Feb 15 2016 by AddisonPress

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 27 No. 45

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, February 15, 2016

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Property debated as ANwSU vote nears

This quintet is smokin’

• Bria Skonberg will lead her ensemble in a performance of hot jazz. See Arts Beat on Page 10.

Mountain town sets election slate

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Towns’ ownership of their schools and surrounding land has concerned residents each time Addison Northwest Supervisory Union has voted on unification, most recently in 2010, and the upcoming decision on March 1 is no exception. In the past decade, a central question in some residents’ minds has been reluctance to allow control and ownership of their schools to be transferred to a single board with representatives from all five ANwSU towns, as will be the case in if ANwSU member towns vote yes next month.

“That’s the bottom line on this,” said Ferrisburgh selectboard Chairman Steve Gutowski. “The townspeople want to make sure property that they’ve been paying taxes into for forever remains for the use of the town.” And this time around new wrinkles in Ferrisburgh, Vergennes and Addison have complicated the land situations. (See related articles on the details in each community. In the future, the Independent will also explore other issues related to ANwSU unification, including potential financial benefits, educational equity, and collective debt assumption of (See ANwSU, Page 22)

AN ALL- VOLUNTEER effort created this ice rink near Ferrisburgh Central School last year, and now some town residents want to ensure that they will be able to use the rink and other land around the school if Ferrisburgh OK’s unification with other ANwSU schools on March 1. Independent file photo/Trent Campbell

• Lincoln voters will see a full list of candidates on March 1, including one contested election. See Page 3.

Men shoot deer from car at night

• Two Brandon men pleaded guilty after game wardens watched them take a deer after sunset. See Page 2.

County rivalry, and a key game

• The VUHS boys’ hoop team hosted MUHS, and Tiger girls’ hockey was looking to secure a top seed. See Sports, Page 16.

Making friends Education firm adds to its ranks

• SchoolHack Solutions of Bristol hires two former Vt. Agency of Education officials. See Page 6.

A SHEEP AND a horse get to know each other across a gate in an East Middlebury barn last week.

Vermont Gas getting ready to install pipe in Vergennes By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Vermont Gas Systems intends to bring natural gas service to all Vergennes through its new Addison County

pipeline by the end of 2016, company representatives told the city council last week. Vermont Gas Vice President for (See Vt. Gas, Page 23)

Courtesy photo by Steve James

Middlebury broadband initiative could help area By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — The town of Middlebury has hired a consultant to devise a state-of-the-art broadband telecommunications system that

would serve the seven towns within the Addison Central Supervisory Union and — organizers hope — serve as a powerful catalyst for eco(See Middlebury, Page 15)

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Brandon men fined for poaching deer

BRANDON — report. A freshly killed Two Brandon men On Dec. 6, 2015, adult doe was found were fined last week at approximately in the field. The pair after they pleaded 9 p.m., Vermont were arrested and reguilty to deer poach- game wardens leased on citation. ing charges. Vermont witnessed a Gallagher pleaded Fish and Wildlife offiguilty in Rutland Sutruck approach a perior Court, crimicials said that Griffith P. Mahoney, 28, and field in Pittsford. nal division, to taking Jonathan R. Gallagher, Someone shined deer by illegal means, 35, were involved in an artificial light possessing a cocked shooting a deer out the out of the truck crossbow in a motor window of a truck at and a crossbow vehicle, and shooting night with a crossbow. from a motor vehicle. On Dec. 6, 2015, at was fired out the He was ordered to pay approximately 9 p.m., window. $1,307 in fines and Vermont game warrestitution fees. dens witnessed a truck approach a Mahoney pleaded guilty in Rutfield in Pittsford. Someone shined land court to taking deer by illegal an artificial light out of the truck means, possessing a cocked crossand a crossbow was fired out the bow in a motor vehicle, and using a window. light to take game. He was ordered Wardens pulled the truck over, to pay $959 in fines and to serve 59Fish and Wildlife officials report, at 60 days of work crew duty. This was which point Gallagher admitted that Mahoney’s fifth Fish and Wildlife he shot the crossbow and Mahoney conviction in just over a year. admitted that he held the light. The Both men have lost their privilegmen were also in possession of a es to hunt, fish and trap in Vermont muzzleloader rifle, according to the for three years.

Breaking up

LAKE CHAMPLAIN SHORE ice gets broken up by choppy water caused by stiff winds last Thursday afternoon in Addison.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

City eyes Falls Park maintenance By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council on Feb. 9 heard from Mike Winslow, the chairman of the city’s Otter Creek Basin Task Force, about its volunteer efforts to maintain Falls Park, which is on the west bank of the river. Winslow sought a long-term commitment from the council to fund maintenance of the park, which he called a top task force priority. “We identified Falls Park as the place we wanted to invest our energy,” Winslow said. But after hours of volunteer work to clean out weeds and brush, he said task force members discovered the lasting effect was minimal. “We thought we made the park

look a lot better, but now nature is coming back at us,” Winslow said. He suggested professional help is needed to level some of the terrain and remove rubble from islands of trees in the park, thus making weed control and other maintenance “more manageable on a long-term basis.” Mayor Bill Benton agreed the park is “an integral part” of the larger master plan city officials and volunteers are working on as part of grant-funded Strong Communities, Better Connections process, and he said the council could consider boosting park maintenance funding while putting the next city budget together before June. Alderman Renny Perry suggested

businesses could also be involved in an “Adopt a Park” program. Council members agreed to ask a landscape architect on the task force and other committee members to think about the level of work needed and how natural the park should look, and asked the task force to return with some recommendations and cost estimates. In other business this past Tuesday, the council: • Reached a preliminary consensus that it would be OK to extend a sidewalk about 60 feet into Waltham along South Maple Street to the former Gevry Trailer Park, which the Addison County Community Trust is hoping to renovate into affordable (See Vergennes, Page 3)

Addison Independent, Monday, February 15, 2016 — PAGE 3

Lincoln candidates mostly unopposed

By GAEN MURPHREE three-year seat. Vice Chair Mary LINCOLN — In the only con- Beth Stilwell will run for a two-year tested race on the Town Meeting Day seat. ballot in Lincoln, Matthew Collins is Ober wanted to draw voters’ atchallenging incumbent Mark Truax tention to one additional item on for second constable. the March 1 ballot: “Shall the Town All Lincoln selectboard members of Lincoln vote to eliminate the ofare running unopposed. But fice of town auditor?” The there are a series of “mu- Lincoln town clerk said that for a sical chairs”-like shifts, number of years the town will hold resulting from the vote at has employed a profeslast year’s town meeting to its town sional auditor to go over lengthen two of the select- meeting on its books, rather than an board seats from one-year Monday, elected town auditor. The to two-year terms. person in the elected role of Selectman James Need- Feb. 29, at town auditor now chiefly ham, elected to a one-year Burnham attends to the responsibilseat on a write-in campaign Hall, ity of putting the town rein 2015, is now running starting at port together. She said that for that same seat, which a “Yes” vote on the ballot is now a two-year seat. In- 6 p.m. would mean that the town cumbent Will Sipsey, who would continue to employ has served consecutive one-year a professional auditor for its books terms since 2014, is now running for and that putting the town report toa three-year seat. Incumbent Oakley gether would be the responsibility of Smith, finishing up a three-year term, a town report committee. according to Town Clerk Sally Ober, Lincoln will hold its town meetis now running for a one-year term. ing on Monday, Feb. 29, at BurnSmith’s seat will become a two-year ham Hall, starting at 6 p.m. Voting seat in 2017, in compliance with last by Australian ballot will take place year’s vote. Tuesday, March 1, from 7 a.m. to 7 For school directors at Lincoln p.m., also at Burnham Hall. Community School, board Chair Reporter Gaen Murphree is at Rebecca Otey is on the ballot for a gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

College to hold festival with music, talks to fete First Folio MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College will host a First Folio Festival on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 4:30 p.m., at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. This celebration of the exhibition “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare” features Renaissance music, gallery talks, and a live theater performance. Starting at 4:30, the Penny Lane Consort will perform music of Shakespeare’s time on recorders, sackbut and other instruments. At 4:45 and 6:15 p.m., Middlebury College professors James Berg and Timothy Billings will give gallery tours in the Museum of Art. At 5:15 p.m., the Middlebury Actors Workshop will perform “Straight Up Shakespeare,” an energetic, fastpaced romp through Shakespeare’s world. This free performance will feature Shakespeare’s most famous scenes and sonnets, linked together with original commentary that will demystify Shakespeare for all ages. Next, the Mountain Ayres, Middlebury College’s co-ed a cappella

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SPORTS WE’VE GOT IT COVERED!

group dedicated to the appreciation and performance of Renaissance music, will serenade visitors until it is time to say, “Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow.” The event also includes Renaissance sweet and savory treats, children’s activities and Shakespeare selfies. The museum will stay open until 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, email shakespeare@middlebury.edu or visit www.middlebury.edu/shakespeare.

Apple pre-season

MIKE HAYNES, A worker from Jamaica, trims an apple tree at Happy Valley Orchard in Middlebury on a recent afternoon. Apple trees get pruned during the winter so they are healthy and strong for the growing season. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Starksboro sees no contested races

By GAEN MURPHREE STARKSBORO — Starksboro will have no contested seats on its Town Meeting Day ballot. Fire Warden and Assistant Fire Chief Tony Porter is running for the three-year seat on the Starksboro selectboard currently held by Mathew Norris, who is not running for reelection.

Caleb Elder is running for the Robinson Elementary School board. Elder was appointed in August 2015 to replace Dennis Hysko, who resigned earlier in the summer. Hysko’s term ended March 2016, so Elder is now running for a full three-year term in his own right. Jodi Bachand is running for re-election to the Mount Abraham Union High School board.

The position of second constable is still wide open on the Starksboro ballot. Starksboro will hold its Town Meeting on Saturday, Feb. 27, at Robinson Elementary School, starting at 9 a.m. Voting by Australian ballot will take place Tuesday, March 1, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., also at Robinson Elementary.

in good shape because of this winter’s lack of snow. Overtime and salt and sand expenses have all been low, he said. • Were told by Hawley that the 150-kilowatt solar array at and near the city’s sewer plant has not so far met power generation expectations. Hawley said the developer, Encore Redevelopment, has reached an agreement with Auto Creek Inc., to cut down trees on the auto firm’s

property that company officials believe are excessively shading part of the installation. The city had hoped for about a $4,200 a year offset on the sewer plant’s power bill, but Hawley said in the past year the savings were only about $3,400 as the plant generated 160 kilowatts instead of the projected 200 kilowatts. Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

Vergennes (Continued from Page 2) housing with new modular duplexes. Council members said they didn’t mind city workers maintaining that small stretch of sidewalk, but wanted to talk to Waltham officials about an easement to allow the city’s sidewalk plow to turn around on public property. • Heard from City Manager Mel Hawley the public works budget is

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial

Change at the Supreme Court The news of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death this Saturday comes on the heels of a decision last week by the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which had sought to reduce the nation’s carbon pollution largely by targeting coal-fired power plants. The EPA plan had been opposed by 23 states who sought to stop the plan, but their appeal was denied by the liberal Circuit Court in Washington, D.C. This Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, reversed the lower court’s ruling in an unprecedented action that had sparked intense criticism by legal scholars, and is worth a moment’s review. “The unsigned order, without any explanation, puts a hold on a rule pending the outcome of proceedings currently underway in the D.C. Circuit Court, which had earlier denied a stay,” wrote Patrick Parenteau last week following the court’s ruling. Parenteau is professor of law and senior counsel at the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic at Vermont Law School and was highly critical of the court’s ruling. “This action is unprecedented in a number of ways,” he continued. “The majority made none of the findings typically required to obtain a stay. There is no analysis of the merits of any of petitioner’s claims. There is no showing that the rule threatens any immediate harm to petitioners, especially given the long lead times EPA has built into the process. There is no showing that the balance of hardships tips decidedly in favor of the petitioners, especially given the fact that most states are well into the process of developing implementation plans and those that do not want to submit a plan don’t have to. There is no showing that the stay is in the public’s interest, especially given the warnings from the scientific community that time is fast running out to avoid catastrophic consequences of climate disruption. Never before has the court interjected itself in a case with such high stakes that hasn’t even been fully briefed and argued before the lower court.” The Court’s decision was proof to many that the conservative wing of the court under Chief Justice John Roberts has been one of the most overtly partisan and activist in recent memory. “One final note,” Parenteau wrote, “if nothing else, the preemptive, unprincipled move by the conservative wing of the court underscores the critical nature of the upcoming election.” ********** Those comments and the Supreme Court’s ruling last week illustrate the significance of Scalia’s sudden death. While the nation rightly mourns his passing, the inescapable reality is that the fate of many important court cases now rests in a 4-4 deadlocked court or in a court whose balance will undoubtedly tip more liberal if President Obama is able to get a new nominee confirmed. Though a political battle will surely pit the Senate, which is currently made up of 46 Democrats and 54 Republicans, against the president, the public relations fight might well favor the president. And the stakes are high: the court is expected to rule on cases involving the above mentioned EPA Clean Power Plan, labor rights, affirmative action, political representation and legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act to name a few. Two other facts are critical here: 1) 4-4 tie votes, if Scalia’s replacement is not confirmed,and the EPA plan would go into effect; 2) most of the country is governed by appeals courts dominated by Democrats, so many of these controversial cases would be decided by liberal circuit courts many of whose jurists have been appointed by Obama. As for average times it has taken the Senate to confirm a Supreme Court nominee, here’s a recent countdown: 87 days for Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan, and 66 days for his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor; 82 days for President George W. Bush’s nomination of Samuel Alito Jr, a total of 62 for John G. Roberts Jr., while Harriet Miers’ nomination was withdrawn after 21 days; 73 days for President Bill Clinton’s nomination of Stephen Breyer and 50 days for his nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Throughout the nation’s history, the Senate has never taken more than 125 days to vote on a successor. President Obama’s term expires in 342 days as of this past Sunday. For the Republicans to play politics with the courts is not likely to sit well with voters in a contention election season, and could play into the hands of the president, the Democrats chances to regain the Senate and the Democratic nominee. Angelo S. Lynn

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Barn face

HAY PEAKS OUT from behind an “eye” and the “mouth” on the end of a Middlebury barn last week. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Letters to the Editor ACSU one-board system would streamline governance As a business owner and community member, I support a “yes” vote for a unified Addison Central School District. I believe the educational opportunities, both in school and out, will be expanded and enhanced for our children in Addison Central Supervisory Union through a unified governing board. Currently ACSU is made up of 74 board members representing nine individual boards and seven towns. This includes a supervisory board, which has 24 appointed board members from eight school district

boards to oversee the operation of the central office and includes a budget that the public never directly votes. In addition, this board has oversight over the superintendent, who is responsible for all schools, while each individual school board is currently responsible for each of its own schools. This type of governance makes management of curriculum, personnel, financial systems and student equity extremely difficult. Our Union District 3, which governs grades 7-12, has been operating

successfully with one 13-member board for many years now. I support governance consolidation into one 13-member board representing preK-12 students and taxpayers from our seven town catchment area because it makes sense when it comes to operating a multimillion dollar enterprise in this day and age. Disclosure: UD-3 policy requires me to disclose my current position on the board and that these comments are my own and not that of the board. Mark Perrin Middlebury

Addison Independent, Monday, February 15, 2016 — PAGE 5

Proposed ACSU structure flawed

Letters to the Editor Nation needs the ‘wisdom of the gender’ to lead us I have given money to Bernie three times this year, but I am not going to vote for him. I am a multi-generational Vermonter, retired businessman, and a veteran who was a Marine in Vietnam. And I’ve always voted for what I felt was the best man: Republican, Democrat, or Independent. This year the realistic choices are Sanders, Clinton, Rubio and Cruz, maybe Bush or even Trump. However, I just saw a great staged reading of a new play about Eliza-

beth Cady Stanton at the Town Hall Theater. The play was a reminder of the long fight women had before they were even allowed to vote. It was also a reminder of valuable lessons history offers. Check out our history and you may agree with me that putting the best man in charge is not what we need to do. What we really need is a GENDER CHANGE in leadership, not a best man. If we are able to get women in charge then eventually our country and the world will oper-

ate more like families — probably still fight, but not kill each other as much and maybe find ways to actually get along when we don’t agree. Clinton is the right gender and she’s qualified, but I would vote for Fiorina if she were the only woman in the race. I think history shows clearly we need the wisdom of the gender that is better able to get kids to adulthood even when their partners are more work than help. Cliff Adams Bristol

ACSU consolidation seen not as choice, but ‘coercion’ Those who support school board consolidation say we should vote yes because: 1) it’s better for students, and 2) it’s better for our pocketbooks. At one of the first meetings back in the fall I asked this question: “How — specifically — will the experience of, for example, a third-grader in this school be improved by school board unification? Take his experience now and compare it to post-unification. How will it be better?” No one could answer. In my town our school board consists of five dedicated community

members — some of whom I see in our school daily, and all of whom are in the building at least once a month. Under unification that dynamic will be replaced by one voice at a much larger table making decisions about all the schools — schools inside which most board members will never set foot. How can that possibly be better? Act 46 is being presented as a choice that voters will make at town meeting in a few weeks. But this is deceiving. It is not a choice at all. We can vote yes or we can vote no but the outcome will be the same:

School board consolidation will happen. It will either happen now (with financial incentive) or it will happen later (without it). That’s not a choice. That’s coercion. Perhaps it will actually turn out that a consolidated school board will improve student experiences, student outcomes and the state of our pocketbooks. I hope so. But the way it is being forced upon us under the guise of democratic vote is shameful. Wendy Leeds Ripton

Champlain power line will be an environmental disaster For years we have thought of Lake Champlain as our treasurer. Pat Leahy boasted of the appropriations he acquired to benefit the health of the lake. We built the ECHO Center to educate the public to maintain the health of the lake. Fish and Wildlife and the Water Quality Division have viewed the lake with respect and concern. The Lake Champlain Committee has imposed regulations on agriculture (usually very expensive rules), to which agriculture has complied for the health of our treasurer. The undeveloped shores and mountains

have attracted visitors from all over the worlds. On a more mundane note, the lake has brought Vermont millions of dollars of out-of-state money. The Lake Champlain International Fishing Derby, the bass tournaments, the northern and southern marinas, and the peripheral businesses along the lake generate significant amounts of revenue to the state. Not one word has been mentioned to educate the public as to the latest hideous plan for our treasurer. Electricity is going to be brought from Canada, through the bottom of Lake

Champlain, over the Champlain locks, and down the Hudson River to New York. What kind of environmental disaster will this create, now and for years to come, let alone the disturbance of historical artifacts, and loss of revenue for businesses, and the state, and the potential for future disasters. Not one public meeting has been held … no opinions have been asked of people, or towns, or those concerned about the environment … nothing. Pat Ullom Orwell

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Unfortunately, the representational structure of the proposed Addison Central School District is flawed. I say unfortunately because I have long held that single board governance for the district makes sense. My experience a decade ago as a Shoreham school director confirmed this. It makes sense in terms of improving educational services for students. A single board working with a forwardthinking central administration would make it much easier to develop and deliver a well-coordinated K-12 experience for all of our students. There is little evidence that, the financial incentives offered by Act 46 notwithstanding, consolidating governance structure will save money in the long term. (Consolidation in the 1960s in Vermont was touted as a money saver, but, in fact, did not reduce school costs.) The right reason to pursue consolidation of governance is in the interest of simplicity, allowing education professionals to focus on the welfare of our students. This can be done thoughtfully over the next several years. The representational structure of the proposed unified school district board is, quite simply, Middlebury-centric. With all members, including those from the small towns, elected at large, we give undue control of educational decisions to the town of Middlebury. In addition to having an absolute majority of representatives (seven of 13) on the board, voters in Middlebury can influence election results in Ripton, Shoreham, Salisbury, Cornwall, Bridport and Weybridge. If I were to run again the good

Nicholas Causton (who is on the ballot for Shoreham, please vote for him) the following result would be entirely possible. Within the town of Shoreham, Nick receives 60 percent of the vote and I, being the lesser choice, receive 38 percent (2 percent don’t like either one of us). Yet, because Middlebury has an absolute majority of voters within the district, I actually win the seat on the board, perhaps because more people in other towns are familiar with me. Now Shoreham is represented by someone the town did not chose to represent them. Not good. The same scenario could play out for Ripton, Weybridge, Cornwall, Salisbury or Bridport. I have heard and read the arguments that the legal structure under Vermont law makes it difficult to address this problem, that the UD-3 Board is currently structured this way (though without the at large provision) and it functions well enough (hmm … it is Middlebury Union High School not Addison Central Union High School), that the good people who serve on our school board have the interest of all our students at heart (which I don’t doubt). But, in a representational democracy it is not good practice to elect public officials with a system that gives so much authority to the largest and least rural town in the district. I suggest that we take our time, get the representation on the proposed unified school board right, and then, by all means consolidate the boards. I will be voting against unification in March in hopes that I will be voting for it at a later date. Peter Lynch Shoreham

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Obituaries Constance Lilly, 81, Weybridge

WEYBRIDGE — Constance “Connie” Lilly passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, surrounded by her family. Connie was born on Oct. 29, 1934, to Harold and Nellie Hughes. She attended schools in Granville, N.Y., and Orwell and Pittsford, Vt. On June 28, 1952, she married James Lilly, the love of her life. They were married for 63 years, and had ﬁve children: Courtney (his wife, Carla), Margaret “Peggy” Connor, Daniel Lilly (partner Kim Slicer); and in later years, Kiet Nguyen and Daisy Pangalila joined the family. Their eight grandchildren include granddaughters Michelle Page and her husband, Matthew; Karen Nolan and her husband Jason; Amanda Lilly; Morgan Leshinsky and her husband Ross; Molly Connor; grandson Travis Lilly; additional grandchildren Aly and Justin Wanke; and seven

great-grandchildren. Connie worked at many jobs, but her favorite was Court Ofﬁcer for the Addison District Court, where she worked for 12 years. Connie was always available to give guidance when asked or needed. (If the truth was known, she was a little bossy.) Jim and Connie shared many activities throughout the years. They enjoyed playing cards, horseshoes, miniature golf, and bowling. They also loved to travel. Two of their favorite vacations included San Francisco and the Grand Canyon, where they rode mules down the canyon — a great adventure! Connie was predeceased by her sister, Joan Smiel of Burlington, Vt., and brothers Gerald Hughes of Rutland and George Hughes of Connecticut. CONSTANCE LILLY To honor Connie’s wishes, there will be no funeral or calling hours. Burial will be at a later date at the and Ducharme Funeral Home is in convenience of the family. Sanderson charge of all arrangements. ◊

Peter Rheaume, 66, Salisbury SALISBURY — Peter A. Rheaume (“Two Shoes”), 66, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at his home in Salisbury. He was born on Oct. 14, 1949, in Burlington to Leonard and Harriet (Blaise) Rheaume. Pete grew up in Vergennes surrounded by his very large family. He had fond memories of his mother’s restaurant and helping his big brothers with odd jobs. Pete joined the U.S. Navy in 1968. Peter married the love of his life, Diane (Rivers), on Oct. 3, 1975. Together they had two daughters, Danielle and Casey. Pete drove a tractor-trailer truck for 47 years, 25 of those years for William Holdman Inc. hauling milk. Pete was a proud “Papa” to ﬁve beautiful granddaughters: Jayden, Reese, Wyleigh, Willow, and Kayleigh. Peter enjoyed building dune buggies, cooking, driving truck, spending time with his dog and best friend Reba. He was

a very opinionated but generous man. He would give anyone the shirt off his back. He loved making the people around him laugh with his neverending jokes. He was most recently employed by his good friend Walter Robinson at Robinson Transport. Peter is survived by his wife; daughters; son-in-law John Fitzgerald; two sisters, Mary Thorpe and husband Bob, and Debra Scott and husband Watson; three brothers, Leonard, Lewis and wife Connie and Robert (Beno); and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents and his brothers and sisters, William, Norman, Michael, Madeline, Francis, Gertrude, Roland and Reginald. A memorial service will be held at PETER RHEAUME 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb.17, at St. Peter’s Church in Vergennes. A reception will immediately follow at the to Diane Rheaume (Peter’s Memorial American Legion in Middlebury. All Fund) at 1825 Lake Dunmore Road, contributions/donations may be made Salisbury, VT 05769. ◊

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BRISTOL — Two former revision of the Education Quality members of the Vermont Agency of Standards in 2014. Education have joined SchoolHack Alderman joins SchoolHack as Solutions, an education technology the director of policy and goverand professional development firm nance. “I believe that the LiFT in Bristol. Thomas Alderman, recent learning platform being developed director of secondary and adult is based on a deep understanding of education for the state of Vermont, the policy expectations coupled with and Kendra Rickerby, former practical experience in the evolvschool effectiveness coordinator, ing environment,” Alderman said. will now help to “I’m pleased to be bring SchoolHack’s able to contribute to LiFT personalized the continuing devellearning platform to opment and impleschools in Vermont mentation of this and across the important response country. to Vermont’s public “We’re thrilled to education needs.” welcome Tom and Kendra Rickerby Kendra, two proven most recently worked leaders who underas a school effectivestand what it takes ness coordinator at to move education the Vermont Agency forward compreof Education. In hensively in the that role, she was KENDRA RICKERBY 21st century,” says the state’s co-lead David Lipkin, CEO to the New England of SchoolHack Solutions. “Their Secondary Schools Consortium expertise, in conjunction with the as well as the facilitator of the LiFT software, brings our clients the League of Innovative Schools, a perfect blend of policy awareness, professional learning community. best practice, and application.” Prior to her work at the state level, Thomas Alderman began his Rickerby was a research fellow at career in public education as a a higher-education consulting firm secondary classroom teacher where her research focused on in Vermont. He workforce developserved in the ment, specifically Vermont House of how to create a more Representatives effective educationfrom 1991 through to-employment 1996 as a member pipeline. of the Judiciary As the head Committee. During of the Education his tenure in the Design team, Legislature, he Rickerby will coorwas elected to dinate SchoolHack’s the University of professional develVermont Board opment offerings of Trustees. He THOMAS ALDERMAN and work directly later worked as the with schools to academic coordinadevelop an impletor at the Middlebury site of the mentation plan based on a foundaCommunity College of Vermont tion of evidence-based practice. and as the academic dean at Lamar Rickerby is currently a candidate Community College in Colorado. for a doctorate of philosophy in Alderman recently retired from educational leadership at Lesley the Vermont Agency of Education University in Cambridge, Mass. where from 2006 through 2015 his SchoolHack Solutions is a roles included state director of adult Vermont-based company buildeducation, state director of career ing software to provide authenand technical education, assis- tic personalized learning for all tant director of the secondary and students. Founded by educators, adult division, and director of the SchoolHack envisions a new era of secondary and adult division. While educational excellence where learnthere, Alderman promoted policy ing is meaningful, contagious and supporting personalization, flexibil- always relevant. For more infority and proficiency-based learning. mation, visit www.schoolhack.io, He played an integral role with Act email david@schoolhack.io or call 44 of 2009, Act 77 of 2013, and the 802-989-3223.

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Group wants Vt. Legislature to reform state’s alimony laws By MIKE FAHER, VTDigger.org But there is a line in the court’s BRATTLEBORO — In decision that might sum up 2011, after years of work, the Fleming’s issue with the system: Massachusetts Legislature approved “As we have repeatedly stated,” the a major overhaul of the state’s court wrote, “there are no fixed stanalimony law. There was not a single dards for determining when changed dissenting vote, “and it’s very rare circumstances exist.” that happens,” said Steve Hitner, the Fleming said his group is not man who led the effort. lobbying to abolish alimony; instead, Now, a group led by Brattleboro he wants “consistency, predictability businessman Rick Fleming is and fairness” built into the process. attempting to “There are no use that model to existing guiderevamp the Vermont “There have been lines, for the most law that regulates part, for alimony,” — or, the group some modificaFleming said. “If contends, fails to tions to the law you go to court in regulate — the ways Windham County in which men and over the years, with the same set women are ordered but a lot of this of circumstances to compensate their that someone in dates back to ex-spouses. Burlington (has), V e r m o n t when women you could have a Alimony Reform is completely differstayed home all made up of those ent outcome. And who feel they’ve the time, and we feel that you been wronged by that’s just not the should be able to go the system. But into court and have Fleming says he case today.” an understanding of wants a robust — Rick Fleming, exactly what might debate, and he’s Brattleboro businessman happen. lobbying for forma“If there were tion of a special rules and guidecommittee or task lines, we feel that force that includes judges, attorneys it would improve the Family Court and others to examine the issue. process,” he added. “We really feel that it’s imporThere’s also a sense among tant that the Legislature take a hard those in the reform movement that look at this and involve all parties,” Vermont alimony law — which Fleming said. provides for lifetime payments like It’s bound to be a sensitive topic, Fleming’s — is badly outdated. since alimony disputes involve “There have been some modifihighly personal details — from bank cations to the law over the years,” accounts to child-rearing arrange- Fleming said. “But a lot of this dates ments — and sometimes years of back to when women stayed home acrimonious negotiations between all the time, and that’s just not the former partners. case today. In many, many relationFleming is candid about his own ships, both the husband and the wife case: He has taken his court-ordered work. Yet, the alimony laws were alimony arrangement all the way to written in a time when it was like the Vermont Supreme Court, arguing that his $2,200 monthly payments are unfair and should be lowered due to changes in his personal circumstances. The court in 2013 rejected Fleming’s arguments and upheld the lower court’s alimony judgment.

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‘Leave It to Beaver.’” said. “It’s just a bad law … and the Vermont Alimony Reform has a law needs to be changed.” number of goals, including: Vermont Alimony Reform has Replacing permanent alimony posted a list of issues and goals at with shorter terms based on the its website. The site also includes length of the marriage or on special stories illustrating the arguments for circumstances. why the system should change. “We support transitional alimony, One person featured on the which is alimony for a defined website is Maureen Lynch, who period of time to allow someone went through a divorce in Caledonia to get on their feet,” Fleming said. County several years ago and has “We also support rehabilitation since moved out of state. Lynch is alimony, where if a registered nurse, someone has been but she says she’s out of the work- “I don’t blame living paycheck to force for a period the judges, and paycheck due to her of time, alimony own family obligawould be appropri- I don’t blame tions and ongoing ate to retrain them the attorneys. alimony payments — perhaps (allow) to her former them to go back to It’s just a bad spouse, who she college to develop law … and the said has retired. a new set of skills.” Along with “But we don’t law needs to be imposing financial feel, except for in changed.” pressures, Lynch extreme circumbelieves permanent — Rick Fleming alimony “prevents stances, that permanent alimony would emotional healbe appropriate just based upon the ing” — essentially ensuring that length of a marriage,” he added. a “contentious divorce goes on “And we certainly think that, if an forever.” ex-spouse cohabitates or remarries, “That’s part of the need for people that alimony should end.” to tell their stories,” Lynch said. “I • Providing guidelines to allow think legislators aren’t aware of the payers and receivers of alimony to abuses and the ways in which people prepare for retirement. “The current are suffering.” laws,” the reform group argues, “do At this point, those stories have not not allow a payer to ever retire” filtered very far into the Statehouse. because there is no guarantee that Vermont Alimony Reform held its the court will grant an alimony first meeting in November and only reduction. recently has begun reaching out to • Establishing specific guide- legislators. lines for Family Court judges in Sen. Jeanette White, D-Windham, alimony cases. That should include, said she has heard from Fleming and in Fleming’s view, standards for understands his concerns. “I think determining what constitutes a this is a real issue, and part of it is “substantial change” in a payer’s that our laws are antiquated,” she circumstances or income. “I don’t blame the judges, and I don’t blame the attorneys,” Fleming

said. White serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee and said any family law changes would start there, but there’s been no legislation introduced. Nevertheless, she speculated that language calling for formation of a special study committee or an alimony task force could be inserted into a bill sometime during this session. “I am trying to figure out if there’s a way of doing this, even at this late date,” White said. The fledgling Vermont effort has gotten some assistance from Hitner, who has been working to spread the Massachusetts reform model far and wide. “Right now, I coach people in a half-dozen states,” said Hitner, who lives in Marlborough, Mass. Changes in the 2011 Massachusetts alimony law included a new formula that ties alimony terms to the length of a marriage. There also are term limits for different classifications of alimony such as rehabilitative, reimbursement and transitional. The new Massachusetts law mandated that alimony be suspended, reduced or terminated when a recipient maintains a common household with another person for at least three months; also, alimony ends when a recipient remarries. A host of other changes is detailed at a Massachusetts group’s website. While there have been some complications leading to the need for further legislative tweaks, Hitner said he believes the hard work of an alimony reform task force ensured the Massachusetts statute was updated to reflect the present-day needs of divorced couples. “Laws have to change with the times,” Hitner said.

INVITATION TO BID TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY

CREEK ROAD SIDEWALK, ROAD RECONSTRUCTION AND DRAINANAGE IMPROVEMENTS STP SRIN (39) (Also included is a Bid Alternate/Addition No. 1 which pertains to fine grading and pavement placement for the parking areas associated with the newly constructed Recreation Center) Sealed bids from pre-qualified contractors for the “Creek Road Sidewalk, Road Reconstruction, and Drainage Improvements STP SRIN (39)” will be accepted at the office of the Town Manager, Town Offices, 94 Main Street, Middlebury, Vermont 05753 until 11:00am on March 4, 2016 and will be publicly opened and read aloud soon thereafter. Bid packet must be obtained from DuBois & King, Inc. 28 North Main Street, Randolph, VT 05060. (802) 7283376. Work for these improvements involves sidewalk construction, curbing, storm water drainage, road base reconstruction and paving. All bidders and sub-bidders must be included on the Vermont Agency of Transportation’s list of approved contractors within the appropriate category. The Town of Middlebury, Vermont reserves the right to waive any informalities in, or reject any and all bids, or to accept any bid deemed to be in the best interest of Town. – Kathleen Ramsay, Town Manager

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Special story time in Bristol. Thursday, Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Memorial Library. “Fancy Nancy” meets “Ladybug Girl” at a cupcake party. For families with preschool children; siblings welcome. Info: 453-2366 or lmlkids009@gmail.com. Blood drive in Bristol. Thursday, Feb. 18, noon-5:30 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School. Appointments: redcrossblood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS. First Folio Festival at Middlebury College. Thursday, Feb. 18, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Lobby and Museum of Art. Live performances and public reception with refreshments, in honor of the museum’s exhibition “Shakespeare’s First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare.” Info: http:// shakespeare.middlebury.edu. Addison County Beekeepers Association meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:30-8 p.m., Middlebury Ambulance Community Room, 55 Collins Drive. Renowned beekeeper Ross Conrad will demonstrated beehive building and share tips on beekeeping equipment. Hands-on. Free. Info: www. addisonbeekeepers.org. “The Dam Controversy” talk in New Haven. Thursday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m., New Haven Town Hall. The New Haven Conservation Commission’s Armchair Naturalist Speaker Series asks the question “Should some Vermont dams be removed?” Discussion preceded by a screening of the award-winning movie “DamNation.” Free.

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Caregiver Support Group in Lincoln. Friday, Feb. 19, 1-2 p.m., Lincoln Library. For anyone who is caring for another person, long distance or close by. Info: 453-2665. Lenten ﬁsh fry in Bristol. Friday, Feb. 19, 5-7

p.m., St. Ambrose Church. Seventeenth annual Lenten ﬁsh fry. All-you-can-eat meal includes fried or baked haddock, French fries, coleslaw, beverage and dessert. Adults $12.50, children 9 and under $6, immediate family of ﬁve $37. Info: 453-2488. Bria Skonberg Quintet in concert at Middlebury College. Friday, Feb. 19, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Trumpeter, vocalist and composer Skonberg’s program is an ode to Louis Armstrong, plus a mix of jazz standards and originals. Tickets $20/$15/$6, available at www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. The Matt Flinner Trio in concert in Bristol. Friday, Feb. 19, 8-10:30 p.m., Walkover Gallery and Concert Room. Part of the Walkover’s Cabin Fever Series. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Info and reservations: 802-453-3188, ext. 2.

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GMC cross-country ski outing in Goshen, weather permitting. Saturday, Feb. 20, time and meeting place TBA. Moderate 1-1/2 to 3-hour event with parts on the Catamount Trail with rolling terrain and some hills. Contact leader Ann Christie for details: achristie1026@gmail.com or 802-388-4347. More info: gmcbreadloaf.org. Rummage sale in New Haven. Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., New Haven Congregational Church. Clothing and books for sale. Info: 453-5059. “Shakespeare’s Leading Lady: A Conversation with Tina Packer” in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 20, 1-4 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Actor, director and author Tina Packer will talk about her new book, “Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare’s Plays.” Her talk will be followed at 2:30 by a free acting workshop for the cast of “Straight Up Shakespeare,” which is being performed at Middlebury College. Tickets, $10, available at the THT box ofﬁce, 382-9222, www.townhalltheater.org or at the door. “Much Ado About Nothing” screening at Middlebury College. Saturday, Feb. 20, 3 and 8 p.m., Dana Auditorium. Shakespeare’s

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Senior meal in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 11 a.m., Middlebury Recreation Center. The ﬁrst CVAA-sponsored senior luncheon in this new location. Bread Loaf VP of Architecture Chris Huston will talk about the design and construction of the new facility. A noon meal follows, featuring glazed baked ham, baked potato, baby carrots, green salad, dinner roll and apple pie with cream. Suggested donation $4. Reservations required: 1-800-642-5119, ext. 1070. Free transportation with ACTR: 802-388-1946. Garden talk in Orwell. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m., Orwell Free Library. Rebecca Maden of Singing Cedars Farmstead presents “Planning Your Garden: Choosing Varieties and Ordering Seeds.” Free. Info: 802-948-2041. Bristol Town Republican Committee potluck and meeting in Bristol. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge Hall, 4 Elm St. Fred Baser will take questions and report on what’s going on in Montpelier. Bring a dish to share. Community chorus rehearsal at Middlebury College. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m., Mead Chapel. The Middlebury College Community Chorus’ ﬁrst Tuesday rehearsal for its new season, featuring classical works by Vivaldi; lullabies from South African, Yiddish and American traditions; and new settings of poems about spring by contemporary American

composers. Open to all without audition. Info: conductor Jeff Rehbach, 989-7355.

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Blood drive in Brandon. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Brandon Medical Center, 420 Grove St. Appointments: redcrossblood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS. Storymatters meeting in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 4-5:15 p.m., Ilsley Library. The local storytelling group gathers for the theme “What Has Come In or Gone Out in My Lifetime?” Personal (humorous or deeply serious) or social change (whimsical or jolting) stories. Afternoon tea or coffee and light refreshments served. Book club meeting in Bridport. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., Bridport Town Ofﬁce. The Bridport Book Club discusses “Arthur & George,” by Julian Barnes. Info: 759-3227. “Riverwalk” slide show and talk in Lincoln. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., Lincoln Library. Sonia DeYoung shares images and stories from her six-day, 25-mile walk meeting the people who live along the New Haven River. Info: 453-2665. Blues jam in Middlebury. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main. Dennis Willmott from Left Eye Jump will provide lead guitar, bass and drums if you need backup, or take a break and let you play. Bring your instrument and get

Politics and potluck

STATE REP. FRED Baser will attend the Bristol Town Republican Committee potluck and meeting at the Masonic Lodge in Bristol on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 6:30 p.m. to take questions and report on what’s going on in Montpelier. Bring a dish to share.

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running for office in Lincoln. Info: 453-2665. Monthly book discussion in Lincoln. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m., Lincoln Library, Community Room. This month’s title: “The Thing About December” by Donal Ryan. This was a finalist for the Irish Book Awards and was the 2012 Irish Book of the Year. Info: 453-2665. “Schooling the World” screening at Middlebury College. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m., Dana Auditorium. This film examines the hidden assumption of cultural superiority behind education aid projects, which overtly aim to help children “escape” to a “better life,” despite mounting evidence of the costs of our modern consumer lifestyles. Part of the Education Studies Program’s spring film series. Free. See http://schoolingtheworld.org.

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Making headway

MIKAELA TAYLOR, LEFT, and Rebekah Irwin from the Middlebury College library’s special collections carry a large cutout of William Shakespeare’s head through downtown Middlebury recently. The head was on its way to a display in the National Bank of Middlebury to promote several events around the Mahaney Center for the Arts exhibition “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare.” Visit www.middlebury.edu/Shakespeare for a schedule of events.

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classic comedy, given a contemporary spin by director Joss Whedon in 2012. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Face Off Against Breast Cancer “Pink the Rink” event at Middlebury College. Saturday, Feb. 20, 4-8 p.m., Kenyon Arena. The Middlebury Panthers and Friends of Panther Hockey encourage hockey fans to wear pink and make a donation to the cause. Games are at 4 and 7 p.m. King Pede party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Feb. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Community Center and Town Hall. Sandwich supper followed by an evening of fun and card games. Come planning to play King Pede or bring your own favorite card game. Requested donation: $2.50. “The Solo Workshop” dance performance at Middlebury College. Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. An evening of new works exploring what “solo” means to both artist and audience. Tickets $12/$10/$6, available at www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Tina Packer’s “Women of Will” performance on stage at Middlebury College. Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m., Wright Memorial Theatre. Master actor/dramaturg Tina Packer conjures Shakespeare’s most famous female characters in a funny and ﬁerce show titled “Force and Heat: The Early Plays,” with Nigel Gore. Tickets $20/$15/$6, available at www. middlebury.edu or 802-443-3168. VPR A-Go-Go Party in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Joel Najman, host of “My Place” on VPR, will spin tunes from the ’60s, share stories and get everyone on their feet. Sixties-era costumes encouraged. Go-go dancers, club lighting and refreshments. Tickets $15, available at the THT box ofﬁce, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater. org.

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All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast in Addison. Sunday, Feb. 21, 7-11 a.m., Addison Fire Station. Plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice. Adults $6, kids under 12 $4. Funds raised will be used to purchase equipment for the Addison Volunteer Fire Department. Info: 759-2237. Champlain Valley Fiddlers meeting in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 21, noon-5 p.m., Middlebury VFW. All are welcome. Refreshments available.

Ways of Seeing discussion in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 21, 1:30-2:30 p.m., EastView at Middlebury library. Addison Independent columnist Johanna Nichols discusses her Feb. 18 Ways of Seeing column, “Mistakes.” Neighbors, Together community forum in Middlebury. Sunday, Feb. 21, 3-5 p.m., St. Stephen’s Church. This group, which has formed to address how the town can thrive and survive during the upcoming railroad bridges construction project, will meet for Forum 2: “Developing an Action Plan.” Childcare available for ages 3 and up. Repeats Feb. 25. Info: neighborstogethervt@gmail.com. Heliand Consort in concert at Middlebury College. Sunday, Feb. 21, 3 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. The ensemble presents “Distant Mirrors: Music Between the Wars, 1919-1939.” Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/ arts or 802-443-3168. Face Off Against Breast Cancer “Pink the Rink” event at Middlebury College. Sunday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m., Kenyon Arena. The Middlebury Panthers and Friends of Panther Hockey encourage hockey fans to wear pink to the game and to make a donation to the cause. Spirit in Nature annual meeting and Eco-Spirit Award presentation. Sunday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m., Ilsley Library. This year’s Eco-Spirit Award recipient is the Middlebury College Sunday Night Group for a decade of student activism. A second award will be made posthumously to Alex Wylie for her work in conserving Vermont lands. Refreshments served. Tina Packer’s “Women of Will” performance on stage at Middlebury College. Sunday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., Wright Memorial Theatre. Master actor/dramaturg Tina Packer conjures Shakespeare’s most famous female characters in a funny and ﬁerce show titled “Chaos and Redemption: The Later Plays,” with Nigel Gore. Tickets $20/$15/$6, available at www. middlebury.edu or 802-443-3168. Community chorus rehearsal at Middlebury College. Sunday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., Mead Chapel. The Middlebury College Community Chorus’ ﬁrst Sunday rehearsal for its new season, featuring classical works by Vivaldi; lullabies from South African, Yiddish and American traditions; and new settings of poems about spring by contemporary American composers. Open to all without audition. Info: conductor Jeff Rehbach, 989-7355.

Feb

MONDAY Legislative breakfast in Whiting.

Monday, Feb. 22, 7-8:45 a.m., Whiting Town Hall. Breakfast at 7, program at 7:30 a.m.

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TUESDAY

Free foot care/blood pressure clinic in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m.-noon, Russ Sholes Center. Bring your own basin and towel. Offered by ACHHH. “Books for Lunch” book discussion in Orwell. Tuesday, Feb. 23, noon, Orwell Free Library. Bring your lunch and join in on a discussion of “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls. Info: 802-948-2041. Illustrated lecture on photographer Carrie Mae Weems at Middlebury College. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Elizabeth Searcy presents “Carrie Mae Weems’ Homecraft: Controlling Images and African American Families.” Free. Info: www. middlebury.edu or 802-443-3168. Community chorus rehearsal at Middlebury College. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., Mead Chapel. The Middlebury College Community Chorus prepares for its new season. Open to all without audition. Info: conductor Jeff Rehbach, 989-7355. Milk & Honey Quilters Guild meeting in Middlebury. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., American Legion. Kevin Berno, co-owner of Quilters’ Corner at Middlebury Sew-N-Vac, will present “Preventative Sewing Machine Maintenance.” Brings questions. Show-and-tell welcome. Free to guild members, non-members $5. Info: 948-2420.

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Mid-winter crafts for kids with Betsy in Lincoln. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 3:15-4:15 p.m., Lincoln Library. Make an oversized snowman or snowﬂakes from paper. Materials provided. Sign up by Feb. 12: 453-2665 or lincolnlibraryvt@gmail.com. Chemistry demonstration at Middlebury College. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 6:30-8 p.m., McCardell Bicentennial Hall Room 216. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host a chemical demonstration for area children and adults. Arrive early as doors will close when room nears capacity. “Meet the Candidates” night in Lincoln. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m. Lincoln Library, Adult Reading Area. Mark Mulqueen will host a round-table introduction of local folks who are

THURSDAY

Neighbors, Together community forum in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m., St. Stephen’s Church. This group, which has formed to address how the town can thrive and survive during the upcoming railroad bridges construction project, will meet for Forum 2: “Developing an Action Plan.” Info: neighborstogethervt@gmail.com. Black & White Cabaret in Vergennes. Thursday, Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m., Vergennes Union High School middle-school gymnasium. Beautiful music will be performed by student soloists and combos, the Commodore Jazz Ensemble and the Commodore Singers. Desserts and beverages will be served. Suggested donation $5. Proceeds beneﬁt Music Department scholarships. Maiden Vermont guest night in Salisbury. Thursday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Salisbury Community School. The popular women’s barbershop chorus invites women who like to sing, can sing on pitch and can carry a part to meet, mingle and rehearse with the singers. Info: 388-1012 or www.maidenvermont.com. Singer/songwriter Amy Speace in concert in Middlebury. Thursday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Speace, who was discovered by Judy Collins in 2005, has released several albums. Her song series “How to Sleep in a Stormy Boat” won four stars from Mojo magazine and was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Tickets $20, available at the THT box ofﬁce, 382-9222, www. townhalltheater.org or at the door.

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“The Opulence of Integrity” dance performance in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Christal Brown’s four-movement, evening-length dance work inspired by Muhammad Ali’s career as a boxer and his life as a social activist, public martyr and human being. Tickets $20 adults, $15 students. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Also on Feb. 27.

LIVEMUSIC The Band SuGaR in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 19, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main. Bob Gagnon Trio in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 20, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main. Toast in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 20, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern. Jeff Salisbury Band in Middlebury. Friday, Feb. 26, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main. The Band Rowan in Middlebury. Saturday, Feb. 27, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main.

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Stonecutter Spirits Tasting Tuesday, Feb 16 | 5- 8pm Sivan Cotel and Sas Stewart cofounders will be here! Not a fan of gin? I bet this team will inspire you to try something new. Stonecutter Spirits proudly combines barreling techniques from around the world to age their gin and whiskey right here in Middlebury Vermont.

Blues Jam Wednesday, Feb 17 | 8-10pm Join us every third Wednesday for Blues James. Dennis Willmont from Left Eye Jump will provide lead guitar, bass, and drums and these guys will back you up or take a break and let you play. All musicians and blues fans are welcome! Everyone will get a chance to play.

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Shows deconstruct Shakespeare’s female characters Master actor/dramaturg Then, at 7 p.m. on SunTina Packer will deconday, they will present struct and conjure Wil“Chaos and Redempliam Shakespeare’s most tion: The Later Plays.” famous female characters Both performances will in two funny and fierce be at Middlebury Colshows, parts 1 and 2 of by Greg Pahl lege’s Wright Memorial her work “Women of Theatre. Packer will sign Will,” for the Middlebury copies of her 2015 book College Performing Arts “Women of Will” after Series. At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Packer each performance. “Women of Will” is the masterand costar Nigel Gore will perform “Force and Heat: The Early Plays.” ful summation of Packer’s 40-plus

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The Band Sugar Friday, Feb 19 | 8-10pm The Band SuGar bring you back to the heart of music. An original eclectic group that modernizes the nostalgia of juke-joint blues and American lyrics, that mixes their original works with a truly unique take on timeless treasures.

Bob Gagnon Trio Saturday, Feb 20 | 8:30-10:30pm Led by Vermont-born jazz guitarist Bob Gagnon, this trio plays funky jazz inspired by Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt and Ahmad Jamal.

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years spent investigating all things Shakespeare. Through a combination of riveting scenes and trenchant analysis, Packer explores themes of love, loss, freedom, control, violence and power through the heroines of Shakespeare’s text. This engagement is part of a cooperative venture with Town Hall Theater (THT). In addition to the performances at the college, Packer will also host two events at THT: a conversation and book signing on

Saturday at 1 p.m. (tickets: $10), and an open workshop for actors from “Straight Up Shakespeare” at 2:30 p.m. (observers welcome). More information at 388-1436 or townhalltheater.org. All of these events are part of a month-long celebration of the life and works of William Shakespeare, given in conjunction with the exhibition “First Folio! The Book that Gave us Shakespeare,” on view now through Feb. 28 at the Middlebury College Museum of Art (opening reception at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday). Tickets for “Women of Will” are $20 for the general public. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 443-6433 or go to middlebury. edu/arts. BRIA SKONBERG QUINTET Bria Skonberg will perform in Robison Hall (the concert hall) at Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. on Friday. She will lead her quintet in a dynamic program including an ode to Louis Armstrong, plus a mix of jazz standards and her own original works. A specialist in classic American hot jazz, Skonberg expands the vocabulary and traditions of jazz legends Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet with worldly rhythms and modern jazz variance. Her U.S. debut album “So Is the Day” peaked at number seven on the National Jazz Charts, and featured original compositions and New Orleans-inspired stylistic fusions. Skonberg has won the praise of critics from coast to coast. “Bria Skonberg looks like a Scandinavian angel (or Thor’s girlfriend), plays (See Arts Beat, Page 11)

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Arts Beat (Continued from Page 10) trumpet like a red hot devil, and sings like a dream. Her new album, ‘So Is the Day’ reveals that she’s also a very capable bandleader and composer,” says Will Friedwald in the Wall Street Journal. Tickets are $20 for the general public. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call 443-6433 or go to middlebury.edu/arts. ’60S DANCE PARTY AT THT Joel Najman, host of the popular “My Place” program on VPR, got his start several decades ago at a small radio station in Middlebury. Najman returns to his roots at 8 p.m. on Saturday, when he hosts the VPR A-Go-Go Party at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater. Najman will be spinning tunes from the ’60s, sharing stories, and getting everyone on their feet. Guests are invited to come shimmy, shake, rattle and roll the winter blues away. Sixties-era costumes are encouraged but not required. Other highlights include go-go dancers courtesy of the students of Fusion 802, club lighting by David Wolfe, and refreshments provided by Town Hall Theater. People can expect their favorite ’60s tunes and Najman’s encyclopedic knowledge of the ’60s artists and their records. His show “My Place” weaves musicology, anthropology, sociology, and even psychology among the music of the ’50s and ’60s, creating a snapshot of life at that time. Tickets are $15, available in person at the THT box office MondaySaturday, noon to 5 p.m. or an hour

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before the show. Tickets are also available online at townhalltheater. org or by calling 382-9222. MATT FLINNER TRIO The Cabin Fever Series presents The Matt Flinner Trio in concert on Friday, at 8 p.m. in the Walkover Gallery and Concert Room, 15 Main Street in Bristol. Sonically founded in bluegrass, jazz and American acoustic music, the virtuosic collaboration between mandolinist Matt Flinner, guitarist Ross Martin and bassist Eric Thorin is a finely tuned compositional machine. Over the last eight years, the trio has been writing new music the day of any given show and performing it as part of that night’s concert. The resulting push to constantly create new material and challenge themselves to find new sounds and textures has led the trio to a unique sound all their own, and has also stretched the boundaries of what a bluegrass trio can do. Now with over 400 tunes in their repertoire, the trio has just released “Traveling Roots” on Compass Records. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For information and reservations call 453-3188, ext. 2. THE HELIAND CONSORT There will be a performance, “Distant Mirrors-Music between the Wars, 1918-1939,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday in Robison Hall (the concert hall) in Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts. The Heliand Consort presents music from the interwar period includ(See Beat, Page 13)

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Beat (Continued from Page 11) ing novelty piano, French impressionism, the American songbook and Poulenc’s spectacular Sextet for Piano and Winds. This vibrantly creative program captures the dramatic contrasts of the period from the heights of the Roaring ’20s to the depths of the Depression. This will be a dynamic evening of chamber music with Vermont’s own piano and woodwind ensemble. There will be a pre-concert talk by Rebecca Mitchell, assistant professor of History at Middlebury College, at 2:30 p.m. Her special interest is the intersection of music, poetics and identity in history. It’s free and the public is welcome. LIVE MUSIC AT 51 MAIN There will be three live musical events this week at Middlebury’s 51 Main. At 8 p.m. on Wednesday, the 51 Main Blues Jam continues. Dennis Willmott from Left Eye Jump will provide lead guitar, bass, and drums and these guys will back you up or take a break and let you play. All musicians and blues fans are welcome. Then, at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, the Band SuGaR will take to the stage. An original eclectic group that modernizes the nostalgia of juke-joint blues and Americana lyrics that mixes their original works with a truly unique take on timeless treasures.

Finally, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, the Bob Gagnon Trio will perform. Led by Vermont-born jazz guitarist Bob Gagnon, this trio plays funky jazz inspired by Charlie Parker, Django Reinhardt and Ahmad Jamal. All ages, no cover. For additional information visit www.go51main. com or phone 388-8209. DANCE WORKSHOP The Solo Workshop, in collaboration with the UVM Lane Series, presents its fifth evening of new works, at 8 p.m. on Saturday in the dance theater of Middlebury College’s Mahaney Center for the Arts, continuing an exploration of what “solo” means to both artist and audience. To explore the collaborative, creative process, The Solo Workshop brings together five University of Vermont artists and five Middlebury College artists to form pairs of choreographer-dancers and composer-musicians. Each twosome creates and performs a new piece, investigating the rich history and possibilities of the interaction of music and dance. The five new works are enhanced by lighting design and innovative use of the dance theater space. Tickets are $12 for the general public. For more information, visit middlebury.edu/arts or call 4433168.

INT’L FILM SERIES The exciting 2015-2016 Hirschfield International Film Series continues on Saturday at Middlebury College with the 2012 U.S. film, “Much Ado About Nothing,” directed by Joss Whedon. Shakespeare’s classic comedy is given a contemporary spin by director Joss Whedon. Shot in just 12 days, the story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick offers a dark, sexy and occasionally absurd view

of the intricate game that is love. The film will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN There will be two live performances this week at Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury. Join Two Brothers every Wednesday at 9 p.m. for The Open Mic, an evening of music, comedy, or anything else, al-

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oak trim, and hard walls of old plaster, makes for a lively sound that carries clarity and nuance. Musicians are free to perform entirely acoustically and this enables them to create their best work. Folks enjoy attending concerts in the concert room, which feels like a large living room. In the relaxed atmosphere it is easy to socialize and to interact with the musicians. The room lends itself to listening and this experience of attentiveness is felt by musicians and audiences alike, and elevates the live acoustic experience. On a cold winter’s evening the large arching window of the historic building fogs up with the breath of the musicians and audience. Sometimes the room erupts with harmony when the audience sings along spontaneously or by invitation and on these occasions, the musicians say they are very surprised by how good the audience sounds. The revival of the series is due to the efforts of a small group of folks in Bristol who appreciate high-quality music in a local and intimate venue. Karen Lueders, an attorney who has studied and performed classical piano, began hosting concerts in the venue in 2004. Rick Ceballos, proclaimed the “music mayor” of Bristol by music radio host Robert Resnik, gathered the group together and reenergized the effort. Says Ceballos, “When you have

a group of people passionate about music, a sweet acoustic venue to present it in, and lots of stellar musicians wanting to play there, it’s hard to pass up the opportunity.” The WalkOver series, which predated many others in the Addison County area, is scheduled carefully so as not to conflict with the longstanding Ripton Coffee House on the first Saturday of every month and the more recent Burnham Hall performances in Lincoln on the second Saturday of every month. Says Mary Barnett, a member of the group: “Addison County has a really active performance scene. We can maximize the choices for audiences and full rooms for musicians if presenters keep in mind offerings in the area and avoid double booking. I don’t want to miss anything!” The first concert, on Friday, Jan. 22, was a performance of original arrangements of classical dances, by husband and wife duo Jeremiah McLane on accordion and pianist Annemieke McLane. The duo told the audience the story of meeting at the WalkOver concert room five years ago. Still coming: on Friday, Feb. 19, the nationally known Nashvillebased Matt Flinner Trio; on Saturday, March 19, Charlotte, Vt.-based French-American singer/songwriter Francesca Blanchard; and on Saturday, April 30, Canada-based musicians, Pascal Gemme, Yann Falquet and Keith Murphy.

Discuss school consolidation in Bridport BRIDPORT — The Bridport Central School board will host two community forums to explain the school governance consolidation proposal on which residents will vote on Town Meeting Day.

The first is on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridport Town Shed. The second is on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. at the Bridport Community Center/Town Hall.

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Middlebury system a success. (Continued from Page 1) “We think it’s a fiber-to-home nomic development. Dave Silberman, a Middlebury network, a fiber network across the resident who telecommutes to his footprint of the ACSU, connected job as a financial services company to the schools,” Gaucher said of the executive in California, understands suspected best fit for Middlebury. the need for a high-speed Internet The schools would make up a “core ring” of the system, with off-shoot connection. Many professionals need to send connections to local businesses and and receive large data sets and files homes, he theorized. It would have in real time, Silberman explained. A to be an affordable gigabit network, solid broadband service is also es- he added, with a faster system offering quicker downloads sential to video conferencof large files that are often ing and web meetings, he “We are shared between businesses. noted. talking The ACSU is made up “You can’t do that on a 1,000 of the towns of Bridport, slow connection,” SilberCornwall, Middlebury, man said. “You’d lose pro- megabits ductivity and end up being per second, Ripton, Salisbury, Shorefrustrated instead of being state-of-the- ham and Weybridge. “We are talking 1,000 able to do your work.” art.” Jamie Gaucher, execu— Jamie megabits per second, tive director of the MidGaucher state-of-the-art,” Gaucher said. dlebury Business DevelAll of this would come at a signifiopment Fund, is spearheading the so-called “fiber-to-home” project. cant price and a buy-in from customGaucher has been charged with at- ers (who Gaucher called user-investracting new businesses to Middle- tors) who could pay off the capital bury and helping existing ones grow. expenses through their service bills, He believes that offering more so- Gaucher acknowledged. We are phisticated broadband infrastructure talking about buried and aerial fiber in the Middlebury area would serve optic cable throughout an expansive as a magnet for businesses and tele- geographic area. But once the multicommuters who need greater band- million-dollar project debt is retired, width and faster network speed than the system’s operating costs would remain relatively inexpensive and is currently available. “State-of-the-art infrastructure, stable, according to Gaucher. Usersuch as good roads and excellent schools, attracts businesses to a community and/or region,” Gaucher said during a recent pitch to the Middlebury selectboard. “In today’s world, this also includes access to highspeed Internet or broadband. With more and more commerce taking place online, access to broadband can level the playing field between rural and non-rural communities when it comes to economic development. Unfortunately, the greater community of Middlebury lags behind many parts of the world, other parts of the United States and other municipalities in Vermont when it comes to access to this important utility.” Selectboard members agreed, and gave Gaucher permission to use $50,000 in Business Development Fund resources to hire Montpelierbased Tilson, a professional services and network construction company, to help Middlebury determine how it could boost its telecommunications infrastructure to woo more knowledge-based jobs. Tilson’s services, according to Gaucher, include helping communities sort out the financing, operation and strategic planning for deploying “next-generation” telecommunications networks. In his pitch to the selectboard, Gaucher said Tilson would be expected to deliver a report showing, among other things, how Middlebury and its wider region could achieve a “best-in-class” fiber broadband infrastructure, construct business models that identify specific conditions for success, and explain how the necessary capital and user commitments could be secured to make the beefed-up telecommunications

investors who move out of the area could sell their shares in the system to others. “We are approaching it as a cooperative,” Gaucher said. Building a solid cooperative would be key to getting such a project off the ground, according to Chris Campbell, former executive director of the Vermont Telecommunications Authority and the Tilson executive who will be handling Middlebury’s broadband study. The ACSU towns do not afford many of the economy-of-scale opportunities present in urban areas. “The existence of a fiber optic network like this will be contingent on the level of demand and community support,” Campbell said. Such a system is not likely to become antiquated, according to Gaucher. “Fiber networks are future-proof,” he said. “There’s nothing faster than a fiber network. It really is an investment in infrastructure today for the next generation.” Plans call for Campbell to complete his Middlebury broadband report by early this spring. Gaucher believes establishing “best-in-class” fiber broadband infrastructure will give the Middlebury area an additional calling card when wooing businesses. “For companies evaluating a

MIDDLEBURY RESIDENT DAVE Silberman telecommutes to his job as an attorney for a financial services company in California and knows firsthand the importance of high-speed Internet connectivity. The town of Middlebury is working to develop a state-of-the-art broadband telecommunications system. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

move to Middlebury, this would be a huge component in attracting them,” Gaucher said. Meanwhile, Silberman, the Middlebury telecommuter, currently receives what he called “adequate” broadband capacity through Comcast. But he believes more sophisticated telecommunications services would be a great asset to him and other businesspeople. He recalled moving to the area in 2013 when his spouse landed a position at Middlebury College. The family had to ensure that Dave had access

to adequate facilities for his regular telecommute to work. “We had to draw circles around areas and say, ‘these are the only placed we can look,’” Silberman said of the limited areas with sufficient broadband capacity. “Entire communities were not available to us. That included all of Bridport, almost all of Shoreham, most of Cornwall, most of Weybridge and half of Middlebury. We were very limited in where we could go.” Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Tiger boys upend VUHS with last second trey

By ANDY KIRKALDY champion Rice (17-3). VERGENNES — When asked, Middlebury Union It also meant a win at rival VUHS, which had defeated High School senior Ryan Miller said he had hit plenty of the Tigers at MUHS earlier this winter. buzzer-beating, game-winning shots before Friday night “Our final regular season game of the year, to come in the Vergennes gym, when his three-pointer with four here and get a win was big for us,” Miller said. seconds to go lifted the Tigers to a 38-37 victory over The Commodores, meanwhile, finished with three the Commodores. straight home losses to stand at 8-12. Quinn said the But Miller said those all came in his imagination. Tigers played well defensively in their 3-2 zone, mak“Maybe in the driveway at home counting it difficult for the Commodores to feed ing down the clock, but in a game situation their post players. But he was not happy that was the first time,” he said. his team failed to follow the game plan of “It was the With the Tigers team down by 37-35 being patient and working the ball inside. biggest shot with 9.6 seconds to go, Coach Kyle Lussier Instead, the Commodores attempted 22 I’ve hit in my drew up the play for Miller, who doesn’t three-pointers and made just three. career by start but is the Tigers’ best long-range op“It was senior night, with a lot of emotion — back on Jan. 23 he sank four fourthtion in the house, but it didn’t translate into far. It was quarter three-pointers to help MUHS degood basketball,” Quinn said. “Middlebury an exciting feat Milton. did a nice job with their zone. We were so moment, and The Tigers inbounded to point guard impatient attacking it. We, again, at our something I’ll Nick Holmes near midcourt, and he drove worst, settle for threes and just fire three toward the left side of the lane and dished after three. And if we don’t fix that, we’re never forget.” to Miller on the left flank. Miller was ready, going to have one more game left.” telling himself, “Just have confidence. I’ve Neither team gained any offensive trac— Ryan Miller been hitting in practice.” tion in the first quarter, which ended with His high-arching shot caught some rim, MUHS up, 8-6. Junior guard Dylan Bradbut rattled in, leaving VUHS Coach Peter ford and senior forward Josh Dam gave Quinn to call time with 3.2 seconds to go. The Commo- VUHS some life in the second period, combining for dores managed to advance the ball into the front court, 11 points as the Commodores moved to a 21-17 halfbut a desperation shot went astray, making the driveway time lead. Holmes scored six points and senior center dream a reality. Jonathan Fitzcharles had five to keep MUHS close in “It’s pretty crazy right now. It’s just kind of unreal,” the half. Miller said. “It was the biggest shot I’ve hit in my career MUHS cut the lead to one, 21-20, three minutes into by far. It was an exciting moment, and something I’ll the third period when Holmes fed junior guard Pierson never forget.” Beatty in transition. Two free throws by junior guard The Tigers finished with three wins in their final four Adam Gill at 4:17 broke the VUHS drought. Then Gill games and a 6-13 record, which will apparently earn scored on the break, and two free throws by senior Josh (See Basketball, Page 17) them the No. 15 seed and a date with No. 2 defending

TIGER SENIOR JONATHAN Fitzcharles is sandwiched by Vergennes Union High School defenders Josh Dam, left, and Tyler Kepes Friday night. Middlebury won the game, 38-37. Photo by Kelly Trayah

Tiger girls’ hockey shuts down Comets

TIGER JUNIOR MONROE Cromis keeps her eye on a rolling puck in front of the BFA-St. Albans goal Saturday night in Middlebury. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The first time the Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team played BFA-St. Albans this season, the Tigers allowed 25 shots and six goals in a road loss. That was on Dec. 16. On Saturday, the Tigers put the clamps on the Comets, allowing just seven shots in a 4-2 victory that appears to have clinched second place in Division I for MUHS, which improved to 133-2 with the win vs. third-place BFA (10-8-1, with four losses outside Vermont). “We have amazing defenders,” said junior tri-captain Julia Carone, who scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period. “I think tonight we knew we had to be defensively minded, and it paid off.” Coach Matt Brush said the strong work carried over from the third period of another important win, 3-1 at Rutland (13-4-1) on Wednesday,

when the Tigers scored twice in the final 15 minutes to snap a 1-1 tie. “We’ve made an effort in the last couple of weeks to get back to some of our basic defensive positioning, play our system the way we’re supposed to, and those efforts were shown tonight,” Brush said. There remains some uncertainty about the standings, which are not correct on the Vermont Principals’ Association website. Only league games count toward D-I playoff seeds, but the Tigers appear to have locked down the No. 2 spot, with Monday’s home game vs. Northfield not counting toward the standings because the teams have already played twice. The VPA will announce seeds on Thursday. Defending champion Essex looks like the No. 1 seed with two league losses heading into a game at BFA on Wednesday. The Tigers have three league losses and a tie, while BFA already has four losses and (See Hockey, Page 18)

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 2/10 MUHS vs. Rutland........................3-1 2/13 MUHS vs. St. Albans....................4-2 Boys’ Hockey 2/13 MUHS vs. Harwood............. 3-2 (OT) Boys’ Basketball 2/12 Fair Haven vs. OV....................53-52 2/12 Milton vs. Mt. Abe.....................61-43 2/12 MUHS vs. VUHS......................38-37 Girls’ Basketball 2/11 Mt. Abe vs. Colchester.... 60-52 (OT) 2/11 VUHS vs. Missisquoi................51-39 2/11 MUHS vs. Mt. Mansfield...........59-39 2/12 Mill River vs. OV.......................42-30 COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 2/11 Williams vs. Midd................. 5-4 (OT) 2/12 Williams vs. Midd.........................3-2 Women’s Hockey 2/12 Midd. vs. Colby.............................2-1 2/13 Midd. vs. Colby.............................1-0 Women’s Basketball 2/12 Amherst vs. Midd......................77-24 2/13 Trinity vs. Midd. .......................77-48 Men’s Basketball 2/12 Amherst vs. Midd......................83-70 2/13 Trinity vs. Midd. .......................97-86

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey 2/15 Northfield at MUHS.................5 p.m. 2/18 ..........................Pairings Announced Boys’ Hockey 2/17 MUHS at Mt. Mansfield......6:15 p.m. 2/18 ..........................Pairings Announced Boys’ Basketball 2/15 ..........................Pairings Announced Girls’ Basketball 2/15 Mt. Abe at MUHS....................7 p.m. 2/15 VUHS at Colchester................7 p.m. 2/16 Fair Haven at OV....................7 p.m. 2/18 Mt. Abe at VUHS.....................7 p.m. 2/18 MUHS at North Country..........7 p.m. 2/19 OV at Windsor.........................7 p.m. Wrestling 2/26&27................State Meet at Mill River Gymnastics 2/20 State Meet at Essex................2 p.m. COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey 2/20 Hamilton at Midd.....................4 p.m. 2/21 Amherst at Midd......................4 p.m. Women’s Hockey 2/19 Midd. at Williams......................7 p.m 2/20 Williams at Midd. ....................7 p.m. Women’s Basketball 2/16 Midd. at Colby-Sawyer............7 p.m. 2/20 NESCAC Quarterfinal................TBD Men’s Basketball 2/20 NESCAC Quarterfinal at Midd....TBD Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

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LaRose nets 400th as Eagles win in OT

By ANDY KIRKALDY BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Union High School girls’ basketball team won its fourth straight game — and gave Coach Connie LaRose her 400th girls’ basketball victory — on Thursday, 60-52 over visiting Colchester. LaRose’s 400th win came almost exactly six years after her 300th win in February 2010. Her victories piled up quickly in the intervening years, in which the Eagles made four consecutive trips to the Division II finals between 2011 and 2014. The Eagles won championships in those final two years, finishing at 23-1 in 2013 and 19-4 in 2014 and earning LaRose the second and third titles in her tenure at Mount Abe, which began in 1991. The Eagles also won the D-II title in 1997. In the four-year stretch ending in 2014, the Eagles averaged 19.5 wins. LaRose said knew she might be close to 400, but that husband Ron LaRose is the family statistician, and he did not clue her in. She did not realize until game time on Thursday, when one of her daughters-in-law let the news slip, that she was on the threshold of the milestone. “I had no clue. I never check it. The only one who keeps track of that is Ron,” LaRose said. “I figured he would tell me when I was close, but he never did.” She said her athletes were responsible for her record.

“I look at it like I have 400 wins worth of great players who got those wins,” LaRose said. “I can’t go out there and bounce the ball and play defense and get those rebounds and put it in. Those are young kids who have to do that it. And that’s where the credit should go.” And she praised her current Eagles, a young team that is gelling down the stretch. “They’re figuring some things out,” LaRose said. The Eagles led by 12 in the third, but saw the D-I Lakers (10-8) come back to take a seven-point lead in the fourth. Then the Eagles rallied to take a two-point lead, but a turnover with seconds to go allowed Colchester to tie the game at 47-47. LaRose said she was pleased the Eagles did not allow the miscue to rattle them. In overtime they outscored the Lakers by 11-5, with points from Emma Carter, Olivia Young, Emma LaRose and Jessie McKean. Carter finished with a career-high 32 points, Abby Mansfield and Young scored seven each, and LaRose and McKean chipped in six each. Now, LaRose said, it’s even possible her team, which stands at 8-10 after a 1-8 start headed into games at Middlebury and Vergennes this week, could make some noise in the D-II playoffs. “We’re learning to manage the clock and learning to manage the game a little better,” she said.

Basketball (Continued from Page 16B) Lorrain made it 27-20 at 0:34. Senior Tiger guard Jack Hounchell, who provided the Tigers with a consistent spark off the bench, finished the third quarter by driving for a three-point play and opened the fourth by assisting junior forward Trey Kaufmann. At 6:40, Holmes hit a three, and MUHS led, 28-27. Dam answered with a three, but VUHS did not score for the next four minutes. In the meantime, a Kaufmann jumper at 3:30 tied the game, at two Holmes free throws at 2:33 made it 32-30, MUHS. Dam scored in transition from Gill at 2:25 to tie the game again, and a Fitzcharles free throw at 2:15 made it 33-32. Two Dam free throws at 1:12 made it 34-33, but at 0:22 Holmes drove and dished to Fitzcharles for a tough hoop in traffic, and MUHS led. Bradford drove for a three-point play at 12.7 for yet another lead change, but then Miller’s driveway dream came true for the Tigers. Holmes finished with 11 points and three assists, Fitzcharles had nine points and helped the Tigers hold their own on the boards, and Hounchell added five. Dam paced VUHS with 13 points and 10 boards, Bradford scored eight, and Gill scored seven with four assists. VUHS also allowed injured senior Aaron Gaines, out with a knee

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Tiger gymnasts defeat Milton MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School gymnastics team on Wednesday defeated visiting Milton, 120.7-115.85, in its last regular-season meet. The Tigers will wrap up their winter on Saturday afternoon, when they will participate in the state championship meet at Essex High School. On this past Wednesday, Emily Laframboise was a double winner for the Tigers, claiming the victory in the vault and in the all-around competition, in which she edged out teammate Ada Anderson. For scoring purposes, Laframboise also placed first in the floor exercise, although Mount Abraham independent Abby Perlee prevailed in that event. Aly Chione won on the bars for MUHS.

The top four finishers in each event were: • VAULT: 1. Laframboise (MUHS), 8.25; 2. Anderson (MUHS) and Perlee (Mt. Abe), 8.0; 4. Carmen Shappy (Milt), 7.9. • BARS: 1. Chione (MUHS), 6.9; 2. Lian McGarry (MUHS), 6.7; 3. Laframboise and Megan Brady (Milt), 6.6. • BEAM: 1. Carlie Reen (Milt), 8.5; 2. Anderson, 8.45; 3. McGarry, 8.4; 4. Anna Buteau, (MUHS), 8.35. • FLOOR: 1. Perlee, 8.0; 2. Laframboise, 7.9; 3. Anderson, 7.45; 4. Cierra Jarvis (Milt), 7.4. • ALL-AROUND: 1. Laframboise, 30.9; 2. Anderson, 30.4; 3. Perlee, 30.25; 4. Jarvis, 28.65.

Boys’ hockey prevails in OT MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team on Saturday defeated visiting Harwood, 3-2, in overtime to improve to 13-4-1 and stretch their unbeaten string to seven games. The Tigers will conclude their regular season on Wednesday at Mount Mansfield, and the Vermont Principals’ Association will release Division II playoff pairings on Thursday. MUHS is currently in third place behind Woodstock (15-1-1) and U-32 (15-2-1), but moved ahead of Stowe (14-5) by winning twice last week while the Raiders split a pair of games. The Tigers appear already to have earned home ice through the

quarterfinal round, but need help to earn a home semifinal. On Saturday, Harwood (8-10-1) forced overtime when Connor Cameron scored a power-play goal with seven seconds left in regulation. Then Tyler Crowningshield scored seven seconds into overtime to give MUHS the victory. Also scoring for the Tigers were Jerry Niemo and Erik Sherman. Andrew Gleason assisted two scores, and Crowningshield also helped set up a goal. Tiger goalie Sawyer Ryan stopped 14 shot, while the Highlanders goalie Dean Touchette made 17 saves.

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injury, to start the game and earn an ovation from the big crowd. VUHS will probably draw No. 6 Enosburg (14-6), which has fared better vs. common foes. Quinn said the Commodores will have to play with more discipline. “It’s still a team with a lot of talent,” he said. “But talent doesn’t get you victories.”

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Hockey (Continued from Page 16B) Rutland has four losses and a tie. Brush will wait until the seeds are official, and it is possible that teams might have earned more points for away wins. “Until they announce it, I’ll reserve any judgment,” Brush said. “But we’ll at least have a home quarterfinal.” Regardless, Saturday’s win meant a lot to MUHS: No member of the Tigers had ever defeated the Comets. “Since we’ve beaten them, it’s time for playoffs,” Carone said. “Now since we have the energy of beating them, we can beat anyone.” On Wednesday, MUHS goalie Katie Billings made 28 saves to backbone the Tigers’ 3-1 win at Rutland (13-5-1). The Raiders’ Megan Hamilton opened the scoring in the second period before Andi Boe, from Monroe Cromis, made it 1-1 entering the third. In the third, Carone set up both the game-winner by Cromis and Boe’s insurance goal, with Satchel McLaughlin also assisting Cromis’ goal. Goalie Kelsey Eddy made 13 saves for the Raiders. On Saturday, the Tigers earned more territory than the Comets in the first period, but had only one good scoring chance, about six minutes in. BFA goalie Gabbi Metz (11

saves) made the initial stop on Boe, and then denied a Cromis backhander from the slot on the rebound. Tiger backs Tajah Marsden, Abby Gleason, McLaughlin and Molly Wetmore were solid from start to finish on Saturday, except for about two minutes late in the first period, when they found it difficult to clear their zone against the BFA forecheck. Goalie Rowan Hendy (five saves) twice covered the puck, but one turnover was out of her reach, and Peyton Dukas backhanded it in from about eight feet way to give BFA the lead at 13:11. In the second, the Tigers regrouped and allowed just one shot on goal even with BFA being awarded a power play. Finally, their edge in play paid off at 13:22. Boe fed Cromis behind the net, and Cromis circled from left to right before sending the puck back to Boe, who one-timed the puck inside the left post. Then the Tigers took charge early in the third. Carone’s goal started with a strong diagonal rush by Marsden from center ice to the bottom of the left circle. Metz stopped that bid, but the Tigers stormed the net. Cromis fired, and Metz denied her, but Carone was next in line and shoved the puck home at 1:00. Just 1:35 later, it was 3-1. Mars-

den broke up a play on the right side of the BFA blue line and sent Helen Anderson down the middle. Anderson used a defender as a screen and picked the near side with a 20-foot wrister. Less than a minute later, the Tigers went on a power play, and Boe’s shot from the right circle banked in off a defender in the slot at 11:02. The Tigers had scored three times on five shots in 3:58 to take a 4-1 lead after scoring once in the first 30 minutes on 10 shots. BFA’s Elena Brigham added the final score on solo rush at 10:18. Carone said the Tigers re-emphasized net presence in between the second and third periods. “We’ve been talking about crashing the net, just crashing and crashing, and screening the goalies,” Carone said. “And I think having all that pressure in front of the net really benefitted us.” Brush said the Tigers fulfilled the game plan — play defense, and cash in on their chances. “Sometimes, when you play defensively, you give up on some other things,” Brush said. “But you have to pick your moments. And I thought we picked our moments well at times tonight. When we had opportunities, we took advantage of them.”

MCTV SCHEDULE Channels 15 & 16 MCTV Channel 15 Tuesday, Feb. 16 4 a.m. Neighbors, Together 6 a.m. Legislative Breakfast 7:30 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 8 a.m. Congregational Church Service 9:30 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 10 a.m. Selectboard 12:15 p.m. Legislative Breakfast, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 5:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 7 p.m. Selectboard 10 p.m. Legislative Breakfast, Public Affairs Wednesday, Feb. 17 5 a.m. Legislative Breakfast, Public Affairs 7:30 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 9 a.m. Lifelines 9:30 a.m. Eckankar 10 a.m. Selectboard; Neighbors, Together 4 p.m. Legislative Breakfast 5:30 p.m. Las Promesas de Dios 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:30 p.m. Selectboard 10 p.m. Eckankar 10:30 p.m. Legislative Breakfast, Public Affairs Thursday, Feb. 18 5 a.m. Green Mountain Veterans for Peace 6 a.m. Neighbors, Together; Public Affairs 9:30 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 10 a.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 10:30 a.m. Legislative Breakfast Noon Selectboard, Public Affairs 5 p.m. Eckankar 5:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 6:15 p.m. Addiction Help VT 7 p.m. Development Review Board (DRB), Public Affairs Friday, Feb. 19 5 a.m. Boot Camp 5:30 a.m. Selectboard 9 a.m. Las Promesas de Dios 9:30 a.m. Addiction Help VT 10 a.m. Selectboard, Public Affairs 4 p.m. Memorial Baptist Church Service 5:30 p.m. Rep. Betty Nuovo 6 p.m. Community Bulletin Board

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Local hoop: Eagle and Tiger girls nab wins ADDISON COUNTY — In local high school basketball play late last week, the Vergennes and Middlebury girls posted wins, while both Otter Valley teams and the Mount Abraham boys came up short. The Mount Abraham girls also saw action, while the Vergennes boys hosted MUHS; see stories. VUHS GIRLS The Commodores snapped a sixgame losing skid with a 51-39 victory over visiting Missisquoi. The third quarter proved to be decisive: VUHS outscored MVU, 16-5, to put the game out of reach. Nikki Salley’s 10 points and 10 boards paced VUHS, and Shay Pouliot chipped in nine points as VUHS improved to 7-11 with games at Colchester on Tuesday and home vs. Mount Abe on Thursday left on the regular season slate. MUHS GIRLS The Tiger girls posted a big win over visiting Mount Mansfield, 5939, to even their record at 9-9 with two games to go, home at Mount Abe on Monday and at North Country on Thursday. Keagan Dunbar hit five of six three-point attempts and finished with 25 points to lead MUHS, and Payton Buxton chipped in with 15 against the 7-11 Cougars. OV GIRLS On Friday, defending D-II cham-

pion Mill River (14-4) held the Otters to seven first-half points in a 42-30 victory. Amy Jones scored 16 points to lead the 7-11 Otters, who wrap up by hosting Fair Haven on Tuesday and playing at Windsor on Friday. OV BOYS The OV boys finished their regular season with a strong effort at Fair Haven, but lost, 53-52, when Slater freshman Cameron Coloutti grabbed an offensive board, dribbled behind the three-point line and sank the game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer. Coloutti scored 20 to lead Fair Haven, and Darren Brown added 12. The Slaters finished at 137, good enough for the No. 4 seed in D-II. OV, which had lost to the Slaters by 71-34 on Jan. 28, received 20 points from Derek Aines and 10 from Josh Letourneau. The Otters will enter the playoffs at 4-16. They will almost certainly earn the No. 15 seed and play at No. 2 Lyndon. EAGLE BOYS On Friday, host Milton outscored the Eagles by 24-8 in the second quarter on the way to a 61-43 victory. The Eagles finished at 0-20, but will edge out 0-20 Springfield for the No. 16 seed in D-II by virtue of strength of schedule. They have earned a matchup with No. 1 U-32.

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6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 a.m. School Board Meetings 10 a.m. Vermont Board of Education 2:30 p.m. ID-4 Board 4 p.m. The Story Matters 4:30 p.m. Growing Bright Futures 5 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 6 p.m. School Board Meeting 7 p.m. Forestry Forum 9 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 9:30 p.m. Syria: Deborah Felmeth Wednesday, Feb. 17 5 a.m. Syria: Deborah Felmeth 6:30 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Growing Bright Futures 7:30 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 8 a.m. Vermont Board of Education 3:30 p.m. Birding Across the USA 4:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 7 p.m. ID-4 Board 8 p.m. Forestry Forum 10 p.m. The Story Matters 10:30 p.m. At the Ilsley Thursday, Feb. 18 5:30 a.m. Yoga 6 a.m. The Story Matters 6:30 a.m. Growing Bright Futures 7 a.m. Chronique Francophone 7:30 a.m. The Story Matters 8 a.m. Forestry Forum Noon Middlebury Five-0 12:30 p.m. Vermont Board of Education 5 p.m. Community Bulletin Board 5:30 p.m. Yoga 5:55 p.m. Hannaford Career Center (HCC) Board 7:30 p.m. Growing Bright Futures 8 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 9:30 p.m. Syria: Deborah Felmeth Friday, Feb. 19 5:30 a.m. Birding Across the USA 6:35 a.m. Yoga 7 a.m. Middlebury Five-0 7:30 a.m. Chronique Francophone 8 a.m. Vermont Board of Education 12:30 p.m. Middlebury Five-0 1 p.m. HCC Board 5:30 p.m. The Story Matters

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Students of the Week from area High Schools Middlebury Union High School

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Middlebury Union High School is pleased to recognize Kyle Pecsok as it Student of the Week. The son of Steve and Noreen Pecsok, Kyle and his family live in Cornwall. His brother, James, attends the University of Hartford, and his sister, Emily, is in the eighth grade at MUMS. After spending the first half of his ninth-grade year on Honor Roll, Kyle worked his way to High Honors and has never stepped back. He received the President’s Education Award for Academic Excellence in both grades 11 and 12, and he is a member of National Honor Society. Kyle has taken or is currently enrolled in AP Calculus, English, Environmental Studies, Statistics and World History. He is registered to take Microeconomics at Middlebury College this spring. Kyle attended Vermont Boys’ State last summer. He is a Peer Leader at MUHS and tutors in the Learning Lab. Since ninth grade, Kyle has Kyle Pecsok channeled his fondness for running as a member M.U.H.S. of the cross country and track teams. Outside of school, Kyle has volunteered with Special Olympics, the Middlebury Recreation Department and the Addison County Chamber of Commerce. His ninth-grade volunteer time at Ilsley Library led to a job offer in 10th; Kyle has worked there ever since. Kyle literally likes to run all over places represented on maps. He’s done a lot of it in Vermont, and he just may be the youngest person ever to visit all of its 251 cities and towns. Besides his travels in Vermont, Kyle has logged many U.S. and international miles. Kyle plans to follow his passion for maps and geography in general at college before travlling on to graduate study in (more!) geography or community/urban development. If one were to say to Kyle in a kindly, well-intended way, “Take a hike” or “Get lost,” we suspect he’d gladly do the former and find the latter problematic. We only care to wish you the very best in your plans and travels, Kyle, and hope you’ll occasionally find your way “home” to visit us at MUHS.

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Xavier Provencher as its Student of the Week. Xavier lives in Panton. His parents are Benjamin Provencher and Mani-Kui Fuller. Xavier has a brother, Troy, who is in 11th grade, and a sister, Viktoria, who is in eighth grade. Xavier is a National Honor Society member, and was a VUHS delegate to Boys’ State last year. He has earned high honors every year. Currently, Xavier is a student in the Medical Professions program at the Hannaford Career Center. Through this program he is enrolled in two Community College of Vermont courses: Medical Terminology and Human Biology. Xavier has also been an active member of our sports teams. He played on the JV basketball team. He was also a participant in varsity cross country, varsity indoor track, and varsity track and ﬁeld. Outside of school Xavier is a cashier at Xavier Provencher Shaw’s. Also, Xavier volunteers at a summer camp V.U.H.S. called CAMP! His role at the camp is to “ensure that children have fun with the camping experience while maintaining their safety.” When asked for his personal philosophy, Xavier says, “Work hard on everything you do, but make sure you have time to relax and have fun.” He says his advice for other students would be to not stress out. “Even if the works gets hard or you just can’t solve a problem, do not stress too much about. Stress will just make your task harder. Give yourself time to relax and recuperate your thoughts and energy.” Kristin Caterer, the French teacher at VUHS, said, “As a generous, intuitive, wellliked student, Xavier is a role model for his peers. He is often called upon to tutor in mathematics or sciences. He successfully balances a demanding academic schedule while participating in the sports of cross country, indoor track and track.” Following graduation from VUHS, Xavier plans on studying nursing. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Xavier the very best in the future.

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PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society ANGEL 6 years, Plott Hound, Spayed Female. Angel is a mellow girl who spent her early life as a raccoon hunting dog. She is unsure about cats, but would do ok with a mellow K9 companion. Angel is not comfortable with having her feet and stomach touched, so to make a successful match for her we are requiring that she be adopted into a home with children 13 and older who can understand her sensitivities. Angel walks well on a leash, and will make a perfect companion for an older household! TESLA 2 years, Pit Bull Mix, Neutered Male. Tesla is a sweet, affectionate young dog who has stolen our hearts! He loves to give snuggles as much as receive them and is very mellow and laid back with people (though he likes to rough-house with other dogs). Tesla is a medium energy dog who will make a wonderful K9 companion for an experienced dog family! DAN 4 years, Plott Hound, Neutered Male. Dan is a sweet dog who loves to be with people! He was a hunting dog in his former life, but has since retired to the lap of house-dog luxury. Dan is looking for a home without cats, as they remind him too much of his past hunting days, but he would be fine with the right canine companion. This handsome guy is looking for a family to spoil him rotten with love and attention!

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Vergennes dealing with three issues By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — In Vergennes, City Manager Mel Hawley said officials want to tie up three loose ends before school property is transferred to a new unified union under one-board control, something that would happen on July 1, 2017, if Addison Northwest Supervisory Union unification passes on March 1. One loose end Hawley recently uncovered while researching deeds. The city’s Green Street fire station was once the Vergennes High School gym, and the city bought it for that purpose from the former Vergennes ID School District per a 1957 citywide vote. Hawley discovered that the 1959 deed for that transaction called for proceeds from any future sale of Vergennes ID property to return to now-defunct Vergennes ID district, meaning a quitclaim deed to renounce a claim to the proceeds is necessary. Hawley said he questions any claim could be valid because no such conditions were attached to the article voters approved in 1957, but Vergennes Union Elementary School lawyers raised a concern after Hawley uncovered the issue, which he said is a cloud on the city’s rightful title. “I want that cleared up,” he said. The second item concerns a sewer main that runs across both VUES and Vergennes Union High School property, not far from an 8-acre parcel that the city owns off New Haven Road. Vergennes has no immediate plans for the land,

which at one point it considered as a home for a new police station. But any development of the land would be much easier if the city could run a sewer line downhill to that main, Hawley said, rather than pumping waste back out to New Haven Road. Thus, Vergennes would like an easement for that purpose in advance of unification. “It just makes sense to have plans for a gravity sewer line to serve that site,” Hawley said. Those are the two issues that Hawley believes can be dealt with immediately without a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The third relates to the VUES parking lot, which Vergennes residents use, often during the day, to access the city’s pool, skate park, tennis and basketball courts in the summer, and skating rink in the winter. Hawley also said because VUES students often use the city’s rink and pool during school hours, reaching an understanding that mutually benefits both parties would be fair. He has discussed a draft MOU with ANwSU Superintendent JoAn Canning and members of the VUES board. “I’m not fearing that a unified district is going to fence the property,” Hawley said. “But my concern is to make sure that some future board doesn’t create a policy that those facilities are in essence closed off to the public during school hours, either with another memorandum or some understanding.”

Ferrisburgh considers recreation area By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURH — In Ferrisburgh, a key issue as the March 1 Addison Northwest Supervisory Union unification vote approaches is the ongoing use of the school property by community recreation programs. Those include youth soccer, baseball and softball teams, and the addition in recent years of a skating rink

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ANwSU erty tax breaks that start at 10 cents (Continued from Page 1) in the 2017 academic year; allow individual town’s debt.) In those communities, in addition them to retain Small School Grants, to the provision in the unification which they say is crucial for AddiArticles of Agreement that pledges son Central School; and award them $150,000 to help with towns will get their the transition. schools back if they And they note Act 46 are no longer used for “My concern is also empowers the state education, selectboards to make sure and school boards are that some future to dictate consolidation to districts that do not working on agreements board doesn’t choose to do so on their to deal with everything create a policy own, without those from contradictory that those benefits. The ANwSU 1959 deed provisions study committee report in Vergennes to town- facilities are in concluded Act 46 “also school land swaps in essence closed Addison. off to the public includes the eventuality that the State Board Ferrisburgh Central during school can, in November School Board Chair- hours, either 2018, order unificaman Bill Clark summed tion, if regions have not up the goals of the with another developed their own memorandum of un- memorandum approaches to unificaderstanding (an MOU, or some for short) that his board understanding.” tion.” is trying to work out — City Manager LARGER ISSUE Debate before the with Gutowski’s selectMel Hawley Ferrisburgh selectboard — with the help board in recent weeks of lawyers who are not and months highlights the larger always agreeing, of course. “We don’t want a unified district question of giving up property ownto somehow be able to sell off, trans- ership. Some residents have insistfer, or long-term lease, or signifi- ed, as Gutowski noted, that land and cantly modify, the land as we know buildings on which they have paid taxes for years should remain with it today,” Clark said. That said, officials generally be- the town. Others have wondered what could lieve these wrinkles can be ironed out, especially given that if unifica- happen if ANwSU chose to build tion is approved the new board will offices on the property, and then not take over until July 2017, mean- returned it to the town under proviing selectboards and existing school sions of the articles of unification. Those articles include measures boards have time to reach needed that call for each school within the agreements. In Vergennes, for example, three unified district to remain open for at issues are on the table. City Manager least four years, unless its host town Mel Hawley, also an ANwSU Act 46 votes to close it. After four years, a Study Committee member, said the school can be closed by a majority city attorney has already prepared vote of the 12-member unified disone needed document, Vergennes trict board, which will include four officials are happy to have him write members each from Ferrisburgh and another necessary easement, and the Vergennes, two from Addison, and one each from Panton and Waltham. third question is not complex. “Instead of having a memoran- Those latter two towns do not own dum of understanding with three school property. A property no longer used by the items on it, let’s take care of two of them,” Hawley said. “Let’s just do unified district for education will be returned to towns for $1, unless them.” Officials also emphasize that the town chooses not to accept it. In while these issues certainly do need that case, the unified district would to be considered, the stakes for uni- sell it. Some in Ferrisburgh, including fication this time around are higher: Act 46 will give districts that unify Bob McNary, have speculated the before this July, five years of prop- Legislature could amend Act 46 in such a way that the town’s right to the property would be taken away. “There are a couple of people who have extremely strong opinions about it, and really believe Montpelier is going to come in and find a way to take the land away from us wholesale and just keep it,”

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Clark said. Members of the selectboard have also been wary, and Gutowski said the board will take care to make sure any MOUs are carefully written. “A lot of people are of the feeling that we will have no control over that property once unification happens,” Gutowski said. “So that’s still a work in progress.” Clark said what he hears from most people can be addressed with the addition of an MOU to the language already in the articles and in Act 46 itself. “The majority of people I’ve spoken with basically are concerned that a unified district should never be able to subdivide, sell off or long-term lease the land,” Clark said. “And if the day comes the unified district decides that the property and school known as Ferrisburgh Central today is no longer needed or viable for educational purposes or otherwise abandoned, that there be some process to ensure that that goes back to the town of Ferrisburgh. And that’s what we’re trying to accomplish.” In Vergennes, land ownership is not an issue. It’s recreation area, once owned by the now-defunct Vergennes ID School Board, was transferred to the city before 2010 unification voting, and Vergennes already shares ownership with the Vergennes union high and elementary school towns, the latter with Waltham and Panton. Hawley said unification would simply add Ferrisburgh and Addison to the VUES ownership roster. “We already have a union high school and a union elementary school,” Hawley said. “I don’t see that as being any different.” Addison Central School Board Chairwoman Michele Kelly, also a member of the ANwSU study committee, said the question has not become a major issue before her board. Nor do the past three months of selectboard minutes reflect citizen concerns. Kelly believes the articles of unification provide solid protection, as was the study committee’s intent. “The people of Addison have put their money into the school for the education purposes of their children. It was paid for by the taxpayers, and we wanted to make sure that if they wanted the building at whatever time Addison was not used as an educational facility, they would get all their assets back,” she said. “That was a concern for all of us on there for every town.”

Addison town, school talk land swap By ANDY KIRKALDY ADDISON — In Addison, town and Addison Central School officials are working toward an exchange of town and school property that they believe must take place before July 1, 2017. That’s the date when, if Addison Northwest Supervisory Union unification passes on March 1, towns’ school property would be

transferred to the new unified district. That swap would move along the town’s effort to renovate the nowvacant former Addison Town Hall and use it as a town clerk’s office and community center. Town officials have been studying the idea for a decade. (See Addison, Page 23)

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Ferrisburgh (Continued from Page 22) sues, Ferrisburgh has until July 1, 2017, to make an agreement final. That’s when, if unification passes on March 1, the newly created unified board would take over operations and towns’ property would be transferred to the new unified district. Clark said Gutowski has suggested modifying an existing draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) to include language acknowledging, in Clark’s words, “the current recreational uses on that land and some intention for that to continue and to expand without a unified board someday in the future interfering with that.” That agreement would also address, Clark said, the sale or abandonment of the property, a provision that would not allow the long-term

Vt. Gas leasing of the land, provisions that would allow continued community recreational use of the property, and one that Clark called the trickiest, a provision preventing “a future board from making decisions that the current elected officials today would say would not be prudent.” Specifically, Clark, said, town and school officials do not want, however unlikely, a unified board to change the current recreation practices on the property. Gutowski said selectboard and school board attorneys will sit down to work out final details and make sure a document can be legally binding. “We’re working with the lawyers on both sides to make sure we have a good solid agreement,” Gutowski said.

Addison (Continued from Page 22) To do so, Addison would have to build a community septic system on land west of Addison Central School, a system that would serve the town hall, the church next to the town hall, and the town’s fire department. And it would also clean up what ANwSU Superintendent JoAn Canning called a patchwork of land ownership around the town hall, the existing clerk’s office and the central school. Currently, the school uses some land near its entrance that the town actually owns, plus other town-owned land on which to park buses. Meanwhile, the town uses some school land for its larger parking area, and also would need some school-owned property for the town hall. The selectboard recently gave longtime Town Hall Committee Chairman John Spencer the power to negotiate with the school board on its behalf, and placed a motion for residents’ consideration on the Feb. 29 evening town meeting:

“Shall the selectboard be authorized to enter into negotiations with the board of school directors with respect to an exchange of property, the definitive terms of which to be subject to approval by the voters of the town of Addison at an annual or special meeting thereof?” Addison Central School Board Chairwoman Michele Kelly said the school board would cooperate, but cannot afford to contribute to the project: Its proposed 20162017 budget came in just $5 below the original Act 46 threshold, above which residents would have had to pay tax penalties. “We sent them a letter saying we have no problem with the swap and we’d be happy to do it, but we can’t take a penny from the children’s education,” Kelly said. “Whatever expenses we run into, we have to have covered. As long as they agree to that, there should be absolutely no problem with the swap. It’s very beneficial for the town, and it wouldn’t harm the school.”

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among the best in its industry. “We try to end every year with no leaks in the books,” he said. As much as possible, Vachereau said, Vermont Gas would drill tunnels for pipes, using what he called “trenchless technology.” City Manager Mel Hawley said the process will help Vergennes better map the city’s sewer lines, including identifying problematic older clay lines that allow groundwater to enter the system and contribute to the overflows that hit the sewer system during heavy rains.

Unlike in other, more rural, Addison County communities in which the larger Vermont Gas pipeline has generated opposition due to eminent domain proceedings and environmental concerns, the project has been welcomed in Vergennes. A December 2013 vote triggered by a resident concerned about fracked gas and other ecological issues, and the pipeline’s impact on neighboring towns, found support for the project in the city, 345 to 143. Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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BEVERLY, Mass. — The following local residents have been named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass.: Tyler Jewett, son of Sherman and Marie Jewett of New Haven. Jewett is a junior majoring in International Business. Alexandra Munteanu, daughter of Peter and Catherine Munteanu of Middlebury. Munteanu is a junior majoring in English. Samuel Smith, son of Dennis and Elizabeth Smith of Middlebury. Smith is a sophomore majoring in Athletic Training. Madison Wood, daughter of Mary Ann Wood of Bristol. Wood is a sophomore majoring in Hospitality Management.

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School Briefs Emily Anderson of Weybridge, Joshua Cook of Vergennes and Megan Ogden of Bristol were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2015 semester at the University of Maine.

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ADULT ALL- RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Fridays, 3-4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center. A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802-388-4249 or 802-683-5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

AL-ANON: FOR FAMILIES and friends affected by someone’s drinking. Members share experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. Newcomers welcome. Confidential. St. Stephen’s Church (use front side door and go to basement) in Middlebury, Sunday nights 7:15-8:15 pm.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Discussion Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at The Turning Point in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SUNDAY: 12 Step Meeting 9:00-10:00 AM held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Came to Believe Meeting 1:00-2:00 PM held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15-8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleasant Street. Discussion Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS RIPTON MEETINGS: Monday, As Bill Sees It Meeting 7:15-8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meeting 7:15-8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP - For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anonymous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury. 7:30-8:30 PM Friday evenings.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS BRANDON MEETINGS: Monday, Discussion M e e t i n g 7 : 3 0 - 8 : 3 0 PM . Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, RT 7 South.

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

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A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS BRISTOL MEETINGS: Sunday, Discussion M e e t i n g 4 : 0 0 - 5 : 0 0 PM . Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00-7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

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A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green). A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meetings; Noon-1:00 PM. AND 7:30-8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at the Congregational Church, New Haven Village Green. A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS NORTH FERRISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00-7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd.

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A L C O H O L I C S A N O N YMOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, Discussion Meeting 8:00-9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St. ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al-Anon Group meets each Wednesday at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St Stephen’s Church on Main St (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confidential, we share our experience, strength and hope to solve our common problems.

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Opportunities to Provide Food and Emergency Housing for Neighbors in Need Would you like to join a team of volunteers in helping feed and house those in Addison County who are living in difﬁcult circumstances? Charter House is where community comes together in the Vermont tradition of neighbor helping neighbor. It is currently home to four families (nine children) and 13 individuals. Volunteers serve about 275 meals a week for those who are food insecure and staff our emergency housing throughout the day, seven days a week. Shifts run from 2 to 3 hours. Whether you can volunteer once a week or once month, all are welcome. Training is provided on request and new volunteers are paired with long-term volunteers while learning the ropes. Volunteering at Charter House is an enriching experience. As many volunteers have said, “I get more out of it than I put into it.” If you are interested in learning more, contact us at 388-7189. Th e Vo l u n te e r C e n te r i s a c o l l a b o rat i o n b e t we e n RSV P a n d t h e Un i te d Way o f Addi s o n C o u n t y. P le a s e c a l l 388-7044 t o f i n d o u t mo re a b o u t t h e doze n s o f v o l u n te e r o pp o r t u n i t ie s t h at a re c u r re n t l y av a i l a ble .

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NA MEETINGS MIDDLEBURY: Mondays, 6pm, held at The Turning Point Center located in The Marble Works. NA MEETINGS MIDDLEBURY: Sundays, 3:00 pm, held at The Turning Point Center located in the Marble Works. OA (OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS) MEETS on Thursdays at 6 PM. Located at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 228 Maple St. Middlebury, VT (In the Marble Works Complex).

Janet Willson, of New Haven, has been volunteering for the United Way’s Fast Tax Program for the past two years. Janet assists individual and families with federal and Vermont State tax preparation. Janet explains that she enjoys serving as a tax preparer because: “I appreciate assisting people in their learning and helping them overcome their anxieties. Tax preparation opens the door to people examining their personal finances in new ways. I find being a part of that experience to be profound.” The Fast Tax Program helps to guide people of all ages through the process of filing their taxes electronically. It’s safe, secure, easy and free to those who make less than $62,000 per year. For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call 802-398-0004.

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

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

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

Services C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802-234-5545 or Justin 802-234-2190. CONSTRUCTION: ADDITIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802-989-0009. PARTY RENTALS; CHINA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available. 802-388-4831.

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Help Wanted 42 YEAR OLD active male quadriplegic looking for personal and home care attendant. Requirements include valid driver’s license, clean driving record, no felonies. Shifts include every other weekend from Friday 8pm to Sunday 3pm, every other Monday and Tuesday from 2pm-8pm. Also need to be available to cover shifts if needed. Please inquire at 802-247-8971. BANKRUPTCY: CALL to find out if bankruptcy can help you. Kathleen Walls, Esq. 802-388-1156.

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We are seeking people with winning personalities and great attitudes to join our team. Part-Time positions (20-27 hours a week) available with flexible scheduling. Must be willing to work some nights & weekends. Part-time Cashiers & Deli Employees needed. Apply in person or pick up an application at: Maplefields –– Shoreham Service Center

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HIRING THE ADDISON INDEPENDENT IS SEEKING A PEOPLE-PERSON FOR DYNAMIC SALES TEAM The Addison Independent is looking for a top-notch advertising representative to sell new and service established accounts in Addison County. Individual must be excited to represent existing print and digital marketing plans as well as budding new digital platforms. Must enjoy meeting and working with people, have strong written and verbal communication skills and a desire to actively listen and help businesses succeed. Challenging, fast-paced work both within the office and on the road. Must have professional appearance, attention to detail, creative attitude and an open mind. This position offers ample opportunity to excel. Commission-based compensation with health care package, 401K benefits and flexible work schedule. Excellent opportunity for learning or honing sales/business skills.

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Office Assistant: Candidate will be responsible with POS order fulfillment, sample shipping and other duties to support the office. Requirements include being able to work in a fast-paced, selfdirected and entrepreneurial environment. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills necessary as well as highly proficient computer skills operating in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Google. Bottler: WhistlePig is currently hiring for a Full Time Bottler. Eye for detail and accuracy necessary. Flexible duties and hours, Monday - Friday. Must be able to stand on feet for 5 hours per day with unassisted lifting of 25 pounds. Distillery Assistant: WhistlePig Farm is looking for a part-time employee for our Distillery and warehouse team. Applicants must be able to complete physical tasks in a timely manner with minimal direction. Daily activities include cleaning, mashing, running distillery equipment, and barreling. Experience in brewing and chemistry is a plus. Also experience in operating and repairing machinery. Please send cover letter, resume and 3 professional references to: info@whistlepigrye.com. No phone calls, please.

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MUHS is seeking a Junior Varsity Girls’ Lacrosse Coach. The applicant must have strong knowledge of Lacrosse coaching principles with previous coaching experience preferred. Must have strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate and relate to student athletes.

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Middlebury Fence Company is looking for highly motivated individuals to join our growing team of fence installers. We offer competitive wages, significant overtime, paid vacation, 401k plan with 3% company match, generous performance bonus & cell phone allowance. We are seeking the following: 1) Crew Foremen – a self-motivated individual with prior fence installation experience. Relevant landscaping or construction experience will also be considered. 2) Crew Laborer – a responsible, hardworking individual ready to work in a fast paced environment. All applicants must have a clean driving record and have a positive attitude. Please email resumes to hiring.mfc@gmail.com or apply in person at our office at: 1341 Ethan Allen Highway New Haven, VT 05472

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MUHS has a vacancy for a Paraprofessional/LNA. Successful candidate must hold an Associate’s Degree or equivalent, must have the ability to work with collaboratively with staff, have strong interpersonal and communication skills, must support teaching basic academic’s, social and communication skills, and provide personal care to student (hygiene, toileting and lifting). Apply by sending letter of interest, resume, three current reference letters and complete transcripts to: Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 E.O.E Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.

Ripton ElEmEntaRy School Individual Assistant Ripton Elementary School is seeking an Individual Assistant needed to work closely with a student in the classroom and throughout the school day. Candidates must have experience working with children, be patient and team oriented. Experience working with special needs children is preferred. Apply by sending a letter of interest, resume, three current reference letters and complete transcripts to: Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled. • E.O.E.

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To perform duties within the cheese packaging process. Establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ensure that the finished product is packaged correctly. Maintain a sanitary work environment, ensure accurate records, and understand specific SOP’s and product specifications. Must have mature judgment abilities. Work flexibility is a must. High School Diploma, or equivalent is required. 1-3 years in a manufacturing environment or similar experience preferred. Must be able to lift 80 lbs. 3rd shift (8pm-4am) Agri-Mark offers a competitive starting wage and an excellent benefits package. Apply in person, by email to aleblanc@ agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:

Full-time immediate opening for a Maintenance Mechanic to work in our Middlebury, VT facility. The current shift available is going to be 3rd Shift. A successful candidate will have at least a journeyman’s electrical license. The candidate must have excellent mechanical ability. Experience troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining manufacturing plant equipment in a food production environment. Position requires a high school diploma or GED; 4+ years of experience in a related field. Agri-Mark offers a competitive starting wage and an excellent benefits package. Apply in person, by email to aleblanc@ agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:

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Help Wanted BARISTA / BAKERY / DELI Counter Help (Middlebury). Otter Creek Bakery is Hiring. Join our awesome crew. Long term opportunity for dedicated employee. Must be able to multi-task, have positive attitude, interest in providing good food & drink with great customer service. Please send resume and letter of interest to our e-mail with references and availability. No phone calls please. info@ottercreekbakery.com. BUILDING OPERATIONS A S S O C I AT E : C S A C i s seeking a team player with excellent interpersonal skills to be a part of their skilled facilities team! Duties include but are not limited to: Responding to maintenance requests, painting, carpentry, cleaning, and making appropriate business/administrative operation purchases. Must possess good general maintenance skills with 3 years’ education and/ or experience. This is a full time benefit eligible position. To apply submit resume to apply@csac-vt.org or call Rachael at 388-6751. COMMUNITY SUPPORT PERSON for young male adult, who enjoys swimming, basketball & walks. Looking for mature, understanding and caring individual who is able to set appropriate guidelines. 16 hours per week. Mornings, Tuesday-Friday. Plus transportation. Call Nicole 8 0 2 - 2 7 3 - 3 3 0 7 o r Vi c k i 802-236-4136.

DAIRY CATTLE FEEDER Full time position. Health insurance and retirement plan. Pay based on experience. Valid driver’s license and references required. Kayhart Brothers, Addison. Call Tim 802-349-6676 or Steve 802-349-6906. GREENHOUSE WORKERS WANTED. Seasonal Feb through May. Call First Season Greenhouses between 5pm - 6pm at 802-475-2588. MIDDLEBURY NATURAL FOODS CO-OP has an opportunity in our kitchen for enthusiastic staff who love working with great people and great food. Professional kitchen experience required. Must be available Friday and Saturday or Sunday and Monday. More details on our website. Complete application online at www. middleburycoop.com or in our store at 9 Washington Street in Middlebury.

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We currently are accepting applications for one or two bedroom apartments. These units are subsidized through the Department of HUD Section 8 Rental Assistance Program and are available for occupancy by elderly and/or handicapped persons. Eligible families will pay 30% of their adjusted income for rent. For more information, please write or call the rental management agent.

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MR. MIKE’S COMMERCIAL Cleaning Service has openings for part to full time. Must have reliable transportation, be flexible, reliable, available to work nights a must, and able to pass background check. Self motivated, able to work independently. $500 sign on bonus. Email resume to: info@ mrmikescleaningservicevt.com. Application also available online www. mrmikescleaningservicevt. com. No phone calls please.

RINGER HOME CARE is looking for personal care attendants to join our team. Part-time, every other weekend hours. Call Angie at 802-877-1363.

OTTER CREEK CHILD CENTER Early Childhood Teacher. Otter Creek Child Center, 150 Weybridge Street in Middlebury is looking for enthusiastic, flexible, and energetic teacher to join our child care team. This is a permanent full time position, Monday thru Friday. Must enjoy spending time with young children and being a team player. Please email, cover letter, resume, and 3 written letters of reference to: office@ottercreekcc.org. PARALEGAL/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Ideal Candidate has attention to details, excellent organization and personal time management, strong interpersonal skills, team player, excellent writing and communication skills, computer and typing skills, prior paralegal experience or training and a sense of humor. Send letter of interest and resume to jwagner@marshandwagner. com or to Marsh & Wagner, P.C., 62 Court Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 by February 19, 2016.

WOMENSAFE ADVOCATE - 30 hr/wk position to provide advocacy and support to survivors through hotline and in-person meetings. Strong advocacy and organizational skills required. Letter of interest and resume by 3/4/16 to: cg@womensafe.net or Hiring Committee, WomenSafe, PO Box 67, Middlebury, VT 05753. EOE.

For Sale BULK ROCK SALT AND salted sand, loaded or delivered. Free delivery on 18 ton loads of salt. Call for details 802-453-2226. Credit cards accepted. BUY NOW AND SAVE up to $300. Maxim Outdoor Wood Pellet Furnace by Central Boiler. Heat your entire home and hot water. Call today. Boivin Farm Supply 802-475-4007. CEDAR POSTS for sale. 8 footers, no points. 802-388-4831. SAWMILLS FROM ONLY $4,397. Make and save money with your own bandmill, cut lumber any dimension. In stock, ready to ship. Free info/DVD: www. NorwoodSawmills.com, 1-800-578-1363, ext. 300N.

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

PROFESSIONAL CO-OFFICE and Artist Studio spaces in Brandon. Rents starting at $325/month - parking & utilities included. 247-3214 or sjerome@visuallearningsys. com.

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

R E S TO R E D H I S TO R I C HOME - 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. $1,395 plus utilities. 1st, last and references. Pets negotiable. Bridport. 802-758-3276.

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S U G A RW O O D A PA R TMENTS is currently accepting applications for 2, 3 and 4 BR apartments in Middlebury. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. NP/NS. W/D hook-ups. Call 802-247-0165 or visit our website www.summitpmg. com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

BUILDING LOT, DAISY LANE, East Middlebury. Town water, underground telephone, cable and electric service. Good perking soil. Regular septic. Site approved for 4 bedroom home. Jack Brown, 802-388-2502 or 802-388-7350. Email: brownnov@together.net.

BRISTOL ONE BEDROOM, 850 sq ft apartment for rent. Everything included except electric. $1,250 per month. Brand new. 802-355-1926. CORNWALL APT 5 MILES from Middlebury. 2nd floor, 2 bedrooms, w/one full bath and washer/dryer hookup. All utilities included plus satellite TV and storage. $1,200 per month with 1st, last month’s rent and security deposit. No pets. No smoking. Available 3/1. 802-462-2924. D O W N TO W N M I D D L E BURY; 3 BR apartment for rent. Walking distance to college. Available now. Call Baba 802-373-6456.

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LEICESTER, 3 BEDROOM log home. $1,500 monthly. Includes heat, electricity, plowing and rubbish, 802-247-5280. MIDDLEBURY - ONE BEDROOM, ground floor, partially furnished. Very nice, very convenient. Free satellite, on-site laundry. No smoking, no pets. $570 plus utilities. 802-388-5474. M I D D L E B U RY T H R E E BEDROOM, two bath apartment for rent. Nice in town apartment, on quiet street. Walking distance to shopping. $1,300 per month, 802-355-1926.

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Want to Rent RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH teacher from Florida seeking accommodation June 1 - November 20. Studio, 1 bedroom, private room or housesitting. Will be visiting Bristol and Middlebury in late April. meandbobmcgee@aol. com, 508-463-8225. THREE OR MORE BEDROOM house in Addison or surrounding area. Have pets. Like to move in around March 1st. Call Laurie, 802-989-2226.

Wood Heat FIREWOOD, MIXED HARDWOOD. Green and seasoned. Cut, split, delivered. Call 802-282-9110. FIREWOOD; CUT, SPLIT and delivered. Call for information, 802-247-9782.

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Wanted 75 Y.O. RETIRED PROF of art at Oberlin. Needs intelligent assist with studio/home. Bernie Sanders’ rate of pay. 802-453-6975. LIONS CLUB NEEDS stuff for their annual auction. Please NO appliances or electronics. Call for pick up, 388-7124. Help us, help others. TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique collectibles, etc. Visit www.bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802-272-7527. Consulting/appraisal services available. House calls made free of charge.

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STATE OF VERMONT ADDISON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY and JOHN M. BROWN and ANTON RIFELJ as TRUSTEES OF THE JOSEPH BATTELL PARK TRUST DOCKET NO. 5261-94AC

Public notices for the following can be found in this ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 30 & 31.

Addison County Emergency Planning (1) Addison Northeast Supervisory Union (1) Battell Park Trust (2) Ferrisbugh (1) To publish a legal notice in the Addison Foreclosure (1) Independent please email information to Lincoln (1) legals@addisonindependent.com or fax it to (802) 388-3100. Middlebury (1) Ripton (1) Union District No. 3 (1) Vermont Gas (1) Vermont Public Service Board (1) Weybridge (1) SUPERIOR COURT Addison Unit

STATE OF VERMONT

CIVIL DIVISION Docket No. 149-7-11 Ancv

GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, v. CAROL CAMERON-WIELAND; CUSHING FAMILY, LLC; STATE OF VERMONT, VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF TAXES; DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY – INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Carol Cameron-Wieland to Bank of America, N.A., its successors and/or assigns, dated September 4, 2009 and recorded in Book 63 at Page 31 of the Town of Salisbury Land Records, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by Assignment of Mortgage recorded on September 23, 2013 in Book 66 at Page 040, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 am on February 22, 2016 at 3255 Lake Dunmore Road, Salisbury, VT 05769 all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To Wit: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE CITY OF SALISBURY, COUNTY OF ADDISON AND STATE OF VERMONT, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS “LOT 36 OF THE M.H. MCLAUGHLIN COTTAGE LOTS LOCATED IN SALISBURY, VERMONT”, AND BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BY A METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION IN DEED BOOK 45, PAGE 242 IN THE ADDISON COUNTY RECORDS. BY FEE SIMPLE DEED FROM KRENT LAMONT WIELAND AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 45 PAGE 242 DATED 04/23/1998 AND RECORDED 07/27/1998, ADDISON COUNTY RECORDS, STATE OF VERMONT. TAX ID:1553094.B The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. The public sale may be adjourned one or more times for a total time not exceeding 30 days, without further court order, and without publication or service of a new notice of sale, by announcement of the new sale date to those present at each adjournment or by posting notice of the adjournment in a conspicuous place at the location of the sale. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or by certified check by the purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. Mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at sale. Green Tree Servicing, LLC Jeffrey J. Hardiman, Esq., Shechtman, Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 • 401-272-1400 Attorney for Plaintiff • jhardiman@shslawfirm.com

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Sen. Patrick Leahy 1-800-642-3193

SRC-2 United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 www.sanders.senate.gov

By: ____________ Presiding Judge 1 This action was originally captioned with Mr. Amestoy as the Attorney General. Mr. Sorrell is now acting as the Attorney General of Vermont. 2/15

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR FILING OF MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT

The Town of Middlebury and the Trustees of the Joseph Battell Park Trust, along with licensee Vermont RSA Limited Partnership and Cellco Partnership, each d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”), have filed a Motion for Relief from Judgment and Entry of New Judgment (“the Motion”). The Motion seeks relief from a 1994 Order of the Addison County Superior Court granting the Town of Middlebury the right to construct a communications tower in Chipman Hill Park in Middlebury (the “Order”). The Order followed the filing of a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against Attorney General of Vermont and the Beneficiaries of the Joseph Battell Park Trust. The Defendant Beneficiaries were defined to be all those of the public or other entities who use or may use Chipman Hill Park, or who otherwise may have specialized interest with respect thereto. The Complaint sought a determination from this Court that the use of a portion of Chipman Hill Park for a communications tower was inconsistent with the trusts provisions of the probate decree of the Addison District Probate Court in The Estate of Joseph Battell dated September 15, 1916. The Motion seeks relief from the Order so that Verizon can replace the communications tower approved in the aforementioned Order. The current tower is outdated. Verizon intends to replace it with a tower of equal height and of similar visual scope. Posted with this Notice is the Order for Service by Publication which will also be published in the Addison Independent and Valley Voice and on the Town of Middlebury’s website. A copy of the Motion is on file and may be viewed at the office of the clerk of this court and on the Town of Middlebury’s website. Dated at Middlebury, VT this 2nd day of February 2016.

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REACH GOVERNOR PETER SHUMLIN

433 Russell Senate Ofﬁce Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

Sen. Bernie Sanders 1-800-339-9834

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION: To: The Beneficiaries of the Joseph Battell Park Trust as defined below. The Town of Middlebury and the Trustees of the Joseph Battell Park Trust and its licensee Vermont RSA Limited Partnership and Cellco Partnership, each d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”) have filed a Motion for Relief from Judgment and Entry of New Judgment (“the Motion”). The Motion seeks relief from a 1994 Order of the Addison County Superior Court granting The Town of Middlebury the right to construct a communications tower in Chipman Hill Park in Middlebury (the “Order”). The Order followed the filing of a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against the Attorney General of Vermont and the Beneficiaries ofthe Joseph Battell Park Trust. The Complaint sought a determination by this Court that the use of a portion of Chipman Hill Park in Middlebury was consistent with the trust provisions set forth in a probate decree of the Addison District Probate Court in the Estate of Joseph Battell dated September 5, 1916. The Motion seeks relief from the Order so that Verizon may replace an outdated communications tower in Chipman Hill Park with a tower of identical height and similar appearance. Verizon requires such relief because the Order was narrowly written so as to only authorize the construction of the specific communications tower depicted in plans submitted with the Complaint in 1994. The Order did not address replacement towers like the one currently proposed by Verizon which is the same height and within the same scale and scope, and has the same visual impact as the current tower. Without such relief, Verizon cannot update the tower with a modern tower. A copy of the Motion for Relief from Judgment and Entry of New Order, along with supporting affidavits and exhibits, including plans for the proposed replacement tower are on file with this Court. They may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this Court at the Addison County Courthouse, in Middlebury, Vermont. They may also be viewed on the Town of Middlebury’s website. It appearing from the affidavit duly filed in the above entitled action that service cannot be made with due diligence upon Defendant Beneficiaries of the Joseph Battell Park Trust by any of the methods provided in Rule 4 of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure, it is hereby ORDERED that service of the above Motion for Relief from Judgment and Entry of New Order shall be made upon the Defendant Beneficiaries of the Joseph Battell Park Trust by publication pursuant to Rule 4(g) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. This order shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks from February 15, 2016 through March 4, 2016 in the Addison Independent, a newspaper of general circulation in Addison County and in the Valley Voice, a newspaper of general circulation in Addison County. You may serve upon the Town of Middlebury’s attorney Mark Sperry, of the law firm Langrock Sperry & Wool, whose address is 111 South Pleasant Street, P.O. Drawer 351, Middlebury Vermont, a response to this motion within 30 days after the date of the first publication of public notice which is February 18, 2016. Your response must also be filed with this Court. Dated at Middlebury, Vermont this 2nd day of February,2016.

Rep. Peter Welch 1-888-605-7270

1404 Longworth House Ofﬁce Building Washington, D.C. 20515 www.welch.house.gov

Governor Peter Shumlin 1-800-649-6825 (toll-free in Vt. only) 802-828-3333 TTY: 1-800-649-6825 Fax: 802-828-3339 109 State Street, Pavillion Montpelier, Vermont 05609-0101 www.vermont.gov/governor

ADDISON NORTHEAST SUPERVISORY UNION NOTIFICATION OF ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT PLAN AVAILABILITY

The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (40 CFR 763.93 [g] [4] requires that written notice be given that our schools have Management Plans for the safe control and maintenance of asbestos-containing materials found in their buildings. These Management Plans are available and accessible to the public at the ANESU Superintendent’s Office, 72 Munsill Ave, Suite 601, Bristol, VT 05443 and at administrative offices of its member school districts: Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven, Starksboro and Mt. Abraham Union Middle/High School #28. 2/15

TOWN OF RIPTON PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing in the Town Office on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., to conduct a hearing of application (#1523) from North Branch Networks for Conditional Use approval of the erection of a telecommunications antenna and electric power pedestal located at 320 Old Town Road (Tax Map ID# 10-01-45.1). The application is available for inspection at the Town Office. Interested parties who wish to appeal or to be heard at the hearing may do so in person, or may be represented by an agent or an attorney. Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing with the Commission either before or during the hearing. N.B.: Participation in the hearing is necessary to establish status as an ‘interested person’ and the right to appeal decisions rendered in that hearing, according to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. 117 §§4465(b) and 4471(a). Participation consists of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern directly related to the subject of the hearing. Respectfully submitted, 2/15 Warren B. King, Chair

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Addison Independent PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING RE: LINCOLN RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS LLC’S PROPOSED NATURAL GAS FACILITY IN SALISBURY, VERMONT PSB DOCKET NO. 8596

You are hereby notified that the Public Service Board will hold a public hearing to afford the public an opportunity to comment on Lincoln Renewable Natural Gas, LLC’s petition for a certificate of public good (“CPG”), pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248(j), authorizing the construction and operation of a renewable natural gas facility in Salisbury, Vermont. The proposed project, if approved, would interconnect with the natural gas distribution network operated by Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. The public hearing will be held on Monday, February 22, 2016, at 7:00 P.M., in the Gymnasium at the Salisbury Community School, 286 Kelly Cross Road, Salisbury, Vermont. The above hearing location is handicapped accessible. Any person who has need of such assistance in order to attend should contact the Public Service Board (802-8282358) by no later than February 19, 2016, to arrange for any such accommodation. 2/15

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TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONVEYANCE

In accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1061, the Middlebury Selectboard hereby gives notice of the proposed terms of conveyance of an easement from the Town of Middlebury (the “Town”) to Raymond C. Churchill and Teresa F. Churchill (the “Purchasers”). The easement will affect Town property located on Chipman Hill northerly and westerly of the Purchasers’ property located at 1 Forrest Lane in Middlebury, Vermont (the “Town Parcel”). The proposed terms of the transaction are as follows: 1. The Town will convey to the Purchasers, by Easement Deed, a perpetual easement authorizing the Purchasers, and their heirs and assigns, to use, maintain, repair and replace the Purchasers’ existing garage and woodshop within a 50’ by 62’ area of the Town Parcel. The garage shall not be enlarged, relocated, or converted to any use other than a vehicle/ storage garage appurtenant to the residence on the Purchasers’ existing parcel. 2. The purchase price of the easement will be One Dollar ($1.00). In addition, the Purchasers will be responsible for all taxes, recording fees, the Town’s attorneys’ fees, costs of notice publication, and any other expenses associated with this transaction. 3. The easement will replace existing License Agreements between the parties dated July 30, 1959, October 15, 1971, and December 19, 1974. This notice will be posted in three public places in the Town of Middlebury (the Municipal Building, the Post Office and the Ilsley Public Library). Notice shall also be published in the Addison Independent, a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality, at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed conveyance. Unless a petition objecting to the conveyance is filed in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1061(2), the Selectboard may proceed with the conveyance. If a petition signed by five percent of the legal voters of the municipality objecting to the proposed conveyance is presented to the municipal clerk within 30 days of the date of posting and publication of this notice, the Selectboard shall cause the question of whether the municipality shall convey the easement to be considered at a special or annual meeting called for that purpose. After the meeting, the easement may be conveyed unless a majority of the voters of the municipality present and voting vote to disapprove of the conveyance. Middlebury Selectboard 2/15 February 9, 2016

A follow-up public information meeting will be held by Vermont Gas Systems to provide residents of Monkton with information about ledge removal and low impact rock drilling and blasting that may be necessary for a portion of the proposed natural gas pipeline route. Meeting to be held on Wednesday, February 24 8 at 6:30pm, at the Monkton Volunteer Fire Department, 3747 States Prison Road, Monkton, Vermont 05469. Please call Beth Parent at 802-865-1460 for additional information. 2/15

Union District #3 Middlebury Union Middle and High Schools Member Districts are Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge

ADDISON COUNTY EMERGENCY PLANNING COMMITTEE PUBLIC MEETINGS NOTICE

The 2016 Union District #3 Annual Report will be available in the following manner: http://www.acsu.org/ Page/238 (Budgets & Finance) or call 802-382-1274 to request a copy. TOWN OF FERRISBURGH PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation, or persons receiving public assistance, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisement for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800-424-8590. For the Washington, DC area please call HUD at 426-3500.

Wallace Realty 48 Mountain Terrace Bristol, VT 05443 PH: 802-453-4670 • Fax 802-453-5898 Visit our websites at: www.wallacere.com www.greenbuiltvermont.com

The Lincoln Planning Commission will hold a SKETCH PLAN HEARING for Application #15-041 on Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7:05 PM in the Lincoln Town Office for a 2-lot subdivision proposed by Pamela Gilzinger for Parcel #16040243 located at 316 Hall Road. Information regarding the proposed subdivision may be seen at the Lincoln Town Offrice during normal business hours. Anyone wishing party status must be present or submit, in writing, any comments. 2/15

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A public hearing before the Weybridge Zoning Board of Adjustment will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. to pursue the following business: The Board will review application #16-02 submitted by Mark Gleason on behalf of the President and Fellows of Middlebury College for the construction of an additional storage building on their property on Sheep Farm Road. Due to the location of this property in a High Density Residential zoning district, several things must be reviewed. Pursuant to Sections 303 and 304 of the Weybridge Zoning Regulations, this application requires a Conditional Use review, as well as a Site Plan review. Additionally, the application requires a Waiver to the maximum setback requirement of 75 feet. The application and plans are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. NOTE: Participation in the local proceedings is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Notice submitted by 2/11 Megan Sutton, ZBA Chair

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TOWN OF WEYBRIDGE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

A public hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Town of Ferrisburgh will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on March 2, 2016 to consider the following applications: 7:00 Opening Consideration of Minutes of 2/3/2016 7:05 Application #15-106 (Thomas and Marcy Wisnowski) – Recessed from 2/3/2016 7:15 Application #15-025 (Malcom Willard) – Recessed from 2/3/2016 7:25 Application #16-003 (Dockview LLC) – Recessed from 2/3/2106 7:35 An application , #16-012, submitted by Branwell and Michele Lepp, for a Conditional Use permit to enclose and existing deck. Zoning District SD-2. Property ID # 99.99.99- 038B. 7:45 An application, #16-013, submitted by William Wilson, 492 Mile Point Road, for a Conditional Use Permit to add a dormer on the second story. Zoning District SD-2. Property ID # 21.20.07. 7:55 Other business The above applications are available at the Town Clerk’s Office. Persons wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by an agent or an attorney. PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local proceedings is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Communications about the above applications may be filed in writing with the Board or at such hearing. 2/15

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TOWN OF LINCOLN PUBLIC NOTICE

The ACEPC monthly meetings in February, & March 2016, will be held on the last Wednesday of each month, at the State Police Barracks/Public Safety Building, Rte.7 in New Haven, at 5:00PM. Any changes will be listed on the ACEPC website: www.aclepc.org Local agencies, first responder groups, town emergency management directors, and individuals interested in emergency planning are encouraged to join us. 2/15

The UD#3 Annual Meeting and Budget Hearing will take place on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 6:30 PM at Middlebury Union High School. Australian ballot voting will take place on March 1, 2016 in each town’s polling location.

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LEICESTER – Just moments from Fern Lake, enjoy this spacious 4BR/3BA gambrel w/ 2.5 acres of mostly open & flat land. Beautiful pond & views of the mtns. Front screened porch invites you to relax watching the world go by. Formal DR w/FP as well as 1st flr BR & 3 more BR’s up with full BA. Detached 3-car garage w/finished playroom above. Call Bonnie 802-3498646 or bgridleyvt@gmail.com. $289,900

BRIDPORT – Retreat to this 1level home on the shores of Lake Champlain! Fisherman’s paradise located in a bay w/views of Crown Pointe & Torrey Island. Enjoy sunsets from the deck or relax in the cathedral ceiling LR by the pellet stove. Call Bonnie 802-3498646 or bgridleyvt@gmail.com. $236,100

BRISTOL – Be the first to choose your building site from this newly created 5 lot country subdivision. The lots range from 2A to 13A and are approved for either a 3 or 4 bedroom home. Convenient location and lovely views starting at $65,000! Call Bonnie 802-349-8646 or e-mail bgridleyvt@ gmail.com.

BRIDPORT – Custom built 3BR/2BA manufactured home w/ great room & 3-season porch & deck for year ‘round enjoyment! Perfectly sited for westerly views of the Adirondacks & sunsets. Many updates including parquet flrs, mudroom & cedar closet. Call Bonnie 802-349-8646 or bgridleyvt@gmail.com. $214,900