Feb 29 2016

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 27 No. 47

Middlebury, Vermont

Monday, February 29, 2016

44 Pages

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Shoreham coyote hunt spurs anger Time to talk and to vote Go to your annual town and school meetings, then vote by Australian ballot on Tuesday.

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Upset neighbors ask town for relief

By JOHN FLOWERS SHOREHAM — Some residents of Lapham Bay Road in Shoreham are asking their selectboard to pass a local ordinance regulating coyote hunting in town. They believe that nothing short of a new law will put an end to what they allege have been cases of trespassing and irresponsible

shooting that made them feel unsafe on their own property.

State officials, meanwhile, said a local law would not supersede current Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department regulations that allow for coyotes to be hunted 24/7, throughout the year.

Lapham Bay Road resident Katie Rigg joined a handful of her neigh-

bors at last Wednesday night’s Shoreham selectboard meeting and spoke of some alleged confrontations during the weekend of Feb. 20-21, when a group of hunters and their dogs descended upon the area in what they believed to be a coordinated coyote hunt. Some of those hunters, neighbors claimed, were impolite and at times harassed landowners. They also alleged instances of hunting

dogs straying onto their property and harassing personal pets and/or horses.

“They are terrorizing this town under people’s noses, within the confines of the law,” Rigg said of some of the hunters.

But some of those who participated in that weekend’s hunt said the group acted responsibly, had asked permission from landowners, and avoided (See Hunt, Page 14)

Hockey time in the shire town • The MUHS girls’ and boys’ and the Panther women’s teams all hosted quarterfinals.

See Pages 28-30.

Gate Crasher PANTHER JUNIOR CHRISTOPHER McKenna attacks the slalom course during Middlebury College’s Winter Carnival last Friday morning.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Pope Francis calls on local pastor • Father William Beaudin of St. Mary’s was tapped as a “Missionary of Mercy.” See story on Page 3.

Forestry students win in statewide FFA competition

By EVAN JOHNSON MIDDLEBURY — For students in the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center’s Forestry and Natural Resource Management Program, the taste of victory at the FFA Winter Forestry Competition was sweet — or, to be more specific, it tasted like maple syrup.

The class of seven students got an opportunity to demonstrate their skills this past January at the statewide competition at the Vermont Farms Expo in Essex Junction. While the program won first in the state, juniors Greg Ouellette of Bristol took first and Ja(See Contest, Page 43)

County senators split on pot legalization bill Ayer votes in favor; Bray is opposed

By JOHN FLOWERS MONTPELIER — Addison County’s two state senators were on opposite sites of a close vote on Feb. 25 in the state’s highest chamber to legalize possession of small quantities of recreational marijuana.

After much debate, Sen. Claire

Ayer, D-Addison, joined 17 other senators in voting in favor of S.241, a bill that would allow adults to legally possess up to an ounce of marijuana. The measure also calls for the substance to be regulated and taxed, with the state eventually licensing (See Pot, Page 35)

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Wylie, college group given awards for ‘Eco-Spirit’

Crossing the line MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SENIOR Christoph Niederhauser, above, approaches the finish line of the first run of the men’s slalom race on the opening day last Friday of Middlebury’s Winter Carnival at the Snow Bowl in Hancock. Right, Panther senior Ghassan Gedeon-Achi smacks down a gate pole during his run.

Alpine and Nordic races continued on Saturday and Sunday in Hancock and Ripton. Look for full results in Thursday’s edition.

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MIDDLEBURY — At its annual meeting on Sunday, Feb. 21, Spirit in Nature made its first-ever Eco-Spirit award presentation in honor of a local environmental leader who is no longer living. Alex Wylie, a farmer in Salisbury for 15 years followed by a long career with the Vermont Land Trust, who died last November, was recognized for her legacy of preserving Vermont’s agricultural landscape. Al Karnatz, Alex’s longtime friend, read excerpts from her journals that illuminate the intimate connection that she felt with the land that she tended. The plaque was accepted by Alex’s son, Peter Considine, and her granddaughter, Lucy Considine.

The Middle- Al Karnatz, bury College Alex’s Sunday Night Group (SNG) long-time also received friend, read the Eco-Spirit excerpts Award. Diane from her Munroe, co- journals ordinator for that Community Based Environ- illuminate mental Studies the intimate at Middlebury connection College, in- that she troduced the felt with the student group and outlined its land that 10-year history, she tended. influenced by Bill McKibben and faculty member Jon Isham. The group is active today as a forum for students concerned about environmental issues to get together and work toward solutions.

McKibben made an appearance via video at the award presentation at Ilsley Library in Middlebury, saying that his “connection to SNG is pretty deep,” in part because the people with whom he started 350.org are all graduates of SNG. He said that the achievements of the SNG over the years shows that “there are no borders as to what young people can be doing so long as it is infused with the right spirits — love, good humor and creativity.” In congratulating the Middlebury students who were in the room to receive the award he said “that spirit is as strong now as it ever was.”

Spirit in Nature (SpIN), a nonprofit organization based in Addison County, hosts the Interfaith (See SpIN, Page 3) CORRECTON — The town meeting preview for Bridport that appeared in the Feb. 25 issue of the Addison Independent stated that Bridport’s town meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1. Town meeting will in fact begin at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, and Australian ballot voting will occur the same day, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. We regret the error.

Addison Independent, Monday, February 29, 2016 — PAGE 3

St. Mary’s Father Beaudin earns Papal appointment Selected to serve as ‘Missionary of Mercy’

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Not a bad couple of years for Father William Beaudin and his parishioners at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

The congregation — which includes St. Bernadette Church in Bridport and St. Genevieve Church in Shoreham — recently capped a successful fundraising campaign that resulted in major interior renovations to the historic St. Mary’s building on College Street.

And early this month, Beaudin visited the Vatican as one of only 1,100 priests worldwide to be designated a “Missionary of Mercy”

by Pope Francis. As such, Beaudin and his fellow priests will help Pope Francis fulfill the mission of his recently declared “Jubilee of Mercy,” a Holy Year for those of the Catholic faith that began on Dec. 8.

The Holy Year is “dedicated to living out in our daily lives the mercy” that God “constantly extends to all of us,” Pope Francis is quoted as saying.

“It’s humbling,” Beaudin said on Thursday of his appointment. “It provides an interesting moment of reflection.”

Beaudin is one of four Vermont priests to receive the Missionary of Mercy designation, and one of only 125 throughout the United States, according to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington. The others are Msgr. Peter A. Routhier, the Rev. Luke P. Austin and the Rev. James E. Lawrence.

Bishop Christopher J. Coyne rec-

FATHER WILLIAM BEAUDIN of St. Mary’s Church in Middlebury was appointed recently by Pope Francis as one of only 1,100 priests wordwide to serve as “Missionaries of Mercy.”

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ommended all four Vermont clergy members for the papal designation.

As Missionaries of Mercy, the priests are to serve as “heralds of the joy of forgiveness”; “welcoming, loving and compassionate Confessors”; and “inspired preachers of mercy,” according to the Catholic Diocese.

“The short definition here is basically to be living symbols and signs of God’s care and love and forgiveness,” Beaudin said. “(The missionaries) are a living sign of the Father’s welcome to all those in search of his forgiveness.”

As one of the missionaries, Beaudin will also make himself available to administer the Sacrament of Reconciliation (also known as Confession) and for presentations on forgiveness and the Jubilee at churches throughout the state.

Beaudin was one of around 650 Missionaries of Mercy able to make the trip to Rome from Feb. 8 to 12 to receive the blessing and instructions from Pope Francis on what was expected of them. The whirlwind trip included an Ash Wednesday Mass and a conference led by the Pope in the Sala Regia (Royal Hall) next to the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

The Sala Regia is a long, expansive room flanked by a smaller room with an elevator. It was via this elevator and the smaller room that Pope Francis arrived to speak with the priests about their duties, Beaudin said.

While Beaudin said he would have liked to have gotten a “selfie” and a few words with the Pope, he was not able to approach him from were he was seated.

“He has a strong, compassionate presence,” Beaudin said of the

Pope. “But I really didn’t get that close to him.”

Pope Francis gave what Beaudin described as a “spiritual presentation” for around 30 minutes, before proceeding to his other duties.

Beaudin is inspired to carry out his mission.

“The whole thing — mercy, forgiveness, everything — underlines a very fundamental need in life that the Pope is trying to emphasize, which is the need for (mercy and forgiveness) in a world that is harsh and merciless,” Beaudin said.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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SpIN (Continued from Page 2) Sanctuary of walking paths in forest land in Ripton that is leased from Middlebury College. SpIN Treasurer Gordon Cawood presided at the event on Saturday, and board member Craig Zondag presented the

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A DD I S ON I NDE PE N DEN T

Editorial

Why cast a vote for Bernie?

On Tuesday, Vermonters will not only cast ballots on local budgets and candidates, but for a presidential nominee of either the Republican or Democratic parties. For those choosing to vote in the Democratic primary, here’s why we’re voting for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

• He is fighting the right fights: Bernie has led the national discussion on income inequality and will continue to do so. He has been out front on climate change for years, is an ardent champion of reducing the nation’s carbon footprint and would push the nation to ramp up its development of renewable energy — potentially sparking a wave of new growth and innovation.

• He embraces a strong public education system and would push to reduce the cost of attending higher education.

• He’s right to devote resources to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, his stances on social issues align with a progressive perspective and the immigration policies he champions are respectful of the immigrants’ plight while also being a practical response to the agricultural, business and security needs of the nation.

• He’s an ardent advocate of campaign finance reform.

• He would seek measures to insure big corporations don’t continue to move their headquarters out of the country to avoid U.S. taxes without suitable consequences.

While Hillary Clinton has co-opted several of these ideas into her campaign, these issues are Bernie’s political cause. His sincerity is real, and that has the potential to sway the majority view unlike a similar appeal from Ms. Clinton. ********** Bernie may also be just as electable as Ms. Clinton. In an astute column in this newspaper last week, political analyst Eric Davis gave four sound reasons that debunked Clinton’s mantra that she was the ‘most electable’ of the Democratic candidates. Those points included: • Sanders’ “outsider” campaign appeals to the masses in a way that an insider’s campaign will not, plus his supporters are more loyal, passionate and dedicated.

• Clinton’s strategy to embrace Obama’s legacy may play well among diehard Democrats, but it could hurt her in the general election for many independent voters who are lukewarm to the president.

• Exit polls in the early primaries show Clinton is perceived as dishonest and untrustworthy among voters, which could become a bigger problem in the months ahead if the Benghazi email scandal and her relationship with Huma Abedin (a long-time assistant) continue to draw fire. Voters, however, give Sanders high marks on trust and honesty.

• Fourth, Clinton argues she would get more of her policies implemented as a moderate Democrat, than Sanders’could as a progressive — a point that Davis effectively counters by suggesting few major initiatives will get through the current obstructionist Republican-held House whether Clinton is the president or Sanders. “If a Democrat is elected president in November,” Davis wrote, “the pattern of legislative-executive relations of the last four years should continue: a congressional focus on investigations of the executive branch rather than passing legislation. What legislation is enacted will likely be end-of-the-session omnibus bills tied to the expiration of deadlines on spending and tax policy.”

In that realistic scenario, it’s very possible that Sanders’ could be more effective at using the presidential bully pulpit to shame the Republican’s obstructionist tactics and to erode their political support in the House.

Being realistic, Sanders’ bid for the Democratic nomination remains a long shot. As Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said last week when he announced he was supporting Bernie: “He’s set out on a goal of climbing Mount Everest without oxygen. He’s at the base camp. He’s got a long way to go.”

Vermonters’ can give him a boost. Vote for Bernie not just because he’s Vermont’s senator, but because he stands for what most of us believe in — and he has matured into an increasingly effective advocate for those causes.

He has served Vermont well as the mayor of Burlington, the Vermont’s congressman and U.S. senator. As president, he would serve the nation admirably as well.

Angelo S. Lynn

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Letters to the Editor Brandon Fire Department sorely needs new vehicle During this year’s round of vehicle inspections, the firetruck repair company discovered a number of serious safety issues with our main fire engine, known as Engine 1. This is the workhorse of our department, carrying six firefighters, one officer and one firefighter/driver to the scene of any call, along with 1,500 gallons of water with the capacity to pump 1,500 gallons per minute.

This engine was purchased used in 2004 and is a 1992 model. In the last few years, as with any older

vehicle it has required major work including engine rebuilding and pump repairs. It has consumed the majority of our truck repair budget over the last 5 years. The most recent discovery was that it needed major work to the springs, tie rods and overall suspension of the truck.

These deficiencies are so severe we could not keep the truck in service without addressing them.

In evaluating the age of the truck, expected remaining service life, and the probability of the repair facility discovering additional

work needed when they began the repairs, it was decided that it would not be fiscally responsible to continue to put large amounts of money into a truck that, even with the repairs, could not be expected to remain in service much longer.

The truck is no longer qualified as a first-line pumper by the National Fire Protection Association due to its age, and there are legal issues to consider when operating this truck as a first-line pumper as we have been. Without an engine with (See Wdowiak letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, February 29, 2016 — PAGE 5

Marijuana bill deserves support Wdowiak letter Opponents of ending marijuana at the current state of marijuana in prohibition often say that marijuana Vermont and shudder. A comprehenis not a risk-free proposition. While sive Department of Health survey the specific concerns raised are fre- revealed that over 75 percent of our quently overblown, at the end of the high school seniors view marijuana day, these opponents are right about as “easy to get� —– by the way, the one thing: Marijuana is not risk- that’s compared to just half of adults free. over the age of 35! And However, as our fully one in four Verlegislators continue to mont 12th-graders use debate legalization, it marijuana at least once is important to keep in a month — well above mind the fundamenthe national average.

This week’s writer tal fact that the risks is Dave SilberThis is the current of marijuana use al- man, an attorney in state of affairs. Afready exist under our Middlebury. This ter nearly a century of “decriminalization� column represents doubled-down prohibiregime, where small his personal views, tion policies, of vilifypossession is fined but and not those of any ing marijuana and lockproduction and sale are client. ing users up in jail for driven underground. nonviolent, victimless There is no reason to offenses, marijuana is think that the risks will magically ubiquitously available to our kids. disappear under a legalization re- More easily available to kids, in gime. fact, than to adults.

But it’s only under a properly But Vermont has a choice. regulated regime that the risks of We can get rid of today’s shady marijuana use can be effectively ad- underground dealers, who have dressed and minimized. Because, no compunction about selling to let’s face it, Vermonters are going to kids, or selling much more harmkeep on using marijuana whether it’s ful substances alongside marijuana, legal or not. By keeping it illegal, we and replace them with reputable, are turning a blind eye to the public licensed retailers who will invest health impacts of marijuana, instead hundreds of thousands of dollars in of actually trying to address them, licensing fees, retail rents, invenand strengthening organized crime tory, store build-out costs and so instead of our communities. forth, and who won’t be able to afThe most important risks to con- ford to take those risks. sider, in my view, are those related We can require ID checks, and to youth access and use. As a father record-keeping, and hit those who of two school-age children, I look sell to kids or violate other rules

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Letters to the Editor Nuovo backed for selectboard I would like to recommend that the citizens of Middlebury return Victor Nuovo to the selectboard.

He was and would be again such a valuable voice on the board. His honesty, his genuine human compassion and his fair and objective approach to prob-

assessments and research projects to make these assessments more effective for our students and their teachers.

Having served on the both the Bridport board as well as the Addison Central Supervisory Union Board I am well aware of the challenges that we face, but as an educator I can add a different perspective. I bring to the table knowledge of current best practices, Personalized Learning Plans, expanding learning past the four walls of our schools, 21st-century learning goals and outcomes that are being asked of the schools. I also advocate for those that struggle within the cur(See Buck letter, Page 7)

Letters can be found on Pages 4, 5 and 7.

(Continued from Page 4) its capabilities, the town’s ISO (Insurance Service Organization) rating would be raised. This rating is used to determine town residents and business insurance premiums.

When the ISO rating is raised, insurance premiums go up.

The decision was made by the chief and the Prudential Board to take the truck out of service, and look for a quickly available replacement. “Quickly available� in purchasing a firetruck can mean a number of months, even a year.

We were fortunate to look at some “demo� trucks. “Demo� trucks are newly built trucks that are driven to fire shows, and to “demonstrate� to departments who are looking to purchase new engines. These are not always easy to find.

We were fortunate to find a 2015 HME engine, with the same seating capacity as Engine 1, carrying 1,000 gallons of water, a 1,750 gallon-per-minute pump capacity and with hose line configurations and compartment configurations that meet our needs. The chief and the board negotiated a price of $385,000 for the truck and the decision was made to buy the truck. Engines with these capabili-

ties can easily be priced anywhere from $400,000 to $700,000. One department in the county recently purchased an engine similar to this for $600,000. The truck is expected to be here within the next few weeks.

This purchase will not increase the current budget that was passed in January. Monies that were already earmarked for truck replacement will be used for this purchase, plus funds that are built into this line item over the next few years will complete this purchase with no planned increase in the fire tax. The 2015 model year truck will come with all warranties as a new truck and will save us money in the long run on lowered repair bills.

The reason for this letter is to foster transparency and continue to have the support and trust of the citizens of Brandon. The department would not be able to do the things we do without your trust and support. If you have any questions about this or other matters concerning the fire department please contact me at BrandonFireChief@gmail.com.

Roman Wdowiak Chief Brandon Fire Department

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His voice is needed.

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Buck seeks seat on ACSD board My name is Suzanne Buck and I am running for the new Addison Central School District Board. I have been a resident of Bridport for 30 years where my husband and I have raised our two children.

Brittny graduated in 2009 and later from the University of New Hampshire. Garth graduated in 2012 and will graduate this spring from Clarkson University.

I bring to the table a spirit of collaboration and leadership. I have served on many statewide committees as a special educator working with diverse individuals to assist in improving literacy across the state.

I have also worked with the state and outside vendors on statewide

with serious financial penalties and loss of licenses.

And we can direct the revenues that this system generates towards effective, evidence-based education, prevention and treatment programs that will succeed where generations of prohibition and baseless propaganda have failed.

We’ve seen how smart public health initiatives have drastically reduced teen cigarette smoking rates over the past 20 years, and we can do the same with marijuana — but only if we make a real effort.

The senate last week passed S.241, a sensible marijuana regulation bill. While not perfect, this bill would move Vermont forward with a thoughtful, phased-in approach aimed at minimizing the harms associated with marijuana and reducing the influence of the underground market.

It’s our choice. Call your representatives today, and let them know that you are among the clear majority of Vermonters who support legalization, and want them to address marijuana as the public health issue it is, instead of a trumped-up crime. The number is 828-2228. The friendly staff at the sergeant-at-arms’ office will hand-deliver your message to your representative right away.

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Obituaries

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Harry Van Tuyl Jr., 86, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Harry Edward Van Tuyl Jr., 86, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at Porter Medical Center.

He is survived by his wife, Alice Van Tuyl.

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A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, March 4, 2016, at 1 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. A reception will follow at the church.

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John ‘Jack’ Bouffard, 67, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — John Francis Bouffard, known to all as Jack, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend, died suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 23, while on a fishing trip to Pulaski, N.Y. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.

He was 67 years old.

Jack had lived in Addison County since 1978 when he and his wife Linda moved back to the community where they had met while students at Middlebury College. He joined the Cornwall Large Animal Clinic (now Valleywide Veterinary Services), where he served largeanimal owners and farms for the next 27 years until retiring in 2005.

Jack went back to work in 2010, spending 4 years working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture based in Fresno, Calif. He and Linda returned to Middlebury last year to enjoy their second retirement among friends and family.

Specializing in dairy cattle, Jack spent many days and nights visiting farms throughout Addison County.

His sociable personality, respect for the farmers, and his ability to laugh at himself made him a valued part of the dairy community. He also did work through the U.S. Department of Agriculture with governments and farmers in Lithuania, Estonia, Bosnia and Ethiopia in order to help improve the dairy industries in these developing countries.

Jack was born on Feb. 28, 1948, in Worcester, Mass., where he grew up with his three brothers and large extended family. He loved sports and was a key player on the basketball and baseball teams at

Assumption Preparatory School.

He later played basketball at Middlebury College. He graduated from Middlebury in 1970 before going to Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. He came to Addison County after spending time with large animal practices in West Rupert, Vt., and Cape Vincent, N.Y. He did active duty with the U.S. Army and was a member of the Army Reserves.

Jack married the former Linda Colwell on Aug. 15, 1970, in Indian Lake, N.Y. Their first daughter, Caroline, was born in 1974 followed

by Jennifer in 1976, Elizabeth in 1980, and Jonathan in 1985. Jack loved his family and will always be remembered for his elaborate Christmas preparations, their road trips out West or to Florida and the delicious waffles he would make for family and friends at Indian Lake.

Jack was passionate about his interests, which included bluegrass music, playing the banjo, learning blues guitar, waterskiing and golf.

He enjoyed traveling in his camper all over the United States or in New Zealand where Carrie is raising her children. His most recent passion was fishing, which Jack enjoyed on rivers, lakes and on the ocean during all seasons of the year. On the day of his death he was fishing on the Salmon River, a favorite spot of his and where he and Jon had been fishing together just two weeks before.

He is survived by Linda Bouffard of Middlebury, Caroline Bouffard and Eric Repphun of Dunedin, New Zealand, Jennifer Bouffard of Burlington, Beth Bouffard of

JOHN ‘JACK’ BOUFFARD Oakland, Calif., and Jonathan Bouffard of New Haven. He leaves his beloved grandchildren, Theo and Ramona Repphun, and his brothers Steven Bouffard of Westfield, Mass., and Donald Bouffard of Princeton, Mass., their wives and many wellloved nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents Albert J. Bouffard and Therese M. Gaucher Bouffard of Worcester, Mass., and his brother Paul A. Bouffard of Norman, Okla.

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the Champlain Valley to learn tricks of their trade all year long.

The series starts with a Cocktail 1010 class at Stonecutter Spirits in Middlebury on Thursday, March 3, from 6-7:30 p.m. Sas Stewart, co-founder of Stonecutter Spirits, kicks off the new series with a tour of the facility at 1197 Exchange St., a tasting and a mixology class.

Participants will explore how gin is crafted; from the carefully sourced botanicals to the barrel-aging process, they will learn how each step improves the flavor of the end product. They will taste their way through

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“We hope that by peeking behind the scenes of food production and actively participating in the creation of a product, people will gain a new appreciation for the food we eat and the work that goes into it,” said ACORN Director of Marketing and Development Lindsey Berk. Each workshop in the series will feature a tour of production facilities, a handson class and a tasting.

Tickets, available at http://bit. ly/1QloJXk, are on sale now, and space is limited. Tickets are $25 each; ACORN Members receive 10 percent off. Producers interested in joining the series should contact Lindsey at lindsey@acornvt.org.

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Housing, forestland big priorities Buck letter As Vermonters we know we have Forests are also critical to the health a high quality of life. It may mean and resilience of our communisomething slightly different to each ties. They store and absorb carbon; one of us but when we slow and store rain and get down to the essence snow melt, lessening of it, the one thing that the impact of flooding; links all of us is our recharge aquifers, prolove of our landscape viding us with clean and the relationship of groundwater; provide our communities to our habitat for other spelandscape. What you cies that live here with may not know is that us; and give us space while we in Vermont for spiritual renewal. are experiencing modIf the amount of forest economic growth estland is declining in and a relatively stable the face of near-zero population, the large population growth and areas of forested land the modest economic that are the foundation growth of the past few of our quality of life are years, what will be This week’s writer threatened. its fate if we achieve Last session the De- is Amy Sheldon, a greater economic partment of Forests, consulting natural growth and, as the forParks and Recreation resource planner est fragmentation represented to the public, and one of Middleport states, 84,000 new by way of the standing bury’s two state reppeople move here by natural resource com- resentatives in the 2030? mittees in the House Vermont House. She Despite progress deand Senate, a report on serves on the Fish, fining growth centers the state of Vermont’s Wildlife and Water in many of our towns, forests. This report is Committee. both commercial and readable and contains residential developimportant details on the status of our ment is still occurring throughout forests (it can be found online by the landscape. This happens for a searching “forest fragmentation re- number of reasons, including that it port Vermont�). The biggest finding can be easier and less expensive to for all of us to consider is that for the develop outside of our downtowns. first time since we have been keep- There are, of course, personal reaing track, we are seeing a decrease sons people develop where they do in the amount of forested land state- — but we can find ways to ensure wide. that people who want to live and Forests provide the ballast to our work in town can do so affordably. economy and our environment and Many businesses and organizawe ignore any loss of this resource tions report that the lack of available at our peril. Forests pump $1.4 bil- work-force housing is one of their lion into the state’s bottom line di- biggest threats. Again, there are a rectly through the forest products number of drivers that make workindustry and millions more indirect- force housing a challenge but comly through tourism and recreation. munities that find creative ways to

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provide access to reasonably priced housing within walking distance to downtown and jobs will be at a competitive advantage and will reduce the demand for housing in outlying areas.

In addition to development pressure, all of Vermont’s working lands are facing a demographic challenge that if not addressed will further fragment our landscape. The average age of farm and forest landowners is nearing retirement. Many of these people will need or want to divest of their resource as they stop working their land. We need to develop transition plans to facilitate the transfer of working lands to the next generation of farmers and forest landowners.

The challenge before us is to build on our unique strengths while respecting and maintaining our natural resource base. With this in mind, I am the lead sponsor on a bill that requires regional and town plans to identify contiguous forestlands and important wildlife habitat areas and to recommend specific policies to support the forest industry and control development in those areas to prevent forest fragmentation. On the flip side, I am a co-sponsor on Bristol Rep. Fred Baser’s bill that proposes to fund two pilot workforce housing projects in designated neighborhoods. I see these issues as two sides of the same coin: if we can come together regionally and in our communities to find creative ways to support our working forests and build housing close to downtowns we can cultivate a vibrant, resilient Vermont economy for all.

I encourage you to visit http:// legislature.vermont.gov/ and look up H.789 and H.702. Feel free to be in touch with me at asheldon@leg. state.vt.us if you have questions or ideas.

Charter House Coalition seeks financial support Many of you signed a petition asking the town of Middlebury to help to support the shelter and free meals programs of the Charter House Coalition. As a result of the petition, the town meeting warning includes and article to include this request in the Fiscal Year 2017 (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018) budget. The vote will be by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 1; the polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at the municipal gym.

Therefore, it is important for voters who support these programs to go to the polls in order to pass the

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proposal by voting Yes on Article 9.

Last year the coalition served 28,000 free meals. Anyone who is food-insecure can enjoy a free meal every day of the week. Four families with nine children now occupy the upstairs shelter at Charter House and 13 singles typically sleep downstairs every night.

There is no doubt that this agency

is needed.

While volunteers from any organizations all over the country provide most of the labor needed to operate these programs and much food is donated, there are many expenses. Thanks for your help in securing town support.

Betty Thurber Middlebury

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(Continued from Page 5) rent system to access their education and to be able to find success.

Embracing learning and quality of programming and access to that programming is a desired goal of the new district.

I am an educator because I wish to give back in honor of those that took the time with our son and helped him to become successful and not for any other reason. Getting up every morning and thinking about ways to reach the students that need it the most is what keeps me going. Making a difference one student at a time is what motivates me. I love when my students find their voice and advocate for themselves. This tells me that they are on the path to success and being able to express what they need in order for us to best help them.

My educational background is as diverse as what I bring to the table.

I have a four year degree from UNH in Dairy Management and Occupational Education, a master’s in Special Education from UVM and a second master’s in Educational Leadership. I am also an associates in Orton Gillingham, a method to teach individuals how to read.

Outside of teaching I am the executive director of Vermont FFA and thus work with students across the state, was a 4-H leader for 25 years, volunteer at the Green Mountain Shootout for 13 years and have served on various local community groups as well. I am also trained as a couture seamstress and have run a successful alteration business in the past.

I thank you for reading and look forward to serving all current and upcoming students in the new ASCD district.

Suzanne Buck Bridport

Unification would benefit ACSU I will be voting yes on the upcoming article to create a unified school district.

Governance consolidation itself is extremely complex, but my reasoning is simple. A unified district is the best available choice for our schools, our students, and our communities.

This vote is really about two paths forward for our local schools.

One path leads toward options and potential opportunities. The other is fraught with limitations, division, diversion and distraction from

common goals, and a continuing struggle with forces beyond our local control.

I hope you will join me in voting for opportunity. Please vote yes in support of establishing a unified district.

Disclosure: ACSU policy requires me to disclose my current position on the Weybridge School Board and that these comments are my own and not that of the board.

Christopher Eaton Weybridge

Letters to the editor

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If you have something to say, send it to: Letters to the Editor, Addison Independent, 58 Maple St., Middlebury, VT 05753. Or email to news@addisonindependent.com.

Letters can be found on Pages 4, 5 and 7.

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MONDAY

Town Meeting Dinner in Lincoln.

Monday, Feb. 29, 4:45-5:45 p.m., Burnham Hall. Enjoy a hot homemade supper before town meeting. Bowl of soup, salad and drink: $6. Desserts priced a la carte. Hosted by the Lincoln Library.

“Riverwalk” slide show and talk in Lincoln.

Monday, Feb. 29, 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.

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TUESDAY

Election Day Bake Sale in Lincoln. Tuesday, March 1, 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Burnham Hall. Coffee, tea and a variety of baked goods, quiches and soups-to-go for sale. Hosted by the Lincoln Library. Bakers are needed; stop in at the library or call 453-2665 to volunteer.

Free foot care/blood pressure clinic in Vergennes. Tuesday, March 1, 9 a.m.-noon, Armory Lane Senior Housing. For Armory Lane residents 9-10 a.m., open to the public 10 a.m.-noon. Bring your own basin and towel.

Offered by ACHHH. Blood pressure/foot care clinic in Brandon.

Tuesday, March 1, 9:30 a.m., Forest Dale Senior Center. Foot clinic $10. Info: 802-775-0568.

“Art Deco in France and Its Global Impact” lecture at Middlebury College. Tuesday, March 1, 4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for

the Arts, Room 125. George H. Marcus, art historian at the University of Pennsylvania and former director of publications at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will speak. Free.

Reading series in Vergennes. Tuesday, March 1, 6 p.m., Bixby Library. Participants in the library’s writing workshops, with help from actors and other writers, will read from their works. For this meeting, Carolinne “Nina” Griffin will share her play “Oona,” based on the life of Oona O’Neill, daughter of celebrated playwright Eugene O’Neill. Learn more at bixbylibrary.org/adult-programs.

Refreshments served. Free. Info: 802-877-2211, ext. 208, or muir.haman@bixbylibrary.org.

Story Matters storytelling class in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 1, 6:30-8 p.m., Ilsley Library.

The first in a four-part, four-week free mini-course on storytelling. The course culminates with a storytelling session for friends and family in April. Sign up at the library or email david.weinstock@gmail.com.

“Riverwalk” slide show and talk in Lincoln.

Tuesday, March 1, 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.

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2

WEDNESDAY

“The Impressionists” documentary screening in Middlebury.

Wednesday, March 2, 11 a.m., Town Hall Theater. A major new film offering a fresh perspective on the Impressionists, through the life and work of the man who introduced these artists to the world, Paul Durand-Ruel.

Time flies MOLLY REED, CO-FOUNDER of Aurora School in Middlebury, sits with her baby son, Spencer, in 1996. Fast-forward to 2016: Aurora is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a fundraising gala at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Sunday, March 6, from 2-6 p.m.

Tickets $10/$5 students, available at the THT box office, 382-9222, www.townhalltheater. org or one hour before show time.

New facility open house in Middlebury.

Wednesday, March 2, 5-9 p.m., Middlebury Recreation Facility, 154 Creek Road. Come see the town’s new rec facility and gymnasium. There will be a Zumba class; unicycling; tot play time; pickleball, tai chi and Bone Builders presentations; swing dance and yoga demonstrations; and more. Snacks and beverages available.

“Building Monticello” talk in Middlebury.

Wednesday, March 2, 7 p.m., Ilsley Library.

Dartmouth College senior lecturer Marlene Heck explains Thomas Jefferson’s lifelong project, Monticello, which he called his “essay in architecture.” A Vermont Humanities Council First Wednesdays event. Info: www.vermonthumanitiescouncil.org or 802-262-2626.

Celtic jam in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 2, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main. A student-led music session. All are welcome.

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Moonlight serenade JOAN DREW’S WATERCOLOR on canvas “Moon Glow” is among the works featured in the Brandon Artist Guild’s new group exhibition, “Out on a Limb.” An opening reception is on Friday, March 4, from 5-7 p.m. at the guild.

THURSDAY

Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, March 3, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol. Arrive at 11 to socialize. Menu: meatloaf, mashed potatoes, carrot casserole and peach cobbler. Suggested donation $4.

Sign up at 453-5276.

Lenten noon recital in Middlebury. Thursday, March 3, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Organ recital by George Matthew Jr., playing works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Thierry Levaux, Jean Bernard Lemoine, Oskar Lindberg and Phillip Hammond. You may bring a lunch; light refreshments will be served. Part of St. Stephen’s annual Lenten recital series.

Introduction to “Peter and the Wolf” for kids in Vergennes. Thursday, March 3, 6-6:45 p.m., Bixby Library, Otter Creek Room. Kids in grades K-12 are invited to hear the story, listen to the music and be introduced to the musical instruments featured in this classical piece for children. This is a preparation for a March 6 concert at the library. Info: 877-2211

or rachel.plant@bixbylibrary.org.

Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, March 3, 7 p.m., 49 Wilson Road. General meeting and show-and-tell, followed by a spin-in/knit-in and/or a double-knit study group. Info: 453-5960.

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FRIDAY

Senior luncheon with live music in Middlebury. Friday, March 4, 11 a.m., Middlebury VFW. CVAA invites seniors to its monthly First Friday luncheon, this month a noon meal of corned beef, cabbage and carrots, boiled potatoes, macaroni and cheese, dinner roll and St. Patty’s Day cake for dessert. Middlebury’s own Oh’Anleigh will perform Irish-American music. Bring your own place setting. Suggested donation $4.

Reservations required: 1-800-642-5119, ext. 1070. Free transportation with ACTR: 388-1946. Info: www.cvaa.org.

Lenten fish fry in Bristol. Friday, March 4, 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.

Exhibit opening reception in Brandon. Friday, March 4, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Artists Guild.

Celebrating the opening of “Out on a Limb,” a guild members’ show that focuses on the unique spirit and sculptural form of trees.

Exhibit runs through May 3.

“Let Down Your March Hares” benefit dance and cocktail party in Middlebury. Friday, March 4, 6-9 p.m., Stonecutter Spirits, 1197 Exchange St. Fundraiser for the Addison County Parent Child Center featuring storyteller Suzanne Schmidt, music by Station Mountain Band, and corn hole boards and games. Silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar. Donations: $25 adults. Info and tickets: 388-3171.

“NER Out Loud” live readings at Middlebury College. Friday, March 4, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. Middlebury College

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communitycalendar student orators will read selections from the New England Review literary magazine.

“S’more Readings” reception follows. Free.

Info: 802-443-6433 or http://go.middlebury. edu/arts.

Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band concert/dance in Middlebury. Friday, March 4, 8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Wright’s sultry and gritty voice is backed by a rock-solid rhythm section, a powerful three-piece horn section and a brilliant electric guitarist. Tickets $15, available at the THT box office, 382-9222, www.townhalltheater.org or at the door.

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SATURDAY

Green Mountain Club cross-country ski outing in Ripton. Saturday, March 5, time and meeting location TBA. The GMC Bread Loaf Section offers a moderate 3-hour cross-country ski with rolling hills and moderate inclines.

Bring water, ski gear and snack. Wear layers.

Contact leader Anne Christie for details: achristie1026@gmail.com or 802-388-4347.

More info: www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Met Opera live in HD in Middlebury. Saturday, March 5, 1 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Live broadcast of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut,” the French tale, set in 1720, of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury. Run time: 3 hours, 33 minutes, with two intermissions. Free pre-show talk at 12:15 in the Byers Studio. Tickets $24/$10 students, available at the THT box office, 382-9222, www.townhalltheater.org or at the door.

“Girlhood” screening at Middlebury College.

Saturday, March 5, 3 and 8 p.m. Dana Auditorium. Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the “boys’ law” in her neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of free-spirited girls. In French with English subtitles. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Chamber music “play-in” in Middlebury.

Saturday, March 5, 3-5 p.m., Middlebury Community Music Center, 6 Main St. Musicians of all ages and abilities are invited to play chamber music they are reading for the first time. Part of the Associated Chamber Music Players Worldwide Play-In. Info: 802-989-7538.

Eric Davis Memorial Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction in Monkton. Saturday, March 5, 5-7 p.m., Monkton Central School.

The Monkton Boy Scouts’ annual fundraiser, featuring regular and gluten-free spaghetti, homemade sauces, tossed green salad, fresh bread, homemade desserts and beverages.

Silent auction closes at 6:30 p.m.

Line dancing lesson in New Haven. Saturday, March 5, 6-8 p.m., New Haven Town Hall.

Addison County Line Dancers present the first in an ongoing series of line-dancing lessons.

Cost $5, all ages welcome. Info: 802-989-6701 or Facebook.com/ACLineDancers. Classes will meet weekly.

“Wagon Wheel’s a-Rollin’” children’s play in Vergennes. Saturday, March 5, 7-9 p.m., Vergennes Union High School auditorium.

The Ferrisburgh Children’s Theater presents this play by Tim Kelly. Tickets $6 adults, $3 children, available at the door.

Carnevale Vergennes fundraiser in Vergennes. Saturday, March 5, 7-11 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. An unusual evening of entertainment, costumes, flourish and flair.

This year’s theme: “Marco Polo Returns,” with Asian-style fare and Italian-style desserts.

Cash bar. Entertainment by Woody Keppel, internationally known performer, acrobat, juggler, actor and comedian, as well as the Hokum Brothers. Limited tickets available, on sale March 1. Tickets $50, available online at www.vergennesoperahouse.org or in advance at Classic Stitching, Everywear for Everybody and Malabar.

Connor Garvey and Sorcha Cribben-Merrill in concert in Ripton. Saturday, March 5, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community House. The Ripton Community Coffee House welcomes this duo

Short readings MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENT Jabari Matthew ’17, reads a selection from the New England Review at “NER Out Loud” last year. NER brings its second annual “Selected Shorts”-style read-aloud event to the college’s Mahaney Center for the Arts on Friday, March 4, at 8 p.m. A “s’more readings” reception — complete with chocolate marshmallow desserts — follows.

Photo by Robert Keren

for an evening of acoustic folk. Refreshments.

The community house is wheelchair-accessible but the bathrooms are not. Admission $10/$3 children, or $15 generous admission.

Info: 388-9782.

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SUNDAY

Pancake breakfast in Cornwall.

Sunday, March 6, 7-10 a.m., Cornwall School. Pancakes, bacon, sausage and eggs, as well as hot and cold drinks. All you can eat. Ages 2-12 $4, ages 13 and older $9. To benefit the school’s farm-to-school programming.

Auditions for old-time radio plays in Brandon.

Sunday, March 6, 2 p.m., Brandon Senior Center, Route 73. Actors with good speaking voices are encouraged to audition for a June 4 performance of old-time radio shows such as “Burns & Allen” and “Dick Tracy.” Info: 247-6720. Also on March 13.

Windsong Woodwind Quintet in concert in Vergennes. Sunday, March 6, 2 p.m., Bixby Library. The quintet performs “Peter and the Wolf” and other short classical pieces.

Refreshments follow. Info: 877-2211 or jane. spencer@bixbylibrary.org.

Aurora School benefit gala in Middlebury.

Sunday, March 6, 2-6 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

Aurora School in Middlebury celebrates 20 years with live music by the Grift, Zephyr and others; food and drink; and silent auction.

Family friendly. Tickets $20 adults, $10 children 12 and younger, $50 families. Info and tickets: www.auroraschoolvt.org or 388-2637.

Pianists Diana Fanning in concert at Middlebury College. Sunday, March 6, 4 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts. A concert celebrating Fanning’s 40 years of teaching piano at the college. Program features Brahms’ Variations, Handel’s Fugue on a Theme and more. Free. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168.

Community dinner in Vergennes. Sunday, March 6, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Enjoy a home-cooked meal. Free. This month’s menu: beef stew with Yorkshire

pudding (pastry-like popovers), peas, applesauce and angel food cake with berries and topping. Gluten-, dairy- and sugar-free servings available.

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MONDAY

Legislative breakfast in Ripton.

Monday, March 7, 7-8:45 a.m., Rikert Nordic Center. Breakfast at 7, program at 7:30 a.m.

Grant-writing workshop in Middlebury.

Monday, March 7, 2-4:30 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center. The Vermont Arts Council is hosting a free workshop for Vermont nonprofit organizations and municipalities interested in applying for FY2017 Cultural Facilities Grants. Grant deadline is May 2. Info: www. vermontartscouncil.org.

Mar

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TUESDAY

Blood drive in Middlebury.

Tuesday, March 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Middlebury American Legion, 49 Wilson Road. Appointments: redcrossblood.org or 1-800-733-2767.

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WEDNESDAY

ACSU early education screening in Middlebury. Wednesday, March 9, 9 a.m.-noon, Junebug Mother and Child. Children who live in Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham or Weybridge who were born between Sept.

2, 2011, and Sept. 1, 2013, are invited with their parents for a developmental screening.

Appointments: 382-1760. Also on March 10.

Free foot care/blood pressure clinic in Bristol.

Wednesday, March 9, 10:30 a.m.-noon, American Legion, 10 Airport Drive. Bring your own basin and towel. Offered by ACHHH. “Release the Writer in You” writing class in Vergennes. Wednesday, March 9, 6-8 p.m., Bixby Library. The first in a five-week series

of writing classes, led by Kristen Johanneson.

Participants will explore plot, setting, conflict and more, and study short fiction, eventually creating their own inventive narratives. Space is limited. Register at 802-877-2211 or muir. haman@bixbylibrary.org.

“Difret” screening at Middlebury College.

Wednesday, March 9, 7 p.m., Dana Auditorium.

When 14-year-old Jirut is abducted in her rural village’s tradition of kidnapping women for marriage, she fights back, accidentally killing her captor and intended husband. Part of the Education Studies Program’s spring film series. Free. See www.difret.com.

Book club meeting in Bridport. Wednesday, March 9, 7 p.m., Bridport Highway Department Conference Room. This month’s title: “The Moviegoer” by Walker Percy. Info: 758-2858.

LIVEMUSIC Va-et-Vient in New Haven. Friday, March 4, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

Dave & Billo in Middlebury. Friday, March 4, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Hamjob in Middlebury. Friday, March 4, 9 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Anthony Santor Jazz Group in Middlebury.

Saturday, March 5, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main.

The Blackberry Bushes Duo in Middlebury.

Friday, March 11, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

BandAnna in Middlebury. Saturday, March 12, 5-8 p.m., 51 Main.

The Sky Blue Boys in Middlebury. Friday, March 18, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Cooie DeFrancesco in Middlebury. Saturday, March 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Paul Asbell Jazz Group in Middlebury. Friday, March 25, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

DuPont Brothers in Middlebury. Saturday, March 26, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

See a full listing of

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Pet Pages

PETS IN NEED HOMEWARD BOUND

Addison County’s Humane Society 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!

Peanut Butter: 2 years, Pit Bull Mix, Neutered Male. Peanut Butter is a petite dog with an amazing smile! This boy loves to play, play, play, whether it be with toys, people, or other dogs – he is a puppy at heart. He plays well with other dogs of similar energy level, but may overwhelm lower energy dogs with his exuberance.

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

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Submit your Pet!

We all do our best by our pets while we’re around to take care of them. Please consider going the extra step and including your pet in your will or other estate planning so that you’ll know they will be well taken care of even if you can’t be there for them.

If you’d like to include your pet as “Pet of the Week” simply include your pet’s name, gender, approximate age (if you know it), along with comments about the pet’s favorite activities, your favorite activity with the pet, what the pet enjoys eating, and any particular stories or incidents you might like to share concerning your pet.

Send the pho to and sto ry to the Addison Independent, Pet Page, 58 Maple St., Middlebury, Vt., 05753, or email a high-resolution jpeg to news@ addisonindependent.com.

Tips of the Week

We all want to give our

Angel: Plott Hound, Spayed Female.

Angel is a mellow girl who spent her early life as a raccoon hunting dog.

We are hesitant to place her in a home with cats, but she 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!

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!

Shiva: years, DSH Tiger, Spayed Female. Shiva is a playful, independent gal who would like to be an only pet.

She would be the perfect companion for someone who will give her space when she needs it and who will respect her inner Diva.

Ginny: 3 years, DSH Grey Tiger, Spayed Female. Ginny is a sweet girl looking for a place to call home. She loves soft blankets and places to hide.

Once she warms up to you, she loves to sit on your lap and be stroked. Won’t you let Ginny be your tonic?

Call or check our website. We may have a pet for you ...

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dogs nice warm dinners, and at the same time we know that we have to limit their calories and also that many human foods are just plain unhealthy for dogs. Try adding some nice hot water to the dry kibble about 5-10 minutes before feeding time and before you know it, you will have a nice gravy.

Pet Pages

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ADDISON COUNTY

School news briefs

Cole Gregory, a graduating senior at Middlebury Union High School, has been named a candidate in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars program.

Gregory is one of 4,000 candidates to be selected from nearly 3.3 million high school seniors. Eight hundred semifinalists will be selected in April.

Gregory is the son of Amy and Ross Gregory.

Arianna Duprey of Vergennes and Alexis Ouellette of Middlebury were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2015 semester at Emmanuel College in Boston.

Bound for state MEMBERS OF THE Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association PeeWee A team celebrate their 1-0 win over No. 1 seed Essex on Feb. 20 at Missisquoi/Highgate, which qualified them for next Saturday’s state championship game in Woodstock. The 11-13-year-olds will face the Missisquoi PeeWee A team on at the Union Arena at 9:30 a.m. for the Vermont title. A second MAHA team — the Squirt A squad, made up of 9-11-year-olds — will play in a state championship game of their own on Saturday morning. The MAHA Squirts will take on the Northshire Squirt A team on March 5 at 8 a.m. on the same ice.

It has been a while since either of these level teams have advanced this far in the State Championship Tournament. Both teams had to work their way through two weekends of play-downs, with three games each weekend, and then a semi-final game on Feb. 20.

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Hunt (Continued from Page 1) property belonging to folks known to be opposed to coyote hunting.

“We are not out to create controversy,” Chris Hanson, one of the hunters, told the Independent. “We are very respectful of people.”

In a voice that at times cracked with emotion, Rigg told the selectboard the incidents were causing her and her husband, Jeff Mack, to fear for their lives, and she vowed to defend herself. She added her recent experiences were causing her health problems, including high blood pressure.

“We all “We are not need laws out to create to keep ourcontroversy. selves in We are very check,” Rigg said of huntrespectful of ing. “There people.”

— coyote hunter are no checks Chris Hanson and balances going on (with coyote hunting), and that is what’s putting myself and my neighbors in fear of our lives … People have been telling me they are carrying their own weapons in fear.”

Nicolee Torrey, another Lapham Bay Road resident, also complained about coyote hunting activities in the neighborhood that weekend. She alleged a hunting dog strayed onto her property and “was circling my horse.”

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JEFF MACK STANDS looking out over the Shoreham land he shares with his spouse, Katie Rigg. Mack and Rigg are concerned about what they allege are irresponsible activities by coyote hunters this winter.

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have now made the decision to post their property.

“They enjoyed intimidating a woman,” Torrey said of the hunters.

But hunters gave a different account of the incident.

Hanson alleged that the Torreys blocked in some of the hunters’ trucks. Torrey said she parked her vehicle behind the trucks but did not believe she was blocking them in.

Efforts to reach Middlebury-based

Game Warden Josh Hungerford, of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, were unsuccessful as the Addison Independent went to press on Friday. Hungerford has been investigating the coyote hunting com-

plaints in Shoreham.

Torrey reinforced her displeasure with this recent Facebook post: “Attention all Coyote Hunters using dogs: if your dog is in my horse pasture ‘harassing or annoying’ my horse, there will be consequences.

You do not get to tell me that I am harassing you by expressing my concerns! If my horse is sweating and upset, he has been ‘harassed and annoyed.’ Your dog threatens my horse, I will threaten your dog! It is my responsibility to protect my horse. It is YOUR responsibility to control your dog and keep it OFF my property!”

Lt. Mike Manley, commander of the Vermont State Police’s New Haven barracks, said the hunting complaints fall within the jurisdiction of Vermont Fish & Wildlife.

A WINTER TRADITION Participants in the Shoreham coyote hunts said the activity has become a winter tradition. Hanson said the hunts generally begin after muzzleloader season and conclude toward the end of March. He said the hunters are careful to check with landowners, some of whom participate in the hunts. Many hunters use GPS equipment to record their positions, information that he said can confirm no trespassing occurred. He added area farmers encourage the hunts as a means of thinning a coyote population that can wreak havoc on other animals, including deer.

Another one of the hunters, who wished to remain anonymous, said the coyote hunts have allowed participants to enjoy the outdoors as temperatures begin to warm up.

They have also been a way to introduce the younger generation to (See Tradition, Page 15)

Addison Independent, Monday, February 29, 2016 — PAGE 15

Tradition (Continued from Page 14) their own enforceable laws. But he hunting, he said. said there is a process by which citi“It’s just us farm kids trying to kill zens can push for new hunting regutime,” he said. “It’s a sport, and it’s lations — through the Vermont Fish legal.” & Wildlife Board. The 14-member It might be legal, but coyote hunt- board includes representatives from ing is not neighbor-friendly the way each county. Gary Gibbs of Leicester it’s being practiced in Shoreham, ac- is currently rounding out his six-year cording to Rigg. term on the panel. The governor apRigg, a self-described “redneck points members. The board, among from Shoreham,” said other things, considers she has lived in town for “They are new hunting regulations, more than 40 years. She which can come from a terrorizing said she’s noticed coyote member of the panel or this town hunting in the area before, from citizens, Stedman but added the activity has under said. It takes a majority lately gotten out of hand. people’s vote of the board to ap“I don’t want to stop noses, within prove new regulations, he them from hunting, but added. the confines they need to be regulated,” “It’s Fish & Wildlife’s of the law.”

Rigg said. version of a selectboard,” — Shoreham Vermont Fish & WildStedman said. resident life currently permits coyLouis Porter is commisKatie Rigg ote hunting year-round, sioner of the Vermont Fish with no limit on kills. It & Wildlife Department. is one of two animals that can be le- He said the department receives a few gally hunted at night (the other being coyote hunting complaints each year. skunks), by moonlight. State rules He added the department takes comprohibit the taking of game using ar- plaints, such as the recent ones from tificial light. Dogs can also legally be Shoreham, “very, very seriously.” used to hunt coyotes, as well as bear, “We talk to the those who lodge the according to Lt. Justin Stedman, a complaints and to the hunters, and, state game warden and supervisor of when warranted, ask our wardens to Fish & Wildlife’s central district. look into them, as we have in this Stedman said it is up to the dog case,” Porter said through an email. owners to police their animals, which NO NEW RULES LIKELY he said can be tricky.

The commissioner added he is not “These dogs don’t operate with- likely to recommend new coyote in the vision of hunters,” he said. hunting regulations.

“The dogs can cross posted land.

“Our biologists and wardens are That’s something that can cause is- constantly considering whether our sues. regulations need to change, but at this “Dogs can’t read,” he added. point I do not believe we need adStedman said Vermont Fish & ditional regulations on coyote huntWildlife is in charge of regulating ing,” Porter said. “Coyotes are a very hunting, meaning towns cannot pass important top predator in Vermont,

but their population is also very resilient and adaptable. We have no evidence that hunting under the current regulations is leading to a decline in coyote populations in Vermont that could place that population in jeopardy — or even significantly reduce it across the landscape.”

Porter acknowledges some Vermonters want to see coyote hunting more heavily regulated. He added other folks want to make coyote hunting even easier.

“We all share this state, its land and its wildlife and we all have a duty to protect and respect it — and we all have the right to enjoy it, including through regulated and legal hunting,” Porter said. “Like in any activity involving human beings, people occasionally come into conflict over hunting. We hear from people who would like us to limit or eliminate coyote hunting, and from people who would like us to extend trapping of them, put a bounty in

place, or allow the use of lights to hunt them at night.”

Shoreham Selectman and former state Rep. Will Stevens listened intently, with his colleagues, to Rigg’s and Torrey’s concerns on Wednesday. While the selectboard might be powerless to intercede with a local hunting ordinance, Stevens believes there might be another solution.

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Kat Wright brings her Motown soul to THT Kat Wright and the Indomitable to 5 p.m., Monday-Saturday) and at Soul Band, who wowed Middlebury the door, if available. audiences at last year’s Foodaroo, RIPTON COFFEE HOUSE return to Middlebury’s Town Hall The Ripton Community Coffee Theater for a big concert/dance on House, a nonprofit community conFriday at 8 p.m. cert series, welcomes The name of the group Connor Garvey and Sortells the story. Wright cha Cribben-Merrill at herself, whose voice is 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at both sultry and dynamic, the Ripton Community gritty and full of emoHouse in Ripton. tion, has been described Independent touras a cross between a ing artists in their own

by Greg Pahl young Bonnie Raitt and right, when Garvey and Amy Winehouse. A rockCribben-Merrill team up solid rhythm section, as a duo, their harmonies a powerful three-piece horn sec- alone can carry the show. Add rich tion and a brilliant electric guitarist blues-funk grooves, contemplative rip through the Motown and Soul imagery and nods to various tradisongbook with explosive power. tions, and you’ll find this collaboraThe group is confident, cool, fun to tion has staying power. watch, and, well … indomitable.

Garvey is an award-winning singBoston Public Radio calls the er-songwriter from Portland, Maine, group “frighteningly good.” with the amiable presence of an enTickets are $15 and may be pur- tertainer, the lyrical depth of a poet, chased at townhalltheater.org, 382- and the enchantment of a storyteller.

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As always, the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with an open-mike set, followed by the featured performers.

Open-mike performers are encouraged to call in advance and reserve one of the four open-mike slots.

Admission to the coffeehouse is $3 kids (12 and under), $10 general admission and $15 generous admission. The economically challenged may pay what they can afford. Refreshments will benefit Otter Creek Child Center. The coffeehouse is held on the first Saturday of each month, except August.

For more information, contact Richard Ruane or Andrea Chesman at 388-9782.

‘MANON LESCAUT’ AT THT Town Hall Theater announces the broadcast of Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” live from the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Few operas have surpassed “Manon Lescaut” in the depiction of the urgency of young love. The French tale of a beautiful young woman destroyed by her conflicting needs for love and luxury had already inspired Massenet’s “Manon” (1884), a relatively new and immensely popular work at the time of the “Manon Lescaut” premiere. Puccini made the story his own and infused it with a new level of frank emotion and a flood of melody.

Soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Roberto Alagna join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Alagna is the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in 1940s occupied France in a film noir setting. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score.

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Arts Beat (Continued from Page 16) There is a free pre-show talk in the Byers Studio at 12:15 p.m. sponsored by the Opera Company of Middlebury.

Tickets are $24/$10 students and may be purchased at townhalltheater.org, 382-9222, at the THT box office, or at the door. Run time is about 3-1/2 hours with two intermissions.

CARNEVALE VERGENNES Carnevale Vergennes, an unusual evening of entertainment, costumes, flourish and flair, has become the favorite late-winter fundraiser for Vergennes area residents since its inception. This year’s Carnevale Vergennes, which begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Vergennes Opera House, will benefit three Vergennes area nonprofit organizations: the Vergennes Opera House, the Vergennes Partnership and, new this year, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes.

The theme of this year’s Carnevale Vergennes is “Marco Polo Returns� celebrating the achievements of the world traveler who forever connected the Italian and Asian cultures in magnificent and delicious ways. As such, guests will enjoy Asian-style-fare with Italianstyle dessert. Guests will also be treated to acrobatics, magic, music and, new this year, dancing, with the popular Hokum Brothers. There will also be a cash bar provided by Bar Antidote with a portion of the proceeds going toward the beneficiary nonprofits.

There is a limit of 200 attendees for this year’s Carnevale Vergennes, and guests are encouraged to purchase their tickets early.

Tickets are $50 each and are available online at vergennesoperahouse. org or in advance at Classic Stitching, Everywear for Everybody, and

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Beat (Continued from Page 17) Manet, Monet, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir and Pissarro, and his determination to support them in the unforgiving environment of 19thcentury Paris, through the FrancoPrussian war, alongside dealing with the blows of his own personal life — losing his wife and caring for their five children.

Tickets are $10/$5 students and may be purchased at www.townhalltheater.org, 802-382-9222, at the THT box office, or at the door Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. or one hour before show time.

PIANIST DIANA FANNING Pianist Diana Fanning will celebrate 40 years of teaching piano at Middlebury College with a solo recital in Robison Hall of the Mahaney Center for the Arts on Sunday at 4 p.m. The program will include works by Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and

Janáček. The concert will also feature Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, one of the great masterpieces of the Romantic era.

Fanning has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and in England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, the Czech Republic, Holland and Germany. She has performed on numerous occasions as a concerto soloist with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Vermont Public Television featured her in a program of works by Scarlatti, Ravel, and Chopin. Radio audiences hear her frequently over Vermont Public Radio, and she has performed live on “Morning Pro Musica” (WGBHFM) Boston and on WNYC, New York City. She is an Affiliate Artist of the Middlebury College Department of Music.

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“A mesmerizing exercise in the enlightenment that can happen when a filmmaker shifts the male cinematic gaze ever so slightly,” says Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post.

The film, in French with English subtitles, will be shown at 3 and again at 8 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on College Street (Route 125). It’s free. Some of the films in this series may be inappropriate for children.

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MUSIC AT LINCOLN PEAK Addison County’s Va-et-Vient returns to perform at Lincoln Peak Vineyard at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

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Baby’s first month Parents discuss highs and lows

By JOHN S. McCRIGHT MIDDLEBURY — The world welcomed Riley Jacob Harrington on Jan. 15. He was a beautiful baby boy, all that a happy mother and father could hope for.

And then the hard work began.

His mother and father, Anna and Justin Harrington of Middlebury, anticipated both the joys of parenthood and the challenges. After a month, the reality of being parents had sunk in and, after seeing their world turned upside down by the presence of a new person in their lives, they were ready to take stock of all they had gained.

(See Newborn, Page 20) NEWBORN RILEY HARRINGTON gets completely relaxed and takes a little snooze the day before he marks his first month.

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ANNA HARRINGTON CUDDLES with her son, Riley, who, thankfully, is enjoying a little snooze.

Newborn (Continued from Page 19) “Some days I feel like, ‘I’ve got this,’ and other days I feel like, ‘What am I doing?’”

Anna said earlier this month as she considered life as a new mother.

Riley rested quietly in her arms, content as could be.

“I think that I have to keep a positive attitude. We had so many things go wrong (around the time of the birth),” Anna said.

The newborn had trouble breathing and the doctor’s considered sending him to

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UVM Medical Center because he had some air trapped inside his chest but outside his lungs. They decided it wasn’t anything to worry about, and his little body took care of it naturally.

Then they diagnosed possible jaundice so even after the family left the hospital, they had to return daily to have his blood checked.

“We basically spent a week and a half at Porter Hospital,” Anna recounted.

To complicate matters, the day Anna went

into the hospital, Justin was diagnosed with sleeps. Of course, that doesn’t mean uninterbronchitis, a sinus infection and an ear infec- rupted sleep. tion. Looking back, Anna laughs.

“I usually get up with him about three “So he was also recovering in the hospital times a night,” she said. “Sometimes he and when we got home,” she said. eats and wants to go right back to bed, other Thankfully, the medical staff gave Justin times he wants to stay up for an hour and a antibiotics and told him that as long as he half.” didn’t have a fever he would be Sharing the responsiOK with the baby. bilities of parenthood has “Some days The next challenge was emphasized Anna and I feel like, ‘I’ve breastfeeding.

Justin’s need for good team“He tried breastfeeding and got this,’ and work. There are times of day he just wouldn’t latch,” Anna or situations where one or other days I feel said. “We had our lactation the other seems to rise to the like, ‘What am I consultant come to the house occasion. and meet with me and she doing?’ ... I think “Usually you trade off,” couldn’t do it.”

Justin said. that I have to So Riley is being fed formula “We’ve learned that now, and he’s doing fine. Anna keep a positive Justin tends to be pretty attitude.” admits to a little frustration on stressed out during the day this count.

— new mother with him, and I tend to be “That was the plan all along, Anna Harrington more stressed out at night,” to breastfeed. I never imagined Anna said. “So if at three it was going to be so difficult, in the morning I’m having but it was absolutely miserable. He wanted a tough time, Justin’s usually pretty calm; nothing to do with it,” she said. “This lacta- and at three in the afternoon if Justin’s super tion consultant, everyone said she had the stressed out I’m usually pretty calm.” magic touch, she could get everyone to Justin said he can get anxious when Riley breastfeed. Not this one.” cries when they are out among strangers.

During the last bit of her pregnancy and “In public I feel like people are judging us for the first month of Riley’s life, Anna took for a crying baby,” he said. a break from some medication she takes for Anna said her hardest time is 6 a.m. a long-term health issue. But, since breast“He wakes up for a feeding and he doesn’t feeding wasn’t happening, she returned to want to go back to bed … and I just want to taking the medication. go back to sleep,” she said.

“He hated it so much and I needed to get Justin admits that when he returned to back on my medicine, and we decided he’s work after a week off he was worried about going to be a formula baby,” Anna said. “But his wife because she wasn’t getting much he got a little bit of breast milk in the first sleep. Some days he had to leave for his job week, week and a half.” as a cook at Middlebury College at 4 a.m., And then there is the sleep deprivation. which meant Anna was alone with Riley Anna quickly learned to sleep when the baby (See First month, Page 21)

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Babies & Families First month (Continued from Page 20) when he woke up — if the baby was still sleeping.

“I felt kind of guilty just getting out of the house,” he said.

Justin did that for a few days until he injured his knee and had to go on a medical leave from work.

“So I got him back,” Anna said, perhaps a little pleased with her good luck at the expense of his bad. “It kind of worked out.”

And the team is bigger than just mom and dad. Eight-year-old Mason, Justin’s first son, spends some time at this dad’s house and some at his mother’s. He takes a genuine interest in his baby brother. He’s fed Riley and gives him a pacifier when needed.

“I put Riley on the couch and tell Mason not to let him hit the ground,” Justin said.

“This morning when Daddy was in the bathroom I watched him; he was in the swing,” Mason said.

What if Riley started crying?

“I’d probably go get Anna or put the pacifier back in,” Mason said.

“The only thing we can’t convince Mason to do is change a diaper,” Anna teased.

And Anna’s mother, Mary Ann Osborne, has been a godsend.

At the end of the third week, Osborne took Riley to her home in East Middlebury for five hours so that Anna and Justin could just go home and sleep.

“That was the first time we felt like we (See Asking for help, Page 22)

Baby bliss FIVE-MONTH-OLD Oliver Grayson Payne takes it easy on a couch in Middlebury earlier this month. The New Haven baby was welcomed on Sept. 3 by mother Amanda Sears, father David Payne and big brother Gage.

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RILEY JACOB HARRINGTON has become the center of attention for mother and father, Anna and Justin Harrington, and big brother, Mason, during the month since he was born.

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Asking for help alertness and tracking of the world around (Continued from Page 21) didn’t have control,” Anna said. “We were him with his eyes, Anna even filed his nails so tired that we felt like we couldn’t even once, after he scratched his face (“He was sort of OK with it, he wasn’t take care of ourselves.” happy, but OK,” Anna said).

Anna knows that her mother “It seems like The initial jaundice has loves having her grandson completely disappeared. The around. “He was there five or it’s gone fast sleeping is quite good at times. six hours and I don’t think he … maybe too They spent an hour and a half ever got put down,” Anna said. fast. Maybe in a restaurant when relatives But still Anna sometimes finds just the right came to visit. it difficult to ask for help.

And they look forward to “She always offers, but I amount of breakthroughs just over the feel kind of guilty asking her,” fast.”

— controlling his head, Anna said. “She’s sooo busy.

— New horizon sitting up, playing on the mat She’s coaching the skating mother Anna and, of course, sleeping through show, and I’m not doing that Harrington the night. this year.”

And there’s also a recognition And Osborne is busy with that time is passing and they are her job at Middlebury College really doing it, they are being parents. working with students.

“It seems like it’s gone fast … maybe But Anna’s assessment of grandma’s help too fast,” Anna said, “maybe just the right is unequivocal. amount of fast.

“She’s been great,” she said.

“I don’t mind these days flying by — fussAs the Harringtons marked the first month of tiny Riley’s life, they paused for ing and being up every three hours; maybe a moment to savor the milestones their son in a month I’ll want it to slow down.” had already achieved — a growing sense of

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Here’s why you shouldn’t leave baby in a car (MS) — Children require a lot of care and constant supervision when they are young. Such is the reason reports of children being left in cars are so surprising and generate so much outrage.

Many parents would never intentionally put their youngsters in harm’s way, but leaving a child in an unattended vehicle — even if it’s just for a few minutes — can be incredibly dangerous. Many states even consider such behavior a crime.

Since 1998, 611 children have died from hyperthermia, or heat stroke, which resulted from the kids having been left in hot cars. Consumer Reports notes that more than 50 percent of those deaths were children under the age of 2.

Heat is not the only danger children face when left in cars. Cold cars can be equally dangerous. Young children cannot regulate their body temperature very well. The University of Rochester Medical Center says babies can’t adjust to temperature changes as well as adults, and infants can lose heat rapidly, nearly four

times faster than adults. Healthy newborns may not be able to keep their bodies warm if the environment around them is too cold. On cold, snowy days, babies may need a constant flow of heat in the car to remain comfortable.

Weather and temperature are not the only dangers kids face when left alone in cars.

Strangulation from safety belts, entrapment in doors and windows and falls from open windows also may occur when kids are left in cars unsupervised. Some dexterous children may climb into the driver’s seat and engage the gearshift, causing the vehicle to move. Abduction is another potential danger (though highly unlikely), as unattended children in cars are potential targets for kidnappers.

Never leave a child unattended in a car. Parents prone to forgetfulness can put a stuffed animal on the front seat to serve as a reminder that they have kids strapped in backseat car seats or place a purse or wallet on the backseat so they must look in the back of the car before exiting their vehicles.

Tips for moms returning to work (MS) — Returning from maternity leave can be challenging for any mother, but it can be especially difficult for first-time mothers, many of whom spend the vast majority of their maternity leaves with newborn babies in hand. While the challenge of returning from maternity leave can be considerable, working mothers can take steps to ensure the transition goes as smoothly as possible.

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Start looking as soon as possible, asking (See Back to work, Page 25)

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RETURNING TO WORK after several months of maternity leave is a difficult yet manageable transition many working mothers must make.

Back to work (Continued from Page 24) physicians, family members, friends, and neighbors for recommendations. Insist on references from any potential caregivers, and don’t hesitate to find a new care provider if your initial choice does not pan out.

• Adjust your breastfeeding schedule. As the end of maternity leave nears, mothers can adjust their breastfeeding schedules so babies grow accustomed to nursing during hours when their mothers will be home and not at the office. Some companies have on-site childcare, and mothers who can take advantage of such programs should establish an on-site breastfeeding schedule and let their bosses know at which points during the day they will be visiting

the on-site childcare facility to breastfeed.

• Inquire about telecommuting. The idea of telecommuting might have been a topic better broached before you went on maternity leave, but it’s never too late to inquire. Some companies embrace telecommuting while others are more hesitant to allow employees to work from home. Find out which category your company falls into, or if bosses are willing to meet you in the middle ground and enable you to work from home one or two days per week.

Telecommuting can make the transition back to work a little easier, and it can save you substantial amounts of money on childcare as well.

• Address any uncomfortable feelings.

Returning from maternity leave often stirs feelings of guilt or sadness. If you develop such feelings, speak openly about them with your significant other and/or speak to fellow working mothers who can often offer support and share their own stories about returning from maternity leave.

• Cut back on your commitments. Before you became a mother, you might have been the type of employee who was never afraid to take on a new project no matter how much was already on your plate. Now you may have to make adjustments. Avoid taking on any additional work as you get used to being a working mother. Once you grow accustomed to your new schedule and being both a professional and a mother, then you can start taking on additional commitments if you feel you can swing it.

Returning from maternity leave is a challenge working mothers must face. But those who start to think about their transitions back to the office sooner rather than later will be better prepared to handle such a unique experience.

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Great dental health must start early

By Dr. NEAL GALINKO Senior medical director, UnitedHealthcare of New England February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, a reminder that good oral health is crucial to good overall health.

Tooth decay is largely preventable, yet it ranks as the most common chronic disease among children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A recent survey by The Pew Center on the States gave Vermont a “B” in managing children’s oral health based on key measures such as optimally fluoridated water and availability of school-based dental programs.

Some people believe baby teeth are not overly important, yet decay even in baby teeth can lead to speech problems, oral infections and discolored, crooked and damaged adult teeth. It’s important to keep baby teeth healthy and in place to ensure permanent teeth come in properly.

Maintaining proper oral health among children is relatively easy. For example: For baby’s teeth and gums: • Never put baby to bed with a bottle of milk, formula, fruit juice or sweetened liquid. When these liquids pool in a baby’s mouth, they form a sugary film on the baby’s teeth, leading to decay and infection.

• Starting at birth, clean the baby’s gums with water and a soft cloth or child-sized toothbrush.

Once a child reaches age 2, parents can start brushing a baby’s teeth with a soft bristled toothbrush and a smear-sized dab of fluoride toothpaste (no larger than a grain of rice), making sure to teach the toddler to spit out the toothpaste.

• Schedule the baby’s first dental visit when the first tooth comes in, usually between the child’s first six to 12 months.

For children’s teeth and gums: • Help your child brush twice a day with a small amount of fluoride toothpaste; for children ages 3 to 6, this means a pea-sized dab. Make sure your child does not swallow toothpaste, which may expose them to too much fluoride.

• Begin flossing when back teeth begin to come in. Toothbrush bristles cannot reach between teeth, leaving those teeth vulnerable to bacteria and decay.

• Limit sugary snacks and drinks between meals. When sugar comes in contact with teeth, decay-causing bacteria can produce acids that damage your child’s teeth. Encourage children to eat healthy snacks, such as fruits and vegetables.

• Take your child to the dentist regularly and ask about fluoride supplements, which make the tooth enamel strong and help protect it from decay. For most children, that means visiting the dentist twice a year.

• Sealants are plastic coatings placed on back teeth to protect them from decay, and they are usually covered as a preventive service by many dental plans, requiring little or no out-of-pocket costs. Ask the dentist about placing sealants for your child once he/she turns 6, when molars first come in.

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LINCOLN — The Lincoln Community School will celebrate the culmination of their study of French culture on Thursday, March 4, from noon-2:30 p.m. Families and community members are welcome for all of the festivities.

From noon-1 p.m., a family-style French luncheon will be created and served by the Nouveau Culinary Group. For a reservation, call 4532119 or email dzele@anesu.org.

A Festival of French Culture runs from 1:30-2:30 p.m. It features a runway show of the latest fashions from the newly established LCS Maison Haute Couture; a reenactment of the Tour de France (with both bikers and spectators, of course); a French intensive agriculture exhibit of micro-greens and the industrious worms that helped grow them; a display of French architecture (chateaus, castles and monuments); and a dance performance (ballet) and contra dance for all, called by Lausanne Allen and Rick Ceballos.

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The truth is paying taxes can be an anxiety-producing experience for anyone, me included. What if I make an error in calculations? What if I pay too much? What if I don’t pay enough?

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VITA sites are located at Community Action Agencies, like CVOEO throughout the state of Vermont.

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MONDAY

SPORTS

MUHS girls skate to quarterfinal victory

Tiger boys advance in D-II hockey with OT win

Tigers to host BFA next in D-I playoffs

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The secondseeded Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team had little trouble in this past Wednesday’s Division I quarterfinal, blanking visiting No. 7 South Burlington, 7-0.

The harder part begins this Wednesday, when the 16-3-2 Tigers (9-3-1 in D-I play), will host No. 3 BFA-St. Albans in a semifinal at

Memorial Sports Center. (Tickets will be $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.)

The Comets are 10-9-1 overall, including games vs. out-of-state competition, but they were 9-4 in league play and split two games with the Tigers this winter. MUHS won more recently at home, 4-1, while the Comets prevailed in St. (See Girls, Page 29)

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School sophomore Andi Boe had a goal and two assists in the Tigers’ 7-0 quarterfinal win over South Burlington last Wednesday night in Middlebury.

TIGER SOPHOMORE TULLEY Hescock holds her ground against a South Burlington defender during last week’s Division I quarterfinal game at the Memorial Sports Center. Middlebury won the game, 7-0.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Women’s hockey outlasts stubborn mules Middlebury Panthers to host NESCAC final four this weekend at Kenyon

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College women’s hockey finds itself in familiar territory, thanks to its 4-3 victory over Colby in Saturday’s home NESCAC quarterfinal.

For the fifth time in six years, this weekend the 18-4-3 Panthers are hosting the NESCAC final four, with the league’s automatic NCAA Division III berth at stake.

The top-seeded Panthers will meet No. 5 Trinity (15-8-2) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, while No. 2 Amherst (21-1-3) will face third-seeded Connecticut College (15-7-3) at 4 p.m. The winners will meet on Sunday at 2 p.m. Amherst has one league loss, giving the Panthers, unbeaten in NESCAC, the top seed.

The Panthers defeated Trinity twice at Kenyon early this season, 5-1 and 2-1; tied Amherst on the road twice, 2-2 and 3-3; and defeated and tied Connecticut, 3-2 and

1-1, at home. and they know it.”

Coach Bill Mandigo “Last year we At the same time, was pleased to get past played the No. Mandigo said NESCAC Colby, which despite 8 seed and playoff games are typiits 6-16-3 record lost to it was four cally challenging. the Panthers by only one overtimes.

“Last year we played goal in the team’s three the No. 8 seed and it The year meetings this winter. was four overtimes. The But he said the Pan- before we year before we played thers understand they played the the No. 8 seed and we will have to up their play No. 8 seed got beat 2-1 in overthis weekend. The Pan- and we got time,” Mandigo said. thers outshot the Mules, Saturday’s first pebeat 2-1 in 38-20, and Mandigo riod looked like it might overtime.” noted they failed to capbe easy, as the Panthers — Coach outshot Colby, 13-2. italize on some chances Bill Mandigo and gave up two goals But they took just a 1-0 after taking a 4-1 lead. lead. At 8:34, sopho“I told them you should have more leading scorer Maddie Winsmiles on your faces. You’re play- slow took a centering pass from the ing next week,” Mandigo said. “So right side from sophomore ElizaI’m happy for them. They’re happy, beth Wulf and one-timed it inside and they should be happy. But if the left post at 8:34. The second asthey’re going to play on Sunday, sist went sophomore Jessica Young, they’re going to have to play better, who won the puck along the right-

wing boards and fed Wulf.

Mules goalie Angelica Crites (34 saves) made some strong saves to limit the Panthers, She stopped freshmen Shanna Hickman and Jenna Marotta in a scramble soon after Winslow’s score, and with 1:30 left in the period denied sophomore Janka Hlinka’s one-timer on the doorstep set up by Young.

Colby launched the first four shots of the second period, including testing Panther goalie Julia Neuberger twice from long range and once right off a faceoff.

The Panthers answered with the next six shots. One went in, freshman defender Grace Jennings’ shot from the left point that deflected into the lower left corner with Young screening Crites. Freshman forward Katherine Jackson and junior defender Victoria Laven earned assists.

(See Panthers, Page 30)

By ANDY KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY — The thirdseeded Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team got the game-winning goal from sophomore Tyler Giorgio 1:18 into double overtime on this past Wednesday night to turn back visiting No. 6 Hartford, 3-2, in a Division II quarterfinal.

The 16-4-2 Tigers, who stretched their unbeaten streak to nine games, earned a semifinal date with No. 2 U-32. They will visit the 18-2-1 Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Barre B.O.R. Ice Rink. U-32 won the winter’s only meeting between the two teams, also in Barre, 2-1, with the shots even at 20 apiece.

Because No. 8 Burr & Burton upset No. 1 Woodstock last week, the Tigers and Raiders are the top seeds remaining in the tournament. No. 4.

Stowe (17-5), the defending champion, will face Burr & Burton (13-9) this Wednesday. The semifinal victors will meet on March 10 at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Arena.

The Tigers are eager to take on the (See Boys, Page 29)

Area wrestlers nab state titles NORTH CLARENDON — Vergennes Union High School junior Brandon Cousino at 182 pounds and Middlebury senior Nick Beauchamp at 195 won titles on Saturday at the state championship meet at Mill River.

Cousino pinned Mount Anthony’s A.J Wright in his final, while Beauchamp edged MAU’s Sebastian Rocher, 3-0.

Tiger senior Nate Gebo lost the 120 final, but still earned the record for most career wins at MUHS. Also finishing second was VUHS senior Jeb Hodsden at 152.

Earning third-place finishes were Mount Abraham freshman Roman Mayer at 120, MUHS senior James Whitley at 145 and VUHS senior Ryan Paquin at 170.

Junior Tyson Cram at 138 and senior Nate Doty at 285 took fourths for Otter Valley.

MAU won the team title. MUHS was sixth; VUHS, seventh; OV, ninth; and Mount Abe, 13th.

The Independent will publish a detailed report on Thursday.

Addison Independent, Monday, February 29, 2016 — PAGE 29

Boys (Continued from Page 28) Raiders, who also defeated them in the 2015 quarterfinal round, 2-1.

“They’re a good team. We’ve just got to go up there and do what we do, bury the puck, finish, bury the rebound, and not let them score,” said junior co-captain Andrew Gleason, who set up Giorgio’s game-winner. “On any given night, anyone can win. I’m looking forward to it.”

Coach Derek Bartlett pointed to the even game the teams already played this winter.

“It was a heck of a game. Both teams were up and down, quick transition. It’s just the team that is going to be opportunistic on Tuesday night,” Bartlett said. “It should be a good battle.”

This past Wednesday against Hartford (14-8), the Tigers needed freshman Henry Hodde’s second goal of the game with 2:52 remaining in regulation to force overtime.

That goal, scored shortly after the

Score BOARD HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey Division I Playoffs 2/24 #2 MUHS vs. #7 S. Burlington ........7-0 Boys’ Hockey Division II Playoffs 2/24 #3 MUHS vs. #6 Hartford ..... 3-2 (2OT) COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey NESCAC Quarterfinal 2/27 #5 Midd. vs. #4 Hamilton ........ 2-1 (OT) Women’s Hockey 2/27 #1 Midd. vs. #8 Colby ......................4-3 Men’s Basketball NESCAC Final Four At Trinity 2/27 Midd. vs. Trinity............................70-58 2/28 Midd. vs. Amherst ....... played after deadline

Schedule HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS Girls’ Hockey Division I Playoffs 3/2 #3 St. Albans at #2 MUHS ............7 p.m.

3/9 Final at UVM .................................8 p.m.

Boys’ Hockey Division II Playoffs 3/1 #3 MUHS at #2 U-32 ...............5:30 p.m.

3/10 Final at UVM ...............................6 p.m.

COLLEGE SPORTS Men’s Hockey NESCAC Final Four at Trinity 3/5 #5 Midd. vs. #6 Amherst ...............1 p.m.

3/5 #8 Tufts. vs. #2 Trinity..............4:30 p.m.

3/6 Final .............................................. 2 p.m.

Women’s Hockey NESCAC Final Four at Kenyon 3/5 #1 Midd. vs. #5 Trinity...................1 p.m.

3/5 #2 Amherst vs. #3 Conn. Coll. ......4 p.m.

3/6 Final .............................................. 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball 2/29............ NCAA D-III Pairings Announced Women’s Lacrosse 3/5 Midd. at Conn. College .................. Noon Men’s Lacrosse 3/5 Conn. College at Midd. .................1 p.m.

Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School freshman Henry Hodde scored two goals in the Tigers’ 3-2 double overtime win over Hartford last Wednesday night.

Tigers killed a five-minute major penalty, was set up by senior Tyler Crowningshield. Crowningshield picked up the puck in the right circle after a Hurricane miscue and fired on Hartford goalie Richie Morrill (26 saves). The puck bounced off his chest back toward the circle, and Hodde whipped it home over Morrill’s shoulder.

With two minutes to go in regulation, Tiger goalie Sawyer Ryan made the biggest of his 19 saves, denying a breakaway by Hartford’s Ben Rouillard after the Tigers mishandled the puck on their own blue line.

The Tigers had the early chances in the first eight-minute overtime, with Morrill stopping Crowningshield and Brett Viens from the slot.

Later Ryan denied Nate Lemieux from the left circle and sophomore defender Brian Kiernan came up with a huge blocked shot on a threeon-one Hurricane break.

With a clean sheet of ice for the second, 15-minute overtime, the Tigers wasted little time. Gleason skated past two defenders into the zone down the right side and found space below the circle.

He fired across the goalmouth, and Giorgio, crashing the net, deflected the puck off Morrill and into the far corner to trigger a celebration among the Tigers and the standingroom-only crowd of supporters.

“I saw the ice, and I took it. I knew my teammates were going to be in front of the net, so I had faith

in them,” Gleason said. “And Tyler buried it.”

Both Gleason and Bartlett noted it was the Tigers’ young second line that lit the lamp.

“Our three goals were scored one by a sophomore and two by a freshman,” Gleason said. “Everybody’s contributing to the team.”

Bartlett added the shifts taken by the third line helped keep the Tigers’ legs fresh.

“The second line got it done for us tonight. And I thought the third line, when they got their shifts, it was good energy,” Bartlett said.

Earlier, Hodde gave the Tigers the lead in the game’s first minute, onetiming home a shot from just inside the left circle after Viens knocked the puck loose on the forecheck.

The Tigers controlled the period, but with about 10 minutes gone Hartford cashed in on one of just three shots in the first 15 minutes.

Kyle Weeks broke up a clear on the right boards and skated in to beat Ryan with a close-range wrister.

Bartlett credited Hartford’s grit, and a game plan that focused both on shutting down the Tigers’ top forward duo of Crowningshield and Colton Leno and allowing them to move out of their defensive zone with aggressive, rink-wide clearing passes.

“We looked so strong in those first 10, and then Hartford is who they are. They’re not going to lay down,”

TIGER GOALIE SAWYER Ryan made 19 saves in Middlebury’s 3-2 win over Hartford last week in Middlebury.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

TIGER JUNIOR ANDREW Gleason clears the puck during last week’s Division II quarterfinal game against Hartford. Middlebury won the game in double overtime, 3-2.

Bartlett said. “They battled all night as well. It was an incredible game.”

In the first minute of the second period, another session otherwise largely controlled by the Tigers, Hartford took the lead when Nate Lemieux netted the rebound of a Weeks shot. The Tigers outshot Hartford in the period, 10-3, but did not create dangerous chances.

As the third opened, Ryan denied two Hartford bids in the first minute, and in the fourth minute used his blocker to deny a Gavin Shropshire backhand from in close.

Then at 6:03, potential disaster struck for the Tigers: They were assessed a five-minute major for boarding, a penalty some observers felt was too harsh. After some anxious moments, including Ryan’s stop of a Tyler Hamilton tip, the Tigers’ penalty kill took over, and they gained momentum.

“We overcame adversity when we went down, 2-1, and had that fiveminute major at the end of the game, killed that and then got a goal,” Gleason said.

Bartlett said at times the Tigers might have been trying to look for “the perfect shot or perfect look” vs.

Hartford, but the winning play was what he had in mind — get the puck to the front of the net and crash.

“I don’t even know how that puck went in, but that’s what we were trying to do all night,” he said. “We did it when it counted.”

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

ton this past Wednesday, but might have to up their game a bit this week and, with any luck, next.

“We have to continue to play at a level where we’re taking space away from the other teams. I thought we did a pretty good job. South Burlington has a couple of pretty solid hockey players, and we didn’t give them a lot of space tonight,” Brush said. “A couple times they did find a little room, but I think we have to a better job of that over the next couple games in order to take home the hardware.”

Early on, the Rebels took a defensive posture designed not to allow the Tigers good looks at goalie Erin Church, who finished with 38 saves.

Other than a 25-foot shot by Andi Boe about seven minutes in that rang the right post, chances were few even though the Tigers were controlling play — they outshot the Rebels by 15-1 in the first period.

Gradually the chances began to come. With eight minutes gone, Church stopped Tulley Hescock’s screened bid and Helen Anderson’s backhand bid on the rebound. Shortly after that, Church tipped away Lauren Bartlett’s deflection of a Boe shot.

Finally, with 11:52 gone, Boe broke the ice. Raven Payne sent her down the right side, and Boe used a retreating defender in the circle as (See MUHS, Page 30)

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Girls (Continued from Page 28) Albans earlier this season, 6-2.

The D-I final is set for Wednesday, March 9, at 8 p.m. at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Arena. Either No. 1 Essex, the two-time defending champion, or No. 4 Rutland, will be waiting for the Tigers or Comets. Essex, which defeated the Tigers in the 2015 final, edged Rutland twice this winter by one goal.

The Tigers split two games with Essex, each team winning on home ice, while MUHS faced the Raiders three times, picking up two wins and a tie.

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MUHS

Panthers

(Continued from Page 29) a screen to beat Church with a low shot. With 10 seconds left in the period, Julia Carone made it 2-0 with an unassisted strike, circling from behind the net to below the left circle and firing the puck home from a sharp angle through a crowd of Tiger and Rebel skaters.

“I thought South Burlington did a pretty good job early on of boxing in front of their net. We really struggled early on trying to get space and trying to get shots to the net,” Brush said. “Then we moved to some of those better spaces and had some good success in crashing the net and going for rebounds, and some good things happened as a result of that.”

The Rebels mounted an attack in the first minute of the second period, and Tiger goalie Rowan Hendy, otherwise rarely tested in a six-save shutout, made two tough stops, one on Casey Johnson and the second on Claire Wright, that one a blocker save on a shot from the edge of the left circle.

The Tigers answered with their best puck movement and possession of the game. They outshot the Rebels by 17-3 in the period and added goals by Carone and defender Satchel McLaughlin.

“South Burlington came out with some pretty good energy at the start of the second period, and we responded appropriately, I thought, for the rest of the period,” Brush said.

(Continued from Page 28) The Panthers soon afterward failed to capitalize on a power play. Wulf hit the past with a backhander, and after Crites stopped junior forward Kelly Sherman senior Anna Van Kula fired the rebound wide.

Colby began to push back, and Neuberger denied Bre Davis in the slot at about 16:00. At 18:37, Brooke Gary sent the puck toward the slot from the right circle, and it made its way through traffic to Bella Papapetros alone at the left post for the tap-in.

The Panthers responded with a goal from freshman Rachel St. Clair 44 seconds later. Senior defender Julia Wardwell sent the puck to Jackson at mid-ice, and she found St. Clair cutting over the left end of the Colby blue line. St. Clair beat a defender to the slot and stuffed the puck past Crites to make it 3-1.

Winslow and Young teamed up to make it 4-1 with a give-and-go play 16 seconds into the third period.

Young set up Winslow for a wrister from the left circle that found the net.

Colby struck back at 4:16. Papapetros worked the puck to the right corner and fed it out front, and Delaney Flynn one-timed it into the far side.

Shortly afterward, Young pinged the crossbar, and the Panthers also easily killed a penalty. When Neuberger denied three Mules poking at a loose puck at the left post at 15:30, the lead looked safe.

MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH School sophomore Helen Anderson tries to put a backhand shot past South Burlington goalie Erin Church during Division I quarterfinal action last week.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

“Rowan did a nice job with that at the start of the second period, and then we kind of picked up the pace a little bit.”

Carone made it 3-0 at 4:17. Boe skated out from the behind the net around the right side and fired on Church, and the rebound bounced to Carone, who rapped it inside the left post. At 7:41 McLaughlin raced up the left side and found the short side from the left circle.

In the third, the Tigers tacked on three power-play goals. At 5:59 Monroe Cromis found the lower right corner from the high slot on a play set up by Carone and McLaughlin. At 11:59 Carone, stationed on the doorstep, completed a hat trick by tipping home a Cromis pass from

the left side, with Boe also assisting on a 5-on-3 goal. Finally, at 12:55, Georgina Mraz netted her own rebound on a play that started with a Molly Wetmore shot from the left point.

Brush said it might also have taken the Tigers a while in the first period to find their rhythm due to the week layoff between games, a schedule dictated by the availability of Gutterson Arena.

“It’s the same for everybody. We have to find ways to keep the energy high,” Brush said. “We did that pretty well the last week, and hopefully we can do the same before our next game.”

Andy Kirkaldy may be reached at andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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But after the Mules pulled Crites with 1:45 to go the Panthers took a penalty, and Colby made it 4-3: Morgan Fortier’s backhand from below the goal line banked in off Neuberger pads at 0:52. But the Panthers defended comfortably until the horn.

The Panthers have enjoyed their success despite two key injuries.

They lost junior all-American defender Carly Watson for the season in December, and senior forward Katie Mandigo returned on Saturday after missing all but three games since early January.

Mandigo took a regular turn as the Panthers skated four pairs of forwards on Saturday. Coach Mandigo said that tactic should give the Panthers an edge if they reach the final, and recently their scoring margins have increased in the second of the back-to-back games.

“If we win on Saturday and come back and we play everybody like this, we should have a little edge on Sunday,” he said.

Regardless, Mandigo said a Panther team that skated a dozen freshmen and sophomores on Saturday deserves credit for what it has accomplished despite the injury adversity.

“They’re pretty resilient,” he said.

“They like each other, and they want to win for each other. They don’t quit.

I think they’ve done a real good job.

This is one of those times when you don’t want it to end.”

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Middlebury Union High School proudly recognizes Marcelo Hanta-Davis of Middlebury as its Student of the Week. Marcelo is the son of Karin Hanta and Darien Davis. His brother, Caetano, attends college in Massachusetts.

Marcelo explains that he follows the words of jazz piano great Bill Evans: “Intuition must be led by knowledge.” For Marcelo, the search for knowledge goes “through many different lenses.”

Marcelo is fluent in English, German and French; conversationally so in Portuguese and Spanish.

He has lived in Vienna and Rio, and he spent last year in Paris. During that year, he attended a highly respected international school where he took most courses in French and achieved the highest overall grades in his class.

In the year before he headed to Paris, Marcelo was our Student Senate President. He also participated in Model UN and tutored. Marcelo Marcelo Hanta-Davis resumed tutoring this year and is a Peer Leader.

M.U.H.S. He combines his passions for languages and social justice as a volunteer at the Open Door Clinic. Marcelo also worked with his mother to translate a German-English children’s book about a boy and his dog during the Holocaust.

In Marcelo’s three years at MUHS, he has been recognized for academic achievement in each of the four core academic departments. He has been enrolled in a full range of AP courses and has also taken a French literature course at Middlebury College, Multivariable Calculus online through Johns Hopkins and Constitutional Law at Georgetown.

No etude of Marcelo would be complete without mention of music. He has formed his own jazz quartet, plays a smooth lead alto sax in our Jazz Band and is the very worthy recipient of the 2016 All State Jazz Performance Scholarship.

Marcelo would like to attend a college in the Northeast, and he is exploring options. It seems to us those options should be vying for the gifts he has to share. Given what we know of you, Marcelo, our intuition says you are destined to make the world a better place wherever you go. We wish you the very best along the way!

Vergennes Union High School is pleased to recognize Kyra Duggento as its Student of the Week. Kyra lives in Vergennes and is the daughter of Nina and Andrew Duggento. Her brother, Brayden, is a third-grader at VUES. Kyra’s achievements at VUHS include being named Most Outstanding Sophomore in Chorus.

She was voted the chorus secretary in the following two years. Kyra has participated in three District music festivals and two All State music festivals. As a junior she was enrolled in the Design and Illustration program at the Hannaford Career Center and was inducted into the National Art Honor Society in May 2015. Clarkson University gave her their High School Achievement Award, which is accompanied by a significant scholarship. Kyra has consistently been on the honor roll. This year she is taking take AP Literature and Composition.

Since seventh-grade, Kyra has participated Kyra Duggento in six musicals, three Black and White Cabaret V.U.H.S. fundraisers, and one open mic. She has been part of the Commodore Singers since last year. She joined math team this year. Along with these groups, she has also been a part of multiple planning committees for the senior class, including prom committee and the group who organized the annual senior Walk-a-Thon.

Last year, while enrolled in the Career Center, Kyra participated in the United Way Day of Caring. Recently Kyra has begun tutoring middle school students. She has also started volunteering at a local dog kennel.

Kyra’s advice to current and upcoming high schoolers is this: “When they say ‘you get out of it what you put in’, they are 100 percent correct. Perseverance and hard work really are the keys to success, so if you are willing to put in the effort you will go far.” Chris Clark, a science teacher, says, “Kyra is a conscientious, enthusiastic, disciplined student who is intrinsically motivated to learn, continually striving for academic excellence. Her laughter, enthusiasm and lively engagement in the classroom has been a pleasure.”

Following graduation Kyra plans to study biochemistry and then continue on to veterinary school. The faculty, staff and students of VUHS wish Kyra the very best in the future.

Middlebury Students of the Week receive a free pizza from Green Peppers.

Vergennes Students of the Week receive a free sandwich and drink from 3 SQUARES.

Students of the week from all area high schools will receive a gift certificate from Vermont Book Shop.

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SPOTLIGHT ON VERGENNES

In appreciation FIFTEEN VIETNAM-ERA veterans gather at the American Legion in Vergennes on Feb. 6 for a ceremony, hosted by the Seth Warner-Rhoda Farrand Chapter of the DAR, to honor and thank the men for their service. Each veteran was presented with a certificate and a lapel pin specially designed for them by the Vietnam War 50th Commemoration Committee. Ted Boelens, one of the veterans honored, sang a medley of “God Bless America” and “America the Beautiful.” A lunch followed the ceremony, and Shaw’s in Vergennes donated a decorated cake.

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“The first beneficiary was the Vergennes Partnership, an organization that does great work to bolster the Vergennes downtown economy,” said opera house board president

Gerianne Smart. “This year we’ve added the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes, an organization that makes a difference in the lives of area children.”

The theme of this year’s Carnevale Vergennes is “Marco Polo Returns,” celebrating the achievements of the world traveler who forever connected the Italian and Asian cultures in magnificent and delicious ways. As such, guests will enjoy Asian-stylefare with Italian-style dessert. There will also be a cash bar provided by Bar Antidote with a portion of the

proceeds going toward the beneficiary There is a limit of 200 attendees for nonprofits. this year’s Carnevale Vergennes and A major portion of funds raised guests are encouraged to purchase their comes from the silent action that tickets early. Tickets are $50 each and features eclectic, unique and unusual are available online at www.vergenitems, some one-of-a-kind and others nesoperahouse.org or in advance considered “priceless.” at Classic Stitching, Everywear for Entertainment this year is being Everybody, and Malabar. coordinated by Charlotte resident Woody Keppel, an internationally is generously sponsored by: known performer, • RPM: Restoration Performance Motorcars acrobat, juggler, • Vergennes Animal Hospital actor and comedian • J.W. & D.E. Ryan Plumbing and Heating whose most recent • Jackman Fuels local production • WhistlePig Whiskey includes the annual • Everywear for Everybody “Festival of Fools” • H.J. LeBoeuf & Sons Building & Contracting on the Church Street • Garry Lange Law Office Marketplace in • Jeff and Andrew Fritz Burlington. Guest • Markowski Family will be treated to • Ed and Beverly Biello acrobatics, magic, • The Garry Simpson Family music and, new this • Michael and Lynn Donnelly year, dancing, with • Connie and Bill Houston the popular Hokum • Hall Communications Radio Group Brothers.

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SPOTLIGHT ON VERGENNES

Bixby to entertain the whole family with Windsong VERGENNES — Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes welcomes woodwind quintet Windsong back to the library for a late winter concert for the entire family. Made up of five talented Vermont musicians, Windsong will perform on Sunday, March 6, at 2 p.m. under Bixby’s beautiful leaded glass dome, a venue known for its excellent acoustics. The concert is part of the Freda Fishman Stroh Cultural Event Series and is free and open to the public.

This year, in addition to their programming for adults, the quintet will feature the beloved children’s classic “Peter and the Wolf”

by Sergei Prokofiev. The arrangement for woodwind quintet will be narrated by Walter Parker, senior music host and producer of WVPR, Vermont Public Radio.

In 1936, Prokofiev was commissioned by the Central Children’s Theatre in Moscow to write a new musical symphony for children.

The intent was to cultivate “musical tastes in children from the first years of school.” Intrigued by the invitation, Prokofiev completed “Peter and the Wolf” in just four days. It

has been a favorite with audiences all over the world and is a wonderful way for children to experience how music can make sounds that create characters and illustrate their activities.

There will be a brief pause after the performance of “Peter and the Wolf” so that parents and their young children can leave if they feel they need to do so.

Two brief contrasting pieces, one

by Englishman Sir Edward Elgar and the other by French composer Adrien Barthe, will be featured in the second part of the program, along with Woodwind Quintet in B-flat Major by German composer Franz Danzi who was a contemporary and friend of Beethoven.

The program will be completed by a performance of “Brevities by the Bay for Wind Quintet,” composed by longtime Vermont resident Gwyneth Walker and inspired by her trip to the seaside.

Windsong musicians are Lois Price, flute; Kari Anderson, oboe; Wesley Christensen, clarinet; Julie Wolfe, bassoon; and Vergennes Union High School music teacher Susan O’Daniel, French horn.

WOODWIND QUINTET WINDSONG will perform “Peter and the Wolf” and a variety of other short classical pieces on Sunday, March 6, at 2 p.m. under the dome of Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes.

Refreshments will be served after the concert. No reservations are needed but seats are limited so prompt attendance is encouraged and everyone is welcome. For more information contact Jane Spencer at the library 877-2211.

In correlation with the Windsong concert, an introductory adjunct program for children grades K-6 will take place on Thursday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in Bixby’s Otter Creek Room. Children will be introduced to the story line and musical

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For more information or to register, call 877-2211 or email youth services librarian Rachel.Plant@ bixbylibrary.org.

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Sen. Chris Bray, D-New Haven, joined 12 of his colleagues in voting against S.241, which now moves to the House, where it faces an uncertain fate.

Ayer, during a phone interview Friday morning, said she had three primary concerns about S.241 after it was introduced: The prospect the drug might be more easily accessed by youths; how it might affect traffic safety; and how the substance’s strength and quantity might be regulated.

She said revisions to the bill, along with testimony that included many studies on the topic of marijuana, prompted her to have “less discomfort” about the bill to the point where she could vote in favor of it. Ayer said she learned, among other things, that there are “promising” tests (using saliva) that could allow police to detect those driving under the influence of marijuana.

She said testimony from youths revealed the ease with which students already can obtain unregulated marijuana on campus.

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ate Health and Welfare est. On the other end of Committee and Senate the spectrum, for those majority whip. who would simply like “Doing the same to grow at home for things all these years personal use, this is outdoesn’t make sense, lawed by the bill. knowing the results are “This was two big getting worse,” she said strikes against the bill, of longstanding efforts and I opposed it,” he to crack down on illegal concluded. marijuana.

Several local House Bray on Friday gave members voiced opposithe following statement “Doing the tion to the marijuana bill with respect to his oppo- same things at a Feb. 15 legislative sition to S.241: breakfast in Vergennes, all these “In considering including Democrat years doesn’t whether or not to legalDiane Lanpher of Verize marijuana I consid- make sense, gennes, and Republiered two main ques- knowing the cans Harvey Smith of tions: ‘Will this make results are New Haven, Warren Van Vermonters healthier?’ getting worse.” Wyck of Ferrisburgh and and ‘Will this make VerFred Baser of Bristol.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS VERGENNES MEETINGS: Sunday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, Discussion Meeting 8:00-9:00 PM. Both held at St. Paul’s Church, Park St. Tuesday, Discussion Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM, at the Congregational Church, Water St.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRISTOL MEETINGS: Sunday, Discussion Meeting 4:00-5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00-8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00-7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYM O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS FRIDAY: Discussion Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at The Turning Point in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYM O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Discussion Meeting 9:0010:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church.

Discussion Meeting 10:0011:00 AM. Beginners’ Meeting 6:30-7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYM O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS THURSDAY: Big Book Meeting Noon-1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center in the Marbleworks, Middlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30-8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green).

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYM O U S M I D D L E B U RY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meetings; Noon1:00 PM. AND 7:30-8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center in The Marbleworks, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYM O U S M I D D L E B U RY 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.

Services

Seeking Classroom Aides for Addison County Schools David Preble, of Middlebury, has been a volunteer with the American Red Cross for over five years. His role is to greet and register donors at blood drives in Addison County. David appreciates his work and says: “I really enjoy the opportunity to help others in the community. After I retired, I found that volunteering allowed me to stay involved and keep active.” David also volunteers his time with the Lion’s Club, as a board member of the Addison County Court Diversion Program, and with his local church. Many thanks to you, David!

Looking for a fulfilling volunteer position? A handful of local elementary schools, childcare centers and after school programs are seeking classroom aides. Volunteers will receive a stipend for their assistance. The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) is a federally funded program that has successfully placed thousands of volunteers in schools nationwide. Individuals must be at least 55 and willing to work a minimum of 15 hours/week. Participants receive travel reimbursement, 50 paid vacation/sick days and a tax free hourly stipend if their annual income is less than $42,000. It consistently receives overwhelmingly positive reviews from principals, teachers, students, parents and volunteer grandparents alike!

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 rt 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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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.

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.

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

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Public Meetings

Public Meetings

NA MEETINGS MIDDLEBURY: Mondays, 6pm, held at The Turning Point Center located in The Marble Works.

OPIATE OVERDOSE RESCUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required.

For info call 802-388-4249 or 802-683-5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

TEEN ALL-RECOVERY 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.

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).

Help Wanted

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.

Help Wanted

Audy Trucking LLC Audy Trucking LLC is hiring for an

experienced class A driver. Our fleet hauls grain, minerals, and aggregate with dump and hopper bottom trailers. The job requires weekly overnights and home weekends.

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

Please inquire by email to Jeff Audy at audytrucking@hotmail.com or call Jeff at 802-989-5024. Clean Driving Record A MUST!

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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.

C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, taping, skim coat plastering.

Also tile. Call Joe 802-2345545 or Justin 802-2342190.

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. 802-3884831.

Help Wanted 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.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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

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

We seek to hire loving, mature team members who are passionate about care for the following positions: • RN or LPN’s-part time nights • LNA’s-full & part time all shifts • Non-licensed Nurses’ Aides – full & part time all shifts • Memory Care Operations Manager – must be a licensed RN or LPN If you are interested in any of these positions, please submit a cover letter and resume to: The Arbors at Shelburne Attn: Human Resources 687 Harbor Road • Shelburne, VT 05482 802-985-8600 • asweeney@benchmarkquality.com

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

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

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

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

2 POSITIONS AVAILABLE in the offices of Olivia’s Crouton Co. in New Haven.

We are an evolving specialty food company, committed to producing the healthiest, tastiest croutons on the market. Looking for smart, energetic, happy individuals to join our team. Bookkeeper/ Office Manager, must have experience and be proficient in Quickbooks, Excel, and able to troubleshoot hardware and software issues. Office Assistant/ Shipping Clerk, general office duties, invoicing through Quickbooks, internet based shipping programs, Excel. Please send cover letter, resume and 3 work references to: fwc@ oliviascroutons.com.

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.

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS of the Rutland Region has a part or fulltime position available for a Dental Hygienist at our Shoreham clinic. The qualified candidate must have an Associates degree in Dental Hygiene and be licensed by the Vermont Board of Dentistry. At least 2 years of experience is preferred.

We offer new state of the art facilities, a great team oriented environment and excellent benefits. To apply, send resume to: kdavis@ chcrr.org or apply on-line at www.chcrr.org. We are an equal opportunity employer.

The Storm Café has an immediate LINE COOK position open.

Nights and weekends a must.

Please apply in person at: 3 Mill Street, Middlebury We are now accepting applications for summer/fall employment (June-Oct.) for all positions.

Part Time Custodian Looking for an individual or cleaning service to perform weekly cleaning and minor maintenance at the Sarah Partridge Library in East Middlebury. Flexible hours, approximately 2 hours/week. If interested please submit resume or letter of interest to: Prudential Committee P.O. Box 306 East Middlebury, VT 05740 For further information call (802) 388-6514 or email rwells@townofmiddlebury.org Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.

EOE

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

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

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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CLASSIFIEDS FULL-TIME BOOKKEEPER WANTED Seeking individual with the ability to work independently.

Candidate must possess good organizational skills, and accounting background including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and payroll experience. Microsoft Office experience a plus, ability to work with a computerized accounting program which is integrated with inventory and point-of-sale software.

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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, TuesdayFriday. Plus transportation.

Call Nicole 802-273-3307 or Vicki 802-236-4136.

F/T ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT Addison County Home Health and Hospice is looking for a mature team player with solid judgment to provide administrative support to management.

Duties include: managing correspondence; calendar maintenance; data base management; meeting support, including set-up and minutes; and other administrative duties. Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong computer literacy, attention to detail, confidentiality required. Two years office experience preferred. Excellent benefits package. Submit resume and cover letter to: Kathleen Pratt, HR Director, P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753 or hr@achhh.org; EOE.

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE REPRESENTATIVE Earn supplemental income placing and supervising high school exchange students.

Volunteer host families also needed. Promote world peace. www.afice.org/reps.

DIVERSIFIED ORGANIC FARM looking for farm market and CSA distribution coordinator/sales person.

Skills required; organized, ability to lift 50 lbs, people person, math skills, clean driving record, strong work ethic. Contact David at info@fullmoonfarminc.com.

GREENHOUSE WORKERS - SEASONAL Full time and part time positions in Addison. Includes planting, watering and loading trucks.

Must be strong, dependable and motivated. Weekend work required. Call Paul at 802-759-2294.

GREENHOUSE WORKERS WANTED. Seasonal Feb through May. Call First Season Greenhouses between 5pm - 6pm at 802-475-2588.

Help Wanted

JOIN ADDISON COUNTY’S Business Of The Year.

Tw o B r o t h e r s Ta v e r n currently has employment opportunities for mature, professional individuals in the following positions - line cook, host, bartender, door staff, server, busser and dishwasher. Full and parttime positions available.

Experience preferred, but not required. We look forward to working with you. Apply at info@twobrotherstavern. com.

LIGHT HOUSE CLEANING NEEDED for a small 2 bedroom house in Middlebury. On an every other week basis. Please call 917-572-3464.

ROOFERS WANTED No experience needed. Willing to train the right person.

Excellent pay and benefits.

Basic hand tools and valid driver’s license needed. Call 802-388-2903.

Immediate employment available. Compensation based on experience. Medical and 401K. Please call 802.388.7000 or come in to inquire at 88 Seymour Street, Middlebury.

Help Wanted

Help Wanted Help Wanted

Director, Business Operations, Summer Programs Middlebury Interactive Languages is a fast growing, edtech company with the mission of advancing global engagement through language education. If you want to be part of a team of bright, driven and hard-working people who are helping to shape the future of K-12 education, then we want to hear from you.

As Director, Business Operations, Summer Programs you will work to foster the growth and success of all Middlebury Interactive Languages’ summer programs. Candidates should have minimum 3-5 years to experience in summer camps, program management and development, finance, marketing, or related fields. Must have proficiency in all Microsoft programs as well as demonstrated expertise in budget management.

If you are excited by a global mission and great opportunity to learn, please apply online at www.middleburyinteractive.com

PART-TIME & WEEKEND POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Basin Harbor Club, recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Vermont in 2014, 2015, and 2016 is currently accepting applications for Reservations Agents. These are full-time seasonal positions that are available April 1 through October 22. The general schedule for this position will be variable and will include some evening and weekend shifts.

Reservations Agents Primary responsibilities include taking, recording, and canceling reservations; providing general information to callers and booking recreational activities; providing property tours to potential guests; and assisting Front Office staff to cover breaks.

Qualifications: 3 years’ experience in guest services, a call center, or customer service capacity; high level computer and multitasking skill set, strong communication and phone skills, extremely strong customer service competencies.

For a full description and to apply on line go to www.basinharbor.com/jobs

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.

Employment Opportunity

Part-time Cashiers & Deli Employees needed.

Vergennes Area Rescue Squad is now accepting resumes with references for a part-time ALS field provider

Apply in person or pick up an application at:

Vergennes Area Rescue is currently looking for an A-EMT or higher with at least one year Crew Chiefing experience. Primary duties include 911 coverage with additional office duties and assigned tasks.

24-40 hours weekly– (2-3) 12 hour shifts + an optional 4 hours Competitive hourly rate, benefits and paid vacation time

Maplefields –– Shoreham Service Center $PSOFS PG 3PVUFT " BOE ſ 4IPSFIBN 7FSNPOU EOE

Contact: Vergennes Area Rescue Squad Attn: Steve Fleming/Lisa Lauziere P.O. Box 11, Vergennes, VT 05491 E-mail- stephen.fleming@utas.utc.com or Lisa.Lauziere@uvmhealth.org

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted

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.

STAFFED APARTMENT SUPPORTS Specialized Community Care is looking for support staff to assist folks in accessing their Rutland/Addison county communities, learning daily living skills, and making safe and effective decisions. Ability to set and adhere to boundaries, follow a clear support plan, think quickly and rationally, and provide a positive role model is required.

Consistent and dependable training and supervision is provided. For more information, please call 802-3245692 or send an email to SCCVermont@comcast.net.

WEEKEND EMERGENCY TEAM CLINICIAN Seeking a part-time, masters-level mental health clinician to join our skilled, fun, and well-supported Emergency Team. Work one weekend per month, providing phone and face-to-face assessment, crisis intervention, and brief counseling support to Addison County residents experiencing a wide range of emotional and mental health challenges. Requires some mobile outreach and extensive collaboration with law enforcement, medical providers, families, and others. Must reside within 30 minutes of Middlebury.

Ample opportunity for additional substitute weekday, overnight, and/or weekend shifts. To apply submit letter of interest and resume to apply@csac-vt.org or call Rachael at 802-388-6751.

S TA N L E Y HOME PRODUCTS Fuller Brush Representatives needed.

Start your own Home Based Business, office/workplace.

Earn extra money servicing people in your area. Little or no investment, 914-6641515, 716-492-1786 or rubyjfig@aol.com.

Help Wanted

T U R K E Y M O U N TA I N WOODCRAFTERS is looking for a full time c a r p e n t e r. C a r p e n t e r s with a strong finish work background will be given preference. Experience in the shop will also be an added plus. Call 802-9899465 if interested.

Help Wanted

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For Sale

For Rent

For Rent

BILL’S BARRELS; 275 gallon plastic food grade totes $125. each. 55 gallon sand barrels with or without pressure treated legs $75 each.

Delivery available. Call for details. 802-453-4235.

1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE as is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802-558-6092.

BRISTOL ONE BEDROOM, 850 sq ft apartment for rent.

Everything included except electric. $1,250 per month.

Brand new. 802-355-1926.

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.

CEDAR POSTS for sale.

8 footers, no points. 802388-4831.

HEAT MULTIPLE BUILDINGS and more with a Maxim Outdoor Wood Pellet Furnace by Central Boiler.

Adapts to existing heating system. Call today. Boivin Farm Supply 802-475-4007.

PRIVACY HEDGES - Spring Blowout Sale. 6 ft Arborvitae (cedar) reg $129, now $59.

Beautiful, nursery grown.

Free installation, free delivery. Limited supply. Order now, 518-536-1367 or www. lowcosttrees.com.

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, 1-800578-1363, ext. 300N.

2,000 SQ. FT. PROFESSIONAL office space in Middlebury, multi-room. Ground level, parking, handicapaccessible. Available now.

802-558-6092.

281 MAIN STREET, VERGENNES Available now, medium size 2 bedroom apartment. Laundry hookups, large enclosed porch & full bath. Heat and hot water included. $915 per month. 8am to 8pm only 802-779-8565.

5,000 SQ FT manufacturing and office space on Exchange Street, Middlebury.

802-388-4831.

BRANDON CHARMING, LARGE 2 bedroom apartment. Kitchen with many luxuries, carpeted bedrooms, walk-in closets, 1 & 1/2 baths, enclosed porch, storage, laundry hookup, desirable parking. $920, heat included. 802-352-4700.

BRANDON: 2 BEDROOM 1st floor apartment. $750 month with heat & HW included or $650 without. 203801-8617.

Help Wanted

C O R N WA L L Q U I E T COUNTRY APARTMENT 4 miles from Middlebury.

2nd story, 2 bedroom, 1 full bath and washer/dryer hook-up. Heat, electric, rubbish, recycling, satellite TV and storage included. $1200 per month. 1st and last month’s rent and security deposit. No pets, no smoking. 802-462-2924.

DOWNTOWN MIDDLEBURY; 3 BR apartment for rent. Walking distance to college. Available now. Call Baba 802-373-6456.

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. 802475-2112.

MIDDLEBURY THREE BEDROOM, two bath apartment for rent. Nice in town apartment, on quiet street.

Walking distance to shopping. $1,300 per month, 802-355-1926.

For Rent ORWELL, MOBILE HOME 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, nice private lot. $750 per month.

References required. Call Ginny 802-948-2258 or 802236-1088.

RESTORED HISTORIC HOME - 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. $1,395 plus utilities. 1st, last and references. Pets negotiable.

Bridport. 802-758-3276.

SHOREHAM, SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM 1 bath duplex apartment in quiet country location. Walk to strawberry, blueberry, apple picking. 20 minutes to Middlebury or Brandon. Very clean with upgrades. Approx 950 sq ft.

Eat-in kitchen, living/dining room, 2 bedrooms, bonus room, full basement with W/D hookup, large yard w/ garden space. Lease, references & security deposit required. No smoking. Pets negotiable. $825 per month plus utilities. Rent includes TriTown water, lawn care & snow plowing. Email: eleanorbrisson@shoreham.net or phone 802-897-7880.

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Help Wanted

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.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to: Angelo Lynn, Editor/Publisher 58 Maple Street | Middlebury, VT 05753 angelo@addisonindependent.com ADDISON COUNTY

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VERMONT’S TWICE-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Middlebury, VT 05753 • (802) 388-4944 • www.AddisonIndependent.com

Want to Rent LOOKING FOR RENTAL in Cornwall, Whiting, Salisbury, Middlebury area, as far as Bristol. Please call 802-236-3561.

Wood Heat

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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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Real Estate

Cars

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

Call 802-759-2095.

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

802-558-6092.

CLASSIC CARS WANTED 1950-1960 Cadillacs. Especially 1959’s & any convertibles. Will consider Buicks, Chevrolets & other makes, models. Call or text Steve at 315-863-1600. Email: eldo1959@live.com.

Att. Farmers TIMBERWOLF FIREWOOD: Seasoned ready to burn firewood. Cut, split and delivered. 802-388-7300.

Real Estate 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.

CORNWALL BUILDING SITE with expansive views.

Approved with permits.

Please visit www.landwoodwater.com for photos. Email: apinamonti@gmail.com or call 760-807-6187.

FIRST CUT HAY for sale.

Small square bales. 802349-9281.

SAWDUST; STORED UNDER cover. Large tandem silage truck $627. delivered.

Half tandem load $350. delivered. Pick up and loading also available. Phone order and credit cards accepted.

802-453-2226.

W H I T N E Y ’ S C U S TO M FARM WORK. Pond agitating, liquid manure hauling, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462-2755, John Whitney.

Wanted 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.

For Rent

For Rent

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 ORDER FOR PUBLICATION: To The eneficiaries of the ose h attell Park Tr st as defined below. The Town of iddleb ry and the Tr stees of the ose h attell Park Tr st and its licensee ermont R imited Partnershi and Cellco Partnershi , each d b a eri on ireless eri on ha e filed a otion for Relief from dgment and ntry of ew dgment the otion . The otion seeks relief from a rder of the ddison Co nty erior Co rt granting The Town of iddleb ry the right to constr ct a comm nications tower in Chi man ill Park in iddleb ry the rder . The rder followed the filing of a Com laint for eclaratory dgment against the ttorney eneral of ermont and the eneficiaries ofthe ose h attell Park Tr st.

The Com laint so ght a determination by this Co rt that the se of a ortion of Chi man ill Park in iddleb ry was consistent with the tr st ro isions set forth in a robate decree of the ddison istrict Probate Co rt in the Estate of Joseph Battell dated e tember , .

The otion seeks relief from the rder so that eri on may re lace an o tdated comm nications tower in Chi man ill Park with a tower of identical height and similar a earance. eri on re ires s ch relief beca se the rder was narrowly written so as to only a thori e the constr ction of the s ecific comm nications tower de icted in lans s bmitted with the Com laint in . The rder did not address re lacement towers like the one c rrently ro osed by eri on which is the same height and within the same scale and sco e, and has the same is al im act as the c rrent tower. itho t s ch relief, eri on cannot date the tower with a modern tower. co y of the otion for Relief from dgment and ntry of ew rder, along with s orting affida its and e hibits, incl ding lans for the ro osed re lacement tower are on file with this Co rt. They may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this Co rt at the ddison Co nty Co rtho se, in iddleb ry, ermont. They may also be iewed on the Town of iddleb ry’s website. t a earing from the affida it d ly filed in the abo e entitled action that ser ice cannot be made with d e diligence on efendant eneficiaries of the ose h attell Park Tr st by any of the methods ro ided in R le of the ermont R les of Ci il Proced re, it is hereby R R that ser ice of the abo e otion for Relief from dgment and ntry of ew rder shall be made on the efendant eneficiaries of the ose h attell Park Tr st by blication rs ant to R le g of the ermont R les of Ci il Proced re. This order shall be blished once a week for three consec ti e weeks from ebr ary , thro gh arch , in the ddison nde endent, a news a er of general circ lation in ddison Co nty and in the alley oice, a news a er of general circ lation in ddison Co nty. o may ser e on the Town of iddleb ry’s attorney ark erry, of the law firm angrock erry ool, whose address is o th Pleasant treet, P. . rawer , iddleb ry ermont, a res onse to this motion within days after the date of the first blication of blic notice which is ebr ary , . o r res onse m st also be filed with this Co rt. ated at iddleb ry, ermont this nd day of ebr ary, . y

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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 ireless eri on , ha e filed a otion for Relief from dgment and ntry of ew dgment (“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 Chi man ill Park in iddleb ry the rder . The rder followed the filing of a Com laint for eclaratory dgment against ttorney eneral of ermont and the eneficiaries of the ose h attell Park Tr st. The efendant eneficiaries were defined to be all those of the ) 11 5/ public or other entities who use or may use Chipman Hill Park, or who otherwise may have lished: 5/ Ads (Pub d fie si as Cl specialized interest with respect thereto.

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ADDISON INDEPENDENT on Pages 41 & 42 Battell Park Trust (2) Cornwall (1) Middlebury Cemetary Association (1) Monkton (1) Orwell (1) Salisbury (1) Weybridge (1)

MIDDLEBURY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION PUBLIC NOTICE The annual meeting of the Middlebury Cemetery Association will be held at the offices of angrock, erry and ool, . Pleasant t, iddleb ry, T on onday, arch , at m.

TOWN OF SALISBURY BRIDGE PROJECT INFORMATIONAL MEETING A meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 7 PM at the Town ffice regarding the ro ect to re lace the a le t. bridge in the illage. ngineers will be resent to ro ide information on logistics, timelines and otential costs.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TOWN OF CORNWALL The Cornwall Planning Commission will hold a Public Meeting on March 16, 2016 at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall located on Rte 30 in Cornwall, VT. Purpose of Meeting: to hear a request

by John and Lisa Roberts, of 2438 South Bingham Street, Cornwall, VT to subdivide their 393 acre lot into 2 lots. Lot 1 – 10 acres, Lot 2 – 383 acres. This matter was classified by the Cornwall Planning Commission as a Minor Subdivision.

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

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

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

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TOWN OF WEYBRIDGE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT A public hearing before the Weybridge Zoning Board of Adjustment will be held at the Town lerk s Office on ednesday, March 16, 2016 at 6:30p.m. to pursue the following business: The Board will review application #1602 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 Board will also review application #16-03 submitted by Richard O’Donohue and Laurie Borden for a Bed and Breakfast at their home on Snake Mountain Road in Weybridge. The application requires a Conditional Use review, as it is a non-conforming use of their property.

The applications 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 subse uent appeal Notice submitted by Megan Sutton, ZBA Chair.

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TOWN OF ORWELL HEARING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

The Orwell Development Review Board will meet on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 7:30 pm at the Town Clerk’s Office to conduct the following business 1. Permit # 1-2-16 : John Stanhope aigneault ill for a variance waiver for relief from setback for construction at 2 aigneault ill d Information pertaining to this matter may be viewed M, T, Th, 9:30-12:00 and 1:003:00 and Fri. 9:30-12:00 and 1:00at the Town lerk s Office 2. Permit # 2-4-16 Rex & Stephanie orey Adirmont eal Estate, S orey Enterprises Inc for a conditional use permit to operate home based businesses located at aymond ill d Information pertaining to this matter may be viewed M, T, Th, 12:00 and 1:00-3:00 and Fri. 9:3012:00 and 1:00-6:00 at the Town Clerk’s Office Permit 2 enjamin Alger for a subdivision of property located on riswold n Information pertaining to this matter may be viewed M, T, Th, 9:30-12:00 and 1:00-3:00 and Fri. 9:30-12:00 and 1:00-6:00 at the Town lerk s Office Ray Papandrea, Chair Orwell Development Review Board 2/29

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TOWN OF MONKTON - NOTICE OF TERMS OF PROPOSED REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE PURSUANT TO 24 V.S.A. §1061(a)(1) The Town of Monkton hereby provides notice of the terms of a proposed conveyance of development rights, conservation restrictions and a public access easement over and upon real estate owned by the Town of Monkton pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §106l(a)(l). The terms of the conveyance are set forth in the First Amendment to Grant of Development Rights and Conservation Restrictions And Public Access Easement by and between the Town of Monkton (the “Grantor”) and the Vermont Land Trust, Inc. (the “Grantee”), a copy of which is posted and available for review at the Monkton Town Offices located at 280 Monkton Ridge, Monkton,Vermont. Reference is also made to an existing Grant of Development Rights Conservation Restrictions and Public Access Easement from the Town of Monkton to the Vermont Land Trust, Inc., dated March 22, 2004, and recorded in the Monkton Land Records in Book 97 at Pages 213-219. The terms of the First Amendment to Grant of Development Rights and Conservation Restrictions And Public Access Easement include the following: Description of Property: 82 acres, more or less, located on the westerly side of Town Highway #6 (also known as Mountain Road), and on the easterly side of Town Highway #3 (also known as Bristol Road) in the Town of Monkton, Vermont.

Purchase Price: None.

Closing Conditions: The above conveyance contains numerous conservation restrictions, use restrictions, permitted uses, enforcement provisions, public access rights, and Riparian Buffer conditions.

Other specific terms of the conveyance can be obtained by reviewing a copy of the First Amendment to Grant of Development Rights and Conservation Restrictions And Public Access Easement at the Town Office, or by contacting Stephen Pilcher, Monkton Selectboard Chair, at 802-453-3800.

Notice is hereby provided, pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §l061(a)(2) that: 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 ofthe notice required by subdivision (1) of this subsection, the legislative body shall cause the question of whether the municipality shall convey the real estate to be considered at a special or annual meeting called for that purpose. After the meeting, the real estate may be conveyed unless a majority of the voters of the municipality present and voting vote to disapprove of the conveyance.

Notice is also hereby provided that unless a petition is filed in accordance with 24 V.S.A.§1061(a)(2) as stated above, the Monkton Select Board will be authorized to proceed with the conveyance on the terms set forth in the First Amendment to Grant of Development Rights and Conservation Restrictions And Public Access Easement.

Respectfully submitted.

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TEN MIDDLEBURY UNION High School students were recently recognized for their performance during the second quarter. Pictured, from left, are Lauren Turner, Harriet Milligan, Meigan Clark, Lanelle Hogan-Mairs, Ari Slavin, Tor Bright, Katherine Koehler, Megi Hoxha. Missing are Amelia Ingersoll and Beatrice Garoiu.

MUHS students recognized by faculty MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School Student Recognition Breakfast for Quarter 2 was held at the Glass Onion on Thursday, Feb. 24. Ten students were nominated for awards by members of the faculty for a variety of reasons including improvement in

academic achievement, positive attitude and motivation, as well as notable service to the school. These students serve as role models for other students at MUHS. The event kicked off with a positive message from Addison Central Supervisory Union Board Chair Pe-

ter Conlon. The attendees enjoyed a wonderful breakfast prepared by Woody Danforth and his culinary students. Principal William Lawson congratulated all the students and their families, as well as the nominating teachers, before presenting the award certificates.

MUMS honor roll MIDDLEBURY — The following Middlebury Union Middle School students were recognized for excellence in academics and work habits during the second quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.

ACADEMIC HIGH HONORS Lois Alberts, Ken Barkdoll, Caleb Benz, Anna Berg, Chloe Clark, Ava Devost, Spencer Doran, Alexis Drown, Mary Ann Eastman, Andy Giorgio, Timothy Goettelmann, Evan Gregory, Maeve Hammel, Malia Hodges, Emma Huntington, Camille Kutter, Mira Maglienti, Ella McKhann, Kaitlyn McNamara, Taylor Moulton, Rosemary Munkres, Mary Nagy-Benson, Sarah Nicolai, Isabel Olson, Owen Palcsik, Andrea Palmer, Emily Pecsok, Eva Phair, Sophie Pope McCright, Alexander Shashok, Gwen Stafford, Sofia Stefani, Kathryn Waterman, Theo Wells-Spackman, Clara Wolff and Ireland Young.

ACADEMIC HONORS Abel Anderson, Olivia Audet, Elijah Bachand, Abigail Bailey, Ian Bayliss, Eli Billings, Alexander Bleich, Elizabeth Bright, William Carpenter, Nicholas Carrara, Owen Connelly, Courtney Curler, Lydia Deppman, Katherine Donahue, Audrey Drinkwine, Gabriel Dunn, Bailey Farrell, Joseph Findlay, Emma Franklin, Hunter Gale, Morgan Galipeau, Alice Ganey, Sonia Garoiu, Adin Girard, Colby Hammond, Hale Hescock, Wesley Hirdler, Timothy Hunsdorfer, Ebenezer Jackson, Silas Jackson, Mason Kaufmann and Ethan Kent.

Also, Kierra Lacey, Journey LaRose, Camille Malhotra, Anna McIntosh, Hunter Munteanu, Ryan Nadeau, Thomas Nevins, Abagail Nicholson-Wemette, Jaden Ohanian, Astrid Olsen, Kai Pasciak, Sutton

Perry, Isabella Pistilli, Oliver Poduschnick, Olivia Pottinger, Devyn Pratt, Karic Riche, Chelsea Robinson, Julian Roy, Bode Rubright, Audrey Schnoor, Alison Seaton, Kieran Sheridan, Harper Sinclair, Chloe Smith, Nicholas Suchomel, Kelsey Treadway, Gwen Troumbley, Grace Tucker, Camila Van Order Gonzalez, Anna Wagner, Paige Williamson, Franklyn Wolff and Peter Wolosinski.

WORK HABITS HIGH HONORS Ken Barkdoll, Caleb Benz, Anna Berg, Gabriel Cason, Ava Devost, Eryn Diehl, Katherine Donahue, Spencer Doran, Alexis Drown, Mary Ann Eastman, Joseph Findlay, Emma Franklin, Andy Giorgio, Maeve Hammel, Camille Kutter, Ella McKhann, Kaitlyn McNamara, Taylor Moulton, Rosemary Munkres, Hunter Munteanu, Mary Nagy-Benson, Sarah Nicolai, Jaden Ohanian, Astrid Olsen, Isabel Olson, Owen Palcsik, Andrea Palmer, Emily Pecsok, Sutton Perry, Eva Phair, Sophie Pope McCright, Deona Proulx, Marshall Sanchez, Alexander Shashok, Kieran Sheridan, Harper Sinclair, Phoebe Smith, Gwen Stafford, Kathryn Waterman, Theo Wells-Spackman, Clara Wolff and Peter Wolosinski.

WORK HABITS HONORS Lois Alberts, Abel Anderson, Olivia Audet, Zohar Avieli, Elijah Bachand, Abigail Bailey, Alexis Bartlett, Kamrin Bartlett, Ian Bayliss, Celeste Berenbaum, Ellen Berg, Katherine Berthiaume, Eli Billings, Alexander Bleich, Isaiah Bullock, Carly Burger, Samantha Bushee, Tyler Buxton, William Carpenter, Nicholas Carrara, Lyndsey Champine, Chloe Clark, Owen Connelly, Jacob Corkins, Gabriel Cotell, Maren Couture, Lydia Deppman, Camden Devlin, Audrey Drinkwine, Gabriel

Dunn, Timothy Dyer, Siobhan Eagan, Bailey Farrell, Lillian Fleming, Hunter Gale, Morgan Galipeau, Alice Ganey, Sonia Garoiu, Destiny Gero, Jasmine Gero, Eloe Gile, Drew Gill, Adin Girard, Timothy Goettelmann and Mahaila Gosselin.

Also, Evan Gregory, Madison Hallock, Liam Hamilton, Colby Hammond, Hunter Heffernan, Hale Hescock, Wesley Hirdler, Malia Hodges, Charles Hodson, Martha Horne, Jenna Howlett, Alexia Huestis, Timothy Hunsdorfer, Emma Huntington, Ebenezer Jackson, Silas Jackson, Camryn Jaring, James Jette, Trystan Jones, Keegan Kane, Mason Kaufmann, Devon Kearns, Ryan Kearns, Kira Kemp, Ethan Kent, Ahsan Khan, Ellie Kiel, Kierra Lacey, Journey LaRose, Brianna Lathrop, Kaylee Lathrop, Mira Maglienti, Camille Malhotra, Megan McGettrick, Anna McIntosh, Alexander Mencel, Kyle Mitchell, Ryan Nadeau, Thomas Nevins and Abagail NicholsonWemette.

Also, Isaac Norris, Riley O’Neil, Colleen Oster, Logan Pierson-Flagg, Isabella Pistilli, Oliver Poduschnick, Olivia Pottinger, Devyn Pratt, Spencer Pratt, Sydney Provencher, Josie Rheaume, Tate Rheaume, Serena Roberts, Chelsea Robinson, Julian Roy, Wyatt Rubright, Nadya Sato, Peter Scharstein, Alison Seaton, Stirling Sidaway, Dalylah Sorrell-Cushman, Cassie Stearns, Sofia Stefani, Brittany Stone, Nicholas Suchomel, Kassidy Sunderland, Brooke Tabor, Kobe Terk, Shoshana Tieyah, Kelsey Treadway, Gwen Troumbley, Thatcher Trudeau, Grace Tucker, Camila Van Order Gonzalez, Anna Wagner, Katelyn Warner, Charles Welch III, Paige Williamson, Mayson Wisnowski, Franklyn Wolff and Ireland Young.

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Contest (Continued from Page 1) erating sugarhouses in this spring. cob LaFleche of Panton took third as LaFleche is measuring the sap flow individuals. of certain stands of maples, while “It feels good,” LaFleche, 16, Ouellette is wrapping up an analysis said, “It’s amazing that our teacher of the maple market in Vermont and let us study as much as Canada, studying the we did.” fluctuations in the cost “Most people To get a sense of just of maple products every underestimate how specialized the cayear. While he enjoys reer center students’ what others the time in the classtraining is, one need only are doing room, Ouellette said he consider a sampling of to conserve enjoys working with his the skills learned in the what’s around hands the most. program: They include “I’ve liked learning maple syrup production, them.” how to use a chainsaw — Jacob fisheries science, busiand boil sap,” he said.

LaFleche ness management, heavy When the sap starts equipment operation and flowing, both Ouellette surveying. The hooks on the walls and LaFleche will be doing plenty of of their classroom are crowded with that. During sugaring season, their orange chainsaw chaps, hip-high class will spend half-days every rubber waders, helmets and charts day at the career center’s own sugwith titles like “Chain Saw Trouble arworks in Weybridge, where they Shooting Guide.” produce maple syrup, candy and It’s not what most teenagers glean cream to sell before returning to the PATRICIA A. HANNAFORD Career Center forestry students Jacob LaFleche, left, 16, of Panton and Greg from their high school classes, but career center for more classes. that’s what the forestry program’s “We’ll be in there for weeks, just Ouellette, 16, of Bristol came away winners from the FFA Winter Forestry competition at the Vermont Farm Show in Essex Junction last month. Ouellette took first place and LaFleche took third. They will both comtop scorers in the annual program boiling,” said LaFleche. “It just depete again in the spring competition in May. enjoy about it. pends on the weather.”

Independent photo/Trent Campbell “Most people underestimate what others are doing to conserve what’s around them,” LaFleche said.

Sudoku Solution February 29 Starting at the end of the first semester and in the first weeks of JanuPuzzle Solutions ary, the class memorized identifying features of a variety of trees and plants. They also spent, by LaFleche and Ouellette’s estimates, a total of 20 hours studying and taking practice exams.

In Essex Junction, where the expo was held, they joined 200 students from around the state in a competiOFFICE SPACE tion that was divided into two parts.

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Contact Peter or Maja 802-388-0921 In the next portion, students were given a series of maple syrup samples and asked to judge them based EQUAL HOUSING on its grade, smell, taste and color.

OPPORTUNITY Some samples were labeled correctly, but judges attempted to throw off All real estate advertising in this newspathe students with incorrect hydrom- per is subject to the Federal Fair Housing eter readings (which measure the Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitasugar content), flavors or smells.

At the conclusion, the Middle- tion or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, na48 Mountain Terrace bury Forestry and Natural Resources tional origin, sexual orientation, or persons Bristol, VT 05443 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Program claimed the title. Ouellette receiving public assistance, or an intention 0( s FAX 802-453-5898 C R O P T H A T T Y P E walked away with a new ax after tak- to make any such preference, limitation or Visit our websites at: 13 14 15 16 www.wallacere.com ing first, while LaFleche took home discrimination.”

R I P E R I C H H E A L S www.greenbuiltvermont.com This newspaper will not knowingly aca pair of snips for cutting sap tubing 17 18 19 cept any advertisement for real estate E V E N I N T O R A I S E for his third-place effort. which is in violation of the law. Our readers 20 21 22 23 24 After sugaring in the spring, the are hereby informed that all dwellings adE A R A P T U S E D E W forestry students’ next competition vertised in this newspaper are available on 25 26 27 28 P L A I T K E Y will be at the FFA’s annual Vermont an equal opportunity basis. To complain of 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 conference at Shelburne Farms in discrimination, call HUD Toll-free at 1-800T E N F R Y E A T S Kelly Claire Tom May. There, the “Game of Logging” 424-8590. For the Washington, DC area 37 38 39 40 41 42 Please call Kelly, Claire, or Tom will require students to quickly (and please call HUD at 426-3500.

S I T S I D L E T R E E safely) complete standard log cuts 43 44 45 46 O R E B R U S H E R A using chainsaws. Should they win, 47 48 49 50 they’ll advance to the national-level Cornwall Building Site with L O S T U N T O J A M S competition in Kentucky.

51 52 53 54 Expansive Views O N T O E G G P E A LaFleche said he plans to put the 55 56 57 58 59 60 skills he’s learned to use as a wild- Approved O W N A W A R E life biologist, while Ouellette hopes with permits.

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 to go to college for athletic training L A D A D D H I T S A D and use the technical skills around For photos 69 70 71 72 73 E X I T S A G E S W I N G his home in Bristol, possibly manag- please visit 74 75 76 www.landwoodwater.com ing a small sugaring operation.

G I V E N Y A R N E D G E For now, the students are busy For info, call 760-807-6187 77 78 79 S E A T S P O T B E E S wrapping up research projects be- or email apinamonti@gmail.com fore they begin a long stretch of op-

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