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Sports Report

OV in battle

‘Man on Fire’

Our special section within takes a look at all the local high schools’ winter varsity athletic teams.

Visiting West Rutland held off the Otter girls in the their home opener. See Sports, Page 1B.

A Middlebury College professor’s new film examines racism in his hometown. See Arts + Leisure.

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Porter plans new heart care services New rehab center, staffing in the works

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Local residents who have experienced a heart attack, heart failure or heart surgery soon won’t have to travel outside Addison County for medical rehabilitation appointments. Porter Medical Center next spring will begin offering cardiac rehabilitation services at its Middlebury campus, a new service that’s expected to extend lives and offer greater convenience to local patients who must currently drive to Burlington or Rutland to participate in such programming. Plans call for the new cardiac rehab offering to be located in a 933-squarefoot space currently occupied by

Porter’s IT division, just inside the front entrance of the main hospital building off South Street. It will be conveniently attached to the office of Porter cardiologist Dr. Gavin Noble. Porter spokesman Ron Hallman said IT personnel will relocate into “more than adequate space” on the third floor of the same building. The estimated $319,813 cardiac rehab project (which includes the requisite exercise equipment) will be put out to bid in January, leading to an early June launch, according to Hallman. Cardiac rehab is currently unavailable in Addison County. More than 40 area patients currently travel to Burlington for cardiac rehab

“It’s hard enough to get people into cardiac rehab programs, even though it’s been shown to have anywhere from 30-50 percent mortality reductions in people who have had a heart attack.”

— Dr. Gavin Noble

services and only 35.5 percent of eligible patients avail themselves of rehab following a heart attack, according to Porter officials. “It’s a huge deal, in terms of people’s wellbeing, symptoms, exercise tolerance, daily life, stability

from falls, even depression; all the things we see after heart attacks are improved with cardiac rehab,” Noble said. Cardiac rehab is a medically supervised program designed to improve the cardiovascular health of patients who have experienced traumatic heart problems. The rehab process includes three components: Exercise, counseling and training; education for heart healthy living; and counseling to reduce stress. The new service, as envisioned, will be pretty straightforward but life-changing for the many local heart patients who must now make a two-hour round trip three times per week to get to rehab programs in Chittenden or Rutland counties. (See Porter, Page 11A)

CARDIOLOGIST DR. GAVIN Noble says new cardiac-specific exercise equipment will become a key part of the rehabilitation services Porter Medical Center will offer to heart patients next spring.

Independent photo/John Flowers

Compromise struck on a new Farm Bill

FitzGerald getting to work at Mount Abe

Congress offers help to dairy, maple producers

By MICHELLE MONROE St. Albans Messenger WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new federal farm bill, passed by the U.S. Senate Tuesday and expected to pass the House on Wednesday, provides some provisions that Vermont food producers will like. The bill, which still must be signed by President Trump, makes some modest improvements in dairy programs while stopping an effort by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to label the sugar in maple syrup and pure honey as “added sugar.” It also ends the national prohibition on hemp production, a growing industry in Vermont and here in Addison County. “We need a farm bill and there was significant question as to whether we would have one,” said Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., who told the Messenger on Tuesday that he intends to vote for the bill. It is a compromise bill intended to reconcile differences between the versions initially passed in the House and Senate. The compromise bill passed the (See Farm bill, Page 7A)

By the way The town of New Haven will host its annual Winterfest Celebration this Saturday, Dec. 15, beginning at 5 p.m. with refreshments at the Congregational Church on Town Hill Road across from the town green. Bundle up, get a cup of hot cocoa, tea, coffee, eggnog or cider, and come across the street to the town green, where the fire department will host a memorial tree lighting by the town green at 5:30 p.m. You can then help decorate the memorial tree and (See By the way, Page 2A)

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New facilities chief ramps up rehab

Holiday lights

A CROWD ILLUMINATED by the SD Ireland lighted cement truck enjoys their drinks outside the hot chocolate hut in downtown Middlebury this past Thursday evening during the first of two Midd Night Stroll shopping promotions. The second Midd Night Stroll will be tonight, Thursday, Dec. 13, when from 5-8 p.m. downtown businesses will be open late with lots of sales. See more photos on Page 13A.

Photo by Max Kraus

Respected counselor, coach recalled fondly Many at VUHS, beyond mourn Quinn By ANDY KIRKALDY WALTHAM — The Saturday death of highly respected Vergennes Union High School clinician and basketball coach Peter Quinn sent waves of shock and sadness through the students and athletes he served, his colleagues and fellow coaches, former hoop teammates and fellow pick-up game competitors, and all those who respected his dedication to his work, love of basketball and quick wit. PETER Quinn, 69, died unexpectedly from natural causes; the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad responded to his Waltham home early on Saturday. He grew up in Concord, Mass., and settled in Vermont after graduating from Middlebury College in 1971. Quinn started his career in social

work at the former Weeks School in Vergennes in the early 1970s. After obtaining a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Boston University he began work at the Kingsland Bay School, a therapeutic group home for troubled adolescent girls. He took over as Kingsland Bay School’s director and ran it through the late 1990s. In 2000 he became a VUHS schoolbased clinician, in the employ of the Counseling Service QUINN of Addison County, known as CSAC (see full obituary on Page 6A). CSAC Executive Director Bob Thorn and VUHS Principal Stephanie Taylor both praised Quinn’s work at the school. “He was an important and caring (See Quinn, Page 12A)

By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — When Joel FitzGerald accepted the job as facilities director of the Mount Abraham Unified School District, he knew what he was getting into. His brother has lived in the 5-Towns for more than 35 years and the second generation of FitzGeralds is about to enter its school district. In addition to making sure students are safe, warm and undistracted by their environment every day, FitzGerald would have to manage a rapidly deteriorating high school in a district where voters have three times rejected bonds to renovate it. Six weeks in, with a number of accomplishments already under his belt, FitzGerald is excited about the opportunities he sees for improvement. “You know when you look at a plane when it leaves the aircraft carrier, it drops a little bit, then it goes up — that’s the vision I see every day, and I believe we’re on the way up,” he said, adding that (See Mt. Abe, Page 14A)

Greg’s slated for February opening

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Development Review Board on Monday approved local businessman Tony Neri’s plan to reopen the former Greg’s supermarket at 3 Elm St. as soon as this coming February. “I’m very pleased,” Neri said on Tuesday. “I thank the board for working with me on this.”

Managed by Gail Daha, the supermarket will continue to bear the “Greg’s” moniker in honor of its namesake, Greg Wry, who developed a loyal clientele for the independent grocery store by offering good prices, friendly service, deliveries to shut-ins and a well-stocked deli/ meat department. Neri plans to replicate much of what made Greg’s successful, albeit

on a slightly smaller scale. He said the store will continue to emphasize meat, vegetables, deli and deliveries. But he told DRB members the new Greg’s will largely be a “grab and go” market; he doesn’t foresee carrying the extensive inventory of grocery items that the former market stocked during its heyday. Neri’s plan includes removal next (See Greg’s, Page 11A)

THE MIDDLEBURY DEVELOPMENT Review Board on Monday OK’d local businessman Tony Neri’s proposal to re-establish a supermarket at the former Greg’s building at 3 Elm St. Neri’s plan also calls for removal of the adjacent Pool World building, in order to make way for additional parking. The new Greg’s is expected to open in February.

Independent file photo/John S. McCright

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Fire levels business on Meigs Road in Vergennes

Middlebury board OKs downtown parks design Public input still welcome on both spaces

Feed Commodities structure lost on Sat. By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — An early-morning blaze on Saturday that could be seen for miles around reduced the Vergennes Feed Commodities International Inc. plant on Meigs Road to a pile of smoldering ruins. The building, essentially a metal shell that covered almost an acre with a small office area in one end, went up quickly. Vergennes Fire Chief Jim Breur said there were combustible materials inside a wide-open space filled with grain bins, conveyor CREWS FROM 10 fire departments responded to the fire off Meigs Road in Vergennes Saturday morning, belts, processors, mixers and other and some of them stayed there 10 hours putting the blaze to bed. equipment. Photo courtesy of Peter Kellerman “It went up just like a torch when it went,” Breur said. “It’s a feed under control. mill, so it’s all grain dust all through Fortunately, he said, other structhe building. It’s all open. And it’s tures in the neighborhood were not nothing but tin holding it in there, so too close to the building, and the you get the heat. The grain dust just roughly three-dozen firefighters blows through there.” and at least two-dozen trucks from Firefighters were alerted at about 10 area departments were able to 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 8. Breur left protect other buildings from being his home near Lake damaged. Champlain moments “It went up just “The other buildafterward and already ings, thank goodness, had a good idea fire like a torch were quite a distance crews were going to be when it went. away. But you still playing defense. It’s a feed mill, have to contain it and “When I left my going,” Breur so it’s all grain keep house in West Addison said. “It was all defenI could see it from dust all through sive. There was noththere. It was visible the building. ing offensive in the from everywhere,” he It’s all open. whole piece because it said. was too late when we Vergennes City Clerk And it’s nothing got there.” Joan Devine lives on but tin holding Firefighters from nearby Armory Lane it in there, so Ferrisburgh, Addison, and saw the fire before you get the New Haven, Monkton, 6 a.m. She described Charlotte, Shelburne, flames reaching a hun- heat. The grain Bridport, Bristol and dred feet or more over dust just blows Hinesburg came to the building. through there.” aid the Vergennes Fire “It lit up the sky,” — Vergennes Fire Department on the Devine said. Chief Jim Breur scene, and there was Breur said there a firefighting presence was some wood in on Meigs Road for the structure, including support almost 10 hours. Breur on Monday posts and framing in the office area. said the department was planning to The interior and exterior were total continue to keep an eye on the site. losses, he said, although at least five Despite the building’s size the of the six grain towers survived, and property was assessed at just it appears the contents were possibly $140,000, according to Devine, undamaged. with $111,000 of that due to land Two rail cars on nearby sidings value. were also damaged, one beyond The cause of the fire is not yet repair, but one only cosmetically, known, although Breur believes it Breur said. Officials also notified probably started in the building’s Vermont Railway to postpone a north end, near the silos. FIRE SHOT OUT of the Vergennes Feed Commodities International regularly scheduled trip until the “It’s still under investigation,” he building off Meigs Road early Saturday morning, lighting up the sky. firefighters could bring the situation said on Monday. Photo courtesy of Aleta Dugan

By JOHN FLOWERS crosswalk will lead from the Lazarus MIDDLEBURY — The Park path entrance/exit to the town Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday green pathway system. unanimously endorsed re-design Among those participating in concepts for Triangle Park and Tuesday’s discussion was Hannah a future “Lazarus Park” off of Sessions, a coordinator of the Printer’s Alley. Both plans include Middlebury Farmers’ Market. landscaping, paths and gathering The market is currently held on spots for the public, which will Wednesdays and Saturdays at the continue to have a voice in refining Middlebury Veterans of Foreign the proposals before they are put Wars Post No. 7823 headquarters at into motion as part of the upcoming 530 Exchange St. While the VFW replacement of the Merchants Row parking lot offers an expansive hard and Main Street Bridges. surface for the many vendors to Board members, members of exhibit their wares, market owners the public and representatives of have long dreamt of bringing the VHB Engineers spent 70 minutes service back to the downtown. discussing the park plans, which Sessions said she believed the stirred considerable public interest at revised plans would make Triangle three prior meetings. Stakeholders — Park and the town green conducive including parents, area store owners, to hosting the market when the work residents and town officials — have is done. offered diverse opinions on how the “I love the changes you guys have downtown parks could be made more made, and thanks for listening to the inviting for special input,” Sessions told events, children’s play the board. and passive enjoyment. “There’s She added the Officials ultimately a super proposed “mountable” endorsed a parks opportunity curbing on Merchants concept prepared by Row and ample space VHB that shows, there for this for temporary stands community. It among other things: would make the • A “hard surface” would be so park more accessible plaza in Triangle Park for farmers’ market exciting for so at the intersection vendors and for of Main Street and many of us participants in the Merchants Row. That to move back annual “Foodaroo” plaza — centered by into town… We event. the mainstay, historic “There’s a super fountain — is fronted bring a lot of opportunity there by six large canopy customers into for this community,” style trees. Historic, the downtown Sessions said. “It large ashlar stone area.” would be so exciting blocks (like the ones for so many of us to that make up the — Hannah Sessions move back into town… retaining wall next to We bring a lot of the railroad through downtown now) customers into the downtown area.” are being repurposed for seating “This park is an opportunity for and tree protection. The park will a lot of different organizations in be endowed with large, flat lawn town,” Sessions said. areas for casual seating and flexible Some who spoke up at Tuesday’s uses. Smaller flowering trees will be meeting issued some words of introduced, though they will preserve caution about the park plans. views of nearby St. Stephen’s Selectboard member Heather Episcopal Church. The park pathway Seeley and former Middlebury will connect to existing paths within Planning Commission member the town green. Victoria DeWind noted public works • The future Lazarus Park — at officials will need to develop plans the site of the former Lazarus for clearing ice and snow from the Department Store annex adjacent to parks’ hard surfaces during the Printer’s Alley — is to be bisected winter, as use of those spaces will by a simple, arcing, handicapped- likely occur year-round. accessible path providing a direct And DeWind warned that placing connection from Main Street ashlar blocks seating beneath trees to Marble Works complex and could send visitors to their washing Riverside Park. Lazarus Park would machines. include an ashlar block seating wall “I don’t know if you’ve been and a circular hardscape seating area through the park recently, but the at the bottom of the slope (fronting amount of bird droppings, all over, the Marble Works). A Main Street (See Middlebury parks, Page 3A)

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) enjoy other festive activities until 6:30 p.m. Activities will include a horse-drawn wagon ride, s’mores, hot cocoa, singing of carols, and roasting marshmallows and chestnuts over the fire on the green. Santa is expected to arrive at the bandstand around 5:30 p.m. Then return to the church at 6:30 p.m. for the magical sounds of hand bell ringing, caroling by the choir, and sing-a-long. Free hot refreshments and more yummy desserts will follow downstairs in the church. For more info, please contact Suzy at 453-5978 or email newhavenrec@gmavt.net.

Parishioners at the Bristol Federated Church at 37 North St. continue to plan fun ways to raise money to repair the roof of their beloved place of worship. To that end, the congregation has organized a “Raise the Roof Christmas Supper & Variety Show,” slated for Sunday, Dec. 16, from 6-8 p.m. It’ll include a buffet-style supper with meat and vegetable casseroles, salads, desserts and beverages. The entertainment will feature a mix of the familiar and the new. Robin Hewitt will do a comedy skit, this time with a Christmas theme. Tim and Vernita Weller return with a medley of holiday songs, both sacred and

secular. Diana Bigelow and Jim Stapleton will be back with a classic Christmas story. A recently formed group of bagpipers will play holiday melodies accompanied by an Irish drum, the bohdran. Donations of $10 for the supper and $10 for the show will be used to finish paying for the church’s damaged roof. Cash, check, and major credit cards accepted. The holidays are about spending time with friends and loved ones, while showing gratitude for life’s blessings. Mary’s Restaurant in the Inn at Baldwin Creek will do that on a grand scale this Sunday, Dec.

16, with its 36th Annual Holiday Dinner & Festival. The event, free to Addison County residents, will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will include turkey and ham dinner, a special visit from Santa, along with music and other entertainment. Transportation is available, as Addison County Transit Resources runs a bus service along Route 116. For more info or to donate, call 453-2432. The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum was among a group of Vermont nonprofits that shared $92,000 in grants recently announced by People’s United Community

Foundation. Funding was allocated to 19 non-profit organizations in support of activities that ranged from basic needs services and affordable housing initiatives, to education and workforce development programs. The Maritime Museum’s share was $5,000. Just a reminder: The new Makery is now open on Thursdays in the Patricia Hannaford Career Center, from 5-9 p.m. Drop in, take a tour, become a member and make something great. This makers space includes a lot of equipment to fashion inventions of all kinds. Ages 18 and up are

welcome. Organizers are working to expand offerings to younger makers, so stay tuned. Middlebury’s Charter House Coalition is participating in the Shaw’s Supermarket promotion through which customers can collect red stamps to earn free glass storage containers. The coalition hopes to secure a bunch of those containers for its kitchen. If you feel like donating some to help the homeless group — which provides free meals and a homeless shelter to those in need — please email jane-steele@ comcast.net. The promotion is over at the end of December.

Addison Independent, Thursday, December 13, 2018 — PAGE 3A

OV, Chinese visitors celebrate partnership Educational exchanges began in 2017 By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School recently held a ceremony in the library to celebrate the partnership between the Vermont International Academy and China. John Holden, C.E.O. and founder of the U.S.-China Strong Foundation, as well as “Cathy” Qian Kexin, age 18, of Guangzhou, China, were the special guests. One of the goals of the program is to break down the cultural misconceptions each have about the other. Qian Wei, a teacher from the Hanban Institute who has been teaching at OVUHS since classes started this September, shared some humorous stories — and culture shock — he has had since his arrival. Before he had arrived in Vermont Qian Wei had been given many precautions. “I had heard you can’t go out after 8 at night because you might get robbed,” Wei laughed with the crowd of about 25 school, students and community members at the Nov. 7 ceremony. “Which obviously isn’t true.” Wei then learned that not every American household has guns, contrary to the news stories that portray the United States as a gun-happy country, and those who do most often use them for hunting game — a relatively foreign concept to most Chinese. He also reflected on the difference in status among schools, teachers

MANDARIN LANGUAGE TEACHER Qian Wei from China has been teaching at OVUHS since September.

and administrations. In China, he said, teachers are very much revered and principals are held in the highest of esteem. That’s why he was so surprised to hear that Principal Jim Avery would be meeting him at the airport in person to escort him to the school. “I was shocked to learn this,” Wei said. “I had written to Mr. Avery to learn which bus or train I must take from Burlington to get to Otter Valley, and he tells me not to worry, that he would pick me up himself! That would never happen in China,” Wei said. “The principal would send someone else to do such a task.” Wei went on to recall that he had felt so bad when his flight was delayed several times, causing a several-hour wait, but Avery reassured him by telling him he read books and met a friend and all was well. “All to make me feel better,” Wei said, still somewhat surprised by the generosity of the people he has met since his arrival. Another surprise for Wei has been that he actually has free time to work on things he enjoys, like calligraphy. Wei said that in China teachers are always expected to be available to talk to parents about their students and they work long hours in a culture that has long prized the value of education. After Wei’s comments, a handful of students in the Mandarin Chinese Language program showed off their skills by introducing themselves and listing members of their families in Mandarin. OV’S HISTORY WITH CHINA OVUHS and VIA began working together to promote educational exchanges with China in 2017, though the school has been working with other China groups for about 15 years. The goal with VIA is to allow students from China to come to Vermont and for Vermont students to travel to VIA schools in China — perhaps for as long as a semester or a year. “Otter Valley has always embraced and believed in the power of international and global connections,” Avery said. Avery hopes to have OV students travel to China to study soon, even if it is only for a few weeks in the summer program, but working up to longer stays. He thinks that VIA provides Otter Valley with the best opportunity to make that happen. “We have been talking about having students travel to China for a summer program,” Avery said. “Free

ABOUT 25 SCHOOL members and China program dignitaries gathered at the Otter Valley Union High School library last month to celebrate the school’s continuing cultural exchange and Chinese language programs. Those participating in the hour-long event were: front row, from left, John Holden of U.S. China Strong; OV student Malia Steele; Superintendent Jeanné Collins; VIA President Jim Cross; OV Principal Jim Avery; Qian Kexin, Chinese student attending OVUHS; Qian Wei, Mandarin teacher at OV; back row, from left, OV students taking Mandarin include Daniel Larsen, Osten Ladd, Rhoan Bunker and Kevin O’dell Jr. Photos by Angelo Lynn

of charge,” noting that scholarship education is, Cross said that stateprograms financed by both sides wide international college students would help fund the exchanges. currently contribute $40 million to Vermont International Academy the Vermont economy. is an international, “My experience at multi-campus, college OV is the most excitpreparatory school “I had written ing experience I have founded in 2011 that to Mr. Avery ever had,” Cathy said. now has 600 students to learn which “I appreciate all the in campuses across six students and teachers bus or train I locations throughout for taking care of me.” China. VIA works to must take from Gavin Fuller, make sure that inter- Burlington to get Cathy’s host parent, national students are to Otter Valley, said the experience prepared to meet the and he tells me has been wonderful challenges of higher not to worry, that for his family as education in American well. While Cathy — whether that is in he would pick still hasn’t adjusted high school or college. me up himself! fully to American Jim Cross, president That would never food, Fuller and his of VIA, said that as happen in China. family have been they get more students The principal learning how to cook enrolled at VIA they Chinese foods. The Li would send will have more candifamily, who own Li’s dates to bring to Otter someone else to Chinese Restaurant in do such a task.” Valley. Brandon, have been “It takes a special helpful — Qian Wei especially kind of student to be by sharing recipes able to do this,” Cross and even herbs and said. vegetables they grow in their garden Cathy is the first student from that are hard to find in the area. And China to come to study in Vermont, while Fuller’s two daughters have but Avery hopes that number will been tremendously helpful getting go up to three or even five students Cathy settled into school, Fuller said in coming semesters. To illustrate he was impressed with her bravery how big an industry international in leaving behind her family and

traveling halfway around the world to be on her own in a strange country. “She’s just so smart,” Fuller said. “It’s impressive what she’s done.” Otter Valley has been involved with programs with China since 2003, most recently with the Hanban/Confucius Institute. This has allowed Otter Valley to offer a Mandarin Chinese language program for the past four years. Wei has taken over the teaching responsibilities this semester. Five students are currently enrolled in the program, but Avery would like to see that number rise in coming semesters. Avery says ideally they would have two classes of 20 students take advantage of Wei’s expertise for the two years he is at the school. Now, all the school needs is for a few more students to take the leap. “It’s a fantastic opportunity,” said John Holden, the president and CEO of the U.S.-China Strong Foundation, an NGO dedicated to strengthening America’s capacity to understand China. Holden, who spoke to the crowd for about 10 minutes and encouraged the OV students in their journey learning Chinese, has been an associate dean at Peking University and is a veteran China expert serving on the National Committee on the U.S. China Relations from 1998-2005.

CHINESE STUDENT “CATHY” Qian Kexin, 18, of Guangzhou, China, says her experience at OV is the most exciting of her life.

Encouraging the students in their quest to learn the Chinese language and to better understand China, Holden noted that the U.S. and China are “the two largest economies in the world, and we’re going to have to work together for a long time…. To be able to speak Chinese will be a very important skill to have, with a lot of job possibilities, for a long time to come.”

Middlebury parks (Continued from Page 2A) would make (seats under shade trees) unusable,” DeWind said. “I appreciate the desire to reuse the ashlar blocks, but I think flexibility in seating here is really important in being able to move it according to whatever activities are planned; I’d hate to see you locked into these big heavy blocks.” Addison County Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Adam Lougee agreed the latest plan has some shortcomings. Among them, he said, is the lack of a pullout for the Addison County Transit Resources buses. Lougee summarized his concerns about the parks planning process in a Dec. 7 letter he sent to Vermont Transportation Secretary Joseph Flynn. “(VTrans officials) have listened respectfully and have made small changes that will be easy to implement and that nibble at the edge of Middlebury’s vision,” Lougee wrote. “However, ‘Sorry Sir, Sorry

Ma’am, we have a tunnel to build’ is the distinct feeling they have conveyed at the public hearings.” The Middlebury Planning Commission and Design Advisory Committee also provided input into the park plans. Planning officials praised the plans’ use of trees, and encouraged placement of additional of planters. Members also urged the central hardscape areas and curbing be made of natural stone material, rather than concrete. Local officials anticipate the vast majority of the park improvements will be paid with state and federal funds. Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter thanked stakeholders for their input in a process that will unfortunately not make everyone completely happy. “If we took every idea everybody wanted, (the parks) would look pretty interesting,” Carpenter said. Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Farm bill passage lauded; inequitable loophole exposed Vermont’s congressional delegation lined up in support of a compromise $867 billion Farm Bill passed overwhelming by the U.S. House and Senate earlier this week. The House approved the bill 386-47; the Senate approved it 87-13. The strong bipartisan support, analysts said, was spurred in part by pressure from farmers battered by President Trump’s trade war with China. The bill allocates billions of dollars in subsidies to American farmers over the next decade, legalizes hemp, bolsters farmers markets and rejects stricter limits on food stamps pushed by House Republicans. President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law. The farm bill is essentially a five-year extension of federal farm programs and while Republicans tried to restrict nutrition programs to the poor, those measures were ultimately rejected, allowing those important nutritional programs to continue serving Americans who might otherwise not have enough to eat. Along those lines, and while agreeing with the bipartisan support of the larger bill, the Washington Post had this blistering critique about that one aspect of the legislation: “The vast majority of that money (roughly 80 percent of the $867 billion), goes to the government’s main nutritional aid program for the poor, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. This brings us to the relatively good news about the House-Senate deal: It omits a provision in the House bill that would have tightened eligibility for SNAP by requiring childless adult recipients between the ages of 49 and 59, as well as adults with children 6 or older, to work or participate in job-training programs for 20 hours per week. “Ostensibly a measure to encourage ‘independence’ among this population, the proposal would actually have saved the federal government only about $1.5 billion over the next 10 years, while ballooning state bureaucracies needed to enforce the work requirement. Meanwhile, up to 1.2 million previously eligible people would have would up without benefits — in other words — hungrier. “In one important respect, however, the farm bill appears likely to loosen a work requirement. We refer now to the rest of the measure, which provides a ‘safety net‘ — subsidies — for agricultural commodity producers. Current law limits the amount any one farmer can receive from the two largest crop-subsidy programs to $125,000 per year ($250,000 for married couples.) However, there is a large loophole for ‘family farms’ that permits not only a couple but also their children (and their spouses) to get paid as long as they are ‘actively engaged’ in the management of the business. And this particular requirement can be met through little more than occasional participation in farm-related paper pushing. “Even that is too stringent for some owners of large farms, who have pushed for an expanded definition of a ‘family farm’ that will enable more distant relations — such as nieces, nephews and cousins — to receive up to $125,000 each, as long as they do something that can be characterized as management. The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Rep. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, says this is a way to keep new generations of younger people involved in farming, and his concern has carried the day, because this provision is reportedly included in the final bill. “…For the most part, this farm bill simply maintains the existing set of subsidy programs, bloated and wasteful as they often are. Still, the extension of taxpayer largesse to extended families would be a step backward in the long-term fight for incremental rationalization of agriculture policy. It is also quite a comment on Republican legislative priorities: The party’s lawmakers have fought simultaneously to make the poor work more for taxpayer-funded help they really need, while allowing some farmers’ relatives to work hardly at all to get taxpayer-funded help they don’t need.” Angelo Lynn

44 Senators: Rule of law is at risk On December 10, 2018, 44 former U.S. Senators from both major political parties wrote a joint letter of concern that they submitted to the current U.S. Senate. The letter expresses their concern that the current administration and Congress that the rule of law is at risk. It is published below. Dear Senate colleagues, As former members of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans, it is our shared view that we are entering a dangerous period, and we feel an obligation to speak up about serious challenges to the rule of law, the Constitution, our governing institutions and our national security. We are on the eve of the conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation and the House’s commencement of investigations of the president and his administration. The likely convergence of these two events will occur at a time when simmering regional conflicts and global power confrontations continue to threaten our security, economy and geopolitical stability. It is a time, like other critical junctures in our history, when our nation must engage at every level with strategic precision and the hand of both the president and the Senate. We are at an inflection point in which the foundational principles of our democracy and our national security interests are at stake, and the rule of law and the ability of our institutions to function freely and independently must be upheld. Inside the filings: Court documents reveal new contact between Trump’s inner circle and a Russian Federal prosecutors filed new court papers on Dec. 7 that revealed a previously unreported contact from a Russian to Trump’s inner circle during the campaign.(Melissa Macaya , Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) During our service in the Senate, at times we were allies and at other times opponents, but never enemies. We all took an oath swearing allegiance to the Constitution. Whatever united or divided us, we did not veer from our unwavering and shared commitment to placing our country, democracy and national interest above all else. At other critical moments in our history, when constitutional crises have threatened our foundations, it has been the Senate that has stood in defense of our democracy. Today is once again such a time. Regardless of party affiliation, ideological leanings or geography, as former members of this great body, we urge current and future senators to be steadfast and zealous guardians of our democracy by ensuring that partisanship or self-interest not replace national interest. Signed by: Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), Richard Bryan (D-Nev.), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), Max Cleland (D-Ga.), William Cohen (R-Maine), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Al D’Amato (R-N.Y.), John C. Danforth (R-Mo.), Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), David Durenberger (R-Minn.), Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Wyche Fowler (D-Ga.), Bob Graham (D-Fla.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Gary Hart (D-Colo.), Bennett Johnston (D-La.), Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Paul Kirk (D-Mass.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Sam Nunn (DGa.), Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), David Pryor (D-Ark.), Don Riegle (D-Mich.), Chuck Robb (D-Va.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Jim Sasser (D-Tenn.), Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), John W. Warner (R-Va.), Lowell Weicker (I-Conn.), Tim Wirth (D-Colo.)

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Relax, and let the sun shine in Things are getting better. Dec 11 is the time when the sun starts to set later. A second of time a day at the start and by noon Mar 20 (the equinox, when the Sun crosses the equator and day and night are equally long at the equinox) when we gain 4 minutes of daylight a day. But it is not till 1 Jan that the morning sunrise starts to get earlier. And Dec 20 is when the Sun stands still (Solstice) and has stopped going south and starts to go north. This due to the analemma, which is due to complex spherical geometry and that provide “sun fast” or “sun slow.” Unfortunately, lack of Sun on the northern regions has allowed them to get very cold and when the Sun returns up there the cold comes south and gives us Winter and snow. So, it is getting better for evening light but not for cold weather. Sit back and enjoy, inside with a picture window. Peter Grant Bristol

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A BUNCH OF girls’ basketballs await game time in the Mount Abraham Union High School gym last week.

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Little acts can make big changes Lately a lot of people have been talking about feeling despair. They say that our society’s problems are so big that nothing one does can help. They feel powerless and hopeless. Before I offer an idea, I want to share this quote: “In these turbulent days of uncertainty the evils of war and of economic and racial injustice threaten the very survival of the human race. Indeed, we live in a day of grave crisis.” This was said by Martin Luther King Jr. in the preface to his book “Strength To Love” in 1959. What gives me hope is that in between that time and this, we elected Barack Obama. There have been many wonderful changes. So we’re not trudging around in a useless cirBy Barbara cle; it’s an upward spiral. We have Clearbridge gained ground, though far less than a lot of us yearn for. Most of the time there is a loss that follows progress because opposing forces fight back. However, we never fall back as far as we have come forward. I want to suggest something simple that can make a huge difference. It is something you can do for your loved ones and friends, and yes, I do believe that helping the people immediately around you can cause changes even to the big picture. In fact, I know it does. Most of us come in contact with a lot of people each day. If we feel healthy or loved we might react to defuse a conflict instead of contributing to it or not getting involved. That result can ripple out, making a large impact in surprising ways. A good mood can be infectious, influencing those around us. As they go on to be with others, again it can affect people far from our own circle. “Random acts of kindness” (a

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phrase coined by Anne Herbert) have a big impact, and we’re not likely to be able to do them if we’re ill or depressed. Here’s what happened: I was visiting out-of-town relatives when I found out my elderly uncle had a head injury and had lost his sense of smell, along with a number of other problems. The doctors didn’t hold much hope that he’d get it back. His wife was in the room with me as I tried doing some energy work to help him heal. It occurred to me that perhaps she could help. “Join me,” I said to her. “What do I do?” “Just put your hands where you feel you want to, and let your love flow through them to help him heal.” She sat next to him and put her hands on his side, which was as far as she could reach. I sat at his head. This was the first time I had invited a family member to help with a treatment. Together we let healing energies pour into him. I’ll never forget the look on her face. It was a mixture of love, delight, joy and awe. It hadn’t occurred to her that there was something practical she could do for him. My uncle, too, was transformed by the experience. And yes, he recovered his sense of smell and everything else, to the surprise of his doctors. I had been teaching energy work healing skills for many years, including one technique called Reiki, as a way to empower people. I’d had children as young as 6 and adults up to their 80s learn to do it. But no training is actually needed, only loving intentions. (See Ways of Seeing, Page 5A)

Democratic 2020 race heating up Many potential Democratic presidential candidates will spend the last few weeks of this year consulting with colleagues, supporters and family members as they decide whether to announce, in January or soon thereafter, that they will seek their party’s presidential nomination in 2020. The first delegate selection events of 2020 will take place roughly 14 months from now, with the Iowa caucuses planned for Feb. 3 and the New Hampshire primary tentatively scheduled for Feb. 11. The dates for the next Democratic National Convention have also been set: July 13 through 16, 2020. The Democratic National Committee will choose the site for the convention in the next few months. The finalist cities are Houston, Miami and Milwaukee. If the DNC ranks the states in which these cities are located by the competitiveness and size of their electoral By Eric L. Davis votes, Miami would be the most likely convention site, followed by Milwaukee and Houston. While not all the rules for the 2020 Democratic Convention have been set, one important change has already been approved that will make the 2020 convention different from its predecessors. This change involves the role of superdelegates: the ex-officio positions held by members of the U.S. House and Senate, governors, other officeholders and members of the national and state Democratic committees. In 2016, superdelegates made up about 15 percent of all delegates to the convention, and nearly 30 percent of the number of delegates needed to win the nomination.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders was very critical of the superdelegate system, saying it permitted unelected delegates, most of whom supported Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy, to have an outsize influence at the 2016 convention. The number of Democratic superdelegates will be reduced by about 60 percent from 2016 to 2020. In practice, this means that there will be far fewer state and national party committee members serving as ex-officio delegates. Nearly all Democratic members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, and nearly all the Democratic governors, will continue to be convention delegates. More importantly, the superdelegates will not be allowed to vote on the first ballot at the convention if their votes would make a difference to the outcome. In other words, if a candidate has accumulated enough votes in the primaries and caucuses to have a majority of the elected delegates on the first ballot, that candidate will be nominated, regardless of the views of the superdelegates. The only circumstance in which superdelegates could vote on the presidential nominee at the convention would be if no candidate had enough primary or caucus delegates to win a first ballot majority. In that case, superdelegates could vote on the second and subsequent ballots. The last Democratic convention to go to a second ballot was in 1952. With the rise of primaries and caucuses as delegate selection events since the 1970s, the eventual (See Davis, Page 5A)

I hope that our plans for downtown parking and parks consider the full gamut of future parking we’ll need as we aim to slow the damaging effects of climate change. Let’s consider car pool and car share parking, bus parking, electric vehicle (EV) parking for an ever-widening spectrum of cars, mopeds, scooters, and utility carts, and weather-protected bike parking for regular, electric assist and cargo bikes. Parking for these low- and no-fossil fuel transportation options should be encouraged, well lit, primely located, and coupled with EV charging stations, as we see in the Marble Works. We could fit three or so e-bikes or e-mopeds or scooters into one standard repurposed surface parking space or under a solar-powered EV charging station canopy. We could transport people from Porter Hospital, our shopping plazas, the college or our schools to downtown using the ACTR bus shuttle system complimented by their dial-a-ride service and a myriad of on-demand “micro transit” options. This will attract residents, business and visitors to Middlebury, especially the growing number of young professionals wishing to be car free and families transitioning to one car. It will also address the needs of those without cars — our elders, rail and bus travelers, those who are developmentally or physically challenged, those with life circumstances from revoked licenses to economic hardships trying to work and access our services and stores. People don’t come to our downtown to park. They come to experience something interactive — food, theater, events, services — and will appreciate our out-of-thebox parking and traffic management thinking as we complete our rail bridge and platform construction projects and future parks, trails and sidewalks. If we ever do consider a parking structure, I hope it would be innovative in addressing the future parking needs mentioned above. Meanwhile, VTrans Go! Vermont has launched an exciting menu of options to help us access downtown with tools like “trip traveler” and “ride share” and “van pools” and “V-Bike solutions” at connectingcommuters.com. Climate change is speeding up. We must speed up. Not our cars, but our efforts to reduce our transportation carbon footprint. Ironically, speeding up our pursuit of low and no-fossil fuel transportation options, slows us down. To the pace of life. They can sometimes take more time, but leave us less congested with traffic, relieved of parking woes and more connected with each other and our natural world. Laura Asermily Middlebury

Time to see the worth in us all Unitarian Universalist congregants make an effort to follow seven Principals basic to our beliefs and practices. The first is, “The inherent worth and dignity of every person.” If we can follow this seemingly simple (See Letter, Page 5A)

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Letter (Continued from Page 4A) belief, we would remove from our lives prejudice, bias, racism, hate, homophobia, and other isims that may be preventing us from practicing the teachings of Jesus, to love one another, forgiveness, not being judgmental, among others. This is not a column about religion, but rather about love and acceptance of one another, as we are, without criticism, working toward an inclusive society where all are welcome and valued for the, “content of their character,” as Martin L. King, Jr. so eloquently said many years ago. However, this can be hard, especially regarding racism, because of our long history of enslavement of Africans stretching all the way back to when the pilgrims brought Africans for enslavement to the Plymouth Colony 400 years ago. Then through the Civil War; the striking down of reconstruction; Jim Crow laws that segregated Black folks to inferior conditions; thousands of Black men and women lynched; being restricted to living in ghettos in our cities; and up until the Voting Rights Act, many counties in Southern states no Black people were allowed to register to vote. Then after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision requiring schools to be integrated, the resistance all across the South to this resulting in the closing of schools in some counties for as long a five years where no Black children got an education. The list of atrocities is much too long to state here. This systematic suppression of the rights and liberties, and the terrible treatment of Black people is called white supremacy. All white people, today, are tainted with this abuse and exploitation of African Americans. This applies whether or not we are directly implicated in any actions that have actually caused these abuses to happen. Sadly it is our legacy. We are now tasked with righting the

wrongs of the past. White supremacy permeates our culture. Its long history shapes our society, our culture, our government, our organizations, our religion. It’s something that is there, and that we are affected by even though we individually may not have caused it. It’s something we all need to work hard to eliminate. One of the ways white supremacy raises its ugly head is racism. Described as prejudice, bias, discrimination, a feeling of superiority, a hatred of, expressed in explicit and implicit injustices to people of another color. Racism is any prejudice against someone because of the color of their skin. We all want to be good people, to do the right thing. But sadly the overarching legacy of white supremacy sheds a pall on everything continuing to this day to hurt our brothers and sisters of color. There is racism in Vermont, many reports, articles have made this clear. We all, together and individually have to fight to right this wrong, the wrongs of the past. Not all people are racist. We cannot make blanket statements that any white working person in America today, is actually racist. But, still, this is an issue we need to think and learn about and take action to overcome. This work is not easy, it takes effort and honesty by our personal selves to admit that we can do better. We need to read, attend workshops on antiracism, work in and with organizations, our religious institutions, governments and more. MLK once said, “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” So today let us acknowledge that many before us and many of us are currently working toward that important end of justice for all. And Let us know that not all people are racist. Let us enlist all people to our justice work. But, with the cloud of white

supremacy hanging over us it is unfortunately easy to act in a racist way without realizing what is happening. This is called implicit bias, which can be described as the beliefs that sit in the back of our brain and inform our actions without our explicit knowledge. Examples are, “He is really smart for a Black person,” or “Is that your real hair? Can I touch it?” or “Wow you speak English really well,” or “Do your kids all have the same dad,” or “You don’t sound Black.” This implicit bias, or as some call it microaggressions, which are so easy to say, do really hurt. An insightful book, “So You Want to Talk About Race,” author, Ijeoma Oluo cautions, “You can’t just go around calling anything racist. Save that word for the big stuff. You know, for Nazis and cross burning and lynching. You’re going to turn people off if you use such inflammatory language.” Sadly we live in a society still suffering from racism. This is evident from the highest reaches of our national government and may from time to time even reach down to us the average citizen. The vitriolic rhetoric of the past two years now torrid with too many extreme ramblings, utterances and innuendos is not very subtle. While a white supremacist, racist national leadership continues down a destructive, shameful path, the rest of us must “come round right,” as the Shaker hymn says, learn from the injustices of the past and stamp out the injustices of the present and our future. If we all work at it, we can do it. Peace and Justice be with us all. Paul A. Stone and Frances L. Stone Orwell

How does Donald Trump avoid R-Vt. a criminal conviction and possible In those days, Aiken had been prison time when he is no longer opposed to Nixon’s resignation for President? high crimes arguing that it would There are two possible paths for be better if he was impeached and him to follow. He could hope he is removed from office by a vote in re-elected in 2020 and the Senate. the statute of limitaBut Aiken’s position tions on what appears collapsed when the to be his crime will U. S. Supreme Court have run its course by in July 1974, by a 2022. unanimous vote, orThis week’s The crime, as out- writer is Stephen C. dered Nixon to release lined in a sentencing Terry, a Middlebury tapes that the former memo from federal resident who worked President has been prosecutors in the for U.S. Sen. George refusing to turn over. Michael Cohen case, Aiken from 1969 to These tapes were the is an election violation 1975. He currently “smoking gun” and as candidate Trump is writing a book proved that Nixon had ordered Cohen to make on Sen. Aiken and personally ordered the hush money payments Vietnam. cover-up of the facts to two women in order of the illegal breakto conceal Trump’s exin at the Watergate tra marital affairs before the 2016 offices of the Democratic National election. Committee. In an effort to cover Cohen himself has admitted that up the crime, Nixon attempted to he made the payments as directed get the CIA to put pressure on the by “Individual 1” — Trump. This FBI to shut down the Watergate is a crime. investigation, as well as stymy the But Trump will likely not be work of the Senate’s Watergate indicted as he is a sitting President, Committee. yet he could be named as an un-inWith that ruling by the high dicted co-conspirator as Richard court, Nixon’s political support in Nixon was in 1974. the Congress, including that of the Waiting until the statute of lim- Republican Party, evaporated. Resitations on hush money payments ignation became the only course of runs out in 2022 is a very, very big action. risk: Trump will have to assume Aiken told Nixon directly that he will be successful in getting he had to resign. It came on Aug. re-elected in 2020. 8, 1974, as Nixon addressed the While like many Vermonters, I never though Trump would be elected in 2016, I am somewhat more encouraged that his 2020 re-election will be more doubtful now, after the four years of turmoil he has put the country through. So, Trump might look at history and choose a second path — the path travelled down by Richard Nixon. I witnessed first-hand Nixon’s resignation as a young legislative assistant for Sen. George D. Aiken,

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nation to announce his decision to resign. The next day he left Washington and Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as President. A month later, President Ford issued full and unconditional pardon for any crimes Nixon committed against the United States while he was President. Even Nixon never publicly entertained, as far I remember, any notion that he could pardon himself as Trump has now done. So, here’s my prediction based on the lessons of history. At some point between now, and well before noon on Jan. 20, 2021, when Trump’s term expires, he will finally capitulate and resign. This will be especially true if he should not be re-elected in 2020, should he last that long before resigning. Once he resigns, Vice President Pence becomes President and then issues Donald Trump, and perhaps some of his family members, a full and unconditional pardon for their crimes. Will we like this outcome? Some of us will and we will remember once again President Ford’s memorable statement on Sept. 8, 1974: “Our long national nightmare is over.” We will also remember that when Gerald Ford ran for election as President in 1976, he lost to Democratic Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia.

Ways of Seeing (Continued from Page 4A) We all have healing power in our hands, especially when we care about someone. I encourage you to try it, even if you have no idea what to do. Your children, too, can do this. Imagine a woman on the couch with a headache. Her 6-year-old comes in, stands behind her mother, puts her hands on Mommy’s brow, and concentrates on helping her. She sees her mother’s worry lines relax, hears her sigh of relief. It’s an incomparable way to relate to each other. Children who do this have self-esteem and unselfishness that warms the heart and serves them for their whole lives. How often can a child materially help a parent in an adult way? It changes everything. Imagine your child is sick in bed. Dad curls up next to him, puts his arms around him, and lets the loving, healing energy flow out of his hands. The child quiets, breathes more easily, cools down. It’s like magic. Some people feel heat or

coolness or tingling or bubbles or something like waves moving inside their hands when they do this, or in their bodies when they receive it from others. It can be frightening to feel this. Our understanding of reality can be broken by this. How we think the world works will certainly change, for both participants. Be careful, though, it’s addictive. One woman was in church with her toddler. In the midst of the quiet service, the child’s voice rang out, “Mommy, I want some Reiki!” With a little courage, you can always help. –––––––––––– Barbara “shulamith” Clearbridge offers interfaith Spiritual Direction and energy work healing. She lives in Middlebury. She is the author of Finding God/Prayers & Spiritual Practices from Many Traditions), Natural First Aid & Simple Health Solutions, Heal With Your Hands, and Recovery: Women’s Words About Healing After Trauma. Her website is: www. FeelingMuchBetter.org.

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Davis (Continued from Page 4A) nominee has always won a clear majority of the delegates by the time the last primary was held in June. The final calendar of 2020 Democratic primaries and caucuses has yet to be established. The four states that traditionally go first — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada — will almost certainly continue to select their delegates in February. However, many other states, particularly larger ones, may move their primaries up to early- to mid-March from later in the spring. California Gov. Jerry Brown has already signed a bill to hold that state’s primary on March 3, 2020, the earliest day states other than the “first four” may elect delegates. Rescheduling the California primary from June to March could have significant impacts on how candidates allocate their time and money in early 2020. An earlier California primary also means that candidates will need to declare earlier, so they can begin to organize a staff and mobilize voters in the nation’s largest state. Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.

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Obituaries Peter Quinn, 69, Waltham

WALTHAM — Peter Quinn, 69, of Waltham, VT, passed away on December 8, 2018. Pete grew up in Concord, MA, and left to attend Middlebury College in 1967. After graduating in 1971, his deep love for Vermont kept him in the state, aside from a stint in graduate school at Boston University, where he received his Master of Social Work in 1979. He met his beloved wife, Marian Greenberg, when he was 22 years old while living in what is now the Hawley House on the grounds of Kingsland Bay State Park. As a social worker, Pete would later serve as the executive director of Kingsland Bay School, a therapeutic group home for teenagers. However, it is through his employment with the Counseling Service of Addison County as a school-based clinician at Vergennes Union High School, where he enthusiastically coached varsity basketball for years, that many in the community came to know Pete. This was the perfect combination of two of his primary passions: working with adolescents, and hoops. Pete’s love of basketball started at an early age when he captained his high school team; his playing days continued well into his 50s. These years produced innumerable men’s league championships in Chittenden and Addison counties (sometimes playing in as many as four leagues

PETER QUINN simultaneously). More importantly, the love of the game created lifelong friendships; these bonds are what compelled Pete to drive from Boston to Vergennes almost every weekend for his two years of graduate school to play for the Addison County juggernaut C & F LeBeau. Despite his humble nature and modesty, Pete would appreciate the mention that he guided both the girls’ and boys’ VUHS teams to state championships. His patience, kindness, and extraordinary sense of humor (especially his

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penchant for puns) suited not only his work, but also his family, which he was completely devoted to. Later in his life, some of Pete’s greatest joy came from his three grandchildren, who he adored, and adored him back. He had also become an enthusiastic guitar player, and enjoyed playing for family and friends. While we are all heartbroken, the outpouring of support, stories, and kind words about Pete are a testament to what an empathetic, caring, and loving person he was. His legacy will be felt as those whose lives he touched implement the lessons he imparted. Pete is survived by his wife Marian, of Waltham; his son Liam, daughter-inlaw Dana, and granddaughter Peri, of San Francisco; his son Sam, daughterin-law Larissa, and grandchildren Madeleine and Thomas, of Arlington, MA; his sister Meg and brother-in-law Willie McLoughlin, of Abington, MA; his brother Skip, of Leominster, MA, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father and mother, Francis and Dorothy Quinn; his sister Catherine Quinn; and his brother William Quinn. A scholarship for Vergennes Union High School students has been established in Pete’s name; donations can be made by check to the “Peter Quinn Scholarship” and sent to the school at 50 Monkton Road, Vergennes, VT 05491. ◊

and Maryann; by his former wife Ordale Wright; his 15 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his parents and his siblings Charles and Elizabeth, and by a great-grandson. Visiting hours were Tuesday, Dec. 11, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, 117 South Main St., Middlebury. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home; the Rev. Brett Cody officiated. Burial will be in the spring in South Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Cornwall. Arrangements are under the direction of the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. Online condolences at sandersonfuneralservice.com. ◊

HERBERT STANLEY MESSENGER visited her every day at Shard Villa (after going to the gym). When Ruth’s eyesight began to fail, Herb would read to her. They ate their meals together, and Herb would hold her hand when she napped. Ruth predeceased him on July 20, 2015. Together, Herb and Ruth raised four children: Eugene, Steve, Lucy, and Charlie. His son Eugene predeceased him in 2005. After graduating from UConn, Herb began working for Brock

Hall Dairies, first as a field supervisor and ultimately as the manager. During this time, in Southbury, Conn., Herb was an active member of the school board as well as an active member of the United Church of Christ, which he continued when he moved to Vermont, joining the United Church of Christ in Weybridge. Herb always had a great passion and respect for agriculture and the American farmer. Upon moving to Vermont in 1975, this passion only grew, and with his longtime friend, Dwight Burnham, he started the Independent Dairyman’s Association. He and Ruth also ran the heifer operation at his son, Charlie, and son-in-law Carl’s farm for 10 years. Herb is survived by his daughter Lucy DeBisschop and husband Carl of Weybridge, Vt.; son Charlie and wife Teresa of Weybridge, Vt.; and son Steve and wife Cindy of New Haven, Vt. He is also survived by seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A private family service is planned. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations be made to Shard Villa, 1177 Shard Villa Road, Salisbury, VT 05769. Online condolences may be left at sandersonfuneralservice.com.◊

Vermont Community Foundation offers career grants for Vt. women

Edwin Gero, 73, Cornwall CORNWALL — Edwin J. Gero, 73, died Friday afternoon, Dec. 7, 2018, at Porter Medical Center after a long illness. He was born January 7, 1945, in Middlebury, the son of Charles and Mabel (Odell) Gero. Edwin was a milking equipment repair technician. He enjoyed fixing old lawn tractors and cars, he enjoyed cutting wood and was an avid hunter and fisherman, and he also enjoyed spending time with his family and his grandchildren. Survivors are his children, John Gero and wife Becky, Kimberly Fowler and husband Dave, and Eric Gero and wife Amber, by his siblings Nicky, Harry, Carolyn, Ethel, Beverley, Kathy, Rosie, Patty, Connie

WEYBRIDGE — After 97 amazing years, Herb Messenger of Weybridge, Vt., tranquilly passed away in his sleep at Shard Villa on Dec. 9, 2018. Herb was the consummate gentleman, comfortable in any setting: chairing a school board meeting, managing a dairy, raising heifers with his wife, or cheering his progeny at a football game. His gentle heart, kind soul, and sharp mind will be dearly missed by all of us who were so fortunate to have been a part of his life. Herb was born on March 20, 1921, in Hartford, Conn., to Charles and Rose Messenger. He was raised in Bloomfield, Conn., graduating from Bloomfield High School in 1939, after which he began working for The Hartford Insurance. In 1942, he joined the Army Air Force and trained in Sioux Falls, S.D. and Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois as a control tower operator. He proudly served his country in Panama during World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Connecticut Ratcliffe Hicks School Of Agriculture, graduating in 1948. Herb and his lifelong love, Ruth Bestor, married in 1944, and started their life together, which spanned over seven decades. Their devotion to each other was legendary. In Ruth’s declining years, Herb

MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Community Foundation has announced that funding is now available from the Vermont Women’s Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation for growth-stage efforts and programs that support viable career pathways and career prospects for Vermont women and girls. The Vermont Women’s Fund was established in 1994 as an enduring resource to support women and girls in the state. The Fund remains the largest philanthropic resource dedicated exclusively to this mission. A council of women from around Vermont advises the Fund and participates in its grantmaking and leadership work, including the work of its partnership with the Vermont Commission on Women and Vermont Works for Women —Change The Story, an initiative seeking to fast-track women’s economic security in

Vermont. To achieve a deep and strategic impact, the Vermont Women’s Fund will continue to focus its grantmaking on an area highlighted by the research of Change The Story: women and girls on the pathway to viable careers. There are significant funding gaps in this area, and the Women’s Fund believes it is uniquely positioned to make a difference. The 2019 competitive grant program will award grants of up to $10,000 to support growth-stage efforts and programs seeking funding to pilot a model, demonstrate effectiveness, or expand program delivery. Nonprofits may apply online at any time; applications will be accepted through Feb. 7, 2019, at 5 p.m. For more information visit vermontcf.org/ VWFGrantmaking.

EDWIN J. GERO

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ments, and there were widespread (Continued from Page 1A) Senate 87-13, with yes votes from concerns among Vermont’s advocates both of Vermont’s senators. for the hungry that the bill would “After months of hard fought increase administrative costs while and often contentious negotiations, depriving poor people, particularly the Senate and House have come those in industries such as retail and together and done what we rarely food service in which hours worked see in Washington these can fluctuate weekly, of days. We’ve resolved our needed assistance. differences and reached a Outgoing House compromise,” said Sen. Speaker Paul Ryan, a Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Wisconsin Republican, who was a member of had chosen to use the the conference commitfarm bill to cut nutrition tee that negotiated the programs by “establishfinal bill. ing bogus work pro“This is a farm bill that grams that really never will provide certainty to had anything to do with the nation’s struggling work,” Welch said. farmers; maintain food Those increased work security for millions requirements were re“This is a big of American families; moved from the current provide for cleaner victory for us.” version of the bill. — Rep. Welch waterways, better soils, Ending the FDA’s proprotected open space, posal to label the sugar healthier forests and the preservation in maple syrup as “added” was also of family farms; make our drinking a goal of Welch’s, along with Leahy water safer; and give communities and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. across rural America a much needed “This is a big victory for us,” said economic boost,” Leahy said. Welch. “Thousands of Vermonters The original House bill contained filed comments about how this was a narrower work requirements for solution in search of a problem.” those receiving aid from the SuppleIn addition, the bill retains the Acer mental Nutrition Assistance Program Access and Development Program (SNAP), better known as food program created in 2014 to support stamps, which is why, Welch said, he the maple industry with research and couldn’t support it. education. The program had been tarSNAP already has work require- geted for elimination in the original

House bill. will allow farmers to donate milk HELP FOR DAIRY rather dump it. In just the Northeast, As for Addison County’s biggest 170 million pounds of milk were agriculture product, milk, the bill will dumped last year. lower premiums for the Margin ProThe bill also authorizes incentives tection Program, now renamed Dairy to increase fluid milk consumption Risk Coverage (DRC), for the first 5 and assist new businesses in the dairy million pounds of milk. industry including farmWith DRC, farmers ers and cheesemakers. can insure the margin However, the bill does not contain the thing between what they pay many say dairy farmers for feed and what they most need — a supply are paid for their milk. management program. Changes pushed by “We really need a Leahy will allow farmers much more comprehento insure a larger margin sive reform that includes than before and to also supply management,” enroll in other USDA said Welch. insurance programs at the The bill does include same time. better protection for Farmers who were “We’ve dairy farmers and barred from enrolling provides some stability, in margin protection resolved our Welch noted, but added this spring because they differences were already enrolled in and reached a that a supply management program needs to Livestock Gross Margin compromise.” Insurance for Dairy — Sen. Leahy be created before the next farm bill, which (LGM-Dairy) will be will be in 2023. able to retroactively sign up for the margin protection program ECONOMIC ENGINE It is not just dairy farmers who are and receive benefits. Farmers will also have the option struggling, he said. Other farmers are of taking a 75 percent credit or a 50 also seeing declines in prices for their percent refund of premiums paid to goods, consolidation and overproducthe margin protection program in tion. The importance of the local farm 2015-2017 when the program failed economy is immense, said Welch, to provide the anticipated support. A dairy product donation program pointing to its role as an employer

and economic engine that also keeps land open. The state of rural America, said Welch, is “an issue that just won’t wait.” The farm bill does provide funding for several conservation programs which local farmers use to help pay for water quality projects including the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Reserve Program. Regional Conservation Partnerships will be required to use at least 50 percent of funding for state or multi-state conservation efforts. Locally, the partnership program has brought in millions in federal funding for water quality efforts. The bill maintains existing organics programs while increasing funding for research and providing better oversight of international organics, according to Welch. Rural development programs used throughout Vermont as well as the Northern Border Regional Commission were reauthorized, along with funding for water infrastructure. In an example of the twists and turns of passing legislation, the Pet and Women Safety Act, of which Leahy is a co-sponsor, was incorporated into the farm bill. It allows for increased penalties for domestic abusers who commit or threaten violence against pets as a way of terrorizing the pets’ owners.

School News Three Addison County students were named to the Little East Conference (LEC) All-Academic Team in their respective sports for the Fall 2018 semester at Castleton University. Ellie Gevry of New Haven, Gabrielle Ryan of Bristol and Monica Connor of Orwell were among the 41 Castleton student-athletes recognized for academic excellence. To be named to the LEC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must be at least in sophomore standing in the classroom, have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher through the previous semester and have been at their current institution for at least one full academic year. Bristol’s Zoe Cassels-Brown, a student-athlete at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., was recently named to the 2018 NESCAC Fall All-Academic Team. In order to earn a sport on the All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must have reached sophomore academic standing and be a varsity letter winner with a minimum GPA of 3.50 or equivalent on a 4.0 scale. Congratulations are in order for Alexis Quenneville, of Orwell, who was recently named to the 2018-19 Castleton women’s basketball roster.

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The Great Vermont Flood of 1927 presentation in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 13, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Join Middlebury College Professor Emeritus Nick Clifford when he delivers this talk on one of Vermont’s most trying natural disasters. Free and open to the public. Midd Night Stroll in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 13, 5-8 p.m., downtown and the Marble Works. Middlebury businesses will be open late with sales, specials, pop-ups and lots more. Free gift-wrapping at Community Barn Ventures and the Hot Cocoa hut serving up cocoa and fixings for 25 cents a cup. A Very Merry Middlebury event. Festival of St. Lucia in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 13, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Help celebrate the arrival of light in this traditional celebration of St. Lucia, who brought food to the Christians in the catacombs of ancient Rome by freeing up both of her hands by wearing a crown of candles. Her story is told through song by participating members of St. Stephen’s youth, members of the Nordic Chorus of Londonderry and George Matthew Jr., St. Stephen’s organist. Free. All are welcome. “Almost, Maine” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., A.R.T. Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles Ave. Come see the latest offering by Addison Repertory Theater, which the New York Times calls “a series of nine amiably absurdist vignettes about love, with a touch of good-natured magic realism … witty, romantic, unsentimental. A beautifully structured play, with nifty surprise endings (most but not all of them happy).” Call the box office now to reserve tickets at 802-382-1036.

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 14, 5-9 p.m., downtown. Bristol’s newest event encourages you to visit multiple unique locations on Main Street for a terrific selection of local well-known musical acts, with accompanying wines, ciders, and delicious eats. Part of Bristol’s Cool Yule. Barn Opera: “La Boheme” in Brandon. Friday, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Marcello the painter, and Rodolfo the poet, explore the varying degrees of love and infatuation; Marcello with the temptress, Musetta, and Rodolfo with their neighbor, the lovely and modest Mimi. All go through the extremes of the human existence with experiences of both love and loss. More details and tickets at barnopera.com. “Almost, Maine” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., A.R.T. Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles Ave. Come see the latest offering by Addison Repertory Theater, which the New York Times calls “a series of nine amiably absurdist vignettes about love, with a touch of good-natured magic realism … witty, romantic, unsentimental. A beautifully structured play, with nifty surprise endings (most but not all of them happy).” Call the box office now to reserve tickets at 802-382-1036.

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Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe in Hancock. Saturday, Dec. 15, Texas Falls. Hike or snowshoe on the Texas Falls Nature Trail through forest & along Texas Brook. Loop is 1.2 miles; 70 foot elevation change. Average hike time is 1 hour. Moderate. Contact Beth Eliason at betheliason@gmail.com for meeting time and place. Possible carpooling. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. Holiday breakfast in Shoreham. Saturday, Dec. 15, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Fuel up for holiday shopping with Blueberry pancakes, French toast, sausages, home fries, egg dishes, and beverages. A great start for the day. $8 for adults/$4 for children under 12/$20 for families. Hot Cocoa Hut in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Hot cocoa and fixings for 25 cents a cup. A Very Merry Middlebury event. Old-fashioned visits with Santa in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Danforth Pewter Workshop, 52 Seymour St. Enjoy hot cocoa while visiting with Santa. Toys for Tots triple feature in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. A showing of three classic holiday specials: “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” and “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.” Admission an unwrapped toy or $5 donation for Toys for Tots. One toy donated

per family of four/five. Seating is first come, first serve. Doors open at 9:20 a.m. Concessions, coffee, tea and mimosa will be available for purchase. No outside food or beverages. Holiday open studio in Bristol. Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 24 Garfield St. Watercolor artist Deborah Holmes will open her studio to the public, offering gift prints, small gift watercolors, ornaments and refreshments. Take your picture with Santa Claus in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 15, 1:30-3 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The “Perennial Turn” and People of Faith discussion in Weybridge. Saturday, Dec. 15, 4-5 p.m. Weybridge Congregational Church. What is the “Perennial Turn” and how can people of faith contribute to it? Students in a Middlebury College class have spent the semester exploring how lessons from perennial polyculture and research can be applied more broadly to social institutions to build a more just and sustainable world. At this event people will discuss new ways to define the relationship between humans and non-humans and to welcome the sacred in nature. All are welcome. More information at Mikayla at mhaefele@middlebury.edu or Anna at adurning@middlebury.edu. Winterfest celebration in New Haven. Saturday, Dec. 15, 5 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church and town green, Town Hill Rd. Festivities begin at 5 p.m. with tasty treats and hot refreshments at the church. The Memorial Tree Lighting at 5:30 p.m. on the town green, with decorating, wagon rides, fire barrels, s’mores, carols and Santa. Sing-along and caroling with a special guest in the church begins at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to all. ADA Accessible. More info contact Suzy Roorda at 802-453-5978. “Almost, Maine” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., A.R.T. Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles Ave. Come see the latest offering by Addison Repertory Theater, which the New York Times calls “a series of nine amiably absurdist vignettes about love, with a touch of good-natured magic realism … witty, romantic, unsentimental. A beautifully structured play, with nifty surprise endings (most but not all of them happy).” Call the box office now to reserve tickets at 802-382-1036.

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Free holiday dinner and festival in Bristol. Sunday, Dec. 16, 11:30-2:30 p.m., Mary’s at Baldwin Creek, Route 116 North. For all Addison County residents. This 36th annual event includes great food, local entertainment and a visit from Santa. ACTR bus has scheduled a special route for the dinner for those needing rides. Deliveries to homebound can be arranged by calling Mary’s at 802-4532432 by Friday, Dec. 14. Celebration of Christmas in Monkton. Sunday, Dec. 16, 4 p.m., East Monkton Church, 405 Church Rd. Featuring music by friends for over forty years, Jeremy Perfect and Mike Dever. An opportunity for the community to gather for some wonderful music, followed by refreshments and socializing. Admission is by donation, with all funds benefiting building restoration. Note there are no restroom facilities at the church. 350Vermont Mother Up! In Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Rd. This meet up brings together families to talk about the tough realities of climate change and to participate in the transition to healthier and safer world. A vegetarian meal and childcare for ages 8 and under will be provided. “Raise the Roof” buffet supper and variety show in Bristol. Sunday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., Bristol Federated Church, 37 North St. The variety show will include music, stories and songs for the holiday season, both sacred and secular. Donations of $10 for the supper and $10 for the show will be used to repair the church roof. Cash, check, and major credit cards accepted. Nativity and carol sing in Brandon. Sunday, Dec. 16, 6-7 p.m., front steps, Brandon Baptist Church, 13 Champlain St. A live Nativity with carol sing, followed by refreshments inside the church. Questions? Call the church at 802-247-3339.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Bristol. Monday, Dec. 17, 10:45 a.m., Cubbers, Main St. Doors open at 10:45 a.m., meal served at 11 a.m. Chef’s Choice — always delicious — includes beverage and dessert. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. Storymatters in Middlebury. Monday, Dec. 17, 4 p.m., Vermont Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. A prompt: “And Then There is December tales of excitement or let down or any

place in between.” Come listen and tell. Grieving and the Holidays in Middlebury. Monday, Dec. 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hospice Volunteer Services, Marble Works, 63 Maple St., 8A. Holidays magnify the loss of loved ones. The need for support may be greater. Gather with others to share and prepare for this challenging time. Confidential, compassionate support. More info call 802-388-9857.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Christmas isn’t just for kids — Holiday gift swap game 10 a.m. Gifts provided. Meal of beef stew, biscuit, winter mixed vegetables, and tapioca pudding with peaches and cream served at noon. Bring a holiday goodie to share. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-3771419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. Lights of Love tree lighting ceremony and open house in Middlebury. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 6-7 p.m., Homeward Bound, 236 Boardman St. Friends of Homeward Bound are invited to share their holiday cheer with shelter animals, enjoy seasonal delights, and participate in a tree lighting ceremony that celebrates pets, past and present. Christmas benefit concert and sing-a-long in Middlebury. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, N. Pleasant St. Join singers from local churches. Open to all, to support the housing and feeding program at Charter House. Offering will be taken. Refreshments to follow. VUHS high school concert in Vergennes. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. Come hear what music students at VUHS have been working on this year at an instrumental and vocal concert. The concert will feature the High School Concert Choir, High School Symphonic Band, Commodore Singers, and the Commodore Jazz Ensemble.

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Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 11:15 a.m., Middlebury Rec. Center, 154 Creek Rd. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. Meal at noon of broccoli quiche, yellow squash, Brussels sprouts, wheat dinner roll and pears. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. Managing holiday stress in Middlebury. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 5:30-7 p.m., Ilsley Library. The holidays can be a stressful time. Acute (short-term) stress is OK and even good for the body and mind. Chronic stress, however, can be physically and mentally harmful for yourself and your family. Fortunately there are lots of easy-to-use tools to help people de-stress. “The Ok. You’ve Got This” campaign invites you to join Dr. Jody Brakeley to learn how stress can affect brain development, social, emotional and behavioral skills, and physical and mental health long into adulthood. We will share ideas and resources about how to manage your own stress, as well as ways to increase positive family relationships. Kids are welcome. Light refreshments. More information: email Moira Cook at ahs.vdholhmiddlebury@vermont.gov

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Dec. 20, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal served at noon of stuffed chicken breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, whole baby carrots, cranberry sauce, wheat roll and pumpkin cake. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to 802388-2287 to inquire. Moonlight Madness in Brandon. Thursday, Dec. 20, 4-9 p.m., downtown. A time for shopping local with sales, discounts and specials. Stroll through downtown and drive to the outskirts. Enjoy the sights and sounds and visit with friends and neighbors. It is a time to catch a scrumptious bite to eat or warm up with something warm to drink. And last but not least, it is a time to support your neighbors and keep it local.

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THE VERGENNES UNION High School Music Department’s students will perform an instrumental and vocal concert on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., at the Vergennes Union High School Auditorium. The concert will feature the High School Concert Choir, High School Symphonic Band, Commodore Singers, and the Commodore Jazz Ensemble. Instrumental Director Susan O’Daniel, shown here, will lead the VUHS Symphonic Band and Commodore Jazz Ensemble.

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Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe in Weybridge. Friday, Dec. 21, Snake Mountain. Hike to summit from the east side. Begin at trailhead parking on Snake Mountain Road in Weybridge. Moderate 4.6 miles, 1087’ elevation gain. Contact leader David Andrews for meeting time at 802-3884894 or vtrevda@yahoo.com. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. Age Well senior luncheon in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 21, 11:30 a.m., Rosie’s, Route 7 South. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., meal served at noon of for apricot glazed ham, dinner roll, sweet potatoes, peas and cheesecake with fruit. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. $5 suggested donation does not include gratuity. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. Decorate a solstice lantern in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 21, 3:30-4:40 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Free. All materials provided. Watershed Center Winter Solstice celebration in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 21, 4-6 p.m., The Watershed Center, Plank Rd. Come celebrate the year’s longest night and the return of the sun to the northern sky with song, poetry, and a little pageantry, too. This year, we’ll also honor the memory of our friend Jason Bacon and the sacred Ash tree. Readings welcome. Bring a dish to share and dress warmly. Leave dogs at home for this one. For details visit thewatershedcenter.org. Holiday Shopper’s Evening with Wine Tasting in Vergennes. Friday, Dec. 21, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Enjoy seasonal food favorites paired with selected wines, courtesy of Vergennes Wine. Night Fires in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. A mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our own times — rife with magic, beauty, humor and even tears. An intricate web of music, song, dance and story. Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes prior to the show. Tickets $25 general admission/ $21 seniors/ $20 students available at townhalltheater.org and in person at Town Hall Theater (box office open Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.)

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802-989-7355. “Sing We Now Noel” in Vergennes. Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., St Peter’s Church, 85 South Maple St. Join this celebration of Christmas and seasonal carols. Dr. William Tortolano, organist and music director will lead the singing. A free will offering is greatly appreciated. Song books provided. Night Fires in Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. A mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our own times — rife with magic, beauty, humor and even tears. An intricate web of music, song, dance and story. Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes prior to the show. Tickets $25 general admission/ $21 seniors/ $20 students available at townhalltheater.org and in person at Town Hall Theater (box office open Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.).

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Green Mountain Club hike or snowshoe in Ripton. Saturday, Dec. 22, Spirit in Nature Trail, Goshen Rd. Easy 2-3 miles depending on the number of paths we choose to explore. Gently rolling terrain at a moderate pace. Contact Ruth Penfield at ruthpenfield@gmail.com or at 802-388-5407 for more information. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org. Free hot cocoa in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 22, Marquis Theater, 64 Main St. Stroll into the Marquis for a hot cocoa to get you through those last frantic days of holiday shopping. A Very Merry Middlebury event. Santa Claus visits farmers’ market in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 22, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., VFW, 530 Exchange St. Santa arrives at 9:30 a.m. and leaves for the North Pole at 12:30 p.m. Free coffee, tea, and seasonal music. “Elf” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday Dec 22, 12:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The Marquis continues its holiday celebrations with this free café screening of this 2003 film starring Will Ferrell. “Home Alone 2: Lost in NY” on screen in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec 22, 3 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. Hilarity ensues with this free café screening of the first “Home Alone” sequel. Lumen Celebration of Fire and Light in Bristol. Saturday, Dec. 22, 4-9 p.m., downtown. Come to Bristol for the annual Lumen Celebration of Fire and Light and experience lantern making at Holley Hall, fire performers on the town green, a lighted walk down Main Street, and fire pits at Tandem and Vermont Tree Goods with hot drinks and tasty eats. Part of Bristol’s Cool Yule. Holiday shopper’s evening with wine tasting in Vergennes. Friday, Dec. 21, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Find stocking stuffers, holiday candles, soap rocks, and unique gifts. Enjoy seasonal f o o d favorites paired with

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Age Well senior luncheon in Vergennes. Thursday, Dec. 27, 10 a.m., Vergennes Area Seniors Armory Lane Senior Housing, 50 Armory Ln. Doors open at 10 a.m. for bingo and coffee hour. Meal at noon includes panko pork cutlet with white sauce, sweet potatoes, spinach, wheat bread and pear crisp with cream. Bring your own place setting. $5 suggested donation. 72 hours advanced notice required. Call Michelle to reserve 802-377-1419. Open to anyone age 60 and up and their spouse of any age. Free ride may be provided. Call ACTR at 802-388-2287 to inquire. Video story hour in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 27, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Free. Eat popcorn while watching classic children’s books.

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selected wines, courtesy of Vergennes Wine. King Pede card party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center, Route 7. The evening begins with a sandwich supper and then on to the games. King Pede is a unique game that involves “trick-taking” techniques such as in Hearts and Spades or Pitch. A game of fun and skill. Come prepared to use your strategic thinking. Night Fires in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 22, 3 and 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. A mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our own times — rife with magic, beauty, humor and even tears. An intricate web of music, song, dance and story. Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes prior to the show. Tickets $25 general admission/ $21 seniors/ $20 students available at townhalltheater.org and in person at Town Hall Theater (box office open Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.) Holiday comedy show in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 22, 8-9:30 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. The latest edition of The Most Funniest Comedy Challenge, brought to you by Regi Brittain and Ryan Kenyon, and featuring Tina Friml. Tickets $20 or free with an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots. Grab bag of funny gifts for lucky audience members.

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LIVEMUSIC Addison County Gospel Choir in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol. Sadie Brightman in Middlebury. Sunday, Dec. 16, 3-4 p.m., EastView at Middlebury. Jeremy Perfect and Mike Dever in Monkton. Sunday, Dec. 16, 4 p.m., East Monkton Church Blues Jam in Bristol. Wednesday, Dec. 19, 8 p.m., Hatch 31. Midday concert in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 20, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. 16 at 8 p.m. “Sing We Now Noel” in Vergennes. Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m., St Peter’s Church. Michele Fay and Tim Price in Bristol. Monday, Dec. 31, 5-5:40 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol.

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La Fountain, Champine PROCTOR — Kayja Marie La Fountain and Domenico William Champine exchanged marriage vows on Sept. 2, 2018 — a beautiful day in the company of family and friends. The wedding and reception took place at Tourterelle in New Haven. The bride is the daughter of Kicha and Adam Foster of Middlebury. The groom’s parents are Rosa and William Champine of Poultney. After a honeymoon trip to Maine and Florida the couple settled in Proctor.

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Notes of appreciation Thanks for everyone’s gifts of clothing We here at Addison County Parent Child Center would like to thank Junebug, Maria, and all the donors who have given over 100 Addison County families great quality clothing, such as hats, boots and sneakers, mittens and coats in the last month. They also provide regular everyday clothing for all seasons. Every piece of clothing that has been given to us has helped keep kids from birth all

through elementary school warm and dry. Without these precious donations, it becomes difficult for families to go outside and play with their children. We are grateful for all the help with clothes and funds these great donors provide us. Jasmine Arel, Jenelle Mullan and Bryden Alger Addison County Parent Child Center, Middlebury

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Porter’s cardiology dept. to see growth MIDDLEBURY — Indeed, 2019 will bring great change to Porter Medical Center’s cardiology department. In addition to inaugurating a new cardiac rehabilitation center next spring (see story on Page 1A), the Middlebury medical center is welcoming some new faces to its Porter Cardiology practice. Joining Dr. Gavin Noble in the coming weeks will be: • Cardiologist Dr. Mark Burke,

expected to join the practice next month. • Dr. Matt Watkins, a physician and educator at UVM Medical Center, who will be on hand two days per week. • Physicians Assistant Katie Owens. These changes follow the recent retirement of Porter Cardiology’s Dr. Daniel Raabe Jr. “Shortly we will have three physicians — not everyone full-

time — and one PA,” Noble said. “We’re seeing really nice (patient) volumes and have enough demand that we’ll be able to see where the system needs to step up to the next level.” Noble is already travelling to Brandon one day per week to see patients there. He said he’ll start seeing patients in Bristol on a parttime basis beginning in February or March. — John Flowers

Porter (Continued from Page 1A) “Cardiac rehab is a big thing, and enough capacity at the center to “When we started this program, we it’s something we’re not doing very accommodate all local patients in viewed it through the lens of, ‘If you well around here,” Noble said. “It’s need of the service. Clients will rotate sprain your ankle in Middlebury, you hard enough to get people into cardiac in and out every 12 weeks. Patients can come get rehab at Porter; but if rehab programs, even though it’s been will initially be put on a Monday, you have a heart attack in Middlebury, shown to have anywhere from 30-50 Wednesday, Friday rotation, with you have to get in the car and drive percent mortality reductions in people the prospect of adding a Tuesday, north or south to get who have had a heart Thursday, Saturday rotation if cardiac rehab,’” said attack.” demand warrants, Manion noted. Tom Manion, vice “Everyone is The new cardiac “Everyone is excited about this,” president of the Porter excited about rehab center will be Manion said. “It’s such a great, feelMedical Group. this. It’s such a equipped with such good thing that we can actually build He called great, feel-good things as treadmills, a service that is so great for people that scenario thing that we can elliptical machines, and that they might not otherwise get. “unacceptable” for stairmasters and Our docs are very excited about it.” patients committing to actually build resistance machines. And so are prospective users. the requisite 36, hour- a service that Porter will “I’m hearing it from all my is so great for long rehab sessions. hire exercise patients,” Noble said. “We’ve had “There are a ton of people and that physiologists (1.5 people write letters.” people who have their they might not full-time equivalent He added some patients heart attack and say, ‘I positions) and an immediately asked “When can I sign otherwise get. can’t do it; it’s a barrier office representative up?” when they got their first inkling for me to be able to Our docs are very (0.7 FTE) to staff the that a local cardiac rehab facility was (travel to rehab), so excited about it.” center, according to in the works. I’m not going to do — Tom Manion the business plan. While the new rehab service won’t it,’” Manion said. “They’ll make sure be super profitable, it’s the right thing “And unfortunately, everyone is rotating through their to do, according to Porter President it’s a large amount of people.” circuits the way they’re supposed to,” Dr. Fred Kniffin. It will be another in Manion said caregivers at Porter Manion said of staff. a growing number of Porter services Medical Center last year treated Project planners are optimistic that aimed at keeping local residents patients who experienced a combined Addison County patients will use healthier and therefore less likely to total of 190 heart attacks. the new cardiac rehab program once develop chronic ailments requiring Fifty Addison County patients it’s put into place. Manion expects more expensive, invasive care. made the trek to UVM Medical the Porter Medical Center offering “In a fee-for-service world, this Center for cardiac rehab services could see a 40-percent growth in will not be a huge moneymaker; during fiscal year 2016, and another participation by 2022, and 78 percent we expect break-even financial 36 did it in fiscal year 2017 officials growth by 2027. performance, perhaps a bit better said. Porter Medical Center data shows over time, but in the value world we According to statistics provided approximately 950 Addison County are moving to where we are working by the American Heart Association, residents could benefit from cardiac hard to keep our patients healthy, all those who complete the 36 hours of rehab services, a number expected to boats rise, and cardiac rehab becomes cardiac rehab see: grow to more than 1,300 by 2022, to a big winner for us as well as for our • A decrease of 25-35 percent in more than 1,700 people in 2027. patients,” Kniffin said. “And again, in the likelihood of cardiac-related death “We know how many people could any world, this is simply a service we for patients with heart disease. use it, but how many people are going should provide for our community.” • A 20-30 percent reduction in to is a different question,” Manion Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@ mortality rates. said. addisonindependent.com. • Reduced symptoms, including Manion believes there will be angina, labored breathing and fatigue. • Improved adherence with preventive medications. 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(Continued from Page 1A) June of the adjacent Pool World property at 30 MacIntyre Lane, which will create an additional 37 parking spots for a new total of 49 in the often busy lot between Greg’s and the complex that houses Nino’s Sicilian Pizza, Middlebury Discount Beverage and Cole’s Flowers. The once-thriving Greg’s Market has stood dormant since April of 2015, when Bart Litvin filed for bankruptcy protection after having owned the enterprise for six years. During the summer of 2017 Neri purchased Greg’s and the 2,000-square-foot Pool World building for a sum of $380,000 from TD Bank. Neri, who owns several local businesses (including the A&W on Route 7 South), saw potential in the Greg’s property and believed he could resurrect it if he could buy it for the right price. It includes 4,820 square feet of retail space that he is in the process of renovating. “We’ll be making some major changes inside,” Neri said. A big portion of the work involved rebuilding the storage cooler system and replacing the antiquated light fixtures with energy-efficient ones. Efficiency Vermont is working with Neri on a lighting scheme. He isn’t proposing any expansion or exterior changes to Greg’s at this time. The business will continue to maintain entrances at the front and side (facing the parking lot), according to Neri. He’s agreed to eliminate the handful of parking spaces at the front entrance/Elm Street side of the building, but will be able to keep the few spaces on the Exchange Street side of the structure. Plans originally called for a small café seating area outside the store, but Neri has withdrawn that concept and will instead put out planters. The new Greg’s will eventually employ around 25 full- and parttime workers, according to Neri, including grocery delivery drivers. Customers will also be able to call

in a grocery order and then “Everybody feels great pick up their assembled “Everybody about it; we really want feels great purchases, he said. him to be successful,” The Independent will about it; we Murray said. “We didn’t do a more detailed story really want create anything in our on the new Greg’s once him to be decision that should be a Neri and Daha refine their obstacle for him. successful.” terrible business plan and set an We appreciate him coming — Jen Murray back and giving us a opening date. Jen Murray, revised site plan that helps Middlebury’s director of planning us understand what (the property) is and zoning, said DRB members supposed to look like in the future.” are pleased with the outcome of the Reporter John Flowers is at Greg’s application review. johnf@addisonindependent.com.

21st Eric Mathewson (MUHS ‘16), son of Duncan and Arlene Mathewson of Little Torch Key, FL and Middlebury, VT, celebrates his 21st birthday on December 15. Eric is currently a Junior at the University of Florida and is studying for a double major in History and Political Science. He plans to be celebrating this “Rite of Passage” in the U.K. over Christmas and the New Year along with his brother and sister who are currently there working on their Master’s Degrees, and with friends. Eric will return to Vermont in May before spending the rest of his summer working in the Florida Keys before school starts in the Fall where he plays Rugby and is on the Model U.N. debating team.

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Quinn (Continued from Page 1A) person to many in his world and has touched the lives of so many of the kids and families with whom we

work,” Thorn said. “We are devastated by Peter’s sudden absence.” Thorn shared comments from CSAC staff members about Quinn.

Among them: • “I had the pleasure of working with Peter and he developed a bond with a very difficult young man on my caseload. He changed this young man in that he created trust and a safe place to vent his frustrations.” • “Many teenagers often suffer or struggle alone. Peter found a way into many adolescents’ lives by building solid relationships, identifying their unique qualities and providing unconditional love. They are all unique, each and every one of those relationships. He did it effortlessly and with a big heart!” • “I always looked forward to working with Peter as he was always very respectful of others opinions. He treated everyone — clients and staff — with dignity and respect. He was a JOY to know and work with.” • “Peter always used his wonderful sense of humor to relate to and teach kids.” • “I worked with him in his role of School-Based Clinician at Vergennes Union High School. He was highly respected and much beloved there, and he made a real difference in a lot of young lives.” • “My family member was supported by Peter in high school. He will be remembered by us for his unconditional support and guidance.” VUHS brought in eight CSAC counselors on Monday to help students and staff deal with grief; and girls’ and boys’ basketball home games scheduled for Monday and Tuesday were postponed. Taylor said Quinn’s loss is deeply felt. “He was a dear man deeply

connected and committed to the VUHS community and I’m heartbroken,” she wrote. Taylor noted that the CSAC clinicians are integrated into the fabric of the school and work closely with teachers as well as many students. “I can say that Pete’s death has touched many people throughout our school community. He supported many students through his work,” she wrote. “Pete was a friend and colleague to many people here at VUHS.” COACHING BASKETBALL Caring about teens was also a hallmark of his coaching career at VUHS, as was success. As a coach Quinn led both the Commodore girls’ and boys’ varsity teams to more than 100 wins. His girls’ team claimed Division II state championships in 2005 and 2006, and his 2013 boys’ team went 24-0 in winning the 2013 D-II title. He also assisted the 2001 boys’ team that won a title and lost just once. Josh Carter, a 2009 graduate who is taking over from Quinn as the boys’ varsity coach and played for Quinn, remembers Quinn’s interpersonal skills as much as the on-court success. “He always seemed to be thinking about individuals more than basketball,” Carter said. “We had a lot of big personalities on our team. He reminded me of the Zen-master coach Phil Jackson. He’s got that presence. Any time a conflict or a situation came up as a player I thought he did a really good job of managing those conflicts and making everybody feel validated in what they were feeling.” Both Carter and Addison Northwest School District Athletics Director Peter

PETER QUINN’S LEAGUE basketball teams won many championships in Burlington, Vergennes, Middlebury and Bristol. Here, Quinn, front right, and teammates celebrate one of 11 titles he won with the Woody’s Restaurant team in the Middlebury Basketball League.

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coached barefoot,” Carter said. “And he was calm, cool and collected, just like a Zen master, and it was really funny, but just who he was.” More importantly, Carter said, Quinn always looked for ways to help his players. “I remember him early on asking me about my plans for after school, and asking me if he could help me in any way get into any school,” Carter said. “He ended up writing a recommendation for me that was really heartfelt and definitely special when it came time to apply to colleges. That was really nice of him to put that in our head as players that there was life after basketball, and if you wanted to make it happen he had connections.” Longtime Mount Abraham Union girls’ coach Connie LaRose remembers what is was like to square off against Quinn’s teams. “I will always remember Pete just being an amazing coach. He always put a team on the floor that was one of our toughest games,” LaRose said. Coaches and athletes who opposed Quinn remember him as incredibly competitive, but at the same time gracious in defeat. After those backto-back titles, Quinn’s Commodores were the No. 1 seed in 2007, and LaRose’s Eagles upset them, 36-34, in a hard-fought semifinal, something LaRose calls “one of our greatest accomplishments.” Afterward, she said, Quinn “was the first guy after all the dust had settled to congratulate us and recognize all the things we had done to make it happen,” while also noting the Commodore athletes did the same, something she believed reflected well on their coach. LaRose also noted how much Quinn cared about his athletes. “We would talk at different times about players who were a challenge to each of us,” she said. “Nothing really private, just how we worked to help those kids be better citizens, not only better players and teammates but better citizens to go through the rest of their lives.” PLAYING BASKETBALL Quinn captained his high school team to a Massachusetts state final, and played one year at Middlebury College — and probably should have played more, but possibly did not see eye-to-eye with a straight-laced coach in the late 1960s. A six-foot, two-inch guard, Quinn could dunk off two feet. He was a smart and relentless defender and an excellent passer and long-range shooter. His teams dominated in the Burlington, Vergennes and Middlebury leagues and also fared well in Bristol; at one point he played in all four leagues at the same time. His Burlington team routinely competed successfully against recent graduates from the University of Vermont and St. Michael’s College varsity squads. Quinn was also universally respected in pickup games as an unrelenting competitor. If pressed by acquaintances, Quinn would mention that during games while studying in Boston he blocked shot attempts by several players in the area who ended up in the NBA — Patrick Ewing, Dana Barros, John Bagley and Michael Adams. Many spoke of how much Quinn loved the sport. “He brought intensity and love for the game. He was one of those guys who believed everybody should have a basketball in their hands,” Carter said. Maneen echoed him. “Peter Quinn was a great man who loved the game of basketball more than anyone I’ve ever met,” he said. CSAC’s Thorn remembered playing pickup hoop with Quinn more than three decades ago. “Peter was the gazelle — swift and graceful with an amazing jump shot. He was never interested in the drama or trash talk or anything that slowed the game,” Thorn wrote. “He was the best of us.” Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Mt. Abe his bosses, Superintendent Patrick (Continued from Page 1A) the image was inspired by his father, Reen and Chief Financial Officer Howard Mansfield, are pursuing a who served in the Air Force. On his first day, Nov. 1, FitzGerald number of priorities for the district. walked in and said, “Let me hear SAFETY “You can’t learn if you don’t feel all the complaints,” then went to bat for his staff of 19, which safe,” FitzGerald said, citing school needed better equipment and security as the district’s number-one communication policies. As a result priority. This autumn district of these immediate employees completed improvements, “we’re A.L.I.C.E. (alert, bigger, faster and “The public lockdown, inform, stronger,” he said. is expecting counter and evacuate) Even as he settled some sexy training, but in some in last month, a respects, FitzGerald conversation about stuff — fresh said, “We’re frantically conditions at Mount paint, new catching up.” Abraham Union High carpet, new Needed improvements School bloomed on flooring, new are forthcoming — Bristol’s Front Porch cameras, door locks, an Forum. Andree Carlson furniture. upgrade to Mt. Abe’s and Sally Jenks Roth, But when public address system — who both voted in favor it comes to they won’t always be of latest renovation school safety, but “sexy” (to use a concept bond, wrote about FitzGerald learned recent experiences in you kind of while managing UVM’s the building. get away “I know this from the sexy athletic facilities for three years). school well and it has “The public is deteriorated to such stuff.” a low level I am now — Joel FitzGerald expecting some sexy stuff — fresh paint, new uncomfortable with my granddaughters being in this carpet, new flooring, new furniture. But when it comes to school safety, environment,” Carlson wrote. “I could understand some people you kind of get away from the sexy choking at (the renovation bond’s stuff.” District wish lists in this area $29.5 million price tag), especially if they don’t and didn’t have kids at include additional security cameras, the school,” added Roth. “However, card-reader access to the schools big-ticket reception-area in being shown around the school and and the shocking conditions, I was improvements, especially at Mt. Abe, where people can enter and alarmed.” Taking these and other known exit the front entrance unchecked by issues into account, FitzGerald and front office staff.

ACCESSIBILITY Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act ranks second among the district’s priorities, FitzGerald said. Up for improvement are the pool at Mt. Abe, where one stairwell lacks a handrail, and a number of bathrooms, where evolving conversations around gender — both socially and legally — will need to be taken into consideration. On July 1 this year a state law went into effect requiring all singleuser restrooms in public facilities to be designated gender-neutral. ENERGY EFFICIENCY MAUSD is currently accepting bids on a district-wide energy audit and will partner with Efficiency Vermont on the project. “We’ve been working with the energy committee of (a local community group) on this,” FitzGerald said. “They’re supporters of the district and they bring a lot to the table, and as far as I’m concerned, the more voices in the room the better.” There is no established timeline for the project, he said, adding that bids so far have ranged between $120,000 and $300,000. INDOOR AIR QUALITY In another project facilitated by 5-Town Community Forum, New Hampshire-based H. L. Turner Group will soon begin conducting an initial audit of indoor air quality (IAQ) at each of the district schools, which also include elementary schools in Starksboro, New Haven, Monkton, Lincoln and Bristol. “It will tell us what we have,”

JOEL FITZGERALD, THE new facilities director for the Mount Abe school district was welcomed at the district office not only by his new colleagues but also by this office-roving “Happy Tree,” which for a number of years has served as a “cabin fever reliever.” Independent photo/Christopher Ross

FitzGerald said. “We think we’re good, but it’s always good to have other eyes on the issue. We know the systems are aging and there is the potential for upgrades and improvements.” MAUSD has recently stepped up preventive maintenance, he added, including duct- and vent-cleaning. Once the audit gets under way, students will be an integral part of the project, he said.

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Quinn: A passion for the game Editor’s note: Like so many people in Addison County, columnist Karl Lindholm was so very saddened to hear of the death this past weekend of Peter Quinn, a longtime school clinician at Vergennes Union High School, high school coach and talented basketball player. We choose to honor Peter by rerunning this column that Karl wrote in 2013. Peter Quinn, social worker: He’s a school-based clinician at Vergennes Union High School, employed by the Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC). For 20 years, he directed the Kingsland Bay School in Ferrisburgh, a residential facility for troubled adolescents. Peter Quinn, basketball coach: He led the Vergennes Union High boys’ basketball team this winter (2013) to the Division II state championship with a 24-0 record. This was the Commodore boys’ third appearance in a state final in Pete’s six years as coach. He also coached the Vergennes girls to two state championships in 2005 and 2006. In connecting his work to his basketball passion, Pete cited Woody Allen, who said, “social workers turn street gangs into basketball teams. And vice versa!” He told me this with a laugh over breakfast recently at 3 Squares in Vergennes, our conversation punctuated frequently by well-wishers, offering congratulations, and appreciation, for a special season. “In graduate school,” Pete said, “I took a course that emphasized the group process and I realized that was what I was essentially interested in — the dynamics of the group. I am first and foremost a group worker. “In the love of the ‘group,’ lots of the threads of my life come together — it ties together my career and my love for basketball. “When I played, I liked to play the point. I wanted to direct the symphony. In basketball you have to coordinate movement and strategy. To coordinate such an intense and (See Lindholm, Page 2B)

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 12/15 Colch/Burl at MUHS................... 5 PM 12/19 Woodstock at MUHS.................. 7 PM 12/22 St. Albans at MUHS.................... 7 PM Boys’ Hockey 12/15 Spaulding at MUHS.................... 7 PM 12/19 MUHS at Lake Placid................. 6 PM 12/22 MUHS at Burr & Burton.............. 7 PM Girls’ Basketball 12/13 MUHS at Fair Haven.................. 7 PM 12/13 Mt. Abe at U-32........................... 7 PM 12/14 VUHS at Hazen.......................... 7 PM 12/15 OV at Proctor.............................. 1 PM 12/18 OV at Mt. Abe............................. 7 PM 12/19 VUHS at Harwood...................... 7 PM 12/20 MUHS at OV............................... 7 PM 12/21 Mt. Abe at Fair Haven................. 7 PM 12/22 Mt. Ave vs. B&B at FHU........ 3:30 PM Boys’ Basketball 12/13 Fairfax at VUHS.......................... 7 PM 12/13 Missisquoi at Mt. Abe.................. 7 PM 12/13 OV vs. Winds. at Proctor....... 5:30 PM 12/14 OV vs. TBD at Proctor........ 5:30/7 PM 12/15 MUHS at Enosburg................ 2:30 PM 12/17 Mt. Abe at Winooski.................... 7 PM 12/18 OV at MUHS............................... 7 PM 12/19 Mill River at Mt. Abe.................... 7 PM 12/21 VUHS at OV............................... 7 PM 12/21 Mill River at MUHS..................... 7 PM Nordic 12/15 MUHS Hosts at Rikert...............10 AM Wrestling 12/22 Dual Tourney at Mt. Abe..............9 AM COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Basketball 12/17 Midd. at Pitt.-Bradford................. 2 PM 12/18 Midd. at Hilbert........................... 3 PM

Sports BRIEFS Minutemen pull away from Eagles NORTH CLARENDON — Host Mill River pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat the Mount Abraham Union High School boys’ basketball team on Monday, 69-58, in the season opener for both teams. The Minutemen took a 33-27 halftime lead, but the Eagles outscored them by 19-13 in the third period to knot the score at 46-46 entering the fourth quarter. In the final period MRU’s Aiden Botti scored 14 of his game-high 18 points, including three three-pointers and five free throws, to help the Minutemen put the game away. Will Grabowski added 15 for the Minutemen. Liam Kelliher led the Eagles with 16, followed by Logan Rodriguez (15) and Shain Sargent (11). The Eagles host Missisquoi at 7 p.m. on Thursday and will visit Winooski on Monday.

OTTER VALLEY’S JULIA Eastman focuses on the moves of West Rutland’s Isabell Lanfear in Monday’s game in Brandon, while OV’s Mary Kingsley (No. 1) and Livia Bernhardt put on an effective press. West Rutland came out on top, 36-32.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

OV girls come up just short in opener Visiting West Rutland outlasts Otters By ANDY KIRKALDY BRANDON — The Otter Valley Union High School girls’ basketball team on Monday shrugged off an early 12-0 deficit to tie visiting West Rutland at 26-all in the third quarter, but ultimately the Golden Horde made the plays on defense and hit just enough free throws to edge the Otters, 36-32, in OV’s opener.

ScoreBOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 12/12 MUHS at Brattleboro....................Late Girls’ Basketball 12/10 West Rutland vs. OV..................36-32 12/11 Fair Haven at VUHS ..........Postponed 12/11 Mill River vs. MUHS....................34-24 Boys’ Basketball 12/10 Fair Haven at VUHS ..........Postponed 12/10 Mt. Abe vs. Mill River..................69-58

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FRESHMAN ALICE KEITH gave the Otters a boost off the bench vs. West Rutland, scoring five points at important junctures.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

Westside improved to 1-1 after a four-point loss at Bellows Falls in the team’s opener. Coach Carl Serrani was pleased to see his team cut his turnovers by more than half from the opener to just 15 on Monday, and to see his team dig in on defense when it counted. The Golden Horde held the Otters to 11 points in the second half. “We go 10 deep, and I can play any one of them,” Serrani said. “We’re going to wear teams out, hopefully.” OV Coach Kelly Trayah called time three minutes into the game with his team down by 8-0 and switched to a 2-1-2 zone, and that move changed the tenor of the game. Out of the timeout two free throws by Westside junior Jenee McGee (who scored a game-high eight points) and a post move by sophomore center Elizabeth Bailey (seven points) pushed the lead to 12-0 at 2:20, but the Horde had been slowed. Before the end of the quarter OV broke the ice with a free throw from junior center Livia Bernhardt and an acrobatic hoop in the paint from freshman Alice Keith, and it was 12-3. Keith and junior Mary Kingsley continued to give the Otters a lift off the bench in the second quarter, during which OV outscored Westside by 18-10 to pull within 22-21 at the break. Kingsley hit a jumper and a three-pointer for the Otters first five points of the quarter and Keith chipped

team-leading fourth goal. Sidney Portner won a faceoff to Hargrave, who ripped a shot home from the top of the circle. The Panthers went up 2-0 at 12:16 of the period when Madie Leidt netted her third of the year. Leidt netted a rebound from the top of the left circle. Katherine Jackson made it a 3-0 just over two minutes later in

NORTH CLARENDON — Host Mill River on Tuesday got past the Middlebury Union High School girls’ basketball team, 34-24, in the Tigers’ opener. The Minutemen opened up an 18-11 halftime lead in evening their record at 1-1. McKenna Ludden led MRU with nine points, and Katelyn Schutt added seven. Freshman Annie Andrus debuted for MUHS with nine points to lead the Tigers, and senior Ashley Sunderland added seven. MUHS is set to host Fair Haven on Thursday evening.

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WEST RUTLAND’S JUNIOR guard Kiera Pipeling works the ball around Otter Julia Eastman. Pipeling often controlled the ball and tempo of Monday’s game.

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in a jumper and a free throw. Sophomore starter Mallory Lufkin also returned to the lineup and chipped in with a bucket in the paint and a jumper.

In the first period the Otters had tried too often to drive into the Westside zone and the bigger Horde post (See Otters, Page 3B)

Women’s hockey repels Utica comeback bid UTICA, N.Y. — Middlebury College women’s hockey on Saturday outlasted host Utica, 4-3, to conclude first-semester play at 4-1-2. The Panthers, ranked No. 6 in last week’s NCAA Division III poll, are off until they host Amherst on Jan. 4 and 5. Utica dropped to 9-2 with the setback. Katie Hargrave gave the Panthers the lead 5:54 into the game with her

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transition, after a feed from Leidt. Utica got on the board less than a minute later (15:37) when Lexi Stanisewski scored with a slap shot on the rebound of a Georgiana Santullo shot. Middlebury took a 4-1 lead midway through the second period when Katarina Shuchuk’s shot through the five hole trickled over the line, with Alexis Ryan assisting.

Utica made it 4-2 with 2:16 left in the period on a Kayle Dion power-play goal from the point. A 5:58 of the third Maddie Paydos deflected the puck home from a tough angle to make it 4-3 before the Panther defense clamped down the Pioneers the rest of the way. Middlebury goalie Lin Han made 21 saves while Bria Reilly made 31 stops for Utica.

WATERVILLE, Maine — Colby College first-year guard Keagan Dunbar of Middlebury, earned the Maine Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (MWBCA) Rookie of the Week honor for the second straight week on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Dunbar, in her lone game of the week, had 24 points DUNBAR on 10-for-18 shooting, hit four 3-point shots, and dished four assists in Colby’s win over local rival Thomas College. Dunbar currently leads the New England Small College Athletic Conference in scoring (18.7), ranks first in made 3-point shots per game (3.7), and is 11th in field goal percentage (51.3). Dunbar also leads the Mules (2-1 overall) with 2.7 assists per contest. She is shooting a solid 39.3 percent from long range. CORRECTION: In Monday’s edition, our list of local field hockey athletes who earned postseason honors from their leagues inadvertently omitted Middlebury Union High School junior Maeve Hammel. Hammel earned Honorable Mention from the Metro Conference. We apologize for the mistake.

Howe brings long résumé to MUHS job By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — New Middlebury Union High School boys’ basketball coach John Howe fell in love with the sport in fifth grade, and fell in love with coaching it six years later, in the winter of 1993 as a junior at Rice Memorial High School. That’s when an adult he knew asked Howe if he would like to help out with the Mater Christi School’s fifth- and sixth-grade boys’ CYO team. Already a member of the Rice boys’ varsity team, Howe was

further hooked. “I fell in love with coaching. I knew at that point in time I’m going to coach. I’m going to coach basketball,” he recalled. After graduating from Rice in 1994, Howe attended Ithaca College in New York, where he also played basketball. After earning his Ithaca degree, Howe pursued a career in the mental health field, specializing in helping senior citizens, while also never stopping coaching, with stints in Massachusetts, Vermont, (See Howe, Page 3B)

JOHN HOWE IS getting comfortable in the Middlebury Union High School gym running workouts with the Tiger boys’ basketball team, which he took over coaching this season.

Independent photo/Andy Kirkaldy

PAGE 2B — Addison Independent, Thursday, December 13, 2018

Men’s hockey nets one tie in two home games MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men’s hockey team settled for just a tie after two hard-fought NESCAC home games this past weekend. Amherst rallied to knot up the Panthers, 3-3, on

Saturday, while on Friday Hamilton scored with three seconds left in regulation to edge Middlebury, 4-3. Middlebury still finished first-semester play with a winning record, 4-3-1 overall and 3-2-1 in NESCAC

MIDDLEBURY’S MICHAEL FAHIE slips the puck under Amherst goalie Giancarlo Ventre in the third period on Saturday to give the Panthers a 3-1 lead. But the home team gave up two goals later and had to settle for a tie. Photo by Steve James

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play. The Panthers will return to action when they host their annual holiday tournament on Dec. 29 and 30. On Saturday Amherst (3-3-2, 1-22 NESCAC) erased a 3-1 Panther third-period lead to earn the road tie. Mammoth goalie Giancarlo Ventre (29 saves) was hot early, stopping two close-range bids from Joey Piccinini and Alex Heinritz’s shot on a two-on-one break. Panther goalie Adam Wisco (38 saves) denied both Noah Gilreath and P.J. Conlon on a Mammoth power play before Middlebury broke on top at 12:08 — Alex Lee flipped home a Kamil Tkachuk. At 4:31 Tkachuk whipped the puck home after a Mammoth clearing attempt bounced off an official. Ventre denied a Mitchell Allen shorthanded breakaway in the second period before the Mammoths got on the scoreboard after a Panther turnover. Steve Mallory touched home a Mitchell Shults feed. In the third period Michael Fahie made it 3-1 with his seventh goal of the season. Lee sent Fahie into the zone, and Fahie ripped a shot in off the crossbar. Amherst scored quickly twice in the middle of the period as Jack Fitzgerald and Conlon finished off plays. In overtime the Panthers had more possession, but Wisco had to make a nice pad save on a shot from the right circle by Corey Goldstein.

On Friday Hamilton (4-3-1, 2-21) got a goal from Nick Rutigliano with three seconds left to snap a 3-3 tie. The Panthers outshot the Continentals, 40-29, but Hamilton goalie Anthony Tirabassi stopped 37 shots. In the scoreless first period each team had one golden chance. Wisco (25 saves) poked the puck away from Rory Gagnon on a breakaway, and Tirabassi stopped Owen Powers on a Zach Shapiro setup. Fahie gave Middlebury the lead 1:46 into the second period. Tkaczuk took the puck away from a defender behind the Hamilton net and set up Fahie. Hamilton then took a 3-1 lead on three power-play goals in a span of 5:04, with Gagnon, Jason Brochu and Rutigliano. At 17:23 Fahie cut the lead to one after taking a behind-the-net feed from Cole Joslin. Middlebury’s Jimmy McKee tied the game 8:47 into the third period with a power-play goal. The strike came on another feed from behind the net, this one from Josh Shapiro made a pass from behind the net to Jimmy McKee, who scored on a one-timer from the slot for his first of the season. The Panthers followed with good looks on a power play, but could not take the lead. Finally in the waning seconds Joey Moore skated from the corner towards the goal and found Rutigliano in the high slot for the game-winner.

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(Continued from Page 1B) fast-moving activity is beautiful. It’s art to me. “We had 10 minutes in our championship game against Burr and Burton — it was all ‘flow.’ We were in synch. We outscored them 36-9. I told the team, ‘that’s what I meant! That’s why we play. That’s why I play.’” Now a sexagenarian, his playing days are over, a shoulder injury and rotator cuff surgery providing the final insult. But there are few players who logged more hours of pure pleasure on a basketball court, playing hoops, than Pete Quinn. He grew up in Concord, in suburban Massachusetts, and followed the Celtics in the glory years of Russell, Cousy and Havlicek. Until he got to high school, his basketball consisted of shooting hoops in the driveway. He attended Xavier, a Jesuit high school of about 400 boys in Concord (“the Jesuits like their basketball!”). “The very first day of school, they had an ‘open gym,’ and I fell in love with the game right then,” Pete said, remembering the moment. As a teenager, “I played every day,” he said, “every day I was alive. Christmas Day too.” Pete had two buddies on the team who were as passionate as he was. “We were ‘junkies’; we would go to college gyms in the area and play pick-up. We got better fast.” “I was in love. In love with basketball.” “My senior year we were New England Catholic League Champs. In the state championship game, though, we lost to Oliver Ames High. We could have beaten them 99 times out of 100, but we lost. That was the biggest disappointment in my life at that point. That’s basketball. Don’t take anything for granted.” He chose Middlebury College over Georgetown (“they weren’t much in basketball then”). Though he had just one year on the team at

Middlebury, Pete calculates that no student, before or since, spent more time playing hoops in the gym at Middlebury than he did. After graduating from Middlebury in 1971, Pete embarked upon a career as a ... house painter: “I was not a very good house painter.” He then answered an ad to become a “night cottage parent” at the Weeks School in Vergennes, a state training school for abused, neglected, and troublesome boys and girls. “That first night, I realized, this is what I want to do!” By this point he had met his partner for life, Marian Greenberg, who shared his passion for working with people in distress. She is now the Coordinator of Emergency Services at the CSAC. They embarked on graduate study in Boston, at the Boston University School of Social Work. “That brought me back to the urban basketball scene. I was playing seven days a week, all over Boston, honing my game.” Back in Vermont after grad school, employed at Kingsland Bay, Pete played in rec leagues in Bristol, Vergennes, Middlebury, and Burlington. “I played in the Burlington league until I was 51 years old,” he said. Pete and Marian have two boys, Liam and Sam, now out in the world. Both were star players at VUHS and Pete was their coach as they developed in youth play. The Quinn home in Waltham has a full-length basketball court with glass backboards and the other accoutrements of a first-class court. Liam went on to Middlebury College and is in the family business as a social worker in San Francisco. Sam graduated from Harvard with a degree in Astrophysics and is earning his Ph.D. at Georgia State University. At this point, 40 years in, Pete’s not going anywhere. He likes this gig in Vergennes. Peter Quinn: hoops and groups.

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(Continued from Page 1B) size with the kids is that we play to California and Florida as his family play. That’s my baseline philosophy,” of now five has moved for a variety he said. “When you’re a little kid you of reasons. don’t go out and pick up a ball with “I have coached every year since the intention of making a team or tryat one level or another,” Howe said. ing to become a professional. You go His first job after college was out there because the ball looks fun. I assisting the Winthrop, Mass., boys’ don’t care if it’s a rubber gym ball, a varsity. Then he moved back to his soccer ball or a tennis ball. You pick native Shelburne, Vt., and coached it up and throw it or kick it because the Shelburne Middle you think it’s going to be School boys before a fun.” “My goal is move to California and an Hard work and having assistant gig with a girls’ to produce fun are not mutually program. Then came a re- young men exclusive, Howe said; turn to Vermont, where he or women, in fact, he said if players helped start the Vermont regardless work hard they will have Lightning and Vermont of what I’m more fun, and even win Thunder girls’ AAU more. teams that Howe said sent coaching, Howe gave an example several athletes to college who will be of how while learning better human to listen to an authority programs. A move to the Florida beings.” figure and working hard Keys and warmer weather — John Howe athletes can also learn followed, where Howe how to have more fun. coached high school boys “If something is easier and helped the three high schools in to do as a physical action, it becomes the Keys create a joint travel team. more fun,” Howe said. “We’re dribHe and his wife decided to return to bling a ball every time we do sprints Vermont, in part for better education because (the coach) wants me to learn for their three children, now a col- how to have better ball control while lege freshman, high school senior, I’m moving as fast as I can. If I have and fifth-grader. better ball control while I’m moving They settled in Charlotte, and as fast as I can, when I get into a game Howe coached in Shelburne for a situation I don’t lose the ball as much. year before being hired to coach If I don’t lose the ball as much, I’m the Stowe varsity girls’ team. He going to have a way better time.” acknowledges that did not end well; And after years of changing coachhe left the program with five games ing gigs as his family moved, Howe left in the season after he said the hopes to enjoy sticking around at administration did not back him in a MUHS for a while. disciplinary issue. MUHS Activities “My long-term goal is to be an Director Sean Farrell said he looked integral part of the Middlebury winter into it and is satisfied with Howe’s sports scene for many years,” he version of events. said. Howe said when the MUHS job opened up he applied and was impressed with a visit. And he was more than ready to keep coaching. “Middlebury was a great spot, and I really liked Sean,” he said. “This will be my 20th season coaching at one level or another. I’ve always said it doesn’t matter if there were six kids in a park. I’d end up sitting down and coaching with them.” At the same time Howe said he has been particularly impressed with the character of the athletes in the MUHS program. “We have an amazing group of young men. They’re all amazing. All 12 of these boys get better at practice every day, giving everything that they have,” he said. “We had an amazing practice this Saturday and it reminded me what an amazing group they are. They work together. They’re friends, and that helps quite a bit.” Given that Vermont public schools are highly unlikely to produce an NBA player and even scholarship athletes are rare, Howe said he sees his mission as more than creating winning teams. “So my goal is to produce young men or women, regardless of what I’m coaching, who will be better human beings,” he said. One way to do that is by emphasizing doing their best, Howe said. “Everything we do is about effort. It’s all about effort in the end,” he said. “And that again is another lesson they can take going forward. I don’t care if it’s schoolwork, relationships, jobs. There is nothing in this life that is not about effort.” At the same time Howe said working hard does not mean the players shouldn’t be enjoying themselves. “I really believe and what I empha-

(Continued from Page 1B) As the quarter closed the Golden players, and in the second they took Horde got a jumper from junior guard Trayah’s advice and worked the ball Kiera Pipeling and a post move from for those open jumpers. Lanfear, and they had the lead for “We can’t just pound it inside, be- good at 30-26. cause people will stay inside that little Bernhardt hit in the post to make it zone. We need to be able to shoot 30-28 two minutes into the fourth, and from outside,” Trayah said. then neither team scored for almost Still, the Golden Horde went on four minutes. Finally Horde guard a 5-1 run to lead by 22Samantha Callahan laid 13 at 2:21. Sophomore in an offensive rebound at Kiana Grabowski came “We’ve got to 2:12 to make it 32-28, and off the bench to nail a make those Westside hit four of eight three, freshman forward easy baskets, from the line in the final Isabell Lanfear converted those easy 1:37, including two from an offensive board, and Pipeling at 1:37, to nail Bailey hit a free throw. In putbacks, down the win. the span only a Keith free those easy In the waning minutes throw answering for OV. layups have the Otters got two free But the Otters scored to go in. We throws from Edmunds eight points in the final missed way and a fast-break hoop two minutes to close the from Lufkin set up by too many of gap. Lufkin hit her jumpEdmunds, but Trayah said er, Bernhardt sank the those.” they simply missed too — OV Coach many shots and commitfirst of two free throws, Kelly Trayah ted too many turnovers and junior Alia Edmunds rebounded the missed secin the period after putting ond attempt and set up junior guard together two good quarters. Julia Eastman for a three-pointer. “We’ve got to make those easy Eastman then capped the run by steal- baskets, those easy putbacks, those ing the ball, getting fouled and hitting easy layups have to go in. We missed two free throws. way too many of those,” Trayah said. Points came harder for both teams Bailey (nine rebounds) and Mcin the second half. In the third period Gee (eight) led a balanced Westside OV junior forward Leah Pinkowski effort on the glass; the Horde earned hit a free throw at 5:56 to tie the game a 48-45 edge on the boards as there at 22-22, but Westside senior Kasey were plenty of rebounds available. Serrani’s short jumper made it 24-22. Serrani said he was pleased with Pinkowski hit the offensive glass to his team’s effort, although he said the tie the game again at 4:50, but a Ser- Golden Horde will work on patience rani putback 10 seconds later made and shot selection against the zone, it 26-24. Finally, Bernhardt grabbed with an emphasis on the getting the two straight offensive boards, was ball inside to Bailey and Lanfear. fouled, and hit two free throws at 3:23 “We’ve got plenty of upside,” Serrato knot the score at 26-26. ni said. “I’m happy, I really am.”

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Bernhardt and Lufkin led OV with six points each, and Kingsley, Keith and Eastman added five apiece. Bernhardt (15 rebounds), Edmunds (10) and Eastman (seven) sparked OV on the boards. Trayah remains optimistic about a team that played well defensively

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MUHS student gets citation for sounding a false alarm MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police served a juvenile citation to a Middlebury Union High School student who, on Dec. 3, allegedly looked out a classroom window and exclaimed “school shooter” multiple times. Police said the student told them he was just having fun and “didn’t mean it for real.” Police said the student was cited for sounding false public alarms. In other action last week, Middlebury police: • Helped Middlebury College Public Safety officials search for a drunken man, dressed in black clothing, who was allegedly harassing students in the Porter Field Road area on Dec. 3. Authorities were unable to find the man. • Helped a driver who had run out of fuel on Route 7 South on Dec. 4. • Stopped a driver who had reportedly been operating erratically on Route 7 on Dec. 4. Police said they found the driver to be driving with a suspended license and without insurance. • Took, to Porter Hospital for mental health evaluation, a woman who had been sitting on the floor and refusing to leave the Rite Aid Pharmacy on Dec. 4. • Were informed that a student had been caught trying to steal food from the MUHS cafeteria on Dec. 4. • Ticketed three MUHS students for using e-cigarettes on school grounds on Dec. 4. The tickets were for being minors in possession of nicotine, according to police. • Assisted a girl who alleged her cell phone had been stolen from MUHS on Dec. 5. • Received truancy reports about two children absent from classes at Mary Hogan Elementary School on

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after flying into windows, fences, and other stationary objects. Cause of death: Trauma sustained while flying under the influence. Sadly, these are not isolated incidents. Between 2003 and 2016, the U.S.G.S. National Wildlife Health Center received more than two dozen reports of fatal alcohol poisoning or trauma resulting from impaired flying among robins and waxwings, with as many as 60 birds perishing in any given event. Late fall, winter, and early spring are prime times for avian intoxication, both because seasonal conditions are favorable for fermentation and because cold nights cause birds to forage more intensively. It’s also theorized that birds tend to eat more when feeding in flocks than when dining solo, which may explain why robins and waxwings — who forage in gregarious groups during the winter months — are particularly susceptible to having one too many. The good news is that, if provided with a safe space to sober up, bombed birds can survive to fly another day. In 2014, “National Geographic” reported on a Canadian environmental agency that turned hamster cages into temporary “drunk tanks” for tipsy waxwings. Most of the birds recovered after a few hours. Given the extreme vulnerability imposed by inebriation, it seems unlikely that songbirds intentionally seek out alcohol. But what about other species?

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Several years ago, a Washington black bear made headlines when it broke into some campground coolers and proceeded to down 36 cans of Rainier beer, pointedly refusing the Busch beer that was in the same coolers, before passing out in a nearby tree. When wildlife officials came to relocate the bruin, they baited the trap with two open cans of Rainier. The bear walked right in. Controversial research on voluntary alcohol consumption by feral vervet monkeys in the Caribbean has revealed that given access to alcohol, the majority of monkeys will drink in moderation, while 15 percent are teetotalers who drink little to no alcohol, 15 percent are habitual heavy drinkers, and approximately 5 percent repeatedly drink themselves to the point of unconsciousness. The researchers noted a “striking similarity” to our own complex relationship with alcohol. Then there’s the pen-tailed tree shrew, a Malaysian mammal that spends more than two hours a night guzzling fermented bertam palm nectar. With alcohol concentrations of up to 3.8 percent — among the highest ever reported in a naturally occurring food — bertam palm nectar is, essentially, beer. Tree shrews drink the equivalent of nine glasses a night. This level of alcohol consumption would be downright dangerous for other mammals, including humans, yet the shrews don’t show the slightest sign of

impairment. Scientists hypothesize that the shrews developed a symbiotic relationship with the palm approximately 55 million years ago and have been bingeing ever since, though it’s unclear how they manage to function with such chronically high blood alcohol concentrations. So, as we enter the season of brandied eggnog, champagne cocktails, and for the wildest among us, fermented fruit, keep your eye out for wasted waxwings and reeling robins. But if a pentailed tree shrew challenges you to a game of beer pong, it’s best to politely decline. They’ll drink you under the table every time. Brett Amy Thelen is Science Director at the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock, New Hampshire (harriscenter.org). The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by “Northern Woodlands” magazine, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org.

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THANK YOU ST. JUDE for prayers answered. JER.

Public Meetings ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Wednesdays, 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 turn‑ ingpointaddisonvt.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. AL‑ANON: FOR FAMI‑ LIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. New‑ comers welcome. Confiden‑ tial. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15‑8:15 pm. ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems. Babysitting available. ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINK‑ ING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confiden‑ tial, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems. Babysitting available. NA (JUST IN TIME) Mon‑ days, 6:30 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

Opportunities

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

Public Meetings

NA MEETINGS MIDDLE‑ BURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 5 THURSDAY. 12 Steps and Traditions Meeting, Ripton, Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. Big Book Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Alternat‑ ing Format Meeting, Fer‑ risburgh, Assembly of God Christian Center. Route 7, 7‑8pm. Speaker Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30pm.

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

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.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 1 SUNDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 4‑5pm. Women’s Meeting, North Ferrisburgh, United Methodist Church, Old Hol‑ low Rd. 6‑7pm. 12 Step Meeting, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 7‑8pm. AA 24‑Hour Hotline 802‑388‑9284, aavt. org. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 2 MONDAY. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Ripton, Rip‑ ton Firehouse, Dugway Rd. 7:15‑8:15am. As Bill Sees it Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Women of AA (Step/Speaker), Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd, 5:30‑6:30pm. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr, 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Big Book Meeting, New Ha‑ ven, Congregational Church, Village Green, 7:30‑8:30pm. Discussion Meeting, Bran‑ don, St. Thomas Episco‑ pal Church, Rte 7 South, 7:30‑8:30am. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 3 TUESDAY. 12 Step Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Daily Reflection Meeting, Vergennes, Congregational Church, Water St. 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 7:30‑8:30pm. Spiritual Awakening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 4 WEDNESDAY. Big Book Meeting, Middle‑ bury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 7:15‑8:15am. Discus‑ sion Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. 12 Step Meeting, Brandon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South, 7‑8pm. 12 Step Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 7‑8pm.

ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 6 FRIDAY. Spiri‑ tual Awakening Meeting, Middlebury, St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (on the Green) 7:30‑8:30am. Dis‑ cussion Meeting, Middle‑ bury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. Noon‑1pm. Big Book Meeting, Bristol, Howden Hall, 19 West St. 6‑7pm. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Vergennes, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Park St. 8‑9pm. ALCOHOLICS ANONY‑ MOUS, 7 SATURDAY. Discussion Meeting, Mid‑ dlebury, United Methodist Church, North Pleasant St. 9‑10am. Discussion Meet‑ ing, Middlebury, Beginner’s Meeting, Middlebury, The Turning Point Ctr. 54 Creek Rd. 6:30‑7:30pm.

R E F U G E R E C O V E RY ‑ TUESDAYS 6‑7 p.m. A non‑theistic, Buddhist‑in‑ spired approach to recovery from addictions of all kinds. Dedicated to the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness, and generosity, this recovery meeting uses meditation and kindness to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused. Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd. (802) 388‑4249.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plas‑ tering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

Help Wanted

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

Garage Sales

Find it!

INDOOR HOLIDAY SALE Lots of new stuff and used furniture. Playstations one and Playstation 2 units and games, records, electronics. Something for everyone. Sat. and Sun. 12/15 and 12/16. 10‑4pm . Green house across from Whiting fire station. 802‑353‑6821.

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Graphic Designer needed The Addison County Independent is currently hiring a full-time graphic designer to help in our five-person production department. Experience required. This gold-star individual will work with our team of awardwinning designers 32-40 hours a week, creating advertising and page layouts. Health care and other benefits offered. Excellent organizational skills and creativity necessary, as is a good command of spelling and grammar. Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite required. Must be able to work well under the pressure of weekly and daily deadlines. Please send cover letter and resumé to Sue Leggett, production manager: suel@addisonindependent.com. ADDISON COUNTY

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NARCAN KITS are avail‑ able at the Turning Point Center of Addison County FREE of charge. Narcan (Naloxone) is a nasal spray used to reverse an opioid overdose in progress. These kits are specifically intended for public distribution and can be used by anyone to save a life. Easy train‑ ing is provided at Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, and takes approximately 10 minutes. Wednesdays between 9 a.m. ‑ noon, or call for an appointment (802) 388‑4249.

Town of Charlotte

Minutes-Taker/Recording Secretary The Town of Charlotte seeks a Minutes Taker/Recording Secretary for evening meetings held by the Selectboard, Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment. The Selectboard usually meets twice per month (2nd & 4th Mondays); the Planning Commission also usually meets twice per month (1st & 3rd Thursdays); the Zoning Board meets as needed, but usually once per month (on Wednesdays). The position is considered to be a contractor, and is not an employee of the Town. The position is paid hourly and does not include leave or health benefits. Applications should include a description of relevant experience, a sample of minutes taken or other writing sample, and requested hourly pay-rate. Please send inquiries and applications to dean@townofcharlotte.com The deadline for submitting an application is December 28th. 12/13, 17, 20, 27

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The Very Merry Middlebury committee is looking for 4-5 volunteers to help plan this year’s event. It’s a really fun and rewarding way to connect with our community during a magical time of year! Committee members will meet regularly over the next two months to organize volunteers, events and programs for holiday fun in downtown Middlebury throughout the month of December. Call Karen at 345-1366 or email Karen@bettermiddleburypartnership if you are interested.

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Help Wanted SHARED LIVING PRO‑ VIDER sought for a man in his mid 30’s on the autism spectrum. This intelligent and indepen‑ dent man enjoys watching movies and playing online video games. He is eager to participate in house‑ hold chores and master independent living skills. He has his own transpor‑ tation. Tax‑free annual stipend of approximately $27,000, and room & board payment of $8,600. A quiet and patient home in Bristol, Middlebury, or Vergennes would be a great match. Please contact Tim Franklin at Community Associates, 388‑4021.

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Help Wanted ALYSSUM, INC. Roch‑ ester VT. House Manager Position. Looking for an individual who: has lived experience of trauma or mental health challenges and recovery as well as experience of providing peer support. Is dynamic, responsible and self moti‑ vated. Has excellent self awareness and personal boundaries. Has excellent communication skills and has the ability to work col‑ laboratively in a flat man‑ agement program. Has office management and computer skills. Visit us at: alyssum.org/jobs for more information about the job and our program. This salaried position is for 32 hours per week and includes benefits. Submit your cover letter (which addresses your lived experience and your reasons for applying for this job) and your resume to: Gloria@Alyssum.org.

HENRY SHELDON MU‑ SEUM of Middlebury seeks a responsible, professional individual with previous bookkeep‑ ing and payroll experi‑ ence to join our non‑profit team. Primary responsi‑ bilities include accounts payable and receivable, bank reconciliation’s, processing payroll, pro‑ cessing payroll and sales and use taxes, tracking grants, entering inven‑ tory and tracking inven‑ tory. The ideal candidate will be able to multi‑task, work efficiently and be a team player. This is a part‑time position of 7 to 8.5 hours per week. QuickBooks and Excel software experience nec‑ essary and QuickBooks Point of Sale software experience a plus but not required. Please send resume and list of three references with contact information to wbrooks@ henrysheldonmuseum. org. BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802‑388‑1156. EASTVIEW AT MIDDLE‑ BURY seeks enthusiastic and experienced caregiv‑ ers to provide hands‑on care in our dynamic retirement community. Openings: full‑time eve‑ nings, part‑time week‑ ends. Email acoyle @eastviewmiddlebury. com or call 989‑7502. PAINTERS WANTED ‑ Acorn Painting is seeking two professional painters for winter interior work. Excellent pay, great ben‑ efits. Reliable transporta‑ tion, tools and a positive no nonsense attitude is a must. This is a great opportunity for people looking for full time work year round. A minimum of three years experience necessary. Call 453 5611 Serious applicants only.

Help Wanted HELP WANTED FOR a 24 year old quadriplegic in Benson VT. Part‑Time. $12‑15 and hour depend‑ ing on experience. He requires day to day care and trach suctioning. Will Train. Must be depend‑ able and show up when scheduled. Will require some transportation, so must have a valid driv‑ er’s license and be able to pass a background check. Contact Lia at 802‑558‑8240 for more info. HOPE HAS AN opening for a 15 hour a week re‑ tail associate. Applicants should have excellent customer service and cash register skills. We also have an anticipated opening for a 29.5 hour a week materials han‑ dler in our warehouse. Customer service and communication skills re‑ quired, mechanical abil‑ ity helpful, valid drivers’ license required. Email resume and letter of in‑ terest to receptionist@ hope‑vt.org or mail to 282 Boardman Street, Suite 1A, Middlebury. No phone calls please. Equal Op‑ portunity Employer.

SPECIALIZED RESI‑ DENTIAL Support. Join a team of support for a woman with developmen‑ tal disabilities in Middle‑ bury. In a 24/7 staffed therapeutic home en‑ vironment, the work is focused on teaching and modeling independent living skills, and choice making that leads to a healthy life physically and emotionally. Support is also needed in exploring new interests and mak‑ ing friends in the com‑ munity. Experience with behavioral support help‑ ful but ample training is provided. Full‑time with comprehensive benefit package. Annual com‑ pensation around $31K, with $300 sign‑on bo‑ nus. To apply, visit www. csac‑vt.org.

For Sale DOG TEAM ORIGI‑ NAL RECIPE Sticky Buns for Christmas. Call 802‑453‑4870 for order and pickup time. 658 Exchange Street, Middlebury. GARFIELD CHRISTMAS VILLAGE, 5 pieces $300. OBO. Assorted Garfield Christmas ornaments and plates, etc. Power wheel chair, Jet 1, very good condition $300. Engine hoist $200. 802‑877‑2872, leave message. TORO 6 HORSE snow‑ blower, like new. $400. 802‑468‑0278. Okay to leave message.

For Rent

For Rent

BRANDON: PARK VIL‑ LAGE is now accepting applications for 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments. Rents starting at $700, includes heat and trash. No pets. Laundry on site. Income restrictions ap‑ ply. Call Summit Property Management Group at 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website, summitpmg. com.

MIDDLEBURY, 2,600 SQ FT office space. Court St., central location, park‑ ing. Can be subdivided. Real‑Net Management Inc. 802‑388‑4994.

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM available. Utilities includ‑ ed are: Heat, hot water, lawn care, snow removal, garbage and parking. Tenant pays electric. Small storage space in‑ cluded. 802‑453‑2566. C O R N WA L L Q U I E T COUNTRY APARTMENT 5 miles from Middlebury. 2nd story, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath with washer/ dryer hookup. Includes everything plus satellite, storage included. $1,250 per month. 1st and last month’s rent and secu‑ rity deposit. No pets, no smoking. Available imme‑ diately. 802‑462‑2924.

MIDDLEBURY: SHARE A home w/professional & her teenaged son. Re‑ duced rent in exchange for help w/ housekeeping, pet‑care & snow shovel‑ ing. Shared bath. Must be pet‑friendly. No ad‑ ditional pets. 863‑5625, HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, references, background check required. EHO. MIDDLEBURY: SMALL FAMILY offers a spa‑ cious, furnished living area with private bath for $550/month (all inc.) and occasional help w/ driving. No smoking. No deposit. 863‑5625, HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, references, background check req. EHO. NEW HAVEN ‑ 2 bed‑ room apartment. Next to the town green. $900 monthly. Sunny, hard‑ wood floors, dishwasher, gas stove, 15 minutes to Middlebury. 35 minutes to Burlington. Utilities not included. Security deposit and references. Call 802‑249‑1328. NEW HAVEN SUNNY, quiet village apartment. East/West views. Easy commute to surrounding Addison County towns and Burlington. No pets, no smoking. Ref‑ erences. $925/month. 802‑236‑2040. SMALL OFFICE SPACE, 656 Exchange Street, Middlebury. $500/month. 802‑388‑4831.

DOWNTOWN MIDDLE‑ BURY; College St., 3 BR apartment for rent. Walk‑ ing distance to college. Available Jan, 1st. Text Baba 802‑373‑6456. DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addison. Available stor‑ age space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structurally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door mea‑ surements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

STOREFRONT AVAIL‑ ABLE. 1,000 sq.ft., 616 Exchange Street, Middle‑ bury. 802‑388‑4831.

Wood Heat FIREWOOD. CUT, SPLIT and delivered. $210/cord seasoned. $185/cord green. 802‑282‑9110.

Real Estate EAST MIDDLEBURY, DAISY Lane Lot #11. Beautiful, level 1/2 acre building lot with good southern exposure on a private lane. Town water, power and cable hookups at curbside. Site approved for four bedroom home with conventional (no mound necessary) sep‑ tic system. $68,000. Call Jack Brown 388‑7350.

Public Notices

Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 8B & 9B.

Addison County Courthouse (1)

Hancock (2)

Addison Sup. Court (2)

Middlebury (1)

Middlebury College (1)

Chittenden Sup. Court (1) State Of Vermont (1)

SUPERIOR COURT ADDISON UNIT In re: S.J.

STATE OF VERMONT

FAMILY DIVISION DOCKET NO. 9-2-18 Anjv

ORDER AND NOTICE OF HEARING

O: Sandra Decker, mother of S.J., you are hereby notified that the State of Vermont has T filed a petition to terminate your residual parental rights to S.J. and that the hearing to consider the termination of all residual parental rights to S.J. will be held on January 15, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Addison Family Division, at 7 Mahady Court, Middlebury, Vermont. You are notified to appear in connection with this case. Failure to appear at this hearing may result in the termination of all of your parental rights to S.J. The State is represented by the Attorney General’s Office, HC 2 North, 280 State Drive, Waterbury, VT 05671-2080. A copy of this order shall be mailed to Sandra Decker if an address for her is known. Date 11/29/18 Alison Arms Honorable Alison Arms 12/6, 13

PUBLIC NOTICE

The following roadways are located on the property of Middlebury College: 1. Porter Field Road - The roadway which serves Porter Field and extends from South Main Street to South Street. 2. South Service Road - The roadway which serves the upper campusof Middlebury College and extends from Hillcrest Road to South Main Street. 3. Hepburn Road – The roadway which serves the upper campus of Middlebury College and extends from College Street to South Service Road. 4. Le Chateau Lane - The roadway which serves the upper campus of Middlebury College and extends from College Street to Le Chateau. 5. Freeman Way - The roadway which serves the site of the Freeman International Center and extends from Weybridge Street to Gorham Lane and to the Freeman International Center. 6. Old Chapel Road - The roadway which serves the lower campus of Middlebury College and extends from College Street to the Service Building parking area. 7. HMKL Way - The roadway which serves the upper campus of Middlebury College and extends from College Street to Kelly/Lang Dormitory. 8. Golf Course Way - The roadway which serves the Golf Course, Kirk Alumni Center and Hadley House, and extends from Route 30 to the Hadley House and the Alumni Stadium. 9. Ridgeline Road – The roadway which serves the houses of Middlebury College known as Prescott, Palmer, Brooker, Brackett and extends from Route 125 to Hillcrest Road. 10. Adirondack View – The roadway which serves the Adirondack View houses, Ridgeline Town Houses, and Ridgeline Suites of Middlebury College and extends from Route 125 to Hillcrest Road. 11. Bicentennial Way – The roadway which serves the western campus of Middlebury College and extends from Route 125 to Bicentennial Hall. The above listed roadways have never been set apart, surrendered or otherwise dedicated by Middlebury College to the public use. All persons using said roadways do so in subordination to the rights and by permission of Middlebury College and are subject to this notice. These roadways will be closed to public use from midnight Monday, December 24, 2018, until midnight Tuesday, December 25, 2018. They will be reopened the following day for public use with the permission of Middlebury College. Middlebury College By: Norm Cushman, Operations 12/13

STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION

PUBLIC NOTICE Full Passport Service Addison County Courthouse The Addison County Clerk is available to accept passport applications and provide passport photos. REGULAR HOURS Monday – Friday 9am to 1pm Appointments appreciated, but not necessary.

802-388-1966

PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 1641-11-18 CNPR STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY UNIT IN RE THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH DOOLITTLE HAMPEL NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of the estate of Elizabeth Doolittle Hampel of Burlington, Vermont. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: December 7, 2018 Edward J. Darling 26 Barrett Street So. Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 318.7030 Name of Publication: Addison Independent Publication Date: December 13, 2018 Address of Probate Court: Chittenden Probate Court, PO Box 511, 175 M St., Burlington, VT 05402 12/13

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DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-OPT2, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OPT2 v. For Rent AVERIL J. THIBAULT AND DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 4 BEDROOM HOUSE, OCCUPANTS OF: 713 Quaker Street, North Ferrisburgh VT Att. Farmers 2 miles from center of MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. Middlebury. Call for info. HAY FOR SALE Small In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered April 25, 2018 in the above captioned action 802‑349‑8544. square bales. First brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Averil J. Thibault to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated February MIDDLEBURY 1 BED‑ cut and mulch. Call 10, 2006 and recorded in Book 118 Page 134 of the land records of the Town of Ferrisburgh, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is ROOM, fully furnished 802‑349‑9281. AVAI LA B L E J A N . , 1 the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Option One Mortgage Corporation to Deutsche Bank National apartment, all inclusive, Middlebury office space. Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT2 W/D. $1,250/month. 250 sq. ft. Single room dated January 21, 2008 and recorded in Book 126 Page 45 of the land records of the Town of Ferrisburgh for breach of the 802‑349‑8544. HAY FOR SALE. 1st, with own bathroom on conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 713 Quaker Street, 2nd and 3rd cut. Small Court St./Rte. 7, ground North Ferrisburgh, Vermont on January 8, 2019 at 11:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, squares $2.‑$4.; 4’ level with ample parking MIDDLEBURY 2 BED‑ rounds $30.‑$50. Mike To wit: Check the and own entrance. Use ROOM near downtown. Q u i n n , M i d d l e b u r y. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Marcel C. Thibault and Averil J. Thibault by Warranty Deed of conference room. All Appliances, off street Classifieds twice a 802‑388‑7828. of John C. Pierce and Irene P. Pierce dated August 9, 1996, of record in Volume 84 at Page 466 of the Land Records including internet parking, lease. No pets. week in the Addison utilities of the Town of Ferrisburgh and more particularly described as follows: for $400 per month. Call Real Net Management Being Lot No. 2 as shown on a survey map entitled “Plat of Survey showing a portion of lands of John C. and Irene Independent. Kathy 352‑4302 or email Inc. 802‑388‑4994. WHITNEY’S CUSTOM P. Pierce”, dated June 24, 1996, by Harold N. Marsh, Registered Land Surveyor, recorded at Land Map Volume cometovt@gmail.com. FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ 6, Page 7 of the Ferrisburgh Land Records. Said land and premises are more particularly described therein as tating, liquid manure haul‑ follows: ing, drag line aerating. Beginning at a rebar set in the southerly sideline of Quaker Street, so-called, said rebar also marking a point in Call for price. 462‑2755, For Rent For Rent For Rent the common boundary line of Lot No. 1 and Lot No. 2 as shown on said survey; John Whitney. THENCE N 06° 42’ 42” E a distance of 25 feet, more or less, to a point calculated to be in the centerline of the right of way of Quaker Street, so-called; THENCE S 82° 38’ 00” E a distance of 300 feet, more or less, in and along the centerline of Quaker Street, soCars called, to a point, said point marking the northeast corner of the lands conveyed herein; 2006 MINI COOPER S THENCE S 06° 42’ 42” W a distance of 25 feet, more or less, to a rebar, said rebar also being located in the common super charged w/ 6 speed boundary line of Lot No. 2 and Lot No. 3 as shown on said survey; transmission. Runs great THENCE continuing S 06°42’ 42” W a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to a point; and a blast to drive. Great THENCE continuing S 6° 42’ 42. W a distance of 500.35 feet, more or less, to a rebar marking the southeast corner shape. 82,245 miles. Can of the lands described herein; be seen in New Haven, THENCE N 80° 59’ 52” W a distance of 300.22 feet, more or less, to a rebar marking the southwest corner of the VT or on Facebook under lands described herein; Particularly on sites like Craigslist. Susanne Button. Asking THENCE N 06° 42’ 42” E a distance of 491.78 feet, more or less, to a point; $4,850. 802‑989‑5614. THENCE continuing N 06° 42’ 42” E a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to a rebar set in the southerly sideline of And it’s easier to break the law than you Quaker Street, so-called, said rebar also marking the point or place of beginning. might think. You can’t say “no children” or Said lands contain 5.65 acres, more or less. Wanted “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say. Those lands located within the bounds of Quaker Street, so-called, are conveyed herein by quitclaim only. Subject to the terms and conditions of Subdivision Permit No. EC-9-0740, dated July 9, 1996, said permit to be The federal government is watching for such TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT recorded prior hereto in the Ferrisburgh Land Records. discrimination. Antique dealer special‑ Subject also to the terms and conditions of Ferrisburgh Planning Commission Permit No. 96-66, dated June 19, izing in jewelry, watches, 1996. silver, art, military, an‑ Let us help you sift through the complexities Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned deed and survey and deeds and records therein referenced, all tique collectibles, etc. of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the ) in further aid of this description. 1 Visit bittnerantiques. /1 /5 5 : d lishe right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law. (Pub Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal Adscall com or Brian at Classified 802‑272‑7527. Consult‑ liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. ent Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944. services to college. For Ring/appraisal TENseTHOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s T PARTMEN wly refurbished. Clo DROOM A eb ne y, House calls 1 BEavailable. Talk to our sales professionals. ur check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, dl . id 00 M , 00 et 0Stre heat. 00 Main escharge. ud made free of cl in , bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. th y on ur eb $750/m rth of Middl 0-0000. 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Auctions

ADDISON COUNTY ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Section 133(3)(a), the taxpayers of the County of Addison are hereby given notice that the annual meeting to discuss the final county budget for 2019-2020 will be held at the Judge Frank Mahady Courthouse in Middlebury on Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 9:00 am. This budget is for fiscal year July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020. More information and extra copies of the budget may be obtained at the Addison County Superior Court, Frank Mahady Courthouse, Middlebury, Vermont. Tel. 802-388-1966. Alice M. George, Assistant Judge & Irene Poole, Assistant Judge 2019-2020

REVENUE:

MARKET REPORT ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES

RT. 125 • EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT Sales for Dec. 6 & Dec. 12

Friends of Santa

LONGTIME FRIENDS FROM Bristol Ruth Lathrop, 94, left, and Helen Vrooman, 93, share their Christmas wish lists with Santa at a Cool Yule event at the Federated Church of Bristol on Dec. 1. Gary Miller of Middlebury stood in for the busy elf that morning. Photo courtesy of Lisa Palmer

Monkton

NEWS

MONKTON — Busy and rushed? All thumbs with wrapping paper? Want help with Santa’s presents? Volunteers at the Monkton Friends Methodist Church can do it for you! Come to the church on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. and helpers will wrap presents while you relax with a hot beverage and cookies. Gift wrapping is offered for free, but donations are being gratefully accepted for the Monkton Wood Bank. The church members are also accepting donations of paper, ribbons, and boxes to use for this event. If you have questions, contact Teri Fitz-Gerald at 453-4918 or Ann Marie Dingler at 453-2911. CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS The historic 1867 East Monkton Church, 405 Church Road, will be the site of the 11th annual community wide “Celebration of Christmas” this Sunday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m. Friends for over 40 years, Jeremy Perfect and Mike Dever started singing together in 2008 in a trio called “Cut, Split and Delivered.” Most of the music they play comes from songs of times gone by, sea chanties, songs of working men and women, traditional folk, and some originals of Mike’s. For this East Monkton Church event however, the season of Christmas and winter solstice will be the theme. When not singing, you can find Jeremy at his carpentry shop in Lincoln building kitchens, and other fine pieces of furniture. Mike can be spotted almost anywhere you see an Acorn Painting sign. Together they go by “Perfect-n-Dever” and once sang “God Bless America” at Fenway Park. Sponsored by the East Monkton Church Association, this event is an opportunity for the community to gather for some wonderful music, followed by refreshments and

socializing. Admission is by donation, with all funds benefiting building restoration. Please note there are no restroom facilities at the church. Call 453-7575 if you have questions. On Dec. 24th, the Friends Methodist Church will host a congregation-led candlelight service at 7 p.m. All are welcome. For any questions call Marilyn at 453-5192. On Sunday, Dec. 16, the service at the Monkton Friends Methodist Church will be led by the youth in a delightful play about the Christmas season. Also, at the annual candlelight Christmas Eve service on Dec. 24 the 7 p.m. time frame accommodates the younger church members and the community. There will be traditional hymns and carols as well as scripture readings. Here is some Monkton Planning Commission Public Hearing and informational meeting news. The Monkton Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 8 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the Monkton Fire Station (3747 States Prison Hollow Road), to take public testimony on the proposed Monkton Town Plan. The plan needs to be updated every five years (although it will be moving to an eight-year cycle) and it was last updated in 2014. This proposed town plan is a reflection of the information gathered on the town survey, the open house many of you attended in June, the view-shed study, etc. There will be an informational session from 7 to 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 18 at the Fire House prior to the public hearing. Copies of the town plan are available for review or obtained at the Town Offices, 280 Monkton Ridge, during normal business hours. They may also be viewed on the town website: monktonvt.com.

Salisbury

NEWS

SALISBURY — Thank you, John Flowers, for the nice write up about my career as the Salisbury correspondent. The interview was fun and we certainly talked about many events that had occurred during the years. My daughter Gayle wants folks to know that she still lives and works in Stowe, not Killington, but as we mentioned we have to have a mistake to prove we are human. The Salisbury Free Public Library will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 25. and Tuesday, Jan. 1. There have been large flocks of mergansers on Lake Dunmore. Last Sunday a flock of approximately 80 common mergansers were fishing just at the edge of the ice. It was interesting to see them diving; at times almost the entire flock would disappear below the surface to feed on the fish and the next moment they would all be up again. There was also a smaller flock of hooded mergansers feeding nearby. The Salisbury UCC Congregational Church will a hold their annual

Lincoln

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candle lighting Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24. Everyone is invited to attend this lovely service. The church will hold its usual Sunday service at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23; there will be no service on Sunday, Dec. 30. Regular Sunday services will resume at 10 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2019. The town office will close at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, and re-open on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 at 11 a.m. The selectboard has appointed Ken Tichacek to fill an unexpired vacancy on the board until town meeting. They also approved Chris Turner as editor of the town report. Editor’s note: Sadly, Mary Burchard’s run as Salisbury Correspondent for the Addison Independent is coming to an end and we are looking for a new Salisbury Correspondent. If you live in town and want to share what is going on with others through the local newspaper as a regular assignment, email us at news@addisonindependent. com.

Have a news tip? Call Dawn Mikkelsen at 453-7029 NEWS

LINCOLN — The Lincoln Library is hosting an afterschool craft on Wednesday, Dec. 19. Crafters will be making paper snowflakes and ornaments for the holidays. Please sign up at the library. Here are the holiday hours for the library: closed on Monday, Dec. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 25, open Wednesday, Dec. 26, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and closed on Monday, Dec 31,

and Tuesday, Jan. 1. SAVE THE DATE: Winter recess for the Mount Abraham Unified School District is Monday, Dec. 24, through Tuesday, Jan. 1. Until next time...Each Day Provides Its Own Gifts. The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Create It. Every Champion Was Once A Contender Who Refused To Give Up.

BEEF Four Hills Daona Farm Kayhart Bros. Blue Spruce Farm Conants Riverside Nop Bros. & Sons D. Essex Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb 1470 .65 1560 .60 1325 .60 1685 .47 1880 .45 1085 .45 1600 .415

CALVES Danyow Farm LLC Monument Farms Quarry Rd. Farm Barnes Bros. Duboise Farm

Costs Lbs. per lb Dollars 99 .67 66.33 102 .65 66.30 109 .60 65.40 97 .60 58.20 104 .58 60.32

Dollars 955.50 936.00 795.00 791.95 846.00 488.25 664.00

Total # Beef: 316 • Total # Calves: 401 We value our faithful customers. Sales at 3pm - Mon. & Thurs. For pickup and trucking, call 1-802-388-2661

Check out the Auctions and Public Notices every Monday & Thursday in the

Addison Independent

INVITATION TO BID TOwN Of MIDDleBury

Bid Number # 20181213-1 Sealed competitive bids for a Track loader will be received at the office of the Town Manager, 77 Main St., Middlebury, VT 05753 until 11:00 AM, January 15, 2019. The Town of Middlebury, VT reserves the right to waive any informalities, reject any and all bids, or to accept any bid deemed to be in the best interest of the Town. Information for Bidders, Specifications and Bid Forms may be obtained free of charge at the Municipal Building at 77 Main Street, the Department of Public Works at 1020 Route 7 South or on the Town’s webpage at www.townofmiddlebury.org. Questions may be addressed to Patti Kirby – pkirby@townofmiddlebury.org or by phone at (802) 388-4045.

12/13, 12/17, 12/20

Tom Broughton

County Tax ESTIMATED 0.0041300 2019-2020 Passports Miscellaneous income Interest Earned Wills for safekeeping Rent Income – Jail Bldg. TOTAL INCOME Anticipated Surplus

Proposed

$ 183,423.00 $ 6,500.00 $ 15.00 $ 175.00 $ 7000.00 $ 22,800.00 $ 219,913.00 $ 13,119.00 $ 233,032.00

EXPENSES: Court: Court Personnel: Salaries $ Benefits $ Dues & Memberships $ Office Expenses $ Advertising-Passport/Budget $ Insurance $ Legal $ Professional Services $ Contracted Services $ VT Audit Contingency $ Subtotal $

46,940.00 4,225.00 2,500.00 4,200.00 2,500.00 2,830.00 250.00 1,400.00 3,300.00 – 300.00 68,445.00

EXPENSES (continued)

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Proposed

Sheriffs Department: Personnel: Salaries Benefits Office Expense Telephone Insurance/Bonds Training Valcor/Spillman Radio Audit Subtotal

$ 87,367.00 $ 20,970.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,600.00 $ 14,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 750.00 $ – $ 130,687.00

Probate Court: Supplies/Equipment Dues Training and Education Contingency Subtotal

$ $ $ $ $

Sheriffs Building: Utilities Bldg & Grounds Insurance Inspections Custodial Capital Improvements Subtotal TOTAL EXPENSE

$ 17,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,600.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 3,000.00 $ 2,500.00 $ 32,600.00 $ 233,032.00

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PROPOSED STATE RULES By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/SOS/rules/.The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members. To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible. To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (802-828-2231). 10 V.S.A. Appendix § 44, Furbearing Species. Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P056 AGENCY: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board CONCISE SUMMARY: This rule applies sections of the existing rule to persons who trap nuisance furbearers for compensation. The rule requires that such persons visit traps within a timely manner, label their traps, use approved traps, and submit the carcasses of certain species, as well as a biological trapping survey report to the Department. In addition, such trappers are prohibited from using poison. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Catherine Gjessing, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2, Montpelier VT 05620-0302 Tel: 802-595-3331 Fax: 802-828-1250 Email:catherine.gjessing@vermont.gov URL: https://vtfishandwildlife.com/aboutus/fish-and-wildlife-board/board-rules. FOR COPIES: Mark Scott Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department 1 National Life Drive, Dewey Building Montpelier, VT 05620-3208 Tel: 802-777-4217 Fax: 802-828-1092 Email: mark.scott@ vermont.gov.

Public Notices can be found on Pages 8B & 9B. To publish a legal notice in the

Addison Independent, please email information to legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100. INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF HANCOCK PO BOX 100, HANCOCK, VT 05748

Sealed bids for the contract work described below will be accepted by the Town of Hancock until 5:00 PM, Tuesday December 18, 2018. TYPE OF CONTRACT: (3) Three year Mowing Contract with the Town of Hancock. Contract is available for viewing upon request. Contact Town Clerk, Janet Jesso, for information. (802) 767-3660. BID OPENING: Sealed bids shall be marked “Mowing Bid” and will be publicly opened and read aloud on Tuesday December 18, 2018 at 6:30 pm at the Hancock Town Clerks Office. All contractors must provide three references and must have proof of liability insurance upon award of contract. Insurance requirements: General Liability insurance coverage with a policy limit of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 in aggregate; (2) Business Automobile Liability coverage with total liability limits of at least $1,000,000; and (3) Statutory Workers’ Compensation insurance. If Contractor is not required by law to carry workers’ compensation insurance, in place of proof of workers’ compensation insurance Contractor may provide a fully executed Non-Employee Work Agreement specifying the particular provision of 21 V.S.A §601(14)(F) that exempts Contractor from having to carry such coverage. The Contractors policies shall name the Municipality as an additional insured. Please contact the Hancock Town Clerk (802-767-3660) for a full copy of the prospectus or visit www.hancockvt.org to download a copy. *The Hancock Select Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids 12/6, 12/10, 12/13

INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF HANCOCK PO BOX 100, HANCOCK, VT 05748

Sealed bids for the contract work described below will be accepted by the Town of Hancock until 5:00 PM, Tuesday December 18, 2018. TYPE OF CONTRACT: (3) Three year Winter Roads Contract with the Town of Hancock. Contract is available for viewing upon request. Contact Town Clerk, Janet Jesso, for information. (802) 767-3660. BID OPENING: Sealed bids shall be marked “WINTER ROADS” and will be publicly opened and read aloud on Tuesday December 18, 2018 at 6:30 pm at the Hancock Town Clerks Office. All contractors must provide three references and must have proof of liability insurance upon award of contract. Workers’ Compensation. Notwithstanding any workers’ compensation or insurance policies maintained by the Town, the Contractor shall procure and maintain workers’ compensation coverage sufficient to meet Vermont’s statutory requirements and provide the Town with proof of coverage. Liability Insurance. The Contractor shall maintain comprehensive general liability insurance, including broad form property damage coverage, with limits of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) combined single limit for personal injury and property damage for each occurrence. The Contractor shall provide Town with a Certificate of Insurance in which the Town is listed as a “co-insured”. Please contact the Hancock Town Clerk (802-767-3660) for a full copy of the prospectus or visit www.hancockvt.org to download a copy. *The Hancock Select Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids 12/6, 12/10, 12/13

Note: The two rules listed below have been promulgated by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board who has requested the notices be combined to facilitate a savings for the agency. When contacting the agency about these rules please note the title and rule number of the rule(s) you are interested in. • 10 V.S.A. Appendix § 122. Fish Management Regulation: 18P057 • 10 V.S.A. Appendix § 141. Baitfish Rule: 18P058 AGENCY: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board CONCISE SUMMARY: These rules will facilitate the proper management of fish by amending an existing rule in three ways. First, the sections related to baitfish are pulled out of § 122 and placed into their own rule. Second, the baitfish sections are modified to reduce restrictions and once again allow the harvest, movement and use of wild harvested baitfish within designated zones in the state. Third, two modifications of § 122 are related to specific waterbodies. A waterbody specific regulation on a section of Lamoille River is removed to return it to general regulations. Additionally, a 2 trout bag limit is proposed on Jobs and Martins Ponds. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Catherine Gjessing, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2, Montpelier VT 05620-0302 Tel: 802-595-3331 Fax: 802-828-1250 Email: catherine.gjessing@vermont.gov URL: https://vtfishandwildlife.com/aboutus/fish-and-wildlife-board/board-rules. FOR COPIES: Eric Palmer Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2 Montpelier, VT 05620-0302 Tel: 802-535-7635 Fax: 802-828-1250 Email: eric.palmer@ vermont.gov. Newborn Screening Program Rule. Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P059 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department of Health CONCISE SUMMARY: Vermont currently screens newborns for 31 of 35 disorders recommended by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services as “core screening conditions.” This rulemaking adds these four identifiable and treatable conditions recommended for addition: Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA-I); X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD); Prompe Disease; and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (MPS 1). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shayla Livingston, Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax: 802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov URL: http://www.healthvermont.gov/about-us/laws-regulations/ rules-and-regulations. FOR COPIES: David Englander, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax:802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov. Vermont Impaired Driver Rehabilitation Program Rule. Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P060 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department of Health CONCISE SUMMARY: This rulemaking reorganizes and clarifies the rule implementing Impaired Driver Rehabilitation Program as the program undergoes a modernization. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shayla Livingston, Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax: 802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov URL: http://www.healthvermont.gov/about-us/laws-regulations/ rules-and-regulations. FOR COPIES: David Englander, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax:802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov. Advance Directives for Health Care Rule. Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P061 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department of Health CONCISE SUMMARY: This rulemaking updates Section 10 of the rule and a number of definitions to align with 18 V.S.A. Chapter 231. Additionally, this rulemaking clarifies that a DNR [Do Not Resuscitate]/COLST [Clinician Orders for LifeSustaining Treatment] documents can be updated, but do not expire on their own. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shayla Livingston, Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax: 802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov URL: http://www.healthvermont.gov/about-us/laws-regulations/ rules-and-regulations. FOR COPIES: David Englander, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax:802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov. Reportable and Communicable Diseases Rule. Vermont Proposed Rule: 18P062 AGENCY: Agency of Human Services, Department of Health CONCISE SUMMARY: The purpose of this rule is to protect the public health through the control of communicable diseases and other diseases dangerous to public health. In this rulemaking, human and animal diseases and lab findings have been added and removed based on the latest public health data and stakeholder input. Rabies post-exposure management steps have been updated. In addition, pharmacist reporting has been greatly simplified to be more practical. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Shayla Livingston, Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax: 802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov URL: http://www.healthvermont.gov/about-us/laws-regulations/ rules-and-regulations. FOR COPIES: David Englander, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Tel: 802-863-7280 Fax:802-951-1275 Email: ahs.vdhrules@vermont.gov. 12/13

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‘Zig Zag’ magazine is looking for artists VERGENNES — “Zig Zag Lit Mag” is looking for local artists and writers to submit work for their sixth issue. “Zig Zag” has published dozens of Addison County residents — amateurs and professionals alike. The editing board, comprised of local designers and educators, is looking for a wide range of material. If you make it, they’ll

take it. Full submission guidelines can be found at zigzaglitmag.org. Past issues are for sale via the Mag’s website and are available to purchase at Recycled Reading of Vermont in Bristol, at Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury, and at the Bixby Memorial Free Library in Vergennes. All issues are sold for $5, and one hundred percent of proceeds go towards printing the

next issue. Issue.6 marks three years of the non-profit magazine’s existence in Addison County. It will be released near the Spring Equinox in March 2019. To learn more contact A. Jay Dubberly, 179 Rotax Rd., Apt. A, N. Ferrisburgh, VT, 05473, 603521-4110, jay@zigzaglitmag.org or zigzaglitmag.org.

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Howlett takes crown as Vt. Teen USA BRIDPORT — Jenna Howlett of Bridport was named Miss Vermont Teen USA 2019 at the conclusion of a Nov. 4 competition at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. That same day Bethany Garrow of Rutland Town was crowned Miss Vermont USA. Howlett, daughter of Tim and Julie Howlett, is a junior at Middlebury Union High School. She claimed the title of Miss Vermont Teen USA 2019 after engaging in a personal interview

with a selection committee and in active wear, evening gown, and on-stage question phases of competition. Four other contestants vied for the title, with Arisia Huff of South Burlington placing as 1st runner-up and Taylor Lewis of Georgia placing as 2nd runner-up along with receiving the Teen Congeniality Award, determined by fellow contestants. The new Miss Vermont Teen USA, Jenna Howlett, also received the Teen

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Pastor Ira Jones tells documentary filmmakers Joel Fendelman (director) and James Chase Sanchez (producer) about his experiences in the mostly white town of Grand Saline, Texas, which has earned a reputation for being hostile — and sometimes violent — toward people of color. PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES CHASE SANCHEZ

Middlebury professor examines his hometown’s racism

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n June 23, 2014, while Middlebury College professor James Chase Sanchez was writing about protest and sacrifice for his PhD, a white man in his hometown of Grand Saline, Texas, set himself on fire to protest that town’s racism.

Though Sanchez was more than 100 miles away at the time, the event would forever change his life. Not only did he refocus his entire PhD dissertation at Texas Christian University because of it, but in early 2016 he agreed to produce a documentary film about it.

BY CHRISTOPHER ROSS

On Dec. 17, PBS-TV will broadcast that film, “Man on Fire,” as part of its Independent Lens series, which on Monday nights showcases awardwinning documentaries.

The 54-minute film tells the story of Charles Moore, 79, a Methodist minister who on that fateful day believed he was sacrificing himself for a larger cause. “Many African Americans were lynched around here, probably some in Grand Saline: hanged, decapitated and burned, some while still alive,” Moore had written in a note he attached to his car’s windshield. “The vision of them haunts me greatly. So, at this late date, I have decided to join them by giving my body to be burned, with love in my heart not only for them but also for the perpetrators of such horror — but especially for the citizens of Grand Saline, many of whom have been very kind to me and others who may be moved to change the situation here.” “Man on Fire” includes reactions from various white Grand Saline residents, many of whom dismiss their town’s alleged racist history.

But Sanchez’s own experiences, as he tells them, prove the deniers wrong. In the early 2000s he went to high school in Grand Saline, which is 66 miles east of Dallas. As a student and football player he regularly endured antiMexican nicknames like “wetback” and “beaner.” During his freshman and sophomore years, the football team’s slogan was “We’re all right cuz we’re all white,” he said. Ironically, in spite of that, Sanchez was a popular kid. His senior year he was voted homecoming king. It wasn’t until he moved away that he began to understand his experiences. “I heard so many racist things being said by students and elders in the community — coaches, teachers, other people,” Sanchez said. “I looked back and I realized: I don’t want other people to live through that.” He also realized that by participating in his school’s social life he had SEE FILM ON PAGE 3

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ART Rebecca Chomyn welds art to life in Vermont

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uring her sophomore year in college, then 18-year-old Rebecca Nase Chomyn showed up to her first welding class in a skirt and flip flops. That was the day they were doing a demo of plasma cutting.

“Basically you’re shooting fire toward the ground as you cut metal,” said Chomyn, who graduated from Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, N.Y., with a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in sculpture. “And I had flip flops on! I never did that again.”

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Although her wardrobe choices weren’t great, her metal work was awesome. “Working with metal… it’s like you can take one thing and pull it over there and zap it together,” Chomyn explained in a recent interview. “I like to work in 1/4- or 1/8-inch pieces of rod. I bend them and weld them together and make some crazy looking thing… I like to make swirly kinds of things and trees.” But Chomyn didn’t start art school with metal in mind. In fact, she didn’t even want to go to art school. It was her mom, Lesley Nase, who suggested Pratt Institute. “I’ve always been decent at drawing and painting but I never wanted to do it, because my brother and father did,” the Goshen native explained. Comparing herself to her older brother Joshua, and father Bud was never something Chomyn was interested in. So, when she got to college and found metal art, it was an instant match. She found herself some appropriate footwear for welding, started sporting some mad-scientist-esque circular goggles, and played with metal until she graduated in 2003. Goshen native Rebecca Nase Chomyn works in her shop in Fairfield welding and bending metal into art.

“My grandmother always asked me what I wanted to do,” Chomyn said. “My plan was to be a massage therapist and make some metal stuff on the side, but I just never did the massage part. Instead, I decided I’d try to figure out how to make money with my art.” The summer Chomyn returned home from college she made a whole bunch of little things like candleholders and plant stands. She packed them on a trailer she made with her dad

and drove across country with a friend. “I went to craft fairs in Arizona and California and sold most of my stuff,” Chomyn said. “And ended up staying in Sonoma County, California, for nine years.” Chomyn worked in restaurants as a server and bartender, and worked in an industrial design metal shop as a fabricator.

“Through a restaurant connection, I got a job as a personal welder for the Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation. I was kind of an all around ranch hand (they didn’t actually have any cattle) for a while. Then I was the welder and a sculpture installer for the foundation.” She met her husband Ben Chomyn and together they lived on the foundation’s property. SEE CHOMYN ON PAGE 13

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unwittingly participated in the spread of white supremacy. “So in some sense I see the film as an extension of my

“IN SOME SENSE I SEE THE FILM AS AN EXTENSION OF MY OWN RECONCILIATION WITH THE TOWN.” — James Chase Sanchez

own reconciliation with the town.” In deciding to produce “Man on Fire,” Sanchez also drew on his personal experiences while writing about Grand Saline for his PhD dissertation. One of his subjects, Moore’s stepdaughter Kathy Renfro, who would later appear in the film, had blamed Moore for the stress she believed caused her mother’s death, just three months after Moore’s.

and is moved significantly by little else. It isn’t important that I be remembered, but that someone cared enough to give up everything for the sake of others.’ These words hold truth for us as a society, yet I, and others, question why someone chose this extreme measure to get our attention.”

“If Charles’s death allows you to explore the racism in Grand Saline, then it’s the only good that could ever come from this,” she had told Sanchez. In that moment, Sanchez recalled, “I felt this sense of burden, as if Charles’s story and mine were intertwined, and I had to get this out there in some capacity.” Because of his familiarity with Grand Saline and its residents, Sanchez arranged and conducted nearly all of the film’s interviews, but this was no easy task. Much of the town regarded him and director Joel Fendelman with deep suspicion, assuming their project would turn out to be a Michael Moorestyle “hit job,” he said. Some residents agreed to be interviewed but then never showed up. During one of the film crew’s visits “the school superintendent discouraged us from coming to a Friday night football game because ‘something might happen.’ And I was like, ‘Is that a veiled threat?’” During another visit, Sanchez accepted a Facebook friend request from the Grand Saline police chief, who two days later “unfriended” him. The project also strained some of Sanchez’s hometown friendships, especially with former classmates familiar with the liberal political slant of his work. Some of them turned their backs. “Eventually, I had to ask myself: What is more valuable here? Truth? Or friendships?” Ultimately, he and Fendelman wanted to let Grand Saline speak on its own terms, Sanchez said. There is no voiceover narration in “Man on Fire,” no commentary from “experts” or academics. “The story is complex,” he acknowledged. “Audiences should sit with it and ask, What does this mean? What did Charles Moore die for? Is it like

James Chase Sanchez, assistant professor of writing and rhetoric at Middlebury College, produced a documentary film exploring the racist underbelly of his hometown of Grand Saline, Texas, which in 2014 inspired a white minster to set himself on fire in protest. PBS will broadcast the film, “Man on Fire,” Dec. 17. INDEPENDENT PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER ROSS

this in my own town?” In his director’s statement, Fendelman highlighted that complexity. “On one level, ‘Man on Fire’ is an investigation into the human spirit,” Sanchez said. “As Charles Moore said in his ‘suicide’ letter, ‘Our human race is impressed most of all with innocent suffering,

Sanchez is happy to see the film winning awards and gaining a wider audience (it can also be viewed on streaming services like Kanopy), but his work is far from done, he said. He plans to write a book about Grand Saline, tentatively titled “Salt of the Earth: The Rhetoric of White Supremacy,” and he hopes to make at least two more films with Fendelman — one about medical racism and another about Confederate monuments. Sanchez’s final act in Grand Saline may further anger its residents, but it won’t happen for another six years. “I want to install a historical monument commemorating Moore’s self-immolation,” he said. According to Texas law Sanchez will have to wait until 10 years after the event to apply for permission to erect a monument, so he’ll wait. “But on June 23, 2024, I’ll be there, filling out the paperwork.” For more visit “Man on Fire,” visit manonfirefilm.com.

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OUT OF TOWN BigTown Gallery hosts show of collages and photos

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tell an intimate story of Boghosian’s studio. The seemingly random objects collected by “accident and luck,” as Hart notes, are allowed a moment to live through their inclusion in his work.

his December, BigTown Gallery in Rochester is delighted to welcome the fourth solo exhibition of recent collages and constructions by Varujan Boghosian in juxtaposition to an exhibition of Erick Hufschmid’s photographs of Boghosian’s studio taken in 2010.

“Late Work” by Boghosian, featured in the Main space of the gallery, is a dynamic selection of constructions and collages that are, in essence, an amalgam of themes that he has explored over many years. Themes in art history of the very artists he has loved and admired throughout his career, such as Dali, Magritte and de Chirico are represented. These works contain, in classic Boghosian fashion, a playfulness and magic of the mind — intricate and thought-provoking in every sense. Featured in this collection are some very lush and intensely colored works, such as the piece “Bonaparte’s March,” which may reflect Boghosian’s outlook on recent changes in American society in today’s political climate. A limited edition print of this piece will be available for purchase for the first time. Erick Hufschmid’s series “A Muse: A visit to the studio of Varujan Boghosian” in the Center

BigTown Gallery in Rochester opens a solo exhibition of work by Varujan Boghosian and Erick Hufschmid, including “Bonaparte’s March.”

gallery, is a portfolio of 18 photographs, including an essay by the poet Charles Simic, and reflections by Kathy Hart, then Interim Director at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. These photographs

In Hufschmid’s photographs we see a documentation of the studio as it was found in 2010, a scattered grouping of objects with as yet unrealized potential, but through his camera’s lens, we see personal ephemera and children’s toys alike — as a product, ripe for interpretation in their artful arrangements. Hart also notes, “they are battered, rusty, stained, weathered and peeling. One would not be surprised to encounter a scarf Isadora Duncan strangled herself with, tied to one of the wooden wheels. A combination of accident and luck may have brought them to his studio, but now their adventure really begins. They are about to have an exciting new life in one of his constructions or collages.” There will be a free opening reception for both shows on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 3 p.m., followed by an RSVP only special fundraiser, including an artist talk by Varujan Boghosian at 4:30 p.m. Tickets for the fundraiser and artist talk will be $50 and include hors d’oeuvres and a wine bar, along with a signed vintage poster. RSVP to info@bigtowngallery.com or (802) 767-9670.

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IN TOWN Middlebury College president reads her poetry

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aurie Patton, president of Middlebury College, will read from her latest poetry collection, “House Crossing,” on Sunday, Dec. 16, 4:30 p.m., at The Vermont Book Shop in downtown Middlebury. The afternoon will include the reading, a discussion period and a book signing. Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public.

“House Crossing” is a book of 32 poems about where we live or, more properly, dwell, with each poem entitled by a different attribute of domestic architecture as it is commonly known: cupola, eaves, attic, beams, etc. The instigation for this poetic cycle is Gaston Bachelard’s “The Poetics of Space,” with this collection an homage to that classic phenomenological analysis. As she writes in her introduction, “House Crossing” arose as “a straightforward observation about the endurance of Bachelard’s work: if a poetics is good enough, and I believe Bachelard’s is, then it does not only comment on poetry, but can give rise to poetry as well.” Patton is the 17th president of Middlebury and the first woman to lead the institution in its 218-year history. She is a leading authority on South Asian history and culture, and the author or editor of 11 books in these fields. She has also translated the ancient Hindu text, “The Bhagavad Gita,” for Penguin Classics Series, and is the author of three books of poetry — with “House Crossing” being the most recent.

Laurie Patton the 17th president of Middlebury College will read from her latest poetry collection, “House Crossing,” on Sunday, Dec. 16, at The Vermont Book Shop.

Night Fires illuminates Town Hall Theater THE NIGHT FIRES WILL BE LIT ONCE MORE ON DEC. 21, 22 AND 23 IN MIDDLEBURY

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heatre Group, Ltd’s annual winter solstice pageant or mystery play, Night Fires, will this year, as in many performances past, be a song of celebration for the earth and all who live upon it. The performance will take place at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. With a winding tale held together by a spider who once was a woman and a man who is also a bear and then is a man once more, music and songs from all around the globe create a web of magic and wild mystery, of humor and pathos, within which the spoken words unfold. Hymns to bees and sparrows, maple trees and women are danced as well as sung to music as diverse as traditional gospel, Latin American bachata, Bulgarian choral and contemporary waltzes from Finland. Poems from the Inuit who live high in the Pacific Northwest and by the great Spanish poet Antonio Machado jump up in between the written text created by Marianne Lust and

Night Fires will be performed at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 21-23.

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$20 students — plus fees.

Love for this long tradition brings together a core group of dedicated and talented local performers with those who travel from California, Louisiana, Maine and New Mexico just to be a part of the joy of performing together in order to offer a gift to all who come to be a part of the audience. Pre-show singing begins approximately 20 minutes before the show.

Tickets may be purchased at townhalltheater. org, by calling (802) 382-9222, at the THT box office Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m., or at the door an hour before show time.

Performances are Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 22, at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 23, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 general admission, $21 seniors,

A note about bringing young children: Everyone is welcome at Night Fires, and young ones frequently love it. Night Fires, however, is not a “kids’ show” and occasionally includes material considered to be somewhat “mature” in nature.

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CALENDAR Holiday Happenings BRISTOL EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY IN BRISTOL. Friday, Dec. 14, 5-9 p.m., downtown. Bristol’s newest event encourages you to visit multiple unique locations on Main Street for a terrific selection of local well-known musical acts, with accompanying wines, ciders, and delicious eats. Part of Bristol’s Cool Yule. “RAISE THE ROOF” BUFFET SUPPER AND VARIETY SHOW IN BRISTOL. Sunday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., Bristol Federated Church, 37 North St. The variety show will include music, stories and songs for the holiday season, both sacred and secular. Donations of $10 for the supper and $10 for the show will be used to repair the church roof. Cash, check, and major credit cards accepted. WATERSHED CENTER WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION IN BRISTOL. Friday, Dec. 21, 4-6 p.m., The Watershed Center, Plank Rd. Come celebrate the year’s longest night and the return of the sun to the northern sky with song, poetry, and a little pageantry, too. This year, we’ll also honor the memory of our friend Jason Bacon and the sacred Ash tree. Readings welcome. Bring a dish to share and dress warmly. Leave dogs at home for this one. For details visit thewatershedcenter.org.

BRANDON NATIVITY AND CAROL SING IN BRANDON. Sunday, Dec. 16, 6-7 p.m., front steps, Brandon Baptist Church, 13 Champlain St. A live Nativity with carol sing, followed by refreshments inside the church. Questions? Call the church at 802247-3339. MOONLIGHT MADNESS IN BRANDON. Thursday, Dec. 20, 4-9 p.m., downtown. A time for shopping local with sales, discounts and specials. Stroll through downtown and drive to the outskirts. Enjoy the sights and sounds, and visit with friends and neighbors. It is a time to catch a bite to eat or warm up with something warm to drink. And last but not least, it is a time to support your neighbors and keep it local.

MIDDLEBUERY MIDD NIGHT STROLL IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 13, 5-8 p.m., downtown and the

Marble Works. Middlebury businesses will be open late with sales, specials, pop-ups and more. Free gift-wrapping at Community Barn Ventures and the Hot Cocoa hut serving up cocoa and fixings for 25 cents a cup. FESTIVAL OF ST. LUCIA IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 13, 7:30-8:30 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Help celebrate the arrival of light in this traditional celebration of St. Lucia, who brought food to the Christians in the catacombs of ancient Rome by freeing up both of her hands by wearing a crown of candles. Her story is told through song by participating members of St. Stephen’s youth, members of the Nordic Chorus of Londonderry and George Matthew Jr., St. Stephen’s organist. Free. All are welcome. HOT COCOA HUT IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Hot cocoa and fixings for 25 cents a cup. A Very Merry Middlebury event. OLD-FASHIONED VISITS WITH SANTA IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Danforth Pewter Workshop, 52 Seymour St. Enjoy hot cocoa while visiting with Santa. TOYS FOR TOTS TRIPLE FEATURE IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. A showing of three classic holiday specials: “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” and “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.” Admission an unwrapped toy or $5 donation for Toys for Tots. One toy donated per family of four/five. Seating is first come, first serve. Doors open at 9:20 a.m. Concessions, coffee, tea and mimosa available for purchase. No outside food or beverages. TAKE YOUR PICTURE WITH SANTA CLAUS IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 15, 1:30-3 p.m., Marquis Theater, 65 Main St. LIGHTS OF LOVE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AND OPEN HOUSE IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 6-7 p.m., Homeward Bound, 236 Boardman St. Friends of Homeward Bound are invited to share their holiday cheer with shelter animals, enjoy seasonal delights, and participate in a tree lighting ceremony that celebrates pets,

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past and present. CHRISTMAS BENEFIT CONCERT AND SINGA-LONG IN MIDDLEBURY. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., United Methodist Church, N. Pleasant St. Join singers from local churches. Open to all, to support the housing and feeding program at Charter House. Offering will be taken. Refreshments to follow. DECORATE A SOLSTICE LANTERN IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Dec. 21, 3:30-4:40 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Free. All materials provided. NIGHT FIRES IN MIDDLEBURY. Friday, Dec. 21, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. A mystery play, a winter solstice pageant for our own times. An intricate web of music, song, dance and story. Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes prior to the show. Tickets $25 general admission, $21 seniors, $20 students available at townhalltheater.org and at Town Hall Theater (box office open Monday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m.)

NEW HAVEN WINTERFEST CELEBRATION IN NEW HAVEN. Saturday, Dec. 15, 5 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church and town green, Town Hill Rd. Festivities begin at 5 p.m. with tasty treats and hot refreshments at the church. The Memorial Tree Lighting at 5:30 p.m. on the town green, with decorating, wagon rides, fire barrels, s’mores, carols and Santa. Sing-along and caroling with a special guest in the church begins at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to all. ADA Accessible. More info contact Suzy Roorda at 802-453-5978.

SHOREHAM HOLIDAY BREAKFAST IN SHOREHAM. Saturday, Dec. 15, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Shoreham Congregational Church, 28 School Rd. Fuel up for holiday shopping with Blueberry pancakes, French toast, sausages, home fries, egg dishes, and beverages. A great start for the day. $8 for adults/$4 for children under 12/$20 for families.

VERGENNES HOLIDAY SHOPPER’S EVENING WITH WINE TASTING IN VERGENNES. Friday, Dec. 21, 5-8 p.m., Creative Space Gallery, 214 Main St. Enjoy seasonal food favorites paired with selected wines, courtesy of Vergennes Wine.

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ARTS ARTISTS RECEPTION IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 13, 4-6 p.m., Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Route 7 South. A closing reception for Marcia Parker and Marshall Eddy, whose pottery is now on display. Refreshments served.

BOOKS & AUTHORS AUTHOR LAURIE PATTON TO READ IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Dec. 16, 4:30 p.m., Vermont Book Shop, 38 Main St. Laurie Patton, poet, author and president of Middlebury College, will read from, discuss and sign her latest poetry collection, “House Crossing,” 32 poems about where we live or, more properly, dwell, with each poem titled by a different attribute of domestic architecture: cupola, eaves, attic, beams, etc., instigated by Gaston Bachelard’s “The Poetics of Space.” Free and open to the public. BOOK TALK IN BRANDON. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., Brandon Public Library, 4 Franklin St. Meet and discuss “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.

FILM “THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. *CHANGED FROM JAN. 13* Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they’re triplets who were separated at birth. Then they discover why. Don’t miss this startling and riveting documentary feature, winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance 2018, from director Tim Wardle. Part of the MNFF Winter Screening Series. Tickets $13. “WEST SIDE STORY” ON SCREEN IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 20, 6 p.m., Community Room, Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main St. Middlebury Community Classic Film Club turns to a great musical classic. On the 100th anniversary of the birth of its composer Leonard Bernstein, this story raises the question of who is truly an American and how can we learn to live together. It’s also a wonderful tale of love, turbulence, and tragedy. Free. Discussion to follow. Cookies, popcorn and good coffee. See great films with friends old and new.

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of the season, a live nativity will join the concert and be followed by Christmas cookies in the festive hall. Admission is free, but food for the Have a Heart Food Shelf is welcome. SADIE BRIGHTMAN PERFORMS IN MIDDLEBURY. Sunday, Dec. 16, 3-4 p.m., Community Room, EastView at Middlebury, 100 EastView Ter. Sadie Brightman, founder and director of the Middlebury Community Music Center, brings her exquisite talent to EastView for a piano recital. She’ll play works by Handel, Beethoven, Kapralova, and Chopin. Free and open to the public. VUHS HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT IN VERGENNES. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., Auditorium, Vergennes Union High School, 50 Monkton Rd. Come hear what music students at VUHS have been working on this year at an instrumental and vocal concert. The concert will feature the High School Concert Choir, High School Symphonic Band, Commodore Singers, and the Commodore Jazz Ensemble. MIDDAY CONCERT IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 20, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Take a midday break and come hear Emily Sunderman, violinist; Catherine Nichols, flutist, and George Matthew, Jr. accompanist, play a free concert.

THEATER BRIDGE SCHOOL PLAY IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 13, 1:45-2:30 p.m., Bridge School, 1469 Exchange St. “The Castle on the Cliff,” an original play was written entirely by Bridge School students, and features three original songs co-

written by students and Clint Bierman of the band “The Grift.” Free and open to the public. Kid friendly for children 5 and up. “ALMOST, MAINE” ON STAGE IN MIDDLEBURY. Thursday, Dec. 13, Friday, Dec. 14, and Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., A.R.T. Black Box Theater, Hannaford Career Center, 51 Charles Ave. Come see the latest offering by Addison Repertory Theater, which the New York Times calls “a series of nine amiably absurdist vignettes about love, with a touch of good-natured magic realism … witty, romantic, unsentimental. A beautifully structured play, with nifty surprise endings (most but not all of them happy).” Call the box office now to reserve tickets at 802-382-1036. BARN OPERA: “LA BOHEME” IN BRANDON. Friday, Dec. 14, and Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music, 62 Country Club Rd. Marcello the painter, and Rodolfo the poet, explore the varying degrees of love and infatuation; Marcello with the temptress, Musetta, and Rodolfo with their neighbor, the lovely and modest Mimi. All go through the extremes of the human existence with experiences of both love and loss. More details and tickets at barnopera.com. “LA TRAVIATA” LIVE IN HD IN MIDDLEBURY. Saturday, Dec. 15, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater, 68 S. Pleasant St. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Michael Mayer’s richly textured new Metropolitan Opera production, featuring a dazzling 18thcentury setting that changes with the seasons. Tickets $24 adults (+$2 preservation fee)/$10 students (+1 preservation fee), available online at townhalltheater.org or the THT Box Office at 802382-9222, Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.

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MUSIC ADDISON COUNTY GOSPEL CHOIR IN BRISTOL. Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church of Bristol, Park St. After hearing delightful harmonies

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WINTER

IN THE GARDEN

The gazebo and arch align perfectly and a low hedge surrounds the circular patio in Judith’s Goshen garden.

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is the season of short days and dark nights when, even at midday, the sun gives little warmth as it rides low in the sky. It’s winter. By now my fall garden chores are done, my tools hang neatly in the toolshed and I have mostly retreated indoors.

BY JUDITH IRVEN

I am lucky enough to have a small cool greenhouse which becomes my indoor winter garden and, from October until May, is home for my potted camellias. Camellias flower from December to April — when our outdoor gardens are covered with snow — making their beautiful blooms all the more special.

WITH PHOTOS BY

DICK CONRAD

And yes, even though the summer flowers are but a distant memory, my outdoor winter garden also provides me plenty of enjoyment.

THE GARDEN’S SKELETON Twenty years ago, when we first moved to Goshen, I wanted a garden that would give pleasure in every season. I started by drawing a pleasing spatial design for my new garden (akin to the floor plan for a house). Using gently curving lines I sketched in the shapes of the flowerbeds and a circular patio. Then I accentuated my spatial design with vertical elements including: a gazebo and an arbor; several stone walls; plus plenty of shrubs and small trees. Together these vertical elements became the framework or skeleton of my garden. Fast forward 20 years… oh my! Often in the summer, when my attention is focused on the interplay of colors and textures among the flowers and leaves, I barely notice the garden’s framework. But now, when the trees are bare and the perennials

PHOTOS / DICK CONR

below ground, I love to gaze out at the winter garden, revisiting the details of its underlying skeleton and imagining possible changes.

Here are some of the things that catch my eye: the perfect alignment of the gazebo and the arbor; a low clipped hedge surrounding the circular patio; a set of stone steps leading to a hidden bench; a cluster of carefully pruned crab apples and azaleas and the shape of the central bed accentuated by blueberry bushes and a fringed evergreen.

Of course, every garden is unique and every garden is different. Perhaps, if you set aside some time this winter and consider its skeleton, you too will see your garden in a whole new way.

SHAPELY SILHOUETTES

In winter I also enjoy looking at deciduous shrubs and trees and their interior shapes, almost like abstract pieces of art. And — if things are not to my liking — I may use the winter months to undertake

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six bushes are completely covered with bright red berries — an amazing sight. However this November my bushes were discovered by a voracious crowd of cedar waxwings. Dozens of birds came each day, perching high up in the maple trees and then swooping down to feast on the berries.

This chickadee enjoys a good supply of sunflower seeds.

A large flock of turkeys stroll down from the woods to see what they can find in Judith’s garden.

some judicious pruning.

project, at which point I imagine his winter home was complete. But even in mid November on sunny days I would still see the chipmunk high up in the outer branches of a nearby crab apple, stuffing his cheeks with fruit that presumably he then stores away for later.

For instance: near my study window there is a small tree that goes by the fanciful name of Seven Son Flower (Heptacodium miconioides). All year long this little tree is a source of pleasure. It has handsome green leaves all spring and summer. Then in September, when it is covered with clusters of white flowers, it becomes an amazing late-season magnet for bees and butterflies — a delight for insects as well as for people. Finally in winter its curving trunk with exfoliating bark and angular branches form a dramatic silhouette against the snow. But the devil is in the details — this fall I was frustrated to see its shape marred by a number of vertical suckers. So I decided to give it a haircut. In less than an hour, all the suckers were on the ground and my little tree had a clean spare silhouette that I will appreciate all winter long. You can actually use winter to prune many kinds of shrubs and small trees. (The main caveat is to avoid pruning spring flowering shrubs as they have already formed their flower buds for next season. Thus, winter pruning will inevitably result in losing some of next season’s flowers.) So, if you enjoy getting outside on a sunny day in winter, why not invest in a good pruning book and make a new year’s resolution to shape up the interiors of all your woody plants.

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Whatever the season, I delight in sharing my garden with wildlife — many familiar, some less so. In late October, Dick and I watched in fascination as a little chipmunk busily worked on his (or her) winter home. First a sizable hole appeared at the corner of the little kitchen garden near our back door. Then the owner, emerging backwards, used his strong back legs to propel showers of soil out of the hole. After that, he used his nose as a little bulldozer, carefully rearranging the fresh soil into a smooth two-foot diameter circle.

y For almost a fortnight he continued this excavation

Apparently chipmunks, although solitary creatures, make extensive dens that often extend a couple of feet below ground. So now, all winter long, I will picture our little guy — or gal — snuggled down in his cozy nest next to his well-stocked larder. By mid-November, I assume that the local bear (whom I actually met up close a couple of months ago as I was hiking along the Blueberry Hill ski trail above our house) will be in hibernation for the next few months. So, much to the delight of the chickadees, goldfinch, nuthatch and woodpeckers, I recently hung up our winter bird-feeders. It was amazing how quickly the word spread — within an hour we had a steady stream of customers feasting at our restaurant.

I tried shooing them away, making noises with a child’s air horn or a loud bell — all to no avail. Sadly I realized I had met my match and 10 days later the bushes were bare. I consoled myself by thinking about how, for almost a month, we had enjoyed the sight of the berry-laden bushes. Then, I looked at how I had previously pruned the bushes into stunning abstract silhouettes which, I philosophically reminded myself, will remain a source of pleasure all winter long.

Judith Irven and Dick Conrad live in Goshen where together they nurture a large garden. Judith is a Vermont Certified Horticulturist and teaches Sustainable Home Landscaping for the Vermont Master Gardener program. You can subscribe to her blog about her Vermont gardening life at northcountryreflections.com. Dick is a landscape and garden photographer; you can see more of his photographs at northcountryimpressions.com.

Once they have identified a good food source, small birds like chickadees will remain in its vicinity all winter. And, if that food source should disappear, they may be unable to find a new one. So, if we humans start feeding wild birds at the beginning of winter, it is important for us to continue until spring. Recently Dick and I have also been thrilled to watch a large crowd of wild turkeys stroll out of the forest and around the garden on a daily basis. Turkeys are opportunistic feeders. This crowd enjoyed pecking though my strictly organic lawn, eating grass and looking for bugs. Turkeys also love fruit. For a couple of weeks they foraged daily beneath our crab apples trees until the soil was picked clean. Sometimes a particularly bold bird even flew up into the branches to eat, at the same time knocking fruit to the ground that was snapped up by the rest of the flock. Of course, even for the most welcoming gardener, sometimes our wildlife visitors wear out their welcome. I am particularly fond of a handsome row of winterberries (Ilex verticillata) that I planted many years ago to frame the corner of our driveway. Every October, after the leaves have fallen, these

Judith had a wonderful crop of winterberries this year — until they were discovered by a voracious crowd of cedar waxwings.

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OWN HALL

Merchants Row, Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org Preservation Fee: $1-$2 per ticket

Fri 12/14 7pm $13/$75 for Multi-Film Pass

MNFF WINTER/SPRING SCREENING SERIES

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Don’t miss this critically acclaimed, riveting documentary that won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance. Triplets who were separated at birth discover each other, and more startling – learn why they were adopted by different families and monitored.

Sat 12/15 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

LA TRAVIATA

This richly textured new production features a dazzling 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Pre-performance talk by Scott Morrison in the Studio at 12:15

Fri 12/21 7:30pm; Sat 12/22 3pm & 7:30pm; Sun 12/23 3pm $25/$21 Srs/$20 Students

NIGHT FIRES

A mystery and winter solstice pageant woven together by a bear and spider who have morphed from man and woman – punctuated with music and songs from around the globe – weave a web of magic, humor and pathos.

Mon 12/31 8pm Doors/8:30pm Band $15/$18 @ the Door

NEW YEAR’S EVE

with THE HORSE TRADERS

Happy New Year! Say goodbye to 2018 and join a rollicking dance party led by veteran performers with a wide and exciting repertoire from modern pop to oldies and classic rock, soul, country and more! Cash bar. Midnight champagne toast for 21 & over.

Sat 1/12 1pm $24/$10 Students MET LIVE IN HD

ADRIANA LECOUVREUR

Soprano Anna Netrebko portrays the real-life French actress who dazzled 18th-century audiences with her on- and off-stage passion. Set in the working replica of a Baroque theater, The Guardian praised the “elegant production, sumptuously designed.” Pre-performance talk at 12:15 by Richard Marshak in the Studio.

Sun 1/13 2pm $13/$75 Multi-film pass MNFF WINTER/SPRING SCREENING SERIES

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

Showcasing a beautiful and restrained performance by Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel, this true story of the best-selling celebrity biographer who turned to deceit when her books fell out of fashion, is adapted from Israel’s memoir.

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EXHIBITS ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN AND EARLY EUROPEAN ART. Ongoing exhibit, highlighting an Egyptian Old Kingdom relief and an early 15-century Italian panel painting. Lower Gallery at the Middlebury College Museum of Art, 72 Porter Field Road, Middlebury. (802) 443-5007. ART SQUARED: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS INTERPRET TRADITIONAL QUILT SQUARE DESIGNS. On view through Jan. 28, featuring Guild artists’ interpretations of the classic quilt square designs. The result is a collection of modern folk-inspired art that ranges from traditional paintings to creations in ceramics, glass and jewelry. All are welcome. The Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center Street, Brandon. (802) 247-4956 or brandonartistsguild.org. GROWING FOOD, GROWING FARMERS. On view through December, featuring the exploration of Vermont Folklife Center researchers Greg Sharrow and Andy Kolovos of the grass-roots food movement in Vermont. Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. (802) 388-4964 or vermontfolklifecenter.org. HO HO HISTORICAL HOLIDAYS TO YOU. On view through Jan. 12, featuring classic Christmas images, antiques postcards, seasonal cards, written holiday memories, and toys from the Sheldon’s collections.Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org. HOLIDAY SHOW. On view through Dec. 31, featuring original, handmade and hand printed art, fine crafts and jewelry by 25 regional artists. Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. (802) 382-9222 or townhalltheater.org. MORE LIGHT. On view Dec. 1-Jan. 31, featuring all new works from Anne Cady, Cameron Schmitz, Edward Holland, Pamela Smith, Rose Umerlik, and Sobelman Cortapega in a range of media, including watercolor, oil painting and collage. Northern Daughters Fine Art Gallery, 221 Main St., Vergennes. (802) 877-2173 or northerndaughters.com. OVER-THE-TOP HOLIDAY. On view through Jan. 12, featuring a glittering holiday display created by several Sheldon trustees (led by Warren Kimble, Liz Markowski, Danielle Rougeau, and Deborah Foster) of numerous lighted trees, tinsel, silver balls, antique sleds and skates, traditional Santas, paper chains and more. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org. SMALL WORKS SHOW. On view through December, featuring paintings by Philip Frey, Ellen Granter, Joe Bolger, Sara Katz, Sage Tucker-Ketcham, Woody Jackson, Scott Addis and Jane Davies, as well as woodblock prints by Daryl Storrs and Matt Brown. Edgewater Gallery at the Falls, 1 Mill St., Middlebury. (802) 458-0098 or edgewatergallery.com. SO VERY HIDEOUS AN IDEA. On view through Feb. 1, featuring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. A Middlebury College Special Collections exhibit commemorating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s novel. Located in the Davis Family Library Atrium. A companion exhibit, “Vital Experiments: Science in 1818” is on display in the Harman Periodicals Reading Room and in Special Collections. Davis Family Library, 110 Storrs Ave, Middlebury. (802) 443-5494. TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS! On view through Jan. 13, featuring an annual holiday tradition of model trains, towns and more. Engineers will operate the trains Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Sundays (Dec, 3, 10 and 17) 1-3 p.m. Henry Sheldon Museum, 1 Park St., Middlebury. (802) 388-2117 or henrysheldonmuseum.org.

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MUSIC

Join in at the annual Messiah Sing this year on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2 p.m., at the Middlebury Congregational Church.

PHOTO / JAMES P. BLAIR

Annual ‘Messiah Sing’ returns to Middlebury

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he Middlebury Congregational Church once again hosts the area’s annual “Messiah Sing” that each year attracts hundreds of singers and players from throughout Addison County and beyond. Jeff Rehbach, conductor of the Middlebury College Community Chorus, leads the sing-along of this famous work by George Frederic Handel for choir and orchestra. Come join friends and neighbors for a joyous afternoon of community music-making at the Middlebury Congregational Church, beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23. Singers, instrumentalists and all who enjoy music are warmly welcomed to sing and play, or simply to watch and listen. A $5-10 contribution ($10-20/ family) is requested at the door.

Solo numbers will be accompanied by string

and orchestra players who arrive at the historic Congregational Church to make music together on the Sunday afternoon before Christmas each year.

This tradition has been going on since December 1984, when Middlebury’s first Messiah Sing took place. Nearly every year since then, the Messiah Sing has become a joyous community event, now attracting singers

pop quiz

Chorus music and orchestra parts (for strings and oboe/flute) are provided, as we read many of the finest choruses from this beloved oratorio. If you have your own copy of the Messiah, bring it along. If you plan to play in the orchestra, bring a music stand and arrive 15 minutes early. The Middlebury Community Chorus provides refreshments for all to enjoy during intermission. For more information, email rehbach@ middlebury.edu or leave a message at 989-7355.

HOW MANY YEARS HAS THE MESSIAH SING BEEN TAKING PLACE IN MIDDLEBURY? a. 21 YEARS b. 35 YEARS c. 48 YEARS

ANSWER: B. 35 YEARS

This year’s reading continues the tradition of featuring soloists drawn from Middlebury and other communities throughout Vermont, with Jessica Allen, Leila McVeigh, Louise Whalen Wright, Erin Grainger, Jim Wright, Adam Hall and Jonathon Landell.

players from our nearby towns, villages and extended families, including David Gusakov, Molly Bidwell, Hilary Hatch, Emily Sunderman, Carter Lee and Robert Battey. Jenny Bower, organist at the Vergennes Congregational Church, returns to play harpsichord, a handcrafted keyboard built by Robert Hicks of Lincoln. A listing of chorus works may be found on the community chorus web page at go.middlebury.edu/messiah-sing.

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the movie THE FRONT RUNNER — RUNNING TIME: 1:53 — RATING: R “The Front Runner” is a movie for people who are captivated by presidential politics. For those who aren’t, this is a barrel of confusion that requires patience and imagination. Even if you followed Gary Hart’s presidential campaign from the early ’80s forward, it is likely that confusion will engulf you here. A problem common to non-fiction films always looms when the real-life characters are more recognizable than the actors who portray them. You are not likely to recognize Alfred Molina as Ben Bradlee or Spencer Garrett as Bob Woodward. Gary Hart won presidential primaries west of the Mississippi and by 1988 he was the front runner for the Democratic nomination. Hugh Jackman does a fine job of presenting Hart as the articulate, smart candidate he was — until news broke of his affair with Donna Rice (Sara Paxton). Though Hart tried to ignore the press coverage of the affair by delivering articulate speeches about his politics, his candidacy was consumed by the constant coverage of his private life. Though the public examination of men and their affairs in our present time makes it seem odd that this revelation would cause the explosion that engulfed Hart, remember that this happened 34 years ago. The movie’s best acting is delivered by Vera Farmiga as she plays Lee Hart being thrown from private life into public spectacle as the betrayed wife. Jackman is strong as candidate Hart who insists his sexual life is not fair fodder for the campaign, but television ensures that there is no escape from submersion in the ugly world of public scandal. Husband and wife are both reduced to swimming through the sea of superficiality created by the press. Much of the dialogue here is lost in the chaos of camera shutters, reporters shouting each other down, and ugly personal invasions. Do all candidates for public office surrender their rights to privacy?

Hugh Jackman stars in “The Front Runner” (2018).

toward peace with the Soviets? Instead, this movie submerges us in junk food, junk conversation, and the confusion of a sea of unidentified faces. People who soaked up the political details of that time may love this movie. Those who didn’t are not likely to be able to navigate this confusing political record. Hart’s insistence that his affair is nobody’s business — “They will not earn the dignity of my response” — was already ludicrous for a presidential candidate in 1988 when television carried the private lives of all candidates into American homes. His articulate arguments were ignored entirely by a public fascinated with scandal. No one cared after that how he felt about anything other than the one subject he refused to discuss. Did the Harts’ marriage become a political casualty along with his presidential ambitions? An announcement about that at movie’s end gives us the answer and sends us out with a whole new set of questions.

What would have happened if Hart had won and followed through with his plans to invite Gorbachev to the inauguration and to work

the book THE PATCH, BY JOHN MCPHEE (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

This collection of previously uncollected essays showcases an artisan of creative nonfiction, John McPhee, in a two-part book — Part I focuses on the sporting life, and Part II — a reworked amalgamation of fragments from magazine articles and other publications, which may sound messy but is actually quite polished, like a gem plucked from his oeuvre. Accounts of fly-fishing, golf ball hunting, men’s lacrosse and more figure in the first part. Brief biographical sketches of notable figures and visits to notable places, passages plucked from both public and private occasions make up the second part, the Album Quilt — the blocks differ, each from all the others. McPhee intended for these blocks to be read all at once, or in fits and spurts. McPhee has added fascinating autobiographical asides, in one he describes an “aqueous solution of sodium chloride, sodium phosphate, and potassium chloride” his father, staff M.D. for the Princeton football team, would make the players drink to stay hydrated in hot, humid weather, and that, if his father had thought, like the Florida Gators coaching staff had, to add sugar and fruit flavoring, then McPhee himself would be “writing this from one of [his] seasonal villas.” Vastly enjoyable. — Reviewed by Jenny Lyons of The Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury.

— Reviewed by Joan Ellis

ESSAY COLLECTIONS FOR YOUR BEDSIDE TABLE Calypso, by David Sedaris Beautiful Country Burn Again, by Ben Fountain Essential Essays, by Adrienne Rich Notes from No Man’s Land, by Eula Biss A Carnival of Losses: Notes Nearing Ninety, by Donald Hall Call Them by Their True Names, by Rebecca Solnit The End of the End of the Earth, by Jonathan Franzen The Souls of Yellow Folk, by Wesley Yang The Point of It All, by Charles Krauthammer

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CHOMYN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2

“We were always on call,” she said. “It was a lot. I felt like I was part of the family but not really; kind of an artist but only when they wanted me to be… I wanted to be home, near family.” So she and her husband, and their two girls, came back to Vermont and settled in Fairfield in 2013. She still works in the restaurant business, while incorporating her metal and other artwork on the side.

Residence Gallery in St. Albans.

“I started work at the Essex Resort and Spa when we first moved here,” Chomyn said. “Doing art for your work is very lonely. I needed to know some other adults. I enjoy the restaurant business. I find it helpful too, because you meet people and make connections.”

“You have to be creative with how you make art and how you get it to people,” said Chomyn, who was a recipient of a Frog Hollow grant that allowed her to buy her very own plasma cutter.

Chomyn has made the metal candleholders that go on the tables at Junction (one of the restaurants at the resort) and does the wall chalk-drawings four times a year. She also illustrated a children’s book that her mother wrote, “Who Paints the World?” (available at the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury) and displays her metal work at Artist in

Now comfortable with her welding gear and garb, Chomyn bends and welds metal into whimsical, twirly pieces of enchanted art at her home up north. “I’m built to be a welder,” she said with a chuckle. “I have really big shoulders and arms — I’m not little. My hands don’t fit through most bracelets, they’re wide and work well.”

Rebecca Nase Chomyn first discovered her love of metal art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. She graduated with her degree in Fine Art in 2003.

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Rebecca Nase Chomyn works at Junction, a restaurant at the Essex Resort and Spa. She also creates the masterful chalk-art on the walls at the resort.

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#6 DESIGNATE DRAWER AND CLOSET SPACE FOR GUESTS If your guest room closet is, um, full… Consider some serious Marie Kondo-izing — maybe donate your to-be-regifted pile and sell those designer jeans you’ll never fit into again — to make room in the closet and dresser for guests to have plenty of space.

#7 FANCY YOURSELF A TRAVEL AGENT Give guests a local’s-eye view by filling a basket with menus from nearby restaurants, brochures from local businesses that cater to tourists, and a current issue of your community newspaper. It’s a great way for guests to feel like a local and customize their time in your town.

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his Tuesday evening, the Charter House Coalition will host a concert at the United Methodist Church in Middlebury. Now in its eighth year, this annual concert brings together musicians from at least six churches in Addison County, as well as others, who will share their musical gifts with the audience.

BY ELSIE LYNN PARINI

Kevin Parizo, from St. Mary’s Catholic Church, will be the organist and accompanist for the concert. Matthew Wollam-Berens, the pastor for Helen Porter Rehab and Porter Hospital, will perform the gathering music on the harp. The Kafumbe and Colley families, along with other individuals and groups from the Middlebury Congregational, Vergennes Methodist, Middlebury United Methodist and East Middlebury United Methodist churches will also perform. Plus there will be a special guest who used to sing for the Eagles and ’76ers games. “Each group picks whatever their favorite music is,” said Tom Colley, who organizes the event. “It’s a wide variety of music, not necessarily only Christmas music. Then we’ll have a hymn sing-a-long with the whole congregation — it sounds really good.” All are welcome to come listen and sing, enjoy refreshments and help support the Charter House, which provides overnight housing and meals for people in need during the winter months. Admission to the concert is free. Free will offerings are appreciated and will benefit the Charter House’s goal to renovate the house and stay open for all 12 months of the year. Colley, a volunteer and ex-board member of the Charter House Coalition, estimates that the event will bring in close to $2,000 that will help defray the cost of trying to stay open during the summer. “It’s become a big, comprehensive operation,” said Colley of the Charter House, which opened as a shelter in 2005. “They have a day

In 2017 Charter House volunteers served over 35,000 meals, grew 1.5 tons of food in community gardens, and housed 103 men, women, and children in the winter shelter and transitional housing programs.

program for people trying to learn new skills, as well as overnight rooms for individuals as well as families… It’s grown to accommodate the needs of the community.” The concert will begin at 7 p.m. and wrap up around 8:15 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 18, (which also happens to be Colley’s birthday.) “Many people say this is the highlight of their season and it’s what they look forward to the most,” Colley said. “I enjoy doing it because our family really likes to sing. And singing with 40 or 50 other really good singers is fun… The roof gets blown off when the organ gets going.” Mark your calendars, hum a few scales and get ready to enjoy a lively evening of holiday spirit this Tuesday.

Members of the Colley Robinson family prepare for the annual concert and carol sing at the Middlebury United Methodist Church next Tuesday, Dec. 18. Pictured from left are Chelsea Robinson, John-Eric Colley Robinson, Isaiah Robinson, Tom Colley and Sue Colley.

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By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — This past winter Middlebury Union Nordic skiing Coach Linnea Manley, now entering her second year in charge, saw her Tiger boys’ and girls’ teams each race to their second straight Division II titles. More championships would be nice, Manley said, if not necessarily easy given that seven of the Tigers’ top eight skiers at the state meets graduated, leaving only junior Malia Hodges behind. But she said she and assistants Keith Wilkerson, Bruce Ingersoll and Barney Hodges think of those titles as gravy in any case. They focus more on the skiers getting the most out of their experience with and the effort they put into the sport, and their time with the team. “It was wonderful to win a state championship. But as much as that’s a great thing I am much more concerned with the students setting personal goals and meeting those personal goals,” Manley said. Certainly, Manley also does expect the Tigers’ efforts in those directions to results in solid competitive work on the trails. “We have really great young skiers, and we’re really excited about them,” Manley said. In the preseason nothing was set in stone on the competition for the seven starting spots on each team, she said.

“I think it’s great for our skiers. It gives them something to strive for,” Manley said. The girls’ side does offer more experience. Seniors Ailey Bosworth, Audrey Huston, Maisie Newbury and Kate Wallace will be among those who will compete to join Hodges in the lineup, Manley said, but others could surprise. “All our seniors are looking good. We’ve got four strong girls,” Manley said. On the boys’ side Manley said there are “some really strong juniors coming up,” but also “some really strong sophomores and freshmen.” She said it was too early to tell who would emerge from among the group. “We’ve got some good competition to see who’s going to be on varsity. I think it’s somewhat open at this point, and we’re just going to see how everybody does,” Manley said. If all goes well, the Tigers will enjoy their time together, deepen their appreciation for the sport, and just maybe improve their skiing to the point they can make another title run. “If we were to win the state championship again, obviously we’d be excited. We’d be happy about it,” Manley said. “But to me that’s not the end goal. The end goal is for the students to make their own goals and to meet them, but also just to enjoy being outdoors on skis. It’s a great sport.”

Middlebury Union High School Nordic Ski Team Coaches: Linnea Manley, Keith Wilkerson, Bruce Ingersoll and Barney Hodges Name Grade Aileen Bosworth 12 Audrey Huston 12 Maisie Newbury 12 Kate Wallace 12 Ellen Berg 11 William Carpenter 11 Gabriel Cason 11

Malia Hodges Journey Larose Mira Magliente Gabi Marin Aspichueta Mary Nagy-Benson Isabel Olson Owen Palcsik David Peters

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Middlebury Union High School Boys’ and Girls’ Varsity Nordic Skiing Date Opponent/Event Time 1/31 Skate Sprint @CVU/Colchester 12/15 Skate - Rikert Nordic 10 a.m. Tour de Chittenden 1 4:15 p.m. 12/21 Skate @ Colchester 4 p.m. 2/2 Classic @ CVU 12/27 Classic @ Essex Colchester Tour de The Range 11 a.m. Chittenden - The Range 10 a.m. 12/29 Skate @ Burlington/S. Burlington 2/4 Skate Uphill @ CVU/Colchester - Sleepy Hollow 10 a.m. Tour de Chittenden 1/5 Skate @ U-32 10 a.m. Cochrans 3:45 p.m. 1/12 Skate @ WRVHS 2/28 @ Skate State Championship Strafford 10 a.m. - Craftsbury 10 a.m. 1/25 Classic @ Burlington/S. 3/4 Classic State Championship Burlington- Sleepy Hollow 4 p.m. - Rikert 10 a.m.

MUHS Dance Middlebury Union High School Varsity Dance Team Time Date Opponent/Event 1/5 @ Missiquoi 1 p.m. 1/11 @ Colchester 6 p.m. 1/25 Middlebury 7 p.m. 2/2 @ BFA St. Albans 1 p.m. 2/9 States @ Vergennes 1 p.m. Middlebury Union High School Varsity Dance Coaches: Caitlin Hurteau, Ashley Smith Sabi Ward Name Grade Lyndsey Champine Suzie Klemmer 12 Megan McGettrick Diya Taylor 12 Andrea Palmer Megan Thomas-Danyow 12 Chelsea Robinson Ileigh Aube 11 Riley Farrell Ellie Kiel 11 Amanda Kearns Martine Limoge 11 Jayden Rushton Giulia Lins 11 Alexa Whelan Cassie Stearns 11 Talin Teague 11

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MUHS Boys’ Basketball By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — New Middlebury Union boys’ basketball Coach John Howe believes the Tigers have the quickness and chemistry for a successful season. “We’re fast. We are making good decisions. We have three seniors who have been playing together for so long they have really gotten to the point where the know where each other are going to be,” said Howe, a 1994 Rice graduate who played basketball there and at Ithaca College before amassing a 20-year coaching résumé. “Camaraderie and speed are the things that add to this particular team.” Those three seniors are starting point guard Zach Dunn, starting forward Parker Beatty, and swingman Spencer Cadoret, a sharpshooter who will either start or be one of the first players off the bench. At least during the preseason, Howe was also planning to start junior guard Tyler Buxton and sophomore center Mason Kaufmann, and if Cadoret does not start junior guard Tim Goettelmann will. The next three athletes off the bench could be three sophomore guards, Gabe Dunn at the point, Karic Riche and Owen Connelly. Junior swingman Jeffrey Lokatys

and sophomore forwards Wesley Hirdler and Drew Gill are also likely to see time, while Howe plans to swing sophomore Colby Hammond between JV and varsity. One reason they probably won’t just warm the bench will be Howe’s planned style of defense. “Our goal, our in-game focus, will be on defense. Everything will start from the defensive end,” Howe said. “We should be running full-court presses, three different ones, all game. Which is one of the reasons I am confident the guys at the end of the bench will get some minutes.”

Offensively Howe said he will teach principles of good basketball and encourage the Tigers to freelance within a structure, while also relying on the defense to create transition chances. “There are three things we’re working on this season: our chaotic defense, fast transition offense and rebounding,” he said. “Those are the things we will win games with.” Howe called the Tigers “phenomenal learners,” and said he expects the Tigers to compete well, especially against their local rivals, and that he believes a winning record is within their grasp.

“I think we stand a really good chance with what we have as an attitude going forward as a team

make a greater impact. Junior guards Corrina Lavit and Riley O’Neil join the five freshmen as newcomers. Four of the freshmen are guards, Annie Andrus, Ivy Doran, Viviana Hammond and Fairley Olson, while Heath said Hannah Turner could swing back and forth between guard and forward. Doran and Andrus will share ballhandling chores with Sylvester. All 12 Tigers are likely to see action as Heath will ask the them to play at a fast pace for 32 minutes. “That is the plan, to rotate players in and out, have them go hard for

however long and then have new players go in and go hard,” she said. Full-court presses will be a staple, with the goal of trying to create transition offense. “We have speed, so hopefully we can work on pressing and use that to our advantage. We also have a lot of guards, so we’ll be able to use that speed and try to create some mismatches,” Heath said. “We’re looking to step up and press, put some pressure on other teams.” Heath expects the Tigers to be a different team by February. “They’re good athletes, good kids

that work hard,” she said. “So it’s

of getting those wins this year,” he said. “And I think 12-8 is pretty realistic.”

Middlebury Union High School Boys’ Varsity Basketball Date Opponent/Event Time 1/25 @ Rutland 12/15 @ Enosburg Falls 2:30 p.m. 1/29 @ Vergennes 12/18 Otter Valley 7 p.m. 2/1 Milton 12/21 Mill River 7 p.m. 2/6 BFA-St. Albans 12/27 @ Colchester 7 p.m. 2/8 Enosburg Falls 12/29 @ South Burlington 2/12 Missisquoi Valley 2:30 p.m. 1/5 Colchester 12:30 p.m. 2/15 Mt. Abraham 1/9 @ Fair Haven 7 p.m. 2/21 Vergennes 1/16 Spaulding 7 p.m. 2/25 @ Milton 1/19 @ Missisquoi Valley 1:30 p.m. 2/28 @ BFA-St. Albans 1/23 @ Mt. Abraham 7 p.m.

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Middlebury Union High School Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach: John Howe Name Grade Parker Beatty 12 Spencer Cadoret 12 Zach Dunn 12 Tyler Buxton 11 Tim Goettelmann 11 Jeffrey Lokatys 11 Owen Connelly 10 Gabe Dunn 10 Drew Gill 10 10 Colby Hammond Wesley Hirdler 10 Mason Kaufmann 10 10 Karic Riche

MUHS Girls’ Basketball By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — As the saying goes, all things must pass. Such was the case with the four-year career of Middlebury Union girls’ basketball standout Keagan Dunbar, now the leading scorer for Colby College as a freshman. And that means a new era for Coach Jen Heath’s Tiger team, which begins with an infusion of five freshmen to join four seniors and three juniors on a 12-strong roster. And that means a different look and set of goals for Heath’s program. “We’re going to look different. We’re young. We’re going to make mistakes,” Heath said in the preseason. “Our key is that we get used to playing together, improve every day and have fun.” Early signs for meeting those goals looked good, she said. “They work really hard. They push each other. They’re really positive,” Heath said. Four senior returners will play major roles on and off the court. Forward Ashley Sunderland is a three-year veteran, guard Taylor Sylvester will take on greater ballhandling responsibilities, and guard Carly Larocque and post player Sam Paige will look to make larger contributions. Junior forward Phoebe Smith is the other veteran and will also look to

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Middlebury Union High School Varsity Girls’ Basketball Coach: Jen Heath Name Grade Carly Larocque 12 Sam Paige 12 Ashley Sunderland 12 Taylor Sylvester 12 Corrina Lavit 11 Riley O’Neil 11 Phoebe Smith 11 Annie Andrus 9 Ivy Doran 9 Viviana Hammond 9 Fairley Olson 9 Hannah Turner 9

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By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union boys’ hockey team posted another solid season a year ago, winning 11 times and earning the No. 6 seed in Division I before falling in a road quarterfinal. Coach Derek Bartlett’s Tigers will be incorporating a number of newcomers into the lineup, but they also return a number of veterans that he believes will lead the way this winter. “We’ve got a good returning core that knows what it takes to play at this level,”’ Bartlett said. “So those younger guys really need to look to the older players for that leadership, and understand how intense how this level is.” Once again the Tigers will not be physically imposing, Bartlett said, but they will be quick and smart. “I think we skate well,” Bartlett

said. “I think our hockey IQ has continued to develop. Between those two things we should be competitive.” Bartlett is sticking with the Middlebury College system of pairing two forwards on the attack with a group of three backs. In the preseason he was leaning toward top three pairings of seniors Kolby Farnsworth, a tri-captain, and Cooper O’Brien; juniors Hale Hescock and Devon Kearns; and juniors Ryan Nadeau and Logan PiersonFlagg. A number of other forwards will look to crack the rotation, including juniors Avery Austin-Neil and James Jette; sophomores Andy Giorgio, Jarret Muzzy, Wyatt Rubright and Timothy Hunsdorfer; and senior Max Hirdler. Trios in the back will include junior Robbie Bicknell and sopho-

more Tucker Stearns, with junior tri-captain Kamrin Bartlett in the middle; senior Aaron Larocque and sophomore Abel Anderson, with senior Ben Turner in the middle; and junior Daniel Hodsden and freshman Joey Niemo, with sophomore Bode Rubright in the middle. Sophomore Adin Girard and freshmen Nicholas Austin-Neil and Matthew Kiernan are also in the mix in the back. Junior Jeffrey Stearns took the bulk of the minutes in goal a year ago, but juniors Danny Wiles and Zeke Hooper and freshman Eddie Hodde will challenge for playing time in net. Bartlett saw progress in the preseason from practice to practice, scrimmage to scrimmage. “(We’re learning) the forecheck, learning the system, the responsibilities of the individual positions,” he

dation of skill and cohesion early on in the season,” he said. “Our goal is to get better every day. Today we’ll be better than we are today. So we’ll keep that motto, and hopefully by the end of the season we’ll be in a place where we’re competing every night.” One thing won’t change: The Tigers will again run a two-forward, three-back system on the ice. At least to start, Brush was planning on forward pairings of senior transfer Aleta Mathers and junior Merry Kimble, junior Anna McIntosh and freshman Avery Gale, and two of junior Devyn Pratt, sophomore Camille Malhotra and freshman Audrey Tembreull. Three veterans will make up one trio in the back, juniors Taylor Moulton and Izzy Pistilli and sopho-

more Audrey Schnoor. Freshman Carlisle Doria and Ryley Olsen and 8th-grader Hanna Doria will work together as the second group, with 8th-grader Nina Cole ready to fill in on either unit. Sophomore Lydia Deppman returns for her second season in goal. Two major points of emphasis for the Tigers will be linking up on the ice and conditioning. “Puck movement and tape-totape passing is something that with this group that we just need to do regularly. Right now early in the season we’re struggling to connect the dots a little bit with a young group,” Brush said. “By the same token we’re struggling a little bit to get into shape. With 14 skaters and a goalie everybody’s going to have to be in shape.”

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MUHS Varsity Boys’ Hockey Coach: Derek Bartlett Name Grade Kolby Farnsworth 12 Max Hirdler 12 Aaron Larocque 12 Cooper O’Brien 12 Ben Turner 12 11 Avery Austin-Neil Kamrin Bartlett 11 Robbie Bicknell 11 Hale Hescock 11 Daniel Hodsden 11 Zeke Hooper 11 James Jette 11 Devon Kearns 11 Ryan Nadeau 11 Logan Pierson-Flagg 11 Jeffrey Stearns 11 Danny Wiles 11 Abel Anderson 10 Timothy Hunsdorfer 10 Andy Giorgio 10 Adin Girard 10 Jarret Muzzy 10 Bode Rubright 10 Wyatt Rubright 10 Tucker Stearns 10 9 Nicholas Austin-Neil Eddie Hodde 9 Matthew Kiernan 9 Joey Niemo 9

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said. “There’s a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm. The kids are excited about the season.” But he noted the schedule is tougher: The teams, like the Tigers, who moved up from D-II a couple years ago no longer play each other more often. Against the D-I iron Bartlett said the Tigers will have to take care of business defensively every night. “We can’t afford to be running around and have the D zone be cha-

os. We need to know our roles and what our responsibilities are,” he said. “I always preach it doesn’t have to be pretty, it just has to be effective. If we get the pucks out of our D zone, that’s a good thing.” At the same time Bartlett said the Tigers have the skating ability to take advantage of transition opportunities and be successful. “I think we can go further in the playoffs than we did last year, and

Brush believes the Tigers have the right mindset to achieve those targets. “Their attitude is great. Their effort is wonderful. They are committed to getting better and in shape,”

he said, adding, “There will be some games where we’ll be playing some Division I teams where we’ll have to play really hard to be competitive, but I think as the season goes along we’ll get stronger. And hopefully by

that’s a goal,” he said. “I really believe we can do that, and the players believe we can do that. We want to be a legitimate contender in D-I, and it’s being able to show up every night and being able to play at the highest level and be consistent.”

MUHS Girls’ Hockey By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — A young Middlebury Union girls’ hockey team that will include four freshmen and two 8th-graders will play in a new division this fall. The Vermont Principals’ Association went away from a two-division setup for girls’ hockey in favor of a three-division alignment, and the Tigers, after a number of competitive years in D-I after winning the D-II title, will drop back down to D-II. Teams will play a game apiece against teams in each of the three divisions, and unless things change the top D-II team will compete in the D-I playoffs, a scenario MUHS Coach Matt Brush said might need some tweaking in years to come. But Brush said the alignment, which is also being considered for boys’ hockey, makes sense overall. “I’m pleased the VPA has got the 20-game season right, even though the playoffs might not be ideal,” Brush said. As for his inexperienced team, Brush said the No. 1 focus will be improvement. “We’re a really young team, with 8th-graders and freshmen, so we’re going to try to develop a good foun-

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Middlebury Union High School Girls’ Varsity Ice Hockey Date Opponent/Event Time 12/1 CVU 5 p.m. 12/7 @ Hockey for Hope - Cairns 5:40 p.m. 12/8 @ Hockey for Hope - Cairns TBD 12/12 @ Brattleboro 4 p.m. 12/15 Colchester & Burlington 5 p.m. 12/19 Woodstock 7 p.m. 12/22 BFA St. Albans 7 p.m. 12/28 Midd. Tourn. vs CVU 5 p.m. 12/29 Midd. Tourn. vs Spaulding 5 p.m. 1/2 Essex 7 p.m. 1/5 @ Colchester & Burl. 5:50 p.m.

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Middlebury Union High School Varsity Girls’ Hockey Coach: Matt Brush Name Grade Aleta Matthers 12 Merry Kimble 11 Anna McIntosh 11 Taylor Moulton 11 11 Izzy Pistilli Devyn Pratt 11 Lydia Deppman 10 Camille Malhotra 10 Audrey Schnoor 10 Carlisle Doria 9 Avery Gale 9 Ryley Olsen 9 Audrey Tembreull 9 Nina Cole 8 Hanna Doria 8

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MUHS Gymnastics By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — After seven seniors graduated from last winter’s Middlebury Union gymnastics team, Coach Natalia Harthman’s squad this year is understandably a little smaller, with only nine total signed up and only seven of them girls eligible to score per Vermont Principals’ Association rules. But all that does not deter the program coaches — former head coach Meg Harris is a volunteer assistant — and the athletes from enjoying their time together practicing and competing. “They’re a happy group,” Harthman said. And all seven of the girls, including the three freshmen, two of them who have extensive middle school and club experience, will contribute during the Tigers’ matches. “They’re all going to score points,” Harthman said. “We’re a small team.” Starting with the seniors, Lian McGarry has been a consistent performer and will compete in the all-around, meaning she will compete in all events. Anna Scharstein will perform on the vault and in the floor exercises, and Virginia Patz will specialize on the beam and on

MUHS By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Faced with the smallest Middlebury Union wrestling team in decades, but at the same time eyeing healthy numbers in middle school and the area youth club, Coach Ethan Raymond acknowledges this is a transitional season his program. While working for individual success for his four wrestlers — senior Justin Jackson and freshmen Calvin Kennett, Tucker Kennett and Brian Whitley — Raymond also is imparting the message that he wants them to set a tone for the up to eight athletes he expects to join the team next season. “I’m trying to get this group to understand they are going to be defining the culture for the kids coming up,” he said. “The work ethic they develop now, these three freshmen for the next four years are going to develop the program. The kind of attitude they lead with is what the younger kids are going to come into.”

the floor. The team’s lone junior, Carly Burger, will join McGarry in the all-around lineup, as will freshman Eliza Alger. Freshman Kylee Ellis will vault and perform on the floor, and classmate Kathryn Johnston will compete on the bars. Two senior boys will be allowed to perform, but their efforts will not count toward the Tigers’ point totals. Connor Harris will do the

floor exercises, and Ian Fenster will perform on the vault and the floor. Fair Haven’s Juliana Williamson will once again practice and compete with the Tigers, but like the two Tiger senior boys the VPA will not allow her points to count for the Tigers. But Harthman and the Tigers are not particularly concerned about the technicalities. She said they

Wrestling Jackson, who has been a competitive wrestler in his years with the team and won a match at the state meet in February, will play a pivotal role for the group, Raymond said. “I told him he’s the most important part because they’re going to be looking to him,” Raymond said. “He’s a real hard worker.” It will help that the four wrestlers are grouped in similar weight classes and will not lack for sparring partners. Jackson wrestled at 138 pounds at the state meet, but Raymond said he will be good to go at 132 this season. The Kennett twins are a couple pounds apart. Raymond said Calvin will probably land at 145 and Tucker at 138. Raymond said they are essentially first-year wrestlers, but are learning fast. Whitley will go at either 120 or 126 and is a product of the MUHS feeder programs. Raymond said he could hit the ground running. “Brian has come up through kindergarten, so he’s very experienced,”

he said. Given the overall lack of experience Raymond dialed down the schedule, avoiding some of the toughest tournaments. “We’ve geared our season to our ability a little bit,” he said. “We’ve geared our tournaments down a little bit. My goal is to set them up for success.” Raymond said will define the Tigers’ success by improvement, not by their record. He will rely on weekly quotes to help get his message across, including one that notes “focus and effort” are critical for success, and those are elements under individuals’ control. “If you want to be successful you’ve got to do the work. I don’t care about wins and losses. Come in and work and get better,” Raymond said. “If you want to be successful, you control what allows you to be successful or not.” He expects them to meet their and the program’s goals this winter.

should compete well against the other smaller schools among the eight in Vermont the field gymnastics teams, and she is certain of one thing. “We’re definitely going to have fun,” she said.

“We’ve been focused. We’ve been working hard. We’re covering a lot of techniques,” Raymond said. “They’ve really taken the challenge and I’m feeling really optimistic about this year. We’re not going to win any tournaments, but I think we can have a good season still.” Middlebury Union High School Varsity Wrestling Coach: Ethan Raymond Name Grade Justin Jackson 12 Calvin Kennett 9 9 Tucker Kennett Brian Whitley 9

Middlebury Union High School Varsity Gymnastics Date Opponent/Event Time 12/14 @ Montpelier 7 p.m. 12/29 @ St. Johnsbury 1:30 p.m. 1/3 Randolph 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 1/9 @ CVU 1/19 Harwood 11 a.m. 1/24 @ Milton 6 p.m. 1/30 @ Essex 7 p.m. 2/6 South Burlington 6 p.m. TBD 2/16 @ States

MUHS Varsity Gymnastics Coaches: Natalia Harthman Name Grade Ian Fenster 12 12 Connor Harris Lian McGarry 12 Virginia Patz 12 Anna Scharstein 12 Carly Burger 11 Eliza Alger 9 Kylee Ellis 9 Kathryn Johnston 9

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Mt. Abe Wrestling By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham wrestling program appears poised to continue its upswing this winter. Coach Nick Mayer’s Eagle team returns six wrestlers who reached the podium at the 2018 state championship meet, including three seniors; features several promising newcomers; and is a rare Vermont squad that than can field a wrestler in every weight class. “I just feel like overall we’re still looking really strong,” Mayer said. “I think this is the year we’ve been waiting for, having a bunch of these seniors who have been wrestling since they were in kindergarten really doing well,” At the 2018 state tournament the Eagles placed fourth and once again finishing as the top program among schools that normally compete at a Division II level. Seven Eagles reached the podium at that tournament. The six who return are: • Senior Roman Mayer, who finished second at 132 pounds after winning the crown at 120 in 2017. Coach Mayer said his son will take to the mat at 126 this winter. “He’s on a mission to be state champion again and place in New Englands,” Mayer said. • Senior Kevin Pearsall, third at 182. Pearsall, coming off an outstanding two-way football season, bulked up to be a light 220-pound competitor this season. “He’s just a real powerhouse,” Mayer said. • Senior Gary Conant, fifth at 138; he returns at that weight after a summer of hard work, according to Mayer. “He spent a lot of time in the gym on the mat,” Mayer said. • Junior Parker Gero, fourth at 120; he will bump up to 132. • Junior John Bent, fourth at 145, where he returns this season. • Sophomore Nate Lavoie, who finished fourth at 152 despite being

unseeded; he returns at that weight. Eagles fully populate the rest of the ladder: At 106 sophomore Isabella Emmons and freshman Logan Pierro will battle for the starting role. At 113 promising sophomore newcomer Brandon Reynolds has the job. Junior veteran Dawson Phillips holds the fort at 120, and Mayer believes he is ready to contend. Freshman Lucas Phillips will wrestle at 138. Colby Pierro, a sophomore, and promising freshman Hunter Gorton will duel for the starting gig at 160, where also Justice Green offers experience. Mayer expects senior Matt Cota to take a step forward at 170 this winter. Senior transfer student Andrew

Morris filled the vacancy left by Pearsall at 182. Sophomore Keaton Rayborn will grapple at 195. A battle is brewing at 285 between junior Matt Cleeves and freshman Tyler King. “That’s going to be a good wrestle-off,” Mayer said. Mayer said the Eagles are aiming for a top-two finish in the NVAC meet and a top-three finish in the state tournament. “In the last two years we’ve put two new banners in the gym each year, and this year we’re shooting to do the same,” he said. “It’s not like it’s just going to be a cakewalk for us, but I’m really optimistic we’re going to do really well in the NVACs and the states.”

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Mt. Abe Boys’ Basketball By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — Coach Martin Clark believes his Mount Abraham Union boys’ basketball team could take another step forward this winter — at least a modest one. In the past two seasons the Eagles emerged from the wilderness of two winless seasons with five victories two years ago and then six this past winter, with that total representing the program’s high water mark since 2009. This winter Clark expects all 10 players on his roster to contribute; two of them, senior forwards Parker Hines and Shain Sargent, to carry a fair share of the scoring load; and he expects the Eagles’ quickness to translate into better team defense. “I’ve got a couple guys, Parker and Shain, who will make a big difference if they play well this year,” Clark said. “Defensively we’ve got some long arms, so hopefully we’ll be able to slow some teams down, make them work. Defensively I think we’re going to be better than we were last year, for sure.” Likely to round out the starting lineup are senior point guard Logan Willey, senior guard Logan Rodriguez, and junior forward Liam Kelleher. Junior swingman Eben Clifford, junior forward Brian Larson and sophomore forward Quincy Cook could be the first three off the bench, but Clark said junior guards Jackson Gepfert and Jacob Sturtevant would also see plenty of minutes. “I expect with 10 guys they’ll all get a decent amount of time,” he said. The Eagles’ quickness could lead to some transition offense. “I think we’re reasonably athletic, and we’re going to be able to run the floor,” Clark said. How well the Eagles address a couple offensive issues could determine the direction of their season, he said.

“We have to play with confidence offensively. Shooting was our biggest nemesis. We’ve got to shoot the ball better this year. We’ve got to make shots when we need to make shots,” Clark said. As well as confidence, better ball movement and off-ball movement will also help the Eagles’ shooting, he said. “Last year we definitely got what I would call stagnant on offense at times. And we’ve got to be able to

move the ball and move players consistently. If we can do that we’ll have a very positive year, I think,” Clark said. “And I think we can.” If the Eagles hit most of those markers, Clark believes a group that fared well in offseason competition could post the program’s first winning record in a decade. “I’d love to see over .500 this year,” Clark said. “If they can put it together, they can be a very good team.”

Mt. Abe Varsity Boys’ Basketball Coach: Martin Clark Name Grade Parker Hines 12 Logan Rodriguez 12 Shain Sargent 11 Logan Willey 12 Liam Kelleher 11 Eben Clifford 11 Jackson Gepfert 11 Jacob Sturtevant 11 Brian Larson 11 Quincy Cook 10

The development of the younger players will be critical, because Campbell will miss the second half of the season to study abroad. “Those younger kids are going to get some seasoning in a hurry and be contributing factors,” LaRose said. LaRose also believes the Eagles will have to maximize their offense by minimizing turnovers, and dig in on defense. “We can’t turn the ball over, and we’ve got to play good defense,” she said. “But I do think we have the potential to get better, and hopefully if

we work hard that will happen.” If all goes well and the Eagles take care of business along the way, LaRose said they should be ready for the postseason. “We’ve got to win the games we should win. We can’t let any get away because we didn’t show up to play that night,” she said. “The ones we should win, we need to take care of business. If we can do that I think we can be a lot more experienced, a lot stronger, 20 games down the road.”

Mount Abraham Union High School Varsity Girls’ Basketball Coach: Connie LaRose Name Grade Jalen Cook 12 Cora Funke 12 Isabel Gepfert 12 Jess Murray 12 Molly Murray 12 Chloe Johnston 11 Carly Counter 11 Lexi Kouwenhoven 11 Emma Campbell 11 Grace Harvey 9 Abby Reen 9

Mount Abraham Union High School Boys’ Varsity Basketball Date Opponent/Event 12/10 @ Mill River 12/13 Missisquoi 12/17 @ Winooski 12/19 Mill River 12/27 @ Randolph 1/2 Otter Valley 1/7 Winooski 1/9 Randolph 1/12 @ Otter Valley 1/18 @ BFA St. Albans

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Mt. Abe Girls’ Basketball By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — Graduating eight seniors, including four starters and a couple key role players, from a Division II championship team is probably not an ideal way to enter a new season. But after 30-plus years on the job and several titles, Mount Abraham Union girls’ basketball Coach Connie LaRose has pretty much seen it all. She said the program goals remain the same, even if realistically expectations are tempered a little bit. “We’ve got a tough schedule. Certainly our goal is always a topfour seed at the end of the season,” LaRose said. “I don’t know if that is totally do-able, but that’s going to be our goal.” Despite the heavy graduation toll, the cupboard is not bare. Five seniors return: Jalen Cook, a four-year varsity team member and three-year starter; center Cora Funke, who saw valuable time a year ago; twins Molly and Jess Murray, both of whom, especially Molly, gave the team a spark off the bench last winter; and reserve guard Isabel Gepfert. “Jalen has a lot of experience. This is her third year starting, and she played a lot as a freshman. She knows what it takes to have to blend some talents to create a team,” LaRose said. “Molly certainly played a lot of minutes last year, as did Cora. Those three are going to be the foundation we’re going to build on.” Also likely to play major roles are junior point guard Chloe Johnston, who LaRose praised for offseason dedication to skill improvement; junior forward Emma Campbell; and two freshmen, forward Grace Harvey, a tough rebounder, and guard Abby Reen, who LaRose said should make an impact when she adapts to the speed of varsity play. Two juniors, forward Carly Counter and guard Lexi Kouwenhoven, are also in the mix.

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Editor’s note: Shortly before we went to press with this special section we found out that VUHS coach and school clinician Peter Quinn had died unexpectedly. It was unclear who would lead the boys’ basketball program this year, though it was clear that games would be played. Here are Coach Quinn’s thoughts on his team as he readied to take them into the season. By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — With his Vergennes Union boys’ basketball team offering quickness and good outside shooting, Coach Peter Quinn felt positive about the upcoming season when he sat down to talk about his team before a preseason practice. He believed his Commodores could improve on last winter’s seven-win campaign. “I expect us to be good. I think we’ll have a better record than last year,” Quinn said. He rattled off five players he expected to be able to connect from behind the arc: senior guard Nate Bourgeois, junior swingmen Ben Curtis and Luke Bergmans, junior guard Aidan Scott and junior forward Kevin Jackson.“We have more

VUHS By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union girls’ basketball team took its lumps a year ago, in part because two key players missed all or most of the season. But this year Coach Billy Waller brings not only both of them back, but also eight other players who gained valuable experience in the 2017-2018 season because they had to step up into bigger roles. And the Commodores add a promising freshman into the mix for good measure. Asked what the strong points are of his team, Waller listed several: • “I have some good athletes.” • “We’re a veteran team compared to most of the teams we’re going to play.” • “I return 10 kids with varsity experience. Nobody ever has that.” Waller plans to make use of that depth by essentially platooning two groups of five, mixing and matching in each group one player each

shooting than we’ve had in five years. We have a bunch of kids who can hit threes,” Quinn said. Those five will all be in the regular rotation, as will senior Ezekiel Palmer and junior Gage Lalumiere in the frontcourt and juniors Josias Salomao and Zeke McGee, arguably the team’s best defenders, in the backcourt. Four more junior guards, Kai Williams, Simon Farrell, Xander Wilderson and William Bergmans, could work their way into minutes, Quinn said. The Commodores should be able to apply some defensive pressure, either in half-court or full-court looks, but will have to work on their rebounding, Quinn said. “We’ve got the makings of a press, guys who can move laterally and actually recover. So we have good shooting, we’re not very big, we should have good defense out front. I’m not sure what kind of rebounding team we’re going to be. That will be one of the determinants of how good we’re going to be,” Quinn said. “If everybody boxes out we’ll be a good rebounding team.” The Commodores will look to run, share the ball, and spread the floor on offense, allowing them to use their

quickness to attack the basket if defenses overplay their outside shooting. “We have pretty good ballhandling. We don’t have a dominant ballhandler, but we have a lot of guys who play guard and are comfortable with the ball,” Quinn said. Quinn believed the Commodores could end up over .500. “I’d be disappointed if we win fewer than 12 games this year,” he said.

Girls’ Basketball from four pairs of athletes who play the same position and picking the final two players from a grouping of three. “It’s not going to be quite hockey shifts, but I’m playing three or four minutes and then a new group of five,” Waller said. “So I’ve balanced the two groups.” Two veterans will run the point, senior Ciara McClay, who missed most of this past winter, and junior Emily Rooney, who could not play last season at all. At the other guard position one player from a group of three will play on each unit: seniors Morgan Lynk and Kylie Comeau and junior Amber Krumrie. The two wing forwards are senior Emily Gosliga and freshman Felicia Poirier, and the post forwards are senior Emma Bryant and junior Sophie Hatch. The centers are senior Brianna Vanderway and sophomore Kate Gosliga. The groups are not set in stone,

and Waller could mix and match depending on the opponent and ingame situations. “It’s not a starting five. It could change every game,” he said. After what Waller called a strong offseason and preseason, a few kinks remain to be ironed out; but he is optimistic. “The defense right now is ahead of the offense,” Waller said. “We’re not the world’s best shooting team, and sometimes we get a little loose with the ball. But the decisions overall are better.” A year ago the Commodores won four games. Waller expects more victories than that, but more importantly he said he expects a higher quality of play. “Realistically I think we’ll be better than we have been in quite a few years,” he said. “I would venture to guess we would more than double our win output. I hate to put it on wins, but more than anything we’ll be in more games.”

Vergennes Union High School Boys’ Varsity Basketball Date Opponent/Event Time 1/25 BFA St. Albans 12/10 Fair Haven 1/29 Middlebury 7 p.m. 12/13 BFA Fairfax 7 p.m. 2/1 @ Enosburg 12/21 @ Otter Valley 7 p.m. 2/2 @ Fair Haven 12/27 Harwood 7 p.m. 2/6 @ Mt. Abraham 1/4 @ BFA Fairfax 7 p.m. 2/12 @ Milton 1/9 2/15 @ Missisquoi Mill River 7 p.m. 1/15 @ Montpelier 7 p.m. 2/18 BFA St. Albans 1/18 Milton 7 p.m. 2/21 @ Middlebury 1/23 Missisquoi 7 p.m. 2/25 Enosburg

Vergennes Union High School Girls’ Varsity Basketball 1/22 @ Milton Date Opponent/Event Time 1/24 Winooski 7 p.m. 12/11 Fair Haven 1/30 @ Mt. Mansfield 7 p.m. 12/14 @ Hazen @ North Country 2/2 7 p.m. 12/19 @ Harwood @ Middlebury 2/5 12/29 @ Montpelier 7 p.m. 2/8 Mt. Abraham 1/2 Harwood 7 p.m. 2/11 Milton 1/5 Mt. Mansfield 2:30 p.m. 2/13 @ Colchester Middlebury 7 p.m. 1/8 2/19 @ Enosburg 7 p.m. 1/11 @ Mt. Abraham 2/21 @ Missisquoi 1/14 @ WInooski 7 p.m. 1/19 Colchester 2:30 p.m.

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VUHS Girls’ Varsity Basketball Team Coach: Billy Waller Name Grade Emma Bryant 12 Kylie Comeau 12 Emily Gosliga 12 12 Morgan Lynk Ciara McClay 12 Brianna Vanderway 12 Sophie Hatch 11 Amber Krumrie 11 11 Emily Rooney Kate Gosliga 10 Felicia Poirier 9

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By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union wrestling program has a new coach who will be familiar to almost all of his team: longtime Vergennes Area Youth Wrestling Club president Eugene Stearns. Stearns, a 1994 VUHS graduate, stepped in after former coach and VUHS standout wrestler Nate Kit-

tredge stepped away — Kittredge now runs his own business and has three young children. Stearns, who wrestled as a youth and then in high school, started coaching with the local youth club 15 years ago before taking over as president in 2008. He is proud that members stick with the club, noting that last year 32

of 34 eligible members from the year before returned. “That’s really what matters,” Stearns said. With the 13 members of the VUHS team this year he sat down and worked with them to set goals and expectations that he said are designed to be “achievable,” but will (See VUHS Wrestling, Page 9C)

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By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vergennes Union indoor track Coach Brad Castillo believes members of his boys’ team can run all the way from practices in the halls outside the VUHS gym to the Division II state meet podium. “I think we have an excellent chance of placing very highly as a team. They’re all very strong,” Castillo said. Only three girls, all of them seniors, signed up for the team, which numbers a baker’s dozen in all. Those three, distance runners Ashley Cray and Marin Howell and sprinter Cedar Winslow, should enjoy competitive seasons, Castillo said. “Cedar is in really good form right now, and healthy,” he said. “Ashley and Marin are both coming off excellent cross-country seasons for them.” They have realistic chances of top12 finishes in their specialties, which would earn them a trip to the state

meet, Castillo said. “On the girls’ side I’m hoping to qualify all of them, which is a rare feat for us,” he said. “They’re ready to do it, and there’s no better time to do it than now, especially with all three of them being seniors.” With better numbers and proven point-getters, Castillo said the VUHS boys can aim even higher. Senior Wade Mullin took third at 600 meters a year ago and anchored the Commodores’ 6th-place four-by800-meter relay team and secondplace outdoor 4x400 team. “My hope is that Wade is going to be the biggest point-getter this year,” he said. “He’s driven this year.” And the other three members of that 4x800 relay team return, senior Spencer Hurlburt and sophomores Xander DeBlois and Gabe Praamsa. And the 4x800 team has new depth in sophomore Ben Huston and junior Erich Reitz, both coming off strong cross-country seasons that could propel it to a higher finish.

Even freshmen Christopher Therrien could make a run at the 4x800 team, Castillo noted. And if three basketball players with outdoor track experience — senior Ezekiel Palmer and juniors Luke Bergmans and Josias Salomao — can make their schedules work, Castillo said the Commodores could also make serious runs in the 4x400 and 4x200 relays. Bergmans and Salomao could also do damage at 55 and 300 meters, while Mullin, Hurlburt (sixth

at 1,500 meters a year ago), Huston and company could rack up points at 600, 1,000 and 1,500 meters. “All my cross-country guys are returning, and we had a great finish,” Castillo said. Castillo said he is realistic about the challenges facing his two-sport athletes, but remains “cautiously optimistic” about a break-through state meet for his boys’ team. “It’s an off chance, but I want to win that Division II championship, because we’ve never done it as a

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school,” he said. “And the way it’s set up this is the best opportunity we’re going to have to do that.”

Vergennes Union High School Varsity Indoor Track & Field Coach: Brad Castillo Name Grade Ashley Cray 12 Marin Howell 12 Spencer Hurlburt 12 Wade Mullin 12 Zeke Palmer 12 Cedar Winslow 12 Luke Bergmans 11 Erich Reitz 11 Josias Salomao 11 Xander DeBlois 10 Ben Huston 10 Gabe Praamsma 10 Christopher Therrien 9

VUHS Wrestling (Continued from Page 8C) require effort. Stearns said they include skill development and “personal improvement” as well as specific targets, such as 15 varsity wins, defeating certain wrestlers or winning particular tournaments, or in the case of some simply just making the varsity team and competing at that level. “The core of our team is 10thgraders, but the experience level of those 10th-graders is pretty high,” Stearns said. “Several of those kids have been wrestling since youth, so we have some expectations. It’s an excellent group of smart kids, talented, athletic kids, so I think they’re going to succeed.” As they do succeed he believes the team will attract more members, in part due to word-of-mouth and the athletes’ own recruitment efforts. “With personal success and team success those numbers will start to grow naturally,” Stearns said. “As a group effort I think we can bring

those numbers up.” As it is the numbers are better than in some recent years, although as he noted some athletes could end up with more JV than varsity matches. At the lower end of the weight classes, sophomore Aidan Gebo and freshman Taylor Stearns will both end up in the 120-126-pound range. Sophomore Jeremiah Moulton is alone at 132, as is probably sophomore Ashton Greenia at 138. Senior Sam Rathbun and sophomore Zachary Botala look likely to both land at 145, while senior newcomer Kaelen Dopson will hold things down at 160. There could be a logjam at 195, a weight at which three sophomores are currently on track to wrestle: Barret Barrows, Gabriel PayneVinick and Dominic Kandzior. Rounding out the lineup are two seniors, Brady Gebo at 225 and Brandon Tierney at 285. Aiden Gebo and Moulton in February each earned fifths at the state

meet at 113 and 120 pounds, respectively, and Stearns said it wouldn’t be a surprise to see some of his other younger wrestlers break through. He also said to keep an eye on Brady Gebo and Dopson, who is a novice to pure wrestling but has a mixed martial arts background. “We are certainly going to have kids who are going to be able to compete at the podium level,” Stearns said. “We’re excited about it.”

Vergennes Union High School Boys’ Varsity Wrestling 1/18 @ Essex Classic 3 p.m. Date Opponent/Event Time 1/19 @ Essex Classic 9 a.m. 12/8 @ Ausable Valley N.Y. 9 a.m. 6 p.m. 1/22 Essex 12/15 @ Granville Tourney 10 a.m. 1/26 Vergennes Tourney 9 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 12/19 @ CVU 1/30 Mt. Mansfield 6 p.m. 12/22 @ Mt. Abraham 9 a.m. 2/2 @ Mt. Mansfield 9 a.m. 12/28 @ Middlebury Tourney 3 p.m. 2/5 Spaulding/Mt. Abraham 6 p.m. 12/29 @ Middlebury Tourney 9 a.m. 2/9 NVAC @ St. Johnsbury 10 a.m. 1/4 @ Peru N.Y. Tourney 3 p.m. 2/22 State Champ. @ Essex 3 p.m. @ Peru N.Y. Tourney 9 a.m. 1/5 2/23 State Champ. @ Essex 9 a.m. 1/10 @ Spaulding 6 p.m. 1/15 St. Johnsbury 6 p.m.

Vergennes Union High School Varsity Wrestling Team Coaches: Eugene Stearns Name Grade Kaelen Dobson 12 Brady Gebo 12 12 Sam Rathbun Brandon Tierney 12 Barret Barrows 10 Zachary Botala 10 Aidan Gebo 10 10 Ashton Greenia Dominic Kandzior 10 Jeremiah Moulton 10 Gabriel Payne-Vinick 10 Taylor Stearns 9

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OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL

OVUHS Boys’ Basketball By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — Otter Valley boys’ varsity basketball coach Greg Hughes has his team poised to make another run to the playoffs. The Otters will return eight players from a team that was a 5-seed and lost to Fair Haven in the Division II semifinals of the playoffs last season. “Our biggest asset this year is going to be maturity,” Hughes said. This year a change in the rules will allow a student to play five quarters between JV and varsity, although Hughes does not think that will affect his team much. Two players who were on the JV squad last year were moved to the varsity team this year, which Hughes says is no surprise considering their talent level on the court last season. “The team has more ball handlers than anything else,” Hughes said. “We have a great core of players that have been together for a long time. This year will see the return of Del Norwood, who played for MSJ for the last two seasons but is now back at Otter Valley. “Del’s a fantastic player and it’s great to have him back this year,” Hughes said. “That core group that he played with before … he came back and it was like he’d never

been gone.” Guard Dylan Mackie will bring leadership to the Otter team, and shooters Tyler Rowe and Jack Adams will see time on the court. Expect significant contributions from Pat McKeighan and Kollin Bissette as well as Marcus McCullough and Kam Strickland. Hughes is hopeful that this year’s

Otter Valley boys’ basketball team can make it to the D-II final four again. “A return to Barre,” Hughes said, “That will be a successful season. I think we can get there.” Using speed, range and ball-handling abilities, with that group of athletes the Otters will have an arsenal of weapons to get them there.

Otter Valley Union High School Boys’ Varsity Basketball Date Opponent/Event Time 1/15 Hartford 12/13 @ Proctor Tournament 5:30 p.m. 1/25 @ MAU 12/14 @ Proctor Tournament 5:30/7 p.m. 1/30 @ Proctor 12/18 @ Middlebury 7 p.m. 2/1 Fair Haven 12/21 Vergennes 7 p.m. 2/5 @ Springfield 12/27 East-West Tournament 7 p.m. 2/8 @ MSJ 12/29 East-West Tournament 5 p.m. 2/15 Mill River 1/2 @ Mt. Abraham 7 p.m. 2/22 @ Fair Haven 1/5 Brattleboro 2:30 p.m. 2/26 @ Woodstock 3/1 MSJ 1/9 @ Burr & Burton 7 p.m. 1/12 Mt. Abraham 2:30 p.m.

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Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Boys’ Basketball Head: Coach Greg Hughes Asst: Michael Stark & Tom Hughes Name Grade Jack Adams 12 Kollin Bissette 12 Nathaniel Hudson 12 Dylan Mackie 12 Marcus McCullough 12 Patrick McKeighan 12 Delshon Norwood 12 Tyler Rowe 12 Kameron Strickland 12 Julian Lopez 11 Logan Trombley 11 Ryan Harvey, manager 11

OVUHS Girls’ Basketball By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — Otter Valley girls’ varsity basketball coach Kelly Trayah is hoping for good things from an experienced team that only lost two seniors and returns 10 players from last season as well as bringing in a talented group of younger players. The Otters went 4-16 last season before losing to Mount Abraham in the first round of the playoffs. Before a pre-season practice, Trayah said the team is ready for the games to begin and hopes to build upon the foundation they started last season. The Otters run well and will look to set the pace when on the court, Trayah said. “This is a great bunch of athletes,” he said. “I believe we will be a very competitive team.” Kele Park and Felicity Drew are the only returning seniors of the returning 10, but there is a large group of juniors that includes Julia Eastman, Leah Pinkowski, Livia Bernhardt, Emily Doty, Alia Edmunds, Isabella Falco and Mary Kingsley. Mallory Lufkin, a sophomore, will help to fortify the defense. Bernhardt and Pinkowski will share post duties. Freshman Alice Keith should make significant contributions as well. Trayah is another coach who will

look to take advantage of the new rule change allowing players to play five quarters between JV and varsity. Freshmen Brittney Jackson, Brielle Mackie and Lauren Konarski along with sophomore Mia Politano will share minutes between the two squads. Trayah says this is a focused team that works hard on both ends of the floor. He will look for his team to keep pressure on their opponents and

use their strengths to their advantage. The younger players having another year of experience under their belts makes Trayah feel optimistic about the opportunities they will have in the upcoming season. “I feel hopeful that we can set the pace of the game this year,” Trayah said. “With our size and speed we should have a good balance offensively and defensively.”

Otter Valley Union High School Girls’ Varsity Basketball Date Opponent/Event Time 1/24 @ Hartford 12/10 West Rutland 7 p.m. 1/29 @ Windsor 12/15 @ Proctor 1 p.m. 1/31 Fair Haven 12/18 @ Mt. Abraham 7 p.m. 2/2 @ Brattleboro 2/4 Proctor (1961 Night) 12/20 Middlebury 7 p.m. 12/28 @ West Rutland 7 p.m. 2/7 Hartford 1/2 Mill River 7 p.m. 2/11 @ Mill River 1/4 Springfield 7 p.m. 2/14 Windsor 1/8 Woodstock 7 p.m. 2/21 @ Fair Haven 1/11 @ MAU 7 p.m. 2/23 Rutland 1/15 @ Burr & Burton 7 p.m.

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Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Girls’ Basketball Head Coach: Kelly Trayah Asst. Coaches: Toni Poalino and Glenn Bird Name Grade Felicity Drew 12 Kele Parks 12 Livia Bernhardt 11 Emily Doty 11 Julia Eastman 11 Alia Edmunds 11 Isabella Falco 11 Mary Kingsley 11 Leah Pinkowski 11 Mallory Lufkin 10 Mia Politano 10 Lauren Konarski 9 Brittney Jackson 9 Brielle Mackie 9 Alice Keith 9

OVUHS Nordic By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — Coach Devon Fuller does not expect any state championships for Otter Valley’s Nordic ski team this season, but he is impressed by the growing number of students taking part in the program, and he is excited for what’s in store in the coming years. “In a few years, this could really be a team to reckon with,” Fuller said in a preseason interview. The Otters return all nine skiers from last year and added six more. With only one junior and five sophomores, the OV Nordic program is building the foundation for a strong program down the road. Fuller says the kids have worked hard and are really improving. “We have a kid who had never even stood in skis a year ago,” Fuller said. “This year he’s tearing it up.” The biggest challenge the coach and his team have had this season has been lack of cooperation from the weather. They have a meet

scheduled for Dec. 15 but Fuller says they will have to skip it because the team has not even been on skis yet this season. “My biggest goal for them is to have fun,” Fuller said. “And (See OVUHS Nordic, Page 11C)

Otter Valley Union High School Nordic Skiing Date Opponent/Event 12/15 @ MAU 1/2 @ Burr & Burton 1/8 OVUHS 1/12 @ Strafford

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Otter Valley Union High School Nordic Skiing Head Coach: Devon Fuller Name Grade Phoebe Elliott 11 Sarah Calvin 10 Caleb Chisamore 10 Grace Coolidge 10 Chloe Fuller 10 Liam Murphy 10 Benjamin Atherton 9 Osten Ladd 9 Gunnar Tinsman 9

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OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL

OVUHS Wrestling By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — Otter Valley wrestling coach Cole Mason this season has a young squad that he will look to toughen up as the season progresses as well as some veterans that will provide leadership to the younger competitors. Despite the age of his squad, Mason is optimistic that his team will do well and is excited by the strength of his growing program. Mason said this was the largest number of wrestlers he has had in his five years with Otter Valley and he will fill 11 out of the 14 weight classes. He thinks they could see really good results even with some of the freshmen. “They’ve got a great attitude,” Mason said. “They hate to lose.” Otter Valley had three wrestlers place in the state tournament last year and two of those return this season looking for even better results, including Josh Beayon, who returns for his senior year after finishing third in the 170-pound division, and sophomore David Williams — sixth at 120 pounds at state — who Mason says has really put in the work in the offseason. Mason has a front-loaded schedule with some tough competitions early to get his team ready for the in-state matches. “They’re going to take some lumps early,” Mason said. “But I think it will payoff at the end.” Mason says he has a competitive team that is constantly striving to

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get better. With only one senior and three juniors, Mason has scheduled some really hard out-of-state events early in the hopes that the two tournaments in New York and one in New Hampshire will help strengthen his young squad before the end of the season. “A lot of the younger guys could be really good once they adjust to wrestling at a high school level,” Mason said.

Freshmen Sam Martin was a twotime middle school champion and is poised to make a big splash by the end of the season. Martin and the rest will have a tough start with three competitions in a week as the season for the Otters began on Saturday, Dec. 8 at the NAC Tournament in New York. The team will compete in the MVL Duals on Dec. 13 before heading back to New York for matches in Granville on Dec. 15.

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Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Cheerleading Coach: Brenda Colburn Name Grade Jasmin Capen 9 9 Natashia Capen

Erika Chapin Madison Colburn Ashley Hewitt Emily Hutchins

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Shannon O’Brien Keirstan Strickland Michaela Sunhawk Alexandria Griffin

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Wrestling Date Opponent/Event Time 1/18 @ Essex Tournament TBA 12/8 NAC Tournament, NY 9:30 a.m. 1/19 @ Essex Tournament TBA 12/13 @ MVL Duals Burr & Burton 6 p.m. 1/23 Duals Essex/Granville 6 p.m. 12/15 @ Granville, NY 9 a.m. 1/26 @ Mt. Greylock/Verg Tourn. TBA 12/19 MVL Duals 1/30 @ MVL Duals Mill River 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 12/29 OV Invitational 9 a.m. 2/2 @ Mt Mansfield Tournament TBA 1/2 @ Springfield Dual 6 p.m. 2/9 @ MVL Jamboree TBA 1/5 @ MAU Tournament 9:45 a.m. 2/22 @ Essex (State Tournament) TBA 1/9 @ MVL Duals Rutland 2/23 @ Essex (State Tournament) TBA 6 p.m. 1/11 @ Nashua, NH TBA 3/1 @ New Englands TBA 1/12 @ Nashua, NH 3/2 @ New Englands 9:30 a.m. TBA 1/16 MVL Duals 6 p.m.

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(Continued from Page 10C) to help teach these kids a sport they can enjoy for the rest of their lives.” Fuller says the team will continue to work hard as the season

Otter Valley Union High School Varsity Wrestling Coach: Cole Mason Name Grade 12 Joshua Beayon Jacob Jones 11 Charles Noble 11 Gadge Puro 11 Levi Cram 10 10 Parker Swain David Williams 10 9 Carson Bertrand 9 Tanner Brutkoski 9 Austin Cormany Domanic Davis 9 Samuel Martin 9 9 Matthew Moseley

Nordic begins and look to keep improving. This will be the first season in several years that they will have enough skiers to enter the girls’ relays later in February. A team has to have four competitors to enter in

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Chittenden y goal in off a 27-point The Tigers guards wh to enouthe Commod ham. ta’s power-pla ted County, or all ited wasn’t Mount Abra exander Yurissecond period, assis 9-6 Ot- know how rin of theand AAU basketball teams and “It definitely Kam Instead, the s some d.” 5:53 of the th clubs swor but we have who d themselve keep a lea Farn soccer based in Vermont’s y, y foun prett ters ds ch by Kolb with the 3-10 largest county, rienced guar — OV Coa home thehome to more in a battle who Bartlett. hes expe how to keep a au stuffed half the largest high latGreg Hug tes state’s know Commodores, from 15 Ryan Nade than es said. “But t five minu abou ns. that recruits schools, plus another lead,” Hugh They had a fought back early in the second goal Devon Kear shamelessly. feed from the game end (VUHS). , espepoints down to within er, with a left innow nds Well, d Ot- I comm e second half there that we have found a before the third perio With 17 secohanded the final goal very activ there with the fourth sport in which (20of the smallest back rd the end ult to get by. ett Mandelone five late in for a 51-45 victory. towa Bartl e Glen ball cially goali D-I schools, Middlebury, actually was diffic ters held on modores doubled past Raider last couple doubling. 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N.Y., Ski s In the first 2:10 of the third period scored a man-up goal, and Caffrey lead. d, vers. stma ime Placi Chri turno g skiers in the sport heading into a Saturday road game Middlebury fired four shots at the Lake 15 halft on our interesting young days durin the Panthers extended their lead to scored and then set up Steven Peterh when the “We cut down turnovers, whic Pacers for four mbertheir at Wesleyan (2-1), ranked No. 9 in cage in the closing minutes, but Dece and developing abilities. in eight 9-1 with goals from Michael McCor- son to make it 12-7. A Cal Hynson zero ’t reach break — back We had only time all year we were could not find the back of the net mack and Will Brossman. The Saints man-up made it a four-goal game. Well, what do n was you know? NCAA Division III. res didn We eratu first nt. temp the etitio patie high was comp On this past Saturday visiting again. 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(See Kirkaldy, Page 2B) wom WATERVILLE win by outOn Monday modore girls, 49-3 ed on offen NES d down the 18-9 in the y College Com ts to Middlebur swept a weekend se- Colby (7-12-4, 2-9-4 a 2-0 first-peThey naile by feated the d in 12 poin i— In local scoring the T-Birds ey team hers took by Jessica Button tosse Gosl improve to hock Pant idy to y Kate COUNTY d The Cass Colb kets. ISON ter. ADD points) games playe on goals a the Yellowjac Ciara McClay ries from host and 12-1-1 in NES fourth quar basketball riod lead Hlinka on ainville (19 all d the lead eight and high school and Tuesday the Mid-d apiece clinched a Young, from Janka Barney. Anna Cody Pom 15-4-2 over in (11) pace ga scored added six The Panthers in and Ellie on Monday Vergennes boys picke Skyeler Devl they improved to and Morgan Lynk modores, who ey CAC play. place in the league power play, made it 3-0 in the secBoys’ Hock ..................3-0 and and Tigers as ing into Mount 3-14 Com dlebury and the VUHS, MUHS le ......... hester on tie for first before te to pace the vs. Rutland to host Colc in Zumwink 4-11 head ..............La power play ered 2/12 MUHS up wins, but girls and Eagle boys y game. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS .................. the process. y, ranked No. 4 on another were scheduled y at MUHS Abe for a Frida en King answ the ond etball 2/14 Rice Otter Valle short. Girls’ Basketball Final at Barre Middlebur Girls’ Bask III, close out ams the Mules’ Laur y goal to set the S BOYS Wednesday. LS ........49-32 up sion VUH ......... ore to came Divi set on all 3/13 #1 FHUvs. vs.VUHS #2 Mt.......... Abe ..... Ppd. to 3/16 Willi Commod (OT) NCAA a power-pla ds. girls were MUHS GIR host Burr & Burt by visiting The 2/12 Milton Boys’ ................. 32-27 -42 host- with at 3-1 after two perio r-play The Eagle WednesBasketball day d well in lar season Emivs. OV then Mon 2. regu playe River and On 56-4 had on Mill ..............56 powe score S 2/12 Division II Playoffs boys MUHS on at 7 p.m. Tigers, at Barre L e t added a host MUH 7-10 at 7 p.m. & Burton vs. ......... loss to OV on Friday past the .............Lat Madie Leid hers early into the 3/12 ts led the the deadline BASKETBAL 2/12#1Burr on Saturday of those poin a six-point carried that got Fair Haven vs. #5 OV .............58-42 VUHS at 15 d Ephs Late Pant day after the ester the score kie’s ......... r the made ing 2/14 ColchCOLLEGE .................. issue of SPORTS Monday and to Tuesday ly Blea Keagan Dunbardropped a tie in eithe y home goal for Katarina Shuchuk at MUHS for this ogs. A win or lebur The OV 2/14 Mt. Abe Basketball fourth, and Women’s 45 give Midd energy over a 55-47 set- Bulld the 6-10 Tigers, who Page 3B) Boys’ Lacrosse Independent. VUHS on .............51games will t the NESCAC playn (See Hockey, 3/12 Midd. vs. St. Lawrence ..................15-3 .................. d VUHS ht. 10-5 Milto ed the Yel- 22 for ........55-47 boys visite t; see story 2/12 OV vs.Men’sMilton third straig ice throughouwill begin the followin dealing .................. .51-40 vs. Lacrosse ng their S (4-10) spott r VUHS Monday nigh .................. PM PANTHER SENIOR HENRY Riehl is pushed to the ground but still quoi offs, which back. VUH 9-0 lead before comi s OV GIRLS 3/122/13 Midd. vs. St.vs.Lawrence ................12-11 Mill Rive Missis ng MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE Chase Goree charges toward 7:30 1B. visiti a ..... maintains possession of the ball during Monday’s game against St. Lawman 2/13 MUHS Baseball s ......... on Page lowjackets On Monday , Page 3B) Late S the St. Lawrence goal Monday afternoon. Lance Berg Abe at St. Alban .................. rence. Riehl scored a goal in the 12-11 Middlebury win. TIGER BOY boys snapped a five- back for the win. to lead VUHS, and 3/11 2/13 Midd.Mt. vs. Haven Bard ..................................7-0 at OV ......... (See Wrap 2/14 Fair The Tiger Tuesday, a streak that scored 24 points 3/11 Bard vs. Midd. ..................................9-3 ed in 10. on setbacks, Ethan Sausville chipp game skid last-second 0. included threehost Missisquoi, 51-4 by defeating

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floor, while Folger scored nine points to go along seven rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots. Nick Tarantino, the team’s third senior, contributed eight points and seven boards, and Eric McCord chipped in with eight points. The Panthers pulled down 39 rebounds in the contest, setting a single-season record with 1,329, surpassing the total of 1,294 set last season. For MIT Hamilton Forsythe scored 23 points, including four threes, while Tim Roberts had a double-double of 13 points and game-best 17 rebounds, including key offensive boards down the stretch. Jurko tacked on 18 points and five rebounds. The Panthers shot 44.1 percent from the floor and 37.5 percent (six for 16) from three-point range. The Engineers made 40.9 percent of their shots, including 11 of 27 from behind the arc.

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For the ever, our most part, BARRE — Top-seeded Fair Havvisibility was limited howfew hund en on Monday dealt the Otter Valley red yards. to a By were on the Union High School boys’ basketball water, the the time we early mor team a loss for the third time this snow and ning winter, and this one hurt the most. precipitationmixed It came in a Division II semifinal given way had in the Barre Civic Auditorium, 58to a ADDISON steady 42, and it ended the Otters’ strong chill COUNTY high scho drizzle that ing — In loca season with a 15-8 record. ol l this week basketball games on our hats fell The Slaters, who during the regular earlier the Mount and picked up Abraham raincoats, season defeated OV at home by 13 arguably their boys soaked so far this our fleece and in Brandon by eight, improved biggest gloves, and Otter winter, while Verg win made to 18-5 and are scheduled to play for in the botto Valle enne pudd y m girls les contests. both lost hom s the D-II title on Saturday at 3:45 p.m. helped tint of our drift boat e , The Middleb However that timetable is open to flowed bene the Trinity Rive and r ury boys VUHS boys question with the midweek snowCOM our waderedath the aluminum that hosted under Berg MODORE SEN feet. It felt Page 1B. on Tuesday; see story the storm. The status of Wednesday steelhead like good Tige mans puts up a IOR LANCE Othe wea after the dead r games were play on shot r defe night’s semifinal between No. 3 Fifteen yearther. ed left, and nders Skyeler between EAGLE BOYline for this paper. Milton and No. 7 U-32 was uncertain Cody Pom my one prev s had passed Devlin, day sinc ainv at presstime, and forecasts called for On Tuesday S California, ious visit to nort e pointsnight. Bergmans ille Tuesscored visiting Milt the Eagle boys the storm to linger and also to post17 the Klam when I spent timehern win. in the Commodores upset ath River ’ 59-57 by outscorinon, 64-57, pone other scheduled games at the the natio watershed on Independe nt photo and Yell owj ack- g the Aud. Whenever the final is played, ta-Trinit nal forests of /Trent Camp the bell Fair Haven, a perennial contender, visit, y Alps area. On that Shasets by 25-1 my wife Deb 4 earlier will be seeking its first title since 10-day in the four orah and th BASKET I took sum 2002. quarter. MilBALL anniversary. mer trip to celebrate a We an On Monday the Otters hung with San ton, whic Francisco visited museums in h , the Slaters in the first period, trailing ery entered bike tour did a winery-to-win the in the Sono by 15-12 after the first eight minutes wan contest at dered up ma Valley, 9-1 and in the despite eight of Slater Cam Colout- park Division II, fourth plac s, and walk coast visiting state led the ti’s game-high 23 points. Early coas Eagles at halft e in ed among 25-16. the gian ime, three-pointers from Josh Letourneau ing tal redwoods whose The Eagl overwhelm-t majesty and and Tyler Rowe kept OV in the hunt.in third quar es closed the gap tears of joy holiness left us both in ter The Slaters then outscored thedude and awe. Milton’s Ian to 43-39 even thouthe We hired gh Jennings Otters by 17-8 in the second periodback ranch to drop us a his scored 21 gam off e-hig ) in the mou (on h 27 points of to take a 12-point lead at the half. half. ntains for horsein the seco night cam a twond ping trip. Aubrey Ramey and Zach Murray hit Mount Abe We day floating ’s Liam Kell three-pointers as Fair Haven went down the also spent a scored 11 on Klamath Rive iher of ahead by 30-16, but late hoops by a “knitting trip” quarter, and his 13 points in the then sion with a prof r fourth Logan Rod Dylan Mackie and Rowe helped OV al guide. The knitt espoin a special gift ts) hit two riquez ing trip stay close. seal the victo late three-pointers(16 to celebrate I arranged for my was By ANDY KIRKAL to ry. Jack The Otters scored the first six wife DY our anni MIDDLE (14 points) turn also reachedson Counter points of the second half to pull to ed out the guide versary, but it second-h BURY — A dram for the Eagl double digit knew a lot alf fly within 32-26, but five straight pointsfishing, and his about gave the turnaround on Tues atic s and equaled es, who improved drift a perf Vergennes day to (See OVUHS, Page 2B) for ect place for me boat proved School boys 2016-2017 their win total from 5-8 ’ basketba Union High to cast trout whil seas the VUHS GIR on. watched the e my wife knitted flies over host Middleb ll team the win LS ury, On Mon dining river heron, osprey and and game not decided until 59-57, in a day eagl side. visiting Win es Tiger shot rolle a last-seco rolled to a After the nd ooski 60-34 win The Tigers d off the rim. modores, over the Klamath trip, I wrote a piec the Com led by 33-2 their seco e nd win over VUHS girls 0 50 secmagazine. for a national fly fishi on onds into the seco in four days the nd They liked nior guar tress (28 . Lydia said they’d d Cody Pomhalf, when sethe article ng poin ainville Amna Cica ts, eight assists) Natreturned to publish it, but only and the ball and dunk TIGER JUN ed. But 10 stole nigh the Klamath third if IOR ZAC bounds) led k (11 points and 16 and t. HARY Dun Tige in the fall I and -period turnovers, (See Dick the 6-6 Spar ren swoops so some forc r some care erson, Pag Morgan tans. in for a shot e 2B) for the Com less, opened the ed during Midd scored seve Lynk and Sophie Hatc door mod first half. n points each ores, and lebury’s h comed that modores drop 59-57 loss they to Vergenne Senior Lanc ped to 3-9. as the Comdefense, hust invitation with wels Tuesday OV GIRLS stron e ment after le and better ball mov g VUHS with 17 Bergmans, who led also credited the Independe The OV girls BARRE — The Mount Abraham half-time points, 13 nt photo being shut e- and four JV Coach /Trent Camp speech of fell to visit rebo down in sor, 51-46, bell Union High School girls’ basketball he wen the modores assists, said the 3-7 unds for ailing Josh Carter, who filled on Monday ing WindCoa were tired battl Comin in the t in there and pum team’s championship game in Barre in a tight of losing “We just ch Peter Quinn. ped us up bettee decided by the locker room — and Yellowjac wanted to was postponed from Tuesday night r . HIGH SCHO freeWe win, bad, wan throw kets’ and we wan ” Bergman win shooting until Friday night due to the mid- Girls OL SPORTS ted it bad. ted that stretch. Olivia s said. “Ou really Carter said ’ Hock ” HARTFO Rockwood down the 1/31 MUHS r coach, lina Bigw he just week snowstorm. at CVU/MMU ey and AngeMiddlebury RD, Conn. — (See Hoops, told the Com- 15 poin ood led Windsor The 19-4 Eagles, seeded No. 2, Boys’ Hock......................Late (7-5) with ts apie Page 3B) 1/31 South team won College men’s bask The on Saturday. ey Burlington two will meet No. 1 Fair Haven (20-3) on etba They are rank Three play ce. at MUH a NESCAC recent games, inclu ll NCAA Divi ed No. 6 in the 3-8 Otte ers hit double figur Friday at 8:15 p.m. in the1/29 Barre CivicGirls’ BasketbalS ............Late sion III. Hoops insid es Winooski preserved road win on Sunday ding On l e from Jack Gabby Poalrs: Livia Bernhard for Auditorium. their position that outla this past Sunday 1/29 Windsor vs. VUHS ................ Eric t (13), leag McC ino the Daly sted host on top of .....60-34 ue standings (12) and Panthers ord capped and munds (10) The game is a rematch one thevs. OV................ 1/31ofMilton the NES Alia Ed. ............51-46 . aton The Pant CAC), 87-8 Trinity (13-6, 2-4 helped Middlebury the surge, which Kyle Padmore mad Mt. Abe ........ Eagles won at Fair Haven, 1/31 33-29, hers e ........ 1, in a foulMissisquoi layu it take a 43-3 at the half. ........ ran their affair. Mid streak to 7 lead Farr p with 2:51 left. 74-71 with a plagued winn Dec. 28. dleb 1/31 Mt. Mans at MUHS ................ ....Late Panther ell answ ......Late Despite fallin field at VUHS 16-3, 5-1, eight and improved ing the line and ury shot 41 of 51 from The Slaters are playing without g behind by three-poin ered by nailing Jack as 10, the Boys’ Bask ..................Late NESCAC heading into week to game record set a program sing as many a key ter from the 1/30 Mt. etball standout Halle Coloutti, who Bant for gam leAbewas end ams mad Mid es vs. right wing the lead to eventually e free vs. Bow Milton dlebury’s p.m. on Frid The VUHS vs. MUH ........................64-57 on injured in the team’s 1/30 regular-season ay and Colb doin at 7 good Panthers took the throws. three-poin 63-61 on a Nick Serecut the Panthers next possession, S ................ with y at 3 p.m. lead t play and finale at Otter Valley. She has COLL beenEGE converted .........59-57 tta free eigh erased a a 12-0 first-half run for answered with at 10:15. Middleb throws in SPOR replaced by her freshman sister, the final minu t of 10 31-22 Bant ury the Women’s Bask TS that Hila a 1/28 Midd. win. am advantag l Dahleh layu7-0 run capped by te to seal Ryleigh Coloutti, in the starting vs. Trinity........ etball a e. p. 1/30 Midd. Daly pace ................ Trinity agai vs. Keene d the lineup. n cut into St. ................ ....62-50 the lead, and career high with Panthers by tying his ....71-51 By ANDY 26 1/28 Midd. Men’s Basketball poin KIR ts, (See Panther inclu vs. Trinity........ RICHMOND KALDY 1/30 Midd. s, Page 3B) ding ................ vs. Keene — Mid Union High St. ................ ....87-81 ....84-78 School seni dlebury Hodges’s 1/30 Platts Women’s Hockey or burgh vs. Midd. overall boysthree-event sweep Sam .......................2 -1 of the MU’ title was the high and BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two light PLYMOUTH All-American performances highNordic team HS boys’ and , N.H girls track and s’ effor ’ ts at the Tour lighted the efforts of Middlebury Chittenden, field athle . — Indoor tes from Mou Abraham, College track and field athletes at this past held in three loca de tions Friday, Satu bury unio Vergennes and Mid nt HIGH this past weekend’s NCAA Division Monday. n SCHOOL SPOR rday and strong Divi high schools postdleTS III Indoor Championships, staged in Girls’ Hock Hodges won ed 2/3 MUHS ey day at a sion II results on a sprint on at Birmingham, Ala. Colchester Saturmee 2/7 MUHS Essex ........................ t Frid host ay ed State Univ at Beek On Saturday2/9 Jimmy Martinez mantown ........ 4:30 PM race on SatuHigh School, a dista at ersity in Newby Plymouth Colch/Burli ..........TBA nce rday Win ngton Hampshi at earned All-American honors in atthe ning The Firing Ran MUH ge in Jeric Ethan Allen senior Lydi events were Mount re. Boys in S............. 5 PM 400-meter run,2/2finishing climb on Rutland at fourth’ Hock ey Monday at ho, and a hill MUHS........ triple jump a Pitts, who claimed Abe 48.34. 2/7 MUHS Area in ................... at Richmond. Cochran’s Ski 7 PM 10.5 inch with an effort of 34 the nd................ 2/9 Burr & Rutla On Friday Middlebury’s distance time His es, ........... 4 PM Burton at MUH in the combined four-by-800- and the VUHS feet, medley relay team finished thirdS more than three events of 25:0 boys’ Girls’ Bask ................. 7 PM 1was Spencer Hurlmeter relay team etball OV at Fairyear to for the second2/1straight earn runner-up a minute better Haven ........ than Gabe Praa burt, Xander DeB of ................ All-American2/3 Wino recognition. oski at MUH The Mansfield. Aidan Burt of Mou msm S ................ ... 7 PM 2/3 Enos who prevailed a and Wade Mullois, nt quartet of Nathan Hill, burgTyler at Mt. Farrell, Overall the lin, Abe ................ 12:30 PM in 9:37.2. 2/3 North Pitts also James Mulliken andCoun Kevin Serrao Tiger 12:30 PM third in a 2/6 Missisquoi try at VUHS ............ 10-team scorboys finished in 8:18, whilplaced sixth at 55 mete ran the event in 9:57.94, at Mt.marking 65 points, Abe................ 2:30 PM ing field with 2/6 VUHS e Hurlburt rs at MUH the 1,500 ..... 7 PM the program’s third consecutive was fifth S ................ three skie trailing U-23 (29, in 2/8 MUH in ............. 7 PM S atand rs with 1,000 in 3:104:51.78 and eighth Mt. Abe All-American finish the........ fourth 2/8 OV Mansfield in the top 10) and Mou in the ........ .33. atother Hartfooccurring (50) in seco rd ................in ........... 7 PM nt overall, with MUHS athle 2/9 the Vall VUHS nd. ........ ey Cha at ....... (72) was mplain in three even te C.J. Bryant plac 2012. 2/10 MUHS Mt. Abe ........................ 7 PM Julian Schm fourth. ed at team ... 7 North Coun meters in ts, taking second The women’s of Tasha 2/10 OVDMR itt (sixth try............... PM combined at Brattl at 300 39.59, third 2 eboro with a time of ........Wiljump with Greene, Kate McCluskey, Meg in the long ................. PM Palc 28:0 a Boys leap sik 6 1), PM ’ (23r of 18-1; and Owen 2/2 OV at the 55 at 6.98 etbal son and Abigail Nadler alsoBask raced onl Fair Have Carpenter d in 30:49), and fifth in n ................ 2/2 Enosburg (35th in 32:0 Will Friday, finishing 12thatin 12:16.33. Another . ........... 7 PM other Tige VUHS 2) were the 2/5 VUHS r scorers. McCluskey alsoat Fairfa competed........ in ........ the topped by five Eagles com peted, x................ ........ 7 PM The Tiger Emma TIGER SEN Sprinpreliminary. ........ women’s2/6400 finond-place gfield at OV She IOR 82 points girls finished fourth Mon ........................7:30 PM finish in theRadler’s secMt.for Abeeighth among nine with also day’s Tour de SAM Hodges won ished in 2/7 a tie in........ 56.30, but ... 7 PM 7-6. at VUHS pole vault U-32 (34) 2/7 MUHS the hill clim ................ tenden at edged MM scoring teams. over won Tour evenChit just missing the atcut for Saturday’s Also for Mou b at ts on Frid in Richmond. 2/9 MSJ at St. Albans ................ ... 7 PM place, with all title. U (40) for MID nt DLE Hod ....... 7 PM ay OV ................ Abe final by 0.003 second. CVU (71) and Satu first BURY UNIO ges Owe : • Aidan ................ rday and in third Seni (See Sche the den n Palcsik compete N HIGH Sch 1,500 in May took sixth in dule, Pag ..... 7 PM 35:00) ors Caroline Kimble . Katherine ool hill climb 4:52.59 and s the e 2B) and (14t Koe in Richmonin Monday’s Tour sophomore 1,000 in 10th in the in 35:07) Isabel Rosenberg h in and sophomo hler took 19th (35: 3:12.50. de Chittend. led the Tige 52) and (15th 34th re Isabel • Abby Perl Saturday, Photos court r scorers, ee was seve takin while Tige (38:58). Malia Hod Olson was resp esy Bruce triple jump nth Ingersol ectively, but g fifth and eighth, ges was the in r girls’ top did not com long jump at 29-3.5 and 13th the Bierman won finisher on Monday. in the at 13-0.5. pete on Friday her time of all three girls’ even • Burlington’s ts and 600 Ross Carr finished 30:04 beste Quincy by almost d the runn Masseya minu er-up 41.2 in 1:37.17 and ninth eighth in the in the 300 4. 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