April 18, 2016

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 2

Middlebury, Vermont

Monday, April 18, 2016

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Two more enter Addison-4 race Animals offer service • Some dogs go above and beyond. Read their stories and see our pet photo contest winners in “Animal Families” on Pages 17-24.

Dairy farmers gain advocates

Mullin hopes to join Baser in House

Cordes touts health care experience

By JOHN FLOWERS MONKTON — Monkton Republican Valerie Mullin in 2014 got her first taste of running for office, and she’s coming back this year for a second helping.

Only this time, she’s hoping to cook up a new recipe at the polls.

Mullin was one of four candidates who vied for the two Addison-4 House seats representing Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro.

By JOHN FLOWERS LINCOLN — Mari Cordes has helped heal a lot of patients during her many years as a Registered Nurse.

The Lincoln Democrat is now writing a recovery plan for the state of Vermont that she hopes to administer as a member of the House of Representatives.

Cordes, 57, confirmed last week that she will run for one of the seats

While she finished out of the running, she garnered a very respectable 1,514 votes from residents of the four towns.

“I did not win that race, but through my campaign was able to prevent one of those incumbents from re-election,” she said, during her recent campaign kickoff, referring to former Rep. Mike Fisher, a Lincoln Democrat. “I demonstrated (See Mullin, Page 7)

in the Vermont House representing Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro. She joins a growing field of candidates in the Addison-4 district.

Her bid sets up a Democratic primary on Aug. 9 that will involve Cordes, Monkton’s Stephen Pilcher and incumbent Rep. Dave Sharpe of Bristol. The two who emerge from that race will then compete with (See Cordes, Page 38)

• Settlement of an anti-trust suit gives farmers a voice at two dairy giants. See Page 16.

Aurora students show ingenuity • Young innovators win $10,000 “makerspace” grant for their unique design. Page 15.

Star spangled MEMBERS OF THE Mount Abraham Union High School a cappella group Sweet Transitions perform the national anthem at the start of the citizen naturalization ceremony held at Beeman Elementary School in New Haven last Tuesday afternoon.

Boys’ lacrosse opens season • The Tigers started play with a pair of Division I home games. See what happened in Sports, Page 26.

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Students seek social justice on spring break

By GAEN MURPHREE MIDDLEBURY — Spring break might find thousands of American college students flocking south to sandy beaches for mindless fun. But 23 Middlebury College students traveled to Chicago on their recent spring break for an intensive and at times deeply personal examination of race, poverty, religion, social justice and the arts.

“Social justice is really important to students — racial justice, the Black Lives Matter movement, and really how to think about race and inequality in a way that engages something more than just texts and theories,” said J Finley, a post-doctoral fellow in American Studies who teaches African American studies at the college.

“This trip really gave students the opportunity

to go out and actually experience that and actually participate in that in ways that they’re never, ever going to forget,” she continued. “They’re never going to forget the places that we went.”

Sponsored by the Scott Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, this year’s Alternative Spring Break trip was in part inspired by last year’s trip (See Spring break, Page 28)

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Reaching for it MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School first-grader Madison Frost reaches for a virtual-reality shark while viewing an underwater scene with a pair of 3-D virtual-reality goggles at the school recently. Google Adventures brought the viewers and gave the entire school an opportunity to use the interactive technology.

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House panels modify marijuana legislation

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Marijuana legalization is a hot topic beyond just the Vermont Statehouse these days.

Addison County residents and local lawmakers traded thoughts on the subject during the Legislative Breakfast at the American Legion Hall in

Middlebury on Monday, April 11.

The House Judiciary Committee on April 8 voted 6-5 to gut a Senatepassed measure (S.241) that would have allowed adults to legally possess up to an ounce of recreational marijuana. The panel instead approved a bill that would create a commission

to study the eventual legalization of marijuana. It would also lower Vermont’s legal blood-alcohol content limit from the current 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent in cases where a driver has also consumed marijuana.

On Friday, a majority of House Ways and Means Committee mem-

bers voted for legislation to allow Vermonters to obtain a license to grow small amounts of marijuana for personal use.

Dave Silberman, a Middlebury attorney and supporter of legalization, noted the Judiciary Committee had (See Marijuana, Page 3)

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By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The Ilsley Public Library Board of Trustees has invited four companies to submit proposals for renovating and/or expanding the historic, 14,700-square-foot library building on Middlebury’s Main Street.

Erected in 1923, the Ilsley hosts approximately 180,000 visits each year for its books, periodicals, computers and other amenities, making it one of the busiest libraries in Vermont. Its deficiencies include inadequate space for its programming, poor accessibility for patrons, insufficient restroom facilities and poor air circula- The tion, according preliminary to a list drafted by the Library architectural Building Com- services phase will mittee.

On Feb. 1, the include committee sent schematic a request for documents qualifications to 17 architectural and cost firms — eight estimating in Vermont, one to support in New Hamp- raising shire, two in the funds from greater Albany, N.Y., area, and private, the remaining grant and/ six in Boston, or public New York and sources.

Cleveland.

Nine of the contacted firms submitted their qualifications.

On April 4, the committee discussed the nine submissions and picked four firms to be asked to submit proposals.

Three of those firms are from Vermont — Gossens Bachman of Montpelier, Northern Architects of Burlington, and Vermont Integrated Architecture of Middlebury. The fourth, Holzman Moss, is based in New York City.

The firm ultimately selected by the town of Middlebury will use the library’s 2016 Strategic Plan to assess how best to achieve its goals within the building and adjacent land owned by the library, and also determine whether the goals of the plan can be met less expensively or better by constructing a new building.

The preliminary architectural services phase will include schematic documents and cost estimating to support raising funds from private, grant and/or public sources.

Building committee members have drafted a tentative schedule calling for the release of RFP to the selected firms in early May, with proposals due by June 17. Library officials will pick the selected firm by July 1, followed by public input sessions on design process during the month of July.

A fundraising feasibility study will be conducted this October through November. A fundraising campaign would be launched this fall.

The committee’s tentative schedule calls for construction of the library project to begin during May of 2018.

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Wastewater disposal Pump fix could curb city sewer overflows rules spur controversy

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Lawmakers and local residents discussed wastewater disposal regulations during the April 11 Legislative Breakfast at the American Legion Hall in Middlebury.

Addison farmer Paul Boivin said he believes a double standard exists between the country and urban areas, when it comes to wastewater disposal systems. He said folks in rural areas with inhospitable soils have to spend $40,000 to $60,000 for a mound system.

“You can’t do anything with any lot unless you have a working septic system,” he pointed out.

But Boivin contended that faulty septic systems are given a pass in urban areas, in the interest of preserving jobs and economic development.

“I read in the paper time and time again you’ve got almost every city in Vermont has development going on,” he said. “They build more houses and they still have poop going directly into the rivers and streams. Why is it in the country, we can’t do anything with that lot when there is no ability to handle the septic, but in the cities, they are not handling the septic (properly) right now and they are still allowing more development, more creation of jobs and more pollution?”

Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven, said he believes urban areas are coming under increased scrutiny

for wastewater disposal. He noted last year’s Clean Water Act, which acknowledges the role that municipal wastewater treatment plants play in discharging phosphorous and impurities into the state’s waterways.

“We have wastewater treatment plants around the state that need upgrading,” Bray said. “The biggest challenge we have ahead of us is that significant wastewater treatment plants and storm sewer investments are really going to be needed in big cities and small.”

And Rep. Amy Sheldon, DMiddlebury, noted that the Vermont House recently passed a bill (H.674) that requires wastewater treatment plant operators to notify the Agency of Natural Resources and local health officers — within defined time limits — of combined sewer overflows, overflows from sanitary sewers and combined sewer systems, upsets or bypasses around or within the wastewater treatment facility during dry or wet weather conditions, and discharges of domestic, commercial, or industrial wastewater from the wastewater treatment facility to separate storm sewer systems.

“That is a way of bringing awareness to the issue to build interest and political will to address the very extensive problems that we do need to address,” Sheldon said.

Marijuana (Continued from Page 2) rejected a measure that would have reduced criminal penalties for possession. The bill, according to Silberman, would have reduced the current penalty for growing 25 or more pot plants, which currently stands at 15 years. That’s the same penalty that the state currently applies to manslaughter, according to Silberman.

He asked Rep. Betty Nuovo, DMiddlebury — a member of the Judiciary Committee — why she voted against the bill that proposed to reduce pot-related penalties.

“I’m struggling to understand why you might think growing 25 marijuana plants is as dangerous to our society as manslaughter,” he said to Nuovo.

Nuovo said she and her colleagues had not had enough time to review what she called “a brand new bill” that she had only seen that morning.

Nuovo has long been on the record as opposing marijuana legalization.

She referred to testimony from law enforcement and health care professionals that she said raises concerns about the impact pot use can have on traffic safety and brain development in young adults.

“I am not ready to vote for it,” she said of marijuana legislation.

The House Judiciary bill allows House and Senate conferees to negotiate new language that could still result in the legalization of recreational pot. Gov. Peter Shumlin has said he would sign such a bill.

Among other issues discussed at the breakfast was Act 46, the new school governance unification law.

It is being implemented in three area supervisory unions: Addison Central, Addison Northwest and Rutland Northeast. Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union voters this past Tuesday defeated a unification question and Addison Northeast is currently preparing for such a vote.

While the measure passed comfortably in the ACSU this past March, some residents are concerned about the upcoming transition to a single board overseeing a single education budget. Salisbury resident Heidi Willis said at last Monday’s breakfast that she’s worried that unification will become another setback for town meeting participation in her community.

Salisbury has voted on its elementary school budget from the floor at its annual meeting. Now a global Addison Central School District budget will be voted by Australian ballot.

“I feel we will lose town meeting,” Willis said.

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — A fairly simple fix to one of the two pumps at the Macdonough Drive pump station could help Vergennes solve at least some of the chronic overflow problem that has plagued its municipal sewer system, City Manager Mel Hawley told the city council at its Tuesday meeting.

Hawley said sewer workers have discovered that modern products advertised as flushable don’t always dissolve properly in the system, and those items — he called them “rags” at the meeting — tend to clog the pumps.

Thus, he said, when the system is hit with heavy rains and groundwater infiltration, which Hawley said will remain a problem to be solved, the two pumps in the Macdonough Drive station do not operate at peak efficiency.

Hawley said he and sewer workers do not know how much of the overflow problem is due to clogging, but they plan to find out by installing a new part in one of the pumps, a part that he told council members would be more “rag-friendly.”

That part is a replacement $3,700 volute, a casing that surrounds the propeller-like impeller that pushes

wastewater through a pipe under Otter Creek to the treatment plant on the opposite shore.

Hawley said the new volute should be able to handle the problematic products without clogging, and will allow city workers to find out how much pump clogging has contributed to the overflow problem. If the new part is productive, Hawley said a second one will be installed in the other pump.

The city’s sewer fund’s capital improvement line item will be tapped to pay for the new part, or parts, Hawley said. Sewer users, not taxpayers, feed the sewer fund.

Vergennes council OKs diving boards, market hours

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council heard from City Manager Mel Hawley about a plan to possibly help alleviate wastewater overflow problems (see story above) at a meeting on Tuesday, April 12.

In other business at the meeting, the council: • Agreed to make a special allocation of about $5,200 from the city’s Watershed Fund to replace the two diving boards at the Vergennes municipal pool.

• Declined to support the town of Rutland’s solar siting memorandum, which Mayor Bill Benton said has received backing from about 120 Vermont towns. Council members said they appreciated the idea of greater local control of siting of solar arrays, but not the language in the Rutland proposal. “There’s a better way to do it,” said Alderman Jeff Fritz.

Planning commission chairman Shannon Haggett also told aldermen that city planners were working on language for a city plan update on solar array siting.

• Heard from Hawley that no one had stepped forward to fill an empty seat on the Vergennes Union High School board, which will cease to exist when unification takes effect in June 2017. Alderwoman Lynn Donnelly said VUHS treasurer Greg

Burdick said he would be willing to serve if it was not a conflict of interest, and council members said they would back that appointment.

Hawley said in an email on Wednesday that his preliminary research appeared to suggest there would not be a conflict, but that officials would double-check with the Agency of Education. After the meeting, Donnelly told Hawley she would be willing to serve if Burdick could not.

• Approved the 2016 schedule on the City Green for the Vergennes Farmers’ Market. Vendors will be setting up shop from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays from June 16 through Sept. 29. Market organizers told the council they hope to have music on a regular basis, and also hope to have a community supper on Vergennes Day. • Heard from Benton and Haggett

that both they and, separately, a group of students coordinated by VUHS Assistant Principal Jay Stetzel had been evaluating city sidewalks and identifying areas in need of work.

Benton said city officials and public works head Jim Larrow would use the information to help prepare a repair and replacement plan.

• Listened to a suggestion from resident Brent Rakowski that the Vergennes pool be professionally evaluated to make sure what he called the city’s most valuable recreation asset didn’t have underlying problems.

Hawley said at the meeting city officials have been taking steps to ensure the pool is well maintained since the city assumed ownership of the facility in 2010. On Wednesday Hawley said he would, however, learn the cost of obtaining such a professional evaluation.

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Guest Editorial Meditation on death and life My friend Jim Harrison wrote to me last fall: “Nothing new here except aggressive aging that comes from working every day of the week. I don’t know what else to do. Since age 14 I’ve been a slave to language. There’s a new book about aging — ‘Travels with Epicurus.’ Penguin. Fine and discreet, elegant, truthful. With age all my opinions drift away. Who am I to say for sure? My people thought they’d see Jesus when they died. Now that we know we have 90 billion galaxies, I’m not inclined to discount anything.

How can I say what is not possible in this universe? You can disembowel reality all you want and certainties are hard to find, the towering reality being death. I don’t mind. I was never asked. On death, a tour of the 90 billion galaxies would be flattering. Yes? Our curiosity is still in the lead. Wittgenstein said that the miracle is that the world exists.”

Jim died March 26 at 78, at his desk, writing, pen in hand, in Arizona where he liked to spend the winters, having spent enough of them in Michigan, where he wrote “Legends of the Fall” and most of the rest of his 21 volumes of fiction and 14 of poetry, in a cabin in the woods. A prodigious output, but not so remarkable for a man who sat down to work every day, all the more as he got older. He kept a radio in his cabin and that’s how we met: I was on the radio. He told me this when we met backstage at a theater in San Francisco, a battered old one-eyed man, stiff in his legs from years of hiking rough trails, who spoke like you’d want a poet to talk, very free, allusive, big leaps, big-hearted. Once, a women’s quartet sang “Shall We Gather at the River (That Flows by the Throne of God)?” on the show and he was moved to write a poem (“They say it runs by the throne of God. / This is where God invented fish.”) in which he said that maybe nothing happens after death, but if so, we won’t know it. But maybe something does: Maybe we’ll be cast at the speed of light through the universe to God’s throne. His hair is bounteous.

We’ll sing with the warblers perched on his eyelashes.

The obituaries emphasized the he-manly pursuits of hunting, boozing, heroic feats of gourmandizing, the love of women, which Jim wouldn’t have minded, but I only knew him as an old man, when those exploits were memories and he was looking ahead to death.

“With age all my opinions drift away.” I think I know the feeling. I grew up among devout believers, as Jim did, surrounded by apocalyptic certainty about What Was Yet To Come, which is a fine thing to have had in your youth. It protects you from developing militant certainty in adulthood when it could be monstrous. You are free to live your life broadly, against expectations, discarding your own biases, taking short views, living in gratitude for the miracles around you.

Crowds of the faithful attend the candidates for president, enjoying the high of certainty. Europe is riveted by the awareness that, at any moment, as a crowd hangs out in a public square, taking the sun, eating lunch, listening to the bands play, strangers equipped with powerful certainty could blow them up. The patriots who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for 41 days turn out to be middle-aged adolescents whose idea of liberty was doing damage to property. Their leader sits in jail in Portland, certain that he was doing God’s will.

I wish you well, old man, as you fly around the galaxies. I imagine God will keep you busy naming them. Name one Michigan, and another Montana, and another Arizona, for the states you loved, and also your daughters and grandchildren, and Cotes du Rhone, and Malpeque, and Stolichnaya, and Linda, and Joyce, the dogs, the birds — a billion or so should give you room to cover just about everything you loved.

Here’s to old Harrison — Jim, Who imagined the Lord as a limb, Nothing fearful or horribler But a place where a warbler Would perch and perchance sing a hymn.

— Garrison Keillor is the host of “A Prairie Home Companion.”

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Reading is fun WEYBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL student Narges Anzali, center, and Mary Hogan Elementary School student Vivian Ross get excited about a question posed of them at the annual Dorothy Canfield Fisher Challenge held at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury. The students had to answer questions about the 30 books nominated for this year’s DCF Book Award.

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Letters to the Editor Citizenship oath does not speak of caring, community Yesterday I went to a naturalization ceremony at Beeman Elementary School in New Haven. It was, on the whole, a heartwarming and inspiring experience. Thirty-one people from all over the world becoming U.S. citizens. The teachers, students, staff and administration at Beeman, the music director and singers from Mount Abraham Union High School, the Girl Scouts, and members of the Bristol band, as well as Honorable Colleen A. Brown worked together to put on a creative, professional and welcoming ceremony. I felt proud to be a part of the community.

In stark contrast to all of this is the content of the Oath of Allegiance those becoming citizens were asked to recite. It speaks only of completely renouncing any loyal-

ty to country of origin (is this really possible?); and being willing to bear arms, perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces, and “perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by law.” Nowhere is there any mention of developing love of this country and the people in it, playing a role in and making a commitment to community, working hard to make the U.S. a better place, helping the children and the elderly and the vulnerable in the community, being creative and always growing, not making assumptions and not taking things personally. …

I could go on and on.

What does it mean to be an American citizen? Is it to reach out to others and be as open and caring as possible, or is it to spend

our time being sure we isolate ourselves, shut others out, let fear govern us? True strength comes through communicating, reaching out, caring, having the confidence to be open to other people and ideas.

For those interested, here is the Oath of Allegiance: “I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state of sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; That I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of American against all enemies, foreign and domestic; That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; That I will bear (See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, April 18, 2016 — PAGE 5

Reforms, taxes and Uncle Milton Somewhere in everybody’s fam- dents, grades seven through 12, and ily tree is an Uncle Milton. Always are funded out of local budgets. smiling and backslapping, he treats • Demonstration of proficieneveryone like his favorite nephew, cy. While established in earlier statand no wish is too much for his ute, the new demonstration process generosity. Enjoying the flattery, is required by 2020. This costs a he takes the family out for din- great deal of staff time at the state ner. It has happened and local levels. too many times to be a • State qualcoincidence but when ity monitoring is rethe check comes, he’s quired by law, review always gone to the reof independent schools stroom. rules is overdue, and My cousin Ralph the shadow of new said he should run for federal law hangs over the Legislature. He is our heads. always in favor of a After enacting this good cause but never impressive array of wants to pay for it. This laudable laws, what way, he glories in the does the Legislature credit he gets for supdo to support the exporting popular ideas peditious and fruitful but suffers none of the accomplishment of criticism for having to these laws? Pulling a This week’s raise the taxes to pay page from Uncle Milwriter is William J. for it. ton, they express their Mathis, managing Welcome to the condismay at the rising director of the flicting incentives of uncontrolled costs National Education the legislative process. of education, put a Policy Center and And so it is in eduspending penalty on a member of the cation. It is a strange local districts for their Vermont State Board paradox that we enjoy profligate spending, of Education. the best staffing ratios and head for the restin the country and are room. high spenders at the local level but Yet, as a percent of state gross the state agency is starved to the product, Vermont school costs have point it cannot properly administer been stable since the 1990s, says the array of good and laudable pro- the Public Assets Institute. Budgets grams. for next year increase 1.5 percent Let’s look at the major new pro- even though health insurance ingrams added in the past few years: creased a whopping 7.9 percent.

• The consolidation or gover- So where do the costs for the new nance law (Act 46) draws down programs come from? They are considerable local and state plan- pushed on to the property tax. ning resources. Planning grants are Reflecting a sound research base, available but these come out of the all of these are good and wortheducation fund. What that means is while programs. And it doesn’t take you pay for your own grant. much clairvoyance to see increas• The preschool law (Act 166), ing demands in the future. The lack which is our wisest investment but of well-paying jobs leads to human costs $3,000 per child.

• The “dual enrollment” law (Act 77) pays tuition to 2,217 high school students who take college courses. A boon to our starved higher education system, the cost of this program is out of local school funds and the state education fund.

However, the local high school has AT 51 MA I N to continue to offer a full range of courses while simultaneously paying college tuition. $6 • Personalized learning plans (Act 77) are required for all stuBURGERS!

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services crises, opioid use should scare us all and the economic bifurcation of our society will only make the achievement gap grow larger.

Meanwhile, the general assembly continues to dally with new programs. School discipline, a cloud of bills on school choice, special education funding, career education, data-based decision making, licensing, radon testing and nutrition. So the danger is that with the new mandated programs and inadequate support, it threatens high quality and effective implementation.

Instead of further jamming the system, there are a number of refinements, tweaks and adjustments to existing laws that need to be fixed. Of paramount concern is that the dual enrollment and preschool programs were designed with inherently regressive features. While enhancing college and preschool opportunities are among the best places for investment, both programs bestow disproportionate advantages on the more affluent, which can cause our achievement and opportunity gaps to grow wider. This raises both legal and ethical questions.

Uncle Milton is beloved by all the family but he has to either quit ordering the lobster or put his hand in his pocket. For our state government if we spread our limited resources over too great an area, we risk broad failure of many of our finest programs. Before we go out to dinner, we have to know whether the dinner is nutritious and a good value, and whether we have money in our pocket when the check comes. If the reform has promise and we determine it is cost-effective, we must raise the revenue. We can’t stiff the family.

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Letter (Continued from Page 4) arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; That I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; That I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; And that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion: So help me God.” Deborah Young New Haven

Letters to the Editor Use of RoundUp threatens health Last week I received in the mail some True Value Reward coupons that I could redeem at my local hardware store. I cut out the RoundUp coupon and mailed it back to the hardware store. I requested that the hardware store take RoundUp off its shelves, along with any other herbicide containing glyphosate.

In March 2015, the United Nations’ World Health Organization stated that glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans.” I told the hardware store to stop taking chances with our health.

In March 2016, “The Netherlands and Sweden have joined France in coming out strongly against the re-licensing of glyphosate-based herbicides in Europe. Nearly 1.5 million people have petitioned the European Union’s health commissioner for a ban on glyphosate.

The Swedish environment minister said, ‘We won’t take risks with glyphosate and we don’t think that the analysis done so far is good enough’” (Sustainable Pulse, March 5, 2016). “France is banning glyphosate mixed with additives due to its perceived risks to human health. France’s minister of ecology called for the ban” (ecowatch.com, April 8, 2016).

Who is concerned about my health, here in the United States?

Some countries in our world are concerned about the way the pesticide is being tested. “Chronic tests on pesticides may not reflect relevant environmental exposures if only one ingredient of these mixtures is tested alone” (Biomedical Research International).

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“The United States Geological Survey has found RoundUp in our air, rain, streams and surface water and our food” (Ground Truth, Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, April 16, 2015).

I have noticed that there is a caution printed on the packaging of RoundUp. “Caution: Keep out of reach of children.” If only it read, “Keep out of reach of all humans.” I wish each human being who wants to use RoundUp will decide to find an alternative to using poisons to get rid of “weeds.”

I rather kneel and get my knees dirty. Then while I am down there connecting with the earth, I can pay due honor to this precious activity. And by the way, vinegar works wonders.

Consider investing in your local organic farm, instead of Monsanto.

Patricia Heather-Lea Bristol

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and its outcomes, I think many won- education spending. It’s illuminatder why the field as a whole can’t ing to just step back and marvel at get it together to build upon success the considerable political and marand move forward with singular vi- ket pressures on our schools to gain sion to provide the types greater clarity on the of learning experiences change process and the that will prepare students challenges of stable edufor whatever they choose cational growth. to do in their lives.

There are many in the When you look uncountry who are proposder the hood and get a ing that we “start over,” sense of the dynamics at that we completely replay within our schools, design our schools from it becomes increasingly the ground up to make clear why it’s hard for learning more relevant us to sustain a common to students in 2016. direction and build on If you look across the our foundations. Perhaps country, you will see the most significantly, school development of many legislation and oversight charter schools, which is highly complex. Our now make up roughly 7 federal government is in percent of the U.S. puba constant struggle with by Peter Burrows lic education system, states for control over promising to provide decision making, creata new approach that ing deep divides in the design and will shift and move more quickly implementation of educational sys- than public education can. There is tems. Further, the question is not debate throughout American comsimply state vs. federal control, as munities about whether the charter we also work within county control, movement is closing or increasing district, building and classroom. the achievement gap.

What was once a fairly autonomous I believe we can maintain flexprofession, where teachers would be ibility within public education and given a classroom and grade levels, change to create more personalhas transformed into a highly com- ized, meaningful and engaging plex system with roughly $1.3 tril- learning environments. It is our lion annually in public and private charge as a public institution to

MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, April 19 5:30 a.m. Lifelines 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, Legislative Breakfast 4 p.m. Rights and Democracy (RaD) Gubernatorial Candidates Panel 6 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs Wednesday, April 20 5:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9:30 a.m. Eckankar 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 2:10 p.m. RaD Gubernatorial Candidates Panel 4 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Selectboard 10 p.m. Eckankar 10:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast Thursday, April 21 4:30 a.m. Public Affairs 9 a.m. Eckankar 9:30 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 10 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10:35 a.m. Legislative Breakfast Noon Selectboard, Public Affairs 5 p.m. Eckankar 5:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. RaD Gubernatorial Candidates Panel Friday, April 22 5 a.m. Public Affairs 7:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 9 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 9:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10 a.m. Selectboard, 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. Lifelines 9:30 p.m. RaD Gubernatorial Candidates Panel Saturday, April 23 4:50 a.m. RaD Gubernatorial Candidates Panel 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, 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 8:30 p.m. RaD Gubernatorial Candidates Panel Sunday, April 24 5 a.m. Public Affairs 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 12:30 p.m. Public Affairs 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. Legislative Breakfast, Public Affairs Monday, April 25 5 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 7:30 a.m. RaD Gubernatorial Candidates Panel 9:30 a.m. Lifelines 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Congregational Church Service 5:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6:30 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. RaD Gubernatorial Candidates Panel 10:30 p.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace METV Channel 16 Tuesday, April 19 5 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 5:33 a.m. Poets 6:30 a.m. Yoga

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prepare our students to be engaged, committed citizens who can play their part in creating a community that fosters respect, compassion and social justice for all. In order to do this, however, we must come to terms with the incredible number of moving parts within education, and design systems that we can build on, that can adapt and not become so prescriptive or fragmented that we spend most of our time moving among reform ideas and political pressures.

As a state with the smallest student population in the union, we have the right scale to be thoughtful about our direction, to engage in critical dialogue about our vision, and to build a foundation that protects us from both the federal and market pressures that create such schisms in public education. To get there, we need to work harder to forge stronger collaborative systems, from the Legislature all the way down to the classroom. We need to stop designing educational change in isolated silos, which only creates more confusion and does not lead to the type of sustainable, powerful change that our students deserve.

Peter Burrows, D.Ed., is superintendent of the Addison Central Supervisory Union and has more than two decades of experience in education.

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7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 a.m. School Board Meetings 4 p.m. The Story Matters 4:30 p.m. Growing Bright Futures 5 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 6 p.m. Julius Caesar 7:30 p.m. Growing Bright Futures 8 p.m. Woodin Colloquium 9 p.m. At the Ilsley 11:30 p.m. Vermont Board of Education Wednesday, April 20 4:50 a.m. First Wednesday 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Growing Bright Futures 7:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 8 a.m. At the Ilsley 11 a.m. The Story Matters 11:30 a.m. Vermont Board of Education 4 p.m. Growing Bright Futures 4:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 5:30 p.m. DCF Challenge 7 p.m. First Wednesday Thursday, April 21 5 a.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 a.m. The Story Matters 8 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 8:30 a.m. First Wednesday 11 a.m. School Board Meetings 4:30 p.m. Growing Bright Futures 5 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 5:30 p.m. First Wednesday 8 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 8:30 p.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro Friday, April 22 5:30 a.m. Poets (55 and Older) 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Growing Bright Futures 7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 8:30 a.m. UD-3 Board 11 a.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro 12:15 p.m. Poets 3 p.m. ACSU Board 5:30 p.m. The Story Matters 6 p.m. Yoga 6:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone

7 p.m. DCF Challenge 8:30 p.m. First Wednesday Saturday, April 23 4:45 a.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro 6 a.m. Yoga 6:20 a.m. Bulletin Board 6:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 7 a.m. ACSU Board 9 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 10 a.m. Growing Bright Futures 10:30 a.m. UD-3 Board 3 p.m. Poets 4:30 p.m. DCF Challenge 6 p.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro 7:30 p.m. Jim Callahan: The Demise of the Common Core 8 p.m. First Wednesday Sunday, April 24 4:45 a.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro 6 a.m. Poets 7:10 a.m. Yoga 7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. ACSU Board 10 a.m. First Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Growing Bright Futures Noon Poets 1:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 2 p.m. Julius Caesar 3 p.m. DCF Challenge 5:30 p.m. Chronique Francophone 6 p.m. Growing Bright Futures 7 p.m. Julius Caesar 8 p.m. The Story Matters 8:30 p.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro Monday, April 25 4:45 a.m. Hiking Kilimanjaro 6 a.m. Poets 7 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 7:30 a.m. UD-3 Board 9 a.m. Chronique Francophone 9:30 a.m. Yoga 10 a.m. ACSU Board Noon Growing Brighter Futures 12:30 p.m. Woodin Colloquium 1 p.m. Vermont Board of Education 5:30 p.m. DCF Challenge 7 p.m. ID-4 Board

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Mullin (Continued from Page 7) to enough of you how the members of the majority have failed to represent us.”

Now with better name recognition and a fellow Republican (Rep. Fred Baser of Bristol) occupying one of the two seats in what had been a Democratic stronghold for more than a decade, Mullin is optimistic about her chances of emerging victorious in the general election this November.

Meanwhile, an Aug. 9 primary will be needed to narrow down to two the three Democrats currently in the race: Rep. Dave Sharpe of Bristol, Monkton’s Stephen Pilcher, and Lincoln’s Mari Cordes (see related story).

Major party candidates have unVALERIE MULLIN, A Monkton til 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, to file their nomination petitions to get Republican who lost a bid for the Vermont House in 2014, still beon the ballot. So we could see more lieves she has something to conDemocratic and Republican candi- tribute at the Statehouse and is dates emerge in Addison-4 during running again this year. the weeks to come.

Mullin, 57, is a small-business owner, sixth-generation Vermonter proposal to hike property taxes, inand Mount Abraham Union High come taxes or fees.

Mullin recalled visiting an elderly School graduate. She resides in Monkton with her husband and son. Bristol woman while campaigning She has mentored other women in in her district in 2014. She was in entrepreneurship and financial in- the process of borrowing against her dependence. Her husband, Rob, is life insurance policy to raise enough a career firefighter, retired National money to pay her tax bills, according Guard member and Monkton first to Mullin.

“She said ‘I hoped I would have responder.

She previously co-owned and op- enough money to leave my children erated “Needleworks and Crafts,” to bury me, and now (the state) has it a craft supply store in Charlotte, an all,’” Mullin said.

“It haunts me. I’m afraid to knock enterprise that was eventually expanded to locations in downtown on her door this year to find out what happened to her. That’s Burlington and Ticondtwo more years of taxeroga, N.Y. “I feel really es, and she only had She now has set her enough to pay that one sights back on Montpe- bad for the year.” people of lier.

While Act 68, the “When I didn’t win Vermont who state’s education fund(in 2014), I didn’t take are struggling ing law, has income it personally, but I felt sensitivity provisions I was letting (my sup- financially to lessen the property porters) down,” Mul- and in worse tax blow for low-inlin said. “I feel really condition come residents, Mullin bad for the people of is concerned that many Vermont who are strug- now because seniors are still “getgling financially and in of what worse condition now Montpelier has ting chased out because of the financial impact because of what Mont- continued to of the taxes and the tax pelier has continued to do.” structure that Montpedo.”

— Valerie Mullin lier has enacted year A number of factors after year.” weighed into Mullin’s Mullin also weighed decision to run again.

First, she does not believe the in on Act 46, an issue that has surDemocratic majority in the Legis- faced since her 2014 campaign. Act lature followed through with a post- 46 calls for supervisory unions to 2014 election vow to pay heed to the consolidate their school governance message voters sent about the tax into a single board overseeing a single education budget. Lawmakburden on Vermonters.

“It’s gotten worse,” Mullin said, ers believe the move will encourage pointing to legislative actions this the sharing of school resources and past biennium that have resulted contain tax increases during this pein such actions as a 4.8 percent in- riod of declining student enrollment crease in the fiscal year 2017 budget in Vermont.

It is a premise that Mullin supand a $300 million investment in a Vermont Health Connect insurance ports, but she doesn’t think Act exchange that has been plagued by 46 will deliver on its promises.

And while Mullin’s local Addison technical glitches.

Mullin pledged that if elected, she Northeast Supervisory Union is wouldn’t vote to increase the state preparing for an Act 46 vote, she budget beyond the state’s rate of was candid in her criticism of the economic growth, and to reject any law, which she noted reduces school

Monkton choice in the Green Mountain State.

She believes a major reduction in school choice would limit parents’ options in choosing curricula for their kids with special needs, and also believes some schools will be financially hurt by the loss of tuition revenues.

She asserted that smaller towns would lose their influence as part of larger school districts.

“Decisions in Vermont are best made at the local level,” Mullin said.

“Act 46 is a top-down approach that goes against this principle.”

Instead of pursuing Act 46, Mullin said, the state should trim some administrative positions from what she believes is a “top-heavy” education system.

During her interview with the Independent, Mullin also shared her views on: • The siting of renewable energy projects.

The Vermont Public Service Board is currently the arbiter on green energy applications.

“I believe solar siting should be a town issue, not a state issue,” Mullin said, adding she does not agree with bill S.230 recently passed by the Vermont Senate. That bill would give a bigger say on renewable energy project applications to communities that craft town plans with energy priorities that are compatible with the state’s.

• Marijuana legalization.

“I believe in decriminalization,” she said, but “unless there is a test for drugged driving, (legalization) should not be an issue.”

In the meantime, Mullin believes Vermont should closely monitor and learn from other states like Colorado that have already legalized pot.

• Health care.

Mullin believes Vermont should not try to establish its own singlepayer health care system, given its current budget quandaries. She added the state should get rid of Vermont Health Connect electronic exchange — which she called “a broken system” — and instead join the federal health care exchange, something she said neighboring New Hampshire did at a lower cost and with great success.

“We need to learn from other states, rather than spending good money after bad,” Mullin said.

She added she’s concerned with financial shortfalls in the Medicaid program that are having a dramatic impact on health care organizations, taxpayers and physicians.

Mullin said Vermont could reduce health care costs by creating more competition among health insurance vendors. She would also like to see Vermonters granted permission to purchase health insurance across state lines.

She vowed to do a lot of door-todoor campaigning, just as she did in 2014.

“All I know how to do is work hard,” Mullin said. “I am a driven person.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

NEWS

MONKTON — For vacation week, the Russell Memorial Library will be having “Crafternoons” on Tuesday and Thursday — that’s April 19 and 21 — from 3 to 5 p.m.

Mini books will be the craft. A series of little book designs will be created using new and recycled materials.

Materials for blank books and some with text will be available. This activity is recommended for children in grades four and older, but younger children are welcome to attend with an adult helper.

Story Hour will be held on Friday, April 22, from 10 to 11 a.m. The librarians will host the story hours twice a month. The hour features a story, song and a simple craft. All

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are welcome. For more information call 453-4471.

The Monkton Ridge Cemetery Association would like to invite you to attend their meeting on Sunday, April 24, at 2 p.m. at the Monkton Friends Methodist Church in Monkton Ridge. The association would like to see some of the younger generation become interested in preserving our town’s cemeteries. Come see what it’s all about. All are welcome.

For more information call 453-4527.

The East Monkton Cemetery Association will have a meeting at Monkton Friends Methodist Church on Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. Any interested persons are invited to attend that meeting also.

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MONDAY Republican Town Committee Caucus in Bristol. Monday, April 18, 7 p.m., Howden Hall.

TUESDAY

Free foot care/blood pressure clinic in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 19, 10 a.m.-noon, Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Road. Bring your own basin and towel. Offered by ACHHH. Senior luncheon and presentation in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 19, 11 a.m., Middlebury Rec Center. At 11:15 a.m., Michael Bright will give a free introduction to physical mindfulness training. A CVAA-sponsored meal follows at noon, featuring roast pork with sauce and stuffing, oven browns, broccoli slaw, dinner roll, coconut cream pie and coffee. Suggested donation $4. Reservations required: 1-800-6425119, ext. 1070. Free transportation with ACTR: 802-388-1946.

“Toy Hacking” workshop in Orwell. Tuesday, April 19, 3 p.m., Orwell Free Library. Learn how circuits work by taking apart used electronic toys.

Experiment with circuit bending and reverse engineering to reimagine and reinvent these toys with materials on hand. For kids ages 6 and up, but interested adults are welcome to participate too. Info: 948-2041.

Talk on Enigma machine at Middlebury College.

Tuesday, April 19, 3:15 p.m., Warner Hall, Room 208. Tom Perera, one of the world’s leading experts on cipher devices, will talk about the German Enigma cipher machine as seen in the movie “The Imitation Game.” Free. Info: 443-5559 or molinick@middlebury.edu.

“Build a MeArm Robot Arm” workshop in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 19, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Ilsley Library. Learn how to assemble an opensource robot arm. Open to kids and adults (kids younger than 13 must be accompanied by an adult). Register at the adult circulation desk. Info: 388-4095.

“Kendo: The Way of the Sword” demonstration at Middlebury College. Tuesday, April 19, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Kendo is the art of Japanese fencing. Demonstrated by members of Boston Kendo Kyokai and Boston Shufukai. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

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Blood drive at Middlebury College.

Wednesday, April 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., McCullough Hall. Appointments at redcrossblood.org or 1-800-733-2767.

Gallery talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 20, noon, Sheldon Museum. Museum Executive Director Bill Brooks talks about the exhibit “The Curious Cousins of Vermont Outsider Artist Gayleen Aiken.” Exhibit runs through May 21. Talk is free with museum admission. Info: 802-3882117 or www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Spring Street Poets in New Haven. Wednesday, April 20, 7 p.m., New Haven Community Library.

The poets share their work: Insightful, poetic, delightful and frequently amusing. Free. Building is accessible. Info: 453-4015.

Blues jam in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 20, 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.

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Public forum on Vermont’s economic future at Middlebury College. Thursday, April 21, 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Kirk Alumni Center. Part of a statewide discussion series regarding the future of Vermont with a goal of enhancing and sustaining a robust and growing economy. The Vermont Futures Project is about balancing three components: the economy, the environment and the social safety net. Free but RSVPs requested at http://addisoncountyedc.org/register/856.

Poetry reading in Middlebury. Thursday, April 21, 1 p.m., Ilsley Library. As part of the library’s National Poetry Month Reading Series, Aneleisa Gladding-Hinton and Bianca Stone will read.

Info: 388-4095. Gladding-Hinton is a Middlebury College senior and daughter of poet/translators Jody Gladding and David Hinton. Stone is the granddaughter of Ruth Stone.

Art history lecture at Middlebury College.

Thursday, April 21, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125. Amanda Bock of the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents “Paul Strand’s Problem of Likeness, or, Notes Toward

‘Africa through Film’ NADIA SASSO, A Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker and digital storyteller, will give the keynote lecture for the 2016 Amka Conference at Middlebury College on Saturday, April 23. This year’s conference, with the theme “Africa through Film,” includes a screening of Sasso’s documentary “Am I: The Film.” a Theory of Portraiture.” Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Hospice Volunteer Services annual meeting and program in Middlebury. Thursday, April 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Ilsley Library. Guest speaker Pamela McPherson will read poems from her new collection, “Vigil: The Poetry of Presence.”

Info: 388-4111.

Gloria Vicente talk on Guatemala in Cornwall.

Thursday, April 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cornwall Church. Vicente talks about her work with two groups that work with indigenous groups and foster peace, justice and reconciliation amidst the political and cultural conflicts in Guatemala.

Dessert served.

“Seminar” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, April 21, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. In this provocative comedy drama, recently a Broadway hit, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with an unorthodox international literary figure and learn what it takes to be an artist in the literary landscape today. Not suitable for children. Tickets $22, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org. Student rush at the door: $12. Also on April 22 and 23.

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Rising country star SINGER, SONGWRITER AND guitarist Tim Brick plays at 51 Main in Middlebury on Saturday, April 23, at 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Green Mountain Club hike in Orwell. Friday, April 22, time TBA. The Bread Loaf Section will lead a hike at Mt. Independence. Up to 6 miles of easy trails with Lake Champlain views and, weather permitting, Revolutionary War ruins of barracks. Wear layered clothes, hiking poles, water, snack and/ or lunch. Dog-friendly hike. Contact leader Jill Vickers at jvickers@gmavt.net or 802-759-3227 for meeting time. More info: www.gmcbreadloaf. org.

Fill-a-bag clothing giveaway in Middlebury.

Friday, April 22, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Caring Hearts Pregnancy Center, 52 Merchants Row, Suite B. Caring Hearts Pregnancy Center offers free used boys’ and girls’ clothing in sizes infant5T and maternity clothes. Donations of gently used, freshly laundered, stain-free clothes welcome. Info: information@caringheartspc.org or 802-388-7272.

“Off the Wall: Informal Discussions About Art” talk at Middlebury College. Friday, April 22, 12:15 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125 and museum. Curatorial intern Madison Hampton presents “Look, Don’t Touch: How Aspen Defies What We’ve Come to Expect as the ‘Art Experience.’” Further conversation over light lunch in the lobby. Suggested lunch donation $5; free to college ID holders. Info: www.

middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Table of Grace free meal in Vergennes.

Friday, April 22, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational Church. Meals are held the fourth Friday of the month. This month’s menu: roast pork, potatoes, applesauce, vegetable and dessert.

Sister-to-Sister STEM event at Middlebury College. Friday, April 22, 7-9 p.m., Chellis House.

All Addison County middle-school girls are invited to a science show with female Middlebury College students. Interactive chemistry demonstration, snacks and good company. RSVP to khanta@ middlebury.edu or 802-443-5937.

“Seminar” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, April 22, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. In this provocative comedy drama, recently a Broadway hit, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with an unorthodox international literary figure and learn what it takes to be an artist in the literary landscape today. Not suitable for children. Tickets $22, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org. Student rush at the door: $12. Also on April 23.

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Ladies’ Union Spring Sale in New Haven. Saturday, April 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. Food table, attic treasures, Rada ware, books, plants, kitchen items, toys, puzzles, furniture, linens, crafts materials and more. No clothing.

Indoor flea market and bake sale in Vergennes.

Saturday, April 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Bargains galore and more. Info: 877-2367.

“E-textiles” workshop in Orwell. Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.-noon, Orwell Free Library. Explore the emerging field of e-textiles with Susan Breen.

Sew LEDs into fabric and build simple circuits using conducive thread. Learn basic circuit design and explore the aesthetics of circuits in wearables. Info: 948-2041.

Spring into Art festival in Bristol. Saturday, April 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., downtown Bristol.

Participating businesses in Bristol will celebrate spring in creative and artful ways. Open studios, art activities and more. At Art Sight Studios and Galleries: “meet the artists” tea at 10 a.m., Celtic harp concert with Bo Price at noon, writers’ openmike poetry reading at 2 p.m.

Rokeby Museum volunteer orientation in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m., Rokeby Museum. People interested in becoming volunteers at the historic Robinson homestead for the May-October season are invited to come take a

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Amka Conference at Middlebury College.

Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Bicentennial Hall and Dana Auditorium. Umoja, Middlebury College’s African student organization, presents its annual conference. This year’s theme: “Africa Through Film.” Keynote speaker: Nadia Sasso, a Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker and digital storyteller.

Blood drive in Middlebury. Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. Appointments at redcrossblood.org or 1-800-733-2767.

“Hansel and Gretel” on stage in Middlebury.

Saturday, April 23, 2 p.m., Middlebury Union High School auditorium. Bald Mountain Theater presents an original, fast, funny and moving adaptation of the folk classic. Part of a regional tour. Tickets $12 adults, $8 children under 16.

Suitable for ages 6 and up. Tickets available at baldmountaintheater.org or at the door.

“Seminar” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 23, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. In this provocative comedy drama, recently a Broadway hit, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with an unorthodox international literary figure and learn what it takes to be an artist in the literary landscape today. Not suitable for children. Tickets $22, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org.

Student rush at the door: $12.

“The Lego Movie” in Middlebury. Saturday, April 23, 2-4 p.m., Counseling Service of Addison County. Free screening in honor of Autism Awareness Month. Free popcorn and juice boxes, as well as fine and gross motor toys to play with in the back of the room. Info: Info: 388-0302, ext. 404.

“Closed Curtain” screening at Middlebury College. Saturday, April 23, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium. An Iranian screenwriter hides from the world in a secluded beach house. His tranquility is shattered one night by a young woman running from the law. Come dawn, another unexpected presence will change everything. In Persian with English subtitles. Free. Info: www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

“Hansel and Gretel” on stage in Middlebury.

Saturday, April 23, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School auditorium. Bald Mountain Theater presents an original, fast, funny and moving adaptation of the folk classic. Part of a regional tour. Tickets $12 adults, $8 children under 16.

Suitable for ages 6 and up. Tickets available at baldmountaintheater.org or at the door.

“Seminar” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 23, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. In this provocative comedy drama, recently a Broadway hit, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with an unorthodox international literary figure and learn what it takes to be an artist in the literary landscape today. Not suitable for children. Tickets $22, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org.

Student rush at the door: $12.

Rupert Wates in concert in Brandon. Saturday, April 23, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Wates performs his eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/ folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret.

Includes several songs from his upcoming album “Colorado Mornings.” Tickets $20. Reservations recommended at 802-247-4295 or info@brandon.music.net.

Miles Donahue in concert at Middlebury College.

Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Affiliate Artist Miles Donahue, playing saxophone and trumpet, leads an all-star lineup in a concert titled “A Vermont Jazz Experience.”

With Sal Difusco, Tim Ray, John Lockwood and Larry Finn. Free.

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Spring wildflower walk in Orwell.

Sunday, April 24, 1 p.m., Mount Independence State Historic Site. Amy Olmsted, a nursery professional for more than 20 years, will teach participants how and where to look for early wildflowers, will identify them by common and Latin names, and will discuss their habitat. Admission is $5 adults, free for children.

Info: 802-759-2412.

Ladies’ Night Out women’s chorus spring

concert in Middlebury. Sunday, April 24, 3 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society.

The chorus, made up of women from all over western central Vermont, presents its spring program, “Poetry in Motion.” Suggested donation $10, $5 seniors and students. Info: 802-342-8348 or lucytune@sover.net.

Spring celebration in Bristol. Sunday, April 24, 3:30-5 p.m., Norton Brook Reservoir, the Waterworks Property. Come celebrate the arrival of spring with food, music, poetry, campfire and a bit of dancing around the maypole. Bring a dish to share and pruners, if available, to help clear around the maypole. Info: www.familyforests.org or 453-7728.

Poetry readings in Middlebury. Sunday, April 24, 4:30 p.m., Middlebury Inn. Local poets Gary Margolis and Nancy Means Wright each read from their new collections. Info: 388-2061.

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Blood drive in Brandon. Monday, April 25, noon-5 p.m., Brandon American Legion. Appointments at redcrossblood.org or 1-800-733-2767.

“On a Queer, Feminist, Socially Engaged Painting Practice” talk at Middlebury College.

Monday, April 25, 4:30-5:45 p.m., 78 Chateau Road. Clarity Haynes, a New York-based painter who creates large-scale portraits of women, trans and gender-nonconforming people, speaks.

YouTube screening of “intersectional” webbased productions at Middlebury College.

Monday, April 25, 7-9 p.m., Crossroads Café.

Part of the 2016 Gensler Family Symposium on Feminism in a Global Context, “#IntersectionalTV: Mediating Race, Gender and Sexuality.”

Symposium runs April 25-29. Info: http://sites. middlebury.edu/gensler2016/2016/03/21/ welcome.

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“Books for Lunch” discussion in Orwell. Tuesday, April 26, noon, Orwell Free Library. Bring a lunch and come to discuss “H Is for Hawk,” by Helen MacDonald.

Drinks provided. Info: 948-2041.

Milk & Honey Quilters Guild meeting in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 26, 6 p.m., American Legion. Beverly Desforges leads a string quilting workshop. Pattern and supply list will be emailed in advance. Bring your sewing machine and basic sewing supplies. Show-and-tell. Free to members, $15 to others. Info: 453-3954.

Movie night for adults in Lincoln. Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Library. Movie and popcorn.

Call the library at 453-2665 for the movie title.

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Gallery talk in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 27, noon, Sheldon Museum. Vermont wood historian, educator and self-taught artist Chuck Herrmann will talk about the Sheldon’s exhibit “Out of the Forest: Woodcarvings by Chuck Herrmann.” Free with museum admission. Also on May 18. Info: 802-388-2117 or www.henrysheldonmuseum. org.

Homeschool group meeting in Lincoln.

Wednesday, April 27, 1-2 p.m., Lincoln Library.

The group will continue its study of weather and wind by making pinwheels. Info: 453-2665.

StoryMatters meeting in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 27, 4-5:15 p.m., Ilsley Library. Come listen to and share stories on the prompt “Discover.” Info: lar17g@comcast.net.

Curating Islamic art discussion at Middlebury College. Wednesday, April 27, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 125.Islamic art historian and museum curator Leslee Michelsen discusses the changing role that contemporary museums play in curating and interpreting Islamic art amidst the socio-political realities of the 21st century. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

CCV information session in Middlebury.

Wednesday, April 27, 5 p.m., 10 Merchants Row, second floor. Free session for prospective

Teamwork MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENT Lydia Waldo and middle-school student Gwen Troumbley work on a science project at a past Sister-to-Sister event. STS, which brings together college women and middle-school-age girls, will offer a STEM science show — complete with interactive chemistry demonstration — on Friday, April 22, from 7-9 p.m., at Chellis House. students and parents. Info: 802-388-3032 or jennifer.stefani@ccv.edu.

Computer Help Hour in Lincoln. Wednesday, April 27, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Lincoln Library. Email or call to sign up for a time and to tell us the topic you need help with: lincolnlibraryvt@gmail.com or 453-2665.

“Enlightened and Embedded Feminism: Where Are We Now?” lecture at Middlebury College.

Wednesday, April 27, 7-9 p.m., Dana Auditorium.

University of Michigan Professor Susan Douglas gives the keynote at the 2016 Gensler Symposium, “#IntersectionalTV: Mediating Race, Gender and Sexuality.” Symposium runs April 25-29. Info: http://sites.middlebury.edu/ gensler2016/2016/03/21/welcome.

Poetry reading in Middlebury. Wednesday, April 27, 7:15-8:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. Local poet Charles Sabukewicz will read from and sign his new collection of poetry, “In Sleep’s Circumference.”

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Church rummage sale in North Ferrisburgh. Thursday, April 28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church. Proceeds benefit children who will be going on mission trips and attending camps. Also on April 29 and 30.

Poetry reading in Middlebury. Thursday, April 28, 1 p.m., Ilsley Library. As part of the library’s National Poetry Month Reading Series, Vermont poet and journalist Julia Shipley will read. Shipley is the author of “The Academy of Hay.” Info: 388-4095.

SpeakUp! Addison County bingo fundraiser in Middlebury. Thursday, April 28, 4-6 p.m., Middlebury American Legion. Featuring prizes from local merchants. Concessions and raffle.

Proceeds will help members attend conferences and workshops to advance their self-advocacy skills.

“Thirty-eight: The Hurricane That Transformed New England” talk in Middlebury. Thursday, April 28, 5 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center. Vermont author Stephen Long will share his new book about the only Category 2 hurricane to ever reach Vermont.

“The Real Story of ‘The Imitation Game’ and the Enigma of Alan Turing” talk in Hancock.

Thursday, April 28, 7 p.m., Hancock Town Hall.

Tom Perera, a retired professor of neuroscience and Enigma machine collector, will talk about the movie “The Imitation Game” and share the more

accurate history of the cracking of the German Navy’s Enigma code. Free. Info: www.enigmamuseum.com.

“An Excursion to Shondaland” at Middlebury College. Thursday, April 28, 7-9 p.m., Crossroads Screening Room. Watch and discuss the pilots of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “How to Get Away with Murder.” Free popcorn. Part of the 2016 Gensler Symposium, “#IntersectionalTV: Mediating Race, Gender and Sexuality.” Symposium runs April 25-29. Info: http://sites.middlebury.edu/ gensler2016/2016/03/21/welcome.

“One for the Road” on stage at Middlebury College. Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m., Hepburn Zoo. An uncomfortable exploration of power and psychological torture: An interrogator uses nothing but language to break down a family’s psyche.

Running time: 30 minutes. Tickets $5. Also on April 29 and 30.

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” on stage in Middlebury. Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Middlebury Community Players presents one of the brightest and funniest musicals ever written. Tickets $15 for Thursday shows, $23 for all other performance ($18 for students with ID). Tickets available at the THT box office, 382-9222, or www.townhalltheater.org. Runs through May 7.

LIVEMUSIC Pantet in Middlebury. Thursday, April 21, 7:309:30 p.m., 51 Main.

The Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble in Middlebury. Friday, April 22, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Bill in Middlebury. Friday, April 22, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Tim Brick in Middlebury. Saturday, April 23, 8:3010:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Isabel Rosenberg in Middlebury. Thursday, April 28, 7:30-8 p.m., 51 Main.

The Paradiddles in Middlebury. Thursday, April 28, 8-9 p.m., 51 Main.

Glenn Roth in Middlebury. Friday, April 29, 8-10, 51 Main.

Eric Despard in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 6-7:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main.

See a full listing of

O N GO IN GE V EN TS in the Thursday edition of the

Addison Independent and on the Web at www.addisonindependent.com

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Actors Workshop to perform ‘Seminar’ Middlebury Actors Workshop graduate Lida Benson and Middlepresents “Seminar” by Theresa Re- bury College grad Jack DesBois. beck at the Town Hall Theater on Playing the formidable role of LeonThursday at 7:30 p.m. Additional ard is Roy Cutler of Burlington, and performances will take place at 7:30 playing the role of Martin, his young p.m. on Friday and at 2 and 7:30 protégé, is Sam Finn Cutler, Roy’s p.m. on Saturday. son and a recent graduate of NYU’s A recent hit on Tisch School of the Arts.

Broadway, “Seminar” Aryana Sedarati, of NYC, is a provocative comic completes the cast. drama from Pulitzer The play contains maPrize nominee Theture language and situaresa Rebeck, an author tions and is not suitable for known for her funny children. and incisive work.

Tickets are $22; stuby Greg Pahl In “Seminar,” four dent rush at the door, $12. aspiring young novelFor tickets and informaists sign up for private tion call 382-9222 or visit writing classes with Leonard, an in- townhalltheater.org. ternational literary figure. Under his RUPERT WATES IN BRANDON recklessly unorthodox instruction, Rupert Wates will be performing some thrive and others flounder, al- his eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic liances are made and broken, hearts art/folk, with flavors of jazz, vaudeare unmoored and destinies discov- ville and cabaret at Brandon Music ered. on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

MAW welcomes a cast of four terSince the late ’90s, Wates has been rific young actors from out of state, a professional songwriter, writing a including University of Vermont diverse mix of styles and genres for

arts beat

Middlebury Family Health would like to welcome Dr Peter Wilhelm to our team!

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“Seminar” at Town Hall Theater Eaton Music Limited and then for himself and his bands. Since coming to the U.S. in 2006, he has won more than 30 songwriting awards.

Wates has released seven solo CDs, all having been very well received by the online press, with tracks played on radio stations all over the world. Wates will perform several songs from his next album, “Colorado Mornings,” which was just recorded in February and will feature 12 acoustic love songs.

Wates was voted an Artist of the Year 2013 by the international house concert network Concerts in Your Home, and in 2015 he was recognized as their most booked performer, having secured well over 100 dates through their website.

Tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is also available for $20. Reservations are recommended for the show and required for dinner. Venue is BYOB. Call 247-4295 or e-mail info@brandon-music.net for reservations or for more information.

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Rupert Wates in Brandon 51 Main. At 8 p.m. on Wednesday, the 51 Main Blues Jam continues.

Dennis Willmott from Left Eye Jump will provide lead guitar, bass and drums, and these guys will back you up or take a break and let you play. All musicians and blues fans are welcome. Everyone will get a chance to play.

At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Pantet take to the stage. Their repertoire consists of original compositions, free improvisations, and reinterpretations of jazz masters such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Theolonius Monk, and Wayne Shorter.

Then, at 8 p.m. on Friday, the Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble, Middlebury College’s swingin’ big band, will entertain you with music that’s been dubbed America’s National Treasure.

Finally, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and all around working man Tim Brick will perform. His ability to engage the audience and draw them into his songs is what separates him from the average entertainer.

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be three live musical performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury.

Join Two Brothers every Wednesday at 9 p.m., for the Open Mic, an evening of music, comedy or anything else, alternately hosted

by Mark Sikora and Kai Stanley.

Come cheer on your friends or let loose on the stage. It’s free to enter, and there is no cover charge.

Then, at 9 p.m. on Friday, Two Brothers presents Bill. Bill is not one man, but four. Brothers Dave and Matt Nerbak share vocal and guitar duties, while the tight rhythm section of Phil Joseph on drums and Billy Dorsey on bass, round out the sound. They cover artists like the Gales Brothers, Vince Gill and Albert Collins — as well as play originals. There is a $3 cover.

Finally, at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Binger returns to the Tavern’s stage. Couch-surf prog, postgenre, experimental hip-hop, jam and anything else you can think of snakes its way into their intricate and mind-bending live shows. This is a band not to be missed. There is a $3 cover. For more information, (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

Addison Independent, Monday, April 18, 2016 — PAGE 11

Cosmic Forecast For the week of April 18

“Hansel and Gretel” in Middlebury

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) call 388-0002.

‘HANSEL AND GRETEL’ Based in Rochester, Bald Mountain Theater will embark on its first region-wide tour this spring, presenting an original adaptation of the folk classic “Hansel and Gretel.” The play will be coming to the auditorium at Middlebury Union High School, on Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m.

This fast, funny, moving and visually creative production will feature live music, professional actors Ethan Bowen and Sebastian Ryder with newcomers Jillian Sherwin and Donovan Piccicuto.

“Hansel and Gretel” integrates classic language and vivid imagery to create a performance for both children and parents.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children under 16, and may be purchased online at baldmountaintheater.org, or at the door. “Hansel and Gretel” is suitable for engaged 6-year-olds and up.

INT’L FILM SERIES The 2015-2016 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2013 Iran film “Closed Curtain,” directed by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi.

An Iranian screenwriter hides from the world in a secluded seaside house, with only his dog as company.

His tranquility is shattered one night by a young woman running from the law. But come dawn, another unexpected presence will change everything. “Closed Curtain” is director Jafar Panahi’s second film since his 20-year ban on filmmaking after

2011’s “This Is Not a Film.”

The film, in Persian 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.

STUDENT ART EXHIBIT A new art exhibit, “Scratching the Surface: Intaglio Prints,” opens on Thursday in the mezzanine at Middlebury College’s Johnson Memorial Building.

Students present their new work, exploring traditional and contemporary methods of printmaking.

Imagery is developed through drawing, layering and hand-coloring applications. Intaglio encompasses an array of techniques: in essence, ink is applied to a plate of zinc, copper, wood, Plexiglas, or cardboard, and then transferred onto paper by pulling it through a press.

The exhibit, which runs through April 28, is free and the public is welcome.

‘VERMONT JAZZ EXPERIENCE’ Affiliate Artist Miles Donahue will offer “A Vermont Jazz Experience” on Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Robison Concert Hall at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts.

Donahue, playing saxophone and trumpet, leads an all-star lineup in celebration of jazz — all four Berklee College of Music professors — Sal Difusco on guitar, Tim Ray (long-time player for Lyle Lovett) on piano, John Lockwood on bass and Larry Finn on drums.

It’s free, and the public is welcome. Free parking is available.

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20 Capricorn, you can see GEMINI: MAY 22what you want to achieve JUNE 21 Gemini, share just hovering in the disyour insight on a project if tance, but right now you you have ideas on a differdo not have the means to ent approach. If you keep get there. A little patience your thoughts bottled up, is warranted. frustration can fester and AQUARIUS: JANUaggravate you.

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OVUHS honor roll BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School has recognized the following students for academic achievement during the fourth marking period of the 2015-2016 academic year.

GRADE 7 Principal’s list: Aidan Blier, Sarah Calvin, Kassidy Carvey, Caleb Chisamore, Joseph Cijka, Grace Coolidge, Brittany Corey, Brennon Crossmon, Chloe Fuller, Raychel Kemp, Mallory Lufkin, Jessica Malbon, Bonnie Moore, Shannon Oudman-Blackwood, Rhys Pitner, Mia Politano, Jadynn Pope, Anoushka Pschorr and McKenna White.

Honor roll: Ashley Carrara, Levi Cram, Bradley Danforth, Dylan Gaboriault, Niya Hall, Marie Hudy, Madilyn Morgan and Lucias Sheldrick.

GRADE 8 Principal’s list: Livia Bernhardt, Caitlin Bixby, Lauryl Blanchard, Morgan Daly, Julia Eastman, Alia Edmunds, Mary Kingsley, Edward Kopp, Carolynn Lafountaine, Morgan LaPorte, Bianca Madrigal, Stephanie Palmer, Shayla Phillips, Elinor Ross, Paul Schultz, Logan Trombley, Olivia White, Nathan Wilder and Phoebe Wood.

Honor roll: Tyler Boynton, Chrisma Brenenstuhl, Ashlynn Depatie, Evan Diaz, Emily Doty, Isabella Falco, Madison French, Johan Harding, Jordan Lemieux, Austin Martindale, Alyza McKeighan, Jocelyn Noble, Renee O’Connell, Ian Ouellette, Sawyer Pierpoint, Leah Pinkowski, Ingrid Sherwin and Daniel Wiles.

GRADE 9 Scholars’ roll: Samuel Buswell, Meghan Chaney and Ethan SulikDoty.

Principal’s list: Joshua Beayon, Chandler Corey, Hayden Gallo, Clay Hays, Mickeen Hogan, Timothy Kittler, Sophie Markowski, Brenna McCullough, Marcus McCullough, Colby Smith, Aedan Taylor and Jacob White.

Honor roll: Sabra Ballou, Evelyn Bart, Alexander Bunker, Ella Chaney, Nathan Claessens, Isabel Davis, Felicity Drew, Angelina Elliott, Collin Elliott, Benjamin Klein,

Nicholas LaCoille, Gabriella LaGrange, Lauren Lape, Julia Lee, Dylan Mackie, William Mattsson, Patrick McKeighan, David Mills, Chauncey Moncrief, Isaiah Nelson, Jacob O’Connell, Kathryn Paynter, Victoria Racine, Anthony Rovi, Reilly Shannon and Matthew Snow.

GRADE 10 Scholars’ roll: Madison Coombs, Michael Daly, Justin Tremblay, Maxwell Williams and Wilson Worn.

Principal’s list: Micah Bove.

Honor roll: Henry Bart, Michael Beauregard, Austin Billings, Sabrina Brown, Storm Brown, Kyla DodgeGoshea, Olivia Gaissert, Tristanna Hinton, Brandon Jankosky, Owen Kulp, Alexandra Lee, Courtney Lee, Joshua Letourneau, Garrett Little, Benjamin Markowski, Jessica Mischanko, James O’Neil, Gabriela Poalino, Cameron Silloway, Wesley Smith, Hunter St. Armour, Brittany Stewart, Laura Wentworth, Michael Whitney, Payson Williams, Christa Wood and Cody Young.

GRADE 11 Scholars’ roll: Courtney Bushey, Brigid Enright, Alyssa Falco, Angelo McCullough, Molly McGee, Hannah Roberts and Sophie Wood.

Principal’s list: Shania Burch.

Honor roll: Derek Aines, Kayleigh DeRosa, Chad Eddy, Molly Fisher, Jillian Flanders, Wesley Harpe, Allison Lowell, Colby McKay, Nicholas Moriglioni, Collin Parker, Abigail Pinkowski, Courtney Randall, Ghislaine Robin, Michaela Ross, William Ross, Taylor Roucoulet, Erik Sherman, David Whitney, Gregory Whitney and Charlotte Winslow.

GRADE 12 Scholars’ roll: Emma Cijka, Ben Francoeur, Haley Gearwar, Amy Jones, Jonna Keith, Caitlyn Ketcham, Isabelle Kingsley, Alexis Lape, Alaisha Lucia, Sierra Norford and Hannah Williams.

Principal’s list: Jacob Bertrand, Kasey Billings, Thomas Burnell, Amber Eastman, Maia Edmunds, Alexis Hedding and Robertas Nielsen.

Honor roll: Colby Case, Devon

Copies of Dead Creek photographs wanted for a display at new center ADDISON — The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is asking the public to check their old photo albums for any historic photos of Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison. The department is seeking photos for a display at the new Dead Creek Visitor Center, which will be opened to the public in 2017.

Dead Creek is one of the department’s flagship wildlife management areas. It is popular with bird watchers, hunters and anglers, receiving thousands of visitors every year. It contains a series of artificial ponds and wetlands that are maintained to encourage use by waterfowl, shorebirds and a variety of other wildlife species.

“Dead Creek has been popular

with Vermonters for over a century as a place to appreciate wildlife,” said Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s Amy Alfieri, who manages Dead Creek. “We’re looking for any historical photos of these lands that will show the changes in management and land use over time. We are especially interested in photos of the area before the dams were built. If anyone has old home movies of people using Dead Creek for hunting, fishing or bird watching, that may be useful to us as well for a video we are producing about the history of this area.”

People wishing to share copies of photos or home videos can contact Alfieri at amy.alfieri@vermont.gov to find out how to submit them.

Corey, Cheyenne Dayton, Danielle Eddy, Collin Eugair, Jamee Eugair, Jared Felkl, Emily Fox, Shana Houle, Dylan Keith, Alyssa Kennett, Keegan LaRock, Carson Leary, Colton Leno, Ann Manning, Austin McCullough, Colin Nicklaw, Andrew Patten, Trevor Peduto, Lennon Philo, Keenan Pratt, Nicole Rossi, MacGregor Shannon, Kendra Stearns, Alyssa Sweatt, Lucas Tremblay, Matt Wedin, Annmarie Welch and Makala Wright.

UNGRADED Principal’s list: Cody O’Connell.

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Students of the Week from area High Schools Otter Valley Union High School

Mount Abraham Union High School Mount Abraham Union High School is proud to name Elijah Pedriani as its Student of the Week. Elijah lives in New Haven with his parents, Jason and Valerie Pedriani, and his sister Sophia – a freshman at Mount Abe. In seventh grade, Elijah earned a position as an athlete on the United States Olympic Luge Team. Initially, the sport required him to train in Lake Placid, N.Y., for weeks at a time, while missing class time at Mount Abraham. He had to learn to work independently yet meet the same course requirements as other students attending class. Up to and including his senior year, his time out of class increased substantially while traveling the international World Cup circuit. He has managed to maintain academic excellence and has taken high-level courses in order to keep him well prepared for university.

He is completing high school with grades that, given the circumstances, he’s proud to say he has achieved.Elijah Elijah Pedriani has been a member of the Mount Abe Union High School M.A.U.H.S. Rowing Club since seventh grade.

He has worked at Tourterelle Restaurant and Inn in New Haven since the summer of 2014. He has also volunteered at Project Independence in Middlebury over the past five years.

In his free time, Elijah enjoys snowboarding, BMXing, and dirtbiking.

When asked for advice for other students, Elijah says, “Stay focused on achieving goals you’ve set for yourself, no matter who or what may stand in the way of them.”

After high school, Elijah plans to continue luge and eventually attend college for civil or mechanical engineering.

A Mount Abe teacher says, “Elijah’s experience balancing personalized, self-directed courses as well as teacher-directed courses has set him aside academically as a student that understands his learning.

Whether in the classroom or as part of the rowing team, Elijah is a student that shows passion for his learning and interest in those around him. What stands out for me most though is his good-natured, kind, sincere and personable attitude that he carries with him throughout our school community.” The Mount Abe community wishes him a successful future, both on the luge run and in college.

Congratulations to Emily Fox on being named Otter Valley Union High School’s Student of the Week. Emily lives with her parents, John and Melissa Fox, in Pittsford.

Her sister, Samantha, is a junior at Johnson State College.

Emily has been on the honor roll throughout high school. She took Advanced American Studies last year, and this year is taking AP Literature. She received Excellence in Parenting in grade 10.

Emily has played soccer and been in the band or pep band since seventh grade. She was manager of the wrestling team in grades 10 and 11 and was on the Prom Committee in grade 11. This year, she ran the Otter Valley 5K and is a member of Otter Paws. She is currently doing an internship at Lothrop Elementary School.

For the past two winters, Emily worked at the Telemark Ski Club in Pittsford. Last summer she worked at Emily Fox Kampersville campground as the activities director. She’ll O.V.U.H.S. be doing that again starting in May. She also babysits.

Over the past few years, Emily has volunteered with church bingo, the Harvest Dinner and the Haunted House. She has also helped out at her aunt’s day care.

In her spare time, she likes spending time with friends, boating, camping, photography, shopping, hiking and kayaking, Emily’s advice to other students: “Always try your best and never be afraid to ask for help. The one thing a teacher looks for the most is if a student gives 100 percent effort in all that he or she does.”

After high school, Emily plans to attend CCV for two years to get her associate’s degree in early childhood education. She will then go to Castleton University for her bachelor’s degree in the same field.

Mr. Gerrior calls Emily “an extraordinary young woman.” Ms. Cioffredi says in Emily’s internship at Lothrop, “her supervising teacher has praised her for her compassion and consistent interactions with the kindergarten students she works with.” Mr. Dwyer says, “She is just the kind of person who will one day make a wonderful elementary teacher.”

Emily is already on the path to her future career. Good for you, Emily!

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Aurora ‘makers’ win $10K for innovation MIDDLEBURY — Students from Recently, Swan and Wells-SpackAurora School in Middlebury have man were contacted with wonderrecently won the $1,000 Infymaker ful news about their cooling top hat. prize and a $10,000 Makerspace grant Team Coolkap had won the $1,000 for their ingenuity. The Infymaker prize and the opportunity to nominate Contest, created by Infosys Founda- a nonprofit of their choice to receive tion, asks applicants to “showcase $10,000 grant to create a “makeryour innovative thinking and making space.” A makerspace is a creative, to solve problems facing individuals, hands-on space where people can communities and our world.” gather to create, learn and invent.

Henry Swan of Ripton and Toby Makerspaces are often equipped with Wells-Spackman, Ronen Silberman tools, technology and craft supplies and Noah Woodruff Berg, to inspire creation. all of Middlebury, formed When asked about “I was just a group with the idea of his reaction to winning, inventing something new. awestruck Wells-Spackman said, “I The four students focused when I was was just awestruck when their attention on the idea told we I was told we won.” His of modifying a top hat for won. It was friends all agreed. “It cooling as well as heat- the shock was the shock of wining purposes. The group ning!” Silberman agreed. of winning! split into pairs, and Wells“And, realizing that it Spackman and Swan And, realizing means actual progress,” worked on a coomling that it means Woodruff Berg added, hat, while Silberman and actual referring to the idea that Woodruff Berg worked on progress.” these four share — they a warming hat. all say they want to be in— Toby The warming hat was ventors when they grow Wells-Spackman equipped with a battery up, and they are thinking and wires that heated aluof starting a company tominum foil within the hat, creating gether. an earmuff effect. Meanwhile, WellsBeyond winning, the project was Spackman and Swan worked to alter particularly special for Swan, who a top hat made by Swan’s mother, joined Aurora School this year. “BaNora, a milliner. They cut holes in sically, I was new and didn’t know the hat, adding mesh for ventilation. anyone. We got to know each other Then they installed a battery and an much better as a result of this, and I interior propeller, as well as solar saw that teamwork actually works.” panels to the top of the hat, so the hat Though Wells-Spackman and could cool its owner using various Swan are the two official winners, types of energy. all four boys will share the $1,000 Once the hat was complete, they prize equally — a decision they created a short video as part of their made before entering the competientry. The informative and witty tion. And now, all four are turning video no doubt helped the duo gain their attention to helping to create a the attention of the Infymaker award makerspace in Middlebury. Aurora judges.

School Associate Director Elaine

Anderson is excited about the prospect of Aurora School teaming with another local organization in Middlebury to offer a makerspace that all local students may use.

“Creating a makerspace will help to legitimize the idea of being creative and tinkering. Lots of kids love to experiment, build and invent, and having a space and program in which to do so will be very inspiring. We’re so proud of Toby, Henry, Noah and Ronen for their great ideas and this new opportunity.”

The four friends are now busy dreaming of their next invention.

“We’re thinking of making magnetic fabric that would float,” Woodruff Berg shared. Wells-Spackman added that they hoped this fabric could be added to the bottom of a shoe, so the wearer could actually float. This idea fits well with Aurora’s curriculum next year, as students will begin the fall with a hands-on study of magnets and electricity, hopefully in their new makerspace.

Just last week when the reality of winning had set in, Wells-Spackman and Swan got some even more exciting news. They had been invited to join other students from around the country at the White House Science Fair on Wednesday, April 13. Having not entered the White House’s contest, they were particularly surprised and thrilled at the invitation.

Swan and Wells-Spackman will get to meet other promising young people in the fields of science and technology, and they will be able to hear President Obama speak about education and in particular, STEM education.

In an AP release earlier this week, President Obama was quoted at the first-ever White House Science Fair

AURORA SCHOOL STUDENTS, from left, sixth-grader Henry Swan, fifth-graders Ronen Silberman and Toby Wells-Spackman, and sixthgrader Noah Woodruff Berg show off their cooling hat, an invention that won them a $1,000 prize and a $10,000 grant to create a “makerspace” in Middlebury. Swan and Wells-Spackman also got a surprise invitation to the White House Science Fair in Washington, D.C.

in 2010, saying then, “If you win the NCAA championship, you come to the White House. Well, if you’re a young person and you produce the best experiment or design, the best hardware or software, you ought to be recognized for that achievement, too.”

Aurora School is very proud of their students for their innovative design, for their Makerspace grant, and for receiving such a once in a lifetime opportunity at the White House.

Editor’s note: This piece was contributed by Aurora School Associate Director Elaine Anderson.

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Farmers may get a voice in anti-trust settlement

By MICHELLE MONROE St. Albans Messenger ST. ALBANS — Farmers may gain two advocates within Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Dairy Marketing Services (DMS) if the court approves a proposed settlement in the anti-trust case filed against the two dairy giants.

The two new positions — a farmer ombudsman and an advisory committee member — will give farmers more of a say in the operation of DFA and DMS. “This gives the opportunity for

the farmer’s voice to be heard and acted upon,” said Alice Allen, lead plaintiff in the anti-trust case filed in 2009.

Plaintiffs in the class action suit alleged that between them the defendants controlled access to processing plants and forced farmers to work through DFA and DMS to access markets for their milk.

The settlement also addresses concerns raised by farmers appointed to represent the interests of nonDFA members. The new settlement will prevent DFA/DMS from own-

ing a controlling interest in Dairy One, a milk testing company for 10 years.

For five years, when a milk test finds bacteria or other contaminants, an additional test will be done at a facility selected by the farmer from a list approved by the USDA Order One administrator.

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ing, placing farmers at the mercy DFA and DMS may also enter into of DMS and DFA, and giving the full supply agreements with new two interconnected organizations milk processors when those agreesubstantial control over farmers’ ments are considered necessary to livelihoods. the opening of the business. Those Milk testing is also a significant agreements are to be reviewed by determinant of farmers’ pay. Farm- the ombudsman. ers are paid more for milk with In addition, the boards of DFA higher fat and protein levels, for and DMS will now have to review example. Under the proposed settle- and approve all supply agreements. ment, farmers who dispute the re- Any member of DFA or farmer sults of the component testing con- whose milk is marketed by DMS ducted by DFA or DMS may request will be able to request, in writing, additional testing at a summary of the two facilities apterms of any supply Farmers who want proved by the maragreement. more information ket administrator.

The settlement In the case of on the anti-trust will also allow any both adulterated settlement, which member of DFA or milk and compo- could bring them DMS to terminate nent testing, the roughly $4,000 the relationship at farmer ombudsman any time in the next will be able to serve apiece, may attend four years without as a mediator at the a public meeting penalty. request of either on Tuesday, April The settlement the farmer or DFA/ 19, from 10 a.m. includes the reDMS. The ombuds- to 1 p.m. at Blue lease of court documan will also have ments previously Mountain Union the authority to orkept sealed. “This, der additional com- School in Wells I think, can be a River, or visit ponent testing. rare opportunity for “I think these new the settlement farmers to take a added milk testing website at: www. look at documents provisions when northeastdairyclass. detailing activthere is a possible ity a farmer might com. error/discrepancy have suspected but should be apprecicouldn’t verify,” ated by farmers,” said Allen. “Espe- said Allen. “We have all heard alcially the fact that the labs used for leged activity of DFA that we this special testing will be selected thought was questionable so now by the farmer in question from a list there will be that opportunity to of accredited labs provided by the read many of those documents.”

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DFA agreed to disclose additional Under the terms of the settlement, information about the cooperative’s the advisory council member will finances to members via annual be charged with advocating for bet- reports and a members-only porter pay prices for farmers and ensur- tion of its website. The identities ing milk sale proceeds are invested of board and committee members, in a manner that benefits farmers. and the money they are paid, will be This position will last for four made public. years.

Finally, NEAC in conjunction The council member will have with the ombudsman will review the access to the full records of milk checks for clarity and transDMS and DFA’s Northeast Advi- parency, with an opportunity for sory Council (NEAC), and will be farmers to have input into the reable to request a third-party review view. of DFA and DMS’s financial stateSimilarly, NEAC and the omments and consolidated accounting. budsman will review election proBoth the advisory council mem- cedures within DFA to determine if ber and the farmer ombudsman will changes are needed. issue independent reports to farmers THE MONEY annually.

The proposed financial settleELECTIONS, TRANSPARENCY ment remains the same — $50 AND SUPPLY CONTRACTS million, with $25 million coming The revised settlement increases from DFA and $25 million from from 30 months to four years the DFA. amount of time during which DFA The settlement does not state and DMS cannot enter into full how much of those funds will supply agreements with milk pro- be used to pay the plaintiff’s atcessors. Under those agreements, torneys, but does limit attorneys’ DFA and DMS would become the share to one-third. Previously, sole supplier of milk to a proces- plaintiff attorneys had sought sor, forcing independent farmers $16.6 million in payment. and other cooperatives to sell their Northeast farmers are expected milk through DMS to gain access to to receive roughly $4,000 each. those markets.

Farmers who produced milk in There are exceptions. DFA/DMS the Northeast between 2002 and may renew existing agreements 2014 who wish to weigh in on with five H.P. Hood facilities, two the proposed settlement at a FedDean Food facilities, Swan Valley eral District Court hearing on May in Swanton, Maplebrook Farm in 13 in Burlington must inform the Bennington and Leprino Foods in court in writing of their desire to New York. be heard by April 29.

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By CHRISTY LYNN We all love our animals. The wagging tail and whimpering glee that greets you at the end of the day or the affectionate purr while relaxing on the couch can put a smile on any pet owner’s face.

Many pets have a keen ability to sense when their owner is happy or sad, providing an extra lick or gentle gaze during times of need. We turn to them for unconditional love and to help soften the hard days in life.

For some, this purpose is even more defined than for others. Service and assistance animals are specifically trained and kept to help people who live with disabilities navigate the world.

While service animals are most commonly dogs, there are also service monkeys, birds and miniature horses documented in the United States.

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are legally allowed to accompany their owners into any public place, including schools, restaurants, hotels, shops, grocery stores, hospitals, etc.

When many people think of service animals they commonly think of those who provide assistance to humans with physical disabilities (such as blindness or paralysis). However, dogs and other assistance animals can also provide aid to individuals with neurological, psychiatric or emotional disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorder, anxiety or depression.

IVY AND PIERCE Pierce Murray is a 15-year-old Middlebury resident who is autistic. He struggles with anxiety and is easily overwhelmed, especially when faced with something new. He also suffers seizures and panic attacks.

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Animal Families Pierce and Ivy (Continued from Page 18) the house, but one — Jake — that he was especially fond of.

“Jake would sleep in Pierce’s bed with him and calm him when he had his anxiety attacks and just be around.

He wasn’t a service dog or anything, but they had some kind of intuitive understanding,” recalled Andrea Murray, Pierce’s mother.

Soon after Jake passed, Pierce started asking where he had gone and stating that he missed his pal. So Andrea and her husband, Chris, began to look into getting another dog.

What they found was a non-profit organization based in Portland, Ore., called Autism Service Dogs of America. They submitted a long and intensive application and were admitted to the program.

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Ivy is a sweet and gentle dog who enjoys a pet on the head or a nap in the sun — when she doesn’t have her vest on.

“But once you put her vest on, she is instantly a different dog,” Andrea Murray explains. “She knows she is working and is totally focused on the task at hand.”

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“Pierce has some motor planning and rhythm issues when walking, so when he walks with Ivy she sets the pace and they kind of co-regulate with one another,” Murray explains.

Ivy has become a wonderful social catalyst and conversation-starter for Pierce as well, making interactions more comfortable and situations that previously would have made him uncomfortable much easier.

One easy example Murray gave was from last year’s Memorial Day parade in Middlebury. Pierce loves trucks and tractors and the parade has provided an opportunity to see some of the largest in town, all collected together. But each year he had built it up in his mind and had gotten so excited about it that when the day of the parade came he had gotten so anxious about seeing them that they would have to leave the parade to prevent a panic attack.

“He would never make it and we’d have to come home and watch it on MCTV or something,” Murray recalled.

“But last year, for the first time, we went and we sat with Ivy across his lap on the steps of the Folklife Center and he had the best time EVER.” Ivy also accompanied Pierce to the dentist, which had previously made him incredibly anxious, but just with her sitting by the chair, Pierce was IVY’S GENTLE DEMEANOR and soft, well-groomed coat are qualities calm enough to follow the directions that any dog owner would admire in their beloved pet. But for fifteenand proceed with the check-up. year-old Pierce Murray, who has autism, these qualities especially valu“Part of it might be maturity,” Mur- able. When Pierce begins to feel anxious or overwhelmed, Ivy is trained ray says, “but a lot of it is just that to stay close to him and put her head or body on his lap. This pressure, Ivy provides that security — in a lot and her soft fur, helps calm Pierce down and work through a stressful of ways. She makes him feel safe and situation calmly.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell comfortable.”

That sense of security might be par- stairs slowly, going up two, then wait- ply, “Ivy is my dog.” So I asked how tially explained by a natural affinity ing, then going up two more.

Ivy made him feel. “Happy,” he refor dogs, but the Murrays also work Pierce’s seizures are mostly con- plied. constantly with Pierce and Ivy to sup- trolled by medication, but he has had port that bond. two or three since they have had Ivy. MOLLY AND KAITLIN “If he would have “When we got Ivy Kaitlin Wood is a sophomore at a little fit or somethey couldn’t prom- Middlebury College, who suffers from thing, getting her on “Ivy provides that ise that she would a generalized anxiety disorder. When him — even just putbe able to detect sei- she started at Middlebury, Wood said ting her head on his security — in zures,” Murray ex- she didn’t know if she was going to lap — so he can feel a lot of ways. plained, as each ser- make it as a college student. that pressure, is revice animal is only “It was hard to get myself out of my She makes him ally, really helpful.” trained for a specific room at times,” she says. The thought Ivy is also extraor- feel safe and task. “The first time of going out to a meal or the library dinarily soft, with he had a seizure and would be quite overwhelming. comfortable.” long white hair (that we had Ivy, she toWood has always been an animal Andrea grooms ev— Andrea Murray tally freaked out. She lover and her family in New Hampery morning before went up to the hill at shire always kept dogs. With her anxischool). “When he’s the top of our prop- ety, Wood has a difficult time reading stressed, he can just rub her and that erty and just sat there and stared at the and relating to other people, but has amazing softness calms him down and house. I think she felt like she had to- always felt a certain comfort around makes him feel safe again,” she says. tally failed her job or something.” dogs.

Ivy accompanies Pierce to school But since then — while she hasn’t One day, as if inspired by chance, every day and is handled by his one- been able to detect the seizures yet Wood got the idea to look into havon-one assistant at Middlebury Union — Ivy has stayed by Pierce. Even ing a dog on campus that would help Middle School. She also goes to res- during his various episodes and even her be more comfortable. She worked taurants, has flown on airplanes with when she’s not working, she’ll intui- with Jodi Litchfield, the campus ADA him, ridden on trains and goes to the tively pick up on things that are going Coordinator, to file the various forms doctor with him. She knows around on with him. She sleeps with him or and paperwork and was granted per50 commands and wears both a gentle by his door at night and just kind of mission to bring her canine companleader that is held by the handler, as knows that she protects him. ion, Molly, to campus this year. well as the vest, which has a handle When I asked Pierce to share someWhile Wood says they have permitthat Pierce holds. She walks and takes thing with me about Ivy, he said sim(See Molly, Page 24)

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

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DAISY. Hound mix, 7 months, spayed female. It’s spring and the flowers are in bloom. Daisy is ready! She is a sweet, smart puppy looking for a new home in which she can grow and blossom. And unlike real flowers, she will be a bright addition to your home for more than one season!

PEANUT BUTTER. Pitbull mix, 2 years, neutered male. Peanut Butter is a sweet dog with an amazing smile! This boy loves to play, play, play, whether it be with toys, people, or other dogs – he is a puppy at heart. He plays well with other dogs of similar energy level, but may overwhelm lower energy dogs with his exuberance.

In order to make a successful match for Peanut Butter, we require that he go to a household with children 13+ due to his tendency to be mouthy during play.

SJ. Brown Tiger, 10 months, neutered male. SJ is an incredibly loving, affectionate young cat who loves to cuddle and be with people. In his previous home he lived with other cats, dogs and children! His people brought him to Homeward Bound to find a new “furrever” home because they had too many animals to easily care for. Do you have a cold, lonely lap just waiting for a cuddle-bug like SJ?

NIKKI. Tri-color, 12 years, spayed female. Nikki is a regal little lady looking for a home of her own to reign from. She should be an indoor-only kitty as she is declawed, and would do best in a home with older children who will respect her inner Diva. Nikki was surrendered when her owner moved and couldn’t bring her along.

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Molly

(Continued from Page 23) ted assistance animals at Middlebury previously during summer programs, she is the first to be granted access to bring an assistant dog to campus during the academic year.

Molly was adopted through a rescue organization called Passion for Paws out of Shelburne, that works to save animals housed at high-kill shelters. Molly is missing one leg, which was amputated following her rescue from a large flood and mysterious trauma that cost her a paw. She is a pitbull-boxer mix and is a sweet and loving gal who adores snuggling and greeting passers-by.

Molly is not a certified service animal, but rather an assistance animal (also referred to as emotional support animals, comfort animals, or companion animals). The main distinction is that assistance animals are not legally granted access to all of the places that service animals may go with their humans.

On campus, Molly is permitted anywhere inside the dorm with Wood and in any of the outdoor areas, as well as some of the other buildings on campus. Some teachers have granted Molly access to the classroom, but for the most part Molly waits to hang out with Wood after class.

“I cannot even begin to explain what an enormous difference it has made to my experience on campus,” Wood said. “Because I have to take care of her, it also makes me take care of me.”

Molly is a natural conversationstarter, not just because there’s a dog on campus (which is certainly not common), but because there’s a three-legged dog on campus — and a very cute one, at that.

“People often stop to ask about her — often about what happened to her leg. It’s a good way to meet people and I’ve made some great friends that started by a conversation about

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE Kaitlin Wood is one lucky student: She gets to have her dog with her at school. Wood has a generalized anxiety disorder and after a challenging first year on campus she worked with the college to enable her to bring her canine pal Molly to school with her as an assistance animal. “I can’t even begin to describe what a difference she has made to my experience,” Wood says.

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Having a dog has eased the stress and pressure Wood feels around others, as it has turned the focus to the dog and Wood feels less judged herself. When she is having a bad day or is feeling down, Molly seems to know that she needs an extra cuddle or lick on the hand.

“She’s got a great temperament and has a good sense of when to go up to people and — for a dog with no formal service training — it’s amazing that she is so intuitive and just picks up on human cues so well.”

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tricky for Molly, operating without her back left leg, but Wood is determined to give it a shot.

For now, Molly’s presence on campus has benefitted not just Wood, but many other folks she regularly interacts with. Wood says friends and floor-mates will regularly swing by her room to get in a therapeutic snuggle with Molly if they’re feeling stressed or lonely.

Two of Molly’s favorite people on campus are the custodians that clean the dorm where she and Wood live.

They stop to greet her and gain a little relief themselves during their long days.

“She really does help everyone have a better day,” Wood says.

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Students fete new pilot gig FERRISBURGH — The first annual awards night celebration of the Champlain Longboats program was held on Tuesday, April 5, at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Ferrisburgh.

Over 60 rowers, parents, educators, volunteers and friends came out to the LCMM Boat Shop to meet this year’s crew of boat builders and view the new six-oared pilot gig under construction.

Young boat builders from the Diversified Occupations program at the Hannaford Career Center talked about different aspects of building the 32-foot pilot gig, and this year’s boat builders, rowers and volunteers were honored.

The boat now under construction will be launched in mid-May. LCMM”s youth boat building program has launched over 20 boats since 1999. The Champlain Longboats program has an active fleet of 15 four- and six-oared rowing boats with over 175 students from nine area schools participating in after-school

A 32-FOOT pilot gig, still under construction, takes center stage at the first annual Champlain Longboats awards night at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum on April 5. A crowd gathered in the LCMM Boat Shop to see the boat, learn about the construction process and honor the builders, rowers and volunteers.

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rowing programs. Champlain longboats are also used May through October for community rowing in Vergennes and Burlington, and for youth and adult rowing teams who travel to regional rowing and racing events.

Wildflower walk, talk to be held in Orwell on April 24 ORWELL — Mount Independence springs into spring with the annual guided wildflower walk on Sunday, April 24, at 1 p.m. at the State Historic Site in Orwell. Amy Olmsted, a nursery professional for more than 20 years, leads this informative program. Olmsted is a horticulturist with Rocky Dale Gardens in Bristol.

This is the first program of the 2016 season, a year when the Mount Independence State Historic Site celebrates the 50th anniversary of its trail system and the 240th anniversary of the start of American construction of this major Revolutionary War defense.

Olmsted will show participants how to look for early wildflowers and where, will identify the flowers you see and tell you their common and Latin names, and will discuss their habitat. Will the unusual winter have made any difference in what you see this spring? Every year is different.

Wear sturdy shoes, dress for the weather, and bring water if you like.

This special event brings you to this historic site before the official opening on Saturday, May 28.

The program, co-sponsored by the Mount Independence Coalition and Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, is open to the public.

Admission is $5 for adults and free for children under 15. Meet at 1 p.m. outside the museum. Call 802-7592412 for more information.

The Mount Independence State Historic Site, one of the best-preserved Revolutionary War archaeological sites, is also known for its natural resources. It is located at 497 Mount Independence Road, six miles west of the intersections of Vermont Routes 22A and 73 near Orwell village. Carefully follow the signs. The site will open for the regular season on Saturday, May 28.

Regular hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 12.

For more information about the Vermont State-owned Historic Sites, visit www.HistoricVermont.org/ sites.

Havurah gala on tap April 30 MIDDLEBURY — Havurah, the Addison County Jewish Congregation, invites the community to its fourth “Fun(d)raiser” gala and silent auction from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, at Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. in Middlebury. Parking is available at the Middlebury United Methodist Church.

Admission to the adults-only event is $15 per person or $25 for two, and includes wine, luscious appetizers and desserts and a chance to visit with friends while bidding on over 80 donations of goods and

services and a variety of useful and beautiful items. The offerings include gift certificates to stores and restaurants, a Lake Champlain sail, several different types of lessons, veterinary services, jewelry, tickets to numerous events, a lovely handmade quilt, delicious food items and much more.

Proceeds from the gala will help fund Havurah’s many educational, charitable and religious programs for the coming year.

For more information, contact Emily Joselson at 388-2986 or ejoselson@langrock.com.

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MONDAY

Tiger softball edges Slaters

SPORTS

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School softball team opened its season on Saturday in dramatic fashion, defeating visiting Fair Haven, 7-6, when junior shortstop Lily Smith drilled a oneout, bases-loaded shot to right center in the bottom of the seventh inning that snapped a 6-6 tie.

Smith’s drive, which one hopped the fence and probably would have gone for a triple in most circumstances, went in the books as a single because the game ended when Abby Larock, who started the winning rally with a single, crossed home plate with the winning run.

Bridget Audet singled and Darcy Staats drew a walk from losing pitcher Sam Morse to set the table for Smith.

The Slaters had rallied from an (See Softball, Page 27)

Score BOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Boys’ Lacrosse 4/13 Essex vs. MUHS..............................9-5 4/16 MUHS vs. Rutland ...........................5-4 Softball 4/16 MUHS vs. Fair Haven ......................7-6 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 4/16 Trinity vs. Midd...............................13-9 Men’s Lacrosse 4/13 Midd. vs. Springfield ......................10-8 4/16 Midd. vs. Trinity................... 11-10 (OT) Baseball 4/15 Midd. vs. Hamilton .......................14-12 4/16 Hamilton vs. Midd. ...........................4-3 4/16 Midd. vs. Hamilton .........................12-6 Softball 4/13 Midd. vs. New England ..................15-2 4/13 Midd. vs. New England ..................13-1 4/15 Wesleyan vs. Midd. ........................2-1 4/16 Midd. vs. Wesleyan .........................6-0 4/16 Wesleyan vs. Midd. .........................6-3

Schedule

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Baseball 4/19 VUHS at St. J ........................4:30 p.m.

4/19 MUHS at Essex .....................4:30 p.m.

4/19 Mt. Abe at Mt. Mansfield ........4:30 p.m.

4/21 VUHS at S. Burlington ...........4:30 p.m.

4/21 MUHS at CVU .......................4:30 p.m.

4/21 Rice at Mt. Abe ......................4:30 p.m.

4/23 Randolph at VUHS ...................11 a.m.

Softball 4/19 VUHS at St. J ........................4:30 p.m.

4/19 Mt. Abe at Mt. Mansfield ........4:30 p.m.

4/19 MUHS at Essex .....................4:30 p.m.

4/20 OV at Springfield ...................4:30 p.m.

4/21 MUHS at CVU .......................4:30 p.m.

4/21 Rice at Mt. Abe ......................4:30 p.m.

4/21 VUHS at S. Burlington ...........4:30 p.m.

(See Schedule, Page 27)

TIGER JUNIOR SPENCER Carpenter cuts around two Essex defenders in Middlebury last Wednesday afternoon. Middlebury lost the game, 9-5.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Victory vs. Rutland moves Tigers to 1-1

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ lacrosse team finally opened its season last week, splitting a pair of home games on Fucile Community Field.

On Wednesday, Essex earned a 9-5 victory, and on Saturday the Tigers outlasted Rutland, 5-4, getting the late game-winning goal in transition from junior middie Trey Kaufman, who netted a feed from senior attacker Jack Hounchell.

Saturday’s result gave first-year coach Brian Carpenter his first varsity coaching victory.

Carpenter said he saw positives in the two games. He cited solid work from his low defense of juniors Nick Wilkerson and Brett Viens and sophomores Fyn Fernandez and Brian Kiernan, and senior long-stick middie Jerry Niemo. Against Rutland, uncontested shots on the Tiger goalies were rare. Senior middies Ali Abdul Sater and Nick Coe and junior middie Andrew Gleason also did well defensively on Saturday.

“In any settled situation we really did a good job of playing the man,” Carpenter said on Saturday.

Junior goalies Eli Miller and Doug DeLorenzo also played well. Eli Tucker played the first half against

Essex and allowed five goals and made five saves, and in the second half vs. the Raiders je made eight

saves while allowing three goals.

DeLorenzo, made eight saves and allowed four scores in Wednesday’s

second half, and stopped seven shots while allowing one goal vs. Rutland.

(See Tigers, Page 27)

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School senior Jack Hounchell prepares to fire a shot on the Essex goal during the Tigers’ 9-5 loss last Wednesday afternoon.

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TIGER SENIOR ALI Abdul Sater races past an Essex defender during Middlebury’s 9-5 loss last Wednesday afternoon in Middlebury.

TIGER JUNIOR ANDREW Gleason fights for a ground ball during last Wednesday’s game against Essex.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Tigers (Continued from Page 26) the season progresses.

Carpenter said at least for now the goalies “Maybe we have to slow the game down so will share the job. the guys keep some fresh legs,” he said. “If we “They’re both playing really well,” he said. can get our settled offense a little better, then our “They’ve both earned an opportunity.” guys won’t be running up and down the field as Meanwhile, Carpenter acknowlmuch. We gave the ball away too edged he would like to see the Timany times today.” gers score more than five goals per Vs. Essex, Spencer Carpenter game. led MUHS with two goals, and “We’ve got a couple things we’re Hounchell, Kaufmann and Jake going to work on,” he said.

Peluso added one apiece. Niemo Carpenter believes some of the scooped seven ground balls, and issues will work themselves out Gleason and Abdul Sater picked when he and assistants Dave Donaup five each. While the Tiger goalhue and Booth Hodde iron out lineies combined for a dozen stops, up kinks, particularly by identifying the Hornets’ Avery Lanphere the right groups to play together at made three saves. Henry Adams midfield and allowing them to desparked the Essex offense with velop cohesion and the proper mix four goals. of offense and defense.

On Saturday vs. the Raiders, the “We’re trying to figure out how “We’ve got a Tigers got off to a quick start. Abwe can get the lines to balance,” he couple things dul Sater helped them win four of said. we’re going to five first-quarter draws as they took The Tigers have also tended to work on.” a 3-1 lead after the first quarter. wear down in games — Rutland Kaufmann started the scoring by — Coach dominated ground balls in SaturBrian Carpenter tossing in a bomb from the top of day’s second half, a factor as the the Hornet defense 52 seconds into Raiders rallied from a 4-1 halftime the game. At 9:10 sophomore athole to tie the game before the Tigers’ late strike. tacker Jackson Donohue made it 2-0, cutting in Carpenter said more poise and fewer turn- from the right side after taking a transition feed overs on offense will help, as will the coaches’ from Kaufmann. ability to work more players into the lineup as At 0:29, senior attacker River Payne made it

Schedule (Continued from Page 26) 4/23 Randolph at VUHS ...................11 a.m.

4/23 OV at Brattleboro ......................... Noon Track 4/20 Mt. Abe at Essex....................3:30 p.m.

COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 4/19 Union at Midd. .......................5:30 p.m.

4/23 Colby at Midd............................11 a.m.

Men’s Lacrosse 4/23 Midd. at Colby.............................1 p.m.

3-0 from just outside the crease, converting a pass Donahue threaded in from the right. Essex then won its only draw of the quarter, and Connor Balestra made it 3-1 at 0:07 with an assist from Ben Davine.

At 10:35 of the second, Hounchell’s unassisted man-up goal made it 4-1, and the Tigers appeared ready to coast. But Raider goalie Kevin Macfarlane made stops on Abdul Sater and Hounchell, and the Tigers — like Rutland — had trouble hanging onto the ball. The teams’ best chances came in the final minute, when DeLorenzo made a kick save on Jacob Sabourin at one end, and then Macfarlane blocked Peluso’s point-blank underhanded bid at the other.

The Raiders controlled the third period and cut the lead to 4-3. Bobby Bergen got the first score of the quarter, a high shot that deflected in past Miller off a Tiger stick. At 7:09, Balestra curled from behind the net and converted from close range. Miller denied Davine with the Raiders a man up with five minutes to go, and twice stopped Balestra in the final minute.

But at 9:00 of the fourth, Balestra made it 4-4 after another Raider ground ball win, netting a pass from Bergen.

Finally, after a Miller save, the Tigers broke out in transition and caught the Raiders flatfooted. Hounchell moved in on the Raider goal with one defender back and Kaufmann to his left and dished to Kaufmann for the high finish at 2:00.

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School boys’ lacrosse goalie Douglas Delorenzo comes up with a big save against Essex last Wednesday afternoon.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Both teams turned the ball over in the final two minutes, but Kaufmann and finally Niemo won ground balls to seal the win.

Carpenter hopes to see more of those results as he and coaches fit the pieces together.

“We’ve got some real talented players,” he said. “We’re putting it together as a team, still.”

Softball Baseball 4/20 Midd. at Plattsburgh....................4 p.m.

4/22 Amherst at Midd..........................4 p.m.

4/23 Amherst at Midd. (2) .................... Noon Softball 4/19 St. Lawrence at Midd. (2) ......3:30 p.m.

4/22 Hamilton at Midd. .......................5 p.m.

4/23 Hamilton at Midd.(2) .................... Noon Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

(Continued from Page 26) early deficit to tie the game at 6-6 with three runs in the fourth and two in the top of the seventh off winning pitcher Payton Buxton. In all, Buxton allowed five hits and four earned runs, hit one batter and struck out 12.

In the top of the seventh, after a Slater baserunner reached on a

dropped popup Briley Blackbird, Hunter Buxton and Olivia Bowen poked consecutive singles to tie the score at 6-6. But Buxton got the next two batters to strand the go-ahead runs on base.

For the Tigers, senior catcher Hannah Lawrence homered on the first pitch she saw in the top of the second. Senior second base-

man Makayla Foster singled in two runs in the second inning and added a bunt single and a sacrifice, and Audet singled in a pair of runs in the third inning. Those runs were charged to Bowen, who started for the Slaters. The Tigers added an unearned run off Morse in the sixth on an error, a passed ball and an illegal pitch.

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Spring break (Continued from Page 1) to Montgomery, Ala., which commemorated the historic 1964 march from Selma to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King. That trip gave students the opportunity to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Students appreciated the history behind the Montgomery Alternative Spring Break trip, said Associate Chaplain/Rabbi Ira Schiffer, but they wanted to connect to current struggles for social justice.

“What I took away from conversations with students last year was that the Montgomery trip was wonderful in helping us understand our parents and grandparents, but we would love to look at the social justice issues that we’re facing today,” he said.

Sierra Jackson, a Chicago native and co-president of the Black Stu“I think last year’s dent Union who was a key stutrip was dent organizer incredibly for the Chicago important. trip, agreed with I just think Schiffer.

“I think last that havtrip was ing this trip year’s incredibly imporand having tant,” said Jackthe sort of son, a sophomore and a film and ‘now’ elemedia culture mament just adds to the jor. “I just think that having this conversatrip and having tion.” the sort of ‘now’ — Sierra element just adds Jackson to the conversation.”

Over the eight days in Chicago, students bagged rice and Pop Tarts for a food shelf; took part in a poetry slam where experiences of poverty, violence and abuse were voiced with startling eloquence; attended Chris-

TWENTY-THREE MIDDLEBURY College students along with faculty and staff sponsors gather after Easter services at St. Sabina’s Roman Catholic Church in Chicago late last month during an alternative spring break trip on which they explored issues of social justice.

tian, Jewish and Muslim services at religious institutions where social justice was central to their mission; talked with high school students at an inner-city charter school about their dreams and experiences; helped shape — literally — the clay being molded into a memorial in Marquette Park to honor King’s 1966 march for fair housing; and explored culture, history and identity through a wealth of museums and art centers.

One important stop, said Finley, was the DuSable Museum of Afri-

can American History’s new “Freedom, Resistance and the Journey Toward Equality” permanent installation, which takes visitors on a journey from the slave trade through the election of President Obama, in ways that are both visceral and informative.

“It starts off and you’re standing in front of a door that looks out onto an ocean, and it’s the door to no return, the last place that enslaved people saw in Africa before they embarked (See Open mic, Page 29)

MIDDLEBURY STUDENTS, INCLUDING Louise Guibal-Engler, above and left, and Paola Meza, left, listen as a docent explains a mural at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. The art the students saw challenges viewers to think about identity and the role of art in sustaining culture.

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Open mic (Continued from Page 28) ent backgrounds — international, on the middle passage,” said Finley. geographic, socioeconomic — who For many, a trip highlight was the share a common experience and poetry workshop and open-mic or- have the opportunity to engage in ganized by Chicago Young Authors, thoughtful, deep conversations.” which uses writing and performance Schiffer continued, “We’re tryas a way for young people, often in ing to take the challenges and deal difficult circumstances, to give voice with them in really constructive and to their experiences. growing ways rather than falling into “At the open mic night, I could feel the traps of contemporary discourse the pain in some of the voices and that might not always be helpful in the hope and determination in oth- bringing people together.” ers,” said Rachel NelStudent Sierra Jackson, an environmental son contrasted the “My highlight studies and studio arts “tense spaces” that can major from Claremont, was sometimes accompany N.H. “It really struck me volunteering discussions of diversity hard. I learned I don’t at the Greater or inclusivity on camhate cities. I learned a Chicago Food pus, with the way that good bit more about the the trip allowed people Depository. black urban experience to connect on an honest Both times we of America, though I and personal level. can’t say I knew much went, many of “For me it kind of before.” solidified what I’ve us connected Added Georgia Wei, with each always envisioned cola senior in comparative lege or life to be, right? other and with literature from Queens, You’re interacting with people outside N.Y., “The amount of different people. You of our group. talent I saw was incredare in these spaces ible, but moreover, the Afterwards, where you can talk way they used art to several about serious things,” express the hardships in students said she said. their lives — rape, gang “And rather than it they would like violence, structural racbeing something that’s to volunteer at ism — blew me away. a tense conversation, And perhaps even more a food pantry at you can talk about touching was the way home.” race, you can talk about they found joy in their — Nia Robinson class, you can talk art and in each other.” about sexism in a way Many enjoyed workthat’s fruitful and just ing at a food pantry alongside ordi- out of genuine curiosity. So having nary Chicagoans. so many people of different back“My highlight was volunteering at grounds come together and just be the Greater Chicago Food Deposi- open and receptive to other people tory,” said Nia Robinson, a freshman and willing to be vulnerable and from Chicago. “Both times we went, willing to share things, that for me many of us connected with each was like the icing on the cake.” other and with people outside of our The Middlebury sophomore hopes group. Afterwards, several students this kind of learning experience will said they would like to volunteer at be open to more people. a food pantry at home.”

“This trip should not be the last Perhaps most important, observed trip of its kind,” she said. “More Schiffer and Finley, was the way people should be encouraged and the trip brought a disparate group empowered to take people to their of students together to learn not just home town and unlock their history.” about social justice in Chicago, but about each other’s lives and differing points of view. The trip brought together students from different countries, regions, socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientations and faith traditions, ranging from freshmen to seniors.

“You had a person who was the Call to Schedule Delivery captain of the football team teach to Green or Dry a person who was from one of the inner-city Chicago neighborhoods that (Kiln Processed)* we went and visited,” said Finley.

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SIERRA JACKSON, left, Amari Simpson, Anna Iglitzen and Lin Georgia Wei, four current Middlebury College students, speak with Chicago-area Middlebury alums at a reception during their alternative spring break.

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Literary challenge

EACH YEAR SINCE 1957 Vermont students in grades four through eight have voted for their favorite children’s literature book from amoung 30 nominees for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award.

On Monday, April 11, several Addison Central Supervisory Union students who read many or all of the nominees gathered at the Ilsley Library in Middlebury for the annual DCF (Dorothy Canfield Fisher) Challenge. The students teamed up to answer questions, posed by Librarian Tricia Allen (at right above), about the nominated books.

The competitors were, clockwise from right, Dahlia Harrison (Mary Hogan Elementary) and Alyza Alger (Ripton); Ainsleigh Johnson (Mary Hogan) and Nyna Cole (Weybridge); Alanna Trudeau (Salisbury), Nora Wootten (Cornwall) and Emma Welch (Bridport); and Zora Duquette-Hoffman, Arianna Graham-Gurland and Eleanna Sellers (all of Mary Hogan).

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Area students join National Technical Honor Society MIDDLEBURY — The Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center inducted 23 students into the National Technical Honor Society on Thursday, March 24. The goal of the society is to recognize deserving technical center students and increase community awareness of the talents and abilities of the young people and adults who choose technical education pathways to a successful future.

The ceremony was held in the Middlebury Union High School auditorium. NTHS adviser Brenda Logee conducted the ceremony and gave the address to the inductees. Current NTHS members assisted in the ceremony: Emily Lalumiere recited the Purpose of NTHS, Tsering Chophel and Addison Wales performed the Candle Lighting Ceremony, and Danielle Morris led the inductees in reciting the NTHS Pledge.

Program instructors Steve Small, Addison Repertory Theater; Hayden Thomsen, Automotive Technology; Woody Danforth, Culinary Arts; Lisa Rader, Design and Illustration; Jackson Burnham, Engineering & Architecture; Ultima Danforth, Human Services; Barbara Thompson-Snow, Medical Professions; and Janice Bosworth, Sustainable Agriculture, presented students with their certificates.

THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL Honor Society welcomed 23 Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center students into its ranks on March 24 in Middlebury.

Director Lynn Coale and Logee presented the students with their honor cords and pins. The ceremony was followed by a reception of cake and punch for all students and guests.

The following are the 2016 National Technical Honor society Inductees: Tamara Aunchman, Engineering Design; Brice Bean,

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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.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00-10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meeting 10:00-11:00 AM. Beginners’ Meeting 6:30-7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meetings; Noon-1:00 PM. AND 7:30-8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at the Congregational Church, New Haven Village Green.

ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al-Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St Stephen’s Church on Main St (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confidential, we share our experience, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

NA MEETINGS MIDDLEBURY: Fridays, 7:30pm, held at The Turning Point Center located in the Marble Works.

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

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS MONDAY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon-1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00-10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00-2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury.

Speaker Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

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A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS 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.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS 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. A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS 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.

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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.

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

OA (OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS) MEETS on Thursdays at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 228 Maple St. Middlebury, VT (In the Marble Works Complex).

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.

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

Drive for ACTR! ACTR is seeking Volunteer Drivers to safely transport residents of Addison County to necessary services. Volunteers must have at least five years driving experience and have clean background checks. Volunteers will be helping vulnerable populations such as the elderly and the disabled, as well as disadvantaged families who require medical transports. ACTR also transports critical care patients for dialysis, radiation and chemotherapy. ACTR Volunteer Drivers are provided with an orientation and ongoing training and supervision. They also receive mileage reimbursement of 56 cents per mile. Call 388-7189 or email volunteer@unitedwayaddisoncounty.org for more information.

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

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THURSDAYS 6-7pm at the Turning Point Center - Marble Works, Middlebury, VT. 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.

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HOUSE AND BUSINESS CLEANING. Reliable & trustworthy. References available.

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

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DELI / BAKERY COUNTER HELP If you can multitask, enjoy working with the public and have some food service experience this job is for you. Fast paced, espresso bar (knowledge of espresso drinks helpful), bakery and deli customer service. Now in our 30th year we take pride in our product and service and need a team player to help continue our tradition in Middlebury. Must have strong communicative skills, ability to multitask quickly and efficiently with a positive attitude.

Please send resume and letter of interest with current references and phone numbers as well as availability to our e-mail or stop by and pick up an application. info@ ottercreekbakery.com, Otter Creek Bakery, 14 College Street, Middlebury.

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

CLEAN TOUCH GROUP is seeking energetic housekeepers. Great pay. Apply in person at the Courtyard Marriott, 309 Court Street, Middlebury, VT.

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Please send resume and prior employment references to: Rouse Tire Sales, Inc. Attn: Carolyn Rouse P. O. Box 902 Middlebury, VT 05753

Electrician Wanted Vermont’s premier sitework and concrete contractor, S.D. Ireland is looking for an experienced Electrician for all facets of residential, commercial and industrial electrical work.

This is a full time, year round position.

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Benefits offered include: • health care, • dental, • paid time off • 401(k) Please mail your résumé and cover letter to;

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The Arbors at Shelburne: A Benchmark Senior Living Community is focused entirely on serving people living with Alzeimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other diseases affecting cognition.

We offer competitive salaries with shift differentials, tuition reimbursement, bonus opportunities, team-focused workplace.

We seek to hire loving, mature team members who are passionate about care for the following positions: • LNAs – full and part time, day/evening shifts • Non-licensed Nurses’ Aides – full and part time, day/evening shifts • Programming/Activities Assistant – full time • RN or LPN’s – per diem all shifts

If you are interested in any of these positions, please submit a cover letter and resume to: The Arbors at Shelburne Attn: Human Resources 687 Harbor Road • Shelburne,VT 05482 802-985-8600 • phurteau@benchmarkquality.com

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Interim Zoning Administrator Town of Ferrisburgh Part-Time Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Checks plans and specifications for compliance to zoning codes - Makes field inspections as necessary to clarify specific zoning violations - Prepares material for Planning and Zoning Meetings

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- Ability to communicate with applicants and the public - Ability to analyze and interpret the zoning ordinance Experience preferred. Salary based upon experience. Equal Opportunity Employer.

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GOOD PAY FOR GOOD WORKERS. Acorn Painting is looking to hire 3-4 painters starting now. Experience preferred but willing to train. A strong work ethic, transportation, and a good attitude goes a long way.

Please call 802-453-5611.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT Provide 1:1 mentoring support to individuals with developmental disabilities in a community setting. Join our dedicated team to help them become more independent and integrated members of our community.

You will help them access community resources, learn new life/social skills, create friendships and express their creativity. Must have patience, creative thinking, good judgment and boundary setting skills. Personal care experience or experience with autism a plus. Good driving record, use of personal vehicle and GED required. M-F, full- time with comprehensive benefit package. Respond to CSAC HR, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802-388-6751, ext. 415, or www.csac-vt.org.

GROUP HOME MANAGER Warm and supportive home for 5 individuals with developmental disabilities in Middlebury seeks skilled manager.

Responsibilities include staff supervision, direct work with residents, oversight and organization of health care. Person centered approach, positive supervisory style, great organizational skills and flexible thinking needed. Minimum qualifications include an Associate’s Degree in a human service area, experience in a residential setting, supervisory experience. Clean driving record, clean background check. M-F day time hours.

Comprehensive benefit package. Respond to CSAC HR, 89 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753, 802-388-6751, ext.

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CUSTODIAN: MONKTON CENTRAL SCHOOL has an immediate opening for a full-time, year-round, 2nd shift custodian. (Summer hours will be 1st shift.) Previous experience preferred. Requirements: valid driver’s license, ability to lift 50 plus pounds, self-motivated and able to work without direct supervision. For more information and to apply, go to www.schoolspring.com or call Monkton Central School at 802-453-2314.

LOOKING FOR HAIR STYLISTS to rent stations at Pauline’s Hair Fashions.

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We are seeking people with winning personalities 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.

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Immediate employment available.

Compensation based on experience.

Medical & 401K offered.

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We offer health benefits, paid vacation, as well as mileage and safety bonuses.

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DUMP TRUCK DRIVER WANTED 1 driver needed.

Seasonal position, May to November. Class B CDL required. Minimum 5 years’ experience required. Up to date medical card and drug test also required. Contact Gene 802-373-8053.

FOSTER FAMILY: NEEDED FOR a period of 18-24 months for a 10 year old girl in our community who loves arts, crafts and animals. The child and family of origin are working toward reunification. Caregiver(s) needs to have patience and ability to self-regulate while providing structure, consistency and nurturing. Ideal home will not have same aged children.

Family will receive support from the Counseling Service of Addison County, training, respite and a generous monthly reimbursement. Contact Marilynn Lang at 802-388-6751.

FULL TIME REGISTER CLERK needed for busy family owned convenience store.

Set schedule Monday - Friday, 2:15 pm - 10:15 pm. Prior work related experience preferred.

Applicants should apply in person at Small City Market in Vergennes or call Cory at 802-349-7101.

LINEHAUL DRIVER WANTED Williston VT to Hartford CT. Full time, 2510 miles a week, Mon-Fri. Some weekends during busy season. Class A CDL with doubles endorsement needed. If interested, call Steve at 802-989-9004. Evenings only please, Mon- Fri.

MIDDLEBURY FITNESS Is seeking a part-time charismatic, energetic and self motivated individual to join our dedicated front desk member services team. Exceptional customer service skills as well as night and weekend availability are required. Fitness certifications and background are preferred but not required as we will train the right person. For more information contact Emily at 802-388-3744 or email emily @middleburyfitness.com.

MISTER UPS NOW ACCEPTING applications for Servers.

Please apply within, 25 Bakery Lane, Middlebury.

MOUNTAIN MEADOWS ORGANIC BEEF Farm seeks full-time employee to assist in daily management of 1000 head beef operation. Ideal candidate will have experience with cattle and general farm work. Duties include: assisting with animal care, feeding/ barn chores, crops and general farm maintenance. Pay commensurate with experience.

Vacation and benefits included.

For more information contact Brian Kemp, Farm Manager at 802-989-0514 (daytime), or 802-462-3671 (after 6:30pm).

MR. MIKE’S COMMERCIAL Cleaning Service has openings for part to full time. Must have reliable transportation, be flexible and reliable. Available to work nights a must, and need to pass background check. Self motivated, able to work independently.

E-mail resume to: info@ mrmikescleaningservicevt. com. Application also available online at: www. mrmikescleaningservicevt.com.

No phone calls please. We encourage all to apply. E.O.E.

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OFFICE, RESERVATIONS, FRONT DESK Assistant. Marketing & Promotions Coordinator. Guest Services (serving meals/housekeeping). Part time stand-alone positions or combined full time position for the right person. Seasonal through October to start. Must be available weekends. Flexibility required, best suited for someone with interest in hospitality, who can provide attention to detail and works well independently and as a team. Please send resume and letter of interest highlighting relevant experience to: info@blueberryhillinn.com.

Positions open until filled.

STYLIST / COSMETOLOGIST: Looking for self starters who are goal oriented, motivated, outgoing with friendly attitude and sense of humor. Flexible scheduling, back bar supplies provided. Business cards, brochures, website provided.

Online scheduling software with 24/7 scheduling, refreshments for team members and guests.

Bio page on website. Opportunities for shared advertising. We are offering you the autonomy of running your own business without the major expense. We will support and work together on growing clientele individually and as a team. Contact Heather 802-465-8255 or e-mail: brandonvillagespa@gmail.com.

TEXTURE SALON IS LOOKING for a VT licensed cosmetologist to fill our immediate opening of 30+ hours per week.

Must have experience with wedding and bridal updo’s, make up, hair coloring and cutting. Computer knowledge helpful. Hourly or commission, retail bonus, paid vacation. Call 802-989-0337 or drop by the salon with your resume. www. texturesalonvt.com.

THE MEDICINE CHEST, Addison County’s only provider of home medical equipment has a full time opening for a DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Specialist. Computer knowledge and mechanical aptitude helpful but we will train the right person who is a professional, energetic individual, willing to learn all aspects of our business, from in-store customer service to deliveries and set up of equipment, able to lift 65 lbs. Position includes rotating on call hours. Excellent benefits and competitive salary. Apply in person at 99 Maple Street, Middlebury, in the historic Marble Works District, or fax resume to 802-388-4146.

Help Wanted

For Sale

THE TOWN OF CORNWALL is looking for a Secretary/Minute Taker for our newly formed Development Review Board. The time expectation to start would be for one meeting a month, which would run approximately 3 hours. Minutes of the meeting would need to be produced in an electronic format within 5 days of the meeting. The starting pay would be $15.00 per hour. If you are interested in this position, please contact Ben Wood, Selectboard Member at 802-462-3216 or bwoodcornwall@gmail.com.

MAXIM OUTDOOR WOOD PELLET Furnace by Central Boiler adapts to existing heating system and heats with renewable wood pellets. Call today. Boivin Farm Supply 802-475-4007.

THE VERGENNES CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC, an open and affirming, progressive Christian Community, is seeking a Director of Children and Youth Ministries. This part-time position carries an expectation (on average) of 12 hours/week.

The successful candidate will have experience in working with children and/or youth, who will direct a program of stimulating and nourishing faith formational opportunities for Nursery – High School. For more information, including the job description, please go to the church’s website: www.vergennesucc.org.

PRIVACY HEDGE FORSYTHIA, yellow flowering, Blowout Sale. 3-4 ft reg. $39 each, now only $6.99 each. Free delivery while supplies last. www.lowcostforsythia.com, 844-592-3327.

For Sale 2007 FLEETWOOD POP UP camper, sleeps 5, excellent condition, $4,995. Paul Stone, Orwell: 802-770-9270.

2010 OPEN RANGE FIFTH WHEEL 3 slide outs, very good condition. 39 ft. a must see $34,000. Call 802-989-8923.

CAT CLIMBING TREE 3 tier, 2 pillar. New, never been used. $200 value, selling for $90. Call 802-352-6649.

CEDAR POSTS for sale. 8 footers, no points. 802-388-4831.

CLEAN, USED RESTAURANT equipment. Tables, chairs, ovens, grills, etc. Call for information, 802-388-4831.

FOR SALE, 4 BIKES 20” Huffy (Spyder bike) $25. Tigger kiddie bike w/training wheels, excellent shape $40.

2 Mountain bikes 24” & 26”, $25 each or $100 for all 4 bikes.

802-388-3331.

MARILYN MONROE MEMORABILIA COLLECTION hundreds of pieces with an estimated total value of $2,500.

Includes plastic sleeved Time/ Life covers, approx. 40 Bradley Exchange plates, calendars and books, including a rare book (1 of 500 printed): “Marilyn: A Hollywood Farewell.” Prefer to sell the lot, but may consider selling individual pieces. 802-989-5803.

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2 BEDROOM, OWNER OCCUPIED 1000 sq ft duplex in Bristol village. $1150 includes heat.

1st, last, and security deposit required. No pets, no smoking.

May 1st. 802-343-3527.

A D D I S O N : S E PA R AT E APARTMENT attached to Addison home, available for $300/ month plus approx. 4 hrs/wk of help with dog-walking and yard work. Furnished, W/D available. An additional dog would be considered. No smoking.

802-863-5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, references, background checks required. EHO.

M I D D L E B U RY- U N F U R NISHED 1 BEDROOM, upstairs apartment with some utilities. No smoking. $750/month, plus deposit. 802-388-0401.

SMALL ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT ground level.

Must have excellent references. $925 month, heat and electric included. Also includes washer and dryer.

Available June 1st. New Haven, 802-453-7117.

2,000 SQ. FT. PROFESSIONAL office space in Middlebury, multi-room. Ground level, parking, handicap-accessible. Available now. 802-558-6092.

BRANDON SMALL ONE BEDROOM apartment with heat.

No smoking or pets. $650 plus deposit. Call 802-247-0115.

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.

BRISTOL VILLAGE, 1 BEDROOM apartment in Victorian house, 2nd floor, large rooms, carpeted, heated. No pets, no smoking. Available May 1.

Security, $775/mo. Call Doug 802-578-6049.

FOR RENT IN MIDDLEBURY One bedroom 2nd floor apartment. $790 per month, includes heat and water. Walking distance to town and college. Parking for one vehicle.

802-388-7402 evenings. No pets, no smoking. Previous rental references required.

RETIRED DUCK HUNTER selling antique wooden decoys.

Wide assortment of shotgun shells. Also 2 antique 1800’s bullet molds $100 each or $150/ pair. Call for details, must be 18 years and older. 802-453-4235.

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. 300N.

281 MAIN STREET, VERGENNES Available now, medium size 2 bedroom apartment. Laundry hookups, large enclosed porch & full bath. Heat and hot water included. $900 per month. Available May 1st, 273 Main Street, 2 bedroom apartment $900 per month.

8am to 8pm only 802-779-8565.

SMALL BOAT SHOP gone out of business. Many accessories for sale. Can see on Craig’s List under for sale by owner; “boat shop gone out of business”.

802-453-4235.

SOLID CHERRY DINING TABLE 38”x64” with 2 leaves, expands to over 8 feet, 6 matching chairs and side board, $1400.

Mission-style love seat, matching chair and small recliner, cocoa brown, cat proof fabric, $1400. Student desk, $50. Call 802-989-7260.

STATE OF VT SURPLUS Live Auction on May 7, 2016, 10:00 AM, Central Garage, 1756 US Route 302, Berlin, Vermont.

Also selling government surplus online for 750+ agencies, 1-800-536-1401, www.auctionsinternational.com Lic # 3218.

TIRES: 4 LOW-MILEAGE Cooper Trendsetter SE 185/65R14, $100 OBO 802-377-9817.

TWO WOMEN’S LARGE BLACK leather coats - one long coat ($100), one motorcycle jacket ($125). 802-475-2758.

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

Creek Road, Middlebury.

802-558-6092.

For Rent

LEICESTER: SHARE A HOME with a senior couple, active in the community and their church. $400/month plus small share of utilities. Must be dog-friendly. 802-863-5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, references, background checks required.

EHO. MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT Walk to town, private backyard, garage space, washer/dryer hook-up. $1,000/mo. plus heat and utilities. Available May 1st. Call 802-247-3369.

For Rent

MIDDLEBURY, 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT Located 1 mile north of Middlebury on Route 7. $600 per month, includes heat, electric and rubbish. No pets, no smoking. 802-388-4455.

M I D D L E B U RY, S M A L L HOUSE in town. Newly renovated interior. Washer/dryer hook ups. No smoking, no pets.

References. First, last and security deposit. Trash and snow plowing provided. $1,100/mo.

802-388-7743.

MOUNTAIN VIEW APARTMENTS in Hancock, VT is accepting applications for an immediate 2 bedroom vacancy.

Rent is 30% of income. HUD regulations regarding income limits and household size apply.

For an application, please visit our website, http://addisontrust. org/apartments. Applications are to be mailed back to ACCT, PO Box 156, Vergennes, VT 05491. You can also request and send applications to Erika@addisontrust.org or call (802)877-3749. TDD 711.

Equal Housing Opportunity.

NEWLY RENOVATED 4 BEDROOM 3 bath house in Bridport. Large private back yard. 10 minutes to Middlebury. $1500/mo. Security deposit and references needed. Call Donnie or Lisa 802-453-6426.

OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE in historic Middlebury property. Private room with other shared amenities; ideal for single business occupant.

Rent $450/month, utilities included. For inquiry call Dick at (802)989-8822.

For Rent

SUGARWOOD APARTMENTS is currently accepting applications for 2, 3 and 4 BR apartments in Middlebury.

All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. NP/NS. W/D hook-ups.

Call 802-247-0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg.com.

Equal Housing Opportunity.

THE ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST is currently accepting applications for two and three bedroom apartments located in Vergennes and Middlebury, Vermont. Affordable rental rates.

Applications can be found on our website at www.addisontrust.org or made available by calling 802-877-3749. Income limits apply. Equal Housing Opportunity.

THE ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST is updating the waiting lists for the Creek View Apartments located in Vergennes, Vermont.

Apartments include one and two bedroom units. Rents are $740 and $865, respectively, all utilities included; Rental Assistance may be available.

Income restrictions apply. Accessible units available. For more information, please call 802-877-3749. TDD 771. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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UPSTAIRS EFFICIENCY WITH UTILITIES - no pets, no smoking. $600/month, $900 security; references required.

802-453-4823, after 5:30pm.

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Att. Farmers

VERGENNES 3 BEDROOM: washer/dryer hookup. $900/month. No pets. On Monkton Rd. across from Vergennes Variety. 240-281-1508 or email: ocopom.ninja. turtle@gmail.com. Available April 1. Completed application required prior to viewing apartment. Must pass background check.

2 STORY COLONIAL HOUSE 4 bedroom, 2 bath, full basement, 2 car garage. New updates. 1 1/3 acre, attractive lawn. $169,900, Crown Point, NY. 518-597-3869.

FOR SALE, EXCELLENT QUALITY small square bales. Loaded $5 per bale.

802-349-8891.

Wood Heat 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.

BRANDON 3 APARTMENT HOUSE for sale by owner. Asking $125,000 OBO. Easy fixer upper. Call 802-558-1069.

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

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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.

MIDDLEBURY; INDUSTRIAL PARK. Available 2 acres, lease or build to suit.

802-558-6092.

WANTED TO BUY: 55 gallon metal food grade barrels with removable lids. Must be clean. Call Bill’s Barrels 802-453-4235.

be found on Pages 37 & 38 Public Notices can Addison Central Supervisory Union Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Weybridge (2)

Hancock (1)

Addison County Transit Resources (1)

Middlebury (1)

Bridport (2)

Monkton (1)

Cornwall (1

Northlands Job Corps Center (1)

Ferrisburgh (1)

Vermont Gas Systems - Middlebury (1)

Incorporated District #4 – Middlebury (1)

On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:15 p.m., there will be a presentation of the conceptual plans for the Pulp Mill Bridge area sidewalk project to the Middlebury Selectboard in the Large Conference Room of the Middlebury Town Offices, 77 Main Street, Middlebury.

This is an opportunity for the public to comment on the conceptual plans for the project, which were developed with funding from a Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Program grant awarded to the Towns of Middlebury and Weybridge for the design and construction of sidewalks on Seymour Street in Middlebury and Pulp Mill Bridge Road in Weybridge.

Please contact Kathleen Ramsay, Middlebury Town Manager, (802) 3888100 ex201, kramsay@townofmiddlebury.org , if you have any questions about the project.

4/18

ADDISON COUNTY TRANSIT RESOURCES INVITATION TO ID

Three 2011 Chevy 6.6L Duramax Diesel, 14 seat Cutaway, (1) 140,000 Miles, (2) 152,300 Miles, (3) 142,000 Miles. Two 2011 Ford E450 6.8L V10 Gasoline, 20 seat Cutaway, (4) 158,000 Miles, (5) 179,000. All buses are in good condition despite high mileage. All five buses have AC, Seatbelts, Wheelchair Lifts and Radio.

To set up an appointment to inspect buses, please contact Bill Cunningham at ACTR between 8am and 4pm at (802) 388-2287.

SEALED Bids will be accepted on one, two, three, four or all five buses, please specify .

ACTR reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The deadline for submitting SEALED bids is April 29, 2016 at 3pm. Bids received after April 29th will be accepted only if all other bids were rejected. Submit SEALED bids in writing to: Angela McCluskey, Procurement Administrator; Addison County Transit Resources; ATTN: Buses for Sale, 297 Creek Road, Middlebury, VT 05753.

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Lincoln (1)

UNION SC OOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO ID

To publish a legal notice in the Addison Independent please email information to legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100.

Presentation of Conceptual Plans for the Pulp Mill Bridge Area Sidewalk Project Tues., April 26, 2016 – 7:15 p.m.

Middlebury Town Offices 77 Main Street

The incoln Town Office will be closed for the week of April 25-29, while we mo e to tem or ry u rters t the incoln ibr ry, est Ri er Ro d e re reloc tin durin the construction of our new buildin , which should be comleted by October Our o l is to be o en for business on Mond y, M y t the ibr ry loc tion, where our hone, f , nd m ilin ddress will ll rem in the s me ler hours will be the s me, but records m y t e e tr time to retrie e, so l n he d Other town offici ls m y ch n e their office hours s we d ust to sm ller s ce Meetin loc tions will ch n e, so y ttention to end s uestions loo for u d tes on our website www lincoln ermont or , or c ll incoln Town ler , lly Ober, t

Wanted

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.

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD PUBLIC MEETING

TOWN OF LINCOLN PUBLIC NOTICE

Union School District #3 invites qualified general contractors to bid on the renovation of the lobby of the Middlebury Union Middle School. The work includes enclosing the lobby with a new glass wall with doors. The project also includes a transaction window, flooring and lighting. The construction period is summer of 2016. Drawings will be available at Blueprints, Etc., 20 Farrell St, South Burlington, VT, (802) 865-4503, on April 14, 2016.

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TO N OF FERRIS URG NOTICE OF PU LIC EARING ONING OARD OF AD USTMENT

A public hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Town of Ferrisburgh will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, to consider the following applications: PM Approval of minutes from April 6, 2016 5 PM Request by Steven Konczal for Conditional Use Approval to construct a deck out over an existing boat storage and retaining wall. Property is located at 34 Pleasant Bay, parcel # 99/99/99.004. Application # 16-019.

25 PM Request by Alan Giguere for Conditional Use Approval to construct a 4100 square foot garage and offices. Property is located on US Route 7 across from Vermont Flannel, parcel # 05/01/75.13. Application # 16-021.

45 PM Request by David & April Mentzer for a Waiver Approval to add a 435 square foot addition to a single family home on a 1 acre property. Property is located at 230 Shellhouse Mountain Road, parcel # 10/01/44. Application # 16-020.

The above applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. Persons wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by an agent or an attorney.

PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

Communications about the above applications may be filed in writing with the Board or at such hearing.

4/18

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. SEC 4952 ET SEQ.

As ordered by the Court set forth below and in connection with a certain mortgage given

by Christopher J. Campbell and Michelle M. Campbell to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated November 21, 2005 and recorded in Book 66 Page 240 of the land records of the Town of Bridport, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder by virtue of Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countywide Home Loans Servicing LP dated May 10, 2011 and recorded May 16, 2011 in Book 78 Page 336 and Assignment of Mortgage from Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, FKA Countywide Home Loans Servicing LP to Federal National Mortgage Association dated April 17, 2015 and recorded May 1, 2015 in Book 85 Page 386, both of the land records of the Town of Bridport and in accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered January 26, 2016 in the action entitled Federal National Mortgage Association v. Christopher J. Campbell, Michelle M. Campbell and Occupants of 1613 Vermont Route 22A, Bridport, VT, by the Addison Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, Docket No. 104-6-14 ANCV for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1613 Vermont Route 22A, Bridport, Vermont on May 16, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: All that certain parcel of land situate in Town of Bridport, County of Addison and State of Vermont bounded and described as follows: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Kenneth R. Piper and Janet E. Piper

by Warranty Deed of Rodney A. Piper and Dorothy B. Piper dated 12/03/1973 and recorded at Book 24, Page 254 of the Town of Bridport Land Records and being further described therein as follows: Being a parcel of land consisting of approximately three acres, located at the Southwesterly edge of those land and premises conveyed to Rodney A. Piper and Dorothy B. Piper by Warranty Deed of Roscoe H. Pratt and Warren A. Pratt, which deed is dated 05/11/1970 and recorded in Book 23 at Page 269 of the land records of the Town of Bridport, said land being more particularly described as follows: Commence at a point in the Easterly line of Vermont Route 22A, so-called, which point marks a Northwest corner of the lands now or formerly of Wade and Flora Walker and which point marks the Southwesterly corner of the parcel herein described; thence run Eastwardly along said Walker’s Northerly line a distance of 300 feet to a point; thence turn and run Northwardly and parallel to the Easterly line of the right of way of said Vermont Route 22A, a distance of 450 feet to a point; thence turn and run Westwardly and parallel to said Walker’s Northerly line a distance of 300 feet to a point in the Easterly line of said Vermont Route 22A; thence turn and run Southwardly following the Easterly line of the right of way of said Route 22A a distance of 450 feet more or less to the point or place of beginning.

Reference is hereby made to the above mentioned instruments, the records thereof, the references therein made, and their respective records and references, in further aid of this description.

Tax ID: 07026 Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

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

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

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

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED : March 28, 2016 By:/S/ Bozena Wysocki, Esq., Bendett and McHugh, PC 4/18 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 | Farmington, CT 06032

Auctions ANNUAL SPRING MACHINERY SALE 10AM SHARP WHEN: SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016 WHERE: ADDISON COUNTY COMMISSION SALES BARN, ROUTE 125 – EAST MIDDLEBURY, VT TRACTORS, BALERS, TILLAGE EQUIPMENT, HAY WAGONS, FORAGE WAGONS, BRUSH HOGS, PLOWS, RAKES, LAWN MOWERS, TOOLS AND FARM, LAWN & GARDEN ITEMS! **A FARM AND GARDEN SALE THAT HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY!** A MUST-SALE TO ATTEND! ****PLEASE NOTE WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING HOUSEHOLD ITEMS FOR THIS AUCTION****

LUNCH SERVED AUCTIONEER: JOHN NOP ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS NOW! FOR INFO CALL: ACCS 802-388-2661 OR 802-989-1507 SALE MANAGED BY: T.G.WISNOWSKI & SONS www.accscattle.com

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INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF HANCOCK PO BOX 100 HANCOCK, VT 05748 Sealed bids for the contract work described below will be accepted by the Town of Hancock until 5:00 PM, April 19th, 2016.

TYPE OF CONTRACT: (3) Three year Winter Roads Contract with the Town of Hancock. Contract is available for viewing upon request. Contact Town Clerk, Olivia Drury, for information. (802) 7673660.

BID OPENING: Sealed bids shall be marked “WINTER ROADS” and will be publicly opened and read aloud on Tuesday April 19, 2016 at 6:30 pm at the ancock own Clerks fice.

All contractors must provide three references and must have proof of liability insurance upon award of contract. *The Hancock Select Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids

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NORTHLANDS JOB CORPS CENTER REQUEST FOR QUOTES – CENTER VENDOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES The Northlands Job Corps Center (NJCC) and Education & Training Resources (ETR); located at 100 A Mac Donough Drive, Vergennes, VT 05491 are desirous of fully Licensed, Certified and Insured Service and Supply Vendors to submit a bid on the federally funded project mentioned herein; and if successfully awarded the subject contract, to satisfactorily provide the following services according to the established criteria contained within same. All bidders must have a “Dun & Bradstreet” (DUNS) number to be awarded a federal contract and provide documentation of such. All bidders must be registered in “System for Award Management” (SAM) https://www.sam. gov/portal/public/SAM/ before being awarded a federal contract and provide documentation of such. Contract Year begins June 1, 2016 – November 30, 2016. Vendor services to include: Cafeteria and Culinary Food, Dairy Supplies.

Point of contact for these services/ supplies is the NJCC Purchasing Department. The Purchasing Agent can be reached via email at: barry.sageman@ etrky.com and Corporate Support Assistant patti.bartlum@etrky.com. Please go to: www.fbo.gov for more individual bid details, when final bids are due and bid packages.

“THIS IS A SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITY” 4/4

SUBSCRIBE, CALL 388-4944

ID#4 SCHOOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO SUBMIT LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR BOARD MEMBER POSITION The ID#4 School District is seeking an individual from the Town of Middlebury who is interested in serving on the seven (7) member ID#4 School Board (Mary Hogan School). It is the responsibility of the ID#4 School Board to appoint a ualified person to fill this vacancy. If you are interested in serving, please submit a letter of interest by April 29, 2016 to rhardy@acsu.org.

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DON’T MISS OUT! www.addisonindependent.com TOWN OF BRIDPORT LAWN MOWING BIDS

The Town of Bridport is accepting bids for Lawn Mowing. Interested parties can meet at the Town Office at 9am on Friday, April 22 to view the properties. Bids due to Town NLT 4pm on Monday, April 25 and must include proof of insurance (liability and Workmen’s Compensation). Bids will be opened April 27 at 7:30am at the Town Office. Questions: Town Clerk 758-2483.

4/18

DELIVERING NATURAL GAS TO MIDDLEBURY – SUMMER DISTRIBUTION CONSTRUCTION MEETING Vermont Gas will install distribution piping in and around the neighborhoods of Middlebury beginning in late April. As with the installation of other in-ground utilities in or near roads and sidewalks, this can create short-term disturbance o soils, short tra fic delays, and other issues. Vermont Gas will work with the Town and property owners to reduce installation issues and restore previous conditions - for instance, protecting trees during the construction process.

At this meeting Vermont Gas staff will present the plans to inform residents about construction and how to connect to natural gas service later this year. We will also discuss the distribution line extension along Halladay Road, which will connect to a dairy-based renewable natural gas project in Salisbury. (This project will capture and prevent the release o a si nificant amount o methane into the atmosphere, while also creating an economic use for dairy manure.) Please join us for the discussion on April 19, 2016 from 7–8:30 pm at the Middlebury own fices.

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ADDISON CENTRAL SUPERVISORY UNION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PAPER AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES - 2016 – 2017 SCHOOL YEAR The Addison Central Supervisory Union is accepting bids for the supply of 20# copy paper, and or other educational o fice supplies such as construction paper, pencils, crayons, composition books, binders, envelopes, etc. to be used in the seven elementary schools in ACSU (Bridport, Cornwall, Mary Hogan, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Weybridge) and Middlebury Union High School, Middlebury Union Middle School, and the ACS Superintendent s fice or the School ear. id Form and detailed bid specifications are available at the Superintendent s fice.

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Bids should be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Paper/ School Supplies Bid” to: David Boucher, Business Manager Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Ave iddlebury, Bids may also be emailed to: ghughes@acsu.org or faxed to: 802-388-0024 ids must be received no later than oon on April , at which time they will be opened and available for all bidders to review.

The Addison Central Supervisory Union Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any or all bids in accordance with Vermont Statutes.

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Cordes (Continued from Page 1) Monkton Republican Valerie Mullin and incumbent Rep. Fred Baser of Bristol in the November general elections.

Prospective candidates have until May 26 to file their nomination petitions to run for the House, so the Addison-4 field could grow even larger.

Cordes has for the past 15 years worked at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She and her family have lived in Vermont for around 30 years. They moved to Lincoln in 2003. Her husband, David Walker, is a builder, and they have two grown daughters. They live in an off-theenergy-grid home off Downingsville Road.

Though this is her first run for the House, Cordes is already quite familiar with the Vermont Statehouse. She has delivered testimony there on behalf of the UVM Medical Center nurses’ union on such issues as health care reform, paid sick days and safe hospital staffing levels for patient care.

Cordes helped create the Equal Care Coalition, to advocate for the elimination of health insurance policy exclusions for transgender patients. She said she worked successfully with state officials to eliminate those policy exclusions in Vermont.

“I am very proud and pleased with that result,” Cordes said.

She currently serves as treasurer for 350Vermont.org, a grassroots group that advocates for remedies to

TOWN OF MONKTON REQUEST FOR BIDS The Town of Monkton is seeking bids for the 2016 season mowing/upkeep of the following properties: ayn Cemetery ran e Cemetery oro Cemetery own reen arnum Cemetery own all Area id e Cemetery ids are due by April , be ore p.m. attention onkton Selectboard.

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NOTI OF P BLI M TING TOWN OF ORNWALL

The Cornwall Planning Commission will hold a Public Meeting on May 4, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall located on Rte 30 in Cornwall, VT. Purpose of Meeting: to hear a request by Patricia Ross, of 1155 Cider Mill Road, Cornwall, VT to subdivide their 7.49 acre lot into 2 lots. Lot 1 – 4 acres, Lot 2 – 3.49 acres.

This matter was classified by the Cornwall Planning Commission as a Minor Subdivision on January 20, 2016.

The above application is available to public at the Cornwall Town Clerk’s office, Rte. 30, Cornwall, VT. You are free to review the file for any additional information concerning this particular matter.

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

Please note that in accordance with Chapter 117, Section 4464, of the Vermont statutes that participation in this Public Meeting is a prerequisite to the right to take subsequent appeal.

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proves, it is improving for those at the very top and not for the rest of us — which has a direct impact on the health of our economy and our ability to provide direct services to those who really need it.”

With that in mind, she said she’d support “progressive tax reform to bring the balance back.”

Over the past few decades, “the balance of economic justice has tilted away from ordinary community members in Vermont,” according to Cordes. “It has shifted to those at the very top.”

Cordes supports an increase in Vermont’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, and making wealthier individuals and corporations responsible for a greater proportion of the state’s tax levy.

And a greater proportion of tax revenues, Cordes believes, should be spent on education and investment in a new energy economy. For example, she believes in greater inLINCOLN DEMOCRAT MARI vestments in technology for more Cordes, a Registered Nurse and eco-sensitive vehicles. long-time social activist, is run“(Transportation) is one of the ning for one of the two Vermont House seats representing the Ad- biggest producers of carbon dioxide,” she said. dison-4 district.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell CLIMATE CHANGE Cordes was candid in her oppoclimate change. sition to the Addison Natural Gas “The issues most important to me Project, a pipeline from Colchester are rooted in my childhood,” Cordes to Middlebury and Vergennes. She said. objects to the notion of Vermont imShe and her brother grew up in a porting “fracked” natural gas from household with a mom struggling Canada, noting Vermont has banned with mental illness and an alcoholic fracking within its borders. father, Cordes recalled. She and her “I will continue to actively work sibling benefited from a safety net of to prevent (the pipeline) and further, other adults who made sure their ba- new fossil fuel infrastructure in Versic needs were met. As such, Cordes mont,” Cordes said. said, she has been able to relate to, She also criticized a recent proand help, people working to improve posal by the Vermont Public Service their lots in life and Board to close hearextricate themselves “I have a deepings on the ANGP from tough situations. out of concerns over For example, she held belief that potentially disruphas visited Haiti to in working with tive protests. Cordes lend her nursing skills people around also proposed that to the post-earthquake me, I have members of the PSB recovery efforts in that the power to be selected by the ravaged nation. As a public, as opposed to create a positive health care professionbeing governmental al, she sees part of her change in our appointees. role as delivering com- communities.”

Cordes said she passion to the patients — Mari Cordes will advocate for deshe sees. velopers and state “I have a deep-held belief that in government to plan energy and working with people around me, I transportation projects with more of have the power to create a positive a long-term vision. change in our communities,” Cordes “When you don’t build long-term said. costs into an endeavor, those costs Cordes — long involved with Ver- are going to come back and bite you mont’s Progressive Party — has for at some point,” Cordes said. “I think, many years wanted to run for the in general — it’s been hard for us House, receiving encouragement to follow a model where long-term along the way from folks like former costs are incorporated into the true Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin. costs of energy. In a capitalist soShe decided the time was right for ciety, it is true that unless there are her to make a political run this year. incentives put in place, it may take If elected, Cordes promised to a long time to be able to plan well support economic policies aimed at to cover costs like carbon pollution.” improving conditions for those at the To that end, Cordes said she would lower end of the wage scale. support a carbon tax “if it were draft“My focus, first, is on economic ed well. I would want to make sure justice,” Cordes said. “I know that that this tax would not affect those many of us campaigning now, re- who could least afford it.” gardless of what party, there is a SOLAR SITING recognition that many Vermonters Cordes believes local communiare struggling. As our economy im(See Solar, Page 39)

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Solar in the state’s General Fund to ease (Continued from Page 38) ties should have more of a say in the some of the education tax burden siting of renewable energy projects and still provide necessary services — including solar arrays — within in schools. their borders. Currently, the PSB is CRIMINAL JUSTICE Cordes is opposed to the notion the arbiter for such applications.

“I support solar arrays and wind of privatizing prisons, which she believes house too turbines, with the camany inmates. veat that it should be “I’m very conthat community de- “The balance of cerned about the ciding together what economic justice numbers of individuthat should look like,” has tilted away als we have in prison Cordes said. “Planning from ordinary that probably don’t needs to happen at the community need to be there,” she community level.” members in said. “It’s a huge exACT 46 pense.”

Several area super- Vermont. It has She believes the visory unions have shifted to those state could minimize voted to consolidate at the very top.” incarceration in the their governance and — Mari Cordes future by investing budgeting under Vermore in mental health mont’s Act 46. Cordes believes the new law includes too services in the schools and providing more counseling on opiate admany mandates.

“The most important thing in cor- diction. Cordes also advocated for recting Act 46 is to provide incen- more rehab opportunities in light of the current waiting list for such sertives, not mandates,” Cordes said.

“For some districts, consolida- vices.

“I would like to be part of the contion makes sense,” she added “For others, it doesn’t. I think smaller certed effort that is gathering around schools in rural areas need to be pro- this issue,” Cordes said. “As a nurse, tected. They are still providing qual- I have seen people die way too ity of services that are very much young, because they were trapped in the opiate addiction cycle.” needed in those areas.”

Progressive tax reform, Cordes HEALTH CARE Cordes wants Vermont to revisit believes, would allow extra funding

the notion of creating a publicly financed health care system.

“I think we’re going to have to get there in stages,” she conceded.

She noted two prominent bills now in the House, one that would set up a universal primary care system, the other calling for expansion of the state’s Dr. Dynasaur health care coverage for children.

“I do believe health care is a right and not a privilege,” Cordes said. “Many countries have very successfully come up with health care systems that are publicly financed.”

The current system is untenable, she said.

“I feel very strongly about how the health care system is rigged so that pharmaceutical companies can make billions of dollars off of human suffering, and at the same time refuse to make a medication that will save millions of lives because it won’t bring them enough profit,” Cordes said.

“I believe we need to remove profit from the system,” she added.

Cordes is looking forward to visiting a lot of people during her campaign.

“I am excited about this campaign,” she said. “I am driven.”

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Local poet to read from his new collection April 27 MIDDLEBURY — Charles Sa- tions in which the poems offer a varibukewicz will read from and sign his ety of colorful lenses through which new collection of poetry, “In Sleep’s to explore time, nature, dreams and Circumference,” at a book launch to the poet’s inner life. From the exbe held Wednesday, April 27, at 7:15 periences of childhood to those of p.m. at Chamgrowing older, plain Valley the reader can Unitarian Unifind many poems versalist Society that speak to the in Middlebury. human condition Upon reviewin a meaninging the poems, ful way, and are John Elder, Midoften laced with dlebury author humor. of “Reading the Sabukewicz’ Mountains of work has apHome” among peared in Ibbetother noted son Street, the books, had this Bryant Literary to say: “Charles Review, the ConSabukewicz is necticut River a writer fasciReview, Hidden nated with time.

Oak, The Lyric, In strongly caPOEM, Poem denced and origTown, Sunstone, CHARLES SABUKEWICZ inal poems such Willard and Maas ‘Heraclitus at the Compost Bin,’ ple and Points West among other one is struck by the paradox that, publications. A retired Middlebury while all is lost, everything remains. Union High School English teacher, Again and again, this collection rises he and his wife Helen Marsh live in to memorable elegies such as ‘The Middlebury.

God of Lost Cats’ and ‘Beautiful Champlain Valley Unitarian Dreamers.’”

Universalist Society is at 2 Duane The book is divided into four sec- Court Middlebury. Parking is avail-

able in the MUHS lot, just south of CVUUS. A book signing will follow the reading.

Sabukewicz will present an ad-

ditional reading from “In Sleep’s Circumference” on Tuesday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at the Residence at Otter Creek retirement community, 350

Lodge Road, Middlebury.

For more information, contact Jenny Lyons at 802-388-2061 or jenny@vermontbookshop.com.

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Midd. sets theme for Memorial Day Parade MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury American Legion Post 27 will once again conduct the annual Middlebury Memorial Day Parade. This year’s parade, “Honoring our Heroes,” will be on Monday, May 30, at 9 a.m.

Those interested in participating should contact the legion at 3889311 indicating the type of entry and

the number of people taking part.

Participants are asked to keep in mind the intent of the parade, which is to pay tribute to those that have fought for this great nation. No political signs or banners will be permitted.

Assembly for the parade will be at the parking lot on Porter Field Road (off South Street) at 8 a.m.

Anna Benvenuto, MD; Jodi Brown, DO; Martha Redpath, CNM; E. Margaret Gardner, CNM; Katherine Wagner, MD; Heather Kidde, CNM

The same Physicians and Certi�ied Nurse-Midwives whom patients have come to know and trust will continue to work collaboratively to bring them excellent women’s health care and, in May, they’ll be under the same roof in Middlebury.

Our Certi�ied Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) are Advance Practice Nurse Practitioners with a Master’s degree in midwifery and nursing who provide care to women of all ages including: • General women’s health and • Evaluation of common gynecologic Pregnancy/childbirth services complaints • Birth control options including IUD’s • Guiding patients through menopause and Nexplanon Our Obstetrical providers work together to provide obstetrical care with an emphasis on low intervention births whenever possible and are proud of having one of the lowest cesarean rates in the country.

They provide a range of services including: • Medical complications of pregnancy • General women’s health and • Management of abnormal pap smears Pregnancy/childbirth services including colposcopy and LEEP • Obstetrical and gynecologic ultrasound • Menopause and aging concerns • Well-woman exams with preventive • Minimally invasive surgery options for screening, contraceptive management, ovarian, tubal, and uterine issues including infertility evaluation and treatment • Incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse care total laparoscopic hysterectomies

We are excited about the future of Women’s Health at Porter Medical Center and are committed to enhancing and improving an exceptional patient experience!

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