Thursday, January 31, 2013. Section A.

Budget set

Cruise control

The Middlebury town manager helped craft a town budget that will be put to voters. See Page 3A.

Dreamwork A group of artists will display and perform works at a Bristol gallery next week. See Page 13A.

The Commodore and Tiger boys each won comfortably on Tuesday and will meet on Friday. See 1B.

ADDISON COUNTY

INDEPENDENT Vol. 67 No. 5

Middlebury, Vermont

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

44 Pages

75¢

Middlebury  sees  selectboard  race Â

Three eyeing one vacancy on Bristol’s selectboard By  XIAN  CHIANG-­WAREN BRISTOL  —  On  Town  Meeting  'D\ WKUHH FDQGLGDWHV ZLOO OLNHO\ YLH for  a  three-­year  seat  on  Bristol’s  se-­ OHFWERDUG %ULDQ )R[ -RKQ 0R\HUV DQG .ULV 3HUOHH DOO VXEPLWWHG SHWL-­ WLRQV IRU FDQGLGDF\ E\ WKH S P GHDGOLQH RQ 0RQGD\ ,QFXPEHQW &DURO :HOOV VDLG LQ 'HFHPEHU VKH ZRXOG QRW VHHN UH HOHFWLRQ )R[ 0R\HUV DQG 3HUOHH DUH DOO DF-­ tive  members  of  the  Bristol  commu-­ QLW\ WKRXJK WKH\ KDYH GLYHUVH DUHDV RI H[SHUWLVH )R[ D +LQHVEXUJ SROLFH RIÂżFHU LV D OLIHORQJ %ULVWRO UHVLGHQW DQG WKH SUHVLGHQW RI WKH %ULVWRO 5HVFXH 6TXDG +H VHUYHG ZLWK WKH %ULV-­ WRO 3ROLFH 'HSDUWPHQW IURP WR DQG FXUUHQWO\ KDV D VHDW RQ WKH 0RXQW $EUDKDP 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO ERDUG ZKLFK LV VHW WR H[SLUH in  March. “I’ve  always  been  fairly  active  in  WKH FRPPXQLW\ ´ )R[ WROG WKH Inde-­ pendent ODVW ZHHN QRWLQJ WKDW KH KDG FRQVLGHUHG D UXQ IRU WKH VHOHFWERDUG for  some  time.

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Five  candidates  to  run  for  three  seats  as  Davis,  Murray  to  take  on  incumbents By  JOHN  FLOWERS 0,''/(%85< ² 0LGGOHEXU\ voters  on  Town  Meeting  Day  will  GHFLGH D ¿YH ZD\ UDFH IRU WKUHH VSRWV RQ WKHLU VHOHFWERDUG ZKLOH :H\EULGJH voters  will  settle  contests  for  town  FOHUN DQG WUHDVXUHU DV WKDW FRPPXQLW\ EHJLQV WR WXUQ WKH SDJH RQ DQ HPEH]-­ ]OHPHQW VFDQGDO Those  are  some  of  the  highlights  HPHUJLQJ IURP FDQGLGDWH ¿OLQJV PDGH DW 0LGGOHEXU\ DUHD WRZQ FOHUNVœ RI-­ ¿FHV E\ WKH 0RQGD\ -DQ GHDGOLQH $V KDV EHHQ D WUHQG WKHUH DUH PRUH XQFRQWHVWHG HOHFWLRQV VODWHG IRU 0DUFK WKDQ WKHUH DUH FRQWHVWHG RQHV %XW YRWHUV ZLOO GHFLGH D IHZ UDFHV LQ WKH $GGLVRQ &HQWUDO 6XSHUYLVRU\ 8QLRQ WRZQV RI 0LGGOHEXU\ %ULGSRUW &RUQ-­ ZDOO 5LSWRQ 6DOLVEXU\ 6KRUHKDP DQG :H\EULGJH ,Q 0LGGOHEXU\ LQFXPEHQW 6HOHFW-­ PHQ 1LFN $UWLP 7UDYLV )RUEHV DQG *DU\ %DNHU DUH DOO UXQQLQJ IRU UH HOHF-­ WLRQ &KDOOHQJHUV 7HG 'DYLV DQG (ULF

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Benton,  Jin  to  vie  for  city  mayorship

One  plate  in  the  air CIRCUS  SMIRKUS  ARTIST-­IN-­RESIDENCE  Joni  White-­Hansen  teaches  plate  spinning  to  Ferrisburgh  Central  School  kindergartners  Robin  and  Katelyn  Tuesday  morning.  The  entire  school  worked  with  White-­Hansen  all  week  to  prepare  for  a  circus  performance  for  the  community  on  Friday.  See  more  pho-­ tos  on  Page  2A. Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

(See  Bristol,  Page  16A)

By  ANDY  KIRKALDY VERGENNES  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Vergennes  vot-­ HUV ZLOO SLFN D QHZ PD\RU LQ 0DUFK DV 0D\RU 0LFKDHO 'DQLHOV PDGH JRRG RQ KLV SOHGJH PDGH HDUO\ LQ QRW WR VHHN UH HOHFWLRQ IRU D fourth  term.  &LW\ UHVLGHQWV ZLOO DOVR GHFLGH D four-­way  race  for  three  city  council  VHDWV DPRQJ WKUHH LQFXPEHQWV DQG D IRUPHU WZR WHUP DOGHUPDQ The  marquee  race  for  mayor  will  SLW LQFXPEHQW $OGHUPDQ %LOO %HQWRQ DJDLQVW IRUPHU PD\RU DQG $OGHU-­ ZRPDQ $SULO -LQ Benton  won  election  to  the  coun-­ FLO LQ DV WKH WRS YRWH JHWWHU LQ D IRXU ZD\ UDFH IRU WKUHH VHDWV +H KDV been  an  active  member  of  the  panel,  LQFOXGLQJ WDNLQJ WKH OHDG LQ ZULWLQJ

Fate  of  VUHS  bonds  at  stake on  Tuesday

Robert Frost letters unveiled Archive shows his thoughts on religion By  XIAN  CHIANG-­WAREN BUFFALO,  N.Y.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  On  the  50th  anniversary  of  Robert  Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  GHDWK RQ -DQ D UDUH FROOHFWLRQ RI SULYDWH DUWLIDFWV WKDW LQFOXGH UHOLJLRXV PXVLQJV GXULQJ KLV WLPH LQ 9HUPRQW DQG VKHG OLJKW RQ WKH great  poetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  personal  beliefs  will  EH PDGH DYDLODEOH WR WKH SXEOLF IRU WKH ÂżUVW WLPH The  collection  of  letters,  photo-­ JUDSKV DXGLR ÂżOHV DQG RWKHU PD-­ WHULDOV LQFOXGHV RYHU \HDUV RI FRUUHVSRQGHQFH EHWZHHQ RQH RI $PHULFDÂśV JUHDWHVW OLWHUDU\ ÂżJXUHV DQG KLV IULHQG DQG 5LSWRQ QHLJK-­ bor,  Rabbi  Victor  Reichert.  It  was  GRQDWHG WR WKH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI %XI-­ IDOR E\ 5HLFKHUWÂśV VRQ -RQDWKDQ but  substantial  portions  will  be  GLJLWDOO\ DUFKLYHG DQG PDGH DYDLO-­ able  online  in  the  coming  months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  bits,  the  little  pieces  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  VHHQ RI WKHLU FRUUHVSRQGHQFH

VXJJHVW WKDW 5REHUW )URVW KDG DQ intimacy  with  Reichert,  a  serious-­ QHVV LQ WKH OHYHO DQG WRQH RI WKHLU GLVFXVVLRQV WKDW ZDV SUHWW\ UDUH ´ VDLG -D\ 3DULQL $[LQQ 3URIHVVRU RI (QJOLVK DQG &UHDWLYH :ULWLQJ DW 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH DQG D SURPL-­ QHQW )URVW VFKRODU Âł)URVW KDG WZR RU WKUHH PDMRU IULHQGVKLSV LQ KLV OLIH DQG 5HLFKHUW ZDV RQH RI WKH PRUH LPSRUWDQW RQHV ´ JONATHAN  REICHERT  POSES  with  some  of  the  materials  from  his  Robert  Frost  came  to  Ripton  for  father  Rabbi  Victor  Reichertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  rare  collection  of  Robert  Frost  materials  WKH %UHDG /RDI :ULWHUVÂś &RQIHU-­ that  were  donated  to  the  University  of  Buffalo  archives.  The  collection  HQFH LQ WKH V +H SXUFKDVHG offers  insights  into  Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  previously  unknown  spiritual  beliefs.

WKH +RPHU 1REOH )DUP QRZ Photo  by  Douglas  Levere/ (See  Frost,  Page  16A) Poetry  Collection  of  the  University  Library,  University  of  Buffalo

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-LQ ZKR KDV DOVR EHHQ LQYROYHG ZLWK RWKHU KLJK SUR¿OH FRPPXQLW\ HIIRUWV WKLV ZHHN VDLG WKDW ZKHQ VKH (See  Vergennes,  Page  3A)

By  ANDY  KIRKALDY 9(5*(11(6 ² $GGLVRQ Northwest  Supervisory  Union  UHVLGHQWV RQ 7XHVGD\ ZLOO YRWH RQ WZR 9HUJHQQHV 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO ERQGV WRWDOLQJ PLOOLRQ WKDW ZRXOG SD\ IRU PDMRU LPSURYHPHQWV LQVLGH DQG RXWVLGH WKH VFKRRO (See  ANwSU,  Page  12A) THE  OWNERS  OF  this  Addison  home  are  responding  to  a  spate  of  residential  break-­ins  by  letting  others  know  they  have  been  victimized.  A  community  forum  on  crime  will  be  held  at  Addison  Central  School  on  Feb.  7.

Independent  photo/Trent  Campbell

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Addison County

By the way

The  Middlebury  College  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  KDG NLFNHG LQ D GRRU DQG VWROH ÂłWHQV RI hockey  team  will  have  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;white-­ WKRXVDQGV RI GROODUV ZRUWK RI VWXII ´ outâ&#x20AC;?  game  on  Friday.  The  game  LQFOXGLQJ LUUHSODFHDEOH WK FHQWXU\ against  Wesleyan  begins  at  7  p.m.  jewelry.

(See  By  the  way,  Page  16A) +HU VWRU\ KDV EHFRPH DOO WRR FRP-­ PRQ LQ $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ DV RI ODWH 3R-­ lice  say  that  reports  of  home  burglaries  KDYH VSLNHG SDUWLFXODUO\ LQ WKH QRUWK-­ ern  half  of  the  county.  Burglars  are  Obituaries  ................................ 6A FDVLQJ KRPHV LQ UXUDO DUHDV DQG VWULN-­ LQJ RQ ZHHNGD\V ZKLOH UHVLGHQWV DUH &ODVVL¿HGV  ....................... 8B-­11B Service  Directory  ............ 9B-­10B DZD\ DW ZRUN Entertainment  ........................ 13A =HY /DQJHQDXHU VDLG KH IHHOV ³YLR-­ ODWHG´ DIWHU KLV KRPH LQ $GGLVRQ ZDV &RPPXQLW\ &DOHQGDU  ...... 8A-­10A EURNHQ LQWR RQ -DQ 7KH EXUJODU\ Sports  ................................ 1B-­4B KDSSHQHG GHVSLWH WKH IDFW KH KDG WZR *HUPDQ VKHSKHUGV LQ WKH KRXVH ² WKH assailant  got  into  a  room  to  which  the  GRJV GLG QRW KDYH DFFHVV (See  Break-­ins,  Page  14A)

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Joining the circus FERRISBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL students worked with Circus Smirkus artist-­in-­residence Joni White-­ Hansen all week to learn circus arts for a community performance set for Friday night. On Tuesday White-­ Hansen taught the students how to spin plates on the end of a stick while performing a variety of tricks.

Pictured, clockwise from right, fourth-­graders Chloe, Marticka and Reagan try to keep a plate in the air;; Chloe celebrates completing a trick;; Emma and Pearl pass a plate;; the kindergarten class says goodbye to White-­Hansen after class;; and Marticka and Reagan concentrate on one plate together.

Independent photos/Trent Campbell

Addison  Independent,  Thursday,  January  31,  2013  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  PAGE  3A

Holzapfel  to  challenge  Lawrence By  ANDY  KIRKALDY FERRISBURGH  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Residents  of  Addison  Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  third-­largest  town  will  have  a  choice  on  Town  0HHWLQJ 'D\ WKDW FRXOG XQVHDW D year  veteran  of  its  selectboard.  Ferrisburgh  selectboard  chair-­ woman  Loretta  Lawrence  is  in  Fer-­ risburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  only  contested  race:  She  is  facing  a  challenge  from  Arabella  Holzapfel,  whose  most  recent  ap-­ pearance  in  the  public  eye  came  in  DV D ORVLQJ FDQGLGDWH IRU WKH district  of  the  Vermont  House  that  includes  Ferrisburgh,  Addison,  Pan-­ ton,  Vergennes  and  Waltham.

Lawrence,  a  longtime  town  resi-­ dent  who  for  years  has  worked  as  the  administrative  assistant  at  Ferris-­ EXUJK &HQWUDO 6FKRRO ZDV ÂżUVW HOHFW-­ ed  to  the  Ferrisburgh  selectboard  in  6KH KDV VHUYHG DV FKDLUZRPDQ for  the  past  several  years. Â

Holzapfel  has  twice  run  for  the  +RXVH DV D 'HPRFUDW ÂżUVW LQ DQG WKHQ LQ +RO]DSIHO FDPH WR 9HUPRQW LQ DV D 8QLYHUVLW\ of  Vermont  graduate  student  and  has  worked  at  the  Middlebury  Col-­ lege  library  for  two  decades.  There,  she  oversees  the  collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  database  of  on-­line  publications.

Lawrence  and  Holzapfel  will  each  be  seeking  a  three-­year  term.  The  terms  of  two  other  Ferris-­ burgh  selectboard  members  will  also  expire  in  March.  Sally  Dan-­ \RZ ZKR KDV VHUYHG VLQFH LV running  unopposed  for  another  two  years.  James  Benoit,  who  the  board  DSSRLQWHG LQ WR ÂżOO D VHDW left  vacant  when  Kieran  Kilbride  moved  out  of  town,  is  unopposed  IRU WKH ÂżQDO WZR \HDUV RI .LOEULGHÂśV term.  Four  terms  on  the  Ferrisburgh Â

Central  School  board  are  also  ex-­ piring  on  Town  Meeting  Day,  and  one  candidate  for  each  opening  ¿OHG SHWLWLRQV E\ 0RQGD\œV GHDG-­ line.  Incumbent  Bill  Clark  is  seeking  two  years,  while  two  board  mem-­ bers  who  were  appointed  last  year  WR ¿OO YDFDQFLHV DUH VHHNLQJ HOHF-­ WLRQ IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH .DWLH %R\OH for  two  years  and  Julie  Gramling  for  three  years.  Newcomer  Chris-­ WRSKHU .D\KDUW ¿OHG IRU WKH IRXUWK opening,  a  one-­year  term.  Two  openings  for  town  auditors  went  begging  on  Monday,  while  DXGLWRU -RVHSK %ODVLXV ¿OHG WR UH-­ tain  his  position.  All  positions  will  be  decided  by  Australian  balloting  on  Town  Meeting  Day.  Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Community  servers THE  OTTER  VALLEY  Union  High  School  wrestling  team  traveled  on  Jan.  21  to  the  Open  Door  Mission  in  Rutland.  The  team  served  meals  and  helped  restock  supplies.

Middlebury  sets  2013-­14  budget

(Continued  from  Page  1A) munity  Resource  Council. left  those  posts  she  wanted  to  focus  Benton  said  he  almost  decided  her  volunteering  more  on  an  individ-­ to  run  by  â&#x20AC;&#x153;defaultâ&#x20AC;?  when  Daniels  ual  basis,  and  she  has  since  served  FRQÂżUPHG KLV GHFLVLRQ QRW WR as  a  mentor  to  John  Graham  Shelter  run  again  and  other  members  of  the  residents,  helped  with  Bixby  Library  FRXQFLO VDLG WKH\ FRXOG QRW ÂżQG WKH book  sales,  and,  more  recently,  has  time.  He  took  out  his  petition  on  the  donated  her  time  at  the  Boys  &  Girls  Wednesday  before  Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  dead-­ Club  of  Greater  Vergennes.  line,  and  at  that  point  was  the  only  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  was  dealing  very  much  with  all  contender.  these  various  boards  and  commit-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  all  tried  to  get  Mike  to  do  it  tees,â&#x20AC;?  Jin  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philosophically,  I  again  and  he  just  said  no,â&#x20AC;?  Benton  decided  in  more  recent  times  I  want-­ said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;A  few  of  us  talked  to  each  oth-­ ed  to  contribute  to  the  community  er  about  who  could  do  it  ...  and  I  was  one  on  one.â&#x20AC;? the  only  one  who  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  But  Jin  said  Alder-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ziggy Comeau adamantly  say  no,  be-­ woman  Ziggy  Comeau  came to see cause  of  their  work  last  week  approached  commitments.â&#x20AC;? her,  concerned  at  that  me this past Benton  said  he  has  SRLQW QR RQH KDG ÂżOHG D Thursday. faith  in  the  current  petition  for  the  soon-­to-­ Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been council  and  wanted  to  be  vacant  mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  job.  preserve  its  makeup  as  kind of Jin  said  she  agreed  with  much  as  possible.  Comeau  that  residents  worrying ... if â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  think  we  have  a  should  make  the  deci-­ anybody was good  board,  and  we  are  sion  on  who  should  be  going to run for going  in  the  right  direc-­ mayor,  not  the  council  for  the  most  part,  mayor. I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tion  by  default. and  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  want  to  in-­ Jin  said  it  would  be  considered ject  an  unknown  into  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  sad  thing  to  seeâ&#x20AC;?  if  running until the  chemistry  we  have,â&#x20AC;?  no  one  ran. he  said.  Thursday.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ziggy  came  to  see  Benton  said  he  would  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; April Jin like  to  focus  on  some  me  this  past  Thursday.  Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  been  kind  of  infrastructure  projects,  worrying  ...  if  anybody  was  going  some  of  them  called  for  in  the  city  to  run  for  mayor,â&#x20AC;?  Jin  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  plan  and  others  in  the  original  down-­ considered  running  until  Thursday.â&#x20AC;?   town  revitalization  documents.  He  Jin  said  she  would  try  to  represent  cited  sidewalks,  recreation  improve-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;the  average  person  living  here,â&#x20AC;?  ments,  and  taking  care  of  city  build-­ and  said  in  the  past  six  years  she  has  LQJV LQFOXGLQJ WKH ÂżUH VWDWLRQ URRI â&#x20AC;&#x153;mellowed.â&#x20AC;? and  the  public  works  salt  shed,  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not  that  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  strong  con-­ said  the  cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Water  Tower  Fund  victions.  But  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  ability  â&#x20AC;Ś  to  could  pay  for  some  work.  come  around  to  compromise  and  un-­ â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  look  at  wholesale  chang-­ derstand  that  everybody  has  the  good  es,  but  I  would  like  to  prioritize  some  of  the  city  at  heart,â&#x20AC;?  Jin  said. projects  and  get  them  done,â&#x20AC;?  he  said.  She  learned  Benton  would  run  af-­ As  for  Daniels,  he  said  after  six  WHU VKH ÂżOHG DQG ORRNV IRUZDUG WR WKH years  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  time  for  him  to  step  away  race.    from  the  demands  of  taking  care  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  glad  Bill  Benton  turned  in  his  the  city  while  also  working  full-­ petition,â&#x20AC;?  Jin  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  like  Bill,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  time.  known  him  for  a  long  time.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  just  getting  very  tired.  I  feel  Benton  is  a  self-­employed  real  like  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  running  out  of  energy.  I  estate  appraiser  and  the  Middlebury  FDQÂśW JLYH WKDW SHUFHQW WKDW , town  assessor.  Born  and  raised  in  was  giving,  and  I  would  really  like  Vergennes,  he  lived  in  Waltham  for  a  to  see  somebody  fresh,â&#x20AC;?  Daniels  number  of  years  before  moving  back  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  be  there  to  help  out  â&#x20AC;Ś  but  several  years  ago  to  the  city.  I  want  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;meâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  time.  So  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  His  background  includes  serv-­ all  about,  kick  back  a  little  bit,  enjoy  ing  with,  often  in  leadership  roles,  life.â&#x20AC;? the  Vergennes  Partnership,  Addison  Daniels  credited  his  wife,  Judi,  for  County  Regional  Planning  Commis-­ being  a  full  partner  in  what  he  called  sion,  Vergennes  Board  of  Listers,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;a  good  crusade.â&#x20AC;?

Bixby  Library  board,  Friends  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  been  a  hard  effort.  It  took  re-­ Vergennes  Opera  House,  Boys  and  ally  two  of  us.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  always  said,  and  I  Girls  Club  of  Greater  Vergennes,  and  told  Bill  if  he  gets  it,  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  two  people,  Vergennes  Union  High  School  Com-­ itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  husband  and  wife  team,â&#x20AC;?  Dan-­

iels  said.  COUNCIL  RACE The  council  race  includes  incum-­ bents  Randy  Ouellette,  who  has  served  as  senior  alderman  in  recent  years,  Joe  Klopfenstein  and  Peter  Garon;Íž  and  challenger  Lowell  Ber-­ trand,  who  served  on  the  board  from  WR Per  the  city  charter,  council  can-­ GLGDWHV GR QRW FRPSHWH IRU VSHFLÂżF seats  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  the  top  three  vote-­getters  will  be  elected.  Bertrand  was  bumped  from  the  ERDUG LQ WKH VDPH HOHFWLRQ WKDW saw  Benton  and  former  city  manager  5HQQ\ 3HUU\ ZLQ VHDWV LQ WKHLU ÂżUVW WU\ +H ÂżQLVKHG IRXUWK LQ D ÂżYH SHU-­ son  race  for  three  seats,  being  edged  out  by  Comeau.  Bertrand  won  election  to  the  coun-­ FLO LQ DV D SROLWLFDO QHZFRPHU He  has  acknowledged  a  limited  civic  EDFNJURXQG EHIRUH ÂżUVW UXQQLQJ $ longtime  United  Technologies/Go-­ odrich  Aerospace  employee,  Ber-­ trand  works  in  what  the  company  FDOOV ÂłFRQÂżJXUDWLRQ PDQDJHPHQW ´ ensuring  proper  procedures  are  fol-­ ORZHG ZKHQ WKH ÂżUP UHOHDVHV GUDZ-­ ings  and  documents  to  its  clients.  Garon  works  in  human  resources  for  the  Vermont  Department  of  Cor-­ rections,  has  been  a  Vergennes  Area  Rescue  Squad  member  and  was  formerly  a  Milton  school  director.  Garon  is  a  lifelong  Vermonter  who  grew  up  in  Newport.  He  ran  unsuc-­ FHVVIXOO\ IRU WKH FRXQFLO LQ DQG HDUQLQJ PRUH YRWHV HDFK WLPH EHIRUH ZLQQLQJ D VHDW LQ ZLWK-­ out  opposition.

Klopfenstein,  a  veterinarian  who  specializes  in  dairy  work,  will  be  seeking  his  third  term  after  initially  being  recruited  by  Rep.  Diane  Lan-­ pher,  D-­Vergennes,  when  she  left  the  council  to  pursue  her  Vermont  House  seat.  Klopfenstein,  who  has  lived  in  Vergennes  for  more  than  two  decades,  owns  Vergennes  Large  Ani-­ mal  Associates  and  is  the  co-­founder  and  former  owner  of  the  Vergennes  Animal  Hospital.    Ouellette  owned  and  operated  R&K  Woodworking  on  Panton  Road,  which  he  recently  sold.  He  now  works  for  the  buyer  of  his  busi-­ ness.  He  has  lived  in  the  Vergennes  area  for  more  than  two  decades,  and  has  also  been  a  St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  par-­ ish  council  member.  First  elected  in  ZKHQ KH UDQ XQRSSRVHG 2XHO-­ lette  has  handily  won  re-­election  since.   Andy  Kirkaldy  may  be  reached  at  andyk@addisonindependent.com.

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Fire  department  agrees  to  trim  equipment  fund  money By  JOHN  FLOWERS way  of  thanking  the  community  for  MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Middle-­ WKH ÂżUH VWDWLRQ ERQG ´ EXU\ VHOHFWERDUG RQ 7XHVGD\ ÂżQDO-­ Residents  will  formally  vote  on  L]HG D PXQLFLSDO EXGJHW the  one-­year  change  in  the  contribu-­ RI WR SUHVHQW WR YRWHUV DW WLRQ WR WKH ÂżUH HTXLSPHQW IXQG town  meeting.  Middlebury  voters  last  year  ap-­ The  proposed  spending  plan,  if  ap-­ SURYHG PLOOLRQ LQ ERQGLQJ proved  by  residents,  would  drive  an  to  substantially  renovate  and  expand  LQFUHDVH RI DURXQG FHQWV LQ WKH WKH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQWÂśV 6H\PRXU 6WUHHW town  property  tax  rate  and  calls  for  a  headquarters  and  replace  the  East  RQH \HDU SHUFHQW UHGXFWLRQ LQ WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ VWDWLRQ 7KH ÂżUVW SD\-­ amount  of  money  the  community  an-­ ment  on  that  station  will  translate  QXDOO\ SODFHV LQWR LWV ÂżUH HTXLSPHQW LQWR FHQWV RQ QH[W \HDUÂśV PXQLFL-­ replacement  fund. pal  tax  rate.  The  current  municipal  The  town  has  annually  earmarked  WD[ UDWH VWDQGV DW FHQWV SHU two  cents  on  its  municipal  tax  rate  in  property  value. (which  this  year  would  The  board  on  Tues-­ represent  roughly  day  also  rearranged Â

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Noting  the  prevailing  George,  also  a  member  economy,  the  select-­ of  the  ACTR  board,  board  has  been  look-­ explained  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  ing  to  minimize  the  contribution  leverages  rise  in  the  tax  rate.  At  DQ SHUFHQW IXQGLQJ the  suggestion  of  resi-­ match  from  the  Ver-­ dent  Mark  Mooney,  mont  Agency  of  Trans-­ WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV UHFHQWO\ portation,  meaning  the  TOWN  MANAGER  approached  Middle-­ IURP WKH WRZQ KATHLEEN  RAMSAY bury  Fire  Department  could  mushroom  to  leaders  to  ask  about  the  prospect  ZLWK WKH VWDWHÂśV PDWFK of  reducing,  for  one  year  only,  the  The  board  agreed  to  make  some  WRZQÂśV FRQWULEXWLRQ WR WKH ÂżUH IXQG minor  reductions  to  two  of  the  De-­ by  a  penny. partment  of  Public  Worksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  fuel  ac-­ Middlebury  selectboard  Chairman  counts  to  come  up  with  the  money  Dean  George  said  Fire  Chief  Rick  for  ACTR,  according  to  Middlebury  Cole  agreed  to  bring  the  request  to  Town  Manager  Kathleen  Ramsay. the  departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  membership,  which  In  other  action  at  its  special  meet-­ in  turn  elected  to  forgo  the  penny  ing  on  Tuesday,  the  selectboard  re-­ DPRXQWLQJ WR FRQWULEXWLRQ YLHZHG WKH ZDUQLQJ IRU WKH for  next  year.  The  action  will  still  WRZQ PHHWLQJ ZKLFK ZLOO EH HQVXUH D GHSRVLW LQWR WKH DF-­ KHOG RQ 0RQGD\ 0DUFK DW S P count  next  year.  The  fund  is  expect-­ in  the  municipal  gym.  It  is  a  nine-­ HG WR FRQWDLQ URXJKO\ E\ article  warning  that  includes: -XQH RI WKLV \HDU 7KH GHSDUWPHQW Â&#x2021; 7KH SURSRVHG ÂżVFDO \HDU was  scheduled  this  year  to  replace  its  PXQLFLSDO EXGJHW RI RI \HDU ROG ODGGHU WUXFN DQ DSSDUD-­ ZKLFK ZRXOG EH UDLVHG WXV WKDW FDQ FRVW XSZDUGV RI PLO-­ by  taxes.

OLRQ DFFRUGLQJ WR ÂżUH RIÂżFLDOV 7KH Â&#x2021; 5HSODFHPHQW RI WZR SROLFH department  will  investigate  the  pros-­ cruisers;Íž  one  utility/sign  truck  and  pect  of  upgrading  the  current  ladder  related  equipment;Íž  a  utility  bed  truck  truck  in  the  short  term,  George  said. and  related  equipment;Íž  a  backhoe;Íž  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  certainly  appreciate  the  effort  roller  attachment  for  a  grader;Íž  and  a  RQ WKH SDUW RI WKH ÂżUH GHSDUWPHQW ´ laser  grinder.  Those  equipment  pur-­ George  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  said  it  was  also  a  chases  would  be  made  in  accordance Â

with  the  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  replacement  sched-­ XOH WR EH ÂżQDQFHG WKURXJK D ÂżYH \HDU ORDQ RI XS WR 2Q 7XHVGD\ 0DUFK YRWHUV ZLOO go  to  the  polls  to  cast  Australian  bal-­ lots  on  various  school  budgets,  ref-­ erenda  and  local  elections,  including  D ÂżYH SHUVRQ UDFH IRU WKUHH VSRWV RQ the  town  selectboard  (see  related  VWRU\ 7KH 0LGGOHEXU\ EDOORW ZLOO include  two  petitioned  requests.  The  ¿UVW FRPHV IURP WKH 2WWHU &UHHN &KLOG &HQWHU VHHNLQJ WR VXS-­ SRUW WKH SULYDWH QRQSURÂżWÂśV ÂłQHHG based  tuition  assistance  program  and  its  mission  to  provide  quality,  affordable  early  care  and  education  to  the  Addison  County  community.â&#x20AC;?

A  second  petitioned,  non-­binding  article  seeks  Middleburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  â&#x20AC;&#x153;expres-­ sion  of  opposition  to  the  transport  of  tar  sands  oil  and  a  deep  concern  about  the  risks  of  such  transport  for  public  health  and  safety,  property  values,  and  our  natural  resources.â&#x20AC;?  The  article  also  calls  upon  the  state  Legislature  and  the  U.S.  Congress  to  â&#x20AC;&#x153;ensure  thorough  environmental  impact  reviews  of  any  tar  sands-­ related  pipeline  proposals,  includ-­ ing  the  health  and  safety  impacts  of  potential  tar  sands  oil  spills,  along  with  clear  guidelines  for  tracking  the  origins  and  chemical  composi-­ tion  of  pipeline  contents  and  feed  stocks,  and  request  that  the  town  transmit  a  copy  of  this  resolution  to  all  relevant  state,  federal,  and  &DQDGLDQ RIÂżFLDOV DQG WKH &(2V of  Portland  Pipe  Line  Corporation,  Montreal  Pipe  Line  Limited,  Impe-­ rial  Oil,  ExxonMobil,  and  Enbridge  Inc.â&#x20AC;?

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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Letters to the Editor

We  are  so  proud  that  our  Ver-­ JHQQHV 8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO ÂżHOGV DUH bustling  with  activities  fall,  spring,  and  summer.  Our  students  and  community  enjoy  them.  In  a  year,  they  make  it  possible  for  us  to  have  anything  from  high  school  sporting  Dear  ANwSU  Voters, Union  High  School  is  critical.  A  Â&#x2021; 7KH 98+6 UXQQLQJ WUDFN ZLOO events  to  statewide  tournaments.  On  Tuesday,  Feb.  5,  two  bond  structurally  sound  and  relevant  attract  more  students  to  participate  They  host  local  community  teams  questions  will  be  presented  to  high  school  will  continue  to  lay  the  in  sports  as  well  as  provide  com-­ and  youth  summer  camps.  They  are  the  Addison  Northwest  Super-­ groundwork  for  a  successful  and  munity  members  a  safe  place  to  a  valuable  resource  as  they  generate  visory  Union  towns  of  Addison,  healthy  community.  We  need  to  exercise.   revenue  for  our  school  and  our  busi-­ Ferrisburgh,  Panton,  Vergennes  and  invest  in  our  children  so  they  have  Â&#x2021; 6WDWHZLGH VFKRRO FKRLFH KDV Waltham.   the  tools  to  be  successful  in  life,  begun  in  Vermont.  We  need  to  retain  nesses.  (Have  you  ever  tried  to  go  to  Voting  â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;?  means  more  than  ¿QG JRRG MREV DQG PDLQWDLQ KHDOWK\ and  attract  children  to  our  school  for  the  gas  station,  grocery  or  hardware  store  after  an  event  at  VUHS?) improving  our  high  school  and  ath-­ lifestyles.  These  essential  skills  it  to  thrive.  Did  you  know  that  approximately  OHWLF ÂżHOGV ,W PHDQV DQ HVVHQWLDO DQG are  taught  in  the  classroom,  on  the  Â&#x2021; )DPLOLHV FRQVLGHULQJ PRYLQJ WR wise  investment  in  our  community.  VSRUWV ÂżHOG DQG WKURXJK WKH DUWV this  area  will  research  the  quality  of  50  percent  of  our  high  school  students  on  14  teams  play  on  the  On  Tuesday,  Feb.  5,  voters  have  Facts: educational  programs  and  athletic  an  opportunity  to  make  another  Â&#x2021; 7KH 98+6 EXLOGLQJ QHHGV HV-­ opportunities  that  our  school  offers.   98+6 ÂżHOGV" 'LG \RX NQRZ WKDW monumental  decision  that  will  sential  improvements.  If  we  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Â&#x2021; &XUUHQWO\ LQWHUHVW UDWHV DUH DW D 11  community  teams  also  use  the  ¿HOGV DV WKHLU KRPH" 'LG \RX NQRZ impact  our  quality  of  life,  the  value  approve  the  bond,  the  expenses  for  historic  low  and  these  bond  pay-­ that  summer  camps  use  them,  too?  of  our  properties,  and  attract  people  the  mandatory  repairs  will  need  to  ments  will  be  spread  over  the  next  We  are  thrilled  to  see  our  students  to  our  community.  It  took  moti-­ be  included  in  the  annual  budget.  20  years,  meaning  less  impact  on  and  community  members  out  there  vated  forward-­thinking  citizens  to  As  a  result,  residents  will  see  the  taxpayers. implement  positive  change  in  our  impact  on  their  taxes  all  at  once,  Â&#x2021; <RX PD\ FRQYHQLHQWO\ YRWH E\ pursuing  a  healthy  lifestyle  and  communities,  such  as  the  renovation  instead  of  spread  out  over  20  years. absentee  ballot  at  your  town  clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  participating  in  sports.   Unfortunately,  heavy  use,  harsh  of  the  Opera  House,  the  purchase  Â&#x2021; 7KH URRIV DUH OHDNLQJ 7KH KHDW-­ RIÂżFH weather  and  poor  soil  have  taken  a  and  improvements  to  our  downtown  LQJ YHQWLODWLRQ V\VWHP LV LQHIÂżFLHQW It  is  in  our  own  economic  best  toll  and  left  them  in  disrepair.  They  buildings,  the  creation  of  new  busi-­ and  partially  broken. interest  to  act  now.  This  is  the  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  drain  properly,  and  they  are  nesses,  and  the  availability  of  free  Â&#x2021; 7KH DXGLWRULXP LV QRW $'$ smart  thing  to  do,  the  right  thing  expensive.  They  are  costing  too  WiFi  in  the  downtown,  to  name  a  compliant,  the  stage  is  disintegrat-­ to  do,  and  the  right  time  to  do  it.  much  in  maintenance,  cancelled  few.  ing  and  the  lighting  system  cannot  The  economy  is  making  a  slow  but  games,  lost  practice  hours,  and  in-­ These  actions  have  improved  the  be  upgraded  or  repaired.

VWHDG\ UHFRYHU\ FRQVXPHU FRQÂż-­ juries.  We  have  tried  patching  them  quality  of  life  in  our  community,  in-­ Â&#x2021; 7KH NLWFKHQ KDV PRVW RI LWV dence  is  improving,  and  the  low  but  we  cannot  change  the  weather  creased  the  value  of  our  homes  and  original  1958  equipment  and  it  interest  rates  will  not  last  forever.   our  businesses,  and  contributed  to  needs  to  be  replaced  for  safety  Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  look  to  the  future  and  invest  and  the  soil.

We  believe  the  answer  is  a  new  the  vibrancy  of  our  region.  This  in  compliance.  The  refrigeration  is  not  in  our  children,  our  community,  and  V\QWKHWLF ÂżHOG DQG DOO ZHDWKHU WUDFN turn  has  increased  tourism,  attracted  HIÂżFLHQW RU FRVW HIIHFWLYH our  quality  of  life.   Vote  â&#x20AC;&#x153;yesâ&#x20AC;?  to  that  will  last  longer,  be  less  expen-­ entrepreneurs  and  new  business,  Â&#x2021; 7KH 98+6 DWKOHWLF ÂżHOGV both  questions  on  Feb.  5. and  encouraged  families  to  call  our  are  used  by  numerous  school  and  Friends  of  the  VUHS  Bond sive  to  maintain,  and,  best  of  all,  community  â&#x20AC;&#x153;home.â&#x20AC;?  The  Vergennes  community  teams,  and  summer  Carrie  Barrows,  Vergennes will  serve  our  entire  community,  area  is  held  in  high  regard  through-­ FDPSV 7KH XSNHHS IRU DUWLÂżFLDO Dennis  Bruso,  Addison young  and  old.   Here  are  the  advantages  of  the  out  the  state  of  Vermont,  attracting  turf  is  less  expensive  than  for  grass  Eric  Carter,  Panton the  attention  of  tourism  and  busi-­ ÂżHOGV $UWLÂżFLDO WXUI LV VDIHU WKDQ WKH Barb  Fitzpatrick,  Vergennes V\QWKHWLF ÂżHOG 1.  Extended  use  by  as  much  as  3  ness  writers  from  throughout  the  KDUGSDQ FOD\ WKDW XQGHUOLHV WKH ÂżHOG Chris  Huston,  Waltham Northeast.  FXUUHQWO\ 7KLV QHZ ÂżHOG ZLOO PDNH James  Dayton,  Panton Applying  this  same  vision,  enthu-­ it  possible  for  more  playing  time  for  Kristina  MacKulin,  siasm  and  investment  to  Vergennes  the  student  and  community  teams.

North  Ferrisburgh A  bunch  of  upstart  Middlebury  residents  have  managed  to  get  an  ar-­ ticle  added  to  the  Middlebury  Town  No.  1.  Why  is  Addison  Central  that  their  tax  bills  will  still  go  up  would  attract  outside  students  to  Meeting  Day  ballot  that  opposes  the  still  open  with  only  65  students?  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  every  year  because  teachers  have  look  at  our  school  and  could  attract  transport  of  tar  sand  oil  through  the  time  to  consolidate  with  Vergennes  their  raises  and  insurance  goes  up  more  tax  dollars.  What  is  that,  state  of  Vermont.

Elementary  and  save  costs.  15  percent  every  year.  The  burden  Middlebury  or  Vergennes?  I  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  No.  2.  Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  the  school  board  is  just  too  much  in  this  economy.  I  think  anybody  is  going  to  travel  that  of  Vergennes  get  it?  We  said  no  havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  gotten  a  raise  in  a  year  and  far  to  go  to  another  district.  Put  it  on  WKH ÂżUVW WLPH RQ WKH LPSURYHPHQWV a  half.  I  have  no  more  money  to  the  back  burner  when  the  gym  gets  How  can  â&#x20AC;&#x153;we  the  peopleâ&#x20AC;?  still  be  Why  do  they  always  come  back  for  give.  Everyone  would  love  to  see  paid  for  in  2020.  Maybe  we  can  take  immobilized  by  a  vociferous  minor-­ a  second  vote?  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  always  â&#x20AC;&#x153;it  will  all  this  done  but  there  is  no  money  on  another  $5  million  debt.

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Diane  Rivers proposed  regulations  offered  by  the  but  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  remind  the  taxpayers  I  liked  their  comment  that  it  Addison president  are  modest,  reasonable,  long  overdue  and  supported  by  a  VLJQLÂżFDQW PDMRULW\ RI $PHULFDQV The  new  rules  do  not  limit  our  free-­ dom  and  safety  but  attempt  to  take  a  few  timid  steps  in  rendering  the  As  the  meeting  progressed  it  he  and  the  board  should  be  focus-­ (Continued  from  Page  4A) meeting  the  board  spokesman  was  became  apparent  that  the  board  was  ing  their  efforts  if  it  hopes  to  retain  district  eligible  students  and  attract  asked  what  he  thought  the  chances  going  to  dig  their  heels  in  and  re-­ vote  the  bond  with  no  changes.  Ex-­ students  from  outside  the  district.  of  the  bond  passing  was,  he  said  plaining  why  everything  in  the  bond  There  also  was  much  discussion  he  felt  that  it  was  going  to  easily  was  so  important,  the  co-­senior  among  the  board  on  why  the  bond  pass  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  everyone  he  had  talked  (Continued  from  Page  4A) high  principal  gave  an  impassioned  had  failed,  even  though  they  had  to  said  they  would  vote  for  it.  months  to  knit.  Forty  minutes  later,  fully  expected  it  to  pass.  It  was  Eventually  that  bond  was  defeated  speech  on  how  the  state  will  be  go-­ a  tea  cozy  came  out.  Hand  washing,  clear  the  board  felt  that  this  was  a  by  591  votes  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  almost  60  percent  ing  to  a  voucher  system  in  the  near  DOPRVW E\ GHÂżQLWLRQ UHTXLUHV KDQGV against.  Clearly  the  district  voters  future.  This  is  where  the  state  gives  ¿JKW WKDW QHHGHG WR EH ZRQ GHVSLWH And  I  know  how  that  goes.  A  each  parent  some  amount  of  money  feedback  from  the  previous  meet-­ wanted  the  board  to  rethink  their  bulky  wool  sweater  soaked  in  wa-­ to  be  spent  on  their  childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  educa-­ ing  and  the  results  of  the  bond  vote.  ter  weighs  80  pounds  and  cannot  proposal. tion  at  any  school  of  their  choice.  As  one  board  member  pointed  out,  At  the  next  board  meeting,  fol-­ be  wrung  out  without  the  wringerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  lowing  the  defeat,  I  fully  expected  a  He  said  that  this  makes  it  imperative  they  only  needed  to  convert  296  no  hands  developing  acute-­onset  carpal  that  the  high  school  be  brought  up  voters  into  yes  voters.  It  was  also  different  discussion.  I  was  opti-­ tunnel  syndrome.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  why  I  avoid  the  to  standards  that  will  make  it  the  pointed  out  that  a  $100,  $200  or  mistic  at  the  beginning.  Initially,  it  hand-­washing  pile:  better  to  never  even  a  $300  tax  increase  per  year,  in  again  wear  a  beloved  item  than  to  seemed  that  the  democratic  process  most  attractive  high  school  in  the  region,  thus  assuring  its  continued  their  estimation,  was  not  too  much  of  respecting  the  taxpayersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  wishes  risk  nerve  damage  to  get  it  back  into  success  in  a  competitive  environ-­ to  ask. to  rethink  the  cost  of  the  defeated  the  wardrobe  rotation. ment.

I  think  we  all  should  ask  our  bond  was  working.  There  was  a  I  lugged  the  towering  pile  of  Had  I  had  the  presence  of  mind,  I  board  representatives  how  a  bond  short  discussion  on  modifying  the  clothes,  in  a  series  of  trips,  to  the  would  have  mentioned  that  I  had  re-­ IRU WR Âż[ URRI OHDNV FRXOG extensive  cafeteria  upgrade,  paring  down  the  auditorium  costs  by  using  cently  attended  a  Vergennes  varsity  possibly  morph  into  one  for  well  girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  soccer  game  at  Rice  Memorial  over  $6  million  and,  after  being  a  different  approach  to  acquiring  High  School  in  South  Burlington.  defeated  at  the  polls  once,  why  a  the  audio  equipment,  changing  7KHLU DWKOHWLF ÂżHOGV ZHUH QHLWKHU DV VLQJOH LWHP KDVQÂśW EHHQ PRGLÂżHG RU VRPH SURSRVHG PRGLÂżFDWLRQV RI expansive  nor  attractive  as  ours.  The  removed  from  the  overall  proposal.  the  physical  layout  and  changing  school  building  was  unremarkable  Equally  as  important,  whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  WKH VWDJH PRGLÂżFDWLRQV $QRWKHU particularly  when  compared  to  ours,  real  reason  to  push  it  through  before  board  member  was  willing  to  give  yet  Rice  has  one  of  the  best  reputa-­ town  meeting?  Maybe,  instead  of  XS KLV VXSSRUW IRU WKH DWKOHWLF ÂżHOG tions,  if  not  the  best  in  the  state,  convincing  259  voters  to  change  over  to  the  auditorium  upgrade,  their  votes,  they  are  hoping  259  vot-­ because  the  Athletic  Department  got  when  it  comes  to  academic  excel-­ lence.  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  sure  Rice  has  far  more  ers  stay  home  on  Feb.  5. a  new  gymnasium  last  time  major  applicants  than  available  openings.

David  Ambrose improvements  were  made  and  the  Academic  excellence  is  where  Ferrisburgh auditorium  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  anything.

Much  hangs  in  the  balance  on  results  of  Feb.  5  vote

months  and  in  almost  any  type  of  weather.  We  will  not  have  to  cancel  practice  and  games.

2.  Maintenance  costs  over  10  \HDUV 2XU SUHVHQW JUDVV ¿HOG $200,000;͞  Synthetic  Turf,  $50,000.

3.  They  have  a  more  forgiving  surface  and  are  proven  safer.  Stud-­ ies  show  that  there  are  less  ACL,  muscle,  and  ligament  injuries  and  fewer  concussions.  4.  Reduce  the  wear  and  tear  of  overuse  on  the  other  existing  grass  ¿HOGV EDVHEDOO -9 VRFFHU ODFURVVH ¿HOG DQG PLGGOH VFKRRO ¿HOGV

Here  are  the  advantages  of  the  track: 1.  Increased  participation  in  track.  A  track  team  can  accommodate  SOXV VWXGHQWV 7UDFN DQG ¿HOG is  one  of  the  most  democratic  sports  that  we  can  offer.  The  sport  encom-­ passes  a  wide  range  of  athletic  types  regardless  of  size,  ability  and  motor  skills.  Presently  our  team  is  forced  to  practice  in  the  school  hallways  and  other  non-­typical  conditions.   2.  The  cost  to  transport  the  track  team  on  a  daily  basis  to  proper  facilities  for  practice  now  exceeds  a  reasonable  travel  expense  for  the  school  district.  As  a  result,  partici-­ pation  has  decreased.

3.  Improving  the  drainage  of  the  EDVHEDOO ¿HOG ZLOO RFFXU ZKHQ WKH track  is  installed.

4.  Safety  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  our  students  and  community  members  of  all  ages  can  enjoy  exercising  without  navigating  treacherous  sidewalks  and  dodging  cars. ,W ZLOO DWWUDFW FRPPXQLW\ ÂżWQHVV programs  like  Girls  on  the  Run,  Relay  for  Life  and  similar  programs.

Consider  this:  We  are  hosting Â

three  Vermont  state  championships  in  the  VUHS  school  gym  over  the  next  few  weeks.  Those  events  will  bring  hundreds  of  spectators  to  our  community  and  businesses.  Our  QHZ WUDFN DQG ¿HOG ZLOO EHQH¿W XV LQ the  same  way.   South  Burlington  High  School  JHQHUDWHG LQ V\QWKHWLF ¿HOG rentals  last  year.  Locally,  Middle-­ bury  and  CVU  recognize  the  value  RI V\QWKHWLF ¿HOGV &98 ZDQWV WR EXLOG WZR ¿HOGV DQG 0LGGOHEXU\ High  School  is  proposing  one.

We  all  want  our  community  to  continue  to  thrive.  The  school  and  DWKOHWLF ÂżHOGV DUH HVVHQWLDO FRP-­ munity  assets.  They  add  value  to  our  quality  of  life  whether  we  have  children  attending  the  school  or  not.  As  community  assets,  they  have  LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH ZKHQ SHRSOH FRQVLGHU purchasing  vacant  homes,  building  new  homes,  and  establishing  new  businesses  in  our  community.   The  cost  to  local  taxpayers  will  be  spread  over  20  years  with  a  histori-­ cally  low  interest  rate.  The  cost  will  be  less  than  $1  per  week  (based  on  a  $100,000  house)  but  the  results  will  EH VLJQLÂżFDQW 1HZ EHWWHU IDFLOLWLHV for  our  youth;Íž  an  improved  venue  to  attract  larger  tournaments  and  revenue-­generating  spectators;Íž  and  a  community  asset  that  any  Vermonter  from  age  7  to  age  97  will  be  able  to  use.

Please  support  this  worthy  investment.  Come  out  and  vote  on  7XHVGD\ )HE DQG YRWH <(6 RQ both  bond  questions.

Kim  Haigis IRU WKH RI¿FHUV RI WKH Commodore  Booster  Club

Middlebury  to  cast  ballots  on  tar  sand  oil  referendum

Taxpayers  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  afford  mounting  school  expenses

To  learn  more  about  this  issue  and  what  all  the  hubbub  is  about,  you  are  invited  to  attend  a  screen-­ ing  of  the  oil  sands  documentary  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tipping  Point:  The  Age  of  the  Oil  Sandsâ&#x20AC;?  that  will  be  shown  at  7  p.m. Â

on  Tuesday,  Feb.  5,  at  the  Ilsley  Library  in  Middlebury.  This  event  is  sponsored  by  the  Vermont  Interfaith  Power  &  Light.

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Soon  my  husband  came  home  from  work  and  headed  upstairs  for  a  shower.  I  had  forgotten  about  the  Sasquatch-­size  pile  in  the  bathroom  until  I  heard  a  squawk  of  alarm.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  worry,â&#x20AC;?  I  yelled  up  to  him  through  a  mouthful  of  popcorn.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  more  afraid  of  you  than  you  are  of  it.â&#x20AC;?

heard  from  ad  nauseam.  It  is  time  for  our  so-­called  leaders  to  act,  and  act  promptly  and  decisively.

How  many  more  5-­year-­olds  need  to  die  at  school  with  11  rounds  of  high-­powered  bullets  shot  through  WKHLU ERGLHV EHIRUH ZH ¿QDOO\ DFW WR protect  them?

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Obituaries

ADDISON COUNTY

Joan LaFountain 79, Salisbury SALISBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Joan  E.  LaFountain  79,  of  Salisbury  died  Tuesday,  Jan.  29,  2013,  at  Helen  Porter  Healthcare  and  Rehabilitation  Center  in  Middlebury.

She  was  born  on  Feb.  18,  1933,  in  Salisbury,  the  daughter  of  the  late  Fred  and  Mabel  (Masterson)  Narabone.  She  graduated  from  Middlebury  High  School  and  in  1950  married  the  late  Paul  LaFountain.  He  died  in  1992.

She  worked  for  Tucel  Industries  as  a  production  worker  on  plas-­ tic  goods.  Her  family  says  she  enjoyed  strawberry  picking  and  her  Pomeranians.

She  is  survived  by  her  son,  Paul  LaFountain  of  Salisbury;Íž  her  daughter,  Paula  LaFontaine  and  her  husband,  David  Murray,  of  Daytona  Beach,  Fla.;Íž  and  her  sisters,  Patty  Fisk  of  Weybridge,  Shirley  Douglas  of  Leicester  and  Phyllis  Foshea  of  Salisbury.  She  is  also  survived  by  four  grandchildren, Â

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JOAN  LAFOUNTAIN seven  great-­grandchildren  and  seven  great-­great-­grandchildren.

Donations  in  her  memory  may  be  made  to  the  Addison  County  Humane  Society.

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Ernest Maynard, 61, Ripton RIPTON  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Ernest  Frederick  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redâ&#x20AC;?  Maynard  of  Ripton  died  Jan.  19,  2013,  in  Bristol.

He  was  born  May  28,  1951,  in  Colchester,  the  son  of  Arthur  and  Elaine  (Viens)  Maynard.

His  family  says  he  was  loud  and  boisterous  but  once  you  got  to  know  him,  he  was  just  a  big  teddy  bear.  They  say  he  liked  loud  noises  and  loved  to  target  practice  and  shoot  KLV FDQQRQ RII +H ORYHG WR ¿VK WKH Big  Otter,  Lake  Champlain  and  all  the  other  lakes  and  ponds  around  the  area.  He  also  loved  to  hunt.

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He  was  predeceased  by  his  sister  Sandra  Lee  Maynard.

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Stephen Selecky, 62, Bristol BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Stephen  B.  Selecky,  62,  of  Bristol  died  peacefully  at  his  home  surrounded  by  his  family  on  Jan.  24,  2013.

He  was  born  on  June  16,  1950,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  the  son  of  Stephen  and  Marcella  (Kuczynski)  Selecky.  He  was  a  member  of  the  armed  services  and  worked  at  Goodrich  in  Vergennes  for  32  years.  He  enjoyed  traveling,  football  and  being  with  his  grandsons.

Stephen  was  predeceased  by  his  parents  and  his  baby  son.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife  of  36  years,  Patricia  (Ragan)  Selecky;͞  his  son,  Stephen  Ragan  Selecky  and  his  wife,  Casey;͞  hips  grandsons,  Stephen  and  Benjamin  Ragan-­Selecky;͞  and  his  sisters,  Janelle  (Selecky)  Smith  of  Carlisle,  Pa.,  and  Barbara  Selecky  of  Greeley,  Pa. A  celebration  of  his  life  was  held  Tuesday,  Jan.  29,  at  4  p.m.  at  the  American  Legion,  Middlebury.  In  his  memory  donations  can  be  made  to  Addison  County  Hospice,  P.O  Box  0LGGOHEXU\ 97 ¸

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Rider Boise, 9 months, New Haven NEW  HAVEN  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Rider  Kam  Boise  (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mr.  Smilesâ&#x20AC;?)  passed  peace-­ fully  in  the  arms  of  his  family  on  Jan.  22,  2013.  He  enriched  our  lives  the  day  he  was  born,  March  30,  2012.

Rider  is  the  son  of  Joey  and  Tamara  Boise  of  New  Haven.  He  is  survived  by  his  loving  sister.  Jada;͞  his  paternal  grandparents,  Raymond  and  Theresa  Boise  of  Middlebury,  maternal  grandfather,  Roger  Tatro  and  wife,  Terry  Tatro,  of  Port  Henry  N.Y.;͞  maternal  grandmother,  Susan  Billings  and  partner,  Bruce  Ferland,  of  Ripton;͞  and  great-­grandmother  Hilda  Billings  of  Ripton.

Rider  had  a  special  bond  with  his  three  aunts,  Jennifer  Kaigle,  Shelley  Payne  and  Tina  Jankauskus,  and  uncles  Bill  Kaigle,  Jim  Payne  and  Gerry  Jankauskas,  along  with  six  amazing  cousins,  Anna,  Evan,  River,  Raven,  Ian  and  Kyle.  Rider  has  a  special  place  in  the  soul  of  his  cherished  friends  George  and  Donna  Badore  of  Addison.  Rider  captured  the  hearts  of  his  dedicated  caregivers  at  Addison  County  Home  Health  and  Fletcher  Allen  PICU/ Vermont  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hospital.   We  are  forever  grateful  for  their  love.

Rider  taught  us  all  that  there  is  so  much  more  behind  a  smile.  There Â

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A  celebration  of  Riderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life  will  be  held  on  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  at  5  p.m.  under  the  tent  at  the  Boise  resi-­ dence,  132  Ethan  Allen  Hwy,  New  Haven  (just  behind  Cyclewise).  The  family  will  release  wish  lanterns  in  Riderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  honor.  This  is  an  outdoor  event  so  dress  warmly. ,Q OLHX RI Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV ZH ZRXOG EH honored  to  have  you  support  our  PLVVLRQ LQ ÂżQGLQJ D FXUH IRU 6SLQDO Muscular  Atrophy  (SMA).  Go  to  www.fsma.org,  click  on  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donateâ&#x20AC;?  DQG VHOHFW Âł,Q 0HPRU\ 2I ´ ¸

As  I  peruse  through  the  Addison  Independent FODVVLÂżHGV WZLFH ZHHNO\ ,ÂśP EDIĂ&#x20AC;HG DW WKH IDFW WKDW WKLV WRZQ does  not  offer  any  type  of  Narcotics  Anonymous  support  meetings  for  people  struggling  with  a  drug  addic-­ tion.  Is  this  town  so  blind  to  the  fact  that  drug  abuse  is  actually  a  serious  issue  within  Middlebury?  Do  we  not  read  the  crime  log  weekly?  Watch  the  news?  To  a  drug  addict,  they  can  not  get  the  same  â&#x20AC;&#x153;structure  and  supportâ&#x20AC;?  from  an  Alcoholics  Anonymous  meeting.

And  why  are  there  several  groups  for  AA  support  meetings  yet  nothing  all  these  years  for  an  NA  support  meeting?  Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  mean  that  one  addiction  is  far  worse  then  the  other,  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  not  what  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  saying.  But  maybe  RXU WRZQ RIÂżFLDOV DQG RU DUHD FRXQ-­ selors  need  to  put  their  heads  together  and  make  up  a  group  meeting  sched-­ ule  for  Narcotics  Anonymous.

It  just  isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  feasible  for  some  drug-­ addicted  individuals  to  attend  the  NA  meetings  that  are  offered  in  the  Burlington  area,  especially  if  they  have  possibly  lost  their  license  due  to Â

the  addiction  and  they  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  have  the  means  to  get  transportation  to  attend  a  much  needed  meeting  in  Burlington.  Come  on,  Middlebury,  there  is  no  reason  to  continue  to  sweep  this  prob-­ lem  under  the  proverbial  rug.  We  need  to  deal  with  it  head  on.

There  are  many  people  out  there  that  actually  want  help,  need  help.  They  need  this  support  weekly,  daily  even,  to  be  successful  individuals  and  an  asset  to  their  society.  I  can  honestly  say,  I  have  a  very  close  and  personal  friend  that  is  driving  to  Burlington  weekly  to  attend  an  NA  meeting.  He  tells  me  often  how  it  would  be  more  of  a  convenience  if  he  could  attend  NA  support  meetings  here  in  Middlebury  or  surrounding  areas  so  he  can  work  his  program  and  continue  to  be  sober.  He  pushes  himself  to  make  these  meetings  in  Burlington  but  wished  he  could  attend  more  if  they  were  more  local  for  him.  The  old  saying  plays  true  here,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  you  build  it,  they  will  come.â&#x20AC;?  Something  to  think  about.  â&#x20AC;Ś Tara  Knapp Middlebury

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meetings  have  been  lively,  due  to  debate  about  implementation  of  a  second-­language  program.  This  subject  has  been  dissected  and  analyzed  for  at  least  three  years.  The  GDWD DV WR EHQH¿WV VFKHGXOLQJ DQG FRVW LV FROOHFWHG $ ¿QDO GHFLVLRQ LV imminent.

An  interesting  comment  was  made  by  a  board  member  at  the  last  ,' PHHWLQJ 7KDW WKH ERDUG WDNHV direction  from  the  citizens.  It  is  not  administration,  not  unions,  nor  personal  agendas  that  are  the  basis Â

for  their  direction,  but  information  given  to  them  by  the  citizens.

Whichever  way  citizens  feel  about  implementing  a  second-­language  program  it  is  their  responsibility  to  seek  out  board  members  and  offer  D ¿QDO RSLQLRQ :LWKRXW H[FHSWLRQ the  members  of  this  board  are  smart,  forward-­thinking  and  thoughtful.  They  will  weigh  concerns  about  taxes  and  they  will  listen  respect-­ fully  to  teachers  who  also  live  in  Middlebury.  That  in  itself  is  fabulous.

A  thought-­provoking  comment Â

came  from  a  voter  about  weighing  priorities.  If  the  board  is  ready  to  lengthen  the  school  day,  what  is  the  most  important  use  to  teachers  of  an  DGGLWLRQDO KRXUV HYHU\ ZHHN" Language?  Science?  Mathematics? $WWHQGLQJ ,' ERDUG PHHWLQJV LV effective.  Not  what  most  of  us  want  to  do  on  a  Monday  night,  but  maybe  one  of  the  more  important  ways  we  can  use  that  time.

Bring  your  knitting  and  bring  your  opinion.

Jenn  Staats Middlebury

There  is  an  unsung  hero  in  the  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Into  the  Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  production I  am  reading  in  the  Jan.  28  edition  of  the  Addison  Independent  about  how  students  in  the  Middlebury  College  Music  Department/Town  Hall  Theater  collaboration  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into  the  Woodsâ&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  meet  with  director  Doug  Anderson  until  the  second  week  of  January,  giving  the  cast  and  crew  just  two-­and-­a-­half  weeks  to  pull  the  show  together.â&#x20AC;?

This  statement  leaves  out  the  very  important  factor  of  Carol Â

Christensen,  Middlebury  Music  Department  Affiliate  Artist,  working  with  the  actors  and  sing-­ ers  beginning  in  September.  She  works  tirelessly  and  with  great  skill,  talent  and  commitment  to  make  so  many  productions  work.  She  does  it  quietly,  behind  the  scenes,  and  rarely  receives  enough  public  credit.

The  wonderful  musicals  presented  by  the  Town  Hall  Theater  and  Middlebury  College Â

Music  Department  would  never  have  the  high  quality  that  they  do  without  Carol.  She  also  makes  major  contributions  to  many  Middlebury  College  Theater,  Town  Hall  Theater  and  other  Middlebury-­area  perfor-­ mances.  Kudos  to  Carol  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  she  is  amazing.

Deborah  Young Academic  Coordinator Middlebury  College  Music  Department

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As  regular  readers  of  this  column  Sometimes,  while  myself  wondering  know,  I  love  being  a  shepherd.  I  watching  them  chew,  how  it  is  that  feed  my  sheep  hay  and,  in  return,  I  wonder,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are  they  we  humans  have  they  feed  me  spiritually  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  remind-­ bored?  Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  going  managed  to  get  so  ing  me  to  chew  my  metaphorical  on  inside  those  fuzzy  full  of  ourselves  cud  slowly,  to  get  outside  every  heads?â&#x20AC;? as  a  species.  Of  day  and  to  live  in  the  present.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  a  In  my  classes  we  course,  in  my  more-­than-­fair  exchange.  talk  about  â&#x20AC;&#x153;anthro-­ line  of  work  I  am  This  particular  morning,  pocentrism,â&#x20AC;?  a  fancy  always  thinking  however,  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  wishing  I  could  trade  word  for  looking  at  about  concepts  of  shepherding  for  being  a  sheep.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  the  natural  world  nature.  But  think-­ cold  out  there;Íž  minus  nine  degrees  through  human-­ ing  about  â&#x20AC;&#x153;natureâ&#x20AC;?  to  be  precise.  Stalling  for  time,  I  sip  centered  glasses.  as  a  scholar  is  a  my  coffee  and  gaze  out  the  window  Certainly,  we  can  bit  different  than  to  see  how  hungry  and  cold  my  never  not  be  anthro-­ thinking  with  flock  must  be.  Not  very.  pocentric,  because  nature,  which  is  Rachel  and  Quintus  are  in  the  we  can  never  banish  what  I  do  as  a  shep-­ sheep  shed,  while  the  other  four  our  human  lenses  herd.  When  I  think  have  randomly  plopped  down  in  entirely.  But  we  can  with  animals,  I  am Â

By Rebecca Kneale Gould so  often  stunned  the  barnyard,  chewing  their  cud.  lean  toward  valu-­ Leah  has  her  head  in  the  air  and  ing  other  beings  on  into  awe  and  a  smile  on  her  face;Íž  her  ears  stick  something  like  their  reverence.  How  is  straight  up,  which  is  customary  for  own  terms,  to  the  extent  that  we  it,  I  wonder,  that  beavers  can  build  a  Border  Leicester.  Meanwhile,  our  can  discern  what  those  might  be. their  home  lodges  so  quickly  and  do  Polypay  yearling  looks  every  bit  The  challenge  of  anthropocen-­ it  primarily  with  their  teeth?  How  the  young  ram.  He  chews  his  cud  trism  reminds  me  that  although  I  did  the  ancient  lobe  fish  â&#x20AC;&#x153;knowâ&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;double-­time,â&#x20AC;?  while  simultane-­ know  my  sheep  are  smart,  I  canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  that  it  needed  to  grow  lungs  as  well  ously  looking  all  around  to  see  if  necessarily  interpret  their  intel-­ as  gills?  And  from  this  fish  who  heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  missing  anything.  He  does  this  ligence.  Maybe  they  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  plop  lived  370  million  years  ago,  how  almost  every  day  and  every  day  I  â&#x20AC;&#x153;randomlyâ&#x20AC;?  around  the  barnyard  was  it  that  we  (and  every  other  watch  and  laugh. this  morning  after  all.  Maybe  lung-­ed  being)  evolved  into  being  â&#x20AC;&#x153;How  are  your  there  is  a  care-­ nothing  at  all  like  a  fish,  except  for  sheep  doing  in  ful  choreography  the  fact  of  our  lungs?  uestions this  weather?â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  unknown  and  Of  course,  one  can  research  asks  one  of  my  unknowable  to  me  answers  and  find  some  things  out,  bring on students  at  the  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  pertaining  to  such  as  learning  that  a  beaver  can  start  of  class.  particular  settings  communicate  by  scenting  a  log  states â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just  fine.â&#x20AC;?  I  and  scents  that  with  castor  oil  from  sacs  at  the  reply  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me?  Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  of wonder and dictate  why  Baraka  base  of  his  tail.  But,  for  me,  it  is  another  story.  of curiosity that is  sitting  high  on  the  questions,  not  the  answers  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m  not  wearing  the  hill  and  Lucky  that  delight.  Questions  bring  on  the  equivalent  of  drive us to learn is  sitting  down  states  of  wonder  and  of  curiosity  five  wool  sweat-­ close  to  the  fence.  that  drive  us  to  learn  and  make  us  ers.â&#x20AC;?  Yes,  I  admire  and make us care. Or  is  it  that  Lucky  care.  Are  my  sheep  ever  bored?  these  mellow  Are my sheep ever wants  to  be  up  Although  I  think  not,  I  really  have  creatures.  I  may  high,  but  Baraka  no  idea.  And  is  â&#x20AC;&#x153;boredâ&#x20AC;?  something  occasionally  think  bored? Although I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  let  her?  For  a  sheep  actually  could  experience?  of  them  as  â&#x20AC;&#x153;para-­ indeed  there  is  I  have  no  idea.  But  when  I  remind  think not, I really gons  of  sloth,â&#x20AC;?  social  stratification  myself  of  the  difference  between  but  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  only  have no idea. in  our  flock:  there  thinking  about  them  and  thinking  because  I  envy  are  the  Border  with  them,  I  draw  nearer  to  them  them  (and  as  the  Leicester  elites  and  and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  what  matters. seven  deadly  sins  go,  envy  is  much  the  Polypay  proletariat.

Rebecca  Kneale  Gould  is  associ-­ worse  than  sloth!).  Still,  sheep  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  been  thinking  about  ate  professor  of  religion  and  envi-­ have  to  chew  their  cud  at  least  6  animals  a  lot  lately  as  I  work  on  ronmental  studies  at  Middlebury  hours  a  day  to  digest  their  food  a  scientific-­poetic  project.  With  College  and  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;boutique  shep-­ and  thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  certainly  work  of  a  kind.  every  step  of  my  research,  I  find  herdâ&#x20AC;?  in  Monkton.

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Armchair  Traveler  presentation  on  Pancake  breakfast  in  Lincoln.  Singapore  in  New  Haven.  Thursday,  Sunday,  Feb.  3,  7:30-­9:30  a.m.,  Burnham  Jan.  31,  7-­9  p.m.,  New  Haven  Community  Hall.  Part  of  the  annual  Hill  Country  Holiday.  Library.  Meg  Barnes  of  Shoreham  will  share  Presented  by  Lincoln  Sports  Inc.  images  and  stories  from  her  trip  to  Singapore,  an  Lego  Mania  in  Lincoln.  Sunday,  Feb.  3,  noon-­4  Asian  city-­state  located  off  the  Malay  Peninsula.  All  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  Part  of  Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  three-­day  Hill  are  welcome.  Info:  453-­4015.  Country  Holiday.  NER  Vermont  Reading  Series  in  Middlebury.  Scout  Sunday  service  and  fellowship  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  Jan.  31,  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hungry  Sunday,  Feb.  3,  1-­2:30  p.m.,  Bristol  Federated  Mind  CafĂŠ.  The  New  England  Church.  The  Ethan  Allen  District  of  the  Green  Review  welcomes  writ-­ Mountain  (Boy  Scout)  Council  will  hold  a  special  ers  Eileen  Brunetto,  Jon  service  and  fellowship  hour.  Scouts  and  their  family  Mathewson,  Julia  Shipley  and  members  are  encouraged  to  attend.  Free,  open  to  Jacob  White,  who  will  read  the  public.  from  their  work.  Public  skating  in  Middlebury.  WINTER DRAMA CLASSES AT TOWN HALL THEATER WITH Telecommuter/mobile  profes-­ Sunday,  Feb.  3,  2-­3:30  p.m.,  Memorial  sional  event  in  Middlebury.  Sports  Center.  MELISSA LOURIE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Introduction to Acting Ages 16 and Thursday,  Jan.  31,  7-­9  p.m.,  Young  musicians  recital  in  up. Discover the joy of acting through games and exercises. Work Two  Brothers  Tavern.  Open  to  all  Vergennes.  Sunday,  Feb.  3,  2-­4  p.m.,  on a monologue and a scene to apply basic techniques.

Sundays telecommuters/mobile  profes-­ Vergennes  Opera  House.  An  after-­ 9:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11:30 am, Feb. 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mar. 10 $120. Advanced Scene sionals  in  the  greater  Middlebury  noon  of  music  by  young  musicians  area.  RSVP  with  Ben  Wilson  at  practicing  their  art  form.  Admission  $5  Study Ages 18 and up. For students with stage experience. info@bettermiddleburypartner-­ adults,  $3  children,  available  at  Classic  Focus on scenes from classical and contemporary theater, tackling ship.org  or  802-­377-­3557.  Stitching,  at  VOH  or  at  the  door.  more advanced acting challenges. Sundays 9:30 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11:30 am, Zumba  in  Lincoln.  Sunday,  Feb.  3,  Mar. 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Apr. 21 $120. Theater Appreciation Ages 18 and 2-­3  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  Cost  $10,  to  EHQHÂżW /LQFROQ 6SRUWV 7DXJKW E\ -HQQ up. Through readings, lectures and discussion, enhance your Buker.  Part  of  Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Hill  appreciation of the theatrical experience. Guest lecturers will Senior  luncheon  in  Country  Holiday.  give an overview of theater history, design, directing and more.

Middlebury.  Friday,  Mondays 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9 pm, Feb. 25 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mar. 11 & Apr.1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 15. $100. To Feb.  1,  11  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  The  Glass  Onion,  Hannaford  sign up, call or email THT education director Lindsay Pontius: Career  Center.  Woody  Danforth  388-1436 education@townhalltheater.org and  his  students  serve  culinary  Legislative  breakfast  delights.  Menu  to  be  announced.  in  Bridport.  Monday,  KUMON MATH AND READING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an affordable academic Sponsored  by  CVAA.  Suggested  Feb.  4,  7-­8:45  a.m.,  Bridport  enrichment program Preschool through 12th grade for students donation  $5.  Reservations  Grange  Hall.  Breakfast  at  7  a.m.,  who wish to be challenged or need help catching up. Mondays required:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  program  7:30-­8:45.  Senior  luncheon  in  Middlebury.  Early  Literacy  Story  Time  in  and Thursdays 3:00 - 6:00pm, 4 Frog Hollow, Middlebury. For Friday,  Feb.  1,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  Middlebury.  Monday,  Feb.  4,  10:30-­ more information contact Zelia van den Berg 388-6517 or p.m.,  Middlebury  VFW.  CVAAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  11:15  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Join  chil-­ visit www.kumon.com. monthly  First  Friday  luncheon,  drenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  librarian  Sarah  Lawton  for  with  glazed  baked  ham,  roasted  stories,  rhymes  and  songs  that  help  MIDDLEBURY STUDIO SCHOOL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Mon. & Weds. red  potatoes  with  yams  and  young  children  develop  early  literacy  Wheel, Home School Pottery Feb. 1, Home School Art Feb. beets,  green  leaf  salad  with  skills.  Drop  in.  Every  Monday  and  spinach,  wheat  dinner  roll,  and  Thursday  through  Feb.  14.  15, Pets & Pillows Feb. 4-March 18, Teen Tie-Dye begins Valentine  chocolate  torte  with  Feb. 6, Adult: Mon. Night Oils, Tues. Night Watercolor, cream.  Bring  your  own  place  Silver Jewelry, Weds. Night Wheel, Weds. AM Oils, Colour setting.  Suggested  donation  $4.  Workshop, Digital Photography, Mon. AM Acrylics.

Reservations  required  by  Jan.  31:  1-­800-­642-­5119.  Free  trans-­ Public  skating  in  Contact Barb 247-3702, email ewaldewald@aol.com, check portation  by  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  out: middleburystudioschool.org Lunchtime  public  skating  in  Feb.  5,  9-­10:30  a.m.,  Middlebury.  Friday,  Feb.  1,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  LEARN TO DANCE SERIES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ballroom, Nightclub, and noon-­1  p.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Exhibit  opening  in  Middlebury.  Latin. Sunday afternoons, February 3, 10, 17, 24. West Coast Center.  Tuesday,  Feb.  5,  9:30-­11:30  a.m.,  Swing - Intermediate level 1:30 to 2:30, Beginning level 3:00 to Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Project  Independence,  112  Exchange  Brandon.  Friday,  Feb.  1,  5-­7  St.  This  exhibit  highlights  a  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  work  4:00, no experience required. Classes held at The Cornwall Town p.m.,  Brandon  Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Guild.  of  the  Project  Independence  Tuesday  Hall on Rt 30. $40 for 4 week series, of a one hour lesson each Celebrating  the  opening  of  the  Morning  Art  Group,  proving  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  week. For information go to www.ChamplainValleyDance.com, Student  Art  Show,  featuring  never  too  old  to  express  yourself  or call John at 802-897-7500. Please bring clean, non-marking the  work  of  children  from  nine  through  art.  Music  and  refreshments  local  schools,  from  elementary  and  a  chance  to  meet  the  artists.  The  VKRHV WR ZHDU RQ WKH GDQFH Ă RRU through  high  school.  Exhibit  runs  art  will  be  on  exhibit  through  Feb.  through  Feb.  28.  Info:  247-­4956  28  at  Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hungry  Mind  CafĂŠ  in  or  www.brandonartistsguild.org.  Middlebury.  Pulled  pork  supper  in  Lincoln.  Friday,  Feb.  1,  5:30-­ Community  lunch  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  Figure  skating  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Feb.  5,  7:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  The  kickoff  of  Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  The  Lincoln  10:45  a.m.-­noon,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  annual  Hill  Country  Holiday,  Feb.  1-­3.  Pulled  Ball  Club  hosts  this  ballpark-­themed  lunch.  Part  of  Adult  stick  &  puck  hockey  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  pork,  coleslaw,  maple  baked  beans,  potato  salad,  Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  Hill  Country  Holiday.  Feb.  5,  noon-­1  p.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  dessert  and  drink.  Half  portion  $7,  full  portion  $10.  Spaghetti  dinner  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  4:30-­7  Bone  Builders  instructors  training  workshop  in  Crowning  of  Hill  Country  Holiday  king  and  queen  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  An  all-­you-­can-­eat  spaghetti  Vergennes.  Tuesday,  Feb.  5,  1-­4  p.m.,  Vergennes  during  dinner.  Military  whist  at  7  p.m.  dinner  with  meatballs,  salad,  bread,  drinks  and  Residential  Care  Home.  Free  workshop  for  volun-­ GHVVHUW VHUYHG IDPLO\ VW\OH $OO SURFHHGV EHQHÂżW teers  to  become  instructors  for  the  osteoporosis-­ the  Lincoln  Cooperative  Preschool.  Adults  $6,  prevention  exercise  program.  Refreshments  seniors  $5,  kids  7-­11  $3,  kids  6  and  younger  free.  provided.  No  experience  necessary.  RSVP  to  Hill  Country  Holiday  variety  show  in  Lincoln.  instructor  Serena  Guiles  at  388-­7044.  Two-­day  Lake  Dunmore  Ice  Fishing  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  7-­9  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  Come  Oil  sands  documentary  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Derby  in  Salisbury.  Saturday,  Feb.  one,  come  all.  Perform  a  song,  skit  or  poem,  or  just  Feb.  5,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Vermont  Interfaith  2,  9  a.m.-­Sunday,  Feb.  3,  3  p.m.,  regis-­ to  enjoy  the  show.  Refreshments  sold  during  inter-­ Power  &  Light  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tipping  Point:  The  Age  ter  at  the  Kampersville  Store.  Register  by  9  a.m.  mission.  Part  of  Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  three-­day  Hill  Country  of  the  Oil  Sands,â&#x20AC;?  a  look  inside  the  extraction  of  oil  on  Saturday.  Adults  $20,  kids  12  and  under  $15.  Holiday.  from  Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  tar  sands.  A  discussion  will  follow  on  Adult  prizes  for  pike,  lake  trout,  salmon  and  bass.  Brother  Sun  in  concert  in  Ripton.  Saturday,  Feb.  the  pipeline  passing  through  the  Northeast  Kingdom  Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  prizes  for  perch  (stringer  of  three).  All  2,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Ripton  Community  House.  The  as  well  as  town  meeting  resolutions  calling  for  bans  proceeds  go  out  as  prize  money;  the  more  entries,  Ripton  Community  Coffee  House  welcomes  folk  on  tar  sands  oil.  Info:  info@vtipl.org  or  388-­9478.  the  bigger  the  prizes.  Info:  352-­4501.  Continues  trio  Brother  Sun:  singer-­songwriter  artists  Joe  Sunday.  Jencks,  Greg  Greenway  and  Pat  Wictor.  One-­hour  First  annual  Rikert/Dion  Snowshoe  Race  in  open  mike  at  7:30  p.m.  followed  by  the  featured  Ripton.  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  10  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Rikert  SHUIRUPHUV 5HIUHVKPHQWV EHQHÂżW WKH %ULGJH Nordic  Center.  This  approximately  5K  race  begins  School.  Adults  $9,  seniors  and  teens  $6,  children  Toddler  TaeKwon  Do  in  Middlebury.  at  10.  Entry  fee  $10.  Limited  snowshoes  for  rent.  $3.  Info:  388-­9782.  Wednesday,  Feb.  6,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  Varied  terrain.  Hot  drinks  following.  All  levels  DJ  Skate  Night  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  Ilsley  Library.  Instructor  Kellie  Thomas  welcome.  Info:  443-­2744  or  mlyons@middlebury.

8-­10  p.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Friends  of  leads  a  playful  introduction  to  an  ancient  martial  art.  edu.  Middlebury  Hockey  and  Addison  Central  Teens  Toddlers  and  preschoolers  will  learn  basic  move-­ +HDOWK DQG ÂżWQHVV IDLU LQ 0,GGOHEXU\  Saturday,  co-­sponsor  a  night  of  roller-­rink-­style  ice  skating.  ments  to  help  improve  their  balance,  focus  and  Feb.  2,  10  a.m.-­3  p.m.,  Middlebury  American  Skate  rentals  available.  Adults  $5,  students  $3.  All  coordination.  Drop  in.  Info:  388-­4097.  Wednesdays  Legion.  The  Aurora  School  hosts  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  New  You  ages  and  abilities  welcome.  through  Feb.  13. Â

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Senior  art  show PROJECT  INDEPENDENCE  ATTENDEES  take  in  the  artwork  created  by  members  of  the  Tuesday  Morning  Art  Group  in  2011.  This  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  exhibit  kicks  off  with  an  opening  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  5,  from  9:30-­11:30  a.m.,  at  Project  Independence,  112  Exchange  St.,  Middlebury.  The  event  includes  music,  refreshments  and  a  chance  to  meet  the  artists.

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Book  fair  in  Weybridge.  Thursday,  Feb.  D P S P :H\EULGJH (OHPHQWDU\ School.  Annual  book  fair  featuring  a  wide  YDULHW\ RI KLJK TXDOLW\ XVHG ÂżFWLRQ DQG QRQÂżFWLRQ IRU DGXOWV DQG FKLOGUHQ 7R EHQHÂżW WKH VFKRRO OLEUDU\ Donated  books  can  be  dropped  off  at  the  school,  or  call  Mary  at  545-­2172  for  pickup.  Continues  Feb.  8.  Public  skating  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  7,  9-­10:30  a.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Early  Literacy  Story  Time  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  7,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Join  chil-­ drenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  librarian  Sarah  Lawton  for  stories,  rhymes  and  songs  that  help  young  children  develop  early  literacy  VNLOOV 'URS LQ (YHU\ 0RQGD\ DQG 7KXUVGD\ WKURXJK Feb.  14.  Community  Crime  Forum  in  Addison.  Thursday,  Feb.  7,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Addison  Central  School.  Addison  residents  are  invited  to  an  open  discussion  about  crime  in  the  town  of  Addison.  The  group  will  brainstorm  ideas  on  how  to  help  law  enforcement  and  themselves  to  be  more  aware,  and  determine  if  there  is  potential  to  start  a  neighborhood  watch  program.  Twist  Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Wool  Spinning  Guild  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  7,  7-­9  p.m.,  American  Legion.  Kari  Chapin,  author  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Handmade  Marketplaceâ&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grow  Your  Handmade  Businessâ&#x20AC;?  will  speak.  All  are  welcome.  Info:  453-­5960.  Jonathan  Lorentz  Trio  in  Brandon.  Thursday,  Feb.  7,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  Lorentz  plays  MD]] VD[RSKRQH ZLWK -RKQ +XQWHU RQ EDVV DQG 7LP Gilmore  on  drums.  General  admission  $15;  reserva-­ tions  are  encouraged.  Venue  is  BYOB.  Reservations  at  (802)  465-­4071.  Money  Smart  Child  parent  workshop  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  7,  7:30-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  A  free  workshop  to  help  parents  teach  their  children  about  ¿QDQFHV 6LJQ XS E\ -DQ DW RU VDUDK lawton@ilsleypubliclibrary.org.  Free  pizza  and  child-­ care  provided. Â

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Yarn-­making  class  in  Orwell.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  9-­11  a.m.,  Orwell  Free  Library.  3URIHVVLRQDO ÂżEHU DUWLVW -HDQLH 5REHUWV GHPRQVWUDWHV WKH SURFHVV RI WXUQLQJ ÂżEHU ULJKW RII WKH animal  into  yarn  off  the  spinning  wheel.  Attendees  can  take  a  turn  at  the  carder  or  try  drop-­spindling.  Relay  for  Life  kickoff  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  10  a.m.-­noon,  Ilsley  Library.  The  American  Cancer  Society  welcomes  team  captains  and  team  participants  to  the  2013  Relay  season,  highlighting  event  details  and  offering  fundraising  tips.  Info:  (802)  872-­6307  or  Donna.decatur@cancer.org.  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  5:30-­7:30  p.m.,  WalkOver  Gallery.  Celebrating  the  opening  of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intersection:  Presence,  Creativity,  'UHDPV ´ DQ H[KLELW E\ PHPEHUV RI 1RUWK RI (GHQ Archetypal  Dreamwork.  Live  music  and  poetry  at  S P ([KLELW UXQV )HE Fourth  annual  Chili  Cook-­off  in  Monkton.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  6-­7:30  p.m.,  Monkton  Firehouse.  This  year,  instead  of  restaurant  judging,  the  Chili  Cook-­off  will  be  held  as  a  local  social.  Bring  in  enough  chili  to  feed  four  people.  No  electrical  outlets  available.  6XJJHVWHG GRQDWLRQ LQFOXGHV UDIĂ&#x20AC;H HQWU\ (four  winners  of  $25  each).  The  host,  the  Monkton  Community  Coffeehouse,  will  provide  the  tableware  and  drinks.  Proceeds  will  help  the  Coffeehouse  bring  Front  Porch  Forum  to  Monkton.  %HQHÂżW FRQFHUW DQG PDSOH GHVVHUW FRQWHVW LQ Shoreham.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  6:30-­8:30  p.m.,  Platt  Memorial  Library.  Music  will  be  performed  by  the  Addison  County  folk  quartet  Zephyr.  Maple  dessert  contest  and  tasting.  Tasters  can  vote  for  their  favor-­ ites  with  cash  donations.  Dessert  entries  must  be  made  with  Vermont  maple  syrup  and  be  submitted  with  a  recipe  card.  Info:  897-­2647  or  platt@shore-­ ham.net.  Annemieke  &  Jeremiah  in  concert  in  Brandon.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  7-­9  p.m.,  Brandon  Music.  The  classical  piano  and  accordion  duo  play  music  by Â

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FRPSRVHUV IURP (XURSH DQG 6RXWK $PHULFD *HQHUDO admission  $15;  reservations  encouraged.  (802)  465-­4071.  Contra  dance  in  Cornwall.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  7-­9:30  p.m.,  Cornwall  Town  Hall.  Rachel  Nevitt  calling,  with  live  music  by  Red  Dog  Riley.  Cost  $5  per  person,  $20  PD[LPXP SHU IDPLO\ ,QIR Mardi  Gras  Casino  Night  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  7-­9  p.m.,  St.  Ambrose  Church.  Tickets  $20  per  SHUVRQ LQFOXGLQJ LQ JDPLQJ FKLSV (YHU\RQH has  a  great  chance  to  win  prizes.  Appetizers  and  refreshments  available.  Info:  453-­5599.  Bread  and  Bones  farewell  concert  in  Lincoln.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  7:30-­9:30  p.m.,  Burnham  Hall.  The  Burnham  Music  Series  welcomes  Bread  and  Bones  in  its  last  concert  before  the  trioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  members  go  on  to  pursue  other  musical  interests.  Richard  Ruane  on  vocals,  guitar,  mandolin  and  ukulele;  Beth  Duquette  on  vocals;  and  Mitch  Barron  on  fretless,  fretted  and  upright  bass  and  vocals.  Info:  388-­9782.  Sweethearts  Ball  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  8  p.m.-­midnight,  Middlebury  American  Legion.  The  Orwell  Fire  Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  50th  annual  Sweethearts  Ball,  with  dance  music  provided  by  Triple  B  Mobile  DJ.  Tickets  $15  per  couple,  $8  per  person,  avail-­ able  at  Hawkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Country  Kitchen,  Orwell  Gas  nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Go,  %X[WRQÂśV *HQHUDO 6WRUH IURP DQ\ 2UZHOO ÂżUHÂżJKWHU or  at  the  door. Â

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GMC  snowshoe  on  Buck  Mountain  in  Waltham.  Sunday,  Feb.  10,  meeting  time  and  place  TBA.  Two-­mile  round  trip  trek  with  moderately  steep  ascents;  views  of  Champlain  Valley  and  Snake  Mountain.  Contact  leader  Ruth  3HQÂżHOG IRU PHHWLQJ WLPH DQG SODFH St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Parish  breakfast  in  Vergennes.  Sunday,  )HE D P 6W 3HWHUÂśV 3DULVK +DOO (JJV hotcakes,  French  toast,  bacon,  sausage  and  more.  Adults  $8,  seniors  and  kids  6-­12  $6,  kids  under  6  IUHH IDPLOLHV RI ÂżYH RU PRUH UDIĂ&#x20AC;H GUDZ-­ ings  for  a  free  breakfast,  and  bottle  drive;  donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  forget  to  bring  your  bottles  to  support  the  Youth  Ministry.  Free  yoga/meditation  in  Middlebury.  Sunday,  Feb.  10,  4-­6  p.m.,  Otter  Creek  Yoga  in  the  Marble  Works.  Monthly  community  gathering  with  gentle  yoga,  medi-­ tation  and  reading  the  Five  Mindfulness  Trainings  of  Thich  Nhat  Hanh.  Beginners  welcome.  Info:  388-­1961.  No  charge  but  donations  are  accepted. Â

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MONDAY

Legislative  breakfast  in  Bristol.  Monday,  Feb.  11,  7-­8:45  a.m.,  Bristol  American  Legion.  Breakfast  at  7  a.m.,  program  7:30-­8:45.  Early  Literacy  Story  Time  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Feb.  11,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Join  chil-­ drenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  librarian  Sarah  Lawton  for  stories,  rhymes  and  songs  that  help  young  children  develop  early  literacy  VNLOOV 'URS LQ (YHU\ 0RQGD\ DQG 7KXUVGD\ WKURXJK Feb.  14.  Eckankar  presentation  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Feb.  S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ (FNDQNDU RI 9HUPRQW sponsors  this  open  discussion  for  people  of  all  faiths:  Have  you  ever  seen  an  inner  light  or  had  strong  LQWXLWLRQV GUHDPV RI Ă&#x20AC;\LQJ SDVW OLIH UHFDOO RU DQ RXW RI ERG\ H[SHULHQFH" &RPH VKDUH \RXU VWRU\ ,QIR soyarn@aol.com.  Addison  County  Right  to  Life  meeting  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  Feb.  11,  7-­8  p.m.,  St.  Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Parish  Hall.  Visitors  welcome.  Info:  388-­2898  or  L2Paquette@ aol.com.  Book  club  meeting  in  Bridport.  Monday,  Feb.  11,  7-­8  p.m.,  Carl  Norton  Highway  Department  conference  room.  Discussing  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mystic  Riverâ&#x20AC;?  by  Dennis  Lehane.  0DUFKÂśV WLWOH Âł/RYH 0HGLFLQH´ E\ /RXLVH (UGULFK ,QIR 758-­2858. Â

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12

TUESDAY

Public  skating  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Feb.  12,  9-­10:30  a.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Figure  skating  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Feb.  12,  10:45  a.m.-­noon,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Adult  stick  &  puck  hockey  in  Middlebury.  Tuesday,  Feb.  12,  noon-­1  p.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Art  exhibit  opening  lecture  at  Middlebury  College.  Tuesday,  Feb.  12,  4:30-­6  p.m.,  Mahaney  Center  for  the  Arts.  Juliette  Bianco  of  Dartmouth  and  Pieter  Broucke,  Middlebury  College  professor  of  history  of  art  and  architecture,  present  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature  Transformed,â&#x20AC;?  LQ ZKLFK WKH\ GLVFXVV (GZDUG %XUW\QVN\ÂśV FDUHHU DQG the  process  of  organizing  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nature  Transformedâ&#x20AC;?  H[KLELW )UHH ,QIR ZZZ PLGGOHEXU\ HGX DUWV RU 443-­3168. Â

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13

WEDNESDAY

GED  testing  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  13,  8:45  a.m.-­1  p.m.,  Vermont  Adult  Learning,  282  Boardman  St.  Pre-­registration  required.  Call  388-­4392  for  info  and  to  register.  E-­book  and  e-­audiobook  Drop-­in  Day  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  13,  10  a.m.-­5  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Bring  your  Kindle,  Nook,  iPad  or  other  e-­reader  and  weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll  help  you  load  it  with  books  from  the  libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  downloadable  collection.  Info:  388-­4095.  Toddler  TaeKwon  Do  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  13,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Instructor  Kellie  Thomas  leads  a  playful  introduction  to  an  ancient  martial  art.  Toddlers  and  preschoolers  will  learn  basic  movements  to  help  improve  their  balance,  focus  and  coordination.  Drop  in.  Info:  388-­4097.  Wednesdays  through  Feb.  13.  Youth  media  lab  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  13,  3:30-­4:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Kids  in  grades  3  and  up  are  invited  to  join  library  and  MCTV  staff  to  make  movies  and  learn  about  technology  using  MCTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  VWDWH RI WKH DUW PHGLD VWDWLRQV (YHU\ :HGQHVGD\

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Monthly  wildlife  walk  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  14,  8-­10  a.m.,  Otter  View  Park  and  Hurd  Grassland.  A  monthly  OCAS-­ MALT  event,  inviting  community  members  to  help  survey  birds  and  other  wildlife.  Meet  at  Otter  View  Park  parking  area,  corner  of  Weybridge  Street  and  Pulp  Mill  Bridge  Road.  Shorter  and  longer  routes  possible.  Leader:  Ron  Payne.  Come  for  all  or  part  of  the  walk.  Beginning  birders  welcome.  Info:  388-­1007  or  388-­6829.  Public  skating  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  14,  9-­10:30  a.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Early  Literacy  Story  Time  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  14,  10:30-­11:15  a.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Join  chil-­ drenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  librarian  Sarah  Lawton  for  stories,  rhymes  and  songs  that  help  young  children  develop  early  literacy  VNLOOV 'URS LQ (YHU\ 0RQGD\ DQG 7KXUVGD\ WKURXJK Feb.  14.  Senior  luncheon  in  Bristol.  Thursday,  Feb.  14,  11:30  a.m.-­1:30  p.m.,  Bristol  Masonic  Hall.  CVAA  sponsors  this  favorite  meal,  this  month  featuring  beef  stroga-­ noff,  soup  â&#x20AC;&#x2122;n  salad,  veggies  and  dessert.  Suggested  donation  $3.  Reservations  required:  453-­3451.  Transportation  via  ACTR:  388-­1946.  Otter  Creek  Audubon  lecture  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Feb.  14,  7-­9  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Mike  Winslow  presents  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Owls  of  Vermont,â&#x20AC;?  part  of  Otter  Creek  Audubonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  2013  Cabin  Fever  Lecture  Series. Â

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Healthcare  Decisions  for  Small  Businesses  in  2013â&#x20AC;?  presentation  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  6,  noon-­1:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  The  Addison  County  Chamber  of  Commerce  presents  a  discus-­ sion  of  the  changes  coming  to  the  small  business  health  insurance  market  in  2013  and  2014.  Small  business  owners  will  get  help  weighing  whether  to  stop  offering  health  insurance  or  start  offering  it  WKURXJK 9HUPRQWÂśV RQOLQH +HDOWK %HQHÂżW ([FKDQJH Info:  388-­4095  or  388-­7951.  Youth  media  lab  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  6,  3:30-­4:30  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library.  Kids  in  grades  3  and  up  are  invited  to  join  library  and  MCTV  staff  to  make  movies  and  learn  about  technology  using  MCTVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  VWDWH RI WKH DUW PHGLD VWDWLRQV (YHU\ :HGQHVGD\ Space  is  limited;  pre-­register  at  the  childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  desk,  by  calling  388-­4097,  or  by  emailing  sarah.lawton@ ilsleypubliclibrary.org.  Addison  County  Farm-­to-­School  Salon  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  6,  5-­8  p.m.,  Middlebury  8QLRQ +LJK 6FKRRO $OWHUQDWLYH (GXFDWLRQ EXLOGLQJ The  Addison  County  Relocalization  Network  invites  everyone  to  join  the  conversation  about  getting  the  community  more  involved  with  local  farm-­to-­school  programs.  Bring  questions,  ideas  and  resources,  and  a  potluck  dish  to  share.  Space  is  limited:  RSVP  early  to  lea@acornvt.org  or  382-­0401.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who  Were  Our  Worst  Presidents?â&#x20AC;?  presenta-­ tion  in  Middlebury.  Wednesday,  Feb.  6,  7-­9  p.m.,  ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ 890 +LVWRU\ 3URIHVVRU (PHULWXV 0DUN A.  Stoler  discusses  how  presidential  ratings  have  changed  over  time,  and  the  grounds  used  to  evalu-­ ate  presidential  performance.  A  Vermont  Humanities  Council  First  Wednesday  event.  Info:  388-­4095. Â

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Lunchtime  public  skating  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Feb.  15,  noon-­1  p.m.,  Memorial  Sports  Center.  Exhibit  opening  reception  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  )HE S P (GJHZDWHU *DOOHU\ 0LOO 6W &HOHEUDWLQJ WKH DUW RI (OL]D 6WDPSV WKH JDOOHU\ÂśV Featured  Artist  of  the  Month.  Also,  Stamps  will  give  tarot  readings  from  a  deck  of  50  cards  of  her  own  design.  Info:  458-­0098,  justine@edgewatergallery-­ vt.com  or  www.edgewatergallery-­vt.com.  Strumstick  gathering  in  Bristol.  Friday,  Feb.  15,  6-­8  p.m.,  Recycled  Reading  of  Vermont,  25A  Main  St.  All  are  invited  to  come  for  a  great  evening  of  play-­ ing,  learning  and  sharing  this  awesome  instruments.  Strumsticks  available.  Drop  in  any  time  between  6  and  8  p.m. Â

L IV E M U S I C Zack  duPont  Trio  in  Middlebury.  Thursday,  Jan.  31,  8-­10  p.m.,  51  Main.  Rick  Ceballos  &  David  Gusakov  in  Bristol.  Friday,  Feb.  1,  6-­8  p.m.,  Recycled  Reading  of  Vermont,  25A  Main  St.  BandAnna  in  Middlebury.  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  6-­8  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  Rehab  Roadhouse  in  Vergennes.  Saturday,  Feb.  2,  9  p.m.-­midnight,  Bar  Antidote.  The  UkeTones  in  Bristol.  Friday,  Feb.  8,  6-­8  p.m.,  Recycled  Reading  of  Vermont,  25A  Main  St.  Longford  Row  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Feb.  15,  6:30-­ 8:30  p.m.,  Two  Brothers  Tavern.  Gumbo  Ya  Ya  in  Middlebury.  Friday,  Feb.  15,  9  p.m.-­ midnight,  51  Main. Â

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FARMERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  MARKETS Middlebury  Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  Market.  Winter  market  at  Mary  +RJDQ (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO HYHU\ 6DWXUGD\ LQ 1RYHPEHU December,  March  and  April,  9:30  a.m.-­1  p.m.  No  market  in  January  or  February.  Local  produce,  meats,  cheese  and  eggs,  baked  goods,  jams,  prepared  foods  and  FUDIWV (%7 DQG GHELW FDUGV ZHOFRPH ,QIR RU www.MiddleburyFarmersMarket.org.

SPORTS Co-­ed  volleyball  in  Middlebury.  Pick-­up  games  Monday,  7-­9  p.m.,  Middlebury  Municipal  Gym.  Jack  Brown,  388-­2502;  Bruce  at  Middlebury  Recreation  Department,  388-­8103.

CLUBS  &  ORGANIZATIONS ACT  (Addison  Central  Teens).  Drop-­in  hours  during  the  school  years:  Monday,  Tuesday,  Thursday,  3-­6  p.m.;  Wednesday  and  Friday,  3-­7  p.m.  94  Main  St.  (Middlebury  7RZQ 2I¿FH EXLOGLQJ EHORZ UHF J\P 7HHQ GURS LQ space  for  kids.  Hang  out  with  friends,  play  pool,  watch  movies,  and  eat  great  food.  Baking:  every  Thursday  from  3:30-­5  p.m.  Info:  388-­3910  or  www.addisonteens.com.

Addison  County  Amateur  Radio  Association.  Sunday,  8  S P 2Q WKH DLU RQ FOXE UHSHDWHU 0+] 100  Hz  access  tone.  Nonmembers  and  visitors  welcome.

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Addison  County  Emergency  Planning  Committee.  Last  Wednesday,  5  p.m.  State  Police  Barracks.  Public  invited.

Addison  County  Republican  Party.  Third  Friday,  7  p.m.,  Ilsley  Library,  Middlebury.  897-­2744.

American  Legion  Auxiliary  Post  27.  Fourth  Monday,  7  p.m.  American  Legion,  Wilson  Road,  Middlebury.

Addison  County  Council  Against  Domestic  and  Sexual  Violence.  Fourth  Tuesday,  noon-­1:30  p.m.  Addison  County  Courthouse  in  Middlebury.  388-­9180.

Brandon  Lions  Club.  First  and  third  Tuesday,  7  p.m.,  Brandon  Senior  Center.

Brandon  Senior  Citizen  Center.  1591  Forest  Dale  Road.  247-­3121.

The  Hub  Teen  Center  and  Skatepark.  110  Airport  Drive,  Bristol.  2SHQ PLNH QLJKW ¿UVW 7KXUVGD\ RI WKH PRQWK S P IUHH IRU DOO DJHV UHVHUYH D VSRW DW WKHKXE#JPDYW QHW ,QIR 453-­3678  or  www.bristolskatepark.com.

LGBTQ  (Lesbian,  Gay,  Bisexual,  Transgender,  Queer).  Youth  support  group  meets  Monday  nights,  4-­6  p.m.,  Turningpoint  &HQWHU 0DUEOH :RUNV 0LGGOHEXU\ ,QIR Middlebury  Garden  Club.  Second  Tuesday.  Location  varies.  Barbara:  388-­8268.

NEAT  (Northeast  Addison  Television)  Channel  16.  Fourth  Monday,  S P 1($7 VWXGLR LQ %ULVWRO %UXFH 'XQFDQ EGXQFDQ# madriver.com.

1HVKREH 6SRUWVPDQ &OXE 6HFRQG 0RQGD\ S P SRWOXFN S P meeting.  97  Frog  Hollow  Road  in  Brandon.

Otter  Creek  Poets.  Open  poetry  workshop  held  Thursdays,  1-­3  S P ,OVOH\ /LEUDU\ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ 3RHWV RI DOO DJHV DUH LQYLWHG WR VKDUH WKHLU SRHWU\ IRU IHHGEDFN HQFRXUDJHPHQW DQG RSWLRQDO weekly  assignments.  Bring  a  poem  or  two  to  share  (plus  20  copies).  Led  by  David  Weinstock.  Free.

Orwell  Historical  Society.  Fourth  Tuesday,  7:30  p.m.  Orwell  Free  Library.

3$&7 3HRSOH RI $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ 7RJHWKHU 7KLUG 7KXUVGD\ D P S P 9HUPRQW VWDWH RI¿FH EXLOGLQJ RQ ([FKDQJH 6W LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ +HDOWK 'HSDUWPHQW FRQIHUHQFH URRP Salisbury  Historical  Society.  First  Saturday,  9:30-­10:45  a.m.  Salisbury  Congregational  Church.

6DPDULWDQœV &XSERDUG $VVHPEO\ RI *RG &KULVWLDQ &HQWHU Route  7,  Vergennes.  Third  Thursday  through  October.  Come  VKDUH LGHDV DQG FUDIW VLPSOH LWHPV IRU 2SHUDWLRQ &KULVWPDV Child  shoeboxes.  Vergennes  Lions  Club.  First  and  third  Wednesday,  6  p.m.,  Vergennes  American  Legion.  Social  hour  at  6,  dinner  at  6:45  ZLWK PHHWLQJ IROORZLQJ 9LVLWRUV ZHOFRPH ,QIR

RU PHPEHUVKLS#YHUJHQQHVOLRQV FRP HEALTH  &  PARENTING Adult  ADHD  support  group  in  Middlebury.  Second  Wednesday,  S P )RFXV 5HVHDUFK &HQWHU 6RXWK 3OHDVDQW 6W ,QIR RU 'HEELH#IRFXVUHVRXUFHFHQWHU FRP Alcoholics  Anonymous.  Brandon,  Bristol,  Middlebury,  New  Haven,  North  Ferrisburgh,  Ripton,  Vergennes.  Alcoholics  Anonymous  holds  meetings  seven  days  a  week  throughout  Addison  County.  )RU WLPHV ORFDWLRQV DQG LQIRUPDWLRQ RQ WZHOYH VWHS GLVFXVVLRQ As  Bill  Sees  It,  Big  Book,  womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  and  menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  meetings,  call  388-­9284  or  visit  www.aavt.org/aamtg9.htm#Legend.

Al-­Anon  and  Alateen  meetings  in  Middlebury.  See  vermonta-­ ODQRQDODWHHQ RUJ PHHWLQJV SKS IRU PHHWLQJV GD\V WLPHV DQG locations.

At  Wits  End.  Middlebury.  Mondays,  7-­8:30  p.m.  The  Turningpoint  Center  in  the  Marble  Works.  388-­4249.

Autism  Support  Daily.  First  Monday,  7-­9  p.m.  New  Haven  &RQJUHJDWLRQDO &KXUFK 6XSSRUW IRU IDPLOLHV DIIHFWHG E\ DXWLVP Online  support  at  www.autismsupportdaily.com.  Lynn  George,  0LOO\ -DFNVRQ Autism  Parent  Support  Group  in  New  Haven.  Second  Thursday.  Sapphire  Center,  87  Rivers  Bend  Road.  Childcare  not  available.  Anjanette  Sidaway,  388-­3887. %ORRG SUHVVXUH DQG IRRW FOLQLFV 6SRQVRUHG E\ $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ +RPH +HDOWK DQG +RVSLFH %ULQJ EDVLQ DQG WRZHO IRU IRRW FDUH &OLQLFV WKDW IDOO RQ KROLGD\V ZLOO EH KHOG WKH ZHHN DIWHU RQ WKH same  day.  388-­7259.

Brain  Injury  Support  Group  in  Middlebury.  Second  Tuesday,  6-­8  S P +DQQDIRUG &DUHHU &HQWHU 5RRP $ )RU VXUYLYRUV IDPLO\ PHPEHUV DQG FDUHJLYHUV ,QIR Bridport:  Grange  Hall.  First  Wednesday,  11  a.m.-­noon.

Open  the  mind KARLA  VAN  VLIET  depicts  a  dreamlike  landscape  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tornado.â&#x20AC;?  Her  work  appears  in  a  group  show,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intersection:  Presence,  Creativity,  Dreams,â&#x20AC;?  at  the  WalkOver  Gallery  in  Bristol  from  Feb.  5-­28.  There  will  be  an  opening  reception,  with  live  music  and  poetry,  on  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  at  5:30  p.m.

Bristol:  American  Legion.  Second  Wednesday,  11  a.m.-­noon.  Middlebury:  Commons.  Second  Thursday,  10  a.m.-­noon.  Middlebury:  Russ  Sholes.  Third  Friday,  10  a.m.-­noon.  Vergennes:  St.  Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Hall.  First  Tuesday,  10:30  a.m.-­noon.  Bone  Builders  class.  Every  Monday  and  Wednesday,  10:30-­11:30  a.m.,  Brandon  Senior  Center.  Free.

Brain  Injury  Support  Group  in  Middlebury.  Second  Tuesday,  6-­8  p.m.,  Middlebury  Inn,  Stewart  Library. %UDLQ ,QMXU\ 6XSSRUW *URXS 3URMHFW RI &URZQ 3RLQW 1 < (YHU\ other  Thursday,  6:30  p.m.,  1869  Crown  Point  Rd.,  Crown  Point,  1 < &DOO IRU GDWHV Bridport  parent/child  playgroup.  Every  Tuesday  during  the  school  year,  9:30-­11  a.m.,  Bridport  Central  School.  For  children  3-­4  \HDUV ROG <RXQJHU VLEOLQJV ZHOFRPH ,QIR Bristol  Playgroup.  Every  Tuesday  starting  Sept.  13,  9:30-­11  a.m.,  )LUVW %DSWLVW &KXUFK )RU FKLOGUHQ IURP ELUWK WR \HDUV /HG E\ Ruth  Bernstein  and  David  Sandler.  Sponsored  by  the  Addison  County  Parent/Child  Center.  388-­3171. &DU VHDW VDIHW\ FKHFN LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ 0LGGOHEXU\ 9ROXQWHHU $PEXODQFH $VVRFLDWLRQ &ROOLQV 'ULYH )LUVW 6DWXUGD\ RI every  month,  9  a.m.-­1  p.m. &KLOGELUWK &ODVVHV 3RUWHU +RVSLWDO RIIHUV VHYHUDO RSWLRQV LQ FKLOG-­ birth  classes.  Schedules  and  applications:  382-­3413  or  www. portermedical.org/outreach.html.

Childcare  Class.  Thursdays  at  4:15  p.m.  Lincoln  Library.  453-­5362.

Disabled  American  Veterans  in  Middlebury.  388-­6401.  Otter  Valley  'LVDEOHG $PHULFDQ 9HWHUDQV &KDSWHU PHHW WKH ¿UVW 0RQGD\ RI WKH PRQWK S P DW WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ $PHULFDQ /HJLRQ 1HZ members  welcome.

Family  Caregiver  Support  Group  in  Middlebury.  388-­3983.  Elderly  Services,  112  Exchange  St.  Third  Fridays.

Foot  care  clinic,  also  blood  pressure  and  pulse  monitors.  658-­2421.  %ULGSRUW *UDQJH )LUVW 0RQGD\V RI HYHQ PRQWKV +HOOHQEDFK &DQFHU 6XSSRUW *URXS LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ &DOO IRU LQIRUPD-­ tion  and  meeting  times:  388-­6107.

HIV  Testing  in  Middlebury.  Open  Door  Clinic.  388-­0137.  Free  and  DQRQ\PRXV &DOO IRU DSSRLQWPHQW /D /HFKH /HDJXH RI $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ )LUVW 7KXUVGD\ D P DW -XQHEXJ LQ WKH 6WDU 0LOO ,QIR 0HGLWDWLRQ 0LQGIXOQHV 7UDLQLQJ IRU (YHU\GD\ /LIH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Fridays,  8:30-­9:30  a.m.,  Windancer  Movement  Center  in  the  0DUEOH :RUNV )UHH ,QIR Memory  screenings  in  Middlebury.  First  Tuesdays,  by  appoint-­ PHQW )UHH $SSRLQWPHQWV RU QVFKDHGHO#KSKUF RUJ

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Middlebury  Playgroup.  Every  Tuesday  starting  Sept.  13,  9:30-­11  a.m.,  Memorial  Baptist  Church,  South  Pleasant  Street.  For  chil-­ GUHQ IURP ELUWK WR \HDUV /HG E\ 0HJ /DQJZRUWK\ 6SRQVRUHG by  the  Addison  County  Parent/Child  Center.  388-­3171.

Monday  Playgroup  in  Brandon.  Mondays  when  schools  are  open,  10-­11:30  a.m.  St.  Thomas  Episcopal  Church,  downstairs.  Run  by  Brandon  Recreation  Department,  247-­0228.

NAMI-­VT  Family  Support  Group  in  Brandon.  First  Monday.  7-­8:30  p.m.,  Brandon  Museum  at  the  Stephen  A.  Douglas  Birthplace.  )RU IDPLO\ PHPEHUV DQG FORVH IULHQGV RI D ORYHG RQH ZLWK D VHULRXV PHQWDO LOOQHVV 0DU\ RU 1$0, RI¿FH 1-­800-­639-­6480.

Narcotics  Anonymous  Road  to  Recovery  Group.  Middlebury.  6  p.m.  The  Turningpoint  Center  in  the  Marble  Works.  388-­4249.

1DWXUDO %HJLQQLQJV %UHDVWIHHGLQJ 6XSSRUW *URXS 7KLUG 7XHVGD\ D P QRRQ 'HSDUWPHQW RI +HDOWK :,& RI¿FH LQ 0LGGOHEXU\ Taught  by  Vicki  Kirby,  RN,  IBCLC.  236-­4136  or  948-­2172.

Open  Door  Clinic.  Tuesday  and  Thursday  evenings  in  Middlebury.  )UHH KHDOWK FDUH IRU ORZ LQFRPH XQLQVXUHG SHRSOH Overeaters  Anonymous  in  Bristol.  Saturday,  1  p.m.  Downstairs  LQ WKH /DZUHQFH 0HPRULDO /LEUDU\ %DE\VLWWLQJ DYDLODEOH IRXUWK Saturday.  349-­4545  or  453-­7088.  No  meeting  Feb.  25.

Overeaters  Anonymous  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  noon.  The  Turningpoint  Center  in  the  Marble  Works.  388-­4249.

Pilates.  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  8-­8:45  a.m.  Lincoln  Library.  453-­2665.

3OD\ JURXS IRU SUHVFKRRO FKLOGUHQ 8QLWHG &KXUFK RI /LQFROQ :HGQHVGD\V D P -HQ *RRG\HDU 326.97 3DUHQWV RI 6SHFLDO .LGV 9HUPRQW 6HFRQG 0RQGD\ 7-­9  p.m.  New  Haven  Congregational  Church.  Parent  support  JURXS 7RSLFV LQFOXGH ,(3V VHUYLFHV RIIHUHG LQ $GGLVRQ &RXQW\ divorce,  parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  rights,  sleep  problems,  general  teen-­age  LVVXHV DQG PRUH -RLQ RQOLQH JURXS DW KHDOWK JURXSV \DKRR FRP JURXS 326.97B0(0%(56 0LOO\ -DFNVRQ Ann  Duclos-­Collier,  453-­7324.

Preschooler  Open  Gym  in  Ferrisburgh.  Fridays,  9:30-­11  a.m.  Oct.  WKURXJK HQG RI $SULO &ORVHG VFKRRO KROLGD\V )UHH SOD\ LQ WKH gum.  Bring  trikes,  bikes,  scooters  and  helmets.  Toddler  push  carts,  wagons,  ball  and  Legos  available.  Baby  blanket  area.  %LUWK WR 6QDFNV IRU VDOH RU PTSD  Support  Group  in  Middlebury.  Monday,  starting  Aug.  16,  5:30  p.m.,  Turningpoint  Center  in  the  Marble  Works.  388-­4249.

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open  to  the  public.  www.volunteersinvt.org/bonebuildclasses. html  or  388-­7044. %ULVWRO $PHULFDQ /HJLRQ 0RQGD\ DQG :HGQHVGD\ D P %ULVWRO Health  and  Fitness,  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  2  p.m.

East  Middlebury:  Valley  Bible  Church,  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  9  a.m.

Middlebury:  Community  Services  Building,  Monday  and  :HGQHVGD\ S P 0LGGOHEXU\ )LWQHVV 7XHVGD\ DQG 7KXUVGD\ S P 9HUPRQW $GXOW /HDUQLQJ 0RQGD\ DQG :HGQHVGD\ p.m.

Monkton:  Friends  Methodist  Church,  Monday,  Wednesday,  and  Friday,  5:30  p.m.

Lincoln:  Lincoln  Library,  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  8:30-­9:30  a.m.  DQG S P ,QIRUPDWLRQ Shoreham:  Volunteer  Fire  Department,  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  8  a.m.

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Starksboro:  Starksboro  Library,  Tuesday  and  Thursday,  6-­7  p.m.  ,QIRUPDWLRQ /LVD 'DXGRQ Whiting:  Town  Hall,  Monday  and  Thursday,  9  a.m.

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Lincoln:  Lincoln  Library,  Mondays,  1-­2  p.m.

Middlebury:  Middlebury  Fitness,  Wednesdays  11  a.m.-­noon.

Toddler  Playgroup.  Brandon.  St.  Thomas  Episcopal  Church.  Registration:  247-­0228  or  www.town.brandon.vt.us/recreation. htm.

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Torrey, Clark MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Patrick  Clark  and  Wendy  Torrey,  with  their  fami-­ lies,  announce  their  engagement.

The  groom-­to-­be  is  the  son  of  Kenneth  Clark  of  Middlebury  and  the  late  Kathleen  Melendy,  formerly  of  Huntington.

The  bride-­to-­be  is  the  daughter  of  Michael  and  Candy  Torrey  of  Panton.

The  couple  lives  in  Brandon,  where  they  recently  purchased  their  home.  A  wedding  is  planned  for  June  28,  2014,  in  Middlebury.

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SAN  ANTONIO,  Texas  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  Marlene  Burnham  and  Edward  Allan  announce  their  engagement.

The  future  bride  is  the  daughter  of  Rodney  Burnham  of  Vergennes,  Vt.,  and  Karen  Burnham  of  Middlebury,  Vt.  She  graduated  from  Mount  Abraham  Union  High  School  and  is  employed  at  H&E  Equipment  Service.

The  future  groom  is  the  son  of  Robert  and  Ruth  Allan  of  Carver,  Mass.  He  graduated  from  Silver  Lake  High  School  in  Kingston,  Mass.,  and  is  also  employed  at  H&E  Equipment  Services.

An  April  13  wedding  is  planned  in  San  Antonio.

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BY  JOHN  FLOWERS MIDDLEBURY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Patricia  A.  Hannaford  Career  Center  has  put  into  gear  a  new  program  aimed  at  getting  young  adults  on  the  road  to  good-­paying  jobs  in  the  transportation  industry.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  called  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transportation  Academy,â&#x20AC;?  geared  to  students  age  18  and  over  who  are  willing  to  take  HYHQLQJ FODVVHV HQ URXWH WR D FHUWLÂż-­ cate  that  will  qualify  them  for  a  vari-­ ety  of  jobs  planning,  maintaining  and  traveling  on  state  and  local  roads.

It  was  during  the  fall  of  2011  that  the  University  of  Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Transportation  Resources  Center  contacted  Hannaford  Career  Center  Executive  Director  Lynn  Coale  about  establishing  a  program  to  generate  PRUH TXDOLÂżHG DSSOLFDQWV IRU URDG related  jobs.  Coale  explained  that  the  Vermont  Agency  of  Transportation,  known  as  VTrans,  and  several  towns  throughout  the  state  are  currently  trying  to  recruit  people  for  road  crew  or  truck  driving  jobs  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  or  expect  to  soon  be  in  need  of  such  workers.

Between  40  percent  and  50  percent  of  the  stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  transporta-­ tion  workforce  is  expected  to  retire  within  the  next  10  years,  accord-­ ing  to  the  UVM  Transportation  Resource  Center.  In  2008,  the  U.S.  Department  of  Transportation  awarded  almost  $1  million  to  UVM  to  initiate  a  Transportation  Education  Development  Pilot  Program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  is  an  aging  workforce  right Â

now,â&#x20AC;?  Coale  said.

The  town  of  Middlebury  does  not  currently  have  any  vacancies  on  its  seven-­member  highway  department  roster,  according  town  Director  of  Operations  Dan  Werner.  But  several  members  of  the  crew  are  older  than  40  and  Werner  anticipates  the  town  could  be  facing  some  retirements  in  eight  to  12  years.  The  new  academy  could  provide  the  town  with  some  young  DQG TXDOLÂżHG UHSODFHPHQWV â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  rarely  see  younger  applicants,â&#x20AC;?  said  Werner,  who  is  aware  of  the  new  Transportation  Academy.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  like  public  works  jobs  arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  even  on  the  radar  screen  for  young  workers.â&#x20AC;? &DUHHU &HQWHU RIÂżFLDOV ZHUH XQDEOH to  address  UVMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  appeal  in  2011,  as  they  were  in  the  midst  of  creating  a  meat  cuttersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  program  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  another  industry  in  which  there  are  a  shortage  of  trained  workers.  But  Coale  and  his  colleagues  began  working  in  earnest  last  fall  on  the  new  Transportation  Academy,  in  collaboration  with  UVM,  the  Community  College  of  Vermont,  the  Vermont  Department  of  Labor  and  Vermont  Adult  Learning.  The  coalition  organized  an  academy  that  launched  this  semester.  It  features  a  series  of  seven  courses,  including  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Workplace  Safety,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Project  Planning,â&#x20AC;?  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Work  Zone  Flagging,â&#x20AC;?  and  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intro  to  Transportation.â&#x20AC;?  The  courses  drill  students  in  such  basics  as  rules  of  the  URDG LGHQWLI\LQJ WUDIÂżF KD]DUGV KRZ to  design  and  lay  out  a  road  and  calcu-­ ODWH WKH FRVW RI VXFK D SURMHFW ÂżUVW DLG and  winter  road  maintenance.

6WXGHQWV ZLOO UHFHLYH D FHUWLÂżFDWH upon  completion  of  each  course  during  the  semester.  They  must Â

FROOHFW D WRWDO RI HLJKW FHUWLÂżFDWHV DQG perform  2,000  hours  of  apprentice-­ ship  in  the  industry,  working  with  area  towns  and  VTrans.  The  students  at  this  point  can  earn  their  Commercial  Drivers  License  (CDL)  through  the  Champlain  Valley  Driving  School  and  thereby  make  themselves  eligible  for  many  transportation-­related  jobs,  Coale  noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  will  be  walking  out  of  here  into  some  really  good  jobs,â&#x20AC;?  he  said  of  the  future  graduates.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;And  these  are  jobs  that  are  never  going  to  get  shipped  overseas.â&#x20AC;?

Those  who  successfully  earn  the  FRXUVH FHUWLÂżFDWHV FRPSOHWH WKH apprenticeship  and  pass  the  CDL  test  will  have  passed  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transportation  Iâ&#x20AC;?  and  will  receive  top  consideration  for  job  openings  for  many  related  state  and  local  jobs,  according  to  Coale.  The  career  center  is  already  work-­ ing  on  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transportation  IIâ&#x20AC;?  program  that  will,  among  other  things,  teach  students  about  the  operation  of  heavy  and  light  equipment.

Thanks  to  a  UVM  grant,  there  is  some  scholarship  assistance  available  for  students  in  the  new  Transportation  Academy.  And  Coale  added  students  can  get  state  assistance  in  obtain-­ ing  their  CDL,  a  process  that  can  cost  upwards  of  $3,000,  he  noted.  He  placed  the  cost  of  completing  the  Transportation  I  program  at  around  $2,500.

Anyone  interested  in  enrolling  in  the  Transportation  Academy  should  log  on  to  www.hannafordcareercenter. org,  or  call  382-­1012.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@ addisonindependent.com.

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ADDISON  COUNTY  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  sponsors  of  the  annual  Legislative  Breakfast  series  have  announced  two  changes  to  this  yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  schedule  of  weekly  gatherings  of  Addison  County  lawmakers  and  residents.

The  Feb.  11  breakfast  scheduled  for  7  a.m.  in  Bristol  at  the  American  Legion  has  been  changed  to  a  noon  luncheon  that  will  feature  an  appear-­ ance  by  Gov.  Peter  Shumlin.  Also,  the  previously  announced  March  11  Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Luncheon  scheduled  for  the  Bridport  Grange  Hall  has  been  changed  to  a  7  a.m.  breakfast  to  be  held  at  the  Whiting  Town  Hall.

The  Bridport  Grange  No.  303  and  Addison  County  Farm  Bureau  will  kick  of  the  2013  legislative  breakfast  series  next  Monday,  Feb.  4,  at  the  Grange  Hall  in  Bridport.  The  legis-­ lative  breakfast  series  has  enjoyed  a  long  tradition  in  Addison  County,  offering  residents  a  weekly  opportu-­ nity  to  personally  meet  and  talk  with  their  state  representatives  and  sena-­ tors  on  legislation  being  debated  in  Montpelier.

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Bingham, Wales to compete for Weybridge clerk By  JOHN  FLOWERS  +HUH LV D EULHI VXPPDU\ RI FDQ-­ didates  who  will  be  in  the  ballot  in  Bridport,  Cornwall,  Ripton,  Salis-­ EXU\ 6KRUHKDP DQG :H\EULGJH BRIDPORT 5HVLGHQWV (GZDUG 3D\QH DQG 6XH :DONHU ZLOO FRPSHWH IRU D WZR \HDU term  on  the  selectboard.  Incumbent  Selectwoman  Susan  Stocker  is  unop-­ SRVHG LQ KHU ELG IRU D WKUHH \HDU WHUP Meanwhile,  Chuck  Welch,  Su-­ ]DQQH %XFN DQG 3DXO 3ORXIIH DUH UXQ-­ QLQJ XQRSSRVHG IRU WHUPV RI RQH WZR DQG WKUHH \HDUV UHVSHFWLYHO\ RQ WKH local  school  board. /HRQDUG %DUUHWW LV UXQQLQJ XQRS-­ SRVHG IRU DQRWKHU WKUHH \HDU WHUP as  Bridportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  representative  on  the  UD-­3  board.

CORNWALL There  will  be  no  contested  races  on  the  ballot  in  Cornwall.  Incumbent  selectboard  members  Ben  Wood  and  $EL 6HVVLRQV DUH UXQQLQJ IRU WHUPV RI WZR DQG WKUHH \HDUV UHVSHFWLYHO\ .ULVWLDQQH 7ROJ\HVL LV XQRSSRVHG IRU D WZR \HDU WHUP RQ WKH %LQJKDP 0H-­ PRULDO 6FKRRO ERDUG 7DPP\ 'HQWRQ ZLOO UXQ IRU D WKUHH \HDU VHDW IRUPHUO\ KHOG E\ WKH ODWH -XQLXV &DOLWUL RIPTON 7KHUH DUH QR HOHFWLRQ ¿UHZRUNV LQ store  for  Ripton.  Incumbent  Select-­ man  Richard  Collitt  is  unopposed  for  D WKUHH \HDU WHUP Meanwhile,  incumbent  Ripton  (OHPHQWDU\ 6FKRRO ERDUG PHPEHUV :LOOHP -HZHWW DQG 0LFKDHO +XVVH\

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SALISBURY Residents  Tom  Scanlon  and  Mar-­ WKD 6XOOLYDQ ZLOO YLH IRU D WZR \HDU WHUP RQ WKH 6DOLVEXU\ VHOHFWERDUG LQFXPEHQW 6HOHFWPDQ 6WHYH 3DUNHV LV VWHSSLQJ GRZQ ,QFXPEHQW 6HOHFW-­ PDQ -RQDWKDQ %ODNH LV XQRSSRVHG LQ KLV ELG IRU D WKUHH \HDU WHUP RQ WKH board.

In  other  uncontested  races  in  Salis-­ EXU\ LQFXPEHQW 6DOLVEXU\ 6FKRRO Board  members  Gretchen  Huestis  DQG -RKQ 1XFHGHU DUH UXQQLQJ IRU QHZ WHUPV RI WZR DQG WKUHH \HDUV UHVSHFWLYHO\ ,QFXPEHQW /DXUD /DVV LV VHHNLQJ DQRWKHU WKUHH \HDUV UHSUH-­ VHQWLQJ 6DOLVEXU\ RQ WKH 8' ERDUG SHOREHAM Howard  Campbell  and  Colin  Da-­ YLV ZLOO YLH IRU D WZR \HDU WHUP RQ WKH 6KRUHKDP 3ODQQLQJ &RPPLVVLRQ ,W ZLOO EH WKH RQO\ UDFH RQ WKH 6KRUHKDP 7RZQ 0HHWLQJ EDOORW Four  posts  on  the  town  selectboard  ZLOO EH LQ SOD\ RQ 7RZQ 0HHWLQJ 'D\ WKRXJK QRQH RI WKHP DUH FRQWHVWHG Incumbent  Selectman  Stephen  Go-­ RGULFK LV UXQQLQJ IRU D WKUHH \HDU WHUP ZKLOH IHOORZ LQFXPEHQWV 3DXO 6DHQJHU DQG 6DQIRUG :LWKHUHOO -U DUH VHHNLQJ WHUPV RI RQH \HDU HDFK $QG 0DUN 6SLW]QHU LV XQRSSRVHG LQ VHHN-­ LQJ WKH RQH \HDU OHIW RQ D WHUP EH-­

LQJ YDFDWHG E\ 6HOHFWZRPDQ .DUHQ Shackett. ,QFXPEHQW 6KRUHKDP (OHPHQWDU\ School  board  members  Ben  Cadoret  DQG %UXFH 3HUORZ DUH XQRSSRVHG IRU WHUPV RI WKUHH DQG WZR \HDUV UHVSHF-­ WLYHO\ 0LFKHOOH 3DWWHUVRQ LV VHHNLQJ D RQH \HDU WHUP RQ WKH SDQHO WEYBRIDGE :H\EULGJHœV WRZQ PHHWLQJ HOHF-­ WLRQ EDOORW LV KLJKOLJKWHG E\ FRQWHVWHG races  for  town  clerk  and  treasurer,  of-­ ¿FHV KHOG IRU PRUH WKDQ WZR GHFDGHV E\ .DUHQ %ULVVRQ %ULVVRQ UHVLJQHG ODVW 1RYHPEHU DIWHU DGPLWWLQJ WR KDY-­ LQJ HPEH]]OHG PRQH\ IURP WKH WRZQ FRIIHUV 7KH H[WHQW RI WKH WKHIW LV FXU-­ UHQWO\ EHLQJ SUREHG E\ LQYHVWLJDWRUV IRU D FDVH DJDLQVW %ULVVRQ WKDW ZLOO EH prosecuted  in  federal  court. %HWKDQ\ %LQJKDP 6FRWW :DOHV DQG -XGLWK /RHZHU DUH UXQQLQJ IRU D WKUHH \HDU WHUP DV WRZQ WUHDVXUHU %LQJKDP DQG :DOHV ZLOO DOVR FRP-­ SHWH IRU D WKUHH \HDU WHUP DV WRZQ clerk.

Meanwhile,  incumbent  select-­ ERDUG PHPEHUV *DOH +XUG DQG $ODQ - 3LSHU DUH XQRSSRVHG IRU WHUPV RI WZR \HDUV DQG WKUHH \HDUV UHVSHFWLYH-­ O\ ,QFXPEHQW :H\EULGJH (OHPHQ-­ WDU\ 6FKRRO ERDUG PHPEHU 0LFKHOH %D\OLVV LV VHHNLQJ DQRWKHU WZR \HDU WHUP ZKLOH D ZULWH LQ FDPSDLJQ RU DSSRLQWPHQW ZLOO EH QHHGHG WR ¿OO D WKUHH \HDU WHUP RQ WKH ERDUG WKDW KDV no  takers.

Reporter  John  Flowers  is  at  johnf@addisonindependent.com.

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ANwSU (Continued  from  Page  1A) One  bond  totals  $4.2  million  and  would  fund  major  improvements  to  the  VUHS  auditorium,  kitchen  and  cafete-­ ULD QHZ URRÂżQJ LQ VHYHUDO DUHDV ZKHUH VFKRRO RIÂżFLDOV VDLG LW LV EDGO\ QHHGHG UHSDYLQJ RI RQH SDUNLQJ ORW RQH QHZ VLGHZDON DQG UHSDLU RI DQRWKHU WUDIÂżF Ă&#x20AC;RZ LPSURYHPHQWV LQ WKH SLFN XS DQG drop-­off  area;Íž  and  new  bleachers  in  the  PLGGOH VFKRRO J\P Voters  will  also  on  Feb.  5  decide  the  fate  of  an  additional  bond  for  $2  PLOOLRQ WKDW ZRXOG IXQG DQ DUWLÂżFLDO VXUIDFH WR WKH VFKRROÂśV YDUVLW\ VRFFHU ODFURVVH ÂżHOG DQG EXLOG D VL[ ODQH WUDFN to  surround  it.  That  second,  smaller  bond  cannot  EH DSSURYHG VHSDUDWHO\ IURP WKH ODUJHU ERQG DFFRUGLQJ WR WKH YRWH ZDUQLQJ the  VUHS  board  OKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  in  December.  2IÂżFLDOV VDLG WKH\ VHW WKH YRWH LQ )HE-­ UXDU\ EHFDXVH LI WKH\ KDG ZDLWHG XQWLO 7RZQ 0HHWLQJ 'D\ LW ZRXOG KDYH EHHQ GLIÂżFXOW WR OLQH XS FRQWUDFWRUV WR JHW work  started  this  summer.  The  board  cut  $300,000  from  the  PLOOLRQ ERQG UHMHFWHG E\ $1Z68 UHVLGHQWV RQ 1RY &KDQJHV PDGH WR WKH RULJLQDO ERQG WR VDYH ZHUH UHPRYLQJ D VN\OLJKW DGMXVWLQJ DXGLWRULXP OLJKWLQJ DQG VRXQG ULJJLQJ HTXLSPHQW PDNLQJ VRPH FXWV LQ NLWFKHQ HTXLSPHQW DQG WDNLQJ RXW SODQV WR OHYHO WKH Ă&#x20AC;RRU RI WKH OLEUDU\ DQG LQVWDOO QHZ FDUSHWLQJ WKHUH TAX  IMPACTS $1Z68 EXVLQHVV PDQDJHU .DWK\ Cannon  released  estimates  for  the  impact  of  $4.2  million  and  $6.2  mil-­ OLRQ ERQGV RQ WKH ÂżYH XQLRQ FRPPX-­ QLWLHVÂś SURSHUW\ WD[HV &DQQRQ QRWHG VKH FRXOG RQO\ EDVH WKRVH HVWLPDWHV RQ VSHQGLQJ DQG JUDQG OLVW GDWD DQG VDLG WKH\ ZHUH DSSUR[LPDWH She  also  said  that  individual  townsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  &RPPRQ /HYHOV RI $SSUDLVDO &/$V

would  move  the  numbers  up  or  down,  EXW RQO\ VOLJKWO\ EHFDXVH WRZQVœ DV-­ VHVVPHQWV DUH FORVH WR SHUFHQW For  a  $4.2  million  bond,  approval  FRXOG PHDQ D UDQJH RI SURSHUW\ WD[ LQ-­ FUHDVHV IURP DERXW SHU RI DVVHVVHG YDOXH LQ 9HUJHQQHV WR URXJKO\ SHU RI DVVHVVHG YDOXH LQ $GGLVRQ $SSURYLQJ ERWK ERQGV RU PLO-­ lion,  would  mean  increases  that  could  UDQJH IURP D OLWWOH OHVV WKDQ SHU RI YDOXH LQ 9HUJHQQHV WR D OLWWOH PRUH WKDQ SHU RI YDOXH LQ $GGLVRQ PLAN  DETAILS 2I¿FLDOV VDLG ZRUN LQ WKH DXGLWR-­ rium  is  overdue  because  it  was  over-­ looked  in  the  most  recent  school-­wide  H[SDQVLRQ DQG XSJUDGH :RUN ZRXOG LQFOXGH XSJUDGHV WR ZLULQJ YHQWLODWLRQ V\VWHPV OLJKWLQJ DQG VRXQG V\VWHPV VWRUDJH WKH VOLS-­ SHU\ VWDJH VXUIDFH DQG RUFKHVWUD SLW $OO VHDWV ZRXOG EH UHSODFHG DQG D control  room,  catwalks,  and  handicap-­ DFFHVVLEOH VHDWLQJ DQG HQWULHV ZRXOG be  added.  7KH VFKRRO QRZ UHQWV OLJKWV DQG RWKHU HTXLSPHQW IRU SOD\V EXW QRW IRU concerts  and  theater  classes,  and  the  QHZ HTXLSPHQW ZRXOG VHUYH ERWK

In  the  kitchen  and  cafeteria,  the  $4.2  million  bond  would  fund  new  HTXLSPHQW DQ H[WHULRU ZDON LQ FRROHU QHZ ZLULQJ OLJKWLQJ DQG YHQWLODWLRQ DLU FRQGLWLRQLQJ LQ WKH FDIHWHULD QHZ GRRUV DQG Ă&#x20AC;RRULQJ D VN\OLJKW ÂżUH SUR-­ WHFWLRQ XSJUDGHV VWRUDJH DQG SOXPE-­ LQJ DQG GUDLQV ,W ZRXOG DOVR UHFRQÂżJXUH WKH FDI-­ eteria  service  area  and  make  it  meet  KDQGLFDS DFFHVVLELOLW\ ODZV 2IÂżFLDOV said  the  schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  kitchen  and  cafeteria  KDYH JRQH HVVHQWLDOO\ XQWRXFKHG VLQFH 98+6 ZDV EXLOW ÂżYH GHFDGHV DJR 7KH LVVXH WKDW ÂżUVW WULJJHUHG WDON RI D ERQG LV WKH GHWHULRUDWLQJ URRÂżQJ RQ WKH RULJLQDO FODVVURRP ZLQJ DQG DX-­ ditorium,  and  that  work  is  in  the  $4.2  million.  7KH VHFRQG PLOOLRQ ZRXOG EX\ WKH WXUI ÂżHOG WUDFN DQG UHODWHG LP-­ provements.  VUHS  has  a  track  team  that  now  practices  without  a  track,  and  DIWHU IXQGLQJ FXWV WKH VFKRRO QR ORQ-­ JHU SD\V WR VHQG WKH WHDP WR XVH WKH 0LGGOHEXU\ &ROOHJH IDFLOLW\ 98+6 $FWLYLWLHV 'LUHFWRU 3HWHU 0DQHHQ VDLG team  numbers  have  dropped  because  of  the  lack  of  a  track.  2IÂżFLDOV VDLG PDQ\ JDPHV KDYH been  moved  and  practices  lost  due  WR ZHDWKHU SUREOHPV WKDW D WXUI ÂżHOG ZRXOG VROYH WKDW WXUI ÂżHOG PDLQWH-­ nance  would  be  cheaper,  and  the  sur-­ face  would  allow  VUHS  to  continue  WR VHUYH WKH PDQ\ 9HUJHQQHV DUHD \RXWK DQG DGXOW SURJUDPV WKDW XVH WKH schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  facilities.

PROS  AND  CONS Those  who  favor  the  proposal  in-­ FOXGH D JURXS RI SDUHQWV WHDFKHUV DQG ERDUG PHPEHUV FDOOLQJ WKHPVHOYHV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friends  of  the  VUHS  Bond.â&#x20AC;?

In  a  letter  to  the  Independent  pro-­ YLGHG E\ .ULVWLQD 0DF.XOLQ WKH JURXS DUJXHV LPSURYLQJ WKH VFKRRO ZLOO KHOS LWV VWXGHQWV VXFFHHG DQG EHQHÂżW WKH HFRQRP\ DQG ÂłTXDOLW\ RI OLIH´ LQ WKH FRPPXQLW\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  need  to  invest  in  our  children  VR WKH\ KDYH WKH WRROV WR EH VXFFHVV-­ IXO LQ OLIH ÂżQG JRRG MREV DQG PDLQ-­ WDLQ KHDOWK\ OLIHVW\OHV 7KHVH HVVHQWLDO VNLOOV DUH WDXJKW LQ WKH FODVVURRP RQ WKH VSRUWV ÂżHOG DQG WKURXJK WKH DUWV ´ the  letter  stated.

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Clever  metaphors  carry  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Djangoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Django  Unchained;Íž  Running  time:  you,  but  the  violence  is  there  to  help  tell  the  story.  The  shot  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  talking  2:45;Íž  Rating:  R  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pulp  Fictionâ&#x20AC;?  was  an  exciting  in-­ DERXW ZLWK WKH EORRG RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV novation;Íž  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inglourious  Basterdsâ&#x20AC;?  was  was  one  of  my  favorite  shots,  and  a  masterpiece.  But  hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  Quentin  Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d  think  you  would  like  it  too.  First,  Tarantino  crossed  the  line  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Django  WKH\ÂśUH QRW Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV WKH\ÂśUH FRWWRQ and  splattering  blood  all  Unchainedâ&#x20AC;?  (wonderful  over  them  gives  them  a  title)  by  targeting  Ameri-­ profound  visual  metaphor  can  slaves  with  his  love  of  that  slavery  and  the  cot-­ ferocious  violence?  It  is  one  ton  industry  and  America  thing  to  visit  cruelty  on  Na-­ are  built  on  blood.â&#x20AC;?  I  stand  zis  or  the  Ku  Klux  Klan,  but  corrected. should  any  one  of  us  play  Freed  from  anger,  I  games  with  the  deepest  scar  looked  calmly  at  the  rest  on  our  national  history?  of  the  picture,  which  is  To  throw  a  slave  to  a  pack  pure  Tarantino  and  full  of  of  wild  dogs,  to  order  two  counterweights  to  his  own  VODYHV ÂżJKW WR WKH GHDWK RI KRUULÂżF LPDJLQLQJV 7KLQJV one  of  them,  to  splatter  the  get  off  to  an  inspired  start  blood  from  a  body  explo-­ By Joan Ellis when  Dr.  Schultz,  for-­ sion  all  over  a  bed  of  white  mer  dentist  turned  bounty  Ă&#x20AC;RZHUV" $QG WKLV LQ DGGL-­ tion  to  the  regular  beatings  and  humili-­ hunter,  buys  the  freedom  of  one  man  from  a  chain  gang  to  be  the  ations  administered  to  men  in  chains?

As  a  Quentin  Tarantino  fan  and  partner  he  needs  in  his  new  profes-­ not  quite  trusting  the  strength  of  my  sion.  Django  (Jamie  Foxx),  now  un-­ own  response,  I  contacted  fellow  chained,  becomes  the  talented  equal  movie  lover  Keenan  Ellis  for  a  reac-­ partner  and  asks  the  doctor  for  just  tion  from  a  different  generation.  His  RQH IDYRU &DQ WKH\ SOHDVH ÂżQG KLV response:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;If  there  were  no  reason  wife  who  was  sold  to  Calvin  Candie  for  the  violence  I  would  agree  with  (Leonardo  DiCaprio),  a  monstrous Â

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BRISTOL  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  The  Vliet  and  Susan  Marie  WalkOver  Gallery  in  The self that Scavo.  Bristol  will  host  an  event  our dreams The  artists  organiz-­ and  exhibit  by  members  unveil, as ing  this  event  offered  of  North  of  Eden,  Arche-­ the  following  statement  typal  Dreamwork,  titled  they arrive giving  some  background  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intersection:  Presence,  nightly, with on  their  thinking:  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Creativity,  Dreams,â&#x20AC;?  intelligence practice  of  being  in  the  with  an  opening  and  lies  at  the  heart  and humor, present  reception  on  Saturday,  of  Archetypal  Dream-­ Feb.  9,  at  5:30  p.m.,  with  is our soul, work.  To  simply  be  with  presentations  of  music  our essential â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;what  isâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;  in  this  moment,  and  poetry  beginning  at  self. without  judgment  or  6:30. analysis,  the  individual  The  visual  work  is  by  self  is  revealed.  The  self  Karla  Van  Vliet,  Laura  Smith,  Joan  that  our  dreams  unveil,  as  they  ar-­ Murray  and  Lily  Hinrichsen.  The  rive  nightly,  with  intelligence  and  music  and  poetry  presented  at  the  humor,  is  our  soul,  our  essential  opening  will  be  by  Bob  Murray,  self.

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NEW  HAVEN  RESIDENT  Bill  Brooks  stands  next  to  the  entry  to  his  home  that  was  kicked  in  by  burglars  on  Jan.  11.  Brooks  and  others  are  looking  for  ways  to  protect  their  homes  from  future  break-­ins.

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By  BILL  BROOKS I  returned  to  my  home  in  New  Ha-­ ven  on  Friday,  Jan.  11,  after  an  en-­ joyable  day  at  the  Sheldon  Museum,  where  I  am  the  executive  director,  to  ¿QG P\ EDFN GRRU DMDU , WKRXJKW WR myself,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  south  wind  must  have  EHHQ VWURQJ WRGD\ RU PD\EH , GLGQÂśW fully  close  the  door.â&#x20AC;?  My  confusion  TXLFNO\ HYDSRUDWHG ZKHQ , ZDONHG LQWR WKH NLWFKHQ QRWLFHG P\ J\P VKRHV RQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;RRU URXQGHG WKH FRU-­ QHU LQWR WKH GLQLQJ URRP ZKHUH VHY-­ HUDO IXUQLWXUH GUDZHUV ZKHUH RSHQ DQG P\ PRWKHUÂśV VWHUOLQJ VLOYHU IRXU SLHFH coffee/tea  service  was  not  on  the  side  ERDUG 6WHSSLQJ LQWR WKH DGMDFHQW EHG-­ room,  the  dresser  was  absent  the  three  jewelry  boxes  and  contents.  I  had  EHHQ EXUJODUL]HG After  a  call  to  911,  Vermont  State  3ROLFH 7URRSHU (YDQ 'R[VHH TXLFNO\ arrived  and  reviewed  with  me  the Â

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By  the  way (Continued  from  Page  1A) All  fans  are  encouraged  to  wear  white  to  the  game  to  support  the  Panthers.  And,  while  the  fans  are  wearing  white,  the  Panthers  on  WKH LFH ZLOO EH ZHDULQJ FDPRXĂ&#x20AC;DJH jerseys  in  their  games  against  Wesleyan  Friday  and  against  Trinity  Saturday  at  4  p.m. Â

vices  should  email  their  listing  to  Academy  a  few  years  back  after  news@addisonindependent.com  that  building  burned  down,  and  by  next  Tuesday. apparently  some  people  have  thought  the  place  was  in  limbo  Another  sign  that  the  times  are  a-­ since  the  Community  Health  Cen-­ changing.  Resident  in  the  seven  lo-­ ters  of  Rutland  Region  won  a  $1.3  cal  towns  that  send  kids  to  Middle-­ million  grant  last  spring  to  up-­ bury  Union  middle  and  high  schools  grade  the  clinic  and  make  it  the  will  not  be  receiving  the  school  dis-­ ÂżUVW )HGHUDOO\ 4XDOLÂżHG +HDOWK trictâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  annual  report  in  their  mail-­ Center  in  Addison  County.  Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  Your  local  Lions  Club  will  be  col-­ boxes.  But  the  2013  Union  District  told  that  construction  on  the  new  lecting  food  donations  for  local  food  No.  3  Annual  Report  is  now  avail-­ building  will  start  this  summer,  shelves  on  Saturday,  Feb.  9,  from  able  online  at  www.addisoncentral-­ but  the  clinic  is  accepting  patients  10  a.m.  to  3  p.m.  at  these  locations:  su.org/reports-­budgets.  If  you  still  with  all  kinds  of  insurance.

Gregâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Market,  Prattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  of  Bridport,  want  a  hard  copy  of  the  report,  call  Middlebury  Natural  Foods  Co-­op,  382-­1274  and  the  kind  folks  in  the  Want  to  give  back?  The  Cham-­ Shawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  in  Middlebury  and  Kinney  FHQWUDO RIÂżFH ZLOO GURS RQH LQ WKH plain  Valley  Agency  on  Aging  is  Drugs  in  Middlebury. mail.  The  UD-­3  Annual  Meeting  looking  for  people  to  volunteer  as  and  Budget  Hearing  will  take  place  Meals  on  Wheels  drivers  and  de-­ The  Congregational  Church  of  on  Tuesday,  Feb.  26,  at  6:30  p.m.  liver  hot,  nourishing  meals  and  a  Middlebury  let  us  know  that  they  at  Middlebury  Union  High  School.  smile  to  their  elder  neighbors,  al-­ will  host  a  special  Ash  Wednes-­ Australian  ballot  voting  will  take  lowing  them  to  remain  in  their  day  service  in  the  sanctuary  on  place  on  March  5  in  each  townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  homes  and  independent.  Volunteer  Wednesday,  Feb.  13,  that  will  in-­ polling  location. once  a  week,  every  other  week,  or  clude  the  choir  and  special  guest  as  a  sub  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;  whatever  works  for  you.  ROBERT  FROST,  LEFT,  sits  with  dear  friend  Victor  Reichert  circa  1960.  Reichert  and  Frost  were  both  Ripton  musicians  performing  selections  Folks  at  the  Shorewell  Clinic  7KH DJHQF\ LV VSHFLÂżFDOO\ LQ QHHG residents  who  shared  long  walks  in  the  Green  Mountains.

Photo  courtesy  of  the  Poetry  Collection  of  the  University  Library,  University  of  Buffalo from  â&#x20AC;&#x153;The  Seven  Last  Words  of  that  provides  medical  care  for  of  drivers  Friday  for  the  Bristol  area  Christâ&#x20AC;?  by  ThĂŠodore  Dubois,  and  people  in  Shoreham  and  Or-­ and  Wednesday  and  Thursday  in  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Requiemâ&#x20AC;?  by  Gabriel  FaurĂŠ.  well  reminded  us  that  Dr.  Allan  Vergennes.  Find  out  more  by  con-­ Other  area  churches  that  would  Curtiss  is  still  providing  care  tacting  Lisa  Townsend  at  CVAA  at  like  to  be  included  in  a  listing  at  its  Main  Street  location.  The  1-­800-­642-­5119  or  email  lisat@ of  special  Ash  Wednesday  ser-­ clinic  was  moved  out  of  Newton  cvaa.org.  (Continued  from  Page  1A) taken  by  Reichertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  wit  and  his  deep  were  hugely  important  to  Frost  as  a  poet,  a  man  and  a  thinker.â&#x20AC;? owned  and  preserved  by  Middlebury  learning,â&#x20AC;?  Parini  said.

Parini  was  himself  a  friend  and  ac-­ College)  in  1939,  and  summered  there  Robert  Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  religious  beliefs  until  his  death  in  1963. have  long  been  speculated  quaintance  of  Victor  Reichert  and  his  For  Frost,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;One  of  the  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upon.  Raised  by  a  mother  wife,  Lillian.  Parini  said  he  was  in-­ best  parts  of  being  in  Rip-­ musings who  was  a  follower  of  troduced  to  them  by  an  acquaintance,  ton  in  the  summer  was  on religion Swedenborgianism,  a  who  told  him,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If  youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  working  on  that  Victor  Reichert,  the  Swedish  mystical  belief,  Frost,  you  must  come  and  meet  Vic-­ rabbi  from  Ohio,  owned  interested many  of  Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  biogra-­ tor  Reichert.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;  So  I  had  dinner  with  a  summer  house  there,â&#x20AC;?  Rabbi phers  have  noted  his  ap-­ him,  soon  after  coming  to  Middle-­ Reichert, Parini  said. parent  atheism  or  agnosti-­ bury,  over  30  years  ago.â&#x20AC;?

Parini  had  many  hours  of  conver-­ Parini,  who  spent  20  and he was cism.  But  he  was  deeply  sation  with  Reichert,  then  a  very  old  years  writing  and  re-­ taken by interested  in  Christianity.

Helping  Overcome  Povertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Effects searching  his  landmark  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robert  Frost  called  man,  about  his  friendship  with  Frost.  Reichertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wit himself  biography,  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robert  Frost:  an  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Old  Testa-­ After  Reichertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  passing,  Parini  con-­ A  fundraiser  bringing  skiers,  x-­country  skiers  and  boarders  and his deep ment  Christian,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?  Parini  tinued  the  conversation  with  Lillian  A  Life,â&#x20AC;?  believed  that  together  to  raise  money  for  a  great  cause. the  friendship  between  learning.â&#x20AC;? said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Which  meant  he  Reichert,  who  also  had  a  great  affec-­ 6XQGD\ )HEUXDU\ Â&#x2021; D P S P Reichert  and  Frost  was  â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jay Parini was  really  more  focused  tion  for  Frost. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  were  likeminded  people,â&#x20AC;?  the  most  important  of  the  on  the  Torah  and  the  old  Rikert Nordic Center & Middlebury College Snow Bowl second  half  of  Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  life.

Biblical  stories.  Things  like  the  Book  Parini  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;They  read  books,  they  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  musings  on  religion  in-­ RI -RE WKH ÂżUVW ÂżYH ERRNV RI 0RVHV talked  about  them.â&#x20AC;?

2  p.m.  at  Rikert  Nordic  Center:  Parini  was  certain  that  Reichert  terested  Rabbi  Reichert,  and  he  was  the  Book  of  Proverbs  and  the  Psalms  KDG D VLJQLÂżFDQW LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH RQ )URVWÂśV Chili  party,  awards  and  a  special  performance  by  SIM. later  work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look  at  some  of  Frostâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  later  po-­ Win  great  prizes  such  as  nordic  and  alpine  skis  &  passes  at  great  VT  resorts!

HWU\ DQG \RX FDQ ÂżQG WKH LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFH RI Reichert,  especially  in  his  â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Masksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;Ś  For  more  information,  registration  &  sponsor  form  go  to:  in  the  sense  that  he  is  meditating  on  ZZZ KRSH YW RUJ  or  Old  Testament  themes.â&#x20AC;?

Parini  expressed  disappointment  ADDISON COUNTY 2013 GOLD SPONSORS that  Middlebury  College  had  not  INDEPENDENT Blueberry snagged  the  collection,  which  he  said  Hill he  would  be  very  curious  to  see  if  he  had  a  chance.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  would  have  been  very  helpful  (when  writing  the  biog-­ Nancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  Listings raphy),â&#x20AC;?  he  added.

Middlebury  College,  which  is  Fern  Lake  in  Leicester  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  One  of  the  nicest  lots  home  to  the  premiere  Robert  Frost  at  the  southern  end  with  fabulous  views  up  the  collection  in  the  country,  did,  in  fact,  lake  to  the  mountains  beyond!  This  2  BR  1-­1/2  bath  year-­round  cottage  has  a  nice  screened-­in  come  close  to  being  the  new  home  for  porch,  a  deck  and  a  dock  at  the  water.  This  is  the  collection.  the  perfect  all  season  get-­away!  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  told  that  we  were  one  Call  Nancy  Foster  802-­989-­2772  or of  several  institutions  being  consid-­ e-­mail  nancy@midvthomes.com  $282,000 ered,â&#x20AC;?  said  Special  Collections  cura-­ tor  Andrew  Wentick.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  were  not  WKH ÂżQDO ZLQQHU ´ Middlebury  Land   â&#x20AC;&#x201C;   Very  nice  124+  acre  In  the  end,  it  was  given  to  the  parcel  of  farmland  has  frontage  on  the  Middlebury  River  â&#x20AC;&#x201C;  land  along  the  river  is  University  of  Buffalo  by  Victor  and  Ă&#x20AC;RRGSODLQ 7KH IDUPKRXVH DQG DFUHV DUH Lillianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  son,  Jonathan,  a  professor  not  included.  Land  is  in  current  use,  making  emeritus  of  physics  at  Buffalo.  Jona-­ property  taxes  very  affordable.  Land  is  than  Reichert  did  not  return  requests  currently  leased  to  a  local  farmer.  Call  Nancy  Foster  802-­989-­2772  or  for  comment  for  this  article. email  nancy@midvthomes.com    â&#x20AC;&#x153;His  ties  to  the  University  of  Buf-­ $275,000 falo,  having  worked  here  for  years,  as  well  as  his  relationship  with  the  cura-­ MIDDLEBURY  EAST  CONDO   that  features  WRUV ÂŤ GHÂżQLWHO\ KHOSHG VZD\ KLP ´ WLOH ZRRG Ă&#x20AC;RRUV VXQQ\ NLWFKHQ QLFH GHFN said  UB  spokesman  Cory  Nealon.

HQG RI WKH URDG ORFDWLRQ IRU WHUULÂżF SULYDF\ SOXV â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buffalo  certainly  has  a  major  rare  both  a  garage  &  a  full  basement.  There  are  2  BRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  with  potential  for  a  third  plus  spacious  books  and  letters  library,â&#x20AC;?  Parini  said.  living  areas  including  a  large  FR  on  the  LL.   â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re  very  well-­known  for  their  Call  Nancy  Foster  802-­989-­2772  or work  on  20th-­century  poetry.  So  itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  email  nancy@midvthomes.com    $196,000 an  appropriate  place  for  the  letters.  Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  just  a  pity  we  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  get  the  letters  here.â&#x20AC;?

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Perlee,  who  serves  on  the  Bris-­ tol  Planning  Commission  and  with  the  Bristol  Recreation  Department,  told  the  Independent  last  week  that  KH KDG EHHQ KROGLQJ RII RQ ÂżOLQJ KLV petition  for  candidacy  if  it  meant  forsaking  some  of  his  planning  com-­ mission  duties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve  poured  my  heart  and  soul  into  this  thing  for  three  years,â&#x20AC;?  Per-­ lee  said,  adding  that  he  believed  that  vacating  his  seat  at  this  time  would  be  a  â&#x20AC;&#x153;disservice  to  the  town.â&#x20AC;?

It  remains  unclear  whether  Perlee  could  serve  on  both  the  planning  commission  and  selectboard,  which  PD\ EH D FRQĂ&#x20AC;LFW RI LQWHUHVW 3HUOHH ÂżOHG KLV SHWLWLRQ IRU FDQGLGDF\ E\ this  weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s  deadline;Íž  however,  he  has  until  5  p.m.  on  Wednesday  (af-­ ter  the  deadline  for  this  edition  of  the  Independent)  to  withdraw  before  WKH WRZQ ÂżQDOL]HV WKH 7RZQ 0HHWLQJ Day  ballot,  according  to  Town  Clerk  Therese  Kirby.

The  only  other  selectboard  seat  that  will  be  on  the  Town  Meeting  Day  ballot  will  be  that  of  incumbent  Peeker  Heffernan.  He  is  running  for  re-­election  unopposed.