March 7, 2016

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 27 No. 48

Middlebury, Vermont

Monday, March 7, 2016

Residents want say on energy project New Haven calls for vote on Vt. Green Line Tigers glide to victory at Rikert • The MUHS boys’ Nordic team dominated the two-day state competition last week.

See Sports, Page 16.

By GAEN MURPHREE NEW HAVEN — At last week’s town meeting, New Haven residents made it very clear to their elected officials that they want a say in whether a high-voltage power line and converter station is built in town.

On the floor of the Feb. 29 meeting, New Haven residents passed two straw polls asking the town to

gather more information about Anbaric Transmission’s Vermont Green Line proposal and then to hold a town-wide Australian ballot vote on whether to accept Anbaric’s offer.

Selectboard members present at the meeting, for the most part, said they would put the issue to a vote.

Developers of the project also said they would wait for the citizens to weigh in, but left open the possibility of moving their power line elsewhere if the process took too long.

“To the extent that the permitting

process timeline becomes threatened by the negotiations we will have to begin looking at surrounding communities for the converter station,” Joe Rossignoli, of Anbaric partner National Grid, told the Independent.

“And, in fact, we’ve already begun doing a scan of real estate opportunities in the surrounding communities for the converter station.”

AT TOWN MEETING The two straw polls were part of a nonbinding article giving residents (See Power line, Page 7)

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Bank prevails in auction for Greg’s property

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Around a half-dozen bidders showed up at the former Greg’s Meat Market at 3 Elm St. in Middlebury this past Wednesday in hopes of acquiring it, and the adjacent Pool World property, at bargain-basement prices.

(See Greg’s, Page 14)

Film aims to spark talk on Vt. dams • A screening of “DamNation” will be followed by a panel of experts. See Page 31.

Lu’au to benefit hospice programs • March 12 Middlebury event to feature raffle drawing for Hawaii trip. See Page 2.

Stand up guy MUSIC EDUCATOR EVAN Premo plays his double bass in front of Ferrisburgh Central School third- and fourth-graders last Thursday afternoon. Premo is working with FCS students during a week-long, state-sponsored Creative Schools Initiative residency. The students wrote lyrics for a song about light that they will perform with Premo at the school on March 8 at 2 p.m.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Concert celebrates Irish music, dance • Harpist Dominique Dodge and friends will perform at the college. See Arts Beat Page 10.

Porter nurses take grievances public Contend cuts not placing patients first

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Porter Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (PFNHP) fired a salvo at the Porter Medical Center administration last week, in the form of a flier circulated at Middlebury town meeting alleging that recent cuts and

layoffs at the local hospital are jeopardizing the quality of patient care.

“The CEO of Porter Medical Center has turned a less than ideal situation into a disaster,” reads the pink, single-page flier distributed by members of the nurses’ union just prior to Middlebury’s annual meeting held in

the municipal gym on Feb. 29.

“The administration should immediately halt its short-sighted decisions and work with employees and the community to build a solidly financed, patient-centered PMC,” the flier, titled “Put Patients First at Porter Medical Center,” states.

Meanwhile, Porter officials are disputing allegations made in the

union’s flier, the release of which came as a surprise, according to Porter spokesman Ron Hallman.

The “short-sighted decisions” alleged in the union’s flier include: • Defunding of primary care by $1 million.

• The laying off of primary care nurses.

(See Porter, Page 22)

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Hospice agencies go Hawaiian for contributions

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — It may still be cold outside, but scores of Addison County residents will be donning loud Polynesian shirts, sipping tropical drinks and doing the hula to Don Ho music at the Middlebury Inn this coming Saturday. That’s the date of the annual Lu’au fundraiser for Addison County’s two hospice care providers.

The fundraiser, to be held from 4 to 6 p.m., will as usual feature great food, entertainment and a raffle drawing for a spectacular prize: A trip for two to Hawaii, including air fare and six nights of accommodations. Donated by Milne Travel, the prize is valued at more than $3,000, according to event co-organizers Elissa Cobb and Stevie Spencer.

“It’s the best deal in town on that day for $25,” Cobb said of the cost of the lu’au party pass.

“You won’t go hungry.”

Or thirsty — beer, wine and mai tais are also included, she added.

But the lu’au, which is the Hawaiian word for party or feast, is only part of the story.

Bids are still being taken for donated items in an on-line auction that will also benefit the two hospice organizations.

Those items can be seen, and bid on, at www.biddingforgood. com/vthospice. The auction opened on Feb. 28 and will conclude at 3 a.m. on March 11, according to the auction website. The auction will then continue and conclude at the lu’au. Featured items include a Geiger of Austria two-piece suit, a two-night stay at the Brandon

HOSPICE LUAU CO-ORGANIZERS Stevie Spencer, left, and Elissa Cobb are hoping for a good turnout for the Saturday, March 12, event at the Middlebury Inn that will raise money for Hospice Volunteer Services and Addison County Home Health and Hospice.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Inn (with breakfast), an overnight stay at the Middlebury Inn (with breakfast and dinner), a tandem skydiving experience, quilts, pottery, artwork and a lot of other items generously given by donors too numerous to mention.

“The generosity of people has been mind bending,” Cobb said.

Indeed, hospice services tend to have a very profound impact on the dying patient and his or her family.

Hospice staff and volunteers help out the family in many ways, providing some respite care,

reading and singing to the patients, or just providing a compassionate ear.

The same auction website allows on-line registration for the lu’au and raffle tickets, which also cost $25 each. Just click on “live event info” on the left side of the page, then click on “order tickets.” There is a limit of 175 places for the lu’au.

Organizers hope to sell hundreds of raffle tickets.

Last year’s Hawaii trip winner was Frank Punderson.

One doesn’t have to be present

at the lu’au to qualify for the raffle prizes. The second prize is $500.

The announcement of the trip winner is an exciting moment, Cobb said.

“It’s a time of year when people want a warm and sunny place to go,” she said with a smile. “It’s maybe not a trip you would usually buy for yourself. ” For more information, call Hospice Volunteer Services at 3884111.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Ex-school leader pleads innocent in felony case

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — Former longtime Addison Northwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Thomas O’Brien pleaded innocent on Feb. 29 to a felony charge of EmbezzlementOfficial Capacity in Addison County Superior Court’s Criminal Division and was released on his own recognizance.

O’Brien — a former Vermont Superintendent of the Year who led ANwSU for 13 years before stepping down in June 2014 — is accused of improperly ordering an ANwSU employee to pay him $4,423.28 for unused vacation time and to have three other administrators also compensated in a similar manner, all despite clauses in their contracts that stated only the ANwSU board had the authority to order such payments.

According to court documents, O’Brien, a 68-year-old Orwell resident, if convicted could face up to 10 years in prison or a fine of $1,000, or both.

His, attorney, Douglas Kallen of Burton, gave the Independent a statement on Friday that noted O’Brien has no prior criminal record and called the dispute between the ANwSU and O’Brien not a criminal issue.

(See O’Brien, Page 3)

Hanson’s win affirmed in Ripton recount RIPTON — A March 4 recount of Town Meeting Day election ballots in Ripton confirmed the election of Perry Hanson over incumbent Selectman Richard Collitt, by the same 116-112 tally. Collitt had requested the recount in light of the closeness of the election.

Hanson — who, in addition to winning a seat on the town selectboard, also won election to Ripton’s seat on the new Addison Central School District board last Tuesday — was pleased with the results of the recount.

“Ripton for me is a very special place, and I am honored to have an opportunity to serve all the Ripton folks,” Hanson said. “I look forward to working with and learning from Ron Wimett and Laurie Cox, both long serving members of the Ripton selectboard.”

CORRECTION: The caption of a photo in last Thursday’s Independent accurately stated that Brandon had honored former long-time residents Dottie and Terry Kline by dedicating the town report to them, but we erroneously reported where they now reside. The Klines live in the EastView at Middlebury retirement community. We regret the error.

Addison Independent, Monday, March 7, 2016 — PAGE 3

CVAA to host luncheon for seniors MIDDLEBURY — CVAA (The Champlain Valley Agency on Aging) will host a senior luncheon and presentation on Tuesday, March 15, at 11 a.m. at the new Middlebury Recreation Center on Creek Road.

Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society, will present information about its Seniorto-Senior Adoption Program. This program seeks to place senior animals (8 years or older) with senior adults who have the capacity to care for them. These loving animals are in need of “forever homes” and will

provide companionship to their new owners. The program offers lowcost opportunities for adoption.

A special noontime meal will follow, featuring chicken parmesan with seasoned linguini, Brussels sprouts and apple pie. Certified organic regular and decaffeinated coffee from Vermont Coffee Co. will be served.

There is a suggested donation of $4; advanced reservations required.

Call CVAA at 1-800-642-5119, ext.

1070, to reserve. Free transportation can be provided by ACTR; call 802388-1946.

Sugar on snow party scheduled

Pourin’ it on TIGER SOPHOMORE KATHERINE Koehler competes in the 5K classic race at last week’s high school Nordic championships.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

O’Brien contract, which included a provision (Continued from Page 2) Kallen noted that the unused vaca- stating, “Unused vacation leave will tion leave in 2014 amounted to nine not be reimbursed except by specific action of the board,” and a memo days.

“Any disagreement concerning from O’Brien to the ANwSU payroll the protocol for payment of unused officer directing her to “pay ‘Advacation leave between a superinten- ministrators’ for vacation days not dent and a board is essentially a civil taken.”

The other administrators in quesmatter,” Kallen said in the emailed statement. “We are confident that the tion were former Vergennes Union evidence will show that Tom O’Brien High School Principal Ed Webbley, has not embezzled any money and former Addison Central School Principal and Assistant has not committed any Superintendent Wayne crime whatsoever.”

Howe, former ANwSU The Vermont AssoSpecial Education Cociation of Educational ordinator Elizabeth Office Professionals in Lewis, and former AN2009 named O’Brien wSU Business Manager the Vermont SuperKathy Cannon. The affiintendent of the Year. davit did not include the O’Brien also during his amounts they were paid. tenure negotiated the Vergennes police first district-wide consaid they interviewed tracts for teachers and O’Brien at his home support personnel and in Orwell in June. Acoversaw three efforts cording to the affidato unify ANwSU under vit, O’Brien said at that one-board governance.

O’BRIEN point he did not know On March 1, ANwSU voters (on a fourth try) backed such a the contract required him to obtain board permission, although, O’Brien plan overwhelmingly.

O’Brien’s lawyer, Douglas Kallen said, he “should have known.”

Police also said they spoke in June of Bergeron, Paradis and Fitzpatrick in Burlington, said that last May “it to former ANwSU board chairwoman was noted by a representative of the Laurie Gutowski, and in their words, Vermont Superintendents Associa- she first “vaguely remembered” distion that Tom O’Brien was one of the cussing with O’Brien payment for most capable and dedicated profes- unused vacation time, and there was a relationship of “absolute trust” besionals in his field.”

According to an affidavit filed by tween O’Brien and the board. Later, Vergennes police on Feb. 9, their police said Gutowski called back and investigation of O’Brien began on clarified that she “did not rememApril 2, 2015, when former ANwSU ber having a specific conversation” board chairman Jeffry Glassberg on the topic of vacation pay with came to the city police station and O’Brien.

By August 2015, Glassberg had asked to file a complaint against the announced publicly at a school board former superintendent.

Glassberg brought with him, the meeting there would be no prosecuaffidavit stated, a copy of O’Brien’s tion “based on a statement by a for-

mer chair person,” according to the affidavit. But the state’s attorney then requested the case be re-opened, and Vergennes police conducted more interviews.

Police then met with Cannon, who claimed that O’Brien had “checked out” from his duties during his last year on the job, and that the job-sharing arrangement with Howe had not worked smoothly. On Aug. 20, police met again with Gutowski, who said she was “not familiar with the contents of the contract” that O’Brien and she had signed.

Eventually, police wanted to determine who wrote the contract, and through investigation determined the original was on a computer at O’Brien’s home. Police obtained a search warrant, which they executed on Nov. 13 along with two Vermont State Police troopers. They learned that O’Brien had written the contract, based on a template he had used at his previous superintendency.

According to police, at that point O’Brien said of the payment, “I didn’t authorize that at all, the board authorized that.” Police said they told O’Brien “that was a different conversation than we had last time to which he responded, ‘no it’s not.’”

Police then on Dec. 18 cited him into court for his appearance last week. The next step in the case is a status conference, set for 1 p.m. on April 11 in the courtroom.

O’Brien, reached late last week, said all comment had to come from Kallen.

Kallen on Friday wrote the crux of the case is “a dispute over an ambiguous clause in an employment agreement between himself and the ANWSU concerning whose responsibility it is to submit approval for reimbursement for unused vacation leave to the ANWSU Board.”

STARKSBORO — The annual sugar on snow party sponsored by the Starksboro Village Meeting House Society will be held on Saturday, March 19, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Starksboro First Baptist Church on VT Route 116 in Starksboro village.

This event has been held for over 50 years, and is based on the maple sugar socials held by the meetinghouse in the early 1900s. Enjoy delicious traditional maple sugar on snow, homemade doughnuts, sour pickles and beverages. The syrup is locally produced.

Tickets for this yearly favorite, perfect for the whole family and all ages, are $5 for a single serving, $6 for a double serving for one, and $3 for children 12 and under. The town history (“Bertha’s Book”), Starksboro T-shirts and more will be available for purchase.

For more about the meetinghouse, visit www.starksboromeetinghouse. org. For event information, call 4535227. The Starksboro Village Meeting House Society is raising funds to rebuild the top of the belfry in the next few years.

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A DD I S ON I NDE PE N DEN T

Guest editorial UVM’s 40 percent rule ‘is a policy relic that does harm’ Vermont touts itself as a state whose commitment to education has no equal. That is a half-truth. We do well with grades PreK-12. Nationally, no state’s commitment is our equal. When it comes to higher education, we fail. Nationally, all states do more to support higher education than does Vermont.

As the economy becomes more dependent on a highly educated workforce, this lack of commitment poses obvious warnings.

What is understood is that we don’t have the money to increase our commitment meaningfully. We continue to be plagued with budget deficits.

What do we do?

We can begin by getting rid of the things that hurt, the things that cost us money and the things that make us less competitive.

Here is a big one: The University of Vermont’s 40 percent rule.

It’s a law few understand, and even fewer acknowledge for the harm that it does. It was language the Legislature added to UVM’s charter in 1959. It stipulates that UVM would never be able to charge Vermont students more than 40 percent of what it charges out of state students.

Fifty-seven years later, and the law remains.

It was a great deal for Vermont students. And not that bad for out-of-state students. Why? Because it was also stipulated that the difference between the two tuition rates would be made up through state appropriations. In other words, the taxpayers of Vermont.

If the Legislature had held up its part of the bargain, there would not be an issue. But it hasn’t. State appropriations constitute about six percent of the university’s revenue. The university makes up the difference.

UVM has had no recourse but to raise tuition for out-of-state students, who now pay more than double what Vermont students pay. This is not sustainable. It places the future of the university in jeopardy.

Why? Because other states are experiencing many of the same budget pressures and the competition for these out-of-state students is intensifying.

We’re pricing ourselves out of the market. The 40 percent rule eliminates the flexibility we need to compete.

Why would we continue to support a policy that places the only state university we have at risk? Why would we threaten an institution that pushes over a billion dollars a year through the state’s economy?

We are also the only state with such a policy in place. No other college or university in America is saddled with this restraint. It’s a 57-year-old rule that needs to go.

But it needs to be repealed for reasons beyond UVM’s marketplace issues. It prevents us from being able to target financial assistance to those in need. The 40 percent rule puts us in the position of subsidizing all Vermont students, which means we can’t focus financial assistance on those truly in need.

That does not make a shred of sense. At any level.

So why does it continue? Because at an emotional level the thought lingers that the 40 percent rule protects Vermont students and if it is repealed that their costs will go up higher than they would otherwise.

But that makes no sense. Why would UVM push away the very people they want? And the 40 percent rule was waived for graduate and online students two years ago, yet the school has not raised their rates beyond the normal rate of inflation. It’s a concern without basis.

If the 40 percent rule did not exist what UVM would be able to do is to expand its undergraduate population. It would be able to generate more revenue through more students, at lower tuition rates. That strengthens UVM, which strengthens the state. And it’s budget-neutral. The Legislature doesn’t have to appropriate an extra dime.

In sum, there are several reasons to jettison the 40 percent rule and no viable reason to keep it. It is just one more example of a policy relic that does us harm. As the Legislature considers how it can rebuild its commitment to higher education in Vermont, this is an easy, crucial, nocost way to begin.

Emerson Lynn/St. Albans Messenger

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Shambles A PORTION OF a partially demolished barn still stands in skeleton form in Shoreham Tuesday morning.

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Letters to the Editor Important early-age childcare deserves to be funded As a parent and child care center director, I understand the challenges Vermont parents face in finding high-quality care for their children.

We know every child deserves a strong start to life. The first 5 years provide the best opportunity to support their healthy development, laying the foundation for life.

While it’s the parents’ responsibility to provide the best environment and opportunities for their children, times have changed and we know that more than 70 percent of Vermont’s children under age 6

live in households where all parents are in the labor force. This means these kids are under the supervision of childcare providers while their parents work. Currently in Vermont, parents struggle to find care that is both affordable and accessible. At the same time, childcare providers are struggling to pay staff a livable wage while providing high-quality care for the kids under their supervision. This is a big problem.

I support the work of Let’s Grow Kids and the Blue Ribbon Commission to solve this statewide

challenge. One step in the right direction is Vermont’s Child Care Financial Assistance Program (CCFAP), which provides tuition assistance to families who meet certain financial, work or education criteria, making childcare and early learning programs more affordable.

But the program is seriously underfunded. CCFAP tuition assistance rates have only increased 3 percent since 2008, leaving a serious gap between how much assistance the state will provide (See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, March 7, 2016 — PAGE 5

Examining divide within Islam How many readers remember the percent; Pakistan, 10-20 percent; old saw that “one man’s terrorist Afghanistan, 10-15 percent; Qatar, is another man’s freedom fighter”? 10 percent; Oman, 5-10 percent; And isn’t that the truth! Well, a se- and the UAE, 10 percent. nior United States government offiAs the country with the largest cial has recently reported that Iran Shia population, Iran can be viewed is the greatest supporter of terror- as self-appointed protector of the ism in the world. world’s Shia. When the Shia come As difficult as it is for any Ameri- under Sunni attack as they have in can to stomach, that can be viewed Syria, the Iranians commit whatevin a number of differer is necessary to their ent ways. Ask yourself, defense. There is noth“How would I label an ing covert about this American Christian support. In fact, Iran missionary caught in has set up an entire This week’s writer a fight for his life in a governmental struccountry wildly hostile is Haviland Smith, a ture designed to supto his Christian beliefs. retired CIA station port any and all Shia If he took up the sword chief who served groups in the Middle and smote someone, in Eastern and East. would he be a terror- Western Europe and The Iranian Revoluthe Middle East, as ist?” tionary Guard Corps Now take a look at executive assistant in (IGRC) plays a preIran, the leading Shi- the director’s office eminent role in the ite nation in a world and as chief of the defense of Shia Islam. of Sunnis who clearly counterterrorism The IGRC is designed would like to eliminate staff. He lives in to protect the country’s all Shias. In fact, the Williston.

Shia Islamic system by Pew Center, in a compreventing foreign inprehensive demographic study of terference as well as hostile coups. more than 200 countries, finds that The IGRC is comprised of about there are 1.57 billion Muslims liv- 125,000 military personnel which ing in the world today. Of that num- includes ground, naval and air caber, 10-13 percent or 157-204 mil- pabilities and in addition controls lion are Shia and 87-90 percent, or roughly 100,000 troops in the Basij 1.37-1.41 billion are Sunni. There paramilitary militia and an addiare nine Sunnis for every Shia on tional 2,000-5,000 members of the the face of the earth and these are Quds force, the successor organizapeople who are happy to kill each tion to the Shah’s Imperial Guard. other. Not very good odds if you are Over the past decades, Iranian a Shia. military and paramilitary assets The Shia are like a gigantic tribe have been involved, either directly in Islam, but one wildly outnum- or indirectly, in just about every bered by their main competitor, the Middle East conflict that involved Sunnis. Add to that the fact that the Shias. The Iraq war, the Lebanese Shia are spread out all over Islam, civil war and unrest, the Syrian war, existing in countries that are major- Hizbullah operations against Israel, ity Sunni, and the picture becomes and support for the Shia Houthi more clear. In the Middle East, the only Shia majority countries are Iran, 90-95 percent; Iraq, 65-67 percent; Azerbaijan, 65-75 percent; and Bahrain, 65-70 percent.

In Syria, the ruling Shia represent (Continued from Page 4) only 17 percent of the total Syr- and how much quality care actually ian Muslim population, in Lebanon costs. This results in parents paying they are 30-35 percent; Yemen, 35- more than they can afford or provid40 percent; India, 25-30 percent; ers receiving less than they need to Kuwait, 30-35 percent; Saudi Ara- support high-quality child care. bia, 10-20 percent; Turkey, 10-15 Now is the time to act. We must

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rebels in the Yemen conflict are all concrete examples of Iran assisting fellow Shia Arabs in their conflict with Sunni Arabs.

It probably seems convenient for American administrations to refer to these operations as “terrorism” or “terrorist operations.” The term “terrorist” carries with it a connotation that simply would not obtain if American officials were referring to these operations as military or as sectarian, either of which would be far more accurate. But of course, this will not happen because it does not meet the needs of any of our recent administrations, Republican or Democrat. No, on an emotional level and to keep the American populace on the “right track,” we need to label our enemies as “terrorists.”

If you are one of those Americans who wants to try to understand what is really happening around the world, you might consider the strong possibility that the Shia Iranians see themselves locked into a death struggle with Islam’s Sunnis and that in order to preserve their beliefs, they have to confront the Sunnis any time they or any of their Shia brethren feel threatened. Further, add in the fact that the Iranians, probably rightly, see American involvement in their region as antiShia and pro-Sunni and you will probably begin to see the depth of distrust that has existed between Iran and America since we engineered the 1953 coup.

The Sunni-Shia schism has existed since the seventh century. It doesn’t have much to do with terrorism, but far more with regional power politics. Since it is not going away, it’s important that Americans understand the nuances of this divisive situation.

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Letters to the Editor Defeated board candidate grateful Thanks to the voters who gave me your support in my latest selectboard election run.

I am grateful to have been part of town government during the new town hall and recreation center

project that we have waited 50 years for. I intend to continue serving my town in whatever capacity the new board thinks appropriate.

Gary Baker Middlebury

Selectman thankful for his support I want to thank the voters of Middlebury for electing me to a three-year term on the selectboard.

I am grateful for your vote and honored by it, and I will do my very

best to serve you and to promote the best interests of our town.

Victor Nuovo Middlebury

Water is running, and so is the oil Ripton, Vermont February 25, 2016 Forty-seven degrees up in the forested hills of Ripton, Light rain.

A few minutes of distant lightning and thunder.

The ice on the driveway is rotten, melted here and there down to the gravel.

The snow in the woods is virtually gone.

Virtually gone.

While the stream that usually gurgles as it runs near the house Today roars with a torrent of dirty water.

The hills are hemorrhaging water.

What should flow down the mountain in April and May and June Is now pouring down in February.

Come June, the streams may well be dry.

I read last week in the Bennington newspaper That many weekend ski events have been canceled for lack of snow.

However, the Snocross folks are making artificial snow So that the snow-scooters can roar around … burning their oil all day.

My hybrid is burning oil, so I stopped at a dealership in Bennington.

I asked whether they had any electric cars. Nope.

Any hybrids? Might be a few.

A sea of cars on the lot wrapped around us. All with 20th-century engines.

Yes, the hills are hemorrhaging water.

And we, all seven billion of us, are hemorrhaging what little time we have left.

invest in the early years. Join me in supporting the Let’s Grow Kids campaign to provide high-quality, affordable child care for all Vermont children who need it.

Sarah Rougier Bristol

John Slade Ripton

Municipal staff will be moving to the new Middlebury Town Offices at 77 Main Street at the end of March. Given the magnitude of this move and to ensure public safety, it will be necessary to close the Municipal Building to members of the public from Wednesday, March 23rd through Friday, April 1st. If you anticipate needing the services of the Clerk’s Office, Treasurer’s Office, Listers’ Office or the Planning and Zoning Department during this period, please plan accordingly.

The new Town Offices will be open for business at 77 Main Street on Monday, April 4th. All Town staff contact information will remain the same.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this most important transitional period.

Questions? Please contact the Town Manager’s Office, 388-8100 ext 202

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Francis Warner, 84, Waltham WALTHAM — Francis A. Warner, 84, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at his home in Waltham.

He was born Sept. 28, 1931, in Addison, the son of Clayton and Stella (Danyow) Warner.

He served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean War. He had a whitewashing business for many years. Also, he was the road commissioner for the town of Waltham for 45 years.

Francis is survived by five brothers, Clayton (Nancy) Warner Jr., Eugene Warner Sr., David Warner, Leonard Warner Sr. and Roger Warner; a sister, Shirley Mott; his special nieces Joyce LarrowRaymond, Elesha Larrow, Candia Larrow and Brenda Larrow; greatnephew Bryan Francis Norton; many more nieces and nephews that he thought highly of; and his dog, Jake, who was his faithful, loving companion.

He was predeceased by his parents; his brothers George Warner Sr. and Robert Warner Sr.; and a sister, Marie Larrow.

Special thanks to his friend and neighbor Mike Merrigan, Addison County Home Health & Hospice and Dr. Paul Unger and staff.

A memorial service was held on Sunday, March 6, at 4 p.m. at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes. In lieu of

Rosemary Mayo, 57, formerly of Lincoln OAK HILL, Fla. — Rosemary Diane Mayo, 57, of Oak Hill, Fla., formerly of Lincoln, Vt., passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 22, 2016.

She was born on Dec. 14, 1958, in Winooski.

Rosemary is survived by her son and two daughters, Brian and wife Jess of Milton, Tara and husband Michael Devino of Lincoln, and Savannah of Daytona Beach, Fla. She is further survived by her siblings, Donna Lockerby Phillips of Edgewater, Fla., Jane Duggan of Edgewater, Fla., Carlene Barber of Edgewater, Fla., Rebecca Torre of Milton, Vt., and Thomas Lockerby of Mint Hill, N,C. Rosemary was preceded in death by her husband, Donovan Mayo; father, Donald Lockerby; mother,

Diane Lockerby; and sister Karen Cantrell.

Rosemary spent several years serving hot lunch to the children at Lincoln Community School. She also assisted her husband with Boy Scout Troop 633 and led Girl Scout Troop 533. In her later years, she loved travelling cross-country with her partner, Larry, in their 18-wheeler. She loved living in Florida, riding bikes and going to the beach, cooking, reading, gardening, listening to live music, and being with her friends. She loved spending time with her family, especially her two grandsons, Joseph and Liam.

ROSEMARY MAYO Services will be held on Saturday, March 12, at 1 p.m. in The United Church of Lincoln. There will be a committal will be held at the convegathering following the service. A nience of the family. ◊

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Polls were open on Tuesday, March 1, for the Presidential Primary and Australian ballot voting for town offices and school budgets. Out of 1,400-plus registered voters in town, 803 turned out to vote. The day resulted with a steady stream of voters coming to the fire station.

Friday, March 11, will feature “For the Birds” day at the Russell Memorial Library. Stop in at the library between 10 a.m. and noon to make one or two different bird feeders and a cute bird craft. All preschool and school-aged children are welcome to join in on the fun. Adults are asked to attend with

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On Saturday, March 12, there will be another “Origami Boxes and Books” project at the Monkton Friends Methodist Church in the Ridge. Stop in at the church from 10 a.m. to noon to make trinket boxes and candy containers, along with the origami book designs. This is best suited for ages 10 to adult but younger participants may attend with an adult partner. To register or if you have questions, call 453-4471 and leave a message.

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Power lines there were questions about whether (Continued from Page 1) the opportunity to discuss pressing and how the selectboard would bring the issue to the town and business at town meeting.

“I knew it was a hotbed issue in Marsh asked if those assembled the town that people were going to wanted to bring it to a straw vote. want to discuss,” New Haven Mod- There was a resounding yes.

New Haven resident Tim Bouton erator Pam Marsh said in an interview later in the week. “(On the then asked if the current selectfirst straw poll), the upshot was that board members and candidates for it was overwhelming that the town selectboard would first weigh in on wants to vote on this issue and that where they stood on the issue. Each they want to do it by Australian bal- selectboard member and candidate spoke directly to the importance of lot.

“The second straw poll was es- holding a vote by Australian balsentially, ‘Do you want to know lot. All present — current board our opinion on whether this should members Kathy Barrett, Carole Hal go forward or not right now based and Doug Tolles, and candidates on the limited information that we Bridget Kipp, John Roleau and Dan have?’” March continued. “And the Monger — gave a clear yes, with upshot of that poll was overwhelm- the exception of Selectman Jim ingly that people wanted to wait un- Walsh, who spoke more directly til more information was available. about the importance of continuing It was overwhelming; it wasn’t even negotiations “to see where we’re close … at least two-thirds of the as- going to go.”

Selectman Doug sembly wanted to wait.”

Tolles added one posSince first introducing sible exception, which the project at a joint se- “I knew it lectboard and planning was a hotbed would be if the experts hired by the town unicommission meeting issue in the formly rejected the aslast August, spokespertown that pects of the project as sons for the Vermont “odious.”

Green Line have repeat- people were Having heard directly edly said that the proj- going to want from the selectboard and ect would not proceed to discuss.” candidates (Selectman without New Haven’s — New Haven Steve Dupoise was out buy in. But this is the Moderator of town and so did not first time the townspeoPam Marsh attend town meeting), ple of New Haven have Marsh then asked for a had the opportunity to weigh in with such clarity and in nonbinding vote from the floor.

No hands were raised, when she such numbers.

Officially, the town selectboard asked, first, “Is there anybody here is vested with the authority to make who does not want to have any town such a decision on its own. Actual vote on Anbaric?”

A few raised their hands in supauthority to greenlight or quash the project rests with the Vermont Pub- port of a vote via town meeting. lic Service Board, to which the Ver- “Some sentiment for that but not a mont Green Line project must make lot,” Marsh observed.

A “smattering of people,” in its application for a certificate of Marsh’s words, felt that “the selectpublic good.

But VGL representatives have re- board should be free to say no withpeatedly pledged not to go to Mont- out a town vote.”

Almost all hands shot up at “How pelier without New Haven’s blessmany want a vote by Australian baling. lot.”

THE PROJECT After about another 20 minutes of The Vermont Green Line is a joint project of Anbaric Transmission and discussion, a second straw poll was National Grid to bring hydro and called to see if residents, knowing wind power from upstate New York what they knew as of Monday, Feb. via cable under Lake Champlain and 29, were ready to say yea or nay to into the New England power grid in the project or if they instead wanted New Haven. The electricity would more information. Overwhelmingly, travel by underground high voltage said they did not yet know enough direct current cable to a new con- about the project to make an inverter station that would transform formed choice.

As part of the town’s negotiait into alternating current power and plug it into the VELCO substation. tions, Anbaric/National Grid has put The power is destined for ratepayers $75,000 in escrow for the town to in Massachusetts, Connecticut and hire its own experts in such areas as sound, visual impact and electrical Rhode Island.

The project would bring New engineering. According to a stateHaven roughly $1 million annually ment from Richard Saudek, the atand a number of other enticements, torney hired by the town to help it including a $3 million fire station, in its negotiations over the project, according to developers’ pitch to the confidential negotiations are under way and the principal issues being town last December.

Close to two hours of town meet- addressed include sound, siting and ing were spent discussing the proj- screening, safety, property values ect. Marsh said she knew the discus- and financial terms. sion would likely be lengthy, but she DEVELOPER RESPONDS After the public made clear its did not know it would lead to the desire to vote on the power line and two nonbinding votes.

About an hour into the discussion, converter station project, VGL rep-

What is the Vermont Green Line?

Name of proposed project: Vermont Green Line (greenlineinfrastructurealliance.com/projects/ vermont-green-line-2/) Developer: Anbaric Transmission (www.anbarictransmission.com).

Primary Investor: National Grid (www.nationalgridus.com).

Route: From Beekmantown, N.Y., under Lake Champlain, to Kingsland Bay in Ferrisburgh; then under roads to Route 7 and south to New Haven. Total distance, 60 miles.

Cable: High-voltage direct current cable (HVDC), to carry 400 MW. All HVDC cable to be buried underground.

New Haven converter station: Requires 4-5 acres; roughly five stories high and the size of a football resentatives reiterated their pledge not to go against the wishes of the town.

In a letter published in the March 3 Independent, National Grid U.S. Business Development Director Joe Rossignoli wrote: “We maintain our pledge that the Vermont Green Line will not move forward without the support of the town of New Haven.

At Town Meeting Day we heard that most New Haven residents would like to have a vote of this project by Australian ballot, a process that we

field; 50-feet tall, with a footprint of 150 feet by 300 feet. The station converts DC power to AC power.

Anbaric has estimated the value of the converter station at $100 million to $150 million.

Proposed site: A site just west of the VELCO substation, off of Routes 7 and 17. A second proposed site is off of Town Hill Road.

How much is 400 MW? Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant generated 600 MW, so the VGL would move roughly two-thirds the power of the now shuttered Vermont Yankee.

Proposed consumers: Ratepayers in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Why New Haven? New Haven is the northernmost point of VELCO’s support and whose outcome we will honor.”

When asked by the Independent later in the week how that pledge would specifically affect Anbaric/ National Grid’s timeline in applying to the Vermont Public Service Board for a certificate of public good, Rossignoli said, “Our plan is to wait to make that petition until the vote has taken place.”

That’s when he stipulated that the VGL partnership would also need to consider other locations for the

345 kV transmission system, hence the shortest distance from upstate New York to Southern New England. North of New Haven, VELCO has only 115 kV lines.

Similar projects in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire: New England Clean Power Link, Champlain Hudson Power Express, Maine Green Line, Northeast Energy Link, Northern Pass.

Closest similar project: The New England Clean Power Link, to transmit 1,000 MW from the Canadian border at Alburg to a converter station in Ludlow, a project of TDINew England/Blackstone Portfolio Company. The Vermont Public Service Board issued the NECPL a Certificate of Public Good on Jan. 5, 2016. converter station if the delay put the permitting process too far off track.

“The negotiations continue with the selectboard,” Rossignoli said.

“But though we do pledge to wait until after the vote occurs, there is certainly a timeline around our permitting process.”

Rossignoli declined to say which other communities the VGL partnership had scanned at this time.

Reporter Gaen Murphree is at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

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Pipe up TIMOTHY CUMMINGS JOINS Pete Sutherland and Dominique Dodge, along with guests Jeremiah McLane and dance caller Mary Wesley, for a free Sunday concert and dance celebrating the traditional music of Ireland and Brittany. The music starts at 4 p.m. at Middlebury College’s McCullough Student Center.

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Legislative breakfast in Ripton.

Monday, March 7, 7-8:45 a.m., Rikert Nordic Center. Breakfast at 7, program at 7:30 a.m.

Grant-writing workshop in Middlebury. Monday, March 7, 2-4:30 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center.

The Vermont Arts Council is hosting a free workshop for Vermont nonprofit organizations and municipalities interested in applying for FY2017 Cultural Facilities Grants. Grant deadline is May 2. Info: www.vermontartscouncil.org.

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Blood drive in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Middlebury American Legion, 49 Wilson Road.

Appointments: redcrossblood.org or 1-800-733-2767.

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ACSU early education screening in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 9, 9 a.m.-noon, Junebug Mother and Child. Children who live in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham or Weybridge who were born between Sept. 2, 2011, and Sept. 1, 2013, are invited with their parents for a developmental screening. Appointments: 382-1760. Also on March 10.

Free foot care/blood pressure clinic in Bristol.

Wednesday, March 9, 10:30 a.m.-noon, American Legion, 10 Airport Drive. Bring your own basin and towel. Offered by ACHHH. “Release the Writer in You” writing class in Vergennes. Wednesday, March 9, 6-8 p.m., Bixby Library. The first in a five-week series of writing classes, led by Kristen Johanneson. Participants will explore plot, setting, conflict and more, and study short fiction, eventually creating their own inventive narratives. Space is limited. Register at 802-877-2211 or muir.haman@bixbylibrary.org.

“Difret” screening at Middlebury College.

Wednesday, March 9, 7 p.m., Dana Auditorium.

When 14-year-old Jirut is abducted in her rural village’s tradition of kidnapping women for marriage, she fights back, accidentally killing her captor and intended husband. Part of the Education Studies Program’s spring film series.

Free. See www.difret.com.

Book club meeting in Bridport. Wednesday, March 9, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department Conference Room. This month’s title: “The Moviegoer” by Walker Percy. Info: 758-2858.

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“Producers’ and Buyers’ Forum: Where Buying, Selling and Marketing Happens” at Middlebury College.

Thursday, March 10, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center. ACORN hosts this forum, which includes a buyers’ roundtable on emerging food market opportunities, breakout sessions with buyers, and marketing insights

from Skillet Creative, a Vermont firm specializing in food marketing. Registration at 8:30, local foods lunch at noon. Cost: $10, including coffee, refreshments and lunch. Reserve tickets at www. acornvt.org. Space is limited.

ACSU early education screening in Middlebury.

Thursday, March 10, 9-11 a.m., Junebug Mother and Child. Children who live in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham or Weybridge who were born between Sept. 2, 2011, and Sept. 1, 2013, are invited with their parents for a developmental screening. Appointments: 382-1760.

Free foot care/blood pressure clinic in Middlebury. Thursday, March 10, 9 a.m.-noon, The Commons, Buttolph Drive. For Commons residents 9-10 a.m., open to the public 10 a.m.noon. Bring your own basin and towel. Offered by ACHHH. Blood drive in Middlebury. Thursday, March 10, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Vermont Hard Cider, 1321 Exchange St. Appointments: redcrossblood.org or 1-800-733-2767.

“Healthy Soils, Crops and Livestock” field day in Ferrisburgh. Thursday, March 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Nea-Tocht Farm. A farmer-to-farmer discussion including farm tour, guest speakers and experiences using alternative bedding, fertilizer, lime and more. Speakers: Willie Gibson of Casella Organics, and Howard, Sid and Raymond Vander Wey of Nea-Tocht Farm. Free lunch. Rain or shine.

Lenten noon recital in Middlebury. Thursday, March 10, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Trio recital by vocalist Ellie Gebarowski-Shafer, flutist James Berg and organist George Matthew Jr. You may bring a lunch.

Light refreshments served. Part of St. Stephen’s annual Lenten recital series.

Global food insecurity conference at Middlebury College. Thursday, March 10, 4:30-8:30 p.m., Robert A. Jones ’59 House Conference Room.

Day one of a three-day conference titled “Food Insecurity in a Globalized World: The Politics and Culture of Food Systems.” For specific session times and topics, visit go.middlebury.edu/ foodinsecurity.

Seed Saving Library kick-off program in Salisbury. Thursday, March 10, 6:30 p.m., Salisbury Public Library. Molly Kennedy, founder of the Seed Saving Library in Brandon, and Emily Millard, master seed-saver/gardener/homesteader will present. The wooden catalog will be stocked with seed that patrons can take for their home gardens. Plant, harvest and bring back more seed at harvest time.

Wandering Reel Traveling Film Festival screening in Middlebury. Thursday, March 10, 7 p.m., Marquis Theatre. Screening of “A Call to Action.”

This festival showcases compassionate and artful cinema for communities with limited access to such films. Followed by community discussion and Q&A led by festival director Michael Harrington.

Info: www.wanderingreel.org.

“The Bird Friendly Maple Project” talk in Middlebury. Thursday, March 10, 7 p.m., Ilsley Library. Audubon Vermont conservation biologist Steve Hagenbuch talks about the management practices and the ecological and financial benefits of harvesting maple sap in a bird-friendly way.

Free. Sponsored by Otter Creek Audubon Society.

FRIDAY

“Off the Wall” art discussion and luncheon at Middlebury College.

Friday, March 11, 12:15 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts Room 125 and Lower Lobby.

Gennifer Weisenfeld, professor of art history and visual studies at Duke University, presents “Saito Kazo’s ‘Synthetic Art’: New Designs for Modern Japan.” Further conversation over a light lunch.

Free to college ID cardholders; $5 suggested donation from others. Info: www.middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168.

Global food insecurity conference at Middlebury College. Friday, March 11, 12:30-5:45 p.m., Robert A. Jones ’59 House Conference Room. Day two of a three-day conference titled “Food Insecurity in a Globalized World: The Politics and Culture of Food Systems.” For specific session times and topics, visit go.middlebury.edu/foodinsecurity.

“Fry-day” night Lenten fish fry with live music in Vergennes. Friday, March 11, 5-7 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Live music, plus battered baked haddock, fries, macaroni and cheese, green beans, coleslaw, rolls, punch, milk and coffee.

Adults $11, children under 12 $6, immediate family $32. Info: 877-2367.

Baked Potato Bar in Cornwall. Friday, March 11, 5:30-7 p.m., Cornwall Congregational Church.

Fifth annual fundraiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Addison County. Potatoes are $5 each, with choice of toppings: sour cream, cheddar cheese, blue cheese, broccoli, chives, chili, bacon, salsa and more. Fruit kebabs and local cider will round out the offerings. Info: 462-2012.

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Green Mountain Club walk in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, March 12, Kingsland Bay State Park, time TBA. The GMC Bread Loaf Section offers an easy 2-hour walk along the shores of Lake Champlain. Bring boots or snowshoes depending on weather conditions, plus water and snack. Contact David Andrews at vtrevda@yahoo.com or 802-388-4894 for meeting time. More info: www.gmcbreadloaf. org.

Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, March 12, 8 a.m., Otter View Park and Hurd Grassland. A monthly OCAS-MALT event inviting community members to help survey birds and other wildlife. Meet at Otter View Park parking area, corner of Weybridge Street and Pulp

Unique interpretations MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENT Gloria Breck’s 2015 drawing is part of a student exhibit of the ART 300: Advanced Drawings class. All students begin with the same prompt, problem or questions, but their creative responses result in expressions that are worlds apart. The exhibit runs March 15-24 on the mezzanine of the Johnson Memorial Building on campus.

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Mill Bridge Road. Birders of all ages and abilities welcome. Info: 388-6019 or 388-1007.

Global food insecurity conference at Middlebury College. Saturday, March 12, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Robert A. Jones ’59 House Conference Room.

Day three of a three-day conference titled “Food Insecurity in a Globalized World: The Politics and Culture of Food Systems.” For specific session times and topics, visit go.middlebury.edu/ foodinsecurity.

Open swim in Bristol. Saturday, March 12, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Mount Abraham Union High School pool. Music and fun for all. Cost $3 per swimmer.

Children under 10 must be with an adult. Offered by the Bristol Rec Department on select Saturdays through April. Check dates at 388-5885, bristolrec@gmavt.net or on Facebook.

Vermont Chili Festival in Middlebury. Saturday, March 12, 1-4 p.m., downtown Middlebury. The eighth annual chili fest, featuring chili, live entertainment and more. Tickets $7 at the gate, $5 in advance, free to kids 8 and younger.

“Wild Tales” screening at Middlebury College.

Saturday, March 12, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium. This Argentinean film presents a suddenly shifting reality as the backdrop to a lover’s betrayal, a return to a repressed past and the violence woven into everyday life. Its characters are driven to madness as they cede to the undeniable pleasure of losing control. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Supermarket Bingo in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, March 12, 4 p.m., Ferrisburgh Central School. A fundraiser hosted by the FCS PTO, with the goal of raising $4,500 for student enrichment programs.

Prize contributions welcome; email fcspto@gmail. com.

Corned beef and cabbage supper in Vergennes.

Saturday, March 12, 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church. Corned beef, cabbage, boiled potatoes, carrots, onions, rolls, dessert and beverage, served buffet-style. Adults $9, children $5. Takeout available. Info: 877-3150.

Contradance in Cornwall. Saturday, March 12, 7-9:30 p.m., Cornwall Town Hall. David Kaynor calls to live music by Red Dog Riley. Cost: $5 per person. Info: 462-3722.

“Rock On Film” series in Middlebury. Saturday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. “A Hard Day’s Night,” the Beatles’ outrageous first movie.

Part of a new THT series of the finest rock-and-roll films ever made. Tickets $10, available at the THT box office, 382-9222, www.townhalltheater.org or at the door.

The Starline Rhythm Boys in concert in Lincoln.

Saturday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Hall. Part of the 2015-2016 Burnham Music Series. Doors open at 7 p.m., concert at 7:30. Admission $8 adults, free for kids and teens. See the Burnham Music Series Facebook page for full schedule of monthly concerts. Info: 388-6863.

Vermont Virtuosi chamber concert in Brandon.

Saturday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

The foursome, on flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano plays a concert titled “Once Upon a Time.”

Tickets $20. Reservations required: 802-2474295 or info@brandon-music.net.

Pianists Maria João Pires and Julien Brocal in concert at Middlebury College. Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Each will play two Beethoven sonatas, and together they may play a work for four hands. Tickets $25/$20/$6. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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SUNDAY

Family breakfast in Hancock.

Sunday, March 13, 8-9:30 a.m., Hancock Town Hall, 1097 VT Route 100.

Hosted by the Community Church of Hancock and Granville. Donations taken. Repeats on March 20.

Family breakfast in Vergennes. Sunday, March 13, 8-10 a.m., St. Peter’s Parish. Eggs, omelets to order, hot cakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and more, plus a chance to win a Dakin Farm Easter ham. Adults $8.50, seniors $7.50, kids 6-12 years $6, kids under 6 free, families of five or more $28. Info: 877-2367.

Open barn in Weybridge. Sunday, March 13, noon-5 p.m., Duclos and Thompson Farm, Sheep Farm Road. Come see over 200 lambs at the farm’s 33rd annual open barn.

Auditions for old-time radio plays in Brandon.

Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m., Brandon Senior Center, Route 73. Actors with good speaking voices are encouraged to audition for a June 4 performance of old-time radio shows such as “Burns & Allen” and “Dick Tracy.” Info: 247-6720.

“Freedom and Unity: The Vermont Movie” screening in Ferrisburgh. Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m., Ferrisburgh Historical Society. Showing Part 2 of this documentary series, titled “Under the Surface.” Info: 425-3380.

Irish music concert and dancing at Middlebury College. Sunday, March 13, 4 p.m., Wilson Hall, McCullough Social Space. Timothy Cummings, along with Pete Sutherland (fiddle and vocals), Dominique Dodge (harp, vocals), Jeremiah McLane (accordion, piano), Mary Wesley (dance caller) and student guests, invite the audience to join in the singing of and dancing to traditional tunes from Ireland and Brittany. Free. Info: www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Free community dinner in Bristol. Sunday, March 13, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Catholic Parish Hall.

This month’s menu: macaroni and cheese, garden salad, rolls and dessert. Family dinner served second Sunday of the month.

Syrian refugee crisis talk in Lincoln. Sunday, March 13, 7 p.m., United Church of Lincoln. Mari Cordes, RN, will talk about the work she did with Team Vermont in Lesvos, Greece, to help the refugees.

Abigail Nessen Bengson and Shaun Bengson in concert in Middlebury. Sunday, March 13, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The duo brings their blend of blues, world music, captivating melodies and energetic frenetic rhythms to create one-ofa-kind rock/art/theater performances. Tickets $17, available at the THT box office, 382-9222, www. townhalltheater.org or at the door.

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Governor’s lunch in Bristol.

Monday, March 14, noon-1:45 p.m., Bristol American Legion.

NER Vermont Reading Series in Middlebury.

Monday, March 14, 7 p.m., 51 Main at the Bridge.

Poets Jennifer Grotz and Sydney Lea and fiction writer Janice Obuchowski will read from their recent work. Light refreshments served. Free.

“DamNation” documentary screening and panel discussion at Middlebury College. Monday, March 14, 7-9 p.m., Dana Auditorium. This award-winning film sheds new light on America’s dams. Screening followed by panel discussion on Vermont river health. Free.

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Food safety workshop for food producers in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 15, 9-11:30 a.m., UVM Extension, 23 Pond Lane. ACORN hosts this workshop with three guest speakers who will talk about new and updated food safety and water regulations. Cost $10, including coffee, light refreshments. Pay at the door. RSVP to lindsey@acornvt.org. Space is limited.

Free foot care/blood pressure clinic in Middlebury. Tuesday, March 15, 10 a.m.-noon, Russ Sholes Center. Bring your own basin and towel. Offered by ACHHH. Blood pressure/foot care clinic in Brandon.

Tuesday, March 15, 11 a.m., Conant Square. Foot clinic $10. Info: 802-775-0568.

“Ways of Seeing” conversation in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 15, 1:30 p.m., in the library room of EastView at Middlebury. Addison Independent “Ways of Seeing” guest writer Laurie Borden, program assistant at Hospice Volunteer Services, will host a conversation on overcoming our fear and grief to care for one another. Info: 989-7500.

“Hackable Infrastructures” architecture talk at Middlebury College. Tuesday, March 15, 4:30 p.m., Johnson Memorial Building, Room 304.

Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller, founding principals of AGENCY Architecture, discuss former and current projects, architectural systems and speculative urban research. Free. Info: www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Rabies clinic in Leicester. Tuesday, March 15, 5-6 p.m., town office. Cost $12, plus license fee

Horsepower “BREAKING OUT THE Trail,” by Catherine M. Palmer, is hanging in the “Winter as Prism or Prison” exhibit at Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. The exhibit, which offers images of winter as seen by nine different artists, runs through March 26. of $11 for spayed/neutered pet, $15 not spayed/ neutered.

Rabies clinic in Salisbury. Tuesday, March 15, 6:15-7:15 p.m., town office. For dogs and cats; dogs must have current rabies certificate to be licensed. Fee $12.

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Early education developmental screening in Bristol. Wednesday, March 16, 1-4:30 p.m., Bristol Elementary School. Free one-hour screening for children in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union who will be 3 years old by Sept. 1, or 4 years old but not previously screened. Children can come play in an early childhood classroom while parents share information about their child’s communication, social, play and motor skills. Info and appointment scheduling: 453-3674.

“Walk Down Memory Lane” discussion in Lincoln. Wednesday, March 16, 1 p.m., Lincoln Library. Linda Barnard invites people to come share stories of a special “first” in their life: first car, first job, first time away from home, etc.

Refreshments served. Info: 453-2665.

MCTV annual meeting and roundtable in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 16, 4-5:30 p.m., Ilsley Library Community Room. A short business meeting of Middlebury Community Television will be followed by a roundtable discussion titled “Archiving Our Community in the 21st Century.”

Info: 388-3062 or dthodal@middleburycommunitytv.org.

Art history lecture on El Greco at Middlebury College. Wednesday, March 16, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125. Ellen Prokop presents “A Modern Old Master? Using Historical GIS to Chart El Greco’s Influence on the French Avant-Garde.” Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Crock pot dinner in New Haven. Wednesday, March 16, 6 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. The New Haven Ladies Union serves hearty casseroles, bread, beverage and dessert.

Cost: $8. Info: 453-5059.

Computer help session in Lincoln. Wednesday, March 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lincoln Library. The first session of a new program. This evening will focus on using the library’s automated system from home to search for materials and put them on hold. Other topics as time allows. Info: 453-2665.

“Scheherazade’s Sisters: Edwidge Danticat and Julia Alvarez in Conversation” at Middlebury College. Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m., Dana Auditorium. Two internationally acclaimed authors address a variety of issues ranging from the art and power of storytelling, human “w/righting” cross-culturally and transnationally, writing across languages, feminism and collaboration in organizations such as Border of Lights.

Blues jam in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 16,

8-10 p.m., 51 Main. Dennis Willmott from Left Eye Jump will provide lead guitar, bass and drums if you need backup, or take a break and let you play.

Bring your instrument and get ready to jam. Info: www.go51main.com.

LIVEMUSIC The Bob MacKenzie Band in Middlebury. Friday, March 11, 6 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Connie & Skip in Bristol. Friday, March 11, 7 p.m., Bristol Bakery and Café.

The Avant-Garde Dogs in New Haven. Friday, March 11, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

The Blackberry Bushes Duo in Middlebury.

Friday, March 11, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Snake Mountain Bluegrass in Middlebury.

Saturday, March 12, 1 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

BandAnna in Middlebury. Saturday, March 12, 5-8 p.m., 51 Main.

The Horse Traders in Middlebury. Saturday, March 12, 5 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Revibe in Middlebury. Saturday, March 12, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Friends Union Band in Middlebury. Thursday, March 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Longford Row in Middlebury. Friday, March 18, 6 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

The DuPont Brothers in New Haven. Friday, March 18, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

The Sky Blue Boys in Middlebury. Friday, March 18, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

About Time in Middlebury. Friday, March 18, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

The Bob Levinson Trio in Middlebury. Saturday, March 19, 6 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Cooie DeFrancesco in Middlebury. Saturday, March 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 51 Main. hi8us in Middlebury. Saturday, March 19, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Beth Duquette and Richard Ruane in New Haven. Friday, March 25, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

Paul Asbell Jazz Group in Middlebury. Friday, March 25, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

The Remedy in Middlebury. Friday, March 25, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

DuPont Brothers in Middlebury. Saturday, March 26, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

The Grift in Middlebury. Saturday, March 26, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Caleb Elder and Brett Hughes in New Haven.

Friday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

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Renowned pianist to play at Midd The Middlebury College Per- her art. In January 2013, Pires took forming Arts Series welcomes re- Brocal under her wing at the Cité de nowned Portuguese pianist Maria la Musique in Paris, when she inJoão Pires to Robison vited him to participate Hall at the Mahaney in the birth of the PartiCenter for the Arts on tura Project. Since 2014, Saturday at 8 p.m. She the two have performed will share the stage together in some of the with her protégé Juworld’s most prestigious lien Brocal. Pires and music festivals and halls.

Brocal each play two Tickets are $25 for by Greg Pahl Beethoven sonatas, and the general public. For may treat us to a work more information, or to for four hands. purchase tickets, call This concert is part of Pires’ “Par- 443-6433 or go to middlebury. titura Project,” a cooperative ven- edu/arts. ture allowing musicians of different STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS generations to exchange artistry and The Starline Rhythm Boys mentorship. will be performing for the BurnOne of the finest musicians of her ham Music Series at Burnham generation, João Pires continues to Hall in Lincoln on Saturday at transfix audiences with the spotless 7:30 p.m. integrity, eloquence and vitality of The Starline Rhythm Boys are a full-time, actively booked drummer-less “Tennessee Trio,” consisting of Danny Coane (“Little Danny C”) on acoustic rhythm guitar, “Big” Al Lemery on electric lead guitar and Billy (“Slappin’ Billy B”) Bratcher on acoustic upright “slap” bass.

The Boys perform vintage country, honky-tonk and rockabilly music along with very tight and powerful country harmony duet vocals. Their repertoire consists of many superb originals, as well as great covers of both classic and obscure numbers.

The Starline Rhythm Boys are a unique original band with outstanding, real-deal sound, style, energy, stage presence and appearance.

They are both a listenable and highly danceable group and appeal to a wide age range.

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‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’ On Saturday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater continues its Rock on Film series with one of two films in March. First up is “A Hard Day’s Night,” the Beatles’ first feature film. Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their “Ed Sullivan” appearance, John, Paul, George and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen.

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Cosmic Forecast For the week of March 7

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Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) “A Hard Day’s Night,� which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, 3829222, at the THT box office, or at the door.

THE BENGSONS AT THT Town Hall Theater is delighted to welcome back Abigail Nessen Bengson and Shaun Bengson at 7 p.m. on Sunday. Perhaps best known to Middlebury audiences as co-creators and stars of “Night Fires,� the duo bring their blend of blues, world music, captivating melodies and energetic, frenetic rhythms to create one-of-akind rock/art/theater performances. “Abigail has been thrilling audiences around here since she was child. She has an extremely powerful and beautiful voice, and nobody inhabits a song the way she does,� says THT Executive Director Douglas Anderson.

The New York Times says that Nessen Bengson possesses “not only a tremendous musical talent, but a raw honesty, a sincere righteousness.�

Tickets are $17 and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, 382-

9222, at the THT box office, or at the door.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be four live musical performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury. On Friday, Two Brothers presents The Bob MacKenzie Band at 6 p.m. Reservations and walk-ins welcome for this special early show. There is a $3 cover.

Then, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Two Brothers will be hosting a fundraiser for Relay for Life featuring local legends Snake Mountain Bluegrass.

There is a $5 donation.

That will be followed at 5 p.m. on Saturday by a Chili Festival After Party with The Horse Traders, who nail everything from the Rolling Stones to Guns N’ Roses to the Black Keys. There is no cover charge.

Finally, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Revibe take to the Tavern’s stage. Revibe is a four-piece funk/rock/jazz/ electronica band who blend tight composition with adventurous improvisation. There is a $3 cover. For more information, call 388-0002.

THE AVANT-GARDE DOGS The Mud Season Music Series continues on Friday at Lincoln Peak Vineyard with a performance by the Avant-Garde Dogs at 7:30 p.m.

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(Continued from Page 11) With a mix of rock guitars, harmony vocals, and world-music percussion, the Avant-Garde Dogs put their own spin on danceable rockand-roll by great songwriters. The band includes Liz Cleveland, guitar and vocals; Jim Keating, guitar and vocals; Sam Blagden, bass and vocals; Doug Wilhelm, congas, harmonica and percussion; Fred Lower, guitar and vocals; and Liam Murphy, drums.

Admission is free. Doors open at 7 p.m. A selection of Vermont cheeses will be available. Wine is sold by the glass. More information is at lincolnpeakvineyard.com.

JACKSON GALLERY A new exhibit, “Disclosures: Coming out of Obscurity,” opens on Friday in the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater.

Lily Hinrichsen and Karla Van Vliet bring to light parts of their past, which have lived in darkness and obscurity, through the strength and delicacy of their assemblages, works on paper and mixed media.

The exhibit, which runs through May 7, is free. The Jackson Gallery is located in the lower level of Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday noon to 5 p.m. and an hour before any public events in the building.

For further information, call 3829222 or go to townhalltheater.org.

TRADITIONAL MUSIC Middlebury College Affiliate Artist Timothy Cummings (bagpipes, whistles) will join colleagues Pete Sutherland (fiddle, song) and Dominique Dodge (harp, song), along with special guests Jeremiah McLane (accordion, piano) and Mary Wesley (dance caller) in a free concert celebrating the traditional music and dance of Ireland and Brittany at 4 p.m. on Sunday at McCullough Student Center.

The performance is free and open to the public. For more information call 443-5221 or visit middlebury. edu/arts.

INTERNAT’L FILM SERIES The exciting 2015-2016 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2014 Argentinean film “Wild Tales,” directed by Damián Szifron.

This film presents a suddenly shifting reality as the backdrop to a lover’s betrayal, a return to a repressed past, and the violence woven into everyday life, driving the characters to madness as they cede to the undeniable pleasure of losing control.

The film, in Spanish with English subtitles, will be shown at 3 and

again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium.

It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children.

LIVE MUSIC AT 51 MAIN There will be two live musical events this week at Middlebury’s 51 Main. At 8 p.m. on Friday, the Black-

berry Bushes Duo takes to the stage.

Their songs evoke the natural world, with themes of imperfection and impermanence. The instrumentation is precise and improvisational.

Then, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, BandAnna will perform. This crowd favorite high-energy band is a dance-

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All ages, no cover. For additional information visit www.go51main. com or phone 388-8209.

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Greg’s (Continued from Page 1) But in the end, according to one of the local bidders, TD Bank consolidated its ownership of the Greg’s and Pool World properties with a high bid of $497,000. TD Bank held the mortgage on Greg’s after its most recent co-owner, Bart Litvin, filed for bankruptcy protection last year.

The bank will now determine how it wants to market the property.

The two properties were available individually, or as a package, at the March 2 auction, according to the listings at Tranzon.com.

Local businessmen Tony Neri and Joe Cotroneo were among the bidders present for the auction. Cotroneo owns Middlebury Discount Beverage located next door to Greg’s, and Neri owns real estate throughout town, including in Middlebury’s industrial park off Exchange Street.

Neri said the TD Bank bid was substantially higher than the other offers.

He is among those who believe that the Greg’s property should return to its former use.

“This building has to go back to being a store,” Neri said, adding the store could recapture a loyal clientele that would include many of the 300 to 400 workers in the nearby industrial park.

Greg’s Meat Market had been in continuous operation under that name as an independently owned grocery store for 34 years, until April 1 of last year. That’s when Litvin closed the store, stating that revenues were not keeping pace with debt obligations.

Litvin and Lisa Hartman had purchased the store from longtime owner Greg Wry in December of 2009.

TD BANK SUBMITTED the top bid at an auction last Wednesday for the former Greg’s Meat Market and Pool World buildings off Elm Street in Middlebury.

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It was Wry who established the supermarket in place of Stan’s Shop & Save back in 1981. Wry, who financed some of Litvin’s purchase, suffered a substantial financial loss after Litvin’s bankruptcy filing.

Several prospective buyers have taken a look at the property, but none have elected to take it on. Middlebury town officials have noted the

store was left with some food still in the freezers. The Greg’s building will need substantial repairs if it is to be reclaimed and reused, according to those officials.

The March 2 auction was run by representatives of Tranzon Auction of Portland, Maine. Repeated efforts to reach auctioneer Jill Daviero, who helped coordinate the auction on be-

half of Tranzon, were unsuccessful as the Addison Independent went to press on Friday.

The Greg’s property consists of a 6,602-square-foot building that sits on roughly a third of an acre. It is currently valued by the town at $493,500, according to municipal land records.

The Pool World property includes

a 2,000-square-foot building on seven-tenths of an acre. It is currently assessed at $223,600, according to town records.

Cotroneo owns most of the parking lot that sits between his Middlebury Discount Beverage building and the Greg’s and Pool World properties.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Boys at Night Eagle can live in a tipi, canoe, practice archery, throw an atlatl, backpack, carve a bull roarer, craft a birch bark basket, start a fire with flint and steel, and so much more! We give boys a deep respect for the land, an understanding of the interconnection and value of all life, and the skills to live competently in the wilderness. Through community living and group decisionmaking, campers learn to live and play together in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition. Accredited by the American Camp Association.

GREEN MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES Now in our 18th season, Green Mountain Adventures offers a variety of outdoor adventure day camps uniquely designed to safely lead children and young adults (age 6-15) into the vast playground of rocks, rivers and moun-

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CHAMPLAIN DISCOVERY AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM Starting on June 20, 10 students from the Champlain Valley ages 13-16 will build their own 17-foot sea kayaks and then embark on a 10-day voyage of a lifetime. Participants in the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Champlain Discovery program will paddle from Whitehall, N.Y., transiting Lock No. 12 on the Champlain Canal and paddle to Burlington, Vt. They will experience sites of cultural and natural historical significance as they challenge themselves in new and positive ways. The program culminates when

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey Division I Semifinal 3/2 #3 St. Albans vs. #2 MUHS ...........5-2 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey NESCAC Final Four at Trinity 3/5 #6 Amherst vs. #5 Midd.................4-2 Women’s Hockey NESCAC Final Four at Kenyon 3/5 #1 Midd. vs. #5 Trinity ...................3-1 3/5 #2 Amherst vs. #3 Conn. Coll........3-0 3/6 Final ............................................Late Men’s Basketball NCAA Regional at Stockton University 3/4 Midd. vs. Salisbury ....................75-73 3/4 Keene State vs. Stockton . 72-71 (OT) 3/5 Keene vs. Midd. ........................74-72 Women’s Lacrosse 3/5 Midd. vs. Conn. College ..............17-6 Men’s Lacrosse 3/5 Midd. vs. Conn. College ................5-4

Schedule COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey 3/7 .................NCAA Pairings Announced Women’s Lacrosse 3/8 Midd. at RPI ........................4:30 p.m.

3/12 Midd. at Tufts..........................2 p.m.

3/13 Midd. at MIT ...........................2 p.m.

Men’s Lacrosse 3/8 Midd. at Endicott ......................5 p.m.

3/12 Tufts at Midd...........................2 p.m.

Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

Panther men fall in regional final GALLOWAY, N.J. — The Middlebury College men’s basketball team on Friday won its first-round NCAA Division III basketball game, but the 18-11 Panthers saw a rally fall short as they lost in a Regional final on Saturday at Stockton University in Galloway, N.J. On Saturday, New Hampshire’s Keene State (20-10) avenged an 8374 regular-season loss to Middlebury by hanging on for a 74-72 victory over the Panthers. The Owls went on an early 11-0 run and led by as many as 14 in the first half before settling for a 41-29 lead at the break. Middlebury shot just 36 percent in the first half and turned the ball over eight times.

After the break, Keene State answered several Middlebury runs.

The Panthers whittled the lead down to eight at 55-47 on a Connor Huff three-pointer with 10:12 remaining, but the Owls scored on their next three possessions to push the lead back to 14 with 9:01 left.

Middlebury went on a 12-3 run over the next 4:34 and pulled to with(See Basketball, Page 18)

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School junior Nick Wilkerson took second place in the state high school Nordic championship 5K classic race in Ripton last Thursday morning.

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Tiger boys dominate!

Middlebury smokes rivals, claims D-II state championship

By ANDY KIRKALDY RIPTON — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ Nordic team last week claimed the Division II state championship in dominant fashion — with a two-day performance at the Rikert Nordic Center that probably would have been good enough to also win the D-I title.

The Tiger boys breezed to wins in all four D-II events, the 5-kilometer freestyle race and the freestyle relay on Tuesday, and the 5K classic-style race and classic relay on Thursday.

“We had two awesome days of racing for the state championships,” Middlebury Nordic coach Hayden Shea said. “Overall, the coaches could not have asked for a better culmination to the season.”

The Tiber boys’ times in the

relays, 21:33.7 on Tuesday and 23:36.4 on Thursday, not only easily outdistanced D-II runner-up Woodstock by more than a minute and a half on Tuesday and D-II runnerup U-32 by almost a minute in the Thursday race, but also bettered D-I champion Mount Mansfield’s efforts by more than 17 seconds on Tuesday and about 50 seconds on Thursday.

The Tigers’ four scoring skiers and relay racers — junior Nick Wilkerson, sophomore Sam Hodges, and sophomores Thomas Hussey and Cade Christner — all finished in the top 17 in Tuesday’s freestyle race and then in the top 15 in Thursday’s classic event, scoring 34 and 23 points for the team, respectively.

Wilkerson led the way with a second-place effort in the classic

and was fifth in the freestyle, while Hodges took third in both the freestyle and classic races. MUHS did not win any individual titles, but their overall score for their top four skiers in the individual races was better than the overall scores for any other D-II team.

With 10 points for winning the two relays, the Tigers finished with 77 points, 92 points ahead of second-place U-32 (169). Stowe (185) took third and Harwood (233) fourth in the nine-team boys’ field.

The Tiger girls finished fifth in an eight-team field with 271 points.

U-32 showed strong on the girls’ side with 72 points, but the competition was closer: Woodstock took second with 102, followed by Harwood (134).

Junior Amelia Ingersoll paced the Tiger girls by taking ninth in the classic race and 11th in the freestyle.

Both Tiger relay teams finished fifth.

“All of our girls looked really strong, and they have come a long way since the beginning of the season,” Shea said. “Look for the girls to have a big year next year.”

Mount Abraham independent Morgan Pratt also enjoyed a strong championship week, finishing 14th in the freestyle (16:23.1) and 24th in the classic race (18:45.9).

The three Otter Valley girls participating were paced by senior Emma Cijka, who was 37th in the freestyle, and junior Sophie Wood, who was 45th in the classic race.

Rikert had originally been set to (See Nordic, Page 17)

Addison Independent, Monday, March 7, 2016 — PAGE 17

BFA St. Albans dusts Tiger girls hockey

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The No. 3 BFA-St. Albans Academy girls’ hockey team on Wednesday night scored three unanswered third-period goals, two by senior Aliza Ellis as she completed a hat trick, and defeated host No. 2 Middlebury in a Division I semifinal, 5-2.

The 15-4-2 Tigers took a 2-1 firstperiod lead, but the Comets equalized in the second period before erupting for three goals in the first 8:48 of the third period to earn their victory.

The Comets improved to 12-9-1 — a misleading record, with several outof-state setbacks — and advanced to the D-I final on this coming Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Arena.

There they will meet defending champion Essex (the top seed at 164-2), which blanked visiting No. 4 Rutland, 2-0, in the other D-I semi.

Either BFA or Essex — which defeated the Tigers in the 2015 final — have won every D-I girls’ hockey

title since 2002, when the sport was established in Vermont. Essex won the past two, and BFA won the year before that.

The Tigers defeated the Comets, 4-1, at home, on Feb. 13, but Wednesday’s game played out more like their earlier 6-2 loss at St. Albans. But Tiger Coach Matt Brush said they had their chances.

“We had a hard time containing their top line tonight,” Brush said. “I felt like we had some opportunities in the first two periods that if we had capitalized on it would have been a very different game.”

BFA struck first, on the first Ellis goal. Ellis took a pass from Riley Yandow in her own end, skated through center ice, maneuvered through the defense, and slid a 10foot backhand from the slot into the lower right corner at 3:23.

Sophomore Andi Boe, the Tigers’ leading point-getter, wasted little time equalizing. She won a puck bat(See Hockey, Page 18)

TIGER JUNIOR MONROE Cromis tries to spin and send a backhand shot toward BFA-St. Albans goalie Jessica Giroux during Middlebury’s 5-2 Division I semifinal loss last Wednesday night.

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Nordic (Continued from Page 16) host only the second day of Nordic championship racing, which had been scheduled for March 1. But Prospect Mountain Nordic bowed out because of a lack of snow, and Rikert, with its snow-making capacity, agreed to step up and host both days. Due to Rikert’s obligation to host Middlebury College’s Winter Carnival on Feb. 27-28, events were scheduled this past Tuesday and Thursday.

BOYS’ RESULTS The winner and the Tigers’ 5K freestyle results from this past Tuesday were (all placements are overall, not for scoring purposes; first four racers score): • 1. Anders Hanson, Craftsbury, 11:47.4; 3. Hodges, 11:58; 5. Wilkerson, 12:16.3; 11. Hussey, 12:39; 17. Christner, 13:04.2; 20. Haven Tate, 13:53.3; 22. Harlow Punderson, 13:39.2; 37. David Dregallo, 14:43.8; 47. Ross Crowne, 15:37.9.

The winner and the Tigers’ classic 5K results from this past Thursday were: • 1. Scott Mooney, Peru, 12:31.3; 2. Wilkerson, 12:44.5; 3. Hodges, 12:54.8; 7. Hussey, 13:25.7; 15.

Christner, 14:20.4; 21. Harlow Punderson, 14:47.9; 23. Haven Tate, 14:49.4; 34. Julian Schmitt, 15:49.1; 36. David Dregallo, 15:59.6.

GIRLS’ RESULTS The winner and the Tigers’ and Otters’ 5K freestyle results from this past Tuesday were: 1. Abby Kaija, Woodstock, 14:25.3; 11. Ingersoll, M, 15:52.3; 14. Pratt, Ind., 16:23.1; 22. Katherine Koehler, M, 17:19.8; 27. Caroline Kimble, M, 17:49.3; 31. Kate Oster, M, 18:43.6; 32. Claire Wulfman, M, 18:35.7; 35. Signi Livingstone-Peters, M, 10:05; 37. Cijka,

OV, 19:43.8; 38. Audrey Huston, M, 19:47.3; 42. Wood, OV, 20:05.4; 64.

Brittany Danforth, OV, 24:19.9.

The Tiger free relay team of Ingersoll, Koehler, Kimble and Oster finished fifth in 30:17.15. U-32 won the event in 25:50.8.

The winner and the Tigers and Otters’ classic 5K results from this past Thursday were: 1. Kaija, Woodstock, 15:39.7; 9.

Ingersoll, M, 16:54.2; 22. Koehler, M. 18:22.6; 24. Pratt, Ind., 18:45.9; 26. Oster, M, 19:03.4; 28. Kimble, M, 19:20.1; 32. Wulfman, M, 19:57.9; 34. Livingstone-Peters, M, 20:31.9; 36. Huston, M, 20:47; 45. Wood, OV, 23:11.8; 46. Cijka, 23:12.3; Danforth, OV, 28:46.3.

The Tiger classic relay team of Ingersoll, Koehler, Kimble and Oster finished fifth in 32:32.6. U-32 won the event in 28:26.

TIGER JUNIOR HARLOW Punderson finishes the 5K classic race at the Nordic state championships last Thursday in Ripton.

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FAR LEFT: INDEPENDENT SKIER Morgan Pratt of New Haven hits an uphill portion of last week’s state high school Nordic championships.

LEFT: TIGER JUNIOR AMELIA Ingersoll poles herself away from the start of the 5K classic at the state championships in Ripton.

ABOVE: TIGER SOPHOMORE THOMAS Hussey powers his way up a small hill at Rikert Nordic Center during last Thursday’s state high school championship 5K race.

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Basketball

Hockey (Continued from Page 17) tle behind and to the right of the BFA net, skated out front and whipped a short forehand home 27 seconds later.

The Tigers earned a power play soon afterward, but Comet goalie Jessica Giroux (14 saves) stopped a Boe shot ticketed for the top corner and a rush by senior Lauren Bartlett.

The Tigers then killed a BFA power play, with good work from sophomores Tully Hescock and Abby Gleason, junior Julia Carone and senior Tajah Marsden.

The Tigers then made it 2-1 at 11:53 of the first period on a power play.

After Boe hit a post, junior defender Molly Wetmore’s high shot from the right point found its way past a screened Giroux, with Hescock assisting. Giroux, like junior Tiger goalie Rowan Hendy, made four saves in the opening period.

The Comets tied the game early in the second. BFA’s Kait Laroe took advantage of some uncertainty by the Tigers at the top of the BFA zone and turned it into the tying breakaway goal 1:48 into the period.

The tide turned in the Comets’ favor in the period, with BFA getting more shots — 8-3 — despite three more Tiger power plays. The BFA defense stiffened, and the Tigers were not getting deep into the attacking zone. The best bids came from junior Monroe Cromis in the slot about five minutes in, and Bartlett on the rebound of a Boe shot shortly afterward, but Giroux

turned them aside.

“Our power plays, we were lucky to get them, but those were opportunities we would like to get back,” Brush said.

Hendy sprawled to make two saves mid-period during scrambles, and then twice used her blocker to deny high Elena Brigham shots from the slot.

But Hendy had little chance to stop the Comets’ first two goals in the third.

At 3:13, Ellis won a scramble for the puck out front and flipped it high in the net, and it was 3-2, with Brigham and Emma Hill assisting.

try to press a little bit, and those things happen,” Brush said. “We had a couple breakdowns, and they capitalized on every bounce of the puck.”

The Tigers kept buzzing the BFA end as time wound down, but Giroux denied Boe and Monroe Cromis from the slot to cement the Comets’ trip to the Gut. And the Tigers’ season that saw them go on a 13-1-1 streak heading into Wednesday’s semi — including splitting two games with Essex — came to an end.

“We’re certainly proud of the sea-

“We had a hard time containing their top line tonight ... I felt like we had some opportunities in the first two periods that if we had capitalized on it would have been a very different game.”

– Tiger Coach Matt Brush

At 3:40, BFA made it 4-2. Brigham fired from 40 feet out. Hendy stopped the shot, but Ellis netted the rebound from the doorstep. Hendy was shaken up on the play and left having made a dozen saves, including some tough stops.

Sophomore Katie Billings replaced her in goal and made three saves, but could not stop a McKenna Remillard backhander breakaway at 8:48 that made it 5-2. That play came after a turnover on the BFA blue line as the Tigers worked hard to create offense.

“When we got down a little bit, you

son, proud of the girls,” Brush said.

“They gave a great effort.”

Two Tigers also saw standout hockey careers in the black and orange come to a close, those of senior backs Bartlett and Marsden, although Brush said the program’s future remains bright.

“We’ve got nice core group of kids.

They work hard, they’ve got good attitudes. They’re a pleasure to have on the team, day-in and day-out, and that can only be a positive thing.”

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, March 8 6 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 9:30 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 5:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB) 8 p.m. Legislative Breakfast Wednesday, March 9 6 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9:30 a.m. Eckankar 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Public Affairs 8 p.m. DRB 10 p.m. Eckankar Thursday, March 10 4:30 a.m. Public Affairs 9:30 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 10 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10:35 a.m. Legislative Breakfast Noon Selectboard, Public Affairs 3 p.m. Neighbors, Together 5 p.m. Eckankar 5:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:15 p.m. PSA 6:30 p.m. DRB, Town Offices Friday, March 11 4:30 a.m. DRB, Public Affairs 7 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 9 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 9:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 7 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 8:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios

9 p.m. Town Meeting Saturday, March 12 5 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 6:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 8 a.m. Public Affairs 9 a.m. Eckankar 9:30 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB, Public Affairs 2:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 8 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 9 p.m. Neighbors, Together 10 p.m. Public Affairs Sunday, March 13 7 a.m. Neighbors, Together 8 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 8:30 a.m. Eckankar 9 a.m. Catholic Mass 9:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 11 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 12:33 p.m. Selectboard, Legislative Breakfast 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 5:30 p.m. Eckankar 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Catholic Mass 8 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 8:30 p.m. Public Affairs Monday, March 14 5 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 6 a.m. Public Affairs 9:30 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Selectboard, DRB 12:30 p.m. Neighbors, Together 2:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 6 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Legislative Breakfast

(Continued from Page 16) in 64-59 on a layup by Jack Daly at 4:37. Keene kept between a five- and seven-point advantage until a three

by Jake Brown and a Matt St. Amour fast-break layup pulled Middlebury to within 72-71 at 0:45.

Lucas Hammel knocked down two free throws for the Owls at 0:40 to make it 74-71. Daly then missed a three-pointer, but Daley grabbed the offensive rebound, and St. Amour was fouled at 0:22 and hit one of two free throws. Middlebury again fouled, and Keene’s Nate Howard missed twice, with Daley rebounding.

Middlebury called for time with 11 seconds left, and Daley shot and missed with three seconds to go. Daly rebounded, but Howard blocked his shot. St. Amour grabbed the loose ball, but his desperation shot at the horn also missed.

St. Amour finished with a gamehigh 18 points, 14 in the second half, and five rebounds. He finished his junior season with 566 points, the second-highest total for a season in the program’s history; he also eclipsed 1,000 points for his career on Friday.

Brown had 17 points and three assists, while Daley had 13 points on six-fornine shooting and a game-best 13 rebounds. Daly contributed 12 points, 11 boards and three assists. The Panthers held a 48-36 advantage on the glass.

On Friday, the unranked Panthers hung on to upset No. 24 Salisbury, 75-

73. The Panthers went on an early 14-2 run to take a 16-4 lead and never trailed afterward against the 21-7 Gulls.

The Gulls came to within 24-19 in the first half, but the Panthers closed the half strong and led by 36-25 at the break. In the second half, Middlebury led by as much as 43-30 on a Zach Baines three-point play at 16:44, but Salisbury reeled off an 11-0 run, and the Panthers’ biggest lead the rest of the way was eight at 51-43 and 71-63, the latter score at 2:26 after the Gulls had come within one at 62-61.

The Gulls then scored five straight to make it 71-68. Then Daley converted a layup after taking a driving feed from St. Amour to make it 73-68 at 0:46.

Salisbury hit two free throws and converted a steal at 0:09, but St. Amour swished two free throws at 0:05 to make it 75-72.

The Panthers elected to foul Salisbury rather than allow a game-tying three. The Gulls hit the first free throw and missed the second one on purpose.

The rebound went out of bounds to Salisbury at 0:02, leaving no time for a potential game-tying shot.

St. Amour tallied 27 points, including 11 for 11 from the line. Baines had 14 points and five rebounds off the bench, while Daley had 13 points, six rebounds and three steals. Daly recorded a game-high 11 rebounds.

The Panthers shot 49.1 percent from the floor, while Salisbury knocked down 43.9 percent of its attempts.

Middlebury made 21 of 26 free throws, while the Sea Gulls hit 14 of 20. Middlebury outscored Salisbury, 42-26, in the paint and held a 37-26 rebounding advantage.

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METV Channel 16 Tuesday, March 8 5 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 a.m. School Board Meetings 11:30 a.m. Forestry Forum 2:30 p.m. At the Ilsley 4 p.m. The Story Matters 5 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 8 p.m. At the Ilsley 9:30 p.m. Forestry Forum 11:30 p.m. Vermont Board of Education Wednesday, March 9 5 a.m. At the Ilsley 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Faces of Farming 7:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 9:30 a.m. At the Ilsley 11 a.m. The Story Matters 11:30 a.m. Vermont Board of Education 4 p.m. Faces of Farming 4:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 5 p.m. From the College 8 p.m. Forestry Forum 10 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 Thursday, March 10 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 a.m. The Story Matters 8 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 11 a.m. ID-4, UD-3, HCC Boards 1:30 p.m. Forestry Forum 3:12 p.m. First Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 5 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 5:30 p.m. Yoga 5:50 p.m. At the Ilsley 7:30 p.m. Faces of Farming 8 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 10 p.m. Vermont Board of Education Friday, March 11 5 a.m. At the Ilsley 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Faces of Farming

7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 11 a.m. Forestry Forum 1 p.m. HCC, ID-4, UD-3 Boards 5:30 p.m. The Story Matters 6 p.m. Yoga 6:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 7 p.m. The Story Matters 7:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 8 p.m. Faces of Farming Saturday, March 12 6 a.m. Yoga 6:20 a.m. Bulletin Board 6:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 7 a.m. Forestry Forum 9 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 10 a.m. Vermont Board of Education 3:30 p.m. The Story Matters 4 p.m. Faces of Farming 4:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 5 p.m. From the College 7 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 Sunday, March 13 7:10 a.m. Yoga 7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. School Board Meetings 11:30 a.m. Faces of Farming Noon At the Ilsley 1:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 2 p.m. Forestry Forum 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6 p.m. The Story Matters 6:30 p.m. Forestry Forum 8:30 p.m. From the College Monday, March 14 5 a.m. Forestry Forum 7 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 7:30 a.m. At the Ilsley 9 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9:30 a.m. Yoga 10 a.m. School Board Meetings 12:30 p.m. Forestry Forum 2:30 p.m. Faces of Farming 7 p.m. ID-4 Board

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Emma ran on the cross-country team all years of high school, acting as captain her senior year, and has been on the Nordic ski team since 10th grade (also captaining Emma Cijka her senior year). She has played in jazz band since grade O.V.U.H.S. 9 and in the pit orchestra for the musical since grade 8.

She loves music and has playing piano and flute for many years. Since seventh grade she has played flute in Lakes Region Youth Orchestra and the Brandon Town Band. She competes in Bible Quizzing Competitions through the Church of the Nazarene.

She worked as a lifeguard at the Pittsford Recreation Area this past summer, and for three summers has volunteered at Windsor Hills Camp in New Hampshire. She is involved in her church, playing the flute for services, and helping package bread donations to local food shelves for the last three years.

When asked for her advice for other students, Emma said, “No matter what you’re doing, always work as hard as you can. … If you invest enough time and effort, you’ll be amazed what you can accomplish.”

This fall, Emma will attend Cornell University and will study animal science at their College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She intends to become a veterinarian.

Mount Abraham Union High School Congratulations to Gena Chiola, Mount Abraham Union High School’s Student of the week. Gena, the daughter of LuAnn Chiola and Geoff Davis, lives in New Haven.

Gena has taken or is taking AP English, AP European History and AP U.S. History. She is pursuing three Independent Learning Opportunities her senior year. She has made highest honors grades 7-11 and is a member of the National Honor Society. In ninth grade, she took third place in the Bernie Sanders State of the Union Essay Contest. In 10th grade, she attended the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference.

Gena has run cross-country since eighth grade. She was on the rowing team as a senior. She played piano for the jazz band in 11th grade and this past fall spent a semester abroad in Nepal and India. She has been a member of the Vermont International Awareness Group since junior year. She attended the Governor’s Institute Genevieve “Gena” Chiola for the Arts in 11th grade.

M.A.U.H.S. Gena has worked as a food runner at Tourterelle Restaurant in New Haven for the past two years. She also works summers on the Lester Farm.

Outside of school, she enjoys reading, writing, playing piano and teaching herself to play the guitar.

When asked what she had learned from her high school experience, Gena said, “Every moment, no matter how wonderful or unpleasant, is a learning opportunity, and realizing this can bring more meaning to your time in high school.” Her personal philosophy is “Always be grateful for what you have rather than unhappy about what you don’t have.” And her advice to other students is, quite simply, “Make your own adventures.”

After high school, Gena plans to attend a progressive liberal arts college.

Gena’s French teacher, Jori Jacobeit, says, “Genevieve’s passion for languages grows from her deeply rooted curiosity about the world. Gena’s skills as a listener and communicator support her engagement in issues of social justice and the environment.”

The Mount Abe community wishes Gena the best as she sets out to make her own adventures.

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ANGEL 6 years, Plott Hound, Spayed Female. Angel is a mellow girl who spent her early life as a raccoon hunting dog. We are hesitant to place her in a home with cats, but she would do OK with a mellow K9 companion. Angel is not comfortable with having her feet and stomach touched, so to make a successful match for her we are requiring that she be adopted into a home with children 13 and older who can understand her sensitivities. Angel walks well on a leash, and will make a perfect companion for an older household!

DAN 4 years, Plott Hound, Neutered Male. Dan is a sweet dog who loves to be with people! He was a hunting dog in his former life, but has since retired to the lap of house-dog luxury. Dan is looking for a home without cats, as they remind him too much of his past hunting days, but he would be fine with the right canine companion. This handsome guy is looking for a family to spoil him rotten with love and attention!

OHGIE 14 years, DSH Black & White, Neutered Male. Ohgie is one big love bug! While many cats aren’t shy of telling you when they are done being petted, this guy lets you know when he ISN’T done being petted! He came to Homeward Bound when his human friend passed away and while he has made a lot of friends during his time here, he would really like a human friend of his own to bond with.

MARIA 6 years, DSH Brown Tabby, Spayed Female. OK. So she’s not a “West Side” girl, but it doesn’t matter.

She’s playful and adorable, so what’s not to like? She would love to be your muse and purr along as you listen to show tunes, or what ever music you like!

PATRICK 4 years, DSH Orange Tiger, Neutered Male. Patrick may well be a CIA agent. He likes to watch the world go by from his hideaway. Don’t worry, he is taking notes. His CIA days are numbered and he is learning to mix and mingle. He would love to tell you about all his spy adventures!

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(MS) — Not all pets are good at finding their way back home.

A 2012 telephone survey by the ASPCA discovered that in the last five years before the survey was conducted, the percentage of lost dogs or cats hovered around 15 percent. Veterinarians have confirmed that many animals, even a small pet, can trot indefinitely at 3 miles per hour. At this moderate pace, it’s possible for a pet

to get 24 miles away from home in a typical workday. Dogs tend to roam, sometimes in circles or straight lines, while cats tend to go through a series of run-and-hide bursts until they find a safe spot to settle down.

The ASPCA survey also found that a greater percentage of lost dogs are recovered (93 percent) than lost cats (74 percent). This is likely due to the fact that dogs are

more likely to wear identification tags and have tracking microchips installed on their bodies than cats.

It’s important for pet owners to begin searching for missing pets immediately. If a pet is not found, ask around on social media or visit a local shelter as soon as possible to increase your chances of recovering your pet. Proper identification and microchipping can help reunite lost pets with their owners.

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Porter (Continued from Page 1) Porter administrators said the staff • A demand that “doctors work changes were intended to cut at least more for less pay.” $1 million in the medical center’s • An environment that “has cre- expenses over the next year. They ated 50-percent turnover of RNs in are part of PMC’s effort to right its six months on the medical-surgical financial ship, which — like many unit.” other small medical centers through“We believe that members of out the state — has been negotiatour community ing some choppy deserve to have financial waters.

“We have high-quality health The affected emcare available right restructured ployees are being here in Addison our provider encouraged to apply County,” PFNHP for what were, as contracts to include President Alice of a month ago, 21 Leo said through performance RN vacancies and a a written state- benchmarks for combined total of 62 ment provided to productivity, overall job openings the Independent at throughout Porter patient satisfaction Middlebury’s town Medical Center, acmeeting. “We came and quality cording to Hallman. to town meeting metrics — this is a The union’s flier tonight because the asks area residents standard contract people of Middleto call Porter CEO bury need to know format throughout Lynn Boggs and what’s happening Vermont and the PMC board Chairat their health care U.S. It is new to woman Maureen facility. Laying off McLaughlin to “ask Porter, but a longnurses and pressurfor a return to pastanding and ing providers to see tient-centered care.” more patients and common format for The PFNHP folto increase revenue provider contracts.” lowed up its town is not keeping with meeting flier with — Porter spokesman PMC’s mission of a press release on Ron Hallman patient-centered March 2 announccare.” ing that it had filed Assertions made Unfair Labor Pracin the flier come around a month tice charges with the National Labor after the announced elimination of Relations Board alleging discrimi17.5 full-time equivalent positions nation for union activity and fail— including 8.5 nursing posts — at ure to provide relevant information Porter Medical Center, mostly with- needed to process grievances and in the 12 physician practices owned for bargaining. The release also statand operated by the health care ed the union had voted to take five organization. PMC also includes grievances to arbitration.

Porter Hospital and Helen Porter Porter officials said on Friday that Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center the union on March 3 decided to (nursing home). All told, PMC em- withdraw the five unfair labor pracploys 780 people. tice charges that were referenced in

the press release. Hallman said PMC administration has heard the union will be re-filing two grievances. As of Friday morning, he said, nothing had been filed.

“We have not withdrawn the Unfair Labor Practices,” Leo countered. “We have re-filed them to make them clearer.”

PORTER COUNTERS CLAIMS Hallman took issue with the claims the PFNHP made in its flier.

On the allegation that primary care had been defunded by $1 million: “Porter Medical Center is in the midst of implementing a number of short-term initiatives to reduce expenses and increase revenue during our current fiscal year with a goal of improving our financial performance by $1 million to $1.5 million,” Hallman said. “In addition to restructuring staffing in our practices and introducing productivity benchmarks in provider contracts, we have reduced overtime, improved our group purchasing arrangements, enhanced our revenue cycle performance on the expense side, and on the revenue side we have introduced a new Infusion Center, added new cardiology testing and established a new centralized appointment and referral center for many outpatient services.”

On the assertion that, as a result of layoffs, Porter Medical Center physicians’ offices will not have an RN present at all times: “We have been restructuring our staffing to ensure that we have the correct number of providers, nurses, medical assistants and other clinical and non-clinical staff members to meet the needs of every individual practice based on the services they provide and the number of patients seen,” Hallman said. “It is untrue to

HILARY HATCH, LEFT, and Alice Leo, vice president and president, respectively, of the Porter Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, continue to voice concerns about layoffs and cuts at Porter Medical Center.

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say that ‘offices frequently will not have an RN present’ … RN’s remain essential members of the team at every practice.”

NURSING CARE STUDY Hallman pointed to a Department of Health study that showed Porter Medical Center provides 12 hours of nursing care per patient per day in its medical/surgical unit, which is the highest rate among all of the hospitals in the state. As a comparison with nearby hospitals, UVM Medi-

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“During the past six months, that has actually increased to 16,” he said.

On the assertion that doctors are working more for less pay: “We have restructured our provider contracts to include performance benchmarks for productivity, patient satisfaction and quality metrics — this is a standard contract format throughout Vermont and the U.S.,” he said. “It is new to Porter, but a long-standing and common format for provider contracts.”

Hallman explained that rather than the providers being paid a fixed amount on an annual basis, the new contracts are based on state and regional benchmarks that tie provider compensation to productivity, quality of care and patient satisfaction measures.

Porter administrators talked to PMC providers — consisting of physicians, nurse practitioners and midwives — about these new compensation benchmarks last fall, according to Hallman. Thirty-three PMC providers were presented new contracts (See Care study, Page 23)

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Felmeth to share her experiences while living in Syria, March 17

Care study (Continued from Page 22) parts of our organization, and people (based on those benchmarks) around who have moved for family or other three weeks ago, Hallman said. Pro- personal and professional reasons,” viders are now deciding whether to Hallman said. sign their new contracts, which take Leo said she has numbers indicateffect in May. ing that two-thirds of the nurses who “Some are still considering it,” have left PMC’s medical-surgical Hallman said. unit have left PMC, Leo alleges there while the remaining “Laying off nurses is “widespread disthird have stayed. content” among and pressuring Hallman said it providers regarding providers to see is his hope that the what has been a parnurses’ union and adigm shift in the more patients and PMC administramanner in which to increase revenue tion will quickly providers are paid. is not keeping with sort out their differOn the claim that PMC’s mission of ences.

PMC was actu“I think it is repatient-centered ally under budget ally important for by $2.1 million in care.” providers and all — nurses’ union employees to know 2015: President Alice Leo that we encourage “Porter actually lost $1.6 million in open dialogues; our most recently we want to hear completed fiscal year,” he said, “and constructive feedback,” Hallman $11 million since 2012. We have said. “The only way we are going been sharing that openly for many to move forward is together. The months now to provide our com- only real important issue is our pamunity context for why it is essen- tients and the care we provide to the tial for our organization to improve community. These other issues can, our financial performance through a and should, be resolved internally, strategic combination of expense re- because what is really important is ductions and revenue enhancements that the community continue to have to bring our expenses in line with confidence in the truly incredible our revenue.” care that is provided daily by our On the contention that PMC ad- doctors and nurses. ministration has created an environ“The greatest tragedy would be if ment that has resulted in 50 percent that confidence were ever harmed turnover of RNs in six months on or shaken by some of the informathe medical/surgical unit: tion that is out in the community,” “That is an erroneous statistic he concluded. and statement and lumps together Reporter John Flowers is at staff who have transferred to other johnf@addisonindependent.com.

“Syria–Remember Me” bears witness in words and images to the strong, dignified, beautiful and complex lives of the Syrian people. The 200 photographs in this collection were taken between 1991 and 2011 and precede the war.

In the book, Felmeth hopes to give readers a more humanizing encounter than popular news coverage as they turn the pages and gaze into eyes of Syrians young and old, humble and proud, engaged in the simple miracle of living an ordinary day and a life lived in peace. The photographs have been described as compassionate and nuanced, chronicling

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She found her way to Damascus in 1991 and fell in love with Syria and her heart never left. From 1996 until Syria’s recent upheaval and the heartbreaking tragedy of war, Felmeth and her husband divided their time equally between a beloved apartment above Straight Street in the Old City of Damascus, Syria, and their equally beloved home in the Green Mountain State.

She created her book, “Syria–Remember Me,” as a testament to the beauty, strength and diversity of the Syrian people.

The land of Syria is diverse; it stretches from the fertile Euphrates River Valley to the wide-open expanse of the great Syrian Desert.

The human mark on that land is also diverse, from the maze of overflowing markets to the spacious interiors of gold-domed mosques.

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BRISTOL — The violence of the years-long civil war in Syria has been featured in much of the news from that Middle Eastern country, but what of the Syrian people themselves?

Addison County resident Deborah Harte Felmeth was immersed in the daily life of Syria for two decades as a part-time resident. Last year she published a book on the people of Syria, and next Thursday evening she will share her observations on the fabric of Syrian culture and her photographs from the historic land in a “One World Library” talk at the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol.

A Vermont resident since 1978, Felmeth works professionally as a piano and voice teacher, yoga instructor, and healer. She is also a musician, singer, weaver, gardener, and avid photographer.

Syria’s social mosaic with beauty and spontaneity.

“With the publication of this book I hope to encourage active peace making,” Felmeth said. “Remembering is an act, in this case an act of courage and creation, founded upon seeing, knowing and feeling … In sharing these photographs, it is my intention to honor each and every one pictured and to remember through them their ancestors, a great people who have given much to the civilized world in honor, dignity, and the grace of their bearing.”

Felmeth’s talk at Bristol’s Lawrence Library will take place on

Thursday, March 17, at 7 p.m. The library is at 40 North St., a few blocks north of Main Street.

Copies of Felmeth’s book will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

For more information on the program, contact the Lawrence Memorial Library at 453-2366 or go to www.OneWorldLibraryProject.org.

The One World Library Project is a nonprofit that “Brings the World to our Community” through a collection of adult and children’s books and films about world cultures at the Lawrence Memorial Library in Bristol.

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Meeting: Saving local history

Making himself heard BRIDPORT RESIDENT BOB Coffey makes a clarifying point during town meeting last week in Bridport’s Community/ Masonic Hall.

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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Community Television (MCTV) will hold a roundtable discussion, titled “Archiving Our Community in the 21st Century,” at its annual meeting on Wednesday, March 16. The discussion, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room of Ilsley Library in Middlebury, will bring together a cross-section of community organizations and people interested in documenting current events and preserving the history of the Middlebury area.

“In today’s digital age, we are awash in information,” Len Rowell, chair of the MCTV board, said. “How we store it and make it easily accessible is a challenge to libraries, schools, museums, and town government.”

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

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

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

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Addison Central Teens is moving from the Municipal Building to the Warming Hut (located in Recreation Park by May Hogan). Everything needs to be out by April 1 and we need help! We would really appreciate a couple of volunteers who could give us a hand.

We are also in need of someone to help us with refinishing the floors. Please get in touch as soon as possible and help us with our relocation! Call Lizzy at 388-7189 or send an email to lizzy@ unitedwayaddisoncounty.org for more information!

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15-8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Discussion Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at the Congregational Church, New Haven Village Green.

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NA MEETINGS MIDDLEBURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center located in the Marble Works.

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MAKING RECOVERY EASIER (MRE). Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Turning Point Center. This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12-Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and discussing our feelings about the 12-Step Programs to create a better understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s journey. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recovery who is also contemplating 12-Step Programs.

OPIATE OVERDOSE RESCUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

For info call 802-388-4249 or 802-683-5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP meets on the last Thursday of every month from 10 am to 11:30 am. We meet at the Mountain Health Center in Bristol. For info call APDA at 888-763-3366 or parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org.

Kristina Simmons, of Cornwall, volunteers as a United Way Tax Aid. She guides community members through the process of filing their taxes online. Kristina says, “I appreciate how complicated the tax filing process is, and it’s a great way to help people who might find it intimidating.” We appreciate Kristina’s dedication immensely and also value the smiles she brings to our office. Filing taxes can be stressful, but Kristina makes it more enjoyable. In addition to being a Tax Aid, she also was a parent volunteer at the Cornwall Elementary School for ten years and has served as a Library Trustee for the Cornwall Public Library for the past six years.Thank you for all of your hard work, Kristina!

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

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Public Meetings T E E N A L L - R E C O V E RY Group Meeting for anyone 15-18 years old who is struggling with addiction disorders. Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center. A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery.

For info call 802-388-4249 or 802-683-5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

THE NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS are a worldwide fellowship for those affected by someone else’s addiction.

As a twelve step program, we offer our help by sharing our experience, strength and hope. Please join us for an evening of support and recovery. You’re only a stranger until you walk through the door.

Anonymous and confidential.

THURSDAYS 6-7pm at the Turning Point Center - Marble Works, Middlebury, VT. UNIFORMED SERVICES ALL RECOVERY Support Group will be starting at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, located in the MarbleWorks complex. The group is directed toward those that have or are currently involved in the uniformed services such as Fire, Police, Veterance, EMS, Rescue, ER and DOC. This is a facilitated Peer to Peer group gathering to support our brothers and sisters with their struggles. Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Contact Bill Brim 802-683-5569 or the center at 802-388-4249.

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PROFESSIONAL PAINTING; interior/exterior, residential/ commercial, pressure washing. 20 years’ experience.

Best prices. References.

802-989-5803.

B R E A K FA S T S E R V E R WANTED Responsible for setup, serving, cleanup of breakfast. Must be able to stand and walk for entire shift. Weekends required.

Call Michele at Swift House Inn: 802-388-9925.

Free MECHANICAL HOYER LIFT with 2 slings. Also a portable bedside commode, great condition. 802-349-5961.

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

BARISTA / BAKERY / DELI Counter Help (Middlebury).

Otter Creek Bakery is Hiring. Join our awesome crew.

Long term opportunity for dedicated employee. Must be able to multi-task, have positive attitude, interest in providing good food & drink with great customer service.

Please send resume and letter of interest to our e-mail with references and availability.

No phone calls please. info@ ottercreekbakery.com.

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BRISTOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is looking for an Administrative Assistant. Please see the ad on schoolspring. com for more information and to apply.

CLEAN TOUCH GROUP is seeking energetic housekeepers. Great pay. Apply in person at the Courtyard Marriott, 309 Court Street, Middlebury, VT. COMMUNITY SUPPORT PERSON for young male adult, who enjoys swimming, basketball & walks. Looking for mature, understanding and caring individual who is able to set appropriate guidelines. 16 hours per week.

Mornings, Tuesday-Friday.

Plus transportation. Call Nicole 802-273-3307 or Vicki 802-236-4136.

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F/T ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Addison County Home Health and Hospice is looking for a mature team player with solid judgment to provide administrative support to management. Duties include: managing correspondence; calendar maintenance; data base management; meeting support, including set-up and minutes; and other administrative duties. Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong computer literacy, attention to detail, confidentiality required. Two years office experience preferred. Excellent benefits package. Submit resume and cover letter to: Kathleen Pratt, HR Director, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753 or hr@achhh.org; EOE. FRENCH TEENS NEED FAMILIES in July or August.

Great cultural experience.

Students bring own spending money, and are insured.

Families are compensated $150 weekly. Email today: facehill@comcast.net or website www.LEC-USA. com, 800-421-7217. Merci Beaucoup.

HOUSEKEEPER WANTED Responsible for cleaning guest rooms, common areas, and doing laundry. Must be able to walk, bend, do stairs, carry 15 pounds. Weekends required. Call Michele at Swift House Inn: 802-388-9925.

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

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

KB COWORKING AND CONFERENCE CENTER 11 Main Street, Vergennes, VT. Stop by or call for more information, 802-877-2975.

PARTY RENTALS; CHINA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available.

802-388-4831.

Searching for someone to complete your team? or

Are you searching for a job?

Either way, you are on the right track with the

PORTABLE SAW MILL. Sawing of your logs into timbers and dimensional lumber using a Wood-Mizer portable sawmill. 802-989-9170.

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$12.00 - $13.00 per hour depending on experience

Please sen co er le er an resume y arc t to: humanresource vermontcf.org Or mail to The ermont ommunity oundation ourt treet, Middlebury, T 0

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JOIN ADDISON COUNTY’S Business Of The Year. Two Brothers Tavern currently has employment opportunities for mature, professional individuals in the following positions - line cook, host, bartender, door staff, server, busser and dishwasher. Full and part-time positions available. Experience preferred, but not required. We look forward to working with you. Apply at info@twobrotherstavern.com.

PAINTERS WANTED: Please have transportation, tools, Vt. drivers license, a min. 3 years’ experience, a strong work ethic and references. We are a small but growing company, willing to pay well for quality people who are self motivated.

We are also looking for leaders to manage and run jobs.

This is a serious offer with a great company. Help us grow, advance your career, take pride in your work, be well paid and have fun doing it. For appointment, 802-453-5611.

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The ddison ommunity thletics oundation is an e ual employment opportunity employer.

We are currently hiring for the following positions: • • • •

Director of Business Operations, Summer Programs Business Intelligence Analyst Accounting Clerk Staff Accountant

Middlebury Interactive Languages is a fast growing, edtech company with the mission of advancing global engagement through language education. If you want to be part of a team of bright, driven and hardworking people who are helping to shape the future of K-12 education, then we want to hear from you.

These are full-time, in-house positions based in Middlebury. Benefits include health, dental, life, flex spending, vacation and 401K. If you are excited by a global mission and great opportunity to learn, please apply online at www.middleburyinteractive.com

Basin Harbor Club, recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Vermont in 2014, 2015, and 2016 is currently accepting applications for Reservations Agents. These are full-time seasonal positions that are available April 1 through October 22. The general schedule for this position will be variable and will include some evening and weekend shifts.

Reservations Agents Primary responsibilities include taking, recording, and canceling reservations; providing general information to callers and booking recreational activities; providing property tours to potential guests; and assisting Front Office staff to cover breaks.

Qualifications: 3 years’ experience in guest services, a call center, or customer service capacity; high level computer and multitasking skill set, strong communication and phone skills, extremely strong customer service competencies.

For a full description and to apply on line go to www.basinharbor.com/jobs

Middlebury Fence Company is looking for highly motivated individuals to oin our growing team of fence installers. e o er competitive wages, significant overtime, paid vacation, 401k plan with company match, generous performance bonus & cell phone allowance. e are seeking the following 1 Crew Foremen a self-motivated individual with prior fence installation experience. elevant landscaping or construction experience will also be considered.

2 Crew Laborer a responsible, hardworking individual ready to work in a fast paced environment. ll applicants must have a clean driving record and have a positive a tude. lease email resumes to hiring.mfc@gmail.com or apply in person at our o ce at

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We are looking for great people to join our team! Enjoy the Independence & Satisfaction of One-to-One Patient Care...

Choose a Career in Home Care!

JOB OPPORTUNITIES • Full time Physical Therapist • Per Diem Weekend Nurses LEARN MORE AT www.achhh.org.

Full time positions include Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, life/voluntary life insurance; 401(k) savings plan and paid time off.

Submit resume and cover letter to: Kathleen Pratt, Human Resources Director PO Box 754, Middlebury VT 05753 or email hr@achhh.org (802) 388-7259

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1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE as is or renovate to suit.

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802-558-6092.

PART-TIME & WEEKEND POSITIONS AVAILABLE

and great attitudes to join our team.

Part-Time positions (20-27 hours a week) available with flexible scheduling. Must be willing to work some nights & weekends.

Part-time Cashiers & Deli Employees needed.

CORNWALL QUIET COUNTRY APARTMENT 4 miles from Middlebury. 2nd story, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath and washer/dryer hook-up. Heat, electric, rubbish, recycling, satellite TV and storage included. $1200 per month.

1st and last month’s rent and security deposit. No pets, no smoking. 802-462-2924.

Apply in person or pick up an application at: Maplefields –– Shoreham Service Center $PSOFS PG 3PVUFT " BOE ſ 4IPSFIBN 7FSNPOU EOE

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Please apply in person at: 3 Mill Street, Middlebury We are now accepting applications for summer/fall employment (June-Oct.) for all positions.

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WEEKEND EMERGENCY TEAM CLINICIAN Seeking a part-time, masters-level mental health clinician to join our skilled, fun, and well-supported Emergency Team. Work one weekend per month, providing phone and face-to-face assessment, crisis intervention, and brief counseling support to Addison County residents experiencing a wide range of emotional and mental health challenges. Requires some mobile outreach and extensive collaboration with law enforcement, medical providers, families, and others. Must reside within 30 minutes of Middlebury. Ample opportunity for additional substitute weekday, overnight, and/or weekend shifts. To apply submit letter of interest and resume to apply@ csac-vt.org or call Rachael at 802-388-6751.

LIGHT HOUSE CLEANING NEEDED for a small 2 bedroom house in Middlebury.

On an every other week basis.

Please call 917-572-3464.

POLITE PERSON TO MOW my lawn in New Haven, VT this coming summer.

802-453-4597

RINGER HOME CARE is adding to our home team.

We have a part-time weekend position available. On the job training provided. We have a home-like, stress free atmosphere, 6 and 12 hour shifts and opportunity to work more hours as needed. Call or email Angie at 802-877-1363 or ringerhomecare@gmail.com.

TURKEY MOUNTAIN WOODCRAFTERS is looking for a full time carpenter. Carpenters with a strong finish work background will be given preference. Experience in the shop will also be an added plus. Call 802-989-9465 if interested.

Weekend visits desired:

Mature woman with disabilities seeks regular weekend visits at family homestead or farm.

High functioning, sociable, employed and independent woman loves animals and gardening.

Call Nick: 802-453-7051

2,000 SQ. FT. PROFESSIONAL office space in Middlebury, multi-room. Ground level, parking, handicap-accessible.

Available now. 802-558-6092.

BILL’S BARRELS; 275 gallon plastic food grade totes $125. each. 55 gallon sand barrels with or without pressure treated legs $75 each.

Delivery available. Call for details. 802-453-4235.

BRISTOL ONE BEDROOM, 850 sq ft apartment for rent.

Everything included except electric. $1,250 per month.

Brand new. 802-355-1926.

BULK ROCK SALT AND salted sand, loaded or delivered. Free delivery on 18 ton loads of salt. Call for details 802-453-2226. Credit cards accepted.

281 MAIN STREET, VERGENNES Available now, medium size 2 bedroom apartment. Laundry hookups, large enclosed porch & full bath.

Heat and hot water included. $915 per month. 8am to 8pm only 802-779-8565.

ELECTRIC HOSPITAL BED 2 years old, $200. Electric lift recliner chair, $75. Call 802-349-5961.

HEAT MULTIPLE BUILDINGS and more with a Maxim Outdoor Wood Pellet Furnace

by Central Boiler. Adapts to existing heating system. Call today. Boivin Farm Supply 802-475-4007.

NEW 2016 DISPLAY MODELS Modular Homes, Double Wide’s & Single Wide’s.

Open 7 days a week.

FactoryDirectHomesofVT. com, 600 Rt. 7, Pittsford, VT. 1-877-999-2555, tflanders@ beanshomes.com.

PRIVACY HEDGES - Spring Blowout Sale. 6 ft Arborvitae (cedar) reg $129, now $59.

Beautiful, nursery grown.

Free installation, free delivery. Limited supply. Order now, 518-536-1367 or www. lowcosttrees.com.

BRANDON CHARMING, LARGE 2 bedroom apartment. Kitchen with many luxuries, carpeted bedrooms, walk-in closets, 1 & 1/2 baths, enclosed porch, storage, laundry hookup, desirable parking. $920, heat included.

802-352-4700.

BRISTOL, HEWITT RD. One bedroom efficiency apartment.

Full bath with washer hook-up, LR and kitchen. You pay utilities. First and last month rent plus security deposit required. $675.00 per month. Call 802453-6116 for application. No pets.

We are seeking people with winning personalities

The Storm Café has an immediate LINE COOK position open.

Nights and weekends a must.

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HOME SHARE PANTON Locust Grove Farm. Large bedroom with fireplace, walk-in closet and full bath in our home. $400/month plus household and garden duties as mutually agreed. References required. 802-475-2112.

D O W N TO W N M I D D L E BURY; 3 BR apartment for rent. Walking distance to college. Available now. Call Baba 802-373-6456.

MIDDLEBURY THREE BEDROOM, two bath apartment for rent. Nice in town apartment, on quiet street. Walking distance to shopping. $1,300 per month, 802-355-1926.

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SHOREHAM, SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM 1 bath duplex apartment in quiet country location. Walk to strawberry, blueberry, apple picking. 20 minutes to Middlebury or Brandon. Very clean with upgrades. Approx 950 sq ft.

Eat-in kitchen, living/dining room, 2 bedrooms, bonus room, full basement with W/D hookup, large yard w/ garden space. Lease, references & security deposit required. No smoking. Pets negotiable. $825 per month plus utilities. Rent includes TriTown water, lawn care & snow plowing. Email: eleanorbrisson@shoreham.net or phone 802-897-7880. Leave a message.

BUILDING LOT, DAISY LANE, East Middlebury.

Town water, underground telephone, cable and electric service. Good perking soil. Regular septic. Site approved for 4 bedroom home.

Jack Brown, 802-388-2502 or 802-388-7350. Email: brownnov@together.net.

ORWELL, MOBILE HOME 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, nice private lot. $750 per month.

References required. Call Ginny 802-948-2258 or 802-236-1088.

R E S TO R E D H I S TO R I C HOME - 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. $1,395 plus utilities.

1st, last and references.

Pets negotiable. Bridport.

802-758-3276.

SHOREHAM VILLAGE 2 BEDROOM apartment. Living area downstairs. Bedrooms and bathroom upstairs.

All appliances including new washer and dryer. Recently painted and all new flooring downstairs. No pets and no smoking. Rent is $750 a month plus utilities. Security deposit. Call 802-759-3119.

Want to Rent MATURE RESPONSIBLE COUPLE looking to rent a comfortable home in central Addison County on an annual basis, on or about June 1st.

Please call 802-355-4933.

Wood Heat DRY FIRE WOOD for sale.

Cut 1 year. 802-247-3266.

FIREWOOD, MIXED HARDWOOD. Green and seasoned.

Cut, split, delivered. Call 802-282-9110.

FIREWOOD; CUT, SPLIT and delivered. Call for information, 802-247-9782.

MOUNTAIN ROAD FIREWOOD. Wood for sale-cut, split and delivered. Green, ash, beech, hickory, maple.

Call 802-759-2095.

For Sale 2008 TOYOTA TACOMA manual with 68,276 miles.

New factory undercoat, new brakes, new tires & Leer cap. $16,900. 802-353-7313.

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $4,397. Make and save money with your own bandmill, cut lumber any dimension. In stock, ready to ship. Free info/ DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills. com, 1-800-578-1363, ext.

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TIMBERWOLF FIREWOOD: Seasoned ready to burn firewood. Cut, split and delivered.

802-388-7300.

M I D D L E B U RY; I N D U S TRIAL PARK. Available 2 acres, lease or build to suit.

802-558-6092.

Att. Farmers FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales.

802-349-9281.

SAWDUST; STORED UNDER cover. Large tandem silage truck $627. delivered.

Half tandem load $350. delivered. Pick up and loading also available. Phone order and credit cards accepted.

802-453-2226.

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

Cars 1969 CUTLASS CONVERTIBLE 350 Rocket engine, automatic. All original. This is a matching numbers car.

Beautiful car, runs very, very well. $11,800. 802-989-5803.

2008 HONDA ACCORD Great maintenance record. Extra set tires, new brakes, moon roof, alloy wheels, $7,200.

Call 802-545-2914.

CLASSIC CARS WANTED 1950-1960 Cadillacs. Especially 1959’s & any convertibles. Will consider Buicks, Chevrolets & other makes, models. Call or text Steve at 315-863-1600. Email: eldo1959@live.com.

Wanted LIONS CLUB NEEDS stuff for their annual auction. Please NO appliances or electronics.

Call for pick up, 388-7124.

Help us, help others.

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

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8:00 12. Local Pro ect Management Team pdate on o nto n ridge Replacement Project 8:10 1 . ollo up from To n Meeting.

8:20 14. Selectboard Subcommittees until Post lection ppointments are made, including representation at upcoming To n/ ollege Lunch 8:30 15. ppro al of heck Warrants 16. To n Manager s eport 1 . oard Member oncerns 1 . ecuti e Session f eeded 19. ction on Matters iscussed in ecuti e Session 8:50 20. d ourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the To n Manager s ffice at 100 202 as early as possible.

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AGENDA PATRICIA A HANNAFORD CAREER CENTER WED., MAR. 9, 2016 5:00 PM - A208 1. Introduction of Board Members 2. Visitors Comments 3. Correspondence Consent Agenda 4. 1. Minutes of Feb. 10, 2016 5. 2. Monthly A/P for March a. Adult Program b. Revolving c. Director’s Orders Action Agenda 6. Executive Session –Personnel 7. Policy 2.0 Global Executive Constraint 8. Policy 2.3 Financial Condition & Activities – Audit Report 9. Policy 2.4 Financial Planning and Budgeting Informational Agenda 10. Ends Policy –Secondary students presentation 11. Superintendent’s Report 12. Dean of Student’s Report 13. Adult Tech Ed Report 14. Budget & Policy Report 15. Facilities Report 3/7 16. Policy 4.1 Governing Style

ADDISON NORTHWEST SUPERVISORY UNION FERRISBURGH SCHOOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO SUBMIT LETTERS OF Interest for Board Member Position The Ferrisburgh School District is seeking an individual from the Town of Ferrisburgh who is interested in serving on the fi e 5 member errisburgh School Board. It is the responsibility of the Ferrisburgh School Board to appoint a ualified person to fill this acancy until an election at a special or annual meeting is held.

Members of the Town of Ferrisburgh are invited to submit a letter of interest to serve in this position representing the Town of Ferrisburgh by Thursday, March 10, 2016, to: Ferrisburgh School Board c/o Superintendent of Schools Addison Northwest S.U. 11 Main Street, Suite B100 Vergennes, VT 05491 3/7

INVITATION TO BID

Stagecoach Transportation Services, Inc., hereafter known as STSI, is requesting proposals from ualified sellers of telephone systems.

To be considered, t o 2 copies of the proposal must be recei ed by Angela McCluskey, SPSM Asst. Finance Manager/Procurement dministrator STS Telephone System P c/o ddison ounty Transit esources 29 reek oad Middlebury, Vermont 05 5 uestions regarding the attached re uest for proposal can be directed in riting to Angela McCluskey AND Aaron Little at the email addresses listed belo . The deadline for uestions is riday, March 11, 2016 at 12 pm. dditional P and information may be found on T s ebsite http //actr t. org/actr procurement practices/ The proposal documents should be recei ed no later than 00 p.m. on March 1 , 2016. e uest for Proposal can be obtained by contacting Angela McCluskey, Asst. Finance Manager/Procurement dministrator angela actr t.org and Aaron Little, Regional Director, Stagecoach Transportation Ser ices, nc. alittle stagecoach rides.org. /

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Addison Northeast Supervisory Union is seeking bids for replacement of asphalt roofing at obinson lementary in Starksboro.

The project will consist of removal and proper disposal of the existing two layers of shingles and installing a minimum 30 year asphalt shingle roof. lternate P P S LS for a standing seam roof system ill be accepted and considered.

All proposals must include manufacturer’s arranty and specifications to be considered. id documents and specifications are a ailable at the S offices located at 2 Munsill Avenue, Bristol, VT and/or at the prebid site isit. Please call or stop in to pick up a packet 45 65 .

The project will consist of four separate sections totaling approximately 11,000 square feet. ach section shall be bid separately.

The bid will be awarded for one or more of the sections for replacement in the summer of 2016. pre bid isit ill be held on March 1 th, 2016 at 12 00 p.m.at the obinson lementary School. ttendance at this meeting is of all bidders to be eligible to bid. ids ill be due at the S offices on March 0, 2016 by 4 00 p.m. addressed to the attention of Alden Harwood, Facilities irector. ids ill be opened at 10 a.m. on March 1, 2016 at the S office.

The work is to be performed between July 1, 2016 and ugust 15, 2016. The firm a arded the work must be able to post a performance bond.

S reser es the right to re ect any and all bids. /

TOWN OF WEYBRIDGE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT A public hearing before the Weybridge Zoning Board of Adjustment will be held at the To n lerk s ffice on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 6:30p.m. to pursue the following business: The Board will review application #1602 submitted by Mark Gleason on behalf of the President and Fellows of Middlebury College for the construction of an additional storage building on their property on Sheep Farm Road. Due to the location of this property in a High Density Residential zoning district, several things must be reviewed. Pursuant to Sections 303 and 304 of the Weybridge Zoning Regulations, this application requires a Conditional Use review, as well as a Site Plan review. Additionally, the application requires a Waiver to the maximum setback requirement of 75 feet.

The Board will also review application #16-03 submitted by Richard O’Donohue and Laurie Borden for a Bed and Breakfast at their home on Snake Mountain Road in Weybridge. The application requires a Conditional Use review, as it is a non-conforming use of their property.

The applications and plans are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s ffice. T Participation in the local proceedings is a prerequisite to the right to take any subse uent appeal. otice submitted by Megan Sutton, ZBA Chair.

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ADDISON NORTHWEST SUPERVISORY UNION Board of Directors’ Meetings The following schedule of the Board of School Directors’ meetings is announced for the month of March, 2016.

Thursday, March 10 6:30 p.m. Ferrisburgh Central School Board Regular monthly meeting in the Art Room Monday, March 14 3:30 p.m. Vergennes Union High School Board – inance ommittee at the WS ffice 6:00 p.m. Vergennes Union High School Board Regular monthly meeting at the school library Thursday, March 17 7:00 p.m. Addison Central School Board Regular monthly meeting at the school Monday, March 21 6:00 p.m. Vergennes Union Elementary School Board Regular monthly meeting at the school library Wednesday, March 23 6:00 p.m. ANWSU Board Meeting at Vergennes Union High School in the library The purpose of each meeting is to transact regular business, including a review of correspondence, reports, approval of bills, and any other business proper to be brought before said meetings, unless other ise specified. /1/2016 3/3

TOWN OF STARKSBORO NOTICE OF TAX SALE

The residents and non-resident owners, lien holders, and mortgagees of lands in the Town of Starksboro, ounty of ddison and State of Vermont, are hereby notified that a le y upon the follo ing described parcels of land has been asserted by the To n of Starksboro through its elin uent Ta ollector for ta es unpaid for the 2014 2015 ta year. ncluded ith each description is the ta bill, hich has been committed to the collector for collection as relates to the ta against each indi idual delin uent ta payer. Said lands ill be sold at public auction at the To n lerk s office in the To n of Starksboro, on pril 14, 2016 at ele en o clock in the forenoon, as shall be re uired to discharge such property ta es, ith costs and fees, unless pre iously paid. y irtue of this Ta Warrant and the ta bill committed to my Mc ormick, elin uent Ta ollector for the To n of Starksboro said elin uent Ta ollector hereby le ies against the parcels described belo . ated at ichmond, Vermont this 2nd day of March, 2016. a id M. Sunshine, ttorney for my Mc ormick, elin uent Ta ollector Town of Starksboro, Vermont DESCRIPTION OF PARCELS Parcel #1 eing all and the same lands and premises con eyed to Stark Mountain Tennis ssociation, nc. by Warranty eed of eorge . all, r., obert . all, eorge . all and ared . all dated pril 19, 19 and recorded in Volume 2 at Page 29 of the Land ecords of the To n of Starksboro. eing a parcel of land containing 2.2 acres, more or less, in the To n of Starksboro, being more particularly described as follo s eginning at a point on the easterly side of Vermont oute 1 and running easterly along the northerly edge of a dri e ay leading to the residence of eorge . all, r., appro imately 65 , more or less, to an iron pipe thence running northerly along the crest of a hill a distance of 265 , more or less, to an iron pipe thence running at right angles and proceeding in a esterly direction to the eastern edge of Vermont oute 1 to an iron pipe thence proceeding in a southerly direction and running in and along the eastern edge of Vermont oute 1 to the point or place of beginning. eing Ta Parcel o. 51 5 .

Parcel #2 eing all and the same lands and premises con eyed to Suchman amily, LL by Warranty eed ith eser ation of Life state of yman Suchman dated March 19, 2014 and recorded in Volume 10 at Page 69 of the Land ecords of the To n of Starksboro. eing a parcel of land containing .9 acres, more or less, together ith d elling house and other impro ements thereon, depicted on a sur ey entitled Property of yman Suchman Patricia iley, ddison ounty, Starksboro, Vt. Prepared by onald L. La ose, L.S., dated May 21, 19 1, and filed for record in the Starksboro Land ecords in Map Slide 24 . eing Ta Parcel o. 2 16 . /

Real Estate WALLACE REALTY EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-424-8590. For the Washington, DC area please call HUD at 426-3500.

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MIDDLEBURY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION PUBLIC NOTICE The annual meeting of the Middlebury Cemetery Association will be held at the offices of Langrock, Sperry and Wool, 111 S. Pleasant St, Middlebury, VT on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 5pm.

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OFFICE SPACE 20 ARMORY LANE, VERGENNES

2400 sq. ft. Configured as medical office but potential for other uses.

Available May 1, 2016 Contact Peter or Maja 802-388-0921

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Film, panel to raise questions about threats from Vt. dams MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College, the Vermont Natural Resources Council, and Nature Conservancy in Vermont will screen “DamNation” on Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at Dana Auditorium on the Middlebury College campus. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This award-winning film sheds new light on America’s dams and the national effort to remove so called “deadbeat” dams from the nation’s rivers.

Vermont is home to an estimated 1,200 dams, 200 of which have been identified as derelict or “deadbeat,” meaning they don’t help with flood control or produce energy or drinking water. Moreover, their continued existence in Vermont’s rivers and streams create threats to human safety, fish passage and river health.

The time has come for citizens to reflect on the legacy of dams in Vermont and the health of its watersheds to determine if they are

being managed properly. Viewers are invited for a deeper conversation after the film, with a panel that includes Rose Paul, director of Critical Lands and Conservation Science at The Nature Conservancy; Brian Fitzgerald, river ecologist at Vermont Natural Resource Council; Jeff Crocker, streamflow protection coordinator at the Agency of Natural Resources; and Amy Sheldon, natural resource planner and river scientist at Landslide Natural Resource Planning, and Middlebury representative to the Vermont Legislature.

This powerful film odyssey will capture the attention of community members, college, middle and high school students, and educators. The public is welcome to attend and learn about the issues facing Vermont’s river ecosystems.

To learn more, contact Keil Corey, Vermont Natural Resources Council, at kcorey@vnrc.org or 802-223-2328, ext. 121.

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