Fragrant+clean
Rivalry game
Victims’ help
After its old building burned, Vt. 6RDS MXPSHG ULJKW EDFN LQWR EXVLness in a new one. See Arts+Leisure.
7KH 0RXQW $EH ÀHOG KRFNH\ WHDP cashed in its chances vs. the Tigers on Tuesday. See Sports, Page 1B.
Sen. Leahy came to Middlebury to announce $9 million in federal aid to Vermonters. See Page 2A.
ADDISON COUNTY
INDEPENDENT Vol. 70 No. 40
Middlebury, Vermont
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Thursday, October 6, 2016 â—† 52 Pages
$1.00
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PAGE  2A  —  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  October  6,  2016
Warming  shelters  to  open  on  October  15 Charter  House  expands  its  services
KATY  SMITH  ABBOTT  of  Middlebury  College,  left,  Keri  Duquette-ÂHoffman,  executive  director  of  WomenSafe,  and  Auburn  Watersong  of  the  Vermont  Network  Against  Domestic  and  Sexual  Violence  talk  with  Sen.  Patrick  Leahy  after  his  announcement  in  Middlebury  Tuesday  of  IHGHUDO JUDQW PRQH\ IRU RUJDQL]DWLRQV WKDW DVVLVW FULPH YLFWLPV Independent  photos/Trent  Campbell
Vt. wins federal grants to help victims of violence $650K  to  locals  for  sex,  domestic  assault  By  ADAM  FEDERMAN  VTDigger.org MIDDLEBURY  —  Vermont  will  receive  more  than  $9  mil- lion  in  federal  funding  to  support  victims  of  domestic  violence  and  other  violent  crime  in  some  of  the  state’s  most  underserved  areas,  Sen.  Patrick  Leahy  announced  Tuesday  in  Middlebury. 3HRSOH Ă€HHLQJ YLROHQFH LQ UX- UDO DUHDV RIWHQ VWUXJJOH WR ÂżQG WKH help  and  resources  they  need,  he  said. “So  often  in  small  towns  we  can’t  talk  about  this  problem,â€?  said  Leahy,  D-ÂVt. The  grants  totaling  $9.3  mil- lion  have  been  awarded  to  12  organizations  including  Wom- enSafe  Inc.,  the  Pride  Center  of  Vermont,  the  Association  of  Af- ricans  Living  in  Vermont,  and  Middlebury  College.  Ten  of  the  grants  were  funded  through  the  Violence  Against  Women  Act,  and  two  through  the  Victims  of  Crime  Act. According  to  Leahy,  the  money  ZLOO FRPH IURP IHGHUDO ÂżQHV DQG penalties,  not  taxpayer  dollars.  Raising  a  cap  on  the  Crime  Vic- tims  Fund,  which  Leahy  pushed  as  the  ranking  member  of  the  Senate  Judiciary  Committee,  has  led  to  a  threefold  annual  increase  in  the  funding  available  for  such  programs,  he  said. Leahy  also  emphasized  that  through  the  reauthorization  of  the  Violence  Against  Women  Act  two  years  ago,  additional  re- sources  have  been  allocated  for  the  LGBTQ  community  and  Na- tive  Americans. “I  went  to  a  lot  of  crime  scenes  when  I  was  a  prosecutor,â€?  Leahy  said.  “When  you  had  a  victim,  oftentimes  dead,  nobody  ever  asked  what  their  sexual  orienta- tion  was  or  whether  they  were  Native  American.  We  said  a  vic- tim  is  a  victim  is  a  victim.  Let’s  ¿QG RXW ZKR GLG WKLV ´ The  Violence  Against  Women Â
Act  was  originally  passed  in  1994  DPRQJ WKRVH Ă€HHLQJ GRPHVWLF YLR- and  received  broad  bipartisan  sup- lence. port  until  its  reauthorization  was  Last  year  in  Rutland  County  the  up  in  2013.  Members  of  the  House  state  spent  nearly  $1  million  on  refused  to  vote  on  the  measure  for  vouchers  for  temporary  shelter,  up  more  than  500  days  as  they  sought  to  more  than  $140,000  from  the  year  strip  provisions  designed  before.  According  to  to  protect  LGBTQ,  Na- “In the Avaloy  Lanning,  execu- tive  American  and  illegal  absence of tive  director  of  the  Rut- immigrant  victims. land  Women’s  Network  Leahy  gave  credit  to  shelter, the and  Shelter,  nearly  a  third  Sen.  Mike  Crapo,  a  con- transitional of  those  seeking  housing  servative  Republican  housing LQ WKH FRXQW\ ZHUH Ă€HHLQJ from  Idaho,  for  helping  domestic  violence. grant is so him  shepherd  the  bill  Willow  Wheelock,  through  Congress.  “It’s  important.â€? training  and  education  — Willow coordinator  at  Women- the  old  style,â€?  Leahy  said.  Wheelock, Safe  Inc.,  said  Addison  “He  keeps  his  word.â€? The  federal  funding  WomenSafe Inc. County  has  seen  similar  comes  as  Vermont  grap- trends  and  has  a  shortage  ples  with  a  sharp  increase  in  the  of  housing  and  shelter  beds  for  vic- number  of  individuals  and  families  tims  of  domestic  violence. seeking  emergency  housing  because  “In  the  absence  of  shelter,  the  of  domestic  violence.  Even  as  over- transitional  housing  grant  is  so  im- all  spending  on  emergency  housing  portant,â€?  she  said.  has  declined,  the  state  has  seen  an  WomenSafe,  based  in  Middlebury,  expansion  in  demand  for  services  will  receive  $346,740  transitional  housing  grant  to  provide  assistance  and  support  to  victims  of  sexual  assault,  domestic  violence,  dating  violence  and  stalking,  with  the  goal  of  moving  victims  to  permanent  housing.  The  organization  said  it  will  provide  up  to  83  housing  sites  for  survivors  and  families  through  agreements  with  private  landlords. For  it’s  part,  Middlebury  College  will  get  a  $299,305  Campus  Pro- gram  grant  to  work  with  community  partners  to  develop  campus-Âbased  coordinated  responses  to  enhance  victim  services  and  combat  violent  crime  against  students  on  campus. Elizabeth  Ready,  executive  direc- tor  of  the  John  Graham  Housing  and  Services  in  Vergennes,  said  the  va- cancy  rate  for  housing  in  Addison  County  is  extremely  low,  about  1  percent. “It’s  a  real  issue  to  be  able  to  get  KATY  SMITH  ABBOTT,  vice  president  and  dean  of  Middlebury  people  into  units,â€?  Ready  said. College,  stands  in  front  of  Sen.  -RKQ *UDKDP KDV ÂżYH EXLOGLQJV Patrick  Leahy  and  speaks  about  —  three  in  Vergennes,  one  in  Mid- Leahy’s  announcement  Tuesday  dlebury  and  one  in  Bristol.  At  any  of  $9.3  million  in  grant  money  be- ing  made  available  to  Vermont  given  time,  Ready  said,  they  serve  crime  victims.  Middlebury  Col- 100  people.  “At  least  50  percent  of  lege  will  receive  nearly  $300,000  to  the  people  we  work  with  have  been  continue  its  efforts  to  prevent  and  affected  by  domestic  violence,â€?  respond  to  sexual  violence. Ready  said.
By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  The  ther- mometers  are  currently  telling  us  it’s  almost  75  degrees  outdoors,  but  that  won’t  last  long. The  folks  at  the  Charter  House  Coalition  know  fall  weather  in  Ver- mont  can  take  a  nose-Âdive  in  a  mat- WHU RI KRXUV VR WKH QRQSURÂżW JURXS will  be  opening  its  shelters  for  both  families  and  individuals  on  Oct.  15. The  shelters,  as  usual,  will  be  hosted  by  the  Congregational  Church  of  Middlebury’s  Charter  House  at  27  North  Pleasant  St.  Up  to  15  individuals  at  a  time  will  be  able  to  seek  refuge  there  from  7  p.m.  to  9  a.m.  every  overnight  until  April  15.  And  up  to  four  homeless  families  will  have  accommodations  in  a  separate  area  of  the  building,  also  until  April  15. Established  in  2005,  the  Coalition  LV D QRQSURÂżW DVVRFLDWLRQ RI ORFDO religious  groups  and  individuals  who  each  year  donate  hundreds  of  volunteer  hours  and  thousands  of  dollars  to  make  sure  the  less  fortunate  in  our  midst  have  access  to  the  basic  necessities.  The  group  organizes  free  community  meals  throughout  the  year  and  links  the  homeless  and  low-Âincome  residents  to  state  agencies  and  organizations  to  receive  additional  aid. Charter  House  Coalition  has  offered  the  shelter  service  for  the  past  four  winters,  and  visitors  will  note  two  big  changes  this  year  in  the  quality  of  facilities  and  their Â
operation. First,  a  corps  of  dedicated  volun- teers  made  substantial  repairs  ear- lier  this  summer  to  the  exterior  of  the  Charter  House,  to  improve  its  GXUDELOLW\ DQG HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ Second,  the  coalition  will  —  for  WKH ÂżUVW WLPH ² UXQ D ÂłGD\ VWDWLRQ´ out  of  the  facility  until  next  spring.  This  day  station  will  operate  seven  days  per  week,  from  12:30  p.m.  to  5  p.m.,  and  will  give  homeless  visitors  extra  protection  from  the  elements  while  offering  services  to  help  them  land  a  job  and/or  perma- nent  housing. 6SHFLÂżFDOO\ WKH GD\ VWDWLRQ ZLOO provide: ‡ 0HQWRULQJ ‡ 5HIHUUDOV WR RWKHU VRFLDO VHU- vices  providers  and  physical/mental  health  resources. ‡ *DPHV DUWV DQG FUDIWV ‡ /LIH VNLOOV VHUYLFHV LQFOXGLQJ resumĂŠ  building,  assistance  with  job  applications,  help  in  scheduling  in- terviews,  and  workshops  to  expand  life  skills  —  such  as  the  tenant- landlord  relationship. ‡ 5HODWLRQVKLS EXLOGLQJ Doug  Sinclair,  executive  director  at  the  Coalition,  and  his  colleagues  had  hoped  to  make  the  Charter  House  a  year-Âround  day  station.  But  Vermont  Agency  of  Human  Servic- HV RIÂżFLDOV GHFLGHG DJDLQVW SURYLG- ing  partial  subsidy  for  that  service,  electing  instead  to  use  its  limited  funds  for  emergency  care  for  the  (See  Shelter,  Page  3A)
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MIDDLEBURY  POLICE  CHIEF  Tom  Hanley  chats  with  Sen.  Pat- rick  Leahy  after  the  senator’s  press  conference  in  Middlebury  Tuesday.
Yacouba  Jacob  Bogre,  execu- tive  director  of  the  Association  of  Africans  Living  in  Vermont,  which  is  receiving  more  than  $325,000,  said  the  organization  ZRUNV ZLWK SHRSOH ZKR KDYH Ă€HG torture  or  violence  in  their  home  countries  of  Somalia,  the  Demo- cratic  Republic  of  the  Congo,  and  Bhutan.  The  grant  will  allow  the  association  to  develop  cultur- DOO\ VSHFLÂżF VHUYLFHV LQFOXGLQJ crisis  intervention,  case  manage- ment,  outreach  and  mental  health  services  for  African  immigrant  women  and  families. Auburn  Watersong,  associate  director  of  public  policy  at  the  Vermont  Network  Against  Do- mestic  and  Sexual  Violence,  said  the  state’s  rural  character  poses  particular  challenges  to  those  seeking  access  to  services.  The  grant  funding  will  allow  the  net- work  to  expand  transitional  hous- ing  services,  rental  assistance  and  outreach  to  the  state’s  most  vul- nerable  communities,  including  those  dealing  with  drug  addiction  and  mental  illness. “Victims  are  often  forced  to  make  the  untenable  choice  be- tween  homelessness  and  vio- lence,â€?  Watersong  said.
By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  —  A  Middlebury  RI¿FLDO DQG D IRUPHU UHVLGHQW ZKR ZHUH LQYROYHG LQ DQ $XJ VFXIÀH DW WKH WRZQ RI¿FHV KDYH DFFHSWHG FRXUW diversion  to  resolve  their  respective  citations  for  disorderly  conduct. A  citizen  named  Rocket  and  Jamie  Gaucher,  director  of  the  town’s  Of- ¿FH RI %XVLQHVV 'HYHORSPHQW ,Q- novation,  were  scheduled  to  answer  to  the  misdemeanor  charges  in  Ad- dison  Superior  Court,  criminal  divi- sion,  on  Monday.  But  both  accepted  an  offer  from  the  Addison  County  6WDWHœV $WWRUQH\œV 2I¿FH WR IRUHJR their  respective  arraignments  and  instead  get  an  opportunity  to  resolve  their  cases  through  the  Balanced  and  Restorative  Justice  Program  (BARJ)  of  Addison  County. This  means  Rocket’s  and  Gauch- HUœV UHVSHFWLYH FRXUW ¿OHV ² LQFOXG- ing  the  Middlebury  Police  Depart- ment’s  investigation  report  on  the  case  —  will  remain  sealed  and  they  will  carry  no  criminal  record  if  they  successfully  complete  the  BARJ  program. Both  Gaucher  and  Rocket  de- clined  comment  on  the  resolution  of  the  case. Middlebury  police  reported  the  Aug.  9  incident  began  as  a  verbal  confrontation  outside  the  municipal  building  —  on  the  walkway  between  the  library  and  municipal  building  —  shortly  before  8:30  a.m.  Primary  elections  were  in  progress  inside  the  municipal  building  at  the  time  and  people  were  inside  queuing  up  to  vote,  according  to  police.  The  town  RI¿FHV ZHUH DOVR RSHQ DW WKH WLPH WR both  the  staff  and  public. The  confrontation  continued  in  the  stairwell  of  the  municipal  build- LQJ DQG HVFDODWHG WR D SK\VLFDO ¿JKW
RQ WKH VHFRQG Ă€RRU ODQGLQJ SROLFH reported.  In  the  ensuing  melee,  Gau- cher  received  head  and  facial  lac- erations  and  bruises,  while  Rocket  received  contusions  on  the  forehead.  Both  later  sought  medical  treatment,  reporting  they  had  received  concus- sions,  according  to  the  police  record. %RWK PHQ VXEVHTXHQWO\ ÂżOHG WHP- porary  “no-Âstalking  ordersâ€?  against  one  another,  according  to  Middle- bury  police. Gaucher  was  initially  placed  on  administrative  leave,  with  pay,  and  returned  to  work  a  few  weeks  later  following  the  conclusion  of  an  in- dependent  investigation  into  the  in- cident. Here’s  how  the  BARJ  process  works:  A  defendant  has  his  or  her  case  reviewed  by  the  state  prosecu- tor.  If  the  prosecutor  determines  the  infraction  is  relatively  minor  and  the  defendant  has  no  criminal  record  (or  a  brief  criminal  history),  the  defen- dant  can  be  recommended  as  a  can- didate  for  BARJ.  The  defendant  speaks  about  his  or  her  case  with  the  BARJ  board  of  directors,  which  often  includes  some  current  or  former  law  enforcement  RIÂżFLDOV 7KH GHIHQGDQW DQG %$5- board  agree  on  a  contract,  which  might  call  for  the  defendant  to  per- form  community  service,  write  a  let- ter  of  apology,  or  some  other  form  of  restitution.  If  the  defendant  success- fully  completes  the  contract  within  WKH VSHFLÂżHG SHULRG RI WLPH WKH VWDWH prosecutor  will  drop  the  criminal  case  and  the  defendant  will  carry  no  record  of  the  incident.  If  the  defen- dant  does  not  complete  the  contract,  the  prosecutor  will  take  the  case  back  to  court. Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.
Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  October  6,  2016  —  PAGE  3A
Middlebury  to  clarify  private  water  lines
Meet  the  candidates
FRED  BASER  (R),  ABOVE  LEFT,  Valerie  Mullin  (R),  Har- vey  Smith  (R),  Mari  Cordes  (P-ÂD),  Dave  Sharpe  (D)  and  Taborri  Bruhl  (D)  participate  in  an  Addison  Independent/ Chamber  of  Commerce  Vermont  House  candidates  forum  at  Moun  Abraham  Union  High  School  in  Bristol  Tuesday. Left,  candidates  for  the  two  seats  in  the  Addison-Â3  House  district  answer  questions  in  front  of  an  audience  of  more  than  50  people  Monday  evening  at  Kennedy  Broth- ers  in  Vergennes.  Pictured,  from  left,  are  Warren  Van  Wyck  (R),  Monique  Thurston  (R),  Fritz  Langrock  (D)  and  Diane  Lanpher  (D).  Photos  by  Trent  Campbell/Addison  Independent  and  Sue  Hoxie/Addison  County  Chamber  of  Commerce
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Is  that  all  there  is,  Mr.  Milne? If  we  had  to  come  up  with  the  lyrics  to  summarize  Republican  Scott  Milne’s  campaign  against  incumbent  Democratic  Senator  Patrick  Leahy,  WKH\ ZRXOG EH FRQWDLQHG LQ WKH ODWH ÂśV VRQJ E\ 3HJJ\ /HH Âł,V WKDW DOO there  is.â€? The  song  is  a  soulful  lament  drawn  from  a  long-Âago  writer  who,  staring  at  the  ocean,  could  see  no  horizon.  The  ocean  in  all  its  vastness  just  went  on  DQG RQ SURPSWLQJ WKH TXHVWLRQ LV WKDW DOO WKHUH LV" And  so  it  is  with  Mr.  Milne.  This  week  the  Republican  from  North  Pomfret  invited  reporters  for  a  press  conference  at  Burlington  High  School  to  ask  that  Mr.  Leahy  release  any  and  all  Senate  records  related  to  the  federal  EB-Â5  program.   The  press  conference  was  purposely  staged  just  before  Mr.  Leahy  was  to  hold  a  press  conference  of  his  own,  at  Burlington  High  School,  where  he  announced  a  new  federal  grant  for  the  Vermont  Student  Assistance  Corporation. 7KLV LV QRW WKH ÂżUVW WLPH 0U 0LOQH KDV PDGH WKH (% SURJUDP WKH center  of  his  attack  on  Mr.  Leahy.  Which  is  the  point.  It’s  the  only  thing.  He  has  no  other  thoughts.  He  has  no  other  questions  of  Mr.  Leahy.  He  has  no  other  issues. :KLFK EULQJV XV EDFN WR 0V /HHÂśV VRQJ Âł,V WKDW DOO WKHUH LV"´ Mr.  Milne  has  made  it  clear  Vermonters  will  not  read  any  position  papers  that  illuminate  his  stance  on  the  issues  the  nation  faces.  He  will  not  weigh  in  on  issues  dealing  with  the  Middle  East,  or  Social  Security,  or  immigration  reform.  He  will  not  hold  press  conferences  to  talk  about  global  climate  change,  or  Supreme  Court  candidates.  He  will  not  distinguish  himself  with  discussions  about  employment,  the  role  of  the  Federal  Reserve,  or  trade  pacts.  Playing  the  role  of  the  candidate  with  no  positions  is  what  Mr.  Milne  does.  [And  almost  to  great  effect  when  he  came  within  two  percentage  points  of  beating  incumbent  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  two  years  ago. %XW 0U 0LOQHÂśV QHDU ZLQ ZDV PRUH D UHĂ€HFWLRQ RI WKH GLVDIIHFWLRQ Vermonters  were  feeling  toward  their  governor  at  the  moment  than  the  glow  they  were  feeling  for  Mr.  Milne’s  vision  of  nothingness.  He  may  be  the  only  one  who  does  not  know  that.  ,WÂśV DV LI 0U 0LOQH LV PLPLFNLQJ 3HWHU 6HOOHUV LQ WKH PRYLH Âł%HLQJ 7KHUH´ D ÂżOP DGDSWDWLRQ RI -HU]\ .RVLQVNLÂśV ERRN WKDW VDWLUL]HV WKH American  political  and  media  culture  by  taking  Chance  the  gardener  and  making  him  into  a  presidential  advisor  based  on  little  else  other  than  his  observation  that  “  ‌  Growth  has  its  season.  There  are  spring  and  summer,  but  there  are  also  fall  and  winter.  And  then  spring  and  summer  again.  As  long  as  the  roots  are  not  severed,  all  is  well  and  all  be  well.â€? Okaaaay. The  path  Mr.  Milne  is  taking  is  the  thoughtless  one.  Thoughtless  not  in  the  sense  of  being  unkind,  but,  literally  without  thought.  Maybe  that’s  the  new  path  for  politicians.  If  no  positions  are  taken  then  no  faults  can  be  assessed.  Mr.  Milne  can  sit  back  and  disparage  the  integrity  of  Mr.  Leahy,  but  enjoy  the  position  of  being  without  a  position  on  anything  else.  He’s  a  political  cloud  of  sorts,  something  that  sheds  the  rain  on  others  but  can’t  be  punched  back. The  question  is  whether  Mr.  Milne  wants  that  to  be  his  image,  or  whether  he  is  capable  of  being  anything  else. If  this  is  “all  there  isâ€?  of  Mr.  Milne  then  it  might  do  the  political  world  good  to  see  a  30-Âsecond  TV  spot  of  someone  standing  on  the  shoreline  staring  into  the  abyss,  with  the  Peggy  Lee  soundtrack  in  the  background.  Type  would  roll  across  the  screen  asking  for  Mr.  Milne’s  thoughts  on  the  issues.   And  there  would  be  nothing.   The  song  would  roll  on: Âł,V WKDW DOO WKHUH LV" ,V WKDW DOO WKHUH LV" If  that’s  all  there  is  my  friends Then  let’s  keep  dancing Let’s  break  out  the  booze  and  have  a  ball If  that’s  all  there  is.â€?
Clark  touted for  high  bailiff First,  I  am  asking  all  Addison  County  voters  to  please  re-Âelect  &KDUOHV &ODUN WR WKH RIÂżFH RI +LJK %DLOLII RQ 7XHVGD\ 1RY , KDYH known  Captain  Clark  for  well  over  25  years,  and  have  had  the  pleasure  of  working  alongside  him  for  the  ODVW ÂżYH \HDUV , DOVR IHHO LW LV LPSRU- tant  to  elect  Captain  Clark  because  he  currently  works  for  the  Addison  County  Sheriff’s  Department,  and  has  for  the  last  33  years.  Captain  Clark  has  been  the  Chief  Deputy  for  the  last  30  years.  I  urge  all  my  sup- porters  to  vote  for  Captain  Clark.  Second,  I  want  to  personally  thank  everyone  for  their  support  of  me  in  my  introduction  to  the  political  world.  The  overwhelming  support  I  felt  during  the  primary  election  to  the  hundreds  of  people  that  reached  out  to  me.  I  feel  I  have  the  support  of  the  county  behind  me.  I  will  be  back  on  the  campaign  trail  again  in  the  future. Sergeant  Peter  Newton  Addison  County  Sheriff’s Department  Middlebury
Excise  tax  plan  must  be  defeated
When  monsters  attack TOWN  HALL  THEATER  Executive  Director  Doug  Anderson  plays  a  scene  from  “The  Magic  Fluteâ€?  with  a  papier  machĂŠ  monster  during  a  special  presentation  at  Mary  Hogan  Elementary  School  Monday  afternoon.  Students  at  Mary  Hogan  created  creatures  for  the  upcoming  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  production  of  Mozart’s  opera. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell
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Our  new  wood  stove  arrives  today,  not  a  minute  too  soon.  We  no  longer  open  our  windows  at  night;Íž  instead,  we’re  sleeping  in  socks  and  pulling  up  the  comforter.  The  mornings  are  dark  and  cold.  The  world  is  turning  gold  as  every  day  more  leaves  decide  to  shed  their  chlo- rophyll  and  show  their  true  colors.  â€?I  think  you  girls  are  keeping  us  in  business!â€?  Mary  at  Happy  Valley  Orchard  exclaimed  when  we  showed  up  for  the  second  day  in  a  row,  after  two  of  my  daughters  put  away  seven  apples  between  snack  and  lunch.  This  weekend  there  was  a  Canada  Geese  superhighway  crisscrossing  the  airspace   Emerson  Lynn/St.  Albans  Messenger over  our  house.  Fall  is  well  and  truly  here  in  Ver- mont. Our  family  is  outside  more  than  ever,  clinging  to  these  beautiful  days  before  freezing  temperatures  drive  us  The  Washington  Post’s  Daily  202,  an  online  blog,  recently  posted  a  By  Faith inside.  I’m  putting  old  garden  beds  to  compelling  tease:  “Want  to  know  why  Trump’s  winning  Ohio,â€?  it  asked.  Gong sleep,  and  preparing  new  garden  beds  “Drink  a  beer  with  ‘the  deplorables’  in  Boehner’s  old  district.â€? for  spring.  My  husband  is  playing  with  It  got  me,  and  it  was  worth  the  read. his  new  weed  whacker  and  brush-Âcut- Middletown,  Ohio  is  a  depressed  industrial  town  in  southwestern  Ohio,  and  reports  James  Hohmann,  Hillary  supporters  are  scarce.  He  has  a  beer  with  ting  attachment.  And  my  daughters  are  just  playing. Last  week,  somebody  asked  me  if  we’d  put  up  a  play- a  couple  brothers  in  their  40s  and  shares  their  perspective: ground  in  the  yard  of  the  house  we’ve  occupied  for  two  “I  cannot  tell  you  one  person  I  know  of  who  has  said  to  me  that  they  months.  I’m  afraid  I  stared  at  him  more  incredulously  support  Hillary.  Not  one,â€?  said  Chris  Polleys,  who  cleans  benzene  pots  at  than  his  question  warranted  before  answering,  “No,  that’s  the  AK  Steel  plant  here.  “I  don’t  understand  how  she’s  doing  anything  in  not  in  the  plans.â€?  We  have  no  need  for  a  playground.  the  polls.  I  see  Hillary  for  prison,  but  there’s  no  Hillary  for  president  signs  Our  daughters  are  in  talks  with  their  grandfather  about  anywhere.  It’s  just  impossible  for  me  to  believe  that  they’re  neck  and  neck.â€? building  a  tree  house  together,  which  would  be  great,  but  Hohmann  explains  Trump’s  strength,  in  part,  “by  his  extraordinary  for  the  time  being  they  have  12  acres  to  call  their  own.  popularity  with  white  men  who  did  not  go  to  college.  Polleys,  40,  was  They  dig  holes  and  make  mud  bricks.  They  climb  trees.  smoking  Marlboros  and  drinking  $1  Bud  Lights  with  his  brother,  Dale  They  swing  in  the  hammock.  They  roast  marshmallows  Baxter,  at  a  bar  along  the  railroad  tracks  on  the  edge  of  town.  Baxter,  a  LQ WKH ÂżUH SLW 7KH\ ULGH WKHLU GLUW ELNHV XS DQG GRZQ WKH machinist,  explained  how  Middletown  was  an  All-ÂAmerican  City  when  EDFN KD\ ÂżHOG WKH WRSRJUDSKLF IHDWXUHV RI ZKLFK WKH\ÂśYH they  were  growing  up.  But  the  economy  declined.  Jobs  moved  overseas.  The  mall  is  about  dead  now.  The  once  grand  home  that  belonged  to  the  owner  of  a  defunct  paper  mill  has  become  low-Âincome  housing.  Almost  all  the  storefronts  downtown  are  boarded  up,  including  the  movie  theater.  The  pawnshops  are  the  only  thriving  businesses. “Baxter,  50,  joined  the  Army  after  high  school.  After  20  years,  he  came  back  a  decade  ago.  ‘Everything  went  in  reverse,’  he  said.  ‘Something  is  Last  week,  Bernie  Sanders  appeared  at  a  rally  along  keeping  us  locked  in  a  time  warp  here.’â€? with  Hillary  Clinton  on  the  campus  of  the  University  of  Perhaps  it’s  a  lack  of  education,  or  the  rampant  drug  abuse.  More  people  New  Hampshire  in  Durham.  The  event  drew  a  large  and  died  of  drug  overdoses  in  the  county  in  2015  than  of  natural  causes.  enthusiastic  crowd.  Hohmann  introduces  the  reader  to  J.D.  Vance’s  “Hillbilly  Elegy,â€?  now  two  Sanders  vigorously  endorsed  Clinton  to  the  students  months  on  the  best-Âseller’s  list.  Apparently,  it’s  all  the  rage  in  D.C. and  other  young  people  present.  He  supports  her  both  be- Vance,  Hohmann  reports,  “grew  up  in  Middletown  as  the  son  of  an  FDXVH RI VSHFLÂżF LVVXHV LQ KHU SODWIRUP VXFK DV KHU SODQV alcoholic,  drug-Âaddicted  mother  and  an  absent  father‌  He  joined  the  Marines  for  lowering  college  tuition  and  student  loans,  and  be- after  high  school  and  wound  up  matriculating  at  Yale  Law  School.  Now,  at  FDXVH KH ÂżUPO\ EHOLHYHV WKDW D 'RQDOG 7UXPS SUHVLGHQF\ 31,  he  lives  in  San  Francisco  and  works  at  an  investment  fund  controlled  by  would  be  dangerous  and  destabilizing  for  the  nation. Peter  Thiel,  the  billionaire  PayPal  founder.â€?  Sanders  also  stressed  the  importance  of  not  voting  for  The  blog  continues  with  interesting  tidbits,  but  the  poignant  part  comes  either  of  the  third-Âparty  candidates  with  Vance  drawing  “parallels  between  Trump’s  appeal  and  the  drug  epidemic  —  Gary  Johnson  or  Jill  Stein  —  in  pummeling  Middletown.  Calling  the  GOP  nominee  an  ‘opioid  for  the  this  year’s  election.  This  is  a  marked  masses,’  Vance  explains:  ‘What  Trump  offers  is  an  easy  escape  from  the  pain.  reversal  from  his  position  on  third- ‌  (His)  promises  are  the  needle  in  America’s  collective  vein.  ‌  Trump  is  party  candidates  at  the  start  of  his  ca- FXOWXUDO KHURLQ +H PDNHV VRPH IHHO EHWWHU IRU D ELW %XW KH FDQQRW Âż[ ZKDW reer  in  Vermont  40  years  ago.  Sand- ails  them,  and  one  day  they’ll  realize  it.’â€? ers  told  the  UNH  audience  that  there  Angelo  S.  Lynn are  indeed  substantial  differences  be- tween  Clinton  and  Trump,  and  that  a  By  Eric  L.  Davis vote  for  Johnson  or  Stein  would  be,  in  effect,  a  vote  for  Trump.  ADDISON COUNTY This  argument  could  resonate  in  the  Granite  State,  where  some  older  voters  will  remem- ber  that,  in  2000,  Ralph  Nader  received  three  times  as  Periodicals  Postage  Paid  at  Middlebury,  Vt.  05753 many  votes  in  New  Hampshire  as  the  margin  by  which  Postmaster,  send  address  change  to  Addison  Independent, George  W.  Bush  defeated  Al  Gore  in  the  state.  0DSOH 6WUHHW 0LGGOHEXU\ 9HUPRQW ‡ ‡ )D[ ‡ :HE ZZZ DGGLVRQLQGHSHQGHQW FRP Sanders  also  urged  his  audience  to  vote  for  Democrat- ( 0DLO QHZV#DGGLVRQLQGHSHQGHQW FRP ‡ ( 0DLO $GYHUWLVLQJ DGV#DGGLVRQLQGHSHQGHQW FRP ic  U.S.  Senate  candidate  Maggie  Hassan,  New  Hamp- 3XEOLVKHG HYHU\ 0RQGD\ 7KXUVGD\ E\ WKH $GGLVRQ 3UHVV ,QF 0HPEHU 9HUPRQW 3UHVV $VVRFLDWLRQ 1HZ (QJODQG 3UHVV $VVRFLDWLRQ 1DWLRQDO 1HZVSDSHU $VVRFLDWLRQ shire’s  Democratic  governor,  who  is  seeking  to  unseat  68%6&5,37,21 5$7(6 In State Âą 0RQWKV <HDU \HDUV Out of State Âą 0RQWKV Republican  incumbent  Kelly  Ayotte. <HDU \HDUV $OO SULQW VXEVFULSWLRQV LQFOXGH RQOLQH DFFHVV 'LVFRXQWHG UDWH IRU 6HQLRU &LWL]HQV FDOO IRU GHWDLOV Online Only Âą :HHN 0RQWK 0RQWKV <HDU Sanders’  strongest  support  in  the  Democratic  prima- 7KH ,QGHSHQGHQW DVVXPHV QR ÂżQDQFLDO UHVSRQVLELOLW\ IRU W\SRJUDSKLFDO HUURUV LQ DGYHUWLVHPHQWV EXW ZLOO UHSULQW WKDW SDUW RI DQ DGYHUWLVHPHQW LQ ZKLFK WKH W\SRJUDSKLFDO HUURU RFFXUUHG $GYHUWLVHU ZLOO SOHDVH QRWLI\ WKH PDQDJHPHQW LPPHGLDWHO\ RI DQ\ ries  and  caucuses  earlier  this  year  came  from  voters  un- HUURUV WKDW PD\ RFFXU 7KH $GGLVRQ ,QGHSHQGHQW 8636 der  35.  Polls  of  young  voters  leading  up  to  the  general Â
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Do  you  want  to  pay  an  extra  FHQWV SHU JDOORQ RI JDV" 7KH proposal  on  the  table  is  an  excise  tax  WKDW ZLOO DGG DQ DGGLWLRQDO FHQWV per  gallon  of  gas  and  an  additional  1.02  per  gallon  of  home  heating  oil,  diesel  and  similar  increases  on  propane  and  natural  gas  when  fully  implemented.  This  proposal  has  been  debated  for  the  last  three  years  and  is  set  to  become  a  major  effort  by  the  2017  legislature  after  this  year’s  elec- tions.  That  means,  unless  we  ask  our  legislative  candidates  what  their  positions  are  now,  they  will  go  into  2017  feeling  free  to  levy  this  tax  with  our  blessing.  It  is  important  to  note  that  in  2014,  Rep.  Tony  Klein,  (then  chair  of  the  house  energy  com- mittee)  said  in  an  interview  that  “it’s  at  least  a  three  year  process,�  and  that  you  don’t  pass  a  massive  tax  increase  in  an  election  year.  A  lot  of  legislators  want  to  pass  this  tax  and  they  think  2017  is  the  target  year  because  the  next  election  is  two  years  away  so  when  the  tax  is  fully  implemented  we  will  be  left  to  wonder  why  we  suddenly  are  pay- ing  so  much  for  heating  our  homes,  driving  our  cars  and  equipment  and  vehicles  we  depend  on  daily  to  make  a  living.  All  incumbent  Addison  County  senators,  representatives  and  their  challengers  are  well  aware  of  the  issue  and  need  to  tell  us  all  whether  they  support  this  punishing  tax  on  all  Vermonters. Ivan  St.  George Vergennes
named  in  honor  of  various  Star  Wars  characters.  And  they  catch  critters. Aside  from  Otis,  the  baby  snapping  turtle  who  spent  half  a  day  in  a  cardboard  box  being  offered  ants  before  being  released  back  into  the  wild,  the  critters  that  my  daughters  adopt  tend  to  be  of  the  six-Âlegged  variety.  And,  without  meaning  to,  here’s  what  they  do:  They  catch  and  release  garden  pests,  and  they  kill  off  all  of  the  harmless  RU EHQHÂżFLDO EXJV First  it  was  Japanese  beetles,  those  beautifully  irides- cent  but  awfully  destructive  bugs  that  were  laying  waste  to  my  blueberry  bushes  in  mid- summer.  Every  afternoon  I  would  go  out,  pick  a  bunch  of  beetles  off  of  the  blueberries,  and  drown  them.  On  several  occasions,  one  helpful  daughter  would  follow  me  out,  pick  a  beetle  or  two,  and  imprison  them  in  her  bug  house.  “Great!â€?  I  said.  “Your  bug  house  is  the  perfect  place  for  those  beetles!â€? I  did  not  encourage  her  to  release  the  Japanese  beetles.  I  fully  expected  them  to  die  in  captivity;Íž  I  wanted  them  to  die  in  captivity.  But  the  next  morning,  those  beetles  were  still  alive,  still  living  off  the  spoils  of  my  garden.  Later  in  the  morn- ing,  when  I  peered  into  my  daughter’s  bug  house  to  jeer  at  the  beetles,  they  were  gone! Âł:KDW KDSSHQHG WR WKRVH -DSDQHVH EHHWOHV" 'LG WKH\ GLH"´ , DVNHG P\ GDXJKWHU KRSHIXOO\ “No,â€?  she  replied.  “I  set  them  free.â€? It  would  be  better  if  drivers  used  “You  what" "´ turn  signals  properly,  which  means  “I  set  them  free,â€?  she  repeated. turning  them  on  before  you  turn.  I  (See  Clippings,  Page  7A) keep  having  a  car  in  front  of  me  slow  down  with  brake  lights  and  wonder- ing  what  are  they  about  to  do. &DQ , SDVV WKHP" :LOO WKH\ GR whatever  they  want  to  do  soon.  Do  I  election  indicate  that  about  40  percent  of  them  support  QHHG WR JHW RXW WR KHOS WKHP" No,  they  then  start  to  turn,  which  Clinton,  25  percent  Trump,  with  the  remaining  35  per- answers  the  question.  Then  they  cent  divided  between  Johnson  and  Stein.  Polls  also  show  potentially  low  turnout  among  young  turn  on  turn  signals,  as  if  that  added  voters,  which  would  continue  a  trend  following  Barack  anything. Once  they  are  turning,  they  don’t  2EDPDÂśV ÂżUVW HOHFWLRQ LQ 7KDW \HDU SHUFHQW RI need  to  use  turn  signals,  since  we  voters  under  25  went  to  the  polls,  a  record  turnout  for  that  age  group.  The  under-Â25  turnout  fell  to  41  percent  can  see  that  they  are  turning.  It  is  in  2012  when  Obama  was  re-Âelected.  Democratic  opera- before  they  turn,  like  100  or  200  feet  before  they  turn  that  they  need  to  use  tives  worry  that  it  could  fall  even  further  this  year. New  Hampshire,  a  state  that  was  won  by  Sanders  in  the  signal,  not  after  it  is  obvious  that  the  February  Democratic  primary,  is  they  are  turning,  and  not  after  they  a  critically  important  swing  state  in  are  already  pressing  the  brake  pedal. Please  drivers,  be  more  thoughtful  the  Electoral  College.  It  is  no  surprise  about  turn  signals.  Give  the  driver  that  the  Clinton  campaign  brought  Sanders  to  the  rally  in  Durham.  There  behind  you  an  opportunity  to  slow  are  other  critically  important  swing  down  to  give  you  time  to  turn. Peter  Grant states,  with  much  larger  numbers  of  Bristol electoral  votes  than  New  Hampshire,  where  Sanders  also  did  well  in  the  primaries.  Many  of  these  states  are  the  homes  of  large  public  and  private  universities  that  enroll  thousands  of  young  voters. Monday  night,  the  newly  formed  With  the  Senate  having  adjourned  until  November,  and  with  Sanders  not  facing  an  election  in  Vermont  this  XQLÂżHG $GGLVRQ &HQWUDO 6FKRRO year,  he  should  be  spending  most  of  his  time  over  the  District  voted  to  deliver  on  what  next  month  campaigning  for  Clinton  among  young  vot- I  believe  to  be  its  most  important  ers  in  swing  states.  The  Clinton  campaign  should  orga- promise  —  a  new,  improved  and  nize  a  “college  tourâ€?  for  Sanders,  on  which  he  would  inspiring  vision  for  teaching  and  speak  in  cities  such  as  Ann  Arbor  and  East  Lansing,  learning  in  our  schools.  To  under- Mich.;Íž  Madison,  Wis.;Íž  Columbus,  Ohio;Íž  Boulder,  Colo.;Íž  stand  what  it  took  to  get  here,  we  Philadelphia,  Penn.;Íž  and  Chapel  Hill  and  Durham,  N.C. QHHG WR ORRN EDFN EHIRUH XQLÂżFD- (See  Davis,  Page  5A) (See  Letter,  Page  7A)
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Dems  still  shortchanging  the  Progs Does  the  Vermont  Democratic  appears  to  be  allergic  to  the  P  Word. Party  still  hate  the  Vermont  Progres- ‡‡‡‡‡ sive  Party? Expect  this  year’s  gubernatorial  It  appears  so,  judging  by  the  way  general  election  to  set  spending  re- it’s  holding  a  stale  grudge  against  cords.  candidates  who  call  themselves  pro- Democratic  nominee  Sue  Minter  gressive  and  run  for  of- is  outraising  Phil  Scott,  ¿FH DV ERWK 'HPRFUDWV the  stock  car  drive/ and  Progressives. construction  company  Dave  Zuckerman,  a  executive/lieutenant  Hinesburg  organic  farm- governor.  Minter,  a  for- er,  ran  for  lieutenant  gov- mer  legislator  and  state  ernor  this  year  as  both  a  transportation  secretary  D  and  a  P.  But  the  state  who  oversaw  the  post- Democratic  apparatus  Irene  recovery,  topped  has  consistently  —  even  Scott  by  reporting  Sep- now  —  withheld  its  pro- tember  fundraising  to- prietary  voter  informa- tals  of  about  $374,000.  tion  from  his  campaign.  That  compared  to  Scott’s  Zuckerman,  you  see,  tally  of  about  $226,000  had  committed  the  sin  of  for  the  month.  (These  being  in  the  State  Senate  ¿JXUHV DFFRUGLQJ WR DQ as  a  Progressive.  analysis  by  political  col- Somehow  Vermont  umnist  Paul  Heintz  of  Democrats  had  no  prob- Seven  Days.) lem  lending  enthusiastic  by Gregory Dennis The  big  money  gorilla  support  to  Bernie  Sand- in  this  race,  however,  is  ers’  presidential  cam- not  the  candidates.  It’s  paign.  But  when  Zuckerman  had  a  political  action  committee  bank- the  temerity  to  run  for  Lite  Gov  as  a  rolled  by  the  Republican  Governors  Democrat,  he  got  the  cold  shoulder  Association.  That  super  PAC  has  from  the  party. thrown  more  than  $1.2  million  into  That  didn’t  stop  Zuckerman  from  the  race  on  Scott’s  behalf.  A  similar  trouncing  two  other  candidates  in  the  group  on  the  Democratic  side  has  Democratic  Primary,  where  he  out- tossed  in  $381,000  on  Minter’s  be- distanced  both  Kesha  Ram  and  the  half. Democratic  establishment’s  favorite,  For  those  of  you  who  think  there’s  Speaker  of  the  House  Shap  Smith.  little  difference  between  the  two  par- Zuckerman  notes  that  if  elected,  ties,  take  a  look  at  who  else  is  giving  KH ZRXOG EH WKH ÂżUVW 9HUPRQW IDUPHU money  to  their  campaigns.  in  50  years  to  sit  as  lieutenant  gover- Phil  Scott  is  taking  corporate  con- nor.  And  while  he  doesn’t  bring  it  up,  tributions.  Among  his  donors  have  KH ZRXOG DOVR EH WKH ÂżUVW RQH WR KDYH been  Monsanto  (the  huge  company  a  ponytail. ÂżJKWLQJ WKH VWDWHÂśV *02 ODEHOLQJ Now  Vermont  Dems  are  giving  the  law),  AT&T  and  Big  Tobacco,  via  same  inane  “you’re  not  really  one  of  Altria  Client  Services. usâ€?  treatment  to  Mari  Cordes. Minter,  who  won’t  take  corporate  Cordes  is  a  Lincoln  resident  and  money,  shows  support  from  em- one  of  two  Democrats  on  the  ballot  ployee  groups  and  advocates  for  gun  in  the  two-Âseat  Vermont  House  dis- safety  and  marijuana  law  reform,  trict  that  encompasses  Bristol,  Lin- among  others.  Her  two  most  interest- coln  Monkton  and  Starksboro.  ing  individual  donors?  Jane  Fonda  Cordes  has  got  to  be  one  of  the  and  Danny  DeVito,  who  each  tossed  most  energetic  and  committed  peo- in  $2,700.  SOH , NQRZ 6KH ÂżWV LQ D ORW RI DF- ‡‡‡‡‡ tivity  around  her  12-Âhour  shifts  as  Sen.  Patrick  Leahy  is  running  for  a  cardiac  nurse.  As  president  of  the  re-Âelection  in  what  will  likely  be  his  2,000-Âmember  Vermont  Federation  last  campaign.  And  like  all  of  his  of  Nurses  and  Health  Professionals,  most  recent  re-Âelection  efforts,  this  she  has  successfully  fought  for  paid  RQH ÂżJXUHV WR EH D VQRR]HU sick  leave,  an  end  to  insurance  dis- Republican  nominee  Scott  Milne  crimination  against  transgendered  is  the  Seinfeld  candidate  in  the  race.  patients,  and  increased  oversight  of  “Seinfeldâ€?  was  famously  called  a  IRU SURÂżW KRVSLWDO EX\RXWV show  about  nothing,  and  Milne’s  Cordes  describes  herself  as  a  pro- campaign  so  far  seems  to  be  about  gressive  Democrat,  and  that’s  how  nothing  except  that  he’s  not  Pat  Lea- she’s  run  her  campaign.  But  appar- hy. ently  that’s  not  good  enough  for  the  It’s  true  that  everybody  thought  state  Democratic  Party,  which  still  the  same  about  Milne’s  2014  race Â
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against  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin  —  and  Milne  nearly  won  that  election.  But  put  that  down  to  the  early  aggrava- tion  about  Vermont  Health  Connect  and  a  surprisingly  deep  strain  of  an- tipathy  toward  the  governor. Sen.  Leahy  was  stumping  in  Ad- dison  County  this  past  Tuesday,  including  a  midday  stop  at  Carol’s  Hungry  Mind  CafĂŠ  in  Middlebury  to  talk  to  college  students  and,  presum- ably,  whomever  wanted  to  have  a  few  minutes  with  the  senator. ‡‡‡‡‡ If  exciting  Senate  races  are  your  cup  of  tea,  you’ll  have  to  look  across  the  Connecticut  River  to  New  Hampshire,  where  incumbent  Re- SXEOLFDQ 6HQ .HOO\ $\RWWH LV D ÂżJKW for  her  political  life  against  a  strong  Democratic  challenger,  Gov.  Maggie  Hassan. Ayotte  has  the  unenviable  task  of  being  a  Republican  in  an  increas- ingly  liberal  state.  And  in  a  Monday  night  debate,  she  blundered  into  the  thicket  that  is  Donald  Trump  —  by  saying  she  thought  Trump  was  a  good  role  mod- el  for  children. Hassan  jumped  all  over  that  one:  “Ayotte  has  tried  to  have  it  both  ways  all  cycle  with  her  tortured  ‘support  but  not  endorse’  position,â€?  Hassan  wrote  in  a  statement.  “Tonight  she  fully  embraced  the  worst  of  Trump.â€? And  of  course  Ayotte  then  tried  to  explain  it  all  away  by  saying  she  “misspoke.â€?  The  junior  senator  was  already  having  a  hard  enough  time  explain- ing  why  she  wouldn’t  renounce  Trump.  Now  Hassan  will  pound  $\RWWH RQ KHU LQDELOLW\ WR ÂżJXUH RXW how  she  feels  about  the  Republican  presidential  nominee  in  the  closing  days  of  the  campaign. Hassan  will  also  be  emphasizing  Ayotte’s  opposition  to  Planned  Par- enthood  and  her  dubious  environ- mental  credentials  after  Ayotte  said  she  wanted  to  “rein  in  the  EPA.â€? As  for  Trump,  he’s  called  Ayotte  a  “rising  starâ€?  for  the  Republican  Party. With  Hillary  Clinton  already  lead- ing  in  Granite  State  polls,  Hassan  DQG &OLQWRQ FRXOG VRRQ ÂżQG WKHP- selves  both  settling  in  to  new  Wash- ington,  D.C.,  digs.  Patrick  Leahy,  who’s  served  Ver- mont  in  the  Senate  since  1975,  will  be  glad  to  show  them  around. Gregory  Dennis’s  column  appears  here  every  other  Thursday  and  is  archived  on  his  blog  at  www.greg- dennis.wordpress.com.  Email:  greg- dennisvt@yahoo.com.  Twitter:  @ greengregdennis.
ANeSU  governance  merger  a  bad  idea On  Nov.  8,  voters  in  Bristol,  The  proposed  school  district  Lincoln,  Monkton,  New  Haven  consolidation  is  likely  to  decrease,  and  Starksboro  will  face  important  rather  than  increase,  transparency  choices.  One  of  those  choices  con- and  accountability  (two  of  the  main  cerns  our  schools:  How  goals  of  Act  46).  Deci- to  vote  on  school  dis- sions  about  everything  trict  consolidation  (Act  from  budgets  to  staff- 46).  ing,  which  now  ben- This  question  is  com- HÂżW IURP WKH RYHUVLJKW plex.  There  are  reasons  of  community-Âlevel  This  week’s  writer  to  vote  “yesâ€?  (short- is  Nancy  Cornell  of  boards,  would  be  cen- term  tax  incentives;Íž  Starksboro,  who  was  tralized  —  handled  by  the  hope  of  budget  sav- on  the  Act  46  Study  the  superintendent  and  ings;Íž  the  possibility  of  Committee  for  the  a  single  13-Âmember  freeing  up  the  superin- Addison  Northeast  XQLÂżHG GLVWULFW ERDUG tendent’s  time  to  focus  Supervisory  Union. Voters  would  be  asked  less  on  school  board  to  analyze  one  budget  meetings),  and  also  that  would  include  the  some  reasons  to  vote  “noâ€?  (the  tax  RSHUDWLQJ H[SHQVHV IRU DOO ÂżYH HO- incentives  are  relatively  small  and  ementary  schools  and  Mount  Abra- only  last  for  four  years;Íž  the  project- ham  Middle/High  School,  as  well  as  ed  budget  savings  that  might  result  WKH VXSHULQWHQGHQWÂśV RIÂżFH from  consolidation  are  minimal  and  That  budget  would  also  include  may  not  happen). debt  payments  for  all  of  the  schools  I’ve  decided  to  vote  “Noâ€?  on  the  that  have  outstanding  debt.  The  question.  These  are  the  reasons: school  district  budget,  (which  would Â
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initially  total  about  $25,500,000),  would  be  voted  on  by  Australian  ballot.  There  would  no  longer  be  an  option  for  community  members  to  debate  and  amend  their  local  school  budgets  at  an  annual  school  town  meeting,  as  voters  currently  do  in  Starksboro  and  in  Lincoln.  It  is  likely  that  school  district  con- solidation  will  diminish  the  authority  that  school  principals,  school  search  committees  and  the  superintendent  have,  when  deciding  which  teachers  to  hire.  This  change  could  occur  be- cause,  in  becoming  one  school  dis- trict  instead  of  six,  the  contract  rule  on  this  matter  could  become  appli- cable  across  all  schools,  instead  of  within  each  school.  A  teacher  in  one  school  that  is  reducing  the  number  of  staff,  could  “bumpâ€?  a  less  senior  teacher,  in  an- other  school,  out  of  a  job  —  without  regard  for  which  teacher  is  the  best  ¿W IRU WKH SRVLWLRQ %\ IDU WKH QXP- (See  Forum,  Page  7A)
Spinoza: Freedom and determinism Editor’s  note:  This  is  the  eighth  decree.  Spinoza  repudiated  such  in  a  series  of  essays  on  Dutch  notions.  When  he  wrote  that  all  things  happen  by  the  necessity  of  philosopher  Benedict  Spinoza. The  last  essay  left  us  at  the  the  divine  nature,  what  he  meant  threshold  of  Spinoza’s  morality  was  this:  God  is  Nature,  and  since  and  politics,  but  before  we  cross  the  divine  nature  is  identical  to  the  it,  there  are  other  matters  to  con- laws  of  nature  —  the  sorts  of  laws  VLGHU EDFNJURXQG WR EH ÂżOOHG LQ that  are  relied  on  by  physicists,  loose  ends  to  be  tidied  up,  and  chemists,  and  biologists  to  explain  knots  untied  one  of  which  de- things  —  then  everything  happens  mand  our  urgent  attention.  His  according  to  natural  necessity.  system  seems  to  be  founded  on  an  “From  the  necessity  of  the  divine  nature  there  must  fol- inconsistency.  Free- ORZ LQÂżQLWHO\ PDQ\ dom  and  determin- WKLQJV LQ LQÂżQLWHO\ ism,  which  on  the  many  modes.â€?  face  of  it  are  incom- Where  is  there  patible,  are  joined  to- freedom?  Here  is  gether  in  it. Spinoza’s  answer:  Begin  with  Spino- “That  thing  is  called  za’s  determinism:  “In  free  which  exists  Nature  there  is  noth- from  the  necessity  of  ing  contingent,  but  its  nature  alone,  and  all  things  have  been  acts  by  itself  alone.â€?  determined  from  the  But  the  nature  of  ev- necessity  of  the  di- ery  individual  thing  vine  nature  to  exist  proceeds  from  and  and  produce  an  effect  is  determined  by  the  in  a  certain  way.â€? Spinoza on of  the  di- When  is  a  thing  Nature, God and necessity  vine  nature,  by  na- contingent?  We  re- Politics: ture’s  laws. gard  future  events  as  It  is  ordinarily  contingent,  but  only  An essay by supposed  that  an  ac- because,  for  the  most  Victor Nuovo tion  is  free  when  it  part,  we  don’t  know  Middlebury College is  voluntary  and  self  or  can’t  be  sure  how  determined.  The  acts  things  will  turn  out.  professor emeritus of  God  or  Nature  are  All  of  us  know  that  of philosophy self-Âdetermined,  and  someday  we  will  die,  so  are  free;Íž  yet  they  but  we  don’t  know  where,  or  when,  or  how;Íž  the  possi- are  not  voluntary  actions,  rather  bilities  seem  too  numerous  to  count  they  follow  with  the  inevitabil- and  rank  in  order  of  probability,  and  ity  that  we  associate  with  natu- in  any  case  it  would  be  morbid  to  UDO SURFHVVHV OLNH ZDWHU Ă€RZLQJ try;Íž  the  point  is  this:  future  events,  over  a  dam.  And  yet,  as  Spinoza  even  those  that  we  are  certain  will  saw  it,  the  fact  that  all  things  happen,  appear  contingent  to  us,  happen  with  this  inevitability  is  because,  for  all  we  know,  they  may  the  reason  for  stating  that  God  happen,  if  they  happen  at  all,  in  is  free.  He  joined  freedom  and  many  different  ways.  Likewise,  al- necessity.  He  supposed  that  an  though  we  cannot  change  the  past,  act  is  free  when  it  is  internally  we  think  of  past  events  as  contin- caused  or  self  determined;Íž  and  gent.  If,  on  June  28,  1914,  Gavrilo  not  free  when  caused  to  exist  or  Princip  had  not  murdered  Arch- compelled  to  act  by  an  external  duke  Franz  Ferdinand  of  Austria,  or  alien  force.  But  nature  is  not  World  War  One  might  never  have  subject  to  any  such  force. It  should  be  noted  that  Spinoza  happened,  or,  political  tensions  be- ing  what  they  were,  it  might  have  was  not  alone  in  joining  freedom  had  a  different  beginning  and  run  and  necessity.  In  the  next  essay,  I  a  different  course.  If  in  December  will  write  about  two  thinkers,  who  2000,  the  United  States  Supreme  KDG JUHDW LQĂ€XHQFH RQ KLP &DO- Court  had  decided  differently  on  vin  and  Hobbes,  and  who  likewise  Bush  vs.  Gore  531  U.S.  98  (2000),  joined  freedom  and  necessity. But  a  great,  if  not  insurmount- Albert  Gore  Jr.  would  have  been  the  43rd  president  of  the  United  DEOH GLIÂżFXOW\ UHPDLQV DQG LW DS- plies  to  us.  We  suppose  that  we  States. But  Spinoza  denies  that  there  are  free  agents,  at  least  when  we  are  any  contingent  events.  There  are  at  our  best,  able  to  deliberate  are  no  past  events  that  might  not  and  to  make  choices  and  to  act  re- have  been,  and  nothing  in  the  fu- sponsibly,  to  stay  the  course  or  to  ture  is  contingent.  This  is  not  so  change  the  direction  of  our  lives  because  everything  is  determined  DV ZH VHH ÂżW +XPDQ VWULYLQJ LV from  the  beginning  by  divine  acting  for  a  purpose.  Tenacity  providence  or  decided  by  divine  and  nobility  would  seem  no  more Â
than  meaningless  gestures,  if  they  proceed  automaton-Âlike  from  ne- cessity,  determined  by  inviolable  laws  of  nature. I  believe  that  Spinoza  saw  this  GLIÂżFXOW\ DQG KDG D VROXWLRQ WR LW To  explain  it,  it  must  be  recalled  that  he  considered  Nature  to  be  DQ LQÂżQLWH IHFXQGLW\ Âł)URP WKH necessity  of  the  divine  nature  WKHUH PXVW IROORZ LQÂżQLWHO\ PDQ\ WKLQJV LQ LQÂżQLWHO\ PDQ\ PRGHV ´ Spinoza’s  universe  is  as  vast  as  FDQ EH DQ LQÂżQLW\ RI ZRUOGV D multiverse,  beyond  which  there  can  be  nothing,  for  it  contains  the  sum  of  all  possibilities.  No  one  has  imagined  a  vaster  uni- verse  than  he,  not  even  Lucreti- us,  although  he  came  close  to  it.  From  our  small  speck  of  matter,  the  planet  Earth,  this  may  seem  too  vast  to  comprehend;Íž  but  the  philosophical  imagination  comes  to  our  aid.  Some  philosophers  enjoy  spending  their  time  speculating  about  possible  worlds,  which  may  have  the  same  cast  of  char- acters,  counterparts  of  each  other,  yet  they  diverge  at  some  crucial  moment.  Imagine  a  world  just  like  ours,  but  with  this  crucial  difference,  that  on  June  28,  1914,  Gavrilo  Princip  did  not  murder  Archduke  Franz  Ferdinand  of  Austria,  but  presented  him  with  a  ERXTXHW RI Ă€RZHUV DV D WRNHQ RI affection  and  of  Austro-ÂSerbian  solidarity;Íž  and  still  another  world,  in  which  Albert  Gore  Jr.  became  the  43rd  president  of  the  United  States  and  that  he  chose  not  to  lead  the  nation  into  war  in  Iraq  in  2003.  Spinoza  seems  committed  to  admitting  that  these  possibili- ties  are  all  realized  somewhere  in  the  vast  universe  of  nature,  with  the  same  spontaneity  and  inevita- bility  to  be  found  in  our  part  of  the  universe  or  multiverse. So  what  about  human  choice  and  human  freedom?  If  we  stick  to  Spinoza,  in  all  of  these  possi- ble  worlds  things  run  their  natural  course  with  spontaneity,  as  is  the  case  with  all  natural  events;Íž  even  though  as  we  look  at  things  from  our  limited  standpoint,  we  often  view  the  past  with  regret  for  what  might  have  been  and  the  future  as  full  of  contingencies;Íž  it  goes  with  our  nature  as  creatures  of  desire  to  imagine  past  and  future  in  this  way.  He  supposed  that  this  is  as  much  freedom  as  we  need  to  live  and  act  responsibly.  Of  course,  Spinoza  supposed  another  sort  of  freedom  that  is  the  result  of  see- ing  things  not  from  our  limited  place  in  life,  but  from  the  stand- point  of  eternity.  This  will  be  the  subject  of  a  future  essay.
Davis  (Continued  from  Page  4A) All  of  these  cities  are  located  in  the  states  whose  electoral  votes  will  determine  whether  Clinton  or  Trump  will  be  president  for  the  next  four  years.  Many  of  them,  such  as  Wisconsin,  Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and  North  Carolina,  also  have  competi- tive  U.S.  Senate  races  that  will  de- termine  which  party  controls  the  Senate  next  year.  Sanders  can  make  a  strong  case Â
to  his  young  supporters  that,  in  this  year’s  political  environment,  a  vote  for  Clinton  is  by  far  the  best  choice  they  have,  and  that  a  vote  for  a  Dem- ocratic  Senate  candidate  will  help  make  Sanders  a  committee  chair Â
next  year.  Clinton’s  campaign  staff  should  start  organizing  the  Sanders  “college  tour�  right  away. Eric  L.  Davis  is  professor  emeri- tus  of  political  science  at  Middle- bury  College.
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VERGENNES  —  Ernest  P.  Cio- ciola  of  Vergennes,  formerly  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  passed  away  at  home  Oct.  2,  2016. He  was  the  husband  of  the  late  Adrienne  C.  Martino  Ciociola;Íž  fa- ther  of  Mark  A.  (Kathy),  Allen  E.  (Arlene)  and  the  late  Ernest  M.  Cio- ciola;Íž  brother  of  Mary  Conte,  Domi- nic  Ciociola  and  the  late  Madelyn  Mariano;Íž  grandfather  of  Michael  Ciociola,  William,  Brian  and  Chris  Clark;Íž  great-Âgrandfather  of  Adam,  Acadia,  Will,  Casey  and  Nathan. Ernest  was  born  in  New  Haven  Feb.  8,  1927,  to  the  late  Alfonso  and  Carmela  Iandoli  Ciociola.  He  served  his  country  with  honor  in  the  U.S.  Army  during  WWII  and  after  being Â
Caroline ‘Kerrin’ Warren, 92, formerly of New Haven NEW  HAVEN,  Vt.  —  Caroline  “Kerrinâ€?  Warren,  92,  a  native  Ver- monter  and  former  resident  of  New  Haven,  passed  away  peacefully  on  Aug.  28,  2016,  in  Concord,  Mass.  She  lived  at  Rivercrest,  the  skilled  nursing  facility  of  Newbury  Court,  a  retirement  community  to  which  she  and  her  husband  moved  in  2009.  The  cause  of  death  was  complications  of  pneumonia  and  several  chronic  con- ditions. Born  Caroline  Harker  Morris  in  VKH ZDV WKH ÂżUVW FKLOG RI &DUR- line  Owens  and  Llewelyn  Morris  of  Poultney,  Vt.  She  grew  up  in  Poult- ney’s  Welsh-ÂAmerican  community,  attended  the  local  public  schools  and  graduated  from  Poultney  High  School  as  valedictorian  of  the  class  of  1942.  She  enrolled  in  Oberlin  Col- lege,  Oberlin,  Ohio,  graduating  with  a  major  in  English  literature  in  1946.  There  she  met  her  future  husband,  William  H.  Warren,  a  classmate,  whom  she  married  in  1947. For  the  next  40  years  they  lived  mostly  in  the  Midwest  where  she  had  a  “motley  career,â€?  as  she  described  it:  homemaker,  parent,  teacher,  library  researcher,  administrative  assistant,  archivist  and  successful  manager  of  the  family  investment  portfolio.  She  was  a  talented  craftsperson  in  knit- ting  and  needlepoint,  creating  hun-Â
CAROLINE  “KERRINâ€? WARREN dreds  of  decorative  and  functional  items  over  50  years. Kerrin  was  unassuming,  sociable,  compassionate,  ebullient  and  com- petitive  at  any  game.  Throughout  her  life  she  contributed  to  her  community,  volunteering  in  church,  school  and  community  groups.  Always  a  skeptic,  never  an  ideologue,  she  often  played  devil’s  advocate,  yet  her  values  were  crystal  clear.  She  was  endowed  with Â
a  “third  eye,â€?  through  which  she  ob- served  life’s  absurdities  and  contra- dictions,  frequently  offering  a  wry  comment.  On  retirement,  she  re- turned  to  Vermont  with  her  husband,  to  an  1806  farmhouse  in  New  Haven,  where  they  lived  for  21  years. She  is  survived  by  her  husband  of  69  years,  William  Howe  Warren;Íž  and  two  sons  and  their  families:  William  Howe  Warren,  Jr.  of  Providence,  R.I.,  his  wife  Ellie  Siegel  and  their  chil- dren,  Jonah  and  Sophie;Íž  and  Robert  Llewelyn  Warren  of  Newton,  Mass.,  his  wife  Sally  Mazur,  and  their  chil- dren  Jake  and  Lucy.  She  was  pre- ceded  in  death  by  her  parents  and  her  younger  sister,  Florence  Morris  Bader. Her  family  and  friends  will  gather  to  celebrate  her  life  on  Saturday,  Oct.  29,  at  10:30  a.m.  in  the  Congregation- al  Church  of  Middlebury,  2  Main  St.,  Middlebury,  where  she  was  an  active  member  for  more  than  20  years. ,Q OLHX RI Ă€RZHUV JLIWV LQ KHU PHP- ory  may  be  made  to  Oberlin  College,  designated  for  the  William  H.  and  Caroline  Morris  Warren  Scholarship  Fund,  and  mailed  to  Oberlin  College  'HYHORSPHQW 2IÂżFH $WWQ &DWKHULQH Gletherow,  50  West  Lorain  St.,  Ober- lin,  OH  44074.  To  share  a  memory  or  offer  a  condolence  visit  www.con- FRUGIXQHUDO FRP ¸
Elizabeth Ginsburg, 76, Bristol BRISTOL  —  Elizabeth  Ginsburg,  76,  artist,  teacher,  and  beloved  wife,  mother,  grandmother,  sister,  and  aunt,  passed  away  peacefully  at  home  on  Sept.  29,  2016,  in  Bristol.  She  was  a  painter,  sculptor  and  for  many  years  an  instructor  of  modern  dance  at  the  University  of  New  Hampshire  in  Dur- ham,  N.H. Liz  was  passionate  about  dance  and  performance,  and  in  New  Hampshire  she  founded  two  dance  companies:  Synergy,  for  modern  dance  and  im- provisational  dance;Íž  and  Dance  Re- vival,  a  performance  company  for  Renaissance  court  dance.  She  also  directed  or  co-Âdirected  several  major  community  productions,  including  Purcell  and  Dryden’s  English  opera  “King  Arthur;Ížâ€?  “Shaker  Spirit,â€?  a  pro- duction  of  Shaker  singing  and  dance;Íž  and  “An  Elizabethan  Feaste,â€?  featur- ing  music,  dance,  drama  and  food  of  the  Shakespearean  era,  in  which  she  also  performed  the  role  of  Queen  Elizabeth  I. Liz  thrilled  to  travel  and  loved  learning  about  other  cultures.  She  was  a  Peace  Corps  volunteer  in  the  Philip- pines  in  the  early  1960s,  lived  for  a  year  each  in  Taiwan  and  Hong  Kong  and  spent  a  year-Âand-Âa-Âhalf  in  Japan,  where  she  was  a  visiting  lecturer  in  English  at  Kobe  Shoin  Women’s  Uni- versity. She  earned  her  bachelor’s  degree  in  dance  and  physical  education  from Â
ELIZABETH  GINSBURG the  University  of  Missouri,  where  she  was  the  champion  woman  golfer  and  was  awarded  Best  All-ÂAround  Female  Athlete.  Her  master  of  arts  in  teaching  from  Rhode  Island  College  focused  on  anthropology  and  sociology.  She  had  wide  intellectual,  cultural  and  ar- tistic  interests.  After  she  retired  from  teaching  dance,  she  earned  a  bachelor  RI ÂżQH DUWV GHJUHH LQ VFXOSWXUH DQG painting,  summa  cum  laude,  from  the  University  of  New  Hampshire  at  age  56.  Her  senior  project  honoring  her Â
mother,  Dorothy  (Sappington)  Hols- inger,  became  a  one-Âwoman  show  at  Columbia  College  in  Columbia,  Mo. ,Q /L] VXIIHUHG VLJQLÂżFDQW right  hemisphere  brain  damage  from  a  ruptured  aneurism  and  was  no  lon- ger  able  to  continue  her  work.  But  her  injury  did  not  dampen  her  intense  love  for  her  family,  and  she  enthusi- astically  enjoyed  talking  with  people,  reading  and  attending  musical  perfor- mances. Liz  will  be  remembered  for  her  cre- ativity,  her  commitment  to  the  arts,  her  warmth  toward  strangers,  her  in- tense  love  of  family  and  her  vibrant  spirit. Survivors  include  her  husband,  Karl  Diller  of  Bristol,  Professor  Emeritus  of  the  University  of  New  Hampshire;Íž  son  Adam  Ginsburg  of  Bristol,  his  wife  Kristen,  and  their  daughters  Eden  and  Eliana;Íž  son  Matthew  Ginsburg  of  North  Andover,  Mass.,  his  wife  Me- lissa,  and  their  children  Caleb  and  Ce- cilia;Íž  stepson  John  Diller  of  Oakland,  Calif.,  and  his  wife  Melissa  Levine;Íž  stepson  David  Diller  of  Northwood,  N.H.;Íž  Liz’s  former  husband  Philip  Ginsburg  and  his  wife  Carolyn  An- derson  of  Newmarket,  N.H.;Íž  and  god- daughter  Sonia  Ginsburg  of  San  Fran- cisco,  Calif.;Íž  three  brothers  Michael,  David  and  Mark  Holsinger;Íž  a  sister,  Anne  Tavel,  and  several  nieces  and  nephews,  including  Stacy  Kutter  of  :H\EULGJH 9W ¸
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Ashley Sessions Boyd, 30, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  —  Ashley  Ses- sions  Boyd,  age  30,  passed  away  unexpectedly  Wednesday,  Sept.  28,  2016,  at  her  home  in  Middlebury. Ms.  Boyd  was  born  in  Middlebury  on  June  2,  1986.  She  was  the  daugh- ter  of  Holly  Nunn  and  Donald  Gebo,  Jr.  She  grew  up  in  Middlebury,  where  she  received  her  early  education  and  graduated  from  Mount  Abra- ham  High  School  in  Bristol,  class  of  2004.  Afterward  she  attended  Frank- lin  Pierce  College.  She  worked  and  earned  her  L.N.A.  from  Helen  Porter  Health  and  Reha- bilitation  Center  in  Middlebury.  She  was  currently  employed  at  Shard  Villa  in  Salisbury.  She  enjoyed  cook- ing,  loved  animals  and  spending  time  with  her  family  —  especially  her  beloved  son. Surviving  is  her  son,  Sylvan  Rob- ert  Boyd  of  Middlebury;Íž  her  moth- er,  Holly  Nunn  of  Middlebury;Íž  her  EURWKHU $QGUHZ *HER RI )DLUÂżHOG her  maternal  grandmother,  Faith  Neil  and  step-Âgrandfather,  Rev.  Wil-Â
ASHLEY   BOYD liam  Neil  of  Lee,  Mass.;Íž  her  ma- ternal  grandfather,  Joe  Nunn  and  step-Âgrandmother,  Karen  Nunn  of  Bridport;Íž  her  paternal  grandfather,  Donald  Gebo,  Sr.  and  her  paternal Â
grandmother,  Mary  Haynes  of  Cole- brook,  N.H.;Íž  her  aunts  Jennifer  Sev- erance  of  South  Burlington  and  Jodi  /LWFKÂżHOG RI 0LGGOHEXU\ DQG KHU uncle  Chad  Nunn  of  Middlebury.  Several  uncles  and  cousins  also  sur- vive  her. A  memorial  service  “In  Celebra- tion  of  Her  Lifeâ€?  will  be  held  on  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  at  4  p.m.,  at  the  Miller  &  Ketcham  Funeral  Home  in  Brandon.  The  Rev.  William  Neil  ZLOO RIÂżFLDWH $ SULYDWH JUDYHVLGH committal  service  and  burial  will  take  place,  at  a  later  date,  in  the  fam- ily  lot  at  Prospect  Cemetery  in  East  Middlebury. 0HPRULDO JLIWV LQ OLHX RI Ă€RZ- ers  may  be  made  in  her  memory  to  Addison  County  Humane  Society,  236  Boardman  St.,  Middlebury,  VT  05753. Arrangements  are  under  the  di- rection  of  the  Miller  &  Ketcham  Funeral  Home  in  Brandon,  www. PLOOHUNHWFKDPIXQHUDOKRPHV FRP ¸
Elizabeth Ann Myers, 83, Vergennes VERGENNES  —  Elizabeth  Ann  Myers,  age  83,  of  Vergennes,  passed  away  on  Oct.  1,  2016,  at  Vergennes  residential  care.  She  was  born  in  Middlebury  on  Oct.  13,  1932,  the  daughter  of  Charles  H.  and  Ruth  (Dugan)  LeBeau. Betty  worked  at  Simmons  Preci- sion  and  The  Weeks  school.  She  was  a  lifelong  member  of  Saint  Peters  Catholic  Church.  She  loved  playing  Bingo  and  golf. She  is  survived  by  her  son  Gordon  and  his  wife  Jeanette;Íž  her  son  Don- ald  and  his  wife  Margie;Íž  her  daugh- ter  Christine  Bradford  and  son- in-Âlaw  Robert  Evarts.  She  is  also  survived  by  her  beloved  grandchil- dren  Aaron  and  Kyle  Myers;Íž  Charles  and  Bill  Bradford;Íž  Nathan,  Eric  and  Judd  Evarts;Íž  and  Angela  Polacsek;Íž  great-Âgrand  daughter  Mikayla  Po- lacsek;Íž  brother-Âin-Âlaw  Bob  Russell;Íž  sister-Âin-Âlaw  Jean  Gobbi;Íž  and  many Â
daughter  Katherine  Evarts;Íž   her  brother  Charlie  LaBeau;Íž  her  sister  Janice  (LaBeau)  Russell;Íž  and  her  brother-Âin-Âlaw  Remo  Gobbi. A  mass  of  Christian  burial  was  cel- ebrated  on  Wednesday,  Oct.  5,  2016,  at  11  a.m.,  at  Saint  Peters  Church  in  Vergennes.  Interment  will  follow  in  Prospect  Cemetery.  Visiting  hours  will  be  on  Tuesday,  Oct.  4  from  5  to  8  p.m.  at  Brown  and  McClay  Fu- neral  Home  in  Vergennes.  Memorial  contributions  in  Betty’s  name  may- be  sent  to  Addison  County  Home  Health  and  Hospice  in  Middlebury. Sincere  appreciation  and  thank  you  to  the  staff  at  Vergennes  Resi- dential  and  Addison  County  Home  Health  and  Hospice  for  the  care  and  dedication  provided  to  Betty  during  ELIZABETH  MYERS WKLV GLIÂżFXOW WLPH 7R VHQG RQOLQH condolences  to  her  family  please  nieces  and  nephews. www.brownmcclayfuneral- She  was  predeceased  by  her  hus- visit  band  Robert  “Mooseâ€?  Myers;Íž  her  KRPHV FRP ¸
Andre Spenard, 65, formerly of Middlebury GRESHAM,  Ore.  /  MIDDLE- BURY,  Vt.  —  Andre  P.  Spenard,  65,  of  Gresham,  Ore.,  passed  away  on  Sept.  17,  2016.  He  was  born  in  Colchester,  Vt.  on  Aug.  29,  1951.  He  attended  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  He  worked  in  home  con- struction  prior  to  becoming  a  Real  Estate  Appraiser/Investor.  He  en- joyed  many  outdoor  activities  such  as  skiing,  camping,  golf,  travel  and  spending  time  with  friends  and  fam- ily  (including  the  family  dogs).  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Valerie  of  Gresham,  Ore.;Íž  his  stepchildren,  Yvon  Bilodeau  of  Tualatin,  Ore.;Íž  and  Rebecca  Boyle  and  her  husband,  5LFKDUG RI 5LGJHÂżHOG :DVK KLV VLV- ters,  Rose  Rishell  and  her  husband,  Randy  of  Fredericksburg,  Va.;Íž  Anne  Goodrich  and  her  husband  Herbert  of  Derry,  N.H.;Íž  and  his  brother-Âin- law,  Ken  Dahms  of  Lebanon,  Ohio.  He  was  predeceased  by  his  mother  Lula  Spenard  and  his  brother  Ray-Â
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Mary Aline Bowlby, 93, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  —  Mary  Aline  Bowlby,  93,  completed  her  time  on  earth  Aug.  27,  2016,  at  Helen  Porter  Health  Care  in  Middlebury. Mary  Aline  Bowlby  was  born  in  Arkansas.  Her  family  consisted  of  William  and  Lavada  (King)  Parsley  and  their  eight  children,  including  Mary,  the  youngest  member.  While  in  high  school,  Mary  be- came  known  for  her  basketball  skills  and  was  invited  by  a  semi-Âpro  girl’s  team  to  travel  with  them.  She  was  not  able  to  join  them  but  in  later  years  found  joy  in  grandchildren  and  great-Âgrandchildren  and  their  sports. In  1940,  Mary  met  the  love  of  her  life  Harley  Eugene  Bowlby  at  a  dance  and  they  were  married  for  73  years.  Mary  was  a  partner  with  her  husband  in  farming  and  owning  a  country  store  while  living  in  Arkan- sas  as  well  as  working  for  the  cloth- ing  company  Jonathan  Logan.  After  moving  to  Michigan,  Mary  was  a  stay-Âat-Âhome  mom  while  Harley  worked  for  General  Motors  and  later  in  Indiana  where  Harley  worked  for  the  state  of  Indiana.  Church  and  God  were  always  a  part  of  Mary’s  life,  serving  on Â
MARY  BOWLBY committees  and  boards.  One  of  her  greatest  gifts  was  showing  her  love  for  her  family  through  cooking  deli- cious  meals.  Crafts  were  important  to  her,  especially  making  quilts  for  family  members.  She  found  great  joy  in  doing  projects  and  puzzles  with  staff  and  friends  at  Helen  Por-Â
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ter  Health  Care. Surviving  is  a  daughter  Linda  Stearns  (Melvin)  of  Lincoln,  Vt.;Íž  son  Daniel  Bowlby  of  Valparaiso,  Ind.;Íž  grandchildren  Daniel  Stearns  (Vaneasa)  of  Lincoln,  Vt.;Íž  Angie  (Garth)  Wilcox  of  East  Liverpool  Ohio;Íž  Troy  (Megan)  Bowlby  of  Concord,  N.C.;Íž  and  Justin  (Katie)  Bowlby  of  Homewood,  Ala.;Íž  great- grandchildren  Alyssa,  Lydia  Aline,  Chase,  Abbey,  Luke,  Claire,  Char- lotte  and  Ryan. She  was  predeceased  by  her  hus- band  Harley  Bowlby;Íž  daughter-Âin- law  Linda  (Cunningham)  Bowlby;Íž  parents  and  seven  siblings. Funeral  services  were  held  Sept.  3  in  Valparaiso,  Ind.  A  private  me- morial  service  will  be  held  at  a  later  date  in  Vermont.  The  family  sincerely  appreciated  the  loving  care  Mary  received  from  everyone  at  Helen  Porter  Health  Care  (30  Porter  Drive,  Middlebury  VT  05753),  and  Addison  County  Home  Health  and  Hospice  (PO  Box  754)  Middlebury  VT  05753.  Memo- rial  contributions  in  Mary’s  name  may  be  made  to  the  two  organiza- WLRQV OLVWHG ¸
simplistic  solutions,  but  that  doesn’t  mean  that  he  isn’t  searching  for  so- lutions.  He  knows  that  the  economy  isn’t  working  for  everyone,  and  he  wants  to  change  that.  He  knows  that  resources  —  environmental  as  well  DV ÂżQDQFLDO ² DUH VFDUFH DQG KH wants  to  protect  them.  Best  of  all,  he  understands  that  everything  is  related,  so  if  you  work  on  one  thing,  it  will  spill  over  to  affect  many  others,  for  better  or  for  worse.  He  will  think  things  through,  so  that  the  cure  won’t  be  worse  than Â
Rep.  Nuovo  endorses  Sheldon,  Scheu  in  Addison-Â1 I  am  happy  to  give  my  support  to  Amy  Sheldon  and  Robin  Scheu  as  Representatives  of  the  town  of  Middlebury  to  the  Vermont  House. Amy  Sheldon  has  been  my  col- league  in  the  House  of  Represen- tatives  for  two  years  and  I  know  ¿UVWKDQG WKDW VKH KDV VHUYHG WKH town  and  state  extremely  well.  In  KHU ÂżUVW VHVVLRQ VKH VHUYHG LQ WKH House  Fish,  Wildlife  and  Water  Committee,  where  she  was  instru- mental  in  enacting  the  new  water Â
bill  for  the  state  of  Vermont.  She  works  tirelessly  for  a  clean  environ- ment,  economic  development,  Lake  Champlain  clean  up,  paid  sick  days  and  for  the  welfare  of  all  who  live  here. I  have  known  Robin  Scheu  for  many  years  and  I  am  certain  that  she  will  become  an  outstanding  legislator.  She  has  worked  for  the  town  in  many  ways,  as  executive  director  of  Addison  County  Eco- nomic  Development.  She  has  been Â
U.S.  should  scale  back  its  production  of  weapons O.K.  Here  is  a  short  inventory  —  my  t-Âshirt  was  made  in  El  Salvador,  my  turtleneck  —  Cambodia,  my  pants  —  Vietnam,  my  shoes  —  Germany,  my  boots  —  China,  my  ÀDQQHO VKLUW ² %DQJODGHVK P\ bombs  — Wait.  Stop.  They  aren’t  my Â
bombs.  Maybe  it’s  guilt  by  associa- tion.  Which  country  is  the  world’s  top  supplier  of  weapons?  Our  U.S.  Which  country  is  the  top  exporter  of  arms  in  the  world?  Our  U.S.  “Six  of  the  nine  most  powerful  weapons  companies  are  located  in  the  U.S.â€?  (Stockholm  International  Peace Â
Research  Institute). Here  is  some  good  news.  Textron,  a  company  based  in  Rhode  Island,  has  stopped  making  cluster  bombs  for  the  U.S.  to  sell,  since  “the  Obama  administration  just  halted  a  shipment  of  about  400  of  their  6HH +HDWKHU /HD OHWWHU 3DJH 11A)
courses  for  it,  allowed  it  free  reign  of  her  dollhouse.  It  sat  next  to  her  on  the  table  while  she  ate,  and  she  in  turn  provided  it  with  copious  amounts  of  fresh  clover  to  eat.  And  then,  one  morning,  that  Wooly  Bear  had  clearly  passed  over  to  the  great  FORYHU ÂżHOG LQ WKH VN\ The  one  time  that  my  daughters  ¿QDOO\  eliminated  an  actual  pest  was  the  Horned  Tomato  worm  they  found  crawling  across  our  driveway.  This  one  was  also  loved  to  death,  and  gave  up  the  ghost  shortly  after  journeying  to  my  daughter’s  kinder- garten  class  as  a  show-Âand-Âtell.  I’ve  considered  why  my  daugh- ters  have  such  backwards  luck  with  their  insects,  and  I’ve  come  to  this  conclusion:  For  whatever  reason,  whether  it’s  hardwired  deep  in  their  genetic  code  or  just  happenstance,  my  daughters  seem  to  have  greater  affection  for  harmless  insects.  They  think  nothing  of  releasing  garden  pests,  but  it’s  the  bugs  they  love  that  they  want  to  keep.  And  keeping  bugs  in  jars  and  cages,  no  matter  how  well  intentioned  the  keeper,  seldom  ends  well.  For  the  past  few  months  I  have  been  reading  “The  Last  Child  in  the  Woodsâ€?  by  Richard  Louv,  which  I  would  recommend  to  any  parent.  In  brief,  Louv’s  book  touches  upon  the  deep  effects  of  exposure  to  nature  upon  children’s  development,  and  la- ments  that  children  these  days  spend  so  little  unstructured  time  in  nature  for  a  variety  of  reasons:  because Â
neighborhoods  and  towns  aren’t  set  up  to  enable  access  to  nature,  be- cause  children’s  lives  are  oversched- uled  and  increasingly  dominated  by  screens,  and  because  adults  are  afraid.  We  are  afraid  of  our  children  getting  hurt,  because  we  love  them. Inspired  by  Louv’s  book,  I  have  been  trying  to  allow  and  encour- age  my  own  children  to  spend  more  unstructured  time  out  in  the  natural  world,  in  the  form  of  their  new  yard.  After  only  a  couple  of  months,  I  see  WKH EHQH¿WV LQ DEXQGDQFH LQ WKHLU JURZLQJ FRQ¿GHQFH WKHLU NHHQHU powers  of  observation,  their  knowl- edge  of  and  respect  for  the  plants  and  animals  that  surround  them,  and  above  all  in  their  sense  of  joy  and  wonder  when  they’re  outdoors.  There  are  costs.  Sometimes  the  yard  is  littered  with  bikes  and  shov- els  and  scrap  wood.  Sometimes  a  daughter  gets  hurt.  Sometimes  the  dog  runs  off.  And  always  there  is  dirt  tracked  into  the  house.  But  then  I  remember  our  insects,  and  I  realize  that  I  don’t  want  to  keep  my  children  behind  glass  out  of  fear  —  or  even  out  of  love.  With  children,  as  with  bugs,  that  seldom  ends  well.  Faith  Gong  has  worked  as  an  el- HPHQWDU\ VFKRRO WHDFKHU D IUHHODQFH SKRWRJUDSKHU DQG D QRQSUR¿W PDQ- DJHU 6KH OLYHV LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ ZLWK KHU KXVEDQG IRXU GDXJKWHUV DQG RQH DQ[LHW\ SURQH ODEUDGRRGOH ,Q KHU ³IUHH WLPH ´ VKH ZULWHV IRU KHU EORJ 7KH 3LFNOH 3DWFK
Clippings  (Continued  from  Page  4A) “But  you  know  that  they’re  ter- rible  garden  pests,  right?â€? “I  know,â€?  she  said,  cool  as  a  cu- cumber.  “I  gave  them  a  big  talking  to,  and  sent  them  out  to  tell  their  friends  to  stop  eating  the  blueber- ries.â€? This  exact  scenario  repeated  itself  throughout  the  late  summer  with  grasshoppers.  On  the  other  hand,  I  cannot  even  begin  to  count  how  many  ladybugs  and  Daddy  Long  Legs  spiders  have  died  in  that  bug  house.  These  are  in- sects  that  I  do  encourage  my  daugh- ters  to  free  before  nightfall,  only  to  have  them  plead  with  me:  “Please  can  we  just  keep  them  overnight,  for  a  sleepover?  I  swear  we’ll  set  them  free  in  the  morning!â€?  The  next  morning,  of  course,  there  is  the  de- nial,  the  poking,  and  the  tears  when  the  insect  in  question  turns  out  to  be  irreversibly  dead.  The  case  of  the  Wooly  Bear  cat- erpillar  who  lived  with  us  for  sev- eral  days  was  a  morally  nuanced  situation,  because  it  could  theoreti- cally  overwinter  in  a  Mason  jar  on  our  back  patio  until  spring,  when  it  would  spin  a  cocoon  and  emerge  as  a  Tiger  Moth.  Thinking  that  this  would  be  a  good  educational  experi- ence,  I  allowed  my  daughter  to  keep  the  Wooly  Bear.  What  happened  next  is  that  she  loved  that  caterpillar  to  death. She  kept  the  Wooly  Bear  with  her  all  day  long.  She  made  obstacle Â
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community  members  call  with  ur- gent  problems  and  questions,  board  members  help  to  connect  them  with  the  school  employees  best  able  to  as- sist  them.  Fewer  school  board  mem- bers,  elected  by  their  neighbors,  will  necessarily  mean  fewer  hands  avail- able  to  perform  these  essential  func- tions. 0RVW RI WKH EHQHÂżWV RIIHUHG IRU school  district  consolidation  can  be  better  achieved  within  the  school  governance  structure  that  we  have,  without  eliminating  local  school  boards  and  without  centralizing  con- trol  of  our  schools.  A  “yesâ€?  vote  creates  radical,  ir- reversible  changes  to  school  gover- nance.  Once  we  lose  our  local  sys- tem,  it  will  be  nearly  impossible  to  get  it  back. There  are  better  ways  to  comply  ZLWK $FW DQG WKHUH LV WLPH WR ÂżQG a  better  solution.  If  one  or  more  of  RXU ÂżYH WRZQV YRWHV ÂľQRÂś RQ 1RY the  proposal  will  be  stopped,  and  our  school  boards  will  have  the  ability  to  pause  and  decide  what  to  do  next.  Our  other  options  include: ‡ 6HQGLQJ D UHSRUW WR 0RQWSHOLHU
that  shows  how  the  improvements  we’re  already  making  will  enable  us  to  meet  the  goals  of  Act  46  without  changing  the  structure  of  how  we  govern  our  schools.  ‡ 3URSRVLQJ DQ DOWHUQDWLYH IRUP RI governance  in  which  schools  retain  an  elected  council/board  that  dele- gates  many  duties  to  a  central  board,  but  retains  genuine  responsibility  for  such  key  functions  as  developing  the  school  budget  and  hiring  the  school  principal.  In  the  coming  legislative  session,  the  legislature  may  clarify  DQG H[SDQG WKH ÀH[LELOLW\ WKDW ORFDO districts  have  to  create  innovative  governance  structures  that  meet  the  goals  of  Act  46.  ‡ 3URSRVLQJ D PRGL¿HG XQL¿HG union  district  —  a  merger  in  which  a  PDMRULW\ RI RXU ¿YH WRZQV FRXOG YRWH to  merge,  while  towns  that  wish  to  retain  their  individual  school  boards  and  individual  school  budgets  would  do  so.  Consolidation  is  not  the  only  an- swer,  and  I  do  not  believe  it  is  the  best  answer.  We  do  have  a  choice  in  this  matter.
make  that  process  smoother,  and  more  effective  for  our  students,  by  allowing  us  to  combine  our  efforts  and  resources  to  make  that  vision  a  reality  for  every  student. During  all  of  this,  our  educators  were  busy  looking  ahead  at  ways  to  change  how  we  deliver  on  our  edu- cational  promises  to  our  children.  Teachers,  administrators,  staff  and  community  members  came  together  to  study  an  educational  model  called  the  International  Baccalaureate  program.  This  global  educational  model  focuses  on  student-Âdriven,  personalized  learning.  What  does  that  mean?  It  means  students  are  asking  questions,  generating  ideas,  trying  new  things,  and  learning  by  doing.  It  means  they  are  not  just  answering  questions  on  a  test,  they  have  to  demonstrate  their  learning,  provide  evidence  of  their  skills  and  knowledge,  and  actively  work  in  service  to  the  community. Most  of  us  don’t  go  to  work  and  spend  a  few  hours  on  writing,  a  few  hours  on  science,  and  a  few  hours  doing  math.  We  understand  that  we  have  to  take  all  of  our  skills  and Â
knowledge,  and  put  them  together  to  get  things  done.  Educators  call  this  a  transdisciplinary  model,  most  of  us  call  it  reality.  Why  not  teach  our  students,  and  help  them  learn,  in  the  same  way? Monday  night,  the  ACSD  board  voted  to  begin  the  process  of  be- coming  an  International  Baccalaure- ate  district.  This  will  involve  a  lot  of  work  by  our  students,  educators  and  administrators,  as  they  begin  to  learn  a  new  model  for  teaching  and  learning.  But  what  excited  me  most  about  this  change  is  that  it  faces,  head-Âon,  the  challenges  our  kids  will  tackle  in  the  new  century.  It  will  ask  a  lot  of  them,  of  us,  and  of  our  teachers.  It  will  require  us  all  to  work  together,  and  it  will  set  us  apart  from  other  places  as  a  com- munity  that  dares  to  innovate,  to  inspire  and  to  succeed. I  am  pleased  that  our  new  board  XQGHUWRRN LQ LWV ÂżUVW UHDO DFWLRQ WR deliver  on  a  central  promise  to  the  community.  Let’s  get  to  work. Jason  Duquette-ÂHoffman ID-Â4  and  ACSD  Board  member Middlebury
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(Continued  from  Page  4A) tion,  before  Act  46,  to  the  process  that  began  our  collective  thinking  about  how  we  can  fundamentally  do  better  by  our  kids,  and  by  our  com- munity  for  the  21st  century. In  2014,  people  from  around  our  the  disease.  I  like  the  diversity  of  his  community  came  together  to  begin  to  think  about  what  we  wanted  from  background,  from  active-Âduty  Ma- rine  to  high  school  teacher,  but  I  like  our  schools,  what  we  wanted  for  even  more  the  depth  of  his  thoughts.  our  kids  and  what  we  wanted  for  our  community.  We  asked  questions  We  need  more  people  who  will  look  squarely  at  all  the  problems  we  such  as  how  we  can  best  prepare  a  new  generation  of  workers  for  the  have,  and  work  through  them  with- out  dogma  or  grandstanding  or  other  global  and  local  economy,  what  blinders.  Taborri  will  give  us  that.  If  skills  and  knowledge  will  our  com- you  live  in  our  district,  I  encourage  munity  need  to  thrive  in  the  future,  you  to  check  out  Taborri  Bruhl.  You  and  how  can  we  make  sure  ALL  of  our  children  have  the  best  opportu- might  like  what  you  see.  Erin  Ruble nity  to  succeed. The  resulting  5-Âyear  plan  envi- New  Haven  sioned  a  more  innovative,  person- alized  approach  to  teaching  and  learning  in  our  schools.  Putting  this  plan  into  action,  however,  active,  often  in  a  leadership  role,  meant  moving  7  school  districts  in  many  organizations  in  the  town  with  differing  needs,  resources  and  and  county:  Porter  Hospital,  Mary  traditions  in  the  same  direction.  Act  Hogan  School,  United  Way  and  XQLÂżFDWLRQ LQFHQWLYHV RIIHUHG Middlebury  Area  Land  Trust.  Her  our  community  the  opportunity  to  expertise  economic  development  and  conservations  is  very  much  needed  in  the  Legislature. Please  join  me  in  electing  them  both  to  the  Vermont  House. Betty  Nuovo Middlebury
Bruhl  would  bring  optimism,  thoughtfulness  to  House Taborri  Bruhl  is  running  for  Ver- mont  House  for  the  district  of  New  Haven,  Bridport  and  Weybridge.  I’ve  had  the  chance  to  hear  him  speak  on  a  couple  of  occasions  now,  and  I’ve  been  impressed  with  his  background,  his  thoughtfulness,  and  most  of  all,  his  optimism  that  we  can  actually  do  something  about  the  problems  that  surround  us. Taborri  teaches  economics  and  civics,  so  he  knows  how  both  money  and  the  political  system  work.  He  distrusts  pat  answers  and Â
(Continued  from  Page  5A) ber  one  most  important  decision  we  ever  make  in  schools  is  who  we  hire  to  work  with  kids.  The  likelihood  that  consolidation  will  diminish  a  local  school’s  hiring  options  is  too  great  a  risk. Eliminating  local  school  boards  threatens  strong  community  connec- tions  with  our  schools.  We  would  move  from  having  seven  different  boards  to  one  13-Âmember  board.  Our  current  board  members  are  34  citi- ]HQV IURP WKH ÂżYH WRZQV ZKR KDYH deep  knowledge  and  understanding  of  our  schools,  and  our  communi- ties.  These  34  citizens  work  in  part- nership  with  principals,  with  our  superintendent  and  with  each  other,  WR GHÂżQH SROLFLHV DQG SURSRVH EXG- gets  for  voters  that  are  designed  to  meet  students’  learning  needs  and  to  provide  taxpayers  with  an  excellent  return  on  their  investment.  Board  members  play  a  key  role  in  hiring  school  principals.  They  also  serve  as  ambassadors  for  our  schools,  helping  their  neighbors  un- derstand  important  school  issues  and  programs.  When  parents  and  other Â
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Addison  County  Fair  &  Field  Days 1790  Field  Days  Road,  New  Haven,  VT  05742 Looking  for  a  place  to  store  your  car,  boat  or  camper  during  the  long  winter  months?   Look  no  further‌.bring  your  vehicles  to  Addison  County  Fair  &  Field  Days.  Our  buildings  are  secured  with  a  state  of  the  art  security  system  and  our  prices  are  competitive! Storage  in  Dates: Saturdays,  October  15th  &  22nd                 9:00-Â3:00 Sundays,  October  16th  &  23rd                   12:00-Â3:00 RATES: $13  per  foot  under  9’6â€?              in  secured  building $14  per  foot  over  9’6â€?                in  secured  building $10  per  foot  under  cover  only     (not  in  secured  building)
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Who  will  win  the  2016  election? MIDDLEBURY  COLLEGE  POLITICAL  SCIENCE  Professor  Matt  Dickinson  will  give  a  talk  titled  “Donald  and  Hillary:  Who  Will  Win  The  2016  Electionâ€?  at  the  Ilsley  Library  on  Wednesday,  Oct.  12,  at  10:30  a.m.  Dickinson  will  draw  on  his  experiences  following  the  presidential  candi- dates  to  explain  how  Donald  Trump  and  Hillary  Clinton  became  their  party  nominees.  Sponsored  by  the  Addison  County  Retired  Teachers  Association. Â
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Senior  meal  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  Oct.  6,  noon,  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bristol.  Senior  meal  featuring  shepherd’s  pie,  corn/peas  and  carrots,  rolls  and  apple  crisp  with  ice  cream.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Call  453-Â5276  to  be  on  the  list. Capability  statement  workshop  in  New  Haven.  Thursday,  Oct.  6,  12:30  p.m.-Â3:30  p.m.,  New  Haven  Police  Barracks,  2490  Ethan  Allen  Highway.  The  Vermont  Procurement  Technical  Assistance  Center  (PTAC)  will  host  a  free  hands-Âon  Capability  Statement  Workshop.  A  capability  statement  is  an  advertising  document  tailored  to  the  government  marketplace  that  demonstrates  that  companies  are  prepared  for  government  contracting. Economics  lecture  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  6,  4:30,  Middlebury  College,  Robert  A.  Jones  ’59  House  Conference  Room.  Dr.  Cecilia  Conrad,  managing  director,  John  D.  and  Catherine  T.  MacArthur  Foundation,  presents  a  talk  titled  “Economics  of  Philanthropy:  How  to  Give  Away  100  Million  Dollars?â€? Introduction  to  bridge  course  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  6,  5:30-Â7:45  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.â€?  Seven  week  session. First  Wednesday  talk  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  6,  7-Â8:30  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium,  Middlebury  College.  Harvard  Professor  of  Chinese  history  Michael  Puett  and  journalist  Christine  Gross-ÂLoh,  co-Âauthors  of  the  international  bestseller  “The  Path:  What  Chinese  Philosophers  Can  Teach  Us  About  the  Good  Life,â€?  share  how  Puett’s  course  on  Chinese  philosophy  is  life-Âchanging  for  many  of  his  students.  This  is  part  of  the  Vermont  Humanities  Council’s  First  Wednesday  lecture  series,  and  is  free  and  open  to  the  public.  Note:  This  talk  takes  place  on  a  Thursday  night.
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FRIDAY
Maple  landmark  woodcraft  tours  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  7,  9  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Maple  Landmark  Woodcraft,  1297  Exchange  Street.  Free  factory  tours  will  be  given  in  conjunction  with  National  Manufacturing  Day.  Tours  are  45  minutes  long.  Info:  www.mapleland- mark.com  or  www.mfgday.com. &9$$ÂśV ÂżUVW )ULGD\ PHDO LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Friday,  Oct.  7,  11  a.m.,  Middlebury  VFW.  Arrive  after  11  a.m.  for  an  autumn  dinner  with  hand-Âcarved  ham,  mashed  sweet  potatoes  with  marshmallows,  green  beans,  green  leaf  salad,  dinner  roll  and  pumpkin  SLH IRU GHVVHUW &HUWLÂżHG RUJDQLF FRIIHH SURYLGHG by  Vermont  Coffee  Company.  Suggested  donation  is  $4.  Advance  reservations  required.  Call  CVAA  at  865-Â0360  ext.  1070  or  visit  www.cvaa.org. “Metamorphosesâ€?  marathon  reading  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  7,  3-Â6  p.m.,  Davis  Family  Library  steps.  Eve  Adler  from  the  department  of  classics  will  sponsor  a  marathon  reading  of  Ovid’s  “Metamorphosesâ€?  in  English.  The  reading,  both  by  students  and  faculty,  will  continue  through  the  weekend.  Brother  to  Brother  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  7,  4:30-Â6:30  p.m.,  McCullough  Student  Center,  Middlebury  College.  Calling  all  middle  school  boys  in  Addison  County!  Brother  to  Brother  will  hold  its  ¿UVW HYHQW RI WKH \HDU ZLWK D FDPSXV ZLGH VFDYHQ- ger  hunt  with  snacks  provided.  RSVP  or  request  more  information  at  btb@middlebury.edu. Lynne  Olson  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  7,  7:30-Â9  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel,  Middlebury  College.  Lynne  Olson,  a  public  historian,  will  deliver  the  Charles  S.  Grant  Memorial  Lecture  titled  “America  First:  How  the  2016  Presidential  Campaign  Echoes  America’s  Fight  Over  Its  Role  in  World  War  II.â€?  Ms.  Olson’s  most  recent  book,  “Those  Angry  Days:  Roosevelt,  Lindberg  and  America’s  Fight  Over  World  War  II,â€?  has  been  a  New  York  Times  bestseller.
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For  the  month  of  October  we  will  be  donating  portion  of  all  proceeds  to  helping  families  in  Addison  County  with  help  from  HOPE  in  Middlebury.  Feel  free  to  also  visit  their  website  and  donate  with  your  Paypal  account  or  call  HOPE  at  388-Â3608. Visit  hope-Âvt.org  for  more  info  about  the  organization.
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Green  Mountain  Club  Young  Adventurers  Club  (YAC)  in  Addison.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  Dead  Creek  Wildlife  Refuge.  Fall  migration  and  bird  watching  for  the  whole  family.  Info:  Lauren  Bierman  349-Â7498  or  laurenbiermanrn@gmail.com Rummage  sale  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  9  a.m.-Â1  p.m.,  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bristol.  There  will  be  clothes,  linens,  books  and  puzzles.  $1  per  item  or  as  marked.  From  2-Â3  p.m.,  unmarked  clothes  will  be  free.  Info:  453-Â6302.
“Metamorphosesâ€?  marathon  reading  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  10  a.m.-Â4  p.m.,  Davis  Family  Library  steps.  Eve  Adler  from  the  department  of  classics  will  sponsor  a  marathon  reading  of  Ovid’s  “Metamorphosesâ€?  in  English.  Fall  open  studio  weekend  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  10  a.m.-Â5  p.m.,  Middlebury.  Addison  County  artists  welcome  visitors  to  their  studios  for  open  studio  weekend.  Participating  Middlebury  artisans  are:  Mike  Mayone,  Trillium  Art  &  Beyond,  Norman  Jean  Rollet  and  Danforth  Pewter.  Bristol  artisans  are:  Dale  Helms  Fine  Furniture,  Robert  Compton  Pottery,  Art  on  Main.  Orwell  artisans  are:  John  Chiles  Glass  and  Mud  Puppy  Pottery;Íž  and  Big  Sky  Farm  Handweaving  in  Shoreham.  The  open  studio  map/guide  is  available  at  participating  studios  or  at  www.vermontcrafts.com. Community  plus  clothing  swap  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  11  a.m.,  Brandon  United  Methodist  Church.  Attendees  are  asked  to  bring  clean  plus  size  clothing  (16+)  to  swap.  Door  prizes  and  refresh- ments  will  be  available.  Entrance  fee. Vermont  covered  bridge  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  11  a.m.,  Ilsley  Public  Library  meet- ing  room.  Nick  Artim  will  be  addressing  the  topic  of  ¿UH SUHYHQWLRQ LQ KLVWRULF VWUXFWXUHV Homestead  Hops  in  Starksboro.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  11  a.m.-Â4  p.m.,  Homestead  Hops,  2951  Route  17,  Starksboro.  Enjoy  the  fall  foliage  in  Starksboro  at  Homestead  Hops  and  Norris  Sugarworks.  Taste  beer  brewed  by  Hogback  Mountain  Brewing  of  Bristol  showcasing  Norris  Sugarworks  maple  syrup,  as  well  as  a  food  truck  and  lawn  games.  Info:  989-Â4365. Harvest  fest  in  Shoreham.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  11  a.m.-Â4  p.m.,  Champlain  Orchards,  3597  Route  74  West.  Come  celebrate  the  18th  annual  harvest  fest  with  live  bluegrass  music  from  The  Bondville  Boys,  horse  and  wagon  rides  from  Hammond’s  Horses,  SLH WDVWLQJ JURZOHU ÂżOOV DSSOH SLFNLQJ DQG KRPH- made  lunch.  Get  a  heaping  plate  of  food  for  $15. Roast  turkey  supper  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  5-Â6:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  United  Methodist  Church  across  from  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Menu  LQFOXGHV URDVW WXUNH\ PDVKHG SRWDWRHV VWXIÂżQJ vegetable,  rolls,  beverage  and  dessert.  Served  buffet  style.  Adults  $9,  children  $5.  Take  out  avail- able.  Info:  877-Â3150. Chicken  pie  dinner  in  Bridport.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  5-Â7  p.m.,  Bridport  Grange,  3015  Route  22A.  Chicken  pie  dinner.  $10  adults  with  reservation,  $12  adults  with- out  reservation,  $5  children.  Call  or  text  by  Oct.  6  for  reservations:  802-Â989-Â3237.
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Parish  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  8-Â10  a.m.,  St.  Peter’s  Church,  85  South  Maple  Street.  Delicious  breakfast  of  eggs,  omelets  (to  order),  hot  cakes,  French  toast,  sausage,  bacon  and  more.  Adults  $8.50,  seniors  over  60  $7.50,  kids  ages  6-Â12  $6,  children  5  and  under  IUHH ,PPHGLDWH IDPLOLHV RI ÂżYH RU PRUH ,QIR 877-Â2367. Pancake  breakfast  in  Cornwall.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  8  a.m.-Ânoon,  Bread  Loaf  View  Farm.  Enjoy  local  sausage,  homemade  buttermilk  pancakes,  maple  cream  donuts,  coffee  and  cider.  Large  plate  $9;Íž  small  plate  $7.  All  welcome,  family  friendly. 20th  annual  Roger  Forgues/Fall  Finale  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  9:30  a.m.,  Airport  Drive.  Hosted  by  Sodbusters  Horseshoe  Club.  Based  on  total  points,  QRW ZLQ RU ORVV VR \RX QHYHU NQRZ ZKR ZLOO WDNH ÂżUVW place.  Open  to  everyone,  young  and  old.  Entry  fee  $10.  Info:  Mike  453-Â2219. “Metamorphosesâ€?  marathon  reading  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  10  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Davis  Family  Library  steps.  Eve  Adler  from  the  department  of  classics  will  sponsor  a  marathon  reading  of  Ovid’s  “Metamorphosesâ€?  in  English.  Fall  open  studio  weekend  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  10  a.m.-Â5  p.m.,  Middlebury.  Addison  County  artists  welcome  visitors  to  their  studios  for  open  studio  weekend.  Participating  Middlebury  artisans  are:  Mike  Mayone,  Trillium  Art  &  Beyond,  Norman  Jean  Rollet  and  Danforth  Pewter.  Bristol  artisans  are:  Dale  Helms  Fine  Furniture,  Robert  Compton  Pottery,  Art  on  Main.  Orwell  artisans  are:  John  Chiles  Glass  and  Mud  Puppy  Pottery;Íž  and  Big  Sky  Farm  Handweaving  in  Shoreham.  The  open  studio  map/guide  is  available  at  participating  studios  or  at  www.vermontcrafts.com. Ripton  Ridge  Run  in  Ripton.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  11  a.m.,  Ripton  Elementary  School.  The  Friends  of  the  Ripton  School  invite  runners  and  walkers  of  all  levels  to  participate  in  a  10.4K  loop  run,  a  5K  run  or  a  5K  fun  walk  through  Ripton.  Lunch  will  be  available  during  and  after  the  race.  Check  in  is  from  11  a.m.-Â12  p.m.  DQG UDFHV EHJLQ DW S P $OO SURFHHGV EHQHÂżW the  Ripton  Elementary  School. Open  Farm  Sunday  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  11  a.m.-Â2  p.m.,  Foster  Brothers  Farm,  297  Lower  Foote  Street.  Open  Farm  Sunday,  open  to  the  public.  Info:  www.cabotcheese.coop/openfarmsunday.
Hike  Into  History  in  Orwell.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  1-Â3  p.m.,  Mount  Independence  State  Historic  Site.  Mount  Independence  Coalition  President  Stephen  Zeoli  leads  this  fall  tour,  which  explores  what  author,  historian  and  illustrator  Benson  Lossing  saw  on  his  1848  visit  to  the  Mount  when  researching  for  a  book.  What  still  exists  and  what  has  changed?  Wear  walking  shoes  and  dress  for  the  weather.  Info:  948-Â2000. Houses  of  worship  tour  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  1-Â5  p.m.,  Henry  Sheldon  Museum,  One  Park  Street.  The  Henry  Sheldon  Museum  will  sponsor  a  walk  featuring  eight  houses  of  worship  in  Middlebury  village.  The  tour  is  organized  by  Glenn  Andres,  Middlebury  College  professor  emeritus  of  history,  art  and  architecture.  Participants  may  visit  the  eight  churches  in  any  order.  The  walk  will  conclude  with  a  reception  at  the  Sheldon  Museum.  Tickets  $25. Film  screening  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  2-Â4  S P )HUULVEXUJK 7RZQ 2IÂżFHV DQG &RPPXQLW\ Center.  The  Ferrisburgh  Historical  Society  will  be  VFUHHQLQJ WKH 9HUPRQW ÂżOP FODVVLF Âł0DQ with  a  Plan,â€?  featuring  Fred  Tuttle.  When  faced  with  both  his  father’s  medical  bills  and  the  future  of  their  declining  dairy  farm,  Fred  decided  to  run  for  the  U.S.  House  of  Representatives.  John  O’Brien  of  Tunbridge  wrote,  edited,  produced  and  directed  this  comic  but  insightful  favorite.  Info:  425-Â3380.  Free  community  dinner  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  Oct.  9,  5-Â6:30  p.m.,  St.  Ambrose  Parish  Hall.  The  menu  is  chicken  and  biscuits,  tossed  salad,  pumpkin  pie,  coffee,  hot  tea,  white  and  chocolate  milk  and  apple  cider.  Come  and  enjoy  a  meal  with  family,  friends  and  neighbors.  All  are  welcome.
Oct
10
MONDAY
Traumatic  brain  injury  support  group  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Oct.  10,  6-Â7:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library,  meeting  room  downstairs.  Topics  and  plans  for  the  season  will  be  discussed.  Contact  Lisa  for  information:  388-Â2720.
Oct
11
TUESDAY
Paying  for  college  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Oct.  11,  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  VSAC  will  present  a  workshop  on  “Paying  for  Collegeâ€?  and  cover  the  changes  to  the  Free  Application  for  Federal  Student  Aid,  or  FAFSA.  Contact  the  school  for  starting  time  and  room  location:  382-Â1500. Addison  County  Fair  and  Field  days  annual  meet- ing  in  Weybridge.  Tuesday,  Oct.  11,  7:30  p.m.,  Weybridge  Congregational  Church.  Bring  your  comments,  suggestions  and  ideas;Íž  we  want  to  hear  them.  All  are  welcome.  Refreshments  served.  Info:  545-Â2557.
Oct
12
WEDNESDAY
“Donald  and  Hillary:  Who  Will  Win  the  2016  Election?â€?  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Oct.  12,  10:30-Â11:30  a.m.,  Ilsley  Public  Library.  Middlebury  College  politi- cal  science  professor  Matt  Dickinson  will  explain  how  Donald  and  Hillary  became  their  party  nomi- nees  and  will  look  ahead  to  the  general  election.  Sponsored  by  the  Addison  County  Retired  Teachers  Association.
Classes
SHED  POUNDS  AND  GAIN  CONFIDENCE:  Discover  what’s  keeping  your  body  holding  onto  weight,  say  goodbye  to  cravings,  and  take  control  of  that  critical  voice  in  your  head!   Monday  evenings  beginning  October  10th.   Details,  testimonials,  and  more  at  www.colleenmarysmith.com/shed-Âpounds  or  call  349-Â7098.  WEST  AFRICAN  DANCE  CLASS  every  Thursday  5:30-Â7:00  PM  at  the  Middlebury  Recreation  Department  gym,  154  Creek  Rd.,  Middlebury.  Ages  15+,  all  levels;Íž  $15/class.  Taught  by  Guinean  dancer  and  drummer,  Seny  Daffe,  who  has  extensive  experience  teaching  and  performing  throughout  West  Africa,  Europe  and  the  U.S.  Come  join  the  fun  every  Thursday  evening!  Contact:  senydaffe4@ gmail.com;Íž  349-Â5941;Íž  453-Â5664.
community
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The Board of Directors of the
South  African  adventures  in  Lincoln.  Wednesday,  Oct.  12,  1  p.m.,  Lincoln  Library.  Join  Dale  and  Lucinda  Cockrell  of  Lincoln  as  they  explore  the  wildlife,  people,  history  and  scenic  wonders  of  South  Africa.  Refreshments  served. Senior-Âto-Âsenior  animal  adoption  program  in  Vergennes.  Wednesday,  Oct.  12,  2  p.m.,  Bixby  Library.  Come  learn  more  about  this  special  program  sponsored  by  Homeward  Bound  that  pairs  senior  citizens  (55+)  with  senior  animals  (8+)  as  ZHOO DV WKH PDQ\ EHQHÂżWV RI SHW RZQHUVKLS GXULQJ one’s  golden  years.  Info:  388-Â1100  ext.  224.
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Counseling Service of Addison County cordially invites you to our
2016 Annual Meeting Thursday, November 10th, 2016 109 Catamount Park, Middlebury, VT
THURSDAY
4:45 – 5:20 pm: Hors d’oeuvres and Reception 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Welcome, Program and Awards
Introduction  to  bridge  course  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  13,  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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This Year’s Theme is:
“By Any Measure�
2016 Awards to be Announced
FRIDAY
 “The  Magic  Fluteâ€?  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  14,  7:30-Â9:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Opera  Company  of  Middlebury  will  present  a  staged  concert  version  of  Mozart’s  clas- sic  comedy,  “The  Magic  Flute.â€?  A  free  talk  about  the  opera  is  offered  one  hour  before  each  performance.  Tickets  $40-Â50  and  are  available  at  www.townhall- theater.org,  in  person  or  by  calling  382-Â9222.
SATURDAY
Master Guide Award Holly Clook Award Wilton W. Covey Staff Award Wilton W. Covey Community Award William J. Lippert, Jr. Advocacy Award
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THE  FRIENDS  OF  THE  RIPTON  SCHOOL  invite  runners  and  walkers  of  all  levels  to  partici- pate  in  the  Ripton  Ridge  Run  —  a  10.4K  loop  run,  5K  run  or  a  5K  fun  walk  —  through  Ripton  on  Sunday,  Oct.  9.  Check  in  from  11  a.m.-Ânoon.  Races  begin  at  12:30  p.m.  at  the  Ripton  El- ementary  School.
Annual  library  book  sale  in  Cornwall.  Saturday,  Oct.  15,  9  a.m.-Â3  p.m.,  Cornwall  15,  4-Â6  p.m.,  Edgewater  Gallery  on  the  Green.  Town  Hall.  A  great  selection  of  gently  used  Opening  reception  for  group  show  “Of  the  Land,â€?  ERRNV RQ VDOH WR EHQHÂżW WKH &RUQZDOO /LEUDU\ 7DNH featuring  works  by  Sabra  Field,  Julia  Purinton,  what  you  want/pay  what  you  think  is  fair  or  what  Gary  Hall,  Tom  Dunne,  Tom  Marrinson  and  Jen  you  can.  Info:  462-Â3645. Violette.  Light  refreshments  from  Grapevine  Grille  Llama  visit  in  Monkton.  Saturday,  Oct.  15,  10-Â11  and  Drop-ÂIn  Brewing  will  be  served. a.m.,  Russell  Memorial  Library.  Come  see  a  llama  Annual  turkey  dinner  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Oct.  15,  at  the  library  and  hear  a  llama  story.  Info:  453-Â4471. 4:30-Â6:30  p.m.,  Brandon  United  Methodist  Church.  “The  Magic  Fluteâ€?  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  7KH PHQX ZLOO EH WXUNH\ ZLWK DOO WKH Âż[LQJV LQFOXG- 15,  2-Â4  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Opera  Company  ing  beverage  and  dessert.  $10  adults;Íž  $5  children  of  Middlebury  will  present  a  staged  concert  version  under  age  12;Íž  free  for  children  under  age  6.  of  Mozart’s  classic  comedy,  “The  Magic  Flute.â€?  A  Harvest/ham  buffet  in  Monkton.  Saturday,  Oct.  15,  free  talk  about  the  opera  is  offered  one  hour  before  5-Â6:30  p.m.,  Monkton  Friends  Methodist  Church,  each  performance.  Tickets  $40-Â50  and  are  avail- 78  Monkton  Ridge.  One-Âthird  of  proceeds  will  be  able  at  www.townhalltheater.org,  in  person  or  by  donated  to  the  Monkton  Wood  Bank.  $9  adults;Íž  $5  calling  382-Â9222.  children  ages  5-Â12.  Info:  453-Â2870. Opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct. Â
SUNDAY
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Pancake  breakfast  in  Addison.  Sunday,  Oct.  16,  7-Â11  a.m.,  Addison  Fire  Station.  Menu  includes  plain  and  blueberry  pancakes,  sausage,  bacon,  home  fries,  coffee,  hot  chocolate  and  orange  juice.  $6  adults/$4  kids  under  age  12.  Funds  will  be  used  to  purchase  equipment  for  the  Addison  Volunteer  Fire  Department.  Info:  759-Â2237.
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Orange  Julians  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  7,  5-Â7  p.m.,  51  Main.  Chazz  Chenney  Quintet  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  7,  8-Â10  p.m.,  51  Main. The  DuPont  Brothers  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  7:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Music  Series,  52  River  Road,  Lincoln. Myra  Flynn  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  7-Â9  p.m.,  51  Main. The  Dave  Keller  Band  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Oct.  8,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music. Sarah  Simmons  in  Lincoln.  Oct.  9,  7:30-Â9  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  The  Good  Medicine  Band  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Oct.  12,  8-Â10  p.m.,  51  Main. David  Bain  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  14,  7-Â9  p.m.,  51  Main. Dwight  &  Nicole  in  New  Haven.  Friday,  Oct.  14,  7:30  p.m.,  Tourterelle. The  Twangtown  Paramours  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Oct.  15,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music. Gumbo  YaYa  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  15,  8:30- 10:30  p.m.,  51  Main. Blues  Jam  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Oct.  19,  8-Â10  p.m.,  51  Main. Joe  Moore  Band  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  20,  8-Â10  p.m.,  51  Main. Mogani  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  21,  8:30-Â10:30  p.m.,  51  Main. Bob  MacKenzie’s  Band  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Oct.  22,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  Hot  Box  Honey  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  22,  8:30-Â10:30  p.m.,  51  Main. Anthony  Santor  Jazz  Group  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Oct.  28,  8-Â10  p.m.,  51  Main. Root  7  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  29,  7-Â9  p.m.,  51  Main. The  Dave  Keller  Band  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Nov.  12,  7:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Music  Series,  52  River  Road,  Lincoln.
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THURSDAY
Lecture  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  20,  4:30-Â5:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  College,  Robert  A.  Jones  ’59  House  Conference  Room.  The  Rohatyn  Center  for  Global  Affairs  presents  a  lecture  titled  “Nakamura  Hiroshi:  Art  and  Political  Crises  in  Postwar  Japanâ€?  by  Namiko  Kunimoto,  assistant  professor  of  Japanese  art  history,  the  Ohio  State  University. Introduction  to  bridge  course  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  20,  5:30-Â7:45  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.â€?  Seven  week  session.
FULL LISTINGS
MACARTHUR  FOUNDATION  MANAGING  DIRECTOR  Cecilia  Conrad  on  Thursday,  Oct.  6,  will  deliver  a  lecture  titled  “Economics  of  Philanthropy:  How  to  Give  Away  100  Million  Dol- lars?�  Among  her  topics  is  the  question,  Should  philanthropy  by  more  democratic?  The  talk  will  begin  at  4:30  p.m.  in  the  Robert  A.  Jones  ’59  House  Conference  Room.
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Free  foot  care  clinic  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Oct.  18,  10  a.m.-Ânoon,  Middlebury  Rec  Center,  154  Creek  Road.  Bring  your  own  basin  and  towel.  Offered  by  ACHHH.  Paying  for  college  workshop  in  Bristol.  Tuesday,  Oct.  18,  6:30  p.m.,  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School.  VSAC  will  present  a  workshop  on  “Paying  for  Collegeâ€?  and  cover  the  changes  to  the  Free  Application  for  Federal  Student  Aid,  or  FAFSA.  Contact  the  school  for  starting  time  and  room  loca- tion:  453-Â2333. Candidate  forum  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Oct.  18,  6  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  This  event  will  include  candidates  running  for  the  Addison-Â1  and  Addison-Â2  representative  seats,  as  well  as  the  county’s  senatorial  candidates.  Telescope  presentation  in  Orwell.  Tuesday,  Oct.  18,  6:30  p.m.,  Orwell  Free  Library.  Local  astrono- mer  Al  Boudreau  will  be  doing  a  presentation  on  ALMA,  the  largest  and  most  powerful  telescope  on  Earth.  Free. Â
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Why we need a new national anthem Colin  Kaepernick,  a  football  play- service. er  from  my  home  city  of  San  Fran- Francis  Scott  Key  was  a  slave- cisco,  is  in  the  news  and  taking  all  owning  lawyer.  Africans  in  America,  kinds  of  heat,  for  refusing  to  stand  he  said,  were:  “a  distinct  and  inferior  during  the  national  anthem.  The  49er  race  of  people,  which  all  experience  quarterback  said,  “I  am  not  going  proves  to  be  the  greatest  evil  that  af- WR VWDQG XS WR VKRZ SULGH LQ D Ă€DJ Ă€LFWV D FRPPXQLW\ ´ for  a  country  that  op- Let  this  sink  in:  presses  Black  people  The  man  who  wrote  and  people  of  color.  our  country’s  na- ‌There  are  bodies  in  tional  anthem  owned  the  street  and  people  slaves.  This  is  the  getting  paid  leave  and  third  stanza  of  our  getting  away  with  “Star  Spangled  Ban- murder.â€? ner:â€? In  his  refusal  to  “No  refuge  could  stand  for  “The  Star  save  the  hireling  and  Spangled  Banner,â€?  slave Kaepernick  has  made  From  the  terror  of  himself  a  lightning  ÀLJKW RU WKH JORRP rod  for  the  necessary  of  the  grave: discussion  of  race  in  And  the  star-Âspan- America.  He  has  also  gled  banner  in  tri- shed  light  on  a  little  umph  doth  wave, told  tale  of  the  origins  O’er  the  land  of  of  our  country’s  song.  the  free  and  the  Settle  in,  gentle  read- home  of  the  brave.â€? by Joanna Colwell ers,  this  is  one  incred- White  Americans  ible  story! are  long  overdue  in  The  “Star  Spangled  Bannerâ€?  is  a  wrestling  with  the  suffering  of  slav- poem  written  by  Francis  Scott  Key  ery,  Jim  Crow  and  centuries  of  rac- about  the  Battle  of  Fort  McHenry  in  ism  that  is  woven  into  the  fabric  of  Baltimore  during  the  War  of  1812.  our  country.  Our  founding  fathers  MARY  HOGAN  ELEMENTARY  School  students  in  Alyce  Schermerhorn’s  art  class  helped  design  several  of  the  props  and  costumes  for  “The  This  was  a  war  our  young  country  were  perpetuating  a  great  evil.  In- Magic  Flute,â€?  showing  at  Town  Hall  Theater  Oct.  13-Â15. launched  to  seize  Canada  from  the  stead  of  admitting  they  were  doing  British.  Although  the  U.S.  lost  that  something  terrible  (owning  other  war,  they  did  win  the  battle  of  Fort  human  beings),  they  projected  the  McHenry,  and  when  Francis  Scott  evil  onto  those  “others.â€?  .H\ VDZ WKH $PHULFDQ Ă€DJ Ă€\LQJ This  is  still  happening  today.  In  MIDDLEBURY  —  Written  in  know  and  love  every  one  of  the  re- mezzo  who  starred  in  “Dido  and  which  I  talked  with  the  kids  about  above  the  fort,  he  was  inspired  to  the  weeks  since  Kaepernick  began  WKH ÂżQDO \HDU RI KLV OLIH 0R]DUWÂśV turning  singers.â€? 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 “Bray  is  the  sweetest  guy  chorus  sitting  upstage  and  often  the  cally  for  Mary  Hogan  students. is  actually  four  stanzas  long.  In  the  True  patriotism  means  holding  Theater  on  Oct.  13-Â15. imaginable,â€?  says  Anderson,  “and  orchestra  on  the  stage  as  well.  An- Maestro  Jeffrey  Rink  conducts  third  stanza,  Key  celebrates  the  kill- ourselves,  our  government  and  our  It’s  an  OCM  tradition  to  cast  its  he’s  one  of  the  best  singer-Âactors  I  derson’s  staged-Âconcert  offerings  are  the  OCM  Orchestra,  with  Susanne  ing  of  Black  soldiers  who  helped  the  institutions  accountable  when  we  fall  production  with  alumni  of  the  know.â€?  Opposite  him  will  be  Ver- visually  quite  striking,  and  can  have  Peck  directing  the  Middlebury  British.  An  article  in  The  Atlantic  do  wrong.  True  patriotism  means  in- company.  “We  like  to  have  long- monter  Sarah  Cullins  in  the  role  of  the  heft  of  a  full  production.  College  Choir.  Douglas  Anderson  tells  how  the  British  army  recog- sisting  we  do  a  better  and  better  job  term  relationships  with  our  sing- Pamino.  “We  hire  singers  from  all  To  achieve  the  storybook  quality  directs.  The  shows  are  Thursday,  nized  America’s  weakness,  slavery.  of  making  sure  the  beautiful  words  ers,â€? 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Heather-ÂLea  (Continued  from  Page  7A) cluster  weapons,  called  CBU-Â105s,  to  Saudi  Arabia.â€?  (Thomas  Gib- bons-ÂNeff,  “Why  company  making  cluster  bombs  won’t  produce  them  anymore,â€?  The  Washington  Post,  9/2/16). These  bombs  are  not  regular,  old  bombs  —  drop  them  and  have  them  explode  and  kill  and  destroy.  Cluster  bombs  are  made  up  of  bom- blets  that  can  be  scattered  over  an  area.  They  are  very  effective  when  wanting  to  destroy  concentrations  of  people  or  infrastructure.  Why  have  119  countries  signed  onto  a  ban  on  cluster  munitions?  Often  the  bomblets  fail  to  explode  until  some  civilian  comes  by  them.  “The  bomblets  become  highly  volatile  pieces  of  unexploded  ordnance  that  kill  and  maim  the  civilians  who  en- counter  them.â€?  (ibid.)  Has  the  U.S.  or  Saudi  Arabia  signed  onto  the  ban  on  cluster  bombs?  No. Here  is  some  bad  news.  “Saudi  Arabia  bought  more  than  1500  CBU-Â105s  between  2010  and  2011.â€?  7H[WURQ LV VWLOO ÂżOOLQJ RUGHUV IRU CBU-Â105s.  The  company  would  not  disclose  who  the  buyers  are.  (ibid.) Our  U.S.  likes  cluster  bombs  so  much,  we  even  have  a  stockpile  of  “about  136,00  tons  of  cluster  munitions.â€?  (ibid.)  This  stockpile  is  supposed  to  be  destroyed.  I  wonder  how  long  that  will  take. How  about  white  phospho- rous  manufactured  in  our  U.S.  by  Monsanto  and  General  Dynamics?  If  the  U.S.  follows  the  law,  white  phosphorous  is  only  supposed  to  be  used  for  signaling  to  other  troops  and  creating  smoke  screens.  “When  used  against  soldiers  or  civilians,  it  can  maim  and  kill  by  burning  to  the  bone.â€?  (Thomas  Gibbons-ÂNeff,  “Saudi  Arabia  appears  to  be  using  U.S.-Âsupplied  white  phosphorus  in  its  war  in  Yemen,â€?  The  Washington  Post,  9/19/16).  Human  rights  groups  are  con- cerned,  since  “images  and  videos  posted  to  social  mediaâ€?  imply  that  white  phosphorus  is  being  used.  Now  we  only  have  to  determine  if  it  is  being  used  against  civilians.  Documenting  what  happens  during  war  is  a  very  dangerous  job  for  journalists. ³´8 6 RIÂżFLDOV FRQÂżUPHG WKDW the  U.S.  government  has  supplied  the  Saudis  white  phosphorous  in  the  past  but  declined  to  say  how  much  had  been  transferred  or  ZKHQ ´ Âł6LQFH FRPLQJ WR RIÂżFH LQ 2009,  the  Obama  administration  has Â
facilitated  more  than  $115  billion  in  42  different  arms  sales  to  Saudi  Arabia.â€?  (ibid.) And  you  might  ask,  “What  is  the  U.S.  doing,  helping  Saudi  Arabia  with  its  war  against  the  Huthis  in  Yemen?â€?  The  “U.S.  is  providing  logistical  and  intelligence  sup- port  to  the  Saudi-Âled  coalition.â€?  The  pentagon  also  provides  midair  refueling  for  Saudi  aircraft.  (Ga- reth  Porter,  “The  U.S.  could  end  Saudi  war  crimes  in  Yemen.—It  just  doesn’t  want  to,â€?  Truthout/ News  Analysis  10/15/15).  “Unlaw- ful  strikes  and  large-Âscale  civil- ian  casualties  are  certain  to  foster  further  instability  and  extremism  in  Yemen,â€?  (Sarah  Leah  Whitson,  “The  U.S.  is  quietly  helping  Saudi  Arabia  wage  a  devastating  aerial  campaign  in  Yemen,â€?  L.A.  Times,  3/30/16).  On  April  1,  2016,  Sarah  Leah  Whitson,  executive  director  of  Human  Rights  Watch’s  Middle  East  and  North  Africa  Division  spoke  on  Democracy  Now!  She  said,  “Ye- menis  are  asking  me,  ‘Why  is  there  no  global  outrage  when  our  schools,  our  universities,  our  hospitals,  our  FOLQLFV ZKHQ IRRWEDOO ÂżHOGV ZKHQ playgrounds  are  bombed  with  U.S.  bombs?’â€?  The  United  Nations  Of- ¿FH RI WKH +LJK &RPPLVVLRQHU IRU Human  Rights  states,  more  than  3,700  civilians  have  been  killed  and  2.8  million  have  been  displaced  during  the  now  nearly  two-Âyear-Âold  war  in  Yemen. Has  the  U.S.  been  caught  in  the  act  of  doing  something  immoral  and  illegal?  Do  we  even  have  moral  lenses  through  which  we  see  our  world?  Perhaps  we  have  lost  that  vi- sion.  Or  do  these  actions  fall  under  the  umbrella  of  the  “War  On  Ter- rorâ€??  Tawakkul  Karman  from  Ye- men  shared  the  Nobel  Peace  Prize  with  two  other  women  in  2011.  She  was  recognized  for  her  work  in  the  nonviolent  struggle  for  the  safety  of  women  and  for  women’s  rights  to  full  participation  in  peace  building  work  in  Yemen  (nobelprize.org).  On  Oct.  8,  2011,  Tawakkul  Karman  was  interviewed  on  Democracy  Now!  “We  do  not  accept  that  innocent  ci- vilians  are  killed  and  targeted  under  the  cover  of  The  War  on  Terror.â€?  “The  U.S.  has  not  taken  any  con- crete  steps  to  support  organizations,  political  parties  and  journalists,  members  of  the  civil  society  to  own  their  own  media  outlet.  Only  this  way  will  the  real  victim,  the  Yemeni  citizen,  the  simple  Yemeni  citizen,  be  able  to  spread  —  to  learn  about Â
and  spread  this  culture  of  tolerance,  of  dialogue,  and  of  living  together.â€? On  Sept.  14,  2001,  Congress  passed  A.U.M.F.  (Authorization  for  Use  of  Military  Force),  which  sanctions  our  behavior.  The  U.S.  can  now  go  to  war  without  declaring  war.  Is  that  legal?  President  George  W.  Bush  and  his  partner,  Vice  Presi- dent  Cheney  lied  to  the  American  people  regarding  weapons  of  mass  destruction  and  we  went  to  war  in  Iraq.  Was  that  legal? Will  President  Obama  ever  listen  to  and  act  on  his  statement,  when  receiving  the  Nobel  Peace  Prize  in  2009.  “Now  is  the  time  for  all  of  us  to  take  our  share  of  responsibil- ity  for  a  global  response  to  global  challenges,â€?  (nobelprize.org).  Do  we  even  have  the  ability  to  respond  in  a  humane  way? What  are  we  doing?  Is  this  a  solution?  Yasser,  a  Syrian  refugee  who  now  lives  with  his  wife  and  daughter  in  Berlin,  explains  some  of  the  situation  in  Syria:  “Russian  Air  Force  strikes  around  noon,  the  Co- alition  [U.S.  and  allies]  strikes  in  the  night.â€?  (Robert  Kunzig,  “The  New  Europeans,â€?  National  Geographic,  October  2016,  p.  89). Antoine  de  Saint  -ÂExupery  keeps  it  real  by  writing  about  his  observation,  after  a  bomb  was  dropped,  during  the  civil  war  in  Spain  in  1936.  “All  the  force  of  this  thunder-Âclap  had  to  burst  on  the  Grand  Via  in  order  to  uproot  a  human  life.  A  Single  life.  Passers-Âby  had  brushed  rubbish  off  their  clothes;Íž  others  had  scattered  on  the  run;Íž  and  when  the  light  smoke  had  risen  and  cleared  away,  the  betrothed,  escaped  by  miracle  without  a  scratch,  found  at  his  feet  his  nova,  whose  golden  arm  a  moment  before  had  been  in  his,  FKDQJHG LQWR D EORRG ÂżOOHG VSRQJH FKDQJHG LQWR D OLPS SDFNHW RI Ă€HVK and  rags.â€?  (Wind  Sand  and  Stars,  p.  195). What  does  it  take  to  change  this  story? Patricia  Heather-ÂLea Bristol
Ayer  helped  businessman  cut  through  the  red  tape Sen.  Claire  Ayer  has  been  an  in- valuable  help  to  me  as  an  owner  of  a  restaurant  in  Middlebury.  Due  to  my  status  as  a  permanent  legal  resident,  I  was  unable  to  apply  for  a  liquor  li- cense  in  the  state  of  Vermont  because  of  a  bill  that  had  been  in  place  since  prohibition,  which  only  allows  U.S.  citizens  to  hold  liquor  licenses. Sen.  Ayer  had  caught  wind  of  my  plight  and  immediately  began  working  on  having  the  bill  changed Â
to  allow  permanent  residents  like  myself  the  opportunity  to  apply  for  liquor  licenses  in  order  to  grow  their  businesses.  This  has  been  extremely  important  for  my  business  and  me  personally  because  it  has  effectively  made  it  easier  to  conduct  business  without  restrictions.  This  is  also  important  as  I  was  essentially  prohibited  from  ap- plying  for  a  license,  which  any  other  business  so  easily  could  apply  for.
Sen.  Ayer  took  it  to  both  Senate  and  House  committees  of  jurisdic- tion  and  the  result  was  that  the  outdated  law  was  amended  in  a  short  time. This  is  testament  that  Sen.  Ayer  is  a  valuable,  hard-Âworking  senator  who  really  tries  to  help  her  constituents.  I  urge  people  to  return  her  to  the  Senate  in  the  election  in  November. Carl  Roesch Middlebury
ANeSU  governance  plan  would  reduce  local  control I  will  vote  no  on  the  ANESU  ACT  46  Proposal  on  Nov.  8.  Here’s  why:  Tax  savings  will  be  minimal  and  short-Âterm,  and  they  will  be  offset  by  an  increase  in  our  statewide  education  tax.  Direct  community  input  will  be  reduced  when  a  single  13-Âmember  board  is  responsible  for  all  six  ANESU  VFKRROV ,W ZLOO EH IDU PRUH GLIÂżFXOW for  this  large  single  board  to  closely  consider  the  needs  of  each  indi- vidual  school. Â
Transparency  will  be  reduced  when  voting  on  a  single  huge  bud- get  for  all  six  ANESU  schools.  At- tendance  at  informational  meetings  is  low,  so  the  ability  to  discuss  local  budgets  at  town  meeting  should  not  be  thwarted  by  a  mandatory  Austra- OLDQ EDOORW LQ DOO RI RXU ÂżYH WRZQV The  proposal  offers  no  distinct  educational  advantages  for  stu- dents.  There  are  other  paths  for  compliance  with  Act  46.  Vermont  schools  are  respected  nationwide Â
for  our  level  of  community  involve- ment  and  personalized  programs;͞  let’s  not  lose  our  advantage.  Instead,  Act  46  needs  to  clarify  and  encourage  broader  options  IRU FRPSOLDQFH DQG RXU ¿YH WRZQ schools  need  to  hop  off  the  fast  track.  As  Vermonters  know,  big- ger  is  not  necessarily  better  and  standardization  is  not  equivalent  to  equity.  Alice  Leeds Bristol
Bruhl  a  ‘down-Âto-Âearth’  candidate  and  good  listener Have  you  seen  the  blue  and  white  signs  that  say  “Bruhl?â€?  Have  you  wondered  whether  you  should  vote  Bruhl  (running  to  represent  New  Haven,  Weybridge  and  Bridport)?  Or  why  you  should  vote  Bruhl?  Read  on.  Taborri  Bruhl  is  a  down-Âto-Âearth  guy  who  is  in  touch  with  the  concerns  so  many  of  us  share.  He  listens.  Most  of  us  worry  about  our  economic  well- being,  our  healthcare  system,  our  support  networks.  We  worry  about  education.  We  worry  about  our  en- ergy  future  and  our  environment.  We  have  to  consider  carefully  to  whom  we  want  to  entrust  these  worries.  If  our  votes  are  for  Bruhl,  we  FDQ EH FRQÂżGHQW KH ZLOO HPSOR\ KLV
experience  to  work  thoughtfully,  honestly  and  rigorously  on  our  behalf.  A  new  voice  in  the  legislature  can  be  like  a  shot  of  adrenalin  for  the  issues  we  care  about.  Of  course  being  a  fresh  face  in  the  legislature  isn’t  enough.  More  important  is  his  understand- ing  of  the  interrelationships  of  govern- ment  and  the  economy,  his  grasp  of Â
the  urgent  need  for  a  strong  healthcare  system  and  his  years  of  hands-Âon  H[SHULHQFH LQ WKH ÂżHOG RI HGXFDWLRQ He  understands  the  needs  of  our  three  towns.  It  is  time  to  cast  this  important  vote  and  have  Taborri  Bruhl  get  to  work  for  us. Norma  Norland New  Haven
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Market  Perspective Q3  2016
Stocks  Climb  Wall  of  Worry  in  Q3  with  an  Eye  on  an  Eventful  4th  Quarter In  the  aftermath  of  June’s  Brexit  vote  and  with  potentially  earth- VKDNLQJ HOHFWLRQV ORRPLQJ RYHU WKH 86 DQG (XURSH JOREDO ÂżQDQ- cial  markets  advanced  to  their  biggest  gains  of  the  year  in  the  third  quarter.  As  we  know  through  sports,  however,  the  fourth  quarter  is  where  much  of  the  important  action  occurs.  Such  may  be  the  case  with  the  stock  market  in  2016. A  couple  of  fundamentals  contributed  to  the  past  quarter’s  surprising- ly  upbeat  performance.  First,  US  economic  data  continued  to  suggest  that  the  economy  was  expanding  with  employment  remaining  strong  and  wage  growth  accelerating  moderately.  Recent  data  from  Europe  has  also  not  been  as  weak  as  had  been  feared  in  Brexit’s  immediate  aftermath,  and  that  relief  has  tended  to  outweigh  –  for  now  –  concerns  that  have  emerged  for  both  Germany’s  Deutsche  Bank  and  its  broad- er  economy.  Finally,  consensus  seems  to  be  moving  away  from  a  hard  landing  for  China’s  economy  as  it  transitions  from  heavy  investment,  debt-Âfueled  growth  to  more  of  a  consumer-Âbased  economy.  Still,  much  of  the  credit  for  the  market’s  recent  performance  has  been  given  to  central  banks  who,  across  the  globe,  continue  to  employ  low  interest  rate  and  high  liquidity  policies  that  have  pumped  up  asset  prices. Despite  this  dovish  global  backdrop,  at  home  the  second-Âmost  popular  question  these  days  is:  “When  will  the  Fed  raise  interest  rates  again?â€?  The  Federal  Open  Market  Committee  (FOMC)  meeting  during  the  quarter  left  most  pun- dits  convinced  that  a  hike  would  occur  before  the  end  of  the  year.  The  Fed  has  repeatedly  suggested  the  decision  will  be  data-Âdependent,  and  it  will  have  a  lot  of  data  to  look  at  between  now  and  year-Âend.  That  will  create  some  uncer- tainty  as  to  timing  for  the  next  rate  hike,  and  could  lead  to  increased  stock  market  volatility  over  the  coming  months. Whether  or  not  the  Fed  decides  to  raise  rates  before  the  end  of  the  year,  it  remains  clear  that  interest  rates  will  remain  lower  than  their  historical  averages  for  the  foreseeable  future.  It’s  important  to  note  that  central  banks  KDYH WRROV WR LQĂ€XHQFH LQWHUHVW UDWHV EXW WKH\ GR QRW E\ WKHPVHOYHV VHW WKHP ,QWHUHVW UDWHV HIIHFWLYHO\ UHSUHVHQW the  price  of  money  and,  as  for  all  good  and  services,  that  price  depends  on  the  relative  supply  and  demand  for  it.  6LQFH WKH ÂżQDQFLDO FULVLV KRXVHKROGV FRUSRUDWLRQ DQG JRYHUQPHQWV DOLNH KDYH JURZQ FDXWLRXV LQ WKHLU VSHQGLQJ lowering  the  demand  for  money.  On  the  other  side  of  the  equation  lies  the  massive  baby  boomer  demographic  that  is  fastidiously  saving  money  for  impending  retirement.  Without  a  fundamental  change  in  the  supply  and  de- mand  of  money,  a  major  infrastructure  investment  program,  for  example,  interest  rates  will  remain  low  and  asset  prices  will  likely  remain  elevated  by  traditional  measures  like  stock  price-Âto-Âearnings  (P/E)  ratios.  Higher  asset  prices  heighten  the  risk  of  a  fall  –  a  risk  that  is  ever-Âpresent  in  one  form  or  another  for  investors.  Adding  to  this  potential  for  volatility  is  the  uncertainty  surrounding  the  most  popular  question  these  days:  “Who  will  win  the  election,  and  what  will  it  mean  for  the  markets?â€?  While  our  crystal  ball  is  no  better  than  anybody  else’s,  we  do  gain  some  comfort  from  the  fact  that  our  country  has  weathered  many  storms  and  leaders  of  all  stripes  -  liberal  and  conservative,  strong  and  weak,  beloved  and  not  -  and  we  have  little  doubt  that  the  same  will  hold  true  through  this  cycle.  In  times  like  this,  it’s  helpful  to  remember  the  quote  by  the  great  investor,  John  Templeton,  “The  four  most  dangerous  words  in  investing  are:  ‘this  time  it’s  different.’â€? Whatever  happens  in  the  fourth  quarter  –  or  in  the  coming  years  -  the  key  to  successful  investing  is  to  have  a  plan  and  to  stick  to  it. Â
Don  Devost  and  Matt  Wootten  are  investment  advisors  and  principals  of  Addison  Advisors  LLC  in  Middlebury.  This  is  a  paid  column  supplied  by  Addison  Advisors  to  help  educate  readers  on  current  market  trends.  )RU PRUH GHWDLOHG RU LQGLYLGXDOL]HG PDUNHW LQIRUPDWLRQ YLVLW WKHLU RI¿FHV LQ WKH 0DUEOH :RUNV LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ or  online  at  addisonria.com.
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2016 Garden Game THE GARDEN GAME IS OVER. TURN TO PAGE 12B OF THIS ISSUE TO CHECK OUT THE WINNERS!
Allen Lafountain  stoped  in  on  our  last  day  for  the  Garden  Game  to  have  a  beet  from  his  garden  in  East  Middlebury  measured.  He  said  he  wished  he  could  have  left  it  out  longer  to  grow,  but  it  was  time  to  harvest.  This  impressive  beet  was  18.25  inches  around  and  wasn’t  quite  big  enough  to  take  over  the  lead  and  beat  our  tie.
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By  the  way (Continued  from  Page  1A) before  5  p.m.  Monday.  Petitions  may  be  obtained  from  your  town  clerk.  If  you  have  any  questions,  call  Karen  Wheeler  at  the  ANeSU  at  453-Â6943.
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Green Peppers Restaurant 10 Washington St. Middlebury • 388-3164 15% of sales on Oct 17, 24, Nov 7, 14 Daily Chocolate 7 Green St. Vergennes • 877-0087 10% of sales from November 1-5 Storm CafÊ 3 Mill St. Middlebury • 388-1063 10% of breakfast & lunch sales November 8-10
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Middlebury Inn Morgan’s Tavern 14 Court Square Middlebury • 388-4961 15% of sales from November 9-11 Fire & Ice Restaurant 26 Seymour St. Middlebury • 388-7166 10% of sales on November 17 & 22
Join us for some fun, great food, and support your local United Way. For more information, please visit www.UnitedWayAddisonCounty.org
PAGE  14A  —  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  October  6,  2016
Lyndon,  Johnson  colleges  merge
Pieces  of  history ST.  STEPHEN’S  EPISCOPAL  Church  on  the  Green  in  Middlebury  will  be  among  the  stops  on  an  eight- church  tour  of  Middlebury  this  Sunday  sponsored  by  the  Sheldon  Museum  of  Vermont  History.  Orga- nized  by  Glenn  Andres,  Middlebury  College  Emeritus  Professor  of  History,  Art  and  Architecture,  the  tour  will  focus  on  the  religious  culture  and  architectural  craftsmanship  epitomized  by  the  churches.  Participants  can  visit  the  churches  in  any  order  between  1  and  5  p.m.  Hosts  will  be  available  at  each  location  to  explain  each  building’s  cultural  and  architectural  history.  Tickets  are  $25,  and  are  available  at  HenrySheldonMuseum.org  in  advance  and  on  Sunday  at  the  museum,  1  Park  St.  The  walk  will  conclude  with  a  reception  at  the  Sheldon  Museum,  where  paintings  by  local  artists  of  the  featured  churches  will  be  offered  for  sale. Independent  photo/  Emma  Cotton
By  TIFFANY  DANITZ  PACHE VTDigger.org Lyndon  and  Johnson  state  colleges  will  become  one  institution  with  two  FDPSXVHV LQ DQ HIIRUW WR DYHUW ÂżQDQ- cial  disaster  at  the  small,  tuition-Âde- pendent  schools,  the  Vermont  State  Colleges  trustees  decided  last  week. The  freshman  class  of  2018  will  EH WKH ÂżUVW WR DWWHQG WKH QHZ QRW \HW named  institution. The  board,  on  Sept.  29,   agreed  unanimously  with  Chancellor  Jeb  6SDXOGLQJÂśV XQLÂżFDWLRQ SODQ “The  reality  is  we  can’t  keep  oper- ating  the  way  we  are,â€?  Spaulding  told  the  board  at  its  annual  retreat  in  Fair- lee.  “By  unifying  these  colleges  we  can  save  some  money,  attract  more  students  and  increase  revenue,  and,  more  importantly,  we  can  expand  op- portunities  for  students.â€? Vermont’s  smaller  public  colleges  are  seeing  enrollments  decline  at  a  time  when  they  are  dependent  on  tu- ition  to  run  their  operations  due  to  a  lack  of  support  from  the  state.  Tuition  and  fees  make  up  58  percent  of  their  revenue;Íž  room  and  board,  17  percent;Íž  and  state  support,  16  percent. Right  now,  each  college  funds  three  deans,  a  comptroller  and  a  president  while  serving  a  little  more  than  1,000  students.  They  have  to  comply  with  federal  and  state  regu- lations  and  pay  for  facilities  and  services.  Together,  their  budgets  in  ¿VFDO UHSUHVHQW PLOOLRQ LQ UHYHQXHV DQG PLOOLRQ LQ H[- penses.  Sixty  percent  of  their  spend- LQJ JRHV IRU VDODU\ DQG EHQHÂżWV percent  for  supplies,  services  and  travel;Íž  and  8  percent  for  scholarships  and  fellowships. If  the  colleges  don’t  unify,  they  will  FRQWLQXH WR RSHUDWH LQ GHÂżFLW DQG ZLOO be  out  of  reserve  money  by  the  end  of  ¿VFDO DFFRUGLQJ WR 6SDXOGLQJÂśV report  to  the  board. $IWHU DQDO\]LQJ WKH ÂżQDQFLDOV DW both  colleges  and  the  expected  tra- jectory,  Spaulding  said,  he  concluded  that  they  could  not  continue  as  they  had  been. “The  current  status  quo  is  much  more  risky  than  choosing  to  become  VWURQJHU WKURXJK XQLÂżFDWLRQ 'HVSLWH valiant  efforts  at  both  colleges,  enroll- ment,  the  primary  source  of  revenue  to  pay  the  bills,  has  continued  to  de- cline,â€?  he  said.
COLLINS  TO  LEAD But  a  Johnson  faculty  member,  Sha- Johnson  State  College  President  ron  Twigg,  told  the  board  she  doesn’t  Elaine  Collins  will  be  the  head  of  the  think  the  pace  is  too  fast.  Twigg  said  combined  institution.  The  two  admin- she  is  tired  of  watching  cuts  being  istrations  will  join  together  under  one  made  and  classes  being  canceled,  and  budget  and  share  resources.  Lyndon  watching  students  leave  because  of  and  Johnson  will  continue  to  have  weakening  programs. two  campuses  with  their  own  cultures,  ³:H KDYH GRQH D ORW RI EHOW WLJKW- sports,  mascots  and  student  activities,  ening.  People  are  working  harder  and  but  there  will  be  a  larger  faculty,  more  people  are  working  more,  and  we  can’t  course  offerings  and  more  research  KDUG ZRUN RXU ZD\ RXW RI WKLV :H opportunities,  according  to  the  board  have  to  have  a  new  structure,  a  new  documents. vision  in  order  to  make  One-Âtime  transition  “We have done sure  both  campuses  can  costs  are  estimated  to  a lot of belt really  thrive  again,â€?  UHDFK PLOOLRQ 7KH tightening. Twigg  said. board  will  apply  for  CONCERN  AND  grants  and  ask  the  Leg- People are FEAR islature  for  an  appropria- working harder The  head  of  the  math  WLRQ 7KH XQLÂżFDWLRQ LV and people are department  at  Johnson,  projected  to  lower  spend- working more, Julie  Theoret,  said  there  LQJ E\ DERXW PLOOLRQ and we can’t is  an  equal  amount  of  E\ ÂżVFDO \HDU 8O- hard work our concern  and  fear  on  her  timately  it’s  expected  to  campus,  but  she  agreed  result  in  reduced  spend- way out of something  has  to  be  ing  and  modest  increases  this. We have GRQH Âł:H FDQÂśW NHHS in  enrollment  —  due  to  to have a new going  along  the  path  we  improved  course  offer- structure, a new have  been  going  on,â€?  she  ings  —  that  Spaulding  vision in order said. estimates  will  result  in  to make sure After  15  years  at  Lyn- DQ DGGLWLRQDO PLOOLRQ D don,  visual  arts  professor  both campuses year  in  revenue. Barclay  Tucker  said  he  ³&KDQJH LV GLIÂżFXOW ´ can really thrive is  crestfallen.  “I  think  it  Spaulding  told  the  pub- again.â€? is  important  for  you  to  — Sharon Twigg understand  that  what  a  lic  attending  the  meet- ing.  But  staying  the  same  lot  of  us  are  going  to  be  isn’t  really  an  option,  he  added. experiencing  is  that  Lyndon  is  dead  as  Before  the  board  voted,  some  mem- I  know  it  and  love  it,  and  that  is  what  bers  of  the  public  objected  to  the  pace  I  feel  —  a  great  loss  —  a  great  pain  of  the  process.  Several  faculty  mem- in  the  knowledge  that  Nolan  (Atkins)  bers  at  Lyndon  said  they  felt  like  deci- is  the  last  president  of  Lyndon  State  sions  were  being  made  to  them  instead  College,â€?  he  said  while  choking  back  of  with  them. tears. Jason  Shafer,  professor  of  atmo- Chair  Martha  O’Connor  was  moved,  spheric  science  at  Lyndon,  spoke  of  a  VD\LQJ WKH KRSH LV WKDW XQLÂżFDWLRQ ZLOO growing  frustration  and  anger  toward  save  the  college. XQLÂżFDWLRQ Âł:H DUH IHHOLQJ PDUJLQDO- 5HS -LP 0DVODQG ' 7KHWIRUG ZKR ized  and  have  had  unequal  access  in  is  a  board  member,  said  that  while  he  this  process  so  far,â€?  he  said.  He  urged  understood  delaying  the  vote  might  the  board  to  vote  no. make  some  people  feel  more  comfort- Meaghan  Meachem,  professor  of  able,  he  didn’t  believe  waiting  would  electronic  journalism  arts  at  Lyndon,  change  the  outcome.  “I  appreciate  told  the  board  that  even  though  mem- your  sentiments,  but  the  task  going  bers  have  been  discussing  this  for  a  forward  is  not  to  scratch  our  heads  but  year,  the  campuses  have  been  aware  to,  basically,  get  on  with  this  business.â€? RI LW IRU RQO\ D FRXSOH RI PRQWKV Âł:H After  the  board  voted  unanimously  think  given  where  we  started  the  con- to  bring  both  campuses  together  under  versation,  that  it  is  going  too  fast,â€?  she  the  same  tent,  Atkins,  Lyndon’s  in- said,  asking  the  board  to  delay  its  vote  terim  president,  said  he  looks  forward  IRU WR GD\V WR JLYH WKH FRPPXQL- to  working  with  Collins  and  the  lead- ties  time  to  process  it  and  have  input. ership  team  she  sets  up  to  usher  in  a  new  era. Âł:H KHDUG D ORW RI IRONV H[SUHVV emotion.  I’m  feeling  it  right  now.  I  have  spent  my  career  at  Lyndon.  ‌  This  is  a  big  moment.  But  I’m  really  excited  about  the  potential  of  what  WKLV XQLÂżHG LQVWLWXWLRQ FDQ SURYLGH VWX- dents,â€?  Atkins  said. “This  has  not  been  an  easy  decision,  but  I  believe  it  is  the  right  decision  and  we  are  moving  forward,â€?  O’Connor  said. Collins  will  assemble  a  leadership  team  with  equal  members  from  both  campuses,  and  both  presidents  remain  in  place  until  July  1.  A  new  name  will  EH FRQVLGHUHG DW WKH 'HFHPEHU WUXVWHHV meeting. Next  year,  admissions  staff  will  start  UHFUXLWLQJ WKH ÂżUVW FODVV RI VWXGHQWV WR HQWHU WKH XQLÂżHG LQVWLWXWLRQ
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Coffeehouse to sell Monkton flags MONKTON  —  All  are  welcome  to  attend  the  “October  Happeningsâ€?  at  the  Russell  Memorial  Library  in  Monkton  Ridge. On  Saturday,  Oct.  15,  there  will  be  a  special  visitor  to  the  library  —  a  llama  will  visit  from  10-Â11  a.m.!  Come  see  this  special  guest  with  your  family  and  hear  a  llama  story. On  Friday,  Oct.  28,  there  will  be  a  “Special  Pumpkin  Story  Hourâ€?  from  10-Â11  a.m.  Join  the  celebration  of  pumpkins  at  this  special  seasonal  event. Once  again  the  beloved  “Trick  or  Treat  at  the  Libraryâ€?  will  happen  on  Halloween  Night,  Monday,  Oct.  31,  from  4:30-Â6  p.m.  Be  sure  to  have  the  MONKTON  FLAG children  stop  by  and  show  off  their  costumes  to  receive  a  book  along  metal  grommets  and  durable  fabric.  Be  sure  to  include  your  name  and  with  a  candy  treat! 7KLV Ă€DJ FDQ EH Ă€RZQ ZLWK SULGH LQ phone  number  so  you  can  be  contact- For  any  questions  about  these  front  of  your  business  or  HG ZKHQ WKH Ă€DJV FRPH LQ events,  stop  by  the  li- home  and  makes  a  won- You  can  also  stop  into  the  Town  brary  or  call  453-Â4471.  derful  gift  for  anyone.  Hall  during  regular  hours  and  give  Deb  or  Dawn  are  always  Get  your  order  in  now! your  order  and  payment  to  the  Town  Have a news tip? Call ready  to  help. The  deadline  for  order  Clerk. Do  you  have  your  Liz Pecor at 453-2180 NEWS and  payment  is  Monday,  There  is  a  drop  off  box  to  the  right  Monkton  Flag?  Would  Oct.  24.  The  cost  for  the  of  the  Town  Hall  door  that  you  can  you  like  another  one?  The  Monkton  Community  Cof- ÀDJ LV 0DNH \RXU FKHFN SD\DEOH leave  your  envelope  in  with  pay- feehouse  is  putting  in  an  order  for  to  the  Monkton  Community  Coffee- ment,  if  you  wish. Be  sure  to  note  on  your  envelope  0RQNWRQÂśV WRZQ Ă€DJ 7KLV Ă€DJ ZDV house  and  send  your  order  with  pay- ment  to:  Monkton  Community  Cof- that  it  is  for  the  Monkton  Town  Flag.  designed  for  Monkton’s  250th  an- feehouse,  PO  Box  12,  Monkton,  VT  If  you  have  any  questions,  contact  niversary  by  Linda  Reynolds.  It  is  Callie  at  ecbrynn@gmail.com. D VWDQGDUG IRRW E\ IRRW Ă€DJ ZLWK 05469.
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Maple  Landmark  to  offer  factory  tours MIDDLEBURY  —  Maple  Land- mark  Woodcraft  will  be  offering  free  factory  tours  on  Friday,  Oct.  7,  from  9  a.m.  to  2  p.m.  in  conjunction  with  National  Manufacturing  Day.  The  goal  of  National  Manufactur- ing  Day  is  to  showcase  the  reward- ing,  highly  skilled  jobs  available  in  American  manufacturing.  'LG \RX NQRZ WKDW HYHU\ VSHQW in  manufacturing  actually  adds  WR WKH 8 6 HFRQRP\" $QG having  local  manufacturing  is  a  boon  to  the  local  economy  as  well.  Many  of  you  know  Maple  Land- mark  Woodcraft  has  been  part  of Â
the  Middlebury  landscape  for  two  decades.  But  did  you  know  that  we  employ  45  people?  That  we  were  awarded  the  Spirit  of  ADA  Award  by  the  Governor’s  Committee  on  the  Em- ployment  of  People  with  Disabili- ties?  That  we  are  the  largest  and  last  solely  domestic  producer  of  wooden  toys?  Or  that  we  have  a  dozen  com- puters  that  run  our  wood  working  equipment?  Manufacturing  has  changed,  do  you  realize  how  much?  National  Manufacturing  Day  is  a  nationwide  effort  to  draw  greater  at- tention  to  the  outstanding  opportu-Â
nities  a  career  in  manufacturing  can  provide,  and  promote  the  pursuit  of  skills  that  lead  to  a  long-Âterm  career  offering  security  and  growth.  Our  full  factory  tours  are  about  45  minutes  in  length.  On  Oct.  7,  tours  will  be  given  hourly  from  9  a.m.  to  2  p.m.,  free  of  charge.  For  more  in- formation  or  to  schedule  a  particular  time  to  visit,  contact  us.  If  you  can- not  join  us  on  Oct.  7,  we  are  happy  to  host  you  during  our  regular  10  a.m.  and  1  p.m.  daily  tours.  For  more  information  on  Maple  Landmark,  visit  the  website  at  www. maplelandmark.com. Â
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Strube  (Continued  from  Page  1A) Mike  also  initiated  our  long-Âawaited  club.’  ‘Well,  why  don’t  you  come  renovation.â€? back  over?  It’s  really  cool.  We’ve  Reiderer  could  not  be  reached  changed  a  lot,  and  we’ve  got  all  this  for  comment  about  his  departure  or  big  stuff  going  on  now,’â€?  Strube  plans.  Asked  for  follow-Âup  comment  VDLG Âł$QG LQ WKH QH[W IHZ GD\V ÂżYH on  why  Reiderer  left  the  club,  Fritz  or  six  kids  have  stopped  by  who  used  replied,  “Mike’s  departure  presented  to  come  all  the  time.  And  they’ve  opportunities  for  growth  for  every- come  back.â€? one.  We  sincerely  thank  him  for  his  Those  relationships,  as  well  as  her  dedication  to  our  club.â€? existing  ties  with  afterschool  pro- WINDING  ROAD gram  providers  and  her  grant-Âwrit- Strube’s  journey  to  the  club,  and  ing  skills,  made  Strube  even  to  the  education  an  attractive  candidate  profession,  took  twists  for  the  Boys  &  Girls  “Not only do and  turns.  Her  fam- Club,  said  club  board  the kids love ily  settled  in  Burlington  president  Jeff  Fritz  in  an  when  they  came  to  Ver- to (cook), but email.  mont,  and  she  graduated  “The  board  was  excit- it’s a life skill. from  Burlington  High  ed  about  her  connections  That’s the School  and  attended  the  in  the  community  as  Boys & Girls University  of  Vermont  well  as  with  students,â€?  as  a  geography  major.  Fritz  wrote.  “As  an  edu- Club mission, She  then  intended  to  cator,  Jill  successfully  to teach the get  a  graduate  degree  in  wrote  the  initial  grant  kids life that  discipline,  but  got  for  the  ANWSU’s  after  sidetracked  by  a  course  skills.â€? school  program  and  will  in  recreation  manage- — Jill Strube ment  that  included  a  bring  those  skills  to  our  club  as  we  continue  to  stint  teaching  physical  seek  funding  to  provide  the  kind  of  education  to  Winooski  kindergarten- programs  and  services  our  members  ers.   need  and  want.â€? “I  fell  in  love.  So  I  went  back  to  Strube  replaces  Mike  Reiderer,  UVM  and  said  I  like  geography  and  who  led  the  club  since  2000,  after  it’s  really  fun  and  all,  but  I  want  to  be  replacing  club  founder  Sam  Allo.  a  PE  teacher,â€?  she  said.  Most  recently,  Reiderer  helped  plan  6WUXEH REWDLQHG D WHDFKLQJ FHUWLÂż- and  obtain  funding  for  the  recently  cate  from  UVM,  and  then  a  job  in  completed  interior  renovation  of  the  Lincoln,  halftime  in  PE  and  halftime  club’s  School  Street  headquarters.  as  the  school  librarian.  “The  entire  board  of  directors  “Basically,  I  got  to  read  to  the  kids  thanks  Mike  Reiderer  for  16  years  in  my  sweatpants.  It  was  great,â€?  she  of  dedicated  service  to  our  club,â€?  said.  Fritz  wrote.  “During  his  time  with  During  a  three-Âyear  stay  in  Lin- the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  a  strong  and  coln,  Strube  obtained  her  elemen- passionate  board  developed,  the  club  WDU\ WHDFKLQJ FHUWLÂżFDWLRQ IURP 6W became  a  stable  part  of  our  commu- Michael’s  College  and  then  an  el- nity,  and  staff  and  volunteers  men- ementary  school  job  in  Fletcher.  tored  hundreds  of  young  people.  From  1989  to  1998,  she  commuted Â
JILL  STRUBE  IS  the  new  director  of  the  Boys  and  Girls  Club  of  Greater  Vergennes.
from  Panton  to  Fletcher  in  Franklin  County,  renting  a  room  during  the  week  in  Fletcher.  Then  came  another  bend  in  the  road:  “In  1998  I  decided  I  was  go- ing  to  change  my  life  completely,â€?  she  said. Strube  earned  a  Champlain  Col- lege  degree  in  respiratory  therapy  and  was  hired  by  Fletcher  Allen  Health  Care.  But  after  working  long Â
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VKLIWV RQ FRQFUHWH Ă€RRUV VKH GHYHO- maintenance  or  IT  departments  when  oped  severe  foot  problems,  forcing  something  goes  wrong  with  the  club- her  to  again  change  direction. house,  its  appliances  or  computers.  In  2000,  she  successfully  applied  “I’ve  never  been  in  charge  of  my  to  be  the  director  of  Burlington’s  own  building,â€?  she  said.  “It’s  things  Champlain  Schools  After  School  I’ve  never  tackled  before,  which  I’m  Program.  After  eight  years  there  she  thoroughly  enjoying.â€? was  recruited  by  then  ANwSU  cur- Then  there’s  the  big  picture:  mak- riculum  coordinator  Carol  Spencer  ing  sure  club  members  are  having  a  to  write  a  grant  for  a  new  ANwSU  good  experience,  and  trying  to  in- afterschool  program,  crease  their  numbers.  with,  Strube  said,  the  “(There  are)  get- understanding  that  if  “I really like ting  the  kids  to  come,  the  application  was  suc- that aspect supervising  the  kids  cessful  she  could  run  adequately,  making  the  program  in  what  by  of reaching sure  everyone’s  happy,  then  was  her  hometown.  out into the making  sure  everyone’s  In  April  2008,  the  community.â€? safe,  making  sure  they  grant  was  awarded,  and  — Jill Strube have  things  to  do  every  she  worked  for  ANwSU  day.  So  there  are  big  until  the  Boys  &  Girls  things,  and  day-Âto-Âday  Club  board  recruited  her  in  late  Au- challenges,â€?  Strube  said.  gust.  And  unlike  at  ANwSU,  the  U.S.  Again,  Strube  was  ready  for  a  Department  of  Education  isn’t  sup- change. plying  half-Âmillion  dollar  grants.  “I’d  been  doing  it  for  16  years  be- But  that’s  another  job  Strube  doesn’t  tween  Champlain  and  being  the  di- mind.  rector  here.  I  was  looking  for  a  chal- “I  actually  love  the  challenge  of  lenge,â€?  Strube  said.  writing  grants,â€?  she  said.  NEW  CHALLENGES Another  thing  Strube  is  enjoying  And  a  challenge  it  has  been.  She  is  making  the  connections  to  in- can  no  longer  call  the  trusty  VUHS  crease  programming,  something  she Â
said  will  be  vital  to  boost  member- ship:  About  75  youths  from  grades  5  through  12  are  regular  attenders,  typically  about  15  to  18  most  after- noons. Part  of  that  job  means  casting  a  wide  net:  Last  week  Strube  met  with  Northlands  Job  Corps  Direc- tor  George  Sabol,  next  week  she  sits  down  with  the  Vergennes  Rotary  Club,  and  she  is  talking  with  Mid- dlebury  College  about  literacy  and  mentoring  efforts.   “I  really  like  that  aspect  of  reach- ing  out  into  the  community,â€?  she  said.  The  renovations  will  also  help,  not  only  because  the  space  is  more  attractive  and  welcoming,  Strube  said,  but  also  because  the  club  has  a  full  kitchen  to  offer  real  —  and  IUHH ² PHDOV IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH WR its  members,  and  that  kitchen  also  means  more  extensive  cooking  pro- grams.  “Not  only  do  the  kids  love  to  do  it,  but  it’s  a  life  skill.  That’s  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  mission,  to  teach  the  kids  life  skills,â€?  Strube  said. The  club  now  offers  Chromebook  FRPSXWHUV IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH DQG LV converting  its  email  system  to  mir- ror  that  of  city  schools  to  make  it  easier  for  members  to  do  homework  there.  Strube  would  also  like  to  intro- duce  even  more  programs,  includ- ing  community  service  projects,  all  with  an  eye  to  better  serve  members  and  attract  more. “The  way  to  attract  the  kids  is  ¿UVW RI DOO WR VKRZ WKHP ZKDW D JUHDW new  space  we  have.  The  other  thing  is  look  at  all  the  great  things  you’re  going  to  be  able  to  do  and  try  and  really  bring  up  the  amount  of  pro- gramming,â€?  she  said.  “I  think  it’s  really  important  to  engage  the  kids  in  meaningful  activities.â€? Strube  also  has  a  personal  goal.   “I  try  to  spend  at  least  an  hour,  if  not  more,  a  day  with  the  kids,â€?  she  said.  “Because  that’s  the  best  part  of  my  day.â€? Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.
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SCOTT DOUGLAS IS a fourth-generation farmer at Douglas Orchards in Shoreham. Douglas Orchards has been growing apples since the 1920s. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
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DALE CROOKS EMPTIES apples into a crate at Douglas Orchards in Shoreham Tuesday.
SCOTT DOUGLAS DRIVES a trailer full of apples through Douglas Orchards Tuesday morning.
ORVILLE MCLEAN HARVESTS apples at Douglas Orchards in Shoreham Tuesday morning.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
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make  this  decision,  frankly.  But  that  being  said,  it’s  a  good  opportunity  and  we  shouldn’t  pass  up  the  oppor- tunity  to  make  the  decision.  I  wish  we  had  more  time  to  establish  our- selves  as  a  board  before  we  make  such  a  big  decision,  but  sometimes  that’s  not  possible.â€? Board  member  Suzanne  Buck  of  Ripton  —  an  educator  in  her  own  right  —  said  she  is  a  big  fan  of  IB.  %XW VKH FDXWLRQHG GLVWULFW RIÂżFLDOV to  closely  monitor  implementation  of  the  program  to  ensure  that  all  VWXGHQWV EHQHÂżW IURP WKH QHZ FXU- riculum,  not  just  the  top  pupils.  Board  member  Steve  Orzech  of  Middlebury  said  he  looks  forward  to  implementation  of  IB  in  Addison  Central  schools,  praising  its  “inqui- ry-Âbasedâ€?  emphasis.
“I  wish  my  (son)  was  younger  so  he  could  take  advantage  of  this,â€?  Orzech  said. Addison  Central  Superintendent  Peter  Burrows  was  a  big  booster  of  bringing  IB  to  Middlebury-Âarea  VFKRROV %XUURZV JDLQHG H[SHUL- ence  with  the  program  in  his  former  life  as  a  teacher,  and  then  principal,  of  Willamette  High  School  in  Eu- gene,  Oregon.  One  of  the  courses  he  taught  was  IB  English. “This  is  groundbreaking,â€?  Bur- rows  said  on  Wednesday,  following  WKH ERDUGÂśV ,% YRWH Âł,WÂśV YHU\ H[FLW- ing  to  see  our  community  come  to- gether  on  something  that  will  have  such  a  positive  impact  on  our  stu- dents  and  community.â€? Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.
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Green  Line  (Continued  from  Page  1A) set  about  this.  But  hopefully  it  will  not  be  as  bad  as  they  are  envision- What  it  is:  An  energy  transmission  project  that  will  carry  400  ing.  It  was  a  long,  hard  struggle  to  MW  of  wind  and  hydro  power  from  upstate  New  York  to  the  con- get  through  all  this,  but  I  think  we  verter  station  in  New  Haven  and  onto  the  New  England  grid.  The  did  the  best  we  could.â€? project  is  estimated  to  cost  $650  million. Barrett  said  the  selectboard  ex- Developers:  Anbaric  Transmission  (www.anbarictransmission. pects  VGL  representatives  to  sign  com);Íž  National  Grid  (www.nationalgridus.com);Íž  Citizens  Energy  “very  shortly.â€? (citizensenergy.com). Voting  to  approve  the  deal,  along  Route:  From  Beekmantown,  N.Y.,  under  Lake  Champlain,  to  with  Barrett,  were  Selectmen  John  Kingsland  Bay  in  Ferrisburgh;Íž  then  under  roads  to  Route  7  and  Roleau  and  Steve  Dupoise  (who  south  to  New  Haven.  Total  distance,  60  miles. attended  via  Skype).  Selectman  Cable:  High-Âvoltage  direct  current  cable  (HVDC),  to  carry  400  Jim  Walsh  was  present  but  simply  MW.  All  HVDC  cable  to  be  buried  underground. voted  “presentâ€?  on  the  agreement. New  Haven  converter  station:  The  station  converts  DC  power  Selectman  Doug  Tolles  was  ab- to  AC  power.  Anbaric  has  estimated  the  value  of  the  converter  sent.  Also  in  attendance  was  at- station  at  $100  million  to  $150  million. torney  Richard  Saudek,  National  The  designated  site  is  just  west  of  the  VELCO  substation,  off  of  Grid  representative  Joe  Rossignoli  Routes  7  and  17. and  representatives  from  Citizens  7KH FRQYHUWHU VWDWLRQ ZLOO EH URXJKO\ ÂżYH VWRULHV KLJK DQG WKH Energy,  which  joined  Anbaric  VL]H RI D IRRWEDOO ÂżHOG IHHW WDOO ZLWK D IRRWSULQW RI IHHW E\ Transmission  and  National  Grid  as  300  feet.  partners  on  the  VGL  project  in  late  How  much  is  400  MW?  Vermont  Yankee  nuclear  power  plant  August.  generated  600  MW,  so  the  VGL  would  move  roughly  two-Âthirds  Barrett  emphasized  that  the  the  power  of  the  now  shuttered  Vermont  Yankee. agreement  just  signed  hammers  out  Proposed  consumers:  Ratepayers  in  Massachusetts,  Con- the  details  on  the  term  sheet  agreed  necticut  and  Rhode  Island.  to  last  April,  but  doesn’t  add  to  or  change  the  substance  of  that  docu- ment.  Important  agreements  in  the  the  converter  station.  Barrett  and  zens  Energy  will  use  part  of  its  April  14  term  sheet  include: •  Payments  of  $1.4  million  per  Dupoise  both  emphasized  that  the  SURÂżWV WR DVVLVW ORZ LQFRPH 9HU- year  to  the  town  for  40  years,  with  $1  million  is  an  initial  amount  and  PRQWHUV ZLWK HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ yearly  1  percent  adjustments  for  does  not  constitute  the  total  that  measures. will  be  available.  “We  are  asking  them  to  look  at  LQĂ€DWLRQ Addison  County  and  New  Haven  ‡ PLOOLRQ WR EXLOG D QHZ ÂżUH OTHER  DETAILS The  agreement,  said  Barrett,  is  ¿UVW ´ VDLG %DUUHWW station  and  a  new  town  garage. In  terms  of  the  arduous  road  to  •  Acceptable  sound  levels  for  very  detailed  about  landscaping  re- the  project  set  at  “World  Health  quired  to  screen  the  converter  sta- negotiate  the  agreement,  Dupoise  Organization  guidelines  of  40  dBa  tion.  Dupoise  said  the  agreement  said:  “There’s  winners  and  losers  in  broadband/35  dBa  tonal  at  the  ex- calls  for  close  to  300  trees  being  planted  and  spells  out  where  they  WKLV ZKROH SURFHVV 7KH EHQHÂżW IRU terior  of  any  residence.â€? •  A  VGL  Compensation  Fund  should  go.  It  also  stipulates  that  WKH WRZQ FHUWDLQO\ LV WKH ÂżQDQFLDO for  designated  abutters,  with  an  VGL  annually  look  at  the  land- package,  which  ‌  which  will  ef- scaping  and  replace  any  trees  that  fectively  wipe  out  the  town  portion  initial  amount  of  $1  million. are  dying  or  unhealthy  of  the  tax.  Right  now  our  budget  Last  May,  New  Ha- (see  the  full  agreement  runs  about  $1  million  a  year  so  ven  residents  approved  “The down with  this  story  online  we’re  looking  at  a  $400,000  sur- the  project,  in  a  survey  at  addisonindependent. plus  every  year.â€? reporting  252  in  favor  side of this com). Dupoise  continued,  “The  down  and  182  against.  is that there Dupoise  also  ex- side  of  this  is  that  there  are  peo- Since  getting  the  are people’s plained  that  VGL  and  ple’s  lives  that  are  affected,  people  go-Âahead  from  towns- New  Haven  must  agree  who  are  close  by.  Hopefully  we  people,  the  New  Haven  lives that on  a  construction  “lay  have  set  up  a  compensation  pack- selectboard’s  negotiat- are affected, downâ€?  area  before  de- age  for  them  where  the  majority  of  ing  team  —  Dupoise,  people who former  selectwoman  are close by.â€? velopers  go  to  the  Pub- them  feel  they  weren’t  left  out  in  lic  Service  Board  to  ap- the  cold.  As  much  good  as  there’s  Carole  Hall,  and  attor- — Selectman SO\ IRU D &HUWLÂżFDWH RI done,  there’s  certainly  damage  neys  Richard  Saudek  Steve Dupoise Public  Good,  but  that  that’s  done  —  and  I  recognize  that. and  Cindy  Hill  —  have  VGL  has  not  yet  pro- “That’s  why  we  had  a  vote  of  ZRUNHG RXW WKH ÂżQH vided  New  Haven  with  the  location  the  whole  town  to  go  through  this  print. project  to  make  sure  that  the  town  Among  the  important  details  of  the  lay  down  area. “I’ve  been  very  open  with  them  in  general  was  in  favor  of  it.  We’re  now  worked  out,  Barrett  and  Du- about  not  piling  this  stuff  up  next  cognizant  of  the  fact  that  there  are  poise  highlighted  the  following: •  The  annual  payments  to  the  to  somebody’s  backyard  where  people  who  have  been  affected  by  town  will  be  made  in  two  parts  —  they’re  going  to  be  coming  in  and  this  negatively,  and  hopefully  we  WKH ÂżUVW DV D SURSHUW\ WD[ SD\PHQW out  with  equipment  all  the  time,  have  created  a  package  for  them  on  Oct.  1  and  the  balance  of  the  keeping  all  the  noise  and  the  dust  that  will  compensate  them  for  $1.4  million  the  following  April  1. to  a  minimum  in  the  vicinity  of  that.â€? 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ENGINEERING  DESIGN  STUDENTS  at  Hannaford  Career  Center  test  the  traditional  Lake  Champlain  boats  they  built  based  on  craft  created  by  MUHS  STUDENT  SAM  Chamberlain  paddles  a  replica  muskrat  trap- Vermont  farmers.  Pictured  on  Otter  Creek  Monday  are,  left  to  right,  top  boat,  Austin  Brown,  Brandon  Hanley  and  Finn  Clements;;  middle  boat,  An- ping  boat  on  the  Otter  Creek  Monday  while  Career  Center  classmate  drew  Raymond  and  Sam  Chamberlain;;  and  bottom  boat,  Andrew  Gosselin,  Robert  Poppenga  and  Henry  Dora. Photo  by  Will  Wormer  via  DJI  Phantom  3  Standard Andrew  Raymond  of  Mount  Abe  mans  the  push  pole.
Engineering  students  build  replicas  of  historic  local  watercraft MIDDLEBURY  —  This  fall,  professional  boatbuilder  Douglas  Brooks  of  Vergennes  helped  teach  students  in  the  Engineering  Design  class  at  the  Patricia  A.  Hannaford  Career  Center  in  Middlebury  learn  about  and  build  traditional  Lake  Champlain  boats.  This  was  the  third  year  of  the  program,  which  was  carried  out  in  partnership  with  the  Henry  Sheldon  Museum  of  Vermont  History. All  materials  for  the  boat  were  supplied  by  Lathrop’s  Maple  Supply  in  Bristol,  and  funding  for  this  year’s  research  came  from  the  Bay  &  Paul Â
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each,  a  boatbuilding  technique  called  lofting.  This  allowed  them  to  recre- ate  as  closely  as  possible  the  shape  RI WKH ERDWV DQG GHULYH WKH KXOO cross  sections  they  used  for  molds  to  build  replicas.  Jake  Burnham,  the  Engineering  Design  teacher,  led  students  using  these  measurements  and  made  CAD  drawings  of  both  boats  in  the  computer  lab.  2YHU WKH UHPDLQGHU RI WKH IDOO VHPHVWHU VWXGHQWV ZLOO UH¿QH DQG FRPSOHWH WKHVH GUDZLQJV SURYLGLQJ plan-Âsize,  museum-Âquality  documen- tation  for  the  boats. 3UHYLRXV (QJLQHHULQJ 'HVLJQ classes  in  2014  and  2015,  as  well  as  Middlebury  College  students  ZKR KDYH ZRUNHG ZLWK %URRNV KDYH LQWHUYLHZHG PHPEHUV RI WKH Hatch  Family  as  well  as  other  area  trappers  and  boatbuilders.  Gerald  Hatch,  who  died  in  the  early  1970s, Â
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