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Maiden Vermont will host a special von Trapp guest singer at its concerts this Saturday.

The American Legion national leader recently visited Vergennes.

See our Veterans Day section.

Tiger runners fared best among local teams at the state cross-country meet. See Sports, Page 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 70 No. 45

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Trump stuns nation; Scott races past Minter In governor’s race, Scott’s margin surprises Incumbent Sens. Ayer, Bray earn new terms

By JOHN FLOWERS and JOHN S. McCRIGHT ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County residents turned out at the polls in large numbers on Tuesday to primarily back Democratic candidates for federal, statewide and local offices (see chart page 11A).

The tidal wave of Donald Trump mania that swept a sizable part of the nation did not swamp Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign locally in Addison County or across Vermont. The Democratic standard bearer easily beat Trump, the Repub-

lican nominee, in the counTrump advocates. Trump, ty — the tally was 11,216 a New York real estate to 5,297. developer and businessClinton and running man, claimed 279 electoral mate Tim Kaine won Vervotes, to former Secretary mont’s three electoral of State Clinton’s 228 votes by garnering 178,389 (with final results in New tallies in the Green MounHampshire, Michigan and tain State, compared with Arizona still to be called).

Trump and VP candidate The fact that Clinton won Mike Pence’s 95,319. at least 200,000 more SCOTT But, when looking at popular votes than Trump the national picture, that’s where nationwide was no comfort to her the partying ended for local Demo- supporters.

(See Statewide, Page 11A) crats and the back slapping began for

By JOHN FLOWERS for New Haven’s to return to a state Senate ADDISON COUNTY Bray, who earned that again is tilted sharply — Residents of Addison his third straight toward the Democrats.

County, Huntington and term.

“Once again, I’m honBuel’s Gore turned out at Finishing out ored by the confidence that the polls in hefty numbers of the running voters have shown in me, on Tuesday to return their were Republican and I promise to do my best two incumbent Democratic Peter Briggs of for them,” Ayer said. senators to office, Claire Addison, who Ayer currently serves Ayer and Christopher Bray. earned 7,329 as Senate majority whip District voters again votes, and Bristol and as chairwoman of the BRAY AYER made Ayer their top choice.

Republican Lynn Senate Health & Welfare The Addison resident easily won her Dike, who recorded 5,962 tallies.

Committee. But she is now eyeing eighth consecutive two-year term Ayer and Bray thanked district vot- an even loftier leadership position in with 11,985 tallies, compared to 9,543 ers for their support as they prepared (See Senate race, Page 15A)

ANeSU approves new governance model for schools

By GAEN MURPHREE BRISTOL — Residents in the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union said yes to school governance and budgeting unification on Tuesday with the margins very close in two of the five towns in the district.

A period of transition will now begin as the 13-member school board that was elected on Tuesday starts meeting to plan the logistics of running the five elementary schools and one middle/high school under one

umbrella. The unified school district, to be called Addison Northeast Supervisory District (ANESD), will commence full educational and operational services on July 1, 2018.

The move to switch governance was prompted by Act 46. Supporters of unification in ANeSU promoted it as a means to provide greater equity, quality and diversity of educational programs to all the students in the district, and to save an estimated (See ANeSU, Page 14A)

Baser, Sharpe re-elected in Addison-4

By JOHN FLOWERS and JOHN S. McCRIGHT BRISTOL — Incumbent Addison-4 Reps. Fred Baser and Dave Sharpe of Bristol both comfortably won re-election to new, two-year terms on Tuesday amid heavy voting

in a much-anticipated General Election.

As was the case two years ago, Baser, a Republican, was the top vote-getter in Addison-4, garnering a total of 2,526 tallies. Sharpe, a 14(See Bristol, Page 14A)

Sheldon, Scheu top field in Midd.

By EVAN JOHNSON MIDDLEBURY — After the votes were tallied in the Addison-1 House district on Tuesday, incumbent Rep. Amy Sheldon and Robin Scheu each came away winning two-year terms to the Vermont House of Representatives.

Sheldon, running as a Democrat/Progressive, was the top vote getter with 2,210 tallies, or 29.7

percent, followed by Scheu, a Democrat, with 1,937, or 26 percent.

Progressive candidate Jill Charbonneau gathered 1,377 votes, or 18 percent, to finish third in the race for the two seats that represent the town of Middlebury.

The vote on Tuesday reflected August’s Democratic Primary (See Middlebury, Page 11A)

Checking in VOTERS CHECK INTO the town of Middlebury’s voting place Tuesday afternoon. Voters cast their ballots for the first time in the new Parks and Rec Department gymnasium on Creek Road.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Lanpher & Van Wyck win Vergennes district Incumbents turn back two challengers

By ANDY KIRKALDY VERGENNES — Incumbents Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, and Warren Van Wyck, R-Ferrisburgh, captured the two Addison-3 seats in the Vermont House of Representatives on Tuesday in a fourway race.

Lanpher earned her fifth two-year term and was Tuesday’s top choice

among residents of the five Addison-3 communities (Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, Vergennes and Waltham), receiving 2104 votes.

Van Wyck, who was appointed to the House in February 2013, finished second with 1,984 votes in his second election, turning back a challenge from first-time candidate Fritz Langrock, a Ferrisburgh Democrat,

who received 1,829 votes.

Another Ferrisburgh resident and first-time candidate, Republican Monique Thurston, earned the nod of 1,662 residents.

Lanpher finished first in Ferrisburgh, Vergennes and Panton, and Van Wyck won Addison and Panton. Addison proved crucial for Van Wyck: He earned a 195-vote edge over Langrock there and overall defeated Langrock by 155 votes.

Town-by-town voting went: • Addison: Langrock, 252; Lanpher, 323; Thurston, 375; Van Wyck, 447.

• Ferrisburgh: Langrock, 724; Lanpher, 779; Thurston, 630; Van Wyck, 760.

• Panton: Langrock, 141; Lanpher, 164; Thurston, 147; Van Wyck, 171.

• Vergennes: Langrock, 589; Lan(See Vergennes, Page 17A)

New approach could boost orchards, cider makers Sunrise, cidery piloting effort

By GAEN MURPHREE This is the third in a series profiling the effect of the hard cider boom on Addison County apple orchards.

CORNWALL — Sunrise Orchards and Vermont Hard Cider are in the midst of a bold experiment — possibly the first of its kind — to see if there’s a new approach to “The real raising apples. challenge That approach, if successful, and task could put the cider market front is can a and center for local orchards and cider maker help both growers and cider makers improve their bottom lines. convince a The key will be finding a price grower to point for apples — and not culls grow apples unsuited for the retail market — for them.” that works for both sides, said Ben — Ben Calvi Calvi, director of cider making at Vermont Hard Cider in Middlebury (formerly Woodchuck Cider).

“The real challenge and task is can a cider maker convince a grower to grow apples for them,” said Calvi. “And so far nobody has convinced a grower to plant cider apples specifically for them … As the cider category increases over time, there’s not going to be enough cull apples available to cider makers.”

Culls, said Calvi, are the foundation of the Vermont and U.S. craft cider industry. Culls are apples raised for the table market, but deemed not perfect enough (See Orchards, Page 18A)

By the way The Middlebury Lions Club has two-gallon pails of a salt-andsand mixture that they would like to provide to any interested senior citizen in the Addison Central School District. With winter just around the corner, it is time to call for free delivery of these buckets.

The Middlebury Lions Club is a service-oriented, non-profit or(See By the way, Page 17A)

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BARNEY AND CHRIS Hodges stand with young Dabinett trees on their Sunrise Orchard in Cornwall. Dabinett apples are one of a variety of cider apples the Hodges are growing specifically for hard cider production.

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Charges added in sex assault case Prosecutors say defendant pretended to be a physician

Leading by example MIDDLEBURY VOTER ANGELA Cobrin Landis gets ready to vote Tuesday afternoon.

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MIDDLEBURY — A 31-year-old Houston, Texas, man on Tuesday pleaded innocent in Addison County Superior Court, criminal division, to eight newly filed charges of voyeurism, illegal practice of medicine and possession of child pornography in connection with a case in which he is accused — among other things — of posing as a medical official in an effort to convince a Middlebury College student to submit to a pelvic exam.

The defendant, Nam Vu Bui, had already been charged with sexual assault and voyeurism back on Oct. 19, after Middlebury police alleged that he had induced a female college student to submit to a faux medical NAM VU BUI exam after claiming that he was conducting medical research. charges of possession of child porPolice on Tuesday broadened their nography. case against Bui to include eight adAnd Addison County Deputy ditional charges, for a total of 10. State’s Attorney Dennis W. WygAddison County Superior Court mans confirmed he’s been in contact Judge John W. Valente ordered that with authorities in Texas and WashBui continue to be held without bail ington, D.C., to determine whether at the Marble Valley Regional Cor- Bui might have engaged in any crimrectional Facility, that he have no inal activity in those jurisdictions. contact with a half-dozen women “It’s rare that we have someone allisted as witnesses in the leged to have been posing case, and that his access “I feel very as a medical professional, to a computer and the In- violated by or otherwise, in order to ternet be limited in prison commit the types of acts to legal research in his de- this event, alleged in these cases,” he took fense.

Wygmans said during a County prosecutors advantage brief interview following and Bui’s lawyer, Lisa of me and Tuesday’s court proceedB. Shelkrot, had been ing. scheduled to consider my trust.”

Middlebury Police Det. — the victim Kris Bowdish’s investigathe weight of evidence against Bui at the Addition revealed that Bui was son County Courthouse on Tuesday. dating a Middlebury College student But prosecutors agreed to defer that who believed he was a radiation onhearing until next Tuesday in light of cologist and a fellow at Dartmouthapproximately 10 hours of new au- Hitchcock Medical Center, accorddio and video evidence the Addison ing to court documents. The young County State’s Attorney introduced woman said she had known Bui for into court. around four years, and that he had In all, Bui faces four misdemeanor emerged as a “tutor” figure in her life charges of voyeurism; one felony when she had had difficulties in high charge of sexual assault without school in Texas, according to court consent; three misdemeanor charges records. of practice or illegal advertising of The woman told Bowdish she bemedicine; and two misdemeanor lieved Bui worked at the hospital

Monday through Friday, with some weekend duty.

The girl reported that she and Bui joined a group of peers in going out to Burlington on Oct. 17, according to police records. On the way back to Middlebury, Bui allegedly talked to the young women about medical research he had allegedly been doing on a “preventative test for HPV,” according to Bowdish’s affidavit.

“He was looking for participants who did not have a Gardisil shot, which is the HPV vaccine,” the affidavit reads.

He allegedly promised a payment of $500 to $1,000 to women who would submit themselves to a test, which involved swabbing the subject’s private area to collect mucus for lab analysis, according to court records.

“The interview sounded very valid,” a Middlebury College female victim told Bowdish.

That victim alleged that Bui gave three options for collecting the sample — through Dartmouth-Hitchcock, to do it herself, or allow Bui to do it.

“Nam explained that he would be blindfolded during the procedure and I asked him how that would work,” the victim told Bowdish. “He said he had a lot of practice with dummies at the hospital and he could easily do it blindfolded.”

The young woman agreed to have Bui collect the sample and he suggested it be done that evening in her dorm room, according to court records.

That’s when the victim started to feel uneasy, according to court records.

“Nam started to get his material out of his bag and it did not look legit,” the victim told Bowdish, according to the affidavit.

“He pulled out a yellowing tube in a wrinkly package and a white bottle of cream.”

Bui not only took a blindfold for himself, but also told the victim to (See Charges, Page 3A)

Smith tops Bruhl in Addison-5

By EMMA COTTON NEW HAVEN — Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, was reelected Tuesday for what will be his eighth term representing Addison-5 in the Vermont House. Smith defeated New Haven Democrat Taborri Bruhl, 1,196-1,062.

Smith took New Haven (581-483) and Bridport (402-241), but lost in Weybridge to Bruhl, who garnered 338 votes compared to Smith’s 213.

“Every election is somewhat anxiety-involved.” Smith said on Wednesday morning. “The votes came in about where I expected. I usually do quite well in New Haven and Bridport. It’s always a struggle in Weybridge, but I look at the total votes, I don’t look at individual towns.”

Smith cites the health of the state’s agriculture as his top priority. A lifelong farmer, he has been

active with UVM’s Extension Advisory Board, the Center for Sustainable Agriculture and United Dairy Industries, and he is the former state executive director of the Farm Service Agency.

“Agriculture’s always an important one for me,” he said. “I think if we really want to have agriculture, we really need to keep the focus on some of the positives that are out there.”

Smith served in the House from 1999 to 2006, where he became a senior member of the House Agriculture Committee. After being defeated in 2006, he ran again in 2010, and currently serves on the House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products.

His opponent, Bruhl, was persuaded to run for the House seat by the Addison County Democrats.

After missing the May deadline to

file nomination papers, he fought for write-in votes in the Aug. 9 primary, needing at least 25 to be considered. He received more than 200.

As of press time, Bruhl had not responded to the Independent’s request for a comment.

Bruhl, 48, teaches economics at Rutland High School. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a major in journalism, he fought in the first Gulf War in Iraq.

Smith has won a number of elections in the past, but was still processing the news the day after the election.

“It’s always surprising to me, all the support that you receive over the years,” he said. “It’s a real humbling experience to know that there are that many people out there that would support the hard work you do. I need to thank a lot of people.”

Eastman, Conlon elected unopposed ADDISON COUNTY — While the General Election featured competitive races for most of the Vermont House and Senate seats up for election in Addison County, two candidates on Tuesday won election with no opposition.

Rep. Alyson Eastman of Orwell swept to an uncontested victory in the Addison-Rutland House district

that includes four towns. The Independent garnered 1,722 votes overall, with the breakdown by town as follows: Orwell, 589; Shoreham, 545; Whiting, 159; and Benson, 429.

Eastman was first elected to the House in 2014.

Newcomer Peter Conlon also breezed into the House, winning

the Addison-2 seat formerly held by long-time incumbent Rep. Willem Jewett, who did not seek re-election.

Conlon, a Cornwall Democrat, earned 2,013 votes in the six towns that make up his district. The voting breakdown was: Cornwall, 664; Goshen, 93; Hancock, 129; Leicester, 389; Ripton, 285; and Salisbury, 453.

Addison Independent, Thursday, November 10, 2016 — PAGE 3A

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TEN MEMBERS OF the Middlebury Police Department, including, from left to right, Bill Austin, Darrin Hinterneder, Kevin Emilio, Scott Fisher and Chief Tom Hanley, are growing beards for the Deer Camp Beards for Kids with Cancer Program, which allows officers to grow facial hair in exchange for a donation to Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Officers in Bristol, Vergennes and in the Addison County Sherriff’s Department are also participating or making donations.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

Local police grow beards to help sick kids

By JOHN FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY — Deer season in Vermont means diligently scanning the fields for game, getting up before sunrise and playing card games at camp.

And for many guys, it means growing beards — a nasty beard that itches until scissors and a razor deliver final relief when the shooting ends.

Local police officers have been able to get into all of the deer season traditions except the beards, due to some pretty strict grooming standards. But that’s going to change this year, and the most direct beneficiaries will be young cancer patients and their families.

It’s called the “Deer Camp Beards for Kids with Cancer” program. Devised by Middlebury Police Officer Darrin Hinterneder, the new program allows participating officers to ditch their razors until the end of muzzleloader deer season (Dec. 11), so long as they donate at least $30 to Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, a South Herobased camp that provides extraordinary experiences for children with cancer and their families.

Camp Ta-Kum-Ta has been a fa- munity on board and see that we’re vorite charity among Vermont law like everyone else,” Hinterneder said enforcement officials, but partici- on Tuesday, sporting a thriving layer pants looking for a grooming gim- of salt-and-pepper steel wool on his mick have most often shaved their face. heads for financial pledges. This has As of Tuesday, nine Middlebury less impact for cops, officers had agreed to though, because, as Hinparticipate in “Deer terneder and Middle- “The whole Camp Beards for Kids bury Police Chief Tom idea is to get with Cancer.” So area Hanley noted, the offi- the community residents should not be cers’ omnipresent caps if they notice on board and surprised hide the evidence of parsome officers on paticipants’ fund-raising see that we’re trol that look kind of payoff. like everyone scruffy.

But growing beards, else.”

Middlebury police Hinterneder and Hanley — Middlebury Det. Kristine Bowdish reasoned, will provide Police Officer joked that she has tried some fun as well as vi- Darrin Hinterneder to get a beard going, sual evidence of the but she will continue to individual’s support of contribute to charities cancer fighting programs. in other ways. She has been a key The goal is to “grow awareness player in the department’s annual efby embracing our hair, which many forts to get donations of holiday toys cancer patients lose, and to donate for kids, and to organize a charity the money one would typically hockey game to raise funds to battle spend on grooming for education breast cancer. on cancer prevention, saving lives, Middlebury police have encourand aiding those fighting the battle,” aged other local law enforcement Hanley said. agencies to join the “beard brigade.”

“The whole idea is to get the com- The Bristol and Vergennes police

departments have both accepted the challenge.

Longtime Bristol Police Chief Kevin Gibbs said this will be the first time in more than 30 years that he will grow facial hair while in uniform. He previously shaved his head for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. “I’m personally asking — in fact challenging — residents to support this worthwhile effort by making a donation,” Gibbs said. Anyone wishing to sponsor or support a Bristol police officer in this effort can do so by dropping off a donation for Camp Ta-Kum-Ta at the police headquarters or the Bristol town offices, or call police and they’ll pick it up at your (Bristol) house.

Hanley confessed he got some quizzical looks from folks who gazed upon the uncustomary growth on his face as he voted in Middlebury on Tuesday.

He’s going to have to get used to it himself.

“We’ll definitely have a picture taken with all of us,” he said of the Dec. 11 photo op.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Once the victim had taken off her blindfold, she said she saw a condom — still in its wrapper — sitting on a nearby chair, according to court records. The victim demanded that Bui delete the videos he had allegedly taken of her private area with his cell phone, according to Bowdish’s affidavit.

“I feel very violated by this event, he took advantage of me and my trust,” the victim told Bowdish.

OTHER STUDENTS Prosecutors allege, based on police investigations, that Bui extended the same “medical examination” offer to two other college students, but they declined, according to court documents.

Bowdish, in her investigatory affidavit, also alleged that Bui “knowingly possessed” two photos depicting the genitalia of a young girl. Bui told police that the images were part of his own investigation into a blackmail case involving his

arrest. Following a preliminary investigation by college public safety and the Middlebury Police Department, Middlebury College sent an all-campus email on the morning of October 18, 2016, alerting faculty, staff, and students of the incident.

“Middlebury College takes these charges very seriously and we are cooperating with the Middlebury Police Department,” the statement reads. “We are conducting our own investigation into the circumstances of Nam Vu Bui’s presence on campus. Our priority is ensuring the safety of our campus, and providing resources and support for members of our community.”

Wygmans said the case also serves as a cautionary tale.

“It’s always good to check on someone’s credentials before you agree to do anything with them,” Wygmans said. “Make sure they are who they say they are.”

Charges (Continued from Page 2A) put one on, according to court records.

“He was blindfolded because he was not allowed to see anything,” the victim told Bowdish. “I had to be blindfolded because of some sort of radiation and also because I was not allowed to see the product.”

As the “examination” proceeded, the victim said she felt “really uncomfortable, I was scared and shaking, my heart was racing,” the affidavit states.

The victim told Bowdish she eventually peeked out from her blindfold and saw that Bui was not wearing his blindfold and “he did not have any pants on,” according to court records. She added she observed his cell phone was pointed at her private area, according to the affidavit.

“I told him I was uncomfortable with the procedure and that I wanted to stop,” the victim told Bui, according to court records.

former girlfriend’s younger sister, according to court records.

Bowdish, through her affidavit, also alleged that Bui engaged in voyeurism by knowingly videotaping a young woman giving him oral sex — without her knowledge and permission — while on Middlebury College campus on Sept. 24.

Middlebury police said they confirmed that Bui is not a registered physician in Vermont, nor an employee of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Bowdish said she interviewed Bui on Oct. 18. He allegedly told her that he had been sleeping in his car parked in various campus lots, or in his (now former) girlfriend’s dorm room, according to court records. He maintained his research was through DHMC for cervical cancer early detection, according to court records.

Middlebury College officials issued a statement following Bui’s

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Inconceivable! And yet, hope President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton left much of the nation hanging its head in dejection and disbelief.

It was for many, to use the famous single-word line in the movie Princess Bride, “inconceivable.”

“I simply can’t believe it,” said one local millennial. “America actually chose the schoolyard bully... hate reigns in America. I’m so disappointed and disillusioned about what it means to be an American.”

Trump supporters, on the other hand, were delirious with excitement and glee, shocked, too, that their anti-establishment, boorish, undisciplined, selfsabotaging candidate miraculously defied political pundits and the polls to win in dominant fashion.

But for a state that supported Clinton with 61 percent of the vote to Trump’s 33 percent, the result was grim news on so many fronts.

To try to make sense of Trump’s win, and to suggest ways to move forward, we asked several Vermonters for their reactions to the election and to help us put into context those results and a way forward. We print a few here, and will continue the dialogue online and next week.

One cause that will almost certainly be stymied by a President Trump and a Republican Congress is any further progress on climate change. Rules implemented by President Obama over the past eight years will undoubtedly come under attack and could be reversed, pipelines could be re-energized and no new progress can be expected. With that in mind, we asked environmental activist and Ripton resident Bill McKibben, “what now?”

“The sense that elections change everything is, in one sense, true,” replied McKibben. “There will be no useful action on climate change at a national level, and likely not in Vermont either, for the next years. But other things elections leave untouched: physics, for instance, which is daily heating of the planet. That inexorable process will give us constant opportunities to test our humanity, as we respond to disasters and as we rebuild the case for acting to prevent the worse that is always to come. 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.” *************** We asked Middlebury College professor and author Sue Halpern to reflect on what Trump’s election means to women who supported Clinton, Sanders and that liberal perspective.

“The saddest words I heard on election night were from my 23-year-old daughter. ‘I was really looking forward to having children,’ she said, and we laughed, because what else was there to do? The future we both assumed lay ahead is now uncertain, especially because of Donald Trump’s promise to overturn all climate change legislation. In the lead up to the election, after Bernie conceded and the prospect of voting for Hillary was less than enticing to my millennial, even though she was committed to doing so, I kept saying the same three words to her: the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court—code for a woman’s right to control her own body; for marriage equality; for gay rights more generally; for voting rights; for the Constitution itself. The effects of this election will be felt for a very long time. Maybe long enough to decide that having children is not a reasonable option. Let’s hope not. In fact, let’s not just hope.” *************** On the effect of Trump’s win on state policy, we asked Middlebury College professor emeritus and political analyst Eric Davis what blips he saw on the horizon. The biggest is health care policy, he said, posing several unknowns.

“What will Trump/Republican Congress propose to replace the Affordable Care Act, if it is repealed,” Davis queried. “Will there still be a federal exchange to which VT Health Connect could be transitioned? What about federal money in ACA for subsidies for individual insurance purchasers and state Medicaid expansion?”

As for Trump’s election, Davis wrote: “Yesterday’s presidential outcome was not the result I would have wished... I hope that Trump is able to persuade Republicans with experience in both foreign and economic policy to work in his administration, and that he listens to their advice. I also hope that, with the Republicans now in control of both houses of Congress and the White House, they will focus on governing, rather than partisan game-playing and score-settling, for the next four years. Finally, I hope that Trump realizes our Constitutional system is one of limited government, with separated institutions sharing powers in a federal system along with protection for individual rights and liberties, and governs in that spirit.” ************* We also reached out to Andy Nagy-Bensen, clergyman at the Congregational Church of Middlebury who hosted a community meeting Wednesday night to console others and to reach out to the community for greater understanding.

“My heart is very heavy,” he wrote, when asked why he was holding the meeting. “Perhaps that is my first step: to name how I feel in the wake of a brutal campaign and the broad support for President-elect Trump. And, perhaps that is one productive step our community can take in this meeting...

I would hope that we all find some comfort in being heard and in knowing that none of us is alone. And ‘hope’ is key right now... Hope that ‘After the final no there comes a yes / And on that yes the future world depends’ (Auden). Hope that we will redouble our effort to work for the common good. Hope that God is with us now and will be with us as we move forward.

“In 18 years of pastoral ministry,” he continued, “I have hosted a gathering like this only one other time — the evening of September 11, 2001. I mention this not to draw a connection between deadly terrorist attacks and a free election, but to acknowledge that many people in our community woke up this morning — as they did 15 years ago — feeling unsafe and vulnerable and scared... The flames of vitriol have been fanned for many months, and the fire seems to have caught in many quarters. I can’t un-see that. Nor can I deny that I’ve seen, time and again, the power of people coming together to share their true selves, their deepest longings, and their commitments to work for the common good. That is one step among countless many that we can take.”

That’s a good first step for us all.

Angelo S. Lynn

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The cost and time to repair our railroad bridges has distracted us from the real issue: public safety. A vulnerable man-made canyon serves as a conduit of lethal product that transits through the heart of our downtown.

Accidents happen: 1984 Amtrak derailment in Essex, the Lac Megantic disaster 7/16/13, and Middlebury’s near catastrophe in October 2007 when 18 railroad cars carrying volatile fuels derailed.

Do we need to perpetuate the risk of obliterating our downtown? The solution is to perform the engineering required to stabilize the existing bridges at their current height, and simultaneously set about acquiring a railroad corridor — on grade — circumventing the village.

This will be expensive, create inconvenient grade crossings and worse, horrendous dislocation of residences.

However the village of Middlebury will forever avoid the genuine possibility of a railroad disaster.

Frank Punderson Cornwall

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Light and shadow A WINDOW WITH one pane missing shows some wear and tear on the side of a shed in Shoreham Tuesday afternoon.

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It just doesn’t feel like Halloween “I just doesn’t feel like Halloween this year,” my daughter said on the morning of Oct. 31.

The ghosts that we’d made from an old sheet were hanging in the tree beside our driveway. We’d read Halloween books. We’d baked pumpkin bread. We’d carved five jack-‘o-lanterns on the mudroom floor the previous afternoon. This same daughter had put together a Halloween party for her sisters, including bobbing for apples, a pumpkin toss, and a scavenger hunt.

Despite our best intentions, we’d missed the Middlebury Spooktacular. Every year, we plan to attend the Spooktacular, and every year, for one reason or another, we end up skipping it, to the point that it’s not Halloween unless we miss the Spooktacular.

But, apparently, it still didn’t feel like Halloween to my daughter.

It was still early, so I reassured

By Faith her: “Well, I bet once you all get into Gong costume and we meet up with your friends to go trick-or-treating, it’ll start to feel like Halloween.”

Immediately after school let out that afternoon, my four daughters and one friend gathered at my parents’ house to begin the festivities. My parents live in Chipman Park, along one of the two major trick-or-treating thoroughfares in Middlebury (by virtue of sidewalks and homes that are close together), so their house has become our Halloween staging area.

Costumes were donned (Rey from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Hobbes from “Calvin and Hobbes,” a unicorn, a horse, and the Statue of Liberty.) We drank apple cider and ate cider doughnuts, the last of the season from Happy Valley Orchard. Our trick-or-treating began at Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation (a

tradition that started when we attended a weekly playgroup at Helen Porter, and one that I’d highly recommend to every local family.) After a brief dinner break, we were off again, trick-or-treating around Chipman Park and South Street. Whenever my daughters got cold, which was often, we would duck into my parents’ house and the girls would help distribute candy – something that they enjoy almost more than trick-ortreating.

It was a late, sugar-fueled night, as Halloween always is.

And yet, the very next day, my daughter repeated wistfully, “It just didn’t seem like Halloween this year.”

When I pressed her as to why a Halloween that hadn’t differed in any major way from almost every Halloween before it hadn’t felt like Halloween, she was vague. “I don’t know,” she said, staring out the car windows at the mix of brilliantly colored fall foliage and the bare branches jutting out from piles of earthbound leaves, “it just doesn’t really feel like fall this year, either.”

That same daughter, during that same week, began saying, “I don’t want to grow up, Mommy.” That was the most common wording; at other times it was: “I’m afraid to grow up,” or “I hate growing up. I’m not little anymore.”

“Oh, sweetie,” I kept saying, “that is a completely normal feeling. I remember feeling exactly the same way when I was your age.”

And I do: Like it was yesterday, I remember staring (See Clippings, Page 5A)

Clippings

Clean closet, healthy mind ... briefly What with the drama surrounding this year’s presidenAs the least used area of the house, the guest room tial election, the past week or so has had many of us on closet becomes a holding place for all the crap you never edge. But I’ve got it worse than you: Due to the Addy use or just don’t know what to do with.

Indy print deadline, I’m writing this before Election Day. Ours is about 4 feet wide by 10 feet deep — too narrow You, at least, know how things turned out. to be a comfortable walk-in, but nonetheless enormous The relief (or outrage) you are currently feeling hasn’t by normal closet standards. It has no light, so for the past reached me yet. Instead, I’m still experiencing wild mood 10 years we’ve pretty much just shoved stuff in, pushing swings. I spend my spare time cycling from guffawing whatever is already there farther into the closet’s dark at satirical clips from late-night television, to refreshing recesses, never to be seen again. fivethirtyeight.com, to stocking up on Some might have called it a mess. nonperishable foods and bottled waLast weekend, I called it a 4-by-10ter. foot coping mechanism.

I want to get through the election I boldly went where no Raymond believing that our country will surhad gone before, tying one end of a vive. Of course it will. But what if it long rope around my waist, the other doesn’t? It always has. But this time’s to the guest room poster bed, just in different. Or is it? case I got in so deep I couldn’t find I’m kind of a mess. my way out. Packing a head lamp,

By Jessie Raymond Last weekend, my stress levels an ample supply of trail mix and an peaked. I needed to feel a sense of emergency flare, I set out to reach the control over something. Anything. So back of the closet.

I did the only thing I could think of: I cleaned out the Though ultimately a tame adventure, my expedition guest room closet. revealed a host of forgotten projects, most notably severIt was an uncharacteristic move; I generally prefer to al banged-up old nightstands, all of which I had intended assuage anxiety with food, not cleaning. But these are to paint or refinish one of these days. Beyond them lay desperate times. two broken lamps and a mildew-stained Roman shade I Why the guest room closet? Because what goes in had planned to over-dye back in 2009. Tucked behind there never seems to come out. If you have a guest room, those sat a bag containing such valuable items as a pair of chances are it only gets used a few times a year, and even dress shoulder pads, because, hey, they’re bound to come then, guests don’t use the closet. (If they do, you might back in style eventually. want to have a little talk about how long they plan to Past all that, I found the kids’ old things. Children stay, or do what I do: Set a little sign on the nightstand grow up and move out, but they leave behind belongthat reads “Thank you for staying with us. Check-out is ings they insist are precious, just not precious enough to at 11 a.m.”)

(See Raymond, Page 5A)

Around the bend

What a special community! The sun is shining. I just voted in our beautiful new Rec Center, drove over our modern bridge, looked at the new Municipal Building and watched the workmen taking down the fencing around our gorgeous new park; what a pleasure!

My thanks to our town officials, Middlebury College and the citizens who have spearheaded these grand improvements and to my fellow residents who have supported them.

Yes, Middlebury is a wonderful place to live.

Max Kraus Middlebury

Wake up, bikers and pedestrians Reference is made to the Steve and Sheila Huestis letter to editors (Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2016) and their reference to the Dr. Patrick Stine letter of Oct. 27. I also drive in Middlebury and around the college area and I applaud the Huestis letter. While students often are guilty of these acts, many other residents are as well, and I want to reiterate two things.

While pedestrians do have a right of way in a crosswalk, until they actually have entered the crosswalk, they have the responsibility to be aware of their surroundings and stop, look and listen prior to entering a crosswalk. I was taught that when I was growing up. To this day I teach that same edict to my grandchildren. Walking with heads down, blinded by sweatshirt hoods, wearing ear buds, or thumbing text messages on mobile devices when entering a street crossing is sheer lunacy.

There is no reason to be walking blindly into what might be oncoming traffic which may be going too fast or may be too close to stop in time, just because you have a legal right of way once you are in the crosswalk. I can assure you, if anyone tried the same things in New York City, Boston, Montreal, or in other cities, these same people would be statistics on the evening news!

Secondly, bicyclists are supposed to follow the same rules of the road that motorists must. I have seen a few bicyclists actually follow the rules of the road. However, here in Vermont and elsewhere, as the police do not enforce this at all, many bicyclists totally ignore that rule of law. They get away with bicycling on sidewalks endangering pedestrians, and then swerving into crosswalks to cross streets, not as a pedestrian, but as a bicyclist, expecting that drivers are going to give them the same rights of way as pedestrians.

That again is sheer lunacy.

If a driver sees a walking pedestrian, they may get a moment to think about what the person might do.

However, a bicyclist, going 2, 3, or more times faster, cuts that thought process time by many times. Several years ago, I applauded a Burlington police officer who cited a bicyclist on Battery Street for speeding, failure to stop at a stop sign and for not using proper turn signals.

I believe that if more of our police officers held bicyclists to the same rules of the road, others might become more considerate. In the end, the truly sad thing is, if either an unaware pedestrian or an inconsiderate bicyclist is injured in a crosswalk, the motorist is going to be held at fault.

Art Remick Shoreham

Addison Independent, Thursday, November 10, 2016 — PAGE 5A

Be sure to hug your veterans Just before Veterans Day in 1968 ted an oil slick and descended to take my stepfather, dressed up in his a closer look allowed the remaining Navy uniform and holding a toy sailors to be rescued. sailor, put a revolver to his head and Charles often said he wished he committed suicide on our front steps had gone down with his ship or in Litchfield, Conn. perished with the others in the sea.

Admiral Charles Butler McVay III That would have been better than was in need of hugging, the betrayal he enbut instead he took his dured at the hands of own life to ease his his beloved Navy. They pain. Charles had a disneeded a scapegoat to tinguished naval career cover up their egreuntil the night of July gious mistakes. Charles This week’s 29, 1945. As captain of writer is Win Smith was court-martialed for the USS Indianapolis, Jr., owner of the “failing to order abanhe was ordered to sail Sugarbush ski resort don ship” and “failing as quickly as possible in Warren and to zigzag” when even from San Francisco to former chairman the enemy submarine the island of Tinian in of Merrill Lynch captain testified that it the South Pacific car- International. would have made no rying a secret cargo difference. Shockingly, guarded by marines Captain Hashimoto had around the clock. This cargo was been called to testify by the Navy the atomic bomb that was dropped against my stepfather but his unexon Hiroshima on Aug. 6 of that year. pected opinion was ignored.

After dropping the cargo, the IndiaMy stepfather was found guilty napolis was ordered to sail to Leyte on the charge of failing to zigzag. to join up with the rest of the fleet. The court sentenced him to lose Charles requested a destroyer escort 100 numbers in his temporary rank as was the norm, but this request was of Captain and 100 numbers in his denied and he was told there were no permanent rank of Commander. In reports of enemy submarines along 1946, at the behest of Admiral Nimhis route. This was not true. itz who had become Chief of NaNear midnight on July 29, Japa- val Operations, Secretary Forrestal nese submarine I-58 surfaced and remitted Charles’s sentence and Captain Hashimoto spotted an in- restored him to duty. But his naval distinct object. Betting that it was career was over. He was never fully an American ship, he fired two tor- exonerated but did serve out his time pedoes that moments later hit the at a desk job in the New Orleans NaIndianapolis broadside. It severed val District and retired in 1949 with the communication system and the the rank of Rear Admiral. ship sunk within 12 minutes, killing Charles and my mother had known nearly half of the sailors onboard. each other in their youthful years in My stepfather was thrown off the Washington, D.C. After both their bridge and into the sea and spent the spouses passed away, they were renext four days adrift with members acquainted and married in 1962. of his crew. Nearly half of the surCharles did not speak about the vivors perished, many of them eaten Indianapolis very much, but even as by sharks. a young boy I sensed it pained him Incredibly, the Navy had “lost” the greatly, and I heard his story from Indianapolis and did not realize that my mother and brother. He was it had never made port. Only a lucky brought to tears at times when he resighting by a naval aircraft that spot- ceived hate mail from the parents of

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sailors who had perished. Believing the court-martial verdict, they held him responsible for the death of their sons. The survivors, however, had a different viewpoint based on their firsthand knowledge. They held an annual reunion in Indianapolis, Indiana and invited Charles to attend, which he finally did once in 1960.

When he entered the room, they all saluted. He was greeted with affection and respect by all. The survivors knew him as a good captain who looked out for them, and they knew he had been made a scapegoat. One told him, “If the war had continued, all of us would have been proud to serve under you again. Not one of us ever blamed you for a second.” They tried in vain for years to get him exonerated. Ultimately that happened in 1998. Unfortunately, that was 30 years too late.

Charles was well liked in our hometown of Litchfield, Connecticut. He loved bridge and hunting and fishing as well as carving small wooden boats and working around our farm. The last time I saw him was when he came to watch me play soccer. A few days later he was dead. It was a shock, and I could not fathom why he did this. I knew that Charles and my mother were not getting along that well anymore, but I did not understand his loneliness and his pain. Only years later did I appreciate what I missed and how I could have helped this good but tortured man. I wish I had understood this earlier. I wish I had hugged him.

I wish our government had hugged him. I wish everyone who knew the story of this courageous veteran had hugged him. Had we, I think he would have lived to see his exoneration.

This story of my stepfather may be unique in some ways but it is also similar to what so many veterans experience. This Friday, Nov. 11, hug all the veterans you know. You might save a life.

Raymond (Continued from Page 4A) take with them. (I confess, under the boys’ old textbooks, sports trophies and tattered baseball caps, I found some of my own precious high school belonging. This was the junk my parents, looking to reclaim their own guest room closet, had snuck, one box at a time, into my car every time I went home to visit after college.)

They say clutter is just unmade

decisions, and I made a lot of decisions last weekend. I gave away what I could, threw out the stuff no one would take, and, in a final copout, relegated the last of the unmade decisions to the barn attic — the only place we use less than the guest room closet.

The cleaning was tedious, but it worked. It distracted me for a time and gave me control over at least a corner of my world.

I know I probably didn’t need to get so worked up about the election.

You are reading this, after all, which means, regardless of the outcome on Nov. 8, our democracy did not implode.

It also means I wasted a lot of money on nonperishable foods and bottled water.

Oh, well. At least now I’ve got 40 square feet to store it all in.

Clippings (Continued from Page 4A) at the wall opposite my childhood bed and feeling a rising panic at the thought that the easiest part of my life, the part where people took care of all of my needs and told me I was cute, was probably over. What lay ahead looked bleak: a long process of severing from my parents, of leaving home, of being by myself.

Of growing up.

This daughter realized recently that the birthday she will celebrate later this month marks her final year in the single digits. Like it or not, she is growing up, and none of us can stop it.

It wasn’t until later that I realized that my daughter’s statements about Halloween and growing up are inextricably linked, two sides of the same angst-y coin.

It seems to me that Halloween — and all of the other holidays, for that matter — can only be enjoyed in its fullest sense by the very young. It’s only when you have no expectations and no nostalgia that you can take undiluted joy in a holiday, without comparing it to previous experiences. Once you have, like my daughter, celebrated eight Halloweens, there is almost no way that the reality of Halloween can live up to the idealized memory of Halloween in your head.

This is probably why so many grown-ups pour huge amounts of money and effort into our holiday celebrations: We’re all trying to get back to the ideal Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas. We’re sure it’s out there somewhere, that it’s possible to not feel vaguely depleted and disappointed the next day.

I tell my daughter that growing up can be a wonderful thing: She’ll get to uncover who she really is, she has life-changing relationships and experiences in her future. I know all of this to be true, but I also know that I’m skipping over all of the pain that almost certainly awaits her between here and there. And she knows that I’m skipping over it, too.

I see her listening now whenever my husband and I start to discuss difficult topics. I see her staring at

the tabloid magazine in the checkout line, the one with the headline about a serial killer. I see how, behind her jokes about this year’s presidential candidates, she’s as scared and confused as any grownup about our country’s future.

When my husband and I sit in our house at night and talk while our daughters sleep upstairs, it can feel like we’re in a little boat under siege on a dark and stormy ocean. Like we’re trying to beat back the shadows that are coming for our daughters. And we know that it’s futile, like hitting out at the mist with oars, because this is what growing up is.

Do any of us want to grow up, really?

So I will also tell my daughter that

growing up can be hard and scary, and maybe the holidays won’t seem quite so fun anymore. But still we celebrate, because even if it never quite lives up to our nostalgia, every holiday is like a little flare that we shoot up into the night sky. And when all of us, in all of our boats bobbing on that dark and stormy sea, shoot up our joyful little flares together, for a moment the darkness lights up as bright as day.

Faith Gong has worked as an elementary school teacher, a freelance photographer, and a nonprofit manager. She lives in Middlebury with her husband, four daughters, and one anxiety-prone labradoodle. In her “free time” she writes for her blog, The Pickle Patch.

Editor’s note: This is the 12th in needs of a typical family in a most a series of essays about the Dutch efficient way, or is supposed to satphilosopher Benedict Spinoza isfy a certain ideal of domestic life.

(1632–1677) and his thoughts con- But the model or ideal is nothing cerning Nature, God and Politics. more than a codification of human In the book of Genesis, chapter desire; it is the sort of thing one finds one, it is written that God created in a sales pitch, the creation of marall animals each according to its keters who rely on mass production. kind, and having done so, declared Nature employs no models. But it good. Aristotle conwe fashion them and curred; at least so far as use them all the time it pertained to the nature to create objects of of things — for he did desire. They feed our not believe in the divine passions, and are increation of the world. struments of human He supposed that there bondage. Remember were fixed species in nathat we are creatures of ture to which every pardesire; we love things ticular thing conformed, that benefit us, and and these fixed kinds hate those that cause were standards of perus harm; we tend to fection. Every member idealize the one, and of a species was from demonize the other, its origin fitted out with and to fantasize about a “substantial form” them both; we regard Spinoza on that did not vary from the former as good, individual to individual Nature, God and and the latter as evil; member of the species; we hope for good, and Politics: any departure from this fear evil; our minds An essay by formula was imperfect. abound in images or This became orthodoxy, models of the one or Victor Nuovo literally, the right way to Middlebury College the other; none of them regard things. are true; yet we love professor emeritus Darwin overturned our illusions, even illuof philosophy this orthodoxy. He sions of things we love showed that there were to hate. no fixed kinds of things This truth, that Nain the nature of things, rather there ture employs no models, is a handy are only “dominant varieties” that antidote to our illusions and our emerged in the experimental course bondage to them, if it is carefully conof evolution; he attached no value to sidered and accepted not as a dogma, them; even within a family, he ob- but as an ordinary truth about things served, there are variations, one as that any keen observer of things can good as the other. Indeed, every in- verify. In this role, it functions as a dividual is unique and develops ac- principle of morality pertaining to cording to its particular pattern. This human equality. We are all equal, not view of the nature of things, which because we are the same, but because is, or at least, should be our modern we are every of us unique creatures orthodoxy, was anticipated in Greek that each in its own way struggles antiquity; Democritus, Epicurus, to persist in being. In the nature of and Lucretius advanced it. So did things, then, there is no such thing as Spinoza. moral privilege, no privilege of race The Preface to Part Four of the or ethnicity or gender identity, no naEthics, which he entitled, “Of Hu- tive aristocracy. The only laws that man Bondage,” contains a thorough bind us are laws of Nature, and Narefutation of the old orthodoxy. It is ture has no favorites. True equality very well worth reading. Spinoza requires accepting each other as we begins by reflecting on what it is for are, without prejudice. On this basis, anything to be perfect. He observes it can be said that Nature created us that word “perfect” has two mean- equal, and endowed us with certain ings, one primary, the other second- inalienable rights to life, liberty, and ary. The primary meaning signifies pursuit of happiness, to be realized that a thing is perfect when it is by each of us in our own way. completely developed, mature, or Still Spinoza asks, would it not ripe. The secondary sense relates to be convenient if all of us human a thing’s conformity to some exter- animals could agree on an ideal or nal standard: the more it conforms model of human nature to which we the more perfect it is; things that fail would conform our lives? Wouldn’t to conform are imperfect. it be beneficial equally to us all in Now, apropos to the first mean- our common endeavor to achieve ing, it should be obvious to any these goals, for in our natural state, careful observer of natural things, that no two of them are exactly alike even though they may be very similar. Each is perfect in itself. It is not the case that if you’ve seen one oak tree or one robin, or a caterpillar or a beetle, you’ve seen them all; rather, The Addison Independent encourevery individual is perfect in its own ages you to write letters to the editor. way and always warrants a closer We print signed letters only. Include look, which is, of course, just what an address and telephone number, Darwin did; it was the key to his too, so we can clear up any questions. great discovery. This applies also to Send it to: Letters to the Editor, artificial things also like houses, for Addison Independent, 58 Maple St., the materials and processes of proMiddlebury, VT 05753. Or email to duction vary enough that with hownews@addisonindependent.com. ever much care things are made to conform to a model, they vary ever so slightly, because however well crafted, they are still natural things.

Nevertheless, Spinoza observes, we humans have a tendency to suppose that there is or should be a model or perfect standard for things.

A perfect house is one that meets the

we are likely to become competitors without certainty about who will prevail, and we can be sure, no one will prevail all the time? What sort of model might this be? For him, it is a rational life, or a life governed by reason, and adorned with an assortment of virtues. Two of them deserve special notice: tenacity and nobility.

Tenacity is the steadfast pursuit of life, and in this endeavor, life and liberty are joined. A life of reason, is free, unburdened by debilitating passions, prudent: wisely choosing opportunities that enrich life, increasing knowledge, facing danger, exercising caution yet unflinching, and with a cunning to overcome them, refining sensibilities so that nothing wonderful in nature and art might go unnoticed, entering into intimate relationships with like minded companions, opening our minds to each other, becoming friends, each seeking what is best for the other, caring for another’s life as much or more than one’s own; in short, a free life is full and fulfilling and never lonely. At the root of all this is a philosophical striving, a meditation on life. “A free man thinks of nothing less, than of death, and his wisdom is a meditation on life, not of death.” Spinoza’s words are a repudiation of Socrates, who imagined that death is good, for it may be the threshold of something better; that philosophy is a meditation on death.

Nobility, a virtue that Epicurus extolled, is a civic virtue or a multitude of them. It includes all the perfections of mind and body that foster living together in society, such as gentleness, generosity, gentility, gracefulness, friendliness, taking pleasure in the good fortune of another, justice, and mercy. And because there is strength in numbers, when all are committed to a common good, nobility enhances an individual’s capability to endure in life. Nobility is properly regarded as a civic virtue, because it presupposes a civil society, on which Spinoza believed the very idea as well as the practice of virtue depends.

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Francine Dessureault, 66, Brandon BRANDON — Francine M. Dessureault, 66, passed away peacefully Monday, November 7, 2016 at Rutland Regional Medical Center.

She was born April 18, 1950 in Irasburg, Vt., the daughter of Rudolph and Claire (Viau) Dessureault. In 1968, she married Charles Cousino, and they had three children, James, Paul and Jennifer.

Francine is survived by her children, James Cousino; Paul Cousino and wife Leigh; Jennifer Cousino and husband Joseph; the father of her children Charles Cousino; four grandchildren, Todd and Jared Pecor, Justin Cousino, and Emily Brown; two great-granddaughters Harley and Ava; six sisters, Diane, Denise, Mimi, Janet, Jane and Theresa; and two brothers Ronald and Richard.

She was predeceased by her parents and grandson Tyler.

Visiting hours will be held Friday, Nov. 11 at Brown-McClay Funeral Home in Bristol from 5 to 8 p.m.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, at St. Ambrose Church in Bristol. Interment will be in Mt. St.

FRANCINE DESSUREAULT Joseph Cemetery in Bristol. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the family Attn. Jennifer Cousino, 1411 East St., New Haven, VT 05472. To send online condolences please visit www.brownmcclayfuneralhomes.com. ◊

Shirley Brevda, 98, Shelburne SHELBURNE, Vt. — C. Shirley Brevda, 98, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Wake Robin in Shelburne. The daughter of Dr. Isadore Betz and Rose Schneiderman, Charlotte Shirley was born January 29, 1918 and raised in Brooklyn with her sisters Annette and Inez.

After graduating from Hunter College, Shirley enjoyed a brief acting career at the Davenport Free Theater in Manhattan where she became friends with the future Hollywood actors King Donovan and John Ireland. On December 25, 1941, Shirley Betz married Dr. Morris Brevda. They lived above “Moe’s” dental office at 2157 70th Street in Brooklyn. After losing her firstborn, George, to a fatal illness at two, William was born in 1947 and Mary in 1949.

Moving to Huntington, Long Island, Shirley later became an

elementary school teacher and then a school librarian, receiving an M.A. in Library Science from C. W. Post College in 1966. On August 27, 1983, Shirley’s beloved Moe died.

In 2002, she moved to Vermont to be closer to her daughter Mary, sonin-law Homer Wells, granddaughter Rachel (“Raye”) Brevdawells, and to receive visits from her son Bill and his wife Pat McGann-Zionts.

While residing at Wake Robin, Shirley helped manage the library and was active in the “death-withdignity” movement that led to passage of Vermont’s End of Life Act in 2013. Shirley Brevda was cherished by her family and friends and respected by everyone who met her. She was a generous person and a great reader who always had a book in hand. A Circle of Remembrance will take place at Wake Robin on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. ◊

In Loving Memory of Warren Potter I can’t believe it’s been a year since you left us. It doesn’t seem possible. I wait every day for you to walk through the door, or to get a call from you to see how my day was. You were taken from this world too early. You had so many things you wanted to do still. So many things I wanted you to do with me.

Like to be there when I was able to walk again after my accident, or watch me graduate high school, or be so happy for me when I got my first car. It’s been hard to go on every day without you here giving me courage and faith to keep excelling. You meant the world to me. You were there the day I was born, you watched me grow up. Well guess what Grandpa, I have turned into such an amazing young lady because of you. It’s hard with you not being here giving me hugs and kisses and calling me Pumpkin. You would be so proud of who I have become and hope to continue to be. But the one thing I know for sure is that you are up there watching over me every day and I thank you for that. I love and miss you so much.

Thank you for everything.

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Claude Spaulding, 68, Bristol BRISTOL — Claude Edmund Spaulding, 68, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Bristol, Vermont, on November 2, 2016. He was born in Glens Falls, New York, on October 28, 1948, to Shirley M. (Wicks) and Edward C. Spaulding.

Claude’s childhood was spent on the shores of Glen Lake, where he attended Lake George Central School. He graduated from California State College in Pennsylvania, where he studied Education and Industrial Arts.

Claude married Margaret “Peggy” Massaro on June, 14, 1975, in Middlebury, VT. They spent the first two years of their marriage in Australia. Upon their return, they built a log home in Bristol, where they raised their two beautiful daughters, Lindsay and Emily.

Claude was a dedicated middle & high school Technology Education teacher. He spent over 30 working in the Vermont school system at Weeks School, Winooski High School and Middlebury Union Middle School.

Claude loved working with his hands, doing carpentry and logging with his team of draft horses. He devoted his time to their gardens, sugarhouse, horses and his beloved English Mastiffs. He also enjoyed hunting and salmon fishing, along with cheering on the thoroughbreds at Saratoga Race Course. He was a lifelong Giants fan, who appreciated any and all sporting events.

Claude is survived by his wife Peggy; daughter Lindsay Vincelette, her husband Tyler and their two children, Finnley and Dane, of Bristol, VT; daughter Emily

CLAUDE SPAULDING Spaulding and her partner Peter Frelik, of San Antonio, Texas; his cousin William Fosbrook of Glen Lake, NY, as well as his brother-inlaw Thomas Hall of Queensbury, NY; his sisters-in-law and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his family, he leaves behind many dear friends and colleagues. Claude was predeceased by his parents, his sister Barbara Hall and brother Arthur Spaulding.

A celebration of Claude’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a scholarship fund which will be set up for students exploring careers in Technology or the Arts. Donations may be sent to the scholarship fund c/o Lindsay Vincelette, 26 South Mountain Drive, Bristol, VT 05443. ◊

Patrick O’Brien, Panton PANTON — Patrick Michael O’Brien got his call to the big stage on November 3, 2016. He is survived by what he calls the three F’s; family, friends and fans. It didn’t matter which category you fell into, you were loved just the same.

Whether it was a backyard barbeque or the flashing lights at the Battle of the Bands, the stage was his home and for 18 years he shared that home with his loving wife, Tammy, who loved him more than life itself.

In the words of our Dad; “I’m here for a good time, not a long time.”

There will be a celebration of his life on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at The American Legion, Post 14 in Vergennes at 2 p.m. ◊

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MIDDLEBURY / WAITSFIELD, Vt. — Holly Merlin Ward, 86, of Middlebury, passed away on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, surrounded by his family. Born in Montpelier on June 17, 1930, Holly was the son of Merlin B. and Aline (Hollopeter) Ward of Moretown, Vt. A longtime community member of the Mad River Valley, Holly is survived by his wife Peggy of Middlebury; sister Lois W. Tierney of Hampton, N.H.; three daughters Gail Ward-Gould of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Willow Blish of Berkley, Calif.; and Amanda (Scott) Alexander of Sheridan, Wyo.; and four grandchildren Sarah Gilbert of Boston, Mass.; Caroline Gilbert of Waitsfield, Vt.; and Brooke and Caden Alexander of Sheridan, Wyo. Holly was predeceased by his parents, brother Richard Ward and daughter Kadi Ward.

Holly graduated from Montpelier High School and served in the U.S. Army. After two years at Vermont College, he continued his education at Boston University, graduating in 1952 with a degree in industrial management. When he returned to Moretown, he joined his father, Merlin, and his cousin, Owen in the family lumber business honoring his love of land and trees.

The remainder of his professional life was spent managing the Ward Lumber Co. as well as developing the Ward Clapboard Mill. He expanded the mill from a family hobby into a major producer of the original vertical grain clapboard. He also pursued producing sounding boards for musical instruments. Holly was the last working woodsmen to carry the torch for the Ward family.

Holly’s fascination with the company’s big workhorses sparked his lifelong equestrian interest. He was one of the founders of the Sugarbush Polo Club and the Green Mountain Hounds and remained an active leader in the Vermont horse community throughout his life. He will be remembered by many for his passion for the polo game, keen eye for a good pony and his remarkably patient way of teaching.

He spent the later part his life with his wife Peggy managing their three horse farms between Vermont and Florida. Holly did everything ranging from driving the truck and trailer to barn chores to mowing the fields

HOLLY WARD to coaching and to buying and selling horses. Holly was always the first to show up and to lend a hand wherever it was needed Holly was and is beloved by many people near and far, whether that be lumbermen in Maine, polo players in Palm Beach or friends of his children and grandchildren across the country.

Nothing was more important to Holly than family and he always had a way of ensuring that those close to him knew how much he cared.

A true Vermont gentleman, Holly will be remembered always for his kindness, patience, and abundance of knowledge of so many things. He was always good for a story, a lesson or a bit of advice. His presence will be dearly missed.

A celebration of Holly’s Life will be held at the Waitsfield United Church of Christ on Saturday, November 12, 2016, at 11 a.m., with a reception to follow. Later inurnment will take place at the Ward family lot in the South Duxbury Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Muscular Dystrophy Association, Vermont Chapter, 1 Marcus Blvd, Suite 203, Albany, N.Y. 12205. To donate online please visit www.mda.org. Assisting the family is the Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury. To send online condolences please visit www.perkinsparker. com or the funeral home Facebook page.◊

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Marilyn De Laney, 88, Cornwall CORNWALL — Marilyn Bayer De Laney, age 88, passed away on November 1, 2016, surrounded by her family in the comfort of the Cornwall, Vt., home they seemed to be continually renovating.

Marilyn was imbued with tremendous energy and determination, a deep love for family and friends, an aversion to clocks and an ability to make a conversation last just a bit longer often to the pleasure of everyone but her steadfast husband, John. She delighted in reducing degrees of separation among people and hated for a dinner party to end too early.

Born and raised in Richmond Hill and Manhasset, N.Y., she graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, with a degree in English literature, the Carnival Queen’s crown of 1949, and a solemn regard for flawless grammar of which she was robbed this June by a tumor in the speech center of her brain.

Marilyn returned to New York as a secretary at Time, Inc., first for Life and then for the newly launched Sports Illustrated.

She met John on a weekend visit to Beacon Hill in Boston and accepted his offer of a ride home to New York wondering what they would talk about for five hours in the car. They married in 1953, settling in Garden City, N.Y., to raise their children. Increasingly horrified by the cementing over of their beloved pre-war Long Island, they moved to Cornwall in 1979.

A temporary job in 1982 to assist the President’s Office at Middlebury College with its centennial celebration of co-education lasted just thirty-two years, when Marilyn retired at the age of 85 with a

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wealth of friends and experiences fully vested. Retirement brought more time for equally valued engagements with the Porter Medical Center Auxiliary, Round Robin, the Middlebury United Methodist Church and its choir, the PEO Sisterhood and a bit of tai chi to boot.

In addition to her trusty knight, John, Marilyn is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Alison and Hal Granger of Farmington, Conn.; son John B. De Laney of New York and Farmington; grandchildren Amanda and Anthony Erlandson of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Sam Granger of Seattle, Wash.; Sophia De Laney of New York; and Lucinda De Laney of New York. She is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law Don and Sue Bayer of Huntington, N.Y.; her brother-in-law and sisterin-law Bob and Adrienne De Laney of Middlebury; and her nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 19, at 2 p.m., at Middlebury’s Mead Chapel, to which all are welcome to attend. Burial will be private.

Marilyn’s family extends its deepest gratitude to all those at Addison County Home Health and Hospice, and at Hospice Volunteer Services, whose care and grace were ever present when needed, as well as to the many neighbors, friends and family who provided comfort and good cheer as she battled to deny her disease a single comma’s worth of gain.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Addison County Home Health and Hospice, to Middlebury College or to any worthy charity supporting the Addison County community. ◊

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GREENVILLE, Tenn. — David Allyn “Pete” Lee, 66, passed away unexpectedly on October 17, 2016 in Greenville, Tenn. He was born in Middlebury, Vt. on April 30, 1950.

He was the son of Allyn G. and Cecile (Martin) Lee. He spent his youth on the Dean Farm in Brandon, and graduated from Otter Valley Union High School in 1968.

Upon graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as a mechanic and served four years. Following his service in Charleston, S.C., he returned to Vermont with his family.

He was employed by Brandon Fuels and Middlebury College. He moved to Greenville, Tenn., in 1994 and worked at Walters State College until

his retirement in 2014. He was a hard working and dedicated employee.

Pete was an avid outdoorsman with a passion for hunting and fishing.

He was predeceased by his father, paternal grandparents, and maternal grandparents. He is survived by his son, David J. Lee and his family Stacey and Emma of West Rutland; his mother Cecile Lee of Brandon; and his brother Mike and his wife Stephanie and their daughter Katelyn, also of Brandon. He is also survived by aunts, uncles and cousins.

Per his wishes there will be no services. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made, in his honor, to the Rutland County Humane Society, 765 Stevens Rd. Pittsford, VT 05763.◊

Look out for deer on the roads VERMONT — Deer season is here and AAA reminds drivers to be on the lookout for animals on roadways across Vermont. November and December are the worst months for animal collisions that can not only put a serious dent it your car but can also cause serious injury and even death.

According to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department there were 2,900 animal related car crashes in 2015. Nationally there are about 1.5 million deer-related car crashes annually that results in over $1 billion dollars in vehicle damage.

“AAA urges everyone on the roadways to be extra vigilant, but especially on rural and wooded roads,” said Dan Goodman, manager of public affairs for AAA Northern New England for New Hampshire and Vermont. “Deer crashes are not only costly — they can be deadly. Deer and other animals are unpredictable and you never know when they might dash out in front of your vehicle.”

As random as these collisions might seem, there are things you can do to improve your chances of avoiding one. AAA has some tips to help prevent a crash or to reduce damage from an animal collision: • Scan the road and shoulders ahead of you. Looking ahead helps provide enough reaction time if an

animal is spotted. Also, remember some animals move in groups, so when there is one, there are usually more in the area.

• Good visibility is a must. Use high-beam headlights if there’s no oncoming traffic. Wildlife may be spotted sooner when using high beams. This will give the driver time to slow down, move over or honk the horn to scare the animal away. High beams also help in spotting some animals’ reflective eyes.

• What if a crash is unavoidable? If a collision is unavoidable, remain in your lane — swerving to avoid an animal can often cause a more serious crash or result in drivers losing control of vehicles. Apply the brakes firmly, and release them just before impact — this will help prevent the vehicle’s nose from “scooping” the animal up and over the hood.

• Be extra cautious at dawn and dusk.

Most animals, especially deer, tend to be more active early in the morning and at dusk.

• Drivers should always wear a seat belt and remain awake, alert and sober. Driver distraction and inattention, combined with excess speed, often result in vehicle-wildlife collisions

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By LEE J. KAHRS land County remains financially BRANDON — The Brandon Boys sound overall and continues to work & Girls Club permanently closed its to improve the lives of area youth,” doors late last month; it was two he added. months after suspending operations.

A July 8 posting on the Brandon Now there are just some empty Club’s Facebook page announced rooms at 25 Rossiter St. to show the suspension of services in the for a grassroots community effort middle of the club’s summer camp that raised $150,000 to start a Boys program: & Girls Club in Brandon just seven “With heavy hearts, we at The years ago.

Boys and Girls Club But another local efof Brandon are sad to fort may be gaining mo- “I would like for announce that we have mentum to try and fill us to continue closed our doors for the void left by the club. to be creative in the remainder of sumBoard members have offering services mer camp. We will be cited steadily falling offering bus transporto the youth of numbers among kids tation to club members using the club over the Brandon and who wish to go to our last few years. There specifically work sister site in Rutland are reportedly eight to find activities … We are very sorry children in Brandon be- with the teens in for any inconvenience ing shuttled to the main that area.” this may cause you and club in Rutland. your family. Sincerely, — Collin Fingon BGCB Staff.”

Collin Fingon, chair of the Rutland County There have been Boys & Girls Club board, said in a rumblings of unrest for the last few statement that the decision to close years, issues on the steering committhe club in Brandon was financial, tee above and beyond falling student and came at the recommendation of numbers. Some committee members, Executive Director Larry Bayle and including former steering committee his executive team. chair and the building owner Chris“This choice was not an easy de- tie Gahagan and Brandon Recreation cision for us as the board,” Fingon Director Bill Moore, resigned in resaid. “After several months and a cent years for personal reasons. The great deal of work from the board, club also went through several unit including studying the finances of directors creating a lack of continuthe Brandon club and surveying and ity at the helm of the Brandon club meeting with community members, for staff and the kids. it became clear that this was the best In his remarks, Fingon also cited option for now.” the fact that the club failed to retain Fingon said that “the finances long-term unit directors as part of of the Brandon club have not been the problem in establishing the club favorable in recent years,” and that in Brandon. “the current structure in Brandon “We haven’t really connected with wasn’t sustainable. the community that well, and unfor“The Boys & Girls Club of Rut- tunately, there is still a huge need,”

Fingon said in an interview last week. “We would like to thank the Brandon community for the support they have given us over the years. I would like for us to continue to be creative in offering services to the youth of Brandon and specifically work to find activities with the teens in that area.”

There is hope on that front, but it will likely be completely separate from the Rutland County Boys & Girls Club. In an interview last week, Moore said that group of local stakeholders recently met to discuss the feasibility of forming a youth group in Brandon to fill the void left by the boys and Girls Club, particularly for teenagers.

Moore said the group included himself, Neshobe School Principal Judi Pulsifer, Harvest Program Director Anne Young, the Brandon Police Department and Katie Wallet of Otter Valley Union High School.

“While the club shutting down in Brandon is unfortunate, it opens up another opportunity for the Brandon area to come up with a solution to help teens,” Moore said.

He added that said there has been discussion about establishing a teen center concept in Brandon that is possibly intergenerational and includes senior citizens as well. The center would serve meals five or six days a week and offer a range of community-driven programming.

Moore said that they hope to work with Gahagan to use the Rossiter Street building, which has a full kitchen, and invites any other interested local individuals or groups to join the conversation.

“We’re forming a committee,” he said. “We’re really trying to rally support. We’d partner with whom-

ever. The focus will be on a community place for people to collaborate.

Hopefully, there would be meals for kids. There could be meals for seniors. There are plenty of people interested in doing something to help.”

For its part, Fingon said the Boys & Girls Club will continue to serve the town’s youth and support all other organization’s efforts to improve the lives of youth. The Club will be transporting children from Brandon to other sites that the Club operates in Rutland County which include Hickory Street in Rutland City, Downtown Rutland and Barstow Memorial School in Chittenden.

For more information about the new committee, contact Bill Moore at 247-3635 ext. 213.

BURLINGTON — Six Vermont 4-H sheep members and two dairy goat members recently had the opportunity to compete at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass.

Representing Vermont in sheep events held Sept. 30-Oct. 2, were Jarod and Raymond Bushey, both from Addison; Gabrielle and Riley Ochs and Siri Swanson, all from Orwell.

In addition to fitting and showmanship and conformation classes, the sheep delegation participated in skill-a-thon, general knowledge, quiz bowl and sheep blocking and fitting contests. Vermont’s quiz bowl team, which included Raymond Bushey, Gabrielle and Riley Ochs, and Siri Swanson captured first place.

Vermont 4-H’ers also earned the highest score in each of the three age divisions in Skill-a-thon, a competition that tested their knowledge of sheep and the sheep industry. Siri Swanson won the senior division (ages 16 and older), and Gabrielle Ochs, intermediate (ages 14-15).

One exhibitor from each of the New England states also was recognized with the Individual Shepherd Award. In Vermont Gabrielle Ochs received this award, given to an individual who demonstrates outstanding teamwork and commitment to his or her 4-H project. The delegates vote by secret ballot to select their state’s winner.

The 4-H sheep members and their individual achievements were: Jarod Bushey: Intermediate Showmanship — wool breeds, fifth. In the Other Breeds — wool conformation classes, Jarod’s junior ewe lamb placed second. In the Natural Colored breed classes, he earned

first place for best fleece while his pair of lambs, junior ram lamb and junior ewe lamb all came in second.

He also had the Reserve Champion Bred and Owned Ewe. Raymond Bushey: Senior Showmanship — wool breeds, fifth. In Other Breeds — wool his junior ram lamb placed third.

Gabrielle Ochs: Intermediate Showmanship — wool breeds, third.

Both her Romney yearling ewe and junior ewe lamb placed fourth in their respective classes. Gabrielle earned Best in Show for the best fleeced animal.

Riley Ochs: Junior Showmanship — wool breeds, fourth. Riley exhibited Border Leicester sheep, taking several firsts including for her yearling ram, yearling ewe and best fleece and several championships including champion ram, Champion Bred and Owned Ram, Champion Ewe and Champion Bred and Owned Ewe. Siri Swanson: Senior Showmanship — slick shorn, first. In the Market Lambs division, her entry took first. In the Southdown classes her junior ewe lamb and yearling ewe both came in third and her exhibitor’s flock, second. In Other Breeds — wool, she earned first place for her junior ram lamb, pair of lambs, junior ewe lamb, exhibitor’s flock and best fleece and a second for her yearling ewe. She also had the Champion Ram, Champion Bred and Owned Ram, Reserve Champion Ewe, Champion Bred and Owned Ewe and Reserve Champion Bred and Owned Ewe. In addition, she earned a Best of Show award, Supreme Champion Bred and Owned Ram.

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Chicken and biscuits supper in Brandon. Saturday, Nov. 12, 5-7 p.m., Fellowship Hall, 1 Carver Street, Brandon. The Brandon Congregational Church will host a chicken and biscuit supper with chicken and biscuits, coleslaw, apple crisp and beverages. A free will offering will be taken. There will also be a basket raffle and silent auction. For information contact Mary: 247-0180 or mary_cliver@yahoo.com.

King Pede card parties in Ferrisburgh. Saturday, Nov. 12, 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.

Lazyman’s lobster dinner and baked ham dinner in Shoreham. Saturday, Nov. 12, 5 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., Shoreham Congregational Church. Lobster dinner: $22 ($20 seniors). Baked ham dinner $12 ($10 seniors). Both dinners include rolls, tossed salad, squash, potato and homemade desserts. Advance tickets only. Call Judy 349-9957. Drawing for the quilt raffle will take place.

DJ skate night in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 12, 8-10 p.m., Memorial Sports Center. DJ skate night presented by friends of Middlebury hockey. All ages and abilities welcome. $5 adult; $3 student. Snack bar will be open and rental skates available. Info: www. memorialsportscenter.org.

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Introduction to bridge course in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov. 10, 5:307:45 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. Free weekly bridge classes taught by Gisela Palmer. Suitable for beginners but more experienced players welcome. Classes are free and will follow Audrey Grant’s “Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction.� Sevenweek session.

Otter Creek Audubon annual dinner and meeting in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov. 10, 5:30 p.m., American Legion, 49 Wilson Road. A celebration of the work OCAS has done in the past year. Lasagna dinner $18.50 adult; $12.50 youth. Ripton resident Warren King will be presented the Silver Feather Award at 7:15 p.m., followed by a talk by Geoff LeBaron, the National Audubon society’s Christmas bird count director. Visit www.ottercreekaudubon. org for reservation information.

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Advanced beginner Tai Chi taught by certified Tai Chi instructor Doreen Peterson. Participants should have knowledge of Tai Chi One. This class will introduce the movements of Tai Chi Two. “World War I Remembered� poetry reading in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-noon, EastView at Middlebury. Author and poet Ed Barna will read 11 poems by Wilfred Owen, considered by many to be the foremost poet of World War I.

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Auxiliary craft fair in Bristol. Saturday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Bristol American Legion, Airport Drive.

Bristol American Legion Auxiliary Craft Fair features crafters, bake sale raffle and a drawing for $100 gift card to Toys R Us with submission of a letter to Santa for ages 12 and under. Breakfast and lunch available.

Kids try hockey for free in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 12, 9:15-10:30 a.m., Memorial Sports Center.

Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association offers youngsters from age 4 to 9 a free experience to try youth hockey. A limited amount of equipment is available to borrow. MAHA’s top coaches will be on the ice to assist. No previous skating or hockey experience needed. Info: www.middhockey.com.

Button up day in Weybridge. Saturday, Nov. 12, 9:30 a.m., Weybridge Recycling Center. The Weybridge Town Energy Committee invites residents to participate in the Button Up Day of Action to prepare for the winter season by reducing energy costs.

Homebuyer education course in Middlebury.

Saturday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Middlebury Police Station. Homebuyer education course that covers readiness to buy, budgeting and credit, affordability, shopping for a home, getting a mortgage, down payment assistance programs, home inspections and insurance. Call 438-2303 to register or online at https:// nwwvt.neighborworkscompass.org/trainingcenter.

DAR program at Bixby in Vergennes. Saturday, Nov. 12, 10-11 a.m., Bixby Memorial Library. Muir Hammond presents “The Strong and Bredenberg Collections at Bixby Library: Content, Access, Preservation.� Free.

Wildlife expert in Monkton. Saturday, Nov. 12, 10-11 a.m., Monkton Ridge Church. Certified Wildlife Expert Helena Nicolay will describe what you should and should not do if you find an injured animal. Learn how to keep yourself and the animal safe in order to rescue it. Info: 453-4471.

Lasagna supper in Vergennes. Saturday, Nov. 12, 5-6:30 p.m., Vergennes United Methodist Church, Main Street. The menu includes lasagna, green beans, Italian bread, dessert and beverage, served buffet style. $9 adults; $5 children. Takeout orders available. Call 877-3150 for more information.

Chicken pie supper in Hancock. Saturday, Nov. 12, 5-6:30 p.m., Hancock Town Hall, 1097 Route 100.

The Community Church of Hancock and Granville is holding their annual chicken pie supper. The menu includes chicken gravy on a biscuit with mashed potatoes, squash, cranberry sauce, coleslaw, beverage and pie for dessert. $10 adults; $5 children ages 12

SUNDAY

Parish breakfast in Vergennes. Sunday, Nov. 13, 8-10 a.m., St. Peter’s Church.

Come for a delicious breakfast of eggs, omelets (to order), hot cakes, French toast, sausage, bacon and more. $8.50 adults; $7.50 seniors over 60; $6 kids ages 6-12; under age 6 free. Immediate families of five or more $28. Info: 877-2367.

Warm clothing drive in East Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 13, 1-3 p.m., East Middlebury United Methodist Church, junction of Routes 125 and 116. Warm clothing drive, will accept clean, warm clothing for adults and children. “A History of the World in Six Boats� in Ferrisburgh.

Sunday, Nov. 13, 2-4 p.m., Ferrisburgh Historical Society, corner of Route 7 and Little Chicago Road.

Join Mike Smiles of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum for an exploration of the interconnected stories of six boat types that shaped our local and global economies. Bring a list of your own “six ships/ boats� to share in a survey. All welcome. Refreshments will be available.

Chicken and biscuit supper in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 13, 5-6 p.m., Middlebury United Methodist Church. All you can eat chicken and biscuit supper includes many homemade side dishes and desserts.

Suggested donation $8 adult; $5 ages 5-12; under age 5 free. All proceeds go to charity.

Free Thanksgiving dinner in Bristol. Sunday, Nov. 13, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Ambrose Parish Hall. Thanksgiving ecumenical dinner sponsored by seven area churches. The menu will be turkey with stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, squash, rolls, cranberry sauce, pie and beverages. All welcome.

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“Crossing the Himalayas in 1964� slide talk in Middlebury. Monday, Nov. 14, 7-8:30 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. Over 50 years ago when he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, David Rosenberg crossed the Himalayas on foot. Now a Middlebury College professor, he has published an extensively illustrated book that tells the story of his adventures.

Addison right to life meeting in Bristol. Monday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., Bristol Baptist Church. Visitors are welcome. Info: 388-2898 or L2paquette@aol.com.

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Free foot care clinic in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-noon, Middlebury Rec Center, 154 Creek Road. Bring your own basin and towel. Offered by ACHHH. The basics of state government in Middlebury.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-noon, The Residence at Otter Creek. Learn who represents you in your district, how a bill becomes law and what is happening in the legislature. Free and open to the public.

Register by calling 388-1220.

Waterfalls Day Spa is hosting a FREE HOLIDAY MAKEUP CLASS on Friday, November 11 from 5:30-7:00. Join us for a ladies night out, get glam for the holidays and accent your best features!

Learn the basics of skin care prep and the do’s and don’ts of holiday makeup. 25% off all instock product, give-aways and more! Space is limited, please call 388-0311 to reserve your spot today. www.middleburyspa.com Bake sale in Orwell. Friday, Nov. 11, 3-5 p.m., Buxton’s Store. Apple and pumpkin bake sale sponsored by the Orwell Fortnightly Club.

Proceeds to benefit various community activities.

Middlebury College Orchestra concert in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall. Andrew Massey conducts the Middlebury College Orchestra in a fall concert featuring Mozart’s “Overture to The Marriage of Figaro,� Grainger’s “Classical Song,�

Milhaud’s “Murder of a Great Chief of State� and Mendelssohn’s “Overture to Ruy Blas.� Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free.

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SATURDAY

Hunters/early bird breakfast in South Starksboro. Saturday, Nov. 12, 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.

Monthly wildlife walk in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 12, 8-10 a.m., Otter View Park parking area. Otter Creek Audubon and Middlebury Area Land Trust invite community member to help survey birds and other wildlife. Beginning birders welcome. Info: 388-1007 or 388-6019.

Green Mountain Club hike in Middlebury.

Saturday, Nov. 12, Abbey Pond, Middlebury. This is a moderately difficult hike, about 4.5 miles round trip with an elevation gain of 1,160 feet. The trail ends at Abbey Pond, a quiet wilderness pond with an unobstructed view of Robert Frost Mountain.

For information contact Ruth Penfield at 388-5407 or ruthpenfield@gmail.com. Info: www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Bake sale and bazaar in East Middlebury.

Saturday, Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., East Middlebury United Methodist Church, junction of Routes 126 and 116. Homemade pies, breads, doughnuts,

Woodstock THE LANDMARK CONCERT film “Woodstock� will be presented as part of Town Hall Theater’s Rock on Film series Friday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m., in Middlebury. Tickets $10. Info: www.townhalltheater.org or 382-9222.

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Blood pressure/foot care clinic in Brandon.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 11 a.m., Conant Square. Blood pressure/foot care clinic sponsored by RAVNAH. $10. No appointment necessary. Call 770-1536 for more information.

Third Tuesday lunch in Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 11 a.m., Middlebury Recreation Center on Creek Road. Seniors are invited to come to the Third Tuesday Lunch sponsored by Age Well (formerly CVAA). The menu will feature roasted pit ham, mac and cheese, Italian beans, dinner roll and pumpkin whoopee pies for desert. Certified organic regular and decaffeinated coffee donated

by Vermont Coffee Company. Suggested donation $5; advance reservations required. Call 865-0360 ext. 1070 to reserve a seat.

“Normalizing U.S.-Cuban Relations: The Obama Legacy” lecture in Middlebury. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 4:30-6 p.m., Robert A. Jones ’59 House Conference Room, Middlebury College. Lecture by Peter Kornbluh, senior analyst at National Security Archives. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Political Science Department, International Politics and Economics Program, Spanish Department and Latin American Studies Program.

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SATURDAY

Hunters/early bird breakfast in South Starksboro. Saturday, Nov. 19, 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.

Green Mountain Club hike in Middlebury.

Saturday, Nov. 19, Trail Around Middlebury. An easy/moderate one-way hike or snowshoe on the Trail Around Middlebury starting at South Street, about 5.5 miles total including climbing Chipman Hill. For information contact Kathy Duclos at 453-2149 or kduclos@gmavt.net. Info: www. gmcbreadloaf.org.

TaeKwon Do KICKS in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Middlebury Union Middle School. Come watch students ranging in age from toddlers to grandparents from all around Vermont participate in a learning tournament. $2 per person or $5 for a family donated to Derrick Benoit Scholarship Fund. All food proceeds go to Middlebury Union Middle School after school fund. Info: 377-0476 or tkdkicks101@yahoo.com.

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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, 6:308:30 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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WEDNESDAY

Turkey bingo in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 5 p.m., American Legion. Food and drinks from 5 p.m.; quickies at 6:15 p.m.; regular play for turkeys and cash prizes begins at 7 p.m. Raffle tickets for sale from Knights of Columbus members: $2 each; 3 for $5. First prize: $400 gift card at Vermont Field Sports; second prize: handmade quilt by Pam Pezzulo; third, fourth and fifth prize: fresh Vermont turkeys.

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THURSDAY

A walk in their shoes: dementia simulation in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov. 17, 4:30-5:30 p.m., The Residence at Otter Creek.

Join us for an experience that will help you understand how it feels to manage the many challenges of caring for a loved one with dementia. Free and open to the public.

Introduction to bridge course in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov. 17, 5:30-7:45 p.m., Ilsley Public Library. Free weekly bridge classes taught by Gisela Palmer. Suitable for beginners but more experienced players welcome.

Classes are free and will follow Audrey Grant’s “Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction.” Seven-week session.

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Veterans benefits and you in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m., The Residence at Otter Creek. Join Amanda Kay Folse, a Veterans service representative, for an informative presentation on Veterans benefits. Free and open to the public.

Table of Grace free meal in Vergennes. Friday, Nov. 18, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Vergennes Congregational Church.

Meals are held the fourth Friday of the month. This month’s menu: meatloaf, potatoes, gravy, vegetable and dessert.

Ladies’ night out women’s chorus concert in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m., Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society. The ladies’ night out women’s chorus 7th annual advent concert with harpist Heidi Soons will feature Gustav Holst’s “4 Hymns from the Rig Veda.” A $10 free will offering is requested.

“The Little Mermaid” in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School. Based on the Disney movie featuring beloved songs and characters, over 60 students are involved in this production, which is directed by Shannon Bohler. Tickets $10 adults; $8 students/seniors. Call 382-1192 after 11/14 to reserve tickets or purchase at the door.

LIVEMUSIC Paradiddles in Middlebury. Thursday, Nov. 10, 7-9 p.m., 51 Main.

Abraxas in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 11, 8:30-10:30 p.m., 51 Main.

The Dave Keller Band in Lincoln. Saturday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m., Burnham Music Series, 52 River Road, Lincoln.

DaddyLongLegs in Brandon. Saturday, Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m., Brandon Music.

Linda Draper in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 12, 9-10:30 p.m., 51 Main.

Blues Jam in Middlebury. Wednesday, Nov. 16, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Left Eye Jump in Middlebury. Friday, Nov. 18, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

The Good Parts Band in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 19, 8-10 p.m., 51 Main.

Mental illness and recovery workshop in Brandon. Saturday, Nov. 19, Fellowship Hall, 1 Carver Street. NAMI Vermont will offer a free workshop that discusses mental illness, coping strategies, and other NAMI programming.

Registration is required: 800-639-6480.

Middlebury College Community Chorus Thanksgiving Concert. Saturday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall.

One hundred singers offer songs of celebration, thanksgiving and peace, with uplifting classical choruses by Mozart and Handel, and breathtaking contemporary works composed during the past 10 years, with words that reflect the changing seasons and a longing for peace. Free.

“The Little Mermaid” in Middlebury. Saturday, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., Middlebury Union High School.

Based on the Disney movie featuring beloved songs and characters, over 60 students are involved in this production, which is directed by Shannon Bohler. Tickets $10 adults; $8 students/ seniors. Call 382-1192 after 11/14 to reserve tickets or purchase at the door.

Bluegrass gospel project in Vergennes.

Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., Vergennes Opera House. Beautiful voices and unforgettable melodies will once again fill the Vergennes Opera House to the rafters. Tickets and information: www.vergennesoperahouse.org.

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All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast in Addison. Saturday, Nov. 20, 7-11 a.m., Addison Fire Station, junction of Routes 17 and 22A. Menu includes plain and blueberry pancakes, sausage, bacon, home fries, coffee, hot chocolate and orange juice. $6 adults; $4 kids under 12. Proceeds will benefit the Addison Volunteer Fire Department and will be used to purchase equipment. Info: 759-2237.

“The Little Mermaid” in Middlebury. Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m., Middlebury Union High School.

Based on the Disney movie featuring beloved songs and characters, over 60 students are involved in this production, which is directed by Shannon Bohler. Tickets $10 adults; $8 students/ seniors. Call 382-1192 after 11/14 to reserve tickets or purchase at the door.

Middlebury College Community Chorus Thanksgiving Concert. Sunday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Robison Hall.

One hundred singers offer songs of celebration, thanksgiving and peace, with uplifting classical choruses by Mozart and Handel, and breathtaking contemporary works composed during the

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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.

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.

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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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 Fiber Miller & Studio in Brandon.

Learn about alpacas and their luxurious fiber, then tour the fiber mill. Info: www.mapleviewfarmalpacas.com.

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.

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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, 388-8103.

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:

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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.

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Road trip inspires memories

LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOLERS Zora Duquette-Hoffman, left, Clare Molineaux and Cathy Dyer work on a STEM experiment with Middlebury College student Muriel Lavallee at the 2015 Sister-to-Sister Summit.

Sister-to-Sister helps middle schoolers MIDDLEBURY — The widely successful “Sister-to-Sister” Program at Middlebury College is gearing up for its twelfth season of mentoring middle school girls.

Since 2005, Middlebury students have invited girls from the three middle schools in Addison County — Middlebury, Vergennes, and Bristol — to participate in monthly twohour events on campus and a one-day summit in November. At events, one “fun” activity is usually paired with a discussion. When sisters meet at the pool for log rolling, for example, they will get together after splashing

in the water to discuss conceptions of body image.

In general, “Sister-to-Sister” strives to make a positive difference by giving a voice to the needs and interests of middle school girls. The program provides a safe space to talk about the challenges that girls face in this day and age. It enables girls to develop friendships with other girls, even if they don’t go to the same school. The program recognizes that in addition to teachers and textbooks, achievement is affected by what happens in the hallways, between classes and outside of school.

The big summit is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Kirk Alumni Center on the Middlebury College campus. Activities will include fun workshops such as improv theater, a capella singing, dancing, yoga and cupcake decorating.

Seventh- and eighth-grade girls from throughout the county are invited. All events are free and include breakfast, lunch and snacks (glutenfree, vegetarian options available).

To register or organize transportation, call Karin Hanta at 443-5937 or email khanta@middlebury.edu.

Rosenberg to discuss his trip across the Himalayas MIDDLEBURY — In 1964, when he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, David Rosenberg was invited to visit the King of Mustang in the ancient walled town of Lo Manthang on the Tibetan Plateau. He has now published an account of this journey, “Trekking to Mustang, 1964: Crossing Paths with Mastiffs and Khampas in the Himalayan Kingdom of Lo.” It is abundantly illustrated with the original Kodachrome trip photos.

On Monday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., he will give a photo slideshow about his adventure at the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury.

The book describes how Rosenberg and two fellow Peace Corps Volunteers crossed the Himalayas on foot, through the deepest river gorge on earth, carved out by the Kali Gandaki as it flowed south between the

Annapurna and Dhaulagiri mountain ranges. Their journey started in the terraced rice paddies around the hill villages of central Nepal, to coniferous forests on the steep southern slopes of the high Himalayas, and then to the arid, wind-eroded Tibetan Plateau.

Travelling through this natural geological cathedral, they saw how people had adapted their lives to survive in a challenging physical environment while at the same time preserving a deep religious tradition.

However, they were surprised and alarmed to find this area was also a staging ground for Khampa warriors who were skirmishing against Chinese border patrols. Their encounters led to a minor but regrettable Cold War incident.

David Rosenberg is Emeritus Pro-

so I didn’t learn much. When she were regular entries. died, my sisters and I put everything This was a year in which my into a cardboard box. Just before I mother and her three brothers were left, I spent ten minutes choosing all in college. They are coming and items from this box to take with me. going in the diary entries. Their When I arrived at a cousin’s house laundry was sent home, my mothoutside Minneapolis, I placed in er’s by train to be washed, ironed her hands a red leather Daily Di- and returned. My mother never told ary that our great-grandmother had me that! There was so much life in held in her hands seventy years ear- this little red book, and every word lier. She’d written in it each day in legible in her fine hand. We cousins the eighty-second year of her life. poured over it, sharing what memoTears welled up in ries it stirred, as we both our eyes. I had learned something known nothing about of the character of this woman except our great-grandher name, Kate mother and of the Buell Ranney, until college years of I opened the diary. our parents as seen My mother Kate had from their grandmentioned her grandmother’s perspecmother, for whom tive. We would get she was named, over out the old photo the years, but didn’t album, open it gintell me about her. gerly and peer at My cousin, Kate, the faces from our whose dad had died shared past. when she was two While she was years old, didn’t able to return just even know our greata few times over grandmother’s name. the decades of her I was told of anlong life, my mother

By Jill Vickers cestors who’d minever lost her loygrated out west from alty to the land and Orwell after the Erie Canal opened. people of the Midwest. I’d thought One of them eventually settled on when I retired, we would go there tofarmland that is still in the family. gether, but by then she was too weak Part of my journey would be stay- to make the trip. A dozen years later ing at that farm. I read the Daily Di- I find a place of gentle hills, rocky ary for the first time as we traveled soil challenging to work and caring west. It spoke of life on the farm people. in Fort Atkinson, Wisc., where one Time collapses, and the connecdaughter had grown up, married tion with ancestors is strong. My a neighbor’s son, and raised their cousins and I marvel over how a dichildren, and the life in Des Moines ary, old photos and scattered memowhere her other daughter moved af- ries woven together can tell a family ter marrying a doctor from Iowa. story, be part of a nation’s story. As Her two children were so differ- a child, I’d never known my mothent and so fond of one another. Let- er’s parents or grandparents, her ters flew back and forth between the aunt and family. Now it seems I do. little Wisconsin farm town and the Jill Vickers is a native of the city. There was also much traveling Champlain Valley, a retired teacher back to the farm with my grand- of literacy and the founder of a vidmother at the wheel, her husband eo production company. Special inhaving died two months before the terests include family history, travel diary began Jan. 1, 1936. So much and outdoor activities. She lives calling on and being called on! Sun- with her husband and their springer day school and missionary society spaniel in Bridport.

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Age Well to host senior meal, talk on ‘Healing Touch’ MIDDLEBURY — Seniors are invited to come to the new Middlebury Recreation Center on Creek Road next week for the monthly Third Tuesday Lunch, sponsored by Age Well (formerly CVAA).

The program and meal are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 15. Beginning at 11 a.m. Betsy Spannbauer will in-

troduce participants to their energetic bodies. Certified in “Healing Touch,” an energetic approach to wellness, Spannbauer will talk about how she was introduced to energy work and share some of her experiences.

A special noontime meal will follow featuring roasted pit ham, mac and cheese, Italian beans, dinner roll

Hancock DAVID ROSENBERG fessor of Political Science at Middlebury College, Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra, and editor of www.southchinasea.org. He lives in Middlebury with his wife, Jean.

The Middlebury Elementary School Association (MESA) thanks these businesses and organizations for their generous support of the

2016 Mary Hogan School Read-a-thon

American Flatbread Eastview at Middlebury Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium Flynn Center for the Performing Arts G. Stone Motors Green Peppers Restaurant IPJ Real Estate Junebug Lake Champlain Maritime Museum MacIntyre Services Landmark Woodcraft Memorial Sports Center META Middlebury Inn Middlebury Parks and Recreation Dept.

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The sale of my parents’ property after years on the market was the spark for a trip across the country with my husband this fall and winter. As a young couple we had made a road trip to Alaska in an old Chevrolet and a pup tent. Over the decades, we’d promised ourselves we would do this again with more time and equipment. Finally we would.

Another inspiration was my love of family stories. A cousin of my mother’s, age ninety-five, contacted me recently to share family history.

He lives in Wisconsin in the town in which my grandmother grew up. I’d just finished a documentary based on my father’s parents and their children. Given this cousin’s advanced age, I couldn’t put off researching my mother’s side. However, between preparing to leave our house in the hands of a tenant and finding our first camper there wasn’t much time to prepare and mull over what to bring.

Moving into the small camper with my husband and dog for eight months on a cross-country trip forced me to leave many personal possessions behind. I brought a Frisbee, which I rarely use, and my yoga mat and blocks, which, so far, I’m using to keep utilitarian items in place. I brought three paperback novels, a guidebook to the national parks, and three New Yorkers off my stack. I packed two notebooks and a laptop we set up from my desktop computer. A plastic bag holds notecards, stamps and my address book.

It has turned out that the most important object was inspired by the part of the journey connecting with family. It’s the size and shape of a bowling bag and is jammed with two thick, leather-bound nineteenth century photo albums, two manila envelopes of loose photos, a few old family letters from the 1850s, the family tree and three personal journals. My mother had kept these in her secretary after she received them from her mother. Near the end of my mother’s life, I would poke around in a drawer and take out a letter or part of a journal to read.

They didn’t hold her attention long,

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and pumpkin whoopee pies for desert.

Certified organic regular and decaffeinated coffee will be available at this Middlebury mealsite thanks to the donation of Vermont Coffee Company.

The suggested donation for the meal is $5; advance reservations are required. Call Age Well at 1-(802) 8650360 ext. 1070 to reserve a spot.

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HANCOCK — The Community Church of Hancock and Granville will be holding their annual Chicken Pie Supper on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Hancock Town Hall, 1097 Route 100. The price of the supper is $10

for adults and $5 for children age 12 and under. The menu includes chicken gravy on a biscuit with mashed potatoes, squash, cranberry sauce, coleslaw and choice of beverage, with choice of pie following for dessert.

We’d also like to remind anyone who would like to donate to our Christmas Bazaar craft table this is the time to get those crafts going. Or if you’re planning on renting a table now is the time start getting your inventory ready to sell.

Addison Independent, Thursday, November 10, 2016 — PAGE 11A

Statewide (Continued from Page 1A) Voters in the county’s 23 communities plus nearby Brandon collectively followed statewide trends in the rest of the big elections on Tuesday. Local voters endorsed: • Longtime incumbent U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., over Republican challenger Scott Milne of Pomfret. Leahy topped Milne by a 11,880-to-6,290 tally in Addison County. Leahy earned 60 percent of the statewide vote (191,693 tallies), compared to 32.4 percent for Milne (103,374).

• Republican Phil Scott of Berlin over Democrat Sue Minter of Waterbury, 10,098 to 8,573, in the race for governor. Scott is the current lieutenant governor and Minter is the former Vermont Secretary of Transportation.

Scott will replace current Gov. Peter Shumlin in January.

Former Red Sox pitcher Bill pa e an ee nis ed a distant third, with 442 votes in the county.

Scott ended up taking a little more than 52 percent of the statewide vote (166,000 tallies), compared to 43.6 percent (138,754 votes) for Minter, according to the Vermont Secretary of State’s Ofe • Democrat/Progressive Dave Zuckerman over Republican Randy Brock in the race for lieutenant governor. Zuckerman, a Hinesburg farmer and state senator, earned the county nod with 9,902 tallies, compared to 8,469 for Brock, the former state auditor and Middlebury College alum.

Zuckerman won 52.6 percent of

President Hillary Clinton (D) Addison 323 Brandon 924 Bridport 292 Bristol 1,075 Cornwall 517 Ferrisburgh 892 Goshen 78 Granville 82 Hancock 75 Leicester 217 Lincoln 494 Middlebury 2,680 Monkton 671 New Haven 594 Orwell 270 Panton 171 Ripton 228 Salisbury 296 Shoreham 356 Starksboro 534 Vergennes 712 Waltham 149 Weybridge 415 Whiting 95 Total 12,140

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492 397 870 277 828 48 49 70 270 273 1,173 562 543 413 184 86 275 311 374 543 143 197 91 8,469

259 236 981 441 748 72 87 75 198 492 2,311 610 504 208 153 227 261 311 522 649 129 334 94 9,902

State Auditor Dan Feliciano 427 327 705 229 658 59 38 54 224 223 884 461 430 335 158 74 224 243 324 422 115 168 71 6,853

Doug Hoffer 294 261 1,012 443 815 70 93 84 210 481 2,316 615 520 245 166 216 259 316 517 682 141 354 101 10,211

Att. General Deb Bucknam 307 250 525 161 475 36 24 44 178 168 659 337 312 267 118 49 168 184 247 300 99 103 49 5,060

T.J. Donovan 432 363 1,267 530 1,077 75 103 102 273 558 2,689 794 704 346 216 251 348 401 622 870 165 423 130 12,739

the statewide vote (159,323 tallies), compared to 43.8 percent (139,010 tallies) for Brock.

• Incumbent Democratic state Auditor Doug Hoffer over Republican challenger Dan Feliciano of Essex, 10,211 to 6,853. Hoffer won

50 percent of the statewide vote, compared to 36 percent for Feliciano.

• Democrat T.J. Donovan of South Burlington over Republican Deborah Bucknam of Walden in the race for attorney general.

Donovan, the Chittenden County prosecutor, won in Addison County by a 12,739-to-5,060 margin over Bucknam. Donovan won 63 percent of the statewide vote, compared to 27.9 percent for Bucknam.

• Incumbent U.S. Rep. Peter

Welch, D-Vt., with 16,226 votes.

Welch earned both the Democratic and Republican nominations.

In the a very animated four-person race for Addison County High Bailiff, Democrat Ron Holmes won with 8,309 votes. Finishing

out of the running were Republican Charles Clark (6,487 tallies), who was the incumbent; Independent Bruce Nason (1,463 tallies); and Independent Mark Stacey (775).

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Addison County Economic Development Corp., Scheu said she ran on a platform of economic development, environmental preservation and education.

“My experience in Vermont is that people vote for people,” she said.

“The issues are important but at the end of the day, that’s what they vote on.”

Scheu takes the House seat vacated by Middlebury resident Betty Nuovo, who retired after serving 15 terms in the House, starting in 1981.

“I think Betty did an amazing job and she’s provided an amazing service to this community,” Scheu said.

“I admire her a lot and I’m really honored to be the one attempting to follow in her footsteps.”

T ird pla e nis er C arb nneau said she ran on many of the same issues as her opponents, but “from a labor perspective.” t rst as disapp inted but I had worthy opponents,” she said.

“Being a third-party candidate is never easy. Robin and Amy are wonderful women and I know they’ll serve Vermont well.”

Sheldon and Scheu will join the Legislature with Republican Gov.elect Phil Scott, who beat Democratic candidate Sue Minter.

Sheldon, facing only her second ter in f e said t is uld be er rst ti e being in t e egislature while a Republican held the govern rs f e “I look forward to learning how

that can work productively,” she said.

Sheldon said the watchword for this coming legislative session would be collaboration.

“I’d like to see working together continue to be a priority,” she said.

“I think Vermont is lucky to have a functioning democracy and we’ve got to continue to take care of it.”

Middlebury (Continued from Page 1A) results i als ad eld n nishing ahead of Scheu and Charbonneau nis ing t ird fter l sing t e Democratic Primary, Charbonneau ran in the General Election as a Progressive.

Sheldon on Wednesday expressed relief at the end of the campaign and said she looked forward to going back to Montpelier.

“It’s been a long, hard campaign, and I love being in the Legislature,” she said. “I’m looking forward to getting back to the Legislature and focusing more completely on my work for Vermonters and Middlebury residents.”

Following the election results, Sheldon said her stances on the environment, taxation and healthcare elped er a r ss t e nis line adding these would be the issues she’d work on as she returns to Montpelier.

“If we can move forward on those issues, we’ll be doing good work,” she said.

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Traffic stop lands man several citations BRISTOL — On this past Sunday, just after midnight, Bristol police issued multiple citations to a Bristol resident, including driving under the influence of alcohol, second offense, at an East Street traffic stop.

Bristol police also cited Charles Correll, 59, for driving with a suspended license, criminal offense, and violation of conditions of release.

In other action between Nov. 1 and 6, the department: • On Nov. 1 responded to a report from a Munsill Avenue resident of a suspicious odor the complainant believed to be from methamphetamine manufacturing. Police said the report, a repeat claim, was unfounded.

• On Nov. 1 picked up a stray dog on Route 116 in Starksboro and took it to the pound until an owner was identified. A picture of the dog was posted to the department’s Facebook page.

• On Nov. 1 called a locksmith to the RiteAid parking lot, where a woman had locked herself out of her car with an infant inside. Access was gained and the infant slept through the incident.

• On Nov. 1 discussed a family concern with the Bristol Elementary School guidance counselor.

• On Nov. 2 determined to be false a report of the odor of crack cocaine coming from a neighboring apartment; police said the same complainant had been filed several similar false complaints in prior days.

• On Nov. 2 responded to a Main St. residence to check on the welfare of a resident per request of a family member; the resident was OK and was asked to call the family member.

• On Nov. 2 took a report from an East Street resident of possible identity theft. The resident was notified by his bank that an unsuccessful attempt had been made to get financing in the resident’s name. Police gave the resident referrals and information on steps to protect against further identity theft.

• On Nov. 2 responded to a minor two-car accident in the parking lot of Champlain Farms.

• On Nov. 2 checked out a teen at a community center reported to be smelling of marijuana, but found no evidence of marijuana or contraband.

• On Nov. 3 responded to a Main Street apartment, where a subject was reportedly threatening suicide; police found the subject OK and re-

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porting no immediate desire to selfharm.

• On Nov. 3 took a report from a resident said his daughter was harassed walking home from school by a male teen at a Mountain Street home; he allegedly shouted an obscenity. Police said they would follow up.

• On Nov. 3 heard from a woman seeking help finding her teenage daughter. She reported calling her daughter, asking her to come home.

The daughter refused, and then shut her phone off, according to police.

The mother called back to report all was OK before police could alert other agencies.

• On Nov. 4 searched the Mount Abraham Union High School area unsuccessfully for a silver sedan that reportedly was driving through parking areas slowly while sounding its horn.

• On Nov. 4 helped Bristol Rescue Squad personnel and firefighters gain access to a patient at a Munsill Avenue apartment.

• On Nov. 4 received a report of a minor car accident on School Street.

• On Nov. 5 checked the welfare of South Street residents, who were determined to be fine.

• On Nov. 5 served a temporary stalking order on a resident after it was issued by Addison County Family Court.

• On Nov. 6 checked the welfare of South Street residents, who were determined to be fine. Police said they have received many recent requests to make welfare checks at the same address, and asked the residents to contact the family member making the requests.

• On Nov. 6 responded to a report of two males fighting at an Elm Street residence. Police said they found two males injured from a possible fight, but both said there was no assault and that both fell during an argument. The Bristol Rescue Squad treated their injuries, and police waited until one of them left.

Bristol policed conducted a towncontracted patrols on Burpee Road on Nov. 5 and on Loves Lane on Nov. 6 — both resulted in written warnings.

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VSO musicians to perform in county schools ADDISON COUNTY — Two trios from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra scheduled performances at Addison County elementary schools.

The orchestra’s “DrumShtick” Percussion Trio will visit schools in Leicester and Starksboro on Nov. 16; and the “Fanfare” Brass Trio presented performances at schools in Vergennes and Orwell on Nov. 9. The visits were made possible by grants from Neat Repeats Resale Shop.

Fanfare members Glendon Ingalls, trumpet, Ron Wold, French horn, and Bear Irwin, trombone, play a variety

of musical styles and demonstrate how the instruments produce their sounds and how each one has changed since its beginnings. This rave review from a school is typical: “Fanfare’s performance was entertaining, informative, and tuned in to the attention spans and interests of young children.

Our students were a rapt audience, even on the day before vacation!”

The “Fanfare” Brass Trio performed at Vergennes Union Elementary School in the morning and Orwell Village School in the afternoon of the 9th.

“DrumShtick” is always a big hit in schools. Brian Johnson, Nic Cannizzaro and Mike Laven are all excellent performers with years of experience turning kids on to classical music.

Their show is called “Percussion Means the World to Us,” and it explores a culturally diverse repertoire and includes demonstrations of nonWestern instruments. Through their sometimes zany humor they introduce children both to general musical concepts and to the family of percussion instruments.

The percussion trio is scheduled to

perform at Leicester Central School at 10:30 a.m. on the 16th and at Robinson Elementary School (Starksboro) at 1:15 p.m.

These performances are part of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s statewide SymphonyKids education program, which reached over 26,000 schoolchildren last year with 278 presentations serving 175 schools in 141 different towns. These lively concerts are met with overwhelming enthusiasm, as the musical ambassadors spread the word that classical music can be fun.

Middlebury man cited for DUI while kids were in the car SOUTH BURLINGTON — Police allege that a Middlebury man was intoxicated while driving through South Burlington last Saturday night with children in the car.

On Nov. 5 at approximately 10:53 p.m. a tipster told a South Burlington police officer he had

been following a vehicle on Shelburne Road that was unable to maintain its lane of travel and he believed the driver was intoxicated. The officer located the vehicle and saw that the driver was unable to maintain his lane.

The officer stopped the car and

had the driver, identified as 44-yearold Roberto Gomes of Middlebury, take a preliminary breath test. The test showed Gomes’ blood alcohol content was 0.118 percent; the legal limit for driving is 0.08. The officer noted that children were inside the vehicle Gomes was driving.

Police arrested Gomes for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and cruelty to a child, and they lodged him at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility for lack of $750 bail.

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ANeSU (Continued from Page 1A) $140,000 a year in overhead.

Unification will also allow the five towns to receive Act 46 financial and tax incentives.

ANeSU joins the three other supervisory unions in Addison County that OK’d governance unification measures earlier this year: Addison Central, Addison Northwest and Rutland Northeast. Voters in the Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union, which includes Orwell, rejected unification proposals twice

this past spring.

“I’m very pleased to see that the will of the electorate is to create a unified school district for our five town community,” said ANeSU Superintendent and Bristol resident Patrick Reen. “The Act 46 Study Committee worked incredibly hard for many months and all of that hard work has come to fruition with this decision.

“ANESD is now poised to come together as a single community to work together to improve outcomes

for our students.

“This work will begin with our strategic planning process. With this decision we can now begin mapping out the process to transition to a unified school district. Thankfully, we have several months to make this transition, which allows for a thoughtful, deliberate process. I’m very excited to think about what the future holds for ANESD!” Unification passed easily in Bristol, Monkton and New Haven. The measure won in New Haven, 668-

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338 (66-34 percent); in Bristol, of this consolidation, by two each, so Bris1,105-550 (67-33 percent); and in it is vitally important tol’s three vacant seats Monkton, 785-355 (69-31 percent). for residents of the five on the new board will In Lincoln and Starksboro, how- towns who care about need to be appointed by ever, the margin of victory was ra- our schools to step up the Bristol Elementary zor thin. The ANeSU unification and engage with the School board, accordplan passed by 34 votes in Lincoln, new unified board. It is ing to current ANeSU 391-357, and by only 22 votes in equally important for procedure.

Starksboro, 430-408. Lincoln and the new board to work Stanley, chair of the Starksboro are the only two towns in hard to create real opAct 46 Student Comthe five-town supervisory union that portunities for such dismittee that authored still vote school budgets on the floor cussions. the ANeSU unification of town meeting and opposition to “The bottom line is plan, said that the new the unification plan was particularly that we all care about “ANESD is board is expected to beheartfelt. All towns must vote the quality education and now poised to gin its work in January. same way in a unified district, and strive for meaningful come together First however is an the ANeSU unification plan desig- engagement between as a single official 30-day reconnates Australian ballot as the voting our schools and our community to sideration period within method for all towns within the new communities.” which citizens can chalwork together district.

NEW SCHOOL lenge Tuesday’s vote. to improve The vote on unification was hard BOARD Voters in any of the outcomes for fought, with vocal opposition withAlso elected Tuesday our students.” five towns can petition in all five towns and from within were school directors — Superintendent to request a re-vote; the Act 46 Study Committee itself. for the new Addison Patrick Reen such petitions must be Committee members Nancy Cornell, Northeast Supervisory signed by 5 percent of Mike Fisher and Herb Olson wrote District board: that town’s registered a minority report, opposing the Act • Bristol: Krista Siringo and Alli- voters.

46 Study Committee’s son Sturtevant.

In a statement emailed to the Indeproposed plan. That • Lincoln: Rebecca pendent, Stanley thanked “everyone report was submitted “The bottom Otey and Barry Olson. who contributed to the work of the along with the proposed line is that • Monkton: Jenni- study committee and who helped to plan itself when it went we all care fer Stanley and Dawn get the word out about this unificabefore the State Board about quality Griswold. (In the only tion proposal. of Education, making education contested race for the “I am excited about the opportuANeSU’s plan one of new board, Stanley de- nities unification provides,” Stanley and strive for only two submitted to feated fellow Monkton wrote. “As we go forward, it will be the State Board to con- meaningful School Board member important for the new unified board tain an opposing point engagement Marikate Kelley to win to engage people from different perof view.

Monkton’s two-year spectives and ensure many voices between our Reached the morning schools and our seat; Griswold ran un- are heard as we form our new unified after the vote, Fisher communities.” contested for Monkton’s district. I look forward to working said he was proud of three-year seat.) with members of the new board and — Mike Fisher his community in the • New Haven: Sar- community to define how our new way so many people ah LaPerle and Andrew unified district will operate while engaged with each other over impor- Morton. also valuing each school’s culture tant issues relating to local democ• Starksboro: Caleb Elder and and encouraging local engagement racy and the future of the schools.

Jodi Bachand. with each of our schools.”

“This was a high-value, detailed According to the unification plan, Reporter Gaen Murphree is and respectful community conversa- Bristol is to be represented by five reached at gaenm@addisonindepention,” Fisher said. “With the passage board members and the other towns dent.com.

Bristol (Continued from Page 1A) year incumbent Democrat, finished in second place with 2,379 votes.

Finishing out of the running were Monkton Republican Valerie Mullin and Lincoln Progressive/Democrat Mari Cordes, with 1,773 and 1,704 tallies, respectively.

Addison-4 is a two-seat House district that represents the towns of Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton and Starksboro.

Baser took first by virtue of a decisive win in his hometown of Bristol, where he topped Sharpe, 1,157 to 903. Sharpe won in the district’s three other towns, albeit by more modest margins. Sharpe topped Baser by 406-370 in Lincoln, 587 to 557 in Monkton, and 483-442 in Starksboro.

Mullin — making her second bid for an Addison-4 seat — placed third (with 513 votes) in her hometown of Monkton. Cordes had her best showing (400 votes) in her hometown of Lincoln, which was second only to Sharpe’s 406.

A combined total of 8,382 votes were cast for these four candidates in the Addison-4 race amid very heavy voting throughout the district.

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and they think I work hard,” Baser said of his victory after all the votes had been counted early Wednesday morning. I’m thankful and I appreciate that the people felt I did a good job.”

Baser said he worked harder in this campaign than he did in his first one two years ago. He said he knocked on doors in his district five or six days a week, almost every week since the primary. Baser believed it was important for him to hear what his constituents were thinking about.

“It was wonderful because I got to speak to a lot of people and find out what is on their minds, which is important when you go to Montpelier,” he said.

Property taxes, the rising cost of living and marijuana legalization were among the most prevalent issues raised by voters during his door-to-door visits. Five-town residents also wanted to talk about the school governance consolidation referendum in the Addison Northeast Supervisory union, which passed (see related story on Page 1A).

“Some aspects of Act 46 could be revisited in the next session,” Baser said.

Baser also hopes the Legislature revisits the idea of how school funding is linked to property taxes, believing a more fair way to pay for education is through income taxes.

“We do it now to some degree, but it’s not transparent,” Baser said.

Baser was glad that fellow Republican Phil Scott was elected governor on Tuesday, saying he though it would balance out the Democratic majorities in the Legislature.

“With Phil Scott I think the Democrats will have to play in the sandbox,” Baser said.

Sharpe also thanked district voters for returning him to office, and he’s now turning his attention to another race — for House speaker. Sharpe confirmed that he is interested in running for that high-profile position.

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“I don’t know exactly where it will lead, but it’s on my agenda,” Sharpe said of his House leadership aspirations.

But regardless how that turns out, Sharpe said he’s keen on attacking two major issues during the next biennium.

“I look forward to doing some work to help Vermont’s economy and to make sure we do a better job educating our children,” Sharpe said.

Specifically, Sharpe wants to see the state do a better job educating and training its citizens to fill good paying jobs that are currently vacant due to a dearth of qualified candidates — particularly in the technology sector. He said he will propose beefing up the state’s community colleges, university and vocational/ career training systems to help keep young Vermonters at home and in good jobs.

In a related matter, Sharpe gave kudos to five-town voters for supporting school governance unification for Addison Northeast, a move that he believes will help the ANeSU — and other districts — deliver better special education services at lower costs.

Mullin provided the following campaign statement Wednesday morning: “I’d like to thank those who contributed to my campaign in many ways to share our message of bringing affordability back to our state,” she said. “The voters of our (Addison-4) towns have spoken and have chosen to further our current representation.

“Through this process I’ve met some amazing people and heard their life stories and struggles and it was for them that I worked so hard,” she added. “I’m extremely grateful to have had that honor.”

The Independent also reached out to Cordes for comment for this story.

Reporter John Flowers is at johnf@addisonindependent.com.

School Briefs

Three local Castleton University students, along with their faculty-student groups, were recently awarded an institutional research grant for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Justin Whitney of Bristol, Effects of Anti-inebriation Drugs on the Activity of Alcohol Dehydrogenase (Faculty advisor: Livia VastagNatural Sciences).

Caitlin McCluskey of Middle-

bury, Factors Impacting Ethanol Sedation Tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster (Faculty advisor: Greg Engel-Psychology).

Casandra Fyles of Orwell, Assessing the effectiveness of Twitter and Instagram for creation of an online academic community: Improving communications in the School of Business at Castleton University (Faculty advisors: Bill Godair and Ed Dansereau-Business).

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Addison Independent, Thursday, November 10, 2016 — PAGE 15A

Senate race (Continued from Page 1A) the state’s highest chamber: Senate president pro tem. That key position, among others, could be decided at a Democratic caucus set for Nov. 14.

But she is not putting all of her eggs in one basket. Others, including Chittenden County Sen. Tim Ashe, are vying for the coveted post. “If not elected president pro tem

State Senate Claire Ayer (D)* Addison 350 Bridport 281 Bristol 1,080 Cornwall 500 Ferrisburgh 859 Goshen 79 Granville 92 Hancock 81 Huntington 782 Leicester 242 Lincoln 505 Middlebury 2,626 Monkton 670 New Haven 538 Orwell 287 Panton 162 Ripton 247 Salisbury 341 Shoreham 365 Starksboro 518 Vergennes 714 Waltham 157 Weybridge 400 Whiting 109 Total 11,985

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of the Senate, I hope to chair Senate Health and Welfare again,� Ayer said. “From there, I will focus on containing the cost of healthcare; on improving water quality in Lake Champlain and other surface waters — it’s an issue of public health; and on jobs and our workforce via high quality, affordable childcare for working parents.�

Ayer added she expects county residents to weigh in on anticipated bills relating to gun control and carbon taxes.

Based on Tuesday’s election returns, the state Senate is now made up of 21 Democrats, seven Republicans and two Progressives.

Bray this past spring had also talked about running for president pro te ut e n r ed n ednesda he will not seek that post in hopes that Senate leadership will re-appoint him chairman of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee. He said committee chairs cannot simultaneously hold key party leadership positions due to the time commitment. “We have laid a good foundation (on Senate Natural Resources) and now we need to build on that,� Bray said, citing recent efforts to clean up Lake Champlain and give towns a more substantial say in the siting of solar arrays.

He gave expressed his appreciation to area voters for allowing him to return to Montpelier. “I want to thank the people of Addison County for their vote of conden e e said l f r ard t serving everyone in the county again in the Vermont Senate. I’m proud of my work in farming, food, forestry and clean energy, where I’ve worked to help us adapt and grow a stronger

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Dike had her best showing in her hometown of Bristol, where she reeived v tes T is as i e s rst foray into politics during a life that has featured a lot of travel as a military spouse, followed by a lengthy career in the health care industry as a nurse at Helen Porter Healthcare & Rehabilitation Services in Middlebury.

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Local Rotary donates $7K to ACHHH MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Rotary and the Rotary Foundation recently gave Addison County Home Health & Hospice a check for $7,000 in support of the free foot care clinics provided by ACHHH. “We are proud to support a nonprofit in our community which works so hard to care for Addison County residents,” states Ben Fuller, Middlebury Rotary president. “This particular grant is given in cooperation with the Rotary Foundation which matches our local funds dollar for dollar, so we can provide a substantial gift for a very worthwhile project.”

Prior recipients of this type of gift have been the Open Door Clinic and the Charter House Coalition.

In addition to this grant, Middlebury Rotary presented more than $50,000 to 20+ nonprofits in 2015.

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BEN FULLER, PRESIDENT of Middlebury Rotary, presents ACHHH Director of Development Maureen Conrad (left) and ACHHH Executive Director Sherry Greifzu (right) with a check for $7,000.

Funds are raised locally by Rotary members who sponsor a golf tournament and the flag project, which has brought such beauty to Middlebury on five holidays. Members of this group also participate in service projects which have recently included helping to plant the Charter

House’s new garden, repainting the bandstand on the Town Green which they built and donated to the town some years ago, and repainting the benches on the Town Green.

For information about joining this group, contact Scott Needham at middleburyrotary@gmail.com.

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FERRISBURGH — The Commodore Friends of Music supports our student musicians and musical programing at Vergennes Union Middle/ High School by hosting events and fundraisers. Examples of past successes include: granting $2,300 for lighting systems for the auditorium renovation, $5,450 for one bus for the Heritage Music Festival, and $4,000 for music department scholarships for the High School Heritage Music Festival. Please support these worthwhile efforts by contacting FOM at commodorefom@gmail.com. For more information, visit the FOM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ commodorefriendsofmusic/.

All are invited to learn about the history of the world! The Ferrisburgh Historical Society will host the presentation titled “A History of the World in Six Boats.” Mike Smiles of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will explore the interconnected stories of six types of boats that shaped our local and global economies, and weave together a better understanding of civilization’s quest to exploit our world’s oceans and wa-

terways with craft to leverage our human potential.

Smiles will discuss such questions as why do we preserve watercraft at maritime museums around the world? What do these historic and replica boats and ships tell us about ourselves and our essential human quest for exploration? What do these boats and ships have in common with the vernacular vessels of Lake Champlain? Please bring a list of your own “six ships/boats” to share in a survey of our community and our collective observations of what we perceive as “The History of the World in Six Boats.” The presentation will be on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Ferrisburgh Historical Society’s offices on the corner of Route 7 and Little Chicago Road. For more information, call 425-3380.

The School Board of the newly unified Addison Northwest School District (ANWSD) has started the process of negotiating a contract with the Addison Northwest Teachers’ Association (ANTA) for the 2017-18 contract year. Although negotiations have historically been held behind

closed doors, the ANWSD Board believes that the public interest is best served through transparency. Therefore, the Board has decided to hold these negotiation meetings in an open public forum.

The VUHS middle school Fusion Program is looking for parent volunteers (from any grade level) for our “Giving Back Mini Session” (Nov. 28-Dec. 9.) This session supports the students in activities about meaningful community involvement. If you have any ideas or would like to offer an activity for students to “give back”, please contact Asia Kruse, the Middle School Fusion Site Coordinator, at akruse@anwsu.org. The commitment is for two days after school during the two week period.

Note: We are always interested in including a variety of Ferrisburghrelated news in this column; so if you have news that would be of interest, contact Sally Kerschner at smwkersch@comcast.net. Access these columns and other information about Ferrisburgh news and events on the Ferrisburgh Town website at www. ferrisburghvt.org.

ADDISON COUNTY — Vermont State Police are investigating a Route 7 car-truck crash on Nov. 3 that claimed the life of an Addison County man.

Andrew Godaire, 22, of Ferrisburgh was driving a 2015 Hyundai Sonata southbound on Route 7 in Charlotte near Crosswind Road just north of Nordic Farms, when his car was struck by a northbound tractortrailer driven by 50-year-old Jose Nunez of Cazenovia, N.Y. Godaire, who was wearing a seatbelt, was killed in the crash. His vehicle was totaled.

Nunez was not injured, but the Freightliner he was driving sustained extensive front-end damage and was considered a total loss.

In addition to the state police, Shelburne police, Department of Motor Vehicles officials, and Charlotte fire

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and EMS officials responded to the scene.

To aid the police investigation, anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to contact state police at 802878-7111.

In other recent activity, state police: • On Nov. 4 at a little before 11:30 p.m. responded to the intersection of Routes 3 and 7 in Pittsford on a report that a vehicle had struck a utility pole the pole and wires were in the travel portion of Route 7. The vehicle was gone when police arrived, but evidence indicated that the vehicle may be a Toyota. Brandon police located a vehicle on Route 7 near Otter Valley

Union High School.

Police said Jeffrey P. Guevin, 38, of Brandon was driving the 2001 Toyota pick-up that struck the pole in Pittsford. Troopers report that they saw signs of intoxication, but Guevin refused to provide a breath sample. The cited Guevin for driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident.

• Were called to investigate a onevehicle crash that occurred on Galvin Road in Whiting at around 4:15 a.m. on Nov. 5. Police said that a 43-yearold Shoreham man was driving a 2016 Ford truck when he fell asleep and drove into a ditch off Galvin Road near North Road and collided with several trees causing the truck’s airbag to deploy. The driver was wearing a seat belt and not injured, but the entire front end of the truck sustained massive damage.

City man cited on felony charges VERGENNES — Vergennes police arrested a city man on Saturday on two charges, including one felony, following an incident at a Green Street apartment.

Police cited Main Street resident Christopher Holwager, 26 with felony unlawful trespass and violation of conditions of release. They lodged him per order of a judge at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility.

Police allege that Holwager, who they said was intoxicated at the time, entered a Green Street apartment and refused a woman’s request to leave and then fell asleep in the apartment.

They said his conditions of released stemmed from an August case.

In other action between Oct. 31 and Nov. 6, Vergennes police: • On Oct. 31 handled a minor twocar accident at the corner of School and Green streets.

• On Oct. 31 engaged in several Halloween-related events, including chaperoning the Vergennes Union Elementary School parade, handing out reflective candy bags at local schools, and in the evening handing out glow sticks at the Vergennes Fire Department along with firefighters and Vergennes Area Rescue Squad members.

• On Nov. 1 asked a group to move a portable fire pit off the South Water Street sidewalk. One woman in the

Vergennes Police Log

group became angry and uncooperative; police said she was drunk and took her to the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility to sober up.

• On Nov. 1 checked out a report of screaming near Settlers Park, but found nobody. Police found what appeared to be a shelter built by someone living in the woods there and dismantled it.

• On Nov. 2 took a report that a car had been struck and damaged by another car at an unknown time and place.

• On Nov. 2 calmed a family dispute at a Comfort Hill residence.

• On Nov. 2 worked with the Department for Children and Families to remove the mother of a young child from a residence; the child stayed with relatives. On the next day, police served a DCF emergency care order to the woman that forbids her to see the child.

• On Nov. 3 helped find the relative of a resident; the relative had been in an accident in New Jersey, but was found to be OK. • On Nov. 3 were told that the door of a West Main Street home had

been kicked down and $200 was stolen.

• On Nov. 4 helped motorists get into locked cars on School Street and New Haven Road.

• On Nov. 4 sent the department Drug Recognition Expert to help Vermont State Police at a Route 7 traffic stop in Ferrisburgh; the DRE determined the motorist was not impaired.

• On Nov. 5 while on foot patrol confiscated paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana from a couple in a car parked on School Street and ticketed the man for possession of marijuana.

• On Nov. 5 locked two unsecured Main Street doors, one after receiving a tip from a business owner.

• On Nov. 5 checked a report that one woman was threatening another at a Comfort Hill residence; all was OK when police arrived.

• On Nov. 6 cited Brittany Ouellette, 22, for driving under the influence of alcohol after stopping her car on South Maple Street. Police allege her blood-alcohol content tested at 0.108; the legal limit for driving is 0.08. Police also cited her for failing to signal for a turn and operating a car without an inspection sticker.

• On Nov. 6 cited John P. Handrik, 41, of Burlington for DUI-drugs refusal after stopping his vehicle on Route 22A in Panton.

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Vergennes was vice chairman of the Legislative (Continued from Page 1A) pher, 696; Thurston, 402; Van Wyck, Information Technology Committee.

He appreciated the support in an 475.

• Waltham: Langrock, 123; Lan- election during which some other pher, 142; Thurston, 108; Van Wyck, House Republicans lost their seats.

“It can be tough for House Re131.

Lanpher said she was grateful for publicans in a Presidential year, as voters’ support, especially consider- we’ve seen statewide,” Van Wyck ing an effort funded by the Repub- said. “It was gratifying to hold on.”

Van Wyck believed he was effeclican State Leadership Committee targeting her and other Democratic tive on the Natural Resources & Energy Committee and Vermont House canwould like to remain didates — she said “What I heard there, in part to work that organization spent on the campaign to contain rising elec$73,000. tric rates. As a high “The constituents trail is concerns priority, he said he know me,” Lanpher about excessive shares Gov.-elect Phil said. “This out-of-state regulations Scott’s larger econombig money did not un- and mandates ic mission. dermine their trust in inhibiting those “We’ve got to reme.” ally drill into how we Lanpher said she sorts of business can have a businesswill return to a Mont- opportunities.” grow-thepelier landscape with — Warren Van Wyck friendly, economy (and) jobs” a new governor, lieugovernment, Van tenant governor and House speaker, and her seniority will Wyck said. “What I heard on the campaign trail is concerns about thrust her into leadership status.

“I’m going to be seen as one of excessive regulations and mandates the senior spokespersons,” she said. inhibiting those sorts of business op“I’m going to have to come even portunities.”

Van Wyck also said he continues more prepared and more ready, not just for the work I’ve always done, to hear of people struggling with Vermont Health Connect, and he fabut for the leadership role.”

Lanpher is concerned about Lake vors supporting a competitive marChamplain cleanup as well as local ketplace for health insurance.

Langrock, 53, is a partner in the issues, but said the state’s finances Middlebury law firm will remain on top of Langrock, Sperry & her agenda. She hopes to advance that agen- “My highest goal, Wool. He said he enda by staying on the first and foremost joyed the campaign.

“It was a good exHouse Appropriations always, is Committee, where she having Vermont’s perience,” Langrock said. “First, I enjoyed served during this past working with Diane session after years on long-term fiscal and running with Dithe House Transporta- stability as my ane and getting to highest priority.” tion Committee.

“My highest goal, — Diane Lanpher know her. Second, just getting out and meetfirst and foremost aling people, both other ways, is having Vermont’s long-term fiscal stability as candidates in the political process, that was good and expanding and my highest priority,” she said.

Lanpher praised her Democratic fun, and then going door to door.”

Langrock will mull over whether co-campaigner, who she said fared better than any other party candidate to run again in the months to come, for the second Addison-3 seat during and believes he might have a better chance as a second-time candidate. her tenure.

“I’m not making any decisions for Van Wyck won election for the second time. During the past ses- a little while,” he said. “But I’m cersion he served of the House Natural tainly not ruling it out.”

Thurston, 66, a retired radiologist, Resources & Energy Committee and

Striking a balance A MOTHER JUGGLES two children and her ballot on Election Day in Middlebury.

Independent photo/Trent Campbell

moved to Vermont in 2013 after living for 33 years in western Maine.

She was grateful for the support, especially as a first-time candidate, and for the chance to get out her message and address the concerns of those with whom she spoke.

“I would like to thank the 1,662 residents of Addison County District 3 who, by giving me their votes, trusted that I had not only listened to their concerns, (but also) integrated those worries and devised an approach to attempt to alleviate them,” she said.

Thurston hopes the new Legislature can effectively address the concerns she heard about, such as

finances, health care, rising property taxes and policies she believes give local communities too little control over siting of renewable energy projects.

Thurston said she enjoyed the experience and will learn from her fellow residents whether she should run again.

“I am looking forward to stay in touch with the people I met, hard working, Vermont-loving, concerned citizens,” she said. “It was a honor to meet them and it will be crucial for me to keep the conversation going.”

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

sites from Friday, Nov. 11, through Sunday, Nov. 13. The Forest Service’s Eastern Regional forester said the agency is encouraging veterans and their families to take advantage of their national forests and enjoy all the benefits the outdoors provide. The Forest Service also honors active duty military members year-round with the free Interagency Annual Military Pass honored at all Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service sites charging entrance or standard amenity fees.

The Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing recently named the Addison County Chamber of Commerce one of 13 Vermont organizations and businesses that would receive this year’s Market Vermont program’s matching grants. The grants are to be used to promote the organization outside of the state.

The Addison County Chamber will receive $5,000. Other organization tapped to receive $5,000 in marketing help are the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Adaptive Ski & Sports, Vermont Maple Sugarmakers and Vermont Wood Manufacturers.

By the way (Continued from Page 1A) ganization that actively pursues projects with local impact. The buckets are a free service to help keep your walks safe during the winter weather. To arrange for delivery, contact Heidi Cunningham at 802-989-7273 or hcunningham34@hotmail.com.

Dustin Warburton, a Vermont author children’s and young adult books, will be at this Saturday’s Mount Abraham Craft Fair in Bristol signing copies of its 12th book, “How to Scare a Monster.” Co-written with movie director Tom Holland, the

children’s book debuted last month.

Warburton will also promote his next book, “Barbara’s Genie,” co-written with actress Barbara Eden of the hit TV show “I Dream of Genie.” This book comes out next month. The craft fair, which runs from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the high school in Bristol, will also feature a silent auction, wood products, clothing, specialty foods, jewelry, quilts, silk scarves, cards and artwork, and it is a fundraiser for the Class of 2017 Project Graduation.

In honor of Veterans Day, the U.S. Forest Service is waiving fees at most of its day-use recreation

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Orchards (Continued from Page 1A) for consumers. Some higher-end craft cider makers also use heirloom apples grown specifically for their product, but these apples sell for at least four times the price of culls.

Thus, culls are the workhorse apples for the craft cider industry. But selling culls to local cider makers only goes so far for area orchardists, according to growers like Barney and Chris Hodges, co-owners of Cornwall’s Sunrise Orchards.

“The hard cider industry has definitely increased the demand for process-grade fruit and raised the floor of that market from pretty abysmal prices to … doubled, in some cases, tripled, the price,” said Barney Hodges. “But for a farm that needs to be profitable those are not prices (for culls) that you can run your business on.”

MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH Like many local orchards, Sunrise takes a multi-pronged approach to growing and selling apples. Most of its business is focused on growing for the retail market, while it also sells culls to Vermont cider makers.

And like other local orchards, Sunrise has begun planting small plots of traditional cider heirlooms, such as Dabinett, Yarlington Mill, Ashmead’s Kernel, and Wickson.

These trees, the oldest three-yearsold, have just begun producing, and Sunrise sells the apples to Shoreham’s Shacksbury Cider at about the same price as a bushel of table apples.

Now Sunrise is taking another approach in its collaboration with Vermont Hard Cider. The goal is to learn whether traditional Vermont table apples like Macintosh, Empire, Paula Red and Red Delicious can be grown just for cider, but in a way that allows orchardists to make a profit.

Vermont Hard Cider’s investment in a pilot project with Sunrise includes a multi-year commitment to buy what both sides are calling “cider-specific” apples at an abovemarket price, about twice that for culls, Calvi said. Typically apples sell for between $24 and $50 per bushel, while culls go for $6 to $8 per bushel.

The Hodges noted that Shacksbury also agreed to support the pilot project by buying fruit raised on the

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BEN CALVI, DIRECTOR of cider making at Vermont Hard Cider in Middlebury, wants to boost production of cider-specific apples in Vermont.

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cider-specific acres.

Sunrise is looking Calvi is hopeful. “The hard cider into spraying less We’re trying to industry has fungicide and insecask Sunrise, ‘Can definitely increased ticide, pruning less you grow us a sub- the demand for often, and changing stantial number of process-grade fruit storage and harvestacres of Liberty, ing methods. and raised the floor Cortland, Macin“What we’re trytosh at a profit for of that market from ing to figure out is you and a profit for pretty abysmal where is the margin us?’” Calvi said. prices to … doubled, and what can we “I’m not aware of in some cases, charge that allows anybody solving tripled, the price. But us to be profitable, that problem yet. and frankly take But what we said for a farm that needs less risk,” Hodges with Sunrise is to be profitable those said. “There’s more let’s try, let’s actu- are not prices (for stability hopefulally put our money culls) that you can ly in that market, where our mouth is run your business whereas right now and try it.” with the fresh apple on.”

Hodges said Sunmarket it’s just very, — Barney Hodges very volatile … The rise is investigating ways to grow and cider industry is harvest apples on its 30 cider-specif- very interested in stabilizing that ic acres that will lower the cost of the market so that they can count on fruit and its production. it to be a certain price, and we can

count on it to be a certain price.”

Enhancing quality is also a goal for Sunrise in its cider-specificacres approach.

“I think growing cider-specific acres is really important to the quality of the juice,” Hodges said.

MEET ‘ADDISON’ Vermont Hard Cider agrees: It is creating an entire brand around Sunrise’s cider acreage.

The new brand, Vermont Cider Company, will launch in December with a flagship blend called ‘Addison’ made from Sunrise’s cider-specific acreage’s apples and named after the county.

Calvi said the new brand and collaboration with Sunrise represents a long-term investment in the growth of the hard cider market and in the demand for locally sourced products.

“It’s important to us because we want to be here another 25 years.

We’re a 25-year-old company

that’s looking long-term at the future of cider and where growth is, and we see the craft segment continuing to grow,” Calvi said.

And if cider were to grow from its current volume of equal to 1 percent of the beer market to 10 percent, Calvi said that cider makers nationwide could need 45,000 more acres dedicated to cider apple production.

If the current collaboration bears fruit, Hodges said Sunrise could see refocusing the orchard from table fruit to cider apples.

“We would love to see cider apple production here become our focus and less so on fresh apples, because we’re controlling our market a little bit more than we are with the fresh industry,” he said. “We actually want to be the best grower of cider apples around.”

Reporter Gaen Murphree may be reached at gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

MIDDLEBURY — High school students who want to expand their knowledge of another language and culture are invited to apply to Rotary International’s Foreign Youth Exchange program.

Students may choose an entire year abroad or a 3-week exchange in the summer of 2017.

The application deadline is Dec. 1. Rotary values international exchanges and wants to make this opportunity available to all high school students in Addison County.

A more local option, with no cost at all, is an exchange with a student in Sherbrooke, Quebec for students taking French language instruction. Deadline application for this is March 1.

“This is a great opportunity for students studying French to meet students their own age who are studying English,” said club president Ben Fuller. “We had a student at MUHS participate in our first local exchange this past summer and we hope we can get two or three students for next summer.”

High school students who have completed a minimum of one year of French and who want to experience life in a French speaking household are encouraged to sign up for the Rotary Club of Middlebury’s youth exchange program with the Rotary Club of Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Students will be matched with a high school student in Sherbrooke, stay in his/her home the last two weeks of July, and then host the Quebec student in their Addison County home the first two weeks of August.

Rotary will organize the exchanges and provide transportation. Other than hosting another student, there is no cost to students.

For further information about these programs, see www. middleburyrotary.org. or email Heather Foster-Provencher atmiddleburyrotary@gmail.com.