MONDAY EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 29 No. 23
Middlebury, Vermont
Monday, September 25, 2017
• Canadian guitarist’s acoustic blues embodies the spirit of Americana, ala Chet Atkins and Kelly Joe Phelps. He’s at Brandon Music, Sept. 30. See Arts Beat, Page 10.
• Vermont Supreme Court ruling OKs pipeline’s path through Hinesburg park. See Page 3.
King earns VNRC’s Art Gibb award
Schools take on hurricane relief VERGENNES UNION HIGH School students participate in the school’s annual Peace One Day event held on the school’s baseball field last Thursday afternoon.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
• Tiger football was looking to reach .500, while also on Friday Eagle girls’ soccer visited MUHS. See Pages 16-18.
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By GAEN MURPHREE BURLINGTON — Hearings, discussions and debates are well underway for the 2018 Farm Bill, the massive legislation that drives federal farm and food policy — effectively touching almost every person in Vermont. “Now is the time. The nuts and bolts of putting this bill together is very much happening as we speak,” said Tom Berry, Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Vermont-based advisor on agricultural and natural resource issues. “The organizations that track this and represent a number of people certainly in Addison County are coming in on a regular basis to our state offices and into Washington along with their national partners to say, ‘Here’s the agenda for forestry in the farm bill;’ ‘Here’s what we need to be doing on nutrition;’ and so on — so it’s very active right now.” While local dairy farmers are already tracking changes to such components as the Margin Protection Program, a muchcriticized part of the 2014 Farm (See Farm bill, Page 32)
Vermont Gas wins court fight
Crucial games for local teams
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Debate underway for 2018 Farm Bill
Adam Karch to play in Brandon
• Students at MUHS and VUHS are raising funds and gathering needed items. See Page 2.
Embracing peace at VUHS Students promote acceptance, diversity at annual event By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes Union High School students Siobhan Eagan and Sarah Rathbun had a message for their peers when they took to the podium at the school’s annual Peace One Day celebration held Thursday. Eagan and Rathbun, two of many speakers
addressing staff members and many guests at an allschool assembly, sounded one of the day’s central themes: They asked students, in Eagan’s words, to fight the problem around the country of students being “subject to bullying and harassment for reasons such as their sexual orientation, gender, or who they chose (See Peace, Page 6)
By YVETTE SHI MIDDLEBURY — Facing President Donald Trump’s agressive agenda against environmental policies, it’s fitting the Vermont N a t u r a l Resources C o u n c i l honored Ripton resident Warren King for his lifetime of environmental stewardship this past Thursday. KING King, whose career has spanned the globe, now heralds action at the local level as the best course under the current administration. (See King, Page 31)
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Students learn to make a difference with hurricane relief efforts By GAEN MURPHREE MIDDLEBURY/VERGENNES — Hurricane Harvey lashed through Texas just as local schools were gearing up for the first day of class. Within the second week of school, Irma was heading for the Florida keys. In response, students and staff have been taking action. “We want them to know we have their backs,” said Middlebury Union High School driver’s education teacher George Rooney. “I expressed that to the students when I did a PA announcement last Friday, and I said, ‘This isn’t a competition between advisories or classes. This is their life, and they have nothing.’ We want them to know they can count on us.” Soon after Harvey made landfall, Rooney called a friend in Houston to see if she needed help. Rooney’s friend said that she herself was OK, but would he be interested in reaching out to a neighbor who’s a guidance counselor at a nearby elementary school? Rooney got in touch with Kara Peck, a guidance counselor at North Belt Elementary School in Humble, Texas, a school on the northeast side of Houston. Even without hurricanes, Rooney learned that 90 percent of the 750 students at the school qualify for free and reduced lunch —a quick gauge that most live at or near poverty. Peck gave Rooney a list with specific needs for 13 children. The list includes school supplies, backpacks, shirts, dresses, socks and underwear. A co-adviser for MUHS’s chapter of the National Honor Society, Rooney contacted the organization’s student officers in the days before school started. “They were all for it,” said Rooney. “The officers were like ‘Yeah, absolutely’ and they spread the word.” Rooney emailed Peck’s list of needs to all MUHS parents and encouraged them to bring donations to last week’s open house. The National Honor Society organized that intake effort and is staffing a donation box during lunch hours. Students at the National Honor So-
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MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior members of the National Honor Society Sarah Broughton, left, and Ciara Eagan accept donations at the school last week to help Hurricane Harvey victims at North Belt Elementary School in Humble, Texas. The National Honor Society is spearheading a school-wide effort to raise money and gather items for hurricane relief. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
ciety are also taking monetary donations to send to North Belt Elementary in the form of Visa gift cards. Next steps are boxing up the items for each child and shipping them. Rooney said he isn’t yet sure when the hurricane relief drive will end or what other actions the students might take. “We’ve never done anything like this,” Rooney said. “We don’t have an end date.” For MUHS senior and National Honor Society officer Justin Holmes, the hurricane relief effort is a way to reach out to “Southern counterparts.”
“Here in Middlebury, we consider ourselves to be very lucky to receive such a fantastic education, and we want to ensure that those affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma have the same opportunity,” Holmes said in an email to the Independent. At Vergennes Union High School, students and staff began asking how best to respond to the hurricanes on the first day of classes — an opportunity that VUHS educator Lee Shorey embraced as a teaching moment. Learning you can make a difference, said Shorey, “ties (students) to
something bigger than themselves.” Shorey teaches a class for seventh graders called Impact, which introduces students to the educational system they’ll be a part of for the next six years and helps them understand how to access resources and how to contribute. Those students learned that along with sending financial aid, two critical items needed were diapers and formula — so that drive was launched. Shorey said that VUHS is looking for an area relief effort going to Texas or Florida that would be willing to deliver the donations.
VUHS students have also committed to raising $1,000 for hurricane relief as part of its annual observance of Peace One Day on Sept. 21. Students have been baking “peace” pies to sell by the slice or whole, and will also be selling donated “peace mugs” from Ben & Jerry’s. “Everybody’s chipping in,” said Shorey of the school’s pie-making effort. Like MUHS’s efforts, because of the scope of the hurricanes’ destruction, Shorey has not determined when the school’s relief effort will end.
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Mary Johnson proceeds with Vergennes child care proposal
By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — A project that Middlebury’s Mary Johnson Children’s Center officials have eyed for almost two decades could be coming closer to becoming a reality — a childcare center in Vergennes to serve up to 30 preschoolers, toddlers and possibly infants. Mary Johnson officials are now seeking proposals, as their recent ad reads, “for architectural and engineering services to support a physical feasibility study of creating the Vergennes Children’s Center on Armory Lane,” with a Sept. 29 deadline to respond. Mary Johnson co-director Barbara Saunders said the children’s center is now moving forward after being awarded in 2015 a $30,000 Community Development Block Grant to plan for a facility on a 1.5-acre lot near the Armory Lane senior housing complex. “We are working with a consultant on the next step in the actual plan,
what it might look like, the square footage, what it might cost,” Saunders said. Mary Johnson has conducted two surveys over the years that its officials say demonstrate that families with younger children are underserved in the Vergennes area. The first one was conducted in the early 2000s and the second in 2013 and then updated in 2015. “The need is particularly acute for children under the age of 3,” Saunders said. In 2015, Mary Johnson officials said they did not believe they could afford to offer infant care, but now Saunders says they hope Mary Johnson can make the finances add up. “Infants, absolutely there’s a huge need. This study, part of the reason we’re doing it, is to see if we can make it work doing birth to age 5,” she said. “That’s still very much a question, but we would like to try it if we can pull it off.” Finances will determine the future
of the effort. Mary Johnson hopes to get drawings from a firm that responds to its ad, and then to use those plans to seek funding from organizations such as the Vermont Community Development Program, which administers the federal Community Development Block Grant program. “We need to show them what it’s going to look like and have the pieces of the puzzle pretty well spelled out,” Saunders said. The project will probably need more than another block grant to move forward. “It’s going to be a patchwork of funding,” said Saunders, citing other grants, loans and private and foundation gifts. If all does work out it will conclude a long quest for Mary Johnson, which has sought space in Vergennes for years. At one point the child center briefly eyed an unused building on city side of the Northlands Job Corps campus. Then in 2005, as Housing Vermont
Vermont Gas gets high court’s OK Pipeline clears Hinesburg hurdle
By GAEN MURPHREE MONTPELIER — In a Sept. 22 ruling, the Vermont Supreme Court upheld the Public Utilities Commission’s authorization of Vermont Gas Systems to install a section of the Addison Natural Gas Project through Hinesburg’s Geprags Park. The 41-mile natural gas pipeline runs from Colchester to Middlebury and has been in operation since last April. The PUC’s decision had been appealed to Vermont’s highest judicial body by a group of park supporters — William Marks, Nancy Baker, Linda Gage, Rachel Smolker, Melanie Pulley, Stephanie Spencer and Lawrence Shelton. Justices heard arguments on the matter during the April term. The 85.5-acre Geprags Park was donated to the town of Hinesburg by Dora Geprags to be used “only as public park or school or for public recreational or educational purposes.” Intervenors argued that burying the natural gas pipeline through the park (though the pipeline would not be visible) violated the terms on which the land was willed to the town. The Supreme Court found otherwise: “We reject intervenors’ arguments and affirm the Board’s (Public Service Board) decision to authorize the condemnation.” (Earlier this summer, the former PSB renamed itself the Public Utilities Commission.) In its 21-page majority opinion, the justices first examine the issue from the standpoint of “prior public use” and conclude that “prior public use doctrine does not prohibit condemnation of land devoted to a public use when the new use does not materially impair the prior use.” The situation, according to the ma-
jority opinion, was a Vermont first, as all previous Supreme Court decisions had involved cases where the second use would “destroy or materially impair” the first. In looking at the park as a whole, its barn, sledding hill and walking trails, the high court determined that the natural gas pipeline would have “negligible effect on the existing use of the park.” The pipeline will be underground, the court reasoned, and so would have “no material impact.” Likewise, the court reasoned that Vermont Gas’s ongoing “rights of access to the park” would also have “minimal impact on the park’s recreational uses.” In countering a second line of ap-
peal, the court also rejected the intervenors’ arguments that Vermont Gas had insufficiently examined alternate routes and that the PUC had thus erred in authorizing the condemnation easement. Instead, the court upheld the PUC’s determination of the route’s “necessity.” Justices voting with the majority opinion were Beth Robinson, who authored the opinion, as well as Marilyn Skoglund, Karen Carroll and retired justice Brian Burgess (who was specially assigned to the case). Justice Harold Eaton dissented, saying that the PUC’s easement to Vermont Gas would “materially impact park land dedicated exclusively for recreational or educational purposes.”
eyed the land that includes the senior housing center and two nearby lots, Housing Vermont officials discussed a multi-use effort for the parcel including senior housing, a clubhouse for the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, and a childcare and education center for which Mary Johnson could have supplied accounting and management support. In 2011, when Housing Vermont bought the 11.93-acre parcel spanning Vergennes and Ferrisburgh, 6.5 acres of which are dedicated to the senior center, Mary Johnson officials attended a ceremony to mark the occasion. “We have been working with Housing Vermont for the past few years,” Saunders said. “They have a lot set aside for us, and we are preceding with the premise that’s where the program will be.” Mary Johnson is also familiar with
Vergennes because it has for almost two decades run a summertime childcare program operating out of city schools. In 2015, after Mary Johnson officials received their planning grant, attention was diverted by establishing a program in the Orwell Village School, which has gone well. Now it’s time to focus on Vergennes again, but with a little uncertainly added to the mix on the federal funding front. “With this economy and this administration we’re not sure what’s going to happen,” Saunders said. That said, she remains optimistic that Mary Johnson’s long-held goal could be reached. “I would think a year from this spring that we could break ground,” Saunders said. “I am very hopeful on this project.”
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Editorial Trump tests hucksters myth that no publicity is bad The man in the nation’s White House is obviously a believer in the famous huckster’s saying: “There’s no publicity that’s bad publicity.” While marketing professionals through the ages have debated that wisdom, Trump is putting it to the test. It’s early Sunday afternoon and the top three stories trending on the New York Times online version all have to do with sports, politics and Trump. Trump insulted professional NFL players, pro-basketball, too, as well as coaches and team owners with another series of outrageous tweets — demanding that NFL owners fire any players who takes a knee or otherwise chose to make a statement other than saluting the flag during the national anthem. Most professional players, coaches and owners were outraged. It was another stupefying show of poor judgment. But let’s back up a moment, and set the stage for Trump’s itchy Twitter fingers on Friday. Just what could he have been thinking? What got him riled last Friday was Sen. John McCain’s announcement that he could not in good conscience support the Cassidy-Graham plan to repeal Obamacare. Trump fired off shots disparaging Sen. McCain (but everyone expected that and paid no attention), and then, as is Trump’s pattern, he set out to change the conversation. Trump seized on what we’re sure he considered a brilliant idea: He’d criticize those athletes who chose not to stand and salute the flag. You can see his mind racing: It was red meat for his white, racist base of supporters; it would get their minds off his repeated failure to repeal Obamacare. Surely, his tweets would gin up his hardline supporters — the same hotheaded, 5 percent of America (11 million at its height) who took curious delight in watching “the Donald” fire people on The Apprentice. And just maybe this flare-up would help his supporters forget about how North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un got the better of Trump with his verbal putdown, calling him a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard,” who was like “a dog barking.” Kim then vowed the “highest level of hardline countermeasure in history.” In short, Trump’s bombastic rhetoric — his supposed tough stand against North Korea — backfired, bigly. “Dotard,” for those who have not yet looked it up, comes from “dotage,” a word meaning “a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness.” Bingo. Trump accurately sensed he had to cause to big distraction. And, hey, if he got a little bad publicity in the process, so what? Phineas T. Barnum, the famous 19th American showman and circus owner, after all, claimed that all publicity was good, and Oscar Wilde seconded that motion, saying: “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about at all.” It’s a modus operandi that fits Trump to a “T.” But back to those top three trending stories in today’s NY Times. For starters, NFL players across the nation demonstrated over the weekend in unified defiance of Trump’s call. Even New England Patriot Tom Brady, who has been a Trump supporter, locked arms with his teammates in solidarity. In Philadelphia, Eagles and Giants players and coaches locked arms as a massive American flag was unfurled over the field and military jets performed a flyover. A few players raised fists or knelt. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie locked arms with his players. The Pittsburgh Steelers stayed in the dugout and the starkness of their empty bench was dramatic. And, according to a New York Times roundup of demonstrations against Trump’s tweets, “Terry Bradshaw, a hall-of-fame quarterback and commentator for Fox, said he ... believed that ‘Every American has the right to speak out and also to protest... Personally, I think our president should concentrate on serious issues like North Korea and health care, rather than ripping into athletes and the N.F.L.’” And on and on the comments went. Trump did rile his base. No doubt, that 5 percent of America that wants to bust heads and play shoot ’em up raised their Bud beer cans in a rowdy salute to Trump “telling it like it is.” But most Americans called Trump’s actions “disgraceful,” and the idea of a fan boycott absurd. Not even the most die-hard Trump supporter would go that far. Angelo Lynn
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Family entertainment LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITER Josh Brooks sings with his daughters Addie, left, and Olivia during the Peace One Day event at Vergennes Union High School last Thursday afternoon. For complete coverage of the event see Page 1A. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Letters to the Editor Porter priorities are providing care, remaining viable A recent letter published in the Addison Independent suggested that Porter Medical Center needs to re-focus its priorities. I’d like to be clear about what our priorities have been and continue to be. • Increasing access to high-quality care: by joining the UVM Health Network patient care options for our community are enhanced. • Rebuilding our primary care network: over the past 18 months Porter has successfully recruited 10 new primary care providers
and over 40 registered nurses to provide great care in our community hospital, nursing home and network of practices. • Expanded and/or opened new services, such as the Porter Express Care clinic and Infusion Services to provide more convenient and affordable care for patients right here in our community. • Financial stability: by paying careful attention to operations, we are in the black for the first time in many years. In addition, the upcoming budget includes funds: to invest in
additional nursing staff; for renovations at Helen Porter to create a state-of-the-art rehab facility and a new Palliative Care/End-of-Life suite to better serve our residents with quality, dignified and compassionate care. As for CEO compensation, Form 990’s are public information. If the letter writer had looked further into the figures, they would have noted that the pay reported by Digger was for both the departing CEO and the new CEO. It may add up to the number (See Letter, Page 5)
Why we need Medicare for all By SEN. BERNIE SANDERS and British spent less than half of This is a pivotal moment in that, while guaranteeing health care American history. Do we, as a nation, to everyone. Further, these countries join the rest of the industrialized have higher life expectancy rates and world and guarantee comprehensive lower infant mortality rates than we health care to every person as a do. human right? Or do we maintain a The reason that our health care system that is enormously expensive, system is so outrageously expensive wasteful and bureaucratic, and is is that it is not designed to provide designed to maximize quality care to all profits for big in a cost-effective insurance companies, way, but to provide the pharmaceutical huge profits to the industry, Wall medical-industrial Street and medical complex. Layers equipment suppliers? of bureaucracy We remain the associated with only major country the administration on earth that allows of hundreds of chief executives and individual and stockholders in the complicated health care industry insurance plans are to get incredibly rich, stunningly wasteful, while tens of millions costing us hundreds of people suffer of billions of dollars because they can’t get a year. As the only SANDERS the health care they major country not to need. This is not what negotiate drug prices the United States should be about. with the pharmaceutical industry, we All over this country, I have heard spend tens of billions more than we from Americans who have shared should. heartbreaking stories about our The solution to this crisis is dysfunctional system. Doctors have not hard to understand. A halftold me about patients who died century ago, the United States because they put off their medical established Medicare. Guaranteeing visits until it was too late. These comprehensive health benefits to were people who had no insurance or Americans over 65 has proved to could not afford out-of-pocket costs be enormously successful, costimposed by their insurance plans. effective and popular. Now is Americans should not hesitate about the time to expand and improve going to the doctor because they do Medicare to cover all Americans. not have enough money. They should This is not a radical idea. I live 50 not worry that a hospital stay will miles south of the Canadian border. bankrupt them or leave them deeply For decades, every man, woman and in debt. They should be able to go to child in Canada has been guaranteed the doctor they want, not just one in health care through a single-payer, a particular network. They should not publicly funded health care program. have to spend huge amounts of time This system has not only improved filling out complicated forms and the lives of the Canadian people but arguing with insurance companies has also saved families and businesses as to whether or not they have the an immense amount of money. coverage they expected. On Wednesday, Sept. 13, I Even though 28 million Americans introduced the Medicare for All Act remain uninsured and even more are in the Senate with 15 co-sponsors and underinsured, we spend far more per support from dozens of grass-roots capita on health care than any other organizations. Under this legislation, industrialized nation. every family in America would In 2015, the United States spent receive comprehensive coverage, almost $10,000 per person for health and middle-class families would care; the Canadians, Germans, French save thousands of dollars a year by
eliminating their private insurance costs as we move to a publicly funded program. The transition to the Medicare-forAll program would take place over four years. In the first year, benefits to older people would be expanded to include dental care, vision coverage and hearing aids, and the eligibility age for Medicare would be lowered to 55. All children under the age of 18 would also be covered. In the second year, the eligibility age would be lowered to 45 and in the third year to 35. By the fourth year, every man, woman and child in the country would be covered by Medicare for All. The insurance companies, the drug companies and Wall Street will undoubtedly devote a lot of money to lobbying, campaign contributions and television ads to defeat this proposal. But they are on the wrong side of history. Guaranteeing health care as a right is important to the American people, not just from a moral and financial perspective; it also happens to be what the majority of the American people want. According to an April poll by The Economist/YouGov, 60 percent of the American people want to “expand Medicare to provide health insurance to every American,” including 75 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of independents and 46 percent of Republicans. Now is the time for Congress to stand with the American people and take on the special interests that dominate health care in the United States. Now is the time to extend Medicare to everyone.
Addison Independent, Monday, September 25, 2017 — PAGE 5
Letters to the Editor Officials need to listen to citizens For the past several years members of the Middlebury Select Board have authorized the VT League of Cities and Towns to lobby on their behalf against any effort to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Vermont. Until recently most of us were not aware of this. We find it upsetting that they would have taken a position on this issue without first assessing whether it reflects the town’s wishes. To address this, they sent out a survey this summer which had remarkable results. First was the response — over 700 Middlebury residents took the time to fill it out, which is about three times the average. And 66 percent of respondents were clear that they do not want Middlebury to continue to ask the VTLC to do
anti-cannabus lobbying. There have been indications that the Select Board is ready to ignore the survey, and the wishes of townspeople, and again apply pressure in Montpelier to stop cannabis legalization. If you find this antidemocratic, and just plain wrong, then please come to the next Select Board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. Meetings take place at the town offices at 77 Main Street. A big turnout for this meeting, like the big response to the summer survey, can send an important message to our elected officials. It’s not too late to prevent an action that most Middlebury residents strongly disagree with! Winslow and Joanna Colwell East Middlebury
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Letter (Continued from Page 4) reported and appear high, but the departing CEO was entitled to pay that had been deferred over the years, while the new CEO compensation was set based on external regional survey data and was quite close to what the prior CEO had been paid. All in all, I’d say our priorities are quite clear. We have successfully navigated some difficult times, and upheld our mission to invest in health care and serve this community. We thank you for your continued support. Maureen McLaughlin PMC Board Chair
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STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF and community members fill the Vergennes Union High School football field for last Thursday’s Peace One Day event.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
VUHS SENIOR NORA Deeming speaks from the podium.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Peace (Continued from Page 1) to love.” Eagan, a sophomore, said students should not stand idly by and watch that behavior. “As peers and classmates we need to be each others’ allies,” she said. “We all have power to make our schools, community, and world a better place.” Rathbun, a junior, added the current climate in the nation makes that point even more important. “In a time when there is so much hate surfacing in this country we need to stand together,” she said. “We must be the people to say yes to peace.” DAY OF PEACE All were gathered to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace and listen to speakers urge them — in student organizer Nora Hatch’s words —“to take action towards peace by accepting and honoring the differences in each of us.” The event, which was held on the VUHS baseball field, was also filled with music, dance, art, pie and ice cream, and a collection for hurricane relief — an effort boosted by a surprise $1,000 donation from the visiting Northlands Job Corps Student Government Association, a gift that prompted a standing ovation. The VUHS student Peace One Day Committee organized the event, which Hatch, fellow senior Kaitlyn Brace (who designed the event’s traditional annual banner), and sophomore Kai Williams emceed. Williams spoke first, after students had sampled dessert, including donated Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and baked goods for sale to benefit hurricane relief. Peace One Day T-shirts designed by seniors Nora Deming and Erin Lawrence were
sold for the same cause. “Our main theme is accepting and honoring diversity,” Williams said. “Through song, dance, and words we have come together at VUHS to listen and participate with those among us who believe in peace.” After Brace recognized sophomore Emma Beauchemin for designing the event’s annual pin, sophomores Leah Croke and Adrian Chamberlain announced the event would be dedicated to longtime VUHS staff member Laurie Stedman. Croke said Stedman created peace among students, “every minute, possibly every second.” Chamberlain credited Stedman for her consistent presence. “She’s always there when you need help,” he said. ‘PEACE IS WORK’ Speakers, including students and guest Kathryn Blume, a writer, performer and environmental activist, emphasized the benefits and the effort required to strive for peace. “I’m going to be reiterating a lot of what has been said today, but it needs to be said,” Blume said. “Peace is work … Peace is a commitment.” Blume urged all to stop judging themselves. “It’s hard to be kind and loving and compassionate and peaceful to everyone else if you’re at war with yourself,” she said. Blume said the practice of “othering” people made little sense, noting that people no matter where they are from or what they look like are between 99.5 and 99.9 genetically the same. Perceived racial differences “are about as important as different colored T-shirts,” Blume said. “Race isn’t real.” Freshman Sepehr Belar, a native of Iran, said VUHS has embraced him.
He lives in Middlebury and is a fire cadet there, but commutes to VUHS, which he praised as “a place where peace starts.” “I choose to come up from Middlebury every day to go to school here because I feel very comfortable here at VUHS,” he said. “I wish that the Commodore community represented all of America. America is great in so many ways, but we have to keep working hard to make America tolerant and kind.” Senior Mason Charlebois spoke about the positive impact of the 2016 VUHS Peace One Day. (See At work, Page 7)
VUHS STAFFER LAURIE Steadman, for whom the Peace One Day event was dedicated, signs the annual event banner Thursday. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
VERGENNES UNION HIGH School seniors Erin Lawrence, left, and Nora Deeming, co-designers of the Peace One Day T-shirts, make a presentation during the event.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Addison Independent, Monday, September 25, 2017 — PAGE 7
Porter nurses’ contract includes pay increases
VERGENNES UNION HIGH School sophomore Kai Williams emceed the Peace One Day event along with seniors Nora Hatch and Kaitlyn Brace, back right.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
At work (Continued from Page 6) VUHS Peace One Day. “I see a different group of people than I saw 365 days ago. Sitting in front of me is a group of people who are change-makers,” he said. Charlebois closed on a hopeful note. “For peace to occur, we must think big, not small. We can live in a world where everyone, regardless of their race, religion, disability or sexual orientation can not only survive, but thrive as well,” he said. “If we don’t allow others to divide us, and stand together as a united people working towards a peaceful world, great things will happen. I know they can happen.” MANY CONTRIBUTE Also on or near the podium: • Sophomore Marlie Hunt read her poem, “Mother Earth.” • Sophomore Addy, 8th-grader Olivia and Vergennes Union Elementary School student Eleanor Brooks sang “We are Here,” by Alicia Keys, with their father, Ferrisburgh Central School teacher Josh Brooks. • VUES 6th-graders Emerson Rice and Alaina LeBeau spoke. • Middle-school students Payton Whitehouse and Scott Potala danced, as did and high school students Maddie Smith, Ashley Cray, and Caitlyn Walsh. • Teachers Chris Wyckoff and Sue O’Daniel, Ghanian guest musician Koblavi, and the Commodore singers performed Wyckoff’s “Peace One Day Anthem” and the Beatles’ “Let It Be.” • Ferrisburgh Fire Cadet and student Tucker Dike; VUHS alumni, University of Vermont Students and Vermont National Guard ROTC members K.C. Ambrose and Josh Sickles; and Belar led a moment of silence to honor rescue workers and members of the armed services. • Senior Gwen Brownell spoke of the importance of learning world languages, and sophomore Robbie Bicknell and Rathbun talked about the school’s German exchange program.
• Northlands student Jubilee Thorburn sang Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” • Student Dan Beach filmed the event with a drone. • Teacher Sean Nary and middleschooler Mykenzie Duffy played guitar and sang, respectively, while students formed a Conga line to cap the celebration. PAST AND FUTURE Peace One Day at VUHS takes its roots from a documentary film by that name. Jeremy Gilley, in 2001, had helped persuade the U.N. to declare Sept. 21 as an annual International Day of Peace in the hope that all conflicts would declare a one-day ceasefire. Many ceasefires have been honored, allowing humanitarian goods to be delivered and vaccines to be administered. VUHS staff members Kristine Kirkaldy, Shorey, Glenn Story and Judy Wiger in early September 2005 showed Gilley’s film to a cultural awareness club. The students then requested an all-school assembly to celebrate the peace day, and it has become an annual student-driven tradition. And Hatch announced that
VERGENNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sixth-graders Emerson Rice and Alaina LeBeau speak from the podium. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Thursday’s 13th will not be its last. “Last spring, I wrote a grant for the Rowland Foundation which we were awarded,” Hatch said. “This grant is for continuing the message our annual Peace One Day event generates to take action towards peace by accepting and honoring the differences in each of us.”
By JOHN FLOWERS receive, according to Hallman. MIDDLEBURY — Nurses The new Nursing Practice at University of Vermont/Porter Council responds to the union’s Medical Center (PMC) will receive concerns about maintaining “safe cost-of-living salary adjustments staffing levels” at Porter. The of 2 percent in each of the three union conveyed that concern years of their new deal, which through red lawn signs posted also establishes a Nursing Practice throughout the county. Council that will help ensure “This new council will have “appropriate staffing levels” and equal representation of nurses and “the highest quality administrators and is patient and resident “This agreement intended to promote care” at the facility. shows the a collaborative P o r t e r commitment of approach to administrators and ensuring that we our members to members of the are providing Porter Federation ensuring that our a p p r o p r i a t e of Nurses and community gets staffing levels and Health Professionals the best care maintaining the (PFNHP) reached when they come highest quality a tentative accord to the facility, patient and resident following a 13-hour care,” said Karen bargaining session and could not Beinhaur, Porter’s on Sunday. The pact have happened chief nursing officer. became official on without that The new council Friday, Sept. 22, community’s will also help to once members of the support.” design a BSN nurses’ union ratified program that will — Alice Leo the agreement, provide financial which will extend through Sept. support for nurses who want to 30, 2020. continue their education. Union officials said the pay “Porter will be providing extra increases will amount to 8.5 funds for our nurses who wish percent over the three-year to pursue their BSN degree as a contract, when one factors way of supporting professional in additional compensation education and providing us with recognizing years of experience. another way of attracting and The contract covers nurses who retaining outstanding nurses work at Porter Hospital, Helen throughout our organization,” Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation Beinhaur said. Center, and the network of around Other than the new BSN a dozen physicians’ offices program, other employment affiliated with PMC. benefits for the Porter nurses will “This agreement shows the be consistent with benefits offered commitment of our members to to other Porter staff, according to ensuring that our community gets Hallman. the best care when they come to the Porter CEO Dr. Fred Kniffin facility,” said Alice Leo, president hailed the new contract through an of the nurses’ union, “and could email released on Friday. not have happened without that “The hard work has been done community’s support.” to reach an agreement that is fair “We try to make adjustments for to everyone,” Kniffin said. “I now staff wages based on market data invite each of you to join in the so we can remain competitive in ongoing and important work of recruiting,” Hallman said. making Porter the best place we PMC will offer its nurses the could ever want to work, and the same Blue Cross/Blue Shield best place we could ever want to health plan that they currently be a patient.”
Route 116 travelers should expect traffic delays due to repaving work
SOME OF THE Commodore Singers perform the “Peace One Day Anthem,” written by VUHS teacher Chris Wyckoff.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
By ADDISON INDEPENDENT STARKSBORO — Motorists traveling Route 116 between Starksboro and Bristol should expect traffic delays all week, starting Sept. 25 as part of a VTrans repaving project. This fall, VTrans will be resurfacing Route 116 on a six-andhalf mile stretch between Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro and the Lord’s Prayer Rock in Bristol. Overall the project will focus on paving two layers of new pavement, cleaning the ditch lines and installing new guardrail. Following completion of work on this section, the project will close down for the winter.
This week, road crews are scheduled to be paving the first layer of new pavement. Travel will be reduced to one lane with alternative one-way traffic around all active construction operations. Guardrail crews may be working throughout the project. Flaggers will be present to maintain traffic flow. The Route 116 paving project will not include paving within Bristol village. In spring 2018, the next part of the Route 116 paving project will continue, beginning outside Bristol Village and continuing to the intersection of Route 116 and Route 7 in Middlebury.
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“Nelson Mandela”: State Song Patronage and Censorship in Tanzania in Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 25, 4:30 p.m., Conference Room, Robert A. Jones ‘59 House, Middlebury College. Frank Gunderson, associate professor of ethnomusicology at Florida State University, discusses how Radio Tanzania invested in song composition and censorship from 1973–1993. Free. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Addison County Democratic Committee meeting in Middlebury. Monday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Topics for discussion include planning for the Health Care Forum on Sept. 28 and finalizing the slate of officers for 2017-2019. All Democrats are encouraged to attend. Reading the Night Sky presentation in Salisbury. Monday, Sept. 25, 7:30-9 p.m., Turner Residence, 662 Leland Rd. Join retired Middlebury College physicist Crispin Butler in finding and discussing stars, constellations, and planets and look for the International Space Station. Attendees can bring binoculars, telescopes, star charts, smart phones, or a dim flashlight, though they are not needed. A blanket and/or a jacket may be needed. Free and open to the public. Call 802-352-4442 on the eve of the event for status.
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Sounding Out the “Afropolitan” lecture in Middlebury. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 4:30 p.m. Room 221, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Ethnomusicologist Frank Gunderson of Florida State University explores the connections between Tanzanian singer and band leader Muhidin Gurumo’s 1973 musiki wa dansi dance genre piece Nimwokoe Nani? (Whom Should I Rescue?) and Trinidadian Lord Kitchener’s 1950s calypso song “Wife and Mother.” Free. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Historical Society Open House in Bristol. Tuesday, Sept. 26 6-8 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St. Bristol’s Historical Society will be open to visitors. Stop in and browse the historical items, scrapbooks and photos in their collection. Dafra Kura Band in Middlebury. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College. Hailing from Burkina Faso, the Dafra Kura Band fuses the high energy of the griot ancestral tradition and the contemporary sounds of modern African cities sourced from Manding tradition, nomad desert blues, and
Stories in the sky
CAN YOU FIND Ursa Major? Retired Middlebury College physicist Crispin Butler will lead a night of stargazing on Monday, Sept. 25, from 7:30-9 p.m., in Salisbury, finding and discussing stars, constellations, and planets and looking for the International Space Station.
Afrobeat. Tickets: $10 General public/$10 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students (See related event September 29). On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/ arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168.
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Storymatters in Middlebury. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 4 p.m., Vermont Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. A local story-sharing gathering. Drawing on the image of fire, the night’s theme will be “Sparks, flames, embers – cope and hope: tales from our lives.” Come listen and share. “What can feminism speak to?” — A feminist dialogue in Middlebury. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 4:30 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center. Writer Katha Pollitt and scholar Janell Hobson discuss what feminism can, and cannot, speak to, and how it has turned out to be an extremely powerful political force. Free and open to the public. Japanese film “Silver Spoon” on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center Middlebury College. This award-winning film portrays the struggles of an urban Japanese high school student who enrolls in an agricultural high school in Hokkaido. Sponsored by the 13th Japan Foundation Film Series and the Japanese Studies Department. Free and open to the public.
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JACK DESBLOIS, ON bass, (above) and Mal Chase, piano, present an afternoon of songs by Schubert, Quilter, Finzi, Stanford, ColeridgeTaylor, and the anonymous balladeers of Elizabethan England on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 3-4 p.m., in the Chateau Grand Salon. Middlebury College. The concert is free and open to the public.
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“How to publish your book – let me count the ways” in Vergennes. Thursday, Sept. 28, 3-5 p.m., Bixby Library, 258 Main St. “Vermont Wild” author Megan Price will lead this workshop about getting your work published. Free. Registration required. Limit 20. More info contact Muir Haman at 802-877-221 or muir.haman@bixbylibrary.org. Opening reception and gallery talk in Middlebury. Thursday, Sept. 28, from 5-7 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St. A public event to celebrate Ethan Hubbard’s exhibit “Driving the Back Roads: In Search of Old-Time Vermonters.” Complementary, locally sourced food and drink, including beer, wine, craft cheeses, produce, and more will be served. A Q&A session with the artist will begin at 6 p.m. Evolving health care in Addison County forum in Middlebury. Thursday, Sept. 28, 7-8:30 p.m. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct. Hosted by Addison County Democrats, speakers include Senator Claire Ayer, Porter CEO Fred Kniffin, Dr. Deb Richter, Universal Primary Care advocate, and Dan Barlow of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. Light snacks at 6:30.
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An introduction to “Land and Lens” in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 29, 12:30 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art, Mahaney Center for the Arts. Curator Kristen Hoving will lead an informal walk through the new photography exhibit at the museum. Free. museum.middlebury.edu or 802-443-2291. Italian Spaghetti Dinner in Bristol. Friday, Sept. 29, 5-7 p.m., St Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. “Knights in Italy,” hosted by the St. Ambrose Knights of Columbus to raise funds for victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. All-you-can-eat spaghetti with sauce, garlic bread, salad, beverages and dessert. Adults $10/$5 for children 12 and under/$25 for family. Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. The transnational performance group, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Philadelphia, draws from Africanist and postmodernist aesthetics. BTDP presents Declassified Memory Fragment, a dance theatre work with live music, inspired by memory, history, and images of the political and cultural realities currently affecting the continent of Africa. Tickets: $22 General public/$16 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students (See related event September 26.) On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. www.middlebury. edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168.
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Ladies car rally in Vergennes. Saturday, Sept. 30, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., beginning on the city green. Spiffy vintage cars drive around the Champlain Valley to raise money for the Vergennes Opera house. Annual book, baked goods and pumpkin sale in Orwell. Saturday, Sept. 30, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Orwell Free Library, Main Street. Delicious baked goods, a great selection of used books and pumpkins will be for sale to benefit the Orwell Free Library. Benefit road race in Sudbury. Saturday, Sept. 30, 9:45 a.m., Sudbury Country School, 31 Schoolhouse Rd. The Sudbury Road Race is a 5K & Fun Run on to raise funds for Whiting and Sudbury Learning Academy students. Early bird registration through Sept. 23. Adults $16/18 & under $9. After Sept. 23, adults $20/18 & under, $10. Register in person or by mail at: Sudbury Country School attn: road race. 31 Schoolhouse Rd. Sudbury, VT 05733. Everyone is welcome. More info contact Shirley and Don Evans at 518 643-2414 or runforjon.com. Paint-N-Sip Fundraiser in Brandon. Saturday Sept.
30, 2-4 p.m., Neshobe Golf Club, 224 Town Farm Rd. Raise funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Registration includes snacks and all painting materials for 11 x 14 canvas. $40 advance/ $45 at the door. For more info at 802-349-9315 or facebook.com/paintwithjackie/. “Eat on the Green” in Vergennes. Saturday, Sept. 30, 3-8 p.m., city green. Sample a variety of dishes served up by Vergennes-area eateries while listening to music performed by three local bands. Craft crews for adults, kids activities, including face painting, plinko, and hula hoop contests with prizes. Free entry, with food and beverage tickets — 1 for $1, 12 for $10. “Fatima” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 30, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunderland Language Center, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. A Moroccanborn single mother living in France works as a maid to provide for her daughters: 18-year old Nesrine, who is just beginning medical school, and 15-year old Souad, who is struggling with her teenage years. Free. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Shakespearean art songs in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept 30, 3-4 p.m., Chateau Grand Salon, 139 Chateau Rd. Middlebury College. Middlebury College Departments of English and American Literature and Music present songs by Schubert, Quilter, Finzi, Stanford, Coleridge-Taylor, and the anonymous balladeers of Elizabethan England. Jack DesBois, bass, and Mal Chase, piano. Free and open to the public. Hurricane relief dinner in Bristol. Friday, Sept. 29, 5-7 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall, 11 School St. “Knights in Italy” spaghetti dinner hosted by St. Ambrose Knights of Columbus. All-you-can-eat spaghetti with sauce (with or without meat), garlic bread, salad, beverages, and dessert. All proceeds will go to those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. $10 for adults/$5 for children 12 and under/ $25 for a family. Handicapped accessible. King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center The socializing begins with a sandwich supper and then on to an evening of fun and card games. A great way to keep in touch with your neighbors and support the Grange. All are welcome. Dissipated 8 a capella in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall. Middlebury College’s premier a capella group, founded in 1952, sings a range of songs, from modern day pop to traditional barbershop songs. Their stage presence and comedic routines will certainly entertain you in addition to the wonderful harmonies, solos and group numbers. Tickets available at the door: Adults $7; seniors, students & military $5. Ethiopian Boogie benefit in Lincoln. Saturday, Sept. 30, 7-10:30 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 East River St. The Willowell Foundation presents the New Nile Orchestra, “New England’s Finest Ethiopian Funk,” who will be playing to benefit One Love AIDS HIV Awareness Theater, a theater troupe in Hawassa, Ethiopia that performs shows about AIDS and gender equality in rural towns in Southern Ethiopia. Ethiopian food and crafts will be available. Tickets $10/ kids under 12 free, Food: $10/kids $5. Available at the door. More info at willowell.org, info@willowell.org or 802-453-6195. Adam Karch plays in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Guitarist Karch, of Montréal, plays a hybrid acoustic blues that consists of precise fingerpicking and an innovative percussive technique. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@ brandon-music.net, or brandon-music.net. Dick Forman Jazz Group in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Sophisticated mainstream jazz and a chance to look behind the curtain and see how jazz is created. Free. More info at 802-443-3168 or middlebury.edu/arts. Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project in Middlebury. Saturday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m., Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. The transnational performance group, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Philadelphia, draws from Africanist and postmodernist aesthetics. BTDP presents Declassified Memory Fragment, a dance theatre work with live music, inspired by memory, history, and images of the political and cultural realities currently affecting the continent of Africa. Tickets: $22 General public/$16 Midd
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ID holders/$6 Midd students (See related event September 26.) On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. www.middlebury. edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168.
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Green Mountain Club Mt. Philo hike in Charlotte. Sunday, Oct. 1, Mt. Philo State Park. An easy/moderate two-mile hike with an elevation gain of 636 feet with breathtaking views of the Champlain Valley and New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Wear appropriate clothing for hiking and bring water, a snack and hiking poles, if used. This is a dog friendly event. Contact Ralph Burt at 802-355-4415 or at reburt@gmavt. net. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org. Champlain Valley Fiddlers in Brandon. Sunday, Oct. 1, noon-5 p.m., American Legion, Route 7. All fiddlers welcome. Refreshments available. Donations accepted. HarvestFest in Brandon. Sunday, Oct. 1, 1-4 p.m., Estabrook Park. Come make harvest people — stick figures, scarecrows, leaf people, etc. You can even take one home for free. Hay rides, food, pumpkins. Family fun, kids and adult activities. Music. More info at 802-247-6401 or 802-2473635, ext. 213. “I Rise” on stage in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 1, 2-3 p.m. Town Hall Theater, 68 South Pleasant St. A fund- and awareness-raising event for WomenSafe, “I Rise” is a multi-layered program of literary and performance art inspired by, and in service to people impacted by domestic and sexual violence. The performance promotes advocacy through dance, short plays, and readings. Tickets in advance $10/$15 at the door. 50th Anniversary concert by Emory Fanning in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m., Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College. Professor Emeritus of Music Emory Fanning plays a concert on the magnificent Gress-Miles organ in Mead Chapel to celebrate his 50 years at Middlebury College. Free. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Chicken and biscuit dinner in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church, 43 North Pleasant St., and very Sunday following through Nov. 5. Applying to college information night in Middlebury. Monday, Oct. 2, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School Auditorium, 73 Charles Ave. For students and parents throughout the county, college admissions officers will discuss the ins and outs of the college application process, concluding with a round table discussion. Presenters include Nicole Curvin, Middlebury College’s Admissions Director, and representatives from VSAC and Stonehill College. More info contact Sarah Soule 802-382-1119.
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Artist Brian Novatny in Middlebury. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 12:15 p.m., Room 304, Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Cameron Visiting Artist Novatny is an innovative artist, equally at home with painting and drawing, with a remarkable approach to markmaking, line, and materiality. His work has been exhibited across the country. Free. He will be leading a four-day intensive drawing workshop Oct. 2-5 for on- and off-campus participants. More info at middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. “VT Wildlife Biologist in Alaska — A First-Hand Account” in Orwell. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m., Orwell Free Library, Main Street. Carol Shaw will present her experience while visiting Cape Krusenstern National Monument in Alaska, where she worked along side the Wildlife Conservation Society on their Lagoon Monitoring Project and began field research to discover local the Muskox herd integrity.
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Toulouse Lautrec biography on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 11 a.m., Town Hall Theater. Great Art Wednesdays, Town Hall Theater’s art film series, returns with the biography of Toulouse-Lautrec by Waldemar Januszczak Tickets are $13/$8
African realities
THE BAKER TARPAGA Dance Project will perform “Declassified Memory Fragment” on Friday and Saturday, Sept 29 & 30 at 8 p.m. in the Dance Theater at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. The piece addresses the political and cultural realities currently affecting the African continent.
students, which includes $1 preservation fee. Tickets may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, 802-382-9222, at the THT box office, or at the door Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. or one hour before show time. Manhattan Short Film Festival on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Ten finalist films from the festival will screen simultaneously around the world and viewers will vote for Best Film and Best Actor. Films hail from nine countries. Tickets $10. “Willa Cather’s Prairie Landscapes” lecture in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct 4, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. European immigrant farmers fail as often as they succeed in Willa Cather’s novels. Amherst College professor Michele Barale examines the relation between Cather’s art and her very tangible earth. Japanese film “Akanezora” on screen in Middlebury. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 8 p.m. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center. Based on Yamamoto Ichikiri’s award-winning novel, set in Edo in the mid-18th century, the film tells the story of a couple whose successful tofu shop is threatened by family problems. Sponsored by the 13th Japan Foundation Film Series and the Japanese Studies Department. Free and open to the public.
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Green Mountain Club Snake Mountain hike in Addison. Thursday, Oct. 5, Snake Mtn. An easy/moderate twomile hike with a gradual ascent of 980 feet. The summit offers great views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. Appropriate clothing, water, hiking poles and lunch or snack. This is a dog friendly hike. More info contact Mike Greenwood at mike802vt@ comcast.net or 802-349-5653. For more activities, visit gmcbreadloaf.org. White Rabbit, Red Rabbit in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Actor MacArthur Stine will open the never-seen sealed script of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit in front of a live audience and perform it as he reads it. Hunter access seminar for Vermont landowners in Middlebury. Thursday, Oct. 5, 6:30-9 p.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Co-hosted by the nonprofit Vermont Coverts, Vermont Fish & Wildlife 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. Pre-registration not required. More info contact Chris Saunders at chris.saunders@ vermont.gov or 802-343-5487. Twist O’Wool Spinning Guild meeting in Middlebury. Thursday Oct. 5, 7 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Rd. A show and tell followed by a general meeting, and spin/knit-in. All are welcome. More info at 802-453-5960.
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Ladies Aid rummage sale in Lincoln. Friday, Oct. 6, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Burnham Hall, 52 East River Rd. More info at 802-453-5995. Senior Luncheon in Bristol. Thursday, Oct. 6, noon,
First Baptist, 10 Park St. Chicken and biscuits, cranberry sauce, peas and carrots and brownie a la mode. Suggested donation is $4. Call Nancy at 453-5276 to be on the list. Come early and enjoy talking with friends and meet new ones. Artists’ reception in Bristol. Friday, Oct. 6, 6-8 p.m., ARTSight Gallery, 6 South St. “The Art of Word” features mixed media, collage, installation and paintings by Lily Hinrichsen, Karla Van Vliet, Rachel Baird, Basha Miles, Annie Perkins and Reagh Greenleaf Jr. Show runs Sept. 1-Dec. 31. More info at kvavlie@middlebury.edu or lilyhinrichson@gmail.com. Stargazing open house at Middlebury College observatory. Friday, Oct. 6, 8-9:30 p.m., weather permitting. Mittleman Observatory is atop McCardell Bicentennial Hall. A variety of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae visible through the observatory’s telescopes, which range up to 24 inches. Check the website go.middlebury.edu/ observatory/ or call the observatory at 443-2266 after 6 p.m. on the evening of the event for weather status. Free. “Behind the Punch line: an Evening of Comedic Storytelling” in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 6, 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Come hear seven storytellers tell first-person, true comedic stories without notes. If you would like to tell a story contact Michael Kingsbury at 802-459-2145 or mrk4vt@aol.com. Space closes quickly.
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Ladies Aid rummage sale in Lincoln. Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 a.m.-noon., Burnham Hall, 52 East River Rd. Saturday is $2/bag day. More info at 802-453-5995. 16th annual Dead Creek Wildlife Day in Addison. Saturday, Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Dead Creek Management Area, 966 VT Route 17. Celebrate Vt. Fish & Wildlife’s Dead Creek area with presentations and nature walks and family activities and explore the new visitor’s center. More info at 802-828-1000. “Quilting in the Land of Milk and Honey” in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Middlebury Recreation Facility, 154 Creek Rd. A two-day quilt show to raise funds for the “Everybody Wins!” reading mentor program and the Milk and Honey Quilters’ Guild. Featuring 100 quilts, vendor booths, raffle baskets, ornaments and other handmade items. Lunch available for purchase. Tickets $5, available at the door. Lunch available for purchase. More info at milkandhoneyquilters.com. The Year 1777 and the American Revolution in Orwell. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1-2:30 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mt. Independence Rd. What was happening elsewhere in the American Revolution in 1777, 240 years ago, as the British under Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne headed toward Saratoga? Site interpreter and historian Paul Andriscin gives an illustrated talk about events on Long Island, New York City, and British Gen. William Howe’s effort to capture Philadelphia. MET Live in HD in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Live screening on the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “Norma.” A free talk about the opera at 12:15 p.m. in the Jackson Gallery precedes the show. Tickets, adults $24/Students $10, available at
802-382-9222, townhalltheater.org, at the box office Monday-Saturday noon-5 p.m., or at the door. “A Quiet Passion” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 3 and 8 p.m., Sunderland Language Center, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College. Cynthia Nixon plays 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ biopic. Free. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Madaila on the Mountain in Hancock. Saturday, Oct. 7, 3 p.m., Middlebury College Snow Bowl. A fundraiser and celebration of United Way’s 50 years in Addison County, featuring Vermont’s acclaimed pop band Madaila, celebrated local youth bands, food trucks, fall foliage chair lift rides, wine and craft beer courtesy of Two Brothers Tavern, kids activities and many other surprises for all ages. General Admission $15 in advance/$18 at the door; students $12 in advance/$15/at the door; kids under 12 free. All proceeds benefit United Way of Addison County. More info at rockthesnowbowl. com or the Middlebury College Box Office. Pre-performance Dinner in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. Lower Lobby, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Join fellow Danish String Quartet concertgoers for a delicious, seasonal meal. Catered buffet dinner, seated family style. Meal tickets: $35; cash bar. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168. Downtown Bob Stannard on stage in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Vergennes Opera House, 120 Main St. Stannard and his band Those Dangerous Bluesman will rock the house. Durham County Poets on stage in Brandon. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. A lively group from Quebec playing soulful folk/roots with hints of blues and jazz. Tickets $20. Pre-concert dinner available for $25. Reservations required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB. More info at 802-247-4295, info@brandon-music.net or brandon-music.net. Joe K. Walsh Band on stage in Ripton. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House, 1305 Rt. 125. Hailed by CBC-Newfoundland as “one of the best mandolinists of his generation,” Walsh will appear with an all-star band featuring Avril Smith on guitar, Brittany Karlson, bass, and John Mailander on fiddle. 7:30 p.m. open mic followed by featured performers. $10 general admission/$15 generous admission/$3 kids under 12. Doors open at 7 p.m. Open mic sign-up and info at 802-388-9782 or rcch.org. Danish String Quartet performs in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. The Middlebury debut program includes Bartók’s first quartet, Beethoven’s first Razumovsky quartet, and arrangements of traditional Nordic folk tunes Reserved seating. Tickets: $28 General public/$22 Midd ID holders/$6 Midd students. On sale to PASS Members 9/6, ID holders 9/11, general public 9/14. middlebury.edu/arts/boxoffice or 802-443-3168.
LIVEMUSIC Dafra Kura Band in Middlebury. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College. Jester Jigs in Middlebury. Friday, Sept. 29, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. Dissipated 8 in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Brandon Town Hall. Will Hatch in Bristol. Saturday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Hatch 31. Adam Karch in Brandon. Saturday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m. Brandon Music. Emory Fanning in Middlebury. Sunday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m., Mead Chapel. UNDUN in Middlebury. Friday, Oct. 6, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. Strangled Darlings in Bristol. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., Hatch 31. Downtown Bob Stannard in Vergennes. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. Durham County Poets in Brandon. Saturday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Joe K. Walsh in Ripton. Saturday, Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community Coffee House. Danish String Quarter in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Second Half in Middlebury. Saturday, Oct 7, 9 p.m., Go online to see a full listing of ONGOINGEVENTS Two Brothers Tavern. www.addisonindependent.com
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THE DAFRA KURA BAND will perform a concert of West African music on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., at the Middlebury College McCullough Student Center.
Karch’s acoustic music will take you on a scenic ride Brandon Music welcomes the e-mail info@brandon-music.net for accomplished guitarist, Adam reservations or for more information. Karch, on Saturday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 Brandon Music is located at 62 p.m. Country Club Road in Brandon. Although Karch is from Montreal, 50TH ANNIVERSARY his music embodies the spirit of CONCERT BY EMORY Americana like a scenic FANNING ride across the country. Emory Fanning will He plays a hybrid acoustic celebrate 50 years at blues that consists of Middlebury College precise fingerpicking that with an organ recital at recalls players such as Mead Chapel on Sunday, Chet Atkins and Kelly Oct. 1, at 4 p.m. on the Joe Phelps, along with by Greg Pahl Gress-Miles organ that an innovative percussive he helped to design. technique that is He has chosen a thoroughly modern, while somehow program of works by J. S. Bach, primal and anchored in tradition. Franck, Couperin and others to Karch has a raw talent that was showcase the wonderful sounds and evident from the first time he picked colors of the organ. Pianist Diana up the guitar at an early age. By age Fanning will join him in a performance 14, he was fronting bands, headlining of Franck’s “Prelude, Fugue and clubs, and dazzling audiences with Variation,” a piece that is rarely both his spirited guitar playing and performed in its original soulful singing. instrumentation for piano He is now a veteran, playing and organ. music festivals from Pensacola We l l - k n o w n (Blues Society of Northwest throughout New Florida) to Vancouver (Vancouver England as a performer Island Blues Bash), and his travels on organ, piano and bring him across the country, riding harpsichord, Emory the rails and performing for stunned Fanning has made audiences. These real-life railway recordings as an adventures became the centerpiece organist and with the for his fourth and latest record, Middlebury College “Moving Forward,” an even mix of Choir, which toured original songs and cover songs and widely throughout that has received high praise. the U.S. under Concert tickets are $20. A pre- his direction. He concert dinner is available for $25. has appeared Reservations are required for dinner many times as and recommended for the show. guest conductor Venue is BYOB. Call 247-4295 or of the Vermont
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Symphony Orchestra. His two programs for public television (“Christmas in Vermont” and “A Vermont Christmas”) were for many years broadcast annually throughout the U.S. Admission is free and the public is cordially invited to attend. EAT ON THE GREEN IN VERGENNES Come to the Vergennes City Green on Main Street from 3 to 9 p.m. on
Saturday, Sept. 30, to enjoy local food, music, craft beverages and fun with your family, friends and neighbors. Sample a variety of delicious dishes served up by Vergennesarea eateries while listening to music performed by three local bands: The Good Parts at 3 p.m., The High Breaks at 5 p.m. and Rehab Roadhouse at 7 p.m. Kids can have their faces painted and meet the famous human/canine duo, Bruce & Hobbes. There’ll be fun for all with corn hole, plinko, giant jenga and a hula hoop contest. And there will be prizes, too. Adult beverages include craft brews, hard cider and local wines. There is no fee to enter the park, participate in games and activities and listen to live music from 3 to 9 p.m. Food, beverages and face painting will require tickets. Tickets are just $1 each or 12 for $10. Rain location is at the Vergennes Opera House. All proceeds benefit
GUITARIST ADAM KARCH brings his acoustic blues to Brandon Music on Saturday, Sept. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Vergennes Opera House, Vergennes Partnership, Bixby Library and Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes. DANCE PROJECT AT COLLEGE There will be a performance at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, and again on Saturday, Sept. 30, by the Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project (BTDP) in the Dance Theater at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. The transnational performance group, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and Philadelphia, Pa., draws from Africanist and postmodernist aesthetics. BTDP presents Declassified Memory Fragment, a dance theatre work with live music, inspired by memory, history and images of the political and cultural realities currently affecting the continent of Africa. The performance is approximately 70 minutes with no intermission. African band Dafra Kura is an integral part of BTDP’s shows. The band will give a separate free concert of West African music, several days earlier, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26 at the college’s McCullough Student Center. Tickets for BTDP are $22 for the general public. Tickets are available at the college box office at 802-4436433 or middlebury.edu/arts/tickets. The Mahaney Center is located at 72 Porter Field Road in Middlebury, just off South Main Street (Route 30). Free parking is available curbside on Route 30 or in the Center for the Arts parking lot. (See Arts Beat, Page 11)
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Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) ‘I RISE’ FUNDRAISER FOR WOMENSAFE In Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, WomenSafe will present I RISE, a multi-layered program of literary and performance art inspired by, and in service to people impacted by domestic and sexual violence. Developed in collaboration with the Middlebury College Department of Theatre and Dance, and MiddSafe, the college’s support resource for sexual assault and dating violence, the performance promotes advocacy through dance, short plays, and readings. Proceeds from the event, including a silent auction of an original Rebecca Kinkead work, will benefit WomenSafe and its efforts to address and reduce incidences of domestic and sexual violence in our community. Tickets, $10 advance, $15 at the door, are available at townhalltheater. org and in person at the THT box office (Monday - Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.). INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES The 2017-2018 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Middlebury College with the 2015 France/ Canada film, “Fatima,” directed by Philippe Faucon. Fatima lives on her own with two daughters to support: 15-yearold Souad, a teenager in revolt, and 18-year-old Nesrine, who is starting medical school. Fatima speaks French poorly and is constantly frustrated by her daily interactions with her daughters. Her pride and joy, they are also a source of worry. To ensure the best possible future for them, she works odd hours as a cleaning woman. One day, she takes a fall on the stairs. On leave, Fatima begins to write to her daughters in Arabic thoughts she has never been able to express in French. The film, in French and Arabic with English subtitles, will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125). It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be two live performances this week at Two
Cosmic Forecast EMORY FANNING WILL perform an organ concert on Sunday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m., at Mead Chapel to celebrate his 50 years at Middlebury College.
Brothers Tavern located at 86 Main Street in Middlebury. Join Two Brothers every Wednesday at 9 p.m. for The Open Mic, an evening of music, comedy or anything else. Alternately hosted by Mark Sikora and Kai Stanley, come cheer on your friends or let loose on the stage. It’s free to enter and there is no cover charge. Then, on Friday, Sept. 29, the tavern presents Jester Jigs at 9 p.m. Since forming in 2000, Jester Jigs has been playing shows from Boston to Burlington and everywhere in between. They are ready to destroy with a set list consisting of your favorite party songs, rock, modern rock, and pop/dance covers along with an endless supply of originals. There is a $3 cover charge. For more information, call Two Brothers at 388-0002. JAZZ GROUP AT COLLEGE There will be a performance, “What is This Thing Called Jazz,” by the Dick Forman Jazz Group at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, in Robison Hall at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. An evening of sparkling, sophisticated mainstream jazz will be enhanced by a chance to look behind the curtain and see how jazz is created. Long a favorite of Vermont audiences, the Jazz Group features Forman on piano, with some of New England’s finest musicians: Paul Asbell, guitar; Michael Zsoldos, sax; Jim Daggs, bass and Geza Carr, drums. Forman is the Music Department’s Director of Jazz Activities, and teaches jazz piano and jazz voice. It’s free.
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ARIES: March 21-April 20. Aries, even though you need to concentrate, do not turn up the intensity so much that it becomes stressful. Take a break every now and then to unwind and get away. TAURUS: April 21May 21. Taurus, you are eager to listen and learn, but you also want to create your own experiences and share them with others. Find a balance between being a teacher and a student. GEMINI: May 22-June 21. Gemini, you excel at thinking through decisions before making them. This careful approach tends to work in your favor, but some decisions can be made more quickly than others. CANCER: June 22-July 22. Cancer, an important decision must be made in the very near future. Your judgement may be clouded by extraneous information, so try to block unnecessary noise. LEO: July 23-Aug. 23. You are at a turning point in your life and now may be a good time to make a few key changes, Leo. They may involve making new friends or exploring a new career. VIRGO: Aug. 24-Sept. 22. Virgo, even if you have a lot to get done, you will be able to make decisions on your feet and adapt as the situation calls for it this week. Changes can come about quickly. LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 23. Actively explore any impulses you may have over the next few days, Libra. You may not have the freedom for such exploration beyond this week, so act soon. SCORPIO: Oct. 24Nov. 22. Scorpio, some time relaxing seems like the ideal scenario right now. But you’re not prone
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to sitting still too long. Look for activities that keep you engaged. SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 23-Dec 21. You are in your element this week, Sagittarius. Expect to be soaring on good vibes for several days. There is nothing pressing to pull you in another direction, so keep sailing along. CAPRICORN: Dec. 22-Jan. 20. Capricorn, now may seem like a good time to allow your imagination to run wild, especially if the going gets tough. However, you need to be fully present this week. AQUARIUS: Jan. 21Feb. 18. Optimism is always good, Aquarius. But you may need to look at all sides of the situation right now if you are to make an informed choice about something important. PISCES: Feb. 19-March 20. Pisces, if you are having difficulty asking for something you desire, practice what you want to say and test out your delivery on a friend. FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS AUGUST 20 Robert Plant, Singer (69) AUGUST 21 Paul Zerdin, Ventriloquist (45) AUGUST 22 James Corden, TV Host (39) AUGUST 23 Adam Rupp, Singer (35) AUGUST 24 Cal Ripken, Jr. Athlete (57) AUGUST 25 Tim Burton, Director (59) AUGUST 26 Melissa McCarthy, Actress (47)
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Financial aid workshops slated for Addison County
WINOOSKI — Vermont Student Assistance Corp. will offer free workshops at over 60 local high schools from early October through mid-December to help families fill out financial aid forms. These informal workshops offer guidance on filling out the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and the Vermont grant application. The FAFSA is the basis for determining eligibility for federal Pell grants, the Vermont state grant, financial aid from the school that the student attends, and for student loans. Students and parents also can ask questions and learn about the college financial aid process, including how to apply for scholarships. Internet access will be available and space is limited. Students and parents should sign up for a FSA ID at fsaid.ed.gov prior to the workshop. The form takes about 10 minutes to complete and 1-3 days to verify and issue the ID from Federal Student Aid. The following information is needed to complete the FAFSA and is needed for both students and parents. • Social Security Numbers. • FSA IDs to sign FAFSA electronically. • The names of the colleges that the student is applying to. • 2016 federal tax returns, including schedules, W-2s and K-1 form if applicable. (Note: You may be able to transfer your federal tax return information into your FAFSA using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.) • Information on any types of
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income from 2016, even if it is not reported on a tax return or you did not file taxes. • Current checking and savings account balances. • Home value and debt (if applicable). • Farm value and debt (if applicable). • Business value and debt (if applicable). • Investment value (if applicable). • Alien Registration Card (if not a U.S. citizen). Students are also required to report income information from an earlier tax year. For example, on the 201819 FAFSA, students (and parents, as appropriate) must report their 2016 income information. These changes are intended to help students to receive earlier, more accurate financial aid awards and be able to make more timely final college choices. Beginning with last year’s FAFSA, the U.S. Department of Education has offered an earlier filing option for students seeking financial aid. Students applying for financial aid for enrollment beginning after July 1, 2018, can file their FAFSA and Vermont Grant application as early as October 1. Dates and times for the workshops in Addison County include: Mount Abraham Union High School on Oct. 10, 6:30 p.m.; Otter Valley Union High School on Oct. 11, 6 p.m.; Vergennes Union High School on Oct. 12, 6:30 p.m.; and Middlebury Union High School on Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m.
OPEN HOUSE OCTOBER 1st, 2017 1 pm – 4 pm Come enjoy some fresh cider & donuts and meet the Tri-Town Water Crew & Board Members. Take a tour of the water plant, learn how the lake water is treated to be potable and learn some facts & history about the water system. The Open House will be held at the water plant at 822 Tri-Town Road, Addison, VT 05491. (off of Lake Street in Addison.) Hope to see you there! Thank you, Tri-Town Water Board of Commissioners.
2017 Garden Game Even though it wasn’t terribly huge, Ed Blechner decided to bring by another entry for our cantaloupe category this week because at least it was bigger than the one we had received previously! Actually, he said he had one even bigger, but he ate it.
Peter Fournier came by this week to share some unusually shaped fingerling potatoes that he dug out of the ground. We decided not to enter them into the contest because they would be too hard to measure, but we wanted to share them anyway. It’s Peter’s first year growing fingerlings, so he said he didn’t know if these were “normal” or “freakish.” They did look a bit extra-terrestrial to us!
We don’t have a mushroom category in the Addy Indy Garden Game, but Larry Clark decided to bring in a giant puffball mushroom to share with us anyway. He says they grow on the side of the road by his house and he’s seen a ton of them this year while mowing. This one measured 50” in circumference and Larry said it weighed at least 10 lbs. What a sight!
CATEGORIES & FRONTRUNNERS • Beet: Richard Lilly, Bridport, 16” (circumference) • Broccoli: Kelly Mills, Pittsfield, 16” (diameter) • Cabbage: Gary Miller, Middlebury, 48” (circumference) • Cantaloupe: Ed Blechner, Addison, 19.25” (circumference) • Carrot: Gary Miller, Middlebury, 6.5” x 16” (circumference x length)
• Cauliflower: Robert Keren, Middlebury, 14” (diameter) • Cucumber: Peter Fournier, New Haven, 16” x 7.5” (length x circumference)
• Eggplant: Gary Miller, Middlebury, 12.5” x 13.25” (circumference x circumference)
• Green Bean: Kanyarat Menard, Shoreham, 33” (length) • Onion: Peter Fournier, New Haven, 16.5” (circumference) • Potato: Paul Hoxsie, Cornwall, 9” x 10.5” (length x circumference) • Pepper: Linda Miller, Ferrisburgh, 14.25” x 15” (circumference x circumference)
• Pumpkin: Pam Thomas, Whiting, 58” x 56” (circumference x circumference)
Pam Thomas helped us round out our contest last year by entering the first turnip to our contest. She says this is her first year growing turnips, but they’ve done pretty well. She even has some more in the ground that she’s letting grow in case someone else enters one that challenges hers in size. Pam also brought us a beautiful beet, but it was a couple inches smaller than the one we received last week from Richard Lilly.
• Radish: Pam Thomas, Whiting, 18” (circumference) • Rutabaga: Richard Lilly, Bridport, 20.25” (circumference) • Summer Squash: Pam Thomas, Whiting, 19” x 13.5” (length x circumference)
• Sunflower: Richard Lilly, Bridport, 14” (diameter) • Tomato: Eli & Daisy Madden, Middlebury, 18.25” (circumference) • Turnip: Pam Thomas, Whiting, 11.5” (circumference) • Zucchini: J Higbee, Salisbury, 30” x 19.75” (length x circumference)
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Students of the Week from area High Schools Otter Valley Union High School Mount Abraham Union High School Otter Valley Union High School is happy to present Maxwell Williams as its firsts 2017-2018 Student of the Week. Max lives in Pittsford with his parents, Suzanne and Richard. His older brother, Brian, is finishing out his master’s in Public Health, while working in a lab for UVM. His sister, Savannah, is a junior at University of Rochester, and his younger brother, Kieran, has just started in seventh grade at OV. Max is an excellent student and active in other school activities. He has been on the Principal’s List all of freshman, sophomore, and most of junior year. He is a member of the National Honor Society and the valedictorian of his class. He managed to get a 5 on his AP Bio exam. With some difficulties, he has managed to take the most rigorous course load possible. He has also played varsity soccer all four years of high school, In addition, and has taken part in the theater department in the spring and winter since seventh grade. When Max was four and his family moved back to Vermont from Texas, his father helped to start a program to teach soccer to local kids in the fall and spring. Starting in about the third grade, Max became one of the coaches. He also provided assistance to his father in coaching his younger brother’s basketball team. Although a large portion of his Maxwell Williams time is consumed by schoolwork, he does have non-school hobbies O.V.U.H.S. that he enjoys. An avid reader, Max loves to read books based in the high fantasy and science fiction genres. He also likes to play soccer any chance he gets, whether with the school, a club, or just in his backyard. Max says, “High school has helped me to really develop as a person. It has helped me to open up a lot, and increased my perseverance and work habits. I believe that Otter Valley has really prepared me for college … my advice to other students would be to put your best effort into classes, and remember that teachers are people too.” After high school Max plans to attend a four-year college and after that get his master’s and Ph.D. Social Studies teacher Jeff Jeskie commented, “Max is an outstanding student as well as athlete. He puts 100 percent effort into everything he does both in and outside of the classroom. His character is second to none. The possibilities in his future are limitless.” Everyone at OVUHS wishes Max congratulations on his achievements and the best of luck in his future pursuits.
Mt. Abraham Union High School presents Aidan May as its first 2017-2018 Student of the Week. Aidan lives in Monkton with his parents, Sandy and Peter. His sister, Natalie, is a senior at UVM. An excellent student, Aidan has been awarded Academic Excellence every year, and has been on highest honors five times. Last year he took Advanced Placement Calculus and Biology. This year he is taking Advanced Placement United States History, as well as an introductory logic class through the University of Vermont. He was recently inducted into the National Honor Society. Last year he won the Vermont Brain Bee, a neuroscience competition, and went on to compete in the National Brain Bee in Baltimore. He was also awarded the Bausch and Lomb University of Rochester Excellence in Science Scholarship. Outside of academics Aidan keeps very busy. He has run cross country since seventh grade, and has been a captain for the past two years. Aidan skied with Mt. Abe’s nordic ski club for his freshmen and sophomore years, and now runs indoor track with Vergennes. He has been community council moderator since junior year and an active member of the Neuroscience club since his freshmen year. For the past three years Aidan has been a panelist on the Youth Risk Behavior Aiden May Survey. He has been a member of the cast of the Mt. Abraham Fall M.A.U.H.S. Musical for six years. Aidan also is a member Monkton Maples 4H club, which runs the Monkton Recycling Center and does other community oriented projects. Aidan worked at Hannaford in Williston over the summer and also had an unpaid internship at UVM doing research with mesoporous materials. Aidan also is a substitute librarian at the Russell Memorial Library in Monkton. When he is not occupied with school and his numerous activities, Aidan enjoys spending time outside, reading, doing origami, running, and spending time with loved ones. When asked what he has learned for his high school experience, Aidan says “Take advantage of opportunities presented to you. Making the most of high school will make it more enjoyable, and open more doors for you. Don’t be afraid to take a risk or take on a challenge.” Upon graduating from MAUHS, Aidan plans to attend college and major in a biological field. When asked about Aidan, AP Biology Teacher Samantha Kayhart remarked, “Aidan is intelligent and an avid, engaged learner. He participates in academic discussions and enjoys being challenged. He has enrolled in as many academic, rigorous classes as he can and seeks to get as much as he can from his high school coursework. He is kind, caring and empathetic and has a sense of humor.” The MAUHS community wishes Aidan the best of luck in his senior year and in all his future plans.
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Hunter access class set Oct. 5
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 experienced problems with hunters in the past. To help, the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is holding a free seminar this fall for landowners interested in learning more about hunting and managing hunter access. Co-hosted by the nonprofit Vermont Coverts, Fish and Wildlife department staff will introduce you to who hunters are and what hunting is and is not. They will also 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, Oct. 5, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Ilsely Public Library, 75 Main Street in Middlebury. “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.” Pre-registration is not required. 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 802-828-1000 (voice), 1-800-253-0191 (TTY).
Diamond in the rough?
VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO create a Bristol Trail Network found a bit of history during a recent work party. This old wagon found on a trail near the old Bristol dump is a circa 1920 Littleford Brothers tar and asphalt heater. According to Bristol historian Reg Dearborn, the wagon contained a firebox for heating the tar and a hose for spraying “tarvia” to coat dusty streets. Bristol used large quantities of tarvia for road maintenance in the early 1920s, Dearborn said. Courtesy photo
Middlebury ranger station to close Sept. 29 RUTLAND — As the federal fiscal year comes to a close, so will business operations conducted at the Green Mountain National Forest’s District Office in Middlebury. Officials announced today that after 51 years of operations, the Middlebury Ranger District Office will officially close its doors for business on Friday, Sept. 29. Employees that have been stationed at the office have been making arrangements to move themselves and their files in recent months, anticipating the office closure. While the office located across from Rosie’s Restaurant along Vermont Route 7 will be closed, services provided by employees that have worked out of the facility will still be available.
The agency is working to develop a partnership with the Addison County Chamber of Commerce in an effort to have a continued presence in the Middlebury area. Forest Service personnel will staff the Addison County Chamber of Commerce offices located at 93 Court Street in Middlebury on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays during October and on Thursdays and Fridays in November and December. Services to the public will remain available five days a week at Forest Service offices in Rutland, Rochester, and Manchester. “We have always been supported here in the Town of Middlebury and we hold tremendous value in the
visiting public from the surrounding area,” said Chris Mattrick, Rochester and Middlebury District Ranger. “While we will no longer have the Middlebury facility, we will have a presence in Middlebury and staff in place to ensure that we are still able to provide excellent service to the people that we serve in and around Addison County,” Mattrick concluded. Beginning next week, flyers will be hung at Forest Service offices statewide reminding the public of the Middlebury office closure. Contact information and site locations will be provided so that visitors are able to contact officials to receive services at other offices in Rutland, Rochester and Manchester.
SPORTS
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MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior quarterback Cody Pomainville picks up a first down with a long run in the first quarter of Friday night’s game against Essex. Pomainville rushed for 86 yards in Middlebury’s 21-13 win.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Score BOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 9/20 St. Johnsbury vs. OV........................4-0 9/23 Mt. Mansfield vs. MUHS...................4-2 9/23 Springfield at OV........................... Ppd. Football 9/22 MUHS vs. Essex...........................21-13 9/23 Lyndon vs. Mt. Abe.........................42-6 9/23 U-32 vs. OV..................................47-14 Girls’ Soccer 9/22 Rice vs. VUHS..................................3-1 9/22 Mt. Abe vs. MUHS............................6-2 Boys’ Soccer 9/20 Rutland vs. MUHS............................1-1 9/21 VUHS vs. Mill River..........................2-1 9/22 OV vs. Proctor..................................9-0 9/23 VUHS vs. Missisquoi........................4-3 9/23 MUHS vs. Mt. Abe............................3-0 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer 9/23 Bowdoin vs. Midd.............................2-0 Men’s Soccer 9/20 Midd. vs. Keene St. .........................2-0 9/23 Bowdoin vs. Midd.............................3-1 Field Hockey 9/23 Midd. vs. Bowdoin................ 1-0 (2 OT) Football 9/23 Midd. vs. Bowdoin........................41-14
(See Schedule, Page 18)
Tigers outlast Essex, 21-13 for win, move back to .500
By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School football team in Friday’s homecoming game overcame an Essex rally and its own miscues to post a crucial 21-13 victory that evened the Tigers’ Division I record at 2-2. The Tigers dominated the first half, outgaining the Hornets, 214 yards to 32, but fumbled twice in the first quarter and twice failed to capitalize when they gained possession in Hornet territory in the second quarter. As a result, they led by just 14-0 at the break, and when the Hornets recovered their own punt that bounced into a Tiger blocker and then scored on Jordan’s Hines’ 25-yard third-and-13 halfback-option pass to make it 14-7, suddenly it was anyone’s game. The Hornets scored again at 8:46 of the fourth quarter, when Jack Carney capped a 65-yard march to make it 14-13 after tying kick attempt failed. At that point the Tigers had 12 yards of offense in the second half, but they regrouped to move for the clinching score after recovering an onside-kick attempt at the MUHS 49. Two strong runs by fullback Tyler Hotte, a 15-yard pass from quarterback Cody Pomainville to Hotte, and a 13-yard Paul Deering sweep put the ball on the 12. On fourth down from the five, Coach Dennis Smith decided to go for the touchdown. Pomainville, who at that point had completed five straight passes, made it six: He rolled found Lane Sheldrick open in the front (See Football, Page 18)
Eagle girls break out on offense vs. Tigers By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — A positive Friday for the Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ soccer team in Middlebury, an offensive breakout in a 6-2 victory, was a tough day for the MUHS girls, and not mainly because of the loss. Earlier that day Coach Wendy Leeds and the Tigers learned what they already suspected: The knee injury that well-liked senior teammate Andi Boe suffered in their previous game vs. Rice will sideline the three-sport all-star not just this fall, but for the hockey and lacrosse seasons as well. There were plenty of tears and hugs for Boe, many of them from (See Soccer, Page 17)
TIGER JUNIOR EMILY Laframboise clears the ball past Eagle senior Vanessa Dykstra during Friday’s game in Middlebury. Mount Abraham won the game, 6-2.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
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EAGLE SOPHOMORE MAE Peterson scores on a high, long-distance shot against Middlebury Friday afternoon in Middlebury.
MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Isabel Rosenberg scored both Tiger goals in the team’s 6-2 loss to Mount Abraham last Friday afternoon.
Soccer (Continued from Page 16) multi-sport teammates, on what Leeds described as an emotional day. “It was hard. It’s been hard all week. We got the official news today, but I think we knew we were going to have to figure out how to play without her for at least a certain amount of time. And it has definite-
ly set us back on our heels a bit, for sure,” Leeds said. “They came out and really just did the only thing they could do, which is step on the field and so the best they could.” And the Tigers had good moments on the field. They moved the ball well at times, especially through the midfield, where senior Helen Anderson keyed play, and senior striker Is-
MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION High School senior Casey Ober tees up a shot during Friday’s game against Middlebury. The Eagles won the game, 6-2.
Independent photos/Trent Campbell
abel Rosenberg scored twice. er, McArdle at stopper, and senior But the game belonged to Coach Renee Bolduc and sophomore Emma Dustin Corrigan’s Eagles, who Campbell on the flanks — limited scored five second-half goals to snap MUHS from getting too many good a halftime tie and earn the win. They looks at junior goalie Olivia Paine outshot the Tigers, 27-13, and got (four saves). three goals from senior striker Emma “We looked more good than bad Carter and one each from senior today,” Corrigan said. striker Lydia Pitts and sophomore The Eagles took a lead in the midfielders Becca Laurent and Mae game’s third minute. Laurent sent Peterson. a ball from the left side to Carter, And they improved to 4-3 by about 20 yards out from the left post. bouncing back from what Corrig- Her high turnaround shot found the an called a subpar performance in a upper right corner and gave starting home loss to Spaulding. senior goal Abby Gleason (six saves) “We’re very happy no chance. about it. We’re on the “We had six The Eagles pressed other side of .500,” goals with for the first 20 minCorrigan said. “It feels — Carter, Pitts several different utes a little better being 4-3 and Ober all created goal scorers. A than 3-4, for sure.” chances, and Gleason Corrigan was lot of players twice alertly came out pleased with their of- have shown they to break up plays crefensive balance, in- can score.” ated by Mansfield and cluding threats created — Coach senior Carlotta Tow. by seniors Abby MansThen Tigers were Dustin Corrigan field, a striker rounding starting to assert theminto form after an injuselves. Anderson and ry, and midfielders Casey Ober and junior middies Ada Anderson, Emily Delana Tow. Laframboise and Ailey Bosworth be“We had six goals with several gan to link up, and Eagle defenders different goal scorers,” he said. “A Ruby Ball and LaRose blocked shots lot of players have shown they can by Helen Anderson, Rosenberg and score.” sophomore Isadora Luksch. Corrigan also liked the work cenThe Tigers equalized at 13:36. ter middies Ober and Peterson con- Senior stopper Sierra Barnicle took trolling the Tigers’ short-passing a free kick from the left side and game. served to the penalty stripe. Rosen“The work rate was tremendous. I berg swooped in and left-footed the thought that was the difference early ball home out of midair in an excelin the match. We knew Middlebury lent effort. was going to be pretty technical in The Eagles began to take the mothe middle and we would have to mentum back before the half. Carter work hard to close space,” he said. just missed twice, once from Ober, And the Eagle backline — starting and Peterson firing high from 20 were senior Emma LaRose at sweep- yards.
The Eagles took advantage of the wind at their back in the second half. Three minutes in Carter curled in a 40-yard bomb from the left sideline. At 28:19 Carter made it 3-1 when Gleason couldn’t handle the tricky bounce on another long-range shot. Two minutes later Peterson’s looped in a shot from five yards out side the box; Gleason had no chance this time. Five minutes later, Rosenberg struck again. Paine got her hands on Anderson’s 22-yard drive, knocking it off the crossbar, but Rosenberg buried the rebound into the lower left corner with a left-footed one-timer. The Eagles made it 5-2 at 19:01, when Laurent tucked in a ball flicked to her by McArdle on a corner kick. Sophomore Carly Burger (two saves) finished up in the Tiger goal from there, allowing a Pitts breakaway strike with 2:24 to play. Leeds said the Tigers played wide well on offense, and that backs Barnicle, Gwen Stafford, Christina Wiles and Satchel McLaughlin made good decisions with the ball and for the most part protected the Tiger box. But mostly it was an unhappy day for the Tigers and their injured teammate. “It took a lot of courage for them to do anything, much less come out and play as hard as they did,” Leeds said. For the Eagles, the win over a Division I opponent on the road not only put them over .500, but also could help them earn better playoff position. “If we can compile enough wins to get a home playoff game and be home through the quarters as well, it would be awesome,” Corrigan said.
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Football (Continued from Page 16) left corner of the end zone at 4:30, and Jackson Donahue’s extra point made it 21-13. Essex got a strong runback from Grady Corkum to the Hornet 42. QB Cam Quinn completed two passes to Hines and one to Anthony Hope to move the ball to the Tiger 35. The drive ended there with minute to go, when tackle Jack Deppman and the rest of the Tigers stacked up Carney for no gain on fourth-and-one, allowing MUHS to run out the clock and earn a win that Smith said was not pretty — but he was happy to get after back-to-back losses to defending champion Hartford and undefeated St. Johnsbury. “I’ll take an ugly win any day of the week, but it certainly was a struggle out there. We kept making mistakes,” Smith said. “Thankfully we had that drive that got the momentum back and put us up by eight. But they had the momentum at that point. Luckily they missed the extra point, that was good, and then our offense took control.” Smith said the Tigers will work to correct mistakes he said they cannot afford, including missed assignments and occasional penalties as well as the turnovers. On the other hand, he appreciated the Tigers ability to bounce back and make plays when they mattered. “Even with those mistakes we still got the victory tonight, which is a great sign,” Smith said. “We never gave up. We had the lead. We did foolish things, but we didn’t hang our head and we stayed in the game and we did what we needed to do.” The Tigers started like they would
dominate, taking the opening kickoff and moving 70 yards in eight plays to take a 7-0 lead on a two-yard Sheldrick burst at 9:07. Pomainville (10 carries for 86 yards) ripped off two runs of eight yards each and one of 41 yards on the march. But the Hornets tore the ball away from Hotte and then Pomainville on the Tigers’ next two possessions as MUHS failed to take advantage of its defensive effort. In stifling the Hornets in the first half the Tigers stuffed six running plays for losses (lineman Jaro Perera, cornerback Tyler Buxton, Hotte at nose guard and linebacker Cooper Bullock all did damage), picked Quinn off three times (twice by Pomainville, once after Buxton tipped a pass, and once by Skyeler Devlin on a diving grab), and forced a fumble (Cam Devlin recovered). Finally the Tiger offense got back in gear after taking over at the Essex 43 with 2:03 left in the half. A Simon Fischer sweep for 11 yards, a Pomainville pass to Donahue for 10 and a 16-yard Pomainville run helped move the ball to the 17. From there, Pomainville threw a dart to Zachary Dunn slanting into the end zone, and it was 14-0 at 1:23. Skyeler Devlin immediately picked off a Quinn pass to put the Tigers back in business at the Essex 40, but two untimely sacks helped kill the drive at the Essex 16 as time expired. Smith was frustrated at the lack of first-half production. “Instead of stepping on them we kept them in it,” he said. Essex outgained the Tigers in the second half, 145-63. The Hornets scored on their first possession even
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TIGER SOPHOMORE TYLER Buxton pulls down Essex quarterback Cam Quinn Friday night in Middlebury. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
though they punted after failing to get a first down: A short punt hit a Tiger and set Essex up on the MUHS 33. Five plays later Hines’ halfback option toss to Hope fooled the Tigers, and it was 14-7. Two possessions later Essex moved 90 yards to pull within a point on Carney’s short run. On the drive Hines (19 carries, 70 yards) found running room, including a 30-yard burst) and Quinn (seven for 18, 41 yards) hit two passes. But then Pomainville (six for 10, 71 yards) completed two passes on the clinching drive, one to Sheldrick
MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, Sept. 26 5 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) 6:30 a.m. Green Mt. Care Board, Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard 1 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB) 3 p.m. Energy Week 4 p.m. Congregational Church 7 p.m. Selectboard (LIVE) 11:30 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB) Wednesday, Sept. 27 5 a.m. Development Review Board 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9:30 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 5 p.m. Vote for Vermont 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Green Mt. Care Board 8 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs Thursday, Sept. 28 5 a.m. Energy Week 6 a.m. Public Affairs from VMX 7 a.m. Vote for Vermont 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 11:30 a.m. Eckankar 12 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Lifelines 7:30 p.m. DRB, Green Mt. Care Board Friday, Sept. 29 5 a.m. Eckankar 5:30 a.m. Green Mt. Care Board 6:30 a.m. Public Affairs 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 6:15 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Eckankar 7 p.m. Green Mt. Care Board
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(nine carries, 37 yards) for his second touchdown. Hotte added 13 carries for 58 yards overall and caught a key 15-yard pass on the final drive. In all, Smith said Friday’s result allowed the Tigers to move onto this coming Friday’s game at Rutland — and a closing schedule heavy with road games — in a positive frame of mind. “If we’re 1-3, three out of four of our games are away from now on,” Smith said. “It would have been tough to build them back up from that. So we taste victory again, which is nice … It’s good for our kids.”
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Field Hockey 9/25 MUHS at S. Burlington................4 p.m. 9/25 Mt. Mansfield at Mt. Abe..............4 p.m. 9/27 Colchester at Mt. Abe..................4 p.m. 9/27 Burlington at MUHS.....................4 p.m. 9/27 OV at Woodstock.........................4 p.m. Football 9/29 MUHS at Rutland.........................7 p.m. 9/30 Milton at Mt. Abe..........................1 p.m. 9/30 OV at Bellows Falls.....................1 p.m. Girls’ Soccer 9/27 Milton at MUHS......................4:30 p.m. 9/27 Missisquoi at VUHS................4:30 p.m. 9/29 OV at Bellows Falls................4:30 p.m. 9/30 Mt. Abe at Rice............................. Noon Boys’ Soccer 9/25 OV vs. Springfield at Arlington.....5 p.m. 9/26 VUHS at MUHS......................4:30 p.m. 9/26 Mt. Abe at Milton.....................4:30 p.m. 9/28 or 29................OV at Arlington Tourney 9/29 Mt. Abe at Missisquoi..............4:30 p.m. 9/29 MUHS at Milton......................4:30 p.m. Cross Country 9/26 MUHS et al at Mt. Abe............3:30 p.m. 9/26 OV at Mill River.......................4:30 p.m. 9/30 Mt. Abe/MUHS/VUHS at Randolph Invitational....................10 a.m. COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer 9/27 Midd. at Keene St........................7 p.m. 9/30 Colby at Midd.............................11 a.m. Men’s Soccer 9/30 Colby at Midd.............................11 a.m. Field Hockey 9/27 Skidmore at Midd....................6:30 p.m. 9/30 Colby at Midd.............................11 a.m. Football 9/30 Colby at Midd...............................1 p.m. Late events occurred after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.
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4 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 5:30 p.m. Hannaford Career Center Board Meeting (HCC) 6:30 p.m. Moccasin Tracks 7:30 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 8:30 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 9:50 p.m. Vermont Media Exchange Wednesday, Sept. 27 5 a.m. Vermont Media Exchange (VMX) 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. Vermont State Board of Education 2 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting 3:20 p.m. HCC Board Meeting 4:02 p.m. Data On A Deadline (Common Good VT) 5 p.m. The Story Matters 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6:30 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 8 p.m. Moccasin Tracks 9 p.m. Data On A Deadline 10 p.m. MNFF – Interviews & Presentations Thursday, Sept. 28 5 a.m. Keep Talking – Autism Spectrum Disorder 5:30 a.m. All Things LGBTQ 6:36 a.m. Author Talk 8 a.m. The Story Matters 12 p.m. MNFF Interviews & Presentations 3:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 4:15 p.m. All Things LGTBQ 8 p.m. HCC Board Meeting 9 p.m. ACSD Board Meeting Friday, Sept. 29 5 a.m. Keep Talking – Autism Spectrum Disorder 5:30 a.m. ACSD Board Meeting 11 a.m. Chronique Francophone 12 p.m. Vermont State Board of Education 6 p.m. All Things LGBTQ 7 p.m. Chronique Francophone 8:15 p.m. MNFF Interviews & Presentations
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Vt’s first human case of West Nile Virus found in Addison County
BURLINGTON – Vermont health officials have confirmed the year’s first case of human illness due to West Nile virus. An Addison County resident was diagnosed earlier this month with neuroinvasive disease — a more serious form of the illness which affects the nervous system. West Nile virus is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus has been found in all counties of Vermont and continues to be detected in mosquitoes each year. Most people who are infected do not become ill, but around 20 percent develop flu-like symptoms such as high fever, muscle aches, headache and fatigue. Fewer than 1 percent develop the more severe
illness. Since 2003, there have been 12 confirmed human cases of West Nile virus in Vermont. Two Windsor County residents were diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease in 2016. There have been no confirmed human cases of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) this year. Each year, the Health Department and Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets conduct mosquito surveillance throughout the state, testing for West Nile virus and EEE. Health officials said the risk of illness is highest in late summer and early fall, continuing until the first hard frost, and are encouraging Vermonters to take precautions to
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Spaghetti dinner to support hurricane relief BRISTOL — Spurred by the devastation left behind by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the St. Ambrose Knights of Columbus are hosting a Knights in Italy spaghetti dinner on the evening of Friday, Sept. 29, from 5-7 p.m. at St Ambrose Parish Hall.
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City pool, boosted by swim team, ends year in black By ANDY ter the meeting he esti“I want to KIRKALDY mated that once those VERGENNES — thank the bills are paid roughly Thanks to what Ver- swim team for $12,000 would remain. gennes officials called its economic Mayor Michael Dangood management impact on iels said at the meeting and a successful sum- Vergennes. the city’s pool advisory mer for the Vergennes committee is recomChamps swim team, There’s mending that the edge the city pool will end another great of the pool and possi2017 about $12,000 in benefit to bly its expansion joints the black, according having a good be re-caulked, and he to City Manager Mel swim team.” backed that suggestion. Hawley. “We should at least — Alderman Hawley said during consider caulking Renny Perry the Sept. 12 city council around the edge of the meeting that the current pool, reinvest the monfund balance for the Sam Fishman ey,” Daniels said. Pool stands at $15,660, with a few Hawley credited Jen Kingsley, bills outstanding. Immediately af- the pool’s longtime swimming les-
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sive task of hand vacuuming; previously the team had committed to spend up to $2,000 for half the cost of a system. Daniels acknowledged that “it takes a team” to made the swim team successful, but also praised Clark, who is also expected to become the new Champlain Valley Swim League president. “I want to congratulate you as a leader,” Daniels said. Alderman Renny Perry added the swim team creates an economic ripple effect by bringing visitors to Vergennes for its meets and those visitors then shop for items such as snacks, drinks and meals. “I want to thank the swim team for its economic impact on Vergennes,” Perry said. “There’s another great benefit to having a good swim team.” In other business at the Sept. 12 meeting, council members: • Heard from Perry, also the Vergennes Partnership president, that the Agency of Transportation is seeking a nonprofit entity to occupy the former city train depot that overlooks the VTrans parkand-ride lot and that is intended in the future to serve as an Amtrak station. Perry said work on a rail platform should begin next spring, with rail service set for 2019 or 2020. A nonprofit tenant that would sell tickets and run a welcome center could get a favorable rental agreement, Perry said.
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VERGENNES — It should be no surprise that the close-knit little foodie city of Vergennes has been organizing an unprecedented event that is inspiring its restaurant owners to work together for the benefit of the community. They will be doing just that on Saturday, Sept. 30, from 3-9 p.m. on the Vergennes City Green. The mission of the first annual Eat on the Green is to gather and give back to the people of greater Vergennes by providing a venue to enjoy local food, music, games and neighbors while raising funds for four non-profits. The idea was hatched by three Vergennes chefs, Ian Huizenga, Andrea Cousineau, and Matt Birong, who are also friends, despite owning different restaurants in the same town. “What makes us unique is that we collaborate versus compete with each other, which is uncommon in (See City Green, Page 21)
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City police remind drivers about city limits speeding VERGENNES — As well as handling a variety of incidents between Sept. 11 and 17, Vergennes police also conducted a number of directed patrols in response to citizen concerns about speeding within city limits. During that seven-day period city police made a dozen such targeted patrols, including multiple patrols on Mountain View Lane, School Street and in the general downtown area. Other areas patrols included Panton Road, West Main Street, New Haven Road, Booth Woods and Green Street. In other action between Sept. 11 and 17, Vergennes police: • On Sept. 12 cited Patrick D. Fuller, 25, of Addison for driving
under the influence of drugs after observing that he was allegedly impaired and having him assessed by the department Drug Recognition Expert (DRE). Police alleged Fuller drove to the Champlain Farms store on Main Street, where they encountered him. • On Sept. 12 discussed tenant rights with a man seeking information at the police station. • On Sept. 13 pulled over a tractor-trailer truck suspected of leav-
ing the scene of a Shoreham accident, an action taken on behalf of Vermont State Police and the Department of Motor Vehicles. Police stopped the truck at the junction of Routes 7 and 22A, told the driver to park it at the nearby Route 7 pull-off, and waited there with him until VSP arrived. • On Sept. 13 contacted the owner of a wallet found by a citizen on Main Street. • On Sept. 13 stopped a vehicle after a report of erratic driving; police determined there was not a problem. • On Sept. 14 directed traffic on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh after a malfunction in the railroad crossing just outside city limits.
• On Sept. 14 looked unsuccessfully for a suspicious man in a vehicle in the West Main Street area. • On Sept. 15 took a drunken man who nearly stumbled off a Main Street sidewalk in front of a moving vehicle to a Comfort Hill home owned by an acquaintance; police said they tested his blood-alcohol content for safety reasons and it measured 0.259. (He was walking, not driving, when police assisted the man.) • On Sept. 15 served a relieffrom-abuse order to a city woman on behalf of a Ferrisburgh resident. • On Sept. 15 received a call for help from the department DRE from the UVM Medical Center to evaluate a patient; the DRE started
toward Burlington, but eventually advised hospital personnel to instead perform a blood test. • On Sept. 15 dealt with a minor two-car accident at Shaw’s Supermarket. • On Sept. 16 checked a Panton home alarm on behalf of VSP. • On Sept. 17 returned a challenged young child to a Ferrisburgh home after a citizen found her walking along Route 7 and brought the child to the station. Police notified the Department for Children and Families of the situation in case of possible negligence. • On Sept. 17 dealt with a minor two-car accident at the intersection of Green and School streets.
Cousineau, who runs Park Squeeze and Black Sheep Bistro, the goal was to “create an event that was welcoming to everyone in the community, regardless of age or income.” Kids are encouraged to attend Eat on the Green and enjoy a variety of events and activities designed just for them — including face painting, a hula hooping con-
test and a meet-and-greet with the famous human/canine duo, Bruce & Hobbes. Games including corn hole, plinko, and giant Jenga will assure boredom is not an issue. Prizes are included, as well. Huizenga, owner of Bar Antidote and Hired Hand, recruited the three bands — The Good Parts, The High Breaks and Rehab Roadhouse — and will serve craft
brews, hard cider and local wines in the beer garden. There is no fee to enter the park and listen to live music from 3-9 p.m. Food, beverages and kids’ activities will require tickets. Purchase one ticket for $1 or 12 tickets for $10. Proceeds will benefit The Bixby Library, Vergennes Opera House, Vergennes Partnership and Boys and Girls Club of Great-
er Vergennes. Huizenga’s patience has paid off; “This is an idea we’ve been kicking around for about four years now,” he says, “To see it come to light with the help of so many people who have Vergennes’ best interest at heart is really exciting.” For more information visit vergennesdowntown.org/eatongreen/.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS RIPTON MEETINGS: Mon‑ day, As Bill Sees It Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meet‑ ing 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.
MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 1‑2 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and discussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.
Public Meetings ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednes‑ days, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org. AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. 7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRANDON MEETINGS: Monday, Discussion Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRISTOL MEETINGS: Sun‑ day, Discussion Meeting 4:00‑5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00‑7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.
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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Alison Reynolds of Addison, has been working as a Volunteer Health Teacher with Vermont Adult Learning (VAL) for the past year. Drawing on her background as a nurse practitioner, Alison helps students by encouraging and developing health curriculum that reflects their personal interests. This support allows students to meet local high school standards for graduation. Alison describes, “I enjoy interacting with students and seeing them develop interests in a health topic. Letting them pick their paths for the projects helps them expand their knowledge base.” The staff of VAL greatly appreciate Alison’s strengths, “Using her knowledge and practical skills from as a nurse practitioner, Alison creates rigorous and creative projects. The students gain access to an up-to-date, interesting and wellrounded health curriculum.” Thank you for your contributions, Alison!
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS T H U R S D AY: B i g B o o k Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green). ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meet‑ ings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at the Congre‑ gational Church, New Haven Village Green. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NORTH FERRISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00‑7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd.
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ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confi‑ dential, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems. Babysitting available.
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The American Red Cross is seeking volunteers to assist with local blood drive events on a monthly basis. Shifts are typically 4 – 6 hours long and take place on weekdays in Middlebury. Volunteers Or contact The United can assist in various capacities. If you are Way of Addison County’s interested in learning more about this volunteer Volunteer Center at www. unitedwayaddisoncounty.org/ opportunity, please contact RSVP at 388‑7044 or VolunteerDonate rsvpaddison@volunteersinvt.org. Thank you! and click on VOLUNTEER NOW!
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Dis‑ cussion Meeting 8:00‑9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St.
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OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.
C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.
BUTTERNUTS ARE FALL‑ ING all over my front lawn. Free to you if you bring rake and bag. 802‑453‑4597.
CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.
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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. SPIRITUAL AWAKENINGS MEETING of Alcoholics Anon‑ ymous, 7:30‑8:30 a.m., Fri‑ day, upstairs at St. Stephen’s Church., Middlebury, VT. WOMEN OF AA Mondays, 5:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.
CORNWALL GARAGE SALE Sept. 30, 9‑12 rain or shine. Dining table and chairs, desk, assorted end tables, lamps, costume jewelry, kid games, dishes, linens and more. No early birds. 985 N. Bingham St.
HOUSE CLEANING‑ SMALL or large jobs. References available. Call 802‑558‑6136 or email at: ennis987@gmail. com.
STOREFRONT LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. In the heart of downtown Mid‑ dlebury. Approved for seat‑ ing for 24. Plenty of parking, lots of possibilities. Available September 1. Text only to 802‑373‑6456.
Help Wanted BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156.
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ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Custodian
PARTY RENTALS; CHI‑ NA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available. 802‑388‑4831.
ACSD is seeking a custodian to work at the Bridport Central School after school for three hours a day, Monday through Friday. Experience is a plus, but not required. Please call Eric Warren at 802-382-1459 for more information.
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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING; interior/exterior, residential/ commercial, pressure wash‑ ing. 20 years’ experience. Best prices. References. 802‑989‑5803.
Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central School District 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled. E.O.E.
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HUNT BIG DEER in the Ad‑ irondacks. Members wanted. 518‑597‑3270.
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Experienced Concrete Form Workers- Immediate Full-Time Opening & Competitive Compensation Founded in 1978, Naylor and Breen Builders, Inc is a leader among construction companies in Vermont, we perform a wide variety of commercial and residential new construction and renovations, from multi-phase commercial to high end residential to substation infrastructure. We are currently seeking an experienced concrete form worker to join our inhouse concrete crew. Our ideal candidate will be able to prepare, erect, strip and dismantle forms for pouring concrete. Mix and pour concrete into formwork. Spread, compact, finish and cure concrete for buildings and sidewalks using hand tools, troweling machinery and other power tools. Applicants should be able to lift 75-100lbs and have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. • • • • • • • •
Competitive Pay Paid Health Insurance Dental/Vison/ Disability Insurance 401(k) with 2% Match Annual Discretionary 401(k) Profit Sharing Paid Holidays 40hrs Paid Time Off Transportation provided for jobsites outside of a 30min travel radius from Brandon • Company Supplied Shirts • Use of Company Gym Candidates should submit a resume with 3 references to: Amanda Locke — alocke@naylorbreen.com Job applications are available on our website, www.naylorbreen.com or by calling 802-247-6527. Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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MACHINERY OPERATOR for skilled mill positions due to employee retirement. Must be in good physical condition with good math skills, very reliable, have a strong safety awareness and work well with others. An ambition to learn and tolerance of heat and cold are important. The most challenging jobs such as sawing and grading take years to learn well and pay well for the skilled work. Mill work has a production bonus.
MAINTENANCE person to work on machinery in our mill, lumber sorters, planers and lumber drying kilns. There is a wide variety of work to do and many things to learn, particularly as machinery becomes more computerized. You must have maintenance or mechanical experience, have a strong commitment to safety and be interested in learning new skills. You must be physically fit and able to both lift and push/pull 50 pounds regularly throughout the day. Monday to Friday, about 50 hours per week. Call 802-453-4884 or visit The A. Johnson Co., 995 S 116 Rd, Bristol VT 05443 for an application.
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Highway Department – Full and Part Time Positions available depending on expertise and experience. Desired qualifications: • CDL and medical card – clean background and drug test • Equipment operator – backhoe, loader, grader, dump truck, snow plow, chain saw, etc. • Knowledge of road maintenance and building, culvert installation, etc. • Responsible for equipment maintenance and records • Ability to work both independently and with others. Physical labor and outside work required • Ability to work with the public • Snowstorm ability required – may require long hours or odd hours • Supervisory ability a plus • Grant writing a plus Normal working hours are Monday thru Friday from 7am to 3pm Salary and benefits will be determined based on hours and experience. 12 paid holidays after probationary period for full time. Please request a job description and application form from the Town of New Haven Town Clerk. Application with references to be submitted by 4pm on Monday, September 25, 2017 at the Town of New Haven – 78 North St., New Haven, VT 05472
Experienced Carpenters- Excellent learning environment with great opportunities. Come work for a growing company that offers great benefits with opportunities to advance and learn alongside accomplished construction superintendents. Founded in 1978, Naylor and Breen Builders, Inc is a leader among construction companies in Vermont, we perform a wide variety of commercial and residential new construction and renovations, from multi-phase commercial to high end residential to substation infrastructure. We are seeking full time Experienced Carpenters with the potential for growth within the company. In this role, you will have experience in most aspects of commercial and residential rough and finish carpentry and roofing. Applicants should have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation. Travel within Vermont or New Hampshire will be required. • Competitive Pay • Paid Health Insurance • Dental/Vison/ Disability Insurance • 401(k) with 2% Match • Annual Discretionary 401(k) Profit Sharing
• Paid Holidays • 40hrs Paid Time Off • Transportation provided for jobsites outside of a 30min travel radius from Brandon • Company Supplied Shirts • Use of Company Gym
Candidates should submit a resume with 3 references to: Amanda Locke — alocke@naylorbreen.com Job applications are available on our website, www.naylorbreen.com or by calling 802-247-6527. Naylor & Breen Builders, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Are you a person who loves to be in the know? t acting a d o o g d n ganized a ur toes? o y n Are you or o g in d stay quickly an Do you love seeking creative solutions and developing new ideas? SALES & MARKETING COORDINATOR
If you answered yes to these questions, then you may be the perfect fit for the Addison Independent’s dynamic sales team. We are seeking a coordinator for all sales and marketing programs with the Addison Press, primarily focusing on the Addison Independent and Brandon Reporter. This individual will work closely with sales account executives and other sales managers to build growth strategies and coordinate their successful execution. The successful applicant should be highly organized, a good communicator, friendly and willing to step in to a wide range of tasks within the office. This is a full time position with benefits and room to grow as our local media company changes and adapts to new demands over time. If you are looking for a job where you’re never bored and are excited to help spread the local news of Addison County, please send a résumé and cover letter to:
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CARPENTERS/SUBCON‑ TRACTORS Burnham Build‑ ers is looking to hire experi‑ enced carpenters and sub‑ contractors to help achieve general construction and renovation projects. Individual must obtain his/her own li‑ ability insurance and possess their own tools to perform all necessary projects. Pay var‑ ies on experience. 349‑7202 or 462‑3756. CDL‑A DRIVER WANTED part time possibly becom‑ ing full time. Based in Ad‑ dison County. Call Ran‑ dy at 802‑897‑5637 or 802‑377‑5006. FULL TIME DELI POSITION. Set hours, Monday‑Friday 6:00am ‑ 2:00 pm. Prior work experience with food preparation in a commercial kitchen / deli required. Expe‑ rience making pizza a plus. Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market in Vergennes or call Cory at 802‑349‑7101. HELP WANTED: LOOKING FOR a person to work in a fast paced egg processing room 20‑25 hours each week. Applicant must be reliable, responsible self starter with good references and reliable transportation. Pick up an application at Maple Meadow Farm, 518 Maple Street in Salisbury. No phone calls please. IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR full‑time salaried Property Manager in support of Addison County Community Trust’s (ACCT’s) mission of provid‑ ing affordable housing. The Property Manager will be a key member of the property management team and is responsible for leasing, ten‑ ant relations, maintenance coordination, and compliance activities within a portfolio of 240 affordable rental units. Prior property management experience desired; feder‑ ally assisted housing pro‑ gram compliance a plus. Must demonstrate teamwork, ability to work independently, flex‑ ibility, good judgment, or‑ ganization, and ambition to develop new skills. Respond with resume and cover letter to jobs@addisontrust.org. Posi‑ tion open until filled. EEO.
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LOOKING FOR CARING PERSON or persons to pro‑ vide evening and night time supervision/care for elderly couple in exchange for room and board. Colonial house in country setting, 15 minutes from Middlebury. Contact mlincolnexpress@comcast. net or call 802‑999‑6373. WANTED‑ HANDYMAN, MUST have own chainsaw. 802‑462‑3313.
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We are looking for a candidate to fill an Accountant position based in Middlebury, VT. This position will perform a variety of accounting functions such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation, General Ledger, Financial Reporting and Regulatory filings. The Accountant will also provide assistance in Payroll Processing, Fixed Assets, and Month End/Year End Analysis. The incumbent requires 4 to 5 years of accounting experience and a strong experience using Microsoft Excel and Accounting software. Some experience in agriculture is a plus. A Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Accounting would be highly desirable. Ability to work independently, with initiative, multitask and prioritize work assignments and manage time. This is a full time position with benefits including 401k, medical, life and disability insurance, generous time off. For more information about the company, visit www.feedcommodities.com.
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WHISTLEPIG CURRENTLY HIRING FOR full time bottler. Eye for detail and accuracy. Flexible duties and hours Monday‑Friday. Be able to stand on feet for 8 hours a day with unassisted lifting of 25 pounds. Please send resume and 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com.
YEAR ROUND WAITSTAFF ‑ needed for busy family res‑ taurant. Apply in person to Rosie’s Restaurant, Rte 7 South, Middlebury.
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2009 DOUBLEWIDE HOME 3 bedroom with 2 bathrooms. In very nice condition. Needs to be moved. 802‑462‑3624.
1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE commercial space. As is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092.
ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803.
ADDISON ‑ 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH mobile home with garage on 22A. $1,350 a month. Deposit, first month, last month and references required. Call 802‑482‑3765, afternoons please.
FOR SALE: NEW FULL size mattress with bed frame. 1 year old‑never slept on. Comes with bedspread and pillow covers. $500 firm. Call 802‑989‑8923. PYRENEES‑ 4 YEAR OLD female. 92lbs., beautiful buff color, excellent health. Incredi‑ ble and wonderful dog. Moving south. $200. 802‑989‑9554. Will confirm for best possible home. TWIN AND FULL SIZE beds. Sofa and recliners, treadmill, bookcases, rocking chairs, bureaus and other furniture items. Very reasonable. 352‑4375.
Vacation Rentals ADDISON: LAKE CHAM‑ PLAIN waterfront camp. Beautiful views, gorgeous sunsets, private beach, dock, rowboat and canoe included. $600 weekly, or call for week‑ ends. 802‑349‑4212, no texts.
Please send your cover letter and resume to: Irma Higgins, HR Manager ihiggins@feedcommodities.com. For questions, call 802-458-3916. FCI is an equal opportunity employer.
COZY MIDDLEBURY B&B 1 night‑1 week stay. $70/night or $300 for the week. Perfect for 1 person or couple. Call 802‑349‑6006.
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER. LARGE 2 story, 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. 12 minutes from Middlebury. Fridge/stove included and washer dryer hookups. $1,050 plus heat and electric. No pets or smok‑ ing please. 802‑897‑5447. BRANDON: PARK VILLAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apart‑ ments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets. Laundry on site. Income restrictions apply. Call Summit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website, summitpmg.com. BRIDPORT 1 BEDROOM, 4 room apartment with porch/ lawn. Washer/dryer, heat/hot water included. No smoking, no pets. References and credit check. $800/mo. plus security deposit. For more info, Charlie 802‑758‑2218.
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BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT Heat, trash, snowplowing, lawn care, parking included. $1,175/mo. 802‑453‑2566.
MAINTENANCE MECHANIC Middlebury, VT
Agri-Mark has a full-time immediate opening for a THIRD SHIFT (12am-8am) Maintenance Mechanic Technician to work in our Middlebury, VT facility. Flexible work schedule required, including rotating weekends, and working scheduled holidays. Preferred candidate will have a journeyman’s electrical license and/or strong PLC experience. The candidate should be well versed in VFD’s, pneumatics, and production plant equipment. Must be able to work both independently and as a team member. Excellent troubleshooting and maintaining plant equipment in a food production environment. Position provides 40+ hours per week, paid leave and holidays. Offers a competitive starting wage and excellent benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), pension plan, and much more. Apply in person, by email to ajacobs@agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:
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is looking for a qualified person to perform various administrative and clerical tasks to support our Town office. The ideal candidate must be reliable, hardworking, and familiar with office equipment, procedures and Microsoft Office. Must enjoy working with the general public and have ability to multi-task with attention to detail and accuracy. 15-20 hours/week. No benefits. Compensation based upon experience. Please submit your letter of interest to the Ferrisburgh Select Board, 3279 Route 7, Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 or email to ferrisburghselectboard@ comcast.net, by 4:00 p.m. October 6, 2017. EOE
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CARPETED, HEATED CAR/ motorcycle storage; monthly, seasonal, yearly rates. Trickle charging allowed. 877‑3207. CORNWALL: COZY ONE bedroom apartment. 15 min‑ utes to college. $775 includes all. batesproperties@yahoo. com. 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: BRIDPORT, Commercial/retail office. 1,200 Sq. Ft. High traffic visibility. Available Oct. 1. 802‑758‑2494. HOUSE FOR RENT 2 bed‑ room, fully furnished. Nine month rental from 9/15/17 ‑ 6/16/18. Washer, dryer, all appliances, gas grill, fully equipped kitchen, deck, screened porch, private dock on Lake Dunmore. No smok‑ ing, no pets. Snow plowing and lawn maintenance in‑ cluded. $1,100/month plus utilities, security deposit. 802‑352‑6678. MIDDLEBURY 1 BEDROOM apartment. Close to college. $800/month plus deposit. Some utilities included. 388‑0401.
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MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM near downtown. Appliances, off street parking, lease. No pets. Available Sept. 1. Real Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.
MIDDLEBURY: FOR RENT PRIME retail space. 1,303 square feet. Location, loca‑ tion. Front door parking. Good visibility. Call Eric at 388‑6054.
MIDDLEBURY, BRIGHT SUNNY studio apartment. Friendly, quiet neighborhood. Walk to store. Private porch. $525 includes heat, electric, trash. No smoking, no pets. Security deposit, references. 388‑4109.
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39 Court Street, Middlebury, VT Over 1500 Sq. ft. Four office spaces (2 upstairs; 2 downstairs), 2 bathrooms, Conference room, Waiting area, spacious file area. Has its own parking area. Available November 1. Shown by appointment only. Ph (802) 388-3600 or midd@americanlandtitle.com
OPENING SUMMER/FALL 2017 Newly Constructed Loft, One Bedroom and Two Bedroom Apartments in Downtown Middlebury Historic Building | Air Conditioning European Appliances, Quartz Countertops & Washer/Dryer Off-Street Parking | Pet friendly Walk to Middlebury College campus Contact: Christine Golden Nedde Real Estate 802-373-5893 battellllc@gmail.com www.BattellBlock.com
NEW HAVEN, 2 BEDROOM apartment with all appli‑ ances, heat and rubbish re‑ moval. No pets, no smoking. $800/month, $850 deposit. 802‑453‑2275. NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment. Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, security deposit, lease. $900/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040. ON LAKE DUNMORE, Salis‑ bury, VT. Two bedroom win‑ terized lake house directly on Lake Dunmore. Fully furnished, chalet with 1 1/2 bathroom. Two bedrooms with closets, living room and kitchen open. Beautiful deck overlooking the North Cove with 4 steps down to 80’ lawn to water to enjoy the outside. You pay your own utilities, (propane heat). Available from October 1‑2 until end of school year or end of June. Ice skating and ice fishing during the winter and swim‑ ming in warm weather. You will need references, 1st month’s rent and security deposit. No smoking or pets allowed. Laundromat, store in walk‑ ing distance. 15 minute ride to Middlebury. 30 minutes to Rutland. 802‑352‑4697 or leave message. SHOREHAM 2 BEDROOM upstairs apartment. All ap‑ pliances. Electric and heat included. $1,000 a month plus security deposit. No smoking. No pets. 802‑236‑2656.
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ONE BEDROOM APART‑ MENT in Addison will be available for rent on October 1. Rent is $800/month and includes electricity and heat. Security deposit required. No smoking. No pets. Please call 802‑316‑7166 for more details.
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.
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.
ONE BEDROOM IN CORN‑ WALL 12 minutes to college. $775 per month. Includes all. batesproperties@yahoo.com. ROOMMATE WANTED IN Vergennes. Call for more info. 802‑363‑7640. ROOMS FOR RENT in histori‑ cal Vergnnes Inn. Mid Octo‑ ber through Mid May. Perfect for UTC, Traveling nurses or other traveling professionals. $650 to $1,000 per month. Call Bill 802‑877‑3293.
Wood Heat FIREWOOD FOR SALE sea‑ soned 2 years. $275 per cord. 802‑558‑1069.
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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. MIDDMEN‑FIREWOOD W W W. M I D D M E N . C O M . Green‑Seasoned‑Kiln Dried. Free delivery‑ Free kindling. Call: 1‑855‑MIDDMEN. Email: custserv@middmen.com. TIMBERWOLF FIREWOOD: Dry or green. Call for prices. 802‑388‑7300.
Real Estate 2009 DOUBLEWIDE HOME 3 bedroom with 2 bathrooms. In very nice condition. Needs to be moved. 802‑462‑3624. CORNWALL, VT‑ A BEAU‑ TIFUL building lot for sale. Amazing view. Septic permit in place. 760‑807‑6187.
MIDDLEBURY, VT 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT Income Limits Apply. No Utilities Included. Modern apartment, carpet/tile, W/D connections plus onsite laundry facility. Efficient gas heat/hot water. Ample parking and storage. Includes trash, lawn care, snow removal, professional management and 24-hour emergency maintenance. In quiet Middlebury neighborhood. References Required. To request an application, call 802-472-5016 or e-mail pinemeadow@maloneyproperties.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.
MORIAH, N.Y., 65 ACRES on pond with 3 bedroom house. Garage, barn, pasture, wood lot and unpermitted sand pit. $165,000. 518‑597‑9760. 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.
FIRST‑CUT HORSE HAY small square bales (50 lbs avg). $4 at barn. Delivery at cost. 802‑462‑3912. jwelkey7606@gmail.com.
Wanted INFORMATION ON LOCA‑ TION of baptismal records of first congregational church in Vergennes before 1960, specifically 1935‑1950. Call 802‑846‑5212.
Public Notices Index Public notices can be found on Pages 29 & 30.
Addison County Fair and Field Days (1) Addison Rutland Supervisory Union (2) Bridport (2) Middlebury Selectboard (1) Middlebury Regional EMS (1) Monkton (1) To publish a legal notice in the New Haven (1) Addison Independent Salisbury (2) please email information to Shoreham (1) legals@addisonindependent.com Starksboro (1) or fax it to (802) 388-3100. Weybridge (1) TOWN OF NEW HAVEN PROPERTY TAX NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town and Town School District of New Haven, VT. It was voted at the 2017 Annual Town Meeting that property taxes are due on Monday, October 2, 2017. Tax Bills were mailed on July 17, 2017. Property taxes will be considered late if not received in the Town Office by the close of the business day on Monday, October 2, 2017 @ 5:00 p.m. POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TIMELY. POST-DATED CHECKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please allow several days for delivery. Please pay promptly to avoid penalty and interest charges; Interest charges of 1% per month - and 8% penalty fee will be added to any late payments, per State Statute. Tax bills are mailed to the owner of record as of April 1st of each year. Please make sure your Escrow Company has a copy of your tax bill. If you do not have a bill, or have any questions please call the Town Office @ 4533516. Respectfully, Barbara Torian New Haven, Town Treasurer
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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF OIL, GAS AND MINERAL LEASE PURSUANT TO 29 V.S.A. §563(G) AND (H) Name of Record Owners of Interest: Cambrian Corporation RD No. 1 Fowler, Ohio 44418
Cambrian Associates, Ltd. c/o Anthony F. Abatiell, President One Justice Square Rutland, Vermont 05701
Name of Property Owner: Robert Kerr Description of the Land: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Robert Kerr by Quit Claim Deed of Wayne J. Kerr and Edna A. Kerr dated February 17, 2006 and recorded in Book 65 at Page 250 of the Shoreham Land Records. Nature of the Interest: Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease of Exavier and Sadie Brisson to Cambrian Corporation dated November 17, 1964 and recorded in the Town of Shoreham Land Records in Book 26 at Page 601. Preservation Notice of Cambrian Corporation dated June 15, 1983 and recorded in the Town of Shoreham Land Records in Book 33 at Page 379. Name and Address of Person Giving Notice: Benjamin H. Deppman, Esq. Deppman Law, PLC 2 Park Street Middlebury, VT 05753 It is presumed that this Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease is abandoned. Dated, at Middlebury, Vermont, on this 18th day of September, 2017. Submitted by: Benjamin H. Deppman, Esq. 9/25 Agent for Robert Kerr
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Public Notices can be found on Pages 29 & 30.
TOWN OF SALISBURY PUBLIC NOTICE
ADDISON COUNTY FAIR AND FIELD DAYS, INC. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
All residents of Addison County are hereby given notice of the annual meeting of Addison County Fair & Field Days, Inc., to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 2, 2017 at the Weybridge Congregational Church, in Weybridge, Vermont. AGENDA I. Welcome and Introduction of Board Members II. Review of 2017 Fair III. Financial Report IV. Audience Comments & Questions V. Election of Board Members and Officers VI. Refreshments will be served. Cara N. Mullin, Business Manager 9/21
TOWN OF BRIDPORT NOTICE OF MEETING
TOWN OF BRIDPORT NOTICE OF MEETING
Residents and non-resident property owners of the Town of Bridport are hereby warned to appear at the Bridport town office at 7:05 p.m. on October 10, 2017 to hear the application of Anthony & Janelle Phillips 387 Vt Rte 22-A The applicant request a subdivision of parcel 03-029.4 23.7+/= acres into parcels of 13.43+/= acres and 10.21+/- acres Interested person(s) may forfeit the right to appeal the decision of the Town of Bridport Board of Zoning Adjustment or Planning Commission if they fail to participate by; [attending and speaking, submitting a signed letter of concern or are represented by an authorized person] Edward Payne Zoning Administrator 9/25
Residents and non-resident property owners of the Town of Bridport are hereby warned to appear at the Bridport town office at 7:05 p.m. on October 10, 2017 to hear the application of Patrick Carr. The applicant requests a subdivision of 2.88 acres from parcel 03-025 located at 389 VT 22-A Interested person(s) may forfeit the right to appeal to decision of the Town of Bridport Board of Zoning Adjustment or Planning Commission if they fail to participate by; [attending and speaking, submitting a signed letter of concern or are represented by an authorized person] Edward B. Payne Zoning Administrator 9/25
SVMUUSD POLICY COMMITTEE
SVMUUSD FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School Board Policy Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, September 25, 2017 at 5:15 p.m. at the Castleton Elementary School conference room. Brooke Olsen-Farrell Superintendent 9/25
The Slate Valley Modified Unified Union School Board Finance Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Orwell Village School. Brooke Olsen-Farrell Superintendent 9/25
The DRB Hearing for a Major Subdivision on Upper Plains Road will resume September 6, 2017 at 7PM A DRB hearing is hereby noticed for September 20, 2017 at 7PM for a single lot 9/25 subdivision on Blake Roy Road.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY REG. SELECTBOARD MEETING TUESDAY, SEPT. 26 • 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 September 12, 2017 Regular Selectboard Meeting 4. **Citizen Comments [Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] 7:10 5. *Director of Planning & Zoning Jennifer Murray with a Request for Selectboard Resolution Supporting FY18 Municipal Planning Grant Application 7:20 6. *Discussion of Vermont League of Cities & Town Legislative Policy and Board’s Direction to Voting Delegate on Legislative Policy for VLCT’s Annual Meeting; Appointment of Voting Delegate for VLCT’s Annual Meeting 7:45 7. *Citizens Petition on Vermont Gas Easements 7:55 8. *Jordan Benjamin, CFO, Aqua ViTea, Regarding Aqua ViTea’s Application for Tax Stabilization 8:05 9. *Authorize Signature of Letter of Collaboration with Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program for Town Forest Recreation Planning Community Assistance Program Signature of 8:10 10. *Authorize Easement Deeds to Green Mountain Power Granting Utility Easements across Town Property adjacent to the Battell Block, off Merchants Row, and on Chipman Hill, off Springside Drive 8:15 11. *Susan Shashok, Chair of the Infrastructure Committee and Dan Werner, Director of Public Works Planning with a report on and recommendations from the Infrastructure Meeting of September 14, 2017 a. *Water & Wastewater Budgets & Rates for FY18 b. *Bid Award for Winter Sand c. *Paving of Mill Street Parking Lot 8:35 12. **John Friedin with a report from the Ilsley Library Trustees’ Public Forum on Building Needs 8:50 13. **FY18 Year-to-Date Budget Report 14. **Overview of FY19 Budget Preparation Schedule 9:00 15. *Approval of Check Warrants 16. *Town Manager’s Report 17. **Board Member Concerns 18. *Executive Session – If Needed 19. **Action on Matters Discussed in Executive Session 9:10 20. *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 Selectboard page. 9/25
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ADDISON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW OF WEYBRIDGE TOWN PLAN
The Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) and Weybridge Planning Commission will hold a joint public hearing on October 10th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Weybridge Town Clerk’s office to review the Weybridge Town Plan, which was recently adopted by the Selectboard. The Town of Weybridge has requested that ACRPC grant regional approval of their Town Plan pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 4350(b). The purpose of the review is to determine whether the Weybridge Town Plan: (1) is consistent with the goals established in 24 V.S.A. § 4302; (2) is compatible with its regional plan; (3) is compatible with approved plans of other municipalities in the region; and (4) contains all the elements included in 24 V.S.A. §4382. The Weybridge Town Plan encompasses the entire Town of Weybridge. Copies of the Weybridge Town Plan can be viewed at the Weybridge Town office at 1727 Quaker Village Road, Weybridge, VT 05753 and at ACRPC’s Office at 14 Seminary Street, Middlebury. Adam Lougee, Executive Director Addison County Regional Planning Commission 388-3141 9/25
MIDDLEBURY REGIONAL EMS - PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice that a public meeting for comments will be held to review Middlebury Regional Emergency and Medical Services plan to file an application for Federal Assistance funds to assist with an ambulance purchase from the USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Loan and/or Grant program. The public meeting will be held at 5:30 pm on Tuesday September 26th at Middlebury Regional EMS, 55 Collins Drive, Middlebury, VT 9/21, 25
TOWN OF SALISBURY INVITATION TO BID The Town of Salisbury is seeking bids for survey work on the Town Forest. The area to be surveyed is the portion west of Upper Plains Rd including the access road to Plains Rd. Work would include the survey, any research, plot plan and recording fees. Deadline for bids is 3PM on October 3, 2017. Bids may be mailed or delivered to the Town Office. Bids will be opened on October 10, 2017. The Town reserves the right to reject any or all bids. A packet of information regarding the project is available at the Town Office. 9/14
NOTICE OF HEARING MONKTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD
Notice is hereby given that the Monkton Development Review Board will consider the following applications at its paper night on October 10, 2017 at the Monkton Town Hall. At 8:00 PM Bennett Road LLC # 2016-06-MAJ 4 lot subdivision located on Bennett RD. The present zoning classification of this property is RA-2 MD. The Tax Parcel ID# is 04.102.020.000. At 8:35 PM Luanne Rotax # 2017-08-MAJ reopens 2008-03-MAJ 4 lot subdivision located on Rotax RD. The present zoning classification of this property is RA-5. The Tax Parcel ID# is 01.228.001 Application materials are available for review during normal business hours at the Office of the Monkton Town Clerk. Interested parties who wish to be heard may attend the hearing, or send a representative. Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing to the Board either before or during the hearing. Pursuant to 24 VSA 117 § 4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a) participation in this hearing is necessary to establish status as an Interested Person and the right to appeal. Scott Gordon Clerk - Monkton Development Review Board Dated September 20, 2017 9/25
TOWN OF STARKSBORO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Starksboro Development Review Board (DRB) will hold a public hearing on the following application(s) beginning at 7:45 P.M. on October 12, 2017 at the Starksboro Town Office. DRB hearings are conducted in the order they are listed, applicants and other interested parties should be prepared to wait. 1. Application # 2017DRB-05-SD is a request by Hogback Heaven Farm, LLC for Final Plat approval for a major 3-lot subdivision of parcel #D2257S. The Final Plat hearing review will be conducted pursuant to sections #350 and #426 of the Starksboro Land Use and Development Regulations. Parcel D2257S is a 229+/- acre parcel with frontage on Tatro Road in the Agricultural Scenic and Rural Residential District and Forest Conservation District. Application # 2017DRB-05-SD is available for review at the Town Office. This will be the Board’s 2nd business item. 2. Application # 2017DRB-06-CU is a request by Hogback Heaven Farm, LLC for conditional use approval for the development of a single-family home in the Forest and Conservation District. The single-family home is to be constructed on lot #2 of a proposed 3-lot major subdivision application #2017DRB-05-SD currently undergoing DRB review. Conditional use approval will be subject to said subdivision approval. The conditional use hearing review will be conducted pursuant to sections #425 of the Starksboro Land Use and Development Regulations. Lot #2 is 30.95+/- acre parcel on Tatro Road in the Forest and Conservation District and is presently a portion of Town parcel D2257S. Application # 2017DRB-06-CU-SD is available for review at the Town Office. This will be the Board’s 3rd business item. Interested persons are invited to attend the hearing, or send a representative. DRB hearings are conducted in the order they are listed, applicants and other interested parties should be prepared to wait. Pursuant to 24 VSA § 4464(a)(1)(C) and 4471(a), participation in this local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. David Wetmore Administrative Officer Dated: September 25, 2017 9/25
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King (Continued from Page 1) King moved to Vermont in 1989, when the bottle bill passed — an effort led, in part, by one of the state’s leading legislators, Republican Sen. Arthur Gibb, most popularly known as the author of Act 250. King embraced Sen. Gibb’s effort, and though a newcomer to town, felt it was time for Ripton to have a recycling facility and presented the selectboard with the idea. Within a year the center was up and running. On Thursday, in a presentation that shone a spotlight on King’s two decades of community service, King was presented the Arthur Gibb Award for Individual Leadership for his outstanding “leadership, commitment to public service, vision, creativity, ability to balance competing interests, integrity and RIPTON RESIDENT WARREN KING, center, was awarded the VNRC’s Arthur Gibb Award at its annual meeting Thursday night at the Kirk Alumni Center. humility.” At a packed house at Middlebury Environmental leader Bill McKibben, a friend and neighbor, introduced King. VNRC Executive Director Brian Shupe is at right. College’s Kirk Alumni Center, ANRC Executive Director Brian physical characteristics of Ripton Pacific,” King recalled. “I didn’t Shupe noted the disruptive times the represent Warren’s vision of what have anything better to do with my nation is facing under Trump, but things should be,” said McKibben, life and thought, ‘This is going to be also the growing importance of the who has been King’s neighbor and great.’ I went to a lot of islands you work being done in Vermont and at friend for much of the past 17 years. can’t get to. It was among the most the local level. McKibben said he witnessed King memorable times of my life.” “What’s happening in constantly engaging in local work, King and his colleagues canvassed Washington, D.C. is really, really getting out early in the morning and the waters around Hawaii, south dangerous to this country, this world staying out late for meetings at night. to Phoenix Island and Christmas and for Vermont, and our work has Such dedication to local and global Island. never been more important than it is causes, McKibben said, make King “I’ve always been intrigued by now,” Shupe told the crowd of about and his wife, Barry, the “Addison rarity, especially with birds, but 150. “More and more people are County model of what responsible in the past 12 years, with plants,” turning to all of the states to make citizenship is about.” King said. “I’ve worked as a plant progress and defend themselves McKibben, who has been a tireless conservation volunteer, and have against federal actions... We think advocate on climate initiatives since enjoyed that immensely. The nice that Vermont can be a real beacon his sentinel book The End of Nature thing for me is that you can do it for other states in making progress in 1989, reflected on his own work in your own time and in your own on important issues.” and King’s influence. community.” Environmental When he occasionally He has been tracking two rare activist, author and “What’s happening gets weary of the species for the New England Ripton resident Bill in Washington, battle, McKibben Wildflower Society. The first is a McKibben said he admitted, “I think crop of Jacob’s Ladder, a plant that D.C. is really, was privileged to of Warren,” and be produces cup-shaped, lavenderintroduce King and really dangerous reinvigorated. colored or white flowers. King has highlight King’s to this country “And I know why, found examples of Jacob’s Ladder e n v i r o n m e n t a l and this world in the end, he does the growing in parts of Ripton, Lincoln stewardship, but first work of citizenship,” and South Starksboro. He is also and for Vermont, noted the climate McKibben said. “It’s monitoring the Large Whorled crisis the world and our work has because... of his deep Pagonia, a rare orchid in Salisbury. faces and the lack of never been more and strong attachment King, now 80, still makes regular American leadership important than it is to the natural world jaunts to check on the health and at precisely the around us.” Every spread of his horticultural charges, now.” wrong time. great environmental and report on their progress. “This is the first VNRC Ex. Dir. Brian Shupe activist he has known, King’s résumé, among many other fully global crisis that McKibben said, has accomplishments, includes: there’s ever been, and that strong connection • Serving on the Ripton Planning it would make a great deal of sense to nature. Commission since 1993, presiding as if we were addressing it at a global EXPANSIVE CAREER its chairman since 2002; creating the level,” said Bill McKibben, citing King’s career and life as an Ripton Conservation Commission a litany of damaging actions the environmentalist is extensive. in 1994; starting Ripton’s recycling Trump administration has taken in He served as executive assistant program in 1990, serving as its the past eight months. of the Smithsonian’s Institution’s coordinator ever since; serving as McKibben said the White House International Council for Bird a Moosalamoo Association board administration was undoing decades Preservation from 1971-1976, member; serving as Ripton’s Greenof environmental protections long and chaired the U.S. section of the Up Day coordinator since 1989 and supported by both political parties, council from 1976-1985. During its energy coordinator since 2008. and echoed Shupe’s view that the that time, he was in charge of King also had a brief career as a battle during the next few years may drafting a second edition in 1981 racecar driver, during which he won best be fought at the local level. of the council’s Bird Red Data the 1961 Grand Prix of the Yukon, Citing King’s numerous Book, which inventoried the world’s and he was awarded the Otter Creek contributions in Ripton and endangered bird species. Audubon Society’s Silver Feather his uncanny ability to rally the His Smithsonian duties often took Award in 2016. community around issues that him far away from an office desk. A LOCAL FOCUS needed to be tackled, McKibben “I started out with (the It is no surprise that King summed up the impact of King’s Smithsonian) working on a seabird considers community involvement influence in his community: “The ecology project in the tropical among the highest of callings, nor result (of all King’s work) is that the
that he has embraced Ripton and Vermont as home. “I think there’s no state in the union which has such a need for strong community as Vermont, because everything happens at the community level,” King said. “We hear about the governor and the Legislature, but really it’s at the community level that everything goes on — and that makes
a difference in how you live.” “So I think that the local approach is certainly the best solution we can offer at the moment to the country’s problems and the world’s problems,” King said. “As long as we can keep the community spirit, we will be heading in the right direction.” John Flowers contributed to this report.
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Farm bill (Continued from Page 1) energy; rural development; Bill intended to provide insurance international agricultural trade; against falling milk prices, D.C.- and nutrition. based legislative aide Adrienne MARGIN PROTECTION Wojciechowski, Leahy’s Farm Bill PROGRAM expert, emphasized that the Farm Asked what was being done to Bill touches all Addison County address flaws in the dairy Margin residents. Protection Program, both Berry “The name is really a misnomer,” and Wojciechowski said that using said Wojciechowski. “This is a bill regionalized feed prices was off that touches every single American the table. and especially in rural Vermont. As currently implemented, most For every single person in Addison Addison County farmers say the County, this bill is impacting MPP has been nothing but an them. From Lake additional expense. Champlain (cleanup) “It was a brand to your farmer’s “The name new program market to the open is really a created in the last space that you enjoy misnomer… This Farm Bill, and — there are farms that we’ve been through is a bill that have been conserved, a lot of growing there are wetlands touches every pains trying to figure that are helping make single American out the problems,” communities more and especially said Wojciechowski. resilient, there are She noted that as rural development in rural Vermont. milk prices dipped, programs that For every Vermont farmers are helping small single person in “have been very businesses. There Addison County, frustrated.” are businesses that One fix floated are benefitting from this bill is by Vermont farm farm credit, and impacting them.” experts is use of folks who are making — Adrienne an MPP formula loans and supporting regionalizes Wojciechowski that rural businesses in feed costs. But Vermont and rural Wojciechowski said jobs. that strategy would be too divisive “There’s research that’s taking to implement at the federal level. place, not just on agriculture, but Instead, Wojciechowski and on nutrition and food and how Berry explained, Leahy decided to we are better serving people and get the jump on this critical piece making this country healthier. And of farm legislation and address it in there’s a lot of energy work taking this year’s federal budget. Leahy’s place as well. approach, which was passed in the “So it’s critical that folks realize Appropriations Committee earlier that it’s not just a Farm Bill. this summer, “is to enable farmers There is so much more in here to simply insure at a higher margin. that helps every Vermonter,” said So rather than trying to drag that Wojciechowski. bottom line up (by addressing Congress typically passes a Farm the cost of feed) to enable them Bill every five years. The current to insure at a higher margin by Farm Bill, passed in 2014, expires bringing down the premiums.” Sept. 30, 2018. The bill covers 12 EQIP areas, including commodity crops The Farm Bill has an important (such as corn and soybeans); so- impact on Vermont’s efforts to called “specialty crops,” which clean up Lake Champlain, both in Vermont covers things like Berry and Wojciechowski noted. maple syrup, apples, berries, hops, Berry said that while more and any crops not considered money overall might come through “commodities”; crop insurance; the Environmental Protection natural resources conservation; Agency, the USDA/Natural research on food and farming; Resources Conservation Service’s
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) delivers the most dollars to Vermont’s water quality efforts of any single federal program. “Senator Leahy worked directly with Secretary Vilsack (Secretary of Agriculture under President Barack Obama) to get a commitment of a minimum amount of dollars under this farm bill, knowing that we really have some work to do on Lake Champlain,” said Berry. Total EQIP funds to Vermont through the 2014 Farm Bill total $60 million. In Vermont, EQIP funds a wide variety of farm-related infrastructure projects and farm practices to improve water quality, and also funds the technical support that NRCS offers farmers around the state. Wojciechowski described EQIP
as a USDA program that is “loved by all” and has wide bipartisan support. She said she anticipated that Vermonters could likely expect EQIP funds would continue at current levels. SNAP/3SQUARESVT Berry noted that appropriations for SNAP, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, will likely be a hot topic in continuing debates over the 2018 Farm Bill. In Vermont, SNAP dollars are administered through the 3SquaresVT program by the Department for Children and Families. Wojciechowski noted that roughly one in nine Vermonters participates in 3SquaresVT/SNAP at some point. She said SNAP dollars can be spent in a variety of ways, from farmers markets to grocery stores. And that the program generates $1.70 in economic activity for every dollar
spent. Both described Senator Leahy as a supporter of the SNAP program. SNAP also is the proverbial gorilla in the room for any Farm Bill. “The SNAP program is guaranteed to be an interesting discussion because that is where three-quarters of the money involved with the Farm Bill more or less is,” explained Berry. “It’s just an expensive program. It’s one of our largest social safetynet programs, and there’s a lot of active debate around what role the social safety net plays in our society. “There’s bound to be a fight over that program. There was four years ago, and there’s almost certainly going to be again.” Reporter Gaen Murphree is at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.
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