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ADDISON COUNTY
2015
INDEPENDENT Vol. 69 No. 48
Middlebury, Vermont
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Thursday, December 10, 2015 â—† 46 Pages
75¢
Bringing up our children Leicester students build community, teamwork with treehouse project By  JOHN  FLOWERS LEICESTER  —  It’s  not  an  exaggeration  WR VD\ WKDW HGXFDWLRQ LV VFDOLQJ QHZ KHLJKWV DW /HLFHVWHU &HQWUDO 6FKRRO 7KDW¶V ZKHUH D FROOHFWLRQ RI WK WKURXJK WK JUDGHUV ² ZLWK VRPH KHOS IURP DGXOWV ² UHFHQWO\ SXW WKH ¿QLVKLQJ WRXFKHV RQ VL[ WUHHKRXVHV RQ school  property. 7KH SURMHFW KDV UHVXOWHG LQ DQ DPHQLW\ IRU IXWXUH JHQHUDWLRQV DQG UHTXLUHG WKH \RXQJ EXLOGHUV WR EHFRPH YHUVHG LQ DOO RI WKH DFDGHPLF VNLOOV LQYROYHG LQ FRQVWUXFWLRQ The  treehouse  project  is  an  example  of  Leicester  Central’s  emphasis  on  “project- EDVHG OHDUQLQJ ´ DFFRUGLQJ WR VFKRRO Principal  Earl  Corey. ³:H IHHO WKDW LV WKH ZD\ WR JR LQ WHUPV RI KDYLQJ NLGV UHDOO\ FRQQHFW ZLWK WKHLU OHDUQLQJ DQG PDNH LW PRUH PHDQLQJIXO ´ &RUH\ VDLG ³:LWK WKH KHOS RI RXU VXSHULQWHQGHQW -HDQQH &ROOLQV ZH KDYH EHHQ DEOH WR LQVWLWXWH SURMHFW EDVHG OHDUQLQJ KHUH LQ /HLFHVWHU ´ ,W ZDV IDU IURP D IRUHLJQ FRQFHSW IRU &RUH\ $V D WHDFKHU ZLWK WKH $OFRWW 6FKRRO LQ &RQFRUG 0DVV &RUH\ OHG D ORW RI H[SHGLWLRQDU\ OHDUQLQJ SURMHFWV IRU KLV WK JUDGH FODVV ³, KDYH WKH EHOLHI WKDW D ORW RI WKHVH NLGV JHW WKH SHQFLO DQG SDSHU WDVNV EXW QHHG PRUH KDQGV RQ OHDUQLQJ WR VHH ZKDW LW¶V UHDOO\ DOO DERXW DV RSSRVHG WR RQO\ WKHRUHWLFDO (See  Treehouse,  Page  18A)
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Middlebury filmmaker shows kids taking risks in adventure playground LEICESTER  CENTRAL  SCHOOL  sixth-Âgrader  Hayden  Bernhardt  climbs  out  from  under  a  treehouse  that  students  and  adults  from  the  school  built  over  the  last  two  months. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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College activists join in Paris climate talks
President Patton signs global warming pledge By  GAEN  MURPHREE 0,''/(%85< ² 7KRXJK WKH 3DULV &OLPDWH &RQIHUHQFH LV VRPH PLOHV DZD\ 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH DQG DFWLYLVWV DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK WKH FROOHJH DUH WDNLQJ LPSRUWDQW VWHSV WR FRPEDW JOREDO ZDUPLQJ ERWK DW KRPH DQG LQ 3DULV ³:HOO LW¶V FRQIXVLQJ DV XVXDO EXW ZH NQRZ WZR WKLQJV PRUH RU OHVV IRU FHUWDLQ ´ ZURWH 5LSWRQ UHVLGHQW DXWKRU DQG HQYLURQPHQWDO DFWLYLVW %LOO 0F.LEEHQ WR WKH Addison  Independent  from  Paris. ³)LUVW there’s  going  to  be  an  agreement  of  VRPH NLQG ² WKDW¶V PRVWO\ WKDQNV
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Volunteers  craft  forest  for  backcountry  winter  skiing
Wish  list HAYLEE  CLARK,  5,  of  Middlebury  shares  her  Christmas  wish  list  with  Santa  Claus  at  the  Middlebury  Community  House  during  Saturday’s  A  Very  Merry  Middlebury  celebration.  For  more  photos  see  Page  13A. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
By the way Addison  County  law  enforce- ment  agencies  are  urging  drivers  to  take  special  care  during  the  month  of  December.  In  addition  to  conducting  an  impaired  driver  checkpoint  on  New  Year’s  Eve, Â
the  agencies  said  they  will  per- form  roving  patrols  throughout  the  county  to  deter  impaired  op- eration  of  motor  vehicles  on  local  roads  during  this  holiday  season.  (See  By  the  way,  Page  16A)
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2016 MNFF Winter Screening Series at THT ‡  Jan.  3  —  Meru.  Winner  of  the  Audience  Award  for  Best  Documentary  at  the  2015  Sundance  Film  Festival,  “Meruâ€?  is  a  dramatic  adventure  documentary  about  the  passions  and  perilous  choices  of  the  world’s  best  mountain  climbers.  Di- rected  by  Jimmy  Chin  (one  of  the  climbers)  and  Elizabeth  &KDL 9DVDUKHO\L WKLV ÂżOP SXWV DXGLHQFHV XS FORVH ZLWK WKUHH HOLWH FOLPEHUV ZKR VWUXJJOH WR ÂżQG WKHLU ZD\ WKURXJK REVHV- sion  and  loss  as  they  attempt  to  climb  Mount  Meru,  one  of  the  most  coveted  prizes  in  the  high-Âstakes  game  of  Himala- \DQ ELJ ZDOO FOLPELQJ 7KH ÂżOP ERDVWV H[FHSWLRQDO FDPHUD ZRUN WKDW LQWHQVLÂżHV WKH HQRUPLW\ RI WKH FOLPELQJ FKDOOHQJH ‡ )HE ² Truth.  Starring  Robert  Redford,  Cate  Blanchett,  Dennis  Quaid  and  Topher  Grace  and  directed  by  James  Vanderbilt,  “Truthâ€?  boldly  delivers  “a  newsroom  dra- ma  detailing  the  2004  CBS  ‘60  Minutes’  report  investigat- ing  then-ÂPresident  George  W.  Bush’s  military  service,  and  WKH VXEVHTXHQW ÂżUHVWRUP RI FULWLFLVP WKDW FRVW DQFKRU 'DQ Rather  and  producer  Mary  Mapes  their  careers,â€?  according  WR WKH ÂżOPÂśV GLVWULEXWRUV 7KH ÂżOP KDV EHHQ FDOOHG ÂłWHQVH DQG riveting,  with  superb  performances  by  its  leads  Redford  and  Blanchett.  ‘Truth’  portrays  brilliantly  the  huge  risks  involved  when  professional  journalism  tangles  with  the  highest  levels  of  governmental  power.â€? ‡ 0DUFK ² Mustang. 'LVWULEXWRUV DUH FDOOLQJ WKH ÂżOP ÂłDQ H[WUDRUGLQDULO\ WLPHO\ GUDPD IURP GLUHFWRU 'HQL] *DQ- ]H (UJXYHQ ´ Âł0XVWDQJ´ LV )UDQFHÂśV RIÂżFLDO HQWU\ IRU Academy  Awards  consideration  and  Winner  of  the  Best  First  Film  Award  at  the  2015  Philadelphia  Film  Festival.  It  is  set  during  the  summer  in  a  small  village  in  Northern  Turkey,  and  UHYROYHV DURXQG ÂżYH IUHH VSLULWHG VLVWHUV ZKRVH VHHPLQJO\ innocent  beach  play  with  their  male  classmates  is  perceived  by  elders  in  the  town  to  be  dangerous  and  immoral.  Their  family  “overreacts,  essentially  imprisoning  the  girls,  sub- jecting  them  to  endless  lessons  in  housework  in  preparation  for  them  to  become  brides,â€?  reads  the  plot  narrative.  “As  the  eldest  sisters  are  married  off,  the  younger  ones  bond  together  to  avoid  the  same  fate.â€? 7KH ÂżOP ÂłXQĂ€LQFKLQJO\ DGGUHVVHV WKH XQLYHUVDO WKHPHV RI female  empowerment  and  the  pursuit  of  human  dignity  in  the  face  of  moral  rigidity,â€?  according  to  its  distributors. ‡ $SULO ² What  Our  Fathers  Did:  A  Nazi  Legacy.  It  has  been  called  “A  truly  compelling  documentary  of  great  KLVWRULFDO VLJQLÂżFDQFH ´ Âł:KDW 2XU )DWKHUV 'LG $ 1D]L Legacyâ€?  had  its  world  premiere  at  the  2015  Tribeca  Film  Festival.  It  is  best  described  as  “a  poignant,  thought-Âprovok- ing  account  of  friendship  and  the  toll  of  inherited  guilt,â€?  that  ³H[SORUHV WKH UHODWLRQVKLS EHWZHHQ WZR PHQ HDFK RI ZKRP DUH WKH FKLOGUHQ RI YHU\ KLJK UDQNLQJ 1D]L RIÂżFLDOV DQG SRV- sess  starkly  contrasting  attitudes  toward  their  fathers,â€?  ac- cording  to  its  distributors.  The  story  is  propelled  forward  by  an  eminent  human  rights  lawyer,  Philippe  Sands,  whose  own  family  was  adversely  effected  by  the  actions  of  these  men’s  fathers.
Addison  farm,  feds  reach  agreement  on  cattle  medication  case %\ -2+1 6 0F&5,*+7 :(67 $'',621 ² $Q $GGLVRQ County  dairy  farm  and  the  U.S.  Attorney’s  2IÂżFH KDYH DJUHHG RQ KRZ WR VHWWOH D concern  by  federal  authorities  about  medications  given  to  the  farm’s  cows.  Amy  Menard,  the  lawyer  for  the  Wynsum  Holsteins  farm  run  by  Anthony  and  Barbara  Correia  and  family,  noted  that  the  Correias  admitted  no  wrongdoing  and Â
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with  the  federal  court  seeking  to  approved  the  agreement  with  the  Correias.  The  issue  arose  three  years  ago  when  the  Food  and  Drug  Administration  warned  the  farm  that  a  federal  meat  inspector  had  found  residue  of  an  antibiotic  in  the  kidney  of  a  heifer  that  was  slaughtered  for  meat.  The  FDA  did  further  inspections  and  alleged  record- keeping  errors  regarding  injections  given  to  the  farm’s  cattle.
The  press  release  further  alleged  recurring  violations  of  the  same  nature  that  the  farm  failed  to  correct  despite  FDA  warnings. Menard  pointed  out  that  the  medications  involved  included  common  antibiotics  used  in  the  course  of  treating  routine  veterinary  conditions  in  cattle  to  maintain  the  animals’  health.  “The  government  believed  the  Correia Â
farm  should  utilize  additional  record- keeping  and  operational  measures  to  track  the  use  of  these  medications,  and  the  Correias  agreed  to  the  government’s  request,�  she  said.  “The  Correias  take  the  health  of  their  animals  very  seriously  because  farming  is  their  livelihood,  and  they  continue  to  work  closely  with  veterinarians  to  ensure  the  health  of  their  herd.�
Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  December  10,  2015  —  PAGE  3A
OV  senior  named  as  Presidential  Scholar By  LEE  J.  KAHRS BRANDON  —  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School  senior  Emma  Cijka  has  been  named  one  of  24  Vermont  U.S.  Presidential  Scholars.  She  is  the  only  high  school  student  from  the  Addison  County  and  Bran- don  area  to  win  this  distinction. Cijka,  the  daughter  of  Wendy  and  Stephen  Cijka  of  Brandon,  and  her  fellow  Vermont  nominees  were  honored  last  Thursday  at  a  ceremo- ny  in  the  Cedar  Creek  Room  at  the  Vermont  Statehouse  in  Montpelier. OV  Guidance  Counselor  Mer- edith  McCartney  wrote  Cijka’s  recommendation  letter  and  said  the  modest  and  hardworking  senior  de- serves  the  honor. “They  asked  for  our  best  and  our  brightest  and  we  submitted  her,â€?  McCartney  said.  “Emma  is  incred- ibly  hard  working.  She’s  always  polite,  never  complains  and  is  super  consistent.â€? The  Cijka  family  runs  a  goat  cheese  making  business  at  their  High  Pond  Goat  Farm  in  Brandon,  and  Emma  works  on  the  farm  in  addition  to  taking  a  heavy  load  of  Advanced  Placement  courses  at  OV.  She  currently  has  a  101.90  aca- demic  average.  McCartney  said  by  the  time  she  graduates  in  June,  Ci- jka  will  have  taken  all  of  OV’s  AP  courses,  and  earned  10  college  sci- ence  credits. Cijka  is  also  an  accomplished  PXVLFLDQ SOD\LQJ Ă€XWH DQG SLDQR She  plays  in  the  Otter  Valley  school  band,  pit  band  and  jazz  band,  as  well  as  the  Lakes  Region  Youth  Orches- tra.  As  a  junior,  Cijka  was  named  SULQFLSDO Ă€XWLVW LQ WKH 9HUPRQW $OO State  Music  Festival. She  is  also  a  talented  distance  runner  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  OV  cross-Âcountry  team  since  middle  school.  She’s  on  the  Nordic  skiing  team  this  winter. McCartney  said  Cijka  is  planning  to  study  veterinary  medicine  and  specialize  in  large  animal  veterinary Â
EMMA  CIJKA care.  She  also  intends  to  continue  her  family’s  farming  tradition. “Let’s  celebrate  a  highly  intelli- gent  Vermont  farm  girl  who  wants  to  stick  to  those  roots,â€?  McCarthy  said. The  U.S.  Presidential  Scholars  Program  was  established  in  1964  by  executive  order  of  President  Lyndon  Johnson  to  recognize  and  honor  some  of  the  most  distin- guished  graduating  high  school  se- niors  in  the  United  States.  In  1979,  the  program  was  extended  to  rec- ognize  students  who  demonstrate  exceptional  talent  in  the  visual,  cre- ative  and  performing  arts.  In  2015,  the  program  was  again  extended  to  recognize  students  who  demon- strate  ability  and  accomplishment  in  career  and  technical  education  ¿HOGV Vermont  nominees  will  be  eligi- ble  to  apply  for  the  U.S.  Presiden- tial  Scholars  Program.  Each  year,  up  to  161  students  across  the  U.S.  are  named  as  Presidential  Scholars,  one  of  the  nation’s  highest  honors  for  high  school  students,  and  the  students  are  recognized  at  a  cer- emony  in  Washington,  D.C.
Student  shows
ADDISON  REPERTOTY  THEATER  students  at  the  Hannaford  Career  Center  in  Middlebury  are  presenting  10  student-  written  one  act  plays  in  the  A.R.T.  Black  Box  theater  on  Dec.  10,  11  and  12  at  7:30  p.m.  Pictured,  clockwise  from  top,  from  a  Tuesday  rehearsal  are  students  Noah  Bessette  and  Andrew  Trombley;Íž  Sam  Kuhns,  Anders  Bright  and  Trombley;Íž  A.J.  Herriman  and  Tsering  Chophel;Íž  Bright  and  Trombley;Íž  and  Kuhns  and  Addison  Wales.  For  ticket  information  call  382-Â1036. Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell
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Concerts  to  aid  winter  shelter MIDDLEBURY  —  Two  Middle- bury  concerts  on  two  consecutive  evenings,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  Dec.  15  and  16,  will  support  the  Emergency  Winter  Shelter  for  Fami- lies  and  Individuals  sponsored  by  the  Charter  House  Coalition. 7KH ÂżUVW ZLOO EH SUHVHQWHG E\ WKH Choir  of  Clare  College,  Cambridge,  England,  on  Tuesday  at  7:30  p.m.  at  St.  Stephen’s  Episcopal  Church  on  the  green.  The  choir  will  sing  tradi- tional  music  of  the  season  by  com- posers  from  the  Renaissance  era  to  today.  Admission  is  $10. The  second,  on  Wednesday  at  7  p.m.,  will  be  held  at  the  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church.  The  pro- gram  features  many  singers  from  several  local  churches,  singing  solo  as  well  as  in  duets  and  quartets.  The  audience  will  be  encouraged  to  par- ticipate  in  the  singing  of  familiar  carols.  There  is  no  charge  for  the  concert  but  a  free-Âwill  offering  will  be  taken.  7KLV LV WKH ÂżIWK \HDU WKDW WKH &KDU- WHU +RXVH &RDOLWLRQ KDV EHQHÂżWHG from  the  gift  of  local  singers  coming  together  to  celebrate  the  season.  For  more  information,  call  St.  Ste- phen’s  at  802-Â388-Â7200  or  Middle- bury  United  Methodist  Church  at  802-Â388-Â2510.
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Letters
Editorials
to the Editor
Dissecting  Trump’s  appeal
Merry  Middlebury  fun,  successful
Give  Donald  Trump  credit  for  this:  He’s  impossible  to  ignore.  Since  he  entered  the  race  back  in  June,  he  has  garnered  more  free  publicity  in  the  daily  news  cycle  than  any  other  presidential  candidate,  and  the  age-Âold  saw  that  “no  publicity  is  bad  publicityâ€?  seems  to  hold  true  for  him.  Plus,  he  has  DQRWKHU WUDLW RI VXFFHVVIXO FDQGLGDWHV EHIRUH KLP D 7HĂ€RQ H[WHULRU LQ ZKLFK RXWUDJHRXV VWDWHPHQWV DQG SRVLWLRQV DUH HDVLO\ GHĂ€HFWHG Why  is  the  operative  question?  That’s  a  particularly  important  question  in  light  of  Mr.  Trump’s  latest  outrage  when  he  proposed  banning  all  Muslims  from  entering  the  country  as  a  measure  to  keep  Americans  safe  from  terrorists.  As  Washington  Post  reporter  Don  Balz  wrote  on  Tuesday,  “Donald  Trump  continues  to  go  where  no  recent  candidate  for  president  has  gone  before,  plunging  the  Republican  Party  —  and  the  nation  —  into  another  round  in  the  tumultuous  debate  about  immigration,  national  identity,  terrorism  and  the  limits  of  tolerance. “Trump’s  call  for  a  ban  on  Muslims  entering  the  United  States  marked  a  sudden  and  sizable  escalation  —  and  in  this  case  one  that  sent  shockwaves  DURXQG WKH ZRUOG ² LQ WKH LQĂ€DPPDWRU\ DQG VRPHWLPHV GHPDJRJLF UKHWRULF of  the  candidate  who  continues  to  lead  virtually  every  national  and  state  poll  testing  whom  Republicans  favor  for  their  presidential  nomination. “Nothing  in  modern  politics  equates  with  the  kind  of  rhetoric  now  coming  from  Candidate  Trump.  There  are  no  perfect  analogies.  One  must  scroll  back  decades  for  echoes,  however  imperfect,  of  what  he  is  saying,  from  the  populist  and  racially  based  appeals  of  then-ÂAlabama  Gov.  George  Wallace  in  1968  and  1972  to  the  anti-ÂSemitic  diatribes  of  the  radio  preacher  Charles  Coughlin  during  the  1930s.â€? “Historian  David  Kennedy  of  Stanford  University  said  there  are  few  comparisons,  adding  that,  in  branding  an  entire  religious  class  of  people  as  not  welcome,  Trump  ‘is  further  out  there  than  almost  anyone  in  the  annals  of  [U.S.]  history.’â€? To  better  understand  the  Trump  phenomenon  and  to  understand  what  his  public  support  says  about  the  American  voter,  the  New  York  Times  posted  on  Wednesday  several  commentaries  from  political  experts  who  addressed  these  two  questions:  How  can  a  man  of  such  extreme  views  be  the  leading  Republican  candidate  in  the  polls?  What  does  Trump’s  popularity  say  about  his  supporters,  and  America? Here  are  a  few  highlights  from  those  commentaries:
On  Saturday,  two  out-Âof-Âtown  guests  joined  me  for  the  Very  Merry  Middlebury  festivities.  We  had  a  great  time  chowing  down  at  the  Agway  pancake  breakfast,  greeting  6DQWD DV KH DUULYHG RQ WKH ÂżUHWUXFN seeing  the  exquisite  train  display  at  the  Sheldon  and  doing  many  other  fun  things. My  sincere  thanks  to  the  Better  Middlebury  Partnership  and  all  the  volunteers  for  making  the  day  so  much  fun  —  you  may  have  recruit- ed  a  couple  new  future  residents  in  the  process. Kevin  Unrath Director Ilsley  Public  Library
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 she  wrote,  “was  propelled  by  the  specter  of  ED\ ZKHUH /XNH ÂżUVW HQFRXQWHUHG WKH 0LOOHQQLXP )DOFRQ" neck  to  look  up  at  the  screen,  but  when  the  movie  started  I  a  Democratic  president  (Jimmy  Carter)  seemingly  impotent  as  52  American  +RZ DERXW WKH QDPH RI WKH FKLHI PRGHO PDNHU IRU WKH ÂżUVW couldn’t  look  away.  I  risked  permanent  neck  damage  try- hostages  were  held  by  Islamist  radicals  in  Iran,  and  by  animus  over  the  ¿OP" , FDQ $QG , DP SURXG RI LW ing  to  see  every  detail-Ârich  moment. advancement  of  rights  for  women  and  non-Âwhite  people.  Trump  rises  by  I  was  hooked  on  Star  Wars  even  be- Needless  to  say,  the  movie  blew  GHPRQVWUDWLQJ UDJH PRUH ÂżHUFHO\ MXVW DV 5HDJDQÂśV SROLWLFV RI UHVHQWPHQW IRUH , VDZ WKH PRYLH 0\ ÂżUVW PHPRU\ my  mind.  It  was  new,  it  was  exciting,  pushed  aside  the  more  establishment  Republicans. of  Star  Wars  is  from  May  of  1977.  I  it  was  fresh,  it  was  thrilling  and  I  be- “Today,  a  black  a  Democratic  president  is  portrayed  as  being  powerless  was  sitting  at  my  family’s  kitchen  ta- came  obsessed.  Mostly  with  how  the  over  terrorism,  and  looking  to  squander  tax  dollars  paid  by  hardworking  white  ble  looking  through  the  mail.  Staring  movie  was  made.  I  read  everything  I  people  on  the  needs  of  immigrants  and  slackers,  a  spin  on  the  meme  advanced  at  me  from  the  cover  of  the  new  Time  FRXOG ÂżQG DQG , HDJHUO\ DZDLWHG WKH DU- by  Reagan  of  the  “welfare  queenâ€? 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6FKRRO XQLÂżFDWLRQ DQWL GHPRFUDWLF The  consolidated  school  districts  required  by  Act  46  are  a  threat  to  the  values  of  democracy,  local  control,  and  sense  of  place  in  small  towns  all  over  Vermont.  The  legislative  process  that  led  up  to  the  enactment  of  $FW ODVW VSULQJ ZDV QRW VXIÂżFLHQWO\ WKRURXJK 7KH NH\ parts  of  the  law  were  written  in  haste  at  the  end  of  the  session.  Members  of  the  Legislature  did  not  have  enough  time  to  consider  the  consequences  of  the  bill,  both  intend- ed  and  unintended.  What  started  out  as  an  attempt  to  deal  with  increasing  property  taxes  morphed  into  an  attempt  to  improve  edu- cational  opportunity  by  creating  larger  school  districts.  However,  there  is  no  consistent  evi- dence,  either  from  Vermont  or  from  consolidation  efforts  in  other  states,  that  larger  school  districts  will  result  either  in  decreased  property  taxes  over  the  long-Âterm,  or  in  improved  educa- tional  outcomes  for  students. Larger  districts  will  seriously  detract  from  the  important  Vermont  values  of  By  Eric  L.  Davis local  control  and  local  participation  in  governance.  The  proposed  Addison  Central  district  is  a  good  example.  Currently,  there  are  eight  elected  school  boards  in  the  sev- en  towns  within  the  district:  one  district-Âwide  board  for  the  middle  school  and  high  school,  and  one  local  school  board  for  each  town’s  elementary  school.  Under  the  proposed  charter  for  the  new  district,  all  the  towns  except  Middlebury  will  substantially  lose  represen- tation  on  school  matters.  Local  school  boards  of  three  to  ¿YH PHPEHUV ZLOO EH UHSODFHG ZLWK RQH PHPEHU HOHFWHG from  each  of  the  six  small  towns,  who  will  join  a  13-Âmem- ber  district-Âwide  board  that  will  include  seven  members  from  Middlebury  and  one  member  from  each  of  the  other Â
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six  towns  in  the  district.  Decisions  about  the  elementary  schools  outside  of  Middlebury  will  no  longer  be  made  locally,  but  rather  cen- trally,  by  a  board  the  great  majority  of  whose  members  do  not  live  in  the  towns  where  the  schools  are  located.  This  is  not  a  good  model  for  encouraging  citizen  participation  and  citizen  involvement  in  school  governance.  Appointed  lo- cal  advisory  councils  with  no  decision-Âmaking  power  are  no  substitute  for  elected  boards  that  can  make  decisions  and  are  accountable  to  voters  at  town  meeting. Consolidation  of  school  governance  is  particularly  problematic  for  small  towns  such  as  Cornwall  (where  I  am  a  resident)  and  Weybridge,  for  whom  the  local  school  is  about  the  only  local  institution  remaining.  These  towns,  and  many  others  like  them  around  Vermont,  have  no  stores  and  no  post  RIÂżFHV 7KH VFKRRO LV WKH RQH SODFH LQ town  that  everyone  in  the  community  still  has  in  common,  whether  or  not  they  have  children  enrolled  there.  By  destroying  the  link  between  lo- cal  communities  and  school  gover- nance,  Act  46  threatens  the  sense  of  place  which  is  so  important  to  rural  Vermont,  and  such  a  valued  part  of  the  state’s  heritage.  In  my  opinion,  local  democratic  control  is  far  too  important  a  value  to  be  given  up  for  the  short-Âterm  property  tax  reduction  of  a  few  hun- GUHG GROODUV D \HDU DVVRFLDWHG ZLWK WKH ÂżUVW IHZ \HDUV RI school  district  consolidation.  The  existing  structure  of  multi-Âdistrict  supervisory  unions  combines  local  democratic  control  at  the  elementa- ry  school  level  with  the  advantages  of  larger  schools  at  the  middle  school  and  high  school  levels.  There  are  possibili- (See  Davis,  Page  5A)
The  recent  decision  of  the  Envi- ronmental  Court  regarding  Whis- tlePig  (Addison  Independent,  Dec.  3)  is  very  troubling.  Reportedly  the  decision  is  based  on  a  requirement  that  to  be  considered  an  agricultural  product  the  end  product  must  consist  of  ingredients  more  than  50  percent  of  which  by  weight  or  volume  are  grown  or  produced  on  the  farm. If  this  this  decision  is  applied  uniformly  then  it  removes  from  the  sphere  of  agriculture  virtually  all  poultry  farms,  whether  egg  or  meat;͞  all  feedlots;͞  all  veal  farms;͞  many  hog  farms;͞  some  dairy  farms,  greenhouse  or  nursery  operations  that  buy  and  resell  started  plants;͞  and  even  apiar- ies  —  those  bees  go  everywhere. Now  we  just  need  to  wait  for  some  industrious  bureaucrat  to  conclude  that  purchased  energy  must  be  in- cluded  in  this  computation  for  things  to  really  get  interesting  —  though  determining  the  weight  or  volume  of  electricity  will  be  a  challenge. Dwight  Menard Shoreham
3LSHOLQH ¿QDQFHV not  adding  up As  a  concerned  Middlebury  resi- dent  I  am  trying  hard  to  understand  the  issues  around  the  Addison  Natu- ral  Gas  Pipeline.  Does  the  push  to  build  a  pipeline  for  natural  gas  south  to  Middlebury  really  serve  the  best  interests  of  everyone  in  our  region?  Ratepayers  in  Chittenden  and  Frank- lin  counties  are  being  asked  to  pay  for  this  expensive  pipeline  over  the  next  32  years!  I  contend  that  more  careful  and  complete  calculations  of  WKH VXSSRVHG EHQH¿WV DUH QHHGHG In  the  past  three  years  I  have  attended  nearly  all  of  the  Public  Ser- vice  Board  hearings  on  this  matter,  and  I  believe  something  is  wrong  in  the  decision  making  process. It  is  now  well  known  that  Vermont  Gas  Systems  seriously  underestimat- ed  the  cost  of  building  the  pipeline  to  Middlebury  and  the  company  has  been  called  to  account.  But,  what  about  comparing  the  overall  cost  savings  for  various  available  fuels?  The  public  is  being  told  that,  even  though  the  pipeline  cost  rose  to  $153.6  million,  there  will  still  be  overall  savings  for  the  new  custom- ers  in  Addison  County.  What  is  the  basis  for  such  a  claim?  As  I  listened  to  the  testimony  at  the  hearing  on  Dec.  1,  I  realized  that  I  was  not  get- ting  a  satisfactory  answer. At  that  hearing  I  heard  that  the  Department  of  Pubic  Service  (DPS)  is  using  cost  estimates  based  on  what  fuel  costs  were  six  months  to  three  years  ago.  When  prices  for  various  fuels  are  changing  almost  weekly,  surely  that  is  not  satisfac- tory.  Comparisons  need  to  be  made  based  on  accurate  and  current  infor- mation.  I  noted  another  problem:  In  its  calculations  the  DPS  is  ignoring  the  fact  that  compressed  natural  gas  is  now  available  and  being  used  by  many  of  the  largest  industrial/ commercial  customers  in  Middle- bury  who  were  previously  targeted  WR UHFHLYH WKH KLJKHVW EHQH¿W IURP access  to  natural  gas.  They  have  this  without  an  expensive  pipeline.  Leaving  this  information  out  of  the  calculations  of  potential  cost/savings  makes  the  result  inaccurate. Besides  these  matters,  it  seems  to  me  that  any  cost  estimates  should  include  consideration  of  the  savings  potential  that  results  from  better  insulation  and  the  use  of  solar  panels  and  heat  pumps. For  these  reasons  I  have  serious  GRXEWV DERXW WKH EHQH¿WV WKDW DUH supposed  to  come  from  the  large  investment  in  fossil  fuel  infrastruc- ture  that  this  pipeline  would  be.  Not  (See  Letter,  Page  5A)
Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  December  10,  2015  —  PAGE  5A
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Letters to the Editor Postal  worker  went  above  and  beyond  call  of  duty Postmaster  Joe  Laramie  deserves  a  Medal  of  Honor.  Recently  I  mailed  the  title  to  a  car  I’d  sold  to  California.  At  the  buyer’s  request  I  used  Priority  Mail  with  tracking.  When  I  called  the  buyer  to  make  certain  he’d  received  the  title,  he  told  me  he  hadn’t. Using  the  tracking  number,  I  went  online  learned  that  the  letter  had  been  delivered  but  not  to  the  buyer’s  zip  code.  When  I  told  him  this,  he  screamed:  “You  wrote  the  wrong  zip  code;Íž  the  car  I’ve  paid  for  is  ‘worth  nothing’  without  the  title;Íž  if  you  don’t  get  it,  I’ll  sue  you.â€?  (The  car  was  a  1996,  and  Vermont  does  not  issue  or Â
replace  titles  to  vehicles  more  than  15  years  old.) Then  I  noticed  an  800  number  on  the  tracking  receipt  and  dialed  it  up.  Postmaster  Laramie  answered.  He  had  access  to  USPS  records  that  I  did  not  and  told  me  that  the  zip  code  to  which  my  letter  had  been  delivered  served  several  zip  codes,  including  the  buyer’s,  and  that  the  letter  had  been  mistakenly  put  into  a  box  for  a  large  company. “Your  buyer  needs  only  to  go  to  his  SRVW RIÂżFH WR VWUDLJKWHQ LW RXW ´ -RH said.  I  asked  him  whether  the  buyer  could  call  him  directly,  and  he  said, Â
“Of  course.â€? Thanks  to  Joe’s  help  the  buyer  got  his  title.  Three  days  later,  Joe  called  me  to  make  sure  everything  had  worked  out  well.  To  me  it’s  always  been  a  miracle  that  for  49  cents  we  can  send  a  letter  across  the  U.S.,  and  expect  it  to  be  delivered  within  2-Â4  days.  Joe  and  his  staff  at  the  Middle- EXU\ SRVW RIÂżFH DUH ÂżUVW UDWH SXEOLF servants  who  go  far  beyond  the  call  of  duty  to  serve  us.  We  are  extremely  fortunate  to  have  their  help  and  Joe’s  leadership. John  Freidin Middlebury
Hangar  serves  only  one  and  is  a  disservice  to  many According  to  the  $GGLVRQ ,QGHSHQ- dent’s  Dec.  3,  2015,  front  page  article,  an  out-Âof-Âstate  entrepreneur  with  a  second  home  in  Vermont  will  be  serviced  by  having  her  helicopter  and  airplane  housed  at  the  proposed  new  hangar  at  the  East  Middlebury  airport.  In  addition,  she’ll  have  a  jet  fuel  stor- age  tank  available  for  use  as  well. Of  course,  she  won’t  be  living  in  the  neighborhood  affected  by  what  serves  her.  She  doesn’t  have  to  hear  the  resulting  noise,  have  her  windows  shaken  or  bear  any  other  environmen- tal  consequences  that  might  ensue.  For  that  matter,  nor  do  those  on  the  selectboard  making  the  decision  except  for  the  one  board  member  who  lives  in  the  affected  neighborhood.  Perhaps  this  proposed  new  hangar  would  bring  in  additional  revenue  to  the  town  coffers.  However,  it  would  also  compromise  the  property  values Â
of  East  Middlebury  homeowners.  This  in  turn  should  rightfully  lower  their  property  tax  obligation  to  the  town  of  Middlebury,  which  then  PLJKW XQGR DQ\ ÂżQDQFLDO JDLQ XQOHVV the  plan  is  to  do  this  “on  the  backsâ€?  of  East  Middlebury  homeowners). It  has  been  a  balancing  act  to  have  an  airport  in  a  residential  neighbor- hood.  So  far  it  has  remained  safe.  It  can  work  if  it  stays  small  and  respectful  to  those  who  live  and  work  here  year  round.  We  are  told  that  the  helicopter  is  not  as  noisy  as  those  used  by  the  National  Guard.  Please  note  that  not  AS  noisy  does  not  mean  NOT  noisy. Put  simply,  this  decision  before  the  selectboard  puts  them  in  a  position  of  catering  to  the  “1  percentâ€?  to  the  detriment  of  a  local  community.  It  also  positions  them  as  an  enabler  for  further  environmental  assault  by  per-Â
mitting  what  seems  an  unnecessary  burning  of  fossil  fuel.  (Attention  Bill  McKibben  and  company.) I  therefore  urge  the  selectboard  members  to  vote  NO  on  this  hangar  proposal.  I  also  call  upon  our  area  state  representatives,  Claire  Ayer,  Amy  Sheldon  and  Betty  Nuovo,  to  look  into  how  and  why  the  East  0LGGOHEXU\ DLUSRUWœV FODVVL¿FDWLRQ was  changed  from  Class  A  to  Class  B  without  any  documentation,  explana- WLRQ MXVWL¿FDWLRQ YLVXDO DXWKRUL]DWLRQ or  transparency.  Attempts  to  get  this  information  have  been  sidestepped  or  deemed  irrelevant.  I  say  it  is  quite  rel- evant,  indeed  mandatory  as  required  governmental  process,  that  this  be  answered  before  airport  expansion  plans  go  any  further. Paula  Nath East  Middlebury
prequels  sour  me  on  the  whole  fran- chise?  Of  course  not. Proof  is  my  excitement  about  the  imminent  arrival  of  a  new  sequel.  7KH )RUFH $ZDNHQV  opens  in  one  week  and  I  am  feeling  a  little  1977ish  about  the  whole  thing.  Of  course  nothing  can  replicate  the  original  ¿OP RU KRZ LW PDGH PH IHHO EXW , DP very  optimistic.  My  son,  who  lives  in  Massachusetts,  already  has  tickets  for Â
opening  night.  I  have  not  gone  that  far  but  I  have  been  discussing  the  ¿OP DQG VSHFXODWLQJ DERXW LW IRU PRUH than  a  year.  Has  Luke  turned  to  the  darkside?  Are  the  new  characters  the  offspring  of  Han  and  Leia?  Will  Jar- Jar’s  dead  body  really  show  up  in  the  background  of  one  scene?  Is  Darth  Vader  alive?  Maybe  I  am  a  geek  after  all.
The  existing  structure  does  not  pre- vent  local  boards  from  reducing  prop- erty  taxes.  Elected  school  boards  can  decide,  among  other  things,  not  to  replace  teachers  who  retire  or  resign,  to  offer  buy-Âouts  to  staff  approaching  retirement  age,  or  to  insist,  in  future Â
contract  negotiations,  that  employees  pay  a  larger  share  of  their  health  in- surance  premiums. (ULF / 'DYLV LV SURIHVVRU HPHUL- WXV RI SROLWLFDO VFLHQFH DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH
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ties  within  that  structure  for  making  more  educational  opportunities  for  programs  such  as  foreign  languages  available  to  elementary  students  in  small  towns,  through  shared  staff,  on- line  video  conferencing,  and  public  school  choice  options. Â
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only  is  the  economic  sense  of  the  pipeline  project  seriously  question- able,  in  this  time  when  Vermont  has  set  a  goal  to  derive  90  percent Â
of  its  energy  needs  from  renewable  sources  by  2050,  the  picture  is  be- coming  clearer  that  this  is  the  wrong  investment  for  our  future.  The  citizens  of  Vermont,  and  especially Â
the  ratepayers  in  Chittenden  and  Franklin  counties,  deserve  better  consideration. The  Rev.  George  Klohck Middlebury
Editor’s  note:  This  is  the  13th  in  a  with  their  own  interests  and  purposes,  VHULHV RI HVVD\V RU UHĂ€HFWLRQV DERXW some  of  them  open,  others  closed,  all  WKH 5HSXEOLF D ERRN ZULWWHQ WZR DQG internally  governed  in  different  ways  D KDOI PLOOHQQLD DJR E\ WKH JUHDW SKL- and  exercising  different  degrees  of  control  over  their  members. ORVRSKHU 3ODWR Their  harmony  is  like  that  of  the  The  attitude  of  oligarchic  rulers  toward  the  masses  they  rule  is  con- rainbow.  Together  they  are  the  cause  descension.  This  is  not  a  knowing  of  the  beauty  and  vitality  that  Socrates  praises,  but  they  are  also  attitude.  It  is  like  look- the  cause  of  disorder.  The  ing  through  the  wrong  task  that  faces  the  rulers  end  of  a  telescope.  The  of  a  democratic  state  is  to  object  viewed  is  dimin- fashion  a  law  or  constitu- ished,  demeaned  and  tion  that  achieves  a  just  mistaken  for  something  and  lasting  unity  among  VPDOO DQG LQVLJQLÂżFDQW diversity,  a  more  but  prob- nearly  invisible,  when  ably  never  perfect  union. in  fact  it  is  real  and  full- However  much  Socrates  bodied.  Condescension  may  have  admired  de- is  self-Âaggrandizement.  mocracy,  he  also  worried  It  is  narcissistic,  and  it  is  about  its  stability,  because  dangerous  to  the  viewer.  he  perceived  tendencies  in  It  could  prove  fatal.  For  Justice it  towards  anarchy,  com- among  the  oppressed  and Plato’s PXQDO FRQĂ€LFW DQG ÂżQDO- masses,  there  are  more  ly,  civil  war,  which  brings  than  a  few  with  strength  Republic about  its  sudden  fall.  The  and  cunning;Íž  Socrates  An essay by death  throe  of  a  democ- likens  them  to  drones  racy  presents  the  oppor- with  stingers. Victor Nuovo tunity  for  a  charismatic  The  revolution  of  the  Middlebury College leader  to  seize  power.  This  masses  that  Socrates  describes  is  more  like  professor emeritus leader  is  more  likely  gift- ed,  highly  intelligent,  but  the  French  and  Russian  of philosophy poorly  educated,  not  a  phi- revolutions  than  the  losopher  king  enamored  American,  although  it  is  probably  best  to  make  no  histori- with  justice.  His  soul  is  restless  to  cal  comparison.  Socrates  describes  IXOÂżOO D IDQWDV\ +LV UXOLQJ SULQFLSOH LV its  occurrence  as  sudden.  And  what  self-Âaggrandizement;Íž  his  methods  are  emerges  is  something  wonderfully  ruthless.  He’s  probably  mad,  and  a  fa- varied,  like  a  lovely  many-Âcolored  talist,  which  only  makes  him  bolder  fabric.  He  calls  democracy  “the  fair- and  gives  him  greater  power  to  charm  est  of  all  regimes,â€?  like  “a  garment  and  terrorize,  for  it  is  an  ability  to  do  of  many  colors,  embroidered  with  all  both  that  increases  his  effectiveness. Recall  that  Plato  believed  that  kinds  of  hues  ‌  decked  and  diversi- ¿HG ZLWK DOO VKDGHV RI FRORU ´ D UDLQ- when  intelligence  is  left  uneducated,  the  likely  result  social  evil.  The  world  bow  coalition. The  revolution  causes  a  sudden  has  witnessed  the  rise  and  fall  of  such  eruption  of  freedom  and  creative  ex- a  madman  in  the  last  century,  a  per- pression,  which  adds  vitality  to  all  the  petrator  of  the  worst  evil,  cruel  and  manifold  parts  of  the  newly  emerged  ruthless  in  his  ways,  but  there  have  democratic  society.  It  is  a  rebirth  of  been  and  still  are  others,  less  potent,  freedom,  and  its  product  is  not  one  but  also  more  enduring.  They  are  all  but  many  regimes  crowded  into  one. around  us,  waiting  for  an  opportunity.  It  is  arguable  that  our  own  Con- We  must  be  clear  what  Socrates  means  here.  The  United  States  of  stitution  is  a  safeguard  against  such  America  is  a  manifold  of  regimes,  of  excess  and  that  our  nation  will  long  governments  embedded  in  govern- endure.  I  hope  so.  I  believe  it  is  our  ments:  neighborhoods  embedded  in  best  bet.  But  we  must  stick  to  Plato’s  towns,  towns  in  counties,  counties  in  script,  and  consider  seriously  what  he  states,  and  states  in  the  federal  gov- says,  for  it  is  insightful.  Democracies  ernment,  and  in  between  there  are  like  ours  may  not  decline  suddenly,  other  parts  like  school  boards,  judicial  but  the  same  causes  that  worried  Pla- bodies  and  regulatory  commissions.  to  should  worry  us.  At  the  very  least,  This  is  not  what  is  meant  here.  Rather  it  should  make  us  ever  mindful  of  our  Socrates  means  a  variety  of  com- Constitution  and  the  rule  of  law  and  munities  and  societies  and  groups  of  the  labor  that  is  requisite  to  main- as  well  as  families  and  tribes,  each  tain  them.  And  we  must  have  regard Â
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to  how  we  educate  our  children  and  our  young  adults  and  make  sure  that  we  are  doing  the  best. We  have  come  almost  to  the  end  of  the  journey  into  Plato’s  Platonism.  There  still  remain  these  questions:  Which  is  the  best  regime,  and  which  is  the  best  soul,  and  which  is  the  hap- piest?  You  can  guess  Plato’s  answers,  but  we  must  to  consider  not  only  what  he  concluded,  but  why?  Here  is  my  summary  and  interpretation  of  what  Plato  said. Recall  that  the  soul  consists  of  three  parts  or  powers:  a  thinking  part,  an  active  part,  and  a  desiring  part.  The  perfection  of  the  soul  occurs  when  intelligence  uses  its  powers  to  discover  reality  and  to  determine  what  is  best,  when  the  passionate  part  becomes  resolute  to  realize  it,  and  desire  provides  motivation.  The  oligarchic  soul,  however,  is  governed  E\ XQFRQWUROODEOH VHOÂżVK GHVLUH DQG sustained  by  self-Âdeception. The  democratic  soul  is  anarchic,  subject  to  manifold  desires  and  false  HQWKXVLDVPV LW LV ÂżFNOH DQG LQFRQ- stant.  The  public  sphere  is  of  little  help  to  it.  Democratic  political  and  social  discourse  is  more  often  hype  than  truthful  talk;Íž  the  media  more  often  than  not  are  deceitful,  self  pro- moting,  comforting  audiences  with  illusions  and  preening  them  with  false  compliments;Íž  the  market  place  of  ideas  does  not  produce  truth  but  a  bewildering  plethora  of  rival  opin- ions,  counterfeits,  noisy  slogans,  slick  sermons,  sentimental  slop,  and  suchlike. But  the  soul  of  a  tyrant  is  worst  of  all.  It  is  false  and  evil,  governed  by  a  megalomaniacal  desire  and  self- VHUYLQJ HQWKXVLDVP WKDW LV ÂżQDOO\ self-Âdestructive.  When  intelligence  rules,  the  soul  and  the  state  are  happy.  This  is  the  principle  of  Platonism.  Is  Platonism  intellectual  elitism?  Perhaps,  but  it  need  not  be.  The  intelligence  is  put  ¿UVW EHFDXVH ZKHQ SURSHUO\ GLUHFWHG when  it  is  well-Âeducated,  it  is  brought  near  to  the  source  of  all  real  value,  which,  as  it  happens,  is  also  the  source  of  truth  and  of  being. This  isn’t  elitism,  rather  it  is  put- WLQJ ÂżUVW WKLQJV ÂżUVW :KHQ WKH PLQG looks  upon  the  Idea  of  the  Good,  all  FXULRVLW\ LV VDWLVÂżHG WKH SDVVLRQV DUH IXOÂżOOHG DQG GHVLUHV PDGH FRQWHQW This  is  the  promise  of  Platonism.  It  seems  like  a  religion,  but  it  is  sup- posed  to  be  philosophy.  If  Platonism  were  true,  there  would  be  no  need  for  religion. Â
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ADDISON COUNTY
Jonathan Willis III, 75, Salisbury
Obituaries
SALISBURY,  Vt.  /  DOVER,  Del.  —  Surely  Jack’s  last  prayer  was  “Thank  you,  Lord.â€? Jonathan  Spencer  Willis  III,  of  Dover,  Delaware,  and  Lake  Dunmore,  Park  Drug  Store,  Churchill’s,  and  in  Salisbury,  Vermont,  died  at  home  MacIntyre  Fuels. in  the  company  of  his  loving  family  Marion  is  survived  by  her  four  close  on  December  5,  2015.  He  was  75. nieces,  whom  she  kindly  referred  to  as  Jack  was  born  on  November  15,  the  “Girlsâ€?;Íž  numerous  other  nieces,  1940,  in  Milford,  Delaware,  the  son  nephews  and  cousins;Íž  and  many  of  J.  Spencer  Willis  Jr.,  and  Stella  friends. Warner  Willis. She  was  predeceased  by  her  parents;Íž  He  attended  Fork  Union  Military  her  husband,  Robert  Cartland,  who  Academy,  the  United  States  Naval  died  Dec.  18,  2005;Íž  and  her  siblings,  Academy  and  was  a  graduate  of  Ray  Seeley,  Ruth,  and  Florence  Swarthmore  College  and  the  Cornell  Seeley. School  of  Business  with  degrees  A  memorial  service  will  be  held  on  in  business  administration  and  Friday,  Dec.  18,  2015,  at  10  a.m.  at  the  economics. Middlebury  Congregational  Church,  For  over  35  years,  Jack  worked  as  with  the  Rev.  Andrew  Nagy-ÂBenson  D Âż QDQFLDO SODQQHU DQG VWRFN EURNHU RIÂż FLDWLQJ LQ WKH RIÂż FHV RI /DLUG %LVVHOO Burial  will  be  in  Lakeview  Meeds,  Dean  Witter  and  Merrill  Cemetery  in  Burlington. Lynch.  In  the  1970s,  Governor  Pete  Memorial  contributions  may  be  du  Pont  named  him  to  the  Delaware  made  to  Homeward  Bound  at  236  Economic  Advisory  Board. MARION  CARTLAND Boardman  St.,  Middlebury,  VT  Even  more  than  the  valued  profes- 05753;Íž  or  to  a  charity  of  one’s  choice. sional  counsel  he  offered  was  the  Arrangements  are  under  the  direc- Funeral  Home.  Online  condolences  at  abundant  friendship  he  shared  —  tion  of  the  Sanderson-ÂDucharme  ZZZ VDQGHUVRQIXQHUDOVHUYLFH FRP ¸ ERWK UHĂ€ HFWLQJ KLV FRUH RI NLQGQHVV and  concern.  Known  for  the  fervor  of  his  convictions,  Jack’s  personal  philosophy  was  evidenced  through  his  generous  deeds  and  outreach.  Those  who  knew  Jack  saw  him  walk  the  walk!  A  member  of  Dover’s  Wesley  United  Methodist  Church,  he  led  did  volunteer  work  with  sea  turtle  several  of  its  Bible  study  classes  rescue  in  North  Carolina. and  chaired  Mission,  Stewardship  She  is  survived  by  her  Aunt  Olive  Franzi  of  Montpelier;Íž  cousins  Burton  Bell  of  Barre,  Lester  Bell  of  Sebastian,  Fla.,  and  Richard  Bell  RI 0DUVKÂż HOG 0DVV DQG JRGFKLOG BRISTOL  —  Cpl.  Leo  E.  Deborah  Gregoire  of  Barre. DeVoid,  84,  passed  away  Saturday,  A  celebration  of  her  life  will  be  Dec.  5,  2015,  at  his  home  in  held  at  a  later  date  to  be  announced. Bristol. Memorial  contributions  may  be  He  was  born  May  25,  1931,  in  made  to  the  American  Diabetes  Hinesburg,  the  son  of  Courtney  Association,  the  American  Heart  and  Edna  Bell  DeVoid. Association  and  the  North  Carolina  He  enjoyed  gardening,  music  Aquarium  Society  (Sandra  Ruvera  and  playing  the  guitar. Memorial  Fund). He  was  predeceased  by  his  wife,  Arrangements  are  under  the  direc- Jean  DeVoid,  on  July  14,  2006;Íž  tion  of  the  Sanderson-ÂDucharme  two  sons,  Leo  DeVoid  and  Dickey  Funeral  Home DeVoid;Íž  and  a  daughter,  Pauline  Online  condolences  at  www.sand- DeVoid. HUVRQIXQHUDOVHUYLFH FRP ¸ SANDRA  RUVERA Leo  is  survived  by  his  children Â
Marion Cartland, 94, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  —  Marion  R.  Cartland,  94,  of  Middlebury  died  Tuesday  morning,  Dec.  8,  2015,  at  Porter  Medical  Center  after  a  brief  illness. She  was  born  May  10,  1921,  in  Middlebury,  the  daughter  of  George  and  Grace  (Richards)  Seeley.  Marion  was  a  graduate  of  Middlebury  High  School  class  of  1941. She  married  Robert  Cartland  in  1961  at  the  Middlebury  Congregational  Church. Marion  was  a  member  of  the  Middlebury  Congregational  Church,  Adelphia  Circle  of  Kings  Daughters.  She  was  a  trustee  for  the  Middlebury  Congregation  Church  for  many  years  as  well  as  the  Middlebury  East  Association. She  enjoyed  knitting.  She  also  had  a  strong  work  ethic,  having  worked  for  numerous  businesses.  As  a  young  lady  she  worked  at  the  Grey  Shop.  She  also  worked  for  the  Chittenden  Bank, Â
Sandra Ruvera, 73, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  —  Sandra  Jean  Ruvera,  73,  of  Middlebury  passed  away  Monday,  Nov.  23,  2015,  at  the  University  of  Vermont  Medical  Center  in  Burlington. She  was  born  Jan.  7,  1942,  in  Barre,  the  daughter  of  Aldo  John  and  Josephine  (Franzi)  Ruvera.  She  graduated  from  Spaulding  High  School  in  Barre  in  1959. Sandra  work  for  many  years  with  the  Vermont  state  Family  Services  Department,  retiring  as  District  1  director. Sandra  loved  music  and  was  active  for  several  years  with  the  Festival  on-Âthe-ÂGreen  and  the  After  Dark  Series  in  Middlebury.  She  enjoyed  traveling  and  learn- ing  with  a  special  interest  in  Native  American  cultures,  and Â
DeVoid;Íž  three  grandchildren;Íž  five  great-Âgrandchildren;Íž  six  sisters,  Pauline,  Helen,  Judy,  Annette,  Jose  and  Christine;Íž  several  nieces  and  nephews;Íž  and  many  friends. Calling  hours  were  from  noon  to  1  p.m.  on  Wednesday,  Dec.  9,  with  a  funeral  service  following  at  Brown-ÂMcClay  Funeral  Home  in  Bristol.  Interment  will  be  in  Greenwood  Cemetery  in  Bristol.  In  lieu  of  flowers,  contributions  may  be  made  to  Addison  County  +RPH +HDOWK +RVSLFH 32 %R[ 754,  Middlebury,  VT  05753,  or  Rickey  DeVoid,  Nancy  James,  American  Cancer  Society,  55  Day  Donald  DeVoid,  and  Clyde  /DQH :LOOLVWRQ 97 ¸
glider  and  helicopter  ratings,  becom- ing  Whirly  Girl  #62  of  the  Women’s  Helicopter  Pilots  Association. She  owned  two  Cessna  airplanes  and  kept  her  CFI  with  instrument  rating  current  most  of  her  life.  She   wrote  articles  for  aviation  magazines  and  various  periodicals  and  published  a  short  story  in  the  New  Yorker.  In  1980  at  the  age  of  59  she  graduated  from  Georgetown  University  and  in  1981  earned  her  MS  in  the  School  of  Languages  in  Arabic  because  she  said  it  was  the  only  under-Âenrolled  course  with  space.  Later  she  enrolled  in  Arabic  classes  at  UVA  and  Middlebury  College. Nancy  was  a  voracious  reader  and  collector  of  Italian,  Spanish  and  German  literature.  She  donated  her Â
collection  of  rare  aviation  books  to  the  Beinecke  Library  at  Yale  and  other  institutions  in  her  late  husband’s  memory.  She  traveled  widely  to  exotic  destinations.  She  was  an  animal  lover.  She  played  tennis  into  her  93rd  year.  Nancy  gave  her  time  and  support  to  many  charitable  causes.  She  was  devoted  and  generous  to   her  friends  and  family. She  is  survived  by  nieces  Joan  S.  Redmond,  Nancy  Redmond,  nephew  John  Redmond,  his  wife  Jane,  and  great-Ânieces  Lily  and  Olivia  Redmond.  Donations  in  her  memory  may  be  made  to  Hospice  of  the  Piedmont,  675  Peter  Jefferson  Parkway,   Suite  300,  Charlottesville,  VA  22911.  Condolences  may  be  offered  to  the  IDPLO\ DW WHDJXHIXQHUDOKRPH FRP ¸
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at  noon  at  Wesley  United  Methodist  Church,  209  South  State  St.,  in  Dover.  His  family  suggests,  in  lieu  of  À RZHUV WKDW FRQWULEXWLRQV LQ -DFNœV memory  be  sent  to  Wesley  United  Methodist  Church  in  Dover,  the  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church  in  Middlebury,  Vermont,  RU WR UHÀ HFW -DFNœV LQFOXVLYHQHVV PHPRULDO JLIWV WR DQRWKHU EHQH¿ FLDU\ of  the  donor’s  choice. Letters  of  condolence  may  be  sent  and  a  guest  book  signed  at  www. torbertfuneral.com  and  also  www. MDFNZLOOLV RUJ ¸
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Nancy Graham, 94, Charlottesville, Va. CHARLOTTESVILLE,  Va.  —  Nancy  Martin  Graham  died  Dec.  3,  2015,  at  her  home  in  Charlottesville,  Va. She  was  born  Oct.  18,  1921,  and  grew  up  in  NYC  and  Glen  Cove.  In  1939  she  rode  as  a  model  for  Captain  Vladimir  S.  Littauer’s  book,  “Be  a  Better  Horseman.â€? In  1941,  Nancy  married  John  Winston  Graham,  an  Army  Air  Corps  pilot,  in  Puerto  Rico.  He  died  in  a  WUDLQLQJ Ă€ LJKW WKUHH PRQWKV ODWHU )XOÂż OOLQJ D SURPLVH WR KLP VKH enrolled  at  the  Embry  Riddle  School  of  Aviation  in  Miami.  She  earned  KHU FRPPHUFLDO DQG Ă€ LJKW LQVWUXF tor  ratings  in  November  1942  and  was  hired  to  train  WWII  pilots.  In  the  1960s  she  added  commercial Â
and  Education  committees.  During  summer  months,  he  often  facili- tated  adult  Sunday  School  classes  at  the  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church  in  Vermont.  He  was  also  active  in  the  Emmaus  community,  the  Shalem  Institute  and  was  a  Prison  Fellowship  mentor  for  17  years. Jack  served  on  the  Board  of  Directors  for  People’s  Place,  Dover  YMCA  and  Lakes  Alive,  a  Vermont- based  organization,  raising  funds  to  maintain  lakes  and  natural  species.  He  has  worked  with  homeless  men  for  20  years  and  Dover’s  Interfaith  Mission  for  Housing.  In  addition  to  his  parents,  he  was  preceded  in  death  by  his  brother,  Jim  Willis,  in  1982. Jack  will  be  keenly  missed  by  his  cherished  family:  his  loving  wife,  Gerrie,  Geraldine  Wheatley  Willis;Íž  his  three  daughters:  Heather  M.W.  Perry  and  her  husband  Adam  of  Palmyra,  Virginia;Íž  Lindsey  Joy  Willis  of  South  Burlington,  Vermont;Íž  and  Anne  Willis  Howe  and  her  husband  +HQU\ RI )DLUÂż HOG &RQQHFWLFXW a  sister-Âin-Âlaw,  Dawn  Willis  of  Milford;Íž  grandsons  Noah,  Benjamin  and  Andrew  Perry  and  Adler  and  Henry  Howe. Jack  is  also  survived  by  his  nephews  Beau  Willis  of  Takoma  Park,  Maryland,  Hunter  Willis  of  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado,  his  niece  Brie  Wyatt  of  Milford  and  four  great-Ânephews. Services  to  remember  Jack  will  be  held  on  Saturday,  December  12, Â
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VOLUNTEERS  GATHER  IN  a  parking  area  on  Route  73  in  Goshen  on  Saturday  morning  for  the  cutting  of  several  ski  glades  in  the  Green  Mountain  National  Forest.  The  operation  attracted  almost  40  volunteers  from  Vermont  and  as  far  away  as  New  Jersey.  Independent  photo/Evan  Johnson
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Hot  Chocolate  Hut  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Dec.  10,  5-Â8  p.m.,  Cannon  Park.  Very  Merry  Middlebury  offers  HYHQLQJ VKRSSHUV KRW FRFRD ZLWK DOO WKH Âż [LQJV just  25  cents  a  cup. S.D.  Ireland  cement  mixer  on  display.  Thursday,  Dec.  10,  6-Â8  p.m.,  downtown  Middlebury.  Very  Merry  Middlebury  welcomes  the  iconic  lit-Âup  FHPHQW PL[HU WR ULGH DURXQG WRZQ Book  talk  on  Syria  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  Dec.  S P %L[E\ /LEUDU\ $XWKRU DQG SKRWRJUD pher  Deborah  Harte  Felmeth  will  talk  about  her  new  book,  “Syria,  Remember  Me,â€?  and  share  anecdotes  about  her  time  spent  in  Syria  before  the  current  upheaval.  Info:  877-Â2211. Caroling  party  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Dec.  10,  7  p.m.,  Middlebury  Community  Music  Center,  6  0DLQ 6W $OO DJHV DOO LQVWUXPHQWV DQG DOO VLQJ ing  abilities  are  invited  to  plan  and  sing  carols.  Practice  not  necessary.  Music  available.  Free.  Bring  a  stand  and  a  beverage  or  snack  to  share.  Info:  emily.sunderman@gmail.com  or  462-Â3363. “Tales  from  the  New  Haven  River  Walkerâ€?  presentation  in  New  Haven.  Thursday,  Dec.  S P 1HZ +DYHQ 7RZQ 2IÂż FH 1RUWK St.  UVM  Field  Naturalist  Sonia  DeYoung  will  WDON DERXW KHU VL[ GD\ ZDON RQ DOO PLOHV RI WKH New  Haven  River  and  all  the  people  she  met.  3DUW RI WKH $UPFKDLU 1DWXUDOLVW 6SHDNHU 6HULHV presented  by  the  New  Haven  Conservation  Commission.  Free.  Info:  Percival@madriver. com.
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North  Branch  School  Gala  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Dec.  11,  6-Â10  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Twelfth  annual  school  gala  with  dinner  and  a  contra  dance  IHDWXULQJ 5XQ 0RXQWDLQ DQG FDOOHU $GLQD *RUGRQ Students  will  serve  hors  d’oeuvres  followed  by  a  dinner  of  homemade  meat  or  vegetarian  chili,  bread,  salad  and  dessert.  Dance  starts  around  8.  Bid  on  online  auction  at  www.biddingforgood. com.  Tickets  $25  adults,  $10  students,  available  at  the  Vermont  Book  Shop  or  from  NBS  families.  Info:  388-Â3269  or  www.northbrandschool.org.  3URFHHGV EHQHÂż W WKH 1%6 Âż QDQFLDO DLG IXQG Vermont  Choreographers’  Showcase  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  Dec.  11,  7  p.m.,  0DKDQH\ &HQWHU IRU WKH $UWV 1HZ GDQFH ZRUNV E\ 9HUPRQW FKRUHRJUDSKHUV (ULND /DZORU Schmidt,  Paula  Higa,  The  Montpelier  Movement  Collective,  and  surprise  guests.  Featuring  live  PXVLF SURMHFWHG Âż OP LQQRYDWLYH LPSURYLVDWLRQ and  dynamic  choreography.  Tickets  $12  public,  $10  Middlebury  ID  holders,  $6  Middlebury  students.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-Â443-Â3168. Ski  and  snowboard  sale  in  Bristol.  Friday,  Dec.  S P 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO large  cafeteria.  New  and  used  equipment  for  VDOH RQ FRQVLJQPHQW QR GHDOHUV 7R EHQHÂż W WKH school.  Continues  Saturday. “Broadway  Directâ€?  10th  anniversary  holiday  show  in  Vergennes.  Friday,  Dec.  11,  7:30  S P 9HUJHQQHV 2SHUD +RXVH /RFDO WDOHQW DQG Broadway  veteran  Bill  Carmichael  is  joined  on  stage  by  his  talented  Broadway  friends  (and  some  local  youth)  for  a  show  of  familiar  holiday  tunes.  Tickets  and  info:  www.vergennesopera- house.org/home/events. Â
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Ski  and  snowboard  sale  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  'HF D P S P 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ High  School  large  cafeteria.  New  and  used  equipment  for  sale  on  consignment;Íž  no  dealers.  7R EHQHÂż W WKH VFKRRO Holiday  open  house  in  East  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  9  a.m.-Ânoon,  Sarah  Partridge  &RPPXQLW\ +RXVH /LEUDU\ (DVW 0DLQ 6W Free  refreshments,  drop-Âin  crafts  for  kids,  and  a  book  and  plant  sale. Farmers’  market  holiday  fair  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  9  a.m.-Â3  p.m.,  Neshobe  School.  Maple  syrup,  cheese,  baked  goods,  KDQG NQLW LWHPV JRDW PLON VRDS GULHG Ă€ RZHUV aprons,  holiday  dĂŠcor  and  more.  Info:  273-Â2655  or  cijka4@gmail.com. Christmas  bazaar  in  Hancock.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  9  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Community  Church  of  Hancock  DQG *UDQYLOOH /XQFK VHUYHG D P S P Tables  available  to  rent.  The  church  table  needs  donated  articles  in  good  condition  that  can  be  given  as  gifts,  or  donated  crafts.  Info:  767-Â9157. All-Âyou-Âcan-Âeat  buffet  and  Christmas  bazaar  in  Granville.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  9  a.m.-Â7  p.m.,  0RVV *OHQ *UDQJH +DOO 3RVW 2IÂż FH 5RDG Bazaar  starts  at  9  a.m.  Buffet  served  5-Â7  p.m.;Íž  adults  $10,  kids  under  10  $5.  Hot  Chocolate  Hut  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  10  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Cannon  Park.  Very  Merry  0LGGOHEXU\ RIIHUV KRW FRFRD ZLWK DOO WKH Âż [LQJV just  25  cents  a  cup. Visit  with  Santa  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  D P QRRQ 0DSOH /DQGPDUN :RRGFUDIW Free.  Part  of  Very  Merry  Middlebury. Artisan  craft  fair  in  Starksboro.  Saturday,  Dec.  D P S P 6WDUNVERUR 3XEOLF /LEUDU\ Showcasing  over  a  dozen  community  members  with  an  array  of  handcrafted  items.  Silk  scarves,  SRWWHU\ TXLOWV DUW SULQWV EHHVZD[ FDQGOHV calendars,  dog  treats  and  more.  Soups,  hot  EHYHUDJHV FRRNLHV DQG RWKHU WUHDWV RQ VDOH $ portion  of  craft  sales  and  100  percent  of  food  VDOHV ZLOO EHQHÂż W WKH OLEUDU\ Christmas  cookie  and  craft  sale  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  10  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Christian  Reformed  Church,  Church  St.  Fancy  cookies,  candies,  Dutch  goodies  and  other  treats  will  be  sold  by  the  pound.  Choose  and  package  your  favorites.  Hot  cider  and  festive  music.  Info:  877-Â9986. Prize  bingo  in  Leicester.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  1  S P /HLFHVWHU 6HQLRU &HQWHU 5HIUHVKPHQWV served. A  visit  from  Santa  in  Monkton.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  1  p.m.,  Monkton  Volunteer  Fire  Department.  6DQWD ZLOO DUULYH E\ Âż UHWUXFN WR PHHW ZLWK DOO WKH boys  and  girls  and  hear  their  Christmas  wishes.  $OO FDQ HQMR\ FRRNLHV MXLFH DQG FDQG\ FDQHV Sister-Âto-ÂSister  event  at  Middlebury  College. Â
Saturday,  Dec.  12,  1-Â3  p.m.,  Chellis  House,  +LOOFUHVW 5RDG $UHD PLGGOH VFKRRO JLUOV are  invited  to  join  Middlebury  College  women  students  for  “Baking  &  Storytelling.â€?  Info:  sister- tosister@middlebury.edu. Maiden  Vermont  Holiday  Show  in  Middlebury. Saturday,  Dec.  12,  2:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  women’s  a  cappella  chorus  presents  ³&DWFK WKH ([FLWHPHQW ´ 7LFNHWV DGXOWV VHQLRUV VWXGHQWV DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ RU DW the  door.  “To  Kill  a  Manâ€?  screening  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  3  and  8  p.m.,  Dana  $XGLWRULXP $ 6SDQLVK WKULOOHU LQ ZKLFK D PLGGOH class  family  man  is  intimidated  by  a  group  of  street  thugs.  With  English  subtitles.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-Â443-Â3168. Vermont  Workers’  Center  spaghetti  supper  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  4-Â6  p.m.,  6W 6WHSKHQÂśV &KXUFK 7KH FHQWHUÂśV $GGLVRQ County  hub  will  discuss  ways  that  movements  IRU MXVWLFH DUH EHVW H[SUHVVHG LQ XQLW\ QRW GLYL VLRQ )UHH *OXWHQ IUHH DQG YHJHWDULDQ RSWLRQV are  available. Winterfest  in  New  Haven.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  4:30  p.m.,  town  green  and  New  Haven  Congregational  Church.  Memorial  tree  lighting  on  the  green  at  5  p.m.  Decorate  the  tree,  warm  your  hands  by  WKH Âż UH EDUUHO PDNH VÂśPRUHV VLQJ FDUROV URDVW chestnuts  and  more  while  waiting  for  Santa  to  arrive  at  the  bandstand  at  5  p.m.  Horse-Âdrawn  ZDJRQ ULGHV $W S P KDQGEHOO FRQFHUW DQG caroling  at  the  church.  Free  hot  drinks  and  dessert  at  the  church.  Handicap  accessible. Mr.  Christmas  Tree  Pageant  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  'HF S P 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO DXGLWRULXP 6L[ KLJK VFKRRO VHQLRUV ZLOO compete  for  the  title  in  this  third  annual  event  SUHVHQWHG E\ $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ <RXQJ /LIH )UHH family  friendly.  Refreshments  served.  Church  choir  performance  in  Middlebury. 6DWXUGD\ 'HF S P *UDFH %DSWLVW &KXUFK 7KH FKXUFK FKRLU ZLOO SHUIRUP Âł+DOOHOXMDK /LJKW +DV &RPH ´ WKHLU Âż UVW SXEOLF SHUIRUPDQFH under  new  volunteer  choir  director  Jeff  Stringer.  Refreshments  follow.  Free.  Info:  802-Â238-Â7691. Contradance  in  Cornwall.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  7-Â9:30  p.m.,  Cornwall  Town  Hall.  Mary  Wesley  calls  to  live  music  by  Red  Dog  Riley.  Cost:  $5  per  person.  Info:  462-Â3722. Christmas  ball  with  Joe’s  Big  Band  in  Vergennes. Saturday,  Dec.  12,  7  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Holiday  event  for  all  ages.  Tickets  at  the  door:  $20  adult,  $10  teen,  $5  child,  $50  family.  $OO SURFHHGV EHQHÂż W $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ <RXQJ /LIH Brett  Hughes  in  concert  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  7:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  Part  of  the  2015-Â2016  Burnham  Music  Series.  Doors  open Â
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GMC  hike  in  Salisbury.  Saturday,  'HF WLPH DQG PHHWLQJ SODFH 7%$ 7KH %UHDG /RDI 6HFWLRQ OHDGV D KLNH WR 5DWWOHVQDNH 3RLQW DERYH /DNH 'XQPRUH 0RVWO\ gentle  but  with  several  steep  inclines.  Four  miles  round  trip,  with  an  1,100-Âfoot  ascent.  Views  of  /DNH 'XQPRUH DQG 6LOYHU /DNH 2WWHU &UHHN ZDWHUVKHG DQG $GLURQGDFNV 'RJ IULHQGO\ KLNH &RQWDFW OHDGHU 0LNH *UHHQZRRG DW PLNH YW# comcast.net  for  details.  More  info  at  wwwgmc- breadloaf.org. Monthly  wildlife  walk  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  8  a.m.,  Otter  View  Park  and  Hurd  *UDVVODQG $ PRQWKO\ 2&$6 0$/7 HYHQW LQYLW ing  community  members  to  help  survey  birds  and  other  wildlife.  Meet  at  Otter  View  Park  park- ing  area,  corner  of  Weybridge  Street  and  Pulp  Mill  Bridge  Road.  Shorter  and  longer  routes  available.  Beginning  birders  welcome.  Info:  388-Â6019  or  388-Â1007.  Breakfast  with  Santa  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  8:30-Â11:30  a.m.,  Holley  Hall.  Enjoy  break- fast,  carriage  rides,  arts  and  crafts,  live  music  and  Santa.  Breakfast  includes  pancakes,  sausage,  juice,  milk,  coffee  and  tea.  Cost  $8  all  ages.  Three  seatings:  8:30,  9:30  and  10:30  a.m.  7LFNHWV RQ VDOH DW WKH %ULVWRO 5HF RIÂż FH ,QIR 802-Â453-Â5885.
Bovine  beauty “PORTRAIT  OF  AYRSHIRE  Cow,â€?  by  Gregory  Bernhardt,  is  on  view  at  Edgewater  Gallery  at  Middlebury  Falls.  It  is  part  of  the  gallery’s  December  exhibit,  “Our  Song:  Farms  Up  Close  and  From  Afar,â€?  featuring  paintings  by  Bernhardt  and  Hannah  Sessions  that  celebrate  Ver- mont’s  agriculture. Â
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Songs  of  the  season THE  MIDDLEBURY  WIND  Ensemble  will  give  a  holiday  concert  at  Middle- bury  College’s  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts  on  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  at  3  p.m.
at  7  p.m.,  concert  at  7:30.  Admission  $8  adults,  free  for  kids  and  teens.  See  the  Burnham  Music  Series  Facebook  page  for  full  schedule  of  monthly  concerts.  Info:  388-Â6863. Sarah  Blacker  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  Blacker’s  recent  release,  “In  Waves,â€?  spans  rock,  pop,  indie  folk  and  Americana,  fused  together  with  Blacker’s  signature  vocal  sound.  Tickets  $20.  Reservations  required:  1-Â802-Â247-Â4295  or  www. brandon-Âmusic.net. Maiden  Vermont  Holiday  Show  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  7:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  The  women’s  a  cappella  chorus  presents  “It’s  the  Most  Wonderful  Time  of  the  Year!â€?  Tickets  $17  adults/$15  seniors/$10  students,  available  DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ WRZQKDOO theater.org  or  at  the  door.  Voice  recital  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  Dec.  12,  8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  6WXGHQWV RI DIÂż OLDWH DUWLVWV &DURO &KULVWHQVHQ Susanne  Peck  and  Beth  Thompson  cap  off  a  semester  of  vocal  study  with  an  evening  of  songs  and  arias.  Accompanied  by  Cynthia  Huard,  piano.  Free.
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St.  Peter’s  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  8-Â10  a.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Parish  Hall.  A  delicious  breakfast  of  eggs,  omelets  to  order,  hotcakes,  French  toast,  bacon,  sausage  and  more.  Adults  $8.50,  seniors  $7.50,  kids  6-Â12  $6,  kids  under  6  free,  families  RI Âż YH RU PRUH %ULQJ UHWXUQDEOH ERWWOHV LQ for  the  Youth  Ministry  fundraiser.  Info:  877-Â2367. Holiday  pancake  character  breakfast  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  seatings  at  8:30  and  10  a.m.,  Middlebury  Inn.  Characters,  color- ing,  balloons  and  music.  Adults  $12,  kids  12  and  younger  $8.  Limited  seating.  To  purchase  tick- ets,  go  to  www.eventbrite.com  and  search  “Very  Merry  Middlebury  Character  Breakfast.â€? Field  Days  documentary  screening  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  1  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School  auditorium.  “Addisonâ€?  tells  the  story  of  Addison  County  Fair  and  Field  Days  and  the  community  it  serves.  Narrated  by  Ethan  Gevry.  Free.  After  the  screening,  it  will  be  posted  online  at  AddisonCountyFilm.com. Gingerbread  house  decorating  in  Bristol. Sunday,  Dec.  13,  1-Â3  p.m.,  Holley  Hall.  Come  decorate  a  fully  constructed  homemade  gingerbread  cottage  with  candy,  frosting  and  other  embellishments.  Music,  hot  chocolate  and  snacks  provided.  Houses  are  $25  each  ($20  each  for  two  or  more).  Proceeds  support  programs  that  provide  food  to  families  in  need  in  WKH Âż YH WRZQ FRPPXQLW\ ,QIR NVLULQJR#JPDLO FRP RU QHZOHDI#JPDYW QHW Christmas  concert  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  2:30  p.m.,  St.  Mary’s  Church,  326  College  St.  St.  Mary’s  students  in  grades  pre-ÂK  through  6th  grade  will  present  their  Christmas  concert.  Brandon  Festival  Singers  concert  in  Brandon. Sunday,  Dec.  13,  3  p.m.,  Brandon  Congregational  Church.  An  annual  tradition  featuring  the  music  of  Gene  Childers.  A  22-Âvoice  choir  joined  by  other  instrumentalists.  Free-Âwill  offering. Christmas  cantata  “Breath  of  Heavenâ€?  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  3  p.m.,  Ferrisburgh  United  Methodist  Church.  Certain  Sounds  performs.  Free-Âwill  offering  taken.  Midd  Winds  holiday  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  3  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Approximately  40  members  from  mostly  Addison  County  draw  from  classi- cal  wind  ensemble  and  concert  band  repertoire.  Music  of  the  season  is  part  of  this  concert.  Donations  accepted  for  the  Midd  Winds  Music  Fund.  Info:  802-Â453-Â5885. Lessons  and  Carols  for  Advent  and  Christmas  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  Dec.  13,  4  and  7  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel.  Annual  program  of  Bible  readings  of  Advent  and  Christmas,  and  carols  for  choir  and  congregation.  The  College  Choir  performs  under  the  direction  of  Jeffrey  Buettner.  Service  preceded  by  performances  on  the  chapel  carillon.  Donations  collected  for  area  charities.
Dec
14
MONDAY
Candlelight  vigil  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Dec.  14,  7-Â7:30  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Society.  To  remember  the  victims  of  the  tragic  shooting  three  years  ago  at  Sandy  Hook  Elementary  School,  as  well  as  other  victims  of  gun  violence.  Addison  County  Right  to  Life  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Dec.  14,  7  p.m.,  St.  Mary’s  Parish  Hall.  Light  refreshments.  Visitors  ZHOFRPH ,QIR RU / 3DTXHWWH#DRO com.
Dec
15
TUESDAY
Senior  luncheon  and  live  music  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  15,  noon,  Russ  Sholes  Senior  Center.  Fay  Leavitt  on  piano  plays  hits  from  the  past  and  pres- ent,  plus  holiday  music;Íž  singers  are  welcome.  CVAA  sponsors  a  lunch  of  sirloin  beef  tips  with  mushroom  caps,  baked  potato  with  sour  cream,  green  salad,  dinner  roll  and  double-Âlayer  carrot  cake.  Bring  your  own  place  setting.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Reservations  required:  1-Â800-Â642- 5119,  ext.  634.  Free  transportation  with  ACTR:  802-Â388-Â1946.  Info  on  CVAA:  www.cvaa.org. Reading  series  in  Vergennes.  Tuesday,  Dec.  15,  6  p.m.,  Bixby  Library.  Participants  in  the  library’s  writing  workshops,  with  help  from  actors  and  other  writers,  will  read  from  their  works.  For  this  meeting,  Mary  Beth  McNulty  will  share  her  play,  “Fixed  Point,â€?  a  two-Âperson  drama.  Learn  more  at  bixbylibrary.org/adult-Âprograms.  Refreshments  served.  Free.  Info:  802-Â877-Â2211,  H[W RU PXLU KDPDQ#EL[E\OLEUDU\ RUJ Lights  of  Love  tree  lighting  and  open  house  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  15,  6-Â8  p.m.,  Homeward  Bound,  Addison  County’s  Humane  Society,  236  Boardman  St.  Meet  and  greet  with  shelter  animals;Íž  tree  lighting  in  honor/memory  of  pets  at  7  p.m.  Refreshments.  Info:  802-Â388- 1100,  ext.  224. Winter  craft  event  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  15,  6:30-Â7:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library  lobby.  Make  a  balsam  pillow  with  expert  seamstress  Susan  Highley.  Free.  All  ages.  Info:  388-Â4095. The  Choir  of  Clare  College  in  concert  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  15,  7:30  p.m.,  St.  Stephen’s  Episcopal  Church.  Thirty  men  and  women  will  sing  a  program  of  English  and  European  Renaissance  pieces,  as  well  as  arrangements  of  traditional  Christmas  music.  7LFNHWV WR EHQHÂż W WKH &KDUWHU +RXVH Emergency  Winter  Shelter.  Hear  the  choir  at  www.clarecollegechoir.com. Â
Dec
16
WEDNESDAY
“115  Years  of  Exciting  Toy  Train  Historyâ€?  talk  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Dec.  16,  noon,  Sheldon  Museum.  Model  train  enthusiast  and  collector  Paul  Bortz  will  talk  about  the  history  of  model  trains  and  his  collecting  passion,  and  show  examples  of  prized  pieces.  Given  in  conjunction  with  the  museum’s  model  train  exhibit.  Free  with  museum  admission.  Info:  388-Â2117. Author  talk  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Dec.  16,  7  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Pittsford  author  Larry  Booker  will  talk  about  his  World  War  II-Âera  novels,  set  in  Ireland.  Info:  388-Â4095. %HQHÂż W &KULVWPDV FKRUDO FRQFHUW LQ 0LGGOHEXU\  Wednesday,  Dec.  16,  7  p.m.,  Middlebury  United  Methodist  Church.  Quartets,  duets  and  soloists  featuring  singers  from  several  local  congrega- tions  will  sing  familiar  carols.  Audience  participa- tion.  Free-Âwill  offering  will  support  the  Emergency  Winter  Shelter  for  Families  sponsored  by  the  Charter  House  Coalition.  Info:  802-Â388-Â2510. Blues  jam  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Dec.  16,  8-Â10  p.m.,  51  Main.  Dennis  Willmott  from  Left  Eye  Jump  will  provide  lead  guitar,  bass  and  drums  if  you  need  backup,  or  take  a  break  and  let  you  play.  Bring  your  instrument  and  get  ready  to  jam.  Info:  www.go51main.com.
Dec
17
THURSDAY
Blood  drive  in  Vergennes.  Thursday,  Dec.  17,  8:30  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Vergennes  Union  High  School.  All  blood  types  needed.  Info:  redcrossblood.org. Â
Dec
18
FRIDAY
Community  Christmas  caroling  in  Bristol.  Friday,  Dec.  18,  6  p.m.,  meet  in  front  of  Holley  Hall.  All  are  welcome  to  come  sing  to  the  community.  Children  younger  than  10  must  be  accompanied  by  an  adult.  Info:  802-Â453-Â5885. Board  game  night  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Dec.  S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ ,QIR FKXFN# burkins.net. “Night  Firesâ€?  winter  solstice  celebration  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Dec.  18,  8  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Tickets  $25/$21  seniors/$20  students,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ townhalltheater.org  or  at  the  door.  Runs  Dec.  18-Â20.
Dec
19
SATURDAY Breakfast  with  Santa  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  9-Â11  a.m.,  Addison Â
County  Eagles  Club,  67  New  Haven  Road.  Children  birth  to  age  12  free,  adults  $5.  Sign  up  at  802-Â877-Â2055.  Hosted  by  the  Eagles.  Open  swim  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  9:30  a.m.-Ânoon,  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  pool.  Music  and  fun  for  all.  Cost  $3  per  swim- mer.  Children  under  10  must  be  with  an  adult.  Offered  by  the  Bristol  Rec  Department  on  select  Saturdays  through  April.  Check  dates  at  EULVWROUHF#JPDYW QHW RU RQ )DFHERRN Hot  Chocolate  Hut  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  10  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Cannon  Park.  Very  Merry  0LGGOHEXU\ RIIHUV KRW FRFRD ZLWK DOO WKH Âż [LQJV just  25  cents  a  cup. Visit  with  Santa  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  10  a.m.-Ânoon,  Danforth  Pewter.  Free.  Part  of  Very  Merry  Middlebury. “Night  Firesâ€?  winter  solstice  celebration  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  4  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Tickets  $25/$21  seniors/$20  students,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ townhalltheater.org  or  at  the  door. Memory  tree  lighting  in  Leicester.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  4  p.m.,  Leicester  Four  Corners.  Names  of  departed  family  and  friends  and  checks  payable  to  the  Leicester  Historical  Society  (six  names  for  $5,  one  name  for  $1)  can  be  brought  to  the  town  RIÂż FH RU PDLOHG WR 'LDQH %HQZDUH 2OG Jerusalem  Road,  Salisbury,  VT  05769,  by  Friday,  Dec.  18. Bill  Carmichael  and  Fred  Barnes  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  Broadway  performer  Bill  Carmichael  and  local  pianist  Fred  Barnes  team  up  for  an  evening  of  American  standards  and  show  tunes.  Tickets  $20.  Reservations  required:  1-Â802-Â247-Â4295  or  www.brandon-Âmusic.net. “Night  Firesâ€?  winter  solstice  celebration  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Dec.  19,  8  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Tickets  $25/$21  seniors/$20  students,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ townhalltheater.org  or  at  the  door.
Dec
20
SUNDAY
Messiah  Sing  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Dec.  20,  2  p.m.,  Middlebury  Congregational  Church.  Annual  tradition  led  by  the  Middlebury  College  Community  Chorus  and  conductor  Jeff  Rehbach.  Scores  provided  for  singers,  if  needed;Íž  orchestra  parts  are  available  IRU DQ\RQH SOD\LQJ D VWULQJHG LQVWUXPHQW Ă€ XWH oboe,  bassoon  or  baroque  trumpet.  Donation  requested  at  the  door:  $5  adult,  $10  family.  Arias  VXQJ E\ ORFDO VLQJHUV ,QIR UHKEDFK#PLGGOH bury.edu  or  802-Â989-Â7355. “Night  Firesâ€?  winter  solstice  celebration  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Dec.  20,  4  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Tickets  $25/$21  seniors/$20  students,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RIÂż FH ZZZ townhalltheater.org  or  at  the  door. Impromptu  Christmas  play  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  Dec.  20,  4-Â6  p.m.,  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bristol.  .LGV DQG WKHLU IDPLOLHV DUH LQYLWHG IRU D IXQ Âż OOHG afternoon  putting  on  the  play  “’Twas  the  Light  Before  Christmas.â€?  Create  props,  rehearse  and  SUHVHQW D IXOO Ă€ HGJHG &KULVWPDV SURGXFWLRQ following  a  captivating  script  and  original  music.  Spectators  welcome.
Dec
21
MONDAY
Blood  drive  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Dec.  21,  9:30  a.m.-Â3  p.m.,  Middlebury  EMS  Building,  55  Collins  Drive.  All  blood  types  needed.  Info:  redcrossblood.org.  VSO  Brass  Quintet/Counterpoint  in  Brandon.  Monday,  Dec.  21,  7  p.m.,  Brandon  Congregational  Church.  Enjoy  the  spirit  of  the  season  with  a  perfect  blend  of  voice  and  brass.  Info:  www.vso. org. Introduction  to  SketchUp  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Dec.  21,  7  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Local  mechanical  engineer  Paul  Kenyon  will  demonstrate  and  lead  a  workshop  on  all  stages  of  physical  design  with  the  free  version  of  the  SketchUp  software.  Free,  but  advance  registration  is  required:  388-Â4095. Sons  of  Serendip  on  stage  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Dec.  21,  7:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  These  performers  are  stars  of  “America’s  Got  Talent.â€?  Tickets,  $40,  available  at  the  THT  box  RIÂż FH ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ RU DW the  door. Â
Dec
22
TUESDAY
Winter  holiday  family  sing-Âalong  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  22,  10:30- 11:30  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  A  family  program  with  the  Middlebury  Community  Music  Center.  Info:  388-Â4095. “A  Christmas  Carolâ€?  marionette  show  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Dec.  22,  4  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  No  Strings  Marionettes  perform  this  Christmas  classic.  Tickets  $10  adults,  free Â
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Self-Âprotection  may  be  driving  our  decisions At  a  recent  psychoanalytic  with  a  warning  or  a  he  was  of  his  conference  I  attended,  the  gift.  If  the  unwanted  own  neediness.  presenter  noted  that  when  she  visitor  represents  In  our  dreams,  asks  new  patients  if  they  remem- some  part  of  the  self  too,  unwanted  ber  a  dream  from  the  night  before,  we  have  rejected,  visitors  may  the  most  common  one  reported  is  there  is  psychologi- present  an  of  an  intruder  breaking  into  their  cal  work  to  be  done.  opportunity  for  house. I  can  recall  at  least  healing. Naturally,  new  analytic  patients  once  when  I  dreamed  So  when  do  or  psychotherapy  clients  have  of  an  intruder  —  we  open  our  some  fears  about  the  process:  not  just  one,  actu- doors,  and  Will  the  therapist  be  intrusive,  ally,  but  a  band  of  when  do  we  like  a  thief  in  the  night?  Will  them  outside  my  bar  them  shut?  unpleasant  memories  and  experi- door  —  and  I  woke  Stories  and  ences,  or  ugly  parts  of  the  self,  up  pretty  scared.  If  myths  from  shove  their  way  through  a  door  anyone  had  said  to  many  tradi- they  had  locked  and  barred? me,  “Maybe  these  tions  speak  to  Images  in  dreams  mean  differ- marauders  repre- this  dilemma.  ent  things  to  different  dreamers,  sent  some  parts  of  There  are  By Devon Jersild but  the  image  of  a  house  often  yourself  you  haven’t  s e v e r a l  represents  our  whole  person:  It’s  acknowledged,â€?  my  versions  of  the  where  we  live,  the  container  of  temperature  would  old  European  our  being.  Like  poetry,  dream  have  risen,  and  I’d  have  told  the  folktale,  often  Christian  in  origin,  images  arise  from  our  inner  know-Âit-Âall  where  to  go.  And  of  the  frightening,  bedraggled  symbolic  worlds,  and  as  such,  that’s  the  point,  really:  These  stranger  who  appears  at  the  gate  they  offer  valuable  information  intruders  in  our  dreams,  though  seeking  shelter  or  food,  and  about  our  current  concerns.  manufactured  by  our  own  brains,  who  ends  up  to  be  an  angel,  or  Dreams  of  intruders  are  feel  alien.  They  are  definitely  not  Christ  himself.  Yet  it  must  be  common  when  us.  Shouldn’t  we  said:  Sometimes  the  big  bad  wolf  a  person  feels  a  just  take  a  gun  really  is  the  big  bad  wolf. n today’s threat  to  safety.  and  shoot  them? In  today’s  world,  with  so  many  world, with These  threats  A  friend  of  refugees  on  the  move  —  among  may  come  mine  who  went  them  a  few  terrorists,  with  so many from  any  quar- to  rehab  for  alco- millions  more  who  are  starving,  ter:  a  danger- refugees on the hol  addiction  terrified  and  seeking  sanctuary  —  ous  neighbor- move told  me  that  his  over  and  again  we  ask  ourselves:  over hood,  a  medical  group  facilitator  When  do  we  open  our  doors,  and  diagnosis,  the  and again we asked  everybody  when  do  we  bar  them  shut? encroachment  of  ask ourselves: to  take  a  minute  Our  answers  will  take  into  old  age,  or  chal- to  think  of  some- consideration  our  fears  and  our  lenges  to  our  When do we one  who  really  compassion,  our  values,  our  need  hard-Âwon  iden- open our doors, got  their  goat.  (If  for  security,  and  our  awareness  tities,  as  when  want  to  try  that  our  security  is  not  a  simple  and when do we you  the  self-Âreliant  this  experiment,  matter,  for  there  are  benefits  leader  discov- bar them shut? you  could  put  and  dangers  in  every  reasonable  ers  her  need  for  down  your  paper  solution. other  people,  or  the  flower  child  for  a  moment.)  My  friend  thought  One  thing  I  feel  sure  of:  We  are  becomes  aware  of  his  aggression. of  a  whiny,  needy  guy  down  the  in  a  better  position  to  discern  the  At  the  conference  I  attended,  hall  from  him  at  rehab,  whose  stakes,  and  make  wise  decisions,  the  presenter  said  that  when  we  voice  made  his  skin  crawl.  Then  when  we  recognize  the  alien  in  dream  of  someone  breaking  into  the  facilitator  said:  “That  person  ourselves,  and  ourselves  in  the  our  house,  it’s  time  either  to  you  can’t  stand,  he  represents  aliens. establish  firmer  boundaries  —  to  the  part  of  yourself  that  needs  Devon  Jersild  is  a  psycho- batten  down  the  hatches  —  or  healing.â€?  Whoa.  My  friend  was  therapist  in  private  practice  in  to  get  to  know  the  intruder,  who  taken  aback,  but  he  recognized  Weybridge,  and  was  formerly  a  may  not  be  a  thief  after  all,  but  the  truth  in  the  invitation,  for  he  regular  contributor  to  “Ways  of  rather  a  messenger  at  the  door,  could  see  in  a  flash  how  ashamed  Seeing.â€?
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‘Trumbo’ is woven with historical truth Trumbo;Íž  Running  time:  2:04;Íž  Rat- fortable  life  on  a  farm  by  a  lake  with  his  wife  and  three  children  he  loved.  ing:  R You  won’t  nod  off  in  “Trumbo.â€?  $IWHU +8$& ÂżQLVKHG ZLWK KLP DI- The  movie  covers  the  public  contro- ter  serving  a  jail  term,  he  continued  versy  that  swirled  around  the  scan- to  write  scripts  that  had  to  be  signed  by  a  friend.  Two  of  these  dal  of  the  Hollywood  Ten  —  “The  Brave  Oneâ€?  and  from  1947  until  well  into  “Roman  Holidayâ€?  —  won  the  1950s.  The  focus  here  Academy  Awards.  The  turn  is  Dalton  Trumbo  (Bryan  came  when  Kirk  Douglas  Cranston),  a  top  screen- and  Otto  Preminger  in- writer  who  had  already  sisted  that  Trumbo  sign  his  written  two  of  Hollywood’s  own  name  to  his  scripts  for  PRVW VXFFHVVIXO ÂżOPV “Spartacusâ€?  and  “Exodus.â€? “Kitty  Foyleâ€?  and  “Thirty  Brian  Cranston’s  Trum- Seconds  Over  Tokyo.â€?  bo  is  an  eccentric.  Imag- Accused  by  J.  Parnell  ine  a  man  who  writes  30  Thomas’s  House  Un- pages  a  day  in  his  bathtub  American  Activities  Com- to  support  his  family.  To  his  mittee  of  being  a  member  By Joan Ellis credit  Cranston  conveys  the  of  the  American  Commu- eccentricity  without  dimin- nist  Party,  Trumbo  admit- ted  membership  and  defended  his  ishing  the  man’s  intelligence  and  in- constitutional  right  to  free  speech  in  tegrity.  As  Cleo  Trumbo,  Diane  Lane  a  splintered  culture.  He  was  open  and  delivers  a  moving  portrait  of  a  ’50s  principled,  whip  smart  and  unglamor- wife  and  mother  whose  strength  holds  ous.  In  an  earlier  version  of  the  po- her  family  together.  She  does  it  with- larization  we  see  today,  Trumbo  was  out  drama  and  with  presence.  Madi- ACTR’S  SNOW  BOWL  Shuttle  Bus  winter  schedule,  starting  Dec.  19,  will  give  snow  sports  enthusiasts  more  opportunities  to  catch  a  ride  to  Rikert  Nordic  Center  in  Ripton  and  the  Middlebury  College  Snow  Bowl  YLOLÂżHG IRU KLV EHOLHIV QRW KLV DFWLRQV son  Wolfe  is  just  right  as  their  bright,  and  spent  years  writing  under  pseud- curious  daughter  Niki  who  will  grow  in  Hancock. into  her  adult  self  with  all  the  strength  onyms  to  support  his  family. As  a  top  Hollywood  screenwriter  and  determination  of  her  parents.  in  ’47,  Dalton  Trumbo  lived  a  com- Credit  Elle  Fanning  with  making  the Â
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ACTR announces its winter schedule MIDDLEBURY  —  ACTR  kicks  off  its  daily  Snow  Bowl  Shuttle  Bus  winter  schedule  on  Saturday,  Dec.  19  —  just  in  time  for  school  vacation.  The  Snow  Bowl  Winter  Schedule  will  serve  nine  weekday  runs  up  to  Rikert  Nordic  Center  and  the  Middlebury  College  Snow  Bowl,  and  six  runs  on  Saturdays  and  Sundays. Regular  fare  on  the  Snow  Bowl Â
Shuttle  is  $1  each  way.  Reduced  fare  is  50  cents  each  way  for  those  aged  6-Â17,  60-Âplus  or  ADA  eli- gible.  Monthly  passes  for  January  and/or  February  are  now  avail- able  for  purchase  in  addition  to  the  10-Âride  passes  that  are  avail- able  year  round.  Middlebury  Col- lege  students  with  valid  ID  can  ride  the  Snow  Bowl  Shuttle  fare-Âfree  thanks  to  support  from  their  Stu-Â
dent  Government  Association.  $&75ÂśV DGPLQLVWUDWLYH RIÂżFH ZLOO be  closed  on  Christmas  Day  and  there  will  be  no  bus  service  avail- able.  On  New  Year’s  Day  the  Snow  Bowl  Shuttle  will  be  the  only  ACTR  bus  running  and  ACTR’s  administra- WLYH RIÂżFH ZLOO EH FORVHG For  more  schedule  information  visit  www.actr-Âvt.org  or  call  388- ACTR(2287).
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Forest  service  offers  $5  Christmas  trees VERMONT  —  U.S.  Forest  Ser- YLFH RIÂżFLDOV LQ 9HUPRQW DUH HQFRXU- aging  the  public  to  purchase  Christ- mas  tree  removal  permits,  should  they  be  interested  in  a  $5  tree  for  the  holidays. This  year,  all  fourth-Âgraders  can  take  advantage  of  the  Every  Kid  in  a  Park  Initiative  and  get  a  free  Christmas  tree  voucher;Íž  see  www. nationalparks.org/ook/every-Âkid-Âin- a-Âpark.  Fourth-Âgraders  that  present  a  printed  copy  of  the  voucher  may  redeem  it  for  an  EKIP  Pass  and  a  Christmas  tree  removal  permit  at  one  RI WKH 8 6 )RUHVW RIÂżFHV 7KLV LV D one-Âtime  opportunity  to  cut  down Â
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Merchants Row Middlebury, VT Tickets: 802-382-9222 www.townhalltheater.org
Fri 12/11 6-10pm $25/ $10 NBS Students
NORTH BRANCH SCHOOL GALA DINNER & CONTRA DANCE Sat 12/12 2:30 & 7:30 $17/ $15 seniors/$10 students
MAIDEN VERMONT: CATCH THE EXCITEMENT! With special guests Kim Anderson and Tim Guiles
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NIGHT FIRES Pre-show singing begins 20 minutes before the show $25/ $21 seniors/$20 students Mon 12/21 7:30pm $40 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT FINALISTS
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adult  Niki  appealing,  strong  and  un- predictable. Much  of  the  movie’s  appeal  comes  from  the  use  of  actual  news  clips.  Trans-ÂLux  newsreels  —  the  only  ¿OPHG VRXUFH RI QHZV IRU WKH SXEOLF before  television  —  show  pieces  of  testimony  alongside  appearances  of  celebrities  of  the  time.  Director  Jay  Roach  alternates  these  newsreels  with  actors  portraying  the  real  prin- cipals.  John  Goodman  in  a  strong  turn  as  Trumbo’s  reluctant  ally;Íž  Dean  O’Gorman  as  Kirk  Douglas,  Chris- WLDQ %HUNHO LQ D WHUULÂżF WXUQ DV 2WWR Preminger,  Richard  Portnow  as  Louis  B.  Mayer  at  his  real  life  worst,  and  Louis  C.K.  as  an  intemperate  col- league.  The  movie  is  enhanced  by  the  in- terweaving  of  historical  truth  with  the  ¿OPPDNHUVÂś LQWHUSUHWDWLRQ RI WKH OLYHV of  the  characters,  always  a  winning  combination  when  done  as  skillfully  as  it  is  done  here.  What  we  have  is  a  movie  rooted  in  historical  truth  with  careful  recreation  of  the  players  of  the  era.  The  irony  of  it  is  that  a  writer  vili- ¿HG DQG MDLOHG E\ +8$& KDV D UHFRUG of  writing  movies  that  have  lasted  in  the  public  consciousness  for  more  than  60  years.
ciderand and festive EnjoyEnjoy Hothot Cider a Festive atmosphere while you shop Atmosphere while you shop!
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a  Christmas  tree  on  national  forest  land  during  the  2015  holiday  season. Christmas  trees  for  personal  use  may  be  cut  on  the  Green  Mountain  National  Forest,  subject  to  the  fol- ORZLQJ FRQGLWLRQV ‡ $ &KULVWPDV WUHH UHPRYDO permit  must  be  purchased  at  one  of  WKH )RUHVW 6HUYLFH RIÂżFHV ORFDWHG LQ Rutland,  Middlebury,  Manchester  Center  or  Rochester. ‡ 7KH SHUPLW PXVW EH DWWDFKHG WR the  tree  before  transporting  it  from  the  site  where  it  was  cut. ‡ 7KH SHUPLW KROGHU LV UHVSRQVL- ble  for  knowing  that  the  tree  comes  from  Forest  Service  land.  Maps  are  available  when  you  purchase  your  permit. ‡ 7UHHV RYHU IHHW WDOO DUH QRW designated  for  cutting  by  the  Christ-Â
mas  tree  permit. ‡ 7KH KHLJKW RI WKH WUHH VWXPS OHIW after  a  tree  has  been  cut  should  be  six  inches  or  less  above  the  soil. ‡ &KULVWPDV WUHHV VKDOO QRW EH FXW in  active  timber  sales,  wilderness  areas,  campgrounds,  picnic  areas,  or  within  25  feet  of  any  Forest  Service-Â,  town-Â,  or  state-Âmaintained  road. ‡ 2QO\ RQH &KULVWPDV WUHH SHU- mit  will  be  issued  per  household  per  year. ‡ 3HUPLWV DUH QRW UHIXQGDEOH ‡ 7UHHV REWDLQHG XQGHU WKH &KULVW- mas  tree  permit  may  not  be  resold. For  a  Christmas  tree  removal  per- mit,  Addison  County  residents  may  visit  the  Middlebury  Ranger  Station  at  1007  Route  7  South.  For  more  in- formation,  call  the  ranger  station  at  802-Â388-Â4362.
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A visit with Santa SANTA CLAUS CAME to town (Middlebury, that is) on Saturday and visited with a long line of children at the Middlebury Community House. Pictured with Santa are, clock- wise from above, Chloe and Parker Mol of Brandon;; Cara Bougor of Salisbury;; Samuel Blakeslee of Brandon;; Jayden Lalumiere of Brandon;; Cathryn and Paulina Giuliani of Middlebury;; Hannah Reynolds of Whiting;; and Emma White of Brandon. Independent photos/Trent Campbell
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WomenSafe seeks Krans award nominations
MIDDLEBURY — WomenSafe is accepting nominations for the 2016 Kimberly Krans Women Who Change the World Award. Each year, a nomination commit- tee selects a woman whose work or volunteer efforts in Addison County or the town of Rochester have had
positive impacts on the women and/ or children in the community. The recipient’s name will be engraved on a plaque that is presented to her in March (Women’s History Month) during an award celebration in her honor. Previous award recipients include
Sue Prager, Pam Marsh, Betsy Gossens, Molly Fitzpatrick, Beth Diamond, Jean Shappee, Diana Rule, Lauraine Warfield, Dottie Neuberger, Betsy Ouellette, Natalie Peters and Susan Veguez. WomenSafe is asking anyone who knows a woman who deserves recognition for her outstanding work and dedication to submit an essay of 500 words or less that describes her and her efforts and the reasons she should be the
recipient of the 2015 Kimberly Krans Women Who Change the World Award. Nominations are due by Dec. 31 and may be submitted online at Survey Monkey, https://www. surveymonkey.com/r/QKT2PNJ;; by email to info@womensafe. net;; or by mail to Nomination Committee, PO Box 67, Middlebury, VT 05753. For more information, call 388-9180.
Salisbury man cited for shooting at visitor SALISBURY — A 72-year-old Salisbury man was cited for reck- less endangerment with a firearm Tuesday evening after he alleg- edly fired a pistol at a man he had asked to leave his property on Shard Villa Road. Roger Stone is scheduled to answer to the charge in Addison County Superior Court, criminal division, on Jan. 25. It was at around 10:47 p.m. on Dec. 8 that Vermont State Police were called to a home at 879 Shard Villa Road to investigate a “suspicious complaint,” accord- ing to authorities. The complainant was Stone,
who had told VSP dispatchers that he shot at a man with his pistol, according to police. Upon their arrival at the home, police said they met with Stone, who allegedly told them that Kadia J. Barenbaum, 56, of Middlebury had been at his home and had been asked to “leave numerous times,” according to VSP. Stone allegedly reported shooting at Barenbaum with his pistol while Barenbaum was in his driveway, police said. Stone was then taken to the New Haven VSP barracks for processing, according to police, and released after being issued the citation.
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Outstanding citizen VERGENNES UNION HIGH School senior Aaron Gaines has re- ceived this year’s DAR Good Citizen’s Award sponsored by the local Daughters of the American Revolution, Seth Warner-Rhoda Farrand Chapter. The award recognizes a student’s outstanding dependabil- ity, service, leadership and patriotism. Gaines was chosen by the senior class from among three VUHS seniors nominated by faculty.
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‘The  Land’ (Continued  from  Page  1A) 2playgrounds.  First  conceived  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  in  1943,  adventure  playgrounds  are  outdoor  spaces  containing  what  Davis  referred  to  as  a  lot  of  “loose  parts.â€?  These  parts  might  include  hammers,  nails,  saws,  wood  pallets,  cardboard,  old  tires,  paint,  water  hoses,  rope,  old  rowboats,  discarded  playground  equipment  and  broken-Âdown  bicycles.  Children,  ages  5  to  around  15,  are  largely  left  to  their  own  devices  in  deciding  how  to  use  the  adventure  park  material.  Some  kids  might  be  content  to  step  off  to  the  side  and  paint  pictures;Íž  others  might  gravitate  toward  the  tools  to  hammer  WRJHWKHU D PDNHVKLIW ÂżUHSODFH LQ ZKLFK WR EXUQ WKHLU RZQ ÂżUH These  adventure  playgrounds,  of Â
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which  there  are  hundreds  throughout  Europe,  stand  in  sharp  contrast  to  the  conventional  wooden,  plastic  or  metal  play  structures  that  are  bolted  into  the  ground  and  often  closely  supervised  by  grownups,  Davis  noted. “Some  adult  has  decided  how  you  use  the  materials,â€?  Davis  said  of  most  playgrounds  in  the  United  States.  “You  go  up  the  ladder  and  down  the  slide.  You  swing  back  and  forth  on  the  swing.  But  once  you  start  climbing  the  swing,  somebody  tells  you  to  get  down.â€? Not  so  at  adventure  parks,  such  as  the  one  located  in  a  community  called  Wrexham,  in  Wales.  Davis  VSHQW WKUHH ZHHNV LQ ÂżOPLQJ activities  at  that  playground  —  dubbed  “The  Landâ€?  —  where  she  watched  children  of  all  ages  engage  in  a  style  of  play  limited  only  by  their  own  imaginations  and  some  decidedly  hands-Âoff  oversight  by  hired  adults  known  as  “playworkers.â€? Davis  on  Monday  held  the  second  LQ WZR GD\V RI VFUHHQLQJV RI KHU ÂżOP for  children  at  Middlebury  Union  Middle  School.  She  explained  her  ¿OPPDNLQJ SURFHVV DQG DVNHG seventh-Âgraders  for  feedback  on  what  they  saw  and  how  they  might  ¿OO DGYHQWXUH SOD\JURXQGV RI WKHLU own. 7KH ÂżOP EHJLQV ZLWK VRPH news  footage  of  Lady  Allen  of  Hurtwood,  an  English  landscape  architect  who  is  credited  with  importing  the  adventure  playground  concept  from  Denmark. “Better  a  broken  bone  than  a  broken  spirit,â€?  Lady  Allen  says Â
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MIDDLEBURY  RESIDENT  ERIN  Davis  speaks  with  Middlebury  Union  Middle  School  students  Monday  morn- ing  about  her  critically  acclaimed  documentary  “The  Land,�  which  chronicles  the  activities  at  an  adventure  playground  in  Wales. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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Treehouse  (Continued  from  Page  1A) models  all  the  time,â€?  Corey  said. So  Corey  enlisted  two  of  his  teachers  —  Laura  Coro  and  Kara  Beste  —  to  help  him  organize  a  couple  of  hands-Âon  projects  for  the  children.  Coro  led  younger  students  through  an  entire  program  related  WR PRQDUFK EXWWHUĂ€LHV WKDW LQFOXGHG collecting  the  insects  and  creating  an  on-Âsite  garden  “way-Âstationâ€?  where  they  could  rest  and  eat  to  give  them  strength  on  their  long,  migratory  journey. “We  found  it  to  be  extremely  successful,â€?  Corey  said  of  that  exercise.  “(The  students)  were  engaged.â€? 7KH EXWWHUĂ€\ SURMHFW LQFRUSRUDWHG the  educational  principles  of  math,  science,  social  studies,  geography  and  other  academic  skills. “They  learned  so  much,â€?  Coro  said. INTO  THE  TREES Why  stop  there,  the  educators  reasoned.  Teachers  this  fall  decided  to  raise  the  bar  —  literally  —  on  experiential  learning  by  proposing  a  treehouses  project.  Some  Leicester  students  last  year  had  expressed  their  fondness  for  treehouses,  and  Corey  felt  such  a  plan  was  within  the  school’s  grasp. “I  thought,  ‘What  if  we  make  treehouses  —  which  is  certainly  not  part  of  the  curriculum  —  but  within Â
LEICESTER  CENTRAL  SCHOOL  students  Hayden  Bernhardt,  top,  Olivia  Miner  and  Josie  LaRock  climb  down  from  one  of  the  six  tree- houses  that  the  school’s  fourth-Â,  ¿IWK DQG VL[WK JUDGHUV EXLOW LQ WKH woods  behind  the  school. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
that  whole  theme  of  treehouses  we  get  our  math,  our  science,  our  reading  and  writing  out  of  that,’â€?  Corey  recalled. Thus  began  a  very  extensive,  well- thought-Âout  project  that  involved  students,  community  members,  teachers,  local  businesspeople  and  parent  volunteers.  Together,  they  mapped  out  the  materials  needed  to  construct  six  individual  treehouses  in  a  wooded  area  behind  the  school  building.  Each  structure  was  to  be  5  feet  wide  and  8  feet  long,  with  safety  rails.  The  height  of  these  structures  was  to  range  from  four  to  six  feet  into  their  host  trees. But  before  a  hammer  hit  a  nail,  VFKRRO RIÂżFLDOV DQG VWXGHQWV GLG WKHLU due  diligence  by  presenting  plans  to  the  Leicester  Zoning  Board.  Kids  and  teachers  showed  up  at  a  zoning  board  meeting  —  just  like  any  other  applicant  —  to  explain  their  proposal  and  answer  questions. “I  applaud  your  enthusiasm,  your  construction  and  planning  skills  and  the  range  of  education  projects  you  hope  to  include,â€?  Leicester  Zoning  Administrator  Mary  Ann  Sullivan  wrote  in  her  Sept.  19  approval  letter  for  the  children’s  treehouses  proposal.  ³<RXU DSSOLFDWLRQ VSHFLÂżFV UHYHDO that  you  understand  what  zoning  is,  the  meaning  of  setbacks  and  (you)  demonstrate  the  need  for  safety  rails  and  insurance  to  keep  everyone  from  any  danger.â€? As  they  prepared  the  site  for  construction,  teachers  led  the  students  through  a  series  of  educational  exercises  to  help  them  understand  various  angles  of  the  project.  For  example,  they  read  the  book  “Operation  Redwoodâ€?  by  S.  Terrell  French,  which  offers  fun  insights  on  trees  and  the  environment.  Each  participating  child  wrote  an  essay  on  treehouses  and  the  process  of  building  them.  They  also  wrote  a  variety  of  poems  about  treehouses,  which  they  would  encase  in  plastic  sleeves  and  hang,  quite  appropriately,  in  a  nearby  “Poet-ÂTree.â€? In  addition,  the  students  drafted  designs  of  their  treehouses,  learning  math  and  geometry  skills  in  the  process,  and  studied  the  biology  of  trees  and  the  potential  impact  that  construction  might  have  on  them.  They  visited  the  Zeno  Mountain  Farm  LQ /LQFROQ WR VHH ÂżUVWKDQG H[DPSOHV of  some  really  neat  treehouses.  They  borrowed  construction  hard  hats  and  tools,  and  located  a  source  of  pine  wood  to  fashion  into  planks  for  their Â
LEICESTER  CENTRAL  SCHOOL  students  Hayden  Bernhardt,  Olivia  Miner  and  Josie  LaRock  play  in  and  around  one  of  six  treehouses  stu- dents  and  adults  from  the  school  built  in  a  wooded  area  behind  the  school. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
primary  construction  material. “They  got  right  into  it,â€?  Beste  said  of  the  students’  zeal  in  the  construction  process,  which  spanned  approximately  two  months. Beste  noted  the  students  helped  raise  money  to  fund  the  project,  to  supplement  funds  available  within  the  school  budget.  Area  businesspeople  were  very  accommodating  in  providing  supplies.  They  built  their  own  toolboxes  at  Foxcroft  Farm.  Parents  with  experience  or  talent  in  building  were  recruited  to  help  out.  Adults  supervised  the  individual  construction  teams,  each  made  up  of  a  handful  of  students  who  worked  RQ D VSHFLÂżF WUHHKRXVH $GXOWV DOVR helped  with  some  of  the  heavier  assignments,  such  as  lifting  the  large  pine  slabs  into  the  trees.  But  the  kids  did  a  lot  of  hammering,  painting,  measuring  and  other  critical  jobs.  They  all  dutifully  wore  hard  hats  and  safety  glasses. None  of  the  treehouses  currently  bears  a  roof;Íž  that  element  will  be Â
ONE  OF  SIX  treehouses  built  by  Leicester  Central  School  students  stands  tall  in  the  woods  behind  the  school  last  week.  The  students,  with  adult  help,  will  put  roofs  on  the  structures  in  the  spring. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
“I  liked  collaborating  with  one  added  later. another,â€?  said  Hayden  Bernhardt,  MISSION  ACCOMPLISHED Nov.  23  was  a  particularly  also  in  grade  6.  “There  were  spectacular  day  at  Leicester  Central  disagreements,  but  it’s  good  to  have  School.  That’s  when  students  GLVDJUHHPHQWV VR \RX FDQ Âż[ WKLQJV ´ “I  liked  the  RIÂżFLDOO\ FHOHEUDWHG the  completion  of  the  “A lot of these kids opportunity  to  build  Olivia  Miner,  six  new  treehouses  that  get the pencil and these,â€?  a  5th-Âgrader,  said  of  are  sure  to  enhance  the  the  treehouses.  “We  play  experience  for  paper tasks but kids  for  years  to  come. need more hands- got  to  do  most  of  the  work.â€? That  joy  is  now  on learning to see Bernhardt  added  clearly  written  on  the  what it’s really all faces  of  the  young  about, as opposed the  treehouses  project  actually  helped  the  architects  of  the  quaint  children  get  along  treehouse  community  to only theoretical better  through  the  that  beckons  to  models all the shared  objective  of  Leicester  kids.  A  time.â€? small  contingent  of  — Principal Earl Corey reaching  a  common  goal. students  on  Dec.  3  led  A  rustic  path  leads  visitors  into  the  an  old  journalist  and  slightly  younger  photographer  on  a  tour  of  the  new,  treehouse  community.  Each  of  the  elevated  world  they  had  just  created. host  trees  bears  a  sign  identifying  “We  all  put  our  different  touches  its  species,  including  poplar,  cedar,  on  (the  treehouses)  so  they  don’t  all  maple,  pine  and  cherry.  Each  of  look  the  same,â€?  said  Josie  LaRock,  a  the  arboreal  dwellings  is  imbued  ZLWK LWV FUHDWRUVÂś DUWLVWLF Ă€RXULVKHV 6th-Âgrader.
One  of  them  sports  a  checkerboard- SDLQWHG Ă€RRU DQRWKHU KDV D VHULHV of  handprints  on  its  walls,  and  some  benches.  In  some  cases,  the  entrances  are  through  the  bottom  of  the  structure;Íž  in  other  cases,  a  string  is  pulled  to  open  a  front  door  accessed  by  a  ladder. Each  treehouse  bears  a  name,  such  as  Zeebee,  Camp  Little  Moose  and  the  Bear  Cabin  Tree  House  Club. Some  of  the  treehouses  include  some  extra  bells  and  whistles.  A  rope  pulley  with  a  bucket  has  been  strung  between  two  of  the  structures.  An  inviting  hammock  has  found  a  home,  courtesy  of  two  trees  near  one  of  the  makeshift  abodes. A  sign  asks  visitors  to  treat  the  treehouses  with  respect. Students  thanked  their  adult  helpers  with  a  haiku  and  a  small  pine  tree  to  plant. “The  plan  is  to  have  the  treehouses  there  for  a  long  time,â€?  Beste  said. Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.
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