

“Now people are really cooking again,” said Bray.

Bray also praised the public health benefits of the Farm to School movement, noting that eating fresh local food makes for healthier eating habits and helps combat such societal problems as childhood obesity.

Among its accomplishments, the newly signed S.33 expands the state’s Farm to School program beyond just grants. It establishes the goal that by 2025 50 percent of Vermont school food will be purchased “from local or regional food sources.” It also sets the goal to engage 75 percent of Vermont schools in “an integrated food system education program that incorporates community-based learning.”

While 83 percent of Vermont schools already report participating in farm-to-school activities, the 75 percent goal, said AAFM Farm to School manager Ali Zipparo, means a shift from having some Farm to School activities to having an overall “Farm to School culture.”

Additionally, the bill: • Expands grant and program eligibility to “registered or licensed child care providers.” So now nursery schools, preschools and other

building Vermont’s Farm to School efforts results from long-term collaboration between multiple stakeholders, starting at the grass roots level.

“We are thrilled that the governor signed this, we really are, because it substantiates all the work that’s been done over the years,” said Harlow. “It means that ‘local food’ is no longer a fringe thing.”

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Ferrisburgh (Continued from Page 2) body what is the right of the landowner and what is the right of town when they’ve got the right of way,” Vorsteveld said. “So when you buy the land my understanding is you own up to the middle of the road and you pay town tax up to the middle of the road. The town just has the right of way to go across the land to put the road in and to maintain it.”

early care providers can access state funds to build or expand Farm to School programs.

• Tasks the Secretary of Agriculture to work with distributors to increase local food availability.

The law goes into effect July 1.

In conversation with the Independent, Bray, Zipparo and Harlow all emphasized the many ways in which

Vorsteveld also said he and his farm co-owners wished neighbors had brought their concerns directly to them initially, and said some who have spoken to them since “seemed a lot more at ease” after doing so.

His family remains “open to discussion,” with neighbors, Vorsteveld said, and he was planning to sit down at a Vergennes eatery with one neighbor to talk things over.

“We’re just farming and trying to make a living,” he said. “We didn’t even know there were issues until we got this certified mail in our mailbox that we had to cease and desist all activities on Arnold Bay Road. So I went and talked to some of the neighbors down there and I had no idea they were so upset. So I said, ‘Why don’t you guys come talk to us?’”

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Guest editorial Trump and The Duke of Earl Editor’s note: A few weeks ago, famed author and radio personality Garrison Keillor penned a column that speaks to the essence of who President Trump is in a way that appeals to both the right and left. In light of the GOP’s push to dismantle ObamaCare, and Trump’s hands-off, no-nothing approach, it fits today as well.

By Garrison Keillor No sensuous pleasure can compare to the thrill of righteousness, and when the poor schlump stood in the Rose Garden and read his speech about America victimized by the crafty Europeans and the treacherous Chinese who designed the Paris accords, he could not have imagined the uproar he would cause. Moments later, everybody to the left of Jabba the Hutt was shaking their fists as if he had stuck his hand up under the Statue of Liberty’s gown. Birds shrieked from the trees, small dogs growled, even heinous criminals looked upon him with loathing.

People love the chance to get all apocalyptic: The right wing has enjoyed this for years and now it was everyone else’s turn. The polar icecap melting, the incidence of depression among chickadees rising, tooth decay in chickens, acorns falling, the planet turning to toast. Prophets of doom wherever you looked.

I am from Minnesota so I know about righteousness and I am a little tired of it. In Minneapolis, if you used the word “dark” to mean pessimistic or gloomy, you may be required to go through sensitivity training. Same for “left-handed compliment,” which is derogatory to the state’s half-million southpaws. Or if you offend Native peoples by referring to toilet paper as “t.p.”

Even though the scientists are right about climate change, the sanctimony is awfully heavy. It’s like the people who told me the mortality statistics for heavy smokers back when I was doing four packs a day. They took satisfaction from my imminent demise and to demonstrate my immortality I upped my intake and switched to unfiltered Camels. The Paris accords were a bunch of drunks agreeing to go on the wagon, and what the guy at the podium did was to invest in a chain of distilleries. So what?

The man is only trying to please the folks who voted for him. They want him to walk into church and moon the clergy. They’ve always wanted to do it themselves but didn’t dare offend their devout neighbors. So they went along, saying the appropriate things about Community and Cooperation and Tolerance and the Value of Education, which made them miserable because they didn’t believe in any of that stuff. They believed in Family Loyalty and outsiders can go the hell. Be a winner. Race to the buffet table and pick all the beef out of the stew and let the others have the celery and onions.

It’s a selfish worldview, but so what? Sew buttons on your underwear.

They never had a champion until this guy came along and spoke for them loud and clear, and they eked out a narrow win in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and now they’re making the most of it. That’s how it works. And every week or so, their guy walks up to the altar and drops his trousers.

The guy is trying to save the coal industry. We each have our causes. I am fighting for the typewriter industry and for the revival of rotary telephones.

That doesn’t make me a bad person. I think the 1951 Studebaker was the most beautiful car in the 20th Century. With a few billion dollars in federal subsidies and a ban on foreign imports, we can bring the Studebaker back.

This will be a great boon to South Bend, Indiana.

The truth is, the man has a lousy job. He is penned up in the White House with a bunch of gossipy underlings and he is expected to make big decisions about matters he doesn’t know or care about and he is expected to make nice with world leaders who would disdain him, like the Frenchman who gave him a bone-crushing handshake.

And he did the speech and was reamed by the media and academicians and loser Democrats, that whole high-fiber crowd, and you know what? He does not care. He is 70 and no scientist in the world says the sky is going to fall in the next 20 or 25 years so what exactly is the problem? Like his followers, he has no beliefs, only urges.

Look at the expression of chill hauteur on the man’s face as he shoves his way through the NATO heads of state to stand in front. It’s all there. That’s him. The Duke of Earl. When you know nothing, nothing can stop you.

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Letters to the Editor Higher bridge clearance threatening Middlebury shops I appreciate all the letters in this paper that have questioned the current state plan for replacing the railroad bridges in downtown Middlebury. Many important questions, concerns and alternatives have been raised or proposed.

The need to replace these bridges is clear, but it is not clear to me that we need to increase the clearance to possibly accommodate double-decker trains in the future. To say that we need to plan for the next 100 years while not knowing if circumstances will even make double-decker trains necessary or

desirable seems foolish, given the far higher costs for this option and major economic damage to Middlebury businesses the far longer project will cause.

I fear the disruptions and parking problems will cause many businesses already operating on tight margins to fail. Just yesterday while shopping downtown I heard more than one person grumbling about how difficult it was to find parking while much of downtown is torn up for the work on the temporary bridges. Will locals and people from out of town be willing to shop

or obtain services downtown during major construction over many years?

I still have so many questions that I don’t think have been adequately answered. Why should the state be prioritizing the interests of the railroad over our local businesses and our vibrant downtown? How can we predict what future cargo needs will be? Will as much fuel need to be transported by train in the future, given the state’s plan to derive more of our energy from local and renewable sources? How (See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, June 26, 2017 — PAGE 5

Bicyclists allowed to use sidewalks

Letters to the Editor

We recognize that some bicyclists feel safest using sidewalks.

Sidewalks can be the safest choice when there is fast moving and high volume traffic, like Route 7, no or little shoulder, where shoulders are Erica Godin, Jay Harrington, Mark damaged or contain debris or obNelson, and Justin Sequin. stacles or merge into a turning lane, We apologize for getting into a situation where such help was need- like Middle Road.

We teach students to use care ed. We encourage hikers to visit on sidewalks because it is actual“hikeSafe” online, as suggested ly harder for motorists to see and online by the Vermont State Police. anticipate them when turning into We wish we had followed all these driveways and parking lots, like rules.

Kinney’s or the gas stations, than We can’t say enough to thank if they’re on roads. We also teach the many very competent persons when and how to claim a road lane who were there to help. Vermont to make a left turn, enter a rotary, hikers are fortunate to have such an or avoid being “doored” — having outstanding system, under the direcsomeone open their car door into tion of the Vermont State Police, for traffic — or choose to dismount search and rescue of persons lost in their bikes and become pedestrians. the woods. We wish the personnel The “sharrow” stencils on Main from all these agencies the very Street — arrows with the bike best always. symbol printed in the middle of the Louise Tilford Cunha road — indicate that bikes can and Stuart, FL should claim the road since there Charles Tilford is no shoulder.

Roads are much Castro Valley, CA smoother than sidewalks and preferred by confident bicyclists.

Please know that very young children using scoot bikes or kick scooters are never restricted from using any Middlebury sidewalks. All others on bikes are only restricted during the business hours of 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and only on Main Street between Printer’s the state be ready to bail out any Alley and Park Street and Merchants businesses that may end up failing Row between Main Street and South as a result of the more complicated multi-year plan? I hope I am wrong, Pleasant Street. Children and their older escorts can use any sidewalks but wishful thinking isn’t a responto get to school. Bicyclists who feel sible answer.

Brenda Ellis vulnerable at night can use any sideMiddlebury walks to get about.

Local officials thanked for rescuing people from woods We want to thank the Vermont State Police, the National Forest Service, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, the Ripton Fire Department, and 911 for helping us get safely out of the woods when we were lost near Dragon Brook Road in Middlebury near Ripton on June 12. Now seniors, we grew up in East Middlebury and were hiking in a place familiar to us as children. Louise had hiked the route five years ago, but the trail is now overgrown in parts.

Ten State Police officers, including a canine unit, were involved in our rescue. We particularly thank Lieutenant Matt Nally, Search and Rescue Team Commander; Officer Szarejko, who assisted Lieutenant Nally in guiding us by phone through the woods toward the police sirens; Officer Adrienne Pickin, who assured our relatives they had heard from us and we were

okay; and officer Phelps, who gave us a ride after we walked out of the woods just before dark, only three hours after our 911 call.

We thank the other officers who were involved in telephone planning or searching for us; Officers Busby, Favreau, Gydus, Helm, LeBlanc, and Sheridan. Troopers were from the Middlesex, Westminster, and New Haven Divisions.

We thank the members of the National Forest Service who helped; Officer Rob Gydus, who searched for us, and Captain Mike Klingensmith, who did telephone planning. We thank Warden Wes Butler of the Fish and Wildlife Department. We thank the staff members of 911. We thank the two members of the Ripton Fire Department who greeted us when we came out of the woods and checked our health.

Ripton Fire Department firefighters who helped were Ted Dunakin,

Letter (Continued from Page 4) safe and economical will double decker trains actually be? Will future developments in train design favor a different solution?

I have not seen any analysis that shows whether the increased costs to the state, local businesses and taxpayers would be recouped from the railroad over time — if there is such evidence it needs to be shared more widely. Or will this end up being a major taxpayer subsidy that could be avoided or spent on more pressing issues or other ways to

support economic development?

I hope the town will continue weighing all the concerns and oppose the current plan instead of acquiescing. I hope our state officials will take a more realistic look at all of the impacts and follow a more sensible solution. If not, will

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The new “walk bikes on sidewalks” stencils you see on Main Street between Printer’s Alley and Park Street and Merchant’s Row between South Pleasant and Main Street indicate the greatly condensed zone in which bicyclists are restricted. The town was deliberate in minimizing the geography and time of the restricted zone to the most dense retail area and only business hours in response to retailers and pedestrians who were being clipped by bicyclists on sidewalks — usually adults, sometimes college students. We adopted the same stencil design used in downtown Burlington to indicate the restricted dense merchant zone for continuity.

The old “bike tire wheel” stencils outside of this zone protested by the bike community as unnecessarily restrictive will be removed. You can disregard them. Their removal has been a challenge because they don’t pressure wash off and have required scraping the sidewalk. This work has needed to be considered with other assignments taken up by our Public Works staff, including water pipe repairs and the rail bridge construction project. We’re getting there, and appreciate your patience and understand the confusing message of the old stencils.

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Obituaries

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Loren ‘Joe’ Andrews, 97, Hancock HANCOCK — Loren R. “Joe” Andrews, 97, died peacefully at his home in Hancock with his granddaughter at his side on Wednesday, June 21, 2017.

He was born February 19, 1920, in Hancock, the son of Charles “Fred” and Lura (Howe) Andrews.

Joe attended Hancock and Rochester schools. Following his education he went to work at Weyerhaeuser in Hancock, a job he had for over 40 years until retiring in 1986.

He was married to Wanda Mae “Nan” Smith May 16, 1942 in Rochester.

He enjoyed playing guitar with his long-time friend Joe Steventon in the “2 Joe’s Band” as well as with many other local musicians.

He was featured, along with Danny McIntyre, in “A Vermont Century,” published by the Rutland Herald. Joe also enjoyed metal detecting, painting houses and spending time with his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren fishing and bike riding. He looked forward to playing guitar with his great-greatgrandson Anthony Andrews of Los Angeles.

He is survived by a son, Richard Andrews and wife Jane of Hancock; 7 grandchildren: Denise Hayes, Jeff Andrews, Reggie Andrews Jr., Deborah Congdon, Tara Lewis, Erica Andrews and Erin Collier; 12 greatgrandchildren and 2 great-greatgrandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Wanda Andrews, in 2013;

LOREN R. “JOE” ANDREWS 2 sons, Roy Andrews and Reginald Andrews Sr.; 3 brothers; 4 sisters; and a grandson, Raul Edwards.

Graveside memorial services will be held at 12:00 P.M., Saturday, August 5, in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Rochester. There are no calling hours.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Quinn Town Senior Center, 1097 VT Route 100, Hancock, VT 05748.

Online condolences may be left at www.dayfunerals.com.

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Jon Kennett, 64, Addison ADDISON — Jon B. Kennett passed away on June 21, 2017, at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury after short, but hardfought battle with cancer.

He was born on November 14, 1952, in Concord, N.H., the fourth son of Charles and Helen (Scholz) Kennett. Jon was a quiet, goodspirited guy. He was a lifelong farmer and especially enjoyed working in the field. After retiring from the farm, he was employed at Champlain Valley Equipment, where he worked in receiving and shipping. Jon always looked forward to going to work at “Champlain,” as well as all of the people that worked there.

He enjoyed assisting his son Jack in his new farming endeavors.

Jon still loved driving trucks, tractors and other farm equipment and had quite an impressive toy tractor collection. He was very proud of both of his boys and all of their accomplishments.

He is survived by his sons Jack G. Kennett of Addison, Vt., and Jon

D. Kennett “Dusty” of Dickinson, N.D.; his brothers, Walter Kennett and his wife Cynthia of Pottsville, Pa., Chuck Kennett and his wife Kathy of Panton, Vt., Bob Kennett and his wife Beth of Rochester, Vt.; and his sister, Janice Baker and her husband Bill of Bristol, Vt., as well as many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank Addison County Home Health and Hospice, Porter Medical Center and its “ARCH” Room, as well as UVM Medical Center for all of their good care and help during this difficult time.

A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 6th at Grandview Cemetery in Addison.

All are invited after the service for refreshments and fellowship at the Addison Baptist Church. There will be no public calling hours. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Addison County Home Health & Hospice, PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753. To send online condolences to his family please visit brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com.◊

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Phyllis Reed, 58, Brandon BRANDON — Phyllis Cioffi Reed, 58, died peacefully on June 21, 2017, at her home in Brandon, surrounded by her loving husband and family. She was born in Rutland, March 10, 1958. The daughter of Alfonso (Funzie) Cioffi and Phyllis (Chase) Cioffi.

Phyllis attended Christ the King School and graduated from M.S.J. in 1977. She then went on to get a B.S. Degree (which she was very proud of) in Accounting from College of St. Joseph.

Phyllis worked in her younger years at the Marble Bank in Rutland.

She went on to run the Snowshed Rental Shop in Killington and most recently worked at Home Depot — a job she absolutely loved because she could help, meet, and be with so many people.

Phyllis loved people and life, calling herself a “Free Bird.” She accomplished so much in her short time here. She was a world traveler to Greece, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, The Alps, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, France, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Costa Rica and across the USA.

Phyllis was very passionate about town politics and was proud to serve on the Brandon Budget Committee, Parade Committee, Development Review Board, and as a Town Auditor. Phyllis loved working in her yard with her husband and riding on the back of their Harley. She enjoyed watching Rafael Nadal play tennis and listening to her beloved Bruce Springsteen.

She is survived by her loving husband Raymond; brothers Alfonso (Funzie) Cioffi and Francis (Frank) Cioffi; sisters Darleen Cioffi Ragan (Mike), Doreen Cioffi, and Jill Thomas (Brad); her adored children, Kiera Cioffi, and Bartholomew Buteau and his wife Andrea; step-children Raymond Reed IV and Christopher Reed; step-grandchildren Kayden & Jackson Reed; many nieces, nephews and cousins and very special friend Marjorie “Nikki” Gewirz.

She was predeceased by her mother Phyllis and father Funzie.

Friends and family are invited to visit Clifford’s Funeral Home in Rutland on Monday, June 26, from 4-6 p.m. The funeral will be held

PHYLLIS CIOFFI REED Tuesday, June 27, at 10:30 a.m. at the Brandon Congregational Church. The family invites guests to celebrate Phyllis’ life by wearing purple in honor of her bright spirit.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Foley Cancer Center or Rutland Area VNA.◊

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School News Mt. Abe student wins Hildene writing award MANCHESTER — Mount Abraham eighth-grader Madison Shepard was honored in a statewide essay competition last month for her writing on climate change.

Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home in Manchester, paid tribute to 13 eighth-grade students at a celebratory luncheon there on May 21.

The event honored the winners of the 11th annual Hildene Lincoln Essay Competition.

Shepard received an honorable mention, becoming the third student from Mount Abe to be so honored over the course of the five years the Bristol school has competed. This is no small feat given the number of students who compete annually.

Officials said 153 essays from Vermont eighth-graders statewide were submitted, answering the following question in 500 words or less: “Climate change is one of the defining issues of our time, requiring a myriad of responses. Describe one action the United States could implement to substantially curb greenhouse gas emissions, the key driver of rising global temperatures.

Identify the likely positive and negative impacts such an action would have on one or more demographics.

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Given these impacts, is this something the United States should do?

Why or why not?”

While each year’s essay competition question must be both relevant and thought provoking, it must also have at its core Lincoln values as touchstone. Thus, before responding to the 2017 prompt noted above, participating students were reminded that in Abraham Lincoln’s First Annual Message to Congress, delivered on Dec. 3, 1861, the president said, “The struggle of today, is not altogether for today — it is for a vast future also.” He, of course, was referring to the Civil War, just erupted.

Lincoln knew that every decision he made would have both positive and negative ramifications.

Shepard received her award of $250 and was personally recognized for her essay: Educating Students About Climate Change. Noting that just 2 degrees Celsius will bring untold horrors to civilization, she proposed in her essay that, “A mandatory course on climate change is the first step to real and lasting change, and should be a prerequisite for all students to graduate.” Shepard and all competition writers were vigorously applauded for their accomplishments.

School Briefs

Southern New Hampshire University, in Manchester, N.H., congratulates Stephanie Anderson of Vergennes and Kelsey Haskins of Starksboro on being named to the spring 2017 president’s list. Eligibility for the president’s list requires that a student accumulate an academic grade point average of 3.7-4.0.

Elliot Franklin of Bridport and Lois Rood of Vergennes have been named to the dean’s list at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. the spring 2017 semester. Dean’s list honors are earned by undergraduate students who carry 12 or more credit hours and achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on the 4.0 scale.

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Sheldon Pops Concert to rock the sky on June 29 MIDDLEBURY — Avoid the Fourth of July crowds and the traffic, find easy parking and enjoy music and fireworks honoring Independence Day — and you’ll help out the local museum of Vermont history while you are at it.

The family-favorite 25th Annual Henry Sheldon Museum Pops Concert and Fireworks Display will be staged this Thursday, June 29, on the spacious, manicured grounds of the Middlebury College athletic fields, nestled between and with views of the Adirondack and Green Mountains.

The concert will feature the celebrated Vermont Philharmonic led by energetic Director Lou Kosma with special vocal selections by Merritt David Janes, currently appearing in the Broadway cast of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical “School of Rock.”

Janes’ stage and singing credits also include “Phantom of the Opera,” “Catch Me if You Can,” “Shrek,” “Beauty and the Beast” and the title character in “Sweeney Todd.”

Concert grounds open for picnicking at 5:30 p.m.; concert begins at 7:30: fireworks display at sunset.

Should the weather interfere, the concert is held in the adjacent Kenyon Arena of Middlebury College’s Peterson Family Athletic Complex.

Ticket are: adult, $25; youth age 12-18, $10; children under 12, free, courtesy of donations from sponsors

FIREWORKS WILL BE shot above the Middlebury College athletic fields on Thursday evening at the conclusion of the 25th Annual Henry Sheldon Pops Concert.

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and underwriters. Tickets may be purchased at the Concert. Proceeds from the Concert benefit the Sheldon Museum in Middlebury.

Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, flashlights, bug spray and picnic dinners. A refreshment tent will offer hot dogs, drinks and sweets.

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CASTLETON — The following local students were named to the Castleton University president’s list for the spring semester of the 2016-17 academic year. To qualify for this highest academic honor, the student must maintain full-time status and a semester grade point

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BRANDON: Deborah Connors, Stephanie LaFountain, and Kelsey Scarborough.

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Hot dogs, hamburgers, pasta salad, chips and lemonade. More info contact Cecil Foster at 802-349-0807 or greenmountains1955@gmail. com Kids Middle Grade Book Club (MGBC) in Middlebury. Wednesday, June 28, 6-7 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. “The Fourteenth Goldfish” by Jennifer Holm. Vermont Book Shop bookseller Jenny Lyons leads this book group for

blankets, and flashlights. Ticket prices: Adult $25, Youth $10; children under 12 admitted free; adult tickets purchased by June 25: $20. Tickets may be purchased by calling 802-388-2117, online at henrysheldonmuseum.org or in person at the Sheldon, One Park Street in Middlebury.

Free Tae Kwon Do Class in Middlebury. Monday, June 26, 4:457:30 p.m. Middlebury Fitness, 175 Wilson Rd. Master Kellie Thomas, 5th Degree Black Belt and owner of TaeKwon Do KICKS will offer this class in this Korean martial art known for its dynamic kicking. More info contact Master Thomas at tkdkicks101@yahoo.

Pajama Storytime in Middlebury. com or 802-377-0476 Friday, June 30, 5-6 p.m., Ollie’s Strawberry festival in Vergennes.

Other Place, 13 Washington St. Free, Monday, June 26, 6-8 p.m., geared for kids age five Vergennes City Park. At the 43rd annual festival, get homemade SERVSAFE® CERTIFICATION or FOOD HANDLER and under. Wear your P.J.s for extra fun. This strawberry shortcake and beverage CERTIFICATE ‑ Employed or seeking position in Food Service, Food week, Hooray for BIRDS! for $6. The Vergennes City Band Retail, Health Care or Hospitality? Education and Training improves More info contact Jenny will provide entertainment. Proceeds benefit Champlain Valley Christian potential professional advancement. Call Norm at 802.247.0098 or Lyons at 802-382-8558 olliesotherplace.com.

School. For more info, call Wendy at info@trainingtoexcel.com Courses, Workshops, Services, Retreat or Warren Kimble recep802-373-9967.

Sessions, Register at www.trainingtoexcel.com tion in Brandon. Friday June 30, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Artists Guild, kids ages 8 to 12 who want to read fun, engag7 Center St. An opening reception for Kimble’s ing contemporary middle grade books. Parents Business & Financial Assistance latest exhibit, which will run from June 30-Aug. are welcome, but not required. Pizza is served.

Forum in Middlebury. Tuesday, June 29. More info at 802-247-4956, thebag@branCome to one or all three. Free. For more info or 27, 8:30-11:00 a.m., Middlebury Town donartistguikd.org, or BrandonArtistsGuild.org. to RSVP email jenny@vermontbookshop.com.

Offices, 77 Main St. Addison County Economic Dayve Huckett and guests in Middlebury. Susanne Peck gallery opening in Middlebury.

Development Corporation (ACEDC) is sponsorFriday, June 30, 5-7 p.m., Jackson Gallery, Town Wednesday, June 28, 6 p.m., new park, by the ing panel and one-on-one discussions with busiHall Theater. Susanne Peck spent most of her traffic circle. Part of the Middlebury Community ness and economic development professionals, professional life in the NYC area and relocated to Music Center/Better Middlebury Partnership who will explain alternative sources of funding Vermont in 2008. A classical singer, educator and Concerts in the Park series. Free. and technical assistance available to Vermont conductor, she has been drawing commissioned Writing Workshop Summer Open House in businesses. Free, but please register online at portraits for 26 years. Tickets are available at the Middlebury. Wednesday, June 28, 6-8 p.m., addisoncountyedc.org/register/1246. More inforTHT Box Office: 802-382-9222, townhalltheater.

Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main mation is at 388-7953. org, or in person Monday-Saturday noon-5 pm.

St. Member of the Middlebury Chapter of the Book discussion in Middlebury. Tuesday, June Arts Walk in Vergennes. Friday, June 30, 5-8 Burlington Writers Workshop will share their 27, 7-8:00 p.m., the Vermont Book Shop, Main p.m. Art on view and for sale at participating recent creations and discover how the workshop St. Meet and discuss “Sweetbitter” by Stephanie locations throughout downtown Vergennes, process has helped each of them to create more Danler. Open to everyone, the Vermont Book including all along Main St. After-hours events vibrant and engaging work. Refreshments courShop (VBS). Book discussions are held the last at art galleries and local businesses invite you to tesy Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op. More info Tuesday of every month in the store. explore this walkable historic downtown. Browse at MelBach7@gmail.com. shops, antiques, and artwork. Information Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, June VergennesDowntown.org.

28, 7 p.m., Bristol town green. Performances Artist’s reception in Vergennes. Friday, June 30, each Wednesday night through Aug. 30.

5-8 p.m. Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Teddy bear picnic in Bristol.

Reception for the exhibit “The Handmade Book.”

Wednesday, June 28, noon-1 p.m., Point Counterpoint Chamber Players in on the town green. Ted E. Bear of the Salisbury. Friday, June 30, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Vermont Teddy Bear Company is coming for a Congregational Church. The opening concert Vermont Philharmonic and firepicnic. Bring your favorite bear and meet at the of the 38th Summer Performance Series in works in Middlebury. Thursday, June Veterans Memorial for a parade to the playground Salisbury includes works by Handel-Halvosen, 29, 7:30 p.m., behind the Mahaney Center for stories, songs, and games. Free lunches for Shostakovitich and Mendelssohn. Free will for the Arts (rain site: Kenyon Arena), Middlebury the first 30 children. Rain location Holley Hall. donation.

College. The Sheldon Museum presents its 25th Ted Pilon Memorial BBQ in Bristol. Wednesday, annual Pops Concert featuring the Vermont Silent auction in Brandon. Friday, June 30, June 28, 5 p.m. until the food runs out, Bristol town 5-10 p.m., Fellowship Hall, 1 Carver St. Part of Philharmonic followed by fireworks. Grounds green. This year’s BBQ honors the Bristol Police Brandon’s Independence Day Celebration. open at 5:30 p.m. for picnics. Bring chairs, Department and their service to the community.

Street dance in Brandon. Friday, June 30, 5 p.m., Central Park. Cookout begins at 5 p.m.; music begins at 6 p.m. with DJ from Jam Man Entertainment.

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ARTIST WARREN KIMBLE’S latest show opens June 30 at the Brandon Artists Guild, works such as “Sheep on Blue” will be on display.

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Vermont Gran Fondo in Middlebury.

Saturday, July 1, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Woodchuck Hard Cider, Exchange Street. The Green Mountain State’s premier cycling event will return for its fourth edition with an emphasis on rider comforts. The event will begin and end at Woodchuck Hard Cider, with the après-ride party-taking place from 2-7 p.m. with live music and fare from an array of food trucks. For more information and to register, go to vermontgranfondo.com.

Hike & nature bingo in Addison. Saturday, July 1, 9 a.m., Snake Mountain. A Green Mountain Club’s Young Adventurers activity, where the pace is geared towards younger adventurers (ages 4-8).

Everyone welcome. Contact YAC Leader Lauren Bierman for meeting location, time and details: 802.349.7498 or laurenbiermanrn@gmail.com.

For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

Green Mountain Club hike — Silver Lake loop in Salisbury. Saturday, July 1, meet at Falls of Lana/Silver Lake parking lot on Rte. 53 south of Branbury State park. Moderate, 5.5 miles route including a loop hike around the Lake. Contact leader Ruth Penfield at 802-388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail.com for more information. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org.

Free Tae Kwon Do Class in Vergennes. Saturday, July 1, 9 a.m.-noon Champlain Valley Christian Reform Church, 73 Church St. Master Kellie Thomas, 5th Degree Black Belt and owner of TaeKwon Do KICKS will offer this class in this Korean martial art known for its dynamic kicking. More info contact Master Thomas at tkdkicks101@yahoo.com or 802-377-0476 Independence Day celebration in Brandon.

Saturday, July 1, 10 a.m.- 10 p.m., Park Village.

Silent auction, food and craft fair, karaoke, family fun, ball race, dance party and fireworks. More info at brandon.org.

Bag lunch movie in Shoreham. Saturday, July 1, 1 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Bring your lunch to the air-conditioned library for a cool kids’ PG movie. Popcorn will be served. More info at plattlib.org.

Of Arms and Artists in Orwell. Saturday, July 1, 2-3:30 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mt. Independence Rd. Paul Staiti, author of the new book “Of Arms and Artists,” examines five artists of the American Revolutionary era, including Mount Independence’s own John Trumbull. Books available for purchase and signing by the author. Annual J. Robert Maguire lecture. Sponsored by Mount Independence Coalition.

Dana and Susan Robinson on stage in Ripton.

Saturday, July 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, Route 125. Doors open at 7 p.m., open mic at 7:30 followed by featured performers. Admissions $10/$15. More info at rcch.org or 802-388-9782.

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Frederick Douglass Oration in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, July 2, 3 p.m., Rokeby Museum, 4334 Route 7. A participatory event where attendees read aloud Douglass’ July 5, 1852, speech, in which he took exception to being asked to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Copies of the speech will be provided.

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Fourth of July eve festivities in Bristol. Monday, July 3, 6 p.m.-dark, town recreation park. The DJ Jam Man will provide entertainment while folks mingle among the food and craft vendors and games. Raffle tickets will be sold. Fireworks start at dusk.

Documentary movie in Shoreham. Monday, July 3, 7 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Come to the airconditioned library for our TV-PG documentary movie night. Popcorn will be served. More info at plattlib.org Fireworks in Vergennes. Monday, July 3, dusk, VUHS athletic fields. Music and refreshments prior to display. Rain date July 5.

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Road race in Bristol. Tuesday, July 4, 7:30 a.m. Mount Abraham Union High School. 5K race will snake through the streets of the village ending at the town green.

Great Bristol Outhouse Race. Tuesday, July 4, 9 a.m., West Street at the town green. Watch this fun competition, which features teams pulling “outhouses” toward Main Street with a rider on the “throne” of each vehicle. Enjoy the entertainment.

Independence Day parade and celebration in Bristol. Tuesday, July 4, 10:30 a.m., throughout the village. This fantastic parade starts at the corner of Liberty and Pleasant streets, moves up Pleasant/Spring Street, right onto Mountain Street, right onto Main Street, and down West Street to the Rec Field. This is followed at noon

by The Festival on the Green, which includes food and craft vendors, pony rides for the kids, an inflatable family fun center, and music by Mango Jam. Forty-third annual Ice Cream Social in Salisbury.

Tuesday, July 4, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple St. Sundaes, cones, pie, cake. Rain or shine.

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Extra Stout in Brandon.

Wednesday, July 5, 7 p.m., Behind the Brandon Inn. Vermont’s premier Irish band. Part of the Brandon Summer concert Series. Free. More info at brandon.org.

“Boss Baby” on screen in Middlebury.

Wednesday, July 5, 8 p.m., new college park, by the traffic circle. Part of the Better Middlebury Partnership outdoor movie and music series.

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Withdrawing from the Mount in Orwell. Thursday, July 6, 9 a.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mt. Independence Rd. Re-enactors following the footsteps of history begin their 26-mile withdrawal march to the Hubbardton Battlefield, arriving on July 7 for the Battle of Hubbardton weekend (July 8 and 9). Their

march commemorates the 240th anniversary of the American withdrawal. Send them off at the Mount or watch for them along the roads and byways. Call 802-948-2000 to confirm.

The wonders of our wetlands in Orwell.

Thursday, July 6, 10:30 a.m., Orwell Free Library. Head over to Vermont Wetland Plant Supply where aquatic ecologist Daniel Redondo will present the wonders of Vermont wetlands.

Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, July 6, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol, 10 Park St. Baked beans, potato salad, broccoli salad, cottage cheese and vanilla ice cream with strawberries.

Suggested donation $4. To be on the list phone Nancy at 453-5276. Come early and enjoy talking with friends and make new ones.

Basin Bluegrass Festival in Brandon. Thursday, July 6, end of Basin Rd. The 23rd annual fourday event. Spaghetti supper at 5 p.m., $10/ person, followed by a classic country concert

by Corey Zink and Country Line. Concert free with weekend ticket, others, $10. More info at basinbluegrass@yahoo.com or basinbluegrassfestival.com.

Elizabeth Rice reading in Middlebury. Thursday,

Philharmonic al fresco

DIRECTOR LOU KOSMA will conduct the Vermont Philharmonic in the Sheldon Museum’s 25th annual Pops concert, which takes place June 29 behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College. Gates open at 5:30 and the Philharmonic will play at 7:30. Fireworks will follow the performance.

July 6, 4-5 p.m., Community meeting room, Ilsley Public library, 75 Main St. Rice, who grew up in South Korea just following the Korean war, will read from “Rituals of Separation: a South Korean Memoir of Identity and Belonging.”

Willard Sterne Randall in Middlebury.

Thursday, July 6, 7-8 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek, 350 Lodge Rd. The Vermont Book Shop presents Champlain College professor and Revolutionary era historian Randall, who will read from and discuss his latest book “Unshackling America — How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution.”

Sas Carey’s “Gobi Women’s Song: Nomadic women share the song of their soul” on screen in Middlebury. Thursday, July 6, 7-9 p.m., 248 Washington St. Ext, gazebo in back.

Hear about Carey’s experience working with the United Nations Development Program and what inspired her to make this film. Suggested $10 donation per evening to Nomadicare. Bring a chair and a picnic. More info: sas@nomadicare.org or 802 388-1301.

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PTP/NYC, A theater company that specializes in creating politically and socially acute theater, will stage Howard Barkers’ “Pity in History” on Friday, June 30, at 6 p.m., at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. A work in progress, the play examines the 17th century Civil War in Britain with a modern twist. PYP/NYC will perform Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” the following day at 1 p.m.

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Basin Bluegrass Festival in Brandon. Friday, July 7, end of Basin Rd. The 23rd annual four-day event.

Three-day advance tickets $50 by June 27, $60 at the gate, under 15, free. Admission $25 after 5 p.m. More info at basinbluegrass@yahoo. com or basinbluegrassfestival.com.

Tai Chi Sun-Style 73 in Middlebury. Beginning Friday, July 7, 1-2 p.m., Middlebury Rec. Facility, 154 Creek Rd. Open to anyone with experience in the 73. Free. No session on July 14. Contact Susan Wallis at 453-5600 to register. First in a Friday afternoon summer series.

Tai Chi for beginners in Middlebury. Beginning Friday, July 7, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Middlebury Rec. Facility, 154 Creek Rd. Intergenerational class for anyone 15 or older, with or without Tai Chi experience. Free. No session July 14. Contact Susan Wallis to register at 453-5600. First in a Friday afternoon summer series.

Pajama Storytime in Middlebury. Friday, July 7, 5-6 p.m., Ollie’s Other Place, 13 Washington St. Free, geared for kids age five and under.

Wear your P.J.s for extra fun. This week, Rock Paper Scissors. More info contact Jenny Lyons at 802-382-8558 or olliesotherplace.com.

Art Installation opening reception in Brandon.

Friday, July 7, 5-7:30 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center, 33 Jones Dr. Artist Bill Ramage’s latest installation of drawing and sculpture.

Ramage will speak about his 35-year journey

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Left Eye Jump on stage in New Haven. Friday, July 7, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Peak Winery, 142 River Rd. Gritty blues from Chicago to the Delta. Part of the Winery’s free Friday night concerts. Bring a picnic and something to sit on. Rain or shine.

Wine and food available for sale. More info at 802-388-7368 or lincolnpeakvineyard.com.

O’Hanleigh in Salisbury. Friday, June 7, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church. Vocal and instrumental music of Irish America. Part of the Salisbury Summer Performance Series.

Free will donation.

LIVEMUSIC The Benoit in Vergennes. Wednesday, June 28, 7 p.m., Bar Antidote.

Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, June 28, 7 p.m., on the town green.

Dan Weintraub in Middlebury. Friday, June 30, 6-8:30 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern Point Counterpoint Chamber Players in Salisbury. Friday, June 30, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church.

Dana and Susan Robinson in Ripton. Saturday, July 1, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House.

Extra Stout in Brandon. Wednesday, July 5, 7 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, July 5, 7 p.m., on the town green.

Left Eye Jump in New Haven. Friday July 7, 6 p.m., Lincoln Peak Winery.

Aaron Brush in Middlebury. Friday, July 7, 6-8 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

O’Hanleigh in Salisbury. Friday, June 7, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Meeting House.

Carpenter’s tribute in Brandon. Saturday, July 8, 7:30 p.m., Brandon town Hall.

Steven Kirby Quartet in Brandon. Saturday, July 8 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Crazyhearse with Sand Machine in Middlebury.

Saturday, July 8, 9 p.m., Two Bothers Tavern.

Radio Free Honduras in Middlebury. Sunday, July 9, 7 p.m., on the green.

The Sea the Sea in Middlebury. Monday, July 10, 7 p.m., on the green.

Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore in Middlebury.

Monday, July 10, 8:30 p.m., on the green.

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Robinsons bring their unique music to Ripton The Ripton Community Coffee been heralded as modern day Woody House, a nonprofit community Guthries or keepers of the American concert series, welcomes Dana rural spirit, but that mantle might be and Susan Robinson at 7:30 p.m. better entrusted to musicians like on Saturday, July 1, at the Ripton Dana Robinson who embody both Community House in Ripton. the heart and the soul of folk music.”

The Robinsons are two guitarAs always, the concert begins playing, banjo-frailing, fiddle- at 7:30 p.m. with an open mic set, sawing and harmony-singing followed by the featured performers. interpreters of the American Open mic performers are encouraged experience. Their unique to call in advance and blend of contemporary reserve one of the four songwriting and open-mic slots. The doors traditional Appalachian open at 7 p.m. music bring to their Admission to the performances a deep coffeehouse is $3 kids understanding of (12 and under), $10 America’s musical

by Greg Pahl general admission and heritage. $15 generous admission.

The genius of a Dana The economically and Susan Robinson performance challenged may pay what they can lies in their ability to capture the afford. Refreshments will benefit imagination of their audience, the coffeehouse. The Ripton evoking a transformative experience Community House is located at that touches on the deepest humanity. 1305 Vermont Route 125 in Ripton, They can make the audience howl a block up from the Ripton General with laughter or hush with poignant Store. The coffeehouse is held on the reflection as they take them on a first Saturday of each month, except journey across America and convey August. For more information, the mystery and wonder of the contact Richard Ruane or Andrea places they visit.

Chesman at 388-9782.

In a Robinson concert you’ll NEW EXHIBIT AT JACKSON hear two rich, intimate voices and GALLERY intricate and powerful guitar and A new exhibit, “Daily Art,” by banjo playing with a handful of Susanne Peck opens with an artist’s fiddle and mandolin thrown in. Dana reception from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, writes songs and tells stories about June 30 in the Jackson Gallery at America, the land and its people. Town Hall Theater.

They bring to their performances an Peck spent most of her professional understanding of America’s musical life in the New York City area heritage and convey its significance and relocated to Vermont in 2008. to our culture. The magazine Dirty A classical singer, educator and Linen says, “Many songwriters have conductor, she has always made art

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DANA AND SUSAN ROBINSON capture the imagination at the Ripton Community Coffee House on Saturday, July 1, at 7:30 p.m.

and has been drawing commissioned portraits for 26 years. In recent years she has branched out to include abstract and expressionist works as well as representational, and the exhibit will reflect this variety.

Largely self-taught, her most valued instruction came privately from Elizabeth Steig in the Boston area and from portrait painter Laurel Stern Boeck at Katonah Art Center in New York. Peck has taught clay and drawing/painting to children and adults at Katonah Art Center, Frog Hollow and Middlebury Studio School.

Peck’s portraits of people and animals hang in dozens of homes across the country. Her commissions have included New York City Federal Judge Colleen McMahon and family, opera singers François Clemmons and Beverly Myers and actor Richard Gere’s young son. A portrait of President Obama by Peck was gifted to the White House in 2009.

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The exhibit, which runs through August 13, is free. The Jackson Gallery is located in the lower level of Town Hall Theater, a community and cultural venue located in the center of Middlebury. Gallery hours

are Monday through Saturday noon5 p.m., and an hour before any public events in the building. For further information, call 382-9222 or visit townhalltheater.org.

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ARTIST SUZANNE PECK’S work will be on display at Town Hall Theater’s Jackson Gallery beginning with an artist’s reception on June 30 from 5-7 p.m.

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of June 26

DAN WEINTRAUB PAYS homage to five Mad River Valley teens killed in a car crash last fall when he plays at Two Brothers Tavern on Friday, June 30.

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) POINT COUNTERPOINT CHAMBER PLAYERS AT SALISBURY CHURCH On Friday June 30, at 7:30 p.m., the Salisbury Congregational Church will open its 38th annual summer performance series with a chamber concert by the faculty ensemble of the Point Counterpoint Music Camp under Music Director Philip Boulanger. Their concert will include Handel-Halvosen’s Passacaglia for Violin and Cello; Shostakovich’s Quarter #3, Op. 73 in F Major; and Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio #1, Op. 49 in D Major.

These talented young professionals hail from some of the country’s leading music programs, including those at Eastman, the Cleveland Institute, Juilliard, Northwestern, the New England Conservatory and Yale. Their performance venues have included the Carnegie Recital Hall, New York Baroque, Atlanta Opera, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Krakow, Spoleto, Sapporo and Leipzig.

With the exception of a break on July 14, the series will continue on Friday evenings through the second week of August at the historic and handicapped accessible 1838 church in Salisbury Village.

Although there is no admission charge, a free-will donation in support of the series will be appreciated.

Any receipts in excess of expenses for the series will be applied to the continued restoration of Salisbury’s landmark meetinghouse.

PLAYS AT COLLEGE After three weeks of rehearsal, PTP/NYC will be presenting two plays-in-progress in the Seeler Studio Theater at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts this week. The first, at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 30, is Howard Barker’s “Pity In History,” directed

by Richard Romagnoli. Religion, art, class and patriotism clash in a riveting drama. First produced as a teleplay by the BBC in 1985, “Pity In History” updates Britain’s 17th

century civil war to the present day in a sexy, brazen and remarkably funny examination of a society rife with competing ideologies.

The second play, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, is Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia.” Directed by Cheryl Faraone, “Arcadia” has been called one of the most “powerful and relevant stories of our age” (The Guardian). The play’s many elements include Byron versus science, the Enlightenment versus the Romantics, pure reason versus sheer randomness — and, says one character, “It’s all because of sex, the attraction that Newton left out.”

PTP/NYC, an off-Broadway theater company, specializes in creating socially and politically acute theater for the 21st century. Both performances are free. Additional information is at www.ptpnyc.org.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be two live performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern, located at 86 Main Street in Middlebury. Join Two Brothers every Wednesday at 9 p.m. for 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, June 30, there will be a special dinner show, “Songs for Beautiful Souls,” with Dan Weintraub, at 6 p.m. Weintraub, a folk musician and singersongwriter, tours New England during the school year and much of North America during the summer.

His music is disarming and heartfelt.

Weintraub’s most recent project, “Songs For Beautiful Souls,” is a tribute to the five young people from the Mad River Valley who lost their lives in a car crash last October.

All of the proceeds from his regional and national tours goes toward the purchase of Mad River Park by the Vermont Land Trust. For more information, call Two Brothers at 388-0002.

ARIES: March 21-April 20. Aries, even if you want to take the lead on something, you have to pay attention to the chain of command in this situation. This may require you to play second fiddle for a little while.

TAURUS: April 21May 21. Taurus, you’re motivated to get started on a new project, but you may not have the means.

Find out if anyone is willing to invest in your vision.

GEMINI: May 22June 21. Avoid conflicts by talking through the situation with someone who has opposing views, Gemini. When you understand others’ perspectives, you can be more accommodating.

CANCER: June 22-July 22. Cancer, if life gets a little hectic this week, find a spot where you can relax and enjoy the quiet for a little while. Recharging the batteries may be all that’s needed.

LEO: July 23-Aug. 23. Leo, extend your magnanimity to someone who may have recently spurned you. This will demonstrate that you can always be counted on to do the right thing.

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22. Virgo, if others can’t see your vision, you may have to forge on and hope for the best. Not everyone understands your brand of thinking, and you need to accept that.

LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. Libra, now might be time for a new career or a return to the workforce if you have been away.

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Ignore any hurtful comments that may come your way, Capricorn. Your emotional strength is potent, and you can successfully ride out any storm.

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Contract (Continued from Page 1) pushing for a 7.5-hour school day to would be $2,500, with the teacher portion of its state aid next year, as get the ACSD teachers on par with responsible for a maximum of $325 stipulated in the new legislation. other districts throughout Vermont (12 percent) of that sum before the As the Addison Independent went and to allow them more time to HRA kicks in. For all the other plans, to press on Friday, ACSD business collaborate and increase student the total potential out-of-pocket cost manager Josh Quinn was still opportunities. will be $5,000 and the teacher’s 12 calculating the exact amount of state O’Connor noted the 7.5 hours percent share would be $650, Eaton aid the district is in line to lose as also creates consistency within the noted. a result of the state’s Any unused portion of the 88 ACSD. new guideline health “This gets everyone percent in the HRA will return to “It was a insurance directive. on the same schedule,” ACSD, according to Quinn.

“Many of us (in challenging “I think both sides gave a little in O’Connor said, noting the Legislature) held year for both the varying length of the areas both were entrenched in,” our noses and voted school day through O’Connor said of the settlement. sides. For our for the (health care) the ACSD’s seven “The mediator was very important. agreement,” said side, and I elementary schools After 10 hours with him, we had a Rep. Peter Conlon, believe for their and Middlebury settlement.”

D-Cornwall, who side, everyone “It was a challenging year for both Union middle and high serves on the House schools. The ACSD sides,” Eaton said. “For our side, Education Committee is really excited serves K-12 students and I believe for their side, everyone and is chairman of the that we have in Bridport, Cornwall, is really excited that we have been ACSD board.

Middlebury, Ripton, able to come to an agreement in one been able to “Nobody liked it, come to an Salisbury, Shoreham of the more challenging sessions.” but the governor was But the ACSD’s challenges will and Weybridge. holding the (state) agreement in • H e a l t h not end with final ratification of budget hostage, and a one of the more insurance. Teachers the contract. It remains to be seen compromise had to be challenging can choose from how much the new pact will cost reached.” four plans offered the district in state aid due to the sessions.”

ACSD and through the Vermont new health care legislation. Conlon — ACSD board Education representatives of the Health explained the Legislature has set district’s three teachers’ member Chris Eaton Initiative, also known a threshold of an 80-20 split in unions had been as VEHI. The district health care premium contributions negotiating in open session since has agreed to cover up to 84 percent by school boards and teachers, last October. The three unions — the of premium costs of the health respectively. The ACSD pact calls Middlebury Education Association, insurance plan in year one and 83.5 for annual splits of 84-16 in year Middlebury Education Teachers percent of those costs in year two, one and 85.5 and 16.5 in year two.

Association and Addison Central with teachers picking up the rest, “Because we didn’t negotiate to Education Association — negotiated according to Eaton. the target, we will have to make up together for a single agreement for The accord also entitles teachers the difference between the smaller the district’s combined 230 teachers. to a Health Reimbursement Account education fund payment (from the The two sides declared an (HRA), which calls for teachers to state) and the actual cost of the impasse in contract talks in March. pay 12 percent in out-of-pocket costs health insurance,” Conlon said.

The big breakthrough came earlier up-front, and the district paying the As of June 22, fourteen supervithis month when the school board remaining 88 percent. sory unions in Vermont — including and teachers agreed to hire veteran So for a single plan, the total the ACSD — had passed new arbitrator Ira Lobel to serve as potential out-of-pocket cost teachers’ contracts to take effect mediator for a new round of talks.

Lobel presented both sides with settlement figures culled from other school districts.

Here’s where the sides ended up on the major contract issues: • Salaries. A 3-percent increase in “new money” for salaries in each of the two years, meaning the overall cost of salaries will rise by 3 percent.

This doesn’t mean all teachers will get a 3-percent annual raise, negotiators stressed.

“Basically, it’s a step increase and a little bit for the built-in salary structure,” said ACSD board member Chris Eaton, who served on the negotiating team.

“The highest-paid teachers aren’t getting a 3-percent pay raise,” said Larry O’Connor, a longtime alternative education teacher at Middlebury Union High School and a member of the union negotiating team. “It means that 3 percent in new money is going into the (salary) pot.”

The school board had offered teachers a bump of 2 percent in new money. The teachers had asked for a 4.5-percent pay increase.

• Length of the school day.

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July 1, according to Conlon. So ironically, those more proactive school systems are likely to face the most headaches from the new health insurance legislation.

“I was told that only a few of the 14 have hit the (state’s) benchmark,” Conlon said.

On the brighter side, Conlon said the overall cost of health care

premiums is going down, and the new legislation will provide a small financial cushion for districts that are having trouble.

The new legislation also creates a new commission that will study the prospect of making educators’ health insurance a state benefit, instead of having such pacts negotiated locally, Conlon said.

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society Suzy. 5.5 years, Chocolate Lab, spayed female. Suzy is a sweet gal who loves belly rubs, carrying around toys, and playing fetch. She’s super friendly and is looking for a home with someone who will take her on daily walks and prioritize her weight. Suzy loves to snuggle and would do well in a home with kids. You may have noticed that Suzy is missing an eye. That’s because she needed to have it removed due to glaucoma. Suzy needs daily eye drops, which she will patiently accept when a treat is included in the deal.

Beasty. 8 years, Shepherd mix, neutered male. Don’t let the name fool you - Beasty is a total angel with the cutest head tilt. While his paperwork may show 8 years of age, Beasty is very young in spirit. He is active, intelligent, and enjoys the company of other dogs. He pulls some on leash and is a bit excitable but does well around all people, young and old! Come meet this handsome beast today and make him your bestie!

Humphrey. 2.5 years, Wire Fox Terrier, neutered male. Handsome like Humphrey Bogart, our Humphrey is an energetic, extremely intelligent young pup. He always has a clean kennel and loves to spend time in the yard, go for long walks, and especially to play fetch. He would do best in a child free home with owners who are willing to provide him with exercise for the mind and body.

We think Humphrey would love dog agility, nose work, or Frisbee fun. Placed into the right home, we think he will make a great companion!

Mable. 7 years, short hair tiger, spayed female. Mable came to Homeward Bound when her military family moved and couldn’t take her with them. They described Mable as affectionate, friendly, playful, and independent.

They also said she likes to play with toys, chase bugs, and is quite vocal. Here at the shelter Mable isn’t a big fan of the other cats but she loves people and attention from humans. She has lived with dogs and would likely do ok in a home with a mellow, cat-savvy dog. Come meet sweet Mable today!

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My name is Willa Rae Hulk. 5.5 years, Maine Coon mix, neutered male. Looking for a superhero in your life? Meet Hulk! This independent cat is very sweet and loves attention.

We don’t know his history with dogs, but he gets along well with other cats. His previous owner said Hulk is a laid-back, affectionate, friendly couch potato who did really well with the children in the home.

Hulk is a wonderful cat who will make a fabulous companion!

Lulee. 2 years, short hair Tortie, spayed female. Lulee is the sweetest cat with the cutest face! She is an easy going and laid back gal who loves to hang out with both people and other cats, and is always up for a play session. Lulee loves to snooze in a cat tree; specifically of the shorter variety as opposed to a taller version. She loves affection and attention- except from dogs; Lulee isn’t a fan of dogs. The staff here at the shelter absolutely love Lulee and think she would make a great companion for most anyone!

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and I am named after our librarian’s little girl. She a very good watchdog. I can play catch by myself, is the cute two-legged Willa Rae and I am the four- run like the wind and love to rough-house with legged, furry Willa Rae. We make quite a pair. all my four-legged friends. There is nothing like a ride in the car and a run at the college to make me I am a very happy girl and pretty much really happy. pampered by my mom and dad and all their friends. Everyone tells me I have the biggest smile Linda and Bob Martin they ever saw. I am somewhat of a comedian and

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Tip of the Week Every year we read in the news that someone has left their muchloved dog in the car on a hot day as they made a quick stop at the store.

They didn’t realize how quickly the temperature in the car would rise and by the time they returned their dog had suffered heatstroke or died. In recent years there has been a lot of information in the media regarding pets in hot cars but people sometimes miss things and even for those who are aware, it never hurts to review.

Some basic facts: • When the temperature outside is 70 degrees the temperature inside a car will reach 89 degrees within 10 minutes. In one hour it will be 115 degrees or higher! Leaving the windows open does little, if anything, to prevent temperature rise.

• Dogs have few sweat glands (only in their noses and foot pads) and must pant to cool themselves but at high temperatures they can’t cool themselves enough.

• It goes without saying that

leaving any animal (not just dogs) in a car on a warm day is a bad idea.

So you know not to leave your pet in a car, but what can you do if you see someone else’s dog in distress in a hot car? In July 2016, Vermont joined 21 other States when it passed a law (Title 12 V.S.A. 5784: Immunity from Liability) allowing a person to break into a car to rescue an animal (or a child) in danger without being held liable for damages. However, before you break in there are a few steps you need to be aware of. They are: • Make sure the car is locked (try to open the door before you smash a window).

• Be reasonably certain the animal is in immediate danger of heatstroke or death.

• Call the police, fire department or 911 before you break in.

• Remove the animal or child and stay with them until help arrives.

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• Use as little force as necessary to break in.

Some things you can do while waiting for help to arrive: • Move the dog to an air-conditioned place. If that’s not possible move her to a shaded area outside.

If possible, carry the dog rather than having her walk.

• Keep the dog quiet.

• Give the dog cool (not ice cold) water. If he won’t drink wet his lips, gums and tongue with a wet cloth.

• Hose the dog with cool (not cold) water especially his head, paws and tail. Put wet towels between his back legs and in his armpits.

• Contact a veterinarian.

Remember to always keep your pets safe and share this information with others.

Dottie Nelson is a long-standing volunteer and advocate for Addison County’s Homeward Bound animal shelter and writes on their behalf.

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Housing (Continued from Page 1) Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE) and the Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) on June 20 discussed current challenges in developing affordable homes and possible solutions to the dilemma.

“Future funding streams for developing new units (of affordable housing) are getting more and more competitive,” ACCT Executive Director Elise Shanbacker told the crowd, adding programs for creating new low-cost homes “have mostly been level-funded at the federal level.”

ACCT develops, owns and manages more than 600 permanently affordable homes in the county that serve more than 1,000 people. Those units are in even higher demand now, given the growing disparity between residents’ incomes and rents charged for area housing.

Addison County has a less than 1-percent vacancy rate for housing, according to ACCT, which on Monday also reported: • A single parent with one child would need to make $23.56 per hour in order to have a livable wage in Addison County. That’s almost $14 per hour more than the current minimum wage.

• There are currently 92 homeless people in the county, which doesn’t count folks who are temporarily living with relatives or friends.

• Sixty-six percent of county renters are paying a disproportionate share (more than one-third) of their incomes on rent.

But advocates said there are some reasons to be hopeful.

Gov. Phil Scott has proposed a $35 million housing revenue bond to boost the state’s affordable housing stock. The state would dedicate $2.5 million in annual property transfer tax revenue, through 2038, for payment of debt. Vermont Housing and Conservation Board officials have estimated the $35 million — and additional funding it would leverage — could create and improve up to 650 affordable units in the state.

Plans call for all the bond proceeds to be used for both affordable and “workforce housing,” a population that local advocates say they often can’t serve because their income level is a bit too high to qualify for

STATE AND LOCAL human services officials converged on Middlebury on June 20 for the “Summit on the Status of Housing in Addison County.” Speakers and audience members at the event, held at the Vermont Coffee Co. Playhouse, spoke about the mounting challenges facing the homeless as rents rise but wages are stagnant. Participants pitched ideas to increase the local housing stock.

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current subsidies.

“That’s a very hopeful and exciting thing,” Paul Ralston said of the housing revenue bond.

Ralston, a former Middlebury state representative, said he hopes Addison County nonprofits can jointly put together an affordable housing project to qualify for some of the bond revenue.

Jeanne Montross, executive director of HOPE, specifically pitched the idea for a boarding house for low-income residents. Such an amenity, she said, would provide low-cost housing for single people seeking to improve their respective work situations. She lamented the fact that the county has lost hundreds of manufacturing jobs during the past decade and that increasingly, employers are only offering parttime work with no benefits.

Ingrid Pixley is residential services coordinator for CSAC. She helps secure housing for people who are disabled and/or dealing with mental illness.

Pixley said it “used to be easier” to secure housing subsidy vouchers for her clients. Adding to the conundrum,

she said, is that the county has “lost a lot of one-bedroom apartments during the last couple of years.” She cited as specific examples in Middlebury the Battell Block, the Cobble House that was torn down to make way for the expansion of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, and the small apartment building that used to be located behind the Maplefields convenience store off North Pleasant Street.

Elizabeth Ready, executive director of John Graham Housing & Services in Vergennes, works with a lot of people transitioning from homelessness to independence.

The organization, she said, tries to combine housing and related services to help clients succeed. To that end, John Graham Housing & Services owns and operates five transitional homes in the county and employs counselors to help clients find jobs and secure benefits for which they might qualify.

“People are really working hard, and it’s a matter of bridging the gap between lower wages, the high cost of rent and the absolutely impossible vacancy rate,” Ready said.

Bill Brim, executive director of the Turning Point Center of Addison County, underscored the need for housing for people recovering from substance addiction. The county currently has no designated housing for such folks, many of whom are exiting prison and are at risk of returning to their former haunts and bad habits, Brim noted. This lack of a safe landing spot has resulted in some inmates being kept in prison beyond their release dates, he added.

Brim has tried to establish a recovery center in the Middlebury area, but hasn’t yet been able to find an available spot that could conform to the town’s zoning rules.

The Department of Corrections has repeatedly issued requests for proposals from developers to build a recovery center and/or transitional housing facility for inmates, but has yet to find any takers, officials said last Tuesday.

“Monetarily, it’s not a hard sell,” Brim said of the costs of a transitional housing versus the costs of keeping inmates in jail.

A HOUSING ALTERNATIVE Montross noted solving the

affordable housing crisis will require “thinking outside of the box” and trying new programs. She and other leaders of non-profits last week received details about an innovative program that they believe should get more attention in Addison County and beyond: HomeShare Vermont.

The program helps people stay in their homes by connecting them with potential housemates who are looking for a place to live. While its primary goal is to help elders stay at home, HomeShare serves people of all ages and abilities. Participants are thoroughly vetted, according to longtime program volunteer Connie Kenna.

“We would like more (HomeShare) candidates,” she said, noting there are now around 10 matches in the county.

She acknowledged the program tends to work better in more urban settings.

“But it is hard for us to get people to go to many of the rural communities we have,” she said.

Local advocates promised to keep meeting to map out more ideas bridge the county’s affordable housing gap.

State survey shows spike in homelessness in county MONTPELIER — Researchers found 1,225 Vermonters literally homeless on a single night this past January.

The 2017 Point-in-Time Count Report, released June 13 by the Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness and the Chittenden County Homeless Alliance, showed an overall increase in homelessness by 11 percent compared to the 2016 Point-in-Time Count.

While there was an overall statewide increase, there were striking regional differences, including decreases in Chittenden (-12 percent) and Franklin (-17

percent) counties. Included in with the help of local, state and the total were 306 children, federal investments, is needed representing 25 percent of the now more than ever,” said entire homeless population MaryEllen Mendl, co-chair counted. of the Vermont Coalition In Addison County the to End Homelessness. number of households that “The Trump budget would cut off affordable housing were homeless on that day assistance to an rose from 47 in 2016 estimated 750 Vermont to 58 in 2017 — a 23 Read the full 2017 Point-infamilies, putting them percent increase — Time Homeless Count report at risk of eviction and and the number of with this story online at homelessness. It also homeless individuals addisonindependent.com eliminates numerous rose from 77 in the 2016 count to 92 in 2017, which key programs that fund the creation of new affordable homes, like represents a 19 percent increase.

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Grants, HOME and the National Housing Trust Fund.”

The report comes from data collected for the Annual Pointin-Time Count, an unduplicated count of persons experiencing literal homelessness on the night of Jan. 24, 2017. The Count was organized by Vermont’s two federally-recognized Continua of Care (CoC), the Chittenden County CoC and the 11 local coalitions that make up the Balance of State CoC. These networks are comprised of homeless and human service organizations, housing agencies, government agencies,

health care providers, private funders, and other partners that strive to eliminate homelessness in Vermont.

Additional Point-in-Time Count Findings: • 134 people were unsheltered, a 14 percent decrease from last year.

• Just under half of the people (47 percent) were homeless for the first time.

• 267 persons (22 percent) reported as survivors of domestic violence, a 40-person increase from 2016.

• Due to coordinated statewide (See Homeless, Page 21)

Addison Independent, Monday, June 26, 2017 — PAGE 17

RIDERS IN LAST year’s Tour de Farms stop at an Addison County farm to taste some Vermont organic milk and sample other local foods.

Tour de Farms sets new date for biking tour BRISTOL — After running its bicycle tour of Addison County farms in September for many years, ACORN’s 10th annual Tour de Farms this year has been moved a month or so earlier.

The Tour, one of Vermont’s oldest cycling farm tours, will be held Sunday, Aug. 6, in and around Bristol. This year’s route will follow 28 miles of rolling hills

and backcountry roads through the Champlain Valley’s quintessential pastoral landscape.

As usual, the Tour will start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. at the Bristol Recreation Club Field, next to Mount Abraham Union High School. The route will feature nine farm stops that will offer riders fresh samples of the summer bounty from 30 farms, food producers and restaurants.

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A farm van will enable riders to purchase products directly from the farms without having to worry about how they’ll get them back to their car. The ride will conclude with a celebratory after-party featuring live music and dancing, local ice cream, foods and beverages.

“The Tour is one of Vermont’s most unique and loved local food and farm experiences,” said Jonathan Corcoran, ACORN’s executive director and Tour co-founder. “What makes the Tour special is riding a bike and taking in the beauty around you, while stopping at farms along the way to sample a wonderful variety of locally-grown foods and beverages and meeting the people who produce them.”

The 2017 Tour runs through the towns of Bristol, New Haven and Monkton and will showcase the

“What makes the Tour special is riding a bike and taking in the beauty around you, while stopping at farms along the way to sample a wonderful variety of locally-grown foods and beverages and meeting the people who produce them.”

— Jonathan Corcoran wonderful diversity of farms and local foods in this lesser known part of the Champlain Valley. The terrain is hilly with a mix of paved and dirt roads so a mountain bike or road bike with wide tires is recommended.

More details can be found at www. acornvt.org/tourdefarms.

The Tour de Farms is a rain or shine event and will be capped at 400 riders. Advance registration is now open at www.bikereg.com/ tourdefarms and will close on July 28 at 5 p.m. The advance registration fee for those who register before July 1 is $50 for adults and $25 for students and kids under 18. The onsite registration fee the day of the event is $75 for adults and $50 for students and kids.

Tour is the biggest fundraiser of the year for ACORN (Addison County Relocalization Network), a nonprofit that promotes the growth and health of local food and agriculture in Vermont’s Champlain Valley. Also, 25 percent of the proceeds from advanced registration go to participating farms on the Tour.

SPORTS

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MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Payton Buxton is the 2017 Addison Independent High School Softball Player of the Year.

Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

Tiger senior tops Independent softball squad

Champion Eagles well represented on team

By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON COUNTY — The Mount Abraham Union High School softball team made history this spring, and is deservedly well represented on the 2017 Addison Independent Softball All-Star Team.

But the top nod goes to a Middlebury player.

Senior Payton Buxton excelled on the mound, at the plate and in the field and deserved her third straight selection as the Addison Independent Softball Player of the Year.

First-year Coach Don McCormick’s Eagles staked a solid claim as the best of the area teams, finishing 15-5 after winning the Division II championship, Mount Abe’s first-ever title in the sport. Senior Rachael McCormick’s pitching and hitting sparked Mount Abe, and she leads a group of four Eagle Independent

All-Stars. statistics and consultation with Coach Polly Rheaume’s 13-5 the coaches. Congratulations to Tigers saw another excellent seathe following: son end with heartbreak, an exPAYTON BUXTON, MUHS tra-inning loss to a D-I finalist for SENIOR, PLAYER OF THE the second straight spring. Two YEAR. Notes: Capped her stelTigers join Buxton on the Indelar four-year pitching career with pendent squad. an 11-5 won-loss record in the It wasn’t a vintage season for tough Metro Conference with Coach Pattie Candon’s Otter Valan earned-run average of 1.74 ley group, but the Otters finished … Struck out 170 batters and alstrong in the regular season to end lowed just 75 hits and 19 walks up with a winning record at 9-8, in 108.2 innings, finishing with including a home playoff victory. more than 600 career whiffs …

A hard-hitting junior third baseOffensively, batted .518 with a BUXTON man earned a spot here. .600 on-base percentage, scored Coach Mike Martin’s three-win, 26 runs, drove in nine, stole nine D-II Vergennes team lacked the pitching expe- bases, poked four doubles and tied for the rience to compete in the D-I Metro Conference local lead with three homers … Committed this spring, but featured a number of danger- just three errors in her varsity career — all as ous batters, two of whom are recognized here. a freshman — while making any number of Players were selected based on observation, terrific, heads-up plays … Smart, knowledge-

able, all-around player who was voted by Vermont coaches as the state’s Gatorade Softball Player of the Year.

Rheaume’s Quotes: “She wanted to get better, and all the effort that she put into it definitely paid off for her … She’s a great team leader, and tried her best all the time … Payton worked hard all the time and wanted the team to do as good as it could, too … She’s a great all-around kid, all-round, not just on the field, but off the field, too … Her mental game was just as good as defensive game. She was definitely confident, and that’s what you’ve got to have … (In the outfield) she could just track them down because she had the speed to go with it and the knowledge of where to go with the ball … She’s well deserving (of the Gatorade honor). Four years of working hard paid off.”

RACHAEL MCCORMICK, MOUNT ABE SENIOR. Notes: Helped Mount Abe (See All-Stars, Page 19)

Addison Independent, Monday, June 26, 2017 — PAGE 19

THE ADDISON NORTH U15 girls lacrosse team won the Division A Northern Vermont Girls Youth Lacrosse Championship on June 11 in Middlebury. Pictured are, front row left to right, Elena Bronson, Sydney Weber, Kate Anderson, Alie Croke, Rebekah Duprey, Ava Young, Halle Huizenga, Ilia Dennison, Molly Laurent, Carly Rougier and Anni Funk. Back row left to right, Scout Hall, Grace Harvey, Sophie Davis, Remi Shepard, Madi Shepard, Marley Keith, Sadie Thomas, Belia Seissen, Harriet Anderson, Hannah Kelly, Txuxa Konczal and Natalie Martin.

Addison North youth girls’ lacrosse team takes title MIDDLEBURY — The Addison North Under-15 girls’ lacrosse team on June 11 won the Division A Northern Vermont Girls Youth Lacrosse Champion-

ship, defeating host Middlebury in the final.

Addison North team members are 7th- and 8th-graders at Vergennes and Mount Abraham

union high schools.

Coached by Julianna Doherty and Steve Konczal, Addison North entered the season-ending tournament as the second seed

behind No. 1 Middlebury.

That Sunday Addison North defeated Essex in the quarterfinal round and Stowe in a semifinal before upsetting Middlebury in a

close championship. Both Addison North and Middlebury were undefeated in league play going into the final.

All-Stars two homers, three doubles and tions in Mount Abe’s playoff run, Scored 11 times, drove in eight (Continued from Page 18) five triples … Drove in 16 runs, with three hits in the semifinal and runs and struck out only three with her arm, bat and glove … scored 21, stole eight bases, and a key two-out RBI single in the times in 55 plate appearances Compiled a 10-3 pitching record, drew 10 walks to reach base at a final … Has soft hands at short… Tossed out several runners at including 3-0 in the playoffs, with .590 clip … Her extra-base hits stop and a quick release on her home with strong relay throws a 2.46 ERA and 105 strikeouts and actually declined from a year ago accurate throws … Smart, quick and helped out VUHS infielders 23 walks in 91 innings … Led the as teams, including Mount Abe by baserunner who stole 13 bases in by corralling errant throws.

Metro with a .667 batting average Coach McCormick’s admission, 14 attempts … Batted .426 with Martin’s Quotes: “She made a to go with a .695 on-base percenthesitated to throw her strikes … a .506 on-base percentage, scored lot of good plays … Almost every age, drove in 19 runs, scored 23 Fine third baseman with quick 23 runs, drove in 13, and struck game there as a wild throw she times, drilled two homers, led all hands and feet and a out just three times. went to get … Taylor was headslocal players with 38 hits, and powerful arm.

M c C o r m i c k ’s up with the ball, always looking stole 13 bases without getting Candon Quotes: Quotes: “She gets to make plays … Offensively she caught … Excellent fielder who “She’s very strong the big hits when was always consistent … She made a number of fine plays in defensively and ofwe need them … could always put the bat on the the title game … Plans to play at McCORMICK BRESNICK fensively … Many She’s always at her ball … She could spray the ball Castleton University next spring. teams tried to pitch best in big games around … Taylor especially led Coach McCormick’s Quotes: … Without Katelynn’s offense the way in keeping the camaraderie.”

“Rachael is one of the top players in the state around her … Gabby has solid we don’t win in the playoffs …

SARAH RATHBUN, VUHS SOPHO… She is at her best in big games, as was the mechanics both fielding and hitting … She moves She was huge for us MORE. Notes: Blossomed ofcase with her pitching and deto get in the best when most of the fensively and defensively in her fense in the playoffs … She is position to field the other big bats were first year starting behind the plate a fierce competitor who will not ball with soft hands quiet during our run after putting in the time to hone back down when challenged … and set up her strong … We’re looking her skills … Batted .434 with a She works every day at the game throw across the diforward to her se.482 on-base percentage out of of softball … She struggled a amond … She hit nior season, really the leadoff spot vs. Metro pitchlittle with nagging injury all seaeffortlessly …

Her excited …

Katelynn ing, often doing the most damage son. To lead the Metro in batting OUELLETTE lighthearted demeanis our team leader by vs. the toughest competition … average to me was incredible and or covers her deep example.”

Drove in 14 runs and scored eight to win 10 games as a pitcher as competitive core … She is open to TAYLOR BRESNICK, times while striking out only eight well just made me real proud of any coaching and willingly teachVUHS SENIOR. Notes: Fine times in 58 plate appearances. all the effort she puts in … I’ll be es her teammates the basics.” defensive first baseman and threeMartin’s Quotes: This year she proud to watch her play at CasKATELYNN OUELLETTE, year starter for the Commodores really improved a lot … The work tleton next season.”

MOUNT ABE JUNIOR. Notes: who capped her career by leadshe put in in the summer and the GABBY PAOLINO, OV JUSparkplug at the top of the Eagle ing VUHS with a .447 average offseason really paid off … She NIOR. Notes: All-around talent lineup who made key contribu- and a .527 on-base percentage …

PAOLINO who hit .490 with pop, ripping (See Team, Page 20) RATHBUN

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Team (Continued from Page 19) in the lineup as a sophomore and drove in 22 runs, scored was definitely our best hitter this year. She’s a tough out … She 22 runs and batted .386 with a homer, a triple, four doubles did a good job back there … When there was a runner on third and an on-base percentage of .498 ... Made consistent contact, striking out just six times … Compiled an outstanding she would step up even more.”

JENNA MCARDLE, MOUNT ABE JUNIOR. Notes: fielding percentage of .989 while catching the hard-throwing Quick center fielder with a lot of range and a knack for making Payton Buxton.

Rheaume’s Quotes: “She could get that ball in the playing diving catches, a skill she showed off in the playoffs … Has a strong arm … Batted a productive .339, leading all local play- field and not strike out … Teams knew she could bunt or hit ers with three homers and 28 RBIs … Reached base at a .397 and they tried to keep it away from her … Her doubles, she had a couple close ones that hit the fence. In a different park clip, scored 15 runs and stole eight bases in eight attempts. it could have been over McCormick’s Quotes: the fence … Yes, Pay“Jenna was our RBI maton is accurate, but chine … She drove in she’s got some speed runs in the tough Metro there, so Abby had to … She was our leader be on her toes all the in the outfield … She time. She did a great job made several highlight there.” catches for us and her LILY SMITH, arm was outstanding …

MUHS SENIOR. Jenna did everything I Notes: Fast, athletic asked of her this year … player who used her She has a just solid canspeed to her advantage do attitude.” at shortstop, showABBY LAROCK, ing great range; at bat, MUHS SOPHOwhere anything she hit MORE. Notes: Stepped SMITH McCARDLE on the ground put presup into the cleanup spot LAROCK

sure on opponents; and on the basepaths, where she was a constant threat to steal or take extra bases … Batted .328 with a .427 on-base percentage, drove in 14 runs, scored 21 times and stole eight bases.

Rheaume’s Quotes: “She’s a perfectionist… She has wheels.

She can get to just about anything. What most kids have to dive for she can get there without having to dive … She is a good leader on that field … She was definitely a threat to the other team because she had such speed … She’s just a good all-around player.”

EMILY ALDRICH, MOUNT ABE JUNIOR. Notes: Steady fielder at second base and team leader who led all local players by scoring 27 runs … Batted .302 and showed a good eye at the plate, drawing nine walks for an on-base percentage of .384 … Also drove in 11 runs and stole 10 bases without being caught.

McCormick’s Quotes: “Emily is our rock … We rely on Emily as a coach on the field. She is always deep into the game mentally … She is very solid up the middle on defense … Emily uses her intelligence and athleticism on the base paths to ALDRICH be one of our top baserunners.”

Fish & Wildlife fishing program offered at local parks

MONTPELIER — Vermont State Parks and the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department have expanded the popular “Reel Fun Vermont” program for 2017, meaning added fishing opportunities for park visitors statewide.

Reel Fun will be offered at six additional state parks this summer — including at Branbury State Park on Lake Dunmore in Salisbury and Button Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh — making fishing easy and accessible

to even more park campers and day visitors.

Created in 2015, the “Reel Fun Vermont” program provides park visitors with free, loaner fishing equipment to use at any of the participating state parks. The program is now available at 18 different state parks throughout Vermont.

In addition to Branbury and Button Bay, the state parks participating in 2017 are: Grand Isle and Burton Is-

land State Parks on Lake Champlain; Bomoseen State Park on Lake Bomoseen; Brighton State Park on Spectacle Pond; Camp Plymouth State Park on Echo Lake; Elmore State Park on Lake Elmore; Emerald Lake State Park; Gifford Woods State Park on Kent Pond; Half Moon State Park on Half Moon Pond; Lake Carmi State Park; Lake St. Catherine State Park; Little River State Park on Waterbury Reservoir; Silver Lake State Park

MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, June 27 5 a.m. Green Mountain Care Board 6 a.am Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) 10 a.m. Selectboard 1 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB) 3 p.m. No-one is Illegal: The Case for Open Borders 4 p.m. Congregational Church 5:30 p.m. Betty Nuovo 7 p.m. Selectboard 9:05 p.m. DRB Wednesday, June 28 5 a.m. Public Affairs 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9 a.m. Betty Nuovo 9:30 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Selectboard 12:05 p.m. No-one is Illegal: The Case for Open Borders 1 p.m. DRB 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Public Affairs 8:12 p.m. VT Politics Speaker Series 9:31 p.m. Selecboard 11:35 p.m. Green Mountain Care Board Thursday, June 29 5 a.m. Selectboard 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 9:30 a.m. Public Affairs 11:30 a.m. Eckankar 12 p.m. Selectboard, DRB, Public Affairs 5:30 p.m. Betty Nuovo 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Lifelines 7 p.m. DRB, Public Affairs Friday, June 30 5:30 a.m. Eckankar 6 a.m. Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board

6:30 p.m. Public Affairs 10 p.m. Betty Nuovo Saturday, July 1 5 a.m. Selectboard 6:15 a.m. DRB, Public Affairs 9:30 a.m. Eckankar 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Betty Nuovo 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs Sunday, July 2 5 a.m. DRB, Public Affairs 9 a.m. Catholic Mass 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 12:30 p.m. Public Affairs 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Catholic Mass 7:30 p.m. Eckankar 8 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs Monday, July 3 5 a.m. Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB, Public Affairs 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 8 p.m. Lifelines 8:30 p.m. Betty Nuovo 9 p.m. Green Mountain Care Board MCTV Channel 16 Tuesday, June 27 5 a.m. From Vermont Media Exchange 8:15 a.m. Transformational Yoga (LPCTV) 9 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9:30 a.m. The Story Matters 10 a.m. ACSD Board Meeting 12:05 p.m. First Wednesdays: Video Games 1:30 p.m. Reflections on Martin Luther King - Beyond Vietnam 3 p.m. Senior Moments - Music History 6 p.m. Hannaford Career Center (HCC)

in Barnard; Stillwater State Park on Groton Lake; Wilgus State Park on the Connecticut River; and Woodford State Park on Adams Reservoir.

In addition to being able to sign out loaner rods, reels, fishing line and an assortment of lures, park visitors will have access to a fishing guide publication for the various “Reel Fun” parks, developed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife.

Introductory fishing clinics coordi-

nated through the “Let’s Go Fishing” program will also be held at many of the parks during the summer, helping people new to the sport learn the basics of fishing. Lastly, a full “Reel Fun Week” will be held from July 10 to July 17 to celebrate fishing at Vermont State Parks.

To find out more about Vermont State Parks, make a camping reservation or learn about day use, visit vtstateparks.com.

MIDDLEBURY COMMUNITY TELEVISION: P.O. Box 785, Middlebury, Vt. 05753

Please see the MCTV website, www.middleburycommunitytv.org, for changes in the schedule; MCTV events, classes and news; and to view many programs online. Submit listings to the above address, or call 388-3062.

8 p.m. All Things LGBTQ (ORCA) 9 p.m. First Wednesdays at the Ilsley Anelise Orleck 10:15 p.m. Festival on the Green Wednesday, June 28 5 a.m. The Story Matters 5:30 a.m. First Wednesdays at the Ilsley Anelise Orleck 7 a.m. Yoga Sequence (2013) 7:20 a.m. Bear Pond Books 8:00 a.m. Science and Nature Programs from VMX 4 p.m. First Wednesdays at the Ilsley 5:15 p.m. Transformational Yoga 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6 p.m. Ripton & Weybridge Schools Choral Concert 7:30 p.m. ACSD, HCC School Boards 8:40 p.m. Festival on the Green Thursday, June 29 5:30 a.m. All Things LGBTQ 6:30 a.m. HCC, ACSD Board Meetings 12 p.m. Chronique Francophone 12:30 p.m. From Vermont Media Exchange 2:30 p.m. The Story Matters 3 p.m. Festival on the Green 6:30 p.m. Spring Into the Arts Elementary School Bands 7:05 p.m. Festival on the Green Friday, June 30 5 a.m. All Things LGBTQ 6 a.m. Yoga for You 6:15 a.m. Yoga - Mindfulness & Wellness 8 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8:30 a.m. HCC, ACSD Board Meeting 3:30 p.m. Video Games-Changing Stories and Changing Behavior 5:30 p.m. The Story Matters 6 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 7 p.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 p.m. Festival on the Green 9 p.m. Music Programs from VMX Saturday, July 1 5 a.m. ACEDC – Employee Ownership

7:46 a.m. Festival on the Green, VMX 11:30 a.m. The Story Matters 12 p.m. HCC ACSD Board Meetings 5 p.m. Freedom & Unity Film Contest Winner 5:30 p.m. Lights, Camera, Action 6 p.m. Spring Into the Arts – MUMS Band 6:40 p.m. Spring Into the Arts – MUMS Chorus 7:23 p.m. Spring Into the Arts – MUHS Band 8 p.m. Spring Into the Arts – MUHS Chorus 8:41 p.m. Spring Into the Arts – MUHS Jazz Band 9:30 p.m. CCV Commencement 11 p.m. Festival on the Green Sunday, July 2 5:11 a.m. Yoga Sequence 5:30 a.m. NOFA – Andrew Mefford – Hoop House 7 a.m. Spring into the Arts – Shoreham School Play – “We The People” 7:25 a.m. Spring into the Arts - Cornwall School Play – “Who We Are” 8 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8:30 a.m. The Story Matters 9 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange 11 a.m. Festival on the Green 1 p.m. Senior Moments – Music History 2:35 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6 p.m. Senior Moments – Music History 8:30 p.m. Video Games-Changing Stories and Changing Behaviors 10 p.m. First Wednesdays Monday, July 3 5 a.m. Senior Moments – Music History 7 a.m. Grow Your Own: Worm Composting 8:30 a.m. The Story Matters 9 a.m. Chronique Frrancophone 9:30 a.m. Yoga 10 a.m. HCC, ACSD Board Meetings 12 p.m. Festival on the Green 5:30 p.m. CCV Commencement 7 p.m. Spring Into the Arts, Festival on the Green.

Addison Independent, Monday, June 26, 2017 — PAGE 21

Creek Rd. (Continued from Page 1) committee’s review of a consultant’s report detailing four potential fixes for Creek Road, which has been closed to through traffic since 2015 due to safety concerns posed by significant stream bank erosion and extensive pavement damage in several areas.

The road is currently gated and closed between a point south of the state transportation garage southward to the intersection with Three Mile Bridge Road.

Committee members at their meeting also heard from some residents of the Creek Road neighborhood, some of whom urged officials to simply make basic repairs and reopen the road quickly, rather than invest $1.15 million in the solution that Wilder-based Pathways Consulting LLC believes could best protect the road from flood damage caused by the adjacent Otter Creek.

Some neighborhood residents argued the river will ultimately choose its own course and the town should in the meantime put Creek Road back in circulation.

“All you need to do is fix what needs to be fixed,” said resident Maurice Rheaume.

“Open it up; it’s your responsibility.”

Hank Nop has farmed property off Creek Road for many years, and has seen the flooding that can occur during wet months. He urged officials not to “spend too much money” on the solution.

“I would like to see them fix the road here and there, and it would be fine,” said Nop, who has a key to the gate on Creek Road that allows him

access to farmland.

Mark Perrin and his family have lived on Creek Road since 1990.

He voiced frustration about how flood damage and the lingering road closure.

“We just want to get to the end of our driveway,” Perrin said.

He acknowledged the repair solution would be costly. Since its closure to through traffic, Creek Road — with its great views — has become a popular biking, jogging and walking location, according to Perrin.

So the road has become important to a lot more people than the residents who live there.

“This is not an easy one,” Perrin said of the Creek Road fix. “There’s a lot of emotions out there.”

Middlebury has already invested around $752,000 in Creek Road improvements during the past year, which included 2,200 of new pavement and installation of a new sidewalk on the west side of the street north of the closed part. That portion of Creek Road serves Middlebury’s new recreation facility. The job also featured upgrades to the Creek Road storm sewer system.

Now the selectboard must turn its attention to the long-term viability of the rest of the road. To that end, the board hired Pathways in February 2016 to assess the nature of flooding and bank erosion along Otter Creek, explore strategies for stabilizing its banks, and identify cost-efficient alternatives for re-opening the road.

FOUR OPTIONS Consultants considered the following four design options to address the Creek Road deficiencies:

• Shifting 8,320 feet of Creek Road away from the creek, in order to restore a 25-foot, vegetated buffer between the road and the flowing water. This design would require the acquisition of 7,400 feet of additional right-of-way width (10 to 40 feet) on several private properties immediately east of Creek Road. Estimated cost: $1,150,000, which does not include any bank stabilization measures.

• Stabilizing the creek banks and making “minimum road improvements” along 12,400 feet of existing Creek Road to allow it to remain in its present location and be reopened to traffic. This plan would include resurfacing 50 percent of Creek Road, installing 800 feet of road stabilization fabric in soft areas, improving existing drainage crossings (and installing three new ones), and putting in 800 feet of new ditching to improve drainage. Estimated cost: $1,469,000.

• Constructing a new, 2,000-foot road connecting Meadow Glen Drive to Creek Road between the Perrin and Nop properties. This would also involve shifting 4,210 feet of Creek Road within, or near, its existing right-of-way to restore a 25-foot buffer between the road and stream banks and abandoning a 4,800-foot segment of Creek Road. Estimated cost: $1,388,000.

• Maintaining Creek Road in its present location. This would call for minimum upgrades to 12,400 feet of the existing road to allow it to reopen at its current location.

Around 50 percent of the road would be resurfaced, and 800 feet of road stabilization fabric would be installed

Homeless (Continued from Page 16) efforts, the population of homeless veterans has steadily declined since the 2013 count.

2017 saw a continuation of this downward trend with 94 veterans counted, a 15 percent decrease compared to last year. There were no homeless veterans counted in Addison County that day.

• 340 people (28 percent) reported having a severe mental illness. 228 people (19 percent) reported having a substance abuse disorder.

The Point-In-Time Count findings come on the heels of the release of the Out of Reach

Report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition. Vermont’s average Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,139. In order to afford this — without paying more than 30 percent on rent and utilities — a household must earn $45,545 annually, translating to a $21.90 hourly wage. This is unaffordable for a large percentage of Vermonters. The report found that Vermont has the fifth largest affordability gap for renters of any state in the nation. High rents, coupled

with vacancy rates as low as 1 percent, continue to be barriers to finding and retaining housing.

People who experience homelessness in Vermont face complex challenges, which include and go beyond the unaffordability of housing.

The Point-in-Time Count allows local communities and state policy makers to understand the current problems of homelessness, target limited funding to appropriate housing and services, and track progress towards ending and preventing homelessness.

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in soft areas. The plan would also require installation of 8,000 feet of new ditching and 1,300 feet of “limited bank stabilization measures” — such as stone fill armoring, or riprap — in what consultants identified as the “most critical bank sections.” Estimated cost: $530,000.

After extensive study and input from Middlebury officials and property owners, the consultants elected to advance the first, $1.15 million option.

“Only design recommendation No. 1 provides a cost-effective and feasible approach that reaches a balance between cost, the need to move the road away from the stream, the need to restore an adequate riparian buffer, and minimize the potential impacts on other natural resources (such as floodplain and wetlands) and private properties in the vicinity,” the consultants concluded in their 44-page report.

Officials also touted the preferred option because it would maintain the current traffic pattern, would not affect access to private properties, would “minimize future road maintenance costs,” could be built in one construction season, would “substantially” reduce Otter Creek bank erosion through creation of the 25-foot buffer, and could be considered a “long-term solution.”

But officials also acknowledged some “negative aspects” of the preferred project, including that it would require right-of-way acquisition from seven private property owners and would have an impact to roughly 1.1 acres of surrounding wetlands.

After around an hour of debate, the Middlebury Infrastructure Committee decided to make reopening Creek Road a top priority, but that the town could probably not afford a $1.15 million fix in one fell swoop. So the panel will recommend that the selectboard implement Pathways’ proposed plan over several years.

“We ought to fix the section of road that needs to be fixed, and then it ought to be opened up,” committee member Heather Seeley said.

Committee Chairperson Susan Shashok said she, too, would like to see Creek Road opened as soon as possible, but she also noted the town’s many past, quick fixes that have since been undone by flooding.

“It’s time to look (at Creek Road) as a whole,” she said.

As committee member Don Keeler noted, the town currently has no funds set aside for the Creek Road fix. It remains to be seen how much of the $1.15 million price tag Middlebury would have to absorb.

Consultants believe the project would qualify for state/federal grants, and are encouraging the town to seek funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Josh Donabedian, transportation planner with the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, said Middlebury can expect some financial help through the state. That’s because Creek Road is “hydrologically connected” to Otter Creek, and the state is prioritizing repairs to such roads, he said.

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Bixby to host table read of play VERGENNES — On Tuesday, June 27, from 6-8:30 p.m., Zig Zag Lit Mag continues its monthly Table Read Series at Bixby Memorial Library with a reading of work by A. Jay Dubberly of Vergennes.

The format for the table read is simple: the author’s work is read aloud by peers, and then discussed, all while the author remains silent; the author exists like a fly on the wall, observing others interacting with their work.

The Dubberly play that will be read on Tuesday, tentatively called “No Children,” focuses on two 75-year-old ex-hippies living in a camper in central Vermont who are

literally haunted by the children they never had. The play is two acts, and the reading will last about 80 minutes with an open-ended discussion to follow.

Muir Haman, the Bixby’s Adult Services Librarian, will act as facilitator for the evening. Readers and writers of all abilities are welcome to attend this event, which gives a unique look at the behind-the-scenes of not only dramatic writing, but of writing in general. The contents of the play may be suitable to those 16 years old and older.

Dubberly is a graduate of Goddard College’s MFA program with a focus on dramatic writing. He is

Broadband new to county’s north

FERRISBURGH/MONKTON — FairPoint Communications last week announced that it had completed broadband projects that affect more than 5,600 locations in 30 Vermont towns.

In Ferrisburgh and Monkton, the only Addison County towns affected, this project brings customers download speeds of up to 25 Mbps and provides broadband service to some areas for the first time. Residential and business customers in these two towns qualify for the fast Internet based

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on the distance from FairPoint’s servicing equipment.

The company said the new technology will enable customers to smoothly stream high-definition video, browse the web or participate in online gaming.

The eight streets on which the broadband internet has been upgraded includes part of the following— in Ferrisburgh: Echo Road, Fuller Mountain Road, Jockey Lane, Nuthatch Lane, Pond Lane and Tonglen Lane; and in Monkton: Jockey Lane and Ledge Lane.

School Briefs

Megan Martin of Vergennes has been named to the dean’s list at Quinnipiac University for the Spring 2017 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must earn a grade point average of at

least 3.5 with no grade lower than C. Full-time students must complete at least 14 credits in a semester, with at least 12 credits that have been graded on a letter grade basis to be eligible.

the co-founder of Zig Zag Lit Mag and works as an adjunct professor of Film and English at the Community College of Vermont. His first novella, “Storm & Stella,” is set to hit local bookshelves and Amazon. com this fall.

The Bixby Library is at 258 Main St., Vergennes. The event — to be held in the Bixby’s Half-Round Room — is free. All those who come are welcome (but not required) to participate in both the reading and the ensuing discussion. For more information contact Haman at 8772211 x208 or muir.haman@bixbylibrary.org.

Fireworks, concert set for Vergennes on third of July VERGENNES — The Fraternal Order of the Eagles No. 3801 and the Vergennes American Legion Post No. 14 will co-sponsor a fireworks display at the Vergennes Union High School athletics fields on Monday, July 3, beginning at dusk.

Prior to the fireworks, the public is invited to come and enjoy music provided by the Vergennes City Band, directed

by Susan O’Daniel. Refreshments will be available from food vendors, and the Vergennes Fire Department will be on site to keep everything safe.

Bring the whole family for a fun and spectacular evening as Vergennes celebrates Independence Day. A rain date has been set for July 5.

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Spotlight on Vergennes City bench dedicated to Vietnam vets VERGENNES — The Seth Warner — Rhoda Farrand Chapter of the DAR has been an active partner with the Vietnam War Commemoration Committee for the past three years.

This spring, the group purchased a park bench to dedicate local Vietnam veterans. A plaque attached by the chapter thanks and honors Vietnam veterans for their service. The bench has been placed in Macdonough Park in Vergennes, in a shady spot with a view of the falls.

The group held a dedication ceremony on Flag Day, June 14.

Ellen Pratt, chapter regent, gave a brief overview of the goals of the committee and Ted Boelens sang beautiful renditions of two patriotic songs. The ceremony was followed by refreshments. Quite a few members of the community, including Mayor Daniels and city councilman Lowell Bertrand, showed up for the dedication, along with about 15 Vietnam-era veterans.

VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS from the Vergennes area joined The Seth Warner — Rhoda Farrand Chapter of the DAR and city dignitaries on June 14 at the dedication ceremony for a bench in their honor.

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Local Lions distribute donated eyeglasses VERGENNES — From July 2016 to June 2017 Vermont Lions Club members have been quietly collecting eyeglasses from the public and stashing them away in the basement of Vergennes Lion Brad Howe, the chairmen of the effort.

On June 14, under Howe’s direction, members of the Vermont clubs delivered about 15,000 pairs of eyeglasses to the New Jersey Lions

MEMBERS OF THE Lions Clubs in Vermont loaded up a truck full of donated eyeglasses that were stored in the basement of Vergennes Lion Brad Howe for transport to a processing center.

Eyeglass Recycling Center (LERC) in West Trenton, N.J. More than 3,000 of those glasses were from the Lions Club donation boxes in Brandon, Middlebury and Vergennes.

The Lions expressed their appreciation and thanks to everyone who donated used — even broken — eyeglasses, sunglasses and readers.

Lions volunteers at the LERC process 1.2 million pairs of glasses each year. The recycling center is big — about the size of a football field.

Their process starts with an initial sorting of incoming glasses.

Prescription glasses that are undamaged are sorted for further processing. Damaged glasses and all non-prescription glasses are sorted into either plastic or metal recycling bins.

They send the plastic and metal to California for recycling and use the funds earned to operate the facility.

Next step is to sanitize the good prescription glasses. Each pair of glasses is then measured with a lensometer, individually bagged with the prescription data, and finally stored by prescription until called

THE LIONS EYEGLASS Recycling Center processes 1.2 million pairs of donated eyeglasses a year and ships them out to be distributed worldwide.

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The New Jersey LERC is a 501 (c)3 volunteer organization that provides recycled eyeglasses to Lions and other mission groups who per-

form vision screening and/or eye examinations in developing countries and the United States. The New Jersey center distributes 50,000 to 100,000 glasses annually.

Glasses are distributed for free to Lions missions around the world.

Other organizations are charged a handling fee of $5 for each 800 pair of glasses.

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

Cards of Thanks THE FAMILY OF Conrad H. Orr would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped in every way to make Conrad’s memorial service and reception one to remember. Thank you and God Bless you all. Jessie and Family.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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SPRING IS HERE Wet Paint.

Interior & exterior quality painting. 30 year’s quality workmanship. References.

Insured. 802‑458‑2402.

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MANY, MANY ITEMS FOR sale. A crafters heaven: yarn stashes, p quilling, embroi‑ dery, tons of scrapbooking dyes, papers and other sup‑ plies, 8x10 area rug (grayish blue with beige border, Over‑ all floral), full size mattress topper (better quality), tons of size 6‑10 ladies clothing, many new, never worn. Can‑ ning jard, clay gaeden pots.

Some furniture negotiable.

Call 453‑3480.

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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.

EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY seeks a full time housekeeper who is friendly and detail‑oriented to provide quality cleaning service in our retirement community.

Email: greatplacetowork@ eastviewmiddlebury.com or call 802‑989‑7507.

FULLTIME SERVICE COOR‑ DINATOR Anticipated opening at the Counseling Service of Addison County in a multidis‑ ciplinary case management position (Developmental Ser‑ vices, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Choices for Care Elder program). Extensive training and mentoring provided but candidates need to have a minimum of 3 years of experi‑ ence in a related field and a B.A. degree. Excellent super‑ visory, problem solving, and documentation skills required.

Comprehensive benefit pack‑ age includes medical, dental, life insurance, generous paid time‑off, and retirement plan.

To apply, visit csac‑vt.org.

H O M E H E A LT H A I D E ‑ Per‑Diem position available: Addison County Home Health and Hospice is looking to fill a part time, 15‑20 hours/week, Home Health Aide position, providing direct patient care in the home as part of a care team. Must have a current LNA license and driver’s li‑ cense. Candidates must be available to work every other weekend. Please submit re‑ sume and cover letter to Kris‑ ten Smith, Human Resources P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753 or hr@achhh.org.

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

CORNWALL YARD SALE. Saturday, July 1, 9am‑1pm.

560 Route 30 almost (2 miles south of golf course, across from silo with no top.)

Multi‑family yard sale; quality stuff. No early birds, please.

COLLEGE STREET CHIL‑ DREN’S CENTER is look‑ ing for a nurturing, creative, enthusiastic center teacher to join our team of children professionals. The position is guaranteed 20 hours a week, with more available and be‑ gins as soon as possible.

Person must have flexibility to work varied hours. Experience with children birth to three and a degree in Early Child‑ hood Education or related field is preferred. Send resume and three written letters of reference by June 23rd to: Jenne Morton, College Street Children’s Center, 228 Col‑ lege Street., Middlebury, VT 05753. 802‑388‑2401. Email: cscc1@sover.net.

PEASANT MARKET SALE. Middlebury Green. Saturday, July 8, 9am ‑ 2pm. Antiques, toys, clothing, furniture, books, jewelry, sporting goods, con‑ cessions.

COUNTER SERVERS AND pizza makers. 4‑6 hour shift, mellow atmosphere, all ages encouraged to apply. Free pizzas. Stop by Nino’s Middle‑ bury, 388‑7755.

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FULL TIME, BAKER AND Barista positions. On line ap‑ plication on website or stop in and apply in person. Ot‑ ter Creek Bakery, Middle‑ bury. 802‑388‑3371. www. ottercreekbakery.com HANDY PERSON WANTED TO work in a non‑smoking, non‑alcohol, drug free envi‑ ronment. Pay will depend on work. Some chainsaw work, some work in vegetable gar‑ den and must be familiar with small carpentry jobs and have own transportation (pick up preferred) 760‑807‑6187.

Help Wanted

GREEN PASTURE MEATS is looking for full time butcher/ meat cutter in our New Ha‑ ven store Location. Experi‑ ence required, some train‑ ing available. Contact Su‑ zanne 802‑349‑6781, email milepoint@yahoo.com.

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Send resume and three let‑ ters of reference to: Jenne Morton, College Street Chil‑ dren’s Center, 228 College Street, Middlebury, VT. 05753.

802‑388‑2401 or email to: cscc1@sover.net.

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NEEDED IMMEDIATELY: RESIDENTIAL /Commercial Concrete Finisher/Lead Per‑ son and Laborer needed for foundations and flat work.

Wage based on experience.

Valid driver’s license, depend‑ able and a positive attitude.

Call Donnie at 802‑453‑6426.

Help Wanted

WEEKEND COMMUNITY SUPPORT worker. This posi‑ tion involves providing home based and community based supports for an adult female living in Middlebury. We’re seeking candidates with strong communication skills, and prior experience and/ or compassionate curiosity regarding ways to support people coping with life impact‑ ing mental health conditions.

We offer a supportive team approach and a rich learning environment. 16hr. / wk. Must have valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record, own vehicle, and live within 30 minutes from Middlebury.

Send cover letter and resume to: apply@csac‑vt.org or visit our website at: www.csac‑vt. org.

HELP WANTED

Jackman Fuels Inc., in Vergennes, Vermont is looking for a full time Plumbing/ Heating technician. All applicants must be organized, committed to customer service, have a clean driving record, and possess an ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Benefits include competitive wages, 401k, and health insurance.

Please send resume and questions to: jackman@jackmanfuels.com

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We are seeking people with winning personalities and great attitudes to join our team.

Full & Part-time positions available with flexible scheduling. Must be willing to work some nights & weekends.

Full & Part-time Cashiers & Deli Employees needed.

Apply in person or pick up an application at: Maplefields –– Shoreham Service Center

Corner of Routes 22A and 74 • Shoreham, VT EOE

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THE ADDISON INDEPENDENT IS SEEKING A PEOPLE-PERSON FOR DYNAMIC SALES TEAM

Current Full Time Open Positions at Vermont Soap Shipping Specialist: Pack and ship packages for UPS, FedEx and USPS. The successful applicant must have excellent attention to detail, good memory; ability to easily fit items into boxes and be able to lift 50 pounds. 40hrs/wk; Salary commensurate with experience. Will train the right person.

Email resume to larry@vtsoap.com Plant Engineer: Maintain processing, filling and labeling equipment at our 25,000sqft facility in Middlebury. The successful applicant is a self-motivated person who can “fix anything”, has a positive attitude, some tools, can operate a computer and is looking for a long term work in a place where they will be treated decently and not overly micromanaged.

40hrs/wk; Salary commensurate with experience. Email resume or letter of interest to larry@vtsoap.com In-house Graphic Artist: Part time work (20hrs/wk) on labels, ads and marketing pieces. Email resume to larry@ vtsoap.com

Help Wanted

The Addison Independent is hiring a top-notch advertising representative with sales experience to sell new and service established accounts in Addison, Rutland, and Chittenden County.

Individual must be excited to represent existing print and digital marketing plans as well as budding new digital platforms.

Must enjoy meeting and working with people, have strong written and verbal communication skills and a desire to actively listen and help businesses succeed.

Challenging, fast-paced work both within the office and on the road. Must have professional appearance, attention to detail and a creative attitude. This position offers ample opportunity to excel.

Commission-based compensation with health care package, 401K benefits and flexible work schedule. Excellent opportunity for learning or honing sales/business skills.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to: Christy Lynn, Director of Sales 58 Maple Street | Middlebury, VT 05753 christy@addisonindependent.com ADDISON COUNTY

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PART TIME HELPER need‑ ed to assist with light main‑ tenance and yard work in Shoreham, VT (1‑2 days per week). Reliable transportation required. Submit resume to: Bread Loaf Corporation, 1293 Route 7 South, Middlebury, VT 05753. Attn: Sheila.

PART TIME‑ FOR SEVER‑ AL odd jobs, at my home in New Haven. Will pay 15/ hr.

802‑453‑4597.

PART‑TIME CAREGIVER FOR 17 year old disabled boy in Middlebury. Applicants must have child care experience, references and be reliable.

Some lifting required. Flexible hours. Criminal background check. Send resume to: sstone7716@gmail.com.

PART‑TIME/CLEANING cot‑ tage rentals at Lake Cham‑ plain in Shoreham. Resume and vehicle/driver’s license required. Call 802‑353‑6188.

RETAIL STORE ASSOCIATE needed. HOPE is looking for a person to work 29.5 hours a week, including every other Saturday. Must have solid experience in running a cash register and cash handling, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to work in a fast‑paced store. To apply, send resume and brief letter of interest to HOPE, PO Box 165 in Middlebury, or email these to: receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

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2 BEDROOM, FIRST FLOOR apartment with full private basement. W/D hookups. Lo‑ cated in Middlebury, close to town on Court St. Off street parking, lawn care and snow plowing included. $1,100 per month plus utilities. No smok‑ ing or pets. 802‑352‑6678.

3 BEDROOM 2 BATH house on 2 1/2 acres of land in Bran‑ don. Totally renovated. Energy efficient. All hardwood floors except kitchen and bath. Full basement. Beautiful backyard.

Includes stove, refrigerator, microwave, washer and dryer.

Screened porch. No smoking.

One pet possible. $1,200/ mo. plus utilities and security deposit. Credit references and background check required.

802‑352‑6678.

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.

NEW 2017 ENERGY STAR display models. Modular, double and single wides.

Open 7 days a week. Up to $27,500 down payment assistance available on new homes if you qualify.

FactoryDirectHomesofVT. com. 600 Rte. 7 Pittsford, VT. 1‑802‑773‑2555. tflanders@ beanshomes.com.

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SEARCH REOPENED FOR: warehouse and administrative assistant. 29.5 hour position greeting donors, answering phones, scheduling pickups and deliveries, performing supportive clerical tasks, and more. Able to lift up to 25 pounds and stand for long periods of time, have solid customer service experience, and excellent organizational skills including proficiency in Microsoft programs. To apply, send resume and brief letter of interest to HOPE, PO Box 165 in Middlebury, or email these to: receptionist@hope‑vt.org.

2 BEDROOM, 5 STAR EN‑ ERGY efficient apartment in Salisbury, close to Lake Dun‑ more. 1/2 of side by side du‑ plex. 2 bedrooms with full bath upstairs. Stove, refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher and dining area in kitchen. Large living room. Heated basement with S/D. Private sun deck. No pets or smoking. $1,100/mo. plus utilities; includes yard work and snowplowing. Avail‑ able July 1. 802‑352‑6678.

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

802‑388‑2754.

A FRESHLY PAINTED ONE BEDROOM apartment. $900 month, heat and electricity in‑ cluded. No pets, no smoking.

New Haven, 802‑453‑7117.

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.

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BRISTOL THREE BEDROOM apartment. Garage, full base‑ ment, heat and lawn care.

802‑453‑2566.

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CEDAR POSTS for sale. 8 footers, no points.

802‑388‑4831.

Rental Opportunities 3 spaces coming available at the Marble Works.

The Marble Works District is located in downtown Middlebury, VT. It is home to numerous shops, restaurants, and service providers.

With an abundance of parking and views of the Middlebury Falls, this is perfect office space in Middlebury, VT.

Vacation Rentals 2 BEDROOM SUMMER RENTAL. Enjoy Lake Dun‑ more in your own private camp. Hillside camp over‑ looking Lake Dunmore with 320’ private frontage. Across from road on East side above Branbury State Park. Rental to one family, $5,000. for whole season. Mostly furnished, with all appliances. Beautiful views, great swimming, sun deck and dock on water. Call 802‑352‑6678.

ADDISON: LAKE CHAM‑ PLAIN waterfront camp.

Beautiful views, gorgeous sunsets, private beach, dock, rowboat and canoe included. $600 weekly, or call for week‑ ends. 802‑349‑4212.

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

575 sq. ft. at 63 Maple Street 1780 sq. ft. at 111 Maple Street Kubota building center marble building

Contact:

1400 sq. ft. at 211 Maple Street South Van Raalte building

Ryan M. Emilio, Operations Manager Marble Works Partnership marbleworksptr@gmail.com 388-3701

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.

Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944.

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FROG HOLLOW ONE BED‑ ROOM with study. No Smok‑ ing, no pets apartment. Quiet tenant preferred. $1,000/mo. plus utilities. 388‑6161.

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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.

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

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

FOR RENT, COURT ST., Mid‑ dlebury. Two bedroom apart‑ ment, recently remodeled, includes water and sewer, off street parking, private en‑ trance. $1,200 per month.

Call 349‑7755 for more in‑ formation.

MIDDLEBURY, 1,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., cen‑ tral location, parking. Can be subdivided. Real‑Net Manage‑ ment Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing

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.

FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281.

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

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

TORO SNOW BLOWER, 6 months old, 4‑1/2 hours on it. $500. 802‑388‑6961.

VITAMIX‑ PURCHASED 2017, like new. $250. Kitchen Aid Slow Cooker, purchased 2017, like new. $50. Call Su‑ san Wallis at 453‑5600.

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.summitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Only three lots remain in the Daisy Lane Residential De‑ velopment. One is a beauti‑ ful wooded 1 1/4 acre with a small year round stream.

Lots are supported with village water and approved for simple in‑ground septic. Located in East Middlebury, just 15‑20 minutes from the Snow Bowl, 2 golf courses and beautiful Lake Dunmore. 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350.

Att. Farmers

2012 VESPA SCOOTER LXV 150. 50 miles, brown with leather seat. $3,000.

802‑453‑6135.

ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge.

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

WEST ADDISON: 2 STORY, furnished house on lakefront.

Washer, dryer. No smok‑ ing. Available September through May. $1,000/month.

860‑878‑9580.

NEW HAVEN: UNIQUE and recently renovated, fun filled apartment. Includes many extras. No smoking. No pets.

References. $900 per month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040.

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KILNDRIEDFIREWOODFOR‑ SALE.com NEXT WINTER’S WOOD, cut, split. Truck your own. $200 per cord. 802‑247‑6061.

TIMBERWOLF FIREWOOD: Dry or green. Call for prices.

802‑388‑7300.

EVINRUDE TWIN CYLIN‑ DER 4HP outboard motor.

Very good condition. Great for dingy or trolling. Few hours. $400. OBO. 802‑453‑4235.

HONDA 1‑1/2HP 4 STROKE, short shaft outboard motor, 2008. Very low hours. Came off dingy. $1,400 new. Asking $750 OBO. 802‑453‑4235.

JOHNSON 1980 28HP long shaft, electric start outboard motor with controls. Can hear run in barrel. Also includes steering wheel and all acces‑ sories to fit same motor. $800.

OBO. 802‑453‑4235.

YAMAHA 4HP 4 STROKE, extra long shaft sailboat motor, 2008. Excellent condition, very low hours. Owner gave up sailing. $1,800. new. Asking $900. OBO 802‑453‑4235.

Cars 1996 FORD EXPLORER, limited edition. 83,000 miles, 4 w d . L e a t h e r, s u n r o o f , cruise, tilt, power seats, run‑ ning board, roof rack, more. $1,500. 781‑690‑2407.

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

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Public Notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 30 & 31 Addison County Superior Court (2) Rutland County Superior Court (1) Cornwall (1) Middlebury (2) Panton (1)

To publish a legal notice in the Addison Independent please email information to legals@addisonindependent.com STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 135-6-15 ANCV CITIMORTGAGE, INC. v.

WILLIAM G. ROTH AND ELAINE R. ROTH OCCUPANTS OF 121 TUNNEL BROOK ROAD, HANCOCK, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered November 10, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by William G. Roth and Elaine R. Roth to CitiMortgage, Inc., dated March 5, 2003 and recorded in Book 25 Page 91 of the land records of the Town of Hancock, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 121 Tunnel Brook Road, Hancock, Vermont on July 19, 2017 at 11:30 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: SITUATE IN ADDISON COUNTY, STATE OF VERMONT: BEING A PARCEL OF 0.98 ACRES LOCATED ON HANCOCK TOWN HIGHWAY NO. 12, AND BEING ALL OF THE SAME LANDS AND PREMISES CONVEYED TO DAVID S. PALMER AND VERA A. PALMER BY WARRANTY DEED OF CONNIE SLEATH DATED MAY 27, 1992 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 20, PAGES 313-314 OF THE HANCOCK LAND RECORDS, TO WHICH DEED, THE DEEDS THEREIN MENTIONED AND THE HANCOCK LAND RECORDS REFERENCE MAY BE HAD IN AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. THE PREMISES ARE FURTHER DESCRIBED AS LOT #2 ON THE SURVEY BY NORMAN R. SMITH, INC., DATED NOVEMBER 6, 1987 AND ENTITLED “JOHN C. EATON ESTATE, HANCOCK, VERMONT,” PLAT NO. 87-666-87, WHICH IS RECORDED IN HANCOCK MAP BOOK 1, PAGE 70. LOT #2 IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT AN IRON PIN ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF HANCOCK TOWN HIGHWAY #12 (COMMONLY KNOWN AS TUNNEL BROOK ROAD) AND MARKING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THIS PARCEL AND LOT #1. THENCE PROCEEDING NORTH 78 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 07 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 250.92 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE TURNING AND PROCEEDING NORTH 10 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 19 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 162.56 FEET TO A PROPERTY CORNER; THENCE TURNING THENCE TURNING AND PROCEEDING SOUTH 79 DEGREES 4 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 274.27 FEET TO A PROPERTY CORNER LOCATED ON THE WESTERLY EDGE OF TOWN HIGHWAY #12; THENCE TURNING AND PROCEEDING SOUTH 18 DEGREES 28 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WESTERLY EDGE OF TOWN HIGHWAY #12 A DISTANCE OF 164.7 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO WILLIAM G. ROTH AND ELAINE R. ROTH, HUSBAND AND WIFE BY DEED FROM DAVID S. PALMER, RECORDED 02/02/1998 IN DEED BOOK 22, PAGE 408.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: June 12, 2017 By: /S/Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

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★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY REG. SELECTBOARD MEETING TUESDAY JUNE 27 • 5:30 P.M.

ROOM 116 – LARGE CONFERENCE RM. 77 MAIN STREET AGENDA 5:30 1. **Call to Order 2. *Approval of Agenda 3. **Public Input Meeting on Temporary Relocation of ACTR Transit Hub: In order to prepare for construction associated with the Main Street and Merchants Row Bridges, the Town of Middlebury and ACTR are working to identify a temporary transit hub in order to move the transit hub from its long-time location on Merchants Row during construction. The temporary relocation period is anticipated to start in November 2017 and run through the end of 2020.

6:45 Break – Prepare for Regular Business Meeting 7:00 4. *Approval of Minutes of June 13, 2017 Regular Selectboard Meeting 5. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] 7:10 6. *Appointment to Addison County Regional Planning Commission’s Transportation Advisory Committee 7:15 7. *Director of Planning & Zoning Jennifer Murray a. *Application to Vermont Sales Tax Reallocation Program b. *Proposal for Creating a Conservation Commission 7:30 8. *Vermont Bike & Pedestrian Grant Program a. *Application for a Small-Scale Grant for the MALT RR Crossing near the Boathouse Bridge b. Application for Extension of the Sidewalk on the east side of Court Street from Creek Road to Middle Road 7:40 9. Infrastructure Committee Meeting of June 27, 2017 a. *Creek Road Erosion Stability Study Report b. *Engineering Proposal on Pump Stations #3 & #9 Force Main c. *Municipal Roads Grants-In-Aid Pilot Project Funding 7:55 10. *Vermont Gas Systems Request for Easement for Distribution Lines – Mill Street & Bakery Lane – Follow-up on Discussion of June 13, 2017 8:10 11. *Code of Ethics for Administration of Federal Emergency Management Agency/Department of Public Safety Grants 8:20 12. *Approve Loan Documents for Vehicle & Equipment Purchases Authorized at Town Meeting of Agri-Mark 8:25 13. *Extension Agreement 8:30 14. *FY17 Year-to-Date Budget Report 8:35 15. *Set FY18 Tax Rate 8:40 16. *Approval of Check Warrants 17. *Town Manager’s Report 18. *Board Member Concerns 19. *Executive Session – Anticipated – Legal Matters 20. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session 8:55 21. *Adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 388-8100 x-202 as early as possible.

Additional information about most Agenda items is available on the Town’s website, www.townofmiddlebury.org, on the 6/26 Selectboard page.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING- TOWN OF CORNWALL

The Cornwall Development Review Board will hold a Public Meeting on Wednesday, July 5th 2017, at 7 pm, at the Cornwall Town Hall, located on Route 30 in Cornwall, VT. Purpose of Meeting: To hear a request by Vaughn and Marie Berno, of 1239 Route 30, Cornwall, VT, for a waiver of the zoning requirements for a side yard setback. Their building permit application was denied by the Zoning Administrator due to the lack of a 50 foot setback.

All applications are available to the public at the Cornwall Town Clerk’s office, Route 30, Cornwall, VT. You are free to review the file for any additional information concerning this particular matter.

Persons wishing to be heard at this Public Meeting may do so in person, or may be represented at the meeting by a licensed Vermont Attorney or an authorized agent.

Please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464, of the Vermont statutes, participation in the first Public Meeting for any hearing described above is a prerequisite to the right to make subsequent appeal.

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STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT RUTLAND UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO 516-9-15 RDCV

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-KS4 v.

PATRICK J. BRYANT, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANDREA A. MICHAUD OCCUPANTS OF 1277 FORESTDALE ROAD, BRANDON, VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq.

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 3, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Andrea A. Michaud to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network, Inc., dated March 29, 2006 and recorded in Book 181 Page 427 of the land records of the Town of Brandon, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network, Inc. to U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for RASC 2006-KS4 dated December 19, 2012 and recorded in Book 218 Page 725 and (2) Assignment of Mortgage from U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for RASC 2006-KS4 to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securities Corporation, Home Equity Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-KS4 dated September 3, 2014 and recorded at Book 224 Page 624, both of the land records of the Town of Brandon for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1277 Forestdale Road, Brandon, Vermont on July 19, 2017 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Andrea A. Michaud by Quit Claim Deed of Jeffrey E. Michaud dated March 24, 2006, and recorded in Volume _____ at Pages_____ of the Town of Brandon Land Records.

Also being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Jeffrey Michaud and Andrea Michaud by Warranty Deed of Joyce McLaughlin dated April 14, 1984 and recorded in Book 88 at Pages 61-62 of the Town of Brandon Land Records and being more particularly described therein, in pertinent part, as follows: “Said premises being located and situated on the southerly side of the highway leading from the Village of Brandon to the Village of Forestdale; starting at the northeasterly corner of our premises, same being the northwesterly corner of the lands of Newton L. Smith and Irene D.C. Smith; thence going south or southerly and over and upon the westerly boundary line of said Smith Property, a distance of three hundred and fifty (350’) feet, more or less, to the lands formerly of Henry Jones and wife, now of the Vermont Marble Company; thence going west or westerly a distance of one hundred (100’) feet over and upon the northerly boundary line of said former Jones land (now of the Vermont, to a point; thence going north or northerly and in a straight line running parallel with the said Smith line to the southerly boundary line of the said highway a distance of three hundred and fifty (350’) feet, more or less, thence going east or easterly and over and upon the southerly boundary line of the said highway one hundred (100’) feet to the point of beginning.

Said premises are bounded as follows: on the north or northerly by the Brandon to Forestdale highway; on the east or easterly and over and upon the southerly boundary line of the said highway one hundred (100’) feet to the point of beginning.

Said premises being bounded as follows: on the north or northerly by the Brandon to Forestdale highway; on the east or easterly by the lands of Smith; on the south or southerly by lands formerly of Henry Jones and wife, now of Vermont Marble Company; on the west or westerly by lands of the Grantors.”

Being land and premises known and designated as 1277 Forestdale Road, Brandon, Vermont.

Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED: June 8, 2017

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By:/S/Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Rachel K. Jones, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

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ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs Recently, two local students received awards from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Spencer Elliot Griswold of Bristol, a senior majoring in Physics, received the The Hamlin/ Darraugh Award, given to the senior Mathematics major who has made a noteworthy contribution in mathematics while at Clarkson, and the Physics Department Outstanding Senior Award, given annually to the senior Physics student showing the most promise for a successful professional career.

Jessica Hasler Martin of Starksboro, a senior majoring in Chemical Engineering, received the T Dean William J. Farrisee Memorial Award, established by the Clarkson Student Association Senate in 1961. The award is presented to a junior or senior for his or her outstanding contribution of personal services to a recognized extracurricular activity at Clarkson. Martin also received the Commendable Leadership Award for Seniors, an award presented to juniors, seniors, graduate students, faculty, staff and administration members who have demonstrated outstanding leadership abilities and quality participation in organizations associated with Clarkson and the Potsdam community.

Allison Haskell, daughter of Henry and Brenda Haskell of Salisbury, graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas on May 12, with a major in Biology and minor in Chemistry. She also graduated as a distinguished honor scholar from the University of North Texas honors college for her original research in public opinion of genetically modified organisms.

NEW HAVEN EVERGREEN CEMETERY New Haven Evergreen Cemetery Association annual meeting will be held June 27, 2017 at 7pm at the home of Roger Boise – 434 North St. 6/22, 26

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PANTON, VT

The Town of Panton Selectboard is holding a public hearing pursuant to the adoption of an amended Zoning Ordinance and amended Subdivision Regulations on July 11, 2017 at 5:45 P.M. at the Panton Town Hall, in conformance with 24 VSA Section 4444.

The purpose of such amendments is to be consistent with the intent of the Zoning and Subdivision Regulations and to provide for orderly community growth and to further the purposes established in the Panton Town Plan and as identified in 24 VSA 4302. Copies of the amended regulations are available for review at the Panton Town Hall, 3176 Jersey Street, during regular town office hours.

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STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT In Re: Ouellette, Inc. UST Decision

ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION Docket # 76-6-17 Vtec

NOTICE OF APPEAL OF UST FACILITY 5553370 DECISION DATED 5/31/17 NOW COMES the Appellant, Ouellette, Inc. (“Ouellette” or “Appellant”), by and through its attorneys of record, Deppman Law PLC, and hereby files this Notice of Appeal pursuant to V.R.E.C.P. 5 as follows: 1. Party Taking the Appeal – Ouellette, Inc. (landowner).

2. Matter Appealed From – Decision of the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation dated May 31, 2016 [sic – 2017], finding that the Ouellettes [sic – Ouellette, Inc.] is responsible, as a subsequent purchaser of the property located at 22 Court Street in Middlebury, for the removal and closure of an underground storage tank (“UST”) pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1926(b)(2), despite its lack of knowledge or reason to know the existence of the UST prior to purchase (the “Decision”). See attached Decision.

3. Court to Which Appeal is Taken – Vermont Environmental Court.

4. Interested Persons – All interested persons must enter an appearance in writing with the Court within 20 days all pursuant to V.R.E.C.P. 5.

5. Description of the Property with Which the Appeal is Concerned – The property which is the subject of this appeal is located 22 Court Street, Middlebury, Vermont.

Dated at Middlebury, Vermont this 16th day of June, 2017.

OUELLETTE, INC.

By DEPPMAN LAW PLC, its attorneys By: Benjamin H. Deppman, Esq. 2 Park Street Middlebury, Vermont, 05753 Email: bdeppman@middlaw.com Telephone: (802) 388-6337 Telefacsimile: (802) 382-8840

Arts + Leisure Section every Thursday in the Addy Indy! equal housing opportunity All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-424-8590. For the Washington, DC area please call HUD at 426-3500.

Wallace Realty 48 Mountain Terrace Bristol, VT 05443 PH: 802-453-4670 • Fax 802-453-5898 Visit our websites at: www.wallacere.com www.greenbuiltvermont.com

Kelly

STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION ADDISON UNIT DOCKET NO: 203-9-15 Ancv REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Plaintiff v.

LAURIE ABOLAFIA; RANDY G. SARGENT (CO-ADMINISTRATORS); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; OCCUPANTS RESIDING AT: 896 DOWNINGVILLE ROAD LINCOLN, VT 05443 Defendants

Tom

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NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Betty R. Zeno to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems as nominee for Firstar Bank NA , its successors and/or assigns, dated August 24, 2012 and recorded in Book 72 at Page 684 of the City/Town of Lincoln Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by Assignment of Mortgage recorded 77, Page 444, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 4:00 P.M .on July 10, 2017 at 896 Downingville Road, Lincoln, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To Wit: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ADDISON, STATE OF VERMONT, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND IN THE TOWN OF LINCOLN, ADDISON COUNTY, STATE OF VERMONT, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED INDEED BOOK 34, PAGE 423, ID# 0402-68, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS A METES AND BOUNDS PROPERTY. LESS AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY AS CONVE’Y’ED BY DEED OF OUTSALE FROM LESLIE H. SARGENT AND BETTY R. SARGENT TO FLOYD J. EMMONS AND VIOLA V. EMMONS DATED 05/23/1975 AND RECORDED 07/25/1979 IN BOOK 32, PAGE 194, BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM LESUE H. SARGENT A/K/A LESTER H. SARGENT AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 34 PAGE 423 DATED 04/19/1984 AND RECORDED 04/21/1984, ADDISON COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF VERMONT. Parcel ID: 03040268.00 Commonly known as 896 Downingville Road, Lincoln, VT 05443 However by showing this address no additional coverage is provided.

The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.

The public sale may be adjourned one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale.

Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or by certified check by the purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.

The Mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

Other terms to be announced at sale Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., Jennifer Maynard, Esq. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 877-575-1400 Attorney for Plaintiff jmaynard@shslawfirm.com June 7, 2017 6/12, 19, 26

Claire

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