Monday, July 10, 2017 by AddisonPress

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 29 No. 12

More music on the green

• Top-shelf musical acts, like The Seamus Egan Project, above, round out Middlebury’s Festival on-the-Green. Read Arts Beat on Pages 10-13.

Education tax rates unveiled

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Scheu set to retire from business boosting post By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Robin Scheu has spent the past nine years promoting business growth in the area as executive director of the Addison County Economic Development Corp. (ACEDC). Now she’s preparing to have some fun. Scheu, 60, confirmed last week

that she will be retiring from the ACEDC in December. It’s a job she began back in November of 2008 — which was an interesting point in history to be in the business of promoting economic development, Scheu recalled. “The stock market crash had (See Scheu, Page 22)

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‘Women of Wisdom’ helps city nonprofits By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — As its 10th birthday approaches on Aug. 10, the Main Street Vergennes nonprofit Sweet Charity and the group that supports it are enjoying their most productive year. The charitable venture and other fundraising efforts of the members of Women of Wisdom, all area residents, have seen steadily

increasing success in the past few years. In 2014, as Women of Wisdom, known as WOW, began to hit its stride after the 2008 recession, the organization donated a total of $22,600, most of it from the sale of donated furniture and household items at Sweet Charity’s 141 Main Street resale shop. (See Sweet Charity, Page 18)

• In Waltham, Panton and Addison, school tax rates went up in one town, down in two. See Page 2.

Otters get a new football coach • After facing OV as player at U-32, Phil Hall is returning to Brandon to coach his old nemesis. See Page 16.

Bristol police are considering union • Employee association is in its early stages. See Page 2.

LOUISE WRIGHT HOLDS the pair of glasses donated by the Middlebury Lions Club that allow the blind woman to operate with more independence. A camera on the specs uses technology to recognize faces and text, translate the images into sound and speak into Wright’s ear.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Orphaned bears go back to woods • A New Hamphire man devoted to his ursine friends will discuss black bears in Ripton. See Page 32.

High-tech glasses help blind woman ‘see’ Lions gift restoring her independence By WILL DIGRAVIO MIDDLEBURY — Thirty years ago, Louise Wright was told she would become blind. Four years ago, she did lose her sight completely, and began training herself to live as fully as possible in her new world of darkness. Thanks to a unique piece of

technology she recently received, the Middlebury woman is regaining some measure of independence. In 1987, Wright, now 58, was diagnosed with chronic idiopathic panuveitis, a rare disease she described as “arthritis of the eye.” Typically, those who develop panuveitis are able to treat the inflammation it causes with steroids, however, since her’s was chronic, there was nothing that a variety of treatments from countless doctors

could do. Wright just had to live with it. On some days, her vision would be fine, while during others, she could barely see her hand and would feel as though she were looking through a fog. “(Inflammation) would come and go, and each time it would come it would damage different parts of the eye,” she said. Wright was able to fight through the disease and work as a Registered

Nurse in Burlington for 26 years. But eventually her loss of vision reached a point that she could no longer work. In the summer of 2013, Wright suffered from an inflammation that, unlike past flareups, did not subside; it grew worse each day. By the fall, she could no longer see people’s faces. By December, she could barely differentiate night from day. She became legally (See Wright, Page 7)

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Tax rates in Waltham and Addison are going down By ANDY KIRKALDY A D D I S O N / PA N TO N / WALTHAM — The June 30 Vermont Department of Taxes release of 2017-2018 school tax rates brought mostly good financial news for owners of residential and commercial property in Addison, Panton and Waltham. Homestead school tax rates in Addison and Waltham dropped by more than 13 and 10 cents, respectively, while the rate in Panton rose, but by less than a cent, according to a spreadsheet released by the Depart(See ANWSD, Page 25)

Middlebury eyes benefits from food co-op plan

Take a bow

JOSIE EGNER, LEFT, Emma White, Georgia Gong and Margarita Apridonidze take a bow after a THT Kids theater camp performance at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on June 30.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Bristol Police Department eyes unionization Most departments in Vt. have unions

By GAEN MURPHREE BRISTOL — Employees in the Bristol Police Department are considering unionization. “We have to look at our options,” said Bristol Patrolman Josh Otey. “Most police departments in Vermont have union representation.” At its June 26 meeting, the Bristol selectboard deliberated on a letter from the Vermont Labor Relations Board that included a petition from the New England Police Benevolent Association (NEPBA) to become the sole union representative for Bristol’s police department. The selectboard voted to recognize the department as a bargaining unit, and is in the process of obtaining clarification from the Vermont Labor Relations Board (VLRB) as to its next steps. The Bristol Police Department has six employees, including Chief Kevin Gibbs, who, as a manager, would presumably not be part of any union. Despite his interest in learning about union representation, Otey said he had not reached out to the NEPBA and didn’t know who had. According to Tim Noonan, ex-

ecutive director of the VLRB, the and provides collective bargaining majority of Vermont’s police de- for wages, benefits and working partments are in unions, including conditions. the American Federation of State, STEPS TO UNIONIZATION County and Municipal EmployPolice are free to unionize, as ees (AFSCME), the International with any workers, noted the VLUnion of Public Employees, the In- RB’s Noonan, and are free to international Brotherhood of Police vestigate prospective unions and Officers, and the New unionization at any England Police Benevtime. VLRB oversees “We have olent Association. the election and cerIn Addison Coun- to look at tification processes to ty, Middlebury police our options. ensure that the confiare unionized, but the Most police dentiality of individual Vergennes and Bristol departments workers is maintained police are not. Midand that the process of dlebury police officers, in Vermont choosing representaalong with other town have union tion happens in a fair employees, are mem- representation.” and equitable manner bers of the AFSCME, — Bristol and in accordance with said Middlebury Police Patrolman Vermont statute. Chief Tom Hanley. He There are multiple Josh Otey further explained in an steps and more than email to the Indepenone pathway for the dent that “the police employees VLRB to certify that a particular joined the union in the 1980s. Oth- union officially represents a local er employee groups (DPW, Waste bargaining unit. Initially, the union Water, Recreation, Water Division, itself (the larger national/internamunicipal office staff) joined the tional organization, such as NEPunion in the late 1990s. The name BA or AFSCME) must petition the of the local chapter then changed VLRB and demonstrate that at least from the Middlebury Police Union 30 percent of employees within the to the Middlebury Town Employ- proposed bargaining unit want to be represented by the organization. ees Union.” From there a municipality can AFSCME provides a full-time lobbyist in Montpelier, said Hanley, respond one of three ways; it can:

• Respond to the VLRB with further questions. • Agree to what’s called a “consent election,” an election overseen by the VLRB to determine whether a majority within a particular bargaining unit want a particular union. This step also requires agreement that the local bargaining unit is “appropriate,” meaning that the municipality deems a local body eligible for union representation. • “Voluntarily recognize the association” (the larger national/international body) and recognize the bargaining unit as eligible for union representation. With this third option, the municipality/employer must demonstrate to the VLRB three things: a) that the union has majority consent, b) that there are no rival unions seeking to represent the employees and c) that the proposed bargaining unit is “appropriate” under Vermont statute. According to the New England Police Benevolent Association’s website, the NEPBA currently represents police departments in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. In Vermont, (See Bristol police, Page 3)

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op’s (MNFC) current expansion project could net some state funds to improve a nearby crosswalk and create a covered area for co-op shoppers to park their bikes, Middlebury Town Planner Jennifer Murray told the selectboard at a June 27 meeting. The help would come through the Vermont Sales Tax Reallocation Program, which allows all of the sales tax generated on construction materials over $200,000 for a project occurring within a designated downtown to be reallocated to the community to build a municipal project that would benefit both the town and the co-applicant. Those improvements can be located either on public property or in the immediate vicinity of the qualifying project. The MNFC expansion project has the potential to allow the town to recoup up to $48,000 for projects that would help the town and the coop. Town and MNFC officials have mapped out two projects: • A pergola-type detached structure that would extend into the first two parking spaces at the existing co-op entrance, which would serve as covered bike parking and an events space. • Improvement of the existing crosswalk that ends in the MNCF patio area, including painting or “stamp treatment” of the crosswalk itself, and the addition of landscaping and benches within the public right of way on the south side of Washington Street across from the co-op. Murray stressed the Vermont Sales Tax Reallocation Program is competitive, but officials are crossing their fingers that the application — filed by the June 30 deadline — will get picked. Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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City panel rejects Green Street housing development Access road cited as part of denial

The DRB also ruled the development as designed does not qualify as a PUD because the homes and the garage are neither sufficiently By ANDY KIRKALDY clustered, nor are they sited close VERGENNES — The Vergennes enough to the outside of the propDevelopment Review Board on erty: July 3 denied a proposal for a six“Section 1006.E requires that unit Planned Unit Development structures shall be clustered when (known as a PUD) at 186 Green feasible and/or sited towards the St., the former home of the Fisher edge of the property … The DevelFlower Farm. opment Review Board finds that the The DRB cited a number of proposed location of the seven-car shortcomings in the plan put forth garage along Green Street, the six by New Haven resione-family dwelling dent Scott Hardy, who building sites (along “I do believe had hoped to install nearly the entire north six small, energy-effi- there was and south border), and cient VerMod modular some confusion a common play area at homes on the 1.85-acre around this the end of the parcel parcel and eventually subdivision (which represents apadd a seventh unit. proximately 16 percent process and Hardy’s developof the parcel) does not ment would have been what is allowed meet the requirement the first to make use of or not allowed of Section 1006.E as city zoning provisions under a PUD … clustered developfor “density bonuses,” I appreciated ment.” which would allow the time and In emails to the Inmore homes on the lot dependent, Hardy said energy of than otherwise permithe would be “explorted. Five homes would the volunteer ing options for a bit” be the normal maxi- Vergennes and had intentions of mum for the lot, but DRB and “revisiting a plan in he proposed to reserve look forward August” with the DRB. one home for seniors, to finding “While I am clearmeeting a requirement ly disappointed by for a density bonus for solutions.” the DRB decision, my — Scott Hardy hope is we can find a senior housing. The seventh home way to move forward could have been addgiving current and new residents a ed in the future if and when cur- housing option that looks towards rent zoning is changed to reflect the future vs. needing to strictly energy-efficiency provisions in the conform to past or current regutown plan now being considered by lations,” he wrote, adding, “I do the Vergennes City Council, and an believe there was some confusion additional density bonus would be around this subdivision process in effect. and what is allowed or not allowed In its written decision the DRB under a PUD … I appreciated the found fault in several elements of time and energy of the volunteer the development, including the lo- Vergennes DRB and look forward cation of a seven-unit garage, the to finding solutions.” width of a site’s access road, the Hardy, who had preliminary number of parking spaces provided, deals in hand for some of the and landscape screening it said was homes, said he believes there exinadequate. ists demand and need in the city

for small, energy-efficient homes sharing common land. He wrote he will post information on the project website, fisherfarmvergennes.com. “My goal was to create an affordable, in town, Zero Energy community for Vergennes. Bristol’s Co-housing has shown there is community interest and need in greater Addison County,” he wrote. Hardy planned to demolish the existing building that was a home and also contained the Fisher Flower Shop. Plans called for a seven-car garage running parallel with Green Street, a main driveway on the north side of the lot and a second driveway on the south side, and a common green in the center as well as the play area in the rear. The six homes surrounding the common green were intended to be high-efficiency, “net-zero” homes, according to Hardy. Net-zero means that they won’t consume any more than the energy the produce with their own renewable energy sources. Hardy said the homes would range from 900 to 1,300 square feet and sell for between $185,000 and $265,000, depending on factors such as whether buyers would want high-end materials and/or full foundations. All land was proposed to be owned in common with a condominium agreement. Hardy bought the 1.85-acre lot at 186 Green St. for $98,000 in October. Without density bonuses, the Medium Density Residential zone that applies to the parcel would allow five lots. These were among the issues the DRB cited in its denial: • The northern driveway narrows from 24 to 12 feet. According to the decision, “The Development Review Board finds that a driveway that is 12 feet wide is not sufficient for two-way traffic.” • That no accessory buildings are allowed in front of main buildings without DRB approval. The DRB ruled “that the proposed sev-

en-car garage along Green Street, if constructed, would be a dominant feature when viewed from the street.” • That there were too few parking spaces. Twelve are required for six homes, and the site plan only included nine legal spaces. Garage parking does not count toward parking spaces. • That “Clustering is defined in the regulations as a development arrangement in which all buildings allowable on a site are concentrated

on a portion of the site, leaving the remainder of the site undeveloped,” and the proposal did not satisfy this PUD provision. The denial also notes the DRB “received testimony from abutting property owners claiming there was not sufficient landscaping and setbacks along common border and finds that the proposed landscaping, screening, and setbacks does not result in achieving compatibility and protection to adjacent properties.”

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Bristol police (Continued from Page 2) the NEPBA represents such towns as Bennington, South Burlington, Shelburne, Essex, Williston, Richmond, Northfield, Bellows Falls and Brattleboro. The NEPBA got its start about eight years ago. It offers union members collective bargaining as well as legal services and advocacy on legislative issues. POLICE POINT OF VIEW Noonan emphasized that confidentiality of individual employees is an important component in the process by which a bargaining unit chooses whether or not to unionize and which union to affiliate with. He likened it to the confidentiality of the voting booth, whereby each citizen is free to cast his or her vote free from any potential recrimination. A Bristol police officer told the

Independent that the process was still very much in the initial stages, that it was not known to individual members who at the BPD had reached out to the NEPBA, and that the NEPBA (or any other union or association) had yet to make an official presentation to the entire department. Nevertheless, Officer Otey said that unionization could be a logical next step for Bristol police. “So far this is in its infancy,” he said. “We’re going to have to look at our options as to which companies are available and where the best options lie.” Otey noted that neighboring police forces, including several in Chittenden County, gave positive reports of working with the NEPBA. “The officers I’ve spoken with

are extremely supportive of them,” he said. “They’re reachable, they’re supportive, they’re involved, their costs are pretty low. And they provide a wealth of insurance and legal coverage for officer protections for any job-related functions, whether it be officer-involved shooting or internal investigations or policy violations, anything like that that is completely covered without buying a separate coverage package.” The officer continued: “I think it’s very safe to say that with the state of hate towards police officers throughout the country and movements against police officers, it’s good to have representation both in the statehouse and locally to try to make sure that the police officers have a voice.” Reporter Gaen Murphree is at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

The Irish band Solas founder Seamus Egan is an undisputed master multiinstrumentalist, putting his mark on the sound of the Irish flute, tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, and whistles. He has helped define the sound of Irish music today and has inspired countless young musicians. Bringing together friends and musical guests, The Seamus Egan Project will explore the wide breadth of his catalog of music. Addison County native Moira Smiley will be joining Seamus Eagan for this show.

To see the full schedule, visit www.festivalonthegreen.org or “Middlebury Festival on the Green” on facebook. Info: 802-462-3555

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Guest Editorial

Vermont’s Crisis: Childcare The traditional childcare provider model seems to be falling apart, and the effects are pushing Vermont into a full-blown crisis. Last year, Franklin County lost 42 registered programs and two childcare centers. Richford and Alburg have lost half their providers. There are essentially no available slots for working parents with infants and toddlers. The collapse in the number of providers is problematic. It affects employment. It affects our schools. It affects our ability to grow and prosper. And it affects, long term, our social structure. The reasons for the collapse vary, but primarily the positions don’t pay enough to make them something people will pursue, and there is a necessary shift from simply being a provider of care to having the expertise to teach. Of the 42 providers who closed their doors, 11 of them left for better jobs, nine moved out of state, four closed because of stricter state regulations, four retired, with remainder leaving for other reasons, according to Michelle Trayah, the childcare resource development specialist for the Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (NCSS). NCSS has stepped in as the county’s facilitator, drawing public attention to the issue and its severity. “The decline in childcare accessibility really stresses our families and it’s affecting how out kids are developing and the quality of care they get. It’s even affecting whether people work, how they work, where they work and even when they’re going to have another baby or if they are going to have a baby at all,” said Deb Grennon, bookmobile director. This is not a county problem; it’s a Vermont problem. And it cannot be solved by simply sliding a little more money into the same tired system. In fact, the only upside to losing 42 registered child care providers is that it’s forcing us to recognize the crisis and to look for common sense solutions. That search has to begin with the understanding that the resources are available, and that the potential savings and societal value are so pronounced that access to high quality childcare should be placed at the base of the state’s economic development pyramid. We can’t get there without it. Consider, for example, that 42 percent of the children born in Vermont have their births paid for by Medicaid. Follow those children. What percentage of those children end up going to school on Individual Education plans? What percentage of them are cared for by dollars disbursed by the Agency of Human Services? What percentage of a school’s costs are devoted to special education? What is spent on mental health services? Consider that as a state we spend more on a per pupil basis for our schools than almost any other state. Consider that the teacher-pupil ratio nationally is about 16 students per teacher. In Vermont it’s roughly eight students per teacher. Consider that one of the key challenges facing the sustainability of the state college system is raising matriculation from high schools to college. Consider that employers can’t find enough workers adequately prepared. All these needs have their roots in Vermont’s ability, and its willingness to address our early childhood needs. Think about this. If this is not addressed, then, to Ms. Grennon’s observation: Wouldn’t a couple think twice about having a child? Or two? Why would a company locate here, if their employees would be so stressed over childcare availability? Vt’s Agency of Human Services, with 3,700 employees and $2.5 billion budget, represents about half of state government. How do we address its sprawl if we don’t deal with the health & educational needs of our youngest citizens? We spend $1.6 billion each year on education. We spend roughly $5 billion on health care. And when we add the $2.5 billion spent each year on the Agency of Human Services that’s a little over nine billion total dollars, money that is, for the most part, spent not in the first years of a child’s life, when it’s at its most formative stage, but from that point forward. Think what we could save. Think of the good that could be done. Figuring this out is very doable. The money is there. The resources are there. The need is there. What’s necessary is leadership to articulate the vision, and tenacity to follow through. Gov. Scott had the right message with the opening of the legislative session. Our early education needs are central to the state’s ability to prosper. His approach was flawed, and its something to which he needs to return. It’s hard to think of any investment of time, energy and resources that would have a greater return.

Emerson Lynn, St. Albans Messenger

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THE BOUNTY OF the season in the Champlain Valley this time of year is fruit. Here is a box of variously colored cherries just picked in Shoreham. An orchardist said the wet June created a bountiful crop so large that some of it may go to waste on the trees.

Independent photo/John S. McCright

Letters to the Editor ACSD board must now focus on equity for students On Monday, June 19, Peter Burrows, Addison Central School District (ACSD) superintendent, and the ACSD board made an important decision not to move the 6th grade to Middlebury Union Middle School. In presenting their positions, the board members clearly communicated concern about educational equity. Equity is not a new concern, and creating it is much more complex than a simple grade shift. When I moved to Weybridge in 1986, there was talk of combining schools to solve financial and enrollment issues. Local control prevailed.

Local education spending has varied widely for decades, causing divergent investment in buildings and staff and curriculum development. The significant difference in how ACSU communities approached education over time has resulted in today’s inequities. Those inequities cannot be resolved by simply shifting a grade to a different physical space. Successful schools are a product of a financially supportive community, a well-trained and stable faculty and staff, and good management. Each of the words in the previous

sentence is loaded, and upon analysis we could disagree or agree as to their meaning. However, each of the factors is critical. The concept of equity is equally complex. While a laudable goal, what does equity mean? The same dollars per student? The same opportunities for each student? (What does opportunity mean?) What is a student — a sixth-grader, or a K-6th grader? What inputs are required to foster equity? (Administrative expertise, stability, and vision? Teacher training and support? Phys(See Letter, Page 5)

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Riverwatch group perseveres It is July and the Addison County Riverwatch Collaborative is in the middle of another season of water quality monitoring. Our largely volunteer organization has been collecting water samples on six area rivers and streams (Otter Creek, Middlebury River, New Haven River, Lemon Fair, Little Otter Creek and Lewis Creek) for more than 20 years. Our data is used by municipalities, landowners, the state and a number of organizations concerned with water quality. In the midst of sampling, we have much to be grateful for. Our March training was overflowing with citizens, new and experienced, interested in volunteering to collect samples. We could not accomplish what we do without the interest, dedication, and skill of our volunteer samplers. The Addison County Regional Planning Commission provides us space for equipment storage, meetings, and sampling day check-in, as well as technical expertise and assistance, all of which are of tremendous support. Most importantly, the citizens of 10 Addison County towns have voted to provide us financial support. This stable source of income supports everything from equip-

ment, to annual reports, to Water Quality Chats, to our part-time managing director. We are grateful to the towns of New Haven, Ripton, Ferrisburgh, Cornwall, Weybridge, Salisbury, Lincoln, Vergennes, Bristol, and most recently, Middlebury for their financial support of our efforts, and interest in water quality. On the first Wednesday of the month, through September, in the early morning, keep a lookout for teams of folks, with cooler and pole on our area rivers, collecting water samples. Or, on a hot summer day, check out one of our informational signs at your favorite swimming hole, or check the latest posting of our sampling results online. If you are interested in additional information, you can find us at the ACRPC website. Again, our appreciation and thanks to volunteers, ACRPC, and the residents of Addison County. The Board of Addison County Riverwatch Collaborative President Heidi Willis, Vice President/Secretary Richard Butz, Treasurer Deb Healey, Technical Advisor Kristin Underwood, Managing Director Matt Witten, Louis Dupont, Barb Otsuka and Beth Eliason

Letter (Continued from Page 4) ical resources like computers and books?) Do those inputs need to be the same for each school? How will the District measure equity? Does creating equity for all require loss for some? As a concept, equity has quite a history. In 1997, Amanda Brigham of Whiting won against the state of Vermont in arguing that she was receiving an unequal educational opportunity. That case happened because Vermont’s Constitution has a “right to education” clause. The Brigham Decision, resulting in Act 60, allowed for a reallocation of money from wealthier towns (Gold Towns) to poorer towns through a statewide tax and other mechanisms. At the state level, the current focus on reducing expenditures seems to compete with, or overshadow equity.

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Now that the decision to move the 6th grade has been settled for the next year, and given the complex physical and fiscal decisions looming, the ACSD’s work is to define equity, assess and analyze the inputs required, and then strategize how to achieve it. The board should be publicly explicit about how equity will be fostered for all K-12 students. Christina Wadsworth Weybridge

Counseling Service of Addison County and The Addison County Committee on Opiate Addiction have teamed to put together a series of articles for our community. Our hope is that this column offers information, support and hope for addiction recovery, specifically opiate addiction (heroin/painkillers). This column will run through the summer. This week’s writer is Jessi de Boer, who is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and a licensed clinical mental health counselor, is coordinator of Adult Recovery Services at CSAC. ••••••• Addiction is a disease. It is persistent and the symptoms really damage relationships. We struggle to treat this disease. Many people get better and then get worse again. We have seen it in this community: hurting friends, family and community. There is an idea that this disease is something that can be cured with will-power — that is simply not true. Addiction is disease and like many others it can be managed and treated. People who have addiction find recovery by coping with life’s stressors in new ways and transforming their lives. Recovery is possible! It is a disease of the brain — much like Type 2 diabetes damages the pancreas or heart disease effects the heart. People ask me all the time,

“Why can’t he just quit using (drugs), he is losing everything.” My answer is: Many people can’t just quit without support because the brain is damaged. When our brain is exposed to substances or medication it can be very helpful. If I fall and break my ankle, for example, pain medication can be a great help to hobble around, get to work and get to school. What happens with addiction is that when the brain is given too much medication it starts to change and find ways to accept more of the substance or medication. As more and more of the drug is added the brain changes more and more. Think about this as it relates to your morning coffee. At first 8 ounces was enough to get to work, focus and feel good. Overtime, to continue to be so productive, you might have found yourself getting the 12-ounce cup instead or hitting up the coffee maker for another cup at 10 a.m. Before you know it you’re at the 20-ounce size. This is called tolerance; your body and your brain have changed to accept more and more caffeine to get the same desired effect. Then you might say, “I am drinking way too much coffee, I’m going to quit.” What happens next? Headaches, mood swings, stomach ache, why? Withdrawal has set in! Your brain

and your body are expecting that drug and when you do not supply it the body is in distress. Now imagine this is not caffeine but a much stronger drug or medication with withdrawal symptoms like flu and food poisoning. Many of us — even healthy, happy people — would do almost anything to avoid feeling that sick. People who have opiate addiction do experience those symptoms. Opiates are used for pain medications such as oxycodone, Percocet, but heroin too is an opiate. Some people became addicted to a medication prescribed by a doctor and did not ever use street drugs. The brain does not know or care what the substance is. It just demands more and more of it to feel OK and avoid those horrible withdrawal symptoms. The disease takes over. There is hope for this disease — there is no cure but it can be prevented and treated. Keep reading this column in the weeks to come to learn more about warning signs of addiction, how addiction can happen and how to protect yourself and your family from this horrible disease. For help today go to: www.addictionhelpvt.com. There is help right here in Addison County.

Local resident offers views on Ferrisburgh tree cutting Andy Kirkaldy’s article in the June 26 edition concerning the tree-cutting case in Ferrisburgh presented only the farmer’s comments and point of view. At the Ferrisburgh Selectboard meeting mentioned in the article, several residents spoke up to express their extreme distress at the cutting of thousands of trees in Ferrisburgh and Panton. It was clear that we are concerned

about the health of Lake Champlain. The tree cutting destroyed the buffer to prevent run-off into the lake, which is only a few hundred feet from the devastation. The farmers know very well that best farming practices call for significant tree/shrub buffers to protect the lake. The other main concern is the beauty of our towns. The towns had been a lovely combination of

productive farmland and woods with tree-shaded roads. Most of Arnold Bay Road and Adam’s Ferry Road are no longer tree-shaded. The farmers profess to think that neighbors will be more satisfied with the stumps gone and ditches in place of the trees. How ridiculous! We want trees!!! Paulette Bogan Panton

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Diane McLean-Meacham, 68, Glens Falls, N.Y. GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Diane McLean-Meacham, 68, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2017 at her home in Gansevoort, N.Y. She was born March 29, 1949 in Berkshire the daughter of Harold and Ellen (Derosia) Pelkey. Diane was first and foremost a devoted Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. She truly loved time spent with family, whether in person or on the phone. A visit from or a talk to “Nana” was always a highlight for “her kids.” For the last decade Diane also devoted much of her free time rescuing and nurturing dogs in distress. It is through this type of caring and giving that she enriched the lives of those around her whether they had two legs or four. Diane is survived by her two children, Michelle Meacham and Michael Meacham; nine grandchildren Matthew Morris, Brandon Meacham, Gregory Meacham, Logan Amell, Cole Richards, Ben Richards, Kayla Meacham, Nick Richards, Aiden Meacham; two great grandchildren, Brooklynn Amell and Parker Amell; her partner Edwin Austin Sr; two sisters June Smith and Joanne Lachappelle; three brothers Donald Pelkey, Ronald Pelkey, and Mike Pelkey; sister in law Grace Birchmore; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter Melissa Meacham, her

DIANE MCLEAN-MEACHAM husband Edward Meacham, three sisters Donna Rainey, Patricia Pelkey, and Pamela Briggs; and brother Harold Pelkey Jr. Visiting hours were held on Sunday, July 9, at West Addison Methodist Church from 11 a.m. up to the hour of the service. Funeral services were held at 12:00 noon on Sunday at West Addison Methodist Church. Interment was at Lake View Cemetery in West Addison. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to West Addison Methodist Church, Attn. Grace Birchmore, 5264 Lake St., Addison, VT 05491. Online condolences at brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com

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Middlebury Union High School honor roll MIDDLEBURY — The following students have made the Middlebury Union High School Honor Roll for the fourth quarter. GRADE 9 High Honors — Kenneth Barkdoll, Caleb Benz, Celeste Berenbaum, Katherine Berthiaume, Eli Billings, Nicolas Brayton, Eryn Diehl, Katherine Donahue, Spencer Doran, Mary Ann Eastman, Joseph Findlay, Morgan Galipeau, Alice Ganey, Timothy Goettelmann, Maeve Hammel, Hale Hescock, Malia Hodges, Ebenezer Jackson, Annie Lapiner, Brianna Lathrop, Mira Maglienti, Rosemary Munkres and Mary Nagy-Benson. And also Isabel Olson, Owen Palcsik, Emily Pecsok, Eva Phair, Logan PiersonFlagg, Julian Roy, Alison Seaton, Phoebe Smith, Gwen Stafford, Grace Tucker, Sabina Ward, Theo Wells-Spackman and Peter Wolosinski. Honors — Ileigh Aube, Avery AustinNeil, Alexis Bartlett, Derek Kamrin Bartlett, Teagan Baumann, Ellen Berg, Quinn Berry, Carly Burger, Tyler Buxton, William Carpenter, Nicholas Carrara, Gabriel Cason, Camden Devlin, Timothy Dyer, Lillian Fleming, Eloe Gile, Liam Hamilton, Emma Huntington, James Jette, Devon Kearns and Kira Kemp. And also Ethan Kent, Journey LaRose, Martine Limoge, Anna McIntosh, Taylor Moulton, Hunter Munteanu, Ryan Nadeau, Riley O’Neil, Arleth Perez-Santos, Isabella Pistilli, Ian Ploof, Olivia Pottinger, Devyn Pratt, Sydney Provencher, Josie Hannah Rheaume, Nekaiya Shine, Cassie Stearns, Kobe Terk, Charles Welch. Honorable Mention — Jesse Audet, Kelsey Buteau, Jacob Corkins, Cody Curler, Anthony Garner, Jenna Howlett, Spencer Pratt, Kassidy Sunderland, Talin Teague, Thatcher Trudeau and Sylvia Vorsteveld. GRADE 10 High Honors — Ada Anderson, Silas Conlon, Nora Draper, Jayden Fitzgerald, Lacey Greenamyre, Michael Huber, Audrey Huston, Justin Jackson, Anne Kappel, Suzanne Klemmer, Emily Laframboise, Maisie Newbury, Emma Pope McCright, Natali Sullivan and Grace Widelitz.

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Honors — Parker Beatty, Hogan Beazley, Jack Berthiaume, Aileen Bosworth, Riley Brown, Trinity Bryant, Isaac Buttolph, Spencer Cadoret, Max Carson, Heather Cloutier, Benjamin Crawford, Samuel Daly, Colin Dowd, Zachary Dunn, Bethany Gale, Jacob Galvin, Niccolo Gori-Montanelli, Connor Harris, Anabel Hernandez, Deanna Hilaire, Max Hirdler, Henry Hodde, Nanja Horning, Joshua Kerr and Drew Kiernan. And also Michael Kilbreth, Justin Koontz, Kristin Landry, Abigail LaRock, Eleanore Jean McGarry, Olivia Odell, Virginia Patz, Jacob Peluso, Joel Pyfrom, Ethan Reiderer, Kyra Roberts, Jesse Rubin, Anna Scharstein, Kaylee Shum, Ruth Simpson, Arianna Slavin, Diya Taylor, Megan Thomas-Danyow, Benjamin Turner, Katherine Wallace, Silas Wisell, Xavier Wyncoop and Carson Yildirim. Honorable Mention — William Barber, Jacob Broughton, Brenna Cook, Kolby Farnsworth, Ian Fenster, Marina Herren-Lage, Larkin Kenney, Simon Kiel, Sarah Grace Kutter, Carly Larocque, Will Larocque, Ayanna Mason, Emily Pottinger, Camden Schnoor and Katelyn Stearns. GRADE 11 High Honors — Josephine Abbott, Lydia Alberts, Rebekah Anderson, Janet Barkdoll, Jacob Brookman, Sarah Broughton, Anna Buteau, Hunter Cummings-Washburn, Jack Deppman, Shannon Nicholas Doolan, Keagan Dunbar, Tyler Giorgio, Krystian Gombosi, Lucy Groves, Margreta HardyMittell, Justin Holmes, Jake Ingenthron, Alexandria Johnson and Caroline Kimble. And also Katherine Koehler, Ezra Marks, Sophia Marks, Satchel McLaughlin, Joseph Miller, Ella NagyBenson, Nicole Palmer, Raven Payne, Jaro Perera, Bastiaan Phair, Isabel Rosenberg, Julian Schmitt, Camden Simpson, Justine Smith, Michael Stone, Gabrielle Sullivan, Andre Trudeau, Laura Whitley, Christina Wiles and Alexander Yurista. Honors — Helen Anderson, Bridget Audet, Benjamin Balparda, Ella Beattie, Olivia Beauchamp, Andrea Boe, Jakob Boeckermann, Tre Bonavita, Arden Carling, Rebekah Chamberlain, Alyson Chione, Brianna Cotroneo, Dylan Disorda, Thomas Eastman, Santiago Fernandez, Ashlynn Foster, Wyatt Galipeau, John Goettelmann, Polly Heminway, Tulley Hescock, Samuel Hodges, Anna Hodson, Lanelle Hogan-Mairs, Jane Holmes, Tyler Hotte and William Huntington. And also Emma Jones, Nikolaus Kaufmann, Brynn Kent, Diana Kiiykbayeva, Steven Landry, Sophie Lefkoe, Brooks Maerder, Elizabeth Marini, Jacob Martin, Archie Milligan, Matthew Ouellette, Bethany Palmer,

Brandon Porey, Hailey Quenneville, Meilena Sanchez, Gaia Sheridan, William Stanley, Blair Stone, Brandon Sweeney, Matthew Townsend, Megan Townsend, Lucy Ursitti, Emma Vanacore, Oziah Wales, Jack Waterman, Joseph Whitley and Daniel Wisell. Honorable Mention — Jordan Allen, Sierra Barnicle, Cooper Bullock, Cade Christner, Skyeler Devlin, Jackson Donahue, Fyn Fernandez, Anthony Field, Abigail Gleason, Lauren Greig, Colin Grier, Chloe Kane, Olivia Kayhart, Cori Kerr, Brian Kiernan, Marina Lafountain and Gabe Lamphere, Alexa Lapiner. And also Cassidy Lucia, Mary Lynch, Kayli Manning, Francesca Palitta, Jason Paquette, Addy Parsons, Ryan Quenneville, Anthony Shores, Spencer Smith, Shannon Sunderland, Lauren Sylvester, Caileb Vaudrien and Brendan Wagner. GRADE 12 High Honors — Owain Alexander, Charles Barber, Abigail Benz, Tobias Broucke, Calista Carl, Spencer Carpenter, Allison Cherrier, Meigan Clark, Monroe Cromis, Tamika Davis, Riley Fenster, Olivia Franklin, Anne Garner, Channler Gendreau, Tiffany Gile, Joshua Girard, Andrew Gleason, Owen Hammel, Amalia Herren-Lage, Tasha Hescock, MaKayla Kimball, Jakub Kraus and Josef Langevin. And also Ally Larocque, Sylvia Lash, Chanyiah Lawrence, Hattie Lindert, Eli Miller, Shelby Monica, Damien Morris, Katherine Moulton, Fiona O’Neil, McKenna Poppenga, Micah Rubin, Lilia Smith, Darcy Staats, Sullivan Swearingen, Molly Taylor, Elijah Tucker, Lauren Turner, Ursula Volz, Maria Wiles, Taylor Wisnowski and Claire Wulfman. Honors — Brittany Baker, Nicholas Beattie, Pierson Beatty, Joshua Bechhoefer, Leigh Boglioli, Payton Buxton, Ross Crowne, Dace Eaton, Hadley Evans Nash, Marissa FreegardRougier, Erin Gebo, Andrew Gosselin, Elijah Hamilton, Rowan Hendy, Megi Hoxha, Aaliyah Hutchinson, Amelia Ingersoll, Karl Kaufmann and Trey Kaufmann. And also Charlotte Keathley, Katelyn Larocque, Kelsey Many, Thomas Maron, Hunter McCray, George McKeeverParkes, Spencer Newton, Martin Niemo, Bethany Orvis, Katherine Oster, Kiana Plouffe, Harlow Punderson, Lucas Pyle, Hannah Roque, Brooke Rubright, Douglas Sandler, Cooper Smith, Shayla Smith, Erin Stocker, Brett Viens, Nathan Warren, Maria Welch and Colleen Wilson. Honorable Mention — Patricia Burkins, Raymond Bushey, Austin Friend, Henry Ganey, Anna Hickley, Ronan Howlett, Faith Joyal, Bryce Kowalczyk, Sierra Phillips, Wade Terrier and Hannah Williams.

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Wright (Continued from Page 1) found a piece of technology that blind. In March of 2014, she fell could help his wife: an OrCam. down a flight of stairs and hit her Produced by a company of the head, causing a hemorrhage and the same name in Israel, OrCam is a complete deterioration of her retinas. small camera that attaches to a pair She became completely blind. of eyeglasses; it translates visual More than three years later, Wright information into spoken words. The is still adjusting. device can recognize faces, read “I thought I was preparing myself text and identify certain products for going blind but (I) really didn’t and then, using a small speaker have any idea,” she said. “I didn’t positioned just above the wearer’s take braille. I didn’t do anything I ear, tell them who they’re seeing, should have.” what they’re reading, For Wright, one of the or what’s on the shelf “When you hardest places to lose in front of them. In that independence was become essence, it provides the at the Congregational blind, the benefits of sight to those Church of Middlebury, biggest thing who cannot truly see. where she could no you lose is When they found longer see the faces of independence.” the device online, the her fellow community Wrights were amazed — Louise Wright members, let alone read by the technology and the church’s bulletin looked into buying one. board. However, one thing stood in their “When you become blind, way: a $3,500 price tag. the biggest thing you lose is “There is no way we can afford independence,” she said. “I used to this device,” Louise Wright said at be able to do whatever I wanted to. the time. Everything is dependent on someone THE LIONS STEP IN else being available to read to me, Since its founding in 1917, the to drive me somewhere, to help me Lions Club has completed thousands with this or that.” of community service projects across After she became completely the country and world. One of the blind, Wright began attending club’s more well known missions is trainings and workshops that taught to provide services to those who are her how to adjust. She said her visually or hearing impaired. husband, Jim, was committed to Knowing the mission of finding technologies or practices that the organization, the Wrights may help her be more independent. approached the Middlebury Lions After hours of research, he finally Club last year and asked if it could

LOUISE WRIGHT assist in funding the OrCam. To their surprise, the 72 members of the club took a vote and decided to fund the device in full. Wright could not believe their generosity. “I started crying. I couldn’t believe that they would agree to pay for this,” she said. She received the OrCam late last summer. Now, with the help of the device, Wright says she is slowly starting to regain the independence that she lost. One aspect that has been particularly important to her is being able to recognize who is speaking to her at church. “It blows people away when they

come up to me and I can say, ‘Hi, George,’ and they go, how did you know it was me? I tell them I’m magic,” she said with a laugh. SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY Randy Bigelow is one of the Lions Club members who was moved by Wright’s story and worked to make the gift to her. Bigelow, who is the club’s past president and current membership chair, worked alongside club Sight and Hearing Chairman Keith Meyer to make it happen. “Keith was intrigued. He did a little research and came to the club and said, here’s our opportunity to help a local resident,” Bigelow said. Of all the donations the Lions have made in the last year, Bigelow said Wright’s story moved him the most. “We’re all human. For me, to sit in a room with a woman who looks at you with pride and says, I’m really freaking out the folks in church because I’m reading the church bulletin and my friends walk up to me and I can say how are you doing — that’s amazing,” he said. “You’d have to be inhuman not to be touched by that.” Each year, the Middlebury Lions Club allocates more than $7,000 for sight and hearing-related initiatives. This year, according to Bigelow, the club spent over $10,000. Last year, the club donated 33 corrective glasses and three hearing aids to local individuals. They also

recycled 1,220 pair of eyeglasses and 17 hearing aids, many of which will end up in the hands of needy people all around the world. Much of the same work is also done in other Lions Clubs throughout Addison County, such as the Brandon-Forestdale and Vergennes lions clubs. Each year, these clubs partner to support the Green Mountain Lions Camp, which, for more than 30 years, has brought together deaf and hard of hearing kids and teenagers from all over New England. This year, Bigelow said that 25 teenagers age 13 and older have signed up for the teen session that runs from July 9-21. And 14 campers, age 8 to 13, have signed up for the youth session that runs from July 23-29. This year, the Middlebury Lions donated $1,000 to the camp. More recently, the club has partnered with the Addison Central School District to conduct eye screenings for children. Using Welch Allen spot vision screener cameras that were purchased by the Lions Clubs of Vermont, volunteers screened 1,341 local students after visiting every school in the district. These screenings take 60 seconds, and provide an initial eye health indicators that parents can then share with their optometrist. Bigelow said that this is all a part of the Lions’ mission to serve their community. The club meets on the first and third Mondays of the month from October through June.

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The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. “One Crazy Summer” by Rita Williams-Garcia. Vermont Book Shop bookseller Jenny Lyons leads this book group for kids ages 8 to 12 who want to read fun, engaging contemporary middle grade books. Parents are welcome, but not required. Pizza is served. Come to one or all three. Free. For more info or to RSVP email jenny@vermontbookshop. com. Brandon Town Band in Brandon. Wednesday, July 12, 6 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. Part of Brandon’s Summer Music series. More info at brandon.org. Lions charity auction in Vergennes. Wednesday, July 12, 6 p.m. (preview at 5 p.m.), Vergennes Union High School gym. Annual auction to raise funds for projects in area communities. Flea market and silent auction will run concurrently. Donations of saleable items can be dropped off at the VUHS gym or picked up by Lions volunteers

Free Tae Kwon Do Class in Middlebury. Monday, July 10, 4:45-7:30 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.com or 802-377-0476 The Sea the Sea in Middlebury. Monday, July 10, 7 p.m., on the green. Indie folk-pop duo-band with rich harmony and lyric-driven songs. Part of Festival on-the-Green. Doll make-under workshop part 1 in Shoreham. Monday, July 10, 7 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Tired of children’s dolls with gobs of makeup on their faces? Bring fashion dolls that need a change to our doll make-under workshop. We’ll be washing, prepping, and creating shoes at TAKE A TRIP through the Mesozoic when Dinoman comes to Holley Hall in Bristol this evening’s event. on Wednesday, July 12, at 2 p.m. Ages 12 and up. Mollie O’Brien and Rich Road. Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English Part of the Festival Moore in Middlebury. SERVSAFE® CERTIFICATION or Food Handler Certificate — performance. and friends host this celebration of the power of on-the-Green. Monday, July 10, 8:30 Employed or seeking position in Food Service, Food Retail, Health Build a better world with origami poetry to shape our communities. Poets wishing p.m., on the green. to participate are encouraged to submit one of Care or Hospitality? Education and Training improves potential in Shoreham. Thursday, July 13, Grammy award winner their own poems and one by another writer on who stretches musiprofessional advancement. Call Norm at 802.247.0098 or info@ 1 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Join the issues that matter to them to poetryfreeforall. Gail Martin of Bristol as she demoncal boundaries. Part of trainingtoexcel.com. Courses, Workshops, Services, Retreat strates how to build with paper and submittable.com/submit by July 7. Festival on-the-Green. Sessions, Register at www.trainingtoexcel.com. Point Counterpoint faculty concert in create your own models. Middlebury. Friday, July 14, 8 p.m., Mead Addison County Right to Life Chapel, Middlebury College. Handicap accesmeeting in Bristol. Thursday, July on Tuesday, July 11, 5-7 p.m. No used electronsible. Request of good will donation. 13, 6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Church, 11 School ics, baby car seats, old TVs or used appliances. St. Note change from traditional day and time. Dave Keller’s 9-Piece Soul Revue in Middlebury. Blood Pressure and Foot Care More info contact Jim McClay at 802-545-8181 or Friday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., on the green. One of Visitors welcome. Light refreshments served. Clinic in Forestdale. Thursday, July 11, any Vergennes Lions member. the finest award-winning soul and blues men of More info contact Chris Holden at 388-3563 or 10 a.m., Forestdale Senior Center, 1591 Paint N Sip for local veterans in Middlebury. his generation. Part of Festival on-the-Green. bobbillchris@rwch.net. Forestdale Rd. Sponsored by Vermont VNA & Wednesday, July 12, from 6-8 p.m., VFW, 530 Jason Anick Gypsy Jazz Trio in Middlebury. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” on screen in Hospice. Cost $10. No appointment necessary. Exchange St. Price includes snacks and all Bristol. Friday, July 14, dusk, on the town green. Thursday, July 13, 7 p.m., on the green. Jazz More info at 802-770-1536. materials. No experience needed. Step by step Part of Bristol’s Movies in the Park series. Free without borders. Part of Festival on-the-Green. John Gailmor in Middlebury. Tuesday, July 11, fun instructional class. Price is $35.00 in advance Sarah Healy in Middlebury. Thursday, July 13, 7-8 and open to the public. Bring a blanket and your noon, on the green. A Brown Bag lunch perforor $40.00 at the door. For more at 802-388-9468 bug spray. Rain location Holley Hall. p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. Vermont mance by a perennial favorite. Part of Festival or facebook.com/paintwithjackie/. author Sarah Healy reads from and discusses on-the-Green. Creative Writing Workshop in Middlebury. her new novel, “The Sisters Chase.” Political Luncheon in Middlebury. Tuesday, Wednesday, July 12, 6-8 p.m., Community The Seamus Eagan Project in Middlebury. July 11, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Community Room, Room, Ilsley Public Library. Hosted by the Thursday, July 13, 8:30 p.m., on the green. EastView at Middlebury. Middlebury College Middlebury Chapter of the Burlington Writers Annual Ripton Hollow tag sale in Founding member of the band Solas explores the Professor Matt Dickinson will lead a discussion Workshop a respectful, engaged group of writers Ripton. Saturday, July 15, 8 a.m.-1 far reaches of the Irish tradition. Part of Festival on political topics. Bring your own lunch or buy welcoming all skill levels and genres. Participants p.m., village center on Rt. 125. Table fees on-the-Green. from our Bistro. Cash or check accepted. hare each other’s work and help cultivate, inspire, and sales donations benefit the restoration, mainFree Community Dinner in Bristol. Sunday July and strengthen individual craft. More info at tenance and programs of the Ripton Community 11, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 MelBach7@gmail.com. Church. More info at 802-388-0338, 802-388School St. Pulled BBQ chicken on a bun, baked Left Eye Jump in Brandon. Wednesday, July 12, 9977 or 802-443-8750. Call to reserve a space. beans, tossed green salad with dressing, water7 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. Authentic blues. Magician Tom Verner in Middlebury. Free Tae Kwon Do Class in Vergennes. Saturday, melon, cookies and beverages. All are welcome. Part of Brandon’s Summer Music series. Free. July 15, 9 a.m.-noon, Champlain Valley Christian Friday, July 14, noon, on the green. A Rick Redington and the Luv in Hancock. More info at brandon.org. Reform Church, 73 Church St. Master Kellie Brown Bag Lunch performance. Part of Tuesday, July 11, 6:30 p.m., on the town green. Pete’s Posse in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 12, Thomas, 5th Degree Black Belt and owner the Festival on-the-Green. Bring a chair and a picnic, rain site available. 7 p.m., on the green. Multi-generational roots Sergei Gratchev carillon in Middlebury. Friday, of TaeKwon Do KICKS will offer this class in Free and open to the public. Part of the Hancock music. Part of Festival on-the-Green this Korean martial art known for its dynamic July 14, 5 p.m., Mead Chapel and surrounding Green summer concert series. Sponsored by Lake Dunmore steamboat tour presentation in kicking. More info contact Master Thomas at lawn, Middlebury College. Gratchev is the carilHancock Town Pride Committee. Salisbury. Wednesday, July 12, 7-8:30 p.m., tkdkicks101@yahoo.com or 802-377-0476 lonneur for the Middlebury Russian Language Emily Braden Trio in Middlebury. Tuesday, July Salisbury Congregational Church, 853 Maple School and City Carillonneur Hulst, Netherlands. Art sale in Starksboro. Saturday, July 15, 10 11, 7 p.m., on the green. An effortless blend of St. Bill Powers will bring to life a photographic a.m.-2 p.m., Starksboro Village Meeting House, Part of the college’s Summer Carillon Concert jazz and soul. Part of Festival on-the-Green. “steamboat” tour of the late 1800s and early Route 116. Artists Cynthia Guild Kling, oils and series. Free. More info at go.middlebury.edu/ Upstate Rubdown in Middlebury. Tuesday, July 1900s, when Oscar Schroeder gave a steamboat prints, and Ruth Barenbaum, collage artist, will be carillon or 802-443-3168. 11, 8:30 p.m., on the green. A stew of jazz, tours of the lake. Sponsored by the Salisbury Pajama Storytime in Middlebury. Friday, July 14, selling their work. More info contact Cynthia Kling blues, gospel, soul and pop. Part of Festival Historical Society. More info contact Margaret 802-453-5227. 5-6 p.m., Ollie’s Other Place, 13 Washington on-the-Green. Eagan 802-352-9042 or eagan53@myfairpoint. St. Free, geared for kids age five and under. Meditative coloring in Shoreham. Saturday, July net. 15, 1-3 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Join us for Wear your P.J.s for extra fun. This week, Little The Molly Tuttle Band in Middlebury. Wednesday, Zen Doodling, adult coloring books, and other Excavator. More info contact Jenny Lyons at July 12, 8:30 p.m., on the green. Award-winning meditative coloring activities. Ages 8 and up. 802-382-8558 or olliesotherplace.com. flat-picker with a voice like an angel. Part of the Rory Jackson opening reception in Middlebury. Painting demo in Middlebury. Saturday, July 15, No Strings Marionette Company Festival on-the-Green. Edgewater Gallery on the Falls, Frog Alley. Artist Friday, July 14, 5-7 p.m., Edgewater on the in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 12, Jane Davies will demonstrate her technique. Green, Merchants Row. Opening reception for noon, on the green. A Brown Bag Lunch Kathleen Saville in Middlebury. Saturday, July the gallery’s featured artist for July. performance. Part of Festival on-the-Green. 15, 4-5 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. Illustration exhibit reception in Middlebury. Bees and beekeeping with Fred in Brandon. Vermont author Kathleen Saville reads from and Friday, July 14, 5-7 p.m., Henry Sheldon Museum, Wednesday, July 12, 2 p.m., Brandon Public Origami in Orwell. Thursday, July 13, discusses her new book “Rowing for My Life.” 1 Park St. Join children’s book artists/authors Library, 4 Franklin St. Learn how important bees 10:30 a.m., Orwell Free Library. Gail featured in the Sheldon’s current exhibit, “Draw Pulled Pork Sandwich Supper in Shoreham. are and how beekeepers take care of them. See Martin of Bristol will teach the basics of Saturday, July 15, 5-7 p.m., Shoreham Me a Story – Tell Me a Tale.” Free and open to hive components up close. creating beautiful origami and build confidence Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Enjoy the public. More info at HenrySheldonMuseum. Dinoman visits Bristol. Wednesday, July 12, 2 for those trying such an intricate art form. pulled pork sandwiches, cole slaw, pickles, org or 802-388-2117. p.m., Holley Hall. Come on a trip through the Lap-sit story time in Shoreham. Thursday, July Book discussion in Middlebury. Friday, July 14, beverages, and great desserts and chat with mesozoic era with Dinoman — a journey of 13, 11 a.m., Platt Memorial Library. Enjoy the neighbors and. Tickets $8/person, $28/family 6-7 p.m., The Vermont Book Shop, Main St. magic, merry mayhem, and magnificent props. library before we’re open for an hour of literacyof four or more. Beat the summer heat and let Meet and discuss “Ties” by Domenico Starnone. All are invited. Offered by the Laurence Memorial, rich playtime. Share stories, rhymes, songs, and someone else do the cooking! Singles Book club, for literary-minded singles. Lincoln, and Starksboro Public Libraries and fingerplays. A great socialization opportunity for Starline Rhythm Boys in Middlebury. Friday, July Vermont Jazz Ensemble street dance in the VT Department of Libraries. More info at babies and toddlers in a low-stress environment. Middlebury. Saturday, July 15, 7 p.m., Main 14, 7 p.m., on the green. Swinging rockabilly and lmlkids009@gmail.com or 802-453-2366. For ages 0-3 and their parents and caregivers. St. the final event of Middlebury’s Festival honky-tonk band. Part of Festival on-the-Green. Kids Middle Grade Book Club (MGBC) in Stephan Gratto in Middlebury. Thursday, July “Poetry Free for All” in Middlebury. Friday, July on-the-Green. Middlebury. Wednesday, July 12, 6-7 p.m., 13, noon, on the green. 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communitycalendar Brandon. Saturday, July 15, 7 p.m. Brandon Town Hall. In “The Phantom Flyer” (1928) famous stunt pilot Al Wilson portrays a border patrol aviator who uses his flying skills to save girlfriend Mary (Lillian Gilmore) from cattle rustlers. And in “The Sky Rider” (1928), join Champion the Wonder Dog as he flies along with his master Dick to foil the plot of a disinherited nephew to get even with — well, it’s complicated. Part of Brandon’s silent film and live music series. Jamie Lee Thurston in Vergennes. Saturday, July 15, 7 p.m., Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Thurston appears in an acoustic show to benefit Addison County Community Trust. The Meat Packers with Mike Scott will open. Come and help raise money for affordable housing in Addison County. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. More info at vergennesoperahouse.org. John LaRouche Trio in Brandon. Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Jazz tinged with latin, Turkish, swing and tango influences. Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call (802) 247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information.

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SUNDAY

Vermont Sun Triathlon series in Salisbury. Sunday, July 16, Branbury State Park. Sprint Distance race. For more info or to register visit vermontsuntriathalonseries.com. Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Middlebury. Sunday, July 16, noon-5 p.m., VFW, Exchange St. Chicken Barbeque sponsored by the VFW for $12 All fiddlers welcome. $3 donation. “Blondes and Brunettes” movie series in Bristol. Sunday, July 16, 7 p.m., Red Barn, Mary’s at Baldwin Creek, 1868 N. Route 116. Enjoy Audrey Hepburn in one of her memorable roles. Free. Food and drink available. Check baldwincreek.net for this week’s movie title or call 802-453-2432.

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MONDAY

Doll make-under workshop part 2 in Shoreham. Monday, July 17, 7 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Tired of children’s dolls with gobs of makeup on their faces? We’ll continue work on our fashion dolls, to create the perfect make-under. We’ll be painting faces,

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restyling hair, and working on clothes at this evening’s event. Ages 12 and up.

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TUESDAY

Assessment of Prior Learning information session in Middlebury. Tuesday, July 18, 5-6:30 p.m., CCV, 10 Merchants Row. Find out how earning college credit for prior learning is possible. Learn about CCV’s class Assessment of Prior Learning, offered this fall in Middlebury. South Royalton Town Band in Hancock. Tuesday, July 18, 6:30 p.m., on the town green. Bring a chair and a picnic, rain site available. Free and open to the public. Part of the Hancock Green summer concert series. Sponsored by Hancock Town Pride Committee.

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WEDNESDAY

Solar ovens with Cliff in Brandon. Wednesday, July 19, 2 p.m., Brandon Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Learn how solar ovens work and make s’mores. La Rebelion del Tango in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 19, 6 p.m., new park corner of South Main and College streets. Part of the Middlebury Community Music Center/Better Middlebury Partnership Concerts in the Park series. Free Red Hot Juba in Brandon. Wednesday, July 19, 7 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. Hot, swinging countrified jazz and blues. Part of the Brandon Summer Music series. Free. More info at brandon.org. Three Sas Carey films on Mongolian Shamanic traditions on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 19, 7-9 p.m., 248 Washington St. Ext, gazebo in back. Come view “Ceremony: A Journey Among the Shamans of northern Mongolia,” “Shamans Among the Dukhas” and “Taiga Heart Song.” Carey travels from the Gobi Desert to the taiga bordering Siberia, combining health care with documenting the lives of reindeer herders and shamans. Suggested $10 donation per evening to Nomadicare. Bring a chair and a picnic. More info: sas@nomadicare.org or 802 388-1301. Stargazing open house in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 19, 9-10:30 p.m., Mittelman Observatory, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Route 125. See Jupiter and Saturn and other celestial phenomena through the observatory’s

LEARN HOW IMPORTANT bees are and how beekeepers take care of them at this presentation at the Brandon Public Library on Wednesday, July 12, 2 p.m.

148 years and counting

THE BRISTOL TOWN Band, which has played each summer for 148 years, performs every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. this summer on the Bristol town green. Performances run through August. telescopes. Free and open to the public. Check the Observatory at go.middlebury.edu/observatory/ or 802-443-2266 after 7 p.m. on evening of event for weather status.

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THURSDAY

Reduce reuse recycle in Orwell. Thursday, July 20, 10:30 a.m., Orwell Free Library. Test your knowledge about recycling with a fun recyclables relay then use recycled items to create fabulous art. This program brought to Orwell by the Addison County Solid Waste Management District. Creating a local brewing business in Bristol. Thursday, July 20, 7 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West Street. The Bristol Historical Society hosts Bristol historian and native Kevin Hanson, who will discuss the realization of his dream — a local beer brewing business. Open to the public. Call Rick Desorda at 453-4767 for details.

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FRIDAY

Green Mountain Club hike — Winooski Footbridge and Stimson Mountain in Bolton. Friday, July 21. Carpool from Middlebury to the Bolton parking area on Route 2. Cross Winooski River Footbridge and hike a relocated section of the Long Trail west of Stimson Mountain. Moderate, 5.8 miles. Wear appropriate clothing; bring water, food and hiking poles if desired. Contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or at 802-388-5407 for additional information. Rain date Friday, July 28. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org. Pajama Storytime in Middlebury. Friday, July 21, 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, Pete the Cat. More info contact Jenny Lyons at 802-382-8558 or olliesotherplace. com. LC Jazz on stage in New Haven. Friday, July 21, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Peak Winery, 142 River Rd. Big band jazz classics. 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 802-3887368 or lincolnpeakvineyard.com. “Pete’s Dragon” on screen in Bristol. Friday, July 21, dusk, on the town green. Part of Bristol’s Movies in the Park series. Free and open to the public. Bring a blanket and your bug spray Rain location Holley Hall. Atlantic Crossing in Salisbury. Friday, July 21, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Meeting House. Vocal and Instrumental music of New England, Quebec, Maritime America and the British Isles. Part of the Salisbury Summer Performance Series. Free will donation.

LIVEMUSIC 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.

John Gailmor in Middlebury. Tuesday, July 11, noon, on the green Rick Redington and the Luv in Hancock. Tuesday, July 11, on the town green. Emily Braden Trio in Middlebury. Tuesday, July 11, 7 p.m., on the green. Upstate Rubdown in Middlebury. Tuesday, July 11, 8:30 p.m., on the green. Brandon Town Band in Brandon. Wednesday, July 12, 6 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, July 12, 7 p.m., on the town green. Left Eye Jump in Brandon. Wednesday, July 12, 7 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. Pete’s Posse in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 12, 7 p.m., on the green. The Molly Tuttle Band in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 12, 8:30 p.m., on the green. Stephan Gratto in Middlebury. Thursday, July 13, noon, on the green. Jason Anick Gypsy Jazz Trio in Middlebury. Thursday, July 13, 7 p.m., on the green. The Seamus Eagan Project in Middlebury. Thursday, July 13, 8:30 p.m., on the green. Starline Rhythm Boys in Middlebury. Friday, July 14, 7 p.m., on the green. Point Counterpoint Faculty in Middlebury. Friday, July 14, 7:30 p.m., Mead Chapel, Middlebury College. Dave Keller’s 9-Piece Soul Revue in Middlebury. Friday, July 14, 8:30 p.m., on the green. Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Friday, July 14, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. Vermont Jazz Ensemble in Middlebury. Saturday, July 15, 7 p.m., Main St. John Larouche Trio in Brandon. Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. South Royalton Town Band in Hancock. Tuesday, July 18, 6:30 p.m., on the town green. Le Rebelion del Tango in Middlebury. Wednesday, July 19, 6 p.m., new town park. Red Hot Juba in Brandon. Wednesday, July 19, 7 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn. Bristol Town Band in Bristol. Wednesday, July 19, 7 p.m., on the town green. LC Jazz in New Haven. Friday, July 21, 6 p.m., Lincoln Peak Winery. Cooper and Lavoie in Middlebury. Friday, July 21, 6-8 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. Binger in Middlebury, Friday, July 21, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. Atlantic Crossing in Salisbury. Friday, July 21, 7:30 p.m., Salisbury Meeting House. LC Jazz in Brandon. Saturday, July 22, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall. Hilton Park in Brandon. Saturday, July 22, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Robin Gottfired Band in Middlebury. Saturday, July 22, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern Enerjazz in Brandon. Wednesday, July 26, 7 p.m., behind the Brandon Inn.

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Festival lineup goes from jazz music to street dancing Middlebury’s exciting Festival on-the-Green continues on Tuesday, July 11. Here are the highlights. At noon, Jon Gailmor, will present a Brown Bag Special musical performance for the whole family. At 7 p.m., the Emily Braden Trio hits the stage with their effortless blend of jazz and soul. Then, at 8:30 p.m., Upstate Rubdown, an acoustic septet drawing inspiration from every corner (and decade) of America’s musical heritage, will perform with a tasty stew of jazz, blues, gospel, soul and pop. On Wednesday, July 12, at noon, No Strings Marionettes, the husband-wife team of puppeteers Dan Baginski and Barbara Paulson, presents entertainment for the whole family. At 7 p.m., Pete’s Posse, three generations of musicians, will come together to create their own electrifying sound they call “multigenerational roots music.” Then, at 8:30 p.m., Festival audience members will be treated to The Molly Tuttle Band. A virtuoso multiinstrumentalist and award winning songwriter with a distinctive voice, Molly Tuttle has turned the heads of even the most seasoned industry professionals. On Thursday, July 13, at noon, Stephen Gratto will perform physical comedy and much more for young and old alike. Then, at 7 p.m., the Jason Anick Gypsy Jazz Trio will entertain. Talk to the abundantly gifted violinist and mandolin player Jason Anick, and the phrase “jazz without borders” will invariably

ACOUSTIC SEPTET UPSTATE Rubdown will play its American mélange the late set on Tuesday evening at the Festival on-the-Green.

come up. Then, at 8:30 p.m., The Seamus Eagan Project will take to the stage. The founding member of the band Solas will explore the far reaches of the Irish tradition.

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On Friday, July 14, a spirited conclusion on at noon, magician Tom Saturday evening at 7 Verner will present p.m. with the Vermont magic for the kids in all Jazz Ensemble Big Band of us. Then, at 7 p.m., the Street Dance. Come Starline Rhythm Boys, a promptly at 7 p.m. to Vermont-based swinging learn a few dance steps by Greg Pahl rockabilly and honkywith Jim Condon. tonk band, will perform. Although all festival That will be followed at events are free, donations 8:30 p.m. by Dave Keller’s 9-Piece are always gratefully accepted. For Soul Review. Considered one of more information call 462-3555 or the finest soul and blues men of his visit festivalonthegreen.org. generation, award-winning singer/ JOHN LAROUCHE JAZZ TRIO guitarist Dave Keller will be making AT BRANDON MUSIC a rare appearance with his hot new The John LaRouche Trio will Soul Revue. perform at Brandon Music on As always, the festival comes to Saturday, July 15, at 7:30 p.m.

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Inspired by traditional jazz, the trio has added their own unique voice with Turkish influences to familiar tunes and their own compositions. The trio draws from a wide range of jazz styles, playing jazz tinged with Latin, swing and tango beats. LaRouche, on harmonica, is joined by Levent Unal on guitar and Ellen Powell on standup bass. Their large repertoire includes jazz tunes from the ’40s through the ’60s written by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Johnny Mercer, plus Antonio Carlos Jobim and Pat Metheny. The group has played at various (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

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A VIRTUOSO MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST with a distinctive voice, Molly Tuttle will perform with her namesake band at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Festival on-the-Green.

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) venues in Vermont, including The Flynn Space, The Inn at Essex, The Green Mountain Inn, the Discover Jazz Festival and many others, receiving rave reviews. John LaRouche’s influences include Toots Thielemans, Larry Adler and Stevie Wonder. His performances — in places such as California, Arizona, Italy, New Zealand and Poland — have garnered acclaim with praise such as “Jazz as good as it get” (Hardwick Gazette). LaRouche studied jazz at Pasadena City College with noted cornet player Bobby Bradford and harmonica with the late Cham-Ber Huang, who was a world-renowned classical harmonica virtuoso. Having played the guitar for 20 years, Unal’s sound is very lyrical and harmonically rich. He has mastered the style of the great jazz guitarists including Joe Pass and Jim Hall, adding his own voice and developing his own unique style. Powell has played in several jazz groups, opening for Geri Allen, Abdullah Ibrahim and Dorothy Donegan. She has been heard on

Vermont Public Television, Vermont Public Radio and New York state’s Mountain Lake Public Radio. Concert tickets are $20. A preconcert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. Call 247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon. ‘MUSIC AT THE RIVERBEND’ IN BRANDON The Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Music at the Riverbend” summer concert series continues at 7 p.m. this Wednesday, July 12, with Burlington’s Left Eye Jump on the luxurious lawn behind the Brandon Inn, located at 20 Park St. This Wednesday there will also be a special pre-concert concert played by the Brandon Town Band at 6 p.m. Left Eye Jump serves up blues music with the authentic sounds of Chicago, Texas, New Orleans, California and the Delta of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. From gritty and haunting Delta slide guitar journeys to T-Bone Walker inspired jumpswing romps, this band delivers on the promise that the blues speak to the very core of all people, and are at the root of all modern music. Enjoy a diverse musical menu, the sweet sounds of the Neshobe River and the summer nights. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and a picnic, or pick up dinner from local eateries; many will be offering concert specials. Beer and wine will be available for purchase, NO BYOB permitted. These concerts, which will be happening every Wednesday night in July and August, are free, thanks to generous donations from THE LATE SHOW at Thursday’s Festival community members and on-the-Green will feature The Seamus area businesses. For more Eagan Project, which includes founding information visit brandon. member of the Irish band Solas. (See Beat, Page 13)

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ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs Nicholas Coolidge and Samantha Patch, both of Brandon, graduated from Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smiths, N.Y. on May 6. The spring 2017 dean’s list for the Community College of Vermont (CCV) includes four Addison County students: Jacob Bushee of Middlebury, Sonia Norris of New Haven, Brooklynn Savage of Orwell and Rose Curran of Whiting. This honor recognizes full-time students with a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.99. The University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I., recently named Elizabeth Leigh Eddy of Orwell to its dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester. To be included on the dean’s list, full-time students must have completed 12 or more credits for letter grades during a semester and achieved at least a 3.30 quality point average. Two local students, Elyzabeth D. Bodington of Vergennes and Madeline B. Chester of New Haven, graduated from upstate New York’s Hartwick College in May. Makayla R. Foster, a first-year English and Elementary Education major at St. Michael’s College, has been named to the college dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester. Foster is the Daughter of James and Tricia Foster of Middlebury and a graduate of Middlebury Union High School.

“SHOUTING THROUGH CLOUDS” is one of the Rory Jackson paintings on display this week at Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

Beat (Continued from Page 11) org. Look for more on this series in Thursday’s Arts + Leisure section. ‘ABOVE THE LANDSCAPE’ AT EDGEWATER Edgewater Gallery on the Green will hold an Opening Reception on Friday, July 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. for Rory Jackson’s exhibit: “Above the Landscape.” Light refreshments will be served. Rory Jackson is known for his dynamic use of values. Large brush strokes provide texture, and careful attention to lights and darks invites the viewer to take in the full scope of

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the painting. He is highly collected for both his lush Vermont landscapes and his well-executed figurative works, which are often inspired by his annual visits to Cape Three Points, Ghana, where he and his wife founded the Trinity Yard School. His work has been exhibited in Vermont and New York. The exhibit, which runs through July, is free. For further information on Rory Jackson and his exhibit: “Above the Landscape,” please call the gallery at 989-7419, email info@ edgewatergallery-vt.com or visit edgewatergallery-vt.com.

LIVE MUSIC AT 2 BROTHERS There will be one live musical performance this week at Two Brothers Tavern located at 86 Main St. in Middlebury. Join Two Brothers every Wednesday at 9 p.m. for The Open Mic, an evening of music, comedy or anything else. Two Brothers Lounge is a laid back atmosphere where collaborations and libations fuel creativity. 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. For additional information,

call 388-0002. CARILLON SERIES The Middlebury College Summer Carillon Series continues its 32nd year of concerts with a 5 p.m. performance on Friday in Mead Chapel by Sergei Gratchev, Carillonneur for the Middlebury Russian Language School and City Carillonneur Hulst, Netherlands. Enjoy the sounds of the carillon bells from inside the chapel or, weather permitting, on the surrounding lawns. The free series continues every Friday through August with a different performer.

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BRISTOL — For strands that include its third consecutive “Our mission language and culture summer, the Expand- during the (Mandarin at Brised Learning Program summer is first tol site; German at (ELP) at the Addi- and foremost to New Haven site; and son Northeast school Spanish at Starksboro provide quality district, is offering a site), literacy and art, summer program ac- educational and health and wellcessible to all 5-town opportunities for ness. area students who will ANESU students Participants will be entering 1st-7th that support gain a broader undergrade this coming fall. family needs and standing of their comThe summer promunity and the world gram began last week, student gains.” beyond it as they ex— ELP Director plore topics around on July 3, and runs Mandy Chesley-Park each learning strand through Aug. 4. This year, thanks to in a low-stress, smalla generous grant from local commu- group setting. Most of the summer’s nity members Ron Yara and Maggie learning will take place in outside Eaton, robotics and circuitry was learning spaces around the school added to a robust list of learning and community.

Topics within workshops: With student interests and learning goals in mind, the lists of inquiry are subject to development. ELP organizers are committed to adding time in each workshop dedicated to personal learning goals and learning reflections. Innovation/Technology: Robotics, circuitry, coding, programmable art and exploration of the world through virtual technology. Language/Culture: Language acquisition, geography, cooking, cultural awareness, art and performance. Literacy/Art: Writing, reading, designing, authoring and illustrating books, interpreting art and literacy, creating poems from art, creating art from poems, nature writing. Wellness: Outdoor education, (See Summer, Page 15)

‘Dinoman’ presents fun fossil facts Wednesday BRISTOL — A collaborative effort by the 5-town librarians is bringing some summer fun (and learning) for kids to Holley Hall in Bristol this Wednesday afternoon. “Dinoman” will offer a trip through the Mesozoic era — a journey of magic, merry mayhem, and magnificent props. Think BIG! How do we know dinosaurs were here? What is a fossil? How are they made? This program provides fun and informative answers to curious

kids of all ages. Dinoman will talk about the age of the earth, how it is divided into eras, how fossils are formed, dinosaur behavior, and the newest finds. Expect to see dinosaur tracks. The performance will begin at 2 p.m. and is 40 to 45 minutes long. It is geared to elementary school-age kids, but younger children should enjoy the large dinosaurs, too. The show, produced in Vermont but shown throughout the country,

has garnered praise from the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal, and has appeared at the largest family celebration in the country — Boston’s First Night — 15 times. All are invited to enjoy this unique experience offered by the Lawrence Memorial, Lincoln and Starksboro public libraries and the Vermont Department of Libraries. Go tell your friends to join you, too.

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(Continued from Page 14) yoga, games, dance, meditation, gardening, gratitude, nutrition, balance, sports and movement. “Our mission during the summer is first and foremost to provide quality educational opportunities for ANESU students that support family needs and student gains,” said ELP Director Mandy Chesley-Park. “The Expanded Learning Program has become an important extension to ANESU’s students’ education, and our work continues to be critical. “Our data indicates that students who attend our after-school and summer program on the whole attend more school days during the year than their peers and show improvements, or consistency, on school assessments. Furthermore, Chesley-Park said that according to research presented in The Atlantic, data “suggests that involvement in extracurricular activities is just as meaningful as test scores when it comes to subsequent educational attainment and accumulated earnings later in life.” ELP is offered 8 a.m.–noon, Monday-Friday, at three school sites: Robinson Elementary, Bristol Elementary and Beeman Elementary (includes students from Lincoln, Monkton and New Haven). A healthy breakfast and lunch will be served through ANESU’s Food Cooperative to all participants. The ELP is supported by a variety of funding sources: federal grants, parent contributions, state subsidies (for eligible families), local budgets and donations. We invite all students to participate, regardless of their ability to financially contribute to the program. For more information contact ELP Director Mandy Chesley-Park at mchesleypark@anesu.org.

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Champs edged by Burlington, but swim team wins 12 races

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By EMMA COTTON BURLINGTON –– In a close match, the Vergennes Champs swim team were defeated by the Burlington Tennis Club this past Thursday. Twelve Ve r g e n n e s Champs pulled within one won first- point of the host team during the place freestyle relay ribbons; races that close both the meet, but BTC won the last Ethan three races and the Croke meet, with a score and Will of 251-229. The record for Clark the Champs now came in stands at 1-2, and first three the team will travtimes. el to St. Albans on Tuesday. Twelve Champs won first-place ribbons; both Ethan Croke and Will Clark came in first three times. Madelyn Giroux and Eleanor Brooks each touched the wall first twice. Vergennes took 11 relay wins, versus Burlington Tennis Club’s eight. (See Meet, Page 17)

Sports BRIEFS Local baseball players lauded ADDISON COUNTY — Eight local high school baseball players earned postseason honors for their play this spring from the Marble Valley League or the Metro Conference, and three earned first-team honors. Otter Valley seniors Derek Aines, a pitcher/utility player, and Colby McKay, a second baseman, earned First Team MVL honors, while Mount Abraham senior shortstop Chris Wood received First Team Metro recognition. Three seniors earned Metro Honorable Mention: Middlebury outfielder Patrick Messenger, Eagle pitcher/third baseman George Bailey and Eagle pitcher/outfielder Adam Whitcomb. Two Otters earned MVL Honorable Mention: junior pitcher/outfielder Payson Williams and sophomore pitcher/first baseman Josh Beayon.

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Hall picked as new head coach for OV football By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School has a new varsity football coach. Carlton “Phil” Hall, 27, has been hired to lead the Otters, replacing Jim Hill, who resigned earlier this year. OV Athletic Director Steve Keith said the school is thrilled with the choice. “We are excited at the possibilities ahead and the strong character and immensely positive energy Mr. Hall has shown in both interviews and coaching meetings,” Keith said in a press release. “Mr. Hall’s background reflects his dedication to the “I’ve been sport of football, looking to his interest in con- get back tinually learning into that and improving his role.” coaching skillset, — Carlton along with his in“Phil” Hall tense passion for the game.” Originally from East Montpelier, Hall graduated from U-32 High School. He went on to graduate from Castleton University with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. He also played starting left tackle for the Castleton Spartans. After graduation, Hall coached the Spartan offensive line for two years before becoming head coach of the football team at Mount St. Joseph Academy in Rutland in 2014. In a phone interview, Hall said he found himself without a head coaching job after the MSJ and Poultney football programs merged. “I’ve been looking to get back into that role,” Hall said. “When I got the email from (former OV Head Coach) Jim Hill announcing his resignation, I was talking to Steve Keith within 12 hours. I had to apply. It was al(See Hall, Page 17)

State to offer summer seminar on hunting protocols

MIDDLEBURY — Hunting can be a valuable tool for private land conservation, but managing hunters can be intimidating, particularly if you are not familiar with hunting or have experienced problems with hunters in the past. To help, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is holding a free seminar this summer for landowners interested in learning more about hunting and managing hunter access. Co-hosted by the nonprofit Ver-

mont Coverts, department staff will introduce you to who hunters are and what hunting is and is not, review landowner rights and the laws and regulations that govern hunting, and provide a forum to discuss concerns about hunters or hunting on your property. The seminar will be held on Thursday, July 27, from 6:30-9 p.m. at Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St., Middlebury. Pizza will be offered at 6 p.m.

“While everyone is welcome, this seminar is designed for new landowners and those with limited experience with hunters and hunting,” said Chris Saunders of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. “We’ll address many of the facts and myths about hunting and hunters and we won’t shy away from the real concerns some landowners have with public access.” To register or for more information, contact Chris Saunders at

chris.saunders@vermont.gov or 802-343-5487. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information. Please email cathering.gjessing@vermont.gov or call the office staff at 802-8281000 (voice), 1-800-253-0191 (TTY).

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Hall (Continued from Page 16) most perfect. I feel so connected to that program.” As a player on the U-32 High School football team, Hall said he was well acquainted with the OV football program. “When I was playing, we went from 8-man to 11-man football at the same time OV did, and we went from Division IV to Division II, and we moved together,” he said. “We were rivals in football.” Hall is the assistant principal at

MSJ. He also teaches anatomy and health, and will retain his positions at the school. Following a good turnout for a week of spring football practice at OV just before the end of the school year this month, Hall may be the only person in the area looking forward to fall right now. “Getting to know Jim (Hill) and seeing what a strong program OV had and to emulate some of the things he was doing … it was a no-brainer for me,” he said.

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18.65. • U-12 girls: 2. Madelyn Giroux, 40.62. • U-12 boys: 1. Calder Rakowski, 43.20; 2. Ian Henderson, 43.78. • U-14 girls: 2. Anna Rakowski, 33.53; 3. Allison Croke, 35.34. • U-14 boys: 3. Adam Clark, 38.32. • U-18 girls: 1. Leah Croke, 32.40; 3. Emma Beauchemin, 36.20. • U-18 boys: 2. Maxwell Ratti-Bicknell, 32.94. BREASTSTROKE • U-8 girls: 2. Eloise Eckels, 32.21; 3. Eleanor Brooks, 38.69. • U-8 boys: 2. Clark Crary, 28.45; 3. Quinn LeBeau, 31.33. • U-10 girls: 2. Amelia Giroux, 21.53. • U-10 boys: 3. Silas Quinn, 34.27. • U-12 girls: 1. Carlyn Rapoport, 42.37; 2. Acadia Clark, 42.76. • U-12 boys: 2. Nate Muzzy, 45.47; 3. Calder Rakowski, 49.94. • U-14 girls: 2. Sydney Jewell,

40.97, 3. Emma Huestis, 41.52. • U-18 girls: 2. Sadie Kass, 39.57; 3. Olivia Hawkins, 39.89. • U-18 boys: 2. Maxwell Ratti-Bicknell, 36.38. FREESTYLE • U-8 girls: 2. Eleanor Brooks, 23.19; 3. Isabella Romond, 23.50. • U-8 boys: 1. Will Clark, 15.45; 2. Quinn LeBeau, 19.75. • U-10 girls: 3. Amelia Giroux, 19.34. • U-10 boys: 1. Ethan Croke, 16.07. • U-12 girls: 1. Madelyn Giroux, 32.91; 2. Carlyn Rapoport, 34.10. • U-12 boys: 2. Carson Hoffman, 28.47; 3. Nate Muzzy, 38.02. • U-14 girls: 2. Jordan Jewell, 28.02. • U-14 boys: 2. Jarret Muzzy, 28.25. • U-18 girls: 3. Leah Croke, 28.68. • U-18 boys: 2. Maxwell Ratti-Bicknell, 26.03.

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ON JULY 1 three Middlebury Union High School skaters and one Tiger coach helped Vermont senior all-star hockey players take on their New Hampshire counterparts in the annual Make-A-Wish Hockey Classic, played at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Arena. MUHS graduate Andrew Gleason, left, helped Vermont rally for a 3-2 win in the boys’ game, and MUHS Coach Derek Bartlett assisted the squad. MUHS graduate Molly Wetmore and Fair Haven’s Julia Carone, who played for MUHS, skated for the Vermont girls, whose rally from a 6-2 deficit came up just short in a 7-5 setback.

(Continued from Page 16) Earning points for the Champs with top-three finishes were: BUTTERFLY • U-8 boys: 1. Will Clark, 20.40. • U-10 girls: 3. Amelia Giroux, 24.25. • U-10 boys: 1. Ethan Croke, 17.33. • U-12 girls: 1. Madelyn Giroux, 34.08; 2. Carlyn Rapoport, 40.62. • U-12 boys: 2. Carson Hoffman, 31.43. • U-14 girls: 2. Jordan Jewell, 33.00, 3. Allison Croke, 33.27. • U-18 girls: 3. Leah Croke, 31.01. • U-18 boys: 2. Ethan Sausville, 30.34. BACKSTROKE • U-8 girls: 1. Eleanor Brooks, 26.43; 2. Adrienne Smits, 28.04. • U-8 boys: 1. Will Clark, 20.34; 2. Maxwell Goodfellow, 22.72. • U-10 girls: 3. Sophia Jackson, 25.51. • U-10 boys: 1. Ethan Croke,

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12 p.m. Festival on the Green 4 p.m. Festival on the Green 5:30 p.m. The Story Matters 6 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 8 p.m. Festival on the Green Saturday, July 15 12 a.m. Festival on the Green 5 a.m. VMX 8 a.m. Festival on the Green 11:30 a.m. The Story Matters 12 p.m. Festival on the Green 4 p.m. Festival on the Green 8 p.m. Festival on the Green Sunday, July 16 12 a.m. Festival on the Green 5 a.m. Yoga 5:40 a.m. From Vermont Media Exchange 7 a.m. Festival on the Green 10 a.m. Festival on the Green 1 p.m. At the Ilsley 2:30 p.m. The Story Matters 3 p.m. Festival on the Green 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6 p.m. Festival on the Green 10 p.m. Festival on the Green Monday, July 17 12 a.m. Festival on the Green 5 a.m. At the Ilsley 7 a.m. Festival on the Green 9 a.m. Festival on the Green 12 p.m. Yoga 2:30 p.m. The Story Matters 3 p.m. Festival on the Green 7 p.m. Festival on the Green

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Salisbury Historical Society to host talk on the history of Ripton July 26 SALISBURY — Charles Billings will soon be publishing his book on Ripton history, the first such book on the topic. The Salisbury Historical Society will host Billings on Wednesday, July 26, at 7 p.m. at the Salisbury Congregational Church for a presentation based on his research. Billings will summarize Ripton’s history from the town’s charter in 1781 by Ripton Parish to its organization in 1828. The talk will

use historic photos, documents and maps to illustrate various aspects of Ripton’s evolution — from a roadless wilderness to a Bread Loaf Inn resort destination and the selfprofessed home of Robert Frost. The talk will also touch on how Ripton got its shape, the earliest homes and remaining barns, its seven schools and 24 mills, the village stores, and other aspects of the evolving life of this mountain community.

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(Continued from Page 1) The group also raises more through dues and another roughly $3,000 a year from an annual appeal for funds it uses to help local individuals and families in need, often through the Addison County Parent/Child Center in Middlebury or the John Graham Homeless Shelter in Vergennes. In 2015 and 2016, those annual total donations jumped to $30,900 and $31,900, respectively, according to WOW member and bookkeeper Mary McKinnon, with $15,000 and $17,500 going in those years to WOW’s main nonprofit recipient, Hospice Volunteer Services. And this year, McKinnon said, Sweet Charity’s receipts are running

ahead of 2016 by about 7 percent — she projects 2017 year-end totals to be anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 higher than this past year’s. These numbers are sweet music to Liz Ryan of Waltham, a WOW and Sweet Charity founder who said the store and group had given away a total of about $210,000 since it was founded 10 years ago — not including the 2017 numbers. Ryan said Sweet Charity’s story includes the many donors of goods the store can re-sell, and the many customers who come through its Ryan Block doors, not far from the Vergennes City Green. “Sweet Charity has really become an integral part of the giving in that

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Wrestling Camp Friday July 21st and Saturday July 22nd

Have you ever thought about trying wrestling? New and beginner wrestlers can come try a new sport! Experienced wrestlers are also welcome to get back on the mats. Open to anyone entering 2nd grade through 10th grade. Two sessions each day, split by age/skill level. Get some mat time with the coaches from the MUHS Varsity team! July 21st - Session One: 4:30-5:45PM Session Two: 6:00-8:30PM July 22nd - Session One: 12:00-2:00PM Session Two: 2:30-5:30PM Participants can wear shorts and t-shirts and are welcome to bring water bottles. Wrestling shoes can be borrowed for the camp from our shoe pool. Location: Middlebury Parks and Recreation Building (154 Creek Rd, Middlebury) Sign up is through the Middlebury Parks and Rec Dept. Cost: Residents - $20. Non-residents - $23. Contact Coach Jon Ashley by email at ashley@gmavt.net.

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Ryan (Continued from Page 18) in 2007 they were motivated to find the rent. Two other women’s families a way to help. provide garage storage space, while “The bottom line is the why, the owners of Town & and the why is Country Self Storage really this group is donated a unit to store really committed to winter holiday items. supporting Hospice As well as Hospice Volunteer Service and Volunteer Services, women, children and Sweet Charity families,” she said. donations focus on “We just know there is women and families. such a need out there.” Recipients since 2007 WOW will celebrate in order of gift size Sweet Charity’s include WomenSafe birthday. (the group made a “What we’re going major gift in January), to do is open the door the Boys and Girls to Sweet Charity on Club of Greater Aug. 10 and have Vergennes, the beverages, food and LIZ RYAN Parent/Child Center, music, and it’s all Vergennes Union High going to be spilling School groups, the Vergennes Food out in front of the Ryan Block,” Shelf, the Vergennes Partnership, Ryan said. “We’re going to bring Helen Porter nursing home, fuel it back to where it started and assistance programs, and the Bixby invite everybody to this party of Library. gratitude.” Ryan said when the original Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at members of WOW sat around a table andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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The Garden Game is a competition for local gardeners to see who can grow the largest produce in several different categories. Step 1. Pick the biggest veggie in your garden Step 2. Bring it in to our office in the Marble Works in Middlebury Step 3. Get your veg measured and its picture taken Step 4. Check the paper every week to make sure you’re still in the frontrunner spot!

We love to see fresh faces and new participants, as well as gardeners who have been playing for years.

CATEGORIES • Beets (circumference) • Broccoli (diameter) • Cabbage (circumference) • Cantaloupe (circumference) • Carrot (length x circumference) • Cauliflower (diameter) • Cucumber (length x circumference) • Eggplant (circumference x circumference) • Green Bean (length) • Onion (circumference) • Potato (length x circumference) • Pepper (circumference x circumference) • Pumpkin (circumference x circumference) • Radish (circumference) • Rutabaga (circumference) • Summer Squash (length x circumference) • Sunflower (diameter) • Tomato (circumference)

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Entries must be home grown in the greater Addison County area • Only produce brought to the Addison Independent office between Mon-Fri, 8am5pm will be eligible • Weekly front runners will be listed in the “Garden Game” column until another contestant provides a larger sample of that produce category (The largest entries as of Thursday noon deadline will be the front runners listed in that Monday’s edition) • One winner per category • Judge has final word • First place winners will be announced at sign of first frost.

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Our lawn makes me laugh. It has so many different kinds of weeds I think of it as a Weed Museum. A long time ago I was embarrassed about it but now I think it’s okay. And there are a few weeks every spring when the yellow dandelions and the purple Creeping Charlie are both in full bloom and our lawn is a blaze of color that I actually think it’s beautiful. Our “Weed Museum” developed because long ago we stopped putting chemicals on our grass. We live at the edge of the woods and worried that the woodland critters that run and hop through the yard and the birds who come to our feeders might be harmed by the chemicals. We want our yard to be animal-friendly and we’re always looking for new ideas. Here are a few you can try. We’d love to hear your ideas as well. • Before you mow, do a quick walkabout. Look carefully for small beings living in your lawn. Mother rabbits make very shallow nests in lawns where they have their babies. They cover the nest with grass and their own fur and return several times a day to nurse the babies. The nests are so well camouflaged they are easy to miss so look carefully. Also look for frogs and toads, small

turtles and caterpillars of various butterflies. Move them to a safe spot before you mow. • Provide some water for thirsty creatures. Birdbaths aren’t just for bathing. Depending on which animals live near your yard, your birdbath might host thirsty squirrels, chipmunks, foxes, raccoons, deer and, if it’s on the ground, you might see turtles, frogs or snakes. And, of course, lots of birds. • Be aware of not-so-obvious hazards. Window wells, sports and garden netting and fallen fencing can all trap wildlife. Cover window wells, store sports nets when not in use and fix or remove fallen fences. Instead of draping nets over fruit trees look into motion-activated sprinklers. If birds hit your windows frequently put something on the windows so birds will see and avoid them. Commercial decals are available, or have your kids design bird “stop signs”. We hang pinecones from strings in our windows that move with the breeze. • Plant native flowers and shrubs that attract and feed bees and butterflies. You’ve probably read that bees and butterflies are disappearing, in part because of pesticides but also because the food and resting

spots they need are disappearing. You can help them by planting things they need. Yarrow, beebalm, sage, lavender, coneflower, zinnia and fuschia are just a few. To help monarch butterflies stage a comeback find a spot for some milkweed and let it spread. To find many more ideas google “plants for bees and butterflies.” • Don’t let your cat harm wildlife. Cats are natural hunters but it’s not fair to let them stalk birdfeeders, baths and other wildlife areas. Train your cat to stay inside, teach her to wear a harness and walk on a leash or tether her on a long lead attached to the house (but check on her often to make sure she’s okay). In addition to protecting wildlife it will also keep your cat safe. If you’re going to let your cat loose outside don’t have a birdfeeder. Wild birds and animals will be grateful for anything you do to welcome them and keep them safe, and you’ll be rewarded as you enjoy them in your yard. The Internet is full of other animal-friendly yard and garden ideas you can try. 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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(Continued from Page 1) happened,” Scheu recalled, then chuckled. “It was a great time to come, because it could only get better.” Indeed, when Scheu started, Vermont Coffee Co. was the only occupant of the sprawling building off Middlebury’s Exchange Street that used to host Highland Press. The Kennedy Brothers complex in Vergennes was up for sale. During her second day on the job, Autumn Harp officials announced they were moving that large manufacturing business out of Bristol. And the year after Scheu signed on, Vermont and New York authorities closed the deteriorating Champlain Bridge, triggering economic hardship for many nearby businesses. Fast forward to today. Middlebury’s former Highland Press building is now fully leased. Kennedy Brothers was successfully sold, refurbished and is now thriving. The former Autumn Harp headquarters in Bristol is transformed

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and now brimming with a variety of The organization currently manages medical, manufacturing and food five such funds that qualifying service businesses under the banner businesses can tap for much-needed of Bristol Works. Kevin Harper, capital at lower interest rates than a the architect of that renaissance, is conventional bank could extend. The now looking to create money gets replenished an additional industrial with the payback (with park in the Stoney Hill “I see our interest) so they can role as being area of town. remain available for The new Lake connectors future generations of Champlain Bridge is and facilitators entrepreneurs. installed and many … the first “Since I’ve been here, neighboring businesses we’ve made nearly stop when have rebounded nicely. 40 loans for almost Scheu is not taking people have $2 million,” Scheu full credit for those questions, and said. The ACEDC has economic development to be the portal awarded a combined victories, though she for helping total of $4 million is proud of the role promote in loans since it was the ACEDC played established in 1994. in helping those businesses, She recalls the first entrepreneurs with get them loan she ever made small loans, referrals started and was for $11,000 the and/or advice along connect them owners of Aqua ViTea their respective paths to the right Kombucha in 2009. The to success. She noted resources.” money helped company the local economy is founder Jeff Weaber — Robin Scheu characterized by peaks acquire some additional and valleys often based fermenting kegs for the on statewide, national and even basement of his Salisbury home. international trends. Aqua ViTea quickly outgrew the “We helped, but there is a cycle, Weaber household, then moved to and it has been fascinating to be a a Bristol spot that it also out-grew. part of it,” Scheu said. “A lot has The company is now based in changed.” Middlebury’s industrial park. And the ACEDC has tried to “Jeff Weaber epitomizes what our change with the times, according to loan fund should be used for,” Scheu Scheu. said. For example, the organization Stonecutter Spirits, Vermont Tree now places more emphasis on Goods, Beau Ties Ltd. and Nathaniel getting people the tools they need to Group are other Addison County launch a small business and grow it, businesses that got an initial bump rather than fishing for the next 100- with loans through ACEDC. plus employee business. The organization has also helped “I see our role as being connectors keep businesses in the county, and facilitators,” Scheu said. “It’s according to Scheu. When Vermont also helpful to be the first stop Hard Cider Co. was considering the when people have questions, and option of relocating elsewhere rather to be the portal for helping promote than invest in a new Middlebury businesses, get them started and plant, the ACEDC participated in connect them to the right resources.” the campaign to keep the company Ultimately, Scheu believes the in Addison County’s shire town. ACEDC’s growing number of “They were being wooed heavily revolving loan funds have been by Brandon,” Scheu recalled. “We the biggest difference-makers for had some meetings with (cider businesses trying to lay down roots, officials) and their landlord. We and expand, in Addison County. (See ACEDC, Page 23)

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ACEDC (Continued from Page 22) helped them feel appreciated and important to our economy here in Middlebury. The fact that we have good infrastructure was very helpful, too.” But Scheu will be the first to admit that there have been some defeats. One of the most substantial involved the company eCorp English, in 2012. Founded by Deborah Schwarz, eCorp offered English language training to corporate officials throughout the world through Web-based programs and expert trainers networking directly with clients throughout the world. The ACEDC joined several state economic development agencies in extending a generous loan package to Schwarz in order to establish the business at 1197 Exchange St. in Middlebury. Schwarz at the time promised to grow the business to 100 workers by 2013. Instead, the business crashed in less than two years, with Schwarz citing the inability to leverage additional financing to market eCorp language software as the main reason. The business laid off all its workers and left many public and private creditors unpaid. “They took this state for around $1 million,” Scheu said. MANY SKILLS REQUIRED But overall, Scheu has found great satisfaction in her role with the ACEDC. It’s a job that has called

upon her to use the diplomacy, accounting and inter-personal skills she acquired in past jobs and on local boards. She was a Bank of Boston executive who led hundreds of employees within the institution’s commercial lending department, which had a loan portfolio of around $130 million at the time. Then she moved on to the bank’s retail division, running a $3 billion operation with 500 employees with 42 branch locations around Boston. Not long after her arrival in Middlebury around 25 years ago, Scheu served as manager of the Addison County Solid Waste Management District, and then as interim director of the Middlebury Area Land Trust. She is a former chairwoman of the Mary Hogan Elementary School (ID-4) board and last year was elected to her first term representing Middlebury in the Vermont House of Representatives, where she serves on the Corrections and Institutions Committee. “All of my past experiences can be used here,” she said of the ACEDC. Scheu praised the ACEDC board for being very “engaged and supportive.” The board has established goals and a strategic plan to keep the institution on task. “I am not micro-managed,” she said. “I am given the freedom to do things.”

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She’ll get more freedom to do things of her own choosing when she retires at the end of this year. Her husband, Ted, is an educator who travels throughout the region as an artist in residence, teaching students to find their voice through poetry. Ted Scheu will scale back his travels when his wife retires, thus allowing them to travel together and tend to other projects they have yearned to do. “Life is so short,” Robin Scheu said. Meanwhile, the ACEDC board has already begun advertising

for Scheu’s successor, who will have big shoes to fill, according to Chairman Chris Knapp. He specifically credited Scheu with helping the board develop a strategic vision for the organization, establishing a track record in business development, forging community and legislative relationships, and managing all of the various loan programs. He added Scheu has increased business membership and “built solid communications” with the other Vermont regional development corporations, state agencies and

local financing institutions. “Robin has transformed ACEDC,” Knapp said. “She has consistently achieved the mission and objective of the organization to promote economic prosperity in Addison County,” he added. “Now that Robin is leaving, the board’s goal will be to find an executive director who will continue the work that Robin has done and ideally her successor will be someone who is knowledgeable about Addison County.” Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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ANWSD majority of the rate drop in Addison (Continued from Page 2) ment of Taxes. See below for exact and Waltham. Ferrisburgh also saw a substantial rate decrease (See stories rates. The biggest increase came in the on Ferrisburgh and Vergennes rates non-residential school tax rate in in the July 6 edition of the IndepenPanton, which rose by close to 6 dent.) Panton and Vergennes would cents. The non-residential rate also have seen significant increases without unification. rose in Addison, but Non-residential rates by less than a penny. The biggest Meanwhile, in Waltham increase came were not directly affected by Act 48, the education the non-residential rate in the nonlaw that, among other dropped by about 7 cents. provisions, offered beneIn general, homestead residential tax rate estimates provid- school tax rate fits to school districts that consolidated their govered by Addison Northwest in Panton, nance operations. School District officials which rose These school tax rates before Town Meeting by close to 6 do not include municiDay came close to the cents. pal tax rates needed to mark. operate town governIn the case of Addison, Panton and Waltham the estimates ment, maintain roads, and pay for were all slightly optimistic, but by fire protection and other services. less than a penny: They were off by Addison, Panton and Waltham se0.89 cent in Panton and Waltham lectboards typically meet in late July or early in August to make fiand by 0.725 cent in Addison. ANWSD homeowners are all nal the towns’ overall rates. All the figures below for inbenefitting this year from a 10-cent discount they received from the state creases and decreases in residenas a benefit from the five ANWSD tial taxes for these ANWSD towns communities’ approval of unifica- are applicable for residents who pay based on the assessed value tion in March 2016. That discount accounts for the of their home, not based on their

ADDISON COUNTY income. In all Addison County towns, the majority of homeowners pay based on their income and will be eligible for prebates under Vermont’s education finance laws. Those homeowners who pay based solely on their assessed values will see the full benefits of decreases and pay the full amount of increases; results might vary for those who pay based on their incomes. ADDISON Addison’s new Fiscal Year 2018 homestead school tax rate is $1.4975 per $1,000 of appraised value, 13.25 cents lower than the FY2017 rate of $1.63. The decrease translates to $132.50 less in taxes per $100,000 of appraised value, or $265 less for a $200,000 home. Addison’s new non-residential FY2018 school tax rate is $1.4089, compared to $1.4005 in FY2017. That difference translates to an 0.85-cent increase, or an additional $8.50 per $100,000 of assessed value, for Addison’s non-residential property owners. PANTON Panton’s new FY2018 home-

stead school tax rate is $1.5554, which is 0.59 cent higher than the FY2017 rate of $1.5495. The increase translates to an additional $5.90 in taxes per $100,000 of appraised value, or $11.80 more for a $200,000 home. Panton’s new non-residential FY2018 school tax rate is $1.4634, compared to $1.407 in FY2017. That difference translates to a 5.64-cent increase, or an additional $56.40 per $100,000 of assessed value, for Panton’s non-residential property owners. WALTHAM Waltham’s new FY2018 homestead school tax rate is $1.6592, which is 10.61 cents lower than the FY2017 rate of $1.7653. The increase translates to $106.10 less in taxes per $100,000 of appraised value, or $212.20 less for a $200,000 home. Waltham’s new non-residential FY2018 school tax rate is $1.5611, compared to $1.6319 in FY2017. That difference translates to a 7.08-cent decrease, or $70.80 less in taxes per $100,000 of assessed value, for Waltham’s non-residential property owners.

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Jonathan Rubright Scott, a resident of New Haven, graduated from the University of Rochester on Sunday, May 21, at the 167th commencement with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Financial Economics and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science. Scott is the child of Joanne Scott and John Rubright, and a graduate of Mount Abraham Union High School. Simmons College in Boston, Mass., recently named the following student to their dean’s list for the spring 2017 semester: Kiera Mary Rose Kirkaldy of Middlebury, Janelle Florence Mandigo of Salisbury and (05769) Laura Ann Galenkamp of Salisbury. To qualify for dean’s list status, undergraduate students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Local students Nicholas Coolidge of Brandon, Samantha Patch of Brandon and River Payne of Cornwall were named to the dean’s list at Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smiths, N.Y. during the spring 2017 semester. Each earned a semester average of 3.3 or higher to receive this distinction.

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ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednes‑ days, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

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

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

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

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

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

AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. 7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

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

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.

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

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS MONDAY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meet‑ ing 10:00‑11:00 AM. Begin‑ ners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS T H U R S D AY: B i g B o o k Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green). ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meet‑ ings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

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is a relaxing, tranquil space but the rain is creating havoc and I can’t keep up. All supplies, including light gloves, will be provided, as well as specific directions. This is a great activity for one or more. Gardening with a buddy is super fun. If you are interested in this volunteer job please call 802-388-7189 or visit: http://unitedwayaddisoncounty.galaxydigital.com/need/

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

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NA (JUST IN TIME) Wednes‑ days, 9 am, held at The Turn‑ ing Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Fridays, 7:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. NEW SUPPORT GROUP ‑ Grief Anonymous Meeting every Thursday @ 6:30 pm at Grace Baptist Church 52 Merchants Row, Middelbury, Vt. First Meeting Thursday, December 1st, 2016 OA (OVEREATERS ANONY‑ MOUS) MEETS on Thurs‑ days at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Dis‑ cussion Meeting 8:00‑9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St.

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OPIATE OVERDOSE RESCUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

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

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

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

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

PARTY RENTALS; CHINA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available. 802‑388‑4831.

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

CLEANING/ YARD WORK reliable, honest, reason‑ able rates. Call Michele at 802‑349‑4363.

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

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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.

WHIRLPOOL WASHER AND DRYER used everyday. Runs excellent. Inherited new ones. must sell. $100 each or $150 for the pair. Call 453‑4235.

For Sale 2012 VESPA SCOOTER LXV 150. 50 miles, brown with leather seat. $3,000. 802‑453‑6135.

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

BRISTOL: SHARE A SPACIOUS home with a profes‑ sional woman and her son who enjoy the outdoors. $400 plus utilities. Shared bath. No smoking. No de‑ posit. 802‑863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refer‑ ences, background checks required. EHO.

MONKTON: SHARE A HOME in a peaceful location w/pro‑ fessional in her 60s inter‑ ested in environmental is‑ sues, reading & cooking. $400 plus utilities/wifi. Space for gardening. Private half bath. No deposit. 802‑863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, re‑ frences, background checks required. EHO.

ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.

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SPRING IS HERE Wet Paint. Interior & exterior quality painting. 30 year’s quality workmanship. References. Insured. 802‑458‑2402.

Garage Sales COLOSSAL YARD SALE: Saturday, July 15th. 8am‑3pm. 67 Jim Dwire Road, South Starksboro. Cheap stuff, free items, Follow signs. JULY 8 AND 9 811 East Hub‑ bardton Road, Castleton. Ev‑ erything from rototiller to red hats. Lots of freebies. 9‑4. 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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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR good deals? Come to Com‑ pass Treasure Chest, your local consignment shop. Open daily 10 to 5. Located in the Compass Music and Art Center , 333 Jones Drive, Brandon. There’s furniture, collectibles, jewelry, stamps, new clothing, housewares. All great prices. Check us out on Facebook too. TORO SNOW BLOWER, 6 months old, 4‑1/2 hours on it. $500. 802‑388‑6961.

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1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092. 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. BRIDPORT; 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment. No smok‑ ing, no pets. 802‑758‑2361. 802‑388‑2754.

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. FOR RENT PRIME RETAIL space. 1,303 square feet. Location, location. Front door parking. Good visibility. Call Eric at 388‑6054. MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM apartment. Close to college. $800/month plus deposit. Some utilities included. 388‑0401. MIDDLEBURY, 1,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., cen‑ tral location, parking. Can be subdivided. Real‑Net Manage‑ ment Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

NEW HAVEN, DUPLEX four bedroom. Heat, Electricity included. Large yard. Two full baths, washer, dryer in‑ cluded. One year lease, refer‑ ences and security deposit. 802‑324‑7385. 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. STARKSBORO: SMALL ONE bedroom house with extra room for office on shared property with owners. $700 plus all utilities. Security de‑ posit and references required. No smoking or pets. Call Me‑ lissa. 802‑453‑5526. 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.

M I D D L E B U RY, N E W LY RENOVATED duplex. Two bedroom, heat, washer, dry‑ er, dishwasher all included. Yard, one year lease. Ref‑ erences, security deposit. 802‑324‑7385.

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S U G A RW O O D A PA R T‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 2, 3 and 4 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. NP/NS. W/D hook‑ups. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our web‑ site 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.

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METCALFE FIREWOOD. QUALITY, clean hardwood for sale. Cut and split. $225/cord. Call Jason 802‑989‑8180 or email: metcalfefirewood@ gmail.com. NEXT WINTER’S WOOD, cut, split. Truck your own. $200 per cord. 802‑247‑6061.

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Att. Farmers FIRST CUT HAY for sale. Small square bales. Call 802‑349‑9281. WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liquid manure hauling, drag line aer‑ ating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Wanted TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer special‑ izing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, an‑ tique collectibles, etc. Visit www.bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

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.

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

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Part time/Per Diem RN or LPN Full-time Sous Cook Part-time Servers Non-qualifying part-time activities assistant/driver Applicants must be able to work weekends. Background Checks required. Please email your resume to Stacie at sjaquish@residenceottercreek.com or stop by and pick up an application from the front desk. The Residence at Otter Creek 350 Lodge Road • Middlebury, VT 05753 www.residenceottercreek.com

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Mary Johnson Children’s Center AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM POSITIONS

Mary Johnson Children’s Center /School Age Needs motivated, energetic applicants for 2017-18 school year: PROGRAM SITE DIRECTOR POSITIONS: Weybridge • Salisbury* 18-22 hours weekly; afternoons Must hold associates or bachelor’s degree, and have experience working with school-age children; positive references and background check /fingerprinting required. Paid training and professional development hours. * new program AFTERSCHOOL STAFF PERSON POSITIONS: Bristol • Middlebury • Monkton • New Haven Salisbury • Starksboro • Weybridge 12-15 hours weekly; afternoons Must be 18, and pass background records check – Paid training and professional development hours. INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANT 8-10 hours weekly; afternoons Work to support an individual child in achieving and maintaining social/emotional/behavioral goals in afterschool program. Candidates must meet education and experience requirements, and pass background records check. Spend time with great children and youth 5-12 years old! Develop quality programs, invest in young people and have fun doing it. Competitive rates of pay and paid training are offered. Three references required. Please respond by July 20th. Contact: Anne Gleason MARY JOHNSON CHILDREN’S CENTER 81 Water Street; Middlebury, VT 05753 or e-mail schoolage@mjccvt.org

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ANESU Food Service Cooperative School Nutrition Manager Lincoln Elementary School – 35 hours/week Manage daily responsibilities preparing and serving healthy meals using wholesome fresh foods. Work as a team with one assistant bringing good nutrition as well as food education to the school community. Excellent scratch cooking skills needed along with planning and organizational skills to efficiently manage meal preparation, food ordering, inventory, program reporting and accounting. Must love children and creating community with food. School Nutrition Cook Assistant Mt. Abe High School – 30-35 hours/week Work as part of a team in a fun, fast paced kitchen environment. Scratch cooking and daily prep of fresh foods, line service, cashier duties, and clean up. Must love cooking and be able to work efficiently and quickly. Previous experience including knife skills and use of commercial kitchen equipment a plus. Both positions for 17-18 school year. Send cover letter with resume and references to: Kathy Alexander at kalexander@anesu.org or 802-453-7002(wk) or 802-233-4439(cell) or visit www.SchoolSpring.com to apply.

Maplefields of New Haven Route 7, New Haven, VT Ask for Sherry or pick-up an application EOE

NOW HIRING: Part-time cashiers & deli help needed for flexible schedules, especially afternoons & evenings. Plus Cooler Person for nights & weekends. NIGHTS & WEEKENDS A MUST FOR ALL PART- & FULL-TIME POSITIONS. Apply in person at: East Middlebury Maplefields 3201 Rte 7 South, E. Middlebury Ask for Brittany or pick-up an application EOE

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MUSEUM OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Full Time Sea‑ sonal, July 1 – November 1, 2017Work with the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum team to ensure safe, efficient, high quality operation of our Basin Harbor campus. This position shares responsibili‑ ties of daily site management, exhibit and site enhancement and maintenance, and assists with special events. Experi‑ ence with light construction and property maintenance essential; knowledge of Lake Champlain history a plus. We will train the right energetic, engaging, safety‑conscious, team‑oriented individual. Must be available to work weekends. LCMM is an equal opportunity employer. Send resume and cover letter to info@lcmm.org. No phone calls, please.

POLICE DISPATCHER‑ PART TIME The Middlebury Police Department is seeking applicants for the position of part‑time dispatcher. The dispatcher must be available for regular dispatch shifts on Saturdays, 7am‑3pm or 3pm‑11pm. Starting wage is $18/hour. Details and job de‑ scription may be obtained at www.middleburypolice.org.

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Public Notices Index Addison County Solid Waste Management District (2) Addison County Superior Court (3) Addison Northwest School District – Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham (1) ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY REG. SELECTBOARD MEETING TUESDAY JULY 11 • 7:00 P.M.

ROOM 116 – LARGE CONFERENCE RM. 77 MAIN STREET AGENDA 7:00 1. **Call to Order 2. *Approval of Agenda 7:05 3. *Approval of Minutes of June 27, 2017 Regular Selectboard Meeting 4. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] 7:10 5. *Fred Kenney, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council, with an introduction to Tax Increment Financing Districts 7:40 6. Bridge and Rail Project Update a. Proposal for Dedicated ACTR Shuttle Service to Downtown during Temporary Bridges Installation b. Proposal for Middlebury Money Giveaway to Promote Shuttle Use and Downtown Shopping c. Proposal to Set Up Bleachers in Triangle Park as Viewing Spot for Bridges Demolition & Temporary Bridges Construction d. Vermont Agency of Transportation Request for Updated Response to Section 4(f) Finding Committee’s 7:55 7. *Infrastructure Recommendation on Water System Monitoring Bids: Reject All Bids 8:00 8. *Approval of Check Warrants 8:05 9. *Town Manager’s Report a. *Letter of Support for SmallScale Vermont Bike & Pedestrian Grant Program Grant for the MALT RR Crossing near the Boathouse Bridge b. **National Forest Service Letter Providing Advance Notice of Proposed Sale of the Middlebury Office Administrative Site, 1007 Route 7 South 8:15 10. **Board Member Concerns 11. *Executive Session – None Anticipated 12. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session 8:25 13. *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 7/10 Selectboard page.

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Middlebury (1) P. Hannaford Career Center (1) Ripton (1) Vermont Superior Court Environmental Division Waltham (1) ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE

The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 763.93 {g} {4} requires that written notification be given that the following schools have Asbestos Management Plans for the safe control and maintenance of asbestos-containing materials found in their buildings. The Asbestos Management Plans are available and accessible to the public at the administrative office of the school as well as the Superintendent’s office. Vergennes Union High School 50 Monkton Rd, Vergennes, VT 877-2938 Union Elementary No. 44 43 East Street, Vergennes, VT 877-3761 Ferrisburgh Central School 56 Little Chicago Rd, Ferrisburgh, VT 877-3463 Addison Central School 121 VT Rte 17W, Addison, VT 759-2131 Addison Northwest SD 11 Main St., Suite B100, Vergennes, VT 877-3332 7/10

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

TOWN OF RIPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Zoning Board of Adjustment and Historic District Commission will hold a public hearing in the Town Office on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 7:15 p.m., to conduct a site plan review/ hearing of application (#17-7) from Thomas McElhaney for approval of the removal of a carport and its replacement with a garage on the dwelling located at 9 Lincoln Road (Tax Map ID# 10-01-08). The application is available for inspection at the Town Office. Interested parties who wish to appeal or to be heard at the hearing may do so in person, or may be represented by an agent or an attorney. Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing with the Commission either before or during the hearing. N.B.: Participation in the hearing is necessary to establish status as an ‘interested person’ and the right to appeal decisions rendered in that hearing, according to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. 117 §§4465(b) and 4471(a). Participation consists of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern directly related to the subject of the hearing. Respectfully submitted, 7/10 Warren B. King, Chair

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

6/26, 7/3, 10

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

Addison Independent, Monday, July 10, 2017 — PAGE 31

Trash in town is a problem for Bristol Fair Haven High School

BRISTOL — Garbage is on the minds of Bristol town officials. Town Administrator Therese Kirby recently reminded Bristol residents that the selectboard established a policy of “Pack in and Pack out” for the town parks more than two years ago. This has been a long held practice of the state of Vermont and the federal government for state and national parks. The town does have at least eight combination recycling and trash containers placed around the downtown, and a licensed hauler empties them every Friday. The selectboard has also asked restaurants on Main Street that have outdoor seating to provide proper trash and recycling containers for their patrons. “Recently we have been experiencing issues with people leaving trash on the bandstand and in different places on the park,”

Kirby wrote. “If you see people leaving trash behind, please remind them the Town Park is “pack in and pack out,” and that there are trash containers in front of Howden Hall and the corner of North Street and Main Street.” Another issue the town is seeing, is people filling the trash containers on Main Street with their household garbage. These containers are designed for small items (coffee cups, gum wrappers, etc.). Household garbage should be disposed of by going to the Town Garage on Saturday mornings between 8 a.m. and noon and paying R&L Rubbish to dispose of it properly. Kirby said residents could also hire Pat Palmer to pick up residential trash, or renters could speak with their landlord about proper disposal methods. In Vermont, the penalty for not properly disposing of trash is a

Public Notices

TOWN OF WALTHAM, VERMONT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

can be found on Pages 30 & 31.

ADDISON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PAYROLL SERVICES

ISSUE DATE: June 29, 2017 PROPOSAL DUE: Monday, July 31, 2017, by 4:00 PM OPENING: Tuesday, August 1, 2017, at 10 AM CONTACT: Patti Johnson, Business Manager The ACSWMD is soliciting Proposals from qualified companies to provide Payroll Services for the District Transfer Station & Office in Middlebury, VT. The Proposal should include an estimate of the cost and services required to process Bi-weekly Payroll, Payroll Taxes, online Payroll Management, Time-off Accrual Tracking, Year-End Employee Record Processing, and all necessary training and equipment for 13 District employees. The contract term would be for one year, to begin after the Board of Supervisors awards the contract in August or September 2017, with an option to renew for one year. For a copy of the complete RFP, call Patti Johnson, Business Manager at 802-388-2333, or visit our website at www.AddisonCountyRecycles.org. Proposals should be marked “RFP – Payroll Services Proposal”, and sent to: ACSWMD, 1223 Rt. 7 South, Middlebury, VT 05753, or via e-mail to businessmgr@acswmd.org, or via fax to 802-388-0271. For more information, please contact Patti Johnson, Business Manager, at 802-388-2333. 7/3

IN THE VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION

In Re: Pike Industries, Inc. Act 250 Permit 9A0073-1 (Altered)

$500 fine and/or up to 80 hours collecting trash or litter from a specified segment of roadside or from a specified area of public property. There are a lot of things people in the community can do to prevent litter: • Choose not to litter and lead by example. • Educate family and friends about not littering. • Always have available a litter bag in your car. • If going on an outing, bring along a trash bag. • If you are a smoker, carry and use a portable or pocket ashtray. • Take responsibility for your pet and their actions and dispose of pet waste at home. • Practice the principles of Leave No Trace as outlined by The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. • If you see litter, pick it up.

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NOTICE OF APPEAL

Pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 8504(a) and Rule 5 of the Vermont Rules for Environmental Court Proceedings, Pike Industries, Inc. (the “Appellant”), by and through its attorneys, Facey Goss & McPhee P.C., Rutland, Vermont, hereby appeals to the Vermont Superior Court, Environmental Division, from the Act 250 Permit Amendment and related Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order issued by the District 9 Environmental Commission on May 12, 2017, as modified and altered in a Decision on Motion to Alter, dated June 13, 2017 (collectively, the “Decision”), extending the expiration date of the Act 250 Permit for a previously permitted sand and gravel pit located on the east side of Route 116 in the Town of Middlebury, Vermont (the “Project”). The Project was originally granted an Act 250 Permit in 1978 (the “Original Permit). While the subject Act 250 Amendment Application simply sought continuance of the operation as originally permitted, the Decision imposed significant new conditions on the Project. A copy of the Decision and the Original Permit are attached hereto as Exhibit A. Appellant is the applicant and a party by right pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 8502(5)(A) with a right to appeal pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 8504(a). V.R.E.C.P. 5(B)(3)(A) NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS: YOU MUST ENTER AN APPEARANCE IN WRITING WITH THE COURT WITHIN 20 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE ABOVE NOTICE OF APPEAL OR IN SUCH OTHER TIME AS MAY BE PROVIDED IN VERMONT RULE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURE 5(C) IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS APPEAL. Dated this 6th day of July, 2017. Facey Goss & McPhee P.C. Attorneys for Pike Industries, Inc. By: S/ James P.W. Goss, Esq. James P.W. Goss, Esq. Facey Goss & McPhee P.C. P.O. Box 578 • Rutland, Vermont 05702 Tel: (802) 773-3300 • jgoss@fgmvt.com 7/10

A public hearing before the Development Review Board of the Town of Waltham will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on July 18, 2017 to consider the following application: 6:30 PM Opening of meeting 7:00 PM An application, #17-004, submitted by James and Cheryl Langeway, for a 7 lot subdivision, Property ID # 0000022004. Zoning District – Medium Density/Highway Commercial. 121 Mossy Grove, Waltham, VT. Final Hearing The application is available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. Persons wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by an agent or an attorney. PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local hearing is prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Communication about the above application may be filed in writing with the board or at such hearing. 7/3

AGENDA PATRICIA A HANNAFORD CAREER CENTER WED., JULY 12, 2017 5:00 PM – A208

1. Introduction of Board Members 2. Visitors Comments 3. Correspondence Consent Agenda 4. Minutes of June 14, 2017 5. Monthly A/P for July a. Adult Program b. Revolving c. Director’s Orders Action Agenda 6. Policy 2.3 Financial Conditioning & Activities 7. Policy 2.8 Communication & Support 8. 2017-18 Board Meeting Schedule 9. Informational Agenda 10. Facilities Report 11. Retreat Planning Update 12. Superintendent’s Report 13. Policy 4.1 Governing Style 7/10

Legal Notices appear Mon. & Thurs. in the Addison Independent

honor roll

The following Orwell students have been named to the Fair Haven Union High School honor roll for the final 2016-2017 quarter. GRADE 12 High Honors: Catherine Clifford, Travis Morrissette, Rebekah Parent, Ella Patterson, Zack Quesnel and Garrett Tupper. Honors: Maria Jones, Andrea Tester and Serena Zauli.

GRADE 11 High Honors: Rhiana Carr, Hunter Given and Gabrielle Ochs. Honors: Timothy Fyles and Gaibrial Nichols. GRADE 10 Honors: Anna Harrington GRADE 9 High Honors: Kaitland Breen, Paige Cusanelli, Jonas Greene, Thatcher LaPrise, Riley Ochs and Furious Roy.

ADDISON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS — GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE AND WORKER’S COMPENSATION INSURANCE

ISSUE DATE: June 29, 2017 PROPOSAL DUE: Tuesday, October 31, 2017, by 4:00 PM OPENING: Wednesday, November 1, 2017, at 11 AM CONTACT: Patti Johnson, Business Manager The ACSWMD is soliciting Proposals from qualified companies to provide General Liability Insurance & Worker’s Comp Insurance for the District Transfer Station & Office in Middlebury, VT. The Proposal should include a general overview of the insurance plans proposed, company qualifications, list of references, and detailed breakdown of coverages and costs of each plan. The contract term would be January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018, with the option to renew for one year. A site visit and meeting with the Business Manager are required in order to submit a Proposal. For a copy of the complete RFP, call Patti Johnson, Business Manager at 802-388-2333, or visit our website at www.AddisonCountyRecycles.org. Proposals should be marked, “RFP – General Liability & Worker’s Compensation Insurance Proposal”, and sent to: ACSWMD, 1223 Rt. 7 South, Middlebury, VT 05753, or via e-mail to businessmgr@acswmd.org, or via fax to 802-388-0271. For more information, please contact Patti Johnson, Business Manager, at 802-388-2333. 7/3

STATE OF VERMONT

SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION ADDISON UNIT DOCKET NO: 232-10-15 Ancv CITIZENS BANK, N.A. F/K/A RBS CITIZENS, N.A. Plaintiff v. VALERIE IDELLA CONGDON; OCCUPANTS RESIDING AT: 1799 PANTON ROAD PANTON, VT 05491 Defendants

NOTICE OF SALE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Valerie Idella Congdon to Citizens Bank, N.A., dated September 21, 2005 and recorded in Book 31 at Page 504 of the Town of Panton Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned 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 10:45 AM on July 31, 2017 at 1799 Panton Road, Panton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To Wit: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN CITY OF PANTON, ADDISON COUNTY, STATE OF VERMONT, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 20, PAGE 318, ID# 0601-30, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS A LOT OF LAND, WITH DWELLING HOUSE AND OTHER BUILDINGS THEREON, SAID LOT CONSISTING OF ONE ACRE, MORE OR LESS, SAID PROPERTY BEING FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE BRODERICK PLACE. BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM ARTHUR H. RAZEE, JR. AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 20 PAGE 318 DATED 10/17/1986 AND RECORDED 10/24/1986, ADDISON COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF VERMONT. 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 Citizens Bank, N.A. f/k/a RBS Citizens, N.A., Jennifer L. Maynard, Esq. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 877-575-1400 Attorney for Plaintiff jmaynard@shslawfirm.com June 26, 2017 7/3, 10, 17

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Black bear talk on tap in Ripton RIPTON — Ben Kilham, a wildlife biologist based in Lyme N.H., will be giving a slide presentation on black bears Sunday, July 30, at 7 p.m. at the Ripton United Methodist Church. The presentation will be followed by a questions and answer period. Kiham’s love of and devotion to black bears has enabled him to study their habits and interact with them for more than two decades. He, his wife Debra and sister Phoebe have accepted orphaned bear cubs into their home and enabled them to

successfully return to the wild. Kilham has learned through his observations and interactions that black bears, thought to be solitary, have a different type of social behavior that possibly parallels early human behavior. They show evidence of reciprocal altruism, matrilinear hierarchy, and a mix of intentional and emotional communication. Bears can live for as many as 40 years, which allows them long-term benefits from forming relationships with fellow cooperators. Ben has been the focus of several

School Briefs

ADDISON COUNTY

Amy Pitts of New Haven was named to the dean’s list at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y for the spring 2017 semester. Pitts, a member of the Class of 2020, is majoring in Applied Mathematics.

in Portland, Maine in a hooding ceremony on Sunday, May 21. Attending the ceremony along with her parents were Ethan Nordmeyer, Ben Merkert and both maternal and paternal grandparents, Marie and John Manney, of Rutland, and Elaine and Dick Nordmeyer of Hubbardton. Dr. Nordmeyer will be completing a residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine and is a 2009 graduate of Otter Valley High School.

Dr. Aimee Nordmeyer of Florence, Vt., daughter of Susan and Mike Nordmeyer of Florence, received her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from New England University

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