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Ti-Shoreham ferry stayed open two months past usual operating time.

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Life of firefighter remembered

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Peter Coe died while helping motorist

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SHOREHAM — Peter James Coe, age 43, died Dec. 27, 2009, helping a stranger by the side of icy Richville Dam Road. The story was reported on the front page of last week’s Addison Eagle. Where he saw a need, Peter Coe always helped.

Coe grew up in Bethesda, Md., where he graduated from Walt Whitman High School, Peter James Coe while playing on their golf team. He turned down a golf scholarship to travel to California. He came back to the East coast and attended Lynchburg College and St. Mary’s College. Shortly after returning to Bethesda, he met his future wife Valerie. They were married in 1990. Genevieve was born in that year and Nicholas was born in 1997.

He was most dedicated to his family’s happiness.

See COE, page 10

Vergennes mourns loss of fire chief Ralph Jackman, 1924-2010 VERGENNES — A man of endurance and eloquent character, Ralph J. Jackman, 85, passed away peacefully Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

Jackman was born on July 4, 1924, a twin son born to Glenn and Ila (Sweet) Jackman in Bristol, Vt. He attended Saint Michael's College until he was Ralph Jackman called to serve his country in the European Theater where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. After returning home he continued to serve in the Army Reserves from 1946-1972. In 1946 he partnered with his brother, Charles, to begin their successful careers operating Jackman Fuels, Inc. Jackman retired from the fuel business in 1989. Ralph married his high school sweetheart Myrle (Jacobs) Jackman on July 29, 1946. He is survived by his wife, Myrle; his five daughters: Lynn (Michael) JacksonDonnelly, Catherine Desjadon, Christine (P. Michael) Collette, Susan (Gregory) Burdick, Carleen (William) Telgen and his daughter by heart, Deborah Senesac; twelve grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and

Ti-Shoreham ferry closes after long season

Luke and Molly Arno of San Francisco were surprised to discover that they were the first passengers to board a passenger train in Castleton in 55 years on Jan. 2. The husband and wife travelers were returning to California after visiting family in Addison County during the holidays and were greeted with fanfare by Amtrak and local officials at the recently renovated Castleton depot. Budding actress Molly Arno, a graduate of Vergennes Union High School and Castleton State College, appears on the new NBC-TV show “Trauma.” See related photograph inside.

See JACKMAN, page 10

SHOREHAM — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) have been informed that the Ticonderoga (Ti) Ferry suspended service Jan. 4.

According to the Ti Ferry operator, the reason for the suspension is that the company currently had not been able to secure marine insurance beyond Jan. 3.

NYSDOT and VTrans continue to expedite construction on the new all-season temporary ferry located at the former site of the Champlain Bridge, and expect it to be operational by the end of January, however, commuters are advised to allow extra time for travel for this brief interim period.

The following transportation alternatives are available for travelers: Ferry Service: The Essex/Charlotte Ferry remains open and is operating 24 hours per day. There is no charge for passengers during this transportation emergency. A schedule can be found by visiting www.ferries.com.

Bus Service: New York Service North (AM) to the Essex Ferry: From Ticonderoga NY to the Essex NY two buses are running - originating from the Ticonderoga WalMart at 4:25 a.m. and 5:25 a.m. Pickup locations along the way include: Crown Point (Sacred Heart Church), Port Henry (Nu-Way), Port Henry (Dock Street), and Westport Fairgrounds, arriving at Essex Ferry at 5:50 a.m. and 6:50 a.m.

Public transportation in New York via Trailways is

See FERRY, page 10

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Weybridge house burglarized WEYBRIDGE — Vermont State Police are investigating a burglary complaint which was reported on Dec. 22, 2009, but had occurred approximately one week prior as reported by the resident. The incident took place in Weybridge.

The unidentified resident reported to police that someone entered her secured house by unlocking the front door while reaching it through a pet flap door. The complainant advised that the suspect entered her residence took a pair of earrings, a pack of cigarettes, and three jars of lose change.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to contact the Vermont State Police, New Haven Barracks at 388-4919.

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Dec. 21, 2009 Traffic hazard, debris in road, Vermont Route 22A, Bridport.

Vandalism to a vehicle, Hunt Farm Road, Bristol.

Dec. 22 One vehicle accident, no injuries, Gap Road, Goshen.

Burglary and theft of jewelry and change from a residence, Snake Mountain Road, Weybridge.

Vandalism to a residence, Lake Street, Shoreham.

Welfare check, U.S. Route 7, Ferrisburgh.

One vehicle accident, with injuries, Vermont Route 17, Addison.

Harassing telephone calls to a resident of Salisbury.

Dec. 23 Family fight, Sand Road,

Ferrisburgh.

Traffic hazard, vehicle in road, Vermont Route 22A, Addison.

Two vehicle accident, with injuries, Vermont Route 125, Bridport.

One vehicle accident, no injuries, Lincoln Road, Bristol Harassing telephone calls to a resident of Leicester.

One vehicle accident, no injuries, Monkton Road, Monkton.

Assisted Fish and Wildlife with a deer trapped on the ice, Lake Dunmore Road, Salisbury.

One vehicle accident, no injuries, Hardscrabble Road, Monkton.

Intoxication, Vermont Route 22A, Addison.

Dec. 24 Burglary at a camp, Ember Trail, Leicester.

Vandalism, residence hit with paint balls, Leland Road, Salisbury.

Dec. 25 Traffic hazard, dead deer in road, U.S. Route 7, Ferrisburgh.

Two vehicle accident, no injuries, U.S. Route 7, New Haven.

Dec. 26 Harassing telephone calls to a resident of Bristol.

Family fight, Vermont Route 74, Shoreham.

Theft of tools from a residence, Lafountain Lane, Weybridge.

Vandalism, residence hit with eggs, River Road, New Haven.

Dec. 27 Two vehicle accident, no injuries, Vermont Route 22A, Shoreham.

One vehicle accident, with injuries, West Street, Cornwall Three vehicle accident, death resulting, Richville Dam Road, Shoreham.

One vehicle rollover, no injuries, South Lincoln Road, Lincoln.

Residents to tackle Shoreham civic priorities

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SHOREHAM — Residents attending the VCRD Community Visit meeting in early December mulled over a dozen options derived from community forums held at the beginning of the process in October.

Their task was to decide which potential projects would compliment their vision for the future of the town, what combination of topics could fit together to maximize the benefits to this diverse community, and what issues they were willing to work on.

By the evening’s end, three topics were chosen around which task forces have formed. The three topics are advanced economic development, improvements to civic participation, and organizing a town energy committee.

VCRD will return to the town of Shoreham for a final time on Thursday, Jan. 7 . The meeting will be held at the Shoreham Elementary School from 6:30–9 p.m.

The Shoreham Improve Civic Participation Task Force will look at ways to improve town communications and support

volunteerism in Shoreham.

The Shoreham Energy Task Force will explore energy and efficiency opportunities for the town and its residents, encourage the development of renewable energy—hydro, wind, biofuels, solar, methane digesters, and investigate the formation of a town energy coop to build a community energy project.

For more information, contact 223-6091 or info@vtrural.org, or Shoreham’s town clerk at 897-5841.

Woman arrested NEW HAVEN — On Jan. 1, State Police stopped Susan McGrath of Colchester for an uninspected motor vehicle on Route 7 in New Haven. McGrath was subsequently arrested without incident for operating with a criminally suspended license. She will appear in Addison District Court Feb. 15.

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Luke and Molly Arno of San Francisco were the first passengers to board a train at Castleton in 55 years. Passenger train service resumed in the town Jan. 2.

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By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com CASTLETON — Passenger train service has returned to Castleton after a 55-yearlong absense. The taxpayer funded Amtrak Ethan Allen Express stopped at the newly renovated Castleton Depot for the first time Jan. 2.

Luke and Molly Arno of San Francisco, Calif., were the first passengers to board the Amtrak train at Castleton. The husband and wife were returning to their home in California after visiting family in Middlebury during the holidays.

"I was surprised to see everyone celebrating," Molly Arno said. "The officials treated as like celebrities. We had no idea we'd be the first passengers to board the Ethan Allen Express in Castleton."

Arno, a graduate of Vergennes Union High School and Castleton State College, appears on the new NBC-TV drama series "Trauma"

which is filmed in San Francisco.

According to Maryann Jakubowski, owner of the depot, “We told everyone around town that today’s the first day for passenger train service in Castleton.” Local media and residents turned out for the snowy celebration.

Clearly thrilled with the “first passenger” event, Bill Hollister, an Amtrak spokesman, said, “This train station pure Vermont. Ridership on the Vermonter showed an increase but the Ethan Allen was fairly flat in 2009; this is good news for Vermont; we're doing pretty well compared to the rest of the country."

According to Jakubowski, the Ethan Allen Express will stop in Castleton, briefly, twice a day. It is hoped that more college students will use the train to travel between campus and home. It is also easy for students to make cultural visits to New York City via Amtrak.

Officials hope that a $73 million federal taxpayer grant will fund the expansion of Ethan Allen service north to Burlington.

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MIDDLEBURY — The L.A. Weekly calls them “one of the most thrilling young acts on the planet.” Tackling everything from French hot jazz to Serbian and Transylvanian gypsy music, Fishtank Ensemble is an event not to be missed by world music lovers. The band plays Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater on Friday, Jan. 15, at 8 pm.

The band includes two explosive violins, the world’s best slap bass player, musical saw, flamenco and jazz guitar, trombone, accordion, vocals, and a little banjolette. The vocals come in Romanian, French, Japanese and even English.

It all comes together in an explosive mix of music.

“We had a huge hit last year with a group called Luminescent Orchestrii, who played a similar wild mix of music,” says THT executive director Doug Anderson. “Fishtank Ensemble is in that vein—the music is absolutely irresistible.

Spontaneous dancing is a given.”

Tickets for Fishtank Ensemble at Town Hall Theater may be purchased at www.townhalltheater.org, by calling 3829222, in person at the THT Box Office (Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m.), or at the door if available.

Ice wars: Ferrisburgh firm beats back lake ice SHOREHAM — While the Fort Ti-Shoreham Ferry on Lake Champlain closed for the 2009 season Dec. 31, it ran two months past its normal open-water season thanks to the creative engineering efforts of Ferrisburgh-based OSI Industries, home of the Dock Doctors Water Specialists.

The normally frozen lake channel between Shoreham, Vt.—where the ferry is based—and Ticonderoga, N.Y., was kept open since mid November to accommodate thousands of commuters and other travelers seriously inconvenienced by the closure, and final demolition, of the 80-year-old Lake Champlain Bridge.

According to marine specialist Chris Girard of Dock Doctors, the Vermont company was called upon to figure out a way to keep the Ti ferry running past it’s summer season.

“Just after the bridge closed, both New York and Vermont state officials contacted us to get involved,” Girard said. “Mike Matot, the ferry owner, was asked to keep running past the tourist season. But both states wanted Mike to keep the ferry sailing into December. It wasn’t going to be an inexpensive job. And we are the only ones locally that have the lake knowledge to do this sort of thing. So, we were up to the technical challenge.”

Dock Doctors was able to demonstrate the means by which narrow portions of Lake Champlain could be kept ice-free during the early winter season. But as Girard said, the 24-hour, seven-days-a-week effort came at a high price—a price the includes both labor, equipment and lots of overtime.

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“Miss Doc”, a custom-built waterfront twin-motor vessel, did yeoman’s work on Lake Champlain from mid November through last week. The flat-bottom vessel, along with a unique submarine airbubbling system, helped keep the ferry channel open in frozen Lake Champlain between Shoreham and Ticonderoga.

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ed quickly to the bi-state request by coming up with a two-prong attack on the ice forming on Lake Champlain in November.

The “ice war” on the lake began in mid November and included use of Dock Doctors’ special underwater air bubbling system and its custom-built waterfront motor vessel dubbed the “Miss Doc”.

The 32’x13’ “Miss Doc” was built in Ontario almost entirely out of lightweight marine-grade aluminum.

The flat-bottom vessel, which superficially appears to be a John boat on steroids, includes a high-tech pilot house and a heavy lifting crane. The vessel is powered by two 135 HP outboard gasoline engines.

Since before Thanksgiving, “Miss Doc” ran 24 hours a day through thick and thin (ice that is) until last week

when the ferry was finally closed for the 2009 season.

Dock Doctors’ bubbler system, powered by onshore compressors, blows a constant stream of warm air a foot or so above the lake bottom, to agitate the water creating a submarine upwelling of warm water into the surrounding chilling water.

This agitation slows and eventually stops the formation of ice.

Once a channel was opened, “Miss Doc” was used to push back the ice along the channel edges and help build up a wall of thick ice—shore-to-shore—that wasn’t going to move much.

Occasional ice calves were pushed back by “Miss Doc” with a screened metal plow on her bow.

“Miss Doc” is also capable of rising up on the ice, or shore, if needed. Her hinged bow opens, a miniature ver-

sion of the U.S. Navy’s amphibious LSTs of World WarII. Ultimately, the insurance company insuring the Fort Ticonderoga Ferry decided it could no longer insure the ferry past Jan. 3. So, without the insured extension period, Mike Matot closed the Ti ferry until spring 2010.

According to Girard, Dock Doctors could have kept the lake channel open between Vermont and New York for many weeks into January and possibly February but the effort would have been expensive.

“Everyone has been very patient with the inconvenience of losing the old Crown Point bridge,” Girard said. “This has been like a lot like working at an airport.

We’re not sure what Mother Nature is going to throw at us, so we’re working to keep the runways open.”

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ere’s a question from a reader like you who’s learning how to use coupons to save money at the grocery store: Q: “I have to disagree with you about holding onto coupons until stores put the item on a good sale. Great idea, but as you might have noticed coupons today have a very short life span.

You said grocery stores’ best sales on certain items rarely coincide with coupons available that week. I don’t believe you should hold on to coupons and wait for a better sale because the coupons will expire. Best to grab the deal when you can and use the coupon, otherwise it’s a waste of time cutting those coupons out.”

A: This is one of the most common misconceptions about coupons: assuming that they expire too soon to make holding onto them worthwhile. The average coupon has an expiration date three months out. Some expire sooner, some expire later, but it’s wrong to assume that they all expire very quickly. I have coupon inserts that are more than eight months old that still have current, unexpired coupons in them – proof that it’s not only important to hold onto all of our inserts until every coupon inside expires, but also proof that not all coupons expire quickly.

Using coupons the same week you get them is almost always a big mistake. Stores know exactly which products will be featured in the coupon inserts for the current week, and most stores will intentionally leave these items at a higher price. The reason? Stores know how most people use coupons. Most people will cut coupons out of this week’s paper and use them the same week. But these shoppers usually pay a much higher price on a given product, even with a coupon, than if they had waited for a better sale and then used the coupon.

About six weeks ago, I received a $1 coupon with an expiration date three months out, good for a certain brand of soup.

This soup was $3.29 the week the coupon arrived. If I used the coupon that week, I’d pay $2.29, still much more than I like to pay for a can of soup. But with three months’ time to watch for a better sale, I waited. And this week, the soup went on sale for $1 a can. My coupon is still more than a month away from ex-

The collapse of the "global warming" scam

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ver since Prof. James Hansen's 1988 testimony before a Senate committee featuring Al Gore, Americans have been treated to a steady drumbeat of alarm over the Menace of Global Warming. Hansen, Gore, and a host of enviro organizations have proclaimed that human addiction to carbon combustion is causing global temperatures to rise alarmingly, and that governments must take unprecedented and desperate measures to reduce emissions.

The alarmists' central argument was, and is, that a doubling of the present atmospheric concentration of CO2 will produce global temperature increases of as much as 8.6 degrees C by the end of this century. This would produce unimaginable catastrophes: droughts, flood, hurricanes, drowned coastal cities, plague, species extinction, and more.

Skeptics noted that the Medieval Warm Period (900-1200 A.D.) brought better weather, improved nutrition, and a wonderful flowering of civilization. More atmospheric CO2 would spur plant growth, and warmer winters would help New Englanders by lengthening their growing seasons, reducing their heating bills, making their travels easier and safer, and disadvantaging the competing ski areas further south.

The warming zealots scorned such observations. Their technique was to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on computerized climate models. The scientists who controlled both the models and the input data churned out scary scenarios aimed at terrifying politicians into approving the taxes, rationing, subsidies and penalties needed to curb greenhouse gas production worldwide.

The fact that the models failed to reproduce the known temperature record of the past century gave them no pause whatever. The charlatans simply invented unobservable climactic effects that magically led to the positive feedback that assured the approach of Al Gore's Heat Death.

The United Nation's climate body, the IPCC, issued periodic reports attributed to "over 2,000 climate scientists", but actually produced by a very small number sucking up millions in research dollars, plus the ever-present political flacks who actually crafted the "summary for policymakers".

In 2007 Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize for his films and lectures, that were so bad that a British court held that they could not be shown to schoolchildren without correction of the nine glaring scientific errors contained therein. Gore shared the prize with the IPCC itself.

All the while the warmists were conspiring to deride any scientist who failed to buy into the warming hysteria. They denied them space in scientific journals, kept them off of conference agendas, and shouted "the science is settled" whenever skeptics raised an objection.

But the Earth refused to cooperate. Since the El Nino temperature spike of 1998, the computer predicted global warming failed to appear.

Just as the critics had said all along, the climate

models are billions of dollars worth of rubbish.

In mid-November unknown persons hacked into the files of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, one of the leading research centers that the IPCC relied upon for its scary predictions. This brought to light over three thousand email messages among the most prominent scientists engaged in this scam.

In them the conspirators discussed how they falsified the models to "hide the decline" and preserve the threat of Al Gore's Heat Death.

They discussed keeping dissenting science out of prestigious journals and, it turns out, reported that they had deleted some raw data used in their modeling before anybody used the Freedom of Information Act to review it.

Now scientists not in on this scam have begun to penetrate the data. In the leading instance, Darwin Zero from North Australia, they discovered that the CRU "adjusted" the data not just to allow for relocating weather stations, but by simply adding degrees to make cooling trends into warming trends. Wrote one Australian scientist, "they are indisputable evidence that the 'homogenized' data has been changed to fit someone's preconceptions about whether the earth is warming." There's a name for this: fraud.

And since the whole edifice of humancaused "global warming" (rechristened "climate change" when warming failed to appear) is erected upon essentially the same raw data, the discovery of the deliberate corruption of that data destroys the alleged scientific basis for anthropogenic global warming. It also fatally undermines the political pressure for supranational controls over energy and economies so long urged by socialists and special interests of various stripes.

This is very bad news for the global warming crowd, from President Obama to Sen. Sanders, the big business Climate Action Group, Vermont Senate President Peter Shumlin, VPIRG, propagandist Bill McKibben, and the protesters in polar bear suits roaming the state house lawn.

But it's good news for the inhabitants of Planet Earth, who will now likely be spared a new world energy government promulgating economically destructive mandates, taxes and rationing on the world's struggling economy.

Not a moment too soon.

John McClaughry is vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute (www.ethanallen.org).

Editor’s Note: Opinions expressed by columnists and Guest Viewpoint writers are not necessary those of the staff and management of this newspaper.

piring, but by waiting a few weeks, I took the soup home for free! Had I used it the week I’d gotten it, I would still have paid more than two dollars for the soup. Free is much better.

After one of my coupon classes, a man came up to me and told me that he had an

By Jill Cataldo “aha!” coupon moment. He was an avid poker player, and he equated knowing when to “play” your coupon to knowing when to play a certain card in a hand of poker. I like this analogy a lot, because coupon shopping can definitely feel like a game at times... and it’s a game that’s fun to win! A $1 coupon is worth a lot more paired with a $1 sale price than it is with a $3.29 regular price.

As for your point about using a coupon the week you cut it out so that it’s not a “waste of time,” I’d suggest that you not be so quick to clip. I never cut coupons that I’m not going to use immediately. I use a “clipless” system to manage my coupons (more on this at www.supercouponing.com under “Getting Started.”) I’m not cutting a coupon out until the week I actually need it. If the coupon in my insert does not line up with a good sale before it expires, I haven’t wasted any time at all clipping it, looking it up or carrying it around. I use as little time and effort as possible to manage my coupons and you can, too!

It’s much easier to take only the coupons you need to the store in the first place, secure in the knowledge that, like my card-playing student, you are “playing” your coupons at exactly the right time to maximize savings.

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Childless Vermont

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s a predominantly blue county in a predominantly blue State, Addison is home to a clear majority of households whose members eschew conservative publications. Therefore, as a public service, I propose to describe briefly, in this space, the contents of a recent commentary in one such publication, in hopes (mostly futile, I’d guess, for the same reason) that they might find it instructive.

It’s New Hampshire resident Mark Steyn’s “Gray Mountain State”, reprinted from the National Review in a few brave Vermont newspapers. Perhaps Steyn’s subject matter, demographics in Vermont, will attract perusal from those more literatethan-average modern political enthusiasts?

Public school enrollment decline is the statistical lynchpin of the Steyn thesis that “Vermont is getting proportionately more childless. Which is to say that, literally, Vermont has no future.”

Readers already know the numbers: K-12 enrollment down from 105K in 2000 to 93K in 2008, with projected further decline to below 90K by 2014. He also recites a middle-class out-migration stat—“the number of young adults fell by 20 percent in the Dean years”—and continues in the Douglas years, as economist Art Woolf has documented, factoids similarly well-known to county voter/taxpayers/selective-readers (who have already grasped the underlying related notion, the remarkable propensity of career-enhancement-seeking middleclass households, when pursuing better economic opportunity elsewhere, to take their children with them when they flee).

A month earlier there was a France on the Hudson piece in the Weekly Standard which described a parallel middle-class exodus and ensuing morphing of the Big Apple into a two-tier socio-political structure with a well-above-median-income upper class and a subsidized/dependent underclass cooperating to dominate the ballot box and set governance and spending policy.

In a bright-red pull-quote the editors deploy this: “When asked to define the [New York City] middle-class, [Mayor] Michael Bloomberg offered up only one specific group: ‘municipal workers, 300,000 of them’.”

In the article itself, authors Fred and Harry Siegel recite the stats: “the average city worker receives $107K/year in salary and benefits, while the median annual salary for New York families is $50K”.

That’s a remarkable but unmentioned parallel to the Vermont situation deplored by the Rutland Herald in a Nov. 17 editorial entitled “The Ruling Class?”.

Nor do the authors recite the Gallic-reference source, a series of Wall Street Journal articles and commentary, years ago, which described French governance as dominated by the abnormally-large numbers of government employees and income-redistribution recipients, and called the phenomenon, called the French Disease. Vermont, with a ratio of government-employees-tototal-population which is usually no. 1 or 2 in an all-state ranking in year-to-year studies, can legitimately be similarly labeled, something your scribe has occasionally done in this space, always identified as “redux” (a little press-room Latin lingo, there).

They do recite the Brookings Institution stat documenting “NYC second only to LA with the second-smallest share of middleincome families in the nation…” while defining the middle class as “…the people who are leaving”, a demographic pattern which Vermont author Fred Jaegels, writing from his cabin-in-the-woods in Cabot, described a quarter-century ago as Vermont’s obvious-even-then emerging twotier socio-political structure. He got no source footnote from the Siegels either.

Similarly, Steyn in Cassandra mode devoted no ink in his no-future argument to society survival via continuous recruiting and in-migration, as demonstrated by such institutions as the church hierarchy and pre-modern high-death-rate cities, interesting subjects in their own right.

Dramatic declarations that a zero-natural-increase state has “no future” are refuted by retiree-dominated counties across the U.S., where continuing in-migration of passive-income types—pensioners, bondcoupon-clippers, and trust-funders—quite readily makes up for zero-natural-increase, even when accompanied by out-migration of active-income types. It’s when the passive-income types decide that the governance environment has become repugnant, and pack to flee, that a prediction like Steyn’s can come true. Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 book, “It Can’t Happen Here”, is not the final word on the subject.

Retired Vermont architect Martin Harris lives in Tennessee where he enjoys not having to drive in snow and ice.

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Pictured with Annette Franklin, rising opera singers Michela and Anna Hebert enjoyed their third appearance on stage at the Vergennes Opera House.

VERGENNES — The Vergennes Opera House rang with harmonious song from the Hebert sisters. In celebration of the winter season, and a much anticipated college break, the young divas performed a benefit concert Dec. 27. Accompanied by pianist Annette Franklin, they presented an afternoon of seasonal songs.

The sisters and their good friend, tenor Dan Ansaldo, brought an afternoon of familiar and memorable songs selected from their collection of favorites.

This was the Hebert sisters’ third performance at the Vergennes Opera House since their public debut in 2007. Their return to Vergennes was due to the efforts of Dr. Kevin Parizo and their professors at Nyack College in New York where they’ve honed their vocal chords on operas such as “La Traviata” and “La Boheme”.

Michela Hebert recently graduated from Nyack College and married to Evan Brownell in 2008. She will be auditioning for the role of Mimi in “La Boheme” with Opera North based in New Hampshire.

Anna Hebert is completing her senior year at Nyack and will continue on with an additional semester to receive her teachers’ certification in music education. Anna will be singing the role of Giorgetta in a spring production of Puccinis “Il Tabarro”.

CVPS rate increase in effect The Vermont Public Service Board has authorized a 5.58 percent rate increase under the company’s alternative regulation plan.

The change took effect with bills rendered starting in January. The PSB issued their decision late New Year ’s Eve day.

In putting a positive spin on the news, CVPS officials noted that the utility's rates are among the lowest of the major utilities in New England.

The bill for a residential customer who uses 500 kilowatthours of electricity per month will rise from $73.49 to $77.57, a difference of $4.08 Despite the increase, CVPS rates represent a good comparative value, as the same customer would pay as much as $105.33 elsewhere in New England, according to the Edison Electric Institute.

Since 1999, CVPS rates have risen at a fraction of the rate of inflation in the energy sector, with a handful of small increases and decreases.

Overall, rates in 2010 are expected to be just 12.6 percent higher than in 1999. Based on the latest federal data available, the Consumer Price Index for energy has increased 122 percent.

Knight of Starksboro studies abroad STARKSBORO — Brett Knight, daughter of Michael and Sheila Knight of Starksboro, spent the fall 2009 semester studying abroad in Prague, Czech Republic through a program run by Saint Michael's College.

Knight was a student at Charles University. Knight is a senior sociology major at Saint Michael's, a liberal arts, residential Catholic, college located in the Burlington area of Vermont.

Knight graduated from Mount Abraham Union High School before attending Saint Michael's.

Births A girl born Dec. 1, Keigan Mae Desjardin, to Kyle and Tonya (Ploesser) Desjardin of Burlington.

A girl born Dec. 18, Sylvie Marie Jeannine Magnier, to Pierre and Erica (Audet) Magnier of Bridport.

A boy born Dec. 21, Otis Shaun Steadman, to Ivan Steadman and Sarah Larocque of Ripton.

If you have questions, or to submit birth announcements, please call Leslie at 388-6397 or e-mail at: addisoneagle@myfairpoint.net.

HELPING HANDS — Joseph Carbonneau and Peg Allen of Agrium Advanced Technologies Vermont present Jeanne Montross of Middlebury based HOPE with a money gift that will to be used for support of the Addison County Emergency Food Shelf. This holiday season saw a record number of Vermont families in need of assistance. Local businesses and individuals showed their generosity through increased donations to area food shelves.

Seniors receive hot meals during snowstorm CVAA has provided over 38,000 hot nutritious Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors in Addison County this year. None of this would have been possible without the dedication and commitment from our volunteers and business partners.

CVAA would like to thank the following businesses and their employees for their continued support of the Meals on Wheels program. The following businesses have been delivering meals to Middlebury seniors providing nutritious meals, a friendly visit, and a safety check: Trusted Real Estate Referrals, National Bank of Middlebury, Key Bank, Breadloaf Corp, St. Mary’s School, Bridge School, and the United Universalist Church.

"Volunteers keep our Meals on Wheels service rolling, without them we would have our elder community members on waiting lists to receive meals." According to Tracy Corbett, CVAA Meals on Wheels Coordinator, "We are very fortunate to live and work in the greater Middlebury area where not only individuals but businesses as well take ownership of this program in our community." Meals on Wheels drivers are needed in Middlebury on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays.

For more information contact Corbett at 1-800-642-5119.

Volunteer Katie McGee pitched in to help deliver hot Meals on Wheels to Addison County seniors last week.

CVAA helps seniors age with independence and dignity by providing information, services, education, support and advocacy to seniors and caregivers in Addison County.

For information about services available for seniors 60 and older call the Senior Helpline at 1-800-642-5119 or go to www.cvaa.org.

Charlotte is test-site for energy savings program CHARLOTTE — Charlotte is partnering with Efficiency Vermont to bring a new energy-saving program to local households. The joint project between Transition Town Charlotte and Charlotte’s Energy Committee is designed to help residents save money and energy in their homes.

Local volunteers will be trained to conduct free home energy visits designed to help homeowners learn about energy-saving opportunities.

Volunteers will install free Energy Star compact fluorescent light bulbs and water-saving devices and provide information and special incentives to save more energy. The home energy visit identifies homes that would be good candidates for a professional energy audit and comprehensive energy efficiency home improvements through a certified Vermont weatherization or home performance with En-

ergy Star contractor. Locally, the project is being spearheaded by Transition Town Charlotte and Charlotte’s Energy Committee.

"This is a great opportunity for us to help our friends and neighbors learn about energy efficiency while saving energy, money, and in the bigger picture, taking action on climate change ” said Suzy Hodgson.

Local organizers hope to have 10 or more trained volunteers to conduct the home energy site visits. The number of homes receiving assessments will depend on how many local residents volunteer for the effort.

A volunteer training session of about 3 hours will take place in January. The date and location of this session will be announced in the near future. Volunteers will be asked to volunteer for a minimum of eight hours. Anyone interested in learning more about being a

volunteer is asked to contact Suzy Hodgson, 425 -3758, or Nancy Severance, 425-2111.

Charlotte residents who are interested in having a free home energy visit can call Hodgson 425 -3758 or Severance 425-2111.

All home energy visits must be completed by the end of April.

“Fluctuating fuel prices, the state of our economy, and a greater awareness of our responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have all heightened Vermonters’ interest in reducing energy use in their homes,” said Hodgson.

“Many people are unaware of whether or not their homes are wasting energy, what actions they can take to reduce their utility bills, and where to turn for help,” said Severance of Transition Town Charlotte.

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Longshot to Centaurus E

arth’s nearest star is, of course, our Sun located 93 million miles away. But common references to Earth’s “nearest star” usually refer to Alpha Centauri A, a star in a nearby stellar system consisting of three suns. The Alpha Centauri system is located in the constellation Centaurus.

While Alpha Centauri A is considered the nearest star to Earth—at just over four light years distant—its smaller companion, the red dwarf star Alpha Centauri C or Proxima Centauri, can be a tad closer due to the long, slow dance of orbital mechanics. Overall, the Alpha Centauri system is approximately 4.2 light years from us (a light-year is the distance a beam of light travels in 365 days—9,460 billion kilometers or 5,880 billion miles).

Alpha Centauri A is the third brightest star in our night sky although to see it you must travel to either southern Florida or Texas. The star is best seen during the month of May when it is highest in the southern sky.

In recent decades, some astronomers have begun referring to Alpha Centauri A as Rigil Kentaurus, which literally means “foot of the centaur” in Greek. However, both names, Alpha or Rigil, are still correct to use for this Sunlike star.

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Alpha Centauri A and B orbit a shared center of gravity once every 80 years. Approximately 3.6 billion kilometers (2.2 billion miles) separate the two stars—about the distance between our Sun and the planet Uranus. Trio member Alpha Centauri C orbits A and B at 1,500 billion kilometers (930 billion miles) taking several million years to circle its distant stellar companions.

Because C is so distant from its larger companions, an inhabitant living on a planet orbiting stars A or B, would have no idea that Proxima was even part of their stellar system.

NASA computer models suggest that Earth-like planets could form close to either Alpha Centauri A and B. Thus, the Alpha Centauri system may hold the best chance for finding extraterrestrial life beyond our solar system.

What’s in the Sky: In the eastern sky around 7 p.m. this week, look for a wonderful alignment of stars called the Winter Triangle. This imaginary equilateral triangle is comprised of three stars from three constellations. At the upper right is the super red giant star Betelgeuse in Orion. The next star is Sirius, brightest star in Canis Major, and the third star is Procyon, the brightest star in Canis Minor. Sky map courtesy of J. Kirk Edwards.

Lou Varricchio, M.Sc., was a senior science writer at the NASA Ames Research Center in California and is a current member of the NASA-JPL Solar System Ambassador program in Vermont. He is a second lieutenant/senior member in the U.S. Civil Air Patrol’s Rutland Composite Squadron and a recipient of the USAF auxiliary’s Maj. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager Aerospace Education Achievement Award.

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Alpha Centauri A is nearly a twin of our Sun although it is slightly larger and brighter (spectral type G2 with an apparent magnitude of +0.01).

Alpha Centauri B is a yelloworange star, slightly smaller and cooler than our Sun. Because Alpha Centauri A is so Sunlike, some astronomers have speculated that there might be Earth-like planets orbiting it although none have been detected so far. And because it is so similar to our Sun, Alpha Centauri has been a popular destination in space-age mythology—from author A.E. Van Vogt’s classic 1944 science-fiction tale of suspended-animation star trekking, titled “Far Centaurus”, to filmdom’s long wandering “Lost in Space” Robinson family.

Let’s put some things into stark perspective: Using current chemical rocket technology, a crewed voyage to Alpha Centauri B would take 32,000 years. Such an impossibly long trek would require a multi-generation starship and vast amounts of fuel; in effect, such a starship would be a miniplanet in its own right with vast living areas, hydroponic gardens and livestock to nurture and sustain many generations of people in flight.

The first exploratory trip to Alpha Centauri isn’t far from the minds of today’s visionary space-mission planners: NASA and the U.S. Naval Academy have proposed Project Longshot, an ultra-fast robot probe intended to fly to Alpha Centauri powered by a nuclear-pulse propulsion drive that could be built within the decade.

As proposed, Longshot could reach the Alpha Centauri system within a century. This advanced rocket technology could be scaled up to power an ultra-fast manned mission—but then who would finance such a bold voyage in today’s diminishing national economy? Surely, such an interstellar expedition would require international investment and leadership.

Because Alpha Centauri A is a member of a triple star system, it appears as a single point of light from Earth. Both Alpha Centauri A and B are too close together to distinguish them as individual stars. Alpha Centauri C is simply too dim to be seen with the naked eye from Earth.

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read about your husband, Tiger. I’m sorry for your troubles. I think you are lovely. How do you pronounce your name? Is it, L in, or L IN, or eeLin, or Elan? Just wondering, cause if this letter is at all effective, I’ll need to know.

I’m older than you, by 20 years, but let’s not consider age span a negative force regarding a potential relationship between you and the Logger. My folks were 20 years apart in age, and up until my Dad passed, they were married 51 years. Also the fact that I’m older, I feel, authorizes me to offer you a bit of not so stunning information.

All guys cheat. All guys. We all may not actually cross the line and follow through with any actual action, but, we all cheat. We cheat in our hearts and minds, and that’s one hundred percent more cheating than what a solid, sincere wife would ever want or deserve from any man. So, assuming we all cheat, what you’d get from marrying me (once you are divorced from Tiger with $55 million in your personal account), is the exception. I will not cheat on you Elin, not in my heart, mind, or otherwise. So there.

This husband of yours—if you’ll pardon any busting of his chops being an indirect insult to you having chosen him from the entire male population of the world—is a load.

I mean, please, he golfs for a living. Most wives put up with their husbands golfing—what—maybe a night or at the most two during the week, then some on the weekend?

But your husband, he’s at it constantly.

Sure he’s being paid a ton to do it, but still, he hits a ball a bunch of times toward a cup set below the surface of a ridiculous sprawl of clear-cut land that should have been left full of trees, streams and rabbits, and he does it just about every day and he takes it very seriously. It’s idiotic at the rate he does it, and if my golfing friends will excuse my directness, at most any other rate too.

That is to say, Elin, if you marry the Logger one of the things you’ll never miss is all that inane booze-induced golf talk stuff, about this club and that putter—blah, blah—par, eagle, birdie, whispering, shank, tee time, I hooked it, Jim Nance, wedge, the Byron Nelson. Elin, if you marry me I promise we’ll never so much as drive by a golf course. Sound good? You danged well bet it does.

So that’s one thing. Another thing is, and I’ll be the first to say, I’m no George Clooney, but my gal superimpose Tiger into a Home Depot vest and tell me he isn’t one dopey looking dude. Take away the golf swing and he’d pass for the assistant manager at Taco Bell. He’s losing his hair, he’s all beefed up and pudgy looking; he’s constantly scowling, and Elin, those teeth! The next Christmas Eve Santa can’t see through the fog, he needn’t do more than hitch ol’ Tiger next to Rudolph and holler, “Keep smiling, Tiger!” I have nice straight perfectly proportioned to my head teeth, teeth you’ll look at and never wonder if I’m somehow related to Mr. Ed. So consider all that, my sweet lass.

Hey, going off the subject a little, what are you, Swedish?

I think you are; that is so cool and one more reason I’m not cheating on you—ever. I’m 49 years old, always been

single, and one of the reasons I think I’ve never gotten hitched is ‘cause I haven’t been lucky enough to find a gal with an accent—well, beyond one slightly stoned Canadian woman on a lonely early winter night a few feet across the border. But I digress.

I dream, Elin, of coming home from my Sunday matinee comedy show at the VFW, all tired, after having earned us 250 bucks, and calling out to you: “Money bags, I’m home!” to which you’ll reply from the laundry room in an oversized hoodie, pair of boxers, with hair pulled back: “I’ll be zair in a zecond, I’m volding zee zocks.”

See, see, to me Elin, that, that gets me going. I’d feel no need to stray if I had you tippy toeing barefoot around the house V’ing and Z’ing all the livelong day. Tiger ’s lost his mind.

Oh, I believe your genes and my genes are similar. DeWees is Dutch and isn’t Dutch kind of Swedishy? I think so Elin. We’re a match. So herney, verney, werney, doll face, what say you and me kick off our wooden shoes?

My darling Elin, I was not impressed to read that your chasing Tiger with a golf club occurred outside “the couple’s $2.4 million home.” Ha, ha, ha—$2.4 million? I can understand why you were trying to club him. You poor thing, living with a billionaire in a silly little $2.4 million hut with neighbors on all four sides. I’m not saying my home is worth anywhere near $2.4 million, but, in proportion to what I make, it’s worth $20 million. And for holy jeezum sakes, if we have a little spat you can come at me guns ablazin’ cause there aren’t barely neighbors within driving distance of my Vermont house (let alone any who could hear us). Now, doesn’t that sound romantic?

Bottom line, Elin: I’m sure Tiger is a good guy, and you love him, and for sure he gives a ton of support to various charities and benevolent organizations. Here’s the thing: He gets paid a ton of dough to play a game he’d pay to play; he gets the press, you, your kids, his fans, competitors, and giant companies, all under his thumb, and maybe most important, he has his health—and what does he do?

He leaves revealing voice messages via telephone and Internet, jeopardizing all the blessings and serenity life holds for him, you, and your children. Elin, you married a not so smart guy.

Call me, Elin. Call me or e-mail me or something. The life you deserve awaits in Elmore, Vt., which I bet is more like Sweden than Florida could ever hope to be—even on the coldest day of the year.

Rusty DeWees tours Vermont and Northern New York with his act “The Logger.” His column appears weekly. He can be reached at rustyd@pshift.com. Listen for The Logger, Rusty DeWees, Thursdays at 7:40 on the Big Station, 98.9 WOKO or visit his website at www.thelogger.com

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Thursday, January 7 MIDDLEBURY — Twist O' Wool Guild Meeting in Middlebury, 7–9 p.m. at the American Legion on Wilson Way. There will be a potluck dinner, spin-in, and a general membership meeting. Come and learn about carding and spinning Llama. 453-5960.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Parker House at 10 a.m.

There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

Friday, January 8 CHITTENDEN — Open MIC Night at 7 p.m., Church of the Wildwood, Holden Rd. Local musicians and poets invited to perform. Desserts/coffee available. Portion of free-will donation benefits CVPS ShareHeat Program.

Come to entertain, listen and/or sing along. Call 483-2234 or email dmartin@sover.net for a spot.

MIDDLEBURY — Swinging pianist Fred Barnes gets his own night in the spotlight. With Bill Carmichael, Sarah Stone, Cathy Walsh, Will Patton on bass, and David Gusakov on violin at 8 p.m. Tickets, $10, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m.).

MIDDLEBURY — Gallery exhibit of contemporary and antique quilts, with stories of the quilters who made them. Special feature: Winner of the Vermont 2009 Quilt of the Year Award. Exhibit opens with a reception at the Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater, Friday, January 8 from 5-7pm. The opening reception is free to the public, with a cash bar. The exhibit continues through Feb. 28. Gallery Hours: Monday-Saturday noon-5 pm. Information: 382-9222.

POULTNEY — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Young at Heart Senior Center at 9:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5.00 for foot care. For more information, please call 7750568.

RUPERT — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Community Building/Fire House at 10:00 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

Saturday, January 9 LINCOLN — Learn how to Make Yogurt, Kefir, & Soft Cheeses from Raw Milk! Class hosted by Rural Vermont, and taught by Gillian Comstock of Metta Earth Institute, Inc. Sunday, Jan. 10, 1-4 p.m., Metta Earth Institute in Lincoln, $20-40 sliding scale, pre-registration required. All proceeds benefit Rural Vermont. To sign up or for more info, call Rural Vermont at 223-7222 or email shelby@ruralvermont.org.

VERGENNES — There will be a Roast Pork Supper at the Vergennes United Methodist Church(on Main St. across from the Opera House,) starting at 5:30 p.m. The menu includes: roast pork, mashed potatoes, stuffing, vegetable, rolls, applesauce, dessert and beverage. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children. Takeout orders are available. Call 877-2843 for more information.

Sunday, January 10 MIDDLEBURY — The After Dark Music Series presents folk legend Greg Brown, a regular on Prairie Home Companion, at Town Hall Theater, Middlebury on Sunday, Jan. 10. Doors open at 6 p.m., concert at 7 p.m.. Tickets, $35 in advance, $37 at the door, are available by calling 388-0216. Information online at afterdarkmusicseries.com.

Monday, January 11 MIDDLEBURY — Addison County Right to Life will meet at 7 p.m. in St. Mary's Church Hall.

Visitors are welcome. 388-2898 or L2Paquette@aol.com.

SOUTH BURLINGTON — "MUSIC WITH MIA" weekly musical story time at University Mall. Kids can enjoy music, stories, and sing-a-longs with local singer/song-writer Mia Adams. Located in the JCPenney Court every Monday at 10:30 a.m. Free. Mondays, Jan. 4 - March 22. For more information, call 863-1066 x11.

Tuesday, January 12 MIDDLEBURY — Do you have some old family photographs or documents in boxes at home? Are you wondering how to preserve them? At noon, Orson Kingsley, The Sheldon Museum’s Mary Towle-Hilt will present a talk that will provide helpful suggestions and tips to show you how to make sure those photos and papers will last many years to come. Fee: $2. The Sheldon Museum is located at 1 Park St. across from the Ilsley Public Library. 388-2117.

Wednesday, January 13 CASTLETON — Castleton Community Center Lunch and Learn series will feature Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired spokesperson Janet Parker. A luncheon of roast pork and sweet potatoes, will be served at noon and the presentation will begin at 12:30. 468-3093.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice (RAVNAH) and Dorset Nursing, with support from the Coalition for Adult Immunization in the Rutland Region is hosting an H1N1, seasonal flu and pneumonia vaccination clinic at the Godnick Adult Center from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 770-1574 or www.ravnah.org.

Thursday, January 14 BENSON — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Benson Heights at 10 a.m.

There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

BRANDON — Blood Drive at the Fire Station from 12-5:30 p.m. Anyone at least 17 years old and weighs at least 110 lbs. may be eligible to donate.

All presenting donors will receive a free coupon which is good for a one pound bag of Dunkin Donuts coffee. 1-800-Red Cross or log onto the Red Cross site at www.redcrossblood.org.

CASTLETON — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Castleton Meadows at 12:30 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at Sheldon Towers at 9:30 a.m.

There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Linden Terrace at 11 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

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Friday, January 15 MIDDLEBURY — Fishtank Ensemble, brings their wild mix of Romanian folk music, Gypsy, Flamenco, Klezmer, punk, and more to Town Hall Theater at 8 p.m. L.A. Weekly calls them the "rompin', stompin', leaders of cross-pollinated Gypsy music." Tickets, $15, are available through the THT Box Office by calling 382-9222, online at www.townhalltheater.org, or in person on Merchants Row, Middlebury (Mon.-Sa.t, noon-5 p.m.

POULTNEY — The Spaghetti Supper from 5-7 p.m. will once again find volunteers from Poultney Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC) hosting and serving its annual spaghetti dinner event. Kathy Hutson will once again be in charge of cooking the spaghetti supper. The event is open to the public. Each winter the Chamber holds this buffet dinner in the fellowship hall downstairs in Poultney Methodist Church.

Saturday, January 16 ESSEX — Essex Jct Knights of Columbus Annual Game Supper featuring Bear, Moose, Deer and Domestic Turkey to benefit the K of C Scholarship Funds. 5-6:15 p.m. and 6:15-7:15 p.m. at the Holy Family Parish Hall.

Adults $15 & Under 12 $6. 878-8314. Take Out available.

RUTLAND — Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre and the Paramount Theater present The Belle of Amherst by William Luce at the Paramount Brick Box Theatre. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will also be sold at the door the evening of Jan. 16 for $18. For more information about Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre visit the Company's Website at www.actorsrepvt.org. The Belle of Amherst is available for tour.

SOUTH BURLINGTON — The VAST Snowmobile Safety Show will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16-17 at the University Mall. The Vermont Association of Snow Travelers and the Vermont State Police provide demonstrations of rescue procedures and first aid equipment. Several snowmobiles and their representatives will be on display near Center Court all day, both days. Free event.

Sunday, January 17 MIDDLEBURY — The Havurah of Addison County will be screening the documentary film " Making Trouble" at 5 p.m. at the Ilsley Public Library Community Room. Free admission. All are invited. Discussion and Potluck supper to follow.

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Monday, January 18 SOUTH BURLINGTON — "MUSIC WITH MIA" weekly musical story time at University Mall. Kids can enjoy music, stories, and sing-a-longs with local singer/song-writer Mia Adams. Located in the JCPenney Court every Monday at 10:30 a.m. Free. Mondays, Jan. 4 -March 22. 863-1066 x11.

Wednesday, January 20 CHARLOTTE — Training for Volunteers to Conduct Home Energy Visits for Charlotte and Shelburne. Transition Town Charlotte and the Charlotte and Shelburne Energy Committees are partnering with Efficiency Vermont to bring a new energy-saving program to local households. From 6-9 p.m. at the Charlotte Senior Center, Ferry Road. Free, Refreshments will be provided.

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RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at The Meadows at 1:15 p.m. for residents only. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. For more information, please call 775-0568.

RUTLAND — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at The Gables at 3:15 p.m. for residents only. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

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Thursday, January 28 NORTH CLARENDON — The Rutland Area Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice is offering a Blood Pressure and Foot Care clinic at the Community Center at 12:30 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $2 for blood pressure screenings and $5 for foot care. 775-0568.

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CVU takes on Essex Sophia Steinhoff had one goal and one assist, while Lizzy Betz scored once and Maggie Ryan contributed two assists for the Redhawks, who improved

By Frederick Pockette to 8-1 with the win. Essex fell to 6-1-2 newmarketpress@denpubs.com with the tough to swallow loss.

Frost Heaves Drop Season Opener Dwight Brewington scored 19 points The Essex Hornets girls hockey team to lead the Manchester Millrats to a seashowed why they were undefeated son opening 102-93 win over the Verwith a gritty comeback attempt before mont Frost Heaves last Sunday night in falling at home in overtime to the visManchester, New Hampshire. iting Champlain Valley Union High School Redhawks.

Vermont’s Stephen McDowell led all CVU scored four unanswered goals scorers with 22 points, and Ross Dein the second period and held a com- masi turned in a double-double with11 manding 4-1 lead halfway through the points and 17 rebounds. Troy Jackson third period. But Essex was at home, also reached double-digit scoring with and with an undefeated season on the 10 points. line, weren’t about to quit. Julie Pearl Tigers Stung By Yellowjackets (two goals and one assist) who earlier Brittaney Rice (15 points) and Kaitin the game became the first girl’s hocklyn Geary (13 points) led their Milton ey player in Essex history to reach 100 Yellowjackets to a 47-40 high school career points, cut the CVU lead to 4-2 girls basketball win over the hometown with her second goal with 8:43 left to Tigers last Saturday, in Middlebury. play. Kim Dvorak then took over and The duo combined to score 28 of Milscored twice in the next 3:22, tying the ton’s 47 points, as the undefeated Yelgame at 4-4 with 5:21 remaining in reglowjackets improved to 7-0 on the seaulation time.

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Katie Ritter led the Tiger ’s offense that final 5:21, and for the majority of the sudden death overtime period. Es- with nine points while Kayla Whittesex goalie Lindsey Paquette was busy, more and Nicole Brown contributed finishing with 20 saves, while her CVU eight more apiece. Middlebury fell to 54 with the seven point loss. counterpart Nicole Sisk stopped 19 Panthers Capture Own 18th Annual shots. But with just 1:36 left in overtime Molly Howard (two goals and one as- Holiday Classic Middlebury captured the 18th annusist) fed senior forward K.K. Logan who received the puck and blasted it al Middlebury College Holiday Classic past Paquette, giving CVU a huge 5-4 with a 5-2 win over Southern Maine in road win. the title game last Sunday in Middlebury. The Panthers controlled the pace of the tournament title Middlebury and Other Addison County Locations. game, out shooting Southern • Please Call

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On York Hill Road, ditches had filled in with sand and silt.

When heavy rain or snowmelt occurred the ditches overflowed, causing water and silt to run across the road and down into the nearby New Haven River. The grant allowed the Town to clear the ditch, line it with ditch stone, seed and mulch it, minimizing further erosion of sand and silt into the River.

Page Hill experienced similar problems, with the additional issue of oil and gas residue from the pavement running down the road into the river as well. About 1,300 feet of ditch was cleared, lined with erosion matting and stone, and then seeded. Again, the ditch work will help maintain the quality of water in the New Haven River by keeping sand, silt and road toxins entering the river to a minimum.

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Boy Scouts to celebrate 100th birthday in 2010 The U.S. Postal Service today gave scouting ‘a stamp of approval’ to honor 100 years of the U.S. scouting movement. The Celebrate Scouting stamp, which will be sold in the summer of 2010, coincides with the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th anniversary.

The new stamp design was unveiled last week during an event at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. The design, created by New USPS postage stamp honors scouting. illustrator Craig Frazier, depicts the spirit and outdoor adventure of scouting through a backpacking scout and a large silhouette of a scout surveying the landscape.

Since the creation of the international youth scouting movement some 100 years ago, hundreds of millions of children have benefited from opportunities for adventure, skill building, leadership, personal development, and community service provided by scouting organizations.

In conjunction with the Celebrate Scouting announcement, the Boy Scouts of America announced it will begin a nationwide effort to support U.S. Armed Forces personnel serving overseas and veterans by sending letters and care packages using the Priority Mail Flat Rate Box through the Postal Service. Local DC-area scouts mailed letters and shared news about the scouting stamp from the museum this morning. The letter writing campaign continues the BSA’s longstanding tradition of service and performing “a good turn” daily.

The new Celebrate Scouting stamps will go on sale nationwide and will be dedicated in July 2010 at the Boy Scout Jamboree.

The Boy Scouts of America will celebrate its 100th anniversary on Feb. 8. To mark this milestone, the organization has undertaken nationwide celebration efforts that reintroduce the organization to today’s young people and families, reinforce the value of scouting, and reconnect with the millions the organization has impacted.

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Cornwall quilts star in Middlebury gallery The Jackson Gallery at Town Hall Theater starts the New Year off with an exhibition of antique and contemporary quilts entitled, “Quilts, Old and New: Stitching Together.” Over two dozen colorful works of art will celebrate quilters of the past and present. A “special guest” among the pieces on exhibit will be the winner of the Governor ’s Award, Vermont 2009 Quilt of the Year.

Full size quilts, baby quilts, wall hangings, table mats and qui fabric landscapes will provide a wide variety of quilting examples.

Included are some pieces that have been lent by local collectors while others have been made by Vermont contemporary quilters. On display will be quilts from the Cornwall-based Jackson collection containing works from the last 150 years; as well as examples of a Civil War era quilt; an Amish quilt; and appliquéd and piece work quilts.

Historically, quilting was a utilitarian way to create bed coverings from left-over fabric scraps. However quilting was also an artistic outlet for farm wives and families on the frontier. In early America, most people lived simply and many family quilts became a source of beauty and a way to preserve memories in an otherwise circumscribed world.

Hand-made bed coverings were a great source of pride and many women shared their patterns and sewing secrets and competed with each other for recognition of their quilting skills.

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Coe

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Stimulus needs better reporting locally

He chose Vermont as his home after 36 years of living in the Washington, D.C. area, because it reflected his values of family, work and community. He was evenly excellent as a father, husband, son and friend. He always spoke of how much he loved the Vermont environment and lifestyle, where he could put in a full day of work and drive to see his son’s baseball game without being stuck in traffic. The people of Shoreham, Vermont embraced him as much as he embraced them. His children were the pride of his existence and his wife was the live of his life.

As one of his multitudes of friends wrote, Peter Coe was an “upper”. His innate happiness, humor and love of life filled every situation including his home life, work and friendships. Whether it was golfing, fishing, hunting or just hanging out, he just loved being with people. He made any situation better, from bad to good or good to great. He could make anyone laugh in any circumstance. Coe had the work ethic of a farmer, the intellect of a scientist and the heart of a social worker. He didn’t sit still for too long. If he wasn’t helping someone either as a friend or volunteer fire fighter, he could be found tinkering with his motorcycle or building something with his son or daughter. Peter Coe found an old side car that fit his motorcycle so he could take his son to school in royal fashion. He loved his job as a public housing manager, particularly when he could help people that were helping themselves.

Coe is survived by his loving wife, Valerie, daughter Genevieve, son Nicholas, parents Bebe and Chuck, siblings Chuck, Jr, Ginny, Chris, Rick, John and Mary and a host of friends.

A memorial service to mark the passing and to celebrate his life was held Dec. 31 at the Shoreham Congregational Church. The Rev. Gary O’Gorman officiated. Many family and friends shared in the service.

Special music was provided by Mark Christensen and Deb Teir. The honor and color guards were provided by members of the Shoreham Fire Department and First Response Squad.

A large contingent of firefighters from Shoreham, Whiting, Middlebury, Orwell, Brandon and Ferrisburgh fire departments served as honorary bearers.

Tom Esty, President of The Addison County Firefighters Association and Bob Jenkins, past president performed a final alarm bell ceremony during the recessional.

Following the ceremony the family received friends at the Shoreham Fire Station for a time of fellowship and remembrance.

Memorial gifts in lieu of flowers may be made, in him memory, to the Peter Coe Memorial Fund, for the benefit of his children, in care of Mark Young, First National Bank of Orwell, P.O. Box 38, Orwell 05760.

Arrangements were made under the direction of the Miller and Ketcham Funeral Home in Brandon.

Ferry From page 1 available to the Essex ferry dock, with connecting service in Vermont. Buses in Vermont take riders to several stops within Addison County, including Northlands Job Corps, Goodrich, Main Street Vergennes and the greater Middlebury area. Return trips later in the afternoon are also available. NYSDOT will post flaggers in Essex to direct bus traffic to the ferry should the traffic become heavy.

New York Service South (p.m.) from the Essex Ferry: From Essex N.Y., to Ticonderoga N.Y., will run two buses originating from the Essex Ferry Dock at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Drop-off locations along the way include: Westport Fairgrounds, Port Henry (Dock Street), Port Henry (Nu-Way), and Crown Point (Sacred Heart Church).

Service from New York to Vermont (a.m.) through Whitehall, N.Y.: One bus will run from Crown Point, N.Y., to Vermont (business locations). The bus originates at the Crown Point (Sacred Hearts Church) at 5:45 a.m. with a stop at Ticonderoga WalMart at 6 a.m., then on to the following Vermont locations of Middlebury College 7:45 a.m., Porter Medical Center 7:50 a.m., and Goodrich Aeronautical 8:15 a.m. An additional bus through Whitehall to major employers in Vermont will be added if needed.

Service from Vermont to New York (p.m.) through Whitehall N.Y.: One bus will return from Vermont (business locations) to Crown Point, N.Y. Bus originates at the Goodrich Aeronautical at 4 p.m., Porter Medical Center 4:30 p.m., Middlebury College 4:35 p.m. and arrives in Ticonderoga, N.Y. 6:20 p.m., and Crown Point, N.Y. (Sacred Hearts Church) 6:35 p.m.

Dial-A-Ride Service in Vermont: Dial-A-Ride service from Charlotte Ferry to Burlington: This service is available, but requires 24-hour advanced notice. For more information or to schedule a ride travelers may call 878-1527.

Dial-A-Ride and Fixed Route service from Charlotte Ferry to Vergennes: Dial-A-Ride service is also available, and requires 24-hour advanced notice. For more information or to schedule a ride travelers may call 388-1946 or visit the website at www.actr-vt.org.

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side from health-care reform, probably the most divisive issue in Washington today is the $787 billion economic stimulus program.

One camp argues that the Recovery Act has done a good job in preventing the country from plunging into a more serious crisis than the one we’ve got, while another camp says the whole effort has had little effect and was an expensive mistake. I suspect the former conclusion is correct, but would like better evidence.

Most arguments are based on differing assessments of the first round of jobs data released in October. The Recovery Act’s exemplary transparency provisions cover direct federal contracts and some of the grants to states—a limited part of the overall stimulus program. They counted about 640,000 jobs created or saved so far.

There’s been much media attention given to instances in which job numbers seem to have been seriously exaggerated. Yet, there also are cases in which they were apparently understated. More than 2,000 contract and grant recipients report that their stimulus projects are more than 50 percent complete—yet they claim not to have created or saved a single job.

Clearly, there is confusion about the right way to report stimulus-related jobs. This is not surprising, given that tens of thousands of companies, government agencies and nonprofits are being asked to do this for the first time.

But the blame is not entirely with recipients. Instructions given by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) did not adequately consider the variety of situations reporting entities would face. For example, exactly how does an employer determine which existing workers put on stimulus projects should be counted in computing

the number of saved jobs?

Should they include only those who were about to be laid off before Recovery Act money was received—or should they also include those who might have been let go at some later point in the absence of those funds?

The furor over the quantity of stimulus-related jobs has obscured the question of their quality. Despite efforts of the Coalition for an Accountable Recovery (CAR) and others, the OMB decided not to collect data on wages, benefits or the number of full-time vs. part-time positions. Without this information, we cannot tell to what extent the Recovery Act is generating jobs that allow workers to support their families in a decent fashion.

Nor can we tell who is getting Recovery Act jobs. CAR also argued strongly for collection of data on the demographic characteristics and residential area of workers on stimulus projects. With information on factors such as race, gender and neighborhood of residence, taxpayers would be able to determine whether all communities are getting a fair share of Recovery Act employment.

The Recovery Act is a many-sided law meant to lessen what has turned out to be a more serious economic downturn than anyone expected. In the same way it may need to be adjusted because of the magnitude of the crisis, so must its reporting and transparency provisions be refined to reveal how well it is working and who it is serving.

Greg LeRoy Editor’s Note: Views expressed by Guest Viewpoint writers are not necessarily those of the staff of New Market Press newspapers. Rebuttals to our Guest Viewpoints and editorials are always welcome. E-mail your comments to: newmarketpress@denpubs.com.

2009: Year in Review

Counseling Service appoints Dr. Young MIDDLEBURY — The Counseling Service of Addison County appointed John J. Young, M.D., as a full-time staff psychiatrist. Dr. Young graduated from Davidson College and from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, where he received his M.D. in 1999 and then completed a residency in psychiatry in 2003.

Young then practiced in Maine and completed a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. For the past year, Young has had a private practice in Middlebury and also consults in the field of forensic psychiatry. Young is Board Certified in General and Forensic Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Young joined a psychiatric team consisting of Robert Jimerson, medical director, and two advanced practice nurses, Barbara Hammerlind and Annamarie Schrader. In announcing the appointment, counseling service Executive Director Bob Thorn expressed the agency’s excitement about

Young’s arrival: “We feel very fortunate to have secured the services of someone of John Young’s ability and commitment to the field of community mental health.”

In reflecting on his own decision to join the cunseling service, Young said, “I have found that my own John J. Young, M.D. strengths as a psychiatrist fit best as part of a team providing mental health care. I am excited about participating more fully in caring for mental illness in our community.”

2009: Year in Review

New forest ranger takes helm MIDDLEBURY — The Green Mountain National Forest named Greg Smith the new District Ranger for the Rochester and Middlebury Ranger Districts in January 2009. Smith oversees 157,300 acres of public lands from Route 4 north to Sugarbush, and Middlebury west to Granville.

“America’s national forests are wonderful treasures. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to contribute to the stewardship of these public lands,” Smith said last January. “I look forward to working with the many communities, individuals, organizations and colleagues who care deeply about the management and conservation of these lands,” added Smith.

Smith was recently the lands program manager for the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota where he was responsible for work planning and budgeting for an extensive land adjustment, special uses and minerals program. He has an undergraduate degree in Forestry from the University of Montana in Missoula, and a Juris Doctor degree from Hamline University in 2006.

He was the county forester, from 1995 to 2000, for Clear-

water County, Minn., managing 91,000 acres of forest, park lands and agricultural leases. He was also a Timber Management Officer for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Red Lake, Minnesota.

Early in his career Smith worked out west as a forester on the Gunnison, Kootenai, and Pike NaGreg Smith tional Forests, and in the Dominican Republic with the Peace Corps.

“My wife, Renae, and I were excited about the move to such a beautiful part of the country. Renae left her work as a CPA at an accounting firm and looked forward to a new adventure,” said Smith.

The Smiths have two daughters, Tiffany and Jill.

Jackman

Testimony to his leadership are the positions he has held and the honors he has received; two-time past president of the Vermont State Firefighters Assoc, past president and lifetime member of the Addison County Firefighters Assoc, the Robert B. King Fire Chief of the Year and the Francis J. Shorkey Fire Chief of the Year. Beyond his service as a firefighter and desiring to serve further, he was also a member of the American Legion Post 14, the Addison County Eagles, a charter member of the Vergennes Rotary for 56 years; an organizer for Meals on Wheels; and an active servant to Saint Peter's Catholic Church, serving in many capacities. In recognition of his many years of service to his community and his Fire Department his achievements were read into the Congressional Record in June, 2008 by Congressman Bernie Sanders. His many achievements garnered during his lifetime are too numerous to mention. Visiting hours were held Jan. 5 at the Vergennes Fire Station.

A mass of Christian burial was celebrated at Saint Peter's Catholic Church Jan. 6 with interment at Saint Joseph Cemetery in Bristol.

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Saint Peter's Restoration Fund, 85 South Maple Street, Vergennes or the Stevens Hose Company, P.O. Box 35, Vergennes, Vt. 05491.

From page 1 twelve great grandchildren. He is also survived by two sistersin law, Elaine Bordeaux, Carol Burbank and brother in law, Burton Jacobs as well as several nieces and nephews. In addition, he leaves his extended family, the sons and daughters of the Vergennes Fire Department. He was predeceased by an infant son, Mark Stewart and a son-in-law, Ronald Desjadon; as well as his twin brother, Fred, his brothers, Charles, Francis and Glenn, Jr. He joined the Vergennes Fire Department in 1947, became Chief in 1954 and served as Chief until Nov., 2009.

Jackman’s proudest accomplishments include building a new fire station, the department being the first in the State to have a hose reel truck, use of a four inch hose and establishing a cadet program. The department took a major step forward with the purchase of two new trucks in 1994 and three new trucks to the department this past year. To his merit, he has three career firefighter grandsons and five grandsons serving in volunteer departments.

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Online sexual predator law lacks teeth, says expert ALBANY — Last week, the big news in New York was that the state had utilized the law known as e-Stop (the Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators approved by NY State Senate in 2008) that helped MySpace and Facebook purge more than 3,500 sexual predators from their membership rolls.

The cameras rolled as New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo heralded the exercise of the law and his efforts to make the Internet safer for kids. Moreover, other states, including Vermont, are looking to enact similar laws. However, according to one social media expert, it’s all window dressing; there’s nothing behind the curtain.

“Don’t get me wrong,” said Mary Kay Hoal, a New Yorkbased activist mother and founder of Yoursphere.com, a safety-first social network for children.

“I want to support every effort of every person and company that works hard to pass laws designed to try to make the Internet safer for kids. The intentions were good but the fact of the matter is it will have little to no impact in stemming the tide of predators lurking online. It’s toothless because it depends on convicted sexual offenders volunteering information.”

Hoal’s point is that more than 100,000 sexual predators were already known to be online using the world’s largest

social networking sites yet the predators still persisted successfully in continuing to join as evidenced by these additional 3,500 sex offenders being found on these sites from New York state.

“Only about 10 percent of them volunteered a MySpace or Facebook screen name,” Hoal said. “And who is to say they don’t have four or five other identities online they aren’t divulging? While the best of intentions are behind this law, because neither site verifies identities, performs a predator check and eliminates anonymity, a false sense of security is bestowed upon the public. There’s nothing to prevent a single predator from creating new false internet identifiers and signing right back up. That’s something parents and the public need desperately to understand.”

Hoal applauded Cuomo, and all those who try to hold social networks accountable for keeping kids safe online and over the Internet.

“I just feel a great sense of concern for the general public, and particularly parents that care about the safety of their children. Parents lack the knowledge to understand that estop doesn’t do enough. Providing a false sense of security to the general public concerns me.”

According to the New Yrok Attorney General’s office, the e-STOP system only works if criminals volunteer their social

networking identities, as the law requires them to do within 10 days of creating a new account. If they don’t they could face new felony charges. Proponents of the law have declared it a success.

“While we have to recognize there is no 100 percent foolproof method for keeping our kids safe from predators and the other concerning factors that await our children online, it’s imperative that a partnership involve informed parents as well as morally responsible social networks”, Hoal said.

“The fact is that MySpace and Facebook have chosen not to take advantage of reasonable methods of existing technology to proactively prevent anyone, regardless of their criminal past, from establishing a profile on their systems and engaging with our children. From my parental point of view, it is unconscionable that these situations happen every day and parents haven’t been armed with the proper knowledge, tools and solutions to put their children’s (and their own) safety first. Until such time, it’s deeply concerning for any person(s) or company to promote a ‘safer Internet.’”

Hoal is a mother of five children. After researching the disturbing landscape of social networking sites, including endless “inappropriate” content and thousands of predators targeting youth, she conceived and founded Yoursphere.

Feitelberg helps raise funds for Honduras CHARLOTTE — Charlotte-Shelburne Rotary welcomed Sam Feitelberg of Shelburne as a member at a recent meeting of the club. Ric Flood officiated at the ceremony and Linda Gilbert and Colleen Haag were his Rotary sponsors.

Feitelberg is well-known in Shelburne because of his generous and energetic work with Rotary’s Hands to Honduras program, recruiting physio-therapists, raising funds for the P.T. Center in Tela, training people to work there and leading the therapy team. Sam graduated from Cornell and Columbia and taught at Columbia Presbyterian.

He established schools for physio-therapists at Columbia and the SUNY’s Downstate Medical Center, and then in 1970 came to UVM where he established the P.T. Department, served as department chair, and was also associate dean and director of the Health Service Division in the School of Allied Health Sciences. In addition to running the academic programs, he directed P.T. and occupational therapy services at Fletcher Allen Medical Center in Burlington.

After retiring from UVM he spent 10 years at Clarkson University where he designed and built a fully integrated P.T. degree, research and clinical program. He and his wife Gail have been married for 55 years.

Charlotte-Shelburne Rotary member Sam Feitelberg of Shelburne at a recent meeting of the club. Also pictured: club members Ric Flood, right, and Linda Gilbert and Colleen Haag.

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Religious Services ADDISON ADDISON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH - Addison Four Corners, Rts. 22A & 17. Sunday Worship at 10:30am, Adult Sunday School at 9:30am; Bible Study at 2pm on Thursdays. Call Pastor Steve @ 759-2326 for more information.

WEST ADDISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday, 9am HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY. Havurah House, 56 North Pleasant St. A connection to Judaism and Jewish life for all who are interested. Independent and unaffiliated. High Holy Day services are held jointly with Middlebury College Hillel.

Weekly Hebrew School from September to May. Information: 388-8946 or www.addisoncountyhavurah.org BRANDON BRANDON BAPTIST CHURCH - Corner of Rt. 7 & Rt. 73W (Champlain St.) Brandon, VT • 802-247-6770. Sunday Services: 10a. Adult Bible Study, Sunday School ages 5 & up, Nursery provided ages 4 & under. Worship Service 11 am *Lords supper observed on the 1st Sunday of each month. *Pot luck luncheon 3rd Sunday of each month. Wednesdays 6:30pm, Adult prayer & Bible study, Youth groups for ages 5 & up LIFEBRIDGE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 141 Mulcahy Drive, 247-LIFE (5433), Sunday worship 9am & 10:45am, www.lifebridgevt.com, LifeGroups meet weekly (call for times & locations)

HINESBURG LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH - 90 Mechanicsville Rd., Hinesburg. Sunday Service at 10:30am. Pastor Hart, info: 482-2588.

SHOREHAM ST. GENEVIEVE/ST. BERNADETTE - Combined parish, Saturday mass 7:30pm, May 1-Oct. 31. (See Bridport) SHOREHAM FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-UCC - Sunday worship and church school 10am. 897-2687

ST. JUDE THE APOSTLE - 10759 Route 116 Hinesburg.

Masses: Sat. 4:30pm; Sun. 9:30am

STARKSBORO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STARKSBORO - Located at 2806 VT Route 116, 05487. Sunday worship service 11am. All are welcome. Through the winter months we are using the large room located on the ground floor for meeting. Use the door at the back of the church to enter the building, then walk through the kitchen to the meeting room. For details on Monday evening study topics email bodets@gmavt.net or call pastor, Rev. Larry Detweiler at 453-5577.

LINCOLN UNITED CHURCH OF LINCOLN - Sunday worship service 9:45, Church school 11:15am, united Student Ministries for grades 7-12, 6:30pm Sunday evenings. 453-4280 MIDDLEBURY CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY Sunday service & church school, Sunday 10am CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY - Middlebury. Middlebury Community House, Main and Seymour Sts, Sunday Service and Church School-10am; Wednesday-7:30pm.

SOUTH BURLINGTON NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH SBC - 1451 Williston Rd., South Burlington. 863-4305

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF MIDDLEBURY (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sunday 10am worship service

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THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Sunday Sacrament 10am-11:15am

BURLINGTON UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH - Pastor Paul Lyon • 860-5828. Sundays: 10am & 6pm. Wednesdays: 7pm. at 294 North Winooski Avenue.

EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP - Service in Middlebury area: call 758-2722 or 453-5334.

HAVURAH, THE JEWISH CONGREGATION OF ADDISON COUNTY - Saturday morning Shabbat services, 388-8946

BRIDPORT BRIDPORT CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Middle Rd., Bridport, VT. Pastor Tim Franklin, 758-2227. Sunday worship services at 8:30am and 10:15am with nursery care provided. Children’s ministries include Sprouts for children age 3-Kindergarten and WOW for grades 1-6, during the 10:15am service.

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH - 97 South Pleasant St., Middlebury. Sunday morning worship & church school 10am, Wednesday evening Bible Study, 6:30pm. 388-7472.

HOPE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP - Meets at Bridport Community Hall. Bridport, VT • 759-2922 • Rev. Kauffman. Sunday 9am, 10:30am, evening bible study.

SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday, 5:15pm, Sunday 8am, 10am

ST. BERNADETTE/ST. GENEVIEVE - Combined parish, Saturday mass 7:30pm Nov.1-April 30 (See Shoreham) BRISTOL BRISTOL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP - The River, 400 Rocky Dale Rd., Bristol. Sunday Worship 9:00am. 453-2660, 453-4573, 453-2614 BRISTOL FEDERATED CHURCH - Sunday service at 10:15am FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BRISTOL - Service Sunday, 10am ST. AMBROSE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday service 5:15pm, & Sunday 9am BRISTOL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH - 839 Rockydale Rd. - Saturday Services: Bible Studies for all ages-9:30am to 10:30 am, Song Service, Worship Service at 11am. Prayer Meeting Thursday 6:30pm. 453-4712 THE GATHERING - Non-denominational worship, second & fourth Saturday of the month, 7pm Sip-N-Suds, 3 Main St. • 453-2565, 453-3633 CORNWALL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CORNWALL - Sunday worship 9:30am EAST MIDDLEBURY/RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday worship, 9am VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH, Rev. Ed Wheeler, services on Sundays: Sunday School for all ages at 9:30am, morning worship at 10:45am (nursery provided), and 6:30pm on Wednesdays; Youth Group and AWANA meet on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm ESSEX CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE ESSEX ALLIANCE CHURCH - 36 Old Stage Rd., Essex • 878-8213

MIDDLEBURY FRIENDS MEETING - (Quakers), Sunday worship & first day school 10am (meets at Havurah House)

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ST. STEPHEN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - (On the green in Middlebury). Reverend Terence P. Gleeson, Rector. Sunday Eucharist 8 & 10:30am Child care & Sunday school available at 10:30am service. Wednesday at 12:05pm Holy Eucharist in the chapel. www.ststephensmidd.org or call 388-7200.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10am Grades K-5: Activities, Grades. 6-8 & 9-12: Church School Classes, Refreshments & fellowship time: 10:45am-11am. Sunday morning worship service 11am. Nursery provided both at 10am & 11am.

MONKTON MONKTON FRIENDS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - Sunday service & Sunday school, 8:45am NEW HAVEN ADDISON COUNTY CHURCH OF CHRIST - 145 Campground Rd., 453-5704. Worship: Sunday 9 & 11:20am; Bible classes: Sunday 10:30am, Tuesday 7pm. Watch Bible Forum on MCTV-15 (Middlebury) or NEAT-16 (Bristol) NEW HAVEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Church services 10am on Sunday. All are welcome.

NEW HAVEN UNITED REFORMED CHURCH - Sunday services, 10am & 7pm ORWELL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Sunday worship service, 10:45am SAINT PAUL’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Sunday mass 11am, 468-5706 RICHMOND RICHMOND CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST - 20 Church St., Richmond • 434-2053. Rev. Len Rowell.

Sunday Worship with Sunday School, 10am; Adult Study Class, Sunday 8:30am RIPTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 388-2510

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF VERGENNES (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sunday, 9:30am NEW WINE COVENANT (CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST) Sunday worship 10am PANTON COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH - Sunday school from 9:30am-10:15am Pre-K to adult, Sunday worship service 10:30am ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Main and Park Streets, Vergennes. Rector: The Rev. Alan Kittelson. Sunday Services 8am and 10am; childcare provided at 10am. All are welcome. For information call 758-2211.

ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - Saturday 5pm, Sunday 8:30am, 10:30am VERGENNES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 10:30am VICTORY BAPTIST CHURCH - 862 US Rt. 7, SUNDAY: 9:45am Bible Hour For All Ages Including 5 Adult Classes; 11:00am Worship Including Primary Church Ages 3 to 5 & Junior Church 1st - 4th Graders; 6pm Evening Service Worship For All Ages. WEDNESDAY 5:45pm-6:15pm Dinner ($2 per person or $10 per family); 6:30pm Adult Prayer & Bible Study; AWANA Children’s Clubs (3yrs to 6th grade); JAM Junior High Group (7th & 8th grade); Youth Group (9th 12 grade). Nursery is provided for children up to 3 years old. Classes are provided for children age 3 and up.

802-877-3393 WEYBRIDGE WEYBRIDGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - Worship and Sunday School 10am. Daniel Wright, Pastor. 545-2579.

WHITING WHITING COMMUNITY CHURCH - Sunday school 9:45am, Sunday Service 11am & 7pm WILLISTON CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Road, Williston.

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ESSEX JUNCTION CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH - 61 Main St., Essex Junction 878-8341

SALISBURY SALISBURY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST) - Sun. worship svc., 10am

FERRISBURGH/NORTH FERRISB. FERRISBURGH METHODIST CHURCH, Sunday worship 9:30am

SHELBURNE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SHELBURNE - 127 Webster Road, Shelburne • 985-2848

NORTH FERRISBURGH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 227 Old Hollow Rd., North Ferrisburgh, VT 802-425-2770. Rev. Kim Hornug-Marcy. Sunday worship 10am, Sunday School 10am, Nursery Available. http://www.gbgm-umc.org/ nferrisburgumc/

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 2166 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. 985-2269 Sunday Services: 8am & 10am.

Bible Study 9:00am • Sunday School: 9:50am.

The Reverend Craig Smith

CAVALRY CHAPEL - 300 Cornerstone, Williston. 872-5799

CROSSROADS CHAPEL, 41 Middlebrook Rd., Ferrisburgh, VT 05456. (802) 425-3625. Pastor: Rev. Charles Paolantonio. Services: Sunday 10am.

ALL SOULS INTERFAITH GATHERING - Rev. Mary Abele, Pastor. Evensong Service and Spiritual Education for Children Sun. at 5pm. 371 Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne.

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IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY - Route 2, Williston 878-4513

FERRISBURGH CENTER COMMUNITY METHODIST CHURCH, Rt 7, Ferrisburgh - next to the Town Offices / Grange Hall.

New Pastors Rev. John & Patrice Goodwin. Worship time is now 10:45am.

SHELBURNE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - 30 Church St., Shelburne • 985-3981 • Rev. Gregory A. Smith, Pastor, 8:00am - Holy Communion Service • 9:30am - Family Worship Service with Sunday School

CHRIST MEMORIAL CHURCH - 1033 Essex Rd., Williston 878-7107 CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE - 30 Morgan Parkway Williston, VT 05495 • 802-878-8591 bwnazarene@juno.com

MARANATHA CHRISTIAN CHURCH - 1037 S. Brownell Rd., Williston. 862-2108

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Vermont closer to lowcarbon fuel standard Gov. Jim Douglas and 10 other governors in the region took the next step toward developing a regional Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) by signing a Memorandum of Understanding that commits their states to continued participation in a regional effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fuels for vehicles and other uses.

“Vermont is a leader in limiting greenhouse gas emissions, but about 45 percent of our carbon footprint is generated from the transportation sector,” Douglas said. “As with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, this partnership will help us meet our environmental challenges and encourage the creation of green jobs.”

A LCFS program is a market-based, fuel-neutral program to address the carbon content of fuels. This effort has the potential to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, which represent approximately 30 percent of emissions region wide. It also will help reduce regional vulnerability to petroleum price volatility and facilitate the long-term transition from petroleum-based fuels in the transportation sector. In addition, a LCFS is anticipated to spur economic growth related to development of advanced technologies and green energy jobs.

The Memorandum of Understanding signed last week is the next step in the process of developing a regional framework by 2011. Other states signing on to the Memorandum of Understanding were: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

In the Memorandum, the 11 states agree to work together to analyze low carbon fuel supply options, determine the feasibility of achieving a range of reduction goals and develop a framework for a regional LCFS in order to ensure sustainable use of renewable fuels in the region. The state will also consider the economic impacts of a LCFS program and are committed to including strong business, energy and environmental stakeholder involvement in the. The states are collaborating with the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM).

The participating states have already demonstrated the success of regional emissions reduction programs with RGGI, which covers greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. A regional program to address transportation and other fuels is prudent and efficient given the interconnected nature of the fuel distribution system in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region.

Porter offering new “reflux” treatment MIDDLEBURY — Dr. Carl Petri, a general surgeon at Porter Hospital, is now offering a new, less invasive surgical treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) using a recently acquired surgical device and innovative technique that does not require an incision.

According to Petri, because the procedure does not require an incision, there is reduced pain for the patient, shorter recovery time and no visible scar. Gastroesophageal reflux disease, commonly referred to as “acid reflux”, is often treated with medications which can relieve patients’ heartburn symptoms, but which do not solve the underlying anatomical problems that cause the discomfort, or prevent further disease progression. According to Petri, the new procedure creates a valve between the stomach and esophagus, which restores the natural physiological anatomy to prevent the reflux.

“GERD is a very common condition, and this new technique can significantly improve quality of life for our patients,” said Dr. Petri. “Many reflux patients are unable to drink carbonated or caffeinated beverages or eat rich foods or fruit without triggering reflux. They also sleep sitting up to reduce nighttime reflux. After this procedure, most patients should be able to eat and drink foods they avoided for many years.”

Additionally, Dr. Petri points to recent clinical studies showing that this procedure can reduce a patients’ dependency on medications, with 70 percent of patients remaining symptom free after two years.

“My belief is that this new procedure will produce significant benefits for a persons quality of life, potentially eliminate the need for acid reflux medications and do so via a minimally invasion technique and without even a small incision”, Petri said.

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Real Estate

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HOME FOR RENT 4 BEDROOM 3 Bath Farmhouse in Bridgeport, Excellent References Only, $1200 802-758-3276 ANDOVER, VT. 1-Bdrm winterized cottage.

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16 - THE EAGLE

SATURDAY January 9, 2010

2009: Year in Review

Rooney in Ag Hall of Fame

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WEYBRIDGE — Millie Rooney of Monument Farms Dairy in Weybridge, was honored in 2009 by being inducted in the Vermont Agriculture Hall of Fame at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. She was nominated by the Addison County Farm Bureau.

Rooney was presented the special award by Gov. Jim Douglas. She was joined by her son, Jon, milk plant manager of Monument Farms Dairy. The Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame was founded seven years ago by the Vermont Farm Bureau in cooperation with the Champlain Valley Exposition.

Each year a special award painting is created for the recipients.

Mrs. Rooney was honored for her exceptionally long productive career serving Vermont agriculture and Addison County farmers. She began here career with Monument Farms in 1929—the year the first Lake Champlain Bridge was opened for traffic—when her parents, Richard and Marjory James, and their children traveled from New York to their newly purchased farm in Weybridge.

They began bottling milk in their basement, Millie and her brother, Steve, helped with the home delivery system, bottle washing and anything else that needed doing. In 1938 they were pasteurizing the milk.

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Millie Rooney is presented a special award by Gov. Jim Douglas in 2009. Millicent Rooney's son, Jon, now milk plant manager of Monument Farms Dairy, is on the left joined by nephew Bob James.

Photo by Larry Myott

After graduating from UVM in 1949, Mrs. Rooney worked for the Vermont Department of Health for two years before her marriage to James Rooney.

They traveled the world together with his military assignments. In the early 1960s, her father, “let us know that he needed more help.” With one- yearold son Jon they returned to Vermont. Jim Rooney handled the machinery and equipment as plant manager, Millie took over the accounting and payroll for the successful farm business.

Monument Farms currently milks 450 cows, their largest customer is Middlebury College, they distribute milk and dairy products over a wide area of northern Vermont, all the way to the Canadian border.

Her brother Steve James' sons Peter and Robert, manage the farms, as well as handling the retail sales and deliveries. Millicent is still in the office and keeps a watchful eye on the business. The family business has been a part of the Addison County Farm Bureau since 1930, Millie said, “we have a

heritage and it's up to us to keep it and make it better for the next generation.”

Another leader of Vermont agriculture was inducted posthumously. Dr. Everett Harris of Charlotte, who passed away recently, was a leader in vocational-technical education working extensively with FFA and being responsible for the success of several such programs in Vermont. He was a UVM professor for 22 years.

The award print was by artist Deborah Holmes of Weybridge.

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