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AIDS Quilt is on display • Middlebury College uses iconic memorial to explore how we construct public memories. See Page 2.

Writing teacher turns to poetry

Middlebury, Vermont

Monday, April 25, 2016

Bank teller, city police help feds track down a criminal By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — It was just a routine call to Vergennes police on a Monday morning, in this case Nov. 30, 2015, made by an employee of the Monkton Road branch of Merchants Bank — there were suspicious people outside the bank in a car. But because that call was made and because police followed up, 10 days later U.S. marshals arrested a New Jersey man, Arun Aftab, 33, on a federal felony weapons charge. Federal authorities found firearms and large

knives in Aftab’s home and, when they arrested him in a car in which he was about to flee, Aftab also had “several identification cards and paperwork” and $35,000 in cash, according to Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel. Merkel said this case illustrates how the law enforcement system is supposed to function, with cooperation at all levels from the tipster to local police on up to federal authorities. It was Merkel who took that call and started the investigation on that Monday morning (See City police, Page 22)

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Local lawmakers, UVM alumni talk fraternities tax By JOHN FLOWERS VERGENNES — Loud calls to reverse a legislative decision to subject fraternities and sororities to the property tax is raging in Burlington but reverberating in Addison County, where several prominent University of Vermont alumni reside. At issue is a decision by the 2014 Legislature to lift the property tax exemption on fraternities and sororities in Vermont, beginning Jan. 1 of next year. It is a move that some fraternity representatives said would result in the closing and sale of some buildings (See Tax, Page 34)

• Charles Sabukewicz taught students about good writing for years; now he’s got a new book for them to read. Page 3.

LCMM gets new shipwreck records • Lake Champlain Maritime Museum is working on a new exhibit around the collection of an expert nautical archaeologist. See Page 14.

WEYBRIDGE DAIRY FARMER Nate Miller stands with some calves in his Weybridge barn. Like other farmers in Addison County and Vermont Miller has scaled back his participation in the Federal Margin Protection Program because it hasn’t paid off like it has for farmers in other parts of the country. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Mount Abraham softball routs Rice • The Eagles improved to 2-0 and padded their stats with a big win. See Sports, Page 18.

Vt. farmers unhappy with dairy insurance By GAEN MURPHREE ADDISON COUNTY — For Weybridge dairy farmer Nate Miller, a federal program that provides insurance against wide swings in milk prices hasn’t made much of a difference to his farming operation — other than the money he’s laid out annually for premiums and administrative fees.

Miller’s operation is on the smaller end of the scale in Addison County with a total of 54 cows and milking around 30. But the story is the same for Bob Foster of Foster Brothers Farm in Middlebury, which milks around 432 cows and has a total herd of over 500. “It’s strictly an expense. That’s the way we look at it,” said Foster.

“The program just hasn’t worked out the way we thought it would.” Part of the 2014 Farm Bill, the federal Margin Protection Program is intended to protect dairy farmers from fluctuations in the price of milk and in the cost of feed by providing insurance against low “dairy margins.” The margin is calculated as the difference between the price

of milk and the cost of feed, according to a complex federal formula. The higher the margin, the further milk prices are staying ahead of the cost of production. The lower the margin, the closer farmers get to a year with low to no profits and more hard times. For an annual administrative (See Dairy insurance, Page 16)

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Portion of AIDS Quilt on display at college By GAEN MURPHREE MIDDLEBURY — Many of Vermont’s small towns have a Civil War monument, but how many local residents still come to these piles of marble or granite as places of memorial and healing and how many just drive by with their eyes fixed ahead on a downtown parking spot? These kinds of questions — What do we commemorate as a nation and as a community? Whose story do we tell? And how do we tell it? — are behind the current exhibit in Middlebury College’s Davis Family Library of a panel from the AIDS Memorial Quilt. The quilt panel has been brought to the library as part of an American Studies course on American monuments and memorials led by Assistant Visiting Professor Deborah Evans and Associate Dean for Fellowships and Research Lisa Gates. “This class is about U.S. monuments and memorials and how we construct memory, national memory. What we remember? How we do that? What role do these monuments or memorials play in our public consciousness?” said Gates. “And living where we do — in a perfect world we would be doing this course perhaps in D.C. and then fly out and go visit Mount Rushmore, a lot of different places that would be great to study — we thought since the AIDS Memorial Quilt is by definition a mobile memorial we thought it’d be fabulous to bring a piece of it to Vermont to share it with our class and with the broader community.” At 48,000 panels covering 1.3 million square feet, the Quilt is the largest community art project in the world. Creation of the quilt began in the 1980s to help build awareness for AIDS/HIV and understanding of the people it effects. It has helped to raise more than $4 million and has been seen by more than 15 million people. In 1989 the Aids Memorial Quilt was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The idea for the Quilt began in San Francisco in 1985 when gay rights activist Cleve Jones and others taped the names of friends and loved ones who had died of AIDS to

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ASSOCIATE Dean Lisa Gates stands in front of a panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt that is on display in the college’s library. Gates and Visting Assistant Professor Deb Evans are incorporating the quilt in their class “Constructing Memory: American Monuments and Memorials.” Independent photos/Trent Campbell

the walls of the San Francisco Federal Building and saw that the sea of names looked like a patchwork quilt.

According to the World Health Organization, close to 34 million people have died from AIDS-related

causes since tracking of the disease began in the 1980s. Roughly 36.9 million people worldwide are liv-

ONE PORTION OF the AIDS Memorial Quilt currently on display at Middlebury College shows an iconic rural scene. The larger piece also has a panel devoted to AIDS victims from Vermont.

ing with AIDS and the virus that causes it, HIV. This figure includes 2.6 million children infected during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding. Particularly hard hit, according to the WHO, are countries in SubSaharan Africa. Gates said that the devastation AIDS brought to the gay community, especially, in the 1980s and 1990s is not something most college students today are aware of. So part of the focus in the class has been teaching about how the Quilt and the national responses to the AIDS epidemic fits in to larger LGBTQ struggles for social justice. PERSONAL, SUBVERSIVE Gates compares the AIDS Memorial Quilt, in some ways, to the Vietnam Memorial in its power as a healing space and in its initially subversive nature as a memorial. Both, she says, are deeply personal and political. “The Quilt was started as a way of remembering people who were being lost to history,” said Gates. “They were being rendered invisible, and (See Quilt, Page 3)

Police issue warning about phoney ‘IRS’ phone calls By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police are warning residents to be vigilant against a phone scam being perpetrated by callers falsely claiming to be Internal Revenue Service representatives looking to obtain personal tax information. The faux IRS callers, according to Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley, call people randomly and tell them

they owe money and they will be sued or arrested if they do not comply. “Don’t accept calls from numbers you don’t recognize and those who list no identifying information on the caller ID,” Hanley said. “In most cases, the robo-dialer will hang up if the call goes to a message system. With the plethora of other scams out there, this is good practice in all cases. An indication of a ‘robo’ dialer is when there

is a slight pause after you answer the phone while the system lets an operator know the call has been answered. Do not identify yourself nor divulge any personal information.” Hanley said at least one Middlebury resident has been targeted by the scam calls, which at least in some cases have originated from a 720-249-9928 telephone number, which is an AT&T number out of Denver, Colo. Denver

police have said they have received many complaints and so far have been unable to trace the phones, as the culprits are using disposable devices, Hanley said. The Federal Trade Commission has been notified and the reference number is 71834004, Hanley said. Anyone receiving a scam call should call the FTC, toll-free, at 1-877-382-4357 with information.

The Vermont Attorney General’s Office periodically warns Vermonters of similar scams, and has urged consumers to hang up if they receive this kind of call. The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers by phone, email, text messages or social media channels to request personal or financial information or to discuss your personal tax issue.

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Quilt thoughts and tears.” (Continued from Page 2) Some squares are elaborately they were dying in such large numbers, and these were not people who crafted with applique and embroiwere being remembered in more dery, some are simple, written public ways. So it was a way of cre- in indelible inks or fabric paints. ating memory, but it was also a way Some, such as the square for Paul of calling attention to the epidemic.” J. O’Donnell, give dates of birth The Quilt, she said, creates some- and death and clues to the person’s thing “that can move, that can oc- life and interests, like a drum or a cupy spaces, that can be present hockey stick, and contain written anywhere it needs to be present to inscriptions from friends and family members. The square demand attention, to defor Farmer John shows mand that people see this “We just an idyllic rural scene: apand think about it.” plique cows, barn, silo, Gates was at the first kind of trees. The square for ever display of the Quilt picked this Karl Horst contains only on the Washington Mall in word ‘life’ his name, surrounded by 1987. and then multicolored streamers. “It occupied an enorLOCAL RESPONES mous amount of space just wrote it Directly adjacent to even then,” she recalled. in different panel 00990, Gates and “The quilt had just started languages Evans have created a earlier in the year and it space where students, caught on like wildfire. we speak.” — Priyanjahi faculty, staff and comAnd visually it is just Sinha munity members can such a tremendous statesit and make their own ment about the loss of life and the communities that are be- square in response to the AIDS hind these people and around these Quilt and HIV/AIDS, using colored people ... and how deeply tragic markers, lettering, glitter glue and this whole event is and how unac- colored Popsicle sticks. Two students are working on a ceptable the kind of slow federal response to the health epidemic was. square together that says “life” in So that’s why I think it’s such a bril- six languages. “We just kind of picked this word liant political tactic.” Gates and Evans selected what ‘life’ and then just wrote it in differthey believe to be the only panel in ent languages we speak,” says Prithe 48,000-panel quilt to specifically yanjahi Sinha, a Middlebury sophomention Vermont. Catalogued as more from India. Her friend and panel 00990, the panel contains quilt co-artist Kamilla Domjan is a Bates sections made in the late 1980s for College student from Hungary. The seven men, who are variously named two have written ‘life’ in English, as Charles Cating, Karl Horst, Paul Spanish, French, Hungarian, Hindi J. O’Donnell, Chris Rohn, J.V.C., and Arabic. Domjan says the Quilt makes her Farmer John and Seth. The eighth and bottom-right-most section, creat- think about “visibility and community because this was such a shameed by the Burlington-based Vermont Cares, is “In memory of all Vermont- ful, hidden issue in the past. I really ers lost to the epidemic, especially like how we are making such an efthose whose names cannot be writ- fort to bring it forward into the atten. We remember them daily, in our tention of people. I think this is a

really beautiful way you can engage with it and say, ‘I am there standing with this.’” Sinha adds, “I did not know what to expect. So when I came here and saw a few of these things, I was really moved by the effort and just seeing people’s names out there and thinking that they could have been people I knew.” The exhibit is sponsored by Gates and Evans’ course “Constructing Memory: American Monuments and Memorials,” together with the Davis Family Library, the Center for Teaching, Learning and Research, the American Studies Program and the Scott Center for Religious and Spiritual Life. The AIDS Memorial Quilt panel will be on display on the second floor of the Davis Family Library at Middlebury College through the end of April. The library will be open this week, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.midnight; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Reporter Gaen Murphree is reached at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

BATES COLLEGE STUDENT Kamilla Domjan, right, and Middlebury College sophomore Priyanjali Sinha create a response to the AIDS memorial quilt on display in the Middlebury College Library last Thursday afternoon. Visitors to the exhibit were invited to create their own pieces, which were then displayed next to the quilt. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Sabukewicz shares life’s moments through poetry By JOHN FLOWERS ing, and his speculation about the MIDDLEBURY — For 15 years, hereafter. Charles Sabukewicz taught MiddleHe had previously written two bury Union High School students to self-published chapbooks containwrite and appreciate good literature. ing his poetry, titled “Rowing in Now 78 and retired Twilight” and “Guests from teaching, Sabukeof the Elements.” “I want wicz is himself rediscovHe credits the late ering the art of writing people to great E.E. Cummings — specifically poetry know I’m just with fanning his enthusi— which he is using as an ordinary asm for poetry. Sabukea descriptive vehicle to person who wicz cited Cummings’ convey the countless in- has shared style, which included teresting memories and intentional misspellings in a lot of observations he has accuand unconventional synmulated during an event- things.” tax. — Charles ful life. “The fact that he Sabukewicz could throw the rules More than 70 of those poems can be found in his aside; I really like that,” new book, “In Sleep’s Circumfer- he said. “Once in a while I’ll write a ence,” published by Red Barn Books prose poem, but fit a rhyme in there of Vermont. The poems are inspired — which is a no-no. But I am comby the events of Sabukewicz’s child- fortable with that.” hood, as well as his observations of It’s mostly about rhythm and maknature, the creative process of writ(See Sabukewickz, Page 7)

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Open primaries: GOP sees threat; Dems eye ‘bigger tent’ In the aftermath of the New York Republican primary, Democrats and Republicans are looking for future reforms in very different ways. For establishment Republicans, the party is trying to reduce the opportunity for non-party voters to participate, while among Democrats a growing number are considering the prospect of opening their primaries to independents. What has Republicans in a tizzy is that their leading candidate, Donald Trump, doesn’t follow the party line. In fact, the party establishment has made an all-out effort to derail his candidacy — without much success. Trump clobbered Sen. Ted Cruz in New York and might have a shot at claiming the nomination at the convention on the first ballot. For establishment Republicans, the Trump show been maddening enough to push principled conservatives like Washington Post columnist George Will to the point of sabotaging their own nominee: “Voters can only surmise what Trump is hiding by refusing to release his tax returns and can only guess how much he is exaggerating his wealth, or how much he has made from the money his father gave him…” Will wrote last week. “Voters know, however, his repeated boasts that he has prospered in the New York City real estate business, a petri dish of crony capitalism, by making lavish payments to political decision-makers: ‘I give to everybody. When they call. I give. And you know what? When I need something from them, two years later, three years later, I call them. They are there for me’ And. ‘As a businessman and a very substantial donor to very important people, when you give, they do whatever the hell you want them to do.’ And. ‘I’ve got to give to them, because when I want something, I get it. When I call, they kiss my ass.’” With reporting like that of a fellow Republican you can sense Will’s unabashed contempt of Trump. And he can’t stop: “(Trumps’s) rule-or-ruin approach to the GOP, which this real estate operator is treating like a short-lease rental property, is attempting to de-legitimize any process in which he does not win… ” Will goes on to propose closing all Republican primaries: “Next year…state parties that have open primaries should rethink this practice. It makes parties susceptible to free-floating voters and freebooting candidates who are, like Trump, lightly — if at all — invested in the party’s historic mission and its future. Open primaries are not unconstitutional, but they are discordant with a First Amendment value — the freedom of the individual to associate with likeminded persons in political parties to advance a particular political doctrine.” Wow. What a contorted association with the First Amendment — the very idea that we need to limit primaries to the views of the party faithful. Democrats, on the other hand, will hopefully push to make more of their state primaries open. As Sen. Sanders’ noted during the run-up to the New York primary, about 3 million New Yorkers were shut out of the primary process because they didn’t register as Democrats or Republicans six months prior to the primary. We’ve all since learned that New York has one of the toughest (as in, restricted) primary rules in the nation. Considering Hillary Clinton received 1,054,083 votes to Sanders’ 763,469, a significant 58–42 percent margin but only 300,000 votes separated the two, the numbers of have huge importance. Plus, in an example of election mismanagement, more than 60,000 Democratic voters in Brooklyn (Sanders’ home town and where he drew 28,000 people to a pre-primary rally) had their names dropped from voter rolls with no explanation. That under the current system 3 million voters (primarily Democrats and Independents) were denied the ability to cast a vote for their preferred candidate screams to the need for reform — and you can bet it’s one of the things Sanders and others will push at the convention. While not all Democrats agree on the advantages of an open primary, endorsing “a big tent” approach to their primaries has national appeal. The party would effectively be embracing independents and others, not because it would dilute the party faithful’s principles (as Will suggests), but because it would allow a greater cross-section of Americans to select the candidate that best reflects their collective wisdom. And that’s a difference in party approach worth broadcasting to the nation. Angelo S. Lynn

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Letters to the Editor Vermont hospitals can learn much from other states Recent changes at Porter Medical Center have resulted in a circling of the wagons and a regrouping. Rather than looking inside the ring, Porter and Middlebury may be better served by looking a bit outside. To be played well, medicine is a team sport. Prior to moving back to Vermont and since moving on from Vermont, I have been affiliated with a large fleet of all sizes of hospitals under one umbrella. This umbrella does admittedly lead to a small loss of autonomy, however massively increases efficient patient care

through seamless communication, telemedicine and — on the business side — buying power. There is strength in numbers and Porter and the local community would be well served by a strong consideration of an affiliation with a large and powerful entity in the region. The medical world is in turmoil and there are wolves at the door. Rather than recoiling further in and falling further out of sync with the current medical paradigm, a fresh look at Vermont’s care of patients as a statewide community would be

a worthy endeavor. Vermont itself would be wise to consider replicating the proven statewide team approach to medicine enjoyed by patients in many other states and health care systems. Necessity is the mother of invention. Maybe the last sentence should be, “Necessity is the mother of reinvention.” Anders Holm Summit, Wisc. Editor’s note: The writer is a doctor who formerly was associated with Porter Medical Center.

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More transparency in government needed Sunshine Week is a time to commemorate and take stock of a central pillar of our democracy: transparency. Any government that claims to be a democracy must not operate in secret. After all, a government of, by and for the people cannot be one that is hidden from them. An open government is a powerful antidote against corruption, secrecy and other forces that threaten to make leaders unaccountable to their citizens. As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said, sunlight is the best disinfectant. One of the most powerful tools bringing sunshine into the halls of power is the Freedom of Information Act, our nation’s premier transparency law. This year, on July 4, FOIA turns 50. For five decades, the law has enabled Americans to access — and therefore influence — the workings of our government. Since its passage I have worked across the political aisle to strengthen it and to conduct oversight about how it is being enforced. This week the Senate is on the verge of passing legislation that I coauthored with Sen. John Cornyn (RTexas) to help bring FOIA into the 21st century. Our bipartisan FOIA Improvement Act codifies President Obama’s historic decree that federal agencies adopt a “Presumption of Openness” when considering the release of government information. The presumption of openness establishes that, except in narrowly tailored circumstances, government information belongs in the hands of the people. This policy was first put into place by President Clinton but then re-

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This week’s writer is Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Vermont’s senior U.S. senator and author of the FOIA Improvement Act and of several other laws to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act. He was installed in the FOIA Hall of Fame in 1996 for his leadership in expanding the public’s right to know. The New England First Amendment Coalition presented Leahy its top award in February for his lifetime commitment to freedom of the press and open government. Sunshine Week was March 13-19. pealed by President Bush. President Obama reinstated it as one of his first acts in office. We cannot leave it to the next president to decide how open the government should be. We have to hold all presidents and their administrations accountable to the highest standard. By codifying a presumption of openness, my bill establishes that sunshine, not secrecy, is the default setting of our government. When my bill becomes law, FOIA requests can be submitted to any federal agency through a single website. Furthermore, agencies will be required to make frequently re-

quested documents available online. By updating FOIA for the digital age, my bill puts government information in a format most accessible to the American people. In the last Congress my bill passed the Senate unanimously, but unfortunately House leaders failed to take it up. The Senate should recognize Sunshine Week by moving swiftly to pass the FOIA Improvement Act once again, and the House should follow suit. We must continue our bipartisan tradition of working together to improve the people’s access to their government. While passing the FOIA Improvement Act will be an important step forward, we cannot stop there. We must also fight to protect the sunshine we have let in from those who want to obscure the decision making of elected officials. Three weeks ago, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans emerged from a meeting that was closed to the press, to the public, and to all committee Democrats, to unilaterally announce that the committee would not hold a public hearing or vote on any Supreme Court nominee this year. The Republican Conference has rallied around this edict, and Republican senators have unconditionally refused to even meet with the President’s nominee. The Republicans’ radical position ignores the history of the Senate, which has held public hearings to consider every Supreme Court nominee in the last 100 years. Since our first public hearings in 1916, we have brought more and more daylight to the Supreme Court confirmation process, which is now acces-

responsible for their actions. A measurement above the limit and the person is arrested for intoxication and presumably a menace to the public. My concern is that, as far as I know there is no limit for a person who is taking marijuana that is deemed acceptable for the person to be in full command of their senses and completely responsible for their actions. If an accident occurred on the local highway and that accident was due to someone high on marijuana, what legal statutes are in place to point to that person as responsible for that accident? How would a local law enforcement person be able to prosecute the offender when there are no guidelines indicating that there is a limit on the amount of marijuana in their person’s blood

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Letters to the Editor There is so much talk about the legalization of marijuana and the medical benefits, say nothing of the money to be made with the growing and selling of the herb, that there is one issue that I never hear discussed. One issue that would make me fearful of people who are taking the herb and driving. And that is: how much of the herb when ingested or smoked is acceptable for the person to be in full command of their senses on our highways. As with alcohol, when someone is pulled over by the local law enforcement, a breath analyzer is administered to determine if the person is above or below a legal limit. A limit that has been established to insure that a person who has imbibed in alcohol is in full command of their senses and fully

sible to all Americans on television, webcasts, and other technology-driven platforms. With this ever-improving access, Americans have justifiably come to expect an opportunity to view and participate in this confirmation process. After all, its outcome directly affects their constitutional rights and their lives. They know that when the cameras are rolling, there is transparency. They understand that when there is transparency, there is accountability. By blockading a public hearing and a vote, Senate Republicans are effectively imposing an artificial sunset on a century of bipartisan transparency — all to the detriment of the American people. I hope that once the president upholds his constitutional duty by making a nomination, Senate Republicans will fulfill theirs and choose sunshine over secrecy in the Supreme Court confirmation process. Sunshine Week is a time for all branches of government to demonstrate their commitment to transparency and accountability. This year I call on the Senate to honor Sunshine Week by passing my bipartisan FOIA Improvement Act, and by committing to holding public hearings on the next nominee to the Supreme Court. The American people deserve no less.

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or lungs? It seems to me that before any legalization of the herb is made that there should be some guidelines in place for the law enforcement limit. As it stands now, if someone is high on the herb and they cause and accident, there is nothing that the law enforcement people can do to prosecute them. I can only imagine that if numerous people were taking the herb, and abusing it, then there would be numerous people on the highway not being in complete command of their senses and most likely causing numerous accidents with no way of being prosecuted. We should seriously think about this before we even consider any legalization of the herb. John Mitchell Fort Myers, Fla.

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Obituaries

Carl Torsnes, 72, Hancock HANCOCK — Carl D. Torsnes, 72, of Hancock died Sunday, April 17, 2016, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. He was born July 8, 1943, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Karl and Nellie (Shannon) Torsnes. He attended Huntington, N.Y., schools. Following his education, he served in the U.S. Navy, aboard the USS Constellation, during the Vietnam War. After his honorable discharge from the service Carl moved to Hancock. He was married to Sharleen Warner June 16, 1973, in Brandon. He worked for Simmonds Precision in Vergennes for a short while before going to work for Middlebury College as a mechanic at the Middlebury Snow Bowl and

Ralph Mayre Golf Course until retiring in 2003. He is survived by his wife, Sharleen Torsnes, of Hancock; 2 daughters, Annette Rivas of Fairfax, VA, and Heather Cortes of Greenville, S.C.; a son, Andrew Torsnes of Randolph; 2 sisters, Louella Larmon of Rochester and Carol Brouard of Seminole, FL; and 5 grandchildren. Graveside memorial services will be held at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Randolph Center, at a date and time to be announced later. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are under the direction of the Day Funeral Home, Randolph. ◊

Bridge School honors pupils MIDDLEBURY — Bridge School announces the awards bestowed during its 36th annual Collar Day celebration. Bridge School’s Collar Day derives from a 16th-century custom created by Queen Elizabeth I. She commanded her court to dress up and appear before her so that she could bestow upon them awards for unique accomplishments. Bridge School students celebrate the day by wearing past Collar Day awards as well as family awards and medals. Parents and children are encouraged to make awards of excellence for each other. At a formal school ceremony, teachers present awards, relating to school experience, to each child. These awards can represent accomplishments, aspirations, effort and attitude. The awards given this year are: Max Alberts, Civil Activist; Declan Anderson, Resourceful Building; Max Anderson, Creative Writing; Ty Bierman, Joie de Vivre; Thea Boglioli, Magic Circle; Callan Boulanger, Big Idea Communicator; Ira Carling, Creative Community Engagement; Diana Chapin-Parker, Humorous Writer; India Danyow, Meticulous Math Student; and Allegra deBoer,

Animal Writing. Also, Axel deBoer, Mythical Connections; Tayden deMeurers, Knack for Knitting; Eliza Doucet, Insatiable Curiosity; Emma Doucet, Personal Narrative Writer; Louis Favreau, Epic Story Writing; Priya Ginalski, Independent Goal Setting; Jacob Graham, Creative Wordsmith; Lucas Klein, Technical Engineer; Asher Lehman, Electronics and Tinkering; Ahlora Lipkin, Word Wizard; Anabelle Lipkin, Yoga; Ari Lipkin, Courageous Curiosity; Nat McVeigh, Physicist of Forces; and Noah Manns, Dedicated Performance Artist. Also, Henry Marshall, Finger Knitting; River Meshna, Counting; Jared Mills, Mind Over Matter; Jake Mitchell, Motivated Scholar; Amelia Munukka, Courageous Athlete; Ben Munukka, The Voice; Finn O’Neil, Jump Right In; Aslan Peters, Proliﬁc Poet; Hlodyn Sidaway, Puzzle Master; Ada Weaber, Determined Reader; Isla Weaber, Weaving; Henry Weston, Home Center Games; Oliver Wetzel, Building; and Eme Zelis, Small Business Owner of the Year.

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Ferrisburgh nears deal on power line By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh selectboard this past Tuesday approved a $40,000 deal with the firms proposing the Vermont Green Line that calls for those companies to pay for the town’s costs of legal and expert review of the underground power line that will run along town roads on its way to Route 7 and New Haven. The developers of the $650 million, 400-megawatt VGL, Massachusetts companies Anbaric Transmission and National Grid, will place $40,000 in an escrow account. That money will be used to pay, according to the agreement, “townselected experts for engineering, plan review, survey, real property valuation and legal support to negotiate the terms of a Host Town Agreement and assess the proposed preliminary design and permitting by local regional and state authorities.” Ferrisburgh Selectboard Chairwoman Loretta Lawrence noted the agreement states “up to a cap of $40,000 in 2016.” That phrasing leaves room for the companies, collectively known as Vermont Green Line Devco LLC, or VGLD, to pay more if necessary. “It expires Dec. 31,” Lawrence said. “At the end of the year if we find we need more money, we’ll have to renegotiate.” The agreement also states it was reached “in the interests of establishing a mutually beneficial long-term relationship between the town and VGLD.” The selectboard on Tuesday also discussed behind closed doors a proposed memorandum of understanding, or MOU, that would define that long-term relationship. The MOU would detail, among other things, how VGLD would compensate Ferrisburgh for hosting the power line in its road rights of way, as well as design details that will include how the work will deal with culverts and where the line would cross town roads. Other items to be negotiated include construction techniques, restoration of affected land, and easement language. But the sides have yet to strike a deal, Lawrence said. “We’re still negotiating. There’s work to be done,” she said. Negotiations are not public, and neither town nor company officials have any obligation to disclose details. Lawrence fielded several general questions, including whether the sides had reached agreement on some points, but not others.

“I guess that’s a fair statement,” she said. Officials in New Haven, which would host a large above-ground converter station, last week agreed with VGLD on a deal that includes $1.4 million a year for 40 years, plus $4 million toward a new fire station and town garage. At a November meeting in Ferrisburgh, VGLD representatives said they would pay the town at least $350,000 a year for 20 years on top of the estimated $150,000 a year in local property taxes the project would generate, and left the door open for further talks. Lawrence was also asked about the pace of and timetable for negotiations in Ferrisburgh. “Reaching an agreement is going at a slower pace than we had hoped,” she said. Lawrence was asked if that pace was because the agreement is complex, or because the VGL firms were not offering exactly what town officials had hoped for.

“I think it’s a combination of probably both,” she said. “It is a complex set of negotiations, very complex. But I think these documents (approved on Tuesday) are a good start.” The pace has not discouraged Lawrence from believing a deal will be reached. “Yes, I’m very optimistic,” she said. VGLD plans to bring hydro and wind power from upstate New York by cable under Lake Champlain and into the New England power grid via the converter station in New Haven. They plan to bring the line in Lake Champlain from Beekmantown, N.Y., to Ferrisburgh at Kingsland Bay. From there it would run underground in a two-foot-by-four-foot concrete box along Kingsland Bay, Sand, Little Chicago and Botsford roads and Tuppers Crossing on the way to Route 7. Junction boxes, about 120 square feet, will be needed along the road about every 2,500 feet to hold line splices. Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at

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Sabukewicz living things dwell. That awe comes (Continued from Page 3) ing sure the final product is concise through in his writings. “When I was a kid, someone told and well composed, Sabukewicz me, ‘The universe doesn’t have a said. “I believe in careful writing,” he top, bottom or sides,’” he recalled. said. “I also believe in impulsive “I’ve never gotten over that. As a writing, but at some latter point in kid, I wondered, ‘How can it go and the writing, you have to refine it go without resting on a pedestal or — listen to the rhythms and read it have a roof, or something?’ “I think poetry is another way to out loud. I think poetry is primarily something that should be shared know about the universe,” Sabukewicz added. “Poetry does somewith people by reading out loud.” There’s a cadence to Sabuke- thing that other uses of language wicz’s poems that makes them can’t communicate.” Poetry has also proboth approachable and vided an avenue through evocative. “The fact which Sabukewicz can “I want people to that he could share stories about his know I’m just an ordithrow the family, including his nary person who has rules aside; late father. He admired shared in a lot of things,” I really like his dad, who joined the Sabukewicz said. Navy but was barred Indeed, his work is as that. Once in from fighting in WWII rhythmic as the waves a while I’ll due to an injury. So he that crash along the At- write a prose worked in a propeller lantic shoreline of his poem, but plant during the war. He native Narragansett, R.I. fit a rhyme drove a motorcycle 20 “At night, I could hear miles each way to work the ocean pounding from in there — my bedroom window,” which is a no- the night shift at his job making propellers for he recalled. “I trace my no. But I am fighter planes. He then fascination with cadence comfort able worked as a painter beto the tides and the with that.” fore dying at the age of ocean.” — Charles 47. But he now draws Sabukewicz “He was a family some inspiration from hero when we realized the mountains of Vermont, to which he and his wife what he had done for so long,” Sabukewicz said of dad’s efforts durHelen Marsh moved in 1985. “It was a really excellent trade- ing the war. He wrote about his dad’s sudden off,” he said of the move. “We are passing, and the nature of death, in happy to be in Vermont.” He taught English, with an em- his poem “Archaeological”: “My father in chaos phasis on American literature, durgone without warning ing his 15-year stint at MUHS. He his atoms lost retired in 1999 after a total of three in graveyard dust.” decades in teaching. While a door “I sift these sediments closed on the classroom, another in times hard clay one opened up for him to practice that my dream of him his passion for poetry. not decompose, that I “For many years I wanted to recall his smile, that write, but I enjoyed teaching, the past is not a grave.” which took so much of my time,” Several of his poems deal with Sabukewicz said. Now he has plenty of time to mortality. “I’m not troubled by it, and I don’t write, and he makes the most of it. “I like to write every day, but I want people to perceive it as a ‘dark’ don’t pick an exact time,” Sabuke- book,” Sabukewicz said. “The wicz said. “I wait for something to whole issue I think has been part of my thinking.” prompt me.” He also offers a humorous take on There are times, however, when Sabukewicz will prompt himself time, as reflected in the poem, “At — by typing a single word on his the Clock Repair Shop”: “Their insides exposed, their computer screen and then gain the inspiration to add other words cogs and gears, springs and pendulums to form a cohesive symphony of sprawled at every angle everydescriptive verses that can paint where scenes in each reader’s mind. on work benches, counters, winFor example, on one day he typed the word “pinch” on his dow sills: useless hands on useless faces, screen. He eventually gave that lonely word some friends, to form so much time stopped, spilled out… ” the poem “Insomnia,” an affliction Sabukewicz draws much inspirahe battled for five years. tion for his nature poems from time “O for a pinch of sleep spent at his family’s summer camp a nubbin on Coles Pond in Walden, Vermont. a penny’s worth He offers this on “The Swallows a veil dropped down at Coles Pond”: on the waking world “Would we become messengers of to carry me under the sea light, my arms full of ocean sewing with our words and gesin the dream light of stars…” He has always been in awe of na- tures a lyrical quilt ture and the universe in which all

CHARLES SABUKEWICZ wherein our stories are told in the beautiful threads of the swallows flight?” Then there’s this, from “the Woodpile”: “Maple, birch, oak have been taken, the chain saw’s teeth blazing through rings of time a shrill razor tearing the air with the hot roar of combustion a kind of fury an emblem of extinction howling in the woods.” He’s able to remember these snapshots in time that he then imbues with artistic flourishes. “They’re visual memories,” Sabukewicz said. And he concedes there are times when he finds fodder for his writings in his dreams. “There are times I would swear there is someone else dreaming inside of me, because some of the things I have seen in my dreams I never could have thought about,” Sabukewicz said. But the material doesn’t always flow out of Sabukewicz like a waterfall. He gets writer’s block, just like everyone else. At those times, he takes the advice of one of a former chemistry teacher, who advised him to leave a problem after a while to allow the mind to work on a solution while he’s doing something else. “It has really worked for me,” Sabukewicz said. “I’ve been writing long enough to know my psyche is always at work on something.” Sabukewicz will read from his new book of poems on Wednesday, April 27, at 7:15 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society sanctuary at 2 Duane Court in Middlebury. The Vermont Book Shop will provide copies of “In Sleep’s Circumference” for sale. He believes he’s got more poetry books in him. “I just don’t think I can stop writing,” Sabukewicz said.

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communitycalendar 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.

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Voice and instrument THE MIDDLEBURY BACH Choir and Festival Orchestra will perform under the direction of Jeffrey Buettner at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts this Saturday, April 30, as part of the sixth annual Bach Festival.

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“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” web-based 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. Poetry Sharing at the Lincoln Library. Monday, April 25, 7 p.m. Celebrate National Poetry Month by listening to poems written by the library’s writing group. All are invited to share a poem of their own, as well.

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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. Informational meeting on Addison County Readers in Middlebury. Tuesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m., Ilsley Library Community Room. ACR supports the Dolly Parton Imagination Library book program for young children. Refreshments and childcare will be provided. More information: Marita at lmlkids009@ gmail.com

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WEDNESDAY 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 sociopolitical 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 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.” Parking in the MUHS lot. Stone wall building talk in New Haven. Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 p.m., New Haven Community Library. Charley MacMartin, a member of the Dry Stone Walling Assoc. of Britain, will talk about his craft, stone walls in Vermont, and basic dry stone building techniques. All welcome. 453-4015.

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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. Ownership succession workshop in Vergennes. Thursday, April 28, 2-5 p.m., KB Co-working and Conference Center, Kennedy Brothers, 11 Main St. The Vermont Employee Ownership Center offers this free seminar, “Introduction to Business Ownership Succession Planning.” Special guest: Bram Kleppner of Danforth Pewter. For owners and key managers. Registration required: http://bit.ly/1VxQEtH. 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

FRIDAY

Rummage sale in Salisbury. Friday, April 29, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church. Drop-off and pick-up of donations available by calling 352-4375. Continues Saturday. Church rummage sale in North Ferrisburgh. Friday, April 29, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church. Proceeds benefit children who will be going on mission trips and attending camps. Also on April 30. Art history lecture at Middlebury College. Friday, April 29, 12:15 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Pieter Broucke presents “Orazio Samacchini’s Judith with the Head of Holofernes: An Art Historical Detective Story.” Broucke recounts the multi-year quest that resulted in the reattribution of one of the museum’s earliest acquisitions from 16th-century German artist Hans Von Aachen to Samacchini. Lunch provided; $5 suggested donation, free to college ID cardholders. 2016 Gensler Symposium panels at Middlebury College. Friday, April 29, 1-5 p.m., Axinn 229. Two panels: “Desires that Matter; Visualizing Web-based Intersectionality” and “Casting in the Dark: The Politics of Production.” 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. “Healing Voices” movie screening in Middlebury. Friday, April 29, 1 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Court, This is a film by people who have lived experience of hearing voices and other experiences commonly labeled as psychosis or mental illness. Co-sponsors Alyssum, a peer hosted hospital diversion service and respite house, and the Counseling Service of Addison County staff will co-facilitate small group discussions following the film. Phil Henry & Gary Moon, and Richard Ruane & Beth Duquette in concert in Bristol. Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., Bristol Bakery, 16 Main St. A double billing of Vermont singer-songwriters. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. BYOB. Suggested donation $10. Info: 802-453-3280. Bach Festival opening concert at Middlebury College. Friday, April 29, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Featuring vocal works of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, performed by the Middlebury Collegium. Free. Info: middlebury.edu/bachfest. “One for the Road” on stage at Middlebury College. Friday, April 29, 8 and 9:30 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 30. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” on stage in Middlebury. Friday, April 29, 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. Observatory open house at Middlebury College. Friday, April 29, 9-10:30 p.m., Top of McCardell Bicentennial Hall. No set program, but Jupiter will be in the evening sky. Also visible through telescopes will be a number of interesting stars, star clusters, and nebulae. Free and open to the public, but will take place only if the sky is at

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communitycalendar least mostly clear. If the weather appears uncertain, visitors may call 443-2266 or visit http:// go.middlebury.edu/observatory after 7 p.m. on the evening of the open house for a status report.

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Green Mountain Club wildflower walk in Waltham. Saturday, April 30, time and meeting place TBA. A 2.5-mile round-trip trek on Buck Mountain, with a few moderately steep ascents. Views of Champlain Valley and Snake Mountain. Contact leader Mike Greenwood for details: mike802vt@ comcast.net or 802-989-7434. More info: www. gmcbreadloaf.org. Church rummage sale in North Ferrisburgh. Saturday, April 30, 8-11 a.m., North Ferrisburgh United Methodist Church. Final day: Flat fee of $5 gives you unlimited merchandise. Proceeds benefit children who will be going on mission trips and attending camps. Rummage sale in Salisbury. Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Salisbury Congregational Church. Drop-off and pick-up of donations available by calling 352-4375. Electric car and bike demo in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m.-noon, Mill Street parking lot. Come see Middlebury’s electric vehicle charging stations and meet with EV car owners and dealers. Learn about and test ride electric bikes, including electric-assist cargo bikes. Bike and outdoor gear swap and sale in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m.-noon, Cannon Park. Between April 25 and 29, drop off bikes you wish to give away or sell on consignment at The Bike Center. Rental tables available for organizations. Proceeds benefit Middlebury Safe Routes. “One World/One Breath” tai chi/qi gong event in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 10-11:30 a.m., Middlebury Rec Facility, 154 Creek Road. In celebration of World Tai Chi/Qi Gong Day, people in over 80 countries will take part in this “One World/One Breath” event. Learn about tai chi, observe demonstrations, join in with simple forms. Free for all ages. Info: 989-7532. “Animal Encounters” presentations in Orwell.

Saturday, April 30, 10 and 11 a.m., Orwell Free Library. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) offers two programs on owls, with live animal demonstrations. “Give a Hoot,” at 10 a.m., is for young children; “Owls and Their Calls,” at 11 a.m., is for all ages. American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Middlebury College. Saturday, April 30, noon-8 p.m., Battell Beach. Event opens with a Survivors and Caregivers Lap. Luminaria ceremony at 6 p.m. Info: www.relayforlife.org/ MiddleburyCollege or 802-872-6321. “Conquering Clutter” workshop in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 1-2 p.m., Ilsley Library. Maija Chamberlain, “The Clutter Coach,” will give a free workshop on achieving tidiness and getting organized. Register at thecluttercoachvt@ gmail.com or 802-349-5638. Met Opera’s “Elektra” broadcast in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Richard Strauss drama starring soprano Nina Stemme, who portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance for the murder of her father, Agamemnon. Run time 1 hour, 45 minutes. Tickets $24/$10 available at the THT box ofﬁce, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org. Pre-show talk with refreshments in the Byers Studio at 12:15 p.m. “Royal event” for kids in Bristol. Saturday, April 30, 1-2 p.m., Holley Hall. All area princes and princesses ages 3 and up are invited (with an adult) to come meet princes and princesses from their favorite stories. Entertainment, stories, music, refreshments and photo opportunities. Tickets in advance only, available at the Bristol Rec Ofﬁce. Children $10, accompanying adults $5. Info: 453-5885 or bristolrec@gmavt. net. Reserve by April 20. Vermont Mozart Festival concert in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 7 p.m. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. The Vermont Mozart Chamber Players present four of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Milanese” string quartets. Admission is $15 for adults and free for children. Info and tickets: www.vermontmozartfestival.org. “Art and Craft” screening at Middlebury College. Saturday, April 30, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium. A documentary exposing the life of

‘Edge of Town’ BRANDON FIBER ARTIST Judith Reilly will talk about the works in her exhibit “The Girl in Brandon with the Purple Hair: A Retrospective” at the Compass Music and Arts Center on Sunday, May 1. Mark Landis, one of the most proliﬁc art forgers in U.S. history. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168. Havurah “Fun(d)raiser” gala in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 7-9 p.m., Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. Admission $15 per person, $25 for two, includes wine, appetizers and desserts, plus a chance to bid on over 80 items. Proceeds fun Havurah’s educational, charitable and religious programs. Park at Methodist Church. Info: 388-2986 or ejoselson@langrock. com. Bach Festival concert at Middlebury College. Saturday, April 30, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. The Middlebury Bach Choir and Festival Orchestra perform under the direction of Jeffrey Buettner. Tickets $12 public, $10 Middlebury ID holders, free to Middlebury College students with ID. Info: middlebury.edu/bachfest. “One for the Road” on stage at Middlebury College. Saturday, April 30, 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. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” on stage in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 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.

May

Storytelling from the end of life HOSPICE VOLUNTEER SERVICES and American Flatbread in Middlebury will host “From the Hearth: Stories of Love & Loss at the End of Life” on Sunday, May 1. Preselected community members will tell true, ﬁrst-person stories on their experiences being with loved ones at the end of life.

SUNDAY

Middlebury Maple Run — The Sweetest Half in Middlebury. Sunday, May 1, 9 a.m., starting at Porter Hospital. USATF-certiﬁed half marathon and two-person relay on a 50/50 mix of paves and dirt roads. Live music on course, post-race pancake breakfast. Info and registration: www. middleburymaplerun.com. “Hansel and Gretel” on stage in Bristol. Sunday, May 1, 1 and 4 p.m., Holley Hall. 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. May festival in New Haven. Sunday, May 1, 1-4 p.m., New Haven Town Hall. Live music, maypole dancing, a spring dessert contest (free to enter, $5 to sample all), plant swap and sale (bring yours), storytelling and songs, family arts and crafts, mini-horse visit and the Shriner clowns. Info or to register a dessert: 453-5978 or 877-3080. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” on stage in Middlebury. Sunday,

May 1, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Middlebury Community Players presents one of the brightest and funniest musicals ever written. ASL interpretation for this show only. 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. Gallery talk in Brandon. Sunday, May 1, 3 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center. Fiber artist Judith Reilly talks about the works in her exhibit “The Girl with the Purple Hair: A Retrospective.” Exhibit runs through May 30. Info: www.cmacvt. org. Organist Nathan Laube in concert at Middlebury College. Sunday, May 1, 3 p.m., Mead Chapel. Laube plays a Bach program that celebrates Mead Chapel’s 45-year-old GressMiles organ. Pre-concert lecture at 2:15 p.m. Tickets $20 public, $15 Middlebury ID holders, $6 Middlebury College students. Hospice storytelling event in Middlebury. Sunday, May 1, 5 p.m., American Flatbread. Hospice Volunteer Services hosts “From the Hearth: Stories of Love and Loss at the End of Life,” a Moth-inspired storytelling event where pre-selected community members will tell true, ﬁrst-person stories on the theme. Cocktails and light fare at 5 p.m., stories at 6:15. Suggested donation $10. Community dinner in Vergennes. Sunday, May 1, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s parish hall, 85 South Maple St. Bring your family and friends and enjoy a home-cooked meal with your neighbors, free of charge. Menu: Turkey-n-biscuits, cole slaw, raisin rum bread pudding, ginger bread and beverages.

LIVEMUSIC 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. The Justin Perdue Quartet in Middlebury. Friday, April 29, 7-9 p.m., Marquis Theater. 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. Strangled Darlings in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 6 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Saturday, April 30, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main. Folks Up In Treetops in Middlebury. Saturday, May 7, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. See a full listing of

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Appalacian Gap Distilleries Tuesday, April 26|5-8 Stop in and try their two new products Ridgeline Aged Whiskey and Mythic Gin. We’ll be shaking up some of their classic cocktail too!

Isabel Rosenburg Thursday, April 28|7:30

Isabel Rosenberg is a sophomore at Middlebury Union High School and this will be her second time performing on the piano at 51 Main.

Paradiddles

Thursday, April 28|8-9

The Middlebury Paradiddles are an allfemale a cappella group formed in 2004. They sing in a variety of musical styles from classics to contemporary hits. The group has frequent performances on campus, tour at other colleges in the New England area, and recently recorded their second album.

The Glenn Roth Friday, April 29| 8-10

Glenn Roth plays high-energy acoustic ﬁngerstyle guitar originals, with inﬂuences ranging from Tommy Emmanuel to Tool. Based in Connecticut, Glenn tours regularly throughout the northeast and beyond, winning fans worldwide. He has been hailed as “A gifted player on the rise...” with “delicate, accomplished solo acoustic guitar work.” Glenn released his 5th album titled “Welcome Home” in the fall of 2015.

Eric Despard

Saturday, April 30| 6-7:30

Heralded as a “talented classical guitarist” by the Times of Trenton, guitarist Eric Despard performs throughout North America as a soloist and with various chamber ensembles. His dynamic solo concert programs include “The Latin Guitar” featuring Spanish, Latin and South American composers, “World Guitar” featuring music and transcriptions of composers from around the world, and traditional programs which feature the works by composers from the classical canon.

Moose Crossing

Saturday, April 30| 8:30-10:30 This band of misﬁt jazz musicians take the stage with class and energy, providing classic, and contemporary jazz music to any occasion.

Celtic Jam Wednesday, May 4|8-10 pm This student led session takes place on the ﬁrst Wednesday each month from 8-10pm while school is in session. All are welcome.

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Festival showcases Bach in Middlebury The sixth annual Middlebury Bach Festival will take place FridaySunday. Here are the highlights. The festival opens Friday evening with a concert by Middlebury College’s five-voice chamber music ensemble “Collegium.” This concert will feature vocal music of the Renaissance and Middlebury. The performance is free. Baroque periods combined with Saturday evening, at 8 p.m., is the modern dance choreographed by grand Festival Concert featuring the Scotty Hardwig and Bach Festival Orchestra performed by students in and Middlebury College the Middlebury College Choir conducted by Dance Department. Jeffrey Buettner. This The concert will take concert takes place in The place at 8 p.m. in the Robison Concert Hall at Robison Concert Hall at the Mahaney Center for the Mahaney Center for by Greg Pahl the Arts. the Arts at Middlebury Tickets for the Festival College. The concert is Concert are $12 for the free and open to the public. general public. Classical guitarist Eric Despard On Sunday, at 3 p.m., organist will perform an informal concert on Nathan Laube performs at Mead Saturday evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Memorial Chapel. Laube has at 51 Main at the Bridge in downtown performed both nationally and internationally, and is Assistant Professor of Organ at The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Tickets for this concert are $20 for the general public. For tickets or additional information, call 443-6433 or visit go.middlebury.edu/bachfest. MUSICAL COMEDY AT THT Middlebury Community Players presents one of the brightest and funniest musicals ever written, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” at 8 p.m. on Thursday, at the Town Hall Theater. Repeat performances will be at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday, with additional performances next week. Take a scheming slave, two innocent Cynthia Hurad, Middlebury virgins — male and female, a lech, Bach Festival his harridan wife, a senile old coot, a madam, a vainglorious military bully, and a neurotic flunky continually on the verge of nervous collapse. Mix them with an assortment of courtesans, slaves, and flunkies and add a plot filled with secret plots, mysterious potions, mistaken identities, and HOAGIES • GRINDERS cunning subterfuges, and what do you end up with? A hilarious musical Philly Steak • Pulled BBQ Pork based on one of the oldest stories in the BLT • Pub Burger world. Literally. Join your friends for an evening Meatball • Sausage of laughs and music. MCP musicals Ham • Turkey • Pastrami tend to sell out so don’t wait, get your tickets now. Roast Beef Tickets are $15 for the Thursday FLATBREAD SANDWICHES shows, $23 for all other performances ($18 for students with ID), and can be purchased at the THT box office, 3829222, or online at townhalltheater.org. ASL interpretation will be available Pizza • Pasta • Subs • Soups • Salads • Calzones at the Sunday show. QUEBEC MUSIC IN BRISTOL DINE-IN & TAKE-OUT 802-388-3164 The Cabin Fever Series presents Fresh, convenient and local since 1982 Pascal Gemme and Yann Falquet and WASHINGTON ST • MIDDLEBURY Keith Murphy in concert Saturday, at GreenPeppersRestaurant.com 8 p.m. in The Walkover Gallery and

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Jazz saxophonist Casey Berman at Brandon Music Concert Room, 15 Main St. in Bristol. From north of the border comes these two outstanding representatives of Quebec traditional music. Gemme and Falquet started their musical journey about 15 years ago busking while playing traditional Quebecois tunes in downtown Montreal. Today, they focus on Gemme’s large fiddle tune repertoire accumulated through the years and Falquet’s folk song collection. A native of Newfoundland, Keith Murphy’s traditional song repertoire is based in Eastern Canada and

Quebec as well as his current home, Vermont. His direct and intimate style of traditional singing in English and French infuses old ballads and songs with a powerful immediacy while his rhythmic and percussive finger style of guitar playing brings new shape and color to his songs. Admission $15 in advance and $20 the day of the show. For reservations call 453-3188 Ext. 2. CASEY BERMAN QUARTET Jazz saxophonist Casey Berman will be joined by a band of New York (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

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Beth Duquette and Richard Ruane at Bristol Bakery

Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) musicians to perform new original material at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Brandon Music. Berman is quickly rising in the ranks of the New York scene. Having played at such prestigious venues as the Blue Note, the Kennedy Center, the Jazz Gallery, Cornelia Street CafĂŠ, and Dizzyâ€™s Club in Lincoln Center, he has become well known as a relevant and active voice as a tenor saxophonist and composer. Berman has studied with some of the most important improvisers on the scene, including Mark Turner, Lee Konitz, Bill McHenry and Ben Street. He is a part of an active group of improvising musicians, and hosts a concert series out of his apartment in Brooklyn. Tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is also available for $20 (view the menu online). 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. Brandon Music is located at 62 Country Club Road in Brandon. VT SINGER-SONGWRITERS There will be a double billing of Vermont singer-songwriters at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Bristol Bakery, 16 Main St. in Bristol, featuring Phil

Organist Nathan Laube, Middlebury Bach Festival Henry and Gary Moon with Richard Ruane and Beth Duquette. Phil Henry is an award-winning singer-songwriter and music educator in Rutland. He sings original, contemporary folk songs in coffeehouses, festivals, and house concerts across the Northeast. Gary Moon writes and performs original songs in the style of James Taylor and other classic songwriters, telling stories and relating the human experience with rhyme and a unique turn of phrase. The Richard Ruane and Beth (See Beat, Page 13)

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Dairy insurance (Continued from Page 1) fee of $100, the Margin Protection Program, or MPP, shields farmers against what’s considered a catastrophic dairy margin of $4 — meaning they get paid $4 over the cost of the grain they feed their animals. Farmers can “buy up” for additional premiums and purchase protection for a dairy margin of up to $8. Once farmers sign on to the program they are obligated to participate every year until 2018 — unless they leave farming altogether. Where’s the rub? The problem for dairy farmers in Addison County is that the milk and feed prices used to calculate the MPP dairy margin are based on national milk prices and wholesale commodity prices for feed in other parts of the country — not the cost an Addison County farmer might pay to a local feed supplier. So the program benefits farmers in some regions far more than others, leav-

ing the entire Northeast on the short end of the stick. Experts such as UVM’s Bob Parsons say the MPP feed prices are a more realistic gauge of the cost of production for farmers in the Midwest or other states where feeds like corn, soybean meal and alfalfa can be grown on a larger scale. They’re not buying grain, they’re growing it on the farm. Not only must Vermont farmers purchase more grain than farmers in those parts of the country, says Parsons, they’re also near the end of the trucking line and so they must pay a higher price for feeds from the Midwest. “We’re on the tail end of trucking for soybean and corn, so whereas the price of corn today on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange may be about $3.60 a bushel, you’re not going to buy it for less than probably $4.25 in the state of Vermont,” said Parsons, a specialist in rural devel-

opment and farm management. “We voted with their feet and scaled back have to truck it in.” participation in the program to the Parsons continued, “Ninety per- minimal level in 2016. cent of our corn in Vermont is cut Lisa Gaboriault works for the for corn silage. We don’t raise corn Middlebury office of the federal for grain. We’re on the Farm Service Agency, tail end of everything. which administers We always talk about the program. She said comparative advanthat of the 75 Addison tage. Well, Vermont County dairy farms that doesn’t have much of signed up for the Mara comparative advangin Protection Program tage in anything. We in 2015, fully 42 farms produce dairy because (56 percent) “bought that’s what we have the up” for additional least comparative discoverage for that first advantage in.” year. Of the 70 farms Midwest farmers can still in the program grow more grain or forin 2016 (five dropped age (and thus purchase out when they ceased less) for a number of farming altogether), “As reasons, Miller exonly two farms out implemented by plained. With a longer “bought up” — a mere growing seasons, they the USDA, too 3 percent. The other 68 might get five cuttings many Vermont farms scaled coverage of hay a summer, in- dairy farmers back to protection only stead of two or three against catastrophe. in Vermont. They are are not receiving “The farmers in the likelier to have more the help they county were telling us acreage per cow on expected when that one reason they cut which to grow crops. they signed up back was milk prices,” And then there are oth- and paid their Gaboriault said. “Moner factors, such as soil ey was short premiums.” type. “The other side to — Rep. Peter Welch that is … our customFARMERS SCALE BACK ers … hadn’t felt that For the first year they had seen any benof the MPP program, 2015, Miller efit from the program in 2015,” she “bought up” and purchased protec- continued. “So it was hard to put the tion for a dairy margin in the neigh- money into the program for 2016, borhood of $7 to $7.50. For 2016, when they hadn’t seen any results he scaled back to the catastrophic from 2015.” level included in the base adminisStatewide the picture is much the trative fee of $100. Bob Foster made same, said UVM’s Parsons. essentially the same decision: $6 to He explained that last year Ver$6.50 in 2015, and the most basic, mont farmers took coverage at the catastrophic $4 level in 2016. $6.50 level of return over feed cost Miller and Foster are not alone. and the return over feed cost never Farmers all over Addison County got below $8.

“The dairy MPP really hasn’t worked,” Parsons said. “It hasn’t done what was needed for farmers in Vermont.” This year most Vermont farmers took the cheapest program — $4 return over feed cost, he continued. “Right now the return over feed cost has been running — I think it’s gotten below $8, down to like $7.26, but it’s nowhere near the $4 level,” Parsons said. “So I don’t know if there’ll be anybody in the state of Vermont that has insurance at the $7.50 level that would collect anything on it.” To make the Margin Protection Program more equitable for Vermont farmers and farmers in the Northeast, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, this month introduced legislation that would require dairy production margins be calculated using actual data from each state. The bill is known as the Dairy Margin Insurance Location Calculation of Dairy MILC. “The dairy insurance program included in the Farm Bill was designed to shield small dairy farmers from the devastation of wild swings in milk prices,” Welch said in an email to the Independent. “As implemented by the USDA, too many Vermont dairy farmers are not receiving the help they expected when they signed up and paid their premiums. “This common sense legislation repairs the dairy safety net so that it more accurately reflects substantially higher energy and feed costs incurred by New England’s dairy farmers compared to farmers in other regions of the country,” Welch continued. “Doing so will ensure that Vermont dairy farmers will receive the insurance payments they (See Farmers, Page 17)

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NATE MILLER, seen here in his Weybridge barn, has scaled back his participation in the Federal Margin Protection Program, which was created to protect farmers from fluctuations in the price of milk and the cost of feed. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Farmers (Continued from Page 16) are counting on during tough times as originally intended.” WILL BILL PASS? Parsons thinks the bill is a good idea, but he is skeptical that Congress can be persuaded to reopen the 2014 Farm Bill during an election year. “No one wants to reopen the can of worms that is the Farm Bill,” said Parsons, “because, you know, first thing someone’s going to want to change food stamps and someone’s going to want to change the support for grain farmers and someone’s going to want to change the support for cotton farmers and another one for rice farmers and there’s a lot more of those guys than what there are dairy farmers and that’s the fact of the reality that we’re facing.” But back in the Middlebury Farm Service Agency office, Gaboriault was more hopeful.

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“The guys here would appreciate it because it would look at more what their local feed costs are, their actual feed costs,” she said. “I think the insurance would become a little bit more valuable to them because they would know it’s looking at more real numbers. So they may not feel that they’re tossing their money into a large barrel that doesn’t apply to them.” Standing in front of his barn in Weybridge, Miller finds himself torn between his philosophical stance as a “laissez-faire capitalist who finds all government programs repugnant” and the economic and procedural strictures he feels as a dairy farmer squeezed by regulations on all sides. “We are so incredibly regulated — everything from I can’t give my friend a glass of milk to being blamed for total world destruction — that we have to examine every

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LEICESTER — Green Up in Leicester will be happening on Saturday, May 7. There will be a trailer for Green Up bags/trash at the Four Corners early that morning. Lem Palmer will be picking up roadside trash and bags Sunday morning. For all the Green Up helpers there will be a free hot dog lunch with chips, soda and brownies at the Four Corners from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on that Saturday. Your ticket for

lunch doubles as a raffle ticket! Tickets will be available at the trailer at the Four Corners Sat morning. Helpers are needed for Cram Road, Swinington Hill Road and Leicester Whiting Road. Contact Diane Benware at 247-3786 if you can help. Prize Bingo will be held on Sat., May 14, at the Senior Center at 1 p.m. All are welcome, refreshments served. Hope to see you there.

card we’re dealt whether to play it or not and what the outcome will be,” he said. “Right now, this program has no value as I look at the markets. If my

margin goes to $4, we have an economic problem greater than anything this program is going to support.” Reporter Gaen Murphree is at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

NEW HAVEN — The 87th New England Hound Show will beheld Sunday, May 1, 10 a.m. at The Equestry horse farm in New Haven. A dog show specifically for active foxhounds, the New England should bring together more than 50 foxhounds from seven packs and will include English, American, PennMaryDel and Crossbred hounds. Green Mountain Hounds is the host for the event, with hunts participating from throughout the New England region, upstate New York and Canada. Classes will be done in the typical dog show style, plus there will be special events, such as the Junior Showmanship Division, with entrants from 6-17 years of age, a horn blowing contest, and a retired hound class. A “pack class,” where 10 hounds from each hunt will be handled off-leash by two people and put through a series of movements, should be a highlight of the day. This event shows the honesty and biddability of the pack. The day will finish off with the running of the 84th New England Drag Pack Trails, a race for four hounds from each pack over a three-mile course. Spectators are welcome. Bring a picnic lunch and make a day of it. For more information, email kselby@equestry.com or visit www.greenmountainhounds.com.

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MONDAY

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Softball 4/21 Springfield vs. OV 4-3 (8) 4/21 MUHS vs. CVU 15-2 4/21 Rice vs. Mt. Abe 32-1 4/21 S. Burlington vs. VUHS 15-2 4/23 VUHS vs. Randolph 7-1 4/23 Brattleboro vs. OV 2-1 Baseball 4/21 S. Burlington vs. VUHS 19-4 4/21 CVU vs. MUHS 11-0 4/21 Rice vs. Mt. Abe 16-1 4/23 VUHS vs. Randolph 16-5 Boys’ Lacrosse 4/21 Hartford vs. OV 16-9 COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 4/23 Midd. vs. Colby 12-2 Men’s Lacrosse 4/23 Midd. vs. Colby 15-10 Baseball 4/20 Plattsburgh vs. Midd. 10-9 4/22 Amherst vs. Midd. 5-0 4/23 Amherst vs. Midd. 8-7 4/23 Midd. vs. Amherst 6-5 Softball 4/22 Midd. vs. Hamilton 4-0 4/23 Midd. vs. Hamilton 12-7 4/23 Midd. vs. Hamilton 13-9

EAGLE RACHAEL McCormick beats the throw and safely steals second base during Mount Abraham’s 32-1 win over Rice last Thursday afternoon in Bristol. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Eagles tally 32-1 win over Knights By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School sophomore softball pitcher Audrey Shahan might never enjoy an easier pitching win in her career. Certainly Shahan did her part on Thursday vs. visiting Rice, allowing four hits and just one firstinning unearned run while striking out six Green Knights in her fiveinning stint. But Shahan hardly needed to be that sharp. The Eagles used 23 hits (including three homers), 12 walks, 11 stolen bases, eight wild pitches and nine Rice errors to win, 32-1, and improve to 2-0 with the fiveinning victory. The Eagles scored 16 times in the fourth, making one out when the Rice coach alleged a batter went out of order and the Eagle coaches didn’t dispute it. Mount Abe recorded the final out when Coach Kelly Trayah mercifully ordered a baserunner to illegally step off third base. Afterward, Trayah talked instead about the Division II Eagles’ game

earlier in the week, an encouraging 15-6 victory at D-I Mount Mansfield. “That was a great win. We actually played really well, hit the ball really well and played great defense,” Trayah said. On Thursday, the Eagles knocked the ball all over the yard against losing pitcher Bi Krech and reliever Rachel Chicoine, and Rice fielders at times had trouble handling balls hit within their reach. Mount Abe scored two in the first, with Dani Forand stroking an RBI single, and probably would have had more if a baserunner had not made an illegal move with the ball in the pitching circle. They scored eight in the second, an inning highlighted by back-to-back homers by Katelyn Ouellette and Brooke Perlee, with Ouellette’s a three-run shot. Forand added an RBI triple in the inning. In the third, they tacked on six more, with Stacie Sabourin’s threerun homer capping the rally and making it 16-1. Then came the 16-run fourth,

MOUNT ABRAHAM’S EMILY Aldrich is all smiles as she hangs onto the bag after successfully stealing second base against Rice last week.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

a nightmare for the Knights and a delight for the Eagle subs who chipped in with hits. In all, the Eagles ripped 14 hits in the inning and kept scoring despite orders not to take extra bases and to stop stealing.

In that inning alone, pinchhitter and JV call-up Savannah Early poked three hits, scored twice and drove in a run; Ouellette, pinchhitters Brittany Sheeran and Ruby (See Eagles, Page 19)

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Lacrosse 4/25 Burr & Burton at MUHS 4:30 p.m. 4/27 CVU at MUHS 4 : 3 0 p.m. 4/30 Burlington at MUHS 11 a.m. Boys’ Lacrosse 4/26 S. Burlington at MUHS 4 p.m. 4/27 Mt. Abe at OV 4 p.m. 4/30 Stowe at Mt. Abe 11 a.m. 4/30 OV at GMVS 11 a.m. 4/30 VUHS at Randolph 11 a.m. 4/30 MUHS at CVU 11 a.m. Softball 4/26 Mt. Mansfield at VUHS 4:30 p.m. 4/26 Burlington at Mt. Abe 4:30 p.m. 4/26 S. Burlington at MUHS 4:30 p.m. 4/26 Leland & Gray at OV 4:30 p.m. 4/28 Rutland at OV 4 : 3 0 p.m. 4/28 Mt. Abe at Essex 4 : 3 0 p.m. 4/28 VUHS at MUHS 4 : 3 0 p.m. 4/30 St. Albans at Mt. Abe 11 a.m. 4:30 MUHS at Rice 11 a.m. (See Schedule, Page 19)

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Eagles (Continued from Page 18) Ball (another JV call-up), and Shahan had two hits each; and pinchhitter Genysis Berube singled and walked and scored twice. When the dust settled, several Eagle starters had padded their stats nicely. • Ouellette finished with three hits, four runs and five RBIs. • Perlee homered, singled, walked and scored twice. • Rachael McCormick, who played center field on Thursday but is the team’s No. 1 pitcher, singled twice, drove in a run and scored three times. • Forand finished with five hits, four RBIs and four runs. • Shahan poked two hits, walked twice, scored four runs and drove in three. • Sabourin homered, singled, walked twice, scored three runs and drove in four. Trayah acknowledged Burlington and especially Essex would provide tougher tests next week, but said the Eagles also played good teams in scrimmages and in a trip to Florida that served, like the Mount Mansfield game, as better measuring

sticks than Thursday’s mismatch. He believes the Eagles will more than hold their own this spring, especially in D-II. His lone concern is an outfield that is less experienced than his veteran infield, especially given that there is no fence at Mount Abe to back up his outfielders if a ball gets behind them. “As long as we don’t beat ourselves defensively, we’ll be fine,” Trayah said. “Our outfield is what we’re working on, dropping to a knee and not letting it get into this huge outfield. That’s where it’s going to be key, that outfield continuing to grow. The infield is actually pretty seasoned.” He also noted that contributors Jenna McArdle, Emma LaRose and Jasmine Gile were off on a trip last week, when the Eagles won twice — Trayah said the Eagles have depth. “I think we’re deeper this year,” Trayah said. “We’ve actually got a couple of girls who are not starters who can swing the bat. There are a couple girls who are not here, who are still in Europe, who will see some innings.”

Hartford bests Otter lacrosse

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Host Hartford outlasted the Otter Valley Union High School boys’ lacrosse team on Thursday, 16-9, in a Division III game. OV Coach Jesse Milliman said the 1-2 Otters led early on, but the 1-1 Hurricanes won the faceoff and ground-ball battles down the stretch to earn the victory. Colton Leno (three assists), Erik Sherman (one assist), Keenan Pratt and Collin Eugair each scored two goals for the Otters, and Will Ross scored once. Goalie Alec Stevens stopped 15 shots, and Milliman said Rexal Bautista played well on defense. The Otters will host Mount Abraham on Wednesday in their home opener.

Softball: VUHS drops pair, MUHS wins, OV splits ADDISON COUNTY — In area high school softball play late last week, Middlebury moved over .500 with a road win, Otter Valley split two road games, and Vergennes dropped two contests. Mount Abraham hosted Rice on Thursday; see story. TIGERS The Tigers got help from the pitching of Payton Buxton and the hitting of Hannah Lawrence to get past host Champlain Valley, 15-2. Buxton tossed a completegame three-hitter, striking out 14, and Lawrence went five-for-five, homered, and drove in two runs. Lily Smith added two hits, scored a run and drove in a run. MUHS (2-1) scored seven times in the seventh to put the game out of reach. OTTERS OV (2-2) took undefeated Springfield into extra innings before falling, 4-3, in the eighth. An infield dribbler with two outs in the bottom of the eighth snapped the 3-3 tie and gave the 5-0 Cosmos and pitcher Jade Twombly the win. Twombly, who had allowed a total of five hits in her four previous wins, allowed three hits and fanned 19. Springfield took a 3-1 lead after five innings with OV’s run. Gabby Poalino singled and scored early

on, and Char Winslow drilled a two-run triple in the sixth, but was thrown out a trying for a home run. Courtney Bushey took the pitching loss, striking out nine and allowing seven hits. On Saturday, the Commodores took another tough loss, 2-1, at Division I Brattleboro. The 3-0 Colonels scored both of their runs in the third off Bushey, who allowed six hits and three walks and struck out eight. The Otters managed five hits off winning pitcher Hannah Wilson, who fanned seven. Amy Jones drove in Katie Coolidge in the fifth. COMMODORES On Thursday, host South Burlington defeated the Commodores, 15-2. VUHS scored its runs in the seventh on singles by Emily Jackson, Sarah Rathbun and Megan Martin. Cheyenne JewettMyers tripled earlier in the game for VUHS. On Saturday, the Commodores bounced back for their first win, 7-1 over visiting Randolph, as Martin tossed a two-hitter, striking out 13 and walking two. Leading the attack were Jaymee Fulcher, with three hits and two runs; Nikki Salley, with two hits, two RBIs and two runs; and Rathbun, with two hits, a run and an RBI.

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EAGLE PITCHER AUDREY Shahan struck out six Rice batters and gave up only four hits during last Thursday’s game in Bristol. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Tigers, Eagles take losses; Commodores split a pair at home ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school baseball action late last week, Vergennes split a pair of games to break into the win column, while Middlebury and Mount Abraham each lost once. COMMODORES On Saturday, the Commodores erupted on offense to knock off visiting Randolph, 16-5, and improve to 2-1. Casey Kimball led the attack with four hits, four RBIs and three runs. Devon Kimball poked two hits, scored twice and drove in three runs, and Dylan Bougor added a pair of RBIs. Hunter O’Connor surrendered 13 hits, but struck out 10 in six-plus innings to earn the pitching win, and also chipped in four hits to the Commodore attack. On Thursday, host South Burl-

ington pounded out a 19-4 win over the Commodores. TIGERS On Thursday, host Champlain Valley posted an 11-0 victory over the Tigers (0-2). MUHS freshman pitcher Wyatt Cameron tossed four innings and kept CVU off the scoreboard until the fourth in his varsity debut, but the Redhawks scored four times in that inning. The Redhawks then broke the game open with five runs in the fifth. EAGLES On Thursday, Rice took advantage of some shaky defense behind Eagle starting pitcher Adam Whitcomb to score seven unearned runs in the second inning on the way to a 16-1 victory. Anthony Robideau poked two hits for the 0-2 Eagles.

(Continued from Page 18) 4/30 Burlington at VUHS 11 p.m. 4/30 Brattleboro at OV 11 a.m. Baseball 4/26 Mt. Mansfield at VUHS 4:30 p.m. 4/26 Burlington at Mt. Abe 4:30 p.m. 4/26 S. Burlington at MUHS 4:30 p.m. 4/26 Leland & Gray at OV 4:30 p.m. 4/28 Rutland at OV 4 : 3 0 p.m. 4/28 Mt. Abe at Essex 4 : 3 0 p.m. 4/28 VUHS at MUHS 4 : 3 0 p.m. 4/30 St. Albans at Mt. Abe 11 a.m. 4:30 MUHS at Rice 11 a.m. 4/30 Burlington at VUHS 11 p.m. 4/30 Brattleboro at OV 11 a.m. Track 4/27 MUHS at St. J 3 : 3 0 p.m. 4/28 VUHS/Mt. Abe at Colchester 3:30 p.m. 4/30 Burlington Invitational 9 a.m. COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Lacrosse 4/27 Midd. at Williams 5 : 3 0 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse 4/27 Williams at Midd. 4 : 3 0 p.m. Baseball 4/26 Skidmore at Midd. 4 p.m. 4/30 Trinity at Midd. (2) Noon Softball 4/27 Midd. at Plattsburgh (2) 3:30 4/29 Midd. at Williams 5 p.m. 4/30 Midd. at Williams (2)Noon

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NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL students in Ripton recently performed “Almost Heaven,” an original play that grew from the school’s year-long study of the theme “Dystopia and Utopia.” Pictured on stage are, from left, Leeyah Tudek of Lincoln, Angus Schwaneflugel of North Ferrisburgh, Aidan Warren of Lincoln, Althea Kane of Bristol, and Owen Maille of New Haven.

North Branch students stage original play RIPTON — Students at Ripton’s North Branch School performed an original play, “Almost Heaven,” at the school April 8 and 9.

Each year students at the North Branch School in Ripton author a play based on the school’s theme for the year. The students work together

to come up with ideas, create characters, make costumes, build sets and collect props. “The school’s idea is that everyMAXINE CROMIS, LEFT, and Juliette Snell play their parts in the North one learns the most when we do ev- Branch School’s recent student-lead production, called “Almost Heaven.” erything together,” said Tal Birdsey, head teacher at the school. “The thrill “The idea for having a political Warren of Lincoln) wants to rule for them is they are creating some- race at the center of the play came heaven, but he is challenged by thing original and personal. There is from many discussions we had this Dirks Lee, a trucker, (played by Ana feeling of risk and adventure as the year,” said Birdsey. “We have talked gus Schwaneflugel of Vergennes), play comes together.” about sexism and mi- Diamond Trefilonte (played by The theme of study sogyny as it has appeared Leeya Tudek of Lincoln), and Ronthroughout this school “The school’s in this year’s presidential ald Hump, played by Owen Maille year is “Dystopia and idea is that primaries. We have also of New Haven. Rather than proving Utopia.” Accordingly, everyone talked a lot about the rela- to be noble and inspirational, they the students decided to learns the tionship between genders, reveal numerous hilarious flaws and write a play about what most when feminism, women’s suf- misperceptions about what being a would happen if a group frage, and other issues of leader really is. we do of humans died, and then At the same time, the play is a equality and oppression. found out none of them everything Out of all that we came satire of the political process. “We had gotten into heaven. together.” up with the themes of this have read and observed lots of childWhere would they go? — Tal Birdsey play.” ish behavior by America’s presidenWhat might happen? In Like all North Branch tial candidates,” said Birdsey. “We the case of this play, all of the “lost school productions, “Almost Heav- wanted to comment on that, and put TRUCKER “DIRKS LEE” (left, played by Angus Schwaneflugel) dis- souls” decide that they should hold en” is filled with comedy and ri- in our two cents on how it appears cusses an important matter with “Ronald Hump” (played by Owen Maille) an election and to elect a president to diculous scenarios. A man named and how it could be different.” in the recent North Branch School production of “Almost Heaven.” create a “new heaven.” The main candidates are eventuDominant Leader (played by Aidan ally challenged by an outsider party: a group of loners, immigrants, revolutionaries, artists, farmers and less conventionally “successful” citizens. Anna, played by Eden Ginsberg of Bristol, joins with Skylar, played by Marina Herran-Lage of Shoreham, to lead the new “political party.” What will happen when their disparate group challenges the powers that be? And can a new heaven Bristol Electronics is the best! They scheduled an on-site visit be made? within days of my call, had a price a week later and started work “When kids invent their own stoa week after that. They were ﬁnished in a matter of days and ries and questions, they will create since I had a free standing array they even raked and seeded answers that might be worth listening to,” said Birdsey. the area around the panels. they get top marks in everything The play is highlighted by singing and their customer service is beyond excellent. I highly and musical performances throughrecommend them if you want the best job for the best price! out the evening. The students choose the music, make the arrangements, Lani Nichols – Goshen, Vt and direct each other to assemble songs that will support and underscore the message of the play. 802 . 453 . 2500 The North Branch School is an inBristolElectronicsVT.com dependent school in Ripton, with 27 students in grades 7-9 from all corFREE SITE EVALUATIONS ners of Addison County.

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City police (Continued from Page 1) that led to the arrest. It ultimately involved Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) personnel in Vermont, New York and New Jersey, and police, FBI and U.S. marshals in New Jersey. Merkel acknowledged it’s hard to say exactly what Aftab and his mother, Ludvica Bukhsh, 61, who is also being investigated, were planning when they came to Vermont between Nov. 28 and Dec. 2, bought three guns at two stores (including in Addison County), opened a bank account in Johnson, and rented an apartment in North Troy, near the Canadian border. They also made a Nov. 30 side trip to Oneida, N.Y., where they also opened a bank account, and withdrew $1,000. But Merkel said whatever they were up to, before Aftab got ready to bolt in New Jersey, it wasn’t good. “Why are you trying to leave? Why do you have $35,000 cash? Why are you trying to purchase weapons, and why are you testing the waters? Why are you moving all over New York and Vermont trying to conduct these types of transactions?” Merkel said. “You put it all together, and it sounds lousy.”

CHIEF GEORGE MERKEL ‘LITTLE FLAGS’ Merkel said the call from the bank came in at about 10 a.m. that Monday, and he was on duty and responded. At first all he knew was there was a suspicious man who had been in the bank, and Merkel did not talk with bank employees before interacting with Aftab and Bukhsh, who were on the scene when he arrived. Merkel found their car not in the bank’s parking lot, but parked on the

opposite side, near the bank’s ATM. When he pulled around the building, he saw Aftab hustle away from the ATM and jump into the car’s passenger seat, with Bukhsh. The car left the bank and turned left onto Monkton Road and then left again onto Armory Lane. Merkel followed and checked the license plate, which came up as a rental car from New Jersey. At this point he knew the occupants had been sitting outside the bank for almost half an hour, they had reacted to his arrival by leaving quickly, the man had used an ATM even though he had just been inside the bank, and the out-of-state car was turning down a dead-end side road. All these were “little flags” popping up for Merkel. “Rental vehicles are used for drug transactions and whatever else,” Merkel said. “And he had been sitting in the car for 20 or 30 minutes with somebody else. So I’m thinking, what are they up to?” Merkel pulled along side their car and asked if they needed assistance. They said they were lost and wanted directions to return to New Jersey. He told them how to find Main Street and then the bridge to New York, and then followed them through town, stopping them south of Vergennes because their car was

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weaving. Again, they said they were to contact Homeland Security based looking to return to New Jersey. He on Aftab’s suspicious behavior, inrepeated the instructions, and they consistent explanations, and, yes, his headed south. threatening appearance. Merkel noticed Aftab appeared “I’m looking at him, like, there’s “very nervous” during that conver- something strange here,” Merkel sation and “would not look to me,” said. “And if there’s nothing to it, he said. “The alarms were going off there’s nothing to it. But if this guy here, so I went back to is lost, assuming he’s the bank.” telling me the truth, The bank employ- “They find his actions to this ee who called him the guy with point are very suspidescribed Aftab as cious.” weapons. They distracted. She told INVESTIGATION end up finding Merkel that Aftab BEGINS stopped her midway the guy with Merkel then became through a discussion large knives. a conduit for informaon bank accounts and And then they tion. told her he wanted to find the guy with “I was updating inopen an account for formation as it came $35,000 cash the woman in the car to me,” he said. “I was and he would bring … So you put all passing it along, and I her inside, but did not this together, and was getting feedback return. When the two it doesn’t sound back from the people then just sat in the good.” at the Joint Terrorism car for 20 minutes or — Police Chief Task Force and HSI.” more, bank employees Thanks to bank George Merkel called police. security personnel Having heard that in Vergennes and account, Merkel then asked to speak Oneida, Merkel learned Aftab and to bank security personnel and alert- Bukhsh had not returned to New ed the Burlington branch of HSI “to Jersey from Vergennes, but had gone let them know to do due diligence, about four hours west into New York because I didn’t know what this guy and withdrawn $1,000 from a bank was up to.” account there. The investigation hit Merkel said he made that decision (See Investigation, Page 23)

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Investigation bought, Merkel said. (Continued from Page 22) “Mom is the one that purchased high gear. “Now all of a sudden I’m like, the weapons and ammunition, bethis is really strange, so I relay that cause if they ran his name it would information to the people at HSI, have been a hit,” Merkel said. “They and now the Joint Terrorism Task stayed away from each other in the stores. They were trying to figure Force is involved,” Merkel said. JTTF later told Merkel that Aftab out how to make these things hapand Bukhsh had in fact been in Ver- pen through Mom.” mont two days earlier, on Nov. 28, END GAME On Dec. 3, the investigation and had stopped at the Rack ’N Reel sporting goods shop in New Haven that uncovered all these facts was and the Powderhorn Gun Shop in opened and the case was transferred Williston. JTTF also learned Aftab to the FBI office in Newark, N.J. had been convicted of a felony in Aftab and Bukhsh also returned to Texas for making false statements New Jersey. On Dec. 4, FBI, on a Bureau of AlJTTF and Woodcohol, Tobacco and “Why are you bridge (N.J.) police Firearms (ATF) form, interviewed Aftab and had been released trying to leave? and Bukhsh, and on on probation. If he Why do you Dec. 9 the weappossessed firearms, have $35,000 ons were taken from it would be another cash? Why Bukhsh. On Dec. 10, felony. are you trying a JTTF agent and a “Things are beginto purchase U.S. Probation Offining to sound kind of cer interviewed Aftab crazy,” Merkel said. weapons? … and family members, “We find out that they Why are you large knives were visited a gun store in moving all over seized, and Aftab was Williston and they New York and arrested in his father’s visited a gun store Vermont trying car with the cash and in New Haven and it to conduct IDs. Aftab was sent to was kind of like they Texas to serve out his were fishing, and they these types of sentence for the ATF expressed interest in transactions? form violation. an assault rifle.” You put it all “They start digging Next, Aftab and together, and it into it, and the rest is Bukhsh headed back sounds lousy.” history,” Merkel said. to Vermont and on — Police Chief “They find the guy Dec. 1 opened a bank George Merkel with weapons. They account in Johnson. end up finding the guy Aftab also withdrew another $1,000 while at that bank, with large knives. And then they and Aftab and Bukhsh headed up to find the guy with $35,000 cash … North Troy, where Bukhsh signed a So you put all this together, and it lease for an apartment. Bukhsh lat- doesn’t sound good.” Merkel said the JTTF is saying er told authorities they planned to move to Vermont, and she also ob- this is a not a terrorism case, but tained a Vermont driver’s license. is not discussing Aftab’s motives. Cooperation with the banks again Merkel can only speculate whethhelped authorities retrace their er it is a gang case, a drug case, a weapons case, or something else movements. Their next stop on Dec. 1 was the entirely. “I was told this guy did not have Powderhorn, where Bukhsh bought a shotgun and a handgun, and Af- ties to terrorism. But if you look at tab asked about assault rifles and it from when it started to the end, attempted to add a second, larger nothing measures up,” Merkel said. handgun to his mother’s purchase, “There’s got to be some kind of motive. I don’t want anybody to think but was denied. On Dec. 2, Aftab and Bukhsh I’m saying he’s a terrorist, but for went to Rack ’N Reel, and Bukhsh what reason would you put yourself bought a Glock pistol that Merkel in that position knowing full well if described as similar to the one you get caught you’re going back to Aftab tried to buy the day before. jail again?” Two central takeaways, Merkel While in the store, the two did not associate with each other, he said. said, are that “dangerous people” According to investigators, at that do come through Vermont, and that time Aftab had in his possession citizens should call police if they see in the car a .38-caliber handgun, a something that seems wrong. “Starting at the beginning, from felony. Merkel said at one point some- when the teller realized something one from Rack ’N Reel contacted was wrong and sensed something Vermont State Police in New Ha- askew, to calling me and letting ven about Aftab and Bukhsh’s sus- me know about it, and then me dopicious behavior. He added both ing what I was supposed to do and stores followed the law, and Merkel contacting people and letting them wrote in his press release, “It should know, if nothing comes of it, we’ve be noted both establishments were done what we’re supposed to do extremely helpful and cooperative and no harm, no foul,” he said. “But what happens if we didn’t do this during the investigation.” The takeaway for investigators and something happened?” Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at was that Aftab was trying to dodge detection while the guns were andyk@addisonindependent.com.

Feeling sheepish TWELVE 4-H’ERS FROM three counties gathered at the Orwell Town Hall on April 2 for the Vermont 4H Sheep Quiz Bowl and Skill-a-thon. Addison County participants pictured above, were Jarod and Raymond Bushey of Addison and, from Orwell, Adrienne Carr, Gabrielle and Riley Ochs, and Siri Swanson. Left, 4-H’ers, from left, Adrienne Carr, Charlotte Moriarty and Frankie Thompson learn about the various cuts of lamb at a table manned by Junior Leader Siri Swanson at the morning skilla-thon, during which participants sharpened their sheep skills at several hands-on stations. In the quiz bowl that afternoon, participants were tested on their knowledge of all things sheeprelated. The day wrapped up with a recognition ceremony and an ice cream social.

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GIZMO. Rex rabbit, male. Gizmo is a friendly young rabbit who seems to enjoy handling. He is looking for a home where he can live inside and eat lots of carrots and lettuce!

Meet Leira. Leira is a lovely little 18-year-old Arabian mare who is just the sweetest thing ever! She enjoys trail rides thru the woods, fields and mountains and has been known to impersonate Esther Williams while crossing deep water. She also likes to play with

WILLOW. American rabbit, spayed female. Willow is a friendly young rabbit who doesn’t mind handling. She is looking for a home where she can live inside and eat lots of carrots and lettuce!

hula-hoops and toss her stuffed animals around the paddock. Mary Lord Brandon

Your pet wants to be in the Addison INDEPENDENT ENID. 1 year, Calico w/ white, spayed female. Enid is an incredibly sweet young cat who loves attention and cuddles. She is a bit unsure living with so many other cats, but we feel in a home with space of her own she will blossom. This lovely young kitty is longingly waiting for a person of her own to adopt!

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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which can be applied between decals. Such ultraviolet decals have been scientiďŹ cally proven to keep birds safer. A 2015 American Bird Conservancy Study found that the more WindowAlert decals that were applied to a piece of glass covering the departure point of a ďŹ‚ight tunnel, the more birds avoided it (a net protected all the birds in the study from actually getting hurt, no matter where they chose to ďŹ‚y). Remember though, bird strikes are often a problem near bird feeders, as feeding birds are easily frightened and are apt to take wild, evasive ďŹ‚ight; position feeders closer than three feet or farther than 30 feet from windows. If your feeder is close to the window, birds ďŹ‚y away from the house. Believe it or not, the safest type of feeder is the kind that attach to the window itself.

Unfortunately, migration is not without peril or hardship, but Schock says turning your home into a refuge for birds can be fun and add beauty to your yard. He offers these tips to keep feathered travelers safe during their migratory journey.

Bed and Breakfast: Birdfeeders come in all shapes, sizes and styles, and simply adding one to your yard can help beautify it and give birds the energy needed to continue their ďŹ‚ight. You can also make your homeâ€™s outdoor spaces more bird-friendly ďŹ lling your garden with the right plants and ďŹ‚owers for pollinating bird species.

Watch and record: Grab a pair of binoculars and a ďŹ eld guide book and take note of the types of birds you see and when. This will help you become better prepared for next season. In addition, consider becoming a â€œcitizen scientistâ€? by submitting your observations to The Audubon Society and Cornell Universityâ€™s database at ebird.org.

â€œBy making a few simple modiďŹ cations to your yard and home, you can assist birds on their long journey,â€?

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Silent films return to Brandon this summer BRANDON — Classics of the silent film era return to the big screen starting in May in Brandon Town Hall, which will host another season of vintage cinema with live music in the historic facility. It’s the sixth year of the town hall’s popular silent film series, which gives residents and visitors a chance to see great movies from the pioneering days of cinema as they were intended to be shown — on the big screen, with an audience and accompanied by live music. Screenings are held once a month on Saturday nights starting in May and run through October. Admission is free; donations are encouraged, with proceeds to benefit the town hall’s ongoing restoration. Over the years, silent film donations have helped support projects including handicap access to the 19th-century building; renovating the bathrooms; and restoring the structure’s original slate roof. Live music for each silent film program will be provided by Jeff Rapsis, a New Hampshire-based performer and composer who specializes in scoring silent films. “It’s great to be bringing silent film back to the big screen in Brandon for another series,” Rapsis said.

“Brandon Town Hall is a wonderful Complications with gangsters lead to place for these great movies to be a climax at sea, making for a classic seen at their best.” Keaton comedy full of memorable In accompanying silent films live, routines. Rapsis uses a digital The Keaton prosynthesizer to recreate “It’s great to be gram, which includes the texture of the full or- bringing silent short comedies prior chestra. He improvises to the feature, is sponfilm back to the music in real time, sored by Heritage as the movie is shown. the big screen Family Credit Union. First up in this sea- in Brandon Keaton, along with son’s lineup is screen for another Charlie Chaplin and comic Buster Keaton, series. Brandon Harold Lloyd, stands whose movies rocked Town Hall is a as one of the three great theaters with laughcomics of the silent wonderful place ter around the world screen. Many critics throughout the silent for these great regard Keaton as the movies to be seen best of all; Roger Ebert era. A program featur- at their best.” wrote in 2002 that “in ing Keaton’s com— Jeff Rapsis an extraordinary period edy “Spite Marriage” from 1920 to 1929, (1929) will be screened (Keaton) worked withon Saturday, May 14, at 7 p.m. at out interruption on a series of films Brandon Town Hall. that make him, arguably, the great“Spite Marriage,” Keaton’s final est actor-director in the history of the silent feature, finds the poker-faced movies.” comic smitten by stage actress Tril“Buster Keaton was the stoneby Drew (Dorothy Sebastian) — so faced comic who never smiled on much so that he joins the cast of her camera, so he’s sometimes thought current production, a Civil War melo- of as the most silent of the silent drama. clowns,” Rapsis said. “But seen The fun begins when she unex- today, his films are remarkable for pectedly asks Buster to marry her, but their effective story construction, only to get even with an old flame. their innovative cinematography, and

their ability to still produce gales of laughter,” he continued. “A chance to see a Keaton film as originally presented — in a theater, with live music and an audience — is not to be missed.” Other shows in this year’s Brandon silent film series include: • Saturday, June 25: John Ford’s “The Iron Horse” (1924), a big, sprawling drama about the building of the transcontinental railroad. Sponsored by Nancy and Gary Meffe. • Saturday, July 16: Comic superstar Harold Lloyd in “A Sailor Made Man” (1921) plus comedy short subjects. Sponsored by Pam and Steve Douglass. • Saturday, Aug. 27: Rudolph Valentino double feature, “The Sheik” (1921) and “Son of the Sheik” (1926) on the 90th anniversary of Valentino’s untimely death. Sponsored by Jim and Lyn DesMarais. • Saturday, Sept. 17: Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid” (1921). In Chaplin’s breakthrough feature, a story with “a smile, and perhaps a tear,” the Little Tramp raises an orphan. Sponsored by Bill and Kathy Mathis in memory of Maxine Thurston. • Saturday, Oct. 15: Chiller Theater, “The Man Who Laughs”

(1928). Get into the Halloween spirit with this creepy Gothic thriller starring Conrad Veidt. Sponsored by Omya, Inc. Rapsis said it’s currently a new golden age for silent film because so many titles have been restored and are now available to watch at home or via online streaming. The Brandon series, however, enables film fans to really understand the power of early cinema, which was intended to be shown on a big screen, with live music and with an audience. “Put those elements together like we do in Brandon, and films from the silent era spring right back to life in a way that helps you understand why people first fell in love with the movies,” Rapsis said. A program featuring Buster Keaton’s comedy “Spite Marriage” will lead off this season’s silent film series on Saturday, May 14, at 7 p.m. at Brandon Town Hall and Community Center on Route 7 in Brandon. Admission is free, but freewill donations are encouraged, with proceeds to support ongoing renovation of the town hall. For more information, visit www. brandontownhall.org. For more info on the music, visit www.jeffrapsis. com.

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Public Meetings 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. T E E N A L L - R E C O V E RY Group Meeting for anyone 15-18 years old who is struggling with addiction disorders. Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. at the Turning Point Center. A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. For info call 802-388-4249 or 802-683-5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org. THE NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS are a worldwide fellowship for those affected by someone else’s addiction. As a twelve step program, we offer our help by sharing our experience, strength and hope. Please join us for an evening of support and recovery. You’re only a stranger until you walk through the door. Anonymous and confidential. THURSDAYS 6-7pm at the Turning Point Center - Marble Works, Middlebury, VT. UNIFORMED SERVICES ALL RECOVERY Support Group will be starting at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, located in the MarbleWorks complex. The group is directed toward those that have or are currently involved in the uniformed services such as Fire, Police, Veterance, EMS, Rescue, ER and DOC. This is a facilitated Peer to Peer group gathering to support our brothers and sisters with their struggles. Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Contact Bill Brim 802-683-5569 or the center at 802-388-4249.

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802-234-5545 or Justin 802-234-2190. CONSTRUCTION: ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802-989-0009.

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LOOKING FOR A CLEANING SERVICE? Now is the time to think spring cleaning. We would like to help you out. We are a family business. We do residential and commercial cleaning. Also windows and upholstery. Fully insured. Give us a call. P&B Cleaning (802)247-8036. PARTY RENTALS; CHINA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available. 802-388-4831.

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

Free JACUZZI WHIRLPOOL rectangular indoor bathtub. Must disconnect and remove. New Haven area. Call (908)878-7106.

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.

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DELI / BAKERY / BARISTA SERVICE help needed. Otter Creek Bakery is hiring for deli/ coffee/ counter service positions. Experience preferred. Must be able to multitask, be quick on your feet with positive attitude, interest in providing good food & drink with great customer service. Please send resume to: info@ ottercreekbakery.com.

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.

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Please send letters of interest to: Ferrisburgh Select Board P.O. Box 6 Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 or email ferrisburghselectboard@comcast.net

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

LOOKING FOR HAIR STYLISTS to rent stations at Pauline’s Hair Fashions. Call for more information 802-989-0528.

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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experienced class A driver. Our fleet hauls grain, minerals, and aggregate with dump and hopper bottom trailers. The job requires weekly overnights and home weekends. We offer health benefits, paid vacation, as well as mileage and safety bonuses. Please inquire by email to Jeff Audy at audytrucking@hotmail.com or call Jeff at 802-989-5024. Clean Driving Record A MUST!

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FARM EMPLOYEE Monument Farms Dairy has a full-time job opening for the night-time milking position. Applicants must have desire to work with animals and recognize herdhealth symptoms. We have a Strong Team Environment. Good Salary and Benefits.

802.545.2119 Please stop by the Dairy in Weybridge to fill out an application.

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Structural Energy Corp (SEC) is seeking experienced carpenters to join our design/ build firm located in Middlebury VT.

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• The willingness to learn new techniques involved in high performance building • Great communication and organizational skills • Reliable transportation • Ability to work full time

Full time driver wanted. Seeking an individual with a CDL Class A. Willing to work many jobs. Some work will be highway driving, other work will be farm delivery. Immediate employment available. Compensation based on experience. Medical & 401K offered. Inquire at: 88 Seymour Street Middlebury, VT

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INSURANCE CSR / AGENT Insurance experience preferred. Strong computer skills. Strong communication skills. Send resume to: PO Box 1305, Middlebury, Vermont 05753.

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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.

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Mary Johnson Children’s Center SUMMER RECREATION POSITION Mary Johnson’s Children Center is seeking summer recreation assistants for 32 hour 7-week positions from June 21 through August 6 at the Croutons Program in Ripton. Croutons is a recreation program for the faculty and students at the Bread Loaf School of English in Ripton. The program operates at the Ripton Elementary School. Job requires energy and enthusiasm as well as an enjoyment, interest and some experience in working with children as well as one’s own transportation to the program in Ripton. Must be 18 years old. Please send resume/letter of interest to Croutons, Mary Johnson Children’s Center, 81 Water Street Middlebury, Vermont 05753 or email barbara@mjccvt.org or call 388-2853

Help Wanted 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). 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. 415, or visit www.csac-vt.org.

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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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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.

E A R LY C H I L D H O O D TEACHERS Otter Creek Child Center, 150 Weybridge Street in Middlebury is looking for enthusiastic, flexible, and energetic teachers to join our child care team. This is a permanent full time position, Monday thru Friday. Must enjoy spending time with young children and being a team player. Please e-mail, cover letter, resume, and 3 written letters of reference to: office@ ottercreekcc.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.

OLDSTER, LIMITED ABILITY needs rides to appointments/ shopping. Apply at 2133 West Shore Rd, Salisbury Village. Compensation $20/hr. Afternoons, as it takes time to get functioning. PIPELINE COMPANY looking for experienced gas line foremen, operators, directional drillers and laborers. Must be able to work in a drug/tobacco free environment. CDL helpful. Will be working in the Burlington and Middlebury areas. Wages DOE. Please call and speak with Ernie at: 207-504-3823. ROOFERS WANTED No experience needed. Willing to train the right person. Excellent pay and benefits. Basic hand tools and valid driver’s license needed. Call 802-388-2903. 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. 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. 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.

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.

For Sale 2011 STARCRAFT 16 FT. AR-1 camper. Very clean. $7,000. Will consider offers. 802-759-2200. BUY NOW AND SAVE up to $300. Maxim Outdoor Wood Pellet Furnace by Central Boiler. Heat your entire home and hot water. Call today. Boivin Farm Supply 802-475-4007.

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. 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. 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.

For Rent 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: OLD COLLECTION of stamps, letters and pictures. First day covers, mint sheets and more. Call 802-545-2467. HARDWOOD DESK excellent condition, light finish, hanging file drawer, 2 additional drawers, pullout keyboard tray. 63”x30”x29.5”, $250. Call 802-462-2061. 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. 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.

1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE as is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802-558-6092. 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. 2,000 SQ. FT. PROFESSIONAL office space in Middlebury, multi-room. Ground level, parking, handicap-accessible. Available now. 802-558-6092. 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. AVAILABLE NOW Sunny 2 BR at Willow Apartments in Vergennes. Off street parking, propane heat, must be 55 or older. Rent is $800 plus utilities. Call Summit Property at 802-247-0165. BRISTOL, 2 NICE LARGE 1 bedroom apartments. No pets. No smoking. Deposit required. $700 month. 802-388-0730.

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BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT Heat, trash, snowplowing, lawn care, parking, small storage, stove & refrigerator included. $1,175/ mo. 802-453-2566. COMMERCIAL SPACE, NOW AVAILABLE Two 1,800 sq. ft. retail/office spaces in Brandon. Newly renovated with central air and heating and a large parking area. Highly visible Route 7 location with easy access. Please call 802-247-3650 for additional information. CORNWALL QUIET COUNTRY APARTMENT 4 miles from Middlebury. 2nd story, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath and washer/dryer. Heat, electric, rubbish, recycling, satellite TV and storage included. $1200 per month. 1st and last month’s rent and security deposit. No pets, no smoking. 802-462-2924. 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. NEW HAVEN: Beautiful views, sunny apartment. Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, security deposit, lease. $875/month plus utilities. 802-236-2040. 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. 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.

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M I D D L E B U RY; I N D U S TRIAL PARK. Available 2 acres, lease or build to suit. 802-558-6092.

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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.

VALLEY VIEW APARTMENTS is currently accepting applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D onsite. Call 802-247-0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

FIREWOOD, MIXED HARDWOOD. Green and seasoned. Cut, split, delivered. Call 802-282-9110.

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES - AKC, vet checked, first shots. Mom & Dad have health clearances. Championship bloodlines. Ready now. 1 male, 1 female. $1500. Call 802-349-8861.

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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MOUNTAIN ROAD FIREWOOD. Wood for sale-cut, split and delivered. Green, ash, beech, hickory, maple. Call 802-759-2095.

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

UPSTAIRS EFFICIENCY WITH UTILITIES - no pets, no smoking. $600/month, $900 security; references required. 802-453-4823, after 5:30pm. 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.

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

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.

Want to Rent WANTED - FURNISHED, SEASONAL rental for one older person. Near or in Middlebury. E-mail: olddentist@ hotmail.com.

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Att. Farmers FEATHERLITE 2 HORSE TRAILER All aluminum. See to appreciate. $3,500. 802-349-9148. WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liquid manure hauling, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462-2755, John Whitney.

Cars FOR SALE - 1999 HONDA Civic hatchback. Inspected until August. Driven everyday. Includes 4 snow tires, 201,000 miles. $600 or best offer. Call 802-388-3331 or 802-377-5427. FOR SALE: 2016 BRAND new Malibu. 2,687 miles, loaded. Price reduced $27,500. Paul Stone, Orwell. 802-770-9270.

HONDA CIVIC LX 2-door sedan, 2006; 116K, 33 city, 38 highway, Front-WD, automatic transmission, air conditioner, power steering, power brakes, AM/FM radio, CD player, wired for XM but will need your transceiver. Comfortable front seats, good condition, blue paint fair condition, needs new tires, $3,900 or best offer, 802-897-5339. WIFE SAYS GOTTA GO. 2000 Chrysler Cirrus, has valid Vermont inspection. ‘97 GMC Suburban. ‘99 and 2000 Silverados, 2000 Buick, ‘92 Polaris 4X4 ATV. All reasonably priced. 518-597-3270.

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Public Notices Index Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 32, 33 & 34.

Addison Central Supervisory Union - Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Weybridge (2) Addison County Superior Court (1) Addison County Transit Resources (1) Gage Cemetery Assoc. - Ferrisburgh (1) Lincoln (3) Middlebury (1) Northlands Job Corps Center (1) Panton (1) Union District #3 – Middlebury (1) ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY REG. SELECTBOARD MEETING A A il P LARGE O ERE E ROOM MAI STREET

AGENDA 7:00 1. all to Order 2. Approval of Minutes of April 13 Special Selectboard Meeting & Worksession 3. Approval of Agenda 4. iti en omments Opportunity to raise or address issues that are not otherwise included on this agenda] 7:10 5. Annual Appointments to Town Offices, Boards and ommissions 7:15 6. Adam Lougee, Executive irector, Addison ounty Regional Planning ommission, Presentation of onceptual plans for the Pulp Mill Bridge area Sidewalk Project 7:30 . irector of Operations an erner with Recommendations on Bid Awards for Painter Road Paving, Purchase of a Loader and Purchase of a Trailer pdate on reek Road Project Paved Section and Spring Public Works Activities 7:45 . Jim Gish, owntown Bridge Replacements Project ommunity Liaison, with an pdate on the Project, including Local Project Management Team Meetings of April 15 22 and the LPMT s response to Attorney Peter Langrock s Letter of April 11. 8:00 . Town Offices Recreation acility Project .a. Report on Multi Purpose Room looring Report on Investigations, Next Steps & Timeline .b. pdate on emolition of Buildings at 4 Main Street iscussion of Bonding for the Project .c. Town Offices Open House riday, April 2 , 2016, 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 8:10 10. Appointments to ommittees of the Selectboard 8:20 11. Y16 Year to ate Budget Reports 12. Approval of heck arrants 13. Town Manager s Report 14. Board Member oncerns 15. Executive Session If eeded 16. Action on Matters iscussed in Executive Session 8:20 1 . Adjourn * Decision Item ** Possible Decision If you need special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the Town Manager s Office at 3 100 x 202 as early as possible. Additional information about most Agen da items is available on the Town’s web site, www.townofmiddlebury.org, on the Selectboard page. 4/25

GAGE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION

Annual Meeting Sunday, May 1 at 2:00 P.M. Ferrisburgh Grange Hall 3279 Route 7

TOWN OF PANTON PUBLIC NOTICE Beginning in May, the regularly scheduled monthly meetings of the Panton Development Review Board/Planning Commission will be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7pm at the Panton Town Office. The public is welcome to attend. Louise Giovanella, Secretary Panton DRB/PC 4/25

TOWN OF LINCOLN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Town of Lincoln is seeking proposals from qualified excavation contractors to complete the South Lincoln/Grimes Roads Improvements, a Vermont Better Roads Program grant funded road improvement project. Interested contractors are invited to a meeting with Town representatives on MAY 2, 2016 at 6:00 PM at Burnham Hall, 52 East River Street, Lincoln, Vermont to discuss the scope of work and project requirements. Proposals shall be received no later than 4:00 PM on MAY 13, 2016. The project shall be completed no later than June 15, 2016. All work shall conform to the requirements and specifications of the Vermont Better Roads Program and shall be performed in accordance with the requirements of all authorities having jurisdiction. Questions related to this Request for Proposals shall be submitted to admin@lincolnvermont.org. Equal Opportunity Employer 4/25, 28

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Ripton history to show at Tunbridge expo Public Notices RIPTON — The Ripton Historical Society (RHS) will be one of the presenters at Vermont History Expo 2016 in Tunbridge on June 18 and 19. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. that Saturday and Sunday, RHS officers and members will describe some significant aspects of Ripton’s history. The Expo’s theme this year is “The Power of Water in Vermont’s History.” Between videos, physical archives, photographs, posters and narratives, RHS representatives will explain how Ripton, a town anchored on a river, used water as a powerful force for businesses from milling to tanning to cheese making. Ripton’s experience of harrowing floods, such as those of 1927, 1938 and 2008, as well as Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, will

also be illustrated. Ripton is a small town on top of the Green Mountains. Chartered in 1781 and organized in 1828, the community has been transformed over the past two centuries, but like much of Vermont it has retained its rural identity. Notable residents include early-day environmentalist Joseph Battell, United States Poet Laureate Robert Frost, and today’s leading global warming activist Bill McKibben. After years of dormancy, Ripton Historical Society reorganized and was reborn in 2014. Since then RHS has built a website, established a materials collection, worked with community institutions, presented talks at Ripton Community Church, made excursions to discover Vermont

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. Call or . 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. 4/14

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

TOWN OF LINCOLN REQUEST FOR INTEREST BUILDING SALVAGE he incoln own fice buildin in incoln, will soon be demolished and replaced by a new, lar er structure. he buildin contains a number o components that mi ht be re usable in other places or structures. he incoln Select oard is seekin a ully insured, includin worker s comp contractor who could, in the space o one day, remove as many o these items as possible rom the structure and remove them o site or re distribution as necessary. his is a partial list o items to be removed Steel entry door Double hun , double pane windows with removable lass storm windows ollow core interior doors Solid wood e it door toilet bathroom sink hard wired I si ns orescent ceilin tro ers or suspended ceilin rid isc. Drapery roads, fi tures and blinds Interested, ualified contractors should e press interest by callin own Clerk, Sally ber or e mailin admin lincolnvermont.or and schedulin a site visit not later than April , . he own o incoln reserves the ri ht to accept or re ect any or all proposals received. Schedule or removal o items will be determined to ollow within one week. incoln Select oard 4/25

history, conducted a walking tour of Ripton’s ghost 1936 Civilian Conservation Corps camp, produced an evolving historical sites map, and exhibited at the 2014 Vermont History Expo. More information about Ripton history and the RHS is at https://riptonhistoricalsociety.org/. Vermont Historical Society has more information at vermonthistory.org/community/ vermont-history-expo.

UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #3 INVITATION TO BID

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. 4/18, 21, 25, 28

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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. 4/18, 21, 25

OR CLOSUR SAL O R AL VS A S C TS

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

ADDISON NORTH AST SU RVISOR UNION R U ST OR BIDS Addison Northeast Supervisory Union is seeking roof bids for Robinson Elementary in Starksboro.The project will consist of removal and proper disposal of the existing two layers of shingles and installing a standing seam roof system. All proposals must include manufacturer’s warranty and specifications to be considered. The project will consist of two sections totaling approximately 6800 square feet. A pre-bid walkthrough will be held on 5/5/16 at 11:00 a.m.at the Robinson Elementary School. Attendance at this meeting is REQUIRED to be eligible to bid. Bid documents and specifications will be available at that time. Bids will be due on 5/13/16 by 4:30 p.m. and opened at 10 a.m. on 5/16/16 at the ANESU office. The work is to be performed between 7/1/16 and 8/15/16. The firm awarded the work must be able to post a performance bond. ANESU reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 4/21, 4/25

TOWN OF LINCOLN PUBLIC NOTICE he incoln own fice will be closed for the week of April 25-29, while we move to temporary uarters at the incoln ibrary, est iver oad . e are relocatin durin the construction o our new buildin , which should be completed by ctober. ur oal is to be open or business on onday, ay at the ibrary location, where our phone, a , and mailin address will all remain the same. Clerk hours will be the same, but records may take e tra time to retrieve, so plan ahead. ther town o ficials may chan e their o fice hours as we ad ust to a smaller space. eetin locations will chan e, so pay attention to a endas. uestions look or updates on our website www.lincolnvermont.or , or call incoln own Clerk, Sally ber, at .

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ADDISON CENTRAL SUPERVISORY UNION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AUDITS 2017-2019 SCHOOL YEARS The Addison Central Supervisory Union is accepting bids for the Audit Services for ACSU (Bridport, Cornwall, Mary Hogan, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, and Weybridge) and Middlebury Union High School, Middlebury Union Middle School, and the ACSU Superintendent s fice or year end une, and une , as well as the consolidated school district for the following year end. Detailed bid specifications are available at the Superintendent s fice. Call or . Bids should be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Audit Bid” to: David Boucher, Business Manager Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Ave iddlebury, Bids may also be emailed to: ghughes@acsu.org or a ed to Bids must be received no later than pm oon on ay , 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. 4/21, 25, 28, 5/2

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Tax (Continued from Page 1) the education property tax, noting the that have provided a social, academic fraternities and sororities do not have and philanthropic outlet for many an impact on K-12 expenses. generations of University of Vermont “We would like a hearing to students. negotiate what we would be willing Former Waltham resident to pay in taxes,” Jost said. “We have Laurence Jost is president of been denied that hearing for two the Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni years.” Association. Alpha Gamma Rho is Jost believes many lawmakers are the social-professional fraternity for eager for a do-over on the property agriculture at UVM. Other prominent tax exemption issue. Addison County alums of Alpha “Two years ago, on two lines of Gamma Rho include Jim Bushey of a 20-page bill, the fraternities and Bourdeau Bros., Robert Foster of sororities at UVM lost their exempt Foster Brothers Farm, tax status,” Jost said. longtime ag educator “I have had legislators Bill Scott, Bill Sayre say to me, ‘I didn’t of the A. Johnson Co. read the whole bill. I and Joe Pappas of didn’t know it was in Champlain Orchards. there, and I’m sorry I At a recent voted for the bill.’” Legislative Breakfast Greek life in Vergennes, Jost representatives are made an appeal closely following to lawmakers to the progress of Bill reinstate the property H.725, now in the tax exemption for House Ways and fraternities and Means Committee. sororities before the That bill simply end of this session. proposes “to allow “We, as a coalition, “Whether we the property tax have asked repeatedly have children in exemption for for a hearing in college fraternities private schools the Senate Finance and societies to Committee and House or fraternity remain current law by Ways and Means, members with no repealing the repeal and have been denied children yet, we all of those provisions.” that hearing,” Jost agree we should It appears H.725 said. “Please grant has a steep hill to contribute to the us that hearing. If climb. Two powerful not, and if the repeal education of our Addison County youth.” doesn’t happen, we lawmakers said they would have to sell to — Rep. David Sharpe are not inclined to UVM and Champlain rescind the repeal. College our Sen. Claire Ayer, properties. The state could … receive D-Addison, is vice chairwoman between $80,000 and $100,000 in of the Senate Finance Committee taxes. If we sell — nothing.” and the Senate Majority Whip. Her According to the website late husband, Dr. Alan Ayer, was a savegreeklifeatuvm.com, sunsetting fraternity member and she said she the property tax exemption — first shared his belief “in the value of that enacted in 1906 — will raise a kind of a system.” combined total of around $225,000 But looking at state revenues, she from the 10 Burlington-based does not think the state can continue fraternity and sorority houses subject to give a break to fraternities and to the state portion of the tax. sororities. “This issue … places an additional “For my 14 years in Senate and new fiscal strain on those Finance we have been talking about fraternities and sororities and fraternities and sororities as one in the students who are members, a number of candidates that didn’t adding another financial challenge fit that well into the ‘charitable and to the already high cost of higher pious’ organizations, like Saint education,” according to the website. Peter’s Church and the hospital that Jost said beginning on Jan. 1, the the state intended to give tax breaks Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at 16 to,” Ayer said. South Prospect St., Burlington, with “I fully support this tax change,” 2.3 acres, will begin to pay upwards she added. “It has been coming of $40,000 annually in property for a long time. We have heard taxes. from fraternities and fraternal “Our students, with 20 students, organizations a number of times over who reside in the chapter house built the past years.” in 1863, cannot afford cannot afford Ayer said she would ask $40,000 in property taxes,” Jost said. her committee chair, Sen. Ann “That would be municipal and K-12 Cummings, to accord some more property taxes.” time to fraternity representatives to Instead, representatives of “Greek plead their case. But she does not life” at UVM are proposing what think a proposed PILOT agreement they believe is a fair compromise: A would benefit the state. Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) “In terms of the offer to pay part amounting to 50 percent of the of the property taxes, that doesn’t municipal tax in Burlington. Jost said do anything for the state,” Ayer frat and sorority reps are also willing said. “Property taxes out here in the to talk about a contribution in lieu of rural area raise a very small percent

of the total of our property taxes in general, so that isn’t going to help all the rest of us who pay the taxes for fraternities and sororities — and it’s not just Burlington.” Rep. Dave Sharpe, D-Bristol, is chairman of the House Education Committee, but previously served for more than a decade on House Ways and Means. Sharpe noted the Legislature in 2010 established a “Blue Ribbon Tax Commission ” that included, among others, a former UVM fraternity member — Bill Sayre of Bristol, appointed to the panel by then-Gov. James Douglas of

Middlebury. “They looked broadly at our tax policy and they said, ‘exemptions are a really big problem,’” Sharpe said. Sayre said the proposed lifting of the property tax exemption on fraternities and sororities was part of a package of proposals that required compromise from individual commission members. “I missed it, it was as simple as that,” he said of the fraternity/sorority tax proposal. He believes his colleagues might have also opposed applying property taxes to fraternities and

sororities if they had been armed with the information available today on the benefits of such student organizations. He noted, for example, that Alpha Gamma Rho students this past weekend raised $5,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network. Sayre said that instead of paying full property taxes, fraternities and sororities should be asked for a PILOT that “takes into account all the good things they do for the university, community and students.” LIFTING EXEMPTIONS Since property taxes (as opposed to (See Exemptions, Page 36)

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Crisis, emergency repair and a long term fix It was Friday night and he had no heat. His furnace was broken beyond repair. He was elderly, living alone and without any means to pay for a new furnace. CVOEO’s Crisis Fuel Program and then the Weatherization Emergency Heating program were called. Jeremy Francis, a CVOEO auditor, met him at his home. The furnace was replaced on Saturday morning. It was an emergency. The furnace needed to have an immediate fix or he could not stay in his home. She was seriously ill and had lost her job. “I was always the one that gave to charity. I’ve worked for 40 years and never asked for help from anyone. Now I found myself alone with no family, no money and not able to heat my home.” She was in a crisis. Because she was over 60 and ill, she didn’t need to physically come into the Community Action Office but called to ask for assistance and received it through the LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) Crisis Fuel Program. She was “in the squeeze,” as described by Whitney Cassell, CVOEO’s crisis fuel coordinator. She was another elderly woman living in a single-family home. She had very high fuel bills and poor heating and ventilation systems. She was cold — all the time cold. Her husband passed away several years ago and it was his job to do all the maintenance. So now the maintenance wasn’t being done. She was the first and only owner of her 1961 home. The immediate need was a furnace replacement. After applying for weatherization services, her home was insulated and air sealed. The combination of a highly efficient heating system and weatherization of the home resulted in a savings of 30 percent. The value of

peace of mind Bridging is incalculable. The Vermont gaps, Legislature is in building the midst of defutures ciding how to By Jan Demers meet crisis situations through Executive Director state LIHEAP Champlain Valley funding, deal Office with emergenof Economic cies through Opportunity the Emergency Heat and Furnace Replacement Program and provide the long-term solutions found in Weatherization. It has been a struggle often pitting services for those in poverty against each other.

“If you could only have one of these programs what would it be?” There are no disadvantages or shortcomings to the Weatherization program. It is wholly positive. However, the other side of the equation, and the one that stares us in the face every day, is that of crisis. There is a move to eliminate crisis fuel program for those from 150 to 200 percentage of the federal poverty level. These are the people who are on the edge — on the very edge. The research shows that giving the right amount of money at the right time will keep these folks on more stable footing. They are the people “in the squeeze.” I trust that the Legislature will find a way to keep the balance.

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Kara Pool-Krok-Horton of Middlebury was recently initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Pool-KrokHorton was initiated at University of Massachusetts. Niles Fromm of Starksboro and Amanda Vincent of New Haven were nominated for the Student Employee of the Year Award for Champlain College’s second annual Student Employee Recognition Event on April 11.

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Landowners invited to learn about supporting wildlife VERGENNES â€” Vermontâ€™s forests are an important resource providing a beautiful backdrop to our daily lives. These forests also provide for wildlife habitat, protection of water quality, carbon storage, soil stabilization and a number of forest products including firewood and maple syrup. There are many threats to our Vermont forests, including fragmentation, invasive insects and plants, pressures from development and climate change impacts. To landowners these threats can seem daunting as you look to manage your property. With about 87 percent of Vermontâ€™s land is in private ownership, it is the actions or non-actions that occur on these lands that will affect the dominant ecology of Vermont. Landowners who are committed to wildlife conservation and forest stewardship and are interested in learning ways to improve their woodlands should attend â€œVermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlifeâ€? spring Cooperator training. The three-day program will take place May 20-22 at the Farm and Wilderness Camp in Plymouth. The program is free and includes materials, food and lodging in a camp like setting. A $100 deposit, refundable upon completion of the class, is

all that is required. Graduates, also known as Cooperators, are trained to better manage their own properties and to be a resource to neighbors and communities to encourage forest and wildlife stewardship. Vermont Coverts is a peer-to-peer network sharing strategies for managing forestland and the professional resources available to help. These Cooperators are instrumental in having a positive influence in the management of Vermontâ€™s forests. Training participants find themselves caught up in the intensity of presentations and conversations centered on woodlands and wildlife. Participants return home, as newly titled â€œCoverts Cooperators,â€? with energetic plans for their own land and a commitment to â€œshare what they learnedâ€? â€” a practical, ecological vision for their neighborhood, their town or their county. â€œWith this workshop, our goal is to give landowners the resources to make sound management decisions on their own property and help other landowners find the resources to do the same,â€? said Executive Director Lisa Sausville. Currently, there are more than 600 Cooperators around the state working to manage their own land and helping others find the tools to make sound forest management decisions.

If you are interested in the training or in having a Cooperator visit your land contact the Vermont Coverts office at 802-877-2777 or e-mail

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a nonprofit dedicated to educating landowners committed to sound forest management that enhances wildlife habitat.

Exemptions (Continued from Page 34) income taxes) have prevailed as the preferred revenue source for funding schools and municipal services, lawmakers have had to look at ways to maximize its yield while trying to keep the overall rate increases as low as possible, according to Sharpe. Hence the legislative effort to lift property tax exemptions, Sharpe said. â€œWhether we have children in private schools or fraternity members with no children yet, we all agree we should contribute to the education of our youth,â€? Sharpe said. The list of exempt organizations and other entities has gotten too long, according to Sharpe. That list has even included the health insurance goliath Blue Cross-Blue Shield, a public non-profit. Sharpe said he tried unsuccessfully, awhile on Ways and Means, to remove the Blue Cross property tax exemption. â€œWhen we give an exemption over here, all the taxpayers left over have to pay the bill,â€? Sharpe said. â€œSo we have generated huge amounts of tax exemptions â€” sales, property and income tax exemptions and deductions. And when you do that, the group of taxpayers who have to pay the bills in our society â€Ś shrinks. All of us paying our full share of taxes pay a higher burden. It isnâ€™t fair in our system to have such broad exemptions for certain classes of people where the rest of us have to pay an increasing amount of taxes to support that. â€œWe need to have a fairer tax

system,â€? Sharpe said. The application of property tax exemptions on fraternities and sororities will not affect Middlebury College. College trustees voted unanimously in 1990 to ban singlesex social organizations. The college has a system of social houses that function as dorms and are owned by the college, noted Sarah Ray, director of media relations for the liberal arts institution. The old DKE Alumni House is owned by the DKE Alumni Association, and the college leases it as office space. The land on which it is located is owned by the college and is considered part of the main quad of campus. â€œAny student can apply to live in any social house as part of room draw,â€? Ray said in an emailed response to the Independent. â€œNo membership of any type is required to apply or live there.â€? Middlebury College continues to keep close track of the tax status of its vast property holdings. â€œThe college has reviewed every piece of college-owned property in Middlebury with the town of Middlebury,â€? Ray said. â€œWe went through the same process with Cornwall and Ripton. This was done to be sure each piece of property was properly categorized with respect to taxes, and that the college and the towns were in agreement on how they viewed the tax category assigned to each property.â€? Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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