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THURSDAY, Â SEPTEMBER Â 17, Â 2015
MATT DICKERSON
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Finding  water My  wife  and  I  have  been  celebrat- ing  milestones  lately  —  by  which  I  mean  opportunities  to  be  more  aware  of  my  increasing  age.  Two  summers  ago  our  oldest  son  gradu- ated  from  college,  got  engaged  and  GHFODUHG KLV ÂżVFDO LQGHSHQGHQFH Last  summer  we  hit  the  point  where  we  had  been  married  for  half  our  lives.  This  summer  our  oldest  son  got  married,  our  middle  son  spent  KLV ÂżUVW VXPPHU DZD\ IURP KRPH our  youngest  graduated  from  high  school,  and  we  crossed  the  barri- er  of  having  lived  in  Vermont  for  half  of  our  lives. T w e n t y - s i x  years  ago  I  was  just  settling  into  Addison  County.  2WKHU WKDQ WKH ÂżUVW ÂżYH \HDUV RI my  life  (a  period  I  don’t  remember  at  all),  and  four  years  of  graduate  school,  I  have  lived  in  small,  rural,  New  England  towns.  The  half-Âyear  I  had  of  kindergarten  was  in  a  lum- ber-Âmill  village  of  400  in  western  Maine.  Though  both  of  the  mills  on  the  lake  have  long  since  closed  and  the  economy  is  depressed,  it  is  a  place  I  still  return  to  regularly.  I  spent  the  next  12  years  —  my  days  of  primary  and  secondary  schooling  —  in  a  little  apple  or- chard  community  in  central  Massa- chusetts  an  hour  or  so  west  of  Bos- ton.  Though  over  the  next  40  years  it  would  grow  to  5,000  residents,  when  we  moved  there  in  1968  it  was  a  town  of  only  800.  Aside  from  an  old  farmhouse  dating  to  the  1730s,  for  a  few  years  we  were  the  only  residents  on  our  wooded  dead-Âend  street.  Then  I  was  off  to  college  in  Ha- nover,  N.H.  Though  it  sits  (just  barely)  on  the  wrong  side  of  the  Connecticut  River,  it  is  a  small  New  England  college  town  not  unlike  Middlebury.  Even  the  city  where  I  spent  my  four  years  of  graduate  school  was  a  relatively  small  city  in  the  midst  of  a  rural  area  in  New  York’s  Finger  Lakes  Region.  I  could  leave  my  apartment  and  be  hiking  or  ¿VKLQJ ZLWKLQ PLQXWHV I  have  colleagues  and  acquain- tances  who  moved  to  Addison  County  from  large  cities,  and  had  a  (sometimes  painful)  period  of  adjusting  to  small  town  life  (where  stores  close  at  5:30  p.m.,  “ethnic  foodâ€?  means  “Tex-ÂMex  tacosâ€?  and,  as  one  colleague  told  me,  “nobody  uses  blinkers  because  everybody  al- ready  knows  where  everybody  else  (See  Dickerson,  Page  3B)
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Sports BRIEFS Golf  tourney  to  aid  hockey  programs BRANDON  —  The  annual  Friends  of  Middlebury  Hockey  Golf  Tourna- ment  will  be  held  at  Neshobe  Golf  Club  in  Brandon  on  Sunday,  Sept.  20. This  event  is  an  important  fund- raiser  for  all  hockey  in  Middlebury  and  the  surrounding  communities  —  youth  hockey,  high  school  programs,  adult  leagues,  etc.  The  Memorial  Sports  Center  is  a  key  community  resource,  providing  year-Âround  ac- tivities  for  people  of  all  ages  and  proudly  operated  by  Friends  of  Mid- dlebury  Hockey. For  more  information,  visit  memo- rialsportscenter.org/content/2015- friends-Âmiddlebury-Âhockey-Âgolf- tournament. Â
Commodore  girls  win  third  straight SWANTON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Vergennes  Union  High  School  girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  soccer  team  on  Monday  picked  up  its  third  straight  win,  2-Â0,  over  host  Missisquoi. VUHS  Co-ÂCoach  Peter  Maneen  0,''/(%85< &2//(*( 623+2025( $XGUH\ 4XLUN FOHDUV WKH EDOO WKURXJK WKH UDLQ DQG SDVW D &RQQHFWLFXW &ROOHJH GHIHQGHU GXULQJ 6XQGD\ÂśV said  the  Commodores  dominated  the  JDPH RQ .RKQ )LHOG 0LGGOHEXU\ ZRQ WKH JDPH ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWRV 7UHQW &DPSEHOO ÂżUVW KDOI SXWWLQJ D GR]HQ VKRWV RQ WKH T-ÂBird  goal,  but  failing  to  score.  Ciara  McKay  broke  the  ice  for  98+6 DERXW ÂżYH PLQXWHV LQWR WKH second  half,  with  an  assist  from  Car- oline  Johnston.  Annika  Vorsteveld  added  the  insurance  goal  with  about  15  minutes  to  go,  assisted  by  Felicia  Armell. $Q\D 6RQZDOW ZRUNHG D ÂżYH VDYH shutout  for  the  Commodores,  who  improved  to  3-Â2  and  face  challenges  in  the  next  two  games,  both  at  home:  Division  II  title  contender  Milton  vis- its  at  1  p.m.  on  Saturday,  and  D-ÂI  Rice  stops  by  on  Tuesday  afternoon. Â
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By  ANDY  KIRKALDY MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  new-Âlook  0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH ÂżHOG KRFNH\ WHDP got  off  to  a  2-Â0  start  with  wins  on  Sun- day  and  Monday,  and  Coach  Katha- ULQH 'H/RUHQ]R VDZ VLJQV WKH 3DQWKHUV could  answer  their  biggest  question  entering  the  2015  season.  Middlebury  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  ranked  No.  4  in  the  early  NCAA  Division  III  poll  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  re- turns  its  entire  starting  defense  and  seven  of  its  top  10  scorers,  but  graduat- HG PRVW RI LWV VWDUWLQJ PLGÂżHOG LQFOXG- ing  two  all-ÂAmericans,  from  the  team  that  won  the  NESCAC  tournament  for  the  third  straight  time  and  reached  the  0,''/(%85< &2//(*( -81,25 /DXUHQ %HUHVWHFN\ ZDLWV LQ IURQW RI WKH &RQQHFWLFXW &ROOHJH JRDO IRU D SDVV IURP WHDPPDWH 6KDQQRQ +XWWHPDQ GXULQJ 6XQGD\ÂśV JDPH RQ .RKQ )LHOG (See  Field  hockey,  Page  2B)
Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  soccer  begins  with  three  victories MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Middle- bury  College  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  soccer  team  opened  its  season  with  three  wins,  sandwiching  a  home  NESCAC  win  on  Saturday  between  road  wins  on  Sept.  9  and  Sept.  15.  The  3-Â0  Pan- thers  play  at  Amherst  on  Saturday. On  Sept.  9,  the  Panthers  defeated  host  Norwich,  1-Â0,  dropping  the  Cadets  to  3-Â1. Tyler  Bonini  scored  3:58  into  the Â
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shot  from  the  left  by  Glaser.  Bonini  came  in  on  the  rebound  and  lifted  it  just  over  the  cross  bar  to  keep  it  1-Â0. Middlebury  held  a  24-Â8  advan- tage  in  shots,  but  only  8-Â5  in  the  second  half.  Skoff  made  seven  saves  for  Norwich,  while  Middle- buryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Greg  Sydor  picked  up  the  victory  without  having  to  make  a  save. (See  Panthers,  Page  3B)
Winter  swim  team  sets  info  evening MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Middle- bury  Aquatic  Club  will  host  an  infor- mation  night  for  swimmers  ages  8-Â18  on  Tuesday,  Sept.  22,  at  6  p.m.  at  the  Middlebury  College  Natatorium.  Try- outs  for  new  swimmers  for  the  fall/ winter  season  will  be  on  Thursday,  Sept.  24,  at  6  p.m.  at  the  college  na- tatorium. Online  registration  is  open.  For  further  information  regarding  the  VZLP SURJUDP YLVLW ZZZ HWHDP] com/middleburyaquaticclub/  or  email  middleburyaquaticclub@gmail.com.
2WWHU 9DOOH\ JLUOVÂś VRFFHU WRSV 7ZLQ 9DOOH\ WR SLFN XS IRXUWK ZLQ RI IDOO WHITINGHAM  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Otter  Valley  Union  High  School  girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  soccer  team  picked  up  a  Division  III  road  win  on  Tuesday,  2-Â0  at  Twin  Valley.  The  Otters  improved  to  4-Â2  and  XQRIÂżFLDOO\ DUH LQ WKH WRS IRXU LQ WKH D-ÂIII  standings.  Goalie  Gabby  Poalino  stopped  eight  shots  and  recorded  her  fourth  shutout  of  the  fall.  Coach  Rick  Hed-Â
ding  said  some  of  her  saves  were  FULWLFDO DQG DOVR FUHGLWHG PLG¿HOG- ers  Abbie  Pinkowski  and  Nicole  Rossi  for  their  ball  movement  and  defensive  work.  The  goals  came  from  Olivia  Drew,  assisted  by  Lexi  Hedding,  and  Emily  Fox,  assisted  by  Isabelle  Kingsley. The  Otters  will  host  Green  Moun- tain  Union  on  Saturday  at  10  a.m.
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  soccer  gets  ZLQ WLH LQ ÂżUVW JDPHV MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Middle- soon  afterward  in  a  rainy  contest.  bury  College  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  soccer  team  Grace  Woroch  picked  up  a  loose  ball  opened  its  season  with  a  tie  and  a  on  the  right  sideline  and  sent  a  long,  win  in  two  recent  home  games.  On  hard  crossing  ball  into  the  wind  to  Sunday,  the  Panthers  Amy  Martin.  Martin  and  NESCAC  rival  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best made  a  quick  move  to  Connecticut  settled  for  her  right  and  laced  a  chance to take a  1-Â1  stalemate,  and  on  hard  shot  to  the  upper  Sept.  9  the  Panthers  the lead came in right  corner  past  goal- blanked  visiting  Col- the 58th minute, keeper  Bryanna  Mon- by-ÂSawyer,  4-Â0.  The  when Hannah talvo  at  18:07. Panthers  next  play  at  Robinson ripped Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  best  Amherst  on  Saturday. chance  to  take  the  a shot from the On  Sunday,  Con- lead  came  in  the  58th  necticut  came  in  right side about minute,  when  Han- ranked  No.  19  in  20 yards out, nah  Robinson  ripped  NCAA  Division  III.  forcing Montalvo a  shot  from  the  right  The  Camels  grabbed  to make a nice side  about  20  yards  the  lead  at  13:51  when  save going to her out,  forcing  Montalvo  Annie  Higgins  drib- to  make  a  nice  save  right. bled  the  ball  down  going  to  her  right.  the  right  side  into  the  The  Camelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  best  six-Âyard  box  and  sent  a  low  cross  opportunity  came  with  just  over  six  to  Nicole  Medina,  who  one-Âtouched  minutes  to  go,  but  Higginsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  shot  on  it  into  the  left  side  of  the  goal  past  a  cross  from  the  right  sailed  over  the  Middlebury  starting  goalie  Emily  crossbar  from  eight  yards.  3$17+(5 -81,25 $'5,$11$ *LOGQHU UDFHV WRZDUG WKH &RQQHFWLFXW &ROOHJH JRDO GXULQJ 1(6&$& DFWLRQ Eslinger. Play  opened  up  in  the  second  6XQGD\ DIWHUQRRQ The  Panthers  knotted  the  score  ,QGHSHQGHQW SKRWR 7UHQW &DPSEHOO (See  Soccer,  Page  3B)