May 28 A section

Weddings Newlyweds shares their big day, a photo pro gives wedding advice and more in our special pull-out.

Opera preview

Big victory

The Opera Co. of Middlebury’s production of “Turandot” opens this Friday. See Page 13A.

MUHS softball knocked off a top Division I team on Tuesday with the playoffs looming. See Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

Vol. 69 No. 22

INDEPENDENT Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

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College sends off 552 grads

Bernie’s agenda is to rebuild nation for all

Last instruction: Go find your passion

By PHOEBE LEWIS MIDDLEBURY — As Washington, D.C., native Kate McCreary walked to receive her college diploma on Sunday, she breathed a sigh.

“I was kind of relieved, both to have a college diploma and also to have the graduation over so I can sleep a little bit,” the freshly minted Middlebury College alum said. “I feel celebratory and excited! It didn’t really make me sad.”

This past Sunday 552 Middlebury College seniors donned mortarboards and bade farewell to their alma mater in a ceremony on the central lawn of the campus. Proud parents, family and friends cheered as the class of 2015 found their seats under a cloudy but warm sky.

Sunday marked Middlebury College President Ron Liebowitz’s final commencement at Middlebury, a role he has filled since 2004. Duke University Dean Laurie Patton will assume the presidency of Middlebury College on July 1.

Student Commencement Speaker Adam Milano opened the ceremony on a lighthearted note. A theater major and education minor from New Jersey, Milano observed to a chuckling crowd that “it is with the class of 2015 that (President) ‘Leave-o(See Graduation, Page 18A)

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Launches presidential bid among 5,000 fans

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, I-Vt., fires up his supporters late Tuesday afternoon at Burlington’s Waterfront Park during his campaign kick-off for his run for president. At far left, Ripton’s Bill McKibben and Jerry Greenfield (of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream), both of whom spoke before Sanders took the stage, cheer one of Sanders’ proposals outlined in his Agenda for America — the senator’s platform on which he’ll be running for the Democratic Party’s nomination.

Independent photo/Angelo Lynn

By ANGELO LYNN BURLINGTON — “BERRRNIE, BERRR-NIE, BERRRNIE,” roared the enthusiastic, hometown crowd of 5,000 supporters as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took the stage late Tuesday afternoon at Burlington’s Waterfront Park to kick off his presidential campaign.

In his trademark style gesturing with his thumb and forefinger pinched together and dramatically jabbing the air while making each point, Sanders lashed out in his thick Brooklyn accent against the inequities of America’s income and wealth gap; against corporate greed; against a corrupt political system in which money buys elections; against trade agreements that have cost this country millions of “decent-paying jobs”; against the stranglehold of big energy companies that are destroying the planet through global warming; against banks and financial institutions that are too big to fail; against “the insanity” of an educational system that’s too (See Bernie, Page 7A)

VUHS board makes cuts to budget, tax rates for revote

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School board has made final its third budget proposal for the 2015-2016 school year — a $10,258,933 spending plan — to place before Addison Northwest Supervisory Union voters on June 9.

The board at a meeting Saturday morning agreed with ANwSU and VUHS administrators to cut $55,000 from the plan defeated by 722-676, or 46 votes, on May 5.

That cut will lower the tax impact of the budget by about 1 cent, officials said. ANwSU tax estimates have also been lowered by another cent since early May because those estimates assumed a $1.00 statewide homestead tax rate. Instead, the Legislature settled on a 99-cent rate.

VUHS board members and ANwSU administrators also believe the budget lost on May 5 at least in part because of the addition of a second article asking for an additional

$156,000 of support, and this time no such baggage is attached.

Despite the $55,000 cut approved this past Saturday, the latest VUHS budget is still seeking an increase of $845,000 from the current VUHS budget.

That huge overall spending increase, which comes despite the cut of three teaching positions a year ago and four more in this plan, is driven by two major factors: (See VUHS, Page 19A)

Mt. Abe budget trimmed by $75K for third try BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School directors are hoping the third try will be the charm for a newly revised 2015-2016 spending plan that Addison Northeast Supervisory Union voters will field on Tuesday, June 9.

The proposed budget of

$13,947,738 is $75,000 less than the $14,022,738 spending plan district voters most recently defeated by a 755 to 485 tally on April 14.

Mount Abraham serves students in the ANeSU towns of Bristol, New Haven, Monkton, Starksboro and Lincoln.

Mud, sweat and 888k of rough trail running Ultra athletes endure grueling 10-day race

Flying the flag

THE FERRISBURGH CENTRAL School band marches down Main Street in Vergennes during the annual Memorial Day parade Monday. For more photos from Vergennes and Middlebury, see Page 16A.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By LISA LYNN ing into the high 80s. They have enGOSHEN — As you read this, be countered bear, moose, porcupines, it at 7 a.m. or 11 p.m. or 2 a.m., a snakes and, of course, mosquitoes. few “dedicated” souls are out run“The bugs are vicious,” says John ning laps on a figure-8 course com- Sharp, a muscular Texan who ran prised of 26.4 miles of into race headquarters rocky, muddy, undulating at Blueberry Hill Inn’s trails in the Moosamaloo “The cross-country ski center Wilderness.

They’ve challenge is on Tuesday evening to been running since 8:08 to see how get sprayed with mosquia.m. last Thursday, when far you can to repellent, wolf down 10 members of the newly push yourself macaroni and cheese formed Endurance Sociand guzzle a PBR before ety crossed the start of In- without heading back out. finitus, an 888-kilometer breaking.”

Several other racers — Jack Cary were also taking breaks (551.7 mile), 10-day trail race dreamed up by Veron Tuesday. Jess Pendmonters Andy Weinberg and Jack leton, 37, an insurance executive Cary. from Iowa, looked exhausted as she In the past week the racers have propped her feet up so fellow comfaced frost and snow on the trail, petitor Joel Gat could tape her blis(See Race, Page 20A) sleet and rain and temperatures soar-

The new budget reflects a reduction of 5.3 full-time-equivalent (FTE) teaching positions, including one full-time teacher each in the math, English and science departments; and parts of positions in the physical education, foreign lan(See Mt. Abe, Page 19A)

By the way Each baby born at a Vermont hospital on May 29 this year will receive a $100 deposit into a Vermont 529 college savings account (See By the way, Page 19A)

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Jensen took pupils into the computer age Teacher saw it all in a 40-year career

Local blaze

AREA FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED to a house fire on Cave Road in Weybridge Wednesday afternoon and found the home’s roof fully engulfed.

Neighbors reported a lightning strike in the area shortly before the fire. There was no official cause as this issue of the Addison Independent went to press, but the lightning may be responsible.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — For four decades, any Middlebury-area student with a keen interest in building or designing something has probably taken a course with Peter Jensen. As an industrial arts teacher, Jensen has helped teens turn their curiosity into reality.

But after 16 years each of teaching at the former Middlebury junior high and Middlebury Union High School, and most recently an eight-year-stint at the Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center, Jensen is ready to step away from the old drafting table and 3-D computer. He will be retiring next PETER JENSEN month.

Jensen says his first love was al- was never a dull moment for any of ways teaching, but teaching wasn’t those first 16 years.” his first job. After graduating from But as the curriculum evolved and Northern Arizona University, Jensen changed, Jensen found himself yearnworked for three years as an adjutant ing for a position at MUHS, which general officer in the U.S. Army, from was embracing new technology. The 1971 to 1974. He was based at Fort high school and the Career Center beCarson, outside of Colorado Springs. gan integrating computers into their He worked near the headquarters of teaching during the 1980s. the North American Aerospace De“My teaching curricular area is such fense Command, known as NORAD. that technology has changed phenom“It was a very exciting time,” Jen- enally over time,” Jensen said. “That sen recalled of the early 1970s, noting has been stimulating not only for me the United States’ withdrawal from as an instructor … but also for the stuthe Vietnam War and conflicts be- dents, whose insatiable curiosity just tween Egypt and Israel in the Middle ballooned with the advancement of East. technology.”

In his job with the Army, Jensen Jensen recalled computers becomhelped manage personnel and field ing an integral part of his teaching as activities for U.S. forces. an industrial arts teacher It was interesting work, “Technology at MUHS. but he yearned to teach “Engineering and has changed and settle his family in a architecture via the more rural environment. phenomenally computer as a tool beMiddlebury, Vt., seemed over time. came the curriculum,” like a good fit. He ap- That has been Jensen said. “That was plied for an industrial stimulating not enlightening for a lot arts teaching position for only for me as of students, because no grades 7 and 8, then lolonger now were you cated within Middlebury an instructor … required as a young perbut also for the Union High School. son to have good motor “When I left as an of- students, whose skills, good hand-eye ficer in the Army I was insatiable coordination and good making over $14,000 curiosity just patience as was previper year, but my passion ously required of those ballooned for getting into educadeciding to go into engition was so strong, I with the neering or architecture.” was willing to take a advancement of In other words, the pay cut,” Jensen said technology.” computer became a of the economics of the — Peter Jensen great equalizer that renday. “My first job paid dered obsolete the old $9,200.” tools of the trade — the It was a substantial leap of faith compass, T-square and triangle. for a married man with two young As a result, an increasing number of children, but he never regretted the students saw the engineering and ardecision. Jensen has since witnessed chitecture professions as being within and introduced to thousands of eager their grasp. students a constantly evolving tech“More women began to show up, nology that has steered many of his which was fantastic,” Jensen said. “It former charges to careers in engineer- was very empowering to a lot of stuing, architecture and other math and dents.” science fields.

Dozens of Middlebury-area stuIndustrial arts technology was dents went through the MUHS indusfairly rudimentary during his early trial arts program and advanced their years of teaching, according to Jen- skills further at the Career Center. sen. What we now refer to as science, “When (graduating students) entechnology, engineering and math tered college or post-high school pro(STEM) curricula was disguised un- grams in engineering or architecture, der the old moniker of industrial arts, they were way ahead of the game,” he noted.

Jensen said.

“I ran essentially a makers’ lab,” 3-D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY Jensen said, an environment with diWith the considerable instruction verse systems — electricity, plastics, and technology available at their lometal working, woodworking and cal schools, Middlebury-area students drafting — to allow students to inno- have been able to get a sense early on vate, create and ultimately produce an as to whether engineering or architecobject to show for their efforts. ture might be in their career plans, ac“It turned into a really fun, three- cording to Jensen. ringed circus,” Jensen said. “That age No longer do students have to fashgroup is active anyway; they want to ion their project ideas out of clay, be making things, they want to be in- wood or plastics. volved in creativity, they are adven“Now, when we investigate, innoturous and willing to try things. There vate, evaluate, fabricate and commuCORRECTION: Our article last week on the Vergennes City Council meeting incorrectly stated the date for city residents to grieve their tax

assessments. The correct date is this coming Monday, June 1. Residents who wish to grieve their assessments must contact city officials and sup-

nicate a project that we’re working on, the fabrication becomes a 3-D printing process,” Jensen said.

That process has allowed students to use computer coding to make threedimensional objects, including miniature-scale buildings and furnishings.

The Career Center — where Jensen has worked for the past eight years — has some nifty 3-D printers that are big hits with STEM students.

“There is a tremendous value in the satisfaction a person receives from being able to hold the object they have investigated, innovated and created,” Jensen said. “It is fulfilling in a way that encourages them to … get out an try things, to attempt, and to learn from the mistakes they have made along the way and make corrections.”

Jensen, 66, has remained just as inquisitive and adaptable to change as his students.

“My job has evolved over 40 years,” he said. “I have not done the same thing for 40 years. My job has become different over time, in very profound ways.

“I have to be prepared, as an instructor, to keep up.”

STEM students these days don’t want a 20-minute lecture, according to Jensen. What they want is a foundation of know-how, the right tools and the autonomy to pursue an assignment as independently as possible.

“They want to be stimulated, they want to be engaged, and they want to discover,” he said. “The discovery doesn’t have to be in the same format it was 40 years ago, where the teacher stands and delivers.”

Instead, Jensen outlines expectations and turns them loose, offering help along the way.

“No longer do we require everyone to be on ‘chapter four’ at the same time,” Jensen said. “It just doesn’t work with these kids. They want to be loose.”

Consequently, they tend to grow — and achieve — at an “amazing rate,” he said.

IN A DIFFERENT WAY “Kids are now doing very advanced math with a computer program that they might not be able to explain to you in an old-fashioned math, geometry or trigonometry format,” Jensen said. “They understand it in a different way.”

Jensen is pleased to get positive feedback from former students and parents. He might be walking through a local store and hear, “Thank you, my son is in engineering,” or, “my daughter is an architect.”

“And many of those parents remember taking my course in junior high,” Jensen said with a smile.

All good things come to an end, however, and Jensen believes 40 years as an educator has been a very respectable run.

“I have enjoyed this semester as much as all of the others,” he said, “but there is a younger generation coming forward to step in. I think that is fantastic and wonderful.”

He is leaving with the hope that a new generation of engineers and architects embraces the notion of repairing the country’s aging infrastructure. As for Jensen, he will not have an idle retirement. He and his wife, Daphne, have six grandchildren residing within an hour of their home. The couple runs the Barden House Inn in West Addison. Jensen will continue to make custom furniture. And Peter and Daphne will continue their support and volunteerism in the field of hospice care in Addison County.

“There is a bit of renaissance to me,” Jensen said. “I’ll be busy.” ply supporting materials before 5 p.m. on Monday. The Independent apologizes for the mistake.

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Land adds to Bristol firehouse cost Price tag goes to $3.19M with lot

By EVAN JOHNSON BRISTOL — Last week, members of the Bristol Fire Facility Committee learned the cost of a new firehouse. On Tuesday evening, that price tag went up when they learned how much the land under it would cost.

Bristol selectboard member Brian Fox presented the committee with a preliminary plan to purchase 9.03 acres for a price of $350,000. About three acres would be used for the site of the firehouse and an additional two acres has enough space to accommodate a septic system and could later be sold as a commercial lot to offset a bond that would pay for land, construction costs of the building and purchasing the building.

The total project estimate, combined with the cost of the land, brings the total preliminary cost to $3.19 million. Property owner Kevin Harper would pay for the initial construction.

After completion, the town would pay for the building and the land.

At the meeting, Fox provided data on the 30-year bond’s effect on taxes: • A home valued at $100,000 would see an increase of $79.30 per year.

• A home valued at $150,000 would see an increase of $118.95 per year.

• A home valued at $200,000 would see an increase of $158.60 per year.

• A home valued at $250,000 would see an increase of $188.25

per year. desk for 30 years,” Fox said.

Following Fox’s remarks, the comLaRose was optimistic that any mittee worked through all 11 pages of needs would be met. the schematic estimate provided last “The fire department is very reweek by Naylor & Breen Builders sourceful,” he said. “We will find a Inc., looking for potential cost savings. way.”

Committee Co-chairman Committee members Bill Elwell indicated that also acknowledged the ancosts were already being “It’s important ticipated increase in costs kept to a minimum. associated with maintainto note that “It’s important to note we’ve been ing a new building. With that we’ve been cutting the exception of heating, all along in this process,” cutting all Chief LaRose said mainhe said during the meet- along in this tenance costs for the curing. “We’re trying to find process. rent firehouse are low; as something that’s going the building lacks a smoke We’re trying to meet our needs in the alarm, alarm system or an future but without a lot of to find elevator. extras.”

Naylor & Breen’s price something Many items were al- that’s going estimate for site work ready required to comply received affirmation in with fire safety codes. to meet our the form of a close estiItems marked for closer needs in the mate from Tom Barden examination included future but of Barden Inspection & costs for a kitchen for without a lot Consulting Services Inc., firefighters, number of which was hired by the windows and finishing of extras.” town of Bristol to double— Committee check the estimate prothe ceiling in the apparaCo-chairman duced by Naylor & Breen. tus area.

Bill Elwell In a letter to Bristol Town Bristol Fire Chief Brett LaRose said the bond Clerk Therese Kirby dated would not include any furnishing for May 15, Barden described a difference the new firehouse, including gear of $40,674 or 1.8 percent between his lockers, kitchen appliances, personnel estimate of $2,166,849 and Naylor & lockers and benches. While the depart- Breen’s earlier estimate of $2,207,523 ment would take what they could from (a revised price estimate was issued on the existing fire station, fundraising May 15). would have to be done for any new “It is my opinion that this difference equipment. Committee members said is an acceptable margin for a Schematthe lack of furnishings was one reason ic Design Estimate,” the letter read. they were able to keep the total cost The committee will present the estimate down. plans at a Bristol selectboard meeting “It doesn’t make sense to finance a on June 7 at 7 p.m. at the Bristol town

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32 NORTH STREET After moving plans for the new firehouse forward, the committee mulled several options deciding the fate of the old firehouse located at 32 North St., including selling the building with and without caveats, obtaining grants to keep and refurbish the building or dismantling the building and selling the timber.

Discussion around narrowing the options sought to strike a balance between a desire to see the building off of taxpayer hands and to provide voters with options.

Fox said putting caveats on the building’s sale (such a maintaining its appearance) might cause it to become a financial burden for the town while waiting for a buyer.

Committee member Elizabeth Herrmann acknowledged the immense costs associated with maintaining the 128-year-old firehouse.

I’m wearing two hats,” she said.

“There’s one that says this building has some historic value but the other says it’s going to take a very special and unique person with a lot of vision and a lot of cash.”

The committee passed a recommendation to sell the building without caveats, which will go before the town as an exit poll at the bond vote. No size of a bond or date for a vote has been set, though a summertime date has been discussed.

If a bond is eventually approved, the question of what to do with 32 North St. will become an article on Bristol’s Town Meeting Day ballot.

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Issue resolved, mosquito spraying resumes

By LEE J. KAHRS BRANDON — Confusion between the regulators and a local insect control district last week threatened to halt mosquito spraying around Lake Dunmore and elsewhere in the area leading up to and during the first big weekend of the summer.

But the state Agency of Agriculture put commercial certification for the Brandon Leicester Salisbury Goshen Insect Control District on the fast track last week following the dispute over spraying private roads, and spraying resumed.

BLSG Chair Ben Lawton said Tuesday that the issue of the district’s non-commercial certification was resolved last Friday after he spoke with Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross.

On May 18, Lawton and BLSG’s Mort Pierpont went before the Leicester selectboard to inform the town that the agency was not allowing the BLSG to spray private roads around Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake. Pierpont said Agricultural Resource Management Section Chief Cary Giguere told him that the organization’s noncommercial certificate limited mos-

quito spraying to the municipal rightof-way.

Giguere said that while the matter was simply a paperwork issue, he added that although the BLSG had been spraying private roads for years under the non-commercial certificate, there was more public scrutiny on the district’s spraying practices leading to the enforcement of the rule.

After the story appeared in The Reporter and the Addison Independent, Lawton said that the necessary paperwork for a commercial certificate was filed, processed and issued by last Thursday. In addition, the district was able to change it’s insurance coverage under the commercial certificate by Friday.

The change in certification is good news for homeowners around Lake Dunmore and Fern Lake living on private roads. As of Sunday, Lawton said all the private lake roads had been sprayed.

The next hurdle for the BLSG is a better way to treat mosquito larvae in the swamps. The reason the first hatch of the season two weeks ago was so brutal is that the first treatment of larvicide came up short.

Now, Lawton said, the BLSG is hoping the state will help with the purchase of an Argo, a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle to treat the 600 acres of swamp in Whiting and Leicester with mosquito larvicide.

For about $25,000, the BLSG could use the Argo to drop larvicide in the swamp. The district used to rely on an airplane owned by the Lemon Fair Insect Control District in Cornwall and Bridport. The plane was used to drop larvicide into the 2,000-acre Cornwall and Whiting swamp areas, where mosquitoes breed. But the Lemon Fair district sold the plane after last season because it cost too much to maintain and insure. Now, volunteers in waders are dropping larvicide by hand, but it is impossible to treat the roughly 600 acres of swampland in the BLSG district that way.

While the BLSG is responsible for the cost and treatment of adult mosquito spraying, or adulticide, the Agency of Agriculture pays for the cost and application of larvicide to kill mosquito larvae in the swamps where mosquitoes breed. That’s why the BLSG is hoping the state will pay

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STARKSBORO — Voters in Starksboro on Tuesday approved a $1.65 million bond issue to build a new town garage.

Residents voted 159 in favor of, and 20 opposed to building a new 7,000-square-foot garage on townowned land north of the town offices

on Route 116, near the fire station.

The new structure will be almost twice as large as the current facility so it can house all the road crew’s equipment: three trucks, a tractor, a grader and other smaller pieces of equipment.

The estimated cost for the project is

$1.69 million. The selectboard is seeking voter approval for a bond that totals $1.65 million; the balance of the cost of construction would come from a previous year’s municipal surplus.

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Sanders offers hope for change

Bernie Sanders: Restoring the American dream The intensity was there. The spark was there. The bombastic political rhetoric has never left. But at the moment Bernie Sanders stepped up to the podium late Tuesday afternoon to announce his candidacy for the president of the United States, there was something new: His voice cracked and his demeanor softened as he humbly and graciously thanked all those in the crowd and throughout Vermont’s largest city for their 44 years of support.

“This is an emotional day for me,” Vermont’s junior senator told the crowd of 5,000-plus. “Not just for what I’m going to be saying, but to see so many people here and to hear what’s been said. Thank you very much.”

It was heart-felt, and if you were in the audience, you sensed he was seeing a lifetime of political struggle culminate in a single announcement, a goal so lofty when he first started in politics more than four decades ago that now it seemed almost unreal. But there he was — ­ born into a lower-middle income family that lived in a rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn, son of a Polish immigrant and a mother who died too young to realize her dream of a house of her own — making his announcement in the waterfront park he had helped create in the city he has called home since the 1970s.

It was a moment that told more than words can say.

With that, however, he launched into campaign mode and delivered the fiery speech he has been working on for much of his life. He hit all the standard progressive issues: health care for all, income and wealth inequality, the dwindling middle class, campaign finance reform, reversing climate change, creating jobs and raising wages, reforming Wall Street, providing affording higher education, protecting the most vulnerable Americans, and keeping the country out of war but strong and secure. (See story, Page 1A.) Notably, he glossed over the nation’s foreign policy conundrums, and avoided any mention of immigration — both crucial issues for any presidential candidate in the upcoming election.

But he was vintage Bernie on his keynote issues and themes, including this assessment of the state of the country and his response: “My fellow Americans, this country faces more serious problems today than at any time since the Great Depression and, if you include the planetary crisis of climate change, it may well be that the challenges we face now are direr than any time in our modern history.

“Here is my promise to you for this campaign. Not only will I fight to protect the working families of this country, but we’re going to build a movement of millions of Americans who are prepared to stand up and fight back.

We’re going to take the campaign directly to the people — in town meetings, door-to-door conversations, on street corners and in social media… This week we will be in Iowa, New Hampshire and Minnesota, and that’s just the start of a vigorous grassroots campaign.”

He had a few good zingers in his 35-minute speech, but mainly he stuck to an outline of issues he is calling his Agenda for America — a blueprint for rebuilding America into a nation that serves the needs of all Americans, not just the wealthiest few.

“To those who say we cannot restore the dream, I say just look where we are standing. This beautiful place was once an unsightly rail yard that served no public purpose and was an eyesore. As mayor, I worked with the people of Burlington to help turn this waterfront into the beautiful, people-oriented public space it is today. We took the fight to the courts, to the Legislature and to the people. And we won.

“The lesson to be learned is that when people stand together, and are prepared to fight back, there is nothing that can’t be accomplished.”

That lesson is key to Vermonters, and all Americans, today. The question is not whether Bernie stands a chance of winning the Democratic nomination and the presidency, but whether his message would strengthen the nation; whether his policies are what each of us believe in and support. If they are, the revolution Sanders is talking about is getting each American to act on that belief. What you can’t do is handicap the election by voting for the person you think is most likely to win, rather than for the candidate with the ideals you embrace.

When Sanders finished his speech and the crowd thundered with approval, the 73-year-old senatorial statesman raised a single arm into the air with a slightly clinched fist — but it wasn’t as if he were a prize fighter cutting his foe down to size, it wasn’t Bernie winning his first race as mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, it wasn’t him railing against the billionaire class and declaring war on injustice. Rather, there was a hint of satisfaction on his face, a hint of personal accomplishment that he would be able to deliver his message to the nation and that he had gained the status to be heard. He won’t rest with that thought for long, but it was a moment well-deserved.

Angelo S. Lynn

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Angelo Lynn’s Memorial Day editorial “We’re siding with Bernie” perfectly expresses the thoughts of many Sanders supporters. We thank him and hope his message will help inspire Vermonters who have been hesitant to jump into the campaign.

It was disheartening that Bernie’s long-awaited entry into the 2016 presidential race met largely with silence or the response — even by many who had urged him to run — that he has little chance against Hillary Clinton.

Certainly Clinton, with her money and connections, is the Democratic establishment candidate. But while she’s a far lesser evil than any potential Republican nominee, she generates little enthusiasm or hope of real change for the better.

In contrast, Bernie genuinely champions ideals and objectives that would improve the lives of ordinary Vermonters and Americans. He is sincere, straightforward, dedicated, and appears as uncorrupted and incorruptible as a senior politician can be. Angelo’s editorial has it right: If we acknowledge Bernie’s qualities and the importance of his message and then endorse Clinton, we advance the self-fulfilling prophecy that meaningful change is impossible; and we sacrifice our future and our children’s and grandchildren’s futures to that prophecy.

Bernie’s energy and passion about issues that matter are our best hope and deserve our equally energetic response. Why would we write off the candidate we really want? Let’s commit ourselves to primary victories for Bernie in as many states as possible, above all in Vermont.

Judy and Michael Olinick Middlebury

Diploma time

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE SENIORS stand at attention during Sunday’s commencement shortly before crossing the stage to receive their diplomas.

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A fence viewer in need of a fence

Good fences make good neighbors, Robert Frost famous- I must have just inhaled one of the café’s double espressos ly wrote in “Mending Wall.”

— Ben asked if I’d also like to be appointed as the town’s Perhaps that’s why Cornwall and many other Vermont alternate to the county solid waste district board. towns still appoint official fence viewers who, Again he assured me that nothing would according to the Vermont League of Cities and be required of me — though I could attend Towns (VLCT), “examine fences within the the board meeting if the town representative town when requested to do so by the selectcouldn’t make it. Assuming, of course, I didn’t board.” have a better invitation to do something else Turns out, though, that this duty is essentially that evening. bogus. “The role of the fence viewer has beI got another new, important-sounding title come somewhat limited,” VLCT’s literature and I still didn’t have to do anything? This was explains, with some municipalities abolishing my kind of public service — all the glory and it altogether. none of the pain.

But despite the uncertain future of fence Sure, I said, positively drunk with power viewing in Vermont, I have recently and hapand prestige. Barack Obama’s got nuthin’ on pily ascended to the role of being an official me. Sign me up for that one, too.

Town of Cornwall Fence Viewer — a title I’ve So far they’ve both been great jobs. coveted ever since I first heard it existed.

Nobody’s asked me about jury duty, and This thirst for fence-viewing power began the only thing I’ve had to do is once a month, with a question to me from Ben Wood, a Corntransfer the agenda packets of the solid waste wall selectboard member who, with his wife district from my mailbox to the recycling bin.

Sally, runs the wonderful Otter Creek Bakery.

I’m now in my second terms in the positions

by Gregory Dennis The board needed to appoint a Cornwall of board alternate and grand juror. I’ve manresident as a grand juror, he asked me a couple aged to stay out of court and out of the news. years ago. Did I want the post?

So probably it’s because I’ve done such a bang-up job that What, I asked Ben, would be required of me as a grand Ben asked me — on behalf of the entire town of Cornwall, juror? mind you — if I would be a fence viewer.

Not a darn thing, he assured me. It was just a title left Ben assured me that I would still not be required to do over from a past era. The town merely needed to appoint anything as part of my official duties. someone to hold the title.

Fence viewers once had the obligation to help the town “OK,” I said, manning up. “I’ll take the job.” settle disputes between neighbors about where fences Having found me in an agreeable and energetic mood — (See Dennis, Page 5A)

Between The Lines

Bernie can shape campaign agenda Sen. Bernard Sanders officially launched his presidential campaign in Burlington this week. If the presidential election were held only in Vermont, Massachusetts, New York City and northern California, Sanders might very well win. However, voters from 46 other states will also vote for president, so it is likely that the person who takes the oath of office in front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017, will be either Hillary Rodham Clinton or whoever emerges as the Republican nominee.

Even if Sanders ends up falling well short of the number of convention delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination, he could have influence over the campaign, but only if both the national media and Clinton cooperate. If Sanders can get exposure for his arguments about economic inequality, the squeeze on middle-class incomes, the importance of addressing climate change, and the By Eric L. Davis influence of corporations and wealthy individuals on politics through the campaign finance system, he could make these issues more salient to voters, and force Clinton to address them more directly than she has to date.

However, to accomplish this goal Sanders will need to get extensive coverage in the national media. He has been on one Sunday interview show so far, on CNN, but he will need to get exposure on the national news networks on a near-weekly basis. These appearances on Sunday interview and other programs will generate articles about Sanders in the print media. Sanders will also need national newspapers such as The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal to cover his campaign events

Politically Thinking

in Iowa, New Hampshire, and other early caucus and primary states.

One of the best ways for Sanders to raise the profile of his candidacy and the issues he cares about would be to participate in multiple debates along with Hillary Clinton, and any other candidates who enter the Democratic nominating contest. However, Clinton may be reluctant to give Sanders and other rivals the attention that would come from appearing on the same platform with her.

Clinton has been running a Nixonian “Rose Garden”style campaign, refusing to hold press conferences or campaign events open to all comers, rather than just a handpicked or invited audience. Clinton will want to follow the classic frontrunner’s strategy of having as few debates as possible rather than allowing challengers to get the publicity that debates would bring. She would also be pleased if the media were to devote more resources to covering the Republican nominating campaign between now and early 2016, to minimize the free media coverage for her Democratic opponents.

Sanders has set a financial goal of $50 million for his campaign. He should be able to raise this amount, relying primarily on individual contributions in the $25 to $200 range. This would give him enough resources to be competitive in the four early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. However, once the campaign turns to larger states in March and April 2016, Sanders may not be able to compete effectively, especially if there (See Davis, Page 5A)

Airport noise is underestimated

If you’re sitting at your kitchen table right now and someone on the other side of the table says, “Hey, what are you doing?” and you reply, “I’m reading the Addison Independent,” then you’re having a conversation. This conversation is taking place at a volume of about 60 decibels.

Would you believe the sound of your kitchen chat is the same decibel level as airplane engines at the Middlebury Airport? Well, they are equal according to the Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT).

At a meeting on May 19, a guy from the AOT showed us a set of charts that indicated the sound of operating aircraft is no louder than two people talking from three feet apart. If you’ve spent even one day attending the school of common sense you know this is ridiculous.

The way the AOT measures sound, however, is not based on common sense. They measure sound against an absurd exaggeration of time that conveniently helps them sell their scheme. They create statistics where lack of activity is included in measuring activity. This is akin to running your lawn mower inside your house for an hour every day. That would be loud, right? Not according to the AOT. The noise isn’t statistically loud because you would need to measure how quiet it is in your house without the mower during the other 23 hours.

It’s hard to believe a public official would make such a ludicrous claim.

He made it, though, because most of us are laypeople and we aren’t familiar with what the designation of 60 decibels indicates. He thought he could spout some scientifically sounding data and no one would catch him. It’s this type of duplicity that has made it so difficult to communicate with the AOT about their proposed development project at our airport.

Upon examination, all the claims made by the AOT — about safety, economics, whatnot — are found to be as bogus as their noise statistics.

The operative word here is “examination.” The more one studies the details of their project, the more obvious it becomes this is an unnecessary and frivolous waste of millions of dollars of taxpayer money. There is a huge difference between the idea of improving our airport and the reality of the AOT plan. The AOT is trying to turn our safe and prosperous local airport into something that would require federal intervention and surveillance.

I don’t know if 60 decibels would be the precise volume, but I propose we tell the AOT loud and clear we don’t want them destroying the local nature of our airport.

Prem Prakash Middlebury

Addison Independent, Thursday, May 28, 2015 — PAGE 5A

The sad lessons of a car vs. bike tragedy Editor’s note: The Hinesburg po- of the road on one of the first decent lice chief wrote this piece late last days after a long winter, minding his month, after Hinesburg teenager own business. Although bicyclists are Joseph Marshall, speeding in a car, always aware of the inherent danger from speeding or disstruck biker Richard tracted drivers, this event Tom on Route 116, killcrossed an unimaginable ing Tom and himself. line.

For many in Addison There were two witCounty it was eerily This week’s writer nesses to this event ridsimilar to an incident ing in the same vehicle two weeks earlier in is Hinesburg Police going northbound. Jowhich a motorist struck Chief Frank Koss. seph came around the and killed a bicyclist in corner at what seemed to be a hunWeybridge.

What follows is what I wrote three dred miles an hour. The back end of days after the tragedy that occurred on Joseph’s vehicle broke free and came April 26. We all have different ways within inches of hitting them. What of dealing with an event and mine they witnessed behind them was the is writing what I am feeling and not vehicle hitting Richard, hurling him necessarily what the Chief of Police into the air and then the vehicle just exploded. Calling 911, the driver was would publicly say.

I have been investigating accidents unable to stop just knowing that they since Aug. 5, 1982. My first fatal crash had to be dead. Two days later, still came two months later when a fa- shaking, he told his story knowing ther driving a Porsche killed himself, that the image of this event will never his son and two of the son’s friends go away.

Joseph was no stranger to the Hinesdriving at a high rate of speed, most likely showing off. I have always been burg police regarding his driving and politically correct and sensitive, just his vehicle. After multiple contacts, presenting the facts without any edito- the police department had been acrial thoughts. If the horrific event that cused of targeting him and if that was happened on Sunday has any meaning the perception, we apparently didn’t other than some candles and flowers do a good enough job to alter his drivby the side of the road, that attitude has ing habits. I now have an officer Monto stop now. If you think that the chief day morning quarterbacking all of his of police should always be limited to dealings with Joseph and wondering if political correctness and sensitivity, he could have done more.

Now let’s summarize this tragedy. you should stop reading now.

To be blunt, if Joseph Marshall had Joseph Marshall is dead. Nobody not lost his life, he would have been will ever know what contributions he charged with second-degree murder. could have made or the direct effect This was not going a little fast or even he would have had on others through distracted driving, it was gross care- a lifetime that was lost at a very early less and negligent driving. Regardless age. Richard is dead. Richard’s posiof sympathies, we cannot lose sight tive influence on others has also been that Richard Tom was killed while stopped by his death. Absolutely riding his bicycle down the shoulder everybody has said he was a really

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wonderful person and always friendly and helpful. People that called were devastated at Richard’s death. Going through his effects to find a next of kin, his love of bicycling was beyond comprehension like no one I have ever known. When I talked to Richard’s 93-year-old father, he was concerned about Joseph’s family.

Neighbors and motorists who stopped to perform CPR and help will remember this scene for a long time. Hinesburg Fire and First Response who did an amazing job and particularly to the youngest members who got a dose of reality few will ever know. Bicyclists who before only had to worry about distracted and uncaring drivers now get this event in their head as they try to enjoy a nice day, while minding their own business. I have a profound respect for anyone that can be on a road with their back to traffic.

For those young people that want to honor Joseph, do more than stand at a tree for a few minutes. Realize that your actions can have devastating consequences and drive like you care and respect others just like others should be toward you. We have lost three teenagers in Hinesburg in the last several years so maybe it is time to understand that you are not invincible. Innocent victims are also not invincible.

Finally, the legacy this will leave with the Hinesburg Community Police Department. If you drive in Hinesburg with no regard to the others on the road, we will make sure that you are targeted until driving habits are either changed or you are taking a bus. Additionally, bicycles and pedestrians are seriously vulnerable to mistakes by motorists and we will have zero tolerance to unsafe driving that puts lives at risk.

Dennis (Continued from Page 4A) should go. That responsibility, however, has since passed to other officials. And anyway, as Frost put it in the same poem, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, that wants it down.”

Forget Frost, though. I just knew that “Fence Viewer, Town of Cornwall” would look great on my business card.

My chest swelled with pride as I accepted this new addition to my power base, this crowning achievement that would no doubt be the headline on my New York Times obituary.

I vowed to serve as fence viewer with honor and distinction. And to, whenever possible, brag to people at dinner parties about my unique status.

Curious about the reasons and history behind these honorifics, I asked the Cornwall town clerk, Sue Johnson, for some background. She sent me several sheets outlining fence viewing and grand jurying.

Turns out that fence viewers are entitled to be paid six dollars a day for their services — enough money, I

greedily noted, to buy 2.5 espressos at Otter Creek Bakery.

As for jurors, well, they once truly did have grand powers. They could enforce criminal misdemeanor laws including ordinance violations. Even today, the league says, “The grand juror is responsible for inquiring into and providing information to the proper authorities of criminal offenses.”

I mean, if this was a century ago, I would be the new sheriff in town.

Not anymore, though. The League of Cities and Towns says today, “This office is mostly obsolete.”

Indeed, the league advises potentially uppity grand jurors: “Given the complex legal situation that exists today and the ease with which lawsuits are initiated against even professional law enforcement personnel, we strongly urge any town grand juror who receives information about criminal wrongdoing in the town to contact the local state’s attorney.”

So why do Vermont towns still keep these archaic positions?

Bruce Hiland, for many years the chairman of the Cornwall selectboard,

told me the town primarily fills the jobs because people like to have the titles.

Indeed, there is still one more job title in town that is more desirable than fence viewer: “Weigher of Coal.”

The weigher serves as a referee to settle disputes about contested loads of coal. For his services, he is entitled to receive the munificent sum of 10 cents for the first ton of measured coal and four cents for every ton thereafter.

VLCT notes that to carry out his duties, the weigher would need a municipal scale — and that no town in Vermont still has such a device.

Jon Isham has been the Cornwall Weigher of Coal for the past decade — rather ironically, since Isham is a well known tree hugger and coal opponent.

Nonetheless, he tells me, “My message to the people of Cornwall is this: Send me some coal to weigh.”

And I, my fellow Cornwallians, need a fence to view.

No need to send it to me, though.

I’d be happy to come by and take a look.

Davis (Continued from Page 4A) has been a big gap between him and Clinton in the early states, and if the early state results show Clinton managing to get 50 to 60 percent or more of the total vote against all comers.

The Vermont presidential prima-

Letters to the Editor Constituent gives presidential candidate some advice Dear Sen. Bernie Sanders, I have been reflecting, since you made the decision to run for president of our United States. Here are my ideas. Use any, if they are helpful.

1. Take care of your health. We, supporters around our country and your family, want you around on this side of the sod for a while. Whether you become president or not, we still need your voice heard. Your traveling team needs to have people who understand how to live in a healthy way. Learn de-stressing techniques.

2. Talk less and act more. Instead of getting sucked into the normal campaign stuff, consider traveling around the country spreading your message. We are no long working with a fear-based economy. We are working with a building-based economy. Building what? Building community and whatever connections we can make in our country to show that we can act in a caring, sharing way.

Have a “bazillion” potlucks as you travel around the country. Visit farmers’ markets. Hang out and work with communities around our country.

Most of the physical work is done by your support teams. You need to pace yourself. Remember your health, again, again, and again.

You will also share music and tell stories. Listen. Ask what a community needs and have your team start the project. When Nelson Mandela was alive, citizens of South Africa gathered and traveled around and helped communities. That was their way of

Letters to the editor

The Addison Independent encourages readers to write letters to the editor. We believe a newspaper should be a community forum for people to debate issues of the day Because we believe that accountability makes for responsible

ton. However, a Vermont primary victory could also turn out to be “the last hurrah” for the Sanders presidential campaign.

Eric L. Davis is professor emeritus of political science at Middlebury College.

though most are not allowed to vote. They have family. They have friends.) Visit struggling schools.

Listen to their stories. Their stories will touch your soul, which will in turn open the hearts of our nation. We then accept plans for renewing our commitment to rebuild our nation.

(The storytelling work that Satori Shakoor is doing in Detroit is truly uplifting. Listen to Detroit’s journey.)

4. Hope in communities will work when we realize our roots. We cannot presently depend on any trickle-down effect to work. If we realize our commonalities and work together, work transforms into fun activity and not drudgery. Joyful celebrations can happen. We can also mourn together, realizing the pain that many are experiencing in their lives. In Quaker Friends’ Meeting, we have an expression: To hold someone or some situation in the light. If I know I am held, then I can gather strength from that energy of positive intention. We can develop our compassion.

5. I recently saw the movie about Harvey Milk. You can use his line: “Hello, my name is Bernie Sanders and I am here to recruit you. Be who you are.” There is no need to hide.

Come together and make a difference.

We all know our democracy is NOT FOR SALE. We will not give up. This groundswell can happen around our country. Your teams of support will be the catalyst. Let us know what we can do to help this process.

Patricia Heather Lea Bristol

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honoring Nelson Mandela and all he had done to help their country come about. That grand day of volunteering was Nelson Mandela’s birthday.

Who makes up your team(s) of support? Recruit a cross-section of our United States. This action will allow citizens to be part of a caring community. Community building is our saving grace. I believe many Vermont towns have a healthy sense of community. You can use us a guide.

(I live in Bristol, and I consider myself very fortunate. We are blessed with much community support.)

Institute front porch forums around the country. I think there are enough citizens who can do their small part financially and make a monthly donation.

Since your campaign is so different than the usual, the media will be reporting about your projects happening around the country. There is no need to spend money on advertisements. Your actions will speak louder than words. DO NOT wait until you become president to make a difference. ACT NOW. In fact, and this is going to sound “not right,” DO NOT be hung up on the final “victory” of becoming president. Change our United States for the better, in the next 15 months or so.

Invite elders from around our country to come sit with you and share their wisdom. Listen. Reflect.

Act. Express gratitude.

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Joyce Bryant, 80, Brandon

H. Kent Wright IV, 61, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — H. Kent Wright IV, 61, of Middlebury died May 22, 2015, with his wife and family by his side at UVM Medical Center in Burlington.

He was born on April 18, 1954, the first child of H. Kent and Patricia (Payne) Wright III in Middlebury and grew up on the family homestead in Bridport. He attended schools in Bridport and Middlebury, graduating from Middlebury Union High School in 1972.

He worked at the Vermont Commercial Warehouse for several years, retiring in 2013 due to his health. He also had previously worked in the law enforcement field as an Addison County deputy sheriff, Chittenden County deputy sheriff, Middlebury Police Department special, Vergennes Police Department officer and deputy game warden.

He was very active in the Fraternal Order of Eagles since joining in 1992, holding numerous offices at the local level and his family says he was very proud of being a past Vermont state aerie president. He was also a past

member of the American Legion.

He is survived by his wife, Pat Clark Wright, whom he married Oct. 9, 2008; his parents, H. Kent and Pat Wright III; sisters Suzi Findley and husband Ron of Virginia, and Cindy Myrick and husband Steve of Bridport; and brother Jerry Wright and wife Yvette of Shoreham. Also surviving are daughter Kelley Wright and spouse Ryan Polly of Williston; sons H. Kent Wright V & fiancée Jessica Robair of Bristol and Billy Wright of Burlington; stepson D.J. Tourangeau of Middlebury; 13 grandchildren; and one grandchild on the way; mother-in-law Shirley Wilford of Burlington; and Julie Foote, mother of his children. He also leaves many extended family and friends throughout Vermont and elsewhere.

A funeral service was held on Wednesday, May 27, at 11 a.m. at the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home in Middlebury.

The family request that in lieu of flowers memorial contributions be made to Fraternal Order of Eagles,

BRANDON — Joyce Anne Bryant, 80, of Brandon died Saturday evening, May 23, 2015, at Rutland Regional Medical Center.

She was born in North Chittenden on April 4, 1935. She was the daughter of Victor and Mary (Beaudry) Greeno. She grew up in Pittsford where she received her early education and graduated from Pittsford High School, class of 1953.

She began her working career at the old Rutland Hospital on Nichols Street. Following her marriage she moved to Brandon and began working as a nurse’s aide at Brandon Training School. She retired when the school closed in 1993. She later ran Dirty Works Laundry until finally retiring in 2002. Her family says she enjoyed her flower gardens and hummingbirds and was an avid NASCAR fan.

H. KENT WRIGHT IV

Russell Barrows, 52, Brandon

Diabetes Research Center, 1623 BRANDON — Russell “Rusty” Gateway Circle South, Grove City, Barrows, 52, died Sunday, May 24, OH 43123.

Online condolences may be made 2015, at Helen Porter Healthcare & at www.sandersonfuneralservice. Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury.

He was born in Burlington on Jan. com.

18, 1963. He was the son of Stuart and Mary (Wustenberg) Barrows.

He grew up in Brandon where he received his early education and Friends may call Friday, May 29, graduated from Otter Valley Union 2015, from 2 to 4 p.m., at Crosby High School, class of 1985. He & Neal, 21 Oak Street in Guilford, battled cancer most of his life.

He worked as an assistant to a local Maine. Funeral services will be held plumber and did his lawn care. His 2 p.m. on June 6, 2015, at the North Ferrisburgh Methodist Church in family says he was very proficient at North Ferrisburgh, Vt., followed small engine repair. He had a wonderby burial in the North Ferrisburgh ful sense of humor, and enjoyed reading Western novels.

Cemetery.

He is survived by his soul mate, Memorial contributions may be made to the Willimantic Civic Marie (Briscoe) Barrows of Brandon; Association, Attn: Prudy Turner, 2415 Elliotsville Road, Willimantic, ME 04443.

Floreda Parker, 75, formerly of North Ferrisburgh WILLIMANTIC, Maine — Floreda F. “Porky” Parker, 75, of Willimantic, Maine, and formerly of North Ferrisburgh, Vt., died May 19, 2015, at her home unexpectedly of natural causes. She was born Aug. 8, 1939, in Bristol, the daughter of Frank and Mary (Grace) LaRose.

She is survived by her husband, Robert F. Parker, of Willimantic; three daughters, Lorri Jerry and her husband Matthew of Panton, Vt., Linda Haley and her husband

Tim of Vergennes, Vt., and Janet Peruffo and her husband Robert of Carrabassett Valley, Maine; 10 grandchildren; several greatgrandchildren; three stepchildren, Mark Parker and his wife Vicki of Corinna, Maine, Bradley Parker and his wife Debbie of DoverFoxcroft, Maine, and Betsy Parker of Hartland, Maine; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her first husband, Robert S. Field, and a stepson, Peter Parker.

Middlebury.

He was very active in the Rock and Mineral Association, a member of Union Lodge F&AM in Middlebury, and the head of Green Mountain Boys at one time.

Win had a great love for chickens and cared for them as pets.

He is survived by his wife, Marcia, of Rutland, whom he married in 1996; a daughter, Wendy Bagley of Addison; a son, Roderick (Cindy) Rose of Twin Lakes, Wis.; and three granddaughters, Kylie Felion (Paul) and their sons Wesley and Blake of Addison, Lyndsie Kennett (Joshua) of Salisbury and Brooke Gaboriault of Hancock.

two sisters, Linda Lafoe of Florence and René Osborne of Port Natchez, Texas, and three brothers, Charles Graves of Northampton, Mass., Michael Graves of Pittsford and Larry Graves of High Gate, Texas.

Several nieces, nephews and cousins also survive him.

He was predeceased by his parents and a brother, Harry Graves.

The memorial service “In Celebration of His Life” will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Living Waters Assembly of God Church in Forest Dale. The Rev. Wanda Dwy, pastor, will officiate.

Memorial gifts may be made to The Rusty Barrows Memorial Fund, c/o Miller & Ketcham, 26 Franklin St., Brandon, VT 05733.

RUSSELL BARROWS

Dutton Smith, 92, Middlebury

Winston Rose, 85, Rutland RUTLAND — Winston B. Rose, 85, of Rutland made his transition from this life to the next with his wife, Marcia, by his side on May 19, 2015.

He was born Oct. 27, 1929, in Middlebury, the son of Stanley and Ruth (Buxton) Rose.

He attended UVM before becoming employed in hotel management at Middlebury Inn and in Florida.

He later became employed by the VT Department of Employment and Training from 1961-1987.

After retiring he drove bus for Evergreen Center in Middlebury.

Win was a longtime member Memorial Baptist Church in

Surviving are her husband, Richard “Dick” Bryant of Brandon, whom she married in Forest Dale on July 3, 1955; two sons, Gary A. Bryant and Mark L. Bryant, both of Brandon; and two daughters, Linda J. Otto and Vickie L. Bresette, both of Brandon.

Eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins also survive her.

She was predeceased by a brother, Thomas Greeno, and two sisters, Charlotte Platt and Shirley Aubin.

The funeral service was held on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 10 a.m. at the Miller & Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon. The Rev. John McDonald, pastor of the Forest Dale Wesleyan Church, officiated. A JOYCE BRYANT private graveside committal service and burial will take place, at a later date, in Forest Dale Cemetery.

Brandon Area Rescue Squad, P.O. Memorial gifts may be made to the Box 232, Brandon, VT 05733.

There will be no calling hours.

A service of remembrance will be held at the Church of the Wildwood, Holden Road, Chittenden, with a date and time to be announced at a later date. The pastor Shirley Oskamp will officiate.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions in Win’s memory be made to Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Ave., 7th Fl., NY, NY 10001; or Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Road, Pittsford, VT 05763.

Barnard Funeral Home in Pittsford is handling the arrangements. ◊

Elizabeth Hunt celebration of life MIDDLEBURY — A celebra- Hunt, who died in October, will be at the Congregational Church of tion of life service for Elizabeth held on Saturday, May 30, at 1 p.m. Middlebury. ◊

MIDDLEBURY — Dutton Smith, 92, of Middlebury, died at home on May 22, 2015, with his family by his side — cared for and very much loved to the last. He was born on March 28, 1923, in Springfield Mass., the son of Rodney and Geraldine (Dutton) Smith.

His high school years were divided between Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y., Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vt., and Severn School near Annapolis, Md. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific on both PT boats and LSTs. In 1947, he married Catharine Wheeler Bevin in Garden City, Long Island, and the couple moved to Middlebury, Vermont, where Dutton attended Middlebury College, graduating in 1951. He worked for the Addison Independent as Advertising Sales Manager, then Simmonds Precision Products in Vergennes, where he worked as a mechanical engineer. In 1961, he partnered with Jack Beckwith to form Beckwith and Smith Motors, which became the first agency to sell GM cars in the state.

In 1965, he formed Dutton Smith & Company to design and build custom homes in Addison and Chittenden counties, and was responsible for developing Painter Hills. In the late ’70s, he built Fire and Ice Restaurant, and then became part owner. His interest in restaurants led him to the purchase of Palmer’s Dairy Bar

AnneMarie Gebo 3/16/1951 to 5/29/2010

in 1980, which he renovated and renamed Rosie’s. He sold the popular eatery in 1986.

As a founding member of the Middlebury Community Players in 1959, he encouraged community involvement in local theater productions. In the late ’60s, he collaborated with Ernie Stires on a musical, “The Permit,” a spoof of small town government. It ran for 21 performances at Mister Ups, and raised $6,000 for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Dutton and Ernie created two more shows together, including “Tick Tock Bevin and His Cocomobile” (a satire on the automobile industry), and “Johnny’s Town” (a play about a local character in Middlebury in the ’30s and ’40s — Johnny Kenworthy). Dutton received the Vermont Playwrights Award in 1988 for his stage play “Holy Matrimony.” The Players are still performing in their new permanent home, the Town Hall Theater.

Always a devotee of sailing, he built a 36-foot steel sloop and with his wife, Kay, sailed out of Florida to many destinations in southern waters during the winters of 1986 to 2002.

He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Catharine; four children, Torrey Joy and husband David, Carlie Barnhart and husband Terry, Allen Smith and wife Rose Lovshin, and Dutton Smith, Jr. and wife Kathleen (Wildey) Smith; seven grandchildren, Tim Joy and wife Elin, Nick Joy and wife Xiaoli He, Zoe Wood, Abby Lovshin-Smith and soon-to-be

DUTTON SMITH husband Mitchell Watson, Rini Lovshin-Smith and husband Declan McDaid, Tyler Smith and wife Meg, and Amanda Corse and husband Curtis; and five great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank Liz Desjadon and Dzevida Avdagic for their devotion, and the staff at Home Health and Hospice for their compassionate care. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Addison County Home Health and Hospice (P.O. Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753) and the Town Hall Theater (68 S. Pleasant Street, Middlebury, VT 05753).

There will be a memorial gathering at the Town Hall Theater on June 3, 2015, from 5-7 p.m. ◊

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Harriett Epperson, 84, formerly of South Starksboro CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla. — Harriett “Betsy” (Reesman) Epperson, 84, formerly of South Starksboro, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, surrounded by her family.

Betsy was born July 27, 1930, in El Paso, Texas. She was predeceased by her husband, Carl Epperson Sr.; father Col. Walter Reesman; and mother Estelle (Harder) Reesman.

She is survived by her brother, Walter Reesman and wife Kathy, daughter Deborah Accardi and husband Robert; son Carl “Chip” Epperson and wife Robin; five grandchildren, Gregory Atherton, Ashley Martin, Carl “CJ” Epperson, Shawn Epperson and Derek Epperson; and nine great-grandchildren.

A family memorial service will be held in Maggie Valley, N.C. Donations in memory of Betsy can be made to The Humane Society of the U.S., 2100 L St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20037; or online at humanesociety.org. ◊

HARRIETT “BETSY” EPPERSON

Maggie Quinn, 73, Vergennes VERGENNES — A Mass of Christian Burial for Maggie (Stebbins) Quinn, who passed away on March 20 in Florida at the age of 73, will be celebrated on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Vergennes. Burial at Prospect Cemetery and a reception will follow, at the Eagles Club.

The family wishes to thank everyone who helped with the care of Maggie during her illness while in Vermont, including the nurses, doctors and staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center; Porter Hospital and Rehabilitation; Birchwood Manor; and Addison County Home Health and Hospice, as well as the staff at the hospital and home hospice services at The Villages, in Florida. Maggie received loving, compassionate and expert care, in both states.

MAGGIE QUINN Arrangements in Vermont are entrusted to Stephen C. Gregory & them at (802) 985-3523 or to steve@ Son Cremations of South Burlington. gregorycremation.com. ◊ Any questions may be directed to

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS is joined on stage by his wife and grandchildren immediately after launching his bid for the Democratic Party nomination for president of the United States. The kick-off was held at Burlington’s Waterfront Park overlooking Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks. Below left, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, and at right, Bill McKibben, spoke earlier to fire up the crowd of 5,000.

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Ted Panicucci Sr., 86, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY — Ted Panicucci Sr., 86, of Middlebury went home to be with the Lord on May 22, 2015, at the age of 86, with his wife, Jean, at his side.

Ted was born on Aug. 15, 1928, in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania. He spent much of his life living in New Jersey before moving to Vermont in 1972.

Ted served in the U.S. Army under General MacArthur in 1947 and 1948 stationed in occupied Japan. At 17 Ted started working for the A&P Tea Company as a stocker. It was quickly recognized that he excelled in accounting and, upon his return from the military, was quickly moved into a position of auditor and then graduated to district purchaser.

Ted became the Director of the Green Pond Nursing and Convalescent Home in Green Pond, New Jersey, in 1963 and remained there until moving his family to beautiful Middlebury, Vermont.

In addition to running his business, The Village Store Antiques, Ted was a deacon of the Memorial Baptist Church for 10 years, an occasional guest speaker, and a constant supporter of the church and its activities. He was an avid supporter of his children and grandchildren in athletics, theater, music and their careers, always available with cogent advice.

Above all, Ted was a loving husband and is survived by his dear wife, Jean Panicucci. He is also survived by his children, Steve, Nancy and partner Alan, Ted and spouse Pam, and Jane and spouse Barbara; and his grandchildren, Tania and Eric.

A memorial service will be held at the Memorial Baptist Church in Middlebury, Vermont, on Sunday, May 31, 2015, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations (Continued from Page 1A) be made in Ted’s name to the Michael expensive for too many and burdens J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s millions of others with mountains of Research. ◊ debt; and against a military-industrial complex that enmeshes the nation in unwise and unnecessary wars.

If elected, Sanders pledged, the country would not be run for the BRIDPORT — Rachel N. Stone, 10 great-grandchildren; and one benefit of the wealthiest few, but for the benefit of all.

90, of Bridport died unexpectedly great-great-grandson.

“Let’s be clear,” said Sanders, She was predeceased by a grandon Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Porter now 73, “this campaign is not about daughter and her sisters, Ramona Medical Center.

Hillary Clinton. It is not about Jeb She was born Aug. 31, 1924, in Forbes and Rowena Cyr. Visiting hours will be on Saturday, Bush or anyone else. This campaign Middlebury, the daughter of Royal May 30, 2015, from 2-4 p.m. at the is about the needs of the American and Reta (Forbes) Crane.

Relatives say she enjoyed sewing, Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home, people, and the ideas and proposals that effectively address those needs knitting, crocheting, gardening and 117 South Main St., Middlebury.

A funeral service will be held at the … My campaign,” he said as the spending time with her family. She always looked forward to the family Kingdom Hall, 28 Dow Farm Lane, crowd chimed in, “will be of the cookouts and gatherings at her home. Middlebury, on Sunday, May 31, 2015 people, by the people and for the people.”

She is survived by her son, at 12:30 p.m.

“Today, with your support and George “Jackie” Kingsbury III of Burial will follow in Case Street the support of millions of people Hyde Park; daughters Sally Cyr of Cemetery.

Middlebury and Susan O’Dell of Online condolences may be made at throughout this country, we begin a Fair Haven; seven grandchildren; www.sandersonfuneralservice.com. ◊ political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially and environmentally,” he told the cheering, placard-waving crowd.

“Now is the time for millions of working families to come together, SALISBURY — A celebration of Congregational Church at 2:30 p.m. to revitalize American democracy, life for Howard E, Devoid Jr., who died A reception at the Salisbury to end the collapse of the American Feb. 17, 2015, will be held Saturday, Elementary School will be held imme- middle class and to make certain June 13, 2015, at the Salisbury diately after the service. that our children and grandchildren are able to enjoy a quality of life that brings them health, prosperity, secuObituary Guidelines rity and joy — and that once again makes the United States the leader in The Addison Independent considers obituaries community news and does not charge to print them, as long as they follow certain guidelines. These guidelines are the world in the fight for economic published on our web site: addisonindependent.com. Families may opt for unedited and social justice, for environmental paid obituaries, which are designated with “◊” at the end. sanity and for a world of peace.”

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Bernie

INCOME INEQUALITY tax havens, while there are massive Launching what he called an unmet needs on every corner of this Agenda For America, Sanders’ most nation. Your greed has got to end. forceful message was on income and You cannot take advantage of all the wealth disparity, calling it the “great benefits of America, if you refuse to moral issue of our time, the great accept your responsibilities. economic issue of our time and …

“That is why,” Sanders continthe great political issue of our time.” ued, “we need a tax system which “There is something profoundly is fair and progressive, which makes wrong,” Sanders wealthy individuroared, “when the top als and profitable one-tenth of 1 percent “Let’s be clear,this corporations begin owns almost as much campaign is not to pay their fair wealth as the bottom share of taxes.”

90 percent, and when about Hillary Sanders also 99 percent of all Clinton. It is not lambasted the new income goes to nation’s largthe top 1 percent… about Jeb Bush or est financial This grotesque anyone else. This institutions. level of inequal“If a bank is too ity is immoral. It campaign is about big to fail, it is is bad economics. the needs of the too big to exist,” It is unsustainable. said. “We American people, Sanders This type of rigged need a banking economy is not what and the ideas system which is America is supposed and proposals part of the jobto be about. This has creating producgot to change and, that effectively tive economy, as your president, address those not a handful of together we will huge banks on needs” change it.”

Wall Street which On taxing the — Senator Bernie Sanders engage in reckwealthy, Sanders was less and illegal equally clear. activities.”

“This campaign is going to send CLIMATE CHANGE a message to the billionaire class, On the need to change the nation’s and that is: You can’t have it all. and world’s dependence on fossil You can’t get huge tax breaks while fuels, Sanders was adamant. children in the country go hungry.

“The United States must lead the You can’t continue sending our jobs world in reversing climate change,” to China while millions are looking he said, calling for the country to for work. You can’t hide your prof- create a system that embraces energy its in the Cayman Islands and other efficiencies and renewable energy

sources, including making the nation’s transportation system more energy efficient and placing a tax on carbon “to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuel.”

On health care and protecting the nation’s most vulnerable citizens, he referred to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s frequent refrain that “a nation’s greatness is judged not by what it provides to the most well-off, but how it treats the people most in need. And that’s the kind of nation we must become,” said Sanders.

Vermont’s junior senator, former congressman and long-time mayor of Burlington wrapped up his 30-minute speech by briefly telling the story of how his father moved to the United States from Poland, penniless and without much of an education, but got a job as a paint salesman as the family lived a “solidly lower middleclass life” in a small rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn.

“As a kid I learned, in many, many ways, what lack of money means to a family. That’s a lesson I have never forgotten.”

Sanders noted he has seen the promise of America in his own life, “but for too many of our fellow Americans, the dream of progress and opportunity is being denied by the grind of an economy that funnels all the wealth to the top.”

His campaign, he said, would rebuild America into a country that “works for all of us, and not just the few on top.”

Editor’s note: For the full text of Sen. Sanders’ speech, go to addisonindependent.com.

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Thursday, May 28, 7-9 p.m., Neshobe School library. Brandon and Forest Dale residents are invited to this third barn raising, which brings together local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Brandon Planning Commission and others, as well as local groups, town government and residents, to talk about ideas for making Brandon a more livable, positive place to live. Free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Auditions for “Much Ado About Nothing” in Bristol. Thursday, May 28, 7-9 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St. The Bristol Gateway Players are holding auditions for this summer’s Shakespeare in the Park, Aug. 13-16. Men’s and women’s roles available, as well as a few nonspeaking parts. Contact director Kevin Commins for details: kvncommins@ gmail.com.

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Exhibit opening reception in Bristol.

Friday, May 29, 5-7 p.m., WalkOver Gallery. Celebrating the opening of a solo exhibit of paintings by Kit Donnelly, titled “A Farewell.” Donnelly is moving out of state. Show runs through June 12. Info: 802-453-3188, ext. 2.

“Turandot” opera on stage in Middlebury. Friday, May 29, 8-11 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Opera Company of Middlebury opens its 13th season with Puccini’s final opera. Directed by Douglas Anderson, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, accompanied by piano. Pre-performance talk at 7 p.m. Tickets $55-70, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org. More info: www.ocmvermont.org. Also on May 31 and June 5 and 6.

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Plant and book sale in Vergennes.

Saturday, May 30, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library. Friends of the Bixby hold their annual sale, featuring flowers, vegetables and expert gardening advice from Paul Sokol, as well as Blue Spruce Farms manure; fresh local eggs, asparagus and rhubarb; and used hardcover and paperback books including cookbooks and gardening books. Donations of sale items accepted through May 29. Info: 877-6392.

Bike Maintenance 101 class in Orwell. Saturday, May 30, 10 a.m., Orwell Free Library. Learn a few bike maintenance basics to keep you pedaling when the unexpected happens. Bring your bike if weather permits. Free. Info: 948-2041.

“Nurturing Your Child’s Sexual Character” seminar in Vergennes. Saturday, May 30, 10 a.m.-noon, Bixby Library. Licensed mental health counselor Rebecca Fitton will talk about raising children with a view of sex founded on biblical principles. Adults only, for parents of any-aged child.

Free. Info: 545-2688 or corinnekehoe@gmavt.net.

Addison County 4-H horsemanship clinic in New Haven. Saturday, May 30, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Addison County Fair and Field Days grounds.

Experienced adults teach 4-H and other youth different areas of horsemanship, from showmanship to riding lessons to trail. Horseless program offered as well. Demonstration of new skills follows on Sunday. Food booth open.

Rhubarb Festival in Middlebury. Saturday, May 30, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Court. Sixth annual event, with takeout luncheon or choice of four sittings; meal price $8 adults, $7 in advance; $4 kids. Also featuring rhubarb pies, sweets and savories; gently used bling, scarves, books and plants; raffle for patchwork quilt and prizes; kids face painting and games; and live music. Info: 388-8080 or www.cvuus.net.

King Pede party in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, May 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Community Center and Town Hall. Sandwich supper followed by an evening of fun and card games. Come planning to play King Pede or bring your own favorite card game. Requested donation: $2.50.

Arioso in concert in Brandon. Saturday, May 30, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music. Central Vermont’s acclaimed chamber music ensemble performs varied music for piano, voice and viola. Elizabeth Reid, viola; Alison Cerutti, piano; Linda Radtke, voice. Tickets $15. Reservations recommended at 802-247-4295 or info@brandon-music.net.

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SUNDAY

Public breakfast in Vergennes.

Sunday, May 31, 7:30-10 a.m., Vergennes Masonic Lodge, 54 School St. Eggs, bacon, sausage, plain or blueberry pancakes, French toast, home fries, corned beef hash, sausage gravy and biscuits, juice, coffee and tea. Cost: $8. Proceeds support various local community needs and organizations.

Addison County 4-H horsemanship drill team presentation in New Haven. Sunday, May 31, 11:45 a.m., Addison County Fair and Field Days grounds. Come watch 4-H and other youth show off what they learned at Saturday’s horsemanship clinic. Food booth open.

“Drive Thru, Drop Off” community food drive in Bristol. Sunday, May 31, noon-4 p.m., St. Ambrose Catholic Church. Drive up to the church’s 11 School Street door and volunteers will take food donations right from your car to stock the Have a Heart Food Shelf. For info or to volunteer: 453-3187 or 453-3189.

“Turandot” opera on stage in Middlebury. Sunday, May 31, 2-5 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Opera Company of Middlebury opens its 13th season with Puccini’s final opera. Directed by Douglas Anderson, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, accompanied by piano. Pre-performance talk at 1 p.m. Tickets $55-70, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org. More info: www.ocmvermont.org. Also on June 5 and 6.

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Legislative breakfast in Bridport.

Monday, June 1, 7-8:45 a.m., Bridport Grange. Breakfast at 7 a.m., program 7:30-8:45. The purchase of breakfast is not required but it helps the hosts to defray the costs of opening the hall.

Environmental writers’ conference welcome lecture in Ripton. Monday, June 1, 8 p.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre. Opening the Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Conference. Presented

by H. Emerson Blake and Michael Collier, with a reading by Luis Alberto Urrea. Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

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ARIOSO, THE ACCLAIMED chamber music ensemble featuring Vermont musicians Elizabeth Reid, Alison Cerutti and Linda Radtke, performs music for viola, piano and voice at Brandon Music on Saturday, May 30, at 7:30 p.m.

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in Ripton. Monday, June 1, 8 p.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Barn. Opening the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference. Welcome by Jennifer Grotz. Reading by Maureen Freely. Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

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TUESDAY

Environmental writers’ conference lecture in Ripton. Tuesday, June 2, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre.

Pam Houston presents, “What Has Irony Done for Us Lately?” Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

Translators’ conference lecture in Ripton.

Tuesday, June 2, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Barn. Susan Bernofsky presents “Finding a Language for the Past.” Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

“Ask a Gardener” information table in Middlebury.

Tuesday, June 2, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., outside Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op. Master gardeners will answer your questions, and provide information and free handouts and more. “Ask a Gardener” will also be at the Co-Op on June 6, 9, 16, and 23.

Courtyard concert in Middlebury. Tuesday, June 2, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School. Featuring the MUHS Vocal Ensembles and Jazz Ensemble.

Bring a lawn chair and picnic dinner. Rain location: MUHS cafeteria.

Young Artist Program opera recital in Middlebury.

Tuesday, June 2, 8-9:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater.

The Opera Company of Middlebury presents a recital by participants in OCM’s Young Artist Program, an apprenticeship program for young singers. Tickets $15 (included in the ticket for the May 17 OCM Meet the Singers event), available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org.

Environmental and translators’ conference readings in Ripton. Tuesday, June 2, 8 p.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre. Readings by Alison Hawthorne Deming, Bill Johnston and Scott Russell Sanders. Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

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Environmental writers’ conference lecture in Ripton. Wednesday, June 3, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre.

Alison Hawthorne Deming presents “Creating the Future: Art in the Era of Climate Change.” Free.

Confirm event at 443-5286.

Translators’ conference lecture in Ripton.

Wednesday, June 3, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Barn. Maureen Freely presents “Where I Go, When I Look Like I’m Translating a Book.” Free.

Confirm event at 443-5286.

Presentation on Robert Frost and Edward Thomas in Hancock. Wednesday, June 3, 7 p.m., Hancock Town Hall. Sue Ellen Thompson presents “The Road Not Taken: The Friendship Between Robert Frost and Edward Thomas,” which traces the course of their literary friendship and the poems that came out of it.

Historical society meeting in Shoreham.

Wednesday, June 3, 7 p.m., Old School House, Route 22A. The Shoreham Historical Society welcomes Ed Mitcham, who will present “The Addison and Bridport Thief Detecting Society,” which was founded back in 1816 and continues to meet annually.

Environmental and translators’ conference readings in Ripton. Wednesday, June 3, 8 p.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre. Readings by Ross Gay, Susan Bernofsky and Ginger Strand. Free.

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Environmental writers’ conference lecture in Ripton. Thursday, June 4, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre.

Scott Russell Sanders presents “Kinship and Kindness.” Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, June 4, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol. This month’s menu: macaroni and cheese, kidney bean salad, cornbread and yellow cake with apple topping.

Suggested donation $4. Sign up: 453-5276.

“Turandot” opera in Middlebury. Thursday, June 4, 8-11 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Opera Company of Middlebury opens its 12th season with Puccini’s melodic and powerful final opera. Directed by Douglas Anderson, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, accompanied by piano. Pre-performance talk at 7 p.m. Tickets $55-70, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org.

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Environmental and translators’ conference readings in Ripton. Thursday, June 4, 8 p.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre. Readings by Rick Bass, Don Share and Craig Childs. Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

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Environmental writers’ conference lecture in Ripton. Friday, June 5, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre. Ginger Strand presents “On Photography: The Visual and the Environmental.” Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

Translators’ conference lecture in Ripton. Friday, June 5, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Barn. Bill Johnston presents “The Quest for a Voice: Translating Wieslaw Mysliwski’s ‘Stone Upon Stone.’” Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

Flea market in South Starksboro. Friday, June 5, noon-5 p.m., Jerusalem Schoolhouse.

Housewares, sporting equipment, holiday items, clothing, kids’ toys, books, furniture, DVDs, CDs, small appliances, etc., for sale. Proceeds benefit restoration of the schoolhouse. Continues Saturday. To donate items, call 453-5537.

Art history lecture at Middlebury College. Friday, June 5, 2 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art. In “Languages in the Museum and Portraits of the African-American Experience,” Associate Curator of Art Pieter Broucke will give an overview of the exhibit “The Language Schools at the Museum,” and Associate Professor of History William Hart will review the approximately 100 images in the exhibit “Many Thousand Gone: Portraits of the African American Experience.” Info: www.middlebury.edu or 802-443-3168.

Exhibit opening reception in Brandon. Friday, June 5, 5-7 p.m., Compass Music and Arts Center.

Celebrating the opening of “Watercolor for the Senses,” paintings by Sally Hughes. On exhibit through Aug. 9. Info: www.cmacvt.org.

Exhibit opening reception in Brandon. Friday, June 5, 5-7 p.m., Brandon Artists Guild. Celebrating the opening of “Art of the Flag,” American flag-themed works by Warren Kimble, Karen Deets, Robin Kent and Mike Mayone. On exhibit June 4-30.

Environmental and translators’ conference music night in Hancock. Friday, June 5, 8 p.m., Middlebury College Snow Bowl. Caleb Elder and Ben Campbell perform. Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

“Turandot” opera cover performance in Middlebury. Friday, June 5, 8-11 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Opera Company of Middlebury opens its 12th season with Puccini’s melodic and powerful final opera. Directed by Douglas Anderson, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, accompanied by piano. Pre-performance talk at 7 p.m. Tickets $25, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org. More info: www.ocmvermont.org. Also on June 6.

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SATURDAY

Flea market in South Starksboro.

Saturday, June 6, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Jerusalem Schoolhouse. Housewares, sporting equipment, holiday items, clothing, kids’ toys, books, furniture, DVDs, CDs, small appliances, etc., for sale. Proceeds benefit restoration of the schoolhouse. Continues Saturday. To donate items, call 453-5537.

Mountain Magic 5K Run in Lincoln. Saturday, June 6, 8:30 a.m., start/finish at Lincoln Community School. Registration at 8:30 a.m., race at 9:30 a.m.

To benefit the Lincoln Cooperative Preschool. Info: https://lincolnmountainmagic.eventbrite.com.

Book and plant sale in Shoreham. Saturday, June 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Featuring hundreds of recently donated books, DVD and VHS movies, and a selection of plants donated by area greenhouses and individuals. Master Gardeners will answer your questions. Homemade rhubarb pies available whole or by the slice with coffee and tea. Raffle baskets. Info: 897-2647 or platt@shoreham.net.

Environmental writers’ conference lecture in Ripton. Saturday, June 6, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre. Ross Gay presents “Body Musics and the Empire of Time.” Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

Translators’ conference lecture in Ripton.

Saturday, June 6, 9 a.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Barn. Michael Katz presents “Translation Matters?

Translation Matters.” Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

Tree giveaway and planting workshop in Middlebury. Saturday, June 6, 10-11:30 a.m., Middlebury Union Middle School. The town of Middlebury sponsors this event, rain or shine.

Fifteen trees will be raffled off to workshop attendees. Sign up at 388-9036 or 388-6249.

Environmental and translators’ conference readings in Ripton. Saturday, June 6, 8 p.m., Bread Loaf Campus, Little Theatre. Readings by Pam Houston and Jennifer Grotz. Free. Confirm event at 443-5286.

Rani Arbo and Greg Ryan in concert in Ripton.

Saturday, June 6, 7:30 p.m., Ripton Community House. The Ripton Community Coffee House welcomes Rani Arbo, fiddler, guitarist, songwriter and song collector; and master guitarist and Vermonter Greg Ryan. Admission $10, $8 seniors and teens, $3 children. House is wheelchair accessible but restrooms are not. Evening opens with a four-slot open-mike set, followed by the featured performers. Info: http://rcch.org or 388-9782.

“Turandot” opera in Middlebury. Saturday, June 6, 8-11 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Opera Company of Middlebury opens its 12th season with Puccini’s melodic and powerful final opera. Directed by Douglas Anderson, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson, accompanied by piano. Pre-performance talk at 7 p.m. Tickets $55-70, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org.

More info: www.ocmvermont.org.

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Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section hike in Brandon. Sunday, June 7, time and meeting place TBA. Six-mile loop on the Chittenden Brook Trail, including Beaver Pond trail. Moderate, with 650-foot elevation gain. Contact leader Ruth Penfield for meeting time and place: 802-388-5407 or ruthpenfield@ gmail.com.

Church breakfast in Brandon. Sunday, June 7,

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8-11 a.m., St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 38 Carver St. Menu includes fresh fruit cup; homemade corned beef hash; Maple Meadow scrambled eggs; homemade cinnamon, banana and pumpkin breads; and coffee, tea and juice. Adults $10, kids 5-12 $5, kids under 4 free. Walk-ins welcome.

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Addison County Right to Life meeting in Bristol. Monday, June 8, 7-8 p.m., First Baptist Church. Light refreshments. Visitors welcome. Info: 388-2898 or L2Paquette@aol.com.

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“The Social Profit Handbook” discussion in Middlebury. Tuesday, June 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. Noted author and nonprofit advocate David Grant leads a discussion around his new book. Attendees can learn how to become data-informed leaders. Free.

Lauren-Glenn Davitian of Common Good Vermont and Jen Peterson, vice president for programs and grants of the Vermont Community Foundation will then talk about nonprofit capacity building.

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Wine and craft beer show in Middlebury. Thursday, June 11, 5-8 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Joe Cotroneo of Middlebury Beverage hosts this epic tasting, featuring craft beer makers and local wineries.

Assorted foods included. Proceeds benefit St. Mary’s School in Middlebury. Tickets $20 per person, $30 per couple, available at the THT box office, 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org.

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Exhibit opening reception in Middlebury. Friday, June 12, 5-7 p.m., Sheldon Museum. Celebrating the opening of “Warren Kimble All-American Artist: An Eclectic Retrospective.” Exhibit includes not only Kimble’s classic folk art paintings but also collections in other media and styles. Info: 388-2117.

Found poetry reading in Middlebury. Friday, June 12, 5-7 p.m., ZoneThree Gallery, 152 Maple St., Marble Works. Karla Van Vliet and M.R. Baird read found poems. June exhibit: “Found Poems,” works by M.R. Baird created from found poems. .

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Moose Crossing in Middlebury. Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

Children of the Corn Acoustic Cabaret in Middlebury. Thursday, May 28, 8 p.m., 51 Main.

Lynguistic Civilians in Middlebury. Thursday, May 28, 10 p.m., Two Brothers Tavern.

The Avant-Garde Dogs in New Haven. Friday, May 29, 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Peak Vineyard.

The Joe Moore Band in Middlebury. Friday, May 29, 8 p.m., 51 Main.

Dayve Huckett & Friends in Middlebury. Friday, June 5, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Anthony Santor Jazz Group in Middlebury.

Saturday, June 6, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Hot Box Honey in Middlebury. Friday, June 12, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Myra Flynn in Middlebury. Friday, June 19, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Soule Monde in Middlebury. Friday, June 26, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

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10-11 a.m., 111 Maple St. in the Marble Works at Huard Studio. Led by local percussionist Will Smith. Open to all. Info: www.drumcollective.org.

Drum gathering in Bristol. Last Friday of the Month, 6-8 p.m., Recycled Reading of Vermont. Info: 453-5982 or www.recycledreadingofvt.com.

Duplicate bridge at EastView in Middlebury.

Tuesdays, 6:20-9 p.m. Info: 462-3373.

French conversation group in Middlebury. Second Saturday (deuxième Samedi) of the month, 1 p.m., location varies. Enjoy casual conversation; all levels welcome. Info: slater@middlebury.edu.

Jam session for teens in Middlebury. Second and fourth Thursdays of each month, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Addison Central Teen Center, 94 Main St. Bring your own instrument or borrow one of ours. To register, call Robin or Jutta at 388-3910.

Journaling for Self-Discovery group in Lincoln. Third Thursday of every month, 7 p.m., Lincoln Library.

Info: 453-2665.

Knitting and Rug Hooking in Brandon. First and third Wednesdays of each month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Brandon Library. Project sharing, idea gathering and textile camaraderie.

Knitting group in Brandon. Thursday, 1-3 p.m., Brandon Senior Center. 247-3121.

Knitting group in Vergennes. Third Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Bixby Memorial Library. Informal assistance provided.

Arabella Holzapfel, 443-5284 (weekdays), 877-2172 (evenings) or araho@verizon.net.

Maiden Vermont women’s barbershop chorus, under the direction of Lindi Bortney, is open to women of all ages. The group sings four-part a cappella music from traditional barbershop to doo-wop and Broadway. Rehearsals Thursdays, 7-9:15 p.m., Salisbury Elementary School. Info: 388-1012 or go to www.maidenvermont.com.

Meditation in Vergennes. Fridays, 6-7 p.m., 2Wolves Center. Walk-in meditation. Cushions and chair provided. Timer present. Free but donations appreciated.

Middlebury College Community Chorus. Mead Chapel. Open to all singers without auditions.

Conductor Jeff Rehbach, 443-5811; manager Mary Longey, 236-7933.

Movie club in Vergennes. First Friday of the month, 6-8:30 p.m., Bixby Library. A film of note is introduced, watched and discussed. Free popcorn.

For info and upcoming title: 802-877-2211 or muir. haman@bixbylibrary.org.

Parler Français Comme Des Vaches Espagnoles.

Every Thursday, 7 p.m. 35B West. St. in Bristol (above Paige & Campbell). Conversational French for speakers of all abilities. Info: 453-2285.

Sacred Harp (Shape Note) Sing. Second Sunday, 1-3 p.m. Middlebury. All ages and levels of experience welcome. Debby, 388-5410 or www.fasola. org.

Spanish conversation group in Brandon. Every Saturday, 11 a.m.-noon, Gourmet Provence, 37 Center St. All levels welcome.

Teen movie night in Middlebury. First Friday of every month, 6-10 p.m., Addison Central Teen Center, 94 Main St. Twist O’ Wool Guild. First Thursdays, 7 p.m.

American Legion on Wilson Road.

Vermont Ukulele Society. Second and fourth Mondays, beginners 6:30-7 p.m. regular session 7-9 p.m. at Howden Hall in Bristol. Call 453-6411 or see http://vtukes.webs.com for info. Extra ukuleles for beginners.

Wooly Bullys fiber enthusiasts group. First Tuesdays, Orwell Free Library. Info: 802-948-2041.

EXHIBITSMUSEUMSGALLERIES 51 Main. Main Street, Middlebury. 388-8209 or www. go51main.com. On exhibit from April 4, 2013: “Progress Will Kill Us.” Art on Main. 25 Main St., Bristol. Gallery open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and noon-4 p.m. on Sundays. 453-4032, info@artonmain.net or www.artonmain.net.

Basin Harbor Club. Ferrisburgh. 475-2311 or www. basinharbor.com.

BigTown Gallery, 99 North Main St., Rochester.

767-9670.

Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes. 877-2211.

Bobcat Café. 5 Main St., Bristol. 453-3311.

Brandon Artists’ Guild. 7 Center St., Brandon.

Gallery open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 247-4956 or www.brandonartistsguild.com. On exhibit June 4-30: “Art of the Flag.”

Brandon Free Public Library, Brandon. 247-8230 or www.brandonpubliclibrary.org.

Brandon Museum and Visitor Center at the Stephen A. Douglas Birthplace. 4 Grove St., at the corner of routes 7 and 73 West. www.brandon.org or 247-6401. Open daily 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through mid-October.

Brandon Music Café, 62 Country Club Road, Brandon. www.brandon-music.net or (802) 465-4071. On exhibit: The abstract expressionist landscapes of Tom Merwin.

Bristol Bakery. Main St., Bristol. 453-3280.

Carol’s Hungry Mind Café. Merchants Row, Middlebury, 388-0101.

Chimney Point Vermont State Historic Site, 7305 Vermont Route 125, Addison. 759-2412. Open May 23-Oct. 12, 2015. On permanent exhibit: “People of the Dawn, People of New France.” On exhibit in 2015: “Tick Tock: The Barnes Clocks of Chimney Point.”

Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Drive, Brandon. www.cmacvt.org. On exhibit April 3-May 31: “Muffy Kashkin Grollier: Felted Flora, Fauna and Fantasy”; June 5-Aug. 9: “Sally Hughes: Watercolor for the Senses.”

Creative Space Gallery and Sean Dye Studio. 214 Main St., Vergennes. 877-3850 or www.creativespacegallery.org. On exhibit June 26-mid August: “Local Colors.”

EastView at Middlebury. 100 Eastview Terrace, Middlebury. 802-989-7500. On exhibit in the lobby and terrace dining room May 4-June 30, 2015, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily: watercolors by Lyn DuMoulin.

Edgewater Gallery. 1 Mill St., Middlebury. www. edgewatergallery-vt.com.

Galerie Provenance. 1 Frog Hollow Alley, Middlebury.

388-3101 or Michael@galleryprovenance.com.

Gallery @ 85 North Street. 85 North St., Bristol. 4535813 or 349-7551.

Gallery in-the-Field. 685 Arnold District Road, Brandon. 247-0145 or www.galleryinthefield.com.

Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History. 1 Park St., Middlebury. Museum hours Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Research Center Thursday and Friday, 1-5 p.m. Museum admission: Adults $5; seniors $4.50; children 6-18 $3; families $12.

Research Center admission: $5. Information: 388-2117 or www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.

Ilsley Public Library. 75 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4095. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Inn at EastView at Middlebury. 989-7500, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily.

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, 475-2022 or www. lcmm.org. Opens for the season May 16, 2015.

This year’s juried photo exhibit: “Lake Champlain Through the Lens,” with the theme “Spring Into Lake Champlain.”

Lawrence Memorial Library. 40 North St., Bristol.

453-2366.

Lincoln Historical Society Museum. 88 Quaker St. Second and fourth Sunday of every month, noon-4 p.m., June through October. Free.

Lincoln Library. 222 W. River Road, Lincoln, 453-2665. Monday, 2-6 p.m. On exhibit in the Community Room in May/June: watercolors

by Lupe Gidoll. On display for May/June: Metal creations by Lincoln blacksmith Brian Anderson.

Lincoln Peak Vineyard. 142 River Road, New Haven, 388-7368, www.lincolnpeakvineyard.com.

Liza Myers Gallery. 22 Center St., Brandon, 247-5229 or lizamyers.com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

Featuring the work of Warren Kimble, Liza Myers and other selected artists.

Middlebury College Davis Family Library. 443-3168

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FARMERS’ MARKETS Middlebury Farmers’ Market. Summer hours: Saturdays, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., outdoors at the Marble Works, May-October. Local produce, meats, fresh breads, granola, prepared foods, maple syrup and more. Info: www.middleburyfarmersmarket.org or on Facebook.

SPORTS Co-ed volleyball in Middlebury. Pick-up games Monday, 7-9 p.m., Middlebury Municipal Gym. Jack Brown, 388-2502; Bruce at Middlebury Recreation Department, 388-8103.

DANCE, MUSIC, ARTS & EDUCATION Bridge at Ilsley in Middlebury. Thursdays, 5:30-8 p.m., Ilsley Library. Single players welcome. Info: 462-3373.

Chess and bridge clinic in Middlebury. Monday’s, 3:30-5:30, Ilsley Library. Casual play and gentle coaching in bridge and chess.

Chess club in Brandon. Saturdays, 12:30 p.m., Brandon Library. All ages and abilities welcome.

Chinese conversation group in Middlebury.

Saturdays, 10-11 a.m., starting April 14, 2015.

Informal discussion in Mandarin Chinese led by native speaker Yinglei Zhang. Info: 388-4095.

Classical string ensemble in Middlebury. Third Friday, EastView at Middlebury. Amateur ensemble looking for violinists. Info: 388-7351.

College Session for Seniors in Middlebury. Elderly Services, 112 Exchange St. Classes for people over 60 in basic computer, opera, politics, history, international law and more. Call 388-3983 or e-mail college@elderlyservices.org.

Computer lab open hours in Bristol.

Monday-Thursday, 3:30-7 p.m., Mount Abraham Union High School library. Free access to the library’s electronic resources, courtesy of e-Vermont funding.

Craft workshop in Forest Dale. Tuesday, 6:30-8 p.m., Living Waters Assembly of God Church, Route 53. Free workshop for knitting, crocheting, or other crafts. Coffee served. Info: 247-3637.

Creative writing workshop in Vergennes. Thursday, 6-8 p.m., Bixby Library. Free. Librarian Muir Haman guides participants through short-form writing and creative exercises. All experience levels welcome. Info: 802-877-2211 or muir. haman@bixbylibrary.org.

Dramatic writing workshop in Vergennes. Monday, 6-8 p.m., Bixby Library. Free workshop led by screenwriter Jay Dubberly in which participants help each other work on long-form writing projects. Info: 802-877-2211 or muir.haman@bixbylibrary.org.

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Vermont Folklife Center. 88 Main St., Hancock Free Public Library. Wednesday, 1-5 p.m.; Thursday, noon-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Middlebury. Gallery and shop hours Tuesday-Saturday, Books, videos and DVDs. Other items available 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission by donation. 388-4964.” through interlibrary loan.

Vermont Studio Furniture Gallery. 718 Old Hollow Road, North Ferrisburgh. Gallery hours, Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 Ilsley Public Library. 75 Main St., Middlebury, 388-4095.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, Walkover Gallery. 15 Main St., Bristol. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. October-April, Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Baby Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 453-3188. and Toddler Story Time, Tuesdays, 10:15-10:45 a.m., ZoneThree Gallery. 152 Maple St., third floor, Middlebury.

Jan. 6-May 12. Preschool Story Time, Thursdays, Info: 1-800-249-3562 or www.zonethreegallery.com.

10:30-11:15 a.m., Jan. 8-May 14. Saturday Story On exhibit June 2015: “Found Poems,” by M.R. Baird, Time: 10:30-11 a.m., Jan. 3-May 16. Youth Media and mixed-media works by MP Landis.

Lab, Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m., for kids in grades 4 and up. The Zone, for grades 4 and up, Wednesdays following the school calendar, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Foodie Friday, Fridays, 3:30-4:30, for kids in grades 4 and Bixby Memorial Library. 258 Main St., Vergennes. up. For a complete listing of ongoing and special chil877-2211. Monday, 12:30-7 p.m.; Tuesday, 12:30-5 dren’s activities, visit www.ilsleypubliclibrary.org or p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 call the Children’s Room at 388-4097. a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 12:30-5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Preschool multi-age story time Thursday, 10:30 Lawrence Memorial Library. 40 North St., Bristol, 453-2366 or www.lawrencelibrary.net. Monday, 10 a.m. a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Brandon Free Public Library. Hours through Oct. 18, Wednesday and Friday, 1-5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 2014: Wednesday, 4-7 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., p.m. Monday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free walk-in computer Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. help. Summer preschool story times, Thursdays, Preschool story hour every Friday at 1 p.m. with Deb 10:30-11:30 a.m., with a focus on science. Experiment Lendway. Movies shown every Friday at 1:30 p.m. (17 and Explore Workshop (ages 8 and up), Wednesdays, and under must be accompanied by a parent or guard2-4:30 p.m. Family Fun and Games, second and ian). 247-8230. Summer programs: “Sally’s Music fourth Fridays, 3:15 p.m. Lego Club, Wednesdays, Circle” with Rob Zollman, Tuesdays and Fridays, July 3:15-4:15 p.m., for school-age children.

8-29, 10 a.m., for ages birth and up; “Stories and Crafts” with Kathy Hirschberger, Wednesdays and Lincoln Library. 222 W. River Rd., Lincoln, 453-2665.

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Middlebury College Johnson Memorial Building. 443-3168 or www.middlebury.edu/arts.

Middlebury College Museum of Art. 72 Porter Field/ Route 30 South. 443-3168 or www.middlebury.edu/arts.

Museum is closed Mondays. On exhibit in the Johnson Gallery May 22-Aug. 9: “Many Thousand Gone: Portraits of the African American Experience.” On exhibit in the Overbrook Gallery May 22-Aug. 9: “The Language Schools at the Museum.”

Mount Independence State Historic Site. 497 Mount Independence Road, Orwell. 802-948-2000 or www. historicsites.vermont.gov/MountIndependence.

On exhibit May 23-Oct. 12, 2015: “Mount Independence Depicted,” an exhibit show how the Mount has been depicted, dating back to the start of its construction in 1776.

The National Museum of the Morgan Horse. 34 Main St., Middlebury. 388-1639. On exhibit: Photos, prints and tack of the Government Morgan, a family of Morgan horses, originally bred for cavalry purposes, at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm starting in 1907.

Norton’s Gallery. Route 73, Shoreham. 948-2552 or www. nortonsgallery.com. Studio/gallery of Norton Latourelle’s whimsical woodcarvings. Open most days and by appointment.

Orwell Free Library. 802-948-2041.

Otter Creek Custom Framing. 3 Park St., Middlebury.

388-2370.

Outerlands Gallery. 37 Green St., Vergennes. www.outerlandsgallery.com.

Peter Fried Art. 245 Main St., Vergennes. Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., starting Feb. 20, 2015.

PhotoPlace Gallery. 3 Park St., Middlebury. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday by appointment. Info: 388-4500 or www.vtphotoworkplace.com.

Rokeby Museum. Route 7, Ferrisburgh. 877-3406. Open May 17-Oct. 25, 2015. Ongoing exhibition for 2015: “The Farm: Drawings of Rowland Evans Robinson, 1850-1880.”

Starksboro Public Library. Monday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

453-3732.

Starry Night Café. 5371 Route 7 in Ferrisburgh.

Wednesday-Sunday, 5:30-9 p.m. 802-877-6316. On exhibit May-July 2015: Paintings by Patricia LeBon Herb.

Stone Leaf Tea House. Marble Works, Middlebury. Exhibit: “Foreign Language Featurel: Collaborative Conceptual Works by Yinglei Zhang and Rachel Baird.”

Studio V. 179 Main St., Vergennes, above Addison Outfitters. Info: 877-6524 or www.bethanyfarrell.com.

Stratford House Pottery gallery and studio, 294 Route 22A, Orwell. Weekdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., call proprietor Stacey Stanhope at 948-2105 to ensure it is open the day you wish to visit.

Tourterelle. 3629 Ethan Allen Highway (Route 7), New Haven. Wednesday-Saturday, 5:30-9 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Wednesday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (additional evening hours on a volunteer basis); Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Chess club, Wednesday, 4-5 p.m. Story time (age five and under), Friday, 10:30 a.m. Senior program, second Wednesday, 10 a.m.

Book discussion group, fourth Wednesday, 7 p.m.

New Haven Community Library. Located in the new library/town offices building. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Wednesday, 1-8 p.m. Thursday, 1-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Story Hour, Tuesday, 10:30 a.m.

Information on Facebook at New Haven Community Library (Vermont), at the website nhcl.org, or by phone at 453-4015.

Orwell Free Library. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.; Thursday, 3-6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Platt Memorial Library. Shoreham. 897-2647. Monday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Programs on website: www.plattlib.org. Summer programs (June 23-July 30): Preschool story time, ages 3-5, Mondays, 11 a.m.-noon; youth story time, ages 6 and up, Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m.; drop-in crafts and activities for all ages, Mondays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m.- noon.

Russell Memorial Library. Monkton. 453-4471. Tuesday and Thursday, 3-7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday Story Hour, second and fourth Friday, 10-11 a.m. WiFi available. Weekly summer reading program “Fizz, Boom, Read” starts Friday, July 11, 10-11 a.m.

Salisbury Free Public Library. 352-4198. Tuesday, 2:30-5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Thursday, 2-5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon. Children’s Time, Tuesday 2:30-4 p.m. Info: http://salisburyfreelibrary.blogspot.com. Story hour, pre-K through grade 4: Saturdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m., read-aloud book followed by arts and crafts project. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Sarah Partridge Community Library. East Middlebury.

388-7588. Ilsley Library cards accepted. Tuesday, 9 a.m.-noon; Thursday, 2-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon.

Book sale on Saturdays.

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Monday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Story time (ages 3-5) Monday, 10:30 a.m. 453-3732.

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Summer program trains teachers in digital media MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Folklife Center’s Summer Institute, “Discovering Community: Students, Digital Media, and Place-Based Learning,” brings together educators for an intensive fiveday program July 13-17 in Middlebury.

The institute offers participants basic hands-on experience learning the methods of community-based research, the process of making a mini documentary, and the skills of working with digital media in a school setting.

Past participants have come from a broad spectrum of roles in the K-16 system, including classroom teachers, special educators, librarians and administrators. This diversity makes group process a rich opportunity to explore ideas, probe models, and collaboratively visualize site-appropriate applications.

Over the course of an actionpacked week, Discovering Community participants work with cultural researchers, media specialists and fellow educators to explore the power of ethnographic field research and techniques for working with digital audio, video and photography as documentary tools. Using the Middlebury community

as a classroom, Discovering Community models simple strategies for deepening students’ relationships to their own hometowns.

The Discovering Community Summer Institute builds on the Vermont Folklife Center’s many years partnering with educators on community-based projects, the ever-expanding array of digital devices with recording capabilities, and the do-it-yourself editing and production opportunity that digital technology affords. Three graduate credits are available through Castleton State College upon completion of this course.

Stories and storytelling are at the center of this experience, and as one participant observed, “The personal gain of realizing that there are millions of stories in our own backyards that are 10 times more interesting than People magazine is something that I will cherish.”

For registration, tuition or other information about the Discovering Community Summer Institute and its nationally recognized faculty go to www.discoveringcommunity. org. You can also call 802-3884964 or email info@vermontfolklifecenter.org.

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A CONSTRUCTION WORKER last week shores up a concrete form for the foundation of Middlebury’s new town offices going up next to the Ilsley Library.

Independent photo/Victoria Provost

When practicing yoga, we may learn how to heal more than ourselves

Yoga practice is both solitary in our hurting world? (done at home, in private) and In yoga class, we work with collective (usually we learn from the body we have. If someone a teacher in a comes into class group setting). with a recent The practice hip replacen yoga takes us into ment, we gently practice ourselves, ideally explore which teaching us how movements are we train to withdraw our helpful, and we ourselves not to attention from stay away from external, sensory anything contrarun away from experiences, and indicated. If a what is difficult, instead to focus student has a inwardly, on the but instead to go back injury, we vast and spacious teachers guide towards it, with awareness that them toward lives inside us mindfulness and specific postures all. Modern yoga that can help care. practitioners create space in have an interestthe affected area. ing challenge.

This is how we How do we take practice Ahimsa, the gifts we receive from our or nonviolence, the first precept practice and make them manifest of yoga.

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But what about all the violence that we see in the wider world?

For me, as a teacher, it is way easier to see how to help someone with tight hamstrings than to see how to help create the just and compassionate world that I long to live in! But in yoga practice we train ourselves not to run away from what is difficult, but instead to go towards it, with mindfulness and care.

When we have a physical injury, the area is often immobilized in some kind of brace or cast, so the body part can heal. Scar tissue will form around the injury. After some time has passed, in order to regain mobility, the area will need to be gently manipulated to break up the scar tissue and restore ease of movement. Breaking up old scar tissue can be painful, so it’s important to pay attention to the body’s limits, to be sensitive and

The Garden Game is a competition for local gardeners to see who can grow the largest produce in several different categories.

Step 1. Pick the biggest veggie in your garden Step 2. Bring it in to our office in the Marble Works in Middlebury Step 3. Get your veg measured and its picture taken Step 4. Check the paper every week to make sure you’re still in the frontrunner spot!

We love to see fresh faces and new participants, as well as gardeners who have been playing for years.

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cry of the unheard.”

My favorite writers these days are all on the cutting edge of this effort to right a colossal wrong, from a place of love and compassion. There is a lot of scar tissue in our country, from generations of white supremacy and cruelty. And there is also acute trauma happening as I type these words, on this beautiful spring day. Neither the acute trauma nor the old scarred pain can be healed unless we are willing to be present with those who are suffering. I am trying to listen. I am trying to hear. I am trying to wake up from the illusion of separateness.

Joanna Colwell is the director of Otter Creek Yoga in Middlebury’s Marble Works District. She lives in East Middlebury with her family, and welcomes feedback for this or any column: joanna@ ottercreekyoga.com.

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by Joanna Colwell African American an ambulance. The women are paid recent demonstraonly 64 cents, and tions and riots in Latina women 56 cents! These Baltimore are a 911 call to the wage gaps translate into an enor- world. Or, as Dr. Martin Luther mous annual loss for millions of King Jr. phrased it, “A riot is the

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Free readings, lectures offered at Bread Loaf ‘Tomorrowland’ looks to the future and at today with smooth transitions MIDDLEBURY — This summer Middlebury’s new Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference will join with the Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers’ Conference, now in its second year, to offer free lectures and readings to the public. Both conferences are modeled on the Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the oldest writers’ conference in the country.

The Translators’ Conference is the first such forum to highlight the

important role that literary translators of poetry and prose play in the United States and beyond. The Environmental Conference is designed for those who want to bring more depth of knowledge and understanding to their writing about the environment and the natural world. The two gatherings will take place concurrently June 1-7 on Middlebury’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton.

The intensive week-long sessions incorporate the Middlebury Bread

Salisbury SALISBURY — Salisbury resident Preston Turner was the winner of the 2015 Lake Dunmore Ice Out contest. This contest is sponsored by the Lake Dunmore/Fern Lake Association to raise money for controlling milfoil in the lakes. The contest raised a total of $1,961, and Preston received $952, which he generously

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Freely and Don Share. A novelist in her own right, Freely is the translator of a number of Turkish literary works, including five books by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk. She will give a reading June 1 and a lecture June 3. Share is the editor of Poetry magazine, the oldest and one of the most prestigious poetry journals in the United States, as well as an established poet and notable translator. He will give a reading on June 4.

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donated to the Salisbury Conservation Commission. Preston’s winning entry was April 15 at 1:05 p.m., just one minute from the exact time of the ice out.

Rick and Karen Morris are two Salisbury residents who ran in the Vermont Marathon in Burlington.

Karen, who was also a pace runner,

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Loaf Writers’ Conference model of small, focused workshops coupled with readings, discussions, lectures and specialized classes focusing on the craft of writing at the Environmental Conference, or, in the case of the Translators’ Conference, on the art of literary translation. Each evening there are multiple readings and lectures at the Little Theatre on the Bread Loaf campus.

The Translators’ Conference will feature such faculty as Maureen

was 728th in the women’s division with a net time of 4:42.47. Rick was 846th in the men’s division with a net time of 4:13.25.

Last week the Everybody Wins! reading mentoring program at the community school finished another year of helping students increase their reading skills. Salisbury residents who helped the students were Nancy Galvin, Sally McClintock, Ceci Desautels, Nancy Velez, Mary Burchard, Jayne Fjeld, Barbara Andres, Peggy Cox, Crispin Butler, Jovanka Jandric, Shirley Pominville, Kateri Carmola and Gabe Cameron.

Janet McKinnon, Ellen Flight, Gail Jette and Pat Santner of Middlebury; Suki Fredericks of Leicester; Karl Lindholm and Maguy Mathez-Bussod of Cornwall; Jean Cherouney of Ripton; and Roxanne Smith of Bristol generously donated their time to help the Salisbury students.

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OPERA COMPANY OF MIDDLEBURY PRESENTS facilities manager Applicants for this full-time, year round position should have the ability to maintain and operate all theatrical systems (lighting, sound, projection), and have experience with set An evening of music by budding opera stars. construction. Other responsibilities include: facilitate load-ins, runs, strikes and turnarounds; provide tech for meetings andTureceptions; create 6/11 5-8pm $20 person/ $30 couple internship program in technical theater; maintain building by MIDDLEBURY BEVERAGE making repairs or hiring contractors.

A janitorial service will clean the building, but this individual will make sure that the theater, studio and gallery are ready each day for public use. This historic theater will An epic tasting to benefit re-open in July, 2008, so the position St. Mary’s school. will be filled as soon as possible.

Limited benefits. Send cover letter and resume to: Sun 6/14 1pm Reception/ 2pm Show Douglas Anderson, Executive Director Town Hall Theater MIDDLEBURY PO Box 128 COMMUNITY Middlebury VT CENTER 05753 MUSIC or email materials to danderson@townhalltheater.org 802-388-1436

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The Salisbury Free Public Library recently received a generous donation from the Union Lodge of Freemasons, which meets monthly in the town office building.

The town of Salisbury recently signed a contract with David Pride, a consultant who will be working with the Town Hall Restoration Committee. The committee would like to have ideas from the community as to what it envisions as future uses of the hall.

Some suggestions have been a senior center, a welcome center, a migrant workers’ center, a place for health classes such as yoga and Bone Builders, and a town history museum. Some of these activities already occur in the hall but with the building having water and ADA access many more events could happen there. Please email your ideas to town.clerk@comcast.net.

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The movie captures us im- presents it to us with all the bells mediately by introducing young and whistles it deserves. It’s my Frank Walker who is lugging guess that if you are an advena heavy backpack to the 1964 turer, you will soar as you watch World’s Fair to enter his home- and if you are risk adverse, you made rocket in the Inventors’ may be scanning the screen for Competition. And so we are safe places to hide.

Negatives? Can you imagine taken on a journey from 1964 the one thing that could to 2015 and then to the sabotage this particular new future where most The movie of the movie unfolds. captures us vision of the future? In one long, boring secOur guides are young Frank (Thomas Robin- immediately tion the story dwells son), his sister Casey by introduc- on the present where today’s beings resort to (Britt Robertson), and ing young the only solution they Athena (Raffey Cas- Frank sidy), a hybrid from the Walker who have for anger. They fight and shoot and future who can move is lugging blow things up. You readily between time a heavy might take a nap when zones. that begins, but check We may have been backpack lured to the movie by to the 1964 back in for the final George Clooney who World’s Fair scenes.

In a lovely ending, has fun playing the to enter his Uncle George and the adult Frank, but whatthree young actors deever success “Tomor- homemade rowland” has will be rocket in the liver a positive message. They remind due to the three out- Inventors’ us that everyone who standing young people. hasn’t given up on life From his first on-screen moment, Thomas Robinson is gets to go to the future.

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Ed Mitcham will present a program titled “The Addison and Bridport Thief Detecting Society.” The

society was organized on Dec. 16, 1816, “to prevent all kinds of theft and to pursue and bring to justice any person or persons that shall steal property from any member.”

The society will celebrate its 200th anniversary next year and still meets yearly.

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THE CAST OF the Opera Company of Middlebury’s production of Puccini’s “Turandot” rehearsed on the Town Hall Theater stage Tuesday night in anticipation of their May 29 opening. All shows featuring the main cast have sold out, but tickets still remain for the “covers” performance on June 5. Featured here are, clockwise from top left, Leah Crowne, Marshall Eddy and Brandon Coleman; Eleni Calenos and Fred Furnari; Bray Wilkins, Daniel Klein, Scott Joiner and Alok Kumar; and Joiner, Klein and Wilkins.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Musical bench strength: Opera covers for ‘Turandot’ aren’t second string Great news for opera lovers: promoted him to lead singer when the Although the Opera Company of original tenor showed up completely Middlebury has sold out every ticket unprepared for the role. for its main performances The opera “Turandot” of Puccini’s “Turandot,” has a pinch-hitter story which opens at the Town of its own. In 1924, Hall Theater this Friday composer Giacomo evening, you might still Puccini had written half score a seat for a June of its third and final act 5 performance by the when he died of a heart “covers.” Covers are the attack. Franco Alfano full stand-by cast of underwas chosen to complete studies, all gifted profesthe opera working from sional singers who rehearse Puccini’s extensive notes along with the main cast T h e a t e r and sketches. and are ready to step in for Both Anderson and R e v i e w Collier, in tenor-soprano a lead singer if needed.

by David Weinstock For soprano Lindsey unison, said, “This is Anderson (no relation the best company I’ve to OCM artistic director Doug ever worked for,” and both call Doug Anderson), the chance to understudy Anderson a visionary. “The sounds Leah Crowne in the title role of that he has brought to this small town Turandot has been a welcome learn- in Vermont, it’s stuff that you would ing opportunity. expect to find on the Metropolitan “Covering Leah is an amazing Opera stages. It’s world-class talent,” experience. I just soak up all the Lindsey Anderson added. amazing things that she does, espeThis production of “Turandot” cially her complete comfort with opens the Opera Company of being still and open to the audience,” Middlebury’s 12th season. Since its she said. “When she sings, she just humble beginnings in 2004, OCM opens up.” has earned a national reputation. It Anderson, after an early career as was recently called the “most excita mezzo-soprano, is transitioning to ing opera company in the Northeast,” the lyric soprano repertoire; covering and articles in Opera News and the Turandot is her first soprano role.

Huffington Post have saluted the Tenor Joshua Collier, who covers company’s creative productions and Turandot’s suitor Calàf, played by high standards.

Alok Kumar in the main cast, has “We now have over 500 singers a good reason to value the artistic year sending submissions to sing with opportunities that come from play- our company,” says Doug Anderson. ing backup. His own international “It’s something of a miracle that debut came at an Italian festival that we have this thriving professional had hired him as an understudy for opera company in the tiny market of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir D’Amore” but Middlebury, Vt.”

“Turandot” is a simple tale, set in China, of a princess who refuses all suitors. It is drenched in Puccini’s sweeping romantic music, this time with haunting Asian overtones.

Kumar sings the most famous tenor aria in all of opera, “Nessun dorma,” made famous by Luciano Pavarotti.

The OCM production will be under the musical direction by Maestro Emmanuel Plasson. Unfortunately (for opera lovers, not for the deserving OCM) the sold-out performances are May 29, and June 4 and June 6 at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on May 31.

The cover performance is set for Friday, June 5, at 7 p.m., and it should be a very good show. For tickets, visit Town Hall Theater, call 382-9222, or order online at www.townhalltheater. org.

An extra treat: A special recital for the eight singers in the Young Artists

Program is scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, at 8 p.m. at Town Hall Theater.

“This is the first time we’ve had a Young Artists Program,” Anderson said. “We’re very proud of these young singers who are generally graduate students with terrific careers ahead of them.”

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DALE BEAULIEU, LEFT, and Anita Duclos, right, walk with Elderly Services Program Coordinator Kristin Bolton last week in Middlebury.

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Police busy with variety of cases VERGENNES — Vergennes police between May 11 and 25 dealt with a variety of incidents, including drunk driving, citizen disputes, underage drinking, car accidents, and drug cases.

In that two-week span, Vergennes police: • On May 11 cited Linda Williams, 53, of Vergennes for leaving the scene of a two-car accident on Main Street in which she was one of the two drivers.

• On May 11 discussed a theft complaint with a South Water Street resident who complained her landlord had removed her belongings from an apartment while she was out of town; police said the issue was a civil dispute.

• On May 11 helped Vergennes Area Rescue Squad personnel deal with a heroin overdose at a Maple Street Extension address in Waltham.

• On May 13 cited Timmy Crow, 53, of Moncks Corner, S.C., for driving under the influence of alcohol after stopping his car for driving on Main Street after dark with its lights out.

• On May 14 responded to a report of a young boy running naked near the intersection of Green and School streets and found him there. VARS took the child to Porter Hospital, where he was met by Department of Children of Families personnel. Police said his mother called and said the child left her apartment while she was napping; DCF is investigating, they said.

• On May 14 determined that a West Main Street resident’s death was not due to foul play.

• On May 14 were told a Jeep had nearly run another car off New Haven Road; police could not find the Jeep.

• On May 14 accompanied VARS on a Bombard Place medical call.

• On May 16 cited Robert Whalen, 22, of Ferrisburgh for operating

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a car with a suspended license and driving an uninsured and unregistered vehicle; police issued citations after stopping Whalen’s car on School Street for driving without lights after dark.

• On May 16 and again on May 19 calmed Short Street neighbors arguing about one of them cutting down trees on a disputed piece of land.

• On May 16 took a report that a School Street woman’s sister had threatened to punch her.

• On May 16 warned a motorcycle driver who was upsetting Hillside Drive residents not to speed in the neighborhood.

• On May 17 cited the driver of a car going 50 mph in a 30 mph Main Street zone for speeding and cited a passenger for possession of a small amount of marijuana.

• On May 17 calmed a citizen dispute on North Green Street between tenants of one building and the landlord of an adjacent building.

• On May 17 accompanied VARS on a Hillside Drive medical call.

• On May 17 heard an informal complaint that a business owner had allegedly assaulted a man.

• On May 18 stood by while a man retrieved a car from another individual’s High Street property.

• On May 18 backed up Vermont State Police, who were dealing with a drunken man on Hardscrabble Road in Bristol.

• On May 19 helped a motorist get into a locked car in the Shaw’s Supermarket parking lot.

• On May 19 calmed a dispute at Vergennes Union Elementary School over who should be picking up a student.

Vermont State ADDISON COUNTY — On May 22 at around 6:41 p.m. Vermont State Police responded to a reported hit-and-run incident on Route 22A in Shoreham.

Police said that a vehicle driven by a Williston man was struck by a vehicle allegedly driven by James A. Turner, 26, of Shoreham. Trooper Brett Flansburg reported that shortly after Turner fled the scene he abandoned his vehicle in a sand pit.

A Vergennes police K9 unit tracked Turner to a nearby residence, whereupon police determined that he had been transported by another vehicle to another nearby residence.

Police caught up with Turner at the second home, arrested him, took him to the state police barracks in New Haven and released him after citing him for leaving the scene of an accident and giving false information to a police officer. He is due to answer the charge in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, on Aug. 27.

In other recent activity, state police:

• On May 19 backed up state police at an incident on Maple Street Extension in Waltham.

• On May 20 cited Northlands Job Corps student Joseph Baythavong, 22, of Milford, Conn., for furnishing alcohol to minors. Police also issued court diversion paperwork to two minor Northlands students for alcohol possession.

• On May 21 used the department’s canine unit to help VSP find a suspect in a hit-and-run accident in Shoreham.

• On May 21 went to Middlebury to help operate a special Click it or Ticket patrol, and while there cited Mark Kennedy, 28, of Weybridge for DUI-drugs, driving with a suspended license and violating conditions of release.

• On May 22 were told tools were stolen from a car parked on North Main Street.

• On May 22 checked the welfare of a South Maple Street resident, who was found to be fine.

• On May 23 cited the driver of a tractor trailer-unit on Monkton Road for exceeding the road’s weight limit, speeding, and driving without a required break.

• On May 23 tried to find a driver that left the scene of a fender-bender in the Shaw’s parking lot, but were unsuccessful.

• On May 23 dealt with a West Main Street noise complaint.

• On May 23 sent the department’s Drug Recognition Expert to help VSP at a Route 7, Ferrisburgh, traffic stop.

• On May 24 dealt with a Main Street parking problem.

• On May 24 began investigating the allegation that a woman assaulted a man at a South Maple Street residence.

• On May 24 spoke to a man who had allegedly been sending threatening text messages to a woman and her daughter.

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• On May 21 at approximately 6:48 p.m. received a report from a Monkton woman that her husband was missing. The caller said that 64-year-old Clarke Thibault left home at around 2:30 p.m. en route to Lake Carmi in Franklin and was wearing blue shorts, a blue shirt and darker colored shoes. Vermont State Police began looking for Thibault, and reported at 1:45 the next morning that he had been found.

• On May 22 at around 8:03 p.m. responded to a reported domestic conflict at an Otter Creek Road home in Addison. Police said their investigation showed that Russell P. Kinsley, 61, of Addison had operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Using a breathalyzer, police measured Kinsley’s blood alcohol level at 0.105 percent; the legal limit for driving is 0.08 percent. Police cited Kinsley for DUI. • On May 24 at approximately 2:07 a.m. stopped a car driving erratically and speeding on Route 7 in

Ferrisburgh. Police said the driver of the vehicle — identified as Moises Mejia, 39, of South Burlington — was under the influence of alcohol, and his blood alcohol content tested at 0.159 percent. Police cited Mejia for DUI. • On May 25 at 7:57 p.m. were dispatched to the area of the Rochester Fire Department on North Main Street for a report of a domestic dispute. In a 911 call, the complainant reported that she and her boyfriend — while driving a 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier — were being followed by a black Pontiac Grand Am driven by her ex-boyfriend, whom she identified as Chuck Havens, 28, of Brandon. She further reported that Havens had rammed his car into hers, damaging the door frame, preventing the door from being closed. There were no injuries reported.

Police arrested Havens, cited him for aggravated assault and gross negligence and lodged him at the Southern State Correctional Facility with bail set at $2,500.

Brandon’s SOAR program provides breakfast, lunch to children BRANDON — The SOAR summer program (Success through Opportunities, Academics and Recreation) is again participating in the Summer Food Service Program for Children. Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, the program is designed to ensure that children who rely on free or reduced-price meals during the school

year continue to have adequate nutrition throughout the summer.

Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals are available to all children 18 years of age or younger,

Monday-Friday, July 6-31.

Breakfast will be served daily at Neshobe School from 9:30-10 a.m.

Lunch will be served daily from noon to 12:30 p.m. at both Neshobe School and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Brandon.

For additional information, contact Nancy Bird at 802-247-3721, ext. 2011, or nbird@rnesu.org.

Addison Independent, Thursday, May 28, 2015 — PAGE 15A

MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School STEM teacher Steve Flint points out features on the Middlebury River in Ripton to some of the school’s third-graders, who spent the day learning about the river and its watershed as they prepared to release trout that they nurtured this spring from the egg stage in a tank in the school.

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Youth release their trout nurtured from eggs to fry MIDDLEBURY — Though the Fish Culture Station Supervisor Jeracademic year is winding down for emy Whalen of Vermont Fish & schools across Vermont, 23 local Wildlife and other department staff schools — including Mary Hogan play an integral role in meeting these Elementary in Middlebury — are requests and providing the eggs to ramping up efforts toward a new be- area schools. ginning, one that will give “After our request for life to thousands of trout “This is a eggs is approved and an fry to be released into Ver- program that appropriate stream is asmont waters. signed for stocking, we With support from the we’ve been ensure that our aquarium Vermont Fish & Wildlife thrilled to help has a month of running Department and the Ver- out with for time to become chemimont chapter of Trout Un- a number of cally stable and that all limited, a range of school years, and components are in good classes throughout the working order,” said one that has state are nearing the end of Steve Flint, STEM teachtheir respective “Trout in continued to er at Mary Hogan whose the Classroom” projects, grow.” third-grade class par— Tom Jones, ticipated in the program a several-month effort to fish health this year. “Once eggs are hatch and raise healthy biologist with delivered from the hatchtrout before turning them Vermont Fish ery, students meet each free to Vermont’s rivers & Wildlife morning to conduct water and streams.

“This is a program that tests, observe the trout to we’ve been thrilled to help out with determine their stage of development for a number of years, and one that and complete a blog entry about the has continued to grow,” said Tom process, which is available on our Jones, fish health biologist with Ver- project website along with data and mont Fish & Wildlife. “Aside from other information.” providing eggs to schools from seFlint said that although students lected state and federal fish culture enjoy the entire process, there are stations and answering questions several highlights along the way. about the fish rearing process, it’s “The first exciting moment is when been extremely rewarding for us to they get to see the eggs, their eyes see how much students enjoy this and how small they are,” said Flint. project and are able to learn about “The next big milestone is when the fish and aquatic environments in gen- trout hatch from their eggs, which is eral.” done over the course of a few days, This collaborative, educational and later when the fish complete the fish-rearing process begins in No- alevin stage and start swimming and vember when schools submit an ap- eating in the larger part of the aquarplication to Vermont Fish & Wildlife ium.” for a specified number of trout eggs, Flint also said that while it can be along with information about where difficult to maintain a stable, tempothe school would like to stock fish rary habitat for the trout during the after the rearing process is complete. course of the project, those challenges

MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School third-graders Andre Davio, left, Emersyn Brookman and Skylee Devoid hold a trout in a net before releasing it into the Middlebury River in Ripton last Wednesday afternoon.

The third-graders have been raising trout from eggs in a tank in the school and spent the day learning about the river and its ecosystem.

become an excellent teaching tool to help students understand how seemingly small changes can have such a profound environmental impact.

“If we turn the water temperature up too quickly or too high, we may experience water chemistry spikes, find dead fish or have fish miss a developmental stage,” said Flint. “Perhaps the biggest learning experience is that, despite living in a world of instant gratification and information, nature has its own timeline and that challenges us to slow down and admire the incremental changes.”

After weeks of diligent care from Flint’s students and reaching an adequate size, the trout are released into a local waterway. For the trout reared

by the third-grade class from Mary Hogan, that location is the Middlebury River — a setting that will not only allow the trout to succeed, but one that will provide an environmental connection for this group of students for years to come. Mary Hogan School’s big trout release took place in Ripton on May 20.

“The overarching goal of this project is for students to gain an understanding of the interdependence of ecosystems and the ways in which they can both positively and negatively impact their surroundings,” said Flint. “That being said, there is also something magical about watching the smiles on kids’ faces when water fills their boots, they find a

MARY HOGAN ELEMENTARY School nurse Mary Gill stands behind third-graders Emma Saldi and Charlotte Graham as they release a trout into the Middlebury River in Ripton last Wednesday.

stonefly and are perfectly content with being in nature.”

Over the course of the project, Flint’s students ultimately learn about a variety of other environmental topics as well including fish habitat and food, riparian zones, different types of insects and their impact on the health of a river, birds and bird habitat, and species monitoring methods used by Vermont Fish & Wildlife.

With schools from Manchester to Newport completing similar “Trout in the Classroom” projects each year, a new generation of environmentally conscious students can be found throughout Vermont, something that Flint has seen firsthand.

“Earlier this year there were a cou-

ple of students who did the project with me last year, and, unbeknownst to me, testified in Montpelier about the need for healthy rivers,” said Flint. “In a nutshell, this epitomizes my long-term goal: I want students to not only get their hands dirty and wet, but I also want them to feel a connection to nature and the watersheds.”

To learn more about the work of the Mary Hogan Elementary School third grade with respect to the “Trout in the Classroom” project, visit https://sites.google.com/site/tictroutintheclassroom/home-1.

To learn more about Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s various fisheries programs, visit www.vtfishandwildlife. com/fisheries_info.cfm.

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Honoring and remembering

THE MIDDLEBURY MEMORIAL Day parade was hit with a light sprinkle and crowds in Vergennes faced heavy rain before the start of their parade, but spirits were not dampened and large crowds lined Main Streets in both Addison County locations Monday morning. Veterans, marching bands, local organizations, young athletes, politicians, Scouts, emergency workers and plenty of people, both young and old, tossing candy to parade-goers were featured. After both parades, ceremonies were held to honor and remember those who gave their lives protecting America.

Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, who marched in both parades, spoke to the crowd in Vergennes about the great tradition of holding Memorial Day parades and ceremonies.

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Addison Independent, Thursday, May 28, 2015 — PAGE 17A

Middlebury man busted Battling poverty can be a very personal war with stolen property MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury police cited Nicholas Farrar, 35, of

Middlebury for possession of stolen property, following an investigation on May 21.

Police said the investigation began when the parent of a Middlebury College student said she believed she had found a bicycle for sale on Craigslist that her daughter had previously reported stolen. Police said the young woman’s bike was recovered from a Middle Road North location.

In other action last week, Middlebury police:

• Investigated an alleged bullying issue involving some juveniles in the Jackson Lane neighborhood on May 19.

• Cited Arnav Adhikar, 21, of Middlebury for unlawful mischief, after he allegedly damaged another man’s car with a rock on Hillcrest Road on May 19.

• Received a report on May 19 about an alleged domestic assault at an East Main Street residence. Police continue to investigate the case.

• Heard from a local resident on May 19 who alleged that some computer-generated checks on his bank account had been cashed in Virginia.

• Received a report on May 19 from a Cross Street resident who said he had locked his bathroom door and needed to get in to use it. An officer helped the man unlock the bathroom door.

• Investigated a report of a “highly agitated” student at Middlebury Union High School on May 20. Police said the School Resource Officer helped resolve the issue.

• Ticketed a minor for being in possession of tobacco on the MUHS campus on May 20.

• Moved along a homeless person who was found sleeping in the bandstand on the town green on May 20.

• Assisted Vergennes police with a drunk driving stop and vehicle search on Cross Street on May 21.

• Responded to the report of an unruly man who was being taken to Porter Hospital by Middlebury Regional EMS on May 21.

• Were informed of the theft of some insulin from a Valley View Road home on May 21.

• Responded to a truancy complaint at Mary Hogan Elementary School on May 21.

• Responded to a verbal domestic dispute at a Valley View Road residence on May 22.

• Attempted to locate a suspected drunken driver on Route 7 South on May 22.

• Helped defuse a verbal dispute involving some South Pleasant Street neighbors on May 22.

• Received a report about a missing person from Porter Hospital on May 22. Police said hospital staff located the person.

• Resolved an issue at MUHS involving an out-of-control student who had been refusing to comply with school administrators’ requests on May 22.

• Stopped an impaired driver from leaving the College Street area on May 22.

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Police said a female passenger in one of the vehicles was taken to Porter Hospital for treatment of possible internal injuries.

• Followed up on a report about some potentially intoxicated people running away from Middlebury College Public Safety officials on South Main Street on May 23.

• Warned a Middlebury College student who was carrying an open container of alcohol on Storrs Avenue on May 23.

• Helped locate a local woman in Cornwall on May 24.

• Issued a warning for violation of the town’s burning ordinance off Court Street on May 24.

• Investigated a report of a woman crying for help in the Cross Street area on May 24. Police found no one in distress in the area.

• Helped break up a family argument at a Court Street residence on May 24.

• Received a report that someone had vandalized a U.S. flag at a North Pleasant Street address on May 24.

Police said someone had painted a “black anarchy” symbol on the flag.

• Received a report on May 24 that two American flags had been stolen from the lawn of a residence.

• Received a report about litter being found on the municipal gym floor on May 25.

Poverty: “I got there in a pretty average way: I left home at 16 for college, promptly behaved as well as you’d expect a teenager to, and was estranged from my family for over a decade. I quit college when it became clear that I was taking out loans to no good effect; I wasn’t ready for it yet. … And I also had medical bills.

I had bouts of unemployment, I had a drunken driver total my car. I had everything I owned destroyed in a flood. So it’s not just one or the other: nature or nurture, poor or not poor.

Poverty is a potential outcome for all of us.” — Linda Tirado May is National Community Action month and 2015 is the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s 50th year of operation. On Aug. 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, which cre-

ated a variety of programs, includ- car. I lived two miles from one job ing community action agencies, as and three miles from the other. It part of his War on Poverty. He knew wasn’t an inhuman amount of milethen, as we know now, that the war age; some people run that for fun. against poverty must be won in But then afterward, some people the field, in every private home, go home and relax. So I’d get up in every public in the morning, office, from the walk to work at Bridging gaps, courthouse to about 5 a.m. and building futures wait tables from the White House.

By Jan Demers “Community Ac6 to about noon.

Executive Director tion Month is a I’d be home by Champlain Valley Office wonderful time about 1, at which of Economic Opportunity to honor and celpoint I’d pass out ebrate the impact unless I had ercommunity action has in the lives rands to run. Then I’d get up at 6, of families and communities across shower and fix my hair for the bar, the country,” said Denise Harlow, walk 3 miles, tend bar until 1 or 2 National Community Action Part- in the morning, and either beg a ride nership CEO. from a co-worker or walk home. I’d “There’s one episode of my life get home at 2 or 3, unwind, take a in particular that was just the worst. short nap and start all over again.”

I was working two jobs, with no — Linda Tirado

State of Vermont recently revised building energy codes MONTPELIER — Newly revised Vermont residential and commercial building energy codes went into effect on March 1, 2015, according to Public Service Department Commissioner Chris Recchia.

“As new buildings are constructed and existing buildings are renovated in Vermont, the new energy codes will help ensure we are continuing to move towards more efficient and sustainable buildings,” Recchia said in a recent press release. “The 2015 Energy Codes will increase energy savings in new and existing buildings, which means less energy consumption, fewer emissions, and lower energy bills for Vermonters.”

The Vermont Residential Building Energy Code, officially called the “Residential Building Energy Standards” or RBES, was initially adopted by the Vermont Legislature in May 1997. The Vermont Commercial Building Energy Standards, or CBES, was initially adopted in 2006.

The legislation provides for regular review and updates to the provisions in the code by the Public Service Department. The 2015 Residential and Commercial Building Energy Codes are based on Vermont amendments to the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code and are a minimum standard of energy efficiency that applies to all alterations and renovations

for existing buildings, as well as new construction.

For the first time the Public Service Department has also adopted a “stretch” code for residential buildings to achieve greater energy savings than the baseline RBES, as authorized in Act 89 of 2013. The stretch code goes into effect December 1, 2015.

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• Received a report of a bicyclist being bitten by a dog on South Main Street on May 23.

• Responded to a complaint about barking dogs on May 23.

• Investigated a report of vandalism (graffiti) to the Edgewater Gallery on Mill Street on May 23.

• Responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries on Route 7 South, near Middlebury Beef Supply, on May 23.

School Briefs Allison Hayes of New Haven graduated summa cum laude from Colby-Sawyer College on Saturday, May 9. Hayes, a member of Alpha Chi National Honor Society, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in biology.

Prior to graduation, Hayes was recognized at the annual Scholars and Leaders Award Ceremony with the Capstone Award for biology.

Anthony Andrews of Brandon and Matthew Gebo of Bristol graduated from Lyndon State College on May 17.

Andrews received a bachelor of science degree in Music Business & Industry & Arts in Management.

Gebo received a bachelor of science degree in Human Services.

Darren Mayo of Vergennes received a master’s degree from Champlain College on Friday, May 15.

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Energy Code handbooks/codebooks and certificates are available at no cost. Free trainings are also currently being conducted around the state.

For additional information, training dates or a hard copy of the energy code materials contact the Public Service Department, Planning and Energy Resources Division, at 802-828-2811 or for an electronic version of the code, visit the energy code update webpage at http://publicservice.vermont.gov/ topics/energy_efficiency/code_update. For free technical assistance contact the Energy Code Assistance Center toll free at 855-887-0673.

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• Warned the hosts of a loud graduation party to keep the noise down on May 23.

• Responded to a noise disturbance

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MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE PRESIDENT Ron Liebowitz presides over his last commencement as president. Liebowitz is stepping down at the end of June.

GRADUATES TOSS THEIR caps in the air at the end of Middlebury College’s commencement ceremony Sunday.

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Graduation to mind isn’t that subpar paper I may each other.”

Alvarez, the college’s writer-inor may not have written for my last midterm. What comes to mind is residence, herself graduated from watching the sunrise with friends af- Middlebury in 1971. The celebrated writer has authored acclaimed novels ter we stayed up all night.”

“How the Garcia Girls Featured comLost Their Accents” mencement speaker “How amazing and “In the Time of Julia Alvarez echoed would it be, if Butterflies,” as well as Milano’s sentiment, several collections of noting that throughout everyone were the years “all that I am, authentic about poems, including “The Other Side/El Otro and all that I have ac- sometimes Lado” and “Homecomplished, has come coming.” about through the in- how hard this While Alvarez in vestment of so many journey might her address to the stupeople. be.”

“It’s been a long, — Graduating senior dents conceded that hard winter,” Alvarez Adam Milano “no commencement speaker can give you a said, remembering roadmap for what lies Middlebury professor Robert Prash, staff member Kelly ahead,” she advised members of the Boe, and student Nathan Alexan- class of 2015 to find their passions. der, all of whom died this past year. “First things first, let (your work) be “With each loss our community something so you can say, ‘I do this began to see the things that really because I have a soul.’ Don’t settle mattered. How best to take care of for less.”

The college awarded Alvarez an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters. Honorary degrees also went to Hilary Hahn, the three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist and alumna of the Middlebury Language Schools; Martin Chalfie, recipient of a 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Harvard Law School Professor Eric Nelson; and Weybridge Elementary School Principal Christina Johnston.

Four Middlebury professors were also awarded tenure during the ceremony.

The class of 2015 itself boasted an impressive array of talent, with valedictorian Qian Zhe Zhang and two salutatorians, Catherine Costley and Michael Martini. Also notable was the class’ volume of national recognition, with three Fulbright Scholars, WEYBRIDGE AUTHOR AND Middlebury College professor Julia Alva- a Truman Scholar, two Phi Beta Kaprez delivers Middlebury College’s commencement address Sunday. pa Prize recipients, and a Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow.

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On a more serious note, Milano noted that college, while often touted as the best four years of any young person’s life, can sometimes prove difficult.

“To our juniors, sophomores and incoming class: accomplish, succeed, work hard. But don’t be scared to admit when it’s hard,” he said.

“Admit when you’re stressed. Admit when you’re lonely. Admit when you’re struggling. Because that admittance takes true courage. Because that is when what is most beautiful about Middlebury comes out. How amazing would it be, if everyone were authentic about sometimes how hard this journey might be.”

Milano also noted that his favorite memories of Middlebury did not necessarily come from coursework: “When I look back at my college experience, the first thing that comes

who must choose between unpaid internships or making money over the summer.

“Many internships, including international internships, are unpaid,” Liebowitz said. “So I am particularly grateful to the seniors for picking the Fund for Abroad Experience as their class gift. It is a generous and thoughtful way to provide future students with life-changing experiences.”

The ceremony concluded with a group sing of Middlebury songs “Gamaliel Painter’s Cane” and “Alma Mater,” after which the new graduates flung their mortarboards into the air.

Ben Bogin, a San Francisco Bay area native who plans to pursue a career in the tech industry, spoke for many of his fellow graduates when he spoke about the mixed emotions of looking back on the past four years while also being excited for what lies ahead.

“I’m sad its over, but overall I’m happy, and have a sense of accomplishment,” he said.

Donations for the Fund for Abroad Experience are being accepted until June 20; for more information go to middstart.middlebury.edu/theclass-of-2015-and-2015-5-fund-forabroad-experiences.

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By the way (Continued from Page 1A) opened in his or her name by the Vermont Student Assistance Corp.

The Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems is joining VSAC, which administers Vermont’s 529 college savings plan, to help educate Vermont families about saving for college for their children. A 529 plan is an education savings plan operated by a state or educational institution designed to help families set aside funds for future college costs. It is named after Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, which created these types of savings plans in 1996. Research shows that children with college savings are three times more likely to attend college and four times more likely to graduate than children with no college savings.

Those who wanted to learn more about the big railroad overpass replacement project that is supposed to upset downtown Middlebury for a couple years beginning next spring will probably know that a public information meeting scheduled for this past Wednesday evening was postponed. The info session is now scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, at 6 p.m. in the Middlebury Municipal Gym. Local Project Manager Bill Finger will provide a brief summary of the status of the project. Town officials will also outline plans for developing a marketing strategy for

VUHS the downtown before, during and after construction. While the design and timeline for the project has not been finalized and many unknowns at this time, the primary purpose of the meeting is to hear your questions and concerns and solicit input on the project.

Thanks to Frank Paolini, chaplain of American Legion Post 27 in Middlebury, for catching an error in our Memorial Day supplement that ran in last Thursday’s edition. A story on flag etiquette said that members of the U.S. military not in uniform should hold their right hand over their heart when Old Glory passes by. But Frank pointed to chapter and verse in the Legion’s flag code that says active duty and veteran military members in civvies may render a salute in such circumstances.

Summer is rolling around, and so is Field Days. Planning is under way at the fair’s Home and Garden Building. New this year, for your convenience: entries in art, photography and handicrafts will be accepted on Sunday, Aug. 2, from 1-4 p.m., as well as on Monday, Aug. 3, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Please bring food, flowers and vegetables on Monday only. Get those creative juices flowing, and finish up your masterpieces!

Visit www.addisoncountyfielddays. com for details.

Mt. Abe (Continued from Page 1A) guage, driver’s education and learning center departments.

“It’s important to note that while the new budget still reflects a reduction of 5.3 FTE positions, with some staff retiring and other resignations, those staff members that were listed to be cut may be eligible to fill these open positions,” reads a statement the Mount Abe board recently circulated through Front Porch Forum, a subscription-based neighborhood email service.

Plans call for a budget informational meeting to be held on Monday, June 8, at 7 p.m. at Mount Abe. The

district is also working on a budget “information sheet” that is expected to be available on Friday, May 29, according to the board’s statement.

“We plan to mail one to each mailbox in the five towns, as well as sending another FPF message containing the link to view it online. It will also be available on the ANESU website.”

The Addison Independent has requested to be copied on the budget information.

The Independent will publish a more extensive article about the revised Mt. Abe budget in a future edition.

• The new residential homestead (Continued from Page 1A) • $256,000 that will go toward tax rate in FERRISBURGH would retiring a $768,419 special educa- be $1.6058, an increase of about 4.9 tion deficit that has accrued, offi- cents, or 3.1 percent.

That would translate to an addicials said, from years of underestimating those expenses by former tional $49 of taxes per $100,000 of assessed value in the first year. administrators.

• The new residential homestead • $439,000 in higher anticipated spending on special education. Of- tax rate in PANTON would be ficials said that figure represents $1.5241, an increase of about 6.6 a more realistic estimate of those cents, or 4.5 percent.

That would translate costs. to an additional $66 of Still, school tax School tax taxes per $100,000 of hikes in the five ANwassessed value in the SU towns for all school increases first year. spending would range in the five • The new residenfrom a more modest ANwSU towns tial homestead tax 1.6 to 4.65 percent. would range rate in VERGENNES Those estimates would be $1.4814, an include the three el- from about increase of about 6.6 ementary school bud- $25 to $66 cents, or 4.65 percent. gets that have already per $100,000 That would translate passed and take into of assessed to an additional $66 of account adjustments taxes per $100,000 of for Common Levels value. Some of of Appraisals (CLAs), those increases assessed value in the first year.

ANwSU officials said. are already • The new residenSchool tax increases tial homestead tax in the five ANwSU locked into rate in WALTHAM towns would range place with the would be $1.6262, an from about $25 to $66 approval of increase of about 2.5 per $100,000 of as- elementary cents, or 1.6 percent. sessed value. Some That would translate of those increases are school budgets to an additional $25 of already locked into and capital taxes per $100,000 of place with the approv- improvement assessed value in the al of elementary school line items at first year. budgets and capital imANwSU officials provement line items VUHS and had estimated if the at VUHS and elemen- elementary $10.31 million VUHS tary schools. schools. budget had passed on Taxpayers eligible May 5 there would for prebates would pay those full increases in the first year, have been residential school tax but would receive tax relief in the increases of 5 cents in Waltham, 7 following year. About two-thirds of cents in Addison and Ferrisburgh, Addison County homeowners re- and 8.5 cents in Panton and Vergennes. ceive tax relief.

Within ANwSU, for example, SATURDAY MEETING At their Saturday meeting, board annual property tax relief in 2011 ranged from an average of $1,065 in members considered a plan to Vergennes to an average of $1,983 spread deficit repayment over five years instead of three, but opted in Ferrisburgh.

If the roughly $10.259 million not to when the final numbers were spending plan passes on June 9, in.

ANwSU officials said they had ANwSU estimates: • The new residential home- studied the impact and concluded stead tax rate in ADDISON would that the savings would be less than be $1.4915, an increase of about 6 a cent on the tax rate — for instance the cost of taking two years cents, or 4.2 percent.

That would translate to an addi- longer to retire the deficit would tional $60 of taxes per $100,000 of save just eight-tenths of a cent on the Vergennes residential tax rate assessed value in the first year.

next year.

Waltham board member Jeffry Glassberg spoke first in favor of the three year retirement schedule. He noted the small saving on the tax rate for the five-year plan, equal to $8 a year on $100,000 of assessed value, and said that the board’s hands could be tied if the deficit still existed in four years and another crisis arose.

Ferrisburgh board member George Gardner said he agreed, and the board reached consensus on the issue.

“I support Jeff 100 percent,” Gardner said. “We are just asking for more trouble down the road.”

The board also looked at, but never seriously discussed, a plan to cut about $100,000 from the budget, a move that would have meant eliminating wrestling and boys’ lacrosse teams and slashing stipends for the school’s teacher-leaders.

Some of the dozen residents and teachers at the meeting spoke out against the extra-curricular cuts.

The cuts made included $29,500 discovered from a double-budgeted copier lease; that lease was also in the ANwSU budget. Also eliminated were some summer staff salaries and textbooks and supplies, and Principal Stephanie Taylor said VUHS could expect to save about $20,000 by hiring less experienced staff to fill expected vacancies.

Board members also discussed the problem VUHS would face with another budget defeat.

VUHS could proceed on July 1 with the assumption it had 87 percent of its current budget and continue to hold votes until a new budget passed, but Glassberg cited several problems: inaccurate initial tax bills and then multiple bills; morale among staff and students; more time wasted at the board and administrative levels focusing on budget, rather than educational, issues; and the perception among people interested in moving to the area that the community does not support its schools.

“I think there are significant consequences,” said Glassberg, who later concluded the meeting by saying, “We have to ask people to come and vote.”

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

ACT clothing swap on tap June 2 and 3

MIDDLEBURY — Addison Central Teens (ACT) is hosting a two-day Clothing Swap & Shop at Middlebury Union High School on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 2 and 3, in the hallway outside the main office. Sale hours are 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for students only, and 3-7 p.m. for the general public.

Shoppers are invited to swap their gently used clothing, accessories, jewelry, CDs, and knick-knacks for “new” used items. Those with nothing to swap can bring money and shop.

Clothing donations may be dropped off before June 2 at the Teen Center, located in the basement of the Middlebury Town Offices, Monday through Friday from 3-6 p.m.

Items may be donated or traded for point cards, which can be redeemed for items during the sale.

For more information, contact Jutta at 802-989-8934 or jutta@addisonteens.com.

ADDISON COUNTY

School Briefs Margaret M. Rockwell of Bristol graduated on the dean’s list from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., in the College of Human Ecology, Department of Child Development & Family Relations.

She earned her bachelor of science degree in Family & Community Services with a concentration in Early Childhood Intervention.

She graduated from Mount Abraham Union High School in 2011. She plans to spend time in Vermont with family before heading back to North Carolina for the summer, eventually landing out West in Colorado to pursue her career.

Justus Sturtevant of Vergennes was inducted into the Lambda Pi Eta honor society at Susquehanna University.

Sturtevant is a communications and business major in the class of 2017. A 2013 graduate of Vergennes Union High School, he is the son of Todd and Laura Sturtevant.

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Race (Continued from Page 1A) she was looking relatively fresh. ters. She’d completed 11 laps (264 New Hampshire bike shop emmiles) in six days, sleeping only a ployee Kale Poland, who has comfew hours a night. A mother of two pleted a deca-Ironman (that’s 10 who only ran her first marathon times the Ironman distance), was a seven years ago, she was in second favorite going into the Infinitus, but place overall on Tuesday. had to quit after 50 hours when his “I started running to lose weight leg swelled up with gout. after I was pregnant,” she said. “I did The 10 contestants in Infinitus a couple of marathons, just walking paid upward of $479 (the early regand running at first, then a 50 then a istration fee) to participate. Most of 100. What I like about doing this is it them rolled out Thermarests on the is just you and running in the woods upstairs floor to serve as a makeshift for a few days.” bed, and stopped only to grab a bowl The leader was Greg Salvorsen, a of rice and beans or whatever else the 28-year-old graduate student from organizers prepared each evening.

Boulder, Colo., who by way of “It’s the perfect marriage — a fine preparation ran a 100country inn and admile race every month venture racing,” says in 2014, and was on “We wanted to Blueberry Hill Inn’s his 13th lap Tuesday capture the ‘fun’ owner Tony Clark, his evening. The goal: fin- of endurance British accent betrayish in 10 days with 20 events ing a sense of irony. laps, which essentially The area, with more without the amounts to completing than 60 miles of trails, two marathons a day. commercialism has played host to nuthat has become merous cross-country On rocky trails.

Mark McCaslin, a associated with ski race events before former Home Depot many of them.” it shut down its trail manager from Michi— Andy Weinberg grooming operations gan, ran a 400-mile a couple years back. race three weeks ago in Now trail racing (and preparation for the race at Blueberry backcountry skiing in winter) is Hill. helping it make a comeback as a “I’ve done 200-, 300- and 400- sporting center. mile races, so I’m hoping to make NOT QUITE SO LONG this one at least 500.”

In addition to the 888K, on ThursJoel Gat, a brewer from Arizona, day, May 28, another group will start warmed up by doing a 100-mile race on the same course for the 72 hours two weeks before. The problem was, of Infinitus (run as far as you can in it wasn’t just a running race: 72 hours), and on Friday, there will “You had to run a mile, then chug be a start for the 48 hours of Infinia beer, then run a mile and chug an- tus. Saturday will see the start of an other, and I got drunk after 27 miles 88K trail race and Sunday will feaand had to drop out,” he said with a ture a rather pedestrian, by comparibig grin. son, 8K (just short of 5 miles). All Nearly half the racers paused the races begin at 8:08 a.m. and all Tuesday evening to wrap their feet, told Weinberg and Cary expect more eat and catch up. than 200 members of their new En“The worst part is always my feet,” durance Society to participate. The said Rebecca Hansen, a 53-year-old society’s motto is “Sodalitas perdupre-med student from Naples, Fla., rantium. Robur corporis fortitudo who had bags of bandages and salve menti,” Latin for “Society of those lined up on a table. Hansen has com- who endure. Physical strength, menpeted in the infamous Death Race tal fortitude.” Its logo: a skeleton in Pittsfield, Weinberg and Cary’s crawling with a drawn sabre. fledgling Frigus Race last winter (the As of Wednesday morning Sal60K snowshoe race, held in sub-zero vorsen had run 393 miles and was temperatures, was aborted midway) still in the lead of the Infinitus; Pendand a quadruple Ironman triathlon leton, who had racked up 330 miles, (that’s four times the regular distance was in second. of a 2.5-mile swim, 112-mile bike For Weinberg and Cary, who preand a 26.2-mile run). As of Tuesday viously worked with Joe De Sena to

THESE 10 ULTRA-distance athletes set off for the 888K Infinitus run at the Blueberry Hill Inn in Goshen this past Thursday morning en route to a 10-day continuous walk-run around a 27-mile figure-eight loop in the Moosalamoo Wildnerness Area. Bears, snakes and moose — along with a fair number of mosquitoes — as well as fatigue and blistered feet are among the challenges facing the participants. More ultra distance races start this week, ending with an 8K race on Saturday. More than 200 racers will participate and expect to finish by Saturday.

Independent photos/Angelo Lynn

launch Pittsfield’s Death Race and Spartan Races, this is a new chapter. Since parting ways with De Sena, Weinberg and Cary have been embroiled in lawsuits and counter lawsuits with their former partner.

Both Weinberg and Cary have fulltime jobs, Weinberg as an assistant professor of physical education at

JACK CARY AND Andy Weinberg, originators of the 888K Infinitus, take a moment off after the race start to visit with Blueberry Hill Inn owner Tony Clark.

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events are totally different — there “After a few days of running your are no obstacles, it’s just trail run- mind starts to wander and it’s easy ning and testing your endurance. to become disoriented at night on the We intentionally want to keep them trails,” notes Cary. In fact, after sevsmall, and even secret. But then we eral racers went off course during the realized we also needed to get par- past couple of days and were tempoticipants here.” rarily “lost,” the organizers refused MIND GAMES to let anyone run solo Part of the challenge after dark.

“After a few of these endurance racThe two are also es, Weinberg said, is the days of running planning another event mental aspect, which is your mind starts that they promise will where Cary comes in. be even more physito wander “I’ve raced in these and it’s easy cally grueling and types of events and the to become mentally challenging: Death Race and I know Sine Nomine, (in Latin what breaks me,” Cary disoriented at that’s “no name”) will said. “The challenge is night on the start at 1 a.m. on June to see how far you can trails.”

26 on private land in a — Jack Cary remote corner of Adpush yourself without breaking. And that’s dison County. The only what I’ll try to do for others.” detail the two have released is a subTo spook some of the runners, tly disturbing black and white video Cary began placing odd objects that intersperses images of kids on a around the trails at night. A doll’s tea merry go-round with army marches, party might suddenly appear around people pedaling backward on old bithe corner. A life-size clown is cycles and clips of Albert Einstein. moved around the course. Masks and Don’t get too excited to sign up. the number 888 randomly appeared With a limit of 50 entrants, it is alin various segments of the course. ready sold out.