MONDAY Â Â EDITION
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT
Vol. 26 No. 25
Middlebury, Vermont
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Monday, August 25, 2014
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By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  The  longtime  chairman  of  the  board  that  oversees  Middlebury  Union  middle  and  high  schools  resigned  from  the  panel  on  Wednesday,  Aug.  20,  after  accepting  a  job  within  the  district’s  athletic  de- partment. “It  was  a  tough  decision  for  me  to  step  down,â€?  said  Leonard  Barrett,  a  Bridport  resident  who  has  served  on  the  UD-Â3  school  board  for  11  years,  ¿YH RI WKHP DV FKDLUPDQ But  it  came  down  to  Barrett’s  in- terest  in  a  part-Âtime  job  assisting  UD-Â3  Athletic  Director  Sean  Farrell.  Barrett  retired  from  farming  two  years  ago  and  has  been  an  avid  sup- porter  of  MUHS  sports  —  particu- larly  the  football  program.  The  new  job  will  allow  Barrett,  60,  to  have  a  direct  association  with  the  school’s  various  sports  programs.  His  du- ties  will  include  running  the  game  clock  at  home  contests,  making  sure  school  facilities  are  ready  before  (See  Barrett,  Page  21)
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36 Pages
UD-Â3 board chair steps down, takes school job
Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got dancing
Addison man paddles 740 miles
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ETHAN  MARKWIEKA,  LEFT,  Hannah  Roque  and  Ethan  Allred  strike  a  pose  during  the  Town  Hall  The- ater  Young  Company  performance  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young  Frankensteinâ&#x20AC;?  last  Thursday  night  in  Middlebury.  The  young  thespians  also  staged  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ondineâ&#x20AC;?  on  the  same  night.  See  more  photos  on  Page  2. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
By  JOHN  FLOWERS SHOREHAM  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  After  spending  more  than  a  decade  teaching  music  in  the  classroom,  Michael  Lenox  is  ready  to  play  a  new  tune  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  as  top  administrator  of  Shoreham  Elemen- tary  School. Lenox,  37,  is  beginning  what  he  hopes  will  be  a  lengthy  tenure  as  principal  of  Shoreham  Elementary,  succeeding  James  Ross.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  am  very  excited  about  this  op- portunity,â&#x20AC;?  Lenox  said  during  an  in- terview  on  Thursday. Ross,  of  Ridgewood,  N.J.,  led  Shoreham  Elementary  as  interim  (See  Shoreham,  Page  34)
College seeds squash center with new green roof By  ZACH  DESPART MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Gazing  east  from  the  Kenyon  Lounge  on  the  campus  of  Middlebury  College,  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  wonderful  view  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  FDPSXVÂś VSUDZOLQJ DWKOHWLF ÂżHOGV golf  course  and  Green  Mountains  in Â
the  distance. That  view  just  got  a  lot  better,  thanks  to  the  installation  last  week  of  a  new  green  roof  on  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  squash  center,  which  opened  last  fall. The  green  roof,  also  called  a  liv-Â
ing  roof,  features  growing  plants  set  in  a  soil  medium  on  top  of  a  water- proof  membrane  installed  on  top  of  the  buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  roof.  It  was  construct- ed  by  LiveRoof  Global,  a  company  based  in  Michigan.  In  addition  to  adding  to  the  build-Â
ingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  natural  beauty  and  other  envi- URQPHQWDO EHQHÂżWV /LYH5RRI UHSUH- sentative  Ben  Lucas  said  a  primary  EHQHÂżW RI JUHHQ URRIV LV WKDW WKH\ mitigate  stormwater  runoff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;During  large  rain  events  on  a  (See  Roof,  Page  34)