Monday, Nov. 21, 2016

MONDAY EDITION

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT

Vol. 28 No. 33

Middlebury, Vermont

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Monday, November 21, 2016

• Folk legend Peter Yarrow, who penned ‘Puff, the Magic Dragon,’ is coming to town. See Arts Beat on Page 10.

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State vet reassures consumers on safety

City pool may need some work

By GAEN MURPHREE ORWELL — Hail, flood, drought, plagues of locusts — since ancient times farming has been one of the riskiest of human endeavors. And it still is. Just ask Orwell turkey farmer Peter Stone, who’s facing devastating losses just as the calendar nears Turkey Day. An outbreak of what’s known as fowl cholera, possibly introduced into one of the eight barns at Stone’s Stonewood Farm by a determined fox or bobcat, has claimed 15,000 turkeys — nearly half of Stonewood’s 2016 flock of 32,000 birds. Given that the farm raises turkeys for both Thanksgiving and turkey sausage markets, Stonewood will be able to realize only a fraction of its anticipated Thanksgiving sales, just (See Stonewood, Page 14)

• An inspection report says the Vergennes pool needs upgrades, but city officials aren’t in a rush. See Page 2.

Dog park close to construction • Organizers in Middlebury need another $3,000 in donations to put up a fence that will encircle the Collins Drive site. See story on Page 22.

Citizens, council talk pedestrian, cycling danger

Spirit of Thanksgiving

• While the women’s soccer squad continued its NCAA run, men’s hockey opened on the road. See Page 16.

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Orwell farm loses half its turkeys to outbreak

‘Puff’ singer to play THT

Big weekend for Panther teams

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MIDDLEBURY UNION MIDDLE School teacher Sara Nadeau, right, waits with several eighth-graders behind student Isaac Norris as he moves ahead in line to purchase some of the 40 frozen turkeys the students bought last week to donate to the HOPE food shelf. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Many of the dozen residents at last week’s city council meeting recounted near misses they have had as pedestrians on Vergennes streets. They joined with council members to brainstorm possible solutions. Ideas included adding flashing lights, flags and more signs to city crosswalks; adding crosswalks; tweaking traffic signals; restoring a crossing guard cut from the Vergennes Union Elementary School budget; and following Safe Routes to School guidelines. (See Vergennes, Page 13)

VTrans unveils Middlebury rail plan Rail bridges project sparks questions

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Area residents packed the Town Hall Theater on Thursday for a preview of a coming attraction that will have a four-year

run in downtown Middlebury that will make everyone cheer when it shuts down. Ironic performance art? No.

It’s the upcoming replacement of Middlebury’s two downtown rail bridges, a $40 million project set to begin in earnest next spring and last into 2020, with the most disruptive construction pegged for a 10-week period from June to August of 2019,

when both Merchants Row and Main Street will be shut down. Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) officials led Thursday’s public forum on the upcoming project, which they called one (See Bridges, Page 18)

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Pipeline completion awaits court decision

McKibben: No climate benefit from gas By GAEN MURPHREE and By MIKE POLHAMUS, VTDigger.org VERMONT — Vermont Gas Systems is wrapping up installation of the bulk of its Addison Natural Gas Project pipeline while it awaits court action on a 2,000-foot section in Geprags Park in Hinesburg. Included in this final work, the South Burlington company is adding as much as an inch of dirt over the pipeline so that it is buried at depths agreed upon in memorandums of understanding with individual towns and landowners. “In some cases, when the ground settles after everything is put back into place it may be off by an inch or less,” said Vermont Gas Communications Manager Beth Parent. “It’s a highly technical process, and we are doing analysis and making adjustments as necessary as part of the cleanup process. In some cases, we’re out there, we’re laying seed, but this is part of the cleanup inspection.” Vermont Gas expects to complete the cleanup phase in a couple of weeks, she said. Parent said of the sites needing additional topsoil, “they’re very small, individual locations ... and we are requiring accuracy up to the smallest measure” but did not provide additional details or locations for that extra work. She said the extra layer of soil was

not in response to code violations. In terms of completing the remaining 2,000 feet in Geprags Park, construction on the Addison Natural Gas Project has been halted as the company awaits the Vermont Supreme Court’s response to an appeal filed by Bristol attorney Jim Dumont. The 85.5-acre Geprags Park was donated to the town of Hinesburg exclusively for use as a “public park or school or for public recreational or educational purposes.” Dumont represents seven Hinesburg residents who want to protect the park for those purposes. The Public Service Board issued a condemnation order on Sep. 12, which greenlighted Vermont Gas’s pathway through the park and instructed it to use directional drilling under a wetland area. When the PSB denied Dumont’s request to reconsider its decision, Dumont took the case to the Supreme Court. That appeal went into effect on Nov. 3 and automatically included a stay on construction. Vermont Gas has asked the court to lift the stay. Last week Dumont filed additional materials arguing why the stay should remain in effect, including testimony from Ripton environmentalist Bill McKibben as to the environmental effects of natural gas. According to VTDigger.org, McKibben argued against Vermont (See Vt. Gas, Page 3)

VERGENNES CITY OFFICIALS are discussing what improvements to make after receiving a report on the city swimming pool and its operations. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Report tallies up city pool repairs By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — The longawaited, $4,000 report from the inspection of the Vergennes city pool arrived in early November and suggested up to $150,000 of “remedial work.” City officials do not believe all that is recommended is necessary — especially the two biggest-ticket items that could cost up to $135,000. Those items are a complete replastering of the pool for between $40,000 and $65,000, and replacing the pool’s filtration system for $60,000 to $70,000. The recommendations are in a Nov. 2 report from Steve Biernacki of Aquatic Development Group of Cohoes, N.Y., who conducted the inspection in October. “I just don’t see the immediate

need for complete re-plastering,” said City Manager Mel Hawley on Thursday. “If you look around, really, it’s in pretty good shape. It’s interesting, that’s what he said when he was here.” Hawley acknowledged the pool’s gunite surface routinely has been patched over the years, but said no patches were necessary this past season and that the pool had been re-plastered about 20 years ago. The other major recommendation calls for a “high pressure sand filter” system to replace the pool’s existing vacuum diatomocaceous earth (or DE) filtering system. But Hawley said the pool’s DE system is working properly and the pool’s water quality is tested weekly.

“We’ve been using DE since 1965,” he said. “Any time I have ever gone to the pool during the season, the water is sparkling.” At the city council’s Nov. 15 meeting, Hawley said there are recommendations that he agrees with in the report, which was shared with Vergennes swim team parents who lobbied for it as well as with council members. Those include that there should be clear indicators of water depth both on the pool deck and below the water line, and that chemicals used to sanitize the water — chlorine and muriatic acid — be stored separately and further away from the public. Hawley said at the meeting the (See Pool, Page 3)

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Pool (Continued from Page 2) For example, at the meeting Alderpool’s lightning detection system man Renny Perry said he would like should also be replaced, and the best to know if it would be cost-effective solution to chemical storage is prob- in the long run to have an automatic ably a new structure. system to feed chemicals into the Exactly what kind of a structure pool, both by saving labor and by not could depend on whether city of- having to shut the pool down to add ficials decide to chemicals. follow another Hawley said recommendation, At the Nov. 15 the specs for the to automate feedreport included a meeting the city ing the chemicals request for a recouncil also: into the pool waview of operating ter, which could • Signed off on the city’s apcosts. mean burying plication for another five years “Did it fulfill lines. Currently, as a Vermont Designated Downthe obligations pool workers pour town, a status that allowed Verunder the prothe chemicals into gennes and downtown property posal we sent?” the pool. owners to apply for grants to Hawley said on “We either build support building and infrastrucThursday. “We a building, or ture improvement projects, such shouldn’t have to build an addition,” as the many handicap-access ask for that.” Hawley said on and sidewalk projects over the At last week’s Thursday. “We’re past 20 years. The Vergennes meeting, Mayor going to look at Partnership is preparing the apBill Benton said that.” plication on the city’s behalf. the council plans Hawley also • Heard from City Manto act on pool isnoted one major ger Mel Hawley that the Versues. He suggesterror in the report: mont Occupational and Safety ed a group includOn its first page it Health Administration after a ing swim team incorrectly cites recent visit had fined Vergennes parents, Hawley the pool depth $10,920 for a series of mostly and public works on the swimming minor safety violations at city head Jim Larrow lanes and needfacilities, all of which have since should sit down lessly suggests been corrected. Hawley was set and go over the that all swim to meet with VOSHA officials report and “look meets be halted. and plead for a lower fine. Vioat recommendaAnd he disagrees lations, he said, included items tions” and “aswith its assessplaced too close to, but not obsign costs” to acment that the divstructing, circuit breaker boxes, tions that could be ing stands are danand unmarked containers of taken before next gerously corroded. chemicals. season. Hawley also He said the told aldermen at pool would return their Tuesday meeting that he re- to the agenda after Hawley spoke furmains in contact with Biernacki to ther with Biernacki and more queslearn more about the pool finances tions were answered. end of the operation. “We need to figure out what to do “There’s not enough about money and what it’s going to cost,” Benton in here,” he said. said.

Ferrisburgh awaits Green Line terms

By ANDY KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH — Craig Heindel, head of the town of Ferrisburgh’s Vermont Green Line Committee, told the Ferrisburgh selectboard last Tuesday that the committee that day had received a new draft of a “Host Town Agreement” from the companies proposing to bury a major power line along town roads between Kingsland Bay and Route 7 and then south to New Haven. However, Heindel said, the agreement, while containing reams of documents relating to technical aspects of the project, lacked an essential component: It failed to show Ferrisburgh the money. The draft agreement contained no mention of how the VGL firms planned to compensate Ferrisburgh for use of its road rights of way, Heindel said. Without that information, the attorneys working on the town’s behalf recommended the committee and town officials essentially ignore the documents, he said, and the board agreed, especially given

the recent news that the companies had not won a key contract to sell the power they hope to deliver with the new power line. “We don’t need to spend the energy reviewing a partial package,” Heindel said. “When we have our financial package offered, we will review it with enthusiasm.”

Sanctuary solidarity

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ASSISTANT Professor Kemi Fuentes-George speaks at last Wednesday’s “sanctuary campus” demonstration in front of Old Chapel. Several hundred students, faculty and staff showed up for the demonstration. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Vt. Gas (Continued from Page 2) Gas’s claim that completing the pipeline this winter will reduce Vermonters’ greenhouse gas emissions. Vermont Gas says heating oil and propane cause more harm to the climate when burned than methane does. Natural gas consists almost entirely of methane. “In fact, the opposite is true,” McKibben said in an affidavit dated Nov. 8. “Any delay in the use of the pipeline will actually decrease Vermont’s contributions of greenhouse gases.” The fact that methane emits less carbon dioxide than other fossil fuels during combustion, McKibben said, is “clearly a red herring.” The last three years, since the state granted Vermont Gas a permit for the pipeline, have seen advances in climate science showing that natural gas has no less an effect on the atmosphere than does coal, McKibben said in the filing. The changing consensus has

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nothing to do with whether methane, coal or oil burns cleaner, McKibben said. Instead, he said, scientists have recently found that gas producers lose enough methane while producing and transporting natural gas that any benefits from cleaner combustion are outweighed. The delay also won’t cost Vermonters through their heating bills, Dumont claims. He submitted to the court a rate analysis that shows most Vermonters will save money by using heating oil or propane this winter instead of the natural gas Vermont Gas hopes to supply with its pipeline. He said the analyses Vermont Gas used to persuade the Public Service Board to approve its permit relied on years-old information, from when oil cost much more. Furthermore, it’s the fault of Vermont Gas that the company is arguing for an easement across Geprags

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Park after all but 2,000 feet of the pipeline has been built, Dumont said. Vermont Gas wants to move ahead with construction, and told the court that it incurs about $750,000 in nonrecoverable expenses for every month of delay. “The Public Service Board has granted us approval to access this parcel, and we believe it’s time for project opponents to respect that ruling,” said Parent. Dumont countered that respecting the law means that condemning public land must proceed according to statute and go before the Legislature. “If Vermont Gas or some other utility wants to use eminent domain against a public park, the law says, ‘Go to the Legislature and if you can convince the legislature you can do it,’” he said. “But if you can’t convince the Legislature, you can’t go to the Public Service Board and say, ‘Give us that right.’”

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A D D IS ON INDE P E NDEN T

Editorial A heavy lift for U.S. voters Two items hit the news last week that we might as well be prepared for in a Donald Trump presidency: Trump taking credit for something he didn’t do, and bad news on the environmental front. Last Thursday, Trump claimed he saved a Ford plant in Kentucky from moving to Mexico. Not so fast, said the Ford company. Facts are the plant was never going to move to Mexico, but rather just a small line of production involving the Lincoln utility vehicle, the MKC. Yet, here’s what Trump posted on his Twitter account: “I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky. I owed it to the great State of Kentucky for their confidence in me!” Bringing Trump back to reality, Ford corrected his exaggeration saying it had told Trump the company “would cancel a plan to shift production of a single model — the MKC — from Kentucky to Mexico. The company last year indicated it would be moving MKC production out of Louisville, though it did not announce where it was going. At the time, union leaders said the shift would not cost any jobs in Kentucky, because Escape production would replace lost MKC production.” In the meantime, Ford announced it will continue to export jobs to Mexico from some of its other U.S. plants. It will be increasingly important for the American voters to pay attention to facts and the realities of Trump’s record during his presidency. American voters won’t find the truth in Trump’s tweets, or in his speeches, or the “facts” distributed within the administration. Rather they will have to seek it from credible sources — which, as many Americans know by now is not the “fake news” that proliferates on Facebook, Twitter and social media outlets, nor on extreme news outlets such as Breitbart News. And it will take effort. Unfortunately, the internet is not the “boon to democracy” as was originally hoped, but rather it has become the purveyor of “fake news” and other deliberate misinformation to the detriment of our democracy. The only salvation is for a more educated and aware public to be able to discern fact from fiction — and refute those purveying garbage. ********** The second item that sprang from the nation’s newspaper pages last week was this headline about our warming world: “The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends.” Scientists report that average temperatures in the Arctic have spiked higher in November even as the Polar nights have set in. “It’s about 20C (36 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal over most of the Arctic Ocean, along with cold anomalies of about the same magnitude over north-central Asia,” Jennifer Francis, an Arctic specialist at Rutgers University, told the Washington Post last Wednesday. Mark Serreze, who heads the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo., told the Post that not only are air temperatures unusually warm, but water temperatures are as well. “The sea ice is at a record low right now, for this time of year,” Serreze said. “And why it’s so low — again, there’s so much heat in the upper ocean in these ice-free areas, the ice just can’t form right now. The ocean’s just got to get rid of this heat somehow, and it’s having a hard time doing so.” And, yet, President-elect Trump nominated as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Myron Ebell, the director of the partisan Center for Energy and Environment at the right-wing Competitive Enterprise Institute. Ebell has called climate change “nothing to worry about” and even questions whether humans contribute to it. He’s also chairman of the Cooler Heads Coalition, a group of nonprofits that “question global warming alarmism and oppose energy-rationing policies.” Several other of Trump’s cabinet picks are similarly regressive, pointing to a reversal of the gains made over the past decade. Here, too, Americans will have to speak up with a unified voice and call out the inaccuracies — all while staring down a right-wing media that will be purporting progress where there is none, and planting fake stories on Facebook, Twitter and in the news to confuse and confound the American voter. We recognize that’s a big lift to be ready to challenge those distributing fake news or wrong information while tuning in to those resources delivering the facts and accurate analysis, but it’s imperative. “If you have a society where people can’t agree on the basic facts,” said the Post’s executive editor Martin Baron, “how can you have a functioning democracy?” Angelo Lynn

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Faces in the crowd

SOME OF THE hundreds of Middlebury College students, faculty and staff who gathered outside Old Chapel last Wednesday listen during a demonstration of solidarity for undocumented students across the country. The demonstration was one of many across the country to support sanctuary campuses that would protect undocumented students. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Letters to the Editor Ignorance prevailed, and Vermonters must fight back Well, the Archie Bunkers, white supremacists, Fascists, racists, global warming deniers, misogynists and just plain idiots of America must be celebrating now! Now they have their champion. He made America Hate Again! We will now recede to a new Dark Age for America and the world. Vermont, most of the Northeast, the West Coast and other parts of the country where people with more than a half a brain live, soundly defeated ignorance, and the popular vote was on our side too! No matter that for the sixth out of the last

seven presidential elections, Republicans (now Trumpublicans) have lost that vote. But our antiquated Electoral College has put a tyrant in the office on three occasions. This time we not only have a boy idiot like “W,” but a tyrant and inarticulate demagogue. The people who voted for Trump thinking that he will make things better for them are delusional. It’s unfathomable how people could be so stupid to elect someone from the billionaire class who will not work in their best interests. But hey, I’ve always thought the American

electorate’s intelligence has been grossly exaggerated anyway. We live in a global economy, all those heavy manufacturing jobs are never coming back! Our economy and employment has made steady progress over the past eight years under President Obama (the most articulate president in a generation). In fact, we are now manufacturing more in this country than we have in years due to automation. It’s just that we don’t need that many folks with low skills anymore. All the whining about bringing (See Letter, Page 5)

Addison Independent, Monday, November 21, 2016 — PAGE 5

Focus must stay on global warming

Letters to the Editor Nation’s founding documents show us way forward

In the last two weeks I was worried that Donald Trump could win the election. The key for me was the lawn signs. Not how many, but where they were. In many yards I saw the usual array of Republican lawn signs — congressional, gubernatorial etc., then, at the end of the display, almost in the neighbor’s yard, was the Trump/Pence Sign. It seemed to say, “I’m for them, but I’m not proud of it — this sign could be in my neighbor’s yard, and not mine.” I was worried that 24 million votes — 18 percent of the total — were cast in the nine days that the FBI Director interfered with the electoral process by announcing that he would review thousands of emails that “appear to be pertinent to this investigation.” They were not. CNN states that, “Comey’s initial letter to Congress … gave Donald Trump’s team a surge of momentum at a time when Clinton seemed to be coasting toward victory.” And, of course, I was concerned that Hillary left herself open to criticism — the private server and

the Clinton Foundation were the key grievances. However much this election result stings to the majority of Americans who support President Obama’s worldview, Donald Trump has won the election. Given our country’s division, where can we find common ground? I suggest that we look to our founding documents — the pillars of our democracy. Our Constitution tells us that “We, the people,” are the ultimate source of all political power in this land. Our Declaration of Independence tells us that it is “self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” Together, we must insist that “all” truly includes all: African Americans, Latinos, LGBT persons, Muslims, women, the poor or underemployed and people belonging to any other group that has historically been treated as less than full citizens. Together we must insist that Supreme Court Justices are confirmed who understand the intent of our Constitution and read it in light

of our contemporary world and not vote on predetermined ideological lines, whether liberal or conservative. Together, one way or another, we must insist that every citizen has the health care they need to be able to enjoy “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” fundamental protections that our Declaration of Independence gives as the very purpose of government. “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” also demand a healthy environment in which to live. Together we must insist that our Country, the earth’s second largest greenhouse gas emitter, lead the world in reversing climate change. The iconic 1972 Apollo 17 picture of the earth from space can’t be erased by fear of globalization — in fact, we are one small and precarious planet catapulting though space. Our common values are derived from the documents that define us as Americans. We must fight for them with unshakable resolve. Harry Yeo Chaucer New Haven

Independent’s breakdown of votes omitted some

To whom it may concern: Your Addison County plus Brandon breakdown of last week’s election was as usual much appreciated. A town-by-town breakdown

of Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein, I am sure would also have been appreciated by many of us. I was told, when I called, that it was a “space problem.” Unfortunately, I don’t

believe either candidate would have taken up much space. Thank you. Pat Ullom Orwell

country and sweep away all vestiges of this hate that comes at us. I’m proud to live in Vermont where we have so many that feel the same way about this, and where there still is hope. Other than a governor who doesn’t have a clue, every statewide office and the legislature are held by Democrats or

Progressives. We have a lot of work to do and it won’t be easy. Bernie started a movement and we have to keep it alive with new blood. Speak out, hit back and take America forward! Bruce Acciavatti Bristol

Letter (Continued from Page 4) jobs back to the heartland or wherever? It ain’t gonna happen. What those people need to do is reinvent their local economies as many areas have done from the ground up, embrace green and renewable energy businesses, and start small businesses. They need to get off their bottoms and get educated to improve their skills, or move to where the jobs are. Reviving old jobs in coal country, rust belt cities and rural areas, by making things at high prices that no one will buy, or drilling for oil and gas everywhere isn’t going to rescue these areas. Blaming all their woes on a black president, Hispanics, immigrants or whoever is ridiculous. In the meantime, we have to pull together and resist in whatever way we can this assault from the Trumpublican regime, so we can sweep it away in two and four years. We have to stamp out all signs of injustice whenever and in whatever direction it emanates from. We have to speak out, call it out and take action. We have to rebuild the

Letters can be found on Pages 4, 5, 6 & 7.

Angelo Lynn’s editorial, “Inconceivable! And yet, hope,” is right on the mark. As quoted in the editorial, Bill McKibben said that “the daily heating of the planet” will not cease just because of the election of Donald Trump. Indeed, with little or no action on climate change, our nation and the world will be missing what may be our last, great chance to slow the heating of our planet. McKibben continues, “This is the challenge of our time: it was a tough fight Tuesday and it is a tough fight today. But we have no choice except to fight that fight.” I have personally challenged myself to redouble my efforts to work for climate solutions and I encourage my fellow citizens to think hard about steps you can take

at the personal and local level to make a difference. I am well aware that those who have done the least to cause climate change will be the most severely affected. Everyone has something to offer, whether it be a change in personal behavior, such as ride sharing or buying local food, or working on the state and national level to bring about solutions to this looming crisis. There are many good organizations such as 350.org that could use your support. We are now challenged on so many fronts, but we must keep the future of all living things on our planet clearly in our sights as we focus on the future. Fran Putnam Weybridge

Media responsible for our decline My genuine condolences to all those devastated by the Trump victory. Having Trump win is as disturbing to the left as Al Sharpton winning would be for the right. Those of us on the right need to realize that and show the true compassion that it will take to heal such a wound. I am a Republican who was squarely in the never Trump camp but also in the never Hillary camp. I believe that put me with the majority of Americans. But in the end most felt they had to choose and as always the independents decided the race and chose Trump. Never has the country had a nominee of a major party with such high negatives and in this election we had two. It was sad that someone had to win. I was hoping for a miracle and that Evan McMullin would win it in the House. I am a John Kasich supporter and I believe that the nation needs a true uniter not someone

who is a bigot or someone who calls people that don’t vote for her deplorables. I believe that this election was our democracy hitting rock bottom but I am encouraged that we are now able to ascend. I blame much of the decline on the media. You cannot find a TV station and probably no newspapers left in the country that just report the news. Fox News pushes the agenda for the right and all the others push the agenda of the left. Over 90 percent of people in the media donate to the democratic party. I long for the days of Walter Cronkite, when he said “and that’s the way it is June 10, 1990” or whatever date it was you knew what happened without any bias. I do not know how to get back there. When a party knows that the media will not hold it accountable for its actions very bad things start (See Jones letter, Page 7)

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Obituaries

Theresa Gauthier, 75, Ferrisburgh FERRISBURGH — Theresa (Tessy) Gauthier, 75, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at VNA Respite House in Colchester. She was born July 14, 1941, in Whiting, the daughter of Eli and Beatrice (Coutier) Gauthier. Theresa attended St. Mary’s School in Middlebury. She worked in the Food Service Departments at Middlebury College and the Breadloaf Campus, provided personal care for the elderly, and worked in the antiques department at Kennedy Brothers. She enjoyed knitting and sewing quilts, music, and spending time with her family and friends. Tessy wanted people to be kind to each other and believed that is what keeps us all going. Theresa is survived by her children Lyn Billings; daughter-in-law Hope Mac Jarrett of Ferrisburgh; Tim Billings of Ferrisburgh; Charlene Fitzpatrick and her husband Erik of South Burlington; her four grandchildren Katie, Eli, Brianna and Abigail; and many loving nieces and nephew. She was predeceased by several brothers and sisters. The family would like to express its thanks and gratitude for the care, support and services that Theresa received from her friends and family, and from the generous staff and volunteers at the following local organizations: Aging Well, Addison County Hospice Volunteers, the Joy

THERESA GAUTHIER Drive Dialysis Unit, ACTR drivers and the VNA Respite House. Visiting hours will be held Sunday, Nov. 20, at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Vergennes from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be a celebration of life on the weekend of July 14 for her birthday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Project Independence, 112 Exchange Street, Middlebury, VT, and to Addison County Home Health and Hospice, PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753. ◊

Marilla Sorrell, 82, Addison native ADDISON COUNTY, Vt. — Marilla Sorrell, a longtime resident of Addison County, Vt., passed away on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at the Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Middlebury, Vt. Born on January 16, 1934, to Roy and Marion Place, Marilla grew up in Addison, Vt. She attended Green Mountain College and married Richard (Dick) Sorrell on September 29, 1953. They lived in Colorado Springs, Colo., while Dick was stationed there with the U.S. Military. Marilla gave birth to their only son Richard (Rick) E. Sorrell in 1955. After returning to Vermont, Marilla worked in the loan department for many years for Chittenden Bank. She was the vice president of their Burlington branch. After she retired from the bank she worked as the secretary at the Addison Elementary School. After she decided to retire for the second time, she continued working at the Shelburne Museum as well as volunteering at the Bixby Library and with Meals on Wheels. Marilla was a woman who couldn’t sit still; in her sixties she still enjoyed rollerblading with her grandchildren and even went sky diving. Marilla was predeceased by her parents Roy and Marion Place; her husband Dick Sorrell; son Rick Sorrell; and sister Marjorie Morin. Marilla is survived by her sister, Virginia Mulliss of Addison, Vt.; her four grandchildren: Richard K. Sorrell of San Diego, Calif.; Daniel J. Sorrell of Ferrisburgh, Vt.; Michael R. Sorrell of West Chester, Pa; and Rachel A. Sorrell of Middlebury, Vt., as well as five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A small private graveside service will be held for Marilla, gifts and donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association in her name.◊

Letters to the Editor Clergy in solidarity with Havurah By now it should be common knowledge that Havurah, the worship, education, and community center for Jews in our area, was vandalized on Nov. 14. The swastikas scrawled on the door to the building can only be interpreted as an expression of hatred intended to arouse fear. The Middlebury Area Clergy Association, an interfaith organization representing ALL faith traditions in our area, is deeply saddened by this event — and similar events across our country springing from the spiteful tone of the election season. More importantly, the attack against Havurah strengthens our resolve as faith leaders to stand with all persons experiencing actual or implied threats to their safety. We recognize a common humanity among us ALL — our varieties of skin color, sexualities, genders and places of origin enrich our humanity and our experiences of one another. As faith leaders, we encourage members of our communities to speak up on behalf of persons experiencing these threats. We encourage members of our communities to be informed of the community resources that provide assistance and advocacy for those feeling threatened. And we encourage members of our communities to engage in acts of compassion and solidarity as a public statement to our

shared humanity. As faith leaders, we are called to stand with the oppressed and marginalized and are committed to being safe havens for such a time as this. Spencer Putnam, Middlebury Friends Meeting; Rev. Susan McGarry, St. Stephens Episcopal Church; Rev. Mark Orten, Director, Scott Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Middlebury College; Rev. Barnaby Feder, Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society; Rev. Tim Franklin, Bridport Congregational Church; Rev. Daniel Cooperrider, Weybridge Congregational Church, UCC; Naila Baloch, Associate Chaplain and Muslim Adviser, Middlebury College; Beau Scurich, Associate Chaplain and Muslim Adviser, Middlebury College; Rev. Laurie Jordan, Chaplain of the College, Middlebury College; Rev. Stephanie Allen, Memorial Baptist Church; Fr. William Beaudin, St. Mary’s Catholic Church; Rabbi Ira J. Schiffer, Assoc. Chaplain/ Hillel Adviser, Middlebury College; Rev. Mary Kay Schueneman, 1st Congregational Church of Cornwall, UCC; Rev. Andrew Nagy-Benson, Congregational Church of Middlebury, UCC; Rev. Jill Colley Robinson, Middlebury United Methodist Church

Vt. forests are linked to clean water The Addison Independent’s recent article on the revised water quality rules for forestry in Vermont was an excellent one. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation was quoted as stating that the recent tweaks were designed to give landowners and loggers flexibility “to get the job done.” The forest industry reiterated its continued commitment to getting the job of conserving water quality done in Vermont. This is good news but there is much more work to do. For example, when Tropical Storm Irene visited southern Vermont it scoured tons of sediment off the forested mountains there and deposited the associated muck in adjacent lakes, rivers and streams. At Camp Plymouth State Park alone over 35,000 yards of sediment were deposited from the 3,500-acre Buffalo Brook watershed. That watershed is primarily forested and publicly-held but the

Acceptable Management Practices did not stand up to the test for a host of reasons including lack of full compliance and too many roads and trails built in places where they should not have been. Incidentally and not surprisingly, there were not any reports of AMP violations during that storm event. Folks apparently had much more pressing issues on their plates! The fact is that the climate is changing. We have too many roads built at too steep grades in too many places. Vermont’s forestry must change to keep up. For starters, high quality water and flood attenuation must be given much higher priority in Vermont’s forestry community. Water quality and flood resilience should become Vermont’s premier forest product. The Department’s small tweaks are simply not up to that task. David Brynn Bristol

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Letters to the Editor Disappointing election should spark more resolve

In moments of tragedy we often look back at snapshots from “happier times” when the present seemed bright and the future hopeful. Our remembered innocence of darkness to come heightens the poignancy of the instant. Even the morning or early evening of Nov. 8 were such “happier times” for many, but the ones we are recalling now are election night 2008 and, even more vividly, inauguration day 2009, when thousands of jubilant Americans of all ages, races and circumstances thronged Washington D.C., determined to be present at the dawn of a new and better day for our country. The thought of how far we have fallen in eight short years is hard to accept. Clearly we can waste little time in grief or recriminations. The assault

that Donald Trump and his Republican Congress will launch on “day one” against all essential American institutions, freedoms, support systems, protections and values threatens to leave the nation unrecognizable. Recovery after four years — if concerned citizens unite to make Trump a one-term president — may take an even greater effort than the stillincomplete repair of damage wrought by George Bush and Dick Cheney. Hillary Clinton’s losses to Trump in traditionally Democratic states such as Michigan and Wisconsin, where Bernie Sanders won substantial primary victories, leave many analysts confident that Bernie would have been elected had he been the Democratic nominee. The true “deplorables” would have voted for

Trump in any case, but very likely the deeply disillusioned, including many former Obama supporters who voted for Trump or simply threw away their votes in various ways, would have chosen Bernie’s genuine message of hope over Trump’s snake oil. If the voters had had a choice between two perceived agents of change concerned about blue collar workers, there’s no doubt in our minds that they would have elected the one with clear positive objectives and strong moral character. Post-mortems can’t change the results but they can inspire us to work together for happier times in the nottoo-distant future. Michael and Judy Olinick Middlebury

Republicans win elections by lying; Trump no exception Trump is a loser. Elizabeth Warren finally said it out loud, “Trump is a loser.” He lost a billion dollars. Imagine what he will do with the U.S. budget, where we are talking about real money. When we heard about his tax returns and the billion loss, the wise pundits only thought about the tax write-off. The tax write-off was a minor problem compared to Trump being unable to run a business. Why didn’t Hillary mention this? All I heard was that we need his business skills. No, his business skills are nearly nonexistent. Trump had a minor success in a business so he turned around and borrowed lots of money on a business buying spree. He didn’t know how to run any of them so they lost lots of money. Others had to take over and only kept him on some payrolls for his name. They don’t let him handle business affairs. Now, he wants to have backwards Republican politicians run the country for him. We know what happens then. A Democrat had to get the U.S. recovered from a Republican Depression from the Republican Herbert Hoover. Another Democrat had to save the U.S. from a Republican recession in 2006. How many more cases can you name where Democrats saved the U.S. from horrible Republican economics. These Repugnicants want to return the U.S. to the (repugnant) 1890s where people starved to death or lived in old age in abject poverty after working hard all their lives. One thing they want to do is remove health insurance instead of fixing it. Oh, you think they want to fix it? Why haven’t they tried to in

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the last six years, where their only effort is hurt people. The case of Hillary has been around a long time but needs reviewing. The national Republican Party has a long history of spreading falsehoods. Books have been written about this like “The Great Republican Noise Machine.” It seems they can’t win elections without lying, or gerrymandering or getting good citizens (who might vote Democratic) off the voting lists and then claim something about voter fraud, where the Republicans are the ones creating the fraud. With Hillary they kept repeating “Benghazi” and “emails” so much that so many people thought that all that smoke from Republican smoke machines must mean that Hillary is on fire. Trump added to that impres-

sion so much that it is hard to get some people to be civil and stop and realize that there is no illegal there. She copied others and used her personal email as others around her did, which was an improper procedure. And the case of Hillary lying? These words are from a continuous maker up of false information. Why hasn’t anyone called Trump out on his fabrications and changing stories. I have heard that expectations for Trump are so bad that Republicans are considering impeaching him so his Vice President will take over, who is more predictable, whatever his name is. Peter Grant Bristol

(Continued from Page 5) to happen. Never before has the senate majority leader used what is called the “nuclear option” to pass legislation that could not be passed using the parameters allowed by the constitution. Never before has all but one of the media outlets intentionally taken a statement out of context to get the results they wanted in a Presidential election. I am talking about Mitt Romney’s 47 percent comment that the main stream media portrayed to mean that he did not care about 47 percent of the country. When, if you listened to the paragraph and not just the sentence, it was crystal clear he was saying that 47 percent were going to vote for him and 47 percent were going to vote for Obama and that the time and assets of the campaign needed to be spent convincing the majority of the other 6 percent to vote for him. Nothing offensive at all and the media knew it but it decided to report otherwise. Never before has a President turned the IRS and many other agencies loose on his political opponents to silence them. Never before has a President tried to go around the constitution with so much regularity. I believe it was seven times Obama’s actions were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court by 9-0. If these things are new to you then you do not watch Fox News. I am not supporting Fox News. I am only saying that they are the only ones that would report these things. They are not any better than the others, just the only one on that side. These things create anger and distrust and the result is a campaign like the one

we just had and a Trump Presidency, unthinkable, but then so is the media not fairly reporting the news and a constitutional lawyer doing all he can do to skirt the constitution. I am disgusted but I have high hopes that we will sink no deeper. As divisive as Trump was during the campaign he surprised by being absolutely gracious and unifying in victory. Hopefully it is not just words. Conservatives now have control at the national level that they have not had since the 1950s. We were long overdue for a correction and conservatives, by definition, move more slowly and thoughtfully than their counterparts. It is impossible for Trump to do the things that he campaigned on that are so scary. I believe that Paul Ryan will be calling most of the shots and that the country could not be in better hands. I predict that eight years from now the country will be very happy and/or very surprised at the success of the Trump administration. Not because of Trump but in spite of him. It is sad that Trump, perhaps the most vile nominee in history, will get the credit and be regarded as a successful President. But then Bill Clinton had a successful Presidency because of welfare reform, a balanced budget and resulting economic success, all things that he resisted for years until the persistence of Newt Gingrich and John Kasich made it impossible for him to resist them any longer. History is not always fair. Rest easy America, we will be okay, democracy works. Bryan Jones Salisbury

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Warren Miller’s “Here, There and Everywhere” in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. The 67th annual Warren Miller ski film, “Here, There and Everywhere” celebrates everything related to snow sports. $18. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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Auditions for “Good People” in Middlebury. Monday, Nov. 21, 6:308:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Town Hall Theater will hold auditions for its February 2017 show, “Good People,” directed by Kristen Ginsburg. Info: kgins@comcast.net.

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Auditions for “Good People” in Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Town Hall Theater will hold auditions for its February 2017 show, “Good People,” directed by Kristen Ginsburg. Info: kgins@ comcast.net.

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Blood drive in Bristol. Wednesday, Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Ambrose Church, 11 School St., Bristol. Red Cross blood drive will take place in Bristol.

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Hunters/early bird breakfast in South Starksboro. Saturday, Nov. 26, 7-10 a.m., Jerusalem Schoolhouse. All you can eat breakfast buffet. $9 ages 12 and over; $4 ages 5-11; under 5 free. Info: 453-4573. Small business Saturday in Brandon. Saturday, Nov. 26, all day. Small business Saturday is the day to kick start the holiday shopping season. Small business Saturday in Bristol. Saturday, Nov. 26, all day, downtown Bristol. Small business Saturday is the day to start the holiday shopping season. Stop by the Bristol CORE tent on Main Street to pick up your free #ShopSmall tote bag, balloons for the kids and other goodies! Holiday open house at Alpaca farm in Brandon. Saturday, Nov. 26, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Maple View Farm. Visit Maple View Farm and Vermont Fiber Miller & Studio in Brandon. Learn about alpacas and their luxurious fiber, then tour the fiber mill. Info: www.mapleviewfarmalpacas.com. Internet cat video fest III in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Town Hall Theater. A selection of hilarious cat videos with proceeds to benefit Homeward Bound and Town Hall Theater. $10/$5 students. Cancer organization fundraiser in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 26, 2-7 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Middlebury College. The Middlebury College women’s ice hockey team wills sponsor a fundraiser during the PantherCardinal Classic Tournament to raise money for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. No admission, but suggested donation of $5 at the door for PCAN. King Pede card parties in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Nov. 26, 6:30 p.m., Ferrisburgh Grange. King Pede parties at the Ferrisburgh Grange begin at 6:30 p.m. with a sandwich supper and include fun and card games.

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Public breakfast in Vergennes. Sunday, Nov. 27, 7:30-10 a.m., Vergennes Masonic Lodge, 54 School St. All you can eat breakfast including eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, blueberry pancakes, French toast, home fries, waffles, corned beef hash, sausage gravy and biscuits, juice, coffee and tea. Everyone is welcome. Proceeds support local community needs and organizations. $8 per person. Holiday open house at Alpaca farm in Brandon. Sunday, Nov. 27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Maple View Farm. Visit Maple View Farm and Vermont

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SILKSCREEN PRINTS WILL be on display Nov. 29-Dec. 6 at the Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College, by students in Hedya Klein’s ART318 class. Sponsored by the Program in Studio Art. Free.

Fiber Miller & Studio in Brandon. Learn about alpacas and their luxurious fiber, then tour the fiber mill. Info: www.mapleviewfarmalpacas.com. Cancer organization fundraiser in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 27, 1-4 p.m., Kenyon Arena, Middlebury College. The Middlebury College women’s ice hockey team wills sponsor a fundraiser during the Panther-Cardinal Classic Tournament to raise money for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. No admission, but suggested donation of $5 at the door for PCAN. Memory tree in Brandon. Sunday, Nov. 27, 3:30 p.m., Central Park. Start the holiday season off with this meaningful and enduring tradition of remembrance. Donations of $1 per name in memory of your loved ones light Brandon’s Memory Tree. Send a check made out to Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC), PO Box 267, Brandon VT 05733. Include your name and phone number and the name(s) of loved ones. Info: www.brandon.org. Peter Yarrow in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 27, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary will perform at Town Hall Theater. Tickets $45-60 plus tax go on sale Friday, Aug. 26. Info: 382-9222 or www.townhalltheater.org.

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“Introduction to digital storytelling” in Middlebury. Monday, Nov. 28, 4 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. In this two hour workshop you’ll be introduced to the idea of digital storytelling. The workshop leader is Bryan Alexander, author of “The New Digital Storytelling.” No technological skills required.

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MakerClub in Shoreham. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2:45 p.m., Platt Memorial Library. Do you like to plan and tinker? Is building with your hands one of your favorite things? At this special MakerClub you can construct a gingerbread house. Work with a friend or by yourself. Author talk in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. Author Mary Filmore will talk about the 13-year-long creation of “An Address in Amsterdam,” an historical novel about a young Jewish woman who joins the underground.

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I Spy Contest in Middlebury. Dec 1-31, downtown Middlebury. Try to find the hidden ornaments designed by artist Ashley Wolff in ten store windows in downtown Middlebury and be entered to win $100 in Middlebury Money. Rules and contest details will be displayed in the window of the Vermont Bookshop starting Dec. 1. Free. Be Your Favorite Christmas Character in Middlebury. Dec. 1-31, downtown Middlebury. Ever wonder what you’d look like as a snowman? Or a gingerbread girl? Your family can pose for pictures with an assortment of adorable character cutouts around town, including Santa, a nutcracker, gingerbread siblings and snowmen. Free. Senior meal in Bristol. Thursday, Dec. 1, noon, First Baptist Church of Bristol. The menu is spaghetti with meat sauce, salad bar, cottage cheese, garlic bread and chocolate bread pudding. Suggested donation $4. Call Nancy at 453-5276 to get on the list. Come early and talk with friends and meet new ones. Noonday concert in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 1, 12:15-12:45 p.m., St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Main St. Organ recital by Adam Schneider, organist of First Baptist Church in Burlington. Event is free. Bring a lunch and enjoy as you listen to the music. Radical new developments in HIV/AIDS prevention talk in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m., Robert A. Jones ’59 House, Middlebury College. In recognition of World AIDS Day, Assistant Professor of Psychology Robert W. Moeller discusses his research on HIV/AIDS among racial and sexual minorities in the U.S. Free. Info: www. middlebury.edu/arts or 802-443-3168. Creative Bloc paint and sip in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 1, 5-7 p.m., 51 Main. Join Creative Bloc for a fun-filled paint and sip. We will be painting a Christmas scene and all bottles of wine will be 51 percent off. Space is limited. $40. Call Rebecca Manley with questions: 802-758-2444 or 518-572-2666. Twist O’ Wool Spinning Guild meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m., 49 Wilson Road. There will be a general meeting and show and tell, followed by a Holiday Gift Swap. Info: 453-5960. Talk and slideshow in Lincoln. Thursday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m., Lincoln Library. In March of 2016, Alan Kamman of Lincoln started out on one of the most life-changing journeys of his life — walking the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. Join him as he looks back on his trek and how it influenced his life. Warren Miller’s “Here, There and Everywhere” in Middlebury. Thursday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. Town Hall Theater. The 67th annual Warren Miller ski film, “Here, There and Everywhere” celebrates everything related to snow sports. $18. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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Holiday bazaar in Lincoln. Friday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lincoln Library. The Lincoln Library will have a small select group of items that are “new with tags” or “new without tags.” Items were donated to the Library for resale. Come and shop for the holidays and save a bundle. Lots of earrings, purses, pins and more. Great for kids to shop for their moms or grandmas. There will also be a table of “like new” items for sale. “Candy cane Christmas” marketplace in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 2, 1-5 p.m., St. Ambrose Church. The “Candy Cane Christmas” Marketplace will feature crafts, baked goods, doll and linen shop, wonder jars, silent auction, attic treasures and fabulous raffles. Prizes include hand quilted heirloom quilt, theme baskets and a Fuji 24-speed bicycle.

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Gingerbread house reception in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 2, 4-6 p.m., Vermont Folklife Center. Opening reception for the 18th annual gingerbread house exhibit and competition. The exhibit will be open Monday through Saturday until Dec. 23. Registration forms available online at www.vermontfolklifecenter.org or in person and are due Nov. 23. “Middlebury Money” prizes will be awarded in each category. This year’s theme is “A Christmas Carol: Revisiting the English Tradition of Ghost Stories During the Holidays.” Chocolate walk in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 2, 4-10 p.m., downtown Bristol. Come to Bristol’s Chocolate Walk and experience a complimentary treat in downtown businesses. Grab a Chocolate Walk map and travel from store to store, sampling the decadent chocolate offerings, while browsing for gifts. Look for the “Chocolate Stop” signs at participating businesses. Memory tree lighting in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 2, 6 p.m., On the Green in Bristol. Come to the Memory Tree Lighting in Bristol, where the names of the honorees will be read. There will be music and refreshments. Purchase a bulb for $5. Deadline is Nov. 28. Info: 453-5885. Candy cane hunt in Bristol. Friday, Dec. 2, 6:30 p.m., On the Green in Bristol. Santa has hidden candy canes all around the park. Bring your flashlight and help us find them. You may even find a special candy cane with a prize winning ribbon.

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Breakfast with Santa in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. 3, 8-10:30 a.m., Vergennes Union High School cafeteria. The Commodore Friends of Music invite you to breakfast with Santa, and includes an elf band and chorus, crafts for the kids, and a visit with Santa! $5 kids; $7 adults. All proceeds benefit the VUHS music program. Annual holiday open house and bazaar in East Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.noon, Sarah Partridge Library, 431 East Main St. Free refreshments, book and plant sale, free crafts for kids, and gifts to buy. Christmas bazaar in Hancock and Granville. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Community Church of Hancock and Granville. The Community Church of Hancock and Granville will hold its Christmas bazaar. Holiday at the Bixby in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Bixby Memorial Library. Gift basket auction from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Santa reads at 10:30 a.m., Jon Gailmor performs at 11 a.m., refreshments served from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., and Commodore singers perform at 1 p.m. Christmas bazaar in Bristol. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., First Baptist Church. Christmas bazaar will feature silent auction items, homemade baked goods, pickles, fleece mittens, homemade chocolates, bibs, Girl Scout candy, attic treasures, Rada cutlery and many other items. Choose from delicious corn chowder or one of the other soups for lunch along with a sandwich.

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LEARN ABOUT ALPACAS and their luxurious fiber at the holiday open house at Maple View Farm in Brandon on Saturday, Nov. 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Info: www. mapleviewfarmalpacas.com.

“The Nutcracker’s Adventure” in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m., Town Hall Theater. “The Nutcracker’s Adventure,” featuring Tchaikovsky’s famous music, will be presented by Middlebury Community Players. Tickets $6. Info: www.townhalltheater.org. Christmas music night in New Haven. Friday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m., New Haven United Reformed Church, Route 7. Come and enjoy Christmas songs, readings and refreshments to celebrate the holiday season. All are welcome. For more information contact Liesbeth at 877-2486. Fall dance concert in Middlebury. Friday, Dec. 2, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College. Night of new dance works by student dance artists. Tickets $12 public; $10 college ID holders; $10 students. Info: www.middlebury.edu/arts or 802-4433168.

Craft fair in Leicester. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Leicester Central School. Craft fair to benefit the sixth grade end of year class trip. Spaces are available for $15. Contact Heather LaPorte at 377-2363 for information. Holiday craft fair in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Vergennes Union Elementary School. 16th annual winter holiday fair to benefit the after school fusion program takes place with over 60 vendors. Entry fee: bring a non-perishable donation of goods for the area food shelf or animal shelter. Gingerbread house judging in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., downtown Vergennes. Third annual gingerbread house judging. Enter your own gingerbread house by Nov. 28 or choose your favorites. Green Mountain Club hike in Ripton. Saturday, Dec. 3, Ripton. A moderate 5.2 mile hike or snowshoe that will take about 4 1/2 to 5 hours. Hike up the ridge on switchbacks for a gradual

descent to Skylight Pond and Skyline Lodge. Dog-friendly event. For information contact Mike Greenwood at 349-5653 or mike802vt@comcast.net. Info: www.gmcbreadloaf.org. Youth adventurers club in Ripton. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m., Ripton. Outdoor art and inspiration at Robert Frost Interpretive Trail. While the pace is geared toward younger adventurers (ages 4-8), everyone is welcome. For information contact Lauren Bierman at 349-7498 or laurenbiermanrn@gmail.com. Info: www.gmcbreadloaf.org. “Candy cane Christmas” marketplace in Bristol. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., St. Ambrose Church. The “Candy Cane Christmas” Marketplace will feature crafts, baked goods, doll and linen shop, wonder jars, silent auction, attic treasures and fabulous raffles. Prizes include hand quilted heirloom quilt, theme baskets and a Fuji 24-speed bicycle. Santa will visit also. Holiday market in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Mary Hogan Elementary School. Middlebury Farmers’ Market Holiday Market featuring baked goods, organic products, cheese and dairy products, crafts, fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, jam, jellies, preserves, maple syrup, meat and poultry products, wine, bread, plants, pickles, prepared foods, soap and body care products, eggs, yarn and cider. Hot cocoa hut in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Cannon Park. Take a break from shopping to make a cup of hot cocoa from the Hot Cocoa Hut. Just 25 cents for a cup with all the fixings! Santa’s arrival in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, 9:45 a.m., downtown Middlebury. Kick the holiday season off with a fun-filled morning in Middlebury. Welcome Santa as he arrives via fire truck, over the Cross Street Bridge and up Main Street, going around twice to give everyone time to see him. Then, enjoy a visit with the right jolly old elf himself at the Middlebury Community House from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Families can take an old-fashioned horse drawn wagon ride through Middlebury from 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Holiday bazaar in Lincoln. Saturday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Lincoln Library. The Lincoln Library will have a small select group of items that are “new with tags” or “new without tags.” These items were donated to the Library for resale. Come and shop for the holidays and save a bundle. Lots of earrings, purses, pins and more. Great for kids to shop for their moms or grandmas. There will also be a table of “like new” items for sale. Holiday open house in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sheldon Museum. Come to the Sheldon Museum’s annual holiday open house and enjoy the electric train layout, carols played on the Sheldon’s 1831 piano and a miniature Christmas tree raffle. Info: www.henrysheldonmuseum.org. Friends of the library sale in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. Friends of the library offer holiday shopping bargains. Be sure to visit the specially priced books room and the children’s book room. All profits will be used to support library programming. Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., Town Hall Theater. Town Hall Theater’s Education Program presents the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Donations accepted. Santa’s Village in Vergennes. Saturday, Dec. 3, noon-3 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. Come visit Santa’s Village at the Vergennes Opera House. Sit with Santa and get your picture taken. Decorate gingerbread men and do crafts with Northland Job Corps students. Listen to Mrs. Claus read stories and write your letter to Santa with the help of a Vergennes Police Officer who will safely deliver your letter to the Post Office. Gift wrapping station in Middlebury. Saturday, Dec. 3, noon-4 p.m., 51 Main. Anything purchased in Middlebury can be wrapped for free at 51 Main, just bring your receipt.

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ONGOINGEVENTS 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, 3888103. Family tennis court time in Middlebury. Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Middlebury Indoor Tennis. Family play drop-in offers families a chance to play together. Equipment is provided. Open to all levels of play. Info: Erin Morrison, emorrison@acafvt.org. CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS ACT (Addison Central Teens). Drop-in hours during the school years: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 3-6 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday, 3-7 p.m. 94 Main St. (Middlebury Town Office building), below rec. gym. Teen drop-in space for kids. Hang out with friends, play pool, watch movies, and eat great food. Baking: every Thursday from 3:30-5 p.m. Info: 388-3910 or www.addisonteens.com. Addison County Amateur Radio Association. Sunday, 8 p.m. On the air on club repeater 147.36/147.96 MHz, 100 Hz access tone. Nonmembers and visitors welcome. Addison County Emergency Planning Committee. Last Wednesday, 5 p.m. State Police Barracks. Public invited. Addison County Republican Party. Third Friday, 7 p.m., Ilsley Library, Middlebury. 897-2744. American Legion Auxiliary Post 27. Fourth Monday, 7 p.m. American Legion, Wilson Road, Middlebury. Addison County Council Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. Fourth Tuesday, noon-1:30 p.m. Addison County Courthouse in Middlebury. 388-9180. Brandon Lions Club. First and third Tuesday, 7 p.m., Brandon Senior Center. Brandon Senior Citizen Center. 1591 Forest Dale Road. 247-3121. Bristol Historical Society. Third Thursday, 7 p.m., Howden Hall, 19 West St., Bristol. Champlain Valley Fiddlers’ Club. Middlebury VFW, 530 Exchange Street. Third Sunday (except Easter), noon to 5 p.m. Donation $3. Refreshments available. Looking for fiddlers young and old. Open to public. Info: 3420079. The Hub Teen Center and Skatepark. 110 Airport Drive, Bristol. Open mike night, first Thursday of the month, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free for all ages; reserve a spot at thehub@gmavt.net. Info: 453-3678 or www.bristolskatepark.com. LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer). Youth support group meets Monday nights, 4-6 p.m., Turningpoint Center, Marble Works, Middlebury. Info: 3884249. Middlebury Garden Club. Second Tuesday. Location varies. Pat Morrow, 462-3741.

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Luther King, Jr., as well as the equally historic Selma-Montgomery march in 1965. He went on to produce and coordinate numerous events for the Peace/anti-Vietnam War movement, including festivals at Madison Square Garden and Shea Stadium. These efforts culminated in his coorganizing the 1969 Celebration of Life, the famous march on Washington, in which some half-million people participated. Tickets $45-$60 plus tax on sale at the THT box office. Patrons may also purchase online at townhalltheater.org or charge by phone by calling the box office at 382-9222. CAT VIDEO FESTIVAL The Internet Cat Video Festival, in collaboration with Homeward Bound, returns for a third time to Town Hall Theater, with new and (See Arts Beat, Page 11) Peter Yarrow at Town Hall Theater

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Vergennes (Continued from Page 1) Council members and residents alike also talked about improving the pedestrian “culture” in Vergennes so that more people walk and more drivers respect crosswalks. “It has to be a culture in Vergennes that we stop, and have more people on the streets,” resident Kathy Rossier said. Much of the focus of the discussion at the Nov. 15 meeting was on children and crosswalks. Rossier suggested taking a page out of Middlebury’s playbook and offering flags for pedestrians to carry at crosswalks; those are stored at buckets on both sides of the street at some Middlebury crossings. Mayor Bill Benton said that tactic might help, but added, “The research is not really supportive.” Resident Sarah Hale suggested more freestanding mid-road signs that remind motorists that state law requires them to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. “I just wish every one of our streets and our crosswalks had one of these in it,” Hale said. “It makes a difference.” Public works head Jim Larrow said those signs are expensive ($250 apiece, per City Manager Mel Hawley) and often get destroyed by trucks trying to make turns; he said the city lost two this past summer. “We’d just have to budget a lot more,” Larrow said. Hawley said the city’s larger roads already have roadside crosswalk signs, but not all drivers honor them. “The problem is just people who are trying to fly through Vergennes,” he said.

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Hawley added that another recent improvement made in Middlebury might be more effective, if also more expensive: pedestrian-triggered flashing lights at crosswalks. Resident Jen Johnson agreed with that concept. “Signage is a real important thing. The bigger, and the flashier, too, the better,” Johnson said.

Resident and planning commission member Stacy Raphael suggested the council embrace the Safe Routes to School template, which includes educating students and residents about safe walking and biking and encouraging more of each, working with police to discourage unsafe driving, and making changes to infrastructure — such as the ideas

discussed at the meeting — to improve safety. Raphael also pointed to a number of pedestrian and bike safety improvements recommended in the recently written “Vergennes Basin Master Plan,” including:

• Pedestrian signals on the intersections of Main Street with Monkton Road and Green Street, and traffic lights at its intersection with Macdonough Drive. • Striped bike lanes on Main (See Pedestrian, Page 25)

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one turkey, despite repairs. But both Stone and Haas say that ultimately it’s impossible to determine the cause of the outbreak. Stonewood has been following the accepted protocol in response to this kind of outbreak, said Haas, which is to get rid of diseased birds, clean out and then disinfect the barns, and then leave them empty for a number of weeks. Stone said that one barn had already been emptied and sanitized, and that fully sanitizing the remaining seven would likely take through January. He wants to keep the barns empty as long as possible to give sunlight and other bacteriakilling processes as long to work as possible. Stone said that he is also waiting for additional lab results from the University of Georgia to identify the exact strain of fowl cholera that got his flock. Stonewood has about 4,000 frozen turkeys on hand for sausage making, said Stone. But for the second time only in the farm’s 29-year-history of raising turkeys it will need to raise a new flock in winter in order to keep up on winter sausage orders. Normally, Stonewood only raises new birds in the spring. So raising a winter flock will require insulating one of the barns and keeping it heated and ventilated. Young turkeys require temperatures of 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, said Stone. Given that it suddenly found itself with 7,000 fewer Thanksgiving turkeys than anticipated, Stone said that the farm had to make some tough choices about which customers to supply. “I had to kind of pick and choose,” he said. “We saved enough turkeys so that all the people that normally come can still come to my farm. I have turkeys for those people. There’s a few going to the Middlebury co-op. Basically, I did stores that we’ve been doing business with ever since we started, like the Middlebury and the Brattleboro co-ops and things like that.” MNFC Marketing Manager Karen Mott said that with the Stonewood shortage the co-op is offering both Stonewood and Misty Knoll turkeys, whereas in past years it’s carried Stonewood turkeys only. Mott added that this year the coop is offering an organic turkey as well. Customers can special order a turkey through Wednesday morning, Mott said. Asked how he’s coping with losses of this magnitude, Stone admitted that he feels sad, especially given all the months of hard work that goes into raising a turkey to bring it to market. But right now he’s focused on fulfilling orders for Thanksgiving. “I haven’t thought a lot about it yet because I still have to get my turkeys that I have for sale out. I’ve got to get through Thanksgiving. After next week, I can sit down and I can see where I’m at.” Reporter Gaen Murphree is reached at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

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SPORTS

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MEMBERS OF THE Middlebury College men’s ice hockey team run a drill at The Chip last Thursday afternoon before the start of their season.

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Panther men’s hockey drops pair in Maine By ANDY KIRKALDY WATERVILLE, Maine – The Middlebury College men’s hockey team opened the 2016-2017 season with a pair of tight losses to NESCAC rivals Colby and Bowdoin in Maine. The Panthers will try to bounce back this weekend in Plattsburgh, which is hosting this year’s Great Northern Shootout. The Panthers will play Norwich at 4 p.m. on Friday, and Plattsburgh will face Concordia at 7 p.m. The Shootout consolation and final will be played on Saturday at 4 and 7 p.m., respectively. In the Panthers’ opener on Friday, host Colby scored 2:11 into overtime to win, 2-1. The Panthers scored a third-period goal to force overtime after Colby, which outshot Middlebury, 30-18, went ahead in the second period. The Mules had a pair of chances in the opening minute of the game, but Panther goalie Stephen Klein (28 saves) stopped Kienan Scott twice, the second save coming on a one-timer from the left circle. Middlebury’s best chance in the opening period came with about eight minutes left, when a Spencer Cage shot from the right side caught a piece of the post.

Colby scored 5:01 into the second period on a power play, when E.J. Rauseo jammed in a rebound from the left doorstep. The Panthers had a great chance with four minutes left in the period. Mitchell Allen won the puck along the right boards and drove to the net, but Mule goalie Andrew Tucci (17 saves) got a piece of Allen’s rising shot with his left shoulder. In the third, Middlebury took advantage when Tucci turned the puck over as he tried to play the puck behind the net. Allen centered to Trevor Turnbull for his first collegiate goal 3:58 into the period. In overtime, the Mules had several chances before Geoff Sullivan fired home a slap shot from the right circle at 2:11. On Saturday host Bowdoin (1-1) scored four third-period goals to erase a 3-1 Panther lead and prevail, 5-3. The Polar Bears’ go-ahead goal deflected in off a Panther, and they added a shorthanded empty-net strike in the final minute. The Panthers took the lead on a power play 5:17 into the game. Turnbull went top shelf after taking a Travis (See Hockey, Page 17)

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MEN’S ice hockey Head Coach Neil Sinclair runs a drill at practice last Thursday afternoon. Sinclair, a former Panther player and longtime Middlebury Union High School coach, is starting his second year as coach of the Panthers. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Women’s soccer team falls in NCAA Sectional By ANDY KIRKALDY WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – No. 6 Messiah defeated the Middlebury College women’s soccer team, 3-0, on Saturday in an NCAA Sectional semifinal played on the campus of Williams College. The Panthers, who had advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of an NCAA tournament for the fifth time in program history, finished at 15-5 after winning an NCAA Regional the weekend before at Stevens Institute. Messiah (202) was set on Sunday to play host No. 3 Williams (18-0-2), the defending NCAA champion, for a berth in the tournament’s final four. Messiah outshot the Panthers, 8-0, in the first half, but scored all its goals in a more statistically even second half, during which the Falcons’ margin in shots at goal was 5-3. Messiah had a golden chance to take the lead in the second minute when a Middlebury handball in the penalty area resulted in a penalty kick. But Falcon Marissa Weaver’s bid hit the crossbar squarely over the hand of Middlebury goalkeeper Ursula Alwang and bounced away. Alwang kept the game scoreless with two big saves in the 38th minute. She denied a left-footed shot by Brooke Firestone, but a rebound squirted toward a charging Lilly Shover. Alwang was again up for the task, laying out to her right to deny Shover. Those proved to be her only saves. The Falcons scored three times in the first 18:15 of the second half, starting in the third minute. On a corner kick struck by Messiah’s Olivia Snare, the official on the goal line ruled that Alwang touched the attempt while behind the line, giving the Falcons the lead. Messiah doubled its lead a little more than eight minutes later. D.J. Cole lofted a pass to the offensive third to Marissa Weaver. She touched the ball to her right foot and ripped a shot from just inside the penalty box past a diving Alwang. The Falcons made it 3-0 at 63:15, when Skylar Ulry crossed from the right to Kate Shults, who one-touched it just inside the near post. (See Soccer, Page 17)

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ScoreBOARD COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Soccer NCAA Division III Sectional at Williams 11/19 Messiah vs. Midd........................3-0 Women’s Hockey 11/18 Midd. vs. Trinity................. 2-1 (OT) 11/19 Midd. at Trinity................... 2-1 (OT) Men’s Hockey 11/18 Colby vs. Midd. ................. 2-1 (OT) 11/19 Bowdoin vs. Midd. .....................5-3 Women’s Basketball 11/19 Midd. vs. Wittenberg...............62-53 Men’s Basketball 11/18 Midd. vs. Salem. St. ..............82-55 11/19 Midd. vs. E. Conn. St..............83-74

Schedule COLLEGE SPORTS Women’s Hockey Panther/Cardinal Classic at Midd. 11/26 Utica at Midd.........................2 p.m. 11/27 TBD vs. Midd............................TBD Men’s Hockey Northern Shootout at Plattsburgh 11/25 Midd. vs. Norwich..................4 p.m. 11/26 Midd. vs. TBD...........................TBD Women’s Basketball 11/22 Johnson at Midd...............7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball 11/22 New Paltz at Midd............5:30 p.m. Late games were played after deadline. Spectators are advised to consult school websites for the latest schedule updates.

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(Continued from Page 16 the right post. Bowdoin evened the game midway through the period, also on a power play. Mitch Barrington converted from between the circles after taking a feed from Pat Geary. Bowdoin, which outshot the Panthers, 33-22, nearly took the lead late in the period, when Daniel McMullan intercepted a puck on the right boards and rocketed a shot off the far post. Matt Doherty put Middlebury back on top at 11:42 in the second period, beating Polar Bear goalie Nathan Colannino after skating in two on one following a takeaway at center ice. Danny Jacobs made it 3-1 on a solo effort six minutes into the final period. Jacobs picked the pocket of a Polar Bear near the blue line and converted a breakaway. But Middlebury couldn’t hold on. The Polar Bears made it 3-2 1:04 later, when Austin Ricci netted Cody Todesco’s cross-crease pass. Geary evened the game with just over five minutes to play. Chris Wallace fed Geary from the left side and he finished at the far post. Bowdoin took the lead 3:14 later when Todesco won a faceoff in the Middlebury zone to Ricci, whose deflected shot got past Panther goalie Brian Ketchabaw’s glove to make it 4-3. Wallace added the empty-netter. Colannino made 19 saves, while Ketchabaw stopped 28 of the 32 shots he faced.

(Continued from Page 16) Middlebury turning up the pressure in the final minutes. Adrianna Gildner recorded Middlebury’s first and only shot on goal in the 82nd minute, a right-footed blast that Messiah goalie Sara Yunez saved. Amy Martin and Alissa Huntington also launched shots for the Panthers. Seniors who saw action for the Panthers on Saturday were Gildner, Martin, Amanda Hotvedt, Amanda Haik, Katharine Hobbs, Ali Surdoval and Grace Woroch. Also on the roster were senior goalie Kate Reinmuth, a starter in many games in the past two years, and senior reserve Day Robins.

THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE men’s ice hockey team practices in Chip Kenyon Arena last Thursday afternoon. The team traveled to Colby and Bowdoin for games this past weekend. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

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Bridges (Continued from Page 1) of the most complex they have ever planned. It calls for replacing the two deteriorating, 1920s-era spans on Main Street and Merchants Row with a pre-cast concrete tunnel that will be 360 feet long. It will be made up of 100 pieces, each weighing around 25 tons, officials said. Work will enclose around a total of 3,500 feet of the rail line. “We are beyond the point of small fixes and rehabilitation projects,” said Wayne Symonds, manager of the structure program for VTrans. The project will lower the rail bed by four feet, bringing the vertical clearance for rail cars to 21 feet, up from what is currently around 18 feet. VTrans officials said the increased vertical clearance of the line will accommodate larger freight cars planned for Vermont’s western rail corridor, allow for drainage improvements, and result in realignment of the track to reduce the existing curve of the route through downtown. Officials said THE MAIN STREET and Merchants Row bridges over the downtown railroad will be removed during a 10-week period in 2019 when the two the current sectioned rail would be spans will be replaced with a concrete tunnel. replace by a continuous, welded vaImage courtesy of Vermont Agency of Transportation riety that would be safer and reduce future train noise. this corridor,” Symonds said. “In the concrete box design. “The (St. Ste- age outfall pipe at the falls. Other work will include making CLEARANCE HEIGHT Symonds and his colleagues also last 10 years, VTrans and the state of phen’s) Church, the (Bourdon) InWork in 2017 is expected to start major drainage improvements in and around the project area that will cul- discussed what has been — and Vermont has invested $100 million surance building, the Battell Block, in June and last until December. It minate in an outflow into the Otter continues to be — a fierce bone of to increase capacity, reduce restric- the National Bank of Middlebury — will involve conventional workCreek, near the falls. Work will also contention between state transporta- tions and try to get a 21-foot (tall) this is absolutely the least-risk struc- days of eight to 10 hours, Monday include undergrounding utilities in tion authorities and some local offi- rail car through the western corri- ture because this bottom slab is the through Friday, officials said. There cials and downtown property own- dor.” support for the bridge.” will be short-term lane closures with the Printer’s Alley area. He also called 21 feet “the height Mark Alexander of Kubricky some impact to traffic, parking and VTrans project managers ac- ers: The 21-foot minimum vertical Construction and Aaron Guyette of pedestrians. knowledged the work will periodi- clearance for the tunnels. A group for the next 100 years.” Symonds was asked to explain if VHB Engineers described some of Work in 2018 is expected to incally produce some loud racket, loss of property owners, through attorof parking and detours for both vehi- ney James Dumont, have challenged it would save significant money and the major construction to unfold into clude relocating utilities, initial excavation of the rail line, and incles and pedestrians during portions the veracity of that height mandate time to replace the two bridges with 2020. Some of the prep work is to begin stallation of support structures to of four years. Some parking spaces through an 18-page letter to Trans- 19 feet of vertical clearance instead will temporarily be lost along the portation Secretary Chris Cole. The of 21. His answer was “no,” due later this year, between Thanksgiv- fortify the rail line. Construction is ing and Christmas, expected to last from April/Mary to town green side of Merchants Row group contends the town has every in part to the requiright to replace the bridges at their site drainage system with tree cutting November/December, according to and adjacent to Triangle Park. along the project cor- Guyette. The space along Triangle Crucially, with the bridges down current height within three months and box-like concrete “In the last 10 for around $5 million. structure that he said ridor. This work is Park and along the park side of Merduring that 10-week years, VTrans At Thursday’s needs to be installed being timed to coin- chants Row will be temporarily lost. period, potential cus- “All you need meeting, attended by under the decks of the and the state cide with the hiberna- There will be short-term lane clotomers of almost a to do is have a more than 100 peo- two bridges to keep of Vermont tion period of rare bat sures. Workers are scheduled to be dozen businesses near ple, Symonds took is- out water and provide has invested species that live near on the job Monday through Friday, the intersection of hazmat spill of the bridge, officials 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with some exMerchants Row and gasoline or some sue with that position, extra support. which VTrans and “Even if we had a $100 million said. tended work hours. Main Street will have chemical … Federal Highway Ad- bridge structure that to increase Guyette said 2017 Construction workers will be told to park on the south and you’ve got ministration lawyers had 19-foot clearance, capacity, reduce would include con- to park outside of the downtown and side of Otter Creek are reviewing, along most of the structure restrictions struction of a tem- receive shuttle rides to the project and walk across the yourself a very porary access road site. Battell Bridge to get different world.” with other issues would be all the same; and try to get raised in the Dumont it would be just raised stretching from the Plans call for 100 pre-cast conto those businesses. — Bruce Hiland letter. a couple of feet,” he a 21-foot (tall) end of Water Street, crete tunnel pieces to be set and asThe bridge replaceHe said Vermont said. “It is valid to say rail car through along the Otter Creek, sembled in the rail bed within a onement component of to serve the Battell week period in 2018, according to 10 weeks is keeping in line with law requires VTrans, when present- we would save some the western Block parking lot Guyette. Each piece will weigh 25 VTrans’ “Accelerated Bridge Con- ed with a bridge in need of replace- on excavation, and when the Merchants tons, with delivery at one per truck. struction” program through which ment or significant renovation, to save some time in the corridor.” — Wayne Symonds, Row bridge is out of 2019’S BIG DIG workers will completely close a look at a 23-foot clearance thresh- ultimate schedule, but And 2019 is expected to bring the VTrans manager commission. Microroad to get a bridge completed more old. Middlebury successfully ap- 90 percent of the effort tunneling and drilling most disruptive period to downtown quickly, rather than the conventional pealed to the Legislature to reduce is still there, and it is for the new drainage Middlebury. The 10-week replacemethod of compromising speed in that threshold to 21 feet. Symonds not going to signifiorder to keep one road lane continu- argued that given the regional move cantly change the price or the dura- system will take place around the ment of the bridges will involve to 21-foot vertical clearance, the tion of the project.” former Lazarus Building foundation around-the-clock work, with Main ously open. Installing conventional bridges at the intersection of Main Street Street and Merchants Row put out Locally, the Sand Hill Bridge in growing demand for larger freight East Middlebury was replaced in cars, the recent investments made in rapidly would place nearby build- and Printer’s Alley, which will be of commission. Officials predict six weeks through the accelerated upgrading the western rail corridor, ings at greater risk of damage, ac- closed at several intervals during the two weeks of drilling and blasting. “The beginning will be worse, program. It’s one of 50 accelerated and Middlebury’s current status as a cording to Symonds. Not having four-year project. Workers will also and it will ease as we go,” Alexanbridge projects VTrans has complete “choke point” for freight commerce the bottom slab of the concrete box, begin relocation of utilities. Alexander said the temporary road der said. during the past five years, according along the rail line due to its 18-foot- he added, would force construction high bridges, it would be highly im- closer to the nearby buildings that to the Battell Block will be signaled While there will be parking losses to Symonds. and take around six weeks to build. and detours from Merchants Row “During the past five years, we probable that the Vermont Transpor- need extra protection. “This is the best structure to manA temporary service road will also and Main Street, officials said affecthave not missed a completion date tation Board would grant a clearance age the risk to the buildings adjacent be built in the Marble Works, along ed businesses will remain accessible on any of our accelerated bridge waiver below the 21-foot standard. (See Big dig, Page 19) “This is really the right thing for to the cut,” Symonds said of the a grassy slope leading to the drainprojects,” he said.

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Big dig (Continued from Page 18) to shoppers — by foot. Jill Barrett, public outreach coordinator for the project, said there will be campaigns to reinforce the fact that Middlebury will be open for business, and also present the construction as an educational opportunity. VTrans has drawn heat for picking June-August for the street closures. It is a prime revenue period for many local merchants, who count on summer and holiday sales to take them through the slower spring season. Guyette said that period was “carefully chosen” because it will provide more reliable weather patterns for construction. The work schedule in 2019 will involve a lot of 20-hour days, project managers said. Post-closure work will also take place toward the end of 2019, with the installation of curbs, sidewalks, bridge railing and grading. In 2020, residents will notice final construction of the railroad tracks, final paving and line striping, installation of crosswalks, and landscaping, VTrans officials said. Plans call for the project to be completely done by the summer of 2020, according to Guyette. Symonds said he was confident in what he called an “aggressive, credible” project schedule, though he acknowledged it could be delayed by another Tropical Storm Irene or lawsuit. He said VTrans will look for ways to shorten the 10-week closure period in 2019, and indicated Merchants Row could be reopened a little sooner. “We are not taking any more time than we think we need,” Symonds said. “We still have a lot more homework to do.” Symonds, at the prompting of a forum participant, acknowledged

the current schedule is in part contingent on a tricky agreement that would allow Vermont Railway to temporarily divert its freight traffic away from Middlebury during the height of construction. “VTrans is in negotiation with Vermont Railway and Genesee & Wyoming, which is the owner of New England Central Railroad (NECR), to come to an agreement to take the freight to another corridor for that 10-week closure,” Symonds said. It just so happens that NECR is Vermont Railway’s biggest competitor, which complicates the deal, officials said. “It sounds to me that an agreement between these competing railroads is not a done deal,” resident Marshall Eddy said. Symonds expects to see a draft agreement within a week and hopes a final pact will be forged by next summer. If that falls through, planners conceded they are going to have to make some major adjustments to the schedule. Residents at the public forum asked questions about construction noise, including blasting, drilling and trucks. Alexander said noisy conditions would be unavoidable, but added workers would try to time such work so that it does not coincide with major community events and nighttime hours. VTrans will seek to equip equipment with quitter backup alarm systems, he said. SOIL CONTAMINATION Some attendees also voiced concerns about potential contaminants in the soil that will be excavated from the rail line. Middlebury residents still vividly recall the near catastrophe in 2007 when a train hauling 14 fuel cars derailed in the downtown

area. Residents have raised concern about residual contamination from that derailment, along with other substances that might have leaked from rail cars traveling through town over the decades. Alexander said the state has conducted tests of the rail bed soil that have indicated contamination, “but non-hazardous. Northing out of the ordinary here.” VTrans officials said the soil would be properly contained and removed. That did not completely assuage residents’ concerns, however. The project was granted a “categorical exclusion” from a more rigorous process involving federal environmental, historic preservation and Endangered Species Act reviews. Guyette said water that passes through the project’s drainage system will be captured in catch basins for treatment before reaching the Otter Creek. Brad Ketterling of VHB added, “This project will be subject to a NEPA re-evaluation that will take into account project changes and changes to potential environmental impacts going forward. Any necessary permits that this project requires will be sought.” Bruce Hiland is manager of the Battell Block, the downtown’s anchor property for retail, office and residential uses. He reiterated his concerns about the potential impacts of the project. Hiland called the VTrans presentation a “very slick” sales pitch that was akin to “putting lipstick on the pig.” He said the presentation had not provided enough confidence in how VTrans would be able to address residents’ skepticism about greater vertical clearance for the bridges

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and concerns about water drainage into the Otter Creek and environmental permitting. “All you need to do is have a hazmat spill of gasoline or some chemical … and you’ve got yourself a very different world,” Hiland said. “You’ve got a bomb in the middle of Middlebury.” After enumerating potential project pitfalls, including potential lawsuits and missed deadlines, Hiland asked, “What’s your ‘Plan B?’” Symonds responded that at there is no “Plan B” at this point, and added, “There is no project without risks to the schedule. Here, there are some risks that are unquantifiable.”

Middlebury Fire Chief Dave Shaw said his department fully supports the project, seen in part as a way to improve the rail that Shaw said contributed to the 2007 derailment. Other Middlebury officials vowed to be vigilant about the work to come. “It’s one of the biggest challenges Middlebury has faced,” Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter said. “We want to make sure we do everything we can to maintain the vitality of our downtown.” Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Otter Valley Union High School is pleased to announce Sophia “Sophie” Bloomer as its Student of the Week. Sophie lives in Sudbury with her mom, Susan Bloomer. Her older sister, Olivia, is in her third year of college at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. During her time at Otter Valley, Sophie has been on the honor roll for both her high school and middle school careers. As a junior, Sophie was inducted into the National Honor Society and was nominated to be part of the 2015 Vermont State Leadership Conference. Sophie will be captain of the 2016 girls varsity basketball team. She is currently enrolled in a Community College of Vermont Introduction to Psychology class, as well as taking both pre-calculus and AP literature. She is also planning on taking AP calculus and another Community College of Vermont course in her second semester. Sophie was class secretary for her freshman, sophomore and junior years and has been part of student council for all four years of high school. Sophie participates in the following sports: JV field hockey (grade 9); varsity field hockey (grades 10-12); varsity basketball (grades 9-12). Sophie has spent many years babysitting for different families and is a Sophia Bloomer paid camp counselor at the Triple Threat Sports Camp in Rutland. This will O.V.U.H.S. be her fifth year working there. She has also been a member of the school’s community service group, Otter Paws, for three years. Otter Paws helps raise money and give back to those in the community, as well as give time volunteering at the Addison County Parent Child Center. Outside of school Sophie enjoys playing basketball, whether it’s just shooting around in the gym or playing in women’s league tournaments. During high school Sophie has learned the basics of math, how to write a five paragraph essay, and all about how our country was formed, but there’s so much more than that. After high school, Sophie plans to attend college to major in psychology with a focus of neuroscience and receive at least a master’s degree. Teacher Ms. Bly said, “Sophie’s warmth and compassion for other students is seen throughout the school — she’s enthusiastic in her greetings, kind in her conversations and lifts the spirits of those around her.” Teacher Ms. Cioffredi said, “As a student, Sophia is someone who shows curiosity and can be counted on to ask probing questions that ignite lively class discussion. Sophia is a motivated student who has a keen interest in medicine. After taking an advanced anatomy class, she extended her knowledge by doing a self-directed study in neuroscience.”

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Mount Abraham Union High School is pleased to announce Owein LaBarr as its Student of the Week. Owein lives in Bristol and Huntington with his parents Jen Peterson and Mark LaBarr. His sister, Mae Peterson, is in ninth grade at MAUHS. Owein has made honor roll for his entire high school career and he prides himself in being a strong academic student. In taking two AP courses centered around math and science, and another AP and advanced course in history classes during his last two years of high school, Owein has come to realize that you have to challenge yourself as a student in order to make the most out of your education as well as give you a chance to find your true passion in life. Owein was recognized for academic excellence at the end of each of his years at Mount Abraham, but he feels the real rewards are those brief moments in every day when he has learned to appreciate and get excited about learning, and not just something you are supposed to do. Owein has participated in the following activities and sports during his high school career: JV soccer (grade 9); varsity soccer (grades 10-12); varsity lacrosse (grades 9-12); Spring musical (grades 10-12); Fall play (grade 12); and Scholars Bowl. Owein Labarr Owein has worked many different jobs here and there but he has been M.A.U.H.S. consistently working a paid job at the Bristol Bakery year round for the past two years. He has been shifted around to many positions from waiting on customers to dishwashing. From his experience he has learned that if you want people to treat you with respect you must treat others with the same and even go out of your way to try and make others’ lives easier. Another job that had a profound impact on Owein’s life was a summer job between junior and senior year working at a tree nursery in Monkton. Along with being paid, it was also a learning experience as he was taught how to properly plant and grow trees as well as the biology behind it all. Owein hopes to pursue more interesting jobs like these to broaden his spectrum of the different and exciting jobs out there. Outside of school, Owein enjoys skiing; outdoor adventures such as camping, hiking and canoeing; and ultimate Frisbee. From his high school experience, Owein has learned that you get out what you put in. He has made an abundance of friends at Mount Abraham, and being involved in athletics and other school activities has made him come to appreciate the strong community there is at the school. After high school, Owein plans to attend college. Teacher Justin Bouvier is a big Owein LaBarr fan. “Owein is a once-in-a-career type of student,” Bouvier said. “He is kind, caring, engaged in his learning. He has an optimistic outlook on life. Eagle Nation will be sad to see him depart, but we are excited for his future.”

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New Midd dog park nears funding goal By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Organizers of a new Middlebury dog park are in the stretch drive to raise the final $3,000 it will take to pay for the fencing that will encircle the roughly two-acre property adjacent to the Porter Medical Center campus. Boosters would like to see construction begin on the park before the snow flies, though they will not begin work until they have the entire $15,000 fence budget in hand. Members of the Middlebury Dog Park Committee are contacting local individuals and businesses to help raise the rest of the money for the fence, which is by far the biggest expense of the project. As of last week, organizers had raised $11,857 toward that goal. And committee Chairman Drew Campbell explained that the fundraising can’t stop at $15,000, as there will be recurring operational expenses for the new amenity. “We want the dog park to be sustainable moving forward,” Campbell said. Ongoing expenses will include regular mowing of the area, located near the Middlebury Regional EMS headquarters and Charter House community garden, off Collins Drive. The park will include several “poop stations” from which users will pluck baggies to collect and properly dispose of their dogs’ waste. In an effort to minimize those costs, organizers have secured a generous commitment from Casella Waste Management to dispose of the dog park waste for

free. And Campbell added committee members are trying to acquire a mower to do that chore themselves, for free. Several companies have submitted bids to mow the park, with the highest estimate coming in at $1,875 per year, according to Campbell. Future donations and in-kind contributions will help adorn the park with benches, trees and other features to make the space more comfortable and attractive to human and canine users alike. Campbell reported around 20 area businesses have already made in-kind donations to the park. A fund-raiser at Two Brothers Tavern and a book sale at the Hannaford Supermarket have also provided a recent revenue surge. But not enough yet to officially put the dog park on the map. “The committee wants to begin building the park soon, possibly even installing the fence before winter, because we’re not only eager to open, we also know more people will be inspired to donate as they see the park being built,” Campbell said. Committee members have developed a series of sponsoring opportunities that they have comically dubbed, “Throw us a bone!” The sponsorship levels include “chief sponsor” for $15,000, “big dog sponsor” for $10,000, “small dog sponsor” for $5,000, “fence section sponsor” for $500, and of course a regular sponsor for any lesser amount. The larger gift categories carry the reward of a sign or plaque bearing the name of the PROFESSIONAL DOG GROOMING MING OVER 17 YEARS EXPERIENCE XPERIENCE

contributor, or that of a loved one or beloved pet of their choice. It was last year that a group of dog owners banded together to search for a specific spot for a park. They ultimately contacted the town, Porter Medical Center and Middlebury College — which owns the land. Ensuing talks produced a five-year lease ($1 annually) with the college, permission from Porter to use nearby parking, and satisfaction of all local and statewide permitting requirements. Late last week the college donated brush-hogging and cleared the site slated to be the dog park. Campbell said the group would set up temporary posts to mark the perimeter for the fence. Once open, the park will be governed by some basic rules. It will not cater to dogs that are aggressive or that have yet to be spayed/neutered. Animals will also need to be licensed and have their vaccinations up to date. All of the rules will be posted at the gate of the dog park, which will be open during daylight hours, seven days per week. Anyone wishing to contribute to the park can do so by making their check payable to the “Town of Middlebury,” while writing the words “Middlebury Dog Park” on the memo line. The check can be dropped off at the town offices at 77 Main St., or mailed to Town of Middlebury, 77 Main St., Middlebury, VT 05753. Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Ashe to lead Senate Dems; Ayre steps aside By ANNE GALLOWAY Dick Sears, D-Bennington. VTDigger.org Ashe said that as pro tem he would MONTPELIER — Tim Ashe will ask members of the Senate to think be the next president pro tem of the about why they ran for office in the Vermont Senate. first place. “We all wanted to change The 39-year-old Chittenden the world,” Ashe said. County Progressive Democrat “I will deem the next two years was unanimously a success if we’ve nominated to the top improved the lives post by his peers in a “I will deem the of people and we’re Democratic caucus last next two years a doing the things that Monday night. success if we’ve motivated us to be here Ashe ran unopposed in the first place,” Ashe improved the on Monday, but said. Addison County Sen. lives of people Ashe is a 1999 Claire Ayer earlier and we’re doing graduate of the made a bid for the top the things that University of Vermont. leadership position in motivated us to He worked for U.S. the Legislature’s upper be here in the Sen. Bernie Sanders chamber. Sen. Phil after college and Baruth, D-Chittenden, first place.” then became a union — Tim Ashe organizer for United also sought the post. Ashe was first Academics. He holds elected to the state Senate in 2008. a master’s degree from the Kennedy He has served as chair of the Senate School of Government at Harvard. Finance Committee, which reviews Ashe has served as a member of the tax policy, since 2013. Burlington City Council and has Ashe will replace retiring Sen. worked as a developer for Cathedral John Campbell, D-Windsor, who Square, an affordable housing served in the post for six years. complex in Burlington. Ashe, who is beloved by the old Ayer withdrew her bid for pro tem guard Democrats in the Senate, was on Sunday when she realized she nominated by Sen. Jane Kitchel, didn’t have the votes to win. D-Caledonia, and supported by Sen. Instead, she sought the nomination Dick Mazza, D-Grand Isle, and Sen. for the third seat on the Committee

on Committees, a three-person group that dictates who will lead Senate committees and what committees senators will serve on. The lieutenant governor and the pro tem are automatic members of the committee. The so-called “third member” is elected by the Senate. Mazza has served on the committee for 20 years and was easily re-elected in a 14-8 vote. Lt. Gov.-elect David Zuckerman, a senator from Chittenden County, and Ashe, who lives in Burlington, will be the other two members of the committee. In a speech to the caucus, Ayer said as a member of the Committee on Committees she would work to build the back bench and help the Senate run more efficiently. “I’m concerned that representation in the top office will be all the same gender and from the same county,” Ayer said. “I think we need diversity. This isn’t about Dick Mazza. There’s a reason Dick Mazza has not been challenged in 20 years. It’s because he’s done a good job, but in many ways that’s a reason for change. You’ve worked with me. I’m fair, hard working. We’re ready for a change. Vermont knows no glass ceiling. We voted for Hillary Clinton.”

While the Senate is 30 percent female, there will be no woman represented on the Committee on Committees. Baruth is stepping down as majority leader. The Democratic caucus will elect a new leader in January. The caucus spent more time arguing over when they would vote for the new majority leader than they did deliberating over who would serve as pro tem and third member. Ayer, during a telephone interview

with the Independent on Wednesday, said she’s eager to continue her current Senate assignments, which include leadership of the chamber’s Health & Welfare Committee. With more than a decade of service in the Senate, she ’s keen on continuing to play a major role in setting the legislative agenda at the Statehouse. “I’ve always been a go-to person, and I don’t expect that to change,” Ayer said. John Flowers contributed to this report.

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Nason joins Chief Kevin Gibbs and officers Randy Crowe, Josh Otey, Bob Worley and Jori Fairbanks on the Bristol force. “The town of Bristol and the Bristol Police Department are excited to have an officer with the experience Bruce Nason has joining us,” said Town Administrator Therese Kirby. “He brings not only experience, but a new perspective and ideas.” In other activity at the Nov. 7 selectboard meeting: • Road Foreman Pete Bouvier requested $160,847 out of the capital equipment fund for a new dump truck. He suggested a 2018 Freightliner equipped with snowplowing equipment and a warranty to replace the highway department’s 2009 GMC dump truck. The amount was approved. The highway department plans to sell the 2009 GMC truck in the spring and put the money back into the equipment fund, said Kirby. • The selectboard OK’d the

police department’s participation in the Equipment Incentive program of the Governor’s Highway Safety Program. The program subsidizes equipment costs. Eligibility is in part tied to participating in national and statewide Click It or Ticket campaigns. Sgt. Randy Crowe appeared on behalf of the BPD. Just before Monday’s meeting, the planning commission handed off its latest draft of the town zoning regulations. The zoning regulations are now in the hands of the selectboard. The planning commission held hearings in October and November and incorporated that public feedback into its current draft. The goal is for the zoning regs to be finalized in time to be on the 2017 Town Meeting Day ballot. The selectboard will hold its own hearing on the zoning regs Nov. 21, 7 p.m., in the town office. Reporter Gaen Murphree is reached at gaenm@ addisonindependent.com.

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Pedestrian (Continued from Page 13) Street and Macdonough Drive, and a sidewalk extension on Macdonough Drive. • A sidewalk, bike lane and traffic calming measures on the Otter Creek bridge. Johnson focused on that narrow bridge and the problem it poses for residents and their children who live, as she does, on the west side of Otter Creek. “We’ve got a whole neighborhood of kids in my neck of the woods,” Johnson said. City officials over the years have studied options for adding sidewalks to the bridge, but the price tag has stalled action. The bridge problem would be much easier to solve “if it were eight feet wider,” said Benton. He said that adding signs at either end asking drivers to slow down might help. Planner and Development Review Board chairman Jason Farrell spoke of the fear he had watching his children learning to navigate Main Street, and the problem of cars passing other cars stopped to make turns posing dangers to pedestrians. Police Chief George Merkel said in many cases those passes are illegal, and in response to another question said he would tell his officers to whenever possible patrol the intersections of Green with Main and School streets during the hours when students were going to and from school. Merkel agreed children were at the greatest risk, and said nighttime hours were also dangerous, citing a recent incident when he didn’t see a pedestrian in a crosswalk. “The greatest problem you have is visibility,” Merkel said. “When you have little kids, they have no vertical profile.” Alderman and Vergennes Partnership President Renny Perry said many of the pedestrian-safety items are included in the application for renewal of Vergennes Downtown Designation status that the partnership

is now preparing, but cautioned that adding pedestrian-triggered lights and tinkering with the timing of the downtown lights will not come cheaply. “Some of these things are very expensive,” Perry said, citing $100,000 for traffic signal changes as an example. Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Adam Lougee referred the council to a 2012 study his agency prepared that offers suggestions for city bike and pedestrian safety (http://54.172.27.91/transportation/bikeped/VERG_CultivatingCommunityBikePedReport_2012. pdf). Included in its many recommendations are suggestions for additional crosswalks and for pedestrian lights at existing crosswalks at key downtown intersections. Benton said the council would look at ideas from all quarters and determine which could be put in place sooner and which might be part of a longer-term effort.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS WEDNESDAY: Big Book Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM is held at the Middlebury United Methodist Church on N. Pleas‑ ant Street. Discussion Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS RIPTON MEETINGS: Mon‑ day, As Bill Sees It Meeting 7:15‑8:15 AM. Thursday, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Meet‑ ing 7:15‑8:15 AM. Both held at Ripton Firehouse, Dugway Rd.

MAKING RECOVERY EAS‑ IER (MRE). Wednesdays, 5:30‑7:00 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). This will be a facilitated group meeting for those struggling with the decision to attend 12‑Step Programs. It will be limited to explaining and dis‑ cussing our feelings about the 12‑Step Programs to create a better understanding of how they can help a person in recovery on his/her life’s jour‑ ney. A certificate will be issued at the end of all the sessions. Please bring a friend in recov‑ ery who is also contemplating 12‑Step Programs.

Public Meetings ADULT ALL‑ RECOVERY Group Meeting for anyone over 18 who is struggling with addiction disorders. Fridays, 3‑4 p.m. at the Turning Point Center (54 Creek Rd). A great place to meet with your peers who are in recovery. Bring a friend in recovery. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org. AL‑ANON FAMILY GROUP ‑ For families and friends of problem drinkers. Anony‑ mous, confidential and free. At the Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. 7:30‑8:30 PM Friday eve‑ nings.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRANDON MEETINGS: Monday, Discussion Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. All held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rte 7 South. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BRISTOL MEETINGS: Sun‑ day, Discussion Meeting 4:00‑5:00 PM. Wednesday, 12 Step Meeting 7:00‑8:00 PM. Friday, Big Book Meeting, 6:00‑7:00 PM. All held at the Howden Hall, 19 West Street.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS MONDAY: As Bill Sees It Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM. Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS SATURDAY: Discussion Meeting 9:00‑10:00 AM at the Middlebury United Methodist Church. Discussion Meet‑ ing 10:00‑11:00 AM. Begin‑ ners’ Meeting 6:30‑7:30 PM. These two meetings are held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

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Purchase a Helping Hands Food Box for the holidays at Hannaford Food and Pharmacy. Hannaford’s Helping Hands Food Boxes are $10 per box and will be distributed by RSVP & The United Way of Addison County to the following local food shelves: the HOPE Food Shelf in Middlebury, the Have a Heart Food Shelf in Bristol, the Whiting Community Cupboard, the Starksboro Food Shelf, the Vergennes Food Shelf and the CVOEO Food Shelf. Please help us make this program a success!

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS T H U R S D AY: B i g B o o k Meeting Noon‑1:00 PM at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury. Speaker Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at St. Stephen’s Church, Main St. (On the Green). ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MIDDLEBURY MEETINGS TUESDAYS: 12 Step Meet‑ ings; Noon‑1:00 PM. AND 7:30‑8:30 PM. Both held at The Turning Point Center, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NEW HAVEN MEETINGS: Monday, Big Book Meeting 7:30‑8:30 PM at the Congre‑ gational Church, New Haven Village Green. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NORTH FERRISBURGH MEETINGS: Sunday, Daily Reflections Meeting 6:00‑7:00 PM, at the United Methodist Church, Old Hollow Rd.

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ARE YOU BOTHERED BY SOMEONE’S DRINKING? Opening Our Hearts Al‑Anon Group meets each Wednes‑ day at 1:30 pm at Middlebury’s St. Stephen’s Church on Main St. (enter side door and follow signs). Anonymous and confi‑ dential, we share our experi‑ ence, strength and hope to solve our common problems. Babysitting available.

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been great supporters of the DAR John Strong Mansion Museum in Addison. The museum offers guided tours and period displays in a Revolutionary War patriot’s 18th-century Federal-style mansion. Christina is a UVM Extension Master Gardener who has been advising the trustees of the mansion on the care and upkeep of the yard and gardens there. Christina’s family wanted to do more than just advise. Her husband, Eric, has helped prune the trees and their daughter, Katrin, has spent hours raking leaves and clearing branches. Thank you to the Shaw family!

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

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OPIATE OVERDOSE RES‑ CUE KITS are distributed on Wednesdays from 9 am until 12 pm at the Turning Point Center of Addison County, 54 Creek Rd, Middlebury, VT. A short training is required. For info call 802‑388‑4249 or 802‑683‑5569 or visit www. turningpointaddisonvt.org.

PARTY RENTALS; CHI‑ NA, flatware, glassware, linens. Delivery available. 802‑388‑4831.

HELP WANTED ‑ EXPE‑ RIENCED COMMERCIAL lawn mowing, landscaping, fall clean up and snow removal. Valid driver’s license required. Call 802‑388‑4529.

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

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

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C&I DRYWALL. Hanging, tap‑ ing, skim coat plastering. Also tile. Call Joe 802‑234‑5545 or Justin 802‑234‑2190.

SIDE DOOR SALE, Saturday, Nov. 26, 9am‑3pm. 300 Main Street, Vergennes. Antiques, salvage, upcycled and home goods. Great ideas for holi‑ day gifts.

CONSTRUCTION: ADDI‑ TIONS, RENOVATIONS, new construction, drywall, carpentry, painting, flooring, roofing, pressure washing, driveway sealing. All aspects of construction, also property maintenance. Steven Fifield 802‑989‑0009.

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

NEED CARPENTER TO rehang 2 doors in my New Haven home. 802‑453‑4597. WEEKEND COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER This position involves providing home based and community based supports for an adult female living in Middlebury. We’re seeking candidates with strong communication skills, and prior experience and/ or compassionate curiosity regarding ways to support people coping with life impact‑ ing mental health conditions. We offer a supportive team approach and a rich learn‑ ing environment. 16hr./ wk. position with opportunities for full time employment. Must have valid driver’s license, satisfactory driving record, own vehicle, and live within 30 minutes from Middlebury. To apply submit resume to apply@csac‑vt.org

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Paraprofessional Shoreham Elementary School is looking for a paraprofessional to work 1:1 with an elementary school student. Responsibilities include personal care. Apply by sending a letter of interest, resume, three current reference letters and complete transcripts to:

Dr. Peter Burrows, Superintendent of Schools Addison Central Supervisory Union 49 Charles Avenue Middlebury, VT 05753 Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled. • E.O.E.

Join Our Team! Paris Farmers Union on Route 7 South in Middlebury is looking to fill a warehouse/ delivery driver position. The successful candidate will be an honest, motivated, hard working team player with a clean driving record. You must enjoy working in a fast paced retail environment and possess a genuine, strong desire to provide outstanding service to our customers. Knowledge and/or experience with animals, farming, gardening, yard care, landscaping, plumbing, electrical, hardware, etc. or any combination thereof would be a plus. We are a solid, stable organization that’s been around for 97 years. We offer an excellent benefits package and a competitive wage structure. Applications available at the store or send or drop off your resume with references to:

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We are looking for individuals to provide overnight staffing each night of the week for the winter season Oct 15, 2016 to Apr 15, 2017. Shifts are from 8:15pm to 8:15am. The shelter will house up to 24 guests each night including 3 – 4 families. Responsibilities include overseeing the safety and security of guests, breakfast preparation/cleanup, laundering of linens, general housekeeping, and management tasks. Staff are expected to be awake through the night. Training will be provided. Demonstration of excellent communication skills is required. Prior experience in supporting individuals under stress and those with mental illness or substance abuse challenges is desirable. Some training in health and safety protocols is a plus. $11/hour part-time. Email resume to: jdsinclair@ripton-coop.net with the subject line “chc shelter staff.”

LAB TECHNICIAN Middlebury, VT

This position will perform laboratory tests on finished products, plant samples and ingredients in a timely and accurate manner to assure that Agri-Mark quality standards are met. Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Science/ Math or related field. 3-5 years of prior lab experience. The ability to mentor other Lab Techs. Ability to maintain complete and accurate records are required. Must have mature judgment abilities. The ability to complete multiple projects within deadlines while performing assigned lab duties is required. In addition, an advanced computer skill including Windows, Excel and Word is essential. Work flexibility is a must. Agri-Mark offers a competitive starting wage and an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), and many more. Apply in person, by email to ajacobs@agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:

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Town of Middlebury Auto Mechanic Public Works Maintainer

This is semi-skilled work of moderate complexity in vehicle and equipment repair and maintenance. Work involves light maintenance in an equipment repair facility that provides a full-range of repair services to a fleet of gasoline and diesel-powered automotive and construction equipment. Work also involves a wide variety of manual, automotive and equipment operation tasks associated with public works infrastructure repair, upkeep and maintenance. Work is performed under direct supervision. Position requires a minimum of a Class B CDL license. As this position is shared by the Highway and Equipment Departments, flexibility is required in order to respond to the needs of each department as directed by the Public Works Director of Operations. Complete job description and application may be obtained on-line at www.townofmiddlebury.org, at the Municipal Building, 77 Main Street, or by calling 388-8100, Ext 202. Submit applications by December 2, 2016 to Beth Dow in the Town Manager’s Office, 77 Main Street, Middlebury, VT 05753.

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NOW HIRING VERGENNES Advance Auto Parts Sales‑ persons and Drivers. Visit AdvanceAutoParts.jobsor talk to a Team Member to learn more. How To Apply: 1. Visit www.AdvanceAutoParts.job, 2. Click on Apply Now Ad‑ vance Auto Parts is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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20 SURVEYED ACRES WITH 2 approved septic sites. Wooded, private, ac‑ cessible. Orchard Drive, Bridport. Potential to subdi‑ vide, $95,000. Will finance. Contact Frank or Adam Broughton at 802‑758‑2477 or 802‑758‑2357.

4 STUDDED WINTER TIRES mounted on Subaru rims. 205‑70‑15’s. $150. 802‑453‑7850.

2006 CAN AM OUTLANDER 800 ‑ 330 hours, 2,700 miles, $2,000. Call: 802‑327‑3731.

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55 GALLON SAND AND SALT barrels, plastic, with pressure treated legs. $75. each. Also 55 gallon pickle barrels with spin‑off covers. Make great sand and salt barrels, $25. each. Delivery available. 802‑453‑4235. ANTIQUE DOUBLE BARREL ACME Arms Co. 12 gauge. Beautiful vintage firearm. $185. 802‑989‑5803. MODEL 721 REMINGTON 30‑O6 with Burris 3‑9 scope. $500. 802‑352‑4488. ORIGINAL 1920’S ARTS and crafts rug. 11’x18’, pad included. Asking $500. 802‑897‑7861.

For Rent 1,800 SQ. FT. WAREHOUSE as is or renovate to suit. Creek Road, Middlebury. 802‑558‑6092. 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT, Cornwall, 8 miles from the college. $925/month. Heat, snow removal and lawn care included. Garden space avail‑ able. First, last, security and references required. Call 802‑462‑3624. 2 BR, 2BA CONDO, Mid‑ dlebury. Newly renovated. Oversized with lots of stor‑ age. Private second floor, end unit. Nice deck, sunny location, view of the woods (Twin Circles), walking dis‑ tance to everything. $1,375/ mo. heat, snow and trash removal, lawn care included. Credit check, security, ref‑ erences required. Available December 1. 802‑352‑4266.

We’re thrilled you’re interested in working for the finest whiskey company in the world. Please visit www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/ work-with-us/ for a list of current openings and how to apply. All applicants may submit a resumé with 3 professional references to info@whistlepigrye.com. No phone calls please.

281 MAIN STREET, VER‑ GENNES Available now, medium size 2 bedroom apartment. $900 per month. Laundry hookups, large en‑ closed porch & full bath. Heat and hot water included. Call 802‑862‑7467. ADDISON COUNTY COM‑ MUNITY TRUST currently has lots available in our parks in Starksboro, Monkton and Bris‑ tol. Lot rents range from $239 ‑ $310. You can find an appli‑ cation at: http://www.addison‑ trust.org/mobile‑home‑park‑ application‑process.html. For more information, or if you have questions, feel free to contact Mary at mary@ addisontrust.org or at 802‑877‑2626 ext. 100.

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BRANDON CHARMING LARGE 1 BEDROOM apart‑ ment. $840, heat included. 802‑352‑4700 or visit zillow. com.

EAST MIDDLEBURY HOUSE, 2 bedrooms. No smoking. No pets. $1100 monthly rent. References, first, last and security. Responsible for utilities, lawn, snow, trash. Available from 11/14/16 to 5/31/17. 802‑989‑3458.

BRISTOL APARTMENT, 1 LARGE BEDROOM, with bo‑ nus room and 1 bath. Efficient gas heat. Excellent condition. Wi‑Fi, water & sewer included. No pets. No smoking. $735 month. Contact Tom at Wal‑ lace Realty 802‑453‑4670 or Tom@WallaceRE.com. BRISTOL RENTALS, WOOD‑ LAND APARTMENTS. In‑ cluded: heat, water, trash pick‑ up, parking, snow removal, mowing, range, refrigerator, dishwasher. We fix things. Effi‑ ciency $560. 1 Bedroom $755. Located on Woodland Drive. Coin washer & dryer in each building. Pets negotiable. No smoking. susan_bowen@ comcast.net, 802‑662‑3136.

BRISTOL; 3 BEDROOM APARTMENT Heat, hot water, stove and refrigerator, snow‑ plowing, lawn care, included. Basement. Garage. No pets. $1,175/mo. 802‑453‑2566. DRY, WINTER/SUMMER STORAGE SPACE in Addi‑ son. Available storage space in my barn for summer/winter storage. The barn is structur‑ ally sound and weather‑tight with electricity. No heat or running water. The barn is also available for lease. The entrance door measurements are 8’ wide by 7’ high. For more info: 802‑363‑3403 or rochon_m@yahoo.com.

LEICESTER ‑ COZY 3 BED‑ ROOM, 2 bath house on Route 7. No pets. No utilities. 1st, last and security. 1 year lease. $1250 per month. Includes 2 car garage. 802‑247‑3708, leave message. MIDDLEBURY 2 BEDROOM HOUSE, large enclosed porch. No smoking, no pets. First, last and security de‑ posit. $1100. Snow plowing and trash removal included. 802‑388‑7743. MONKTON: SHARE A HOME with a professional in her 60s interested in environmental issues, reading & cooking. $400/month plus utils/inter‑ net/cable, and lend a hand with yardwork. Private half bath. (802) 863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refs, background checks req. EHO

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ORWELL HOUSE FOR RENT. Large 3+ bedroom, 2 bath home for rent. Kitchen with Wolf and KitchenAid ap‑ pliances, wood floors through‑ out, oil /pellet heat. Out build‑ ings, with covered/inside park‑ ing. Available December 1st. $1800 month plus deposit. Call 802‑989‑0812. PANTON: SEEKING FE‑ MALE HOUSEMATE Panton: Seeking female housemate for a woman in her 80s, ac‑ tive in the community and her church. Reduced rent in exchange for snow shoveling, gardening, occas. errands, nighttime presence. Furnished bdrm. Shared bath/kitchen. No pets/smoking. 863‑5625 or HomeShareVermont.org for application. Interview, refs, background checks req. EHO

THE ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY TRUST is now leasing two and three bedroom duplex units at the newly constructed McKnight Lane near downtown Ver‑ gennes, VT. Rents are $775 and $850 per month, respec‑ tively, utilities included; A/C & W/D in unit. Applications can be found on our web site at www.addisontrust.org, or made available by calling 802‑877‑3749. Income restric‑ tions apply. Accessible units available. TDD 711. Equal Housing Opportunity. NEW HAVEN: BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, sunny apartment. Garden space. No pets, no smoking. References, security deposit, lease. $875/month plus utilities. 802‑236‑2040. OFFICE SPACE IN MIDDLE‑ BURY. Court Street/Creek Road, 2nd floor. Utilities included. 280 square feet. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054. OFFICE SPACE IN MIDDLE‑ BURY. Court Street/Creek Road, 2nd floor. Utilities included. 400 square feet. Contact Eric at 802‑388‑6054.

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VALLEY VIEW APART‑ MENTS is currently accept‑ ing applications for 1 and 2 BR apartments in Vergennes. All income/assets must be verified to determine monthly rent, but tenants only pay 30% of their income toward rent. Elderly or disabled only. W/D onsite. Call 802‑247‑0165 or visit our website: www.summitpmg.com. Equal Housing Opportunity.

Available November 1st. Willow Apartments in Vergennes.

Cozy 2 Bedroom, Off street parking, propane heat. Must be 55 or older. $825 plus utilities. Call Summit Property @ 247-0165.

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It’s against the law to discriminate when advertising housing Particularly on sites like Craigslist. And it’s easier to break the law than you might think. You can’t say “no children” or “adults only.” There is lots you can’t say. The federal government is watching for such discrimination. Let us help you sift through the complexities of the Fair Housing Law. Stay legal. Stay on the right side of the nation’s Fair Housing Law. Call the Addison Independent at (802) 388-4944. Talk to our sales professionals.

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VERGENNES 2 BED‑ ROOM HOME with den and off‑street parking on quiet, one‑way street across from elementary school, city pool, tennis and basketball courts. Easy walk to high school. $1,350/month. Heat and water included. Credit and background check, security deposit and lease required. Available January 1st. 802‑989‑0959.

READY‑2‑BURN: SEA‑ SONED www.1‑855‑MID‑ DMEN.com ‑ Perfectly sea‑ soned split 16” firewood. Free delivery.

Real Estate BUILDING LOT, DAISY LANE, East Middlebury. Town water, underground telephone, cable and electric service. Good perking soil. Regular septic. Site approved for 4 bedroom home. Jack Brown, 802‑388‑2502 or 802‑388‑7350. Email: brownnov@together.net. FARM FOR SALE in Monk‑ ton, VT ‑ 108 acres ‑ in‑ cludes 94 acres cropland, house, greenhouse, barns. Lease to purchase arrange‑ ment. Land protected by conservation easement and option to purchase at ag value. Vermont Land Trust seeks buyers who will farm commercially. $415,000. Call (802) 533‑7705 or jramsay@vlt. org /norris

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LARGE ROUND, FIRST CUT, net wrapped bales, $50 each. Trucking avail‑ able. 518‑569‑0957.

CLICK, CALL & SAVE www.1‑844‑KILNDRIED. com ‑ Ready‑2‑burn kiln dried split 16” firewood. Free delivery. FIREWOOD, MIXED HARDWOOD. Green and seasoned. Cut, split, deliv‑ ered. Call 802‑282‑9110. M O U N TA I N R O A D FIREWOOD. Wood for sale‑cut, split and deliv‑ ered. Green, ash, beech, hickory, maple. Also avail‑ able: partially dry wood, cut and split 5 months. Call 802‑759‑2095.

PREMIUM EQUINE SHAV‑ INGS AND DAIRY blend bedding. Made in Vermont from pure softwood logs and kiln dried. Available in bulk or bags. For pric‑ ing and delivery options or to request a sample (wholesale inquiries wel‑ come), call Richford Wood Products at 802‑848‑7000, e‑mail sales@richfordwp. com or text 802‑582‑5555. WHITNEY’S CUSTOM FARM WORK. Pond agi‑ tating, liquid manure haul‑ ing, drag line aerating. Call for price. 462‑2755, John Whitney.

Trucks TOYOTA TACOMA PICK‑ UP 2008 ‑ manual 6‑speed, 6‑cylinder 4X4, 118K mi., access cab, 16” winter tires mounted. One owner, ex‑ cellent maintenance. Call for many extras. $13,400, negotiable. 802‑453‑3883.

Wanted AVID VINYL ALBUM COLLECTOR hoping to purchase your old LP re‑ cord collection. Willing to travel for larger collections, 100+ LPs, and available for whenever is convenient for you. Let’s talk. Looking for LPs from the 1960’s to current day. 401‑374‑8377 or burlingtonrecordsvt@ gmail.com. SNOW TIRES, PREF‑ E R A B LY w i t h s t u d s and 15” Camry wheels. Size 225‑65‑R15. In good shape. Have cash. 802‑453‑4235. TRUSTED 3RD GEN. VT Antique dealer specializing in jewelry, watches, silver, art, military, antique col‑ lectibles, etc. Visit www. bittnerantiques.com or call Brian at 802‑272‑7527. Consulting/appraisal ser‑ vices available. House calls made free of charge.

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Canada Geese - Migrant or Resident? A large V of Canada geese flying noisily over my head — and traveling north, rather than south — got me wondering about the ins and outs of fall migration. Shouldn’t these big birds be flying to warmer climes this time of year? Why do they travel in that V-formation, anyway? It turns out the answers aren’t simple. Canada geese (Branta canadensis) live throughout the continental U.S. and across their namesake country. These loud honkers are easily identified by their size — up to 20 pounds, with a wingspan up to five feet — and their characteristic white chinstrap markings across black heads and necks. There are myriad subspecies of Canada geese (not “Canadian,” please), but wildlife biologists tend to identify them by where they go, or … where they stay. Two populations fly over northern New England annually, heading north in the spring and south in the fall, but there is also a large resident population. The latter is considered by many people to be as aggravating as party guests who eat and drink more than their fair share, make a huge mess, and just won’t leave, no matter how many hints are dropped. These resident geese are descended from captive populations. Until the 1930s, waterfowl hunters often kept tame flocks of geese and ducks to act as live decoys. When that practice was outlawed in 1935, some of these geese, which had no natural inclination to migrate, ended up living as wild birds. “These geese were raised in private captive farms, so they don’t have the urge to migrate,” said Jessica Carloni, the waterfowl project leader for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.

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“That is how the resident population was created, and it’s believed to be made up of a mix of subspecies.” Resident geese do move around, following food sources and transitioning seasonally to different bodies of water. But they don’t move far. The birds I see returning each spring to a local pond in northern New Hampshire, for example, likely only move as far south as is absolutely necessary, probably to southern New Hampshire or into Massachusetts. Still, those places are south of here. So why do I see geese flying the “wrong” way? “They’re probably just going back and forth to food sources,” said Pam Hunt, avian conservation biologist for New Hampshire Audubon. “Often they’re following rivers, and rivers tend to run north-to-south. That’s where the food is. This time of year, a lot of the food they eat is going to be in wetlands, or in big fields where farmers have recently cut the cow corn.” Canada geese are large and generally have plenty of fat reserves to survive harsh winters. Resident birds, without that inherent instinct to migrate, have little reason to vacate come winter. As Hunt puts it, “It’s not about temperature. It’s about food.” In our human-altered landscapes of agricultural fields and golf courses, there tend to be more opportunities for cold weather snacking than there would naturally be, and long-distance flying is expensive in terms of both energy expended and risk of predation. As to the migrating geese, there are two populations you’re likely to see flying south this time of year: the Atlantic population (mainly B.c. interior) and

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the North Atlantic population (mainly B.c. canadensis). The former nests in northeastern Canada on the Ungava Bay and follows the Connecticut River some 1,600 miles to wintering grounds in the Chesapeake Bay. The latter breeds in Labrador and Newfoundland, then flies along the coast to New Hampshire’s Great Bay, or perhaps as far south as New Jersey. Generally those large groups of geese honking and flying — in whichever direction — this time of year are family units, or collections of several families. And they almost always fly in a V-formation. If you’ve ever watched a cycling race and seen the peloton of competitors drafting and taking turns at the lead, you’ll understand the reason behind the characteristic flight shape: it’s all about saving energy. “Each bird flies slightly higher than the bird in front, which creates an updraft that provides lift to the bird behind it,” said Carloni. “Another advantage is that it enables visual communication among the flock. Canada geese have a blind spot at the back of their heads, so if the angle is right, they can see every bird in the flock, even the ones behind.” It’s like a rearview mirror. The geese can see where they’ve been as well as where they’re going, whether it’s far away or just down the river to the next pond — or golf course. Meghan McCarthy McPhaul is an author and freelance writer. She lives in Franconia, N.H. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is assigned and edited by Northern Woodlands magazine: northernwoodlands.org, and sponsored by the Wellborn Ecology Fund of New Hampshire Charitable Foundation: wellborn@nhcf.org.

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Public Notices Index Addison Northwest School District – Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham (2) Ferrisburgh (1) Middlebury (1) New Haven (1) Ripton (1) Tri Town Water District No. 1 (1) Weybridge (1) TRI-TOWN WATER DISTRICT NO. 1

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CHEF CHRISTIAN KRUSE, executive chef of the Basin Harbor Club in Ferrisburgh, was named recently the Culinary Cup winner at the 2nd annual Culinary Classic — a fundraiser for the Cancer Patient Support Foundation at UVM’s Davis Center. The Culinary Classic featured six of the area’s top chefs and drew more than 350 people. Kruse’s winning dish was Vermont Creamery Chevre and beet root salad with goat cheese panna cotta, and pickled and roasted beets.

WEYBRIDGE PLANNING COMMISSION TOWN PLAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Town of Weybridge Planning Commission will hold a hearing on amendments and updates to its Town Plan, Zoning Regulations AND Subdivision Regulations, as required under Chapter 117 S4384 and S4444, 4441 and 4444(b). The hearing will be held at the Weybridge Town Offices, Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. The Town Offices are an accessible facility. Statement of Purpose: The Weybridge Town Plan is a comprehensive document prepared in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 117 of the Vermont Municipal Regional Planning and Development Act. The proposed Town Plan represents an update from the duly adopted plan in 2011. The Town Plan provides a guide for the future of Weybridge’s natural and human environment. It also provides a record of the town; its current conditions, facilities, and programs; its natural and cultural resources; and its demographic make-up. The Town Plan provides the basis for the implementation and administration of the zoning bylaws and other regulations. It also constitutes a statement of the Town’s vision for the purpose of Act 250 hearings. All areas within the Town of Weybridge are affected by these changes, but none of the changes alter the designation of any land area. Changes to the Town Plan are relatively minor, except for its Energy and River and Streams sections. In the course of updating its Town Plan and applying the Zoning Regulations revised and adopted in 2014, and its Subdivision Regulations adopted in 2006, the Planning Commission found some minor areas needing updating so, as part of the public hearing, the Planning Commission is also proposing minor changes to Zoning Regulations and its Subdivision Regulations. Topic areas for discussion include: Proposed Table of Contents (following introduction): Section 11. Rivers and Streams 1. Roots and Traditions 12. Wetlands 2. Land Resources 13. Groundwater 3. Land Use Planning 14. Air Quality 4. Jobs 15. Recreation 5. Housing 16. Energy 6. School 17. Communications 7. Transportation 18. Regional Relationships 8. Public Facilities 19. Implementation Program 9. Paying for Government 10. Biological Diversity Copies of the proposed Town Plan, Zoning Regulations and Subdivision Regulations with all proposed changes in “tracked changes” format can be viewed at the Town Clerk’s Office, Werybridge, Vermont during regular hours. For further information please call Jeff Olson at 802382-1618. Weybridge Planning Commission BY: Jeff Olson, Chair 11/14

P.O. BOX 85 BRIDPORT, VERMONT 05734-0085 802-758-2202 tritownwater@gmavt.net The Legal Voters of Tri-Town Water District No. 1, a municipal corporation, are hereby warned and noticed to meet at the business office of Tri-Town Water District No. 1 at 14 Crown Point Road in Bridport, VT on December 6, 2016 at 7:00 PM to transact the following business: Article 1. To elect the offices for the ensuing year a. Moderator b. Clerk c. Treasurer Article 2. To hear and act upon reports of the District. Article 3. To see if the District will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to borrow money to pay debts and expenses in anticipation of revenue receipts, if necessary, for the ensuing year, said money to be paid to its Treasurer. Article 4. To approve projected budget for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Article 5. To transact any other business thought proper to be done at this time. Tri-Town Water District No. 1 Mark Pumilgia, Clerk-Treasurer 11/14

TOWN OF RIPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

(The hearing on this matter previously set for December 6, 2016, is hereby CANCELED and is rescheduled as set forth below.) The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing in the Town Office on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 7:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing of application (#16-15) from Thomas Halnon and Robin Halnon For approval of the construction of a minor subdivision of lands off North Branch Road Tax Map ID# 05-01-016). The application is available for inspection at the Town Office. Interested parties who wish to appeal or to be heard at the hearing may do so in person, or may be represented by an agent or an attorney. Communications relating to the application may be filed in writing with the Commission either before or during the hearing. N.B.: Participation in the hearing is necessary to establish status as an ‘interested person’ and the right to appeal decisions rendered in that hearing, according to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. 117 §§4465(b) and 4471(a). Participation consists of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern directly related to the subject of the hearing. Respectfully submitted, Warren B. King, Chair 11/21

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

For Engineer/Architect to Develop Plans for Parking Lot The Ferrisburgh Central School Board of Directors is accepting bids to evaluate and develop plans to improve safety and traffic flow through their parking area and driveway. Firms or qualified individuals interested in this work must submit a bid on the available Bid Form by contacting Tonia Mears, ANWSU Business Manager at 802-877-3332 ext 18 or email at tmears@anwsu.org. Ferrisburgh Central School 56 Little Chicago Road Ferrisburgh, VT 05456 11/17

TOWN OF NEW HAVEN 78 NORTH STREET NEW HAVEN, VT 05472 (802) 453 – 3516

The Town of New Haven is seeking bids for a professional appraiser to assist 3 elected listers for a 1 year term, January – December 2017. This will entail working a minimum of 2 days a month and a maximum of 4 days per month to set and monitor all aspects of the grand list. Must be able to work in NEMRC and able to educate elected listers in NEMRC. For more information please contact Pam Kingman at the number listed above or email at newhavenclerk@gmavt.net Bids are due on December 6, 2016 by 4:30 pm. 11/21

TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY SELECTBOARD

Notice of Adoption of an Ordinance to Regulate Commercial Activity on Public Property On Tuesday, November 15, 2016, the Middlebury Selectboard adopted an Ordinance to Regulate Commercial Activity on Public Property. The purpose of the proposed Ordinance is to regulate commercial activity on publicly-owned property to protect the public safety and welfare. Under this ordinance, commercial activity includes, but is not limited to, street vending, peddling and displaying. Copies of the Ordinance be obtained at the Municipal Building, 77 Main Street or the Ilsley Library, 75 Main Street, during regular business hours, and on the Town’s website, www.townofmiddlebury.org. The amendments to the ordinance will become effective on December 25, 2016, 40 days after adoption, unless a referendum petition is filed within that period, in which case the ordinance will not become effective until after the question of repeal is voted. 11/21

TOWN OF FERRISBURGH PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

A public hearing before the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Town of Ferrisburgh will be held at the Town Clerk’s Office on December 7, 2016 to consider the following applications: 7:00 PM Minutes of November 2, 2016 7:05 PM An application, #15-025, submitted by Malcolm Willlard, to replace an existing guest house with a residence (recessed from March 2015); 7:15 PM An application, #16-134, submitted by Thomas and Shelly Eriksen, to construct a storage building (pole barn), 60’ x 100’, on their commercial site. Property ID# 08.01.71.2. Zoning District RA-2 and Conservation; 7:25 PM An application, #16-146, submitted by Mary Lou H. Ivey, et al, to construct a screened –in porch over an existing porch. Property ID# 99.99.99.020. Zoning District SD -2; 7:35 PM An application, #16-147, submitted by Harve M. Lewis, to alter the interior configuration and add a “pop-up” bedroom at the rear of the house (bedroom and bath). On the existing footprint. Property ID# 99.99.99.079. Zoning District SD-2; 7:45 PM An application, #16-149, submitted by JSCL, LLC c/o Sue DeVos, for an” 8000 square foot commercial building to serve a trucking business with 1 full time, 6 part time employees and an outdoor truck wash area.” Property ID# 10.01.58.2. Zoning District Industrial. Tupper’s Crossing Road. The above applications are available for inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. Persons wishing to appear and be heard may do so in person or be represented by and agent or an attorney. PLEASE NOTE: Participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Communication about the above applications may be filed in writing with the Board or at such hearing 11/21

ADDISON NORTHWEST SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) For Energy Performance Contracting Services

The Addison Northwest School District seeks proposals from interested Energy Service Companies to conduct a technical energy audit of our facilities and implement an Energy Performance Contract, in order to identify and implement capital improvements to reduce energy and related costs in those facilities such that annual cost savings are applied to annual payments for improvements. Addison Northwest School District, Vergennes, VT To include the following locations: Addison Central School Ferrisburgh Central School Vergennes Union Elementary School Vergennes Union High School For a bid packet, please contact Tonia Mears, Business Manager at 802877-3332 ext 18 or email at tmears@ anwsu.org 11/14, 17, 21, 24

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Truck driver cited, his truck is towed VERGENNES — On Nov. 9 Vergennes police ordered a tractortrailer unit placed out of service and towed and issued citations to its driver after stopping the vehicle for speeding on West Main Street. Police cited the driver for operating with a license that had been suspended in New Jersey and for driving with an expired medical certificate and a falsified logbook. Meanwhile, police learned the company for which the driver worked had been issued a federal out-of-service order for failing to submit to an audit and was doing business under a new name under which it lacked Department of Transportation authority to operate. Police then ordered the truck off the road and had it towed. In other action between Nov. 7 and 13, Vergennes police: • On Nov. 7 aided Middlebury police at the scene of a vehicle-bicycle accident on Court Street Extension. • On Nov. 7 served a subpoena to a city resident on behalf of South Burlington police. • On Nov. 7 cited Tiffany Bedard,

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28, of Vergennes for driving under the influence of alcohol, test refusal; police allege she showed signs of impairment when she got out of her car and walked into the Champlain Farms store on Main Street. • On Nov. 9 investigated an alleged assault of a woman by a man at a city business; police took statements from both parties and are also obtaining a video to add to evidence already sent to the Addison County State’s Attorney’s office. • On Nov. 9 issued a ticket for possession of marijuana to a man found sleeping in a car at Champlain Farms. • On Nov. 9 helped New London, Conn., police by taking a statement and sending it to them. • On Nov. 10 took a complaint from a Vergennes Union High School staff member that someone, possibly students, had hacked into

and blocked the school’s Internet access. • On Nov. 10 helped the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad at a call in Waltham, where a woman reportedly had taken too much medication. • On Nov. 11 ticketed a driver for possession of marijuana at a Main Street traffic stop. • On Nov. 11 took a report from a driver that her car had been struck on the way to Vergennes from Hinesburg. • On Nov. 11 searched unsuccessfully for a car reported to be driving erratically after dark without headlights on Monkton Road. • On Nov. 12 told a woman who had left young children in a car parked on Main Street not to do so. • On Nov. 12 went to New Haven to help VSP deal with a trespassing issue. • On Nov. 13 were told by a city resident that a car with two men inside reportedly seen at a Ferrisburgh home break-in had also been seen on South Water Street. • On Nov. 13 ticketed a driver for possession of marijuana at a West Main Street traffic stop.

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