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ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 69 No. 38

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, September 17, 2015 â—† 36 Pages

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PAGE  2A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  September  17,  2015

City  zoning  laws  to  be  updated Sept.  28  hearing  set  for  feedback

keeping  in  one  form  or  the  other,â&#x20AC;?  Haggett  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  updating  the  regulations  to  conform  with  the  plan  that  was  passed  a  year  ago.â&#x20AC;?

By  ANDY  KIRKALDY &LW\ RIÂżFLDOV LQ VDLG WKDW VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Vergennes  resi-­ plan,  in  turn,  made  no  major  chang-­ dents  will  have  a  chance  to  weigh  in  es  to  the  2009  Vergennes  plan  that  on  a  proposed  update  to  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  won  statewide  honors. ]RQLQJ ODZV DW D 0RQGD\ 6HSW Still,  there  are  a  few  new  wrinkles  public  hearing  to  be  hosted  by  the  that  may  be  discussed  that  Monday  9HUJHQQHV 3ODQQLQJ DW S P LQ WKH Commission.  FLW\ÂśV ÂżUH VWDWLRQ 3ODQQHUV KRSH DI-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were trying to basement. ter  that  hearing  to  take a common-sense One  potentially  pass  their  proposal  approach and look at PRUH VLJQLÂżFDQW to  the  city  council,  some practical things change  is  a  provi-­ which  would  also  sion  found  in  the  have  to  hold  at  least  to say we want to FLW\ÂśV ,QGXVWULDO DQG one  hearing  before  it  encourage people 3XEOLF ]RQHV WKDW adopted  the  update.  to develop, but we would  allow,  after  An  eight-­page  over-­ want to have some a  public  process,  view  of  the  changes  oversight over it.â&#x20AC;? the  Vergennes  De-­ may  be  found  at  velopment  Review  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Shannon Haggett vergennes.org  under  Board  to  grant  set-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;City  News.â&#x20AC;? back  waivers  for  3ODQQLQJ FKDLUPDQ 6KDQQRQ FRPPHUFLDO XVHV QH[W WR KRPHV IRU Haggett  said  that  the  changes  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;parking  or  loading  spaces.â&#x20AC;?  not  major,  but  rather  bring  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Such  waivers  could  only  be  grant-­ ]RQLQJ ODZV LQ OLQH ZLWK WKH ed  if  the  board  found  after  taking  2014  update  to  the  Vergennes  City  testimony  that  proposals  would  cre-­ 3ODQ ate  no  â&#x20AC;&#x153;undue  adverse  effectsâ&#x20AC;?  on  ³)URP WKH SODQQLQJ FRPPLVVLRQÂśV the  character  of  the  area  or  neigh-­ point  of  view,  all  of  this  was  house-­ bors.

Haggett  said  planners  found  some  ORWV LQ WKRVH WZR ]RQHV ZKHUH DSSOL-­ cation  of  setbacks  would  essentially  stop  development.  At  the  same  time,  they  wanted  to  preserve  the  rights  of  neighbors.  ³:H ZHUH ORRNLQJ DW WKH ]RQLQJ map  and  the  parcel  map,  and  saying  â&#x20AC;Ś  (it)  would  shrink  their  envelope  to  the  point  where  it  would  be  nearly  impossible  to  do  anything,â&#x20AC;?  Haggett  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  trying  to  take  a  common-­sense  approach  and  look  at  some  practical  things  to  say  we  want  to  encourage  people  to  develop,  but  we  want  to  have  some  oversight  over  it.â&#x20AC;?

3ODQQHUV DUH DOVR SURSRVLQJ WR UH-­ duce  the  minimum  width  of  drive-­ ways  for  all  new  homes  throughout  the  city  from  20  feet  to  12  feet,  es-­ WDEOLVK D QHZ PD[LPXP ZLGWK RI feet,  and  insist  that  driveways  have  14  feet  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;vertical  clearanceâ&#x20AC;?  to  PDNH VXUH ÂżUH DQG UHVFXH YHKLFOHV can  access  properties.

Haggett  said  the  narrower  drive-­ ZD\ UHTXLUHPHQW UHĂ&#x20AC;HFWV ZKDW UHDOO\ is  on  the  ground  in  Vergennes,  espe-­ cially  in  older  neighborhoods,  while  planners  wanted  to  create  an  upper  limit  on  curb  cuts  on  city  streets.  (See  Vergennes,  Page  3A)

Bright-­eyed A  SINGLE  FLOWER  blooms  above  a  carpet  of  brilliant  green  in  a  Lincoln  garden  last  week.

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Council  to  appoint  new  member By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  At  their  Sept.  8  meeting,  Vergennes  aldermen  dis-­ cussed  a  proposal  to  put  a  500-­kilo-­ watt  array  on  a  Comfort  Hill  property  (see  story  below)  and  discussed  a  number  of  other  issues.

On  those  issues,  city  council  mem-­ bers:  Â&#x2021; +HDUG IURP $OGHUPDQ -RH .ORS-­ IHQVWHLQ WKDW KH ZLOO RIÂżFLDOO\ VWHS down  from  the  council  at  the  end  of  November.  Aldermen  must  replace  him  â&#x20AC;&#x153;forthwithâ&#x20AC;?  with  a  new  appoint-­ ment  according  to  the  city  charter,  City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  said.  .ORSIHQVWHLQ KDV DFFHSWHG D WHDFKLQJ position  at  Oregon  State  Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  College  of  Veterinary  Medicine  and  will  start  in  December. Â&#x2021; +HDUG IURP $OGHUPDQ -HII )ULW] a  board  member  of  the  Boys  &  Girls  Club  of  Greater  Vergennes,  that  the  club  has  decided  to  renovate  the  head-­ quarters  and  clubhouse  it  rents  on  School  Street  rather  than  continue  to  seek  to  purchase  space.  Those  reno-­

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Â&#x2021; +HDUG IURP SODQQLQJ FRPPLV-­ sion  chairman  Shannon  Haggett  that  planners  will  hold  a  Sept.  28  public  KHDULQJ DW WKH ÂżUH VWDWLRQ DW S P RQ SURSRVHG QHZ ]RQLQJ DPHQGPHQWV Haggett  said  the  amendments,  con-­ sisting  of  about  seven  pages  of  chang-­ HV DUH HVVHQWLDOO\ D ÂłFOHDQXS´ RI H[-­ LVWLQJ ]RQLQJ ODZV WR UHFRQFLOH WKHP with  the  2014  update  of  the  Vergennes  &LW\ 3ODQ He  said  planners  hope  to  be  able  to  forward  the  amendments  to  the  city  council  in  October.  The  council  will  also  hold  at  least  one  hearing  on  the  proposed  changes  before  adoption. Â&#x2021; :HUH YLVLWHG E\ QHZ 9HUPRQW /HDJXH RI &LWLHV DQG 7RZQV ([HFXWLYH Director  Maura  Carroll,  who  pledged  that  VLCT  would  â&#x20AC;&#x153;continue  to  be  fo-­ cused  on  the  membersâ&#x20AC;?  and  would  be  happy  to  support  â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  goals  of  the  city  and  the  goals  of  the  council.â&#x20AC;?  Hawley  praised  VLCT  and  its  insurance  wing,  3$&,) VD\LQJ KH FRQVXOWV ZLWK WKH league  at  least  weekly  and  calling  the  RUJDQL]DWLRQ ÂłYHU\ HIÂżFLHQW ´

Aldermen  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  seek  party  status  on  solar  proposal By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Ver-­ gennes  City  Council  last  week  reached  a  consensus  not  to  seek,  at  least  for  now,  intervener  status  EHIRUH WKH 3XEOLF 6HUYLFH %RDUG on  a  500-­kilowatt  solar  array  that  is  proposed  for  a  site  behind  the  &RPIRUW +LOO .HQQHO QHDU WKH )HU-­ risburgh  town  line.

City  Manager  Mel  Hawley  said  at  the  Sept.  8  meeting  that  â&#x20AC;&#x153;per-­ VRQDOO\ , KDYH QR SUREOHP´ ZLWK the  location  for  a  proposal  by  Ver-­ JHQQHV 3RTXHWWH 6RODU //& EXW said  the  council  should  be  aware  it Â

had  the  option  of  being  a  party  to  36% SURFHHGLQJV DV WKDW ERDUG GH-­ cides  whether  to  issue  the  project  a  &HUWLÂżFDWH RI 3XEOLF *RRG Âł7KDWÂśV ZK\ ,ÂśP EULQJLQJ LW WR your  attention,â&#x20AC;?  Hawley  said.

Council  members  discussed  how  visible  the  500kW  array  would  be.  7KDW VL]H ZRXOG EH KDOI RI WKH )HUULV-­ EXUJK 6RODU )DUP WKDW VLWV EHWZHHQ Vergennes  Union  High  School  and  5RXWH 7KH\ FRQFOXGHG IRU H[-­ ample,  that  it  might  be  seen  from  WKH FXSROD RI $OGHUPDQ -HII )ULW]œV Main  Street  Victorian  home  or  the  UHDU RI $OGHUPDQ 5HQQ\ 3HUU\œV

3DUN 6WUHHW SURSHUW\ %RWK )ULW] DQG 3HUU\ MRLQHG WKH rest  of  the  council  members  in  de-­ FLGLQJ WKDW XQOHVV WKH\ ZHUH Ă&#x20AC;RRGHG with  complaints  about  the  remote  location  there  was  no  reason  to  seek  intervener  status,  although  they  would  consider  doing  so  for  other  projects  in  different  sites.  ³,W VHHPV OLNH LWÂśV QRW D EDG ORFD-­ tion,â&#x20AC;?  said  Mayor  Bill  Benton.

Benton  also  noted  that  it  would  DGG DERXW WR WKH JUDQG OLVW based  on  assessments  elsewhere.  Hawley  said  that  would  translate  to  about  $6,000  in  annual  revenue. Â

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RUNNERS  IN  A  past  TAM  Trek  cruise  along  the  18-­mile  Middlebury  Area  Land  Trust-­maintained  course.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  race  will  be  run  on  Sunday  starting  at  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Wright  Park  at  the  end  of  Seymour  Street  Extension.

Middlebury trail run returns on Sept. 20 By  EVAN  JOHNSON MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;emerald  necklaceâ&#x20AC;?  will  see  some  more  visitors  than  usual  this  Sunday  with  the  return  of  the  annual  TAM  Trek.  The  Sept.  20  run  around  the  entire  multi-­use  trail  enters  its  12th  year  with  new  distances  on  new  por-­ tions  of  the  trail.

In  past  years,  the  run  on  the  Trail  Around  Middlebury,  popularly  called  the  TAM,  consisted  of  four  different  distances  and  started  near  Middlebury  College.  This  year,  the  Trek  starts  at  one  of  the  trailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  north-­ ern  sections,  at  Wright  Park  at  the  QRUWKHUQ HQG RI 6H\PRXU 6WUHHW ([-­ tension. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  felt  like  this  was  a  great  op-­ SRUWXQLW\ IRU SHRSOH WR H[SORUH D new  area  of  the  trail  that  they  might  not  be  too  familiar  with,â&#x20AC;?  said  Carl  5RELQVRQ H[HFXWLYH GLUHFWRU RI the  Middlebury  Area  Land  Trust  (MALT),  which  maintains  the  TAM  and  organizes  the  run.  At  the  center  of  the  event  is  the  18-­mile  run  around  the  entire  TAM,  ZKLFK KDV EHHQ VOLJKWO\ H[WHQGHG from  years  past  with  the  inclu-­ sion  of  some  side  trails.  Starting  at  Wright  Park,  racers  will  run  south  down  Seymour  Street  and  through  Middlebury  (a  little  more  than  a  mile  and  a  half)  before  climbing  the  800-­foot-­high  Chipman  Hill  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  total  rise  in  elevation  of  almost  500  feet  to  the  highest  point  of  the  run  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  before  descending  down  the  east  side  of  the  hill.  The  race  con-­ tinues  south  through  Means  Woods,  Battell  Woods,  across  Route  7,  and  through  the  Jeffrey  Murdock  Nature  Preserve  behind  the  middle  school  before  crossing  the  Middlebury  Col-­ OHJH DWKOHWLF ÂżHOGV DQG WKH FROOHJH campus.  The  trail  returns  to  Wright  Park  by  way  of  the  Jackson  Trail  and  the  Johnson  Trail  in  Weybridge.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;You  get  a  bit  of  everything,â&#x20AC;?  Robinson  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Going  up  Chipman  Hill  you  get  some  nice  forests  and  views  to  open  views  of  farmland  as  you  go  through  the  college.  There  is  some  nice  creek-­side  trail  as  you  go  further  north.â&#x20AC;?

The  18-­mile  run  gains  and  loses  1,000  feet  of  elevation.  All  of  the  runners  will  be  timed.    The  6-­mile  course  is  entirely  on  single-­track  trail  through  Wright  Park  with  around  400  feet  of  el-­ evation  gain  and  several  slightly  technical  sections  while  the  2-­mile  â&#x20AC;&#x153;fun  runâ&#x20AC;?  is  an  out-­and-­back  trail  in  Wright  Park  to  the  Belden  Falls  Dam  and  back.

The  event  concludes  with  refresh-­ ments,  live  music  and  food.  The  winners  in  the  6-­mile  and  18-­mile  races  will  receive  medals  made  by  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  own  Danforth  Pewter.  Trail  coordinator  John  Derick  has  been  working  with  the  help  of Â

summer  intern  Allie  Aiello  to  main-­ tain  the  trail  and  make  sure  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  well  marked  and  clear,  however  Rob-­ LQVRQ VDLG UXQQHUV VKRXOG H[SHFW D challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  a  trail  run,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  like  a  ELNH SDWK RU D WUDLO \RXÂśG ÂżQG XS LQ Burlington,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  hiking  and  running  trail  so  there  are  some  obstacles.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rocky  and  rooty,  but Â

pretty  dry.â&#x20AC;?

The  18-­mile  race  starts  at  8  a.m.;͞  the  6-­mile  race  and  2-­mile  fun  run  start  at  10  a.m.

The  early  registration  race  fee  is  $40  per  person  for  the  18-­  and  6-­mile  races  ($30  recommended  do-­ nation  for  the  fun  run)  or  $120  for  D JURXS XS WR VL[ WKH IHHV JR XS WR $45/individual  and  $140/group  on  Sept.  19.  Go  online  to  www.maltvt. org/tam-­trek  to  register  or  to  volun-­ teer  to  help  out  at  the  race.  For  more  information  contact  MALT  at  388-­ 1007  or  info@maltvt.org.

As  of  late  last  week,  40  people  had  registered  for  the  race,  and  Robinson  hopes  there  will  more  than  100  peo-­ ple  running  this  year.  Proceeds  from  WKH UDFH EHQHÂżW 0$/7ÂśV FRQVHUYD-­ tion  work  and  trail  maintenance  on  the  TAM. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  trail  has  become  a  part  of  our  community  and  a  symbol  of  the  Middlebury  area,â&#x20AC;?  Robinson  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  hope  that  people  will  come  out  and  support  MALT  and  the  trail.â&#x20AC;?   Trail  maps  and  registration  infor-­ mation  for  the  run  are  available  at  www.maltvt.org.

By  JOHN  FLOWERS HANCOCK  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Hancock  residents  are  being  asked  to  gather  on  Wednesday,  Oct.  7,  to  decide  whether  to  invest  around  $100,000  into  key  repairs  to  their  his-­ toric  town  hall  building  off  Route  100. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  biggest  thing  is  the  foundation  needs  work,â&#x20AC;?  said  Hancock  Selectwoman  Shelley  Twitchell.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  been  tended  to  like  it  should  have  been  and  it  is  beginning  to  crumble.â&#x20AC;?

Hancockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  town  hall  has  an  interesting  history.  The  building  began  as  a  single-­story  meeting  house,  and  then  evolved  into  a  place  of  worship,  according  to  Twitchell.  At  some  point,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The biggest town  leaders  jacked  up  the  original  single-­story  structure  thing is the and  built  the  town  hall  under-­ foundation neath  it,  she  said. Âł,W ZDV RQH RI WKH ÂżUVW needs work. buildings  in  town,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.

It hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Leaders  of  this  Route  100  been tended community  are  hoping  to  to like it PLQLPL]H WKH ÂżQDQFLDO LPSDFW should have of  the  project  on  its  roughly  been and it is 330  residents.  To  that  end,  the  selectboard  has  applied  for  up  beginning to to  $50,000  in  grant  assistance  crumble.â&#x20AC;? from  the  U.S.  Department  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; selectwoman RI $JULFXOWXUH 2IÂżFLDOV ZLOO Shelley Twitchell seek  the  remaining  $50,000  through  donations,  fundrais-­ HUV DQG ORFDO SURSHUW\ WD[HV according  to  Twitchell.

7KH VHOHFWERDUG H[SHFWV WR OHDUQ E\ QH[W VSULQJ whether  the  USDA  will  come  through  with  a  grant  for  the  town  hall  project.

If  residents  vote  against  the  project  on  Oct.  7,  Twitchell  said,  the  selectboard  will  have  to  look  at  other  funding  sources  for  the  work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  might  have  to  do  (the  work)  in  stages,â&#x20AC;?  she  added.

In  addition  to  foundation  work,  the  town  hall  needs  to  have  its  sills  and  some  clapboards  replaced.  The  EXLOGLQJ LV DOVR LQ QHHG RI VRPH LQWHULRU DQG H[WHULRU painting,  Twitchell  added.

7KH ZRUN LV H[SHFWHG WR WDNH GD\V â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  depends  on  what  they  run  into,â&#x20AC;?  Twitchell  added,  alluding  to  unforeseen  trouble  spots  that  are  sometimes  uncovered  during  construction  on  very  old  buildings.

Twitchell  and  her  colleagues  would  like  to  keep  the  H[SHQVH DQG FRQVWUXFWLRQ WLPH WR D PLQLPXP 7KH

(Continued  from  Page  2A) The  change  should  allow  home-­ RZQHUV DQG GHYHORSHUV PRUH Ă&#x20AC;H[-­ ibility,  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  were  some  instances  where  some  things  came  to  the  DRB  where  more  or  less  they  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  get  past  the  gate,  and  in  some  cases  these  were  in  the  Historic  Neighbor-­ hood  District  or  in  the  Central  Busi-­ ness  District,  which  are  a  little  bit  tighter,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

Many  other  changes  are  simple.   They  include  provisions  such  as  that  public  notices  will  be  posted  on  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  website  as  well  as  at  city  hall,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Residential  Districtâ&#x20AC;?  includes  Medium  and  High  Density  districts  as  well  as  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Historic  Neigh-­ borhood  District,  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;beauty  parlorâ&#x20AC;?  is  now  referred  to  as  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;hair  salon/ spaâ&#x20AC;?  in  a  list  of  home  occupations,  and  the  new  Low  Density  Residen-­ tial  District  replaces  the  Agricultural  and  Rural  Residential  PUD  Overlay  District  along  the  south  side  of  West  Main  Street  near  Panton.

Some  others  have  been  re-­written  to  make  them  easier  to  read,  includ-­ ing  the  section  dealing  with  add-­ ing  onto  or  rebuilding  structures  in  the  Central  Business  and  Historic  Neighborhood  districts. Â

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town  hall  is  used  for  all  major  public  functions,  as  well  as  for  private  events,  such  as  wedding  receptions.

The  Oct.  7  special  town  meeting  is  scheduled  to  be-­ gin  at  6  p.m.  at  the  town  hall,  according  to  the  most  recent  (Sept.  2)  Hancock  selectboard  minutes.

It  should  be  noted  that  town  hall  repairs  are  but  one  item  on  a  busy  municipal  agenda  in  Hancock.  As  recently  reported  in  the  Addison  Independent,  the  FRPPXQLW\ LV SUHSDULQJ WR PRYH LWV WRZQ RIÂżFHV IURP a  small  building  on  Route  125  to  Hancockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  former  one-­room  schoolhouse  on  Route  100.  The  local  li-­ brary  is  also  moving  into  that  schoolhouse,  which  is  being  repaired. +DQFRFN DOVR WKLV VXPPHU FRPSOHWHG D VOLJKW H[-­ pansion  and  renovation  of  its  town  green,  which  hosted  a  series  of  concerts  and  will  be  the  location  of  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Green  Mountain  Oktoberfest,  slated  for  Saturday,  Oct.  3,  from  noon  to  5  p.m.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisoninde-­ pendent.com.

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Haggett  said  the  intent  remains  to  have  additions  and  new  build-­ LQJV FRPSOHPHQW WKH VL]H RI H[LVW-­ ing  structures  and  be  placed  in  such  D ZD\ WKH\ ÂżW LQ ZLWK WKH DUHD EXW planners  felt  the  prior  language  was  confusing.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  we  were  going  through  that  section  we  were  looking  at  it  and  going,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What  the  heck  does  that  mean?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  just  try-­ ing  to  clarify  things  a  little  bit  more  to  make  it  a  little  bit  easier  to  use  and  understand.â&#x20AC;?

One  proposed  change  to  bring  the  regulations  into  compliance  with  the  SODQ LV DQ DGGLWLRQ DOORZLQJ ÂżUVW Ă&#x20AC;RRU RU EDVHPHQW DSDUWPHQWV LQ WKH Central  Business  District.  The  city  council  made  that  change  late  in  the  process  in  2014,  and  such  apart-­ ments  are  now  allowed  as  long  as  they  do  not  occupy  spaces  that  face  or  can  be  seen  from  the  street.

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ners  agreed  on  the  goal  of  preserv-­ ing  potential  retail  space.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  still  wanted  to  preserve  the  multi-­use  aspect  and  put  businesses  at  the  forefront,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  Another  such  change  was  a  ban  on  ¿UVW Ă&#x20AC;RRU DSDUWPHQWV LQ WKH 1RUWK-­ ern  Gateway  District,  running  along  the  north  end  of  Main  Street.  In  the  plan,  it  replaces  what  Haggett  called  DQ RYHUO\ FRPSOH[ IRUPXOD WKDW DO-­ ORZHG VRPH ÂżUVW Ă&#x20AC;RRU UHVLGHQWLDO use  in  some  cases.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Previously,  it  was  a  pretty  con-­ voluted  thing,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  the  plan  got  passed  last  year,  it  was  no  JURXQG Ă&#x20AC;RRU UHVLGHQWLDO ´ Overall,  Haggett  hopes  city  resi-­ dents  agree  with  his  assessment  of  plannersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  approach  to  the  proposed  zoning  update. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  trying  to  do  anything  too  fancy,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.

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

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Sanders  faces  high  hurdles Since  Bernie  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  presidential  campaign  kickoff  in  late  May  at  Burl-­ ingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Lake  Front  Park,  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  favorite  son  candidate  has  had  a  fairly  tale  ride  to  political  stardom.  Four  months  ago,  no  one  could  have  predicted  such  an  enthusiastic  embrace  of  the  self-­avowed  socialist  democrat,  who  is  promoting  bigger  government  in  an  era  deeply  scarred  by  a  conservative  attack  on  government  spending.  But,  as  our  columnist  Greg  Dennis  writes  again  today  on  Page  5A,  Bernieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  campaign  has  yet  to  be  challenged  on  many  fronts  and  it  faces  more  than  a  few  high  hurdles.

In  Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Wall  Street  Journal,  that  bastion  of  conservative  thought  highlights  another  vulnerability  in  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  campaign:  the  $18  trillion  price  tag  of  his  proposals.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  obvious  obstacle  that  will  bedevil  Bernie  in  the  Democratic  primary,  if  not  in  the  general  election,  if  he  were  to  win  the  partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  nomination.  According  to  a  tally  by  the  Journalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  staff,  Sanders  backs  â&#x20AC;&#x153;at  least  $18  trillion  in  new  spending  in  a  decade.â&#x20AC;?  Most  of  that  spending,  $15  trillion,  is  in  a  government  run  health  care  system  that  insures  all  Americans  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  what  Sanders  calls  Medicare  for  all.  Not  included  in  that  amount  (which  is  on  top  of  current  federal  spending  on  health  care)  is  the  reduction  of  spending  cur-­ rently  being  made  by  businesses  and  individuals.  Another  $1.2  trillion  would  LQFUHDVH EHQHÂżWV DQG EROVWHU WKH VROYHQF\ RI 6RFLDO 6HFXULW\ DQG DQRWKHU trillion  would  be  used  to  rebuild  roads,  bridges  and  airports  in  one  of  the  big-­ gest  infrastructure  projects  since  the  CCC  days  of  the  Great  Recession.  Add  another  $750  billion  for  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  college  affordability  program,  and  $319  billion  to  create  a  paid  leave  fund  for  workers.  If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  adding  up  the  total,  chalk  up  another  $29  billion  to  bolster  pri-­ vate  pension  funds  to  prevent  companies  from  cutting  pensions  and  hurting  employees,  and  $5.5  billion  to  create  1  million  jobs  for  disadvantaged  youth.  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  $18  trillion  increases  total  government  spending  from  the  current  20  percent  of  gross  domestic  product  annually  to  about  30  percent,  according  to  the  WSJ.  As  a  comparison,  Hillary  Clinton  has  proposed  programs  that  all  together  would  cost  about  $650  billion  over  10  years.  Another  comparison  is  that  the  two  wars  that  George  W.  Bush  got  the  U.S.  into,  Afghanistan  and  Iraq,  FRVW WKH QDWLRQ DERXW WULOOLRQ WKURXJK WKRVH ÂżUVW \HDUV DFFRUGLQJ WR an  updated  analysis  done  by  the  Washington  Post  in  May,  2011),  while  his  two  tax  cuts  in  2001  and  2003  cost  the  treasury  another  $2.8  trillion  in  lost  revenue.

While  Sanders  did  not  respond  to  the  WSJ  reporterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  request,  his  direc-­ tor  of  policy,  Warren  Gunnels,  did,  and  largely  agreed  with  the  Journalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  estimated  costs.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sen.  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  agenda  does  cost  money,â&#x20AC;?  Gunnels  told  the  reporter.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  you  look  at  the  problems  that  are  out  there,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  very  reasonable.â&#x20AC;?  But  letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  go  back  to  the  $15  trillion  health  care  program,  and  what  the  Journal  did  not  report.  Gerald  Friedman,  a  labor  economist  at  the  University  RI 0DVV DW $PKHUVW SURYLGHG WKH WULOOLRQ ÂżJXUH IRU D VLQJOH SD\HU ELOO (H.R.  676)  introduced  in  2013  by  Rep.  John  Conyers,  D-­Mich.  According  WR WKDW DQDO\VLV DQG WKH &RQJUHVVLRQDO %XGJHW 2IÂżFH WKH 8 6 VSHQW trillion-­plus  on  health  care  costs  in  2013  alone.  Simple  math  calculates  the  10-­year  cost  at  $30  trillion  over  the  next  decade  compared  to  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  pro-­ jected  cost  of  $15  trillion.

Yet  Sanders  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  be  alone  in  defending  expensive  programs.  Republican  billionaire  Donald  Trump  has  proposed  ludicrous  policies  the  Journal  has  yet  to  headline,  and  Jeb  Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  recent  proposed  tax  cuts  amount  to  $3.4  trillion  over  the  next  10  years,  most  of  which  go  to  the  wealthiest  1  percent.

6WLOO 6DQGHUV KDV RQO\ LGHQWLÂżHG DERXW WULOOLRQ LQ LQFUHDVHG UHYHQXH to  cover  his  proposals,  relying  primarily  on  higher  taxes  on  corporations  and  the  very  rich.  Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  have  to  provide  a  good  case  for  his  health  care  program  for  the  public  to  believe  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  net  savings,  and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  easy  task.  We  believe  Sanders  has  good  answers  to  most  of  these  challenges,  but  the  cost  of  these  government  programs  and  the  increased  taxes  to  pay  for  them  will  be  a  tough  pill  to  swallow  for  the  nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  business  community  and  the  wealthiest  individuals  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  that  will  fuel  big  dollars  into  his  opponentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  war  chests.  To  counter  that,  Sanders  will  need  a  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  revolution,  and  even  so  he  will  have  formidable  dragons  to  slay,  if  he  is  to  win  the  nomina-­ tion  and  election.  Angelo  S.  Lynn

Act  64:  Sea  change  in  policy University  of  Vermont  agronomy  specialist  Jeff  Carter,  who  works  out  of  the  0LGGOHEXU\ RIÂżFH UHFHQWO\ JDYH DGHTXDWH ZDUQLQJ WR $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ IDUPHUV that  change  was  coming  in  light  of  a  recent  agreement  between  the  state  agricul-­ ture  department  and  the  Conservation  Law  Foundation.  In  that  settlement  the  state  agreed  to  mandate  farms  whose  land  drains  into  Lake  Champlain  imple-­ ment  best  management  practices.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  substantial  change  from  previous  mea-­ VXUHV DQG LW FRPHV ZLWK VLJQLÂżFDQW FRQVHTXHQFHV IRU WKRVH ZKR GRQÂśW FRPSO\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;What  it  means  for  Addison  County  farmers  is  that  you  better  wake  up  and  pay  attention  because  this  is  not  their  problem,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  our  problem,â&#x20AC;?  Carter  said  of  the  recent  agreement  with  the  CLF,  which  was  initially  directed  at  farmers  in  the  Missisquoi  basin,  but  now  also  includes  farmers  in  the  South  Lake,  Otter  Creek  and  St.  Albans  Bay  watersheds.

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ANeSU  leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  absence  noted Regarding  the  recent  article  on  the  proposed  mediation  for  the  Ad-­ dison  Northeast  Supervisory  Union  (ANeSU),  I  feel  that  I  need  some  FODULÂżFDWLRQ In  the  article  it  was  stated  that  Superintendent  David  Adams  could  not  be  reached  for  comment  because  he  was  on  vacation.  This  during  what  is  arguably  the  most  important  time  during  the  school  year,  when  teachers,  staff,  students  and  parents  are  all  getting  their  feet  on  the  ground  for  the  new  school  year.  Seriously?

What  a  stark  contrast  with  Peter  Burrows,  superintendent  of  the  Ad-­ dison  Central  Supervisory  Union,  ZKR RQ WKH ¿UVW GD\ RI VFKRRO rode  his  bike  to  every  school  in  the  district  to  meet  with  students  and  teachers.

It  seems  to  me  that  perhaps  me-­ diation  is  not  what  is  really  required  for  ANeSU  but,  rather,  a  superinten-­ dent  who  is  truly  involved  with  the  well-­being  of  all  of  the  folks  who  make  up  the  community  of  schools  in  the  district.  I  hope  that,  whatever  the  process,  that  ANeSU  comes  out  stronger  and  healthier.

Eric  Hanson Starksboro

D.O.  program  is  a  proven  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Going  up MIGRANT  APPLE  PICKER  Keith  Royal  from  Jamaica  positions  his  ladder  up  against  a  tree  in  Happy  Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Pearson  Road  Orchard  in  New  Haven  Monday  morning.  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Haunting  memories  of  9-­11  beckon Anyone  who  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  claim  native  Vermonter  status  came  here  from  for  a  reason.  I  came  here  in  October  2002  after  living  through  the  September  11,  2001,  terrorist  attacks  in  New  York  City.

I  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  in  the  towers,  and  I  wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  downtown,  but  I  was  in  Manhattan  that  bluebird  morning,  stranded  for  hours  trying  to  get  back  to  my  apartment  in  Brooklyn.  $IWHU ÂżQGLQJ D ZRUNLQJ SKRQH DQG OHWWLQJ P\ SDUHQWV know  I  was  OK,  I  walked  south  from  midtown.  All  sub-­ way  service  had  stopped.  The  closest  I  got  to  the  Twin  Towers  was  41st  Street.  , VDZ WKH JKRVW SHRSOH IRU WKH ÂżUVW time  on  Seventh  Avenue.  I  was  walk-­ ing  downtown  when  I  began  to  notice Â

By Lee J. them  slowly,  methodically  trudging  Kahrs northward.  They  were  businessmen  and  women  in  expensive  suits  cov-­ ered  in  light  gray  ash  from  head  to  toe.  Some  carried  briefcases,  most  just  carried  themselves.  Their  eyes  did  not  see  anything  but  the  path  before  them.  Who  knew  how  far  they  had  to  go  to  get  home,  as  they  were  already  50-­plus  blocks  into  their  journeys.

I  passed  many,  many  ghost  people  on  that  stretch  of  Seventh  Avenue  that  morning.  Soon,  it  was  afternoon,  and  I  heard  that  the  F  train  was  running  from  Rockefeller  Center  to  Brooklyn.  It  was  2  p.m.  when  I  started  walking  DFURVV WRZQ RQ WK 6WUHHW ) ÂżJKWHU MHWV ZHUH Ă&#x20AC;\LQJ low  over  the  city  ahead  of  me,  and  it  was  both  surreal  and  comforting  at  the  same  time.

I  got  to  the  F  station  and  the  platforms  for  the  Brook-­ lyn-­bound  train  were  packed  with  hundreds  of  people.  2QH WUDLQ FDPH ÂżOOHG DQG OHIW 7KHQ DQRWKHU )LQDOO\ , was  able  to  squeeze  into  a  car.  In  all  of  my  years  living  in  the  city  and  riding  the  subway,  I  have  never,  before  or Â

since,  been  on  a  train  as  crowded  as  the  one  that  whisked  me  away  to  Brooklyn  that  day.

But  it  was  dead  quiet.  Hundreds  of  people  crammed  into  a  subway  car  so  tight  they  couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  move,  and  not  a  sound.  The  F  train  is  an  underground  train,  so  we  were  all  spared  having  to  look  at  the  smoldering  skyline  on  the  trip  home.  I  got  off  at  Fourth  Avenue  and  started  walk-­ ing  north  toward  President  Street.  It  was  now  4  p.m.  The  sun  that  had  shone  so  brilliantly  all  day  was  lower  in  the  west,  and  a  steady,  light  rain  of  the  same  gray  ash  that  had  covered  the  ghost  people  was  falling  from  the  sky.  It  was  the  ash  from  the  towers  falling  on  Brooklyn,  seven  hours  after  they  had  fallen,  and  I  thought,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  could  be  breathing  people.â&#x20AC;?

The  nightmares  stopped  around  2005,  but  for  roughly  a  decade  it  was  very  hard  to  talk  about  9/11.  Like  clockwork,  the  anniversaries  would  come  each  fall  and  I  avoided  the  television  outright.  I  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  need  to  see  that  footage  played  for  the  hundredth  time.  I  owned  that  foot-­ age.  It  was  permanently  stored  in  my  brain.  Then,  I  spent  three  or  four  years  feeling  almost  like  a  normal  person  who  hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  been  through  it  because  I  could  actually  put  it  out  of  my  mind  for  weeks  at  a  time.

My  memories  are  my  dysfunctional  souvenir.  I  have  never  visited  Ground  Zero  and  I  have  not  been  to  the  new  9/11  Memorial  and  Museum.  I  probably  never  will.  Just  the  thought  of  doing  so  is  overwhelming.  But  there  DUH VR PDQ\ SROLFH ÂżUH DQG UHVFXH XQLWV DFURVV WKH FRXQ-­ try  that  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  there  and  wanted  to  be,  wanted  to  help,  wanted  to  search  and  recover.  Once  the  mangled  and  twisted  metal  from  the  towers  was  slowly  removed  from  (See  Clippings,  Page  5A)

Clippings

Analytics  vital  in  sports  and  politics Most  televised  sports  broadcasts  feature  advertise-­ ments  for  Fan  Duel  and  Draft  Kings,  online  sites  offer-­ ing  daily  and  weekly  fantasy  games  in  football,  baseball  and  other  sports.  Fantasy  sports  sites  are  exempt  from  prohibitions  on  online  gambling.  Federal  law  treats  them  as  games  of  skill,  not  games  of  chance.

Sports  columnists  who  have  written  about  online  fan-­ tasy  sports  say  the  skills  needed  to  win  are  not  those  of  everyday  fans,  but  advanced  analytics  and  algorithms  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  skills  taught  to  MBA  students,  and  to  Ph.D.  students  in  economics  and  mathematics.  Analytics  are  becoming  increasing-­ ly  important  in  professional  sports.  MIT  now  sponsors  an  annual  con-­ ference  on  sports  analytics.  Earlier  this  year,  Pittsburgh  Tribune-­Review  sportswriter  Travis  Sawchick  pub-­ lished  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big  Money  Baseball,â&#x20AC;?  a  book  in  the  tradition  of  Michael  Lewisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  By  Eric  L.  Davis â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moneyball.â&#x20AC;?  Sawchick  shows  how  the  Pittsburgh  Pirates,  a  low-­budget  franchise,  used  advanced  analytics  to  turn  around  a  team  that  had  a  20-­year  losing  record.  Pi-­ rates  manager  Clint  Hurdle  and  his  staff  have  a  database  with  millions  of  data  points,  on  every  pitch  and  swing  of  the  Pirates  and  their  opponents.  The  Pirates  use  this  data  to  build  lineups,  for  in-­game  strategy,  and  to  make  deci-­ sions  on  the  draft  and  free  agency.  This  year,  the  Pirates  are  one  of  the  top  three  teams  in  baseball.

These  analytical  techniques  have  also  made  their  way  LQWR SROLWLFDO FDPSDLJQV &RQVXOWLQJ ÂżUPV VWDIIHG E\ MBAs  and  Ph.D.s  offer  candidates  and  political  parties  â&#x20AC;&#x153;microtargetingâ&#x20AC;?  strategies,  which  seek  to  identify  likely Â

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supporters  at  the  individual,  rather  than  the  zip  code  or  neighborhood,  levels.

One  of  the  most  important  tasks  for  any  campaign  is  voter  mobilization  and  turnout.  Candidates  want  to  iden-­ tify  likely  voters,  convert  persuadable  voters,  and  make  sure  all  these  voters  actually  cast  a  ballot.  In  primary  elections,  when  fewer  than  one-­quarter  of  registered  vot-­ ers  typically  go  to  the  polls,  identifying  supporters  is  a  key  to  victory.

Traditionally,  mobilization  relied  on  a  few  sources  of  data  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  public  records  showing  who  had  voted  in  previous  elections,  and  demographic  data  collected  at  the  zip  code  level.  The  demographic  data  was  correlated  with  polls  to  deter-­ mine  which  groups  were  most  likely  to  support  a  particular  candidate.  Campaigns  would  then  use  mailings  and  phone  calls  to  communicate  to  all  voters  in  a  geographical  area  with  certain  demographic  attributes.

Microtargeting  takes  advantage  of  two  developments  in  the  tech  world  over  the  past  decade.  First,  for  many  voters,  especially  younger  people,  tradi-­ tional  broadcast  and  print  media  have  been  replaced  as  sources  of  political  information  by  online  news  sites,  al-­ ternative  media,  and  social  media.  Second,  the  reduction  in  the  cost  of  digital  storage  has  allowed  the  collection  of  a  very  large  number  of  data  points  on  every  individual,  relating  to  consumer  behavior,  political  preferences,  me-­ dia  habits  and  many  other  attributes.

0LFURWDUJHWLQJ ¿UPV XVH DOJRULWKPV WKH\ KDYH GHYHO-­ (See  Davis,  Page  5A)

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I  am  in  total  agreement  with  Peter  Ryersbach  and  Clifford  Bell  that  the  D.O.  program  has  been  very  successful  in  educating  students,  involving  the  community  and  using  appropriate  tools  to  further  student  success.  This  program  is  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;gem.â&#x20AC;?  It  has  produced  many  successful,  happy,  motivated  students  who  are  now  working  and  living  in  our  community  and  are  considered  a  valuable  part  of  it.

I  am  a  retired  speech/language  pathologist  who  worked  in  the  D.O.  program  for  eight  years  and  saw  ¿UVWKDQG WKH LQFUHGLEOH GHGLFDWLRQ of  the  staff  and  the  students  work-­ ing  to  ensure  that  they  had  enough  self-­esteem  to  forge  ahead  with  their  work  and  be  successful  in  their  lives.  Mainstreaming  may  work  with  cer-­ tain  students,  but  others  need  small,  focused  classes  with  integrated  learn-­ ing  that  are  a  proven  success.

Why  change  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;gemâ&#x20AC;?  that  has  earned  high  marks  for  many  years?

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Farmers  should  talk  to  neighbors I  worry  that  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  industrial-­ scale  dairy  farmers  (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Manure  pit  sparks  debate  in  town  and  beyond,â&#x20AC;?  Sept.  7)  will  reap  a  bitter  harvest  if  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  exercise  the  simple,  old-­fashioned  neighborliness  that  has  always  been  a  hallmark  of  life  in  rural  Vermont.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  seen  the  tragic  story  repeat  itself  in  countless  agricultural  com-­ munities  across  the  country.  Water  and  air  pollution  from  large  farms  ZKHUH DQLPDOV DUH NHSW LQ FRQÂżQH-­ ment  deprives  families  living  nearby  of  the  basic  right  to  enjoy  their  property.  The  same  pollution  lowers  the  value  of  that  property  and  makes  LW GLIÂżFXOW WR VHOO 7KH QHLJKERUVÂś desperate  appeals  to  politicians  and  government  agencies  are  stone-­ walled,  leaving  no  recourse  other  than  suing  the  farm  owner.

These  class  action  â&#x20AC;&#x153;nuisanceâ&#x20AC;?  suits  are  usually  brought  by  law-­ yers  who  charge  no  fees  to  their  clients.  Instead  they  take  a  portion  of  rewards  granted  by  the  court.  The  farmers  are  left  with  enormous  legal  bills  at  the  very  least,  and  often  have  to  pay  settlements  that  run  into  hundreds  of  thousands  and  even  millions  of  dollars.  Farmers  learn  to  their  shock  that  even  the  strongest  â&#x20AC;&#x153;right  to  farmâ&#x20AC;?  laws  in  the  biggest  agricultural  states  offer  no  protec-­ tion  against  the  constitutionally  enshrined  right  of  citizens  to  enjoy  their  homes  and  property.

In  the  end,  entire  communities  are  permanently  divided.  Everybody  loses.  Anyone  living  in  rural  Ad-­ dison  County  should  reasonably  be  expected  to  tolerate  the  occasional  whiff  of  manure.  But  where  does  UHDVRQDEOH HQG" $ PDQXUH ¿OOHG pit  beside  a  well-­traveled  road  in  a  beautiful  valley?  A  farmer  destroy-­ ing  the  peace  and  quiet  of  dozens  of  (See  Letter,  Page  5A)

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The  email  imbroglio  has  taken  a  toll  on  Clinton.  Imagine  what  the  other  side  would  do  with  Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  SDVW /HW PH EH FOHDU , GRQÂśW WKLQN he  has  anything  to  be  ashamed  of.  (See  Dennis,  Page  7A)

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ADDISON COUNTY

Obituaries

Rosemary Bryden, 89, Bristol

Bernice LaPorte, 97, Leicester LEICESTER  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Bernice  B.  LaPorte,  age  97,  has  passed  on  to  once  again  be  with  the  love  of  her  life,  George  L.  LaPorte  who  died  in  1972.

Bernice  was  born  on  June  20,  1918,  in  Forest  Dale,  Vt.,  to  George  Emerson  Ryder  and  Mary  Fleming  Ryder.  She  lived  in  Leicester  from  1940  until  she  could  no  longer  live  on  her  own.  She  had  been  residing  at  Wintergreen  Residential  in  Brandon  since  July  2012.

She  received  her  early  education  in  the  one-­room  Fernville  School  house  in  Leicester.  She  worked  many  jobs  as  a  young  woman.  One  of  them  was  working  at  Cove  Point  Dance  Hall  and  restaurant  where  she  even-­ tually  met  the  love  of  her  life.  They  were  married  on  April  18,  1936,  in  Brandon.

She  worked  at  Van  Raalte  in  Middlebury,  Newton  &  Thompson  in  Forest  Dale  and  Rollers  by  Baker  in  Forest  Dale,  and  for  Camp  Thorpe  in  Goshen.  She  was  a  former  member  of  the  Leicester  Historical  Society.  She  retired  in  1983.  She  became  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grandmaâ&#x20AC;?  to  many  children  that  were  not  born  of  the  family.  She  babysat  for  many  children  and  enjoyed  every  minute  of  it  especially  all  the  hugs  and  kisses.  One  very  important  child  in  her  babysitting  career  was  RJ.  Survivors  include  her  children,  Allen  and  his  wife  Jeanne  of  Leicester  and  his  former  wife  Suzanne  Lester  of  Pittsford;Íž  Donald;Íž  Kenneth;Íž  Robert  and  his  wife  Marilyn  from  Leicester;Íž  Annette  LaRock  of  Salisbury;Íž  Marjorie  and  her  husband  Robert  of  Brandon;Íž  and  Eileen  LaPorte  and  her  partner  Charles  of  North  Carolina;Íž  13  grandchildren;Íž  21  great-­grand-­ children;Íž  and  18  great-­great-­grand-­ children.  Her  sister-­in-­law  Elaine  Brodeur-­LaPorte  Parmelee  and  her Â

BERNICE  LAPORTE husband  Gale  of  Brandon  and  many  nieces,  nephews  and  cousins  also  survive  her.

She  was  predeceased  by  her  parents;Íž  her  brothers,  George  and  his  wives  Isabelle  and  Jessica,  Royce  and  his  wife  Ruth,  Fred  and  his  wife  Betty,  and  Kenneth;Íž  and  her  sisters  Minnie  Chandler-­Taylor-­Henning,  Alice  Ryder,  Emma  and  her  husband  George  Hall,  Iola  Ryder,  Dorothy  and  KHU Âż UVW KXVEDQG +RZDUG 1LFNODZ and  Louis  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redâ&#x20AC;?  Reed,  Irene  and  KHU Âż UVW KXVEDQG (GZDUG )RUUHVW DQG Wilson  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;?  Jones,  and  Elizabeth  and  her  husband  Raymond  Forrest;Íž  her  daughters-­in-­law  Mrs.  Kenneth  (Lena)  Colburn  LaPorte  and  Mrs.  Donald  (Shirley)  Sprague  LaPorte;Íž  her  son-­in  law  Donald  LaRock;Íž  and  Annetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  partner  Frederick  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buckyâ&#x20AC;?  Ploof.  Many  nieces,  nephews  and  cousins  also  predeceased  her.  She  was  also  predeceased  by  her  mother-­  and  father-­in-­law  Gladys  Jacques-­ Nicklaw-­Gelina  and  Philip  M. Â

BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Rosemary  B.  Bryden  of  Bristol,  Vt.,  died  on  Friday,  Sept.  11,  2015.  She  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  on  Aug.  15,  1926,  to  Clark  Bill  Bristol  and  Ruth  Esther  (Malley)  Bristol.  She  graduated  from  William  H.  Hall  High  School  in  West  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  June  1944  and  from  the  University  of  Vermont  in  1948.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Kappa  Alpha  Theta  sorority.

While  she  was  attending  the  University  of  Vermont  she  met  her  future  husband,  Stanton  H.  Bryden.  They  were  married  on  Sept.  25,  1948.  They  moved  to  Bristol  in  1949,  buying  an  insurance  agency  and  beginning  their  family.  They  owned  and  operated  the  Bristol  Insurance  Agency  from  1949  to  1987.  They  would  spend  64  years  living  in  Bristol.

In  addition  to  working  part  time  in  the  agency,  Rosemary  orchestrated  home  and  family  life  in  their  house  RQ 3OHDVDQW 6WUHHW WKDW LQFOXGHG ¿ YH children,  several  dogs,  cats,  chick-­ ens,  rabbits  and  a  horse.  Winter  weather  provided  the  opportunity  for  an  ice  rink  on  the  front  lawn  and  sleigh  rides  around  town.  During  the  summer  the  family  could  often  be  found  having  fun  at  Cedar  Crest,  the  camp  on  Lake  Champlain  that  they  shared  with  three  other  families.

Rosemary  saw  to  it  that  all  their  children  were  kept  active  and  engaged  in  a  variety  of  ways.  From  Scout  camps  to  horse  shows  to  swim  meets  there  was  never  a  dull  moment  in  the  household.  Rosemary  happily  managed  the  busy  chaos  to  assure  that  all  were  fed,  clothed  and  well-­ loved,  all  the  while  teaching  us  the  skills  and  values  we  would  need Â

Brodeur-­LaPorte  of  Forest  Dale.

A  Mass  of  Christian  burial  will  be  celebrated  on  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  2015,  at  10  a.m.  at  St.  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Catholic  Church  in  Brandon.  Calling  hours  will  be  on  Friday,  Sept.  18,  from  5-­7  p.m.  at  Miller  &  Ketcham  funeral  home  in  Brandon.

Burial  will  follow  after  the  funeral  in  St.  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Cemetery  in  Brandon.  Following  the  ceremony  the  family  will  receive  friends  at  St.  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Parish  Hall,  for  a  time  of  remembrance Memorial  contributions  in  lieu  RI Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV PD\ EH PDGH WR WKH Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Association,  300  Cornerstone  Lane,  Williston,  VT  05495;Íž  or  to  St.  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Church  Fuel  Fund,  38  Carver  St.,  Brandon,  VT  05733.

Arrangements  are  under  the  direc-­ tion  of  the  Miller  &  Ketcham  Funeral  NEW  SMYRNA  BEACH,  Fla.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  +RPH LQ %UDQGRQ ¸ Olivia  Fernandez  White  Pratt  of  New  Smyrna  Beach,  Fla.,  and  previously  of  Vermont,  died  Sept.  11,  2015,  in  Daytona  Beach,  Fla.,  at  the  age  of  78.

She  was  born  in  Forest  Hills,  N.Y.,  WKH PXFK ORYHG GDXJKWHU RI (Âż JHQLR and  Luisa  (Quintana)  Fernandez,  and  grew  up  in  New  York  City.  She  was  a  Comes;Íž  and  her  sister,  Helen  Murray. brilliant  student  and  spent  her  school  A  private  graveside  committal  days  in  classes  for  the  gifted,  gradu-­ service  and  burial  will  take  place,  ating  high  school  at  16.  She  dreamed  at  a  later  date,  in  Mount  Pleasant  of  having  a  home  in  the  country  Cemetery  in  Gaysville,  with  a  where  she  could  raise  many  children,  QHSKHZ .HQW *LOPDQ RIÂż FLDWLQJ have  horses,  dogs  and  farm  animals,  0HPRULDO JLIWV LQ OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV and  garden,  and  that  is  what  brought  may  be  made  to  The  Recreational  her  to  Vermont.  Many  knew  her  as  Fund,  Memory  Care  Unit  at  Porter  Libby,  and  her  grandchildren  called  Health  &  Rehab,  30  Porter  Drive,  her  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grandma  Libby.â&#x20AC;?

Middlebury, Â VT Â 05753.

She  was  articulate,  creative  and  The  family  would  like  to  give  well  read,  and  did  the  NY  Times  special  thanks  to  Dr.  Jessica  Rouse  crossword  puzzle  daily.  She  kicked  and  all  the  staff  at  Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Memory  ass  at  Scrabble  and  you  never  wanted  Care  Unit  for  their  tender  loving  care  to  get  in  a  debate  with  her  about  poli-­ for  Ona  (Mom). tics  or  history,  as  she  would  always  Arrangements  are  under  the  direc-­ win,  or  at  least  outwit  you.  She  was  tion  of  the  Miller  &  Ketcham  Funeral  well  known  for  rescuing  countless  +RPH LQ %UDQGRQ ¸ dogs,  sea  turtles  and  teenagers,  and Â

E.  Boutwell  Jr.  in  Hancock.  They  made  their  home  there  until  moving  to  East  Middlebury  in  1954.  There  she  raised  her  family  and  ran  a  book  shop  out  of  her  home.  She  enjoyed  bowling,  craft  sales  and  was  an  accomplished  artist  in  watercolor  painting.

She  is  survived  by  two  sons,  William  A.  Boutwell  and  his  wife  Ann  of  Middlebury  and  Reginald  G.  Boutwell  and  his  wife  Louise  of  Randolph;͞  a  daughter,  Ellen  Boutwell  Gilman  of  Chelsea;͞  four  grandchil-­ dren;͞  10  great-­grandchildren;͞  and  several  nieces,  nephews  and  cousins.

She  was  predeceased  by  her  husband,  Archie  Boutwell;Íž  two  brothers,  Arthur  Comes  and  Jasper Â

Peace of mind is knowing your loved one never leaves our care.

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ROSEMARY  B.  BRYDEN compassionate  support  over  the  last  several  years.  This  includes  the  caring  staff  at  Eastview  Residential,  where  Mom  spent  the  last  two  years,  as  well  as  Bristol  Internal  Medicine  and  Addison  County  Home  Health  &  Hospice.

Funeral  arrangements  will  be  handled  by  Brown-­McClay  Funeral  Home  in  Bristol.  Calling  hours  will  be  held  from  5-­7  p.m.  on  Thursday,  Sept.  17,  at  the  funeral  home,  with  funeral  services  on  Friday,  Sept.  18,  at  11  a.m.  at  the  Bristol  Federated  Church  in  Bristol.  Interment  will  follow  immediately  at  Greenwood  Cemetery  in  Bristol.  A  light  lunch  will  be  provided  at  the  Federated  Church. ,Q OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC; RZHUV FRQWULEXWLRQV may  be  made  to  Addison  County  Home  Health  &  Hospice,  P.O.  Box  0LGGOHEXU\ 97 ¸

Olivia Pratt, 78, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.

Ona Boutwell, 97, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Ona  Comes  Boutwell,  age  97,  died  Friday,  Sept.  11,  2015,  at  Helen  Porter  Healthcare  &  Rehabilitation  Center  in  Middlebury.

Mrs.  Boutwell  was  born  in  Hancock,  Vt.,  on  Oct.  19,  1917.  She  was  the  daughter  of  William  and  Christy  (Parrish)  Comes.  She  grew  up  in  Hancock  where  she  received  her  early  education  and  graduated  from  Rochester  High  School,  class  of  1936.  She  graduated  from  Castleton  Teachers  College,  class  of  1938.  She  began  her  teaching  career  in  Granville  schools.  She  also  taught  in  Hancock,  Weybridge  and  Brandon  schools.

July  29,  1939,  she  married  Archie Â

as  adults.  She  was  very  active  in  community  and  church  groups,  and  supported  swim  programs  in  Bristol.

As  the  children  grew  up,  Stan  and  Rosemary  continued  to  be  an  integral  part  of  their  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lives  and  their  burgeoning  families.  They  also  found  time  to  enjoy  other  pursuits  like  golf,  daily  walks  and  maintaining  their  retirement  home  on  North  Street.  They  could  often  be  seen  teaming  up  to  mow  their  large  lawn,  each  at  the  helm  of  their  own  ride-­on  mower.  They  were  also  able  to  enjoy  many  winters  in  Florida  with  family  and  friends,  providing  an  escape  from  the  cold  for  all  of  us.

(YHQ DV WKHLU RZQ LQ¿ UPLWLHV began  to  limit  them  in  their  late  80s,  they  continued  to  support  their  now  extensive  family.  Rosemary  and  Stan  took  great  pride  in  their  family  and  especially  enjoyed  their  13  grand-­ children  and  10  great-­grandchildren.  They  always  remained  interested  and  engaged  in  the  lives  and  interests  of  all  of  us.

Rosemary  was  recently  prede-­ ceased  by  her  loving  husband  of  67  years  in  May  2015.  But  their  legacy  lives  on  through  their  children,  Linda  Piasecki  and  her  husband  Charles  of  Vergennes,  Vt.,  Susan  Mailloux  and  her  husband  John  of  Williamstown,  Vt.,  Janet  Krantz  and  her  husband  Ken  of  Tinmouth,  Vt.,  Bill  Bryden  and  his  wife  Phyllis  of  Starksboro,  Vt.,  and  Cary  Corse  and  her  husband  Jack  of  Cambridge,  Vt.  She  also  leaves  her  loving  sister,  Ruth  Merrill  of  Hampden,  Maine,  and  her  children.

The  family  would  like  to  thank  all  the  folks  that  have  supported  Rosemary  and  all  of  us,  provid-­ ing  quality  health  care  and Â

feeding  feral  cats,  as  well  as  breed-­ ing  and  showing  bull  terriers.  Many  knew  and  admired  her  for  her  social  work  in  both  Vermont  and  Florida,  as  she  touched  many  peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lives.

She  was  a  dynamic  and  loving  woman,  and  sadly  an  obituary  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  come  close  to  honoring  her.  She  will  be  greatly  missed  by  her  children  and  their  partners,  Lori  (White)  and  Peter  Ebare,  Edward  White  and  Wendy  Hoare,  Michelle  (White)  and  Robert  Lee,  Amy  (White)  and  Fabian  Bourgeois,  Elizabeth  and  Russell  White-­Montour,  and  Jenny  (White)  and  Ben  Brinker;Íž  and  many  grand-­ children  and  great-­grandchildren,  as  well  as  her  siblings,  Michael  Fernandez,  and  Susan  and  Jeff  Armstrong;Íž  three  nephews;Íž  and  her  faithful  bull  terrier  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star.â&#x20AC;?

She  was  predeceased  by  her  beloved  husband,  Philip  Pratt;͞  her  father  and  mother;͞  and  her  nephew  Jesse  Armstrong.

A  memorial  tribute  will  be  held  on  Sept.  27,  2015,  at  3  p.m.  at  the  Friends  Meeting  House,  Upper Â

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Robert Moore, 93, Middlebury MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Robert  Bruce  Moore,  93,  died  at  home  on  Foote  Street  in  Middlebury  Sept.  8,  2015,  of  natural  causes.  He  was  born  in  Mineola,  New  York,  on  Sept.  25,  1921,  to  Clarence  and  Anna  (Rein-­ hardt)  Moore.

A  native  of  Long  Island  in  New  York  state,  Mr.  Moore  was  a  master  serviceman  for  Pyrofax  Gas  Corp.  and  a  service  supervisor  for  Caloric  Stove  Co.  After  graduating  from  Mineola  High  School,  he  worked  on  a  dairy  farm  in  East  Norwich,  N.Y.,  enlisted  in  the  U.S.  Army,  re-­ paired  equipment  at  Monroe  Cal-­ culating  Machine  Co.  in  Brooklyn,  and  in  1946  married  Audrey  (Sea-­ man)  Moore,  whom  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  met  in  high  school.

The  couple  bought  a  home  in  the  Levittown  development  in  Westbury,  N.Y.,  where  they  raised  two  children.  They  moved  to  Vermont  about  seven  years  ago  to  be  closer  to  their  daugh-­ ter,  Annie  Moore-­Cox,  of  Middle-­ EXU\ 7KH\ ZHUH DPRQJ WKH ÂżUVW UH-­ tired  couples  to  live  at  The  Lodge  at  Otter  Creek. Â

Mr.  Moore  was  a  lifelong  model  railroader,  an  accomplished  repair-­ man,  and  a  familiar  face  at  adult  day  care  activities  at  Project  Indepen-­ dence.  He  cared  for  his  wife,  who  suffers  from  Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Disease,  until  the  last  year  of  his  life,  despite  a  2006  stroke  that  left  him  with  lim-­ ited  use  of  his  dominant  left  hand.  At  the  start  of  the  summer,  he  was  still  taking  the  bus  from  Project  In-­ dependence  to  visit  his  wife,  Audrey,  a  resident  at  Helen  Porter  Healthcare  and  Rehabilitation  Center.

He  is  survived  by  his  wife;͞  by  a  son,  Robert  Moore,  Jr.,  and  his  wife,  Fran,  of  Saratoga,  N.Y.;͞  by  daughter  Annie  Moore-­Cox  and  her  husband,  Matthew  Cox,  of  Middlebury;͞  by  ¿YH JUDQGGDXJKWHUV E\ WZR JUHDW grandchildren;͞  and  by  a  niece  and  nephew.

He  was  predeceased  by  his  parents  and  by  his  brother,  John.

A  memorial  service  will  be  held  at  1  p.m.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  at  the  Middlebury  Congregational  Church,  followed  by  a  reception  down-­ stairs.  Memorial  contributions  may Â

ROBERT  MOORE be  made  to  Addison  County  Home  Health  and  Hospice,  P.O.  Box  754,  Route  7,  Middlebury,  VT  05753,  or  to  Project  Independence,  P.O.  Box  581,  112  Exchange  St.,  Middlebury,  97 ¸

Jim Murphy memorial service MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Memorial  gatherings  for  Jim  Murphy,  the  Shoreham  resident  who  passed  away  on  Aug.  25,  have  been  sched-­ uled  for  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  in  Mid-­ dlebury.

A  memorial  service  will  begin  at  noon  at  the  Champlain  Valley  Uni-­

tarian  Universalist  Society  church  on  Duane  Court  in  Middlebury.  After  the  service,  which  will  last  about  an  hour,  friends  and  family  will  gather  at  the  Town  Hall  Theater  in  Middlebury  for  a  celebration  of  Jimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life.  The  theater  program  will  include  an  opportunity  to  share  brief Â

memories  of  Jim.  Both  the  church  and  theater  events  will  be  open  to  the  public.  The  theater  program  will  include  snacks  and  a  cash  bar.  In  lieu  of  bringing  food,  the  family  requests  that  donations  be  made  to  CVUUS  RU WKH 7RZQ +DOO 7KHDWHU ¸

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County  this  fall.  Some  Flu  vaccines  are  Bristol:  Wednesday,  Oct.  14,  10  will  also  offer  free  foot  *HWWLQJ WKH Ă X DYDLODEOH DW WKH Ă&#x20AC;X FOLQ-­ a.m.-­noon,  American  Legion,  10  vaccine as soon ics  listed  below  for  Airport  Drive.  A  free  foot  clinic  care.

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Plato  (Continued  from  Page  5A) use  the  term  philosophy  to  refer  not  to  the  academic  discipline  taught  in  colleges  and  universities,  but  to  a  revolution  in  learning,  to  the  pursuit  of  knowledge  by  rational  inquiry  rather  than  by  received  tradition.  In  fact,  philosophy,  in  this  sense,  began  a  century  before  Socrates,  in  the  Greek  city  of  Miletus,  in  Asia  Minor;Íž  its  great  personages  were  Thales,  Anaximander,  Aniximenes,  which  are  not  household  names.  Not  long  after  this,  Pythagoras,  who  was  born  in  Asia  Minor,  began  a  school  in  southern  Italy,  and  philosophical  HQTXLU\ Ă&#x20AC;RXULVKHG WKHUH DOVR Historians  generally  treat  early  Greek  philosophers  under  the  head-­ ing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Presocratics,â&#x20AC;?  as  if  to  say  that  all  philosophical  activity  before  Socrates  was  preparative  of  his  ad-­ vent.  This  also  is  false.  Rather,  Greek  philosophy  has  had  WZR EHJLQQLQJV 7KH ÂżUVW SKLORVR-­ phers  were  naturalists,  whose  pri-­ mary  interest  was  cosmology,  how  the  world  came  to  be  and  how  it  was  organized.  They  invented  the  idea  of  nature  as  a  self-­subsisting  sys-­ tem  that  is  the  source  of  everything  that  is.  For  the  most  part  they  were  materialists.  They  supposed  that  there  was  some  material  substance,  which,  through  various  physical  transformations  generated  worlds  and  everything  that  is  in  them.  Socrates  probably  began  his  philo-­ sophical  studies  as  one  of  them.  One  of  the  charges  brought  against  him  was  that  he  claimed  that  the  sun  was  a  rock,  and  the  moon  a  pile  of  earth,  and  in  Aristophanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  mocking  char-­ acterization  of  him  in  his  comedy  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Clouds,â&#x20AC;?  he  is  made  out  to  be  a  worshipper  of  meteorological  phe-­ nomena:  space,  air,  and  clouds.  However,  at  some  point  in  midlife,  Socrates  underwent  a  con-­ version.  He  turned  his  back  on  na-­ ture  and  gave  his  attention  exclu-­ sively  to  moral  questions  and  to  the  moral  foundations  of  civil  society.  He  became  the  second  founder  of  philosophy,  of  moral  and  political  philosophy,  or  at  least  of  a  tradition  of  it  that  has  come  to  dominate  our Â

culture.  Insofar  as  any  of  us  believes  that  civil  society  is  essential  to  hu-­ PDQ Ă&#x20AC;RXULVKLQJ DQG WKDW WR VXFFHHG it  must  be  grounded  in  rationally  defensible  moral  principles,  we  are  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Socratics.â&#x20AC;?

Therefore,  the  next  two  essays  will  be  devoted  to  discovering  Socrates.  Plato,  who  is  our  primary  source  of  Socratesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  philosophical  practice,  seems  to  have  believed  that  the  charg-­ es  against  Socrates  were  trumped  up  and  politically  motivated,  that  Socrates  was  not  surprised  by  them,  and  that  he  deliberately  baited  and  provoked  his  antagonists.  Stay  tuned.

Postscript:  I  invite  readers  of  this  essay  to  join  me  in  reading  Platoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Republic.  There  are  many  English  translations  of  it  available.  To  begin  with  there  is  an  old  reliable  transla-­ tion  by  Benjamin  Jowett,  published  a  century  and  a  half  ago  but  still  available  in  various  paperback  edi-­ tions,  and  very  readable.  Among  recent  translations,  the  two  that  I  prefer  are:  Plato,  Republic,  G.M.A.  Grube,  translator,  Indianapolis:  Hackett  Publishing  Company;Íž  and  The  Republic  of  Plato,  Allan  Bloom,  translator,  New  York:  Basic  Books.

(Continued  from  Page  5A) Sandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  past.

Let  me  be  clear:  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  think  he  has  anything  to  be  ashamed  of.  But  in  the  deadly  shooting  gallery  of  presidential  politics,  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  plenty  IRU KLV RSSRQHQWV WR ÂżUH DW Perhaps  the  biggest  canard  pro-­ moted  by  Bernieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  most  partisan  supporters  is  that  if  everybody  who  supports  him  would  vote  for  him,  he  would  win.

Too  bad  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  no  evidence  for  that.  Hillary  Clinton  continues  to  hold  not  just  the  broad  support  of  party  elites  and  the  money  people.  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  got  far  more  support  among  Democratic  voters  nationwide.  And  when  it  comes  to  the  ground  game  beyond  New  Hampshire  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  where  the  money  to  buy  media  is  crucial  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lead  is  enormous.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hard  to  see  where  Sanders  could  come  up  with  the  money  to  buy  media  in  all  the  states  that  play  such  an  important  role  in  the  March  primaries.

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Town of Middlebury Addison County Regional Planning Commission

0LGGOHEXU\ 7UDIĂ&#x20AC; F &DOPLQJ 6WXG\ NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday September 23rd, 2015 at 6:00pm Middlebury Town Hall, 94 Main Street, Middlebury The ACRPC in collaboration with the Town of Middlebury and DuBois & King Inc. LV VWXG\LQJ URDG WUDIĂ&#x20AC; F FDOPLQJ RSWLRQV IRU 6RXWK 6WUHHW 6H\PRXU 6WUHHW DQG Halladay Road. The project goals are to address the safety of neighborhoods and to improve quality of life in Middlebury.

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ters  with  the  Latino  and  black  vot-­ ers  who  are  so  important  in  prima-­ ries  beyond  New  Hampshire.  I  wish  all  that  werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  true.  I  wish  that  Bernie  Sanders  was  on  an  equal  footing  with  Hillary  Clin-­ ton  in  the  money  game.  That  more  voters  could  see  his  â&#x20AC;&#x153;socialistâ&#x20AC;?  po-­ sitions  are  what  used  to  the  main-­ stream  in  American  politics.

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Gregory  Dennisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  column  ap-­ pears  here  every  other  Thursday  and  is  archived  on  his  blog  at  www. gregdennis.wordpress.com,  Email:  gregdennisvt@yahoo.com,  Twitter:  @greengregdennis.

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PAGE  8A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  September  17,  2015

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20 2015

COURSE

18-mile & 6-mile timed runs, 2-mile family fun run/walk. All courses are loops on pristine trails through woods, farmland, meadow and river valleys, circumnavigating the town. (18-mile run capped at 100 runners).

LOCATION

Start & end at Wright Park in Middlebury, VT. Post-race celebration with refreshments, prizes & music. All welcome, any ability.

All proceeds help to maintain & improve the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM).

Registration begins June 1 at http://www.maltvt.org

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activities  and  a  Kiss  the  Pig  contest.  Free  admis-­ sion.  Info:  897-­2747  or  897-­7031. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vermont  and  the  Civil  Warâ&#x20AC;?  presentation  in  Lego  Night  in  Shoreham.  Thursday,  Bridport.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  2  p.m.,  Bridport  Sept.  17,  5:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  *UDQJH +DOO +RZDUG &RIÂż Q ZLOO VSHDN RQ WKH ZDU Library.  For  kids  5  and  up.  Come  check  out  and  its  effect  on  Vermonters.  Free.  Handicap-­ our  giant  collection  of  Legos,  build  your  creation  accessible.  Info:  802-­758-­2218. and  hang  out  with  your  friends.  Info:  897-­2647  or  Land  and  farm  tour  in  New  Haven.  Sunday,  Sept.  www.plattlib.org.

20,  2-­4:30  p.m.,  Susan  Smiley  Farm,  3343  River  Republican  caucus  in  Leicester.  Thursday,  Sept.  Road.  The  New  Haven  Conservation  Commission  17,  6  p.m.,  Leicester  Senior  Center.  For  the  and  UVM  PLACE  Program  will  lead  a  walk  on  the  purpose  of  electing  a  town  committee  to  serve  150  acres  of  woods,  pastures  and  croplands  of  for  the  following  two  years.  Refreshments  served.  this  1805  dairy  farm,  and  will  talk  about  the  Smiley  Info:  247-­3160.

Farm  history  and  possible  future  uses  for  the  land.  Archaeology  presentation  in  Vergennes.  Come  prepared  for  walking;Íž  wear  long  pants,  socks  Thursday,  Sept.  17,  6-­7:30  p.m.,  Bixby  Library.  and  closed-­toes  shoes  to  protect  against  ticks,  and  The  library  celebrates  Vermont  bring  a  water  bottle.  Rain  or  shine.  Archaeology  Month  with  an  open  Pittsford  Ridge  hike  in  Hubbardton.  Sunday,  Sept.  house  and  presentation  titled  S P +XEEDUGWRQ %DWWOHÂż HOG 6WDWH +LVWRULF â&#x20AC;&#x153;From  the  Cabinet  of  Curiosities  Site.  Site  interpreter  Carl  Fuller  leads  a  hike  up  part  to  the  Modern  Museum:  of  the  July  7,  1777,  American  evacu-­ Collections  Management  and  ation  route  up  to  Pittsford  Ridge  MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adult: Thurs.

Repatriation  in  Small  Institutions.â&#x20AC;?  after  the  Battle  of  Hubbardton.  Wear  Mixed Media Pastel, Drawing, Mon PM Oils, Beaded Come  see  the  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  archaeo-­ sturdy  shoes  and  bring  water.  Info:  Jewelry, AM Int./Ad Painting, Thurs.

AM Oils, Clay logical  collections  and  exhibits  802-­759-­2412.  Wheel & Hand Building. Children: Pottery-Wheel in  progress,  with  a  short  talk  by  $IÂż OLDWH DUWLVWV FROODERUDWLYH Katherine  Raynor,  manager  of  concert  at  Middlebury  College. & Hand Building, Weds. $UW RI WKH 6HOĂ&#x20AC; H Mon. the  Museum  Room  inventory  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  3  p.m.,  Mahaney  Adventures in Art, Imagining the Future, Holiday project.  Info:  877-­2211. &HQWHU IRU WKH $UWV $IÂż OLDWH DUWLVWV RI Gifts. Contact Barb at 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.

Historical  society  meeting  in  the  Middlebury  College  Department  com, middleburystudioschool.org Bristol.  Thursday,  Sept.  17,  7  of  Music  present  an  eclectic  concert,  p.m.,  Howden  Hall.  The  Bristol  playing  some  of  their  favorite  music,  Historical  Society  welcomes  Jim  from  classical  to  bluegrass.  Free.  Ross,  who  will  talk  about  the  French  and  Indian  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleeting  Animal:  An  Opera  from  Judevineâ&#x20AC;?  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

War.  Info:  453-­7709  or  453-­2888. on  stage  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  7:30  Pianist/writer  Jessica  Roemischer  performance  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overburdenâ&#x20AC;?  screening  and  discussion  at  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  4  p.m.,  Town  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  House.  This  is  the  tragic  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Sept.  17,  7-­9  p.m.,  Hall  Theater.  Roemischer  brings  the  audience  a  love  story  of  Tommy,  a  recently  returned  veteran  McCardell  Bicentennial  Hall  216.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overburdenâ&#x20AC;?  sense  of  joy  and  possibility  in  this  performance,  (Adam  Hall),  and  Grace,  a  struggling  and  misun-­ GLUHFWRU DQG (PP\ ZLQQLQJ Âż OPPDNHU &KDG which  includes  readings  from  her  poetic  writings  derstood  single  mother  (Mary  Bonhag).  For  more  Stevens  will  talk  about  the  movie  after  the  screen-­ and  new  book,  as  well  as  music.  Tickets  $10,  $5  LQIRUPDWLRQ YLVLW ZZZ DĂ&#x20AC; HHWLQJDQLPDO FRP 7KLV ing.  Learn  more  at  http://thecoalwar.com.

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Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  5  p.m.,  Vermont  Virtuosi  in  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Middlebury  College  Museum  of  Art  and  Lower  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  Atlatl-­making  workshop  in  Addison.  Lobby.  Remarks  on  the  museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fall  exhib-­ the  Arts.  Artistic  Director  Laurel  Ann  Maurer  and  Friday,  Sept.  18,  noon-­5  p.m.,  Chimney  its,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Art  of  Storytelling:  Five  Tales  from  Asia,  0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH DIÂż OLDWH DUWLVW $QQH -DQVRQ DUH Point  State  Historic  Site.  Atlatl  experts  Bob  Then  and  Now,â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Naked  Truth:  The  Body  in  MRLQHG E\ VL[ RWKHU Ă&#x20AC; XWLVW WR SHUIRUP PXVLF E\ %DFK and  Cheryll  Berg  teach  traditional  and  modern  Early  20th  Century  German  and  Austrian  Art.â&#x20AC;?  Gluck  and  others,  as  well  as  by  Vermont  compos-­ WHFKQLTXHV RI DWODWO DQG GDUW FRQVWUXFWLRQ Ă&#x20AC; LQW Reception  to  follow.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  ers  David  Gunn  and  Derrick  Jordon.  Free.  Info:  knapping,  hafting  stone  points  and  cordage  or  802-­443-­3168. www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168. making,  plus  how  to  use  your  atlatl.  Pre-­registration  Community  chorus  rehearsal  at  Middlebury  required:  759-­2412.  College.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  7  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel.  Economic  inequality  symposium  at  Middlebury  The  Middlebury  College  Community  Chorus  College.  Friday,  Sept.  18,  noon-­6:30  p.m.,  Robert  prepares  for  its  Thanksgiving  concert.  The  chorus  TAM  Trek  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  A.  Jones  House.  Several  leading  academic  experts  meets  Sunday  and  Tuesday  evenings  and  is  open  Sept.  20,  8  and  10  a.m.,  Wright  Park.  The  will  discuss  the  historical  context  for  the  inequality  to  all  without  audition.  For  info,  contact  conductor  Middlebury  Area  Land  Trustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  12  annual  that  is  evident  today  in  the  United  States,  and  how  Jeff  Rehbach  at  989-­7355. fundraiser  on  the  Trail  Around  Middlebury,  featur-­ changes  in  American  politics  are  widening  the  gap  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barre  Memories:  Quarrying  the  Pastâ&#x20AC;?  documen-­ ing  an  8  a.m.  18-­mile  timed  loop,  a  10  a.m.  6-­mile  between  the  haves  and  the  have-­nots.  Schedule  at  tary  screening  in  Monkton.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  timed  loop,  and  a  10  a.m.  2-­mile  family  walk/run.  http://bit.ly/1ilJCaE. 7  p.m.,  East  Monkton  Church,  405  Church  Road.  Info  and  registration:  www.maltvt.org  or  388-­1007.

Fall  into  Winter  rummage  sale  in  Middlebury.  A  brief  presentation  on  the  marble  industry  and  Friday,  Sept.  18,  noon-­5  p.m.,  Congregational  Friends  of  Middlebury  Hockey  golf  tournament  TXDUULHV RI 0RQNWRQœV SDVW ZLOO SUHFHGH WKH ¿ OP in  Brandon.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  8  a.m.,  Neshobe  Church  of  Middlebury.  Clothing,  bedding,  linens,  Refreshments  served.  Info:  453-­7575.

Golf  Club.  Annual  fundraiser  for  all  hockey  in  kitchen  and  household  items,  toys  and  much  more.  Middlebury  and  surrounding  communities  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  youth  Continues  Saturday.  Info:  388-­7634. hockey,  high  school  programs,  adult  leagues,  etc.  Coracree  in  concert  in  Bristol.  Friday,  Sept.  18,  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  at  the  Memorial  Sports  Center.  8  p.m.,  Walkover  Gallery,  15  Main  St.  Coracree  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Interpreting  the  Mahabharataâ&#x20AC;?  melds  a  transatlantic  mix  of  traditional  Celtic,  old-­ Buck  Mountain  hawk  watch  in  Addison  County.  discussion  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  10:30  a.m.,  meet  at  the  time,  European  and  original  music  with  a  playful,  Monday,  Sept.  21,  4:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Vergennes  Park  &  Ride,  junction  of  Routes  22A  improvisational  style.  Admission  $15  in  advance,  Center  for  the  Arts.  Professor  of  History  of  Art  and  and  7.  Carpool  to  and  hike  up  Buck  Mountain  $20  at  the  door.  Info  and  reservations:  453-­4613.

Architecture  Cynthia  Packert  moderates  a  discus-­ with  Otter  Creek  Audubon  and  Green  Mountain  sion  about  textual  and  visual  interpretations  of  Audubon,  led  by  Ron  Payne,  Warren  King  and  one  of  Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  most  ancient  texts,  with  Middlebury  Bruce  MacPherson.  Info  and  weather  check:  College  President  Laurie  Patton,  a  scholar  of  388-­4082.

Fall  into  Winter  rummage  sale  in  Alpaca  farm  open  house  in  Brandon.  Sunday,  Indian  religion,  and  comic  book  artist  Abhishek  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  9  Singh.  Reception  to  follow.  Free.  Info:  www.middle-­ Sept.  20,  11  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Maple  View  Farm  a.m.-­noon,  Congregational  Church  of  bury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Alpacas.  Learn  about  alpacas,  raised  for  breeding  Middlebury.  Bag  day.  Clothing,  bedding,  linens,  DV ZHOO DV WKHLU OX[XULRXV ¿ EHU 9LHZ WKH ¿ EHU PLOO Community  forum  in  Bristol.  Monday,  Sept.  21,  7  kitchen  and  household  items,  toys  and  much  more.  p.m.,  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  cafete-­ and  see  demonstrations.  Info:  mvfalpacas@gmail.

Info:  388-­7634. ria.  Residents,  teachers,  students  and  other  com.

Fabulous  Flea  Market  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Shoreham  Apple  Fest.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  noon-­4  community  members  are  invited  to  an  open  forum  Sept.  19,  9  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Annual  to  discuss  the  future  of  the  Addison  Northeast  S P 6KRUHKDP WRZQ JUHHQ DQG JD]HER 6HYHQWK Ă&#x20AC; HD PDUNHW DQG DQWLTXHV VDOH ZLWK RYHU YHQGRUV Supervisory  Unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  public  schools.  annual  event,  featuring  delicious  food,  live  music,  offering  antiques,  ephemera,  jewelry  and  collect-­ an  apple  pie  contest,  a  farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  market,  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  UN  International  Day  of  Peace  gathering  in  ibles.  Donations  welcome  at  802-­388-­1436.

Youth  hockey  sign-­ups  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  9  a.m.-­noon,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Sign-­ups  for  Middlebury  Amateur  Hockey  Association.  See  a  list  of  all  programs  at  www. middleburyhockey.org.  Sign-­ups  also  on  Sept.  23.

Fall  Rummage  and  Food  Sale  in  Shoreham.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  9  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Shoreham  Congregational  Church,  28  School  Road.  Great  bargains  and  clothing  and  more,  as  well  as  fabu-­ lous  food  items.  Bag  sale  starts  at  noon.  Donations  of  good,  clean  clothes  and  other  items  (except  electronics  and  sporting  goods)  accepted  on  Sept.  17  and  18  from  1-­3  p.m.  Info:  897-­8591.

Ray  Davison  memorial  motorcycle  ride  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  9:30  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  meet  at  Middlebury  Fire  Station.  Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Ride  2015.  Registration  9:30  a.m.,  line-­up  11  a.m.,  kickstands  up  11:30  a.m.  Two-­plus  hour  ride  ending  in  a  BBQ  RQ WKH %ULGSRUW WRZQ JUHHQ 3URFHHGV EHQHÂż W WKH $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ )LUHÂż JKWHU $VVRFLDWLRQ 6FKRODUVKLS Fund.  Rain  or  shine.  Cost  $25  per  bike,  including  passenger.  RSVP  to  redknightsvt4@hotmail.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Woofstock:  Walk  for  the  Animalsâ&#x20AC;?  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  9:30  a.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Annual  2-­mile  fundraising  walk  (with  or  without  your  dog)  for  Homeward  Bound,  Addison  Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Humane  Society.  Registration  9:30  a.m.,  walk  at  10:30  a.m.  Registration  $25  adults,  $12  youth  6-­17,  free  for  adults  over  65  and  children  XQGHU ,QIR DQG UHJLVWUDWLRQ ZZZ Âż UVWJLYLQJ FRP homewardboundanimals/2015-­woofstock.  Talk  on  antique  horn  buttons  in  East  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  1  p.m.,  East  Middlebury  Community  House,  431  East  Main  St.  Susan  Peden  will  speak.  Coffee  and  tea  offered.  This  talk  is  part  of  a  10  a.m.-­3  p.m.  meeting  of  the  Verd  Mont  Button  Club.  Info:  802-­897-­2001.

Northeastern  Open  Atlatl  Championship  in  Addison.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  10:30  a.m.-­4:30  p.m.,  Chimney  Point  State  Historic  Site.  The  20th  year  of  this  event.  Atlatl  (spear-­thrower)  competi-­ WLRQV SOXV GHPRQVWUDWLRQV DQG ZRUNVKRSV RQ Ă&#x20AC; LQW knapping,  Woodland  pottery  and  other  crafts  and  skills.  Participate  or  just  watch.  759-­2412.

Alpaca  farm  open  house  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  11  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Maple  View  Farm  Alpacas.  Learn  about  alpacas,  raised  for  breeding  DV ZHOO DV WKHLU OX[XULRXV ¿ EHU 9LHZ WKH ¿ EHU PLOO and  see  demonstrations.  Info:  mvfalpacas@gmail. com.  Continues  Sunday.

Harvest  festival  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  noon-­3  p.m.,  in  front  of  the  Middlebury  Natural  Foods  Co-­op.  Seventh  annual  event,  featuring  live  music;Íž  local  food  producers;Íž  sample  of  local  foods,  beer  and  wine;Íž  and  crafts  and  games  for  kids.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boyhoodâ&#x20AC;?  on  screen  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  3  and  8  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  Filmed  over  12  years  with  the  same  cast,  this  Richard  Linklater  coming-­of-­age  story  is  seen  CLAUDIA  ESTEVA  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15  captures  motion  in  welded  steel  as  part  of  Middlebury  Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  cur-­ through  the  eyes  of  Mason,  a  child  who  literally  rent  student  exhibit  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Form  and  Movement:  Sculpture  and  Drawings.â&#x20AC;?  The  exhibit  can  be  seen  grows  up  before  our  eyes.  Free.  Info:  www.middle-­ in  Johnson  Memorial  Building  on  campus  through  Sept.  29.  bury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

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They  Might  Be  Gypsies  in  concert  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  7:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  The  2015-­2016  Burnham  Music  Series  kicks  off  its  PRQWKO\ FRQFHUWV ZLWK WKH J\SV\ MD]] RI 7KH\ 0LJKW Be  Gypsies.  Doors  open  at  7  p.m.,  concert  at  7:30.  Admission  $8  adults,  free  for  kids  and  teens.  See  the  Burnham  Music  Series  Facebook  page  for  full  schedule.  Info:  388-­6863.

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Transatlantic  tunes CORACREE  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  THE  QUARTET  of  Bill  Quem,  left,  on  tenor  banjo,  mandolin  and  melodeon;Íž  -DQH 5RWKÂż HOG RQ Âż GGOH $OODQ &DUU RQ VWDQG XS EDVV DQG 6DUDK *RZDQ RQ JXLWDU ² SOD\V DW the  Walkover  Gallery  in  Bristol  on  Friday,  Sept.  18,  at  8  p.m.

Middlebury.  Monday,  Sept.  21,  7:15  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Society.  The  Addison  County  Peace  Coalition  invites  the  Rev.  Mary  Kay  Schueneman  of  the  Cornwall  Congregational  Church  and  others  to  speak.  Moderated  by  Cheryl  Mitchell  of  Middlebury  Friends  Meeting.  Live  music  by  the  Stay  Tuned  String  Band.  Parking  at  Mary  Johnson  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Center  or  MUHS.  Handicap  accessible.  Info:  802-­388-­7076.

Democratic  caucus  in  Leicester.  Monday,  Sept.  21,  7:30  p.m.,  803  Fern  Lake  Road. Â

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Green  Mountain  Club  dawn  photogra-­ phy  walk  in  Addison  County.  Tuesday,  Sept.  22,  6  a.m.,  location  TBD.  The  GMC  Bread  Loaf  Section  will  hold  an  hour-­long  explo-­ ration  of  the  Vermont  landscape  in  early  morning  light,  followed  by  coffee  at  Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Restaurant  in  Middlebury.  Contact  leader  Beth  Eliason  for  meet-­ ing  place:  802-­989-­3909.  More:  www.gmcbread-­ loaf.org.

Middlebury  Aquatic  Club  information  night  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  Sept.  22,  6  p.m.,  Middlebury  College  Natatorium.  Swimmers  8-­18  are  invited  to  learn  more  about  the  fall/winter  season.  Tryouts  on  Thursday,  Sept.  24.  Info:  www. eteamz.com/middleburyaquaticclub  or  middlebury-­ aquaticclub@gmail.com.  Community  chorus  rehearsal  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  Sept.  22,  7  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  The  Middlebury  College  Community  Chorus  prepares  for  its  Thanksgiving  concert.  The  chorus  meets  Sunday  and  Tuesday  evenings  and  is  open  to  all  without  audition.  For  info,  contact  conductor  Jeff  Rehbach  at  989-­7355.

Milk  &  Honey  Quilters  Guild  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Sept.  22,  7  p.m.,  American  Legion.  Robert  Shaw,  quilt  expert  and  former  cura-­ tor  of  the  Shelburne  Museum,  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amish  Abstractions:  Quilts  from  a  Plain  People.â&#x20AC;?  Election  RI QHZ RIÂż FHUV 6KRZ DQG WHOO ZHOFRPH ,QIR 388-­7127.

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Warren  Kimble  gallery  talk  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Sept.  23,  noon,  Henry  Sheldon  Museum.  Vermont  artist  Warren  Kimble  talks  about  the  exhibit  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Warren  Kimble  All-­American  Artist:  An  Eclectic  Retrospective.â&#x20AC;?  Free  with  museum  admission.  Info:  802-­388-­2117  or  www.henrysheldonmuseum.org.  Homeschool  group  in  Lincoln.  Wednesday,  Sept.  23,  2  p.m.,  Lincoln  Library.  Reading  roundup.  Bring  in  a  favorite  book  and  design  a  cover  for  it,  to  hang  in  the  new  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homeschool  Cornerâ&#x20AC;?  of  the  bulletin  board  in  the  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  room.  Info:  453-­2665. $UW DXFWLRQ DQG EHQHÂż W EDNH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Wednesday,  Sept.  23,  5-­8:30  p.m.,  American  Flatbread  in  the  Marble  Works.  Annual  fundraiser  WR EHQHÂż W WKH 4XDUU\ +LOO 3UHVFKRRO 6FKRODUVKLS Fund.

Youth  hockey  sign-­ups  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Sept.  23,  6-­8  p.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Sign-­ ups  for  Middlebury  Amateur  Hockey  Association.  See  a  list  of  all  programs  at  www.middlebury-­ hockey.org.  Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Night  Out  Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Chorus  rehearsal  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Sept.  23,  7-­8:45  p.m.,  Champlain  Valley  Unitarian  Universalist  Church.  Outreach  rehearsal  for  the  chorus,  open  to  women  ages  15-­85.  Performances  will  be  in  Rutland,  Weston  and  Middlebury  in  late  November.  Info:  lucytune@sover.net  or  802-­342-­8348.

StoryMatters  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Sept.  23,  7  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  The  local  storytelling  group  gathers  to  tell  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stories  Related  to  Things.â&#x20AC;?  If  possible,  bring  object  to  show.  Free.  Info:  lar17g@ comcast.net.

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Gallery  talk  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Sept.  24,  2:30  p.m.,  Middlebury  College  Museum  of  Art.  Pieter  Broucke  and  Jason  Vrooman  present  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Divine  Ideal  and  the  Naked  Truth:  Representations  of  the  Body  in  Ancient  Greece/Rome  and  Modern  Austria/ Germany.  The  talk  highlights  art  from  the  muse-­ umâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  current  exhibition.  In  conjunction  with  the  2015  Clifford  Symposium,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Body.â&#x20AC;?  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Maker  Club  in  Shoreham.  Thursday,  Sept.  24,  2:45-­ 3:45  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  For  kids  5  and  up.  Kids  and  adults  are  invited  to  work  together  to  make  things  out  of  fabric,  toys,  crafts  and  electron-­ ics,  using  traditional  as  well  as  21st-­century  meth-­ ods.  Info:  897-­2647  or  www.plattlib.org.

Symposium  keynote  lecture  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Sept.  24,  4:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Barak  adĂŠ  Soleil  kicks  off  the  2015  Clifford  Symposium,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Body.â&#x20AC;?  Reception  follows.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury. edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Youth  swim  club  tryouts  at  Middlebury  College.  Thursday,  Sept.  24,  6  p.m.,  Middlebury  College  Natatorium.  Swimmers  ages  8-­18  are  invited  to  try  out  for  the  Middlebury  Aquatic  Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fall/winter  season.  Info:  www.eteamz.com/middleburyaquat-­ icclub  or  middleburyaquaticclub@gmail.com.

Katey  Stone,  head  coach  of  Harvard  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ice  hockey  team,  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Sept.  24,  7  p.m.,  Middlebury  Union  High  School  auditorium.  At  the  2014  Sochi  Olympics,  Stone  became  the  ¿ UVW ZRPDQ WR OHDG WKH 8 6 ZRPHQÂśV QDWLRQDO LFH hockey  team.  Free.  Limited  seating;Íž  RSVP  with  number  of  seats  requested  to  dbartlett@acsu.org.  The  MUHS  hockey  program  requests  donations  of  non-­perishable  food  items  for  the  Addison  County  Food  Shelf. Â

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Building  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Moral  Economyâ&#x20AC;?  event  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Sept.  25,  8-­9:30  a.m.,  St.  Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Episcopal  Church.  One  of  eight  Vermont  Interfaith  Action  discussions  around  the  state  to  speak  out  on  issues  about  how  the  current  economy  is  moving  away  from  the  vision  of  a  just  economy.  Refreshments,  presentation,  activities  and  conver-­ sation.  Free.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Off  the  Wall:  Informal  Discussion  About  Artâ&#x20AC;?  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  Sept.  25,  11:30  a.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Art  historian  James  van  Dyke  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Resistance  of  Otto  Dixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Silverpoints,â&#x20AC;?  which  considers  the  meaning  of  the  technique  of  silverpoint  drawing  in  Dixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  scenes  of  sex  and  violence  during  and  after  1933.  Conversation  continues  over  a  light  lunch.  Lunch  provided;Íž  $5  donation  suggested;Íž  free  to  college  ID  cardholders.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Arts  Walk  in  Vergennes.  Friday,  Sept.  25,  5-­7  p.m.,  downtown  Vergennes.  Summer  event  on  the  fourth  Friday  of  each  month,  with  receptions  and  artwork  displayed  at  participating  businesses  around  town.  Info:  info@creativespacegallery.org.

Table  of  Grace  free  community  meal  in  Vergennes.

Friday,  Sept.  25,  5:30-­6:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  Congregational  Church.  Served  monthly,  open  to  all.  September  menu:  chicken  and  biscuits,  stuff-­ ing,  vegetable,  cranberry  sauce  and  dessert.  Bring  friends.

Free  community  concert  in  Vergennes.  Friday,  Sept.  25,  7  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;hAnleigh  plays  upbeat  and  beautiful  Irish-­ American  songs  with  unique  vocal  harmonies  and  a  variety  of  instruments.  Coincides  with  the  last  Vergennes  Arts  Walk  of  the  season.  Info:  877-­6737  or  info@vergennesoperahouse.org.

Jay  Cravenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peter  and  Johnâ&#x20AC;?  on  screen  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Sept.  25,  7  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Screening  of  a  new  seaside  drama  set  in  1872  Nantucket,  starring  Jacqueline  Bisset.  Q&A  with  Craven  and  co-­star  Gordon  Clapp  following  the  movie.  Tickets  at  the  door  or  at  www.townhall-­ theater.org.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Female  Version  of  the  Odd  Coupleâ&#x20AC;?  on  stage  in  Brandon.  Friday,  Sept.  25,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  Based  on  Neil  Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hilari-­ ous  comedy,  but  with  Florence  Unger  and  Olive  Madison.  Tickets  $8  adults,  $6  seniors/students/ active  military,  available  at  Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Florist  &  Gifts  or  at  the  door.  Also  on  Sept.  26  and  27.

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SATURDAY

Tour  de  Farms  cycling  tour  in  and  around  Bristol.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  8:30  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  starting  from  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School,  ending  at  the  Bristol  Harvest  Festival  on  the  town  green.  Eighth  annual  tour,  a  37-­mile  route  with  local  food  samples  at  farms  and  restaurants  along  the  way.  Advance  registra-­ tion  by  Sept.  18:  $35  adults,  $20  kids.  Tour  day  registration,  8:30-­10:30  a.m.,  $55  adults,  $30  kids.  Register  at  http://acornvt.org/portfolio/tour-­de-­ farms.  Info:  info@acornvt.org  or  802-­382-­0401.

Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Rally  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  9  a.m.,  Vergennes  city  green.  Annual  fundraiser  for  the  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Drivers  of  classic,  fun  or  favorite  cars  or  motorcycles  are  welcome  to  join  the  rally  for  a  tour  of  Addison  County,  stopping  for  lunch  along  the  way.  Get  some  background  on  the  rally  and  download  a  registration  form  at  http://vergennesoperahouse.org/home/rally.  Info:  802-­877-­6737  or  info@vergennesoperahouse.org.

Bristol  Harvest  Festival.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  downtown  Bristol.  Annual  fall  celebra-­ tion  with  5K  race,  crafters/vendors,  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  venue,  apple  pie  contest  and  more,  farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  market,  bandstand  music.  Info:  www.bristolhar-­ vestfest.com.

Art  on  Main  silent  auction  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  10  a.m.-­4  p.m.,  Bristol  town  green.  A  IXQGUDLVHU IRU $UW RQ 0DLQ D QRQSURÂż W 6WRS E\ GXULQJ WKH %ULVWRO +DUYHVW )HVWLYDO WR ELG RQ Âż QH DUW DQG FUDIW ORFDO VHUYLFHV DQG JLIW FHUWLÂż FDWHV VRIW goods  and  the  wares  of  talented  local  vendors.  Proceeds  further  Art  on  Mainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mission  to  support  the  arts,  local  artists  and  the  engagement  of  local  creative  communities.  Maker  Club  in  Shoreham.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  1-­2  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  For  kids  5  and  up.  Kids  and  adults  are  invited  to  work  together  to  make  things  out  of  fabric,  toys,  crafts  and  electron-­ ics,  using  traditional  as  well  as  21st-­century  meth-­ ods,  including  circuit-­building  with  conductive  clay.  Info:  897-­2647  or  www.plattlib.org. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life  Itselfâ&#x20AC;?  on  screen  at  Middlebury  College.

Saturday,  Sept.  26,  3  and  8  p.m.,  Dana  Auditorium.  A  documentary  recounting  the  inspiring  and  enter-­ WDLQLQJ OLIH RI ¿ OP FULWLF 5RJHU (EHUW )UHH ,QIR

www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Piano  virtuoso  Andreas  Boyde  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  Program:  Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moonlight  Sonata,â&#x20AC;?  Claude  Debussyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imagesâ&#x20AC;?  and  Modest  Mussorgskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pictures  at  the  Exhibition.â&#x20AC;?  Tickets  $20.  Reservations  recommended:  802-­247-­4295  or  info@brandon-­music.net.

VSO  Made  in  Vermont  concert  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  7:30  p.m.,  Vergennes  Opera  House.  Part  of  the  Vermont  Symphony  Orchestraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Vermont  tour.  Learn  more  at  www.vso.org/ eventcatview.php?id=1.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Female  Version  of  the  Odd  Coupleâ&#x20AC;?  on  stage  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  7:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  Based  on  Neil  Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hilari-­ ous  comedy,  but  with  Florence  Unger  and  Olive  Madison.  Tickets  $8  adults,  $6  seniors/students/ active  military,  available  at  Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Florist  &  Gifts  or  at  the  door.  Also  on  Sept.  27.

Barak  adĂŠ  Soleil  performance  at  Middlebury  College.  Saturday,  Sept.  26.  8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Soleil  is  a  disabled  artist  of  color  who  passionately  embraces  the  politics  of  identity,  culture  and  aesthetics,  with  precise  and  focused  attention  to  representations  of  race,  disability  and  the  body.  A  feature  presentation  of  the  2015  Clifford  Symposium,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;goodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Body.â&#x20AC;?  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Sep

27

SUNDAY

Green  Mountain  Club  hike  in  Starksboro.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  time  and  meeting  place  TBA.  Moderate  4.5-­mile  hike  with  a  nearly  1,000-­foot  elevation  gain.  Hike  remote  woods  road  on  a  working  tree  farm,  and  see  a  pond  and  waterfall.  Info:  ceciliaelwert@yahoo.com  or  802-­453-­8447.  More  at  www.gmcbreadloaf.org.

Better  L8  Than  Never  Car  Show  in  Bristol.  Sunday,  6HSW D P S P %ULVWRO UHFUHDWLRQ ¿ HOG Annual  car  show,  with  music  and  food.  Spectator  admission  free,  but  donations  to  Camp  Ta-­Kum-­Ta  accepted.  Hosted  by  the  Snake  Mountain  Cruisers.  Vehicle  registration  $15,  or  $20  after  Aug.  28.  Info:  www.betterl8thannever.com.

Vermont  Sun  Half  Marathon  in  Salisbury.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  10  a.m.,  Branbury  State  Park.  Choice  of  5K,  10K  or  13.1-­mile  half  marathon.  Register  at  www.vermontsuntriathlonseries.com.  Fall  family  carnival  at  Middlebury  College.

Sunday,  Sept.  27,  11  a.m.-­2  p.m.,  Forest  Lawn.  For  the  Kids,  a  student  organization,  hosts  this  event  with  carnival  games,  free  food,  prizes,  bouncy  castle,  live  performances  and  more.  Free  admis-­ VLRQ GRQDWLRQV ZHOFRPH )XQGV UDLVHG EHQHÂż W WKH Vermont  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hospital.

Hike  into  History  in  Orwell.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  1-­3  p.m.,  Mount  Independence  State  Historic  Site.  Stephen  Zeoli  uses  the  historic  Wintersmith  map  as  a  guide  for  exploring  Mount  Independence  as  it  was  in  the  summer  of  1777.  Discover  traces  of  sites  shown  on  the  map.  Info:  802-­948-­2000.

Guided  history  walk  across  the  Lake  Champlain  Bridge.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  1-­3  p.m.,  meet  at  the  Crown  Point,  N.Y.,  State  Historic  Site  Museum.  State  historic  site  managers  Elsa  Gilbertson  of  Chimney  Point,  Vt.,  and  Thomas  Hughes  of  Crown  Point,  N.Y.,  present  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Points  of  Interest,â&#x20AC;?  a  guided  walk  across  the  bridge.  Rain  or  shine.  Info:  759-­2412.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Female  Version  of  the  Odd  Coupleâ&#x20AC;?  on  stage  in  Brandon.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  2  p.m.,  Brandon  Town  Hall.  Based  on  Neil  Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hilari-­ ous  comedy,  but  with  Florence  Unger  and  Olive  Madison.  Tickets  $8  adults,  $6  seniors/students/ active  military,  available  at  Carrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Florist  &  Gifts  or  at  the  door.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Daisy  Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Kinâ&#x20AC;?  presentation  in  Ferrisburgh.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  3  p.m.,  Rokeby  Museum.  Folklorist  Jane  Beck  shares  what  she  has  learned  through  interviews  with  Daisy  Turner,  whom  she  started  interview  in  1983,  when  Turner  was  100.  Beck  has  written  a  book  chronicling  Turners  family  history,  from  slavery  to  freedom.  Entrance  fee  $2  or  free  with  museum  admission.  Info:  802-­877-­3406.

Eyes  on  the  Land  tour  in  Shoreham.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  3-­5  p.m.,  Champlain  Orchards.  Join  the  Vermont  Land  Trust  to  sample  foods  produced  on  site  and  take  a  walking  tour  with  orchardist  Bill  Suhr  and  meet  artists  Cameron  Davis.  Eyes  on  the  Land  is  a  partnership  between  the  VLT,  the  Shelburne  Museum,  owners  of  conserved  land  and  visual  artists  that  explores  the  many  ways  the  landscape  can  be  enjoyed.  Cost  $10  for  VLT  members,  $15  for  non-­members.

0XVHXP JDOD UHFHSWLRQ DQG 5ROOLFNLQJ 5DIĂ&#x20AC; H drawing  in  Cornwall.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  4-­6  p.m.,  Glen  Dale  Farm.  Celebrating  the  culmination  of  the  5ROOLFNLQJ 5DIĂ&#x20AC; H D KXJH IXQGUDLVHU IRU 0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV Henry  Sheldon  Museum.  Tickets,  $100  each,  on  sale  now.  Prize  list  at  www.henrysheldonmuseum. org.  Tickets  available  online  and  at  the  museum.  Info:  802-­388-­2117.

Community  concert/pipe  organ  recital  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  4  p.m.,  Vergennes  Congregational  Church.  Jenny  Bower  will  perform  a  seven-­piece  organ  recital  on  a  historic  1879  Hook  &  Hastings  tracker  pipe  organ.  Reception  follows.  Admission  is  free.  A  free-­will  offering  will  be  used  to  create  an  instrumental  music  student  scholarship  fund.  Author  appearance  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  4-­6  p.m.,  Vermont  Book  Shop.  Allie  Cashel  presents  her  new  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suffering  the  Silence;Íž  Chronic  Lyme  Disease  in  an  Age  of  Denial.â&#x20AC;?  The  book  features  the  stories  of  chronic  Lyme  patients  from  around  the  world  and  their  struggle  for  recog-­ nition  and  treatment.

Community  chorus  rehearsal  at  Middlebury  College.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  7  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel.  The  Middlebury  College  Community  Chorus  prepares  for  its  Thanksgiving  concert.  The  chorus  meets  Sunday  and  Tuesday  evenings  and  is  open  to  all  without  audition.  For  info,  contact  conductor  Jeff  Rehbach  at  989-­7355.

Jamaican  Hymn  Sing  in  Shoreham.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  7:30  p.m.,  Shoreham  Congregational  Church.  Many  of  the  Jamaicans  who  come  to  Addison  County  to  pick  apples  gather  for  a  festive  evening  of  worship  through  song.  Refreshments  served.  )UHH ZLOO RIIHULQJ EHQH¿ WV PLVVLRQ ZRUN LQ -DPDLFD The  Piazzolla  Project  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  7:30  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  A  unique  group  of  musicians  comes  together  to  present  the  tangos  of  Argentinian  composer  Astor  Piazzolla.  Tango  Nuevo  infuses  jazz  rhythms  and  classical  music  into  traditional  tango.  Tickets  $18/$10  students,  DYDLODEOH DW WKH 7+7 ER[ RI¿ FH ZZZ townhalltheater.org  or  at  the  door,  if  available.

Total  lunar  eclipse  gathering  in  Hubbardton.  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  8-­11  p.m.,  Hubbardton  %DWWOHÂż HOG 6WDWH +LVWRULF 6LWH ([SHULHQFH *UHHQ Mountain  Alliance  of  Amateur  Astronomers  moon  gazers  share  their  equipment  and  knowledge  for  this  total  lunar  eclipse,  conditions  permitting.  Bring  EODQNHWV DQG Ă&#x20AC; DVKOLJKWV 5DLQ HYHQW LQGRRU LOOXV WUDWHG SURJUDP &DOO WR FRQÂż UP

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Sep

28

29

TUESDAY

Chicken  pie  supper  in  Weybridge.  Tuesday,  Sept.  29,  5:30-­8  p.m.,  Weybridge  Congregational  Church.  Annual  event  with  seatings  at  5:30  and  7  p.m.  Harvest  meal  of  chicken  pie,  mashed  potatoes  and  squash,  salad,  side  dishes,  and  apple  and  pumpkin  pies.  Tickets  $12  adults,  $6  children  10  and  under.  Reservations  required.  Info  and  reservations:  802-­545-­2538.

Community  chorus  rehearsal  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  Sept.  29,  7  p.m.,  Mead  Chapel.  The  Middlebury  College  Community  Chorus  prepares  for  its  Thanksgiving  concert.  The  chorus  meets  Sunday  and  Tuesday  evenings  and  is  open  to  all  without  audition.  For  info,  contact  conductor  Jeff  Rehbach  at  989-­7355. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best  of  the  Festâ&#x20AC;?  documentary  screenings  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Sept.  29,  7  p.m.,  Town  Hall  Theater.  Three  top  documentaries  from  the  recent  Middlebury  New  Filmmakers  Festival  will  be  screened:  two  shorts,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;My  Gal,  Rosemarieâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;John  the  Baptist,â&#x20AC;?  and  a  feature,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  River  and  the  Bush.â&#x20AC;?  Tickets  $10,  available  at  the  THT  box  RIÂż FH ZZZ WRZQKDOOWKHDWHU RUJ RU DW WKH GRRU Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Orwell.  Tuesday,  Sept.  29,  7-­8  p.m.,  Orwell  Free  Library.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  an  exhibit  of  wildlife  and  landscape  works  by  local  oil-­on-­ canvas  artist  Craig  S.  Hanson.  Light  refreshments  served.  Info:  802-­948-­2041.

Oct

1

THURSDAY

Author  appearance  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  1,  5-­7  p.m.,  Vermont  Book  Shop.  Local  author  Andrea  Chesman  shares  her  book,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Backyard  Homestead  Book  of  Kitchen  Know-­How.â&#x20AC;?  Tasting  follows.  Twist  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Wool  spinning  guild  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Oct.  1,  7  p.m.,  American  Legion,  49  Wilson  Road.  General  meeting  followed  by  a  program  on  prepar-­ LQJ Âż EHU IRU VSLQQLQJ XVLQJ D EOHQGLQJ ERDUG FRPEV KDQG cards  and  possibly  a  drum  carder.  Info:  453-­5960.

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Preschool  story  time  for  children  in  Monday,  Sept.  28,  10:30  a.m.,  Platt  Shoreham.  Monday,  Sept.  28,  10:30  a.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  For  children  ages  3-­5  with  care-­ giver.  Info:  897-­2647  or  www.plattlib.org.

Dance  master  class  with  Rennie  Harris,  R.H.A.W.,  at  Middlebury  College.  Monday,  Sept.  28,  4:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Philadelphia  dance  company  R.H.A.W.  (Rennie  Harris  Awe-­inspiring  Works)  features  todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  hottest  and  brightest  street  dancers  who  explore  the  evolution  of  street  dance  and  hip-­hop  through  Harrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  innovative  choreography.  Free.  Info:  www.middlebury. edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reading  Places:  Art,  Architecture  and  Gravestones  in  Early  Vermontâ&#x20AC;?  presentation  in  Monkton.  Monday,  Sept.  28,  7  p.m.,  Monkton  Fire  Station,  3747  States  Prison  Hollow  Road.  The  Monkton  Museum  and  Historical  Society  welcomes  William  Hosley,  who  will  talk  about  how  art  and  artifacts  can  be  used  to  understand  historical  experience  while  surveying  the  extraordinary  visual  allure  of  historic  Vermont.  Info:  802-­482-­2277  or  monktonmhs@ gmail.com.

Banned  Books  Week  book  discussion  in  Shoreham.  Monday,  Sept.  28,  7  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  Join  us  by  selecting  a  title  from  the  list  of  commonly  banned  books  for  an  exciting  book  discussion.  Light  refreshments  served.  Banned  books  list:  www.ala.org/bbooks/frequent-­ lychallengedbooks/top100.  Many  are  at  the  Platt.  Info:  897-­2647  or  www.plattlib.org.

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Dance  to  the  music RICARDO  LEMVO  AND  his  band,  Makina  Loca,  bring  an  innovative  blend  of  Afro-­Cuban  rhythms  and  pan-­African  styles  to  Tourterelle  Inn  and  Res-­ taurant  in  New  Haven  on  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  at  5  p.m.

Lincoln.  Friday,  Oct.  2,  8  a.m.-­6  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  Annual  two-­day  rummage  sale.  Donations  accepted  Wednesday,  Sept.  30,  from  1-­7  p.m.  No  electronics.  Info:  453-­3364. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comics  and  the  Art  of  Visual  Communicationâ&#x20AC;?  presen-­ tation  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  Oct.  2,  noon,  Dana  Auditorium.  Author  and  comics  artist  Scott  McCloud  offers  a  fast-­moving  visual  presentation  that  shines  a  light  on  trends  in  the  once-­maligned  medium  of  comics,  which  is  ¿ QDOO\ FRPLQJ RI DJH DV DQ DUWLVWLF DQG OLWHUDU\ IRUP )UHH Info:  www.middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Dinner  and  Conversation  with  Friends  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  Oct.  2,  6:30  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts,  Lower  Lobby.  A  pre-­performance  dinner  prior  to  an  evening  of  chamber  music  by  Sophie  Shao.  Buffet  meal  includes  wine,  salad,  planko-­encrusted  pork  cutlets,  penne  puttanesca,  mashed  red  potatoes  and  seasonal  vegetables,  with  coffee,  tea  and  caramel  Granny  Smith  apple  pie  for  dessert.  Tickets  $25.  Info:  www.middlebury. edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

Sophie  Shao  and  Friends  in  concert  at  Middlebury  College.  Friday,  Oct.  2,  8  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Chamber  ensemble  program  includes  Beethovenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  3LDQR 4XDUWHW LQ ( Ă&#x20AC; DW 0DMRU 2S DQG 6WULQJ 7ULR LQ * 0DMRU 2S 1R DQG 'YRUDNÂśV 3LDQR 7ULR LQ ) 0LQRU Op.  65.  Reserved  seating.  Tickets  $25/$20/$6.  Info:  www. middlebury.edu/arts  or  802-­443-­3168.

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The  Diamond  Blues  Band  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Sept.  18,  9  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.

Aaron  Audet  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  6-­10  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.

The  Keating  5  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  8:30-­ 10:30  p.m.,  51  Main.

Ricardo  Lemvo  and  Makina  Loca  in  New  Haven.  Sunday,  Sept.  20,  5  p.m.,  Tourterelle.

Crazy  Hearse  (with  Second  Half)  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Sept.  25,  10  p.m.-­1  a.m.,  The  Marquis.

The  Bob  MacKenzie  Blues  Band  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  9-­11  p.m.,  51  Main.

Iron  Eyes  Cody  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  3,  10  p.m.-­1  a.m.,  The  Marquis.

The  Doughboys  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  10,  8:30  p.m.-­midnight,  The  Marquis.

Mango  Jam  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Oct.  17,  8:30  p.m.-­ midnight,  The  Marquis.

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CMAC calls to artists for holiday show BRANDON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Compass  Music  and  Arts  Center  in  Brandon  is  currently  accepting  work  for  its  second  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Art  of  Giving  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  :  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  The  Giving  of  Artâ&#x20AC;?  holiday  show,  to  be  held  from  Nov.  6,  2015,  through  Jan.  9,  2016.

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BEAUTIFUL  RURAL  SCENERY  was  all  around  for  cyclists  riding  in  the  10th  Annual  Kelly  Brush  Century  Ride  on  Saturday  to  soak  up.  The  ride  raised  more  than  $350,000  for  adaptive  sports  and  ski  racing  safety.  Photo  by  Caleb  Kenna

HANDCYCLISTS  LEAD  BY  Kelly  Brush  Davisson  head  out  on  the  10th  CYCLISTS  RIDE  PAST  the  UVM  Morgan  Horse  Farm  in  Weybridge  on  the  10th  Annual  Kelly  Brush  Century  Ride  last  Saturday.  The  annual  ride  Annual  Kelly  Brush  Century  Ride  powered  by  VBT  Bicycling  and  Walk-­ ing  Vacations  on  Saturday  at  Middlebury  College. through  the  Champlain  Valley  drew  more  than  700  cyclists  and  30  riders  using  handcycles.

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10th  Kelly  Brush  Ride  fundraiser  a  success,  raises  over  $350,000 $'',621 &2817< ² 0RUH than  700  riders,  together  with  over  100  volunteers  and  over  1,000  supporters,  raised  over  $350,000  (and  still  increasing)  at  the  10th  Annual  Kelly  Brush  Century  Ride  this  past  Saturday.

The  annual  rolling  fundraiser  procures  money  to  purchase  adap-­ tive  sports  equipment  for  people  with  spinal  cord  injuries  and  safety  equip-­ ment  for  alpine  ski  race  programs.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  weather  could  not  have  been  better,  the  enthusiasm  higher  nor  the Â

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The  riders  cruised  through  gently  rolling  terrain  with  views  of  the Â

Green  Mountains  to  the  east  and  Lake  Champlain  and  the  Adirondack  Mountains  to  the  west  over  several  distance  options:  25,  50  or  100  miles,  with  cutoff  options  of  65  or  85  miles.  Riders  and  teams  of  riders  competed  to  raise  the  most  money.  As  of  this Â

Bristolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Harvest  Festival  &  car  show  return  next  weekend BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  last  weekend  of  September  will  be  a  busy  one  in  Bristol,  with  two  events  bringing  visitors  and  area  residents  to  down-­ town  Bristol.  The  Bristol  Harvest  Festival  will  be  held  on  Saturday,  Sept.  26  ,  on  the  green,  and  the  Better  L8  Than  Never  Car  Show  will  be  held  the  next  day,  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  at  the  Bristol  Recreation  Field.

The  annual  Bristol  Harvest  Festival  is  co-­hosted  by  the  Addison  County  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  Bristol  Recreation  Department.  Activities  are  scheduled  to  begin  on  Saturday  at  10  a.m.  when  the  village  green  will  come  alive  with  60-­plus  crafters  and  vendors,  and  bandstand  entertainment.  In  addition,  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Tour  de  Farms  will  be  held  in  conjunction  with  Bristol  Harvest  Festival.  There  are  a  few  vendor  spaces  still  available.

The  Snake  Mountain  Cruisers  and  Addison  County  Chamber  will  co-­host  the  12th  annual  Better  L8  Than  Never  Car  Show  on  Sunday  at  the  Bristol  Recreation  Field.  The  car  show  runs  from  9  a.m.  to  4  p.m.  More  than  200  vehicles  are  expected,  with  trophies  to  be  awarded  in  multiple  classes.  Admission  for  spectators  is  free  (donations  are  accepted  for  Camp  Ta-­Kum-­Ta)  and  vehicle  regis-­ tration  is  only  $15-­20  per  vehicle.

For  more  information  on  either  event  visit  their  respective  websites,  BristolHarvestFest.com  or  BetterL8ThanNever.com,  or  call  THE  BRISTOL  TOWN  green  draws  people  of  all  ages  for  live  music  and  a  farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  market/craft  fair  during  the  Addison  County  Chamber  of  a  past  Bristol  Harvest  Festival.  The  annual  celebration  of  fall  happens  this  year  on  Saturday,  Sept.  26,  and  is  Commerce  at  388-­7951. followed  on  Sunday,  Sept.  27,  by  the  Better  L8  Than  Never  Car  Show  at  the  Bristol  Recreation  Field.

weekend  (before  all  the  money  was  tallied  up)  the  top  fundraising  team  was  Green  Mountain  Valley  School  ($33,880),  and  the  top  individual  was  Rick  Makin  ($9,300).

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Odd lessons are taught by â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Learning to Driveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Learning  to  Drive;Íž  Running  Time:  in  the  passenger  seat  dispensing  les-­ 1:30;Íž  Rating:  R sons  that  are  wrapped  in  calm  meta-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Learning  to  Driveâ&#x20AC;?  is  an  unusual  phorical  allusions.  At  this  point,  we  combination  of  good  actors  and  an  begin  to  wonder  where  this  story  is  odd  story  that  is  rooted  in  metaphor.  heading.  Two  people  from  vastly  dif-­ That  said,  here  is  the  plot  without  the  ferent  cultures  meet,  one  with  need  complications;Íž  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  get  and  the  other  with  wisdom.  to  those  later.  In  the  back  Now  where?  of  a  taxi,  Wendy  (Patricia  Writer  Sarah  Kernochan  Clarkson)  and  Ted  (Jake  injects  a  surprise  with  the  Weber)  are  involved  in  arrival  of  Jasleen  (Sarita  an  angry  marital  argu-­ Choudhury)  who  has  been  ment  that  ends  with  Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  chosen  by  Darwanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  fam-­ announcement  that  he  is  ily  to  be  his  wife.  In  the  leaving  her.  Ted  instructs  alien  American  culture  and  Darwan,  the  cab  driver  without  an  ounce  of  emo-­ (Ben  Kingsley),  to  take  his  tional  connection,  they  newly  abandoned  wife  to  marry.  Jasleen,  who  speaks  the  home  they  have  shared  no  English,  spends  her  days  for  20  years.  Ted  walks  By Joan Ellis in  his  apartment,  speaking  away. no  English  while  Darwan  When  Wendy  faces  up  and  Wendy  continue  the  to  her  new  situation,  she  remembers  driving  lessons  that  are  helping  her  that  Darwan  had  told  her  he  moon-­ leave  her  own  crisis  behind.  There  lights  as  a  driving  instructor.  She  is  a  nice  scene  where  Jasleen  ven-­ will  learn  to  drive  from  Darwan  so  tures  into  an  outdoor  market  and  is  she  can  drive  to  Vermont  to  visit  her  befriended  by  a  woman  who  sees  her  daughter  Tasha  (Grace  Gummer)  predicament  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  a  perfectly  credible  who  is  involved  in  a  vaguely  de-­ happening  in  an  outdoor  New  York  scribed  farming  community  in  Ver-­ bazaar.  If  the  movie  seems  slow  at  mont.  And  so  the  subtleties  begin. times,  it  is  a  gentle  story  of  recovery  During  the  marital  dissolve  in  the  and  friendship  of  an  unlikely  sort.  taxi,  Darwan  had  been  listening  qui-­ Ben  Kingsley  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  cloaked  in  Ghan-­ etly.  That  is  his  way  and  now  he  sits  GL VDLQWOLQHVV ² LV TXLHWO\ ÂżQH DV KH teaches  driving  as  a  metaphor  for  liv-­ ing.  Grace  Gummer,  in  a  small  part  as  Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  daughter,  has  to  speak  unwelcome  truth  to  her  mother  and  does  it  well.  Patricia  Clarkson,  al-­ ways  good  in  building  a  complex  SOUTHWESTERN RESTAURANT character,  holds  our  attention  com-­ pletely  as  she  searches  for  a  new  life  01&/ %"*-: Ĺż /00/ Ĺś plan  while  listening  carefully  to  her  mentor.  Clarkson  can  convey  a  mind  MAZE RUNNER in  turmoil  without  saying  a  word.  Fri, Sat 6, 9pm Sat - Sun 1, 3:30pm While  we  once  wondered  where  Sun - Thur 7pm the  movie  was  going,  it  becomes  RATED PG-13 2 Hours, 11 Min clear,  as  the  story  winds  down,  that  Wendy  and  Darwan  have  arrived  at  PIXELS Fri, Sat 6pm Sat - Sun 1pm natural  paths  in  their  lives,  each  one  Sun - Thur 5pm quite  different  from  the  other.  The  RATED PG-13 1 Hour, 46 Min new  directions  each  has  discovered  have  grown  in  the  most  natural  way  TRAINWRECK from  all  they  learned  in  the  driving  Fri, Sat 8:30pm Sat - Sun 3pm lessons.  With  an  original  eye,  writer  Sun - Thur 7pm Kernochan  gives  us  the  pleasure  of  RATED R 2 Hours, 5 Min watching  two  people  learn  gradually  IRIS that  an  emotional  crisis  can  become  Sun - Thur 5pm a  positive  turning  point. Â

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TENOR  ADAM  HALL  plays  Tommy  Stames,  a  Vietnam  veteran  who  has  returned  to  Vermont,  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleeting  Animal:  An  Opera  from  Judevine.â&#x20AC;?  It  will  play  at  the  Vergennes  Opera  House  on  Saturday.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Judevineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  opera  brings  vetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  struggles  to  life By  GAEN  MURPHREE VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  â&#x20AC;&#x153;These  are  your  neighbors.  Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  just  walked  off  the  back  road  and  gotten  onto  the  stage,â&#x20AC;?  says  Brook-­ ÂżHOG FRPSRVHU (ULF 1LHOVRQ Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  talking  about  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleet-­ ing  Animal:  An  Opera  from  Judevine,â&#x20AC;?  his  collaboration  with  noted  Vermont  poet  and  playwright  David  Budbill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleeting  Animalâ&#x20AC;?  opened  last  Friday  at  the  Barre  Opera  House.  This  coming  Saturday,  Sept.  19,  it  makes  its  stop  at  the  Vergennes  Op-­ era  House  as  part  of  its  tour  around  the  state. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleeting  Animal,â&#x20AC;?  which  is  EHLQJ UHVWDJHG IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH since  its  premiere  in  2000,  focuses  on  recently  returned  Vietnam  vet  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tommyâ&#x20AC;?  and  his  love  affair  with  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grace,â&#x20AC;?  a  struggling  single  mother.  Both  Tommy  and  Grace  are  native  Vermonters.  Yet  both  now  feel  them-­ selves  to  be  outsiders  in  the  place  theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  known  as  home  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Tommy  because  of  his  struggle  to  come  to  terms  with  his  war  experi-­ ence,  Grace  because  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  ac-­ cused  of  child  abuse  and  gets  called  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;slutâ&#x20AC;?  by  other  townswomen  who  see  her  as  a  threat  to  their  husbands.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  issues  in  the  piece  are  even  PRUH UHOHYDQW QRZ WKDQ ZKHQ LW ÂżUVW premiered  15  years  ago,â&#x20AC;?  said  Niel-­ son.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;With  something  like  32  vet-­ erans  dying  by  suicide  every  day  in  the  United  States,  (Post  Traumatic  Stress  Disorder)  is  an  enormous  is-­ sue.  As  a  society,  we  do  not  take  seriously  enough  the  human  conse-­ quences  of  war.  Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  also  rural  poverty,  how  we  protect  and  care  for  children,  and  racism  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  How  do  you  accept  people  who  look  differ-­ ent  from  you?  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  tried  to  make  the  performance  not  just  an  end  in  itself  but  a  community  conversation  starter  because  we  think  that  these  issues  are  important.â&#x20AC;?

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Opera Preview

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Technical director/ Unique piano event involving music, facilities manager spoken word and improvisation.

Applicants for this full-time, year round position should have the ability to maintain and operate all theatrical systems (lighting, projection), Frisound, 9/25 7pm $12/$10 seniors/$5 students and have experience with set construction. Other responsibilities include: facilitate load-ins, runs, strikes and turnarounds; provide tech for meetings and receptions; create A seaside drama from director internship program in technical Jay Craven, starring Jacqueline theater; maintain building

by Bisset. making repairs or hiring contractors.

A janitorial service will clean the building, but this individual will make sure that available the theater, studio Sun 9/27 7:30pm Tickets at Main St. $18/$10 Stationerystudents and gallery are ready each day for public use. This historic theater will re-open in July, 2008, so the position ZLOO EH ÓžOOHG DV VRRQ DV SRVVLEOH /LPLWHG EHQHÓžWV 6HQG FRYHU OHWWHU Four world-class musicians perform and resume to: Piazzollaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sensuous tangos.

Douglas Anderson, Executive Director Town Hall Theater PO Box 128 Middlebury VT 05753 or email materials to danderson@townhalltheater.org 802-388-1436

MIDDLEBURY  RESIDENT  JESSICA  Allen  sings  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleeting  Animal,â&#x20AC;?  the  David  Budbill/Eric  Nielson  opera  that  is  touring  Vermont.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  never  been  in  an  opera  about  Vermont,â&#x20AC;?  said  Allen  who  teaches  voice  in  Middlebury,  is  co-­ founder  of  the  Middlebury  Bach  Festival  and  is  director  of  music  at  the  Congregational  Church  of  Middlebury.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  really  fun  to  work  on  a  project  that  is  this  challenging  musically  and  that  has  so  many  different  layers  to  it.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  exciting  to  think  that  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  also  raising  awareness  and  potentially  helping  other  people  by  staging  an  opera  that  brings  out  all  of  these  is-­ suesâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleeting  Animal:  An  Opera  from  Judevineâ&#x20AC;?  will  be  performed  at  the  Vergennes  Opera  House,  Sat-­ urday,  Sept.  19,  at  7:30  p.m.  Tick-­ ets  for  students  and  for  veterans  are  $5  (each  veteran  can  also  get  a  $5  ticket  for  a  guest).  General  ad-­ mission  tickets  are  $25.  For  more  information  call  the  Vergennes  Op-­ era  House  at  802-­877-­6737  or  go  to  vergennesoperahouse.org.

Reporter  Gaen  Murphree  is  at  gaenm@addisonindependent.com.

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With  the  2015  restaging  of  the  op-­ Judevine  poems  in  a  single  volume,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Judevine:  The  Complete  Poems,  era,  the  artists  and  producers  behind  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  Fleeting  Animal:  An  Opera  from  1970-­1990.â&#x20AC;?

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(Continued  from  Page  1A) learning  how  to  have  robust  conver-­ an  Atlanta  television  series  about  sations  with  each  other,â&#x20AC;?  Patton  said.  women,  religion  and  current  events;Íž  â&#x20AC;&#x153;So  instead  of  inviting  one  speaker/ FRQVXOWHG ZLWK :KLWH +RXVH RIÂżFHV advocate  to  campus,  have,  for  ex-­ on  civic  engagement  and  faith-­based  ample,  E.J.  Dionne  and  Mike  Gerson  initiatives;Íž  and  has  published  two  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Mr.  Liberal  and  the  compassion-­ books  of  lyric  poetry,  one  focusing  ate  conservative  guy  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  together.  on  Judaic  and  the  other  on  Hindu  They  have  this  very  devoted  he  said/ spirituality. he  said  kind  of  conversation.  I  just  In  an  interview  with  the  Indepen-­ sponsored  them  speaking  at  Duke  dent  last  week,  Patton  said  she  still  last  spring,  and  it  worked  beautiful-­ devotes  at  least  an  hour  a  day  to  her  ly.  We  should  do  that  with  all  sorts  scholarship  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  writing  and  reading  of  different,  tough  issues  so  that  we  about  modern  India,  as  well  as  an-­ model  that  kind  of  conversation.  cient,  and  penning  her  own  poetry.  This  is  a  place  where  we  can  have  Teaching  is  so  important  to  Patton  our  best  arguments.â&#x20AC;? that  she  had  it  built  into  her  contract.  TOWN-­GOWN  ISSUES She  plans  to  reenter  the  classroom  For  Patton  this  same  openness  to  DIWHU KHU ÂżUVW \HDU DV FROOHJH SUHVL-­ collaboration  and  commitment  to  dent,  perhaps  teaching  building  partnerships  on  a  subject  dealing  with  is  essential  to  the  col-­ a  big  social  issue. legeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ongoing  rela-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would love â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  wait  to  do  to hear from tionship  to  the  town  as  that,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stu-­ well.  To  that  end  she  dents  keep  you  deeply  the people has  been  introducing  of Addison sane  and  happy.â&#x20AC;? herself  to  local  leaders  Equally  important  to  County about and  business  owners  Patton  is  her  â&#x20AC;&#x153;belief  in  interesting, and  most  recently  at-­ the  scholar/teacher/ad-­ WHQGHG KHU ÂżUVW VHOHFW-­ constructive ministrator.â&#x20AC;?  board  meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever  I  do  comes  ways that we â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  would  love  to  hear  out  of  that  model,â&#x20AC;?  Pat-­ might be able from  the  people  of  Ad-­ ton  said.  dison  County  about  in-­ to partner in While  understand-­ teresting,  constructive  ing  that  she  alone  must  the future.â&#x20AC;? ways  that  we  might  be  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Laurie Patton able  to  partner  in  the  PDNH ÂżQDO GHFLVLRQV in  many  instances,  in  future,â&#x20AC;?  said  Patton.  a  recent  address  to  faculty  Patton  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  deeply  believe  in  creating  those  stressed  the  importance  of  faculty  long-­term  partnerships.  I  think  that  governance,  collaborative  decision  the  citizens  of  Addison  County  will  making  and  the  kind  of  bracingly  be  the  ones  who  come  up  with  the  honest  dialogue  that  allows  for  en-­ cool  proposals  for  what  we  can  do  in  gaged  but  civil  public  debate. the  community,  and  I  really  want  to  Anyone  taking  even  the  briefest  of  hear  from  them.â&#x20AC;? glances  at  Pattonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  CV  can  see  that  Patton  stressed  the  importance  of  sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  doer  with  an  impressive  list  remaining  active  in  the  local  econo-­ of  accomplishments.  But  anyone  my  and  of  continuing  to  partner  with  who  meets  her  will  also  understand  the  town  in  constructive  ways.  that  this  same  commitment  to  col-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Economic  viability  is  huge,â&#x20AC;?  Pat-­ laboration  and  dialogue  are  central  to  ton  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  more  partnerships  we  Pattonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  approach  to  leadership.  This  FUHDWH WKDW DUH PXWXDOO\ EHQHÂżFLDO philosophy  extends  from  decisions  the  better  off  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  going  to  be.â&#x20AC;? about  how  to  run  the  college  to  the  Patton  emphasized  that  the  college  kinds  of  on-­campus  events  that  will  needs  to  remain  a  vibrant  employer.  best  model  real  conversation.

With  Middlebury  College  already  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  want  there  to  be  more  people  the  largest  employer  in  Addison Â

(Continued  from  Page  1A) reported  this  past  March,  Pico  ar-­ rived  at  the  Homeward  Bound  hu-­ mane  society  as  a  stray  and  went  un-­ claimed.  A  thorough  exam  revealed  a  terribly  broken  leg,  likely  caused  by  a  hard  kick  or  another  injury  that  went  untreated.  An  online  cam-­ paign  raised  money  from  almost  150  donors  to  have  the  leg  amputated,  which  vets  said  was  the  best  medical  treatment.  Pico  is  paying  it  forward,  and  will  be  in  Woofstock,  the  shelterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  largest  fundraiser.  Registration  is  at  9:30  a.m.  at  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Me-­ morial  Sports  Center.  The  2-­mile  walk  begins  at  10:30  a.m.  Dogs  are  invited  and  encouraged  to  par-­ ticipate.  The  event  will  culminate  with  a  40th  birthday  party  for  the  shelter,  with  cupcakes,  party  favors  and  music.  More  info  or  WR GRQDWH ZZZ ÂżUVWJLYLQJ FRP KRPHZDUGERXQGDQLPDOV woofstoc.

LAURIE   L.   PATTON County,  she  said  there  were  things  Middlebury  could  do  to  improve  economic  vitality  even  beyond  the  county  borders.  As  an  example,  she  said  the  college  could  set  up  new  transportations  options  (presumably  buses)  to  bring  in  employees  from  outlying,  rural  areas.

She  also  said  she  could  imagine  sustainable  town-­gown  partnerships  around  the  arts  and  multi-­use  hous-­ ing.  At  the  same  time,  Patton  wondered  how  the  college  might  better  connect  with  the  state  as  a  whole  as  an  em-­ ployer,  especially  in  providing  more  job  opportunities  for  young  people  so  that  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  leave  the  state  or  so  that  they  could  be  attracted  back  to  the  state.

In  developing  economic  partner-­ ships,  Patton  also  stressed  how  es-­ sential  it  is  that  new  partnerships  be  in  line  with  each  partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  values.  )RU WKH FROOHJH WKDW PHDQV ÂżQGLQJ partnerships  that  help  it  advance  its  core  academic  mission.

Patton  also  wondered  how  the  col-­

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When  asked  about  student  calls  for  the  college  to  divest  from  fos-­ sil  fuels,  Patton  responded  that  she  wanted  to  push  the  college  in  as  many  ways  as  possible  toward  being  an  environmental  leader. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This  is  a  conversation  we  will  continue  to  have  at  Middlebury,â&#x20AC;?  Patton  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  impressed  by  how  informed  and  engaged  the  students  are  on  issues  relating  to  sustainability  and  the  environment.  There  are  many  ways  we  can  be  en-­ vironmental  leaders,  and  we  want  to  keep  pushing  that  envelope.  Divest-­ ment  of  fossil  fuels  should  be  only  one  among  many  related  issues  we  grapple  with.â&#x20AC;?

HOMECOMING  OF  SORTS Patton  grew  up  north  of  Boston  in  suburban  Danvers,  Mass.,  but  spent  much  of  the  past  two  decades  living  in  large  cities  in  the  South.  She  said  her  return  to  New  England  feels  like  a  kind  of  homecoming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wake  up  in  the  morning  and  go,  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh  my  goodness,  I  have  the  privi-­ lege  of  doing  that?!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  I  grew  up  know-­

ing  about  Bread  Loaf,  knowing  all  about  Middlebury  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  many  friends  went  to  college  here  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  so  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  kind  RI OLNH FRPLQJ KRPH DQG IXOÂżOOLQJ D childhood  dream  you  almost  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  know  that  you  had  but  then  you  real-­ ized  that  you  did.â&#x20AC;?

Patton  joked  that  North  Carolina  friends  and  colleagues  wondered  why  she  would  move  back  to  a  cold-­ er  climate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here  people  just  laughed  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  matter  of  just  putting  on  more  clothes  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  all  it  is,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  Patton  went  on  to  say  that  although  Middlebury  is  small  in  population  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  under  10,000  compared  to  a  quarter-­ million  in  Durham  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  she  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  re-­ ally  see  it  as  a  small  town. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  let  the  small  town  LGHQWLW\ GHÂżQH XV 7KLV LV D YHU\ sophisticated,  urbane,  interesting,  accessible  and  exciting  place,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  been  making  an  effort  to  visit  with  many  of  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  busi-­ nesspeople.  Connecting  with  them  has  helped  show  me  what  an  ex-­ traordinary  place  this  is.  Middlebury  may  be  a  small  town  in  size,  but  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  small  in  mind,  in  disposition,  in  generosity,  in  sophistication  of  gov-­ ernment  or  in  engagement  with  the  world.â&#x20AC;?

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Carla  LaFountain,  the  owner  of  Rosie  the  cockatiel,  is  offering  thanks  to  Tom  and  Sibylle  Saunders  of  Mid-­ dlebury,  who  found  Rosie  on  the  Ab-­ bey  Pond  Trail  in  Middlebury  last  PRQWK DIWHU WKH \HDU ROG ELUG Ă&#x20AC;HZ there  from  her  home  in  Salisbury.  La-­ Fountain  said  she  recently  heard  the  rest  of  the  story  about  Rosieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rescue.  She  said  when  the  Saunderses  found  the  tired  and  hungry  pet  bird,  Tom  car-­ ried  her  two  miles  down  the  mountain  and  took  her  to  the  humane  society  knowing  that  she  must  have  been  lost.  The  humane  society  did  reunite  the  bird  and  her  owners.  LaFountain  said  Rosie  did  nothing  but  sleep  and  eat  for  two  days  after  she  came  home.

An  impressive  ballot  of  Shoreham  celebrities  have  lined  up  to  compete  for  the  chance  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kiss  the  Pigâ&#x20AC;?  at  Apple  Fest  this  Sunday.  People  have  been  placing  their  votes  by  deposit-­ ing  dollars  into  ballot  boxes  around  Shoreham.  The  celebrity  with  the  most  votes  will  kiss  the  pig.  The  celebs  are:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Bankerâ&#x20AC;?  Mark  Young,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Diner  Divaâ&#x20AC;?  Cora  Waag,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Ferry  Masterâ&#x20AC;?  Mike  Matot,  The  Postmanâ&#x20AC;?  Steve  Go-­ odrich,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Principalâ&#x20AC;?  Mike  Lenox  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Whisky  Makerâ&#x20AC;?  Raj  Bah-­ kta.  The  winning  (losing?)  celeb  gets  to  kiss  Petunia  the  piglet  at  town  ga-­ zebo  on  Sunday  at  2  p.m.

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Food  co-­op  winning  more  fans Middlebury  store  may  soon  expand By  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Middle-­ bury  Natural  Foods  Co-­op  (MNFC)  is  studying  the  possibility  of  once  again  expanding  its  store  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  per-­ haps  by  as  much  as  50  percent  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  onto  property  it  owns  to  the  west  of  its  store  at  1  Washington  St. Expansion  of  the  increasingly  popular  MNFC  is  but  one  of  sev-­ eral  ideas  laid  out  in  the  organiza-­ tionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  latest  long-­range  plan.  Other  priorities  in  the  document  include  purchasing  products  in  volume  to  keep  prices  down,  creating  a  space  for  education  classes  on  nutrition  and  healthy  food  preparation,  im-­ SURYLQJ HQHUJ\ HIÂżFLHQF\ DGKHULQJ to  longstanding  buying  criteria  that  emphasize  locally  and  organically  grown  foods,  and  employing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;state-­ of-­the-­art  digital  technologies,â&#x20AC;?  wherever  possible,  to  improve  cus-­ tomer  service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  next  10  years  are  loaded  with  potential;Íž  the  challenges  and  opportunities  have  never  been  greater,â&#x20AC;?  said  MNFC  board  Presi-­ dent  Tam  Stewart.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Providing  healthy  foods  for  everyone  in  our  community  while  keeping  prices  down  and  remaining  central  to  the  strength  of  our  local  food  system, Â

has  never  been  more  important,  this  conversation  with  our  various  even  as  our  commitment  to  things  stakeholders,â&#x20AC;?  Lower  said  on  Tues-­ like  environmental  best  practice  day.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  learned  a  lot  â&#x20AC;Ś  Hopefully,  and  remaining  downtown  raises  the  this  plan  is  laying  the  groundwork  bar.â&#x20AC;? for  implementation  success  (for  the  Glenn  Lower,  MNFC  general  ideas  in  it).â&#x20AC;? manager,  noted  the  long-­range  plan  One  of  the  recurring  themes  of  the  is  part  of  an  ongoing  dialogue  with  plan  is  the  need  for  more  space  with-­ the  co-­opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  4,200  mem-­ in  the  store  to  imple-­ ber-­owners  on  how  they  ment  the  member-­own-­ would  like  the  store  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the ersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  ideas  and  to  provide  evolve  in  an  era  of  in-­ purchase of a  better  shopping  expe-­ creasing  sales  and  a  the adjacent rience  for  customers.  burgeoning  local  foods  property last Co-­op  boosters  continue  movement  in  Addison  December, we to  lobby  for  a  second  County.  customer  restroom,  ex-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over  the  past  four  are potentially panded  cafĂŠ  seating,  decades,  the  co-­op  has  able to expand more  aisle  space  to  re-­ evolved  from  a  buying  the store by duce  store  congestion,  club  in  neighborhood  about 50 and  more  retail  space  in  living  rooms,  to  a  pre-­ percent in the  bulk,  cheese,  meat,  order  cooperative,  to  a  seafood,  deli  and  dairy  size.â&#x20AC;? retail  cooperative  natu-­ departments. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Middlebury ral  foods  store  that  has  â&#x20AC;&#x153;In  order  to  be  able  Natural Foods to  offer  these  services  expanded  four  times  Co-op long-range and  an  expanded  prod-­ since  the  old  train  sta-­ plan uct  line,  we  will  need  to  tion  location,â&#x20AC;?  the  long-­ range  plan  narrative  expand  our  store,â&#x20AC;?  the  reads. long-­range  plan  states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As  we  look  to  the  future,  how-­ The  store  is  currently  6,000  ever,  we  imagine  the  co-­op  as  some-­ square  feet  and  MNFCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  thing  bigger  than  the  store,â&#x20AC;?  the  plan  sales  are  now  in  the  $12  million  reads. range.  The  co-­op  has  received  a  no-­ &R RS RIÂżFLDOV FUHGLWHG DQ DFWLYH ticeable  sales  bump  during  the  past  MNFC  membership  for  being  active  year  in  the  wake  of  the  closing  of  participants  in  the  planning  process. Gregâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Meat  Market  in  Middlebury  â&#x20AC;&#x153;All  of  last  year  was  about  having  and  Mountain  Greens  Market  in Â

GLEN  LOWER,  LONG-­TIME  general  manager  of  the  Middlebury  Natural  Foods  Co-­op,  is  implementing  some  of  the  recommendations  in  a  long-­range  plan  for  the  popular  business.  The  recommendations  include  pos-­ sibly  expanding  the  store.  Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Bristol. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With  the  purchase  of  the  adja-­ cent  property  last  December,  we  are  potentially  able  to  expand  the  store  by  about  50  percent  in  size,â&#x20AC;?  the  MNFC  plan  indicates.

The  property  in  question,  to  the  west  of  the  current  store,  includes  the  garage  in  which  Addison  Coun-­ ty  Automotive  is  located.  /RZHU VWUHVVHG WKHUH LV QR GHÂżQL-­ tive  expansion  plan  at  this  point.  A  feasibility  study  is  under  way  that  could  lead  to  a  building  addition  project  by  2017  at  the  earliest,  of-­ ÂżFLDOV VDLG Meanwhile,  the  co-­op  is  already  taking  other  steps  to  improve  its  operations.  For  example,  around  650  members  this  past  spring  vot-­ ed  overwhelmingly  in  favor  of  a  switch  in  MNFCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dividend  policy.  Historically,  the  co-­op  has  extended  its  members  a  2-­percent  discount  on  VWRUH SXUFKDVHV WR UHĂ&#x20AC;HFW WKHLU FRQ-­ tributions  to  the  operation.  Mem-­ bers  have  now  agreed  to  receive  dividend  compensation  based  on  VWRUH SURÂżW DW WKH HQG RI HDFK ÂżV-­ cal  year,  which  will  be  redeemable  through  store  credit,  a  dividend  check  or  some  other  mechanism,  according  to  Lower.

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Ă&#x20AC;H[LELOLW\ DQG WKHUHIRUH DOORZ LW WR be  more  nimble  in  making  improve-­ ments,  Lower  said. &R RS RIÂżFLDOV KDYH PDSSHG RXW some  additional  goals  that  do  not  involve  bricks  and  mortar.  Among  them  is  an  effort  to  make  organic,  locally  grown  food  more  accessible  to  more  Addison  County  residents.  That  strategy  will  in  part  involve  dispelling  the  myth  that  all  organic  food  products  are  more  expensive  than  their  conventional  equivalent.  Plans  call  for  the  co-­op  to  expand  its  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Food  For  Allâ&#x20AC;?  program,  which  pro-­ vides  individuals  and  families  who  qualify  for  federal  food  assistance  a  10-­percent  discount  on  their  every-­ day  shopping.

In  addition,  Lower  said  MNFC  will  continue  to  contribute  money  and  food  to  food  shelves  run  by  Helping  Overcome  Povertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Effects  and  Addison  Community  Action.  The  organization  is  also  committed  to  offering  classes  on  purchasing,  storing  and  preparing  foods  to  help  promote  a  healthier  diet.

Next  year,  MNFC  will  mark  its  40th  birthday.  It  has  established  it-­ self  as  a  countywide  leader  in  the  local  foods  movement.  The  store  currently  does  business  with  270  separate  food  producers,  a  number  that  increases  by  the  month.  And Â

/RZHU URXWLQHO\ ÂżHOGV UHTXHVWV IURP folks  in  other  Addison  County  com-­ munities  curious  about  establishing  foods  co-­ops  of  their  own.  Lower  DQG RWKHU FR RS RIÂżFLDOV FDQQRW commit  to  developing  MNFC  spin-­ offs  in  other  towns,  but  they  are  able  to  dispense  advice  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  which  usually  begins  with  the  suggestion  that  in-­ terested  groups  form  their  own  food  buying  clubs.  If  those  clubs  prove  successful,  the  groups  can  then  con-­ sider  moving  on  to  store  operations,  he  explained. Âł,WÂśV GHÂżQLWHO\ DQ H[FLWLQJ WLPH for  food  co-­ops,â&#x20AC;?  Lower  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;There  are  more  of  them  cropping  up  around  the  country.  There  is  a  wave  of  interest  in  local  foods  and  organic  foods,  especially  in  Addi-­ son  County.â&#x20AC;?

Stewart  believes  MNFC  is  well  positioned  for  the  future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  alignment  at  every  level  of  this  organization  is  impressive,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;From  directors  and  staff  to  our  growing  membership,  net-­ work  of  suppliers,  the  community  at  large,  and  neighboring  co-­ops,  there  is  a  deep-­seated  core  of  com-­ mitment  and  shared  vision  that  will  inspire  and  sustain  us  all  for  a  very  long  time.â&#x20AC;?

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

THE  MIDDLEBURY  NATURAL  Foods  Co-­op  is  considering  an  expansion  onto  property  that  it  owns  to  the  west  of  the  store  off  Washington  Street.  No  expansion  will  take  place  before  2017.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

Gates  open  at:  5pm  Friday;  9am  Saturday Friday  Admission  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Adults  $10;  5-­â&#x20AC;?11yrs  old  $5;  4  &  under  Free Saturday  Admissionâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;  Adults  $15;  5-­â&#x20AC;?11yrs  old  $5; 4  &  under  Free  Saturday  admission  includes  entry  into  the Joe  McGinness  concert!

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  event  2-­â&#x20AC;?5pm,  Saturday Pedal  pull,  bounce  houses,  petting  zoo  and  more!

Children  can  start  signing  up  at  1pm. Â&#x201E;Â&#x2021;Â?Â&#x2021;Ď?Â&#x2039;Â&#x2013;Â&#x2022; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013;Â&#x201D;Â&#x2014;Â&#x2030;Â&#x2030;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2039;Â?Â&#x2030; Â&#x2021;Â&#x201D;Â?Â&#x2018;Â?Â&#x2013; Â&#x2C6;Â&#x192;Â?Â&#x2039;Â&#x17D;Â&#x2039;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2022; Â&#x2122;Â&#x160;Â&#x2018; Â&#x160;Â&#x192;Â&#x2DC;Â&#x2021; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2014;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2C6;Â&#x2021;Â&#x201D;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2020; Â&#x17D;Â&#x2018;Â&#x2022;Â&#x2022;ÇĄ Â&#x2039;Â?Â&#x152;Â&#x2014;Â&#x201D;Â&#x203A; Â&#x2018;Â&#x201D; Â&#x2039;Â&#x17D;Â&#x17D;Â?Â&#x2021;Â&#x2022;Â&#x2022;Ǥ  For  more  information  go  to:  Â&#x2122;Â&#x2122;Â&#x2122;ǤÂ&#x192;Â&#x2020;Â&#x2020;Â&#x2039;Â&#x2022;Â&#x2018;Â?Â&#x2026;Â&#x2018;Â&#x2014;Â?Â&#x2013;Â&#x203A;Â&#x201E;Â&#x2021;Â?Â&#x2021;Ď?Â&#x2039;Â&#x2013;Â&#x2019;Â&#x2014;Â&#x17D;Â&#x17D;ǤÂ&#x2026;Â&#x2018;Â?

Thanks  to  Platinum  Sponsors:  Matthewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trucking, LLC; A&D Automotive; Van De Weert Tractor Pulling; Munson Earth Moving Corp.; Addison County Fair & Field Days; Lions Club of Middlebury; Ferrisburgh Bake Shop & Deli; Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sled Service; Green Mountain Feeds; Wright Family Farm; Redline Drainage; Whitney Custom Farmwork; 98.9 WOKO

Thanks  to  Gold  Sponsors:  Snap-On Tools; Feed Commodities International, Inc.; Curtis Brothers Tractor Pulling; Burtland Farms; Charlebois Truck Parts, Inc.; Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fuels, LLC; Vermont Tractor Pullers Association; John & Vicki VanderWey; Rouse Tire Sales; Vieta Hoof Trimming; Marc Bowen Trucking;The Right Fix; Van Wyck Brothers Drainage; Barncat Pulling; Wil-Tel Construction; In Memory of Cornelius â&#x20AC;&#x153;Paâ&#x20AC;? Van Wyck; L.R. Provencher Earthworks, Inc.; Phoenix Feeds & Nutrition; Salem Farm Supply; Interstate Battery of Williston, VT; WhistlePig Farm; Mountain View Equipment; Heritage Aviation; Champlain Oil Company, Inc.; Auto Electric Inc.; Broderickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Automotive & Autobody; Sid Dykema & Sons; Falls Farm & Garden Equipment; Team Wood, LLC; Sugar Hill Diesel

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ADDISON COUNTY

Farm News Kemp  ready  for  Angus  covention CORNWALL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Brian  J.  Kemp  of  Cornwall  has  been  elected  as  a  del-­ egate  to  the  132nd  annual  American  Angus  Association  Convention  of  Delegates,  Nov.  5  at  the  Overland  Park  Convention  Center  in  Overland  Park,  Kan.,  reports  Richard  Wilson,  interim  CEO  of  the  American  Angus  Association.

Kemp,  a  member  of  the  American  Angus  Association,  which  is  head-­ quartered  in  Saint  Joseph,  Mo.,  is  one  of  327  Angus  breeders  who  have  been  elected  by  fellow  members  in  their  state  to  serve  as  a  representative  at  the  annual  meeting.  Representing  42  states,  the  District  of  Columbia  and  Canada,  the  delegates  will  par-­ ticipate  in  the  business  meeting  and  HOHFW QHZ RI¿FHUV DQG ¿YH GLUHFWRUV to  the  American  Angus  Association  board.

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7KLV PRQWKÂśV FROXPQ LV D GLIÂżFXOW one  for  me.  As  you  may  have  read  in  the  Independent,  I  am  leaving  prac-­ tice  in  Vermont  to  teach  at  Oregon  State.  Although  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  an  opportunity  to  use  the  wisdom  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  accumulated  in  a,  shall  we  say,  less  physically  de-­ manding  way  and  for  my  wife  and  me  to  be  closer  to  our  two  adult  sons,  I  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  deny  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  very  sad  to  be  leav-­ ing  the  people  and  places  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  grown  to  love  so  much.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  a  Midwesterner  by  birth  hav-­ ing  grown  up  in  Indiana.  I  fell  in  love  with  animals  while  working  at  a  zoo  in  my  hometown  and  decided  I  wanted  to  be  a  zoo  veterinarian.  I  spent  a  lot  of  time  with  the  zooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  vet,  who  also  owned  a  local  small  animal  practice.  He  told  me  (maybe  just  to  get  rid  of  me)  that  I  should  spend  WLPH H[SORULQJ RWKHU ÂżHOGV ZLWKLQ WKH profession  and  recommended  a  local  farm  practice.  I  never  looked  back.  Farm  practice,  farmers  and  farm  ani-­ mals  became  my  passion  and  it  still  is.  I  will  forever  be  grateful  to  that  vet,  Dr.  Larry  Ackerman,  a  wonder-­ ful  mentor  who  supported  and  en-­ couraged  an  eager,  young  aspiring  practitioner.  During  my  senior  year  of  veteri-­ nary  school  I  came  to  Vergennes  for  a  two-­month  externship,  spending  time  with  an  established  practitioner  and  learning  to  apply  all  of  the  book  knowledge  I  had  stuffed  into  my  head  during  the  previous  four  years.  I  had  only  been  to  New  England  once,  as  a  child,  and  wanted  to  see  what  life Â

and  knowledge  have  expanded  with  their  farms.  Still,  a  cow  is  a  cow,  so  she  still  needs  to  eat,  needs  a  clean  place  to  lie,  makes  milk  and  occa-­ sionally  gets  sick  and  needs  a  vet.

My  practice  has  changed  as  well.  When  I  started  in  Vermont  I  was  much  more  reactive  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  examining  VLFN DQLPDOV DQG Âż[LQJ WKHP 1RZ

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Working lands grants now available VERMONT  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  neering/architectural  Working  Lands  Enter-­ Grants will plans;Íž  and/or  building  prise  Board  (WLEB)  be available and  equipment  costs);Íž  announces  the  avail-­ to Vermont marketing  (access-­ ability  of  over  $500,000  ing  new  markets  and  in  grant  funds  for  the  agriculture securing  new  cus-­ 2016  program  year.  and forest tomers);Íž  research  and  The  application  pe-­ sector development  (test-­ riod  will  open  on  Oct.  ing  new  systems  or  businesses, 1,  with  grants  target-­ technologies  or  de-­ ing  essential,  catalytic  as well veloping  innovative  investments  in  Ver-­ as service solutions).  Projects  montâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  farm  and  forest  providers focused  on  scaling  economy.  Grants  will  up  to  meet  new  mar-­ be  available  to  Vermont  that provide ket  opportunities  are  agriculture  and  forest  the critical encouraged.  Working  sector  businesses,  as  technical capital  is  an  eligible  well  as  service  provid-­ assistance use  of  funds. ers  that  provide  the  crit-­ 2.  Service  Provider  ical  technical  assistance  needed for Investments.  Proj-­ needed  for  business  business ects  should  show  di-­ growth. rect  impacts  on  Ver-­ growth.

The  two  investment  mont  Working  Lands  areas  are  as  follows: businesses.  Types  of  1.  Business  Investments.  Projects  technical  assistance  provided  may  may  include,  but  are  not  limited  include:  scaling  up;͞  market  de-­ WR LQIUDVWUXFWXUH SURMHFW VSHFL¿F velopment,  marketing  plans,  and  planning,  permitting,  and/or  engi-­ VDOHV EXVLQHVV DQG ¿QDQFLDO SODQ-­

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A  change  to  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  process  will  be  that  all  Business  Invest-­ ments  applicants  selected  to  sub-­ mit  a  full  application  will  be  re-­ quired  to  include  a  business  plan.  Applicants  are  encouraged  to  visit  WLEBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Resources  for  Businesses  page  at  http://workinglands.ver-­ mont.gov/apply/ta/tools.

The  WLEB  began  operations  in  August  2012  and  to  date  has  awarded  over  $3  million  in  grant  funds  to  110  grantees,  leverag-­ ing  an  additional  $4.3  million  of  matching  and  outside  funds.  The  WLEB  looks  forward  to  continu-­ ing  this  impressive  track  record  in  ¿VFDO \HDU

Ag  safety  is  not  just  a  slogan,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lifestyle VERMONT  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  theme  for  Na-­ tional  Farm  Safety  and  Health  Week,  Sept.  20  to  26,  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ag  safety  is  not  just  a  slogan,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lifestyle.â&#x20AC;?

The  theme  reminds  local  and  ru-­ ral  communities  that  agriculture  is  one  of  the  most  dangerous  occupa-­ tions  in  the  U.S.  and  that  most  farm  injuries  and  fatalities  are  preventable  through  education.  U.S.  Department  of  Labor  data  showed  that  in  2013  farming  accounted  for  500  fatalities,  or  23.2  deaths  per  100,000  workers.

Special  webinars  are  scheduled  daily  during  that  week  and  will  be  available  at  www.necasag.org,  the  site  of  the  National  Education  Center  for  Ag  Safety  (NECAS).  Go  to  the  site  and  check  them  out.

This  year  the  NECAS  webinars,  offered  each  day  at  noon,  will  cov-­ er  the  following  themes:  Monday,  Rural  Roadway;Íž  Tuesday,  Health;Íž  Wednesday,  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Topics;Íž  7KXUVGD\ &RQÂżQHG 6SDFHV LQ $JUL-­

culture;͞  and  Friday,  Tractor  Safety.

Each  year  since  1944,  the  third  week  of  September  has  been  recog-­ nized  as  National  Farm  Safety  and  Health  Week.  This  annual  recogni-­ tion,  initiated  by  the  National  Safety  Council,  has  been  proclaimed  as  such  by  each  sitting  U.S.  President  since  Franklin  D.  Roosevelt.

Over  the  years,  National  Farm  Safety  and  Health  Week  materials  shifted  from  the  National  Safety  Council  to  NECAS.  NECAS  has  been  the  agricultural  partner  for  the  National  Safety  Council  since  1997.

To  recognize  National  Farm  Safe-­ ty  and  Health  Week  this  September,  please  join  farms  across  the  U.S.  in  promoting  safe  and  healthy  practices  as  we  enter  the  harvest  season.

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ment  are  properly  trained  and  the  equipment  is  well  maintained. Â&#x2021; 3URYLGH DJH DSSURSULDWH WDVNV and  jobs  for  those  eager-­to-­help  youngsters. Â&#x2021; 7DNH FDUH RI \RXUVHOI JHW enough  rest,  stay  hydrated  and  ob-­ serve  directions  and  warnings  when  taking  medications  and  then  operat-­ ing  farm  equipment.

And  make  time  to  get  away  and  relax,  to  enjoy  your  family  and  to  recharge  your  own  internal  battery.  You  will  get  more  accomplished  when  you  return  and  have  a  much  more  positive  outlook.

Remember,  Ag  safety  is  not  just  a  slogan,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  lifestyle.

For  more  information,  go  to  the  NECAS  web  site  at  www.necasag. org.

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  This  article  was  contributed  by  by  George  Cook,  UVM  Extension  farm  safety  special-­ ist.

Klopfenstein (Continued  from  Page  16A) guided  and  encouraged  my  writing.  My  current  clients  make  every  (OK,  most)  days  a  joy.

I  hope  that  this  column  has  made  a  small  dent  in  the  gulf  that  has  opened  between  food  producers  and  consumers.  I  have  attempted  to  show  that  production  agriculture  is  not  a  bad  thing;Íž  dairy  farmers  love  their  animals  and  want  them  to  be  happy  and  healthy.  I  wanted  people  to  understand  that  dairy  farming  is Â

a  business,  and  businesses  require  D SUR¿W WR EH VXFFHVVIXO VR VRPH-­ WLPHV GLI¿FXOW GHFLVLRQV PXVW EH made.  Farmers  have  much  to  work  on  especially  in  areas  such  as  water  quality  and  humane  end  of  produc-­ tive  life  care.  Changes  take  time,  however,  and  the  industry  is  work-­ ing  hard  to  solve  these  issues.  Be-­ lieve  me  when  I  tell  you  that  things  are  worlds  better  than  they  were  when  I  came  to  the  area  in  1986.

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and  I  leave  the  people  and  places  we  love  so  much  so  I  may  teach  future  veterinarians  to  be  as  suc-­ cessful  and  happy  as  I  have  been.  This  move  takes  us  from  the  west  coast  of  New  England  to  50  miles  IURP WKH 3DFLÂżF FRDVW , KRSH , FDQ EH DV LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQWLDO LQ WKH OLYHV RI WKH young  senior  veterinary  students  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  teaching  as  others  have  been  in  mine.  Thank  you,  Addison  Coun-­ ty,  for  30  wondrous  and  rewarding  years. Â

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Act  46  (Continued  from  Page  1A) according  to  Addison  Central  Super-­ visory  Union  Superintendent  Peter  Burrows.  The  per-­pupil  spending  allowances  for  next  year  are  more  generous  for  frugal  school  districts  and  tighter  for  higher  spending  dis-­ tricts.  And  districts  are  charged  a Â

dollar  penalty  for  each  dollar  they  spend  above  their  limit,  noted  Bur-­ rows,  so  school  leaders  have  a  major  incentive  to  try  and  stick  within  their  prescribed  guidelines.

Fiscal  year  2017  encompasses  the  2016-­2017  academic  year,  for  which  school  directors  have  already  begun Â

to  budget.  Most  of  those  spending  plans  will  be  decided  by  local  voters  on  Town  Meeting  Day  next  March.

The  ACSU  Executive  Committee  and  the  school  boards  of  all  seven  ACSU-­member  towns  have  agreed  to  proceed  with  an  accelerated  merg-­ er  under  Act  46.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  transition  that Â

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will  be  put  to  a  vote  next  March  in  all  seven  towns.  The  ACSU  is  currently  made  up  of  nine  school  boards  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  one  that  establishes  ACSU  policy,  an-­ other  that  presides  over  Middlebury  Union  middle  and  high  schools,  and  one  for  each  of  the  seven  elementary  schools  in  the  ACSU-­member  towns  of  Middlebury,  Shoreham,  Bridport,  Salisbury,  Weybridge,  Ripton  and  Cornwall.

Information  provided  by  the  Agency  of  Education  shows  that  sev-­ eral  ACSU  school  districts  will  have  no  capacity  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  or  very  little  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  to  increase  their  per-­pupil  spending  for  the  2016-­2017  transition  year  to  Act  46.  That  information  shows: Â&#x2021; :H\EULGJH (OHPHQWDU\ FXUUHQW-­ ly  spending  at  a  rate  of  $20,200  per  pupil,  will  not  be  entitled  to  any  per-­ pupil  spending  increase  next  year.  In  other  words,  any  per-­pupil  spending  boost  would  place  Weybridge  in  the  penalty. Â&#x2021; 5LSWRQ (OHPHQWDU\ QRZ VSHQG-­ ing  $17,433  per  student,  will  be  granted  a  per-­pupil  budget  increase  of  0.79  percent.  That  translates  to  an  additional  $132.62  per  student. Â&#x2021; &RUQZDOOÂśV %LQJKDP 0HPRULDO School,  now  spending  $16,435  per  student,  is  entitled  to  a  0.99-­per-­ cent  increase.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  equivalent  to  $161.11  per  student. Â&#x2021; 6KRUHKDP (OHPHQWDU\ QRZ spending  $16,653  per  student,  is  cleared  for  up  to  a  1.09-­percent  boost  in  per-­pupil  spending.  That  amounts  to  $174.61  per  student. Â&#x2021; %ULGSRUW &HQWUDO QRZ VSHQGLQJ $16,659  per  student,  is  green-­lighted  for  a  1.19-­percent  boost  in  per-­pupil  spending.  That  amounts  to  an  addi-­ tional  $187.62  per  student. Â&#x2021; 6DOLVEXU\ &RPPXQLW\ 6FKRRO currently  spending  $16,358  per  stu-­ dent,  is  allowed  a  per-­pupil  spending  boost  of  1.44  percent.  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  equiva-­ lent  to  another  $218.99  per  student. Â&#x2021; 0LGGOHEXU\ÂśV 0DU\ +RJDQ (O-­ ementary,  now  spending  $14,779  per  student,  has  been  authorized  to  increase  per-­pupil  spending  by  up  to  2  percent  next  year.  That  amounts  to  an  increase  of  $281.40  per  student. Â&#x2021; 8' 0LGGOHEXU\ 8QLRQ PLG-­ dle  and  high  schools)  is  now  spend-­ ing  $17,714  per  student.  Under  Act  46â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  transitional  budgeting  guide-­ lines,  UD-­3  is  accorded  a  per-­pupil  spending  increase  of  up  to  0.71  per-­

cent  next  year.  That  amounts  to  an-­ is  likely  provisions  of  the  new  law  other  $120.66  per  student. might  be  challenged,  and  possibly  Burrows  acknowledged  that  some  changed,  during  the  2016  legisla-­ ACSU  school  districts  will  face  tive  session.  And  a  few  teacher  re-­ substantial  challenges  tirements  in  one  of  the  to  craft  2016-­2017  smaller  school  districts  spending  plans  within  could  dramatically  the  per-­pupil  thresh-­ change  budgeting  in  old. that  district. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When  you  look  at  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  challenge  of  our  smaller  schools,  cost-­containment  here  thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  much  more  is  that  it  is  different  for  variability  in  per-­pu-­ different  schools,  and  pil  spending,  because  some  feel  that  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  when  you  have  fewer  equitable,â&#x20AC;?  Burrows  students,  losing  one  or  said. two  or  gaining  one  or  Sharpe  anticipates  WZR KDV D VLJQLÂżFDQW some  challenges  next  impact  on  the  overall  session  to  the  cost-­con-­ cost  per  equalized  pu-­ tainment  provisions  of  pil,â&#x20AC;?  Burrows  said.

Act  46,  but  he  does  not  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  school  see  the  need  to  make  boards  always  have  â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you look FKDQJHV +H H[SHFWV their  work  cut  out  for  at our smaller some  proposals  to  in-­ them;Íž  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  challenge  schools, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crease  the  per-­pupil  al-­ in  general  to  build  a  lowance  for  next  year,  budget  that  provides  much more perhaps  to  the  rate  of  what  students  need  variability in per- LQĂ&#x20AC;DWLRQ DQG WKDW LV ÂżVFDOO\ UH-­ pupil spending, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  advocate  for  sponsible,â&#x20AC;?  Burrows  because when that,â&#x20AC;?  Sharpe  said.

FRQWLQXHG Âł7KLV SHU you have fewer â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  what  we  pupil  threshold)  does  have  in  place  right  now  students, losing add  another  layer  this  is  pretty  reasonable.â&#x20AC;? year.  It  is  something  one or two or But  Sharpe  is  pre-­ we  have  been  talking  gaining one pared  to  have  a  discus-­ about  at  the  board  level  or two has sion  about  Act  46  and  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  working  D VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW OLVWHQ WR VFKRRO RIÂż-­ on  it  a  bit  earlier  in  the  impact on the cialsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  concerns  about  budget  cycle  to  make  the  per-­pupil  spending  sure  we  understand  all  overall cost per thresholds. equalized pupil.â&#x20AC;? of  the  factors.  â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  do  recognize  it  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Superintendent makes  for  pretty  tight  But  he  also  stressed  Peter Burrows budgeting  in  many  that  per-­pupil  spend-­ ing  does  not  add  up  school  districts,â&#x20AC;?  to  a  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  total  budget.  In  other  Sharpe  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  designed  to  force  words,  a  district  can  limit  its  per-­pu-­ serious  conversations  in  school  dis-­ pil  spending  to  a  2-­percent  increase  tricts  about  how  the  spend  money.â&#x20AC;? and  still  see  its  overall  budget  change  Sharpe  pointed  to  what  is  a  current  by  more,  or  less,  than  2  percent. ratio  of  one  school  staff  person  for  ³<RX FDQ KDYH D Ă&#x20AC;DW EXGJHW EXW every  4.67  students  in  Vermont,  a  KDYH D VLJQLÂżFDQW LQFUHDVH LQ SHU state  that  he  said  has  lost  20  percent  pupil  spending,  because  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  based  on  of  its  school-­age  population  during  the  number  of  students  you  have  in  WKH SDVW \HDUV +H VDLG LQFUHDV-­ your  district,â&#x20AC;?  Burrows  said,  adding  ing  the  staff-­student  ratio  to  one-­to-­ the  Agency  of  Education  also  takes  ¿YH FRXOG VDYH PLOOLRQ LQ SXEOLF into  consideration  revenue  streams  school  expenses  statewide. for  each  district. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  are  asking  school  boards  to  OTHER  BUDGET  FACTORS take  a  serious  look  at  where  there  Burrows  cautioned  that  several  might  be  too  many  paid  staff  in  their  IDFWRUV FRXOG LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH $FW UH-­ school  buildings,â&#x20AC;?  he  said. lated  budgeting  for  schools  during  Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  WKH FRPLQJ PRQWKV +H EHOLHYHV LW johnf@addisonindependent.com.

Brandon  (Continued  from  Page  1A) district  with  one-­time  study  grant  and  tax  incentives. Â&#x2021; 6HOI DVVHVVPHQW TXDOLW\ UHYLHZV and  statewide  plan  for  those  districts  that  do  not  voluntarily  consolidate  by  July  1,  2017.  No  tax  incentives.

Because  RNeSU  is  an  existing  supervisory  union  with  two  districts,  it  can  combine  its  two  districts,  Ot-­ ter  Valley  Union  School  District  and  Barstow,  without  having  to  meet  stu-­ dent  or  district  minimum  limits.  RNeSU  can  create  a  regional  edu-­ cation  district,  called  a  RED,  from  its  existing  towns  and  schools  through  two  types  of  models,  choice  towns  and  union  high  school  towns.  Chit-­ tenden  and  Mendon  will  have  to  de-­ cide  if  they  wish  to  remain  choice  towns  and  if  so,  if  they  want  to  stay  in  RNeSU  or  move  to  Rutland  Central.  Either  way,  RNeSU  will  have  1,200-­

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Meeting  twice  a  month,  the  RNe-­ SU  Act  46  Study  Committee  will  now  work  on  a  plan  to  form  a  RED,  pre-­ pare  a  report,  conduct  the  necessary  FRVW EHQH¿W DQDO\VLV DQG VXEPLW WKH plan  to  the  State  Board  of  Education,  requesting  approval.

The  RNeSU  Act  46  Committee  members  represent  each  school  dis-­ trict  within  the  RNeSU  are: Brandon:  school  board  members  Lisa  Kenyon  and  Mike  Lufkin,  and  community  members  Richard  White,  Peter  Werner,  Susan  LaRock  and  Seth  +RSNLQV QRW \HW FRQ¿UPHG

Goshen:  board  member  Diane  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Classen.

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Whiting:  board  member  Tara  Tru-­ do.

Sudbury:  board  member  Laurie  Bertrand.

Chittenden:  board  member  Eliza-­ beth  Stahura  and  community  member  Lisa  Purcell.  Mendon:  board  member  Michelle  Erickson  and  community  member  Matt  Conway.

Pittsford  board  members  Bon-­ nie  Bourne  and  Sue  Markowski,  and  community  members  Jennifer  Tins-­ man  and  Craig  Pelkey.

Collins  said  in  an  interview  Mon-­ day  that  if  the  committee  delivers  its  report  to  the  state  in  a  timely  manner, Â

she  is  hoping  for  a  March  2016  public  vote  on  the  issue  and  to  open  RNeSU  schools  under  the  new  consolidation  model  in  the  fall  of  2017. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  see  a  November  2016  vote  on  the  outside  to  open  in  the  fall  of  2017,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;But  that  would  be  in  the  middle  of  budget  making,  and  wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  it  be  better  to  know  going  into  the  2016  budget  season?â&#x20AC;?

The  question  on  the  ballot  will  come  from  the  study  committee,  Col-­ lins  said.  It  would  be  something  like,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do  the  member  towns  of  the  Otter  Valley  Union  School  District  wish  to  PHUJH LQWR D XQLÂżHG GLVWULFW"´ Then  if  Barstow  decides  to  be  a  part  of  that  district,  the  voters  in  Mendon  and  Chittenden  would  answer  the  bal-­ lot  question,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do  the  towns  of  Chit-­ tenden  and  Mendon  wish  to  merge  LQWR D XQLÂżHG VFKRRO GLVWULFW"´ And  while  not  every  town  facing  the  ballot  question  needs  to  vote  in  favor  in  order  for  the  consolidation  to  move  forward,  Collins  said  there  does  have  to  be  a  majority.

The  Act  46  Study  Committee  will  meet  on  Tuesday  evenings  in  the  Ot-­ WHU 9DOOH\ 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO /LEUDU\ at  6  p.m.  on  the  following  dates:  Sept.  29,  Oct.  6,  Oct.  13,  Nov.  3,  Nov.  17,  Dec.  1  and  Dec.  15.

For  more  information  on  Act  46  in  RNeSU  and  for  updates,  go  to  www. rnesu.org.  On  the  list  down  the  left  side  of  the  home  page,  under  â&#x20AC;&#x153;For  Community,â&#x20AC;?  click  on  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Future  of  RNeSU.â&#x20AC;?

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-DQH %HFN DQG 'DLV\ 7XUQHU ÂżUVW met  in  1983.  Beck  was  canvassing  the  state  as  folklorist  for  the  Ver-­ mont  Arts  Council;Íž  Turner  was  the  centenarian  daughter  and  grand-­ daughter  of  slaves,  living  on  her  own  in  Grafton.  It  was  a  fortuitous  event  for  both  women.  Jane  Beck  discovered  a  folkloristâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dream,  and  Daisy  Turner  had  her  family  story  recorded  and  preserved.

The  collaboration  gave  the  world  access  to  the  rich  timbre  of  Turnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â

voice,  the  drama  of  her  delivery  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  and  to  the  Turner  family  narrative,  spanning  centuries  and  continents,  slavery  and  freedom.  Beck  has  now  put  that  vast  family  saga  between  covers.  Books  will  be  available  for  sale  and  signing.  The  cost  is  $2  for  the  program  only,  or  free  with  mu-­ seum  admission.

Rokeby  Museum  presents  a  na-­ tional  Underground  Railroad  story  tucked  inside  a  quintessential  Ver-­ mont  experience.  The  90-­acre  Na-­ WLRQDO +LVWRULF /DQGPDUN LV RSHQ daily  10  a.m.  to  5  p.m.  until  Oct.  25.

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%XWWHUĂ&#x20AC;LHV (Continued  from  Page  1A) Ă&#x20AC;\ ZLQJV LWV ZD\ LQ ZREEO\ IDVKLRQ 116  of  the  crawly  insects,  and  hopes  to  the  nearest  tree.  There,  it  gains  to  return  there  for  future  caterpillar  some  more  strength  and  courage  to  harvests. begin  its  2,800-­mile  trip  to  Mexico.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  most  (caterpillars)  I  had  ever  The  fortunate  ones  will  complete  found  before  this  was  65,â&#x20AC;?  Logan  the  journey  and  overwinter  in  the  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;This,  to  me,  is  one  of  the  most  warmth  before  the  northern  migra-­ LPSRUWDQW KD\ ÂżHOGV LQ 9HUPRQW ,W tion  cycle  repeats  itself  next  spring.

ZDV DQ DPD]LQJ ÂżQG ´ Logan  noted  that  each  of  these  She  brought  the  caterpillars  into  Shoreham  Elementary  Monarchs  is  class  and  placed  them  adorned  with  a  tiny  sticker  into  a  holding  cage,  along  bearing  a  1-­800  number  to  with  an  ample  milkweed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got to call  for  people  who  hap-­ supply.  Each  day,  the  chil-­ see their life pen  to  cross  paths  with  dren  charted  the  caterpil-­ cycle.â&#x20AC;?

WKH IDQFLIXO Ă&#x20AC;XWWHUHUV 6KH larsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  growth,  time  spent  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Addie Hyjek acknowledges  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rare  for  in  their  chrysalises,  and  WKH EXWWHUĂ&#x20AC;LHV WR JHQHU-­ their  winged  emergence  ate  a  call.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  only  hap-­ in  stunning  orange,  black  and  white  pened  once  in  her  history  of  teach-­ patterns. ing  the  Monarch  program,  and  that  Every  one  of  the  surviving   111  case  tragically  involved  a  specimen  EXWWHUĂ&#x20AC;LHV LV UHFHLYLQJ D KHDUW IHOW WKDW KDG Ă&#x20AC;RZQ RYHU /DNH &KDPSODLQ send-­off  from  the  kids.  Together,  only  to  have  a  too-­close  encounter  they  recite,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gotta  go,  gotta  go,  gotta  with  the  grill  of  a  speeding  vehicle  in  go  to  Mexico!â&#x20AC;?  the  title  of  a  picture  New  York  state.

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ing  their  favorite  aspects  of  the  but-­ WHUĂ&#x20AC;\ SURMHFW â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  liked  when  we  said  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Goodbyeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  DQG IROORZHG WKH EXWWHUĂ&#x20AC;\ ZKHQ LW Ă&#x20AC;HZ DZD\ ´ 7HQQ\ /DURFKH VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  liked  seeing  one  up  close  and  in  D FDJH ´ 6HDYHU &DGRUHW VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  got  to  see  their  life  cycle,â&#x20AC;?  ex-­ claimed  Addie  Hyjek. ,QGHHG WKH HGXFDWLRQDO EHQHÂżWV RI the  Monarch  project  go  far  beyond  entomology,  according  to  Logan.  They  learn  math  by  counting  the  insects  and  geography  by  charting  their  path  to  Mexico.  They  must  also  use  their  reading,  drawing  and  obser-­ vation  skills,  Logan  said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  very  hands-­on,â&#x20AC;?  she  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each  day,  there  is  something  new  and  exciting  happening.â&#x20AC;?

Logan  is  concerned  that  she  is  not  ¿QGLQJ 0RQDUFKV LQ DV PDQ\ $G-­ GLVRQ &RXQW\ ORFDWLRQV DV VKH XVHG to.  She  also  noted  reports  of  fewer  Monarchs  wintering  in  Mexico,  with  scientists  pointing  to  a  combination  of  less  milkweed,  the  application  of  agricultural  pesticides  and  climate  change  as  among  possible  contribut-­ ing  factors.

Someday,  the  students  may  see Â

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the  Monarchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  metamorphosis  as  a  wings  and  become  independent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  have  been  doing  this  for  16  metaphor  for  their  own  maturation  But  for  now,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  plain  fun  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  years,  and  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  still  a  miracle  to  me,â&#x20AC;?  to  adulthood  when  they  spread  their  for  students  and  teacher  alike.

Logan  said.

PAGE  20A  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  September  17,  2015

Farms (Continued  from  Page  1A) vent  further  pollution  of  Lake  Cham-­ plain.

Last  November,  Ross  rejected  the  CLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  petition  for  more  rigorous  requirements  for  farming  practices  in  the  Missisquoi  watershed,  where  farms  drain  into  the  most  heavily  polluted  part  of  Lake  Champlain,  arguing  that  CLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  petition  was  out  of  sync  with  ongoing  state  and  U.S.  Environmental  Protection  Agency  (EPA)  processes  to  address  Lake  Champlain  pollution.  CLF  then  sued  the  Agency  of  Agriculture  in  Ver-­ montâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Environmental  Court.

On  Sept.  4,  Ross  announced  he  had  reversed  his  November  2014  decision  in  the  light  of  Act  64  (the  Vermont  clean  water  legislation  passed  last  spring)  and  the  EPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  an-­ nouncement  in  August  of  new  phos-­ phorus  TMDL  (total  maximum  daily  load)  limits  for  the  lake,  along  with  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  revised  plan  to  meet  those  limits.

In  return,  CLF  has  agreed  to  put  the  brakes  on  its  Environmental  Court  suit.

Although  CLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  original  peti-­ tion  concerns  farming  practices  in  the  Missisquoi  watershed,  the  new  agreement  also  extends  to  farms  in  the  St.  Albans,  Otter  Creek  and  South  Lake  watersheds.

Most  of  Addison  County  is  within  the  Otter  Creek  watershed.  Areas  of  Addison  County  in  the  South  Lake  watershed  include  farms  in  the   southwestern  part  of  the  county  that  drain  into  Hospital  Creek,  Whit-­ ney  Creek,  Braisted  Brook  and  East  Creek  or  that  drain  directly  into  Lake  Champlain.  NEW  AGREEMENT According  to  the  Revised  Sec-­ retaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Decision  and  a  companion  legal  document  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  which  lay  out  Rossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  new  plan  to  address  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  CLFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  mutual  concerns  over  ag-­ related  pollution  in  Lake  Champlain  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  Agency  of  Agriculture  will  now  require  best  management  prac-­ tices,  or  BMPs,  on  farms  deemed  critical  sources  of  phosphorous  that  make  their  way  in  to  Lake  Cham-­ plain.  However,  no  BMPs  will  be  required  until  after  the  state  has  made  an  on-­farm  assessment  and  the  farmer  is  given  time  to  draft  a  plan  to  implement  the  BMPs. The  state  and  CLF  are  now  pro-­ posing  a  settlement  under  which  every  farm  in  the  effected  area  will  be  visited  and  assessed  to  determine  if  additional  practices  are  needed  to  protect  and  improve  water  quality.

Under  Act  64,  called  the  Vermont  Clean  Water  Act,  the  Agency  of  Ag-­ riculture  was  given  the  authority  to  require  best  management  practices  on  any  farm  in  an  impaired  water-­ shed.

Increased  farm  inspections,  new  required  agricultural  practices  (which  will  raise  the  minimum  farms  are  required  to  do  to  protect  water  quality)  and  requiring  best  manage-­ ment  practices  where  necessary  are  all  part  of  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  plan  to  reduce  phosphorous  loads  in  Lake  Cham-­ plain  to  the  EPA  limits.

FARM  INSPECTION  The  agreement  with  CLF  lays  out  how  the  farm  inspection  program  and  implementation  of  BMPs  will  work  in  impaired  watersheds  throughout  the  state.

Under  the  agreement,  the  state  has  one  year  to  educate  farmers  about  the  new  required  agricultural  practices  and  about  the  inspection  program,  while  also  beginning  to  make  inspec-­ tions.

When  an  inspector  determines  BMPs  are  required,  the  farmer  will  be  given  no  more  than  six  months  to  craft  a  plan  showing  which  BMPs  they  will  implement  where,  includ-­ ing,  if  required,  a  plan  to  pay  for  the  improvements.  The  Natural  Resource  Conserva-­ tion  Service  (NRCS)  currently  has  $45  million  to  spend  on  agricultural  SUDFWLFHV LQ 9HUPRQW RYHU D ÂżYH \HDU period.  NRCS  has  already  announced  that  the  most  impaired  segments  of  Lake  Champlain  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Missisquoi  and  St.  Albans  bays  and  the  South  Lake  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  are  a  priority.

All  this  action  around  lake  cleanup  comes  as  the  federal  EPA  prepares  to  JLYH ¿QDO DSSURYDO WR QHZ SROOXWLRQ limits  next  month.

In  addition,  the  state  is  making  available  funds  to  support  agricul-­ tural  practices  as  part  of  the  Vermont  Clean  Water  Act.  The  secretary  of  agriculture  will  maintain  a  priori-­ tized  list  of  projects  applying  for  state  funds  based  not  on  the  order  in  which  applications  were  received  but  their  impact  on  water  quality,  the  proposed  BMPs,  cost  and  need.

The  BMPs  must  be  implemented  as  soon  as  reasonably  feasible,  and  within  one  year  of  the  planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  submis-­ sion.  However,  the  timetable  can  ex-­ tend  up  to  10  years,  and  the  secretary  PD\ H[WHQG LW DQRWKHU ÂżYH \HDUV If  a  farm  fails  to  submit  a  plan,  then  Agency  of  Agriculture  will  de-­ termine  which  BMPs  are  needed Â

and  use  its  authority  to  require  their  which  includes  the  McKenzie  Brook  implementation.  watershed  stretching  from  Addison  Finally,  if  the  secretary  of  agricul-­ through  Bridport  and  Shoreham  into  WXUH GHWHUPLQHV LQDGHTXDWH ÂżQDQ-­ Orwell.  The  NRCS  plans  to  allocate  cial  resources  are  available  for  the  $1  millionâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$1.5  million  (out  of  the  needed  BMPs,  the  sec-­ $45  million  allocated  retary  will  inform  CLF,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The farmers overall)  for  farms  on  the  Legislature  and  the  the  Vermont  side  of  are helping us governor. the  McKenzie  Brook  ADDISON  COUNTY  Ă&#x20AC;JXUH RXW ZKDW watershed,  which  in-­ WR GR DQG ZH¡UH cludes  farms  draining  COALITION Within  Addison  KHOSLQJ WKHP into  Hospital  Creek  and  County,  efforts  to  sup-­ Ă&#x20AC;JXUH LW RXW DQG Whitney  Creek  (both  port  farming  practices  Addison)  and  other  WKLV DJUHHPHQW LV in  that  will  help  build  farms  west  of  the  Otter  farms  and  clean  up  MXVW IRUFLQJ LW WR Creek  basin.

Lake  Champlain  are  led  KDSSHQ IDVWHU Âľ The  NRCS  money  by  a  coalition  among  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; -HII &DUWHU will  also  target  farms  the  UVM  Extensionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  890 ([WHQVLRQ in  the  Pike  River  and  Crops,  Soil  and  Pasture  Rock  River  watersheds  team  in  Middlebury,  within  the  larger  Mis-­ the  Champlain  Valley  Farmer  Coali-­ sisquoi  basin  and  St.  Albans  Bay  wa-­ WLRQ DQG WKH VWDWH DQG ORFDO RIÂżFHV tershed.

RI WKH 15&6 7KH H[WHQVLRQ RI¿FH PUBLIC  HEARING and  NRCS  will  be  stepping  up  their  On  Friday,  Oct.  9,  Ross  will  host  a  outreach  and  education  efforts  and  public  hearing  in  St.  Albans  from  1  to  continue  to  assist  in  connecting  indi-­ 3  p.m.  at  the  American  Legion  at  100  vidual  farmers  to  the  technical  know-­ Parah  Drive,  to  take  testimony  on  the  KRZ DQG ¿QDQFLDO UHVRXUFHV QHHGHG WR proposed  settlement.  The  Agency  of  curb  phosphorus  runoff.

Agriculture  will  also  accept  written  Farms  in  southwestern  Addison  comments  up  through  4:30  p.m.  Oct.  &RXQW\ ZLOO DOVR EHQHÂżW IURP IXQG-­ 20. ing  NRCS  has  earmarked  for  its  four  All  farmers  and  all  affected  citizens  designated  2016  high-­priority  areas,  are  urged  to  attend  this  meeting  or  to Â

submit  comments.

After  the  hearing,  Ross  will  issue  a  UHYLVHG ¿QDO UXOLQJ DQG LI &/) FRQ-­ curs,  the  two  sides  will  ask  a  judge  to  approve  the  settlement.

UVM  Extensionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Carter  said  it  has  long  been  expected  that  small  farms  would  do  their  part  to  clean  up  the  lake,  now  that  will  be  better  FRGLÂżHG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here  in  Addison  County,  we  have  a  robust  team  that  works  with  farmers  RQ ÂżHOG SUDFWLFHV OLNH FRYHU FURSV DQG QR WLOO 7KH IDUPHUV DUH KHOSLQJ XV ÂżJ-­ ure  out  what  to  do,  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  helping  WKHP ÂżJXUH LW RXW DQG WKLV DJUHHPHQW is  just  forcing  it  to  happen  faster.â&#x20AC;?  To  learn  more  about  the  upcoming  hearing  and  to  access  the  Revised  Sec-­ retaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Decision  and  other  important  documents,  visit  the  Vermont  Agency  of  Agriculture  website  at  http://agri-­ culture.vermont.gov/node/1108.

Farmers  wanting  to  learn  more  about  curbing  phosphorus  runoff  can  contact  the  UVM  Extension  at  WKH ORFDO 15&6 RI¿FH DW 388-­6748,  or  the  Champlain  Valley  Farmer  Coalition  at  info@champlain-­ valleyfarmercoalition.

Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  note:  Michelle  Monroe  is  a  St.  Albanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Messenger  staff  reporter  and  Gaen  Murphree  is  an  Addison  Independent  staff  reporter.